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At tomorrows 0peneing ceremony. She will be keeping warm, because this is the scene this afternoon. 20 this is the scene this afternoon. 20 degrees, making it one of the cold est 20 degrees, making it one of the coldest Winter Olympics on record. And well find out how theyre putting the sparkle back into blackpools famous tower ballroom. And carol has the weather. This morning, a cold start in the south east, temperatures as low as minus six. Scotland and Northern Ireland brighter with showers in the north and west. Good morning. First, our main story. The Workplace Culture at westminster is in need of urgent reform. Thats the view of a Cross Party Group of mps who will publish a review into bullying and sexual abuse later this morning. According to a leaked version of the report, almost a fifth of people working in parliament have witnessed or experienced Sexual Harassment in the past year. A new, independent complaints procedure is expected to be recommended to tackle the problem, as well as a dedicated hotline to report incidents. Its thought the working group chaired by the leader of the commons, Andrea Leadsom will also call for tougher sanctions for anyone found guilty of harassment. 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo, is in westminster. Leila, is this report going to be enough to ease the concerns people have about the culture in westminster . And you will remember this working group was formed after the flurry of allegations referred covering a huge range of claims in westminster of inappropriate behaviour which shone a light on the working environment here. Its a Close Knit Community where our loyalty is highly valued. There are often informal arrangements in place for staff. The idea behind it was to encourage people to come forward and be able to be open about their concerns and reassure them if they do, there will be proper sanctions in place. The parties have promised reform within their own structures but this is a wider group covering all parliamentary staff. They are going to publish the findings of the report later this morning. 0ne to publish the findings of the report later this morning. One in five parliamentary pass holders has witnessed or experienced Sexual Harassment in the last year. Its telling that only i7 of people responded to the survey, telling you how reluctant people are to come forward. A few measures being proposed. I think a lot of people would argue that what is needed in westminster is a cultural shift, a significant shift and this is perhaps only one step along the way. A lot of people would say, we are not going to see meaningful change overnight. It is about a longer term shift in culture. Adult social care in england is a Cinderella Service, which is undervalued and whose workers are poorly paid, according to the Public Finance watchdog. The National Audit office says the government is failing to deal with a shortage of care workers at a time when demand is increasing. Heres more from our social Affairs Correspondent alison holt. Iits a busy lunchtime at northfields nursing home in sheffield, demanding work for the care staff looking after residents with a high level of need and todays report outlines just how difficult it has become to find the people needed to provide this vital care. Joyce, good afternoon, its only me. Sorry to bother you, darling. Tammy ardron is the nursing lead here. Finding care staff generally is a problem but she says attracting nurses has become a real issue for them. I dont think its as attractive as maybe the nhs where youve got the salary packages, enhanced rates of pay and sociable hours. And i think its hard work. Its busy, its constant, youve got to be on the ball 2a hours a day. The National Audit office says whilst working in care can be rewarding, many staff feel undervalued. In 2016 17, more than half of the work force was paid £7. 50 an hour or less. In the same year, staff turnover was nearly 28 and 6. 6 ofjobs were vacant. But, it says, there is no Government Strategy for tackling the problems. Only the department of health can produce a workforce strategy that speaks to the National Picture about the problems weve found of low pay, low prestige and high turnover rates which is reducing quality of service for people who are actually receiving care. In response, the department for health and social care says extra money is being put in to caring for Vulnerable People and that it will soon publish a strategy for the health and care workforce. Alison holt, bbc news, sheffield. To of councils were concerned about financial stability. The biggest sharad budgets was to mark the Childrens Services, housing and homelessness. That dashed the biggest drain on budgets was Childrens Services, housing and homelessness. The father of an american student willjoin in to the Opening Ceremony with american Vice President mark spence. Stephen, it looks very chilly there. Im not sure diplomatic relations will be much warmer considering the Vice President s guest. It has been very cold but everybody is getting pretty excited. Weve got this traditional korean drumming band behind us. You can see the athletes coming in. And yet geopolitics is really dominating here. Youve got the us on one side and north korea preparing to stage something of a propaganda showdown with the us Vice President threatening threatening to challenge the North Koreans and kim jong un sending his sister year his sister here as well is the north korean marching bands and cheer squads. All of this is going to be going on with the Winter Olympics in the background. It will be very interesting indeed. Ive got to ask, it could be one of the coldest Winter Olympics ever. Just how cold is it . We understand its been as low as 25 at some point. Is it . We understand its been as low as 25 at some pointli is it . We understand its been as low as 25 at some point. I can tell you, weve been out reporting and its been minus 20. Absolutely freezing. Still, its pretty exciting. People dont seem to mind. The thrill of the olympics is keeping us warm inside, if you like. Indeed, we can see behind you the celebrations beginning. Dancing taking place as well. We will see much more entertainment and look at those ski slopes. Ready for all of the action. It does look pristine. Japanese investors in britain including major carmakers are to meet theresa may in downing street later. The motor industry has previously raised concerns over how operations could be affected by brexit. Ben is here whats likely to be on the agenda . Its interesting. They will set up in the 1980s, these japanese car firms. We are talking about toyota, nissan and honda. They make half the cars made in the uk. And they are understandably worried about what happens next. If there will be ta riffs happens next. If there will be tariffs on any of the cars they are making. Placing extra tariffs and customs issues. That is the crux of what they are trying to get at with the Prime Minister a little later. They will also meet with the chancellor to find out what will happen next. Theyve already told us they will not disclose any details of those discussions but they are understandably worried about whether there will be a 10 tariff making those cars more expensive overseas. You mentioned the boss of nissan met with the Prime Minister back in 2016 to get some reassurances and theresa may said, we will make sure you are no worse off. Those negotiations are ongoing. You will be keeping a close eye on it. More people than ever, are seeking help for money problems short term borrowing has risen four times faster than wages. Bbc news has analysed uk finance data which shows there was 37 billion pounds of unsecured personal debt last year. David rhodes has the details. There are 9 Million People across britain that say their debts are a burden as the cost of living rises to some, the debts are mounting up. I was using credit cards to pay for food shopping two days before payday andi food shopping two days before payday and i had £5 left and not much petrol in the car so it was a case of using £5 the petrol to get to work or use the £5 to make up lunches for my boys to the next two days. Mel fed lunches for my boys to the next two days. Melfed her children but her £28,000 debt forced to seek help from a charity. January was our busiest month whether they had. We see people in extreme cases of anxiety and depression. He gives from the uk finance show households had outstanding personal bank loans worth £37 billion last year. That doesnt include borrowing on credit cards and payday lending but personal loans have increased 25 in the past three years while wages for typical workers have grown byjust over 6 . Charities warned banks are beginning to lend irresponsibly but the body that regulates lending as a clear message for bankers. They shouldnt be lending when someone is ina shouldnt be lending when someone is in a difficult situation where that borrowing would be unaffordable for them. We will also see we will a lwa ys them. We will also see we will always see isolated cases where banks dont follow those rules and we have to take action. With Household Budgets likely to remain under pressure, the temptation for people to borrow is not likely to disappear any time soon. The average price of tickets for concerts at major venues has risen by nearly 30 per cent over the last 20 years. According to data from the National Arenas association, prices have increased much faster than inflation. It found that average cost rose from just over £22 in 1999 to more than £115 in 2016 with prices even higher for bigger artists. The uks entry for this years Eurovision Song Contest has been chosen. Singer surie was chosen after her uptempo ballad storm won over both a jury and tv viewers in a telephone vote. The artist, whose real name is susanna cork, has performed in the competiton twice before as a backing singer. The uk last won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997. The last time uk won eurovision was backin the last time uk won eurovision was back in 1997. The crowds are enjoying it. It has a catchy hook. Why did you have to do . He did do it. Its a catchy little number. It will probably see us come 15th, knowing our luck. Its our first glimpse of the menu. 25, could be the coldest Winter Olympics ever. Whistler in canada, they didnt have enough snow, remember . They have hot Water Bottles and cushions being handed out. Skis have walked it is so handed out. Skis have walked it is so cold. Cashpoints have frozen so the athletes cant get money out to buy theirwarming cups the athletes cant get money out to buy their warming cups of tea. We can get warm by going into the curling arena. The Winter Olympics are underway curling arena. The Winter Olympics are under way with history being made as well. The first ever mixed teams in curling. But Great Britain are not competing. But it officially under way. I thought we were good at curling. Individually but not in the next. The love of the country the Lizzy Yarnold. She is really excited, she says, after being chosen by team mates. She won team gbs chosen by team mates. She won team gbs only gold medal in russia four yea rs gbs only gold medal in russia four years ago. A night out at wembley but the fa cup dream is overfor a night out at wembley but the fa cup dream is over for wembley. They play rochdale in the next round. Englands cricketers have suffered another defeat at the hands of australia this time in the t20 tri series in hobart. They lost by five wickets in the opening match of the series. British sprinter nigel levine has been provisionally suspended for failing a drugs test. The european indoor gold medallist hasnt competed since fracturing his pelvis in a motorcyle accident over a year ago. Hes tested positive for the banned asthma drug clenbuterol. Both laura and jason kenny will make their british team comebacks at the track cycling World Championships in the netherlands later this month just six months after the birth of their son albie, and despite jason briefly retiring from the sport. I will have more shivering sports stories in the papers in a moment. We can always be grateful when we are watching the Winter Olympics and it is winter here, but it is never like that. It is absolutely barmy, isnt it, carol . Barmy is not the word i would use to describe it this morning, but it is not as cold as it is there. 6 in parts of east anglia, surrey and cant, so once again the risk of ice on untreated surfaces and there is some frost as well. We also have a band of rain currently pushing south eastwards, and asa currently pushing south eastwards, and as a result of all of this, today will feel less cold, a little bit milder, that it did yesterday. This morning, if we look at our lovely satellite picture, zooming up towards the uk is this line of cloud, a weather front pushing across our shores, and the twinkling lights are street lights from some of our towns and cities. The weather front will continue to move southwards today, taking its cloud and rain with it as well, some drizzle, and later it will rejuvenate. Kind that we start to see some cold air coming our way, a cold front sinking south. Bright skies in the south east this morning, that is why we have the low temperatures. Through the course of the day, as the weather from produces rain and drizzle sinks southwards, we will see the cloud ahead of it. The far south east hanging on to the sunshine. For scotla nd hanging on to the sunshine. For scotland and Northern Ireland, brighter skies but a lot of showers coming in across the north and not as cold as it was yesterday, but it will still feel cold if you are stepping out. Through the evening and overnight the weather front rejuvenates and we will see heavy rain coming in across Northern England, wales, into the south west as it continues to push into the south east. Behind that weather front it will turn colder. Again the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. Scattered showers across the west, but we could see wintry showers almost anywhere through the course of the overnight period. Tomorrow morning we lose that weather front across the near continent and things settle down. That sunshine indicated by the green here, but still we have some showers in the north and the west. Temperatures down on what we are looking at today, around four, five, six, maybe we will squeeze out a seven. It the saturday, another band of rain with some snow in the hills, coming infrom band of rain with some snow in the hills, coming in from the west, pushing steadily south eastwards. Staying largely dry for much of saturday in the south east before the rain arrives, and behind it once again we are back to some brighter skies and sunshine. Something we are keeping a very close eye on at the moment is the potential for a keeping a very close eye on at the moment is the potentialfor a deep area of low pressure to form saturday night into sunday, ringing significant snow across parts of scotland. This is what we think will happen on sunday itself, though. A lot of dry weather around, a lot of showers coming into the west, they are likely to be wintry, we could have the odd rumble of thunder mixed in as well and did will be cold. Especially in the north. We are looking at four and five has become further south, seven or eight. Not quite as cold, but again there is no heat wave on the horizon just yet. Thank you very much. And everyone is back on the sofa for a look at the papers. Lets have a look at some of the front pages for you. Sorry, they are all over here. Holding the papers the daily mail looking at theissues papers the daily mail looking at the issues around council tax, saying that people will be facing punishing council tax rises coming up punishing council tax rises coming up in april. And someone has a picture of donald trump caught in a slightly unfortunate moment. You couldnt not point that out, could you . No. The timess lead story, britains richest county is facing a £100 million cash crisis as councils struggled to close cash deficits. Many councils actually raising council tax come april. And on the front page, john worboys, the black cab rapist, who was taken yesterday to the high court, as two of his victims are campaigning to keep him in jail. Victims are campaigning to keep him injail. Andi victims are campaigning to keep him injail. And i dont know if you have seen much about this, this idea that george soros, the man who broke the bank of england, is behind a secret plot to thwart wrecks it. The notion is there will be a Campaign Launched shortly promoting the idea that brexit is bad, and reigniting the campaign, backed by some pretty high profile and wealthy individuals. I dont know if that will be much of a surprise, as business has been very vocal that they think business is bad news. There are some important names, james dyson among them, who think that leaving would be great news, but for george soros, again, pretty divisive figure. Nonetheless, a lot of visitors will save, as we will hear a little later today, we need some clarity. Tell us what is happening and we will deal with it. And the guardian has picked up on some of the numbers knocking around yesterday. It is suggested that these are government figures mps have seen, the cost of whether we stay in the Customs Union and the Single Market and what it could mean the Economic Growth. London actually fear is the best out of all of this, but places like the north east of england and the west midlands, and particularly relevant today given what we are hearing about carmakers speaking to downing street, they make most of the cars there but they would fear the worst if these assessments come to fruition. And you are taking a look at these temperatures dominating the papers in their coverage ahead of the Winter Olympics. And actually a dilemma for the british stars competing in the first few days, as tea m competing in the first few days, as team gb say stay away from the Opening Ceremony because it will be so cold. To protect the airways, et cetera. And we will have pictures of caty at 6 30 a. M. , as she has done something to her wrist so it is all strapped up. I very much doubt she will be wearing that outfit but she will be wearing that outfit but she will be wearing that outfit but she will be competing as it doesnt affect the sport itself. Lizzie yarnold will be at the Winter Olympics 0pening yarnold will be at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony and will carry the flag with one hand, and one arm, so she can keep the other arm warmth and switchover. That is a dilemma when you have one hand exposed. And in all of those events they stand around a lot. And that is what happened when ijoined the bobsleigh world cup in germany, there is so much standing around all day long. That is one of the hardest things i found about it, actually. And that medal contenders. I suppose about 80 of britains medal chances rest on the shoulders of the women, whether it is eve muirhead in the curling, Lizzie Yarnold on her skeleton bob, or Elise Christie who featured this week. And for the man, a historic olympics for the curling tea m a historic olympics for the curling team and the skiing. And it is under. And torvill and dean are going to bejoining us later on this morning. Do you remember the year . 82 . 84. We had john curry in 1986, and then torvill and dean. In the early hours of 14june last year, flames took hold of Grenfell Tower in west london. More than 200 firefighters battled through the night, many risking their own lives to try and rescue residents trapped inside. Now, nine of those firefighters are preparing to run the London Marathon to raise money for children affected by the tragedy. Breakfasts Graham Satchell has been to see how they are getting on with their training. Less tha n less than a mile from Grenfell Tower, North Kensington fire station hums with the sound of training. Have you run a marathon before . have never run a marathon before, i have never run a marathon before, i have always been quite sporty, but this is a whole new ball game to myself. Watch manager Michael Dowden one of nine firefighters here running the London Marathon in april. It is really important for us to run this as a team, to try and help us deal with events we witnessed on the night of the g re nfell tower witnessed on the night of the Grenfell Tower fire. 71 people died at Grenfell Tower. Firefighters were inside the blazing Building Four hour after hour. In the end, they helped 65 people to escape. We were the first on scene that night, but my main memories arejust the first on scene that night, but my main memories are just disbelief, really. It is like nothing i have ever seen, even in the movies, really. The tragedy that was witnessed at night by myself and my colleagues was unbelievable. It was on an unprecedented scale. colleagues was unbelievable. It was on an unprecedented scale. I dont think i will ever fully get over what has happened. It will always be there in the back of your mind. It is never going to go away, really. Its almost like you have had 40 yea rs of its almost like you have had 40 years of trauma in one night. So for a human being to process that is really, really difficult. The firefighters are hoping to raise money for a local charity called kids on the green. Kids shouldnt ever be exposed to that violence. They were, they have lost people, they have lost their homes, so if we can do something to further help those children of grenfell, and particularly the children on the green, then this is a fantastic platform that allows us to do that. We filmed kids on the green when it opened last summer. A place for children to play, the draw, to talk if they wanted to, to escape the horror on their doorstep. Through the winter the charity has moved to a site indoors, but they are still helping kids to be kids. The old swa n wo ke helping kids to be kids. The old swan woke up at about 5 45am in the morning. Gabby and her husband live opposite Grenfell Tower with their four children. Kids on the green has become part of our lives. We dont talk about what happens, and we dont talk about the five very often but having a place where people have gone through the same thing and understand what has gone on without having to speak about it has been really helpful for all of us. There isa really helpful for all of us. There is a huge admiration for the fire service here. I have felt nothing but gratitude towards the firefighters, and their bravery, their coverage, the fact that they wa nt to their coverage, the fact that they want to do more now on top of what they have already done it over welling their courage. They have already done it over welling their courage. The firefighters are running notjust to raise money. They say it is also helping them come to terms with the terrible events of last summer. Running a marathon is a real chance for us all to get together and do something really productive for the g re nfell something really productive for the grenfell community. So we can help people, and we can heal ourselves as the same time, as a team. At the same time. And we wish them well. They are probably training as we speak, arent they . Absolutely, and itjust shows that showing that community will stay strong is important to people. Well done to them. Good morning from bbc london news, im victoria hollins. The high court is expected to rule today on whether a multimillion pound Housing Project proposed by Haringey Council is lawful. Hundreds of protestors gathered ahead of a Council Meeting last night in which liberal democrat councillors proposed a motion to drop the scheme. But labour councillors instead voted to delay a decision. The plan for estate regeneration known as the Haringey Development vehicle has caused divisions in labour, with the Council Leader announcing her resignation last week. The derailment of a train just outside of wimbledon last november happened because of defective track on a section of line repeatedly missed for routine inspection, according to investigators. 300 passengers had to be evacuated from the basingstoke to waterloo train. Investigators believe the 120m section which straddled a boundary between network rail and London Underground had not been regularly inspected by either crew, as official markers were in the wrong place. Network rail said the issue has now been resolved. From tomorrow, londoners will get the chance to see a slice of the giant fatberg which was discovered beneath the citys streets last year. Thames water has given a portion of the 250m, 130 ton mass of oil and grease to the museum of london. It already displays objects from when the capitals victorian sewer system was built. It says this fatberg will give visitors an insight into how modern london is changing. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there is a part suspension for the District Line between richmond and Ealing Broadway and earls court. And the piccadilly line is suspended between hammersmith and acton town, and from hammersmith to kings cross. 0n the roads northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is slow from blackwall lane. There are northbound delays on the m25 heading towards j1b, the princes road interchange for dartford, where a lane is blocked following a breakdown. Lets have a check on the weather now, with elizabeth rizzini. Hello, good morning. It is a very cold and a frosty start to the day. Weve got temperatures below freezing across the board this morning. At by the time to get to the afternoon is actually going to be a little bit less cold that it has done in recent days. There will be plenty of cloud seeding in as well. But to begin with, lots of sunshine here on the map. Yes, a very chilly start. Then we will see the cloud developed from the north west. That is going to push through and also bring with it some milderairand a through and also bring with it some milder air and a breeze will pick up. By the time get to the end of afternoon we will be up to seven, maybe eight celsius in central london. Now, overnight tonight, dry at best. Then we had some rain coming through. Some of that rain will turn out to be quite heavy in the small hours of tomorrow morning but a mild nights come, with loads of three to six celsius. Any rain will clear away quickly. It will leave behind at once more some cold air. There will be some sunny spells around, and north westerly wind. Some showers, some of which could turn out to be chilly times. There will be further outbreaks of rain into the weekend. 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 Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Well bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. Described in one newspaper this week as a secretive, 18th century boys club, which should have no place in public life, well hear from the freemasons who say enough is enough when it comes to negative comments about their members. Well meet the Grenfell Tower firefighters running the London Marathon to raise money for children affected by the tragedy. Their gold winning performance was purple perfection at the sarajevo olympics in 1984, but can team gb emulate their success over the coming weeks in pyeongchang . Well be joined by torvill and dean after 8 30. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. Nearly a fifth of people working in parliament have seen or experienced Sexual Harassment according to a report due out this morning. A Cross Party Group of mps chaired by Andrea Leadsom is expected to recommend a new code of conduct, a complaints procedure and tougher sanctions for inappropriate behaviour, the review set up last year after several harassment claims against mps and staff. 95 of councils in england are planning to raise taxes. A survey found 80 were concerned about financial stability. The biggest pressure on budgets was to mind the Childrens Services and adult social ca re Childrens Services and Adult Social Care and housing and homelessness. Adult social care in england is a Cinderella Service that is undervalued, with workers poorly paid, according to the Public Finance watchdog. The National Audit office, has strongly criticised the department of health and social care for failing to deal with a shortage of staff at a time when demand is increasing. The government says extra money is being put into social care and its preparing a strategy, which will be published by the summer. More people than ever, are seeking help for money problems. A new analysis by bbc news shows short term borrowing has risen four times faster than wages over the last three years. Data from uk finance, which covers 10 of the uks biggest banks and building societies, also revealed households had £37 billion of unsecured personal loans last year. The average price of tickets for concerts at major venues has risen by nearly 30 over the last 20 years. According to data from the National Arenas association, prices have increased much faster than inflation. It found that average cost rose from just over £22 in 1999 to more than £45 in 2016 with prices even higher for bigger artists. Studio 54 and the ministry of sound have nothing on this. Its an airbus a310 called zero g and its usually the testing ground for astronauts. But for one night only, it became the most exclusive and unusual nightclub in the world. Dozens of people got the chance to get high and take off for a whole new experience. For 90 minutes it wasntjust the tunes that spun as revellers danced or at least they tried to dance and floated about. It was so crazy, just floating upside down, doing flips. It was just insane. You werent there, were you . It was up in the air. But where . I dont know where it went up. One of them had a new zealand flag, anyway. It looked like fun but very exclusive. Is there a reason you are clutching your phone . very exclusive. Is there a reason you are clutching your phone . I have been tweeting my friends at the team gb olympics. It makes a change. The womens bobsled team, i was asking about the cold, but they are made of ha rd about the cold, but they are made of hard stuff. It is only minus three degrees so they dont mind. But the wind chill means you need to wear 100 layers. Mika moore says it is nothing they are not used to. Having beenin nothing they are not used to. Having been in lake placid, you get used to it. Nice of them to tweet me back. Have we got the live shot of the mountains . They are saying it has the potential to be the coldest Olympic Games ever. Skis have walked. They are trying to protect against frostbite. Cashpoints have frozen. It is nine hours ahead. And it is already under way. Mixed curling the First Time Ever that britain not involved. Lets get a live update. Record low temperatures at the moment. I wonder how our man andy swiss is coping . Has it affected preparations . As you say, it has been pretty freezing over the last few days, temperatures down below minus 20. The good news for the organisers is that it is getting milder. The temperature around about freezing but even so, organisers say the 40,000 fans arriving for the Opening Ceremony on friday will be given special heated cushions and blankets. That 0pening given special heated cushions and blankets. That Opening Ceremony gets under way at 11 oclock in the morning your time. Team gb have announced that Lizzy Yarnold who won gold in 2014 will carry the british flag. Team gb are aiming for between four and ten medals. Their best games ever if they do. The lease christie, probably britains best chance of a gold medal. The Opening Ceremony is not until tomorrow. Some events a re ceremony is not until tomorrow. Some events are under way. The early round of the mixed curling. Adb eagle could have made a comeback. I dont know if youve seen the pictures of the north korean cheerleaders arriving in our finest outfits. The koreans competing under one flag. Thats right. Clearly that will be a huge moment at the Opening Ceremony tomorrow night when north korea and south korea parade together under that unity. As far as the british team is concerned, on the british team is concerned, on the snow, on the ice, big hopes of gold medals from christie, what a story that would be. She competed in 2014, crashed out crashed out of all three events, received death threats, considered quitting. A real chance of gold. Lizzy yarnold, she struggled for form chance of gold. Lizzy yarnold, she struggled forform a chance of gold. Lizzy yarnold, she struggled for form a little bit. Also, keep an eye outfought 19 year old izzy atkins, the youngest member of the british team. A real chance in the skiing. I think that shows the unpredictability of winter sport. Hopeful they can hit that target. Fantastic. Thats what makes its low exciting. She will still compete in the snowboard. All the action from pyeongchang. From 1030 tomorrow morning. Via the red button. The fa cup shows you no mercy. At wembley, a huge day out. Tottenham saw off League Two Newport county, beating them 2 0 in their fa cup fourth round replay at wembley. Newport held out for almost half an hour last night before falling behind to a dan butler own goal. Just a few minutes later spurs had their second; erik lamela with his first fa cup goal. Tottenhams reward is a fifth round trip to rochdale. It is warming up thank goodness, as we heard. Minus three degrees. Barmy. Balmy. Foods like the ones behind us contribute to a balanced diet, but new Research Suggests they could also play a role in the spread of Breast Cancer. Scientists say thats because they contain an amino acid called asparagine, which is found in certain meats, Dairy Products and vegetables including asparagus. So could a change of diet help to slow the spread of the disease . Lets speak to Justine Alford from Cancer Research uk. There is a big sort of cloud of caution over this story, isnt there . Tell us what the evidence so far is about what we are eating and what effect it might have. So far, this research of our Cambridge Institute has been carried out in the lab in petrie dishes and on mice with press cancer so onto approached about how we think about the potential applications of this research. Whether this is true but people, hopefully this could lead to new ways in the future that could help us understand Breast Cancer better and potentially maybe stop the disease from spreading in the future. Talk us through the foods we are talking about and what the evidence is showing. A molecule called asparagine was looked at, an amino acid in certain foods, but what they found was this particular amino acid could be helping Breast Cancer spell cells spread to other parts of the body and there is some evidence they bound from Previous Research which could back this up in people. It is too early to say it what they found in mice is happening in people. What foods other than asparagus are related to this . Asparagine is found in poultry, dairy and soy and some seafoods as well but we really do wa nt to seafoods as well but we really do want to express caution because it is too early to say whether eating asparagus will affect a persons outcomes. If they have Breast Cancer. This research was carried out in the lab. Telling people dont eat this because your cancer could spread more quickly. What we hope is the more scientists learn about this potential interaction between Breast Cancer cells and asparagine, this could lead to new ways to potentially augment or complement our current strategies which are already used to treat Breast Cancer. What the scientists are thinking is that maybe in the future, they could develop a kind of tab Breast Cancer patients in a controlled setting. Are there foods already proven to have a direct link to some of the issues you are talking about . There are currently no evidence that any diet or particularfoods diet or particular foods can help treat cancer. We do know certain foods are linked with an increase risk of developing cancer such as red and processed meats. How easy is it to correlate what happens in the laboratory . This has been taking place in mice. Can we say that there isa place in mice. Can we say that there is a link . Have you extrapolate so much . That is the beauty of research, this will open up new doors into finding out more about the disease but at the moment, it is too early to say what happens in mice will happen in people. Taking tumour samples from patients and studying people have got the disease. Thank you very much. Its time to talk to carol to look at the weather. For once, maybe the next two weeks, i shall promise not to moan about it being cold because i will look at pyeongchang and feel grateful. It has been so cold that, hasnt it . More like 25 with the wind chill. Talking of the olympics, friday and saturday, it wont be as cold that turns cold again into sunday and monday. It is 6. 2 in the aisle of portland, injust monday. It is 6. 2 in the aisle of portland, in just over five degrees. Many of us today, it is a cold start to the day to some. We have also got some rain. Again, you can see the street lights there. We have got all this cloud across us. Behind this weather front, we started this cloud across us. Behind this weatherfront, we started pulling cold air. A lot of cloud and drizzle. The exception is across the south east of england. The temperature has fallen to 5. 8 in parts of cambridgeshire. As the weather front seeks out, the cloud will build. The brightest guys across the of scotland. Temperature wise, not as cold as it was yesterday. Nonetheless, we are looking at no heatwave. The weather front reinvigorates across parts of england and south west wales. Pushing towards the south east. This isa pushing towards the south east. This is a cold front. Weve also got wintry showers. Especially into the north and west but we could see it anywhere and like this morning, there is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. Tomorrow we watch this band of rain. Still wintry showers. We can see wintry showers falling across parts of the midlands. Temperature wise, going back down. Up to five degrees in the north, up to seven degrees further south. As we head on into saturday, a lot of dry weather in the south and east but this next weather front coming in, bringing way rain at low levels. As that clears to the south, some brighter skies. Temperatures in double figures by thenit temperatures in double figures by then it is to push over to the east, its still cold. When is it going to be warm again . In summer. Its winter. I dont like it. I promise i wouldnt moan. I can do at the two and a half minutes she knows her stuff, though. She is a genius. Cheeky thing. A lot of attention of what is happening in the future. Ben is looking at what we can expect. Yes, it is super thursday at the bank of england, where we get both a decision on Interest Rates and a forecast for the economy over the next year. And it is a balancing act keeping the economy growing, but not letting it overheat. So how are we doing . The uk economy grew by about 1. 8 last year. That was better than the banks own forecasts. But inflation, that measures how quickly prices are rising, is at 3 . That is well above the 2 target. So the bank could raise Interest Rates to encourage us to save more rather than spend, and that would help ease inflation. And it will be watched very closely. Earlier this week, speculation Interest Rates might go up in the us sparked some of the biggest falls on Global Stock Markets since the financial crisis. That saw £50 billion wiped off the value of some of the uks Biggest Companies on tuesday. It has since been put back on to a certain degree, but nonetheless windfalls showing how volatile they can be. I am speaking to fidelity internationals director. The bank will tell us how they will respond to the economy through Interest Rates but it really is about not doing too much too soon, to keep the economy growing. The economy is picking up very slowly, and the uk is lagging the world economy. So mark carney really has to walk a tightrope between encouraging the economy to continue growing and people to continue spending, because of course when Interest Rates go up people get nervous about spending, and that puts a strain on the economy. We already know our incomes are economy. We already know our incomes a re pretty economy. We already know our incomes are pretty squeezed, because wages are pretty squeezed, because wages are not keeping up with inflation, for example. An Interest Rate rise would mean our credit cards and mortgages get more expensive, so we would have even less money in our pocket. And that is a worry, isnt it . It is a worry, we know they have high levels of mortgage debt and personal debt in many homes, but of course there is a flipside to this. The fact we have had these record low Interest Rates for so long has been really hard on savers. People have been prudent with their money, and it is affecting retirees, people relying on a fixed income to affect their cost of living. So there are a lwa ys their cost of living. So there are always winners and losers. So that as Interest Rates, we will also get forecast for Economic Growth. People are sceptical about these forecasts, because given so much uncertainty in the uk and the world economy, how accurate can these forecasts ever be . That is the key question, and the other key thing coming out is the other key thing coming out is the quarterly inflation report. That is the health check on the state of the uk economy. As you know, what happened in stock market this week and the us was the risk of inflation coming back into the system which made markets nervous. And it was strange, because it was good news that made markets fall. Just explain that. The key thing to remember is that. The key thing to remember is that the stock market and the economy are two different beasts, they dont always move in lockstep. Peoples pay packets were increasing and if you own more, the reasoning is that you will spend more. Then prices go up and that introduces inflation back into the system. Central banks use Interest Rates to keep inflation in check and the worry was that Interest Rates in the us at least would increase quicker than people expected. Of course we have been used to record low Interest Rates for more than ten yea rs Interest Rates for more than ten years now, since the financial crisis, and how will people react to that . Yes or no, rates going up today . No. More from me after seven a. M. Blackpool tower ballroom is swapping sparkle and sequins for dusters and mops, as the iconic venue undergoes a spring clean. Brea kfasts tim muffett is there for us this morning. Where are you, enjoying some music i imagine . Thats right, you can see john giving us a warts on the wurlitzer at the amazing blackpool tower ballroom, one of the most famous dance venues notjust in the uk but in the world waltz. You will be familiar if you are a fan of strictly come dancing, and it is looking more splendid than normal, as it undergoes its biggest clean up in 50 years. Take a look at the opulent surroundings, the lights, the gold, all that needs cleaning. And a couple of bits of lighting, you might be able to make out the chandelier as well. They pose a challenge. I have been found finding out how they do it. It is a routine rarely attempted. Involving lifts, fancy footwork, and plenty of twist and turns. Twists and turns. We are lowering and cleaning the two main chandeliers in the ballroom. Modern techniques is all using electric winches, and you just press a button. The ballroom openedin just press a button. The ballroom opened in 1894, and they had to winch it all the way down. It is blackpool tower ballrooms biggest clean up for more than 50 years. This chandelier has over 1000 individual crystals, and weighs half a ton. They are over 124 years old, so it is just really, really, really delicate. You are holding a little bit of history, argued, your hands . Yes, it is really important that you keep hold of it. As we undo them, we then take these little screws apart. You just have to give it a good wipe around, making sure that all the dust has gone. In total, there are 16 chandeliers in this ballroom, and 32 alchemy lights. That means over 500 individual light fittings and bulbs, which need testing and cleaning. For me, there is only one ballroom in the uk and in the world. Sometimes when you are in here, you know, on your own, it isjust breathtaking. At no cleanup can compare to what happened in 1956, when a fire badly damaged the tower ballroom. Dennis lived and worked nearby. The fire was underneath this flaw here. And the girders were just twisted, with the heat. It was all blackened, and a lot of damaged. Dennis was part of the team which brought the ballroom back to life. They used 27 carat gold leaf. This was one of the original sheets. You put this on with your thumb, worked again, and then it was burnished. The gold is everywhere, the ceilings, and all the letters is gold. You put your name in. So somewhere out there says dennis . M does, hidden away. I watch strictly, and you sit at home watching it, and you think i handle that. It has taken three weeks, but the chandeliers are clean, light is looking good. Blackpool tower ballroom, back to its best. Back to its best it most certainly is, and the ballroom is actually open most days for people to come along and do a bit of dancing. I will talk to some of the dancers. What is it like to dance in this amazing space . Beautiful. And it is one of the most impressive dance floors in the world. It is great. You carry on, i dont want to interop beautiful dancing here. What is it like to dance on this, one of the worlds most famous dance floors . Fabulous. Absolutely fabulous. Wonderful atmosphere, great place to be. The best dancefloor in the country. And the way the lights and everything, it is looking so pristine. I wont take it personally, they are in the dancing zone. I can tell that. This dancefloor, it is sprung. They can actually lock it, because they also have cheerleading competitions here, and if you a cheerleader, a sprung dancefloor isnt necessarily what you want. So an amazing space, an amazing chance to stand here. They must dancers who have danced here, youll turnbull, chris hollins, must dancers who have danced here, youllturnbull, chris hollins, ed balls, iam youllturnbull, chris hollins, ed balls, i am adding my name to that list. It is quite a feeling. Have you tried jumping on that floor . That is how you can really tell how effective the springiness is. Yes, it is really incredible power actually you can really feel the effect of the sprung dancefloor. Some dancers were saying you can dance for several hours and your feet dont hurt, because it really has the effect of supporting you, and making your whole dancing experience that much better. Even just to be in this environment, to see the lights, the organ, and in such good condition, is really rather special. It is a rather magnificent daubing. We will be speaking to you later. Magnificent buildings. We will try and get him to dance during the break. We have 2. 5 hours, we will make it happen. Yom mischief is coming through again. Leave him alone your mischief. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london news, im victoria hollins. The high court is expected to rule today on whether a multimillion pound Housing Project proposed by Haringey Council is lawful. Hundreds of protestors gathered ahead of a Council Meeting last night in which liberal democrat councillors proposed a motion to drop the scheme. But labour councillors instead voted to delay a decision. The plan for estate regeneration known as the Haringey Development vehicle has caused divisions in labour, with the Council Leader announcing her resignation last week. The derailment of a train just outside of wimbledon last november happened because of defective track on a section of line repeatedly missed for routine inspection, according to investigators. 300 passengers had to be evacuated from the basingstoke to waterloo train. Investigators believe the 120m section which straddled a boundary between network rail and London Underground had not been regularly inspected by either crew, as official markers were in the wrong place. Network rail said the issue has now been resolved. From tomorrow, londoners will get the chance to see a slice of the giant fatberg which was discovered beneath the citys streets last year. Thames water has given a portion of the 250m, 130 ton mass of oil and grease to the museum of london. It already displays objects from when the capitals victorian sewer system was built. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there is a part suspension for the District Line between Turnham Green and richmond, with severe delays on the rest of the line. And the piccadilly line has severe delays eastbound from acton town to cockfosters. 0n the roads londonbound traffic on the a13 is building westbound from dagenham into barking. Clockwise traffic on the m25 is queueing towards j1b, the princes road interchange for dartford, where two lanes are blocked following a collision, with congestion back over the qe2 bridge to j31. Lets have a check on the weather now, with elizabeth rizzini. Hello, good morning. Its a very cold and a frosty start to the day. Weve got temperatures below freezing across the board this morning, but by the time to get to the afternoon, its actually going to feel a little bit less cold that it has done in recent days. Therell be plenty of cloud seeping in, as well. But, to begin with, lots of sunshine here on the map. Yes, a very chilly start. Then well see the cloud develop from the north west. Thats going to push through, it will also bring with it some milder air, and the breeze will pick up. By the time get to the end of the afternoon, well be up to seven, maybe eight degrees celsius in central london. Now, overnight tonight, dry at first, then weve got some rain coming through. Some of that rain will turn out to be quite heavy in the small hours of tomorrow morning. But a milder night to come, with lows of 3 6 degrees celsius. Any rain will clear away quickly. It will leave behind it, once more, some cold air. There will be some sunny spells around, a north westerly wind. Some showers, some of which could turn out to be a bit wintry times. Therell be further outbreaks of rain over the course of the weekend. 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. A gas hello this is breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Sexual harassment and bullying in westminster one in five workers have experienced or witnessed it in the past year. A new code of conduct and tougher sanctions are now set to be introduced. Good morning its thursday 8 february. Also this morning the Cinderella Service a warning that theres not enough social care workers because theyre undervalued and poorly paid. Talking tough on trade bosses from some of japans biggest businesses meet the Prime Minister and chancellor later, to discuss life after brexit and what it could mean for the 10,000 staff they employ in the uk. In sport, the waiting is over, with the first winter olympic action underway in korea, and britians golden girl, from 4 years ago, Lizzy Yarnold, will carry the Great Britain flag at tomorrows 0peneing ceremony. The athletes are going to be feeling the athletes are going to be feeling the cold. This is the scene in pyeongchang, where temperatures have been as low as 25 degrees. It could become one of the coldest Winter Olympics on record. And well find out how theyre putting the sparkle back into blackpools famous tower ballroom. And carol has the weather. This morning, a cold start in the south east, temperatures as low as minus six. Bright for england and wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland cloudier with showers in the north and west. Good morning. First, our main story. The Workplace Culture at westminster is in need of urgent reform. Thats the view of a Cross Party Group of mps who will publish a review into bullying and sexual abuse later this morning. According to a leaked version of the report, almost a fifth of people working in parliament have witnessed or experienced Sexual Harassment in the past year. A new, independent complaints procedure is expected to be recommended to tackle the problem, as well as a dedicated hotline to report incidents. Its thought the working group chaired by the leader of the commons, Andrea Leadsom will also call for tougher sanctions for anyone found guilty of harassment. 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo, is in westminster. Leila, is this report going to be enough to ease the concerns people have about the culture in westminster . I think thats a pretty stark figure for anyone listening to that. You have to remember also the context and was in which this working group that commissioned the survey. We had a flurry of claims here in westminster towards the end of last year where people were making allegations. Very serious claims. That is really what sort of highlights it. A very Close Knit Community. Loyalty is highly valued among colleagues. There are often very informal arrangements. There was a sense that there needs to be more openness here and this working group were trying to encourage people to come forward with their concerns and reassure them that if anybody was found guilty of misconduct, they would be properly punished. This survey revealed one in five people working in parliament, have experienced harassment themselves. 0nly17 of people responded to that survey in the first place. It shows how relu cta nt the first place. It shows how reluctant people are to come forward. They will be publishing their recommendations for new complaints procedures, a separate bullying and harassment complaints helpline. What people will be watching is the sanctions are working Group Proposes and whether they will be tough enough, to reassure complainants, potential victims who want to come forward, that people will be properly punished. Thank you very much. The vast majority of local councils in england plan to raise council tax in april. It means the average bill will go up by £40 as local authorities try and raise more money. Andy moore is in our london newsroom. Andy, what is the reason behind this rise . Talk is through what they are saying. This is an annual report on the state of local government finances. Councils say the demands on their services are going up all the time. The amount they get from Central Government is growing down. 95 of councils say they intend to put up council tax. That is the highest figure since analysis was started in 2012. 93 of them say they will put up their charges. Despite putting up those charges, 80 of councils say they fear that their financial stability. What does that mean your Council Tax Bill . The is 6 , the maximum it can go up. If you are a council taxpayer, you pay around £1600. Your bill could go up by £100. Around half the councils are putting up bills by 2. 5, 3 . Jonathan carr west, the chief executive of the local Government Information Unit, says councils are on the edge. The government, for its part, says local councils would see an increase in their resources over the next two years. Adult social care in england is a Cinderella Service, which is undervalued and whose workers are poorly paid, according to the Public Finance watchdog. The National Audit office says the government is failing to deal with a shortage of care workers at a time when demand is increasing. Heres more from our social Affairs Correspondent alison holt. Its a busy lunchtime at northfields nursing home in sheffield, demanding work for the care staff looking after residents with a high level of need and todays report outlines just how difficult it has become to find the people needed to provide this vital care. Joyce, good afternoon, its only me. Sorry to bother you, darling. Tammy ardron is the nursing lead here. Finding care staff generally is a problem but she says attracting nurses has become a real issue for them. I dont think its as attractive as maybe the nhs where youve got the salary packages, enhanced rates of pay and sociable hours. And i think its hard work. Its busy, its constant, youve got to be on the ball 24 hours a day. The National Audit office says whilst working in care can be rewarding, many staff feel undervalued. In 2016 17, more than half of the workforce was paid £7. 50 an hour or less. In the same year, staff turnover was nearly 28 and 6. 6 ofjobs were vacant. But, it says, there is no Government Strategy for tackling the problems. Only the department of health can produce a workforce strategy that speaks to the National Picture about the problems weve found of low pay, low prestige and high turnover rates which is reducing quality of service for people who are actually receiving care. In response, the department for health and social care says extra money is being put in to caring for Vulnerable People and that it will soon publish a strategy for the health and care workforce. Alison holt, bbc news, sheffield. More people than ever, are seeking help for money problems short term borrowing has risen four times faster than wages. Bbc news has analysed uk finance data which shows there was £37 billion of unsecured personal debt last year. The average price of tickets for concerts at major venues has risen by nearly 30 over the last 20 years. According to data from the National Arenas association, prices have increased much faster than inflation. It found that average cost rose from just over £22 in 1999 to more than £45 in 2016 with prices even higher for bigger artists. A rather unusual musical event has begunin a rather unusual musical event has begun in frankfurt. A group of djs and their fans went up upfora up for a ride in zero gravity. Studio 54 and the ministry of sound have nothing on this an airbus a310 called zero g. Dozens of people from around the world given the chance to get high, very high, and not an illegal substance in sight, taking off for a whole new experience. Music plays. We hit turbulence. Usually the testing ground for astronauts, zero g instead became the most exclusive and unusual nightclub in the world. A heavy beat, but the lightest of party goers. For 90 minutes they danced, or at least they they try to dance, they floated, they spun. What goes up must come down, but this was one High Altitude rave, that blew peoples minds. It was insane. It was so crazy. Just floating upside down, and then steve aoki was doing flips down. It was just insane. It was like all your emotions at max level. And it was hilarious. Im super thankful. Now, ijust want to do it again, and again and again. For everyone involved, this was a unique gig, unlikely to be repeated. They say music can lift the soul. This went a lot further than that. Tim allman, bbc news. We will give you an update from pyeongchang soon. Stephen macdonald is there. It could be the coldest Winter Olympics ever. Lots of people preparing as well. Theyve been given warm cushions to sit on. would like that here every day. Jane torvill and Christopher Dean will be here on the server with us. And we will be looking ahead to the various winter Olympic Games. Stephen is in pyeongchang now. This is the view from up above. You can seal the preparations, whether games will taking place. The warmest paste the warmest place to be apparently is whether curling will be happening. Its positively balmy air. He is enjoying the brisk air. Give us an idea of what the atmosphere is like . Loving it. Its pretty cold, i have to say. I think it is the wind chill that makes it warming up to the Opening Ceremony tomorrow. They are talking about 1 or Something Like that. People are out, wandering around, getting excited about the games starting, and yet we have this big geopolitical fight going on and yet we have this big geopoliticalfight going on in and yet we have this big geopolitical fight going on in the background. At this level, athletes turning up, then we have us Vice President mike pence against the sister of kim jong un, looking for the propaganda other hand, if you like, and looking fur Winter Olympics as the stage to do it. That is talk about mike pence. He is visiting with the father of a man, who was released from north korea and subsequently died. Thats right. People will have followed the case of otto warmbier, a tourist who was co ntroversially of otto warmbier, a tourist who was controversially picked up in north korea and held there the quite some time. He returned to the United States and subsequently died. He is returning with mike pence to remind people how cool the north korean regime is. But in south korea, some people think it is a bit rude of the Trump Administration to be coming along and spoiling the party. Because for a lot of people, they have no illusions about north korea and its Nuclear Weapons programme, they were just hoping that threat least a few weeks, there will be less talk of attacking and sabre rattling. And just a different mood, some dialogue. The North Koreans have said under no circumstances will they be meeting the us delegation but there is a good charge a good chance that the sister of kim jong un charge a good chance that the sister of kimjong un kimjong un could sit down with the south korean president. At the end of it, we get excited about big sporting events, dont we . And every 0lympic excited about big sporting events, dont we . And every Olympic Games, summer or winter, they want to be bigger and better than the last one so they are setting the stage this time brit to be a spectacular event. Absolutely, you know, this place has been totally transformed. It is all ready and despite the fact we are all freezing. It is the winter 0lympics, you cant expect it to be warm after all. And people are really thrilled that it is about to kick off here. This is an area which doesnt have a very big population, so imagine there is an influx of athletes from around the world, they will want to sample the local culture and the local cuisine, the beautiful mountains, and i think the venues are beautiful mountains, and i think the venues are top notch. So i think the sport as well, which is, after all, what it is all about, is going to be ofan what it is all about, is going to be of an amazing standard. We will get more from andy swiss a little later on, about the sporting side. And we leave with that wide shot of the mountains. It is a good point, it is the Winter Olympics and we should expect it to be cold. That sounds like carol, when she says it is winter so we should just accept it is cold. It is completely unreasonable, as far as i am concerned. It is going to be cold, and it will be for a while yet. Cold one in the south east, temperatures falling two 6 in some parts of east anglia and down towards dorset as well. There is some ice around and some frost. For the rest of the uk, not as cold as it was yesterday. That is because we have more cloud and some of us are seeing some rain and some of us are seeing some rain and also some drizzle. That will move south eastwards as we go through the course of the day. On the satellite picture you can see that quite nicely. A fair bit of cloud across england and wales, away from the south east, and then more cloud coming in. This is a cold front, so as it south, we will see later in the day cold air following on behind. Ahead of it we have some sunshine to start the day of the south east, under clear skies, which is why temperatures have fallen so low. It means through the day as a weather front pushes into the south east the cloud will build. Here is the cloud and rain. This rain down towards the south west and wales isnt particularly heavy. We could see the odd heavy burst from it and for scotland and Northern Ireland some brighter skies. The brightest will be across the north east. Some sunshine and a few showers, but quite a few showers in the north and west. Temperature wise, not quite as cold as yesterday but if you are standing outside for any length of time it will feel cold. As we have on through the evening and overnight period, this band of rain rejuvenates, and it will turn heavier as it pushes through south west england, in through the midlands, the wash, and down into the south east. Behind it, you will remember it is a cold front. Some clear skies, the temperatures dropping, and some wintry showers especially in the north and west. Really, the night you could see some wintry showers almost anywhere. Tomorrow we start once again with the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. We say goodbye to the weather front as it pushes off into the near continent and then not a bad day for many. There will be some sunshine, but we persist with the wintry showers in the north and west. We could see some around the midlands and into the south east as well. But they are showers, so not all of us will see them. As we move from friday into saturday, a lot of dry weather to start the day in the south east and the midlands, with some sunshine. As our next weather front comes in, it will introduce a lot of cloud and some hill snow. Behind it you will find clear skies once again, so behind it. Ahead of it, we are back into double figures. Iam it, we are back into double figures. I am stopping the charts here because there is the potential at the moment for an area of low pressure to develop overnight saturday into sunday. If this happens, it could well produce some significant snowfall across parts of scotland, which could be disruptive. Thejury is scotland, which could be disruptive. The jury is out on this one at the moment, it may not happen, so keep in touch with the weather forecast. The reason for that is that it hasnt yet developed. We need to see the whites of its highs. By the time we get to sunday, dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, and a cold and windy day. Snow showers in the north and west of the uk, but because the winds will be quite strong, at times we will see some of those showers get over towards the east as well. Looking at those temperatures, you will be thrilled, naga. Four 27 or eight. 4 7. In the early hours of 14june last year, flames took hold of Grenfell Tower in west london. 71 people died as a result of the blaze. More than 200 firefighters battled through the night, many risking their own lives to try to rescue residents trapped inside. Now, nine of those firefighters are preparing to run the London Marathon to raise money for children affected by the tragedy. Breakfasts Graham Satchell has been to see how they are getting on with their training. Less than a mile from Grenfell Tower, North Kensington fire station hums with the sound of training. Have you run a marathon before . Ive never run a marathon before. Ive always been quite sporty, but rugbys always been my sport. But this is a whole new ball game for myself. Watch manager Michael Dowden one of nine firefighters here running the London Marathon in april. Its really important for us to run this as a team, to try and help us deal with events that we witnessed on the night of the Grenfell Tower fire. 71 people died at Grenfell Tower. Firefighters were inside the blazing building for hour after hour. In the end, they helped 65 people to escape. We were the first on scene that night. And my main memories arejust disbelief, really. Its like nothing id ever seen, even in the movies, really. The tragedy that was witnessed that night by myself and my colleagues was unbelievable. It was on an unprecedented scale. I dont think ill ever fully get over what has happened. Its always going to be there in the back of your mind. Its never going to go away, really. Its almost like you have had 40 years of trauma in one night, so for a human being to process that is really, really, really difficult. The firefighters are hoping to raise money for a local charity called kids on the green. Kids shouldnt ever be exposed to that environment. They were, you know, theyve lost people, theyve lost their homes. So if we can do something to further help those children of grenfell, and particularly the kids on the green, then this is a fantastic platform that allows us to do that. We filmed kids on the green when it opened last summer a place for children to play, to draw, to talk if they wanted to, to escape the horror on their doorstep. Through the winter, the charity has moved to a site indoors, but they are still helping kids to be kids. The oldest one woke up at about 5 45am in the morning. Gabby and her husband live opposite Grenfell Tower, with their four children. Kids on the green has become part of our lives. We dont talk about what happened, and we dont talk about the fire very often. But having a place where people have been through the same thing, and understand what has gone on, without having to speak about it, has been really helpful for all of us. There is a huge admiration for the fire service here. Ive felt nothing but gratitude towards the firefighters, and their bravery, their courage, the fact that they want to do more now, on top of what theyve already done its overwhelming. The firefighters are running not just to raise money. They say it is also helping them come to terms with the terrible events of last summer. Running a marathon is a real chance for us all to get together and do something really productive for the grenfell community. So we can help people, and we can heal ourselves at the same time, as a team. They will be a lot of emotion on that day, wont they do the run, even amongst the training they are putting in. And training in conditions like this, when it is so cold, it shows how committed they are. Japanese investors in britain, including major carmakers, are to meet theresa may in downing street later. The motor industry has previously raised concerns over how operations could be affected by brexit. Ben is here. And there are lots of concerns about what happens in terms of the economy, in terms of opportunities, after brexit. Yes, and we are talking mainly about the carmakers, nissan and honda, and also bosses from other sectors, technology in particular, they want a bit of direction about what happens after brexit. They are worried about what Economic Growth means for their business, they are also worried about whether they will have to pay extra ta riffs, about whether they will have to pay extra tariffs, and whether goods will get caught up in problems that customs. We import and export a lot of stuff, half of all cars made in the uk are made byjapanese firms. The majority of those are exported elsewhere, and do this because in the 19805 they were all encouraged to come here and set up shop because of that great access to the european union. They could manufacture here but sell abroad. They are concerned that after brexit we wont have the same level of access, so it will cost them more and there will be delays at customs. It is interesting because yesterday we got an insight into growth forecasts after brexit, in different scenarios, whether we have access to the Single Market, the Customs Union, or no deal at all, and the two areas it is suggested will come off worst are the north east of england and the north midlands. 0f the north east of england and the north midlands. Of course, nissan in sunderland, Jaguar Land Rover nearby. Like many businesses they are going to downing street and saying give us an insight into what will happen. We should say the government di5pute5 tho5e will happen. We should say the government di5pute5 those figures, but there is real concern, and indeed for employment. Worries about what it will mean for them after brexit a5 what it will mean for them after brexit as well. You are watching breakfast. Still to come this morning there is no shortage of glitz and glamour on the dancefloor, and now blackpool tower ballrooms crystal chandeliers are getting the star treatment, too. Breakfasts tim muffet is there. And he is on the dancefloor look at that. Tim, you smoothly. Well, hello. A bit of a moment, the biggest clean up in more than 50 years biggest clean up in more than 50 yea r5 of biggest clean up in more than 50 years of blackpool tower, and bev i5 helping me through this ballroom wa ltz. Helping me through this ballroom waltz. And the chandeliers take some cleaning. We will be seeing that a little later on. First, the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london news, im victoria hollins. The high court is expected to rule today on whether a multimillion pound Housing Project proposed by Haringey Council is lawful. Hundreds of protestors gathered ahead of a Council Meeting last night in which liberal democrat councillors proposed a motion to drop the scheme, but labour councillors instead voted to delay a decision. The plan for estate regeneration known as the Haringey Development vehicle has caused divisions in labour, with the Council Leader announcing her resignation last week. The derailment of a train just outside of wimbledon last november happened because of defective track on a section of line repeatedly missed for routine inspection, according to investigators. 300 passengers had to be evacuated from the basingstoke to waterloo train. Investigators believe the 120m section which straddled a boundary between network rail and London Underground had not been regularly inspected by either crew, as official markers were in the wrong place. Network rail said the issue has now been resolved. This week we have been celebrating the lives of centenarians, born at the time women were first given the vote. Diana athill was one of the leading editors of her day, and is now an author. She says she accepted not being paid as much as her partner, andre deutsch, at their publishing company. Never in my childhood did strike me that one was limited by being a woman. I knew always that i was going to have to have a job. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there is a part suspension for the District Line between Turnham Green and richmond, with severe delays on the rest of the line. 0n the northern line, no Service Northbound from kennington to camden town via Charing Cross and the piccadilly line has minor delays. 0n the roads clockwise traffic on the m25 is queueing towards j1b, the princes road interchange for dartford, where two lanes are blocked following a collision, with congestion back over the qe2 bridge to j31. In south east london, denmark hill is partly blocked at champion park, following a collision near Kings College hospital. Lets have a check on the weather now, with elizabeth rizzini. Hello, good morning. Its a very cold and a frosty start to the day. Weve got temperatures below freezing across the board this morning, but by the time to get to the afternoon, its actually going to feel a little bit less cold that it has done in recent days. Therell be plenty of cloud seeping in, as well. But, to begin with, lots of sunshine here on the map. Yes, a very chilly start. Then well see the cloud develop from the north west. Thats going to push through, it will also bring with it some milder air, and the breeze will pick up. By the time get to the end of the afternoon, well be up up to seven, maybe eight degrees celsius in central london. Now, overnight tonight, dry at first, then weve got some rain coming through. Some of that rain will turn out to be quite heavy in the small hours of tomorrow morning. But a milder night to come, with lows of 3 6 degrees celsius. Any rain will clear away quickly. It will leave behind it, once more, some cold air. There will be some sunny spells around, a north westerly wind. Some showers, some of which could turn out to be a bit wintry times. Therell be further outbreaks of rain over the course of the weekend. 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 Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Heres a summary of this mornings main stories from bbc news. Nearly a fifth of people working in parliament have seen or experienced Sexual Harassment, according to a report due a Cross Party Group of mp5, chaired by the leader of the commons, Andrea Leadsom, is expected to recommend a new code of conduct, an independent complaints procedure, and tougher sanctions for inappropriate behaviour. The review was set up last year after several harassment claims against mps and staff. 95 of councils in england are planning to raise council taxes in april. A survey by the local Government Information Unit found 80 per cent were concerned about financial stability. The biggest pressure on budgets was demand for Childrens Services, Adult Social Care and housing and homelessness. The government say the Current System strikes a balance between relieving growing pressure on local government and making sure taxpayers do not face excessive bills. Adult social care in england is a Cinderella Service that is undervalued, with workers poorly paid, according to the Public Finance watchdog. The National Audit office has strongly criticised the department of health and social care for failing to deal with a shortage of staff at a time when demand is increasing. The government says extra money is being put into social care and its preparing a strategy which will be published by the summer. The average price of tickets for concerts at major venues has risen by nearly 30 over the last 20 years. According to data from the National Arenas association, prices increased much faster than inflation. It found that average cost rose from just over £22 in 1999 to more than £45 in 2016, with prices even higher for bigger artists. The uks entry for this years Eurovision Song Contest has been chosen. Storms dont last forever, moreover, remember. Singer surie was chosen after her uptempo ballad storm won over both a jury and tv viewers in a telephone vote. Gosh 1997. The last one was bucs fizz. The Winter Olympics, would have mixed curling. The first time we have had that. Mixed Team Figure Skating as well. The bigger snowboarder, katie allman rod. She tweeted. Put this on instagram. You do a couple of clips, you go down the mountain. You go clips, you go down the mountain. You 9 up clips, you go down the mountain. You go up onto all those metal rails. And do a couple of tricks. She will bea warto and do a couple of tricks. She will be a war to compete on sunday. She did win the world cup began. It has been so cold. A record breaking cold winter. 25 degrees. It is warming up winter. 25 degrees. It is warming upa winter. 25 degrees. It is warming up a little bit. 0ne handed, so she can keep the other hand warm. The Australian Flag bearer, lydia lassila, has said it is too cold, she has pulled out. Team gb have told athletes, competing on the first couple of athletes to give the Opening Ceremony a miss, if the temperatures lets get the latest from our man on the slopes of pyoeongchang, andy swiss. How have the conditions been affecting preparations . Temperatures have been freezing, even down to Winter Olympics standards. The temperature is rising, balmy minus three degrees. Thats good news for the organisers. Special heated cushions to 40,000 spectators. That is due to start at 11am your time. As you mentioned, Lizzy Yarnold, gold medallist. Team gb are hoping for between four and ten medals. Elyce christie, probably the best chance the Great Britain for a gold medal. We have had some action today, the early rounds of the mixed curling. Also the ski jump. Although no british athletes are in action today. Looking ahead to those metal prospects, the ice when income is one of the headlines. We all showed the we also shouldnt forget a certain dave riding, who could get a british ski medal. Dave riding, a slalom skier. He learned to ski on a dry ski slope in pendle in lancashire. Second in one of the world cup races. No british skier has achieved that in more than 40 years. What a story for elyce christie. She crashed out of all of her events in sochi and she thought about quitting but she is back as a triple world champion. Also, keep an eye out for 19 year old izzy atkin, the youngest member of the british team here. We will leave it there at the moment. Stay warm. I have gotten personal tweets from the con more and mika macneil. The wind has been the killer so far. Mika more. Macneil. The wind has been the killerso far. Mika more. In canada, they are used to the cold but they are saying it is very cold. The bbc will be bringing you all the action from pyeongchang. Coverage of the Opening Ceremony starts from 10. 30 tomorrow morning and live on bbc one, online and via the red button. The fa cup shows no mercy league two minnows, Newport County defended like demons at wembley last night, against premier league giants, spurs in their fa cup fourth round replay. Newport held out for almost half an hour before falling behind to a dan butler own goal. And erik lamela scored spurss second their reward is a trip to rochdale when youre playing against teams like that, you just cant. But they can hold their heads up high. To its members, its a historic society, which promotes charity and public service. To critics, its a Secretive Club where backs are scratched and jobs for the boys are handed out. Yet, the head of the freemasons in england and wales, david staples, says the criticism has gone too far and its time for discrimination against his members to stop. He joins us now from Freemasons Hall in london and in the studio is the guardian columnist, dawn foster, who has been critical of the organisation. David, tell us what you believe freemasonry is about . Also, what being a freemason involves. What being a freemason involves, i joined when involves. What being a freemason involves, ijoined when i was 18 yea rs old involves, ijoined when i was 18 years old and ive had 22 years of enormous fun. Ive met huge numbers of people from all different backgrounds and races and ages and what i didnt realise when i first joined was how much we do in the communities we come from. Last year, we raised £33 million for charity but what we do in our ceremonies on an evening that we would meet is we ta ke an evening that we would meet is we take part in one of three little morality plays. These have been changed the hundreds of years. We will go through those plays. It teaches us to reflect ourselves and our place in society usually go off and have a meal afterwards. You understand why four years people have seen the freemasons as a secret society . There are these things we area society . There are these things we are a secret handshake or no one really knows if you are a freemason u nless really knows if you are a freemason unless you secretly communicate. Can you understand why people are suspicious of what the freemasons do in the fact it seems to be an all boys club or a secret club . One of the reasons im here talking to you todayis the reasons im here talking to you today is to bust a myth. Lets take some of those. We are not a secretive society. Im standing here in the middle of our very large, lovely headquarters in covent garden. Its open every day of the year. We public tours. 0ur lodge rooms up and down the country are open to the public as well. We are not a secretive society. To address some of the claims that have happened recently in the press, the secret lodges meeting in westminster. Firstly, they are not secret. Secondly, they dont meet in westminster. They meet here. Neither are there any mp5 were members or any politicaljournalists who are members of those lodges. Sorry david, i want to pick up a dawn foster in the studio. You listened to david staples there. He would argue with any of those things. Obviously, we know where the masons lodges are and whether senior members are but id have to agree with a few of the things he said. In our investigation, we found there we re our investigation, we found there were four current mps who are members. What are the people into you interviewed was a senior fleet street journalist. What is the sinister bit . You can say its secretive. Where is the sinister bit . It comes into the fact that its predominantly secret. The home affa i rs its predominantly secret. The Home Affairs Select committee pointed out they have huge concerns about the fa ct they have huge concerns about the fact that no one knows how mini members of the police are within the masons. Members of the judiciary. When they ask members of the judiciary to come forward and class themselves as members, 5 did but it could be as high as 20 . There have been issues in the past. What difference does it make in practice . Are you claiming that if one person in an organisation, for example, knows somebody is a freemason, they will get to treatment . If they make a mistake, they will be lighter on them . Where a mistake, they will be lighter on them . Where is a mistake, they will be lighter on them . Where is the danger. . Brian paddock, who rang iran as a libdem candidate, he talks about the fa ct libdem candidate, he talks about the fact hejoined the libdem candidate, he talks about the fact he joined the freemasons at 21 and as soon as he revealed himself to some other members, he had much better treatment. A lot of cases in the police and judiciary where freemason influence has been shown to corrupt justice and freemason influence has been shown to corruptjustice and earn fagan earn favours for other people. The example there of brian paddock, one time commander at scotland yard, said he felt guilty because of the changing attitude of his colleagues. There is evidence that being a freemason can permeate into areas and professional bodies that it shouldnt. Firstly, let me bust some myths for you. This sort of thing is not tolerated. Nepotism, corruption, whatever you want to call it, is not tolerated. If we find out about that, we expel people who do it. I represent 200,000 people of high integrity. I have been a freemason for 22 years. Ive been a consultant for 22 years. Ive been a consultant for the nhs for 22 years. Ive been a consultant forthe nhs in for 22 years. Ive been a consultant for the nhs in the last ten years, ive met hundreds of people probably every week. Nobody has ever in given mea every week. Nobody has ever in given me a masonic handshake outside the lodge room. Enough is enough. We need to stop the prejudice of the 200,000 people i represent which would not be tolerated by any other section of society. Find out what we really do, come to Freemasons Hall, come and talk to was. In the interest of openness, the secret handshake, what is that like . Said the secret handshake is not a secret handshake. Its used in ceremonies. Look on google. I think the guardian has printed it. Can you show us . These secret things are not secret. Can you show us if you are allowed to . Im not going to do that and the reason is because i promised i wouldnt and part of something about being a person with integrity is you keep your promises. Who did you promise . Thats part of the ceremony. Ceremonies are ancient. Who did ceremony. Ceremonies are ancient. Who did i promise . Actually, what it comes down to, we take people from all different religions and faiths. We promise according to the faith we believe in so in my case, i made a promise to the god i believe in that i would not reveal that. This is my new show. If you want to find out who we are, lets stop talking about handshakes and trouser legs, lets talk about £33 million by members raised last year. Not all the nasty myths and prejudice that we face. As usual, we have as usual, we have given both sides of the story. Thank you very much both were talking to us. Here is carol with a look at this mornings weather. Good morning. We have a wide range of temperatures at the moment. Currently in belfast it is six celsius, in edinburgh it is five, in cardiff it is one and in london it is minus one. Temperatures lower than that in parts of dorset and east anglia. Not as cold generally across the uk as it was yesterday and we are looking at some rain moving south eastwards through the course of the day. That is courtesy ofa course of the day. That is courtesy of a weather front. You can see the cloud associated with that weather front of the satellite teacher. But even front of the satellite teacher. But eve n a cross front of the satellite teacher. But even across parts of the south, away from the south eastern corner, we have a veil of cloud. So where we have a veil of cloud. So where we have the clearest skies, in the south east, temperatures have fallen quite low through the course of the night. There is a cold front and behind it we will see a return to colder conditions after a milder day then we had yesterday. So clear skies to start the day across east anglia and south east england, heading down towards dorset, to be replaced by a band of cloud through the afternoon. Just ahead of our weather front, that is the afternoon. Just ahead of our weatherfront, that is producing some rain. We might get the odd heavy burst, but that is it. The Northern Ireland scotland some brighter conditions, the brightest in the north east. Then we have a lot of rain showers in the north and west, falling as snow on the hills. Temperature wise we are at highs of seven or eight but somewhere and the south east of england could see ten. As we head through the evening and overnight period, this weather front reinvigorates, bringing heavy rain across Northern England, wales, south east england, heading towards the midlands and the south east. Cold aircoming in the midlands and the south east. Cold air coming in behind, and we will have clear skies, once again the risk of ice. As well as that, wintry showers continuing in the north and west, but we could see wintry showers almost anywhere as we go through the course of the night. So tomorrow morning we say goodbye to our weather front, taking so tomorrow morning we say goodbye to our weatherfront, taking its rain away with it. Kind it is, again there will be some clear skies. Quite a bit of sunshine around tomorrow but we will still have those wintry showers. We are in the cold air, especially across the north and west, and we could also see wintry showers across the midlands and the south east as well. Temperatures down once again on the day, looking at between five and about seven. For saturday, a lot of dry and sunny weather across eastern and central and south eastern parts of england. As our next weather front comes in it will introduce cloud in the south east, and as this weather front sinks south it will bring with it some cloud, rain and hill snow. Behind it there will be a fair bit of cloud around, one or two wintry showers in the north west, but most in the hills. Those temperatures back into double figures, but that will not last. Thank you very much, we will see you soon. And ben is talking about personal debt. Yes, so that if things like bank loans, as opposed to things like mortgages, car loans, creditors, but unsecured debt. Loans like that are up by a quarter over the last three years, to a staggering £37 billion. 0ne debt Advice Charity says last month was its busiest ever for people seeking advice. They are struggling to keep up advice. They are struggling to keep up with payments. Peter tutton is head of policy at the debt charity stepchange. In the first half of last year, over 300,000 people contacted them for debt advice. Just explain what unsecured debts are. Well, mainly talking about credit agreements that people use all the time, personal loans, ove rd rafts, all the time, personal loans, overdrafts, credit cards. It can be all sorts of things, loans for things like cars, things like payday loa ns. Things like cars, things like payday loans. So there is a vast variety of credit products out there, they are not secured against your house or anything, and that is unsecured credit. Why do we need to worry about these . If wages are rising in tandem with these debts, i presume that people can pay them back and borrowing as a function of a healthy economy. Well, credit markets have opened up the crash, but wages havent kept pace with inflation, and that squeeze squeezes household income. So eight or 9 Million People are using credit every day for household essential items. The danger is people get trapped into using credit for that, which puts you on the path to serious debt problems. And you talk about that path, because it sort of snowballs. Missing one repayment one month becomes a much more serious issue. At what point do people need to think they have a problem and need to get help . Well, there are a number of signs that you may be getting trapped in a cycle of spiralling debt. If you are finding every month you need credit to get through to payday or using credit to pay off other credit, readily falling behind on Household Bills or using credit to meet your Household Bills, regular getting hit for things like overdraft credit charges, if that is happening to you a lot, that is a sign that you may be on that slope into further difficulty. The thing to do is try and get some advice early. And the issue now is we have been talking about whether Interest Rates will rise, but they have been at record lows so long, that people are getting used to artificially cheap money. If they rise, they could push people further into debt. Money. If they rise, they could push people further into debtm money. If they rise, they could push people further into debt. It isnt interesting point, because many people dont have cheap money but use expensive creditjust to make ends meet. There are things we can do to help people, legislation to help attract people from creditors and get them back on their feet. That is the key thing to help protect people through this challenge. Thank you for explaining that. And more from me after eight a. M. Thank you, the last time you went to a concert . A couple of months ago, actually. What do you remember about the first gig you went to . Your favourite song . The outfit you wore . Probably not the price of the ticket but that might not be the case anymore. At the height of girl power, it cost around £23 to see the spice girls at wembley stadium. Fast forward to today, and tickets for pop star taylor swift are likely to set you back nearly three times that amount. In fact, prices for arena concerts have risen by almost 30 over the last 20 years. We have been to manchester to ask people what they think of todays prices. My my first one was storms and i paid about £13. I think paid my first one was storms and i paid about £13. I think i paid £30 for michael bolton. That was a long time ago. That was like nine years ago. am guessing £35 or Something Like that per ticket, and that is standing. I have been to see beyonce, and i think i paid £100 for the tickets. I think you get what you the tickets. I think you get what you pay the tickets. I think you get what you pay for. Whenjust in the blake comes to manchester, it is going to be expensive but it is going to be good. I would never pay to go to big arenas or anything like that, it is too much. You could go to spain instead for the price of most gigs now. And many have been getting in touch. Tim says when he was young you had a full bill with lots of big name acts. It is not that it is more expensive but you are not getting decent value for money, either. Calvern silversmiths in 1985, and this is in leicester, and the cost £5 this is in leicester, and the cost £5 calvern said you could see the smiths. To put it in the proper relationship, steve says when he was young the price of the gig used to be the price of an album, £6. 99. We are joined now by musician and tour manager dan woolfie, and also vanessa higgins, who is the director of uk label Regent Street records. Very good morning to you. Do you wa nt to very good morning to you. Do you want to kick us off on this one . Do you think the prices are disproportionately more expensive now . I am not sure by much. I think there is a lot more going on with concerts. There is a lot more concerts. There is a lot more concerts now, as well, and a lot more artists that are capable of playing those arenas. I think there is more competition. It is always about value for money. People think if they are paying a lot of money but the concerts are incredible. Yes, it only matters if you come away disappointed. The production thatis away disappointed. The production that is going into these concerts now is unbelievable. And does it come down to the venue or the act that you are seeing . There are a lot of things going on. You mentioned that the cost is to be the same as an album, physically album sales have dropped in the last decade. Streaming is bringing it up at the others have to remake money somewhere else. At the same time there is obviously an appetite. Artists are touring more and people wa nt to artists are touring more and people want to go and see them at these prices. I will give you another example, michelle shelled out for two iron maiden tickets, three other tickets and it was £500. She said seeing the jam in the 19805 was a tenner. And there was secondary to getting back then. Not as often, you will be taken by google to secondary ticket sellers, not primary, and it inflates the price and you might not be aware. If you are paying a lot of money to see taylor swift, £400, £500, whatever it is, you know you are getting an extraordinary show. I have not seen her live, but i know they put on very big occasions, and possibly you think it is worth it, and that is the only thing that matters, isnt it . Obviously musicians want to put on the best show they possibly can. We were just talking about the u2 show and some of the levels of extravagance they go to, but if you do not want to spend £500 going to show, there are so many mid range and smaller artists, and their prices havent gone up in 20 years. Ten quid or 20 quid to go and see a really good band ina quid to go and see a really good band in a mid range venue. Quid to go and see a really good band in a midrange venue. Doesnt that come down to pot luck . For someone who hasnt got a lot of time to go to concerts, some people love it and absolutely have the time, and it and absolutely have the time, and it is their hobby, so to speak. That the thing, if you havent got the time to go to a lot of concerts, and you go to one, it has got to be good. Like i say, the production and staffing, if you just think about u2, they tour with a 130 odd production crew, that is a lot of mouths to feed, a lot of ticket prices. Is thisjust mouths to feed, a lot of ticket prices. Is this just the way it is now, is that fair . How much a fan spends at these concerts are staying the same, they are not buying as much merchandise, they are not spending as much at the bar, and people think i will support the artist in this way, see this incredible, extravagant show but will save my money in other ways. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning from bbc london news, im victoria hollins. The high court is expected to rule today on whether a multimillion pound Housing Project proposed by Haringey Council is lawful. Hundreds of protestors gathered ahead of a Council Meeting last night in which liberal democrat councillors proposed a motion to drop the scheme, but labour councillors instead voted to delay a decision. The plan for estate regeneration known as the Haringey Development vehicle has caused divisions in labour, with the Council Leader announcing her resignation last week. The derailment of a train just outside of wimbledon last november happened because of defective track on a section of line repeatedly missed for routine inspection, according to investigators. 300 passengers had to be evacuated from the basingstoke to waterloo train. Investigators believe the 120m section which straddled a boundary between network rail and London Underground had not been regularly inspected by either crew, as official markers were in the wrong place. Network rail said the issue has now been resolved. This week we have been celebrating the lives of centenarians, born at the time women were first given the vote. Diana athill was one of the leading editors of her day, and is now an author. She says she accepted not being paid as much as her partner, andre deutsch, at their publishing company. Never in my childhood did it strike me that one was limited by being a woman. I knew, always, that i was going to have to have a job. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube, there is a part suspension for the District Line between Turnham Green and richmond, with severe delays on the rest of the line. Northern line has minor delays, as does the piccadilly line. 0n the roads clockwise traffic on the m25 is queueing towards j1b, the princes road interchange for dartford, where two lanes are blocked following a collision, with congestion back over the qe2 bridge to j31. Also on the m25. There are clockwise delays between clacket Lane Services and j6 a22 godstone, following a breakdown. In westminster, abingdon st is closed for ongoing works with diversions for traffic heading between millbank and parliament square. Lets have a check on the weather now, with elizabeth rizzini. Hello, good morning. Its a very cold and a frosty start to the day. Weve got temperatures below freezing across the board this morning, but by the time to get to the afternoon, its actually going to feel a little bit less cold that it has done in recent days. Therell be plenty of cloud seeping in, as well. But, to begin with, lots of sunshine here on the map. Yes, a very chilly start. Then well see the cloud develop from the north west. Thats going to push through, it will also bring with it some milder air, and the breeze will pick up. The temperatures by the time get to the end of the afternoon will be up to seven, maybe eight degrees celsius in central london. Now, overnight tonight, dry at first, then weve got some rain coming through. Some of that rain will turn out to be quite heavy in the small hours of tomorrow morning. But a milder night to come, with lows of 3 6 degrees celsius, and then any early rain tomorrow morning is going to clear away quite quickly. It will leave behind it, once more, some cold air. There will be some sunny spells around, a north westerly wind. Some showers, some of which could turn out to be a bit wintry times. Therell be further outbreaks of rain over the course of the weekend. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Bye for now. Hello this is breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and charlie stayt. Sexual harassment and bullying in westminster one in five workers have experienced or witnessed it in the past year. A new code of conduct and tougher sanctions are now set to be introduced. Good morning, its thursday 8th february. Also this morning 95 of councils in england will raise council tax in april. They say they are struggling to make ends meet. Talking tough on trade, some of the bosses from japans biggest businesses will meet the Prime Minister and chancellor later to discuss life after brexit and what it could mean for the 10,000 staff they employ in the uk. In sport, the waiting is over, the first of the olympic action under way in south korea. Britians golden girl, from four years ago, Lizzy Yarnold, will carry the Great Britain flag at tomorrows 0pening ceremony. And this is the scene live in pyeongchang, where temperatures have been as low as 25, which would make it one of the coldest Winter Olympics on record. Remember that moment . And well be assesssing team gbs medal chances with olympic gold medalists, torvill and dean. Quite chilly here as well. Carol has the weather. In the south east, temperatures falling as low as 6, some frost but some sunshine. Generally today, not as cold as yesterday. More cloud around, some rain and drizzle, the brighter skies in the south east and north east of the uk. More in 15 minutes. Look forward to it, carol. First, our main story. The Workplace Culture at westminster is in need of urgent reform. Thats the view of a Cross Party Group of mps who have published a review into bullying and Sexual Harassment. According to the report, almost a fifth of people working in parliament have witnessed or experienced Sexual Harassment in the past year. A new, independent complaints procedure is recommended to tackle the problem, as well as a dedicated hotline to report incidents. The working group, chaired by the leader of the commons, Andrea Leadsom, has also called for tougher sanctions for anyone found guilty. 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo, is in westminster. This doesnt paint a great picture of what is going on at westminster at the moment. It doesnt. I think the findings of that survey will be disturbing to anyone looking at that, 20 of people have experienced all witnessed Sexual Harassment in westminster in the last year. That does make uncomfortable reading. Remember, this working group was set up remember, this working group was set up amid all those allegations that we re up amid all those allegations that were coming out late last year and led to the resignation of two cabinet ministers over some claims of inappropriate behaviour. There quite a feat brough atmosphere in wax westminster and a feeling something had to change. That the working culture here, as tight knit community, one where loyalty was priced, where procedures werent in place to make complaints about your boss or Staff Members at westminster. Political parties tried to reform their own procedures internally that this is a power in westminster proposal to change procedures. The recommendations from this working group have just been published. As you say, they put forward a new code of behaviour that eve ryo ne forward a new code of behaviour that everyone working in westminster has to sign up to. They are promising a new independent complaints procedure and independent investigation process , and independent investigation process, where there will be confidentiality throughout. They wa nt to confidentiality throughout. They want to separate out investigations into Sexual Harassment and investigations into bullying. I think what people will be looking forfrom this is how tough think what people will be looking for from this is how tough the sanctions are, if people are found to have been, sanctions in the face of wrongdoing. I think at the highest levels there are powers for mps to be recalled, to be put forward for deselection, but then it would still be up to constituency members to decide whether to go through with that. I think there will be some debate about how tough the sanctions regime actually is. Certainly these proposals will now go forward to the house of commons, where they will be debated and agreed. But i think this will be very much a First Step Towards trying to make the huge cultural shift that many people think is needed here in westminster. We will talk about this more late in the programme as well. Thank you. The vast majority of local councils in england plan to raise council tax in april. It means the average bill will go up by £40 a year, as local authorities try to raise more money. Andy moore is in our london newsroom. These are significant rises. Take us through what those councils are saying. This is an annual survey of council finances in england saying. This is an annual survey of councilfinances in england and councils say they are squeezed between extra demands for their services and a fall in the amount of money they are getting from Central Government. 95 of councils say they intend to increase council tax. That is the highest figure since this analysis began in 2012. 93 of them say they will put up their charges. That is for things like cremation to getting rid of your garden waste. Despite those increases, 80 of councils said they were concerned for theirfinancial councils said they were concerned for their financial stability. What does that mean for your council tax . The government caps council tax at 6 . If you are on an average band, you are currently paying about £1600 for your property. That could go up by as much as £100 a year. Half of the councils say they are looking at increases of 2. 5 3 , an increase more like £40 a year. For the moment, andy, thank you. The Winter Olympics have begun in south korea, although the offcial Opening Ceremony takes place tomorrow in the host city of pyeongchang. Celebrations are beginning. The games are happening amid continuing tensions with north korea, which its understood staged a military parade earlier today. Our correspondent, stephen mcdonell, is in pyeongchang. You can see the view, the birds eye view of what is going on with the slopes prepared and the venue crackling with excitement, i think. But there are two things to look at, one we can look at the games on how freezing is there but also the political backdrop to this. Yes. In terms of the political backdrop, if we come to the latest news we are hearing it is kimjong uns we come to the latest news we are hearing it is kim jong uns sister is going to meet with the leader here in south korea. This is the first time any member of that family will have been inside the blue house, as called. She will be here for dinner and there might be a message coming from the north Korean Leaderfor the message coming from the north Korean Leader for the south Korean Leader. Quite a diplomatic breakthrough here at the Winter Olympics. Of course, mentioning the temperature, 25 it has been reported. It could be the cold est has been reported. It could be the coldest Winter Olympics ever. 0bviously they need to be preparations, in terms of the spectators as well as the athletes . Yes. It is the wind chill factor that makes it so cold. People will know the difference between 10 without the wind and 10 with the wind, makes a big difference. It has been dropping down to 20 here. Even now as i talk to you, i dont know if you can tell, it is hard for your face to move in these freezing conditions. It is definitely quite cold. But this place is setup for the cold. It is a winter town, after all. I think those that are in the 0lympic tomorrow night will be rugged up, or they should become as they will be sitting there a couple of hours. Predictions for the Opening Ceremony, it will be a balmy minus one. For some reason the weather is warming up for that evening. The day after, dropping right back to 16 and the like. Evening. The day after, dropping right back to 16 and the like. Ok, thanks very much. Adult social care in england is a Cinderella Service, which is undervalued and whose workers are poorly paid, according to the Public Finance watchdog. The National Audit office says the government is failing to deal with a shortage of care workers at a time when demand is increasing. Heres more from our social Affairs Correspondent, alison holt. Its a busy lunchtime at northfields nursing home in sheffield, demanding work for the care staff looking after residents with a high level of need and todays report outlines just how difficult it has become to find the people needed to provide this vital care. Joyce, good afternoon, its only me. Sorry to bother you, darling. Tammy ardron is the nursing lead here. Finding care staff generally is a problem but she says attracting nurses has become a real issue for them. I dont think its as attractive as maybe the nhs, where youve got your salary packages, enhanced rates of pay and sociable hours. And i think its hard work. Its busy, its constant, youve got to be on the ball 24 hours a day. The National Audit office says whilst working in care can be rewarding, many staff feel undervalued. In 2016 17, more than half of the workforce was paid . 50 an hour or less. £7. 50 an hour or less. In the same year, staff turnover was nearly 28 and 6. 6 ofjobs were vacant. But, it says, there is no Government Strategy for tackling the problems. Only the department of health can produce a workforce strategy that speaks to the National Picture about the problems weve found of low pay, low prestige and high turnover rates which is reducing quality of service for people who are actually receiving care. In response, the department for health and social care says extra money is being put in to caring for Vulnerable People and that it will soon publish a strategy for the health and care workforce. Alison holt, bbc news, sheffield. If you didnt see last night, we can tell you who the uks entry for this yea rs tell you who the uks entry for this years Eurovision Song Contest will be. For ever, remember for ever, remember we for ever, remember we can hold our hands together through this storm. Singer surie was chosen after her uptempo ballad storm won over both a jury and tv viewers in a telephone vote. The artist, whose real name is susanna cork, has performed in the competiton twice before as a backing singer. This time taking stage front and centre. The uk last won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997. 21 yea rs 21 years later, who knows . Anything could happen. 8 11am. The sport and weather coming up a little later on. When journalist, jane merrick, received unwanted attention from an mp during her time working as a junior reporter, she was too worried about the consequences of speaking out to take action. But 14 years on, her decision to go public led to the resignation of former defence secretary, sir Michael Fallon. Now, a new report has recommended changes to the system, which prevented herfrom reporting the harassment for so long. Jane joins us from westminster. A very good morning to you. Thank you very much for your time. It seems like an important day this one, certainly in principle, whether in practice it makes a difference. Can you just remind people what happened to you and relate that into why you didnt feel you could address it at that time. Soi address it at that time. So i was a young reporter in westminster. I took out sir Michael Fallon for lunch. It was the kind of lunch i would have with mp5 all the time but this is different because on the way back to our offices we walked through a quiet corridor in westminster and he lunged at me and tried to kiss me on the lips. I was veryjunior and tried to kiss me on the lips. I was very junior and i was tried to kiss me on the lips. I was veryjunior and i was too worried to report it. Specifically to his party, i didnt want to report it to the whips because i feared i would be blacklisted, i would basically be reporting him to his own party, so i didnt say anything for 14 years. So what we now have, which has been outlined today, is some kind of structure within westminster. Do you think that if this structure existed, the one they are proposing, would make any difference to your situation . I think it would, actually. I am really encouraged by this report, the fact there is independent reporting system and also a hotline. I think sometimes even people working in westminster if you have a pass, you are confused by these systems. I think a hotline isa by these systems. I think a hotline is a good positive thing where people can report until they have the confidence that they will be listened to, their complaint will be investigated just that are lodging an incident that will be recorded in some way. I think that is really important to give confidence to people. As the report shows, one in five people working in westminster have either witnessed or experienced harassment. I think that is a huge proportion of people. It shows how widespread this problem is. Part of the proposals, as i understand it, that reporting process would be anonymous, both in terms, or can become in terms of the person making the accusation on the person about whom the allegations are being made. Yes, and whom the allegations are being made. Yes, and i have concerns about that. In other walks of life, the person who is accused of harassment or assault isnt anonymous. I think what we have seen through the Metoo Movement and elsewhere where this has been brought forward, naming the person encourages others to come forward. The backlash is vexatious complaints. It takes a lot of guts to come forward anonymously as someone who has been sexually harassed all assaulted, to report that incident and i dont think people do that lightly or generally make it up. I think it is really important, i dont why mps should be different in that respect. You mentioned the survey. 0ne different in that respect. You mentioned the survey. One in five people who work within westminster who say they have been the victim in some way of something. When you look at those figures, you are thinking there must be an awful lot of people in that building as we speak today who have knowledge of something that happened about which nothing has been done . I know. In. In terms of sanctions, that was a sanction, resigned, the final result was he is no longer in the role he was. The westminster report is talking about sanctions within westminster. Is there such a thing . Im not sure how that would work. What difference could that make . think they are talking about possible recall, which would mean the constituency would be able to have a by election against fat mp. I think that is important as well. Michael fallon did resign. That mp. He has apologised for behaviour, hasnt apologised personally to me but for his behaviour generally and he did so quickly. I think he deserves some respect for that. There does need to be a sanction therefore politicians. I think if it was just to have training, i therefore politicians. I think if it wasjust to have training, i dont think that will deter politicians from carrying on in any behaviour they have been doing so far. I think many to be tough sanctions and recall has to be the ultimate final sanction in that respect. Thank you for your time this morning. Jane merrick talking to us from westminster. We will talk more about this in about 15 minutes. Lets ta ke lets take a look at the weather, carol has the details. Good morning. A cold start to the day in the south east but generally we are looking at temperatures being a little higher than they were yesterday. That is because we have a lot more clout around and also some rain as well. Whats happening at the moment is we have some weather fronts moving from the north towards the south, producing some rain. After this bright and dry start in the south east, with road and bridge is the cloud will build. Varane will move south. Across Northern Ireland and scotland, again, a bright start. The brighter skies across north east scotla nd the brighter skies across north east scotland and then a lot of showers across the north and west of scotla nd across the north and west of scotland and north and west of Northern Ireland, falling as snow on the hills. Temperature wise, 7 9, but we could see ten in south west england. As we had through the evening and overnight, this band of rain evening and overnight, this band of rain pushing down towards the south east. Cold air comes in behind and there will be a rush of wintry showers in the north and west of the uk. But tonight, we could see those wintry showers falling almost anywhere and there is the risk of ice. Tomorrow, we start off on that note. Eventually we say goodbye to this band of rain pulling away from the south east. Behind that, there will be some sunny spells. There will be some sunny spells. There will be some wintry showers again, especially in the north and west. We could see some in the midlands, getting into the south east, so not surprising it will feel colder tomorrow, with temperatures back down again, 4 7d. From friday into saturday, again a dry and bright star in the south east. Then the cloud starts to build as our next weather front comes in from the west, introducing a band of cloud and rain and hill snow. West, introducing a band of cloud and rain and hillsnow. As west, introducing a band of cloud and rain and hill snow. As it pushes south, it will brighten up behind, with some wintry showers in the north west, but temperatures in double figures as we pushed down towards the south. It looks at the moment but we could see an area of low pressure developed overnight saturday into sunday. If that happens and it is and if, it could bring some significant snow across parts of scotland. Keep an eye on the weather forecast, i will keep you updated with that as well. On sunday, if it does happen, it will move away quite quickly. Very strong winds and there will be some wintry showers in the north and west. 0n the wings, some of them will blow over to the east, with some sunshine mixed in in between. Temperatures again 3 7. If you have been following all looking to follow the Olympic Games, you can see as we move over toward south korea to pyeongchang, where they are taking place, the weather on friday for the Opening Ceremony is going to be milder than it has been, but this is the weather you can expect on saturday in the mountains, minus 16. And look at the strength of that wind, it will feel better. Bitter. Iam more i am more impressed by yourfancy graphics. That is not up my street, as you well know. See you later. There is a rather important meeting today between car makers and theresa may in number10 today between car makers and theresa may in number 10 how candid do think these meetings are . These are about anxieties about what it will cost us. In 2016, the boss of nissan was in downing street. At the time he seemed to be happy with the response he got. What we are seeing today is that the car makers, other car makers including toyota and honda, as well as nissan, as well as big banks and manufacturing firms were going to downing street to meet with theresa may and the chancellor to talk about what happens next. There are two big worry is if growth in the uk slows down it will affect the number of cars they sell. Things like tarot, if we are not part of the Customs Union or the Single Market, will they pay for these exports to go overseas . Tariffs. The export a lot of these cars before we export them. There are two key concerns. These big firms were encouraged to come to the uk. They are saying, if that changes, we may have to consider what we do. They employ 10,000 staff in the uk. Do you think the deal as you do not have to talk about it afterwards . We will not hear much about what has gone on in the meeting. In the early hours of the 14th of june last year flames were seen in g re nfell tower. June last year flames were seen in Grenfell Tower. Firefighters battled through the night, many risking their own lives to try to rescue residents inside. Now some of the firefighters are planning to run the London Marathon to help children affected by the tragedy. Less than a mile from Grenfell Tower, North Kensington fire station hums with the sound of training. Have you run a marathon before . Ive never run a marathon before. Ive always been quite sporty, but rugbys always been my sport. But this is a whole new ball game for myself. Watch manager Michael Dowden one of nine firefighters here running the London Marathon in april. Its really important for us to run this as a team, to try and help us deal with events that we witnessed on the night of the Grenfell Tower fire. 71 people died at Grenfell Tower. Firefighters were inside the blazing building for hour after hour. In the end, they helped 65 people to escape. We were the first on scene that night. And my main memories arejust disbelief, really. Its like nothing id ever seen, even in the movies, really. The tragedy that was witnessed that night by myself and my colleagues was unbelievable. It was on unprecedented scale. I dont think ill ever fully get over whats happened. Its always going to be there in the back of your mind. Its never going to go away, really. Its almost like you have had 40 years of trauma in one night, so for a human being to process that is really, really, really difficult. The firefighters are hoping to raise money for a local charity called kids on the green. Kids shouldnt ever be exposed to that environment. They were, you know, theyve lost people, theyve lost their homes. So if we can do something to further help those children of grenfell, and particularly the kids on the green, then this is a fantastic platform that allows us to do that. We filmed kids on the green when it opened last summer a place for children to play, to draw, to talk if they wanted to, to escape the horror on their doorstep. Through the winter, the charity has moved to a site indoors, but they are still helping kids to be kids. The oldest one woke up at about 5 45am in the morning. Gabby and her husband live opposite Grenfell Tower, with their four children. Kids on the green has become part of our lives. We dont talk about what happened, and we dont talk about the fire very often. But having a place where people have been through the same thing, and understand what has gone on, without having to speak about it, has been really helpful for all of us. There is a huge admiration for the fire service here. Ive felt nothing but gratitude towards the firefighters, and their bravery, their courage. The fact that they want to do more now, on top of what theyve already done, is overwhelming. The firefighters are running not just to raise money. They say it is also helping them come to terms with the terrible events of last summer. Running a marathon is a real chance for us all to get together and do something really productive for the grenfell community. So we can help people, and we can heal ourselves at the same time, as a team. To train in this weather makes it all the harder but they obviously are so committed to their community. There is a lovely feeling of community as well. We wish them the best. They are probably training right now. We hope it all goes well for them. Still to come this morning. We are taking a visit to blackpool tower ballroom. Tim has been overseeing the dancing and the atmosphere. What needs to change question i should know what that dances, shouldnt i . I dont. question i should know what that dances, shouldnt i . I dont. I am very surprised you do not know. To do it on the famous dance floor in the uk, or arguably the world as well, is quite something. It has just had its biggest clean up in 50 yea rs just had its biggest clean up in 50 years and is looking more spectacular than ever. Youll find out how they did it. First, the news, the travel and weather where you are. Good morning. Contrasting conditions this morning, down towards the south and east of england, we have a widespread and hard frost. Further north and west, more cloud, not as cold. Frost free. Without cloud, some outbreaks of rain today. There will be some sunshine but that will be mainly towards the south east of england where this morning you will wa ke england where this morning you will wake up to some beautiful blue skies, lots of sunshine here. That area of cloud to northern and western areas. At the moment, the rain not too heavy but as we go through the day, it will intensify across Northern England and in particular across wales and the south west of england later on. Some brighter skies in south east england and there will be a bit of sunshine in the far north east of scotland today for some elsewhere across scotland, some rain in the west and cloudy. And optically cold, temperatures up to 10 celsius in the south west this afternoon. Overnight tonight, the rain will continue to move into the south east. Cold air then filters in behind that. We will see a return of some frost tonight across scotland and Northern England. Some wintry showers on friday, could see some snow at lower levels for a time. Eventually the rain clears away from the far south east of england. As you can see by the greenness of the map, lots of sunshine during friday afternoon but it wont be quite as mild as today, temperatures down by a couple of degrees. Into the weekend, this next weather system is moving in. The white lines, isobars, getting a little closer together, indicative of quite a breezy day on saturday. Heavy rain, which will turn to snopes for a time across scotland, perhaps Northern England as well. That rain spreads to the south east. Tom colder conditions in the north and west after the rain clears away and on that second day, those temperatures up to around 8 10 celsius. More details on our new website but that is all for me, bye bye. This is business live from bbc news with susannah streeter and victoria fritz. Fake news backlash social media users are angry and lawmakers want to know what the Big Tech Companies are doing to combat the growing problem. Live from london, thats our top story on thursday the 8th of february. Twitter, youtube and facebook will face a grilling by uk members of paliament in washington over their completely inadequate approach to fake news. Also in the programme shining a light on the dark web. The us breaks a cybercrime ring that traded stolen bank details around the world