good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: new allegations of sexual and racial harassment by former employees of the retail tycoon, sir philip green are published in the telegraph. he denies any crime or misconduct. a controversial contract to prevent delays to sea cargo in case of a no—deal brexit is scrapped — seaborne freight had no ships and had never run a ferry service. counting the cost of knife crime — the number of young victims admitted to hospitals in england has risen by more than 50% in the past five years. it's a big six nations weekend. scotland are top of the table at the moment, but can they stay there? ireland are heading to murrayfield this afternoon. hello, good morning. we have still got some very windy weather around in some areas this morning. the winds will gradually ease down and we are left with a day of sunshine and showers. tomorrow won't be as windy. there will be sunshine, rain

at times. it will fill chillier than today. more details later on. good morning. it's saturday, february 9. our top story: a former executive at sir philip green's arcadia group, was paid more than £1 million after accusing him of groping her, according to new claims in the daily telegraph. several other former employees received six figure payments after alleging inappropriate behaviour, the newspaper says. sir philip categorically denies he is guilty of any unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. caroline rigby reports. sir philip green, the boss of topshop, is one of britain's best—known businessmen. yesterday a judge let him drop his injunction against the daily telegraph after a legal battle lasting six months. today, more claims about his conduct appear in the newspaper. the telegraph says one senior female executive at sir philip green's arcadia group was paid more than £1

million after he called her "a naughty girl", slapped on the bottom, and greater. another executive, who's black, received around £1 million after sir philip allegedly made derogatory remarks about his dreadlocks and told him he was still throbbing spears in the jungle, the paper claims. the paper says to other women got 6—figure pay—outs after complaining of inappropriate behaviour —— throwing spears. it claims some of the events we re spears. it claims some of the events were witnessed by other staff and reported to a child. sir philip has accused the newspaper pursuing a vendetta against him and his employees, as is harassing staff. "hr. he employees, as is harassing staff. ——hr. he denies his behaviour amounted to any kind of crime or misconduct. carolyn ridley, bbc news. the department for transport has terminated a controversial contract to provide extra ferries in the event of a no—deal brexit. ministers have faced strong criticism since seaborne freight was awarded a £13 million contract

in december to operate from ramsgate in kent —even though it had never run a ferry service or had any ships. we can speak now tojon donnison who joins us from our london newsroom. what's going on, all these plans we re what's going on, all these plans were supposed to be in place yet this contract, which was controversial to begin with, does not seem as if it would ever have been fulfilled. what going --by's going on is a good question. the decision to award a very contract to a company with very ——no ferries raised eyebrows. seaborne freight said it would be ready by the end of march to operate a service between ramsgate in kent and ostend in belgium, but now the department of transport has said it has become clear that the company would not be able to meet its contractual requirements after another company, arklow shipping, an irish company, allegedly withdrew its support for

seaborne freight. what the government is saying is that it is 110w government is saying is that it is now in the advanced stages of looking at a number of other companies to cope with additional freight capacity in the event of a no—deal brexit. it could be tricky though. we have already had concerns from the council in ramsgate that the airport won't be ready by the end of march and also the mayor of ostend in belgium has said his port won't be ready by the end of march to cope with a new very light being set up. 0k, thank you for explaining all about. just over a thousand stabbing victims, aged between ten and 19, spent at a least one night in hospital in the 12 months to last march. there's been a 54% rise in the number of young people treated for knife wounds in england over the past five years, according to nhs figures. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. the youngest victim to die in a knife attack this year, jaden

moodie, was stabbed to death after being knocked off a notepad. an 18—year—old man has been charged with murder. jaden moodie was just 14. with murder. jaden moodie was just 1a. doctors say they are treating increasing numbers of people for knife wounds and the victims are getting younger. what has changed as we are seeing a lot more adolescent and young people who have severe injuries, that's used to be an occasional occurrence and it is now the norm. i expect to admit somebody of school age in the care of our service is a matter of course. the figures for hospital admissions for injuries from knives or sharp 0 bjects injuries from knives or sharp objects show there were almost 5000 people treated for stab wounds last year. over 1000 of them were aged 10-19. that's year. over 1000 of them were aged 10—19. that's a rise of 54% compared with five years earlier. another trench doctors have observed is more girls are involved in knife crime —— another trend. some victims face threats that footage of the stabbing will be posted online. there's a

shift in what we are seeing. and seeing young women who have come in having had their mobile phones taking —— taken off them in an attack and having the attack filmed. it is part of humiliation and this is what will happen to you if you say anything, we will put it on the internet. doctors say the rise in knife crime is putting extra pressure on emergency services. the home office has set up a serious violent strategy to tackle the problem and has launched a review of the links between violent crime and the links between violent crime and the trade in illegal drugs. danny shaw, bbc news. the family of the pilot whose plane crashed with the footballer emiliano sala on board, are trying to raise £300,000 to find his body. the aircraft disappeared off the channel islands on 21 january and yesterday a body recovered from the wreckage was confirmed to be that of the footballer. david ibbotson‘s relatives say they want to be able to lay him to rest and are appealing for donations to an online fundraising page. us president donald trump has announced he will meet north korean leader, kim jong—un, in the vietnamese capital hanoi, later this month. the two leaders met for the first

time in singapore last summer, following decades of hostilities between the two countries. mr trump, previously referred to mr kim as "little rocket man" — but tweeted that, under his leadership, north korea would become "a different kind of rocket — an economic one". 174 racing stables across britain are in lockdown this weekend and all meetings have been cancelled following an outbreak of equine flu. six cases have been confirmed so far at a stables in cheshire, as the authorities work to contain the highly contagious illness. the shutdown will continue until wednesday and marks the biggest loss of racing fixtures since the foot and mouth outbreak of 2001. 50 years ago today, the boeing 7117 took to the skies for the very first time, heralding the start of the "golden age of travel". thejumbojet offered more space, more seats and greater luxury than ever before. the take off transformed aviation and made farflung destinations easily within reach,

as adam woods explains. thejumbos the jumbos are thejumbos are coming. the jumbos are coming. 1969 and the jumbo jet is unveiled the jumbos are coming. 1969 and the jumbojet is unveiled to the world. one observer commented that it seemed as though the qe2 had taken to the skies. bigger than anything else at the time, it transformed air travel for millions of people. the jumbo jet has brought travel for millions of people. the jumbojet has brought a new dimension to air travel, space, more room for more passengers. more seats meant more tickets, it shrank the world. america, africa, australia, now all within reach of the masses. the 747 now all within reach of the masses. the 7117 was a massive risk for boeing, it nearly bankrupted the company. orders for the new plane we re company. orders for the new plane were slow to come in. but half a century later it's still in service and more are still being built. yet the jumbo's days are numbered. british airways plans to retire its

fleet within five years. all airlines in america have already grounded bears. smaller, quieter, more efficient planes and now the future passenger flight. instead, jumbo jets are future passenger flight. instead, jumbojets are finding any new life ferrying flaked —— freight. the queen of these guys for 50 years and, perhaps, free a new life ferrying flaked —— freight. the queen of these guys for 50 years and, perhaps, freeview more to come —— wing of the skies. aaron woods, bbc news. i can't believe it is at all. it doesn't feel that old. it unsurprisingly attracts animal lovers from across the world and raises money for charity. can you guess the thing? this year? feathers? no. it was a maskrey ball for dogs and their owners —— maskrey

ball. it is always the same question. to the dogs look happy? that it looked unhappy, but do they look happy? with a rather be doing that or just walking around? look happy? with a rather be doing that orjust walking around? i don't know. i think we are both in the same page on this one. let's take a look at some of today's front pages. as we've been hearing, the daily telegraph leads with allegations of sexual and racial harassment against the retail tycoon sir philip green. he denies any wrong doing. the times also covers the same story and features a picture of the actor albert finney, who has died aged 82. the guardian front page covers a legal wrangle between the us magazine the national enquirer and billionaire amazon owner jeff bezos — relating to stories about his private life. and the mirror claims that austerity measures mean that more than 12,000 bus routes are under threat. the thing that has excited you and i both is the supplement in the guardian. can we get that up there?

when you did the owl is that you do... it is not about sheep. it is not about sheep. it is a fascination with fleet for anyone who does shiftwork. how to nod off. it is pages and pages of tips on how to sleep. have you learned anything, you were flicking through it.|j sleep. have you learned anything, you were flicking through it. i have not yet gone through the whole thing. i will pick out some key points later on and we will see if we otherwise. everyone who is watching, if you are up at this time, maybe you did not mean to be up time, maybe you did not mean to be up at this time and you wanted to get more sleep, give us your hints for getting a good night's sleep and what stops you from getting one and having a good bedtime routine. i think that is important. it is what they say. let us bring you up—to—date with the main stories. sir philip green, faces fresh allegations of sexual and racial harassment — according to newspaper reports — he denies any wrongdoing. the government has scrapped a controversial contract to prevent delays to sea cargo in case of a no—deal brexit. "seaborne freight" was set to receive 13—million pounds

despite not having any ships. here's darren with a look at this morning's weather. it was windy yesterday, wasn't it? it was windy yesterday, wasn't it? it still is. lots of hack carts are going to be affected. —— haircuts. not mine. it is still very windy across some parts of the uk this morning. we have cost of around 50 mph or more. we have had some damage, disruption of the past 2a hours or so. that will continue into the first part of the day. it is due to storm erik. that is it into the north of scotland right now. it will put away towards scandinavia and will take the strongest core of winds across northern ireland and southern scotland and northern england and north wales away into

the north sea. still very windy this morning. gusts of 50 mph. maybe as high as 70 mph along some western coast. some rain as well, moving away from northern ireland, continuing for a while across the plaza north england with the windy weather and many pushes away into the north sea. then we are left with sunshine and showers. showers coming in over the irish sea and across the english channel. temperatures not bad, 9— english channel. temperatures not bad, 9- 11 english channel. temperatures not bad, 9— 11 degrees. more persistent rain in the far north of scotland. southern parts of england and wales it will turn ayse through the afternoon. cloud thickening up which will lead to some outbreaks of rain, perhaps wintry weather over the highest ground in wales. further north, where we have that would weather across the far north of scotland, but in between we will have clearer skies, the rest of scotland, far north of england, northern ireland, it averages maybe close to freezing. mild in the south where we have that weather front bringing the wet weather. it will slowly away. that would weather across northern scotland and slips down into northern ireland. some sunshine for a while, but areas of

rain. the rain slowly moving away from wales, the midlands, lingering into the afternoon across the south—east of england. by then it will be weather across northern ireland. gusty winds without blowing of the irish sea as well. there are some errors of sunshine. temperatures will be lower tomorrow. it will feel colder than today —— areas of sunshine. down to 67 degrees. things quieten down as we head into the beginning next week. —— six or seven degrees. then there's ridge of high pressure builds in behind. that will settle things down. stronger winds, builds in behind. that will settle things down. strongerwinds, cold winds blowing down the north sea coast. one or two showers. on the whole, a dry day with sunshine on monday, early mist and fog across wales, perhaps, and a touch of frost to begin the day. otherwise the temperatures are around 6—7d, maybe ita was the south—west of england. after monday, after the brief cold start to the week, things settle

down, high pressure in charge, is out to selflessly went across the uk. we will see decent temperatures by day. —— south—westerly winds. dry weather into next week and some such as well. weather into next week and some such as well. certainly weather into next week and some such as well. certainly settling weather into next week and some such as well. certainly settling down. that is what i like to hear. some come coming back to the weather. we need it. we'll have the headlines at 6:30, first though it's time for the film review with mark kermode and ben brown. hello. welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so, mark, what have you got for us this week? we have the lego movie. we know you

area we have the lego movie. we know you are a huge lego fan. and battle angel. the dystopian future. is there any other kind? are you all lego movie fan? i thought it was great. i thought they had run out of stea m great. i thought they had run out of steam and then along comes lego movie to to get things back on track andi movie to to get things back on track and i fell movie to to get things back on track and ifell in movie to to get things back on track and i fell in love again. i movie to to get things back on track and ifell in love again. i laughed all the way through. did you see the first one? the first one entirely plays up in the imagination of a young boy who has this great big legoland that his father owns. this begins at the end of that film, his sister is allowed to come in and play which causes complete chaos. she comes from assist star system and brings in duclos. it is a fabulous place and everything is

awesome and it is turned into an popple —— apocalyptic dystopia. meanwhile, people from the other system have come to kidnap a man after being involved in a weird wedding ritual but people think that everything can still be awesome. here is a quick. this is my vision of the future. let me give a tour. this is the living room. tv room, dining room, kitty cat room. outback, a double data porch swing so we can outback, a double data porch swing so we can always hang together. —— double—decker. so we can always hang together. —— double-decker. it is going to attract aliens and get destroyed. double-decker. it is going to attract aliens and get destroyedlj thought attract aliens and get destroyed.” thought we could rebuild the future and make everything awesome again. you have to stop pretending everything is awesome, it isn't. every time you walk through town singing that manufactured pop song.

that song really seems to upset you. we make no, it doesn't! it has lots of good jokes and it is visually interesting thought of that has excitement, action and all of that. what is exciting is that this is basically a film which essentially plays out in the imagination of to set characters. —— two separate characters. there is this collision of two worlds and the best thing about it is if you imagine a really complex surrealist filmmaker making a film that is playing out in two separate imaginations, it would be impossible. he wanted in the lego movie and you accept it completely. the two dimensions are joined by the dimension of reality which is the house they live in where there is a real mum. i thought was really clever and really smart. i started laughing at the beginning and i laughed all the way through. there are callbacks to the first movie and lots of injokes. are callbacks to the first movie and lots of in jokes. it is designed are callbacks to the first movie and lots of injokes. it is designed in such a way that i think a younger audience will laugh at the slapstick

and laugh at the fact they like the characters that an older more cynical audience would just be impressed that they have managed to create a movie that exists in two languages in one brain, no—one can live at that speed! that is what eddie ezard said and watching this field, i kind of understood what he meant. the oscar-winning moonlight... i thought that was wonderful. this is adapted from the novel and has been a. —— nominated for a few academy awards. it is set in 70s harlem and on the one hand, you could see it as a story about oppression and unjust incarceration, racial tension. actually, it's a love story. it is a love story between two characters. one is in prison and one is pregnant and it is

the way this relationship plays out against this backdrop of injustice. the real brilliance about barry jenkins' work is, like moonlight, he can takea jenkins' work is, like moonlight, he can take a story and by focusing on the specifics of, in that case, the life of someone growing up in poverty, and ditch in and drugs, and somehow making it a message because it becomes about universal. —— addiction. i loved moonlight. for it to get the oscar success that it did, finally, we now think of it is, of course, and oscar—winning film but when it was first made, it was a strange arthouse feel that i think everybody thought had a niche audience. really busy, gorgeous cinematography, he has a way of slowing down time in a tender way. i thought it was wonderful. alita -

battle angel. this is a dystopian future. this hunter warrior finds the head as e—mail cyborg and takes a back to his laboratory and rebuilds her. —— female. he calls her alita. she has combat reflexes and start to remember her past in which it looks she was some kind of battle angel, particularly when she finds this fantastically futuristic battle ready body that she wants to make a whole. here is a quick. -- clip. this body, it has the power i need. i feel a connection to it, i can't explain. this could be who i am. you have been given a chance to

start over with a clean slate. how many of us get this? i did an energy warship —— why did an energy warship respond to me? because i knew that ship?! i have been on others like it, haven't i? haven't i? oma, whatever you were, it's not who you are now. ——0h. whatever you were, it's not who you are now. --0h. i'm a warrior, aren't i? her eyes are extraordinary, aren't they? it is like a cyborg movie. would you have is motion ca ptu re movie. would you have is motion capture and now the fact you can do this with visual effects and combine physical performance with extraordinary visual effects. that character is this absolutely anything known in the industry as uncanny valley which is a thing, is it animation, is a live action? i figured well done. i think she

brings a lot to the role. the film itself is all over the shop, somewhat. cameron is perhaps not the greatest screenwriter although when the party has written things like terminator and aliens. it has spectacled despair and off and the story gets kind of lost. it's in the same area as ghost in the shell and blade runner. things that come from a similar melting pot. i went in with fairly low expectations and although i feel like it is narratively challenged, i thought it held together largely because i think the central performance was good enough to make you intrigued by the central character and i was, as you were, as you are watching, it it is, something fascinating. it is real but on real at the same time andi real but on real at the same time and i thought that worked rather well. narratively challenged, devoutly not a great story? yes, kind of. —— does that mean not a

great story. ella macbeth is a murder mystery in the question is whether or not they have ashley been a murder. —— this is a murder mystery. it could be as satire. it is at the will to ring, mesmerising film and i loved it and i don't pretend to understand it. best dvd vista mark this is the latest version of a star is born. bradley cooper and lady gaga. it's great, isn't it? the songs are really good at it works in the music world and i thought it was terrific. i thought he directed it really well. the live sequences, you, you think, this is really a live rock band. raw action on stage. you'll make yeah, with proper mistakes. —— yeah. keeping its been properly recognised? it

hasn't done that well on the oscar front. people thought it was clearly going to win best picture and now everybody thinks that roma will win. but as we all know, awards are unpredictable. i thought it was really great. i liked the barbra streisand version and thejudy garland version was definitive. i really think that this was, in, please don't be bad and it wasn't, it was really good. we can't let you go without a word about albert finney. he has sadly died at the age of 82. one of the great stars of stage and screen. and an extraordinary career. the face of british cinema. oscar nominated from a huge amount of roles, murder and the orange expense —— murder on the orient express. erin brockovich, tom

jones, a bafta fellowship which is a very high honour. it's also important to remember notjust this extraordinary body of work in front of the camera but also people have been talking about his role behind the cover. i remember interviewing my colleague and he said that albert finney was the magician behind the film happening. ithink finney was the magician behind the film happening. i think that thing about supporting rising talent is just as important as the stuff about being such an impressive actor on screen. definitely one of the greats. thank you very much. that is it for this week. thank you so much for watching. from both of us, goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. a former executive at sir philip green's arcadia group, was paid more than £1 million after accusing him of groping her, according to new claims in the daily telegraph. several other former employees received 6—figure payments after alleging inappropriate behaviour, the newspaper says. sir philip categorically denies he is guilty of any unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. the department for transport has terminated a controversial contract

to provide extra ferries in the event of a no—deal brexit. seaborne freight was awarded a £13 million contract in december — even though it had never run a ferry service or had any ships. an irish shipping line that was planning to back the company has pulled out. the government says it is already in advanced talks with a number of companies to secure additional freight capacity in the event of no—deal. just over a thousand stabbing victims, aged between ten and 19, spent at a least one night in hospital in the 12 months to last march. nhs figures show there's been a 54% rise in the number of young people treated for knife wounds in hospitals in england over the past five years. the home office has vowed to take action against retailers selling the weapons to children. what has changed is that we are seeing a lot more adolescence and young people who have severe injuries. and that used to be an occasional occurrence and that is

now the norm. i expect to admit summary of school age under the care of our service this week, as a matter of course. the family of the pilot whose plane crashed with the footballer emiliano sala on board, are trying to raise £300,000 to find his body. the aircraft disappeared off the channel islands on 21 january and yesterday a body recovered from the wreckage was confirmed to be that of the footballer. david ibbotson's family say they want to be able to lay him to rest and are appealing for donations to an online fundraising page. us president donald trump has announced he will meet north korean leader, kim jong un, in the vietnamese capital hanoi, later this month. the two leaders met for the first time in singapore last summer, following decades of hostilities. mr trump, previously referred to mr kim as "little rocket man" — but they have since reconciled and the president tweeted that, under his leadership, north korea would become "a different kind of rocket — an economic one." 174 racing stables across britain are in lockdown this weekend and all meetings have been cancelled following an outbreak of equine flu. six cases have been confirmed so far at a stables

in cheshire, as the authorities work to contain the highly contagious illness. the shutdown will continue until wednesday and marks the biggest loss of racing fixtures since the foot and mouth outbreak of 2001. for one night only, the catwalk became the dogwalk, for the annual pet fashion show in new york. you get the idea of it. the event, which is in its 16th year, attracts animal lovers from across the world and raises money for charity. that is the good part about it. what is the bad bit about it?” that is the good part about it. what is the bad bit about it? i leave it to you to work out whether or not the dogs, are they good, are they happy dogs? the last one wasn't enjoying it one

little bit. it wasn't his colour or anything. i think he was upset with the owner for not checking his face shape for those glasses, that mask. all ina shape for those glasses, that mask. all in a good cause. animal cruelty. you are going to take is only six nations journey now. a fantastic opening weekend. we saw some brilliant matters. england going to dublin, wales come back from the dead. the six nations gets you through winter. when you get to the end of it you are almost in spring. there are some fantastic sport along the way. england take on france tomorrow, the first of today's two matches is at murrayfield. scotland will be looking to stay top of the table, defeat for ireland would almost certainly end any hope they have of retaining their title. scotland ran in four tries last week for a bonus point win at home to italy. whilst favourites ireland were humbled in dublin by england. and the last time the irish went to edinburgh, two years ago, they were beaten but the scots know

that this would be a massive win. if we want to go and compete and ta ke if we want to go and compete and take the next step, you need to win against quality opposition. ireland are certainly that. they have proved that of the past couple of years in the championship. there are one of the championship. there are one of the best teams in the world. got a lot of respect for them. if we are going to win tomorrow we have to play one of our best games. with a few ——we have if you players coming in that didn't play last week. they will be wanting to make a point that they should have been involved last week. we have to make sure we get things right, for sure. if we produce something similar then the scots are a great team and they have shown us, most recently he two years ago. wales should have it much easier than last week. they looked down and out in paris but came from 16 points to beat the french. they are in rome to face the italians and they've rung the changes, ten in all. george north is rested. centrejonathan davies will also captain wales for the first time in his career.

and there are four players starting a six nations match for the first time. in the women's six nations, ireland beat scotland 22 points to five in glasgow last night. after a big defeat to england last week, ireland bounced back with a bonus point victory. they ran in four tries against a tough scottish defence — prop leah lyons powering over for their second. saracens are still on for the treble after reaching the final of the premiership rugby cup. they beat worcester warriors 38 points to 22 at sixways. sione vailanu scored the last of theirfour tries. they will face either northampton or newcastle who play later today. black armbands will be worn in today's premier league and football league matches in memory of cardiff city striker emiliano sala — whose body was recovered from the wreckage of a plane in the english channel. there will also be a minute's silence at st mary's where cardiff face southampton — their first game since sala's death was confirmed. the former nantes striker never got to play for the club but the manager is sure he would have

been a great success. he was a scruffy, scruffy type of player that for me would score 10—15 goals every year at the top level. notjust goals every year at the top level. not just that, work goals every year at the top level. notjust that, work hard as a team player. just fits the criteria, really, for what i look for in a player. somebody who can do something special, but at the same time isa something special, but at the same time is a very good light. he was a very nice lad. that would be my memory of him —— lad. here are today's matches in the premier league. manchester united, who still haven't lost under ole gunnar solskjaer, are at fulham in the early kick off. with manchester city playing tomorrow, all eyes are on liverpool, at home to bournemouth, a point would take them back to the top of the table but they've drawn their last two, and the manager knows that they need more than that. i don't think that anybody thought

that we would be top of the league with 12 points between us and another team in three games to go, it would be end of april au summit like that. it would ——it was clear that we would be tight until the end. but of course we have two, for the only chance to improve our position, even though it is a good position, even though it is a good position is by winning football games. sheffield united fans look away now, you were 3—0 up with 8 minutes to play at villa park, billy sharp had scored a hatrick, the win that was going to take you top of the championship. but this happened, an incredible comeback from villa, pulling two goals back then this from substitute andre green in the fourth minute of injury. 3-3. sheffield united remain third, villa are still in touch with the playoffs. it's a cup weekend in scotland, four fifth round ties — the pick of them sees rangers travel to kilmarnock.

a difficult one to call. they are going so well in the premiership. great britain's fed cup team have had a brilliant week to reach the europe africa zone play—off final in bath. jo konta won her singles rubber against hungary, after katie boulter had also won hers in three sets. great britain remain unbeaten in the tournament. konta did it the hard way though, winning in a final set tie break. a victory against serbia later today would earn them a place in april's world group 2 play—off where they will get the chance of promotion to the second tier of women's team tennis. iam i am confused. of the hole fed cup. i think there is a lot of confusion anyway. it is quite confusing. there are eight teams down in bath, two red robin groups, if you finish top of your round—robin group you play,

as britain have done today. they are called robbers instead of sets as in the davis cup. the matters you call them robbers —— brothers. it is the labelling of davis cup and backup. they play in this final today and then they play another player next month because there is another competition taking place in poland. then they come through that and go up then they come through that and go up into the next... one thing we know is that winning things is good. they are winning and they are on the up. good. but they call them rubbers, not matches. wigan warriors are celebrating the curious achievement of rising to zero points in super league. i don't want to have to explain this. they started the season on minus two after breaking financial rules. they lost last week but recovered to beat leeds rhinos 34—16. leeds go bottom, without a win in their opening two games. that is going to be a great pub quiz

question. in years to come. how did a team win to get to zero point?m happens, but not often. tell us something else knew that i don't know. how about cricket? england's final test gets going in the caribbean later. they've already lost the series but will be looking to avoid a whitewash against the windies. after losing the first two tests in barbados and antigua, they're in st lucia. ben stokes is expected to be fit but ben foakes - the wicket—keeper — has been dropped in favour of keaton jennings. we are desperate to come away from this tool with something. but we are more than capable of doing that. we have been in similar positions before, we have not performed to our strength and page to our —— play to

our ability. this is a great chance to put it right and finish this tour. it's the world snooker grand prix in cheltenham and ali carter is into his first ranking finalfor two years , he booked his place with a crushing 6—0 win over xiao guodong. he'll play eitherjudd trump or barry hawkins next. it did not want to drop. cheerleading may conjure up images of pom poms and ra—ra skirts but in reality it's an extreme team sport requiring strength and agility. the world championships involve tens of thousands of athletes competing in the usa and so we sent mike to newbury to train with one of the best the british teams. music plays. acrobatics and gymnastics, in time with the music and each other, at a breathtaking

pace. what started out as a way to cheer of sports teams has become a global sport in its own right. so the general stereotype still is pom—poms and girls wearing frilly skirts. to tell you how different it is, algarve cup play rugby, so we sent them out to play rugby. we have had a rugby team come in and they have lasted 15 minutes doing cheerleading. that is the level of fitness you need. you have to work really hard. yeah. what i like about all the noise is that you think you are inside like a special cage and everyone is supporting you. cheerleading started in the late 1800 and it was an all—male activity, used to cheer on the early couege activity, used to cheer on the early college teams. by the time it turned professional, though, in the 19505 in america, it had become predominantly, like it is now, an

all—female activity and you can see how quickly it has spread across the uk. many clubs to have men and boys out competing, too. but crimson heat a giving you really want to keep their world championship 5e55ions all—female. their world championship 5e55ions all-female. the idea was that they could come in and feel comfortable. they could come in and be 5weaty and wear no make—up. they can be idiot samples and come in and train. that i5 samples and come in and train. that is what they are coming in to do. samples and come in and train. that is what they are coming in to dom i5 is what they are coming in to dom is about more than just bought. they find that the cheerleading team can help the athletes deal with pressures outside, be it bullying, school, family, although thrown up by social media. it certainly helped ai5ha when she arrived in uk from hungary and 20 not speak a word of english. it has absolutely changed my life. a more open. my skills have improved. girls get bullied outside the unique and come here and it is like a family. it diminishes the effect of the bullying because you know you have people behind you. if someone is down we get there.

know you have people behind you. if someone is down we get therem know you have people behind you. if someone is down we get there. it is the strength in the cheerleading family that builds the trust that enables such daring acrobatic regime that routines. it is about building from the bottom of the structure, building the foundations, the first move is the crunch. even with the pressure of the world championships coming up, they were willing to show me their strength. don't panic about the leg kicking you in the face. you'll be fine. with one move only they let me into the inner circle of trust. thank you! yes, they survived intact to go on safely now to compete against tens of thousands of others at the world in america this spring. mike bushell, bbc news. that is so impressive. that is deeply impressive. i once saw the world championships on daytona beach with them up close. it is very

impressive. like you said, the rugby players tried it, lasted 15 minutes. see you later on. here's darren with a look at this morning's weather. it was windy and dusty and rainy and pretty horrible. is it going to settle down any time soon? i hope you're not going to give me a hard time. the weather is going to settle down a bit as well. we have still got some potentially damaging and destructive winds for a while today. you can keep up—to—date with the changing situation on bbc local radio. the really strong winds, of course, are due to storm erik. eric —— storm erik is running to the north of scotland now. it will put away, take away the stronger twins we re away, take away the stronger twins were that and then blow in. we have that area of cloud. that is producing rain moving away from northern ireland, heading into northern england. this is where we haveis northern england. this is where we have is a list of the gus this morning. 50 mph. maybe as much as 70. --u5.

morning. 50 mph. maybe as much as 70. ——u5. as the rain pushes away to the north sea takes the core of this was twins with it. it will stay windy. we are left with sunshine and some showers. mostly showers on the southern coast. more persistent rain in northern scotland. decent coverage is despite those really strong and dusty wins. 9— 11 degrees. more cloud coming into southern parts of the uk later in the day. that will thicken up and bring us outbreaks of rain. maybe getting as far north as north wales, towards the wash. then we have clearer skies, allowing the separatist to get perilously close to freezing before we hit the rain across the far north of scotland. they said it going on overnight and into tomorrow. at the same time, the winds are easing. we will eventually find that weather system moving away. that one moving down towards northern ireland. a limited amount of sunshine early on sunday. a wet start across arts of wales, the midlands, towards east anglia and the south—east. —— across parts. it

should turn wet and windy across northern ireland during the afternoon. that were to whether leading down into the northern scotland. in between we should see some sunshine. it won't be as windy tomorrow. it will be colder. those temperatures around six or seven degrees. a chilly appeal. as we had overnight tomorrow night we will find that weather system taking down across wales and parts of southern scotland. the high pressure builds behind. they called start on monday. a touch of frost around as well. one or mistan a touch of frost around as well. one or mist an frost patches. one or two showers. on the whole, monday should bea dry showers. on the whole, monday should be a dry day. sunshine around. the wind is becoming lighter. still on the chilly side for the most part around for a the chilly side for the most part around fora —— the chilly side for the most part around for a —— away from the south—west temperatures 67 degrees. but next week we are going to find the weather changing. we have had a week of wet and windy weather. next week of wet and windy weather. next week will come down a lot. high pressure in charge. probably more of a south or south—westerly wind. not

too cold. but with higher pressure around it should be generally dry and there will be sunshine at times. good news. i have just been told i haven't got time to go through all of my points with you. we'll have the headlines at seven o'clock first though, it's time for click with spencer kelly. we've been banging on about virtual reality for an age and while it's failed to ignite the imagination of consumers — i mean, how many vr headsets do you own, for goodness sake? it has started to catch on in areas like simulation, training and healthca re. marc cieslak has been

to sheffield to investigate. make sure it's tight. that's it, yep. keep your grip in your right hand. yes, got it! so, what i see, there's different types of games and the game that i was playing was a bow and arrow one. and you have a bow in front of you and you need to pick it up and get that arrow behind you and thenjust let it go and it shoots and pops it. here at sheffield's children's hospital, they're trailing some surprising therapeutic technology. with certain kinds of injuries, exercise can be a vital part of the rehabilitation process, ultimately leading to the patient getting better sooner. the problem is getting children to perform these exercises isn't always easy. right back. ooh.

most of our kids have quite a long—term condition that they need to carry on doing their exercises for sometimes several years. keep the tight grip on the right. yep. they're doing the same things day in, day out, it gets really boring, no—one wants to do it, sometimes it's painful, it's just not really fun, they want to be outside doing things with their friends. which arm is the injury, the left or the right? making use of virtual reality, researchers from sheffield hallam university have developed a system that they think will make children more likely to perform rehabilitation exercises by disguising their treatment as play. this version of the project is for upper arm injuries, primarily. the injuries that are normally from burns or an accident that they had from a fall. remember to swap hands, that's it. remember to look up as well and see where you're at. so how did you hurt yourself?

i burned myself with a cooker lighter. i scarred my arm and my belly. we arrived at the decision to make the two games the scenarios of climbing and archery based off talking to occupational therapists and the kind of movements they needed the patients to do. one of the motions that they need to do is a lot of reaching behind your back and, kind of, a lot of upper arm movements. and so i thought, i wonder if archery would work. because there's a quiver behind your back. you do the same motion of reaching behind to grab the arrow and then you get the added bonus of pulling back the bowstring and then we looked at things like climbing and we just thought that was a natural fit as well because there was a lot of overhead motion, so you're really reaching out. the climbing.

it feels...it feels realistic. while harry is being treated for burns, emily here has an entirely different issue. emily's got a hereditary multiple exostoses. so it's like a hereditary disease that she's picked up from my husband and my husband's side of the family. so it means that she has extra bone growth. let's go for a higher one. well, it's really fun, because you're not seeing, like, stuff that you usually see every day, like you're seeing a whole new kind of world in it. if you have a big imagination, then it definitely makes it bigger. it's kind of a bit more playing than exercising, even though you are still doing your exercises, like, it's fun as well. do you need a break or anything like that? is your arm tired — or? no, it's fine. she didn't find it easy. whereas before she would have given things up very easily. but she wanted to keep going, she wanted to pop another balloon. yes, got it! and she wanted to reach that next thing. but she's just been an absolute trooper. she just has a smile on her face every day. so it kind of encourages me to be positive. there we go. no, i don't have an injury, but i'm going to give this vr setup a go and see what's it

like when i put the headset on and what it feels and plays like. here we go. you can understand how, when the children are playing this, they get so wrapped up in the experience that they forget that this is actually helping them recover. it's early days for this technology, but they hope it could have a wide variety of healthcare applications. looking at other aspects such as pain reduction for burns, and we're doing some work with amputees, learning how to use a prosthetic arm. so it's a lot of experience—based training. and we have a couple of other projects that we're currently just looking at — around, kind of, stroke and chronic pain as well. but the final word goes to emily.

she might be a fan of the vr, but i do wonder if she'll be pleased to get the external fixator on her arm removed. will you be pleased to get that off? yes. it's quite annoying. brilliant. that was marc cieslak in sheffield. now, this weekend is one of the biggest dates in the british movie calendar. the bafta film awards are taking place at london's royal albert hall. and what better way to celebrate than by chatting to one of those nominated in the best visual effects category for their work on fantastic beasts: the crimes of grindelwald. i can't move against grindelwald. it has to be you. technically you can do just about anything these days. so i think more of ourjob, and what we're set with the challenge by bothjo rowling's scripts and by david yates is is to creatively push the envelope and use the technology to aid that. we had some very specific things thatjo had written in the script, but we also had, like, newt's hospital, where it was maybe a bit, a few were more background creatures that we could go on some of the same journeys

that we did with the case. but one of the key creatures was the zouwu, you know, it's fairly specifically written as like a chinese tiger—like creature. one of the animation artists built it and animated it and got it moving. and then, really, it was a voyage of discovery of working out how it would move, how it would look, what its tail would be made of, et cetera, et cetera. in the script, it described it as it runs 1000 miles a day. tim and i were always like, my god, wow, how are we going to describe that, how are we going to show that? so we came up with the idea that maybe it could magically leap and bend time — distort space—time and land in a different space. so it could cover a large distance very quickly. you know, it's over a year's work just for that one moment in terms of concept and working out how on earth to do it. nagini.

the moment has come to take our rightful place. nagini appearing when we read the script — we went, oh my god, nagini's a woman in this film, not a snake. we had to come up with an authentic way to turn a woman into a long tube. you know, how would we do that to make it feel real. we came up with the idea that, really, maybe she's almost consumed by the snake, rather than physically extending out. you'd have her being wrapped in her own coils, disappearing and then coming out as a snake. so we had a contortionist. claudia kim who played nagini, we showed her what we were planning and she acted the first portion of the shot, but then we had another contortionist in who was dressed in a matching costume and she did the first portion of the shot, so it's for real — she bent over backwards and put her head through her own legs. got shot elements of claudia kim kind of pushing herself along the ground and turning her head up, matching kind of what we had done, which then was glued together with a full cg version of the human character and a full cg snake. so, again, all in all that's about 1k months worth of work for that one moment on film. i don't think you've seen a woman pull into a wall and turn into a snake before.

so it's reallyjust trying to how to get those moments over, but as i say, feeling as grounded and real as possible. we just wanted it to feel like what would happen if you were actually physically there watching that happen, rather than it feeling like an effect. that's what i think the technology gives us the ability to do now. the wizarding and non—wizarding worlds have been at peace for over a century. grindelwald wants to see that peace destroyed. fa ntastic stuff.

and, of course, we wish all of the bafta nominees the very best of luck for the big night. next week we'll have more awards contenders for you as we continue our deep dive into the world of visual effects. and before we go, for this week — this. it may not be as graceful as a figure skater or as fast as a speed skater, but unlike many people, this robot taught itself how to skate on ice. at the computational robotics lab at eth zurich, professor stelian coros and his team developed a modular robot with 3—d printed parts. each leg can be built for any type of locomotion — from walking to rolling to ice skating — and each robot can have any number of legs. they then wrote algorithms that described the physics for each type of movement and terrain. the only thing we tell it is how one ice skate behaves on ice. in particular, the fact that it's free to move in the direction of the blade and it has high friction forces in that direction. after this, the robot figures out

entirely on its own how to move on ice. using this machine learning approach, different robots can learn to autonomously navigate any terrain. researchers hope this will lead to affordable, easy—to—design robots that can be used for search and rescue operations, to inspect dangerous sites, and even for deliveries to difficult to reach areas. i envisioned a moment in the not too distant future where it will be as easy to create robots as it is to currently make structures out of lego blocks, for example. i think this is a really exciting motor skill that we would like robots to learn, not necessarily because it's useful, but rather because it combines so many different challenges into one beautiful performance. and that's it for the shortcut of click for this week. the full—length version is waiting to you right now on iplayer. don't forget we live all over social media. wherever you are you'll find us there waiting for you — instagram, youtube, facebook, twitter, you name it, we're there. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: new allegations of sexual and racial harassment by former employees of the retail tycoon, sir philip green are published in the telegraph — he denies any crime or misconduct. no ships and now no contract — the government cancels a controversial agreement to provide extra ferries in case of a no—deal brexit.