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BBCNEWS Breakfast January 2, 2018

The latest advice to tackle obesity. In sport, there is no fairytale ending for one of the most successful sportsmen of all time. Debutant rob cross outplayed phil the power taylor in his final world darts final. 16 time champion taylor retiring with a defeat. And matt has the weather. Morning. Good morning. Lovely bright and frosty start in northern and eastern areas, but wet and windy weather in the west. Even if you miss out on the rain today, there is going to be storms on the way tonight. I will tell you all about that in the next 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First our main story. The biggest increase in railfares in five years comes into force this morning, prompting protests at several stations as many commuters return to work after the christmas break. In some cases, travellers will find themselves paying more than £100 extra a year. Campaigners warn the rise is pricing ordinary people off the railways. The government says theyre investing more in faster, more reliable trains. Heres our transport correspondent, richard westcott. Cani can i please see your tickets . Another new year, another fare rise. Regulated season tickets go up 3. 6 this year. It will add just shy of £150 to the price for commuters coming into london on the stripe riddled line from hove in east sussex. Nearly £110 for a yearly ticket to liverpool to manchester. And commuters going to birmingham from gloucester must find £140 more this year. Many now pay between £3000 and £5,000 to get to work with the most pricey tickets in the south of england. The government says it is spending record amounts on improving the network, with more seats provided on newer trains, and more reliable electrified lines. But campaigners argue that ordinarily people are being priced off our trains with the latest figures showing a drop in the number of journeys made using a season ticket. I think this fare rise really throws the spotlight on value for money. Passengers want to see a reliable train service, a better chance of getting a seat and that information during disruption. And Train Companies can take sting out of this by offering direct debit payments for annual season tickets and helping the passengers pay for this lump sum. They say that fares have been outstripping wages for years and they are calling for a price freeze. Steph is at London Bridge this morning. Morning. Why is the fare rise controversial . Any fare rise is controversial, to be fair. Yes, morning. Iam here controversial, to be fair. Yes, morning. I am here at London Bridge, as you say, this morning. Not many here yet. It will be busy shortly. It is controversial because it comes ata time it is controversial because it comes at a time when we are still seeing lots of problems on the rail network. For example, if you look at punctuality. 0ne network. For example, if you look at punctuality. One in ten trains was late in 2016, which is a lot of trains, if you think our many are just running from the station every day. It is about punctuality, also about overcrowding on trains. People are about overcrowding on trains. People a re really miffed about overcrowding on trains. People are really miffed that they have to pay such an increase for the train fa re pay such an increase for the train fare when, at the same time, they are still overcrowded and they are still not running, a lot of them, to schedule. So there is that element. The other issue is how they work out how to put up the train says. So they use it based on what the inflation figure, the Retail Prices index, was in july last inflation figure, the Retail Prices index, was injuly last year. Some people argue that this is not a good way to work it out because, at the same time, we are not seeing wages co op as much as inflation is going up. And without going to into the mess, there are two met ways of working out the inflation, the rpi, which is higher than the other one, thatis which is higher than the other one, that is more commonly used to work out how much to pay ten out how much to pay benefits. That is more commonly used to work out how much to pay benefits. So they say it is too much given everything going on with the network. Later i will speak with the boss of network rail and hopefully i can grab some passengers as well. I will be back with you in a bit. Thank you very much. Still very quiet. Maybe you and me are the only once back at work today. That is a possibility. Steph will be talking to the boss of network rail at around 6 40am this morning. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has called for a meaningful debate in iran, where 13 people have been killed in protests since thursday. Demonstrators, who are angry about living standards, attacked police stations late into the night as they took to the streets in a number of cities. Jon donnison reports. Iran has not seen anything like this in almost a decade. The countrys leadership underfire in almost a decade. The countrys leadership under fire in in almost a decade. The countrys leadership underfire in the biggest protest since 2009. People are angry about high unemployment, rising prices and corruption. Police stations have been attacked. Authorities say one policeman was shot dead on monday. Three other officers were injured. At least 13 people have now been killed since the unrest broke out last thursday. The foreign secretary, boris johnson, called on the iranian authorities to permit debate about what he called the legitimate and important issues raised by protesters. But in recent days of the countrys collected president rouhani said they were being instigated. The victory against the regime is unbearable for the enemies. Success in the region is intolerable for them. They are after revenge and they are trying to provoke people. But so far his words have done little to stem the protests. There have been large counter demonstrations organised in support of the countrys leadership. But as the protests entered a sixth date, the message from many iranians is they want change. Air accident investigators in australia say it may take months before they know why a seaplane carrying a prominent british businessman and his family crashed on new years eve. Richard cousins who ran a multi billion pound Catering Company was killed along with his two sons, his fiancee, her daughter and the pilot. Investigators say it could take several days to recover the wreckage of the plane, which is submerged under 40 feet of water. And we will get the latest on that investigation from our correspondent phil mercer in australia in around 15 minutes. More than 300 women from hollywoods Entertainment Industry have launched an initiative to tackle Sexual Harassment in workplaces. The campaign called times up includes includes hollywood stars such as meryl streep and jennifer lawrence. It will provide Legal Support for women and men who suffer abuse. Ever since the weinstein, harvey weinstein, story broke in october, there are hoping dozens and dozens of actresses, talent agents, lawyers, ceos in hollywood meeting every single week to save, what can we do to make sure this change is lasting, and what kind of initiatives can we put in place to make sure that things change . 80 people were stabbed to death in london last year, a rise of a third to 2016. The metropolitan police are investigating the murders of four young men in london who were stabbed to death in a 24 hour period over new year. Police say the deaths are unrelated. The youngest victim was 17 years old. So far detectives have arrested six people in connection with their inquiries. Parents are being urged to give their children just two low calorie snacks a day, to help safeguard their health. Public Health England says the snacks should be no more than 100 calories each. The advice is being given after its emerged Primary School children are consuming three times more sugar than the recommended limit, as our health correspondent, james gallagher, reports. Half the sugar us kids eat and drink each year comes from sugary snacks and drinks. Kids get through a mountain of sugary snacks each year. Cake, ice cream, pop, juice, biscuits, sweets, and chocolate. Children eat three times more sugar than official advice, just over half of it comes from snacking between meals. It is one reason more than a quarter of children have rotten teeth by the time they turn five. This public Health England campaign is warning that snacking has got out of hand and is increasing the chance of type 2 diabetes, Heart Disease and cancer. We are very concerned about snacking. Our children have unhealthy diets, they are eating too many calories. Theyre eating too much sugar and snacking is part of the problem. We are encouraging parents to be aware of snacking and try to cut back and replace unHealthy Snacks with better snack. So how do parents feel about snacking . I know that kids like sweets, and all of the sugar and stuff that you get from shops in mcdonalds and things like that, but it is for the parents to keep an eye on them and their intake. Public Health England is advising snacks are limited to just 100 calories and eaten no more than twice a day. It says fruit and veg are ideal, and crumpets are better than anything you will find in the confectionery aisles. More than 11,000 homes across the uk have been empty for more than a decade, according to Research Carried out by the liberal democrats. Their findings also show very few councils in england and wales have made use of powers that allow local authorities to take over properties that have been empty for more than six months. But the government says the number of empty homes has fallen by a third since 2010 and is now at its lowest level since records began. Millions of people are at risk of falling into debt this month as a result of christmas spending. Research carried out by the Money Advice Trust suggests one in six people across britain will fall behind on payments this month, with many saying they failed to budget properly for extra spending at christmas. While many of us may have spent new years day sleeping off a late night of partying, others started 2018 with an icy cold plunge. Hundreds of people in the american state of minnesota shrugged off temperatures of 15 celsius to jump into a frozen lake to raise money for veterans. But heres the silver lining, its warmer in the water than it is on the ice. So going in isnt the hard part, its getting out he is loving it, that guy. Once you are in the water, you are ok. She looked like she was happy to get out. 38 with the windchill factor in the open air, butjust, just 15 in the open air, butjust, just 15 in the water Something Else that has gone out, power, yet it . The power cut. Yes. The power is finally out. Phil the power taylor has retired from darts in defeat, after being beaten by debutant rob cross in the World Championship final. Cross, who watched the tournament on tv last year, outplayed the 16 time champion to win by 7 2. Taylor is one of britains most successful sportsmen of all time with over 200 titles to his name. Manchester united get their first win in four matches with a 2 0 victory over everton at goodison park. Anthony martial and Jesse Lingaard with the goals. Brighton twice took the lead but could only manage a 2 2 draw against struggling bournemouth. In the other premier league matches, there were wins for liverpool, leicester and newcastle. Britains Johanna Konta is in action again this morning against Ajla Tomljanovi in the second round of the Brisbane International. The british number one beat us 0pen final madison keys in three sets yesterday. She is delighted to be back. Phil taylor was having the chance to hold the trophy even though he didnt win. There has been a little bit of chat on social media about his behaviour in the match last night. He was a little distracting. That is one word you could use. A little bit of gamesmanship. Playing to the crowd a little bit. He didnt make himself popular with the crowd last night. It didnt work for him, no. Himself popular with the crowd last night. It didnt work for him, nolj night. It didnt work for him, no. |j still night. It didnt work for him, no. still think he will come back. Yes, me too. He will miss it. He has been around for so long. Exactly. We will do the papers in a minute. The mood this morning was so bright, i thought someone had left the lights on outside. It was absolutely fabulous. It was a super moon, in fa ct, fabulous. It was a super moon, in fact, the closest it gets for the whole year, one of two full moons across the skies above us this month. This months across the skies above us this month. This months is called a wolf moon as well. Good morning. It is not a great week as far as rainfall is concerned, it is quite wet and windy across southern parts of the uk, asi windy across southern parts of the uk, as i will show you. This area of cloud will bring Stormy Weather tonight but already there is this mass of cloud from low pressure is building in producing rain across ireland quite extensively, spots into the west in the next hour, but many parts of mainland uk are dry to begin with on the Tuesday Morning commute, frosty in north east scotla nd commute, frosty in north east scotland and in fact this is where we will see the best weather this week. Already by 8am we could see rain splashing into dumfries and galloway, or wet to commute in the morning on Northern Ireland, lots of Eastern England should be dry with a clear skies, if you want to see the moon over the short term in eastern coastal counties but cloud increasing elsewhere and over the south west the rate is not heavy but it will be down this morning with heavy bursts from mid wales northwards and notice how the rain spells across most parts of the uk, tending to snow on the tops of the pennines and the scottish hills as well, never quite reaching the north east, but after a wet morning, the afternoon should be bright perform rain arrives into wales later. Temperatures not far where they should be for the time of year in the northern half of the country. Reasonably mild in the south. There will be sunshine and falling rain later on. And then into tonight storm allen ault will come in and that will bring some strong wind, not as strong as storm dylan ellen. We have rain coming in, turning to snow over the hills. 70 mph expected over the first half of the night in Northern Ireland, which could cause damage and disruption and then for the second half of the night may be 70 80 mph gusts and quite widely across southern scotla nd quite widely across southern scotland and north wales as well as we finished the night. The strongest of the wind tomorrow will ease off reasonably quickly. Still quite a blustery day, a day of sunshine and showers across the country on wednesday. Some of the showers heavy and thundery. Some of the dry conditions across the north east of scotland. And temperatures not1 million miles off what we will see to date though it will be cooler than the south. And then through wednesday night into thursday another spell of wet and windy weather set to push its way in, another area of low pressure, southern areas again bear the brunt of that whereas further north clear skies, frosty start to first aid for some of you thursday. No view. And i promise a quick picture of the lovely moon, rachel, here it is taken in lovely moon, rachel, here it is ta ken in eastern lovely moon, rachel, here it is taken in eastern biton share last night. It is the wolf moon. Yeah, i know, it is fabulous. It was so bright and clear. It was nice to start the new year. It is the second of january, in case youre worrying. You are watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning passenger groups are staging protests against the biggest increase in rail fares for five years. No more than two low calorie snacks a day the latest advice to parents in an attempt to tackle childhood obesity. The Daily Telegraph are leading with the story we mentioned about rail fa res the story we mentioned about rail fares going up. This announcement was made last year about prices going up, and it comes into effect from today. They call it a scandal of rip off railfares from today. They call it a scandal of rip off rail fares and they say the government are asking officials to look at whether there is a way to make sure future increases are not quite so steep, maybe linking them toa quite so steep, maybe linking them to a different type of inflation which would mean at the moment at least that there might be slightly less of an impact for commuters. That story about parents being advised to give their children know more than two low calorie snacks a day makes the front page the mirror and the son, stop your kids from eating crisps is how they put it. Sun. We will have an expert on labour to ask about what is meant by low calorie snack but it is Something Like 200 calories across the two snacks in a day. For many of us the two snacks in a day. For many of us that is fairly meaningless. I dont know what constitutes 200 calories. And there are different ways of measuring it. The sun are calling it mars balmy, that children will not be able to have a chocolate bar under this new advice. They also have a picture of a man above who looks like he has never touched or seen a mars bar in his life. I was asked to model for that but i was really busy over new year. You want to see what is underneath, believe me i am glad the picture stopped. Front page of the times has pictures of that terrible fire in liverpool over the last couple of days. The lead story is the cost to the nhs of patients missing their appointments. £1 billion a year is what they are saying time wasting patients are costing the Health Service at the moment. 0bviously Health Chiefs are urging people to think a little bit more about that if they have appointments, the actual financial implications. The daily mails front page is the story of the tragedy which hit that family in australia,

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