has been named the bbc music sound of 2019 winner — the first rapper to win the title since 50 cent. and in sport at 9:40, we'll get the latest reaction on andy murray's announcement from other british tennis stars. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00. in a dramatic and tearful press conference overnight, andy murray has announced his intention to retire from tennis. the 31—year—old says he plans to quit after this year's wimbledon, but fears next week's australian open could be the final tournament of his career. the former world number one, who's won three grand slam titles, is struggling to recover from hip surgery, as patrick geary reports. andy murray will have wanted this press conference to be about his return and recovery. his body was telling him otherwise — one of the sport's steeliest characters forced to take a break from the questions. he came back — he always does. andy, does that mean that this might be your last tournament? um...yeah, ithink... i think there's — there's a chance of that, yeah, for sure. um...yeah, there's a chance of that, for sure, because — yeah, like i said, i'm not sure. i'm not sure i'm able to — to play through the pain, you know, for another four or five months. it has been caused by a lifetime‘s exertion — the incredible strength, mental, physical and emotional, which won him the 2013 wimbledon title, ending a 77—year wait that had become a national obsession. murray won it again three years later, the same year he won his second olympic gold medal. but by 2017, the problems with his hip were obvious. despite surgery, here, finally, was his limit, one last wimbledon now his last goal. i said to my team, look, i think i can kind of get through this until wimbledon. that's where i'd like to... that's where i would like to stop, stop playing. but i'm also not certain i'm able to do that. murray's plan may succumb to the pain. one of britain's greatest sportsmen will summon the energy to play roberto bautista agut next week in melbourne. it may be the last time we see him on a tennis court. patrick geary, bbc news. unsurprisingly there's been quite a reaction from the tennis world... former world number one andy roddick called murray an absolute legend... describing him as one of the best tacticians in history who achieved unreal results in a brutal era. tennis legend billiejean king tweeted to murray saying... "you are a champion on and off the court. and current world numberfive juan martin del potro tweeted... and in the next few minutes we'll be talking to the former davis cup captain david lloyd. around 15,000 families with three or more children will not have their universal credit capped, in another government u—turn on the benefit payment. after a barrage of criticism, the new work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, recently accepted there were problems with the system — our political correspondent nick eardley reports. the government's flagship benefit reform has been controversial, dogged by delays in its rollout. opponents of universal credit say it has left some worse off, and forced others to use food banks to make ends meet. the new work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, has pledged to listen concerns. i know that there are problems with universal credit, despite its good intentions. i've seen them for myself. i will be listening and learning from the expert groups in this area who do such good work. i know it can be better. today, she will set out how she intends to address some of them. plans to extend the policy which limits benefits claims to two children will be scrapped. they will still apply to children born after april 2017, but not to those born before. plans to move 3 million people onto universal credit have been delayed. instead, 10,000 will be moved, so the government can study the impact. and a pilot scheme will look at more frequent payments, after complaints some were being left short. amber rudd says universal credit does work for the majority of people, but she will acknowledge today it needs to offer flexibility. her opponents say the measures announced don't go far enough, and have called on her to scrap the two—child benefit cap completely. nick eardley, bbc news. mps will continue debating theresa may's brexit deal today, as she bids to build support for it ahead of tuesday's vote. today is the third of five days of debate on the eu withdrawal agreement, which has been opposed by more than 100 conservative mps. speaking this morning, foreign secretary, jeremy hunt renewed calls for mps to back theresa may's deal we can no longer assume that by rejecting this deal there will be a better shade of brexit. what is more likely, if this deal is rejected, we have the risk of brexit paralysis and when that happens, no one knows what might happen and the big risk and what people worry about is we don't actually deliver what people voted for. i think there would be disruption if we had no deal, but in the end of the our great country and we would find a way through it and we would find a way through it and we would find a way through it and we would succeed. but i don't think anyone can deny there is a serious risk of disruption. no one knows what it would be because it depends on how the other side react in that situation but there are real risks and that is why i have said i don't think any government would willingly wa nt to ta ke think any government would willingly want to take those risks. new research suggests that an increasing number of secondary schools in england are in deficit. a report by the independent think tank, the education policy institute, says that a third of secondaries were overspent by the end of the last financial year. here's our education correspondent frankie mccamley. rising school bills, including teachers‘ pay and pension costs, mean the amount being spent on pupils in england has gone down since 2010. and outside the classroom, parents are increasingly being asked to pay for extras, so head teachers are feeling the pressure, which led to thousands of them marching through westminster last september, protesting against budget cuts. some schools are managing to keep their heads above water, but a report has found increasing numbers are falling into the red, with one in three local authority secondary schools now unable to cover their costs, a sharp increase in recent years, and half of secondary academies spending more than they have coming in. the report also found, while some schools are struggling with budget deficits, others do have a surplus. there are some schools, some of them primary schools, some of them secondary schools, that have done the right thing. they've put the money aside, maybe for special projects that they've got, maybe because they know that there'll be some staff shortages and they'll have to take people on from a supply agency. that is a good thing to be able to do, so we need to notjump to conclusions because some schools have surpluses. the biggest story coming out of today is there's not enough funding for education. the government argues that schools spending is rising, and while it recognises the budget challenges schools face, it says, overall, standards are still going up. children with mental health conditions are being failed by the nhs, according to an influential committee of mps. the department for health insists it's made children and young peoples‘ mental health services its key priority, as part of the nhs long term plan. but the commons public accounts committee says ministers must increase staff numbers, as recruitment has progressed more slowly than planned. we have yet to see how the nhs plan will really work for young people with mental health problems. it is, at the moment, top—level ambitions. what we need to see is real results in schools, as well as in the nhs. we need to see support, so that young people can get a quick diagnosis, or indeed better preventative works, so they don't need the heavy mental health support later on in their lives. a major review has confirmed that eating food high in fibre reduces the risk of heart attack, stroke and other diseases. the study, published in the lancet, is a review of research going back almost a0 years. here's our health correspondent, jane dreaper. the researchers say eating more fruit and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and whole grains in breakfast cereals, breads and pasta, is linked to lower weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and it helps protect against illnesses such as bowel cancer. adults in the uk are recommended to eat 30g of fibre a day, but only 9% of us manage that. two thick slices of wholemeal toast provide about a fifth of the total. so how do you eat more fibre? you could choose a higher—fibre breakfast cereal such as plain wholewheat biscuits, opt for wholemeal bread and whole grains like brown rice, and make sure you eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables each day. the world health organization asked for this review ahead of new global guidelines about diet. low—carb diets have become popular in recent years, but experts have warned that today's work shows people trying these could risk missing out on fibre from whole grains. as the us government shutdown enters its 20th day, president trump has said he has an "absolute right" to declare a national emergency so he can get the five billion dollars he's demanding for his proposed wall across the country's southern border with mexico. on a trip to the border, the president repeated his disputed claims that a wall would protect the us from illegal immigration and crime. he is refusing to approve government funding unless the us congress gives him the money. many government employees will miss their first paycheck today with the shutdown due to become the longest in american history this weekend. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has said washington is determined to rid syria of iranian influence, despite the plan to withdraw american troops from the country. delivering a major policy speech in cairo, mr pompeo said his country would work with its partners to expel what he called "every last iranian boot". caroline rigby has more. for now at least, these us troops remain on the front line in the fight against so—called islamic state. but after president trump's announcement last week that islamic state had been defeated his vow to withdraw forces from syria, his secretary of state has sought to clarify us policy in the middle east. this isn't a change of mission, we remain committed to the dismantle of the isis threat and islamic radicalism in all of its forms. but that president trump has said, we are looking to our partners to do more and in this effort, we will do so going forward together. delivering his speech at the site of barack obama's landmark 2009 address, he also offered a blistering critique of what he suggested was the former president's too timid approach to the region. he said countering iran would be the current administration's top priority, isolating it and setting up priority, isolating it and setting up to end the influence in the region. we will not ease our campaign to stop iran's influence on this region in the world. the nations of the middle east will never enjoy security, achieve economic stability or advance the dreams of their people if iran's revolutionary regime visits on its current course. the iranian foreign minister mocked the speech, writing on twitter... during his time in cairo, mike pompeo visited the orthodox nativity, the largest in the middle east. as he continues his tour, he will question the united states influence in the region. although some may disagree with his assertion that his country is a force for good there. caroline rigby, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: andy murray announces his intention to retire from tennis in a tearful press conference, following his struggles with a hip injury. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, scraps plans to extend a benefits cap for families of more than two children , in another change to the government's flagship universal credit. carbs are back on the menu, as a review commissioned by the world health organization confirms that eating a high fibre diet can cut the risk of early death by one third. in sport, andy murray's impending retirement takes many by surprise as the world reacts. he reveals next week's australian open may be his last because he cannot keep playing in pain although he would love to make it to one last wimbledon. cameron murray has reached his first atp tour final at the asb classic in auckland. and another managerial casualty, the manager of nottingham forest has asked to be released from his contract. that news has just come in. more on those stories at around 940 a:m.. award—winning bbc television and radio presenter dianne oxberry has died, following a short illness. she was 51. dianne became well—known nationally on radio 1, working alongside simon mayo and steve wright. after studying meteorology she became the weather presenter for bbc north west tonight in 1994. stuart flinders has been looking back at her career here for the first time, dianne oxberry. yes, i will be here tonight and every night this week bringing you a detailed weather forecast with information supplied by the manchester weather centre. this was the moment north west tonight viewers first met dianne oxberry more than 20 years ago. thanks to her quick wit and sense of fun, they fell for her in a big way. she just had such a great rapport with the public and they loved her. everywhere you went. you know, we're just all enormously shocked here and she was a beloved colleague, we all loved her. this is how she will be best remembered by viewers, cool and professional and never flustered. you've got to love her, you've made it sunshine for everybody! a court in myanmar has rejected the appeal of two reuters journalists who were jailed for seven years on charges of breaking the official secrets act. wa lone and kyaw soe were convicted in september after reporting on a massacre by the army of rohingya muslims. they were accused of possessing classified documents but they say they were entrapped in a police sting operation. the case has been widely condemned by western countries and human rights activists. new charges of financial misconduct have been brought against the former nissan chairman, carlos ghosn, by japanese prosecutors. they've accused mr ghosn of transferring his personal investment losses onto nissan, and making a payment to a saudi businessman for allegedly helping mr ghosn cover up those losses. mr ghosn remains in detention, and says he has been wrongly accused and unfairly detained. police in las vegas have issued a warrant for a dna sample from the footballer cristiano ronaldo. they are investigating rape allegations against the portugal, juventus and former manchester united star. his lawyer has insisted it is a "very standard request". ronaldo denies assaulting kathryn mayorga at a las vegas hotel in 2009. the winner of the bbc music sound of 2019 is octavian, a 23—year old rapperfrom london who was previously homeless as a teenager. the award goes to performers who've never had a top ten hit, and aims to boost the profile of new music talent. previous winners include adele and sam smith. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. meet octavian, a rapper who grew up in south london, and who is one of music's most exciting new talents. the 23—year—old, who was once a homeless teenager on the capital's streets, says he is overwhelmed to top the sound of 2019 list. a year ago, i was like — i was poor. i was — i had no money. so to have, like — to be nominated for, like, the bbc sound poll, and to win it, like, it's amazing. it's crazy, it's crazy. he follows in the footsteps of previous winners like sam smith and adele. octavian is hopeful that his music's message can help inspire younger people who have also had problems in their lives. a lot of my music from then until now has been about poverty, and making it out of poverty, because that's what i was going through. so my message then was, like, just to believe in yourself, and anything is actually possible. because i've lived it, lived that life. his win means his music will now reach a much wider audience, and perhaps lead to even greater success throughout 2019 and beyond. the biggest ever review into england's national parks is taking place, 70 years after they were first created. the peak district was one of the first areas to be given protected status. from there, tim muffett reports. archive: what should be made into national parks, mountain, moor, forest and heath, must be protected. by the 1940s, following decades of industrialisation, the national parks campaign was getting louder. inspired by the likes of yosemite in california, and kruger national park in south africa. archive: many other countries have national park systems but we have none, why? in 1951, the first four national parks were officially designated. the peak district, lake district, snowdonia and dartmoor. since then, the list has grown. there are now ten national parks in england, three and wales and two in scotland. as well as 46 areas of outstanding natural beauty across the uk. but a review is currently assessing how national parks in england meet our needs in the 21st—century. should there be more of them? should more be done to support those who live and work in them? 70 years on from the legislation that created national parks, the question is how best to secure their future. in the philippines, an unofficial rail car service is filling in the many gaps in manila's struggling transport network. and let's be clear exactly what "unofficial" means, it means homeless people pushing commuters along rails. that are still used by the philippine national railway. at least nine people died last year in accidents involving trains, but officials say they are powerless to stop the trolley pushers. this from the bbc‘s correspondent howard johnson. this is manila's unofficial rail service. it is run by a small homeless community that lives by the tracks. each trolley carries around eight passengers. this man has been pushing trolleys for more than a decade. she earns around $10 a day. translation: at the start it is push and run, push and run. if it is uphill and the trolley is fall and you are the only one pushing, it is difficult. life here is, if you don't push, you don't eat. it costs around two sense to travel col mutter on these tracks and commuters like it because it is cheaper. but using it does come with risks. that is on the bridge as a train approaches, pushers must move to the other side as quickly as possible. the alternative is a 30 metre drop to the river below. translation: it feels disconcerting and scary when a train passes by. we don't know if you are shaking because of how allowed the horns are or because of the rumble of the tracks. last month a train hit a pusher and he died. ray authorities say because the problem rests with the lack of law enforcement in the area, there is very little they can do. our drivers are just observing the speed restrictions. we are costing the cooperation of the riders also, not to patronise the rail skaters because it is risky and most dangerous to the lives of everyone. lack of investment led to the decline of the country's rail service. the current president has promised to change that by spending on major rail projects. but while a shortfall in service remains, trolley pushers will continue to plug the gaps. howard johnson, bbc news, manila. in a moment the weather but first let's join victoria derbyshire to find out what she's got coming up in her programme at 10:00. this morning, with chloe. this morning and man who found out his three grown—up sons were not his after being diagnosed with a disease that leaves you in fertile since birth, says the news left him feeling suicidal. it was suddenly like being hit bya feeling suicidal. it was suddenly like being hit by a sledgehammer. i just went, oh my god. you know, you suddenly realise your children are not yours. suddenly realise your children are not yours. you can hear that interview with richard mason and his current partner at 10:15am but joined us at 10am on the news channel on the news channel and bbc two and online. let's get more now on the news that andy murray has announced he's going to retire this year, possibly as soon as the end of this month, as a result of recurring hip injury. we can speak now to the former davis cup captain david lloyd who also coached the former british number one tim henman. i really feel for andy murray watching that news conference and however he imagined the end of his professional career, it cannot have been this way? no, it is very sad. he has been a great player. he is such a physical player, so strong and runs very quickly. if he has anything wrong with his hips, i have had two new hips and i know what it is like. if your head is not right, it is not going to work, it is a very sad day. how do you think he will manage with the australian open and confront the first thing that will come up for him? he has made his mind up now, most of the people around him thought this would be his last year. but for it to end so quickly in the year, he will go out and give his best, it is his last tournament. but when you are in pain it isa tournament. but when you are in pain it is a very difficult thing. he plays very physical, roger federer plays very physical, roger federer plays so sweetly and that is why he has lasted so long, he plays a different way. two time wimbledon champion he would love to make it through to another wimbledon, but do you think realistically he can? that is what many of the fans will want to know. i don't think he can. the beauty of wimbledon is played on grass, as you know and it is a much softer court two play on. when you play in australia and america and play in australia and america and play on the clay in paris, they are much more physical surfaces. he might have one last wimbledon. as soon as we knew he had a hip operation, the writing was on the wall. when he does eventually get through the pain, both physical and emotional he's going through at the moment, he will be able to reflect, we hope, on a fantastic career, amazing achievements and as billie jean king has been tweeting, who knows what is to come yet? in the modern—day tennis era, without doubt he has been our best player he has ever had. apart from fred perry all those years ago, he has been a wonderful ambassador. he has won the olympic gold medal as well. he has been phenomenal, they have won the davis cup and you cannot get much better than that. if he hadn't had the injuries, he had another couple of years left. that will be in his head now and he will be feeling very sorry for himself. he has had a great career and he has lots of things to look forward to. he always gave 100% and that is all you can ever do in life. put into context for us, what he has achieved, both in the sense of his tennis career and overall, british sporting achievement? he has won wimbledon twice, the us open, the davis cup, gold medal. you cannot get much better than that and he has been a great ambassador to british tennis. he helps the young kids coming along, he has been a guidance to kyle edmund, who can hopefully now pick up the mantle and follow in his footsteps. and his family. we have jamie murray, who was number one in the world in doubles and one top tournaments. judy murray who has done a greatjob with women's tennis. the whole family has been fantastic for british tennis, you cannot put it more strongly than that, you cannot get much better. david, thank you for your thoughts this morning. let's wish andy murray 01’ this morning. let's wish andy murray or the very best for the australian open, starting next week. it is time now for a look at the weather forecast, with a it is time now for a look at the weatherforecast, with a mat it is time now for a look at the weather forecast, with a mat taylor, feeling a bit milder this morning? it certainly is. eastern europe continues to be hit by severe winter weather, we are the other side of the weather fence, continuing with the weather fence, continuing with the mild theme. increasingly windy with a lot of cloud at times as well. still some patchy rain or drizzle towards southern counties of england, that should clear through. a bit of sunshine here and there. overall, a fairly cloudy day, a few showers in scotland but compared with yesterday, england and wales in particular, it is nowhere near as chilly. tonight, there could just be an outside chance of a touch of frost. first half of the night, scotla nd frost. first half of the night, scotland and northern ireland, outbreaks of rain. second half of the night, northern england, north midlands and north wales, turning more light and patchy. little bit of drizzle in the south. for the weekend, staying fairly cloudy, better chance of sunshine on sunday. by better chance of sunshine on sunday. by sunday, increasingly windy with gales in the north and east. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... andy murray announces his intention to retire from tennis in a tearful press conference, following his struggles with a hip injury. the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, scraps plans to extend a benefits cap for families of more than two children, in another change to the government's flagship universal credit. carbs are back on the menu, as a review commissioned by the world health organisation confirms that eating a high fibre diet can cut the risk of early death by one third. the award—winning bbc television and radio presenter dianne oxberry has died at the age of 51, following a short illness. octavian, a french—born rapper from southeast london, has been has been named the bbc music sound of 2019 winner. the first rapper to win the title since 50 cent. and still to come — the remarkable rescue of a toddler found wandering along a road in milwaukee last month. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. universal credit, the great unfinished welfare reform of the conservatives, is going to be changed again. the new work and pensions secretary amber rudd has told the bbc about her plans to delay asking parliament for permission to transfer three million benefit claimants on to universal credit, and the cap on benefits for more than two children is no longer going to apply to people who had the children before the cap was announced. first of all, i'm announcing that we will not be going ahead with the two—child policy to be applied retrospectively. so, this is where people only get assistance with two children on benefits, in the same way that people have to think about whether they want to have a third child when they're on low income, there should be thinking about that if they're on universal credit. but it was planned to come in, to apply to people who had more children than two, since, having had the children, before the introduction of the new policy. now, i don't think that's a reasonable, i want to make sure that our welfare system is compassionate, and it seemed like a good example of making sure that we don't introduce that. so we've scrapped the extension of the two—child policy. another change i'm making is making sure that we don't ask parliament for permission for the full roll—out of universal credit until i've convinced people of the benefit of it, which we're going to be doing through the pilot, coming later this year. and i'm making a number of other changes to make sure that it's more individualfor people. we've listened to people, we know they want more individual assistance either with getting their payments more regularly or with having payments made direct to the landlords. these elements which could help universal credit work more helpfully, individuals receiving it, is what i'm going to be changing. the plan was to start moving people from the legacy benefits to universal credit from next year, from 2020. the plan was always to have a pilot start this year of up to 10,000 people to ensure that we do it fairly and efficiently and effectively, and what's happened is that i'm going to delay asking parliament for permission to move people, the further 3 million or so who will be moved from the legacy benefits to universal credit, until next year. because i know i have to win the argument, demonstrate that universal credit is a good system. i'm convinced i can, but i'm going to wait until i've done that to take it to parliament. in a dramatic and tearful press conference overnight, andy murray has announced his intention to retire from tennis. at a press conference in melbourne, the former world number one, who has been struggling with a hip injury, said he hopes to bow out after wimbledon, but also warned he could be in too much pain to continue playing following next week's australian open. he gave this emotional reaction when he was asked if it could be his last event. andy, does that mean that this might be your last tournament? um... yeah, ithink... i think there's — there's a chance of that, yeah, for sure. because, yeah, like i said, i'm not sure. i'm not sure i'm able to — to play through the pain, you know, for another four or five months. times reporter stuart fraser, who was at the press conference, said the future is unclear for the three—time grand slam tournament winner. andy has put in so much, into his rehab, to try and get back to a level to compete with the world's best players, and he's realising now he's not capable of doing it. he's still going to play his match here. afterwards he'll make the decision, can he continue on for 45 more on forfour orfive more months, gets to wimbledon and have what would be a fitting swa nsong there? that would be... it would be nice to at least, obviously very sad that he has to call an end to his career at 31, he'll be 32 by the time wimbledon comes along. but at least there, he can say farewell in a decent way. if he wasn't to make wimbledon, again, it would just be so sad. it's going to be hard, though, he's really struggling with the pain. he said today that he's struggling to his socks on in the morning, it's that bad. he's got a couple of options in terms of trying to restore his body back to a decent level of normality. he can have a hip replacement, which he is considering. after he finishes playing. or he can have what he terms as a more severe operation, in which you don't necessarily have to replace the hip, but you more resurface it. and yeah, he doesn't want to be limping around with his children, you know, as they grow older. he said actually today that he wants to do things like play 5—aside football with his mates, go and play a round of golf, go and play 18 holes. we've seen in recent years boris becker, you know, he's had injury problems and he's been limping around and a shadow of the player he once was when he was diving around the court at wimbledon. it would be very sad if andy was to go that way. but he is thinking about the future beyond tennis and trying to restore his body to normality. in its latest move to stop disinformation, the social media giant facebook is working with fact checkers in the uk to tell us if what we're sharing is true, false, or somewhere in between. will moy, director of the fact—checking charity full fact, spoke to bbc breakfsat. it's actually with what you're seeing on facebook and whether you trust it or not. you have the option on facebook to report posts and one of the ways that you can report them is by saying, i think this might be false move. might be false news. facebook is going to send us a list of content that it thinks might be false news, partly based on what people have reported to it. and then our team of fact checkers, we've got six fact checkers with years of experience of trying to suss out whether things are true or not, will go through that and try to trace them back to original sources, work out where they come from, whether they can be trusted and then return that information back to facebook and its users. but it's very obvious that we can't check everything on facebook, we couldn't even begin to try. so the thing is, watch for things that are going to make the most difference. there are three areas where we think real harm can come from inaccurate information. one is in emergencies, another is in elections and another is with people's health. after the attacks in manchester, we saw images floating around suggesting that they were missing people, and people were sharing them to try to be helpful. what they actually were were faked images using photos from elsewhere on the internet, pretending that these people were missing. you can imagine the agony that causes for people who are waiting at home, waiting for their loved ones. so you can actually trace images that have been used elsewhere on the internet by using something called reverse image search, and that can be done very quickly. so our fact checkers can do that, find out whether the photo is actually of someone else, somewhere else, who has nothing to do with the concert in manchester, and let them know so that people can be told straightaway that that image shouldn't be shared through facebook. diane oxberry, very familiar to all of you in the north—west. the has been the front of inside out north—west, but well—known nationally as well from her time at radio1. nationally as well from her time at radio 1. her untimely death at the age ofjust 51. ‘s husband and two young children. —— she leaves a husband and two young children. also the news about flybe, which is to be saved by a consortium including verge and stobart air. it had said that it was in line to lose £22 million for a variety of reasons including lower demand, a weaker pound and the cost of fuel. the consortium will operate it under the virgin atlantic brand and initially it will inject £20 million to keep it will inject £20 million to keep it doing and then there will be a further investment of £80 million. lets co m e further investment of £80 million. lets come out of that and go down to the most watched section. at number four, lots of you are watching that tea rful four, lots of you are watching that tearful news conference from andy murray. and further down, at number eight, it's the duchess of sussex, whether it is what she is saying, doing all wearing, proves to be a huge straw. and this is about one of her new patron urges, four of them we re her new patron urges, four of them were announced yesterday and this is smart works, which helps long—term unemployed women get back into work by providing them with high—quality outfits and interview preparation. meghan markle, the duchess of sussex joking with staff and telling them a story about how one woman had rejected a handbag from smart works, it was actually a baghdad she had donated herself. that is it for today's morning briefing. time now for the sport. andy murray, you would have to have a heart of stone not to feel for him today? goodness me, yes, i went to bed last night after listening to radio 5 live and hearing the concerns following the practice match against djokovic, but we did not expect to wake up this morning to the news that the end is nigh in terms of his playing career. wimbledon would be a more fitting fell well, wouldn't it? but more on that now... yes, we start with more on andy murray's tearful press conference in melbourne in the early hours of today. the former world number one,who has been struggling with a hip injury, said he still hopes to bow out after wimbledon, but also warned he could be in too much pain to continue playing following the start of the australian open next week. patrick gearey reports. andy murray would have wanted this press conference to be about his return and recovery. his body was telling him otherwise — one of the sport's steeliest characters forced to take a break from the questions. he came back — he always does. he was asked if the australian open might be his last tournament. um...yeah, ithink... i think there's — there's a chance of that, yeah, for sure. um...yeah, there's a chance of that, for sure, because — yeah, like i said, i'm not sure. i'm not sure i'm able to — to play through the pain, you know, for another four or five months. the problems with his hip were obvious at wimbledon in 2017. after surgery he tried to come back to tennis, but here, finally, was his limit. i've been in a lot of pain for probably about 20 months now. i've pretty much done everything that i could to try and get my hip feeling better. his body had taken him further than any british man in 77 yea rs, to further than any british man in 77 years, to the 2013 wimbledon title, ending a wait that had become a national obsession. he won is again three years later, the same year he won his second olympic gold medal. wa nts to won his second olympic gold medal. wants to finish thisjuly on the grass courts he so memorably conquered. i said to my team, look, i think i can kind of get through this until wimbledon. that's where i'd like to... that's where i would like to stop, stop playing. but i'm also not certain i am able to do that. broomstick's plan may succumb to the pain. one of britain's greatest sports people will summon the energy to play roberto bautista agut next week in melbourne. it may be the last time we will see him on a tennis court. hat—trick hero, bbc news. our sports correspondent david orstein is here. a p pa re ntly apparently there were tears behind the scenes with with the whole murray camp come does it come as a great shock that this what was going to be his come back year, completely fanciful now and realisation is dawning after that practice match against djokovic that the end is nigh in terms of his playing career? good morning, yes, it is very sad news and i think andy murray will have none in his heart of hearts that this had been coming for a while. this is an injury which spans 20 months, since before wimbledon 2018. that is where he really started to feel it, it disrupted the end of his year. and in december he said to his team, i don't think i can go on much longer. so in that sense it's won't have come as a shock but seeing it in that news conference, the stark reality that murray's career which dates back to 2005 professionally, could be drawing to a close, is very sobering. and i think it would have hit them or hard. he has had many coaching setup so that the years but some people have worked with him right from the start, the british davis cup captain leon smith has known him since he was a boy, he was his first coach, and i think this will be highly emotional. but we don't know if stevan ridley the end, it would just seem that we are drawing towards that point. he's got this very difficult match on monday. what about his future beyond his playing days, it won't be the last we see of him? no, i've been privileged to spend quite a lot of time with andy murray and his camp andi time with andy murray and his camp and i know they have been could say future proofing towards this moment, in terms of his interests outside of tennis and inside as well. i did a piece with him just over a year ago where he talked about setting up a talent management agency where he will be a mentor for young sports stars. he has already taken on some and within tennis, two of them, katie swan and a young male tennis player as well. he will also do some commentary, i'm sure. he is incredibly popular, incredibly influential within the tennis circles and politics as well. so i think this is not the last we have seen of him, hopefully not on the court but certainly not of it. social media has been busy with all the reaction to murray's press conference. former world number one andy roddick shared his disbelief. he tweeted. .. "if this is true, i tip my cap to andy murray. absolute legend, short list of best tacticians in history. unreal results in a brutal era.. nothing but respect here. i hope he can finish strong and healthy. " billiejean king called him a "champion on, and off the court," tweeting... let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages. most of them going to print before the news broke but it was clear by some of the pictures of the pain he was in, you can see him their dejected after that match against djokovic in which she was really way off the pace. the telegraph said the practice match flagged up new concerns about his fitness. the back page of the daily mail seems to have called it — tearful murray, it's over. . . called it — tearful murray, it's over... reflecting all the concern about his future now and now we know it is out in the open following that press co nfe re nce . that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11.15. our main headlines... the work and pensions secretary, amber rudd, scraps plans to extend the benefits cap for families with more than two children in another change to the government's flagship universal credit. and carbs are back on the menu as a review commissioned by the world health organisation confirms that eating a high fibre diet can cut the risk of early death by one third. laurel and hardy are regarded throughout the world as the greatest comic double act ever — and while they perfected the art of slapstick, behind the scenes it wasn't always a laugh a minute. a new film stan and ollie tells their story during the final throws of their career. my colleague charlie stayt went to meet its stars, john c reilly and steve coogan. john, steve, lovely to see you. first thing i should say is congratulations to both for the awards because you have just been nominated for a bafta for best actor. john was nominated for a golden globe, so... yeah, steve was acknowleged by his country and i was acknowleged by the hollywood foreign press association! it makes you wonder a little bit about how those things work. does it seem... it seems especially cruel to separate these two guys. that's what i think! i felt really conflicted when i was given that without steve. the thing is, though... steve doesn't feel conflicted at all, though. i did feel conflicted, for about 15 minutes, but the thing is, it's odd because this really is, very few films actually are equally weighted and this film is definitely a properly two—hander. i'm looking for a fair price for a laurel and hardy picture and you know it. our pictures sell all around the world and we haven't got a dime. that is because you keep getting divorced! no, it's because you're a cheapskate who got rich off our backs. oh, come one, now, stan. he is, he's a cheapskate, a skinflint and a parvenu. a parvenu? people will think, looking at you now, i mean, there is naturally some kind of resemblance. the two of you sitting here now, you obviously don't look like them but there is naturally a physical likeness. well, that was my real moustache that i was wearing. it was a real moustache. did you have to wear some kind of mouthpiece? i had something in my teeth to shove myjaw out a little bit, because his mouth is a bit square like that, you know, it kind of sticks out. oliver was curiously light on his feet for a big man, wasn't he? i mean, people will be familiar with some of the dance routines, the physical comedy, he was incredibly gifted. you know, that psychological gesture of working in opposition to your weight, pretending like you're gene kelly when in fact you are much bigger than gene kelly is a really interesting thing about oliver because in their performance, in our act, performance, in the act, that's what he was constantly doing, he was striving for a higher status than he had, striving for a more romantic version of his life than he had, they were always being ambitious beyond their station. that's right. in a way that, that gesture of carrying yourself like a lighter man, it's another part of the joke, the act. there was nothing slothlike about oliver. # i am lonesome for you #. after ollie died, stan carried on writing material for them, didn't he? there was a period of about 4 or 5 years where he just carried on. that's right because stan was, and we always say, stan lived to work but oliver worked to live. i think oliver enjoyed his life more and stan was so consumed by his work, it was all he had. so stanley was bereft when oliver left the world. in many ways, because he had invested everything in their working relationship. in a moment the weather, but first let's look at some of the most striking images of the day. this is a story from milwaukee in the us state of wisconsin, where a young child was seen wandering alone on a city road in the freezing cold — but was rescued by an alert bus driver. irena ivic was driving her bus when she spotted the unattended girl near a busy crossroads. she stopped the bus, got out and rescued her, bringing her on board. passengers had to warm the girl up as she was cold to the touch after walking around in sub—zero temperatures. police said the girl had been left outside by her mother, who may have been suffering from mental health issues — she's now been reunited with her father. you might be forgiven for getting "all shook up" when trying to catch a train out of sydney today. hundreds of rock n rollers are travelling on the "blue suede express" to the town of parkes in the australian outback, in the australian outback, which is hosting its annual elvis festival. tribute artists serenaded passengers on the six—hour train trip. 26,000 people are expected to attend the four—day festival, which will stage street markets, parades and of course lookalike contests. now it's time for a look at the weather. good morning to you and it is i'll start again and it will stay mild as we go into the weekend as well, temperatures above where they should be for the time of year. this weekend, things turn increasingly windy. the common theme will be the cloud. that's because we have got high pressure to the south—west of us, bringing air in off the atlantic which contains a bit of moisture and the cloud all across the country. that cloud at the moment is producing some patchy rain and drizzle on the southern counties and into the channel islands. things will turn a little bit writer, best chance of any sunshine down through some eastern parts of the country today. strong gust of the breeze here but hardly a specially strong. lighter winds than yesterday. across england and wales it will not feel as cold as yesterday. certainly a good deal milder than it is across the rest of europe at the moment, under successive waves of severe wintry weather. temperatures staying below freezing for many. tonight, yet more snow in southern germany and austria. could be as much as two metres of snowfall over the weekend on top of what they have already got. rain the scotland and northern ireland for the first half of the night, second half of the night, northern england, something lighter and patchy. we could see temperatures close to freezing in a few isolated areas but largely frost free going into the weekend. more persistent rain in across western scotland, particularly into the highlands on saturday. brightest down those eastern areas once again. temperatures up a degree or so on today. and they could rise even further on sunday. a mild and breezy night, saturday night. more rain pushing southwards and eastwards. with a stronger breeze i reckon it's going to be a brighter day with a bit more sunshine around. showers more prolific in parts of northern and western scotland and the winds will be at their strongest across the north and eastern of the country, touching gale force in places. another mild today but there are signs as we go into next week that things will turn a bit colder — but that doesn't mean snow. hello it's friday, it's 10:00am, i'm chloe tilley. another u—turn on universal credit — the government's announced today that families with more than two children, born before april 2017, won't now have their benefits capped. i want to make sure that our welfare system is compassionate and that seemed like a good example of making sure that we don't introduce that. so we scrapped the extension of the two child policy. another change i'm making is making sure that we don't ask parliament for permission for the full roll—out of universal credit until i've convince people of the benefit of it. we'll get reaction from families who receive universal credit. do get in touch if you're affected. a man who found out his three grown—up sons weren't his after being diagnosed with a disease that leaves you infertile since birth tells this programme the news left him feeling suicidal.

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