good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: a healthcare worker at a hospital in west sussex is one of the eight confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk. injapan, the number of people infected with the virus on the the diamond princess cruise ship rises to 174 — making it the biggest outbreak outside china. we talk to three sporting heroes about the fight of their lives. in a breakfast exclusive, doddie weir, stephen darby, and rob burrow talk about life with motor neurone disease and their determination to keep on fighting.

it's a bit like a game in some sort of way, we have an amount of time to be mnd. it is a collective effort. i understand the bigger the team the better the result. good morning. full steam ahead for the biggest infrastructure project in europe — but what now? hs2 costs are spiralling. dates are being pushed back. who wins and who loses in the latest high speed twist. wejoin the swimmer aiming to take a dip every day for a thousand days — whatever the weather. good morning. for the rest of the week we are looking at unsettled conditions. could be disruptive snow across the north of the country. we have a name store the weekend, storm dennis, today still some snow showers in the forecast, but less windy than today. i will have all the details in about 15 minutes. good morning. it's wednesday the 12th of february. our top story: it's emerged

a healthcare worker from the a&e department at worthing hospital in west sussex is among eight people who've tested positive for the coronavirus in the uk. so far in the uk, 1,358 people have been tested for the virus, but only eight of them were found to be positive. we can now speak tojohn mcmanus in our london newsroom. john, bring us right up to date. what's going on, particularly, with this hospital? morning. good morning. staff at worthing hospital we re morning. staff at worthing hospital were told yesterday by their managers that one of their collea g u es managers that one of their colleagues working in the accident and emergency department had contracted the virus. that worker is in quarantine, along with the other seven known uk cases. the hospital is working normally, that includes outpatients and surgery. that means there are now two confirm healthcare workers among the uk's eight cases. the other is a locum gp in brighton. that is just down the south coast from worthing. all in quarantine. it

might underline the fact that medical workers could be at particular risk of catching this virus because of the nature of their work. staying in brighton, a nursing home, patch a nursing home, visited by the locum gp, says it has closed its doors to visitors as a precaution. though nobody there is ill at the moment. and dad oxon, at hmp bollington, two prisoners have developed flulike symptoms and are in isolation. they are being tested for the virus. one is thought to have been transferred from a jail in thailand very recently. that testing going on there. more than 1300 tested in the uk so far. only eight have tested positive. so although this is a serious situation and is changing, it is not comparable to what is going on in china or other parts of east asia. thank you for bringing us right up—to—date. the number of people infected with coronavirus on a cruise ship quarantined injapan has risen to 17k, making it the biggest outbreak outside china. rupert whigfield—hayes

is in our tokyo studio. this is, i suppose the attention has been elsewhere for quite a few days with the coronavirus spreading in various parts of the world. this concentration on the cruise ship is fascinating, isn't it? it's fascinating. and of course completely, very anxiety making for the 3600 odd people were still on board the ship. around 2600 are passengers and about 1100 hour crew. they are being kept on board the ship. we understand at least until the middle of next week, another seven days from now, in quarantine. meantime, in the last few days, we have seen the number of people confirmed the virus on the ship leaping up by big jumps every few days. today we have seen another a0 confirmed cases, 39 passengers and one medical worker went aboard to help with the quarantine, we understand. that brings it to a total of 175 if you include the

medical worker. i think for the people on board the ship, the worry is they are being kept in very cramped conditions on board that ship. have been kept in a cabins most of the time. the virus may be spreading around the ship. so there are... and there have been calls to either test everybody on the ship to ta ke either test everybody on the ship to take them off the ship, take them somewhere less cramped and more appropriate for them to be quarantine. so far the japanese government is saying no, it will keep them on board the ship for the middle of next week. we will continue to keep an eye on it. thank you for the latest on that story. the media regulator, ofcom, is set to become britain's first internet watchdog, with the power to punish tech companies which expose users to harmful or illegal material. the plans which will be set out by the culture secretary, baroness morgan, later include a statutory duty of care imposed on websites such as facebook and youtube. here's our media editor, amol rajan. good afternoon. if you make a habit of asking young people across the

country about their digital lives, you find a generation both addicted to smart phones and alerted to their dangers. we just got past the terms and condition, just press agree, but really nobly takes time to read it. those dangers, which evolve every week, and test parents' to savages, have led to long—awaited legislation on online humps. centrepieces are a statutory duty of care for company that user generated content and the appointment of ofcom as the uk's first internet regulator. but there's still no detail on what the penalties will be for those breaking the law. why would a californian tech giant worry about a slap on from a british regulator? because they think there are a lot of users in britain. they have a big footprint here. there are many platforms are, ideally, would not have wa nted platforms are, ideally, would not have wanted legislation. i think is changing. they understand that legislation is coming. 9 million girls in europe have experience eyeballing before girls in europe have experience eye balling before the girls in europe have experience eyeballing before the age of 15. for a lot of people this is long over you. someone hosts workshops, like

this onto local counsellors, to help people what she calls digital self—care. people what she calls digital self-care. when i first experience excuse the response from the tech companies was below par. that's why i'm excited by this online white paper and the bill, disposing a duty of care and these companies. the internet has more from the utopian vision of its founders into humanity's digital echo chamber, full of dark corners. reducing online harm is a responsibility shared between citizens, companies, and governments. these proposals could make britain a template for others to follow. the aim here is to give britain the toughest internet laws in the world, protecting free speech and enterprise. yet without clarity on the punishment for offenders it's impossible to know if that's what will soon get. amol rajan, bbc news. in the united states the new hampshire polls have closed, with presidential candidate bernie saunders narrowly winning the vote. it was the latest stage in the contest to choose a democratic party candidate who will stand against donald trump in november. our north america correspondent

chris buckler reports. cheering. bernie sanders is the political polar opposite of donald trump, but he inspires the same sort of devotion among his voters. new hampshire helped him win in the second stage of the contest to find a challenger to the president. thank you! and let me say tonight that this victory here is the beginning of the end for donald trump! cheering. but this primary turned out to be a 3—way fight, with the former mayor of south bend, indiana, pete buttigieg, cementing his reputation asa buttigieg, cementing his reputation as a front runner. and amy klobuchar soaking up the field to stand out from the pack. amy klobuchar‘s campaign seems to have caught fire. after an impressive performance on

the debate stage last week, all of a sudden the minnesota senator looks and sounds like a contender. we are going to south carolina! cheering. and we are taking this message of unity to the country. hello, new hampshire. to take third place she leapfrogged liz with warren who in a speech pay tribute to her success saying the pundits were wrong to count a woman out. i also want to congratulate my friend and colleague amy klobuchar, for showing just how wrong the pundits can be. cheering. we just heard from the first two of the 50 states. and she also be joe biden, the former us vice president who left the state, rather than stay to see the results. it appears to be

an obvious acknowledgement that mr biden‘s campaign is flagging, despite his fame and experience. chris buckler, bbc news, new hampshire. the duke and duchess of cambridge were joined by prince charles and the duchess of cornwall for a rare joint appearance yesterday. it's the first time in nine years the royals have come together. and to mark the occasion, they tried their hand at wheelchair basketball after meeting injured military personnel on a visit to the new defence medical rehabilitation centre in loughborough. a basket? laughter. sorry. what is true he had to push him closer to it. i don't know if you saw this essay. i'm obsessed with line of duty. we may be sucking

diesel. when is it on? much later. we have the picture somewhere. they will show it to you. they lived on instagram a picture of his waistcoat. it is gareth southgate and him, the waistcoat wearers of the world. it's beautiful. and him, the waistcoat wearers of the world. it's beautifullj and him, the waistcoat wearers of the world. it's beautiful. i think it makes the papers, one of those pictures. let's take a look at today's papers. the metro's main headline rebrands the project "high spend 2", as it focuses on the prime minister, borisjohnson‘s, acceptance that hs2‘s costs have "exploded" above the original budget of £32.7 billion. we will bejoined we will be joined by the transport secretary, grant shapps, about that. the guardian features a picture of the man who's been linked to 11 cases of the coronavirus and headlines his statement, "my thoughts are with the others". it also outlines what the world health organisation has said about it being a "very grave threat". "brace yourself ii" warns the movie—style strap headline at the top of the daily star front page as the paper warns readers

of a second weekend of dangerous weather. storm dennis — or dennis the menace, as the tabloid dubs it — is on its way. and online, the huffington post also looks at the coronavirus but says the primes minister says people should be "confident and calm" as the number of cases in the uk rises. let's take a look at some of the inside pages. shall we look at the insights?” will show you the back page of the times. it is not of the papers this morning. it is linking into a story we are covering on the programme about the coronavirus. the times are saying, in an exclusive, this year's chinese grand prix will not take place on april 19 because of the coronavirus outbreak. this is something that has been reported, it is not something we have officially confirmed yet. discussions are continuing over to whether to postpone the race to scrap it altogether. it is a real concern,

isn't it, because we have, looking ahead later in the year, we have the tokyo olympics, people travelling all over the world to attend sporting events. this is the first event we have heard of that is potentially kind of falling because of the coronavirus. that's obviously the main story on our programme this morning. lots of pictures. footballers in the sun having a great time in dubai as well. if you wa nt great time in dubai as well. if you want to feel slightly jealous great time in dubai as well. if you want to feel slightlyjealous on this cold and wintry morning, footballers on their wintry break on the beach, quite a few in dubai, having a lovely time. we have paul -- paul having a lovely time. we have paul —— paul pogba at the bottom and virgilvan —— paul pogba at the bottom and virgil van dyck, just showing they are training. the financial pages unsurprisingly dominated by hsz. unanimous backing from business communities. boris johnson yesterday called it an historic choice. we can try to get by with existing routes from north to south we have to have

the guts to make a decision, the matter how difficult or controversial. it is hugely controversial. it is hugely controversial. look at this table which shows the spiralling costs. we will talk about it later. it is potentially going over by 100 million. the cbi potentially going over by 100 million. the cb! and other business groups saying this is what it costs. and sometimes the long—term benefits are intangible. at the moment the estimates are for everyone husband there will be £1 benefit, but fiscally isn't brilliant, they point to the jubilee line, at the start it was 18p to every pound, now it is to bounce. it is very hard to grasp at the moment. it feels quite abstract. -- £2. we the moment. it feels quite abstract. —— £2. we talked earlier this week about the rnli having to rescue somebody, a surfer, and we had people standing near the waves. this is on the theme of putting themselves in danger, people putting themselves in danger, people putting themselves in danger because of the weather. this is a group of hikers,

they tried to climb ben nevis. the to be own students with limited english. they were wearing trainers when they try to get up ben nevis. this is about the mountain rescue tea m this is about the mountain rescue team who had to go and find them. they did find them. really lucky they said that they did find them. john stevenson, the rescue team leader said "it was sheer stupidity. they are a bunch of idiots. we gave them a piece of our minds." i suspect it might not be printable what they said to them. they said they found them 700 —— several hundred yards apart had to cut footstep to get them down. and that he could not praise his team either. four would not have survived the night. it is a fema people putting themselves in danger. what concerns me is the rescue team have to go out in very dangerous conditions risking their own lives to get them, which they thankfully dead. make i can't work this one out. mother's reunion with dead child. ethically,

this is an interesting one. a south korean documentary called mark meeting you. this is a virtual representation of a girl, if you yea rs later representation of a girl, if you years later that this woman, the mother, has entered the virtual world. the rest of the family are watching this back in the studio. at the end of it, the daughter sort of says goodbye to her mum, goes to bed and falls asleep and floats up as a butterfly. the mother is very emotional. she said she was happy to have that experience, but it has been watched by millions of people and it — it brings all sorts of questions about whether it is right, should she be doing it? does it help her say goodbye in a more meaningful way? grief is a terrible thing, isn't it? people who are grieving can be very, very vulnerable and sometimes even need protecting from themselves. the mother says it was a

dreami themselves. the mother says it was a dream i always wanted to dream but never did. it's very personal. if that's what she wants to do. the best not to tell people how to grieve? it is 6:16am. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. we have everything but the kitchen sink in the forecast for the next few days. you can see this weather watchers picture from last night where it has been snowing quite heavily. we have seen snow represented by the light here, the blues are looking at rain showers. there are 17 centimetres of snow in areas. some of that is because it has drifted. today we have a ridge of high pressure, so the weather is a little bit more settled. a lot of us a little bit more settled. a lot of us will have dry weather, a lot of us us will have dry weather, a lot of us will have dry weather, a lot of us will see some sunny skies. but still wintry showers across scotland, northern england and ireland for a time. through the

course of the afternoon the cloud is going to build across south—west england and wales. that will produce showers ahead of the next system coming our way. temperature—wise, 3-9d, but coming our way. temperature—wise, 3—9d, but because the wind isn't going to be as strong as it was yesterday, still windy, it won't feel quite as cold as it did yesterday. still, if you are heading out, wrap up warmly. as we had overnight this is where it gets a bit more exciting, let's say. we have an area of low pressure bringing this persistent and heavy rain infrom bringing this persistent and heavy rain in from the south—west, continuing to push northwards, engaging with cold air in the pennines, southern scotland, central scotla nd pennines, southern scotland, central scotland and northern ireland for a time. we can see in the rush hours or mine —— tomorrow morning, 1—3 centimetres of snow in the midlands. bear that in centimetres of snow in the midlands. bearthat in mind centimetres of snow in the midlands. bear that in mind as well as what we have across northern england. the other side of that is very strong

winds, gales across english coastal counties including the channel islands. ghosts for example, in cornwall of up to 70 miles an hour. —— gusts. now travelling conditions tomorrow and this system will keep on until later in the day. temperature—wise, 3— 10 degrees. we will have milder conditions in the south. we start friday with rust around and then as we go ahead through the day, even a bright start. a weather front coming in from the west introduces rain, strong winds in the west with this but as the weather front bushes from the west towards the south and east it will tend to weekend. there will still be rain in it but there will be cloud. six degrees in stornoway. then we get into the weekend. we have a named storm this weekend, storm dennis. it is connected to this deep area of low pressure. you can see weather front is coming our way introducing heavy rain. look at

those isobars. way introducing heavy rain. look at those isoba rs. once way introducing heavy rain. look at those isobars. once again we could have disruptive weather this weekend. widespread gales, gusts of 60-70 weekend. widespread gales, gusts of 60—70 miles an hour are quite possible, even inland. and as well as that we are looking at that heavy rain from the weather front is moving through. so there is a risk once again of more flooding. so, do keep attuned to the forecast, we will keep you right up today. it seems like it is never going to end. thank you very much. the bbc social media account put out that you have an amazing interview today. we can't wait to see what is happening with this interview you have done. we have done a special report on three sportsmen living with motor neurone disease. you have probably heard of doddie weir. he has talked a lot

about his diagnosis. if you are diagnosed with motor neurone disease, there is no cure. six people will be diagnosed with motor neurone disease today, and six people will die of it today. i have a chance, one in 300 of getting it, so do everyone else. for these men to talk to us is incredible, and their words are really powerful. doddie weir, rob burrow, and stephen darby are all living with mnd. for the first time the three of them have spoken openly with each other about the impact their diagnosis has had and their determination to keep on fighting. mnd isa mnd is a part of our lives but i don't want it to take over our lives. my life expectancy is 1-3

yea rs. lives. my life expectancy is 1-3 years. i'm over that, still smiling. iam not years. i'm over that, still smiling. i am not giving in and still my last breath stop too many reasons to live. i know this is a club you never wanted tojoin live. i know this is a club you never wanted to join and a team you never wanted to join and a team you never wanted to be on. how much does it help to sit here and be able to talk to each other today. it's the u nfortu nate ci rcu msta nces we have come together, but it has been positive and i think this things, talking about what we're going through and talking about mnd and how devastating disease it is, it's that we raise that awareness and get that we raise that awareness and get that message out there. you are all at different stages of life, aren't you? not long married, you've got children who are a little bit older, your kids are very, very young. what has it been like talking to your families about the diagnosis?

telling your wive, mother, families about the diagnosis? telling yourwive, mother, dad, brother, family, friends, that is the most difficult thing. my wife has been on the journey with me as well. she was there when i first heard i got in mnd. she was in tears. i then decided we're going to fight that. they did the dreaded google. what's going on? when it said in mnd, i was like uh—oh. google. what's going on? when it said in mnd, i was like uh-oh. you wa nt said in mnd, i was like uh-oh. you want your children to remember how you speak? you want them to know what your voice was like. you have taken practical steps what your voice was like. you have ta ken practical steps about what your voice was like. you have taken practical steps about that. yeah, i'm pretty keen to become a voice, this is nothing like my voice was, but hopefully through lots of

interviews and audio, i can tell the kids off and still do all that and tell them i love them. for my voice to say things important for me, i think it is important for them. sol can communicate on many levels. you can communicate on many levels. you can have any voice accent you want, this is your chance! broad yorkshire, like, yeah. now, doddie, you have mentioned a couple of times, ab ties, you said you were further down the road than these two. you were diagnosed a long time ago, you were diagnosed longer than these two have. what do you say to them about how to think about what's coming? they have a fantastic

attitude and that inspires you to keep going, not only the two and three of us, but everybody. 2020 is going to be quite a special year because there are things and eve ryo ne because there are things and everyone has a chance. keep working. let's stop for a minute. you want a drink? no, keep going. you say you accept the diagnosis, fry the prognosis. what are the main things you want to do? the main thing for me is normality. i want people going easy on me, ijust want to get on with life, take the kids to school. ijust want with life, take the kids to school. i just want normality. with life, take the kids to school. ijust want normality. that's a very good point. i'm further down the line, so maybe live for the day and weeks and months. being here with these boys, being your good self is

important. don't take anything for granted and realise it doesn't really ta ke granted and realise it doesn't really take a lot to be happy. so just enjoyed today and do what makes you happy. gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. thank you. no, thank you. wow. i think the message that all those lads would want to get across, andi those lads would want to get across, and i hope it comes across in the interview, is that they are fighting. they feel they have got each other, they are now on a team together. rob burrow tweeted last night, he said my team—mates where the picture of the three of them. they were doing anything they can for any type of treatment, any type of trial. doddie told me last year in scotland three people went on a trial drug, three. he says that is simply not enough. there needs to be more done and more research. the three of them are making a difference. doddie has raised millions of pounds for his own nation and rob burrow raised

£250,000. it's fascinating what they we re £250,000. it's fascinating what they were saying about all of them recording their voices so eventually, could you explain that? when they can't speak? rob wants his children to be able to hear his voice. you can completely understand that. his voice is the thing he is struggling with first. but also, as the disease progresses, a lot of people use either movements in order to be able to communicate they have a computer screen and they banked the voice —— people use eye movements. so that way they can communicate properly and their families hear their voice. they are all doing that. thank you so much. we have a longer version of that interview after eight a. m.. we have a longer version of that interview after eight a.m..” we have a longer version of that interview after eight a.m.. i want to say thank you to the lads were doing it because they were incredible. and what is really powerful is just, honesty is powerful, isn't it? very honest i

say this, chaps don't often like talking about themselves, health or anything like that theyjust talking about themselves, health or anything like that they just sat down and did it. for a list of organisations that can provide support with mnd, please visit/ action line. and that is something we will be talking about throughout the morning. we will be talking to someone from an association helping people with mnd. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm sonja jessup. new research exclusively shared with bbc london has found that children with nut allergies who've taken part in a study are now able to eat some types of nuts safely. although the research by the evelina children's hospital is still at an early stage, families say the results have

been life changing. the children — who are allergic to one type of nut — can now eat nine other types without suffering a reaction. being able to introduce different nuts into their diet under medical supervision, we are able to expand their diet, reduce dietary restrictions, and it improves the quality of life by reducing anxieties around nut allergies. it's claimed the nhs in london is spending £61 million a year on agency staff. the figures come from freedom of information requests made by the labour group on the london assembly. labour says the government needs to invest more in training and recruitment to permanently fill thousands of vacancies in the capital and save money. nhs england says it is recruiting more in—house professionals. lewisham and croydon have been named london boroughs of culture with a bit of help from stormzy. it comes after waltham forest hosted events last year. lewisham will take the title in 2021, with more than £1 million

in prize money. it's promised a carnival to raise awareness of climate change. and croydon — whose bid was backed by grime artist stormzy — will take over in 2023 with plans for a music festival. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the tube is looking pretty good at the moment there but no service on the ovetrground between south tottenham to barking due to damaged track being repaired. on the roads we have some roadworks slowing things down in wappping. this is how it looks on the highway heading into central london. you can't see that much on that camera there. in southwark, blackfriars road is still closed between st george's circus and southwark street following a burst water main. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it is the chilly start again this morning, but it is slightly less windy than it has been. still breezy, but that isn't

as strong as the last couple of days. it should be mostly dry today with plenty of sunshine. you can't see the higher cloud on here so the sunshine could turn hazy. you are at risk of one or two showers, the temperature today getting to around nine celsius. tonight it is all changing and our next low pressure system arrives. the cloud increases, the wind will strengthen and lots of rain on the way as well. as heavy and persistent rain actually, as we had through to thursday morning. the minimum temperature will get milder, it was not of cold but end up around 5- it was not of cold but end up around 5— seven celsius. so as we head into tomorrow, during the day that ran we re tomorrow, during the day that ran were clear. post— rush—hour becoming drier and brighter, friday starting off ok but then we will start to see the influence of storm dennis. that arrives over the weekend. today on sunday's weather turning very wet and windy and the office has a weather warning in place for wind and rain. that's all from me for now. i'll be back in a round half an hour.

all right there? just sitting down to read you the headlines. hello. this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: the horrors of the holocaust have been well documented, yet 5% of uk adults don't believe it happened. david baddiel has been exploring the issue for a new documentary. he went from borrowing his sister's make—up to developing his own range for men. we'll be joined by the entrepreneur who hopes to normalise men buying make—up for themselves. and meal times don't get better than this. this video of one—year—old albie really enjoying his dinner went viral recently. love that! we'll meet albie and his mum. that is an all over body lunch.

although to come. first a summary of the news for you. a member of staff in the a&e department at worthing hospital has become the second healthcare worker in the uk to test positive for coronavirus. the department of health says that all services at the hospital are operating normally — all eight of those infected across the country are in quarantine. meanwhile, the number of people infected with the virus on a cruise ship quarantined injapan has risen to one hundred and seventy four — the highest number of cases outside of china. -- 17a. the media regulator ofcom is expected to be given powers to make it britain's first internet watchdog later, giving it powers to punish tech companies over harmful or illegal material. firms like facebook and youtube will need to ensure that illegal content is removed quickly. it's not yet known what penalties ofcom will be able to impose on those who fail to comply. a human rights body is threatening the government with legal action for what it says is the "repeated failure" to place people with learning difficulties and autism in appropriate accommodation. the equality and human rights commission says nhs targets to move

patients out of hospitals in england are being missed. the first was set eight years ago after the bbc‘s panorama programme exposed abuse at winterbourne view hospital. the hallmark of the civilised society, how we treat the most vulnerable people in our community. and what worries us as we may be failing that on that basis. we actually know what the solution is, but the solution is not being implemented. so every person with learning disabilities and every person with autism is a human being and they have exactly the same rights as anybody else. the department of health and social care says it is committed to protecting the rights of everyone with a learning disability or autism, and is determined to continue reducing the number of people with these conditions in mental health hospitals. in the united states, the new hampshire polls have closed with presidential candidate bernie sanders narrowly winning the vote. yesterday's primary also saw two more contenders pull out of the contest to determine who will stand against donald trump in november.

there are still several states to go before the final candidate is chosen. something mocoa present is very excited about now. —— my co— presenter. fans of line of duty got a sneak preview of the latest line up for series six last night when the bbc tweeted out this picture. what do you see? i think i might squeal. what a love about it is not a post— publicity picture, is it? —— posed. returning regulars met up with new cast member kelly macdonald as they got together as a group for the first time since production on the anticipated new season kicked off. the bbc‘s official twitter account posted the snap, and captioned it: "back to work for this lot at the — #lineofduty series 6 read—through!"

so it is only a readthrough.” so it is only a readthrough. i am going to ruin this for you forever. how long do you reckon adrian dunbar‘s arm is? well‘s longest arm. brilliant! it's about as long as yours. it's brilliant! kelly macdonald, please chief inspector jo—ann davidson, senior investigating officer of an unsolved mode whose unconventional conduct raises suspicion with the anticorruption... raises suspicion with the anticorruption. .. what has she done? what has she done? who will get to the bottom of it? can't wait. brilliant stuff. you are a big fan. you told me to what you do know what's about five series in a week. we kept having a stupid text conversation. sally would message me ludicrously late at night saying series four, episode two!” ludicrously late at night saying series four, episode two! i can't

believe it was her! totally up for it. england have their first t20 international against south africa this afternoon, and they have named their test team for next month's tour of sri lanka. england's all—time record wicket—takerjimmy anderson is not in the squad as he recovers from a cracked rib whilejonny bairstow is also out due to poor form. a year after there last tests there are recalls for both opener keatonjennings and wicket—keeper batsman ben foakes in what will be challenging conditions. bowling sri lanka is probably very different from pretty much anything you come across any well. i think it is the most sweaty is placed a have ever been. it's notjust the fact that your skill level comes in, it's physical as well, and mental, how long can you stick at it? i think for a place that is, obviously, the last two were we went there, or spin, even as a fast bowler when you are on you need to be on for that short, sharp burst and try to make something happen. there was one game in the scottish premiership last night,

and it was a comfortable one for aberdeen. they beat hamilton 3—1 for their first win of the year, curtis main with the pick of the goals. aberdeen are up to third while hamilton are just a point off the bottom. leeds poor run of form in the championship has continued with a 1—1 draw against brentford. the home side could have gone above leeds with a win, and they took the lead at griffin park after a goalkeeping howler. leeds though, were the better side for most of the match and got the equaliser. marcelo bielsa's side have now picked upjust ten points from their last 11 games. kyren wilson secured the holy grail for snooker players at the welsh open, a maximum break of 1a7 and he managed it in his first visit to the table of the tournament. after his opponentjackson page broke off, he could only watch as wilson potted all 15 reds with blacks before moving onto the colours and the final black. it's the second maximum of his career and it looks likely he'll pocket £5,000 for the tournaments highest break.

fantastic! fantastic! absolutely brilliant. congratulate that referee. now let's have a look at the latest car to be released for the new formula 1 season. it's the new one from ferrari. are you ready? look at this for showbiz. it was unveiled in a glittering ceremony in northern italy. team boss mattia binotto says the car takes design to the "extreme" as they seek to challenge for the title. so does the revealing of it.” so does the revealing of it. i no, it's great! mercedes' drivers have won the last six world championships with ferrari going 13 years without the big prize. i think ithinki i think i want one of them. laughter. ido! laughter. i do! tragically, i couldn't fit in one. i've tried. let's move away from that, shall be? plenty of games have been called off over the past few days due to storm ciara. but spare a thought for spennymoor town and altrincham in the sixth tier of english football. this is just before kickoff.

let's just say the visibility wasn't ideal. guess what? the match went ahead. that might have been a good thing for the altrincham fans though who ended up losing 3—2. how do they even see the ball? exactly. they miss the obvious line about the line of duty picture. long arm of the law! the media regulator ofcom is going to be given the power to hold tech firms to account for harmful content on their platforms. under plans to be set out by the culture secretary lady morgan today, companies like facebook and youtube will have to ensure they protect users from illegal and harmful content. the bbc‘s media editor amol rajan, spoke to one mother who has been calling for action after her daughter was groomed on social media. i don't think there was anything more that we could have done. and, believe me, i've quizzed myself over and over and over. is there something i missed? i don't think there was stop snapchat is one of

there was stop snapchat is one of the platforms he was using to message her. he admitted to the police the reason it was snapchat was because there are no chat logs, no evidence. we can now speak to andy burrows, head of child safety and online policy at the nspcc. i know you been calling for this kind of thing for many years now. so what is going to happen as far as you know? well, you're absolutely right, louise, we have been campaigning for this day since 2017. our understanding is the government will commit to statutory regulation, it will name of, as that regulator and, crucially, it will commit to placing a legally enforceable duty of care onto tech firms. now, how we wa nt of care onto tech firms. now, how we want the two were, and is the model we have been pushing for, as this means platforms should have a very clear legal responsibility to identify all the types of risks that children could be exposed to on the big social networks like facebook, instagram, and snapchat and then

those sites have a responsibility to ta ke those sites have a responsibility to take all reasonable measures to ensure those risks can be reasonably effectively mitigated and if platforms continue to sit on their hands, if they don't take necessary safety measures, then the regulator should ensure those really tough consequences. yes, so let's talk about the consequences. as far as you understand, what will they be able to do was yellow as far as we understand it, the government is not going to set out those measures today. but we are very clear that this has to be a regulator with teeth. that means that ofcom will have to have the powers to lift up the bonnet on how tech forms —— firms operate and what steps if any they take to protect children, and then have really strong enforcement powers. so those need to be very stringent fines. we also need to see the threat of criminal sanctions and those need to be levied both against the company as a corporate entity, but also against named directors, because if we are really going to see change here it has to be a

cultural change and how platforms operate, how they consider children. so we need to see platforms being made to name direct as who were responsible for the key decisions about children's safety without —— with the threat of criminal action if those directors are negligent. will those different companies, will they have to agree to this, how will it work? so this will be a legal requirement on tech firms. i think forfar requirement on tech firms. i think for far too requirement on tech firms. i think forfar too long requirement on tech firms. i think for far too long tech firms have held great sway, too mostly with government, with the argument this is something that could only be done internationally, that this was somehow too complex, that tech is somehow too complex, that tech is somehow too complex, that tech is somehow too different from every other sector of the economy. this will be a legal requirement. the uk has the ability to do this. we are one of the biggest markets for all of the big tech firms. and we are very clear at the nspcc if the uk does this and we set out really a british model for how we can protect children online, in turn that will

go on and become the global standard. there is very keen interest internationally. and if the government introduces this quickly and effectively i'm very confident we will see other countries that follow suit. you talk about quickly, how soon could be put in place? so there's absolutely no reason why we couldn't have online harms at on the statute book within 18 months and off, up and running taking these decisions. and there is urgency behind this. every single day since the online harms white paper last year when the government first set out its intentions to regulate, we've seen 90 offences, 90 online offences against children every single day. we know that the scale, the complexity of the online threat that children face is just getting worse. and so every day that we wait we know that more children, u nfortu nately, we know that more children, unfortunately, will be put at risk. so this is absolutely vital we see this quickly. well, listen, andy burrows, head of child online

safety, thank you very much. the race to be labour's next leader is well under way, with the field now narrowed to just four candidates. this week, local labour parties will be nominating their favourites, before the ballot is opened to all party members. tens of thousands of people have joined labour since the election and will get a vote in this contest. political correspondent alex forsyth, went to worksop in nottinghamshire to meet some. unity, competence, truth, leadership. the one quality these labour members one from the next leader. they are from the bus it law branch of the party which met to decide which candidates you back. members will make the final choice. more than 100,000 people havejoined the party since the elections have their say. born and bred in north nottinghamshire, they have been labour voters for decades. gary used to work in the coal pits. he joined

the party as a teenager, but left last year fed up with its direction. now he has rejoined both for the next leader. you need somebody who is going to be there to put it that the labour party is there for the people and to make sure we get a good living wage, good services and not carry on cutting. carrie has become a party member for the first time. i want that labour needed to be concerned with what bus it law is. we used to spend our own money on our own town and hospital. it was all taken down to london and we didn't have a say. you feel that the community has been overlooked? yes. does a familiar sentiment here. there was one of the first places in yea rs there was one of the first places in years that voted tory in the last election. this main community used

to support labour for decades. the biggest challenge isn'tjust winning support from party members, it is winning back voters in places like this. what do you think the next labour leader needs to be like? well, he's got to be someone that is going to listen to what the people wa nt going to listen to what the people want and not what they want.” haven't seen a contender where they haven't seen a contender where they have that — they make you feel like you can put your trust in us. do you think people will vote labour again? if things change, then yeah. but it has to be a big turnaround, definitely. a big change has to be made. that is certainly laura's hope. the daughter of a minerfrom worksop, she has signed up as a labour member, wanting them to focus on communities like her. listen to people who aren't just

on communities like her. listen to people who aren'tjust members, but people who aren'tjust members, but people who aren'tjust members, but people who used to vote. so i listen to average working people and also someone who can bring the party back together, so none of this divide. laura was at the local labour meeting earlier this week of the first she had been to. there was a lot of talk of unity, but what direction labour might go and still isn't clear. the shift that corbyn and his policies gave a thing was putting us in the right direction.” got told on the doorstep people didn't like jeremy got told on the doorstep people didn't likejeremy and got told on the doorstep people didn't like jeremy and what the labour party with jeremy offered. there are certainly different views about what members want. what they decide will be crucial for the pa rty‘s future. alex forsyth, bbc news. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. here's carol with a look gosh, it has been quite something. good morning, everyone. thanks, louise. yes it is snowing at the moment across northern ireland, as

you can see from this picture. also across england and scotland. through the last few hours you can see where we have had these no—show is coming in. not all of these are on high ground. blue areas indicating rain showers. so first thing across northern ireland and northern england, watch out for ice on untreated surfaces. the showers will continue for a time but today is not going to be as windy as it was yesterday. there windy, but not as windy. there will be dry weather, even some hazy sunshine. three degrees in aberdeen, nine in london. through the afternoon you can see how the across south—west england and south wales with some showers. that is the precursor to some heavy rain coming in. through this evening and overnight things turn a lot more active. temperatures will be low under clear skies but as the cloud advances temperatures will actually rise. here comes the persistent rain putting in across southern areas and western areas. and engaging with the colder air across northern england,

central and southern scotland and northern ireland for a time. parts of cumbria could see a lot of snow from this in the early hours and that will transfer into the central lowla nds that will transfer into the central lowlands and also into parts of the highlands through the morning and towards the afternoon. this is going towards the afternoon. this is going to linger so, some disruptive weather on the cards and it will be windy. especially windy tomorrow through southern coastal counties. cornwall and the channel islands could have gusts of wind, 55—70 miles an hour. four degrees in aberdeen, 10 degrees in london, temperatures in the south are going up temperatures in the south are going up was up with that friday morning with some frost and for friday a lot of clear skies, hence the frost. but this cloud coming therein, turning it hazy, then gusts from the west of 70 miles an hour. this heavy rain pushes southwards and eastwards, but it will continue to weaken. the

weather warning says heavy emphasis on flooding could lead to some rain —— says heavy rain could lead to some flooding. and if that wasn't enough, as we head into friday this weather front clearing the south and storm dennis comes on our shores. look at the isobars, there is a risk of damaging winds and heavy rain. this weekend, widespread gales and gusts potentially inland, 60—70 miles an hour. that is half the story. the other half is heavy rain, the risk of more flooding. storm dennis is on its way. it's full steam ahead for hs2 as the government gave the controversial project the green light yesterday. nina's been talking a look at the reaction to this. yeah, this has been a long time coming. i've spent on and off the

last decade looking at this story and it has felt longer, believe me. people have been waiting for this unequivocal endorsement from the government and it finally came yesterday. so yes, we knew about london's birmingham, it was the next phase, to leeds, to manchester, to hear on the north—west we weren't sure about. the prime minister has now said he will get this done, making it the biggest infrastructure project in europe. so, how will it look? expect 18 trains are hour in each direction carrying as many as 1000 passengers. while it is being built it will support an estimated 100,000 jobs. the government is saying it is betterfor 100,000 jobs. the government is saying it is better for passengers, the economy, and that's borrow now while interest rates are nice and low. and we need something to happen because intercity roots as well as passenger trains on the same lines —— routes. part of the reason it is so controversial as it is behind schedule, overbudget and just how much behind was revealed in a bit more detail yesterday in that

report. the first phase was due to be completed by 2026. the report says that's now more likely to be 2028 to 2031. it is getting kicked further and further away. and the next phase coming here to the north—west and to leeds won't be until 20a0. part of the problem with this is the benefits feel so abstract, so far away. and that makes it much harder for people like sandra to swallow. she lives in bramley in rotherham and hs2 will run right through her estate. the track actually passes along the bottom of people's gardens and estates. those people have to live with that from the first thing in the morning to the last thing at night. you wouldn't imagine having your children, you wouldn't imagine in the summer, when you want to be having a garden... so many people are in that situation of collateral damage, if you like. on top of that, you have the costs, which keep on going up and up and up. yes, the

estimated costs went up from £33 billion to around £80 billion and possibly more. we spoke to people, john and diana, they live in warwickshire, and where they live people are having to sell their homes, they are having to move and they have the entire community there and every bit of the community will be affected. we were sad to leave the area because we have so many good friends who are not viewed so favourably. we lived here for 26 years and we were very happy. you can understand the difficulties of people. environmental groups also concerned. greenpeace said borisjohnson willl go down as the "century's largest destroyer of ancient woodland in the uk." friends of the earth say it's a damaging mistake

which threatens wildlife. but the cbi says this is a fantcastic way of getting people moving out of their cars and describes it as "exactly the sort of bold, decisive action needed to create a truly balanced britain." they alongside business communities across the north say what must happen now is hs3. this east to west link, united cities. the prime minister said this will be part of that masterpiece, in the future. what would be great is to hear from the audience. the future. what would be great is to hearfrom the audience. not necessarily people losing their homes, but even taxpayers who are wondering whether this will be worth it. a 20-year-old going to wondering whether this will be worth it. a 20—year—old going to work this morning will be in their a0s by the time some of this is ready. they might be older. grant shapps will be with us to answer some of those

questions. and h as north, the part that links liverpool to hull, they are going to try to bring that forward so it is about the same on the timeline. it would be interesting to see how that will happen and how that will look. the northern power was is in that george osborne started, and with the original mayors like steve rotherham, andy burr them, they say this is more important than hs2, and for the prime minister to say this is part of an integrated vision, but was absolutely right. we need to hear from the transport secretary whether there would be a timetable or will itjust be kicked further down the road? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. had at seven o'clock —— the

headlines at seven o'clock. good morning, i'm sonja jessup. new research exclusively shared with bbc london has found that children with nut allergies who've taken part in a study are now able to eat some types of nuts safely. although the research by the evelina children's hospital is still at an early stage, families say the results have been life changing. the children — who are allergic to one type of nut — can now eat nine other types without suffering a reaction. being able to introduce different nuts into their diet under medical supervision, we are able to expand their diet, reduce dietary restrictions, reduce social restrictions and it improves the quality of life by reducing anxieties around nut allergies. it's claimed the nhs in london is spending £61 million a year on agency staff. the figures come from freedom of information requests made by the labour group

on the london assembly. labour says the government needs to invest more in training and recruitment to permanently fill thousands of vacancies in the capital and save money. nhs england says it is recruiting more in—house professionals. lewisham and croydon have both been named london boroughs of culture, with a bit of help from stormzy. it comes after waltham forest hosted events last year. lewisham will take the title in 2021 — with more than £1 million in prize money. it's promised a carnival to raise awareness of climate change. and croydon, whose bid was backed by grime artist stormzy will take over in 2023 with plans for a music festival. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the tube is looking pretty good at the moment there. no service on the overground between south tottenham to barking due to damaged track being repaired. on the roads we have some roadworks slowing things down in wappping. this is how it looks on the the highway heading

into central london. in southwark, blackfriars road is still closed between st george's circus and southwark street following a burst water main. time for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a chilly start again this morning, but it is slightly less windy than it has been. still breezy, but that's not as strong as the last couple of days. it should be mostly dry today with plenty of sunshine. you can't see the higher cloud on here, so the sunshine could turn hazy. we're at risk of one or two showers, the temperature today getting to around nine celsius. now, overnight it is all changing and our next low pressure system arrives. the cloud increases, the wind will strengthen, lots of rain on the way as well. some heavy and persistent rain actually, as we head through to thursday morning. the minimum temperature will get milder, but end up around 5—7 celsius. so as we head into tomorrow, during the day that ran were clear. post—rush—hour becoming

drier and brighter. friday starting off ok but then we will start to see the influence of storm dennis. that arrives over the weekend. sunday and sunday's weather turning very wet and windy and the met office has a weather warning in place for wind and rain. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: a healthcare worker at a hospital in west sussex is one of the eight confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk. injapan, the number of people infected with the virus on the diamond princess cruise ship rises to 17a — making it the biggest outbreak outside china. we talk to three sporting heroes about the fight of their lives. in a breakfast exclusive, doddie weir, stephen darby, and rob burrow talk about life with motor neurone disease and their determination to keep on fighting.

it's a bit like a game in some sort of way, we have an amount of time to beat mnd. the only way we are going to win is bya the only way we are going to win is by a collective effort. i have been involved in teamwork and it is a collective effort. i understand the bigger the team the better the result. full steam ahead for the biggest infrastructure project in europe — but what now? hs2 costs are spiralling. dates are being pushed back. who wins and who loses in the latest high speed twist. from a beautiful lang lang bay in south wales. if you use a cup of coffee to give you a kickstart in the morning, wait until you meet a young businessman who decides to go foran young businessman who decides to go for an open water, cold water swim every day and has done for the last year. good morning. it is another cool day, not quite as cold as yesterday. still some snow showers in the forecast. not as windy as yesterday. one thing you will notice in the next few days, we are in for some

disruptive weather. i will have all the details in about 12 minutes. good morning. it's wednesday the 12th of february. our top story: it's emerged a healthcare worker from they and e department at worthing hospital in west sussex is among eight people who've tested positive for the coronavirus in the uk. so far in the uk, 1,358 people have been tested for the virus, but only eight of them were found to be positive. we can now speak to andy moore, who is outside worthing hospital for us. good morning to you. this is a story which, every day there is a significant development, as we move forward. give us the latest on what we know. yes, well, this news emerged overnight that a healthcare worker here at worthing hospital had been diagnosed with the virus, coronavirus. and this emerged in a memo that was sent to fellow a&e

workers yesterday, just telling them that their fellow worker had been diagnosed. so this is another case, really, of information emerging in piecemealfashion. it is not come through official sources stop public health england say that the patient confidentiality is very important, so they are not naming people involved in this outbreak, this cluster of cases now in the brighton area. beyond that i can't tell you very much. we don't know in what capacity that healthcare worker works here. it was reported at one stage that both those healthcare workers would not is. we don't know if the worker was actually at work in the period when they first contracted the virus in france and then came back to the uk before they knew they had the virus. so that's another unanswered question. back in brighton, 12 miles along the coast, two schools, there are fears that teachers there may have the virus and, asa teachers there may have the virus and, as a result, parents are being

told that the children don't need to attend. so we just got scared because we thought maybe we had to come and get the kids, but after the letter we were reassured that everything is under control. ideally work at a surgery, we are kinda scared. patients are coming and saying there had been in contact, but not a lot of people know how to deal with it. but not a lot of people know how to dealwith it. with but not a lot of people know how to deal with it. with follow all prophylactic procedure for hygiene, for everything. but up till now i think everything is ok.” for everything. but up till now i think everything is ok. i just for everything. but up till now i think everything is ok. ijust hope it doesn't come knocking, but if it's going to come it will come wherever you are , it's going to come it will come wherever you are, without home or school it will get you. and just one of the development to tell you about overnight, two prisoners that hm people lincoln prison in bucks have been kept in isolation that they might have fears coronavirus, one had might have fears coronavirus, one ha d rece ntly might have fears coronavirus, one had recently come back from a prison in thailand, where there are 33

confirmed cases of coronavirus. andy moore, thank you for the very latest on that story. thank you. the number of people infected with coronavirus on a cruise ship quarantined in japan has risen to 17a — making it the biggest outbreak outside china. rupert wingfield—hayes is in our tokyo studio. we have spoken to people on board the ship. a worrying type of them. good morning. good morning. it is. with the increase again today, the figurejumping with the increase again today, the figure jumping by 39 with the increase again today, the figurejumping by 39 passengers confirmed with coronavirus today, plus one quarantine worker, that is worrying because that's a person who went on board the ship, presumably dressed with a mask and gloves and other safety equipment, to help with the quarantine and the testing, one of those people has now come down with the virus. that, according to specialist here, suggests that this virus must be passed from one person to another very easily. so a great deal of anxiety for the around 3700 people still on board that ship. they are being told they will have

to stay on board for another week at least. and, you know, many of them are in very small caverns. we understand more than 300 of the caverns have no outside window. another 500 or more caverns do have balconies so people can at least go out onto the balcony and breathe the other sunlight. but a lot of people are stuck very small caverns. it must be very claustrophobic, and they are being told they will be there for another week, as the figures of those infected on the ship continue to claim.” figures of those infected on the ship continue to claim. i can understand their frustration. thank you very much indeed, thank you, rupert. the media regulator, ofcom, is set to become britain's first internet watchdog, with the power to punish tech companies which expose users to harmful or illegal material. the plans which will be set out by the culture secretary, baroness morgan, include a statutory duty of care imposed on websites like facebook and youtube. here's our media editor, amol rajan. good afternoon. if you make a habit of asking young people across the country about their digital lives, you find a generation both addicted

to smart phones and alert to their dangers. we just go past the terms and condition, just press agree, but really no—one actually takes time to actually read it. those dangers, which evolve every week, and test parents' tech savviness, have led to long—awaited legislation on online harms. its centrepieces are a statutory duty of care for companies that allow user generated content and the appointment of ofcom as the uk's first internet regulator. but there's still no detail on what the penalties will be for companies breaking the law. why would a californian tech giant worry about a slap on the wrist from a british regulator? well, because i think there are a lot of users in britain. they've got a big footprint here. there are many platforms who, ideally, would not have wanted legislation. i think that's changing. they understand that legislation is coming. we know that 9 million girls in europe have experienced cyberbullying before the age of 15.

for a lot of people this is long over due. seyi akiwowo hosts workshops, like this onto local counsellors, to help people what she calls digital self—care. when i first suffered abuse, the response from the tech companies was below par. and that's why i'm really excited by this online harms white paper and this bill, because it's actually now placing a duty of care and these tech companies. the internet has morphed from the utopian vision of its founders into humanity's digital echo chamber, full of dark corners. reducing online harm is a responsibility shared between citizens, companies, and governments. and these proposals could make britain a template for others to follow. the aim here is to give britain the toughest internet laws in the world while protecting free speech and enterprise. yet without clarity on the punishments for offenders it's impossible to know if that's what we'll soon get. amol rajan, bbc news. in the united states, the new hampshire polls have closed with presidential candidate bernie sanders narrowly winning the vote. yesterday's primary also saw two more contenders pull out of the contest to determine who will stand against donald trump in november. there are still several states to go before the final candidate is chosen.

it is just it isjust coming up it is just coming up to it isjust coming up to nine minutes past seven. let us have a look at the scene in swansea this morning. it looks like a beautiful quite dramatic sunrise, doesn't it was mac a rumble on the mumbles. there may be some thunder. it looks lovely at the moment, but don't think it will stay same. well, it is cold at the moment in swa nsea. well, it is cold at the moment in swansea. about five degrees. if you are in the breeze you will know about it. this cold also in —— also in brighton. we have some blue skies. later it is going to change. this morning, if you are out early on, watch advice on untreated surfaces, special across scotland, northern ireland, northern england where we had some showers. there is frost around so you may have to scrape the windscreen. for many of us scrape the windscreen. for many of usa scrape the windscreen. for many of us a great day was sunny spells, still some sunshine was, especially

at the moment —— snow showers. some of those will fade as we go through the course of the day. in the south—west, including wherejohn is later on, you will find the cloud will thicken and also some showers arrive before this next band of rain comes our way. we are focusing on this because this could be disruptive. through the afternoon we have the showers, south wales, south—west england, pushing northwards, and incomes the heavier persistent rain, as indicated by the bright greens. at that moves north and engages with the cold air across northern england, southern scotland, northern ireland, we will see some snow, quite a lot across cumbria and imprisoned alleway. we could make for a rather unpleasant rush hour first thing tomorrow morning. even into the early part of the afternoon we will have that snow across parts of the central lowlands and into the highlands. it will take some time before that rain eventually does pull away. that's one half of the story. the other tomorrow is the wind. particularly across southern coastal cos. here we are looking at

gales, potentially six if gusts of wind across the channel islands. cornwall, you can have 70 mph. and this is all before the weekend weather, when we see a storm returned to our shores, which is going to be cold or is actually called, it was named yesterday by the met office, storm dennis. so the more strong winds, disruptive gusts of wind, and the risk of flooding. they will tell you more about that ata they will tell you more about that at a quarter past eight. -- i will —— i will tell you. thank you. we will see you then. always important to pay attention to carol, but particularly this week. a lot is going on. the abuse suffered by some people who have been placed in inappropriate assessment and treatment units, known as atu's, is something we have followed closely here on breakfast. today, the equality and human rights commission is launching legal action against the government, for what it says is the consistent failure of people with learning disabilities and autism — in breach of their human rights. jayne mccubbin has been following the story for us.

there was jack. it was like a prison, really. he told me the only way out of there was today. there was stephen. and when i see him crying, he would scream "mummy no 90, crying, he would scream "mummy no go, mummy no go". there was eddie. "get me out, get me out, just want to go home, get my mum". she was told it would be a nine—month stay. and it's told it would be a nine—month stay. and its six and a half years later. there was tony. if you kill someone he be out now. he's done 16 years, that's a life sentence. i'm frightened he is going to die there. there was beth. they had no ability to manage her condition so they faced in a secure —— seclusion cell and left are there for two years. i kneel on the floor with my hands on the doorway of that hatch and affirmation on that hatch and talk to my daughter. and there was ben.

an injury that was described to us as something that would normally be seenin as something that would normally be seen ina as something that would normally be seen in a car accident. why doesn't it matter? because it doesn't seem to matter. and there was a stephanie. they can't hurt her now. she died locked in a single room for the best part of eight years. we have to stop this. and the government has repeatedly promised action, specific promises and deadlines are set in 2010 after the winterbourne view scandal to get people out of inpatient care stop repeated again the promise of homes not hospitals. fresh promises a new deadlines in 2015 and again in 2020, after the bbc‘s walton hall expose, but every promise has been broken, every deadline missed. so today unprecedented legal action is being launched to take the secretary of state for health to the high court. so we think we've seen too much and we've heard too much. the hallmark

ofa we've heard too much. the hallmark of a civilised society, how we treat the most vulnerable people in our community. and what worries us as we may be failing on that basis. the government says it is committed to bringing numbers down and it will respond to the legal threat in due course. this is my museum. today, jack lives in his own house, which is converted into his own natural history museum. and when we last film tea—break. .. history museum. and when we last film tea-break. .. still like going to the actual natural history museum two. but i think mine is better. after that he was invited over to the museum as a special guest. his mum tells me that now he is living his best life, with lots of support. but over 2000 more people remain locked away and there hope now lies with the high court. it is hard to watch. every time. we're nowjoined by two mothers who's sons have both suffered while in care. nicola bartzis is now an ‘expert by experience' for the nhs and claire garrod is an associate family consultant

for the disability support group dimensions. thank you very much, both of you, for coming on. they know it has been a long battle for both of you to get to this point as well. just up by telling us a little bit about your family experience. they went and it was exposed by panorama in 2011. i never thought i would be sitting here this long after and it would still be going on. so i'm campaigning for the people that are still in that situation. it just breaks people that are still in that situation. itjust breaks our hearts that families are still going through this. and let's briefly talk about his experiences and how they have impacted on you? my son was taken in for six weeks, so we were told. this never happens, it is i was a lot longer. on week five he had his jaw broken and his teeth

smashed out. so in my experience, in our experience, these people never get better. they come out worse than they went in. and i think it's absolutely abhorrent. we are seeing pictures of your son ben. and nicola, tell us about george. when did he enter one of these atus, assessment and treatment units? george entered when he was 16 and he had been through a few major life changes and he started to shut down and became catatonic. that is the reason for his first admittance. he we nt reason for his first admittance. he went in, he was in for 16 months and they stabilised him. they changed his medication. and then we had a battle to get him into the right place because we had moved. so we had two separate authorities arguing, legally, overwho was had two separate authorities arguing, legally, over who was going to take responsibility for paying

for his care when he was discharged. so we had a year of delay while they argued between themselves. nicola, i know you are now what is called an expert by experience, which is not an experience he wanted to have. you go in and helping the situation is now, what are your main priorities when you go in? i go to something cold ctrs, care and treatment reviews, and this comes out of the experience of those families. and it is some chance forming care. so we go in and we review everything that is happening to the individual. we look at are they safe, are they getting treatment, is it the right treatment, are they having all the assessments that were supposed to be planned? are assessments that were supposed to be planned ? are they assessments that were supposed to be planned? are they being done? some people have been in there for a long time. some of these assessments are now yea rs time. some of these assessments are now years old and they might need to be redone, but it is only when someone comes in from outside and asks the question that things start to happen. and you notice a

difference by doing this? is it helping? yeah it helps to move things on but it is still very much dependent on the rest of the system being in place and everyone doing theirjob. both of you now tha nkfully theirjob. both of you now thankfully have seen the benefit of life outside these units. give us an update. where is ben now and how independent is he able to live? then can live as an independently as a normal person, obviously you need support within his home, but he has a normal life. he has his own house and he has a dog and he goes out every single day and that is working. and that is because of good support and good support workers. and what about george? george has his own house as well and he has 3—1 support and it is a few miles from where i live. so we see each other regularly and i can support him in going to gp visits and all kinds of

stuff. that is a huge difference, isn't it? yes. talking about his discharge from the atu, all of the options on the table were miles away. an hour and a half is very different from the ten minutes at the moment. the human rights commission errors lodgings legal challenge against the secretary for health and social care, matt hancock —— royal commissioner is lodging a legal challenge. it shows how nobody has been listened to. nothing has moved on, really, to be honest. and ijust think it moved on, really, to be honest. and i just think it shows how desperate it has become, you know? and what about for you, nicola? it's time for action. we've had lots of reviews and lots of talking, lots of hot air. something needs to change because this is a brutal system. it damages the people who go into the atus, it damages the families around them. it is time for things to move

on and change. can i ask you cost implication wise, is it much cheaper, what your son bob is having compared to...? cheaper, what your son bob is having compared to. . . ? yeah, cheaper, what your son bob is having compared to...? yeah, much cheaper. i'm not sure of the figures but i know it is incredibly cheaper, a lot cheaper. it is, yeah. even with 3-1 support, the maximum you would get in the community. 3-1 means, how does that work? three people with him all the time 2a hours a day. they do 2a—hour shifts. three people during the day and another three people during the night, which is quite a big staph team to manage. but still cheaper than that? thank you so much for coming in and selling is the experience of your own families as well. it's really good to hear ben and george are living independently and enjoying life. thank you. a department of health and social care spokesperson said: "we are committed to protecting

the rights of everyone with a learning disability or autism, and are determined to continue reducing the number of people with these conditions in mental health hospitals." "abuse of any kind against patients in care is abhorrent and we take any allegations very seriously. we have received the pre—action letter from the ehrc today and will respond in due course." and of course here on breakfast we have been following the story for months and will continue to do so as well. it is 7:21am. what do you need to get you feeling fresh in the morning? a cup of coffee? i like ilikea i like a bacon sandwich. how about a cold water swim? our next guest has been jumping into the sea every morning for the last year and is aiming to do it for 1,000 days. breakfast‘s john maguire is at langland bay near swansea to meet him. come on! you have to get in as well! good morning! we will see about

that. it is freezing. carol was holding —— telling us how cold it was this one. i wouldn't say the sea looks inviting, but it is inviting forjosh pike and two of his friends, matt and coming here for moral support. josh, what is this all about, why have you been doing this for the last year and you want to do it was a much longer, why?m is so amazing tojump in the sea. we set up an organisation called summit good which is about doing good for the planet and our bodies. so doing summit good for our bodies, it's great to get cold. we're so used to boilers and radiators giving us warmth, but when we jump in the sea, it strengthens our body and immune system. there is nothing better than doing it with friends and building a better community. and you wanted to do it to give yourself a bit of a kick up the backside, is it? yeah, that as it was not i started working

for myself and i thought i'm never going to get out of bed if i'm working for myself. jumping in the sea really invigorates me. it helps me focus and start the day right.l quick chat with matt and georgia. you don't do it every day, but a couple of days a week? three days a week. that is enough for me. what's it like? there it wakes you up, it's gorgeous, it's invigorating. you go in thinking! gorgeous, it's invigorating. you go in thinking i don't want to do it, i don't want to do it, but once you come out you feel so the sea change temperature —— see doesn't change temperature —— see doesn't change temperature too much. getting out is the worst part, but you get used to it quickly. it's like your body is reconnecting with nature and the landscape was that it not as bad as you might think at all. all right, come on then, let's get to go. we will see the guys go in for a dip. they don't go in for long, but as doss was saying, he wants to hit 1000, is that right? that should say

three years or so. november 2022. you have already done a bit. what is the next target after that?” you have already done a bit. what is the next target after that? i think 10,000? 30 years? what about you, john? i'm all right. i'll make sure things are ok. i'll be your lifeguard. enjoy it, guys! rave souls, aren't they? it is pretty cold in there. i must say when i arrived i thought they would be in wetsuits. a bit of wednesday morning motivation for you. good job this isn't louise and dan here, they would be there with them. you know she likes a bit of cold water to swim. are they going blue? i think they have just turned blue.” swim. are they going blue? i think they have just turned blue. i would go on they have just turned blue. i would goona they have just turned blue. i would go on a bit more slowly than that, i think. i think it is all or nothing. you just have to absolutely go for it. have a swell. they are whooping,

not waving, drowning. yeah, they are doing pretty well. there we are. some morning motivation for you. what a stunning day. john, john... eight i'm glad charlie stayt isn't on this morning. he would be trying to get me in there. you can't stand by, you have to get in there. hang on, hang on. what, these? are these? yet these on? oh? i was thinking you area big yet these on? oh? i was thinking you are a big golf fan, dan, greg norman, the white shark would be in these. well, i would norman, the white shark would be in these. well, iwould be norman, the white shark would be in these. well, i would be the white whale. come back to me later and i will get in there, i promise. send me the running order. thank you very much indeed. we did a very similar piece about cold water swimming and cold water shot, really actually incredibly dangerous. the first 90 seconds of when you get in that you

must take your not to basically get your breathing under control —— cold water shock. you have to get everything under control. it has really life—saving information and you have two understands the thing is not to run in, go in slow. —— you have to understand. it is a really powerful interview this morning with 3—man, sally has been spending time with them. if you are a regular watcher of bbc breakfast, we spoke to rob burrow on this so —— sofa and other high—profile sportsmen with mnd.

doddie weir, stephen darby and rob burrow have all been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. there is no cure. most people die within two years. we have the full run to view —— interview at 8:10am. stephen darby, that's huge, powerful rugby player for scotland, talking about his decision to sign a do not resuscitate form. he feels like if he ever got in difficulty, he would wa nt he ever got in difficulty, he would want that form in place. here is what he said. going onto the next stage you talk about the kids and if you are open about your communication, because i have had talked about signing a dnr, do not resuscitate, which ijust signed. so, one of the many, many, very difficult decisions that those men and their families have difficult decisions that those men and theirfamilies have had to make.

we will be hearing the full interview later in the programme and also talking to people supporting people out there. the lads aren't talking to them, they are talking for people with mnd who don't have the platform to advocate for more research. it can affect you personally, mentally, physically, yourfamily and personally, mentally, physically, your family and those around you. so i'm looking forward to seeing that interview at 8:10am this morning. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm sonja jessup. new research exclusively shared with bbc london has found that children with nut allergies who've taken part in a study are now able to eat some types of nuts safely. although the research by the evelina children's hospital is still at an early stage, families say the results have been life changing.

the children — who are allergic to one type of nut — can now eat nine other types without suffering a reaction. being able to introduce different nuts into their diet under medical supervision, we're able to expand their diet, reduce dietary restrictions, reduce social restrictions and it improves their quality of life by reducing their anxieties around nut allergies. it's claimed the nhs in london is spending £61 million a year on agency staff. the figures come from freedom of information requests made by the labour group on the london assembly. labour says the government needs to invest more in training and recruitment to permanently fill thousands of vacancies in the capital and save money. nhs england says it is recruiting more in—house professionals. lewisham and croydon have both been named london boroughs of culture, with a bit of help from stormzy. it comes after waltham forest hosted events last year.

lewisham will take the title in 2021, with more than £1 million in prize money. it's promised a carnival to raise awareness of climate change. and croydon whose bid was backed by grime artist stormzy will take over in 2023, with plans for a music festival. let's take a look at the travel situation now. the tube is looking pretty good at the moment there but no service on the overground between south tottenham to barking due to damaged track being repaired. on the roads we have some roadworks slowing things down in wappping. this is how it looks on the highway heading into central london. and more works to be aware of in south wimbledon, merton road is closed, close to south wimbledon station. time for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a chilly start again this morning, but it is slightly less windy than it has been. still breezy, but that's not as strong as the last couple of days. now it should be mostly dry today with plenty of sunshine. you can't see the higher cloud

on here, so the sunshine could turn hazy. we're at risk of one or two showers, the temperature today getting to around nine celsius. now, overnight it is all changing and our next low pressure system arrives. the cloud increases, the wind will strengthen, lots of rain on the way as well. some heavy and persistent rain actually, as we head through to thursday morning. the minimum temperature will get milder through the night, starting off cold but will end up around 5—7 celsius. so as we head into tomorrow, during the day that ran were clear. post—rush—hour becoming drier and brighter. friday, starting off ok but then we will start to see the influence of storm dennis. that arrives over the weekend. sunday and sunday's weather turning very wet and windy and the met office has a yellow weather warning in place forwind and rain. that is all for me for now. hello. this is breakfast with dan walker

and louise minchin. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone 7:30am. the prime minister has promised to keep control on the cost and timing of the new high speed rail line linking london to birmingham, leeds and manchester. he gave the go—ahead by the prime minister. it's now been more than a decade since the project to build hs2 was launched and in that time its rarely been far from controversy. we're joined now by the transport secretary, grant shapps. thank you very much for coming on the breakfasts over this morning. lots to talk to you about. little bit about dates, money, plans. lots to talk to you about. little bitabout dates, money, plans. lots of our viewers, whenever we talk about hs2, they get very exercise, with understandable reason. it is a huge infrastructure project, billions and billions of pounds. initially when we were talking about dates we would looking at 2026, that has significantly fallen behind. it would be great to get a timetable from you this morning. what can we expect that when can we expect it?

are absolutely right. it has been a massive decision for our country. the biggest infrastructure project in europe. nothing biggerthan the biggest infrastructure project in europe. nothing bigger than this. we took our time to make sure we we re we took our time to make sure we were getting this right when we were reviewing it. as the prime minister announced yesterday we are going ahead with it. we are pretty critical about what has happened up till now, by the way. in terms of timescale, the budget is anything up to £100 billion stop the —— we absolutely want to hold that down. we will be getting on with the first phase, london to birmingham then birmingham to crewe in short order. but that is still 2030, 2029- 2033 is kind of phase one. and we have said there is a phase called to be, you can sit on the screen behind us. that is where you go from crewe to manchester and also birmingham to leeds. and that section, we're just

going to make sure it is properly with what other people have heard about, northern powerhouse rail, the plan to make sure the north is properly connected up and bring those plans together.” properly connected up and bring those plans together. i wanted talk to you in a few moments about that, concerns from people in the north to a feeling there might be wriggle room when it comes to that. the budget is an interesting one. it started off at 36 billion, you are trying to keep rain on it now, how can you stop it escalating beyond things? hundred billion pounds a dzeko things? hundred billion pounds a dze ko you things? hundred billion pounds a dzeko you mightjust pick out, but it isa dzeko you mightjust pick out, but it is a staggering amount of money. how can you stop that from continuing to grow? ourjob is to say this is actually enough. it has expanded as, in truth, quite a lot of big structure projects tend to. we wa nt of big structure projects tend to. we want to run this like we ran the olympics. a set date, could be laid, we ran it as a government, through what was called the cobra cabinet subcommittee, to make sure that every pa rt subcommittee, to make sure that every part of cabinet, and this,,

feet are being held to the fire. we have to deliver this thing as a country and we have to do it without any further slippage and to the budget. and that is what we are going to do from this point onwards. iam quite going to do from this point onwards. i am quite critical about what has happened in the past, to be blunt. we are where we are just the best thing for this country is to expand our capacity on the rails because they are just filling up. as if they do so you couldn't say no to it, you had to do it, because you spent £7 billion already and more are spent every month. something like £10 million would not have been recovered if we just stopped. you are right about that. we did have a proper look to see if we should stop it, in fact, what really convinced me, if you look at the amount of people who are using now, the west coast main line, the east coast main line, they are becoming full. and we could do every bit of upgrades imaginable, go to four tracks where it is not, put in digital signalling, all sorts of different measures, which would have closed

those lines for every weekend for decades. you looked at it eventually, the victorians built our railway lines, eventually you will have to build more, there are more people in the country making more journeys. cost is one thing. there are many questions we could ask about that. at the impact on people's lives. the compulsory purchase side of this. the environmental impact as well. how much have you been listening to those people who have been saying why are you ripping our community to pieces? why are we losing our house and not been given the value for our house that we think we should be getting and all those forests and trees and environments... in order, first or, in terms of ‘s homes and businesses and livelihoods, and even the threat, i think this has been one of the saddest stories of hs2 today, just because it has elongated much longer than it should have done, but also i don't feel that hs2 ltd have been treating people properly with the respect and doing

things properly and quickly enough. what will you be doing about that? by what will you be doing about that? by having an hs2 minister who is day m, by having an hs2 minister who is day in, day out, only focus is looking after that, we will make sure hs2 ltd treat people properly and respectfully and the disruption, if you like, is inevitable, but i'd do think it is incumbent, given this is a big national infrastructure project, to make sure that people's lives were ripped apart by a treated properly. and i haven't seen that all the way through this project and that's what we want to see now. so touch on the environmental side of things as well... yes. then i want to play you some people we spoke to yesterday. it is true there are some ancient woodlands that get ripped up through this, this goes in a fairly straight line through the country and through all sorts of things. train travel is probably about as good as it gets when it comes to being environmentally friendly. it emits quite little co2 per passenger stop and this is why hs2 has been

built ina stop and this is why hs2 has been built in a particularly careful way. but it is true it rips things up. on the other hand, 7 million trees are being planted, way more trees will being planted, way more trees will be in place after this project is com plete be in place after this project is complete them beforehand. it is one of the factors that weigh very heavily on our minds as we decide what to do. tim muffett, one of our reporters, spoke to one couple. ron and anne ryall, who have been ordered to leave their home next month as the route is due to run right through it. here's what they had to say. would like to get your response to it. i'm finding it difficult that someone canjust it. i'm finding it difficult that someone can just walk into your life and destroy it. my family have lived in this lane for 100 years. i was born here. if hs2 gets the go-ahead run and an's house will be demolished. they have been told they need to leave next month. can't even go there. can't even go there. it's awful. absolutely awful. how do you

help them? it's heartbreaking, by the way, just to see that couple. think the first thing is we need to bring clarity to this project, which we have done through this decision. obviously a national project creates a lot of disruption. if the victorians hadn't built the west and east coast main line ‘s we wouldn't have ended up with the kind of economic boom we had and the country we have had and using to this day. but for people like that couple, they should be quickly and, you know, helpfully dealt with by hs2. and i think that's what has not been happening and that's why having a dedicated minister who is doing nothing else will ensure that when these cases come to light, which they will, because that's the nature of a big national project like this, that they are dealt with with respect and quickly and properly compensated. you can't even convince many of your own mps, talking about her being an albatross, overspent, too much money, too big a project, how do you

respond to those criticisms from inside your own party was i held a meeting yesterday afternoon with mps from across the house, actually stop and most people actually, there are exceptions, most people understand a decision has been made and we have to move forward. one of the things we're it is not all about hs2. yesterday we separately announced £5 billion to massively improve buses in this country. that will bring thousands of amino, low—carb and green buses into use, try to create the kind of bus service in places like you have in london and replicate that around the country, buses that are available when you need them, comfortable to travel on, warm or air—conditioned, usb ports, 5g, all the things that make travelling by bus a pleasure rather than a travelling by bus a pleasure rather thana pain, travelling by bus a pleasure rather than a pain, much more buses, many more cycle lanes. and we are looking at all the other transport things we can do, including things like the beating line reverses. beaching close down loads of railway lines in the 1960s and 70s. we are reversing

those two places like fleetwood, places like newcastle, and that line to ashington, where we are reversing those closures from all those years ago and giving people better local transport. that is a large part of what we want to do, notjust what we want to do, not just this big hs2 thing. you mentioned local transport, stock about what goes on in the north—west. you are part of that yesterday, you got on a train that yesterday, you got on a train that then broke down. yes, a brand—new trainer broke down! that then broke down. yes, a brand-new trainer broke down! this isafamiliar brand-new trainer broke down! this is a familiar story to many people. yes, i know. the strength of feeling from the northern powerhouse, for example, is this enormous amount of money which at the moment is going to the southern section, needs to be spent on, for example, east—west, when you have a timetable for that? absolutely. the very first speech the minister may, here in manchester, on the first saturday after he became prime minister, is let us build manchester to leeds. the government is ready with a

consultation. we are just waiting for the... you say consultation and people think a consultation again is already delaying the timetable. yes, think if we simply went ahead and said we'rejust building think if we simply went ahead and said we're just building this route and didn't ask anybody people would have to say something about that. are six or seven... when does the consultation and ? where just waiting. igo consultation and ? where just waiting. i go from here today to a transport summit here in manchester to talk to northern leaders because we are ready for the consultation i just need sign off from manchester, leeds, liverpool, all the local leaders to get on with that. so we can leaders to get on with that. so we ca n start leaders to get on with that. so we can start to build that out. but you are absolutely right. northern, as a rail company, that has 500 stations and this enormous track of rail from nottingham upwards, has not been good enough and last week, the week before i said we were going to bring them back into public ownership, sort them out, and having your railway system, which will be much, much more brought together so it is less fragmented. other people are looking at the lack of timetable they say they are concerned about

particular for the east—west and the lack of detail about what might happen to piccadilly station, for example. what's happening? part of the big announcement yesterday on hs2, if you think about, ten years in the making, northern powerhouse rail wasn't something people were talking about ten years ago. this has come about subsequently. what the prime minister said yesterday as we are going to have a quick look at this to integrate northern powerhouse rail with hs2 and particularly the bit north of birmingham to make sure the whole thing is fitting together. you raise a good question about the station here in manchester, because the way you orientate that station and the platforms is what you intend to do with northern powerhouse rail and the east west link ‘s and hs2. so will —— we will have that integrated andi will —— we will have that integrated and i suppose that will be high—speed north, the whole thing put together so what can you give us a date on that? there are different dates already. yes, i can. this will be months rather than years. we have the national infrastructure commission doing that work to

integrate the two parts of it. so that'll be done later this year. the purpose of doing that now is make sure we don't waste time later by actually fitting these two plans together into high speed. when will people actually be able to catch the trains? one of the things i'm very aware of when you talk about big infrastructure projects if you like they are forever in the future, one of the reasons we want to do buses quickly and verify billion pounds of buses, it is the reason why i will be signing off very soon the grade of the trans— pennine route, the existing route which has got a lot of electrification and other things to solve, it is about a 3 billion pump project in itself, because we can deliver much quicker, for example, to get from manchester to leave by using those. by when? the quick issue there, and they don't have the immediate answer, as we have the immediate answer, as we have to do a lot of closures on the line to deliver it. they can do it quickly, but closing is not very suitable. we have to pay sit with we can closures so why don't have the exact timetable until we announce...

when you have it can you come back and tell us? we will do. you have had ten years to think about it already. they have only been transport secretary for a few months. and i think in that time and since boris has been prime minister, the commitment to getting things donein the commitment to getting things done in the north has been pretty full on. can aska can ask a different question as transport secretary? with coronavirus, what kind of tests are being done for coming into airports, coming and supports, and are you ready? yeah yeah, we are ready and public of england and the nhs are particularly organised for this. —— public health england. they have been preparing for this or something of this kind of impact. we know where the high risk areas are. testing people from those countries, for example? in many cases there aren't flights coming in from some locations like the infected area in

china, for example. it is a question, and i willjust say this, a plain common sense, not going straight to the doctor's surgery if you suspect you have been in contact with someone. dial 111 and health isolate. so where are people arriving from? at the moment we don't have flights coming in from the infected region, so that is obviously sensible. where there are any doubts, and it was well reported that there was a case of somebody coming toa that there was a case of somebody coming to a prison, that person will be isolated and at present hasn't been tested positive yet. are you worried about coronavirus? public health england says it is a moderate risk. obviously we need to do everything to be absolutely sure we are taking sensible steps as described. we shouldn't panic either. but we do need to keep a

close eye on this and this is something that is obviously a world health concern. i know you have to rush. when we spoke to the prime minister in january, he rush. when we spoke to the prime minister injanuary, he was criticised for almost making up policies as he went along about putting in money to try and cash for big ben to bong on brexit day. he has talked as well about this bridge, you might remember as transport secretary, for scotland and northern ireland. will ever happen? what i like about this by minister is he has ambition for this country, not just minister is he has ambition for this country, notjust getting on with hs2, which the country has faffed around with for far too long. but also ideas about how the nation can be connected. it is something very close to his heart and our heart, as a united kingdom we should do things that better connect the country up. why not see if these things are practical and can work if it makes it easierfor us practical and can work if it makes it easier for us citizens from the

four wonderful parts of the nation to get about. you have a meeting. i do. we will let you go. we look forward to the timetable.” do. we will let you go. we look forward to the timetable. i do as well. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, everyone. forsome of us this morning it is a beautiful start to the day, but it is cold, frosty and there is a risk of ice on untreated surfaces in northern ireland, scotland and england. you can also see where we have had this no—show is indicated by the light and rain showers as far south as dartmoor, where we have seen some of that snowball and still bowling at the moment. —— snow bowling. on the tops of the hills in the north we will see some accumulation of snow and with the wind not as strong as it was yesterday, it is not going to be as cool. it is still going to be quite windy and will feel cool if you are outside, just not as bad as yesterday. through the day the cloud is going to thicken in the south—western quadrant of the uk.

later on we have this next system swinging in from the south—west. i wa nt to swinging in from the south—west. i want to focus on this because this could be disruptive. some wet and windy weather coming into the south—west across the evening. wherever you see green and yellow on the chart is where we are expecting heavy breasts. —— heavy bursts. there could be some nasty conditions for tomorrow morning's rush hour in all of these areas that i have mentioned. i don't think it is too long before it pulls away from the is coast of england and scotland. the other half of the story as the wind. strong, gale force winds across southern coastal counties of england, gusts in cornwall could reach 70 miles an hour. in the channel islands, 65 miles an hour. but look at the temperature in the south, 10 degrees, still only four degrees in aberdeen despite the sunshine and drier conditions. we

wa ke sunshine and drier conditions. we wake up on friday morning to some frost, there will be a lot of clear sky around as well to start with but the cloud will be building in from the cloud will be building in from the west does another weather front comes our way, introducing wet and windy weather. gusts of up to 70 miles an hour. as that front pushes steadily south and east it will tend to weaken. so the rain will be more fragmented and we will see more cloud in the duffy's. the winds are coming from the south instead of the north of the west —— a in the south—east. there is a risk of localised flooding, so something to bearin localised flooding, so something to bear in mind. it doesn't get much better. we say goodbye to that front from the south—east and then hello to storm dennis. coming from the atlantic, this deep area of low pressure. look at the isobars and weather front crossing us. pressure. look at the isobars and weatherfront crossing us. that means once again we're looking at the potential for some disruptive weather, widespread gales, gusts of

60-70 weather, widespread gales, gusts of 60—70 miles an hour, even inland at the moment and notjust gales. also, with all of that rain around, there isa with all of that rain around, there is a risk of more flooding. it isn't looking great either on monday, i have to say. so keep in touch with the weather forecast and we will keep you right up—to—date with all that we know. thank you, carol. we will look forward to your forecast as ever. now, you may remember getting told off for playing with your food as a child, but not this baby. i love this! this is one—year—old albie rubbing his spaghetti dinner over his tummy. his mum emma posted the clip online and was thrilled with the comments focusing on his antics — and not on the fact he has down syndrome. 0h, oh, isn't he scrumptious? emma and albie, i can hardly take my eyes off him. they are here. good morning to you, how are you doing? you make

good morning! we are good, thank you. —— good morning! tell us a bit about this video. is this normal in your house? yeah, unfortunately this is pretty much every night in our house. albie hasn't met a food he doesn't like yet. when it comes to dinner time he loves his food. you have taken this most gorgeous video of him experimenting with his food in the most wonderful way. you put it online and it has had a brilliant reaction, hasn't it? it has. it's been lovely. it was the group positivity about down syndrome that put it up originally and it has gone absolutely mad. it's great, it's lovely. reading the comments, it is what we do hope. we would hope people watch the video and think

he's really funny and messy and having fun. i haven't seen one comment yet that is focusing on the down syndrome, which is kind of how you hope it would be, really. because he's just been you hope it would be, really. because he'sjust been normal. he's just normal baby. tell us a little bit about him. what is he like as a character? oh, he has bags of personality. he is the funniest, considering he is one, and can't sort out, he is the funniest person that i've ever met stop —— can't talk yet, he is the funniest person i've ever met. he is always smiling except when you take his food away. other than that he is just — it's funny, when we forward of —— sort of, first had him and got the diagnosis with the down syndrome it

was scary. but then you get to know him and there is nothing scary about it. he isjust a normal baby, he's brilliant. we're biased, but he is, he's brilliant. you are his mum, you are allowed to be. have you shown him the video? how does he react to it? he thinks he's hilarious. i mean, i've shown him the video a couple of times. he watches it himself. i think it probably makes himself. i think it probably makes him hungry. but hejust sits himself. i think it probably makes him hungry. but he just sits and grins as himself and he can hear his mum and dad as well, hejust laughs. he thinks he's so clever. well, he is. luckily he can't hear me at the moment. i know he is waiting for, andi moment. i know he is waiting for, and i know i can say it but you can't, he is waiting for milk. he knows, because we sign as well and he knows the sign for that. don't

you? yes. he knows the sign for that. don't you ? yes. so he knows the sign for that. don't you? yes. so if he hears it and doesn't get it we have a problem.“ there some ready at this point? if you say the word to him, is there some ready? no. i should have done, really. that's not risk it. he is absolutely wonderful and it's wonderful to see you and hear him. he's just wonderful to see you and hear him. he'sjust gorgeous. wonderful to see you and hear him. he's just gorgeous. thank you so much for your time. by albie! say goodbye. buy buy! bye! right on cue. totally cute. thank you, am i. —— emma. we all love that. we would all love to do that. i think whenever you are feeling

sad, just look at that video because it just cheers you sad, just look at that video because itjust cheers you up stuff hopefullyjohn guyer del mark mcguire —— john maguire to cheer us up. what's mcguire —— john maguire to cheer us 7 mcguire —— john maguire to cheer us up. what's happening? this is the pa rt up. what's happening? this is the part of the programme we dedicate to bellies, having listened to the last item. we are here because we have been talking tojosh, josh pike, who has been coming into cold water to swim every day of the year. he has set an objective of 1000 cold water swims. we have to be careful we go in at the right time. josh, take the mic. this goes without saying. please take lots of care, john. he will take care. i'll look after him for you. will take care. i'll look after him foryou. 0h, he is questioning his life choices. here he goes, john

maguire. i told him going slowly! you've got the sunrise there as well. oh, god's handiwork, here he goes. john is going to be feeling really refreshed and invigorated. like david hasselhoff, 2020. is it good? is it good, john? how do you feel? fantastic! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm sonja jessup. new research exclusively shared with bbc london has found that children with nut allergies who've taken part in a study are now able to eat some types of nuts safely. although the research by the evelina children's hospital is still at an early stage, families say the results have been lifechanging. the children who are allergic to one

type of nut can now eat nine other types without suffering a reaction. being able to introduce different nuts into their diet under medical supervision, we're able to expand their diet, reduce dietary restrictions, reduce social restrictions and we've proven it improves their quality of life by reducing their anxieties around nut allergies. it's claimed the nhs in london is spending £61 million a year on agency staff. the figures come from freedom of information requests made by the labour group on the london assembly. labour says the government needs to invest more in training and recruitment to permanently fill thousands of vacancies in the capital and save money. nhs england says it is recruiting more in—house professionals.

this photo will be displayed in a natural history museum, showing two mice fighting over crimes of food. crumbs. let's take a look at the travel situation now. most tube lines running well it seems, but there's no service on the overground between south tottenham to barking due to damaged track being repaired. on the roads we have some roadworks slowing things down in wappping. this is how it looks on the the highway heading into central london. more works to be aware of in south wimbledon. merton road is closed close to south wimbledon station. and also in victoria, victoria street is closed towards parliament square from buckingham gate for electricity works. time for the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a chilly start again this morning, but it is slightly less windy than it has been. still breezy, but that's not as strong as the last couple of days. now it should be mostly dry today with plenty of sunshine. you can't see the higher cloud on here, so the sunshine could turn hazy. we're at risk of one or two showers, the temperature today getting up to around nine celsius. now, overnight it is all

changing and our next low pressure system arrives. the cloud increases, the wind will strengthen, lots of rain on the way as well. some heavy and persistent rain actually, as we head through to thursday morning. the minimum temperature will get milder through the night, starting off cold but will end up around 5—7 celsius. so as we head into tomorrow, during the day that ran were clear. post—rush—hour becoming drier and brighter. friday, starting off ok but then we will start to see the influence of storm dennis. that arrives over the weekend. sunday and sunday's weather turning very wet and windy and the met office has a yellow weather warning in place forwind and rain. that's all from me for now. i'll be back in a round half an hour. there's plenty more news, travel and weather on our website. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin.

our headlines today: a healthcare worker at a hospital in west sussex is one of the eight confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk. injapan, the number of people infected with the virus on the diamond princess cruise ship rises to 17a — making it the biggest outbreak outside china. we talk to three sporting heroes about the fight of their lives. in a breakfast exclusive, doddie weir, stephen darby, and rob burrow talk about life with motor neurone disease and their determination to keep on fighting. it's to keep on fighting. a bit like a game, we are here to it's a bit like a game, we are here to beat mnd grand the only way we will win is by collective effort, as being involved in teamwork, we understand the bigger the team, the better the result. "no more slips in time and budget." the transport secretary tells bbc breakfast the era of hs2 waste is over, and says a plan for an additional high speed link uniting northern

cities is just months away. good morning. today the weather a little more settled than yesterday. it will still feel cold, the wind is not as strong as yesterday. still some snow showers but a lot of dry weather with sunshine. it is in the next few days when there is the disruption to sleep —— micro potential for disruptive weather. more ina potential for disruptive weather. more in a few minutes. it's wednesday the 12th of february. our top story. it's emerged a healthcare worker from the a and e department at worthing hospital in west sussex is among eight people who've tested positive for the coronavirus in the uk. so far in the uk, 1,358 people have been tested for the virus but only eight of them were found to be positive. we can now speak to andy moore who is outside worthing hospital for us. what is going on there? this was news that emerged overnight and like lots of news about coronavirus it's

piecemeal, not through official sources. what emerged is staff here at the a&e department was told yesterday a colleague of theirs had contracted the coronavirus. the hospital itself is still open, its operating as normal. we don't know if there has been a deep cleaning operation in the a&e department as we had seen in some of the doctor's surgeries in brighton. beyond those bare bones, there is a lot of u na nswered bare bones, there is a lot of unanswered questions. in what capacity with that person working here? certainly it was reported at one stage that both the health care workers who have the virus were doctors. were they working here in the time when they contracted the virus, at a chalet in france and then came back to the uk before they we re then came back to the uk before they were officially diagnosed ? then came back to the uk before they were officially diagnosed? did they have very much face—to—face contact in that time? we are 12 miles away from brighton, where as i said, a doctor's surgery was closed down. two of them are close down and deep clea n.

two of them are close down and deep clean. we understand those are opening up again. two other surgeries it appears overnight were closed down. very fluid, developing and confusing situation. one other thing to tell you about overnight, two prisoners at hmd burlington in oxfordshire are in quarantine after falling ill. one of them had come back from thailand. so there is a concern, possibly, they may have the virus. in thailand, of course, there are 33 cases of coronavirus they are. a concerning situation, with a lot of people living in confined men ina very lot of people living in confined men in a very close area that the virus, if it is there, could spread very easily. a very worrying picture. andy moore, thank you. meanwhile, the number of people infected with the virus on a cruise ship quarantined injapan has risen to 17a. the cruise ship has been quarantined outside yokohama since last wednesday. it's the biggest single outbreak outside mainland china.

ofcom is expected to be given powers to make it britain's first internet watchdog, giving it powers to punish tech companies over harmful or illegal material. firms like facebook and youtube will need to ensure that illegal content is removed quickly. it's not yet known what penalties ofcom will be able to impose on those who fail to comply. earlier, we spoke to andy burrows from the nspcc who told us what they want those measures to be. ofcom will need to have the powers to lift up the bonnet on how tech firms operate and what steps, if any, they take to protect children and then have really strong enforcement powers, so, those need to be very stringent fines. we also need to see the threat of criminal sanctions and those need to be levied both against the company, as a corporate entity, but also against named directors because, if we are really going to see change here, there has to be a cultural change in how platforms operate, and how they consider children.

a human rights body is threatening the government with legal action for what it says is the "repeated failure" to place people with learning difficulties and autism in tappropriate accommodation. —— in appropriate accommodation. the equality and human rights commission says nhs targets to move patients out of hospitals in england are being missed. the first was set eight years ago, after the bbc's panorama programme exposed abuse at winterbourne view hospital. something needs to change because this is a brutal system. it damages the people who go into the atus, it damages the families around them. and it is time for things to move on and change. the department of health and social care says it is committed to protecting the rights of everyone with a learning disability or autism, and is determined to continue reducing the number of people with these conditions in mental health hospitals. i don't know if you have just switched on your tv bet at 7:30 we had an extended discussion with the

transport secretary, grant shapps, talking about hs2 and some other things. we heard yesterday about the government because my decision to push ahead with hs2, connecting cities in the north. phase one and phase two, louise was talking in particular about how it will look in the north of england, an area which seems to be a little wriggle room for the government. yes, you try to pin him down on that. i thought it was an interesting interview. he was really apologetic about the way hs2 has been handled so far but he has promised now that budgets and timings cannot keep slipping, which was interesting. he acknowledged the sadness hs2 limited has put on to people that weren't treated for respect, people whose homes tie were torn down. he did they travel on trains is as good as it gets when it comes to being environmentally friendly, so he disputed arguments by friends of the earth and greenpeace. but you are absolutely right, the business communities have been asking about hs three, crossrail for the north, been asking about hs three, crossrailfor the north, when will

that happen? the prime minister yesterday said it will be part of an integrated master plan. you asked if that would happen and here is what he said. what the prime minister said yesterday as we are going to have a quick look at this, to integrate northern powerhouse rail with hsz integrate northern powerhouse rail with h52 and particularly the bit north of birmingham, to make sure the whole thing is fitting together properly. you raised a good question about the station here in manchester because the way you orientate that station and the platform depends on what you do with northern powerhouse rail, the east—west links, and h52. we will have that integrated and that was sort of be high—speed north, i suppose, the whole thing put together. can you give us a date on that? there are differing dates already. this will be months rather than years and we are having the national infrastructure commission do that work, to integrate the two parts of it. that will be done later this year. the purpose of doing that now is to make sure we don't waste time later by fitting these two

plans together. he was explaining why he can't give a specific date but do you think there has been a sort of change in tone, the way they are talking about this happening?” think it is a real shift in tone, to commit toa think it is a real shift in tone, to commit to a plan in the coming months does represent progress. he is right, without speaking to northern leaders are transport to the north, he can't give a specific date. lots of chancellors and different prime ministers have stood in the house of commons and promised hs3 ina in the house of commons and promised hs3 in a very vague way. now they have made this overt commitment, it represents progress. i had from the northern house partnership and they said they will meet with the transport secretary later in manchester. this review into high—speed north must be carried out quickly and thoroughly, working with northern leaders to help realise that northern powerhouse mission. the fact is now there is so much momentum around this, so many promises have been made, it has to happen, politically as well as economically. ok. it is really

interesting. also, he did talk about... he even had problems on the trains yesterday. the thing we were talking about yesterday, all of it is so far into the future, it can be very frustrating for passengers who are catching trains this morning? the language around it is quite important. in the last election, there were so many seats in the north that the conservatives won and so many of them are right behind this further step, hs3, this integrated system that politically now they have to deliver on these premises. nina, thank you. let me tell you about two things we have coming up this morning. we will bejoined on the have coming up this morning. we will be joined on the sofa by david baddiel, who has made fantastic documentary about holocaust denial. he meets someone during the documentary. it will be interesting to hear his views on whether he should have done that because he has been criticised by some for doing that. he feels it was an important pa rt that. he feels it was an important part of the documentary, doesn't he? yes, what else? what else! if you

are tempted to go at the moment and turn your telly off and go and do something else, make sure you watch not just for the weather from something else, make sure you watch notjust for the weather from carol but a fascinating interview with three high—profile sportsmen who are all suffering with motor neurone disease. it is one of those interviews where i think you really need to watch it to try and understand exactly what they are going through and what they are trying to achieve by coming on bbc programme account talking about their experiences. and becoming a tea m their experiences. and becoming a team united by mnd. that coming up after the weather. carol, so much happening, isn't there? yes, good morning everyone. daylight, we are seeing more earthy pictures from our weather watchers. but if you're travelling first thing this morning, watch out for ice on untreated services in scotland, northern england and northern ireland. frost elsewhere so you might have to scrape your car. today with the high pressure across us,

the weather is a little more settled. more dry weather, yes, we still have some snow showers and we will see them totalling up across the hills in the north. as we go through the course of the day, we will see the cloud to build in the south—west and after showers this morning, some brighter interludes, then showers again. that is ahead of then showers again. that is ahead of the neck system coming in from the south—west. i want to focus on this because it could prove to be disruptive. early on under clear skies, the temperatures will fall but they pick up as the cloud comes m, but they pick up as the cloud comes in, along with this rain. wherever you see green and yellow, it is telling you it will be heavy. heavy and persistent rain pushing north—eastwards, engaging with cold air meaning it will turn readily to snow. tonight, we expect some heavy snowfall in cumbria, dumfries and galloway. even into tomorrow morning, across southern and central scotland, in towards the highlands, we still have that snow. your rush hour could be quite tricky. the other half of the story is the wind.

the wind affecting southern coastal counties of england, gusting in cornwall as much as 70 miles an hour. in the channel islands as much as 65 miles an hour. note the temperatures are also climbing up a little bit and there will be some dry weather in the highlands ahead of that system. that is part of the story because i want to remind you as we go into this weekend, we have storm dennis coming our way with widespread gales and heavy rain with the risk of flooding. storm dennis! noted, thank you, carol. always important to listen to carol. we mentioned before that that sally has done an amazing interview, tell us a bit more about it. my full chat with three amazing sportsmen. doddie weir, rob burrow and stephen darby are all living with motor neurone disease, an illness with no cure. for the first time, the three of them have spoken openly with each other about the impact their diagnosis has had and i sat down with them.

mnd is a part of my life but i don't want mnd to take over our lives. the average life expectancy's between one and three years, so i'm here over that, still living, still smiling. i'm not giving in till my last breath. too many reasons to live. i know this is a club that you didn't ever want to join, a team you didn't ever want to be on, but i really appreciate the fact that you're going to take some time to talk to us about it because we know that, generally, i hope i'm not generalising too much, that men don't talk about illness. don't talk about how they feel. so, how much does it help to sit here and to be able to talk to each other today? it's in unfortunate

circumstances that we've come and obviously it is unfortunate but it's something which we are determined to turn into a positive. i thinkjust by being here today and talking about what we're going through and talking about mnd and how devastating a disease it is, it's important that we raise that awareness and get that message out there. but you get to a stage where you do say, look, i do need help. so, i think like that. these boys are not quite there yet but it is quite hard, it is quite tricky because as a bloke you just think, i'm fine. but with this, that's not quite the case. bascially, it's a muscle wasting disease and that's how, in the later life of mnd, it's horrific, because you need help everywhere. so, basically, your muscles in your legs disappears, it just feels like you can't walk. you can't really eat and then your muscles within your speech disappears, you can't speak, you can't swallow and can't breathe.

so, it's horrific, what happens. eventually, you need help elsewhere and that's why it's a big thing. we're campaigning, all of us are involved in a special group and we need help because at the moment there is no cure, it's a terminal illness. i need a lot more help than these boys, so my good lady has to sort of maybe shower me and one thing and another. give me a shave now and then, do my hair. kids do their hair but not the same sort of way! laughter. and i can't change it either, so they're quite cheeky that way! but it is, it'sjust such a debilitating condition, that there that can help any patient with mnd. we are here, really, to put the fight together, to try and make a difference. rob, what about you? are you at the point where you've had to ask for any help yet? no, i'm not at that stage yet but i did promise my wife that i'd be honest throughout the process. like you say, men keep

things to themselves. too proud to ask for help, but, obviously, throughout the process, i'll need help. you're all at different stages of life, aren't you? not long married, you've got children who are a little olderand, rob, i know, your kids are very, very young. what's it been like talking to your families about the diagnosis? i think that's the toughest part, really. i think the diagnosis of mnd, you come to know the facts and what the prognosis is. i think then you can try and accept the diagnosis, but you fight the prognosis, which is why we are here today. but i think telling your wife... your mum and dad, your brother, family, friends — that's the most difficult thing because i think, in a way, i think

you'll probably feel the same, it's almost harder for your wife and your family watching what you're going through and i think you know they're hurting just as much as you are. true, definitely. it's probably harder for them. it's a very difficult. my wife's been on the journey with me as well. she was there when the professors said, "look, you have mnd. she burst into tears. but i think playing rugby, i have resilience, i knew what i'd had, knew what the issue was, so when he said to me, "it's all right, we've got this." "we're going to try and fight that." and then i the dreaded google. oh my god, what's going on? it came up mnd and i thought, "uh—oh. " rob, i know one of the things that you want to do is you want your children to remember how you speak. you think when your voice is gone, you want them to know what it was like. so, you've taken practical steps about that, haven't you? yeah. i'm pretty keen to record my voice. unfortunately, there will be a day

where i can't really speak. this is nothing like my voice was but, hopefully, through lots of interviews and audio, i can tell my kids off and i still do that, you know? and how do i love them, you know? and for my voice to say their name, i think's important for them. so, i'm carrying on with that, so hopefully, you know, i can communicate on many levels. rob, this is your chance, any voice/accent you want... this is your time to be scottish! not scottish! laughter. broad yorkshire! your determination astounds me and i wonder, does that come from, perhaps, the frustration and, in a way, a level of anger, not just about what's happening to you but, you know, you're having to look after yourselves? you mentioned anger.

when i saw rob's diagnosis, i was devastated for him but i was angry as well because i knew the processes and what he'd have to go through. i knew rob would have questions for the doctors but i knew at the same time, they wouldn't have any answers for him. or they'd say no treatment or no cure. i was diagnosed in three weeks, so i consider myself really lucky. but having met doddie, he showed me the path i needed to go down. the positivity, his humour and the banter he always has, so i'm continuing that. i've seen all of you showed tremendous grit and determination on the pitch. we've seen that from you.

do you think that strength that you had already is something that is helping you now? when you're playing against opponents, you're always looking at ways to beat them and get the better of them. i think that mentality, obviously now we're not playing sport, but that mentality, try and bring it into what we're doing now, today. it's a bit like a game, in some sort of way. we are here to try and beat mnd and the only way we're going to win is by collective effort, by the boys here, the charities, the fundraisers, just work together. because us being involved in teamwork understand that the bigger the team, the better the result. do you ever wonder whether the careers you had have had some impact on you physically? 0r mentally! or both? i think that's only natural. personally, i thought that. but at the same time, if i think like that, i'm not going to get any answers because the answers aren't there. there's a lot of questions

which we want to us. —— to ask. something all three of us have is the sporting families and all that support. so anyone out there... it's one of those things to say get into sport because you never realise that you would need the family that we've got because we never realised this would happen. so for the future, i think come 60 odd i'm going to be fine. but i woke up one day to find out i've got mnd, so it changes your life. so, spend time doing what you do today and worry about tomorrow when it comes. because i'm further down the line than these boys. we're onto the next stage, talking to the kids. if you're open about your communication, because i've had to talk about a dnr, do not resuscitate. so we've just signed a document for that. how did you explain that to the children? well, actually, it was my team behind who explained it. because we thought maybe don't tell them. they said look, if you've got an issue in the kitchen

and they come in and the medical staff coming and can't do anything, they're not trying to save your dad, what's the kids going to think? so with the back—up behind—the—scenes, the medical that advised me, theyjust said look... and they know that we've got a bit of a problem here. they were definitely very helpful, and they took it very well. doddie, you've mentioned a couple of times this morning, i think you've said twice, "i'm further down the road than these two." you were diagnosed a longer time ago, you've been diagnosed longer than these two have. what can you tell them? what do you say to them about how to think about what's coming? they've got a very fantastic attitude. great family and that inspires you to keep going, but what i think... not only the three of us but everyone else with mnd. i think we go back to it and say

2020 is going to be quite a special year because there's things now on the table for us. so, keep working... let's stop for a minute. do you want a drink? voice breaking: i'm fine, no, keep going. you sure? yeah. you know you said accept the diagnosis, fight the prognosis. what are the things you want to do? there must be things? the main thing for me is normality, you know? i don't want people feeling sorry for me. ijust want to get on with life, take the kids to school. for me, the immediate future is normality. very good point, yeah. because i'm further down the line, maybe live for the day.

the weeks and months look after themselves. me and these boys, me and your good self, it's a very special day. i think similar to the lads, really. i don't really have a bucket list, just to spend time with the wife, family and friends and just to see them happy and them smiling, it makes me happy. so... i think, as doddie touched on, just don't take anything for granted and realise it doesn't really take a lot to be happy, so just enjoy today and do what makes you happy. gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. thank you. what an amazing discussion that must have been to be part of? yeah, it was quite a tough watch. what comes across, i was expecting that conversation to be exceptionally sad and whilst we were talking it was sad but i know all those men don't wa nt sad but i know all those men don't

want your sympathy. they don't want you to feel sorry for them. what they want you to do is contribute to research, investigation, some kind of progress by motor neurone disease because they are living with it now. they think they are most concerned about is not themselves but their families and other people with the disease who perhaps don't have the platform that they have. that's why they spoke to us. such a powerful voice, those three together, talking about taking on mnd as a free, three really high—profile sportsmen who are genuinely making a difference.” think what was really rewarding from that day as they did definitely get a sense of empowerment from each other. you had them all talking about being in a team. they are used to being in team environments and playing sport at a high level. they are used to being really close to their team—mates are now they are each other's team—mates and i think that something that really helped them on the day and hopefully will continue to help them going forward now. thank you so much. we were talking about the impact they have

had. for a list of organisations that can provide support with mnd, now time for the news, weather and travel wherever you are watching. i had ihada i had a storm dennis arriving at the weekend we have further snow and ice across northern ireland, scotland, northern england are still some wintry showers across north wales as well. these showers will generally tend to ease as the day goes on but we'll keep you going across western areas with clouds gathering in the south—west as the day wears on. the best of the sunshine further east. a cold day, the wind is not quite as strong as in recent days. this evening and overnight some clear skies at first but cloud and rain piling into south—west england, wales, northern ireland, extending across much of england and wales,

bumping into the cold air and translating into snow in the far north of england, southern scotland and the central belt. that could bring some significant snow for a time through the rush hour, through the central belt and through tomorrow it tends to pull away north and east, with rain across far east of scotland. behind it, strong winds, gales likely across channel and western coasts, with gusts of up to 60-65 and western coasts, with gusts of up to 60—65 mph. and western coasts, with gusts of up to 60-65 mph. 10-11dc and western coasts, with gusts of up to 60—65 mph. 10—11dc in the south of the uk, fairly cold the further north you are. going into friday, starting dry with sunshine. after a cold start, then turning wet and windy from the west. there could be some flooding across parts of scotland. temperatures starting to recover by the time we get to the end of the week. heading into the weekend, here is our next named storm, storm dennis pushing in off the atlantic bringing very strong winds, severe gales, wet weather through saturday into sunday. so,

widespread gales, gusts of 60—70 mph through saturday and sunday coupled with heavy rain as well. and we might see some flooding in places. goodbye.

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