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. 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? we'll have the latest live from murrayfield ahead of the match against ireland. 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 feel chillier than today. more details later on. it's saturday, 9 february.

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 groped her. 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 thejungle, the paper claims. the paper says to other women got six—figure pay—outs after complaining of inappropriate behaviour. the telegraph has not named the five complainant. it claims some of the events were witnessed by other staff sir philip has accused the newspaper pursuing a vendetta against him and his employees. he denies his behaviour amounted to any kind of crime or misconduct. caroline rigby, 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. people are going to be surprised at this kind of deal was being made. people are going to be surprised at this kind of deal was being madem is fairto this kind of deal was being madem is fair to say the ferry company without any ferries was always going to bea without any ferries was always going to be a bit ofa without any ferries was always going to be a bit of a challenge but despite much criticism, seaborne freight had said they would be ready to runa freight had said they would be ready to run a ferry service from ramsgate in kent to belgium by the end of march. today, the government, department for transport, said it was clear seaborne would not be able to make its contractual requirements a p pa re ntly to make its contractual requirements apparently after another company, an irish company, said it was not prepared to back seaborne freight.

there has been negative headlines since the deal was announced. the terms and conditions it published on its website turned out to belong a p pa re ntly its website turned out to belong apparently to a fast food takeaway setup. the belgian mayor said his ports would not be able to take on a new ferry company. ramsgate has not operated ferry services since 2013, said it wouldn't be ready early so it either. the government said today it either. the government said today it was in advanced stages of negotiating with other companies in case of a no—deal brexit. theresa may continued her efforts to secure a brexit deal, meeting the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, in dublin last night to discuss her hopes of securing changes to the agreement. we're joined now by our political correspondent matthew cole — no one says much at these informal

dinner meetings? we got to learn what they had for dinner. though were potatoes, sta kes. dinner. though were potatoes, stakes. some green beans, no traditional irish marsh. a fruit meringue for pudding. in terms of what went on inside, not much coming out. from the irish side, they say the conversation was warm. they re—committed themselves to close economic cooperation, committed to trying to find a deal. but irish taoiseach, leo varadkar, made it clear beforehand this was not going to bea clear beforehand this was not going to be a set negotiation on the brexit deal because the eu do that asa brexit deal because the eu do that as a block. i went on its own does not have the right to carry on negotiations. this was about

perspectives, letting each other know where they were at. theresa may and layover i could have been around brussels and belfast this week. still looking for a deal, not least on the northern ireland border issue, some developments could happen in parliament later this week which could shape the direction of where things go from here. more than one—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 moped. an 18—year—old man has been charged with murder. jaden wasjust14. doctors say they're treating increasing numbers of people for knife wounds and the victims are getting younger. what has changed is that we are seeing a lot more adolescents and young people who have severe injuries.

that 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 this week as a matter of course. the figures for hospital admissions for 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 a rise of 54% compared with five years earlier. another trend doctors have observed is more girls are involved in knife crime. some victims face threats that footage of their stabbing will be posted online. there's a shift in what we're seeing. i'm seeing young women who have come in having had their mobile phones taken off them in an attack and having the attack filmed. it is part of a 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 violence strategy to tackle the problem and has launched a review of the links between violent crime and the trade in illegal drugs. danny shaw, bbc news. seven militants have been sentenced to life in prison in tunisia for attacks at a museum and a beach resort in 2015. 30 british tourists were shot dead on the beach at sousse and at least 20 people were killed in an attack on a museum in tunis. islamic state militants claimed responsibility at the time. inquests have been taking place in london to establish what happened. the family of the pilot whose plane crashed with the footballer emiliano sala on board is 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 wants to be able to lay him to rest and is 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." more tests for equine flu are taking place at racing yards around the country this weekend after six cases were confirmed at a stables in cheshire. five race meetings have been suspended today and a total of 174 yards are in lockdown as the authorities work to contain the highly contagious illness. all meetings in britain have been cancelled until at least wednesday. it is ten past eight. it is windy

outside, we will have the weather, and the sport. a teenager rushed to a&e after being stabbed is a headline that's becoming all too common. today, new nhs figures show the number of hospital admissions from blade attacks in england has jumped 54% in five years. so what's behind the worrying trend? we'rejoined now byjohn poyton, from youth work charity red thread, which intervenes when young people are caught up in knife—related violence. how does the charity intervene when young people are caught up in knife crime? red thread alongside doctors and nurses in hospital have been meeting young people when they come in the front door of the hospital of the emergency department, following the

patient when admitted or when they go home. someone has been stabbed, a young person... all forms of violence. injured, comes into a&e, and goes to the surgeon and says what? it is a teachable moment, for us as what? it is a teachable moment, for us as professionals recognising we need to support young people with medical care and social aspects. because they are in a vulnerable state and probably think, i don't wa nt to state and probably think, i don't want to be heart of this —— part of this anymore? it is a rare opportunity for to recognise vulnerability. most of us don't want

to see ourselves as vulnerable. it is about starting to reflect and being in the hospital is not necessarily a very nice place to be when you are in pain, but it is a place of safety in the community and a moment of reflection to capitalise on and make sure that young people who are victims are thinking, what's next? how do i make sure i am safer when i go home? what success do you have? these are young people who are scared, often high—risk, vulnerable young people who are often down to lots of services but choose not to engage. within the hospital context, their engagement rate is amazing. it isa their engagement rate is amazing. it is a relation able opportunity to build rapport and trust. and the statutory and voluntary sector who are there on the young person's doorstep when they go back. everyone

can visualise this context you are talking about what the problem is those young people will go back to the place they have come from, the area they are in, and the danger thenis area they are in, and the danger then is there is not the support that needs to be there. what role do you have in that? how do you ensure there is something more than there was before? what is really key i think is about breaking down the first we end up working on, agencies and charities. young people are not served best by that. we need to be working together as professionals... trying to nail it down so people understand. you have been talking to people a victim of stabbing in hospital. maybe the police were there, agencies, they are going to be discharged. is your charity able to talk to social workers? what is

the practical terms? we can all see what would be good to happen, what this actually happen? the conversations, hopefully, hopefully they have already started, but the youth worker have the conversations with all of those agencies and networks, professionals that are needed to support the young person. the young person will identify someone they trust and it is about supporting the trusted professional. give us an example, someone you have dealt with. one of the young people, one of our youth ambassadors now, he was shot when he was 16. he had amazing clinical treatment within a london major trauma centre. no social support, no support around education, training, employment, housing. and he carried on and ended up housing. and he carried on and ended up getting shot again just because

his lifestyle didn't really change, shot again at 21. that time, he came into one of the major trauma centre hospitals that red thread working and it was then about getting the same amazing life—saving treatment but also getting this youth work intervention which was about ensuring that he got a place of safety, re—housed. then able to look at training and employment opportunities, able to break the cycle of violence and move away from a risky lifestyle. long-term, that has worked, a success story? this teachable moment in the hospital is a really powerful catalyst of creating behaviour change for young people and it is about making sure these young people are healthy, safe and happy but also the communities, one young person at a time, we can help create a safer community for those young people. here's darren with a look at this morning's weather.

good morning. hello. i have got good news, the weather next week looks very different from what we have seen recently. today we have still got very windy weather, just for a while but they winds will continue to use through today, because storm erik is going to be moving away. it is moving to the north of scotland, heading towards scandinavia. this area of cloud has produced rain early on. that is where we have the core of the strongest winds parts of southern scotland, northern england, north wales, dozens of 60 miles an hour or more. as the rain moves in the north sea, the stronger winds will move away as well. it stays windy through the day, with sunny spells and showers might, coming in across wales, the south—west, the english channel in northern ireland. the showers in scotland will ease a

bit but it will stay wet in the far north of the country. temperatures are north of the country. temperatures a re pretty north of the country. temperatures are pretty good despite the fight we have the strong winds. the sunshine will turn hazy across england and wales in the afternoon. the cloud comes over in the evening, the rain will return, getting as far north as north wales towards the wash. further north, the cloud will be more broken and we will see risks of icy patches and a touch of frost. the far north of scotland sitting with the cloud and rain, it has not moved yet. it will slide down towards northern ireland. at the same time, we will see a weather front bringing outbreaks of rain over the tops of the welsh hills. the wetter weather will push through the midlands towards east anglia and the midlands towards east anglia and the south—east, so very slow improvements here. elsewhere, sunshine tomorrow, wet and windy across northern ireland, rain across the north of scotland, moving further south. sunshine around but it will not be nearly as windy

tomorrow but it will not be as mild either, around 7 degrees. it could get windy through the evening in northern ireland, wet weather moving down across wales for a while and the ridge of high pressure will build by monday, so it is dry and cold, a touch of frost to start the new week, stronger northerly winds winds bringing showers down the north sea coast, but it looks like being a dry day, the winds will be lighter, these are the temperatures. away from the south—west, it will be chilly with temperatures of 7 degrees. the good news for the rest of next week, high pressure in charge of the weather, sitting to the south—east. that will be crucial because we draw a south—westerly wind, which means decent temperatures, not to cold, little or no rain around and some sunshine at times. i like it. a former executive at sir philip green's arcadia group

was paid more than one—million pounds after accusing him of groping her, according to new claims in the daily telegraph. sir philip categorically denies he is guilty of any unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. the bbc business editor simonjack spoke to sir philip last night. hejoins us now. i understand you've been able to speak to sir philip green. tell us what you said? he will say that although he and his advisers will admit that although the behaviour alleged as far away from what you would expect in best practice in a modern workplace, he will reiterate that there is nothing unlawful in all of this. he does not admit all the things that have been reported, his advisers say he is jovial and this is a bit of banter. 0ther people take a very different view. he will also say there is nothing

illegal in what has happened. the fa ct illegal in what has happened. the fact that the daily telegraph has published these things, even though they are anonymous, it puts both the newspaper and the individuals in delicate legal position. remember, they were legally advised that the time, they took over £1 million in payments, in some cases, and they will have to have a look at whether he will try and recover that money. ido he will try and recover that money. i do not know if he will try and do that. he would not tell me if he was going to go after them, but he said, we had a legal agreement, and he has reminded them of their legal responsibilities. he has dropped the joke —— she has dropped the injunction, which is why the telegraph is publishing the stories they are, which is denying. did he give any indications in legal terms where this might go next? not really. he is somebody who likes to... often his legal bark is worse than his bite. he has spent a lot of

money on this already, about £3 million, and in the low millions with the agreements he had, these nondisclosure agreements anyway. what is interesting about the case is that nondisclosure agreements are pretty rife in every walk of life. every newspaper uses them, including the daily telegraph, and if the judge had come out and said, i am going to quash these, it would put an end to what is a fairly routine legal tool, rightly or wrongly. the judge has not done that. sir philip did not give me any indication whether he was going to go after the telegraph or the individuals concerned. in a wider context, he is a very high profile uk businessmen. he is running a massive company. what about any effect on business? we looked into this a few months ago, when this case was rumbling along. i went down to topshops

around the country and said, we did stop you going into that shop and buying that dress, what have you, andi buying that dress, what have you, and i got no sense that business was affected by that. that may change as affected by that. that may change as a result of the latest iteration of this but i do not think that people think through these things, think towards the individual. they see topshop, miss selfridge, whatever, and it does not usually translate into a loss of sales. thank you very much. simonjack into a loss of sales. thank you very much. simon jack speaking into a loss of sales. thank you very much. simonjack speaking to us this morning about sir philip green. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. writer and broadcaster paul vallely is here to tell us what's caught his eye. good morning. good morning. 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 harrassment against the retail tycoon sir philip green.

he denies any wrongdoing. the times also covers the same story and features a picture of the actor albert finney, who has died aged 82. we will be talking more about the tributes to him later in the programme. 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. he has accused them of attempting to blackmail him. and the mirror claims that austerity measures mean that more than 12,000 bus routes are under threat. let's start with this jeff brazier story. you have picked this out. it is amazing, and he is calling out the national enquirer. there is a bit more to it. the reason i picked it is we thought it was a row between the richest man in the world

and the sleaziest us magazine. in fa ct, and the sleaziest us magazine. in fact, it turns out, when you look at the story inside the guardian, it is actually involving, i willjust read you the first paragraph, they world's richest man, lead salacious text messages, feud between a press baron in the us president, pictures of the venus, private investigators, large sums of money, claims a foreign government involvement and accusations of dirty tricks. what has come to light isjeff bezos is also the owner of the washington post which has been very critical of donald trump. the boss of the national court —— the national enquirer is an ally of donald trump. what has been pieced together is that the saudi journalist who was murdered, jamal khashoggi, worked for the washington post, there is a saudi link, and the boss of the national enquiry is involved in getting saudi investors to buy other

american titles. the national enquirer had all kinds of stories on its front page dissing hillary clinton and bigging up donald trump, but only in swing states. the whole thing is so intertwined and murky it has become more than a gossip story. it is an insight into the way us politics works. at the heart of it, jeff bezos publicly saying, i will play all this out in the open. the letters that were sent to me, i will show people. that is very different from how normally things are played. we were talking about sir philip green and how the law sometimes stop things being out there. this will be played out differently. people normally, as in the case of sir philip green, trying to get these injunctions to cover this sort of thing up. jeff basil says, i preferred —— i prefer to stand up, roll the slog over and see what crow side. what crawls out is an extraordinary mixture of all these

events, which is a bit more sinister than a gossip story about a rich man and the sleazy magazine. the national enquirer say they will conduct their own investigation into how information has come to them. yes, he has hired private investigators to investigate them so it is layer upon layer. your second story, ken dodd. ithought it it is layer upon layer. your second story, ken dodd. i thought it was interesting that the story is basically that if he had not got married two days before he died, the inland revenue would have been £40 million better off. what intrigued me about it was, as you see on the front page of the sun, ken dodd has the last laugh against the tax man. i thought it was interesting that we think it is amusing that people dodge taxes and get taxes pay for all the services, the bus services that are cut and so forth. we have a

kind of ambivalence to tax. we know it is important but we do not like paying it. the barristerfor ken dodds, george carman qc, he told the jury dodds, george carman qc, he told the jury when ken dodd was accused of tax evasion and acquitted of it, he said, some accountants are comedians, but comedians are never accountants. it seems like ken dodd was a pretty good accountant. he did have cash stuff then that she did not have cash stuffed in suitcases all over the house but he seems to have known what he was doing on the bottom line. the other way of looking at getting married on his deathbed is, that is lovely. this has been painted as though this was all about the tax, but there is a different way of looking at this? yes, and it is right to say that. his wife had been his confidant, his stage manager, his driver, she had appeared on stage with him for decades, forfour orfive appeared on stage with him for decades, for four or five decades.

it was a timely and a lovely gesture. this story will have used lots of people. the today programme yesterday, presented by john humphrys and nick robinson, had a woman on, an academic who calls herself the naked academic. she was talking about brexit. usually on radio you can do this kind of thing, but now it is, all the radio interviews are filmed and put out on social media. nick robinson i think said he had placed his pc screen in a certain way so he did not have to look at anything adverse. john humphrys was saying it was awkward. iam not humphrys was saying it was awkward. i am not surprised. you could heed it in the voice ofjohn humphrys. i assumed she had gone into the studio with no clothes on but she had a code and she took it off during the interview. you can hear the catch in his voice. she is making serious points about brexit, saying it

leaves the nation naked, it is about the emperor's new close, and he could you not have made that point with your clothes on? she is at gonville and caius in cambridge. she is an academic who makes these two points at once, she is very pro—market, but anti brexit. she is an economist but she is also a feminist feels that women should not have to apologise for their bodies and she goes to university meetings and she goes to university meetings and takes her clothes off and write slogans all over her breasts. i thought, page three girl, that is what we need. it is on page three. i have interviewed people that have been naked. you are naked or they are naked? they are naked, and i was trying to think that one through. it is challenging. she challenged jacob

rees—mogg to a debate on brexit with no clothes on. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. coming up before nine, darren will be here with the weekend weather. but first at 8.31, a summary of this morning's main 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. the newspaper says several other former employees signed non—disclosure agreements and received six—figure payments after alleging inappropriate behaviour. sir philip categorically denies he is guilty of any unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. he dropped an injunction. nondisclosure agreements are pretty rife in any walk of life. they are used by newspapers including the

daily telegraph. if the judge had come out and said i will squash these, it would be basically putting an end to what is a fairly routine legal tool for rightly or wrongly. thejudge has not done legal tool for rightly or wrongly. the judge has not done that but sir philip did not give me an indication whether he was going to go after the telegraph or any individuals concerned. 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. more than 1000 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 adolescents and young people with severe injuries. that used to be an occasional occurrence, that is now the norm. i expect to admit someone of school age under care of our service this week as a matter of course. seven militants have been sentenced to life in prison in tunisia for attacks at a museum and a beach resort in 2015. 30 british tourists were shot dead on the beach at sousse and at least 20 people were killed in an attack on a museum in tunis. islamic state militants claimed responsibility at the time. inquests have been taking place in london to establish what happened. the family of the pilot whose plane crashed with the footballer emiliano sala on board is 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 wants to be able to lay him to rest and is 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". those are the main stories this morning. big games, big sport happening this weekend. i have are looking forward to this weekend or week after the opening weekend of the six nations. we thought, the french will do it this year. wales came back from the

dead, france blew up. scotland are top of the table. england won in dublin. we are wondering how those nations will build on the openers last weekend. what an opening weekend it was, we'll see what drama we get over the next couple of days, england—france tomorrow, two matches today, the first of them is at murrayfield, scotland against ireland. john watson is in position. scotland beat italy as you'd expect, but ireland are going to be highly motivated after that defeat. they are indeed. they have some way to go if they want to try and retain the trophy. this is the six nations trophy. after that defeat to england in dublin last weekend. it is amazing in sport how things change so quickly. 0ne bad defeat, suddenly you are a bad team. but we know that is not the case with ireland, world

tea m is not the case with ireland, world team of the year, world coach and player of the year. desperate to show that with the big performance against scotland later. this is not an easy place to come and play. if scotla nd an easy place to come and play. if scotland win at murrayfield, eight straight wins for him at home in the six nations. brilliant at home. a real fortress. finn russell at fly— half real fortress. finn russell at fly—half pulling the strings. beautifully trauma to it, cross two kicks. but storm eric could affect the way they play. a cracking weekend is set up in the six nations. wales have been on a bit of a road trip after that win in paris last weekend, they are now in rome for this afternoon's match against the italians. they of course played france in paris in the opening match last week. warren gatland choosing to

stay in france with his team after that match, trying to replicate that scenario they will face injapan it the world cup later this year. they had to come from 16 points down at half—time against france, france shooting themselves in the foot, allowing wales back into it. warren gatland says, if they beat wales, they can win the six nations. they are in rome. slightly easier test against italy. what a build—up with that week in the nice, much warmer temperatures than we will have today. you can imagine how nice it has been for them, warming up on the south coast of france. the warmth of nice, how good would that be.|j south coast of france. the warmth of nice, how good would that be. i am jealous. murrayfield will be

absolutely jumping this afternoon. jealous. murrayfield will be absolutelyjumping this afternoon. i will be sat watching that match on bbc one. scotland's top of the six nations table, we will see if there isa nations table, we will see if there is a change at the top of the premier league. liverpool against bournemouth. manchester city lead the way at the moment on goal difference. they play tomorrow at home to chelsea. lots to look forward to in football focus at lunchtime, dan's here. you wouldn't get your top off on the beach with all the 6—nation stars. liverpool goalkeeper allisson. does not like fish and chips. makes himself rice and beans and eats it every day. good brazilian affair. two draws for liverpool in recent weeks against leicester and west

ham. interesting piece on manchester city, vincent kompa ny ham. interesting piece on manchester city, vincent kompany had his testimonial dinner, part of his gala event for his testimonial year. noel gallagher playing the music, gary lineker hosting. a lovely ten minute piece discussing ten years at the etta head. noel gallagher, massive manchester city fan. standing in front of 250,000 people at knebworth or watching manchester city win a game to win the league? watching manchester city is more nerve—racking. you are in control? yes, when i am doing my thing, you are in control. when you are watching city, the big ten schemes, out of your control. anything can happen. people always say to me, would you rather the league or the

champions league? aim for both all the time. music, football, trying to be at the top of your game. interesting discussion. getting the band back together? not going to happen, i have asked many times. james maddison of leicester has spoken about adapting to the premier league. we have spoken a lot about emiliano sala, still emotionally charged, cardiff go to southampton. and luton finally on football focus. no team in britain has a better record than luton. auchinleck talbot have beaten ayr united in the scottish cup this weekend though it.

—— many thanks, dan. allaround scottish cup this weekend though it. —— many thanks, dan. all around the leagues, black arm bands worn for emiliano sala in remembrance. we are in the middle of a six—day shutdown of horse racing because of an equine flu outbreak. five more meetings cancelled today. six cases have been confirmed at trainer donald mccain's stables in cheshire. over 170 yards are in lockdown. racing won't resume until wednesday at the earliest. potentially it can be incredibly serious. the economic and equine health consequences of an uncontrolled spread of infectious disease can be incredibly severe. we are doing everything we can to first of all control and limit any further

spread. put in place surveillance measures, and then plan around what we know. and how we manage the situation. great britain's fed cup team have had a brilliant week to reach today's europe—africa zone play—off final in bath. katie boulter and jo konta won their singles rubbers against hungary, both in three sets. they made hard work of it. great britain remain unbeaten in the tournament. a victory against serbia later today would earn them a place in april's world group two play—off where they will get the chance of promotion to the second tier of women's team tennis. england's final test against the windies starts later. they've already lost the series but will be looking to avoid a whitewash. 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 wicketkeeper — has been dropped in favour

of keatonjennings. we are desperate to come away from this tour with something. but we are more than capable of doing that. we have been in similar positions before, we have not performed to our strengths and played to our ability. this is a great chance to put it right and finish this tour. 0na high. 51 day after that and a couple of t20 mac. for world cricket, i think it needs a strong west indies. has it been a while? there was a golden period going way back? this is england's last test before they play in the ashes. england argued that the shorter stuff. for the west indies,

a while since they have been good at test cricket. fantastic for them. we a lwa ys test cricket. fantastic for them. we always think this is the demise of cricket in the west indies because of the american sports that seem to be taking over, everyone into basketball and what have you. but good news for the west indies but not so good for england. things can change very quickly. sunshine on a rainy day. the weather will be improving. by the time we get to next weekend, quieting down. weather could have an impact on the six nations, not in rome where they will weather looks good but at murrayfield, still windy. not as windy by the afternoon. winds gradually easing down, that is

because storm eric, currently to the north of scotland, will be pushing away. seeing this area of cloud wrapped around it producing heavy rain earlier on. this is the core of the stronger winds. gusts of 50 mph or more. as the rain moves out to the north sea, that core of potentially damaging winds moves out as well. staying windy into the afternoon, not as windy, some sunshine and showers, coming in on the strong south to south—westerly winds. drier across scotland. the strong south to south—westerly winds. drieracross scotland. rain continues in the far north. despite being windy, still quite mild, temperatures 11—12 perhaps. afternoon, sunshine turning hazy in the south, cloudy through the evening. rain developing overnight. getting as far north as north wales. beyond that, the cloud is tenuous. maybe the risk of some icy patches,

a touch of frost. away from far north of scotland without rain. eventually pushing its way southwards. the weather front takes rain across northern ireland tomorrow. the weather system will clear up tomorrow. the weather system will clearup during tomorrow. the weather system will clear up during the morning. tending to move away from wales through the midlands and south west of england, staying went into the afternoon across east anglia and the south east. sunshine following, the coral of cloud and rain coming into... when picking up. 0therwise went much lighter tomorrow but chillier, temperature 6—7. wet weather for north of scotland. the weather system north of scotland. the weather syste m ta kes north of scotland. the weather system takes some rain and hill snow southwards across the uk together with some gusty winds across tomorrow night. high pressure builds in and things come down tomorrow night. chill winds blowing down the north sea coast, one or two showers. monday a dry day. touch of frost, one or two mist and fog patches,

plenty of sunshine, away from south—western wales still quite chilly with temperatures temperatures 5—7. quieting down into next week, cold start as we head the week getting more south to south—westerly winds, turning milder day and night with high pressure essentially in charge next week. looking dry some good news and bad. would you prefer doing the weather this week when it is topsy—turvy or next week when it is settling down? you know the answer to that one. yes, the week that has gone was more interesting. it is fast moving so you can time weather systems more easily. next week, it is a little quiet. it is like us and the new cycle. it is like us and the new cycle. it is like us and the new cycle. it is the same thing. speak to you later. i am still

agonising over who was that song, sunshine on a rainy day. it isa sunshine on a rainy day. it is a newer one. we have not worked it out. i will figure it out. -- it is worked it out. i will figure it out. —— it is an earworm. as a nation we are living longer, working longer and now it seems we can borrow for longer too. until recently mortgages have been limited to working age people, but there are now more deals than ever available for older people. let's find out more from bbc radio 4's money box presenter, paul lewis, who's in our london newsroom. very good morning to you. tell us about these new style mortgages. there have been a few before, but there are more of them? it has been very difficult, in the past i have done stories about the problems all people had getting mortgages into their pension age. now it is much easier. there are almost no mortgages that say you have to pay it off before you're 70 it as there used to be hundreds of them. there are now thousands of mortgages where you can borrow into your 80s and there are a few hundred with no age

restriction at all. it is for a number of reasons. first of all, it is seen as ageist and may even be unlawful to discriminate against people just because of their age. secondly, mortgage lenders are realising that pension income can be as secure as earned income, in fact, more secure because you cannot be sacked from a mortgage. thirdly, there is a demand from older people and because there are fewer first—time buyers, have been, they have got to find other groups of people to lend to. things have conspired to mean it is much easier to borrow if you are heading for pension age. people are familiar with the idea of when you apply for a pension, the first thing they want to know is what your income is. as you get older, that will change perhaps you will not have any income at all. does the equity in your property become relevant then, how does it work? when you get a pension, you may not have a big

pension, you may not have a big pension but it is completely secure and you have your state pension. there are a large number of people with very good pension that pension age and those incomes are safe and so lenders are recognising that. you might have equity in your house, valuing your house, but there is a group of people, first—time buyers, they are much older than they used to be. they can be in their 405. if they take out a mortgage in their 405, the first mortgage might end in your late 605, but remortgaging, you get well into your 705 and 805 so you have got to have products that help the new first—time buyers. there is also a big group of people who, in the past, in the heyday of easy money, they have taken out interest only mortgages, so they ju5t interest only mortgages, so they just pay the interest are not the capital, and now at the age of 50, they have got to find a big chunk of capital to repay. 0ne they have got to find a big chunk of capital to repay. one way of doing it is to borrow the money, with a new product called the retirement interest only mortgage, where they

ju5t interest only mortgage, where they just pay the interest, which means it is more affordable for them, and that can help them get over that problem. you can see the advantages but what are the dangers? the dangers are the same as with any borrowing. you've got to make sure you can afford to pay it back. you have got to make sure the income is secure and you have got to make sure that you need the money. some people are now going into retirement with big debts. it may be sensible, i say may be sensible, to borrow money on one of those in —— retirement interest only mortgages and pay per credit card, because they are very expensive. if you do that, the danger is you carry on using your credit card. do not do that, cut it up, credit card. do not do that, cut it up, pay credit card. do not do that, cut it up, pay it off. you have got to be sensible about money but people who have lived as long as i have are very sensible about money and they can cope with it. how very delicately you put that. you left eve ryo ne delicately you put that. you left everyone scratching their heads a little bit. i will be scratching my

head after this. good to speak to you. shall we talk about cheerleading? yes. mike bu5hell has been having a go. he has, he has done really well. cheerleading may conjure up images of pom pom5 and ra—ra skirts but in reality it 5 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 on 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, our girls can 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 18005 and it was an all—male activity, used to cheer on the early college teams. they used phrases such as "tiger". 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 do have men and boys out competing, too. but crimson heat all stars really want to keep their world championship sessions all female. the idea was that they could come in and feel comfortable. they could come in and be sweaty and wear no make—up. they can be idiots and come in and train. that is what they

are coming in to do. it is about more than just sport. they find that the cheerleading team can help the athletes deal with issues outside, be it bullying, school, family, anything thrown up by social media. it certainly helped aisha when she arrived in the uk from hungary and did not speak a word of english. it has absolutely changed my life. i'm more open. my social skills have improved. girls get bullied outside 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 their mood up. 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. for 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 worlds in america this spring. mike bu5hell, bbc news. it is always a relief that no harm was done during the course of the filming. we should state that categorically come all was well. it's the plane that transformed aviation and made air travel available to the masses. 50 years ago today the "boeing 747" took to the skies for the very first time, heralding the start of the "golden age of travel". the jumbo jet offered passengers more space, more seats and greater luxury than ever before. we'rejoined now from heathrow, by the independent‘s travel editor, simon calder.

it is remarkable, 50 years. i cannot believe it is that old. quite and if you can imagine turning up at a car rental office and maybe they would say, we have a car which was designed in the 19605 and built in the 19905 and we would like you to drive it away, you would scoff and walk away, but no, the 747, which is really based at heathrow these days, british airways has 34 of them, more than any other airline, it is still going strong. if you go back 50 yea rs going strong. if you go back 50 years to 1969, the planes were com pletely years to 1969, the planes were completely unrecognisable, and yet it is an essential part of the aviation scene today, quite remarkable. it really is. more luxury than ever before, but what is so different now, we have got double—decker planes? so different now, we have got double-decker planes? they are getting bigger and bigger. yes, double-decker planes? they are getting biggerand bigger. yes, but if you can go back to that cold

february day in seattle 50 years ago. what you saw was something revolutionary. the number of seats you could get into an aeroplane increase by 2.5 and a stroke. it opened with its first rate from new york to heathrow one year later and effectively it provided democracy for flying because the airlines had to cut prices in order to fill the seats. it has done remarkable things. there are much more modern, more environmentally cleaner aircraft, particularly from your boss, but there is lots of nostalgia for the 747, which is why british airways is using it on its most important business route to new york, and virgin atlantic flying in from gatwick, manchester, gatwick, glasgow, to florida, flying 455

people at a time into 0rlando. talking of nostalgia, we were almost tinged with a moment of nostalgia, the anniversary of the first concorde flight. exactly, 1969 was a great year for technology. i concorde flight. exactly, 1969 was a great yearfor technology. i know that only me and paul lewis from money box can remember that far back, but you had conquered taking off for the first time three weeks today. then you had the main landing, but concorde was an evolutionary cul—de—sac. it was 19505 technology, and it was grounded in october 2003, it was simply not securing enough demand, supersonic flying across the atlantic. the jumbo jet has seen off concord. inaudible the very first editions of that aircraft were built ten years ago and they are already being taken

apart for scrap and they are already being taken apartforscrap in and they are already being taken apart for scrap in various parts of the world, so quite an achievement by the designers of the 747, and the man who really wanted it to happen, an employee of pan am, who said he wa nted an employee of pan am, who said he wanted people to roam the four corners of the world, making new discoveries and getting to know people of other nations and races. lovely talking to you and reminiscing. simon calder. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty

and charlie stayt. 0ur 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. 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? we'll have the latest live from murrayfield ahead of the match against ireland. fresh from victory in last night's competition — the uk's new eurovsion entry, michael rice, will be here.