Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20180106

As australia build a lead of 133 in the final ashes test. And what does it take to cut it as a ninja . Ive been having a go at the sport that started injapan 10 years ago, and is now taking a firm hold here in the uk. Temperatures in parts of the us are predicted to fall to minus 29 as a record breaking freeze follows heavy snow caused by the so called bomb cyclone. Not quite so cold here stav has the details. It is turning much colder for all of us it is turning much colder for all of us this weekend, but on the plus side, we should have some sunshine this weekend. I will have the details for you very shortly. First, our main story. A lawyer who represented victims of the serial sex offender john worboys has told bbc breakfast that some of her clients, whose cases werent taken to trial, want prosecutors to re examine their evidence. The former black cab driver is being freed from jail after ten years. He was convicted of 19 offences, although Police Believe he carried out more than 100 attacks. Lawyers say that a number of women were told that their testimony wasnt required to put worboys behind bars for a longer period of time. Tom burridge reports. The decision to release rapist john worboys has raised profound questions about the way sexual crimes against women are investigated, and whether the procedures for releasing criminals need changing. Worboys picked up young women in his black cab, duped and drugged them, and then carried out his attacks. He was convicted of 19 offences in 2009, and given an indefinite sentence. But, in total, more than 100 women said worboys tried to drug and assault them. Some allegations were investigated, but no further action was taken. I think womenjust i think women just wantjustice and they want their voices to be heard. The cps said, dont worry, we wont rosicky in your case because hes going to be in prison for a very long time, he will be on an indeterminate sentence, is going to be locked away. They now want their case to be given the proper scrutiny that it deserves and a decision to be made as to whether or not a prosecution is going to be brought in there cases. Under law, what we cant know is why the parole board has decided he now under law, we cant know is why the parole board has decided he now no longer poses a risk to the public. Five Online Gambling companies could have their licenses revoked over concern theyre not doing enough to help problem gamblers, or prevent money launderers from using their sites. The Gambling Commission has written to all 195 Online Casino operators, to tell them about the safeguards they should all have in place. Our Business Correspondent jonty bloom reports. One third of all gambling in the uk is now online, and its worth billions of pounds. The Gambling Commission has been reviewing the safeguards that all companies should have in place. Theyre designed to prevent problem gambling getting out of control, and to prevent money being laundered by criminals or terrorists. Sarah harrison, chief executive of the Gambling Commission, said. But the Commission Found many signs that customers gambling was becoming compulsive were not being followed up, and some staff had little idea of how to stop money laundering, or, of how to spot money laundering, or, in some cases, even what it was. As a result, the Gambling Commission is warning all Online Casino operators to review their procedures, and has begun an investigation into 17 online companies. Its considering whether it should review the licences of five of them. Losing its licence would mean a company would be unable to continue to operate in the uk. President trump has taken to twitter overnight to show his continued frustration over the release of a Controversial Book documenting his first year in the white house. Calling the author of the book Michael Wolff a total loser, the president accuses him of making up stories. Mr trump also calls his former chief strategist steve bannon sloppy steve, claiming he cried when he was fired. The book, called fire and fury, has now gone on sale early, despite attempts by the white house to block its publication. The United States has been criticised by other members of the United Nations Security Council for calling an emergency meeting to discuss Anti Government protests in iran. China and france said the unrest did not threaten international security. The Iranian Ambassador called the meeting a farce and repeated claims that the protests were being directed from abroad. Easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are among the major employers whove been revealed to pay women on average at least 15 less than men. Organisations with more than 250 workers must publish their figures by april more than 500 have done so. Another 8,000 must publish by april, or risk being fined under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination. Weather forecasters in the United States have warned that the weekend could bring record breaking low temperatures in some parts of the north east. The National Weather service predicts wind chills as low as minus 40 degrees celsius. Russell trott has the latest. The public coming to the aid of public transport on the streets of eastern boston, as snow and ice left many stranded. Elsewhere in the city, the Emergency Services are working flat out, and in deep water, as high tides flooded roads close to the harbour. Plummeting temperatures meant much of massachusetts was under huge quantities of snow. And after a three foot storm surge brought seas inland, the flood water froze, trapping cars in ice. For the homeless of chicago, life on the streets is now all about survival. Those who do find shelter are happy to be anywhere but outside. We see an average of 700 800 people every single day. Sometimes there are people who come in when its extremely cold who wont come in when its not so cold. A sudden drop in temperatures can hit hard anywhere. In florida, where in some parts snow fell for the first time in 30 years, cold seas saw hundreds of turtles rescued after their muscles started seizing up. As thousands of snowploughs are deployed throughout the eastern seaboard, forecasters warned that the weekend could bring record breaking low temperatures. Plans to improve reading standards amongst children from disadvantaged backgrounds have been announced by the department for education. Therell be a network of 35 literacy teaching centres across england, to work with primary schools that are in challenging areas. Labour says the funding will do nothing to change government cuts to school budgets. There will also be schemes to improve the vocabulary of Pre School Children in the north of england. This is about investing around the country, bringing together teachers and literacy specialists, so we can make sure that we do even better on reading and writing and standards, but also that we dont see any children falling behind. A bar owner has been left shaken but not stirred after being reunited with whats thought to be the most expensive vodka bottle in the world. Made of gold and silver with a diamond encrusted replica of the russian imperial eagle on its cap this extravagant bottle was on loan to a bar in copenhagen when it was stolen last week. It has been found, though. The bottle, which is worth nearly a Million Pounds, was found empty on a construction site in the city. But its not believed the theft will affect its value and the bar owner says he simply intends to fill it up again and put it on display. The spotlight has been on the british legal system over the last couple days, since it was announced that serial sex offender, john worboys, will be released after serving ten years injail. The chairman of the parole board has apologised that some victims werent told before the news was made public. And questions have also been asked as to why no further prosecutions were brought, even though Police Believe worboys had attacked more women. So, does the system need to be more transparent . Lets discuss this with barristerjohn cooper, whos in our london newsroom. Thanks for talking to us this morning. Lets get a view from you of what you think has happened in this case and whether you think everything has been done properly . Well, on the face of it everything does seem to have been done properly. That said i can understand the frustration of the public, and indeed my frustration as well to a degree with the law which says we cant see the evidence. But in terms of the process, it has gone as one would expect, except that it seems the victims, or some of them, were not informed of the decision, and thats where it has fallen down, the lack of information to victims, that this man is going to be released to. As far as the process is concerned, it should do. Looking at how the pa role it should do. Looking at how the parole board has come to this decision, then, what do you think us being able to see this would change . What the parole board have to consider is whether an individual is dangerous to society. Perhaps i should just explain the imprisonment for public retention system. It has been abolished, actually. But there are still cases such as worboys, about 3000 prisoners who are still serving from before it was abolished. Thejudge serving from before it was abolished. The judge will give a normal sentence for the punitive element of the sentence, in his case eight years, and then add to that the ippr it was considered that the individual was dangerous. And they could only be released after they had served their initial sentence if the parole board, after hearing evidence and seeing documents and having an assessment of the individual, were convinced that the person was unsafe to be released. In this case clearly the parole board have considered evidence, which we have considered evidence, which we have not seen, and had reports on him and have come to the conclusion that he is no longer dangerous, and they are applied should, if that is their conclusion, effectively to release him. So, theyre taking the evidence which was available at the time, is that correct . Obviously, theyre aware of the charges and the convictions, but they will have taken evidence since he has been in custody to see for instance whether he has been rehabilitated. This procedure takes place for all prisoners who are on ipps. In this case we spoke to kim harrison, whos representing some of the women who we re representing some of the women who were assaulted byjohn worboys. What they are upset about is that at the time the prosecution, there was evidence. There was a lot of evidence, to prove that he had attacked, they say, more than the women who he was charged for attacking. The cps at the time told these women that they had enough to put him away for a long time. And this evidence, the extra evidence, wasnt used. Is that normal, that this extra evidence, which could have contributed to a longer sentence, wasnt used . Thats not normal, certainly not in cases such as this. If there was evidence, and i have to say if there was evidence, if it was cogent, clear and strong, in serious cases such as this, it should have been presented to the court for consideration. But also during the course of this debate which weve been having over the last 2a hours, we need to look at the role of the police. Is it a case of the cps having evidence and dismissing it because it wasnt sufficient, or is it the cps for insta nce sufficient, or is it the cps for instance wrongly dismissing it . There may be an issue here about whether or not the police thoroughly investigated these other charges. The Crown Prosecution Service will only bring a prosecution if they think that there is a reasonable prospect of success, or it is in the Public Interest to do so. It might be that they considered there was not a reasonable prospect of success because the police had not thoroughly investigated. Let me at three points to you. I would love your opinion on this. The victims are angry about not being able to testify. They were never told, kim harrison says, that there was a problem with the reliability of their evidence. Thats the first point, they were simply told it wasnt needed. The cps released a statement yesterday saying that 83 complaints were made during the initial investigation that many didnt pass the evidential test. And then on top of that, as youve mentioned about the metropolitan police, they have said vocally that there is a suspicion that he assaulted more women. So, when you put all of that together, doesnt it seem very unusual that more evidence wasnt used and that it is already changing what could be a further prosecution in this sense . Lets deal with the matter two first. Firstly, the police have suspicion that other offences have been committed. Well, that is not evidence. The police have a lot of suspicions, it Means Nothing unless it coalesces into evidence. 0n the second point, evidence that was obtained by the cps not passing the threshold, that is the reasonable prospect of success threshold, 50 50 chance, well, then they cannot bring a charge anyway if it does not pass the threshold. Maybe the police could have taken more evidence to make it past the threshold. And your earlier point, if there is other evidence out there, lets have it, it is important to. I hear with your report that the complainants are saying that they now wish to further make a complaint is but well, thats good if there is evidence that he can be prosecuted. There is no sell by date on prosecution, so lets see what happens. Youre a barrister with three decades of experience. You make me feel old i apologise but that is a good thing in terms of what youre bringing to this interview. There is a feeling now that victims of Sexual Assault are being let down by the legal system is that fair . Well, that is a generalisation. No, its not, as far as the general situation is concerned. There have been massive developments in the criminaljustice system over the last decade or so to make it easier and more acceptable for complainants to give evidence. So, that is unfair. Sometimes things go wrong, as in anyjob. But generally, i should say, and it is important i get this message out to people who complain about these serious offences or any offences, that the criminal justice serious offences or any offences, that the criminaljustice system is well designed and well equipped to deal with these complaints and indeed to make it as easy as possible for people who are victims of such crimes to give evidence. And i would encourage them to come forward and not necessarily be affected by scare stories to the contrary. John cooper qc, thank you for your time. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. Heres stav with a look at this mornings weather. It isa it is a bit frosty . Yes, it is. Ice warnings remain in force for parts of the south west of england and for scotla nd of the south west of england and for scotland for the next few hours. Be careful out on the roads in the next hour or so. This weekend is turning much colder across the board. Hour or so. This weekend is turning much colder across the boa rd. Weve got the cold air syncing southwards. A lot of cloud across england and wales but we do have those holes in the cloud ridges where we have seen the cloud ridges where we have seen the eyes. Further north, weve got a band of cloud and some rain, which is falling as snow over the Higher Ground. Some wintry showers affecting the north east of england towards eastern scotland. Elsewhere, much of the north west of england in towards Northern Ireland and scotland, cold frosty start with plenty of sunshine around. But the north west wind will be keen and cold. Clearer, drier, brighterair coming south. For most of us in the south, bright and sunny and cold this afternoon, but wind will be bitter. 0vernight the cloud is a way for most areas. There could be a bit of rain hanging around across south east, but most places will be dry cold tonight. Towns and cities, temperatures, down to 10 over the Higher Ground of scotland, so a very cold nights to come. Lots of sunshine tomorrow. The winds generally lighter. Still quite breezy across central and southern england, however. And a really cold day. The area of High Pressure moves away is to it, allowing an easterly wind to pick up, which will bring more cloud in on monday. Starting the new working week, cold and frosty, but more cloud moving in until eventually, this weather system behind me will win out on tuesday and wednesday, bringing outbreaks of rain and turning things a little bit milder. Have you ever experienced the temperatures that were seeing in the states right now, because i cannot imagine it . Not with heavy snow and strong winds as well as emma obviously its the chill factor. That i remember 21 in cheshire back at home, it was Christmas Eve 2010, it killed the victory and themm in our garden thats quite sad and i remember in the early 80s it was even colder than that, we had 26 on the Shropshire Cheshire border, of the record lowest in the uk. I remember just about as a kid these massive icicles hanging from the gutters u psta i rs icicles hanging from the gutters upstairs and wc, you ask a meteorologist a question thank you so much until now a lot of cancer patient is have had to go abroad if they wanted Proton Beam Therapy. However, by the end of this year the first nhs run proton beam centre will be up and running at the christie hospital in manchester. It is a multi Million Pound project and it is nearing completion. 0ur Health Correspondent Duncan Hughes has been taking a look. You missed a hole, mum. Six years ago, lucas was fighting for his life. Diagnosed with cancer, he was sent to the United States to receive a potentially life saving treatment called Proton Beam Therapy. Not being at home, being around strangers, it was awful. Mum jodie says travelling all the way to the United States was a challenge for the family and with an immune system damaged by chemotherapy, lucas fell seriously ill and almost died. Just being there on your own, its a lot to be going through, just dealing with the cancer. You need your family and your friends around you, you need people to talk to. Throughout that time, youre away from your support network of friends and family. Its a long period of time. The treatment alone is six weeks. We found it really, really difficult. Up till now, the nhs has sent patients who needed Proton Beam Therapy abroad, but after years of campaigning and fundraising, it will soon be available in the uk. Its inside a specially built centre at christie hospital in manchester that medicine and physics meat, offering a new way to treat life threatening cancers. Young patients will benefit most because their tissues are growing and very sensitive to radiation. But there are also tumours which are next to quite critical structures in the body, say, the base of the skull or around the spine, and this Technology Enables us to give a treatment dose to those patients while avoiding those critical structures. With standard radiotherapy, a beam travels through the tumour that can damage sensitive tissues in front, behind and around it. But a proton beam is much smaller, and stops at the tumour, causing less damage to otherwise healthy tissue. Were now below what they call the treatment gantry, where patients will be seen, and this really is the guts of this huge, 200 ton machine and its one of three that are being built here in manchester. But down here, you really get a sense of the scale of this project. The protons, which come from the heart of an atom, are generated in a particle accelerator known as a cyclotron, which was carefully lowered into place last summer. Then, travelling at a speed of 100,000 miles per second, theyre directed with pinpoint accuracy at the tumour. Put it on. Six years on, and lucas is cancer free and full of beans. Where are you putting it . With the Manchester Centre coming on stream later this year, and a second one in london to follow, the hope is that those needing the life saving treatment Proton Therapy will soon be able to access it closer to home. Dominic hughes, bbc news, manchester. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news, its time now for a look at the newspapers. Investment managerjustin urqhart stewart is here to tell us whats caught his eye. First, lets look at the front pages. The stock exchange, booming, apparently. All the stock markets went up last year, it was fantastic, the only one which didnt was our own ftse 100. The nasdaq up 30 , its quite astonishing. Solutions to be careful, because now is the time when everybody says, lets pile in. No. When things get overexcited it isa no. When things get overexcited it is a dangerous time for private investors. They interest at the top of the market and sell at the bottom of the market and sell at the bottom of the market and sell at the bottom of the market. You need to be brave at the time when others are fearful. So youre saying, you need to take risks. Be careful. It is a longterm investment. And since donald trump the stock markets have gone up, he will say. Yes, thats true, but compare it with president 0bama, and during this year it has gone up by 20 , but in 0bamas first year it went up by 44 . So, actually, some of the things he comes outwith, hes a rather strange fantasist. Talking about some of the things he comes up talking about some of the things he comes up with, this bombshell book, as they are calling it in the daily mail, its as they are calling it in the daily mail, its extraordinary, isnt it . I know there is a saying you cant make it up, but you can its quite astonishing its the most fantastic novel. Whats worrying is that actually this is the leader of the strongest country in the world. You say its true, some people will take a look at this book and go, this is written by somebody who doesnt like trump, and those who believe it will believe it and basically youve got to ta ke believe it and basically youve got to take everything with a pinch of salt. The diehard Trump Supporters will say its fake news. But with all of these elements youre getting the first comments about the 25th amendment. The 25th amendment was last wrought up when Ronald Reagan was in power. The 25th amendment, the cabinet, his cabinet, actually says that the president is not fit for office any longer and they can effectively out him. For the first time were beginning to hear people talking about this as a potential way of being able to manage this individual. The story goes from stranger to stranger. Wasnt there something in there about how many times he repeats a story, and the fragility of his. His mental health. His mental health. And coming up shortly he has to do his annual health check up, which has to be published. This includes notjust physical but also mental well being. Who does it . I dont know the name of the doctor. Because that is interesting, isnt it . The person who does it. I have to assume it is an independent one. Apparently im just hearing it is the same doctor who would have done president 0bamas so there is some continuity. There has been a statement overnight from someone saying, i have never questioned his mental health. Lots of weather stories around, from america and the freezing conditions . And we are not left out of. This is the daily mirror and this is the beach down at chesil beach down in dorset. And storm talanoa took what was a perfectly good pebble beach and removed the pebbles and then further down in the article, rain, floods and now the drought. This reservoir down in kent is half full, in the middle of winter. This is not encouraging. Shall we have a quick look at the golf course . Who else is going to talk about the good golfing story . i have only played with my Business Partner tom up in new england on a course which is not quite as eccentric as this. This one has got a 400 metre drop from where youre teeing off to where youre supposed to be reaching the delicate. This is down in south africa. 400 metres, dubbed the extreme 19th teak. I have to say its probably the only one i would get close to, itjust requires gravity, i would think and it is shaped in the shape of the continent. Thats very clever. So you can just tee off and hit africa what you dont want to do is get down there and find your ball and not have to climb back up on the two bigger is that the voice of experience . im afraid so coming up in the next half hour. Well be hearing about the adventures of bertie the bear, as he travels the world to raise awareness of the work of the Royal Air Forces association. Stay with us, headlines coming up. Hello. This is breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. Good morning. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. A lawyer who represented victims of the serial sex attackerjohn worboys, has told bbc breakfast that some of her clients, whose cases werent taken to trial, want prosecutors to reexamine their evidence. The former black cab driver is being freed from jail ten years after being convicted of 19 offences, although Police Believe he attacked many more. Solicitor kim harrison says that a number of women were told that their testimony wasnt required to put worboys behind bars for a longer period of time. Earlier, barristerjohn cooper told us earlier, barristerjohn cooper told us it could be possible to launch a new investigation. If there is evidence out there, lets have it. I hear from your reports that complainants are saying that they wish to make further complaint, that is good. If there is further evidence, he can be prosecuted. There is no sell by date in prosecution, so lets see what happens. Five Online Gambling companies could lose their license over concerns about their approach to problem gamblers and money laundering. The Gambling Commission has written to all 195 Online Casino operators, warning them to review their procedures. It comes after the Commission Found some companies did not follow up with gamblers who were becoming addicted, and failed to prevent money being laundered by criminals or terrorists. President trump has taken to twitter overnight, to show his continued frustration over the release of a Controversial Book documenting his first year in the white house. He called the author of the book, Michael Wolff, a total loser and accused him of making up stories. Mr trump also calls his former chief strategist steve bannon, sloppy steve, claiming he cried when he was fired. The book, called fire and fury, went on sale yesterday, despite attempts by the white house to block its publication. Easyjet, ladbrokes and virgin money are among some major employers who have revealed that they pay women, on average, at least 15 less than men. Organisations with more than 250 workers must publish their figures by april more than 500 have done so. Another 8,000 must do the same by april, or risk being fined under a new law intended to tackle workplace discrimination. The search for the missing mh370 Malaysian Airlines plane that disappeared almost four years ago is to be resumed. The jet was carrying more than 200 passengers when it vanished in 2014. Now a private us Exploration Company called 0cean infinity has been given permission to continue the search, which ended last year. The United States has been criticised by other members of the United Nations Security Council for calling an emergency meeting to discuss Anti Government protests in iran. China and france said the unrest did not threaten international security. The Iranian Ambassador called the meeting a farce, and repeated claims that the protests were directed from abroad. Those are the main stories this morning. What do we need to talk about now . We need to talk about the sport. But can we put a really positive spin on it . On the cricket . I am struggling they did get the captain steve smith out before he got his century. Brilliant but then along came the marsh rollers. Brothers. I dont see any way england can win this final test. Australia are 133 ahead, two more days to go, they have six wickets and their first innings in hand, so they could bat on and on, and make england have a final day at the crease joy for all england fans. Two wickets all day in the syd ney fans. Two wickets all day in the sydney sunshine is all england got as australia tortured once again. Patrick gearey joins as australia tortured once again. Patrick geareyjoins us from the ground. Maybe you could put a bit of gloss on this, but how do morra lies tour the england camp now . Demoralised the england camp . M tour the england camp now . Demoralised the england camp . It was ha rd demoralised the england camp . It was hard watching, brutal heat, they have only taken two wickets all day, they are 133 runs behind. It was the pink day, when a lot of the crowd wear pink in honour ofjane mcgrath, wife of the bowler Glenn Mcgrath and her battle with cancer. Moeen ali got him, caught and bowled. England thought they had khawaja, as well, but it was a no ball, the lbw didnt stand. Khawaja moved onto 171, and it gave licence to the marsh brothers, who then tucked into the bowling and started moving the game away from england, shaun marshjust short of his century. Australia in this strong position in the test, 133 runs ahead, six first innings wickets still in hand. So what will england say to each other overnight . Is it about saving grace, any crumbs of co mfo rt . Is it about saving grace, any crumbs of comfort . To go 3 0 down instead of comfort . To go 3 0 down instead of 4 0 is something, but we are a long way off 3 1. Of 4 0 is something, but we are a long way off 31. What struck me in Jonny Bairstows press conference was how determined years. England have not given up, they are not like the last touring party where it all fell apart. Perhaps mason crane might rip through the australian lower order, perhaps englands batsmen have some heroics left in them, but the evidence does not point to that. England have only taken point to that. England have only ta ke n two point to that. England have only taken two wickets today, two yesterday, and this pitch is going to spend more, which will help the australian spinner who has been far more dangerous than any england spinner in this match. And it will be about 40 celsius here on day four. I would like to be able to give you good news, but im afraid it looks really tough. Thank you for trying, patrick. You will need a hat and lots of sun cream ahead of day four. But i have some good news coming up in a moment of one sport in which a british guy has beaten the australians in their own backyard, that is to come in a few moments. But first, the fa cup. On to the fa cup third round, one of the highlights of any sporting year, because all the top teams enter the competition. And in the merseyside derby, the worlds most expensive defender scored the winner for liverpool, while Manchester United left it late to beat derby county at old trafford. Drew savage rounds up both matches. The pressure lifted off the shoulders of the man with a £75 million price tag on his back. A debut to remember for Virgil Van Dyck on a night that provided plenty of talking points. Was this a penalty . Liverpool bossjurgen klopp didnt think so, but bobby madlys opinion was the one that counted. James milner, the calmest man at anfield. Mason holgate wasnt. There was bound to be reaction from Roberto Firmino. The referee decided to step in. Liverpool have had most of the play, but everton countered with some quality. Gylfi sigurdsson with some quality. Gylfi sigurdsson with a worthy second half equaliser. And then the big moment arrived for a certain dutch defender. Commentator and van dijk gets it fans and manager alike delighted with the winning goal. Here in front of the kop, that makes it even better it was a proper cup fight, andi better it was a proper cup fight, and i like that. Championship side derby put up a proper fight away to Manchester United, and were six minutes away from a replay when this happened. Commentator lindgard, good hit, he has done it again jesse lingard, magnificent strike. Derby will be free to join their push tojoin derby will be free to join their push to join united derby will be free to join their push tojoin united in derby will be free to join their push to join united in the derby will be free to join their push tojoin united in the premier league. Drew savage, bbc news. As you saw in that report, there was an incident in the first half, involving Roberto Firmino and mason holgate. Lets have another look. Holgate pushed firmino into the stands, and, afterwards, it appeared firmino said something unwelcome to holgate as the players came together there. The referee has included it in his report, and im sure well be hearing more about it. Youll have noticed theres no dan walker on the sofa today. He is pretty hard to miss and we do miss him. Thats because football focus is out on the road with the fa cup, and theyre at Fleetwood Town for the early kick off against leicester. We were looking forward to seeing the return ofjamie vardy to his old club, but hes injured, so it seems unlikely hell be playing. There are Nine Premier League teams hoping to avoid an upset against lower league teams. 0ne one of them is Newcastle United who ta ke one of them is Newcastle United who take on high flying luton town. And in the luton side will be the two sons of the former england midfielder rob lee who made his name in newcastle. What were your first memories of your dad and what he did for a living . We didnt pay much attention to it it is only since i have got into professional football, i realised id was top end, and i dont like to tell him, but he was half decent so great memory of rob lee in his newcastle days, and today, the young lees playing for luton town. The feud between Manchester United Managerjose Mourinho and Chelseas Antonio Conte appears to be escalating. In mourinhos latestjibe, he said he would never be suspended for match fixing. Conte was given a short ban a few years ago for failing to report match fixing at his Previous Club siena, although he was later cleared of any wrongdoing. Mourinho was responding after conte said he was getting old and losing his memory when it came to his own touchline antics. In rugby unions premiership, baths three match losing run is over. They beat worcester by 46 points to 25 and it was a memorable match for lock james phillips, who scored only his second try in 63 league games. That earned bath the bonus point. In the pro 14, scarlets made it 17 home league wins in a row with victory over dragons they looked very comfortable, running in seven tries, each by a different player, to win 47 13 and open up a seven point lead at the top of conference b. Elsewhere, edinburgh beat southern kings. Now, it is this earlier. England may be losing in the cricket again, but one brit is flying high down under, after beating the aussies in their own back yard. Or rather in the skies above. 0llie chitty has set a new world record for distance travelled by hang glider. He went 388 kilometres, 241 miles. Thats like going from london to midddlesbrough in one flight. It was at the International Classic competition, and took 0llie five and a half hours going at an average speed of 55 miles per hour. We dont need the ashes hang gliding is where it is that. 55 mph must be really noisy. You could see the way he was wiggling his body as he tried to jump from thermal thermal, because you are going under your own steam, using only the air. I went your own steam, using only the air. Iwent up your own steam, using only the air. I went up with a former champion, she could see things in the sky, changes in the environment and atmosphere, thermals rising, it was incredible to watch. I didnt realise that, that you could do it visibly. It is very clever, very technical. A bit like sailing but in the air. Mike, for now, thank you very much indeed. The time is nearly a quarter to nine. From next saturday, it will be illegal to add a surcharge onto payments by debit and credit cards. The worst offenders are airlines, food delivery apps and Small Businesses which typically add a fee for card payments. But how easy will it be to enforce, and will Companies Find a way around it . Moneybox presenter paul lewis has been checking the small print and we can speak to him now. How do they justify the how do theyjustify the charges . Sometimes you have to spend more than five quid or whatever. At the moment there is a charge that the firm bears by the credit card provider, so they will pay an extra charge on every payment, but it is not very much, it is now about 0. 03 , but they add 2 or even up to 596. 0. 03 , but they add 2 or even up to 5 . But from next saturday, they can not apply any surcharge at all, it should be that straightforward. However you paid, apple paid, paypal, credit card, debit card, it should cost you the same, so it should cost you the same, so it should be simple. Will it work . This is the big question. They think the Big Companies will make every effort to comply, there is evidence they are already. But i think some of the smaller ones may not, and the problem is, which we identifyjust yesterday, we had a comment from the trading standards institute, because trading standards institute, because trading standards institute, because trading standards officers are the ones that are supposed in force this rule, so if somebody isnt doing it, they should say, you must do it, or they should say, you must do it, or they can take them to court, but they can take them to court, but they told us this with no extra funding, budget cuts of over 56 and 250 or more pieces of legislation to enforce, it is unlikely to be a priority for any local trading standards. So it could be that even if someone is disobeying the law, it will be quite hard to make them change their ways, because trading standards are, as they say, very busy and dont have that many resources. Busy and dont have that many resources. And shops are busy as well. If you are standing at the till and youre being charged the extra you challenge it, it is hard to know how you can appeal against that, you cant refuse to pay. To be fair, it doesnt generally apply in face to face credit Card Transactions any more. It is almost exclusively online. But it is not just shops and retailers. Buying airline tickets, tickets for concerts and even local government, if you try to pay council tax by credit card, you will find there is a surcharge, and hmrc, revenue and customs, they make a surcharge, so all of those should go. But they are finding different ways around it, the revenue people will simply not accept credit cards from next saturday, so if you are trying to get your Self Assessment money paid, do it by next friday, by the 12th, or you wont be of able to pay by credit card. And money box is an at 12 30pm with more advice. You may be feeling down about the cricket, but it is better here than ina lot cricket, but it is better here than in a lot of places, trust me. And stav is here to tell you why. It is an incredible cold wave across the north east United States. These are saturday afternoons values, nearly 20 celsius in a few of the southeast canadian cities. 0vernight close to 25, almost 30 celsius, and it will be bone chillingly cold with the wind chill factor. We have our own with the wind chill factor. We have ourown fairshare of with the wind chill factor. We have our own fair share of ice this morning. This photograph from topsham in devon. Across parts of scotland, were turning colder through the course of the weekend. There will be some early sunshine across the south west as the skies we re across the south west as the skies were clear overnight, hence the frost and ice. Further north the band of cloud and rain, with the snow the hills. Skies continue to brighten up all the while across Northern England and through the morning, we will continue to see wintry showers north east and towards north east scotland and Northern Ireland. 0utbreaks towards north east scotland and Northern Ireland. Outbreaks of showers continuing across the north east, being driven in on that north easterly wind, which will be pushing that cloud further southwards. So by the latter part of the afternoon, lying across south wales into with east anglia and the southeast. Some spots of rain, plenty of sunshine elsewhere. The cloud continues to move southwards, eventually clearing the south coast overnight, we could see a hang back across the south east, more of a breeze, but the rest of the country, clear skies, light winds and a recipe for a really cold night to come. Could reach 10 celsius in scotland. It means sunday starts off very cold and frosty, but at least bright, lots of crisp sunshine. The wins brighterfor bright, lots of crisp sunshine. The wins brighter for most of us, although the central and south areas of england will feel quite raw, a further north even though the winter light, around freezing, so a really cold day. High pressure still with us cold day. High pressure still with us into monday, but its lips eastwards into the near continent and then allows some easterly and south easterly winds to come off the near continent, and that will feed us near continent, and that will feed us in creasing amounts of cloud. Starting cold and frosty, with some sunshine, but increasing cloud. Then it is set to turn down and milder from the atlantic. Back to you. Enjoy the dry sunday tomorrow. Thank you, stav. If youre someone who checks their social media timeline regularly, theres every chance youll have seen a tweet this week from our next guest Army Veteran Rob long. Rob lost his sight during a tour of afghanistan in 2010. This week he brought worldwide attention to a little known feature, that can describe pictures to visually impaired twitter users. This is his tweet, explaining how to adjust your settings to include audio descriptions of images. Its been shared over a hundred thousand times, since he posted it earlier this week. It is simple. A lot of people dont realise that this can be done on their phones and devices. But this is how the feature works for people like rob. This is a post he uploaded on new years eve, with a picture. Computer reads the caption. Large German Shepherd dog laying on the bed looking at the camera with a ferret between his front paws, also looking at the camera. Rob joins us now from our london newsroom. That was quite funny, that description of that picture, but so important that these things are accurate good morning. It is fantastic. The response this tweet has had, and the support i have had across the world with this is fantastic. It has been a brilliant response from everyone. Fantastic. It has been a brilliant response from everyonelj fantastic. It has been a brilliant response from everyone. I suppose many people would think that if your site is in pairs, why on earth would you be using twitter in terms of seeing the pictures, it seems quite a thing. If youre eyesight is impaired. Twitter is perfect for blind and disabled people, because primarily it is a conversational platform that is text based, and a lot of screen readers focus on reading at text. Before this it was primarily about reading out the text and being able to communicate online with other people. But with this new added feature and the attention it is getting, it is a missing piece of the puzzle, when now we can contribute fully to peoples posts online and in social media, and especially in this day and age, social media is using pictures and art to convey your message is, a really useful tool, and now with being brought into the fold, blind people are able to contribute to these posts. And what do you think these posts. And what do you think the reaction has been in terms of, have you seen an overwhelming reaction in response to your tweet, but in terms of other people who are visually impaired, what have they said to you . It has been amazing. People have really got on board with this, and other visually impaired people, some of them didnt know about this. I only found out about it last month, but they have been saying, thank you for bringing attention to this. The gratitude should go to all those people who read two to date and supported it, the people who are allowing us to be involved, they were accidentally excluding us before, just because they didnt know this existed, and im really grateful to all the sighted people out there who have taken the effort to make the simple changes to bring us into this. Taken the effort to make the simple changes to bring us into thism taken the effort to make the simple changes to bring us into this. It is interesting the language you are using, being brought back into the fold, accepting us, allowing us to use these systems and these facilities. You lost your site in afghanistan in 2010, and i wonder if he were, tell us what happened and then also have excluded you felt from those whose site was fine after the accident. Obviously its changed my world completely. I didnt know about Assistive Technology or any of this stuff. I was on patrol in afghanistan in 2010 when i was hit by an ied which resulted in me losing my left eye on the battlefield straightaway, and when i got back to the uk, my right i had to be removed, so the eyes you see, i have two prosthetic eyes, and it is basically pitch black for me, so the visual world no longer exists for me, the portraits i see are in my mind. During my rehabilitation process , my mind. During my rehabilitation process, blind veterans uk came up to me and handed me an iphone, and this was 2010 when smartphones were still quite new, and i said, how am i going to use a touch screen phone . They trained me to use it, and it is so intuitive, the swipes and everything, i can just so intuitive, the swipes and everything, i canjust do myself, the voice is clear and concise, and it is not something you have to download or get an extra apps to get on it, or apple products come with it automatically on, which is fantastic. It stops the lag or any extra memory getting taken up, and it also, i have the same kit as eve ryo ne it also, i have the same kit as everyone else. I dont have a specialist blind phone or disabled phone that makes me stand out or anything like that, it is discreet and subtle. And i understand other smartphones offer this and can use apps to download this. I suppose there is also an onus on the social media sites to make sure that these facilities are able to be accessed as well. You have spoken about twitter, but there are other social media sites that people want to use, and apps, of course. That was one of the great thing is that it brought up, because everyone the great thing is that it brought up, because everyone was the great thing is that it brought up, because everyone was able to contribute, so a lot of visually impaired and people with other disabilities were commenting on the thread, and flagging this with social Media Networks and tagging them in it. And the response from other social media platforms was fantastic. They were on board, and a lot of focus and attention has been brought to this now, which is great. People are contributing who are cited and who are blind or have other disabilities, and because there is so much attention on it, there is so much attention on it, the Companies Want these people, and wa nt to the Companies Want these people, and want to bring this audience in, and wa nt to want to bring this audience in, and want to include disabled people, and it is really helpful. You have helped us by being an breakfast with us helped us by being an breakfast with us now, letting us know about this facility. We wish you all the best, thank you for talking to us. Thank you. I have enabled my phone, it is so simple and it makes such a difference. It is 8 56am. When 95 year old Marjorie Thomas lost her raf veteran husband colin in 2014, she was at a loss and feeling alone in the world. Shortly after, the Royal Air Forces association befriending service introduced her to sean, a former air vice marshall, and theyve exchanged e mails every single day since. Now theyre sending a teddy bear bertie around the world to raise awareness of the service. Heres how our reporterjj chalmers got on when he went to meet the three of them on one of their regular lunches. Its a friendship that might at first seem unlikely. Welcome i get my arm underneath yours. Tell me when. But 95yearold Marjorie Thomas, a great grandmother from solihull, and shawn belle, a Company Director and former raf commander, have been firm friends for three yea rs. Have been firm friends for three years. It is our favourite restau ra nt, years. It is our favourite restaurant, isnt it . Lets take you in. The pair have a military connection the brought them together in the most poignant of circumstances. Your late husband served in the raf. I met him before he went into the air force, and he was 16. And we met at ada is academy, learning how to dance. Ata academy, learning how to dance. At a dance academy, and he was a beautiful dancer. Everything we did, we did together. And when i lost him, that was a big hole. How did you first meet him . I first met him at colins funeral. He read the 23rd psalm, and he saluted the casket, which was a lovely gesture. I wrote a letter and thanked him for his kindness, and five weeks later i had a letter from him asking if i would like to go down to london to the clu b like to go down to london to the club and have an afternoon tea, and of course i was delighted. Now sean and marjorie e mail every day and meet every few months for what marjorie jokingly meet every few months for what marjoriejokingly calls meet every few months for what marjorie jokingly calls hot date. Am i allowed a bit more . You wont slap me . Thats because you havent had any lunch. I havent. Buti me . Thats because you havent had any lunch. I havent. But i had one of your takes. The well air forces Association Says this sense of connection is of valuable benefit of its befriending service. We think there are about 170,000 just within there are about 170,000 just within the family with experience in loneliness and isolation. This is about empowering people to remain pa rt of about empowering people to remain part of the community and empowering both the beneficiary and the befriend to stay connected within the raf family. Today there is another guest at the table, bertie the bear, marjories there who is embarking on an adventure around the world to raise awareness of the Royal Air Forces association befriending service. Marjorie up until about a year ago could travel and has travelled really widely in her life, but she was no longer able to travel as much. I cant change that, but what i can do is give Something Else that can travel the world, and bertie the bear came up. One of them is heading off to bali via dubai, one of them is off to malaysia. This bertie has been flying in one of the blades are patrick aeroplanes. What it is trying to highlight is the Little Things can make a huge difference to people. Followers will be able to track berties adventures on social media. The marjorie, who love to travel, it is an important opportunity to still see the wider world. Is an important opportunity to still see the wider worldlj is an important opportunity to still see the wider world. I can imagine a lot of old ladies will be quite glad of bertie, because he is gorgeous, and with all these adventures, they can and with all these adventures, they ca n follow and with all these adventures, they can follow it all and wonder what bertie is going to do next, you know . Jj chalmers, bbc news, solihull. And sean will be with us on the sofa in around an hours time. Headlines are coming up. We will see you soon. 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