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we'll talk to some disabled workers about their experiences in the workplace. hello, welcome to the programme. we're live until ”am this morning. this valentine's day we're asking, are you single and proud out of choice? we will be talking to some of the singletons who say they are happily single. does that sound like you? or are you longing to find that special person? do get in touch with your thoughts and experiences on that and any of our other stories. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. in a severe blow to president trump's new administration, his national—security adviser general michael flynn has been forced to resign. mr flynn is accused of illegally discussing us sanctions with the russian ambassador to the united states. but the conversation about sanctions happened before mr trump assumed office. under us law, private individuals cannot carry out official government diplomacy. barely three weeks into his presidency, donald trump has lost one of his closest advisers. retired army general michael flynn, a man renowned for his close ties to russia, resigned amid allegations that he misled senior officials about conversations between him and the russian ambassador a few weeks before the trump administration took office. in his resignation letter, mr flynn said that as the incoming national security advisor he held numerous phone calls with foreign counterparts, ministers and ambassadors. "unfortunately," he goes on, "because of the fast pace of events i inadvertently briefed the vice president—elect and others with incomplete information regarding my calls with the russian ambassador." missing, it appears, from mr flynn's account was a discussion of sanctions imposed by the outgoing obama administration in response to russia's meddling in the us election. any offer to lift such sanctions by a member of the incoming administration would be a breach of american law. meanwhile, it has emerged that the usjustice department warned the trump administration several weeks ago that mr flynn's account of the conversation differed from that of intelligence officials, who were listening in. the department also advised the president that mr flynn had potentially left himself open to blackmail by the russians. all of which prompts the broader question, what did the president himself know about michael flynn's activities and when did he know it? ben brown is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. a ten—year—old boy has died after suffering serious head injuries at a shopping centre in reading. the boy was taken to hospital after what's being described by police as an "incident involving store furniture" at topshop in the oracle centre. police say the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious, and officers are continuing to make inquiries. local authorities in england have paid out more than £35 million in compensation and legal fees to tenants who are living in "unfit" council homes. research by the bbc has discovered around 11,000 claims have been brought in the last five years, for issues such as damp, leaking drains and holes in front doors or walls. the local government association said councils were doing a "great job in difficult circumstances". a new national centre designed to improve the uk's resilience to cyberattacks will be officially opened by the queen this morning. the government claims the new national cyber security centre in central london will make the uk the safest place to live and work online. russian involvement in efforts to hack information... the worst case is that all of our customers' data has been accessed. china's activities in cyberspace is a significant source of concern. hacking that could hamper vote counting. cyber attacks are, it seems, everywhere. hackers targeting governments, businesses, ordinary people. now, a new organisation is being formally launched. its mission, to defend the uk. at its new headquarters, the head of the national cyber security centre told me the threat is real. we've had significant losses of personal data, significant intrusions by hostile state actors, significant reconnaissance against critical national infrastructure. and ourjob is to make sure we deal with that in the most effective way possible. so what we've done here is create a room of the near future and we've got some devices that are all connected to the internet. the new centre is notjust there to protect government, but also people's homes. its technical director showed me how internet—connected items like lamps and coffee makers could be vulnerable, even a child's toy doll. more and more of our life is moving online. the uk's one of the most digitally—dependent economies in the world. a strength, but also a vulnerability. and protecting it online in the future will be vital for economic as well as national security. an afghan interpreter who served with british forces says the government has committed a great injustice by not granting him asylum. javed hokta is applying for asylum for the second time after receiving death threats from the taliban and fears for his life if the home office sends him back to afghanistan. the former liberal democrat leader lord ashdown has described the treatment of armed—forces interpreters as a shame on the nation. and we'll have more on this story later in the programme, where we'll be hearing from the afghan interpreter. rolls royce has reported a record loss of £4.6 billion in the last year, the worst in the history of the british engineering giant. the firm was forced to pay around £700 million in fines after being found guilty of bribery and corruption in 12 countries, in offences dating back more than 25 years. but the business has also suffered due to the weakening of the pound. playboy magazine has announced it is bringing back nudity, reversing a decision made last year. the new chief creative officer cooper hefner said the magazine was reclaiming its identity. playboy's circulation dropped from a peak of more than five million in the 19705 to below 700,000 last year. disney has cut ties with youtube star pewdiepie over allegations of anti—semitism. the decision came after some of his videos contained nazi references. pewdiepie, whose real name is felix kjellberg, accepted the material was offensive, but said he did not support "any kind of hateful attitudes". he's reported to have made around £12 million through the video—sharing website last year and has more than 53 million subscribers. rail enthusiasts and commuters are getting the chance this morning to ride on the first timetabled mainline steam—engine service in england for almost 50 years. the tornado will pull 12 northern train services on the settle—to—carlisle line over three consecutive days. it's part of celebrations to mark the reopening of the line following landslides a year ago. passengers will pay the regular fare as it is a timetabled service. that's a summary of the latest bbc news, more at 9:30am. we will discuss the mod plans to bring decisions on negligence cases in—house. they say it will lead to greater compensation but campaigners say it will deny access to justice and stifle debate. and, if you are disabled and in work, as he feared losing yourjob? more than half of disabled people do have that concern. let us know your thoughts. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport with will perry. good morning, will. we're going to focus on football, and it was a good night for manchester city at bournemouth? hgppy happy valentine's day as well! same to you! manchester city moving from fifth to second, it was a big jump. iam the fifth to second, it was a big jump. i am the only madman who thinks the title race is still on. there is an 8—point gap, 13 games to play, that is highly unlikely that they can do it. but they have done it before, in 2012. manchester united had the same gap, and they did it with six games to play. but chelsea would have to lose at least three games and manchester city win all of their games, and they have champions league games to come. it was not idealfor them last league games to come. it was not ideal for them last night, league games to come. it was not idealfor them last night, they lost their main man jesus idealfor them last night, they lost their main manjesus to an injury, but sergio aguero came on. raheem sterling got the opener from close range. what a season he is having, what a contrast to last season. he set up their second. tyrone menkes getting the final touch to turn it past his own goalkeeper, slightly harsh on sergio aguero. pep guardiola playing down their title chances. they have to lose three games, because the goal average is in front of them. you have to win all of the games. you know how difficult it is to win all the games in the premier league. game by game, now the cup, and after we will see. we are happy to be second and to reduce the lead. but still, the gap is massive. so, manchester city up to second, will, and there was also a nice touch from pep guardiola at the end of the game? a really nice touch last night from the manager. have a look at this, this is him at full time going over to harry arter. he had the devastating loss of a stillborn child in december. you might be up to work out what pep guardiola is saying, i wish you all the best, and harry arter said, he came over and wished us all the best, they are accepting —— expecting a new arrival. showing their are more important things than football. the ministry of defence is proposing to change the law to scrap its legal duty of care to servicemen and women in the course of combat. under the proposed scheme they will not be able to sue the mod in the courts for negligence, and compensation will be taken in—house and be awarded by an mod—appointed assessor. the mod says the proposals are about better compensation and will save injured service personnel and families of those killed long legal battles. but the family of one soldier killed in a lightly—armoured snatch land rover in iraq has told the bbc the proposed system is wrong. how old was he when he first started playing the drums? he was about nine or ten. in 2007 colin redpath‘s son, lance corporal kirk redpath, a keen drummer in the irish guards, died when a roadside bomb exploded next to his lightly—armoured snatch land rover in iraq. i deal with it because i want to be strong for his memory. i mean, some people could literally pull the curtains and never go out but and not like that. and people say to me, "we don't like to mention him," i say, "no, i'll talk about him, i'm proud of him. he's a fallen soldier." kirk was one of some 37 servicemen and women killed in the so—called snatch land rovers in afghanistan and iraq. colin fought a six—year legal battle against the ministry of defence, eventually winning the right at the supreme court to bring an action against the government under human—rights law. three years later, that case is only now coming to a close. good morning, sirjohn. injuly 2016, sirjohn chilcot‘s iraq inquiry report identified numerous mod failings in preparing for the iraq campaign. the planning and preparations for iraq poorly—armoured snatch land rovers. the mod‘s new proposals cover battle and the preparations for it. they include stopping legal claims for negligence, like those arising from the snatch land rovers against the mod in the courts. a no—fault compensation scheme for injured service personnel and families of those killed, meaning negligence does not have to be proved. assessors to value injuries and loss, based on expert reports they commission. and compensation to be at the same level, as if the mod had been found negligent in court. no one disputes that it is a really good idea for service personnel injured in the cause of combat and the families of those who have been killed to be spared long and frustrating legal battles through the courts, but there are real concerns about the ministry of defence scrapping the duty of care that it owes to soldiers and taking the system for compensating them in—house. at the end of the day they are an employer. you know, the fire brigade, the police, the ambulance service, they all have to go out with equipment that works. and the right equipment. well, that should be the same for a soldier. i mean, if not, what the mod are saying is, we could send our boys and girls out with broomsticks, it wouldn't matter. there's no comeback. lawyers worried that by—passing the courts creates unfairness. you've suffered injury, you think that the employer, the organisation, the mod is at fault, and yet you are asked to rely upon the mod to assess the compensation that it should pay you for the damage that it has caused you. that is not right. the proposed scheme assumes service personnel will not need and so will not receive any paid legal representation. inevitably there will be trauma, grieving families involved, and the sort of client care that legal representatives provide is absolutely essential in ensuring that those victims are not further damaged by the process. in a statement, the ministry of defence said: "this is about better compensation, and regardless of legal action, we already prioritise learning lessons from any incidents involving the safety of our personnel will stop where there have been serious injuries or fatalities we have robust systems and processes in place that allow us to record and investigate these accordingly. obviously, the problem of what to do with his ashes, i didn't want to split them and i did not know where i would spread them, so i thought, well, he loved the drums, let's put them in his cabinet in a drum. so his ashes are with me in his cabinet with all his belongings. i couldn't think of anything better, really. the mod‘s consultation on its proposals ends injust over a week. colin redpath hopes that for the injured and the families of the fallen the new system ensures maximum safety and fairness. let's talk now to the president of the law society robert bourns, who doesn't support these proposed changes to compensation, the labour mp madeleine moon, who is on the mps defence select committee. conservative mp and former army officer, iain—duncan smith who does support them. madeleine moon you've said previously you believe the mod is the most unaccountable department of government. how do you see these changes? i'm very worried about the changes. it's a very short report. it doesn't tell you very much which is the government's way of doing things now. tell you as little as possible and then legislate for as much as possible. so that you can't prepare your case in advance. i think it is very worrying that given the cuts that we've had in our armed force over the last few years, the quality of the equipment is deeply worrying and now they're going to give themselves immunity from failing to provide the quality of equipment and the quality of training that they should provide before people go into combat. i'm worried about that. iain duncan smith for the immunity for failing is how madeleine moon sees it? there is how madeleine moon sees it? there isa is how madeleine moon sees it? there is a balance in these things, it is not all perfect by any means. i have historically been concerned about the growing nature of the use of courts when it comes to combat issues. it doesn't seem to me like the courts are the right place to be. issues surrounding combat are often very difficult to judge against the standard common—law process so against the standard common—law process so i think there is and there are grounds for changing the process to try and make the thing much simpler, less costly to those who are engaged in it and costly in human terms. but at the same time, also making sure that the right outcomes are derived and therefore, whilst i am in general supportive of the idea of making this simpler and better in many senses for those concerned, of course, i would want to see that this is open as possible, the assessor's role is therefore, very critical and the linkage with the select committee would be, iwould linkage with the select committee would be, i would like to see bound in on this. so in other words, i think it would be a very strong role for the mod, for the select committee to be able to consent sta nt committee to be able to consent stant interrogate committee to be able to consent sta nt interrogate and committee to be able to consent stant interrogate and be open to all the documents that are necessary to be able to figure whether or not the assessorsjudgements be able to figure whether or not the assessors judgements are balanced and fairand whetheror assessors judgements are balanced and fair and whether or not the mod is hiding anything. but i think dragging things through the courts satisfies only lawyers. at the end of the day it makes things worse. i would like to see the mod come clean much more often early on when they've made mistakes and got it wrong and if the assessors could thenjudge it. we wrong and if the assessors could then judge it. we will put the issue of lawyers being satisfied to the lawyer in the studio. madeleine moon, the point that iain duncan smith was saying about the committee having powerful oversight? that's fine in practise, but what are we talking about? are we talking about the select committee looking at individual cases? i don't think we're equipped for that. we don't have the capability to do that. but also, you know, a select committee should be there to challenge government. and i have to tell you just ina government. and i have to tell you just in a recent case we challenged the secretary of state to close down the secretary of state to close down the ihat inquiry and he told us it wasn't possible. he didn't have the right to do that. that the cases that were before them were the most complex and difficult that they had to deal with. and then the day before we were releasing our report, he announced he was closing the inquiry down. he had suddenly found powers. now, you can't trust the ministry of defence i'm afraid to tell you the truth. if it's better for servicemen and women and their families in that it streamlines a process that when someone has been through a trauma and they have to fight through the courts, that's not good for anybody. it it makes that better and they get compensation at the level in a simpler process. is that the right thing? in terms of the personal trauma, that's fine. whether or not you're going to get the understanding and the lessons learnt and quite honestly, expose the failures of preparation and equipment, is another issue altogether. so, there is also and i think the father that you spoke to earlier said it absolutely wonderfully, there is also that feeling of justice. now wonderfully, there is also that feeling ofjustice. now is the ministry of defence really going to use this as a way of buring its failures? they're very good at doing it and failures? they're very good at doing itandi failures? they're very good at doing it and i just worry this is just another opportunity to do so. robert, you're the president law society. just picking up on what iain duncan smith said, the only people that the court process satisfies in the inis lawyers? the situation here actually, we're concerned for the service personnel and clearly, there will be some cases where a compensation that operates quickly is fine, but what is really concerning is the proposal is really concerning is the proposal is it is in very vague terms within the consultation document that combat immunity should be extended. nobody is suggesting that decisions taken in the heat of battle should be subject to scrutiny in court alelging negligence. what we are concerned about is the extension of combat immunity to include preparation and training and that would mean that people could not then allege negligence and this is more thanjust then allege negligence and this is more than just compensation. then allege negligence and this is more thanjust compensation. you heard from mr redpath in relation to his sonment he wasn't so much interested in come pen sags, what he wanted to know was that somebody, independent, was looking at this issue and making a decision and it issue and making a decision and it is shutting people out of that justice process, forcing them into a compensation system and actually denying them the opportunity to say, "this was negligent." as i say, people want time and time again the cases that have come before the courts are about things other than what happened in combat. it's the preparation. it's the training. it's the equipment. and people should be entitled, shouldn't they, service personnel? iain duncan smith why should it be extended to just not what happens on the battlefield, but the preparation? well, in answer to madeleine's point and i don't disagree with her. historically the mod has never had a great record of admitting its own failures and faults. i served in the army. my father, told me about what happened in the aftermath of the second world war. and yet with all of this process of kind of court cases going on, madeleine is still complaining about their failure to open up. if anything, i think sometimes what happens with government and having served in it, when you come under pressure about people taking legal action, governments shut up. they actually get worse about hiding stuff. so the key things to me are this. i do want to see when government and when the military make a mistake, that is something they should not have made, in other words rectify a problem that they had arrived at through training or through bad decisions over equipment, i wot want to see that publicly come out and i think therefore the two roles here are really important. that's why i don't give this a blank cheque i say in principle, i give this a blank cheque i say in principle, lam give this a blank cheque i say in principle, i am supportive of it. the two roles are an independent assessor. . . the two roles are an independent assessor... sorry to interrupt. i hear what you're saying about your hope that without a fear of legal action and accepting liability and therefore, losing through the courts, the government, the mod may open up more, but that's a hope, isn't it? there is no guarantee on that and when you look at situations in the past like with the snatch land rovers, if there wasn't transparency and openness on that forced through legal action, what might have happened? well, there are lots of issues and you can debate about the use of those land roversment they were used in northern ireland when i served in northern ireland when i served in northern ireland. the point i'm making the key element of this is the role and choice of the assessor, how public are? how accountable? and how public are? how accountable? and how independent? it is very, very important that the coroner's role in this is constantly upheld. in other words they don't override the idea so words they don't override the idea so the coroner has full power still, that's what i want to see, to be able to point the finger during the course of that process and then that kicks the assessor into action. if you lose the coroner i would not support this. it is a good point. the coroner's courts are still there? the coroner's courts are still there and honestly have been pretty critical in exposing many of the failures of the ministry of defence in relation to equipment. but there are being asked to extend their role and responsibility outside of their technical competence. so why would you do this? i agree with the point of making it a simpler process. that you shouldn't always have to be getting yourself lawyered up to seek your rightful compensation. what worries me is that this is skewed towards the ministry of defence and i question the impartiality of the people who are going to be set—up to do the assessments. the ministry of defence is a very seductive place. you can get sucked into seeing everything from their prospective if you're not careful. they do dislike telling you even the most simple of information and they hide behind official secrets all the time. might that evaporate if there is no fear of legal action as iain duncan smith was saying potentially? a colleague asked twice why the queen elizabeth carrier was not going to go for sea trials in the spring and the date had been changed to the summer. twice he was fobbed off. so i had the minister in front of me in the select committee and i asked her the same question. and she said, "it is a misunderstanding of when spring was. spring could actually be in june." now, i pushed and i pushed andi june." now, i pushed and i pushed and i pushed and i was told eventually there is a technical problem. after the meeting, someone came to see me and said, "it's a bit of it that's gone wrong. that's all it is." they won't tell you anything. they are the great hiders of problems. robert, do you think that the fear of litigation does kind of lead to situations escalating potentially? it is unfortunate when people make the claimant fight every inch of the way. in 1987 the definition of combat immunity was limited to the battlefield post falklands and one of the things that's said in one of the reports that leads to the consultation paper, a report from 2013 by one of iain duncan smith's colleagues said at that time there we re concerns colleagues said at that time there were concerns that compensation was inadequate, that's without the threat of litigation, it was inadequate and there were concerns coming through to in the way service personnel had been put in harm's way in relation to nuclear testing in the 1950s and it was thought appropriate to give them the right to pursue claims for negligence and we don't want to see that right now restricted. and yes, we would like an open environment where people are prepared to admit their mistakes, absolutely. in certain circumstances, compensation schemes will work in favour of the service personnel, but if you think you have been injured or your family member has been lost, suffered, has been killed, as a consequence of some fallu re killed, as a consequence of some fallure back up the line, you will have a right to pursue that and you should have a right to pursue that. that's our point. iain duncan smith, you wanted to come in. iam by no i am by no means at ease with everything here. as i said earlier, i understand the principles, and i think the whole idea of constantly going to court does not satisfy people who have to do it, because it forces the mod and most other government departments to become defensive. two things are important, first, that this process is more swift and satisfactory in that people can get what they need done and the compensation is paid out quickly, and secondly, the checks and balances that exist through the coroner and the independent assessor mean this is what has to happen, therefore there is earlier a cce pta nce therefore there is earlier acceptance of fault, and therefore that stops the heartache that goes on for soldiers sailors and nm and theirfamilies in on for soldiers sailors and nm and their families in the event of a problem. if that does not get satisfied, these processes should not continue, but i believe there is scope for that. these processes should not continue, you say it goes back to as it is? the checks that they talk about, the ability and willingness to admit early that there has been a mistake, that is critical if this consultation then is to work. if those are not there, it will not work, so that is the key test. therefore, we will see how they intend to make the assessor's position all—powerful. they intend to make the assessor's position all-powerful. it is open to the mod to admit fault in a litigation at an early stage if they wa nt litigation at an early stage if they want to, rather than putting the personnel through years of litigation through an independent court. you said they would not do that? wants legal cases begin, they shut up like everybody does, because they worry about the effect it has in different numbers of people, and therefore the ability to control the way in which that process works. it is an instinctive thing, you have seen is an instinctive thing, you have seen it many times. if this process allows us to get to early identification of the problem, if there is fault, where default lies, and therefore what competition sport is there for the families, it has to be in the interests of families and service personnel. if it does not work like that, it should not go ahead. coroners have been increasingly dragged into looking at issues of deaths in relation to the mod. there are whole question is, and it'll be interesting to see what the chief coroner says, about the competence, the training and the understanding of military equipped and an personnel and the training they require to be able to protect they require to be able to protect the mod from combating —— combat in unity. that is a different area of expertise that currently does not lie with coroners. do let us know your thoughts. we will talk about it later a game, so it will be good to hear your thoughts, and with some of them into oui’ conversation. breaking news about inflation, the ons breaking news about inflation, the 0ns putting out the latest statistics. the rate of consumer price index inflation rose to 1.8% injanuary, price index inflation rose to 1.8% in january, from 1.6% price index inflation rose to 1.8% injanuary, from 1.6% in december, so injanuary, from 1.6% in december, so still below the government target, but it is quite a jump. from 1.6% in december to 1.8% in january. we will talk to our business correspondent for more on that. still to come: we'll have more on the resignation of donald trump's top national security adviser, michael flynn over his contacts with russia — and what did the president know and when did he know it? and we find out what it's like to be a disabled worker — following research that suggests over half of workers with impairments feel like theirjob is at risk. ben brown is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. donald trump's national—security adviser michael flynn has resigned over his contacts with russia. general flynn discussed american sanctions with the russian ambassador before mr trump took office, and is accused of misleading the vice president about what happened. a senior democrat politician has said general flynn's departure would not end questions about any contacts between the trump campaign and the kremlin. a ten—year—old boy has died after suffering serious head injuries at the high street store topshop in reading. the boy was taken to hospital after what's being described by police as an "incident involving store furniture" at topshop in the oracle centre. police say the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious, and officers are continuing to make inquiries. the chairman of the japanese electronics conglomerate toshiba has resigned following the news that the company suffered a net loss this year of $3.1; billion. shigenori shiga announced he was stepping down shortly after the company delayed an announcement of its financial results. it had been widely expected to write off billions of dollars due to its problematic nuclear energy business, and to admit that toshiba's future is under threat. local authorities in england have paid out more than £35 million in compensation and legal fees to tenants who are living in "unfit" council homes. research by the bbc has discovered around 11,000 claims have been brought in the last five years, for issues such as damp, leaking drains and holes in front doors or walls. the local government association said councils were doing a "great job in difficult circumstances". an afghan interpreter who served with british forces says the government has committed a great injustice by not granting him asylum. javed hotak is applying for asylum for the second time after receiving death threats from the taliban and fears for his life if the home office sends him back to afghanistan. the former liberal democrat leader lord ashdown has described the treatment of armed—forces interpreters as a shame on the nation. that's a summary of the latest bbc news, more at 10am. here's the sport headlines now with will perry. manchester city moved up to second in the premier league with a 2—0 victory at bournemouth. this goal from 13 stirling was their opener, the cross from leroy sunday. this was after half an hour. high roaming is then turned on sergio aguero's shot to make it two. they are now eight points behind chelsea with 13 games to play. anthony watson is in the training squad for england's match against italy next sunday. he missed the victories over france and wales with a hamstring injury. lance armstrong has lost his bid to block a £79 million lawsuit by the us government. it is alleged he defrauded the government while doping, riding for the publicly funded team. he was stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned for life in 2012. it clears for the way —— it clears the way for the case to go to trial. the price we pay for goods and services went up last month, inflation was 1.8% in january, compared to 1.6% inflation was 1.8% in january, compared to1.6% in inflation was 1.8% in january, compared to 1.6% in december. is that a significant jump? compared to 1.6% in december. is that a significantjump? it is more significant that we have seen for nearly three years. 1.8% for a long time —— nearly three years. 1.8% for a long time “1.8%. for a long time it was around zero, so1.8% time “1.8%. for a long time it was around zero, so 1.8% is more substantial for quite a long time. it is driven partly because of the increases in the prices of petrol. that is driven partly because of the weakness of the pound. 0il weakness of the pound. oil is priced in dollars, so beget less oilfor oui’ in dollars, so beget less oilfor our pounds, so the cost is passed on to us at the pumps, which drives up the prices of other goods. how concerned should we be? it is still below the government target. there is one reason to not be concerned. 0ur earnings are going up by more than inflation. at the last count, excluding bonuses, the average pay packet excluding bonuses, the average pay pa cket we nt excluding bonuses, the average pay packet went up 2.7%. that is a lot more than the 1.8% inflation we have just seen. if that keeps up, it is fine. there is a view that says we need more inflation, we have had too little. we have a situation where we have huge debt. the thing with debt, the amount you owe is not grow with inflation, so if your earnings are growing with inflation and your debts are not, they are getting more affordable. 2.796 debts are not, they are getting more affordable. 2.7% increase debts are not, they are getting more affordable. 2.796 increase in earnings, does that show a change, oui’ earnings, does that show a change, our earnings starting to increase? it is better than people thought. we have the data last month, we get more tomorrow. if there is still a gap between earnings and inflation, not only are we not getting squeezed, we are getting better off, but within that, you have to break it down. if you look at food and non—alcoholic beverages, they still getting cheaper, but if you cut transport, up by 5.7%, that'll be the season tickets that kick in in january. goods are going up by 1.1%, so january. goods are going up by 1.1%, so not that much inflation. services are way you have high labour costs, he cuts to restaurant meals to broadcasting, they are costing more, because we have to pay people more to do them. in terms of policy levers, to try to adjust inflation, there's anything happen as a result of this? what will the policymakers be thinking when they look at these figures? the main instrument of policy is interest rates. i don't think this means that we are going to see any immediate rise in interest rates. not least because the target for inflation is 2%. so long as it is within1% of that, the bank of england to stop have to write a letter to apologise for not doing itsjob. that is quite a room at prospect. some people think it will get up above 3% later this year, but that is a minority view. the man appointed by donald trump to advise him on national security has resigned less than a month into thejob. it's after it emerged that he misled officials at the white house about his contacts with the russian ambassador. it's emerged michael flynn had discussed us sanctions with the russian envoy before mr trump took office. in his resignation letter, he admitted giving incomplete information about the phone calls. with me now is scott lucas, a professor of american politics from the university of birmingham, and drjacob parakilas, assistant head of the us and americas programme at the international—affairs think tank chatham house. how significant is this? 24 2a days into the presidency, a high—profile adviser has gone. 2a days into the presidency, a high-profile adviser has gone. this is big, both because of the specific issue, the extent of russian interference in the us process, including during the troubled campaign, and how much this might have shaped,‘s affinity for russian leader not a nir bitton. because michael frame was courted by moscow, he was invited to a high—profile ceremony, said the idea that he was talking about lifting sanctions on russia is significant. the wider issue, the trump administration is being seen to have had a chaotic foreign policy, with division between fire breathers, hard right ideologues, and pragmatists. will that continue, or will they learn how to steer a more cautious course? tell us more about the man and the background, because there have been questions asked repeatedly since he got thejob questions asked repeatedly since he got the job about his links with russia. he had a very long and decorated career in the american military, culminating with a stint as the head of the defence intelligence agency, the organisation that collates and disseminate all of the intelligence gathered by the various military arms of the us government. he left that position over a disagreement with the barack obama administration, and not too long afterwards became an adviser to the trump campaign. he was vocal in his condemnation of hillary clinton, for her handling of classified information. from profiles of him, he is largely seen as a very intelligent man, but he often draws connections where other people do not see them, including in places where those connections are somewhat shady. he is linked to various conspiracy theories. his son, who has advised him, was released from the trump transition team after talking about the peter pawlett that supposedly hosted a paedophilia ring —— the pizza parlour. he is linked to that establishment, but he has one foot in this conspiratorial world. he is gone because of having had conversations with the russian ambassador before donald trump took office on american sanctions. the big questions now is, who else might have known what was going on, and when? would the president have known? what would your thoughts be about whether somebody would have conversations like that without them being sanctioned at a higher level? it is highly unlikely that he spoke to the russian ambassador on december the 29th, the day that barack obama december the 29th, the day that ba rack 0bama imposed december the 29th, the day that barack obama imposed additional sanctions on russia, without somebody else on the trump team knowing, possibly steve bannon, possibly another official. the president claimed last friday that this was the first he had heard of the affair. that is highly unlikely. last month michael flynn was asked about the stories i m p, and he insisted he had not discussed sanctions. for trump to not know that conversation would be extraordinary. i think there are others who are probably tied into this, and this may not be the end of this, and this may not be the end of this immediate story. jacob, is it going to be the end of story? no, i don't think. the story about russia and trump has ebbed and flowed. there are a lot of other strands around the trump administration going on right now. so inevitably, you know, the amount of attention paid to it hasn't been consistent, but this brings it right back up to the top of the headlines and while i think the trump administration will be hoping that flynn's resignation will tie the story off, i think the record of contacts or the record of sympathy fortrump, contacts or the record of sympathy for trump, from trump and for putin and for his style of governance predates flynn and it is outside of flynn and so it will bring that story back to the top. there are calls from the democrats for there to be an investigation into mike flynn's ties with russia. do you hold out much hope that that will happen, jacob? i don't think that there will be an independent investigation. i think there will be a congressional investigation. i don't know how aggressive that will be. it's possible that there will be an investigation which will sort of look at flynn and keep the scope of the investigation somewhat limited. i think if there are additional revelations that might compel an independent investigation which would be absented from partisan concerns. scott lucas, come in. i was going to add to jacob's statement. there are already two investigations going on. the first is there is an investigation of the russian hacking that took place last year that assisted the trump campaign and there is an investigation going on over an intelligence dossier which was gathered by a private intelligence firm, but it has been checked out by us intelligence agencies that trump may have been compromised by moscow because of sexual and financial affairs. those investigations should not be forgotten as part of this wider context with this story going on and on. thank you both very much, thank you. coming up: it can't have escaped you that it's valentine's day. we're asking are you single and proud out of choice? we'll be talking to some singletons who say they're happy living on their own. we're keen to hear your views too. are you looking for love or are you happy to be single this valentine's day? more than half of disabled people in work feel at risk of losing theirjobs and one in two have experienced bullying or harassment because of their impairments. that's according to new research by disability charity, scope. ahead of the closing of the government consultation on work, health and disability, this survey highlights the issues disabled people face in work. despite the conservative government promising in their manifesto to halve the disability employment deficit, the employment gap between disabled people and non—disabled has remained static at nearly 30% in the past decade. so why has so little progress been made? let's talk now to some disabled workers who say they have all experienced discrimination in the workplace — storme toolis, samantha renke, madeleine close and paul wilson. thank you very much for coming in to join us. storme, i know when you go foran join us. storme, i know when you go for an interview don't actually reveal that you're in a wheelchair before you go, do you? why is that? no, i don't disclose my disability on my cv or any application that i give for a job. i think partly it's because i feel like it's my prerogative to want to share that information, but also i think that it could have an impact on the kind of work that i'm offered. i work as an actor, but i'm a freelance education worker and i work in schools and various other short—term roles so finding short—term sort of, not long placement work is very difficult because i can't work in a barora difficult because i can't work in a bar or a restaurant, but! difficult because i can't work in a bar or a restaurant, but i don't disclose i'm disabled because i feel like it might impede the view of me toa like it might impede the view of me to a certain degree. have you directly experienced it? is it a fear? i have gone to an interview where it was never explained why i didn't get the job. you're entitled to get feedback from interviews and i went to a particular interview and i asked for feedback and i was never given it. no employer is going to tell you directly to your face, "we're not going to employ you because you're in a wheelchair." i have been refused feedback from interviews. i have been told i can't run off naughty children so therefore, i can't be a teaching assista nt. therefore, i can't be a teaching assistant. i've been told that i don't have the capability to travel on the tube so i can't do short—term work and various things like that. madeleine, you're visually impaired and you try to keep that hidden, don't you. how do you try to keep that hidden? ifi go don't you. how do you try to keep that hidden? if i go to an interview, i won't take my guide dog. i've got enough resitual sight to make people think and i will only disclose towards the end of the interview that i have a disability. why is it that you do that? well, i feel that if you can get your foot in the door, demonstrate that you look normal, whatever, they don't pick up on your disability and then you're more likely to get the job. have you been concerned that you have been directly discriminated against because of your visual impairment? yes, i have had situations whereas soon as i've told them into i'm visually impaired the atmosphere changed completely and i'm sure! atmosphere changed completely and i'm sure i lost the job because of that. samantha, what difficulties have you encountered because of your disability? i'm not surprised by the statistics brought out by scope. i used to be a high school teacher and now i'm an actress. now i'm working with a lot of people on a big set, tile is money, you can physically see my disability, i do not hide that. what i do hide is the fact that. what i do hide is the fact that i have chronic pain on a daily basis and the last big tv appearance or what i was doing, i had chronic back ache and i thought i can't stop all these people. there were over 100 people on set, you know, if i stop now, time is money. and i didn't want to disclose that, but i didn't want to disclose that, but i did because i had to and i asked for a pillow to be put at my back and i felt it's about communication. nobody made me feel uncomfortable, the fact that i stopped the production, they were more concerned about my well— being. production, they were more concerned about my well—being. i'm not surprised that a lot of people want to hide their disability for fear because of possibly losing theirjob or being seen as a, i hate the word, but being seen as a burden. so yeah, i have experienced that. even re ce ntly i have experienced that. even recently when i go for auditions. i ask is it 100% accessible? yes, i'm told, it is accessible. i get there and there is a step. so, you know, it's about learning. it's about talking with people, it is about us coming on tv shows like this and educating. madeleine, from what you're saying, it sounds like you're concerned there is always a prospective and from what you're saying as well storme that people are looking at you and thinking what can't you do? they imagine barriers to be there. there is ways round them. you've got the solutions. for example, i travel as part of myjob. you will get on application forms do you have a driving licence? do you have use of your own car? you can use public transport and you can use taxis, you don't need to be able to drive to move around. paulwilson is joining us now from one of our outside studios. you have got rheumatoid arthritis paul and you need a power wheelchair to get around. what difficulties does that bring? good morning. yes, sojust for instance getting around so i use a wheelchair full—time and just getting here this morning was a real mission because my local area wasn't able to provide any wheelchair accessible taxis. so the company that picked me up had to come from at least 35 miles away. so that poses a problem straightaway. sure. for anyone wanting to go to work. so imean in for anyone wanting to go to work. so i mean in a work context, have you ever felt that you've actually directly been discriminated against because of your disability?” directly been discriminated against because of your disability? i think in terms of discrimination there has been instances throughout my working life where i've had to take time off for hospital appointments and when you're disabled you have a lot more general doctors appointments, co nsulta nts general doctors appointments, consultants appointments than the average person and unfortunately, when you work for a business that's not always, it's not always the done thing to do. you feel under pressure not to go to a lot of doctors appointments or consultants or have time off with your disability. what about the rest of you on that? when you had to put your hand up and say, "i need extra appointments." have you had experiences along these lines even things like your wheelchair breaking. sometimes parts break and! wheelchair breaking. sometimes parts break and i use a power wheelchair. so if! break and i use a power wheelchair. so if i can't leave my house to go outside and travel independently on my own... you're stuck? i'm stuck andl my own... you're stuck? i'm stuck and i can't go into work. there is not a lot i can do about that. do you feel you can be open and say that or do you feel you have to make excuses? i feel like you can't apologise for it. i mean at the same time, there is, you don't feel good saying it, but at the same time you can't apologise for it. this is the situation. because samantha you said when you had that bad back and you actually spoke up, people wanted to help. yes, most definitely. however i have got a bad experience, i have got brittle bones and i fracture easily. when i was a teacher, i didn't tell anyone, i went to work with a fracture because i didn't wa nt with a fracture because i didn't want to take too much time off work because when you're educating children you can't afford to do that. so i have hidden in the past when i've been quite severely injured and that's a shame. there should be more of a support network for people to be able to say, "look, imight for people to be able to say, "look, i might have to take two weeks off." i think you have a higher wall to climb if you want to be seen as professional and conduct yourself well and you want to be seen in a positive and an asset to a workforce. if you're disabled you have a higher wall to climb. you need to constantly prove it on an every day basis by turning up on time every day. don't be late. don't like make sure your chair is working fine. don't do anything that will make you look like more of a burden than you should be. that's a good way to put it, a higher wall to climb. all of you facing challenges. we were hearing from paul, just the challenge of getting somewhere. do you feel that's recognised ? challenge of getting somewhere. do you feel that's recognised? you have got to sort of be better at your jobment you're constantly trying to make up orto jobment you're constantly trying to make up or to sort of prove yourself. so you've got that pressure on all the time. paul, have you ever felt that it is recognised by those around you that instead of being something that they might, they maybe should be feel concerned about ina they maybe should be feel concerned about in a workplace in terms of it having a negative impact, actually it underlines the strength and resilience in you that you have to encounter these things on a daily basis and you get on and you do it? i think basis and you get on and you do it? ithink depending basis and you get on and you do it? i think depending on your line manager or supervisor and dependant onjob as well. manager or supervisor and dependant on job as well. i think sometimes you get some very good managers, people managers, who are very good. they understand their staff and the problems and they'll manage everyone's problems to, you know, within the business. whereas you'll get, unfortunately, you'll get other managers that don't necessarily have the background on employment or people management who will not be as caring or as understanding within a working environment. thank you all very much. thank you for coming in. let us know your thoughts on that. let's get the latest weather update with jay wynne. of course, it's valentine's day day today. some of us got the cold somehoweder this morning. a touch of frost there. one of our weather watchers made the most of it! a different story in the south and the west. we've got cloud and patchy rain drifting northwards and eastwards. but it will brighten in the far south—west. we will get 11 or 12 celsius but for many places it is in single figures. sixes and sevens typical. 0vernight, we will see patchy rain working its way northwards and eastwards and another band of rain gets into the south—west by the end of the night. in between the two, a lot of cloud. it will be a mild night, frost—free across—the—board. five to seven or eight celsius. a lot of cloud to start the day on wednesday. there will be some breaks here and there, particularly towards the north—east and later on in the south—west, but with showers, but generally a fairly cloudy day with rain moving ever northwards and eastwards, but notably through tomorrow, temperatures are up by a good few degrees. we're into double figures widely. hello. he was an afghan interpreter who fought alongside british troops, but now he's unable to live in the uk because his asylum application has been rejected. javed hokta tells us why he'll be killed if he's deported back to afghanistan. they use us and leave us. we save your heroes, now i feel ashamed, and i regret my time being with them. disney drops a huge ship store after several videos were found to find anti—semitic imagery. we will talk toa anti—semitic imagery. we will talk to a social media expert about the potential fallout. and, love is in the air, for some of us, at least. it's valentine's day, and we're asking, are you single and proud out of choice? we'll be talking to some singletons who say they're happy living on their own. good morning. here's the bbc newsroom with a summary of today's news. donald trump's national—security adviser michael flynn has resigned over his contacts with russia. general flynn discussed american sanctions with the russian ambassador before mr trump took office, and is accused of misleading the vice president about what happened. a senior democrat politician has said general flynn's departure would not end questions about any contacts between the trump campaign and the kremlin. a ten—year—old boy has died after suffering serious head injuries at the high street store topshop in reading. the boy was taken to hospital after what's being described by police as an "incident involving store furniture" at topshop in the oracle centre. police say the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious, and officers are continuing to make inquiries. lawyers have criticised a plan to scrap the legal duty of care the mod owes to service personnel in the course of combat. injured soldiers and the families of those who have died would no longer be able to sue the government for negligence. the mod says they will get more compensation. uk inflation has risen at its fastest pace in the past two and half years. the office for national statistics said consumer prices rose 1.8% injanuary compared with a year earlier. it was the event by higher fuel prices and a fall in the value of the pound. the engineering giant rolls—royce has reported the biggest loss in its history, of £4.6 billion. it reflects almost £700 million in fines it agreed to pay authorities after being found guilty of bribery and corruption in 12 countries, in offences dating back more than 25 years. the weakening of the pound has also hit the firm's profitability. the chairman of the japanese electronics conglomerate toshiba has resigned following the news that the company suffered a net loss this year of $3.1; billion. shigenori shiga announced he was stepping down shortly after the company delayed an announcement of its financial results. it had been widely expected to write off billions of dollars due to its problematic nuclear—energy business, and to admit that toshiba's future is under threat. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 10:30am. do get in touch with us throughout the morning. if you are disabled and in work and fear you are being disconnected against, let us know. samuel says, people should be encouraged and supported. christine says, i became disabled six years ago, on return to work they were supportive, my manager helped a lot, but when he left, the new manager was uncaring and gave me no support, she ignored the arrangement we had set up and would not reply to my e—mails. the stress made me worse and i took early retirement. keep your thoughts coming in. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. it is valentine's day, we will talk about love, tell us if you are happily single, or not. will perry's here again now with a round—up of the sport. manchester city moved up to second in the premier league, beating bournemouth 2—0. they lostjesus to a foot injury early on. raheem sterling got the opener from close range with nearly half an hour played. in the second half, he set up played. in the second half, he set up the second. eventually, mings getting the final touch, to turn it past his own goalkeeper. they are now eight points behind chelsea with 13 games to play, but their manager is playing down their title chances. they have to lose three games, because the goal average is in front of them. you have to win all of the games. you know how difficult it is to win all the games in the premier league. game by game, now the cup, and after we will see. we are happy to be second and to reduce the lead. but still, the gap is massive. this game is all about winning and getting results. we changed the team and formations, we are always looking for new ways to get results. we are notjudged by tonight, our season will be defined by what happened from this point. they have not won a game in 2017. anthony watson has been included in england's 25—man training squad for their six nations match against italy next sunday. the bath wing missed the wins over france and wales with a hamstring injury. eddiejones is eddie jones is confident eddiejones is confident he will feature against italy at twickenham as they try to make it three victories out of three. the band cyclist lance armstrong has lost his bid to block a £79 million lawsuit by the us government. it is alleged he defrauded the government while doping while riding for the publicly funded postal service team. he was stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned for life in 2012. it clears the way for this case to go to a trial. michael vaughan has backed joe root to make a success of the test captaincy. he succeeds alastair cook, and michael vaughan believes the enormity of the job is unlikely to faze him. in terms of personality, mentality, he is ready, driven. you look at how he is ready, driven. you look at how he has improved his game, by being dedicated, he is trying to get better every day. that is what he will demand from the team. the team had better get ready for long, hard training sessions. he will prop them regularly to make sure they are improving every day. the headlines at 10:30am. the ministry of defence is proposing to change the law to scrap its legal duty of care to servicemen and women in the course of combat. under the proposed scheme they will not be able to sue the mod in the courts for negligence, and compensation will be taken in—house and be awarded by an assessor. the family of one soldier killed in a lightly—armoured snatch land rover in iraq has told the bbc the proposed system is wrong. the mod says the proposals are about better compensation and will save injured service personnel and families of those killed long legal battles. how old was he when he first started playing the drums? he was about nine or ten. in 2007 colin redpath‘s son, lance corporal kirk redpath, a keen drummer in the irish guards, died when a roadside bomb exploded next to his lightly armoured snatch land rover in iraq. i deal with it because i want to be strong for his memory. i mean, some people could literally pull the curtains and never go out but i'm not like that. and people say to me, "we don't like to mention him," i say, "no, i'll talk about him, i'm proud of him. he's a fallen soldier." kirk was one of some 37 servicemen and women killed in the so—called snatch land rovers in afghanistan and iraq. colin fought a six—year legal battle against the ministry of defence, eventually winning the right at the supreme court to bring an action against the government under human—rights law. three years later, that case is only now coming to a close. good morning, sirjohn. injuly 2016, sirjohn chilcot‘s iraq inquiry report identified numerous mod failings, in preparing for the iraq campaign. the planning and preparations for iraq after saddam hussain were wholly inadequate. the report found the military delayed replacing the poorly—armoured snatch land rovers. the mod‘s new proposals cover battle and the preparations for it. they include stopping legal claims for negligence, like those arising from the snatch land rovers against the mod in the courts. a no—fault compensation scheme for injured service personnel and families of those killed, meaning negligence does not have to be proved. assessors to value injuries and loss, based on expert reports they commission. and compensation to be at the same level, as if the mod had been found negligent in court. no one disputes that it is a really good idea for service personnel injured in the cause of combat and the families of those who have been killed to be spared long and frustrating legal battles through the courts, but there are real concerns about the ministry of defence scrapping the duty of care that it owes to soldiers and taking the system for compensating them in—house. at the end of the day, they are an employer. you know, the fire brigade, the police, the ambulance service, they all have to go out with equipment that works. and the right equipment. well, that should be the same for a soldier. i mean, if not, what the mod are saying is, we could send our boys and girls out with broomsticks, it wouldn't matter. there is no comeback. lawyers worry that bypassing the courts creates unfairness. you've suffered injury, you think that the employer, the organisation, the mod is at fault, and yet you are asked to rely upon the mod to assess the compensation that it should pay you for the damage that it has caused you. that is not right. the proposed scheme assumes service personnel will not need and so will not receive any paid legal representation. inevitably, there will be trauma, grieving families involved, and the sort of client care that legal representatives provide is absolutely essential in ensuring that those victims are not further damaged by the process. in a statement, the ministry of defence said this. obviously, the problem of what to do with his ashes, i didn't want to split them and i did not know where i would spread them, so i thought, "well, he loved the drums, let's put them in his cabinet in a drum." so his ashes are with me in his cabinet with all his belongings. i could not think of anything better, really. the mod‘s consultation on its proposals ends injust over a week. colin redpath hopes that for the injuries and the families of the fallen, the new system ensures maximum safety and fairness. let's get some reaction now to these proposed changes. patrick hennessey is a barrister and former army captain who thinks this will make the mod less accountable. hamish de bretton—gordon, who spent 23 years in the military, thinks this is good thing for veterans and the mod. and val 0'neill can also join us. her son kris was killed in 2007, while serving in iraq as part of the royal army medical corp. also, simon harmer, who lost both legs in afghanistan in 2009. tell us what happened for your family after chris was killed in terms of compensation. it was quickly dealt with, but not as well as it could be. i am more interested in the duty of care. he was killed ina in the duty of care. he was killed in a warrior. in the chilcott report, in 2003 it was condemned for not having protection. he was killed in 2007, and still it had no protection, even though in 2003 the mod were putting protection underneath. therefore,... we are struggling to hear a bit because of a bad line, so i will move away from you for a moment. let me bring in simon, you lost out of your legs in afghanistan in 2009. what is your view on duty of care, compensation, and whether people should have the right to go through the courts to get redress? there needs to be an independent body that looks after us. when i was initially injured, i had to go through the process myself, i have the support of the veterans charity. fit. forthem, i would have struggled. i know that things were missed from my compensation. did you feel you had to fight? the support that i had around me, from the charity, it had not been there, i would have struggled. if i had been on my own i would have struggled. now these changes are being proposed, what did you think? would it be betterfor soldiers or not? i am worried. i think that taking away outside influence, or an independent body, is not a positive move. i also think that if there is no appeal process, it could leave service men and women short—changed. hamish you have lengthy experience in the military. you think it is a good idea. why do you think that? well, i think anything that improves the lot of the men and the women in the lot of the men and the women in the scoop forces who go to war is to be something that we should appreciate and go forward. i mean, not only did i do 23 years in the british military, forth last five years i have been in northern iraq and worked in syrian hospitals entirely of my own choice, but without that military backing. i think when a soldier, when he or she goes into combat and you really have to have been in combat to understand it properly. number one, you want to have the best medical facilities available to sort you out if you get injured and! available to sort you out if you get injured and i think we do probably have that british military. number two, you want to make sure if you're killed, your family and friends are looked after properly and some of the store jis that people had to go through, about people having to go through, about people having to go through a long and lengthy legal process to get money is disgraceful. if this gives money to the people that require it at the very highest levels, then i think it is to be encouraged and look, it is a consultation, but i think further the chill chat inquiry that we've mentioned and also the ihat, the iraq historic abuse inquiry has broken in somewhat the covenant, the army covenant that deal with civilians and politicians in this country have with the british military and that needs to be enhanced and i am concerned that mps andl enhanced and i am concerned that mps and i have met a lot recently with my activities in syria are stymied by the desire to make sure that legally everything is right before they commit us to military action which at the end of the day is what our british armed forces are for. patrick, if it stops somebody who has been through a trauma, whether they have been injured or the families of somebody that they have lost, if it stops them having to go through a lengthy legal process and they get compensation at the level they get compensation at the level they would have done? that can happen speedily now if the mod isn't fighting the claim. i think it is a really important to acknowledge that there is a problem here. there is a problem here that needs to be addressed and it was said in one of your reports that the mod is an employer like any other and the problem, it's not because ultimately when you go to war, there is an enemy and then me is trying to kill and injure you and that's what is different about soldiering to any other walk of life. i recognise there is a problem and this is the mod trying to address it, but my concern is in the detail. so for example, it is said in the consultation there maybe an independent assessor for eligibility, but that might be done in house. so that could mean the mod is entitled to look at the claim and say, "we don't think you have a claim at all." where is the right of appeal to that? if the mod allows yourclaim, it is appeal to that? if the mod allows your claim, it is said we imagine, the mod will normally agree with an independent assessor on the value of yourclaim. independent assessor on the value of your claim. well, it's quite conceivable that the mod won't agree and there is very little detail currently on what would happen if that circumstances. you might have a 19—year—old soldier who has been terribly injured and who maybe doesn't have the background, sophistication, family resources to challenge what the mod is saying. he may have a right of appeal to an appeals tribunal, but you can see how these things will spiral into the same delay that is happening now without the independent scrutiny. everybody mentioned the importance of independence because you can't be your own judge of independence because you can't be your ownjudge and jury. of independence because you can't be your own judge and jury. val you we re your own judge and jury. val you were talking about the concerns with your situation with your son, the vehicle that he was travelling in and the importance of lessons being learnt. the ministry of defence says it is good at learning lessons from any incident involving safety of personnel. does that reassure you? no, it doesn't because four years down the line and the warrior vehicle was still the same as they we re vehicle was still the same as they were saying in 2003. how can that reassure you when four years later the vehicle is still in the same condition it was and is still as dangerous? what do you feel is the best way to hold the mod o to account on things like that? is it the courts? is it something else? there is the coroners‘s court? something else? there is the coroners's court? there is the coroner's court and at chris' inquest the coroner asked the question — why there was no protection on the under billiony? i've asked repeatedly of the mod for proof that protection has been put underneath the warrior vehicles, but they have never replied to me. so where was their duty of care then when it was recommended in 2003 that this be done and in 2007 it still hadn't been done. on the issue of lessons being learned, patrick, you area lessons being learned, patrick, you are a barrister and you have got a vested interest in legal claims being pursued, but do you believe that the courts process does mean accountability, there is greater accountability, there is greater accountability or is it possible that accountability is had through greater mps scrut thee and the coroner's courts? this is really interesting because i don't necessarily either the court process or the proposed compensation process deal with the sorts of issues being raised there. there is a difference between the compensation that should between the compensation that should be awarded to servicemen who are killed and injured and what i would characterise as kit issues and the duty of care to individual servicemen may not be the same thing as operational effectiveness and this is a great example of one of the really difficult decisions that militaries have to make sometimes the most important thing when looking at a vehicle for example might not be the level of protection it affords. it might be its mobility. it might be its fire power and it doesn't seem to me that either the courts process currently or this proposed scheme would deal with that aspect. that is something that's more properly dealt with by politicians. thank you all very much for joining politicians. thank you all very much forjoining us, politicians. thank you all very much for joining us, thank politicians. thank you all very much forjoining us, thank you. pewdiepie was the highest paid star on youtube last year, earning $15 million in 2016. his real name is felix kjellberg and he had a lucrative contract with disney. but disney has just cut ties with the internet celebrity over felix the decision came after several videos he released over the past few months were found to contain nazi references or anti—semitic imagery. let's talk now to someone who knows a thing or two about social media and how important these relationships can be for businesses. steve kuncewicz is a social media expert at the law thank you very much indeed for joining us. so the relationship has now been severed. what is your prospective on the importance of that relationship? well, i think it is an object lesson really in youtube celebrities getting mainstream attention. pewdiepie for quite sometime was the most subscribed channel on youtube. he beat out e m! music to become one of the most viewed youtube channels there was and he had a number of criticisms over the course of the past few years in relation to the content that he put up. like a lot of youtube influences pewdiepie has been forced to grow up in public. and that corporate master got in touch with him because they liked his reverence, they liked his humour, they liked the genuine nature, the authenticity of the way he communicated with the followers, however, it looks as if that sense of humour hasn't travelled well and if you're a corporate giant like disney the last thing you want is anything to do with anti—semitism. the youtube stars are really young. earning that amount of money. the vast number of followers at the age of 27. in terms of fall—out and damage, how do you see it? well, it's trillioning that the agreement that was part of disney, noticed that was part of disney, noticed that pewdiepie was a gamer and vast majority of his content was about gaming, but it was non gaming content that got him into trouble. there will be some disrepute clause in there, but it will be a message toa in there, but it will be a message to a lot of other youtube influences to a lot of other youtube influences to show them that they are going to be expected to be that bit more corporate if they do intend to turn this into a thriving career and having some old —fashioned this into a thriving career and having some old—fashioned input on how you present yourself, strategy, the journalistic training that some of the influences don't have might bea of the influences don't have might be a good idea if they want this to be a good idea if they want this to bea be a good idea if they want this to be a sustainable business. he made a good business out of it. no one is going to regulate are they in the way you're talking about having the journalistic or legal training or whatever? no, that's right. there is a lot of regulation around advertising law where we have seen youtube influences fall foul along with brands at the same time. there is regulation the issue is a sense of humour doesn't trasm. local laws don't travel across the internet and running their business, like a business and treating it in that way, thinking about the effects of what they say may have upon the various stakeholders will be essential for the youtubers of the future. it was a mutual relationship. it has ended. is that it? any lasting damage? well, i think pewdiepie has done a fair bit to damage himself over the past six months. he suggested when he hit 50 million subscribers on youtube he may walk away from the platform. he had a rant about the fact that he lost followers. the mainstream media pounced on him and saw it as a temper tantrum. he retweeted a joke about islamic state. he has done a fair bit to damage his own success before now, but certainly other big advertisers and other big brands will think twice about engaging with youtube influences going forward. thank you very much, indeed. one of the most powerful men in president trump's administration has resigned. michael flynn quit as national security adviser after details emerged of his contact with russian officials. he's admitted inadvertently giving misleading information by saying he didn't discuss us sanctions with the russian ambassador, when he did. the kremlin has been giving its response. let's get more from steve rosenberg. what is the reaction there, steve? yes, a few minutes ago the kremlin made some comments about this which you could sum up in two words as no comment. the representative told journalists on a telephone conference call this was the internal affair of the americans. he said it was the internal affair of the trump administration and had nothing to do with moscow. he zwant to make anymore comment about it. at which point i said to him on the call well, he was happy to comment yesterday about this and yesterday he had said once again there would be no conversations between us and russian officials before donald trump became president. no conversations about sanctions. and when you said to him today, he said, "i have said it before, i'm not going to make anymore comment about this." the kremlin not saying very much, but some other russian politicians with angry responses this morning. we have heard from two senators, from the upper house of the russian parliament. 0ne senators, from the upper house of the russian parliament. one has tweeted that this this is about paranoia and a witch—hunt and another who heads the upper house of parliament's foreign affairs committee said that this resignation either meant that donald trump had been driven into a corner or that russiaphobia had permeated the new administration from top to bottom. strong words there.|j administration from top to bottom. strong words there. i saw another russian lawmaker saying it is another signalfor russian lawmaker saying it is another signal for russian—us relationsment how would you describe rush—us relations right now? relationsment how would you describe rush-us relations right now? well, russian—us relations have been bad, very bad and the russians have big hopes for donald trump and they believe that with donald trump they can turn things around and get sanctions removed and allow russia to come in from the cold. but certainly this is a blow to that and from the comments we have seen from russian politicians this morning i think it is clear now how moscow is going to portray michael flynn's resignation, they will try and portray it as an attempt by donald trump's opponents and his enemies in the united states to derail attempts for a new relationship between the united states and russia. i have been following the state media a lot, the tv and the newspapers and you see it almost every day. the pro—kremlin media talking about how donald trump has enemies in the democratic party and in the republic party and in the intelligence services and in the american media, not blaming him for anything that's happening, the united states right now, but blaming those around him and i'm pretty sure that's how the state media here will play this. steve, thank you very much. the british army interpreter who says he will be killed if he returns to afghanistan. and are you single and proud of it? we'll talk to some singletons about how they don't need a significant other this valentine's day. john says, happily single, never been happier, able to do what i want with my life. let us know your thoughts on being single. ben brown is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. donald trump's national—security adviser michael flynn has resigned over his contacts with russia. general flynn discussed american sanctions with the russian ambassador before mr trump took office, and is accused of misleading the vice president about what happened. a senior democrat politician has said general flynn's departure would not end questions about any contacts between the trump campaign and the kremlin. a ten—year—old boy has died after suffering serious head injuries at the high—street store topshop in reading. the boy was taken to hospital after what's being described by police as an "incident involving store furniture" at topshop in the oracle centre. police say the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious, and officers are continuing to make inquiries. duncan kennedy is in reading, where the incident happened. what do we know? i have just been i havejust been inside the building behind me to the third floor, top shop is currently shuttered up, although the lights are on. a couple of security men standing outside, plus members of the public. i suspect the shop will not be opened, at least for a few hours, whilst this investigation continues. it follows this incident at 4pm yesterday, when this boy was in the shop, we don't know who with. he was somehow involved in an incident with what the police called shop furniture. he sustained head injuries, three ambulances were called, plus other medical services. he was looked at in the shop and was taken to hospital, where he later died of those injuries. the police tell as his next of kin had been informed. we have no other details about what this involved, what kind of shop furniture. we are expect think a statement of the owners of the shop later, they say they are preparing a statement. the local council so they are working with the police on this, although the health and safety executive tell us they are not currently involved with this investigation. uk inflation has risen at its highest rate in two and half years. the office for national statistics said consumer prices rose 1.8% last month, up from 1.6% in december. the increase was driven by higher fuel prices and the fall in the value of the pound. that's a summary of the latest news. join me for bbc newsroom live at 11am. here's the sport headlines now with will perry. manchester city moved up to second in the premier league with a 2—0 victory at bournemouth. this goal from raheem sterling gave them a 1—0 lead. that just before from raheem sterling gave them a 1—0 lead. thatjust before the half—hour mark. mings got the final touch in the second half to make it 2—0, they are now eight points behind chelsea, with 13 to play. anthony watson is in england's squad for their six nations match against italy. he missed the victories over france and wales with a hamstring injury. lance armstrong has lost his bid to block a £79 million lawsuit by the us government. it is alleged he devoted the government by doping while riding for the publicly funded us postal service team. he was stripped of his seven tour de france titles. it clears the way for the case to go to trial. we have just heard that the fed cup tea m we have just heard that the fed cup team will be a way to romania in their play—off tie in april. more on the bbc news channel through the day. an afghan interpreter who fought alongside british troops says if the government sends him home, it will be a death sentence. javed hokta is applying for asylum here in the uk. he says he was sent death threats by the taliban and fears for his life. he's currently living illegally in birmingham while he makes a fresh claim to stay. he's already had one claim rejected because the threatening letters he received hadn't been signed or dated by the taliban. javed has been talking to bbc midlands today. this is his story. theyjust use us and leave us. you call them heroes. we saved your heroes. now i feel ashamed and i regret my time being with them. this wasn't the life that javed hokta imagined after spending two years fighting alongside british armed forces in afghanistan. i was working as a soldier and interpreter as well, with the sps and sas, the british special forces. 0ur base was in our province, south of afghanistan, but we had operations specially in dangerous parts of afghanistan like kandahar, helmand, farrar, herat, these areas. so we were quick reaction force, we attacked attacked the taliban compounds, daytime but the most operations were at night time we attacked them. javed also worked for the afghan special narcotics force, disrupting the country's drug production. his reward, death threats from the taliban. they say me to leave the job and join the taliban, they asked me, "come and join us, otherwise you are going to be killed." i didn't want to be a part of terrorists. so he fled to britain in 2008, hoping to find asylum in return for his service in the war. javed handed in these death threats he received from the taliban to the people at the home office. in this one for example it says, "you will be in hell very soon." here, they accuse him of being a spy for the crusaders and sentence him and his family to the death penalty. now the home office refused to accept that these letters were genuine and they turned down his claim for asylum. last week, the commons defence select committee heard from another former interpreter. the perception all over the country for them is that they have served with the infidel forces there, the eyes and ears of the infidel forces. something dreadful will happen and you will have no excuse to hide behind. if he is sent back that will be an appalling act by our government and there will be one person to blame. the ministers of the crown and the government. in what is, i think, an act as shameful as any i can remember the british government taking. we're going to refer to the fact that all these other foreign governments have changed their opinion, lifted the interpreters out of afghanistan and given them leave to remain. javed is making a renewed asylum application later this month. based on new evidence. i think it's really unimaginable to put yourself in a position like him, and being really let down by a government that is supported by working in the most dangerous circumstances. for now he finds himself living illegally in the west midlands relying on friends for a roof over his head. this is not a life. we are not living. we are suffering. but the people who work with the us and the european countries, they fully support those people who worked for them in afghanistan and they welcome them to their countries with theirfamilies. if you can't take the responsibility, don't send your troops. maybe if we had worked for somebody else now we would be safe. let's talk now to colonel simon diggins, who was the british defence attache in kabul from 2008 to 2010. what does this country over him?|j what does this country over him?” believe what we need to be able to do for him and all of the interpreters is to give them a safe and secure place to come to. they put themselves at extraordinary risk to work for us and for the government of afghanistan, and now that they are under threat, able to continue to work in afghanistan, live there, we should have no hesitation in bringing them here. what is the threat to interpreters in afghanistan? exactly as your previous article said. the taliban regard them as traitors, people who worked for the so—called crusaders, thatis worked for the so—called crusaders, that is ours, and therefore they are the summit targets in the eyes of the summit targets in the eyes of the taliban and also now you have got islamic state in afghanistan, and they regard them as targets. and not just them, but their families. if they cannot get the individual, they will try to get the families. wendy where defence cachet in kabul you had particular experience of dealing with the case of one afghan interpreter who had three limbs blown off while he was on patrol, he wa nted blown off while he was on patrol, he wanted him brought to this country for medical treatment. tell us what your experiences were of government approach and the home office approach and the home office approach on it. extraordinarily disappointing. this individual had been on patrol with british forces in helmand, there had been an ied attack, he was evacuated to our medical base in helmand, where he received first—class treatment by the brilliant medics we had working for us in afghanistan, but there camea for us in afghanistan, but there came a point where he needed to move on to further treatment, and if he had been a british soldier, he would have been evacuated back here, where he could have been looked after properly. when the subject was raised and i discussed it with an official from the government, the only thing they were interested in was he should not come back here. he might claim asylum and that might set a precedent. that was appalling. in the end, for that individual, we evacuated him to india, where he received excellent treatment, but the attitude was wrong, it was that we we re the attitude was wrong, it was that we were concerned for him not to be an asylum seeker. that has prevailed throughout the policies which have beenin throughout the policies which have been in place since then to look after our internet has. the home 0ffice after our internet has. the home office has given us a statement. it says, while we cannot comment on this case, or claims are carefully considered on their merits and based on evidence provided by the applicant. we know that he has had one claim rejected because the threatening letters that he's admitted as evidence were not signed or dated by the taliban. how do you respond? if it was not so awful and serious, it is almost laughable. the idea that the pilot and will sit down and write in a nice headed bit of notepaper, properly signed and dated, with a nice stamp on, saying we will kill this individual, and only then will be home office accepted, is beyond absurd. what would your fears be if he is forced to leave this country? that either he or his family will be killed. worse than that, that behaviour will be completely shameful. i cannot believe there is a worse circumstance, we deport somebody, who has worked for us, and we find ourselves in a situation where he is killed. that would be shameful. he said he regrets his time spent with the british army, because of the way he is being treated. what message do you think it sends to people in other countries who are relied on for services like being a translator? it sends a negative message. it is sadly inevitable we will be to work in countries where we do not have the language skills ourselves, so we will need interpreters in the future, but if the message we send to them is that we will use you and then we will dump you, that sends a very poor message indeed. valentine's day is renowned for being the most romantic day of the year. and many of us use it as an opportunity to show affection for our loved ones with cards, flowers or chocolates. in the uk an average of 25 million cards are given on valentine's, day but not everyone is looking for love. many people are single and proud out of choice and are enjoying discovering themselves and what the world has to offer. let's talk to some people who are all single and proud to be so. june whittle, stefan—pierre tomlin and lauren crouch. you have been single for 11 years. what happened ? you have been single for 11 years. what happened? why did you decide to be single? it was a choice, because of relationship issues in the past. ijust of relationship issues in the past. i just wanted to find out who i of relationship issues in the past. ijust wanted to find out who i was, because most of my life ijump from one relationship to another, and i went through abuse. i met somebody in 2005, it did not work out, and i thought, this is it. you could only be yourself not in a relationship? yes. do you ever have a twinge on valentine's day? i am happy being single, it isjust valentine's day? i am happy being single, it is just another day to me. what is your view on being a singleton? there is nothing wrong with it. i would like to meet somebody one day. you have been single forfour years? somebody one day. you have been single for four years? it is not a priority. there is pressure put on women, i priority. there is pressure put on women, lam priority. there is pressure put on women, i am approaching 30, there is a thing where you see family and they say, when are you going to settle down? actually, i prefer to prioritise my career and things like that. it is different now, one of the days when women need to be married and have kids by 25. it does not mean i don't want to meet someone, but i will not put myself underany someone, but i will not put myself under any pressure. you learn about yourself when you are single. everybody knows those people who jump everybody knows those people who jump from one relationship to another. if you are always with other people, you don't get to find out who you are. you should be somebody who is so full of life and experience that when you do come to meet someone you want to spend the re st of meet someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, you are an amazing, interesting person. you are here of the most swiped man on tender. that is put forward as you are all true eligible. it's a different perspective from what we are clearing about the pressures on women. you are very eligible. how do you see yourself as mac i and a model, so i meet people in my day—to—day job. model, so i meet people in my day-to-day job. i have had girlfriends in the past. last valentines i was on a date, on a tv show, i started seeing my date, but it did not work out. i find it hard to settle down with the right girl. you are on tinder because you're looking for love. when i find the right girl i'm happy to settle down. ijust haven't right girl i'm happy to settle down. i just haven't found right girl i'm happy to settle down. ijust haven't found her yet. right girl i'm happy to settle down. i just haven't found her yet. what about what june and i just haven't found her yet. what about whatjune and lauren were saying about really understanding and knowing yourself when you're on your own. i spend half my life in hotel rooms by myself and it is quite lonely. i would say it is more a practical issue? being in a relationship with myjob is quite ha rd relationship with myjob is quite hard because i'm constantly travelling and there is trust issues with myjob as well and i find being on tinder it is quite easy to interact with people like me in my industry. do you ever feel there is a stigma being a single male? no, i reckon if i really wanted to be in a relationship i could be. from what you were saying, there is maybe a stigma for being a single female? some people are more traditionalist and would expect that a woman would prioritise meeting someone. i think over the past few years when i have been single, if i'd really wanted to, i could have had a boyfriend, but he wouldn't have astounded me andi but he wouldn't have astounded me and i don't really want to settle for anything less than incredible if it is someone that i'm going to be spending that much of my time with... does the criteria get higher? it is not a criteria, it is not like he has to be or look like this, it isjust not like he has to be or look like this, it is just the way someone makes you feel and unfortunately i'm incredibly romantic so i still believe in that spark and that's the only condition i have. so without that spark, you're not going to let anyone in? yeah. what about you june? is there a protectiveness as well when you're single? when you have been single for a long time, you know what you're dealing with. you're self—sufficient. you know what you're dealing with. you're self-sufficient. i come from a different prospective because i'm a different prospective because i'm a christian. i used tojump from one relationship to another like i said, but my standards are quite high. now my values are different. i could be ina my values are different. i could be in a relationship if i wanted to, but i haven't met the right man either. i'm happy being single. i've achieved quite a lot being single. until i feel it's time for me to meet the right person then i'm just going to keep on being single. valentine's day is just another day, what about other key times of the year, christmas, birthday? christmas i spend with my family. sometimes i get lonely. people say you have your friends and you have got people to do things with, but if you don't have a partner, you don't have anyone to do nothing with? there are times i wish i had somebody to cuddle up with and you know, go for a meal and stuff like that. i'm so used to being on my own, those are passing moments when i feel like that. you need a pet! do you get pressure from family? my daughters used to say, "come on mum, when are you going to meet him?" i would say, "i'm not ready.” when are you going to meet him?" i would say, "i'm not ready. i do as well. my mum wants to be a grandma. 0k, well. my mum wants to be a grandma. ok, so you get that pressure?” well. my mum wants to be a grandma. ok, so you get that pressure? i get the pressure and when it happens, it happens. you can't rush these things. but my mum is keen on being a grandparent. does it take confidence to be a happy singleton? it can be very difficult and dating has changed completely in the last five years even. and whereas you used to maybe seduce someone over the period of a few weeks or months, now if i'm on a date with a guy and he really likes me, there are thousands of other women on his phone so before it would be like oh, i was only competing with his super hot ex—girlfriend and now i'm competing with these millions of women who are readily available. you we re women who are readily available. you were saying about the spark. we watched the dating shows and there is that snap decision at the end of a date where it is like do you want to see them again? you get the sense of well, if there wasn't the spark, it's no. i have done proper dating shows. i thought there was a spark at the time, but it then wore off quickly. but do we put too much stall by the spark? maybe. i think if you've had it in the past with someone. if you have had an amazing relationship with someone and you know that's there then i suppose you're not willing to settle in future and there is a lot to be said for letting something grow and seeing how something progresses over a period of time, but then i also think you can walk into a room and straightaway know if you want to speak to someone. i have got this thing in my head when i meet the right girli thing in my head when i meet the right girl i will know straightaway and it willjust happen really quickly. what about self protection? yes, i think there is a lot of self preservation that you don't want to get involved with something unless it is going to mean something. if the relationship is right, then it's fine. you feel vulnerable and you put yourself out there, but they're doing the same. it is not a one—way thing where you're putting yourself out there and they can screw you over. jeff e-mailed said, "it is great being single on valentine's. i can't wait until tomorrow, cheap chocolate. and i bet better looking every day." another viewer says, "i have been divorced for 32 years. it was the best thing that happened to me. ican was the best thing that happened to me. i can do what i want, when i want, as often as i want. i don't wa nt to want, as often as i want. i don't want to have a partner barking out orders so i never wanted to remarry! " that's weird. if you're in the relationship with the right person you can still do whatever you want, when you want. we're all defined by past experiences. i suppose, i mean, i hope if i am ever in a relationship it is not the kind that stops me doing what i want and i would hope i'm not a girlfriend who stops my partner doing what they want. i had someone tell me i couldn't do stuff because of the trust. my next girlfriend is someone who is going to trust me and we are best friends and soul mates.” who is going to trust me and we are best friends and soul mates. i have beenin best friends and soul mates. i have been in controlling relationships as well. it is best to be friends first. get to know the person and then take it from there. that's the best route. could you imagine getting into another relationship? yeah, i could, yeah, definitely. getting into another relationship? yeah, icould, yeah, definitely. i'm not ruling it out. ok, well who knows who is watching! good luck to all of you. happy valentine's day! the american magazine, playboy, has announced it is bringing back nudity. the magazine decided to remove naked pictures last year, but playboy's new chief creative officer cooper hefner, son of founder hugh, says that was a mistake. the latest edition of the magazine sees the playmate of the month reinstated with the hashtag #nakedisnormal. let's talk to samir husni, who is a journalism professor at the university of mississippi and a leading expert on magazines and the journalist and author juliette wills who used to write for the men's magazine, loaded. thank you very much indeed. why do you think they have brought back nudity? well, you know, it's part of the dna of playboy is nudity. when hugh hefner launched playboy in 1953, there was a lot of magazines that had nudes in them, but his formula was to bring that to the first issue, the next door nude and the models and he combined that with what i call the first men's magazine because there was tonnes of advice for men and the only way he can get men to read the advice whether it is about music or movies or about sex was to have a nude picture here and there. for him to compete, part of that formula was to have those nudes that are not the celebrity nudes that we re are not the celebrity nudes that were appearing everywhere like he did with his first issue with the poster from marilyn monroe. julielet what's your view of that, the nudity in playboy and whether men would read that sort of information without there being nudity alongside it? i think men can read without pictures. they do read cereal packets and things like that without pictures of nude women. but i kind of understand where they were coming from back then. it was a ground—breaking from back then. it was a ground— breaking magazine. it from back then. it was a ground—breaking magazine. it had great articles. it still has great articles, but i do think men like a little light entertainment on the side, but they can also, you know, read a newspaper without being at this titilated. was it an error and now it has come back?” this titilated. was it an error and now it has come back? i often bought playboy. in the last ten years or so, i'd buy the odd issue depending who was on the cover. i'm straight, but i like looking at women and i found that when the ban came in and they outright stopped showing nipples and etcetera, i thought really i can read these articles of this kind of stuff in 60 or he is quire or in a newspaper or business week. it lost the appeal that you could read something interesting and see some nice boobs! it went to bottoms which i found very odd. we will maybe some on the verbal descritions of the pictures at that point. playboy without nudes and when you have got a brand and people associate something particular with it and you take that away, was it going to work? no. that's the reason why they are going back to the nudes because you cannot take the dna of a publication and change it all of a sudden and then keep everything else the same. that's why even bringing, evenif the same. that's why even bringing, even if scooper hefner is going to bring back the nude, if that's the only things‘ going bring back the nude, if that‘s the only things‘ going to do, it‘s not going to work. you have to remember when his dad created that magazine, it became one of the largest circulating magazines in the united states reaching almost seven million, but that was back in the mid—1970s, those days are gone. million, but that was back in the mid-1970s, those days are gone. the circulation last year was 700,000. so you can imagine from seven million to almost three—quarters of a million. so if cooper is only going to bring the nudes rather than reinvent the magazine now he has the opportunity, hefner is no longer dictating what goes in playboy or whatever selections of pictures or articles or you name it, so the magazine has to be desaound now, not for somebody who was born the same year that ploy boy was born in 1953, but rather for somebody like him. with everything available on the internet, are magazinesjust a dying format anyway? are theyjust going to be inevitable limits to circulation? i beg to differ. i mean we are seeing more magazines coming to the market place in the uk, in the united states, but they are not the united states, but they are not the same magazines that used to be published in the 50s, 60s and 70s, anybody who publishes a magazine and gives me the same thing that i can google and find the answers is doomed. i disagree on playboy specifically with that because i think as you said the essence of playboy has been what it was when it started. it's the, it's fairly innocent. it's inoffensive. it's not too much information as it were. so women too much information as it were. so women have always had this area of slight mystery in playboy. thank you. thank you both very much for your company this morning. i want to end with some more of your comments on valentine‘s day. "i‘m single. i have a great little hope and a great little dog cord cam uponionship. it works for me. happy days." lots of you getting in touch on our conversation on disabled people in the workplace with statistics showing more than half fear losing theirjobs showing more than half fear losing their jobs because of showing more than half fear losing theirjobs because of disability. terry says, "i feel like i have to work harder than non disabled." catherine e—mailed, "i was a teacher. i was actively bullied out of myjob over a period of two yea rs. of myjob over a period of two years. over the two years i was told ifi years. over the two years i was told if i was a horse they would have me shot." thank you for your comments. i hope you have a lovely afternoon. happy valentine‘s day however you are spending it, iwill see valentine‘s day however you are spending it, i will see at the same time tomorrow. bye—bye. good morning. a mixed bag to start the day today. some of us were fine and sunny, but on the cold side, but further south and west we‘ve got more in the way of cloud which will help keep the temperature up, but it is bringing light and patchy rain which is drifting northwards and eastwards. it will be damp in wales and parts of the south—west of england and in northern ireland, but i think england and in northern ireland, but ithink in england and in northern ireland, but i think in cornwall we should brighten up in the afternoon and many eastern areas stay fine and dry, but eastern scotland and the north—east of england stay cloudy. six or seven celsius here, but 11 or 12 celsius for cardiff and london. some patchy rain drifts northwards and eastwards. in between the two, a fair bit of cloud and a breeze. by no means a cold night. we should be frost—free across—the—board. cold night. we should be frost—free across—the—boa rd. through wednesday, through the middle of the week, we will see a fair bit of cloud. some brighter weather in the north—east and later in the south—west, but we see this area of cloud and rain moving eastwards, but we have the south—westerly breeze. so tomorrow, double figures will be widespread across much of the uk. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11am. president trump‘s national security adviser resigns over his contacts with russian officials. it‘s a severe blow to donald trump‘s new administration with questions now being raised over how much the president knew and when. here, a 10—year—old boy has died after suffering serious head injuries in a top shop store in reading. police described it as an incident involving store furniture. what led a primary schoolboy to stand up in class and declare his support for the so—called islamic state. he speaks anonymously to the bbc. also, ministry of defence plans to scrap the legal duty of care it owes to service personnel in combat. the family of

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