this is worklife from bbc news, with ben bland and david eades. to ban or not to ban. the british government decides today whether to freeze huawei out of its 56 infrastructure. live from london, that's our top story on tuesday the 28th of january. crunch day for huawei: the uk decides whether to ban the chinese firm's equipment from its 56 network also in the programme the economic cost of the spread of the coronavirus in china — as several carmakers and other firms being forced to take action.

and... how music helps schoolchildren in zambia learn their lessons... and going green at home — we will be looking at the initiative that's helping the planet and your bank balance. several thousand aviva customers have received an apology after the insurer mistakenly called them all michael. today we want to know what's your worst email or messaging mistake? let us know — just use the hashtag bbcworklife. a warm welcome to the programme. we've already had some of your tweets. reply all blunders. we'll ta ke tweets. reply all blunders. we'll take a look at those later. we start in the uk, where the government is expected to decide whether to ban equipment made by chinese technology giant

huawei from its 56 networks. this comes as the united states warned that british sovereignty would be put at risk by allowing the firm to play a role in the 56 network. prime minister boris johnson is chairing a meeting of the national security council at which the decision will be made — although it may not be announced immediately. sg is the latest standard for mobile data transfer and is, theoretically at least, a hundred times faster than ag consumers need new 56 capable handsets — but the infrastructure requires costly upgrades to things like masts, base stations, and antennae. huawei is widely believed to have the most advanced equipment. in the uk the roll—out of 56 started last summer and to date around 70 towns and cities have 56 connectivity. all four uk phone networks are presently using huawei equipment. only 1 percent of all handsets sold

in 2019 were 56 capable, but that number is expected to rise to 18 percent this year. thank you. with us now is dexter thillien, senior industry analyst, fitch solutions thank you forjoining us. i think one of the many interesting parts, far away is very familiar, been here the best part of 20 years and suddenly in the last 18 months, there this huge anxiety about whether it can be trusted. yes. the difference, the thing to worry about, in china, 2017, theoretically the chinese government could ask any chinese government —— company for any data worldwide, the theories for why could be asked for networks outside of china. 56 seems to be

it's not going to be connected, connecting objects, smart cities, smart factories, everything to do with that. the amount of data on the amount of critical data is very important. the dilemma would seem to be whether or not you believe huawei has the technical capacity effectively to carry out surveillance or spy on whichever company they are working within and i suppose that is the british challenge, isn't it? i agree with the americans or disagree. yes. like the americans or disagree. yes. like the european markets, the uk has to decide whether it wants to use 56 or not. in terms of spying, you can use certain equipment on top of it, you could spy but i think what's important to know about 56, it's becoming more and more software —based type of technology and it relies on code, any kind of vulnerability while they are

leading the field, significantly. this is a problem for every major nation. chancellor angela merkel said we need a basket of companies who can do this. is that the sort of direction you would expect the british to go down, ultimately? yes, i think the thing is, while i is very present with ag, and it's difficult not to use it with 5g. we have quite a strong presence in europe. that's a decision to be made and similar decisions to be made in germany, france, other european markets. so i think keep it open, they won't ban it, greater scrutiny, probably greater awareness of not using just one provider but several. i think that's what they are trying to do. give us the sense of urgency about this. 5g has been heralded for about this. 5g has been heralded for a long time but its capacity is so enormous, to fall behind on that progression would obviously

economically probably be a pretty damaging thing. that's true but i have a slightly different point of view, i think 5g is going to be about the enterprise and that will ta ke about the enterprise and that will take longer time. 5g is one element in this revolution, we are talking ai, cloud computing, the internet of things, operators are pushing because they want to sell new services to the consumer and that will help the bottom line. i think the main impact will be longer term. being late is not so much of an issue in my view but it can't be too late. dexter, thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news airbus says it has agreed a settlement with french, british and us authorities following lengthy investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption. more than a dozen teams in the us

national football league have had their social media accounts hacked ahead of the super bowl on sunday. the hacking group 0urmine took responsibility for the attack, which said it was to show internet security was "still low" and had to be improved. the twitter, facebook and instagram accounts for 15 teams were compromised. uk supermarket giant sainsbury‘s has promised to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero over the next 20 years. the chain, which is the second largest in the country, says it will spend around $1billion to reach the target. it pledged to reduce emissions from areas like refrigeration and transport. will have a better look at that later in the programme. the economic cost of the spread of the coronavirus in china is starting to make itself felt, with several carmakers and 0ther firms being forced to take action. mariko 0i joins us from singapore.

what are they doing? as you mentioned car— makers were what are they doing? as you mentioned car—makers were very quick to react, most of them have not restricted or banned travel to china, some of them are starting to withdraw their employees out of wuhan but most of them are also considering suspending manufacturing there. of course, it was halted because of the lunar new year celebrations but some of those plans may remain shut. —— those plans. it's also companies like facebook, mcdonald's, disney and starbucks all taken various measures in order to prevent their employees from being exposed to this virus. of course, this is in addition to countries trying to send chartered planes to wuhan to get their citizens out of the area. but at the same time there are concerns i'iow the area. but at the same time there are concerns how this will impact the asian tourism industry which has become so reliant on tourists from mainland china. thanks very much.

let's look at the markets. global stocks and oil dropped as panicked investors fled risky assets for safer bets like gold, bonds, the dollar and the yen, after china warned that a deadly new coronavirus was spreading fast. chinese markets remain closed for the new year holiday. but elsewhere, luxury goods makers and airlines suffered particularly on equity markets, as chinese tourist spending is a key factor for them. shares of energy and technology companies were also weak. let's look at the picture across europe, more buoyant, sentiment more positive at the start of the trading session. david. the coronavirus very much global problem. now to the us, markets have been rocked on back of coronavirus concerns in china. samira hussain has more from new york.

as people worry about contracting the coronavirus us investors worry about the impact the deadly illness could have on the global economy. major us indices saw their biggest falls in months. shares in big hotel and casino chains have fallen in the last few days, concerns that because of the coronavirus, people may decide to not travel. also being hurt are mcdonald's restaurants and the coffee chain starbucks, both companies have closed several locations in china, specifically in the province where the virus originated. 0ne company that has managed to make gains in trading over the last few days is clorox, a company best known for bleach and disinfectant wipes. time now for our daily look at some of the newspaper and website stories which have caught our eye. joining us is james innes, founder, james innes group it is what it says on the tin. so good to see you. let's start with the story in the independent, the

number ofjobs the story in the independent, the number of jobs disappearing in retail already in 2020. they quote 10,000 jobs. retail already in 2020. they quote 10,000jobs. | retail already in 2020. they quote 10,000 jobs. i wonder why, retail already in 2020. they quote 10,000jobs. iwonderwhy, is it obvious or is this part of the evolution of the dwindling high street? the figure is 10,000 or so far this year, to put it in context i think that's 57,000 in the whole of 2019. you could say the pace is accelerating. yes, cute shift to online shopping, i think the recent political and economic instability and you could say turmoil, hasn't helped but the office of national statistics says 65% of all retail cash years and a checkout operator jobs will become redundant in the future, 60% of staff working in stock control, you could argue it's inevitable, new jobs stock control, you could argue it's inevitable, newjobs will be created but it's still very bad news for an offa but it's still very bad news for an off a lot of people. some of this is down to changing consumer habits, people shop and less on the high street and more online but it's also the very real effect we are seeing of automation replacing humanjobs,

isn't it? the self scan checkouts for example. absolutely, i think that's fairly inevitable, notjust in the sector but others. automation, the advent of ai will affect many jobs in automation, the advent of ai will affect manyjobs in many sectors, it will create some new jobs affect manyjobs in many sectors, it will create some newjobs but still overall, it's bad news for a lot of people. unemployment rates remain very reasonable for the time being. but that's not going to help you if you are working for hmv at the moment and you have just been laid off. reinventing the high street gets more important by the day. off. reinventing the high street gets more important by the daylj know our local high street is full of empty shops, closed down and boarded up. it's easy to forget there's a knock on effect, people are working in the shops, they are not taking a lunch break, not buying a sandwich from the shop down the road there is a downward spiral for the local economy, certainly. let's look at the story running on bbc online, sainsbury‘s ready to pledge £1 million to cut emissions down to zero by 20a0. all these

dates are ephemeral, whether it's 30 oi’ dates are ephemeral, whether it's 30 ora0, dates are ephemeral, whether it's 30 or a0, but still, dates are ephemeral, whether it's 30 ora0, but still, big dates are ephemeral, whether it's 30 or a0, but still, big commitment. it's certainly a lot of money. 20a0 is the target, the government target is the target, the government target is 2050, i believe tesco, their target is 2050. but the goal posts might be somewhat nearer, shall we say, depends how you define it. reducing emissions internally, areas like refrigeration, transport, heating, lighting, the deal didn't originally extend to their supply network which accounts for most emissions but mike cooper was interviewed not just an emissions but mike cooper was interviewed notjust an hour ago, taking flak over this, well done, excellent, but he said the goalposts, they will be sending out a letter to other suppliers. maybe that position will be changing. well, we see in 20 years time whether they managed to meet the deadline. supermarket squeezing suppliers again story. very quickly. it will turn around in the next week

oi’ it will turn around in the next week orso, it will turn around in the next week or so, probably, absolutely. it will turn around in the next week or so, probably, absolutelym ta kes a or so, probably, absolutelym takes a big player like a major supermarket to create the shift neededin supermarket to create the shift needed in behaviours, doesn't it?|j think whether or not they achieve this, it's perhaps less important than the fact they are committing to a certain path, sending a message that it a certain path, sending a message thatitis a certain path, sending a message that it is something we recognise as a major issue. sorry to interrupt. that's interesting. isn't that the point? there will be a lot of people out there very sceptical about this grant offer to achieve something. they have to do it because otherwise, it's more hot air. 2040 isa otherwise, it's more hot air. 2040 is a long way away, it's very hard to say at the moment whether they will achieve that but yes, it could be hotter, absolutely. but i think the press, the media, will certainly keep a close eye on them indeed to see how they start to implement this and whether they show immediate signs of making a change and what is the impact on the supply network and how the suppliers react to that letter going out today, apparently. that's according to mike cooper.

good running story. james, lovely to see you. thank you. still to come... we'll be getting the inside track on how households and businesses can reduce their utility costs and impact on the environment. you're with worklife from bbc news. the government's launching a £500 million fund today, to restore historic railway lines closed more than 50 years ago, under the so—called beeching cuts. joining us now is robert nisbet, a director at the rail delivery group. robert, what do you make of this? is it enough, will it make a difference? it's a great start, obviously represent the rail industry and any conversation about increasing capacity and connectivity to areas that at the moment are suffering from a lack of that, we welcome. and i think what's important to say is this money isn't about starting a project and

finishing it, it's looking at feasibility studies to make sure that any reversal of those so—called beeching cuts provides value for money for the taxpayer. robert, one of the feasibility studies is budgeted at i think £100,000 for the fleetwood route, that's not going to go very far, is it? you have to look at the business case, you have to understand that beeching made the decision back in the 60s to cut in effect a third of services and shutdown 2300 stations because they weren't considered then to be value for money. so all of these cases have to be tested to see if they are value for money for the taxpayer but obviously we consider rail travel to be the greenest form of getting large numbers of people into and around areas around the country. so we would support any initiative that even looks at the possibility of reversing some of these cuts. is there a bigger signal if i can use that word, as you perhaps suggest

and intimate, this could spread and spread right across if you like the beeching landscape, all those close lines, or at least a good number of them? what we have to look at here is capacity. britainpos macro railways are pretty much full, we run one of the most congested networks in europe and we need to look at ways of improving the situation, getting more people onto tracks. if that's a small interventions, perhaps lengthening trains for example, reversing some of the beeching cuts or major projects like hs to which we think is fundamentally important, then the government has to look at all of these various initiatives to try and improve capacity because at the moment, the network really is struggling in places to carry the numberof struggling in places to carry the number of people who want to use it. robert, thank you very much. plenty more stories on the web page. just eat signs a deal to deliver mcdonald's to your door.

you're watching worklife. a reminder of our top story. to ban or not to ban. the uk decides whether to freeze huawei out of its 5g infrastructure. now you may have ditched your plastic straws, switched to reusable mugs and even stopped eating meat, all to help save the planet. but what about how you use water and energy at home? well, uk—based firm, savemoneycutcarbon, says it can help households and businesses reduce their utility costs and impact on the environment. its chief executive, mark sait, joins us now. how is what you're doing different to what other firms are doing? good morning. i guess our promise is in out morning. i guess our promise is in our name, save money, cut carbon, how do we deliver on that? we set about building the website and the tools and the platform that sits around that and most importantly,

the team across the uk to help homes and organisations of all sizes, we look after hospitals, big hotel groups, big businesses and small, to use energy, water and more sustainable ways. 0ur use energy, water and more sustainable ways. our view is that if we can help them save money and cut carbon than everybody benefits. give us an example, some of the big project you are doing and how much are saving actually can be done, if you need a light on, you need a light on. i think it's being about smarter, reducing what we are using and actually i believe people are often asked, are we business to business, i say we look after everyone who uses energy and water and the savings you can deliver in your home or in proportion to your income, as they are to be businesses. there is very obvious ones, smart led lighting. a lot you can do with water. we've delivered projects for major hotel groups, motorway service stations and the money aspect can be into millions, we've had projects that incite

clients millions of pounds and importantly the by— product clients millions of pounds and importantly the by—product is reducing carbon what sort of saving do they do? i noticed you are bothered about the lighting in our green room. couldn't help but look at that when we came in. let's stick with led lighting, very obvious. many of us have traditional halogen lights in our home or business, organisations and buildings like this, probably on 24 hours a day and typically, a basic libel, 60 watts light bulb will cost you £20 a year to run if it's on ten hours a day at the sandridge energy rates. good quality led light bulb will cost you two or £3, up to 90% saving and on top of that, good quality led lighting will last 50,000 hours, halogen one lasts 1000 hours so it reduces landfill, the whole supply chain around carbon. that's the kind of base savings and similar things apply to shower heads, taps, all that sort of stuff and scaling it to

a large organisation like the bbc or a large organisation like the bbc or a major hotel group, hospitals, schools, the savings start to run into thousands and thousands of pounds and tonnes of carbon. let me give you an insight into my world. i will often, you will recall at this, filled the kettle up more than i need to with more water, using more energy to boil it, in case i want a second cup of tea. if i have time. that is obviously one way i could reduce the amount of carbon and save money. 0ne reduce the amount of carbon and save money. one simple step and i was only thinking about it when we were talking just now. what are the kind of steps people can do very easily from today to achieve what you are saying they can? i think the first thing is about learning. within our site we record trip advisor for sustainability, content on where you start the journey. mention the kettle, an easy one is boiling taps, they allow you to have instant boiling water. i've looked at those. you will see what we have done on

the site is taking the cost, comparing it with savings. the paybacks are very good. often, months not years. and equally, once you understand the saving, it's easy to spread the cost of that is what you want to do. you don't have to start with expensive things, you can buy an led light bulb for a couple of pounds, start small. but isn't pa rt of pounds, start small. but isn't part of the truth of this, cut carbon, save part of the truth of this, cut carbon, save money. part of the truth of this, cut carbon, save money. but we've also got to reduce our use of these valuable resources? i think we have, it's maybe slightly odd for someone with the company like us to say fossil fuels, everybody is pushing fossil fuels, everybody is pushing fossil fuels, everybody is pushing fossil fuels, we still need them in the short term, we don't have enough green energy, we need to give the lights on and travel around. our view is all about you've got to use the energy, the water, in a more sustainable and efficient way and our view is that everybody, you mentioned it, will be triggered by saving money, not necessarily carbon, i always ask people what a

tonne of carbon looks like and not many people, even experts can answer that. if i ask you what your energy or water but looks like, thousands of pounds on your bottom line is a prophet, look at sainsbury's, you absolutely know what that looks like. we've got to leave it there but thank you so much. good to have you with us. i tell you my bugbear, driving an at aam, seen half of london lit up. i know, but it looks so pretty, doesn't it? sorry. in a moment, will go through some of your responses to a twitter question. but first, ever wished you could remember important facts as easily as the lyrics to the songs you like? well, one company in zambia is now using music's ability to lodge itself in our brains to help schoolchildren learn their lessons. and in the process it's making education a bit more fun.

we are an innovative company using music to enhance learning and improve concentration amongst learners. every lesson plan has a recap, you recap the main points in the lesson. these are put in little forms. some students they needed to supplement what is being taught in the conventional way, songs linger in the mind. they linger more than spoken words. we call it retention through entertainment.” spoken words. we call it retention through entertainment. i think it's a very good idea. most of the young people listen to songs. it's much easier for me to learn from it than

someone easier for me to learn from it than someone speaking to me. we are here to change how education is done. not only here in zambia but in africa. very good. at the top of the show, we asked you what's the worst mistake you've made when messaging someone, after hearing that aviva was forced to apologies to several thousand customers — for mistakenly calling them michael. let's take a look at how some viewers have responded:

just brilliant, i love that. that's it from us today. goodbye. good morning. we haven't seen much of the white stuff so far this winter but for some of us we woken up winter but for some of us we woken up to winter but for some of us we woken uptoa winter but for some of us we woken up to a covering of snow, particularly across central and southern scotland, over the higher ground, some snow showers in northern ireland, north—western england and wales. as we go through the day we continue with wintry showers but a beautiful scene in argyle and bute from one of our weather watchers. as we go through the day, wintry showers moving into western scotland. northern ireland, northern and western areas of england and wales, down at low levels that could be some sleet, some help mixed in, some showers the heavy side. some dry and bright weather particularly in eastern

areas. temperatures on the thermometer will be about a— a degree celsius but we got to bear in mind today will be a rather brisk west or south especially across southern areas. making the difference in how it feels today. these are the fields like temperatures, freezing, one or 2 degrees across many parts. through this evening and tonight we continue with showers but as we move through and temperatures start to fall away, the risk of some ice, further wintry showers across scotland, north—west england through tonight. temperatures falling close to freezing, just perhaps a little above everything but a chilly start to wednesday morning. throughout wednesday low pressure is still towards the north. that will bring this weather system mainly across the northern half of the uk, further south looking largely try, for much of england and wales, we keep some dry and bright weather for most of the day. rain spreading its way through the north of northern ireland, eventually into much of

scotland, falling snow over the highlands of scotland, eventually towards the grampians later in the day, further south staying dry, temperature is about 7—10d. one feel quite as cold on wednesday. and as we go through the end of the week it's turning milder, the air gradually coming from the south—west, the orange hues taking over, this weather system still in play bringing more rain on thursday across northern parts of scotland, further south there could be rain moving in later across the southeast. some uncertainty with that. plenty of dry weather in between, a bit of sunshine perhaps, temperatures starting to get up into double figures, about ten, 11, 12 degrees across many parts. that's all from me. goodbye.

you're watching bbc news at 9 with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: lawyers representing accusers of the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein say they're outraged at claims prince andrew has not cooperated with american prosecutors. push has come to shove. this is a serious criminal investigation. there are dozens of women, i represent five of them, who allege they were the victims of sexual assault by this predator, jeffrey epstein. it is time for anyone with information to come forward and a nswer information to come forward and answer questions. borisjohnson will chair a meeting of ministers and intelligence chiefs today, to decide whether controversial chinese telecoms firm huawei can help build the uk's 5g network. china tightens travel restrictions,

as it confirms more than 100