employees, could be at the forefront of the fight to reduce pollutants. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes explains. the impact on a condition like asthma is understood. but what is less clear is the wider effect on oui’ less clear is the wider effect on our health we experience every day. now, england's chief medical officer says more research is needed, not just for today's threats, but in the future. i am most concerned about airat this future. i am most concerned about air at this moment but we must not forget to measure the impact on health of other types of pollution, otherwise we could find in 30 years, there is a problem we didn't see coming early enough. this report says the nhs could lead the way on

dominic hughes, bbc news. coming up at six a:m., we will have all of the news, business and sports.latest headlines... a blueprint for brexit — theresa may will deliver a long—awaited speech setting out her plans for a future relationship with the eu. the misery goes on — heavy snow and deadly blizzards continue to lash many parts of europe — and will continue into the weekend. in the final furlong — campaigning continues in italy ahead of sunday's crucial general election. raising the temperature. president trump says he'll slap hefty tariffs on foreign steel to protect us workers. but is he playing with fire? now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with the telegraph. us president donald trump has said he will impose a 25% tariff on steel imports in a move that could trigger a global trade war. the european union has hit back warning the us it will "react firmly to defend our interests" the independent leads with brexit and a vow from uk prime minister theresa may to secure the most comprehensive trade deal "anywhere in

dominic hughes, bbc news.pting to murder a muslim woman by running her over. paul moore, from leicester, targeted zaynab hussein because she was wearing a hijab. he was also convicted of seriously injuring a 12—year—old muslim schoolgirl. dominic casciani reports. paul moore, convicted today of a racially motivated attempted murder. his victim, a somali mother from leicester, zaynab hussein. he didn't know her, he picked her out at random. last september after a night of heavy drinking he told friends he wanted to run someone over and in the early morning as parents took their children to school, he drove around leicester looking for a target. and it was here that paul moore found his victim. zaynab hussein was walking home after dropping her two youngest children at school and as she reached this spot, moore came round this corner, at speed and slammed into her. she smashed into this wall and when she hit the ground her head was bleeding and her limbs were broken. as she struggled to cry for help, moore drove

dominic hughes reports. been the case. this was a couple of months after i'd had my operation. in 2014, she was diagnosed with cancer of the womb. she'll never know for sure, but kath felt the extra weight she was carrying was a factor, so decided she needed to make changes in her life. i've got six grandchildren, so to be around for them, and to be around my children. they bring such a lot ofjoy, and the thoughts of not being able to grow up alongside them and see them achieving what they want to achieve, itjust made sense to do something. the latest data on cancer shows that smoking is responsible for more than 54,000 cancer cases each year. 22,000 people are diagnosed with 13 types of cancer linked to obesity. skin cancer, caused by too much ultraviolet radiation from the sun or sunbeds, affects more than 13,000 people. what we're talking about here is the actions actually that each of us can take individually to reduce our risk of cancer, but also, the actions that government can take to make the environ

dominic hughes, bbc news.uropean union has taken the rare step of recalling its ambassador to russia following the nerve agent attack in salisbury. it's being seen as a show of solidarity with britain after eu leaders agreed it was highly likely that moscow was responsible for the poisoning. ben ando reports. in brussels, the prime minister is asking for solidarity, not separation. and after a working dinner last night, the eu answered by withdrawing its envoy to moscow. in the words of one diplomat, "for consultations". it is a threat to our values, and it is right that here in the eu council, we are standing together to uphold those values. earlier at a press conference, the message hadn't been quite as decisive. we will discuss the salisbury attack during our working dinner, and we'll be ready to... to answer more precisely. later in a tweet eu council president mr tusk tweeted: sergei skripal and his daughter, remain critically ill, but police officer nick bailey, who was poisoned as he went to their assis

here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes.f‘s life but that is not always been the case. this was a couple of months after i had had an operation. in 2014, she was diagnosed with cancer of the womb. she will never know for sure but she felt that the extra weight she was carrying was a factor, so she decided she needed to make a change in her life. factor, so she decided she needed to make a change in her lifelj factor, so she decided she needed to make a change in her life. i decided to be around for my children, who bring such a lot ofjoy, and the thought of not being able to see them achieving what they want to achieve, itjust made sense to do something. the latest data on cancer shows that smoking is responsible for more than 54,000 cancer cases each year. 22,000 people are diagnosed with 13 types of cancer linked to obesity. skin cancer, caused by too much ultraviolet radiation from the sun or sunbeds, affects more than 13,000 people. we would hope that we will continue to see smoking rates come down, they have been coming

dominic hughes, bbc news. i'm joined now by sarah macfadyen from the british lung foundation.er today has shown that pollution is having a very real and immediate impact on all of our health. we know that breeding in toxic air is linked to cancer, lung disease, heart disease and for people who are already living with a lung condition, it makes their symptoms worse. it makes it very hard for them to get on with their daily lives. we talk about nitrogen dioxide but she is talking about a cocktail. what else is there that we should be concerned about? it can come from different sources. we are particularly worried about nitrogen dioxide which is mainly produced by diesel vehicles and by traffic in our towns and cities. we are also worried about the tiny particles that are produced by cars, industry, wood burning. we breathe these particles in, they go deep into our lungs and into our bloodstream and can cause health problems. clearly you're talking about asthma but were other conditions are you talking about? people living with long—term lung conditions such as asthma copd. what

dominic hughes, bbc news.mp give the block a permanent exemption from new ta riffs block a permanent exemption from new tariffs on steel and aluminium imposed by washington as part of the trade conflict with china. president trump has announced he plans to impose tariffs worth tens of billions of pounds on chinese imports. he said the duties were necessary and retaliation for years of unfair competition from beijing. china's embassy in washington says it is disappointed by the decision. our correspondent stephen mcdonnell is in hong kong. there has been a relatively measured response from china but with the threat that it is not afraid of a trade war? yes, it depends what you call measured! certainly the language has been pretty strong, for example the foreign ministry spokeswoman today said that this innovation we have seenin said that this innovation we have seen in china is not the result of stealing us technology and ideas but the hard work and determination of the hard work and determination of the chines

dominic hughes reports.ra weight she was carrying was a factor, so decided she needed to make changes in her life. i've got six grandchildren, so to be around for them, and to be around my children. they bring such a lot ofjoy, and the thoughts of not being able to grow up alongside them and see them achieving what they want to achieve, itjust made sense to do something. the latest data on cancer shows that smoking is responsible for more than 54,000 cancer cases each year. 22,000 people are diagnosed with 13 types of cancer linked to obesity. skin cancer, caused by too much ultraviolet radiation from the sun or sunbeds, affects more than 13,000 people. what we're talking about here is the actions actually that each of us can take individually to reduce our risk of cancer, but also, the actions that government can take to make the environment one in which we can more easily adopt healthier behaviours. the link between cancer and our lifestyle choices, whether we smoke and drink, how much we eat and exercise,

here's more from our health correspondent, dominic hughes.mportant part of caffe's life, but this... she felt the extra weight she was carrying was a factor and is decided to make changes in her life. i have 6 grandchildren, and to be around for them and my children, they have been a lot ofjoy, and the thought of not being able to grow up alongside them and seeing them achieving what they want to achieve, it just achieving what they want to achieve, itjust made sense to do something. the latest data on cancer shows that smoking is responsible for more than 54,000 smoking is responsible for more than 5a,000 cancer cases each year. 22,000 people are diagnosed with 13 types of cancer linked to obesity. skin cancer affects more than 13,000 people. we would hope that we will continue to see smoking rates coming down. they have been coming down at around 1% per year, so hopefully that trend will continue if not accelerate. sadly, we are not seeing accelerate. sadly, we are not seeing a turnaround in obesity related activity now or obesity related c

which employs a million staff — to lead the way in cutting pollution. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes serious air pollution on conditions such as asthma is well understood. what is less clear is the wider effect on our health of all the other pollutants we experience every day. now england's chief medical officer says more research is needed, notjust into today's threats but those in the future. iam most future. i am most concerned about aye at the moment, but we must not forget to measure the impact on health of other types of pollution or we could find in ten or 30 years there is a real problem we did not see coming earlier —— i am most concerned about air. the report says the nhs could lead on reducing pollution levels. with more than a million staff, the health service is one of the biggest employers in the country and responsible for around one in 20 road journeys. so for example the nhs could cut down on consumption of single use plastics and emissions from buildings. if nothing is done there are warnings that consistent long—term exposure to a range of pollutants, air, light, n

hughes. while the league 1 side dominated the first half the visitors capitalised on their chances.icking and the saints set to march on to wembley they made sure, doubling their lead and ceiling southampton's first fa cup semifinal in15 southampton's first fa cup semifinal in 15 years. great britain has won its first and only god medal of the winter paralympics on the last day of the games, menna fitzpatrick and her guidejen kehoe of the games, menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe got of the games, menna fitzpatrick and her guidejen kehoe got the visually impaired slalom gold so the british tea m impaired slalom gold so the british team has met its target. kate gray reports from pyeongchang. it was the golden moment they had been waiting for. menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe saved their best for last to ta ke jen kehoe saved their best for last to take gold in the slalom on the final day of the games. they were in silver medal position going into their second run and displayed a perfect performance, the time it was unbeatable. commentator: she's in front. their fourth

beautiful woman, i'm sorry, i'm being sexist, as well, in love with this dominant hollywood figure, this eccentric howard hughesh. >> who really changed science. this woman changed the course of how we live today. >> yeah. >> she really did. i had the same feeling as you do right now when i began working. i have investigative journalist and i convinced myself this is true. this was 100% true. >> her major invention was not necessarily helping howard hughes build a better and faster plane, and it was the frequency hopping that she apparently devised to block torpedos and the german u-boats were shooting british and other allied ships and we would play this clip and then we'll talk about it. >> one day in the summer of 1940, a ship load of children all hands lost, including '83 children. at the time the german u-boats were on the verge of winning the war. they seemed to be unthinkable because they easily outmaneuvered the outdated british torpedos. in times of crisis, most of us feel powerless, but a few discovering themselves unexpected strength and hedy being hedy, she said we need to do something about that. >

thomas james roby here, james hughes, he says he does not like cats at all but let's not hold that against him. let's look at the times‘s front—page. they are dominatingcebook shares hit extremely hard, no surprise really? no, on this story probably has a lot of lex to go. there is a lot going to happen before we see the end of this. —— legs. what this story really focuses on is almost the landslide we saw when this news came out and obviously, we have these so—called stocks, facebook, is on, google or alphabet, as they are known, these companies have been so well known for so long, with very little bad press coming out about them. —— amazon. little bad press coming out about them. -- amazon. apart from uber. yeah, apart from uber. we know that data is always a sticking point for any sort of social company, we know that when that has been compromised or used outside of anything it should be used for, there is a downside to the price. on the issue of cause for facebook and google, for example, in that group, and for twitter and others, if the decision is made, they should be regulated, policed in some way, what impact will that have on the likes of fac

thomas james roby here, james hughes, he says he does not like cats at all but let's not hold that against him. let's look at the times's front—page. they are dominatingon this story probably has a lot of lex to go. there is a lot going to happen before we see the end of this.

might have been panned by some critics but hugh it might have been panned by some critics but huthackman's musical the greatest showman continues to dominate uk charts for ten weeks. the film is loosely based on the life of circus impresario pt barnum, the greatest showman. adele's 21 managed 21 weeks on the top spot. is it true that if we keep the music going, you can sing along? you know all the words. i tell you what, my eight—year—old son evan does. he is learning it in music and primary school at the moment. so you have heard it a lot? i have heard it a lot. you can probably do bee numbers for us. ok, if we raise enough money in sport belief. be careful! really looking forward to the rugby, changing the subject quickly. so, can ireland complete the grand slam today? they'll have to do it at twickenham, where england haven't lost a match under eddiejones. let's ask our sports correspondent ollie foster, who's there for us. who's the smart money on, olly? it is so tactical. this is where it all starts for ireland. a fantastic afternoon of rugby head. the final round of matches. a triple bill. sandwiched in the middle is this match at tw