Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20170205

To generate his own voice, complete with Yorkshire Accent. And nick has the weather. It is icy see in a few spots this morning and some patches of fog around i have this full report. Good morning. First, our main story. Train passengers in britain are being let down by the way the government oversees the railways, according to a report by mps. The Commons Transport Committee says customers are less and less satisfied with the service they get, and yet they are paying more for it. Theyre calling on the Department For Transport to give up some of its powers. Rob young reports. Dissatisfied passengers, rising ticket prices, poor performance. Mps are scathing about the way the government oversees the railways. They say passengers have been failed by the way ministers award franchises to Train Companies. The commons Committee Says competition is meant to drive improvements, but warns there is dwindling interest from potential operators. National express used to be the biggest Train Company here, but is quitting the uk railway entirely. The mps say the government is too soft on companies that break their promises and there is a call for the Department For Transport to give up its Enforcement Powers to an independent body. The cost of running the railways has not gone down, the system does not work very well, and in reality there is very little competition, so the Department Needs to look again at that, perhaps to bring more competition into the system and to enforce the promises that the Train Companies make. The government acknowledges they can make improvements but points out it is investing more than £40 billion to deliver faster and more comfortable trains. Train Companies Say under franchising they have transformed the railway into a success story, doubling the number of passengers and creating the safest railway in europe. Rob young, bbc news. The Usjustice Department has filed a motion with the Appeals Court to restore president trumps ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries. It follows a series of tweets from mr trump in which he attacked the federaljudge who had suspended the ban country wide. He warned bad and dangerous people could be pouring into america. Ruling late on friday meant that the controversial order immediately suspended. Within hours, travellers we re suspended. Within hours, travellers were told that the ban had been dropped. This wacky family iraqi family travelled back quickly. The Us Department ofjustice has never appealed against the decision. The president has been attending a ball in florida. He insisted the move was not about religion but combating terrorism. For those arriving, for now the signs mean what they say. One man from yemen quickly booked a flight one man from yemen quickly booked a flight back from turkey, where he had been visiting his fiancee. He has a right to be in america but felt that he could not stay away. Has a right to be in america but felt that he could not stay awayli am happy, i feel safe felt that he could not stay awayli am happy, ifeel safe now. Felt that he could not stay awayli am happy, i feel safe now. Donald trump said. The white house believes the president has a Constitutional Authority to protect the american people, but critics argue it is the constitution that has been violated, a claim that donald trump denies. The number of recorded cases of children committing Sexual Offences against other children has increased by nearly 80 over the last three years, according to the charity barnardos. The charity has said such abuse may become the next scandal in our society. The National Police Chiefs Council said the increase was down to more awareness and greater victim confidence. Warrant more parents are worried about this. Child on child sexual abuse is a difficult thing to wrestle with. It is important to think about how we support the children involved, not only the victims but the children perpetrating these acts. What we know is that they are often victims of abuse and trauma themselves. More Affordable Homes will be built, specifically to tackle the high cost of renting, ministers have pledged. The reforms will be announced in full on tuesday as part of plans for a shake up of the Housing Market in england. If youre building more homes for rent, are you therefore accepting that homes are too expensive to buy . That is right. Perhaps this target ofi million new homes by 2020 two boosts new homeownership, a very conservative principle, they might fall short of this target. They would be building new properties for a rental that people would not have to buy them, they could rent them. Helpers who are asked to build more Affordable Housing will also be asked to provide affordable rents and cheaper rents developers. The looking at different ways to make it more comfortable for people renting. Also talking about three year Tenancy Agreements are families so that they can plan ahead. All of these measures. Why is the government not building more houses . They are under pressure from conservative is not a concrete over the countryside, as one put it in the countryside, as one put it in the papers this morning. Some British Airways cabin crew have begun a three day strike in a dispute over what they describe as poverty pay. The unite union estimates the staff earn, on average, £16,000 a year, including allowances. But ba insists none earn less than £21,000. The airline says all its passengers will be able to travel but that the time of flights might be affected. The leader of the French National front, Marine Le Pen, will officially launch her president ial Election Campaign later. With less than three months to go, her right wing politics have gained an audience among voters. It is an interesting time at the moment. How much of boost his Francois Fillons troubles given to Marine Le Pen . I think that his troubles have emphasised the message of Marine Le Pen that the traditional parties are creaking and sometimes rotten. Im not sure where we are thus far away from the election, whether his supporters are now drifting towards her. This is a big day for her, she is wanting her campaign, she put out a big document yesterday with 144 commitments, some leaning towards the right, some towards the left, all of them promising a pretty abrupt rupture with traditional politics. He mentioned to donald trump, it is the same kind of sound, tearing up the rule book, a referendum on eu membership, lowering retirement age. No message of how that will be paid for, but there is certainly a mood in france that if it will not take her into the presidency it will certainly shake up politics here. Black sabbath, the band credited with inventing heavy metal music, made a triumphant return to their Home City Of Birmingham to play their final ever gig. The show featured three Original Members ozzy osbourne, tony ayomee and Geezer Butler and was heavy on nostalgia, with only one of the songs played having been released after 1972. It brought the curtain down on the legendary bands playing career, which spanned five decades. I was reading this morning that actually donald trump did go to a Black Sabbath concert. I do not know if you would call him a fan, but he did call. You think youre doing some good by putting out your unwanted clothing for charity collectors, but you may in fact be unwittingly lining the pockets of criminals. The nspcc says charities may be losing hundreds of thousands of pounds because of unscrupulous collectors operating without licences who are donating only a fraction of the money they should. We can now speak to gerald oppenheim, head of policy at the fundraising regulator. It does not altogether surprised me. We get a lot of these plastic bags through the door every week and i was wondering why there were so many. It is a way of charities collecting money by using peoples old clothes and getting a share of the value of those old clothes. But the value of those old clothes. But the important thing for us is that charities make sure that where they use private companies to collect the clothes, they enter into a good deal with them and get a fair share of the proceeds. The market is about £150 million. It is quite extraordinary, very large. Why is it not more regulated than it is . Extraordinary, very large. Why is it not more regulated than it i57m extraordinary, very large. Why is it not more regulated than it is . It is regulated to the extent that charities, which is the group of organisations we are concerned about, really need to make sure that the entry into deals which generate the entry into deals which generate the most money for the charity than the most money for the charity than the company collecting the bags. It is perfectly reasonable for a charity to have a private company collecting for them, but they must make sure that they get a good deal and the long and phil ball regulates this for them. And the law regulates this for them. Ido law regulates this for them. I do not know the figures, but there are certainly some Reputable Companies out there. What members of the public really need to do if they are worried that they get a bag through the door, you can check whether the charity is a real charity by going on to the Charity Commission website and putting your name on. The bag should also say how much is being collected for the charity, both by Monetary Value and the proportion of the total that the private Bag Collector is collecting, and that should really be most of it going to the charity. Obviously the Bag Collector will take a small proportion for their own cost. Either some which perhaps do not know the rules . That is probably true. The large ones, like nspcc, will certainly know the rules inside out. Our concern is to make sure that Charities Get it right, that Trustees Take overall responsibility for the fundraising, and make sure that this year that they get from these collections is what it should be. There is a double whammy here. If you are family like ours who get lots of bags through, you reach saturation point, you sometimes pick the bag in the bin. If you learn that 10 of the profit goes to the charity then people stop doing it. We get quite a number of complaints from people who do not want to receive the bags through the letterbox and we do try to take action with the charities concerned we re action with the charities concerned were that happens. But 10 is far too low percentage for the charity too low percentage for the charity to get, it should really be the other way around. They should be getting much nearer 90 and the Bag Collector the 10 to cover their costs. So you are looking at the rules then . You lie we are consulting on some new rules to tidy we are the whole area up. We are consulting on some rules. The main stories this morning mps are warning british Train Passengers are being failed by the current rail franchise system, which they say which they say is no longer fit for purpose. The Trump Administration has made a formal appeal against the temporary block on the travel ban affecting seven mainly muslim countries. Also coming up in the programme its Super Bowl Sunday and American Football fans in the us are getting excited. And last year four Million People in the uk also tuned in to watch the game well ask, whats the appeal . The forecast is for even Colder Weather to come our way later. The forecast is for even Colder Weather to come our way latenm the forecast is for even Colder Weather to come our way later. It is icy and foggy for some of us. The fault could be slow to clear. There isa fault could be slow to clear. There is a lot of dry weather to come. It may not be as sunny as it was first thing for us yesterday for some of us, but things could improve. There isa us, but things could improve. There is a narrow band of rain and a bit of snow on the tops of the Hills Edging Northwards through scotland. It will be damp for a time in the central belt, rain will pull away and clear. It is a mistake and murky start across many parts of england and wales. The south coast of england seeing a few showers, one or two into the south west. Some fog andi two into the south west. Some fog and i see in some spots. The coldest pa rt and i see in some spots. The coldest part of Northern Ireland down to 5 that some part of the day. A narrow band of rain and tells no edging further north through scotland. Some rain in south east england, that could reach london. Many places gradually seeing sunny spells and staying dry in the afternoon. 5 9dc with a top temperature. A bit warmer than that in italy, the chance of some showers this afternoon while wales are in action in the six nations. Sussex and kent might see heavy rain for a time, but that pulls away. Elsewhere, for we have any showers they will feed. It will bea any showers they will feed. It will be a widespread Frost Setting in. Some Freezing Fog Patches as monday begins. You may need a bit of extra time to start yourjourney on monday morning. The best of any sunshine will be in Eastern Areas. In the west, rain moves then, some snow on the hills, from the Peak District northwards. It is notjust rain, but a strengthening wind across Eastern Areas with gales developing. As i suggested earlier, later on this week there will be even Colder Weather and the chance of snow as well. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. Time now for a look at the newspapers. Letters to let us take a look at this. How much is spent on things for the Defence Industry that really do not work. The list things like ships that are too noisy that can be spotted by submarines 200 miles away and helicopters which do not do the job properly, and so on. They are calling for a review of how our tax payerss funding is spent. A different lead on the front page of the sunday telegraph. Mps blame rotten core within the armed forces, saying that the enquiry into abuse in iraq is unfit for purpose and should be shut down. Donald trump on the front page of the sunday express. The former archbishop of Canterbury George keary is calling for the world to give donald trump a chance. He has accused the us president s critics ofan accused the us president s critics of an hysterical overreaction. The sunday times. There is a story about black actors in black actresses. Julian fellowess new production. Downton abbey the musical is happening in the west end. The actor who plays Hermione Granger in the west end in the harry potter play, she has made a point that there are no black actors in the Downton Abbey musical, which is up and coming. Very exciting news that the musical is happening, the fact that it is in the west end of london and there is no black actors, this is the chair where we suspend disbelief, where the impossible is made possible. There is not one black actor in the play. The actor playing hermione steps up out of her role and says, hold on a minute, should we be having a look at this, is this right . It is a big issue with the Academy Awards coming up. We had the iow Academy Awards coming up. We had the row last year. There have been calls before for black and minority actors to be given roles in period dramas, because you often do not see many faces. Can you imagine if your child and my chilled was at school and they could not be in the play because it was a period drama. It does not happen. What the parents do is suspend their disbelief and use their imagination. After all, this is the editor. The musical is reflecting tv. The whole thing carries on, doesnt it . Musical, theatre, the belief is not suspended when it comes to the actors. Shes a very successful actor in her own right and she is stepping out and says, iam right and she is stepping out and says, i am angry but anger is sometimes a good thing. The same argument is true for television. The people on television, they say, his to reflect the people watching it. The same is true about theatre and society. It is good for us to see people from other parts of the world playing all parts. It is healthy. I believe and she believes it as well. The mirror. It is the story of the closure of sure start centres around the country. Basically since 2011. I should tell you what sure sta rt 2011. I should tell you what sure start is first, it is a centre to help families who are disadvantaged, and the writer uses the area set various examples of women who have suffered from depression and etc and have gone to a sure start centre and been helped. This basically saves money in the long run by solving problems within families. I have totally lost myself. People think that sure start is like a crash something, but it is not it says here, it is a community. The programme was set up in 1998 by gordon brown, it is to make sure that disadvantaged families get the help they need. It is reported across the country that there have been 47 cuts of sure start centres between 2011 and 2016. 300 were closed. 156 open closed this year. I think that the mirrors flagging up these cuts because of the effects that they are going to have in the future in our communities, and it affects women, basically. We have been talking about abuse on social media bit today. The crater of girls has said that she has found it difficult to deal with trawls on social media creator. Full. Difficult to deal with trawls on social media creator. Full. Shes coming out about the fact that she suffers from this abuse. She is probably a millionaire. She does say in the article that gets you will go and his therapy, she says that i have all of these things but teenagers do not and actually. Dare i say it, it does not help when the president of america is trolling people, its a bad example. Yes, and it needs actors and creators and people like her to come out. Youre right, if the president is trolling thenit right, if the president is trolling then it means that there will be many more. Lead by example. Exactly. Shall i start . Yes, were talking about rubbish. Sorting out her waist. Sorting out our waste is a chore that most of us are now on top of, with 90 of packaging being recycled in the kitchen at least. But head to bathroom and were not quite so eco friendly. A group of environmental experts say only half of what we throw away there gets the same treatment. Now theyve come up with a simple solution use two bins in your bathroom, one for rubbish and one for recyclables. For more, lets speak to Dustin Benton from the green alliance. The thing is, i have a small bathroom, and i do not want to have two bins. I do not want to sort through it because it is mucky. Was people want to recycle, but that is often because you are in the kitchen and the bin as they are and you put something straight in. In the bathroom, you finish a shampoo bottle, you say, i will pop it there, and then you do not recycle it. Having a second then in the bathroom is a really easy way to raise the recycling rate. I also do not have a second bend. You do not have a bin at all . No, ijust not have a bin at all . No, ijust not have a bin at all . No, ijust not have a second one in my bathroom. Have a bin at all . No, ijust not have a second one in my bathroomli we nt have a second one in my bathroomli went through a phase of not having a bin in the bathroom, which forced me to throw everything away properly. What sort of items should you be recycling when it comes to Bathroom Waste . This should not be confusing, but it really is. One of the reasons is because Different Councils have so many different systems. We looked at Greater Manchester and we found our five at Greater Manchester and we found ourfive or six different at Greater Manchester and we found our five or six different systems within a ten mile radius, which is a bit crazy. It could be a lot easier if we all recycled in same way. But a nswer if we all recycled in same way. But answer your question, plastic bottles, anything made of glass, metals are pretty readily recycla ble. Metals are pretty readily recyclable. The things to look out for are things like cotton buds, you have the cotton and the plastic together. The Industry Needs to responsibility. The Design Products that are not recyclable. They should design bins with two sections. We all got told off recently because people were not washing out the recycling and they said we could not recycle them because they have food in them. It is certainly better to wash them out. What you want the plastic bottle that can be turned back into a plastic bottle, that is the most valuable and it says the most carbon. It is up to the local authority if they do some of the washing or not. The thing about food is that it rots, so if you have a milk bottle that has got old milk in it, that will novel turn back into a milk bottle because it is disgusting. Will never. Milk bottle because it is disgusting. Will never. It is only 50 of what we recycle in the kitchen that is recycled in the bathroom. Almost half. Yes, it is a real shame. Is that because we think of Bathroom Waste being dirty and we do not want to spend longer whether it then we need to . People put earbuds, make up wipes. Some of them say that they are flushable, they really are not, that should not happen. Nobody should have to be are cycling expert, it should be easy. A second bin is a way of making it easy. Having businesses design things that are readily recyclable, that should make it easy, having more accessible recycling facilities. Coming up in the next half hour well meet the dad with Motor Neurone Disease whos losing his ability to speak to save his voice. Hello, this is breakfast with Christian Fraser and tina daheley. Coming up before 9am, well have the weather. But first, a summary of this mornings main news. Train passengers in britain are being let down by the way the government oversees the railways, according to a report by mps. The Commons Transport Committee says customers are less satisfied with the service they get, yet are having to pay more. The government says its investing over £40 billion to deliver faster and more comfortable trains. But mps say the Department For Transport should give up some of its powers. The cost of running the railways hasnt gone down, the system doesnt Work Together very well and in reality there is actually very little competition so the government needs to look again at that perhaps bring more competition into the system and enforce the promises the Train Companies make when they take over running a service. The Usjustice Department has filed a court motion aiming to restore president trumps ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries. The announcement followed a series of tweets from mr trump, in which he said many bad and dangerous people may now be pouring into the United States. Many Major Airlines have allowed nationals from the affected countries to board flights to the us again. The number of recorded cases of children committing Sexual Offences against other children has increased by nearly 80 over the last three years, according to the charity barnardos. The charity has said such abuse may become the next scandal in our society. The National Police Chiefs Council said the increase was down to more awareness and greater victim confidence. Ministers have pledged to build more Affordable Homes to tackle the high cost of renting. The reforms are part of plans for a shake up of the Housing Market in england which will be announced in full on tuesday. The government is also expected to put forward proposals for longer Tenancy Agreements which it says will provide more stability for families that rent their homes. People who Shine Laser Pens to distract pilots, train and bus drivers could face fines of thousands of pounds or even a jail sentence. Stronger new powers are being planned by the department of transport. Since 2009 there have been about 1500 attacks a year on aircraft. For the sport, what a weekend for by. What a start to the six nations, two fantastic opening matches, maybe not for england, not enjoyable but got the right result in the end. You were shivering in your three coats yes, i had to wear three to get me through that much i was on the try line, sadly the wrong end scottish tries, were they . Way in the distance, i had my head in my hands, but scotland had a fantastic game, i have two handed to them. Ireland for the first half really did struggle. They came back in the second half but itjust wasnt enough, but a much betterfor england. Englands victory means theyve extended their winning run to 15 matches, but even coach eddiejones said afterwards that the 19 16 win does not get much uglier. More impressive were scotland they overcame a fight back from ireland to win 27 22 at murrayfield. Andy swiss reports. As curtain raisers go, itll take some beating. The blossoming of the flower of scotland. Against an ireland side many had tipped for the title, they raced out of the blocks. Two tries from the twinkling toes of stuart hogg. Two chances, two scores. Ireland responded in equally fleet footed style. Keith earls charging over. But scotland had brains as well as brawn. What was Centre Alex Dunbar doing at a line out . This, and they led 21 5. Come the second half, ireland reeled them in. When paddy jacksons try edged the visitors ahead, there seemed only one winner. But two nerveless penalties from greg laidlaw saw scotland got home. The first time in 11 years theyve won their opening match. Could it be the start of Something Special . England meanwhile were looking to look continue Something Special. A 14 match winning streak. But what followed against france was not exactly pretty. This tackle earning johnny may a spell in the sin bin. 9 9 at the break, england was strangely stuttering. Elliot daly thought hed snuck over. Watch the left boot just in touch. It was that sort of day. And it soon got a whole lot worse. Rabah slimani rumbling over france in front. With ten minutes left, replacement ben teoo came to englands rescue. Their 15th victory in a row, a new record for them. But this was a lesson in winning ugly. You could almost sense the relief among those england players and england fans here at twickenham. Their Six Nations Campaign is off to a winning start, but onlyjust. Andy swiss, bbc news, twickenham. The womens six nations has also started this weekend. Straight after englands men beat france, the english women did the same. They came from 13 0 down at half time to win 26 13. Amy wilson hardys late try sealed it for the home side. Wales women got their campaign off to a winning start. They beat italy 20 8 in ancona. They face england next saturday. The final game of the Opening Weekend takes place in rome this afternoon. Wales will have a new captain when they face italy. Alun wynjones will lead the side out for the First Time Since being named permanent captain, so does he think that brings any extra pressure . Hopefully not too different, to be honest with you. If it was, i probably shouldnt be captain. I said in the launch im a player and performerfirst, as in thejob on the park. The captaincy has added to that. Hopefully there is a bit of experience i can lean on that i have had in the past that can help people. Thats pretty much it. Theres no change at the top of the premier League Chelsea are still nine points clear after beating arsenal 3 1. At the bottom of the table there were impressive wins for both hull city and sunderland. Ben croucher reports. The Premier League plaudits reserved from one team in west london. Chelsea continue to cry catch us if you can. After defeat against arsenal earlier in the season chelsea were keen to prove theyre the dominant force in english football. The force of Marcos Alonso angered arsenals manager. Their defending thereafter wont have pleased him either. 3 1, another home win, a familiar feeling for chelsea fans. Arsenals season from one fans reaction feels familiar also. Chelsea went 12 points clear. That is until tottenham hosted middlesborough. A harry kane penalty was enough to close the gap to nine. Handsha kes all round. Heads scratch for liverpool. Still winless in the league this year after a 2 0 defeat at struggling hull city. It can be a fun game when you win, but lonely when you lose. Commentator well, that tells the story. As the gaps grow in the top four, just two points separate the bottom six. Sam allardyce was all smiles leading Crystal Palace against old side sunderland. 90 minutes later, the mood at Selhurst Park was decidedly different. Mainly because sunderland, bottom of the table sunderland, ran riot in the first half. Commentator 40 sunderland, incredible incredible for one set of fans. The others were less than impressed. They come to support the club. Its not very often they get much stick, and obviously they deserved the booing they got today. I have to apologise for them first on what the first half performance was like. Two months ago, west ham was in that dog fight and they are now up into the top half thanks to their 3 1 win at southampton. 28 goals in total yesterday, nine goals alone at goodison park. Where everton beat bournemouth 6 3. There was only 30 seconds before the first one. Ross barkley completed the entertainment, complete with the celebrate before you score routine. In the days other matches watford beat burnley 2 1. And west brom had a 1 0 win over stoke at the hawthorns. Today Manchester City play swansea city and Manchester United are at champions leicester. In the scottish premiership, rangers slipped to third after being held to a 1 1 draw against ross county. Meanwhile at fir park, hearts overcame 10 man motherwell 3 0. Esmael goncalves scored twice, his first goals for the club. Elsewhere aberdeen beat patrick thistle 2 0 to move up to 2nd in the table. Leaders celtic move 27 points clear if they beat stjohnstone later today. Great britain have taken a 2 1 lead in their davis cup tie against canada after winning yesterdays doubles. Jamie murray and Dom Inglot Beat Daniel Nestor and Vashek Pospisil in four sets in ottawa. Dan evans could also clinch a tie in the first singles rubber of this afternoon. The winners will travel to france in the Quarter Finals in april. British snowboarder Katie Ormerod has claimed a silver medal at the air and style Big Air Competition in austria. Ormerod has had an impressive start to 2017, winning herfirst Big Air World Cup title and x games slopestyle bronze last month. Big air will make its Winter Olympics debut in Pyong Chang Next year. Now in cricket its normal for bad light or maybe even rain to stop play. But injohannesburg yesterday they invented a new one. Bees stopped play there. The one Day International between south africa and sri lanka was halted because a swarm of bees entered the playing field. The players were forced off for around half an hour before a professional was called in to help get rid of them. Look at that. I wonder what his call out fee was, to race down their they are quite harmless when they swarm, though. They are looking after the queen. They dont tend to swing, they take on lots of food to move and become quite docile. An expert here i learned from bill turnbull, i know anything stay with us, we are talking about more sport. Its one of the biggest dates on the us sporting calendar and more than 100 million American Football fans are expected to watch tonights super bowl. It has a big following here in the uk also with just under four Million People watching the match last year. And the sports gaining some ground in schools too. Last year, some schoolchildren took pa rt last year, some schoolchildren took part ina last year, some schoolchildren took part in a modified part of the game. We have been to meet some players. I felt inspired and wanted to start something new. It turns out i like it. Lots of people think only americans play it. Thats not the case. Its a very strategic game. One of the players once described it to me as like rugby with a lot of chess in it. We play because it is different. The normal stuff like football and rugby, they are not unique like this sport. This sport is a mix of loads of other sports. I was in year 4, thought id give it a go, stuck with it and now i am in year 10. For more on how American Football is growing in the uk lets talk to rob rooksby of the British American football association. Good morning. Are you looking forward to the game . Yes, and the aftermath, because it will be a springboard of interest for youngsters in the uk and for the first time we have been able to get American Football into The School Games, the trust to manage The School Games have been brilliant and already over 20,000 schools this year have signed up for The School Games and we have had ourfirst participation figures for the autumn term. If you go back to autumn term 201415, the term. If you go back to autumn term 2014 15, the trust recorded 125 participants. How is it to coach those kids . Finding coaches for American Football i cant imagine is easy . What we have tried to do for The School Games is to give lots of teacher friendly resources, The School Games is to give lots of teacherfriendly resources, i The School Games is to give lots of teacher friendly resources, i am an ex teacher, i learned the hard way, i dont have a background in the sport so i created lots of resources and courses for teachers so that they can deliver it very easily, and we focus on the Primary School because a lot of school games stuff is Primary School, and the response has been amazing. From our baseline of 125, last term we recorded just under 200,000 children. You are obviously passionate about your job, 200,000 children. You are obviously passionate about yourjob, promoting vista schools, but you got into it quite late . Yes, im a psychology teacher by trade, might degree is in experimental psychology. But getting into the sport and approaching it with the scientific mind, thinking, is it as good as people say it is, what is the value to children . I was blown away by it, absolutely amazing, and the Football Community themselves, because they are all volunteers, they are just so welcoming and really the whole thing is amazing. It has been really impressive. Lets talk about the big event tonight, the new England Patriots versus the Atlanta Falcons, this is a Chicago Bears helmet, isnt it . Tell us a bit about the game tonight, because the new England Patriots have been there a lot of times and done this before. Nine times and won 85. And the Atla Nta Nine Times and won 85. And the Atlanta Falcons have done it once, so they have been the underdogs . Yes, they are the underdogs, they are inexperienced and as much as i wa nt atla nta to are inexperienced and as much as i want atlanta to win, because i love an underdog, i think it is going to bea game an underdog, i think it is going to be a game where the new England Patriots are going to try and exploit that lack of experience, so i think it will be a tight game, i dont think the new England Patriots will walk this one, but i think it will walk this one, but i think it will be the fourth quarter, a couple of minutes to go, somebody makes a critical mistake, game over. The winners get one of these, the super bowl ring. Is this an actual one . No, it is a replica of william perry, the refrigerators. No, it is a replica of william perry, the refrigerators. It is quite chunky. The real ones are sober . Gold. When the new Orleans Saints won after hurricane katrina, i think they were around 15,000 each. It is quite big to get one. |j each. It is quite big to get one. will watch the highlights, are you staying up for The Real Thing . I will stay up for The Real Thing. Enjoyed. This is where we say goodbye to tina, as shes off to read the news on the andrew marr show. And lets go to nick for the final time this morning with a look at the weather. It is about 24 celsius for the super bowl tonight. 5 in Northern Ireland. An improvement on the way if your conditions are a bit grey to start the day. Most start dry but we can see a narrow band of rain, snow to the tops of the hills from Scotla Nd To The Tops of the hills from Scotland Into North East england, edging northward and we will see things turning sunnier for some others before it reaches Northern Scotla nd others before it reaches Northern Scotland into the afternoon. Misty, murky weather into england and wales, showers in the part of the south coast as we go through the morning and one or two into the far south west of england. Wales, the midlands and into Northern Ireland as well. But you can see the extent of the mainly dry weather to come. More of us get to see a bit of sunshine away from this band of wet Weather Heading into Northern Scotla nd Weather Heading into Northern Scotland this afternoon and rain coming into parts of south east england could be heavy in sussex and kent, maybe towards london for a time. Five to nine celsius the top temperature, about 15 degrees in rome this afternoon for wales in the six nations and there could be some heavy showers for that particular match. Into tonight, here we have got Rain Clearing from south east england, turning dry in scotland, showers in the west will begin to fade. What we are left with overnight is a lot of dry weather to come, temperatures dropping, widespread frost on monday morning. Freezing fog patches as well. It could slow you down on yourjourney first thing on monday. The fog slowly clearing from eastern parts. Some sunshine, but in the west the Weather System producing outbreaks of rain, strengthening wind developing as well, so messy afternoon into the evening across Western Pa Rt of afternoon into the evening across western part of the uk. A cold meal in most places, and talking about cold weather, more of that to come in the week ahead and by the end of the week there will be a strengthening easterly flow coming into the uk and there could be some Snow Flurries on that as well, so the main story is that winter hasnt finished with us yet. Oh dear, are used to like you snow as well, oh dear when Roger Federer won his 18th Grand Slam last weekend, he proved that at the age of 35 hes not to be written off. And in carmarthenshire, tennis players are still chasing 96 year old basil smith around the court. Twice a week he plays the game he loves, inspiring players a quarter of his age. Sian lloyd has been to meet him. We dont play socially, we play to win, every time he may be 96, but basil smith hasnt lost his competitive edge. He doesnt move around the court quite so quickly any more, but he gives his opponents a run for their money and feels the benefits of the game. Youre picking the ball up, running around, concentrating on the ball all the time and i think it keeps you right keeps your eyesight good. I do half an hour exercise every morning and half an hour every night. Do you think that more older people should be playing tennis like you . Yes, they should be if he can do it, i might as well make a bit of an effort to come and play what would they get out of it if they did and picked up a Tennis Racquet . Well, they would be in dire straits now hes a Big Personality at swansea tennis centre, where he plays without fail twice a week. Hes a very nice man off the court, a devil on it. The game has changed since basil first picked up a racquet in 1928. Tennis was dominated by frenchman rene lacoste who won the mens singles title at wimbledon for the second time. All the players here are much younger than basil, but he isnt afraid to take them on. Im feeling a little bit tired and then you see basil and he plays for two hours. It is definitely an inspiration, to younger people as well, notjust older ones. You feel like you can keep going with the game. Celebrating his 96th birthday, basil believes tennis helps keep him young in heart and mind. Hes not planning on retiring from the game any time soon. Well done, basil, an amazing guy. Were going to catch up with someone we met on breakfast 18 months ago. Jason liversidge has Motor Neurone Disease, and was gradually losing his ability to speak. He came in to tell us how he would soon need to rely on a computerised talking system, and he was recording his own words and phrases in his own voice, so that his new synthetic voice sounds as much like him as possible. So this was him talking to us injune 2015 and pay particular attention to his voice. It will be a synthetic voice, as near to my now they can get. Obviously at the moment we are unsure as to how close that voice can be. What does that mean to you, its being your boys or close to it, rather than a Computer Thing . Its being your boys or close to it, rather than a Computer Thing7m means a lot in the sense that obviously the girls wouldnt understand another voice. For example, if i had the same voice is Professor Hawking it would be totally unreal for Professor Hawking it would be totally unrealfor them, Professor Hawking it would be totally unreal for them, so for them totally unreal for them, so for them to hear my voice will be great. Jason now has his voice pad, and hes here with his family once again, to reveal how it sounds. I should tell our viewers, jason, that some of your friends and closest members of your family have not heard this machine and how it sounds, so why dont you give it a whirl. Good morning to you, thank you for coming on the programme. Good morning, christian, thanks for having us on the show today. That is amazing, it sounds just like having us on the show today. That is amazing, it soundsjust like him tell us a bit about what happened, how did you get to go on this sort of Research Programme to record jasons voice . When jason was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2013, we did lots of research and we knew that 90 of people with motor new disease lose the ability to speak. Most people with Motor Neurone Disease have a very computerised. Just a moment, darling most people have a computerised, robotic sounding voice, like Professor Hawking. Computerised, robotic sounding voice, like Professor Hawkingm computerised, robotic sounding voice, like Professor Hawking. It is very synthesised . It is, although it is synonymous with Stephen Hawking. We did not want that forjason and by accident i came across a tweet by a clinic in edinburgh that were doing voice banking trials, so we got in touch and they agreed for jason to go and bank his voice. How much of the difference do you think it will make to you, jason . This voice will make the world of difference, as it is me, i know it is me, and therefore a daily reminder of what i sounded like. And it is important as well to lily and pppy, it is important as well to lily and poppy, who are doing amazing drawing on the desk, it is great that they can heardad . On the desk, it is great that they can hear dad . Absolutely, they are only three and five, and although they know daddy is poorly and the doctors cannot make it better, they dont know what the future holds, they dont realise jason will eventually lose the ability to talk, so eventually lose the ability to talk, so for them it is really important they are able to continue to hear their daddy in his own voice. How important was it for you, jason, to bank these words, and how difficult to find people who sounded like you as well . You have to programme this computer while you are looking for the words, because it is a sort of predictive programme that you can. Yes, the words are entered but i have to programme them in. So you are still learning how to use it because it is quite new . It was really important that i banged my own voice and when i did it for several reasons my voice had to be largely intact. Also banking donors from similar sounding names was the best chance for getting this voice, this voice means so much to me because it is me, not a preprogrammed voice that really could be anyone. It is incredible because the accent is there, the axe and we heard before. Was it important to get a Yorkshire Accent . Where did you go to get the words . We did an appeal on local television and radio and social media last year, lots of donors came forward and they travelled to edinburgh at their own expense to go and donate their own expense to go and donate their voice to create a synthesised computer voice forjason. What does it sound like to hear your daddy, lily . What does it sound like to hear daddys voice . Does it sound like daddy . Is it important to hear him . Yes. What about you, poppy, did you like to hear daddy . Yes. And it is important to you, jason, that you can communicate how you use to communicate . It is amazing to know now that my girls, lily and poppy, and my wife will be able to talk to me and hear my voice back, especially lily and poppy as they only know my voice now, not as it used to be. Motor nouveau disease, we know it can be devastating for families. How has it affected jason, you obviously see how it has affected him and it has been a year since he came on the programme. Affected him and it has been a year since he came on the programmem has been more or less 18 months, the la st has been more or less 18 months, the last time jason came on he was walking and obviously his mobility was much better. Nowjason is unable to walk, he is only able to stand for a few seconds and needs help with everything, washing, feeding, everything, so it is a devastating diagnosis. Last year you put out his appeal to find these voice donors. It is an extraordinary thing to be able to digitise the way that people talk. Were you surprised by the way people responded to the appeal that you put out . It is coming, is it . It is interesting, because our viewers cannot see the screen but there is a lot of programming going on without the movement of hands . Yes, we did an appeal for those donors through friends and My Old School website, the response was great, people volunteered to go to edinburgh and support me, which has blown me away. How is jason controlling this computer, then . It works by infrared, it is tracking jasons eye movement, the viewers cannot see it but the computer has a keypad on, jason has to look at each letter and spell out a word, then press the speech but with his eyes and it will speak the sentence. It is brilliant, he has only had this week . Yes, only a week, so it has taken a bit of getting used to. That is different as well because Stephen Hawking has as well because Stephen Hawking has a thing on his cheek, he controls it with Muscle Movement . Yes, maybe because his eyes are not Strong Enough to control it by infrared. Jason, you were diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2013, how difficult has it been for you to deal with the condition . Burst of all, didnt believe it. It is like your whole life flashes before you. I think it took about three weeks to get my head around it. Ill be honest, i think i have dealt with it really well. The way i have always seen really well. The way i have always seen it is the glass is half empty. Iamso seen it is the glass is half empty. I am so impressed with how you deal with it, and how you deal with the computer. It is so good for you all to come and talk to us today, and lilly and poppy drawing their pictures here, very well behaved. Jasons story is on inside out in yorkshire and lincolnshire tomorrow evening at 7. 30 on bbc one, or you can catch it on the bbc iplayer. Thats all from us. 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