like this farm in buckinghamshire. the land will be split into when work begins. buckinghamshire.be split into when work begins. it is going to completely alter the way i farm. i would lose half of the grazing my calfs can go out to. i am not convinced with hs2. we have far more important things to do. certainly we should not spend all our money on a rail line that will be, in my opinion, outdated in 10— 15 years. the first section to the west midlands will be opened by 2026. an extension to leeds and majesty will open by 2032. hs2 should make journeys faster and majesty will open by 2032. hs2 should makejourneys faster and more unstable. —— manchester. should makejourneys faster and more unstable. -- manchester. this is the first part of the journey, birmingham. keeping the reject on—time and on track could prove more difficult, however. dan thompson, bbc news, in birmingham. —— ben thompson. thompson, bbc news, in birmingham. -- ben thompson. and ben thompson will be there for us all morning. you're watching breakfast. time now to get the news, travel, and weather, where you are

like this farm in buckinghamshire, the lander will be split into when work begins.olours. —— completely change the way i farmed. the first section is due to open by 2026 and the extension to leeds and manchester extension to leeds and manchestec by 2032. hs2 should make opening by 2032. hs2 should make journeys faster and more co mforta ble. but keeping the project on time and on track could prove more difficult. and there is always the weather to think about. let's get the latest on doris. today it has been a very wild day across the uk and still very windy in some south—eastern and eastern areas but doris is pushing away. the storm had its tantrum and it is out of the way. still affecting low countries where the worst of the weather is. doris has pushed out into holland and belgium and germany. very rarely we get strong winds like this in london. the storm making its presence felt and durham. some wintry pictures from scotland, too. gusts today in a selection of places. the usual thing about the storm is the winds were about the stormis'the wtfitiis—wefie about the

this was taken in buckinghamshire, not staffordshire. a mixture of rain, sleet and snow out there. night, as temperatures fall, we will see the white stuff turning up again at lower levels across eastern counties of england, so we across eastern counties of england, so we will keep an eye out for that. in the peak district and pennines, quite a lot of snow above high levels in particular. a cold feeling night, the chill accentuated by a brisk easterly wind. close to freezing in places. not much changing through tomorrow. not much sunshine around as we step outside at 9am. temperatures just above freezing, rain, sleet, mix in many southern areas. freezing, rain, sleet, mix in many southern areas. snow freezing, rain, sleet, mix in many southern areas. snow further north, babs in the northeast and midlands, certainly over the peak district and pennines, we could see further significant snowfall. further north and west into northern ireland and scotland, less in the way of sleet and snow. drier, sunshine across north—west highlands. best of blue skies will probably be found here as we

tomorrow but the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for parts of the home counties, buckinghamshiremph likely. it's going to be very breezy elsewhere to the south of those places as well with also some rain. the strongest of the winds taking hold as we head through rush—hour tomorrow and they'll continue into the the afternoon. still mild until that clears, a mucher cooler night thursday and a colder day on friday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to sally and dan. bye for now. hello this is breakfast, with dan walker and sally nugent. fighting famine in east africa — the government pledges £200 million in emergency aid. two million people are at risk in somalia and south sudan, devastated by civil war and drought. we are speaking about famnine at unprecedented scale. good morning it's wednesday the 22nd of february. also this morning: police hunt a murderer who's on the run after two armed men helped him to escape during a hospital visit in liverpool. the cost of repairing

homes will have to be demolished and thousands of businesses will be affected, like this farm in buckinghamshiret in two when work begins. it's going to completely alter the way i farm. i'll lose half the grazing that my cows can go out to. i'm not seriously convinced that the hs2 is a valid necessity to this country at all. the first section to the west midlands is due to open by 2026. an extension to leeds and manchester will open by 2032. hs2 should make journeys faster and more comfortable. we're just on the approach into our final destination for today's journey, which is birmingham new street. but keeping the project on time and on track could prove more difficult. ben thompson, bbc news in birmingham. the iraqi army has captured mosul airport from so—called islamic state. the battle for the western half of the city began earlier this month and the capture of the airport would be seen as a strategic victory. quentin somerville is the only western correspondent travelling with iraqi government forces and sent this report. you can hear gunfire and one of the last remaining villages between i

and thousands of businesses will be affected, like this farm in buckinghamshire.uld lose half of the grazing my calves can go out to. i am not convinced hs2 is of any necessity to this country at all. the first section to the west midlands is due to open by 2026. an extension to leeds and manchester will open by 2032. hs2 should make journeys faster and more comfortable. keeping the project on time and on track could prove more difficult, however. ben thompson, bbc news, in birmingham. the iraqi army has captured mosul airport from fighters from self—styled islamic state. the battle for the western half of the city began earlier this month, and the capture of the airport will be seen as a major strategic victory in the fight for the country's second—biggest city. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville is the only western correspondent travelling with iraqi government forces, and has sent this report. you can hear gunfire and one of the last remaining villages between iraqi forces and mosul airport. they are moving from various directions and you can hear coalition

and thousands of businesses will be affected, like this farm in buckinghamshire.is going to completely alter the way i farm. i would lose half of the grazing my calves can go out to. i am not convinced hs2 is of any necessity to this country at all. the first section to the west midlands is due to open by 2026. an extension to leeds and manchester will open by 2032. hs2 should make journeys faster and more comfortable. keeping the project on time and on track could prove more difficult, however. the white house has put an end to government protection for transgender students. president trump has revoked rules from the 0bama administration which gave pupils in public schools the right to use toilets matching their chosen gender identity — the ones they felt most comfortable with. advocates for tra nsgender rights argue they were needed to prevent discrimination. jess herbst is the mayor of new hope, texas, and the first openly transgender official to be elected in the southern state. she's been telling us what effect the change in the bathroom bill will have on tra

and thousands of businesses will be affected, like this farm in buckinghamshire.s going to completely alter the way i farm. i would lose half of the grazing my calves can go out to. i'm not convinced hs2 is of any necessity to this country at all. the first section to the west midlands is due to open by 2026. an extension to leeds and manchester will open by 2032. hs2 should make journeys faster and more comfortable. keeping the project on time and on track could prove more difficult, however. ben thompson, bbc news, in birmingham. this is bbc news at five. the headlines: high winds causing chaos, with every train company in the uk affected. virgin are advising passengers not to travel at all. prisons are to become places of rehabilitation, as well as punishment, under radical new government plans. net migration to the uk has fallen to its lowest level for two years, but it's still above the government's target figure of 100,000. and in sport... ca ntata cantata and make it wins at wembley as they try to overturn a 1—0 deficit against gent and earn themselves a pl

into 44 steps, mine is oxfordshire, we st into 44 steps, mine is oxfordshire, west berkshire and buckinghamshireo affect everything and we're going to fall over. are you a final year medical student?” going to fall over. are you a final year medical student? i am a final year medical student? i am a final year medical student? i am a final year medical student. there is a couple of points. firstly, in relation to that, the seven day nhs, what we need is more health professionals, radio ographers and pharmacist to have a fully staffed emergency cover seven day as week. what we don't need is people to have elective operations on a sunday. give our audience an example of an elective operation? carpel tunnel decompression. what? i a decompression. what? ia hip decompression. what? i a hip replacement. this is kind of circular, we are saying there aren't enough doctors, the morale is so low, you said two years ago you had a stroke and the care was excellent and people aren't having that same level of care. when i started at medical school six years ago, the morale, the way it felt to be in the nhs wa

like this farm in buckinghamshire. the land will be split into back when work begins.letely work begins. it's going to completely alter the way i farmed. i'll lose half the grazing my cows can use. i'm not seriously convinced hs2 is of any necessity to this country at all. the first section to the west midlands is due to open by 2026 and an extension to leeds and manchester will open by 2032. hs2 should make journeys faster and manchester will open by 2032. hs2 should makejourneys faster and more co mforta ble. should makejourneys faster and more comfortable. but keeping the project on time and on track could prove more difficult. ben thompson, bbc news, in birmingham. the bbc has learned that around 10,000 motorists were still driving last month, despite having too many penalty points on their licence. usually drivers are banned when they go over 12 points. but magistrates are allowed to waive the rule in cases of exceptional hardship. supporters say it gives drivers another chance, but critics say bending the rules puts other people at risk. 0ur correspondent david r