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BBCNEWS Breakfast February 9, 2017

From the Brexit Negotiations. How a new law to tackle Rogue Landlords is failing to protect tenants from so called Revenge Evictions. Good morning. Should you be able to access your late partners pension if you werent married . A Landmark Ruling says yes, paving the way to more Pension Freedoms. And it could affect millions of workers. Ill look at the details. Leicester have their first home win of the year. Demarai gray scores in extra time to help them beat derby in their fa cup fourth round replay. You said you went home and you kissed your boy, you hugged your boy. Werent you doing that before . Ive been talking fatherhood, fake news, and the changing face of us politics, with Denzel Washington. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A cold day you had. The best of the sunshine in the west. Central and eastern areas, more cloud, some showers, and quite windy for some as well. All the details in about 30 minutes. Thank you, carol. See you soon. Good morning. First, our main story. Accident and Emergency Departments in england last month had their worst waiting time performance since had their worst Waiting Targets were introduced. Thats according to provisional figures leaked to the bbc. The data also suggests that record numbers of patients have had to wait on trolleys for a bed to become available. With more heres our Health Correspondent, dominic hughes. For months, a e departments across england have been struggling. We we re england have been struggling. We were given access to the raw Royal Blackburn Hospital. The difficulty was easy to see. It is a similar picture across england. Provisional figures appeared to show that last month, 82 of patients were treated, admitted, and discharged within four hours, the worst performance since the target of 95 was produced in 2004. 780 the target of 95 was produced in 200a. 780 patients waited more than 12 hours for a bed after being admitted to hospital, known as a trolley wait, again the worst on record. If the figures are correct, it shows the degree of pressure the nhs is under, despite huge efforts from 1. 4 million staff. The nhs is really struggling to cope with extra demand, record levels of demand. These figures are the worst since the four hour a e target was introduced. It shows the pressure. The Nhs In Scotland is coping better. But similar issues affect wales and Northern Ireland. Symptoms of the Pressure Building across health and social care. Nhs sources acknowledged the system is facing unprecedented demand. The latest figures suggest there is little sign of respite. Dominic hughes, bbc news. Well be speaking to the president of the Royal College of emergency medicine about the figures just after 7am this morning. The government has told the House Of Lords not to block brexit after mps overwhelmingly backed the bill to trigger article 50, with a majority of four to one. The brexit secretary, david davis, called on peers to do their patriotic duty and pass the legislation. More than 50 labour mps defied the three line whip imposed by their leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and voted against the bill. Heres our Political Correspondent, tom bateman. The message was clear. Mps gave their overwhelming support for theresa mays plan to get on with brexit talks. It is an historic vote today. It got through with a large majority. It has carried out the will of the british people. That is what parliament has done today. Just 137 words long, the bill, very simple, telling us we have to do what the people wanted. Some people for the bill all the way. They lost, but they sung the european anthem in defiance. The threat of a conservative rebellion fell away, but 52 labour mps, including clive lewis, a Shadow Cabinet minister, defined Jeremy Corbyn to vote against the bill. Defied. Defined Jeremy Corbyn to vote against the bill. Defied. What you have done is allow a stitch up on the 21st century equivalent of a c011 on the 21st century equivalent of a conjob. On the 21st century equivalent of a con job. Theresa may left after the vote clearing a first hurdle in parliament. Now the bill goes to the £5 lords, where it may need House Of Lords, where it may need yet more opposition. Tom bateman, bbc news, westminster. And picking up on that House Of Lords process, our Political Correspondent, carol walker, is in westminster this morning. We move onto the next step. Talk us through what will happen. There will bea through what will happen. There will be a huge amount of pressure on gears to let this bill goes through and complete its passage through parliament swiftly. Peers. Downing street sources have made it clear if the lords tried to disrupt this process they could face calls to be abolished. Now, i dont think that will stop peers from putting down amendments, the government does not have a majority, but any delays and changes will be minor and they will be able to see that off and stick to their timetable for triggering article 50 by the end of march. The biggest immediate problem is facing the labour leaderJeremy Corbyn. He has four positions in his Shadow Cabinet to feel and must decide whether to take action against more than a dozen junior mps who voted against the bill and his wishes. That has laid bare the huge divisions within the labour party. Carol, thank you. Just after 8am, well be discussing this with labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. A new law designed to help protect people in england from so called Revenge Evictions by Rogue Landlords isnt working, according to senior mps and housing lawyers. A bbc Freedom Of Information Request has revealed that there may be hundreds of thousands of vulnerable tenants, afraid to report things like damp, Faulty Electrics and broken boilers, for fear of being evicted. This report from daniel whitworth. Things like damp Faulty Electrics and broken boilers can all badly affect peoples health. Hello . But here in leeds, theres a concern many are too scared to complain in case their landlord kicks them out. This is rented out as private rented accommodation, people are living here. People are paying to rent here, making complaints, nothing happening and they could be under the threat of revenge eviction. Thats the reason why theyre not coming forward to the council to complain. And thats exactly what happened to helen. Her and herfamily were hit with a revenge eviction. It was horrible. After months of complaining, we got a firm of solicitors in who deal with properties in these states of disrepair. They checked the property and they agreed it was damp and something needed to be done. So they wrote to our landlord and instructed that work needed to be done on the property. And within a week of him receiving that, we received a section 21 eviction notice pushed under our door. Because of what happened to people like helen, a new law was introduced in october 2015 to try to stop retaliatory or so called Revenge Evictions. But weve seen exclusive figures gathered in a Freedom Of Information Request gathered from hundreds of councils right across england that show more than half havent stopped any at all. More than a quarter dont even record figures and fewer than one in five have taken any action. The government says Revenge Evictions are rare, and thanks to its new law, councils have all the powers they need to stop them. Dan whitworth, bbc news. The labour peer who campaigned for unaccompanied Migrant Children to come to the uk, has said the governments decision to stop the programme is shameful. When the dubs scheme was introduced last year, campaigners hoped thousands of children would benefit, but the actual numbers have been much lower. Alexandra mackenzie reports. Vulnerable and scared. Many children remain in camps across europe. An estimated 90,000 all alone without family. Following intense pressure last year, the then Prime Minister David Cameron introduced a programme to give century to some. Campaigners had hoped 3000 unaccompanied children with no links to the uk would benefit. Instead, 350 will be taken in before this scheme ends next month. It was designed by lord dubs, a former refugee who fled from the nazis himself. I was in greece. Desperate conditions. Many unaccompanied children who are bitterly cold and miserable we need to help them. There has been widespread condemnation. 0pposition parties have called the move a betrayal of Vulnerable Children and british values, and called on the government to revive the dubs ammendment. Some were taken to this place in devon. The home office says it isa place in devon. The home office says it is a matter of resources, the balance between enabling children to enter the country, while ensuring that local councils have the capacity to look after them. Alexander mackenzie, bbc news. The us senate has approved President Trumps choice of attorney general, jeff sessions. Mr trump criticised efforts by democrats to block the appointment. Mr sessions was denied a post as a federaljudge in the 1980s, when he was accused of racism, though hes always denied the allegations. Tributes have continued to be paid to Tara Palmer Tomkinson after her shock death, aged just 45. The actress and model became an it girl in the 90s and wrote about her life as an aristocrat and her close ties to the royal family. She was found dead in her london home after revealing that she had a brain tumour in november last year. Jane austins mr darcy from Pride And Prejudice is one of the most admired and romantic leading men in literary history. When colin firth played him he was famously tall, dark and handsome, but that might not have been the case according to new research. This portrait by british academics paints a very different picture of mr darcy, giving him a pale face, powdered white hair, a long nose and a pointy chin. Hes a far cry from the brooding mr darcy created by filmmakers. Yes. Umm there you go. You can see the contrast. Laughing. What did they say, a powdered. A powdered face. What is wrong with a powdered face . And fair hair. No tan because you are always inside. He looked a little bit like you. Why are you doing that are you thinking hmm . What have you got going on was on . Leicester have theirfirst home win of the year. They are one point above the Relegation Zone in the Premier League. But the champions beat derby county 3 1 in their fa cup fourth round replay. Demari gray scoring the pick of the goals. Mps will debate the Football Associations failure to reform later today. It follows a motion of no confidence in the Governing Body. Parliament will examine whether the fa can comply fully with its duties. Hundreds of mourners gathered in wolverhampton yesterday for the funeral of former england womens cricket captain, Rachael Heyhoe flint. A pioneer in womens cricket, she died aged 77 last month after a short illness. British snowsports are aiming to become one of the worlds top five skiing and snowboarding nations by 2030. The Winter Olympics take place in pyeongchang south korea in one year and uk sport says Great Britain can achieve its best ever winter games. That is quite a long time to wait for your target, 2030. Why have they become so good at Winter Sports at the moment . Used to have to on a dry ski slope. There are many more with new indoor ones. And there is snow on the mountains by carol. Is that The Grampians . This is a librarian picture. I knew you were going to ask me where it was. Sorry. May be some malay like yorkshire. Somewhere like. Calls are today and cloudy across central and eastern areas. We will see showers, rain, sleet and snow. A blocking area of High Pressure in the continent with wind moving around that coming from a cold sauce is sweeping across our shores so it is sweeping across our shores so it isa is sweeping across our shores so it is a cold start. In Western Scotland you will see some sunshine this morning but it is cold and frosty. Down the east coast where we have the wintry showers, the risk of ice. A sunny start across North West England, but a cold one and as we come down the east coast and inland we are looking on the coast at a mixture of rain and sleet. Inland It Isa Mixture of rain and sleet. Inland it is a mixture of sleet and snow. Showers across the south, not as cold but still cold and as we drift towards the south west you are under clearer skies but not as cold. Four degrees, will not feel warm if you are stepping outside. More cloud as we push inland and for Northern Ireland a bit more cloud as well stop temperatures at 7am right about four degrees in belfast. Through the course of the day the lions share of the sunshine will be out of the west, where it will be windy. Gales in the west, they will ease a touch during the day but a cold wind lowing in those showers. Coming out the cloud in central and eastern areas. Because they are showers not all of us will see one but they will have a wintry element to them inland. Through the evening and overnight it will be windy. We will have some showers strolling along the South Of England here and there will be wintry across The Grampians, the pennines and the east of the country as well. It is a cold night, and where the skies remain clear across North West Scotland we are looking at a frost but frost shouldnt be a problem for much of the uk. That leaves us into tomorrow. Tomorrow once again we are looking at some snow showers, again coming in from the east. 0n the coast, rain, sleet and snow as we push inland. Not all of us will see them but across 0rkney and shetland we could see as much as five or six centimetres, just over two inches. Those are the kind of temperature values but if you are in the wind it will feel colder than those temperatures are suggesting. As we head on into saturday we have a similar combination of rain and sleet in the coast, snow showers as we push inland. The change of Wind Direction to the north easterly, still feeling cold but some of the showers will blow over to the west so we will see some in wales, the south west of england and Northern Ireland, and a quick look at sunday. Asimilar kind ireland, and a quick look at sunday. A similar kind of story, still some snow showers around and it will feel raw if you are out in that wind. Snow showers around and it will feel raw if you are out in that windm is going to feel raw. It is going to feel roar shall we have a look at the papers . As many of the papers are this morning, the front page dominated by the vote last night. Worth pointing out thatJeremy Corbyn will be with us on the sofa just after 8am, many questions of course posed about his leadership or what he makes of what will happen in the Brexit Negotiations. The Daily Express also talking about that vote, saying that mps last night gave theresa may the all clear to ta ke gave theresa may the all clear to take britain out of the eu, and Prince Charles with tara parker thompson, who tragically died. The front page of the times has some big brands and where the advertising ends up. And if you go inside, it explains a little bit about how it works and it is not the brands themselves who are choosing to advertise on the extremist videos but we dont all see the same advert only click on a video. The video player will look at what else we have been browsing for on the internet, it will find relevant ad and may be sure you one for a car, bank or retailer. That is how they are ending up on these sites. Google, which owns youtube, has received is in place to stop it happening but some are clearly getting through. On the front page of the Daily Express a follow on with eu exit, time to get on with it, a theme from many of the papers this morning. And the guardian this morning also with a picture of Tara Palmer Tomkinson, and the story of anger and dismay greeting the announcement by the government that it will end its commitment to provide a lone child refugees in europe. I know lots of people are enjoying the rugby at the moment, you included, charlie. The mirror have done a piece about eddiejones who has been compared to brian clough, because the thing about eddiejones is clough, because the

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