good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and mega munchetty. our headlines today: a body recovered from the wreckage of a plane near the channel islands is confirmed as that of the premier league footballer emiliano sala. the club he had justjoined, cardiff city, offers its heartfelt condolences to the family. the big sticking point — theresa may prepares to meet ireland's prime minister to tackle the irish border after brexit. good morning. there will be no more horse racing, in the uk until at least wednesday — because of an outbreak of equine flu in the lead up to the cheltenham festival — just five weeks away. good morning. more than 5000 railway arches across the country new owner this week. but they are also home to businesses like this. what could it mean for them? i need some of the firms making a living under the tracks. kneels on automatic wheels coming to

a street near you. plans to extend the use of robots to deliver shopping. the weather is likely to cause some disruption as storm arik sweeps across the country bringing heavy winds and heavy rain. i'll bring you the full forecast. good morning. it's friday, the 8th of february. our top story. a body pulled from the wreckage of a plane carrying emiliano sala has been identified as that of the missing cardiff striker. pilot david ibbotson was also onboard the plane when it went missing off the channel islands on 21st january. dorset police confirmed the identification of the body last night asjon donnison reports. emiliano sala's family and friends will have known this moment was coming. it has now been officially confirmed he's dead. after being recovered from the wreckage of the small plane on wednesday, police say his body has been formally identified by the dorset coroner.

the 28—year—old argentinian‘s family, who visited the channel islands to assist in the search, have been informed and are being supported by specially trained police officers. the body of the pilot, 59—year—old david ibbotson from lincolnshire, hasn't been recovered, but the air accidents investigation branch says it has taken the difficult decision to end its search operation. cardiff city fans have continued to pay tribute to emiliano sala, who had onlyjust been signed from the french club nantes. in a statement posted on social media, cardiff city football club said... as fans, family and friends have to come to terms with emiliano sala's death,

investigators will now be focusing on what caused his plane to crash. jon donnison, bbc news. premier league players have been paying tribute. sergio aguero tweeted this. arsenal star method ozil spoke of his sadness and offered support for the family and relatives of the pilots, david ibbotson. theresa may is to hold talks with the irish prime minister later today, to try to break the deadlock in the brexit negotiations. the prospect of physical checks on the irish—uk border have been a key sticking point. ireland and the eu have maintained that the brexit deal can't be changed but british and eu negotiators are to meet on monday. let's talk to our political correspondent, alex forsyth. good morning, alex. do you have any

optimism that these conversations, you are laughing already, this is what it does to us, it seems so little, theresa may back from brussels, will stay overnight at home, then off to ireland to negotiate this sticking point, which is an understatement in itself. i can tell you what, what alex was about to say it was brilliant. but we lost a sound. have we got her back? no. no, we haven't. we will talk to alex lebron. theresa may travelling to ireland today to meet the taoiseach, leo varadkar. we will keep you updated —— alex later on. the search for missing student libby squire continued last night, as a man arrested on suspicion of abducting her remains in police custody. libby was last seen in the early hours of last friday morning, following a night out. 0ur reporter sarah corker is in hull for us this morning. bring us right up to date, sarah.

yes, well, more than 70 officers have been involved in this week—long search for libby. 0ver have been involved in this week—long search for libby. over the last 36 hours the focus of this investigation has midway property on the street in hull. that is where on wednesday night a 24—year—old man was arrested. there is still a police presence here. yesterday we saw crime scene investigators going in and out of a property, moving bags of evidence, and a car was also towed away as a part of this investigation. despite an extensive search of this area, libby's whereabouts remain unknown and police say their top priority remains of finding her. as you said last night police officers were out on the streets of hull. they were handing out leaflets in four different languages. they also drove around a billboard with her image on around a billboard with her image on around the city close to the nightclub where she was last seen. and at a rugby match they'd been to

her image across on the big screens. that is part of their appeal to the public for information to try and find her. libby was last seen going out, coming back from a night out, actually, last thursday. she got a taxi home, but it is not thought she actually went into the property. instead, she was seen on cctvjust before midnight sat on a bench and she has not been seen since. we know that her parents are in the city. they have said she is 21, she is a philosophy student, and she has a chris klute close group of friends. they are thanking the community for everything they have done this week that she has a close group of friends. sarah, thank you. the drax power station in north yorkshire has become the first in the world to reverse climate change on a tiny scale — in a process known as "carbon negative". the technology captures carbon

dioxide from burning wood pellets. the company says it's the first time it has been tried anywhere in the world and could help tackle climate change. our environment analyst roger harrabin explains. we humans owe trees a great debt. when they are growing, they absorb much of the carbon dioxide emissions that are overheating the planet. that's why the uk's biggest power station, drax in yorkshire, has largely shifted away from coal. the new fuel is in these giant domes. they're filled with wood pellets that will be burned to make electricity. when the pellets are burned, they will only release the c02 the growing trees captured in the first place. this is known as carbon neutral. now drax is going one step further. with this equipment, it is taking the exhaust gases from the wood—burning and it is stripping out the carbon dioxide. the flue gas comes in here and these tanks use a special chemical to separate out the c02. the c02 will later be able to be sold for industrial purposes. capturing the carbon dioxide from wood is a radical step. so actually becoming

a carbon—negative power station which we believe is absolutely critical if we are to hit our global warming targets and keep temperatures below preindustrial levels. many environmentalists are appalled. they say if we cut down forests to burn them, it will actually harm the climate. roger harrabin, bbc news, yorkshire. the founder of amazon, jeff bezos, has accused the owners of the us celebrity magazine, the national enquirer of "blackmail and extortion". mr bezos says the publication threatened to publish intimate photos of him with a woman, if he didn't end his investigation into how the newspaper got the pictures. our technology correspondent dave lee sent us this report from san francisco. the well‘s richest man, mr bezos, said he was getting a divorce from

the kanzi said he was getting a divorce from the ka nzi bezos, said he was getting a divorce from the kanzi bezos, his wife of 25 yea rs. very the kanzi bezos, his wife of 25 years. very soon after that announcement the national enquirer published a story about his extramarital affair with lauren sanchez, a former tv host. the magazine story included quotes from private messages sent between the couple. eager to know how the magazine came to possess that material, mr bezos paid for a private investigation. now, in an extra ordinary message posted online, mr bezos hay shed what he says are e—mails from aemo threatening to publish a number of intimate, private photographs of him and misadventures unless his leak investigation stopped —— ami. he said the publisher was also demanding he make a public statement saying the stories in the magazine about his personal life were not politically motivated. in his message, mr mr bezos wrote "rather than capitulate to extortion and blackmail, i decided to publish exactly what they sent me, despite the personal cost and embarrassment they threatened." mr —— mr bezos

said his ownership of the washington post made him a complexity via. president trump has regularly criticise the newspaper and mr bezos on twitter. the president and ami chairman, david packer, said to be close friends. in december ami admitted that it had, in co—ordination the content and, paid hush money to a playboy model about and is —— alleged affair with mr guy before he took office. neither the national enquirer nor its publisher have responded to the bbc‘s request for comment. dave lee, bbc news, in san francisco. it is ten minutes past six. we'll keep you updated with the news. first we talk to mike. good morning. this story about equine flu broke yesterday. we were debating this with sally, how big an impact it would have. we spoke to one of our

reporters, frank, as well. it is a problem. it is a huge story. at the worst possible time. the cheltenham gold cup is five weeks today. even though there have been no more cases, they have three cases at the moment, they are going to analyse more tests over the weekend are more information, because the symptoms can take three days to show up. the next few days worth of racing is, they will wait and see and make of that announcement on monday. this is such a crucial time for crane is in getting the horses prepared for cheltenham. even though the horses get over the symptoms and 48 hours, these are highly trained athletes and can take months, like any other, to fully recover. typically, these sources, the three cases that have been found, from one yard, had they been found, from one yard, had they been out racing? yes. they have been inoculated as well. if they have been out racing and it takes three days, they could have passed it back thatis days, they could have passed it back that is why they are having this safety period. no racing for the next few days so they can wait.

sunday would be the last day the symptoms could show up if they are going to show up again anywhere else. monday, hopefully, they can say no more cases, should be all clear, and then declare the racing is on again on tuesday. they have to wait for this little period to make sure nothing shows. if that what you are saying? yes. wednesday is the earliest after three horses from a cheshire stable test positive. the british horse racing authority say they'll make an announcement on monday. defending champions arsenal beat manchester united in the semi—finals of the women's league cup, to set up a repeat of last year's final against manchester city. despite scoring a hat—trick of tries against italy, blair kinghorn has been dropped by scotland for their second six nations match against ireland tomorrow. sean maitland comes in to replace him. and jo konta fought back to beat maria sakarri, of greece, to make it 6 wins out of 6, for britain's fed cup team, as they try to qualify for the world group. people have been asked about this on

twitter. gb need to beat hungary today. if they win that they go to a play—off in april. then there is a chance to be promoted to the top tier. it is quite confusing try to figure it out. it is quite condensed. if they win today they top the group. ben mee big final through to april. the crowds are very enthusiastic. —— ben mee big final. we spick more injust a moment. first we need to sarah about the weather. it has been miserable. that picture is stunning, but is a real example of what going on. we have some disruptive weather because storm erik is moving in from the north—west. it will bring windy

weather wherever you are today. strong winds, some heavy rainfall, blustery showers. the weather will eventually improve through the weekend but certainly today and tomorrow we have the influence of storm eric. here it is moving into the north—west, you can see the isobars on the chart, showing it will be a very windy day around the country. we have heavy rain this morning across parts of scotland, north—west england, wales, the south—west. this is a cold front, strong gusty winds associated with the heavy rain, working further south—east. this afternoon the heaviest rain is across central, southern england to the south—east. these are the wind gust we are likely to see, 45—55 mph, even 65 around the close and hills in the north and west, so really windy conditions —— coasts. temperatures around 8— 11 degrees, but feeling cold where you are exposed to the strong and gusty winds. now further

heavy downpours packing and from the north—west through this evening. still very windy weather. perhaps snowfall over the mountains of scotland, the pennines, a little sleet and snow but the winds will be causing most of the issues first thing saturday morning. so a mild frost free start to the day. tomorrow morning the strongest winds will be on the southern edge of the area of low pressure, through parts of central and southern scotland, northern ireland and england, some up northern ireland and england, some up to around 70 mph for a time. tomorrow's weather won't be as wet and windy yesterday with more sunshine, still strong winds through the morning, easing later on but further heavy showers moving on from the north—west tomorrow. it is reasonably mild, so we are just about getting into double figures in the south, 8—9d further north. through the course of today and tomorrow the strong winds are likely tomorrow the strong winds are likely to cause disruption to ferries, bridges, high sided vehicles, so bbc

local radio will keep you up—to—date. into the second half of the weekend the wind will start to ease but we see the next area of low pressure of writing in the south, so a miserable start to sunday for southern parts of the country. —— arriving in the south. the wind is coming from a cold direction, so turning northerly through the day. and those winds bringing hill snow to scotland, the pennines, for instance, as well, dry in the south and the weather eventually turning quiet into next week. but strong winds to look out for today.|j quiet into next week. but strong winds to look out for today. i had to button up my hood yesterday. that is how windy it was. it was quite a sight. i don't doubt. is how windy it was. it was quite a sight. idon't doubt. it is how windy it was. it was quite a sight. i don't doubt. it was. is how windy it was. it was quite a sight. idon't doubt. it was. i had a big forward and it has two buttons which i find a little bit claustrophobic. does the wind speed require the buttons? it was too much. i didn't enjoy that. it was a good tip. now we know. let's take a look at this morning's front pages. the guardian leads with

instagram's decision to ban all graphic self—harm images in response to the death of the teenager molly russell. the daily mail describes the move to link probate charges to the value of estates as a "sneaky £6,000 death tax". it accuses ministers of an abuse of power. the picture there is the duchess of sussex at an awards ceremony last night in london. millions of pounds of lost revenue is the story in the metro as it reports the six—day shutdown of race meetings across britain due to an outbreak of equine flu. it will have the financial impact, of course. and finally the times quotes bank of england governor mark carney‘s assertion that the "fog of brexit" was creating tensions for businesses, leading to the weakest growth in a decade. the picture you are seeing, tini 0wens, her husband denied her a

divorce and our divorce laws say will be rewritten to end the faults in the system. those changes could come in in a matter of weeks. let's take a look at some of the inside pages. every back page has the horse racing story meltdown. cheltenham fears as racing is abandoned, and apocalypse neigh, or nigh. i like that. and it says here that the horseracing authority chief nick rust failed to rule out the possibility of cheltenham being called off, but there is no concrete suggestion that will happen yet, because as i said earlier if it is clear on sunday they can race on wednesday and it wouldn't threaten cheltenham. they have to do the right thing. absolutely. commercial pressures can't dictate how they... absolutely. commercial pressures can't dictate how they. .. even though it is not a threat to the horse's life, it can affect

performance, like the human flu. it can affect courses within 48 hours. this, hats off to susanna gill, she has won the women's title in the world marathon challenge and broken the world record. so this is an incredible event, seven marathon ons on seven continents in seven days, so on seven continents in seven days, so she has been to australia, the antarctic, cape town, miami, chile, and she has won the title. 183 miles injust over 24—hour. and she has won the title. 183 miles in just over 24-hour. that is an amazing achievement. it is unbelievable. three hours 20. did you an officially run an enormous distance when you're very young?|j was distance when you're very young?” was only 15 when i was quite a lot fitter. what did you do? i moved from hertfordshire to yorkshire and i decided to run back to hertfordshire and it became charity event, 30 miles per day for six

days. 185 miles. it wasn't a race. we raced a bit of money in 1981. that is extraordinary.” we raced a bit of money in 1981. that is extraordinary. i never knew that. my mouth on days were over very early on. i have done a couple since, but not that intent. it was a good challenge. i don't know if you we re good challenge. i don't know if you were of that time, when i was at school trainers were huge in the sense that we wanted the latest trainers and i was obsessed with having called trainers and it carries on our. —— having called trainers and it carries on oui’. —— now. having called trainers and it carries on our. —— now. police were called for a three—day queue for a pairof called for a three—day queue for a pair of trainers with 500 people queueing up for a new line of trainers. police were called to keep order. paramedics had to take a man who suffered a medical episode hospital later. social media got the trainer launch. you are cyan.” don't get this. —— you are sighing. are they still for sale? you could

wait a couple of days and go where there is no queue. it is all about there is no queue. it is all about the power of retail, isn't it, the power of having the newest things and kind of... it doesn't do it for me. i prefer the old battered pair with holes in them, comfortable, you have warned them three years and people tell you to get rid of them. i can't. they are comfortable. speaking of old, comfortable things, you might have heard this story about a tv series, though, do you know, i don't remember... bergerac. singing. do you remember, they used to call it the bureau, it is all made up. no such thing existed. someone will correct me. i think they made it up. it was fiction, wasn't it? yes. the idea is they are

talking about the idea, they don't know ifjohn at —— ettles will be involved. anyway. it is nice. it will be set now. you think they should go back? once i did speak to a frenchman who thought john nettles had ruined bergerac because he confused it with gerard depardieu. easily done! thank you. raising four children in a two bedroom property can be overcrowded and the spaces used for family time during the day, also double up as places to sleep at night. the living room, as you can see here, is also where mum, dad and baby sleep. this situation is not unusual and a new photography exhibition, by the charity, the childhood trust, aims to focus attention on the reality of home—life for many children. 0ur education and family correspondent frankie mccamley has been to meet some of the families taking part. this is the living room slash

bedroom. me and jason sleeping here. and william. so it is the living room slash family room in the daytime. this is a family of six living in a 2—bedroom house. daytime. this is a family of six living in a 2—bedroom housem daytime. this is a family of six living in a 2-bedroom house. it can be quite... 0verpowering for everyone , be quite... 0verpowering for everyone, being on top of one another day everyone, being on top of one anotherday in, everyone, being on top of one another day in, day out. they are co nsta ntly another day in, day out. they are constantly asking me, can we move, when are they going to get a bigger place, they want space to run around. they want space to be on their own. it breaks my heart that i can't get another place. in this houseit can't get another place. in this house it isjust really frustrating because there is not enough space in the house for us to do stuff together. it is not that much room and if you want to move around with someone and if you want to move around with someone else moving around with you

have to go out of the room so they can get around, so you can get back in. what do you think about playing outside? it is really scary because you don't know when someone is going to come on the state with something dangerous. seven-year-old billie john shares a room with four—year—old christopher. john shares a room with four-year-old christopher. no easy. noisy, is it? what is it like living with billie in your bedroom? he snores. does he wake you up at night? yeah. a report out today is calling for genuinely affordable housing across the country to help deal with overcrowding like this.” lived with my nan about four miles away from the site can't see my brother and sister and mum when i wa nt brother and sister and mum when i want to. elsewhere sam is waiting for a bigger council house. she has three children but can only live

with two of them. there is no room for 14—year—old lewis. with two of them. there is no room for14-year-old lewis. it makes with two of them. there is no room for 14-year-old lewis. it makes me feel like i am not a for 14-year-old lewis. it makes me feel like i am nota mum. it makes me feel like i am letting him down. emotionally we, like, we have grown apart but we are trying to get that bond back. is this impacting on your schoolwork? yeah, it does, it does affect my exams, because it is just a lwa ys affect my exams, because it is just always in my mind. it is quite upsetting. the households are just a snapshot of what overcrowding can feel like that echoes around the country. it is business that takes place in the arches across the uk. good

morning. welcome to battersea in south london. the image you can see, london waking up, the train rumbling overhead. what is so interesting, i never knew this, there were thousands of businesses operating in railway arches. you might think of them as somewhere, maybe a lock—up oi’ them as somewhere, maybe a lock—up or storage them as somewhere, maybe a lock—up or storage space, them as somewhere, maybe a lock—up or storage space, but there are thousands of businesses up and down the country that operate from the railway arches. so we are in the one at the bottom left of your screen. so if you come inside i will show you where we are because underneath the arches is a forestry business here in london. pretty impressive operation. they used to be in central london. they have moved here to this arch to give them more space and the rent is a little higher than it was in central london but they have more space to operate. this is one of many businesses up and down the country that will have a new landlord this week because the 5000 or so railway arches up and down the

country are being sold off by network rail and they have been sold toa network rail and they have been sold to a private equity company. it is all intended to raise more money for network rail to spend on the ra i lwa ys network rail to spend on the railways and stations. there is a real worry for the businesses that operate here that it could mean that their rent goes up and it would go up their rent goes up and it would go up at their rent goes up and it would go upata their rent goes up and it would go up at a time when they face a big increase in other costs as well. so we will show you around this place, i will introduce you to some of the people who operate here. next or is a bakery and further down there is a gem. we will work out what it could mean for them. we will talk about that later. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alex bushell. there are renewed calls for an independent inquiry into the death of a seven—year—old boy at his flooded home in chertsey. it's exactly five years since zane gbangbola died from toxic fumes. an inquest concluded he suffered carbon monoxide poisioning from a petrol—pump dispersing the water. but his parents maintain it was poisonous gas from a nearby flooded landfill site.

they're holding a candle—lit memorial for zane tonight. the court of appeal has upheld a ruling that transport for london cannot proceed with cycle superhighway 11 without considering the impact of traffic and air quality. work at swiss cottage stopped last year. cyclists say it would improve safety at one of london's most notorious junctions, but westminster argues it's concerned about increased traffic and poor air quality. a london restaurant is serving up grey squirrel meat in its dishes, arguing it's sustainable for the environment. the native london restaurant in southwark says chefs only use animals which have been culled. we are not actively going out hunting squirrels to serve people, it is effectively a waste product, so the gamekeepers are culling the squirrels because they eat the baby bird eggs or destroy the trees. staff on south western railway will walk out for three days in february and march

as they take fresh strike action as part of the long running "guards on trains" dispute. commuters, including those into london waterloo, will face disruption in february and march. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there's a good service on all lines this morning. 0n the roads, the a13 is building up into town from the goresbrook interchange, dagenham. the a4204 kensington church street in both directions closed due to carriageway repairs from a315 kensington high street to bedford gardens. and in enfield, one lane is closed due to telecoms work on a10 great cambridge road southbound at the junction with turkey street. now, the weather with elizabeth ritzini. hello, good morning. not the greatest day of weather today at cross the capital. in fact it is looking rather blustery and further up looking rather blustery and further up rates of rain around at times. some of it will be heavy as we head

towards the end of the day. to begin with, the rain is there. it is light and patchy. misty, murky conditions. by and patchy. misty, murky conditions. by the afternoon we could see gus or 40 to 50 mph. then the rain will turn heavy as we had to the evening rush—hour with this band of rain drifting from the west —— gusts of. it should have mostly cleared by six or seven o'clock. it is wet and windy by the end of the day. top temperatures between nine and 11 degrees, still mild. 0vernight tonight, showers follow the main weather front, clear spells, the winds will drop, then strengthen into tomorrow morning. 0vernight lows between 5—7d. so tomorrow another windy day. there could be showers but mostly dry. it will brighten up with sunny spells at times. on sunday it is cooler, lighter winds and there will be heavy showers. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to charlie and naga. good morning.

this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: imagine enjoying a whale—watching trip — then this happens. we'll hear from two documentary makers about the moment a 30—ton humpback suddenly lept out of the ocean and landed on their sea kayak. "beer before wine and you'll feel fine, wine before beer and — oh dear!" — is a popular saying for avoiding hangovers. we'll find out out if there's any truth behind it. what does it take to become an sas soldier? we'll find out if sas who dares wins is as tough as it looks when the remaining four female recruits join us on the sofa. i think it probably is. good morning. here's a summary of today's main

stories from bbc news. a body pulled from the wreckage of a plane carrying emiliano sala has been identified as that of the missing cardiff striker. dorset police confirmed the identification of the body last night. the plane went missing off the channel islands on 21st january. the pilot, david ibbotson, has not been found. cardiff city said in a statement "emiliano and david will forever remain in our hearts." premier league players have also been paying tribute. manchester city's sergio aguero, a fellow argentinian, tweeted... while arsenal star mezut 0zil spoke of his his sadness and offered support for the sala family and relatives of pilot david ibbotson. theresa may is to hold talks with the irish prime minister later today, to try to break the deadlock in the brexit negotiations. the prospect of physical checks on the irish—uk border have been a key sticking point. ireland and the eu have maintained

that the brexit deal can't be changed but british and eu negotiators are to meet on monday. mrs may wants legally binding assurances that the uk wouldn't become tied to eu customs regulations indefinitely. the search for missing hull university student libby squire continued last night, as a man arrested on suspicion of abducting her remains in police custody. the 21—year—old was captured on cctv in the early hours of last friday morning, following a night out. humberside police say finding her is their top priority. the founder of amazon, jeff bezos, has accused the owners of the us celebrity magazine, the national enquirer of "blackmail and extortion". mr bezos says the publication threatened to publish intimate photos of him with a woman, if he didn't end his investigation into how the newspaper got the pictures. our technology correspondent dave leejoins us from san francisco. this is an extraordinary story. you

have probably the world's richest man ina have probably the world's richest man in a story where he is accusing a major publication of blackmail and placing what he says is the evidence in the public domain. yes, a very bold move from the world's richest man. he posted a post on medium, a website any people will be familiar with. in that postie went into some detail about how he feels he is being threatened by the publisher of that national enquirer —— in that post he went into. this is from january, when mr bezos was revealed to be having an affair. and in that story there were several messages, private messages, between him and lauren sanchez, the other woman in the couple. and in those messages there were details that could only have been gained by having access to the private communications of mr

bezos. as a result of that story and those details being in it, jeff bezos lost a private investigation to find out exactly how the national enquirer was able to get hold of that material. it is that investigation that the publisher seems to have been demanding that mr bezos finishes. and in doing that, the accusations of the way they were going to stop mr bezos from carrying out that investigation was to threaten him by saying they could release more material they had, specifically intimate pictures of both him and ms sanchez. but rather than go down that line, mr bezos decided instead to publish an extraordinary message where he laid out exactly what he says is happening. we have not heard yet from ami, the publisherfrom happening. we have not heard yet from ami, the publisher from the national enquirer, to see what they have to say about it. david lee reporting from san francisco for us. the drax power station in north yorkshire has become the first in the world to reverse

climate change on a tiny scale — in a process known as "carbon negative". drax burns seven million tons of wood chips each year to drive generators to make electricity. the new technology captures one ton a day of emissions and the company says it could help tackle climate change. those are the main stories. right now we have mike. we are starting with equine flu and how horseracing is going to try to deal with the problem. it could not have come at a worse time with cheltenham less than five weeks away, fai weeks today and the gold cup. at the moment, three cases. “— the gold cup. at the moment, three cases. —— five weeks. these were detected due to the vigilance of donald mackay who was aware of outbreaks in france and ireland. some of his horses were not looking on top form. they were not sent racing. 0n the davis tests came in, horses from his yard did go racing —— on the davis tests. that is when

he brought the bests in. because of his concern all racing the shutdown. the symptoms can take three days to show up. it is contagious. the germs can be carried on equipment, carried on human clothing. but the thing to do is wait for three days, if no more symptoms show up then, hopefully, they will be in the clear. of course, missing out on all this racing is huge for the sport in terms of business, preparation for things like cheltenham. so we will have two wait and see and fingers crossed that no more cases emerge. the british horse racing authority says it will make an announcement on monday on when horse racing will resume. it will be wednesday at the earliest — after an outbreak of equine flu. doncaster was one of four venues to lose out yesterday after the sport was suspended when three horses tested positive for the disease — which is highly contagious. jump racing's biggest event, the cheltenham festival, is just five weeks away. the danger would be to take a chance

and allow horses to move. so we effectively locked it down and will be in effectively locked it down and will beina effectively locked it down and will be in a very clear position next week, and if you were to ask me again about cheltenham, i hope to be com pletely again about cheltenham, i hope to be completely dependent event. i don't wa nt to completely dependent event. i don't want to tempt fate by saying there could be some risk. that actions we are taking, in cooperation with the whole industry, will ensure that cheltenham will be on. there'll be a repeat of last year's final in the women's league cup, with arsenal still on course to retain their title after vivianne miedema scored twice to give them a 2—1win over manchester united. they'll play manchester united in the final on 23rd february, at sheffield united's bramall lane. for us it is important that every tournament that we play in and every cup that we play in is of the highest level and we just love winning tournaments, winning cups, and for us to create those standards

and for us to create those standards and keep those standards is important that we are always there and always winning. a potential uk and ireland bid to host the world cup in 2030 is still in the pipeline, with a meeting in rome between the five national associations scheduled for today. they're expected to discuss gaining government backing, as well as potential venues to put forward in the bid process — with the focus on spreading games across the nations. there is no co—ordination in football in the fight against racism — that's according to lord 0useley, the chair of kick it out. the premier league chairmen discussed racism in the game yesterday and pledged to do more after a series of high profile incidents this season but lord 0useley says those in positions of power need to act. i think it's the state of the game that people are dysfunctional. they stick in their silos and they really have to come out and say we need to grapple with it at a strategic level and deal with this problem collectively, because we are all in it together. it is no problem —— no

point saying chelsea has a problem, mill well has a problem, we all have a problem. arsenal will plate manchester city in the final after beating manchester united —— will play. great britain need one more win to make tomorrow's fed cup play—off match. after katie boulter‘s victory, jo konta came from a set down to beat greece's maria sakkari — who was furious with the line judges, saying they were the worst she'd ever seen. if britain beat hungary today, they'll be one step closer to the world group. they will then play in a play—off in april. she said the line judges were the worst she had ever seen. she been told told for that?” the worst she had ever seen. she been told told for that? i am sure she will face a sanction. properly angry to see something like that. that is quite unusual. but jo konta too cool to win the match. —— kept her cool. we have another round of six nations games to look forward to this weekend, with scotland v ireland first up at murrayfield tomorrow. scotland have made four changes, with winger blair kinghorn dropped

to the bench, despite scoring a hat—trick against italy last weekend. he's been replaced by sean maitland, who's back from injury. rob kearney is one of five players coming in for ireland. he replaces robbie henshaw, who picked up a knock in training. wales have made ten changes for the match against italy on saturday. centrejonathan davies will captain the side for the first time, with alun wynjones on the bench, and four players will be making their six nations debuts. let us get more on our top story. the horse racing calender has been hit by an outbreak of equine flu that's postponed all meetings across britain until next wednesday. races were called off yesterday after three vaccinated horses tested positive for the disease. humans can't be infected but how dangerous is it for animals? let's speak to jess wray, who's an equine vet. good morning. so much in the news about this. how serious and affection is this? it is an infection endemic to the uk. it is a lwa ys infection endemic to the uk. it is always there. particularly serious

in unvaccinated horses, they can chose severe signs of disease. the nature of influenza as a virus is it is always changing, same with what we have as flu anyway. so the vaccination does lessen the signs that we see, if they spread the virus, it is not for as long. it is the unvaccinated ones that need to... the unvaccinated ones that need to. . . these the unvaccinated ones that need to... these sources were all vaccinated. in terms of recovery as athletes, that can take a long time. it can do, definitely, yes. they can show signs for a couple of days or so, but in terms of what happens after that they can be several weeks or months that it might affect them athletically, especially for racehorses. all these horse yards have to vaccinate the horses, these are the rules, you compare it to flu vaccine, some work on sunday. they have to go through the process. if the horse has this equine flu, what are the symptoms? is itjust like us having the flu? very similar. a mild

cough, bit of a dry, harsh cough. they may have a discharge, lymph—node enlargement, often a temperature as well. the first signs that people can start looking for is if there is a change in they horse's temperature, one of the elisa is to look for. what about passing the disease on? —— one of the symptoms to look for. you have to track where they have been, how easy is it for one horse to pass it on another?m is incredibly through respiratory droplets, coughing and things like that, but it can be spread via contact and equipment. evenjust horses in a similar airspace, a group of horses together, particularly race meetings, horses coming from all areas of the country, it can spread very quickly.

hal sutton can they be, they talk about wednesday of next week —— how certain can they be? those three horses, will they be kept out of contact horses, will they be kept out of co nta ct for horses, will they be kept out of contact for longer to be on the seaside or is there a guarantee they will no longer be contagious? likely there will be lots of testing going on at the moment, seeing what size they are showing, if it is confirmed anywhere —— signs they are showing. they will be under close isolation for several weeks and isolated from the other horses in the yard. for several weeks and isolated from the other horses in the yardm for several weeks and isolated from the other horses in the yard. if you wait for the three—day incubation period on sunday, and no more cases show up, you would think it was ok to start back to normal, some sort of normality? that's it. it is making sure there are no new cases coming up again. the animal horse trust will be working closely with that. anyone who manages a yard or is in charge of a racehorse at the moment, what should they all what are they doing in terms of equipment

from boots two saddles do anything related to the horses now? so all horses everywhere in the uk, a mean, they should be careful in terms of going on and off the yard unnecessarily. res yards have specifically been closed down to prevent that spread, which is why we have the meetings close next week. horse owners should be checking they are not seeing any respiratory signs like the coughing and the temperature in their horses. just good hygiene, washing hands between horses, keeping equipment separate for each horse, and also isolating any horses that they do find science in. cani can ijust can i just ask about the vaccination process , can i just ask about the vaccination process, so that was a safeguard the industry was using, but it hasn't worked. it always prevent the severity of the disease, so they can still get the disease, they can shed

it but not as much as an un— vaccinated horse. the complexity of the virus is changing and mutating and trying to survive in the environment. thank you very much. we will keep an eye on what happens next. thank you forjoining us. it has been really windy and rainy. i think it will stay that way for a little while. good morning, yes. more of that come with wind and rain today, courtesy of storm erik, which is pushing across the country, bringing a really windy day wherever you are today. some heavy downpours pushing their eastwards, especially heavy and dusty wind on the cold front associated with storm erik as it moves eastwards, but plenty of isobars on the map today with gusts around 65 mph, especially around hills and coasts, and high tides at the moment, so there could be some

large spray overtopping the coasts in the south—west, heavy rain pushing east through the day so this afternoon it will sit across south—east england, central england as well. these gusts of wind will range from 45—55 mph, as high as 65 across the north—west scotland, for instance, over the higher ground of wales as well. it is going to be a mild day, so temperatures for most of us in double figures, especially in the south. a little bit call in the law. you will notice it will be colder with the strength of the wind. —— cold in the north. heavy rainfor wind. —— cold in the north. heavy rain for northern ireland, scotland and northern england. even a bit of snow at times over the highest ground here. further south it will be clear and dry and wherever you are we a looking at a frost free night with the strength of the wind and the cloud and outbreaks of rain around. so tomorrow morning we are likely to start off very windy. low pressure associated with storm erik out to the north—east on saturday morning. the strongest winds will be

across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england, especially through the central belt, up especially through the central belt, up to 70 mph for one or two places. the winds will ease tomorrow and we will see more sunshine returning, especially england and wales, where temperatures will be ten or 11 degrees, seven or eight in northern ireland and scotland on saturday. through today and tomorrow, watch out for some disruption because of storm erik bringing strong winds, especially for bridges, ferry crossings as well. your bbc local radio station will keep you up—to—date with any weather disruption. heading on into sunday although the wind will ease we have low pressure moving into the south, which will bring cloud and rain for sunday for southern parts of england and wales and he surely. it should improve as the rain clears later in the day, the wind turns northerly, so that means rain and hill snow for scotla nd so that means rain and hill snow for scotland and northern ireland and northern england. and you will notice temperatures are lower, we

are back in single figures on sunday, not quite as windy as it will be today and tomorrow. thank you very much. at least it is going to be mild with all of that weather. you want to hunker down today.” to be mild with all of that weather. you want to hunker down today. i see where you are going. there is something fascinating, maybe possibly romantic about the archers under the railways and if you're curious about who owns them, or what goes on, ben will give us the inside about how it has changed over the years. yes, welcome to battersea, south london, and a view of london waking up london, and a view of london waking up with the trains rumbling overhead. you might see the arch on the bottom left of your screen. come inside and let me show you what's inside. i was surprised to find all of this in an arch. you might expect it would be used as a lock—up or a garage but lots of businesses, thousands across the country, use places like this for all sorts of

different thing. this is a florist business down the road from here there is a gym and a bakery as well. paul is the boss. good morning. you have this forestry business. you have this forestry business. you have a new landlord this week, network rail has sold the archers. tell me why you moved here. you used to be in central london.” tell me why you moved here. you used to be in central london. i was in mayfair for 27 to be in central london. i was in mayfairfor 27 years, to be in central london. i was in mayfair for 27 years, and sadly the rent just became mayfair for 27 years, and sadly the rentjust became too much for us and we had to move out because it was a real wrench for me but it was also a chance for the business to grow. and these archers were available so i was very keen to move into the —— arches. it was a bit of a culture shock, but they are wonderful to work in. a lot of people wouldn't expect to find something like this in an arch, maybe a mechanic, something like that, what can you do hear that you can't do in the other place? number one is space and secondly the temperature. in the railway arch the temperature is quite cold most of the year which is

wonderfulforflowers. and having space for the business to grow has been wonderful. so you have a new landlord this week, as we have said, network rail selling the railway archers, 5000 of them. what are you worried about with your new boss that you pay rent to? it is an anxiety. we invested a lot of money when we moved in here setting up the place. and this year the lease comes up place. and this year the lease comes upfor place. and this year the lease comes up for renewal in december. it is the anxiety of not knowing whether or not we will be able to afford to stay or to have both archers. and that affects business. so in your planning it is uncertainty. we could do without that. so i am anxious. we will talk more about the warriors but thank you for now. and josie, you have looked into the valley of these places. what is so great is they are a good way for small business to get started. yes, as

paul has said it is perfectly space, thatis paul has said it is perfectly space, that is perfect for light industry. like manufacturers, repairers and thatis like manufacturers, repairers and that is what the city really needs, it runs on those businesses, so it is important to stay in that location. what is the danger with the new landlord, as he has said, you could put up the rent, what is the worry? it is a real risk, you have seen the forcing out these kind of businesses from the centre because of increasing rent and high land values so it is important these businesses remain and it is a risk if the rent in these places increases as well. thank you very much. sarah is making some wreaths that are going to the ritz hotel tomorrow. we will leave her to that. that is a challenge, all sorts of different vibrant businesses operating in these places. they are worried about what it might mean and what plans the landlord has for these railway archers which, if you are anything like me, i had no idea that these businesses existed. you

might be able to hear the train rumbling overhead as i speak. more from me after seven o'clock, see you then. right on cue, we were thinking, funny, there are no trains overhead, and there is a dog beside the fire. nice. thank you. now, more traditional style of doing business to something completely different. yes, robo—shop we are calling it, meals on automatic wheels. many of us already buy our shopping online but what if you could choose to have it delivered straight to your door by a robot? fa ncy fancy that? well, it is the future, that's what people are telling us. now the company behind the technology says the service is being expanded to cover more than 10,000 homes. brea kfast‘s tim muffett can tell us more. keila's life is busy. when the dust settles, she craves convenience. with managing a house and working and everything else, it makes it way more comfortable to have something delivered to your door than having to go out. i would choose the items there... but like many in milton keynes, keila's groceries won't buy come by van or handed over by human. since last april she's had the option of delivery by robot.

fantastic. new technology. milton keynes is laid out perfectly for robots. we have very wide pavements, it's very suburban. 35 robots are now making more than 1,000 deliveries per week. in december, tesco joined the co—op in signing up. once the order is placed, a colleague will then pick the products and will place them in the robot. so it's better to open the door and there is a robot there rather thana human? i don't think it's better, it's different, it's a customer choice and people will decide how they want to interact. with her address programmed in, keila's delivery is on its way. the robot is navigating itself and is programmed to stick to paths and pavements, and if it finds something blocking its way, in this case, me, it should work out what to do. excuse me, would you please let me pass? the robot has a protection bubble around and whether it's a pedestrian, a dog, any form of obstacle, it will either safely

stop, manoeuvre around the obstacle but if it's a very narrow pavement, it can even back up and get out of the way. so how do you ensure they don't get in the way of cars or traffic? if it's waiting at the edge of a road crossing, it's understanding its environment around it up to 200, 250 metres so it only crosses the road when it's safe do so. the robots can only be opened by the customer who placed the order. an alarm will go off if they're tampered with. the scheme is being expanded to more than 10,000 homes and some university campuses. i think it's really good. they've been running so long now you get used to them, you come out the door and you see that thing go by. i'm not sure. i prefer somebody coming around with my groceries personally. i do worry sometimes on the internet now, we'll get to the point where we don't speak to each other. soon you won't have to leave home. here's your robot delivery.

yes. hello, here's your delivery. it's saved me a lot of time over the past few months and the funny thing is, we refer to it as a person. either he or a she. it doesn't feel like it is a machine. goodbye. kind of cute or kind of creepy? in milton keynes, robots are changing the way people shop. tim muffett, bbc news. that is fascinating. isn't it? i think it is. extraordinary. and what is confusing, it was going in a car park, going behind a car. it could easily be squashed.” park, going behind a car. it could easily be squashed. i like a person delivering my stuff, i like to say hello. say hello to the regional news where you are. c or seven o'clock. —— see you at seven o'clock. good morning from bbc london news,

i'm alex bushell. there are renewed calls for an independent inquiry into the death of a seven year old boy at his flooded home in chertsey. it's exactly five years since zane gbangbola died from toxic fumes. an inquest concluded he suffered carbon monoxide poisioning from a petrol—pump dispersing the water. but his parents maintain it was poisonous gas from a nearby flooded landfill site. they're holding a candle—lit memorial for zane tonight. the court of appeal has upheld a ruling that transport for london cannot proceed with cycle superhighway 11 without considering the impact of traffic and air quality. work at swiss cottage stopped last year. cyclists say it would improve safety at one of london's most notorious junctions. but westminster argues it's concerned about increased traffic and poor air quality. a london restaurant is serving up grey squirrel meat in its dishes arguing it's sustainable for the environment the native london restaurant in southwark says chefs only use animals which have been culled. we're not actively going out hunting squirrels to serve people.

it's effectively a waste product. so the gamekeepers are culling the squirrels because they eat the baby bird eggs or destroy the trees. staff on south western railway will walk out for three days in february and march, as they take fresh strike action as part of the long running "guards on trains" dispute. commuters, including those into london waterloo, will face disruption in february and march. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there's a good service on all lines this morning. 0n the roads, there's traffic building at gants hill roundabout towards redbridge and wanstead. the a4204 kensington church street in both directions closed due to carriageway repairs from a315 kensington high street to bedford gardens. and in enfield, one lane is closed due to telecoms work on a10 great cambridge road southbound at the junction with turkey street. now the weather with elizabeth ritzini. hello, good morning.

not the greatest day of weather today across the capital. in fact, it's looking rather blustery again, and there will be further outbreaks of rain around at times. some of it will be heavy, particularly as we head towards the end of the day. to begin with, the rain is there. but its light and patchy. misty, murky conditions. low cloud. by the afternoon we could see gusts of 40—50mph. then the rain will turn heavy as we head towards the evening rush—hour with this band of rain drifting in from the west. but it should have mostly cleared by six or seven o'clock. but it's wet and windy by the end of the day. top temperatures between 9—11 degrees, still mild. 0vernight tonight, a few showers follow the main weather front, some clear spells, the winds will drop out for a bit, but then re—strengthen into tomorrow morning. 0vernight lows between 5—7 degrees.

so, tomorrow, another windy day. there could be a few showers, but i think mostly dry. it will brighten up with sunny spells at times too. on sunday, it's cooler, lighter winds and there will be heavy showers. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: a body recovered from the wreckage of a plane near the channel islands is confirmed as that of the premier league footballer emiliano sala. the club he had justjoined, cardiff city, offers its heartfelt condolences to the family. the big sticking point — theresa may prepares to meet ireland's prime minister to tackle the irish border after brexit. good morning. there will be no more horse racing, in the uk until at least wednesday,

because of an outbreak of equine flu. in the lead up, to the cheltenham festival just five weeks away. good morning. more than 5000 railway arches across the country get a new owner this week. but what does it mean for the businesses that operate in? i speak to some of the businesses who make their living under the tracks. get ready for roboshop, as plans are announced to extend the use of automatic shopping deliveries. good morning. there are strong winds in the forecast today as storm erik moves in the forecast today as storm erik m oves a cross in the forecast today as storm erik moves across the country. it will also bring heavy rainfall and late —— large waves across the coast. it will have all the details in about 15 minutes. it's friday, 8th february. our top story: a body pulled from the wreckage of a plane carrying emiliano sala has been identified as that of the missing cardiff striker. dorset police confirmed the identification of the body last night. the plane went missing off the channel islands on 21st january. the pilot, david ibbotson, has not been found. jon donnison reports.

emiliano sala's family and friends will have known this moment was coming. but it's now been officially confirmed he's dead. after being recovered from the wreckage of the small plane on wednesday, police say his body has been formally identified by the dorset coroner. the 28—year—old argentinian's family, who visited the channel islands to assist in the search, have been informed and are being supported by specially trained police officers. the body of the pilot, 59—year—old david ibbotson from lincolnshire, hasn't been recovered, but the air accidents investigation branch says it has taken the difficult decision to end its search operation. the plane disappeared on the 21st of january after losing radar contact around guernsey, the following day it was conferred the two men were on

board. it wasn't until the third of february that the wreckage was found. cardiff city fans have continued to pay tribute to emiliano sala, who had onlyjust been signed from the french club nantes. in a statement posted on social media, cardiff city football club said... as fans, family and friends have to come to terms with emiliano sala's death, investigators will now be focusing on what caused his plane to crash. jon donnison, bbc news. theresa may is to hold talks with the irish prime minister later today, to try to break the deadlock in the brexit negotiations. the prospect of physical checks on the irish—uk border have been a key sticking point. ireland and the eu have maintained that the brexit deal can't be changed but british and eu negotiators are to meet on monday. let's talk to our political correspondent, alex forsyth. what joy can

whatjoy can come out of that? that is the question, isn't it? theresa may went to brussels yesterday, she has come back, now she is off to see leo varadkar. everyone from the eu seems to be saying there is no moving on. they are sticking to that line. we have all this stuff going on, but the absolute fundamentals haven't changed. theresa may is still saying i need legal changes to this backstop, this plan to avoid a ha rd this backstop, this plan to avoid a hard irish border. the eu are an no, sorry, we have done a deal, it is what it is, but we can keep talking. that it is really crucial. theresa may went to brussels yesterday, we heard donald tusk say afterwards there has been no breakthrough, we have not reached some sort of magical solution. but they did agree to more talks. that is pretty key. that almost at this stage is enough for number 10 to say they have not shut the door on this completely. that is what will see in the next few days. theresa may sing the irish

prime minister tonight, officials meeting, and next week the brexit secretary will meet the shoal bay near, the eu's chief negotiator, all tried to find a way through this impasse. in the meantime, labour says we will back your plans on to agree to some sort of permanent customs plane. equally difficult for theresa may because that would make a lot of conservative mps pretty cross. she still between a rock and a hard place and a lot of work today. alex, don't you think eve ryo ne today. alex, don't you think everyone is pretty cross? just the general tone of what is going on. you mentioned the labour party, jeremy corbyn saying he would back his plan on conditions of the customs union, but the problem is, and we have been arguing this with a lot of mps for a lot of weeks, party politics is now getting in the way because now some of the labour mps are because now some of the labour mps a re really because now some of the labour mps are really unhappy with whatjeremy corbyn has done. yeah. jeremy corbyn, to some people, has shown willing. he said if you meet our requirements, the key one being the

customs union, we might consider supporting a brexit deal. that is clad in some ways. if theresa may says no thanks and her brexit deal fails, thenjeremy corbyn can say we tried. if theresa may says 0k banjul and to her backbenchers. in the meantime, other people in the labour party as an what are you up to, jeremy corbyn we don't want to help out the conservatives and get through a brexit deal that we don't like. you should be looking for another referendum, public vote, or pursuing a general election. in both the main parties the divisions over this are so deep that whichever way the leaders turned they alienate somebody on their own backbenches. can't win. alex, thank you very much. alex fore sight there. the founder of amazon, jeff bezos, has accused the owners of the us celebrity magazine, the "national enquirer", of "blackmailing" him. —— alex forsyth. mr bezos has posted online what he says are emailed threats from the enquirer‘s owners, ami, to publish intimate photos — if he doesn't end an investigation into how the newspaper obtained the pictures.

ami has not yet commented. our technology correspondent dave lee spoke to us a little earlier from san francisco. yes, a very bold move from the world's richest man. he posted a poster medium, a website many people will be familiar with. in that postie went into some detail about how the guilty is being threatened by the publisher of the national enquirer. this relates to a story that was published injanuary, when mr bezos was revealed to be having an affairand in mr bezos was revealed to be having an affair and in that story there we re an affair and in that story there were several messages, private messages, between him and lauren sanchez, the other woman in the couple. and in those messages there we re couple. and in those messages there were details that could only have been gained by having access to the private communications of mr bezos. asa private communications of mr bezos. as a result of that story and the details being in it, jack bezos launched a private investigation to find out exactly how the national enquirer was able to get hold of

that material and it is that investigation that the publisher seems to have been demanding that mr bezos finishes and in doing that the accusation is that the way they were going to stopjeff bezos from carrying out that investigation was to threaten him by saying they could release more material they had, specifically intimate pictures of both him and lauren sanchez. but rather than go down that line, mr bezos instead decided to publish this extraordinary message where he laid out exactly what he says is happening. we haven't heard yet from ami comedy publisher of the national enquirer, to be precisely what they have to say the thing. the search for missing student libby squire continued last night, as a man arrested on suspicion of abducting her remains in police custody. libby was last seen in the early hours of last friday morning, following a night out. 0ur reporter sarah corker is in hull for us this morning. sarah, bring us right up to date.

yes, more than 70 officers have been involved in this week—long search for libby. and over the last 36 hours the focus of this investigation has moved to a property on this street in hull. it was on wednesday night when a 24—year—old man was arrested here. he is still being questioned by police. there is still a continued police. there is still a continued police presence here as you can see on the street. yesterday crime scene investigation as was seen going in and out of the house, taking away bags of evidence. and the suspect‘s are was also towed away as part of the investigation. despite an ex— —— extensive search of the past week, libby's whereabouts remain unknown. police say finding her remains of their top priority. as you said, last night there was a big police effort, officers were out on the streets handing out flyers about libby infour streets handing out flyers about libby in four different languages. we also saw them driving a huge

billboard through the city with libby's image on. and at a rugby match their image was beamed onto a big screen. this is all part of their continued appeal to the public for information about where she may be, trying to jog for information about where she may be, trying tojog people's memories. as you said, she was lasting a week ago after a night out in the city. she got a taxi home, but it is not thought she actually went in the property. instead, just before midnight, she was captured on cctv sitting on a bench near to her home and she has not been seen since. sarah, for the moment, thank you. horse racing won't resume in britain until next wednesday at the earliest because of an outbreak of equine flu. mike is here with more details. good morning. good morning. they have to have this period now where they wait and see what happens next. this infection can be incubated and symptoms don't show for some three days. it first came to light on wednesday thanks to the vigilance of

don mccain, the train in cheshire. he was concerned about the welfare of some of his authors who were not looking quite right so he called for tests from the vets. horses from his ya rd tests from the vets. horses from his yard had been racing on wednesday, so when the tests came in positive there was a concern because it is highly contagious, infection can be passed on by being on clothes and equipment, so they need is locked down to make sure no more cases come to light. so if they get to sunday than they think that maybe the outbreak is over and monday beckon me decision on whether to start racing again, but it won't happen until wednesday. for now you have a lockdown at all racecourses, no racing. you cannot stress how important is lockdown is. there will be financial implications and people will be up in arms about that, but if something is not done now and it spreads that would be unforgivable. absolutely. because it is so contagious and although, all the horses are vaccinated, the symptoms don't get as serious and they can be overin don't get as serious and they can be over in 48 hours, we are talking

about prime athletes, the sources, it can affect their fitness in terms of athletes in terms of weeks or months. they have to have this is lockdown. there have been outbreaks in france and ireland as well. earlier we spoke to the atlantic jess wray what will be happening this weekend at stables across the country —— equine vet. this weekend at stables across the country -- equine vet. lots of testing going on at the moment, seeing what size they are showing, they will be kept the close observation for the next several weeks that max irons they are showing. they will be isolated from other on the yard. it could not have come at a worse time. not only the financial implications but the cheltenham cup is five weeks from today and aintree after that. there will be a big impact on preparations for the huge festivals. thank you. the drax power station in north yorkshire has become the first in the world to reverse climate change on a tiny scale — in a process known as "carbon negative". drax burns seven million tons

of wood chips each year to drive generators to make electricity. the new technology captures one ton a day of emissions and the company says it could help tackle climate change. those are the main stories. the weather coming up for you shortly. you may remember we brought you the powerful story of geoff whaley, who after living with motor neurone disease, ended his life yesterday at dignitas in switzerland. his case has reignited a very polarised debate on assisted suicide in the uk. here he is speaking with his wife ann a few days ago. i want the act to be designed so that any rational person, who's in full control of his mind, makes that decision, can be helped in any way by other people, without any fear of

prosecution. when you have got a husband as brave as mine, you have to do, you have to support him. he is the one who is being strong for me. he really is. ijust... ijust wa nt me. he really is. ijust... ijust want him to be here. but i know that what he has chosen to do is the right thing for him. i wouldn't put an animalwas he right thing for him. i wouldn't put an animal was he would go through if he went to the end. ijust wish the lord would allow me to happen for a little longer, a really do. it is very sobering and it stops you in your tracks hearing them talking together. it is worth reminding you that his wishes were fairfield yesterday and he died at the clinic, thatis yesterday and he died at the clinic, that is the position we are in today as we talk about this. joining us now is mick murray, who campaigns for end of life choices with the organisation dignity and dying, and from glasgow,

dr gordan macdonald, from the palliative care campaign group, care not killing. ifi if i could start with you, doctor mcdonald, people would have seen that report, you may have seen it yourself, yesterday, jeff's wishes we re yourself, yesterday, jeff's wishes were carried out. ijust wonder what you make of it, hearing them and hearing him before and knowing what's happened ? hearing him before and knowing what's happened? well, obviously all these cases are very sad and, you know, our hearts go out tojeff and anyone else in similar circumstances, but i think the issue here is whether the law should be changed or not. and when we consider changing the law we have to consider all of the possible implications. and allah concern is in those jurisdictions where the law has been changed, vulnerable people are put ina changed, vulnerable people are put in a position where they feel under pressure to end their lives prematurely —— and our concern. and

not everybody is able to make those decisions in a rational way. that's obviously a concern that is brought up obviously a concern that is brought up and you will be aware of this. can you tell us your experience of assisted dying? i have helped to organise the deaths of two of my dearest friends in dignitas in the la st dearest friends in dignitas in the last three or four years, both of them had terminal illnesses, both of them had terminal illnesses, both of them would have love to have died at home with a party with their family and friends around them, but they we re and friends around them, but they were prevented by the law here from doing that. and in the end, while they were still mentally competent, but physically desperately ill, beyond the reach palliative care, i have to say, they made the to switzerland. can ijust ask have to say, they made the to switzerland. can i just ask you, many will think about this issue, they would not have had contact with people like you have, did you have misgivings that you had to think through about the process? you would have taken this very seriously. so what was the thought process?m have taken this very seriously. so what was the thought process? it is a broken law. it is all very well to

feel profound sympathy for the plight ofjeff, feel profound sympathy for the plight of jeff, and feel profound sympathy for the plight ofjeff, and i saw the quit yesterday on the television news at dinnertime and it reduced me to tears because that's the terrible position that nobody should be put in towards the end of life. and obviously... my first loyalty was to my friends. and i acted in a compassionate way, what i believe to bea compassionate way, what i believe to be a compassionate way. i think anyone faced with that dilemma, be it their wife or their daughter or their son would actjust it their wife or their daughter or their son would act just as i it their wife or their daughter or their son would actjust as i did to tell the truth. the tragedy is that a lot of people can't afford to do that, can't afford to go to switzerland, for example, it is expensive, £12,000, at which people don't have available. and so we have cases that are not told where people are trying to kill themselves at home in conditions where there is no safeguard whatsoever at all and often it goes wrong because these things backfire. so it is a terrible

situation that we are in and one which we can't just situation that we are in and one which we can'tjust ignore because it is happening and the law i think needs changing, and it needs changing with safeguards of course. and situations such as an anjeff's broadcast on tv brings it to the four and it has to be discussed, but gordon what has to be discussed in terms of the law? there are so many things to think about, aren't there, if the decision is coercive, how do you protect someone from scrupulous friends orfamily you protect someone from scrupulous friends or family members? you protect someone from scrupulous friends orfamily members? how do they then prove that they are working for the good of the person, say, perhaps with a terminal disease? in the case of ann, she was questioned by police. how clear can the law be in future to help people like this? well, parliament has of course recently discussed assisted suicide and rejected the proposal for a new law to legalise assisted suicide and the reason that happens is because when politicians and

other people consider all of the issues, in these cases, they come to the conclusion that you just can't have a safe system. when we look at other jurisdictions such as have a safe system. when we look at otherjurisdictions such as the netherlands, even in oregon, we see that there are people with psychiatric conditions being euthanised or given assistance to end their lives so that is the concern, politicians don't pass laws like this because they know that you cannot have a safe system at the end of the day. even in oregon we have a situation where there is a higher than average suicide rate among the population, it has gone up from 35% in 2007 to 43% in terms of above the national average. can i ask, doctor mcdonald, every case is different, as you said a moment ago, but people would very much understand, whether they agree with him or not, they will understand where he comes from, the sense of compassion, his loyalty

to his friends come first. would you wa nt to his friends come first. would you want someone like mick prosecuted? we all have compassion, and the whole hospice movement in the uk is based on the principle of having compassion for people who are terminally ill and i have had experience with family members who have been in hospice. seeing how that works, you know, it is a fantastic service that they provide through hospices and they need to be properly funded, and at the moment sadly in the uk they are not properly funded. so rather than getting distracted in the issues of assisted suicide we need to properly fund palliative care and ensure we have palliative care across the whole of the nhs, notjust in specific places. sorry to interrupt you, mick, quick reaction in terms of the law, how difficult it is to make this a good law. well, dignity and dying is campaigning for two doctors to determine that you have a terminal illness and you have six months left to live. that is the

first thing. and the second thing is it is going to ask a high court judge to actually hear your case and determine that you are not being pressured or forced into this against your will. so at every stage of there are checks and balances that respect people's right towards the end of life. and i think that is eminently reasonable. i think people's right to choose, you don't have to do this if you don't want to, doctors can't force you if you don't want to, the judge is able to make a judgement on this so there is sufficient checks and balances in place and therefore people should have the right to choose the manner of their own death with in a civilised society and it's no good to have that if you care for everybody because even doctors know that for many people palliative care is beyond the reach of dealing with people in acute pain and agony towards the end of their lives. mick, thank you for sharing your

experiences, and doctor mcdonald, thank you for your time as well, thank you for your time as well, thank you for your time as well, thank you very much. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. today it is all about the wind. we have storm erik which is moving its way across the country bringing a really blustery day, some heavy rain around today, all down to this cold front in association with this cold front in association with this area of deep low pressure. storm eric moving its way in across the northern parts of the uk. wherever you are we have really strong winds, gusty winds and heavy rain across scotland, northern england, wales, south—west england, thatis england, wales, south—west england, that is the cold front pushing eastwards, so the heaviest rain arriving across central—southern into the south—east later on this afternoon, followed by sunshine and further heavy showers. these are the wind gust, 45—55 miles an hour, up to 65 mph in exposure and down hills and coasts. we have high tides at the moment so that there could be

large waves, perhaps even coastal over the top of south—west england. it isa over the top of south—west england. it is a mild day but it will be cold when you add on the effect of the strong and blustery winds. it stays really windy through this evening and overnight. more heavy showers rolling in from the north—west, even sleet and snow over the mountains of scotland, down to the pennines. it will be a frost free night with the cloud, rain and the strength of the wind. so saturday morning we still have strong winds especially to the south of the area of low pressure so full scotland, northern ireland and northern england for a time we could see 70 miles an hour gusts across this zone. plenty more showers packing into the north—west tomorrow. further south we have some dry weather and the sunshine reappears but again it is going to be another windy day, the wind slowly easing later on in the day. temperatures around eight or nine in the north, ten or 11 further south. now we are going to see the strong winds continuing through today and tomorrow and that means we could see

some disruption to travel. so your bbc local radio station will keep you up—to—date with any potential impacts due to the weather, the strong winds and heavy rainfall over the next few days. now on into sunday and storm erik moves away but we have another area of low pressure pushing into the south so that will bring a cloudy pretty wet start to sunday across southern parts of england. that rain should clear sign improvement for a time and a return to sunny skies but the wind will turn more northerly on sunday. it won't be quite as windy certainly but there will be snow showers and down to north england too. temperatures back into single figures for sunday but watch out for the very windy conditions over the next couple of days. back to you both. thanks very much, speak to you later. the drax power station in north yorkshire has become the first in the world to reverse climate change on a tiny scale — in a process known as "carbon negative". drax burns seven million tons

of wood chips each year to drive generators to make electricity. the new technology captures one ton a day of emissions and the company says it could help tackle climate change. we tackle climate change. humans owe trees and grea when we humans owe trees and great debt. when they are growing they absorb much of the carbon dioxide emissions that are overheating the planet. that is why the uk's biggest power station, drax in yorkshire, has largely shifted away from coal. the new fuel is in these giant domes. they are filled with wood pellets that will be burnt to make electricity. when the pellets are burned they will only release the c02 that growing trees captured in the first place. this is known as carbon neutral. now drax is going one step further. with this equipment it is taking the exhaust gases from the wood—burning and it is stripping out the carbon dioxide. the flue gas comes in here and these ta nks the flue gas comes in here and these tanks use a special chemical to separate out the c02. the c02 will

later be able to be sold for industrial purposes. capturing the carbon dioxide from wood is a radical step. so actually becoming a carbon negative power station which we believe is absolutely critical if we believe is absolutely critical if we are to hit our global warming targets and keep temperatures below preindustrial levels. many environmentalists are appalled. they say if we cut down forest to burned and it will actually harm the climate. dryjanuary, dry january, maybe it dryjanuary, maybe it does dry january, maybe it does apply to you, maybe it doesn't, because it is not january any more. well spotted. "beer before wine and you'll feel fine. wine before beer and, oh, dear!" it's a well—known saying for drinking sensibly. we'll find out out if there's any truth behind it. and a lot of other myths that hang around hangovers. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alex bushell. there are renewed calls

for an independent inquiry into the death of a seven year old boy at his flooded home in chertsey. it's five years since zane gbangbola died from toxic fumes. an inquest found he suffered carbon monoxide poisioning from a petrol—pump dispersing the water. but his parents maintain it was poisonous gas from a nearby flooded landfill site. they're holding a candle—lit memorial for zane tonight. the court of appeal has upheld a ruling that transport for london cannot proceed with cycle superhighway 11 without considering the impact of traffic and air quality. work at swiss cottage stopped last year. cyclists say it would improve safety at one of london's most notorious junctions. but westminster council argues it's concerned about increased traffic and poor air quality. a london restaurant is serving up grey squirrel meat in its dishes arguing it's sustainable for the environment the native london restaurant in southwark says chefs only use animals which have been culled. we're not actively going out hunting squirrels to serve people.

it's effectively a waste product. so the gamekeepers are culling the squirrels because they eat the baby bird eggs or destroy the trees. staff on south western railway will walk out for three days later this month and in march as they take fresh strike action as part of the long running "guards on trains" dispute. commuters, including those into london waterloo, will face the worst disruption. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there's a good service on all lines this morning. 0n the roads, the m25 is slow clockwise from junction ten to junction 11 after a crash which involved two cars. the a4204 kensington church street in both directions closed due to carriageway repairs from a315 kensington high street to bedford gardens. and in enfield, one lane is closed due to telecoms work on a10 great cambridge road southbound at the junction with turkey street. now the weather with elizabeth ritzini. hello, good morning.

not the greatest day of weather today across the capital. in fact, it's looking rather blustery again, and there'll be further outbreaks of rain around at times. some of which will turn out to be heavy, particularly as we head towards the end of the day. but to begin with this morning, the rain is there. but its light and patchy. misty, murky conditions. low cloud. by the afternoon we could be looking at gusts of 40—50mph. then the rain will turn heavy as we head towards the evening rush—hour with this band of rain drifting in from the west. but it should have mostly cleared by the time we get to say six or seven o'clock. but it's wet and windy by the end of the day. top temperatures though between 9—11 degrees, still mild. 0vernight tonight, a few showers following on the main weather front, some clear spells, the winds will drop out for a bit, but then re—strengthen into tomorrow morning. 0vernight lows between 5—7 degrees. so, tomorrow, another very windy day.

there could be a few showers, but i think mostly dry. and it will brighten up with sunny spells at times too. by sunday, it's cooler, lighter winds and there will be some heavy showers. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to charley and naga. hello. this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. a body pulled from the wreckage of a plane carrying emiliano sala has been identified as that of the missing cardiff striker. dorset police confirmed the identification of the body last night. the plane went missing off the channel islands on 21st january. the pilot, david ibbotson, has not been found. cardiff city said in a statement "emiliano and david will forever remain in our hearts". premier league players have also been paying tribute. manchester city's sergio aguero, a fellow argentinian,

tweeted: while arsenal star mezut 0zil spoke of his his sadness and offered support for the sala family and relatives of pilot david ibbotson. theresa may is to hold talks with the irish prime minister later today, to try to break the deadlock in the brexit negotiations. the prospect of physical checks on the irish—uk border have been a key sticking point. ireland and the eu have maintained that the brexit deal can't be changed but british and eu negotiators are to meet on monday. mrs may wants legally binding assurances that the uk wouldn't become tied to eu customs regulations indefinitely. the search for missing hull university student libby squire continued last night. a man arrested on suspicion of abducting her, remains in police custody. the 21—year—old was captured on cctv in the early hours of last friday morning, following a night out. humberside police say finding her is their top priority. the founder of amazon, jeff bezos, has accused the owners of the us

celebrity magazine the national enquirer of "blackmailing" him. mr bezos has posted online what he says are e—mailed threats from the enquirer‘s owners, ami, to publish intimate photos — if he doesn't end an investigation into how the newspaper obtained the pictures. ami has not yet commented. those are the main stories. we are concentrating on equine flu. horseracing is a big deal in uk. you have those pressures, financial, horseracing, and then you have the animals themselves. we have an unprecedented situation in recent times where there will be no horseracing at all in the next few days because after three cases were confirmed of equine flu then is to be an incubation period to ensure that none of the other horses

anywhere else in the country shows symptoms. the symptoms can take three days to show up. even though it was the vigilance of donald mccain is spotted that some of his sources were not looking right so he called in veterinarians for more tests a nd called in veterinarians for more tests and they found three cases, even though those horses had not been racing themselves, horses from the yard had been a wednesday and because it is so contagious the worry is that it could have got on clothing equipment and been spread that way. now they have a period where they wait to make sure it does not any worse. then the horses will get better, at least, and we can get back to some sort of normality next week. it is such a disruption with the cheltenham gold cup, five weeks away today. the timing could not be worse. the british horse racing authority says it will make an announcement on monday on when horse racing will resume. it will be wednesday at the earliest, after an outbreak of equine flu. doncaster was one of four venues to lose out yesterday after the sport was suspended when three horses tested positive for the disease — which is highly contagious. jump racing's biggest event, the cheltenham festival, is just five weeks away.

the danger would be to take a chance and allow horses to move. so we've effectively locked it down and will be in a very clear position next week, and if you were to ask me again about cheltenham, i hope to be completely definitive then. but i don't want to tempt fate, frankly, by saying that, you know, there couldn't be some risk. but i'm very confident that the actions we're taking, in cooperation with the whole of the industry, will ensure that cheltenham will be on. there'll be a repeat of last year's final in the women's league cup, with arsenal still on course to retain their title after vivianne miedema scored twice to give them a 2—1win over manchester united. they'll play manchester city in the final on 23rd february at sheffield united's bramall lane. for us it is important that every tournament that we play in, every cup that we play in is of the highest level and we just love winning tournaments, we love winning cups, and for us to create those standards and keep those standards is important that we are always

there and always winning them. great britain need one more, win to make tomorrow's fed cup play—off match. after katie boulter‘s victory, jo konta came from a set down to beat greece's maria sakkari, who was furious with the line judges, saying they were the worst she'd ever seen. if britain beat hungary today they'll be one step closer to the world group. the lta responded to the comments by saying they picked the line judges for the best experience. and there is no hawk—eye in this event. back to the old—fashioned system of human judgement, human eye. jo konta says she faced at the end of the day, even she complained about some of the decisions. at the moment, no sanctions have been reported against the greek play a. it is quite in an

usual outburst. the lta said they had the topjudges usual outburst. the lta said they had the top judges available on duty, the most experience —— player. weekend, with scotland v ireland — first up at murrayfield tomorrow. scotland have made four changes, with winger blair kinghorn dropped to the bench despite scoring a hat—trick against italy last weekend. he's been replaced by sean maitland who's back from injury. rob kearney is one of five players coming in for ireland. he replaces robbie henshaw, who picked up a knock in training. wales have made ten changes for their match against italy. centre jonathan davies, will captain the side for the first time, with alun wynjones on the bench and four players will be making their six nations debuts. she took up running ten years ago to get fitter, and now susannah gill has won the women's title world marathon challenge — in a world record time.

this involves running seven marathons on seven different continents in seven days — from the antarctic to australia, south africa, chile, madrid, dubai, and miami — catching a plane between each one — and susannah ran the 183.5 miles in 24 hours, 19 minutes, and three seconds. no wonder there were tears at the end. not only have i run seven marathons in seven days on seven continents, but i have gone and run it and set a new world record in the process. it has been the most incredible experience. i never knew i could do this. and, you know, a still love running. and speaking of hardened athletes, we have the sas, from the tv show. it is the four female recruits who will bejoining us. they did some of thatice will bejoining us. they did some of that ice training and so forth. they will have an idea of what susanna gill has been through. i was talking to some of them last night and they we re to some of them last night and they were in awe. and finally, we know mo salah is clinical in front of goal and incredibly accurate

when he wants to be. just take a look at this video he posted on instagram — fairly standard keepie uppies — butjust watch the can on top of the tyre. who knows how many takes he had. he was so casual. it is like he can do that all day. such a tiny target. thank you very much. it was a project designed to teach school children about race, religion, and gender, but a section on homosexuality has drawn angry protests and calls for it to dropped from the curriculem. assistant head andrew moffat runs the classes in a predominantly muslim area of birmingham. he says he's received threats by demonstrators accusing him of promoting personal beliefs. andrewjoins us now. from our studio in birmingham. thank

you very much for talking to us, andrew moffat, tell us what you have been teaching. we talk about no outsiders in our school, and that means no—one is left out. we teach children from a very early age, from four years old onwards, that in uk today, in our school today, we are all different, we have different skin, religion, disabilities, we can have autism, we can be male or female, but, you know what, we all belong. no—one is left out in our school. that is what it is all about. some parents at the school are unhappy about young children being taught about same—sex couples and the gender identity elements of the programme. they are saying that you are promoting personal beliefs and convictions about the universal acceptability of homosexuality as being normal and morally correct. what do you make of those objections? i say that some of our children in the uk today have two mums, some children have two dads, and it is really important that

young children, three—year—old, four—year—old children understand that if i have two mums my family is normal, the family is ok. that is what this is all about. of course, it is not just what this is all about. of course, it is notjust about what this is all about. of course, it is not just about that. what this is all about. of course, it is notjust about that. it is a bigger picture. what we are teaching children is that the great thing about living in the uk today is that we are all different, but we can get along. we have got to be proud of who we are, proud to be muslim, proud to have black skin, proud to have disabilities, proud if we have different families. there has also been an objection in the sense saying that you are contradicting islamic faith, i am quitting people are saying it is good to teach children about respect and values, the sexual orientation aspect is against our values. that is by two muslim people. what you say about that? i go back to the point i made before, in the uk some people have two mums, some have two dads, and

eve ryo ne two mums, some have two dads, and everyone is welcome. we teach that we have different ideas and that is great. the great thing about living in the uk we have different ideas. some people think this, something that, but we can coexist alongside it. we may disagree about some things but we can still live together, we can still live alongside each other. that is what no outsiders is about. we cannot exclude certain groups and we cannot pick and choose who we are and are not comfortable with. it is under british law and it says you cannot have dissemination because of your race, your gender identity, sexual orientation, and we can't say we will talk about this group of people but we will ignore that group of people. we have got to teach children confidently for four years on was that everyone is welcome in the uk, it is british values to bite it is an emotive subject, indeed. 0ne it is an emotive subject, indeed. one of the issues is children of four years all been taught about this. a lot of people are concerned about the very young ages at which

young children are being taught about what is going on in the world. with this emotion can come heads up tempers. what kind of reactions have you experienced from parents or those objecting to what and how you are teaching? i would say, first of all, with first taught this four yea rs all, with first taught this four years ago in my school. it has been a very successful project for us. we got outstanding in 0fsted for our school. it was key for the school. in the last two weeks there have been concerns raised. yesterday we had a protest at the school. some adults who were not our parents were encouraging the children to change to get me out, which, obviously, as a teacher is horrifying. and no teacher would want to hear it. we are teaching our children to be respectful of each other. have you been threatened? yes, i have. what

one has that taken? children and tig —— parents chanting outside the school, i have had e—mails and phone calls to the school. i've also had many parents saying to me we are with you and it is important for our children. yesterday, after the protests i sat down and had a cup of tea with six parents and we chatted and we talked and the parent said at the end, we like it, it is not about you, this work is important. i see this work is about the bigger picture, not about our school. it is about cohesion in uk today. there was a surge in a crime in the uk, 17% rise the home office figures show us. schools cannot ignore this. we have to teach children copy from four years old that community cohesion is important. the best thing about birmingham is its diversity. it is an area of super diversity. it is an area of super diversity. you can have black skin, brown skin, white skin, you can be christian, muslim, jewish, you can

have disabilities, it works. that is what makes birmingham work. andrew moffat, assistant head teacher in birmingham, iwish moffat, assistant head teacher in birmingham, i wish you well. they give very much for talking to us this morning. —— thank you very much. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you. today it is all about the strength of the wind. storm erik is working its way across the country bringing all of us a really windy day. we have some heavy downpours of rain around. not a particularly pleasant day out there. this is storm erik, the stick area of low pressure. the pressure has been falling rapidly in the system as it moves towards the north—west with a trailing cold front. the cold front is bringing some heavy rain across the south—west of england, wales, northern england and scotland. it will be pushing southwards. the heaviest of the rain will arrive across central and southern england, across the south of england later this afternoon. following on from the west some

clearer skies, but also heavy blustery showers. these are the gusts of wind. 45—50 mph. some areas could see citified mild mph gust of wind, especially around hills and coasts —— 65 mph. it will feel colder with the strength of the wind. we also have really high tides. there could be some big waves and some coastal overtopping as well. we keep those really strong winds. we can seek a fear of around 70 mph fora winds. we can seek a fear of around 70 mph for a time. that we can see gusts of around. try a further south and east. moving through into saturday storm erik is still lingering. by saturday it will be sitting towards the north—east of the uk, still plenty of isobars on the uk, still plenty of isobars on the map with the strong winds wrapping around that area of low pressure. tomorrow brings us a day of sunshine and showers. the showers across scotland, ireland, northern england. further south a few

showers. it is looking pretty windy where ever you are. the strong winds should slowly ease away late in the day and temperatures reasonably wild —— mild, 8— day and temperatures reasonably wild -- mild, 8-11 day and temperatures reasonably wild —— mild, 8— 11 degrees. the bbc radio station is a good place to head. now into saturday night and overnight into sunday storm erik clears away by the next area of low pressure had been from the south. that will bring a soggy start to sunday morning for parts of south wales and southern england. the range of clear from the south. improving picture for england and wales and the northerly winds develop, bringing more showers, some of them falling as no over the mountains of scotland, perhaps the pennines as well. and a dip in the temperature on sunday so we are back into single figures. at least those strong winds should ease by sunday. to watch out for the strength of the wind over the next couple of days.

thank you very much, serra. how do you stop a hangover? aspirin, herald the dog, changing the order of yourdrinks? —— herald the dog, changing the order of your drinks? —— sarah. everyone has a different idea. the old phrase, beer before wine, wonderful beer, it doesn't make a difference. 0ver indulging is likely to leave you with a sore head regardless of the order of the drinks. let's speak to sally adams, health psychologist at the university of bath. good morning to you. you have been doing a study into this. do you want to tell us what it consisted of, how it worked? i am not the author of the study but i am a research scientist in the hangover area. can you help us with what the study said? yes, it looked at the order effect of year versus wine and wine versus effect of year versus wine and wine versus beer and measured hangover severity. you had 90 people given drinks in different orders. yes. what was concluded, what do you make

of that? there is absolutely no difference in terms of hangover symptoms the next day suggesting it doesn't matter in terms of the order of drinks it is just the amount of alcohol. what about mixing drinks? there is actually so little research in this area looking at whether different drinks make a difference. that is the whole thing, if you stick to wine you shouldn't have beer, you shouldn't have beer or vodka, you should stick to the same thing apparently in the hangover is less horrendous. there is a body of research that suggests dark drinks give us work, worse hangover than vodka andjim. give us work, worse hangover than vodka and jim. whiskey and give us work, worse hangover than vodka andjim. whiskey and red wine? absolutely, they have dell might i produced in fermentation and might contribute to a severe hangover. there is lots of perceived wisdom about these things, for example dehydration. people think if they drinka lot dehydration. people think if they drink a lot of water in the evening or after they come back after the evening, that can help, is that right or wrong? yes, it can, you are

treating one symptom of hangover, you are treating the dehydration, hangover is much more than dehydration, it is a lecture light in balance, it irritates your stomach, you produce a toxic substance which is really toxic to humans and that is why you feel sick, that is why you vomit and your heart races. talking of being sick, is it better to be sick when you are drunk in terms of hangover?” is it better to be sick when you are drunk in terms of hangover? i don't know if there was research into that. that is what people say, i will be sick and feel better in the morning. it is likely to make you more dehydrated because you are losing more fluid. sometimes people wonder about scientist researching things, because unless i am mistaken, what they concluded from the research is if you have a lot to drink you are going to have a hangover and i am thinking we sort of knew that, didn't we? we didn't know about the order fracture but there are lots of things we don't know yet. in the lab i work in in the university of bath, we are

looking to see whether you might be impaired, it might affect your driving or your workplace performance, so there's a lot of important research to be done. that is the consumption of the alcohol the day afterwards? yes, absolutely. you feel fine, using my blood alcohol concentration is zero, i would pass a breathalyser, i am going to drive and go to work, there is evidence you might still be impaired the next day stop even if you are legal to drive? yes, absolutely, that is important to do this research. and how harmful hangovers can be. a quick fly around, how does herald the dog work? no-one really knows. it is not a good idea —— hair of the dog. you should give your liver arrest of at least 48 hours. lola says lola really help. they do contain potassium. —— none is really help. they could help with electrolyte imbalance. -- bananas really help. i

still think the answer is not to drink as much. and it really is the only real answer. surefire, thank you. this week we are talking about the ownership of railway arches in england and wales. they are home to thousands of small businesses. look at this in battersea in south london. it is rather romantic. now it looks more realistic with the commute and everything. a little bit earlier it looked eerie, didn't it? yes, you make assumptions about — you might think for example that the ra i lwa ys you might think for example that the railways would only areas underneath the arches but they have changed ownership and more for the businesses who live and work underneath, ben, that could be interesting. yes, good morning. welcome to battersea, you are right, and looking at the short you can see, you might —— looking here, you

can see what's here. you wouldn't expect to find a forestry business in here, but this is one of thousands of businesses operating in railway arches around the country but from this week they have a new owner. network rail has sold it off toa owner. network rail has sold it off to a property developer and there is a new landlord for places like this. sarah is working on a centrepiece for a hotel tomorrow. paul is the boss here. good morning. it is interesting. i didn't expect to find you here. you were in central london, but you moved here, why, why isa london, but you moved here, why, why is a railway arch good for what you do? two really good reasons, the space, we have a lot of space, and it is very cool, which is perfect for flowers, you know, it is very cool, which is perfect forflowers, you know, temperature is marvellous in here. also the location is great because we are very close to central london, we have a lot of space, which we need as florists. we will talk to you

later. what they are concerned about, there is a gym down here and about, there is a gym down here and a bakery, they are worried about what that could mean, if the rents might go up. let's speak with lennie from guardians of the arches. what are you worried about? they are so important for people. lots of small businesses operating in somewhere like this. it is primarily a affordable rent. the arches have historically been a haven for affordable workspace for a wide variety of industries. and this isn't just about profits, variety of industries. and this isn'tjust about profits, this is about people, it is about communities and a way of life and we are communities and a way of life and we a re really communities and a way of life and we are really concerned about what the future holds. there are a lot of small businesses who don't have the ability to grow and expand to meet the market rents. and viewers might be able to hear the train above our heads. we can look at that while we are talking. it is amazing to find these businesses under the arches, 4000 businesses, what do you want to hear from the new landlord?

4000 businesses, what do you want to hearfrom the new landlord? that 4000 businesses, what do you want to hear from the new landlord? that was only set up this week, so a lot of getting used to the new boss. yes, what we need is tenants, and commercial tenants ask the same, we wa nt commercial tenants ask the same, we want affordable workspace, we want security, and long leases. and we wa nt security, and long leases. and we want a guarantee really from the new owners that they will protect the diversity of industries that occupied the arches. it is essential for us to protect our communities and that is exactly why guardians of the arches has formed and it is growing because tenants what dell might want to stand together with one voice to demand that businesses dell —— this business as usual approach of driving up services and rents approach of driving up services and re nts sto ps approach of driving up services and rents stops and changes now.” approach of driving up services and rents stops and changes now. i can tell you are passionate about this. lennie, we will talk more later. adam is the boss of the company. you have just got all of the arches. we heard about wanting some reassurance. what reassurance can

you give to the businesses who operate here? the reason we bought the arches, we think it's a fantastic combination of great property close to city centres in the major cities of england and wales and even on top of that the great thing is it has a fantastic te na nt great thing is it has a fantastic tenant base as you've just spoken about, and diverse mix of independent businesses, brilliant places to come, and the first thing we wa nt places to come, and the first thing we want to do is to make sure we protect that. that is why we bought the business. the second thing we wa nt to the business. the second thing we want to do is invest in the state. you would be amazed, although it is fantastic property, there are 900 empty arches —— estate. we have started planning for how we can bring those arches back into use by investing more cash into the estate. iam investing more cash into the estate. i am astonished this is in here, meeting rooms in here, it is a slick operation, many wouldn't expect to find those sorts of things here. what can you do with it, what would the money investing? so the first thing as i say is bringing empty

arches back into use which is great because it is more space for community organisations and businesses alongside the current te na nts. we businesses alongside the current tenants. we can also make the estate better so something we started doing this week is on the fourth day, yesterday we approved 70 projects to improve the physical appearance of the estate, taking away graffiti. and what reassurance on rent? paul and lennie are worried they will go up and lennie are worried they will go up because it is a new boss and they will come in and say we want more money. what reassurance on that? we are committed to providing value for money spaces for businesses and we wa nt money spaces for businesses and we want them to be places where the te na nt want them to be places where the tenant base can thrive in future. 0k, good to talk to you. nice to see you both. this place as we have said is getting really busy. they have a lot of deliveries going out today. lots of work being done this morning. it is fascinating to find this underneath the arches in places where you wouldn't expect, in towns and cities across the country. take and cities across the country. take a look at the arches you're on the

railway, it is amazing what goes on beneath the railway track. good morning from bbc london news, i'm alex bushell. there are renewed calls for an independent inquiry into the death of a seven year—old—boy at his flooded home in chertsey. it's five years since zane gbangbola died from toxic fumes. an inquest found he suffered carbon monoxide poisioning from a petrol—pump dispersing the water. but his parents maintain it was poisonous gas from a nearby flooded landfill site. they're holding a candle—lit memorial for zane tonight. the court of appeal has upheld a ruling that transport for london cannot proceed with cycle superhighway 11 without considering the impact of traffic and air quality. work at swiss cottage stopped last year. cyclists say it would improve safety at one of london's most notorious junctions. but westminster council argues it's concerned about increased traffic and poor air quality. a london restaurant is serving up grey squirrel meat in its dishes arguing it's sustainable for the environment the native london restaurant in southwark says chefs only use animals which have been culled.

we're not actively going out hunting squirrels to serve people. it's effectively a waste product. so the gamekeepers are culling the squirrels because they eat the baby bird eggs or destroy the trees. staff on south western railway will walk out for three days later this month and in march as they take fresh strike action as part of the long running "guards on trains" dispute. commuters, including those into london waterloo, will face the worst disruption. let's take a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there's a good service on all lines this morning. there is a part suspension on the overground. 0n the roads, the m25 is slow clockwise from junction ten to junction 11 after a crash which involved two cars. the a4204 kensington church street in both directions closed due to carriageway repairs from a315 kensington high street to bedford gardens. and in enfield, one lane is closed

due to telecoms work on a10 great cambridge road southbound at the junction with turkey street. now the weather with elizabeth ritzini. hello, good morning. not the greatest day of weather today across the capital. in fact, it's looking rather blustery again, and there'll be further outbreaks of rain around at times. some of which will turn out to be heavy, particularly as we head towards the end of the day. but to begin with this morning, the rain is there. but its light and patchy. misty, murky conditions. low cloud. by the afternoon we could be looking at gusts of 40—50mph. then the rain will turn heavy as we head towards the evening rush—hour with this band of rain drifting in from the west. but it should have mostly cleared by the time we get to say six or seven o'clock. but it's wet and windy by the end of the day. top temperatures though between 9—11 degrees, still mild. 0vernight tonight, a few showers following on the main weather front, some clear spells, the winds will drop out for a bit, but then re—strengthen into tomorrow morning. 0vernight lows between 5—7 degrees. so, tomorrow, another very windy day. there could be a few showers, but i think mostly dry. and it will brighten up with sunny spells at times too. by sunday, it's cooler,

lighter winds and there will be some heavy showers. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today... a body recovered from the wreckage of a plane near the channel islands is confirmed as that of the premier league footballer emiliano sala. the club he had justjoined, cardiff city, offers its heartfelt condolences to the family. the big sticking point — theresa may prepares to meet ireland's prime minister to tackle the irish border after brexit. there will be no more horse racing in the uk until at least wednesday because of an outbreak of equine flu, in the lead—up to the cheltenham festival, just five weeks away. thousands of railway arches across

the country get a new owner this week but what does it mean for the businesses that operate inside them? iam businesses that operate inside them? i am meeting some of them here in south london who make their living under the tracks. and tonight in the uk chooses its song for this year's at eurovision, it is all happening here and there isa it is all happening here and there is a new format. three songs, six acts, i will shine a light on how it all works injust a little bit! the moment two kayakers were struck by a 30—tonne whale and why it led to a three—year quest to find out more about the animal. and we have some stormy weather forecast today, strong winds and heavy rain courtesy of storm eric. a full forecast in about 15 minutes. it's friday 8th february. our top story.

a body pulled from the wreckage of a plane carrying emiliano sala has been identified as that of the missing cardiff striker. dorset police confirmed the identification of the body last night. the plane went missing off the channel islands on 21st january. the pilot, david ibbotson, has not been found. jon donnison reports. emiliano sala's family and friends will have known this moment was coming. but it's now been officially confirmed he's dead. after being recovered from the wreckage of the small plane on wednesday, police say his body has been formally identified by the dorset coroner. the 28—year—old argentinian's family, who visited the channel islands to assist in the search, have been informed and are being supported by specially trained police officers. the body of the pilot, 59—year—old david ibbotson from lincolnshire, hasn't been recovered, but the air accidents investigation branch says it's taken the difficult decision to end its search operation. the plane disappeared on the 21st

of january after losing radar contact around guernsey. the following day it was confirmed the two men were on board. but it wasn't until the 3rd of february that the wreckage was found. cardiff city fans have continued to pay tribute to emiliano sala, who had onlyjust been signed from the french club nantes. in a statement posted on social media, cardiff city football club said... as fans, family and friends have to come to terms with emiliano sala's death, investigators will now be focusing on what caused his plane to crash. jon donnison, bbc news. theresa may is to hold talks with the irish prime minister later today to try to break the deadlock in the brexit negotiations. the prospect of physical checks on the irish—uk border have been a key sticking point.

let's talk to our political correspondent, alex forsyth. perhaps we can find out the likelihood of theresa may coming back and pleasing everyone with a solution to this! i think that likelihood is pretty much slim to none. i think she knows she will have to upset somebody to get something through the house of commons and this is where we are at. she is pursuing her strategy of trying to get changes to the irish backstop, the plan to avoid a hardboard on the island of ireland. the eu consistently are saying we will not go down that route but she is ploughing on, going to see the irish prime minister to continue talks tonight. 0n the other hand, you have labour saying, we might support a brexit deal if you meet certain conditions. the most contentious of those is the idea of the uk staying in a customs union. that would really anger a lot of conservative mps because they think it would stop the uk going off to do

independent trade deals with other countries. and it has upset a lot of labour mps who actually wantjeremy corbyn to back the idea of another public vote so you have battles on all fronts over brexit. talks carrying on with brussels and the eu leaders, some conversations going on with labour, and all theresa may is trying to do is find something that can build enough consensus to squeeze a brexit deal through parliament. ok, thank you for explaining it. the search for missing student libby squire continued last night. a man who has been arrested on suspicion of abducting her remains in police custody. libby was last seen in the early hours of last friday morning, following a night out. 0ur reporter sarah corker is in hull for us this morning. bring us up to date. yes, more than 70 officers have been involved in this week—long search for libby. and, over the last 36 hours, the focus of this investigation has moved to a property on this street in hull. on wednesday night a 24—year—old

man was arrested here. there is still a continued police presence here as you can see on the street. yesterday, crime scene investigations was seen going in and out of the house, taking away bags of evidence. we also saw a car being towed away as part of the investigation. despite an extensive search, the whereabouts of libby remains unknown and police say finding her remains their top priority. last night there was a lot of police activity on the streets of hull. officers were out on the streets handing out flyers about libby in four different languages. we also saw them driving a huge billboard through the city with libby's image on. it is all part of their wider appeal to try to find out where she might be and to jog peoples to try to find out where she might be and tojog peoples memories. thank you, sarah. the founder of amazon, jeff bezos, has accused the owners of the us celebrity magazine the national enquirer of "blackmailing" him. mr bezos has posted online

what he says are emailed threats from the enquirer‘s owners, ami, to publish intimate photos if he doesn't end an investigation into how the newspaper obtained the pictures. ami has not yet commented. take a look at these amazing photographs from this year's international garden photographer of the year competition. british photographerjill welham beat 90,000 entrants from more than 50 countries to scoop the top prize with this image of allium flower heads from her garden. that was the first image that we saw. while richard bloom — appropriately named — won the "beautiful gardens" category. he captured the early morning sun at the summer garden at bressingham. andrea pozzi won the "breathing spaces" group snapping this picturesque wintry scene in chile. and katheleen fury won "beauty

of plants" with this close up of seed heads. that almost didn't look real! it almost looked painted. it was probably why she won! we will have a look at the weather a little later on. this is the section of the programme where we have amazing pictures. while on holiday in california, our next guests were enjoying a whale—watching trip when suddenly a 30—tonne humpback lept out of the ocean and landed on their sea kayak. most people just want a picture but this is what they got! the near—death experience led the two friends to try to find out more about the species and use their footage to make a documentary. let's take a look. in 2015, i was on a kayak whale watching trip in california with my friend charlotte. that's us, there. and then, this happened.

a humpback whale breached on top of us. my name's tom mustill. my name's charlotte. i make documentaries. i'm an accountant. out of the water came this giant thing, like a big black thing, and it blocked out the sun. really, it was huge, it was like a building grew out of the water next to us. and it happened just like... that was it. i felt this huge swoosh and i was cartwheeled around like a doll. i had no idea if either of us were going to survive. i remember having to swim and seeing the surface and swimming towards the surface. i remember this absolute elation, seeing light when i got above the water, just being so happy to be alive. joining us on the sofa are tom mustill, director of humpback whales: a detective story, and charlotte kinloch. good morning. shall we go back to

the moment it happened? we have shown the pictures and kind of explain but i don't think we can do it justice explain but i don't think we can do itjustice in explain but i don't think we can do it justice in the explain but i don't think we can do itjustice in the way you can. explain but i don't think we can do it justice in the way you can.” guess i have almost these flashbulb memories. i remember being in the kaya k memories. i remember being in the kayak and the water in front of us being glassy and millpond smooth and all of a sudden, it parts and this amazing giant thing grows out of the water next to us like a building. i remember just the whale water next to us like a building. i rememberjust the whale suspended in the airfora rememberjust the whale suspended in the air for a split—second above us and after that, being in the water, darkness, it being completely black and not knowing how deep under we had been dragged. did you have any idea, it sounds silly, i know you we re idea, it sounds silly, i know you were whale watching, but that it was a whale that had come up? i don't know how you can think in those seconds because it was just that. know how you can think in those seconds because it was just thatm was completely surreal. but of

course we knew it was a whale! did it land on part of the canoe? from the images come i wasn't sure who was in the front and who was in the back. did you think it was going to land on top of you? i'm assuming it didn't quite. as it came out of the water, it was just in front and to the left of us and charlotte was in the left of us and charlotte was in the front and i was in the back so it was closer to her. it looked like it was closer to her. it looked like it would land directly on top of us. the next thing i remember is being in the water and we were reconstructing it and looking back at the video slowly and we realised that it turned and its arm whacked the nose of the kayak and it crunched it and sucked us underwater. that would have been about two feet from charlotte's leg. it was an extraordinary moment. a few presumably got over the trauma of the moment, you are a film—maker

a lot of things in your head about what happened, if it was deliberate firstly, did it know you were there? absolutely. everybody i knew got in touch and everybody wanted to know if it had done it on purpose and what was going on. and everybody sent every sort of weird whale video they had come across and whether we liked it or not, we were bombarded with these videos and we realised there were a lot of other interactions with people and whales and monterey bay seem to be a hot spot. that was the beginnings of the film got to go back and ask people who had come close to whales are an expert what it was doing, why was so much of this happening. when you approached charlotte about this, because you're an accountant, which is great, but you are the film—maker

and you asked if you should go back and you asked if you should go back and have a think about it, what did you say? i was pretty nervous at first, a few nightmares before we we nt first, a few nightmares before we went out but when we got out there and went on the first whale watching tour, it wasjust incredible and the fear completely went away. one of the things you do, you look at the characters who follow whales. there was one diver you met who has possibly the closest ever encounter with a whale who was in the water right next to one when it emerges and you ask the classic question, good on you for asking, did you think for a second it was going to swallow you! and he genuinely thought it through. explain about that. he had been lying on the surface of the water after he had been diving and suddenly all of these fish come rattling at him and bubbles and he knows that means that whales are nearby and they are about to feed on the fish. the whale comes

up to feed on the fish. the whale comes up and its mouth is maybe a couple of feet from engulfing him. everything that happened he has been running through in his head what he would do if he went in its mouth. it could easily fit in, maybe five or ten people inside a humpback whale's mouth. you put that into perspective, that is the size of this sofa. easily. you also try to find out the genetic similarities that whales have to other mammals and we can take a look at the clip. they might look different but they are our relatives. they are closer to us and many other mammals. whales art mammals and their ancestors once lived on the land but they moved back to the sea. they breathe air like we do, they have pregnancies, give birth to live young, high body temperature, these are all mammalian things. their skin, just like us, co nsta ntly things. their skin, just like us, constantly grows

things. their skin, just like us, co nsta ntly grows a nd things. their skin, just like us, constantly grows and sheds, feeding armies of giants. they are so big even the lice are the size of your thumbnail. we didn't need to see the lice! you were saying about a whale's throat it is actually really small. you could probably get your fist down it. so you couldn't end up in its stomach? no, no chance. given what you went through and that moment in time, as it made you as fascinated as tom clearly is? in what goes on? i don't think i'm quite as obsessed as tom! but definitely, going back and learning more about the behaviour and particularly learning that they are such gentle animals and their behaviour as shown to be really altruistic, and learning that what happened to us was unlikely to have been aggressive. you talk about the

action of coming out and flipping. but anyone who just watches, watching whales or dolphins, why do they do it question don't know why they actually do it. but we saw a lot of it. to me it just looks playful, like they are playing with gravity, which they don't normally get when they are in the sea, and it isjust veryjoyful. we are seeing, each one of the different lea ps we are seeing, each one of the different leaps has a name. that's right. it tells you that we don't really know anything because all we can do is name the different ways they splash but we think it might be to communicate or to knock off ba rna cles to communicate or to knock off barnacles from their skin or to show how strong they are but we don't know for certain. and going back to the original incident, one of your thoughts now, and people have to watch the film, but the whale itself turned possibly deliberately in order to do you less harm. is that

it's likely romanticising what might have been going on? where have you ended up with that? there is this interesting thing, recently humpbacks seem to be coming to the rescue of other animals. even other species when they are being hunted, in monterey bay, by killer whales. there is a woman in the show who claims that a whale saved her from a shark. another scientist, when she looked at the footage of the whale jumping above us, thought that actually seems to see us and turn away from us. i don't want to go any further than that but it probably saw something underneath it when it jumped and didn't want to land on it but they are interesting questions. 0ne but they are interesting questions. one of the big issues is the damage people are doing to whales, with collisions and getting caught up in fishing nets and things. that's right. i think i thought naively when i started the project that when

industrial hunting of whales was mainly wound down that they were now 0k and we have stopped killing them but actually, a lot of them are being killed by being hit by boats in the sea and being caught in ghost nets and other things we have left lying in the ocean. it is a fascinating film with some amazing imagery. thank you very much. humpback whales: a detective story airs tonight on bbc two at 9pm. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. the weather to will be very windy wherever you are. we have storm eric moving in from west to east across the uk, ringing a spell of strong winds and some heavy rainfall. we have quite high tides and with that combination of the high tides and strong winds there could be some big waves around some of the coasts. storm eric is pushing m,

of the coasts. storm eric is pushing in, a trailing weather front will bring heavy rain possibly heaviest at the moment is in parts of scotland, northern england, wales and the south—west. this front will move to the south—east through the afternoon and it will be followed from the north—west bite sunny spells but further heavy downpours of showery rain and you will notice the strength of the wind wherever you are, 45—55 mph and may be as high as 65 mph around some hills and west coasts. still pretty mild, double figures for many but feeling colder when you are exposed to the wind. this evening, most of the rate will clear from the south—east, still keeping the wind to light with further rain coming into northern ireland, scotland, northern england and may be some sleet and snow over highest ground. it will be frost free with the cloud and wind particularly windy in parts of central scotland, northern ireland and northern england. anywhere to the south of this area of low

pressure as the strongest winds, 70 mph are possible and likely to cause disruption. tomorrow, very windy again, heavy showers coming in from the north—west in scotland, northern ireland and northern england but further south and east you are more likely to stay dry. some sunnier skies but still very windy. temperature is fairly similar to today, highs of 8—11d on saturday. through today and tomorrow, when you have the strength of the wind combined with heavy rain, we are likely to see some disruption to travel, maybe some trees down and perhaps some ferry crossings cancelled. moving into sunday, the next area of low pressure comes in from the south and that will bring some pretty soggy weather sunday morning to parts of south wales and southern england. most of it should start to clear away on sunday so and improving story in much of england and wales. scotland and northern ireland will see a cold northerly

wind developing and some is noble on highest ground. a cold feeling on sunday, things will quite down in the working week —— some snowfall. but keep an eye on the forecast for the windy conditions today and tomorrow. thank you. the horce racing calender has been hit by an outbreak of equine flu, that's postponed all meetings across britain until next wednesday. races were called off yesterday, after three vaccinated horses tested positive for the disease. humans can't be infected but how dangerous is it for animals? mike's here along withjess wray, who's an equine vet. give us a snapshot of right now, no racing anywhere until wednesday?- the earliest. the racing industry is holding its breath at the moment. if there are no more cases, if the disease can be incubated for three

days, the first positive test came on wednesday, so by waiting until sunday, if there are no more cases then they will have another meeting on monday and by wednesday they can begin again but of course the implications will be huge if any more cases are confirmed. you can tell us how contagious it can be, even though the three horses that tested positive were not racing horses from their yard were and that is how it could spread. that's right. it is a highly contagious disease is a virus. it can spread through respiratory droplets, through respiratory droplets, through the air, coughing and nasal secretions and things like that but also via people so it can survive in the environment on equipment and hands and things so that is how it spreads so quickly. what are the symptoms? is it like us having the flu ? symptoms? is it like us having the flu? which can be very debilitating but what about for horses? very similarto but what about for horses? very similar to people. they often have quite a dry, harsh cough, some nasal

discharge, nastyjunkie quite a dry, harsh cough, some nasal discharge, nasty junkie stuff quite a dry, harsh cough, some nasal discharge, nastyjunkie stuff or light secretions —— gunky stuff. discharge, nastyjunkie stuff or light secretions -- gunky stuff. is it fatal? it can be potential in unvaccinated horses that they would show much more severe signs of what i have said and that is when it can damage the respiratory tract and bacteria can get involved. he can end up with pneumonia and potentially death. given how sensitive this is, commercially if you like, and the way the industry has been effected by being shut down completely, if you were to go and see a horse in a stable, anywhere i suppose, are you required to notify them and is there a procedure that kicks in? it is not a notifiable disease so you are not legally obliged to report it to the government. but the animal health trust along with the levy board has

obviously been promoting this testing to find out from a surveillance point of view and also to know what is out there, with free testing for all cases at the moment. that is blood tests and swab analysis. and i guess it is due to the vigilance of donald mccain from the vigilance of donald mccain from the trainer, that he was aware of cases in ireland and france, that he spotted something was wrong and got the vet back and it has not spread any further. and fingers crossed, all of those horses that came into contact all of those horses that came into co nta ct ha d all of those horses that came into contact had been locked down and been isolated and hopefully that can prevent future spread. and even though the symptoms can be over in 48 hours, why is it such a huge story ahead of cheltenham? it is how long the effects can last, like any human who is at the flu bug. long the effects can last, like any human who is at the flu bugm long the effects can last, like any human who is at the flu bug. it can be very debilitating, especially for athletic animals like racehorses. you could see malaise and lethargy

and poor performance for several months potentially. and that really would include entry and cheltenham. thank you very much. coming up this morning, it has been 22 years since the uk last won eurovision, a long time. it sounds like the world cup, hopeful every time but have weak reason to be? colin paterson can tell us more because it is that with those hoping to represent the uk. tell us more because it is that with those hoping to represent the uk! yea rs of those hoping to represent the uk! years of hurt! eurovision tonight, six acts, three songs, a new format. we have tried everything and we are trying something else this year not to finish near the bottom of the table! these are the six acts who are going to be taking part, we will meet them all soon but to give you a taters datum at a taster, they have agreed to sing the classic, waterloo! # waterloo, i was defeated you won

the war # waterloo, thomas to love you for ever more # waterloo... there you go, you can seejust there you go, you can see just what safe hands eurovision is in tonight! by safe hands eurovision is in tonight! by 9:30pm tonight we will know which one of those six is representing the uk in israel. more from them after half past eight but first the news, weather and travel where you are. hello, good morning. yesterday morning we had quite strong winds and heavy rain. today it's almost like a repeat formance, windy conditions across the uk today, with that, heavy rain followed by blustery showers. it's courtesy of

storm eric, you can see it clearly on the satellite picture. a deep area of low pressure, still deepening promote, off—white lines quite close together here, showing us we have quite strong winds. winds between 55 and 55 miles an hour, the strongest winds across northern ireland, the coast of scotland. rain moving south and east, quite heavy rainfora time moving south and east, quite heavy rain for a time as it spreads into the south—east of england. those are the south—east of england. those are the wind gusts, you can see 50 miles an hour towards east anglia later. blustery showers moving in, sunny spells, maximum temperature is double figures across most parts, 10-11d. double figures across most parts, 10—11d. tonight we continue with rain across northern ireland, scotland, summer hill snow here. clear spells in the south, in mild night, temperatures no lower than 6-8 night, temperatures no lower than 6—8 degrees. strong winds continue,

storm eric not moving very far, still there as we move into saturday. the tightly packed lines indicating strong winds over the north of the uk, scotland, northern ireland, northern parts of england, expect gales on saturday, 65 and 70 miles an hour. try weather on saturday, sunny spells, the wind not quite as strong in the south but quite as strong in the south but quite as strong in the south but quite a blustery day with wind gusts reaching 40 miles an hour. temperatures are tween 8—11d. further rain spreading into the south—west later, moving north eastwards or sunday. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with susannah streeter and victoria fritz. the world's biggest oil reserves but an economy in freefall, who would be the winners and losers from regime change in venezuela? live from london, that's our top story on friday 8 february. the first lorries with us

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