For yeovil town, beaten 4 0 by Manchester United, Alexis Sanchez the new signing instrumental but tonight Newport County have the chance for an upset when they take on tottenham. And susan has the weather. My my daughter angela was murdered seven months ago. Multiple oscar nominated film three billboards 0utside ebbing, missouri, we hear from its billboards 0utside ebbing, missouri, we hearfrom its british writer and director. And susan has the weather. Good morning, we will be up against the cloud this weekend, some pretty grey prospects for most today. A windy story. More details coming up. Thank you. Our main story all current rape and Sexual Assault cases in england and wales are being reviewed as a matter of urgency. The announcement from the director of Public Prosecutions follows the recent collapse of several high profile trials after vital evidence had not been shared with defence lawyers. Its believed a number of cases could be stopped as a result. Adina campbell has more. In a move seemed to help rebuild trust in the justice system, in a move seen to help rebuild trust in the justice system, every rape and Sexual Assault case in england and wales is now under review. The Crown Prosecution Service has taken action after public concerns that evidence, particularly digital records, are not being disclosed early enough to defence lawyers. 22 year old liam allen was wrongly accused of rape and Sexual Assault, but his trial collapsed last month after the metropolitan police failed to disclose phone records which were vital evidence. Last week, a rape charge against Oxford University student 0liver mears was dropped shortly before his trial when a diary which supported his case was uncovered. And danny kay, who had a rape conviction overturned after spending two years in prison, said earlier this month he felt let down by the justice system. Devastating for a system that you trust to let you down and i had complete faith in it. I trusted the truth would come out in trial and it didnt. Earlier this week the bbc revealed the number of collapsed prosecutions increased by 70 over the last two years. A National Disclosure plan has now been published by the cps, the National PoliceChiefs Council and the college of policing to help make improvements. Adina campbell, bbc news. The Prime Minister has welcomed a landmark ruling by trade authorities in the us overturning a decision to impose huge tariffs on planes partly built in the uk. The Aerospace Firm bombardier won a surprise victory in its dispute with boeing about selling its passengerjets to us airlines. The wings for the planes are manufactured in belfast. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. Workers, politicians and Business Leaders had feared one of bombardiers biggest projects would be grounded. The firm in belfast has 4,000 employees and a quarter of them work on the c series jet. But the programme was after threat after boeing claimed it was unfairly subsidised because of financial help from the canadian and british governments. The authorities in washington initially proposed to impose tariffs ofjust under 300 on imports of the c series. But last night, the Us International trade commission decided not to go ahead with the tariffs, the four commissioners all voting in bombardiers favour. Workers and their representatives were surprised but very pleased. The workforce has stayed squarely behind this, put their shoulder to the wheel. Weve seen politicians nationally given up the ghost saying this is something that cant be overturned, weve demonstrated tonight the power of trade unionism globally, we worked with our colleagues in canada the us and this is a victory for workers tonight. The Prime Minister spoke to donald trump at the World Economics summit in davos this week about the dispute. Theresa may tweeted she welcomed the decision as good news for british industry. People have been prepared here for bad news from across the atlantic but there are delighted with this unexpected result. After months of worry, bombardiers victory in this trade dispute has brought a great sense of relief. Chris page, bbc news, belfast. Residents in paris are bracing for further disruption as flooding in the city is expected to peak. Hundreds have been evacuated and tunnels and roads have been sealed off. We can speak to kevin connolly. Whats the situation in the early hours there . It is still pretty dark here in the city of lights but you can see behind me the river seine 20 feet above where it should be at this time of year. Further outside the city down the valley of the river seine, things are much worse, people are punting about in boats in the streets and waiting for the waters to recede to find out how much the damage will be. Today is the big day for paris, we expect the river will get to its highest level. It would be very unusual in paris for the waters to come over the banks of the seine, a pretty deep channel in the city, but theres a certain anxiety around all of this because of course the river here iu ns because of course the river here runs right through the heart of the city. Some residents have been moved from their homes and the Louvre Museum not far from the river here has been closing lower ground floor galleries and people are taking precautions. What everyone is talking about here is the fact the tremendous weight of water in that swollen river has been flushing rats out of their normal underground homes so people have reported seeing more rats than normal in paris. The highest point of the river we think will be reached at some point later this afternoon. A day of anxiety here more than anything else. No immediate crisis yet, traffic is flowing here across the pont de la concorde pretty much as normal, but the city authorities are braced for things to get worse. Enormous preparations have been made sure of the water, over the banks of the seine and the authorities here say theyre going to have to get used to this because its all about in their view global warming. Paris hasnt really flooded since 1910. We will see later on today whether this year is going tojoin see later on today whether this year is going to join that year in the historical record books. Kevin, for the moment, thank you very much. Kevin, lead reporting from paris. The entire us gymnastics board is to resign because of its handling of the sex abuse scandal involving the former team doctor, larry nassar. The countrys Olympic Committee threatened to strip the organisation of its powers if the directors failed to step down. Larry nassar has been given a prison sentence of up to 175 years. He abused more than 150 female gymnasts. Peter bowes reports. As larry nassar begins to what amounts to a life sentence, the fallout from the abuse scandal has been swift and decisive. The entire board of usa gymnastics has gone and there have been other resignations too. Mark hollis was the Athletic Director at Michigan State university when nassar worked there. He and another official have decided to quit. Its been an absolute honour to guide the Athletic Department for the last decade. That being said, today im announcing my retirement. Im not running away from anything, im running towards something. Comfort, compassion and understanding for the survivors in our community. Togetherness, time and love for my family. Theres been reports that Michigan State university and usa gymnastics knew of the abuse claims but failed to take action. Theyve both denied there was a cover up. With several investigations into abuse in us sport now under way, the recriminations are onlyjust beginning. Peter bowes, bbc news. Officials in cape town are urging people to limit flushing their toilets to conserve their water as the city continues to battle a severe drought. Water supplies in the south african city are due to run out in early april after three years of exceptionally low rainfall. Residents have been advised to limit showering to twice a week and save water as if their lives depended on it. New Research Shows companies are abusing a loophole in the law to put up telephone boxes on the high street and then using them as little more than advertising billboards. The local Government Association says theres been a tenfold increase in applications to install the boxes, which dont require formal planning permission. Keith doyle has more. Phone boxes used to be an integral part of our high streets, but mobile phones have made them almost redundant. While bt is scrapping half its remaining 40,000 phone kiosks, councils have seen a huge surge in applications for new ones from other companies. The local Government Association says because planning permission is not required, it believes many applicants are more interested in the prime advertising space than providing a phone service. Is anyone actually using these phones . Nobodys using them. So this is just here as an advertisement . Its an advertising board in the high street. What we want to do is them to go with the normal Planning System, if you want an advertising hoarding, you have to have planning permission, we want the same from these boxes, theyre like trojans getting round the Planning System by being put on phone boxes that people actually dont use. This is prime advertising space right in the heart of london right off oxford street. Two years ago, Westminster Council got applications for just 13 new phone kiosks. Last year there was 180. In liverpool for the same period the figure went from ten to 97 and in newcastle, where two years ago there was an application forjust one new phone kiosk, last year it was 95 and the local Government Association is questioning whether its the phones they want or the advertising space. New Technology Means theres a demand for a generation of phone and communication points on our streets, but councils say the law also needs to be brought up to date to control what they say is the scourge of unregulated high street advertising. Keith doyle, bbc news. A message left in a bottle by Scottish School pupils in the 19805 has washed up on a florida beach. Thi5 has washed up on a florida beach. This letter was sent into the north sea by children at the chapel park primary school, who were studying pirates. The message was found by a couple in florida la5t pirates. The message was found by a couple in florida last september, they wrote back to the school, which has since clo5ed. They wrote back to the school, which has since closed. The retired teacher fiona cardinal 5aid has since closed. The retired teacher fiona cardinal said the discovery was amazing, 5he teacher fiona cardinal said the discovery was amazing, she thinks the letter was written by one of her cla55e5 the letter was written by one of her classes at some point more than 30 years ago. Do we know who wrote the letter . They havent discovered who it was. I remember doing things like that unions and politicians have welcomed bombardiers 5urpri5e victory in the di5pute bombardiers 5urpri5e victory in the dispute with american rival boeing. Boeing claimed bombardier, a Canadian Company employing 4000 in belfast, wa5 Canadian Company employing 4000 in belfast, was selling its planes to cheaply because of Financial Support from the uk government. Paul elliott represents the adf trade body adf. Thanks forjoining u5. Represents the adf trade body adf. Thanks forjoining us. Is this a spat . Is this an example of one company trying to thwart another company trying to thwart another company as a rival . The news from yesterday evening is fantastic certainly for the workforce and the extended supply chain in Northern Ireland and other pa rt5 of chain in Northern Ireland and other parts of the world. Unfortunately in the Aerospace Industry weve had a number of major trade di5pute5. The5e number of major trade di5pute5. These things tend to ramble on for years and years. Theres no doubt major bu5inesses, years and years. Theres no doubt major businesses, in particular boeing in the us, is concerned about rivals, and obviously the atmosphere in the us over the last year or so if you like has made that environment for trade di5pute5 perhap5 environment for trade di5pute5 perhaps a little bit more accommodating than we might have seen previou5ly. But credit to the ict that they have rebuffed affectively this attempt to prevent affectively this attempt to prevent a great aircraft from gaining a market in the us. The icc being the International Trade commission. Going back to the question, what im asking is for you to explain whats happened here because boeing had a problem with what bombardier wa5 doing in terms of exporting. All the us receiving the imports and the price point this was at. Affectively this goes back to a long running di5pute this goes back to a long running dispute about how Government Support i5 dispute about how Government Support is used for aerospace companies. Aerospace companies around the world get support from government because to produce a new aircraft takes a long time, you have to do a huge amount of investment in advance, and theres always a high level of risk. In the us and in europe, up until the mid 20005, there was an agreement if you like, a recognition that europe and the us has slightly different systems of support, but they were both acceptable. Po5t different systems of support, but they were both acceptable. Post that period, the us took a different approach and more recently have directly obviously tried to prevent bombardier selling their product into the us. Now, previously theyd gone through the world trade 0rganization, which has a particular way of dealing with di5pute5. That i5a way of dealing with di5pute5. That is a long process. In this instance they tried to use domestic us mechanisms, so in the first instance the department of commerce impo5ed 01 the department of commerce impo5ed or potentially impo5ed the5e tariffs. Thi5 this all comes down. Donald trump has made clear that he is out to protect us business and help america the first in the economy and for it to grow and businesses to thrive. What does this say, in terms of uk us relations, in terms of the us wanting to boost its own companies and vat and production in the us, yet obviously 5tay and vat and production in the us, yet obviously stay open to special partners . Such as the uk . The uk government has played an Important Role in helping to get this resolved. Also theres a recognition in the us that aerospace i5 resolved. Also theres a recognition in the us that aerospace is a global busine55, in the us that aerospace is a global business, so many of the suppliers to bombardier are actually based in the us and indeed many of the customers for this revolutionary aircraft are actually American Airlines and they want to deliver a much more competitive 5ervice airlines and they want to deliver a much more Competitive Service to the travelling public in the us. So i think International Trade commission, and indeed one would hope the american government, have taken a view that the bigger good, if thats the right kind of phrase, i5 if thats the right kind of phrase, is actually to ensure that competition can continue and that new products are allowed into the market, particularly when a significant proportion of those product5 significant proportion of those products are actually developed in the us. Its a complicated one. Thank you very much forjoining u5 ona thank you very much forjoining u5 on a theres this morning. 0n brea kfa5t. We will get a full forecast in a moment. We are also focusing on cape town, as the real problem is with the water supply . Ma55ive problems. They are talking about having no water to use at the start ma55ive problems. They are talking about having no water to use at the start of ma55ive problems. They are talking about having no water to use at the start of april. Ma55ive problems. They are talking about having no water to use at the start of april. It ma55ive problems. They are talking about having no water to use at the start of april. It is ma55ive problems. They are talking about having no water to use at the start of april. It is an ma55ive problems. They are talking about having no water to use at the start of april. It is an historical drought. The situation hasntjust occurred of what happened in recent months. Last time they saw their average rainfall was in 2014. So the problem has been building up. Pa rt so the problem has been building up. Part of the problem could also be tied into el nino, which is when the weather patterns get shifted and theyve been seeing a lot of this sort of thing, high pre55ure parking up sort of thing, high pre55ure parking up and stopping any sort of thing, High Pressure parking up and stopping any of these weather fronts, the real source of the rain, into cape town and swinging in from the south atlantic, so basically the story has been a very dry one. In the last season have only had a third of the rainfall they would expect, so the situation remains pretty critical. Anyway, lets head back and have a look at whats happening closer to home. Its a very different picture. We are tucked somewhere underneath the mass of cloud. Theres no stopping the weather fronts coming in from the atlantic. Low pressure with us all the way. Tightly packed isobars. A windy day for most of us, especially for the north and west of scotland and a band of rain sweeping through as well. The Northern Ireland pretty much the worst of the rain getting out of the way. But with scotland and Northern England it will be a wet morning. A windy story as well, especially gusty to the pennines, but the worst is to the north and west of scotland. To the east, with clearer skies, a little bit of early sunshine. The chilly start as well. 0utbreaks sunshine. The chilly start as well. Outbreaks of rain across the midlands, wales and the south west of england. Never especially heavy, but he will be a wet morning. Windy as well, as the weather front moves through into east anglia and the south east for the afternoon. Elsewhere it becomes drier and brighter the Northern Ireland. Sunshine for scotland and Northern England through the afternoon. Low cloud and merck and gloom across the midlands, wales and the south west. Murk. Temperatures in double figures. The front will pull away overnight, clearerskies, figures. The front will pull away overnight, clearer skies, lighter winds. Chilly briefly. Fortomorrow here comes the next pile of cloud in the atlantic. It means ill start to sunday. Temperatures in double figures for most of us. But this weather front is just going to keep piling on the moisture and cloud and the rain for sunday. So a wet and windy picture in the northern half of the British Isles to finish the weekend. Further south, a lot of cloud, but in some spots temperatures into the midteens. Thanks very much. Its been nominated for seven 05cars, including best picture. Three billboards 0utside ebbing, missouri is the story of a grieving mothers fight for justice in small town america. Despite its american roots, the film has a british connection. Its writer and director hails from london. 0ur arts editor Will Gompertz has been speaking to him. My daughter angela was murdered seven months ago. Francis mcdormand as mildred hayes, the uncompromising, unflinching and very angry grieving mother. You drilled a hole in the dentist . No i didnt. Who rents three billboards outside ebbing, missouri, a fictional town created by martin mcdonagh, the films london born irish writer and director. Martin mcdonagh has got an oscar nomination for his writing but not for his directing. I wonder if hes a little bit disappointed. No, not really, particularly because the mates got nominated in the other categories. It would have been nice, but sevens good. You get over here. No, you get over here. All right. One of the criticisms that three billboards has is that the sam rockwell character, dixon the policeman, who is a racist, is treated sympathetically by you. Well, hes definitely a racist and a bully. I wouldnt say hes treated sympathetically. I was trying to see, i think, the hope in all of these people. So if you say thats treating characters symathetically, to a degree it is. But the point of the film, and i think the thing that i hope people come away with, is the possibility of changing people. If it was me, id start a database. Every male baby thats born, stick them on it and, as soon as hed done something wrong, cross reference it, make 100 certain it was a correct match, then kill him. Weve heard many speeches from many people in the movie industry saying it is time for a change. Do you think thats just lip service, or do you think something actually quite fundamental is happening . It feels like something really new and really great is happening. Like, ive been in the rooms at the last couple of awards things, and it is palpable, and it does feel angry, and it does feel like its not going to go away, and i think thats great. It feels like a change is properly happening. Id do anything to catch your daughters killer. The 05cars ceremony at the beginning of march might well point towards that change, with some surprising winners, and quite possibly a forthright acceptance speech from this lady. Will gompertz, bbc news. Today marks Holocaust Memorial day, the annual commemoration for the millions of people murdered during the holocaust and the more recent genocides, including rwanda, bosnia and stuff all. Darfur. Theres a different theme each year and this year its the power of words. Were joined now by vimla appadoo, from the Holocaust Educational trust, and by milena grenfell baines, who was nine years old when she escaped from nazi germany. Good morning. Youve brought on various things with you, which are pa rt various things with you, which are part of this extraordinary story you we re part of this extraordinary story you were pa rt part of this extraordinary story you were part of. Can you give us the brief version of what situation you we re brief version of what situation you were in. My sister and i, she was three and a half, i was ten, we were living in prague. My father wanted to leave the night before the germans came because he was involved with a great author thomas mann. He arranged for thomas Mansion House check passports and for that he was wa nted check passports and for that he was wanted by the germans. He was told to go to berlin, where he was met by an unknown soldier who put him on a train to brussels, where again he was met by a total stranger who helped him to go to england. Where we re helped him to go to england. Where were you . I was in prague with my sister and mother. Iwasnt were you . I was in prague with my sister and mother. I wasnt really aware of what was happening at the time. I was nine. We knew that my father had gone away and then my mother told us we were going to go to england. And that course happened. It had been a mystery until 1988, before we discovered how we got on those trains, who rescued us we got on those trains, who rescued us and thats my labels that i wore a round my neck. Ifi us and thats my labels that i wore a round my neck. If i just hold this up, just explain. This is a picture of you . That the permit that we we re picture of you . That the permit that we were given to travel. Because we had a special permit. Its a long history about nicholas winton, how he went about doing this, which would take about two hours to tell you. He arranged for the visas and we we re you. He arranged for the visas and we were taken to the railway station, where we were put on a train and we travelled across europe to holland, got a big ship, came to england and then we were brought to afamily england and then we were brought to a family who lived in a small terrace house, with two bedrooms. The first front room, kitchen, a bath, and they sent their daughter to live with their grandmother so that there was room for us. You look at stories like this and hearing milenas story is so important. Why are you involved and what does today mean in terms of making sure that people are where of what is going on now as well is what did happen . think the Holocaust Educational trust plays a really Important Role in keeping the memory of the holocaust alive and it helps teach us holocaust alive and it helps teach us how to empathise, how to take ownership of our words and have a voice and try to stand up for the things we believe in. Who do you do that with . Predominately the Holocaust Educational trust. They do talks and facilitate conversations. How do children react . We had an amazing experience with children from manchester. Leslie went to speak to children and one of the most prominent things that came out of it was a young student at the end of it was a young student at the end of the day came up to us and he just rang his mum who he hadnt spoken to in years to rekindle the relationship, but he said hearing the story made him realise what a family is and thats something that really stuck with me. Given your own personal experience, the theme of this years memorial is about words. What do you see now in the world we live in, about the way language is used . The only way i can answer this is with my own experience. Talking to children. And the letters i get back from the children. They use the language they use and theyve obviously taken on what weve told them and how they respond to that. I get amazing letters from 11 year olds who listened to my story, who when i tell them. I ask how many have said, i hate you, do their pa rents. Many have said, i hate you, do their parents. Many put their hands up. Id told them i know cherish my pa rents a id told them i know cherish my parents a lot because i have parents to cherish. I use words with them like camps. You go to holiday camps. People went to horrible counts. Tattoos. Everybody has a tattoo. There were tattoos that when numbers. So i use my words to tell them what they really meant all those years ago. And as well as remembering what happened, it is also now that we are seeing refugees. Children in other countries suffering. And thats again something to highlight the children. How are where a day of that . . In quite aware. When we went to the school in manchester, people we re to the school in manchester, people were openly making the comparisons and sane, we still see this now. Saying. Talking about syria . Yes. And he was the height of the refugee crisis in the uk. It is often reported at the moment that there is a rise in hate crimes and issues around that in the uk and other countries. What are you make of that rose do you follow those. Countries. What are you make of that rose do you follow those. My great worry is that this is still actually happening. Having had this hate crimes and then people being called dreadful names. Somehow we dont seem dreadful names. Somehow we dont seem to have learnt anything from history. I think probably. I think the way children connect to each other and possibly call each other names, eight names, hate names. I am very lucky because ive never experienced those sorts of people, saying things like youre a jew. So it is very hard. You think those issues being marked on this day, issues being marked on this day, issues about hate crimes, are still very much alive . I hope those issues are being marked today. Ijust hope that people who listen to all of this, they will take note. Thank you so this, they will take note. Thank you so much for coming in this morning. I know youve brought in lots of things. Thank you so much. We will be back with the headlines shortly. Hello, this is breakfast with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Heres a summary of the main stories today from bbc news all current rape and Sexual Assault cases in england and wales are being reviewed as a matter of urgency. The director of Public Prosecutions announcement follows the collapse of several recent trials, including that of 22 year old liam allen, he was accused of rape but the case against him was dropped after it emerged police failed to hand over vital phone records. Its believed a number of trials could be stopped as a result of the review. The Prime Minister has welcomed a landmark ruling by trade authorities in the us overturning a decision to impose huge tariffs on planes partly built in the uk. The Aerospace Firm bombardier won a surprise victory in its dispute with boeing about selling passenger jets to us airlines. The wings for the planes are manufacturing in belfast where unions said around 1,000 jobs could have been at risk at the decision gone against them. The workforce has stayed squarely behind this, put their shoulder to the wheel. Weve seen politicians nationally given up the ghost saying this is something that cant be overturned, weve demonstrated tonight the power of trade unionism globally, we worked with our colleagues in canada the us and this is a victory for workers tonight. Residents in paris are bracing themselves for further disruption as flooding is expected to reach its peak. Its the wettest january in more than a century and the river seine got five metres above normal levels yesterday. Hundreds have been evacuated and tunnels and roads have been sealed off. The Louvre Museum has shut down displays on lower floors as a precaution. The us gymnastics board will resign because of its handling of a sex abuse scandal involving former team doctor larry nassar. The Olympic Committee had threatened to strip the organisation of powers had the directors bailed to step down. Larry nassar has been given a sentence of 175 years for abusing more than 150 female gymnasts. New research has shown companies are abusing a loophole in the law to put up phone boxes on the high street and then using them as little more than advertising boards. The local Government Association said theres been a tenfold increase in applications to install the boxes which dont require formal planning permission. Ministers say they keep Development Rights under constant review. Now mike has all the sport. Would have been nice to have an upset, wouldnt it . I agree. Yeovil did their best to upset the likes of Alexis Sanchez at Manchester United, their new signing, roughed him up a bit and booed him like a pantomime villain but there was no fairytale for League Two Side yeovil town. A good debut for the man worth 18 times the whole yeovil squad as 12 time winners Manchester United eased to a 4 0 win. A goal for Marcus Rashford set up by sanchez got them on the on their way just before half time. Then the 87 league places separating the sides started to show as herrera, Jesse Lingard and lukaku added second half goals. A few days afterjoining Manchester United from arsenal in the swap deal, Jose Mourinho chose to start Alexis Sanchez, the highest paid player in premier league history. He was kicked, booed by the locals but sent home with the man of the match award. How did his manager think he got on . He will bring us all so this extra maturity and class so we are very he will bring us also this extra maturity and class so we are very pleased with him and he was keen to play, i know that was going to be difficult, i knew that was going to be an easy one for him but im happy with his performance. The nights other tie was an all championship match with Sheffield Wednesday beating reading to earn a place in the fifth round 3 1 at hillsborough. There are 12 other fourth round ties taking place today, among them Newport County of league two taking on tottenham. Newport nearly went out of the League Last Season and now they are pushing for a play off place and remember, they beat leeds united in the last round. Beating leeds was my highlight because i could enjoy that game and it was due to our hard work of getting in that position. And what happened at the end of last season was obviously more important for the football club. You only have to see the struggles hartlepool are going through and it could quite easily have been asked. Were fortunate. Were working hard to keep improving and thats what we always do. There will be a new womens champion happy Australia Day open this there will be a new womens champion happy australia open this morning in just under an hour. Simona halep and wozniacki meet in the final, both looking to win a maiden grandslam and the world number one ranking is also at stake. Wozniacki will go above halep if she wins. Im just excited, its another finals, its another great two weeks and regardless of what happens now ive done my best and when you go out there on saturday you have everything to win. Shes a strong opponent. Ive played her many times. Like you said, ive won against her many times so its going to be a different match, a new match, tough one, emotions are there, pressure is therefore both of us so well see whats going to happen, i cant say anything else about it. Live commentary of the womens final starts from 8 30am and highlights are on bbc one from 1 15pm this afternoon. From a first time winner to a serial grandslam champion, tomorrow morning federer plays a record seventh Australian Open mens singles final when he plays marin cilic in melbourne looking for a 20th grandslam title. His semi final opponent chung was retired with severe blisters. Federer thrashed cilic in wimbledon last year but they met in more unusual surroundings a couple of months ago. Im excited to play against him, hes a great guy, we won the laver cup and had a blast, we saw each other on vacation and played believe it or not. Where was that . In the maldives a couple of months ago, it was just the two of us and we were looking for a hitting partner and it happened we were both there, the weirdest thing. I said the practice in the tropicals helped us get to the final this time around. Very cool and i cant wait. The chances of that, meeting one of your tennis rivals in them all these. Sounds like there was no one else to play, on their own looking for a partner ben stokes has been snapped up this morning for £1. 4 million in the auction for the ipl. He has been bought by the rajistan royals despite facing a charge for affray after an incident outside the nightclub in bristol in september. He was the most valuable player last year at the twenty20 tournament. The third day of the third test between south africa and india came to a dramatic halt when umpires decided the pitch injohannesburg was too dangerous for play to continue. Chasing 241 to win the match in the final innings, elgar was hit on the helmet by a short ball from indias bowler. Discussions took place between the umpires and play was abandoned for the day. Play will resume later this morning. We hope its a little safer for them now. It isntjust Roger Federer doing it for the older sports men, anderson has become the oldest winner of a snowboard or cup event. Hes not really that old, 42, depends how old you are it is his 28th career win in bulgaria in the giant slalom. Good timing. The penultimate world cup event before the Winter Olympics. Anderson is the only rider to have competed in the Winter Olympics since snowboarding made its debut in 1998. He must have the most incredibly strong knees. It definitely isnt too old. I am that age, i dont mind admitting, andi too old. I am that age, i dont mind admitting, and i havejust darted snowboarding. I have had three lessons. How are you finding it . Loving it, iskied lessons. How are you finding it . Loving it, i skied once with a half an hour lesson and then i dont like the thing when you. Snowplough. Snowboarding is much more instinctive. I will follow your progress over the next few months now, with the Winter Olympics just three weeks away, a moving story to show how the slopes are opening to all, albeit with some mountainous challenges. Ed stephens was a british junior champion, but at 19, a car accident left him with a traumatic brain injury and many complications. However, this week, five years on, hes done what many thought impossible and returned to the slopes at arinsal in andorra to learn to sit ski. I went with him. Getting ready for one of the greatest sporting comebacks. In his room in his Gloucestershire College where he stays, reminders when ed stephens was british ski champion before at 19 he was left with a brain injury and complex disabilities. I used to do a lot of skiing, would you like to see me ski . With his Electronic Devices he was keen to show me how he got to the top, and for five years these on a mission to get back there. Hes come a long way from lifting his head to be able to greet his mum in the morning again. Morning, mum. Fantastic you cant talk and laugh at the same time, you know that, dont we . Physiotherapy staff at National Star college have help him realise his main dream, strengthening his head and right shoulder muscles that will help him carve his own way down the mountain once more. Its been a massive part of his life. To think that hes going to have a go at doing it again is just amazing, yeah. It means more than you can imagine. This week the moment came in andorra. It was a gamble because neither ed or anyone else knew exactly how hed react to being back on the slopes. This is it and its a moment his family never thought theyd see, and its notjust a historic moment for ed as we go off down the mountain but also for the whole sport because in a way, this opens up the mountains for all. Although he was being guided at first, his sit ski has been adapted so ed can soon control his own direction and speed with his head rather than relying on someone pushing him on a wheelchair. By the end of this week, he was nearly ready to fly down the slope alone. How was it . Pretty amazing. For him to do this isjust phenomenal and to be taking control. Most of the students at National Star need assistance with everything they do, so to be able to go out in a sit ski and truly experience the freedom skiing gives them, not to be wrapped in cotton wool, its something hard to replicate anywhere else. Ed still has the ability to ski and enjoy it. Ed wasnt alone, in all 20 students from National Star were back on the slopes and third years georgie and kyle showed how much freedom they can have. It really does open up the entire mountain. We really aim for giving everyone the maximum independence possible. Josh, zoe, dom and abby all followed and the students wanted to give me a taste of how much skill is needed to control your descent with your upper body. I thought we were off, i thought we were over but on the slopes i was always going to be in the shadow of the former british champion. Another reason you love skiing, ed, is the apres ski. And you said tell me theres some karaoke in there . How about i buy you a beer ed opted for a cider, and the apres ski is a crucial part of this whole experience as these amazing athletes toast their success and independence. We do love a good night on the karaoke and the band, part of the independence for my new friends. The best pa rt independence for my new friends. The best part of skiing i understand you have earned it if you have gone down the slopes a few times and thats one of the great sporting comebacks. We were saying about federer bumping into cilic on holiday, i bet people out there who have been in places and youve had a kick about or knockabout with a big sports star, who happens to be training their. Andy gomersall, what was it, paddle boarding and i bumped into the former England Rugby union star in dorset. Was he also doing that . No, he gave it a go. Was he any good . He was, normally sporting skills can be transferred. If you have been on holiday and bumped into someone, have been on holiday and bumped into someone, let us note. I went to centre pa rcs someone, let us note. I went to centre parcs and ended up swimming with rogerjohnson who sometimes does breakfast. Was that awkward . I bet it was a bit. I like roger, not awkward like that, sometimes you wa nt to awkward like that, sometimes you want to do your own thing when youre swimming, you dont want to meet up in your costume you want to get away from work sometimes thanks for sharing, get away from work sometimes thanks forsharing, mike get away from work sometimes thanks for sharing, mike lets get away from work sometimes thanks forsharing, mike lets get get away from work sometimes thanks for sharing, mike lets get some sanity. Im not sure if the Weather Forecast will offer that, but susan is in charge im not sure i can help much. Weve been talking a lot about paris. To look at the bigger picture, much of france is badly affect that by flooding. To give you an idea of white, many regions have seen four 01 white, many regions have seen four or five white, many regions have seen four orfive times white, many regions have seen four or five times the average already this winter and paris itself has had seven inches, 180 millimetres, of rain. A little bit calmerfor the next couple of days, but by the middle of the week it looks like another area of low pressure is going to develop. To the north it will also affect us. Wishing wall heavy rain in the paris. We will certainly be talking about record breaking rainfall across many parts of france, courtesy of the current weather pattern. Meanwhile, in the uk, under this mass of cloud we are under there somewhere you could probably just work we are under there somewhere you could probablyjust work out east anglia. This big stream of cloud coming in from the atlantic. Notice this front, it will trail back into the atlantic, feeding our way like a conveyor belt. Rain this morning to scotla nd conveyor belt. Rain this morning to scotland and Northern England. Northern ireland, fronts already pushing to these. A big cloudy, but largely a dry start. Further south, rain across the midlands, wales and the south west of england. Ahead of the south west of england. Ahead of the weather fronts some early sunshine for east anglia and the south east. Enjoy that because you can see whats coming your way. A weather front. A windy day across the board, especially the northern and western scotland. Gusty to high ground across Northern England. It does get dry come the afternoon, but we still get some gloomy among drizzly and murky conditions across wales and the south west for much of that a. Scotland, wales and the south west for much of thata. Scotland, northern wales and the south west for much of that a. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England getting the best of the brightness. Showers affecting scotland in the afternoon. A different story once the front comes in. A wet end to the day. Sky is clearer bit overnight. It could be chilly in the evening. What into the small hours here comes some cloud, be seen as and murkiness. It will be a pretty mild day. All of this cloud will keep feeding across us. This cloud will keep feeding across us. A great picture the sunday and further rain. Of grey picture. Now its time for newswatch. Hello and welcome to newswatch, with me, samira ahmed. Coming up on the programme a reporters question prompts tears from a bereaved father and anger from viewers. What did he ask and why . And is bbc news going overboard in reporting allegations of Sexual Harassment . We discussed on last weeks programme viewerss concerns that bbc news was making too much of reporting on this winters difficulties in the National Health service. So its no surprise that the attention of some of you was drawn towards monday evening bulletins, which led with a long and powerful piece from ed thomas about the challenges being faced at the University Hospital of north tees by its staff and patients. Blanche is 83 and shes struggling to breathe. The marvellous. It never left me. I know. Im in agony. Its awful. We dont like it. Nobody likes the patients to be in a corridor, but i physically have no room to put this lady in. Sandra smith felt that the top of a News Programme was not the right place for reporting of that kind. She recorded this video for us to explain why. Now, we all know the nhs is struggling and we all understand that, sometimes, these things have to be reported, but to go on for nearly 15 minutes in a News Programme is not right. There are programmes, such as panorama, for this sort of investigative journalism. Theres lots of other things going on in the world, not just the nhs. Jerry etheridge agreed with those sentiments and also took exception to the tone of the coverage meanwhile, Jonathan Bush called it a shameful report writing butjohn weaver put the opposite point of view in politics, plenty of attention given to the uk independence party, over last weekend and the start of this week. Its leader, henry bolton, has been under pressure since news broke of his relationship with ex model jo marney and the racist messages she had sent. Alex forsyth reported on the story for the news at one, on monday. I am not making any comment. Despite growing pressure, he says hes not going anywhere. Henry boltons insisting he wants to keep leading ukip, even though the partys ruling body says he should quit and now a string of senior members have resigned because he will not go. Sheila grant was watching and wandered wondered. And dave noble agreed by the end of the week, much of the medias focus had switched to switzerland, where many of the worlds Business Leaders and heads of state were meeting at the World Economic forum, in davos. The bbc were there in force, but will wake felt that the coverage concentrated too much on the global elite and not enough on the economic realities of peoples lives on thursday, bbc news reported on the sharp rise in serious Violent Crimes recorded by police in england and wales. Heres Home Affairs Correspondent tom simmons on the bbc news at six. Behind the statistics, wasted lives. A decade after meschak cornelio tried out the bike hed been given as a present, he became one of the four young men stabbed to death in london on new years eve, leaving his father confronting a nightmare. You saw his body . Yes. What is it like for a father to see his son dead in front of him . I couldnt. | was crying. John rostron was one of a number of viewers to take exception to the question posed there and recorded this video for us. I could not believe my ears on thursday night when i was listening to the six 0clock news and your reporter talking to that poor gentleman who had just lost his son after a bout of street violence. The reporter said to him, what does it feel like to see your son lying dead on the floor in front of you . How insensitive, how disrespectful. I really thought the bbc was better than this. Ijust cant. | just could not believe what i was hearing. Well, we put that point the bbc news and a spokesperson told us do let us know your thoughts on any of the issues we are covering in the programme or any other aspect of bbc news. There will have the details of how to contact us at the end of the programme. Before that some more of your comments on what youve seen and heard this week. On wednesday evening, it was this top story that caught the attention of some of you. All the president s club men appear to be enjoying themselves at their charity dinner. The women working there much less so. Claims they were groped at the men only event for those in business and politics. Women working as table hostesses made to wear revealing outfits, their phones confiscated. Lucy manning reporting there, on allegations of groping and Sexual Harassment at last weeks president s club charity dinner, filmed by an undercover Financial Times journalist. But some viewers felt that, without condoning the behaviour described, the bbc was making too much of it, withjohn paterson writing Leo Stevenson added this telephone caller felt the bbc news was not telling the whole of the story. The coverage about the president s party and how the girls were harassed pity they didnt listen to lbc in the afternoon, when a lot of the girls phoned in to say they did not feel harassed at all. Shouldnt the bbc be finding out both sides of a story before they put it on their television . Another phone caller, roger taylor, thought the prominence given to what went on at the president s club dinner detracted from what he considered more important news. Ijust wanted to express my surprise that you did not bother to include anything at all about the save the Children Fund offices being bombed in afghanistan on the six 0clock news, although you chose to devote loads and loads of time to a bunch of elderly, wealthy perverts in the dorchester hotel. Really, youve got your priorities completely wrong, in my opinion. As well as leading on that charity dinner, wednesdays evening bulletins both featured reports on the sentencing of the former Us Gymnastics Team doctor, larry nassar, for abusing female athletes, on allegations of abuse by nuns at a care home in lanarkshire, and on sexist remarks made on twitter by the new head coach of the england womens football team, phil neville, as well as brief mentions of the rapist, john worboys. All very Different Cases but they lead Margaret Murray to ask the Court Appearance of larry nassar and the summing up of thejudge in the case had already been broadcast live for more than half an hour on the news channel, prompting this reaction from gavin elliot i was watching the news on wednesday when coverage of the larry nassar trial came on and on and on. After ten minutes listening to the judges tedious summing up i switched off. However, this left me wondering why this man, not exactly a household name in this country, was warranted such extended coverage in the first place. Calculated, manipulative. Surely, a post trial and post sentencing short report would have been quite sufficient. Finally, british tennis has a new hero, kyle edmund, who this week reached the semifinals of the Australian Open. As he progressed through the tournament, we heard more about him, with bbc news tracking down his boyhood coach, on tuesday. It was all a little too detailed for someone describing himself as confused boyo on twitter thank you for all your comments this week. If you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us on. 0r e mail newswatch. You can find us on twitter. And do have a look at our website. Thats all from us. We will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc News Coverage again next week. Goodbye. Hello this is breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. Every active rape case in england and wales is to be reviewed, because of recent failures to disclose evidence. The director of Public Prosecutions says cases yet to come to trial will be examined as a matter of urgency and admits that some will have to be stopped. Good morning. Its saturday the 27th of january