good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. our 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 of all time, as he signs a deal withjuventus worth £400,000 a week. good morning. it is a frosty start for some of us. we also have a band of cloud and rain moving out of scotla nd of cloud and rain moving out of scotland and northern ireland and into northern england and north wales later. on either side we will see some brightness. but i will have

more in 15 minutes. it is tuesday 12 february. our top story: anyone who has a serious criminal conviction will be barred from getting a taxi licence under plans being set out today. the government wants to introduce stricter background checks and is even considering forcing cabs to have cctv to protect vulnerable passengers. our transport correspondent tom burridge has the details. hello, just from licensing, how are you? spotchecks in newcastle. here, they have tightened the rules were issuing taxi licence is, after private hire cabs were used by a gang of a number of years to groom and abuse girls and young women. 18 people were jailed in 2017. and 29 drivers have had their licences revoked in the past year. four of them had been previously convicted of sexual offences. in response,

newcastle joined ten other councils in the north—east of england to create a single licensing body, so the steyn standards and checks are applied when issuing licences —— same standards. i think local authorities are all cognisa nt same standards. i think local authorities are all cognisant of the fa ct authorities are all cognisant of the fact that vehicles and drivers work across authority areas, and therefore it is vital that we share information between ourselves to ensure that any public safety issues that we identify with drivers are made available to all. now, the government wants a common rule book for all authorities in england and wales, so if someone has denied a taxi licence in one area, they wouldn't be able to get one from another council which is more lenient. that is still possible today. under the plans, lenient. that is still possible today. underthe plans, criminal background checks would also be compulsory. mandatory cctv in all taxis is being considered, but privacy is an issue. a government consultation will now run for seven weeks. just after 8:00am this morning, we will be discussing the new rules with the mother of sian o'callaghan, who was murdered by the taxi driver christopher halliwell

in swindon in 2011. horseracing will resume tomorrow after an outbreak of highly infectious equine flu caused the sport to shut down. meetings have been cancelled since last thursday, and tomorrow's races will take place with strict controls. sally is here to explain. and this has cost people actually quite a lot of money, hasn't it? the racing industry is big business in this country and certainly an island where have the has also been some problems. —— where there have also been some problems. we broke the news that 8:30am that there had been cases of reported equine flu. just to be clear, the situation had been rumbling on for a little bit of time beforehand. there had been other cases of equine flu beforehand. there was a cluster in one yard, there was a decision to call off racing, and racing has as you said being called off for a few days. we got the announcement last night that racing will start again tomorrow, so let mejust

racing will start again tomorrow, so let me just tell you exactly what is going to happen. we have racing fixtures going ahead at muswellbrook and london alongside the all weather fixtures at kempton and southwell, great news for the industry and the horseracing authority feels confident enough that the situation is under control, that things can get back to normal. that doesn't mean there is no equine flu around. what it means is they think that they handled it well enough right at they handled it well enough right at the start, they stopped the movement of horses, which is the most important thing, because like human flu, equine flu is really, really contagious, passed from horse to horse, but it also survives really well in the air, bizarrely, and on bits of tack, so they have to be really careful, and if a horse has been diagnosed with the virus, put them into isolation for a certain amount of time. obviously there is an inoculation against equine flu in this country, but the horse can still get symptoms of equine flu, so they have to be incredibly, incredibly careful. so raising ——

racing starting again tomorrow, cheltenham coming up, the grand national, so punters and those involved in the racing industry will be delighted to hear that racing is going to get to normal. thank you very much, we will see you later. and we have the british horseracing authority chief executive coming on in an hourand authority chief executive coming on in an hour and a half. and they have been very good, they have kept eve ryo ne been very good, they have kept everyone informed, the statement came everyone informed, the statement ca m e really everyone informed, the statement came really late last night but they seem came really late last night but they seem to be wanting to talk about why they had to make this decision and 110w they had to make this decision and now why racing is back on. theresa may will urge mps today to hold their nerve when she updates them on the latest developments in the brexit negotiations. meanwhile, number ten says the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, had a constructive meeting with the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, in brussels last night. but the european union is continuing to insist it won't renegotiate the withdrawal agreement. it is clear from our it is clearfrom our side it is clear from our side that we are not going to reopen the withdrawal agreement, but we will

continue our discussion in the coming days. our political correspondent ben wright is in westminister this morning. i feel it is probably time to take the temperature this week. whereabouts are we with all these discussions? that is a good question, i think pretty much where we we re question, i think pretty much where we were about to make weeks ago, i think. we drift on. the eu is still waiting for the government to come up waiting for the government to come up with some sort of new viable plan, a way of unlocking this problem around the irish backstop, which is there to prevent a high border between northern ireland and the republic after brexit. theresa may said three weeks ago after that huge defeat in the commons when that deal was thrown out that she would get changes to that backstop, but the eu seemed to say that that is simply not going to happen because the withdrawal agreement is already locked down. talks between ministers and eu counterparts continue this week, but today at around lunchtime theresa may is going to make a statement to mps updating them, really, on where things are. we don't expect it to be particular dramatic because nothing has really

changed, but she will properly say enoughjust to changed, but she will properly say enough just to keep the sun by another few days. and enough just to keep the sun by anotherfew days. and i think enough just to keep the sun by another few days. and i think reduce any imminent chance of a rebellion by some of her back inches, who are 110w by some of her back inches, who are now wanting the parliament and the governmentjust to now wanting the parliament and the government just to make now wanting the parliament and the governmentjust to make it clear that there will not be an ideal brexit in six weeks —— backbenchers. that is what we are heading for there is no deal. rex is going to continue to dominate, but at the end of it, not much i don't we'll have changed. plenty more discussion around that on breakfast. a 43—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at a mental health unit in staffordshire. the fire engulfed part of the george bryan centre in the town of tamworth last night. nobody is thought to have been injured. john mcmanus reports. late monday evening, and flames from the fire riffing through the george brya n the fire riffing through the george bryan centre light up the sky over tamworth. —— gripping. firefighters we re tamworth. —— gripping. firefighters were called to the centre, which as a side with a community hospital, at

9:15 p.m., and helps to evacuate 11 people from the burning building. they're quick action appears to have prevented any casualties, but staffordshi re prevented any casualties, but staffordshire fire service says the blaze affected much of the building, in some parts of the structure may not be able to be saved. the fire has completely consumed one wing of the building. it has broken through the building. it has broken through the roof, and we have used several jets to fight the fire from both an exterior of the building and from inside the building. patients at the facility are treated for mental health difficulties, and police say that during the incident one patient did leave the scene, but was found a short time later. all of the patients will now be transferred to other facilities. patients will now be transferred to otherfacilities. police say patients will now be transferred to other facilities. police say a 43—year—old man has been detained on suspicion of arson, and they are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. a regulator should be appointed to oversee tech giants like google and facebook and prevent the spread of fake news, according to a government—backed report published today. it is one of several recommendations

by dame frances cairncross aimed at protecting local newspapers, 2115 of which have closed since 2005 in the face of digital competition. our media editor amol rajan reports. based in leeds, the yorkshire post is yorkshire's national paper. as editor, you become acutely aware that you are merely a custodian. 100 years ago, people got their news from the local paper. today, many of us get our news online, while the internet has destroyed the market in classified advertising. according to the press gazette, 2115 local newspapers have shut since 2005 alone. so what we have is essentially a business model that's acutely challenged by declining revenues, but the dichotomy of more people demanding our content than ever before. local papers have been asking

government for help, particularly from what they see as the predatory behaviour of technology firms like google and facebook. the government response was to ask dame frances cairncross to publish a review on the future of high—quality news. it suggests a regulator to oversee the quality of news on online platforms, tax relief to encourage online subscription models, and that ofcom investigate the size of bbc news and its impact on the comercial sector. i asked dame frances why she resisted lobbying from the industry to classify tech platforms as publishers and make them pay for news content. there's no way that the platforms are going to pay for content. i think they would rather stop carrying news directly, and that would do no good to any newspaper. there is, as dame frances says, no silver bullet. but while the presses are rolling, there is cause for hope, so long as people are willing to pay for news. amol rajan, bbc news. democrat and republican negotiators in the us say they have reached an agreement in principle on border securirty that they hope will avoid a second government shutdown.

no details have been released and it is unclear whether president trump will endorse what has been agreed. but, at a rally in el paso, he was adamant that the wall would be constructed. a newborn baby has been saved from a storm drain in the south african city of durban after a three—hour rescue operation. the baby's crying was heard by a passer—by, who alerted the emergency services. police are investigating how the little girl came to be in the drain. the baby was tended to by paramedics at the scene, while the huge crowds that had gathered to witness the rescue cheered on. she is a tiny little thing, as well, isn't she? it makes you wonder why 01’ isn't she? it makes you wonder why or how, many questions, but tha nkfully or how, many questions, but thankfully she is ok and being well looked after. gosh, that really touched me this morning, poor little thing. anyway, sally is here. not

sure i am going to be able to say the next story after that, after seeing a child plucked from danger. but she is ok. we are going to talk about aaron ramsey, who is about to become the best paid british footballer ever. it is a good deal, isn't it? it is a great deal, and the reason it is a good deal is he has let his arsenal deal come to an end so there is no transfer fee. wales's aaron ramsey is set to become one of the highest—paid british footballers ever when he moves tojuventus in the summer. his contract is due to expire at arsenal, and the midfielder has signed a pre—contract agreement with the italian champions worth £a00,000 a week. asi as i said, because he hasn't got the tra nsfer as i said, because he hasn't got the transfer fee to pay, that is why he was paid so much cash. paul scholes is the newest member of manchester united's class of ‘92 to enter the world of management. he is the new boss of oldham athletic, who sit in mid—table of league 2, the fourth tier of english football. in the premier league, wolves couldn't find a way past newcastle for 94 minutes.

but in the 95th, they got a goal to earn a 1—0 draw against struggling newcastle. and england's cricketers have restored some pride in the west indies. they are in a dominant position after day three, with captainjoe root making an unbeaten 111. thank you very much. you are welcome. we are talking about washing hands shortly. welcome. we are talking about washing hands shortlylj welcome. we are talking about washing hands shortly. i washed mine this morning. i have washed mine probably around three times this morning. yes, me too. we will explain why in a few minutes. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. how are you, good morning. very well, hope you are as well. this morning if you are stepping out you may have to scrape the windscreen of your car because there is a touch of frost around parts of the south—east of england, the south west, west wales and parts of the midlands. we have clear skies here. the rest of us, temperatures have held up fairly nicely overnight. it will be dry today in the south—east, a little

rain in the north—west flipping south—east during the day and you will notice it will be milder than it was yesterday. look at how the yellow starts to push across all of the uk. we are pushing in this south—westerly wind, so a real difference, especially in the north of the country. parts of the south and east this morning have clear skies, that is where the temperature is at its lowest, a bit of patchy mist and fog. neither of those should be problematic and as the weather front comes in from the north—west, it will bring in some rain. later on this afternoon, getting into northern england, and later again into north wales. a noticeably breezy day, windy and the north—west of the country. still some brightness in the far south—east and the far north of scotla nd south—east and the far north of scotland and northern ireland, behind this weather front. but look at those temperatures, 12 and 13, we could also see 1a around the murray firth. and as become south we are not doing that badly either, if you like it a warmer, at 10—12. through the evening and overnight, here is oui’ the evening and overnight, here is our weather front. watch how the evening and overnight, here is our weatherfront. watch how it pivots, and then it will take rain back through northern ireland and

also through scotland. quite a lot of cloud associated with this, and it is still going to be breezy. so we are not anticipating any problems with frost or fog. now, high—pressure still continues to be very much in charge of our weather on wednesday, but it pushes a bit further east. an array of isobars across the chart show that it is going to be quite windy. and this is the overnight rain that is continuing to move up into the northern isles. now, at the same time we have another front coming into the west, introducing some cloud and some patchy light rain stop a lot of that was just die in situ, but the cloud will be thick enough here and there for some drizzle. across the northern and western half of the uk. whereas in the south and east of the uk we are looking at a bit more in the way of sunshine albeit turning hazy at times. temperatures again not too shabby at all. 11, 12 and 13. but it is as we move from wednesday into thursday, we will start to see the milder conditions coming our way, even milder than we are looking out on wednesday. as we pull up this air

from the south—west once again across more areas. so thursday could well start off on a cloudy note. but that will not last, it will brighten up. that will not last, it will brighten many that will not last, it will brighten up. many of us there will be lengthy spells of sunshine to look forward to, and these are the kind of temperature values. 11 and 12 as you can see in the chart, but we could hit 13 or 1a once again around the murray firth. it is favoured for this. on friday we could hit 15 somewhere further south, somewhere across england and also wales. so things are turning milder, and as we go through the end of the week, what you will find is that it is going to stay mild. the winds will strengthen, but into the weekend there will be some rain at times. and sally with this look at the papers. let's take a look through some of today's front pages. the main picture in today's telegraph is of karren brady says she won't resign as chairman of sir philip green's business empire because of a ‘sense of duty‘ to employees, including her daughter sophia who works at topshop.

and the main story — the nspcc wants more regulation of social media companies. the daily mail leads on a nurse who died from cervical cancer after mistakenly being given the all—clear six times. north bristol trust has commissioned an independent review into her misdiagnosis. the daily mirror reports the work and pensions secretary amber rudd admits she got the universal credit rollout ‘wrong' and it is partly to blame for the increased use of foodbanks. the main picture is of tv personality gemma collins who was voted off dancing on ice on sunday. the daily express says almost 500 cash machines disappear each month, and a cashless system could cause ‘misery‘ for pensioners. steph will be taking a look at that story later. he mentioned about handwashing. if you've been on social media for the past 2a hours you may have come across a story guaranteed to cause debate.

i don't think i washed my hands for ten years. someone help me. i inoculate myself. that is gross. it not nice, is it? really unhygienic. when you are on telly, you say things which sound a little outlandish. that guy is called pete hegseth. one person said: what about a post— toilet wash?”

think that's what we are all thinking. and nothing like a friendly reminderfrom thinking. and nothing like a friendly reminder from your mum, thinking. and nothing like a friendly reminderfrom your mum, and this peter's mum. hey, pete, it is your mum back here in minnesota. listen, i've been hearing some reports that you have not been washing your hands. not a good idea, son. it might be a good time to start going back to what we taught you. by his own mum. in the end, he came clean and told usa today his remarks were a joke. the aymack, yeah. why would you say that as a joke? you would have to go for a fist pump? the germs can still... what about her chest bump? fist pump? the germs can still... what about her chest bump7m fist pump? the germs can still... what about her chest bump? if he doesn't wash his hands, i'm not sure he properly cleans at all. he says it's a joke. this is how twitter

outrage starts. i'm not touching anyone, mcgovern says she is not going to touch anyone again. she won't pick up a newspaper. what have you got? you know how we talk about what makes a successful business? this is a great one. obviously this is your ago, very on trend in one businesses decided to do yoga classes with a difference, where they'll pack is because they sate alpacas are quite calm and you can do all things with them. you can do alpaca picnics. there is a special connection package as well. that's one business. it's very good in nature. also go to your guess is a thing. you like a bit of yoga. with

—— goat yoga. you like goats? thing. you like a bit of yoga. with -- goat yoga. you like goats? let's bring it back to sport. this is the daily mail. it might be the biggest mistake of my life, says paul scholes. he understands he is opening himself up to harsh criticism, the way he used to criticise when he was a pundit. he has special words per one jose mourinho, saying he will watch the scores but he's not bothering to watch the games. there is still a bit of tension. jodie whittaker. she says she was asked to change her appearance, including filling out a line on herforehead appearance, including filling out a line on her forehead when she started interacting at that acting career. someone said, of her forehead line, it is very deep. how

old is she? she continued, i don't care, i wasn't very impressionable. i've never been asked to lose weight, maybe because i've always been a beanpole. she wouldn't change it because there are scenes in doctor who where you have to do lots of frowning. she is welcome here, because we love a line. my favourite interview last year. she was brilliant. crackerjack is back. brilliant programme. when did it come out? it was on between 1955 and 1984. so i was one. it is back with sam and mark. on friday, it's going to be see bbc and i play. ushering

ina new to be see bbc and i play. ushering in a new era of frenetic family fun and the whizbang audience and text. also if your kids are of a certain age, demon headmaster is coming back. it's lucky that we are all ages. excellent. i'm glad we've cleared all of that up. having a stammer can be so stressful and frustrating that it can have devastating effect on someone's self confidence and their life in general. now a new trial at oxford university involving electrical brain stimulation aims to improve fluency in speech. brea kfast‘s graham satchell went to meet one of the volunteers taking part. my my stammer makes me feel often frustrated. often ashamed, often that i am deficient in some way. and

i felt my stammer was just a big sort of anchor around my... legs and i was just sort of anchor around my... legs and i wasjust in sort of anchor around my... legs and i was just in the ocean with this anchor around my legs and i thought that was my s...s...stammer. anchor around my legs and i thought that was my s. . .s. . .stammer. not just a speech impediment but a life impediment. his stammer has stopped him using the phone, having relationships, applying for certain jobs. in italy, copy it is s. . .s. . .synonymous jobs. in italy, copy it is s...s...synonymous with espresso. jobs. in italy, copy it is s. . .s. . .synonymous with espresso. he is taking part in an oxford research project. i like it here because we can... after assessing his normal speech, as actor ‘s are placed on either side of his head, a weak painless current is passed through the brain. ——he left roads. painless current is passed through the brain. --he left roads. so this isa the brain. --he left roads. so this is a wallace & gromit cartoon and

there is a hand which has appeared out of the sofa which has launched a tennis ball through a hole in a... ina tennis ball through a hole in a... in a picture frame. what we think happens is that some of that current will change and the reactivity of the brain cells directly underneath those electrodes, and make them more ready to kind of do theirjob, more ready to kind of do theirjob, more ready to kind of do theirjob, more ready to fire, if you like. there are physical distant —— differences in the brains of people who stammer, particularly in the cortex. this is a scan as he speaks. researchers are studying connections in the brain and how messages are received to the prudden mouth. brain stimulation doesn't work on its own but it can increase the effectiveness of speech therapy. early results showed fluency of speech has improved for some buyer. i felt that i was able to manage my stammer in some way.

there were a lot of words i bought i couldn't say but during this research session, i was able to say all the words. this was naheem a decade ago. how did you get here today? i came here by a... train. today, he's just today? i came here by a... train. today, he'sjust finished today? i came here by a... train. today, he's just finished a today? i came here by a... train. today, he'sjust finished a ph.d. in the underlying causes of stammering and he started doing stand—up.” the underlying causes of stammering and he started doing stand-up. i am and he started doing stand-up. i am a dud but that stammer. and that means we could be here until closing time. i do the things that my previous cell bought i couldn't do. here the advice people give me most often. they say slowdown, breathe and think before you speak. ok, i haven't tried any of those things before. whatever the benefits new

research may bring, naheem says he has accepted his stammer, even embraced it. i accept it'sjust a pa rt embraced it. i accept it'sjust a part of me like my hands, arms and legs and am not trying to push against it any more, i'm not trying to push my stammer away. were over lago, my stammer is working along me and the cure is acceptance. we will talk about it a bit later, and he made a joke about it, the advice he offered, what advice to give people, you're talking to somebody who is stammering, what should you say and not say? it is always helpful. coming up, dolly parton was on the start of the grammys. she is in the country later and we are speaking to the three main stars from the nine

to five musical. i'm excited because i will be meeting later this week. imagine about times already. louise might be meeting dolly parton later. but there is other news. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. an mp has called for road signs at a bus gate to be reviewed after a psychologist had a fine quashed because she proved there were too many signs for a drivers brain to process. the penalty charge notice was overturned and now the local mp, vicky ford has got involved, saying she's been fined herself on duke street. essex county council say "no new review is planned" despite the psychologist explaining the problem. i wasn't able to turn around safely.

it had a risk assessment, i could reverse back to the mini roundabout which is dangerous and illegal or i could trying go down this tiny lane which was blocked with furniture some army conclusion was that i had to go for the safest route. london's biggest hospital trust has been taken out of special measures after four years. barts health, which runs four hospitals in east london, had been criticised for the quality of its care, staff morale and leadership. but the care quality commission says things have now improved. do the north circular road from the chiswick roundabout to the hanger lane has been found to be the uk's most congested road. research by inrix put it — top a list of roads where drivers spend hundreds of hours of their lives in traffic. the top three roads congested roads were all in london. the north circular was followed by brixton road and kinsway, by russel square. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the trains southeastern — have no service between blackheath and barnehurst.

it's due to a landslide, where 400 tonnes of debris and trees have fallen onto the track. it's not expected to reopen until the weekend. good morning, is a chilly start this morning but a bright one, plenty of sunshine around and it's a dry and reasonably mild day. the best of the sunshine this morning will see a bit more cloud moving into the afternoon, some thick clouds are some bright and sunny spells mixed in. the wind is light and the temperature reaches 12 celsius. overnight tonight it stays predominantly cloudy. we will see some breaks and spells within that cloud. the minimum temperature not quite as cold as last night. five or six the minimum. similar conditions

through wednesday as high pressure continues to dominate our weather. we will see some patchy cloud and dry and sunny spells, temperatures getting up to 12 celsius. overnight wednesday to thursday, we lose the cloud. a chilly start for thursday morning. sunshine through the day and then through friday, you will be forgiven but thinking it might be spring as temperatures could get up to 13 celsius in the sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. it is 6:30am. we will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning: sian o'callaghan was just 22 when she was abducted and murdered by a taxi driver. we will be joined by her mother to find out what she thinks about plans to ensure drivers undergo background checks. having a stammer can really

affect your self—confidence, and potentially hold you back in life. this morning we are finding out about a new clinical trial which will use electrical currents through the brain to try to find a cure. # workin‘ nine—to—five, what a way to make a living... and what a way to make a livin‘. as 9 to 5 hits the west end, we will meet the stars taking on their sexist boss, just like dolly parton in the classic movie. good morning. here is a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: stricter rules could be introduced to stop anyone with a serious criminal conviction from getting a taxi licence in england and wales. a government consultation which starts today will look at new measures such as enhanced background checks and a national database to prevent drivers that are banned in one area from reapplying elswhere. i think the local authorities are all cognisant of the fact that

vehicles and drivers work across authority areas, and therefore it's vital that we share information between ourselves to ensure that any public safety issues that we identify with drivers are made available to all. horseracing will resume tomorrow after an outbreak of highly infectious equine flu caused the sport to shut down. meetings have been cancelled since last thursday, and tomorrow's races will take place with strict controls. more than 170 racing stables had been placed in lockdown as a precautionary measure. theresa may will urge mps today to hold their nerve when she updates them on the latest developments in the brexit negotiations. meanwhile, number ten says the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, had a constructive meeting with the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, in brussels last night. but the european union is continuing to insist it won't renegotiate the withdrawal agreement. a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at a hospital in staffordshire.

the blaze spread through the roof of the george bryan centre, which provides treatment for people with mental illnesses. police said all the patients and staff were moved from the building, and no—one was hurt. democratic and republican negotiators in the us say they have reached an agreement in principle on border security that they hope will avoid a second government shutdown. no details have been released, and it is unclear whether president trump will endorse what has been agreed. but, at a rally in el paso, he was adamant that the wall would be constructed. last year there were nearly 2 million complaints from people across the uk who said their rubbish wasn't being collected by the council. that is according to a bbc freedom of information request. responses from more than 200 authorities suggest the number of complaints has increased by a third since 2014, but the local government association says councils collect over 99% of bins without complaint. two bonsai enthusiasts injapan have made an emotional plea to thieves

who have stolen several trees from them. this is one of the prized miniature trees which were taken from a garden in tokyo. the haul includes a shimpaku juniper, which is very collectable and worth an estimated £70,000. the couple have asked the thieves to water their tree children, saying they require expert care. they are so beautiful, aren't they? i had they are so beautiful, aren't they? ihada they are so beautiful, aren't they? i had a bonsai, well, not £70,000 one. there is a lesson, we should not be in charge of bonsai. and sally is here, and you are talking about equine flu, we are starting with that. you mentioned the news we had late last night that the bha, the british horseracing authority,

says there will be managed to competitive sport tomorrow. racing has been shut down for the last six days following the outbreak of equine flu. the sport's governing body says the return to action will be in a controlled, risk—managed manner, and they will intervene to stop any horse running who looks like they could be at risk of infection. we will be talking to the bha later in the programme. the arsenal and wales midfielder aaron ramsey has agreed a move to the italian champions, juventus, when his contract expires in the summer, and he is set to become one of the highest—paid british player ever. ramsey has been at arsenal since moving from his boyhood club, cardiff, 11 years ago, but he has agreed a pre—contract agreement in turin worth a staggering £400,000 a week. last night ramsey announced the move to fans on instagram, saying he leaves with a heavy heart, and that he hopes to finish the season with arsenal strongly before heading on to the next chapter. paul scholes is the latest member of manchester united's class of ‘92 to enter football management. he is taking over at oldham athletic, the club he supported as a boy, and who sit nine points off

the play—offs in league 2. the former england midfielder says he is not afraid to start his management career further down the football pyramid. ijust i just feel ready, ijust feel ready, really. i think there has been times in the past where it's been an option for me, but i never felt quite right. where it's been an option for me, but i neverfelt quite right. i a lwa ys but i neverfelt quite right. i always wanted to come into this with... always wanted to come into this with. .. with my always wanted to come into this with... with my full coaching badges, i got them with the a licence, i did that last year. live in the area, 15 minutes away, which is good. i know it has been 20 or 30 yea rs is good. i know it has been 20 or 30 years since there has been excitement at the club, really, and iam like excitement at the club, really, and i am like every other manager that has been at this club in that time. you want to try and change it, and i hope i can do it. scholes's former side manchester united are in action tonight as the champions league returns. they are taking on paris st—germain in the first of the knockout matches, but things are very different at old trafford since they last featured in this competition, before christmas. ole gunnar solskjaer has overseen ten wins out of his 11

matches in charge. we have given us the best possible opportunity from the way we have gone into this game now. because we are confident, i have found out what tea m are confident, i have found out what team we have. we are looking like a team, we are agreeing on how we should approach games. so if there was ever a chance 01’ any should approach games. so if there was ever a chance or any time to go into big games like this, it is now, for us. there was only meant to be four minutes of injury—time between wolves and newcastle in the premier league last night. in the fifth added minute, wolves scored a dramatic equaliser. that was after isaac hayden had given a lowly newcastle a surprise lead at molineux. with the clock running out, a hopeful cross was missed by the newcastle goalkeeper, allowing willy boly to earn wolves a 1—1 draw. refugee footballer hakeem al—araibi has returned home to australia after two months of detention in thailand. hundreds of supporters cheered his arrival at melbourne airport. the bahraini was detained in bangkok

in november while on honeymoon. he has been a vocal critic of bahrain authorities, and fled to australia in 2014, where he was granted political asylum. following international outcry and diplomatic pressure, the arab kingdom ended its extradition attempt yesterday. england have restored a bit of pride with an excellent performance on day three of the third test against west indies. they have already lost the series, but a century from captainjoe root has helped give them a big lead in st lucia. his unbeaten 111 is the highest score for an english batsman on this tour, and england lead by 448 runs going into the fourth day. i hope you have all had your brea kfast, i hope you have all had your breakfast, these next pictures make mea breakfast, these next pictures make me a bit squeamish. and, if you are cycling into work this morning, you might want to be thankful you don't have a run—in like this one. take a look at this downhill mountain bike race in chile, staged on an urban track.

it is a narrow 2 km circuit, which was completed by the winner in two minutes and 50 seconds. riders descend down the winding hills in the city at speeds of 60 km/h. wowsers. absolutely brilliant. i think we need to get mike bushell to try that. it is like parkour on a bike. that is really tight, isn't it? it is really tight. you just wa nt to it? it is really tight. you just want to go... scary. you quite like that, didn't you? did not make you a little travel sick? every now and then i have a session on youtube watching videos like that. do you get hypnotised by them and watch 74? ifi get hypnotised by them and watch 74? if i was a bit younger i would have ago if i was a bit younger i would have a go myself and end up in hospital. don't try it at home, unless you are well trained. big concerns this morning about the number of cash machines closing, especially ones

that are free to use. steph is looking into this one for us. it is one that i know a lot of people always have an opinion on. we have talked about this on breakfast before — how many atms remain on our high streets and in our communities. today, we have found out that there has been a big jump in the closures. nearly 500 cash machines a month went in the last six months of last year. around 25 million of us still rely on cash, and the government says notes and coins are an "an economic necessity" for some people. today, the consumer group which and the federation of small businesses is calling on the government to step in and appoint a regulator to stop the closures. adam french, consumer rights editor at which, joins me now. thank you forjoining us. so tell us, who is most impacted by this? well, you are right to point out half the population are still reliant on cash on a regular basis. 2.2 million are solely reliant on cash for their everyday essentials,

thatis cash for their everyday essentials, that is paying for the bus, paying for a taxi, paying for their groceries. these are people com pletely groceries. these are people completely reliant on regular, easy access to their own money, and this alarming rate of cashpoint closes, bank close closures, is making it really difficult for people to access money and have the freedom to pay in their own way. so obviously this makes it difficult for lots of people, but there must be some people, but there must be some people for whom it becomes impossible because there are no cash machines near them, is that the case? yes, we have heard from italy and more isolated, rural communities having to go miles out of their way to get hold of the cash they need to pay for things like groceries, and it really hits the elderly quite hard, who are struggling to get out and about, maybe. having to go a long way out of their way to get hold of cash, forcible things like paying a window cleaner. a real problem for a lot of people just getting access to the money they need. the banks would say the reason there aren't as many as because people are not using them as often. what are your thoughts on that? so

it is great. there's a lot of new digital in innovations, you can pay for things using your phone, which makes you feel like you're in a sci—fi film, it is great. but there are still so many people reliant on that cash, and as we run the risk of sleep walking into a no cash society, we are today calling for a regulator to be put in place by government to look at this in a much broader sense, to ensure those people who are most vulnerable are not left behind by the rate of change. what difference do you think a regulator would make? that is where we can look at things in a broader sense. at the moment the agenda is being driven by the banks and the cashpoint operators, that is and the cashpoint operators, that is a commercial decision. we need a regulator in place to look at the impact is having on the most vulnerable in society. in terms of the people who are affected, it is usually three quarters of the lowest household income groups are those who are most reliant on cash. so if you are paying to access cash, going out of your way to access cash, it is really affecting those in society who can least afford it. so do you

envisage the regulator suggesting telling the banks that they had to create more cash machines? that is one potential outcome, we are not really wedded to a particular outcome from a regulator. we just need someone to really are in the space and make sure that the rate of change doesn't leave vulnerable uk consumers behind, so we need someone is looking at this thoroughly across—the—board. is looking at this thoroughly across-the-board. there is obviously across-the-board. there is obviously a cost to this, though, for the banks. are you think that they should just shoulder that westpac banks have already had a cut in how much they are paying towards every cashpoint withdrawals you make, and thatis cashpoint withdrawals you make, and that is part of why we are seeing this problem come into play now, as some of these cashpoint no longer being financially viable to run, according to the networks that operate them. and we have seen a huge spike since that decision from about 50 cashpoint closures per month to about 500 per month. so again it is for a regulator to look at this space and make a sensible decision on how we manage those

closures and how we manage people into what comes next to how we pay for everyday items. thank you very much for your time, appreciate you coming in this morning. that's it from me that's something you think this morning about, cash machines. send us an morning about, cash machines. send us an emailat morning about, cash machines. send us an email at the bbc website. and social media. one of my favourite things, i love yourforecasts, but some of the photos, this one. this is beautiful, it is of scarborough. this one, i do know it's taken in scarborough. the many of us today, it's a cloudy start in the some of us, especially in parts of the south and east and the midlands, it is a chilly start some force. it should remain dry in the south—east. a little rain in the north—west. it is going to turn milderfrom little rain in the north—west. it is going to turn milder from today. you

can see that quite nicely in the chart. the yellow as indicating the milder conditions. certainly in the north, it will be milder than it was yesterday. first thing this morning, a little bit of patchy mist around. that won't last very long. starting off with some sunshine across central and eastern and south—eastern parts. a weatherfront coming in bringing rain will continue to push into northern england, later into wales, leaving brighter skies behind and just a bit on the far south—east. breezy as i mentioned, windy and the north—west but temperatures 11 degrees in stornoway. 12 is an 13th across other parts of the uk. 13 more likely around the moray firth. watch this front, it goes south, pivots and rattles across northern ireland scotland. still breezy through this and overnight. not anticipating any problems with frog or forced.

temperatures from five up to eight degrees. the weather is drifting further east. an array of isobars indicating it is going to be windy. the overnight front continuing to move out of mainland scotland. another week one comes in from the west, introducing more cloud and some rain. that rain really faring through the day. it will be thick enough for some drizzle. as you push further south across england and wales, we are looking at sunny skies. tomorrow's temperatures 11, 12, 13 here skies. tomorrow's temperatures 11, 12,13 here and skies. tomorrow's temperatures 11, 12, 13 here and there. from wednesday to thursday and friday, right across us, high pressure dominating. allowing a little bit of rain at times into the far north—west of the uk. on thursday, we may will start off with some cloud that it will break and we are going to see lengthy sunny spells on thursday. a good day to doing jobs

outside. the weather front being kept out of the north and west of us. kept out of the north and west of us. it might produce a wee spot of rain or two. thursday, even you can see 11 or 12 on the chart, because he 13, 14 around the mori firth once again. the highest temperatures so far this year was on the 25th of january, reaching 14.2 in slapton in devon. we could hit 15 as to go through thursday into friday. if it happens on friday, it will most likely be in england or wales. mild, wind strengthening and some rain at times. we will watch at for those temperatures. there are over 100,000 care vacancies in england right now but with an increasingly aging population, it's predicted we'll need an extra 650,000 staff within the next fifteen years. the government is today starting a recruitment drive, but charities are already warning that it won't be enough without making fundamental changes to improve working conditions. i'm joined by the care minister, caroline dinenage.

thank you forjoining us. as both the first question is, there are so many carers doing incredible work. are they valued enough? you're right, they are incredible. many had to look at the scene when we had the snow, seeing people trudging through. they are so dedicated to thejob. of course through. they are so dedicated to the job. of course they are valued, they are valued by the people whose lives they change, 96% of people who work in adult social care say they feel they make a difference. they improve people's lives. this is about sharing the variety ofjobs available and the opportunities within the sector. how are you going to in courage people first of all to apply to these jobs and then stay in them. 400,000 people leaving care

jobs every year. so i think there are two or three things. one is really talking, we haven't done a campaign like this in many years. it's to show people the varied and awarding different roles there in care. people may work in a care home or they may be a personal assistant to working age adults who shares the same hobbies and interests as themselves. it's a very varied and interesting job. it's important to point out there are opportunities for career progression and promotion and that is really important. people wa nt to and that is really important. people want to see a career structure ahead of them as well. what about working conditions and pay. most care workers are paid less than £8 an hour. we have seen pay drop in the sector. very largely, its private sector. very largely, its private sector led but it's gone up around 996 sector led but it's gone up around 9% since 2015. that is partly what

this campaign is about, it is called every day is different. it is about promoting this sector, promoting these careers. being rewarding and having enormous value. let's go back to otherfigures. having enormous value. let's go back to other figures. the government promised it would publish its green paper that it's been delayed six times. this doesn't speak of the government taking it seriously. there have been a few other political things that have gotten away but it will be coming out soon. when will that be coming out? very shortly. that isn't very reassuring. it's ready, obviously there are a few other things on the agenda. the government doesn't want the social ca re government doesn't want the social care world which is so important, to be overshadowed by all the votes on brexit and what have you. as soon as

there is an opportunity, the paper will be published. it's not sunny week and just sneak out. it has to come out with the right amount of attention and discussion and debate. we are talking about the long—term sustainability of adult social care. it is as important as health. we need to make sure it's got its own breathing space. age uk is estimating that in england, 77 people per day have died waiting for ca re people per day have died waiting for care to begin. i don't know what that figure comes from. the government has put in, over this 3— year period, £10 billion or given councils access to £10 billion. in one sense, that shows you the scale of the issue, telling billion pounds over a 3— year period is seen as not enough. that's why we have got the green paper which will look at the

long—term funding sustainability of the sector. but a lot of money has gone in. it's gone up by 8% over the 3- gone in. it's gone up by 8% over the 3— year period. gone in. it's gone up by 8% over the 3- year period. want to ask you because you've done work in your constituency with food banks. amber rudd saying the increased use of food banks may be down to universal credit. is that something you would echo? i do visit my local food bank a lot. there is a multitude of reasons that drive people to use food banks. sometimes it is related to benefit issues. universal credit has evolved enormously. it was designed with the whole pause and learn concept, so every so often they do stop and make changes to it. that's one of the key parts of its

desire, it can be made better as it goes along. thank you very much for joining us. last year there were nearly 2 million complaints from people who said the rubbish was not collected by the council. this is from a freedom of information request. the response suggests the number of complaints has increased by a third. piled high and going nowhere. life for residents on this street in leeds has been pretty grim in recent weeks. the things haven't been collected for a while now, it's been about 3— four weeks. as you can see, it's overflowing, we've had this issue per night —— while and it's disgusting, rats everywhere. since we filmed last week, leeds say they have been back to these things but councils across the uk are seeing growing number of complaints about waste not collected. last year 1.8 million complex were made about

rubbish uncollected and figures from over 200 councils in the uk showed the number of complaints has increased by a third since 2014. waste collection teams go out in all weather and bad winters cup at —— coupled with councils make it easier to complain on line contribute to a rising number of complaints. here in barnsley, the number of complaints has been falling but the row warnings budget cuts are now making thejob harder. warnings budget cuts are now making the job harder. there is considerably less money, going back to 2008, 2009 and every year we have been saving money. the local government association say 99% of things are collected without complaints while council will receive extra funding to provide all services. now that's something we all care passionately about. cash machines and things. still to come this morning.

it's all quiet on the slopes. we'll find out why visitor numbers are down in the cairngorms, and how they're trying to get it back on track. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. an mp has called for some road signs in chelmsford to be reviewed — after a psychologist proved there were too many of them at a junction for a drivers brain to process. the psychologist had a penalty charge notice overturned and now the local mp, vicky ford has got involved, saying she's been fined herself on duke street. essex county council say no new review is planned of the signs. the psychologist explained why she get caught out. london's biggest hospital trust has been taken out of special

measures after four years. barts health, which runs four hospitals in east london, had been criticised for the quality of its care, staff morale and leadership. but the care quality commission says things have improved. staff at london zoo say they used airhorns and fire extinguishers in their desperate attempt to stop a male sumatran tiger from killing his potential mate. asim had been brought to london zoo from a danish safari park in the hope he'd be the "perfect mate" for melati but he attacked her. the north circular road from the chiswick roundabout to the hanger lane has been found to be the uk's most congested road. research by inrix put it top a list of roads where drivers spend hundreds of hours of their lives in traffic. the top three most congested roads are all in london. the north circular was followed by brixton road — and kingsway — just by russel square. let's take a look at the travel situation now. this is what the a23, brixton road is looking like this morning. busy northbound because of gas works closing cold harbour lane. on the trains southeastern — has no service between blackheath and barnehurst. it's due to a landslide, where 400 tonnes of debris and trees

have fallen onto the track. it's not expected to re—open until the weekend. the latest on the woolwich ferry. there were apparently repairs taking place because of ‘tidal damage to the berths. now, there is a rumour going about that they might actually be working later today. on the tube board, there are severe delays on the overground because of a signal failure. now the weather with kate. good morning. it‘s a chilly start this morning but a bright one, plenty of sunshine around first and it‘s another dry and reasonably mild day. the best of the sunshine around this morning will see a bit more cloud moving into the afternoon, some thicker cloud but some bright and sunny spells mixed in. the wind is light and the temperature reaches 12 celsius. overnight tonight it stays predominantly cloudy. we will still see some breaks and clear spells within that cloud. the minimum temperature not quite as cold as last night. 5 or 6 as the minimum temperature.

similar conditions through wednesday as high pressure continues to dominate our weather. we will see some patchy cloud and dry and sunny spells as well, temperatures getting up to 12 celsius. overnight wednesday into thursday, we lose the cloud. chilly start for thursday morning. sunshine through the day and then through friday, you will be forgiven for thinking it might be spring as temperatures could get up to 14 celsius in the sunshine. vaness feltz is on bbc radio london. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: tougher criminal checks for taxi drivers. plans to better protect vulnerable passengers are set out by the government. we will speak to the mother of sian o‘callaghan, who was murdered by a taxi driver on her way home from a nightclub. 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. the money is in the post. from monthly brownies to weekly beauty products, subscription boxes through the mail are predicted to become a £1 billion business. aaron ramsey is set to become the highest—paid british footballer of all time, as he signs a deal withjuventus worth £400,000 a week. good morning. it is a frosty start for some parts of central and eastern england. we also have some sunshine here, but we‘ve got a weather front crossing scotland and northern ireland producing cloud and patchy rain, getting into northern england later, with brighter skies following on behind. i will have more details in 15 minutes. it is tuesday 12 february. our top story: anyone who has a serious criminal conviction will be barred from getting a taxi license under plans being set out today.

the government wants to introduce stricter background checks in england, and is even considering forcing cabs to have cctv to protect vulnerable passengers. our transport correspondent tom burridge has the details. hello, just from licensing. how are you? spot—checks in newcastle. here, they have tightened the rules for issuing taxi licences, after private hire cabs were used by a gang over a number of years to groom and abuse girls and young women. 18 people were jailed in 2017, and 29 drivers have had their licences revoked in the past year. four of them had been previously convicted of sexual offences. in response, newcastlejoined ten other councils in the north—east of england to create a single licensing body, so the same standards and checks are applied when issuing licences i think the local authorities are all cognisant of the fact that

vehicles and drivers work across authority areas, and therefore it‘s vital that we share information between ourselves to ensure that any public safety issues that we identify with drivers are made available to all. now, the government wants a common rulebook for all authorities in england and wales, so if someone is denied a taxi licence in one area, they wouldn‘t be able to get one from another council which is more lenient. that is still possible today. under the plans, criminal background checks would also be compulsory. mandatory cctv in all taxis is being considered, but privacy is an issue. a government consultation will now run for seven weeks. —— several weeks. just after 8:00am this morning, we will be discussing the new rules with the mother of sian o‘callaghan, who was murdered by the taxi driver christopher halliwell in swindon in 2011. horseracing will resume tomorrow after an outbreak of highly infectious equine flu caused the sport to shut down. meetings have been cancelled since last thursday,

and tomorrow‘s races will take place with strict controls. sallyis here to explain. —— sally is here to explain. yes, the british horseracing authority started this whole thing ina very authority started this whole thing in a very firm way, you might remember last week on thursday at 8:30am on the sofa we broke the news that horseracing had been suspended. well, at the time it has been seen that they handle that very, very well after the outbreak of equine flu in donald mccain‘s card, and there has been pressured to get racing back on because this is a multi—million pound industry. not just that, people love to go and watch their racing. so we are expecting... well, it will happen, racing will resume tomorrow, we have plumpton and the all—weather fixtures at southwell and kempton, but as you said there will be huge assessment of horses in terms of the

movement of horses and the horses that are allowed to travel. equine flu is highly contagious. it is the same as human flu, if you like, but can only be passed from horse to horse. it is so contagious it survives in the air, so it can survives in the air, so it can survive on little bits of tack. that is why they have to be so very careful. it is not necessarily... this particular type of equine flu isn‘t necessarily that dangerous for the horse but what it does do is it stops them racing so well, so basically you have got a horse with a snotty nose, not feeling particular well, and it is not going to perform, and that is why the bha have been so stringent in shutting everything down so quickly. we will get more information in the next half hour when bha are coming on to talk to us about it and about the plans for the next few days. 7:40am i think you are doing that, excellent. theresa may will urge mps today to hold their nerve when she updates them on the latest developments in the brexit negotiations. number ten says the brexit secretary, stephen barclay,

had a constructive meeting with the eu‘s chief negotiator, michel barnier, in brussels last night. but the european union is continuing to insist it won‘t renegotiate the withdrawal agreement. it‘s clearfrom our side that we are not going to reopen the withdrawal agreement, but we will continue our discussion in the coming days. our political correspondent ben wright is in westminster this morning. and again, so much discussion, people laying out the same thing, rehearsing the same arguments over and over. but what is significant? well, you heard from michel barnier, continuing deadlock between the uk and the eu on this critical question of the irish backstop, the part of the withdrawal agreement intended to prevent a hard border between northern ireland and the republic after brexit, no matter what the future trade agreement looks like. it is clear theresa may wants significant changes to that

backdrop. she promised mps she would look for them after the deal is thrown out so decisively by the house of commons last month. we think that the uk government is looking for some sort of unilateral exit mechanism from the backstop, but the eu is saying no way, we are not reopening this withdrawal agreement, you have got to come back with some canals, and they are looking for more clarity from the british side. here, of course, mps are nervous, twitchy and very despondent at the moment, i think, because they can see the time draining away and no real sense of how this impasse is going to be broken. but theresa may will make a statement before mps at around lunchtime today. i think she is going to plead for mps, really, to give her more time, to persuade mps not to make some ground for control of this whole process as soon as this week, to wait, to give her a chance, to get the changes she has promised them. as i said, time is disappearing. six weeks we are set to leave the european union, but i think today we are going to hear

pretty familiar arguments from both labour and theresa may. thank you very much. a 43—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a huge fire broke out at a mental health unit in staffordshire. the flames engulfed part of the george bryan centre in the town of tamworth last night. nobody is thought to have been injured. john mcmanus reports. late monday evening, and flames from the fire ripping through the george bryan centre light up the sky over tamworth. firefighters were called to the centre, which shares a site with a community hospital, at 9:15pm, and helped to evacuate 11 people from the burning building. their quick action appears to have prevented any casualties, but staffordshire fire service says the blaze affected much of the building, and some parts of the structure may not be able to be saved. the fire‘s completely consumed one wing of the building. it‘s broke through the roof, and we‘ve used severaljets to fight the fire from both an exterior of the building

and from inside the building. patients at the facility are treated for mental health difficulties, and police say that during the incident one patient did leave the scene, but was found a short time later. all of the patients will now be transferred to other facilities. police say a 43—year—old man has been detained on suspicion of arson, and they are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. democratic and republican negotiators in the us say they have reached an agreement in principle on border security that they hope will avoid a second government shutdown. no details have been released, and it is unclear whether president trump will endorse what has been agreed. but, at a rally in el paso, he was adamant that the wall would be constructed. incredible pictures coming to us from south africa. a newborn baby has been saved from a storm drain in the south african city of durban, after a three—hour rescue operation. the baby‘s crying was heard by a passer—by, who alerted

the emergency services. police are investigating how the little girl came to be in the drain. you can see she is absolutely tiny. the baby was tended to by paramedics at the scene, while the huge crowds that had gathered to witness the rescue cheered on. the parents of the child have not been found. but she is ok. i am glad she got out safely. getting your news from online sources has never been quicker or easier, and it is often free. the only problem is whether or not it is true. now, a government—backed report is calling for a regulator to oversee tech giants like google and facebook to ensure their content is trustworthy. the recommendations by dame frances cairncross hope to fight fake news and instead support qualityjournalism. dame frances joins us now from london. thank you so much for coming on and

discussing some of these recommendations. so regulator for online platforms. can you explain to us online platforms. can you explain to us this morning exactly how that would work? well, i think there are two things that i wanted to see by way of regulation. one is that the online platforms should talk to news publishers, because they are very often talking past each other, and i wa nt often talking past each other, and i want them to talk, i want the platforms to develop codes of conduct that they would talk to publishers about, under the auspices ofa publishers about, under the auspices of a regulator, just to make sure that some of the main worry is that the publishers have, some of their main anxieties and things that anger them about the platforms, are at least discussed properly between them. why would they do that? these tech firms have a history of avoiding regulation, don‘t they? they do, but this is different from regulation in a sense, what we are asking them to do is to put these

codes of conduct together themselves. the regulator would work with them on this. i think that they are sufficiently concerned about their public image now to be willing at least to give this a try. whether it will work, i don‘t know. but it seemed to me the best way of at least trying to make sure that there was some sort of dialogue going on, some sort of meaningful dialogue going on, between the publishers and the platforms. did you consider recommending that the likes of google and facebook and others should pay to host news articles? we considered this, we thought about it very hard, because it is what a lot of publishers wanted. but we looked at two things. first of all we said to ourselves this is basically a private commercial transaction, and for the government to intervene and try to set a price, what is the price of an 800 word article by me or 20 lines, 20 words describing what i say, very hard to set for an

outside body, to set these prices. the second thing we looked at is what happened in germany and in spain, when those countries tried to do spain, when those countries tried to d o exa ctly spain, when those countries tried to do exactly this. what happened was that google stopped carrying most of the news that it had been carrying in the form that it had been carrying before, and the result was that the publishers suffered, and in the end it was the publishers who decided that the didn‘t want to go in this direction. —— they didn‘t wa nt to in this direction. —— they didn‘t want to go in this direction. we really didn‘t want a repeat of that, and that is why we came up with this solution that we did. shows you the power of these huge firms. this is the suggestion by many, that you treat social media firms like rubbishes, so they become responsible for everything that is on their site. i don't think you can do that. i think they are not publishers, and they are also not news agents. so their level of responsibility is not the same as

that of a publisher, and it can‘t be. what they would do, if we had insisted on that, probably would have been to carry much, much less news, and we thought that that was a bad thing for the public. people wa nt to bad thing for the public. people want to be able to see stories online. it is what the consumer wa nts online. it is what the consumer wants that is part of the problem, at any rate. people want to read news in ways that are different from the ways they were reading it ten or 20 years ago. can i ask you about one of your recommendations, saying that bbc news should do more to help commercial rivals. why is that on how might that worked out in practice? we were particularly anxious that the bbc should do more to help local papers, it is local papers are suffering very badly from the disappearance of advertising, and they very often don‘t have the resources to do things differently. the bbc is quite technologically advanced, and has the power to do more, i think, advanced, and has the power to do more, ithink, to advanced, and has the power to do more, i think, to make it easierfor local papers to work the online

world so that they get the prominent in the readers that they want and they deserve. do you still read a paper? yes, i read the financial times, i read the times, i read the guardian, andi times, i read the times, i read the guardian, and i read a local paper as well, especially when i am in scotland. because i am sure many people like yourself still like the feel of the paper in their hands. what about the argument that the newspaper industry is moving in a very different way, some would argue it is even dying, and that technology needs to move on in the way that we consume news, the way that we read news, because that is the way that we are moving? the bottom—line question is are people still willing to pay for news, and what happens when it goes online is often that when you try and persuade people to take out a subscription to an online paper, they are very relu cta nt to an online paper, they are very reluctant to do so. and that is a serious problem, because advertising, which used to pay for news, increasingly goes elsewhere online. and this is particularly a

problem for local papers. the classified ads that used to keep local papers together are now often on google. they are on facebook, they are on auto trader, no longer on the pages of your local paper or even the website of your local paper. thank you for your time this morning. it's it‘s great and you‘re flicking through the paper on the train. i started my career in journalism, reporting what is going out. and holding local businesses to account. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. stricter background checks on taxi drivers could mean anyone with a serious criminal conviction would be barred from the job according to new government plans. horse racing will begin again tomorrow after cases of equine flu led to a 6—day shut down. here is carol with a look at this morning‘s weather.

she has lovely pictures and will talk as to what is going to go on the next couple of days. good morning to you. this picture is of london. what we are expecting today isa london. what we are expecting today is a fairly dry day, particularly in the south—east. a bit of rain moving across scotland and northern ireland. it was going to be mild after a chilly start. cold enough in parts of the south, east and midlands with just a touch of frost. living across the british isles. coming ona living across the british isles. coming on a south—westerly wind. it will get mild as we go through the week. thursday and friday, around or a further, east wales could hit 15 celsius. a cold start when we have the frost. sun shining cloud coming in. some of starting the day on a cloud in note and we that rain. a

breezy day for everyone. windy as well. temperatures in the sunshine north, behind the rain, 11—12, maybe 13 around the moret firth and we hang on to the sunshine the longest in the south—east. here, temperatures ten, 11, 12. through this evening and overnight, watch this evening and overnight, watch this band of rain sinking further south. sweeping back across northern ireland. once again, a breezy night, cloudy, so we are not expecting any problems with frost or indeed fog. our overnight lows falling to between five and eight. high pressure still in charge of our weather on wednesday, albeit having drifted further east. an array of isobars. this is the weather front heading north and it will push north out of mainland scotland and through the northern isles in the day but another weak front in from the west

will produce all this cloud in western areas. also some rain across the north and west of scotland which will fizzle through the day but here and there, north—west england, thicken up cloud just the odd spot of drizzle. by the skies further south and east. temperatures again 11,12, south and east. temperatures again 11, 12, 13 in the sunshine around the moret firth. wednesday, another mild day. look at the lows. write the way across the british isles. high pressure still in charge. out towards the north and the west. producing a bit more cloud, some rain at times across the northern and western isles. after a cloudy start the sum on thursday, the sun will come out and will be with us. lengthy spells of sunshine on thursday. we could see 15 again on thursday. we could see 15 again on thursday around the moret firth. friday, east wales for example. as we head on into the latter part of

the week, it‘s going to remain mild. the wind will strengthen and there will be some rain at times. taking over a struggling business can be an uphill struggle — especially if it‘s a funicular railway. the one which takes skiers and snowboarders to the top of the cairngorm mountain in scotland is currently out of action, which is putting a dent in tourism. now a community group wants to step in, as lorna gordon reports. cairngorm mt. the winter landscape and stunning views meant in years past, the runs here were among scotland‘s busiest. some of the ski is here grew up on these slopes. scotland‘s busiest. some of the ski is here grew up on these slopesm this place important to you? very, very important. i‘ve been fortunate to come up here since i was a kid andi to come up here since i was a kid and i wouldn‘t really be that happy living here without having this on the doorstep and i can‘t get enough

of it. but there is a problem. the mountain‘s funicular is out of action. it‘s been a slow start the season and attract‘s closure hasn‘t helped. this is billed as the country‘s highest railway and when it‘s open it will take you through the clouds, close to the summit of the clouds, close to the summit of the mountain but the problem is, there is a weakness in the structure and they need to strengthen the beams to support the track as well the foundations. katie runs a local business and says the closure was initially a cause for concern but addsin initially a cause for concern but adds in an area dependent on the boom or bust of winter snow, people here always find a way through. there are a lot of parties that would come to go up on the train, have a hot chocolate on the top and ta ke have a hot chocolate on the top and take in the views but with the train not running, they won‘t come so visitor numbers are down. does it make it worrying? life is worrying at the end of the day you have to

get on with it, don‘t you. you take the snowball that your throw in and deal with it as best you can. so now, a local community group want to buy the site and run it notjust as a winter resort but through the summer a winter resort but through the summer as well. it is our work, it is our player, it is our heritage, it‘s our future. we is our player, it is our heritage, it‘s ourfuture. we believe is our player, it is our heritage, it‘s our future. we believe that this mountain is sustainable. we see no reason that can‘t be done. some aspects like mt coasters, zip wires, mountain biking. those we spoke to out enjoying the white stuff said it‘s an idea exploring further. out enjoying the white stuff said it's an idea exploring further. this place needs to be back in the hands of the community and definitely those that know the mountain. community bidding is fine but the community takes on all the doubt which i think it stands at the moment, wouldn't be great but i do know, would you be happy to put money on? yeah, yeah. to be part of

it. the own rock the site says the slopes there are open to business as they work on getting the railway running again. any buyout could take yea rs running again. any buyout could take years and those behind it though are hopeful they will take back their mountain for the community who live close by. good luck to them as well. let‘s take a look through some of today‘s front pages. the main picture in today‘s telegraph is of karren brady. she says she won‘t resign as chairman of sir philip green‘s business empire because of a ‘sense of duty‘ to employees, including her daughter sophia who works at topshop. and the main story — the nspcc wants more regulation of social media companies. (ani 2) the daily mail leads on a nurse who died from cervical —— the daily mail leads on a nurse who died from cervical cancer after mistakenly being given the all—clear six times. north bristol trust has commissioned an independent review into her misdiagnosis. the daily mirror reports the work and pensions secretary amber rudd admitting that universal credit was partly to blame for the increased use of foodbanks. the main picture is of gemma collins who was voted off dancing on ice on sunday.

the daily express says almost 500 cash machines disappear each month, and a cashless system could cause ‘misery‘ for pensioners. steph will be taking a look at that story later. how many times have you washed your hands today? maybe four times? if you‘ve been on social media for the past 24 hours you may have come across a story guaranteed to make your skin crawl. and it‘s all because of this moment live on fox news. i don‘t think i washed my hands for ten years. i don‘t really wash my hands. some one help me. i in chelate myself. fox news host pete hegseth confessed he hadn‘t washed his hands for 10 years. how is that possible? it caused a storm on twitter. a friendly reminderfrom pete‘s mum to get him back on track. hey, pete, it is your mum

back here in minnesota. listen, i‘ve been hearing some reports that you have not been washing your hands. not a good idea, son. it might be a good time to start going back to what we taught you. she is very low—key about the telling off. that is a mum thing. i would be like, what are you doing is saying you haven‘t washed or hands? there are loads of parents this morning saying, you do have to wash your hands. it‘s an important part of daily cleansing —— daily cleanliness. he did say at the end that he was justjoking. you‘re watching breakfast. still to come this morning. having a stammer can really affect your self confidence and potentially hold you back in life. this morning we‘re finding out about a new clinical trial which will use electrical currents through the brain to try to find a cure. also, the three main actresses

from 9 to 5 the musical. kid who will be king. it's it‘s a modern retelling of the excalibur story. we have the director and two of the young stars, tom and lewis and tom, if you watch doctor foster, he was the young son in doctor foster. i've seen it, it made me laugh a lot. and you nearly cried? it was great. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i‘m asad ahmad. an mp has called for some road signs in chelmsford to be reviewed after a psychologist proved there were too many of them at a junction for a drivers brain to process. the psychologist had a penalty charge notice overturned on duke street in chelmesford, when she argued that it was virtually impossible to make sense of so many signs. essex county council says its not

planning to review the signs, despite the mp‘s concerns. london‘s biggest hospital trust has been taken out of special measures after four years. barts health, which runs four hospitals in east london, had been criticised for the quality of its care, staff morale and leadership. but the care quality commission says things have improved. staff at london zoo say they used airhorns and fire extinguishers in their desperate attempt to stop a male sumatran tiger from killing his potential mate. asim had been brought to london zoo from a danish safari park in the hope he‘d be the perfect mate" for melati but he attacked her. the north circular road from the chiswick roundabout to the hanger lane has been found to be the uk‘s most congested road. research by inrix put it top a list

of roads where drivers spend hundreds of hours in traffic. the top three most congested roads are all in london. the north circular was followed by brixton road. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. on the trains southeastern — has no service between blackheath and barnehurst. it‘s due to a landslide, where 400 tonnes of debris and trees have fallen onto the track. it‘s not expected to reopen until the weekend. the latest on the woolwich ferry. apparently repairs taking place because of tidal damage to the berths. it has now set sail. now the weather with kate. good morning. it‘s a chilly start this morning but a bright one, plenty of sunshine around at first and it‘s another dry and reasonably mild day. the best of the sunshine around this morning will see a bit more cloud

moving in through the afternoon, some thicker cloud but still some bright and sunny spells mixed in. the wind is light and the temperature reaches 12 celsius. overnight tonight, it stays predominantly cloudy. we‘ll still see some breaks, though, and some clear spells within that cloud. the minimum temperature not quite as cold as last night. 5 or 6 celsius as a minimum temperature. very similar conditions through wednesday as high pressure continues to dominate our weather. we‘ll see some patchy cloud and dry and sunny spells as well, temperatures getting up to 12 celsius. overnight wednesday into thursday, we lose the cloud. so temrperature likely to drop a little bit lower so a chillier start for thursday morning. sunshine through the day and then through friday, you will be forgiven for thinking it might be spring as temperatures could get up to 14 celsius in the sunshine. the latest on our facebook and twitter. share you comments. vanessa feltz is on bbc radio london.

i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. i don‘t know where that random tissue came from. stricter rules could be introduced to stop anyone with a serious criminal conviction from getting a taxi licence in england and wales. a government consultation which starts today will look at new measures such as enhanced background checks and a national database to prevent drivers that are banned in one area from reapplying elswhere. i think the local authorities are all cognisant of the fact that vehicles and drivers will work across authority areas, and therefore it‘s vital that we share information between ourselves, to ensure that any public safety issues that we identify with drivers are made available to all. theresa may will urge mps today to hold their nerve when she updates them on the latest developments in the brexit negotiations. meanwhile, number ten says the brexit secretary,

stephen barclay, had a constructive meeting with the eu‘s chief negotiator, michel barnier, in brussels last night. but the european union is continuing to insist it won‘t renegotiate the withdrawal agreement. a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at a hospital in staffordshire. the blaze spread through the roof of the george bryan centre, which provides treatment for people with mental illnesses. police said all the patients and staff were moved from the building, and no—one was hurt. democratic and republican negotiators in the us say they have reached an agreement in principle on border security that they hope will avoid a second government shutdown. no details have been released and it is unclear whether president trump will endorse what has been agreed, but at a rally in el paso, he was adamant that the wall would be constructed. last year, there were nearly 2 million complaints from people across the uk who said their rubbish

wasn‘t being collected by the council. that is according to a bbc freedom of information request. responses from more than 200 authorities suggest the number of complaints has increased by a third since 2014, but the local government association says councils collect over 99% of bins without complaint. two bonsai enthusiasts injapan have made an emotional plea to thieves who have stolen several trees from them. this is one of the prized miniature trees which were taken from a garden in tokyo. the haul includes a shimpaku juniper, which is very collectable and worth an estimated £70,000. the couple have asked the thieves to water their tree children, saying they require expert care. it isa it is a shame, isn‘t it? carol will be here with the weather in a few minutes. sally is here with an update, i have, on equine flu. yes, great news for racing fans from the racing

industry. the british horseracing authority says there will be a managed return to competitive action in the sport from tomorrow. racing has been shut down for six days in britain following an outbreak of equine flu. the sport‘s governing body says the return to action will be in a controlled, risk—managed manner, and they will intervene to stop any horse running who looks like they could be at risk of infection. the arsenal and wales midfielder aaron ramsey has agreed a move to the italian champions, juventus, when his contract expires in the summer, and he is set to become one of the highest—paid british player ever. ramsey has been at arsenal since moving from his boyhood club cardiff, 11 years ago, but he has agreed a pre—contract agreement in turin worth a staggering £400,000 a week. last night ramsey announced the move to fans on instagram, saying he leaves with a heavy heart, and that he hopes to finish the season with arsenal strongly before heading on to the next chapter. you might be watching this morning

thinking that is an awful lot of money, but there is a reason he is able to be paid that amount. there is, because normally when a football and moves there is a transfer fee to be paid to the club he is leaving. his contract will have run to the end when he gets to the end of the summer, so end when he gets to the end of the summer, so from june onwards he is a free agent and can move without a fee. so juventus don't have to pay extra for him, essentially. so it bumps up his salary. it means he is a free agent, at the end of his contract, and he can move without having to pay a fee to the club. footballers‘ contracts a re having to pay a fee to the club. footballers‘ contracts are always a little bit complicated, a little bit of cash for scoring a goal and bonuses for different things. it is tricky to know exactly how much he will earn and there is debate about who is paid more, gareth bale or

him. they are both paid a lot. that is the benefit, you don‘t have to pay another club the transfer fee and you can bump the wages up. payday. paul scholes is the latest member of machester united‘s class of ‘92 to enter football management. he is taking over at oldham athletic, the club he supported as a boy, and who sit nine points off the play—offs in league 2. the former england midfielder says he is not afraid to start his management career further down the football pyramid. ijust feel ready, really. i think there‘s been times in the past where it‘s been an option for me, but i never felt quite right. i always wanted to come into this with — with my full coaching badges. i got them with the a—licence, i did that last year. i live in the area, 15 minutes away, which is good. i know it‘s been 20 or 30 years since there‘s been excitement at the club, really, and i‘m like every other manager that‘s been at this club in that time — you want to try and change it, and i hope i can do it. scholes‘s former side manchester united are in action tonight as the champions league returns. they are taking on paris st—germain in the first of the knockout matches, but things are very

different at old trafford since they last featured in this competition, before christmas. ole gunnar solskjaer has overseen ten wins out of his 11 matches in charge. we have given us the best possible opportunity from the way we have gone into this game now, because we‘re confident. i‘ve found out what team we have. we‘re looking like a team, we‘re agreeing on how we should approach games. so, if there was ever a chance or any time to go into big games like this, it is now, for us. there was only meant to be four minutes of injury—time between wolves and newcastle in the premier league last night. in the fifth added minute, wolves scored a dramatic equaliser. that was after isaac hayden had given newcastle a surprise lead at molineux. with the clock running out, a hopeful cross was missed by the newcastle goalkeeper, allowing willy boly to earn wolves a 1—1 draw. a little bit of controversy over the

timing, but benitez had made a late substitution, so that is how it got to five minutes. you can see why they were miffed, thought they were there, three points in the bag. benitez was devastated, i might be misquoting him slightly, but there was a quote going around saying they don‘t know the rules here in england. play to the whistle. that was you, louise. first rule of football, play to the whistle. forgot about that valuable lesson. refugee footballer hakeem al—araibi has returned home to australia after two months of detention in thailand. just a warning there is some flash photography coming up. hundreds of supporters cheered his arrival at melbourne airport. the bahraini was detained in bangkok in november while on honeymoon. he has been a vocal critic of bahrain authorities, and fled to australia in 2014, where he was granted political asylum. following international outcry and diplomatic pressure, the arab kingdom ended its extradition attempt yesterday.

england have restored a bit of pride with an excellent performance on day three of the third test against west indies. they have already lost the series, but a century from joe root has helped give them a big lead in st lucia. his unbeaten 111, and england lead by 448 runs. during root‘s innings, west indies fast bowler shannon gabriel was warned by the on—field umpires for the language he used. root was heard on the stump mic saying there is nothing wrong with being gay, apparently responding to a comment from gabriel. after play, root refused to explain, saying the matter was closed.

i have seen the replay of the pictures, and he is cool as a cucumber. looked him straight in the eye, smiled and said that is not an insult. so obviously they are trying to kind of... sledging, trying to wind each other up. but he doesn‘t wa nt to wind each other up. but he doesn‘t want to talk about it any more. responded very well. responded with the bat, though, didn‘t he? responded very well. responded with the bat, though, didn't he? exactly, the bat, though, didn't he? exactly, the best way. horse racing will resume tomorrow after a six—day shutdown because of an outbreak of equine flu. the british horseracing authority says it has been advised by vets that race meetings can now go ahead, as long as strict controls are in place. let‘s find out more from the chief executive of the bha, nick rust, whojoins us from central london. good morning to you. first of all, this decision was announced late last night. can you just explain to us last night. can you just explain to us what changed over the last few hours to make you confident that racing can go ahead? well, we've done several thousand tests over the last few days, looking on a risk

based approach had horses that have contracted the virus, and where they we re contracted the virus, and where they were likely to have come into contact with other horses in other trainers‘ yards around the country, and we have gained a good picture of what is going on with this pretty virulent virus around the country. we have only got ten positive tests in two yards, and our veterinary committee, which is made up of experts from all over the racing industry and outside, decided under certain conditions that they would support the decision to return to racing on wednesday. we already know there are very strict bio security controls in racing, i believe you are taking further measures. what are taking further measures. what are they? well, each trainer's yard will be categorised as to whether they are an infected yard, obviously none of those horses can go racing, an all clear yard where we have no reason to suspect the horses they have gone into contact with any potentially affected horses, those can go racing with some limited controls, and then each other yard

in between will have a certain risk profile which will allow certain runners to come back as long as they have tested negative over the last few days. in addition, we are saying that every horse must have had a flu vaccination within the last six months, to give us the best chance to manage this virus. and it is worth saying we are seeing an unprecedented level of this virus taking place in the general equine population. yesterday the animal health trust which surveill this for us health trust which surveill this for us reveals there were only two cases in the whole of last year, so we are seeing quite a lot of it about and u nfortu nately two horses seeing quite a lot of it about and unfortunately two horses were reported as dying from publications from this flew outside of racing last week. so this is serious stuff and it is important we have got hold of it. do you have any idea why this is now? no, we will know more over the next few weeks as to the sources of this virus, butjust like in humans, at this time of year, we

have had quite a mild winter and that does promote the spread of illnesses, and so on. and i think a lot of our trainer said we have seen our horses looking under the weather. there is looking under the weather. there is looking under the weather and then there is the equine flu virus, which can have a much bigger impact on horses. but the general conditions for the spread of the virus this time of year, with a mild winter, has been increased. how much pressure did you feel to get racing back on? we have cheltenham ina racing back on? we have cheltenham in a couple of weeks, the aintree festival after that, coming into the breeding season. i imagine lots of yards were concerned that things should get back to normal as quickly as possible. yes, although i think the toughest decision properly was to cancel racing for six days last week, the two decisions, or two days to do that. but it was the right decision, we feel, to lock this down and givea decision, we feel, to lock this down and give a clearer picture and give us and give a clearer picture and give us the best chance to move things on. of course there were pressures to put things back on but we went by

the recommendations of our veterinary committee, and the scientific evidence, rather than being pressured into it for the wrong reasons. but we are acutely conscious, obviously, of the need to ensure that we have racing in a clear space so that the flagship meetings can go ahead. we think that the last few days in the action we took has helped to do that. thank you very much for explaining that to us you very much for explaining that to us this morning. i think i need to apologise for a very poorly timed sneeze during the interview. did that go out on air? i think it did, a few viewers have talked about it on social media. one viewer asked whether they sought a horse sneeze, that was me sneezing! my microphone was up, that was me sneezing! my microphone was up, so that was me sneezing! my microphone was up, so it looked like this horse was up, so it looked like this horse was sneezing. it wasn't the horse having a sneeze, i can confirm it was banned. —— dan.

having a sneeze, i can confirm it was banned. -- dan. i have washed my hand, though. that was all going on, sneezing, hand washing... having a stammer can be so stressful and frustrating that it can have devastating effect on someone‘s self confidence and their life in general. now a new trial at oxford university involving electrical brain stimulation aims to improve fluency in speech. brea kfast‘s graham satchell went to meet one of the volunteers taking part. my stammer makes me feel often frustrated, often ashamed, often that i am deficient in some way. and i felt my stammer was just a big sort of anchor around my... legs and i was just in the ocean with this anchoraround my m..m..legs and i was just in the ocean with an anchor around my legs and thought that was my s...s...stammer. notjust a speech impediment but a life impediment. naheem‘s stammer has stopped him using the phone, having relationships, applying for certain jobs. in italy, c...coffee it is

s...s...synonymous with espresso. naheem is taking part in an oxford research project. we like it here because we can study and be... after assessing his normal speech, electrodes are placed on either side of naheem‘s head, a weak painless current is passed through his brain. (in a staccato voice) so this is a wallace & gromit cartoon and there is a hand which has appeared out of the sofa which has launched a tennis ball through a hole in a... ..in a picture frame. what we think happens is that some of that current will change the reactivity of the brain cells directly underneath those electrodes, and make them more ready to kind of do theirjob, more ready to fire, if you like. there are physical differences

in the brains of people who stammer, particularly in the ventral premotor cortex. this is an mri scan of naheem as he speaks. researchers are studying connections in the brain and how messages are received to the throats and mouth. brain stimulation doesn‘t work on its own but it can increase the effectiveness of speech therapy. early results show fluency of speech has improved for some buy a third. i felt that i was able to manage my stammer in some way. there were a lot of words which i thought i couldn‘t say but during this research session, i was able to say all the words. this was naheem a decade ago. how did you get here today? um, i came here by via a... ..t...t...t...rain.

today, he‘sjust finished a ph.d in the underlying causes of stammering and he‘s started doing stand—up. iam...m...m... a stammerer. and that means we could be here until closing time. i do the things that my previous self thought i couldn‘t do. the advice people give me most often is, they say, slow down, breathe and think before you speak. i‘m like, ok, i haven‘t tried any of those things before. whatever the benefits new research may bring, naheem says he‘s now accepted his stammer, even embraced it. i‘ve accepted that it‘s just a part of me as my hands, arms and legs and i‘m not trying to push against it any more, i‘m not trying to push my stammer away. wherever i go, my stammer

is working along me now. the cure is acceptance. ending that report there. thank you to taking part in the story. that is one that was happening with the weather. here is carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. around the country, scotland and northern ireland, we have a band of cloud and rain coming in but all of us, it‘s going to turn milder and you can see the yellow indicating the milder conditions coming in across our shores and it will continue in this way to go through the course of the week. thursday and friday, parts of the moret firth and east wales could hit 15 celsius. we would got the close skies and the frost, quite a lot of cloud across

the uk. moving across scotland and northern ireland. producing increasingly light rain. when the cross the north—west of scotland and the northern isles. temperatures today getting up to 11, 12, in the cloud and rain. we hang on to the sunshine the longest to the far south—east. through this evening, the weather front moves a bit further south. it pivots back through northern ireland in scotland. still a lot of cloud around. we are not anticipating any problems. tomorrow, high pressure will be in charge of the weather but it will lift it further east. you can see an array of isobars meaning it will be windy. out of mainland scotla nd it will be windy. out of mainland scotland into the northern isles. this will be fairly weak with the cloud and rain in western areas.

rain fizzling. moving away from north—west england, wales, the midlands, east anglia, down towards the south. once again, temperatures, 11-13. we the south. once again, temperatures, 11—13. we hang on to the mild errors we have seen. also on to thursday and friday. keeping weatherfronts at bay. likely to see a bit more cloud at times and also some splashes of rain. thursday promises to bea splashes of rain. thursday promises to be a dry day and a sunny one. lengthy spells of sunshine. the southerly wind, we do expect temperatures upto13, 14, possibly even 15, 15 during the course of thursday, more likely around the moret firth. so by the time we get to the end of the week, we are looking at it staying mild and

staying mild at times. i was told i had to watch out for an optical illusion. we don‘t have time to do it. these picture were taken by dan tanner in alberta in canada on sunday. very cold weather that, —40 degrees and these pillars of light you can see, they are quite unusual. what happens, as you like we said, it is an optical illusion. small ice c rysta ls it is an optical illusion. small ice crystals fall near the ground. they reflect the light. it can be moonlight, sunlight or straight light. collectively when they are reflecting the light, this can be an optical illusion. pretty stunning pictures. i‘m pretty glad i asked that question because we would have missed out. thank you. do you ever

flight missed out. thank you. do you ever flight of the navigator? no. another cultural reference that went straight over your head. good film, that. i'm clearly not signed up to film or music streaming services. you might already have a magazine subscription, or be signed up to a film, or music streaming service — but did you know you can subscribe to deliveries of everything from cheese toasties to chocolate brownies too? steph‘s here with more. i'm sure you can get flight of the navigator posted to you as well. should i want to. loads of people subscribe to things like tv, music, films. but what the royal mail is saying is that there has been a growth in people who are getting things sent to them physically through the post, subscribing to things like clothes being sent to you or chocolate brownies, food, there is even a company that's

created a bottle of wine shipped flat as a letterbox so it can be posted through your letterbox. this is something you can subscribe to. the royal mail are predicting this kind of subscription service, what they call box subscriptions, is a market which could be worth £1 billion by 2022. the royal mail is talked about, facing tough times because we are not necessarily posting as many letters but where they see potential is in the parcel side of things and the subscription services are one that can help them. we met one of them. this will make you hungry. the idea behind our chocolate brownie business was to meet customers like with cupcakes. they are soft and gentle and don‘t ship through the post, it‘s messy so we looked at brownies to say how can we looked at brownies to say how can we get brownies to customers as far as york and manchester but you get there in perfect condition. every month, we send you a fresh box of brownies, whether it is for mother‘s

day. launching the new special box. our brownies are much cheaper than our cupcakes so our brownies are much cheaper than our cupcakes so we are our brownies are much cheaper than our cupcakes so we are looking at a slightly different market, they are about half the price of a cupcake box is with open to the audience, certainly the market to a wider audience. we are a very new business. third month, quite a small drop off. so far, so good. if the customer does try to drop off, it gives you an opportunity wire. it gives you an opportunity wire. it gives you an opportunity wire. it gives you an opportunity to learn and improve as a business. i should think customers learn to do better. it's think customers learn to do better. it‘s not a problem and hopefully we will use those customers to spread the word about great brownies and the word about great brownies and the business will grow naturally, even with that smalljob. the business will grow naturally, even with that small job. they look delicious, don‘t they. it seems extraordinary. what's interesting about this is, a lot of people think, with fresh food, there is a

certain limit to how far it can be sent but 90% of the subscription businesses sell abroad as well is domestically in your cake and there area domestically in your cake and there are a lot of examples of companies that have done well out of this. the dollar shave club. they send you razors. they got quite a cool advert as well which is part of their success. they were recently bought in 2016 by unilever, one of the world‘s biggest consumer goods companies and they were bought for $1 billion. but there are some weird things. you were saying you get dog food centre. we timed it, we give our little dog half a can of dog food every day so therefore, we subscribe to get a crate sent every month and we run out and then it turns up. it's easiest way to do it. people can get sent chunks of grass through the post your dog once month or you can get moss, all healing

crystals, different healing crystals every month, lots of different businesses. cheese toast is where one of them. goodness. they are shaping it the letterbox. that is how the wine gets in.” shaping it the letterbox. that is how the wine gets in. i am staggered by that. let us know if there is something wonderful you subscribe to. but remember, it‘s a family show. stephanie mcgovern, there is no need to do that. it is coming up to eight o‘clock in the morning. good morning, i‘m asad ahmad. an mp has called for some road signs in chelmsford to be reviewed — after a psychologist proved there were too many of them at a junction for a drivers brain to process. the psychologist had a penalty charge notice overturned on duke street in chelmsford, when she argued that it

was virtually impossible to make sense of so many signs. essex county council says its not planning to review the signs, despite the mp‘s concerns. i wasn‘t able to turn around safely. it had a risk assessment, to see if i could reverse back to the mini roundabout which is dangerous and illegal or i could trying go down this tiny lane which was blocked with furniture so my only conclusion was that i had to go for the safest route. london‘s biggest hospital trust has been taken out of special measures after four years. barts health, which runs four hospitals in east london, had been criticised for the quality of its care, staff morale and leadership. but the care quality commission says things have improved. staff at london zoo say they used airhorns and fire the north circular road from the chiswick roundabout to the hanger lane has been found to be the uk‘s most congested road.

research by inrix put it top a list of roads where drivers spend hundreds of hours in traffic. the top three most congested roads are all in london. the north circular was followed by brixton road. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. on the tube board: on the trains southeastern has no service between blackheath and barnehurst. it‘s due to a landslide, where 400 tonnes of debris and trees have fallen onto the track. it‘s not expected to reopen until the weekend. moving onto the woolwich ferry now, as we can confirm that a ferry has set sail across the thames in the last few minutes. it‘s running over a month late, and there are no guarantees how long it‘s going to last. now the weather with kate. good morning. it‘s a chilly start this morning but a bright one, plenty of sunshine around at first and it‘s another dry and reasonably mild day. the best of the sunshine around this morning will see a bit more cloud moving in through the afternoon, some thicker cloud but still some bright and sunny spells mixed in.

the wind is light and the temperature reaches 12 celsius. overnight tonight, it stays predominantly cloudy. we‘ll still see some breaks, though, and some clear spells within that cloud. the minimum temperature not quite as cold as last night. 5 or 6 celsius as a minimum temperature. very similar conditions through wednesday as high pressure continues to dominate our weather. very similar conditions through wednesday as high pressure continues to dominate our weather. we‘ll see some patchy cloud and dry and sunny spells as well, temperatures getting up to 12 celsius. overnight wednesday into thursday, we lose the cloud. so temrperature likely to drop a little bit lower so a chillier start for thursday morning. sunshine through the day and then through friday, you‘ll be forgiven for thinking it might be spring as temperatures could get up to 14 celsius in the sunshine. marylebone station in london has become the first london station were a copy copy cycling service has started. vanessa has more on radio

london. good morning welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. tougher criminal checks for taxi drivers. plans to better protect vulnerable passengers are set out by the government. we‘ll speak to the mother of sian o‘callaghan, who was murdered by a taxi driver on her way home from a nightclub. horse racing in britain will resume tomorrow following an outbreak of equine flu. trouble at tui. the travel group posts a bigger than expected loss and warns a slowdown in its airline business will now last into the summer. done deal — aaron ramsey‘s set to become the highest paid british footballer of all—time as he signs a deal with juventus worth £400,000 a week. # working 95, but a way to make a

living... almost 40 years since the film was first released, we‘ll be joined by the cast of the new west end version of 9 to 5. a cold and frosty start for parts of the north—east, you will hang on to the north—east, you will hang on to the sunshine the longest. for the rest of us, fairly cloudy with some rain moving across scotland and northern ireland into northern england. more details in 15 minutes. tuesday 12th february. our top story... anyone who has a serious criminal conviction will be barred from getting a taxi license under plans being set out today. the government wants to introduce stricter background checks in england, and is even considering forcing cabs to have cctv to protect vulnerable passengers. our transport correspondent tom burridge has the details. i‘m just from licensing, how are you? pot checks in newcastle. they have tightened the rules for issuing taxi licences here after private hire cabs were used by a gang over a

number of years to abuse young women. 18 people be jailed in 2018. 29 drivers have had licences revoked in the past year. four had been previously convicted of sexual offences. in response, newcastle join ten other councils in the north—east of england to create a single licensing body so the same standards and checks are applied when issuing licences. i think the local authorities are all cognisant i think the local authorities are all cognisa nt of the i think the local authorities are all cognisant of the fact that vehicles and drivers work across local authority areas so information sharing is vital to ensure any public safety issues are made available to all. the government once a common rule book so if somebody is denied a taxi licence in one area they would not be able to

get one from another council which is more lenient, something still possible today. under the plans, criminal background checks would be compulsory. mandatory cctv in all taxes is being considered that privacy is an issue. the government consultation will run for several weeks. tom burridge, bbc news. horse racing will resume tomorrow after an outbreak of highly infectious equine flu caused the sport to shut down. meetings have been cancelled since last thursday, and tomorrow‘s races will take place with strict controls. sally‘s here to explain. we have heard about it on the programme? we break the news last thursday at 830 in the morning that racing would be shut down, and we heard late last night of plans to start racing again tomorrow, fixtures will go ahead at musselburgh and plumpton, also several and kempton. it has been difficult for the british horseracing authority. when these cases were reported based empty down on itand cases were reported based empty down on it and wanted to stop horses

travelling and stop racing. they had been under huge pressure for racing to get going, it is a multi—million pent industry. we spoke to the chief executive of the bha, who explains what has been happening. we feel it was the right decision to lock this down and get a better picture and get the best chance of moving things on. there were precious to put things back on but we went through the recommendations of our veterinary committee and unscientific evidence, rather than being pressured for the wrong reasons, but we are acutely conscious of the need to have racing ina clear conscious of the need to have racing in a clear space so the flagship meetings can go ahead. they are under significant time pressure, cheltenham is just they are under significant time pressure, cheltenham isjust around the corner, aintree coming up, we are coming into the breeding season, horses are being moved around all over europe at this time and equine flu, there are cases all over the rest of europe, notjust great

britain. so they really, really want to get things back on track. thank you, sally. theresa may will urge mps today to hold their nerve when she updates them on the latest developments in the brexit negotiations. number ten says the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, had a constructive meeting with the eu‘s chief negotiator, michel barnier, in brussels last night. but the european union is continuing to insist it won‘t re—negotiate the withdrawal agreement. it is clear from other side that we are not going to reopen the withdrawal agreement, that we will continue our discussions in the coming days. we will be speaking to andrea leadsom in about 20 minutes. our political correspondent ben wright is in westminster this morning. there is quite a bit happening and quite a lot still to come, where are

we this tuesday? you talked about time pressure in the racing season, nothing compared to the pressure of the brexit timetable. six weeks to go until the date we are set to leave and there is no withdrawal agreement set to be put before parliament. it was thrown out in the most overwhelming defeat any government has suffered last month. theresa may says she will make some changes to it, particularly around the irish backstop, that part of the withdrawal agreement intended to prevent a hardboard set in ireland, she is trying to find changes, perhaps a unilateral exit mechanism that might win over enough mps. talks are going on, the brexit secretary stephen barclay met michel barnier yesterday but there is clearly deadlocked, the eu are adamant they will not reopen the withdrawal agreement, they don‘t wa nt to withdrawal agreement, they don‘t want to see changes to the backstop. we grind on and there is a sense of drift. theresa may will make a statement to mps at lunchtime,

setting out what progress she thinks has been made, perhaps catching up the timetable for the next couple of weeks. i think today she will plead with mps to hold their nerve and give her more time, but mps are getting very anxious, as are many cabinet members, who know the clock is draining away and we are quite a long way from her presenting a new deal in front of the commons. the vice thank you, ben wright in westminster. a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at a hospital in staffordshire. the blaze spread through the roof of the george bryan centre which provides treatment for people with mental illnesses. police said all the patients and staff were moved from the building, and no one was hurt. nobody was injured, butjohn mcmanus reports. fla mes reports. flames from the fire ripping through the medical centre light up the sky over tamworth. firefighters were called to the centre, which shares a site with a community hospital, at

9:15pm, and help to evacuate 11 people from the burning building. the click action appears to have prevented casualties, but staffordshi re prevented casualties, but staffordshire fire service says the blades affected much of the building and some parts of the structure may not be saved. the fire has completely consumed one wing of the building, it has broken through the roof and we have used several jets to fight the fire from both the exterior of the building and the inside of the building. patients at the facility are treated for mental health difficulties and police say that during the incident one patient left the scene but was found a short time later. all patients will now be transferred to other facilities. patients will now be transferred to otherfacilities. police say patients will now be transferred to other facilities. police say a 43—year—old man has been detained on suspicion of arson and they are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. democratic and republican negotiators in the us say they‘ve reached an agreement in principle on border security that they hope will avoid a second government shutdown. no details have been released, and it‘s unclear whether president trump will endorse what‘s been agreed. but at a rally in el paso he was adamant that the wall would be constructed. some amazing pictures from south

africa. a newborn baby has been saved from a storm drain in the south african city of durban after a three—hour rescue operation. you can hear the crowd cheering as the baby comes out. the baby‘s crying was heard by a passer—by who alerted the emergency services. police are investigating how the little girl came to be in the drain. the baby was tended to by paramedics at the scene while the huge crowds, that had gathered to witness the rescue, cheered on. the parents of the child have not been found. the good news is they got there in time and saved her and she is ok. tiny little thing. it is 8:10am, good morning. in 2011, sian o‘callaghan got into a taxi after a night out, but she never came home. she was murdered by her driver, christopher halliwell. today the government is announcing plans for new measures which could stop anyone who poses a danger to the public from getting a cab license. suky bhaker from the suzy lamplugh trust

is in our london studio, and sian o‘callaghan‘s mum elaine pickford is with us here. thank you. tell us a bit about your daughter, sian, and what happened. she was on a night out with friends and left a local nightclub to walk home. unfortunately she left on her own. as she was walking home, probably about 150 yards from the nightclub, a car pulled up, which she got into, which later turned out to be taxi driver christopher halliwell. you have heard about changes the government is considering, what do you think of them? we welcome the guidelines and recommendations, i would obviously prefer they were compulsory rather than recommendations, but the key

factor is the pledge to legislate, basically, which is what we are driving for and what the aim is. would you like criminal record checks? enhanced criminal record checks? enhanced criminal record checks should be standard across all authorities, and compulsory. lets pick up these thoughts with suky bhakerfrom the pick up these thoughts with suky bha ker from the suzy pick up these thoughts with suky bhaker from the suzy lamplugh trust, they recommend every driver undergoes enhanced criminal records and background checks. some people might wonder why that is not happening anyway. most licensing authorities to enhance check their drivers, but at the moment this is only a recommendation. if a licensing authority chooses not to do this, there is no legal ramification. we think passengers should be assured that any driver

and any car they get into anywhere in the uk is vetted to the same standard, so it should be a requirement, not a recommendation. the base widget be handy if there was clarity on which criminal convictions would mean a licence would not be granted? absolutely, the government needs to offer formal guidance around which crimes and behaviours should result either in a revoke eight or a refusal of a licence being issued. the institute of licensing has issued some draft guidance which we think it‘s an excellent starting place. elaine, there have been reports apparently of may be cctv into taxis, what would your view be on that? i appreciate the right to regard stupidity, but my understanding is there can be some sort of encryption on system, it can be gained access to should there have been a crime

committed. if something happens, perhaps police could go back and look at cctv, and she would welcome that? yes. it works both ways, the drivers as well, lots of them do a fabulousjob drivers as well, lots of them do a fabulous job and sometimes it can work the other day, that they are in a vulnerable position. christopher halliwell is well known, i think he had a previous conviction for burglary. in terms of the way he was operating, you have looked into this? it was part of the investigation and it turns out that he had turned his radio of the time... prior to the time he picked sian up, and he is on cctv circling the area before picking up sian. it was evident he was planning to be up to no good, basically. suky, elaine makes the point that cctv is for the benefit of the drivers as well? absolutely, the suzy lamplugh trust has done quite a bit of research and

drivers themselves have told us that it helps to keep them safe, to have that recorded, if passengers come in and there is a personal safety incident then it is recorded and supports them. the reporters looking ata supports them. the reporters looking at a national licensing database looking at restricting drivers operating hundreds of miles away from their licence. you could be licensed somewhere and then drive somewhere completely different? blow you can be licensed in london and operating in manchester. we welcome a national database to have full information and history about the individual they are making decisions on. an individual could be refused a licence in one area based on information they hold and then go to a completely different area and be granted a licence, which would allow licensing authorities to have that information. elaine, it is almost

eight years since your daughter was tragically killed. there are probably hundreds of thousands of brilliant taxi drivers watching who doa brilliant taxi drivers watching who do a greatjob, but when you read about high—profile cases, people being attacked in the same situation, how does it make you feel? onwurah boy springs to mind more recently. —— warboys springs to mind. more needs to be done to have a national standard and national regulations, a lot of the time i do not think the public are aware that they are not in place. suky, people get into taxis all the time, do you have information you give to people? blow we have a lot of information on the suzy lamplugh trust website, --, we have a lot of information

available on the suzy lamplugh trust website, get in the back passenger seat, if you do not feel safe, ask the driver to stop and get out in a busy place, reported to the police if you feel able if an incident occurs. suky bhaker and elaine, thank you for coming to talk to us. here‘s carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. that morning. a cold start to the day across parts of southern and eastern england, as you can see from this picture in cambridgeshire. the weather will be mild after the chilly start, it will remain dry in the south—east, although clouding over, some rain in the north—west but also through this week the mild theme continues. you can see the yellow moving across the british

isles, illustrating milder air coming away. we have thrust this morning and missed, most of that will lift fairly readily and the sun is already out. for the rest of the uk there is a fairly cloudy start, we have rain crossing scotland and northern ireland, getting into northern england and parts of northern ireland. brightening up behind the band of rain, you will hang on to bright skies in the far south—east. temperatures 12 or less, in the range of 9012, may be 13 in the sunshine across the moray firth later. here is the weather front later, pivoting through northern ireland and north—west england and scotland, bringing rain. a breezy night with lots of cloud, with temperatures like this we do not anticipate any problems with fog of frost. the high pressure drifts further eastward through wednesday, and array of isobars means it will be windy and this weather front continues to take rain out of northern scotland added to the

northern ireland, only to be replaced in the west by another front. the rain will peter out but the cloud will be thick enough in some western areas for drizzle. move away from the west and we are looking at dry and bright conditions with sunshine across the rest of england and wales. highs of 11 to 12, possibly 13 around the moray firth. wednesday will be mild, we are putting up this mild airfrom the south of the south—west, it will continue into thursday and friday with some parts getting as high as 15 degrees. thursday starts fairly cloudy but it will not last long, we expected to be fairly sunny, lengthy sunny spells. temperatures around 11 or12, we sunny spells. temperatures around 11 or 12, we expect 13 or 14, 15 possible around the moray firth, making it the warmest day of this year so far. friday looks like the warmest

weather will be across east wales, weather will be across east wales, we could see 15. staying mild, the wind strengthening and rain at times for the end of the week. in alberta in canada on sunday, we saw these amazing pictures, sent in by one of the weather watchers. this is called light beams, when the air is cold, and in alberta it has been as cold as —40, ice crystals form and they are suspended just above the ground, they reflect light. they reflect street moonlight, sunlight, for example. it is the flat edges of those crystals that really reflect the light, giving this optical illusion of light beams. amazing. studio: it just looks illusion of light beams. amazing. studio: itjust looks like a spotlight on the ground, that is stunning. thank you. it looks like flight of the navigator. which we know i have

not watched! if you‘ve ever been skiing in the cairngorns, you‘ll probably have used the funicular railway which takes people up the slopes. the service is currently out of action, and that‘s hitting the tourist industry hard. so a community group has stepped in to try to get it up and running again. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. cairngorm mountain, the winter landscape and stunning views meant in years past the runs here were among scotland‘s busiest. some of the skiers here grew up on the slopes. is this place important to you? very, i have been fortunate enough to canopy since i was a bairn with my parents, i would not be that happy living here without it on my doorstep, i can‘t get enough. happy living here without it on my doorstep, i can't get enough. but the thinner killer is out of action.

it has been a slow start to the season and the track‘s closure has not helped. it is billed as the country‘s highest railway, when it is open it will take you through the clouds, close to the summit. but there is a weakness in the structure and a need to strengthen the beam supporting the track, as well as the foundations. katie runs a local business. she says the closure was initially because for concern but she adds that in an area dependent on the boom or bust of winter snow, people a lwa ys boom or bust of winter snow, people always find a way. lots of coach parties would come to go on the train, have a hot chocolate at the top and take in the views, and with the coach parties —— with the trainer training, they can‘t come. with the trainer training, they can't come. is it worrying for you? life is worrying and you have to on with it, take this noble you are thrown and deal with it as best you can. a local community want to buy the site and run it notjust as a winter resort but through the summer.m site and run it notjust as a winter

resort but through the summer. it is our work, our play, resort but through the summer. it is ourwork, our play, our resort but through the summer. it is our work, our play, our heritage, at the children‘s future. we believe this mountain is sustainable, we see no reason why it can‘t be done by introducing some aspects like mounting coasters, zip wires, mountain biking. those we spoke to said it is worth exploring further. it needs to be back in the hands of the community and those that know the community and those that know the mountains. a community bit is fine, but the community takes on all the debt, which, as it stands, would not be great. i don't know, would you be happy if i put money in? i would be quite happy to be part of it. the owner of the site says the slopes are open for business as they work on getting the railway running again. any buyout could take years, but those behind it are hopeful they will take back their mountain for the community that lived close by. we‘ve had a couple of

big updates from two companies this morning — debenhams and the travel firm tui. steph‘s here. debenhams have said they have managed to get a £40 million cash injection into the business. this is not free, this is essentially then buying themselves some time while they sort themselves out, because they sort themselves out, because the company has had real problems and are in lots of debt, essentially. they are trying to work out with the people they own the money to what they will do about it. there is 165 debenhams stores, 25,000 people are employed, but the firm has really struggled. the rescue firm has really struggled. the rescu e process firm has really struggled. the rescue process is firm has really struggled. the rescue process is likely to involve store closures but the good news todayis store closures but the good news today is the lenders have agreed, the people bayode money two, have agreed to extend their overdrafts because they have some big debt repayments. of the back of that

their share price has gone up 25%, so their share price has gone up 25%, so people are thinking this is good news and the share price has gone up. and tui, a massive travel company, they have put out their latest results for the last three months until the end of december and they have made a loss of £73 million. we knew it would be bad because they put out a profit warning recently, the reasons they are giving the summer heatwave of last year, it was so summer heatwave of last year, it was so hot so they say not as many people were necessarily going abroad, also the weakness of the pans compared to the euro and other currencies and because more people, they say, have gone to places like morocco, tunisia, turkey and with more people they have been going to more people they have been going to more places like spain, there have not been as many people on the

flights and some empty hotel rooms. they say the profit margins are better so they have not necessarily made as much money from the north african places. their share prices down 2%. interesting, it is such big names and every time they put out news the investors are reacting quickly, trying to work out if it is good or bad news. last year there were nearly two million complaints from people across the uk who said their rubbish wasn‘t being collected by the council. that‘s according to a bbc freedom of information request. responses from more than two hundred authorities suggest the number of complaints has increased by a third since 2014. but the local government association says councils collect over ninety—nine percent of bins without complaint as david rhodes reports. it is overflowing, we have had this

issue for a while and it is really disgusting, rats are everywhere. since we film to last week leeds city council say they have been back to empty the bins that councils across the uk are seeing growing numbers of complaints about weights not being collected. 1.8 million complaints were made to councils last year about rubbish being uncollected and figures from over 200 councils across the uk show the number of complaints has increased bya number of complaints has increased by a third since 2014. waste collection teams go out in all weather and bad winters, coupled with cancelled making it easier for residents to complain online, can contribute to a rise in complaints. in barnsley the number of waste collection complaints has been falling but there are warnings that budget cuts are making the job harder. there is considerably less money. in 2008 and 2009, every essence that we have been saving. local government association said most

bins are collected without complaint and that councils will receive £1 billion of funding in the coming year to provide all services. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a lot more cloud around across the uk today but we are on the transition to something much milder. yesterday afternoon around the moray firth we had 16 degrees. the same sort of areas will be warmest by thursday, 15 celsius possible, a big hike on where it should be for the time of year. to get to that milder air coming up from the atlantic bringing plenty of cloud today and the cloud thick enough in the northern half of the uk in particular for some outbreaks of rain. seeing it so far across parts of scotland and northern ireland and we will see other bursts of rain

push through eastwards into the afternoon and then brightening up. sunshine returning for most during the second half of the day but it does mean we will continue to see some rain and drizzle at times northern england and north wales. further south after a sunny and frosty start a lot more cloud and wherever you are a breezy day, breeziest of all in northern scotland but it is an atlantic breeze this time and already for many temperatures in double figures, up to around 12 or 13 in many spots. into this evening and overnight, clear for a time for scotland and northern ireland but the cloud and rain pushing southwards works its way northwards once again allowing warmer air to push in across western areas. temperatures not dropping below 7—9d for some. still a little bit on the cool side towards parts of east anglia and the south—east. into tomorrow we start with lots of cloud once again. northern ireland, far north of england, scotland, seeing patchy rain and drizzle at times. that will gradually ease northwards. we will see sunshine start to develop fairly widely, fairly hazy, the best of the brighter breaks in the south and east and temperatures for most in double figures. but with high pressure to the south—east of us and low pressure to the north—west we are going to continue to bring

that milder air into thursday. cloud largely staying away. just a little bit of morning rain across the far north of scotland. but for valentine‘s day plenty of sunshine in the forecast and temperatures widely in double figures. the hotspot could be around the moray firth at around 15 degrees. this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and ben thompson. profits slip into lower gear at the scandal—hit japanese carmaker nissan. live from london, that‘s our top story on tuesday 12 february. nissan downgrades its

full—year forecast as it delivers the first set of results since the arrest of its once all—powerful former chairman carlos ghosn. also in the programme: in deep water? the british government is sued over its decision to charter firms to run extra ferries, including one with no ships, in the event of a no—deal brexit.