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Cant always rely on their train services, particularly in places Like Northern where its been notably bad and i will absolutely bring that situation to an end. Artificial intelligence is better than doctors in diagnosing Breast Cancer from mammograms, according to a study. An emotional peter snakebite wright wins the pdc world darts championship, beating world number one Michael Van Gerwen. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Residents and tourists in coastal areas of New South Wales in australia have been told by firefighters to leave within 48 hours. The Evacuation Order comes ahead of forecasts of high temperatures and strong winds on saturday, which will create ideal conditions for more bushfires. A seven day state of emergency will come into force in New South Wales tomorrow. There are trafficjams on main roads, and queues at petrol stations. At least eight people are known to have died since monday. Our correspondent phil mercer has this report. The mass exodus from southern New South Wales is under way. The authorities are urging tourists and residents to leave while they can. It has been slow going and the evacuation has been hampered by a lack of fuel but not Everyone Wants to go. Mum wants to stay but. I dont know. Seeing just all the locals, i can see theyre all nervous and anxious. Everyone isjust on edge. Looking at the queues here, it would be a long, long trip. We actually think wed be better off staying here. Our motorhome is parked by the water. If anything does happen, we can just go down to the water. We were here on new years eve that was really, really bad. The fires have become political. The australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said Climate Change was one of many factors fuelling the blazes. Hes rejected International Criticism that his government, which is an Ardent Supporter of the nations large coal industry, is not taking Global Warming seriously. More hot, dry and windy conditions are forecast for south eastern the emissions reduction will protect the environment and reduce the risks and hazards we see today and will seek to ensure the viability of peoples jobs and their livelihoods all around the country. The Prime Minister has called for calm as dozens minister has called for calm as d oze ns of minister has called for calm as dozens of blazes and across the country. More hot, dry and windy conditions are forecast for south eastern for australia in the days ahead. This brutal summer continues. Phil mercer, bbc news. And we will talk live to fill in a few moments. Our correspondent, Shaimaa Khalil reports from lake conjola one of the worst affected communities. The extent of the damage that these huge fires have caused here, in lake conjola, is all around. Homes have been ravaged, the earth is scorched, still smouldering, still hot. You can feel the smoke. Three people died in this Small Community alone, one of them just up the street over here. This is one of the coastal towns where tourists have been given 48 hours to evacuate. Many of them have been trying to get out. It has been very hard for them to leave because the conditions around us are still quite hazardous. Residents are still in shock at what happened to their town. Some have left, when the fires hit, others stayed to defend their homes. And then we could see it coming and it wasjumping from house to house. There were plants, like, underneath the front or the front of the houses, and theyd just explode into flames, and then they was embers everywhere. And then thatjust bang it just caught fire. They were going, like this one up here, it went behind, and then two down below, so we had nearly eight houses alight. You know, did we sort of cheat it . We survived. Yeah. Its pretty traumatic. Our correspondent phil mercer is in sydney. Hello to you. The state of emergency in New South Wales kicking in at atm tomorrow local time. Are you already seeing an exodus though . Weve been seeing an exodus though . Weve been seeing an exodus from the south coast of New South Wales for most of the day. Thousands of people are heeding the warning to leave that pa rt heeding the warning to leave that part of eastern australia so seaside communities in australia are emptying out. Not everybody will leave, as we are hearing, but the expectation is that many people will have seen the devastation that the fires have caused in these parts of eastern australia and will want to be as far away from those areas as possible on saturday when we expect very hot temperatures, into the 40s, strong winds being blown in from Central Australia that will be warm and dry and all of those factors will conspire to elevate fire risk. What this does powers to force evacuations and and other powers to control the fires at this time of crisis. The worst possible combination of factors in the forecasts you mention. And how hard is it for people to get away even if theyre attempting to do so because of smoke in the air and reports of shortages we have heard of as well in fuel. Some of the major highways in southern south wales are open and there is a restricted speed limit because of Poor Visibility because of the smoke as well. There isnt enough fuel to go around and some people say other road closures are making the journey stressful and long. The authorities are urging people to be patient. Some people in places like victoria are being airlifted by the military or taken away by the navy and it gives you an indication as to how severe the crisis is. It really is unprecedented in australia that we have the military involved and thousands of firefighters and now thousands of firefighters and now thousands of firefighters and now thousands of holiday makers and residents being forced out in what is also an unprecedented evacuation, so this crisis in australia began many, so this crisis in australia began any so this crisis in australia began many, many weeks ago and all the indications are that it still has weeks if not months to run. You mention the military, phil. Some people in some communities, will they have to be airlifted or taken by sea to get to safety because of the routes are cut off . That is what we are seeing, and we have had amphibious vessels from the navy leaving sydney that have made their way to the coast of victoria and blackhawk helicopters have flown into those communities as well. And the reason for that is that in mallow kuta there are residents and holiday makers stranded. The main road out goes through miles and miles of bushland and its too dangerous to let people travel alongside those sorts of roads, so people are stranded. We anticipate about 500 people will be airlifted out or taken away by the navy but that still leaves thousands of people who will be stuck in places for many days, so this is a big problem for the authorities, trying to keep people safe, trying to ease their anxieties when we expect dangerous fire conditions on saturday so it is a monumental effort involving not only the military but federal authorities and state authorities as well and on the front line firefighters, most of them, volunteers, some of them have been on the front line of the blazes four weeks. This has clearly been an issue since the start of the crisis in september and im seeing reports that one index says the australian capital has the worst air quality of any city in the world today. Easy to see why. Here in sydney in recent times, not so much today but in recent weeks weve had terrible air quality. I feel a bit recent weeks weve had terrible air quality. Ifeel a bit raspy recent weeks weve had terrible air quality. I feel a bit raspy myself. Ive never smoked a cigarette in my life but i feel like i know what its like to be a heavy smoker, so spare a thought for people in canberra because the air quality there is appalling. Its hazardous and the Australian National university is closing next week because of the air quality. And this has been an issue in melbourne and adelaide and across the tasman sea where were talking hundreds and hundreds of miles, smoke from the bushfires has blown all the way over to new zealand and that is another example as to how serious and how widespread this crisis is. Ok, phil, thank you for the update in sydney. Rail fares will rise by an average of nearly 3 percent today, despite another year of poor performance by Train Companies. Passengers will have to pay an average of 2. 7 more for train tickets from today. However, figures from network rail show that only 65 of trains arrived at their scheduled station on time in the 12 months to december 2019. And the independent watchdog transport focus says 53 of rail users do not feel train tickets offer value for money. The train operators say that 98p of every £1 spent on train fares goes towards running and maintaining services. A government commissioned review of the railways is due to publish its findings in the coming weeks. But labour said the increase showed the government wasnt serious about supporting Public Services or tackling Climate Change. The secretary of state for transport grant shapps defended the price rises. Look, i think most people appreciate if were going to get the kind of railway that you and i want to see, were going to need to have investment into our railways and we wont get there by putting less money in so these rises which are capped below the retail price index are designed to kick off a year of change and what i want to see happen is people getting a decent service, trains running on time and fairer ticketing prices which i can tell you about from today when the new pricing starts on some of the lines. 0ur correspondent victoria fritz is at London Bridge station. London bridge is one of the busiest stations in the country and its recently stations in the country and its rece ntly ha d stations in the country and its recently had a £1 billion face lift, and its redevelopment in places like this which is how the whole Rail Industry justifies those this which is how the whole Rail Industryjustifies those rail fare increases every single year, so this year tickets are going up by 2. 7 across england and wales on average, and most people, the majority of people, over 50 of passengers dont believe that they are getting good value for money and how can you blame them after what appears for most commuters to be a year of calamity on the rail network. Let speak to sara nelson and claire walker, sara, do you think that the Rail Industry is delivering for passengers . If you ask passengers, as we do, we speak to thousands of passengers a year and we ask about their sense of value for money only half a satisfied, so a third of commuters, sol half a satisfied, so a third of commuters, so i think the answer is no. Claire, one of the things they are looking at is changing the ticketing system and trailing more flexible tickets. Do you think that would help or confuse people further . I think any step for more flexible fares is a really important step forward but weve been waiting some time for this in the way that people are working, working from home, different shift patterns, working part time has really changed and what we are seeing is a rail syste m and what we are seeing is a rail system unfair system that is no longer fair for those workers. So what would make it fair . What are you hearing from passengers . We know they find a fair system complex and difficult to understand. You never know if youre getting the right to get all the best value ticket and we like to see something that simple and easy to understand that offers the good value that you can get when you get these and other deals in advance, or the split ticketing. We like that to be available to everyone , like that to be available to everyone, not just those like that to be available to everyone, notjust those in like that to be available to everyone, not just those in the know. What about businesses . When eve ryo ne know. What about businesses . When everyone is late coming in out of stations like this . Businesses are less satisfied with the railway than they were this time last year so they were this time last year so they are seeing a decline in satisfaction. They are also frustrated that they are not able to get the talent and people that they need, to get in on time and move them around to meet customers and supply chains effectively and affordably. Claire walker and sara nelson, thank you very much. The Train Companies themselves will say that 98 of every pound spent actually goes back into the railways, and they are saying to expect a year of action when it comes to the railways and thats what the transport secretary is saying today as he launches these new trials. There will be an independent review that is coming back with its final recommendations in the first few weeks of this year, the first month of the year, so we have to wait and see whether they actually come up with Real Solutions to fix what is a pretty broken relationship between the public and this part public, part private railway system. The headlines on bbc news. A state of emergency is declared in part of australia as tens of thousands of people are ordered to flee, amid forecasts of ferocious bushfire conditions. Rail fares rise by an average of almost 3 per cent today, despite another year of cancellations and delays for many commuters the government promises change Artificial Intelligence is better than doctors in diagnosing Breast Cancer from mammograms, according to a study. Peter according to a study. Wright has won the pdc worlt darts peter wright has won the pdc world darts championship, beating Michael Van Gerwen by 7 3 to take the title for the very first time. Arsenal ended a run of four consecutive home defeats with a 2 0 win over Manchester United. It is Mikel Artetas first victory as the managerfor arsenal. And artetas first victory as the manager for arsenal. And west ham celebrated the return of david moyes as boss with a 4 0 thumping of bournemouth. The hammers move out of the relegation zone with bournemouth replacing them. More on all of those stories and about 20 minutes. See you then. A study involving nearly 29,000 women, has found Artificial Intelligence software is just as accurate as doctors at spotting Breast Cancer. Its the result of work by researchers at Google Health and Imperial College london. Cancer experts say it could eventually mean faster and more accurate diagnosis. Heres our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. Reading a mammogram is highly skilled work, done by specialist doctors. Two radiologists analyse every womans x rays but now Artificial Intelligence, a Machine Learning computer designed by Google Health can do itjust as well as humans. Compared to a single radiologist working alone, Artificial Intelligence was actually more accurate at detecting Breast Cancer. Ai produced 1. 2 fewer false positives, where a healthy mammogram is incorrectly diagnosed as cancerous. And there were 2. 7 fewer false negatives where a cancer is missed. This study shows us that in the future it might be possible to make that Screening Programme more accurate and more efficient, which means less worrying time waiting for patients results and Better Outcomes overall. Helen edwards has been clear of Breast Cancer for 15 years. She was a patient representative on the panel which approved Google Healths access to the Anonymized Health data. Initially i was concerned, google, what are we going to do this information, what are we going to do with the data . But when i thought about it, longer term it can only benefit women in having less recalls when you havent got a cancer. Doctors will always have the final say over a diagnosis, but ai seems set to play an increasing role in cancer detection. Fergus walsh, bbc news. Lets get more on this then. Joining us live now is Fiona Gilbert who is a professor of radiology at the university of cambridge. She helped with the design of the study. Thank you for your time this morning. Tell us thank you for your time this morning. Tell us more thank you for your time this morning. Tell us more first thank you for your time this morning. Tell us more first of thank you for your time this morning. Tell us more first of all about your role and how you approach to the study, because obviously doctors and scientists have been looking for some time and how Artificial Intelligence might help in terms of the world of medicine, diagnosis, etc. The Team Approach me because i been involved with reading mammograms and Breast Cancer programmes for many years and they we re programmes for many years and they were keen to see what was the best way to test the algorithm they had developed, so we had a number of meetings and that also involved patients when we designed the study and advising them on the best way to show that the ai tool was going to work. So why do you think Artificial Intelligence was better than a single doctor looking at a mammogram, or as good as two doctors looking at a mammogram . Well, the results are looking at a mammogram . Well, the results a re really looking at a mammogram . Well, the results are really excellent. They are incredible. Its partly because they have used huge numbers of images to train the algorithms and the google team of scientists have really perfected this technique by using the information, different sets of mammograms to try and improve how the algorithms are working and so what we did was take the cancer is detected by the radiologists and also included in the test of the algorithm the cancer is not bound by the radiologist which appeared in the three year interval between the normal Screening Programme in the uk, so this really helped the algorithm and improve its performance and this is why we think that being able to match the uk performance of the radiologists reading the mammograms. Perhaps this is to blunt a way of putting it, but does ai therefore simply, andi putting it, but does ai therefore simply, and i use that word in inverted commas, avoid human error . Well the great thing about al is that it doesnt get tired or distracted which is what we find happens to radiologists. The reason you have two radiologist in the uk is that the second radiologist might pick up on additional six or 10 of cancers and the ai tool does not miss that six to 10 which is potentially detectable and thats why we think its a Great Innovation and we are hoping we will be able to use that al tool with one of the radiologists and hope they will improve their performance. The radiologists presumably have access to some of the medical history of the patient whose mammograms they are looking at which the ai doesnt. Is that a factor . Actually the radiologists dont have any information about the woman apart from their age and then reading the mammograms so we have no information about past history. So its not a factor, therefore . I dont think thatis factor, therefore . I dont think that is a factor. We might be slightly influenced by age but not consciously when reading the mammograms. I understand there have been different results between the uk and the us. Why is that the case . Well i think that is quite a complex, well, the answer to that is quite complex and i think there are many differences between the us and the uk on the uk has a very regulated Screening Programme, and we have to read a minimum of 5000 mammograms each year, so its highly specialised readers in the uk and in the us it is perhaps not quite as regulated as that and in the us it is mandated only as 400 mammograms per year, so i think that while there are some excellent readers in there are some excellent readers in the us there is a varied performance and that is one of the things we need to look at because it might be that the ai tool doesnt improve the performance of expert readers but hugely improves the performance of readers that are less experienced or low volume readers for example. Thats interesting. What are the next steps in terms of using Artificial Intelligence as a matter of course in the uk for this sort of diagnosis . Thats a really important question because we need to be careful that the ai tool does not worsen performance of individual readers because individual readers performance can vary quite a lot in the uk as its quite a narrow performance range but elsewhere it is broader, so what we need to do is ta ke is broader, so what we need to do is take the ai tool and test it with individual radiologists and see what happens to the recall rates and see if it does reduce the number of falsely recalled women and make sure we do not miss any cancers when the radiologists are using the tool or at least it does not increase the number of missed cancers. So theres a lot of important work to happen before we can start really using it in earnest. So very important studies will take place now in the uk. Professor Fiona Gilbert, thanks for talking to a sound really interesting to get your take on that. Taking the time to talk to us. From spring this year, all adults in england will be considered as potential organ donors unless they opt out. The change could help many of those who are in desperate need of a transplant. Tim muffets been to meet one family affected. Christmas day in great 0rmond street hospital. Ethans first christmas, the end of a very tough year. Ethan needs a heart. Its his only way to survive. With ethans condition it means the left side of the heart is not properly pumping, and with it being the left side he is also in heart failure. This machine is only designed to be on for two or three months. We are getting to that point now. All this after ethans dad richard underwent a heart transplant a year ago. You have an open heart surgery so you dont know if you will make it through it. Thats kind of all you think about, is this the la st of all you think about, is this the last time i will see everybody . 5096 of you is so grateful and so happy that richard is alive but at the same time the other half is grieving for that family. Richard is living proof of what Organ Donation can do. Hes here, living and i could not go through what i am going to read richard was not here. In england, the law surrounding Organ Donation will change. All adults will be considered potential organ donors u nless considered potential organ donors unless they opt out. Wales already uses the system. Scotland will follow suit in the autumn. Its an amazing new piece of legislation thats coming in. Without that, the amount of lives that this will save, this law will save having been implement it, however it doesnt include children. And obviously the age include children. And obviously the range, include children. And obviously the age range, families dont really talk about it or they havent thought about it. So it makes it harder for the children to get a heart. I dont think we had really thought about it until it all happen. Everyone discusses everything about their lives, or shares so much about their lives, but we find it very strange that people dont talk about death or dying, not that Everyone Wants to, but namely sharing your wishes in the event of your death. But namely sharing your wishes in the event of your deathlj but namely sharing your wishes in the event of your death. I live each day as it is and enjoy it while we are here and just hope that call comes and it happens. What are you doing . If i spent more time being upset about the things that i cannot control, i will miss the time that i have with ethan now, and i dont wa nt to have with ethan now, and i dont want to do that. Whats this . Because i dont ever want to look back and think i spent a whole day crying when i could have spent the whole day being happy with him. We can now speak to Anthony Clarkson whos the director of transplant and donation at nhs england. Thank you, anthony, for coming in today. How many people, and this is busily a very tough question, but its one you are absolutely focused on, how many people currently die while waiting for a transplant . So we estimate about three People Per Day diet waiting for a transplant, which is why it is key we make the most of the new legislation that comes in in spring. Currently, somebody has to opt in if they want to be an organ donor, so tell us exactly how that will change come spring. What people will do, everybody will be considered to be a donor. We know from surveys that the vast majority of the population want to be organ donors or support organ donors, but when the time comes that the loved ones or family have to make a decision, about 65 are agreeing with donation and the reason that people say no is because they do not know whether it was what their loved one would have wanted, so what you have to do now is register to say if you dont want to bea register to say if you dont want to be a donor and everybody else will be a donor and everybody else will be considered to be a donor but of course we will still have a conversation with the family and have a full discussion with them. What evidence is there that that makes a difference. Presumably it makes a difference. Presumably it makes a difference. Presumably it makes a really big difference . M makes a really big difference . M makes a really big difference . M makes a tremendous difference and forfamilies at makes a tremendous difference and for families at that time it so important that they know what their loved one wanted because then they can make that decision with confidence. So if theyve registered the decision that they dont want to bea the decision that they dont want to be a donor, we will explain that to them and everybody else will be considered a donor. So they can then, with confidence agree to donation to go ahead. And whats the situation in scotland, wales and Northern Ireland at the moment and how does england compare . Wales went ahead early and have had it in place since 2015 and england will go live in the spring. Scotland will be shortly after, probably in the autumn, so the rest of the uk is moving in that direction following the lead from wales which has seen significant success with the new legislation. Yes, i think Northern Ireland has not committed yet to introducing the sorts of laws we are talking about here. So, currently people they have to opt in, i believe. So you mention wales already has this deemed consent and has done for a few years. What difference has it made there . Its made a real difference to the consent rate, the people that support donation. The numbers are obviously smaller than they are in england and scotland. But we are seeing consent rates up to about 80 in wales. Thats compared to the rest of the uk which is around 65 . So more and more people are supporting open donation in wales, which is what we would expect from the change in legislation. Anthony, thank you forjoining us this morning, anthonyjackson there. Anthony clarkson, i do beg your pardon. Now its time for a look at the weather with carol. Good morning everyone. Some sunshine in the forecast, some rain, but across the board, its going to be windy. Some quite strong winds at the moment, very gusty across the north and west of the uk. Some eastern areas also seen gusts of 45 miles an hour and a couple of weather fronts bringing rain. The wind coming from a mild direction, the south. So it will feel mild today although the temperature is slightly tempered by the wind. Cloudy start, the best of the wind. Cloudy start, the best of the brightness across northern and eastern parts of wales, parts of north east england and north east scotland, but we have a band of rain sweeping across scotland and Northern Ireland, followed by another one. This will also be heavy with some hail and thunder embedded. In the south, there are a bit of cloud around, some bright skies but also quite gusty winds, the strongest winds indicated in these black circles, going to be in the north and also the west. Temperatures today 9 12d. Across the board, roughly 3 5d above average for this stage in january. Board, roughly 3 5d above average for this stage injanuary. Through this evening and overnight, these weather fronts journey south, opening the door to westerly winds and that is a cooler direction for us. Friday morning dawns on a chilly note, under clear skies, as we push further south its milder, we have the cloud here and also the rain. That will eventually pull away from the south eastern corner, probably by about mid afternoon before it com pletely by about mid afternoon before it completely goes. Leaving sunshine behind but also some showers in the north and west. Wintry on the hills, snow even at lower levels at times in shetland, and here too we are looking at gales, even severe gales. Into the weekend, weve got High Pressure in the south. An array of weather fronts and windy conditions pushing across the north. 0n saturday, fair bit of dry weather and sunshine across southern areas, whether fronts come in from the west, introducing figure cloud and rain. Temperatures 5 10d. As we move from saturday into sunday, quite similar in the sense we will have High Pressure dominating the weather in southern areas, still a lot of dry weather, sunny spells, moving north you see cloud and also the rain with temperatures again between eight and 10 degrees. You can find out more details about the weather around the world or refer you are online, more british weather in 30 minutes. Hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. The headlines. A state of emergency is declared in part of australia as tens of thousands of people are ordered to flee, amid forecasts of ferocious bushfire conditions. The Prime Minister calls for calm. I understand the frustration, i understand the anxiety, i understand the fear. But what i also understand is the need to allow the professionals and the experts to plan and then operationalise these responses, to do theirjob. Rail fares rise by an average of almost three per cent today, despite another year of cancellations and delays for many commuters the government promises change i dont think its right that people cant always rely on their train service, and particularly in places Like Northern, where its been notably bad. I will absolutely bring that situation to an end. Artificial intelligence is better than doctors in diagnosing Breast Cancerfrom mammograms according to a study sport now and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Here is sally nugent. Happy new year to you. Good to see you. And happy new year, everyone. Good morning. Peter snakebite wright won the pdc World Championship darts final at alexandra palace. He had Three Chances at a double 10 to beat defending champion Michael Van Gerwen. He missed the first two but made it with his final dart to win the title for the first time at the age of 49. Its the first time hes won the title after losing 10 of his 11 majorfinals. Its crazy, obviously its been a dream of mine to be the World Champion and now, you know, ive finally done it and its, i didnt sleep at all last night, its settled in. It was terrible. Ive had no sleep. So its actually sunk in that i am World Champion. And im just over the moon talk us through the look, how long does that take and who does that for you . My wife joanne does that, sometimes my daughter naomi does it and sometimes granddad does it for us as well it gives me confidence, i a very, very shy guy away from the sport. And whenjoanna shy guy away from the sport. And when joanna puts shy guy away from the sport. And whenjoanna puts it all on, i become the character snakebite on stage that you see, the loud adverts, the crazy hairdos. There were no new year hangovers at the emirates where mikel arteta got his first win as arsenal manager. David moyes enjoyed a winning return to west ham and there was a goal of the season contender at brighton. Nick parrott reports new year is always seen as a time for making changes. West ham united made their biggest by signing david moyes to save them again from the threat of relegation and he got off to the perfect start, guiding them to a 4 0 win over fellow strugglers, bournemouth. Captain mark noble led by example scoring twice. But the pick of the goals come from sebastien haller. It has just a third win in their last 14 games, but moves them out of the bottom three. Ive not had any time to go out with the players. Weve been here a day and a bit. We have not even been able to do set pieces, really, because of the time but weve had a little bit to organise a team and give them an idea of what we wanted so i think the credit all goes to the players today, for their attitude and determination and no one epitomised that more than mark noble. Theyre not the only team for whom things are looking up. Aston villa moved out of the relegation zone, with a win over burnley. And watfords revival under new boss Nigel Pearson continues. Theyre unbeaten in their last four matches after overcoming wolves, despite going down to ten men. There were no changes at the top of the table. Second placed leicester beat newcastle, 3 0, with James Maddison and Hamza Choudhury scoring spectacular goals to stay a point ahead of manchester city. They beat everton thanks to two strikes from gabrieljesus. This contender for goal of the month earned brighton a point at home to chelsea. Commentator Alireza Jahanbakhsh it is a stunner. He went with the spectacular and the fans cannot quite believe what they have just seen. Arsenal beat Manchester United, 2 0, to give Michael Arteta his first win since replacing unai emery. That moved the gunners back into the top half of the table. Today was perfect, new year, new opportunity against a big club, night time, behind our fans. We are delighted to get a win. And tottenhams hopes of Champions League football next season suffered a blow as they lost 1 0 at southampton and striker, harry kane, limped off injured. Nick parrot, bbc news. So bad news for spurs, and their Managerjose Mourinho was booked after remonstrating with southamptons goalkeeping coach during the match. You can just see mourinho in the distance on these pictures going over to the southampton bench. Apparently he was annoyed at what he thought were time wasting tactics. So far, mourinho has generally been all smiles at tottenham, but maybe his mood is turning a little reporter your yellow card because you approach the southampton bench . Um, i think the yellow card is a fair because i was rude but i was rude to an idiot and for some reason for some reason i was rude. But i was and because i was rude i deserved the yellow card. Well, mourinhos spat is captured on many of todays back pages. The sun reproduces the quote from mourinho that weve just heard in his press conference. The paper also reports that spurs striker harry kane is facing six weeks out with a hamstring injury. The telegraph reports on happier times for spurs north london riovals arsenal who as we saw enjoyed their first win under new head coach mikel arteta last night. The mirror also leads on arsenals 2 0 win over Manchester United and looks ahead to englands second test against south africa in cape town tomorrow. The paper says that fast bowler jofra archer is a real doubt for the match with an elbow injury now one of the big sporting events to look forward to injanuary is the Australian Open which gets underway on the 20th. Novak djokovic has won the tournament seven times and hes been warming up by doing this. Dancing on a mini trampoline to the sound of phil collins and phil bailey singing easy lover. He is certainly having a great time, isnt he . Theres a full round up of all todays sport on sportsday at 6. 30. Gavin ramjaun is in the chair thats all the sport for now. Its hard enough to stay on one of those mini trampolines, never mind jumping between one and another. Its impossible. But hes quite good at that, isnt he . Nice to see you, sally. Thank you very much. As weve been hearing, rail fares will rise by nearly three percent today, the first working day of the year. The increase comes after another 12 months of poor performance. Train Companies Say that 98 per cent of fares are reinvested back into the system. A government commissioned review of the railways is due to publish its findings in the coming weeks. Earlier, the transport secretary grant shapps spoke to bbc brea kfasts charlie stayt. Look, i think most people appreciate if we are going to get the kind of railway that i want to see and you want to see, we are going to need to have investment into our railways. Youre not going to get there by bringing less money in, so these rises which are capped below the retail price index are designed to kick off a year of change and what i want to see happen, is people getting a decent service, trains running on time and actually, fairer ticketing prices which i can tell you about, from today, when new pricing starts on some of the lines. Tell us a little bit more about the practical measures that have been put in place. 0n the east coast main line for example, im ending, its kind of a rip off, i think, that you pay for a singlejourney, single ticket, almost the same as you pay for a return journey. This frustrates commuters a huge amount so from today on that line we are trialling a new system where people will only pay for a single leg journey which kind of effectively halves the price and im also announcing today on another line, gtr, a new form of ticketing that we are going to introduce, for example, season tickets. I think nowadays people are working very differently, people working part time or maybe working from home a day or two a week. For example, at the moment you have to buy a season ticket for five days, you might be able to buy a season ticket for three or four days. Using all this information, we are going to use it to completely reform the railways. Somebody called Keith Williams has been carrying out a review, the most fundamental change to our railways for a generation, its going to lead to trains which i hope will run on time, much simpler system, its far too fragmented at the moment under think the current regime of franchising. So all of that change coming along the lines and what we are doing today is introducing moves which will make it easier to bring in those changes. I suppose in a way, one of the questions for a lot of people is more what, you will see its passenger first. I suppose in a way, one of the questions for a lot of people is more what, you will see its passenger first. Stewart has got in touch with us this morning saying, asking you, ask for a proper explanation as to why Northern Rail are allowed to operate at peak times, commuting services are a shambles, they only run vaguely on time. So why are they allowed to carry on offering such a bad service, why dont you take the franchise away . Well, ive already announced to parliament that ive kicked off the process called a request for a proposal to do exactly that. Its completely unacceptable to have a situation where trains almost routinely dont run to a routine, dont run on time. I simply will not put up with that and ive already kicked off that process and i will be saying more about it very soon. Just to be clear, if i may, just to be clear on that, are you saying in your opinion as transport secretary, Northern Rail are not fit to run the service that they are currently operating . Absolutely the case. I do not think that the service being operated on northern actually also on Trans Pennine over this holiday and several other routes is anywhere near acceptable and ive already said, in parliament, ive already explained the actions that ive been taking, ive not been resting on my laurels with this one because ijust dont think its acceptable. Ive been a long suffering computer myself for many years. And i dont think its right that people cant always rely on their train services, and particularly places Like Northern, where its been notably bad, i will absolutely bring that situation to an end. Well, lets speak to to darren shirley. Hes the chief executive of the campaign for better transport. Thank you very much for coming along. As i mentioned in the introduction, 98 Train Companies say, these fare increases, are reinvested but thats what we hear, to be fair, everyjanuary. So one would expect if that was the case, that the service will be improving. But according to surveys that youve done and others have done, that is simply not the passenger experience. Is the justification for this latest increase is good enough for you . feel not, weve seen a collapse in services over the past two years, increase in delays, cancellations, overcrowding. Passengers are not getting what they pay for or expect, theyve been promised year after year, improvements in service but its not what they see, its not a cce pta ble its not what they see, its not acceptable to increase fares in that situation. Youve got a bone to pick a zipper with something that the transport secretary grant shapps said, we were chatting as we listened to the player out of his interview from earlier. To do with flexible fares and trials around flexible fares and trials around flexible fares. Yes, this announcement is something that was agreed in 2016, i was involved in negotiating that with the rail delivery group, dft and transport focus, it was meant to be delivered by december 2017, theres been delays in this as well. We could have had these reforms two years ago, we could have seen progress but instead weve seen a collapse in services over the last two years, increasing fares, whilst reform is a stag night. Its a question to be asked of the Rail Industry, why have they not progressed these reforms more rapidly . The transport secretary announcing today trials on flexible fares, trials which were announced in 2016, due to be delivered 2017, so basically announcing the same thing all over ain . Announcing the same thing all over again . Its a question as to why they were delayed, it was an action fairfor they were delayed, it was an action fair for ticketing reform that wasnt fully delivered, its positive to see this coming through now but its positive to see this coming through now but its two years much to like and we need to see faster reforms. The government is the secretary of state mentioned in his piece on brea kfast state mentioned in his piece on breakfast this morning is going to publish a white paper soon, they are going to bring forward reforms, we need to see fundamental reform is not just of the fares and ticketing system, but at the railways overall. Yes, the campaign for better transport talking about total reform and grant shapps said this morning that the system of franchises leads toa that the system of franchises leads to a system which is too fragmented, he wants something simpler. When you talk about total reform, spell out in the plainest language, what exactly that means for you. It means giving power and control to the city mayors, it means devolving the ability to run and manage services to those who are closer to our communities, those who understand what people need of those who can bring the benefits, the environmental, economic and social benefits to the community is the railway is meant to be serving so thats giving andy burnham, and to the other mayors, more power and control over the railways. As things stand are people being priced off the railways . We see in a research that those on lower incomes find it much more difficult to be able to afford to travel on the railways, you see people switching to travelling in cars are not travelling in cars are not travelling at all, particularly part time workers who are being priced out with season tickets are much too expensive. In terms of people dry to get best value for money on the railways, obviously weve talked about fares on flexible fa res weve talked about fares on flexible fares and we know we reported many times on how complex the system can be in terms of actually booking a ticket to try to get the best value for money. Your advice to commuters of the majority of whom are affected by these latest increases . Theres only so much they will be able to do to find the cheapest fares, at the ra i lwa ys to find the cheapest fares, at the railways havent updated the ticket machines and reform isnt there, it will be tough to find the cheapest fare, but there are products coming through, virgin rail announcing a new product to go up again streamlined to find the cheapest fare, there are ways to do this. Ask at the counter in the station, look online, do it you can to find the cheapest fare, dont just take the first thing you are offered. How confident are you the government will reform the way the system in the way its been promised by various transport secretaries over the years, its been promised before, you have confidence that this time might be different . Grant shapps has promised a year of action, he says he wants to be held to account, we will hold them to account this Time Next Year if he hasnt delivered. Thank you. The headlines on bbc news. A state of emergency is declared in part of australia as tens of thousands of people are ordered to flee, amid forecasts of ferocious bushfire conditions. Rail fares rise by an average of almost 3 per cent today, despite another year of cancellations and delays for many commuters the government promises change Artificial Intelligence is better than doctors in diagnosing Breast Cancerfrom mammograms according to a study a vegan man is bringing a Landmark Legal action in which a tribunal will decide for the first time whether veganism is a philosophical belief, akin to a religion, and therefore protected in law. Jordi casamitjana claims he was sacked by the league against cruel sports for disclosing it invested Pension Funds in companies that carried out tests on animals. Our Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman reports Jordi Casamitjana describes himself as an ethical vegan and campaigns to get his message to others. This is showing you the life of the animal. His beliefs affect much of his everyday life, he will walk rather than take a bus to avoid accidental crashes with insects or birds. Some people only eat a vegan diet but they dont care about the environment or the animals because they care only about their health for instance. I care about the environment, the animals, my health and everything, thats why i use this term because beginners is a belief and it affects every single aspect of my life. He worked for the league against cruel sports and claims that when he drew his bosses attention to the fact some of its Pension Funds were being investigated in Companies Involved in animal testing, they did nothing. Funds were being invested. He says colleagues did nothing that he was sacked as a result and claims he was sacked as a result and claims he was discriminated against on his vegan beliefs and an employment tribunal will consider for the first time if is a philosophical belief akin toa time if is a philosophical belief akin to a religion and so protected in law. To qualify, it must be a genuinely held, serious belief, not an opinion. Cover a substantial aspect of human life. And be worthy of respect in a democratic society. And not interfere with the rights of others. League against cruel sports his claim and says others. League against cruel sports his claim and sastordi casamitjana was dismissed for gross misconduct. But it doesnt contest that paganism should be protected in law. If successful the case could provide vegans with protection against discrimination in employment, education and the provision of goods and services. And those holding other beliefs could then seek similar legal protection. Lets return to our main story this hour. Thousands of people are fleeing eastern australia right now amid more forecasts of the weather conditions that led to wildfires which have killed 18 people and destroyed more than a thousand homes. The countrys Prime Minister has defended his governments response and urged poeple stuck in traffic to remain calm and patient. Of the many dramatic images of the australian bushfires this one is on several newspaper front pages this morning. This photo, taken in the town of lake conjola in New South Wales, shows a kangaroo leaping past a burning house. It was taken yesterday by freelance photojournalist matthew abbott. Speaking to the bbc, he described how he came to take the photo. Id been working along the highway for most of the morning where the fire had jumped over. And id been in several locations and i came to the leg, there had been a couple of thousand tourists trapped there. And icame thousand tourists trapped there. And i came down the main street and this one house was on fire. There was lots of neighbours dry to put the house out. Dry to remove garbage bins that were melting and dry to protect their own properties with hoses. I was there taking photographs. When i saw a bunch of kangaroos were fleeing another blaze. And they just kangaroos were fleeing another blaze. And theyjust happened to hop right past this house that was engulfed by flames. These fires, they are unprecedented. They are moving into areas that we havent seen before. Australia is currently experiencing its worst drought in history, since european history. And this is, you know, providing a lot of fuel and very dry conditions which is exactly what fires thrive on. So for the last six weeks ive been photographing fires all over the state and theyve sort of been moving slowly further east towards the coastline. And itjust so happened that a lot of these fires actually reached the coastal areas in the busiest week of the year. This part of the country is very popular with tourists. And theres thousands of tourists here, basically on holiday, that had been caught in the middle of these massive fires. It is a dangerous job. There are times when you wonder should i go down this road, should i hold back . But ive been learning how to do this for quite some time now, from other photographers that are much more experience than i am. And so im just trying to make the best fist of it that i can but its very important for photographers to be able to be there and see these things as they happen. And you know, this image is testament to that, its been seen around the world. And its been seen around the world. And it gives an idea ofjust how serious this Current Crisis is for australians. These fires, the sort of create their own weather systems so you know, you can expect a fire coming from one side and then, you know, they started doing what is called spot fires and the next minute, the area that you are and can be burning from all different angles. Its incredibly windy, theres embers flying through the air. Its so smoky you can hardly see at some points. You cannot really drive. Its very dangerous to drive sometimes, so yes, its definitely, its a precarious working environment. And its very dangerous for these tourists that are trapped in these parts. As far as im aware, theres still many areas where tourists are trapped, they are not able to leave and thats because, you know, there are several trees that have fallen over the road, there are power lines that are down and its going to take days, potentially, to reach some of these people. A town in victoria has navy ships that are actually deploying to pick up some of these stranded tourists. Photojournalist matthew abbott. Now its time for a look at the weather. Simon has the latest for us, and happy new year. And happy new year to you. Fairly quiet start to the new year. Rain in the forecast, particularly to the north and west of the british isles. This morning, we had some brightness, sunshine out there, the weather watcher in wrexham capturing the blue sky but for many of us is quite cloudy. This weather system towards the north west, i mentioned earlier, rain spreading in and with a south westerly wind associated, we have quite a mild day, temperatures above the average for the time of year. That will bring milder weather but also crowd del mcleod across england and wales, the band of rain moving towards the south east, is a clear sum sometime in the north east of scotland, followed by heavy rain, some showers and thundery downpours in the west of scotland. At rain edging into cumbria, the Lake District and across the north and west of wales, particularly heavy over snowdonia. Quite gusty winds across the north and west, gusts of 50, 50 five miles an hour here. But i mentioned how mild it will be, temperatures for most of us in double figures, 10 12d. Through tonight this rain and weather fronts moving south east. You can see the blue here, colder air digging moving south east. You can see the blue here, colderair digging in behind that, turning chilly in the north overnight. Further south and east, we will keep the temperatures in double figures, 9 10dc but it will start quite cloudy in the south east, outbreaks of rain moving away and we will see sunshine developing across most parts but showers into scotland, those will be wintry, particularly over Higher Ground but maybe even down to lower levels in the far north of scotland. Temperatures coming down compared to today. Feeling chilly with the north westerly wind, 6 8dc. Into the weekend, High Pressure dominating, thats mainly towards the south, a few weather systems going around the top of the area of High Pressure, wringing more cloud and rain, this is saturday across north and west of scotland. For most of us, saturday a dried out with some sunshine at times. Temperatures 8 10d. Sunday looking pretty similar, lots of dry weather, plenty of sunshine for england and wales, southern scotland is as well, the north sea and weather systems, the rain, edging around the top, for north and west scotla nd around the top, for north and west scotland rain at times on sunday, maximum temperature is about 8 10, 11 degrees. Very quiet to start 2020. Things turning more unsettled, some stronger winds developing as we go into next week but of course you can keep up to date here on the news channel or on the website. Goodbye. You re watching bbc newsroom live. Its 10 am and these are the main stories this morning. A state of emergency is declared in part of australia as tens of thousands of people are ordered to flee, amid forecasts of ferocious bushfire conditions. The Prime Minister calls for calm. I understand the frustration, i understand the anxiety, i understand the fear, but what i also understand is the need to allow the professionals and the experts who plan and operationalise these responses to do theirjob. Rail fares rise by an average of almost 3 per cent today, despite another year of cancellations and delays for many commuters. The government promises change. I dont think its right that people