For the Golden Globes, the first major ceremony since hollywood was hit by Sexual Harassment scandals. And is the story of a kenyan woman who celebrated her 117th birthday last year, told by her great granddaughter. Thats coming up great granddaughter. Thats coming up in the next hour on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The government has defended the governments record on the nhs is in the week when it was announced that all nonessential surgery would be put over a month. Speaking on the bbc, she said she recognised peoples concerns about the nhs but that extra funding was being put in. She also confirmed that she is preparing to reshuffle her cabinet. It has been a tough year for theresa may. She lost her majority in the election, faced a rebellion from her own backbenchers, had to deal with resignations and even had to sack her second in command, meaning she now needs to have a Cabinet Reshuffle. No prizes for guessing, andrew, obviously damian greens departure before christmas means some changes need to be made. Now in an interview with the bbc, mrs may has made it clear that she wants her premiership to be about more than just brexit. But the new year has already brought in old problems. Theres 73 outstanding ambulances right now. The latest challenge for mrs may, a winter crisis in the nhs from a first hand perspective. The woman filming this waited in an ambulance for hours before her mother, who had suffered a stroke, could be seen by doctors at a hospital in chelmsford. It isjust gobsmacking, gobsmacking and devastating. It feels like a sick feeling, like a sickening feeling that this is how bad it is. The Prime Minister was asked about the case. I recognise that people have concerns if they have experience of that sort. If we look at what is happening across the nhs, we see that actually the nhs is delivering for more people, treating more people and more people are being seen with the four hours every day than has been a few years ago. Labour blames government cuts for the latest crisis and has warned the Prime Minister against promoting Health Secretaryjeremy hunt in the reshuffle this week. She does not have a plan to get those people off the trolleys in corridors, those elderly people this freezing january being treated in ambulances. She has no plan for them. Apparently her only plan is to promote this Health Secretary. They should be demoting him. If she promotes this Health Secretary tomorrow it is a betrayal of those 75,000 people in the back of ambulances. The steep hike in railfares is another issue putting the government under pressure at the start of the year, as has the decision to release the serial sex attacker john worboys on parole. The government is now planning to review how those kinds of decisions are made. Obviously the parole board operates independently but i think it is right that we as a government are saying we should look at the question of openness and look at the issue of how victims are kept in touch. Those challenges aside, mrs may is keen to move the conversation onto more positive ideas, like creating a new forest. But by the end of this year she needs a deal on brexit, so it is an issue bound to keep dominating her time. Susana mendonca, bbc news. Susana was able to give me a little more detail on the Prime Ministers priorities for the new year and in particular peoples concerns about the nhs. She was defending the government record. That has been a lot of criticism of government this week because of the tens of thousands of operations that had been cancelled and the impact on peoples lives. She said that was always part of the plan for how they were going to cope with the winter crisis. They always have some kind of problems in terms of the impact on the nhs in the winter, and this was part of the plan to cope with it, and it is regrettable that people have had their operations postponed, but they would have those operations as soon as possible. She was making the point that from her point of view they have been investing in the end nhs. Labour says they have not invested enough and that is why were at this point. John ashworth, who we heard from there, said it was all predictable and we knew there was going to be pressure on the nhs in the winter, and the direction the government has taken it in in terms of postponing operations has not been the right move. She also confirmed there would be a reshuffle of the cabinet, and that it would be soon. What is the speculation about who might be out, who might be in . It will start tomorrow, two days of reshuffling. There will be seen your post tomorrow and junior posts on tuesday. In terms of who will be up or down, the government havent given us any information, some it is just speculation, but the speculation is that perhaps we could see Justine Greening moving out of her position as education secretary. But potentially the big beasts, like david davis, philip hammond, amber rudd, would stay in their positions. It will be interesting to see what happens withjeremy hunt. Labour said he should not be promoted. Suggestions that perhaps he could replace damian green, who of course was forced to. Was sacked over various allegations against him. His position is available, potentially. Would she movejeremy hunt into that position at a time when we have the nhs crisis that the government is trying to deal with . Another thing, there are a lot of conservatives saying she needs to nurture new talent and bring on new mps, so could we see new names coming in . Potentially so. One more thing, she addressed the issue of toby young, thejournalist who has been put on the board of the office for students, and whose appointment has created a lot of controversy. What did she say about that . He was appointed to the newly created body and he has faced criticism from students groups who dont think he is appropriate. Since his appointment, we have heard of various social media messages that he has posted over the years that are considered misogynistic and homophobic. He says some of it has been taken out of context. The Prime Minister was asked about that by andrew and she said she was aware of that at the time and it is not something she was pleased about, but now that he is in public office, if those kinds of comments were to come up again, it may affect his appointment. It seems that for now certainly she is sticking with him. Some of the uks biggest retailers including b q, wickes, morrisons and the co op have agreed to stop selling acids and corrosive substances to customers under 18 years old. The scheme is intended to reduce the number of acid attacks until the government is able to pass legislation banning such sales. Our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, has more. The human cost of an acid attack. Wheres it hurting, mate, your eyes . Police officers pour water over the victim, jabed hussain, lastjuly. Thieves wanted the london delivery drivers moped. His helmet saved him from serious injury. Police recorded more than 500 attacks involving corrosive substances in england and wales in the year to last april. 0fficials think the true figure could be twice as high. Ministers have launched an acid action plan to cut attacks. Today the first part of that plan, a voluntary ban by diy chains including b q on selling harmful is chemicals to under 18s. Waitrose and the co op are also involved, agreeing to challenge underage customers, just like they would if they were buying alcohol. Acid attacks are the most horrific crimes, and what we want to do is make sure that we restrict access, support victims, police these attacks really effectively. It isnt just major retailers who are signing up to secure their shelves. The association representing hardware shops is urging them to play their part too. This one in london says the move is long overdue. Definitely a good idea. Weve always checked id for acid. Same thing as if you go to a supermarket and you go to buy alcohol, you are asked for id. It should be the same thing here. But the voluntary scheme wouldnt have stopped this man, arthur collins, jailed for 20 years for this appalling nightclub attack. Watch the cctv. You can see the 25 year old throwing acid on his victims. Ministers are however proposing a new crime of carrying acid without good reason saying the harmful substance, just like knives, shouldnt be in public. Dominic casciani, bbc news. The german chancellor, Angela Merkel, says shes optimistic that her centre right christian democrats can reach a Coalition Deal with the centre left social democrats. Five days of talks began this morning , it comes three months after the election in germany. Earlier i spoke to our berlin correspondent damien mcguinness, who told us both sides were keen on a deal. The pressure is building so much that Angela Merkel almost has no choice but to try and form a deal with the centre left spd, the social democrats, because the other options would be either minority government, which is seen as pretty unstable, orfresh elections, which would drag out this period of uncertainty for months. It means both sides have a real interest in coming to a deal, and it has to be said as well that they have worked together pretty well together over the past format yea rs. Four years. The difficulty is that a lot of grassroots supporters and voters dont like the idea of a renewed grand coalition, this right left party coalition. There is a feeling that there is not enough change in germany, and a lot of voters want more reforms, something new. The difficulty, though, now for both sides and both Party Leaders is that on the one hand they want to have a compromise because that is the only way to avoid fresh elections and the instability that would come from that, but on the other hand they have to somehow persuade their voters and Party Members that they havent compromised too much and given in and given up their ideological principles, so its a tricky balancing act they will have to try and pull. As you say, five days of initial exploratory talks, then the social democrats will vote on those results. If they agree with that, it would go to more talks, which would last another couple of weeks at least. There would be another vote. There would be a lot of hurdles to cross, and if all goes well, we could see a government in place before easter, but that is really if everything goes well. Otherwise, we could be looking fresh elections or some kind of minority government. Its a long process, clearly, but what had been the main Sticking Points for the parties in the discussions . So far, we have had one round of Coalition Talks with a Different Group of parties. The Sticking Point was mainly refugees. Big clashes between left wingers and conservatives. The left wingers were adamant that keeping borders open was right, and the conservatives wanted tough cuts, to benefits, for example, the refugees. There was no possibility of agreement between the two makar extremes. This time round it is different because we have different parties, centre left and centre right, and actually, as far as many issues go, they have a similar position. So, refugees is one issue where they will probably be able to come to some face saving solution, but one of the most difficult issues is probably taxation. It is domestic issues, the bread and butter, which really concern voters. And there, we have a difference between a party on the left that really wants to tax the wealthy and really wants a more social justice agenda, and a centre right party which says, we should cut taxes and get the economy moving even more. So, its the domestic issues which will probably be the Sticking Points, but they have very few other options, so right now, it looks like both leaders really want to give it their best and find a deal that works for both sides. Police in sweden say a 60 year old man has died in an explosion outside an underground station in stockholm. The incident happened at the varby gard metro station in the south of the city. A woman nearby was also hurt. According to a police spokesman, an object exploded after it was picked up. The incident is not believed to be terrorism related. President macron of france has led tributes to the 16 people who were killed in islamist attacks in paris three years ago. Commemorations began at the offices in paris of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to remember the 12 people, including several cartoonists, who died when two gunmen burst in to an editorial meeting. The president also visited the plaque honouring a policeman who was shot dead outside the Charlie Hebdo building. More than 30 people are missing after an Oil Tanker Caught fire after colliding with a cargo ship off the east coast of china. The tanker was sailing from iran to south korea with more than a million tons of crude oil on board. The 21 chinese crew on the cargo ship have been rescued. The headlines theresa may defends the governments record on the nhs, insisting it is properly funded for coping with winter pressures. The Prime Minister will carry out a Cabinet Reshuffle tomorrow. There are reports that several ministers could either lose theirjobs or be moved. Some of the uks largest retailers agree to stop selling acid and corrosive substances to customers under 18. Time for the sport. He is only foster. Here is 0lly foster. There are 4 more fa cup ties today. Weve had 2 results including a shock at rodney parade where league 2 Newport County knocked out leeds united. The championship side took the lead early on thanks to a deflected Gaetano Berardi strike. That looked to have won it until a conor shaunghnessy own goal leveleed the match in the last 15 minutes. And into the final minute, Shawn Mccoulsky rose above everyone else from the corner to get the winner and put the welsh side in the fourth round for the first time in almost a0 years we have had a tough week a fire at the training ground, which didnt help preparations. We have had illness throughout the week, throughout the camp. My little one was in hospital last night, so you know, we get all this thrown at us, but they are just an Amazing Group of players and i am so proud to be their manager. Josh cullen was kicked in the face and lost a tooth. Shrewsbury almost won it late on but missed their chance and will go back to the london stadium for the replay. Spurs are facing afc wimbledon at wembley. The league 0ne strugglers have come closest to scoring, michel vorm pushing jimmy abdous shot onto the bar then saving the follow up. It is currently goalless. Nottingham forest are playing arsenal at the city ground and there are no goals there yet. Chelsea ladies are four points clear at the top of the Womens Super League after beating arsenal 3 2. It was all square inside the last 10 minutes when a goalkeeping error from Sari Van Veenendaal saw her carry the ball over the goal line. Manchester city can get back to within a point of arsenal if they win later this afternoon. Englands cricketers are heading for defeat in the final ashes test in sydney. Theyll resume their second innings on 93 1; with captainjoe root and Jonny Bairstow at the crease. Theyll need to bat out the final day in sydney to salvage a draw thats after australia declared their first innings on 649 7. Shaun and Mitchell Marsh became the first brothers since the waugh twins in 2001 to score test centuries in the same innings. Just to be out there to watch sean, embrace in the middle for his 100 and to have him out there from mine, and to have him out there from mine, and to have an there when i was in my 90s, really nervous today. It is something i will look back on in a few years. There are a couple of games in the Rugby Union Premiership 2nd placed saracens are at 3rd placed wasps sarries edged the first half, 3 tries to 2 but couldnt convert any of them and lead 18 15. Elsewhere newcastle are beating champions exeter at Kingston Park the latest score is 25 8. A tough day for britains four man bobsleigh team. They finished joint tenth, up six places on their first run. Another team finished 15th. Both teams have struggled a little with illness. Thats all the sport for now. There has been a goal that wembley. Spurs have scored and they are one up spurs have scored and they are one up against afc wimbledon. I think harry kane has scored. It was him. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Plans to create a new northern forest stretching from liverpool to hull have been announced by the government. The Woodland Trust is running the project, which will cost 500 Million Pounds over 25 years. The government is providing 5. 7 Million Pounds to increase tree cover along most of that money will need to be raised by the charity itself. 0ur correspondent Roger Harrabin has more. The bare hills of the north. One of the most denuded parts of a country that itself has less woodland than almost anywhere in europe. The land stripped over centuries fortimberand farming, scarred by industry, overgrazed by sheep farming. At smithils near manchester, things will be different. Planting has begun for what will be known as the northern forest. We think the northern forest will be a pathfinder for extending forest and woodland right across country. We think trees and woods can add value in many different landscapes. We just want to do it here first and do it big. It isnt really a forest. The project will create new woods near towns, and plant River Valleys liable to flooding. But money is tight, and many of these hills will look just as bleak in 25 years. Whats more, the Woodland Trust expects some of their cash to come from environmental funds linked to the hs2 rail line. That infuriates environmentalists. The supreme irony is that the government is giving with one hand and taking with the other, and im referring to the route of h52 north of birmingham, to manchester, threatening ancient woodlands. Why cant the government give with both hands and stop threatening ancient forests . Here is what some ambitious planting can do. This is the National Forest in the midlands. Begun in the 1990s, now delighting local people. Acorns grow. You heard from paul de zylva from environmental Campaigning Group friends of the earth in that report. Earlier i asked him about the organisations concerns about the governments plans. There is irony in the fact that the government is backing with a bit of money is a plan to restore nature, if you like, and at the same time backing plans to destroy it. What should they be doing . Well, we need our ancient woodlands and new forests. We need to restore the condition of our land, so trees and woodlands do many things for us, holding back floodwaters, supporting wildlife of all sorts. They are great places for people to visit, for children to run two, get them back in touch with nature, which i think is definitely the way forward. Why do we have to choose between that, restoring and having new woodlands, and ancient woodlands which are there, part of their heritage, the fabric, the history of this nation is . And were driving hs2 and road schemes through it. It doesnt ring true that woodlands are protected when they are constantly being targeted, so we need both. Do you think the government is focusing on the right bit of the country in having this ambitious plan of 25 yea rs . There is no doubt that the north of england has lost a lot of its woodland. Parts of the north of england have suffered tremendously in recent years with flooding, and woodlands can hold back floodwaters to a large extent. They wont do the whole job, but they bind the soil and keep water in the soil. So, there is a real job there to restore and replenish the land and the quality of the soil, which has been lost because of clear cut felling and putting the wrong type of trees in the wrong place. Not all trees are the same. You cant apply the same principles to every part of the country. You might need different approaches elsewhere. I think its a great scheme, but it does strike me as a strange irony that raises questions about what else the government will put on the table. Thejustice secretary David Liddington has said he is looking to begin work on reforming the transparency of parole in the coming months, following the controversial decision by a parole board to release serial sex attacker john worboys from prison. He added that arrangements should be made to ensure victims are both heard and, if they wish, kept informed about their case. Mr liddington said he has spoken to victims commissioner baroness newlove, and the chair of the parole board nick hardwick, and that victims groups will be also be consulted. At least eight people have drowned and dozens more are feared missing after a dinghy carrying migrants sank off the libyan coast. The italian coastguard says 84 people were rescued on saturday, in what is thought to have been the first migrant shipwreck of 2018. It was one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of modern times. In 2003 the complete genetic code of a human being, the genome, was published. By the end of this year, its hoped this code will help thousands of nhs patients who have Rare Diseases and unexplained conditions. This wouldnt have been possible without families taking part in the genome project. Ben schofield went to meet one of them. This is you in the incubator. For 19 years, doctors treated the symptoms of Alex Masterson without knowing what caused them. Medics thought it was one rare condition, but genetic tests proved otherwise. Alex had 28 operations. Every time he went to see a doctor or paediatrician, it was always Something Else that was wrong. He had a skin condition, then his vision, and his breathing. You just need to know the answer. And as a parent, you want to know what is wrong with your child. This is the letter i got in march telling me about your diagnosis. It was only by reading and decoding alexs entire genetic code, known as his genome, that finally gave a diagnosis, delivered in a letter last march. I remember opening it and crying, knowing that they had actually got a diagnosis. I just couldnt believe that this letter appeared in the post. For mum, relief and certainty. For alex, a more modest response. Its been a big journey. Just another part of my life. I dont think about it mostly. He might not think about it much, but alex helped lead the way for potentially thousands of other patients to solve the mysteries behind their own symptoms. This is where those mysteries are being solved, the laboratory near cambridge where scientists sequenced his genome. It is a unique genetic code more than 3 billion letters long that has revealed he has a condition called leopard syndrome. Scientists here are almost halfway towards the target of sequencing 100,000 genomes and say they will meet that target by the end of the year. It is hoped that thousands of other patients with Rare Diseases will get the diagnoses they have been looking for. Archive it could hold the answers to curing hundreds of illnesses. It is 15 years since scientists completed the first human genome. Professor hubbard, appearing on bbc breakfast sofa in 2003, helped crack that first code, and now helps lead the 100,000 genomes project. It is an exciting field right now. 15 years after we sequenced the first genome, we can apply it directly in the nhs. As well as diagnosing Rare Diseases, knowledge of the genome helps develop personalised medicine, treatments tailored to patients rather than generic diseases. We all are slightly different, and lots of that information is encoded in the genes. By looking at your genome, in the future we will be able to work out what is the most appropriate treatment for you. Alex has leopard syndromes tell tale freckles and a host of other complications affecting his heart and other organs. Diagnosis does not mean a cure or new treatment, but he and his family start 2018 better equipped than ever to manage his condition. Ben schofield, bbc news, cambridge. The first major ceremony since hollywood was hit by the Harvey Weinstein scandal gets under way later in los angeles. Stars attending the Golden Globes are planning to dress in black on the red carpet, in a show of support for women who have suffered Sexual Harassment in the film industry. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports from los angeles. In hollywood, theyre getting ready to put their best foot forward. But this years awards season may be more protest than party. The dirty secrets of the movie business have been exposed in recent months, and now scores of stars say they will wear black to the Golden Globes to promote a campaign called times up. Its time to deal with this. Its time to deal with this and not put up with it any more. We are all wearing black to stand in solidarity, not just for women and what is happening in hollywood and in this industry, but to represent and to stand for all women across all industries and to support them. The cleansing has already begun. Kevin spacey, facing multiple allegations of sexual assault, was cut out of this film just weeks before its release. Is co star Michelle Williams told me she reshot her scenes for free. I couldnt bear the thought of being in a movie that glorified somebody who had hurt people in these ways. I didnt want to have anything to do with it. While hollywood is gathering to pat itself on the back as usual, everything has changed this year. Just a few months ago, the Entertainment Industry was thrown into turmoil, and everyone here is onlyjust beginning to work out what that means for the future