Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20180218

Thousands of people in florida including survivors of wednesdays Mass School Shooting take to the street to demand tighter tighter gun controls. If all our government and president can do is send thoughts and prayers, then it is time for victims to be the change that we need to see. After a Super Saturday for team gb at the Winter Olympics, well hear from all three medallists live on breakfast. Yes, it is the morning after the night if you are here in pyeongchang, red britain havejust missed out on another medal, james woods being edged into force in the ski slopestyle. More vu in 30 minutes. More for you in 30 minutes. And Sarah Keith Lucas has the weather. A mild and mainly cloudy day, the best of the sunshine towards the east, the rain in the west. If all forecast in around 15 minutes. Speak to you in a bit good morning. First, our main story. The husband of murdered mpjo cox has resigned from two charities he set up in her memory after allegations of Sexual Harassment were published in the mail on sunday. Mr cox denies assaulting a woman at Harvard University in 2015 but admits to inappropriate behaviour while working for save the children. 0ur Political Correspondent Susana Mendonca reports. The murder ofjo cox in 2016 shocked the nation. The labour mp, who was also a mother of two small children, was murdered by a far right extremist during the Eu Referendum campaign. After her death, her husband brendan became a prominent campaigner against extremism and went on to help set up two organisations thejo Cox Foundation and more in common. Now he has resigned from both following allegations in the mail on sunday that he sexually harassed female colleagues while working for the charity save the children. In a statement, he said a source close to mr cox told the bbc that he had never sexually assaulted anyone, and that the allegations were exaggerated. Thejo Cox Foundation said that mr cox was admired by staff there for the integrity, commitment and dedication he had shown to creating a positive legacy for his jo. Susana mendonca, bbc news. The new education secretary says he wants to see more variety in University Tuition fees in england, rather than what he says is almost all institutions charging exactly the same price. Interviewed in the sunday times, damian hinds also suggests the benefit of a University Course to the economy could help decide future fees. It comes as he and the Prime Minister announce a review into University Funding today, as Simon Clemison reports. Many of todays students were not born when University Tuition fees were first introduced. But 20 years on, the link between getting a degree and paying towards the cost of it remains, and that has meant big sacrifices for some. And my parents sold their house so i could come to uni im the first one in my family. Looking into it, there were lots of, like, different aspects of the debt and how much youre paying back, obviously, in the long run, and itsjust a really prospect. The government still backs the idea that students should contribute towards the cost of their Higher Education, and thats one of the areas that will covered by its major review of student finance. It comes as a committee of mps coming today says says current Interest Rates on loans of up to 6. 1 are questionable. With students in england accumulating more than £5,000 in charges while they are still studying. The average debt for graduates totalling more than £50,000. They need to look at grants available to help the poorer students, they need to look at the level of interest that is currently being applied to Student Loans, and they need to rebuild some public trust and confidence in the fairness of the system by ironing out some of these real injustices at the heart of the way that the system works. Education secretary damian hinds suggests the review will consider extra subsidies for expensive subjects such as science and engineering. It could make it easier for universities to lower the cost of courses offered by the departments. The income threshold for repayment would also be considered, as will as the length of time before the loans are written off. But with the outstanding amount due to hit £160 billion by 2021, labour argues the system is unsustainable. Simon clemison, bbc news. Some of the survivors of wednesdays School Shooting in florida have taken part in a rally to demand tighter gun controls in the us. Thousands of people gathered outside the Court Building in fort lauderdale, a short distance from the school where a former student killed 17 people. Laura westbrook reports. Chanting no more outside the federal courthouse in fort lauderdale, this was the message to lawmakers. Among the protesters was emma gonzales, who took cover on the floor of her schools auditorium as a gunman started shooting. She had this to say to donald trump. If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened, and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, im gonna happily ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle association. Cheering and applause. What shes referring to is the millions of dollars the nra has given towards the trump campaign. On a visit to the hospital where the victims of the attack are being treated, the president once again made no mention of guns or gun control. Instead, he says the problem is mental illness. When somebody infringes a right for persons in this country to keep and bear arms, then its an infringement upon our rights as a violation of our civil liberties, now we have a bigger problem. We will be spending our times at funerals but after yet another School Shooting, anger among the Younger Generation is rising. In fact, students across the country are planning a mass walkout of schools in april the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre. They are demanding adults listen to them and tighten gun control. Laura westbrook, bbc news. President trump has criticised the fbi forfailing to stop the attack. In a tweet, he said the bureau was spending too much time trying to prove collusion between his Electoral Team and russia, and that investigators should get back to basics. Israel says its carried out heavy air strikes on hamas targets in the gaza strip. The military says it targeted 18 sites used by the palestinian group, including an arms factory. They say its in response to a bomb attack near the border which injured four israeli soldiers. Doctors in gaza say two palestinians were injured and three are missing. Nearly 200 british women from the stage, film, and tv have launched a fund ahead of tonights baftas, demanding the eradication of Sexual Harassment. Kate winslet, Emma Thompson and Dame Kristin Scott thomas, are three of the women who signed an open letter calling for the end of harassment and abuse. Emma watson has donated one Million Pounds to the fund, and Keira Knightley and Tom Hiddleston have each given 10,000 pounds. Food could become more expensive in british shops in the event of a hard brexit, according to a committee of mps. Mps on the environment, food and Rural Affairs committee predict that would be the result of trading under World Trade Organization tariffs. It also warned against accepting lower food standards to secure new free trade deals. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam reports. The peace and bucolic splendour of uk farmland could be dramatically upset if britain fails to get a comprehensive free trade deal pressed bricks that. But for post that. The key groups as consumers may also end up paying more forfood if the uk reference to world trade 0rganization rules. The Environment Food and Rural Affairs committee of mps says a so called hybrid would have a devastating effect on rural communities. It is because 60 of uk food exports go to the eu and they could face much higher tariffs. The Committee Also said that britain should not pollute its own high food standard in order to find new global trade deals such as one with the us. We go into a sort of wto situation where there are tariffs on imported food,it where there are tariffs on imported food, it will drive food prices up and to some commodities that will actually suit farming but perhaps not the consumer if they have to pay more for theirfood. Not the consumer if they have to pay more for their food. But the government has sought to soothe those concerns. It said that leaving the eu gave the uk a golden opportunity to secure ambitious free trade deals while supporting our farmers free trade deals while supporting ourfarmers and free trade deals while supporting our farmers and producers. Free trade deals while supporting ourfarmers and producers. It free trade deals while supporting our farmers and producers. It said he would not compromise on the uks high environment will all welfare standards. Joe lynam, bbc news. It was a super ssaturday in pyeongchang yesterday, with three women giving team gb their most successful day at a Winter Olympics. Lizzy yarnold won gold in the skeleton and laura deas came third, while izzy atkin claimed Great Britains first ever medal in a skiing event with a slopestyle bronze. And if youre wondering how our bbc Commentary Team keep their composure on days like yesterday, the answer is. They dont. Flock goes fourth yarnold wins gold again laura deas have won bronze as well Lizzy Yarnold, what a performance think that was a chair that went flying. That wasjohn hunt on the microphone alongsidejothackson and amy williams, struggling to contain their excitement as austrias janine flock slipped into fourth place, sealing those medal places for Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas. As you are saying earlier, they were effectively celebrating the demise ofa effectively celebrating the demise of a non british competitor. That is fine john hynes is one of our best commentator and is probably known to our horseracing commentator and is brilliant and can put his hand to anything. That was almost a sport in itself, dancing around the commentary box. Thats terrific. I cannot see that enough and coming up later, well be speaking to all three Medal Winners. Kat downes will be live in pyeongchang with izzy atkin just after half past seven, and with Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas at around half past eight. To stay with us for all of that, and we are keeping an eye on the womens curling. Will let you know what is happening a bit later. It is 7 11 p. M. Good morning. Am. Tuition fees and Student Loans will be up for debate in a major government review of University Funding thats being announced today. The cost of a course and the likelihood of it producing high earning graduates is expected to be considered too. Nick hillman, director of the Higher Education policy institute, joins us from our 0xford studio. Good morning to you. Good morning. What should the government be considering here . It would appear they are willing to take a look at all sorts of aspects of the whole business of funding Higher Education in england. If you were still working in government what would you suggest they do at the end of the process . Suggest they do at the end of the process . Will find out in 24 hours who was doing the review and what its terms of reference bar but in my opinion, it should not spend too much time looking at £9,000 fees for full time undergraduate school leavers. Because that bit of the system is actually working quite well. We have a higher proportion of 18 your role is going to university than ever before. I think it should look at things like part time student funding, part time student numbers have more than halved in recent yea rs. Numbers have more than halved in recent years. It is also, we think, going to be a church refunding review which means that further education colleges will be brought in as well and that is what we are a good idea. I perform treasury. You talk about how it brought in about £9,000 may be working and i suspect there may be some tunes walking at that description in terms of the size of the debt they are left with so size of the debt they are left with so the challenge for the government would be the labor would get rid of tuition fees entirely and anything the government suggest, however mel leaning overfour the government suggest, however mel leaning over four well meaning the government suggest, however mel leaning overfour well meaning and good for the exchequer will by tinkering in the margins. That is true, students dont like the fact that the fees went up so much but we need to remember all of the money is being spent on their education. We have some of the best universities in the world and some of the best facilities and lecturers in the world. If we spend less on educating people, and the quality of education will be less good. If i was going to do one thing the those sort of archetypal young full time undergraduates, it would actually be to look at their living costs because what they tell us, they worry about paying next weeks rent more than about paying back debt when they are in the labor market and only once they are on good earnings, a few years down the line. You touched on this a few minutes ago, butjust to dive into the detail, we saw in labor mp talking earlier about the idea of ironing out injustices as part of this shakeout. Where should the focus b . Where would you hope to go to a bit more detail if this all end up at the end of the whole business of this review . There is lots of places, one is part time students, another is the living costs of stu d e nts another is the living costs of students from poorer backgrounds, and another thing that really matters is how many places there are in the system. Every time the cost to what the taxpayers, of each university place, the chances are the government will come along and say we are only going to let fewer people go to university in the future and that really matters to macro, and then there is the whole further education, further education colleges have been hit hard in recent yea rs colleges have been hit hard in recent years and they deliver lots of Higher Education, they are not patched with universities, but they do deliver Higher Education and have been hit hard those are three or four areas i would start with. What do you make of the idea of cheaper courses for the university costing less for students, like humanities costing less than engineering or science. It is all over the papers. I do not think it stands up to scrutiny. For one reason, all of the people calling for different fees for different courses, they nearly all mean Something Different by it. Some want cheaper fees for poorer students, cheaper fees for poorer students, cheaper for humanities, cheaper for medicine and physics, and some want cheaper fees for how well graduates to. We want everyone paying the same, but the amount you pay back after you graduated depends on how well you do afterwards. The government will still pay extra money if you do medicine or teaching to educate you. It will be an issue for this review, but it is not an easy question. Thank you for talking to us. We appreciate your insight. Talking to us from oxford. The education secretary is live on the Andrew Marr Show later on bbc. How is the weather looking . L how is the weather looking . A little bit mixed. Lots of glorious sunshine yesterday. It felt lacks bring. Sunshine in the east. Like spring. Last night with those clear skies, northern scotland, you could have glimpsed the northern lights. This was taken by one of our weather watcher is. The aurora borealis. Largely dry today. Misty and murky. Rain arriving in the west later on. Dry weather for most of the day. Cloud rolling in from the atlantic. A frontal system going to the west. A frontal system going to the west. A warm front. Importing mild air. Temperatures are not bad. Chilly towards the east. High pressure sitting across europe. Chilly in the east and the clear skies. Eastern scotland, Eastern England as wellwest, west, england and wales, more cloud. Rain during the day, initially in Northern Ireland and then the west of england and scotla nd then the west of england and scotland later on. Double figures in the north and west. More cold in north east england and eastern scotland. This evening and overnight, rain going across all of the country. Rain and cloud, not as cold as last night. Monday morning will be frost free. But misty and murky. We still have a frontal system on monday. Eastern scotland and eastern counties of england the rainfall. Look at the hot air mass. Yellow indicating mild air. Cold conditions on the way later in the week. Monday is misty and murky and great. 0utbreaks week. Monday is misty and murky and great. 0utbrea ks of week. Monday is misty and murky and great. Outbreaks of rain. Easing towards the east. Further west, things will brighten up through the day. Some sunny spells breaking through the cloud. Temperatures 13 degrees. Tuesdays weather. Rain in east anglia towards kent and london and sussex. Elsewhere, not a bad day. Sunny skies returned to scotla nd day. Sunny skies returned to scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures are just starting to dip downa temperatures are just starting to dip down a notch. That is a sign of things to come to look at the rest of the week. The wind is coming from a different direction, the east. Cold conditions in northern europe. The wind is going to the uk. The week ahead might be mild and misty to start with. Do not get used to the springlike conditions. A bit of water later in the week. We managed to sit in the garden yesterday, which felt odd. We will be back inside by later on today. Winter is not done with us yet. They describe themselves as britains forgotten veterans. 60 years ago, thousands of uk Service Personnel were sent to the South Pacific to test nuclear bombs. Some claim the radiation caused cancers and birth defects which they passed onto their children and grandchildren. Now they hope a new study of their dna will prove it, as sarah corker reports. It was so bright you could see the bones in your hand. You just saw, like, anothersun bones in your hand. You just saw, like, another sun hanging in the sky. Thats what it was. The South Pacific at the height of the cold war. The British Military testing the nuclear bomb. I am bob fleming, i was the nuclear bomb. I am bob fleming, iwasa the nuclear bomb. I am bob fleming, i was a nuclear test veteran. He was 24 and in the forces when he watched one of the worlds most powerful weapons detonate on christmas island. 0ne weapons detonate on christmas island. One of 22,000 british men involved in the testing programme. We had no protection. Shorts, flip flops. Most of my children and grandchildren have suffered with some range of illnesses, some are frightening. Three generations of the Fleming Family believe they have suffered because of his exposure to radiation. 21 odd members in our family, and 16 of us have health problems. Muscular, legal, tumour problems, kidney stone problems. Skeletal. They have spent decades searching for answers. It was back in 2012 wendy test veterans took their case to the Supreme Court and lost. When the test. Now, here at Brunel University in london, they are carrying out Scientific Research to see if there dna has been irreparably damaged. The chief scientist told me blood cells will be taken from 100 veterans and their families. We are assembling a group of vetera ns families. We are assembling a group of veterans that we know were present at Nuclear Tests back in the 50s and 60s, and we are comparing samples of their blood with a control sample of veterans who we know were not present at the nuclear test sites. And the scientists will work closely with veteran charities. They are the forgotten generation of people who saw these very, very powerful weapons exploded in their faces, and it is almost like they have been wiped from the history books. The ministry of defence says it is grateful to the servicemen, but says three previous studies of the veterans found no valid evidence to link the test to ill health. They set up the aged veteran fund in 2015 to help find this new research. The flemings want to take part in this study and are waiting to hear if they have been selected. We want recognition. That is what we are fighting for. So, 60 years on, nuclearfamilies are fighting for. So, 60 years on, Nuclear Families are still living in the aftermath of these bomb tests. Sarah corker, bbc news. Sarah corker, bbc news. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. Time now for a look at the newspapers. Digital marketing and technology expert, dan sodergren, is here to tell us whats caught his eye. Well speak to dan in a minute. There is a lot to get through this morning. We will start with this story about growing human organs, a pancreas, within sheep. The technology now exists. The next 5 10 yea Rs Technology now exists. The next 5 10 years we ca n technology now exists. The next 5 10 years we can grow organs in sheep. It is exciting for people with diabetes because it could be that your pancreas could get swapped out to one that is working. 0bviously, diabetes is a huge problem in this country. It costs about £9 billion to the nhs. 5 million of us could have this. By the time my daughter is 20, it will be 5 million of us that well have this. It is a huge problem to the uk. 0bviously, that well have this. It is a huge problem to the uk. Obviously, there are different ways of dealing with diabetes. I was going to say, is it, to an extent, different types of diabetes, Different Reasons they contracted, but is it a lifestyle disease . By growing these organs are we treating the symptoms are not the courts . There are two different types. I am courts . There are two different types. Iam not courts . There are two different types. I am not a doctor, but type one and type two. The second one is linked to lifestyle, but not always. More important is the cost to the nhs to be more than 20,000 per year die from it. Nhs. It is the biggest cause of people losing limbs and eyes. We do not have enough organs to donate. Not at all. This could be a great way of doing it. But you are right to say there are other ways we could do this. Myself, i was diagnosed in november and i am going through a change which is not taking up my pancreas and replacing it with a sheep one. But i have been talking about that on my website, typetwodiabetes. Com. This talking about that on my website, typetwodiabetes. Com. This is talking about that on my website, typetwodiabetes. Com. This is the next one. Donor kebab. Taking a serious story and making it donor kebab instead. I love that. Technology could save us. 5 Million People are potentially. On the Technology Theme again. We delve into the inside pages. Page 53 of the mail on sunday. Gchq and smart metres, the whole business of being tapped into. Technology is a double edged sword. This is a bit of a dangerous story. People are using smart metres in their homes, which we have been told to do. But, actually, they could be tapped into and hacked by outside groups. They have to look at the security of this ina good have to look at the security of this in a good detail. That is what the government is doing. Positive in the end. I was wondering, government is doing. Positive in the end. Iwas wondering, as government is doing. Positive in the end. I was wondering, as survivelive will know when i got my new washing machine, everything has wifi, will russia be looking at my smalls . They probably have other things they are more interested in. But they could look at different things, but perhaps not your smalls. Putin might say i wouldnt mix those. And family have tried to go plastic free for a week, but it does not come without cost, does it . When you look at the cost. Look at the end there. They went for a week without plastic. They continued to do so, but because they found it was healthier to it food without it. Were putting this into the oceans and it will be there for 450 yea rs. Into the oceans and it will be there for 450 years. 8 million tons goes inside the ocean. It is a huge cost. £22 per week can be a significant. They enjoyed the food more as well. Depends what you prioritise. We will talk more later on. Plenty more to talk more later on. Plenty more to talk about to be we will get into some of the glossies as well. It is notjust the news. We will look some of the glossies as well. It is not just the news. We will look at that a little later here on breakfast. The Andrew Marr Show follows breakfast on bbc one at 9am. Lets see whats on the show. Andrew . Absolutely nothing glossy about us the big story this morning is about tuition fees in schools in england. I will speak to the new education secretary and his labour opposite who is at the summit in leeds. I have been talking to the verhofstadt negotiator. And i have been talking to the real expert on the connections of donald trump to the russians. A busy programme. All that comes at nine a. M. Youre watching breakfast. Still to come this morning. Its one of the most hotly tipped films for tonights baftas. Well hear from actors Margot Robbie and allisonjanney who star in i, tonya. Stay with us. Headlines are coming up. Hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. Good morning. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. The husband of murdered mpjo cox has resigned from two charities he set up in her memory after allegations of Sexual Harassment were made public. Mr cox denies assaulting a woman at Harvard University in 2015, but admits to inappropriate behaviour while working for save the children. He has left posts at more in common and thejo Cox Foundation after the mail on sunday published the claims. The new education secretary damian hinds says he wants more variety in University Tuition fees ahead of an england wide review into University Funding. In an interview with the sunday times, he also said the income threshold for repayment would be considered as well as the length of time before loans are written off. It comes on the same day the Treasury Committee called the Interest Rates on loans unjustifiable. Speaking earlier on breakfast, nick hillman, director of the Higher Education policy institute, told us charging different course fees would be difficult. There is a logic to the Current System which is everybody pays the same. But the amount you pay back after you have graduated depends on how well you do in the labor market. If your course is really expensive to teach, like engineering or medicine, the government still pays extra money to the university to educate hughes, so differentialfees will definitely be an issue for this review, but it isnt an easy question. But for the educate you. Some of the survivors of wednesdays School Shooting in florida have taken part in a rally to demand tighter gun controls in the us. Thousands of people gathered in fort lauderdale, near the school where a former student killed 17 people. In a tweet, President Trump blamed the fbi for failing to stop the attack because they were too busy trying to prove collusion between his Electoral Campaign team and russia. But one survivor of the shooting criticised mr trumps links to americas gun lobby. If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened, and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it, im going to happily ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle association. Cheering and applause. Israel says its carried out heavy air strikes on hamas targets in the gaza strip. The military says it targeted 18 sites used by the palestinian group, including an arms factory. They say its in response to a bomb attack near the border which injured four israeli soldiers. Doctors in gaza say two palestinians were injured and three are missing. Nearly 200 british women from the stage, film, and tv have launched a fund ahead of tonights baftas, demanding the eradication of Sexual Harassment. Kate winslet, Emma Thompson and Dame Kristin Scott thomas, are three of the women who signed an open letter calling for the end of harassment and abuse. Emma watson has donated one Million Pounds to the fund, and Keira Knightley and Tom Hiddleston have each given 10,000 pounds. Church spires and towers are to be used to boost mobile phone and Broadband Connectivity in rural areas. The church of england would benefit by charging rent for the space. The government says the equipment would usually be installed inside the spire, so it wouldnt harm the look of the building. Two giant pandas on loan from china have been unveiled at a zoo in central finland. Lumi and pyry gave visitors at ahtari zoo quite a show when their quarantine ended and they were let out into the open airfor the first time. China agreed to loan the pair for 15 years as a gift to finland, which celebrated 100 years of independence from russia last year. That is an 0lympics bought, winter 0lympic that is an 0lympics bought, winter olympic sport i might be able to do, the roly poly down the hill. Olympic sport i might be able to do, the rolypoly down the hill. Maybe could do that for us in a little while. How are you . There isnt much call for winter while. How are you . There isnt much call for winter olympic roly poly, actually, it hasnt made it onto the roster just yet but actually, it hasnt made it onto the rosterjust yet but it is the morning after the night before, really in pyeongchang after the best day ever for really in pyeongchang after the best day everfor a really in pyeongchang after the best day ever for a british team after a winter games. What a day it was, Lizzy Yarnold winning the back to back 0lympic titles and making history and i think we should relive that moment, shouldnt we . Second place after the penultimate run, blistering final run catapulted her to the top of the standings, clean through the corners, keeping her speech to the flat sections and producing her very best when it mattered, the focus then for Lizzy Yarnold and all that stood between her and yarnold and all that stood between herand a yarnold and all that stood between her and a second gold medal was ginning flock of austria with a 3 time world cup race winnerjanine flock. She lost time over her final run which meant that the Lizzy Yarnold is the first british woman to successfully defend a winter 0lympic title. And it also meant that laura dees, who was in fourth place after her final run, was bumped up to bronze. Sheer delight from her, since, just like dom parsons a few days ago, she thought she hadnt done enough and had just missed out. So, for the first time ever, Great Britain has two Medal Winners on the same podium at a winter games. And one more record for you it was the first time Great Britain won three medals in one day, because earlier izzy atkin won bronze in the skiing slopestyle. Im delighted to say she is standing next to me with a very heavy metal around her neck. Tell me quite a heavy that is. It is very heavy, if i leave it too long around my neck my neck will get sore. It is 500 g 01 my neck will get sore. It is 500 g or something . It is bonkers. A massive chunk of metal. Tell us, how is the field to win an olympic runs metal, were you expecting it, what we re metal, were you expecting it, what were your expectations going in . No, i certainly wasnt going in expecting a podium that i think this really wa nted expecting a podium that i think this really wanted to put down a run that i was really proud of and ski the best that i could. To come away with this has just been amazing, it feels like a this has just been amazing, it feels likea dream. This has just been amazing, it feels like a dream. Talk us through the final run because the people at home watching you ski, it was so clean, so watching you ski, it was so clean, so calm, when you needed it. watching you ski, it was so clean, so calm, when you needed it. I was nervous at the top because i had just been bumped down to fourth place by maggie, one of the us skiers, and i was extremely nervous but i knew i could do it, i put down the run in training so i decide to put it down when it counted. What was the point when you knew you had w011 was the point when you knew you had won the bronze . It was after those three girls went after me, which was a stressful couple of minutes, because any one of them could have bummed me off the podium. Yeah, i still dont think it has fully settled in but it feels amazing. can help but notice you have a transatlantic accent. Tell us about your connections to Great Britain and where you train and where you have been growing up. So i trained at the moment and practice in utah in the us and my father is from england, he drop in birmingham, and i have loads of family there, they came out to watch me yesterday. My auntand came out to watch me yesterday. My aunt and uncle actually surprised me, they flew all the way from surrey to come here and surprise me which has been amazing to got to see them for bit last night and, yeah i feel so honoured to be a part of tea m feel so honoured to be a part of team gb. What was the reaction when you walked back into Team Gb House . Loads of congratulations. I didnt spend a lot of time in the village yesterday with the medal ceremony and all the media stuff and it has been a surreal couple of hours, 24 hours, i suppose. Your first 0lympics hours, i suppose. Your first olympics and you come away with a bronze medal. Where do you go from here . I will just bronze medal. Where do you go from here . I willjust keep skiing and having fun, the season isnt open yet, we still have a couple of competitions, i will keep it a bit chill, rest up because my body is definitely a bit sore after yesterday, it was a lot of skiing, andi yesterday, it was a lot of skiing, and i will keep having fun. You said you were going to celebrate with a trip to a karaoke bar and sing some katy perry. Have you done that yet . Not yet but probably tonight after all of the guys are done, hopefully tonight. Congratulations, izzy. You mentioned james woods because there was disappointment for him, he was trying to emulate izzy in the skiing slopestyle and just missed out on a bronze medal. The tiniest fraction, agonisingly close. He had been in the bronze medal position for much of the competition but was just edged out on the final run. Just 1. 4 points in it. Before i go, just time to update you on the curling because britains women are in action. They are against sweden in the latest round robin. It is 6 4 after eight 01 round robin. It is 6 4 after eight or nine ends. They have won three, lost through with three more round robin matches left to go, they are in fourth position, only the top four go through, so it is tense stuff for Great Britains curlers on theice stuff for Great Britains curlers on the ice at the moment. Thank you, kat we are keeping a close eye on all of that. The final end, you could see eve muirhead has played a great shot. They are not by any means out if they lose, are they . No, they will still be in but it will be difficult if they do end up losing this. They are trailing by two points in this crucial length. You can see the 10th written on theirfacial you can see the 10th written on their facial expressions. You can see the 10th written on theirfacial expressions. Attention. I cant see how many stones are left but. We are in the 10th end. So, yeah, will keep an eye on that. Lets talk fa cup. It isnt all slipping and sliding in sport. There is plenty of that in the football who will talk about the fa cup, Manchester United beating huddersfield by two goals to nil, but it was a controversy, wasnt it . This is of a yellow lines on whether they ask wiggly or not. Have i got my head around specifics of this. The video assistant referee system, manchester 12 zero but it was a gold ruled out for offside but are talking about with a system that is used. So it goes to the video assistant referee. But the lookup the key talking point, this was a goalfrom juan the key talking point, this was a goal from juan mata, tight offside decision, the referee kevin friend was in touch with the video assistant referee who ruled it out, offside, and ultimately, the squiggly line was there as you can see, this is Romelu Lukaku making it safe his second goal of the and that is now 21 goals of the season, we didnt actually see the squiggly line. When we say the squiggly line, it is the line that was observed by the assistant referee looking at the tv screen . There is some debate as to whether it was an accurate line 01 to whether it was an accurate line or not . Exactly. It is supposed to be straight but it looked a little bit like when you got the Primary School and you get given a ruler for the first time . Were not sure if thatis the first time . Were not sure if that is what the video assistant referee was looking out but either way, there was confusion about whether it should have been ruled out. It is a mess, isnt it . It is messy and that splits opinion, joe z mourinho said the system is good but as long as we get it right it is fine. David wagner, the Huddersfield Town manager and i must say, i am with him, he said it takes the emotion out of the game becausejuan mata scores and celebrates but then it isnt a goal and the supporters are well up for as well not sure and i must admit, it is difficult as it is to believe in my youthful looks, iam old is to believe in my youthful looks, i am old school on it as well. Lets say would be on that. The boxing now. George groves successfully defended his wba super middleweight title with a win over chris eubankjunior in manchester the british world title bout went all 12 rounds, with groves boxing clever to withstand the challenge from eubankjunior. The victory was unanimous and also means groves is through to the world boxing super series final. Englands cricketers are in action in new zealand at the moment. Despite losing all their matches a win here could mean they face australia in the final. Theyre likely to need to win by around 20 runs to reach the final. Its been mixed so farfrom england, david malan hit half century as england made194 david malan hit half century as england made 194 seven on their 20 overs. Will it be enough with new zealand chasing 100 and 74 . As i mentioned englands need to win by more than 20 runs to stand a realistic chance of getting through to the final. You have mastered the rules of various winter to the final. You have mastered the rules of various Winter Olympics sport and now have to do arithmetic around the cricket. Watch me bumble through we will speak to you later. They brought us ikea and scandi noir, and now a new swedish fitness craze has reached british shores. plogging or picking litter whilejogging has gaining momentum in the uk, as greg dawson reports. In many ways, it looks like any other weekend fitness routine. Youll need a pair of these. A warm up will help it is february. But dont forget to pick up one of these. And maybe this will come in handy too. Plogging, or plucking and jogging, first gained popularity in sweden but its quickly caught on around the world, from the beaches of australia to the pavements of india, and here in the parks of south east london. Ilike running. I like doing stuff in the community. I like finding places that i didnt know existed like, i didnt know this park was here, even though i live in the area, ive never been here before so i think it does two things. It helps me to get fit and helps me to find out more about where i live and that, i enjoy. Ivo gormley is the founder of good gym which runs plogging sessions and other Community Activities across the uk. We have been getting hundreds of new people signing up. Every time you go for a run, youre likely to pass by somewhere where there isnt fly tipping going on. Youre not likely to pass by the house of someone who is isolated and lonely. Every time you are running through your community, there are things that need doing and actually, you can combine that with your exercise. This is about far more than just running, though. As we know, a lot of our litter ends up in the waterways which means that the ploggers end up in waders. And its notjust helping the environment but also potentially the public purse. Clearing litter costs local authorities more than £700 million a year in england alone. This local level volunteering coincides with a growing momentum nationally to cut waste. Following the popularity of the bbcs blue planet series, which highlighted the damage plastic is causing to our oceans, the Scottish Parliament announced plans to ban plastic straws. And the royal family has even backed efforts to reduce single use plastic on britains royal estates. Does it ever frustrate you when youre litter picking, you see the state of some of the parks and some of the waterways . I suppose it is a bit frustrating but especially because this is my local park i live just around the corner but it is good that so many people are willing to give up their saturday mornings to clean up parks and rivers and. To get involved. Get involved in the community. With that sense of making a small difference to a bigger problem, plogging offers much more thanjust a strenuous workout. Greg dawson, bbc news, south east london. It makes you wonder when you see the enthusiasm, like in the curling. It could be exciting to go and pick up litter. We have a nationwide enthusiasm for the brushing. Does it make it go faster or slower . just need to master the rules by the end of the games. It is tied at the moment. We are keeping an eye on it. There it is. It is very tight between Great Britain and sweden at the moment. And it is faster. If you live in the countryside you can understand how bad it is trying to get good wi fi. But now, the church of england has signed an agreement with the government making it easier to use Church Steeples to host mobile phone masts. Becky clark, whos from the church of england, joins us from our london newsroom. Good morning. Good morning. Watch deal have you done with mobile phone companies . It is not a deal with them. It is an agreement with the government to Work Together to improve mobile and broadband infrastructure. It is needed for Small Businesses and people in more isolated communities to make sure they have connectivity with the rest of the world. Those of us who live in cities and small townships take it for granted. We have to make sure that, as a body with representatives in every community, we wanted extended to everyone in country. There must have been some anxiety before you came to this agreement. There will be a deal with the phone companies to be done at some stage in this process and you will effectively charged them rent for using your buildings. Given they are christian places of worship, are you 0k using it for commercial ends . Christian places of worship, are you ok using it for commercial ends . 120 churches are already taking part in this kind of partnership. More importantly, we are trying to provide productivity in areas of the Country Companies have not been able to reach. We are not talking about mobile, this is about providing mobile, this is about providing mobile and broadband to areas in the country without it. It will be smaller providers and local companies. Any money and by the local Church Rather than the Central Church of england can be invested back into the local communities. How disruptive role there . What will these mobile phone masts look like . People might imagine enormous and tall radio transmitters but we are talking about very small antenna you cannot see from the ground, and they sit inside the tower along with the cables, discreetly inside the building. The amount of damage. There will be no damage. The impact on the buildings themselves will be minimal. All the technology we are installing will be resourceful. Thank you so much. We will hear much more from you with more wi fi. Thank you so much. We will hear much more from you with more wifi. And now for the weather. It is a beautiful scene with the sun rising in norfolk. This was taken by a weather watcher. Through the rest of the day, largely dry. A lot of cloud. It will bring some bricks of rain to the western parts of the country. Bits of. You can see the clouds moving towards the west. Clear skies in central and eastern parts. Chilly by frost in the east. High Pressure Holding on. A warm front is bringing milder air. Also some cloud. 0utbreaks front is bringing milder air. Also some cloud. Outbreaks of rain pushing into Northern Ireland through the middle part of the day. The rest of the country, dry weather. The best of the sunshine in northern and eastern scotland. Temperatures ranging between 8 9 in the north, 10 11 in the south. The evening, rain heading to dumfries galloway. Cornwall as well. Then it goes for england, scotland, and wales. Things should dry up in Northern Ireland overnight. Cloud, mild, frost free. Different from this morning. We still have a front with us during the day on monday. Fizzling out as advancing to high pressure. Still producing some outbreaks of rain with milder air. The yellow indicates mild air with us on the yellow indicates mild air with us on monday. Do not get used to it. Not sticking around long. Cloudy and grey. Through the day, skies should clear. Sunshine breaking through for Northern Ireland and western scotland, the west of england and wales. Further east, cloud with a few outbreaks of rain on that weakening front. Temperatures are still in double figures for many of us. Still in double figures for many of us. Call under the rain. Tuesday, still have remnants of that front producing rain the east anglia and sussex. Temperatures will be in double figures in Northern Ireland. Then things will change as we bring in the cold easterly wind. It will bring with it chilly conditions for a midweek onwards. A different feel to the weather. It will feel colder, but dry and bright. The week ahead. Mild and cloudy. Rain over the next few days. But things turned more cold but also sunny late in the week. Turn. And later on we will hear from the skeleton medallists from the 0lympics. All that is to come on the bbc news channel. But this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. 0ration behind great underneath picassos art was a picture of the bus and a landscape bya picture of the bus and a landscape by a fellow artist. If you turn it 90 degrees and bring back the crutch and woman, you can see the cars are used the landscape as the basis of his paintings. It helps determine where it was made. It gives a sense of the artist with whom a particular painter was engaged with. These insights help bring new and more interesting and scientifically difficult questions. The contours in the background become the back of the background become the back of the woman and she takes on the shape and form of the catalan countryside. Until now, only the wealthiest galleries could afford to scan. And even then, it was only for great works of art. But this is cheaper and portable. It can be used by anyone to find the secrets behind anyone to find the secrets behind any painting they want. The curator has questions about this portrait of george gershwin. In particular, whether a friend in the front row was painted out and seated further back because he fell out of favour. This is 0scar lavonte, a friend but also a rival. Stories have circulated for years that he is the only recognisable figure in the second row, perhaps demoted from appearing in the first row. That is one of the questions we could potentially find out with this technology. Can i take a look . Traci has asked the team that developed the scan system to answer that question. They scanned every stroke of the brush millimetre by millimetre. It is a collaboration the team wants to extend to more galleries. Many paintings want to tell their secrets. This helps them talk to us more. The team hopes widespread use of their scanners will increase the understanding of our most Famous Artists and how they worked. That has left me dumbfounded. He was quite clever. You have a future as an art critic. While all eyes are focused on this years Winter Olympics, one of the most hotly tipped films for tonights bafta awards is i, tonya, based on events linked to the Winter Olympics of 1994. Its a biopic about the american figure skater Tonya Harding, who became notorious for her link to an attack on a fellow competitor. Margot robbie plays the disgraced tonya, and allisonjanney her mother. 0ur arts editor, will gompertz, has been to meet them. I was the best figure skater in the world at one point in time. 4. 8. How do i get a fair shot here . It wasnt about telling the Tonya Harding story. The haters always say, tonya, tell the truth. Reporter tonya, how do you feel. . Tyres squeal. Everyone has their own truth. Theres the whole, you know, conversation around truth. We have all these unreliable narrators telling completely contradictory versions of the exact same event. I mean, come on who would do that . The juxtaposition of everyones different point of view and story is where the dark comedy comes in, where you see my character throw a knife at tonya and then you cut to me saying, you know, what family doesnt have their ups and downs . I didnt stay home making apple brown bettys. No. I made you a champion knowing youd hate me for it thats the sacrifice a mother makes i wish i had a mother like me instead of nice you cursed me. In the movie, you assault your daughter on more than one occasion and yet, her mother in real life denies it happening. I told her side of the story very well. I think i i understood i had to make her a three dimensional character. She wasntjust a monster. How old are you, honey . Shes a soft four. Having been a figure skater myself, i know how expensive it is to have custom skates and have the skating costumes. I know what it took for my parents to get up at 5 00 in the morning and to take me to the rink before school in the morning and after school. So i i knew ifelt like i could tell her side of the story. What can you tell us about Tonya Harding . Hmm, i dont know a tony harding. Arent you her bodyguard . As a young producer and actor in the business, do you think the game is still rigged against women . Theres far more female driven content, female led films now than even when i started and i havent even been doing it this long. I think the next step is having female storytellers tell those stories and thats the change that i can see happening right now. Everyone is really making a conscious effort and i think we will see the, you know, the result of that over the next couple of years. But still, is it enough . No. We still have the statistics are so imbalanced, i think its going to take a while. But, yeah. Still to come, we will have an in depth look through the sunday papers hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. The husband of the murdered mpjo cox resigns after allegations of Sexual Harassment. Brendan cox admits he behaved inappropriately while working for save the children. Good morning, its sunday 18th february. A major review of University Funding will be unveiled by ministers today after m ps will be unveiled by ministers today after mps claimed Interest Rates on Student Loans are unjustifiable. Thousands of people in florida