steve: jayne o'donnell. jayne: thank you. dr. collins, i would love to hear more about your thoughts on the kind of research that is not medical. i personally am not surprised research is not well supported, given the well-known importance but also influence of the pharmaceutical industry on capitol hill, but i wonder what you would say to members of congress about the importance to look at prevention , to throw more money, to put it bluntly, behind research into ,hings such as hunger, poverty the kind of things that are leading to the addiction and poor health so many people have. the so-calledckly depths of despair, without the hall drugs, and suicide. what about these underlying societal problems that often get -- alcohol, drugs, and suicide. what about these underlying problems that often get ignored? dr. collins: they should not get ignored and i am with you on that. we have an entire institute on drug abuse which is the lead in our major efforts on the opioid crisis, which is an example of one of the depths of despair that

that someone was her sister—in—law, jayne.child and i wanted that for my brother and sister—in—law and we would do anything, as we have done, to make it happen for them. i don't see her as my child. i think if i had had issues and had the baby blues or post—natal depression then, as we talked with the counsellor, then maybe surrogacy may not have been a good option for me, but i have had no problems before. penelope's special book of herjourney. i think we always felt it was important to do so that we could write down everything we were feeling and all of the steps we had gone through so that when she is old enough, maybe five years old or so, we would be able to tell her how she came into the world. baby penelope jayne tessa was born on november 23 after being conceived by ivf on the nhs. penelope is biologically ours so i had to go through ivf and have my eggs removed. jayne had to have injections herself as well, so there were two of us going through that and for me, to watch jayne having to go through that and know it is f

that someone was her sister—in—law, jayne.feeling and all of the states we had gone through so that when she is old enough, maybe five years old or so, we would be able to tell her how she came into the world. baby penelope jayne tessa was born on november 23 after being conceived by ivf on the nhs. penelope is biologically ours so i had to go through ivf and have my eggs removed. jayne had to have injections herself as well, so there were two of us going through that and for me, to watch jayne having to go through that and know it is for us as well was really tough to take. we had a lot of ups and downs. it is not easy at all. it did not work the first time, there was a lot of upset and actually, at the point whenjayne came to tell us that she was actually pregnant, i think i had given up hope. i really thought it was not going to happen. jayne arrived at our door with a positive pregnancy test and it was just the most incredible moment of my life. in the eyes of the law, jayne is penelope's mum and laura and stephen can appl

jayne mccormack.hive of activity in recent days with devolution restored after a three—year hiatus. the dup and sinn fein agreed a deal that includes new legislation for the irish language and ulster scots and now the five main parties have rejoined the executive. it feels like business as usual but it's not. that's because after the december general election, the dup and sinn fein saw their vote fall while the alliance party saw a surge in its vote. it will be keen to make its muscle felt in the new assembly. there are new ministers in the executive, too, tasked with taking tough decisions on health and education, with those budgets are under severe strain. there is £1 billion in extra funding coming from the government to help with that but money isn't everything. the parties have to prove now that they can get past the honeymoon period and share power again. but time will tell if this really is a new decade with a new approach. jayne mccormack. there were fresh developments in scotland, too, as bor

jayne, what have people been saying to you there?and surfaces every day. if you ta ke thousand surfaces every day. if you take a camera, as we did, onboard a train and asked people how do you feel about it? my goodness, they are going to vent. as you heard before, the customer service satisfaction survey, 28,000 people found that ostomy satisfaction in this service, northern was lower than any other. this is what happened, this is why people told us as we went on the 517 from here at manchester piccadilly to southport yesterday. we've squeezed under northern's manchester to southport train from piccadilly. well, it's meant to go to southport. it is rachel. you get on the train and then they will cancel it at wigan without telling you. i am to stations after wigan. it willjust be cancelled and you will be made to leave the train. how has that impacted you?” will be made to leave the train. how has that impacted you? i have a little boy he was two. a lot of the times i won't be there to put him to bed. you need a taxi or someone to put

jayne mccubbin, bbc news.y the secretary of state commissioned an urgent piece of work to gather the facts about smart motorway safety." and you can see more on that investigation on inside out at 7.30 tonight in yorkshire, the north west and the east and west midlands. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. the first tennis major of the season, the australian open, is under way and there have been some significant results. john watson is there for us. i'm hearing news about dan evans. good morning from a wet melbourne. the good news for british tennis fans is the british number one in the men's singles is safely through to the second round. he managed to complete his match on an outside court before the rain descended. an impressive victory that he had to do the hard way against mackenzie mcdonald. he was two sets down before winning the next three to win over five sets. a tough match for dan evans, who is seeded at a grand slam for the first time in his career. a lot of expectation on his s

our correspondent jayne mccubbin brought them together to talk about a problem which it's estimated could0h, ella. i miss everything about her. her smell. she used to touch my face. she didn't want to be forgotten. and i hope her death hasn't been in vain. this little cough turned into the chronic asthma which killed ella when she was just nine. ever since, her mother rosamund has made it a life goal to fight for clean airfor all. just over there is where she used to cross the road every day. they lived on london's south circular, one of the busiest roads in the country. so there's illegal levels of air pollution all over the uk. we keep on hearing about waiting lists getting longer and i personally believe air pollution is a contributory factor to that. and it's not just you, though, is it? no. the chart foundation, the royal college of physicians... yep, everybody. ..science is on your side. yeah, we all know now. medical evidence is mounting. today this former school teacher is an advocate for health and air quality for the world health organisation, lobbying governments around the wor

jayne went out and had a look.o the world of sneaker heads. the most sought after otherjordan one sneaker. ok. most expensive is the off—white jordan unc. 1500. sneaker. ok. most expensive is the off—whitejordan unc. 1500. yeezy 700, yeezy 350. they all made by kanye 700, yeezy 350. they all made by ka nye west. 700, yeezy 350. they all made by kanye west. are you? sneakers, trainers, whatever you call them, they are big business in the realm ofa they are big business in the realm of a bigger business of athleisure. which we will now have modelled for us. give us a 12. this is emerge by billy iliffe. she is an artist. how much? £800. —— billy eilish. jaidee sport is one of the high street's biggest stories, limited ranges there are snapped up and sometimes sold here. only 200 pairs released or something like that and the sneaker community in manchester will cue up to get their hands on a shoe and come straight to hear and sell it on to us. and make may be 100 £200 profit. and you can make a profit on that again? it

they were helped by a match winning interception from stacey jayne francis.t bristol flyers. amir williams starred for the 2018 runners up as they closed out the game, winning 67 points to 59 at the birmingham arena. in the women's cup final, sevenoaks beat durham 74—64 robert paxton has won his first world indoor bowls championship. the commonwealth games bronze medallist beat fellow englishman nick brett in a close final at potters resort in great yarmouth. this shot in the tie—break set proved the key moment as he claimed his first singles title. neil robertson needsjust one more frame to complete a whitewash victory in the final of the european masters. the australian is 8—0 up against china's zhou yuelong in austria, requiring just more frame in tonight's session to clinch victory. yuelong appeared to be struggling with fatigue after his semi—final match finished in the early hours of sunday morning. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. now it's time for click. three, two,

jayne mccubbin, bbc news. so countdown to that.y, sorry. yes, we're all counting the cost of christmas, and the retailers are no exception. i really important time for the retailers. well, aldi reported on monday, telling us this christmas was it's best ever in the uk. sales were up nearly 8%. not such good news from morrisons. yesterday it saw a 1.7% fall in sales over the last three months, compared to the same time last year. this morning it's the turn of high street retailer greggs. how many mince pies did it sell this year? and we get an updates from the uk's 2nd largest supermarket sainsbury's. greggs has had a great year — profits up last time we heard from them thanks to its vegan sausage roll, and plans to open 100 stores — they've already got more stores than mcdonalds in the uk. so will be interesting to see how they've done over christmas. but it's been a tough year for supermarkets — we're cutting back our spending and although the big 4 — tesco, morrisons, asda and sainsburys — still dominate the market and have the m

brea kfast‘s jayne mucubbin is there for us this morning. where exactly are you?. yes, we are in the museum of sunderland and winter gardens, and this is a fascinating place. if you live outside sunderland, you will know of this city's association with nissan ca rs. this city's association with nissan cars. this is the very first bluebird to run off the factory lines in 1986. if you live in sunderland, you will know this guy. his name is wallace, a lion that someone hundred and 50 odd years ago mauled his owner. everyone has forgotten the trainer, he is a local legend. analyse that. anyway, this place is dedicated to the industrial past of this city, and the keyword. one of the key reasons why sunderland voted so heavily in favour of brexit is because it left behind. that is one of the things that boris johnson behind. that is one of the things that borisjohnson is going to talk about later today when he comes in this city. he is going to talk about levelling up. so we wanted to talk about how people feel in their hearts, in their guts, about this historical momen

jayne mccubbin, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather.d cloud which is thickening up, we have the potential for wet and windy weather overnight into tomorrow morning, but already ahead of that we have fairly grey skies over parts of wales and towards the south—west we have the clout thickening and still quite cold further north, mind you, but with showers and a touch wintry over the higher ground. this is the main area of rain developing widely over england and wales and as the wind picks up it will push the wetter weather at north into the cold air. the airquitea weather at north into the cold air. the air quite a bit cold as we move into scotland, very much milder through the midlands towards southern england, but we have wet weather on the scene on thursday morning, stronger winds for a while, stays dry in northern scotland but wetter weather petering out over southern scotland and northern england and to the south we have sunshine. ahead of developing rain in the south west later on. this could be quite heavy and thundery. quite a ran

breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin reports. my my name is miriam.d with his grandad along the m6 where it had been turned into a regular lifeline. his grandad stopped the car. laurie smashed into it. he was killed instantly. the coroner issued a warning. how smart are smart motorways ? a warning. how smart are smart motorways? smart motorways were introduced in 2006 to control traffic flow. they think they are so smart, and automated system can spot a car that is broken down. it is a person at the control centre manually looking at several screens. we we re manually looking at several screens. we were not told in at the inquest how many screens they have to look. we did not get the answer. fundamentally, you are leaving these screens possibly unattended. the super smart technology which can spot a vehicle in danger and send help straightaway is available but only on a small proportion in london. are they smart enough? no, definitely not. on average, it is taking about 17 minutes to spot a vehicle. that is 17 minutes too long. 0na vehicle. that is 17

brea kfast‘s jayne mccubbin brings us his story.gend he is. fantastic. if you have, you will recognise these legs. you will definitely recognise that body. oh, thank you, thank you. he is halfway through a charity work from —— walk from john o' groats to land's through a charity work from —— walk from john o' groats to lands end, famously wearing only... undergarments, speedos. thank you. how have you not died of hypothermia, speedo mick?” how have you not died of hypothermia, speedo mick? i don't know, maybe i've got kryptonite or something going on for my blood. i don't know. here we are, we are on ben nevis in me knickers. and step—by—step, it has all been documented on social media. who knew scotla nd documented on social media. who knew scotland was so big, man? people looking out their windows for the man in his pants. anglin, scotland. speedo mick! it wasn't me, officer. it is brilliant. it really is, and it is painful. what is driving you on? well, the fundraising. thanks, man. honestly. people all stopping, beeping, donatin

breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin brought them together to talk about a problem which its estimated could kill to touch my face. she didn't want to be forgotten. and i hope her death hasn't been in vain. this little cough turned into the chronic asthma that killed ella when she was just nine. ever since her mother rosamund has made it a life goal to fight for clea n has made it a life goal to fight for clean airfor all. has made it a life goal to fight for clean air for all. just over there is where she used to cross the road every day. they lived on london's south circular, one of the busiest roads in the country. so there are illegal levels of air pollution all over the uk. we keep on hearing about waiting lists getting longer and they personally believe air pollution is a contributory factor. and it's not just pollution is a contributory factor. and it's notjust you, is it? the thai foundation, the royal college of physicians, everybody is on your side. yes, we'll know now. medical evidence is mounting. today this former school teacher is an advocate former school teacher is an advocate for

kimberly leonard, who covers health policy issues for "the washington examiner," and health reporter jayne o'donnell of usa today. i want to begin because this june marks the 20th anniversary of decoding the genes that make up the human body.