Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20180122

Malnutrition. Union leaders will be meeting the bosses of the car maker, vauxhall, today. Theyll be discussing the job losses at Ellesmere Port. Ill have all the details shortly. Good morning. In sport, the defending champion, Roger Federer, is in action at the australian open, looking to emulate yesterdays achievement of kyle edmund in reaching the quarter finals. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. A lot of lying snow in the north of the country, but milder air pushing through all regions today. I will bring you a full forecast in about 15 minutes. Thank you. See you later on. Good morning. First, our main story. The head of the army will warn today that britains military risks falling behind that of its enemies unless it gets additional investment. In a speech to the defence think tank, the Royal United Services institute, general sir nick carter is expected to say that russia now has superior battlefield capabilities to the uk, and poses a significant threat in terms of cyber warfare. Simon clemison reports. Images showing what russia said was a strike in syria. The missiles come not from the mediterranean sea, but the caspian sea, 900 miles away. Russia is building an increasingly aggressive military, which the uk is struggling to match. Russia has also been scintillating attacks closer to home, conducting large scale exercises. Simulating. General sir nick carter will warn return must take notice of what is going on around us and keep up, all we could be constrained. Or. He will say the threats are not thousands of miles away, but on our doorstep. He says cyber warfare can also disrupt the lives of normal people. The head of the army is not saying this in so many words, but one way to avoid the possibility of falling behind in combat could be money from the chancellor at number 11. He will not wa nt to chancellor at number 11. He will not want to see any cuts. The speech will be made with the approval of the defence secretary who has said 80 rise be a base, not a ceiling. Simon cleminson, bbc news said a 2 rise. And injust over and in just over half an and injust over half an hour, well speak to a former British Military commander. Thats at 7 40. Ukips deputy leader, Margot Parker, has resigned from her position after the partys leader, henry bolton, refused to stand down following a vote of no confidence yesterday. She told the bbc that mr boltons refusal had left the party in limbo and that he should go sooner rather than later. Our Political Correspondent, chris mason, joins us from westminster. Last weekend was a hard one for ukip. More difficulties. Yes. The word extraordinary can be deservedly thrown around with ukip. Now it can be officially attached to a meeting coming up in the next week to resolve the leadership issue. You will remember the row about the leader, henry bolton, hes now ex girlfriends racist comments pppin9 ex girlfriends racist comments ppping up ex girlfriends racist comments popping up in the newspapers. He said he will not resign. But the party says he should. He still is refusing to go. Now his deputy this morning has walk the plank and suggested he should follow her along it. But, no, he doesnt want to go. There will be an extraordinary meeting taking place in the next 28 days. It will likely be towards the tail end of that period. It requires 250 members to turn up and they will get a vote to say if he should stay up get a vote to say if he should stay up it is impossible to say if he will stay or go. You will have to askJeremy Corbyn will stay or go. You will have to ask Jeremy Corbyn about will stay or go. You will have to askJeremy Corbyn about the prospect of managing to cling on as a leader when many people in your party wants to get rid of you. He is still around, so bolton may be sticking around, so bolton may be sticking around as well. We will have more on that later ran. Later on. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, will meet his us counterpart, rex tillerson, in london today for talks on syria, iran and yemen. It comes after President Donald Trump refused to visit the uk and open the new us embassy. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. Donald trump may not be coming to britain, but his secretary of state is. Rex tillerson arrived in london last night for a fresh round of diplomacy in european capitals. The Foreign Policy chief of america is expected to go to the new us embassy in london, the one donald trump said he does not like, and try to smooth ruffled feathers with assurances of the importance of the uk us relationship. But he is meeting borisjohnson. Rex tillerson is also expected to seek Common Ground on Key International issues. On syria, they will discuss not only the new turkish assault on Kurdish Forces in the north, but also upcoming meetings in geneva and elsewhere, to seek, yet again, some kind of political solution to the conflict. Rex tillerson also wants to discuss iran, where britain and europe are at odds with the us over deals to restrict the nuclear programme. He wa nts to restrict the nuclear programme. He wants to look at new ways of curbing the Ballistic Missiles of iran. Both sides will also want to talk about yemen and the fighting in the humanitarian situation continuing to get worse in what has become a proxy war between iran in saudi arabia. But attention, as ever, will focus on the uk us relationship which has contested by Donald Trumps apparent indifference and reluctance to visit. Todays diplomacy will pave the way for the president s meeting with the Prime Minister theresa may expected in the swedish port of davos later this week. James landale, bbc news. The us federal government will remain closed today after the senate delayed a vote on a budget measure, which would have allowed Civil Servants to go back to work. Democrats want President Trump to negotiate over immigration, but republicans say no deal is possible while federal Government Services are closed. The last Government Shutdown was in 2013, and lasted for 16 days. Britain should prepare for a much more economically optimistic 2018 because Global Growth is better than predicted. Thats the argument of lord jim oneill, the former conservative treasury minister and remain supporter. He says the gloomy predictions of the possible effects of brexit are likely to be dwarfed by the more positive figures. A charity says one in three young women in the uk are embarrassed to attend smear tests for Cervical Cancer because of issues with body image. Jos Cervical Cancer trust, which surveyed more than 2,000 women aged between 25 and 35, said it was worried about the impact on screening rates, which have fallen to a 20 year low. The key finding which has come out is that one in three women researched say that body image is a significant factor. That is a big concern. For those under 35, it is the most common cancer. Potentially, lives could be put at risk if they are not going to screenings. A mans been rescued after a week of being cut off by the snow. The 64 year old, who lives in dumfries and galloway, had been attempting to reach the nearest village, but his path was blocked by deep snow. A Mountain Rescue Team tried to drive to him, but had to abandon the car and go on foot to help him. They finally managed to reach the man after battling through drifts for two hours. Gosh, at least they got him. Three billboards outside ebbing, missouri, has won the top awards at this years Screen Actors Guild awards in hollywood. For the first time in its history, all the presenters were women. It was planned before the me too and times up movements took off, in response to the Sexual Harassment scandal thats shaken hollywood. The awards themselves are a good indicator of which films are likely to do well at the oscars. Gary oldman was overcome with emotion as he accepted his prize. We will go through the winners later. A little bit more gender equality for you. Go on, then. Now heres some positive news in the gender Equality Movement in hollywood. Minnie mouse is finally due to receive a star on the hollywood walk of fame today. I thought she was going to get equal pay 01 i thought she was going to get equal pay or something. Shes been in the Entertainment Industry for 90 years, and many disney fans say her star is long overdue. Her beloved mickey was honoured with a star four decades ago. Many of her fellow disney characters already have stars on the walk of fame, including donald duck, tinker bell, winnie the poo, snow white, and kermit the frog. Miss piggy, however, does not have a star of her own. I never thought i would be celebrating for minnie mouse. I never thought i would be celebrating for minnie mousem i never thought i would be celebrating for minnie mouse. It is a disgrace miss piggy hasnt got one. Good morning. Good morning. Britains kyle edmund is already into the last eight. He is all the talk. We will know tomorrow what happens. Can Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer join him . The defending champion is currently in action and two sets up in his last 16 match. Mark allen has won the masters snooker for the first time. The northern irishman beat englands kyren wilson 10 7 in a tight match. Tommy fleetwood won his fourth European Tour title yesterday by retaining the abu dhabi championship title. The european number one started the day two shots behind the overnight leaders but shot eight birdies to win the tournament. And ans cricketers have salvage something from their tour of australia. And englands. Jos buttler scored a century. We will be talking to kyle edmunds coach later. He has done incredibly well. And in over a0 degrees. Later. He has done incredibly well. And in over 40 degrees. There you go. Talking about warmth. I will mention this in the papers. If your noseis mention this in the papers. If your nose is colder than normal, it is a sign you are working too hard. dont believe that. I cannot believe you are talking down about scientific research. Check your nose fiow. Scientific research. Check your nose now. Lots of people believe the thing about eyeballs coming out of your head if you hold your sneeze. If you are thinking too much, blood goes to the wrong part of your body. Here you go. Proved. Scientists say there is a link between mental overload and facial temperature. A cold hooter is a sign of thinking too hard in a study with thermal imaging. They found the nose temperatures of those overwhelmed dropped by one degree. That is amazing. That is one of my favourite bits of research you have ever brought up. Mining is absolutely freezing cold. Things will warm up. The rest of your freezing cold. Things will warm up. The rest of your body freezing cold. Things will warm up. The rest of your body will freezing cold. Things will warm up. The rest of your body will not freezing cold. Things will warm up. The rest of your body will not be freezing cold. Things will warm up. The rest of your body will not be as cold as it was over the weekend. This is a picture taken by a weather watcher in cumbria yesterday. A lot of snow in the north of the country. Things will change. Looking at sunday afternoon. Yesterday, many places struggled to get above freezing to be by tomorrow, i choose to, look at the temperatures, they will all be back up into double figures. Mild air moving in. Cold air clearing to the east. Temperatures on the rise today and tomorrow as well. This morning. Rain tomorrow as well. This morning. Rain to start in the north and west of scotland. Showers in Northern Ireland and the north west of england. Showers should ease later on. Largely dry but a chilly start in the north east of england and down the east anglia. A lot of snow. Icy stretches. Rain to the south anywhere from london to bristol. To the south, heavy bursts. Through the morning, losing rainfrom the south, heavy bursts. Through the morning, losing rain from the south and south east. Clearing away. For many of us, an improving get. Brightness. Improving day. Showers for the west of scotland. Most should ease away. Wind from the south west means it is more mild than recently. Temperatures between 610 than recently. Temperatures between 6 10 degrees. Tonight, chilly first thing. Late in the night, wind picking up from the south west. Much milderair picking up from the south west. Much milder air moving picking up from the south west. Much milderair moving in picking up from the south west. Much milder air moving in and a weather front bringing rain. Tuesday will start unsettled and wet and windy. Rain bands will go east as mild air goes through the south west on tuesday. A different feel to the weather in the next 24 hours. On tuesday, the rain will go east. Heavy in the hills and the coast. Most heavy in the hills and the coast. M ost pla ces heavy in the hills and the coast. Most places will see some rain. Followed by scattered showers and brighter spells. The temperatures tomorrow, 10 13 degrees. Wednesday, another unsettled day. Wet and windy. Rangel link east through the country. Things are looking more mild. Could turn mild towards the end of the week. But not as cold as it has been. Guardian first. Steroid abuse in britain. This is one of the pictures from quite a few people in london yesterday taking part in a global womens march following a number of events in america and around the world. Lots of papers covering this story. She is called miley billingham, she was stabbed to death. Mylee. The front page of several papers. This is one of the stories we are covering. The daily telegraph, the army cant keep up with russia. Matching moscow on the battlefield. Concerns about the transatlantic cables, underwater cables. We havent got the apparent ability to defend them. And the wintry flurry is core to the queen by surprise at sandringham yesterday. It was bitter, wasnt it . It was a proper stay inside day. If you are out too long, your chin goes cold. Col chairman anyone . Thats what you get from a motorbike . A cold chin . What have you got . Obviously, still loads of analysis about carillion, andl loads of analysis about carillion, and i will give you more on that. We have been talking about robots taking over the world, robots will do everything. There is a shop in edinburgh which took on a robot and he has been sacked after a week. Bad attitude . Apparently its because, he had a promising start, he was greeting customers well but then he didnt really know what he was doing. Someone asked him, where is libya . In the alcohol section. And when one of the customers came in, he said hadlow, gorgeous. He hasnt done too well. Fabio the shop bot is fio done too well. Fabio the shop bot is no more. One shop, there was an experiment with a hologram. She has been booted out. Do you say hello to them . I do. No, i dont. Because i would rather talk to a person. Them . I do. No, i dont. Because i would rather talk to a personli talk would rather talk to a person. talk to cash machines sometimes as well. Thank you for my money. Kyle adnam and is all over the back pages. Five things you didnt know. Edmund. He was born in johannesburg, moved to the uk at three, grew up in tipton in east yorkshire, near beverley. Cricket was his first love, he loves liverpool, is a petrol hedge is a petrolhead and has been friends with andy murray, practised with him for five years. Now he is doing his own training schedule. And sanchez is all over the papers as well. This is what the sun has gone with. United have dealt the city a major blow. Let me show you a picture of this. A p pa re ntly let me show you a picture of this. Apparently he has got 400,000 followers on instagram. What i find extraordinary is that he looks like he is taking the photo. Its all cleverly set up. How is that done, there must be a biscuit on the side . Some sort of small fish on the side of the camera. Well done, nanny. High Level Research about if you have got a cold nose, it means you are working too hard. I often have a cold nose but i have quite a big nose. Yes, i have quite an extremity. My son asked me about six months ago, dad, will miners be as big as yours . I sent him to his room. He has got his mothers nose. This morning were talking about malnutrition in the elderly in the uk. Bbc breakfast has exclusively seen a report which estimates 1. 3 million older people suffer from hunger. Breakfasts john maguire can tell us more. Hes in st albans for us this morning. Good morning to you, john. We are at the Hertfordshire Independent Living Service kitchens in saint all bones. These are some of the meals on wheels being loaded up into the oven. We have all Day Breakfast on a summer oven. We have all Day Breakfast on a summerfruit oven. We have all Day Breakfast on a summer fruit crumble, looking oven. We have all Day Breakfast on a summerfruit crumble, looking down the menu list, salmon all, cumberland sausage, steak and kidney pie, 1500 meals across hertfordshire. Good morning. The staff are loading up these boxes. These are home from hospital packs, the idea to make sure the people, when they get home from hospital, have some food they are able to cook as well obviously as the daily meals on Wheels Service. They can get lunch and an afternoon tea. The important thing is not only the food but its the contact and also here, they have a Community Cafe, giving it back, tried to tackle isolation which is one of the main causes. He always managed to finish what we deliver to you . Janet is receiving a check up this morning from annabel martin, a nutritionist on the Hertfordshire Independent Living Service. Ok, and thats a slightly more than you were last times thats fantastic. She is malnourished but today there is good news, she is putting on weight. Malnourishment is defined as when the body doesnt get the nutrients it needs to function properly. A parliamentary report published today says its a fact it affects 1. 3 million elderly people but it is an estimate. The data comes from 2011 so it is for updated information. Those who provide meals on wheels suspect its a much bigger problem. Well, we are dealing will malnutrition on a daily basis. Weve done our own Research Screening clients when they first come to our meals on Wheels Service and we discover that 44 of them are malnourished to some extent. It seems crazy to me that hunger amongst the elderly is something which is still prevalent in this country. And the best guest of the cost of the problem is almost £12 billion and rising. Partly about ageing population, may be partly through poverty, more so because of isolation but none of that is the reason for the government the government not thinking more imaginatively how it might spend a very small part of the pension budget in a way which really helps people in dire need. Turn it up a bit. The report makes several recommendations. They include taking winter fuel payments from the wealthiest pensioners to help Fund Community support. More meals on wheels, not only to provide food but also tackle isolation and loneliness. And an increased role from supermarkets to offer slower shopping lanes and lunch clubs for the install cafe. Hello, ruth. Ruth has just turned 91. The install cafe. Hello, ruth. Ruth hasjust turned 91. Hi, ruth. And still cooks herself in the evening. But has a daily lunch delivery. Oh, that looks nice. That looks lovely. She is well nourished and enjoys the social contact. I cant grumble because they never miss, they always come every day regardless of the climate and the weather. The report recognises that government and local Authority Budgets are under pressure and social Services Directors say they work needs proper funding. The money talked about in the report, in my view, would be significantly insignificant when we talk about the amount of money that is required to truly puts social care on the sustainable footing. National governments across the uk say they are taking steps to tackle malnutrition and in england, for example, the care act makes sure that vulnerable peoples needs are met by the local authorities. But todays report is a challenge to us all to do something about it. Let us pick on those issues with sarah ran in those reports. Sarah wren from that report. What would make the biggest difference . wren from that report. What would make the biggest difference . A lot of people think it is normal to lose weight as someone ages and its not. If someone is losing weight, it shows something wrong. Recognising thatis shows something wrong. Recognising that is a great starting point but giving people access to Services Like meals on wheels so they can have really good food and daily support to become properly nourished. Simon, the causes are complex. Talk is through some and what we can do . Mainly disease related malnutrition in england. Also social and environmental causes. Also social and environmental causes. Predominantly, disease related undernutrition. That is related undernutrition. That is related to underlying gi disease, neurological and respiratory diseases, usually very multifactorial linkedln with social elements as well. When it is so complex it is presumably deep difficult. It is and we had to address it. We actually have to tackle the problem topple it. And this report, very keen to highlight the issues. Also to get some sense of how widespread and prevalent to tea rs. Of how widespread and prevalent to tears. A Good Opportunity to raise the profile of this issue. We can do an immense amount as a nation to ove rco m e an immense amount as a nation to overcome this problem. Its helpful to see it portrayed this way. Thank you very much indeed, much more later. From hertfordshire, we will hand you to our news teams across the uk to find out about the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london news im victoria hollins. The influential board of deputies of britishjews is to write to the lord chancellor and the lord chiefjustice, calling on them to sack the senior coroner for inner north london. The board met mary hassell after concerns within the jewish and muslim communities about the way she failed to respect the wishes of families who wanted to bury deceased relatives as soon as possible in accordance with their faith. The board called the meeting with the coroner deeply disappointing. Mary hassell has said she would not fast track inquests based on religion. A study, seen by the bbc, shows that a powerful drug to treat epilepsy could harm families for generations. Karen buck from stanmore in North West London didnt know taking sodium valproate during her pregnancy would cause severe birth defects in her 19 year old daughter. Suspicions that the affects could be passed has been confirmed by Research Carried out in korea. It found autistic behaviour in grandchildren and great grandchildren of mice. A bit of evidence we had in any species that this could be carried onto the next generation, it needs to be looked at as quickly as possible to give families reassurance. Theres more of that in tonights inside out programme at seven seven thirty. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. Several bus routes on diversion. Traffic is reasonably good in the area. A check on the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. The temperature outside is feeling mild this morning. It is actually risen overnight so its not feeling as cold as it did yesterday. We have a lot of cloud and rain to start with. That will quite quickly move away southwards, becoming drier, some brighter weather this afternoon. Still fairly cloudy, breezy, and the temper to getting up to nine or 10 celsius circus on backup in double figures in the temperature is not going to drop too far overnight, we are hanging onto that mild air and also hanging on to the cloud, getting spots of rain and the cloud thicken up to produce spots dawn. The minimum temperature is not really dropping which is seven and nine celsius. A damp start tomorrow. Further outbreaks of rain throughout the day. Also, it is going to get quite breezy as well so turning wet, windy but we are hanging on to the mild out. 13 celsius, the maximum temperatures soar above average for the time of year. Its latest a fairly unsettled through tuesday and also through wednesday. Still, very breezy and went as well but some brighter weather for thursday. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Hello. This is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. Its monday the 22nd of january. Coming up on breakfast today we look at the future of vauxhalls car plant in Ellesmere Port. Hundreds of jobs have already gone and theres an important meeting today. Steph will have the latest for us. Britains new tennis hero, kyle edmund, is in the quarter finals of the australian open. Well ask his former coach if he can go all the way. And the awards season is in full swing. Well bring you the winners from the Screen Actors Guild awards in la overnight. Good morning. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. The head of the army will warn today that britains military risks falling behind that of its enemies unless it gets additional investment. In a speech to the defence think tank, the Royal United Services institute, general sir nick carter is expected to say that russia now has superior battlefield capabilities to the uk, and poses a significant threat in terms of cyber warfare. Ukips deputy leader, Margot Parker, has resigned from her position after the partys leader, henry bolton, refused to stand down following a vote of no confidence yesterday. She told the bbc that mr boltons refusal had left the party in limbo and that he should go sooner rather than later. Detectives are continuing to examine the stabbing of an eight your old girl. A 54 year old man was arrested. Boris johnson girl. A 54 year old man was arrested. Borisjohnson will meet his us counterpart, rex tillerson, in london today, for talks around syria, iran, and yemen. Rex tillerson arrived last night. The meeting comes after donald trump refused to visit the uk. The days diplomacy will pave the way for the meeting with the Prime Minister plans this week in the swiss resort of davos. The us federal government will remain closed today after the senate delayed a vote on a budget measure, which would have allowed Civil Servants to go back to work. Democrats want President Trump to negotiate over immigration, but republicans say no deal is possible while federal Government Services are closed. The last Government Shutdown was in 2013, and lasted for 16 days. Tokyo held its first missile evacuation drill early this morning. Volu nteers evacuation drill early this morning. Volunteers to cover in underground spaces that will double as bases in the event of a north korean strike. Critics say it is a war game. Hundreds of thousands of parents have been left with no idea of how good their local child centre is. Partial inspections are taking place. Gary oldman has cemented his status as favourite to win an oscar this year. He got the award for best actor in a film at the Screen Actors Guild awards tonight. He got it for his role as Sir Winston Churchill in the darkest hour. Winston churchill reminds us we make a living with what we get and make a life with what we get and make a life with what we get and make a life with what we give. And you have given me an enormous honour, and i am proud to receive this magnificent award. We spoke to him one and apparently his wife said he had to take the role. Priests are taking part in the annual pope john role. Priests are taking part in the annual popejohn pauls keen competition in poland. Paul skiing. Organisers said they wanted to give an example of how to pray and compete. Honestly they are not even wearing ski trousers. Fantastic i could watch this for quite some time. Look at that fantastic i could watch this for quite some time. Look at thanm looks like something out of a movie. I will show that again later. To another more professional sport. Australian open tennis. We have one brit in the quarter finals of the australian open. No andy murray. England got off to a slow start, but an unbeaten century from jos buttler and 52 not out for chris woakes helped them finish on 302 for six. Six time champion Novak Djokovic will be in action at the conclusion. It has been 24 hours of chaos for watford. Watford have sacked their manager and appointed another one all in the space of a day. Marco silva was sacked on sunday morning with watford 10th in the premier league, four points avoid the relegation zone. The club, blaming the need for change on everton for their interest in silva before christmas. Spaniard javi gracia is his replacement, his last club was russian side rubin kazan. Silva is the eighth premier League Manager to lose his job this season. Harry kane struck his 99th premier league goal for tottenham, but couldnt prevent them from losing ground in the race for the top four as his spurs side drew 1 1 at southampton. The home side made a fast start. An own goal from Davinson Sanchez gave saints the lead in the opening quarter of an hour. Then came kanes equaliser. Spurs miss out on the chance to go level with fourth placed liverpool who take on swansea tonight. Southampton, meanwhile, are still in the relegation zone. You know, you watch everyone else play and win, and you have to decide. That makes it more difficult. Obviously, there is still a long way to go and many ups and downs, iam a long way to go and many ups and downs, i am sure. Wejust need a long way to go and many ups and downs, i am sure. We just need to keep working hard and keep fighting. Holders, celtic, have been drawn at home to Partick Thistle in the scottish cup fiffth round draw. Hearts will play albion rovers or stjohnstone after they beat hibernian 1 0 in the edinbough derby at tynecastle. Don cowie, glancing christophe berras header over the line. The full draw can be found on the bbc sport website. Qualification for the quarter finals of rugby unions european champions cup has been finalised. Holders, saracens, have scraped through and welsh side scarlets have been rewarded for their good form with a home tie. Theres no room for wasps, though. Despite running in four tries past ulster, other results didnt go their way and they miss out. The quarter finals will be played at the end of march. Tommy fleetwood has won his fourth European Tour event by retaining his abu dhabi championship title. Fleetwood started the day two shots off the lead but hit eight birdies in his final round to win by two, ahead of fellow englishman ross fisher. Rory mcilroy finished two shots further back. It was just important that we carry on Going Forward. It is so well and good having a great year. It was the best year of my life. But we need to ta ke best year of my life. But we need to take it to the next level. We need to keep improving. We had to do that this week, and itjust feels like another step in the right way. Mark allen has won the masters snookerfor a first time. In a tight match against englands kyren wilson, allen made the only century break in the 12th frame to make it seven frames to five. He went on to win10 7. And becomes the first northern irishman since denis taylor in 1987 to take the title. I felt calm all week except for the first session today. I was on edge. As the match went on, i got stronger. I felt more at ease with myself. Yeah, iam just stronger. I felt more at ease with myself. Yeah, i am just very, very pleased to be on the right end of it for a change. She finally looked around. And Roger Federer is through. Just letting you know. England got off to a slow start, but an unbeaten century from jos buttler and 52 not out for chris woakes helped them finish on 302 for six. Australia were in contention before some impressive bowling from mark wood meant the hosts needed an unlikely 22 off the final over. British skiier, dave ryding, clocked the fastest time of the day on his second run in the world cup slalom in kitzbuhel yesterday. The 31 year old was 25th after his first run, having made a big mistake. But he was more than six seconds quicker on his second, moving him up to ninth place overall. And finally, Cristiano Ronaldos modelling career may be on the line this morning. His face is still there, you can relax. He scored twice in real madrids 7 1 thrashing of deportivo yesterday, but in doing so, he took a boot to the face. There was concern amongst the madrid staff for some time, as he needed lengthy medical treatment for a cut to the cheek. But as he got up to his feet, what was the first thing he asked for . A mirror, or rather, a phone, to make sure the killer looks are still there. Perhaps it was a quick selfie. No, just checking. That is a nasty injury. Welcome to the world of the modern footballer. If they score goals in the first half, obviously, they will be picked up by the cameras as they will be picked up by the cameras as they walk off. A few of them they check it out. Especially cristiano ronaldo. Thank you. Good morning. Theres a stark warning from the head of the british army this morning. General sir nick carter says russias building an increasingly aggressive military with weapons the uk would struggle to match. His speech later on today at the Royal United Services institute will also be interpreted as a call for more money for the armed forces. Joining us now from our london newsroom is colonel rupert wieloch, a former senior British Military commander in libya. Good morning. Thank you forjoining us. We know a lot of what general sir nick carter will say today. What are the key concerns . sir nick carter will say today. What are the key concerns . I certainly agree with general sir nick carter that there is a russian threat out there. I visited that there is a russian threat out there. Ivisited russia that there is a russian threat out there. I visited russia last year for the may day parade. I found their capability was awesome, not only in the conventional sense, but also, the developments with cyber warfare. I think it is right to be worried about what russia is doing. I think, worried about what russia is doing. Ithink, in worried about what russia is doing. I think, in terms of what he needs to set out today, the reasons why the risk to britain are increasing at this time, and why we need to make sure the armed forces and their commitments are carried through. That stock about the risks. What are the risks . Lets talk about the. Is britain a target . We have seen how russia works. It is eyeing up the baltics. We have advanced nato contributions in places like estonia to make sure they are protected. Russia has been operating in syria with much excess. Again, you would have heard about the developments. Success. They have been doing exercises all over russia, in particular, ones on the european front. One other thing that came out in 2016, Russian Artillery and dreams destroyed two ukrainian infa ntry dreams destroyed two ukrainian infantry battalions in 15 minutes. How do we combat that . The strategy and tactics of nato, you do not want to give it away. But in terms of the capability, one of the most important aspects is to deter any aggression. You can only do that with a strong army and a forward presence. I think, with a strong army and a forward presence. Ithink, again, you need backup to sustain that. That means a significant size in terms of the army. People will be working out what that size. Any aspect, any thought, of reducing the army below the numbers we have at the moment, about 80,000, i think that would put that at risk. We have heard this over and over again that we need more money for defence. The money is tight. Why should it go to defence rather than any where else . There are two aspects to that. The first is that if you go back to the planning round in 2012 when the army was reduced to 80,000, there was a promise made of an uplift to make sure the army of 2020 was properly equipped and capable. It seems to me the government of the moment is threatening to reduce that, and i think it would be a big mistake. Go on. Thank you. Ijust think it would be a big mistake. Go on. Thank you. I just want to ask one thing as well. We talked heavily about the modern army and forces on the ground, what about what is going on in cyberspace . How dangerous is what is happening there regular it is very dangerous, but not only in the russian area, it is also in the chinese and terraced area. There . Terrorist. International terrorists are good at using social media and images and messages which can influence young people. We have seen an enormous uplift in our rivals in that area. Money needs to be spent there. Yes, it does. There is confusion between what i would describe as money for security and money for the armed forces. The armed forces are designed to help in terms of britains Foreign Policy whereas the cyber threat is very much an internal Home Office Type of activity. For the last 5 6 years, we have confused money between security and defence. We need to get back to the state where defence and money for the armed forces is ringfenced and not able to be taken away for at home such as cyber defence. Touch mild than yesterday. Well, it certainly been a wintry weekend. Around about ten centimetres of snow in cumbria. Across parts of highland scotton, still 26. Still 26 centimetres of snow. A lot of snow will be falling out. Yesterday, many of us saw temperatures struggling to get above freezing. By tomorrow afternoon, we will all be back in double figures. Things are turning milder. Some of that mild are moving in. The yellow colours returning to the map through the day. Got some outbreaks. Showers in the north and west corp. Western scotland. It isa west corp. Western scotland. It is a largely dry story towards the midlands and east anglia that southern england, rain to stop the morning. Quite a wet morning commute to kent, somerset, much of devon and cornwall. Just the odd isolated shower around. Many of us, and improving day. We will slowly lose that rain from the south east of england and the showers across scotla nd england and the showers across scotland believes. Drying up in Northern Ireland, Northern England, a little bit of sunshine breaking through this afternoon, especially towards the east of Higher Ground and those temperatures are a lot of milder than they have been. Selley and the down a largely quiet and dry note. Quite chilly but through the second half of the night, that is the winds really pick up. Outbreaks of rain working in from the west. Many of us wake up to a soggy start to Tuesday Morning. Frost free. Much milder in place. When you in the cloud and the outbreaks of rain, a chilly start but through the day, these bands of rain will shift slowly eastwards. Perhaps sunnier, heading in from the north west but squally showers set to continue for all of us but temperatures will be around ten, 13 degrees. Much milder than they have been. Wednesday, another wet and windy day. The heavy speu another wet and windy day. The heavy spell of rain moving eastwards across the country. Temperatures around eight, 13 degrees but remaining unsettled through the middle of the week. A hint of something a little bit colder once again but not as cold as a wintry weather we had last week. We will talk about winter kit now. Youve got to dress for success. Only a couple of weeks from the start of the Winter Olympics and today is the day members of team gb have their kids unveiled. I love these days. Jane is there where athletes will get suited and booted. Good morning. Like getting a new coat. Seriously . Come on, it is better than that. The next three days, this will be team gb hq because this is where they are getting kitted out. This is all the kit they will possibly need. To take them to pyeongchang. And hopefully, hopefully onto a podium. M k is the chef demission. Did i say that correctly . Youre the in charge. Tell us why this jacket is so important . This is the one you will see the team in the Opening Ceremony dressed in but more importantly on the podium, this is the podium jacket. Hopefully warm for what will bea jacket. Hopefully warm for what will be a cold olympics. And hopefully very successful. The target is five medals at least, one more than we got four years ago. We want to keep Going Forward from there. You are the man in charge then and hopefully you will be the man leading us to more gold success. What will the atmosphere be like . A great experience we hope. They have been selected so this is the time to get the rings on the chest, which will bea the rings on the chest, which will be a great moment. Come in as a bobsleigh, a skeleton or a curling athlete and leavers one team, team gb. Good luck with everything. Hang around for a bit. Michaels game in the past was curling. We have something special. You will be chatting to some of the key athletes, busys athletes, in a little bit, including lizzie arnold. She will be on the sofa soon but we have some of the Team Gb Ambassadors around here. Good morning, ladies. Give us a wave. Good morning. Jenny jones, i know this isnt your sport. Amy, this isnt your sport but take it away. Lets have a go on the curling. Not bad. Not bad. Go on. 0h, curling. Not bad. Not bad. Go on. Oh, i curling. Not bad. Not bad. Go on. 0h, ithink curling. Not bad. Not bad. Go on. Oh, i think amy williams, amy williams, you just about nailed it. A bit more practice. There is ice, though. Bake ice. Skeleton. Fantastic. Jenny jones . Snowboarder, no ice hopefully. How exciting is it . You have been through this before. What is going through your head . Its really exciting. You feel that you are actually part of the team, are very proud moment but that the t shirt on, the jumpers on so you initially dont think much of it but when you do it, you are blown away. Eight years ago from vancouver andl away. Eight years ago from vancouver and i remembercoming away. Eight years ago from vancouver and i remember coming to work kitting out day and having those five rings on your chest, the of it is such an emotional moment that you are suddenly representing your country at the highest level so this is really exciting. What is possible, what you might be wearing. You are at the Opening Ceremony behind that Union Jack Flag you are at the Opening Ceremony behind that unionjack flag and you are at the Opening Ceremony behind that Union Jack Flag and you have the rings and team gb on you and its a symbol but. What do you think of it this year . Its very blue. We get to have a proper look ina bit. Blue. We get to have a proper look in a bit. Can you do some modelling for us . Modelling and curling. What you think is going to happen . Skiing and snowboarding for freestylers is looking great. I think of got a strong team in that department and if we look at skeleton and things. We have our greatest team so far. With the most amount of potential athletes winning medals. Skeleton, we always very strong. Lets hope we get another one with lizzie or laura. I have my money on a lease christie. Literally . No, i havent. You seem interested in that. Are you going to take some tips . We are going to take some tips . We are going to take some tips . We are going to do that a little later, definitely. We will chat to you more later. The hell kitting out ceremony is important. What is happening in russia with the doping ceremony, they are having their kitting out. They have a minimal team carefully selected and they havent been able to use their full pay to the colours because of that scandal and they have gone to something very neutral, they have had to. Something beige. havent seen it. At least we are going to be out there with our blues, reds, whites. Flying the flag of great britain. We always do special things in each days of the team always looks exactly the same. You sit in the food hall. Go team gb. We are going to chat to you more later. Back to you now. gb. We are going to chat to you more later. Back to you now. I completely and utterly share their excitement. There is nothing like getting new kit. I have kids envy. Oh, look at that. Thats what she was saying. A quy that. Thats what she was saying. A guy called chris young put an appeal on social media trying to find his teacher called lynden ward who looks after school in the 1970s. He has bought a book out. He launched this to try and find miss ward. He is still looking for her. Im sure you are trying. Banks are telling us about your favourite teachers. Beverley says miss james taught music, inspire my love of Musical Theatre and opera. Katie says my favourite teacher was called mrs tuck, the director of special schools for hertfordshire and wrote loads of books on special education, made a massive difference. Caroline says mrs field had faith in me when others didnt. She said i could achieve all i could and i did. Do keepin achieve all i could and i did. Do keep in touch. My favourite teacher was my spanish teacher. Tennis at lunchtime and did a bit of everything. A guy called mr lowell. Idida everything. A guy called mr lowell. I did a history degree because of him. Lets get the news and travel where you are. Good morning from bbc london news im victoria hollins. The influential board of deputies of britishjews is to write to the lord chancellor and the lord chiefjustice, calling on them to sack the senior coroner for inner north london. The board met mary hassell after concerns within the jewish and muslim communities about the way she failed to respect the wishes of families who wanted to bury deceased relatives as soon as possible in accordance with their faith. The board called the meeting with the coroner deeply disappointing. Mary hassell has said she would not fast track inquests based on religion. A study, seen by the bbc, shows that a powerful drug to treat epilepsy could harm families for generations. Karen buck from stanmore in North West London didnt know taking sodium valproate during her pregnancy would cause severe birth defects in her 19 year old daughter. Research carried out in korea found the effects could be passed on. The first bit of evidence that we had in any species that this could be carried onto the next generation, this is something now that needs to be looked at as quickly as possible to give families some reassurance. Theres more of that in tonights inside out programme seven thirty. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. A check on the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. The temperature outside is feeling mild this morning. Its actually risen overnight so its not feeling as cold as it did yesterday. We have got a lot of cloud and some rain to start with. That will quite quickly move away southwards, becoming drier, some brighter weather this afternoon. Still fairly cloudy, breezy, and the temperature getting up to 9 or 10 celsius so for some, back up into double figures again and the temperature is not going to drop too far overnight, we are hanging onto that mild air, also hanging onto the cloud, could get spots of rain, the cloud thick enough to produce that and then outbreaks of rain as we head through to dawn. The minimum temperature as you can see, not really dropping which is 7 and 9 celsius. A damp start tomorrow. Further outbreaks of rain throughout the day. Also, it is going to get quite breezy as well so turning wet, windy, but we are hanging onto the mild air. 13 celsius, the maximum temperature, so above average for the time of year. Its going to stay fairly unsettled through tuesday and also through wednesday. Still, very breezy and very wet as well but some brighter weather for thursday. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Hello. Very good morning. This is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. The head of the army says britains military needs more money to match potential enemies on the battlefield. General sir nick carters warning comes after russia practised simulated attacks across northern europe. Its monday the 22nd of january. More turmoil for ukip. The leader, henry bolton, refuses to step down, but the partys deputy resigns saying hes got to go. We have first sight of a parliamentary report into malnutrition with the elderly. We are asking what are the causes and cures for malnutrition. One week on from the collapse of the construction giant, carillion, im asking how to minimise the cost to taxpayers. In sport, the defending champion, Roger Federer, is in action at the australian open, looking to emulate yesterdays achievement of kyle edmund in reaching the quarter finals. And there has been reduced excess at the Screen Actors Guild in hollywood. British success. The Screen Actors Guild in hollywood. British success. The award goes to gary oldman. And sarah has the weather. A lot of lying snow in the north of the country, but milder air pushing through all regions today. Most of us should the brightness as well. All of the details in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. The head of the army will warn today that britains military risks falling behind that of its enemies unless it gets additional investment. In a speech to the defence think tank, the Royal United Services institute, general sir nick carter is expected to say that russia now has superior battlefield capabilities to the uk, and poses a significant threat in terms of cyber warfare. Simon clemison reports. Images showing what russia said was a strike on syria. But the rockets come not from the mediterranean sea, but the caspian sea, more than 900 miles away. The head of the army says russia is building an increasingly aggressive military, which the uk is struggling to match. Russia has also been simulating attacks closer to home, conducting large scale exercises. This, the heavily armed klinongrad bordering lithuania. General sir nick carter will warn britain must take notice of what is going on around us and keep up, or we could be massively constrained. He will say the threats are not thousands of miles away, but are now on our doorstep. He says cyber warfare can also disrupt the lives of normal people. One of the most important aspects is to deter any aggression. You can only do that with a forward army and forward presence. We need a significant size in terms of the army. Any thought of reducing the army. Any thought of reducing the army below the numbers we have at the moment, about 80,000, i think it would put security at risk. The head of the army is not saying this in so many words, but one way to avoid the possibility of britain falling behind in combat could be money from the chancellor here at number 11. He certainly wont want to see any cuts. The speech will be made with the approval of the defence secretary who has already said a 2 rise should be a base, not a ceiling. No word yet from the chancellor. Simon cleminson, bbc news. Ukips deputy leader, Margot Parker, has resigned from her position after the partys leader, henry bolton, refused to stand down following a vote of no confidence yesterday. She told the bbc that mr boltons refusal had left the party in limbo and that he should go sooner rather than later. Sour Political Correspondent, chris mason, joins us from westminster. What happens next . There will be an emergency general meeting for the party which will take place within one month. It has not yet been scheduled. What will happen is that as long as 250 members of the party turns up, that makes it legitimate, and there is a vote among those members to decide whether bolton stays or goes. He is absolutely determined to cling on. He won the leadership race recently relatively co mforta bly. Leadership race recently relatively comfortably. If you can assemble in our support is at the meeting, it is entirely possible despite the fact his deputy has resigned because he will not go, despite the fact eve ryo ne will not go, despite the fact everyone on the National Executive other than him says he issued resigned, he might still be able to cling on. Word around these parts talk aboutjeremy cling on. Word around these parts talk about Jeremy Corbyn cling on. Word around these parts talk aboutJeremy Corbyn and how his members wanted him to stay despite his party wanting him to leave, and he is still here. Thank you very much. We will talk about it in the next two days. Thank you. Few days. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, will meet his us counterpart, rex tillerson, in london today for talks on syria, iran and yemen. It comes after President Donald Trump refused to visit the uk and open the new us embassy. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. The us federal government will remain closed today after the senate delayed a vote on a budget measure, which would have allowed Civil Servants to go back to work. Democrats want President Trump to negotiate over immigration, but republicans say no deal is possible while federal Government Services are closed. The last Government Shutdown was in 2013, and lasted for 16 days. Britain should prepare for a much more economically optimistic 2018 because Global Growth is better than predicted. Thats the argument of lord jim oneill, the former conservative treasury minister and remain supporter. He says the gloomy predictions of the possible effects of brexit are likely to be dwarfed by the more positive figures. Hundreds of people have paid their respects to the cranberries singer, dolores oriordan, in her home city of limerick. She died suddenly in london last week, aged 46. Large crowds gathered at stjosephs church to view her open coffin ahead of herfuneral tomorrow. Nearly 1,000 Childrens Centres across england have not been inspected by ofsted for more than five years. The government temporarily suspended inspections in 2015. The Charity Action for children says its left hundreds of thousands of parents with no idea how good their local centre is, as marc ashdown reports. Gary oldman has cemented his status as favourite to win an oscar this year. He won the award for best actor at the Screen Actors Guild awards overnight. Its for his role as Sir Winston Churchill in the darkest hour. The british actor was overcome with emotion as he accepted his prize. Churchill reminds us we make a living with what we get and make a life with what we give. And you have given me an enormous honour, and i am proud to receive this magnificent award. Now heres some positive news in the gender Equality Movement in hollywood. I think i called her minnie the mouse earlier. Theres no the in it minnie mouse is finally due to receive a star the in it receive a star on the hollywood walk of fame today. Shes been in the Entertainment Industry for 90 years, and many disney fans say her star is long overdue. Her beloved mickey was honoured with a star four decades ago. Many of her fellow disney characters already have stars on the walk of fame, including donald duck, tinker bell, winnie the poo, snow white, and kermit the frog. Miss piggy, however, does not have a star of her own. All is not right. It needs to be looked at. Its a week on since the collapse of Construction Services company carillion. Many questions remain unanswered, including the overall cost to the taxpayer of its failure. Stephs here to try and shed some light on where we are now and how the government is trying to move forward. We will talk about where we are now and what the government is trying to do. It was this time last week i announced the company was going into liquidation because it was basically drowning under the weight of its debt, £1. 3 million. We found out more about the financials behind it. We knew they only had 27 billion left in the bank when they went into administration, sorry, liquidation. Sorry, million. We have been talking to many workers about it and it is a mixed picture. Some have been taken on by other companies. For example, the hsz on by other companies. For example, the hs2 project. They have carried on injobs paid by the government, services. It is a mixed picture. It is especially uncertain for subcontractors and suppliers. We have heard various mps talking about it. The chief secretary to the treasury, liz truss, but we do not know what the cost will be to the taxpayer. Chris grayling, the tramp of secretary, will be in front of a select committee today explaining why the government did not do much about it. The Prime Minister says she wants to clamp down on anyone lying in these situations like bosses and companies. And pensions are important to many of them. Many people have asked about pensions. Carillion have 27,000 people receiving a pension or are set to receive one. It is rejected by the pension fund, which is good news. People will still get them. There is a lot of money in it. It is designed to help people when a company goes bust. There are £34 billion of assets in this fund. There is enough money. If you are already retired, you will get the full amount. What is more tricky is if you have not retired yet, you will get 90 . You will lose basically 10 of it. But, yeah, people were worried about that, but it is much better news for pensioners. Many people are getting in contact to be we will try to a nswer in contact to be we will try to answer more questions. In contact. Former pensions minister sir steve webb, who is the director of policy at the royal london pensions company, joins us now from our newsroom in bristol. Thank you. I know you were listening. What is the latest advice for those impacted by the liquidation of carillion last week . Some workers will be completely u naffected. Some workers will be completely unaffected. If you joined carillion recently and have a new style pension, a pot of money with your name on it, it is unaffected. That is good news that be if you are already in the pension scheme, it will continue to be paid. Sooner or later, the Pension Protection Fund will be in touch with you. There is nothing you can do to change the situation. As she said, it is a robust insurance scheme. She also mentioned the words from Prime Minister theresa may, she wants to crack down on executives in order to protect pensions of workers. We have heard this before from the Prime Minister. What do you think of the proposals and what will they entail . One of the challenges with a profit in company if it wants to invest it backin in company if it wants to invest it back in the business and pay out to shareholders and senior executives. There is an issue of the balance between bat. With carillion, one of the concerns was dividends where increased year after year with a huge hole in the pension scheme. Regulators should be able to say the pension schemes and employers, too much money is going out in dividends and top pay and not enough to the pension. We heard Sports Direct last year. Now we have carillion. 5500 of these schemes are out there and two thirds of them have a deficit. wa nted thirds of them have a deficit. wanted to talk about that. 5. 5 thousand. How many are in deficit . Two thirds. It is like a race. There can bea two thirds. It is like a race. There can be a deficit allowed, but there has to be a plan to fix it. In normal circumstances, employers will fix it over a 5 ten year period. What often happens is sometimes fortu nes what often happens is sometimes fortunes can change quickly before it is plugged. There will be more insolvencies and Pension Funds going into the Pension Protection Fund. Not if, but how many. Many people involved in the scheme is have asked questions. What is your advice for those impacted . Pensions will be paid, there is a good solid skin behind it so there is no need to panic so it is right the government to look at these things. It is a matter of urgency. The danger could be years away from changing the law of the land. Really handy advice. Thank you very much for joining handy advice. Thank you very much forjoining us. It was a bitter weekend, wasnt it . It was a bitter weekend, wasnt it . It really was. Hope you have some better news on the horizon. Loveit better news on the horizon. Love it or loathe it, we had a lot of lying snow around that most of the snow across Northern England and scotla nd the snow across Northern England and scotland and Northern Ireland will be falling out of the next day or two because temperatures are going to be on the rise. If you compare temperatures we saw yesterday afternoon, many places struggling to get much above freezing. Still holding on to a little bit of cold airthis holding on to a little bit of cold air this morning, first thing. But much milder our sweeping in from the south west. Through today and on into tomorrow. If you are heading out tomorrow, across scotland, quite a bit of wet and windy weather. Showers in the north and west. Most of these showers should ease away, and in improving picture. Try and frost free. Some heady bursts of rain across the south coast of england. Much of devon and cornwall should stay dry. Quite cloudy but dry across wales. In improving picture. The rain clears away from the south east of england. A few showers towards the west of scotland. Anywhere towards the east of Higher Ground, we willjust about see those temperatures, at least in the south into double figures in through the first part of tonight, fairly chilly and mostly dry. Things are set to change as rain sweeps in from the west. The wind picking up as well. Quite a wet and windy start for Tuesday Morning but frost free with the milder in charge and that they will pile in from the south west as we head through the day tomorrow. Certainly milder but we will see a lot of windy and wet weather sweeping from west to east across the country during tuesday. Some heady bursts of southern england and scotland through the morning. s quarterly wins as well. It will feel pretty unsubtle. Although the temperatures are much milder, it wont feel particularly pleasa nt milder, it wont feel particularly pleasant with outbreaks of rain and strong wind. Wednesday, more of the same. Anotherfront strong wind. Wednesday, more of the same. Another front from west to east. A spell of fairly heavy rain. Brisk winds as well and return to some sunshine and showers from the west. It looks like the temperatures willdipa bit west. It looks like the temperatures will dip a bit towards the end of the week, staying fairly unsettled but certainly today, not a bad day and temperatures are on the rise. This morning were talking about malnutrition in the elderly in the uk. Bbc breakfast has exclusively seen a report which estimates 1. 3 million older people suffer from hunger. Breakfasts john maguire can tell us more. Good morning to you, john. We are at the Hertfordshire Independent Living Service kitchens in st albans. It isa it is a well oiled machine. You can see lizzie is taking out one of the meals. Stabbing it with the temperature probe, it needs to be 83 degrees. That is an all day brea kfast degrees. That is an all Day Breakfast which is one of the most popular things that the folks who ta ke popular things that the folks who take advantage of this enjoy. You can see that they get an afternoon tea as well. Around £4 55, i think it is, fora tea as well. Around £4 55, i think it is, for a meal. The afternoon tea goes on top of that. The other thing thatis goes on top of that. The other thing that is very interesting about where we are at the moment in saint alden is, there is also a Community Cafe here and i think we got a good looking full breakfast about to be taken by gemma off to one of the tables. Something to look forward to. The Community Cafe offers a different aspect because one of the things about meals on wheels, places like this, its notjust about the food and nutrition, its about that social contact, tackling isolation. Do you always manage to finish what we deliver to you . Yeah. Janet is receiving a check up this morning from annabel martin, a nutritionist from the Hertfordshire Independent Living Service. Ok, and thats a slightly more than you were last time so thats fantastic. She is malnourished but today there is good news, putting on weight. Malnourishment is defined as when the body doesnt get the nutrients it needs to function properly. A parliamentary report published today says it affects 1. 3 million elderly people, but its an estimate. The data comes from 2011 so its calling for updated information. Those who provide meals on wheels suspect its a much bigger problem. Well, were dealing with malnutrition on a daily basis. Weve done our own Research Screening clients when they first come to our meals on Wheels Service and we discover that 44 of them are malnourished to some extent. It seems crazy to me that hunger amongst the elderly is something which is still prevalent in this country. And the best guess for the cost of the problem is almost £12 billion and rising. Partly about ageing population, maybe partly through poverty, more so because of isolation but none of that is a reason for the government not thinking more imaginatively how it might spend a very small part of the pension budget in a way which really helps people in dire need. Turn it up a bit. The report makes several recommendations. They include taking winter fuel payments from the wealthiest pensioners to help Fund Community support. More meals on wheels, not only to provide food but also tackle isolation and loneliness. And an increased role from supermarkets to offer slower shopping lanes and lunch clubs for the in store cafe. Hello, ruth. Ruth hasjust turned 91. Hi, ruth. And still cooks herself in the evening but has a daily lunch delivery. Lemon chicken today. Oh, that looks nice. That looks lovely. She is well nourished and enjoys the social contact. I cant grumble because they never miss, they always come every motral day regardless of the climate and the weather. The report recognises that government and local Authority Budgets are under pressure but social Services Directors say their work needs proper funding. The money talked about in the report, in my view, would be significantly insignificant when we talk about the amount of money thats required to truly put social care on a sustainable footing. National governments across the uk say they are taking steps to tackle malnutrition and in england, for example, the care act makes sure that vulnerable peoples needs are met by the local authorities. But todays report is a challenge to us all to do something about it. Lets talk to sarah from the report and doctor simon gade. Sarah, you are concerned about some of the mixed messages. Absolutely. Obviously obesity is a problem throughout the nature and that the only messages we hear are about that only messages we hear are about that on to someone who is older and losing weight and undernourished, low fat and low sugar food is absolutely the wrong thing to be having so what we really feel is needed is multiple messages so that someone who needs to put on weight can learn what is Good Nutrition for them. Doctor gade, you are a gastroenterologist and you see people at their most poorly. What is going wrong . There are lots of reasons. We are dealing with medical problems that result in nutrition but the nutritional issues have been dealt with as well is the medical problem. I often think about having nutrition vision. If you go around the hospital, you will see that 30 of patients, one in three are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. They have lost a lot of weight in all of those patients have complications that then develop. The cost is enormous as a result of that. You believe people shouldnt be losing weight as they get older because a lot of people think that is normal. The perception is getting thinner as we age but weve got to change that perception because its truly not, that doesnt necessarily happen. Thank you very much. We have had responses from both national from all the National Governments who say they have policies to attack these issues. Also, a multi nutrition universal screening tool that you saw being used, a way of measuring patients to see how they are coping, making this unit will soar across the board. Another way to understand exactly what is going on in the community. John, thank you very much. You are watching breakfast. One of the things i love about being ina team, one of the things i love about being in a team, kit is close to the top. The countdown is on early olympic the Winter Olympics in south korea. Tea m the Winter Olympics in south korea. Team gbs kit is being unveiled. Jane is looking at it. Kit envy. Louise has kit envy. Can we steal something for her . Good morning from all of us. Team gb and some of the support crew and jennyjones. Very exciting today. Todays the day they get kitted out to the main event in pyeongchang. This is the first anybody has seen all of this kit put together, 60 athletes in total kitted out. 101 items each including the illusion outfits. Youll be going 100 miles an hourfeet first and down the mountain. If you are wearing this one in the middle, you will be wearing it on the podium. Hopefully with a gold medal. More from us in a little while. Good morning from bbc london news im victoria hollins. The influential board of deputies of britishjews is to write to the lord chancellor and the lord chiefjustice, calling on them to sack the senior coroner for inner north london. The board met mary hassell after concerns within the jewish and muslim communities about the way she failed to respect the wishes of families who wanted to bury deceased relatives as soon as possible in accordance with their faith. The board called the meeting with the coroner deeply disappointing. Mary hassell has said she would not fast track inquests based on religion. A study, seen by the bbc, shows that a powerful drug to treat epilepsy could harm families for generations. Karen buck from stanmore in North West London didnt know taking sodium valproate during her pregnancy would cause severe birth defects in her now 19 year old daughter. Research carried out in korea found autistic behaviour in grandchildren and great grandchildren of mice. The first bit of evidence that we had in any species that this potentially this can be carried onto the next generation, this is something now that needs to be looked at as quickly as possible to give families some reassurance. Theres more of that in tonights inside out programme at seven thirty on bbc 1. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. Its hoped the road will open later. A check on the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. The temperature outside is feeling mild this morning. Its actually risen overnight so its not feeling as cold as it did yesterday. We have got a lot of cloud, though, and some rain at least to start with. That will quite quickly move away southwards, becoming drier, some brighter weather this afternoon. Still fairly cloudy, breezy, and the temperature getting up to 9 or 10 celsius so for some, back up into double figures again or 10 celsius so for some, back up in double figures again and the temperature is not going to drop too far overnight, were hanging onto that mild air, also hanging onto the cloud, could get spots of rain, the cloud thick enough to produce that and then outbreaks of rain as we head through to dawn. The minimum temperature as you can see, not really dropping which is 7 a damp start tomorrow. Further outbreaks of rain throughout the day. One or two heavy ones. Also, it is going to get quite breezy as well so turning wet, windy, but we are hanging onto the mild air. 13 celsius, the maximum temperature, so above average for the time of year. Its going to stay fairly unsettled through tuesday and also through wednesday. Still very breezy, still very wet as well but some brighter weather for thursday. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. Hello. This is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. Its monday the 22nd of january. Coming up on breakfast today the head of the army will warn today that britains military risks falling behind that of its potential enemies without additional investment. General sir nick carters comments are being seen as an attempt to win more funding for the forces. He will also point to russias growing battlefield capabilities, including the threat posed by its long range missiles and cyber warfare skills. One of the most important aspects is to deter any aggression. And you can only do that if you have a strong army and a firm presence. And i think, again, you need the backup to sustain that, and that means a significant size in terms of the army, and any aspect or any thought of reducing the army below the numbers that we have at the moment which is about 80,000, i think it would put that at risk. The deputy leader of ukip, Margot Parker, has resigned from her position in the party because leader, henry bolton, has refused to resign. Yesterday, mr bolton lost a no confidence vote at a meeting of senior ukip members, but said he will not stand down. Mrs parker told the bbc that his refusal to leave has left the party in limbo and that he should go sooner rather than later. Detectives are continuing to investigate the fatal stabbing of an eight Year Old Girl in the west midlands. Mylee billingham was named by police as the schoolgirl who died at an address near walsall on saturday night. A 54 year old man, who was arrested in connection with the attack, remains in a Critical Condition in hospital. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, will meet his us counterpart, rex tillerson, in london today for talks on syria, iran and yemen. Americas Foreign Policy chief arrived last night. The meeting comes after donald trump refused to visit the uk and open the new us embassy in the capital. Todays diplomacy will prepare the way for the president s meeting with the Prime Minister later this week in the swiss resort of davos. A charity says one in three young women in the uk are embarrassed to attend smear tests for Cervical Cancer because of issues with body image. Jos Cervical Cancer trust, which surveyed more than 2,000 women aged between 25 and 35, said it was worried about the impact on screening rates, which have fallen to a 20 year low. Priests are taking part in the annual popejohn paul ii skiing competition in poland. Its a week on since the collapse of Construction Services company carillion. Many questions remain unanswered, including the overall cost to the taxpayer of its failure. Debate has been promised over the future of workplace pensions. Two thirds of them are in deficit. It is like a race. There can be a deficit allowed, but there has to be a plan to fix it. Most employers will fix that over a 5 10 year period, but sometimes fortunes of a company can turn down before a hole is plugged. There will be more insolvencies. The question is not whether, it is how many. We have been talking about the olympics, the Winter Olympics, this is not that, but it is close. Priests are taking part in the annual popejohn paul ii skiing competition in poland. The oldest participant is 76 and has been taking part in the event for several years. Organisers say they wanted priests to not only give an example of how to pray, but also how to compete honestly. Nice style, nice and steady. There we go. Look at this taking it to a com pletely we go. Look at this taking it to a completely different level. You do not want to get that garment caught. We are talking about the Winter Olympics later. How do i follow that those pictures are amazing. We talk about the Winter Olympics because they get their kit today. And the tennis. Roger federer. He is like a gazelle. So smooth. His first day match. Better than getting to sleep at 3am after a night match. He makes it look easy. Roger federer make quick work of this mornings match against hungarys marton fucsovics, wrapping it up in two hours and one minute, 6 4, 7 6, 6 2. Hell face Tomas Berdych in the last eight, a player he beat in last years third round. It looks like Alexis Sanchez is the nextin it looks like Alexis Sanchez is the next in line to don the famous number seven. He just has to get a medical completed. He is apparently taking a selfie at old trafford, which is doing the rounds in the papers this morning and on social media. Watford have sacked their manager and appointed another one all in the space of a day. It has been some 24 hours. Marco silva was sacked on sunday morning with watford10th in the premier league, four points avoid the relegation zone. The club, blaming the need for change on everton for their interest in silva before christmas. Spaniard javi gracia is his replacement, his last club was russian side rubin kazan. Silva is the eighth premier League Manager to lose his job this season. Harry kane struck his 99th premier league goal for tottenham, but couldnt prevent them from losing ground in the race for the top four as his spurs side drew 1 1 at southampton. The home side made a fast start. An own goal from Davinson Sanchez gave saints the lead in the opening quarter of an hour. Then came kanes equaliser. Spurs miss out on the chance to go level with fourth placed liverpool who take on swansea tonight. Southampton, meanwhile, are still in the relegation zone. Holders, celtic, have been drawn at home to Partick Thistle in the scottish cup fiffth round draw. Hearts will play albion rovers or stjohnstone after they beat hibernian 1 0 in the edinbough derby at tynecastle. Don cowie, glancing christophe berras header over the line. The full draw can be found on the bbc sport website. Tommy fleetwood has won his fourth European Tour event by retaining his abu dhabi championship title. Fleetwood started the day two shots off the lead but hit eight birdies in his final round to win by two, ahead of fellow englishman ross fisher. Rory mcilroy finished two shots further back. It was just important that we carry on Going Forward. It is all well and good having a great year. It was the best year of my life. But we need to ta ke best year of my life. But we need to take it to the next level. We need to keep improving. We had to do that this week, and itjust feels like another step in the right way. Mark allen has won the masters snookerfor a first time. In a tight match against englands kyren wilson, allen made the only century break in the 12th frame to make it seven he went on to win10 7. And becomes the first northern irishman since denis taylor in 1987 to take the title. I felt calm all week except for the first session today. I was on edge. As the match went on, i got stronger. I felt more at ease with myself. Yeah, i am just very, very pleased to be on the right end of it for a change. She finally looked around. British skiier, dave ryding, clocked the fastest time of the day on his second run in the world cup slalom in kitzbuhel yesterday. The 31 year old was 25th after his first run, having made a big mistake. But he was more than six seconds quicker on his second, moving him up to ninth place overall. Kyle edmund is carrying british popes in tennis on his shoulders. Hopes. We will speak to his former coach whojoins us hopes. We will speak to his former coach who joins us from the london newsroom. Good morning. What was your reaction when you saw that he got through to the quarter finals . His First Quarter finals . Got through to the quarter finals . His First Quarterfinals . Yes. I was obviously delighted for him. He thoroughly deserves it in my opinion. You started coaching him when he was just opinion. You started coaching him when he wasjust 16. Opinion. You started coaching him when he wasjust16. I will ask opinion. You started coaching him when he was just 16. I will ask you the inevitable. Did you see this progress coming . Did you see him as a possible british number one . When we started, 16, you definitely knew there was massive potential. And i think. I always felt he could be a top 100 player in the world. And then i have always believed when you reach that landmark, you know, you never quite know what you are capable of doing from then on in. And, like capable of doing from then on in. And, like i said, he deserves the success he is getting now. What has made the difference this year . He swapped beverley for the bahamas, and his winter training, warm weather training, is now there. And he has hired some new coaches. Yes. The bahamas. He went in pre season in december. He enjoyed it. He was able to go about his business and it was quiet. He has a different coaching team. He has the swedish coaching team. He has the swedish coaching team. He has the swedish coach in his corner and a good friend of mine, mark hylton, sharing thejob. I think friend of mine, mark hylton, sharing the job. I think they have, you know, changed his serve slightly, which has helped in this tournament. In general, it has given him bigger determination through the matches. You can see that is what has happened in this tournament. There was the other day, he had some tough moments. He has always been well known for his impressive form. The other day, they were saying what it has learned is the ability to grind out results. What he has learned. Is that inert . His forehand has always been a huge weapon. We last saw him at 16. That was just so evident, it was a massive shock. It got better and better year by year. I think it is the mental side of it that has definitely been a big difference, you know, at the start of this year. In brisbane he got a couple of tight matches. He got dmitrov in a tight match. He has been digging a fraction deeper. It has made a massive difference so far this year. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. It was a pleasure. Thank you. He faces dmitrov early tomorrow. He has learned how to make everything count. Hopefully this time tomorrow we will know which way it is going. Come on british actor gary oldman has come another step closer to an oscar with a win at the Screen Actors Guild awards. He won the prize for outstanding performance for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in darkest hour. Along with the crown star claire foy, the pair were the only british winners at the ceremony, which saw big wins for movie three billboards outside ebbing, missouri and tv series big little lies. Our north america correspondent peter bowes sent us this report from the red carpet. An award season like no other. Ra rely an award season like no other. Rarely has a single issue dominated the red carpet like the Sexual Harassment scandal and the me too and times up movements. But this is the response to months of revelations. For these women to have these stories out and being told is so important. To keep reiterating that we believe you and we are listening to you and we are doing what we can to change it. listening to you and we are doing what we can to change it. I dont think this isjust what we can to change it. I dont think this is just a flash what we can to change it. I dont think this isjust a flash in what we can to change it. I dont think this is just a flash in the pan. Ido think this is just a flash in the pan. I do not think it will whiplash to the way things have always been. You know, hollywood has a lot of power. What we do influences a lot of people. And i am proud of the industry for facing this had on. This business is changing quite quickly. Really. Acrosstheboard. Many people lost theirjobs. They will feel it. It will depend on how stall ward the movement is in keeping it up. It isjust wonderful to be here at this time to witness hopefully great change. It has been a long time coming. And, umm, it is about time. Times up. For the first time in its history, all of the presenters of the Screen Actors Guild awards were women. Tribute was paid to those who have spoken up about abuse. We are inspired that so many powerful voices are no longer silenced by the fear of retaliation. We can control our own destiny. And you are one of those voices. You are one of the silence breakers, and we all owe you a debt of gratitude. The awards themselves are good indicator of which films are likely to do well the oscars. Harry oldman plays Winston Churchill in the darkest hour, and was overcome by emotion as he got a prize for the leading role. Churchill reminds us we make a living by what we get, but we make a life i what we give. And you have given. You have given an enormous honour to meet a nicer but it was dominated by the three, a film about a mothers quest to find the killer of her teenage daughter. Three billboards outside ebbing, missouri. It had best ensemble for the entire cast. Three billboards outside ebbing, missouri is now a hot favourite to do well at the oscars. Denominations are out tomorrow. It is clear the scandal which has overwhelmed hollywood in the past few months will continue to dominate the awards season is the nominations. Oldman. If you arejust waking up, find out what is happening to the weather. A cold weekend and a few concerns about flooding in the coming days as well. We had some really heavy rain yesterday which turned to snow quite quickly. And it did cause persistent heavy rain. I think today will be a respite. As you say, there are concerns it will be unsettled later. More rain on the cards and snow that got lying across many northern parts of the country. This was the scene yesterday afternoon in cumbria. Weve still got around ten centimetres of snow. Up got around ten centimetres of snow. Up to 26 across parts of scotland. Temperatures struggled to get above freezing. Temperatures well up into double figures. Certainly those temperatures are on the rise. The cold air is getting pushed away to the north east. Lets start off across scotland this morning. Heavy rain across northern and western scotland. It will be an improving date. Mostly dry but cloudy through the midlands and east anglia. This area of rain is affecting parts of london, sussex towards somerset. Towards cornwall and much of devon, trying up drying up the south west. Through the day, we keep quite a lot of cloud. That rain fairly quickly. A few sunny spells merging. Especially the some parts of england. Mostly dry, just the odd shower continuing. Temperatures between around seven and 10 degrees. To the first half of tonight, dry and fairly chilly but during the second half of the night, thats when the next area of rain arrives from the west. Warley winds moving. A soggy old start to Tuesday Morning. Mild airto a soggy old start to Tuesday Morning. Mild air to start the day on tuesday. We will see bands of rain crossing west to east. That will be followed by something a bit brighter than the north west but plenty of squally showers around. Temperatures around 11 13 degrees. U nsettled temperatures around 11 13 degrees. Unsettled right through the middle of the week. Active both. unsettled right through the middle of the week. Active both. I hardly recognise that is temperatures. Time to ditch the big coat. I dont think tea m to ditch the big coat. I dont think team gb are going to give you one of our coats. They have launched their winter olympic kit. Jane is down there. You have not qualified. Its like going into a shop in somebodys saying, grab what you like. We are talking about team gb. Car insurance, i renewed last week. Mine has gone up sick of wembley. Youre not alone in people who are upset that fact. Even they have your no claim bonus. Good morning. This is research, comparison sites saying the average Car Insurance policy costs £827 which is close to a record high. They are predicting it will rise further. Thank you very much thejoining us. Why is it going 7 much thejoining us. Why is it going fyou much thejoining us. Why is it going up . If you are unlucky enough to have an accident, the cost of fixing a car is increasing so insurers are passing those costs on swiss important to you shop around. I was chatting to a guy the other day who had a renewalfor £1200. You can see there are huge savings out there. Just in terms of how comparison sites were, how do you decide to list them . Everything is ranked on price. We work with over 100 different rands. All the information as they are. You can very calmly see what is good and speak to the insurer. How do you make money . Insurers pay is a small fee. They dont pass it on to the customers so the price a customer would get from the price a customer would get from the insurer is the same as they would get from us. Do they all pay the same fee . The average is about the same fee . The average is about the same. Whatever the price of the actual policy. You guys are owned by an insurance company. How can you be independent . We are part of the same group of companies but we work with hundreds of insurers is that we are fully separate and make all of our decisions and everything is transparent. There has been criticism of comparison sites. The competition watchdog has said if you use comparison sites, you should shop around, dontjust use yours, use different ones. What you make of that advice because it seems ridiculous to shop around for shopping around. It adds a level of hassle into it. The whole purpose is to save customers time and money. We are to save customers time and money. We a re really to save customers time and money. We are really good shoppers in the uk, however we shop, we wonder how we are going to get the best deal. I agree you should shop around. Focusing on drivers. Providing a guaranteed. That is a great reason to come to us. Have a look at other sites as well. You never know if you get a cheap price. You can spend your life shopping around, cant you . You dont need to go to many, just a couple would suffice. Louise oshea, thank you the talking to us. I will be talking more about carillion later. As you say, good advice but time consuming. We are looking ahead to the Winter Olympics. Just over two weeks until it starts in south korea and today is the day that team gbs kit is revealed. We have got kit envy. Jane is in stockport us where we can look at it all. Good morning. Good morning to you and from everybody here at hq this morning. Good morning. It is actually adidas hq but this is where all the athletes led by michael, this is where they will be kitted out. They are going to be given 101 pieces of kit. 200 members of team gb in total. Amy williams. Let me afresh our memory. You of course the gold in vancouver. This is kind of what you were bearing. This is the Skeleton Team suit. A lot of science and Technology Goes into all the competition clothes. Hours spent in wind tunnels, perfecting body positions, and it comes down to hundreds of this on a second. Anything that can give your little Competitive Edge. Do we think . like it. I like the calligraphy. The little theme that is tying in. like it. They give are coming down. Chat to us later. Jennyjones, bronze in russia. This is what you would be wearing if you are competing. I think its nice, would be wearing if you are competing. Ithink its nice, im into it. The main thing is, its got loads of space. Jumping on rails, big kickers, what have you. Stahl comes big kickers, what have you. Stahl comes into it a bit more. To rethink its stylish . The guys like that its dark. Double denim is not bad. Its more about the Competitive Edge and comfort and warmth. They want to feel good and look good as well. This is warm, isnt it . I know, i know. Lets hope we see our athletes. We have a treat. What do we think . Give it to me, sister. There was another turquoise one. I should be wearing that. On the opening morning. Its in our time, isnt it. Really exciting. We have got presenters and quite a few pundits. Time to get the news, travel and weather wherever you are. Good morning from bbc london news im victoria hollins. The influential board of deputies of britishjews is to write to the lord chancellor and the lord chiefjustice, calling on them to sack the senior coroner for inner north london. The board met mary hassell after concerns within the jewish and muslim communities about the way she failed to respect the wishes of families who wanted to bury deceased relatives as soon as possible in accordance with their faith. The board called the meeting with the coroner deeply disappointing. Mary hassell has said she would not fast track inquests based on religion. A 21 year old man has been shot in romford road near stratford. The London Ambulance service were called shortly before 10 30 last night. The man was found with a gun shot wound to his head. His injuries are being treated as life threatening. No arrests have yet been made. The elizabeth line which is due to openin the elizabeth line which is due to open in 11 months time now has randles at Tottenham Court road, barrington and customs house, the latest milestone in what is europes largest infrastructure project. On the tube, currently severe delays on the victoria line. On the trains, south western railway, fewer trains can run between ascot and virginia waters because of signal failure. Romford road is closed due to the shooting. Several bus routes are on diversion, the picture on screen just before the closure. Things look 0k. A check on the weather now with kate kinsella. Good morning. The temperature outside is feeling mild this morning. Its actually risen overnight so its not feeling as cold as it did yesterday. We have got a lot of cloud, though, and some rain at least to start with. That will quite quickly move away southwards, becoming drier, some brighter weather this afternoon. Still fairly cloudy, breezy, and the temperature getting up to 9 or 10 celsius so for some, back up in double figures again and the temperature is not going to drop too far overnight, were hanging onto that mild air, also hanging onto the cloud, could get spots of rain, cloud thick enough to produce that then outbreaks of rain as we head through to dawn. The minimum temperature as you can see, not really dropping between 7 and 9 celsius. Damp start tomorrow. Further outbreaks of rain throughout the day. One or two heavy ones. Also, its going to get quite breezy as well so turning wet, windy, but were hanging onto the mild air. 13 the maximum temperature, so above average for the time of year. Its going to stay fairly unsettled this week through tuesday and also through wednesday. Still very breezy, very wet as well but some brighter weather for thursday. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Plenty more on our website at the usual address. Bye for now. This is breakfast. The head of the army says that britain needs more money to match potential enemies in modern warfare. General sir nick ca rters modern warfare. General sir nick carters warning comes after russia practised simulated attacks across northern europe. Good morning. It is eight oclock on monday the 22nd of january. More turmoilfor more turmoil for henry bolton, who refuses to step down. The party deputy resigns, saying he has got to go. And dying of embarassment a charity says one in three young women arent getting tested for Cervical Cancer because of concerns over body image. Union leaders will be meeting the bosses of the car maker vauxhall today. Theyll be discussing the job losses at Ellesmere Port, ill have all the details shortly. Good morning. In sport, defending champion Roger Federerjoins britains kyle edmund in the quarter finals of the australian open. And british success at the Screen Actors Guild award. Gary oldman. Having also won at the golden globes, gary oldman will now be a favourite for oscar success. And sarah has the weather. Well, it has been a wintry weekend. Still a lot of lying snow around. Most of it will thaw out over the next few days as temperatures are on the rise. I will bring you all the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. In a rare public intervention, the head of the army will warn today that britains military risks falling behind that of its enemies unless it gets extra money. General sir nick carter will point to russias growing battlefield capabilities, including the threat posed by its long range missiles and cyber warfare skills. Simon clemison reports. Images showing what russia said was a strike on syria. But the rockets come not from the mediterranean sea, but the caspian sea, more than 900 miles away. The head of the army says russia is building an increasingly aggressive military, which the uk is struggling to match. Russia has also been simulating attacks closer to home, conducting large scale exercises. This, the heavily armed klinongrad bordering lithuania. General sir nick carter will warn britain must take notice of what is going on around us and keep up, or we could be massively constrained. He will say the threats are not thousands of miles away, but are now on our doorstep. He says cyber warfare can also disrupt the lives of normal people. One of the most important aspects is to deter any aggression. You can only do that with a forward army and forward presence. You need the back up to sustain that. That means a significant size in terms of the army and any thought of reducing the army below the numbers that we have at the moment, about 80,000, i think would put at risk. The head of the army is not saying this in so many words, but one way to avoid the possibility of britain falling behind in combat could be more money from the chancellor here at number11. He certainly wont want to see any cuts. The speech will be made with the approval of the defence secretary, who has already said a 2 rise should be a base, not a ceiling. No word yet from the chancellor. Simon cleminson, bbc news. Ukips deputy leader, Margot Parker has resigned from her position after the partys leader, henry bolton, refused to stand down following a vote of no confidence yesterday. She told the bbc that mr boltons refusal had left the party in limbo and that he should go sooner rather than later. Our Political Correspondent chris mason joins us from westminster. Good morning, chris. News of another resignation in ukip this morning . Yes, it is happening by the hour this morning, senior ukip figures are clambering onto the plant, walking down it and encouraging their boss, the leader henry bolton, to do exactly the same. But, as things stand, he is not budging. Margot parker, mep for the east midlands, deputy leader until this morning. She has resigned, saying that mr bolton has to go as well. John bickley, the immigration and integration spokesman for the party is doing the same thing. That follows a unanimous verdict of the National Executive committee yesterday that mr bolton should go. I say unanimous, one person said he shouldnt, mr bolton himself. Lots of seniorfigures in shouldnt, mr bolton himself. Lots of senior figures in the party this week are also calling for him to go will stop he says he is staying exactly where he is. If he does that, there will be an emergency meeting taking place in the next month, where members will turn up and decide his fate. This story hasnt quite finished yet. Was it a week ago today that we have him on the show . Yes, you talked to him. Then he said he was not stepping down and he continues to say that. Detectives are continuing to investigate the fatal stabbing of an 8 Year Old Girl in the west midlands. Mylee billingham was named by police as the schoolgirl who died at an address near walsall on saturday night. A 54 year old man, who was arrested in connection with the attack, remains in a Critical Condition in hospital. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, will meet his us counterpart, rex tillerson, in london today for talks on syria, iran and yemen. Americas Foreign Policy chief arrived last night. The meeting comes after donald trump refused to visit the uk and open the new us embassy in the capital. Todays diplomacy will prepare the way for the president s meeting with the Prime Minister later this week in the swiss resort of davos. Britain should prepare for a much more economically optimistic 2018 because Global Growth is better than predicted. Thats the argument of lord jim oneill, the former conservative treasury minister and remain supporter. He says the economy should perform better this year than many opponents of brexit had feared and uk growth forecasts were likely to be upgraded because of increased demand from china, america and continental europe. In early 1000 children centres across england have not been inspected by ofsted for more than five years. The government temporarily suspended inspections in 2015. The Charity Action for children says it has left hundreds of thousands of parents with no idea how good their local centre is. For babies and toddlers, it is a chance to play. For parents, a chance to play. For parents, a chance to play. For parents, a chance to socialise and get free support from health workers. There are 3000 or so Childrens Centres across england. Like schools, ofsted inspects them for safety and quality. In 2015, the government decided to consult over their future and told inspectors to stop inspecting. The Charity Action for children says two years on, some 969 centres g1 inspection have not had one. That is 40 of the total. In that time, councils have invested £1. 4 billion in Childrens Centres, but it is not clear how well the money has been spent. What it means is that local authorities under pressure for cash, if the centres are not inspected, they are sort of invisible. What that means is that it is much easier to close them. Two yea rs it is much easier to close them. Two years ago, this woman lost her mother just after giving years ago, this woman lost her motherjust after giving birth to her son and was heading towards depression. At the centres were not here to help me, and the health visitor, one consistent person throughout two help me, im not sure how we would have coped, and i dont think we would have coped very well. These centres are a lifeline. Ofsted confirmed that the inspections are still suspended. The department for education said robust and regular partial inspections do still take place. Gary oldman has cemented his status as favourite to win an oscar this year. He won the award for best actor at the Screen Actors Guild awards overnight. Its for his role as Sir Winston Churchill in the darkest hour. The british actor was overcome with emotion as he accepted his prize. Churchill reminds us we make a living with what we get and make a life with what we give. And you have given me an enormous honour, and i am proud to receive this magnificent award. Good luck to him for the oscars as well. He is on a roll. It is the most common cancer in women under 35 and can be detected by a simple test, yet the number of women going for cervical screening has reached a 20 year low. A smear test can prevent 75 of Cervical Cancers. But a survey of 2,000 women by a Charity Found about a third were too embarrassed to get checked. And in some areas in the uk up to half of young women arent taking up the offer of free tests. Were joined now by laura flaherty, who had a hysterectomy following smear test, and practise nurse manager annmarie kennedy. Good morning, both. It is quite shocking to hear these figures, that young women, particularly 25 35, they are too embarrassed to have a cheque. Check. Is that your story . I think there is not a woman who doesnt say she was embarrassed, i would put a lot of things in front of mine, i would clean the house or go shopping, anything not to go. It is very embarrassing. You did go, and what was found . With the cervical smear, i was found to have high grade cell changes, so i had a biopsy which indicated Cervical Cancer. Which is scary to hear . Shocking, devastating. Devastating news. I dont think anybody likes to hear the c word, but then to find out that it is treatable and that in a few short months i would be cancer free, it is amazing. You know, i a lwa ys free, it is amazing. You know, i always remember the day i got told i had cancer, the day after was my little boys birthday. At that point ididnt little boys birthday. At that point i didnt know what stage it was. I didnt know if it would be the last birthday i would see, which is shocking. You know, women are out there now and not attending their smears, i hope they hear that and think i need to go, i need to go today, make the appointment. It can make a big difference. Annemarie, does not tally with your experience as to not yes, you get there were women see the whole procedure as embarrassing. And yet when they are pregnant and having a baby, they are 0k pregnant and having a baby, they are ok with that, they dont find any embarrassment, because they have this prize at the end, which is a baby. However, if you have prevented cancer and you are going to be there for your baby, that is a far bigger prize. Women will say, i have had one woman asked me not to look while i was doing a smear, which defeats the object, because you have to get it from a certain area. It is not a convex procedure , we it from a certain area. It is not a convex procedure, we look very carefully and it takes a very short period of time, and it saves lives. I have had abnormal cells myself, if i had not gone and had that done, before i had children, there would before i had children, there would be no children. Obviously that puts it in perspective. We treat people compassionately. It is not a painful procedure. Can i ask you about that . We talk about it not being painful, thatis we talk about it not being painful, that is one of the. Its notjust embarrassment, is it . People are worried about it being uncomfortable. What would you say to that . Annemarie could tell you this as well, we need to give more information. You can ask for a smaller speculum, there is a cream you can get from the pharmacy to make it less uncomfortable. Maybe this needs to be on the invitation letter . Give women their options. It is your test, you know . I meet women when i did the road show, thousands of women on the street, i met with people who had said they didnt like their nests, and they have had that nurses they were a baby. Ask for a different nurse yes, it is your test. We do a clinic in the evening as well, because timing is important. Yes, busy lives . That age group have busy lives. We do 6 8 and we only did smears. People come in and it is great. We tried doing a saturday clinic, but that is their day off and they have plans for saturday. I think gp surgeries making the time. And it is ok having a busy life, but you wont have a life if you dont attend your smear. Ifi life if you dont attend your smear. If i hadnt gone, dizziness would have gone out of the window. What convinced you to go in the end . Busyness. I just convinced you to go in the end . Busyness. Ijust had this feeling, i said to the lady on the phone, i need to attend, can i come today . If i dont come today, i will find Something Else to do. I am really fortu nate. Something else to do. I am really fortunate. I rang my mother and said, ive been coming and stop ringing me, leave me alone, i am pretty sure i would know if i had cancer. Those were my exact words to my mum. But he said you had a funny feeling . A gut feeling, i kept looking at this letter, they kept sending me reminders. I didnt even find a letter in the end, ijust thought, i will go. You made the point about being a mother and still being embarrassed, for young women that are not mothers, how do we get that are not mothers, how do we get that message across . You are both doing a brilliant job. that message across . You are both doing a brilliant job. I think parents as well, mums can explain when their daughter gets to the age of 25, this is something that is important. That is when the test becomes routine . Yes. We have to acknowledge that it is embarrassing. I will say that to a patient, i will say, i had somebody last week, 33, she attended for contraceptive checks, and i persuaded her to have a smear. It is a passion of mine come i would have done anything, i said, i will extend this appointment and do it, and she did agree to it. It is not painful, it isjust slightly embarrassing. I always say, if there is any issue, i will stop immediately. I will not enforce it. How are you now by the way . immediately. I will not enforce it. How are you now by the way . I had my 12 months all clear, the future is looking bright. I go every six months to have a checkup. I have to go through it every six months, so women can put up with it once every three years. Thank you both very much for coming to talk to us. think you have effectively got the message across. Think you have effectively got the message across. There will be a lot of phone calls today you might be busy heavy rain over the weekend caused widespread flooding in north devon. A number of properties were evacuated and police said heavy rainfall had caused landslides, flooding and road damage. Heres sarah with a look at this mornings weather. This is off the back of really cold temperatures and snow in some parts of the uk. Sarah has all the details. We had some really heavy rain particular across the south west yesterday. Further north it was snow. Its been a really wintry weekend. Still a lot of lying snow. This is sheffield captured by one of our weather watchers. Some rain is on the cards particularly tomorrow. Take a look at the temperatures during sunday. By tomorrow, by tuesday afternoon, we are all going to be back in double figures. Much milder airfiltering in. The cold air getting squeezed away towards the north east and the winds changing from a north westerly toa winds changing from a north westerly to a south westerly. A bit of rain across parts of southern england. That should clear away over the next few hours. A future was continuing for north and western parts of scotla nd for north and western parts of scotland but for the rest of the country not a bad day ahead. This afternoon still quite breezy across scotland. You can see a few showers across the west but they are fairly light and falling as rain. Eastern scotla nd light and falling as rain. Eastern scotland looking drier. Drying up for Northern Ireland and Northern England with the best of any sunshine towards the east of the pennines. Some brighter spells down across the east midlands and south east of england. Slightly cloudy skies for the south west of england and wales. Most of us looking at a mild and dry afternoon to come. Through the afternoon and into this evening its looking dry at first with temperatures dropping fairly quickly. Turning milder through the second half of the night has the winds pick up from a south westerly direction. Outbreaks of fairly heavy rain and strong squally winds by first thing tomorrow morning. Keeping us frost free. Mild air is piling in from the south west through the day. A different feel to the weather and a lot of that lying snow thawing out over the next day or two. On tuesday not only mild but wet and windy. Some fairly heavy spells of rain across southern england and scotland. Moving eastwards, sunny spells and scattered squally showers moving in behind the barn door rain. It is mild but also pretty blustery with further rain. More rain on wednesday, combined with the snow melting there could be a few problems with flooding. Is that band of rain moves south east it accompanied by some strong winds too. Temperatures dipping back down by the time we get to thursday and friday but still much milder than its been over the past week or so. We are talking about Union Leaders and the makers of vauxhall today. Yes, they are heading off to paris to try and secure the future of those who work at Ellesmere Port. Last August Vauxhall was bought out by the french psa group. Since that ta ke by the french psa group. Since that take over 650 jobs have been cut at Ellesmere Port in cheshire. Unions wa nt Ellesmere Port in cheshire. Unions want the owners to commit to making another model at the plant to secure its future and stop further job losses. One week on and the collapse of carillion and theres still a lot of carillion and theres still a lot of uncertainty about jobs. Of carillion and theres still a lot of uncertainty aboutjobs. Its something ill be talking about for a long time. The transport secretary will be facing a grilling from mps today about what the government could have done to stop that collapse. Dixons carphone hasjust told us they had a decent christmas but said its profits for the year might not be as good as originally thought. Two directors have also announced theyll be leaving the Company Including the chief executive said james who is going to be the boss of the chemists boots. Its interesting seeing them go from an electrical retailer to boots. Did you have a favourite teacher at school . My maths teacher. He taught mea school . My maths teacher. He taught me a brilliant way of remembering things, like trigonometry. All of that i remember. Very sadly he died last year and i went to his funeral andi last year and i went to his funeral and i proper sobbed because hes the reason i loved maths so much in the end. And one of the reasons why you are doing thisjob end. And one of the reasons why you are doing this job then. The end. And one of the reasons why you are doing thisjob then. The reason we are asking you who your favourite teacher at school. Well author chris young was inspired by his english teacher 40 years ago and now, hes trying to track her down. Chris appealed on twitter for help to find lynn ward, who supported him at Lodge Park School in corby after his mother died and his alcoholic father couldnt cope. Well talk to chris in a moment, but first, lets hear memories of your favourite teachers. Music grange hill theme. I was one of the shyest pupils ever. And we did productions, and he believed in me and i got into two of his productions. Very loud. Very. Regimental. But a really nice guy. Any time we couldnt do homework, shed always offer to help. Explained it in a way that was understandable, entertaining. And that was the key thing. Made me completely fall in love with the subject, so i went on to study it at university as well. Every morning, all the children would line above the doorway and shed hug each and everyone of us. Wed sing the song in the morning and she was really lovely. Just inspired quite a lot of people from inner city backgrounds just didnt have that opportunity and they loved it too. I loved going to her classes and i still remember her, and im in my 605. So thats got to be good, hasnt it . And the man who started all of this with that tweet is chris young. Hejoins us now. Good morning. Lots of people will be familiar with this but you wanted to find your particular teacher. Basically i classify myself as a Mental Health campaigner. Very often when you look back at your past you think of all the bad things that happened. With my book coming out and having a book launch in edinburgh on the 1st of february i was thinking, miss ward. I did really badly the year before i met her at school because my mum died and my dad turned to the bottle. Suddenly under her tutelage things changed. What did she do . She treated me like a rock star. I felt fantastic. Anything i wrote she thought was brilliant. She was saying, you will be an author, you will be a writer. I was forever being hauled up in front of the class to read things. It was lovely. She was only in my life for one year. How old were you . 13. And are com pletely year. How old were you . 13. And are completely changed your outlook, your confidence . I went from being bottom of the year to being fourth in the year thanks to her. The lovely thing with her, she said chris, youve come forth in the year. She said it was mr douglas, hes a really hard marker. She sounds amazing. Weve had a lot of messages. One viewer says, the best teacherfor me was messages. One viewer says, the best teacher for me was mrs alexander who taught english. Should i was a troubled teenager and she believed in me even after i was expelled from school. She let me send her my poetry to read and make comments. Just wonderful teachers out there. Yes, and just wonderful teachers out there. Yes, and i think its great. One interesting thing its notjust these teachers but other people have walked into peoples lives. Doctors, dentists, social workers and nurses. Subtypes its a comment or a phrase and it makes such a difference. Steph was saying she can still remember what her maths teacher taught her. Have you found her . was this close. I spoke to an old colleague of hers who believed she had her phone number. She tried to phone her yesterday and it turns out she doesnt have her phone number. The phone number no longer exists but shes hoping she might have her address. Where might she live . I know nothing at all. What was her first name . Lyn. Its the 1st of february countdown. Obviously you could meet her at any other time. will weep uncontrollably. If she can turn up. Do you think she knows . We were able to tell her at the time . Yes, i think she knew. Thats why she said to me it wasnt me that marked your paper, it was mr douglas. She had a massive effect on me. Getting back into writing, and as soon as i was writing the book, i was immediately thinking of her and thinking of the launch pad she gave me. She said at that time one day you will be an author. She was a fantastic woman. I bet you shes done that with hundreds of folk. What is the book about . Its called walk a mild, its about me Walking Around the edge of the uk relying on people for hospitality, talking about Mental Health and look at me, im starving to death. Its called walk a mile. One viewer says mr owen was called walk a mile. One viewer says mrowen was an called walk a mile. One viewer says mr owen was an inspirational teacher who introduced me to chess, photography. He gave up so much of his time for us and was the reason i went into education. Thank you, good luck with your search. Im really hoping you find her and please bring her back here to have a chat will try to control your emotions. Ican will try to control your emotions. I can see when you get that call to say ive found her. Im filling up now thank you. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Significant higher temperatures on the way over the next few days. In the way over the next few days. In the north and east with struggles to get over freezing. It was milder in the south west. As we fast forward to tuesday, double figures across the board. That to some milder air thatis the board. That to some milder air that is going to going to start to drag in on the south westerly wind as we move through today and tomorrow. The temperatures are back up tomorrow. The temperatures are back up in the double figures. We will start off by feeling that a change in the south. Fairly persistent rain to begin with in the far north, turning increasingly showery across scotla nd turning increasingly showery across scotland as we move into the afternoon. Fairly breezy as well. A scattering of showers for Northern Ireland, north west england. For much of england and wales it will be a largely dry and bright day. Rates in the cloud, bright intervals or sunny spells, highs of 11 celsius. As we go to the evening and overnight, a few breaks in the north and east will allow the temperatures to fall away initially quite quickly, but then we will see the cloud increasing, outbreaks of rain pushing in from the west and temperatures overnight a minimum of four or nine celsius. Tomorrow, we will see the milder air continuing to work its way in fully across the country. We are looking at the mildest day of the week tomorrow. It doesnt mean it is going to be sunny skies, however. It will be a fairly cloudy start with patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle and are slowly working their way eastwards through the day, particularly heavy over Higher Ground. A breezy, windy day across the board. It will gradually brighten up from the north west as we move into the later part of the day. Blustery showers. Temperatures, a maximum of 13 or 14 celsius. As we move to wednesday, a cold front working eastwards. That will bring a speu working eastwards. That will bring a spell of particularly wet and windy weather. A bit cooler behind that, but it will stay milder than we have seen over the past few days. This is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and samantha simmonds. Germany takes a big step towards finally forming a government, four months after holding inconclusive elections. Live from london, thats our top story on monday the 22nd of january. Angela merkel gets the go ahead for Coalition Talks from her former partners, what will it mean for europes biggest economy and the rest of us . Also in the programme. The us working week begins with the government in shutdown, what will it take for republicans and democrats to break the deadlock . And that will weigh on markets today but investors upbeat after strong Global Growth forecasts and a raft of healthy corporate earnings