good morning. welcome to breakfast, with ben thompson and luzmy gopal. our headlines today: three deaths and widespread damage — as the clean up from storm eunice gets under way, around 400 thousand homes across the uk are still without power on the trains, some companies are telling passengers not to travel at all again today, but if you do need to make a journey, expect delays and disruption, some services not expected to resume until this afternoon the earliest. hello, good morning. storm eunice

has swept— hello, good morning. storm eunice has swept away now. the winds have eased, _ has swept away now. the winds have eased. we're — has swept away now. the winds have eased, we're left with some icy patches — eased, we're left with some icy patches around this morning, actually, _ patches around this morning, actually, but there is more wet and windy— actually, but there is more wet and windy weather to come at times this weekend, _ windy weather to come at times this weekend, and even into next week as well. join _ weekend, and even into next week as well. join me — weekend, and even into next week as well. join me later for the details. us presidentjoe biden insists russia is planning to invade ukraine, saying an attack is expected in the coming days. make no mistake, if russia pursues its plans, it will be responsible for a catastrophic and needless war of choice. the prime minister has completed a questionnaire about alleged lockdown parties at downing street and returned it to the metropolitan police. after 1a long days, could it finally be a golden day for team gb? the men's curlers take on sweden in the gold medal match in the next hour, with at least a silver medal guaranteed. it's saturday 19 february.

our main story: the big clean—up is set to begin after storm eunice brought damage, disruption and record—breaking gusts of wind to many parts of the uk. around 400,000 homes remain without power and a number of train operators are still warning people not to travel. but efforts to get things back on track could be hampered by a yellow weather warning for ice across northern england, northern ireland and scotland until 9:00am this morning, and the met office has also issued a yellow wind warning for south wales and the south coast of england until 6:00pm this evening. we'll have more on all of that throughout the morning. but first, our reporter james reynolds looks at the impact of one of the worst storms to hit the uk in a generation. at the needles on the isle of wight, winds of 122 mph were provisionally recorded. if verified, this would be

the highest gust ever seen in england. but you don't need a wind speed reading to understand the force of storm eunice as it swept in from the atlantic. many took cover, some could not. in hampshire, a man in this 20s died when the van he was in this 20s died when the van he was in hit a tree. the driver was also seriously injured. in merseyside, debris smashed through the windscreen of a van, killing a man in this 50s. and in north london, a woman in her 30s died when a tree fell on a car in which she was travelling. a man who was driving was taken to hospital. across the uk, including in cornwall, people filmed the storm's destruction for themselves. on the m4 in wales, driving became extremely dangerous. this lorry was no match for the storm. in bromley, this bus had no

time to swerve. it bulldozed its way through a fallen tree. the storm toppled the spire of st thomas's church in wales, in place since victorian times. no—one was injured. and london's o2 arena, popstars are expected to blow the roof off the venue, but this time, the storm did it for real. 1000 people had to be evacuated. it for real. 1000 people had to be evacuated-— it for real. 1000 people had to be evacuated. . _ ., _ ., evacuated. easy, easy! go on, son! 0k, to be _ evacuated. easy, easy! go on, son! 0k, to be towed... _ evacuated. easy, easy! go on, son! 0k, to be towed... and _ evacuated. easy, easy! go on, son! 0k, to be towed... and pilots - evacuated. easy, easy! go on, son! l 0k, to be towed... and pilots coming into heathrow — 0k, to be towed... and pilots coming into heathrow fort _ 0k, to be towed... and pilots coming into heathrow fort media _ 0k, to be towed... and pilots coming into heathrow fort media battles - into heathrow fort media battles with the wind. their approach eagerly captured by a reporter from big jet tv. eagerly captured by a reporter from bi jet tv. �* , eagerly captured by a reporter from bi jet tv. a ., eagerly captured by a reporter from bijettv. a ., a eagerly captured by a reporter from bijettv. t . t , eagerly captured by a reporter from bijettv. a ., a , a big jet tv. he's down, he's up, he's down. at gatwick, _ big jet tv. he's down, he's up, he's down. at gatwick, some _ big jet tv. he's down, he's up, he's down. at gatwick, some pilots - big jet tv. he's down, he's up, he's down. at gatwick, some pilots had l big jet tv. he's down, he's up, he'sl down. at gatwick, some pilots had to make several— down. at gatwick, some pilots had to make several lending _ down. at gatwick, some pilots had to make several lending attempts. - make several lending attempts. across the uk, more than a50 flights were cancelled. in the north of

england and parts of scotland have had heavy snow. disruption is expected to continue over the weekend. in a moment we will speak to our reporter vincent mcaviney, who is outside the o2 arena in london this morning. but first, let's go to simonjones at paddington station. simon, rail disruption is expected to continue over the weekend. yesterday the disruption, today the clean—up, but it could take some time before things are back to normal. , �* , ., ., , time before things are back to normal. , �*, ., ., , ., normal. yes, it's going to be a difficult day — normal. yes, it's going to be a difficult day ahead. _ normal. yes, it's going to be a difficult day ahead. some - normal. yes, it's going to be a difficult day ahead. some raill difficult day ahead. some rail companies are already telling passengers not to travel today. that particular applies to southern, to thameslink and the great northern, but if you do need to attempt a mega journey, expect delays and disruption. and we see that here at paddington. just over here at the departure board, it tells a story of cancellations and delays. gwr, which runs services down to the

south—west, says it is not even going to attempt any trains before 10am this morning and it is a similar picture across the network. why these delays, given that the storm has now blown through? well, there are still weather warnings for wind affecting pretty much the whole of southern england and southern wales that are still in force, meaning trains will have to run slowly. also, it is a problem of clearing the tracks, because yesterday, so many trees came down, there was so much debris on the line, that that all has to be checked to make sure the services can run safely. we are told network rail engineers have been working through the night and they have had their chainsaws out, but it is going to be a long process. so as ever, the advice: check before you set out. �* , ., , , . , out. and when you see the pictures ofthe out. and when you see the pictures of the clean-up. — out. and when you see the pictures of the clean-up, you _ out. and when you see the pictures of the clean-up, you realise - out. and when you see the pictures of the clean-up, you realise what l of the clean—up, you realise what they are up against. for now, simon, thank you. around 1,000 people were evacuated when parts of the roof at london's o2 arena were ripped away by the storm. our reporter vincent mcaviney is there this morning.

vincent, what's the latest? we saw some really striking pictures of the damage injames's report. good morning. well, you can see the full impact of storm eunice's 80 mph winds in east london on the o2 arena, formerly, of course, the millennium don't. in the past few minutes we have seen and heard more of the roof tearing. if you have never visited this site in the last 20 years, it is essentially a giant tent structure with a fabric roof. inside, at the centre, there is a 20,000 seat arena which is enclosed, but all the way around the outside is essentially an open street to that roof, which has restaurants and shops. now, it is the shopping section where the roof has torn. they were, as you say, around 1000 people in there yesterday. they heard a loud bang and had to be evacuated. the emergency services declared it a major incident, but thankfully no—one was hurt. but the building had to close, and it will, we understand, remain closed for the

rest of today, cancelling a simply red concert that had been postponed by the pandemic. the band had said it is tragic for the music industry after all the disruption of the last few years. they have been engineers on site today, but those are custom fabric panels, so it is unclear how long it will actually take to repair this building.— long it will actually take to repair this building. vincent, thank you. we will keep _ this building. vincent, thank you. we will keep you _ this building. vincent, thank you. we will keep you up-to-date - we will keep you up—to—date with that operation and bring you some of the other main stories today. us presidentjoe biden has said he is convinced vladimir putin has decided to invade ukraine and an attack could happen within days. it is as the prime, minister, borisjohnson prepares to address world leaders in germany today, where he is expected to say there is still a chance to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. this isjoe this is joe biden�*s this isjoe biden�*s most definitive addiction yet over the intentions of russia. he said he was convinced president putin had made his

decision. we president putin had made his decision. ~ ., president putin had made his decision. ~ . ., ,., president putin had made his decision. ~ . ., ., , decision. we have reason to believe the russian — decision. we have reason to believe the russian forces _ decision. we have reason to believe the russian forces are _ decision. we have reason to believe the russian forces are planning - decision. we have reason to believe the russian forces are planning and| the russian forces are planning and intend to attack ukraine in the coming week. in the coming days. we believe that they will target ukraine's capital, kyiv, city of 2.8 million innocent people. we are calling out russia's plans loudly and repeatedly not because we want to conflict but because we are doing everything in our power to any reason that russia may give to justify invading ukraine and prevent them from moving. the justify invading ukraine and prevent them from moving.— justify invading ukraine and prevent them from moving. the president said his assessment _ them from moving. the president said his assessment was _ them from moving. the president said his assessment was based _ them from moving. the president said his assessment was based on - his assessment was based on significant intelligence. mr biden�*s comments came after a phone call with other world leaders, including borisjohnson, who is heading to the munich security conference later with a chance to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. the view of downing street is that the uk continues to reserve judgement on whether russia has decided to invade ukraine. the white house says the transatlantic leaders are united in their

determination to continue pursuing diplomacy while preparing to impose swift, co—ordinated economic costs on russia should it choose further conflict. vladimir putin has again insisted that large—scale military exercises close to the ukrainian border are purely defensive and don't represent a threat to any other country, but western intelligence suggests that a further 7000 troops have arrived on the border in recent days, and field hospitals have been spotted close to the divide between the two countries. there is also increased activity in the separatist held east of the country, with sirens wailing in the city of don yet, local leaders have claimed ukraine is about to attack and that women and children are being evacuated to russia —— donettsk. but western allies say it is russian backed misinformation to try and justify a full on invasion of ukraine.

borisjohnson has returned his questionnaire about allegations of downing street lockdown breaches to the metropolitan police. around 50 people received the document, which has the same status as information given in an interview under caution. the prime minister has previously said he didn't believe he had broken any rules but apologised for the things we simply didn't get right. more than 17,000 chain store outlets shut cross britain last year according to new research. the figures, which include big household names like debenhams and the arcadia group, also reflect the closure of restaurants, banks, hairdressers and gyms. researchers say the findings demonstrate the rise of online shopping and the impact of the pandemic. the biggest shift has been a shift to online. that doesn'tjust affect retailers, so things like clothing retailers, so things like clothing retail and grocery retail shifting online, but it also affect services. so if you have the —— we have fewer bank branches on our high streets, betting shops. all of those things

that you traditionally might have gone to a physical store on the high street store, actually, more and more people are going online. and covid hasjust almost more people are going online. and covid has just almost accelerated that impact. the nhs in england is going to stop using money donated by the betting industry to help treat gambling addicts. the move comes after patients and medics raised concerns about a conflict of interest. accounts from the charity gambleaware showed betting companies voluntarily donated £16 million to fund treatment services between april and december last year. hollywood's former super—couple brangelina have clashed again, this time over a vineyard in the south of france. brad pitt is suing his ex—wife, angelina jolie, for selling her share of the chateau the pair got married in in 201a. after their divorce, it was agreed that neither would sell their stakes without the permission of the other. tim allman reports. they were, just about, the most famous couple in hollywood, but when

their love story reached its unhappy ending, it wasn'tjust their love story reached its unhappy ending, it wasn't just their romantic relationship that hit the rocks. the two hollywood stars shared ownership of this shadow and vineyard in south—east france. they had kept hold of the asset even after their divorce. had kept hold of the asset even aftertheir divorce. but had kept hold of the asset even after their divorce. but now, angelia jolie has sold up and brad pitt isn't happy about it. according to court documents, his lawyers claim... and that the new owners would... angelia jolie has the upper hand. she is a shareholder, and notwithstanding brad pitt's arguments that he put in more money, he put in more time and he put in more effort into the winery, she is still a part owner, entitled to sell her shares.

still a part owner, entitled to sell her shares-— her shares. guys, nice photo together— her shares. guys, nice photo together please. _ her shares. guys, nice photo together please. according l her shares. guys, nice photo| together please. according to re orts, together please. according to reports, angelia _ together please. according to reports, angelia jolie - together please. according to reports, angelia jolie had - together please. according to | reports, angelia jolie had tried together please. according to - reports, angelia jolie had tried to sell her stake to her former husband, but a deal could not be reached. she therefore looked to a third party, believed to be a russian billionaire. no longer husband and wife, no longer business partners. anyone hoping to savour some brangelina rose it will be more than a little disappointed. i like the fact that we are still using their brangelina portmanteau name, even though they have split. it is so catchy, isn't it? let's take a look at today's papers. the fallout and damage caused by storm eunice dominates today's front pages. day of destruction, says the the times, which estimates that more than 200,000 homes were without power in england and wales last night. the paper also says the london fire brigade declared a major incident after receiving 550 calls in 2.5 hours. "carnage" is the daily mirror's headline, as the paper opts for a photo of high waves in blackpool.

it also features a picture of london's o2 arena missing a section of its roof. the telegraph's lead story also focuses on the chaos caused by the storm, as the the paper reports that some power cuts could last a8 hours, and potentially even longer in rural areas. and finally, the new york times leads with comments from us presidentjoe biden, who say he is convinced that his russian counterpart, vladimir putin, has decided to again invade ukraine. we will have a look at some of the inside of the papers, and this is a bit of a perennial one, something we see quite a lot. this is a bit of a... teacher is what it is called, like chart —— tea chart. i am a

super week. like chart —— tea chart. i am a superweek. mine like chart —— tea chart. i am a super week. mine is basically milk and water with a hint of tea. that is mine. it says it reveals about my personality that i am apathetic. i’m personality that i am apathetic. i'm not personality that i am apathetic. i“n not bothered either way. i would go here. it is supposed to be the colour of he—man. anyone who remembers the cartoon. this be the colour of he-man. anyone who remembers the cartoon.— remembers the cartoon. this is an appr0priate _ remembers the cartoon. this is an appropriate personality. _ remembers the cartoon. this is an appropriate personality. reliable l appropriate personality. reliable and strong- _ appropriate personality. reliable and strong. there _ appropriate personality. reliable and strong. there we _ appropriate personality. reliable and strong. there we go. - appropriate personality. reliable and strong. there we go. i - appropriate personality. reliablej and strong. there we go. i didn't read that before. just and strong. there we go. i didn't read that before.— read that before. just a coincidence. _ read that before. just a coincidence. a - read that before. just a coincidence. a lot - read that before. just a coincidence. a lot of i read that before. just a | coincidence. a lot of the read that before. just a - coincidence. a lot of the papers have news of the big jet tv. you coincidence. a lot of the papers have news of the big jet tv. have news of the big 'et tv. you can barely move _ have news of the big 'et tv. you can barely move from _ have news of the big jet tv. you can barely move from mentions of - have news of the big jet tv. you can barely move from mentions of it - barely move from mentions of it in the newspapers today. the man behind, jerry dwyer, if you are looking at any pictures, showed some a little earlier, airliners landing at heathrow yesterday, big jet tv managing to pull in thousands of viewers on its livestream on youtube

of watching pilots navigate landings in the windy weather. what i came away from watching a lot of that yesterday, i need to get out more, but also, quite how skilled those pilots are. they are all saying this is what we do, we train for this every day, but absolutely incredible watching them. i every day, but absolutely incredible watching them-— watching them. i wonder if the passengers — watching them. i wonder if the passengers were _ watching them. i wonder if the passengers were as _ watching them. i wonder if the | passengers were as nonchalant abounded?— passengers were as nonchalant abounded? , ., abounded? good 'ob they were not watchin: abounded? good 'ob they were not watching that — abounded? good job they were not watching that while _ abounded? good job they were not watching that while on _ abounded? good job they were not watching that while on the - abounded? good job they were not watching that while on the plane. l watching that while on the plane. absolutely. they will be talking to a pilot later about how they managed to land in those horrendous conditions with or yesterday. yes, and some of those conditions continue. there are as we set icy weather warnings still in place. here's darren with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. a storm has swept away and it is not as windy as it was, but we are not out of the woods just yet because there is some more wet

and windy weather at times. it will not be as bad as yesterday by any means, there are some mornings. these are the latest yellow warnings, no amber or red warnings like yesterday. 122 miles an hour in the isle of wight. the highest gusts we have ever seen across england. no wonder the planes were struggling at gatwick and heathrow. it is very extreme for this part of england. storm eunice has swept away and it has brought damage and destruction across netherlands, germany, into the baltic sea. the next weather system is following on behind that. we have some wintry showers going across scott and the northern ireland, a few icy patches around this morning. a chilly start. many places starting drive. the showers will fade away for the wet weather coming from the atlantic. rain will chase eastwards across england and wales, a bit wintry over the hills

of northern england. it moves through fairly quickly because we have strong winds along the south of england and wales once again. lighter winds in scotland after a chilly start here. temperatures will be four or five degrees at best. wet weather moves away and temperatures will fall below freezing early in the night in eastern scotland, rise later. wet weather piling in from the atlantic. it will be pretty mild by the end of the night, temperatures in most places in double figures. more weather fronts on the scene as you can see from the picture. this is the story for sunday. a big settle weather fronts this time more towards iceland, so we're not going to get the strongest of the whims. but it will be pretty windy. it is very wild, pushing from the north—west. outbreaks of rain on sunday, training heavy for a while in northern ireland, then push into northern england and north wales. showers followed behind, a bit

wintry over higher parts of scotland. a windy day widely on sunday. this could hamper any of the cleanup efforts, the winds gusting a0 to 60 miles an hour. getting colder as we get the showers coming in on those blustery winds in scotland and northern ireland. very mild in the south—east of england, 1a celsius but more rain and strong winds. back to you two.— winds. back to you two. much more reaction and — winds. back to you two. much more reaction and coverage _ winds. back to you two. much more reaction and coverage of— winds. back to you two. much more reaction and coverage of the - winds. back to you two. much more| reaction and coverage of the cleanup is a gets under way. now, it's time for click. this can is filled with a forensic spray, which, for the first time,

is being used to stop domestic violence. to show how it works, i volunteered to be sprayed with it. you can't see it with the naked eye, but switch on the uv lights... ..and you'll see i've been marked. for years, this substance has been used to protect property and deter thieves. but now, for the first time, it's been used to convict someone for harassment. a man in wakefield, west yorkshire has been jailed for breaching his non—molestation order. he'd been told to stay away from his ex—partner and her house, so when he turned up, she sprayed him with the solution. three police forces in england have been giving these canisters filled with the smartwater to victims of domestic abuse, harassment and stalking. and if it's sprayed on a person, then it can put them exactly at the scene of a crime. each batch of the liquid has a unique formulation.

at this lab in telford, they mix together different chemical elements. and there's more than a billion possible combinations. the technicians can analyse the tiniest of samples, so from just one drop of the stuff, they can tell exactly which bottle it came from. well, i mean, i can't tell you the secret sauce to smartwater, but what i can tell you is that it's made up of a combination of rare elements that would never be found naturally anywhere else in the world. each batch is unique. we know that, categorically, that smartwater was registered to that person and can be linked back to the scene of the crime. what about cctv — would that not be a good enough deterrent? cctv might not identify that, categorically, that was that person, particularly if they were wearing something like a balaclava. suddenly, the element of doubt is there, and you can't categorically prove that. whereas there is no element of doubt in something like smartwater. the idea has been around for a while. it was featured on the bbc back in 1996, but using it to deter domestic abuse

is a new idea and police say it is working. this is what forensic marking's doing. what we're saying to the perpetrator is, "if you go back to that address and you breach these conditions, "if you commit offences, you will be forensically marked. "we will be able to prove that as a police service "and we will bring you tojustice, as well." how pleased are you that you got the conviction here in yorkshire? during that incident, the victim was able to safely deploy that canister during an incident at her home address. and during the subsequent investigation, we could forensically see that the individual was marked with the spray. the following day, the perpetrator was convicted and received 24 weeks' imprisonment for a breach of a non—molestation order, which we're really pleased about. over 200 women across the uk now have smartwater in their homes, and the majority of them are telling the police that they feel safer

as a result of having the tool. they're also saying that their perpetrators are not visiting them anymore. the victims say that they can go out to work and just have peace of mind. currently, west yorkshire, south yorkshire and staffordshire police forces are using the tech as part of their domestic violence strategy. but it's thought that forensic marking will be trialled by other forces across the country too in the hope of securing more convictions and deterring more crimes. lara: now, this week is london fashion week. once more, models are gracing the catwalks to show off this season's finest designer garments. have you seen anything you like, spencer? no, has corduroy come back yet? not sure. yeah, it's all a little experimentalfor me, shall we say, but it looks very creative. how about you ? well, don't laugh yet, but i've actually been on the runway this week.

i'm off to the fashion innovation agency at the london college of fashion to test out a motion capture rig unlike any i've used before. no expensive mo—cap suits here. no dots painted on my face either. and no professional motion capture cameras. with this system, you don't need any of that. you can just track all the way down to finger level detail, just using camera movements, wearing the outfit you're wearing at your own convenience. usually, the team here would be capturing proper models, but today my body is being motion tracked. action cams — check. gaffer tape — check. one truly awkward—feeling click presenter — check. and we are good to do some motion capture. flex those hips, swing the arms, give me a pose. stop. pose for the cameras. love it. turn around. let's do the same. amazing. strike another pose. this technology in particular

keeps the models relevant. you need to capture that human data. you need to capture that natural movement. their nuances, their body language, their posture, the amount of gesticulation, the amount of personal space. it gives you a real sense of that person in that space. so even if the avatar doesn't look like you, people can still look at it and be like, "that's your walk. that's the way you stand. "i know that that's you." it draws you in. it keeps you immersed in that experience and makes it more believable and enjoyable as a consumer. what we've built on top of the ai are a number of processing engines on top. we have biomechanical rules written into there, so there are kinematic models, holonomic constraints, which are what the human body can do in terms of how the joints can move. so, for instance, if i bend my elbow like this, you can't bend it past a certain point of extension. rules like that are written into the system. we can work out where your feet are when you're moving around the volume. what that allows us to do is basically create a map of the volume and be within it. there are six cameras in this setup, and that's enough to track

about five people in this space, although they may bump into each other a bit. but it can be scaled to whatever size you want and you can choose the resolution. so, for example, if you were to use a football pitch, it could track about 22 people. the reason we can scale that up to a full football—sized pitch, for instance, is we up the resolution of the camera to say, like, 12k, and that can be much further away and much higher up, but still maintain that pixel density of the person. the system isn't live. videos need to be filmed, then processed first, so it's ready for 3d garments a few hours later, but the workflow is getting faster. there's a huge amount of money being generated now through virtual garments that don't exist in the real world. but what's the reaction been to that from some of the old—school fashion brands that would probably prefer everyone just wearing real clothes and they go and look at them on a real catwalk? i think that fashion brands are starting to understand that they are dressing a consumer

who doesn't only exist in the physical realm. and by using these kinds of technologies, like motion capture, marker lists, we can kind of curate immaterial layers that we can use in the digital realm. the avatars look amazing. costas thinks that the tech being developed now will be important for the future. there will come a point where we're going to be able to consume digitalfashion more realistically and in everyday life, and i think that these kinds of technologies allow us to kind of get there quicker. kate moss, eat your heart out. you're a natural! lara laughs and now from clothes that you can't actually wear, to make—up that you can't really see. here's nick kwek. i'm really fascinated by all of those worlds that exist beyond our eyes, ears, nose and mouth and what we can sense as a person. nick kwek: renowned for creating chameleon—like clothing that changes colour depending on the wearer's environment, lauren bowker and her team

are now turning their test tubes towards the beauty business. we just launched our metaverse make—up spectra and, essentially, it'sjust a colour and a make—up and eye colour that transcends the digital physical realities. the eye is a window into a reality, right? it's how we see this physical reality that we're within. but the screen is also another eye. it is another medium in which to view a different reality. so this is the metaverse make—up here, and when i apply it to the skin, you can see it disappearing. it's almost invisible, but it comes to life when i pull out my smartphone, turn on the flash — and look, there you can see it. look at that. the product itself is retro reflective, so it reflects into a spectrum of light that we tuned for the mobile phone flash camera to be alive in the metaverse. i feel like i'm literally in the future right now. spectra wasn't designed

for everybody on the planet. it was purely designed out of curiosity. and curious it is. infused inside the make—up is a special ingredient made from glass microspheres coated with aluminium. it works a bit like the coatings on road signs, which reflect car headlights. maybe look a little bit more. yes — yeah, gorgeous. i feel great. i'm in my sci—fi fantasy! so maybe a bit higher at the front, lauren. i it's my first metaverse photoshoot. the inspiration came from being at a gig and watching everybody at the gig view the gig through their phones. watching everyone watch that musician through the screen made me think, "what if we could create a colour that exists "in the physical space, "but is only seen through the screen and the digital space?" yes, it looks really good. why would someone

who wants to wear make—up not want people to see they're wearing make—up? why would they not? don't we... isn't the most interesting thing about someone the thing they don't tell you, or the thing they don't show? for me, that's the most interesting thing. i wear it a lot on myself because it's quite fun thinking that people don't know that you're actually wearing it, but you know. it gave her a moment of expression that was just, that was unseen, just for her. it's like your own little secret, you know? is the world ready for this make—up? i think the world absolutely is ready for it, but it won't be for everyone, and it's not meant for everyone. well, let's see. it's time for me to face the make—up. do i look ready for the metaverse? time will tell. oh, yes. i'm afraid that's it for the short cut of this week's click — the full—length version is of course waiting for you

on iplayer right now. as ever, you can keep up with the team on social media — find us on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter @bbcclick. thanks for watching. we'll see you soon. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast, with ben thompson and luxmy gopal. team gb is going for gold in beijing this morning, facing sweden in the final of the men's curling. the squad has already guaranteed the uk's first medal of the games, beating team usa in the semi—final. our reporter laura mcghie is in stranraer, where some of the team's friends and family have gathered to cheer them on.

good morning, laura. good morning, eve one. good morning, laura. good morning, everyone- l — good morning, laura. good morning, everyone- i am _ good morning, laura. good morning, everyone. i am here _ good morning, laura. good morning, everyone. i am here at— good morning, laura. good morning, everyone. i am here at the _ everyone. i am here at the north—west castle the only hotel in the world to have its very own curling ice rink within the hotel. it is absolutely fantastic, and if you are looking for a curling themed hotel, come no further. we have some cups here, all curling themed. i don't know if you can see on the cover, we have some curling stones on the carpet, and if you look up in the air you on the carpet, and if you look up in the airyou can on the carpet, and if you look up in the air you can see some curling stone lights as well. this hotel is actually owned by hannah mcmillan, not the one who will be taking to theice not the one who will be taking to the ice later this morning, but it has been in the family for a number of years. they got the ice rink built as part of the hotel. this man

knows the hotel very well, he introduced himself as the dj, ice rink wrangler, and then mentioned he is the uncle of some team gb contenders. how other nerves this morning? mt; contenders. how other nerves this mornint ? ~ , , contenders. how other nerves this mornint ? g , ., contenders. how other nerves this mornint? g .. , morning? my nerves are absolutely shattered, morning? my nerves are absolutely shattered. and _ morning? my nerves are absolutely shattered, and they _ morning? my nerves are absolutely shattered, and they have _ morning? my nerves are absolutely shattered, and they have been - morning? my nerves are absolutely shattered, and they have been all. shattered, and they have been all week_ shattered, and they have been all week after the semi—final yesterday i week after the semi—final yesterday i was _ week after the semi—final yesterday i was still _ week after the semi—final yesterday i was still nervous after the game. you have — i was still nervous after the game. you have been staying up late to watch what is going on and getting up watch what is going on and getting up super early. watch what is going on and getting pp super early-— watch what is going on and getting u- su-er earl. ., , up super early. indeed, we have been here forten — up super early. indeed, we have been here for ten days _ up super early. indeed, we have been here for ten days now, _ up super early. indeed, we have been here for ten days now, and _ up super early. indeed, we have been here for ten days now, and ten - up super early. indeed, we have been here for ten days now, and ten days l here for ten days now, and ten days of insomnia — here for ten days now, and ten days of insomnia. we have been getting by because _ of insomnia. we have been getting by because the boys have been giving us adrenaline. _ because the boys have been giving us adrenaline, so it has been brilliant _ adrenaline, so it has been brilliant.— adrenaline, so it has been brilliant. , ., , ., ., brilliant. tell us a bit about how the bo s brilliant. tell us a bit about how the boys came _ brilliant. tell us a bit about how the boys came to _ brilliant. tell us a bit about how the boys came to be _ brilliant. tell us a bit about how the boys came to be part - brilliant. tell us a bit about how the boys came to be part of- brilliant. tell us a bit about how the boys came to be part of the| the boys came to be part of the hotel. ~ , ., , the boys came to be part of the hotel. g . , ., ., ., hotel. my wife was the manager, and she has always _ hotel. my wife was the manager, and she has always had _ hotel. my wife was the manager, and she has always had a _ hotel. my wife was the manager, and she has always had a great _ hotel. my wife was the manager, and she has always had a great training . she has always had a great training ground _ she has always had a great training ground for— she has always had a great training ground for the young kids, and some players _ ground for the young kids, and some players have been coming since they were 12~ _

players have been coming since they were 12. most of them are nephews or have been— were 12. most of them are nephews or have been born into the family and from _ have been born into the family and from a _ have been born into the family and from a young age they have been learning — from a young age they have been learning the skills on this ice rink — learning the skills on this ice rink. ., ., , , ., learning the skills on this ice rink. ., ., , i. , rink. how nervous will you be watching _ rink. how nervous will you be watching them _ rink. how nervous will you be watching them in _ rink. how nervous will you be watching them in action - rink. how nervous will you be watching them in action on i rink. how nervous will you be l watching them in action on the rink. how nervous will you be - watching them in action on the ice this morning, battling it out to become olympic champions? yes. this morning, battling it out to become olympic champions? yes, it doesnt become olympic champions? yes, it doesn't get — become olympic champions? yes, it doesn't get any _ become olympic champions? yes, it doesn't get any bigger— become olympic champions? yes, it doesn't get any bigger than - become olympic champions? yes, it doesn't get any bigger than this. - doesn't get any bigger than this. this is— doesn't get any bigger than this. this is the — doesn't get any bigger than this. this is the biggest ever, in our lives, — this is the biggest ever, in our lives, and _ this is the biggest ever, in our lives, and i_ this is the biggest ever, in our lives, and i am really nervous. goodness _ lives, and i am really nervous. goodness knows how they must be feeling, _ goodness knows how they must be feeling, but they are pretty cool. they _ feeling, but they are pretty cool. they do — feeling, but they are pretty cool. they do look very cool on the ice. tell us a bit about what they are wearing and how you managed to get this salt lake 2002 jumper? latte wearing and how you managed to get this salt lake 2002 jumper?— this salt lake 2002 'umper? we were in salt lake this salt lake 2002 'umper? we were in satt take city — this salt lake 2002 jumper? we were in salt lake city supporting _ this salt lake 2002 jumper? we were in salt lake city supporting both - in salt lake city supporting both hannah— in salt lake city supporting both hannah and gil's rather. but this was given— hannah and gil's rather. but this was given to me in salt lake city in 2002. _ was given to me in salt lake city in 2002, so _ was given to me in salt lake city in 2002, so it— was given to me in salt lake city in 2002, so it is— was given to me in salt lake city in 2002, so it is a bit of a lucky one. let's _ 2002, so it is a bit of a lucky one. let's hope — 2002, so it is a bit of a lucky one. let's hope it— 2002, so it is a bit of a lucky one. let's hope it works again. just finall , let's hope it works again. just finally. can — let's hope it works again. just finally, can they _ let's hope it works again. jitsii finally, can they become olympic champions?—

finally, can they become olympic cham-ions? , . . champions? yes, we can indeed. we're so excited about _ champions? yes, we can indeed. we're so excited about it. _ champions? yes, we can indeed. we're so excited about it. the _ champions? yes, we can indeed. we're so excited about it. the party _ so excited about it. the party startint so excited about it. the party starting very _ so excited about it. the party starting very early, _ so excited about it. the party starting very early, at - so excited about it. the party i starting very early, at 6:30am. i will take you through to the fans own, because they are not for beijing. it has got pretty rowdy here already. let me take you up to where everyone will be watching this morning. it is already pretty packed as everyone is just super excited to find out whether or not team gb's first metal of the winter olympics can be a gold. i will be back later in the programme.— can be a gold. i will be back later in the programme. thank you, i love that -a in the programme. thank you, i love that party atmosphere _ in the programme. thank you, i love that party atmosphere already. - in the programme. thank you, i love that party atmosphere already. it - in the programme. thank you, i love that party atmosphere already. it is| that party atmosphere already. it is brilliant. it that party atmosphere already. it is brilliant. ., ., that party atmosphere already. it is brilliant. ., . ., brilliant. it looks great. we all want to come. _ brilliant. it looks great. we all want to come. is _ brilliant. it looks great. we all want to come. is there - brilliant. it looks great. we all want to come. is there space | brilliant. it looks great. we all. want to come. is there space for brilliant. it looks great. we all- want to come. is there space for a few more? — want to come. is there space for a few more? and _ want to come. is there space for a few more? and a _ want to come. is there space for a few more? and a curling - want to come. is there space for a few more? and a curling themed l want to come. is there space for a - few more? and a curling themed hotel is a thing that i never knew existed but have never wanted to be in more. i feel you but have never wanted to be in more. ifeel you may but have never wanted to be in more. i feel you may be but have never wanted to be in more. ifeel you may be booking but have never wanted to be in more. i feel you may be booking your next birthday party there. let's talk some more about curling. they are up early for the party,

6:30am. ~ , , ., they are up early for the party, 6:30am. ~ , , . . 6:30am. absolutely, and the final betins in 6:30am. absolutely, and the final begins in 15 _ 6:30am. absolutely, and the final begins in 15 minutes _ 6:30am. absolutely, and the final begins in 15 minutes or _ 6:30am. absolutely, and the final begins in 15 minutes or so. - 6:30am. absolutely, and the final begins in 15 minutes or so. they i begins in 15 minutes or so. they have shifted it to suit the hotel there. it was due to be under way at 6:05 a.m., there. it was due to be under way at 6:05a.m., but there. it was due to be under way at 6:05 a.m., but they have pushed it back. to 6:05 a.m. , but they have pushed it back. ., ., ., , ., ., back. to allow people to get into the zone. getting _ back. to allow people to get into the zone. getting party - back. to allow people to get into the zone. getting party ready. i back. to allow people to get into i the zone. getting party ready. after a seemingly — the zone. getting party ready. after a seemingly disappointing - the zone. getting party ready. after a seemingly disappointing winter i a seemingly disappointing winter olympics, it could end up being historic, because never before have team gb 12 gold medals at the same games. in team gb 12 gold medals at the same tames. ., , team gb 12 gold medals at the same tames. . , , ., , ., games. in a very short space of time. games. in a very short space of time- the _ games. in a very short space of time- the day _ games. in a very short space of time. the day after— games. in a very short space of time. the day after each - games. in a very short space of time. the day after each other, games. in a very short space of i time. the day after each other, and ma be time. the day after each other, and maybe 100 — time. the day after each other, and maybe 100 years — time. the day after each other, and maybe 100 years since _ time. the day after each other, and maybe 100 years since the - time. the day after each other, and maybe 100 years since the men's i time. the day after each other, and i maybe 100 years since the men's team last one gold in 192a. you maybe 100 years since the men's team last one gold in 1924.— last one gold in 1924. you wouldn't think it would — last one gold in 1924. you wouldn't think it would be _ last one gold in 1924. you wouldn't think it would be curling _ last one gold in 1924. you wouldn't think it would be curling that i last one gold in 1924. you wouldn'tj think it would be curling that would do it. it is quite a distinctive sport to get us to that. made in scotland, _ sport to get us to that. made in scotland, they _ sport to get us to that. made in scotland, they still _ sport to get us to that. made in scotland, they still have - sport to get us to that. made in scotland, they still have the i sport to get us to that. made in i scotland, they still have the oldest stone in the world. so many back stories. the men are about to get under way in 15 years —— minutes or

so. it is 20 years since britain's women curlers last won olympic gold, and that success by rhona martin and co helped inspire the leader, or skip, of the current team, eve muirhead. and tomorrow she finally gets a chance to fulfill her dream after they eventually came through an epic semi—final. they beat the reigning champions, sweden, in an incredible match. after finishing 11—11 after 12 ends, the match went to an extra end, with eve muirhead's team winning that by the closest of margins, so they will face japan in the early hours of tomororw morning. muirhead won a bronze medal in 201a, but this is her first final at her fourth games. i have lost two semifinals before, and i was desperate for it, because these moments and opportunities don't come around very often, and i really, really was so, so proud of these girls. it is such a team game out there, and all week we have really dug so deep. and not even just this event, i think the whole

season, from a squad of nine down to playing in the olympic qualifier. and yes, look, i am playing in the olympic qualifier. and yes, look, iam pretty speechless right now, but what a moment. it sounds amazing to say that we are in the olympic final. and gb's late charge for medals might notjust end on the curling rink. the men's four—man bobsleigh team have an outside chance of winning something too. they find themselves in sixth place at the halfway stage of the event. piloted by brad hall, the team are 0.69 seconds off the lead, but only a third of a second off bronze. the final two runs take place tomorrow. no medalfor gus kenworthy, but he mayjust be glad to have completed the ski halfpipe event. he fell on his first two runs. the second still makes the mind boggle as to how he actually gets up from it.

they are made of hard stuff, these halfpipers. get up he did, to land a clean run in at the end — good enough for eighth place in his final olympics. from the winter olympics to last year's summer olympics, where there has been disappointing news. the men's a x 100 metres relay team have been stripped of their silver medal. it is after cj ujah, who ran the first leg of the race, was found to have committed a doping violation. in a statement yesterday, ujah apologised to his teammates but says he unknowingly consumed a contaminated substance. richard kilty, who was also on the team, admits the final ruling on this issue, which first came to lightjust after the team got home, in august, and the loss of the medal is devastating. i was only home for maybe two days before the news broke, so i got home in the initial days, seeing all my family. i had a big homecoming celebrations, things planned — so much of the back of winning that, and i was not even able to celebrate

it for more than a day, really, since landing home. and it hasjust been very confusing, and just heartbreaking since the news broke, so even returning home, didn't really have the chance to celebrate the metal whatsoever. lewis hamilton says he is ready to attack again ahead of the new formula 1 season, which starts next month. speaking at the launch of mercedes's new car on friday, the seven—time champion admitted that he had a difficult time coming to terms with last season's title climax when he controversially lost to max verstappen on the final lap of the abu dhabi grand prix. the race director, michael masi, who was removed from his position, this week, failed to follow the the rules correctly late on after the safety car had been on the track. obviously took time to digest what had happened, which is, ithink, still difficult to fully understand everything. but to come back stronger, you know, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. so i've

put my focus into just training, getting healthy and enjoying the time off. you know, because it goes quickly. tonight, one of boxing's long—standing feuds will be settled at the manchester arena. former world champion 35—year—olds kell brook and amir khan go head to head for the first time. both have achieved plenty in their professional careers, but this is purely for pride. they have looking into each other�*s eyes, and not in an affectionate way. who is going to blink first? looking for any signs of fear. i don't know if i have seen fear, i don't know what i have seen. but i don't know what i have seen. but i don't care what i see. i am ready and i will come out and do what i need to do. i am ready to fight. it isa it is a fascinating one, because of their backgrounds and their history, they have been around for so long. like all sports, it is about psychology, but you see it when they face off like that, don't you? in each other�*s eyes. i face off like that, don't you? in each other's eyes.— face off like that, don't you? in each other's eyes. i don't know how the kee- each other's eyes. i don't know how they keep a — each other's eyes. i don't know how they keep a straight _ each other's eyes. i don't know how they keep a straight face. _ each other's eyes. i don't know how they keep a straight face. i - each other's eyes. i don't know how they keep a straight face. i would i they keep a straight face. i would just start giggling. you

they keep a straight face. i would just start giggling-— just start giggling. you have to stare off at _ just start giggling. you have to stare off at something - just start giggling. you have to stare off at something else. i just start giggling. you have to i stare off at something else. let's t that, stare off at something else. let's try that, who _ stare off at something else. let's try that, who is — stare off at something else. let's try that, who is going _ stare off at something else. let's try that, who is going to - stare off at something else. let's try that, who is going to blink first? later. darren has a look at the weather for us this morning. some pretty treacherous weather even though the worst of it may have passed by now. the worst is over but we still have wet and windy weather to come. it will not be as bad as it was. there are still some warning out stop you can find them online, not the amber and red ones we had yesterday. we had some extremely strong wind, possibly the highest wind gusts ever recorded in england yesterday, and very windy of course for the pilots flying into gatwick and heathrow and trying to land as we saw. the storm itself has moved away, swept into the north sea and now swept into the baltic sea. it has brought some disruption and damage to the netherlands, across germany, not just the uk. the next weather system

is pushing to the south—west. we had wintry showers overnight that led to icy patches this morning. both showers will fade away and we will see cloud coming in, bringing some more wet weather, pushing eastwards across england and wales. northern ireland and england could have some sleet and snow over the hills. winds are strengthening on the south coast of wales in southern england, gales are likely. it is colder weather, winds are lighter in scotland where we should see some sunshine particularly in the north—east of the country. that wet weather does move through, temperatures dropping quickly, a frost early in the night in scotland. wet weather coming back from the atlantic briefly, snow in the mountains of scotland. milder outcomes in and will other temperatures we look at by the end of the night. a very mild start to sunday. the main driving low pressure is going to be to the north of the uk. in between the warm front and cold front we have a sector that

we seek cold air. we have colder air coming down from the north—west. a lot of isobars on the chart, it will be a windy day tomorrow. outbreaks of rainfall many areas, could be heavy for a while and then push down into parts of northern england and wales in the afternoon. some sunshine after the rain, but showers packing into scotland and northern ireland, those turning to a wintry flavour over the hills as well. windy widely tomorrow, winds gusting a0 to 60 miles an hour. that could hamper the cleanup efforts. cold air coming into scotland and northern ireland, still pretty mild for england and wales. a quick look at next week, it remains very unsettled. bands of rain followed by some showers, wintry perhaps over heels in the north and into next week it is going to remain windy. hope early, no more of these storms. back to you. thank you for bringing us up to date again, and we willjoin you a bit

later. pete waterman is probably best known for producing hits with the likes of jason and kylie, bananarama and rick astley. but away from the recording studio, he's also a train enthusiast. now, he wants to bring the government's new national railway company to cheshire, and he's been telling phil mccann why crewe should be home to its headquarters. # come on come on, do the locomotion with me. , ., ., , , . with me. sorry, i had to. this music mitht with me. sorry, i had to. this music might have — with me. sorry, i had to. this music might have made _ with me. sorry, i had to. this music might have made the _ with me. sorry, i had to. this music might have made the world - with me. sorry, i had to. this music might have made the world aware, l with me. sorry, i had to. this music. might have made the world aware, but since then, he is better known for his love of trains. it is notjust an enthusiast. it his love of trains. it is not 'ust an enthusiasti his love of trains. it is not 'ust an enthusiast. it is looking great. he has invested _ an enthusiast. it is looking great. he has invested a _ an enthusiast. it is looking great. he has invested a lot _ an enthusiast. it is looking great. he has invested a lot of- an enthusiast. it is looking great. he has invested a lot of money i an enthusiast. it is looking great. he has invested a lot of money in the railways over the years, including in this place. he lives just down the road. now his enthusiasm is about making crew the

new headquarters of greater british railways. new headquarters of greater british railwa s. ~ , , new headquarters of greater british railwa s. . , , , railways. why is it putting it in crewe? i will _ railways. why is it putting it in crewe? i will show _ railways. why is it putting it in crewe? i will show you. i railways. why is it putting it in crewe? iwill show you. great| crewe? iwill show you. great british railways _ crewe? iwill show you. great british railways will _ crewe? iwill show you. great british railways will be - crewe? iwill show you. great british railways will be the i crewe? i will show you. great. british railways will be the new government body that runs the railways, although private companies will still operate the trains. they have a lot for the town to host. the brickwork is — have a lot for the town to host. tie: brickwork is typical of have a lot for the town to host. ti9 brickwork is typical of the london north—west, and you can see the guards above the windows. crewe is here for a purpose. it is a fantastic interchange, which is why chester was coming in. —— hs2. this is a community that really needs it. when british rail was private, this man owned one of the first companies. he also owned his depot next to crewe station. since the solder, millions have been spent turning into a location maintaining heritage trains. i turning into a location maintaining heritage trains.— heritage trains. i am passionate about the future. _ heritage trains. i am passionate about the future. jobs _ heritage trains. i am passionate about the future. jobs for i heritage trains. i am passionate about the future. jobs for kids l heritage trains. i am passionate i about the future. jobs for kids and people with opportunities. bringing

people with opportunities. bringing people into crewe. it is important we get more and build on it. you are going to crewe because that is a headquarters of the railway. of? mr headquarters of the railway. # mr porter... going _ headquarters of the railway. # mr porter... going to _ headquarters of the railway. # mr porter... going to birmingham i headquarters of the railway. # mr porter... going to birmingham and they are _ porter... going to birmingham and they are taking me to crewe. meister and end on a bit of music. we will be back with the headlines at seven o'clock. but now, it's time for the film review with mark kermode and jane hill. see you in a bit. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. i'm jane hill. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. hello. what are you watching? we have dog, in which channing tatum

co—starred with a dog. we have old henry, which is a western. and here before starring the great andrea riseborough. i love dogs. am i going to love the film? do you like channing tatum? iam i am neutral. he stars and co—directs. there comes a point in every leading actor's life, i must co—star with a dog. richard gere and tom hanks have both done it. here, channing tatum is a ranger trying to get back into service. there is a military dog whose handler has died. the military dog is years in service and has become very unpredictable. channing tatum's character wants to get back into service. he is told to take the dog to the funeral,

a cross—country thing, a road trip. after that, take the dog where it needs to go. tell them it will be rehabilitated, but that is not what is going to happen. so, the dog's behaviour is unpredictable. the film isn't. what do you think would happen if you put a likeable character a dog with problems in a car? do you think during a road trip they will fall into a will fall out? there will be good times and bad times and there will be a moment when they share a bath together. hello, nugget. come on and get in the nugget bath. good girl. come on! come on. you're 0k. i don't want to kill you. yeah. good girl. come on. yeah! no, no, no. come here. it's nice and warm. yes, it is.

four bath bombs. bath salts. should i call the spa for a spa appointment? you're certainly not the guy i thought i'd be in the tub with. but, hey... no. do not try this at home! you are so bothered by that. no! that is so wrong. i love my dog. it doesn't come in the bath with me, my dog. absolutely. not when i am in it. here is the thing. i really enjoyed it. i like channing tatum, i like dogs. i do not want to have a bath with one of them. what's nice is it hits every single bit you would expect it to hit and it does so in a way that is charming.

a lot of it is channing tatum talking to the dog. he is kind of talking to himself. he's kind of funny in the he does it. a lot of the humour is very mocking of machismo. it is a film in which there is a dog who's been traumatised and somehow underneath all that angry, aggressive exterior, perhaps there's something... you would have to work pretty hard to take against it. the funny thing was i laughed a lot harder than i thought i would. i went iwent in i went in thinking, it is a monday morning... i really enjoyed it. i loved quite loudly, embarrassingly loudly at one point. it was just it wasjust me in it was just me in the room. it was fun. if you can get over the problem of the dog in the bath... i would probably really enjoy it. i talk to my dog all the time. obviously that is completely normal. exactly. dogs are great, as are cats. yes. no time for that conversation. anyway, i will give that a go. moving on, old henry. he lives on a farm, tim blake nelson.

his son wants to learn about guns and shooting. henry doesn't want to talk about that at all, he is against it. they find a saddled horse, which leads them to a wounded man and a bag of them go back to the farm. as we know, never a good move. never a good move! next thing, bunch of people turning up claiming to be law men. but everyone is not exactly what they claim to be. this kind of starts out like unforgiven and then it turns into a history of violence and then it mutates into the final acts of straw dogs. it is not worth changing. —— earth. but i rather liked it. tim blake nelson was terrific. i liked the melancholia which in the later stages turned into something altogether more dramatic. this was going to open in cinemas in november of last year and we were all set to review it. at the very last moment, it got pulled. it is now coming to sky cinema

and streaming on now from sunday. i wanted to flag it. we were set to reveal it as a cinema release and at the very last moment, it got pulled. it is well worth seeing. it is a little movie whose heart is in the right place. i liked it. interesting. here before is the third choice. i think this is great. i think it is a psychological chiller. it is not a horror movie. most importantly, it is not a horror movie. she plays a mother living with her husband and son. they lost a child in the bath. a new couple moved in next door. she becomes fixated with the young daughter of the new couple, who seems to know things about their family and their lost child she cannot possibly know. is she coming apart or is something supernatural happening? i'm going to show you a clip,

a dream sequence which kind of catches the eeriness of the film. here we go. 0k. # lol like a circus clown. # put away your circus frown. # ride on a roller—coaster upside down. # waltzing matilda. # carry lots of kinkajou. # joey catch a kangaroo. # hug you. # dandelion milk with silky and a sunny sky. # reach out and hitch a ride and float on by. # a long—standing gnome naming colours of the rainbow. # red, blue and yellow, green, i love you. oo—ee. # popsicles, liquorice sticks. # oo—ee. urgh!

as we went into it, this is a dream sequence. i'm not entirely sure whether it is or not. that tune that's playing is by a band called free design. this is the debut feature from writer—director stacey gregg. it was a prizewinner at the galway film festival. when i was watching it, i was reminded of, there was a film in the 19705 called audrey rose. it was a supernatural thriller. in the case of this, you think is this a supernatural thriller, a psychological thriller, is it a story about somebody slowly descending into some kind of mental illness or is it something else? the best thing about it is it really keeps you guessing. it's got agreat atmospheric score by adam janota bzowski. the thing i really liked about it is you spend time watching,

thinking, i do not know which genre we are in. i really like that. i think that can be quite intriguing. it holds your interest. it can be intriguing and unsettling. i found both of those things. the best thing is the central character does not know what genre they are in either. you spend the whole film feeling this is mysterious. this is genuinely mysterious. i don't know how this is going to play out. she has lost a child, so she is going to be traumatised. andrea riseborough said she thought it was a study of grief. the press notes say it is a psychological thriller. a friend of mine said they thought it was an eerie ghost story. i don't think it is any of those single things. it is kind of all of them at the same time. it was taken actor of andrea riseborough's calibre to be able to hold that together and for it not to become annoying. but i thought it was really good. i was really intrigued and genuinely

wanted to know what the mystery was. i really liked it, i think you will like it. i will say this again. it is not a horror movie in anyway, shape orform. i'm definitely intrigued by it. best out this week? flee. it is up for best international beach at the oscars. —— feature. andrea riseborough. it is in cinemas. i would advise people to see it wherever they can. there is a subtitled version and a dubbed version. you loved it, right? i loved it. i was walking round the nation telling everyone to watch it. it is animated and just 1.5 hours. i think it allows you to absorb the absolute horror of human trafficking and people traffickers. which is one of the main themes, obviously. flee — you are having to flee your home country where you are happy and born and bred because it is too dangerous

for you to live there. it's so powerful. it is a coming of age story and a coming out story. it is joyful and triumphant at the same time as being... there are sequences in it that are absolutely horrifying. the sequences in the cargo containers... if you can see it in a cinema, great, at home that is good. clever, inventive. really excellent. can i quickly mention the real charlie chaplin? it was made by the makers of notes on blindness. which i absolutely loved. if you are a chaplin aficionado, there may not be a whole lot of new stuff in here, but what there is is a very, very well—told story of somebody who cannot be tied down to one version. the essential thing is, when he designed a custom, it was big shoes, baggy trousers, tightjacket where big head, small hack, deliberate contradictions. the thing you get from this

documentary is it is a contradictory character. there is the light side and the dark side. there is stuff about chapin's personal life, which has horrified people. i thought the documentary walked a very, very good line, being intriguing and involving. never turning its head away from the darker stuff. but really approaching a very, very difficult subject in two hours. in two hours, you cannot capture the real charlie chaplin but they have a very good go. excellent. thank you very much. have a good week. enjoy your cinema going and see you next time. goodbye. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with ben thompson and luzmy gopal. our headlines today: three deaths and widespread damage as the clean—up from storm eunice gets under way.

around a00,000 homes across the uk are still without power. problems on the railways are continuing. many companies are telling passengers not to travel at all today. if you need to, expect delays and problems ahead, some services not expected to resume before this afternoon the earliest. hello, good morning. storm eunice has swept away now. the winds have eased. we're left with some icy patches around this morning, actually, but there's more wet and windy weather to come at times this weekend, and even into next week too. join me later for all the details. us presidentjoe biden insists russia is planning to invade ukraine, saying an attack is expected in the coming days. make no mistake — if russia pursues its plans, it will be responsible for a catastrophic and needless war of choice. the prime minister has completed a questionnaire about alleged lockdown parties at downing street

and returned it to the metropolitan police. and let the nerves begin, as gb's men's curlers go in search of gold. their olympic final against sweden hasjust got under way, knowing that at least a silver medal is guaranteed. it is saturday 19 february. our main story: the big clean—up is set to begin after storm eunice brought damage, disruption and record—breaking gusts of wind to many parts of the uk. around a00,000 homes remain without power and a number of train operators are still warning people not to travel. but efforts to get things back on track could be hampered by a yellow weather warning for ice across northern england, northern ireland and scotland until 9:00am this morning, and the met office has also issued a yellow wind warning for south wales and the south coast of england until 6:00pm this evening. we will have more on all of that

throughout the morning. but first, our reporter james reynolds looks at the impact of one of the worst storms to hit the uk in a generation. at the needles on the isle of wight, winds of 122 mph were provisionally recorded. if verified, this would be the highest gust ever seen in england. but you don't need a wind speed reading to understand the force of storm eunice as it swept in from the atlantic. many took cover, some could not. in hampshire, a man in his 20s died when the van he was in hit a tree. the driver was also seriously injured. in merseyside, debris smashed through the windscreen of a van, killing a man in this 50s. and in north london, a woman in her 30s died when a tree

fell on a car in which she was travelling. a man who was driving was taken to hospital. across the uk, including in bude, in cornwall, people filmed the storm's destruction for themselves. on the ma in wales, driving became extremely dangerous. this lorry was no match for the storm. in bromley, this bus had no time to swerve. it bulldozed its way through a fallen tree. the storm toppled the spire of st thomas's church in wales, in place since victorian times. no—one was injured. at london's o2 arena, popstars are expected to blow the roof off the venue, but this time the storm did it for real. 1,000 people had to be evacuated. easy, easy — go on, son!

ok, tippy—toes... and pilots coming into heathrow airport fought battles with the wind, their approach eagerly captured by a reporter from big jet tv. he's down, he's up, he's down. at gatwick, some pilots had to make several lending attempts. across the uk, more than a50 flights were cancelled. and the north of england and parts of scotland have had heavy snow. disruption is expected to continue over the weekend. in a moment we will speak to our reporter vincent mcaviney, who is outside the o2 arena in london this morning. but first, let's go to simonjones at paddington station. simon, rail disruption is expected to continue over the weekend. yes, it is continuing this morning. some rail operators are advising passengers not to travel at all

again today, that particularly affects great northern, thameslink and also southern. the situation reflected very much here at paddington. the board over there is largely cancellations. gwr say they will not attempt to run any trans before 10am this morning so a lot of passengers turning up here hoping to travel, scratching their heads, some of them desperate to get home or to other special events.— other special events. where are you t int to other special events. where are you trying to get — other special events. where are you trying to get to? — other special events. where are you trying to get to? to _ other special events. where are you trying to get to? to newport, i other special events. where are you trying to get to? to newport, and i | trying to get to? to newport, and i tried all of yesterday _ trying to get to? to newport, and i tried all of yesterday to _ trying to get to? to newport, and i tried all of yesterday to go - trying to get to? to newport, and i tried all of yesterday to go to i tried all of yesterday to go to newport, and no doubt i will spend much of the morning trying to get to newport. much of the morning trying to get to new-ort. :, :, i. :, ,:, newport. how are you feeling about it? well, i have _ newport. how are you feeling about it? well, i have a _ newport. how are you feeling about it? well, i have a wedding - newport. how are you feeling about it? well, i have a wedding to - newport. how are you feeling about it? well, i have a wedding to go i newport. how are you feeling about it? well, i have a wedding to go to. it? well, i have a wedding to go to at 12m it? well, i have a wedding to go to at 12pm and _ it? well, i have a wedding to go to at 12pm and l _ it? well, i have a wedding to go to at 12pm and i probably _ it? well, i have a wedding to go to at 12pm and i probably won't i it? well, i have a wedding to go to at 12pm and i probably won't be i at 12pm and i probably won't be going to it. i at12pm and i probably won't be going to it— going to it. i was booked for a train at waterloo, _ going to it. i was booked for a train at waterloo, but - going to it. i was booked for a train at waterloo, but i i going to it. i was booked for a train at waterloo, but i got i train at waterloo, but i got cancelled, so i made my way here. | cancelled, so i made my way here. i am cancelled, so i made my way here. am trying to cancelled, so i made my way here. i am trying to go to mr parkway, and then there — am trying to go to mr parkway, and then there are _ am trying to go to mr parkway, and then there are no— am trying to go to mr parkway, and then there are no trains _ am trying to go to mr parkway, and then there are no trains until- am trying to go to mr parkway, and then there are no trains until ten, i then there are no trains until ten, and then— then there are no trains until ten, and then there _ then there are no trains until ten, and then there are _ then there are no trains until ten,

and then there are no— then there are no trains until ten, and then there are no buses i then there are no trains until ten, and then there are no buses until| and then there are no buses until 10am, _ and then there are no buses until 10am. so— and then there are no buses until 10am. so i— and then there are no buses until 10am. so i am— and then there are no buses until 10am, so i am stuck— and then there are no buses until 10am, so i am stuck here. - and then there are no buses until 10am, so i am stuck here.- and then there are no buses until 10am, so i am stuck here. well, the storm has — 10am, so i am stuck here. well, the storm has now— 10am, so i am stuck here. well, the storm has now blown _ 10am, so i am stuck here. well, the storm has now blown through, i 10am, so i am stuck here. well, the storm has now blown through, so i 10am, so i am stuck here. well, the i storm has now blown through, so why are still so much disruption this morning? well, the reality is yesterday so many trees were blown onto the railway lines, so much debris, that thousands of miles of track have to be checked this morning before trains can run safely. there are also further weather warnings in place. they cover the whole of southern england and southern wales, and they are for windy conditions as well, so trains may be forced to run slowly, if they run at all. around 1,000 people were evacuated when parts of the roof at london's o2 arena were ripped away by the storm. our reporter vincent mcaviney is there this morning. we can see that damage behind you this morning. we can see that damage behind you this morning-— yes, you can see the full impact of the 80 mph winds storm eunice

brought here to east london on the roof of london's 02 brought here to east london on the roof of london's o2 arena, formally, of course, the millennium dome. while we have been standing here we have seen more of it ripping and tearing. if you haven't been to this venuein tearing. if you haven't been to this venue in the 22 years since it opened, it is essentially a giant tent with a fabric roof. inside, the centre is an enclosed 20,000 seat arena and then all the way around is essentially a street which has restaurants and shops. this section is actually the shopping section which is torn. around 1000 people were in there yesterday. they say they heard a loud bang and they had to be evacuated. the emergency services declared it a major incident, but thankfully no—one was hurt. the building is closed and will remain closed for the rest of the day, forcing the cancellation of a simply red concert which had been delayed because of the pandemic. the band have said it is another tragic blow for the music and history. there will be engineers on site but it will be some repairjob because

those are all custom panels. it is unclear how long the repairs are going to take. iastute unclear how long the repairs are going to take-— unclear how long the repairs are going to take. we will be back with vincent a little _ going to take. we will be back with vincent a little later. _ many buildings were damaged by the gale—force winds, including a 150—year—old church in somerset. this is the astonishing moment the spire at the top of st thomas's church blew over yesterday. breakfast�*sjohn maguire is in wells for us this morning. john, it will be a significant restorationjob there. yes, it will. a local company will be getting to that very soon. the top of the spire of st thomas's churches probably around eight to ten feet, certainly of stonework, shorter than it was before the storm yesterday. i will show you, actually, what we're talking about here. this is part of the spire. the

trouble down, as you saw, landed on the ground. i will show you the damage it caused to the ground in a minute. this has obviously been moved across. look how thick the stone is there, you canjust imagine the weight that this had as it hit the weight that this had as it hit the ground yesterday, as i say, good sort of eight feet tall. i willjust come around to the front of the church and you will see on the ground the point of impact. obviously a tarmac path, so it would take quite an impact because this sort of damage. just have a look at what happened there. as i say, probably about eight foot or so of the very top of the steeple. as it came down, you see from those pictures the lightning conductor, the metal strip of the lightning conductor, arrested the fall for a second and then it came down and hit the ground with what was obviously a very hard impact. it meant the weathervane on the top, and again, a couple of bits of the spire just

behind there. quite a sight to see up behind there. quite a sight to see up close, especially having seen those pictures yesterday, and it put in mind and made me think really, you just can't predict the sort of damage a storm as ferocious as yesterday is going to do. the way that the steeple seem to sort of shuffle to one side and then tipped over, as gravity took over, as physics took over — an extraordinary site. you can see the damage, and of course, the good news—no one was hurt. the bad news, services on sunday are cancelled temporarily. absolutely, you can see the damage that was caused by the impact on the path, so yes, absolutely very lucky that no—one was hurt. bud path, so yes, absolutely very lucky that no-one was hurt.— that no-one was hurt. and a little later we will _ that no-one was hurt. and a little later we will look _ that no-one was hurt. and a little later we will look at _ that no-one was hurt. and a little later we will look at the _ that no-one was hurt. and a little later we will look at the cost i that no-one was hurt. and a little later we will look at the cost of i later we will look at the cost of all of this, so maybe if your car has been damaged, you have lost a few roof tiles, may be a trampoline in your garden went walking, we will talk about that with the association of british insurers in about ten minutes on breakfast.

us presidentjoe biden has said he is convinced vladimir putin has decided to invade ukraine and an attack could happen within days. it is as the prime minister, borisjohnson, prepares to address world leaders in germany today, where he is expected to say there is still a chance to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. this isjoe biden's most definitive prediction yet over the intentions of russia. he said he was convinced president putin had made his decision. we have reason to believe the russian forces are planning to and intend to attack ukraine in the coming week — in the coming days. we believe that they will target ukraine's capital, kyiv, a city of 2.8 million innocent people. we're calling out russia's plans loudly and repeatedly not because we want a conflict, but because we're doing everything in our power to remove any reason

that russia may give to justify invading ukraine and prevent them from moving. the president said his assessment was based on significant intelligence. mr biden's comments came after a phone call with other world leaders, including borisjohnson, who is heading to the munich security conference later with a message that there is still a chance to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. the view of downing street is that the uk continues to reserve judgement on whether russia has decided to invade ukraine. the white house says the transatlantic leaders are united in their determination to continue pursuing diplomacy, while preparing to impose swift, co—ordinated economic costs on russia should it choose further conflict. vladimir putin has again insisted that large—scale military exercises close to the ukrainian border are purely defensive and don't represent a threat to any other country, but western intelligence suggests that a further 7,000 troops have arrived on the border in recent

days and field hospitals have been spotted close to the divide between the two countries. there is also increased activity in the separatist—held east of the country, with sirens wailing in the city of donetsk. local leaders have claimed ukraine is about to attack and that women and children are being evacuated to russia, but western allies say it is russian—backed misinformation to try to justify a full—on invasion of ukraine. the nhs in england is going to stop using money donated by the betting industry to help treat gambling addicts. the move comes after patients and medics raised concerns about a conflict of interest. accounts from the charity gambleaware showed betting companies voluntarily donated £16 million to fund treatment services between april and december last year. now, if, like me, you are captivated

by watching planes land at airport yesterday in the crazy weather, pictures like this, because pilots really showing what they are capable of in the pretty treacherous conditions... of in the pretty treacherous conditions. . .— of in the pretty treacherous i conditions. . ._ this is conditions... look at that. this is at gatwick _ conditions... look at that. this is at gatwick yesterday. _ conditions... look at that. this is at gatwick yesterday. this - conditions... look at that. this is at gatwick yesterday. this is i conditions... look at that. this is| at gatwick yesterday. this is what is known as a go around. they try and land and the conditions are too choppy or too many crosswinds. it was such nerve racking viewing. you are watching from behind your fingers because itjust almost makes me queasy thinking what other passengers going through, never mind the nerve racking experience for the pilots... but i would not have wanted to be on board that. find pilots... but i would not have wanted to be on board that. and all ofthat wanted to be on board that. and all of that of course _ wanted to be on board that. and all of that of course because _ of that of course because there were some pretty record wind speeds yesterday. darren is looking at those this morning for us. some unprecedented wind speeds yesterday. you have them there on the board. that is right. i'm sure a few chairs went up when the plane landed. what

made it difficult was the wind direction was changing and it was on the chains that we saw some of the strongest gusts, 78 miles an hour in gatwick, that is very unusual. there has never been a red warning until yesterday for south—eastern part of england. a lot of trees brought down, the clear up operation is going to be hampered somewhat what is to come through the rest of this weekend. it is not as bad as yesterday but there is more wet and windy weather around, and you can see all the warnings there online. some damage and disruption brought to the netherlands, germany, is now in the baltic sea. this next system from the atlantic. had wintry showers overnight and scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, an icy start this morning. pretty chilly out there first thing. the weather weather is moving in. showers will fade away. pushing eastwards across england and wales, a bit of sleet and snow over the

north. it will be windy in the south coast of england and wales, some sunshine follows behind, temperatures reaching double figures. sunshine across the north—east of scotland but it will be a lot colder and wins are lighter as well. moving to this evening, we see the back of the wet weather. cold and frosty in scotland. more wet weather coming and briefly, some snow in the scottish mountains that will start to melt as the tempers climb was a mild start sunday. weather systems on the scene, the main driving low will be towards iceland. these weather fronts will not bring a lot of cloud or rain, mild conditions for a while behind the cold front, colder air will move down from the north—west. this is sunday, cloud around, strong wind outbreaks of rain, the rain could turn heavy in northern ireland, southern scotland and pushed down into the afternoon across northern part of england and wales. some

blustery showers coming into scotland and northern ireland and they can turn wintry as well. a windy day widely, gusts a0 to 60 miles an hour typically. it does get colder in scotland and northern ireland but it is mild, wet and windy across england and wales. back to you two. a really busy day for you. we will be back with darren for the latest later. falling trees, flying trampolines and roofs being ripped off — they make for dramatic videos, but what happens if any of these things have actually caused damage to your home or business? insurance expert mark shepherd joins us now from the association of british insurers to explain your options if you've been affected by storm eunice. hopefully shed some light on what your options would be if you have been affected by the storm. thank you for being with us on breakfast. how we got any sense of how bad this could be in terms of cost and insurance claims? it

could be in terms of cost and insurance claims? it certainly will be a busy period _ insurance claims? it certainly will be a busy period in _ insurance claims? it certainly will be a busy period in terms - insurance claims? it certainly will be a busy period in terms of- insurance claims? it certainly will| be a busy period in terms of cost, it is too early to determine that yet. that will start to emerge over the coming days and weeks as people make claims. i think it is fair to say that given the extent of the storm across the uk, the damage that has been caused, we will be dealing with probably 500 claims up and down the country, and looking to help the customers recover as quickly as possible. customers recover as quickly as tossible. :, , , :, possible. not the first storm, but we think may _ possible. not the first storm, but we think may be _ possible. not the first storm, but we think may be one _ possible. not the first storm, but we think may be one of— possible. not the first storm, but we think may be one of the i possible. not the first storm, but we think may be one of the worst possible. not the first storm, but i we think may be one of the worst in a long time. how might this compare to the storm we had at the end of november? it to the storm we had at the end of november?— to the storm we had at the end of november? it seems to be a more sitnificant november? it seems to be a more significant storm, _ november? it seems to be a more significant storm, but _ november? it seems to be a more significant storm, but insurers i november? it seems to be a more significant storm, but insurers are| significant storm, but insurers are well used to extreme weather events like this in the uk, unfortunately. we have a number of them over the past couple of years. the worst in recent times was in february 2020 when those storms swept across the

uk. in response to those storms, insurance paid a total of about £360 million to help customers get back on theirfeet, million to help customers get back on their feet, whether that is homes or businesses damaged or motor vehicles that have been damaged. that process starts now and insurers will be working very hard over the coming days and weeks to make sure those claims can be assessed, the damage can be understood and customers can get back on with their as possible. customers can get back on with their as tossible. �* , customers can get back on with their as possible-— as possible. let's talk about some ofthe as possible. let's talk about some of the practicalities _ as possible. let's talk about some of the practicalities if _ as possible. let's talk about some of the practicalities if people i as possible. let's talk about some of the practicalities if people are i of the practicalities if people are sweeping up broken glass, maybe realise they have a view roof tiles missing, maybe a bit of stuff in the garden that has blown away. what they should be doing this morning? people will be waking up to probably survey the picture outside and potentially some damage to their homes or businesses. the most important thing at this stage is still to stay safe, be aware of your surroundings and be aware of the weather out there, there are still

some high winds in some parts of the country. if it is safe to do so, check for any damage to your home or business, especially things like windows or doors, guttering, pipework. you can potentially check from the ground, look up at your roof and see if there is any damage to your roof, but definitely do not get on your roof or try to assess roof damage from up there. if it is possible, to take any pictures of any damaged items or damage to your home or business, that can be helpful whenever you go to submit your claim to your insurer. mont; your claim to your insurer. many --eole your claim to your insurer. many people are _ your claim to your insurer. many people are able _ your claim to your insurer. many people are able to _ your claim to your insurer. many people are able to do _ your claim to your insurer. many people are able to do that i your claim to your insurer. many people are able to do that this i people are able to do that this morning, how quickly can i expect money back? there is always criticism that insurers take a long time to get money back. the process has already begun _ time to get money back. the process has already begun so _ time to get money back. the process has already begun so insurers - time to get money back. the process has already begun so insurers are i has already begun so insurers are ramping up their support centres over the weekend in anticipation of clearly a surgeon claims. i am glad to say that a lot of claims are

already starting and being dealt with. it will depend on the extent of the damage, insurers will be dealing with minor and minor damage claims to full restoration projects over the next weeks and months. they will prioritise those that have most significant or extreme damage, where homes or businesses might be exposed to the elements. if you do have a minor damage claim, i would urge you to be a little bit patient as insurers deal with the priority areas first and take care of those who might be in a more vulnerable situation, the elderly or those with young families. situation, the elderly or those with young families-— situation, the elderly or those with ount families. :, ,, , :, , : young families. thank you very much. mark sheppard _ young families. thank you very much. mark sheppard there _ young families. thank you very much. mark sheppard there from _ young families. thank you very much. mark sheppard there from the - mark sheppard there from the association of british insurers. you will have seen in the weather forecast, darren mentioned the incredibly high wind speeds at the airport. storm eunice may have prevented people travelling by road and rail, but there were still a number of planes tackling the high winds as they flew into uk airports.

one youtube channel live—streamed the shaky landings as jets touched down at heathrow with hundreds of thousands of people tuning in to watch from home. let's take a look. go on, mate. look at the wings flexing. he has got it, he has got it! watch the right are... —— rudder. 0h, oh, easy. he is down, down. oh... yeah, that will do! come on! oh! no! no!

come on, mate! get down, get it down! oh, yeah! oh, yeah! it is not overyet! i down! oh, yeah! oh, yeah! it is not over et! , over yet! i still find it nerve wracking — over yet! i still find it nerve wracking watching - over yet! i still find it nerve wracking watching that, i over yet! i still find it nerve i wracking watching that, even over yet! i still find it nerve - wracking watching that, even though i saw yesterday and i knew they landed safe, but it is still difficult to watch. we're joined now by pilot amanda harrison, who has been flying commercially for ten years. good morning, amanda. first of all, we know that trains were cancelled yesterday, people were advised to stay away from the roads if they could. yet the planes were still landing or trying to learn. how bad does a storm need to baby before flights are grounded? —— need to be before. i flights are grounded? -- need to be before. :,, :, :, before. i took the safe option not to travel by _ before. i took the safe option not to travel by the _ before. i took the safe option not to travel by the road. _ before. i took the safe option not to travel by the road. it _ before. i took the safe option not to travel by the road. it really i to travel by the road. it really depends on wind direction and where it is, and mostly it was coming from the south—west direction, which is

in line with the runway, which is why it wasn't so much out of limits yesterday. 50 it is more about what is actually surrounding the storm and where it is blowing from in the direction of landing stop if it had been a north— south direction of wind, 60 knots, that is when the limitations in the aeroplane can't actually land. limitations in the aeroplane can't actually land-— limitations in the aeroplane can't actuall land. �* . ., ., ., actually land. amanda, how do you re are actually land. amanda, how do you prepare for — actually land. amanda, how do you prepare for a _ actually land. amanda, how do you prepare for a landing _ actually land. amanda, how do you prepare for a landing like _ actually land. amanda, how do you prepare for a landing like that? - actually land. amanda, how do you prepare for a landing like that? is l prepare for a landing like that? is there a kind of a template of what pilots should do, or does it come down a little bit to being able to justjudge and go with it? m0. down a little bit to being able to justjudge and go with it? just 'udge and go with it? no, we are justjudge and go with it? no, we are probably _ justjudge and go with it? no, we are probably one _ justjudge and go with it? no, we are probably one of— justjudge and go with it? no, we are probably one of the _ justjudge and go with it? no, we are probably one of the most - justjudge and go with it? no, we i are probably one of the most tested professions in the world, we are constantly in the simulator, i have my flat in structure renewal test coming up in a couple of months, we are always being tested, always going back into the simulator, and actually normally testing the simulator with a kind of weather

with cloud, with a problem with the engine and with maybe a problem with a passenger as well. so what you have done in the simulator is actually more than you are normally faced in the real life. therefore it is not an uncommon thing to actually then have to do that in real life. you are seeing yesterday was very professional pilot doing a good, safe decision on the go around, and you can always prepare for that. always prepare for the worst case scenario, but if we cannot land, if the wind gust is too much, then we are going to do what we say, go around and put the aeroplane, but the power on, take off again and go around and try again. therefore, people sort of say, it is all luck. no, it is down to, sorry, professional training and pilot skill. ~ professional training and pilot skill. . ., , skill. absolutely? --! what is the most hairy _ skill. absolutely? --! what is the most hairy banning _ skill. absolutely? --! what is the most hairy banning you _ skill. absolutely? --! what is the most hairy banning you have -

skill. absolutely? --! what is the most hairy banning you have had| skill. absolutely? --! what is the l most hairy banning you have had to make? i most hairy banning you have had to make? ., ., most hairy banning you have had to make? . ., ., ., ., ., ., make? i have had to go around in all sorts of aeroplanes _ make? i have had to go around in all sorts of aeroplanes and _ make? i have had to go around in all sorts of aeroplanes and also - make? i have had to go around in all sorts of aeroplanes and also vintage | sorts of aeroplanes and also vintage aeroplanes. that can be very tricky. i was not getting any vintage aeroplanes out yesterday. you have to fly to the ability of the plane. i had a time i was coming in, there was a storm happening and we were in mountainous areas, it was quite a difficult flight, i was coming down to land and i was the pilot. the aeroplane start to shout at you, and it sounds very dramatic, but when you have been in the simulator, it is like, it is wind, full power and off you go again. we went around and actually the passengers made me laugh because when we landed safely on the second attempt they came up and said that was interesting. in some ways, as a pilot, it is nice to be able to tackle the weather of

yesterday and actually come down a safe landing. although there arab lands landed safely. not all the cars were safe on the road tested yesterday. cars were safe on the road tested esterda . ., ~ , ., ., ., ~ ., yesterday. thank you for talking to us. yesterday. thank you for talking to us- amanda _ yesterday. thank you for talking to us. amanda harrison, _ yesterday. thank you for talking to us. amanda harrison, commercial| us. amanda harrison, commercial pilot. thank you. the storm also affected dartmoor zoo, where several trees fell down, damaged a perimeterfence and that caused some emus to escape. the zoo�*s chief executive, benjamin mee, joins us now from the site. benjamin, good morning to you. i know you are out there assessing the damage. how bad is it? ltrulellll. know you are out there assessing the damage. how bad is it?— damage. how bad is it? well, it is re damage. how bad is it? well, it is pretty bad- _ damage. how bad is it? well, it is pretty bad- i _ damage. how bad is it? well, it is pretty bad- i am — damage. how bad is it? well, it is pretty bad. i am standing - damage. how bad is it? well, it is pretty bad. i am standing where i damage. how bad is it? well, it is i pretty bad. i am standing where the perimeter fence used to be. there perimeterfence used to be. there is a line here by my foot, this bit of concrete here, you can see there is a high tension wire that used to hold the fence down, but of course when a 60 foot tree comes, it has

completely pulled up. the whole here... from the ground to the outside is taller than me, and they are a very light emus, the same sort of height. this high, they could have easily come through there. we check this area at eight o'clock this morning, but this happened at 930 when we were doing some other things in the other part of the zoo so we didn't know it had happened. they stood around and looked at the hole and thought, that is unusual, and didn't go through. 50 we didn't actually have an escape, and if you come this way, you can see the extent... there is another whole here, and the size of the tree that actually came down. there is no resisting that if you are a fence. we can get a really good sense of the damage that has been caused just by you showing us. so thank you for

that. talk to me about the animals themselves. i'm sorry if it was difficult, but it is a the animals have escaped all you manage to get them back? m0. have escaped all you manage to get them back? ., ., ., , ., them back? no, the animals did not escae. them back? no, the animals did not escape- there _ them back? no, the animals did not escape. there was _ them back? no, the animals did not escape. there was no _ them back? no, the animals did not escape. there was no escape - them back? no, the animals did not| escape. there was no escape luckily. this section contains only the birds, normally it is mixed with wallabies. if the wallabies had been in this section, they would have been there and bubbly happily cavorting around the countryside. luckily they are on the other side, we had to keep the birds separate in the birds took one look at that and didn't fancy it, luckily. even though the hole was there for a little bit of time, they didn't make use of it. i little bit of time, they didn't make use of it. ~ ., i” little bit of time, they didn't make use of it. ~ ., ,, ., ., use of it. i know you are down there now working — use of it. i know you are down there now working out _ use of it. i know you are down there now working out quite _ use of it. i know you are down there now working out quite what - use of it. i know you are down there now working out quite what the - now working out quite what the repairs will have to be. have you got a sense of how much it would cost to put this right? this got a sense of how much it would cost to put this right?— cost to put this right? this is the most damage — cost to put this right? this is the most damage that _ cost to put this right? this is the most damage that we _ cost to put this right? this is the most damage that we have - cost to put this right? this is the most damage that we have ever| cost to put this right? this is the - most damage that we have ever had from a storm, and it is probably the full thing about £10,000, and we

have literally never had that much damage from a storm. with the all the trees survey, these were surveyed and you can read it on the day the soil conditions and the random wind that can take something down, and having to replace all this with the concrete footings, the staff time and tree surgeons, i think around £10,000, as a charity, we are having to dig in and look at our reserves. i we are having to dig in and look at our reserves-_ we are having to dig in and look at our reserves-— we are having to dig in and look at our reserves. , , _,, _, ., our reserves. i suppose coming after what has already _ our reserves. i suppose coming after what has already been _ our reserves. i suppose coming after what has already been a _ our reserves. i suppose coming after what has already been a pretty - our reserves. i suppose coming after| what has already been a pretty tough couple of years as well, this is the last thing you need right now. yes, i really wasn't expecting this. as i say, in the past our tree surveys have made us feel fairly safe in storms, and we have just come through the very difficult lockdown time where the public actually were incredibly generous and gave us some donations to keep us going through some of that

period. people have started to come back to the zoo now, so luckily we are open now back to the zoo now, so luckily we are open new again back to the zoo now, so luckily we are open now again and people will be able to have a look at this damage on the way through. goad damage on the way through. good luck. i damage on the way through. good luck- i know _ damage on the way through. good luck. i know you _ damage on the way through. good luck. i know you have _ damage on the way through. good luck. i know you have got - damage on the way through. good luck. i know you have got a - damage on the way through. good luck. i know you have got a lot of work to fix all this, but thank you for sharing all that. i hope you are able to get it repaired and back up and running soon. thank you for being with us this morning. good morning if you arejustjoining us. let's go to the sport now to catch up with what is going on. mike, good morning.— catch up with what is going on. mike, good morning. the mike, good morning. medal hopes. the men's curlers — mike, good morning. medal hopes. the men's curlers did _ mike, good morning. medal hopes. the men's curlers did not _ mike, good morning. medal hopes. the men's curlers did not win _ mike, good morning. medal hopes. the men's curlers did not win a _ mike, good morning. medal hopes. the men's curlers did not win a medal- men's curlers did not win a medal between 1918 and 1994. admittedly it was out of the olympics for some of that time. sweden r2—1 up at the

moment. that time. sweden r2-1 up at the moment. . , ., , ., that time. sweden r2-1 up at the moment. . , ., ., . moment. once you start watching, it draws ou moment. once you start watching, it draws you in. — moment. once you start watching, it draws you in, doesn't _ moment. once you start watching, it draws you in, doesn't it. _ moment. once you start watching, it draws you in, doesn't it. and - moment. once you start watching, it draws you in, doesn't it. and the - draws you in, doesn't it. and the women's curlers, _ draws you in, doesn't it. and the women's curlers, their _ draws you in, doesn't it. and the i women's curlers, their semi-final, women's curlers, their semi—final, which we are talking about now, because for the first time ever team gb could win two gold medals at the same olympics. team gb is going for gold in beijing this morning, facing sweden in the final of men's curling. the squad had already guaranteed the uk's first medal, beating team usa in the semi—final, but will be hoping to bring home a gold on the last day of the games. for the first time ever at a winter olympics, team gb could win two golds, because the women's curlers will also try to win their olympic final in the early hours of tomorrow. they beat the reigning champions, sweden, in an incredible match. after finishing 11—11 after 12 ends, the match went to an extra end, with eve muirhead's team winning that by the closest of margins, so they will face japan in the early hours of tomorrow morning. the skip, eve muirhead, won a bronze medal in 2014 but this is herfirst final at herfourth games.

i've lost two semifinals before and i was desperate for it, because these moments and opportunities don't come around very often. and i really, really was so, so proud of these girls. like, its such a team game out there, and all week we've really dug so deep. and not even just this event, i think the whole season, from a squad of nine down to playing in the olympic qualifier. and yeah, look, i'm pretty speechless right now, but, like, what a moment. it sounds amazing to say that we're in the olympic final. and gb�*s late charge for medals might notjust end on the curling rink. the men's four—man bobsleigh team have an outside chance of winning something too. they find themselves in sixth place at the halfway stage of the event. piloted by brad hall, the team are 0.69 seconds off the lead, but only a third of a second off bronze. the final two runs take place tomorrow. no medalfor gus kenworthy, but he mayjust be glad to have completed the ski halfpipe event. he fell on his first two runs. the second still makes the mind boggle as to how he actually gets up from it. but he wasn't hurt and recovered enough to land a clean run in at the end — good enough for eighth place in his final olympics.

now, the weekend's premier league action kicks off this lunchtime with rejuvenated newcastle at west ham, and the west ham manager, david moyes, continues to defy calls to drop kurt zouma and is hopeful that the defender will be fit for the match. he missed the their previous game due to illness. zouma has been heavily critcised after a video emerged showing him hitting and kicking his cats, with the rspca removing them from his care. tonight one of boxing's long—standing feuds will be settled at the manchester arena. former world champion 35—year—olds kell brook and amir khan go head to head for the first time. both have achieved plenty in their professional careers, but this is purely for pride, and when they squared up at the head to head photo shoot, you could see what it means to them. it's one fight that will cement my legacy in british boxing. even though we do a lot more abroad, in

america, las vegas, new york— this fight is one of the big ones, because it is a fight that the british... he is a good fighter and it is bragging rights and it is something that is always going to stick with us. find something that is always going to stick with us.— stick with us. and the women's curlin: stick with us. and the women's curling final— stick with us. and the women's curling final is _ stick with us. and the women's curling final is coming - stick with us. and the women's curling final is coming up. - stick with us. and the women'sl curling final is coming up. laura stick with us. and the women's i curling final is coming up. laura is at a pretty big party this morning at a pretty big party this morning at 7:30am. it at a pretty big party this morning at 7:30am— at 7:30am. it has been an early start, at 7:30am. it has been an early start. but _ at 7:30am. it has been an early start. but it _ at 7:30am. it has been an early start. but it is _ at 7:30am. it has been an early start, but it is certainly - at 7:30am. it has been an early start, but it is certainly the - at 7:30am. it has been an early| start, but it is certainly the party atmosphere here. team gb are doing well. you are right to say it is a little bit nervy. sweden are leading to—1 on the third and gail munro has been the party organiser here this morning. how are the nerves so far? 0k. morning. how are the nerves so far? ok. i am morning. how are the nerves so far? ok. iam holding it togetherjust morning. how are the nerves so far? ok. i am holding it togetherjust at the moment, thank you. you ok. i am holding it together 'ust at the moment, thank you._ ok. i am holding it together 'ust at the moment, thank you. you are the aun of the moment, thank you. you are the aunty of two — the moment, thank you. you are the aunty of two members _ the moment, thank you. you are the aunty of two members of— the moment, thank you. you are the aunty of two members of team - the moment, thank you. you are the aunty of two members of team gb. | aunty of two members of team gb. have you had much sleep getting

ready for the party this morning? no, unfortunately i had the dayjob this morning as well, which i had to turn into nighttime. tell this morning as well, which i had to turn into nighttime.— turn into nighttime. tell me what ou have turn into nighttime. tell me what you have made — turn into nighttime. tell me what you have made of _ turn into nighttime. tell me what you have made of the _ turn into nighttime. tell me what l you have made of the performance turn into nighttime. tell me what - you have made of the performance so far in the match this morning. from what i have — far in the match this morning. from what i have seen _ far in the match this morning. from what i have seen so _ far in the match this morning. from what i have seen so far _ far in the match this morning. from what i have seen so far they - far in the match this morning. from what i have seen so far they are - what i have seen so far they are holding their own. they are taking their opportunities, but it was difficult giving away the two, but we were hoping that they would get two back. looking at the background here, it looks like they have been forced to take one. that will get them back on an even keel. tell forced to take one. that will get them back on an even keel. tell me a bit about who — them back on an even keel. tell me a bit about who is _ them back on an even keel. tell me a bit about who is here _ them back on an even keel. tell me a bit about who is here watching - them back on an even keel. tell me a bit about who is here watching the . bit about who is here watching the match this morning. there are a lot of people, it is a packed out room. we have all of the family of grant hamilton and also the ultimate, ross, he is here as well. extended family and friends. as i say, over 100 in the room here this morning. you know them better than most and it is getting dramatic out here! a

lot of vocal people so far this morning, and there have been a lot of tunes from your husband as well on the dj booth. tell me, you know them better than a lot of people. how will they be feeling right now out there, trying to become olympic champions? out there, trying to become olympic chamions? , out there, trying to become olympic champions?— champions? they will really be quite calm, champions? they will really be quite calm. because _ champions? they will really be quite calm, because it _ champions? they will really be quite calm, because it is _ champions? they will really be quite calm, because it is what _ champions? they will really be quite calm, because it is what they - champions? they will really be quite calm, because it is what they do. . champions? they will really be quite calm, because it is what they do. it | calm, because it is what they do. it is their dayjob. they do it day in, day out. they have been living the last four years for this moment, so i don't think they will be feeling any different to normal. you i don't think they will be feeling any different to normal. you have an awful lot to — any different to normal. you have an awful lot to do _ any different to normal. you have an awful lot to do today, _ any different to normal. you have an awful lot to do today, you _ any different to normal. you have an awful lot to do today, you have - any different to normal. you have an awful lot to do today, you have not l awful lot to do today, you have not left the hotel in about two weeks. you have been organising this party, so i will let you go, gail, because i think a lot of people are about to start standing up as well. they have been blaring out the tunes anytime there is a little bit of a gap. everyone is in the party atmosphere. i will be back later in the programme. hopefully we will have great britain leaving at that point. yes, what a different atmosphere. this morning when we joined them yes, what a different atmosphere. this morning when wejoined them it was high spirits and quite a party feel, but you can really feel the

tension there, can't you?- feel, but you can really feel the tension there, can't you? apart from those bits of— tension there, can't you? apart from those bits of nervous _ tension there, can't you? apart from those bits of nervous tension. - those bits of nervous tension. fingers crossed that we will get that gold medal. on christmas day, mother—of—two sadie kemp was playing with her children when her back started to hurt. within 24 hours, she had been rushed into hospital and put into an induced coma. she had an infected kidney stone, and when sadie finally woke up, she was told all four of her limbs could be amputated due to sepsis. sadie is been telling her story to our reporter emma baugh. i was iwas an i was an hour away from dying. they did everything they could to save my life. .. , did everything they could to save my life. ,,. , ., ., life. sadie kemp, reliving how an ordinary christmas _ life. sadie kemp, reliving how an ordinary christmas day _ life. sadie kemp, reliving how an ordinary christmas day started i life. sadie kemp, reliving how an ordinary christmas day started a | ordinary christmas day started a chain of events which changed her life forever. chain of events which changed her life forever-— life forever. woke up, it was a normal, exciting _ life forever. woke up, it was a normal, exciting morning - life forever. woke up, it was a normal, exciting morning withj life forever. woke up, it was a - normal, exciting morning with my children. i decided to build my

youngest son's play kitchen that i bought him and i started to get back ache. it got to a point where i was in the worst pain of my life. ll in the worst pain of my life. it turned out it was an infected kidney stone. she went into septic shock in hospital. she had to be put into a coma, fighting for her life. on a life—support machine for ten days. when i woke up, ifound life—support machine for ten days. when i woke up, i found that all the medication that they were pumping into my body to keep me alive was going to my major organs, so the limbs furthest away from my heart suffered. i had no blood supply to my hands, my feet, my forearms, my shins and things like that. they did everything they could to save my life, which is why i am still here, so i am so grateful for critical care at peterbrough hospital for keeping me alive. her care at peterbrough hospital for keeping me alive.— keeping me alive. her friend stephanie — keeping me alive. her friend stephanie has _ keeping me alive. her friend stephanie has started - keeping me alive. her friend

stephanie has started a - keeping me alive. her friend i stephanie has started a charity fundraising page to help support her. it has reached more than £14,000 so far.— her. it has reached more than £14,000 so far. the last few days have been — £14,000 so far. the last few days have been on _ £14,000 so far. the last few days have been on my _ £14,000 so far. the last few days have been on my phone _ £14,000 so far. the last few days have been on my phone all- £14,000 so far. the last few days have been on my phone all day i £14,000 so far. the last few days l have been on my phone all day and all night _ have been on my phone all day and all night trying to think people and e-mail_ all night trying to think people and e—mail back everyone that i can that i have _ e—mail back everyone that i can that i have sent — e—mail back everyone that i can that i have sent private messages and well—wishers, and the people that have donated whatever they can, it is great _ have donated whatever they can, it is great. sadie is keeping her spirits— is great. sadie is keeping her spirits really well. she has kept her humour up. she is still herself. as sadie _ her humour up. she is still herself. as sadie would say, laughter is the best medicine. i as sadie would say, laughter is the best medicine.— best medicine. i would rather have no fin . ers best medicine. i would rather have no fingers and _ best medicine. i would rather have no fingers and no _ best medicine. i would rather have no fingers and no legs _ best medicine. i would rather have no fingers and no legs than - best medicine. i would rather have no fingers and no legs than die. i l no fingers and no legs than die. i was facing death. i was hours, minutes away from dying, and ijust feel so lucky to still be here, regardless that i've lost my hands, my feet, possibly my legs. ijust feel really lucky. my feet, possibly my legs. i 'ust feel really luckyi feel really lucky. sadie remains ositive, feel really lucky. sadie remains positive, despite _ feel really lucky. sadie remains positive, despite all— feel really lucky. sadie remains positive, despite all she - feel really lucky. sadie remains positive, despite all she has . feel really lucky. sadie remains i positive, despite all she has been

through. mr; positive, despite all she has been throu:h. y ., positive, despite all she has been throu:h. g . ., ., through. my right hand, i have had m finaers through. my right hand, i have had my fingers removed, _ through. my right hand, i have had my fingers removed, and - through. my right hand, i have had my fingers removed, and my - through. my right hand, i have had my fingers removed, and my hand | through. my right hand, i have had i my fingers removed, and my hand is actually sewn onto my stomach at the moment. i've got to get on with life, and ijust feel like i've been given a second chance and i am really going to live it. there is a light at the end of the road, and i'm going to get home to my children. i am going to do good things, i really am. that was sadie kemp finishing that report from emma baugh. absolutely harrowing, really, wasn't it? let's speak now to dr ron daniels from the uk sepsis trust. thank you forjoining us this morning, ron. ithink thank you forjoining us this morning, ron. i think one of the things that is so striking and almost difficult to come to terms with in sadie's case is just how quickly things developed. is that common with sepsis?— quickly things developed. is that common with sepsis? well, i think we have to accept — common with sepsis? well, i think we have to accept that _ common with sepsis? well, i think we have to accept that sadie's _ common with sepsis? well, i think we have to accept that sadie's case - common with sepsis? well, i think we have to accept that sadie's case is - have to accept that sadie's case is frightening, but it is unusual.

sadie's sepsis developed within 24 hours, and infact sadie's sepsis developed within 24 hours, and in fact much less than that. more commonly, sepsis gradually creeps in over 48 to 72 hours, but that doesn't mean it is notjust hours, but that doesn't mean it is not just as hours, but that doesn't mean it is notjust as urgent as it is in sadie's case. more commonly sepsis effect older adults and children. but it can affect anyone at any age. we need to be aware of this. that's riaht, and we need to be aware of this. that's right. and people — we need to be aware of this. that's right, and people may— we need to be aware of this. that's right, and people may not- we need to be aware of this. that's right, and people may not be - we need to be aware of this. that'sj right, and people may not be aware of quite how common sepsis is. the statistics are quite staggering in terms of the hundreds of thousands of people it affect every year in the uk. , , ., of people it affect every year in the uk. , y ., ., ., the uk. yes, they are alarming. it is 245.000 _ the uk. yes, they are alarming. it is 245.000 people _ the uk. yes, they are alarming. it is 245,000 people affected - the uk. yes, they are alarming. it is 245,000 people affected by - the uk. yes, they are alarming. it. is 245,000 people affected by sepsis every year in the uk. that's the best estimates from the academic teams. that's as many people as suffer heart attacks every year, yet few people are aware of it and know what to do about it. find few people are aware of it and know what to do about it.— what to do about it. and ron, is there something _ what to do about it. and ron, is there something that _ what to do about it. and ron, is there something that can - what to do about it. and ron, is there something that can make| there something that can make someone more predisposed to it, or is it something that everyone has

sort of got to be alert and keep an eye out for?— eye out for? well, it is a little bit of the _ eye out for? well, it is a little bit of the latter, _ eye out for? well, it is a little bit of the latter, because - eye out for? well, it is a little bit of the latter, because it i eye out for? well, it is a little l bit of the latter, because it can affect anyone, as this case suggests. but there are certain groups who really do need to be more aware. i have mentioned the extremes of age, particularly with younger children and those with underlying conditions, but not exclusively. healthy children can get this as well. people who are at increased risk of infection, so people with diabetes, for example, with chronic lung disease, people who take steroids or are on chemotherapy or have had to had that spleen removed for whatever reason. as well as people who have just undergone surgery or a procedure. hand people who have just undergone surgery or a procedure. and with sadie's case _ surgery or a procedure. and with sadie's case it _ surgery or a procedure. and with sadie's case it was _ surgery or a procedure. and with sadie's case it was a _ surgery or a procedure. and with sadie's case it was a backache, i surgery or a procedure. and with | sadie's case it was a backache, it was a sharp, sudden pain that alerted her to it. what are the symptoms that people can look out for? trust your instincts. if you are worried and think you have an infection, something doesn't feel right, make an appointment to see

your gp and ask, could it be sepsis? you think someone is seriously ill, there are six symptoms. it spells there are six symptoms. it spells the word sepsis. slurred speech or confusion. the four extreme pain, passing you're in, severe breathlessness, it feels like i am going to die and people really do say that, in the final one is the skin looks mortal or discoloured or very pale. anyone of those six, they are on the website, in the context of infection, go straight to a&e. do not delay. it is really good advice on what people should really look out for. thank you for talking to us this morning. that is doctor daniels, the chief executive of the uk sepsis trust, with some really useful information. it isa it is a little calmer outside if you are just waking it is a little calmer outside if you arejust waking up it is a little calmer outside if you are just waking up this morning. worst of the storm seems to have

passed. here is darren with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. what a glorious sunrise. beautiful. yes, most people are waking up to the calm before the storm really. temperatures have fallen away, but still a lot of damage, disruption. a lot of trees brought down yesterday because of all those really strong winds, and big waves yesterday here in cornwall where the winds were gusting at 80 miles an hour. gusts of 50, 60 miles an hour in cornwall today mind you. more wet and windy weather at times this weekend. it will not be as bad as yesterday but there are warnings in place from the met office. can find those online. the storm is now in the baltic sea. another weather system piling in from the atlantic to bring more cloud, more wet weather and some stronger winds in places as well. in between, some wintry showers overnight. those are becoming fewer,

but we have some icy conditions early this morning. some sunshine around as well, but cloud will come into northern ireland, was east and bring rain for most places. they could be sleet and snow over northern ireland and northern england. all driven by increasingly strong winds in the southern part of england and south wales well tempered as well reached double figures much lighter winds further north in many parts of scotland will be dry, but quite cold with sunshine after that frosty start. it will turn eastern scotland overnight for a while, but temperatures will rise later because more wet weather is coming in, winds are picking up and the snow will start to melt as temperatures start to rise. we could be starting with temperatures double figures on sunday morning. a weather system on the way, the main low itself is going to be well to the north of the uk, pushing on these weather systems between the two, a warm sector. the mild air means a mild start to sunday. this cold

front, it will turn colder tomorrow. a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain around as well tomorrow. wet weather moving away from northern ireland into northern parts of england and north wales. in some sunshine and blustery showers as well. a windy day, winds gusting 40 to 60 miles an hour. colder in scotland and northern ireland but mild, wet and windy for england and wales. to you. calm after the storm. really nice to see you. we will be back with darren after the latest. and we will have more on the aftermath of storm units coming up as well. —— storm eunice. we'll be back with the headlines at 8:00. but now, it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. hello, and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. should the bbc�*s self—declared exclusive interview with novak djokovic have so dominated the news agenda on tuesday? and could the coverage

of the tennis star have discouraged some people from taking a covid vaccine? the first clue that bbc news thought it had something big to share with the world came with a tweet on monday evening from amol rajan promising a: from the following morning, amol rajan's interview with novak djokovic was played out extensively on multiple bbc outlets, including a hastily scheduled half—hour special that evening on bbc one. and the subject occupied the first ten minutes of the news at one. are you prepared to forgo the chance to be the greatest player that ever picked up a racket, statistically, because you feel so strongly about this jab? yes. i do. why, novak, why? because the principles of decision—making on my body are more important

than any title. the tennis star said he hadn't had a covid vaccine because he didn't have enough information about it, but after that interview was aired, bbc health correspondents also appeared, saying that claims of a lack of information about the vaccine were dubious at best. novak djokovic says _ he doesn't have enough information about the vaccine _ and what it might do to his body, but there's already _ a mountain of evidence available. european regulators have approved - five different covid vaccines using three very- different technologies. they were developed in record time, - but went through - all the usual trial stages involving tens of- thousands of volunteers. many viewers got in touch with us to complain about the coverage, with matt rowbotham suggesting the views of a non—scientist on covid had received too much prominence.

and alison munro had this to say: well, we also heard from another viewer who got in touch with us, kris pierce. this is what she had to say. i was really disappointed with the bbc this week and somewhat angry for the amount of publicity and airtime they gave to novak djokovic and his views on the covid vaccine. cameras all over the place... novak djokovic�*s views just go against everything we're trying to promote, and the bbc, in showing him and highlighting his views, is just giving

so much publicity to this. and for him to be a role model for anti—vaxxers. and your interviewer didn't question him strongly enough on this. he seemed to be almost fawning over him. you're better than this, bbc, and i really expect more from you. joining us now is chris gibson, the editor of the culture team at bbc news. thank you so much for coming on newswatch. there have been a lot of concerns. can we start with the issue aboutjust — was it really an exclusive? what did we learn that was so revelatory? you already knew he wasn't taking the vaccine. well, firstly, thank you for having me on and for engaging me with this issue. and i know that some people have concerns about the prominence of this interview. i think it's worth just discussing the context of novak djokovic and why we thought this was such an important interview. so, in the lead—up to the australian open, the saga around novak djokovic's detention

led news bulletins across the world, and indeed across the bbc, day in, day out. but we never heard from the man himself. and so, this was genuinely an exclusive, it was a news interview that he hadn't done before. and he's a public figure in a debate with huge public interest. this story performed exceptionally strongly with the audience for the whole week. but a lot of the public feel this gave huge succour in a way to an anti—vax view and that he wasn't challenged enough on that. so, you know, obviously, his views, we know that his views are very sensitive, and we know this is a very emotive topic for many people. so we spent a lot of time and care and consideration in preparation for the interview and also what went round the interview. so, on the issue of him being robustly challenged, amol asked him very pointedly on a number of times to spell out what his vaccination status was,

whether or not he felt he was above the rules, also the events leading up to the australian open. many people felt that it was convenient that the only way he was able to play at the australian open was if he had covid, and amol definitely challenged him on that. so i do think that there was robust challenge, but i also think it was really crucial with this interview — we've heard from fergus already — that we put our medical editor to act as a rebuttal to what he had to say because novak djokovic's views are definitely in the minority and definitely run counter to the scientific community. so, you know, we're really keen that any viewer, listener or reader was exposed to fergus's analysis to show that actually what novak djokovic says is disputed. but he got half an hour, and the medical correspondents got a few minutes. so, obviously, we've done huge amounts on the vaccine

and its safety for a number of years now. but i also think there would be a danger if that interview was cut too short. you know, on the flip side of this issue around prominence is if you reduce what he had to say to a few minutes, then you're not exploring the issue enough, and then, crucially, you're not challenging him enough. and i think that you have to let interviews like that run for a bit of time so the audience can hear the ins and outs of what happened. this is a very complicated story in terms of what he says and what the australian government says, but also, then to hear him being challenged point by point, particularly about, you know, the status and the people he met in serbia in the lead—up to the australian open. a lot was made of this as a big exclusive. a lot of viewers are wondering — were you both just a bit starstruck? i wasn't starstruck. i think we were more genuinely interested in what he had to say.

i think it is also right, and is kind of an interesting discussion point for this programme about the bbc and promoting our own journalism. and my view of someone at the coal face is that this was a genuine world exclusive. i think any news organisation around the world would have promoted this very prominently, and the bbc isn't any different. and i think this did add to the sum of knowledge about that event. chris gibson, thank you so much for coming on newswatch. thank you. on monday, bbc news carried a report from lucy manning about caroline flack, who took her own life two years ago this week. two months before the tv presenter killed herself, she had been charged with assaulting her boyfriend. two years on, her mother still doesn't have the answers about the way the police treated her. but what followed in that report, a still photograph of caroline flack, caught the attention of a number of viewers, including jo, who recorded this video.

towards the end of the article, you showed a still image of caroline wearing a sparkly low—cut dress, but i noticed that you focused on her chest area before you moved up to show her face. now, i wondered why you'd done this, considering there's enough in the media about the objectification of women and girls, and you report on it fairly frequently yourselves. so, itjust did seem a bit odd and rather disappointing, actually. it seems to me that that kind of filming is part of the problem, and you're not actually blazing a trail towards equality for women. thank you. now, we reported last week that an edition of the new bbc one regional current affairs series we are england had been dropped from the schedules at the last—minute amid concerns about its accuracy. this week, there was more embarrassment when another edition of the series, which was broadcast last month, was removed from the iplayer amid further editorial concerns. the programme praised a dance school attended by caroline flack for helping improve its students' mental

health, but failed to mention a recent ofsted report which listed several criticisms of the school. as was the case last week, the bbc also removed a company website article. someone tweeting as devil food cake blamed: we wanted to talk to someone about the whether the budget cuts made in regional news might�*ve contributed to we are england's problems, but were told that wasn't possible. the bbc�*s head of midlands, stuart thomas, has now been draughted in to provide additional editorial support, and he's welcome to come and talk to us at any point. in the meantime, we were given this statement. wednesday brought some economic figures, which bbc news reported throughout the day, using headlines like this.

the cost of living hits a new 30—year high as energy, food and fuel costs rocket. but did they really mean a high in the cost of living? david jones thought not. will somebody please explain to the bbc news economics department the difference between a price rise and an increase in the inflation rate? several times this past week on your website and news bulletins, there have been headlines to the effect of "living costs hit record high." for as long as there is a positive inflation rate, prices will continuously be hitting record highs. prices still increase when the rate of inflation reduces as long as the rate of inflation remains positive. so, of course living costs continue to rise. the cost of living, then, is almost always at a record high. nothing newsworthy there. the big news that day was that inflation was at a 30—year high. the bbc news told us:

thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see, read or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online or social media, e—mail newswatch@bbc. co. uk, or you can find us on twitter, @newswatchbbc. you can call us on 0370 010 6676, and do have a look at previous interviews on our website, bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good morning, welcome

to breakfast with ben thompson and luxmy gopal. our headlines today: three deaths and widespread damage — as the clean up from storm eunice gets underway, around 400,000 homes across the uk are still without power. the problems are continuing on the railways this morning. many companies are advising passengers not to travel at all today, but if they have two, expect delays and disruption, some services not expected to resume until much later on today. good morning, storm eunice has swept away, winds have eased and we are left with icy patches this morning, but there is more wet and windy weather to come at times this weekend and even into next week. joined me laterfor all the details. us presidentjoe biden insists russia is planning to invade ukraine, saying an attack is expected in the coming days. make no mistake — if russia pursues its plans,

it will be responsible for a catastrophic and needless war of choice. the prime minister's completed a questionnaire about alleged lockdown parties at downing street, and returned it to the metropolitan police. gb's men's curlers go in search of gold, but they're 3—2 down to sweden in their olympic final, approaching the half way stage, knowing that at least a silver medal is guaranteed. it's saturday 19th february. our main story... the big clean—up is set to begin after storm eunice brought damage, disruption and record—breaking gusts of wind to many parts of the uk. around 400,000 homes remain without power and a number of train operators are still warning people not to travel. but efforts to get things back on track could be hampered by a yellow weather warning for ice

across northern england, northern ireland and scotland until nine o'clock this morning. and the met office has also issued a yellow wind warning for south wales and the south coast of england until six o'clock this evening. we'll have more on all of that throughout the morning, but first our reporter james reynolds looks at the impact of one of the worst storms to hit the uk in a generation. at the needles on the isle of wight, winds of 122 mph were provisionally recorded. if verified, this would be the highest gust ever seen in england. but you don't need a wind speed reading to understand the force of storm eunice as it swept in from the atlantic. many took cover, some could not. in hampshire, a man in his 20s died when the van he was in hit a tree. the driver was also seriously injured. in merseyside, debris smashed

through the windscreen of a van, killing a man in his 50s. and in north london, a woman in her 30s died when a tree fell on a car in which she was travelling. a man who was driving was taken to hospital. across the uk, including in bude, in cornwall, people filmed the storm's destruction for themselves. we are dealing with everything from minin- claims and minor we are dealing with everything from mining claims and minor damage to full restoration over the next weeks and months. iwould full restoration over the next weeks and months. i would encourage people to be patient as we deal with it. on the m4 in wales, driving became extremely dangerous. this lorry was no match for the storm. in bromley, this bus had no time to swerve. it bulldozed its way through a falling tree.

the storm toppled the spire of st thomas's church in wales, in place since victorian times. no—one was injured. at london's o2 arena, pop stars are expected to blow the roof off the venue, but this time the storm did it for real. 1,000 people had to be evacuated. easy, easy — go on, son! ok, tippy—toes... and pilots coming into heathrow airport fought battles with the wind, their approach eagerly captured by a reporter from big jet tv. he's down, he's up, he's down. at gatwick, some pilots had to make several lending attempts. across the uk, more than 450 flights were cancelled, and the north of england and parts of scotland have had heavy snow. disruption is expected to continue over the weekend. james reynolds, bbc news.

in a moment we'll speak to our reporter vincent mcaviney, who is outside the o2 arena in london this morning. that was damaged in the storm. but first, let's go to simonjones at paddington station. simon, rail disruption is expected to continue over the weekend? yes, the station here at paddington is certainly getting busy at this morning, but the reality is a lot of people arriving here now we'll have to wait several hours before getting on a train and many rail companies are advising people not to travel at all today, that particularly applies to southern and great northern. let me show you the situation here regarding departures. the board up that tells a pretty grim story. most of the services still counselled, gwr saying they will not even

attempt to run trains before ten o'clock leaves a lot of people wondering how they will get home or to other special events. == wondering how they will get home or to other special events.— to other special events. -- still cancelled- _ to other special events. -- still cancelled. where _ to other special events. -- still cancelled. where you - to other special events. -- still cancelled. where you to - to other special events. -- still cancelled. where you to get. to other special events. -- still| cancelled. where you to get to? newport. and i tried all yesterday and no _ newport. and i tried all yesterday and no doubt i will spend much of the morning trying to get to newport. the morning trying to get to newort. ., i. the morning trying to get to newport-— the morning trying to get to newort. ., i. ., i] newport. how you feeling about it? i have a wedding _ newport. how you feeling about it? i have a wedding to _ newport. how you feeling about it? i have a wedding to to _ newport. how you feeling about it? i have a wedding to to at _ newport. how you feeling about it? i have a wedding to to at 12 _ newport. how you feeling about it? i have a wedding to to at 12 and - newport. how you feeling about it? i have a wedding to to at 12 and i - have a wedding to to at 12 and i probably— have a wedding to to at 12 and i probably won't be going to it. waited — probably won't be going to it. waited for a train at waterloo but that got— waited for a train at waterloo but that got cancelled _ waited for a train at waterloo but that got cancelled so _ waited for a train at waterloo but that got cancelled so i— waited for a train at waterloo but that got cancelled so i made - waited for a train at waterloo but that got cancelled so i made my. waited for a train at waterloo but i that got cancelled so i made my way here and _ that got cancelled so i made my way here and now— that got cancelled so i made my way here and now it— that got cancelled so i made my way here and now it has— that got cancelled so i made my way here and now it has been— that got cancelled so i made my way here and now it has been cancelled. | here and now it has been cancelled. i'm trying _ here and now it has been cancelled. i'm trying to — here and now it has been cancelled. i'm trying to get _ here and now it has been cancelled. i'm trying to get to— here and now it has been cancelled. i'm trying to get to bristol— here and now it has been cancelled. i'm trying to get to bristol parkwayl i'm trying to get to bristol parkway and then— i'm trying to get to bristol parkway and then there are no trains till tenand— and then there are no trains till tenand no— and then there are no trains till ten and no buses till ten again, so i'm stuck— ten and no buses till ten again, so i'm stuck here. the ten and no buses till ten again, so i'm stuck here.— ten and no buses till ten again, so i'm stuck here. the storm has now blown through. — i'm stuck here. the storm has now blown through, so _ i'm stuck here. the storm has now blown through, so why _ i'm stuck here. the storm has now blown through, so why still - i'm stuck here. the storm has now blown through, so why still so - i'm stuck here. the storm has now. blown through, so why still so much disruption this morning? the reality is that network rail now have to check thousands of miles of track, they have been doing that through

they have been doing that through the night. people had been out with chainsaws removing trees, and there is still a weather warning in place the strong winds across southern england and wales. for the strong winds across southern england and wales.— the strong winds across southern england and wales. for now, thank ou ve england and wales. for now, thank you very much- _ around 1,000 people were evacuated when parts of the roof at london's o2 arena were ripped away by the storm. as we can see there. our reporter vincent mcaviney is there this morning — vincent, what's the latest? how long does it look like it might take that extensive damage to be repaired? take that extensive damage to be re aired? ,., ., ., ., take that extensive damage to be reaired? ., ., , repaired? good morning. you can see the full impact _ repaired? good morning. you can see the full impact of _ repaired? good morning. you can see the full impact of storm _ repaired? good morning. you can see the full impact of storm eunice's - repaired? good morning. you can see the full impact of storm eunice's 80 i the full impact of storm eunice's 80 mph winds here with this pretty dramatic tear in the roof of london's o2, formerly the millennium dome. whilst we have been standing here, we have seen more of it tearing this morning. if you have never visited before, it is essentially a giant tent with a fabric roof in the centre. there is an enclosed 20,000 seat arena and

then around it is a street essentially which is open to that roof which has restaurants and shops. a thousand people as you mentioned were in there yesterday when they heard a loud bang. they were told to evacuate and a major incident was declared by emergency services. thankfully no one was hurt, but the venue was closed for the rest of the day and we had in the rest of the day and we had in the last few hours that it will stay closed for all of today, as engineers carry out inspections. band simply read were meant to be staging a concert here which has had to be cancelled and they say it is another tragic blow for the music industry because that concert had been delayed because of the pandemic. if you just luck, those are all custom panels, so it really is unclear how long it will take to manufacture those and get this repair work done.— many buildings were damaged by the gale force winds,

including a 150—year—old church in somerset. this is the astonishing moment the spire at the top of st thomas' church blew over yesterday. breakfast�*sjohn maguire is there for us this morning. it has been a long time but storm eunice took the top of the spire? yes, 150 years has stood steadily and then storm eunice came along and took the top of the spire of the. todayit took the top of the spire of the. today it looks very much unfinished, you can tell when the top part of the stonework and the weather vane blew off. we saw how it shuffled across in the video and came down, at one point it seemed to be held down by the lightning conductor strip but eventually fell to ground and we will show you the damage to the ground in a second. look at what we are talking about, because when you see it close up is when you

realise what an extraordinary event it was. we thought it was about eight foot, we have now reconsidered, chatting to people, we think it might be more, maybe 18 foot including the weather spine, but look at the thickness of that stone and this metal rod has been cut by the people that came to deal with it, but that stainless steel rod there was very long, ran through the centre of the steeple, bent right over when it fell over in the storms yesterday. tarmac path around the front of the church and look at the front of the church and look at the damage here where dan and chris are standing, this is obviously where the stone landed, but more of the stone in the back there. just imagine the impact that would have taken place to cause that amount of damage. that is a good sort over at six, seven inches deep and it shows you the length of it as well. we have a photo of it in situ. chris, you are a reader at the church and

dan from fire and rescue. what did you think when you saw it yesterday? the vicar rang me as at the top of the spire — the vicar rang me as at the top of the spire is — the vicar rang me as at the top of the spire is wobbling and to be honest— the spire is wobbling and to be honest i— the spire is wobbling and to be honest i thought she wasjoking, but with the _ honest i thought she wasjoking, but with the weather i would not have been _ with the weather i would not have been surprised that was it. as she was on _ been surprised that was it. as she was on the — been surprised that was it. as she was on the phone, she said goodness, it has— was on the phone, she said goodness, it hasjust _ was on the phone, she said goodness, it hasjust fallen was on the phone, she said goodness, it has just fallen off! was on the phone, she said goodness, it hasjust fallen off! i said i am on my— it hasjust fallen off! i said i am on my way— it hasjust fallen off! i said i am on my way round so i came round and of course _ on my way round so i came round and of course the — on my way round so i came round and of course the police and fire brigade _ of course the police and fire brigade where here, the road was closed. _ brigade where here, the road was closed. it— brigade where here, the road was closed, it was spacing, dreadful morning — closed, it was spacing, dreadful morning. we just thank god there was no one _ morning. we just thank god there was no one here. — morning. we just thank god there was no one here, because the road was closed _ no one here, because the road was closed and — no one here, because the road was closed and everything and the fact the wind _ closed and everything and the fact the wind had blown it this way so it was away— the wind had blown it this way so it was away from the church because it would _ was away from the church because it would have — was away from the church because it would have gone straight through. and as _ would have gone straight through. and as you — would have gone straight through. and as you say, thankfully no one was injured. dunn, busy day for you and your colleagues yesterday, we saw some of your colleagues on the

ground in ilfracombe, what was it like? —— dan, busy day. ll ground in ilfracombe, what was it like? -- dan, busy day.— ground in ilfracombe, what was it like? -- dan, busy day. it was very bus , like? -- dan, busy day. it was very busy. we — like? -- dan, busy day. it was very busy. we are _ like? -- dan, busy day. it was very busy, we are flat _ like? -- dan, busy day. it was very busy, we are flat out _ like? -- dan, busy day. it was very busy, we are flat out to _ like? -- dan, busy day. it was very busy, we are flat out to different i busy, we are flat out to different types of incidents. luckily a neighbour spotted at the spire on this one and put it forward to the police so we were able to come down and secure the scene, make sure it was safe, but we had a whole array of incidents from our normal business as usual, domestic property fires, road traffic collisions, but also then unsafe structures of power cables down, trees falling down, so quite a large amount of those, unfortunately. l quite a large amount of those, unfortunately.— quite a large amount of those, unfortunately. i suppose the call centre is extremely _ unfortunately. i suppose the call centre is extremely busy - unfortunately. i suppose the call centre is extremely busy and i unfortunately. i suppose the call| centre is extremely busy and had unfortunately. i suppose the call i centre is extremely busy and had to prioritise. when you have that volume of calls, how do you do it? fire control did a fantasticjob, as they always do and we lean on our partners, so other fire and rescue services took some of our calls when

we were in that search period, but then we put in place separate control areas in at different points in different locations, one in plymouth, north devon and somerset and the calls go directly to the officers on the ground there who then mobilise to relieve some of the pressure on our fire control while they still take incoming calls. you and our they still take incoming calls. you and your colleagues do a fantastic work yesterday, said thank you very much. chris, thank you to you as well. we willjust leave you with this image because i think it is worth dwelling on what could have been, of course. it is worth saying the congregation here, three services on sunday, they should have been, they have obviously all been cancelled, butjust very lucky been, they have obviously all been cancelled, but just very lucky the damage is not any worse than the damage is not any worse than the damage to the stonework and the path here. that really gets it across clearly, because when you see the video, it

looks like it snaps like a twig, but it is only when you see how fast the actual structure is thatjohn showed us there that you get a sense of how strong the wind must have been in october. �* ., ., , ., october. and how heavy that thing was when it landed. so what will the weather look like? will they be able to assess the damage. here's darren with a look at this morning's weather. there is still predict the weather out there? . ., there is still predict the weather out there? , ., ., ., there is still predict the weather out there?— out there? yes, a lot to clear up this weekend _ out there? yes, a lot to clear up this weekend and _ out there? yes, a lot to clear up this weekend and where - out there? yes, a lot to clear up this weekend and where there i out there? yes, a lot to clear up this weekend and where there is out there? yes, a lot to clear up - this weekend and where there is not really going to help, it is not going to be anywhere near as bad as it was yesterday, but there is more wet and windy weather at times through this weekend and more warnings from the met office, you can find them online. i want to focus on the wind warning we have today. it is a yellow warning, so the yellow lowest tier but we could find gusts of 40 to 50 mph. not as windy as yesterday but will not help things. morning waking up to the calm after the storm. it is quite

cold out there and we have wet weather moving into the cold air. and the threat of some snow. there is the storm, storm eunice, well away from the uk and now into the baltic sea. this is the cloud that is coming in from the west and that will bring wetter weather eastwards, but we do have this cold start, wintry showers in scotland will fade away. we will find more sleet and snow falling in northern ireland, perhaps north wales and northern england, further south it may be rain pushing east was driven on by those strengthening winds. sunshine for many, after that wetter weather, and much of scotland will be dry. quite cold. here they went are much lighter, temperatures only 4 or 5 degrees, double figures further south. that wetter weather will tend to fade during the evening. frost early in the night in eastern scotland, then temperatures will rise. may be briefly some snow in the scottish mountains, snow will start to melt as this wetter weather moves in. when the strengthens overnight and the temperatures rise as well, so for many of us, we start tempea rtu res as well, so for many of us, we start tempeartures with double figures on sunday morning. but another weather

system is heading to the uk. main drier of the low pressure pressure well to the north of the uk, but these weather fronts will bring rain and for a while we have mild air across our shores before it gets colder from the north west later on. but there will be some stronger winds more widely. we have rain to start with in many areas on sunday, some heavier rain briefly pushing into northern ireland, southern scotland and then down into northern parts of england and wales in the afternoon. then after that it turns bright and much more showery with some winteriness over the hills and it will be windy pretty much everywhere, 40 to 60 mild an hour gusts and not as bad as yesterday, but it will be a 20 you're out there and it will get colder throughout the day. it will be mild across england and wales were temperatures as high as 40 celsius. i'll be back with england and wales were temperatures as high as 40 celsius. i'll be back with more england and wales were temperatures as high as 40 celsius. i'll be back with more and england and wales were temperatures as high as 40 celsius. i'll be back with more and about england and wales were temperatures as high as 40 celsius. i'll be back with more and about half england and wales were temperatures as high as 40 celsius. i'll be back with more and about half an england and wales were temperatures as high as 40 celsius. i'll be back with more and about half an hour. we will see you then. it is just coming up to eight 17p in.

—— 8.17am. us presidentjoe biden has said he is now convinced vladimir putin has decided to invade ukraine and an attack could happen in days. speaking at a white house press conference last night, mr biden said the assessment was based on us intelligence, which suggested the capital kyiv would be targeted. we have reason to believe the russian forces are planning to and intend to attack ukraine in the coming week — in the coming days. we believe that they will target ukraine's capital, kyiv, a city of 2.8 million innocent people. we are calling out russia's plans loudly and repeatedly, not because we want a conflict but because we are doing everything in our power to remove any reason that russia may give to justify invading ukraine and prevent them from moving. let's get the latest from our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse. morning, james, how are president biden's comments being received there?

usually when a western leader predicts that russia is going to invade your capital city within the coming days, that would be alarming to a lot of people, wouldn't it? but we have to remember, this has been a week where some, including intelligence officials, some part of the media, predicted an evasion would happen on wednesday and then you have a further backdrop which is always worth repeating, there have been eight years of russian aggression to get us to this point, although granted things are looking although granted things are looking a bit more serious at the moment. what is getting ministers worries here though are what is happening in these occupied territories in the east of the country by russian backed militants. we have had firstly reports of an increased higher than normal number of shell attacks and then yesterday the militants announced an evacuation of people there. we do not know the details, but it could involve hundreds of thousands of people.

president putin of russia has announced refugee camps will be set “p announced refugee camps will be set up across the border in russia and today the militants announced a military mobilisation which we understand to mean getting people to sign up at military officers as well as in their words are urging men who can bear arms to take up arms and protect theirfamilies. said can bear arms to take up arms and protect their families. said the language is continuing to heighten, along with the west's predictions. we've heard in the last hour that the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, will attend the security conference in munich today. what more can you tell us? some of his advisers are suggesting he shouldn't. we understand given the state of things here that boris johnson will be there, the german chancellor olaf scholz will be there, vice president kamala harris will also be there, and we expect them to say look, we will be united in our response should russia decide to invade. that will probably be

economic sanctions and a bigger nato presence in eastern europe, but they are also crucially saying the diplomatic door is still open. all of this on a day where russia is carrying out missile drills on the ukrainian border as well as a testing of its nuclear capability. no destinations or anything like that, but it will be overseen by president putin himself and that is russia making a statement to the west as the west decides its next move as well and saying we are a nuclear superpower as well. but he has both said he is open to talks as well about his security concerns, but the tension does go on. james, thank ou but the tension does go on. james, thank you for— but the tension does go on. james, thank you for bringing _ but the tension does go on. james, thank you for bringing us _ but the tension does go on. james, thank you for bringing us up - but the tension does go on. james, thank you for bringing us up to - but the tension does go on. james, | thank you for bringing us up to date there. we can get the latest from a uk point of view are just a few minutes. we will speak to the chair of the defence select committee who will be with us here on breakfast in just a few minutes.

the post office scandal has been in the headlines all week, after a public inquiry started hearing from those who suffered wrongful convictions and financial ruin. more than 700 branch managers were convicted and thousands of others lost their businesses when the post office's faulty accounting software made it look as though money was missing from tills. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. it is not easy to explain what happened at the worst moments of your life. each victim has shared memories they will never forget, treatment many feel they can never forgive. this inquiry will last a year or more, with 40 people sharing their stories these first two weeks, their evidence covering all corners of england and wales, from devon, to derbyshire, the heart of london, the home counties and the yorkshire moorlands. the inquiry is then moving to cardiff, then leeds, with plans afoot to hear evidence in scotland and northern ireland, too. for every witness, the financial cost has been huge, with many losing everything. when i went to the doctor,

i was diagnosed with depression because i had just felt worthless. i felt absolute... i've got a wife and children at home — i could not provide for them. when they had gone to bed or gone to school, ijust... i did not know what was going to happen, i did not know what i was going to do, i did not know how we were going to keep the house. in the 40 or 50 years we have run the post office, what have we got to show? nothing. we couldn't even get our children married. we couldn't look after them. we couldn't do anything for them. i feel a failure, myself. as the first witness, baljit told the inquiry that there had been times he had considered taking his own life, a psychological impact echoed by many giving evidence this week. at that point, i also considered...

please take a moment if you need. at that point i also considered ending my life. and i talked to myself and i thought about my family and i thought about graham, and i knew i had to return and face whatever i was going to find and i did not know what they were going to find. i still don't feel i am the same - person and i do get angry at times. ijust don't trust anybody any more. it is really difficult. it nearly killed me, you know. and for people to say it is all right, it doesn't matter — it does matter. it devastated our lives. for many, the impact on their children is the most painful consequence. we were still very close, but again, it was hard,

because he went through a lot and people were attacking him in the street, verbally, because of me. i had a call because he had taken an overdose and he was crying to me on the phone. susan explained that when police came to question her, she was worried how her nine—year—old twins would get home from school. they said i couldn't go and collect the children from school, they would collect them in the police car and they would take them to the station and they would have to stay there until they finished questioning me. now what mother wants that for her children, to be taken to a police station, to be sit there worried, frightened, while their mother is being questioned for...they wouldn't have known why? all victims called for better and faster compensation, answers from the post office and realjustice. i would like a better apology i

for what they have done to me than this rubbish from tim parker. it is the most feeble apology i have ever received - for anything in my life. who knew? i can't believe alarms weren't going off between the bottom, the investigators, the auditors, at the top the board. who signed all of these prosecutions off? did nobody ever say this isn't right? i can still hear to this day the sound of that door slamming behind me. i want someone on the other side to be charged and jailed like i was. colletta smith, bbc news. i'm sure we will be hearing more experiences from people who have faced similar things is that inquiry continues. ., . . faced similar things is that inquiry continues. . , , ., ., continues. that is set to run for about a year- — continues. that is set to run for about a year. coming _ continues. that is set to run for about a year. coming up - continues. that is set to run for about a year. coming up after i us on us on bbc one will have all the medal hopes as the winter olympics

are concerned and today could be the day we get a gold. ll is are concerned and today could be the day we get a gold-— day we get a gold. it is tight, it is tense. day we get a gold. it is tight, it is tense- gb — day we get a gold. it is tight, it is tense. gb are _ day we get a gold. it is tight, it is tense. gb are in _ day we get a gold. it is tight, it is tense. gb are in the - day we get a gold. it is tight, it is tense. gb are in the final, i day we get a gold. it is tight, it i is tense. gb are in the final, going for gold in the carling, the men are up against sweden, it is a 3—2 to sweden, but in curling you can score three points and it can change very quickly, so they can suddenly find themselves up if they get the stones right so it is all to play for. so 'ust right so it is all to play for. so just over _ right so it is all to play for. so just over halfway through? right so it is all to play for. so i just over halfway through? yes, right so it is all to play for. so - just over halfway through? yes, very tense indeed- _ from the winter olympics to last year's summer olympics, where there's been disappointing news. the men's four by 100 metres relay team have been stripped of their silver medal. it's after cj ujah, who ran

the first leg of the race, was found to have committed a doping violation. in a statement yesterday, ujah apologised to his team—mates, but says he "unknowingly consumed a contaminated substance". richard kilty, who was also on the team, admits the finally ruling on this issue, which first came to lightjust after the team got home, in august, and the loss of the medal is devastating. i was only home for maybe two days before the news broke. so i got home in the initial days, seeing all my family, i had big homecoming celebrations, things planned — so much off the back of winning that, and i was not even able to celebrate it for more than a day, really, since landing home. and it's just been very confusing, and just heartbreaking since the news broke. so even returning home, didn't really have the chance to celebrate the medal whatsoever. now, the weekend's premier league action kicks off this lunchtime, with rejuvenated newcastle at west ham.

and the west ham manager, david moyes, continues to defy calls to drop kurt zouma, and is hopeful that the defender will be fit for the match. he missed their previous game due to illness. zouma has been heavily critcised, over the video emerged showing him hitting and kicking his cats, with the rspca then removing them from his care. tonight, one of boxing's long—standing feuds will be settled at the manchester arena. former world champions 35—year—olds kell brook and amir khan go head to head for the first time. looking for any signs of weakness or fear looking into each other's eyes. i don't know if i have seen fear. i don't know what i've seen, but i don't care what i see. i'm ready and i'll come out and do what i need to do.

i'm ready to fight. how is the tension, this gold medal within reaching distance may be, but at the moment they have it all to do? , ., ., , ., at the moment they have it all to do? , .,. at the moment they have it all to do? , . do? they do and you could cut the tension with _ do? they do and you could cut the tension with a _ do? they do and you could cut the tension with a knife _ do? they do and you could cut the tension with a knife in _ do? they do and you could cut the tension with a knife in the - do? they do and you could cut the tension with a knife in the ice - tension with a knife in the ice cube, as it is now known, behind me here. it feels a bit like the calm before the storm, very quiet, you can sense the concentration from both teams, but as you say, so much at stake, this is the gold medal match but it is nearly 100 years since great britain's man won a curling gold and they are up against familiarfoe in sweden, this is the team that beat them in the final of the world championship and also the team that they beat in the final of the european championship, so they have been toe—to—toe at major championships before. at the moment, it isjust advantage

championships before. at the moment, it is just advantage sweden 3—2 in what is an incredibly tight match, but looking forward to getting back in and watching the end of it. we're just going into the seventh end, which when we really need to see the boys putting down some big scores to clinch that gold medal.— clinch that gold medal. and what other news _ clinch that gold medal. and what other news from _ clinch that gold medal. and what other news from beijing? - clinch that gold medal. and whatj other news from beijing? curling other news from bei'ing? curling fans can stay h other news from bei'ing? curling fans can stay up — other news from beijing? curling fans can stay up until— other news from beijing? curling fans can stay up until 1am - other news from beijing? curling i fans can stay up until 1am tomorrow morning to watch eve muirhead and the women go againstjapan in their gold medal match. we could see two gold medal match. we could see two gold medals here in beijing. gus kenworthy managed to finish eighth. the have pipe skier, after a couple of really big the have pipe skier, after a couple of really bi- crashes the have pipe skier, after a couple of really big the have pipe skier, after a couple of really bi- crashes for the have pipe skier, after a couple of really big the have pipe skier, after a couple of really bi- crashes for him the have pipe skier, after a couple of really big the have pipe skier, after a couple of really bi- crashes for him in the have pipe skier, after a couple of really big the have pipe skier, after a couple of really bi- crashes for him in the of really big crashes for him in the final. watch this one. he comes down right on the wall. the ice wall of the house pipe. he wasn't badly

hurt. that marks the end of his freeskiing career. he switched from america to represent great britain for this one final role of the dice. but he retires now, and also brad paul and his crew in the four man bob. they are pretty chuffed with that condition. and less than a third of a second off canada in bronze. they are fourth in the world standings as well. so they are in with an outside chance of a medal tomorrow, so could team gb becoming away from these games with three medals in the end after what has been a real drought for the first couple of weeks of these games? l couple of weeks of these games? i let you get back inside to keep an eye on that men's curling olympic final.

now — at last there's the sweet sweet taste of success again for worcester fans — in rugby union's premiership, worcester have ended their five match losing streak, after scoring 3 tries in a 19—14 win against bristol last night — sione vailanu, with worcester�*s final try. wigan warriors jay field, stole the show last night in their rugby league super league match against the leeds rhinos. he scored a hat—trick of tries — including this stunning solo effort — running 90 metres to score try number three. wigan winning 34—12 — and making it two wins from two at the start of the new season. we're only two weeks into the new season, but it seems rugby's super league already has a new star. and it's not a flying winger or a powerfulforward — but the warrington wolves' mystery mascot, whizzy rascal, and the new way of delivering the match ball. let's take a look. it's a little kid in a motorised

go—kart. how good is that? "can i have the ball? no." well, whizzy rascal — "can i have the ball? no." well, whizzy rascal has _ "can i have the ball? no." well, whizzy rascal has become - "can i have the ball? no." well, whizzy rascal has become a - "can i have the ball? no." well, | whizzy rascal has become a star "can i have the ball? no." well, i whizzy rascal has become a star on social media. we are nowjoined by the chief executive of the warrington wolves, karl fitzpatrick. we have seen the match ball delivered by remote control cars before but this takes it to a new level. it had over a million views. it had a torrid two years. no doubt whizzy rascal has been a sensation. what rascal has been a sensation. what was the plan _ rascal has been a sensation. what was the plan and _ rascal has been a sensation. what was the plan and what _ rascal has been a sensation. what was the plan and what actually

transpired? l was the plan and what actually transpired?— was the plan and what actually transpired? i can't disclose the trade secrets. _ transpired? i can't disclose the trade secrets. we _ transpired? i can't disclose the trade secrets. we came - transpired? i can't disclose the trade secrets. we came up - transpired? i can't disclose the | trade secrets. we came up with transpired? i can't disclose the - trade secrets. we came up with the idea at the euros. catalan dragons used a remote control. how can we do something better? we spoke to our fantastic partner, and they said how about we provide a car? a minicar? so the next thing, we need a driver. so the next thing, we need a driver. so we went on a search to find an adequate driver. whizzy rascal lives up adequate driver. whizzy rascal lives up to her name. adequate driver. whizzy rascal lives up to her name-— up to her name. she! that is quite tellinr. i up to her name. she! that is quite telling. i signed _ up to her name. she! that is quite telling. i signed in _ up to her name. she! that is quite telling. i signed in nda. _ up to her name. she! that is quite telling. i signed in nda. so - up to her name. she! that is quite telling. i signed in nda. so has. telling. i signed in nda. so has whizzy rascal- _ telling. i signed in nda. so has whizzy rascal. but _ telling. i signed in nda. so has whizzy rascal. but i _ telling. i signed in nda. so has whizzy rascal. but i can - telling. i signed in nda. so has| whizzy rascal. but i can confirm telling. i signed in nda. so has. whizzy rascal. but i can confirm it is a she. 50 whizzy rascal. but i can confirm it is a she. ., ., whizzy rascal. but i can confirm it isashe. ., ., , .,~ is a she. so we have a stake situation? — is a she. so we have a stake situation? was _ is a she. so we have a stake situation? was it _ is a she. so we have a stake. situation? was it deliberately -lanned situation? was it deliberately planned to — situation? was it deliberately planned to go _ situation? was it deliberately planned to go past _ situation? was it deliberately planned to go past the - situation? was it deliberately | planned to go past the referee

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think everyone is happy. bud as we perform, which we are doing, i think everyone is happy.— think everyone is happy. and there are some comical, _ think everyone is happy. and there are some comical, you _ think everyone is happy. and there are some comical, you have - think everyone is happy. and there are some comical, you have these | are some comical, you have these huge towering players over stigette, who is this book. l huge towering players over stigette, who is this book.— who is this book. i don't think you ave an who is this book. i don't think you gave any advice — who is this book. i don't think you gave any advice to _ who is this book. i don't think you gave any advice to be _ who is this book. i don't think you gave any advice to be fair. - who is this book. i don't think you gave any advice to be fair. the i gave any advice to be fair. the understanding that we are in the entertainment industry, the players are brilliant. 50. entertainment industry, the players are brilliant.— are brilliant. so, where from here? there is a world _ are brilliant. so, where from here? there is a world cup _ are brilliant. so, where from here? there is a world cup at _ are brilliant. so, where from here? there is a world cup at the - are brilliant. so, where from here? there is a world cup at the end - are brilliant. so, where from here? there is a world cup at the end of. there is a world cup at the end of the year. the next home game against catalan dragons with a ten foot mechanical dragon that breathes fire that may chase whizzy rascal around. because you have the driving skills there. _ because you have the driving skills there. is— because you have the driving skills there, is there somewhere you are going _ there, is there somewhere you are going to _ there, is there somewhere you are going to take it to make use of that driving? _ going to take it to make use of that driving? she going to take it to make use of that drivina ? ,, , , ., driving? she will be performing at every home _ driving? she will be performing at every home game. _ driving? she will be performing at i every home game. there and things?

have ou every home game. there and things? have you got — every home game. there and things? have you got someone _ every home game. there and things? have you got someone to _ every home game. there and things? have you got someone to be - every home game. there and things? have you got someone to be the - have you got someone to be the dragon? are you looking for someone to be the dragon?— to be the dragon? were you going to a- -l , to be the dragon? were you going to apply. mike? — to be the dragon? were you going to apply. mike? are _ to be the dragon? were you going to apply. mike? are you _ to be the dragon? were you going to apply, mike? are you asking - to be the dragon? were you going to apply, mike? are you asking for- to be the dragon? were you going to apply, mike? are you asking for a i apply, mike? are you asking for a 'ob? apply, mike? are you asking for a job? thanks _ apply, mike? are you asking for a job? thanks for _ apply, mike? are you asking for a job? thanks for coming _ apply, mike? are you asking for a job? thanks for coming in. - apply, mike? are you asking for a job? thanks for coming in. great| apply, mike? are you asking for a i job? thanks for coming in. great to see ou. we are going to return to one of our top stories. the crisis in ukraine is top of the agenda at a security conference in germany today, where the prime minister is due to address world leaders later. boris johnson is expected to say there's still a chance to avoid "unnecessary bloodshed". let's speak now to tobias ellwood mp, the chair of the defence select committee, who's in munich. tobias ellwood, welcome to breakfast. it is good to have you with us this morning. we heard a little earlier from president biden, and he said that an invasion is

likely in the coming week. we have also heard borisjohnson suggest that there is still a chance to avoid bloodshed. iwonder what that there is still a chance to avoid bloodshed. i wonder what your assessment is right now who is right? assessment is right now who is riiht? . ~ assessment is right now who is riiht? , ,, , . assessment is right now who is ritht? , ~' . . ., right? yes, i think the prospect of an invasion _ right? yes, i think the prospect of an invasion is _ right? yes, i think the prospect of an invasion is very _ right? yes, i think the prospect of an invasion is very real _ right? yes, i think the prospect of an invasion is very real indeed. i right? yes, i think the prospect of| an invasion is very real indeed. we are seeing the familiar russian playbook roll—out, developing false narratives and triggering their hybrid war tactics. and the likelihood of war in europe has never been higher since 1991. i think we need to recognise this is more than just... this think we need to recognise this is more thanjust... this is think we need to recognise this is more than just... this is a formation of a new geopolitical alliance of russia and china that is giving energy to rush a's adventurism. there are some really big question is being debated here, whether we should have done more to support ukraine in their hour of need. because ukraine is now, if you like, ground zero between the battle between western liberalism and

authoritarianism. bhd between western liberalism and authoritarianism.— between western liberalism and authoritarianism. and we are told that the ukrainian _ authoritarianism. and we are told that the ukrainian president - authoritarianism. and we are told that the ukrainian president will i that the ukrainian president will attend that conference in europe before returning to ukraine, because there are concerns of him being out of the country. and he will be speaking to european leaders, asking forfurther speaking to european leaders, asking for further support speaking to european leaders, asking forfurther support will speaking to european leaders, asking for further support will he get it? i really strongly recommend president zelensky does not make the trip. his place is in its country, he needs to lead his nation in that hour of need. he can make his message via zoom, he can speak to the international community, he can make clear the reality of what is happening in ukraine. but he should not leave the country. putin will be watching carefully and will make full advantage of his departure. i cannot make that clearer, he should stay in ukraine. lute cannot make that clearer, he should stay in ukraine.— stay in ukraine. we are told that as of now he still— stay in ukraine. we are told that as of now he still plans _ stay in ukraine. we are told that as of now he still plans to _ stay in ukraine. we are told that as of now he still plans to attend - of now he still plans to attend that. you are just back from ukraine. give us a sense of what the mood is like they are. we have been

speaking to are corresponded, saying there is nervousness, tension, perhaps not surprisingly given what we are hearing particularly from the us president. we are hearing particularly from the us president-— us president. yes, exactly that. a sense of determination, _ us president. yes, exactly that. a | sense of determination, resilience. they have been living with this for many years. of course, things are fighting in the last few days and weeks. huge support for britain's assistance, but i have to say there is also recognition that the bar of support for nato is very low indeed. and they are scratching their heads as to why european democracy could be invaded by an authoritarian regime and nato simply stands and watches, hides behind this idea that just because ukraine is not a member of nato that we shouldn't provide some sort of security. we should remember what is written on the tent of nato, it is european security, what happens in ukraine ripple is right across the rest of europe, and we are actually at a juncture in our history at the moment because this

is far more than about ukraine itself. this is about a new formation of an alliance here, and at the moment this is ukraine's moment of need with a required support from the west, and at the morning we found wanting. bind support from the west, and at the morning we found wanting. and the resonse morning we found wanting. and the response from _ morning we found wanting. and the response from the _ morning we found wanting. and the response from the west _ morning we found wanting. and the response from the west when - morning we found wanting. and the response from the west when i - morning we found wanting. and the response from the west when i was | morning we found wanting. and the i response from the west when i was at threat of sanctions, whether they are related to energy exports or financial sanctions, and yet at the same time it seems that they are a very ineffective deterrent. president putin does not seem to have changed his tone, versus ukraine. ., . ~' have changed his tone, versus ukraine. ., ., ,, ., have changed his tone, versus ukraine. ., .«i ., , have changed his tone, versus ukraine. ., ., ukraine. you make a very powerful oint. if ukraine. you make a very powerful point- if he — ukraine. you make a very powerful point. if he wants _ ukraine. you make a very powerful point. if he wants to _ ukraine. you make a very powerful point. if he wants to tilt _ ukraine. you make a very powerful point. if he wants to tilt his - point. if he wants to tilt his country away from the west towards the east, then bring on those sanctions because it will help them convince the russian people, "look, our future isn't with the west as in the past, we have to find ourselves with this growing capability of china, we can sell our oil and gas and they won't ask any questions. that's very want to go." and the

russian people, i'm afraid, could easily buy into that if we impose those sanctions. we need greater leveraged. we should have put in a division six months ago, but if there is an invasion we should be thinking about no—fly zones and greater support for ukraine. if this war does break out, it won'tjust be ukraine's security that will be affected, it will go much further across eastern europe and beyond. lh across eastern europe and beyond. in relation to that political positioning you mentioned there, i wonder how helpful those comments are from the us president, joe biden, saying that the russian forces are likely to act in the coming weeks. he says he believes that they intend to attack ukraine and that the attack will be the capital city, kyiv, a city of 2.8 million people. do you suggest that also plays into the hands of president putin?— also plays into the hands of president putin? ., . ,, ., president putin? coming back from ukraine, president putin? coming back from ukraine. they _ president putin? coming back from ukraine, they don't _ president putin? coming back from ukraine, they don't want _ president putin? coming back from ukraine, they don't want a - president putin? coming back from ukraine, they don't want a running | ukraine, they don't want a running commentary on what is going on in this way. that is just

tensions. they want real, tangible support. we provided them with anti—tank weapons, sting and mrs have been put in as well, but this is a minimum amount of what ukraine really requires. we need to rethink what its purpose is in these difficult security times, recognise where russia wants to go any long term, and have greater command presence. we need a western leader thatis presence. we need a western leader that is going to bring together berlin, paris, london and washington to say we will stand up to what is happening here. what happens in the next few months could determine how the next few years and decades on a security level play out. a strategic realignment of russia and china. yes, tobias ellwood. thank you for being with us this morning. that is the chair of the defence select committee joining the chair of the defence select committeejoining us from munich, where the prime minister is due to address world leaders later today. our other big story of the day is the aftermath of storm units.

luckily. — the aftermath of storm units. luckily, our conditions today. let's .et luckily, our conditions today. let's get the _ luckily, our conditions today. let's get the forecast from darren now. we are not out of the woods yet. there are still some warnings out from the met office. you can find those online. warnings for tomorrow and into monday, but today's warnings cover the areas that saw the strongest winds yesterday. nowhere near as windy today, but these winds are 40 or 50 miles an hour and are not going to help things at all. storm eunice is well away from the uk. it is now out into the baltic sea. we have the next weather system coming in from the atlantic, and that is coming into quite cold air. we had a frost in places and quite icy patches, a covering of snow in matlock in derbyshire here. and more snow in the peak district today. we are seeing some rain, sleet and snow

affecting northern ireland this morning, and that will push into north wales and get stuck into north england into the afternoon. wet weather further south. some sunshine after that wet weather for many areas, and the winds are much lighter further north areas, and the winds are much lighterfurther north in areas, and the winds are much lighter further north in scotland where it is colder. temperatures of four or 5 degrees typically. wetter weather any threat of snow in places today, that will peter out this evening. you will get cold and frosty across eastern scotland. and we could see some snow in the mountains. that will tend melt because wetter, windier weather is heading in from the atlantic. and that will tend to lift temperatures into double figures in most places by sunday morning. we have another weather system heading our way. the low itself is going to be to the north of the uk, but between these two weather fronts we have this mild air, hence the double—figure temperatures to start the day. behind this cold front, there is cold air. but we start with cloud, we start with outbreaks of rain. it

could get briefly wet across northern ireland, southern scotland. that most out into northern parts of england and wales. behind that, some sunshine. a lot of showers packing and for scotland and northern ireland driven on by a strengthening wind. a windier day widely on sunday. gusts of 40—60 mph. and it does get colder across scotland and northern ireland. mild, wet and windy across england and wales. a quick look into next week, because it stays very unsettled. bands of rain and showers particularly affecting other parts of the uk, and it will continue to be windy as well. hopefully not as windy as it was during yesterday. that's it from me. busy day for you, and many people facing the coasts today. because of course there are still so nrany_ because of course there are still so many people without power. just to .ive many people without power. just to give you _ many people without power. just to give you an —

many people without power. just to give you an idea of the impact it is having. _ give you an idea of the impact it is having. a — give you an idea of the impact it is having, a tweet from joanna harrison _ having, a tweet from joanna harrison. "totally impossible request. _ harrison. "totally impossible request, but is anyone in devon or somerset— request, but is anyone in devon or somerset have a generator available to power— somerset have a generator available to power our wedding today?" her power— to power our wedding today?" her power is _ to power our wedding today?" her power is not coming on until six. the venue — power is not coming on until six. the venue is— power is not coming on until six. the venue is without power, guests are without — the venue is without power, guests are without power, there are no power~ — are without power, there are no power~ she _ are without power, there are no power. she hasn't made it specific, 'ust power. she hasn't made it specific, just devon — power. she hasn't made it specific, just devon or somerset. an area quite — just devon or somerset. an area quite badly damaged by storm eunice. that is— quite badly damaged by storm eunice. that isjust _ quite badly damaged by storm eunice. that isjust one of many quite badly damaged by storm eunice. that is just one of many stories of people _ that is just one of many stories of people who — that is just one of many stories of people who are still without power. i suspect _ people who are still without power. i suspect generators are in pretty short supply right now as well. good luck finding one and i hope the wedding does manage to happen without a hitch. let's talk about curling. you can watch all of the action right after us on bbc one. hot off the press, the latest score 3-5 _ team gb is facing sweden

in the final of men's curling. our reporter laura mcghie is in stranraer with some of the team's friends and family. it is very, very, very tense. yes, i'm here at the north—west castle hotel, which is the only hotel in the world that has its own ice rink. so we are in a very fitting location. there is loads of curling memorabilia everywhere. the fan zone is currently here. it was very raucous earlier. it is quite in doubt because it is getting very nervy. and let's talk to one woman who i am going to imagine is feeling very nervy, because it is katie lammie, bobby lammie's mum. it has been a bit of — lammie, bobby lammie's mum. it has been a bit of a — lammie, bobby lammie's mum. it has been a bit of a nervous _ lammie, bobby lammie's mum. it has been a bit of a nervous week— lammie, bobby lammie's mum. it has been a bit of a nervous week or - lammie, bobby lammie's mum. it has been a bit of a nervous week or so. i been a bit of a nervous week or so. but, _ been a bit of a nervous week or so. but. you _ been a bit of a nervous week or so. but, you know, just so proud of them all. just— but, you know, just so proud of them all. just whatever happens. it is an amazing _ all. just whatever happens. it is an amazing thing for us all to be together— amazing thing for us all to be together with friends, family and curling _ together with friends, family and curling people from this area. you

were saying _ curling people from this area. gm. were saying earlier when we were talking that this is such a curling community. how much does it mean to you that all of these people have come out? so many people cheering, screaming the guys on. iloathed come out? so many people cheering, screaming the guys on.— screaming the guys on. what does that mean to _ screaming the guys on. what does that mean to you? _ screaming the guys on. what does that mean to you? that _ screaming the guys on. what does that mean to you? that is - screaming the guys on. what does that mean to you? that is actually| that mean to you? that is actually what _ that mean to you? that is actually what means more to me. the boys, i have _ what means more to me. the boys, i have been— what means more to me. the boys, i have been coming here for 25, 26 years— have been coming here for 25, 26 years with — have been coming here for 25, 26 years with my children. even in a little _ years with my children. even in a little playgroup to allow us mums to curl. little playgroup to allow us mums to curl it _ little playgroup to allow us mums to curl it was — little playgroup to allow us mums to curl. it was mr and mrs mcmillan that started this 60 odd years ago, to give _ that started this 60 odd years ago, to give us— that started this 60 odd years ago, to give us that our children the opportunity. it teaches them at a cat, opportunity. it teaches them at a cat. it— opportunity. it teaches them at a cat, it teaches them everything, and i'm just _ cat, it teaches them everything, and i'm just so. — cat, it teaches them everything, and i'mjust so, so cat, it teaches them everything, and i'm just so, so proud that all these people _ i'm just so, so proud that all these people can — i'm just so, so proud that all these people can be here today to be a part of— people can be here today to be a part of it — people can be here today to be a art of it. ., ., , ., , part of it. how does it feel to be sittin: u- part of it. how does it feel to be sitting up there _ part of it. how does it feel to be sitting up there with _ part of it. how does it feel to be sitting up there with all- part of it. how does it feel to be sitting up there with all of- part of it. how does it feel to be sitting up there with all of your. sitting up there with all of your friends and family surrounding you, watching your son on the big screen at an olympic final?— at an olympic final? yes, very surreal. we _ at an olympic final? yes, very surreal. we have _ at an olympic final? yes, very surreal. we have kinda - at an olympic final? yes, very surreal. we have kinda got i at an olympic final? yes, very i surreal. we have kinda got used at an olympic final? yes, very - surreal. we have kinda got used to

them _ surreal. we have kinda got used to them in _ surreal. we have kinda got used to them in canada and them through that, _ them in canada and them through that. but— them in canada and them through that, but this was my son and i know the other— that, but this was my son and i know the other boys's dream for me very young _ the other boys's dream for me very young age — the other boys's dream for me very young age as a teenager, applying to id young age as a teenager, applying to go and _ young age as a teenager, applying to go and be _ young age as a teenager, applying to go and be a _ young age as a teenager, applying to go and be a part of the academy with the scottish curling and british curling. — the scottish curling and british curling, and bobby always said that the one _ curling, and bobby always said that the one thing he wants to do is get to the _ the one thing he wants to do is get to the olympics, and here he is. and what will be — to the olympics, and here he is. situc what will be the first to the olympics, and here he is. a"uc what will be the first thing you say to him? �* . what will be the first thing you say to him? �* , , ., what will be the first thing you say to him? �* , what will be the first thing you say tohim?�* , what will be the first thing you say to him? �* , , ., ., to him? i'm 'ust so, so proud. proud doesnt to him? i'mjust so, so proud. proud doesn't even — to him? i'mjust so, so proud. proud doesn't even come _ to him? i'mjust so, so proud. proud doesn't even come into _ to him? i'mjust so, so proud. proud doesn't even come into it. _ to him? i'mjust so, so proud. proud doesn't even come into it. it's - to him? i'mjust so, so proud. proud doesn't even come into it. it'sjust i doesn't even come into it. it'sjust a very— doesn't even come into it. it'sjust a very emotional, and ijust hope that they— a very emotional, and ijust hope that they have all taken every single — that they have all taken every single minute, grasped it and enjoyed — single minute, grasped it and enjoyed every minute of it. | single minute, grasped it and enjoyed every minute of it. i will kee ou enjoyed every minute of it. i will keep you no _ enjoyed every minute of it. i will keep you no longer _ enjoyed every minute of it. lb“ ll keep you no longer because i know that you are desperate to watch him in action. go and get your seat back. it is very nervy here in stranraer. fingers crossed that the boys can get over the line. you will have to stay on the bbc sport website to find out what happens. lode website to find out what happens. we

will. thank you, very nice to see it. let's hope it ends well. this will. thank you, very nice to see it. let's hope it ends well. as well as that being _ it. let's hope it ends well. as well as that being my _ it. let's hope it ends well. as well as that being my favourite - it. let's hope it ends well. as well| as that being my favourite location of the _ as that being my favourite location of the morning, the curling hotel, that was— of the morning, the curling hotel, that was also my favourite outfit, the one _ that was also my favourite outfit, the one that katie was wearing. it! is 'ust the one that katie was wearing. lit isjust approaching eight minutes the one that katie was wearing. lit is just approaching eight minutes to nine. more than 80 years on, the evacuation of thousands of troops from the beaches at dunkirk remains one of the most important and commemorated moments of the second world war. in a new series, former marine jj chalmers channels his own devastating experiences of war to give a unique perspective on the events of spring 1940. let's take a look. private ernie leggett, who had badly injured defending the cement factory on the river esco, finally made it to dunkirk that day. he was sheltering in the sand dunes. leggett was coming in and out of consciousness,

but he described what he remembered. "i woke up on a stretcher with nothing on but an old blanket and dirty bandages. it was hazy, but i remember bombs were dropping very close and people jumped on top of me to protect me from the blasts. that's comradeship." actually, one of the only memories i have from the day i was worried it was one of my friends crouching over the top of me to protect my wounds from getting full of mortar debris and dirt. not from bombs dropping, but the downdraught of a helicopter coming in to evacuate me. because thatis coming in to evacuate me. because that is the big difference. when i was hurt, within one hour i was in an operating table in the hospital. leggett was on a beach. and jj joins us now. this is a story that has been told

before. what different insight has this given us? it before. what different insight has this given us?— before. what different insight has this riven us? . , , ., . this given us? it has been told, and a lot of people _ this given us? it has been told, and a lot of people will _ this given us? it has been told, and a lot of people will think— this given us? it has been told, and a lot of people will think of- this given us? it has been told, and a lot of people will think of the - a lot of people will think of the movie dunkirk. there is the ticking clock element of that movie. will they get off the beach in time? this is the same, but we take the clock back another two weeks because to even get the operation started and to get all these troops of the beach, that pocket as they called it needs to be held. an unbelievable sacrifice of british and french troops just holding a thin line, little pockets of resistance, long enough that this miracle could get pulled off. enough that this miracle could get ulled off. ., .,, , ,, pulled off. one of the most striking thins pulled off. one of the most striking thin . s was pulled off. one of the most striking things was bringing _ pulled off. one of the most striking things was bringing this _ pulled off. one of the most striking things was bringing this to - pulled off. one of the most striking things was bringing this to light. i things was bringing this to light. it superimposes pictures of you in locating with some of the footage. it really gives you a sense of these locations and what these soldiers were up against, and these long journeys they were having to make

just to get to the beach. you journeys they were having to make just to get to the beach.— journeys they were having to make just to get to the beach. you can go and ou just to get to the beach. you can go and you can — just to get to the beach. you can go and you can go _ just to get to the beach. you can go and you can go to — just to get to the beach. you can go and you can go to a _ just to get to the beach. you can go and you can go to a farmhouse - just to get to the beach. you can go and you can go to a farmhouse that| and you can go to a farmhouse that someone lives in now, but once upon a time ten or 15 men were holed up injust holding back unimaginable odds. and that is true of the bridges and canals and tree lines. this is where people stood and fought, many fell, and it is also the distance. we start in belgium, come through france, and most of these guys were doing it on foot. would they get to the beach and with the even be evacuate?— would they get to the beach and with the even be evacuate? nobody knew. i]. it the even be evacuate? nobody knew. 1]. it must the even be evacuate? nobody knew. 11. it must have _ the even be evacuate? nobody knew. 1]. it must have been _ the even be evacuate? nobody knew. jj, it must have been really _ jj, it must have been really poignant. how did it feel? it was the most remarkable _ poignant. how did it feel? it was the most remarkable thing. - poignant. how did it feel? it was the most remarkable thing. i i poignant. how did it feel? it was i the most remarkable thing. i have poignant. how did it feel? it was - the most remarkable thing. i have my own experiences of conflict, of course. but what i experienced was nowhere near the magnitude of what they were experiencing. yes, have i come underfire from they were experiencing. yes, have i come under fire from the enemy? yes stop blowing up, injured, lost people. i have experienced the truths of conflict, but not on the skill we are talking about here. it

was unimaginable. but there were little, poignant moments along the way where there were some echoes of an injury that was akin to mine or even the holding of a firearm, similar to circumstances in afghanistan.— similar to circumstances in afghanistan. similar to circumstances in afihanistan. ., ., ,, ., similar to circumstances in afihanistan. ., . ,, ., ., afghanistan. you talk about some of our own afghanistan. you talk about some of your own experiences _ afghanistan. you talk about some of your own experiences in _ afghanistan. you talk about some of your own experiences in this - your own experiences in this documentary, and i wonder if there are particular parallels and moments that stand out to two?— that stand out to two? again, i alwa s that stand out to two? again, i always hasten _ that stand out to two? again, i always hasten to _ that stand out to two? again, i always hasten to say _ that stand out to two? again, i always hasten to say that - that stand out to two? again, i always hasten to say that i - that stand out to two? again, i always hasten to say that i did | always hasten to say that i did nothing compared to the heroism that was seen in this conflict, and particularly in this moment in history, dunkirk. but, yeah, there is one scene we filmed at the site of an atrocity, and i went through the whole thing of learning about it, you are standing in the field where it happened, and then i looked up where it happened, and then i looked up at the plaque and it said the

27th of may 1940. and i was injured on the 27th of may. literally to the day, this unbelievable piece of history happened. mine is not an unbelievable piece of history, just a blip, but those things really hit home for you. this a blip, but those things really hit home for you-— home for you. as you say at the beginning. _ home for you. as you say at the beginning, this _ home for you. as you say at the beginning, this is _ home for you. as you say at the beginning, this is something i home for you. as you say at the l beginning, this is something that has been — beginning, this is something that has been covered before, something we have _ has been covered before, something we have all— has been covered before, something we have all learnt about through school _ we have all learnt about through school lessons. but anything from your experience filming this documentary that made you think, well, _ documentary that made you think, well. that— documentary that made you think, well, that is something new that i've learned, something that is stood — i've learned, something that is stood out _ i've learned, something that is stood out as an aspect you had not encountered before? i stood out as an aspect you had not encountered before?— encountered before? i think the timescale of _ encountered before? i think the timescale of it. _ encountered before? i think the timescale of it. it _ encountered before? i think the timescale of it. it is _ encountered before? i think the timescale of it. it is the - encountered before? i think the timescale of it. it is the fact - encountered before? i think the| timescale of it. it is the fact that it is two weeks. you could go back further because it is the outbreak of the invasion of france that leads to this catastrophe. but it is for the fact that for two weeks these selfless men just held the line, and then the pocket got smaller and smaller and smaller. again, that has been reflected in documentaries. you see a bit of that in dunkirk. but i

just think it is the enormity of it. and also the fact that it comes down to maybe a few thousand men actually saving the lives of hundreds of thousands. saving the lives of hundreds of thousands-— saving the lives of hundreds of thousands. �* . , .. . thousands. and briefly, jj, you had to film all of— thousands. and briefly, jj, you had to film all of this _ thousands. and briefly, jj, you had to film all of this in _ thousands. and briefly, jj, you had to film all of this in the _ thousands. and briefly, jj, you had to film all of this in the midst - thousands. and briefly, jj, you had to film all of this in the midst of. to film all of this in the midst of covid. talk about some of the practical things. we covid. talk about some of the practical things.— covid. talk about some of the practical things. we had a very small crew _ practical things. we had a very small crew and _ practical things. we had a very small crew and we _ practical things. we had a very small crew and we just - practical things. we had a very small crew and we just found i small crew and we just found ourselves sort of having to be micro most of it is outdoors, that is the very nature of what it is. you are in farmhouses and places like that. as i say, it was a small crew and everybodyjust had to work that little bit harder. everybody just had to work that little bit harder.— little bit harder. really nice to see ou. little bit harder. really nice to see you. thanks _ little bit harder. really nice to see you. thanks for _ little bit harder. really nice to see you. thanks for coming i little bit harder. really nice to see you. thanks for coming in j little bit harder. really nice to - see you. thanks for coming in and talking to us about that. dunkirk: mission impossible starts on channel 5 tonight at 9:30pm. that's all for this morning. breakfast will be back tomorrow from six. goodbye.

have a great day.

this is bbc news. i'm lucy grey. our top stories... russian—backed separatists in eastern ukraine declare a full military mobilisation —— after two days of heavy shelling across the ceasefire line with the ukrainian army. another warning from washington. president biden says he's convinced russia will attack the ukrainian capital within days. the clean up begins after storm eunice battered the uk it continues to be a threat as it moves east across europe. canadian police say they've made at least100 arrests as they move to end the blockade of ottawa.