the daily mirror has its own investigation into american chicken farms where birds are crammed into sheds before being slaughtered and washed in chlorine. the independent says a team of scientists have confirmed daily portions of fruit and veg can reduce the risk of the most common types of stroke by 13%. and the times poses an important transport question — are e—scooters the green option for moving round our cities, or are they a menace to society? you have been very vocal on that subject this morning. with me isjonathan charles, from the european bank for reconstruction and development. let's look at the financial times. the global coronavirus spread, is in most front pages, a different angle on this story. i think most people are pointing out this will be a real test of a europe now, because there is huge amounts

of free movement around europe, this is a very busy time of the tours? of course in northern italy, with the venice festival, which has now been brought to an early end, the venice carnival, but also half term holidays in the kingdom for example, many people would have been travelling in northern italy and europe, as did i. i think this shows the difficulty in the modern world of trying to contain something ina of trying to contain something in a small of trying to contain something ina smallarea. of trying to contain something in a small area. that is what the italians are trying to do, they have ten communities there south of milan which they have sealed off, 50,000 people, and they are hoping to bring it under control. but they do not know her patient zero is. how these people caught this virus. i was going to say, the concern about italy in particular is that there has been this huge spike, and very swiftly, over 100 cases. we are not seeing in other countries, which we have been dealing with other countries across europe and the uk. this is the concern, why have you not, handle on it of course. there is a huge amount of tourism and italy, it keeps

the economy going, and that will be a concern to authorities as they have to slow down tourism inflows and deal with repercussions of this, but not being able to identify patient zero means they are still not clear what caused this and it is very hard to contain because patient zero could will be out there spreading the virus. in the ft points out what has been going on at the 620 summit in saudi arabia which of course is front page news in arab news, but the ft quoting the head of the international monetary fund saying this will shave something of global... 0.196, but you have to take these figures with a bit of a pinch of salt because it really predicates at on this being dealt with fairly quickly. we don't know that yet because we don't know that yet because we don't know that a match this virus. there is hope that is warmer weather comes in the spring that the virus slows down, does not get passed around so much, because normally in the spring the flu and other viruses like this to fall away. we just don't know because we know so little about

this, we have just because we know so little about this, we havejust got because we know so little about this, we have just got to because we know so little about this, we havejust got to hope. the world ‘s most powerful financial policymakers played all sorts of things in riyadh, we have had these headlines before, why should we not be cynical about this? —— pledge. the first is that they were talking about sustainable economic growth, which is an example —— which is interesting from an oil economy, they were talking about the green economy. i definitely detect there is a new mood and not just amongst the 620 but most governments, the idea of doing more on the green economy is absolute luke mitchell. —— absolutely crucial. private sector is getting on board are not waiting for governments, the european bank for reconstruction and development, almost half of our lending last year was into the private sector and green projects. what we see more and more is countries saying, it is not an anomaly to say that we want to be green and to make profits, we can make ourselves profit while still investing in clean ways of running a business. i think that is what the finance

ministers are saying here as well and all the other 620 policymakers. but also to saudi arabia with their own plan to reform their own economy and... and actually, one of the other issues that came out of the 620 was better investment opportunities for example the women, financial inclusions are women. it would have been amazing ten years ago if you had heard that sort of wording being used in saudi arabia. but as you say we have had a lot of this before, the question is how long it takes to get there. it isa how long it takes to get there. it is a slow march to equality in the workplace, financial inclusions are women but it is clearly something that people are pledging to, holding them to their commitments is of course another matter. now let's talk about this mirror investigation, i would let's talk about this mirror investigation, iwould imagine the reason they have done this investigation is because of trade talks between the us and the uk will begin soon as well as with the eu. there is a lot of discussion, there has been in the media about chlorinated chicken. do we want this in the uk or not? they are pointing out that they had been to see one of these places where chlorinated... several farms.

there is a picture here of the mirror reporter on the front page, one of the chicken shed where birds live a grim life before being killed in chlorine. they are making the point that in effect this factory farming is in words creating all sorts of issues, the birds sit there in their own faeces, they grow in eight weeks, they point out in this article, to the human equivalent of 47 stone, from 0-47 equivalent of 47 stone, from 0—47 stone in eight weeks, that is absolutely staggering. they say the reason they used chlorine to wash these chickens is to get rid of any disease because these birds are standing in own faeces, but the upside they would point to, they would say, is of course it is cheap, chicken is cheap in the united states, cheap as chips, achievers chicken. and they want to sell it into the eu and the uk as part of any trade deal. they are saying hormone treated believe, chlorinated chicken would have to be part of... farmers are a powerful lobby in trade talks.

both sides. they would want theirs. for the uk it is difficult because there is a question about whether uk consumers would want what might be perceived as lower standards compared to the eu. and also from the point of view of those who farm chickens in the uk who adhere to register later —— regulations, that have been passed in the european union, they can't compete on what they wa nt to they can't compete on what they want to compete anyway in a sense. is that organic chicken range that much more expensive when you're in the supermarket, it isa when you're in the supermarket, it is a huge price differential. imagine if you area uk differential. imagine if you are a uk farmer and you want to carry on exporting into the european union for example, underan eu european union for example, under an eu trade deal that britain might do you may need to maintain the same eu standards to do that. maybe very ha rd if standards to do that. maybe very hard if you are being undercut in your domestic markets by cheaper imports coming from the united states. it is very hard to see how you square the circle here between what will be needed in the eu trade deal and what will be neededin trade deal and what will be needed in trade deal. perhaps the answer is a less meet, as

they independent point out and others, eating fruit, veg, cheese linked to lower/ risks, a study finds. it is notjust throw, it is cancer, we know this already don't we, the five day rule, eat fruit and veg. the daily mirror has a front p39e the daily mirror has a front page as well which says" blood pressure, how to lower it". maybe don't red the news papers is one way to lower your blood pressure. eating fruit and vegetables, we have known for a long time, eat your five vegetables, five fruit, it will help this reinforces that. but also eating cheese, which i found surprising, saying that reduces the risk of a stroke. use it to our ears, the cheese lovers. i have always been told the more cheesy wheat the worse it is for your blood pressure and cholesterol, and possibility of a stroke. but this and many papers have this story on the front page, every ten g extra of fibre eaten a date is linked with a 23% lower risk of a particular type of stroke. that is quite staggering, you only have to eat an apple and maybe one

other thing and that would have a real impact. so i'm going away to eat my apple and broccoli as soon as we finish. where are you in the great debate about e—scooters? i must admiti debate about e—scooters? i must admit i have tried them, i whizzed around paris and valencia on e—scooters, they are loads of fun but they are pretty hectic, they can be quite scary. i would like to say hello this morning to the person who almost rang me down on the pavement two weeks ago on the pavement two weeks ago on an e—scooter in london. on the pavement two weeks ago on an e-scooter in london. the streets of london are very busy. they are too narrow. it is like saying would you have a bicycle on the pavement, the a nswer bicycle on the pavement, the answer is no. if they are not on the pavement and on the roads, what would that mean? many have been in touch about cyclists in london, and how dangerous it is. in big cities are not just dangerous it is. in big cities are notjust london. they make the point here than the uk and ireland they have not been made legal in public highways and yet people are still using them despite often it says on the box that you cannot use them on

a public highway. so you are not a fan. i am not a fan and i say this is a symptom of the real problem, the problem is that getting around a big city like london is almost impossible, seven miles an hour is the average speed now, slower than the horse and carriage days of the victorians. penny farthing? amazing, maybe i should have one of those. i am not a big fan and in the times they talk about it as e—scooter was. between pedestrians and... we already have one going on social media. both for and against. thank you jonathan, for your time and contribution, and thank you for your company this morning, whatever you are up to today i hope you have a really good day and remember if you want to get involved in the conversation,, hashtag #bbcthebriefing is the place, i will you very soon. —— i will see you very soon.

hello there. the weather looks set to cause a few more problems over the coming days. first of all, well, the risk of flooding hasn't diminished at all. we've got over 100 flood warnings currently in force, and we've also got a severe flood warning that's been issued. that's been put on a stretch of the river severn, this time in shrewsbury, in shropshire, and it's here later on this afternoon that we could see the river approach record levels. and there could be further flooding over the coming days. we have got more rain in the forecast as well. the other thing that you might encounter as we head into the first part of the morning is this. yes, there is the potential for some disruptive snow. let me explain. it's been getting chilly across northern parts of the country, whereas in the south, you can see some mild air here. temperatures ten degrees orso in cardiff. it's mild because it's turned wet and windy, and this band of heavy rain is moving across wales and the midlands, bumping into the cold air. it's turning to snow across the high ground of northern england, and across the hills of scotland as well. we could see the snow come down

to lower elevations for a time, just in time for monday morning rush hour. so there is the potential for some disruption, and i suspect over the high ground, we could be looking at something like 5—10 cm. and that's not our only problem, mind you. this band of rain sweeps its way southwards and eastwards. as it does so, it could bring about 40—50 mm of rain across the high ground of wales, and that sets the scene for further flooding problems later on in the week, even as the rain clears through. blustery showers follow, a windy day everywhere, and the winds will make it feel really particularly cold in scotland, a bitterfeel to the weather here. now, heading into tuesday and wednesday, high pressure is to the south—west of the uk, low pressure to the north—west, north—east, and that maintains north—westerly winds across the country. and it's those north—westerly winds that will feed in showers. now, the showers will be quite widespread, particularly across western areas as we head into the afternoon. some of them will have some a sort of wintry flavour to them, particularly across northern areas over the high ground. yes, there'll be some sunshine between. but it's a similar looking weather picture as we head into wednesday — again,

a cold north—westerly wind feeding the showers in. the showers particular frequent across the north—west of scotland, northern ireland, running down through the irish sea to affect north wales, cheshire, merseyside, greater manchester and the north—west midlands, all the while feeling cold in the wind, as well. so quite a lot going on over the next few days alone. yes, there's the concerns that we could see some disruptive snow through this morning. heavy rain around as well, and that's likely to cause some further flooding problems as we go through the next few days.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today: italy locks down towns and villages, as the authorities race to contain the country's growing coronavirus crisis. another severe flood warning — shrewsbury is braced for its highest river levels in 20 years. further disrupted whether it was central and southern scotland. northern england and northern ireland in the shape of the snow. for the rest of us, we're looking at some rain. 6ood for the rest of us, we're looking at some rain. good morning. are you seeing red because you can't read the road signs?