it is we have been doing. it is disappointing for everyone involved obviously. and i do back the club to come back from this. the question for owen farrell is what he does now, does he stay at saracens and play in the second tier of english by play in the second tier of english rugby next season which would be remarkable for an england captain. he said that nothing is set in stone. in the short term he has the six nations to worry about and england are the favourites after reaching the world cup final last year but of course wales are the defending champions and they get the tournament under way against italy next weekend. andy swiss, thank you. time for a look at the weather. martin is here. some of us started the week with glorious winter sunshine. this was hastings yesterday. the settled weather is courtesy of this high pressure across the uk and it is with us in

the next few days so looking quite settled. but we will see some changes, cloudy skies. and we will see some list as well but it will be mostly dry. welcome news for parts of hampshire which have already seen the average january of hampshire which have already seen the averagejanuary rainfall totals. through this afternoon it is generally looking cloudy with some list and hill fog. the best of any brea ks to list and hill fog. the best of any breaks to the east of higher ground. and some decent sunny spells. temperature is generally slightly milder than this morning. the cloud could just be thick enough for some drizzle pretty much anywhere. this evening and overnight not a great deal of change, still some drizzle around but it is likely to be frost

free. and the potentialfor some around but it is likely to be frost free. and the potential for some fog where we have any gaps in the cloud. there is the potential for where we have any gaps in the cloud. there is the potentialfor some disruption with that. thursday and friday aside from that looking fairly quiet. a good deal of cloud around and the odd spot of drizzle but mostly dry. that being said changes in the way as we move towards the weekend will start to see this weather front coming in from the north and west. it is looking like a breezy day and we have rain pushing into the north—west through saturday. elsewhere a fair amount of dry weather, some showers across wales and the west of england. temperatures are around seven, 9 degrees. and we start to see the rain pushing further south—east overnight saturday into sunday. it sta rts overnight saturday into sunday. it starts to slip south—east, a spell of rain to come. that will clear towards the south—east on sunday and

behind that a mixture sunny spells and showers, a breezy date with showers across scotland which could be wintry over the higher ground. leading to some more unsettled weather next week. so looking mostly dry, enjoy that dry weather while we have it. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime for the flights from china are to be monitored and that the threat of a new virus which has infected many people in china. that's all from the bbc news at one. hello, you are watching bbc news. two brits in action at the australian open today. dan evans lost but heather watson is into

round two after coming from one set down. i just round two after coming from one set down. ijust feelvery round two after coming from one set down. ijust feel very happy and confident in myself and i am just really enjoy my tennis at the moment, enjoying being out there competing. especially when it is the tough moments and, you know, even after the first set today when i have lost it, in the past i may have let that get to me or bring me down in confidence —wise but it is not affecting me at all now and i feel like that is what is making me so strong. no shocks for the big names, the defending women's champion and roger federer both into the next round. novak djokovic dropped just seven games in his match. england could have dropper arch are available in the final test against south africa. he has mist the last two matches. the speeds were good,

he bowled six or seven overs, getting his rhythm. obviously he has suffered with his elbow in the last few weeks but that pain is decreasing. so on the evidence of today that is good and we will see how it backs it up again tomorrow. week after announcing her retirement, any loco is sporting director for aston villa. she wants to create a no excuses culture at the club. the top of the second tier in english football. chris froom will make his competitive return to cycling next month as he continues his recovery recovery from a career threatening injury last summer. he crashed into a wall at high speed during a training ride in france last summer. and the british

freestyle skier has won silver at the winter youth olympics. the 15—year—old had finished fourth in the slopestyle on saturday but delivered three impressive runs to finish narrowly behind the gold medallist of china. gavin will have more for you in afternoon live after tbm. more now on the sad news that the monty python star terryjones has died at the age of 77. our media and arts correspondent is here with me now. he really was a comedy great, wasn't he? he is very much i think the soul of the hyphens. he was there from the beginning to the end. you can see a lot of what they became in the programmes he was making beforehand. it is that strange, surreal, absurdist, quirky humour. and a lot of it was down to

terryjones. he of course was always with his writing partner michael palin. things that i discovered when i was looking into this, i hadn't realised that they had written for the two ronnie's, those cocktail party sketches with them. and another one i loved in the 705, ripping yarns. many, many fond, happy memories. but there is so much more to him as well. i interviewed him afew more to him as well. i interviewed him a few years ago and it wasn't about comedy at all, it was about josep. he was a significant medieval expert. he wrote books and seem to know as much as anybody about chaucer. the thing that stood out was his torrent of words, he was almost childlike and you couldn't get a word in edgeways. i think that

made it even more terrible when we saw in 2016 when he appeared at the ba ftas, saw in 2016 when he appeared at the baftas, a form of dementia. and robbed him of everything. of the wit, the word play, everything that made him so special. it was a very moving moment, wasn't it? he appeared on stage with his sun. absolutely. and when his sun had to speakfor absolutely. and when his sun had to speak for him, you absolutely. and when his sun had to speakfor him, you couldn't absolutely. and when his sun had to speak for him, you couldn't quite believe how cruel an illness can be to somebody to rob him of that. but the tributes today, the warmth but the tributes today, the warmth but the first, the one that really strikes you of course is his friend over all those years, his writing partner michael palin. he said terry was one of my closest most valued friends, he was kind, generous, supportive and generous. he was far more thanjust supportive and generous. he was far more than just one of the for most writers of his generations, he was the complete renaissance comedian. he was the warmest most wonderful

company you could ever wish to have. wonderful words from michael palin. that is terryjones who has died at the age of 77. now prime minister's questions have been taking place. a number of issues were covered including universal credit. norman smith joins including universal credit. norman smithjoins now with including universal credit. norman smith joins now with all the latest. i hesitate to say it was a dull prime minister's questions but there weren't many new slides. interestingly lots of questions on northern constituencies. levelling up northern constituencies. levelling up schools in the north, questions about transport infrastructure in the north, may be an indication that the north, may be an indication that the political debate after the election is slowly beginning to take on board issues more relevant to voters in the north and midlands parts of ingo. i'm joined by the snp's parts of ingo. i'm joined by the snp‘s pete wishart, labour cuts... and ben bradley. let me start with

you, ben, because you asked a question about northern schools but let me ask you about asbo is another issue that many mp5 in the north are 110w issue that many mp5 in the north are now getting exercised which is about transport links in the north. boris johnson was asked about northern railand hs2, we johnson was asked about northern rail and hs2, we didn't really get any clarity from him but presumably he does have to deliver on improved railway links or he is in big trouble. i think he absolutely does and we need to recognise in five yea rs and we need to recognise in five years time we need some tangible outcome from this rhetoric about investing in them transport the north. it goes across skills and so many other areas. northern rail seems to be in a real mess and there seems to be in a real mess and there seems to be ongoing discussion and a plan to change that, whether it is from removing the franchise for improvements. we've said we would look at that franchising system and look at that franchising system and look at that franchising system and look at how we can make it work for people. i think we have this middle—class obsession with trains as well. many communities, mine in mansfield for example, good bus

links are almost more important. where do you fall in the argument between having a brand—new spanking lined going to london and improving existing rail infrastructure in the north? we have obvious they got the review ongoing. i'm kind of agnostic, i think there are benefits to both. hs2 would have a great benefit to my constituency but equally if we don't do that and we choose to invest in that regional transport infrastructure i think there is a benefit that too. either way, i think for god sake let's not talk about it get on with it. rachel, where are you in this argument? do you think the answer is better in existing links or building hsz? better in existing links or building hs2? first better in existing links or building h52? first of all the government has said it is going to remove the franchise and i have written to the secretary of state to ensure that we are using the operator of last resort mechanisms to ensure that first of all we stabilise the jobs for people who are working with northern but also bring it back into public ownership to ensure there is stability but also integration across the rest of the network. in

the north, only 2% of people using rail. and that says really we need to see a transition onto public transport. that shift vital the environmental footprint as we move forward on the government need to put the investment in rail right across the north. and of course looking at enhancements as we move forward , looking at enhancements as we move forward, we need to see that cross the north, the pennine route in the trans—pennine route the north, the pennine route in the trans— pennine route absolutely crucial. but also we have to build more capacity from london on the south—east into the north and into scotland. and therefore what we believe is that we need that proper infrastructure and investment of which i would say a change in direction on hsz but also putting that line in place. do you think h52 will ever get to scotland ? that line in place. do you think h52 will ever get to scotland? no, it doesn't look like it and obviously we have seen plans and ambitions but nothing concrete, nothing substantial. i'm fascinated by all the talk of the north because for

all for us it is the south. this attention to that seems to be given to the north because of the success of the conservative constituency has dramatically changed the tone. i have never seen the near south, as we cool it, getting so much attention from conservatives. i think people in the near south will realise they have got conservative mp5 who do conservative things that i'm not likely to act in the interests of people who traditionally vote in particular ways in the near south. and that is the reckoning that is gonna come $0011 the reckoning that is gonna come soon that this realisation. let me ask you one thing that struck me during it was that borisjohnson seem during it was that borisjohnson seem to go out of his way to front up seem to go out of his way to front up to the snp in pretty bruising, aggressive language. it clearly he is not in any mood to compromise with the snp, certainly not over another independence referendum. where does this leave the snp? this is fascinating because we have seen in the last few weeks a new very aggressive tone by the prime

minister. i think the sole message is aggressively say no to scotland. i think there is a view on the conservative party, particular from some of their advisers, to suggest that this is a way to take on the nationals i have a bit of caution and advice to my conservative colleagues, it won't work, this consistency now is only building the case for scottish independence. i think we could see a couple of opinion polls in the gut next couple weeks that will suggest that. i think we need to get round the table, we have gone issue here, we have got a mandate, they have got a mandate. we respect the people of scotla nd mandate. we respect the people of scotland or do they take them on. jeremy corbyn focused on universal credit. i wonder if there's a danger of labour getting bogged down in old argument. five years on, universal credit will have been bedded in, it will be up and running. there any point in locking yourself down and saying we are going to get rid of it? well, we absolutely must bring about real change. universal credit

is shown its complete discredit with the way we have seen child poverty increase, the three child or policy which is more children into poverty. many more children will be living in poverty in the coming years, families of three children are more. it is not working and therefore the very objectives as jeremy set out today was it is to remove poverty, it hasn't met those objectives and therefore it is really important that the government admit their failure in its introduction. and pushing people into poverty and therefore to scrap the system and put something in that works for people across the country. what is your impression of universal credit in your mansfield constituency? certainly the localjob centre been really pleased with where weight is god. they feel they have had flexibility to adapt. actually, it has changed and updated and improved every form as go along. it is not working. it has improved and changed

everything. it is a responsive system. when we get bedded into the syste m system. when we get bedded into the system and the way works even labour approved in principle it was a better system. the challenge that labour want to put back on people is that when we get it to that point where it is bedded in and working they want to rip it out and get everybody back on some meals which will be a nightmare. i want to talk about this idea floated at the weekend of the house of lords move into your constituency to york. really, is going to happen? well, we wa nt really, is going to happen? well, we want everyone to move to york, a fantastic city. there is a right for parliament to return there. i believe that borisjohnson be putting something about trying to show some indicators that he is going to lean into the north say listening but actually it is not about the house of lords, moving the institution there. we want to see house of lords reform, we will see an elected chamber. also what we wa nt to an elected chamber. also what we want to ensure is that we invest in jobs in the city. the house of lords

would provide opportunities for those high—qualityjobs would provide opportunities for those high—quality jobs but would provide opportunities for those high—qualityjobs but we want to see more of government moving out into the country. there is so much power invested in this place in westminster and we need to push that out into the regions and that is very much where labour is coming from. ben bradley, we know with the garment has been talking a lot about reform of whitehall, shaken up the way government works. in your bones, do you think the house of lords is going anywhere anytime soon?|j do you think the house of lords is going anywhere anytime soon? i would certainly like to see reform, whether it is up here is that the most pop thing? i'm glad it is being discussed. they do have a role not detailed scrutiny and make sure that we have been held to account over the detail of our legislation. i would like to see fewer of them and the term limit or something like that. in that hopefully that will be discussed. i think there is more of an appetite in the country that there is every black constitutional reform. i saw gordon brown suggesting that should be turning some sort of forum for the nations and regions, good idea? this always

happens when the labour party in scotland, federalism seems to be some kind of prospect. they don't even know what federalism means in a multi—union democracy that we have in the united kingdom. all the plans are in the united kingdom. all the plans a re totally in the united kingdom. all the plans are totally threadbare, they have no idea what they're suggesting. the only thing we should be doing the house of lords is scrapping it. it is bloating it institution full of donors and cronies. labour should andi donors and cronies. labour should and i have to say this in with due respect to rachel, stop taking place in this. there is only one thing that should be happening is get rid of that place totally. what about that, rachel? why keep appointing people to an unelected chamber? well, eventually the house of lords is going to have to vote for reform and passed legislation. if you haven't got people in the chamber it is never going to happen. if we see at the moment crucial amendments been returned to the house of commons today about child refugees. that would not have happened if we have not got a second chamber. it

has got role and at the time while it is still in place we will utilise that role but of course we want to see an that role but of course we want to see an elected chamber in the future. we have heard a lot of talk aboutjeremy future. we have heard a lot of talk about jeremy corbyn possibly nominating john bercow for a peerage. what is your take on that? i thinkjohn bercow should sit in the house of lords. there is a tradition of that but also he has a lot of to offer have an exam in the way that this place works on bringing that to the fore. but while we have an appointed chamber, absolutely he should be there. but of course when we come up for elections it would be his choice whether or not to stand. would you be happy to seejohn bercow in the lords? i would be particular thrilled. i think there is a busy lot hanging over john thrilled. i think there is a busy lot hanging overjohn bercow from this place into observing that internal investigations and rumours about his conduct. it is difficult and it says a lot about he gone for people like john bercow instead of big figures in the labour party that would have a lot to offer the lords. if we ever did get rid of the house

of lords... oh, i'm going to stop there because i think we might be able to go to a speech now been given by prince charles, so we will leave the house of commons. that is indeed where we're going to switzerland and davos and the of wales. ladies and gentlemen, i am most touched that the professor should have invited me to be with you as we mark the 50th anniversary of the world economic forum. and its mission to improve the state of the world. it is this mission and the urgent need to shape the next 50 yea rs urgent need to shape the next 50 years that has inspired me to be with you here today. after an absence of 30 years, i hate to tell you. now, ladies and gentlemen, we are in the midst of a crisis that is 110w are in the midst of a crisis that is now i hope well understood. global

warming, climate change, and the devastating loss of biodiversity are the greatest threats humanity has ever faced. the greatest threats humanity has everfaced. and one largely of the greatest threats humanity has ever faced. and one largely of our own creation. now, i have dedicated much of my life to the restoration of harmony between humanity, nature and the environment. and to the encouragement of social and responsibility. quite frankly it has been a bit of an uphill struggle but 110w been a bit of an uphill struggle but now it is time to take it to the next level. in order to secure our future and to prosper, we need to evolve our economic model. having been engaged in these issues since i suppose 1968 when i made my first speech on the environment. and have

been spoken to countless experts across the globe over those decades, i have come to realise that it is not a lack of capital that is holding us back but rather the way in which we deploy it. therefore to move forward, we need nothing more than a paradigms shift. one that inspires action. and with this in mind, iam inspires action. and with this in mind, i am delighted to be launching a sustainable markets initiative with the generous support of the world economic forum. for me, sustainable markets offer a new systems level framework which grounds markets in a higher purpose mission. in other words, grounds markets in a higher purpose mission. in otherwords, putting people and planet at the heart of global value creation. sustainable markets generate long—term value

through the balance of natural, social, human and financial capital. systems level change within sustainable markets is driven by consumer and investor demand. access to sustainable alternatives and an enhanced partnership between the public, private and philanthropic sectors. sustainable markets can also in spy the technology and scale that we so urgently need in the past decade has shown isjust that we so urgently need in the past decade has shown is just how quickly industry change can happen when you reimagine the business model. when you look at electric vehicles, the space industry, e—commerce and online streaming for inspiration. looking forward, new employment

opportunities, entire new industries and markets rooted in sustainability are within our grasp. with the potential for unprecedented economic growth. changing our current trajectory will require bold and imaginative action together with determination and decisive leadership. we all know the problem and increasingly we agree on the direction. 2020 is the time for solutions and practical action. with oui’ solutions and practical action. with our sdg solutions and practical action. with oursdg and solutions and practical action. with our sdg and paris commitment in mind and the good news is that they are well within our reach, if, ladies and gentlemen, we all pull together ina and gentlemen, we all pull together in a coordinated global initiative to tackle the greatest global

threat. i would like to outline ten practical actions that will drive forward the sustainable markets approach. first of all, shifting our default setting to sustainable. for sustainable markets, this means eve ryo ne sustainable markets, this means everyone in a leadership role, putting genuine sustainability at the centre of our business models, oui’ the centre of our business models, our analysis, our decisions and our actions. in other words, our analysis, our decisions and our actions. in otherwords, put our analysis, our decisions and our actions. in other words, put simply, we needed to put nature and the protection of nature's capital, from which we draw an annual return, at the heart of how we operate. it also means further defining and developing discipline and framework of sustainable markets and sustainable industries. second,

outlining responsible transition pathways to decarbonise and move to zero. it is time for businesses, industries and countries alike to design and implement how they will decarbonise and transition to net zero. moving together with clear road maps, we will create efficiencies in economy of scale that will allow us to leapfrog our collective progress and accelerate oui’ collective progress and accelerate our transition. a little competition in this area could go a long way. third, reimagining industries through the lens of sustainable markets. using a sustainable markets framework we have an incredible opportunity to create entirely new

sustainable industries, products, services and supply chains based on a circular bio economy. while in parallel helping to transition our existing systems. to do this, we must look at our markets using a business model approach to revenue generation and systems operations. fourth, identifying game changers and barriers to transition. we need to identify showcase and invest in the game changing technologies and solutions that are emerging around the world. to accelerate we must also identify the barriers to progress, be it policy, regulation,

infrastructure, investment or the wider enabling environment. how often i have found it is simply about bringing the right people together to help lift those roadblocks out of the way. this convening role is, i hope, at least one practical contribution my sustainable markets initiative can make. because it is only by seeking out these game changers and barriers that we will be able to make tangible progress. fifth, reversing perverse subsidies and improving incentives for sustainable alternatives. to achieve scale within sustainable markets we must not be afraid to adapt our long—standing incentive structures if we are to reap the benefits afforded by a more sustainable

world. re—orientating economic subsidies, financial incentives and regulations can have a dramatic and transformative effect on our market systems. it is time to level the playing field and to think about how we properly deploy taxes, regulation ina way we properly deploy taxes, regulation in a way that catalyses sustainable markets. for instance, for many yea rs i have markets. for instance, for many years i have tried to encourage the adoption of the polluter pays principle in order to provide the necessary insensitive. public policy therefore has a critical role to play. six, investing in stem innovation and r&d, whether it is ai, where that does not seek to

challenge or replace unique human characteristics and intuition, is balanced and avoids the law of unintended consequences. or indeed nuclear fusion, unintended consequences. or indeed nuclearfusion, 3d printing, energy storage, electric transportation, carbon capture, renewables or biotech. we are on the verge of catalytic breakthroughs that will alter our view of what is possible and profitable within the framework ofa and profitable within the framework of a sustainable future. to move forward, we must acknowledge that sustainability and profitability are no longer mutually exclusive. effective solutions must ensure that sustainable technologies and alternatives are competitively priced. seventh, investing in