and finally their calling it rex—it! prestigious dog show crufts is blaming the uk's exit from the eu for a massive decrease in foreign canine competitors taking part in this year's competition. who knew? so let's begin. with me is kulveer ranger who's vice president strategy & communication at atos. you have just come you havejust come back you have just come back from singapore, actually? a few weeks ago. we're talking about the practicalities about trying to stop the spread? we are seeing the impact of corona in the knock—on effects of industry. we have been covering this show on the briefing about what is happening, the airshow thatis what is happening, the airshow that is happening, how that is having an impact in terms of

people coming, people attending, people worried about travelling especially in singapore, such a crucial transport hub for that part of the world. as i flew through it a couple of weeks ago, people we re a couple of weeks ago, people were already wearing masks, it is part of the common way of life around that part of the world but now with the focused on health but also the focus on air travel, that being the key vehicle of the transporting the virus. only yesterday i was talking to someone from heathrow about the knock—on effect, the potential lack of use ofair effect, the potential lack of use of air slots. heathrow is a jampacked air slot, the busiest in the world, one of them. slots are extremely valuable commodities. in fact, the last timea pairof commodities. in fact, the last time a pair of slots were sold between airlines, £75 million oi’ between airlines, £75 million or something like the value. there is an issue. if you don't

maintain 80% capacity of a particular air slot, you could potentially lose the slot. the knock—on effect of this kind of challenge continues where airlines are reducing the flights that they are taking to china or anywhere out in the far east, you could potentially see a challenge for the airlines in terms of keeping the slots that also are we going to see empty planes flying? an interesting question. i was just flying? an interesting question. i wasjust going to say are so question. i wasjust going to say are so many knock—on effect. and at this point, we still don't know if the virus has reached its peak, et cetera. we a re has reached its peak, et cetera. we are waiting from the latest news on numbers et cetera all the time. so much more to discuss but i really wa nt to more to discuss but i really want to get onto this next story because we know you a really have the inside track on this one, having worked with borisjohnson when he was the mayor of london and at that time introducing the boris bite. i was the mayor's

transport advisor back then. he confirmed hs2 will go ahead, the full package, it also there is cycling, bus travel, all sorts. take us through it. we are about to see the vision that this new government have for delivering infrastructure and investing in britain. something that has been talked about a lot. we have heard a lot about the need to invest, big projects, delivering infrastructure. the lessons that boris johnson infrastructure. the lessons that borisjohnson learned as mayor of london, that a city thatis mayor of london, that a city that is keeping on moving, economically viable, will be good for the economy. that is the message he is looking to spread. if you keep a country moving, it becomes stronger economically, it becomes easier to work in and people to have a quality of life in. the starting point is, what are your oven ready, shovel ready

projects. it has been under scrutiny. there has been huge opposition for years, as there is to most projects, absolutely. but britain and the uk as absolutely. but britain and the ukasa absolutely. but britain and the uk as a nation has for decades looked at infrastructure full of it is time we got on. what about the issue of london to hear, london today, what about theissue hear, london today, what about the issue of trying to get across the north? people that work harrogate or other play —— other parts, they can get to london in a couple of hours but they can't get to manchester quickly. it is a nightmare as the roads are completely jammed. there will be announcements. there are plans for it to go further on to manchester, leeds, to be confirmed, but also the cross pennines, across connectivity. this government has been

elected, quite significantly, by people of the north of england and the united kingdom. there is a political debt that borisjohnson there is a political debt that boris johnson and the government owes to these people andi government owes to these people and i think you will see it being paid back through the infrastructure and where it is delivered. i want to add—on, b i cycles, delivered. i want to add—on, bicycles, cities, shared space, a real vision for helping quality of life in towns across the uk. well worth looking at the uk. well worth looking at the detail. it was what we did in london, we changed the look and feel of this global city. it will be fantastic if we did it on the united kingdom. on your bike, that is what we will all be saying. sajid javid, the chancellor, pushes for access to eu market. this is this ongoing conversation and negotiation tween london and the eu. london wants to keep its prize, as you know, the centre for financial markets, globally, depending on what you are trading. we are seeing the

early salvos. saj id are trading. we are seeing the early salvos. sajid javid has said he will be a strong chancellor and will play ha rd ball chancellor and will play hardball but this is the early setting out of the red lights. don't forget, the eu wants access to the natural markets as well. there is going to be such horse trading around, what access ? such horse trading around, what access? what is mutually beneficial? is it about mutually beneficial? since we voted to leave, there have been conversations about paris hearing up, other cities. good luck to them, there has always been healthy competition between financial centres of other european cities but london has a unique position. it will look to protect that but also the eu will be conscious that it needs to have access to that as well. what you make about this story in variety. ii you make about this story in variety. 11 million people in the us using streaming surfaces illicitly. -- the us using streaming surfaces illicitly. —— services. it is called mooching. countries have all sorts of terms. this is

about sharing content without having to pay for it. basically wherever you are, you can log into amazon prime and watch whether —— watch whatever you want. you really have to trust your friend. want. you really have to trust yourfriend. i don't know want. you really have to trust your friend. i don't know about your friend. i don't know about you if you stream a lot, i am not quite into that fully yet but when you go into someone else's account, it is a very personal place stop the recommendations are based on that person. my kids are mooching all the time. so they can watch stuff they are not allowed to watch. i have caught them at it. music watches report that comes out from last year. streaming agencies are not looking to tighten controls on this because they don't think that will work. they are looking at whether an ad based approach so more advertising, more revenue through that, will

be better at capturing the revenue that they are looking for rather than trying to make it harderfor people for rather than trying to make it harder for people to login and share these details which could actually turn people off. we are in the foothills of the streaming generation still so why make it harder for people to embrace it? they have to look at their revenue model. let's look at the daily star. we rarely look at it but we couldn't resist this headline. rex-it. couldn't resist this headline. rex—it. crafts lame eu exit for a plunge. we asked viewers about why they didn't tune into the oscars and one viewer says they tune into a great dog show. i didn't mention crafts in particular but i love watching crafts. —— crufts. they missed the deadline because i think it is the 20th of january, dog owners because i think it is the 20th ofjanuary, dog owners outside the uk, needed to apply. for

what, passports? yes forgetting their dogs into the country. there appears to be unforeseen consequences that, you know, crufts, is an institution, much loved. a four—day, massive event. i might enter my black lab. i don't think people need to strea m lab. i don't think people need to stream to get access into crufts, it is still free to air but i think it is something much loved by lots of people. it isa much loved by lots of people. it is a wonderful show if you love dogs. so many beautiful dogs. some talented as well. beautiful and bizarre! thank you, great to have you on the briefing. and thank you for your company today. so many comments about the oscars. hashtag bbc stay with us here on bbc news — so much more to come. #bbcthebriefing

there will be a lot of sunshine away from the showers. but some of the showers are going to feed in thick and fast and that will mea accumulations of snow, maybe even as far south as the moors of the south—west, across parts of shropshire

the mountains of north wales, and the winds still very gusty too. so that will mean blizzards and the possibility of drifting snow. so some dangerous conditions to be found across particularly the northern half of the uk and it is cold. factor in the wind, it will feel a little bit chillier than these highs ofjust 6—8 degrees would imply. through the evening and overnight, things change just subtly. the wind will ease a little but still plenty of showers feeding into the northern half of the uk. to the south, largely clear skies, again, temperatures in the towns and cities dipping down a degree or so above freezing. but in rural areas there will be a frost. so again, especially where we have had showers, the risk of ice first thing on wednesday. wednesday the winds are a little light right the way across the uk but still a threat of some showers in the north. perhaps a few outbreaks of rain further south. still quite gusty winds but nothing in comparison to sunday, monday and tuesday. but you can probablyjust see it creeping in there,

to the south—west of the uk, we have another area of low pressure waiting to come wing its way across us, on thursday. so for thursday, we are back into another spell of strong winds as this low winds its way in from the atlantic, and then, hot on its heels, looks like there will be another one pushing in through friday. perhaps a little break in the weather first thing on friday but again it is setting us up for what looks like will be a potentially even a stormy weekend ahead. so the weather still set to bring us some challenges, i think, in the next few days but for today, it's a cold wind and wintry showers to look out for.

good morning. welcome to breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: the go—ahead to keep on building the high—speed rail line hs2 — the prime minister will give his backing to the entire route linking london to birmingham, manchester and leeds. and i'm live in leeds at the end of the line. journey times will be cut here by almost an hour. but with surrounding services on their knees, i'll be asking, is hs2 the best use of public money to close the north—south divide? the search is on to trace patients treated at a brighton gp surgery