and last but by no means least, the guardian features a story on an offshore windfarm on the yorkshire coast, which will supply its first power to the uk electricity grid this week. when complete, it will be one of the biggest in the world, powering over1 million homes and covering an area five times the size of the nearby city of hull. speak to the beat. —— that is big. with me is eileen burbidge, who's a partner at passion capital and a tech entrepreneur. to the genre already, brexit, the mental times. speaking about how the chancellor is already preparing for the worst, i spoke to him about davos about his concerns and at the time, your is spent in his prostration about how the two sides within westminster do not seem to come together. since then, of course, theresa may has been on a tour. yeah, i think what the chancellor is trying to do is to reassure businesses and to try and ensure that the uk economy is not going to total freefall, try to

encourage greater investment in the uk and give a sense of calming nerves. he obviously has a difficult task at hand though with the numbers coming out that the economy was at its lowest growth rate since the financial crisis, he has the bank of england saying that there is a 25% chance that the uk economy is going to go into recession this year, so you really does have a tough task ahead. he has been quite open about the fact that he is a strong remainer, he does want to have the uk relationship close to the european union, that is the chancellor's personal position, that is what he wants and of course, this article is looking out all the various starter coming through. the economy shrinking 0.4%, as you mentioned, in december. many argue that this is actually the prime minister's bargaining chip with brussels. we had no option but to go ahead with what i want. that is why comment is that as leverage. the

point is though that his concern is that it goes to the 11th hour, he knows that his mrs will hold back on hiring and investment plans and that will continue to thwart the economy. and is that what you are experiencing? definitely, i mean people are taking wait—and—see attitude because they have to. they do not know what is going to happen with brexit, so they are delaying any capital investments they might have to make. if the uk were to clinch a deal last minute, it somewhat along the lines of what the prime minister had brokered, do you think that investment, that money would suddenly be triggered? yes, i do not know how momentous it might be but i do think that is what you are saying, chancellor green was remainer, he is now saying listen, let's avoid a no deal or disorderly sort of brexit, let's try and look ata sort of brexit, let's try and look at a deal that can get acceptable voted on by parliament, the instant

like what the prime minister already opposed because then we can start moving ahead, rebuilding, and ensuring that business investment and money starts flowing again and people start investing. london is trying to present itself as being the place to be as a tech hub. absolutely, london and the uk have a great position within the tech sector. it has been a global leader in areas like cyber security, education and technology, advertising, e—commerce, but this wait—and—see does not just advertising, e—commerce, but this wait—and—see does notjust affect those of us in the uk, it is also affecting those outside of the uk thinking about where they might want to expand, where they want to set up new offices, where they want to send key employees and do partnerships and build business, so there is a whole wait—and—see in business overall. let's move on to the united

states and their political impasse perhaps is at an end, which is about of course, the president's determination to build this wall and to get public money to do so on the mexican border, and it would seem that according to politico and others, they are saying, in fact the democrats and republicans have said ata democrats and republicans have said at a press conference they have reached a deal of sorts that we do not know any detail about it. yes, this is almost as hard to predict as what is happening in the uk. this government shutdown would go into effect this friday, and so the congress and the united states, they do have to pass something or boat on something probably by tomorrow the latest, wednesday at the absolute latest, wednesday at the absolute latest, in order to enact legislation that could take into effect by friday. in the uk, we had this brexit forcing function which is still some weeks away. it sounds like what is happening now, while the president wanted new funding to build new parts of the wall and to sort of increased the border, the democrats might be willing to agree, it sounds at what they were saying last night, the just fund may be

repairs or reinforcing existing structures that already exist on the border and that might be a compromise. —— to just. border and that might be a compromise. -- tojust. if there border and that might be a compromise. -- to just. if there was another shutdown kicking off on friday, the political damage would be huge for both parties, imagine all those hundreds of thousands of federal workers will probably still feeling the effect of the shutdown in terms of wages not paid, the impact on their households, but everybody else and their prostration, the fact that nothing is getting done. and that congress did not do anything about it and get their house in order. i think what we saw from the last shutdown is that the president seemed to take a little more of the heap in the democrats and opposition parties, so it is really in his interest to make sure that the republicans negotiate something that can get through this week. —— frustration. something that can get through this week. -- frustration. the front page of politico, it highlights the battle against fake news. the uk

industry, the bbc is part of this as well, looking at our online as well. give us your take on the idea that news coming through the power and i am on facebook and google should be regulated. yeah, i mean i think we're going to see a lot more of this in 2019. i do not think it is going to go away and i think every week, even daily, we will see different reasons for people to call for more pressure and more scrutiny from regulators on the big tech companies in those platforms. this is just another sort of approach lends, and the interesting thing about this support is it was initially commissioned to look at the future of journalism initially commissioned to look at the future ofjournalism we cannot do that of course, without looking at what is going on online and how much control and dominate the online platforms have, so that is why he then way to heidi regulate those platforms to make sure that there are almost gatekeepers as local journalism and other sources, that they are actually helping to inform they are actually helping to inform the public about what is accurate, what is fake and what is not as

white as you say, the debate used to be about allowing local news to thrive still despite the fact that online is totally disrupted. -- as you say. news it is not actually true, that is presented as real through various platforms and the impact that has. that is right and my sense is that by looking at regulating bouts, the idea is to look at opportunities to allow higher qualityjournalism to look at opportunities to allow higher quality journalism to come through, as opposed to pieces that may not actually be accurate. it did stop short of saying that the tech giant should be funding local journalism, for example, something that has been mooted in the past. let's move on the new tech, we have analogue tv being switched off in hong kong. not to new. is not that you and then we had this massive, massive wind farm off the coast of yorkshire in the uk. -- too. many

would argue that it is progress, is much—needed progress with all this news coming from the uk and others about our climate getting warmer and the catastrophic implications that has. absolutely. no, so it is brilliant at their alternative sources of energy and i think that this piece in the guardian does talk about how this windfarm is looking to actually make up for some of the shortcomings, i guess the retraction of investment in nuclear power, so it is looking at alternative investment. it is going to be the largest windfarm in the world once it is at capacity. it is amazing to mei it is at capacity. it is amazing to me i think that for the first turbines are going up, they are going to be taller than the gherkin, i think is what i have read, and then by the time it is completed, then by the time it is completed, the plant is going to be taller than the plant is going to be taller than the shard here in london. icy wind turbines all the time, actually they arejust part of turbines all the time, actually they are just part of the landscape. yeah, it is brilliant, i think this piece focused on the uk and germany, which actually leading the way. i

think they account for about 35% of your‘s wind generated energy. think they account for about 35% of your's wind generated energy. and it just goes to show you how europe in many ways is leading on this, sustainable energy, which is something that the whole world needs to get behind. this is a developer thatis to get behind. this is a developer that is based in denmark, so it is not even a uk developer, it is a danish developer based in the uk. it does demonstrate how europe is leading. 0k, thank you very much. the analogue tv switch in hong kong, we did not really talk about that story. but unfortunate, they are just going to have to switch to digital tv, i just going to have to switch to digitaltv, iam just going to have to switch to digital tv, i am afraid. thank you for joining digital tv, i am afraid. thank you forjoining us you need briefing, i will see you shortly. goodbye. —— for joining will see you shortly. goodbye. —— forjoining us here on the briefing. hello there. we may well be heading towards the final few weeks of winter now, but actually, the weather is feeling almost springlike, some slightly milder conditions certainly on the cards over the next few days.

this was the scene taken near eastbourne by one of our weather watchers on monday. some blue sky, a bit of sunshine around too. now, as we head through the course of the next few days, still quite a lot of dry weather. there'll be a little rain across northern and western parts of the uk. things turning mild by day, but we've still got a few chilly nights to come, could be the odd spot of frost around, perhaps a bit of mistiness around too. but you can see the yellow colours moving in from the south—west gradually over the next couple of days, introducing that milder air. the blue colours, the colder air, kept at bay for now. so through tuesday morning, then, it will be quite a chilly start across much of england and wales, particularly in the south and the east. we've got more cloud from the word go further north and west. a few spots of rain for parts of northern england, but also for scotland and for northern ireland as well, as a frontal system just moves its way gradually south—eastwards through the day. it should brighten up for scotland and for northern ireland during the afternoon, as those south—westerly winds help to break up the cloud. a bit of rain lingering for north—west england, but central and southern and eastern england should stay dry through the day. now, temperatures up to between around 10—13 degrees, so a little above average really

for this time of year. now, as we move through tuesday night and on into wednesday, high pressure sits towards the south. we've still got this frontal system, which is just pushing its way gradually further north—eastwards moving on into wednesday morning. so, through the day on wednesday, still quite cloudy across northern and western parts of the uk. a few spots of rain, particularly for parts of scotland. england and wales certainly staying dry through the day, and there'll be a bit more sunshine on wednesday, i think, compared to tuesday. so temperatures will be doing reasonably well once again, around 10—13 degrees or so, could see 1a celsius in the warmest spot. so, we've got that mild air with us into the middle part of the week, with high pressure sitting across the continent. we're drawing in these south—westerly winds. they stay with us through into thursday as well, as weather fronts clear off towards the north. so i think thursday not a bad day, should be quite a good deal of sunshine, especially across england, wales, northern ireland too. perhaps a little bit more cloud for scotland, with one or two showers in the far north. but a largely dry day, and with those southerly winds, again temperatures will be up

in double figures after a bit of a chilly start, 12 or 13 for the warmest spots on thursday afternoon. looking towards the end of the week then, and we keep that mild theme to the weather. but it will turn a little bit more unsettled towards the end of the week, as those winds strengthen, with some rain particularly in the north and the west at times. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: tougher criminal checks for taxi drivers. plans to better protect vulnerable passengers are set out by the government. horse racing in britain will resume tomorrow, following an outbreak of equine flu. a man is held on suspicion of arson after a devastating fire tears through a mental health centre in staffordshire. protecting our access to cash. with hundreds of atms closing every month, consumer groups and small businesses call on the government to step in. aaron ramsey is set to become the highest—paid british footballer

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