good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. good morning. our headlines at 63m: renewed questions over the links between borisjohnson and bbc chairman richard sharp — following a report that the then—prime minister was told to stop asking mr sharp forfinancial advice. new plans to tackle pressure on heath services in england — the government announces moves to treat more people at home. specialist support for the community following a fatal stabbing in northumberland — a teenage boy has been arrested after a 15—year—old girl died.

the princess of wales launches the latest stage in her campaign on early childhood, saying more attention must be paid to the first five years. manchester united remain in the hunt for four trophies. it's 11 home wins in a row as they beat reading to reach the fifth round of the fa cup good morning. although it will be cloudy— good morning. although it will be cloudy and — good morning. although it will be cloudy and great _ good morning. although it will be cloudy and great to _ good morning. although it will be cloudy and great to start - good morning. although it will be cloudy and great to start the - good morning. although it will be cloudy and great to start the dayl cloudy and great to start the day for most, — cloudy and great to start the day for most, the _ cloudy and great to start the day for most, the weather— cloudy and great to start the day for most, the weather was - cloudy and great to start the dayl for most, the weather was slowly brightened — for most, the weather was slowly brightened up~ _ for most, the weather was slowly brightened up. it— for most, the weather was slowly brightened up. it will— for most, the weather was slowly brightened up. it will turn - for most, the weather was slowly brightened up. it will turn quite l brightened up. it will turn quite wet and — brightened up. it will turn quite wet and windy— brightened up. it will turn quite wet and windy later— brightened up. it will turn quite wet and windy later on - brightened up. it will turn quite wet and windy later on today, l wet and windy later on today, particularly _ wet and windy later on today, particularly into _ wet and windy later on today, particularly into parts - wet and windy later on today, particularly into parts of- wet and windy later on today, - particularly into parts of scotland. more _ particularly into parts of scotland. more on _ particularly into parts of scotland. more on that _ particularly into parts of scotland. more on that later. _ good morning to you. it's sunday the 29th january. our main story. links between borisjohnson and bbc chairman richard sharp are under fresh scrutiny this morning, following a report that the then—prime minister was told to stop asking mr sharp

forfinancial advice. mr sharp's appointment is under review following successive reports in the sunday times that he helped mrjohnson secure a loan before getting hisjob. both men deny any wrongdoing. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. this is san blas, the wealthy canadian businessmen and distant cousin of borisjohnson. back in 2020 he said he wanted to help that the then prime minister financially. he asked his friend richard sharpe had to go about it. mr sharp at the time was advising the government and put mr blythe in touch with the most senior civil servant in the country to discuss the matter. richard sharpe was also running for the job of the busy chairman. sam both went on to guarantee an £800,000 loan to borisjohnson, but mr sharp says he wasn't involved in the financing. the sunday times has obtained a leaked memo to borisjohnson dating from december 2000 20, two weeks before bridget archer was announced

as the new bbc chairman. it dispenses the following advice to the then prime minister: last week, richard sharp said he gave no advice to borisjohnson. i knew nothing and know nothing about his finances. sam was responding to press reports. i don't know anything about his finances. find press reports. i don't know anything about his finances.— about his finances. and he is stickin: about his finances. and he is sticking to — about his finances. and he is sticking to that _ about his finances. and he is sticking to that position - about his finances. and he is| sticking to that position now. about his finances. and he is - sticking to that position now. but a spokesman for the boris johnson sticking to that position now. but a spokesman for the borisjohnson says richard sharp is never given any financial advice to borisjohnson, financial advice to boris johnson, nor financial advice to borisjohnson, nor has borisjohnson asked for advice from him. in terms of standards and ethics, it wouldn't tell us why they issued advice on financial advice. tell us why they issued advice on financialadvice. ——a tell us why they issued advice on financial advice. ——a warning on giving financial advice.

plans to open more so—called virtual wards for patients in england are to be announced by the government. this scheme will allow people to be monitored at home by doctors using video — rather than in hospital. there will also be more community teams to visit people in their homes. the measures are part of plans to help alleviate pressures on nhs emergency care, which will be revealed by ministers tomorrow. a 16—year—old boy remains in police custody this morning after a girl aged 15 was fatally stabbed, and another teenage boy was injured. it happened in hexham, northumberland, on friday afternoon. police say the three teenagers knew each other. peter harris reports. as the tributes billed at the spot where the 15—year—old girl died, there is a sense of shock in this tightly knit market town. it is there is a sense of shock in this tightly knit market town.- tightly knit market town. it is a small community, _ tightly knit market town. it is a small community, isn't - tightly knit market town. it is a small community, isn't it? - tightly knit market town. it is a small community, isn't it? so, | tightly knit market town. it is a - small community, isn't it? so, you know, everybody kind of knows everybody, and everybody feels it and yes, it isn't the kind of thing you expect hexham to be in you hear

about it in london to manchester in places like that, but not here. you never realise _ places like that, but not here. you never realise that _ places like that, but not here. you never realise that people must be walking _ never realise that people must be walking the streets with knives on then _ walking the streets with knives on them. ., . ., , ., them. police have been called to hexham town — them. police have been called to hexham town centre _ them. police have been called to hexham town centre on - them. police have been called to hexham town centre on friday i hexham town centre on friday afternoon after reports a girl and a boy had been stabbed. the girl subsequently died in hospital. her family said to be devastated beyond words as the police tried to piece together events. i words as the police tried to piece together events.— words as the police tried to piece together events. i can confirm we have launched — together events. i can confirm we have launched a _ together events. i can confirm we have launched a murder- together events. i can confirm we - have launched a murder investigation following the tragic death of a 15—year—old girl yesterday. first and foremost, our hearts go out to her loved ones at this truly devastating time. ah, her loved ones at this truly devastating time. her loved ones at this truly devastatin: time. �* ' ~ , ., ., devastating time. a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed _ devastating time. a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed was _ devastating time. a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed was taken - devastating time. a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed was taken to - who was stabbed was taken to hospital with injuries that are not life—threatening. this is an investigation that is still in its very early stages. the mayor of the town says it has shattered a loving and caring community. that this could happen here is perhaps an illustration that it could happen anywhere. a 16—year—old boy has been

arrested on suspicion of murder. peter harris, bbc news, hexham. 0ur reporter leejohnson is in hexham this morning. lee, the girl who died has not been officially named yet but many people locally will know her — and they will be mourning her today. good morning. yes, absolutely, as we had and peter's report, this incident has left this quiet market town in northumberland in complete shock. you can see behind me the bouquets of flowers with cars that have been left at the scene, including messages from friends and family of the teenage girl. 0ne reads "you will never be forgotten, always loved, and will never be out of our hearts". there is some disbelief, particularly given the ages of those involved. the mayor of hexham says people are coming to terms with it and it will ruin so

many lies. leader of northumberland council has extended his condolences and says that they will be providing all the help they can in this tragic incident. please get to officially name the girl killed her on friday. we understand that could happen later today, we understand that could happen latertoday, but we understand that could happen later today, but for now the town is still reeling from the incident and people will be heading to church services later today when no doubt there will be thoughts and prayers for the girl who was tragically killed here on friday. for now, thank you. _ killed here on friday. for now, thank you, lee. _ killed here on friday. for now, thank you, lee. lee _ killed here on friday. for now, thank you, lee. lee johnson . killed here on friday. for now, - thank you, lee. lee johnson there in thank you, lee. leejohnson there in hexham. israel's prime minister has promised a strong and swift response after two separate attacks by palestinians injerusalem over the weekend. benjamin netanyahu made the pledge as the funerals took place of some of the seven people shot dead outside a synagogue on friday. it comes amid rising tension in the region,

as our middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports. an outpouring of grief for an israeli couple in their 405. eliahu and i5raeli couple in their 405. eliahu and natalie. during the attack outside the synagogue on friday, the pair heard 5hots outside the synagogue on friday, the pair heard shots and went to help those who had been injured, only to be shot dead them5elve5 those who had been injured, only to be shot dead themselves by the palestinian government at point—blank range. translation: i point—blank range. translation: i went out and saw my neighbour eli running to the scene. he said to call the police. i told him not to 90, call the police. i told him not to go, he only got married a year ago. he was a good neighbour, like a brother to me. i saw him drop down from a bullet. rest in peace, eli. thi5 from a bullet. rest in peace, eli. this is the e. jeru5alem st where the shooting took place. seven people were killed in what was said to have been the deadliest 5ingle attack targeting i5raeli5 in more than a decade. and hours afterwards,

this is the victim of another 5hooting being treated by medics. police say a palestinian boy aged ju5t police say a palestinian boy aged just 13 open fire, hitting an israeli father and son. now the israeli father and son. now the israeli prime minister �*5 promising 5trong action. translation: i ififiiiii strong action. translation: i will submit to the _ strong action. translation: i will submit to the security _ strong action. translation: in ii. submit to the security council additional 5teps submit to the security council additional steps of the fight against terrorism, including significantly hastening and expediting the licensing of weapons for authorised civilians. and we have seen time and again, it saves lives. on the streets ofjerusalem overnight, emotions were running high. overnight, emotions were running hih, , ., , overnight, emotions were running hiuh. , , high. israelis blocked cars in palestinian _ high. israelis blocked cars in palestinian neighbourhoods, high. israelis blocked cars in - palestinian neighbourhoods, here shouting" arabs beware — hebrew blood isn't cheap". tensions rose sharply after the latest israeli military raid in the west bank in years. on thursday nine palestinians, including two civilians, were killed. the israeli

armed forces say they were acting on intelligence to prevent islamic jihad fighters carrying out major attacks. in response, palestinian militants fired rockets from the gaza strip. in recent months, amid rising violence, they have been repeated international calls for calm here. but they have had little impact and now, once again, fears are growing of wider unrest. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. police chiefs in the us city of memphis have announced plans to disband the unit whose officers are accused of killing the black motorist tyre nichols. it comes after a video was released showing five black policemen from the scorpion team beating the 29—year—old during a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers have been sacked and charged with murder. the welsh rugby union chief executive steve phillips is set to leave his role. he was facing criticism following a bbc investigation which raised allegations

of sexism and racism in welsh rugby's governing body. mr phillips had initially vowed to continue in the role, but he is understood to have changed his mind after growing calls for him to step down. the princess of wales is launching a new campaign to support one of her most personal causes — the importance of early childhood. in an open letter, catherine says not enough attention is being paid to how the first five years of a child's life shapes the adults we become. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. supporting young children and their families, the focus of much of the work the princess of wales now does. the new campaign, launched this week, will reinforce a commitment to this issue. in her open letter, published today, and signed off from catherine, she says our early years are critical, but she writes:

look at you, so many words. focusing on early childhood has been a long—running theme of the princess' work. with the bbc, she back to the tiny, happy people project two years ago, helping families in the first five years of a child's lie. i didn't realise just how important it is. you know, some of the science behind all of it is extraordinary. 90% of our adult brain goes before the age of five. abs, 90% of our adult brain goes before the age of five.— 9096 of our adult brain goes before the age of five. a new campaign will run at a time _ the age of five. a new campaign will run at a time when _ the age of five. a new campaign will run at a time when many _ the age of five. a new campaign will run at a time when many families i the age of five. a new campaign willl run at a time when many families are struggling. just this week the prince and princess of wales were at a food bank in windsor. many working in this field do believe royal backing can have an impact. anything that nets backing can have an impact. anything that gets more _ backing can have an impact. anything that gets more media _ backing can have an impact. anything that gets more media and _ backing can have an impact. anything that gets more media and press - that gets more media and press attention has to be good for the earlier set. attention has to be good for the earlierset. i attention has to be good for the earlier set. i have to say for decades i feel that we have been

neglected. the decades i feel that we have been neulected. ., ., ., decades i feel that we have been neulected. ., ., . ,, decades i feel that we have been neulected. ., ., ., , . ,, ., neglected. the hand of a princess at a photographic _ neglected. the hand of a princess at a photographic trip _ neglected. the hand of a princess at a photographic trip down _ neglected. the hand of a princess at a photographic trip down memory i a photographic trip down memory lane. it is on social media for the launch of the new campaign. one that wants us to see how experiences, relationships, and surroundings in the first years of our lives shape the first years of our lives shape the kind of adults we become. daniela relph, bbc news. it's 13 minutes past 6am. a british army officer has arrived back in the uk after trekking nearly 900 miles across antarctica. preet chandi, also known as polar preet, broke the record for the longest solo and unsupported trek by a woman. she braved winds of up to 60 miles per hour and temperatures of minus 50 degrees celsius. it was mentally tough. and physically tough as well. and ijust took it— physically tough as well. and ijust took it sometimes a step at a time and, _ took it sometimes a step at a time and. you _ took it sometimes a step at a time and, you know, you do one day, you

can do— and, you know, you do one day, you can do two. — and, you know, you do one day, you can do two, you do two and you can doa— can do two, you do two and you can do a week, — can do two, you do two and you can do a week, if— can do two, you do two and you can do a week, if you can do that you can do— do a week, if you can do that you can do 70 — do a week, if you can do that you can do 70 days. do a week, if you can do that you can do 70 days-— can do 70 days. amazing. congratulations _ can do 70 days. amazing. congratulations to - can do 70 days. amazing. congratulations to her. i can do 70 days. amazing. | congratulations to her. an can do 70 days. amazing. - congratulations to her. an amazing achievement. it isjust congratulations to her. an amazing achievement. it is just about to hit 6:14am. severe rains sweeping new zealand's north island have prompted more areas to declare emergencies, as flood rescue efforts continue in the city of auckland. at least four people have died following the torrential downpours. we're joined now from the capital by tv new zealand news reporter jacobjohnson. jacob, any sign of a let—up in the rain? friday was auckland's redesdale record and we are hearing over the next couple of days the rain will let up a little bit here in auckland but on wednesday maureen is due to come back and infrastructure is already very fragile.— come back and infrastructure is already very fragile. honestly, i have never— already very fragile. honestly, i have never seen _ already very fragile. honestly, i have never seen anything - already very fragile. honestly, i have never seen anything like i already very fragile. honestly, i l have never seen anything like it. now, _ have never seen anything like it. now. with — have never seen anything like it. now, with recovery teams over the

last couple — now, with recovery teams over the last couple of days, and some of them _ last couple of days, and some of them have — last couple of days, and some of them have described the scenes as apocalyptic. we have seen a cars abandoned all over the streets of auckland. — abandoned all over the streets of auckland, damaged in the floodwaters, roads upturned by the pressure _ floodwaters, roads upturned by the pressure of the water, and of course assessment— pressure of the water, and of course assessment teams have just started looking _ assessment teams have just started looking at— assessment teams have just started looking at the damage to some of the houses _ looking at the damage to some of the houses. there are around 5000 that need _ houses. there are around 5000 that need to— houses. there are around 5000 that need to be _ houses. there are around 5000 that need to be checked, just a handful so far— need to be checked, just a handful so far have — need to be checked, just a handful so far have been deemed uninhabitable, so a bigjob so far have been deemed uninhabitable, so a big job ahead for many— uninhabitable, so a big job ahead for many of the rescue teams, and many— for many of the rescue teams, and many of— for many of the rescue teams, and many of the — for many of the rescue teams, and many of the auckland those who are struggling _ many of the auckland those who are struggling through this time. and what are people being advised to do, jacob? look, at the moment, auckland is are rarely— look, at the moment, auckland is are rarely being _ look, at the moment, auckland is are rarely being advised to hunker down. as you _ rarely being advised to hunker down. as you mention, the weather system is moving _ as you mention, the weather system is moving down the country, it has moved _ is moving down the country, it has moved to— is moving down the country, it has moved to tauranga, and we have seen a train _ moved to tauranga, and we have seen a train derailed down there as well so this— a train derailed down there as well so this dangerous weather system is moving _ so this dangerous weather system is moving down the country and the advice _ moving down the country and the advice is — moving down the country and the advice is to— moving down the country and the advice is to state home if you can,

don't _ advice is to state home if you can, don't travet~ — advice is to state home if you can, don't travel. of course, it is a very— don't travel. of course, it is a very difficult time as well. as you mentioned, we have had for mad peopte _ mentioned, we have had for mad people who have been killed in these ftoods _ people who have been killed in these floods. many people talk to these floodwaters on friday for a bit of fun, of— floodwaters on friday for a bit of fun, of course, it didn't and that way for— fun, of course, it didn't and that way for many people, the latest unconfirmed today, man subbed away and is _ unconfirmed today, man subbed away and is floodwaters on friday. incredibly dangerous. jacob, live from auckland, thank you. incredible, seeing those images, particularly that one on the motorway of the waterflooding over that central area. we are hearing that central area. we are hearing that waters are still rising but hopefully a bit of a break, reprieve in the weather system for parts of new zealand. and let's have little look at the weather. i am pleased to say we have absolutely nothing as severe as that on the way in the forecast but we have strong winds on the way over the next few days. they will be

picking up across northern areas across the country commandment for many it will be a greg cloudy start. strong winds, later today across northern areas, this rebound will be heading to scotland and northern ireland later today, mind you, there is a bit of drizzle for the western scotland at the moment and a cloud as they can afford russel crowe south wales, in cardiff, through to linkage as well, that is from yesterday's very old, weak weather front. it is yet to clear. later on this afternoon the wenzel pickup, got of winds are to 60 mph in scotland, very blowy afternoon, 40 mph from parts of northern ireland and northern england and north wales, it will be a pretty blowy. south—westerly winds are mild, up to 20 in aberdeen. in short supply in aberdeen where they will be brighter breaks. overnight, the cool front pushes south. we could cool the air following with showers across northern areas but it stays windy, temperatures probablyjust about

temperatures probably just about above temperatures probablyjust about above freezing for most. so actually but frost free start to monday. a range of high pressure so the wind will be lighter, somejudges range of high pressure so the wind will be lighter, some judges start the day across the east, particularly in the west it will tend to cloud over and we will eventually see patchy rain arriving across western scotland. another mild day tomorrow, eight—10 celsius. looking at the weather picture into tuesday, we have got some very strong winds that are said to develop particularly across the far north of scotland, especially for tuesday night. we will see more intimate. plenty of showers for tuesday, falling snow over the mountains. quite high levels. 400 metres elevation, above most of the road network in scotland. you will notice another windy day, picking up to 60 mph in scotland as we go through tuesday afternoon, but the wind gets much stronger than that through tuesday night and we could get winds getting 70, 80, even 90

mph gust across northern scotland and that will lead to disruption. no weather warnings out for this weather warnings out for this weather feature just yet but stay tuned. by the tharnicaa to wednesday the strongest winds work away and will be back to a north—westerly flow that will bring is a mixture of sunny spells and showers across northwest areas. the weather turns mild with temperatures coming back into double figures, highs reaching around 12 in cardiff towards the end of the week. some strong winds on the way in the next few days. i heard somebody brave enough to bandy around thes word the other day, spring! well, with these temperatures, we are seeing temperatures above average, sorry, below average. in decemberwe average, sorry, below average. in december we had that, the first month in the whole year that i think that we had temperatures actually below average and that i suppose is the sign of climate change that we see more often, warmer weather.

very interesting, thank you. see you later. i have got two daffodils in the garden that half came up, they thought about it, then they went back down again. we will keep an eye on those. look, we'll speak about the cold weather and the impact it is having on so many people. there is having on so many people. there is a warning this morning — ambulance crews are warning that more people are falling ill are falling ill because they're unable to heat their homes. the scottish ambulance service says it carried an average of 44 patients with hypothermia to hospital every day in december. lisa summers spent a shift with a crew based in glasgow. we are going for a 29—year—old female that has been vomiting blood, and it has been ongoing for the past five days. it is the start of a new shed, student technician tanya and paramedic well on the road, their first call, one where the patient needs care but it is not thought to be life—threatening. often times if you are on much of you pick up the yellow calls that

have been waiting since, sort of the day before. high, how are you feeling? the patient says she has been in pain for days and the symptoms are getting worse. i am just going to put some observations on. the _ observations on. the crew decided to take her to hospital to be assessed. at glasgow royal infirmary, ambulance after ambulance starts to arrive, but so far they have been able to hand over patients quickly. this is a good night, they say, because they are able to go to patients that often have to wait because more urgent calls are a priority. every minute that someone is stuck on the floor stuck waiting for help and they feel that desperation that no—one is coming for them, every minute really counts. they might be an elderly gentleman or an elderly woman who has fallen and it is so busy they are waiting for hours and hours until they can get to them, and you get diverted for something else. this winter has an unprecedented demand in the ambulance service, an

increase in flu and other respiratory infections adding to that pressure, but the cruise so one of the hardest things is seeing the effects of rising food and energy costs on peoples health. you have got to their houses and what have they been my? well, absolutely freezing! we can't -et a well, absolutely freezing! we can't get a temperature from the because they are _ get a temperature from the because they are so — get a temperature from the because they are so cold, they are hypothermic. you take them into hospital— hypothermic. you take them into hospital because they aren't managing ourtime hospital because they aren't managing our time because they are so cold _ managing our time because they are so cold and — managing our time because they are so cold and they can't afford to put the heating on. so you know that if you leave _ the heating on. so you know that if you leave that person at home they are probably going to die. you — are probably going to die. you have to weigh that into know if somebody is able to live at home because if they are still attending the heating on they aren't going to start feeling any better, really. we have a boy who has some sort of difficulty— we have a boy who has some sort of difficulty with his breathing. but with everything so strange, but ambulance services trying to keep people out of hospital if they can get treatment elsewhere. it is almost 11 o'clock and this is just the third called this team have been able to respond to this evening. they have been a disaster about 20 minutes but the other

because they had spent over an hour with the patients trying to determine whether hospital is right for them, determine whether hospital is right forthem, despite determine whether hospital is right for them, despite the high demand on the service it is a time—consuming job, deciding if hospitals are pleased to be. not going to hospital. they have avoided a long wait at emergency mack. we will speak to a gp tomorrow back getting steroids and go down that route. this family are glad to have avoided hospital but others have different expectations when they call 99. people sort of do sometimes cr is just a big, people sort of do sometimes cr is justa big, big people sort of do sometimes cr is just a big, big white taxi, just to take them into the hospital, get in and go, you have to explain to them you aren't reallyjust therefore that all the time now. increasingly, paramedics — that all the time now. increasingly, paramedics are _ that all the time now. increasingly, paramedics are providing _ that all the time now. increasingly, | paramedics are providing treatment at home, part of long—term plans to take the pressure of hospitals. i am just having listened to your breathing. because do sort of feel in need.

but sometimes hospital is unavoidable, with no simple fix there is demand that winter continues to be high. lisa summers, bbc news, glasgow. it is just relentless for those health workers and we will be discussing it late in the programme, the government's upcoming emergency helpline. those are the latest news stories. you are with us for this. that started manchester united, looking good, in the hunt forfour trophies, 11 wins in a row now after they knocked out reading of the fa which is why gas a mirror behind you as it smiling, he scored a couple of goals. —— casemiro. it finished 3—1 at old trafford last night. among the other games tottenham saw off preston, and fulham were held by sunderland. adam wild reports. such remains the law of one of those special fa cup days, 6000 sunderland

fans travelled from wearside to west london in search of one. premier league fallen's welcome was as prompt as it was generous, just minutes in, gifting a goal to jack clarke, the championship side code, probably should, have more, which made this tom cairney equaliser or the tougher to take. still, there would be sunderland celebrations, which had seconds remaining, the 15—year—old chris rigg swift in what looked to be a dramatic late winner. the wild celebrations eventually curtailed by an offside flag. replay now awaits, for them to do the travelling next time. tottenham while also taking on championship opposition in preston, not much between them until two moments of brilliance set spurs apart. both came from son heung—min, deadly and ultimately decisive. spurs through the fifth round. the only surprise at old trafford was that it took manchester united so long to find a way through reading,

casemiro with the first, eventually, then, just moments later, the second. 3—1 it finished, united comfortable. so, perhaps the biggest surprise of the day came at luton, no, not the sprinklers suddenly switching on but a rins be down equaliser, two divisions below them. today royal court. adam wild, bbc news. birmingham goalkeeper neil etheridge says he was racially abused by spectators during his side's 2—2 fa cup draw at blackburn, while his team—mates were celebrating. jordan james's injury—time equaliser for birmingham, etheridge went to referee keith stroud to complain about comments directed at him. the fa says it'll investigate as a matter of urgency. blackburn say the allegation is being taken extremely seriously. birmingham are assisting the authorities after the incident was included in the official�*s match report. aberdeen sacked their manager jim goodwin minutes after their 6—0 scottish premiership thrashing by hibs at easter road. it follows monday's defeat to sixth

tier darvel in the scottish cup, which in turn followed a 5—0 hammering by hearts at tynecastle. the club says there have been an unacceptable run of results since the world cup break. jim isa jim is a good man, has given it everything, here and i met him right after the game, he came up and gave me a hug and simply said, "i know david just isn't good enough." i'm quite emotional about the club. it means everything to me. and i'm rightly, as chairman, getting the belters, i deserve it, but i'm determined to get it right. pipping leicester by 19 points to 18 at welford road. northampton won the east midlands derby in rugby union's premiership, pipping leicester by 19 points to 18 at welford road. try of the match came in the second half and was made possible byjames ramm's superb pass for ollie slightholme to finish off for northampton. this weekend sees the debut of the shot clock, being trialled to reduce wasted time on penalties and conversions.

a freddie burns kick was not enough to get leicester a win on his last game for the club. exeter are into the top four after beating gloucester 24—17. olly woodburn scored the last of their three tries. gloucester picked up a losing bonus point. elsewhere, saracens beat bristol 20—19. in the united rugby championship, dragons fell to another defeat, this time at the hands of glasgow. they lost 42—28. sebastian cancilliereey running almost the whole length of the pitch for glasgow, who are up to fifth. then did a very good impression in the studio here. laughs. nojoy for cardiff at in—form leinster. they were swept aside, losing 38—14. max 0 reilly going over here. it was a bonus point victory for the championship leaders. edinburgh were beaten by sharks. the south african side ran in three tries with marnus potgieter claiming the second as they won 22—19. elsewhere, there were wins for munster and connacht.

reigning champions saracens thrashed bristol bears by 36—5 in the women's premier 155. the two sides began the game level on points, and sharifa kosolo was the last to cross the line for sarries as they ran in five tries in the mid—table battle. great britain have won the first medal and figure skating, lewis gibson taking silver in the ice dance at the european figure skating championships in finland, looking to become the first british skaters to become the first british skaters to become european gold winners since 1994, they had to settle for second in the end, behind italy. ahoy senor secured a poignant cotswold chase win for lucinda russell on cheltenham festival trials day. the scottish trainer's father peter passed away last monday on his 64th wedding anniversary. he part owned ahoy senor. the 8—year—old, ridden by derek fox, held off the favourite protektorat and the grand national

winner noble yates to win. afterwards, russell said she was really going to miss not phoning her dad on the way home. that ——14—year—old vladislav gradinari's run at the snooker shoot out is over the moldovan teenager who lives in leeds became the youngest player to win a televised ranking event in the first round. despite having lost, he took his turn at the table to huge cheers from the crowd at morningside arena in leicester. only 14 years old! i am sure at tottenham he would be forgotten. incredible! at that age with everybody watching. and an individual sport as well, they know — nowhere to hide, no team to hide behind. and it is the australian open men's singles final later this morning, novak djokovic <

content title in melbourne and a 22nd grand slam which will bring him a level with rafael nadal which will be a joint record in the men's game. think about the problems last year, couldn't play the tournament, in australia, had his controversies in court welcome his father photographed with supporters of vladimir putin, are sorts of questions about, distractions can't go away from him. he playing tsitsipas, the greek player trying to win back its first grand slam, two years ago tsitsipas led document on the french open final, to win back its first grand slam, two years ago tsitsipas led document in the french open final, 2—0 and ended up losing bad, so can he put it right now? that is later this morning, live on bbc dance. set for a corker! ? what do you think? there has been a call for it for— ? what do you think? there has been a call for it for a _ ? what do you think? there has been a call for it for a while. _ ? what do you think? there has been a call for it for a while. they - a call for it for a while. they boarded and intends to make sure that you serve in time. it is to keep sports ticking over. i'm sure

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locals. beautiful pictures, but they don't tell the _ locals. beautiful pictures, but they don't tell the full _ locals. beautiful pictures, but they don't tell the full story. _ locals. beautiful pictures, but they don't tell the full story. and - locals. beautiful pictures, but they don't tell the full story. and a - don't tell the full story. and a spokesman from the government says that millions have been invested since 2012 and it has supported more than 300 projects throughout the country's rural and coastal communities.— country's rural and coastal communities. ~ , communities. will be back with the headhnes communities. will be back with the headlines at _ communities. will be back with the headlines at seven _ communities. will be back with the headlines at seven o'clock, - communities. will be back with the headlines at seven o'clock, but - communities. will be back with the | headlines at seven o'clock, but now on breakfast, it is time for the travel— on breakfast, it is time for the travel show. this week on the show — the city that never sleeps... we are in brooklyn, new york and this area, in particular, has gone through quite a renaissance. ..and why it has taken ages to wake up. we're going! let's go! could it be the end for seeing mummies in some of the world's most famous museums? in scotland, a chinese take on an traditional burns night supper. that's so tasty! i can actually taste the haggis!

hi, and welcome to the great court here in the british museum in london. now, this apparently is the biggest covered public square in the whole of europe. and what a greeting for the 6 million visitors who come here every year to see collections gathered from all around the globe. well, a bit later, i'll be finding out why a growing number of museums are now rethinking their relationships with egyptian mummies — indeed, some are removing them from public display forever.

but we are kicking off this week in new york. we ask if the city's famous nightlife, which went quiet during the pandemic, has finally come roaring back. we sent kimberly davis to find out. it's easily one of the most electrifying places in the world — new york, america's busiest city, renowned for its 24/7 lifestyle. today's party scene has legendary roots. hangouts like studio 54 and cbgbs were known for groundbreaking music, celebrities but also, a sense of freedom and escape. but covid changed everything and in march of 2020, djs had to stop the music. but now that people

are returning, is the city what it used to be? i'm here to see what 24 hours in the big apple looks like today. and as a native new yorker, i know a thing or two about nightlife in this city. now, any good night out starts with food, and where better to fill up and at one of manhattan's most iconic delis? it is so busy here. all i have to do is figure out what i want really quick because if you don't know what you want, you're going to get shoved right out of the way and people willjump ahead of you. the first thing i recommend is, they give you a ticket, the ticket gets you in. where is your ticket? i don't have one! i didn't end up getting one! hello. use it to pay and to walk out. to pay and to walk out?

hi, there. can i please get a pastrami sandwich? delis and diners are part of the fabric of the city, catering to hunger pangs at all hours. here's your pastrami. oh my gosh! enjoy. thank you. this is gigantic. it's nothing! i love that — it's nothing, it's nothing. listen, food and nightlife go hand—in—hand, right? right? we struggled a little bit during the pandemic, as did everyone in the world, literally, and we got lucky. customers still supported us, our regulars took care of us, and that is what it means to be in business for 135 years and five generations. but not all have been lucky. many have closed their doors permanently. the numbers employed in the restaurant scene have shrunk by 35,000 since the pandemic. and for those that survived, it's been a challenge. there is a lot of trial and error, and bars in the neighbourhood were going through similar sets of questions. and so, we didn't start

24 hours right away because they also weren't staying open till 4am like they used to. but kind of hand—in—hand, lockstep, the bar scene, the nightlife scene, the food scene all came back with a real vengeance. what do you think? it's good, right? wow. laughs. now that i'm fed, i've definitely got the energy to take me through the night. time to hit my first bar. hi, anne! it's great to see you! nice to meet you! wow, look at this view! welcome to new york. oh, my gosh. shall we come in and have a drink? this is someone who knows the bar scene inside and out. she's got the job of getting the city's nightlife back on track. prior to the pandemic, new york city nightlife represented $35 billion in economic impact for the city. overall, new york city's creative community generates

close to $150 billion and almost 500,000 jobs. right, so, that is the cold data, but more than anything it is important that new york city come back so that we can be the city that everyone knows us to be. what is new york city like now, post—pandemic? 56.4 million tourists cannot be wrong. certainly, post—pandemic, we are awake. and while visitor numbers aren't yet hitting pre—pandemic levels of 66 million, anne's optimistic they will come close by the end of this year. cheers! taxi! and away we go. oh, i really miss this! i miss getting into a yellow taxi, getting ready for a night out, going around, seeing the sights, feeling the lights and the glitter of the city, the smell, the buzz,

the excitement. this is when new york city starts coming alive, and i love it! i'm heading over the bridge to a part of brooklyn that used to be a no—go area but is now a vibrant hot spot for nightclubs in the city. well, hello! hello! hi, i'm kim! hi, kim. i'm madame vivien v. oh, so nice to meet you! you can call me viv — everyone does. ok, viv, sounds good! can you tell me where are we? we are in bushwick. we are in brooklyn, new york, and this area in particular has gone through quite a renaissance. what have we got here? tell me what we're looking at. we have our token dive bar. of course! and this area has become home to the most illustrious clubs in the world. this like where? like the house of yes. oh, my god, i've heard of this place! can you get me in?

oh, my god. i would love to take you there. oh my god! i am so excited! let's go! let's go. yes! who are you? you're new! i'm kim. nice to meet you! nice to meet you. i'm pixel. tell me about your act tonight. i have been here for seven years, since 2013. i moved here with a high heeland a dream. do you think that new york is back? 0h, new york city is back in full force, mama, kickin' and screamin'. people are aware that these live events could go away, so they treasure the experiences and they're much more present for the experiences. yes! this also is the best stage in new york city and the biggest, bright — i mean, you're gonna see tonight. dance music music builds

it feels so good to be in new york city where nightlife is just thriving, isn't it? cheering and applause even though i moved away from new york, i still get a buzz when i come back home. you just can't beat new york city. viv, thank you so much. this was such an amazing night. i'm so grateful that you liked it, kim. both: mwah! mwah! - kimberly davis there, up all night in new york city. and if you're planning a trip there this year, here's a rundown of some of the things that you can see and do while you're there. # you know that every year we wait... if you're a musical theatre buff, then the recently opened museum of broadway might be

something to sing about. inside, you'll find memorabilia from over 500 productions, including costumes, set pieces and props spanning 300 glorious years of history and culture. after a two—year shutdown, the statue of liberty reopened for business in the autumn and visitors with stamina can once again climb the 277 steps to the top of its crown. but if you don't fancy the walk up, why not take in the views from the staten island ferry? the service runs several times an hour, and it's free. if you're travelling in the spring, the brooklyn botanic garden offers a quiet refuge from the hustle and bustle of the city. its sprawling 52—acre grounds feature a variety of plants, flowers and trees — including their beautiful cherry blossoms, which are celebrated at an annual festival, usually held in april and early may.

and here's a fascinating fact for you — in spite of all those famous movie scenes showing yellow new york taxis honking their horns when they're caught in traffic jams, it's actually illegal to honk your horn in frustration. ok, still to come on the travel show — we find out what happens when chinese new year meets a scottish tradition. slainte mhath! about an hour's flight south of cairo, hoping the banks of the river nile, lies the city of luxor. it used to be called thebes and was the capital of ancient egypt.

among luxor�*s best—known treasures is the burial chamber of the boy king tutankhamun. last year was the centenary of its discovery in 1922 and we were here to cover it for the travel show. incredible! absolutely astonishing! but we noticed that inside the tomb, the pharaoh's remains were every bit as popular as the beautifully restored chamber itself, and we wondered why. it was so amazing, as you walk in to see it, and to be able to actually see the body of someone who ruled so long ago. some people say it's intrusive. they are probably right, you know? a dead body should be at rest and not for people to see it, but i mean at the same time, this person used to be a king, so it is fascinating to other people to be able to see his body.

but it's notjust here. many mummies removed from the country by colonial powers still remain on public display around the world, and for some, that is unacceptable. they are presented, displayed as objects. they are artefacts, they are not humans. they lose their humanity once they are on display ina museum. it is not only disrespectful for the ancient egyptians but it doesn't recognise the wishes of the dead. so this is the pitt rivers museum, and it was founded in 1881. up untiljuly 2020, we would have a display

which is called treatment of dead enemies. and that was full of human remains of different communities in the world. so in 2020 we took the human remains off display, after quite an elaborate process of doing an ethical review of the whole museum. the museum received quite a bit of critique, from academics but especially from indigenous people. we were seen as one of the most violent spaces in oxford. but if we can do this much more thoughtfully, if we can do it together with communities, then there might be some really exciting possibilities. in london, the british museum has one of the earliest egyptian mummies. it is a long—standing and popular exhibit. i'm taking to show you the mummified remains of gebelein man, one of our predynastic mummies. which means he was naturally preserved by the aridity

and heat of the desert. we think that the discovery of these natural mummies in ancient times would have inspired the egyptians to develop mummification. there is a lot of interest in our mummified collection. actually, all human remains provide a unique spectre. and often you see family groups gathering around mummified remains of a person and discussing topics which can be challenging. topics such as death, such as what the afterlife may represent to different cultures, and i think what museums provide is a safe space and a deep time perspective on issues that still affect us today. coming here allows the public to engage with some of our findings and we embed information points. here there is what appears to be a cut and by virtually peeling away the soft tissue, you can see that the cut goes

into the muscle tissue. what appears to have happened is that gebelein man was stabbed in the back and this probably is the cause of death. prior to the installation, there was barely any information on the gebelein man as a person, and i think most important feedback we got is that the great majority of the visitors better understood him as a person, we hope, and i think this was key for us. in recent years, ct scans and x—rays like these have allowed us to peer through thousands of years of history with minimal disturbance to the remains. it is important that people have consent on what happens to their bodies, that is integral, that is what makes you human. at least you need to have to have control over your own body. and just because you died thousands of years ago, it doesn't mean that you lose the right of consent, you lose the right to decide what should happen to your body after death.

right. next, we are heading to scotland, where thoughts at this time of the year turn to the iconic poet, rabbie burns. across the country people mark has birthday with a hearty meal and rounds of whiskey. this year, chinese new year is falling deliciously close to those celebrations. so here is nick kwek with some reflections as to how that might influence the menu. january in scotland can be a drear affair. the days are short, the weather cold and wet. maybe that is why back in 1801 a group of friends came up with an event to warm up winter nights and celebrate the life of our national bard, robert burns, or as he is known here locally, rabbie. burns night is a lively evening of poetry and performance. and what's probably

scotland's most famous meal. so this is what you usually get at a traditional burns supper. you've got tatties, or mashed potatoes, neeps, aka sweet, and taking centre stage you've got the beloved haggis. —— swede. haggis has achieved near mythical status for its often grotesque description as throwaway beef and lamb offal, spices and oats, all bundled into a sheep's belly and boiled for hours. but the spicy mince mixture is salty, meaty and delicious, and it is personally one of my favourite things to eat. in my family, burns night often coincides with another annual event, chinese new year, which takes place over for 15 days at the beginning of the lunar calendar. like burns night, it is all about friends and family coming together for a massive feast,

so my friends and i host our own special event and we call it chinese burns, where we serve dishes from both cultures at the same time. i am on the hunt for a culinary twist on the burns supper that will be the centrepiece of my next chinese burns evening. hello, how you doing? lovely to meet you. how are you? thanks for coming along. let's head down. absolutely. so, it's chinese new year and it's burns night happening around the same time. what are we going to make for the party? we will be making a haggis with eddoe, spring rolls, with a chilli whiskey dip. that sounds delicious. first, we have got eddoe, a chinese root vegetable. they're like potatoes but a wee bit nuttier and sweet. a bit hairier as well!

and what else have we got? obviously, the hero of the dish is the haggis. i am would put some carrots in it for a wee bit of crunch. i am trying to recreate it with an asian twist. what are you cooking up first? the slow process ofjust peeling the eddoes first. do you often try to incorporate scottish and traditional ingredients in your chinese cooking? yeah, all the time, whether it is the ingredients we use like pork or aberdeen angus steak, to others as well, so it's tasty stuff. with eddoes peeled, jimmy pops them into a steamer. he then slices the haggis and throws it into a wok. wok—fried haggis! there is a first for everything! that sounds brilliant! oh, look at that!

then we arejust going to mash that up. your asian tattis. now we've got all our greens that we can just use and wrap up. as well as our dual heritage, jimmy and i have something else in common. both of our parents ran chinese takeaways. we've got a bit in common there! tight against it, you can feel the haggis there. but even so, jimmy has definitely got the edge in his spring roll technique. mine looks like an envelope as opposed to a roll, i don't know what has gone wrong there, it looks like a purse! having made my contribution, i leave it tojimmy to dry the rolls and rustle up his chilli whiskey dip. bagpipes skirl but we are still missing one key ingredient. a piper is a perfect accompaniment to any burns supper, however unconventional it might be. oh, wow! look at that. it looks amazing!

let's dig in, shall we? let's go for it. that's so good! that's so tasty! i can actually taste the haggis which is surprising, i thought i'd get lost in there, but it's actually really nice! i am going to have to add this to my chinese burns night. shall we raise a spirit to raise spirits? absolutely! slainte mhath! thanks, nick. what a delicious—looking feast to end on. join us next week when we are in nigeria and the uk, looking at looted artefacts. thousands of benin bronzes were seized by the british over a century ago and scattered across the west. now some places are giving them back. for us, it's the right thing to do and it is for the people

whose heritage this is. in the meantime, do check out our pages on social media. there's all sorts of great travel content there from around the bbc. but that's it for now. see you next time and goodbye.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. good morning. our headlines at 7am: renewed questions over the links between boris johnson and bbc chairman richard sharp, following a report that the then—prime minister was told to stop asking mr sharp forfinancial advice. new plans to tackle pressure on heath services in england — the government announces moves to treat more poeple at home. specialist support for the community following a fatal stabbing in northumberland — a teenage boy has been arrested after the death of a 15—year—old girl. the princess of wales launches

the latest stage in her campaign on early childhood, saying more attention must be paid to the first five years. good morning. great britain win a first european figure skating medal in nine years as lewis gibson and lilah fear take silver in the ice dance at the figure skating championships in finland. good morning. although it will be a cloudy. _ good morning. although it will be a cloudy. grey— good morning. although it will be a cloudy. grey start _ good morning. although it will be a cloudy, grey start for _ good morning. although it will be a cloudy, grey start for most, - good morning. although it will be a cloudy, grey start for most, the - cloudy, grey start for most, the weather — cloudy, grey start for most, the weather was _ cloudy, grey start for most, the weather was slowly _ cloudy, grey start for most, the weather was slowly brightened i cloudy, grey start for most, the i weather was slowly brightened up into the _ weather was slowly brightened up into the afternoon. _ weather was slowly brightened up into the afternoon. however, - weather was slowly brightened up into the afternoon. however, in i weather was slowly brightened up i into the afternoon. however, in the north. _ into the afternoon. however, in the north. it _ into the afternoon. however, in the north. it will— into the afternoon. however, in the north, it will turn _ into the afternoon. however, in the north, it will turn wet _ into the afternoon. however, in the north, it will turn wet and - into the afternoon. however, in the north, it will turn wet and windy- north, it will turn wet and windy later _ north, it will turn wet and windy later on— north, it will turn wet and windy later on today. _ north, it will turn wet and windy later on today, particularly - north, it will turn wet and windy later on today, particularly intol later on today, particularly into parts _ later on today, particularly into parts of — later on today, particularly into parts of scotland. _ later on today, particularly into parts of scotland. i— later on today, particularly into parts of scotland. i will- later on today, particularly into parts of scotland. i will have i later on today, particularly into i parts of scotland. i will have more on that _ parts of scotland. i will have more on that a _ parts of scotland. i will have more on that a little _ parts of scotland. i will have more on that a little later _ parts of scotland. i will have more on that a little later on. _ parts of scotland. i will have more on that a little later on.— on that a little later on. good morning- _ it's sunday january 29. our main story — links between borisjohnson and bbc chairman richard sharp are under fresh scrutiny today, following a report that the then—prime minister was told to stop asking mr sharp forfinancial advice. mr sharp's appointment is under review following claims

in the sunday times that he helped mrjohnson secure a loan before getting hisjob. both men deny any wrongdoing. here's our political correspondent iain watson. this is sam blythe, the wealthy canadian businessmen and distant cousin of boris johnson. back in 2020, he said he wanted to help out the then prime minister financially. he asked his friend richard sharpe had to go about it. mr sharpe at the time was advising the government and put mr blythe in touch with the most senior civil servant in the country to discuss the matter. but richard sharpe was also running for the job of bbc chairman. it is an appointment given by the government, not the broadcaster. sam blythe went on to guarantee an £800,000 loan to borisjohnson, but mr sharpe says he wasn't involved in the financing. the sunday times has obtained a leaked memo to borisjohnson

dating from december 20020, two weeks before mr sharpe was announced as the new bbc chairman. it dispenses the following advice to the then prime minister: last week, richard sharpe said he gave no advice to borisjohnson. i knew nothing and know nothing about his finances. sam was responding to press reports. i don't know anything about boris johnson's finances. and he's sticking to that position now. a spokesman for borisjohnson said richard sharpe has never given any financial advice to borisjohnson, nor has borisjohnson asked for advice from him. in terms of standards and ethics, it wouldn't tell us why they issued a warning on financial advice. it says simply it does not comment on lease documents. iain watson, bbc news. our political correspondent david wallace lockhartjoins us now.

david — the government is still facing a lot of questions? the hiring process is being looked into by the watchdog who looks into public appointment. pretty act didn't make the appointment, he wasn't premised at the time. but it is causing more questions about his party and ethics. the chairman of the conservative party is facing an investigation into his previous tax affairs when dominic raabe, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, facing a probe into alleged bullying applications. both mr zaharie and alleged bullying applications. both mrzaharie and dominic alleged bullying applications. both mr zaharie and dominic raabe deny any wrongdoing. but while rishi sunak needs to be talking about the problems and how he can fix them in the country, a lot of oxygen is being taken up with questions around behaviour of those in this party. tomorrow we're expecting to hear more about tackling picture on the nhs. what do we know about what

could be announced?— nhs. what do we know about what could be announced? ministers will announce an _ could be announced? ministers will announce an urgent _ could be announced? ministers will announce an urgent and _ could be announced? ministers will| announce an urgent and emergency care plan england, which will include announcing more virtual wards, with people being monitored in their homes, only visited when necessary. the government wants to look after 50,000 patients this way. we will hear more about a community response teams and the idea is that these are healthcare professionals who can get to people quickly if they are having health problems, that perhaps they don't need to go to hospitalfor, but need relatively quick care. and the hope with all of this is the cumulative effect will be able ease pressure the nhs will face next winter.— face next winter. really great to talk to you- _ face next winter. really great to talk to you. david _ face next winter. really great to talk to you. david was _ face next winter. really great to talk to you. david was there. i face next winter. really great to i talk to you. david was there. those changes that are announced relate to the nhs in england. we will have more on that later. but also today, 16—year—old boy remains in police

custody this morning, after a girl aged 15 was fatally stabbed and another teenage boy was injured. it happened in hexham, northumberland, on friday afternoon. our reporter leejohnson is there for us this morning. it is shocking this happened on a high street in the early evening. unbelievable for the community. it is. many are in complete shock that something — is. many are in complete shock that something like this could happen in their small— something like this could happen in their small and quiet northumberland market— their small and quiet northumberland market town. police were called here 'ust market town. police were called here just after— market town. police were called here just after 5pm on friday following reports _ just after 5pm on friday following reports of — just after 5pm on friday following reports of the 15—year—old girl and a 16—year—old boy had been stabbed. they were _ a 16—year—old boy had been stabbed. they were taken to hospital and sadly— they were taken to hospital and sadly the — they were taken to hospital and sadly the teenage girl died from her injuries _ sadly the teenage girl died from her injuries. the 16—year—old boy's injuries— injuries. the 16—year—old boy's injuries are _ injuries. the 16—year—old boy's injuries are not thought to be life—threatening and police have arrested — life—threatening and police have arrested a 16—year—old boy on suspicion _ arrested a 16—year—old boy on suspicion of murder. he is currently in police _ suspicion of murder. he is currently in police custody and the forces that they — in police custody and the forces that they believe that the three teenagers involved in the incident or knew— teenagers involved in the incident or knew each other. behind me you

will be _ or knew each other. behind me you will be able — or knew each other. behind me you will be able to see dozens of bouquets of flowers that have been left here _ bouquets of flowers that have been left here at the scene, many from friends _ left here at the scene, many from friends and — left here at the scene, many from friends and family, with cards. one simply— friends and family, with cards. one simply reads "you will always be loved. _ simply reads "you will always be loved, neverforgotten, simply reads "you will always be loved, never forgotten, and will never— loved, never forgotten, and will never be — loved, never forgotten, and will never be out of our hearts". police are yet _ never be out of our hearts". police are yet to — never be out of our hearts". police are yet to officially name the girl killed _ are yet to officially name the girl killed here on friday. we understand that could _ killed here on friday. we understand that could happen they did today but the police _ that could happen they did today but the police have also said that they are currently supporting the family following _ are currently supporting the family following this tragedy. another is done _ following this tragedy. another is done is _ following this tragedy. another is done is very much reeling from this incident _ done is very much reeling from this incident and — done is very much reeling from this incident and later this morning there — incident and later this morning there will— incident and later this morning there will be church services held across _ there will be church services held across hexham where no doubt they will be _ across hexham where no doubt they will be prayers said for the teenage lii'l will be prayers said for the teenage girl sadly— will be prayers said for the teenage girl sadly guilty on friday. no doubt. girl sadly guilty on friday. no doubt- in _ girl sadly guilty on friday. ijr> doubt. in 04 bring us the latest doubt. in q4 bring us the latest from hexham, lee. taste doubt. in 04 bring us the latest from hexham, lee.— doubt. in 04 bring us the latest from hexham, lee. we speak to the ma or of hexham, derek kennedy. give me a sense of the reaction to the attack on friday.

sense of the reaction to the attack on frida . . sense of the reaction to the attack on frida . , .., ., on friday. the first communication was on friday _ on friday. the first communication was on friday evening, _ on friday. the first communication was on friday evening, because i on friday. the first communication was on friday evening, because it| was on friday evening, because it was on friday evening, because it was on friday evening, because it was on the main high street of the town. you know, there have been a major incident and there were police cars everywhere. so everybody was in complete shock with what happened and so on. but the communication, the messages on social media, talking to the police etc, and we found out that it was a fatal stabbing of a 15—year—old girl by a boy from our local schools. so it is complete and at a shop. the last time hexham was on the news was when we won the happiest place to live in great britain. that is the kind of community it is, are committed that looks after its people. very, very friendly place. everybody knows one another. forthis friendly place. everybody knows one another. for this to happen in such another. for this to happen in such a public way, in such a credits circumstance, the heart goes out to

the family. the communities is incomplete shop. —— tragic circumstance. incomplete shop. -- tragic circumstance.— incomplete shop. -- tragic circumstance. , , , ,, circumstance. this event is shocking on its own but _ circumstance. this event is shocking on its own but the _ circumstance. this event is shocking on its own but the fact _ circumstance. this event is shocking on its own but the fact that - on its own but the fact that happened at five o'clock in the evening a busy high street makes it all the more hard to comprehend. do we have any details about what went on? . we have any details about what went on? , ,., we have any details about what went on? , , ., 4' ., we have any details about what went on? , ,, ., ., on? yes, so the little we know and can publicise _ on? yes, so the little we know and can publicise at _ on? yes, so the little we know and can publicise at this _ on? yes, so the little we know and can publicise at this time _ on? yes, so the little we know and can publicise at this time is - on? yes, so the little we know and can publicise at this time is that i can publicise at this time is that it was an altercation between the attacker and those believed to be a 16—year—old boy, the girl, 15 years old, who has died, and another — and a male who was again of that similar age who has received stab wounds and is in hospital recovering. this age who has received stab wounds and is in hospital recovering.— is in hospital recovering. as you said, it is in hospital recovering. as you said. it has _ is in hospital recovering. as you said, it has been _ is in hospital recovering. as you said, it has been voted - is in hospital recovering. as you said, it has been voted one - is in hospital recovering. as you said, it has been voted one of. is in hospital recovering. as you i said, it has been voted one of the nicest places, if not the nicest place, to live in the country. so it

is all the more shocking. what advice would you have for parents who might now be worried about letting the teenagers out on what would be a pretty safe time, five o'clock on a friday evening? absolutely. i have been a counsellor for 20 years in hexham. very close to the community. i speak to a lot of people. i have never heard of knife carrying in our town, that it is a problem. i've never heard that. i was speaking to police officers yesterday who have a high presence on the streets of the town at this moment in time. hexham has a record of very low crime and certainly not violent crime. so, you know, this appears to be a complete, one of incident. you hear about stabbings incident. you hear about stabbings in the streets of london and major cities very frequently and probably people who live in those big cities

have probably become somewhat politicised to things like that. it is all disabled they probably have. in a town like hexham where we don't have these violent acts, it becomes a complete and utter shock that something like this doesn't happen. counsellor derek kennedy, thank you for being with us this morning. that is the mayor of hexham there with more on the stabbing in hexham on friday. it is 7.10. israel's prime minister has promised a strong and swift response after two separate attacks by palestinians injerusalem over the weekend. benjamin netanyahu made the pledge as the funerals took place of some of the seven people shot dead outside a synagogue on friday. it comes amid rising tension in the region — as our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, now reports. an outpouring of grief

for an israeli couple in their 405, eliahu and natalie. during friday's attack outside the synagogue, the pair apparently heard shots and went to help those who had been injured, only to be shot dead themselves by the palestinian gunman at point—blank range. translation: | went out - and saw my neighbour eli running to the scene. he told me to call the police. i told him not to go, he only got married a year ago. he was a good neighbour, like a brother to me. i saw him drop down from a bullet. rest in peace, eli. this is the east jerusalem street where the shooting took place. seven people were killed in what was said to have been the deadliest single attack targeting israelis in more than a decade. and just hours afterwards, this is the victim of another shooting, being treated by medics. police say a palestinian boy aged just 13 opened fire, hitting an israeli father and son.

now the israeli prime minister is promising strong action. translation: i will submit - to the security council additional steps in the fight against terrorism. this includes significantly hastening and expediting the licensing of weapons for authorised civilians. and we have seen time and again, this saves lives. on the streets ofjerusalem overnight, emotions were running high. israelis blocked cars in palestinian neighbourhoods, here shouting "arabs beware — hebrew blood isn't cheap". tensions had risen sharply after the latest israeli military raid in the west bank in years. on thursday, nine palestinians, including two civilians, were killed. the israeli armed forces say they were acting on intelligence to prevent islamichhad fighters carrying out major attacks. in response, palestinian militants

fired rockets from the gaza strip. in recent months, amid rising violence, they have been repeated international calls for calm here. but they have had little impact, and now, once again, fears are growing of wider unrest. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. police chiefs in the us city of memphis have announced plans to disband the unit whose officers are accused of killing the black motorist tyre nichols. it comes after a video was released showing five black policemen from the scorpion team beating the 29—year—old during a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers have been sacked and charged with murder. the welsh rugby union chief executive steve phillips is set to leave his role. he was facing criticism following a bbc investigation which raised allegations of sexism and racism in welsh rugby's governing body. mr phillips had initially vowed to continue in the role but is now understood to have changed his mind after growing calls for him to step down.

the princess of wales is launching a new campaign to support one of her most personal causes — the importance of early childhood. in an open letter, catherine says not enough attention is being paid to how the first five years of a child's life shapes the adults we become. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. supporting young children and their families, the focus of much of the work the princess of wales now does. the new campaign, launched this week, will reinforce a commitment to this issue. in her open letter, published today, and signed off from catherine, she says our early years are critical, but she writes: a5 asiam as i am determined this long—term campaign will change this. look at you, so many words. focusing on early childhood has been a long—running theme

of the princess' work. with the bbc, she back to the tiny, happy people project two years ago, helping families in the first five years of a child's lie. i didn't realise just how important it is. you know, some of the science behind all of it is extraordinary. 90% of our adult brain goes before the age of five. —— grows before the age of five. a new campaign will run at a time when many families are struggling. just this week the prince and princess of wales were at a food bank in windsor. many working in this field do believe royal backing can have an impact. anything that gets more media and press attention has to be good for the earlier set. i have to say for decades i feel that we have been neglected. the hand of a princess at a photographic trip down memory lane. a tease on social media for the launch of the new campaign. one that wants us to see how experiences, relationships,

and surroundings in the first years of our lives shape the kind of adults we become. daniela relph, bbc news. it is for people of died after widespread flooding in new zealand parliament ladders city. a state of emergency was declared in auckland after it experienced its wettest day on record on friday. ogunbilflooded the airports, houses and resulted in power cuts to homes for hours. thankfully, whether it is, closer to home. that's check on how it is looking. good morning. again, looking at a cloudy start to the day. they will be a lot of dry weather around this morning but later today a band of rain working into northern areas and that will come with strong wind. this band of rain as a cold front. the strongest winds running ahead of the rainfall,

so this morning, drizzle for western scotland, drizzle, not a lot but a bit falling across southern wales, southern lancashire, southern england. late in the afternoon we see the heavy rain coming in and with that gust of wind up to 60 miles an hour in scotland, part of north—west england, northern world, looking at went up to the 405, so a blowy afternoon by the strong wind should blow some holes in the clouds across parts of eastern england, the midlands. a mild day today, a high of 12 degrees in aberdeen with south—westerly winds. overnight, the cold front clears south, the wind turns to a north—westerly. dragging in a cooler air but stays windy, so probably a frost free night for most, further showers coming and going across the north—west. tomorrow, showers around four northern and western scotland, one ought two sneaking into the west of england and wales but are likely dry

started the day with the best of the sunshine across eastern areas, and in the western clouds over later in the day. tomorrow, drizzle getting into western scotland late afternoon. mild, temperature is between eight and 10 celsius. into tuesday, strong winds on the way, this area of low pressure squeezing the isobars, working into the north. we have colder air in place and for tuesday the showers will be turning to snow in scotland, above 400 metres, my tie—up, above most roads, so not many impacts, at lower elevations looking at rain falling, showers, another windy day though with gales across northern areas. through tuesday, and also tuesday night it gets windy across northern areas of the country. gust of when potentially reaching 72 perhaps as much as 90 mph, likely to lead to destruction, no warnings in force at the moment but watch this space, it is worth staying june. we may see warnings issued. wednesday, the

worst of the wind will go, westerly winds feeding back and bringing sunny spells and if few passing showers. beyond that, it looks like it will stay pretty mild, temperatures between ten, 11, 12 for cardiff towards the end of the week. the next few days brings some strong winds around, particularly though tuesday night across the north, we are watching that carefully. back to you. we'll watch out up here. back to you. we'll watch out up here- thank — back to you. we'll watch out up here. thank you. _ a plan to help alleviate the intense pressures on nhs emergency care will be revealed by the government in england tomorrow. one of the many challenges facing healthcare bosses is the high rate of hospital readmission, often caused by a lack of adequate support of elderly and vulnerable patients after they're discharged. one hospital in portsmouth has developed its own approach to supporting those patients, as our reporter alistair fee has been finding out. alicia is getting a lift home from hospital and she has been here since

boxing day. i thought i was going to be and by 24 hours, but it turned out it was blue. the team picking her up will also get a saddleback home. and we would have to get a taxi, and we could be waiting for a while. and ifeel it we could be waiting for a while. and i feel it is necessary. we could be waiting for a while. and ifeel it is necessary. it is and i feel it is necessary. it is called driving _ and i feel it is necessary. it is called driving miss _ and i feel it is necessary. it is called driving miss daisy, a new service that recognises the extra support that some patients need. you take as much time as needed for the patient to be settled in the home, they could be making sure they shopping is done, that they are, you know, warmer, that we liaise with social services or family, know, warmer, that we liaise with social services orfamily, or social services or family, or primary social services orfamily, or primary care, to ensure there is a seamless handover from the hospital to the person being in their own home. for those who have had a long stay, leaving hospital as a vulnerable time. it is hoped this service will reduce the number of failed discharges, that is patients who

quickly return, taking up much—needed beds. we've got several examples where we think that the patients potentially have been brought back if we were using a different servers. driving miss daisy, as i say, there are several examples over recent weeks where we know they probably would have come back as failed to discharge, and therefore would have started the whole discharge of process again. i travelled with christine to see how the service was working. she was offered help with shopping and her brother would have stayed at home with her if she needed the extra support. a lot of people don't know about these extra services but when you get the word out then i think it would be brilliant for a lot of people which is idealfor what would be brilliant for a lot of people which is ideal for what you need when you been in hospitalfor long time. the queen alexandra has just come out of a long, critical incident. this lounge plays a huge part in frank abetz. this critical incident did last longer, we have learned a lot to read, we have changed some processes but we are achieving know what we set out to achieve, which is to

enable us to get people to the right place, quickly, and to discharge people quickly. this service is making a difference, but they challenge of getting patients home will be a huge part of the puzzle of pressures this winter. alistair fee reporting. let's get more on this now, we'rejoined byjacob lant, head of policy at healthwatch england patient group. a very good morning to you, good to see you. what we are learning at the moment, what we have an unpleasant time is getting discharge right, getting support in the community right is integral to stop the revolving door of patients coming in, what going wrong? you're absolutely right, getting people home safely from hospital is absolutely critical both for the patients themselves so they can recuperate well at home, but also do not add further pressure on hospitals, which we no are under extreme stress. what we heard, as

you just reported on that beast, those basic tracks, making sure people have food, they heating is working, those things aren't being done necessarily consistently across the country, and as a result people come back into hospital because they pick up infections, they suffer from pneumonia or they may have off all and all of that could be prevented if we were focusing on discharging people safely. a5 people safely. as part of the issue here that the hospital will take care of your health but when it comes to making sure you are safe in the community it comes down to social care, and often those two services aren't linked? i think that is part of the problem, the communication between the health service and social care is a challenge. also, the resourcing of social care is really significant, a significant problem here, we know social care doesn't have the money needs to provide care, consistently, for people in their own homes. but it's also notjust about for people in their own homes. but it's also not just about formal social care. the scheme we heard

about, driving miss daisy, that is not formal social care, it is not long—term support and it is not really that expensive either, so actually more services like that to help the people who don't need long—term help at home but need just a little bit of a helping hand at the beginning, they are really, really essential, we need to see more services like that around the country. i guess it is about who is taking responsibility of that handover and comp and will tomorrow hold and emergency alco plan. —— and tomorrow the government will hold an emergency health plan. do you think they will be an increase in support for the transition to home? a big focus of what we will hear tomorrow is his idea that we will be looking after people more at home, so if you think about nobody really wants to go into hospital, they are noisy, busy places and if you can be looked up at home that is a good thing. and so actually providing support for people at home, making sure that they are monitored safely at home, making sure that there are people going to check on them, so

that they are supported and don't have an incident that means they have an incident that means they have to go to hospital in the first place or if they are discharge they are kept at home safely, that is the key thing we want to see tomorrow. we learn today but plans to roll out virtual wards, using technology within their home so they can be advised on the healthcare. first of all, how would that look and, secondly, would it work with the kind of patients were talking about, often elderly, vulnerable, not tech savvy? absolutely, virtual wards can sound quite scary and futuristic as a concept, really, they are actually quite simple in their theory. they use new technology to do some of the checks and monitoring that would happen in hospital but in your house. but you're absolutely right, not every patient will necessarily be familiar with that it is really important we are providing training and support for patients when they are discharge home, how that technology works and providing them

with a consistent consistent and easy point of contact, should they be confused or something goes wrong. and, ultimately, ithink be confused or something goes wrong. and, ultimately, i think also we need to be evaluating these programmes. so virtual wards have been used to help people this winter already. we're looking at massively expanding them for next winter, but let's ask people who have experienced a virtual ward, what work? what didn't? what can we do better to make sure when they are rolled out ahead of next went that they are operating as best they can? you mentioned that it will be next winter but these are critical this winter. we know that people are dying and needs support at hospital and in the community. do you worry it is coming too late? i think always with these schemes, with the nhs coming under pressure every winter, what we need is long—term planning and consistent support going into the system, so we can avoid these sort of pressure points we experience. whether it be new funding, new ideas, they need to

be applied consistently and then actually supported for the long—term. it isn't enough to put it in for a few months for window, so thatis in for a few months for window, so that is what will be looking for, how to have initiatives rolled out, long—term, and supported long—term, so driving miss daisy, how do we make sure that is happening in every part of the country all year? quickly, there is a perpetual debate about whether it is about money in and of itself, whether there is enough for him it is managed in the right way. is the budget there but it isn't being allocated right or does it need a big injection of cash into health and social care? if we come back to the point of short—term thinking, a lot of the pots of money they could put into the nhs are put in sort of last—minute, and with conditions around how that money is spent which can be really difficult for local hospitals and councils, social care teams to actually work out how they are going to spend that and report on it, and what we need is long—term funding and sustainable investment to make sure that we don't have that short—term thinking that is a

sustainable plan for the long—term. i've no great to hear more detailed tomorrow. jayco, thank you, from health watch patient group. now, if you think it's been a bit chilly here recently, spare a thought for captain preet chandi, also known as polar preet. she's a british army officer who has spent the last 70 days trekking across antarctica on her own, and pulling all of her gear on a sled. this is basically my worst nightmare. laughs. all while braving 60 mile—per—hour winds and temperatures plunging to minus—50 degrees celsius. and still smiling! this was her second trip to the south pole. she first reached at one year ago. having done it once already, she can't pretend she didn't know what was involved. on some level she enjoyed that. was involved. on some level she en'o ed that. �* on some level she en'oyed that. and she wanted on some level she enjoyed that. fific she wanted to go on some level she enjoyed that. a"ic she wanted to go back or more? laughs.

preet arrived back to the uk last night, and our reporter frankie mccamley was invited to join the welcoming party. she has only gone and done it again. captain preet chandi arabian heathrow to be reunited with her family after 70 days on the ice. it is an emotional one. it is family after 70 days on the ice. it is an emotional one.— is an emotional one. it is funny, ou're is an emotional one. it is funny, you're thinking _ is an emotional one. it is funny, you're thinking back _ is an emotional one. it is funny, you're thinking back on - is an emotional one. it is funny, you're thinking back on the - is an emotional one. it is funny, you're thinking back on the last| you're thinking back on the last one, and it was easy in comparison. this one really tested me. and yes, no doubt it was my boundaries. it is the hardest thing i've ever done. ibis the hardest thing i've ever done. as she has become known, polar preet, was a first woman of colour to complete a solo expedition across antarctica in 2021. she is now broken another record for the longest unsupported solar mission by a woman. it longest unsupported solar mission by a woman. . . longest unsupported solar mission by a woman. ., , ., , longest unsupported solar mission by a woman. .,, ., , ., ., a woman. it was mentally tough and -h sicall a woman. it was mentally tough and physically tough _

a woman. it was mentally tough and physically tough as _ a woman. it was mentally tough and physically tough as well. _ a woman. it was mentally tough and physically tough as well. and - a woman. it was mentally tough and physically tough as well. and i - a woman. it was mentally tough and physically tough as well. and i just i physically tough as well. and ijust took it a day at a time. sometimes a step at a time. and you know can help you do one day, you can do two. you do two you can do a week, you do that and you can do 70 days.— that and you can do 70 days. despite not that and you can do 70 days. despite rrot reaching — that and you can do 70 days. despite not reaching her— that and you can do 70 days. despite not reaching her goal— that and you can do 70 days. despite not reaching her goal of _ that and you can do 70 days. despite not reaching her goal of becoming i not reaching her goal of becoming the first woman to cross antarctica solo unsupported, she still tracked nearly 900 miles, beating the previous e—mail record by ten miles, and temperatures as cold as —50 degrees. i and temperatures as cold as -50 de . rees. �* and temperatures as cold as -50 decrees. �* .,. and temperatures as cold as -50 decrees. �* .. , degrees. i didn't achieve it but like i degrees. i didn't achieve it but like i said _ degrees. i didn't achieve it but like i said i— degrees. i didn't achieve it but like i said i don't _ degrees. i didn't achieve it but like i said i don't think - degrees. i didn't achieve it but like i said i don't think there'sl like i said i don't think there's anything i could have done differently. forthat anything i could have done differently. for that i am proud and i think it is a key to change the goalposts, you know? big, but if you don't make it, that's ok. the goalposts, you know? big, but if you don't make it, that's ok.— don't make it, that's ok. the first time i don't make it, that's ok. the first time i met — don't make it, that's ok. the first time i met her, _ don't make it, that's ok. the first time i met her, she _ don't make it, that's ok. the first time i met her, she had _ don't make it, that's ok. the first time i met her, she had just - don't make it, that's ok. the first i time i met her, she had just broken herfirst world record time i met her, she had just broken her first world record and she told me she wanted to inspire young women and girls to break the glass ceiling. with her second world record under her belt, it is clear her inspiration is infectious. it

makes me feel really, really proud that my auntie has broken the world record and it has inspired me. abs, record and it has inspired me. a level of great determination, perseverance, whatever you want to call it. _ perseverance, whatever you want to call it. she _ perseverance, whatever you want to call it, she just shows it again and again _ call it, she just shows it again and again so — call it, she just shows it again and again. so we're so proud of her. she has done _ again. so we're so proud of her. she has done amazingly. and again. so we're so proud of her. she has done amazingly.— again. so we're so proud of her. she has done amazingly. and growing up, was she always _ has done amazingly. and growing up, was she always liked _ has done amazingly. and growing up, was she always liked this? _ was she always liked this? definitely, she never gave up. she just pushed herself further. ibis definitely, she never gave up. she just pushed herself further.- just pushed herself further. as for what is next _ just pushed herself further. as for what is next for _ just pushed herself further. as for what is next for this _ just pushed herself further. as for what is next for this arctic - what is next for this arctic explorer and world record holder, well, a lot of rest, food, and a wedding to plan. frankie mccamley, bbc news, antarctica. that is impressive. and still smiling. that is impressive. and still smilinu. . that is impressive. and still smilinu. ~ ., smiling. what you telling me about how you- -- — smiling. what you telling me about how you- -- just _ smiling. what you telling me about how you... just saying _ smiling. what you telling me about how you... just saying i _ smiling. what you telling me aboutj how you... just saying i sometimes can't cope — how you... just saying i sometimes can't cope with _ how you... just saying i sometimes can't cope with the _ how you... just saying i sometimes can't cope with the wind _ how you... just saying i sometimes can't cope with the wind and - how you... just saying i sometimes can't cope with the wind and rain i can't cope with the wind and rain out there, walking to the truckstop with my backpack out there, walking to the truckstop with my backpack on. out there, walking to the truckstop with my backpack on. she out there, walking to the truckstop with my backpack on. she makes out there, walking to the truckstop with my backpack on. she makes me feel like i need to step up.— feel like i need to step up. nothing is impossible. _

feel like i need to step up. nothing is impossible, so _ feel like i need to step up. nothing is impossible, so say _ feel like i need to step up. nothing is impossible, so say hoodies. - feel like i need to step up. nothing is impossible, so say hoodies. so i feel like i need to step up. nothing is impossible, so say hoodies. so a bit of good advice for all of us. it isjust past 7.30. bit of good advice for all of us. it is just past 7.30. you are with practice. sunday with laura kuenssberg is on bbc one at 9 o'clock this morning. she's here to tell us what she has lined up. morning, laura. good morning. before i tell you all about— good morning. before i tell you all about the — good morning. before i tell you all about the packed programme we have this morning, whenever we chat on sunday. _ this morning, whenever we chat on sunday. it — this morning, whenever we chat on sunday, it feels like the person 'ust sunday, it feels like the person just before is doing some kind of incredible. — just before is doing some kind of incredible, amazing feat that makes me feel— incredible, amazing feat that makes me feel like i am a real slacker. but at _ me feel like i am a real slacker. but at nine _ me feel like i am a real slacker. but at nine o'clock this morning we have _ but at nine o'clock this morning we have a _ but at nine o'clock this morning we have a lot — but at nine o'clock this morning we have a lot to— but at nine o'clock this morning we have a lot to get through on the programme on bbc one this morning. the prime _ programme on bbc one this morning. the prime minister is coming up to his first _ the prime minister is coming up to his first 100 — the prime minister is coming up to his first 100 days in office and his colleague — his first 100 days in office and his colleague michael gove will be here to talk— colleague michael gove will be here to talk about what the government thinks _ to talk about what the government thinks it— to talk about what the government thinks it is— to talk about what the government thinks it is achieving or maybe what it is getting — thinks it is achieving or maybe what it is getting wrong. we will have bridget— it is getting wrong. we will have bridget phillipson from labour income — bridget phillipson from labour income of the shadow education secretary. — income of the shadow education secretary, and will be asking her and michael gove about the plan teaches — and michael gove about the plan teaches drugs this week. the first time _ teaches drugs this week. the first time in _ teaches drugs this week. the first time in a — teaches drugs this week. the first time in a while, teachers in england

and wales— time in a while, teachers in england and wales will be following their colleagues and stopping the classroom for the picket line. and the union's— classroom for the picket line. and the union's boss will be with me too _ the union's boss will be with me too also — the union's boss will be with me too. also this week it is three years— too. also this week it is three years since we left the european union _ years since we left the european union you — years since we left the european union. you may remember the years since we left the european union. you may rememberthe name years since we left the european union. you may remember the name of one michel— union. you may remember the name of one michel barnier, the brexit negotiator. he will be with me in the studio— negotiator. he will be with me in the studio this morning about what has happened since then and what he would _ has happened since then and what he would say— has happened since then and what he would say now about brexit. and not forgetting _ would say now about brexit. and not forgetting the first television interview with the new american ambassador to the united kingdom. what does _ ambassador to the united kingdom. what does she think of all of us? and maybe we'll wonder what we think of her _ and maybe we'll wonder what we think of her. see you then. we and maybe we'll wonder what we think of her. see you then.— of her. see you then. we will try and net of her. see you then. we will try and get a _ of her. see you then. we will try and get a gas — of her. see you then. we will try and get a gas next _ of her. see you then. we will try and get a gas next week- of her. see you then. we will try and get a gas next week that - of her. see you then. we will try - and get a gas next week that doesn't make everyone feel so inadequate. sitting down with a cup of tea, not going to the south pole or the moon or something like that. see going to the south pole or the moon or something like that.— going to the south pole or the moon or something like that. see what you can do. or something like that. see what you can do- we — or something like that. see what you can do- we will _ or something like that. see what you can do. we will try. _ or something like that. see what you can do. we will try. thank _ or something like that. see what you can do. we will try. thank you, - can do. we will try. thank you, laura. can do. we will try. thank you, laura- we _ can do. we will try. thank you, laura. we will— can do. we will try. thank you, laura. we will document - can do. we will try. thank you, laura. we will document your i can do. we will try. thank you, i laura. we will document your trip from here to _ laura. we will document your trip from here to the _ laura. we will document your trip from here to the tram _ laura. we will document your trip from here to the tram stop. - laura. we will document your trip from here to the tram stop. they| from here to the tram stop. they

would be a _ from here to the tram stop. they would be a great _ from here to the tram stop. they would be a great watch. - from here to the tram stop. they would be a great watch. a - from here to the tram stop. they i would be a great watch. a massive achievement- _ would be a great watch. a massive achievement. let's _ would be a great watch. a massive achievement. let's talk _ would be a great watch. a massive achievement. let's talk about - would be a great watch. a massive| achievement. let's talk about other achievement in sport. ffa cup, len to achievement in sport. ffa cup, plenty to reflect _ achievement in sport. ffa cup, plenty to reflect on. _ achievement in sport. ffa cup, plenty to reflect on. we - achievement in sport. ffa cup, plenty to reflect on. we will. achievement in sport. ffa cup, i plenty to reflect on. we will only touch _ plenty to reflect on. we will only touch on — plenty to reflect on. we will only touch on this presently as the game is coming _ touch on this presently as the game is coming up on bbc one. manchester united made it 11 home wins in a row as they beat championship side reading 3—1 in the fa cup fourth round at old trafford. united dominated the match. casemiro scored twice. have a look at this brilliant finish from _ have a look at this brilliant finish from fred — have a look at this brilliant finish from fred for the third. they are still in _ from fred for the third. they are still in four— from fred for the third. they are still in four competitions in total and forth— still in four competitions in total and forth in the premier league. and don't _ and forth in the premier league. and don't forget — and forth in the premier league. and don't forget we have three matches in the _ don't forget we have three matches in the fa— don't forget we have three matches in the fa cup today. brighton— liverpool is the earlier game _ brighton— liverpool is the earlier game. now to scotland. aberdeen sacked their manager

jim goodwin minutes after their 6—0 scottish premiership thrashing by hibs at easter road. it follows, of course, monday's defeat to sixth—tier darvel in the scottish cup, which in turn followed a 5—0 hammering by hearts at tynecastle. the club says there've been an unacceptable run of results since the world cup break. jim isa jim is a good man, has given it everything here, and i met him right after the game, he came up and gave me a hug and simply said "i know, david, it isn't good enough" — the club means everything to me and i am rightly as chairman getting the filters. i deserve it, but i'm determined to get it right. —— pelters. northampton won the east midlands derby in rugby union's premiership, pipping leicester by 19 points to 18 at welford road. try of the match came in the second half and was made possible byjames ramm's superb pass for ollie slightholme to finish off for northampton. this weekend sees the debut of the shot clock,

being trialled to reduce wasted time on penalties and conversions. a freddie burns kick was not enough to get leicester a win on his last game for the club. exeter are into the top four after beating gloucester 24—17. olly woodburn scored the last of their three tries. gloucester picked up a losing bonus point. elsewhere, saracens beat bristol 20—19. in the united rugby championship, dragons fell to another defeat, this time at the hands of glasgow. they lost 42—28. sebastian cancelliere running almost the whole length of the pitch for glasgow who are up to fifth. nojoy for cardiff at in—form leinster. they were swept aside, losing 38—14. max o'reilly going over here. it was a bonus point victory for the championship leaders. edinburgh were beaten by sharks. the south african side ran in three tries with marnus potgieter claiming the second as they won 22—19. elsewhere, there were wins for munster and connacht.

reigning champions saracens thrashed bristol bears by 36 points to five in the women's premier 155. the two sides began the game level on points, and sharifa kosolo was the last to cross the line for sarries as they ran in five tries in the mid—table battle. great britain have won their first european medal in figure skating in nine years. lewis gibson and lilah fear took silver in the ice dance at the european figure skating championships in finland. they were looking to become the first british skaters to win a european gold since jayne torvill and christopher dean in 1994 but had to settle for second, behind italy. ahoy senor secured a poignant cotswold chase win for lucinda russell on cheltenham festival trials day. the scottish trainer's father peter passed away last monday on his 64th wedding anniversary. he part—owned ahoy senor. the eight—year—old, ridden by derek fox, held off the favourite protektorat and the grand national winner noble yates to win.

russell said she was really going to miss not phoning her dad on the way home. a poignant moment. we will be back with you later. thank you. we are on the bbc news channel till nine this morning. 20 coming up in the next hour. goodbye to viewers on bbc one. thank you for staying with us. this is bbc a yes. when you think of skateboarding, you might picture people landing tricks in a car park, a halfpipe, or rolling around on ramps inside a big industrial unit. but for fans of the sport in norwich, there is a new skate park that's opened in a rather unusual place. here's robby west. rock music choral music rock music

you don't usually see people doing this inside of a 15th century church. luke was at the park today, starting skateboarding when he was in his early 205. after a 14—year break he got back on the board after lockdown, having this new indoor park decimal place to meet similar people and keep it. you're never too old to pick up a board and have a push around it is a very active, activity, you know, just keeping fit, well, if, you are as fit as you want to be. the skate park is run as a not—for—profit social enterprise, located in the centre of norwich at the church of st peter parmenter gate. it sat empty for years but the current tenants have transformed it. where the beggar and the choir once stood is now the skate shop and with abuse and congregation were is now the skate park. a keen skateboarder, his goal is to

provide people with a safe, affordable place to skate on all weather conditions. he was looking for a location to build the park he was surprised the estate agent suggested this grade one listed church but instantly knew it was the right spot. i walked in, just seeing the space, knowing the history, you know, the amount of people who have come through those doors before you, it was just a stunning, through those doors before you, it wasjust a stunning, and it through those doors before you, it was just a stunning, and it was like, yes, this said, it has to work, we'll make it work. here, they plan to work with local schools and offer lessons to try and encourage the next generation of skaters, all in a building that proves heaven really is a half pipe. robby west, bbc news. that is brilliant, isn't it? when you walk pastjudges that are dilapidated you think, what a shame, going to ruin. it is such a change. —— charges. let's have a look at the

weather. chris has the details. beautiful picture! summarised? it looks like it, doesn't it? if you are looking at these grey skies there may be bits of brightness on there may be bits of brightness on the horizon by for most a cloudy start. it the horizon by for most a cloudy start. , ., ._ start. it will get windy today, later on across _ start. it will get windy today, later on across northern - start. it will get windy today, | later on across northern areas across the weather front and cool front, strong winds and gale developing in scotland later on. for most, a cloudy start of the day, drizzle from clubs across southern wales, lincolnshire, southern england, western scotland but then band of heavy rain getting into scotland later this afternoon and it is just ahead of this feature that recap the strongest wind gusting to 60 mph in places. the northern ireland cooma of england, north—west wales, costs around 40 mph, so a very blowy afternoon. winds come from a south—westerly direction so it is mild, temperatures reaching 12 degrees in aberdeen. overnight, but

cold front wishes sounds stop the rain fizzles off but the wind goes to the north—west, dragging cooler air across the country. because it says windy we will avoid frost. looking at the weather for tomorrow, a few showers for north—west scotland, one or two sneaking to the north—west of england and wales as well. otherwise, a lot of dry weather. the best of the sunshine across eastern areas. unless to a cloud of a red light, drizzly rain coming back into western scotland towards the end of the afternoon. mild, temperatures around eight, dan. tuesday, it gets very windy, indeed. a zone of very strong winds across northern scotland, particularly through tuesday night as we will see. by tuesday, sunny spells and showers. snow on the charts in scotland but it is above 400 metres. many will see some

sunshine, temperatures, 12 towards the south—east, seven across the north of the country, but through tuesday night this is one to watch. the low pressure could really bring some very strong winds, gusts of 70 to 90 kilometres per now —— mph across the north. that potentially could bring disruption to scotland, so misty weather. wednesday, the worst of the wind blows through, a north—westerly direction now, sunny spells. a few passing showers. beyond that from thursday onwards the weather turns pretty cloudy again. it will turn milder, 10—11 degrees. a lot of the average at this time of year is about seven so it will be milder than usual. quite a change from last week. a really cold start to the week. it is coming up to 7:45am.

parkinson's is the fastest—growing neurological condition in the world. for some people, the symptoms can be partly managed through sinking. by helping to improve motorfunction, speech and quality of voice. —— singing. our reporter has been meeting the choir in sussex to find out more. in perfect harmony, united by their love of sinking, this is a quiet making a real impact. and as the name suggests, most members of the group had parkinson's. but their experiences are very different stop people don't know i have parkinson's because i don't really have a tremor. julian, singing has helped reduce the impact of symptoms, whether vocal and breathing exercises beneficial.

people with parkinson's often get very soft voice so we do exercises that help the diaphragm, that is the main thing. it is usual in general conversation, day to day, it gives you excuses to firm up the diaphragm. you notice the difference? i always look at better after the class than i do at the beginning. in charge of musical direction is gina mccarthy to helped start the group 12 years ago. a former opera singer herself, she knows how to get the best from each voice. when you have had to develop a voice as an opera sangha you learn how to use certain muscles and certain ways of sinking, projection, that you may not necessarily do it if you are just everyday sinking. so you learn all the things that i do teach in the group. some my exercises, they are always weird. the choir performed two or three

concerts per year, raising money for parkinson's uk, and since the pandemic their profile has grown and they have welcomed any new members. you don't have to do anything, if you feel like you don't want to do a concert you don't have to. if we have new people coming they are a bed wary, "concert?!" but have new people coming they are a bed wary, "concert? !" but then they come and they realise it is such fun. and the audience, they know our condition so they take that into consideration. raising awareness is important to the group and if there is one thing they want us to take away... it is not the end of the world when you have parkinson's. you can live a normal life. as you are? as i am, yes, and i amazed myself, sometimes. busting the myth, and having a good time while they do it. laughs. brilliant! i love that was not it really is that safety and community,

but support they could, but it also means we can have as much of a normal life as possible. yes, life goes on, full and rich life. and now it is time to watch click, the latest technologies. lara: it's a pretty i spectacular view from earth's orbit. spencer: and there plenty of things that have that view these days. a couple of space stations and thousands of satellites. and more and more companies want to put stuff up there. did you know that the closer you are to the equator, the easier it is to get things up to the right speed to go into orbit? ah! that is because that is where the earth is spinning fastest, so as you launch, it gives you an extra whang.

and that is why the uk space port is way down south in cornwall. and that is why it was there, earlier in the year, that virgin orbit attempted the first satellite launch from uk soil. marc cieslak: the uk's first functioning spaceport is here in cornwall. we are creating a huge cluster of space technology. the global value of the space economy is somewhere in the region of $360 billion. to the uk it is 16.5 billion pounds every single year. newquay airport usually hosts small passenger and private aircraft but is now home to spaceport cornwall. rockets will not launch from the ground here. private companies instead will take advantage of the runway which is one of the longest in britain, and ideal for an innovative method of satellite deployment via a rocket called launcher 1, courtesy of a company called virgin orbit. it is no ordinary rocket launch. this converted 747 carries a rocket underneath its wing

which has nine microsatellites inside. the aircraft will take off from here and fly out over the atlantic, and ascend to an altitude of 35,000 feet where the rocket will detach and blast off to the edge of space, and deliver its payload. the bbc has been granted exclusive access on board cosmic girl. this aircraft used to be a virgin atlantic airliner but it has been specially modified so it can launch rockets. in its former life, this cabin would have been filled with rows and rows of passenger seats as well as galleys and bulkheads, and they used to even have a bar on these aircraft. all that has been stripped out to save weight and weight—saving is really, really important if you want to launch rockets. the squadron leader, matthew 'stanny�* stannard, is on loan to virgin orbit

from the royal air force. he has already played a role in three successful rocket launches from cosmic girl over the mojave desert in the united states. can you take us through a mission and how it works? we get airborne from the runway behind us, and head out to what is called a race track, the point where we will drop the rocket. that phase is called captive carry, we're just looking after the rocket, making sure it is healthy, using launch engineers in the back and mission control on the ground. we commence about 2g, so if you are a passenger on this aeroplane, you feel yourself being pushed down slightly on the seat, and we go to about 35 degrees, nose up. and what we do is we try to transfer energy from the aeroplane to the rocket. by us going to that, the moment the rocket comes off it's heading off to where we want it to and not wasting any fuel. when we get to about 35 degrees nose up, we get to the right speed and the copilot will press the button to release the rocket. at that point the aeroplane is all the way over to the right side, and we're going to watch the rocket

head to space. our system is portable. it is an airplane with a rocket and a few skids with equipment on it. so we can move it anywhere. we can enable space launch anywhere, any airport that can handle a 747. there is a growing space economy here in the uk. the uk has been a leader in small satellites which is where the satellite market has drifted to. some people may argue that there are many problems, down here on earth, lots of massive economic problems going on on terra firma, why should government and nations, why should people be concerned with what is happening in space? if you look at the discussion about climate change, how do we know about climate change? because we have seen from space, changes in our atmosphere. we can detect the chemical compositions and we are looking at where the pollution sources are now. methane is now being detected

for the first time. while cosmic girl is changing the way satellites are launched into the heavens, this spaceport here in newquay could change the economy in this particular part of the world. the local council here has invested £5.6 million, and, overall, the spaceport has a £20 million pricetag. it is a gamble for an area where mining and fishing were the traditional industries, now replaced by tourism. we're creating 150 directjobs related to this amazing facility that we have built here at spaceport cornwall and we plan to create another 240 jobs in the supply chain. this is in a high—tech futuristic innovative sector. we are trying to bring a new industry to cornwall to develop jobs in a new way and develop the skills base as well. the low earth orbit economy as i describe it is definitely one that is growing. there were 1700 small satellites launched into low earth orbit last year.

orbit�*s maiden uk flight took place injanuary nine, 2023. the plan was for launcher1 to deploy nine micro satellites into orbit. things did not work out like that though. after a successful takeoff the rocket launched from cosmic girl, and as it reached space it all looked good but at an altitude of 180 kilometres the rocket experienced an anomaly, and the mission abruptly ended. its satellites never achieved orbit and the rocket components fell back to earth in what is described as an approved safety corridor. cosmic girl landed safely. orbit�*s next launch will be back over the mojave desert. it is investigating what went wrong in the skies above the uk and the company says it hopes to attempt another uk launch later this year. the uk space race is now on. two conventional vertical rocket launch facilities are being built in scotland. the prize of getting a satellite into orbit from uk soil is still up for grabs.

while on our recent us travels i got hands on with some of the latest kit to make your house a smart home. for some of us wanting to smarten up our homes we do not want to add a lot more devices. certainly not ones that look obvious. so the mui board here is based around the idea of calm technology, something that has functionality without being in your face. when it is launched later this year it will be based on the matter platform that can be connected to different smart home devices and then you have the choice of which ones you want listed when you bring it to life. you could have a weather forecast, if you want to set a timer for your lights to go off you can do that by drawing a line here and you can see the time going up and then watching the line disappear

as the lights go out. i don't know about you but i cannot start my day without coffee. so this is of particular interest to me. it may look like an ordinary pod machine but the morning is all about making gourmet coffee and getting it just right. using this dial you can select the temperature, pressure and amount of coffee that you are making. there are a couple of presets but otherwise you can be absolutely specific about what you are after and you can also do that within the app. and if you were wondering how you will know what settings to use, an assortment of coffees from around the world have their instructions programmed in. there is momo coffee, roasted in korea. it should be brewed at 92 degrees. let's put a pod in. this one will vary the pressure depending on what the coffee needs. sometimes it has low pressure

at the beginning and builds up towards the end. and now for the big test. the flavour. the taste is intense, kind of nutty without comparing it to making one in my regular pod machine i guess it is tricky to say. oh, no, i spilt my coffee! lucky i have this robotic vacuum and mop here. florio, do your thing. florio: robot is repositioning. like other similar robo cleaners, this mop and vacuum in one maps out its route, using what it calls neural vision navigation. so some cameras and sensors collect data for an algorithm to make sense of. it then sends a floorplan to your phone where you can make sure it's right and set any rules you may want for each room. oh, kitty, you will be all

right on the floor won't you? and of course, it has the obligatory obstacle avoidance. it managed to move really closely around her without even stroking her fur. it also has a dynamic scrubbing function, the equivalent of a bit of elbow grease and when it detects a carpet or rug it will automatically lift up the wet clean function by two centimetres and moved to vacuuming. what is different about this device is there is no dirty water that needs to be cleaned out and in fact it automatically changes the pads on the mop. and you can even assign it to do that room by room. meanwhile, it is time for some food. i will be testing the pronto pressure cooker which also has an airfryer attachment which goes on top. this is just an aesthetic prototype at the moment so it doesn't do anything, but the idea is when there is a working one it will make the food crispy as well. the whole system is connected, there is a device here as well as the option to use

the mobile phone app, but there is a whole range of recipes and you can even have live cooking lessons. so for the sake of filming i have put this to the test by making some saute potatoes, its multiple cooking modes mean you can bake bread or roast a chicken, saving the energy of a full oven. and it is done. in this particular instance it is probably not really any more useful than a frying pan, in fact probably more hassle, at least there is a lot of versatility in what you can do here. and it still looks tasty. so whether it is for eating, drinking, resting or cleaning, there are some of the latest devices that you never knew you needed. i'm afraid that is all we have time for. the full—length show can be found on iplayer. see you soon. bye— bye.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. our headlines today: renewed questions over the links between boris johnson and bbc chairman richard sharp, following a report that the then—prime minister was told to stop asking mr sharp forfinancial advice. new plans to tackle pressure on heath services in england — the government announces moves to treat more poeple at home. specialist support for the community following a fatal stabbing in northumberland.

a teenage boy has been arrested after the death of a 15—year—old girl. the princess of wales launches the latest stage in her campaign on early childhood, saying more attention must be paid to the first five years. great britain's successful season of winter sports continues as lewis gibson and lilah fear win silver in the ice dance at the european figure skating championships in finland. good morning. although it will be cloudy and grey to start the day for most of us, the weather was slowly brighten up. it will turn quite wet and windy later on today, particularly into parts of scotland. more on that later. it's sunday the 29th of january. our main story. links between borisjohnson and bbc chairman richard sharp are under fresh scrutiny this morning, following a report that the then—prime minister was told

to stop asking mr sharp forfinancial advice. mr sharp's appointment is under review following claims in the sunday times that he helped mrjohnson secure a loan before getting hisjob. both men deny any wrongdoing. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. this is sam blyth, the wealthy canadian businessmen and distant cousin of boris johnson. back in 2020, he said he wanted to help out the then prime minister financially. he asked his friend richard sharp had to go about it. mr sharp at the time was advising the government and put mr blyth in touch with the most senior civil servant in the country to discuss the matter. but richard sharp was also running for the job of bbc chairman. it is an appointment given by the government, not the broadcaster. sam blyth went on to guarantee an £800,000 loan to borisjohnson, but mr sharp says he wasn't involved in the financing.

the sunday times has obtained a leaked memo from cabinet office civil servants to borisjohnson dating from december 20020, two weeks before mr sharp was announced as the new bbc chairman. it dispenses the following advice to the then prime minister: last week, richard sharp said he gave no advice to borisjohnson. i knew nothing and know nothing about his finances. sam was responding to press reports. i don't know anything about boris johnson's finances. and he's sticking to that position now. a spokesman for borisjohnson said richard sharp has never given any financial advice to borisjohnson, nor has borisjohnson asked for advice from him. in terms of standards and ethics, it won't tell us why they issued a warning on financial advice. it says simply it does not comment on lease documents. iain watson, bbc news.

our political correspondent david wallace lockhartjoins us now. david, the government is still facing a lot the appointment of richard sharp is being looked at. and that is not an appointment by the prime minister. he faces a look at his tax affairs and dominic raab is facing an investigation into alleged bullying. both he and zahawi mr deny allegations. a lot of political oxygen is being sucked up by questions about the behaviour of individuals and the prime minister

is party. the government want to take move on on to other issues. tomorrow we will be hearing more on the governments emergency care plan for england with more use of virtual wards and i think this is the idea for patients and patients with all the patients and respiratory problems staying at home and only being emitted when necessary and the government was to treat 50,000 people this way. we will also hear about more community response teams, health care professionals that can get out to patients reasonably quickly who need treatment but perhaps are short of having to go into hospital visit accident and emergency. the government hope that will free up capacity there and the idea behind these policies as they can take effect and therefore reduce the burden on the nhs next winter.

a 16—year—old boy remains in police custody this morning after a girl aged 15 was fatally stabbed, and another teenage boy was injured. it happened in hexham, northumberland, on friday afternoon. police say the three teenagers knew each other. peter harris reports. as the tributes build at the spot where the 15—year—old girl died, there is a sense of shock in this tightly knit market town. it is a small community, isn't it? so, you know, everybody kind of knows everybody, and everybody feels it and yeah, it isn't the kind of thing you expect hexham to be in the news for. you hear about it in london to manchester

in places like that, but not here. you never realise that people must be walking the streets with knives on them. police had been called to hexham town centre on friday afternoon after reports a girl and a boy had been stabbed. the girl subsequently died in hospital. her family said to be devastated beyond words as the police tried to piece together events. i can confirm we have launched a murder investigation following the tragic death of a 15—year—old girl yesterday. first and foremost, our hearts go out to her loved ones at this truly devastating time. a 16—year—old boy who was stabbed was taken to hospital with injuries that are not life—threatening. this is an investigation that is still in its very early stages. the mayor of the town here says it has shattered a loving and caring community. that this could happen here is perhaps an illustration that it could happen anywhere. peter harris, bbc news, hexham. our reporter leejohnson is there for us this morning. lee, what more can you tell us?

people here in hexham still in complete shock. what unfolded here on friday, a town once voted the happiest place in britain to live. and behind me can see dozens of bouquets of flowers and cards from people who knew the victim and those who didn't. one of the cards reads, you will always be loved, never forgotten you will never be out of your hearts —— our hearts. the mayor said how it is ruin peoples lives and people ask how it can happen here. it happened around five o'clock and police are still unable to name the girl who tragically died. that could happen later today and on sunday morning of course there will be church services taking place across hexham and seeing

prayers for the girl who tragically died on friday. israel's prime minister has promised a strong and swift response after two separate attacks by palestinians injerusalem over the weekend. benjamin netanyahu made the pledge as the funerals took place of some of the seven people shot dead outside a synagogue on friday. it comes amid rising tension in the region — as our middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports. an outpouring of grief for an israeli couple in their 405, eliahu and natalie. during friday's attack outside the synagogue, the pair apparently heard shots and went to help those who had been injured, only to be shot dead themselves by the palestinian gunman at point—blank range. translation: i went out - and saw my neighbour eli running to the scene. he told me to call the police. i told him not to go, he only got married a year ago.

he was a good neighbour, like a brother to me. i saw him drop down from a bullet. rest in peace, eli. this is the east jerusalem street where the shooting took place. seven people were killed in what's said to have been the deadliest single attack targeting israelis in more than a decade. and just hours afterwards, this is the victim of another shooting, being treated by medics. police say a palestinian boy aged just 13 opened fire, hitting an israeli father and son. now the israeli prime minister is promising strong action. translation: i will submit - to the security council additional steps in the fight against terrorism. this includes significantly hastening and expediting the licensing of weapons for authorised civilians. and we have seen time and again, this saves lives. on the streets ofjerusalem overnight, emotions

were running high. israelis blocked cars in palestinian neighbourhoods, here shouting "arabs beware — hebrew blood isn't cheap". tensions had risen sharply after the deadliest israeli military raid in the west bank in years. on thursday, nine palestinians, including two civilians, were killed. israeli armed forces say they were acting on intelligence to prevent islamichhad fighters carrying out major attacks. in response, palestinian militants fired rockets from the gaza strip. in recent months, amid rising violence, there have been repeated international calls for calm here. but they have had little impact, and now, once again, fears are growing of wider unrest. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. police chiefs in the us city

of memphis have announced plans to disband the unit whose officers are accused of killing the black motorist tyree nicholls. it comes after a video was released showing five black policemen from the 'scorpion' team, beating the 29—year—old during a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers have been sacked and charged with murder. the welsh rugby union chief executive steve phillips is set to leave his role. he was facing criticism following a bbc investigation which raised allegations of sexism and racism in welsh rugby's governing body. mr phillips had initially vowed to continue in the role but is now understood to have changed his mind after growing calls for him to step down. the princess of wales is launching a new campaign to support one of her most personal causes — the importance of early childhood. in an open letter, catherine says not enough attention

is being paid to how the first five years of a child's life shapes the adults we become. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. supporting young children and their families, the focus of much of the work the princess of wales now does. the new campaign, launched this week, will reinforce her commitment to this issue. in her open letter published today — and signed off "from catherine", she says our early years are critical, but she writes, "as i am determined this long—term campaign will change this. look at you, so many words. focusing on early childhood has been a long—running theme of the princess's work. with the bbc, she backed the tiny happy people project two years ago, helping families in the first five years of a child's life.

i didn't realise just how important it is. you know, some of the science behind all of it is extraordinary — 90% of our adult brain grows before the age of five. her new campaign will run at a time when many families are struggling. just this week the prince and princess of wales were at a food bank in windsor. many working in this field do believe royal backing can have an impact. anything that gets, dare i say, more media and press attention has to be good for the early years set. i have to say, for decades i feel that we have been neglected. the hand of a princess at a photographic trip down memory lane. a tease on social media for the launch of the new campaign. one that wants us to see how experiences, relationships, and surroundings in the first years of our lives shape the kind of adults we become. daniela relph, bbc news. at least four people have died after torrential rains caused widespread flooding and evacuations in new zealand's largest city. a state of emergency was declared in auckland after it

experienced its wettest day on record on friday. the downpour flooded the airport, shifted houses and resulted in power cuts to homes for hours. here's chris with a look at this morning's weather. it is not as cold but we have different problems coming up over the next few days, mainly in terms of some very strong winds tuesday night and more about that in a moment. today quite a windy day, particularly through the afternoon as this cold front brings rain to scotland and northern ireland. just ahead of that front we will see the winds pick up. a bit of drizzle run for western scotland at the moment and one or two patches across england and wales. it will brighten up england and wales. it will brighten up for a little bit for a time across england and wales, particularly eastern high ground but through the afternoon in scotland and northern ireland will get this band of rain are pushing n. gusts of wind up to 60 mph for parts of

scotland and the 405 for parts of northern ireland and the north west of england and wales. with wind coming in from the south—westerly direction it is mild reaching 12 degrees in aberdeen. overnight the cold front sank south with not much rain across england and wales but cooler and fresher conditions with north—westerly winds bringing showers. because it stays quite windy, it should stay frost free for most areas were temperatures three orfour most areas were temperatures three or four celsius most areas were temperatures three orfour celsius in most areas were temperatures three or four celsius in towns and cities. tomorrow more showers in northern scotland and the north west of england and wales but otherwise a lot of dry weather in the should be decent sunshine around particularly for eastern areas. in the wester the cloud over in the afternoon with russell returning to western scotland late afternoon but another mild day with temperatures 8 degrees to 10 degrees. for tuesday, very strong winds for the day and isobars pinching together and the closest

isobars indicating a windy weather. a day of sunshine and showers. it will be cold enough for some snow across the mountains in scotland but quite high up, above 400 metres. at lower levels you are more likely to see rain showers and temperature starting to drop away. 7 degrees or so for scotland but on tuesday night a swathe of very strong winds across northern scotland and could get gusts of 70 two 90 mph. no warnings at the moment but keep an eye on it. by at the moment but keep an eye on it. by wednesday the strong winds blow away. sunshine and passing showers and temperatures a few degrees above average but if anything even milder towards the end of the week with temperatures pushing back into double figures. 12 in cardiff and the average at this time of year is

around seven or eight celsius so well above for the second part of the week. they can be among the most beautiful travel destinations around the uk — but new research suggests coastal communities are falling behind urban areas when it comes to opportunities, income and infrastructure. now local leaders are calling for long—term investment to address some of the issues facing coastal regions, as lucie fisher reports. six miles from lands end and home to the last onshore lighthouse in britain, pendeen is a community surrounded by beauty. but like many coastal villages, it masks inequalities. a new report shows household income is on average £3,000 lower in coastal areas, and one in five

jobs are below the living wage. there's been a spate of anti—social behaviour in the vicinity. we've had theft, vandalism, we've had burglaries locally and this was just another incident. it looks as though somebody somebody;s ripped out a bathroom and thrown it down there. just disgusted. it's one of those skips up the road. they probably have to pay £5 to have it put chucked away and they refuse. so they've come down here chucked off the end of the cliff. back in the village, jennifer's collecting a prescription from the local surgery. she's recently moved here thanks to hybrid working, something the report says needs to be encouraged. i'm one of the lucky ones that can at least work from home some of the days so it doesn't make it so expensive to commute.

there's been investment in both bus services and broadband here in recent years, butjennifer says there's more to it. no—one local can afford to buy a local place, that's not reflected in the wages down here at all. it's pretty grim how much people earn down here compared to trying to pay rent on places that are ridiculous amounts of money. evidence shows most young people will look to move away. there's not very much around here for kids. i mean, i haven't lived here long, but it's just pretty boring. do you think like some kind of investment in youth centres or what do you think would help that? i think that would be great. we have got a little community centre but i don't think there's much on. these children arriving home on the school bus. but the secondary school here has some of the highest levels of absenteeism in the country,

a common problem in coastal schools. according to the report, it recommends targeted help with an emphasis on teaching green skills to lead to environmental careers. but that's assuming more investment in green technology to create jobs locally. on the whole, it's very good. i can't complain. but again, it's just a case of everything is a bit less thought of. when you're down in cornwall, like the opportunities are a little bit less, the variety is a little bit less. everyone i spoke to wanted to emphasise how lucky they feel to live in such a beautiful place. but beauty doesn't equate to living standards or opportunities. on the way out, we found the route blocked by cows, a reminder that whilst a novelty for tourists, being cut off is par for the course for locals and that getting anywhere fast might be wishful thinking. rebecca munro, who authored the report, joins us now. give the report, joins us now. us some of the headlines sum give us some of the headlines. what sum of things that most surprised you? i think a lot of the outcomes are well known and people in coastal communities know what they are. i think some of the ones that would

surprise people would be the health outcomes. although the annual report in 2021 detailed a lot of incidences of long—term illness and the health outcomes on the coast tend to be poorer, a lot will be unsurprising to people, pewter transport links, but i think in some areas you obviously have high incidence of unemployment but in other areas you do actually have lower unemployment but that is mast i think by part—time seasonal labour, particularly in tourism areas. ii particularly in tourism areas. if you could sum this up into a couple of words, is it about opportunity? is that the idea that if you're living in a coastal area you probably want to stay because by and large they are beautiful parts of the country but if there are not the opportunities that it means you might have to move away and that is the start of the problem? yes.

the start of the problem? yes, definitely- _ the start of the problem? yes, definitely. as _ the start of the problem? yes, definitely. as you _ the start of the problem? yes, definitely. as you mentioned l the start of the problem? is: definitely. as you mentioned in your piece, it can be a struggle for younger people and that is also, you have the attractiveness, the coast is a beautiful place to live and you have a lot of older people they're moving out when they retire so that puts additional pressure on the housing market that i definitely think there are opportunities that come with hybrid working and with the types ofjobs we are likely to see come to the coast, like renewable energy, for that investment to build on and grow with the opportunities to allow young people to remain on the coast and forecourts taught to contribute more to the economy. forecourts taught to contribute more to the economy-— to the economy. what are the big thin . s to the economy. what are the big things that _ to the economy. what are the big things that need _ to the economy. what are the big things that need to _ to the economy. what are the big things that need to change? - to the economy. what are the big i things that need to change? about people that may be want to be able to work from home and the changes the pandemic has brought about. but also the access to general infrastructure. it strikes me that things like investment in superfast broadband would be very welcome

addition to coastal communities. the access to addition to coastal communities. t"ie: access to broadband is addition to coastal communities. t"i9 access to broadband is key and not just forjobs, with learning and also the lower attainment and media absence and i think access to further education can be a struggle for younger people. —— and absence. i think broadband also offers the opportunity for learning providers to leave more hybrid or a mix of in—person hybrid learning to help improve the opportunities for young people as well. improve the opportunities for young people as well-— people as well. speaking of those opportunities. — people as well. speaking of those opportunities, we _ people as well. speaking of those opportunities, we spoke - people as well. speaking of those opportunities, we spoke to - people as well. speaking of those opportunities, we spoke to the i opportunities, we spoke to the department of levelling up who told us £220 million has been invested through the coastal communities fund since 2012 — supporting more than 300 projects throughout the uk's rural and coastal communities. do you think that has been invested in the right places? i

do you think that has been invested in the right places?— in the right places? i think for some rounds _ in the right places? i think for some rounds of _ in the right places? i think for some rounds of the _ in the right places? i think for some rounds of the coastal i some rounds of the coastal communities fund this oversubscribed ten fold and i think that highlights the need there is in coastal communities and i think some of the recommendations in a report and looking at more strategic long—term funding because a lot of the challenges have built up over time and will take time to fix and i think also a lot of the existing funds have time limits so to give local communities and local government the ability to combine funding streams and for them to have the ability to plan and meet local needsis the ability to plan and meet local needs is the way to achieve those over arching aims and to achieve what the needs to be fed local communities to take the opportunities that are there for them.

now, what do tom cruise, greta thunberg and borisjohnson all have in common? the answer may surprise you — as they're among a group of celebrities and public figures taking the stage together in birmingham this week. the catch is — they're all puppets, made from latex, and form part of a new spitting image theatre production. ben sidwell has been finding out more.

speak up, man, for god's sake, say what you mean! you're not on a platform now. nigel pinched my pen. in the 19805, spitting image was one of the biggest shows on tv, pulling in audiences of up to 15 million viewers. when people go around stealing other people's property, you get... you? a flea market economy? rubbish! now, 40 years after its original creation in birmingham, spitting image is coming back home. but this time on the stage. it is unique in the sense that it's not only the challenge of honouring, as it were, that history, but it's also a massive technical challenge because it's notjust actors on stage, it's puppets. they're so much harder to direct. they talk back. # brexit lane sure was the sign. # spitting image idiots assemble has been created by the birmingham rep's artistic director, sean foley, along with comedians al murray and matt forde. the puppets cost, like, ten grand to make. so when we're sat there writing jokes going, yeah, kwasi kwarteng is going to come in and liz truss, that alone is going to cost £20,000. are you sure that these people

are going to be around next week? and obviously no—one can say that you know for sure. and with more than 100 puppets in the show, that's over £1 million of latex. it's believed to be the greatest cast ever assembled on a uk stage, the biggest names in royalty, showbiz and politics. but of course, we all know who's really in charge. and now the weather forecast with greta thunberg. hot! that was the weather with greta thunberg. # hell—bent on saving the uk. #. rather than a sketch show, the stage version of spitting image is a superhero story where tom cruise is tasked by king charles with saving great britain. i've been thrilled by tom cruise films and appalled in equal measure, but i've never been moved by one, and i actually going to tom cruise is going to achieve something live on stage here in birmingham maybe he's never done before. i'm almost in tears by a fake version of a mini tom cruise, a mini mini version ofa mini man.

what is the matter with me? hello, i'm ian mckellen. thank you. and, as always with spitting image, no—one is safe. yeah, it gives you conflicting priorities. like, as a citizen, you might not like the way the country is being run, but as people who've put on a play about the people that are running the country, we might eventually want things to change, but maybe not for a couple of years. yeah, we'd like to bring down the government, but notjust yet. not till we've turned a profit. not till we've turned a profit! the world premiere of idiots assemble spitting image saves the world is at the birmingham rep on february 1st and the show runs into the 11th of march. ben sidwell, bbc news. i thought it would be terrifying to discover if you did not know what was going on.

i love belfast, a return flight through flybe. i checked my e—mails, and i had two e—mails, one saying flybe had gone into administration and the flight was cancelled, and the other one saying you could check into your flight home tomorrow. i was confused, went online, check the news website and saw it had actually been cancelled. it was in about £100 to reboot through easyjet to go home tomorrow. originally i had booked through flybe direct. luckily i use my credit card, so sweet i will get in contact with them to see if i can claim any bar, but at the moment i'm

about £100 out—of—pocket. we can speak now to timjeans, director at cornwall�*s newquay airport, which operated a number of flybe routes. lets start with advice for passengers like natalie. it is a shock when you find out it is cancelled. what would you say to her and others?— and others? these events happen suddenl . and others? these events happen suddenly- one — and others? these events happen suddenly. one day _ and others? these events happen suddenly. one day the _ and others? these events happen suddenly. one day the airline - and others? these events happen suddenly. one day the airline is l suddenly. one day the airline is flying normally, and then the next it is gone. the best advise i can offer is to contact the travel agent you may have booed through, or go on to the civil aviation authority's website, because they provide comprehensive information on what to do, hooter phone. unfortunately, usually the advice will be book with another carrier, try and claim the money back from your credit card company. some people unfortunately will end up out of pocket as a result of theirs. it’s will end up out of pocket as a result of theirs.—

will end up out of pocket as a result of theirs. it's not always losin: result of theirs. it's not always losing your _ result of theirs. it's not always losing your flight _ result of theirs. it's not always losing your flight money, - result of theirs. it's not always losing your flight money, that l result of theirs. it's not always - losing your flight money, that hotel or connecting taxis, that ripple effect. has this come as a surprise to you, the collapse of flybe? i have to say, not at all. only on friday, i was in a meeting with our stakeholders and told them not to rely on is having heathrow service which operates from newquay. i said don't rely on it to be there in two years' time. little did i know that flybe would go into administration overnight. unfortunately, no, a lot of people in the industry could see that the flybe business model was unsustainable. you cannot fly small aircrafts into big airports, big, expensive airports like heathrow and amsterdam and expect to stay in business in the long run. it has to be said, again, those of us in the

industry felt flybe was occupying stock at heathrow in order to sell them on at a profit eventually, rather than build a sustainable business. that is a great shame for the employees in particular, but passengers like the one you just featured. unfortunately, to cut a long story short, i'm not saying this with absolutely inevitable, but it was predicted by many. flan this with absolutely inevitable, but it was predicted by many.- it was predicted by many. can we read into this, _ it was predicted by many. can we read into this, because _ it was predicted by many. can we read into this, because this - it was predicted by many. can we read into this, because this is - read into this, because this is partly because of demand? fewer passengers wanted the shuttle services between big cities because people are working at home, and partly because of environmental concerns? ., ., concerns? the new normal post- pandemic _ concerns? the new normal post- pandemic is - concerns? the new normal post-pandemic is not - concerns? the new normal post-pandemic is not the i concerns? the new normal- post-pandemic is not the same as concerns? the new normal— post-pandemic is not the same as the post—pandemic is not the same as the old normal. trouble is recovering, and recovering strongly in many parts, but business travel, for

example, between cities like birmingham and edinburgh won't be at the same level of demand. we are seeing demand, passenger traffic, at about 20% less on routes like that. overall, trouble is recovering well. the airports like newquay, that are an important part of connecting the region, those routes are being restored and are likely to remain because there is demand, notwithstanding, the need forflying to be sustainable, there will still be need for air travel, critically to the remote regions of the uk like cornwall. ~ ., ., , ., ., cornwall. what would you say to passengers. _ cornwall. what would you say to passengers, because _ cornwall. what would you say to passengers, because consumerl passengers, because consumer confidence is low? when airlines collapse, it doesn't help. how can we protect ourselves?— collapse, it doesn't help. how can we protect ourselves? well, i think the main thing _ we protect ourselves? well, i think the main thing to _ we protect ourselves? well, i think the main thing to say _ we protect ourselves? well, i think the main thing to say is _ we protect ourselves? well, i think the main thing to say is the - we protect ourselves? well, i think the main thing to say is the airlinel the main thing to say is the airline industry in the uk is actually very

robust. flybe was an outlier. flybe went bust for the first time at the beginning of the pandemic, i doubt i said earlier on, there was concern that the new flybe was not as secure as some of its competitors. so, by and large, people can reboot with security and safety and confidence that their flight will operate. more optimistically, many of the troubles that we saw at airports last summer, the congestion, the long delays, the delayed and cancelled flights because of croom shortages, they are behind us. air travel this summer will be a lot smoother, a lot of people will travel with more confidence and that is what we are seeing, demand is picking up and people are returning for the first time to a properly normal summer. 0k, tim time to a properly normal summer. ok, timjeans, director of time to a properly normal summer.

ok, tim jeans, director of cornwall airports in newquay. ending a note of optimism, but small consolation if you are facing a cancellation today. 8:35am. it has been really cold recently. ambulance crews are warning that more people are falling ill because they're unable to heat their homes. the scottish ambulance service says it carried an average of 44 patients with hypothermia to hospital every day in december. lisa summers spent a shift with a crew based in glasgow. ambulance siren wails. we're going for a 29—year—old female that's been vomiting blood, and it's been ongoing for the past five days. it's the start of a new shift, student technician tanya and paramedic will on the road. their first call — one where the patient needs care but it's not thought to be life—threatening. often times if you're on night shift you end up picking up the yellow calls that've been waiting since sort of the day before. hi, claire, how're you feeling? the patient, claire, says she's been in pain for days and her symptoms are getting worse.

i'm just going to put a few more observations in. the crew decided to take her to hospital to be assessed. at glasgow royal infirmary, ambulance after ambulance starts to arrive, but so far they've been able to hand over patients quickly. this is a good night, they say, because they're able to go to patients that often have to wait because more urgent calls are a priority. every minute that someone's stuck on the floor stuck waiting for help and they feel that desperation that no—one's coming for them, every minute really counts. they might be an elderly gentleman or an elderly woman who has fallen, and it's so busy that they're waiting for hours and hours until an ambulance can get to them, and you're finally on your way and you get diverted for something else. this winter has seen unprecedented demand in the ambulance service, an increase in flu and other respiratory infections adding to that pressure, but the crews so say one of the hardest things is seeing the effects of rising food and energy costs on people's health.

i mean, you've gone to their houses and what have they been like? well, absolutely freezing! we can't get a temperature off them because they're so cold, they're, like, hypothermic, and it's like you take them into hospital because they're not managing at home because they're so cold and they can't afford to put the heating on. so you know if you leave that person at home, they're probably going to die. you have to weigh all that in, as to whether someone is safe to leave at home, because if they're still not turning the heating on they're not going to start feeling any better, really. three—year—old boy who has got some sort of difficulty with his breathing. but with everything so stretched, the ambulance service is trying to keep people out of hospital if they could get treatment elsewhere. it's almost 11 o'clock and this is just the third called this team is just the third call this team have been able to respond to this evening. they've been in this house about 20 minutes but the other calls they've spent over an hour with the patients, trying to determine whether hospital is right for them.

despite the high demand on the service, it is a time—consuming job, deciding whether hospital is the right place to be. they're not going to hospital. they've treated this child at home, avoiding a long wait at a&e. the hospital's not really the right place for him. they'll speak to their gp tomorrow about getting some steroids and go down that route. this family are glad to have avoided hospital but some have very different expectations when they call 999. people sort of do sometimes see us as just a big white taxi, just to take them into the hospital, get in and go. you have to explain to them you're not really just there for that all the time now. increasingly, paramedics are providing treatment at home, part of long—term plans to take the pressure of hospitals. will: i'm just having a listen to your breathing. tanya: you do feel hot to me. thank you so much, thank you. but sometimes hospital is unavoidable. with no simple fix, as demand this winter continues to be so high. lisa summers, bbc news, glasgow.

a real insight into the pressure that the services are under. there is a little bit of reprieve in terms of the weather. here's chris with a look at this morning's weather. the temperatures are above average? they are, the next thing is it will be quite windy over the next few days, but temperatures will be above average. we've got winds blowing in ahead of the school friends on the way. it is this blue —— cold fronts.

the best of these to the east of high ground. in scotland, rained through the afternoon and strong winds, gusts into 60 mph, 40 mph for northern ireland. a noticeably below we day. it is a mild, with temperatures 8—10 c, 12 even in parts of aberdeen. overnight, the call friend sinks southwards, so not much rain. clear skies follow, cooler air with showers for scotland and the north—west of both england and the north—west of both england and wales. because it stays windy, it should be a frost free nights for most, so quite chilly to stop the morning but you shouldn't have to scrape the car windscreen. the winds will be lighter on monday, break in the cloud more so more sunshine. across western areas of the uk, turning cloudier in the afternoon some damp weather developing.

temperatures are mild, 8—10 c, but on tuesday we are seeing strong winds developing, particularly across the north of the uk. the tighter the isobars, the stronger the winds. for tuesday, some showers across the north and west of the uk. notice the whites on the chart, some snow, yes, but quite high up, above 400 miles, group metres —— 400 metres up. the air cooling off, seven celsius for glasgow. over tuesday night, we see this wave already strong winds. could get gusts of up to 70 or 90 mph. winds this wrong could cause disruption, so we are monitoring it. that system clears and wednesday we're back to the winds. a mixture of sunny spills and passing showers. temperatures tending to be above average, but it

gets milder towards the end of the week, temperatures peaking at around 12 celsius in cardiff. with the milder, there will be extensive cloud around. the next you days, we are watching for those very strong winds tuesday night. tuesday night winds, but nice and dry. that is exactly what we need. let show you a lovely shot from the top of our roof, heading down from greater manchester to salford quays, looking down to cheshire. some low cloud, but that might be why the temperatures are milder than they have been of late. the sun isjust peeping through, looking down to macclesfield. beautiful. it is coming up to 8:45am. now, if you think it's been a bit chilly here recently, spare a thought for captain preet chandi, also known as polar preet. she's a british army officer

who has spent the last 70 days trekking across antarctica — on her own — and pulling all of her gear on a sled. all while braving 60mph winds and temperatures plunging to minus 50 degrees celsius. it was her second trip to the south pole. she first reached it a year ago. preet arrived back to the uk last night — and our reporter, frankie mccamley, was invited to join the welcoming party. she's only gone and done it again. captain preet chandi arriving into heathrow, reunited with her family. and after 70 days on the ice, it's an emotional one. it's really funny thinking back at the last one now, like, that was easy in comparison. it was... this one really tested me mentally and physically and yeah, no doubt, it pushed my boundaries. it's the hardest thing i've ever done. polar preet, as she's become known, was the first woman of colour to complete a solo expedition across antarctica in 2021.

the british army officer has now broken another world record for the longest solo and unsupported polar expedition by a woman. it was mentally tough and physically tough as well. and i just took it a day at a time, sometimes a step at a time. and, you know, you do one day, you can do two, you do two, you can do a week. you do that, you can do 70 days. despite not reaching her goal of becoming the first woman to cross antarctica solo and unsupported, she still trekked nearly 900 miles, beating the previous female record by ten miles in temperatures as cold as —50 degrees. you know, i didn't achieve it, but like i said, i don't think there's anything i could have done differently. and for that, i'm really proud. and i think it's ok to change the goalpost, you know, like dream big. but if you don't make it, that's ok. the first time i met captain chandi at an arrivals terminal,

she had just broken herfirst world record, and she told me she wanted to inspire young women and girls to break the glass ceiling. well, now, with her second world record under her belt, it's clear her inspiration is infectious. it makes me feel really, really proud that my aunty has broken the world record and it's inspired me and loads of other people. the level of, you know, grit, determination, perseverance, whatever you want to call it, she just shows it, you know, again and again. so we're so proud of her. she'sjust an amazing, absolutely amazing. mum, growing up, was preet always like this? was she always so determined? definitely. she never gave up. she just pushed herself further, yeah. a5 for what's next for this arctic explorer and world record holder? well, a lot of rest, food and a wedding to plan. frankie mccamley, bbc news.

nothing is impossible. so impressive! that is a message for all of us. do you fancy it? fruit is talking about breaking boundaries —— preet. she was talking at the temple of going to the south pole. she had to explain it to them. a great, great story. quick segue link to another good story for manchester united. manchester united made it 11 home wins in a row as they beat championship side reading 3—1 in the fa cup fourth round at old trafford. united dominated the match. casemiro scored twice and a brilliant touch

from fred for the third. they're still in three cup competitions, and are fourth in the premier league. there were wins for spurs and leicester. we have three more games today. birmingham goalkeeper neil etheridge says he was racially abused by spectators during his side's 2—2 fa cup draw at blackburn. while his teammates were celebrating jordan james' injury—time equaliser for birmingham, etheridge went to referee keith stroud to complain about comments directed at him. the fa says it'll investigate "as a matter of urgency". blackburn say the allegation is being "taken extremely seriously". birmingham are assisting the authorities after the incident was included in the official�*s match report. aberdeen sacked their managerjim goodwin minutes after their 6—0 scottish premiership thrashing by hibs at easter road. it follows monday's defeat to sixth

tier darvel in the scottish cup, which in turn followed a 5—0 hammering by hearts at tynecastle. the club says there've been an "unacceptable run of results since the world cup break". jim is a good man, has given it everything. i met him right after the game, he came up and gave me a hug and simply said, "i know david just isn't good enough." i'm quite emotional about the club. it means everything to me. and i'm rightly, as chairman, getting the pelters. i deserve it, but i'm determined to get it right. northampton won the east midlands derby in rugby union's premiership, pipping leicester by 19 points to 18 at welford road. try of the match came in the second half and was made possible byjames ramm's superb pass for ollie slightholme to finish off for northampton. this weekend sees the debut of the shot clock being trialled to reduce wasted time on penalties and conversions. a freddie burns kick was not enough to get leicester a win on his last game for the club.

exeter are into the top four after beating gloucester 24—17. olly woodburn scored the last of their three tries. gloucester picked up a losing bonus point. elsewhere saracens beat bristol 20—19. in the united rugby championship, dragons fell to another defeat, this time at the hands of glasgow. they lost 42—28 . sebastian cancilliereey running almost the whole length of the pitch for glasgow who are up to fifth. nojoy for cardiff at in—form leinster. they were swept aside, losing 38—14. max 0 reilly going over here. it was a bonus point victory for the championship leaders. edinburgh were beaten by sharks. the south african side ran in three tries with marnus potgieter claiming the second as they won 22—19. elsewhere, there were wins

for munster and connacht. reigning champions saracens thrashed bristol bears by 36 points to 5 in the women's premier 155. the two sides began the game level on points, and sharifa kosolo was the last to cross the line for sarries as they ran in five tries in the mid—table battle. ahoy senor secured a poignant cotswold chase win for lucinda russell on cheltenham festival trials day. the scottish trainer's father, peter, passed away last monday on his 64th wedding anniversary. he part owned ahoy senor. the eight—year—old, ridden by derek fox, held off the favourite protektorat and the grand national winner noble yates to win. afterwards russell said she was really going to miss not phoning her dad on the way home. 14—year—old vladislav gradinari's run at the snooker shoot out is over. after he lost 91—28 to england's tom ford. the moldovan teenager who lives in leeds became the youngest player

to win a televised ranking event in the first round. despite having lost, he took his turn at the table to huge cheers from the crowd at morningside arena in leicester. great britain have won their first european medal in figure skating in nine years. lewis gibson and lilah fear took silver in the ice dance at the european figure skating championships in finland. they were looking to become the first british skaters to win a european gold since jayne torvill and christopher dean in 1994 — but had to settle for second, behind italy. from bobsleigh to skeleton, skiing to snowboarding, great britain has had its most successful winter sports season ever. among those bringing home the silverware are 36—year—old alpine ski champion dave ryding and 16—year—old snowboarder mia brookes — both proving that age is no barrier to success. let's take a look. she lives this cause! great top

section from dave ryding! he has increased his lead. she was using with style. in her debut season, she becomes ever british athlete to break into the world cup. inert; break into the world cup. very tou:h, break into the world cup. very tough, especially _ break into the world cup. very tough, especially it _ break into the world cup. very tough, especially it is - break into the world cup. 9 tough, especially it is special. dave ryding is in the lead! he loves this town. that isn't more like it. 36 years old and his career is still going strong. 36 years old and his career is still going strong-— 36 years old and his career is still going strong. never write me off, the old dog _ going strong. never write me off, the old dog can — going strong. never write me off, the old dog can still _ going strong. never write me off, the old dog can still step - going strong. never write me off, the old dog can still step up - the old dog can still step up occasionally. and in the last hour britain's zoe atkin has won herfirst x games gold medal in ski superpipe in aspen, colorado. vicky gosling is chief executive

of gb snowsport and joins us now. it of gb snowsport and joins us now. is hard to keep metals, it is hard to keep up with these metals, 70 at the moment, the most successful season across—the—board. winter sports and snow sports. one year ago we were talking about the winter olympics, the lack of success. warehouse this turnaround come from?— come from? determination, ithink. let's be fair. _ come from? determination, ithink. let's be fair, going _ come from? determination, ithink. let's be fair, going into _ come from? determination, ithink. let's be fair, going into beijing - come from? determination, ithink. let's be fair, going into beijing we i let's be fair, going into beijing we were on a good upwards trajectory. getting into beijing was unique, but it took its toll. the talent that was building up has ready for park. we took a bit of a funding cut and that sometimes refocuses the mind. i said yesterday, we are raining medals literally. there is a reactions winning medals, and michaela scofield has got one in bronze for britain, which is huge.

not a natural snow sport nation with lots of snow and mountains. there are huge targets and huge ambitions. we are seeing some of the success stories. what all those targets, and what needs to be done to achieve it? putting more athletes on podiums in british history for snow sports. and heading into 2026, and that is amazing because it is in the same times and as olympics. we want to have podiums across all of the disciplines, from alpine, to nordic, all of the freestyle sports. we are showing in these medals, when you look across them, we've got the strength in depth of variety and diversity. it is about how we use that to smash it out of the park.

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white marker going in the right direction? exactly. thank you. lovely to see. that is all from us, back at 6am tomorrow. have a great day. enjoy your sunday.

good morning. we've had the nurses, the train and bus drivers, the ambulance workers, and many others. now, teachers are preparing to go on strike. classrooms will fall silent this week. thousands of teachers in england and wales will be following their scottish colleagues to the picket line. their scottish colleagues to the picket line-— their scottish colleagues to the icket line. , , ., ~ ,., picket line. unless we take some siunificant picket line. unless we take some significant action, _ picket line. unless we take some significant action, i _ picket line. unless we take some significant action, i don't - picket line. unless we take some significant action, i don't think i significant action, i don't think the government will change. the -rofession the government will change. the profession says it is at breaking point, but what are parents and pupils meant to do? i point, but what are parents and pupils meant to do?— pupils meant to do? i 'ust think that it's ridiculous _ pupils meant to do? ijust think that it's ridiculous that - pupils meant to do? ijust think that it's ridiculous that they - pupils meant to do? ijust think that it's ridiculous that they are j that it's ridiculous that they are doing _ that it's ridiculous that they are doing this — that it's ridiculous that they are doing this again.— that it's ridiculous that they are doing this again. more strikes will mark the prime _ doing this again. more strikes will mark the prime minister's - doing this again. more strikes will mark the prime minister's first. doing this again. more strikes will| mark the prime minister's first 100 daysin mark the prime minister's first 100 days in thejob. he gathered his troops in the countryside, but his attempts to crack on our still clogged up with claims about the tax