With government officials today. The Financial Times says self driving cars could be blocked by foreign governments over fears they could be used as weapons. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Says baby brain is real, researchers in australia have confirmed that the mental fogginess experienced by many women in pregnancy is a real phenomenon. And finally the sun asks what is blue monday . And why is it the most depressing day of the year . Many have said to me, that is why i feel like this. So lets begin. With me isjustin urquahert stewart, director of seven investment management. He is not blue at all, despite his injuries. Holding onto my armjust in case of. Patient were darter to tobacco giants. That is the headline. They say they see something that they have found out. What have they discovered . Astonishing, really. Look at the numbers of. This is taking data from people who have had cancer or related illnesses and they are talking about over one, quarter and 80,000 patient records have been given to the beginner she providers like Philip Morris. We have had some cases developing here where Philip Morris have been using some of this data. Some of the court cases, the comments about the president of Philip Morris coming out here where the court found that the president by his own admission has never been qualified by a court as an expert in the subject or smoking health, describing his analysis as flawed, irrelevant. So they are using this data to help them in the cases in regards to the impact of smoking on peoples health. They are trying to mitigate it to say it is not as bad as you think it is. We all know that it is not. They are fighting a tired but the way they are going about it, this is a significant scandal. But the way they are going about it, this is a significant scandalm also raises the issue of how our data is being used and where it is going and when it comes to the issue of health that is a big deal. For those seeking Health Insurance and that sort of thing, because data is going out there, we dont know and it might impact premiums down the line. Absolutely. We were talking about cyber crime and how this fits into it. This data is fundamental and we are too relaxed in giving away our data and those responsible for it are giving it away or even selling it then that is bad. Very bad. Lets look on the guardians ta ke bad. Lets look on the guardians take on carillion, they provide, it failed to provide a rescue plan so far. This company cannot go under entirely, it cannot be left to do the thing that happens to businesses which is getting to the nation asian. They are a functional operation, in hospitals, schools and presence which need to carry on. They need some form of life support. They need some form of life support. The other things in terms of Building Development will probably get hived off. What the banks are doing is playing hardball saying that they wont give any support in the government will have to turn around and say we will give you a short term fudge to make sure you can keep the thing going for the time being. It has been a long time coming. We had to make offered warnings. Two profit warnings of. The government kept giving them big contracts. The rail link between london and birmingham which is extremely controversial in its own right. People are saying these contracts have some poisonous items in it. They were pouring more into it. What will happen in the end . The government needs to see this through and in it self that is political leaders at will. Typically difficult. Politically. There is nothing wrong with the private finance deals, theres nothing wrong with that but whether it is private oi with that but whether it is private or state if they cannot negotiate and get the right contract and fundamentally it is flawed. It will be embarrassing for the government, the pfi deal is not working and they have to come in with a fudge rationalisation which goes against the principles of. At the ft, self driving cars face roadblocks over fears of weaponisation. A warning on Foreign Security concerns. Should we be worried . This becomes no more than a a wheel roman. Imagine if you arejust than a a wheel roman. Imagine if you are just flying at drone with some form of bomb on it and you want to control that around airport. Imagine then, think of the examples in london the past year with cars being driven as a weapon. You dont actually have to drive them because they are running automatically, then i think it is quite right to raise the possibility. Is right to. It says it will face roadblocks but when it comes to this area of self driving vehicles and technology with cars, it is on that road to happening. Absolutely. The only good thing about this is it will replace me driving. It can only get better. Baby brain is real speed measurable phenomena in. Australian scientists say. I have had three babies and i dont think i suffered from it by people around me said i did. I cant remember. I think i am people around me said i did. I cant remember. I thinki am biologically challenged to answer this one. Sorry. Is a fascinating to find out that actually there is a scientific reason why that actually there is a scientific reason why women that actually there is a scientific reason why women do struggle during pregnancy . Parley you say it is hardly surprising because you have another white form inside you as well. What amazed me with pregnant ladies, the amount they managed to do while being pregnant, getting larger and Everything Else co ordinated. Farfrom having a baby braini co ordinated. Farfrom having a baby brain i thought they were running overtime. It is interesting because often we might say, you know, this is baby brain or whatever as a pregnant mother to be a mother actually people around us might think whatever. Especially work collea g u es think whatever. Especially work colleagues or maybe even managers. The fact that this is proven to be a real thing is beneficial. Given the statistics, i think i have been pregnant for many years. Laughter. You dont do yourself anyjustice, you know, youre driving, your brain and you are running a successful company. Lets talk about blue monday. You are clearly not lou whatsoever. But some people are. Will lose. Blue. We all have the enthusiasm of news and christmas and afterwards it is the hangover, the financial hangover as well. It gets a bit worse later in the month when actually the credit card bill comes in. It is probably, for most people, another week or so until payday and then look at whether. Look at the weather. And it is as the years resolutions that have not been stuck to as well. Most of us coming to the terms that we are breaking it. |j to as well. Most of us coming to the terms that we are breaking it. I was going for a grey january terms that we are breaking it. I was going for a greyjanuary but it got significantly wetter. Dry. Going for a greyjanuary but it got significantly wetter. Dry. Watts of tweets coming through with their suggestions. Cake is one suggestion. Some people say we need to smile, laugh, if necessary, shoulders to lea n laugh, if necessary, shoulders to lean on. Basic human kindness, friendship and love. Thats a really nice response. Basically we have got lots of ideas, go and do more exercise. That is what people are struggling with. It is a hangover from christmas from an angry trucker. That is why i and a lot of people detest blue monday and we do celebrate it at all. What you have to remember is the days are getting longer now. It is getting a bit lighter. There you go. The dark mornings will be behind us. Get better soon. Thank you for your company, see you very soon. Hello. After a fairly quiet spell of weather, there is a lot of weather coming our way over the next few days. It starts with wet and windy fare, and then we really get into the week, which will be much colder. Therell be some snow in the forecast, and itll be a good deal windier than was the past week. As i say, it starts off on a wet and windy note. Nowhere more so than if you happen to be close to this weather front, as it starts the day across the south eastern quarter of the British Isles, gradually easing its wayjust a little bit further towards the south and east. Butjust in time for the school run and the commute, theres a lot of wet and windy weather to be had, all the way from sort of lincolnshire and east anglia, down through the south and east midlands, down into the south east itself, parts of the west country. And even once the persistent rain has gone, there is a great raft of showers following on behind. Some of these quite heavy, prolonged, and they may well be thundery, as well. Further north, away from that front, theres a chance of seeing a little bit of sunshine. But theres also quite a chance, as you see, of seeing quite a bit of shower activity, and increasingly through the day, as cold air begins to tuck in, so i think well find those showers turning a good deal more wintry across northern and western parts of scotland. It takes until the early afternoon before we see the last of that wet and windy weather getting away from the far south east. Then the brighter skies follow on. Things dont turn wintry immediately across the southern half of the British Isles, because the temperatures are still around 9 or 10 degrees. But through the evening and overnight, so Colder Weather begins to really tuck in across the top two thirds of the British Isles, and eventually, over the next few days, all of us get into that much colder regime, exacerbated by the strength of the westerly wind. So here we are on tuesday. And you notice here, certainly across the northern half of britain, and increasingly down through the high ground of wales, maybe into the moors of the south west, there is a wintry flavour to the showers. And the snow totals really begin to mount up across the pennines, the high ground of scotland and northern ireland. And giving the strength of the wind, that is how cold it will feel across all parts of the British Isles by that stage. And there really is no change, as i take you on into wednesday, and then there is a change. Not sure exactly where this low is going to go, but certainly on its northern flank, there will be a spell of more prolonged wintry weather. There will be significant snow, and some pretty strong winds, as well. Once that centre pulls away, and as i say, you have to bear with us, because were not exactly sure where that centre is going to be, those north westerlies will be very strong in their own right. And then, once that system is away, were back to where we pretty much started, with wintry showers, especially across northern and western parts of the British Isles. Hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. Crunch time for carillion emergency talks continue to save the construction giant who runs 900 schools, highways and prisons. But critics say warnings about the firms financial troubles were ignored. Ill be looking at what it means for the 20,000 uk workers and projects like hs2. Good morning, its monday 15th january. 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