Youre watching bbc news at 9 with me annita mcveigh. The headlines. The government is accused of misusing public funds after coming up with a rescue deal to save the Regional Airline flybe. The duchess of sussex makes her first public appearance since she and prince harry announced they want to step down as senior members of the royal family. Children are treated for skin irritation after a passenger plane dumps fuel over the playground of a school before making an Emergency Landing at Los Angeles International airport. The High Speed Rail link hsz, could divide and destroy Natural Habitats across england, according to a new report by the Wildlife Trust. The roof of a block of flats in slough lands on the pavement after gusts of more than 80 miles
an hour sweep across the uk. Coming up at 9 15 the next step in the impeachment proceedings against President Trump the house of representatives passes its evidence to the senate. And in sport, its fa cup magic for shrewsbury town. A late winner gives them victory over bristol city and a fourth round meeting with liverpool. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The head of the group that owns british airways, willie walsh, has described the governments intervention in the rescue of the Regional Airline flybe as a misuse of public funds. Last night, shareholders agreed
to put extra money into the airline in return for government pledges to cut Airline Passenger duty on domestic routes. Environmental groups have expressed their anger at the plans, saying that cutting the tax would hamper efforts to tackle carbon emissions. The governments proposal was driven by its election pledge to improve connectivity outside of london. Jon donnison reports. Flybe will fly again. Good news for its passengers and huge relief for the companys more than 2,000 workers. Absolutely ecstatic, yeah, really happy for myself and my partner works for flybe so yeah, really good news for everybody. The exeter based airline survives because its shareholders, which include Virgin Atlantic, have agreed to put in extra money, but only in return for the government agreeing to consider cutting taxes on domestic airlines. Hearing that things like air Passenger Duty will be
reviewed was very interesting for them, of course it will be reviewed for everyone, and ensuring the way that our regional connectivity works, that we can level up communities, make sure our union is strengthened. Cutting air Passenger Duty, which adds about £13 to the price of every domestic flight, would make it cheaper for people to fly. The air industry says such a move would provide a boost but environmentalists are not happy. Aviation is the highest carbon form of transport, and cutting air Passenger Duty is just going to make aviation relatively cheaper compared to other forms of transport. Its absolutely the opposite of what we need to be doing. So flybe survives for now, but only with a helping hand from the government and more questions about whether we should be flying cheap or flying less. Jon donnison, bbc news. The business secretary, andrea leadsom, said the government
has moved to support flybe because it is a viable business. The government isnt in the market to bail out private companies. What we do, on a case by case business, is look to see if a business is viable. In the case of flybe, it is a viable business. There are structural challenges, because of the fact that the regional connectivity role that it provides for the uk means that there are some routes that are very tricky, and what weve agreed to do, as government, is a review of regional connectivity that takes into account, for example, our net zero carbon emissions. And what that will do is it will create continue to create a level Playing Field for all airlines. The difference, for example, between flybe and thomas cook was that, in the case of thomas cook, it had huge amounts of debt, and any taxpayer money would have simply been throwing good money after bad. It was not a viable company. Business presenter
dominic oconnell is here. Do we know any more about the details of the deal from the government matter . We dont know the exact details, all of the statement yesterday were about supporting regional connectivity and the good things about flybe continuing to operate. But hmrc has agreed to give some forbearance on the payment of air Passenger Duty, which is what you air Passenger Duty, which is what yu pay air Passenger Duty, which is what you pay when you buy an airline ticket. It is understood that flybe will be given about three months, maybe longer, to pay about £100 million worth of air Passenger Duty that it should be paying. Rivals, like willie walsh of british airways, they are not happy. They say this is a misuse of public funds. Willie walsh has sent a letter to grant shapps, not in the public domain, but i have seen a copy and it is very strongly worded. It says it is a blatant misuse of public funds. It points out that flybe is part owned by Virgin Atlantic, in part owned by Delta Air Lines, one of the largest and most profitable airlines, and it says if
they do not have the resources to keep it operating, why are they falling back on taxpayer support . A great deal of anger. 0ther falling back on taxpayer support . A great deal of anger. Other airlines are not so against the proposal. They say the regional connectivity thing is worthwhile doing and it is only a small amount of public funds. Just explain how flybe and its roots fit into the transport network in the uk. Over the years, the Regional Airline industry in the uk has shrunk right down, there are now only three players, the largest is flybe, then there is logan, which operates as a franchise flybe anyway. It is routes like exeter to newcastle, the isle of man, lands end, newquay to heathrow, a very important route for the south west. It is big in exeter, southampton, all of those regional places where it provides a kind of collectivity thatis it provides a kind of collectivity that is not easily offered by motorways or by rail. Those are
other options, of course. But flights are much faster and they provide another option. A lot of those airports have made clear to us over the last few years will ease days if flybe were to fall over, there are not other airlines that are going to take on those routes, they dont have the right kind of aircraft, some of the routes have dubious profitability. If flybe were to go, that regional connectivity would be lost. Environmental campaigners are saying that any move to reduce taxation on these kind of flights is a retrograde step in terms of the government attempts to be net zero carbon by 2050. You mentioned Virgin Atlantic and delta, how much money are they putting into the operation to try to keep flybe a viable business, which the business secretary says it is . Well, interesting comments saying it is a viable business, if it is viable, why do you need to give it forbearance on air Passenger Duty . It doesnt quite answer its own question. We understand in excess of
20 million, when they bought it for £2 million last year, they paid 1p per share to take over what was already a struggling company. They said they would put in £100 million. We dont know if the 20 million is in addition to the £100 million or just a down payment. I dont think it will go away, willie walsh horse points are interesting and i dont think he will take it lying down. Businesses will be looking at this ina great businesses will be looking at this in a great deal of interest. The duchess of sussex has made her first public appearance since she and prince harry announced their intention to step down as senior members of the royal family. The Downtown Eastside center, a womens refuge in vancouver, posted a picture of meghan with staff and visitors on facebook. Sophie long reports from vancouver island. The duchess of sussex, pictured smiling at a womens centre, the first time shes been seen in public since the so called sandringham summit. Its not hard to see why the duke and duchess of sussex might want to spend more time here, and if they did, it seems theyd be
more than welcome. Very exciting well, ithink, you know, maybe its a nice breakfor them to come to canada and share a little bit with nice canadians. I think its a nice move, beautiful place. I know they visited before and really liked it. Happy to have them, obviously. But some question whether they would be afforded the privacy they seek. People here should leave them alone but they cant, local media, radio and tv stations are talking about it. They cant stop and its really unfortunate, they cant let people live their lives the way they want to live it. Every day for 112 years the empress hotel, named after queen victoria, has served high tea. 0n special occasions they do so in china given to them by the queen. People here say they would welcome the couple, even if canadians have to cover the cost of their security. Canadians are truly a very lovely people. I think there obviously will be a faction of backlash,
theres no question about that, but as a whole we would welcome them into our national community. Its thought prince harry may come here to be reunited with his wife in the coming days, but that remains a private matter for an increasingly private couple. Sophie long, bbc news, vancouver island. Well meanwhile new Court Documents show that her father could be called by the mail on sunday to give evidence in court against his daugher if Meghan Markles suit against the mail on sunday reaches that stage. She is suing the paper after it published a private letter she sent to her father. Sophie long explained the significance of these new documents. This is the case the couple have brought against the mail on sunday after they say they unlawfully published a handwritten letter from meghan to her now estranged father ahead of the couples wedding in 2018. If that case goes to court, it seems according to papers lodged there yesterday that they would like to use evidence from Thomas Markle on their side, so if that does go to court then potentially you could see both the duchess of sussex and her estranged father, Thomas Markle, giving evidence on opposing sides. I think the fact that story is in the papers in the uk today serves as another example as to why the royal couple may want to spend more time here in canada, away from the glare of the press in the united kingdom. As far as the people ive spoken to here on vancouver island, they would be more than welcome to do that. A passenger plane has dumped fuel over the playground of a school, just before it made an Emergency Landing at Los Angeles International airport. Around a0 children and adults were treated for skin irritation and breathing problems. The Delta Air Lines flight had just taken off from los angeles when it reported a problem and had to return. Gareth barlow reports. Thousands of litres of aviation fuel
raining down onto a school below. The Delta Airlines flight, which had just left Los Angeles International airport and was destined for shanghai, dumped the fuel before making an Emergency Landing shortly after take off. At schools across the region, children and adults required treatment for skin irritation and breathing issues. Although nobody was hospitalised, over 70 firefighters and paramedics were dispatched. Pupils at park elementary school, some 26 kilometres from the airport, were outside, under the aircrafts flight path, as the plane passed overhead. Delta, the flights operator, said pilots released the fuel to reduce the aircrafts weight ahead of the Emergency Landing. Federal Aviation Administration rules state that while fuel may be dumped in emergencies, it must only be done over designated areas and at high altitude. An investigation is under way. Gareth barlow, bbc news. Its been a blustery and wild start to the day for many here. A roof has been blown off a building in berkshire amid strong winds brought by storm brendan. Winds of more than 50 miles per hour, ripped the roof off this apartment block in slough, leaving it strewn across the high street. In 0rpington, scaffolding has fallen from a ten storey block of flats which has closed several roads in the area. A number of fallen trees are blocking roads in kent, including this one in tunbridge wells. Meanwhile, strong winds caused the roof at Ravenscourt Park tube station to collapse onto the tracks. This has since been cleared away. The weather, which caused disruption to flights, road and rail services, is expected to ease temporarily before another spell of wind and rain arrives later this week. The headlines on bbc news. The government is accused of misusing public funds after coming up with a rescue deal to save the Regional Airline flybe. The duchess of sussex has made her first public appearance since she and prince harry announced they want to step down as senior members of the royal family. Children have been treated for skin irritation after a passenger plane dumped fuel over the playground of a school before making an Emergency Landing at Los Angeles International airport. In sport, the top tennis players are in melbourne, to raise money for the victims of the australian bushfires. Fa cup magic for League One Shrewsbury town, knocking out championship side bristol city to set upa championship side bristol city to set up a fourth round meeting with premier League Leaders liverpool. And another award for england
all rounder ben stokes. He has been named the mens player of the year by the International Cricket council. Ill be back with more on those stories after 9. 30. The High Speed Rail link hs2, could divide and destroy Natural Habitats across england, according to a new report by the Wildlife Trust. After analysing the impact along the proposed route, the trust warns endangered species could become extinct and eco systems could be destroyed. 0ur transport correspondent, tom burridge, can explain. Close to nature at calvertjubilee. This Wildlife Reserve is a mix of habitats. Get here early. So at the moment theres a cormorant out on the raft. And you might get lucky. You can see, looks like a bitterns just come out from the reed bed here. Seeing a bittern up close. Yeah, what a stunning bird. Like this in Central England is rare. But a section of the woodland and scrub near the lake at this side of the reserve will have to be cleared to make way for a new High Speed Railway called hs2. As you can see, theres already a local line here. Broadly speaking, thats where high speed 2, the first stretch of it, linking london to birmingham, will run. But a High Speed Railway is a much bigger project. It requires land either side of the line and in this case, it will mean woodland on this side of the Nature Reserve will have to be cleared and as we have seen, it is a vital habitat for rare species of insect and birds. Some locals are concerned. People know you cant move an ancient forest from one place to another. You cant move species. Once youve lost a habitat like this, its gone. Plus all the wildlife within it, its gone. This reserve is one
of hundreds of wildlife sites which feature in a new report on the Environmental Impact of hs2. The Wildlife Trust says constructing the new railway will divide and destroy huge swathes of irreplaceable natural habitat and important protected wildlife sites the length of england. The reason these sites that are going to be trashed are designated is because they are precious and vital to our wildlife. So species like the dingy skipper or white clawed crayfish could be wiped out from certain areas because of the disruption hs2 is causing, and hs2 and the government have said theyre going to do mitigation works. But the reality is, theyre only just starting these mitigation works and for them to be mature enough to support wildlife, they should have been done years and years ago. Hs2 ltd says its done extensive work to relocate species like the Great Crested Newt at this site near birmingham. We will be impacting on species and habitats up and down the route. Ecological surveys have been undertaken in the last few years to really understand whats there, whats in the landscape, so we can appropriately respond to that in our designs, our mitigation plans, so that through construction we can understand whats happening and that those designs will eventually be in an area where all the habitats that are recreated are flourishing. With hs2 on hold, conservationists like mark are holding their breath. Soon, the government will decide if the project should proceed. Tom burridge, bbc news, in buckinghamshire. We can hear more from tom, at calvertjubilee we can hear more from tom, at calvert jubilee nature we can hear more from tom, at calvertjubilee Nature Reserve in buckinghamshire, on the proposed route. Environmentalists have been flagging these concerns for some time now. Im wondering about the timing of this latest report, given it is so close to the point at which the government matter is supposed to make a decision on the future of hsz . Make a decision on the future of hs2 . I think make a decision on the future of h52 . I think the timing of this report isnt coincidental. Hs2, the
new rail line from london, birmingham, leeds, manchester, is effectively on hold. Still some work is going on in areas around here. At the Government Commission that reviewed it, if you might remember, it knows the results of the review and it has to make a call in the coming weeks, if it should scope down the project likely will proceed. It will have an influence on projects like this, a beautiful view across the lake at calvert jubilee. We saw some of the species that call this place home, and the Wildlife Trust is managing it, and here is mark. How concerned are you about the impact on species like the bittern . We are really concerned, we sit on a wonderful Nature Reserve, home to some really rare species, as you say, such as the bittern, other species of insect, black and brown hair streaked butterflies which are
going to be impacted by the construction of h52, through loss of habitat. These species are at home in some of the scrub and vegetation, and they will lose their habitat as and they will lose their habitat as a direct result. The Wildlife Trust is not calling on hs2 to be scrapped, it is more of a plea to the government to rethink, to pause, and do it in a slightly different way . As an organisation, we feel like this needs to be a much greener project, if it goes ahead in terms of incorporating more bespoke mitigation for many of the species, such as the black and brown hare streaks, that might be lost or become extinct locally in sites like this. We need more conversations with hsz around that, local specialists in the area. H52 say they are going to plan to plant around 7 Million Trees across the first stretch across london and
birmingham to compensate for some of the lost habitats. You are from the Campaign Stop hs2, so we know where you stand, what has been the impact on the local area . A massive impact already. Even though there has been already. Even though there has been a review taking place, it has not stopped hs2 from taking out lots of nature and Wildlife Habitats in our local area. They are clearing a 500 acre site for an infrastructure maintenance depot. These hedgerows and trees that they are taking are the highways and byways that lead to these beautiful Nature Reserves. They are the roads and railways that wildlife users. I have seen them taking down buildings at euston, central london, very different to the workaround here, but they are doing a very slowly and meticulously, to limit the amount of dust and Environmental Impact. This is how the Construction Projects are carried out now, they do really go to great lengths, at great cost, to do things as carefully as possible. Is that fair . Well, as a group, we stopped hs2 from taking up lots and lots of trees and hedgerows during nesting season. That wasnt something they considered. They were quite prepared to go ahead in march and destroy the nature, and the birds nesting in the trees. If it wasnt for local feedback, as they called it, we were standing in front of their heavy machinery, stopping their work, because it is not acceptable. No other contractor in the country would be able to do that. Hsz the country would be able to do that. Hs2 seem to have carte blanche. Hs2 limited say they have carried out extensive work up and down the roots, to move some species away from construction sites. They say they will do a lot more that work in coming months, assuming it goes ahead. There is still a question mark over hs2s future, the government has done that review, the government has done that review, the government knows the results and we should get the results. The latest
clue i have had is that it is probably in the middle of february we will find out if the project could be de scoped or whether it goes ahead as planned. There are fears that ash from the australian bushfires could pollute the water supply in new south wales. Several hundred thousand hectares of land have been burned around a dam which provides most of sydneys water supply. Rain is forecast and could wash debris and ash into reservoirs from burnt out areas, which are more prone to flash flooding. The authorities are deploying flood barriers as a precaution. In the philippines, the taal volcano continues to spew ash and plumes of steam reaching almost a kilometre into the sky. The alert level remains at four which means a dangerous eruption could happen within hours or days. Howard johnson is live for us on the outside of the exclusion zone which has been set up around the volcano. Are there actually any people still inside that exclusion zone . Yes, anita, you can see the steam and ash is continuing to billow from the taal volcano. The authorities here are warning those people inside the exclusion zone that they shouldnt be there, that it is dangerous, and there was evacuation centres at the moment should not be lulled into a false sense of security and return to their homes. Theyve declared a state of calamity here, and its clear to see why. But despite the continued threat of a hazardous eruption, some people are returning to their family homes. Margie and noel vergas own a small plot of land in the vicinity of the volcano. They grow vegetables and breed chickens for a living. Their lives were turned upside down on sunday when taal began erupting. Translation about four
in the afternoon, we panicked. We saw a huge smoke cloud coming from the volcano and we could smell something awful. Ash began falling, with small stones and soil. We evacuated because some people said that there would be a tsunami on the lake next to the taal. We became scared. Noel said he wanted to return to his house today to check on his livestock. But he found that many of his birds were in a sorry state. So, noel is showing me a fighting clock here, its a popular sport in the philippines. So, the bird is covered in dust and ash. He said a lot of the birds were affected when he left his farm to seek safety in a shelter, an evacuation centre. 0ther chickens are in a bad state. Ive seen one in the back with what looks like a broken wing. The Philippine Department of agriculture says that the thick ash has caused more than 10 million worth of damage to livestock and crops. So, noel is showing us his vegetable patch, where he grows a squash. He says the condition of these plants now is so bad that he cant harvest them, and that he cant take them to market for sale. Today, state seismologists say although the eruptions on the main crater have been weaker in the last 2a hours, residents evacuated from the 1a, kilometre danger zone should not be lulled into a false sense of security and return to their homes. What we have heard in the last 15 minutes from seismologists is that new fissures have been forming on the side of the volcano, which means stea m the side of the volcano, which means steam is coming out of new holes there. We have also seen cracks in there. We have also seen cracks in the roads here, meaning all the tremors we have been experiencing, more than 200 since the volcano erupted on sunday, it means the magma underneath the volcano is still moving around, it is still a dangerous situation here, level four out of five, is the seismologists keep stressing, that there could be
a hazardous eruption in the coming hours or days. Howard johnson come in the philippines. One in six women who lose a baby in early pregnancy experience long term symptoms of post Traumatic Stress according to a new study. Researchers from Imperial College london are now calling for immediate improvements in care and for specific treatments to be more widely available. Is this more focusing on women who lose a baby early on in the pregnancy, have more studies being done on miscarriage in later pregnancy . What is new about this specifically . Miscarriage is defined as losing a baby before 23 weeks, but most of those miscarriages happen early, before 12 weeks. This study looked at how women were effected by losing their baby early on, and they discovered that even nine months later there were still
signs of post Traumatic Stress, as they called it, and anxiety, and depression. So, it lingered for up toa depression. So, it lingered for up to a year after they lost their baby. Does this study suggest that it hasnt been recognised enough up until this point . Yes. It hasnt been recognised enough up untilthis point . Yes. I think there has been a lack of recognition of this and experts are saying we need to bea this and experts are saying we need to be a bit more sensitive to how we treat women who have lost a baby early. It may not be something they talk about with family or friends, 01 even talk about with family or friends, or even employers, they might rush back to work. And perhaps they have not even told people around them that they were pregnant . Thats right, because it is so early, they have not told anybody first. But they can get very traumatic feelings, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, from what can be a very frightening event that they have experienced on their own at home, and they are not particularly prepared for. I spoke to one woman who said she didnt know what to expect, she was told she was going to have a miscarriage but didnt know what to expect and it was a very frightening event and she felt like she was losing her mind afterwards. There are signs that these things linger on and women
need to be screened to find out who is most at risk of having long term, psychological impacts. In terms of improvement in care and specific treatments being called for, what is the report talking about . They are talking about things like cognitive behavioural therapy, a kind of talking therapy that helps women get through those emotions and unwanted feelings. Medication may also be required. The important thing they said is that this needs to be done by professionals, qualified professionals, rather than just a counsellor, somebody who really knows the impact of miscarriage. Ok, thank you very much for explaining that. In a moment the weather, but first lets heres Victoria Derbyshire with what shes got coming up in her programme. Today, a one hour special, more on oui today, a one hour special, more on our research finding that 100 types of mesh devices are being sewn into
hernia patients in scotland, when some have not been subjected to clinical tests. That somebody can help me, if i was told this is life for me and there is nothing i can do, i dont think i want to live that. We are hearing some patients are being treated like guinea pigs, because there is little evidence that some types of permanent implants are safe. If you have an excuse to share, send an e mail and join us alive at ten oclock on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. The latest inflation figures are due out at any moment, we will bring you to those and we will go stateside, the Democratic Party has been having its latest debate, would be president ial candidates taking on each other and also the later stages in the Impeachment Vote donald trump. Now its time for a look at the weather with carol. Good morning, still cloudy over the south east of england, that will clear and then for many of us, we are looking at sunny spells and showers but not all of us because we do still have strong winds across northern scotland in particular but a windy day for the rest of scotland, Northern England and also Northern Ireland. Behind the band of rain clearing the south east, it brightens up. Still if few showers around and you will also notice the temperature will slip in the south as we go through the rest of the day, so maximum temperatures 6 10. Through this evening and overnight, cold enough for a touch of frost across parts of eastern scotland and Northern England, the risk of ice on untreated surfaces and all of these weather fronts coming our way by the end of the night. Tomorrow, look at those isobars end of the night. Tomorrow, look at those isoba rs right end of the night. Tomorrow, look at those isobars right the way across the charts, indicating it is going to be windy everywhere. The strongest winds in the west, with Gale Force Gusts and even inland you can expect that. Slowly, the rain in the west will move towards the east through the course of the day. Hello, this is bbc news, with me, annita mcveigh. The headlines. The government is accused of misusing public funds after coming up with a rescue deal to save the Regional Airline flybe. The duchess of sussex makes her first public appearance since she and prince harry announced they want to step down as senior members of the royal family. Children are treated for skin irritation after a passenger plane dumps fuel over the playground of a school before making an Emergency Landing at Los Angeles International airport. The High Speed Rail link hs2 could divide and destroy Natural Habitats across england, according to a new report by the Wildlife Trust. The roof of a block of flats in slough lands on the pavement after gusts of more than 80 miles an hour sweep across the uk. Also coming up. Two years of tit for tat on tariffs between the us and china could come to a head as the two prepare to sign a deal towards ending the trade war. Time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. The duke of cambridge has been praised for signing in to use british Sign Language during an investiture event at buckingham palace. In these pictures, Prince William is awarding an mbe to alex duguid for services to deaf people
and to british Sign Language education. Mr duguid has helped broadcasters communicate with their deaf audiences, notably as the face of coronation street and emmerdale. A video on the Kensington Palace twitterfeed has been viewed over half a million times, with many people praising the prince for showing off his Sign Language skills. And i look now at what you are reading and watching on the bbc news app. Number one on the most red is the story we have already brought you about the plane having to make a quick return to los angeles airport after ta ke quick return to los angeles airport after take off but dumping fuel over after take off but dumping fuel over a number of schools in los angeles, with a number of children being treated for skin irritation and some breathing issues. At number two is the flybe story, with willie walsh, head of the group that owns british airways, saying that the bailout is, in his words, a misuse of public
funds. Looking at the most watched, at number one, a story, china locking up its neighbours and this isa locking up its neighbours and this is a story about kaz acma as limbs. Since 2007, thousands of kaz acma slims have been detained in chinas a so called re education camps. Survivors who returned to kazakhstan have been talking about those months in those camps kazhak muslims. I was saying we were expecting those latest figures for inflation, the 0ffice latest figures for inflation, the office for National Statistics has just released that information and lets get the latest from andy verity, what is the latest rate of inflation . The figure we normally look at, Consumer Price index, excluding housing carts, cpi inflation was just 22 , well below target and below most economists
we re target and below most economists were expecting was just 1. 3 . There has been downward pressure over reduced prices over accommodation including hotels and clothing and footwear, prices not growing very fast compared to last year. It had been for the figure would be broadly similar to the last couple of months but it is lower still. How much of a surprise is that . Quite a surprise to most economists, i think. That . Quite a surprise to most economists, ithink. We that . Quite a surprise to most economists, i think. We have known there is very little upward pressure on inflation. The global slowdown means Commodity Prices are not rising very fast because there is less demand for commodity and plenty of supply, which means prices have been coming down, so the input prices, factories and what they pay for supplies, have been dropping for the last five months so there is very little upward pressure on inflation. If anything, we are well below target. This increases the pressure on the bank of england has made Monetary Policy committee at may be looking at cutting Interest Rates at their next meeting. Which
brings me onto the next point, what does it mean for the broader economy in terms of Interest Rates and so forth . As we were reporting the other day, the economy is very flat, a slight growth of. 1 over three months to november but the economy contracted in november, so in order to ward off what might turn into a flatlining economy and to stimulate it, a lot of people in the markets asked speculating the bank of england will have to cut Interest Rates to not. 5 by the end of the month. Andy verity, thank you. It is time for sport now, lets get a full round up from the Sports Centre with holly. Good morning. Poor air quality in melbourne has again affected qualifying for the Australian Open tennis, with the start of play held up for three hours. 0n court now, we have an exhibition match between some of the worlds top players, in aid of the bushfires relief fund. Earlier, i spoke to our tennis correspondent, russell fuller. I only arrived in melbourne at seven oclock this morning and it was so apparent as we made our descent into the airport how bad conditions have been over the last 36 48 hours. It was like landing in an airport in the uk in november on one of those fog filled mornings but this was much more disturbing, because it just wasnt right. It was horribly smoky, the sun was completely obscured by the smoke and even though the air quality wasnt as bad as it had been yesterday, they still took the decision to delay the start of qualifying by three hours. It was still deemed unhealthy when play got under way but the quality was improving, it got better as the afternoon went on. It was horrible for the players playing in the heat and humidity and all of that has been transformed because the much needed rain has arrived, at least in melbourne, in quite spectacular fashion over the last couple of hours. I imagine a lot of concern about the Australian Open, which
sta rts about the Australian Open, which starts on monday but, at the moment, an exhibition match taking place to try and raise funds for the appeal. It has been incredible really how these players, the whole tennis community, has come together. Almost £1. 5 million has been raised by tennis in the first ten or 11 days of the season. A lot of that has come from the governing bodies, much of that has come from the players, either donating 100 or 200 for every a ce either donating 100 or 200 for every ace space server 01 in some cases every double fault. At the moment, in the rudd labour arena, a tea m moment, in the rudd labour arena, a Team Competition and pretty much anybody who is anybody in tennis. Tea m anybody who is anybody in tennis. Team Serena Williams against a Team Caroline wozniacki playing quickfire tennis. Roger federer, rafael nadal, djokovic, kvitova, all of these players are involved and im sure the amount of money they raise will be significant. They are playing under the roof not because of the air quality but because of the thunderstorms that are still raging. There is the possibility of more hailand
there is the possibility of more hail and more lightning later. Com plete hail and more lightning later. Complete transformation, i cant remember it being quite a sweat in melbourne. It is the rain the area so desperately needs and over the next few days, it is actually the rain rather than the air quality that will give organisers the biggest headache. Russell fuller in melbourne. And the air pollution in melbourne features on many of this mornings back pages. The times show a picture of Maria Sharapova and the line players gasping in melbourne the express go with the headline toxic and terrifying. And they herald tottenhams £55 million man giovani lo celso, after his fa cup goal last night. Although the mirror describe spurs as nervy. They also report on Manchester Uniteds decision to call off a mid season break in the middle east this over security fears. On to the fa cup then and League One Shrewsbury town created a little magic, with a late, late victory over championship side bristol city in their third round replay. What a night it was for defender aaron pierre, who scored in the 89th minute
to earn shrewsbury a huge prize a meeting in the next round with the premier League Leaders liverpool. It isa it is a great occasion, it is why eve ryo ne it is a great occasion, it is why everyone is involved in football, we all grew everyone is involved in football, we allgrew up dreaming everyone is involved in football, we all grew up dreaming of playing in the fa cup, i was fortunate enough to play in it but on the side, it creates special memories. It is not only remember by the supporters but all the players as well. Heres the goal we were talking about in the paper review a gift really from middlesbrough goalkeeper tomas mejias, who passed the ball to giovani lo celso, who put tottenham ahead afterjust two minutes. And erik lamela doubled their lead just as well, as boro scored themselves late on. Spurs face southampton next. And after 20 games without scoring, newcastle strikerjoelinton finally found the net, with their last goal in a 4 1win over rochdale. Newcastle host league one 0xford united in the fourth round. There are two more replays tonight and bbc radio has commentary on both, with Manchester United against wolves on 5live, and carlisle cardiff over on sports extra. Programmes start at 7pm with kick off at 7. 45. England all rounder ben stokes has been named mens player of the year by the International Cricket council. Hes already picked up the bbc Sports Personality of the year award, as well as being voted players player of the year. Its mainly down to his incredible performances in the cricket world cup and his match winning century in the ashes test at headingley. Theres been another shock at the uk masters snooker, with defending champion judd trump knocked out. England all rounder ben stokes has been named mens player of the year he was beaten by the 2015 winner shaun murphy, who took four frames in a row to win 6 3 and reach the quarter finals. Trump is the latest top seed to lose at the first round stage, with mark selby, Neil Robertson and ding junhui all out. Thats all the sport for now. More from the bbc Sports Centre throughout the day. Thank you, holly. Six of the leading Us Democratic hopefuls seeking to become their partys president ial candidate have taken part in a televised debate in iowa, three weeks before the election primary season gets under way. There were lively exchanges as the former Vice President joe biden tussled with Bernie Sanders over the iraq war. Some of the exchanges between Elizabeth Warren and mr sanders were particularly frosty, with ms warren refusing to shake mr sanders hand after the debate. From iowa, heres our correspondent, gary 0donoughue. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome tonights candidates. And then there were six. Six white people on the cnn stage for the last democratic debate before the voting begins. But it was the issue of gender that was the focus of a row between the two left of centre candidates, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. After senator sanders was accused of saying a woman couldnt beat donald trump. Why did you say that . Well, as a matter of fact, i didnt say it. And i dont want to waste a whole lot of time on this because this is what donald trump and maybe some of the media want. The Sanders Campaign first called the accusation ludicrous, then said there had been crossed wires. Elizabeth warren sidestepped an outright row. What did you think when senator sanders told you a woman could not win the election . I disagreed. Can a woman beat donald trump . Look at the men on this stage. Collectively, they have lost ten elections. The only people on this stage who have won every single election that theyve been in are the women. Vice president biden. Former Vice President joe biden took the opportunity to make his case that he was the candidate that could move beyond identity politics and unite the opposition
against donald trump. But the real issue is who can bring the whole Party Together and who represents all elements of the party. African americans, brown, black, women, men, gay, straight. The fact of the matter is, i would argue that in terms of endorsements around the country, endorsements wherever we go, i am the one who has the broadest coalition of Anyone Running up here. Foreign affairs was always going to make an appearance in this debate after the killing of Qasem Soleimani and the brinkmanship with iran. So what about those us troops . There were differences on whether they should be brought home. I would leave some troops there but not in the level that donald trump is taking us right now. No, i think we need to get our combat troops out. You know, we have to stop this mindset that we can do everything with combat troops. We can continue to remain engaged without having an endless commitment of ground troops. While sparks didnt exactly fly tonight, there were tensions between the two progressive candidates and it was clear, at the end of the debate, that they werent happy with one another. None of the four front runners could have claimed a knockout blow tonight, but for those candidates still in single digits, this could have been the final role this could have been the final roll of the dice. Gary 0donoghue, bbc news at the democratic debate in des moines, iowa. The leader of the republican majority in the us senate, Mitch Mcconnell, has said the impeachment trial of President Trump is likely to begin there next tuesday. Democrats accuse the president of abusing his power and obstructing congress. With regard to impeachment, our understanding is and i think your understanding is as well is that the house is likely to finally send the articles over to us tomorrow and we will be able to, we believe, if that happens, in all likelihood, go through some preliminary steps here this week
which could well include the chiefjustice coming over and swearing in members of the senate and some other kind of housekeeping measures. We hope to be able to achieve that by consent, which would set us up to begin the actual trial next tuesday. One of the most contentious issues not yet resolved is whether to have witnesses in the senate trial. Democrats want to hear from current and former white house officials, such as former National Security adviserjohn bolton. Here is new york senator chuck schumer. We join the American People in wanting the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth to come out of the trial. If you want the truth, you have to have witnesses, you have to have documents. Who has ever heard of a trial without witnesses and documents . Im pleased that some of my republican colleagues are now beginning to come around
to our position. Lets talk now to scott lucas, professor of us politcs at the university of birmingham. Good morning to you, scott. So the house of representatives, i understand, are due to vote today on sending what are called articles of impeachment against President Trump. Just explain the process that is due to happen today. So, the house will vote, with its democratic majority, on two articles of impeachment that have already been adopted. That is the abuse of power by donald trump investigating his political rivals by putting pressure on ukraine, and obstruction of justice by putting pressure on ukraine, and obstruction ofjustice by ordering witnesses not to comply with subpoenas from the house during the hearings. This is pretty much a pro format that sends this to the senate, where they will begin procedures tomorrow and we will get the first important vote next tuesday in the senate, which is not
on the actual trial itself but on the rules and the key issue which you just identified, weather, against the wishes of Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, enough republicans defect so there are witnesses and documents allowed, so this is a full trial and not simplya so this is a full trial and not simply a quick process to acquit trump. And it is thought there might be enough republicans, mitt romney among them, who will allow those witnesses to be heard, who want those witnesses to be heard. Right, so this is on a knife edge, you have identified mitt romney. Also Susan Collins of maine and the alaskan senator who might defect. If they defect, that will push Mitch Mcconnell into a corner where he and the white house, because mcconnell has already said he is working with the white house on this and will not be impartial, they will be forced to have witnesses. You identify be impartial, they will be forced to have witnesses. You identinyohn bolton, the former National Security
advisor, there is the white house chief of staff iqbal gainey, his top aide and budget official who all have first hand knowledge of trump is my campaign against ukraine, especially his freezing military assistance. Mulvaney. Especially his freezing military assistance. Mulvaney. Given that there is a republican majority in there is a republican majority in the senate, is the worst of it over for President Trump could there be more damage for him . In the sense that trump will not be convicted, i think we have known almost all along that there will not be enough republicans to defect to give a two thirds majority full conviction that the democrats knew that as well. And the democrats knew that as well. And the intent, beyond upholding the legal system, was to produce this evidence on the extent of the campaign by trump and his attorney Rudi Guiliani for ten months not only to pressure ukraine but to dismantle and undermine the us ambassador. More documents came out in the last 2a hours and it is that information which may have an effect going beyond the trial of the 2020
re election bid of mr trump. Meanwhile, the democrats are trying to whittle down to find out who will be their president ial candidate. As gary 0donoghue was saying, that debate last night was a little lacklustre. Do you think the republicans are concerned, given the field of democrats right there . Do they ultimately believe that President Trump is the person to ta ke President Trump is the person to take on whoever the democrats can throw at him . I think people watched a different debate. I didnt see it as lacklustre, i think it was very issue rich, on a climate change, on foreign policy, from the iraq war in 2,000 to issues like iran and china today, on health and Economic Justice and policy. What happened is that the media try to reduce this to a clash of personalities, especially Elizabeth Warren versus Bernie Sanders. And when they didnt punch each other on the stage, they said it was a bit lacklustre. I think the real question is whether there is a
diversionary focus on personalities and vital people get to grips with theissues and vital people get to grips with the issues that came out last night, because five of those six candidates did really well and that means it is a wide open race going into the first caucuses in iowa in less than three weeks time. Professor scott lucas, good to get your thoughts on those developments, thank you very much. The headlines on bbc news. The government is accused of misusing public funds after coming up with a rescue deal to save the Regional Airline flybe. The duchess of sussex has made her first public appearance since she and prince harry announced they want to step down as senior members of the royal family. Children have been treated for skin irritation after a passenger plane dumped fuel over the playground of a school before making an Emergency Landing at Los Angeles International airport. President trump and senior chinese representatives will sign a preliminary deal
at the white house today ending the trade war between their countries, which has lasted nearly two years. Under the first phase of the deal, us plans for new tariffs on £121 billion of chinese imports will be suspended. In return, china will agree to buy more us farming products and make fresh commitments to protecting intellectual property rights. Lets speak to our Asia Business correspondent karishma vaswani. Hello, to you. So, in a nutshell, what has led up to this point, because as i mentioned, we have had two years are pretty tough talk between the two sides and now signs ofa between the two sides and now signs of a rapprochement. You will remember that when President Trump is fighting his last election, china was a big thing he kept talking about during his campaign trail, bringing china to account, levelling the Playing Field for american
workers and that is what the entire trade war has been about. He has wa nted trade war has been about. He has wanted to bring beijing and Chinese Companies to account and he says china doesnt buy as much from the United States as the us buys from china. This is what that phase one trade deal is trying to address. To some extent, he has been successful in this trade negation agreement we are expecting to see later on today, we will see some sign of a commitment from the chinese side to buy more agriculture from the United States, but there are still some very big things, big issues, that havent won to be addressed in the phase one trade deal as i understand it from people who have seen a text of the document in advance of the agreement being signed. And from the chinese perspective, is this a recognition, i guess from both the us and the chinese side, that, actually, both are too big to be in this extended row with one another and make ultimately need to be working and make some compromises .
think that from both the chinese and the us side, this is an issue of political interest before economic interest. If you think about it, President Trump is fighting another election this year and he wants to be able to go to the American Public and say, look, i sorted out the china problem. To some extent, he will be able to say that, especially when it comes to american farmers, very politically sensitive and that is why the agricultural tees, china buying more american agricultural product, is so important. 0n the chinese side, they want this problem to go away so one of the key things thatis to go away so one of the key things that is going to be addressed or rather will be left out of the trade agreement in tonights signing, from what we understand, is the second phase of the trade deal, which is where the really tough stuff on chinese Economic Reforms was meant to be addressed. That is being kicked down the road until after the us election and that is what president xiejin ping of china
wa nts. President xiejin ping of china wants. Just let me bring you up to date with Vladimir Putins annual state of the nation address. It is going on now, it is usually a really epic address, lasting for many hours. The headlines coming from that are that Vladimir Putin has opened the state of the nation address by saying Russian Society needs to change and it is necessary for the authorities to engage in a dialogue with its citizens. He said today demand for change has clearly appeared in our society. Of course, he himself has been in charge for almost 19 years so he may not include himself in that change. Timed out for a look at the Weather Forecast with simon. Thank you. Yesterday, we had some very strong winds across many parts of england and wales. It caused some damage and disruption. Here is an idea of the wind speeds we saw, in the isle of wight, 82 mph. Quite exposed there,
but even around swansea, southampton, gusts of 60 70 and some strong gusts of wind this morning. Still some strong winds towards the north west with some frequent showers in scotland, but, for today, generally speaking, for many of us, it is drier and brighter and some sunny spells and a few showers around. Those showers dotted around Western Areas of england and wales, the rain clears away after lunchtime from the south east. Frequent showers into scotland and Northern Ireland, some snow over the Higher Ground. Temperatures this afternoon around about 7 9 or 10 celsius. Through this evening, fairly quite initially, some clear skies but still showers and snow across the Higher Ground in scotland. Things turning wet and windy again into thursday. We have this area of low pressure developing as we go into thursday. Look at the white lines, the isobars, the pressure pattern, getting closer together again so it is strengthening winds during the
afternoon and heavier rain moving from Northern Ireland into scotland and into wales and the west of england. It wont reach the far east of england until later in the evening but the winds will pick up, gusty conditions coming in from the south, particularly around the South West Quadrant of wales, South West Quadrant of wales, south west england, gust 60 65 miles per hour. Maximum temperatures, 7 11 celsius. That wet and windy weather will continue to spread towards the east. It will eventually clear away and then we have this next weather system moving in behind, that will bring in more showers as we go through friday. Those particularly so for england and, they could be heavyin so for england and, they could be heavy in places. Still one or two shows in the west of scotland are generally speaking, for scotland, and late in the day towards north and late in the day towards north and Western Areas, they showers clearer. Temperatures will come down to 69dc clearer. Temperatures will come down to 6 9dc and turning a little bit chilly by the end of friday. Into the weekend and this area of low pressure m oves the weekend and this area of low pressure moves to the south and then
high pressure builds as we go into the weekend. Look at that for the weekend, lots of fine and dry weather expected vote on saturday and sunday, although it will turn chillier and we will see the return of some overnight frosts. That is all from me, bye bye. Hello, its wednesday, its ten oclock, im Victoria Derbyshire and were live from new broadcasting house. Today, we can exlusively reveal that more than 100 different types of mesh implants are being sewn into hernia patients by nhs in england and scotland and many of them havent been properly tested. I hope that somebody can fix me, somebody can help. If i was told this is the life for me and there was nothing they could do, i dont think i want to live it. There are claims that patients are being treated like guinea pigs because certain types of mesh implants which are permanent are being used based on little or no medical evidence. There might be Something Like five rabbits. And youve taken a bit of the mesh. Youve thrown a bit of the mesh
inside the rabbit and youve left it
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