and, yeah, isuppose you just put, i do anyways, try and put a little bit more pressure on myself andt more responsibility to try and perform for your for your team—mates. it's been a long, long time since scotland have won the championship, the five nations as it was back then. what can we expect from scotland this year? i just want the public to know that we'll be... we're really focussed on this first game against italy. you know, this is something... this is a game that we got wrong last year in the championship and it ended up hurting, you know where we finished. we know italy are a really class outfit. and, you know, they gave us a lot of trouble last year. it's something that we want to fix and we want to show how much we've grown since since that tournament. so there's no promises for me or anything. it's just i'm excited to show the public how much we've grown. tell me about your passion for scotland because that's evident when we see you play. it means a lot to you. but for certain parts of your life, australia might have been the dream. you know, i've never shied away from

see some fairly rough weather any time of the year, i suppose, rough weather any time of the year, isupposee year, i suppose, but how does this compare?— year, i suppose, but how does this compare? yes, absolutely. it is often _ this compare? yes, absolutely. it is often windy _ this compare? yes, absolutely. it is often windy here _ this compare? yes, absolutely. it is often windy here and - this compare? yes, absolutely. it is often windy here and most| it is often windy here and most of the time we have strong winds, but this is very rare. i am sure nobody is out at sea and the light is constantly shining, which is lovely to see, but it is very different. it is crashing waves. we are set on rock and the waves are coming right over the top of the rocks, that classic lighthouse vision. {iii the rocks, that classic lighthouse vision. of course, that location _ lighthouse vision. of course, that location makes - lighthouse vision. of course, that location makes your - lighthouse vision. of course, i that location makes your hotel of great appeal to certain types of tourist. how many guests h

i mean, it might be a fun game, isuppose, like a party game to see what it came up with and, i hope,gh it. so what we began with is the fact that you do find writing difficult, more difficult as you get older, and yet you've just published a very successful new novel. are you prepared to go through the agony, the isolation, the pain again, and in your eighth decade get on with the next one? well, when i finished it, i thought, "never again," but already i'm feeling the lack of having that other space to go into and mess around in. i think it's been such an important part of my life for a0 years, and i can't imagine living without it. so i am, yes. won't cive u? ., �* alan hollinghurst, it's been a pleasure. thank you forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you very much for having me. hello. most eyes may be on the us for the presidential inauguration on monday, but for us weatherfolk, it's the atmosphere that's really caught our attention. a surge of bitterly cold arctic air all the way to the gulf of mexico and florida, clashing with warmer atlantic and gulf of mexico airjust to fire up a

so if these are north koreans and it is a huge coup, isuppose, for the ukrainian authorities.ir putin has been asked about the use of north koreans before, he has not denied their presence against... alongside russian soldiers. he has said instead that this is russia's prerogative. it's russia's sovereign business. now it's time for a look at today's sport with 0lly foster. we've had 16 ties in the fa cup third round on saturday, and just the one upset. premier league brentford were beaten at home by the championship's bottom side plymouth argyle it finished 1—0 at the g—tech stadium. morgan whittaker with the winner inside the last 10 minutes. plymouth sacked wayne rooney on new years eve and new boss miron muslic was in the stands to see their first win in over two months and first away win since april last year. at the minute my nations are all over the shops i'm just pleased for everybody and a lot of work goes in behind the seas so the supporters were two and a half thousand people here today coming to enjoy. that is what football is all about. i think the fa cup, i am ol

conservative party here, not actually on the main origin, i suppose, not actually on the main origin, isupposecritical remarks ofjess critical remarks of jess phillips critical remarks ofjess phillips in particular, which is elon musk and the role that he will have in donald trump's new administration injust he will have in donald trump's new administration in just a couple of weeks' time. harry farley in _ couple of weeks' time. harry farley in westminster, - couple of weeks' time. harry| farley in westminster, thank you. more than 60 million americans are in the grip of a huge winter storm that could bring the heaviest snow — and lowest temperatures — in a decade. several inches of snow have been dumped on eastern parts of the us. it's all part of a polar vortex sweeping down from the arctic. a state of emergency has been declared in seven states, including missouri, kentucky and arkansas. graham satchell reports. the snow is heavy, thick and relentless. this is stjoseph, missouri, where blizzard conditions have brought much of the state to a standstill. tens of millions of americans are bra

i have seen her a few times, isuppose, over the past 3 or 4 months. and she does... in addition to the visit to the royal marsden today, she's also going to become a joint president. a patron of the royal marsden alongside her husband, prince william, now the previous princess of wales. diana was also a president and patron of the royal marsden. so it's a connection, a royal connection with all of that. but i think we can expect to see the royal marsden as somewhere that she will visit over the months ahead as she makes this very slow and careful return to public duty. where is she at in terms of the weight of her duties at the moment? you know, and compared to when she was, well, for instance. yeah. she's not doing anywhere near as much as she would be doing. we've not seen very much of her at all over the past year. and in fact, the visit to the royal marsden today is, i think, the most significant solo visit she has made in 12 months. it's almost exactly a year to the day that she was admitted to hospital for that major abdominal surgery that ultimately led to her

isuppose mean, we've covered that story.uppose their, their coverage of it is a little bit more balanced, but you want the balance. you've had your guardian and the telegraph will say online, there's been lots of footage of palestinians shooting gunsin footage of palestinians shooting guns in the street and sort of going, this is a big victory. but supposedly there was a genocide. and then suddenly all these people have appeared and well—fed with their mobile phones, all taking photos and films balance. i like i like the palestinians, but i was trying to give the balance. but what bothers me is that's why i've put you over there, nick. thank you. yeah. it's better. it's obviously it's good. >> it's. >> it's. >> people can't get too excited because it's probably temporary. we don't know. >> but what bothers me is if it really was just trump's threat, you know, trump says bring back the hostages or all hell will break loose. you think like, why couldn't it have been done earlier? >> like if just trump threatening is all we nee

but isuppose troubling story for labour. but i suppose what they didn't expect and what i didn't expect when i wrote the story, is that it would spark this almost international conversation. we've had elon musk getting involved in this story, but also the conservative party now calling for a national inquiry across all of the towns and cities in great britain where this has been a problem, which is a pretty remarkable thing to say after a one labour minister says no to just one town having a public inquiry. but yeah, it's a public inquiry. but yeah, it's a it's an extraordinary response to, to that scoop. >> and you mentioned there all those different local inquiries that have been done. is there a tipping point at some point in which it's worth doing a national overview report? because then you allow, you know, people who are independent of all the different characters involved, and also connecting the dots between the different towns in the north, mainly in the north—west of england, where the north—west of england, where

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drag royalty, isuppose!ig winners at the golden globe awards — the first major honours of hollywood's awards season. your english? no, i am your english? no, lam not your english? no, i am not english. why? _ your english? no, i am not english. wh ? ., , , your english? no, i am not english. wh? ., ,, your english? no, i am not english. wh? ., , ., your english? no, i am not english. wh? ., ., ,, the musical thriller emilia perez, which tells the story of a mexican drug lord who changes gender, won four prizes in total, including best supporting actress for zoe saldana. the brutalist, which tells the story of a holocaust survivor who chases the american dream, also won three awards. and we'll have more on how the whole event unfolded at ten to seven. and think we need to catch up with the weather. if you're opening your curtains round roundabout now you might be getting a fright in some part of the country. carol can tell us more. , carol can tell us more. good morning- — carol can tell us more. good morning