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. fresh from victory in last night's competition — the uk's new eurovsion entry, michael rice, will be here. —— eurovision.

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. the newspaper says several other former employees received six—figure payments after alleging inappropriate behaviour. 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 throwing 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. the five complainants. they are still bound by nondisclosure agreements. 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 well as harassing staff. he denies his behaviour amounted to any kind of crime or misconduct. caroline rigby, bbc news. just over 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 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 even though it had never run a ferry service or had any ships. we can speak now tojon donnison, whojoins us from our london newsroom. the ferry company with no ferries was always going to be a challenging reputation to overcome but seaborne freight insisted they would be ready by the end of march to operate a ferry service between ramsgate in kent and 0stend in belgium. today the department for transport said it has become clear they will not be able to meet their contractual

requirements, coming after a another shipping company, an irish shipping company, said it was pulling out this comes after negative headlines. they had terms and conditions on their website that seem to be appropriate for a fast—food takeaway restau ra nt. appropriate for a fast—food takeaway restaurant. we had the mayor of 0stend in belgium saying the port was not ready to operate a new service for a new ferry line. and concerns from the council in ramsgate which has not operated a service out of its port for six yea rs. service out of its port for six years. that it would not be ready either. the government are saying todayit either. the government are saying today it is in the advanced stages of negotiations with several other companies to provide extra freight capacity in the event of a no—deal brexit. it is five past nine. around 40,000 children seriously injure their brain every

year and without support, they can become isolated, angry and fall behind at school. now an nhs centre in cambridge, is the first in britain, to combine expertise in one place, in order to rehabilitate children back into family life. here's our science correspondent, richard westcott. buying some cake ingredients would be a doddle for most teenagers but 15—year—old zac is just a learning to shop alone. hi, darling. i want to make sure i have the right things, granulated sugar and self raising flour. no, plain flour. he is trying his hand at baking for the first time, too. did i hear my name? it didn't work! what about the payment we agreed earlier? did you manage to get it? he banged his head

at school, permanently damaging his brain. i had a highly intelligent child with a photographic memory, he was a natural sportsman, very happy all the time and to a child that was angry, to a child that was physical, to a child that screamed, to a child that had to learn how to use his limbs again. good catch! zack used to beat me up daily and say it was my fault. even though he did not mean it. he wanted to die. zack wouldn't have shopped alone six months ago and then he started coming here. this is the cambridge centre for neurological psychological rehabilitation. the complex name for a bright idea. it is britain's only nhs one—stop shop to rehabilitate children with brain injuries back into family and school life.

combining experts on emotions, language, medication, body movement and education. when a young person has had an injury like zack's, they need all the expertise and what is great for the families if they get to come to the service and see everybody who they might need to see in one place, rather than having to go to multiple different services, which can take years of sometimes. brain injuries happen through accidents, assaults, infections, tumours and strokes. without help, people can become isolated and struggled isolated and struggle to control their impulses. incredibly, around 60% of young adult prison inmates report having had a brain injury. the effects can lay hidden for long time. 5—10 years down the line, you might see an adolescent who uses inappropriate language. behaviour is not like the situation, misjudges social cues and that might be put down to that person's behaviour, if you like.

really, it is a consequence of the injury that had back when they were five. their child will never be the old self again but with this combined help, they can learn to cope with the simple, everyday life. i've done a lot on my own, yes, and got quite far but i've always felt very isolated. now i don't feel alone. richard wescott, bbc news, cambridge. zack's mum, kat, joins us now as well as gerard anderson from the charity the child brain injury trust. you were just looking at the film, you must be so proud of zach bows my journey to where he is now. he is a miracle. i am very proud. we saw from the original injury to what he is capable of. basic things, the shop, but huge strides? it is huge. he suffers from paranoia, thinks

someone he suffers from paranoia, thinks someone is watching me or i am being followed so being able to do that on his own is momentous. this is a child who would not leave his room. yes, absolute strides. gerard, talking about the collection of expertise in one place. how important is it to have a facility like this in cambridge? this facility in cambridge, there is no other like it facility in cambridge, there is no otherlike it in facility in cambridge, there is no other like it in the uk, the service they provide their is wonderful. it is extremely hard to get into. a lot of families, like this, had to fight for three years to get support or services from the centre. there needs to be more of them across the uk and more support out there. needs to be more of them across the uk and more support out therelj don't uk and more support out there.” don't think anyone watching today would deny services like that are needed, from watching the story, but they will also have heard the

arguments we have had with politicians and over funding when it comes to the nhs. the latest round of funding has been announced. is there any hint that could feed into new centres like this. for me, the first step is to get brain injury recognised and to understand it is an epidemic across the uk. 35,000 children per year are admitted to a&e with traumatic brain injuries. that isjust a&e with traumatic brain injuries. that is just knocks a&e with traumatic brain injuries. that isjust knocks to a&e with traumatic brain injuries. that is just knocks to the a&e with traumatic brain injuries. that isjust knocks to the head, not illnesses leading to brain injuries as well. getting that recognised as an epidemic will raise the profile of brain injury and hopefully filter down to funding for centres like this and organisations which support families because most don't receive any funding at all. because of what happened to zach, you must have been ona happened to zach, you must have been on a swift learning curve about the

risks, what it can do in practice to a child or a person, the changes can come about? when this happened, i was called to school because it happened at school. when i got there, zach was like a drug person. you have dropped your son at school, he is five, he is fine, then he is like a he is five, he is fine, then he is likea drunk he is five, he is fine, then he is like a drunk person. he was ill. he collapsed in my arms. from that point on, it was shock but a motion to one side, logic, let's get this sorted out quickly. something is terribly wrong with our child. you we re terribly wrong with our child. you were on a mission to find out any potential avenues you could look at. that is the hard thing, as a pa rents, that is the hard thing, as a parents, single parents, of a child who has acquired a brain injury, you know nothing. you are looking at a blank canvas. you have to do, investigate online, see what is available. in my area of

hertfordshire, there is no associations in the area. nothing for pa rents associations in the area. nothing for parents and my area to get together to speak to each other. it took me one year to get to funding took me one year to get to funding to go to tadworth, and other place in surrey. and another three years to get to the go to for acquired brain injury, cpnr. i have been looking after my son from a vegetable to an absolute miracle in ten years. there is not enough awareness out there to help parents like myself to know who to go to, where to go to, how to get funding. you are isolated, alone, scared. not educated and you have been thrown in the deep end. it is inspiring listening to you, obviously your passion for this has run through. as

isaid passion for this has run through. as i said earlier, i don't think anyone will agree help is needed. 100%. please, will agree help is needed. 10096. please, help these associations because without help they can help other children like my sack look at a brighterfuture other children like my sack look at a brighter future and other children like my sack look at a brighterfuture and remember this is an invisible disabilities, just because there is no scar does not mean we do not bleed. and you can see the full story on inside out on bbc one on monday evening at 7:30. 9:14am. here's darren with a look at this morning's weather. the sun is out. a day of sunshine and showers. blustery showers. still very windy at the moment. the winds will gradually ease through the day. improving story. the strong, damaging winds due to storm eric. that is to the north of scotland,

heading toward scandinavia. this area of cloud as well as bringing her the aidan —— my early rain has brought the core of the strong winds. across northern england and north wales. more than that, 15 mph,... we should see the worst of the winds pushing away. still wendy this afternoon with good spells of sunshine, showers towards the south—west, wales, later into northern ireland. showers in scotla nd northern ireland. showers in scotland easing through the course of the morning and into the afternoon. still windy but decent temperatures. turning wetter here in the southwest this evening. sunshine hazy, cloud thickening, rain developing, moving northwards up towards north wales and across towards north wales and across towards the humber. north of that, clearer skies developing overnight. temperatures close to freezing, one 01’ temperatures close to freezing, one or two icy patches. rain in the far

north of scotland. sinking its way downwards, the weather front, north of scotland. sinking its way downwards, the weatherfront, to northern ireland tomorrow. this is the complicated, messy weather system bringing a wet start to parts of england and wales, some snow over the tops of the welsh hills. the wetter weather moves away from wales tomorrow morning, affecting the midlands, large parts of south east england. heavy rain later. strong wind for northern ireland. feeling chilly tomorrow despite some sunshine around. temperature 6—7. the wetter weather coming in from the north on the weather front moving southwards overnight. gusty winds to wales and northern ireland. things come down into monday morning. high pressure building on, chilly start, some frost, patches of mist and fog. stronger, colder wins in the north sea coast. monday looks dry. plenty of sunshine, quieter

day, away from the south—west quite chilly. temperature 5—7. the rest of the week, quite weather in contrast to what we have had over the past week or so. high pressure sitting to the south east of the uk, that is important. more of a southerly or south—westerly wind, decent temperatures day or night. dry weather and sunshine. much quieter conditions on the way. thanks very much. at least it is settling. he was the so—called "angry young man", who became one of britain's most revered actors. albert finney, whose death at the age of 82 was announced yesterday, starred in films including annie, erin brokovich and skyfall. and my favourite, 0liver and my favourite, oliver twist. in a moment we'll speak to the director stephen frears, who worked alongside him many times. first, let's take a look at albert finney in action. i would take a tip from the fishes, never bite unless the bait is good.

i will not get married until i am good and ready. no wonder i have a lwa ys good and ready. no wonder i have always got a bad back. i will soon be done. when those fellows did, the players over. see what you have to say with speed and put the audience out their misery. good morning, my dear friends. good morning, mr byrne. ladies and gentlemen, we now come to my own reconstruction of the night of the murder. hello. whoever did this to you made one hell of a mistake. james bond, good god. it is nice to see you, too. yes, a little glimpse of some of his

performances. stephen frears, who directed films including dangerous liaisons and the queen, was a friend and colleague of albert finney. he joins us now on the phone. a very good morning to you. thank you for your time this morning. first of all, your thoughts on albert finney sadly dying yesterday and his career and he kind of person he was? it is like a part of your life disappearing. he was such a monumentalfigure. i life disappearing. he was such a monumental figure. i cannot life disappearing. he was such a monumentalfigure. i cannot quite believe he was 80. to me he was a lwa ys believe he was 80. to me he was always 25 or something. i am already in shock but it is a very sad day. you say, you thought he was 25. that was the time, he was 23, 2a years old, extraordinary things happened in his career, amazing roles. tell us in his career, amazing roles. tell us about that time. that is what was most important about him. for about five years, through two microphones,

saturday night, sunday morning, he became the face of britain. his life, his work included changes in class, changes in education, changes in everything. he was a very powerful presence, but those two films, the first of them, as a discontented factory worker, and secondly, as tom jones, which was a much more liberal early film in the early 1960s, he was what our faces look like, or what we hoped they would look like. he was dazzling. he was very different to the hollywood movie stars? he had a different way about going about his business? his attitude to who he was?” about going about his business? his attitude to who he was? i think he turned his bike and being a hollywood star. in an odd way, he turned his back and being laurence 0livier. laurence olivier played all the great classical parts but that is not what he was about. he could go into the theatre and do all that sort of thing but he was much more

eccentric and selective in what you chose to do. lots of the tributes, reading through them, they talk about his sense of humour, not taking himself too seriously? that was a big part of who he was? he was very funny. and complicated and generous. he helped a lot of people. 0ne film was only made because albert interceded. what was he like to work with? very straightforward. very unpretentious. you just got on with it, really. as i understand it, maybe you can explain the story, he had something of an obsession with audrey hepburn, is that right?” actually once had dinner with him and audrey hepburn. i cannot believe iam and audrey hepburn. i cannot believe i am saying this. he was in love with her. when we went to manchester to prepare the film he directed, charlie bubbles, he would sneak off in the afternoon to look at the film

of hers playing in the cinema. he was bananas about her. there is something charming about the notion that he was a big movie star but still had that fascination with someone else. absolutely. he knew what liking movie stars was about, because he had been a schoolboy. 0ver many years, i imagine, and you see it from the tributes that have come in, he has had a big impact on other actors? i am sure. there is lots of talk now about where actors come from in accents and that sort of thing? class was central to his life in some complicated way. i was watching christopher ecclestone saying that he owed him everything. actors were middle class before that and suddenly these great talents out of the working class appeared, and they now seem to have gone away again. thank you very much for your time this morning. a pleasure. stephen frears, talking about albert finney. you see those scripts and

you think i must go and watch that again. it was great, not all twist that albert finney was in. he played scrooge, but he was young when he did it. i did not realise, he was made up and he did it brilliantly. it is time to look at the papers. writer and broadcaster paul vallely is here to tell us what's caught his eye. you just said he was a proper actor. yes, he was not someone who was a film star that is the same in every film, there is albert finney. sometimes you would see him and realise —— and not realise it was him because he could inhabit the part, he was a great actor. what are you looking at? a sad story about the missing body of the pilot of emiliano sala, the footballer. david ibbotson. yes, the body of the pilot had still been found. this story is

tucked away in the telegraph. it is sad because people are forgetting about the pilot. there is a very sad code from an unnamed relative of his which says, not knowing where he is or if his body is found or ever will be is the worst thing ever. it brings home to you how important it is to have a body, to have the funeral rites over. the sadness and the emptiness of not knowing. they are crowdfunding in order to try and get the search under way again. are crowdfunding in order to try and get the search under way againm is clearly important for them. yes, and the club, cardiff city, have said they will pay for emiliano sala's body to be sent back to argentina. these are not at the end of it is the football clubs are rowing over the money. you think they could have left out for a while. i did not know that. turning to thailand at the moment. yes, the

princess of thailand has decided she is going to stand for prime minister. this slightly puts our stories about royals and whether they should have jobs or not, and whether they have family tapes into perspective. she has decided she is going to run for prime minister in a country where there are massive splits over money and class. —— family tiffs. her brother, the king, has come out and said, it is in conflict with the country's traditions and culture and is considered extremely inappropriate. there is a big rift in the royal family and they are trying to get her part. she is not really a princess in the classic sense. she married an american 30 years ago and has lived in america and then came back. she has been a peripheral celebrity on instagram on chat shows and things. she now wants to stand

for prime minister, and it is obviously a big dramatic version of the little rights we have about our royals. there is always the divide, the royal family should royals. there is always the divide, the royalfamily should not royals. there is always the divide, the royal family should not be involved in politics. there will be similar institutions there. this story in the daily mail. an incident at london zoo. do you want to explain what happened? they brought a male sumatran tiger, a very rare and endangered species come overfrom denmark very rare and endangered species come over from denmark to very rare and endangered species come overfrom denmark to mate very rare and endangered species come over from denmark to mate with the female in london zoo. they had taken the mail from the female in london zoo. they had taken the mailfrom london the female in london zoo. they had taken the mail from london zoo to paris to make there, to see if they could increase the gene pool. i am afraid female tiger and the female tiger, which were put in enclosures next to each other so they could get used to each other for a while, when the door was opened the mail savaged the door was opened the mail savaged the female and the endangered species is now notjust endangered but actually died. that is a very

sad story. it is a sad story. it shows the risks that they did everything they could to acclimatise these animals together and in the wild they only meet once, to mate and then they separate. it is a risk, really. there is a danger that something can go badly wrong. in this case, the worst possible scenario. it is really sad. something that a lwa ys it is really sad. something that always catches her eye on programming, understandably, stories about sleep. —— on practice. there isa about sleep. —— on practice. there is a whole supplement in the guardian about how to get to sleep. did you read it? absolutely. matthew walker has written a book and find out all kinds of things we did not know about sleep. you are much more likely to get alzheimer's if you do not sleep very much because there is some kind of cleansing of sticky enzymes in your brain that goes on during sleep. people who proudly

boast like margaret thatcher and ronald reagan that they do not need much sleep, they both ended up with particularly bad forms of alzheimer's. it says if you try on dietand alzheimer's. it says if you try on diet and you do not get enough sleep, you lose lean tissue rather than fight, so it undermines your diet. it says that your blood sugar goes down to prediabetic levels if you missed three hours of sleep a week. they want you to have eight hours a day. finally, it says that if you look at the cogs moving forward and back, heart attacks go up forward and back, heart attacks go up and down the day after. the day people have more sleep, there are 2496 people have more sleep, there are 24% fewer heart attacks and the day people lose an hour, there are 24% more heart attacks the next day. extraordinary. lots of anecdotes in that. you have people writing in. i have got advice for getting a good night sleep. use of sleeping mats, a

few drops of lavender or essential oil on a facemask. diane said, i recently started using a white noise up, i listen to the noise of rain. it works like a charm. jack triggers a sailor and when the out at sea, sailors have weird sleep patterns. he says that the longest he had stayed awake for during a race in 62 hours, with no sleep whatsoever. the experts would say that is very bad. disastrous really. a necessity, i would guess. the expert tips are, you must sleep in a dark room because melatonin is released on the hormone is good for you. you must go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time, regularity. you must sleep in a cold room, not a hot room, temperature is important. you must not have caffeine afternoon. and no alcohol at night. although alcohol is a sedative, it does not help with sleep, sedation and sleep are not the same thing. thank you

very much. are you going to have a tester —— are you going to have a siesta? they are bad for you because they disrupt your night—time sleep, when all the good effects of sleep pattern. i wonder what we should eat. i bet matthew on saturday kitchen does not sacrifice any sleep. you look so well in it.” kitchen does not sacrifice any sleep. you look so well in it. i do like a good night was much sleep. couple of whiskeys. desert island discs podcast. soporific voice. i love listening, a common, gentle voice. special guests. favourite food ever? ade adepitan.

salmon and lobster. we don't have the budget. your hell? fatty meats and oysters. also two great chefs, jane baxter. i am cooking a chickpea pasta. and towcester vegetables. it weighed. —— a little bit weird. chocolate and valentines? cookie

dough, truffle, salted caramel. jane parkinson. fry the chocolate, pasta is heaven. we will see you at ten. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. coming up before ten darren will have all the weekend weather. all they will have the sport. it is 9:33am. 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 dropped an injunction against the paper and categorically denies any unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. what is interesting about the case is that nondisclosure agreements

are pretty rife in any walk of life. every newspaper uses them, including the daily telegraph, going to squash these, and if thejudge had come out and said, i am going to squash 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. 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 pounds 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". see what he did there. those are the main stories this morning.

i heard your chat about sleep, when you should and can't. are you a good sleeper? yes, ialways you should and can't. are you a good sleeper? yes, i always feel better for a good nap. but not this afternoon. the night before a big game. there is a sofa with my name on it but it is for watching sport, not snoozing. lots of six nations. saturday, big sporting weekend. 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 take the next step, you need to win against quality opposition. ireland are certainly that. they have proved that over the past couple of years in 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. we have a few 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. centre jonathan 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. wales lost to the french last week in the women's six nations, they face italy in lecce tonight. weighed down in the south of italy. ireland beat scotland 22 points to five in glasgow last night. after a big defeat to england, ireland's women bounced back with a bonus point victory. they ran in four tries. prop leah lyons powering over for their second. 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 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 is a very good lad. he was a very nice lad. that would be my memory of him. here are today's matches in the premier league. manchester united, who still haven't lost under 0le 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 or something like that. it was clear that we would be tight until the end. good news still that we are in that. but of course we have to, for the only chance to improve our 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 eight minutes to play at villa park, billy sharp had scored a hat—trick, the win that was going to take you top of the championship... then this happened, an incredible comeback from villa, pulling two goals back then this from substitute andre green in the fourth minute of injury time. 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. we are in the middle of a six—day shutdown of horse racing because of an equine flu outbreak. five more meetings cancelled today. including an important one at newbury. donald mccain to make it six in total, including one that raced on wednesday. 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. veterinarians working overtime over the weekend, they will report back on monday regarding the state of the equine flu. great britain's fed cup team have had a brilliant week to reach the europe africa zone play—off final in bath. johanna konta won her singles rubber against hungary, that's after katie boulter had also won hers in three sets. 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 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. nice place to lose.

ben stokes is expected to be fit but ben foakes — the wicketkeeper — has been dropped in favour of keatonjennings. lots of one—day games and t20 mac to follow. who will win the rugby?” think scotland will pip ireland. i think scotland will pip ireland. i think ireland might be damaged and bruised after the defeat to england. i haven't seen a rugby match in ages. i think england will edge it. this is explaining rugby. scrums, line—outs. that is charlie's tutorial. i understand it all now. if you need a tutorial for the

weather, darren is your man. sunshine on a rainy day, an earworm earlier. zoe. weather improving, great news considering how bad it has been. that is due to storm eric. there it is. to the north of scotland. heading towards scandinavia. taking the worst of the winds. still strong winds across the uk at the moment. bringing damage and disruption for the next few hours. as strong as the winds, more across northern england and north wales. especially over the pennines, western coast, gusts of 60 or so. the winds will ease down a bit. staying windy throughout the day, strong to gale force. sunshine and

showers. most coming into northern ireland, wales, southwest, english channel, drier later in scotland. still the rain in the far north of the country. some sunshine around, too, particularly for the eastern side of the uk. still windy, decent temperatures, 9—12. not lasting much longer. winds continue to drop, this evening, cloud increasing so from the south—west. rain arriving during the south—west. rain arriving during the evening, overnight, getting to north wales. more broken card. the threat of some frost. 0ne north wales. more broken card. the threat of some frost. one or two icy patches around. buckling its way down towards northern ireland tomorrow, that front. cloud, snow over the top of the welsh hills. breaking away, this spell of quite

heavy rain, gusty winds coming into northern ireland but otherwise lighter tomorrow. a chillier feel with temperatures not rising very much, 6—7. still some wet weather in the north on the weather system, moving southwards quickly tomorrow evening and overnight. wet weather, gusty winds, gone by monday. high pressure building on, chilly start to the new week with a touch of frost here and there, pockets of mist and fog, especially wales and the west country, stronger winds on the west country, stronger winds on the north sea coast. showers, dry day, lighter winds. so the north sea coast. showers, dry day, lighterwinds. so quite the north sea coast. showers, dry day, lighter winds. so quite chilly, temperatures 55 and seven. after monday, well, high pressure in charge, dry for the most part, find. sunshine around. fine south to south—westerly wind, good temperatures by day and by night. settling down. you will have more tomorrow?

i will. i will be thinking of you when i am lying in. have a good day. take care. wanting extra milk, chewing their fists and waking up in the night are just some of the signs many parents watch out for as an indicator that their baby is ready for weaning. public health england says they're among many common misconceptions and have launched an advice service to dispell those myths. let's find out more now from nutritionist 0rla hugeunot, who's joined by mum sophie and her daughter anna. already the start of the show is anna. harold is anna? she is one, she turned one just over a week ago. what wisdom have you found out? you have got to make the older ones as well. what wisdom have you found out? we have done it a different way with anna than with my first two. we

started to do a mixture of finger foods as well as purists. with 0rla we started straightaway with finger foods around six months. when she started she was definitely ready. she was showing all the signs. she could put her hand to her mouth, move toys to her mouth, and she was able to sit with support. yes, she was just ready. she able to sit with support. yes, she wasjust ready. she is able to sit with support. yes, she was just ready. she is very keen to show the camera. here is that? what is the dull‘s name? chloe. she is very keen that everyone has a look at chloe. charlie, you have gone away. regiment what is being said at the moment in terms of new research about how to recognise the signs that a baby is ready for weaning? about how to recognise the signs that a baby is ready for weaning7m is crucial, this is about research. we are launching a campaign, and information service of all the information service of all the information you need to know about introducing solid foods to your baby. there is pressure in terms of,

it is almost like, when it's your baby walking, when have you stopped breast—feeding? there baby walking, when have you stopped breast—feeding ? there is baby walking, when have you stopped breast—feeding? there is so much pressure, things you're supposed to know, mixed messages, how will this be clear? it is clear because we have been listening to mums and dads for some time. we did a survey where they said, we could do with extra information and support. that is why we are saying to mums and dads, there is no rush to much. it is important to wait, rent six months, before you introduce solid foods to your baby. there are three clear signs that appear together and show that baby is ready to start eating solid food. communication is interesting. watching anna sitting there, she is communicating so much, all the time and you can use that about picking up messages about how and when they can eat, what it is? what are the three clear signs? babies being able to set up themselves and hold their head

straight, and also, when they are able to pick up food and put it into their mouth, and when they are eating, more fit is going into their mouth on around it, those are the three clear signs that your baby is ready. people worry about whether they are doing the right thing? that is what our surveys show. that is why we have got these great tips and hints about when to start and what to feed. why did you decide to change the way that you wind anna rather than your other two? just experience, and there is more experience, and there is more experience out there. —— weaned. she was my third baby and i was more confident. she was part of her meal times before she was born. we waited till around six months. that was the right time to start. you could tell she was definitely ready. there are places to go where people...

word—of—mouth is the best thing. if you have someone who has been through it, that is probably... we get lots of advice from our mums and mother in laws, friends and family and that is important because it is crucial to get support. it is important to listen to the queues from your baby, watching them, noting when they are ready, and listening to the case when they are full, if they are pushing for the way, you know they do not want to have any more. anna is lovely. thank you for bringing her in. she has been fantastic. just lovely. thank you for having us. thank you very much. 21—year old singer michael rice has been chosen to fly the flag for the uk at this year's eurovision song contest in israel. he was among six acts who performed on a special programme on bbc two last night and was voted for by the public. we'll speak to michael in a moment but first let's hear his version of the eurovision song bigger than us. the song that has received the most

votes a nd the song that has received the most votes and the artist who will fly the flag for the uk at the eurovision song contest in may is... michael rice. # hear these words that i sing to you # it's bigger than us # it's bigger than everything we see # cos i can feel the universe # when i'm feeling you breathe # it's bigger than us # and it's bigger than you and me # its bigger # oh it's bigger bigger, bigger, bigger there you go, that was the

performance that won it. how do you feel? i do not think it has sunk in. idid not feel? i do not think it has sunk in. i did not watch, i apologise. what time are you singing last night?” think it started at half seven and finished around nine o'clock. what time did you really finish? about four o'clock. good on you for coming in. it has not sunk in. i want to go home and see the rest of the town. what did nanna say? she was so proud. i walked what did nanna say? she was so proud. iwalked into what did nanna say? she was so proud. i walked into the restaurant after the show and everyone was cheering. we had champagne and eve ryo ne cheering. we had champagne and everyone was being lovely. what about the other contenders? we saw yesterday, our entertainment correspondent was speaking to you? we are like a little family, they are we are like a little family, they a re lovely we are like a little family, they are lovely bunch and we are all supportive of each other. what is the plan because it will be a roller—coaster for you?” the plan because it will be a roller-coaster for you? i do not know what is next. fingers crossed, we have got eurovision, and a few

parties, the eurovision pre—party, soi parties, the eurovision pre—party, so i might get to go to different countries to perform the song. fingers crossed it goes well. you have been involved in singing competitions before. you have been on the sofa here. remind people what you did before. i was the winner of all together now on bbc one last year. how did the eurovision song contest in come about? you had already won one competition?m contest in come about? you had already won one competition? it was out of the blue, i got the call and i went down and i did not think i would be doing eurovision. i went down and i did not think i would be doing eurovisionm i went down and i did not think i would be doing eurovision. it went further, i ended up winning. was it linked to all together now? it was totally separate. you won the prize on that, what did you hope that we ta ke on that, what did you hope that we take you to? i won the prize and i opened a waffle and cream shop. that is back on board. that is interesting. you hear about so many people who want to get into the entertainment industry, they do not have something to fall back on.

entertainment industry, they do not have something to fall back onm is sensible. i have a little business in case it does not work out. you will look after that when you are touring? i do not know. it is crazy. people who are familiar with eurovision, this is a performance from last night, by comparison with some of the performances in the main competition we have seen before, yours is quite straightforward. it is you and a microphone and you're doing that thing. do you think you might be under pressure to have something else going on on the stage?” under pressure to have something else going on on the stage? i always think of salvador, the year that he was the winner, and the big dance tracks and outrageous costumes. here is that? i do not know who that is. he was from portugal and he stood on the stage, he was the only one that year, and he sang and he was the winner. it is nice to have the contrast because you do get crazy performances sometimes. the idea of just having you on stage... the uk

has never had this big gospel anthem, it is kind of like the greatest showman. it reminds me of that. we have a good shot. sometimes the uk does not take it as seriously as other countries. the music industry, we have sam smith, dell, the beatles. we can do this if we work hard. fingers crossed. what kind of pressure are you feeling? yesterday we were talking about 22 yea rs of yesterday we were talking about 22 years of hurt since the uk won the eurovision. a lot of the time you see it as political, but what do you think, what are you going to do in terms of going out there and thinking, i have got to win? have you got that attitude? the last time we we re you got that attitude? the last time we were winners when —— was when i was born, 1997. maybe that is a good omen, may it is a full cycle.” was born, 1997. maybe that is a good omen, may it is a full cycle. i am really excited. i will take every day as it comes, i am only 21, so i am still very young. have you had any

am still very young. have you had a ny co nta ct am still very young. have you had any contact with any of the former british competitors? yes, i made one last night. she was so lovely, she passed on advice. she had a tricky time on stage in the competition because someone came on stage and protested. she dealt with it really well. she just carried on. protested. she dealt with it really well. shejust carried on. have protested. she dealt with it really well. she just carried on. have you planned ahead, with all the family, your mum and your name? they all wa nt to your mum and your name? they all want to come to tel aviv. we will see how many tickets i get. i think someone will probably sort that out. i think they will sort it out. in your live performances, do you seek out your family, can you see them when you perform? when i sing i am in my own zone and i cannot see anyone. i remember, the audience last night, i got energy from the audience last night you were cheering and stood up with their flanks. it was a good experience. well done, congratulations. you need some sleep. i know, i am tired. you seem very bubbly this morning.

well done. good luck. the 18th of may is when the final will be taking place, the final of the eurovision song contest. have a lovely saturday. we had lines are coming up in a short while on the bbc news channel. brea kfast the bbc news channel. breakfast will be back tomorrow at six o'clock. goodbye. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at ten. no ships and now no contract — the government cancels a controversial agreement for extra ferries in case of a no—deal brexit. new allegations of sexual and racial harassment by former employees of the retail tycoon, sir philip green are published — he denies any crime or misconduct. counting the cost of knife crime — the number of young victims admitted to hospitals in england has risen by more than 50% in five years. also coming up — we'll look ahead to another day of six nations matches. scotland will be hoping to build on their victory against italy

as they host ireland at murrayfield. 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 the £13 million contract in december. it had no ships and had never run a ferry service.