Aggressive begging in the town before prince harry and Meghan Markle get married there in may. Raising wages could be putting jobs at risk as employers look to replace staff with Automated Systems and robotics. Ive come to this state of the art paint factory in ashington near newcastle to find out if new tech is good or bad forjobs. In sport, england falter after a promising start on the opening day of the fifth test. Alastair cook is one of three wickets to fall in sydney, england currently 155 3. And matt has the weather. Not only do we have more rain in the forecast but a severe spell of gales. All the details of the next 15 minutes. First, our main story. Children as young as 11 are becomming increasingly dependent on social media likes and comments in order to feel popular and fit in. A new study by the childrens commissioner for england found that children become increasingly anxious about their online image as they get older and are unprepared for how social media use changes as they get older. Elaine dunkley reports. Pounds and children, the right challenges of growing up in a digital age. Challenges of growing up in a digitalage. In the challenges of growing up in a digital age. In the hands of children. Reported today called life in likes, many children in secondary school are struggling to handle social media as the world expands. feel pressured because my friends do it so feel pressured because my friends do itsoi feel pressured because my friends do it so i had to do it to begin. You see people getting bullied on social media, they dont their parents. If you dont tell them, they will never find out. The rice the report shows that as children move schools, the way they use social media changes. Instead of playing games, getting the likes and comments becomes important and worryingly they also adapt their offline behaviour to fit an on line image. It isa behaviour to fit an on line image. It is a huge pressure on children at a time when there is immense pressure in our life anyway from moving to a new school and knowing thatis moving to a new school and knowing that is something we need to do more about. Secondary school can be a difficult time, when young people feel pressured to fit in. Todays report feels a generation could grow up report feels a generation could grow up feeling insecure and unable to cope if left to their own devices. And well be talking to the childrens commissioner for england Anne Longfield in around an hour here on breakfast. Nhs england will today reveal how hospitals performed over the notoriously busy period between christmas and new years eve. The latest statistics will cover the start of an intense period of pressure across the service. There are reports of overcrowding in hospitals and warnings about Patient Safety being compromised. Our Health Editor hugh pym reports. The weekly figures from nhs england covering the last seven days in december will include the proportion of hospital beds occupied, the number of accident and emergency units 1 f isa is a will concern is a major outbreak will develop, putting more pressure on a system under strain. The figure is no longer include hospitals of the highest of alert, indicating they are struggling to cope. The bbc found 20 have been at that level this week as opposed to a handful of the same time last year. This week as opposed to a handful of the same time last yearlj this week as opposed to a handful of the same time last year. I want to apologise for the fact that we have had to postpone a number of operations. We are trying to do it differently. Last year, we cancel a lot of operations at the very last minute. People got a call to say the operation was not going ahead. That is very undesirable. Weve got to do it in is very undesirable. Weve got to do itina is very undesirable. Weve got to do it in a much more planned way. When you have ambulances backed up, hospitals say in our overcrowded, people waiting for hours and hours on trolleys, it is a crisis and it is because seven years of underfunding and cuts. The government is burying their head in the sand. Tens of thousands of non urgent operations will be cancelled this month to allow senior doctors to deal with emergencies, creating a backlog, adding to a lengthening waiting lists for operations like me and hip replacements. And well be looking at the issues facing hospitals across the uk this winter a little later in the programme. President trump has accused his former chief strategist of losing his mind, after he lost his job at the white house. Steve bannon has been quoted in a new book saying that the president s son donald jr was treasonous for meeting with russians. Bannon, was one of the president s closest advisors until last year and helped shape mr trumps America First Campaign Message before he left his post last year. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. They were once as thick as thieves. But his job as chief strategist was short lived and he returned to his previous position as the head of rightwing outlet breitbart news. He promised to be the president s wingman outside but this reveals a different story. The most damaging claim is that steve bannon watched a meeting between donald trump junior and a bunch of russian lawyers during the campaign and considered it treasonous. Also a meeting between Paul Manaforte and jared kushner. The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a Foreign Government inside trump tower in the Conference Room on the 25th floor with no lawyers bannon is quoted as saying. He then said that after the meeting they should have called the fbi immediately. The president has hit back in a scathing statement. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has condemned the contents of the book as completely untrue. I think it is a ridiculous accusation and i am sure we have addressed previously. The book also says the steve bannon believes the russians were taken after the meeting to meet donald trump. The president has always denied that happened. With the Ongoing Investigation into possible russian interference in the president ial election, this explosive row between donald trump and his once trusted ally has left washington stunned. The Council Leader in windsor has called for action to tackle aggressive begging ahead of the wedding of prince harry and Meghan Markle in the town later this year. Councillor simon dudley has written an open letter to the Thames Valley police and Crime Commissioner, asking him to address an epidemic of rough sleeping and vagrancy. 0ur correspondentjon donnison is in windsor this morning. Takeit take it through this story. Take it through this story] take it through this story. , it is the police and Crime Commission of Thames Valley police, also copied into the Prime Minister and the home secretary. Simon dudley said there was a problem with oppressive banking and intimidation in windsor. He said many of the people begging in the town were not actually homeless and those that were were doing so, and i quote, because of a volu nta ry doing so, and i quote, because of a voluntary choice, because they had chosen not to use the council services. The Council Leader urged something be done before the wedding of prince harry and Meghan Markle here at windsor castle. I should say that Homeless Charities here have reacted pretty angrily, one Homeless Charity worker calling these comments is sickening and disputing the idea that anyone really would choose to be homeless. 0n the idea that anyone really would choose to be homeless. On a night like that, that rings pretty true. That the payments worth £3 billion a year will then be replaced by a system to encourage environmental improvements, such as rewards for opening up the countryside to the public. Australian recovery teams have started to raise the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed into a river near sydney, killing six people. Richard cousins, chairman of the Compass Catering Group, died alongside four members of his family and a canadian pilot when the plane crashed into the Hawkesbury River on new years eve. A group on a snowmobile tour in western canada might have been hoping to spot some wildlife amongst the snowdrifts, but they certainly werent expecting to see this. Here you can see the head of a moose peeping out from beneath the powder. It became trapped in deep snow, but the group came to its rescue. Youll be pleased to hear that they managed to dig it free and after around 15 minutes the uninjured moose was back on the loose. That is a very nice thought. Good morning. You would then had to get away morning. You would then had to get r morning. You would then had to get away very quickly because ministers can charge. That was a gratefulness for being rescued. Moose. Is it moose orjust for being rescued. Moose. Is it moose or just moose . For being rescued. Moose. Is it moose orjust moose . The plural . Moose. It was raining earlier on in sydney. We had to wait seven hours before the fifth test could get under way. All it does is ranger in the test at the moment. The ashes are gone. If they could just get one win. Englands cricketers are now faltering. After a promising start, englands cricketers have faltered on the opening day of the fifth test in sydney. They won the toss, chose to bat and were 88 1. Until they lost, both james vince and then alastair cook. Cook was out for 39 after he was given out, l. B. W under the review system. Englands hopes now rest on captain joe root he and dawid malan are at the crease. Root is 43 not out. England are 161 for 3. There was plenty of drama at the emirates as arsenal and chelsea played out a thrilling 2 2 draw. Hector bellerins injury time equaliser gave the gunners a point. A win would have moved chelsea above Manchester United but the draw leaves them third in the premier league table. West brom have defended their midfielder Jake Livermore after he confronted a west ham fan on tuesday night in response to taunts about the death of his infant son in 2014. They say all right minded football supporters could understand this reaction. West ham are currently investigating. With doubts, over several of the big names from the mens game, taking part in this years Australian Open, the world number 22, kei nishikori, has withdrawn from the tournament with a wrist problem. Andy murray, Novak Djokovic and rafa nadal are all struggling with injury ahead of the event in melbourne. Also, in the last hour, the british number one Johanna Konta has withdrawn with a hip injury. Injury plagued tennis. We were talking about moose earlier. To you know what a moose sounds like . Talking of animal noises, see if you can guess what this is. Close your eyes. crowing . It is an owl. It is a baby something. It is the sound of the first polar bear cub born in the uk in 25 years. I would never have guessed that. The reason the sound is so significant, born at highland wildlife park in scotland, hasnt left its mothers side and the reason the sound is so significant is that is the only evidence they have that the cub exists because they havent seen it. You cant go m, they havent seen it. You cant go in, they have bad immune systems. There is a great risk of infection. Youve got to wait until they come out. How do you know that . I was very interested in this story. Out. How do you know that . I was very interested in this storylj listened on the radio. They may be assumptions made from the sound. We are going to catch up with some of the team who can tell us more. Arctic weather, perhaps klose matt has the latest with what is in store. Yes, cold air is on the way for the end of the week into the weekend. More storms to come today across the south once again. At the moment we have big temperature contrasts across the uk. 13 in the south west, 1 in aberdeenshire. In between, rain to start in Northern Ireland. Stretching into Northern England and across southern areas. It is turning light and patchy. Skies will brighten. 70 75mph. The area of rain and hill snow will push north through the day. Increasing snow into scotland after a dry start. Parts of the north will be dry throughout. Sunny spells in 0rkney shetland. Cloudy elsewhere. From central southern scotland, moving southwards, we will see rain here in the afternoon, snow over high ground and it will be bright in the south west of Northern Ireland. To the north east it will be wet. Wind strengthening around Liverpool Bay. 60 mph here. Widespread gales around the southern half of the country into the afternoon. That could bring some rough seas around the west. And while the wind eases down in the evening, it will strengthen into the night in the south west. Severe gales possible. More rain in the south. The area of rain sits across southern scotland. Clear skies in between. Touch of frost here and there. Temperatures above freezing into friday. Tomorrow it isa above freezing into friday. Tomorrow it is a cool day across the country. It is quite breezy and around the english channel. Sunshine and showers in the southern half of the country. Cloudy with outbreaks of rain and hill snow. Rainfall is hotting up. Showers to the north and east. And it is set to get colder still. Into the weekend, we develop some arctic wind across the country to begin with. Strong winds at that. We have some rain across the south to contend with. It will be raw feeling. Showers will turn wintry into eastern scotland and north east england. Sunshine to the north west of the country. The wind will have a big impact. Single figures on the thermometer, it will feel closer to freezing. And to take us through saturday night into sunday, we continue with strong together force winds across southern areas of the country but High Pressure building in. So while we will still be feeling the effects of the cold weather, especially at night in scotland, Northern Ireland and england, temperatures not rising much at least on sunday most will have some sunshine. Certainly over the next 36 hours more strong winds to come, particularly in the south. Thank you, matt. We will have a look at the papers. First, the lead story on the front of the daily mail, children aged ten addicted to social media. Concerns from the childrens commissioner, and longfield, about the impact on social media among youngsters, and concerns about how they are handling it and the impact it is having. The times is looking at the leaks from Steve Bannons book and one of the stories out of this is that tony blair warned donald trump that the uk might have spied on him and we have to make clear that tony blair has denied it, but according to the times he warned donald trump that British Intelligence may have spied on him during the election. We will speak with the bbc later on this morning. We may get some information on that. The front of the daily mirror, they have gone with the lucky lotto winners, £24 million winner, and he comes from gloucester, celebrating with his five daughters. And this story concentrating on a man who has admitted to stealing from a victim of the Manchester Arena bomb. What have you got for us, michael . People moaning about how difficult to be a foot ball moaning about how difficult to be a football manager. 0ne manager is taking part in the dakar rally, andre vilas boas, in the dakar rally across south america. 70 people have been killed, others have been kidnapped. Extreme conditions. And they want jock related names. Kidnapped. Extreme conditions. And they wantjock related names. We have this wonderful story in the pictures. You know you cant force a cat to do anything, they are so independent. This little guy loves to be on, at the pony. He is a siamese cat riding a long and it is gorgeous, isnt it, so we won some war horse related. Can we have a quick animal picture . It was really windy yesterday and this is an cocka poodle in norfolk. Windy yesterday and this is an cockapoodle in norfolk. And a little sunshine, by the look of it. Thank you. Donald trump has accused his former chief strategist of losing his mind, after he was sacked from his job at the white house. The comments came after steve bannon was quoted in a new book disparaging trumps children. Bannon, who was one of the president s closest advisors until august last year, claims trumps son, donald jr, was treasonous in a meeting with russians and called ivanka trump dumb as a brick. The comments were first reported by guardian journalist david smith, who joins us now from washington. Good to see you, good morning. What do you make of this book . M good to see you, good morning. What do you make of this book . It is certainly extraordinary even by the standards of the Trump Administration which, as we know, seems to break the rules and push the envelope every day. Very striking that there would be comments about the russia investigation which has cast a dark cloud over the white house for more than a year. For steve bannon to turn on the drum family and describe the behaviour of Donald Trumps sun as treasonous and unpatriotic, it took a lot of people by surprise. The other bad news is steve bannon predicts the russia investigation will get worse and worse. There is a memorable line where he predicts Donald Trump Jr will be memorable line where he predicts donald trumer will be broken open like an eight on national tv and that the investigator will focus on Money Laundering as the main way of getting to the president. Along with that it getting to the president. Along with thatitis getting to the president. Along with that it is very readable and juicy. In terms palace intrigue and gossip and stories of factional infighting ina very and stories of factional infighting in a very dysfunctional white house. How does it all tied back to when steve bannon left the white house, he said he planned to help the donald Trump Administration by being his wing man outside. This seems far from it. Bannon has described himself previously as Thomas Cromwell in the court of henry viii, and he is sort of seeming to revel in the injury. I think that there was some writing in the wall early on around a year ago when bannon made the cover of those magazines and people refer to him as president bannon, you could be sure that donald trump didnt like that. Not a great surprise when he was ousted. And since then, it has been a strange relationship. We hear that they speak on the phone, at least until early december. That seems to have turned sour. They still have a lot of ideological overlap. They back the same candidates. In a special election in alabama recently. It does raise questions over the future of whether they will still be on the same site or scrapping over that populist, nationalist wing of the republican party. What insights has it offered in terms of the relationships in the white house. It has referred to Melania Trump and the day of the inauguration, their relationship, other personal relationships in the white house. Has it been a revelation in that sense . Yes. It has confirmed a lot of the rumours and reporting of just has confirmed a lot of the rumours and reporting ofjust how bad things are in terms of a cutthroat, poisonous atmosphere. But it has also furnished new details, some of which are disputed, some of which seem to be widely accepted and not denied, everything from donald trump and his wife having separate bedrooms, the First Time Since the kennedys, through to the minimal expectations anyone had about him winning this election and apparently melania burst into tears, not all joy, melania burst into tears, not all joy, when they did win. Strange tales of a veteran official trying to read the Us Constitution to donald trump and him getting bored by about the Fourth Amendment and not being able to concentrate. And then bizarrely the book claims donald trump has fears of being poisoned. And that explains why he regularly eat at mcdonalds because they wont know he is coming. Also a lot of very dysfunctional relationships, most particularly between steve bannon on the one hand and then Donald Trumps daughter is and son in law. And there are lurid tales of shouting matches and tea rs. Lurid tales of shouting matches and tears. The food strategy is interesting. Shall we talk about tony blair, the mention of tony blair in the book. Allegations of course of him allegedly telling donald trump that he may have been spied upon. But also looking for a job as a middle east perhaps envoy. Yes. It is claimed claimed tony blair visited last february and it is possible that donald trump was put under surveillance by British Intelligence during the election. And according to the book, this stuck in Donald Trumps mind and festered and it could tell us a lot about why trump has all sorts of paranoia about the deep state and accused barack paranoia about the deep state and accused ba rack 0bama paranoia about the deep state and accused barack 0bama of tapping his phones without evidence and so on. However, we have seen strong denials from tony blairs came about that. And i dont know whether he was touting for a middle eastjob, which seems to be hard to believe, maybe some spin from the trump white house, but very difficult to pin down. 0verall, house, but very difficult to pin down. Overall, this book is being well received, but there are people questioning some of the claims as you might expect. It is certainly gathering attention. Thank you very much for your time. David smith, washington correspondent for the guardian. Thank you. Ben is in ashington, near newcastle this morning, discovering how the rise of robots and automation could put some minimum wage workers at risk of unemployment. Yes, it is a really interesting study out from a think tank this morning that suggests more of us could be replaced by robots if the minimum wage rises too much and that is because it would be cheaperfor employers to use robots instead of humans if the wage goes too high. It is interesting. We have spent so much time on production lines in factories like this. You might expect to see more people around this. This is the dulux paint factory. There are 150 staff on the site. Most of the process is automated. They are filling up the paint tins here. The entire process from start to finish is automatic. They are using robots to do it. Then it goes straight onto the trucks to be sold up and down the country. And they have said they can do that because they dont need low skilled jobs. Most of the staff who are here are employed in the office is doing High Tech Engineering staff to keep the machines running. We will be here over the morning to find out how it all works and crucially what it could mean for low skilled jobs. We will talk about that little bit later. Before that, the news, travel and weather where you are watching brea kfast and weather where you are watching breakfast this morning. Good morning from bbc london news. Im katharine carpenter. Pregnant women are struggling with their Mental Health in higher numbers than previously thought according to researchers. The team at Kings College london found that as many as one in four pregnant women could have Mental Health issues including anxiety and eating disorders. Doctors say early diagnosis is key to help support families. As part of our leaving london series weve been hearing from businesses turning their back on the capital. Some say the costs here are just too high and theyre turning to cities like birmingham in search of Cheaper Office space and lower overheads. A woman from south london has become a World Champion body builder after just 12 months of training professionally. Michelle lawrence from catford trains at a gym in thornton heath, and follows a strict exercise and diet regime, as well as holding down a full time officejob. Now shes become a champion at the dfac World Championships in miami. Icame i came away from miami the overall champion, World Champion and in the professional division, so i went to miami to say i am going to do this andi miami to say i am going to do this and i am going to give it my best. Really i wasnt expecting to come back World Champion. Travel now. 0n the trains Southeastern Services via grove park are disrupted following a broken rail. Expect delays and cancellations. Out on the roads rush hour traffic is lighter than usual again this morning. This is the a13 which is busy but moving westbound through barking. Heading into london, the m4 is down to two lanes eastbound at j5 langley following a collision between the slip roads. And in greenwich south street remains closed northbound between the a2 at blackheath rd and devonshire drive for ongoing works, with some busy traffic expected on greenwich high rd as traffic diverts. Lets have a check on the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. Good morning. Get set for a very windy day across the capital. It is also a wet start. We have lots of rain around this morning. Then the rain around this morning. Then the rain will clear eastward. And behind it the wind will start to pick up this afternoon. We have another met 0ffice warning out for the strength of the wind. We could be looking at gusts this afternoon of up to 50 to 60 mph, and often cause transport disruption. It is going to be brightening up behind the rain. You can see the wind gusts in the black circles. They will really pick up through the first part of the afternoon. They gradually start to ease down. It will be 12 or 13 degrees. It is going to be a very windy day. The wind will start to ease through the course of the evening. Some showers around, possibly quite heavy and thundery in places. It will feel cooler tomorrow and the winds will be a lot lighter. Watch out for some showers. Some brightness developing. It is going to be very cold on the weekend. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Hello this is breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. Are childrens social lives now indistinguishable from their social media profiles . Well talk to the childrens commissioner about the increasing anxiety and pressure faced by young People Living their lives online. Well be at the highland wildlife park where a polar bear cub was born over the Christmas Holiday its the first to be born in the uk for 25 years. And telling the story of britain through the history of a single townhouse we talk to the historian david 0lushoga about his new show looking at the way we lived. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. Concerns are being raised that children as young as 11 are becoming increasingly dependent on social media likes and comments in order to feel popular and fit in. The childrens commissioner for england is warning that younger pupils are becoming anxious about their online image and are unprepared for how social media use changes as they get older and move into secondary school. Its a huge pressure on children at a time when there is immense pressures on our life anyway from moving to a new school and knowing thatis moving to a new school and knowing that is something that i believe we need to do more about. He Council Leader in windsor has called for action to tackle aggressive begging. The letter, written by councillor simon dudley, comes ahead of the wedding of prince harry and Meghan Markle, which is taking place in in may. Windsor homeless project described the comments as abhorrent the latest nhs statistics cover a start of intense pressure on the reports of overcrowding in hospital on warnings about Patient Safety being compromised. Donald trump has accused one of his greatest supporters of losing his mind. Steve bannon was his chief strategist until august last year. Hes been quoted as saying that donald trump and donald trump junior is treasonous the meeting with russians. The chairman of the Compass Catering Group died after a seaplane crashed north of sydney. Its now emerged that a plane with the same serial number also involved in the fatal crash in 1996. Yesterday we brought you news of storm eleanor, which caused disruption across the uk and its making itself known across Northern Europe too. Winds of more than 90 miles an hour hit the french coast. In brittany, sea defences were breached and waves flooded into the streets. And high winds in paris brought down scaffolding. In switzerland, 25 people were stuck inside a cable car due to strong winds later being rescued by helicopter and a train was blown off the tracks near lucerne injuring eight people. Those are the main stories on what the moment to salvage a little bit of pride. Australia won the first three tests and the fourth test was drawn. A bit of rain there. This is englands last chance to restore that pride. Is it half, half . Not quite like that. 3. 5, half, that is better than 3 0. Joe root, a lot of pressure. England are relying on captain, joe root to steady the ship, on the opening day of the fifth test in sydney. He won the toss, chose to bat and they were going well at 88 1. But then they lost james vince and alastair cook, in quick succession and england were 95 3. Root and dawid malan have steadied things though, and captain root has recently reached his half century and is 51 not out and malan 24 not out. England 171 3. One of the most dramatic games of the premier league season, saw arsenal and chelsea draw 2 2 at the emirates. Arsenal had gone in front, through jack wilshere, but the england midfielders goal, was cancelled out by a controversial penalty. Eden hazard converted it for chelsea, to leave Arsene Wenger unhappy. Marcos alonso, then thought hed won it for the blues, before hector bellerin, got arsenals equaliser in stoppage time. Chelsea stay third behind Manchester United, arsenal are five points off the top four. It would be nice of some stage but there were some thrilling moments. Yes, i think it was a great Football Game. When you come here, you see football in this what you want people to talk about. It was a controversy. And frustration. The social network driving everybody crazy what is important to me is how good the Football Game is. At the end of the game, i think that we decided to win but less for me because also for the players. It was a disappointment. When we are so close to winning the game. It is a pity. West brom midfielder, Jake Livermore, confronted a west ham fan on tuesday night, in response to taunts about the death, of his infant son in 2014. West brom say all right minded football supporters could understand this reaction, after livermore was seen in a heated exchange, near his teams dugout. They also also say the player, has the total support of everyone at the club. West ham are investigating the incident. We know andy murray is struggling with a hip injury ahead of next months Australian Open Novak Djokovic, rafa nadal and stan warinka are also struggling with fitness. And the world number 22 kei nishikori, has offically withdrawn from the tournament with a wrist injury. Nishikori hasnt played competitively since last august. Hes reached the quarter finals of the tournament in melbourne three times, but says he is not ready for best of five set matches. We mentioned andy murrays hip injury well it seems the british players are cursed with such things because britains number one Johanna Konta has retired from her quarterfinal at the Brisbane International against elina svitolina. Konta took the Decision Just two games after treatment for a hip problem. 0ne one player who isnt injured, carl edman, has won his first round match. Before i go, but always in those names, i always watch out of the corner of my eye. You always say it with such gusto. Those difficult names you get through quickly. Stelios dimitrou had a chocolate bar thrown at him. He deals with it pretty beautifully. Besides played out a 1 1 draw. By picking up the bar, taking his time. Slowdown, mr hair. A chocolate bar at the side of the road. It was probably earlier than that. Slow down, mr hair. That is probably the way you deal with nasty football fa ns. Is probably the way you deal with nasty football fans. I would not mind people growing chocolate bars of many. Throwing chocolate bars at me. Australian authorities have begun recovering the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed near sydney, killing six people. British businessman richard cousins, his two sons, his fiance and her daughter died alongside a canadian pilot when their plane plunged into the Hawkesbury River on new years eve. 0ur correspondent phil mercer is live in sydney for us whats the latest there . Where we are, this is west head, a short distance to the south sydney and esh sort short distance to the north isJerusalem Bay where the aircraft came down on new years eve and we understand from investigators that the salvage operation is almost over and the main body of the aircraft was fairly intact at the bottom of the Hawkesbury River but because of logistics, they had to bring it up piece by piece. 0ne because of logistics, they had to bring it up piece by piece. One of the main pieces to come up first was a damaged wing, an engine and propeller and tail. That has been lifted up an inflatable bags, pulled up lifted up an inflatable bags, pulled up out of the water on a crane and placed into a barge. That barge will be making its way from Jerusalem Bay to pittwater, the bank of water you can see behind me. Eventually, that evidence will become a crucial part of the investigation. As the times bought Safety Bureau tries to work out how and why a routine sightseeing trip could have ended in such tragedy. Have we heard any more from the relative since the accident . Weve heard from the new wales police. They say through the british consulate here in sydney, they have been liaising with family members of richard cousins, the chief executive of the compass group. He died alongside his family. Relatives are on their way to australia to hear for themselves about the investigation. In a crash teams do say within a month or so, they will be releasing their initial findings into the new years eve tragedy but a full account of this disaster could take up to 12 months. For the moment, thank you. Third world conditions with staff stretched to breaking point is just one of the ways the nhs has been described by medical staff. But officials have defended their contingency plans for the busy winter period and say the service is not in a state of crisis. Well discuss this in more detail in a moment, but first lets take a look at the issues facing hospitals. A surge asurge in a surge in patients since christmas and winter illnesses mean hospitals are struggling to cope. About 20 in england were on the highest alert level, meaning no available beds and severe delays were ambulances handing of the patients. My granny trip down the stairs and broke her leg and that was on new years eve night. The next day, she rang an ambulance and it took ten hours to come. We need to keep the doctors and nurses, at night, they are putting too much pressure on them. 0ther putting too much pressure on them. Other problems reported in parts of the uk. The Welsh Government said the uk. The Welsh Government said the Health Service was facing significant pressure. In scotland, a 20 jump in significant pressure. In scotland, a 20 jump in attendance as compared to the previous year, prompting an increase in patients waiting more than four hours. In Northern Ireland, the Antrim Area Hospital has been forced to bring in st johns ambulance volunteer to help with the surge in demand. 0n social media, doctors have been raising their concerns, saying crowded Emergency Departments are compromising Patient Safety. The Prime Minister has denied the Health Service in england is in crisis. Those who have had their operations, its disappointing, its frustrating but we will ensure those operations are put back as soon as possible. Adam robertsjoins are put back as soon as possible. Adam roberts joins us are put back as soon as possible. Adam robertsjoins us now. Joining us now in the studio is adam roberts who is the head of economics at the Health Foundation an independent charity working to improve Health Service delivery. Good morning. Among the emotional arguments right now, because we heard yesterday about hospital wards, the desperate situations people are in and it is quite hard to have a levelheaded discussion about how we are more generally. The argument coming from the nhs and from theresa may is the contingency plan has been put in place this year and that they are working. Can you give us a snapshot about whether there is truth in that . Where we are at the moment is the nhs is currently seven yea rs at the moment is the nhs is currently seven years into its most austere decade weve ever had. There is more going into the nhs part every year we ask the nhs to do more and more because the population is growing, the population is ageing and the money that is going in broadly covers that extra demand. But also we ask the nhs to do more and more every year. We are notjust trying to keep care the same. We are trying to keep care the same. We are trying to keep care the same. We are trying to do more. Whenever a new drug or procedure comes onto the market, of course we ask the nhs to deliver that. And in the same way as the price of shopping over christmas goes up, the cost of delivering that goes. Why is there a crisis now if you accept there is a crisis . Because we are seven years into this qggagse we are seven ¥earrg in; g §§£iki52 we are seven ¥earrg in; g r because we are seven ¥eare bee ef where period of eusteri tg where g ressu rg gislng on we a delivered. A a wins are , wins have and it e more iii and it; more andj and it; more and more disappeared and it is more and more difficult. This is similar to the crisis question, why are we taken by surprise every year . Yes. It happens, and you mention the population growth, we are getting older and living longer, that isnt surprising. Know, and beyond the money there is a serious issue around the workforce planning we have had. We have not been training enough staff, which means hospitals across the uk have a shortage of nurses, a shortage of consultants, a drop in the number of gps, so while we are focusing on hospitals in the winter, obviously the nhs is much bigger than that, and the focus is trying to make sure that people dont go to hospital if they dont need to, give them care earlier, flu vaccinations is an obvious example, but we have issues around staffing in out of Hospital Services as well. So are we at the point where it is not a conversation about money, it is not a conversation about how much money the government can plough into the nhs, are we at the point where we need to save the nhs needs to stop doing things, all we need to personally think about finding the nhs or it needs to be funded differently in some parts . You cant escape the money issue, it was made clear in the budget at the end of last year when three extra £2 billion was announced, and additional money coming out of that. Even looking at the governments independent forecast the additional funding was only half of what the nhs would need to keep pace with the rising demand i was talking about. You cant escape the money. But of course it is more than that. We are asking more of our dedicated staff and they are rising to the challenge but we cant continue to keep asking them to do more and more. If there isnt going to be more funding into the nhs i think we need to be honest and say we cant continue to improve the services we are offering with a budget that we have got. We will leave it for now. Thank you for that. You are going tojoin us leave it for now. Thank you for that. You are going to join us later on and we will talk about that. If you have stories you would like to share, yesterday we heard a lot about the immediate crisis people are in. Loved ones waiting in corridors, on trolleys, so it you have stories you like to share with us on have stories you like to share with usona have stories you like to share with us on a wider theme, let us know this morning. Good morning. Time to have an update on the weather. It has been very windy over the last 24 hours. What is the position . It is windy today. Certainly across windy and wales with severe gales later. At the moment it isnt desperately strong. Big contrast in temperature with south and north. 14 in exeter, 1 with south and north. 14 in exeter, 1 in huntly. Northern ireland has a wet start. Sleet and snow over the hills. Word across southern scotland and were across england and wales. It is brightening up from the south west. And the winds strengthen. We might see severe gales around the western coast late morning onwards and then developing widely inland in the afternoon. In contrast, northern scotland, the wind is light, showers around, the best of the sunny weather towards 0rkney shetland. Cloud elsewhere. Central southern scotland is wet in the afternoon with sleet and snow. Maybe bright in the south west of Northern Ireland later. Antrim on the wet side. Around Liverpool Bay we could see wind by mid afternoon 50 or 60 mph quite easily. Widespread gales across the midlands and wales and southern england. Afternoon sunshine here and temperatures up into double figures. Feeling reasonably mild compared to the north. In the south we will see another spell of rain and strong winds, 60 70 mph possible. Further travel disruption today and tonight, potentially further damage. Winds light of further north but still cloud around, outbreaks of rain and hill snow, and a touch of frost into tomorrow morning. Tomorrow mornings commute will be a cool one so cater for the chance of rain anywhere. Sunny spells developing for england and wales and wind in the english channel. And still cloud and rain, sleet and hill snow. In scotland and we have it for at least 24 hours as it sets in through today. Temperatures in single figures. They will drop even into the weekend. The weekend is going to be one which sta rts weekend is going to be one which starts very windy across the country. Gales in places, rain in the south, wintry showers across eastern scotland and north east england, but bright weather to the north west. With the strong wind, temperatures may maybe too 8d on the thermometer, this is what it will feel like, closer to freezing, thermometer, this is what it will feel like, closerto freezing, if not below, with a windchill of 32 5 not below, with a windchill of 32 5 across scotland through saturday 3 5 across scotland through saturday 3 two 5. 0n 5 across scotland through saturday 3 two 5. On sunday there will bea 3 two 5. On sunday there will be a lot of sunshine around after a very frosty start. Goodbye for now. Thank you very much. We will spend a bit of time this morning in a factory and ben is looking at automation, robots. Whether it is good for the workforce or if it could take away peoples jobs. One of the links is that we talk about low wages, and if people want higher wages, maybe companies will have to say, iam better off wages, maybe companies will have to say, i am better off automating so i dont have to pay at all and that is theissue dont have to pay at all and that is the issue many businesses are grappling with. Ben is in the north east. He is mixing things up. Morning. Yes, i see what you did, good morning. We are at dulux paint factory outside newcastle. How many times have we been on production lines like this fall of staff, whether they are loading machines, putting labels on, putting them in crates, but there are not many people here. They make 33,000 possible colours, so much so they can do here partjust150 workers. And most of them are upstairs in the office or doing the high tech things that keeps these machines running. Jeff is the site manager. Let me interrupt you. Not many people are here. It is a really big side. How can you run all of these machines without many staff . Yes, you are right, it is a big site with a lot of production going on. We are able to do this because of the high level of automation. We use the automation to allow us to get all of the technology that scientists have developed for customers and we use the automation to allow us to get that into these cans of paint for our customers. People would say you arejust our customers. People would say you are just replacing low skilled jobs with robots. That is essentially what this report says today. We dont need people any more because we have robots. Is there a danger that you use these lose of these staff and dont have to replace them with high skilled ones upstairs because you need fewer of those . Certainly not, i dont see that at all, youve got to understand what business youre in and for dulux, the business has been the number one product in what we do, and so what weve seen here it in ashington is the most events manufacturing facility in the world to keep ourselves in the number one position. The impact of that is for our employees, it means that when teams used to work in traditional processes , teams used to work in traditional processes, which were quite labour intensive, weve got a facility where the Work Environment is much better, we still need the equivalent number of employees in reality, but the investment in that training and skills is at a different level, so the combined impact, the teams we have at this site, and what they are able to do to ensure that we keep products number one is at a different level now. For now, thank you very much. Really interesting, the point about training. Well and good to get rid of the skilled jobs filling tins of paint, but the issue is if the people are available with the right skills for the high tech jobs that have become available. With me now is mark, who works in recruitment. It is an interesting picture, because we have seen a lot of firms set up here with a lot of because we have seen a lot of firms set up hers i vith a lot of because we have seen a lot of firms set up hers i e . is} . . . About because we have seen a lot of firms set up hers i awe55 have ut because we have seen a lot of firms set up hers i swig . Have youlllll ll car plan. What change have you seen in demand forjobs and which are available . Technology and investment in technology is good news for the north east in uk with record levels of employment at the moment. 0ne north east in uk with record levels of employment at the moment. One of df efflflifimtfifflisffififiefitififietjilzt ll ll. Things that is