Weekend with wind chills as low as minus 40 degrees celsius. Mark hughes is sacked as stoke city manager after theyre knocked out of the fa cup by league two coventry. And well be taking a look at tomorrows front pages. The sunday telegraph says justice secretaryJustine Greening the sunday telegraph says justice secretary Justine Greening is fighting to keep herjob following rumours of a Cabinet Reshuffle. Thats in the papers in half an hour. Donald trump has launched a new attack on the author whos accused him of being unstable and incompetent. The president told a News Conference at camp david that the book by Michael Wolff was a work of fiction, saying hed been to the best colleges and been a tremendous success on television. He also repeated his denials that thered been any collusion with russia during the president ial election in 2016. David willis reports from washington. Boarding a flight to camp david for meetings with senior members of his party. The image of donald trump that republicans would like to project, one of order, professionalism and control. Instead, the president is battling claims contained in this book that senior advisers share the view that he is mentally unfit for office. So the commander in chief took to social media to assert actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Later, he took aim at the books or the Michael Wolff, whod been given access to the white house to write it. I consider it a work of fiction, and i think its a disgrace that somebody is able to have something, do Something Like that. The libel laws are very weak in this country. If they were strong, it would be very helpful. You wouldnt have things like that happen where you can say whatever comes to your head. Butjust so you know, i never interviewed with him in the white house. He was never in the oval office. We didnt have an interview. Possibly the most damaging claim contained in the book is that the president lacks curiosity, doesnt read, doesnt listen, is like a child. They all came to the conclusion, gradually at first and then faster and faster, that something was unbelievably amiss here, that this was more peculiar than they ever imagined it could be. The book portrays the white house in a constant state of chaos, reeling under the influence of a petulant, easily distracted commander in chief. But a leading member of the administration is taking issue with that depiction. Never questioned his mentalfitness, i had no reason to. We have different management styles. How i make decisions and process information, i have to learn how he takes information in, processes it and makes decisions. Having successfully passed legislation just before christmas reforming americas taxation system, Senior Republicans were probably hoping that a new year would mark a new start for the trump administration. But instead of moving forward on such key issues as immigration reform, the focus now is completely on the president , his personality and whether he is mentally fit to hold office. Earlier, david willis explained that the story is predominantly being fuelled by donald trump himself. By taking this sort of tactic, President Trump is in a sense keeping this story running, isnt he . He came out vigorously on twitter this morning, basically saying that hes a smart genius, and refuting claims that hes not fit to run the country and then taking that same subject up in the press conferences he gave at camp david, flanked by republican leaders. The president clearly feels that this is another attempt by the Fake News Media, as he calls them, to discredit his administration. And he clearly takes this seriously and personally, and he believes that the claims in Michael Wolffs Controversial Book need to be refuted. He even claims that some of what he regards as the Fake News Media have been coming to his defence. Who and how . Well, certainly to an extent, they have, in that there have been those who pointed out that Michael Wolff has in the past been perhaps a little economical with the actualite. That is the view of those who support donald trump. There have been some in the Mainstream Media who have also pointed out the same thing, and the fact that the book has no fact checker, that it does contain some fairly elementary errors. That said, it is potentially dynamite and it has sold out. There have been long queues. We have seen them here in washington, dc, for people looking to buy this book in very cold temperatures outside book stores. They have really wanted to get their hands on it. The president was also critical of the amount of free speech thats possible in the United States, the fact that in another countries, the libel laws might have made this book a bit more difficult to publish. Yes, he did say that, that were the libel laws stricter, he would have more room to pursue legal action. The cease and desist notice that his lawyers sent out clearly had no effect whatsoever. Indeed, the publishersjust brought forward the release of this book. They have claimed Michael Wolff, the author, has claimed that all of this just adds to sales and that publicity is good for him and it is good for book sales. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 30 and 11 30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are eve pollard, the broadcaster and former fleet street editor, and the economics commentator and author, dharshini david. An Ambulance Service has apologised to the family of a pensioner who died after waiting nearly four hours for help to arrive. The 81 year old woman had rung 999 complaining of chest pain. The east of England Service said it was stretched, and had warned of the pressures its staff and the nhs were facing. 0ur correspondent Sarah Campbell reports from clacton in essex. We dont know the name of the woman who died, but we do know some of the details of her tragic death. She rang 999 on tuesday evening and waited and waited. After around an hour and a half, the Ambulance Service did ring her, but it wasnt for a further two hours before a crew finally arrived. They had to break into her house, they found her unconscious, not breathing, and she couldnt be saved. The paramedics who found her are said be devastated. Sirens. The period over new year was, according to the local Ambulance Service in essex, the busiest ever. 0n the day in question they received more than 4,000 999 calls, far more than usual. A statement in response to the death of the 81 year old woman said the Union RepresentingHealth Workers also blamed wider pressures here in clacton, the local mp was demanding answers. I am furious. It shouldnt happen. We have to make sure it never happens to anybody again. And is your government doing enough . We will find out when we have the inquiry. This was the second death in recent days which has been linked to an overstretched service. 88 year old Josephine Smalley died following a wait for a bed in portsmouth. In recent days, the Health Secretary and the Prime Minister have both apologised to patients after thousands of nonurgent operations were cancelled. The Health Service is pointing to a combination of winter flu and cold weather. The Union RepresentingHealth Workers says wider pressures are also to blame. I think there is chronic underfunding. It is endemic, it tells us that the Public Sector is under so much strain that it is now beginning to kill people. Theresa may has said that extra funding has been made available to the nhs, and insisted it is better prepared for winter than ever before. In relation to this particular death in clacton, the department for health issued a Statement Today saying, it is completely unacceptable when care falls below the high standards we expect, and its right the service is investigating how things went so wrong in this tragic case. Reports from syria say 17 people have been killed in air strikes in rebel held eastern ghouta. Aid workers say 10 hospitals in the besieged stronghold close to the capital, damascus, as well as in the northern province of idlib, have been bombed by Syrian Government and russian warplanes over the last 10 days. Alan johnston reports. The race through the smashed streets, the dash into a ruined building. For the rescue workers, after the bombs fall, the routine is all too familiar here in the rebel held enclave of eastern ghouta. Higher up, people emerge from what might be a flat. Perhaps they were at home when the bomb crashed down. The cries of shock and horror at it all echo through the wreckage. The injured are gathered up, but there have been reports of deaths too on this day of many air strikes in the enclave. Aid workers say ten hospitals have been hit in recent days in ghouta and here in the rebel held province of idlib. Eastern ghouta lies on the edge of damascus. From here, rebels can fire into the capital. Government forces have had this area under siege for years. People here come under attack almost daily. Theres every danger that tomorrow, there will be more of the same. The Department Store house of fraser has confirmed its asking landlords to reduce the rent it pays for some of its shops. The group is set to release christmas retail figures next week, with some analysts suggesting its takings over the Christmas Period were disappointing. Joe lynam has more. It is one of the key brands on our high streets, with 59 stores and more than 7,000 staff. We dont yet know how christmas was for house of fraser, but we know its asked its landlords to slash the rent. But do shoppers still like the Department Store . Its got the shops i like to browse in within the Department Store, so its quite easy to just go from one place to the next. Yeah, theres lot of good quality brands, and quite a lot of variety as well. I think it has a good reputation for good quality products. But i know all of the high street has been affected at the moment and isnt doing that well. I kind of think its for older people, i have that opinion, but maybe because its more expensive. Last month one Credit Agency said that house of fraser was now far more likely to default on its debts, adding to the issues faced by the company. Its not unusual for retailers to seek rent reductions from their landlords. M s and next are doing so already. In fact, traditional retailers are facing a host of challenges, including rising rents, especially in the big cities, the National Living wage is going up, and thats pushing up costs, and of course online. E1 in every e6 is now spent shopping online. Consumption is a vital part of the british economy. If consumers tighten their wallets, gdp suffers. Conditions are pretty tough for households. Inflation hit a five year high in the run up to christmas and this is putting peoples personal finances under a lot of pressure. Our research showed about 50 of consumers said they spent less this christmas than last year, and almost two thirds said they did some of their shopping online. Next week, well learn more about how christmas was for house of fraser. If it shows that shoppers reined in their spending, then pressure will grow on a 169 year old brand. Joe lynam, bbc news. The victims commissioner for england and wales has told the government that must be an overhaul of current pa role that must be an overhaul of current parole arrangements. A call comes in relation to the serial sex offender john warboys. Two of his victims have said they feel terrified that the former taxi driver will be released from prison on parole at the end of the month, eight years after he was convicted. The headlines on bbc News Donald Trump calls a new book which raises doubts about his mental stability a work of fiction and dismisses its author as a fraud. An Ambulance Service apologises following the death of an elderly woman, who waited almost four hours for paramedics to arrive. Airstrikes on a rebel held area of syria are thought to have killed at least 17 civilians. We will look at the sport in a second, but we can report that a Cabinet Reshuffle is due to take place on the coming monday and tuesday. There has been all sorts of speculation about the extent of a reshuffle. We understand that following speculation in the papers about individual ministers being tipped to lose theirjobs or be appointed two new ones, downing street has dismissed the report as speculation, adding that it was all guesswork. But all sorts of political commentators are saying that the reshuffle is going to happen. Now lets check on the sport. We are talking about stoke finally pulling the pin on mark hughes. It came after a shock fa cup defeat to league 2 side coventry. 25 fa cup 3rd round ties have taken place today. For the first time in over 50 years, there arent any Non League Clubs involved. Heres tim hague with some of todays cup headlines. The fa cup third round. Many a football fans favourite weekend of the season. Not if you support stoke city, though. But before that protest ca m e city, though. But before that protest came a tie with league 2 coventry city, and it was the 1987 winners who went ahead. Coventry laid jordan willis. Yet willis afternoon then went downhill when he allowed charlie adam the chance to score his first goal in over a year. A replay for stoke after all, perhaps. Not so, because they write back by the name ofjack grimmer then did this. Grimmer its in the shock is back on. Grimmer, making mark hughes future look even, well, grimmer. Things were looking for miserable for bournemouth as well at home. 2 0 down to leaders wigan inside half an hour. But could 2013 winners hang on . Nearly. In the 93rd minute, bournemouths blushes were saved. By steve cook, his second goal in a week, his sides second 2 2 draw in a week. And there was another draw in the black country, wolves against bottom of the league swansea, yet there were more sendings off than goals. The first was ugly, the second cynical. But whether ten against ten or 11 against 11, wolves should have won this one. It ended 0 0, the result neither the promotion hopefuls nor the relegation scrap is wanted. Hopefuls nor the relegation scrappers wanted. Lets go back to stoke. Robbie savage played under hughes at Blackburn Rovers and wales and he said that ultimately, queues would have saved stoke from relegation. Premier League Status for a club like stoke city is so important. They dont sack managers very often. They dont sack managers very often. They have had two or three managers in 20 years or something. So for them to sack him, obviously they thought it was a necessity and i do understand it. But thought it was a necessity and i do understand it. But i still think he would have kept them up. Liverpools Phillippe Coutinho has agreed tojoin barcelona for a british record fee of £142 million. The brazilian, who cost less than £10 million five years ago, was close to joining the spanish side last summer, but liverpool managerjurgen klopp says they are now letting the 25 year old leave with great reluctance. Northampton have ended their run of seven consecutive premiership defeats with a 22 19 win over gloucester at franklins gardens. The visitors led for much of the match, but a final minute penalty try gave saints their first win since september. Gloucester earnt a losing bonus point, with tries forjames hanson and john afoa in addition to their own penalty try. Just four points in it at welford road as leicester ended their losing run, they beat bottom of the table london irish. Manu tuilagi with one of three leicester tries. Elsewhere, there was a very narrow win for sale sharks, who beat harlequins by a single point to see them up to sixth place. 0spreys won the welsh derby in the pro14 beating cardiff blues by a single point. This piece of quick thinking from wales fly half dan biggar set up what proved to be the winning score for 0spreys and it was finished off byjustin tipuric. The blues mounted a late comeback, but the home side held on to win 29 28 in swansea. Cardiff are still without a win there in 12 years. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Plans to improve the reading standards of children from disadvantaged backgrounds have been announced by the department for education. Therell be a network of 35 literacy centres across england, to work with primary schools in challenging areas. Heres our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. Church, cheese, can you hear that . Closing the inequality gap in classrooms is key to giving every child the best start. Research has shown that five year olds who struggle with language are six times less likely to reach the expected standard in english at the age of 11 than those with good language skills. Today, the government has launched a literacy plan backed by £26 million of investment to improve standards in reading and writing. The idea is similar to one launched in 2014 for maths, and it will enable high performing schools to share knowledge and resources with those in deprived areas. This is about investing around the country, bringing together teachers and literacy specialists, so that 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. The plans also include a £5 Million Investment to improve vocabulary for children before they go to school in the north of england. Labour says the funding will do nothing to change government cuts to school budgets. Weather forecasters in the United States have warned that this 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. Millions of people from florida through new york city into england are preparing for dangerously cold conditions. Many schools and airports have already been closed because of a blizzard and huge snow dump. The american astronautjohn young, who was one of 12 men to walk on the moon and who flew the first Space Shuttle mission, has died. He was 87. Young enjoyed the longest career of any space astronaut, serving nasa for 42 years and visiting space six times including on the apollo and gemini missions. On his retirement in 2004, nasa described mr young as a true american treasure. When 95 year old Marjorie Thomas lost her raf veteran husband colin in 2014, she experienced acute loneliness. Shortly after, the Royal Air Forces association befriending service introduced her to sean, a former air vice marshall, and theyve exchanged emails every single day since. Now theyre sending a teddy bear bertie around the world to raise awareness of the service. 0ur reporterjj chalmers went to meet them. Its a friendship that might at first seem unlikely. Welcome ill get my arm underneath yours. Tell me when. But 95 year old Marjorie Thomas, a great grandmother from solihull, and sean bell, a Company Director and former raf commander, have been firm friends for three years. Its our favourite restaurant, isnt it . Lets take you in. The pair have a military connection that 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 a dance academy, learning how to dance. 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 sean . I first met sean at colins funeral. He read the 23rd psalm, and afterwards he walked across and 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 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 calls a hot date. Am i allowed a bit more . You wont slap me . Thats because you havent had any lunch. No, i havent. But i had one of your cakes. They were lovely. The Royal Air ForcesAssociation Says this sense of connection is an invaluable benefit of its befriending service. We think there are about 170,000 just within the raf family that are experiencing loneliness and isolation. This is about empowering people to remain part of the community and empowering both the beneficiary and the befriender to stay connected within the raf family. Today, theres another guest at the table bertie the bear. Marjories bear is embarking on an adventure around the world to raise awareness of the Royal Air Forces associations 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 the berties is heading off to bali via dubai, one of them is off to malaysia. This bertie has been flying in one of the blades aerobatic aeroplanes. What it is trying to do is highlight is that Little Things can make a huge difference to people. Followers will be able to track berties adventures on social media. For marjorie, who loved to travel, its an opportunity to still see the wider world. I can imagine a lot of old ladies will be quite enamored of bertie, because he is gorgeous, and with all these adventures, they can follow it all and wonder what bertie is going to do next, you know . I feel like i should salute now the weather forecast. Saturday was a cold day across the country, with some clear skies in the north, but cloudy conditions for south. We did have some cloud as we ended the day in scotland, but that cloud is dissipating tonight, so we are in for a particularly cold night, especially across scotland. As High Pressure builds, that were also clear away the cloud from the south. It will be a dry start to sunday morning, temperatures well below freezing in raw spots. In rural spots. It will potentially be the cold est spots. It will potentially be the coldest night in around seven years. In the north of the country, that is where we have that really sharp frost and icy stretches, especially towards the north east of england. Northern ireland, northern scotland and Northern England are bitterly cold, with a sharp frost. There will also be mist and fog patches as we head further south. Not quite as called for southern and eastern england. Plenty of sunshine along the south coast and across wales. A bit of a breeze blowing across southern parts of the country. After that bitterly cold start, watch for icy stretches. There will be a lot sunny and dry weather across all parts of the country. Perhaps just bit of cloud along the coast. Another cold night ahead on sunday into monday. Probably not quite as cold as the current night, but it will still be an icy start to monday morning. A bit more cloud was drifting from the south, so we start the day on a chilly and gloomy note. The cloud in the south on monday d rifts the cloud in the south on monday drifts further north across much of england and wales. In the far north of england, scotland and Northern Ireland stick with the glorious wintry sunshine on monday and it will not be as sunday. You can see the blue colours with us to stop the working week. They get cleared away as mild air pushes in on tuesday, the yellow colours turning ahead of a weather front from the west. Tuesdayis a weather front from the west. Tuesday is largely dry, settled and cloudy. Some rain coming in as things turn milderfrom cloudy. Some rain coming in as things turn milder from the west. Dharshini hello. This is bbc news with martine croxall. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. Donald trump has renewed his attack on the author of a new book, who suggested that the president s closest advisors question his fitness for office. Mr trump called the journalist, Michael Wolff, a fraud. I consider it a work of fiction and i think its a disgrace that somebodys able to have something, do Something Like that. The libel laws are very weak in this country. If they were strong it would be very helpful. You wouldnt have things like that happen, where you can say whatever comes to your head. An Ambulance Service has apologised to the family of an elderly woman who died after almost a four hour wait for paramedics. A spokesperson for the department of health said it was a tragic case and completely unacceptable. Reports from syria say 17 civilians have been killed in air raids on the rebel held enclave of eastern ghouta, near damascus