dismissed and overlooked. just some of the millions of parcels and cards on their way to be delivered in time for christmas. good morning. iam delivered in time for christmas. good morning. i am at the royal mail new massive hub in daventry. i will have the last posting dates for you. in sport... proving their doubters wrong. champions manchester city end their winless run in the premier league. things are looking much quieter today. most places dry with a few showers around. all the weather details throughout the programme. it's monday, the 11th of december. rishi sunak will appear before the covid inquiry today, where he'll face questions about the decisions he made as chancellor during the pandemic. those decisions are expected to include his eat out to help out scheme, which aimed to revive the hospitality trade in the summer

of 2020 with cut—price meals and has since been blamed for increasing covid deaths. our health correspondent ellie price has the story. katsu curry. it was a don't give up the dayjob moment. his dayjob at the time was chancellor of the exchequer. he didn't give it up, but ended up eventually getting promoted to the topjob. the eat out to help out scheme was his department's brainchild and it's something that keeps coming up at this inquiry. rishi sunak has repeatedly said the government followed the scientific advice, but... i think there were definitely periods when it was clear that the unwelcome advice we were giving was, as expected, not loved. this is exactly encouraging what we've been trying to suppress and get on top of in the last few months. so it didn't feel sensible to me. it would have been prudent, let's put it that way, for them

to have thought about discussing it before it was launched. oh, my golly, that's fantastic! the idea behind it, giving us all up to a tenner towards a meal in a restaurant was to kick start the economy after the first lockdown. the inquiry has heard there's limited evidence that it contributed to hugely spreading the virus, but scientists suggest it sent the wrong message. and it was one of the reasons the then chancellor, whose job it was to promote the economy after all, got the unfortunate nickname among some scientists as dr death. i want to reassure you that we have a comprehensive plan to protectjobs and businesses in every region and nation of the united kingdom. there will also be questions about whether his concerns over the economic impact led to a delay in the second lockdown. he was, of course, the man who introduced the furlough scheme. we're setting up a new coronavirus job retention scheme. but this inquiry has already heard financial relief for the self—employed and low paid may not have been enough. i've just been to buckingham palace

and accepted his majesty, the king's invitation to form a government in his name. rishi sunak didn't make the final decisions during the pandemic, but he is in charge of the country now, and the verdict on his choices then may yet shape his future. ellie price, bbc news. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is in westminster. henry, how unusual is it for a serving prime minister to face this sort of grilling? it's not just about what he jazz these days as prime minister that it is about his role as chancellor, during the years of covid. it is a bi deal. during the years of covid. it is a big deal. unusual— during the years of covid. it is a big deal. unusual for _ during the years of covid. it is a big deal. unusual for a - during the years of covid. it is a big deal. unusual for a prime i big deal. unusualfor a prime minister to face a public grilling. we are expecting it to last the best part of the day from a leading kc

about how the government handled covid. full rishi sunak, it was a tale of two policies. the furlough scheme is how many members of the public became aware of rishi sunak. he had only been chancellor for public became aware of rishi sunak. he had only been chancellorfor a few weeks at that time. it was lauded as an innovative way to keep peoples finance going during this unprecedented pandemic and still now, i think most people think it was a successful policy. the second policy rishi sunak is associated with during covid is more controversial, eat how to help out. we can tell from the way the inquiry has questioned previous witnesses there will be tough questions full rishi sunak about whether he did enough to our scientists and medical officers, who were advising the government during the pandemic, about the use before pursuing a policy. if you take a step back,

what rishi sunak has been trying to do is define himself against what came before. today will be a big reminder he was bothjohnson�*s chancellor. iii reminder he was both johnson's chancellor-— reminder he was both johnson's chancellor. ., ., ., chancellor. if today was not enough, tomorrow he — chancellor. if today was not enough, tomorrow he faces _ chancellor. if today was not enough, tomorrow he faces another - chancellor. if today was not enough, | tomorrow he faces another challenge because his rwanda stop the votes bill goes to parliament. sounds like he could be in trouble with that. it is certainly genuine. it is a big day today but not as big as tomorrow. tomorrow there will be a second reading in parliament, a vote on the principles of rishi sunak�*s illegal immigration legislation. this is designed to constrain the ability of people the government might attempt to send to rwanda to appeal against deportation. we saw last week how controversial the legislation is within the conservative party when it prompted

the resignation of immigration and former close friend robertjenrick. the question for tomorrow is twofold, it is about what the people to the right of the conservative party will do and those on the left of the party might do. they want to ensure the uk is meeting it human rights obligations. tomorrow will be about which groups he has managed to satisfy, rishi sunak will be hoping both. if he has not managed to satisfy one or the other he is in trouble. coverage of those events over the bbc in the next couple of days. we will be talking further this morning. what else do we need to know? diplomats at the united nations say the general assembly is likely to hold another vote on whether it should call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza.

on friday, the united states vetoed a similar vote by the un security council. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. yolande, does either side look like it wants to stop fighting? what it looks like since we had the failure of the un security council to pass a resolution on friday, is really what we have seen on the ground is an intensification of the fighting, particularly in areas seen as hamas stronghold in the gaza strip. in the north of the gaza strip. in the north of the gaza strip where the weather ground offensive has been going on for more than six weeks, now battle is continuing to rage. israel claims dozens of hamas fighters have handed themselves in and surrendered, and as is denying that. in the south, in khan younis, the place is seen as the place where hamas leaders may be hiding, tanks have cut off the road.

qatar, which mediated a truce between the two sides in a prisoner and hostage exchange last month has said it is continuing efforts but it is getting more difficult now to have any meaningful negotiations. a warning from hamas over the weekend. not a single hostage will be able to leave the gaza strip alive unless it's demands are met. israel is being pushed for a ceasefire. israel is saying it will not a and this will until its aim of crashing hamas is met. —— it will not end this war. britain has confirmed that it's selling two former royal navy ships to ukraine, as part of an effort to bolster their presence on the black sea. it's a pair of mine hunters, which ukrainian troops have already been training on. they're part of a wider plan of increased support for ukraine, led by the uk and norway.

around 200 afghan special forces soldiers, who fled to pakistan when the taliban seized control in 2021, are facing imminent deportation back to their homeland. the elite troops were trained and funded by the uk, prompting calls for them to be offered refuge in britain because of the danger they'll face under the new regime. the government denied accusations of betraying the soldiers, saying it has brought thousands of afghans to safety. a 29—year—old woman is appearing before croydon magistrates later charged with four counts of manslaughter — after her two sets of twins died in a fire in south london. leyton and logan hoath were three years old, and kyson and bryson were four, when they died in december 2021. their mother deveca rose has also been charged with child abandonment. a 58—year—old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of anthony littler, who was beaten to death outside east finchley tube station in may 1984. the arrest comes days after the metropolitan police launched a fresh appeal for information.

the uk's health security agency is warning that longer and warmer summers could increase the risk of disease—spreading mosquitoes becoming established in the uk. the report is based on a worst case scenario temperature increase of four degrees celsius, which would also see an increase in heat—related deaths and flooding. 0ur global health correspondent tulip mazumdar has more on this. the aedes albopictus mosquito, also known as the asian tiger mosquito, so called for its distinctive white stripes and the fact that its native to tropical and subtropical areas of southeast asia. but, as our planet warms, the uk's health security agency is warning that parts of the country could become idealfor these blood—sucking insects to establish themselves here and start spreading diseases, such as dengue, zika and chikungunya. although generally not deadly, they can cause severe illness. if these mosquitoes become

established in the uk, there will be a set of actions that will be taken with local authorities to try and prevent their growth in our environment. so there are interventions that we can take to modify the environment, to reduce the risk of from those mosquitoes. and that will also potentially include advice to people in their home, particularly in terms of how we store and manage water, for example, in our gardens and outdoors. the mosquitoes have already been responsible for local outbreaks of dengue fever in france in recent years. scientists now predict london could see regular infections by 2060. it is the ukhsa's job to look out for and protect us against these kinds of threats. it also warns of a rise in heat—related deaths and flooding in the future. but it says this planning is for a plausible worst case scenario and points out

that many of the threats can still be avoided if action is taken now. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. this year's i'm a celebrity... get me out of here has finished for another year with all the usual fanfare down under. spoiler alert, we are about to tell you who won. 0k? the winner of i'm a celebrity... get me out of here 2023, and the new king of thejungle is... sam! the reality tv star sam thompson took the crown. he is so bouncy. he was praised by the itv show�*s hosts ant and dec for his enthusiasm and energy. boxer tony bellew came second and the former ukip leader nigel farage was third. he didn't stop bouncing the whole

time, did he? completely loved it. 0verjoyed. lovely to see. well done toussaint. do you like the way we had to cut out the delay? they built up had to cut out the delay? they built up the tension so long, about 15 seconds. here's sarah with a look at the weather. good morning. for many of us that weekend has been really blustery. still melon followed by storm fergus. both are clearing away. start to the working week. most of us looking driver sunshine breaking through. a few showers lingering here and there. storm fergus is clearing off towards the east. another area of cloud waiting in the wings in the atlantic. we are between those weather systems. not completely clear. a few showers particularly in the east of scotland. this is the monday morning

commute. brighter in the west. chilly in the north, temperature is around two to two to 5 degrees to start the morning. a few showers in the isle of man, cheshire, perhaps one or two in norfolk as well. most of us looking drive at a few showers in the isle of man, cheshire, perhaps one or two in norfolk as well. most of us looking drivers of particularly in the south—west. we will keep the the north around six to 8 degrees. milder further south. lighter winds and it should not feel too bad this afternoon. this evening and tonight, the next area of rain moves in from the west. northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england seeing rain. followed by showers and thunderstorms. a touch of frost around first thing in the north—east to start tuesday. most of seeing as showery and unsettled sort

of day. sunshine, scattered blustery showers tomorrow. most of us having a drier and quieter day today. thank ou so a drier and quieter day today. thank you so much- _ a drier and quieter day today. thank you so much. you _ a drier and quieter day today. thank you so much. you later. _ a drier and quieter day today. thank you so much. you later. -- - a drier and quieter day today. thank you so much. you later. -- see - a drier and quieter day today. thank you so much. you later. -- see you| you so much. you later. —— see you later. a court case this week could change the way universities are expected to look after their students — including their mental health. the high court is considering whether universities owe what's called a "duty of care" to their students. lawyers acting for the parents of natasha abrahart, who took her own life, will make the case in court. the university of bristol, where she studied, says no such duty exists. here's our education correspondent hazel shearing. natasha was my ideal daughter. she was really, really enthusiastic about university. she was incredibly independent. it's been five and a half years since university of bristol student natasha abraharts took her own life. natasha had social anxiety. she'd been due to give a presentation when she died. social anxiety is described

as a fear of social or performance situations, where somebody is frightened of being judged. when she was at university, she had a thing where she would never buy a drink from the bar. her friends would always have to do that. there are one or two outstanding questions that we've not yet had answered. campaigning from their home in nottingham, natasha's parents want a judge to rule that the university owed a duty of care to their daughter and for that to be a stepping stone towards a statutory duty of care for all universities. the world has changed. students have changed. the law needs to catch up. that's all we're asking for. we read the prospectuses. we know what universities are aiming for. and there's an awful lot of the government, as well as looking at, you know, what's best practice. but what we really need to see is, is what is the minimum that you can expect? and what i would say is, no matter what you read in the prospectus,

don't ever assume that that's what's going to happen. duty of care basically means that an individual has a responsibility to look after someone else. for most students at university, this duty of care, this statutory duty of care — it's not going to affect your university education or your university life at all. what we're really focusing on here is the minority of students that are in a vulnerable position that are potentially suicidal, struggling with their mental health, struggling with issues outside of university. maybe they've experienced sexual assaults and they need protection that's not given currently under the law. the university of bristol said it wasn't giving interviews but in a statement it said it was deeply sorry for the abraharts' loss and stress that staff had suggested alternative options for natasha's presentation. it said students and families needed to be clear on what universities can and cannot do, and that students receive appropriate specialist care under the nhs should they need it. i believe we have a real chance of success. for natasha's parents, this week is crucial, as they continue to campaign in the name of their daughter. hazel shearing, bbc news.

let's take a look at today's papers, most of which focus on the potential rebellion which rishi sunak is facing. "pm under pressure to amend rwanda plans" is the telegraph headline — ahead of tomorrow's crucial vote on that legislation — although the paper says most of the mps it has contacted said they would rather back the bill than trigger a confidence crisis for the prime minister. the guardian says mr sunak�*s allies spent the weekend pleading with tory mps in the hopes of staving off rebellion that could sink the legislation. senior conservative mp sir charles walker tells the i that the pm should call an election if he loses the vote

"to spare us another leadership contest." and the times also leads on that story, its front page features guys and st thomas' hospital in london, where surgeons are performing an entire week's worth of operations in a single day that is the final story in our round—up. it is going to be a busy week and isn't it? somejoy inside. i love this story. in the guardian this morning about the ritz in paris where somebody lost a diamond ring worth three quarters of £1 million. wow! lost? they lost it. it was thought to be a robbery, they checked everywhere. then it was found in a vacuum cleaner bag. it was owned by malaysian business woman. they searched high and low and any and found it. can you imagine if it had not been found?

how are even sprouts at christmas? not sure about this one. in the paper today they are saying a chip shop is starting to bafta sprouts in the vain hope it might make them taste slightly better. —— batter sprouts. they are also doing stuffing, pigs in blankets, deep—fried. roast potatoes as well. i want to pause for a moment, well done for the name of this chippy, it is called the almighty cod. they need us about alternative! —— a sprout alternative. there are concerns that signs of cancer in pregnant women are being overlooked, with symptoms dismissed as pregnancy—related. every day, two women in the uk

are diagnosed with the disease while expecting a child, and a leading cancer charity says greater awareness is needed within the healthcare profession. louise beevers from lincolnshire was told she had breast cancer whilst pregnant. she's been speaking to our reporter alex moss. so thank you for filling the room up. i feel really loved. everything was going right that night, celebrating the big 4—0. it was just perfect. and then, you just take for granted that life isn't actually a guarantee. hello. hello, beautiful. she turned a0 and found out she was pregnant with her fourth child. she also learned she had cancer. 15th of may, i was called back in and saw the surgeon and was told it was cancer. surgeons operated quickly. baby suzy arrived in august, but not long after she found out

the cancer was terminal. no one health care professional would put a time limit to how long i've got left, and that in itself is really difficult to deal with because i need to put plans in place for my children. you know, for special birthdays, life events. i want to have letters. i want to write letters for my children, so they can open those if i'm not here. at the start of her pregnancy, she found a lump in her breast, but she was reassured it was likely due to her being pregnant. i knew it wasn't right for me and ijust wish i persisted at that time, as opposed to accepted. i really, really do. it could have been a whole different story than the one i'm telling now. experts say there needs

to be a greater awareness within the health care profession to spot cancer early in pregnancy and save lives. because breast cancer is a disease that becomes more common as you get older, the likelihood of pregnancy and breast cancer occurring at the same time increases. one of ourjobs is to make sure that we educate health care professionals involved in the care of pregnant women about how breast cancer in itself can present at that time. we've got two children who've lost their mom, one who was only weeks old and one who was three and a half. pete lost his wife to cancer not long after the birth of their second child. and there just was nothing that's tailored specifically for a cancer diagnosis in or around childbirth. so he set up a charity to help those diagnosed with cancer in pregnancy. the reality is it should and could be any health professional

that somebody comes into contact with in pregnancy, whether it's a midwife, whether it's a health visitor, or whether it's a community nurse, whether it's the gp. the point is, if somebody shares a concern with you, it is your responsibility to take that forward and try and escalate that to somebody, or at least signpost them into a pathway that will get them diagnosed early. smiling. she's smiling. louise is now spending whatever time she has left, making memories with her family. so today's friday. chemo was on tuesday, so although feeling the usual bouts of nausea, i can safely get in close with my little one and have some really cute and long cuddles. she's determined that no other women walk the same tragic path as her. and i urge anybody who finds anything remotely, remotely unusual,

just please go to the gp. and if you're not referred, insist on being referred. it's two minutes and then hopefully it will be nothing. but then you can go home and you can get on with the rest of your life. i'm being with my children and we are going to make memories and we're going to enjoy each other�*s company. and we are... we're going to tell each other, we love each other. we've got at least a billion more times to say that before anything happens. incredible courage from louise. our thanks to louise for sharing her story. we'll have more on this at quarter past eight this morning. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad.

a school in north east london is on high alert this morning after it received a threat to "kill everyone" at the school. police are stepping up patrols near a muslim school in redbridge after they received the threatening letter. local mp and shadow minister wes streeting has written urgently to the home secretary calling on the government to "safeguard muslim communities from hatred and discrimination". the government says home secretary james cleverly has recently met with representatives from the muslim community to discuss "the most effective ways of tackling anti—muslim hatred". the fast food chain mcdonald's is today looking for a homeless man after one of their security guards soaked the ground where the man was sitting. mcdonald's has apologised for what happened on saturday on victoria street in central london. the company said it's removed the third—party security guards involved and wants to find the man involved to make amends.

a boat taking west ham fans to their match against fulham yesterday crashed into hammersmith bridge. the bridge is already closed to traffic because of the risk it might collapse. the boat did finally free itself. damage to the bridge isn't yet known. and after all that, west ham lost the match 4—0. the organisers of columbia road carols in hoxton in east london have said their remaining services planned for the run—up to christmas are cancelled because of safety fears. this is how popular it's been in previous years and now on instagram, st peter's bethnal said the 7,000 people who attended last week presented, according to police and the council, a danger to public safety. there were no injuries but the concerts this wednesday and next are cancelled.

let's take a look at the tubes now. central, northern and piccadilly lines have minor delays for various issues. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. a brief ridge of high pressure builds today so today for most of us, we're looking at a largely dry and bright day, with some good spells of sunshine around. especially into the afternoon. for this morning, it is still quite breezy out there. we've got some variable amounts of cloud. and more in the way of sunshine, though, into the afternoon. and temperatures reaching around nine to 12 celsius. it means for this the start of this evening, largely dry conditions with clear skies but more in the way of cloud building overnight tonight from the west and with it some outbreaks of showers arriving in and some of these may be heavy in places. but temperatures by the end of the night holding up at around nine or 10 degrees. it's an area of low pressure that will be with us throughout the day on tuesday and for much of wednesday as well as it gradually moves away eastwards. so it will be cloudy weather

and it will bring some outbreaks of showers as well. so for tuesday, a showery day. quite cloudy and wet on wednesday as well, holding the mild weather tuesday and gradually it does become a bit cooler looking ahead to wednesday and the next few days. and then drier into the end of the week. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. it's the start of a crucial week for the prime minister rishi sunak. today he'll appear before the covid inquiry facing questions over his eat out to help 0ut scheme, and tomorrow there's a vital commons vote on the rwanda plan which could see a serious rebellion within the party. lots to talk about, and we'rejoined now by sonia sodha from the observer, and tim montgomerie, who founded the conservative home website. good morning both of you. thanks for getting up so early on monday, but i know there is lots for you both to

get your teeth into this week. tim, you have your into the ground among conservative members, much danger is rishi sunak in this week? i conservative members, much danger is rishi sunak in this week?— rishi sunak in this week? i think the conservative _ rishi sunak in this week? i think the conservative party _ rishi sunak in this week? i think the conservative party almost i rishi sunak in this week? i thinkl the conservative party almost did commit suicide last week when robert jenrick resigned. i think there was panic in conservative ranks, and i began to fear that we would yet again see a change in prime minister. but i think wiser heads have prevailed, and now i think the dangerfor the prime have prevailed, and now i think the danger for the prime minister have prevailed, and now i think the dangerfor the prime minister is more that he will lose his immigration policy then his leadership because we really do not need as a country in yet another change in prime minister. let’s need as a country in yet another change in prime minister. let's 'ust talk about that fl change in prime minister. let's 'ust talk about that for i change in prime minister. let's 'ust talk about that for a i change in prime minister. let's 'ust talk about that for a moment, h change in prime minister. let'sjust talk about that for a moment, in i talk about that for a moment, in terms of the vote. what if he doesn't lose that, what happens then? i doesn't lose that, what happens then? ., �* ~' doesn't lose that, what happens then? ., �* ~ ., , then? i don't think he will actually lose the vote _ then? i don't think he will actually lose the vote tomorrow, - then? i don't think he will actually lose the vote tomorrow, sally. - then? i don't think he will actually lose the vote tomorrow, sally. i l lose the vote tomorrow, sally. i think a lot of conservative mps who are actually quite sceptical about

whether his immigration plan will work have decided to amend, try and amend the bill in committee stages. so tomorrow, it may look like rishi sunak has a victory, but actually it might be a short—term victory. the bill may well be defeated in the house of lords and even in the commons, i think tory mps will seek to amend it and those amendments may effectively wreck the bill's chance of passing at all. it's a difficult week for him as you introduced, for him, but it's not going to end this week. this is months ahead probably a very difficult parliamentary debate. ., ., , debate. sonia, we are seeing ictures debate. sonia, we are seeing pictures right _ debate. sonia, we are seeing pictures right now— debate. sonia, we are seeing pictures right now of - debate. sonia, we are seeing pictures right now of prime . debate. sonia, we are seeing - pictures right now of prime minister doing a picture opportunity on a bed in a channel, depicting reassurance and positivity on small boats but how vulnerable do you think he is on this piece of legislation? i how vulnerable do you think he is on this piece of legislation?— this piece of legislation? i think it is very vulnerable. _ this piece of legislation? i think it is very vulnerable. i - this piece of legislation? i think it is very vulnerable. i think -

this piece of legislation? i think it is very vulnerable. i think the j it is very vulnerable. i think the bill will— it is very vulnerable. i think the bill will pass tomorrow, i agree with_ bill will pass tomorrow, i agree with him. — bill will pass tomorrow, i agree with him, notjust because people will want — with him, notjust because people will want to amend it in committee as tim _ will want to amend it in committee as tim said. — will want to amend it in committee as tim said, but mps know that fundamentally if this legislation were _ fundamentally if this legislation were not passed tomorrow, that would prompt— were not passed tomorrow, that would prompt an _ were not passed tomorrow, that would prompt an even more intense crisis in the _ prompt an even more intense crisis in the conservative party and might even possibly lead to sunak losing his leadership. there are a few mps who needs —— want that but not enough — who needs —— want that but not enough at — who needs —— want that but not enough at this stage. most mps even if they— enough at this stage. most mps even if they think they have no hope of winning _ if they think they have no hope of winning the next election, they know it would _ winning the next election, they know it would absolutely crazy to present yet another prime minister and another— yet another prime minister and another leadership candidate to the electorate. i don't think we are going _ electorate. i don't think we are going to — electorate. i don't think we are going to see that. the reason that he is _ going to see that. the reason that he is in _ going to see that. the reason that he is in trouble and stories of chaos— he is in trouble and stories of chaos are _ he is in trouble and stories of chaos are going to dominate for the next few_ chaos are going to dominate for the next few weeks if not months is that even if— next few weeks if not months is that even if this— next few weeks if not months is that even if this bill passes, as tim says. — even if this bill passes, as tim says. he — even if this bill passes, as tim says, he has two warring factions of mps thal— says, he has two warring factions of mps that he — says, he has two warring factions of mps that he has got to try and

manage — mps that he has got to try and manage on this piece of legislation as it goes — manage on this piece of legislation as it goes through the commons. a set of— as it goes through the commons. a set of around 100 mp5 the left of the party— set of around 100 mp5 the left of the party who think that this legislation breaks written's international obligations, then you have got— international obligations, then you have got another group of around 100 mp5 have got another group of around 100 mps who— have got another group of around 100 mp5 who think this does not go far mps who think this does not go far enough _ mps who think this does not go far enough and trying to hold that party together— enough and trying to hold that party together when mps don't have a lot of incentive to rally behind the prime — of incentive to rally behind the prime minister, because lots of them think they— prime minister, because lots of them think they are going to lose the election— think they are going to lose the election anyway, that's going to be extremely— election anyway, that's going to be extremely difficult for him. even if this bill— extremely difficult for him. even if this bill passes the commons, it's -ot this bill passes the commons, it's got to— this bill passes the commons, it's got to get— this bill passes the commons, it's got to get through the lords and it's very— got to get through the lords and it's very difficult to see it getting _ it's very difficult to see it getting through the lords in the form _ getting through the lords in the form that— getting through the lords in the form that rishi sunak wants. either way its— form that rishi sunak wants. either way it's very — form that rishi sunak wants. either way it's very difficult to see this policy— way it's very difficult to see this policy getting enacted before the general— policy getting enacted before the general election but even if it were to be, _ general election but even if it were to be, it _ general election but even if it were to be, it having a significant impact _ to be, it having a significant impact on _ to be, it having a significant impact on small boat numbers because it will he _ impact on small boat numbers because it will be such tiny numbers of people — it will be such tiny numbers of people who even get moved to rwanda in the _ people who even get moved to rwanda in the first— people who even get moved to rwanda in the first place. tim, people who even get moved to rwanda in the first place-— in the first place. tim, how challenging _ in the first place. tim, how challenging is _ in the first place. tim, how challenging is going - in the first place. tim, how challenging is going to - in the first place. tim, how challenging is going to be l in the first place. tim, how - challenging is going to be today for the prime minister at the covid

inquiry? because everybody has their own version of living through that experience, everyone will remember the eat 0ut experience, everyone will remember the eat out to help 0ut experience, everyone will remember the eat out to help out and here we are now again today being very much reminded of his part in that. flit reminded of his part in that. of course, it's reminded of his part in that. oi course, it's one thing, which he is very proud of, his invention of the furlough which rescued manyjobs during... during covid. but senior medics say they were not even consulted by the then chancellor when he introduced eat 0ut consulted by the then chancellor when he introduced eat out to help 0ut. personally, idon't when he introduced eat out to help 0ut. personally, i don't think this is the big day of the week. i think most of your viewers, sally, have made up their mind about them government's handling of covid. i think it's important that he keeps his cool. he can have a bit of a temper, and if he looks like he is not answering the questions of the inquiry respectfully, that might cause him trouble. but i don't think

many people's mind is yet to be made up many people's mind is yet to be made up on covid and the government. i think tomorrow is the big day for rishi sunak�*s future. think tomorrow is the big day for rishi sunak's future.— think tomorrow is the big day for rishi sunak's future. these pictures of rishi sunak _ rishi sunak's future. these pictures of rishi sunak putting _ rishi sunak's future. these pictures of rishi sunak putting his _ rishi sunak's future. these pictures of rishi sunak putting his logo - rishi sunak's future. these pictures of rishi sunak putting his logo all. of rishi sunak putting his logo all over restaurant windows and serving up over restaurant windows and serving up food and meeting republicans and restaurant tears, sonia, it was a very difficult time politically and very difficult time politically and very different time for rishi sunak was incredibly popular during the pandemic, that's how he made his name. . , ., ., ., name. certainly around the furlough scheme as tim _ name. certainly around the furlough scheme as tim said _ name. certainly around the furlough scheme as tim said although - name. certainly around the furlough scheme as tim said although there. scheme as tim said although there was a _ scheme as tim said although there was a lot— scheme as tim said although there was a lot of— scheme as tim said although there was a lot of work behind the scenes by the _ was a lot of work behind the scenes by the unions to get him into the right— by the unions to get him into the right place. i think he is going to -et right place. i think he is going to get heat — right place. i think he is going to get heat on eat 0ut right place. i think he is going to get heat on eat out to help 0ut right place. i think he is going to get heat on eat out to help out for the reasons that tim has said. i think— the reasons that tim has said. i think the — the reasons that tim has said. i think the other thing that he is going — think the other thing that he is going to — think the other thing that he is going to face some really intense questioning over, though, is the second _ questioning over, though, is the second and third lockdown. we know what was _ second and third lockdown. we know what was going down in downing street— what was going down in downing street that rishi sunak was one of the once _ street that rishi sunak was one of the once saying, no common let's not

listen _ the once saying, no common let's not listen to— the once saying, no common let's not listen to the _ the once saying, no common let's not listen to the scientists, we can't have _ listen to the scientists, we can't have a _ listen to the scientists, we can't have a two—week lockdown in the autumn— have a two—week lockdown in the autumn of— have a two—week lockdown in the autumn of 2020, we need to get on through _ autumn of 2020, we need to get on through. the issue with the pandemic and a _ through. the issue with the pandemic and a virus _ through. the issue with the pandemic and a virus that rises exponentially is we _ and a virus that rises exponentially is we know— and a virus that rises exponentially is we know that if you are going to lockdown — is we know that if you are going to lockdown anyway and impose social restrictions, the later you leave it, restrictions, the later you leave it. the — restrictions, the later you leave it, the worse it is, notjust for people's— it, the worse it is, notjust for people's health but also for the economy— people's health but also for the economy which is what rishi sunak was responsible for. because he played _ was responsible for. because he played that role behind the scenes, we know _ played that role behind the scenes, we know he did, his own advisers briefed _ we know he did, his own advisers briefed that out during the pandemic, we know that was the wrong thin- pandemic, we know that was the wrong thing to— pandemic, we know that was the wrong thing to do. _ pandemic, we know that was the wrong thing to do. i_ pandemic, we know that was the wrong thing to do, i think he will get quite — thing to do, i think he will get quite a — thing to do, i think he will get quite a lot— thing to do, i think he will get quite a lot of heat from the barrister _ quite a lot of heat from the barrister conducting the questioning on the _ barrister conducting the questioning on the inquiry over his role in delaying _ on the inquiry over his role in delaying the second and third lockdowns. delaying the second and third lockdowns— delaying the second and third lockdowns. �* , ., , lockdowns. briefly, tim, what is the a- etite do lockdowns. briefly, tim, what is the appetite do you _ lockdowns. briefly, tim, what is the appetite do you think— lockdowns. briefly, tim, what is the appetite do you think within - lockdowns. briefly, tim, what is the appetite do you think within the - appetite do you think within the sunakfamily for appetite do you think within the sunak family for him to appetite do you think within the sunakfamily for him to remain as prime minister? because this week is going to be incredibly difficult, isn't it? his going to be incredibly difficult, isn't it? , , going to be incredibly difficult, isn't it? , _ ., , isn't it? his wife by all reports have never— isn't it? his wife by all reports

have never really _ isn't it? his wife by all reports have never really enjoyed - isn't it? his wife by all reports have never really enjoyed the | isn't it? his wife by all reports - have never really enjoyed the office of prime minister, her husband occupying it. he obviously always wanted it. but i think with things like the way that he treated the greek prime minister recently, he is unhappy, he is angry, he's being a little bit petulant. i wouldn't put a high probability to its but i actually think it's probably more likely that rishi sunak might resign then be ousted by the party, because ljy then be ousted by the party, because by all accounts, he's hating the job. and who would like to be prime minister at this time, with this rebellious conservative party causing trouble at every turn? thank ou both causing trouble at every turn? thank you both very _ causing trouble at every turn? thank you both very much _ causing trouble at every turn? thank you both very much indeed. - let's get the sport layer with chetan. i drove past the manchester city coach on the motorway. did chetan. i drove past the manchester city coach on the motorway.- city coach on the motorway. did you ever take it? — city coach on the motorway. did you ever take it? the _ city coach on the motorway. did you ever take it? the only _ city coach on the motorway. did you ever take it? the only person - city coach on the motorway. did you ever take it? the only person to - city coach on the motorway. did you ever take it? the only person to getj ever take it? the only person to get past them! i ever take it? the only person to get ast them! . , ever take it? the only person to get ast them! .,, ., past them! i was wondering if there were tou . h past them! i was wondering if there were tough conversations _ past them! i was wondering if there were tough conversations going - past them! i was wondering if there

were tough conversations going on. they are talking about a minicrisis of city, trying to win four league titles in a row, this guy has never gone five games without a win and that was the jeopardy they were in at luton. luton were i—0 down at half—time, city, looked like they could end the day seven points behind liverpool but they found a way to win like they always do. liverpool are the leaders at the moment and city are fourth but like they have done so many times before... pep guardiola saying his manchester city players need to "prove their doubters wrong" following the match at kenilworth road. city were looking at back to back defeats for the first time in four years when elijah adebayo gave luton the lead in the first half. two goals in three minutes turned the game around though, bernardo silva equalising before jack grealish here scored the winner. the win means the champions stay fourth, four points behind the leaders liverpool.

that is the challenge. people say, "city's over already," this is the challenge that we have ahead of this. that we have ahead of us. to prove them, they are wrong, and still being there in the way they run and they fight and they, you know, come here and behave like we behave. i'm very, very, very proud. son heung—min says tottenham's 4—1 win over newcastle was ruthless as they picked up their first league win since october. the spurs captain pulled the strings. he assisted the first two goals, here and there, and capped off an impressive performance by scoring from the penalty spot after being fouled in the box. tottenham are fifth, three points behind man city in fourth. despite that ten point deduction everton's great run continues. their 2—0 victory over chelsea means they've now got three consecutive premier league wins for the first time since 2021. goals from abdoulaye doucoure

and lewis dobbin leave sean dyche's side four points clear of the relegation zone. chelsea's struggles continue, this was their seventh league defeat under mauricio pochettino this season. and what a week it's been for fulham, they've scored ten goals in the space of five days. that's after another 5—0 win, this time over west ham. the pick of the goals coming from wales international harry wilson. the win moves them up to tenth. celtic lost for the first time in the scottish premiership this season as kilmarnock came from a goal down to win 2—1. matt 0'riley had given celtic the lead with his ninth goal of the season but a nat phillips own goal and a late strike from matty kennedy turned the game on its head. celtic are still five points clear at the top of the table, rangers in second have a game in hand while the win takes kilmarnock up to fifth. there was another record—breaking crowd in the women's super league. over 59,000 people in attendance

at the emirates as arsenal thumped league leaders chelsea 4—1. england striker alessia russo scored twice in what was a dominant performance from the home side. the win puts arsenal level on points with chelsea at the top, but behind on goal difference. manager emma hayes says her team's performance was as bad as she's seen in any game. elsewhere there were wins for manchester united and everton. rangers are leading the way in the scottish women's premier league. jane ross marked her return from injury with a goal and an assist as they beat motherwell 5—0. they were already 3—0 up when ross came on as a second—half substiute for herfirst appearance in 16 months. the result takes rangers top of the table, a point above celtic. motherwell stay eighth. the opening weekend of rugby union's champions cup delivered plenty of drama, not least in paris where harlequins fought back to beat racing 92 by 31 points to 28. england fly—half marcus smith's contribution was vital. this try helping the london

side lead at half time. they fell behind again in the second half. but smith kicked a total of 11 points with this final effort securing the win. wins also for sale, leicester and leinster. england have won the netball international series after beating south africa 53—50 in a thrilling deciding test. with the series tied at 1—1, the hosts rode on eleanor cardwell and sasha glasgow's brilliance in nottingham, ending the year on a high. with the 2023 season over, england now look forward to the nations cup injanuary. that will be hosted here in england. thank you, chetan, see you soon. the fast food chain mcdonald's has apologised after one of its security guards was filmed deliberately soaking the ground where a homeless man was sitting with his sleeping bag. the firm said it was "shocked and saddened" by the incident,

which happened in central london. here's the footage that was uploaded to social media. get that bleep away from me, man, bleep leave me alone. _ no, i'm allowed to film here. you know that. mate, i'm allowed to film. and you're not allowed to stand here. that's not the point. that's outrageous behaviour, you've got to admit that's outrageous behaviour. what you doing? they give them powers to come in... so what, you're covering his sleeping bag! that's wrong and you know that. what you doing? we are nowjoined by matt downie, who is head of the homelesness charity, crisis. good morning. just first of all your reaction to the images we have just shown here. reaction to the images we have 'ust shown here.— shown here. good morning. it's appalling. _ shown here. good morning. it's appalling. isn't _ shown here. good morning. it's appalling, isn't it, _ shown here. good morning. it's appalling, isn't it, to _ shown here. good morning. it's appalling, isn't it, to see - shown here. good morning. it's| appalling, isn't it, to see people miss treated like that. sadly, we know it happens all the time. the

saddest thing about it is how dehumanising it is for people, and how it pushes people from the help they need, making their lives much, much harder. it's appalling and it's outrageous and i'm glad that the person who was filming it made that clear as well because this cannot be allowed to go on. pond clear as well because this cannot be allowed to go on.— allowed to go on. and what does it show us, allowed to go on. and what does it show us. and _ allowed to go on. and what does it show us, and what _ allowed to go on. and what does it show us, and what do _ allowed to go on. and what does it show us, and what do you - allowed to go on. and what does it show us, and what do you see - allowed to go on. and what does it | show us, and what do you see when you watch the video, in terms of people's attitudes towards people who might be sleeping rough? shading. who might be sleeping rough? sadly, we know because _ who might be sleeping rough? sadly, we know because of _ who might be sleeping rough? sadly, we know because of the _ who might be sleeping rough? sadly, we know because of the people - who might be sleeping rough? c—ci we know because of the people that come to our services and tell us, thatis come to our services and tell us, that is really common. you are 17 times more likely to be a victim of crime and abuse and mistreatment if you are sleeping rough, and that's people being attacked physically, verbally, people being urinated upon, people having their sleep sites their own water over it like this gentleman, it happened to him as well. so it's common, and what it does to people is leaves them feeling like they're less than

deserving than other people. and there is a climate of this going on in the moment. the recent comments from the home secretary saying that homelessness was a lifestyle choice have not helped at all. words really do have consequences and we end up in situations like this where people are more likely to be abused and mistreated in this way. mcdonald's have hiven mistreated in this way. mcdonald's have given us _ mistreated in this way. mcdonald's have given us a _ mistreated in this way. mcdonald's have given us a statement, - mistreated in this way. mcdonald's have given us a statement, they i mistreated in this way. mcdonald'sl have given us a statement, they say that security guards worked for a third party, they have now been permanently removed from their restaurants. they have apologised wholeheartedly they say to the gentleman in the video and they say they want to make amends for this incident. what do you think they could do, can they do anything to make amends for it? i could do, can they do anything to make amends for it?— could do, can they do anything to make amends for it? i think for the individual, it's _ make amends for it? i think for the individual, it's a _ make amends for it? i think for the individual, it's a good _ make amends for it? i think for the individual, it's a good idea - make amends for it? i think for the individual, it's a good idea to - make amends for it? i think for the individual, it's a good idea to find l individual, it's a good idea to find the man in question and to offer him real assistance. who knows, job may be might be a good idea. i would also say to mcdonald's that if they would like to access professional training for their staff, their security guard to staff and anybody else who works at mcdonald's at how to genuinely help people experiencing homelessness, we are

here to help them. really what we should be doing is looking at solutions to homelessness, notjust how we stop abusing people, that's the very least we can expect. but really we should be thinking about how people can be housed and supported because in every case there is a real solution to homelessness.— there is a real solution to homelessness. . , ., ., homelessness. and in that situation, that nihht, homelessness. and in that situation, that night. what _ homelessness. and in that situation, that night, what could _ homelessness. and in that situation, that night, what could be _ homelessness. and in that situation, that night, what could be done? - homelessness. and in that situation, | that night, what could be done? what can someone do to help someone who is perhaps sleeping outside, what with the other options available? well, we always find that speaking to somebody about what they really need and talking to somebody at their level as an equal human being, start that conversation, if you feel comfortable doing so. and call the street link service if you are worried about somebody�*s safety, so the local council can come out and help people. an outreach team will come out and try to rehouse that person. there are always good things that can be done and it starts from treating that person with dignity like an equal human being. talking

about the covid _ like an equal human being. talking about the covid inquiry _ like an equal human being. talking about the covid inquiry today, - like an equal human being. talking | about the covid inquiry today, rishi sunak due to give evidence. we remember during the early days of the pandemic, a lot of people who are sleeping rough were given somewhere to stay, taken off the street for a while. three and a half years on, how are the numbers now, what is the situation on the streets of the uk? ., ., ., , of the uk? you are right, there was a fantastic effort _ of the uk? you are right, there was a fantastic effort during _ of the uk? you are right, there was a fantastic effort during the - a fantastic effort during the pandemic to get people into hotels and other kinds of accommodation and off the streets. it really showed that when the will is there, we can sort this out. and crisis is about to open hotels ourselves in london and across the country, helping around 7000 people over the christmas and new year period. that's what this is all about. and if we can do it during the pandemic, we can do it any other time, particularly we need to learn the lesson of covid which is there is nothing inevitable about rough sleeping particularly. everybody can be helped off the streets if we have

the determination across government and local authorities to do it, it can be done. and local authorities to do it, it can be done-— and local authorities to do it, it can be done. ., ~' , . can be done. thank you very much indeed, i know— can be done. thank you very much indeed, i know you _ can be done. thank you very much indeed, i know you are _ can be done. thank you very much indeed, i know you are starting - can be done. thank you very much i indeed, i know you are starting your christmas and winter services at crisis this week so it is a busy time, thank you forjoining us. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, sally and jon, good morning at home. we have got the tail end of the weekend's stormy weather, stormer fergus clearing to the east, it will be a quieter week, dry and most of the sea and sunshine but a few showers lingering here and there. the low pressure that brought all the strong winds yesterday and overnight is clearing towards the east, stormer fergus. an area of low pressure weight in the atlantic but in between some high pressure. some cloud in the east of scotland which will be persistent and one or two

showers for the like of county down, ireland mann, one or two into norfolk, eitherside ireland mann, one or two into norfolk, either side looking dry and find. the mist clearing away for some of us, which is in the north cool some of us, which is in the north cool, but double figures further south. the sunshine turns hazy from the rest as the next area of cloud and rain approaches and that will bring some heavy rain initially, the northern ireland, wales and west england, tracking east, followed by blustery showers and the odd rumble of thunder in the west. temperatures dipping close to freezing but further south they will pick up again to the early hours of tuesday. tomorrow's weather, we are back to an unsettled picture. low pressure in charge after the window of dry weather. blustery showers for many of us, initially and of rain will track east. the rain will be most persistent for central and eastern

scotland and some races have already have had a month of rainfall so they could be localised flooding issues in the east of scotland. temperatures seven or eight in the north but ten to 13 further south. a change in wind direction, the wind coming from the north—east bringing a drop in temperature. still some showers for central and eastern parts on wednesday, best of the sunshine for parts of scotland, northern ireland as well. you will notice it will feel colder. single figures across the board, three to 9 degrees. as we head through wednesday night and the colder air is in place, the next area of rain moves in. it will turn to snow across the higher ground of scotland, the pennines is seeing a little bit of snow. turning light and usually if it drifts —— turning light and drizzly as it drifts eastwards, a quiet beginning and end to the week but drew —— stormy in

the middle so up and down this week. the royal mail is gearing up for its busiest week of the year. ben's at a parcel "super hub", which is near daventry, to see how they're getting on. they have ripped you and have a? —— have they roped you in? yes, this place could give santa's workshop around its money at this time of year in terms of the puzzles they process. the lender in issue, johnin they process. the lender in issue, john in 0ldham, charles in plymouth, these are some of the millions of parcels they process. this time of year is the busiest it's going to get. done with technology like this, a mechanical arm dipping them onto the conveyor belt. this is the busiest week of the year for royal mail, they will handle double the usual number of parcels and letters. we send each year something like 100

and 50 million christmas cards. next monday is the crucial date, that is the last one for second class, or first class, the last posting day is wednesday. if you are delivering by royal mail, you have got until the zist royal mail, you have got until the 21st first class to make sure it is delayed —— delivered by christmas. these are all deliveries of clothing items. if you are not hoping for socks and scarves this christmas, some of you are going to be disappointed. sorry, we are getting in the way! let's speak to jason, the general manager. this is a biggest time of year, what is the biggest time of year, what is the biggest challenge getting these parcels delivered on time? it is the preparation — parcels delivered on time? it is the preparation we _ parcels delivered on time? it is the preparation we have _ parcels delivered on time? it is the preparation we have in _ parcels delivered on time? it is the preparation we have in the - parcels delivered on time? it is the preparation we have in the run-up. j preparation we have in the run—up. we open in the summer, we started our peak planning earlier in the

year, we have troubled the amount of staff we have had peaking us —— —— trebled the amount of staff we had during the peak period. 701 location in addition to seven or 800 people permanently here. is there a sudden build—up, if there a sudden spike in the amount of parcels you have to process here or does it build up slowly in the weeks and months leading up to december? initially it builds u- leading up to december? initially it builds up slowly, _ leading up to december? initially it builds up slowly, but _ leading up to december? initially it builds up slowly, but arriving - leading up to december? initially it builds up slowly, but arriving to - builds up slowly, but arriving to black— builds up slowly, but arriving to black friday, consumers want to make the most _ black friday, consumers want to make the most of— black friday, consumers want to make the most of the savings so we see a huge _ the most of the savings so we see a huge increase over the black friday period _ huge increase over the black friday period. cyber monday follows in the next few _ period. cyber monday follows in the next few weeks everyone gets the last minute gifts for christmas. this site — last minute gifts for christmas. this site is _ last minute gifts for christmas. this site is huge, it is 30 football pitches, the equivalent of, how quickly can you turn puzzled around from when they arrived when they go? yes —— ten parcels around? yes. from when they arrived when they go? yes -- ten parcels around?— yes -- ten parcels around? yes, it

is half a kilometre _ yes -- ten parcels around? yes, it is half a kilometre long, _ yes -- ten parcels around? yes, it is half a kilometre long, as - yes -- ten parcels around? yes, it is half a kilometre long, as far- yes -- ten parcels around? yes, it is half a kilometre long, as far as i is half a kilometre long, as far as the parcel�*s journey through the site, it can be low as seven minutes. continuous trade coming in through the day, hundreds and thousands of parcels passed through the facility. we thousands of parcels passed through the facili . ~ ., the facility. we are in the midlands. _ the facility. we are in the midlands, does _ the facility. we are in the midlands, does this - the facility. we are in the | midlands, does this serve the facility. we are in the - midlands, does this serve the the facility. we are in the _ midlands, does this serve the whole country or is it specific parts of the country that this habit serves? this covers the entire uk. we have transport coming here, we have a train going to scotland from here and we run flights to scotland and ireland so we cover the entire of britain. ., , ~' , ireland so we cover the entire of britain. .,, ,, , , , britain. people think they see these mechanical arms _ britain. people think they see these mechanical arms and _ britain. people think they see these mechanical arms and think, - britain. people think they see these mechanical arms and think, where l mechanical arms and think, where have the staff gone? do you still have the staff gone? do you still have seasonal workers that you employ? have seasonal workers that you em-lo ? ~ , ., have seasonal workers that you emnlo ? �* , ., ., employ? absolutely, we have five to 600 n-eole employ? absolutely, we have five to 600 people and _ employ? absolutely, we have five to 600 people and we _ employ? absolutely, we have five to 600 people and we would _ employ? absolutely, we have five to 600 people and we would run - employ? absolutely, we have five to 600 people and we would run three | 600 people and we would run three shifts. because of the size of the facility, we see a big demand on people helping us through with the automation. ., ~' , ., people helping us through with the automation-— people helping us through with the automation. ., ,, , ., ., , , automation. thank you for helping us this morning- — automation. thank you for helping us this morning- i _ automation. thank you for helping us this morning. ijust _ automation. thank you for helping us this morning. i just want _ automation. thank you for helping us

this morning. i just want to _ automation. thank you for helping us this morning. i just want to show- this morning. i just want to show this morning. i just want to show this mechanical arm once again. we were here a few months ago in the last time i showed people this at home, they got a bit worried about fragile items because of the way the machine tipped things under the belt. just to clarify, fragile items are still handled manually so if they are marked fragile, they don't go to this machine. we will be here all morning and putting some of your comments and questions and concerns about deliveries to one of the big bosses of royal mail a little later. we will get through as many of those as we can. ., .., we will get through as many of those as we can. ., we will get through as many of those aswecan. ., as we can. you could drop off izoelinda's _ as we can. you could drop off belinda's parcel— as we can. you could drop off belinda's parcel in _ as we can. you could drop off belinda's parcel in evesham l as we can. you could drop offl belinda's parcel in evesham as as we can. you could drop off - belinda's parcel in evesham as you can back up to salford! yes. belinda's parcel in evesham as you can back up to salford!— can back up to salford! yes, i have hot can back up to salford! yes, i have not half can back up to salford! yes, i have got half an — can back up to salford! yes, i have got half an hour _ can back up to salford! yes, i have got half an hour before _ can back up to salford! yes, i have got half an hour before i _ can back up to salford! yes, i have got half an hour before i expect i can back up to salford! yes, i have| got half an hour before i expect you next so if i am quick enough! let’s next so if i am quick enough! let's not risk it! — that was sent by recorded delivery. we asked about your experiences of the postal service. steve edwards says he's still waiting for a package that was sent by recorded delivery.

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good morning, i'm asad ahmad. a school in north east london is on high alert this morning after it received a threat — to "kill everyone" at the school. police are stepping up patrols near a muslim school in redbridge, after they received the threatening letter. local mp and shadow minister, wes streeting has written urgently to the home secretary calling on the government to "safeguard muslim communities." the government says home secretary james cleverly has recently met with representatives from the muslim community to discuss "anti—muslim hatred." it's the first working week day for london s newest train station. brent cross west will be served by thameslink trains, which will also connect it with the elizabeth line and luton airport. thousands of new homes are being built nearby, as is a university campus. the first train arrived at the station yesterday morning — a few minutes late ? but nobody was too bothered with that.

he's really excited about it and obviously that it becomes entire family excitement. i came here for travel to see my friends around, so i'm going back to brighton and i love it. like, it'sjust one straight line going to home. a boat taking west ham fans to their match against fulham yesterday crashed into hammersmith bridge. the bridge is already closed to traffic because of a risk it might collapse. the boat did finally free itself. damage to the bridge isn't yet known. and after all that, west ham lost their match against fulham 4—0. not a good day. the organisers of columbia road carols in hoxton in east london have said their remaining services, planned for the run—up to christmas, said their remaining services, are cancelled because of safety fears. this is how popular it's been in previous years. and now on instagram, st peter's bethnal said the 7,000 people who attended last week — presented — according to police and the council,

a danger to public safety. let's take a look at the tubes now. the central line has minor delays, elsewhere it is good. now onto the weather. hello, good morning. a brief ridge of high pressure builds today so today for most of us, we're looking at a largely dry and bright day, with some good spells of sunshine around. especially into the afternoon. for this morning, it is still quite breezy out there. we've got some variable amounts of cloud. and more in the way of sunshine, though, into the afternoon. and temperatures reaching around nine to 12 celsius. it means for this the start of this evening, largely dry conditions with clear skies but more in the way of cloud building overnight tonight from the west and with it some outbreaks of showers arriving in and some of these may be heavy in places. but temperatures by the end of the night holding up at around nine or 10 degrees. it's an area of low pressure that will be with us throughout the day on tuesday and for much of wednesday

as well as it gradually moves away eastwards. so it will bring cloudier weather and it will bring some outbreaks of showers as well. so for tuesday, a showery day. quite cloudy and wet on wednesday as well, holding on to the mild weather tuesday and gradually it does become a bit cooler looking ahead to wednesday and the next few days. and then drier into the end of the week. good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. 0ur headlines today... a big week for rishi sunak. today the prime minister appears before the covid inquiry to face questions about his eat out to help 0ut scheme. rishi sunak is also fighting to save his flagship immigration policy with mps voting tomorrow on the controversial rwanda bell.

warnings of an opioid "epidemic," as street drugs more powerful than heroin are linked to dozens of deaths in the uk. it is the most busy time of the year for royal mail. this week, there are double the usual number of letters and parcels. iam in the double the usual number of letters and parcels. i am in the midlands finding out how they will get all of these delivered to you in time for christmas. spurs are back on track. and their striker richarlison back among the goals, as they beat newcastle to get their first premier league win since october. i believe in miracles since you came along. you sexy thing! laughter. is this the sexiest accent in the uk? 0ne hollywood actor certainly thinks so. we'll be putting his theory to the test. good morning. after a wet and windy weekend, most of us are drier and brighter out there. still a few showers in eastern scotland and

north—east england as well. all the details coming up shortly. it's monday, the 11th of december. rishi sunak will appear before the covid inquiry today, where he'll face questions about the decisions he made as chancellor during the pandemic. those decisions are expected to include his "eat 0ut to help 0ut" scheme, which aimed to revive the hospitality trade in the summer of 2020 with cut—price meals — and has since been blamed for increasing covid deaths. 0ur health correspondent ellie price has the story. katsu curry. it was a don't give up the dayjob moment. his dayjob at the time was chancellor of the exchequer. he didn't give it up, but ended up eventually getting promoted to the topjob. the eat out to help 0ut scheme was his department's brainchild and it's something that keeps coming up at this inquiry. rishi sunak has repeatedly said the government followed the scientific advice, but... i think there were definitely periods when it was clear that the unwelcome

advice we were giving was, as expected, not loved. this is exactly encouraging what we've been trying to suppress and get on top of in the last few months. so it didn't feel sensible to me. it would have been prudent, let's put it that way, for them to have thought about discussing it before it was launched. oh, my golly, that's fantastic! the idea behind it, giving us all up to a tenner towards a meal in a restaurant was to kick start the economy after the first lockdown. the inquiry has heard there's limited evidence that it contributed to hugely spreading the virus, but scientists suggest it sent the wrong message. and it was one of the reasons the then chancellor, whose job it was to promote the economy after all, got the unfortunate nickname among some scientists as dr death. i want to reassure you that we have a comprehensive plan to protectjobs and businesses in every region and nation of the united kingdom.

there will also be questions about whether his concerns over the economic impact led to a delay in the second lockdown. he was, of course, the man who introduced the furlough scheme. we're setting up a new coronavirus job retention scheme. but this inquiry has already heard financial relief for the self—employed and low paid may not have been enough. i've just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty, the king's invitation to form a government in his name. rishi sunak didn't make the final decisions during the pandemic, but he is in charge of the country now, and the verdict on his choices then may yet shape his future. ellie price, bbc news. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman is in downing street for us now. it is really unusual for a it is really unusualfor a prime minister to walk out of the door at number 10 and minister to walk out of the door at number10 and go minister to walk out of the door at number 10 and go to a public inquiry to be grilled like this in public.

extremely unusual. it probably couldn't come at a worse time for rishi sunak, given the political peril he is facing. today he will be casting his mind back. we will be casting his mind back. we will be casting our minds back to covid. for rishi sunak, it was a tale of two policies. first the furlough scheme, i think that is when many people became aware of rishi sunak. he was only chancellor for a few weeks at that point. it was lauded by many people as an innovative response to financial hardships people were going through during this unprecedented period. there are some questions i would expect him to face today about help for the self—employed and lowest paid. the second policy we will hear a lot about at the inquiry today is a town to help out. previous witnesses to the inquiry, including chris whitty and patrick balance, people we had so much from at the podium, said

were not consulted about the e—type to help out scheme. i would expect to help out scheme. i would expect to hear rishi sunak talking about his decision to prioritise the hospitality industry know there are concerns about health impacts. {lime concerns about health impacts. once his appearance _ concerns about health impacts. once his appearance at _ concerns about health impacts. once his appearance at the _ concerns about health impacts. once his appearance at the inquiry is over, the prime minister has the challenge of getting his rwanda bill through parliament tomorrow, his flagship bill. how much danger is in and how much danger is key in personally?— and how much danger is key in nersonall ? ., , ., personally? today is a big day for rishi sunak _ personally? today is a big day for rishi sunak and _ personally? today is a big day for rishi sunak and i _ personally? today is a big day for rishi sunak and i think— personally? today is a big day for rishi sunak and i think tomorrow| personally? today is a big day for i rishi sunak and i think tomorrow is an even bigger day. rishi sunak has effectively staked his premiership on this legislation. he said he will stop the boats and said this bill the house of commons will vote on tomorrow is the only way that the rwanda policy can get off the ground. there are concerns from conservative mps right across the conservative spectrum that is

basically not the case. on the right of the party you have people saying the legislation as it currently stands means too many asylum seekers facing deportation to rwanda would be able to appeal those claims. on the left of the conservative party, the left of the conservative party, the one nation group, people saying, never mind that. it brings a government to close to missing its international human rights obligations. looks like tomorrow rishi sunak will be able to persuade them all to hold fire for now. but this is just one vote. the legislation will come back early in the new year. i do not think the overfor rishi sunak by any the new year. i do not think the over for rishi sunak by any stretch. thank you very much indeed. we are going to going to speak to grant shapps later about how the prime minister tries to bring those sections in his party together. what else do we need to know?

diplomats at the united nations say the general assembly is likely to hold another vote on whether it should call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. on friday, the united states vetoed a similar vote by the un security council. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. yolande, does either side look like it wants to stop fighting? it seems what has happened since friday when the un security council resolution failed to pass is actually what we have seen is an intensification of fighting, particularly in parts of the gaza strip that have seen a stronghold of hamas. that is in pockets of the north where israel began its ground offensive six weeks ago now. it is claiming it has had dozens of hamas fighters surrendering. that is something hamas itself denies, says it is psychological warfare. in the south, in khan younis, that is seen as the place where it is most likely

hamas leaders will now be hiding in underground tunnels. we have had israeli tanks pushing on, cutting the main north to south road. intense bombardment in the west of the city. now they say it is not possible to leave and make their way further south because of the ongoing fighting. we have had in the past 2a hours more palestinian rockets being fired into southern israel from the gaza strip. the only ones really talking about a ceasefire meaningfully, the qataris, they came out and said they are continuing efforts to try to get a new truce which would see the release of more than 100 israeli hostages in the gaza strip. the relentless bombardment was narrowing the window for success. bombardment was narrowing the window forsuccess. israel bombardment was narrowing the window for success. israel is saying it is trying to and this is what it is doing before the end of the war. around 200 afghan special forces soldiers, who fled to pakistan

when the taliban seized control in 2021, are facing imminent deportation back to their homeland. the elite troops were trained and funded by the uk, prompting calls for them to be offered refuge in britain because of the danger they'll face under the new regime. the government denied accusations of betraying the soldiers, saying it has brought thousands of afghans to safety. the uk s health security agency is warning that longer and warmer summers could increase the risk of mosquitoes becoming established in the uk. the insects can spread diseases including dengue fever and zika virus. the report is based on a worst case scenario temperature increase of four degrees celsius, which would also see an increase in heat—related deaths and flooding. a 29—year—old woman is appearing before croydon magistrates later charged with four counts of manslaughter, after her two sets of twins died in a fire in south london. leyton and logan hoath were three years old, and kyson and bryson were four, when they died in december 2021. their mother deveca rose has also

been charged with child abandonment. britain has confirmed that it's selling two former royal navy ships to ukraine, as part of an effort to bolster their presence on the black sea. it comes as president zelensky heads to the united states in a bid to rescue a $60 billion package of military aid funding. our correspondent jessica parker is in kyiv. jess, ukraine is on a real drive at the moment, to maintain international support for its defence against the russian invasion. there is deep concern of wavering western support. it will be a really big week for ukraine in that regard, a big test of the west as well. president zelensky heading to washington, dc where the $60 billion package, largely of defence aide, has become stuck in congress. it has been caught up in some domestic

political issues, specifically the us southern border crisis. as well there are some lawmakers who are sceptical about sending more money and more weapons to ukraine. president zelensky is a man who is known to be quite persuasive. you will try to deploy those powers of persuasion when he goes to washington, dc. later in the week there is a summit in brussels, and thatis there is a summit in brussels, and that is where eu leaders will decide on a couple of things as well. first of whether ukraine should be allowed to progress to the next stage as it tries to join the european union. the uk recently left the european union but ukraine is trying tojoin it. looks like there are some problems. the hungarian prime minister is threatening to block those plans, and also a plan for 50 billion euros worth of economic and financial aid for ukraine as well. a big week for president zelensky and the morale as well of people across ukraine. ., ~ the morale as well of people across ukraine. ., ,, , .,

the morale as well of people across ukraine. ., ~' ,. . can go from the cold and ice of eastern europe to the sunshine down under. beach—goers in australia have been criticised for swimming too close to a whale, which was approaching the shoreline. have a look at this! that is definitely too close. this happened near perth, on the west coast. marine biologists say the whale was already at risk of becoming beached, and the proximity of so many swimmers would have made that more likely. they are purposely deciding to go next to it. maybe they are encouraging it to go away, i don't know. the size of it, extraordinary! thankfully, the whale got its bearings back and eventually went out to sea. dangerously close to shore. thankfully a happy ending. didn't it look beautiful and sunny there. remember! sarah will tell us

what it is like here.— what it is like here. morning. i cannot promise _ what it is like here. morning. i cannot promise the _ what it is like here. morning. i cannot promise the same - what it is like here. morning. i- cannot promise the same temperature we are going to see in person but there is blue sky and sunshine. thankfully, after the wet and windy weather we had seen at the weekend things are looking, weather—wise. still a few showers were not completely dry. yesterday stillman fergus is clearing to the east. —— storm fergus. in between we have that clearer window of weather today. still more cloud feeding and across parts of the north east of scotland, they will bring showers in parts of aberdeenshire. temperatures only about two to five first thing. one or two showers for the likes of county down, isle of man. one would you feeding into lancashire and norfolk as well. either side of that line of showers it is looking dry. long spells of blue sky and

sunshine. it does turn hazy later as the cloud works in from the south—west. 12, 13 possible in parts of southern england. compared with central scotland where it is six, seven celsius. this evening and tonight the next area of rain waxing from the west. clear and cold at first towards the north and east. could be an early touch of frost, particularly in parts of north—east scotland. that will be followed by clearer spells and heavy blustery showers, perhaps thunderstorms as well. setting us up for an unsettled day tomorrow but at least a window of dry weather today.— of dry weather today. thank you ahain. we're going to tell you now about a new type of street drug which has been linked to dozens of deaths, across the uk, in the last six months. nitazenes, which can be hundreds of times stronger than heroin, are synthetic opioids believed to be coming here from china. the mother of one young man, who died from a suspected nitazene overdose, says she's worried this

could be the start of what she calls an epidemic. our midlands correspondent navtej johal has this report. he was funny, pretty, brilliant dancer. so kind. just kind, just a beautiful, kind boy. every month, simeon mcanoy, a salesman, would travel on three buses to deliver flowers to his mum. i'm not going to have that next month or any other month from now on. simeon died just nine weeks ago from a drug overdose. he was 33 years old. an inquest will determine his cause of death. but the coroner has told his family that a new potent synthetic opioid was found in his system, known as a nitazene. it's believed that at the time, simeon thought he was taking heroin. we're sitting in the living room with simeon in a box. that's all we got left.

for that. i don't know how i'll ever come back from it. simian died here in birmingham, but his death is not the only one linked to nitazenes around here in recent months. it's become a problem in this city and across the country. nitazenes can be hundreds of times stronger than heroin. national crime agency data shared with the bbc shows that nitazenes have been linked to at least 5a deaths in the last six months, with a0 additional cases awaiting forensic toxicology. it's believed that a crackdown on heroin production in afghanistan has led to an increase in synthetic opioids being found in the drug supply here. the national crime agency says nitazenes are an absolute priority and is working with other agencies to target criminals involved in their supply. we believe that these drugs are coming in to the uk from china. they are likely to be being produced in illicit labs within china

and they are probably coming into the uk through a number of different vectors, including fast parcels and post. amy's been using heroin for more than 20 years. she's tried nitazenes dozens of times in recent months and says they've helped provide pain relief from leg ulcers. but she's now in hospital seeking treatment to stop using them. we've agreed not to use her full name or show herface. it's like a blanket, but it's like a, like a warm wash across your body. —— rush across your body. itjust puts you out like a light. i mean, they call it couching. i mean, you're just out of it for at least an hour. it's too dangerous, you know, i want to stop. i've got to stop it. there's too many people that i know that are dying of it. and, god, one of these days, it'sjust going to be me. you want to stop using? yes, i do, yeah.

because, you know, i can't... it's not helping my legs, it's not helping my life, and i want my family back. drug charities say they're worried about the impact nitazenes are having on drug users. they're warning them of their dangers, encouraging safer use and calling for more testing. the government has said it will ban 15 new synthetic opioids, including the one linked to simeon's death and many other fatal overdoses in the west midlands this year. butjackie wants to see more being done. i want awareness. awareness, awareness, awareness, the government to step in and protect our young people. otherwise, this is going to become an epidemic and we're going to lose a lot of young people. that report was by our midlands correspondent, navteonhal. we're joined now by vicki markiewicz from the drug support charity, change, grow, live. thank

live. you so much for coming in. lots thank you so much for coming in. lots of us will not have even had of nitazenes before. how long have they been on the streets? the nitazenes before. how long have they been on the streets?— been on the streets? the first time we heard about _ been on the streets? the first time we heard about them _ been on the streets? the first time we heard about them was - been on the streets? the first time we heard about them was in - been on the streets? the first time we heard about them was in 2020. | been on the streets? the first time . we heard about them was in 2020. we have certainly seen an increase in usage reporting they are finding their drugs to be different. sadly, as you heard on the video, also fatal and nonfatal overdoses that are happening. these drugs have been linked to those overdoses. minot are happening. these drugs have been linked to those overdoses.— linked to those overdoses. what is it? a synthetic _ linked to those overdoses. what is it? a synthetic drug _ linked to those overdoses. what is it? a synthetic drug made - linked to those overdoses. what is it? a synthetic drug made in - linked to those overdoses. what is it? a synthetic drug made in the i it? a synthetic drug made in the subsequent _ it? a synthetic drug made in the subsequent need _ it? a synthetic drug made in the subsequent need to _ it? a synthetic drug made in the subsequent need to have - it? a synthetic drug made in the subsequent need to have a - it? a synthetic drug made in the l subsequent need to have a similar effect to heroin but it is much, much stronger than heroin. we are finding people are buying heroin, thinking it is heroin, it is not harrowing, it is much more risky for service users. what we are finding it is notjust being found in

heroin, it is found in a much wider range of drugs. if people are buying drugs that are not prescribed, they do not know what is in them. the risk is much greater to people buying drugs. brute risk is much greater to people buying drugs-— risk is much greater to people bu inn dru:s.~ ~ ., ., buying drugs. we know how risky heroin itself _ buying drugs. we know how risky heroin itself can _ buying drugs. we know how risky heroin itself can be. _ buying drugs. we know how risky heroin itself can be. the - buying drugs. we know how risky heroin itself can be. the fact - buying drugs. we know how risky heroin itself can be. the fact it i heroin itself can be. the fact it can be hundreds of times more powerful is terrifying. that can be hundreds of times more powerful is terrifying.— can be hundreds of times more powerful is terrifying. that is why we are ramping — powerful is terrifying. that is why we are ramping up— powerful is terrifying. that is why we are ramping up our— powerful is terrifying. that is why we are ramping up our harm - powerful is terrifying. that is why - we are ramping up our harm reduction response across many different agencies and organisations. if people are aware they are buying drugs for use in a different way test the dragon and assume what you are buying is not what you think you are buying is not what you think you are buying. all the harm reduction messages we are trying to get out there is ready to make people informed so they are aware of the risks. they are able to carry a drug which reverses the effect of an overdose. we have been giving out to people who use drugs for many years. what we are now doing is giving up not one that two mac wickets and

encouraging people to use more than one in the event of an overdose. lots of other things we are trying to do to reduce harm to service users. ., .. to do to reduce harm to service users. ., a , to do to reduce harm to service users. ., ,,, users. two mac wickets because the dru: is so users. two mac wickets because the drug is so powerful— users. two mac wickets because the drug is so powerful you _ users. two mac wickets because the drug is so powerful you need - users. two mac wickets because the drug is so powerful you need to - users. two mac wickets because the | drug is so powerful you need to have more of the antidote.— drug is so powerful you need to have more of the antidote._ i i more of the antidote. absolutely. i am interested _ more of the antidote. absolutely. i am interested you _ more of the antidote. absolutely. i am interested you are _ more of the antidote. absolutely. i am interested you are talking - more of the antidote. absolutely. i | am interested you are talking about harm reduction rather than do not take it. taste harm reduction rather than do not take it. ~ ~' ., harm reduction rather than do not take it. . ~ ., ., , , take it. we know that people use dru:s, take it. we know that people use drugs. that _ take it. we know that people use drugs, that is a reality, and - take it. we know that people use drugs, that is a reality, and drug| drugs, that is a reality, and drug markets are changing. we are more likely to reduce risk, harm and fatal overdoses of the people messages. do not use drugs on your own, if you are buying something and used to using a certain amount, use a little bit less. test. make sure you know the drug you are taking will not have a terrible impact and put you at significant risk. one of the big features now are trying to promote drug treatment, we can

provide services to people the country. providing about 50 community alcohol and community services. —— drug services. if we are providing heroin substitute methadone or whatever, people are coming to us knowing the drugs are safe and it will not result in an overdose. safe and it will not result in an overdose-— overdose. that piece said the government _ overdose. that piece said the government is _ overdose. that piece said the government is planning - overdose. that piece said the government is planning to i overdose. that piece said the | government is planning to ban overdose. that piece said the - government is planning to ban 50 synthetic opioids, including the one associated with simian's death. instill associated with simian's death. will it work? the _ associated with simian's death. ii. it work? the reality is that drug markets are changing. they have been changing for decades. we no new drugs will emerge. that is why the reduction approach is the only real approach, getting people into treatment and letting people know treatment and letting people know treatment is accessible, available. we are able to get people in much quicker now. there has been investment in the government to know

it is much more accessible and available. one big barrier is stigma. stigma, judgment, fear of accessing services. what we really are trying to do is promote drug and alcohol treatment as a primary health care service, to keep people safe. ~ , ., health care service, to keep people safe. ~ ,, health care service, to keep people safe. ~ ., ,, , ., safe. when you say drug markets are chanhhin , safe. when you say drug markets are changing. what _ safe. when you say drug markets are changing. what you _ safe. when you say drug markets are changing, what you mean? _ safe. when you say drug markets are changing, what you mean? in - safe. when you say drug markets are changing, what you mean? in what i changing, what you mean? in what wa ? the changing, what you mean? in what way? the drugs — changing, what you mean? in what way? the drugs are _ changing, what you mean? in what way? the drugs are being - changing, what you mean? in what way? the drugs are being providedj changing, what you mean? in what i way? the drugs are being provided on the street are changing all the time. they are changing, as we have described. labs are creating synthetic bonds of heroin. hagar synthetic bonds of heroin. how huickl ? synthetic bonds of heroin. how quickly? it _ synthetic bonds of heroin. how quickly? it changes _ synthetic bonds of heroin. how quickly? it changes all- synthetic bonds of heroin. how quickly? it changes all the - synthetic bonds of heroin. how| quickly? it changes all the time synthetic bonds of heroin. how. quickly? it changes all the time it is difficult to — quickly? it changes all the time it is difficult to predict. _ quickly? it changes all the time it is difficult to predict. there - quickly? it changes all the time it is difficult to predict. there is - is difficult to predict. there is not a test for if somebody comes in for treatment, there is not a test for treatment, there is not a test for these drugs. because they change so quickly it is difficult for pharmaceutical companies to keep up with, the testing companies, to keep up with, the testing companies, to keep up with the different drugs in

people's systems.— up with the different drugs in people's systems. thank you for cominh people's systems. thank you for coming in _ people's systems. thank you for coming in and — people's systems. thank you for coming in and explaining - people's systems. thank you for coming in and explaining all- people's systems. thank you for coming in and explaining all of. people's systems. thank you for i coming in and explaining all of that to us. ., ~ coming in and explaining all of that to us. . «i y., if you've been affected by any of the issues mentioned in that report, the bbc website has a list of organisations that can help. visit bbc.co.uk/actionline. we're now firmly in panto season. but for some people with additional needs, the experience can be overwhelming. a sensory overload. it can. that's why more and more theatres are offering relaxed versions of their traditional shows, with all those flashes, bangs and noisy songs toned down. richard forbes went to a theatre in edinburgh, which has led the way on this idea. taking their seats for a special performance. more than 600 pupils with additional support needs filled the auditorium at edinburgh's festival theatre. we're going to keep our lights up

so it doesn't get so dark and we're going to keep the volume down a bit so it's not so loud. we've taken out a lot of the crashes and bangs that might startle you, but don't worry because all of the magic and the dancing and the jokes are still going to be there. with the music and lights toned down, everyone can enjoy the spectacle without being overwhelmed. what did you think of it? it was amazing. i liked the crocodile and it was amazing. i think the best bit was with tinkerbell. the children react sometimes in quite a boisterous way. it's great they can get the opportunity to do that. but if you come for an ordinary performance, it can be socially difficult to do that. booing. listen, listen, my turn to speak! the star of the show took part in the very first relaxed panto back in 2012. we saw a comment on facebook from a parent who said she just loved coming to the relaxed performance because for the very first time she was able to take her child to the theatre or cinema experience without worrying what other people were going to think.

and i thought that that just underlined exactly how important it was, notjust for the child to be able to come to the theatre, but for the parent or the carer to come with them. it's very special. and after this performance you can see these kids are hooked. richard forbes, bbc news. lunchis lunch is great to see, isn't it? we have heard people, families telling us before that some experiences like that are out to the remit of their kids. it is not worth it because of the stress. love that. still to come on breakfast... anything you desire, i am ready, willing and able. we'll be asking if the hull accent is sexy, after the hollywood superstar timothy chalamet said that

a humberside twang gets him hot under the collar. get him a bit frisky, does it? the hull comic lucy beaumont will be giving us her take at ten to eight. not quite what he might be expecting her to say. i am from hull. can't you tell? the man talking about the hosepipe, you do not sound like him. i could have stayed and it could have changed my life. i think you have changed my life. i think you have done ok. let us know what you think. watching how i speak. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. a school in north east london is on high alert this morning after it received a threat to "kill everyone" at the school.

police are stepping up patrols near a muslim school in redbridge after they received the threatening letter. local mp and shadow minister wes streeting has written urgently to the home secretary calling on the government to "safeguard muslim communities". the government says home secretary james cleverly has recently met with representatives from the muslim community to discuss "anti—muslim hatred". the fast food chain mcdonald's is today looking for a homeless man after one of their security guards soaked the ground where the man was sitting. mcdonald's has apologised for what happened on saturday on victoria street in central london. the company said it's removed the third—party security guards involved" and wants to find the man involved to make amends. a boat taking west ham fans to their match against fulham yesterday crashed into hammersmith bridge. the bridge is already closed to traffic because of a risk it might collapse. the boat did finally free itself. damage to the bridge isn't yet known. and after all that west

ham lost their match against fulham 4—0. the organisers of columbia road carols in hoxton have said their remaining services planned for the run—up to christmas are cancelled because of safety fears. this is how popular it's been in previous years and now on instagram st peter's bethnal said the 7,000 people who attended last week presented, according to police and the council, this is how popular it's been in previous years and now on instagram st peter's bethnal said the 7,000 people who attended last week presented, according to police and the council, a danger to public safety. there were no injuries but the concerts this wednesday and next wednesday are cancelled. let's take a look at the tubes now. central line has severe delays in west london due to a shortage of trains. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. a brief ridge of high

pressure builds today so today for most of us, we're looking at a largely dry and bright day, with some good spells of sunshine around. especially into the afternoon. for this morning, it is still quite breezy out there. we've got some variable amounts of cloud. and more in the way of sunshine, though, into the afternoon. and temperatures reaching around nine to 12 celsius. it means for this the start of this evening, largely dry conditions with clear skies but more in the way of cloud building overnight tonight from the west and with it some outbreaks of showers arriving in and some of these may be heavy in places. but temperatures by the end of the night holding up at around nine or 10 degrees. it's an area of low pressure that will be with us throughout the day on tuesday and for much of wednesday as well as it gradually moves away eastwards. so it will bring cloudier weather and it will bring some outbreaks of showers as well. so for tuesday, a showery day. quite cloudy and wet on wednesday as well, holding on to the mild weather tuesday and gradually it does become a bit cooler looking ahead to wednesday and the next few days. and then drier into the end of the week.

an interesting story has just been posted on our website about how children in poverty can feel unworthy at christmas. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. britain has confirmed that it's selling two former royal navy ships to ukraine as part of an effort to bolster their presence on the black sea. it's a pair of mine hunters, which ukrainian troops have already been training on. we can speak now to the defence secretary grant shapps. good morning, thank you forjoining us. how much difference could these two ships make to the ukrainian navy? i two ships make to the ukrainian na ? ~ ., two ships make to the ukrainian na ? ~ . , navy? i think a significant difference _ navy? i think a significant difference over— navy? i think a significant difference over the - navy? i think a significant difference over the long i navy? i think a significant. difference over the long run. they're not going to immediately transform the situation, but important things have been happening. in the black sea, done by crimea, where for the first time over the last few months, since the

war began, ukraine has been next sorting grain, steel and other products via the back see as a result of naval breakthroughs. it's notjust result of naval breakthroughs. it's not just those couple result of naval breakthroughs. it's notjust those couple of result of naval breakthroughs. it's not just those couple of ships result of naval breakthroughs. it's notjust those couple of ships which are important, but we are launching something called the maritime coalition, british lead but also international along with our norwegian colleagues, international beyond that as well, plan to ensure that they cannot only de—mine that part of the black sea but ukraine can build a navy for the future, western orientated and led, and that will be led here from london when i launch it this morning. ibgt will be led here from london when i launch it this morning.— launch it this morning. at the same time we heard _ launch it this morning. at the same time we heard over _ launch it this morning. at the same time we heard over the _ launch it this morning. at the same time we heard over the weekend i launch it this morning. at the same i time we heard over the weekend from the first lady of ukraine, elena zelensky, who thinks heard country could be in mortal danger if allies

stop providing military, financial support. she is worried about signals from the usa that support seems to be waning somewhat. how worried are you about that, that there might be a slip in support for there might be a slip in support for the country? the there might be a slip in support for the country?— there might be a slip in support for the count ? ., ., , the country? the united kingdom was with ukraine. — the country? the united kingdom was with ukraine, from _ the country? the united kingdom was with ukraine, from actually _ the country? the united kingdom was with ukraine, from actually before - with ukraine, from actually before this conflict starting, we were already training ukrainian troops. and we will be with them as i have said, as the prime minister has said, as the prime minister has said, right through to the very end and beyond. said, right through to the very end and beyond-— said, right through to the very end | and beyond-_ i and beyond. what about america? i think she's probably _ and beyond. what about america? i think she's probably referring - and beyond. what about america? i think she's probably referring to - think she's probably referring to what's happening in congress at the moment, looking towards the american election which is always unpredictable. that's why i think it's so important to get on with the job now, that's why for example the united kingdom has trained in this country 52,000 ukrainian troops. i was with some of them actually with our swedish allies, there are ten countries involved in that now, a

week or two ago seeing some of that training going on. it's why we provided a huge amount of weaponry for them, training and strategic advice because we believe, we simply cannot have an outcome where a dictator, autocratic dictator essentially walks into a neighbouring democratic country and then the west gets bored of it. that is an unacceptable outcome to this, it would cost us all dearly in the long run, it already has in the short run with things like the energy crisis. and that's why the uk will keep reminding the world that mustn't happen. there is a group of 50 countries called the contact group which was a originally set up by the uk, the us lead it, we would lead that regardless if one or two other countries fell out of support. right now there is no sign of that at all, i was in the us the week before last and they are still pledging their support at the administration level in a big way.

you say the uk is leading on this internationally. how much leadership can rishi sunak really offer at the moment? he has resignations from his government, he has criticism from all sides on his rwanda policy, he is so distracted by everything going on domestically, how can he be a global leader?— global leader? first of all i can tell ou global leader? first of all i can tell you i _ global leader? first of all i can tell you i was _ global leader? first of all i can tell you i was in _ global leader? first of all i can tell you i was in contact - global leader? first of all i can | tell you i was in contact literally this weekend with my ukrainian counterpart and today london is hosting what is an international launch of this maritime coalition for ukraine so i don't think you can say that we are distracted in that sense. governing is tough, you have to make difficult decisions. the decisions we have made so for —— so far stopping the small boat has slashed by one third the number of illegal people... slashed by one third the number of illegal people- - -— illegal people... from a record hihh. illegal people... from a record high- yes. _ illegal people... from a record high- yes. but— illegal people... from a record high. yes, but a _ illegal people... from a record high. yes, but a third - illegal people... from a record high. yes, but a third down, i l illegal people... from a record - high. yes, but a third down, i would have taken — high. yes, but a third down, i would have taken that _ high. yes, but a third down, i would have taken that a _ high. yes, but a third down, i would have taken that a year _ high. yes, but a third down, i would have taken that a year ago. - high. yes, but a third down, i would j have taken that a year ago. because we have had the guts to pass the

legislation, fought tooth and nail by the opposition, to do something about it. rwanda is the next step in all of that and if we can pass the legislation that we will introduce this week, 99.5% of challenges by people who have been illegally trafficked here would fail according to the modelling. it’s trafficked here would fail according to the modelling.— to the modelling. it's a sign of the nosition to the modelling. it's a sign of the position that _ to the modelling. it's a sign of the position that rishi _ to the modelling. it's a sign of the position that rishi sunak - to the modelling. it's a sign of the position that rishi sunak is - to the modelling. it's a sign of the position that rishi sunak is in - to the modelling. it's a sign of the position that rishi sunak is in that| position that rishi sunak is in that you have to come on and say, if we can get this bill through. this is ourflagship can get this bill through. this is our flagship legislation, can get this bill through. this is ourflagship legislation, this is what he stated leadership on and you are saying, if we can get it through. are saying, if we can get it through-— are saying, if we can get it throu:h. �* . , , through. i'm really pleased he challenged — through. i'm really pleased he challenged me _ through. i'm really pleased he challenged me on _ through. i'm really pleased he challenged me on this. - through. i'm really pleased he challenged me on this. let - through. i'm really pleased he| challenged me on this. let me through. i'm really pleased he - challenged me on this. let me tell you why this education doesn't pass. we have a majority in the —— white this legislation doesn't pass. we have a majority in the house of commons so it will pass there. for sure? yes- — commons so it will pass there. for sure? yes- we _ commons so it will pass there. for sure? yes. we don't _ commons so it will pass there. for sure? yes. we don't have - commons so it will pass there. for sure? yes. we don't have a - commons so it will pass there. for i sure? yes. we don't have a majority sure? yes. we don't have a ma'ority in the house — sure? yes. we don't have a ma'ority in the house of i sure? yes. we don't have a ma'ority in the house of lords * sure? yes. we don't have a ma'ority in the house of lords and h sure? yes. we don't have a majority in the house of lords and labour - in the house of lords and labour whip their lords to vote against every single piece of legislation we

pass to stop the small boat and then come out and say, we have not stopped the small boats. they could help by speeding up the passage of that legislation and they can start by supporting this legislation for rwanda to make sure that people are in fact sent to rwanda if they travel here illegally and people trafficked. �* , travel here illegally and people trafficked. v ., ~ travel here illegally and people trafficked. �*, ., ,, ., trafficked. let's talk about your -a . if trafficked. let's talk about your party- if a _ trafficked. let's talk about your party. if a conservative - trafficked. let's talk about your party. if a conservative mp - trafficked. let's talk about your party. if a conservative mp wasj trafficked. let's talk about your i party. if a conservative mp was to vote against the government in the vote against the government in the vote tomorrow in the house of commons, would they lose the party whip? commons, would they lose the party whin? ., , ., ., commons, would they lose the party whin? ., y., ., ., whip? forgive me, you will have to ask the whips _ whip? forgive me, you will have to ask the whips about _ whip? forgive me, you will have to ask the whips about the _ whip? forgive me, you will have to ask the whips about the way - whip? forgive me, you will have to ask the whips about the way that i ask the whips about the way that would operate. i have been this last week in the middle east... you would operate. i have been this last week in the middle east. . ._ week in the middle east... you are here representing _ week in the middle east... you are here representing the _ week in the middle east... you are here representing the government| here representing the government this morning and it is a big issue. i don't have the parliamentary maths. i do know this legislation is very important. the second reading which is what happens this week is essentially saying we want to tackle this problem, i would invite all

parliamentarians to vote for it, i have been dealing with two wars, i'm afraid, i haven't had my head in parliamentary numbers.- afraid, i haven't had my head in parliamentary numbers. would let me out it parliamentary numbers. would let me u-t it in parliamentary numbers. would let me nut it in a parliamentary numbers. would let me put it in a different _ parliamentary numbers. would let me put it in a different way. _ parliamentary numbers. would let me put it in a different way. would - parliamentary numbers. would let me put it in a different way. would do - put it in a different way. would do expect one of your mps to keep the whip if they voted against a flagship piece of legislation that the prime minister has staked his leadership on? ibis i the prime minister has staked his leadership on?— the prime minister has staked his leadership on? as i say, i think you are cleverly — leadership on? as i say, i think you are cleverly asking _ leadership on? as i say, i think you are cleverly asking me _ leadership on? as i say, i think you are cleverly asking me the - leadership on? as i say, i think you are cleverly asking me the same i are cleverly asking me the same question in a different way. it matters, though, it matters. question in a different way. it i matters, though, it matters. what matters, though, it matters. what matters is passing _ matters, though, it matters. what matters is passing the _ matters, though, it matters. “gorisgi matters is passing the legislation, i agree with that. there is a majority in the house of commons and i have no doubt that the house of commons will be able to pass it. what people forget is the house of lords is a place where you don't have a majority. labour and the liberal democrats refused to this legislation and that is why the legislation and that is why the legislation can get tripped up, in the house of lords, not in the house of commons. the house of lords, not in the house of commons-— of commons. let's talk about your na and of commons. let's talk about your party and how— of commons. let's talk about your party and how you _ of commons. let's talk about your party and how you are _ of commons. let's talk about your party and how you are managing l of commons. let's talk about your i party and how you are managing this on a matter which you say is absolutely crucial to the country and the conservatives. if you're so

confident that you are going to be able to stop the boats, why is the government currently putting out an advert for businesses to run illegal migration schemes on this side of the channel running up to 2030? that doesn't tally with stopping the doesn“t tally with stopping the boats anytime soon. ibshh; doesn't tally with stopping the boats anytime soon.— doesn't tally with stopping the boats anytime soon. any is going to stru: ale if boats anytime soon. any is going to struggle if there _ boats anytime soon. any is going to struggle if there are _ boats anytime soon. any is going to struggle if there are people - struggle if there are people trafficking gangs set up to get people here. at the moment they“re people here. at the moment they're using the channel crossings, by c. previously, they tended to use the lorries and people would die in the back of lorries. i think we realistically accept that there will always be criminal gangs out there and we will always need to delete those. as i say, this is subject which has been taking up a lot of space and time and one thing which has not is a fact that we had managed to slash those crossings by a third by passing the legislation and being tough on it and it is something we intend to keep going and we will put the facilities in place to do that. it will be a heck

of a lot cheaper than paying billions of pounds to help people who should not be here and should not have been trafficked and because the humane thing to do it to stop the humane thing to do it to stop the illegal gangs from traffic in human beings. we will always put resources into doing that. ioiroi’heh human beings. we will always put resources into doing that. when he became reminisce _ resources into doing that. when he became reminisce the _ resources into doing that. when he became reminisce the last - resources into doing that. when he became reminisce the last year, i became reminisce the last year, rishi sunak said he would end the political chaos. here we have a situation a year later where there are genuine questions about his flagship piece of legislation, there are genuine questions about his own position as leader. you have different factions of the conservative party fighting one another and whether they are going to back it or not, a former home secretary and immigration minister saying it won't work, spending hundreds of millions with nothing to show for it. if this isn't chaos what is? ., ., ~' show for it. if this isn't chaos what is?— show for it. if this isn't chaos what is? ~ ., , , what is? look, i know it suits your agenda- -- — what is? look, i know it suits your agenda... there _ what is? look, i know it suits your agenda... there is _ what is? look, i know it suits your agenda... there is no _ what is? look, i know it suits your agenda... there is no agenda, i i agenda... there is no agenda, i think that _ agenda... there is no agenda, i think that is — agenda... there is no agenda, i think that is what _ agenda... there is no agenda, i think that is what people i agenda... there is no agenda, i think that is what people are i agenda... there is no agenda, i i think that is what people are asking across the country. let think that is what people are asking across the country.— think that is what people are asking across the country. let me answer. i 'ust don't across the country. let me answer. i just don't agree — across the country. let me answer. i just don't agree with _ across the country. let me answer. i just don't agree with you. _ across the country. let me answer. i just don't agree with you. a - across the country. let me answer. i

just don't agree with you. a third i just don't agree with you. a third down terms of crossings, inflation halved, the economy growing and every commentator and body was saying it would shrink this year. we are having success in these areas because yes sometimes you have to find these things through, yes, you have arguments about them, that is the whole point of parliamentarians if you don't mind me saying rather than some spectacular kind of goings—on. the fact that we are having success with it. we are reducing these illegal migration despite the labour party voting against every single measure and having no ideas of their own. we have halved inflation and growing the economy. those are our key priorities and we are having success with them. , ., ,, ., , ,, priorities and we are having success with them. , ., ,, ., , . with them. grant shapps defence secreta , with them. grant shapps defence secretary, thank _ with them. grant shapps defence secretary, thank you _ with them. grant shapps defence secretary, thank you for - with them. grant shapps defence secretary, thank you forjoining i with them. grant shapps defence | secretary, thank you forjoining us here on breakfast. chetan here with the sport, some teens showing some fatigue in the premier league, getting a bit weary? manchester city just seem premier league, getting a bit weary? manchester cityjust seem to come

back every time, don“t manchester cityjust seem to come back every time, don't they? taste back every time, don't they? we heard in the last hour thatjon overtook the manchester cta bus on the motorway. ih overtook the manchester cta bus on the motorway-— the motorway. in the mondeo, of course. nothing _ the motorway. in the mondeo, of course. nothing less! _ the motorway. in the mondeo, of course. nothing less! he - the motorway. in the mondeo, of course. nothing less! he is- the motorway. in the mondeo, of i course. nothing less! he is smiling because they _ course. nothing less! he is smiling because they have _ course. nothing less! he is smiling because they have won _ course. nothing less! he is smiling because they have won a _ course. nothing less! he is smiling because they have won a game. i course. nothing less! he is smiling| because they have won a game. he course. nothing less! he is smiling i because they have won a game. he has never gone five games without winning in his entire career. looks like there could be trouble at luton, 1—0 like there could be trouble at luton,1—0 down at like there could be trouble at luton, 1—0 down at half—time but they always seem to find a way. you mention to tired teams, we will talk about newcastle who looked like they are on their last legs but city finding their way to prove doubters wrong. city were looking at back to back defeats for the first time in four years when elijah adebayo gave luton the lead in the first half. two goals in three minutes turned the game around though, bernardo silva equalising before jack grealish here scored the winner. the win means the champions stay fourth, four points behind the leaders liverpool.

meanwhile son heung—min says tottenham“s 4—1 win over newcastle was ruthless as they picked up their first league win since october. the spurs captain pulled the strings. he assisted the first two goals and capped off an impressive performance by scoring from the penalty spot after being fouled in the box. tottenham are fifth, three points behind man city in fourth. when harry was there, i was practising with him, with him together, and obviously he is one of the best penalty takers in the world. so, you know, when you practice with him, just watching him, i think you learn so many good advice. so, yeah, i think i was very calm and i was very confident. despite that ten point deduction everton“s great run continues. their 2—0 victory over chelsea means they've now got three consecutive premier league wins for the first time since 2021. goals from abdoulaye doucoure and lewis dobbin leave sean dyche“s side four points clear of the relegation zone. chelsea's struggles continue, this was their seventh league defeat under

mauricio pochettino this season. and what a week it's been for fulham. they've scored ten goals in the space of five days. that“s after another 5—0 win, this time over west ham. the pick of the goals coming from wales international harry wilson. the win moves them up to tenth. celtic lost for the first time in the scottish premiership this season as kilmarnock came from a goal down to win 2—1. matt o“riley had given celtic the lead with his ninth goal of the season but a nat phillips own goal and a late strike from matty kennedy turned the game on its head. celtic are still five points clear at the top of the table, rangers in second have a game in hand while the win takes kilmarnock up to fifth. there was another record—breaking crowd in the women's super league — over 59,000 people in attendance at the emirates as arsenal thumped league leaders chelsea 4—1. england striker alessia russo scored twice in what was a dominant performance from the home side. the win puts arsenal level on points

with chelsea at the top, but behind on goal difference. manager emma hayes says her team's performance was as bad as she's seen in any game. elsewhere there were wins for manchester united and everton. now, there's a fascinating story developing in spain where the usual football giants are being outshone by a side who have never finished higher than tenth in the top divsion and are only in their fourth season at that level. girona are top of la liga, two points clear of real madrid and seven points ahead of barcelona after winning lt—2 at the nou camp yesterday. it was girona“s first ever league win over their catalan rivals. the opening weekend of rugby union“s champions cup delivered plenty of drama, not least in paris where harlequins fought back to beat racing 92 by 31 points to 28. england fly—half marcus smith's contribution was vital. this try helping the london side lead at half time. they fell behind again in the second half but smith kicked a total of 11 points with this final effort securing the win. wins also for sale, leicester and leinster

and congratulations to britain's hannah klugman, aged just m, a player who could have a big future in tennis. she“s won the prestigious orange bowl under 18 junior championships in florida. this is her with the trophy. very literal! it's a tournament that sits alongside the grand slams. past winners include chris evert, caroline wozniaki, bianca andreescu and the current us open champion coco gauff. orangejuice, ink. orange juice, ink. i hope orangejuice, ink. i hope she gets orange 'uice, ink. i hope she gets more orangejuice, ink. i hope she gets more than — orangejuice, ink. i hope she gets more than that! _ orangejuice, ink. i hope she gets more than that! whoa _ orangejuice, ink. i hope she gets more than that! whoa there i orangejuice, ink. i hope she gets more than that! whoa there is i orange juice, ink. i hope she gets i more than that! whoa there is some prize money involved. thank you, chetan! the city of hull is associated with many things. the humber bridge, two rugby league teams, and a proud maritime heritage, to name just a few. we can now add “'uk“s sexiest accent" to that list, which is how the hollywood actor timothy chalamet described it. may be the world's sexiest accent! suzy lawson went to hull

to put his claims to the test. i believe in miracles, where you from, you sexy thing, you sexy thing, you. my accent's real sexy. ladies and gentlemen, greetings to you all. my name is willy wonka. star of the new wonka film, timothee chalamet is one of the world's biggest movie stars right now. he“s travelled the world, but it's the hull accent that's caught his attention. how do you feel about the british? i like the hull accent. really?! you like hull? yeah, yeah. why is everyone cracking up? is it not a sexy accent? hull is sexy! what's wrong with hull? i like hull, essex is in my top three. everybody likes essex. i like a middle—aged northern accent. do you agree? yes, he“s sexy. it's one of a kind, kind of accent. we're very privileged to have our own little bit of accent, aren't we?

do you think the hull accent is sexy? well, yeah, yeah, it's just the accent i know, so yeah, i do, yeah. do you feel sexy? usually, yeah! are you from hull? no. what do you think of the hull accent? it“s lovely. especially when they come out with "five and nine." yeah, it is the sexiest accent. you can always tell where a person is from, especially this area. but whether i would class it as sexy? i don't think it's sexy personally myself, but it's eve rybody's own preference. would you be up for saying something a bit sexy in a hull accent? anything you desire, i'm ready, willing and able, as the hose pipe said to the fire. whatabout, “'oh, no, it's snowed." lovely. i believe in miracles, since you came along, you sexy thing. laughter.

the comedian lucy beaumont grew up in and around hull. shejoins us now from leeds. this is a huge part of your routine. we will gloss over the fact you are in leeds! lucy? hi!— we will gloss over the fact you are in leeds! lucy? hi! miracle, may be, hull number— in leeds! lucy? hi! miracle, may be, hull number one _ in leeds! lucy? hi! miracle, may be, hull number one sexiest _ in leeds! lucy? hi! miracle, may be, hull number one sexiest accent, i in leeds! lucy? hi! miracle, may be,| hull number one sexiest accent, what do you think? flan hull number one sexiest accent, what do you think?— do you think? can you believe it, who thought _ do you think? can you believe it, who thought this _ do you think? can you believe it, who thought this would - do you think? can you believe it, who thought this would happen? j do you think? can you believe it, | who thought this would happen? i have been dining out on this, i have had had ethical conversations with my husband obviously. work out the age gap with timothy family. —— with timothee. if this is the way he wants to approach me, that is wonderful. ii wants to approach me, that is wonderful-— wants to approach me, that is wonderful. ., ., ., wonderful. if you want to put out a messa . e wonderful. if you want to put out a message to _ wonderful. if you want to put out a message to him — wonderful. if you want to put out a message to him right _ wonderful. if you want to put out a message to him right now, - wonderful. if you want to put out a message to him right now, i'm i wonderful. if you want to put out a | message to him right now, i'm sure he is watching. i message to him right now, i'm sure he is watching-—

he is watching. i can make a lovely ham shank — he is watching. i can make a lovely ham shank in _ he is watching. i can make a lovely ham shank in a _ he is watching. i can make a lovely ham shank in a slow— he is watching. i can make a lovely ham shank in a slow cooker. i i he is watching. i can make a lovely ham shank in a slow cooker. i can l ham shank in a slow cooker. i can send you that as a voice noted for you to listen to. i’m send you that as a voice noted for you to listen to.— send you that as a voice noted for you to listen to. i'm sure you have won him over _ you to listen to. i'm sure you have won him over with _ you to listen to. i'm sure you have won him over with that. _ you to listen to. i'm sure you have won him over with that. you i you to listen to. i'm sure you have won him over with that. you think| won him over with that. you think that has done _ won him over with that. you think that has done it? _ won him over with that. you think that has done it? he _ won him over with that. you think that has done it? he seems i won him over with that. you think that has done it? he seems a i won him over with that. you think i that has done it? he seems a lovely young boy. i would like to put that out there. i'm not weird, i don't have any feelings for that young lad apart from the fact that he thinks i'm sexy. have you ever heard anyone i“m sexy. have you ever heard anyone say this before about the hull accent, is it quite unusual? no, would you believe? no one has ever. i“m would you believe? no one has ever. i'm 40, no one has ever said that the hull accent... i have really been thinking, what has happened? to that poor... he is practically a child, an american young actor, what has gone on in his life that he thought hull, essex and a middle—aged northern accent?

thought hull, essex and a middle-aged northern accent? lucy, here in this — middle-aged northern accent? lucy, here in this office _ middle-aged northern accent? lucy, here in this office we _ middle-aged northern accent? lucy, here in this office we all— middle-aged northern accent? lucy, here in this office we all love - middle-aged northern accent? lucy, here in this office we all love the i here in this office we all love the middle—aged northern in third place! how bizarre! i'm rightly worried how bizarre! i“m rightly worried about him to be honest. everyone is worried about —— everyone is laughing about it but something has gone on he needs help with. you must be nroud. gone on he needs help with. you must be proud- what _ gone on he needs help with. you must be proud. what was _ gone on he needs help with. you must be proud. what was that, _ gone on he needs help with. you must be proud. what was that, sorry? i gone on he needs help with. you must be proud. what was that, sorry? you i be proud. what was that, sorry? you must be proud- _ be proud. what was that, sorry? you must be proud. you _ be proud. what was that, sorry? you must be proud. you might _ be proud. what was that, sorry? you must be proud. you might find i be proud. what was that, sorry? you must be proud. you might find it i must be proud. you might find it funny but this is a great day for hull. , ., funny but this is a great day for hull. ,. funny but this is a great day for hull-_ yes. - funny but this is a great day for hull._ yes. i- funny but this is a great day for| hull._ yes, i think funny but this is a great day for i hull._ yes, i think we hull. do you think? yes, i think we would rather _ hull. do you think? yes, i think we would rather have _ hull. do you think? yes, i think we would rather have better _ hull. do you think? yes, i think we would rather have better schools, | would rather have better schools, hospitals and bigger wages. ibthd would rather have better schools, hospitals and bigger wages. bind a hospitals and bigger wages. and a better transport _ hospitals and bigger wages. and a better transport system. - hospitals and bigger wages. and a better transport system. maybe i better transport system. maybe timothee's _ better transport system. maybe timothee's attention _ better transport system. maybe timothee's attention might i better transport system. maybe | timothee's attention might bring that along. he timothee's attention might bring that alont. , ., timothee's attention might bring that alon.. , ., ., , ., that along. he is an ambassador, ma be he that along. he is an ambassador, maybe he has _ that along. he is an ambassador, maybe he has put _ that along. he is an ambassador, maybe he has put that _ that along. he is an ambassador, maybe he has put that spark i that along. he is an ambassador, maybe he has put that spark into| maybe he has put that spark into everyone“s relationship in hull, they will all be thinking of willy wonka now. they will all be thinking of willy wonka now-— they will all be thinking of willy wonka now. ., ., . , ., wonka now. freedom of the city of hull for timothee? _

wonka now. freedom of the city of hull for timothee? definitely, i wonka now. freedom of the city of hull for timothee? definitely, he i hull for timothee? definitely, he will set a hull for timothee? definitely, he will get a free — hull for timothee? definitely, he will get a free patty _ hull for timothee? definitely, he will get a free patty and - hull for timothee? definitely, he will get a free patty and chips i hull for timothee? definitely, he will get a free patty and chips ifi will get a free patty and chips if he turns up. will get a free patty and chips if he turns up— will get a free patty and chips if he turns up. are there particular nhrases he turns up. are there particular phrases that _ he turns up. are there particular phrases that you _ he turns up. are there particular phrases that you think _ he turns up. are there particular phrases that you think timotheej phrases that you think timothee might— phrases that you think timothee might notice more than others? what are the _ might notice more than others? what are the phrases and the words? i notice _ are the phrases and the words? i notice the — are the phrases and the words? i notice the gentleman talking about the hosepipe and the fire. and, oh, no, the hosepipe and the fire. and, oh, no. it— the hosepipe and the fire. and, oh, no, it snowed. 0h, the hosepipe and the fire. and, oh, no. it snowed-— no, it snowed. oh, no, it snowed. yeah, no, it snowed. oh, no, it snowed. yeah. because _ no, it snowed. oh, no, it snowed. yeah, because no _ no, it snowed. oh, no, it snowed. yeah, because no one _ no, it snowed. oh, no, it snowed. yeah, because no one knew- no, it snowed. oh, no, it snowed. | yeah, because no one knew where no, it snowed. oh, no, it snowed. i yeah, because no one knew where hull was when i started gigging, i need to do this thing, and i would get them to say, oh, no, there is snow on the roads, and i would say, that is a severe weather warning. i am feelin: a is a severe weather warning. i am feeling a bit _ is a severe weather warning. i am feeling a bit gutted _ is a severe weather warning. i am feeling a bit gutted because i was born in hull and i left before i could speak, when i was about one and a half. i never picked up the accent. if i had stayed and got the accent, it could have changed my

life. i accent, it could have changed my life. ~ ., ., ., ,., accent, it could have changed my life. ~ ., ., ., ., life. i know, look at what you have become. life. i know, look at what you have become- did _ life. i know, look at what you have become. did they _ life. i know, look at what you have become. did they do _ life. i know, look at what you have become. did they do that - life. i know, look at what you have become. did they do that on i life. i know, look at what you have i become. did they do that on purpose? yes, we were bundled out in the middle of the night. no, no, we had to leave. ifeel like middle of the night. no, no, we had to leave. i feel like we could have had —— i could have had a whole sexy life that i have never had. i had -- i could have had a whole sexy life that i have never had.— life that i have never had. i know, sorry about _ life that i have never had. i know, sorry about that. _ life that i have never had. i know, sorry about that. what _ life that i have never had. i know, sorry about that. what is - life that i have never had. i know, sorry about that. what is it i life that i have never had. i know, sorry about that. what is it about | sorry about that. what is it about hull in particular _ sorry about that. what is it about hull in particular and _ sorry about that. what is it about hull in particular and its - sorry about that. what is it about hull in particular and its people i hull in particular and its people that is— hull in particular and its people that is so— hull in particular and its people that is so special? i know it's so important — that is so special? i know it's so important to you.— important to you. oh, it is. it's still my muse. _ important to you. oh, it is. it's still my muse. i— important to you. oh, it is. it's still my muse. i go _ important to you. oh, it is. it's still my muse. i go back i important to you. oh, it is. it's still my muse. i go back nearlyj still my muse. i go back nearly every week, all my friends and family are there. it's justjon doesn“t family are there. it's justjon doesn't want to live there. i'm happy there now. it's like, it's because it's got such a distinctive accent and history as well, the history of hull is mad, with the fishing, and quite strong women, is in the blood. it“s created such

funny people. everyone is a comedian. i“m funny people. everyone is a comedian. i'm not one of the funniest in my family. but when i go to glasgow, liverpool, belfast, i see the same sort of thing, where it is a shared identity. i think because things have been hard to come as well, through the years. lucy beaumont, brilliant to have you with us this morning, ambassadorfor hull. great to see you, thank you so much. ., .. hull. great to see you, thank you so much. . «i y., , , hull. great to see you, thank you so much. . «i , ,~ ., ~ much. thank you, sexy ambassador! a of course! we — much. thank you, sexy ambassador! a of course! we should _ much. thank you, sexy ambassador! a of course! we should have _ much. thank you, sexy ambassador! a of course! we should have put - much. thank you, sexy ambassador! a of course! we should have put that i of course! we should have put that under her name, _ of course! we should have put that under her name, sexy _ of course! we should have put that| under her name, sexy ambassador. from _ under her name, sexy ambassador. from now— under her name, sexy ambassador. from now on — under her name, sexy ambassador. from now on i promised you that is what _ from now on i promised you that is what we _ from now on i promised you that is what we are — from now on i promised you that is what we are going to call you, sexy ambassador for hull. | what we are going to call you, sexy ambassador for hull._ ambassador for hull. i think an unusual accent _ ambassador for hull. i think an unusual accent is _ ambassador for hull. i think an unusual accent is attractive. is| ambassador for hull. i think an i unusual accent is attractive. is a sellin: unusual accent is attractive. is a selling point! — unusual accent is attractive. i3 —. selling point! totally! you've heard of superman saving the day. but when you need several million parcels sorting, you turn to super hub! that's what royal mail

calls its giant sorting centres and ben is at one this morning. i was going to say, is super help a person? already hard at work there, or confused? it’s person? already hard at work there, or confused?— or confused? it's their busiest time of ear or confused? it's their busiest time of year and — or confused? it's their busiest time of year and i _ or confused? it's their busiest time of year and i thought _ or confused? it's their busiest time of year and i thought i _ or confused? it's their busiest time of year and i thought i would i or confused? it's their busiest time of year and i thought i would give l of year and i thought i would give them a head. this is on its way to david in northampton, this is going to charlene in rotherham, one more, raymond, this is on its way to you in hull. the man who is doing most of the work, i am getting in the way. this is the busiest time of yearfor way. this is the busiest time of year for royal mail, way. this is the busiest time of yearfor royal mail, they way. this is the busiest time of year for royal mail, they handle double the usual number of parcels and letters compared to other times of the year, so coming to their super hub near daventry here in midland. i will interruption guys working here. you are one of the managers, you have been here since march. how busy is this month for you? march. how busy is this month for ou? ~ ., i: i: i: i: , , ~ you? we do 750,000 units per week, extremely busy. _ you? we do 750,000 units per week, extremely busy, sometimes -

you? we do 750,000 units per week, extremely busy, sometimes we - you? we do 750,000 units per week, extremely busy, sometimes we have| you? we do 750,000 units per week, l extremely busy, sometimes we have so many parcels that it's quite hard to deal with but we do our best. we do approximately 60,000 per hour and we just get everything to customers wherever it is possible.- just get everything to customers wherever it is possible. hoping it nets it to wherever it is possible. hoping it gets it to customers _ wherever it is possible. hoping it gets it to customers for - wherever it is possible. hoping it l gets it to customers for christmas. how long have you worked for royal mail? , ., , ., ., , ., mail? five years, i 'oined as a deu mail? five years, i 'oined as a deputy manager _ mail? five years, i 'oined as a deputy manager in h mail? five years, ijoined as a deputy manager in my - mail? five years, ijoined as a deputy manager in my shift. l mail? five years, ijoined as a i deputy manager in my shift. and mail? five years, ijoined as a - deputy manager in my shift. and how bus is this deputy manager in my shift. and how busy is this week _ deputy manager in my shift. and how busy is this week for _ deputy manager in my shift. and how busy is this week for you? _ deputy manager in my shift. and how busy is this week for you? it's - busy is this week for you? it's reall , busy is this week for you? it's really. really _ busy is this week for you? it's really, really busy this week. apparently we get full of trailers, and we _ apparently we get full of trailers, and we have more volume of work, so we try— and we have more volume of work, so we try our— and we have more volume of work, so we try our best to get to the customer— we try our best to get to the customer so we can deliver the parcel— customer so we can deliver the parcel is — customer so we can deliver the parcel is right on time.- customer so we can deliver the parcel is right on time. they will not make their _ parcel is right on time. they will not make their way _ parcel is right on time. they will not make their way themselves| parcel is right on time. they will. not make their way themselves so i will let you carry on working. these are coming from a well—known shop, these are coming from a well—known sports shop and they make their way to wherever you are say what a good time to get the news, travel and whether wherever you are as well.

can you hello, good morning from bbc london. a school in north east london is on high alert this morning after it received a threat — to "kill everyone" at the school. police are stepping up patrols near a muslim school in redbridge, after they received the threatening letter. as a result, local mp and shadow minister wes streeting has written urgently to the government to "safeguard muslim communities." the government says home secretary has recently met with representatives from the muslim community to discuss islamaphobia. the fast food chain, mcdonald's is today looking for a homeless man after one of their security guards soaked the ground where the man was sitting. mcdonald's has apologised for what happened on saturday on victoria street in central london. the company said it's removed the third—party security guards involved" and wants to find the man involved to make amends. a boat taking west ham fans to their match against fulham yesterday crashed

into hammersmith bridge. the bridge is already closed to traffic because of a risk it might collapse. the boat did finally free itself. damage to the bridge isn't yet known. let's take a look at the tubes now. are still issues on the central line because of a shortage of elsewhere good. a look at the weather. and with exactly two weeks to go before christmas, we're in for a dry day with a top temperature of a mild i2 celsius. that's it.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. our headlines today... a big week for rishi sunak. today the prime minister appears before the covid inquiry — to face questions about his eat out to help out scheme. rishi sunak is also battling to save his flagship immigration policy with mps set to vote on the controversial rwanda emergency legislation tomorrow. calls for greater awareness of cancer during pregnancy. healthcare professionals say symptoms are being dismissed and overlooked. it is the most busy time of the year for royal mail. i have come to the parcel super hub in the midlands to find out how they are delivering all

of these to get them in time for christmas. i will have the crucial last christmas posting dates as well. answering their critics. the champions manchester city end their winless run in the premier league — with victory at luton good morning. after a wet and windy weekend, day weather wise today. sunny spells can still a few showers around. all the details in about ten minutes. it's monday, the 11th of december. rishi sunak will appear before the covid inquiry today, where he'll face questions about the decisions he made as chancellor during the pandemic. those decisions are expected to include his "eat out to help out" scheme, which aimed to revive the hospitality trade in the summer of 2020 with cut—price meals — and has since been blamed for increasing covid deaths. our health correspondent ellie price has the story. katsu curry. it was a don't give up the dayjob moment. his dayjob at the time was chancellor of the exchequer.

he didn't give it up, but ended up eventually getting promoted to the topjob. the eat out to help out scheme was his department's brainchild and it's something that keeps coming up at this inquiry. rishi sunak has repeatedly said the government followed the scientific advice, but... i think there were definitely periods when it was clear that the unwelcome advice we were giving was, as expected, not loved. this is exactly encouraging what we've been trying to suppress and get on top of in the last few months. so it didn't feel sensible to me. it would have been prudent, let's put it that way, for them to have thought about discussing it before it was launched. oh, my golly, that's fantastic! the idea behind it, giving us all up to a tenner towards a meal in a restaurant was to kick start the economy after the first lockdown. the inquiry has heard there's limited evidence that it contributed to hugely spreading the virus,

but scientists suggest it sent the wrong message. and it was one of the reasons the then chancellor, whose job it was to promote the economy after all, got the unfortunate nickname among some scientists as dr death. i want to reassure you that we have a comprehensive plan to protectjobs and businesses in every region and nation of the united kingdom. there will also be questions about whether his concerns over the economic impact led to a delay in the second lockdown. he was, of course, the man who introduced the furlough scheme. we're setting up a new coronavirus job retention scheme. but this inquiry has already heard financial relief for the self—employed and low paid may not have been enough. i've just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty, the king's invitation to form a government in his name. rishi sunak didn't make the final decisions during the pandemic, but he is in charge of the country now, and the verdict on his choices

then may yet shape his future. ellie price, bbc news. in a moment, we'll speak to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. but first our health correspondent ellie price is outside the covid inquiry in london. ellie, when will the prime minister start giving evidence? he start giving evidence? hasn't turned up yet. not m protesters he hasn't turned up yet. not many protesters we have been used to weather the last few weeks have either. it reminds me of the ad link under my kids have got, which is in the shape of the christmas tree with 24 at the shape of the christmas tree with 2a at the top. we have had weeks of political advisers and civil servants you have probably never heard of, then assign to some three days worth of former cabinet ministers, two days of borisjohnson last week and rishi sunak today. kind of the final piece in the puzzle. he did not make the final decisions during the pandemic that

was thejob of decisions during the pandemic that was the job of borisjohnson that he was the job of borisjohnson that he was architect to some key moments and obviously very influential. of course there will be questions on eating out to help out and also questions on something he is reported to have said previously where scientists had too much influence in decision—making to the detriment sometimes of other impacts, things like the economy and whether that therefore had an impact on say the timing of the second lockdown. there will be questions as well on furlough and the economic packages offered at the time. there were questions about the lower paid and people who were self—employed on zero—hours contracts. there will be questions from trade unions for example about whether cell isolation payments were enough to stop the very lowest paid. rishi sunak was fined for attending borisjohnson�*s birthday party because i think we can expect a bit on partygate as well. the whole point of this

inquiry is to learn lessons on the structure and process of government were not to apportion personal blame. today will be very important for the prime minister.— our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is in downing street for us now. not only does rishi sunak have to deal with the public grilling on covid, he is also facing huge pressure over the rwanda tomorrow. wait until tomorrow when mps will vote, it is called the second reading in parliament. it is a big voting principle of rishi sunak's emergency legislation, designed to try to get the rwanda up and running. we saw last week that the dramatic resignation of rishi sunak's close political friend, dramatic resignation of rishi sunak's close politicalfriend, a close political friend sunak's close politicalfriend, a close politicalfriend robert jenrick as immigration minister, how

controversial this issue is within the conservative party. it is not that rishi sunak faces a particular threat from the right and left, he faces both. you have the one nation caucasus of mps who are very concerned the government sticks with human rights laws and then on the right of the party, you have mps who say, hang on a second, even this emergency legislation meeting is to read the full some people the government might want to deport to rwanda to appeal. we had earlier about whether grant shapps thinks a garment can get the bill through. what matters is passing the legislation, i agree with that. i am sure the _ legislation, i agree with that. i am sure the house of commons will be able to— sure the house of commons will be able to pass it. people forget the house _ able to pass it. people forget the house of— able to pass it. people forget the house of lords as a place where we don't _ house of lords as a place where we don't have — house of lords as a place where we don't have a — house of lords as a place where we don't have a majority, labour and the liberal— don't have a majority, labour and the liberal democrats refuse to vote for this _ the liberal democrats refuse to vote for this legislation that is where and why— for this legislation that is where and why the legislation can be tripped — and why the legislation can be tripped up. in the house of lords,

not tripped up. in the house of lords, hot the _ tripped up. in the house of lords, not the house of commons. fairlyr not the house of commons. fairly bullish from _ not the house of commons. fairly bullish from grant _ not the house of commons. fairly bullish from grant shapps - not the house of commons. fairly bullish from grant shapps by - not the house of commons. fa lg bullish from grant shapps by trying to pile the political pressure off onto the labour party, the liberal democrats in the house of lords. evenif democrats in the house of lords. even if rishi sunak can get this through the house of commons tomorrow, it is one vote of many votes there will be in the house of commons on this legislation. worth remembering whatever happens this week, the political perilfrom rishi sunak on long vexed question of immigration is not over. what else do we need to think about today and in the weeks ahead? sally can tell us. diplomats at the united nations say the general assembly is likely to hold another vote on whether it should call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. on friday, the united states vetoed a similar vote by the un security council. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. yolande, does either side look like it wants to stop fighting? well, i had to say, since that

security council resolution failed to pass on friday will we seem to have had on the ground is really just an intensification of the fighting we are seeing. that is in the north where you are getting battles raging still between israeli forces and hamas fighters and in the south of the gaza strip, in khan yunis, the sudden city where it is thought hamas leaders may be hiding. there are israeli tanks and snipers operating there. there has been intense bombardment again over the past few days and we have seen in the past 2a hours when you pad rocket fire from gaza into southern israel. qatar, which helped to mediate their week—long truce last month has come out saying it is still continuing with efforts to get new trees to free the 117 hostages israel says are still being held by hamas in gaza in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. at the moment it says because it is well�*s relentless bombardment

by the window is narrowing for success on that. we have had hamas issuing threats and not a single hostage will leave the gaza strip alive unless its demands are met by israel. really quite a bleak picture. the israeli prime minister has also been coming out answering allies of israel, calling for a ceasefire. he said it cannot tell us to destroy hamas on the one hand and the other hand tell us to end this war. . ~' the other hand tell us to end this war. ., ~ , ., the other hand tell us to end this war. . ~ , ., y the other hand tell us to end this war. ., ~ i. , . britain has confirmed that it's selling two former royal navy ships to ukraine, as part of an effort to bolster their presence on the black sea. it's a pair of mine hunters, which ukrainian troops have already been training on. they're part of a wider plan of increased support for ukraine, led by the uk and norway. around 200 afghan special forces soldiers, who fled to pakistan when the taliban seized control in 2021, are facing imminent deportation back to their homeland. the elite troops were trained and funded by the uk, prompting calls for them to be

offered refuge in britain because of the danger they'll face under the new regime. the government denied accusations of betraying the soldiers, saying it has brought thousands of afghans to safety. a new type of street drug, which can be hundreds of times stronger than heroin, has been linked to dozens of deaths across the uk. nitazenes are synthetic opioids, which are believed to be imported from china. a 29—year—old woman is appearing before croydon magistrates later charged with four counts of manslaughter — after her two sets of twins died in a fire in south london. leyton and logan hoath were three years old, and kyson and bryson were four, when they died in december 2021. their mother deveca rose has also been charged with child abandonment. a 58—year—old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of anthony littler, who was beaten to death outside east finchley tube station in may 1984.

the arrest comes days after the metropolitan police launched a fresh appeal for information. this year's "i'm a celebrity... get me out of here" has finished for another year — with all the usual fanfare down under. we are about to tell you who won, so spoiler alert. the winner of i'm a celebrity... get me out of here 2023, and the new king of thejungle is... sam! the reality tv star sam thompson took the crown. he was praised by the itv show�*s hosts ant and dec for his enthusiasm and energy. boxer tony bellew came second and the former ukip leader nigel farage was third. sam was favourite for the last couple of weeks. his energy and

enthusiasm, he looked so happy. and relentlessly positive. i'd love that. that is what we need. when struggling to get up this cold, wet, british monday morning. let's all be a bit more salmon. he knows he is going to a nice hotel for a couple of nights after three weeks in the jungle. imagine all that time are not being able to have a proper wash and sleeping on the floor. a shower, amazing! the beach. here wejust get soaked by the rain. goad amazing! the beach. here we 'ust get soaked by the rain.�* soaked by the rain. good morning. i think sam sent _ soaked by the rain. good morning. i think sam sent her— soaked by the rain. good morning. i think sam sent her some _ soaked by the rain. good morning. i think sam sent her some aussie - think sam sent her some aussie sunshine. today when they were drier and brighter weather. good morning. there we can brought us wind and rain, two named storms but they are getting out of the way, easing to the east. the cloudy star in london. the winter woollies during the day in sunshine for many of us will be breaking through. —— is a cloudy start. not completely dry. we are

between weather systems. we have one waiting in the wings in the atlantic which will bring rain tonight. the remnants of storm fergus easing way in the east. still cloud and shall remain in eastern scotland. misty patches towards the west. a few showers towards the isle of man, cheshire and merseyside. stretching towards the wash as well. neither side met most of us are looking driver sunshine developing. away from the likes of the marie firth, aberdeenshire and fife where we will keep cloud during the day. likely dry into the afternoon, this rain will be arriving from the west during the evening hours. before it gets there, ten to 13, quite mild in the south or only six or seven in scotland. through tonight rain initially will be heavy in northern ireland, wales, the south west of england. the rain drips its way east. their potential for rain and heavy showers later. we will see

frost in parts of eastern england and north—east scotland as well. tomorrow brings us a different sort of day. back to the unsettled, that a blustery weather. the messages do go and enjoy the drier and brighter weather if you have it, which many of us had today.— weather if you have it, which many of us had today. thank you very much indeed. there are concerns that signs of cancer in pregnant women are being overlooked, with symptoms dismissed as pregnancy—related. every day, two women in the uk are diagnosed with the disease while expecting a child — and a leading cancer charity says greater awareness is needed within the healthcare profession. louise beevers from lincolnshire was told she had breast cancer whilst pregnant. she's been speaking to our reporter alex moss. so thank you for filling the room up. i feel really loved. everything was going right that night, celebrating the big 4—0. it was just perfect.

and then, you just take for granted that life isn't actually a guarantee. hello. hello, beautiful. she turned a0 and found out she was pregnant with her fourth child. she also learned she had cancer. 15th of may, i was called back in and saw the surgeon and was told it was cancer. surgeons operated quickly. baby suzy arrived in august, but not long after she found out the cancer was terminal. no one health care professional would put a time limit to how long i've got left, and that in itself is really difficult to deal with because i need to put plans in place for my children.

you know, for special birthdays, life events. i want to have letters. i want to write letters for my children, so they can open those if i'm not here. at the start of her pregnancy, she found a lump in her breast, but she was reassured it was likely due to her being pregnant. i knew it wasn't right for me and ijust wish i persisted at that time, as opposed to accepted. i really, really do. it could have been a whole different story than the one i'm telling now. experts say there needs to be a greater awareness within the health care profession to spot cancer early in pregnancy and save lives. because breast cancer is a disease that becomes more common as you get older, the likelihood of pregnancy and breast cancer occurring at the same time increases. one of ourjobs is to make sure

that we educate health care professionals involved in the care of pregnant women about how breast cancer in itself can present at that time. we've got two children who've lost their mum, one who was only weeks old and one who was three and a half. pete lost his wife to cancer not long after the birth of their second child. and there just was nothing that's tailored specifically for a cancer diagnosis in or around childbirth. so he set up a charity to help those diagnosed with cancer in pregnancy. the reality is it should and could be any health professional that somebody comes into contact with in pregnancy, whether it's a midwife, whether it's a health visitor, or whether it's a community nurse, whether it's the gp. the point is, if somebody shares a concern with you, it is your responsibility to take that forward and try and escalate that to somebody, or at least signpost them

into a pathway that will get them diagnosed early. smiling. she's smiling. louise is now spending whatever time she has left, making memories with herfamily. so today's friday. chemo was on tuesday, so although feeling the usual bouts of nausea, i can safely get in close with my little one and have some really cute and long cuddles. she's determined that no other women walk the same tragic path as her. and i urge anybody who finds anything remotely, remotely unusual, just please go to the gp. and if you're not referred, insist on being referred. it's two minutes and then hopefully it will be nothing. but then you can go home and you can get on with the rest of your life. i'm being with my children and we are going to make memories and we're going to enjoy

each other�*s company. and we are... we're going to tell each other, we love each other. we've got at least a billion more times to say that before anything happens. our thanks to louise for sharing her story. we're joined now by pete wallroth — who set up the charity mummy�*s star — which helps women diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy. he lost his wife mair after she was diagnosed with cancer when she was pregnant. we're alsojoined by doctor liz o'riordan who is a retired breast surgeon. we will come to you in a moment. just take your time. it would help if you could explain and are happy,

what happened to mair? 11 years ago mair was pregnant and said she had a dull ache in her left breast. we found out they were going to have a boy and the midwife said, we will just send you for a scan, we will send you three for a referral at the breast clinic to be on the safe side. after thatjacket breast clinic to be on the safe side. after that jacket was diagnosed she had a six centimetres tumour in her left breast. we thought that might be pregnancy —related. we had that balance of reassurance and action actually took place. from the midwife as well. it could be any health professional. we had a lot of reassurance that we had options during pregnancy. we could proceed with four rounds of chemotherapy before she was induced at 37 weeks. we gave birth to a really healthy baby boy. sadly, what then the cancer had spread to the

managerial lining of her brain and she passed away. that led you to set “p she passed away. that led you to set up a charity which helps families in this most desperate of situations. l this most desperate of situations. i think it might sound odd to say i consider myself very fortunate that when i reflect back on the journey that mair and i went through, we were so well—prepared for any actions of the hospital staff is a multidisciplinary team came together to plan the journey to still enjoy the pregnancy and keep focus. nevertheless making sure that people knew we were aware of our options. i was determined to make sure any other family was determined to make sure any otherfamily finding was determined to make sure any other family finding themselves in this situation is listen to and receives the early intervention but also is... has a support network around them to try to ultimately raise awareness that this happens to families and more often than we

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meaning they do not do as well. question a lot of people will be asking watching this, i am assuming it is really impossible to answer because every case is different but is there a link between pregnancy and breast cancer? idol is there a link between pregnancy and breast cancer?— is there a link between pregnancy and breast cancer? not that we know. it occurs in 7% — and breast cancer? not that we know. it occurs in 7% of— and breast cancer? not that we know. it occurs in 7% of all— and breast cancer? not that we know. it occurs in 7% of all breast _ it occurs in 7% of all breast cancers _ it occurs in 7% of all breast cancers in— it occurs in 7% of all breast cancers in women under the age of 45. cancers in women under the age of 45~ you _ cancers in women under the age of 45~ you are — cancers in women under the age of 45. you are not more likely to get it if you _ 45. you are not more likely to get it if you are — 45. you are not more likely to get it if you are pregnant but it is harder— it if you are pregnant but it is harder to _ it if you are pregnant but it is harder to diagnose and that is why we need _ harder to diagnose and that is why we need to— harder to diagnose and that is why we need to raise awareness and health— we need to raise awareness and health care professionals. anyone can be _ health care professionals. anyone can be referred to a breast clinic if they— can be referred to a breast clinic if they are — can be referred to a breast clinic if they are concerned. i can be referred to a breast clinic if they are concerned.— can be referred to a breast clinic if they are concerned. i imagine the advice as ever _ if they are concerned. i imagine the advice as ever as _ if they are concerned. i imagine the advice as ever as check, _ if they are concerned. i imagine the advice as ever as check, check - if they are concerned. i imagine the advice as ever as check, check and l advice as ever as check, check and check again. i advice as ever as check, check and check again-— check again. i never checked my ress check again. i never checked my press and _ check again. i never checked my press and l _ check again. i never checked my press and i was _ check again. i never checked my press and i was a _ check again. i never checked my press and i was a breast - check again. i never checked my. press and i was a breast surgeon. put a _ press and i was a breast surgeon. put a reminder on your calendar every— put a reminder on your calendar every month and check it because it could _ every month and check it because it could save — every month and check it because it could save your life. you every month and check it because it could save your life.— could save your life. you are a breast surgeon. _ could save your life. you are a breast surgeon. i _ could save your life. you are a breast surgeon. i am - could save your life. you are a breast surgeon. i am a - could save your life. you are a - breast surgeon. i am a consultant, i never checked _ breast surgeon. i am a consultant, i never checked my _ breast surgeon. i am a consultant, i never checked my press _ breast surgeon. i am a consultant, i never checked my press and - breast surgeon. i am a consultant, i never checked my press and at - breast surgeon. i am a consultant, i never checked my press and at the l never checked my press and at the a-e never checked my press and at the age of— never checked my press and at the age of 40 — never checked my press and at the age of 40 i— never checked my press and at the age of 40 i was diagnosed with stage

three breast cancer. most women do not check— three breast cancer. most women do not check their breasts. but reminder— not check their breasts. but reminder on your calendar and every mohth_ reminder on your calendar and every month because it might save your life. month because it might save your life it— month because it might save your life. , , . . month because it might save your life. . _ life. it is such an incredibly important _ life. it is such an incredibly important and _ life. it is such an incredibly important and really - life. it is such an incredibly i important and really powerful message, isn't it? particularly hearing it from someone in this's position. i bet you guys thought it would never happen to you, particularly at a time of life when you are thinking about the future. it is the juxtaposition of thinking about the joy and emotion. all of a sudden you are told by the ultimate outcome is curative or sadly you are going to be living with the disease. it is about balancing thatjoy and pain and trauma of those things happening at the same time. just to reiterate what liz has said, that is the key thing. the differences are there to diagnosed. but we are trying to get is to see the symptoms where a person presents as pregnant. if someone were to present

non—pregnant with the same sentence we would be referring them far more quickly. that is where it gets merged into and hidden behind the various body changes. does checking continue in pregnancy? do we expect some change as a population and we put it down to pregnancy related. how are you now? i put it down to pregnancy related. how are you now?— how are you now? i had a second occurrence _ how are you now? i had a second occurrence in _ how are you now? i had a second occurrence in june _ how are you now? i had a second occurrence in june but _ how are you now? i had a second occurrence in june but i'm - how are you now? i had a second l occurrence in june but i'm currently occurrence injune but i'm currently cancer— occurrence injune but i'm currently cancer free — occurrence injune but i'm currently cancer free. thank you for asking. how— cancer free. thank you for asking. how is _ cancer free. thank you for asking. how is life? — cancer free. thank you for asking. how is life? |_ cancer free. thank you for asking. how is life?— how is life? i had three wonderful children. how is life? i had three wonderful children- i — how is life? i had three wonderful children. i married _ how is life? i had three wonderful children. i married again - how is life? i had three wonderful children. i married again in - how is life? i had three wonderful children. i married again in 2019. | children. i married again in 2019. we have a wonderful mix as a family. i have an amazing, supportive wife. the children are all doing well. it was mair�*s 11th anniversary. as a charity we have celebrated our tenth year and supported nearly 300 families at that time. it is a

privilege to be in that position, it is not a physician i thought i would ever be on from my previous career. i get to work with people like liz in and around the maternity field. it is nothing short of privileged to be able to support people like this. a really important message. thank you both. take care. morning live follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. let's find out what they have in store with helen and gethin. morning, guys. coming up, we're investigating how sweets containing ingredients that are illegal in the uk are being sold across the country. dr punam discovers how you can even pick them up at your corner shop. this is actually from just 22 stores. oh, my goodness! what's worrying me is that already through the bags, i can see some things that my kids and theirfriends like. to think that this has gone into our children is really worrying.

we find out what you need to look for. also today, more than 24 million people are struggling to afford christmas this year. with some already behind on loans and bills, finance expert iona bain tells us the best ways to deal with debt. if you're stressed and don't know where to start, i'll share how a technique called snowballing can help you decide what credit card payments to tackle first. and, at this time of year many will be waking up a tad worse for wear. dr ranj shares how to beat the festive hangover. overindulging on alcohol can leave you with a pounding headache, a thirst you can't quench and the dreaded hang—xiety. i'll explain how hangovers do get worse the older you get and why you might want to ditch the painkillers in favour of coffee and pasta. sorry, gethin. plus, we'll be cooking the perfect centre piece for your christmas dinner. a delicious vegan mushroom wellington that even meat—lovers won't be able to resist.

and, we're in for a treat with the great british sewing bee festive special this year. judge esme young tells us the morning live expert, whose sewing skills, left her in stitches, for all the wrong reasons. back at you. katya that here this mornin: , back at you. katya that here this morning. isn't — back at you. katya that here this morning, isn't it? _ see you at 9:15am. hello, i'm asad ahmad. a school in north east london is on high alert this morning after it received a threat to "kill everyone" at the school. police are stepping up patrols near a muslim school in redbridge after they received the threatening letter. local mp and shadow minister wes streeting has written urgently to the home secretary calling on the government to "safeguard muslim communities". the government says home secretary james cleverly has

recently met with representatives from the muslim community to discuss "anti—muslim hatred". the fast food chain, mcdonald's is today looking for a homeless man after one of their security guards soaked the ground where the man was sitting. mcdonald's has apologised for what happened on saturday on victoria street in central london. the company said it's removed the third—party security guards involved and wants to find the man involved to make amends. a boat taking west ham fans to their match against fulham yesterday crashed into hammersmith bridge. the bridge is already closed to traffic because of a risk it might collapse. the boat did finally free itself. damage to the bridge isn't yet known. and after all that west ham lost their match against fulham 4—0. the organisers of columbia road carols in hoxton have said their remaining services planned for the run—up to christmas are cancelled because of safety fears.

this is how popular it's been in previous years and now on instagram st peter's bethnal said the 7,000 people who attended last week presented, according to police and the council, a danger to public safety. there were no injuries but the concerts this wednesday and next wednesday are cancelled. let's take a look at the tubes now. central line has severe delays on the line in west london due to a shortage of trains. now onto the weather with kawser. hello, good morning. a brief ridge of high pressure builds today so today for most of us, we're looking at a largely dry and bright day, with some good spells of sunshine around. especially into the afternoon. for this morning, it is still quite breezy out there. we've got some variable amounts of cloud. and more in the way of sunshine, though, into the afternoon. and temperatures reaching around nine to 12 celsius. it means for this the start of this evening, largely dry conditions with clear skies but more in the way of cloud building overnight tonight

from the west and with it some outbreaks of showers arriving in and some of these may be heavy in places. but temperatures by the end of the night holding up at around nine or 10 degrees. it's an area of low pressure that will be with us throughout the day on tuesday and for much of wednesday as well as it gradually moves away eastwards. so it will bring cloudier weather and it will bring some outbreaks of showers as well. so for tuesday, a showery day. quite cloudy and wet on wednesday as well, holding on to the mild weather tuesday and gradually it does become a bit cooler looking ahead to wednesday and the next few days. and then drier into the end of the week. if you want to know "how chocolate became the winter beverage of choice", then go to our website. bbc.co.uk/london. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay.

prime minister rishi sunak will give evidence to the covid inquiry today and is expected to face questions on the eat out to help out scheme, which he championed as chancellor during the pandemic. the aim was to get the hospitality industry back on its feet but there are claims that it led to more infections and deaths. so what does the evidence show? bbc verify�*s nick eardley has been taking a look. good morning, good to see you. morning, sally, morning, jon. it's a big question for the prime minister today, what did he do when he was chancellor and did it contribute to the rise of covid? remember this? this was rishi sunak serving cap to carry in london back in august —— serving a curry back in london in august it was a discount on meals, with the eat out to help out scheme.

so meals were subsidised on mondays and wednesdays in august of that year, 2020. it is controversial at the time and it has been argued that it helped spread the virus before we had a vaccine. we have been delving into the numbers. let's start with the context. this isjuly 2020 when the context. this isjuly 2020 when the country was starting to open up after the first lockdown. you can see the number of cases is really low, around 4300 per week. over that month they went up a wee bit. this is the start of august when eat out to help out was introduced, about 6400 per week across the uk. but remember, there was often a delay between people getting covid and it's starting to show up in the figures. look what happens over august and into september. there is a big increase step by mid september we are seeing around 26,000 cases per week. was that all eat out to

help out? we can't be that show. there were other things going on at the time, people were meeting up, rules were being eased, there was a lot more chance of the virus to spread. remember, although this looks like a really big increase as is the next one, there was a bigger increase to come. have a look at that, once we hit the winter, we were up to 250,000 cases per week. there was a lot going on. this led to the lockdown injanuary, by the way. what we have been trying to figure out is the comparison with other european countries as well. have a look at this next screen which shows the rise in the number of cases in different european countries. france and spain which didn't have eat out to help out were seeing massive spikes as well, much bigger than the one in the uk. the question that the prime minister

will be asked today is committed to encouraging people to go to restaurants and eat with their friends on a monday, tuesday and wednesday with cut—price meals, did that help spread covid? they have done some studies on this, the university of warwick says they think it added around one in six cases, eight to 17% of all new local infection clusters are likely to have come from eat out to help out. this isn't accepted by everybody. some of the scientists we have spoken to have said other things, that they are not sure that the second way in winter 2020 would have been any different. in the south—west of england where loads of people went out for subsidised meals, cases did not go up as quickly as in other parts of the country. what is also going to be really tricky for rishi sunak today is what we have heard at the inquiry so far. some of the evidence from

the scientists about eat out to help out. i will show you a few quotes. firstly, chris whitty, the chief medical officer for england at the time. this is what he supposedly called eat out to help out. eat outs to help out the virus. his deputy jonathan van tam said that the scheme didn't feel very sensible to him. and then there's this one. from angela maclean, who apparently called rishi sunak doctor death over all his support for easing restrictions. one thing to bear in mind when we hear from restrictions. one thing to bear in mind when we hearfrom rishi sunak todayis mind when we hearfrom rishi sunak today is that the economy was in a different —— difficult place. i think he will argue that ministers were desperate to get hospitality back on its feet. the question he will face just after 10am is whether the scheme he came up with, eat out to help out, was a good idea, and whether it contributed to the virus

spreading. whether it contributed to the virus sreadina. ., ., whether it contributed to the virus sreadina. ., ,, i. whether it contributed to the virus sreadina. ., ,, , . spreading. thank you very much indeed, thank _ spreading. thank you very much indeed, thank you _ spreading. thank you very much indeed, thank you for _ spreading. thank you very much indeed, thank you for running i indeed, thank you for running through those statistics. there will be full coverage of rishi sunak giving evidence to the covid inquiry across the bbc today. the royal mail is gearing up for its busiest week of the year. ben's at a parcel "super hub", which is near daventry, to see how they're getting on. is everything on track? it certainly seems to be. these are just a couple of the thousands, tens of thousands of parcels that they process every day here at this parcel super hub near daventry in the midlands. it is the most busy time of the year for royal mail. this week they expect to handle something like double the number they normally do, of parcels and letters. we send 150 million christmas cards every year and if you have yet to send yours out, here are the crucial posting dates to get

those delivered in time for christmas day. second class is next monday, 18th, first class, in time for christmas its wednesday 20th, and you have got until thursday 21st if you are sending via royal mail special delivery guaranteed. lot of you have been in touch about your experience of the postal service. we had a message, a woman who didn't want to give their name and said, her daughter at university in a normal time of year, she said it took a month to arrive, a card, and she dreads to think when her christmas cards will arrive. another message for someone who did not want to give their name, unsurprisingly. they said... they said they think it's down to mismanagement, that postal worker.

speak to one of the senior managers at royal mail. the chief commercial officer, some really disappointing experiences from our viewers, is there a problem with the system that is stopping people getting those crucial deliveries? 50. is stopping people getting those crucial deliveries?— crucial deliveries? so, you have sent crucial deliveries? so, you have spent the _ crucial deliveries? so, you have spent the morning _ crucial deliveries? so, you have spent the morning so _ crucial deliveries? so, you have spent the morning so far i crucial deliveries? so, you have spent the morning so far in i crucial deliveries? so, you have spent the morning so far in our| spent the morning so far in our brilliant new hub here in the midlands. you can see the investment we are putting in to make sure that our end—to—end service is brilliant wherever it goes. we are putting all of our effort into making sure that this is a brilliant christmas for all of our customers are. back in bristol may _ all of our customers are. back in bristol may disagree. _ all of our customers are. back in bristol may disagree. she i all of our customers are. back in bristol may disagree. she said, l all of our customers are. back in i bristol may disagree. she said, her street has not had a post for ten days. what's going on? if street has not had a post for ten days. what's going on? if anyone is havin: days. what's going on? if anyone is having individual— days. what's going on? if anyone is having individual issues _ days. what's going on? if anyone is having individual issues of- days. what's going on? if anyone is having individual issues of course . having individual issues of course we are very sorry. if you think about the scale of the network we operate, being able to send an item to the south coast of the uk, up to the highlands of scotland, the same price everywhere, our focus the highlands of scotland, the same price everywhere, ourfocus is the highlands of scotland, the same price everywhere, our focus is on generating a brilliant level of quality across the piece. if there are hotspots across that, we are focused on this fixing as quickly as

possible. we focused on this fixing as quickly as ossible. ~ ., ., , , ., possible. we have had messages from --eole possible. we have had messages from eo - le from possible. we have had messages from people from people — possible. we have had messages from people from people in _ possible. we have had messages from people from people in the _ possible. we have had messages from people from people in the isle - possible. we have had messages from people from people in the isle of i people from people in the isle of man, essex, cheshire, scotland, everywhere, there seems to be issues. ., ., ., , ,, issues. our overall quality, ithink we have been _ issues. our overall quality, ithink we have been focusing _ issues. our overall quality, ithink we have been focusing this - issues. our overall quality, ithink we have been focusing this year. issues. our overall quality, i think| we have been focusing this year on making sure it is as good as possible. we recognise last year was an exceptional year, we had a series of industrial action, we put a lot of industrial action, we put a lot of processes in place to make sure that this year we are focused on getting everything delivered in time for christmas. you getting everything delivered in time for christmas.— getting everything delivered in time for christmas. ., ., , ., , , for christmas. you mention problems with industrial _ for christmas. you mention problems with industrial action _ for christmas. you mention problems with industrial action that _ for christmas. you mention problems with industrial action that delayed i with industrial action that delayed people's deliveries last year. ofcom has basically said, you can't keep using that as an excuse. they issued royal mail with a record fine, more than £5 million, what are you doing to try and sort that out and hit the targets that have been missed? ads, targets that have been missed? huge number of things. just to repeat, you are in one of our biggest sites we have across the uk, huge amounts of investment going into make sure we can process those items and get them to the point they

need to be delivered as quickly as they can. we are putting huge amounts of additional recruitment in across the border in the uk to make sure we have the people to deliver those items, and this year for the first time we are putting an incentive scheme in which focuses on delivering on time for both letters and parcels across the network. this hub is dedicated to parcels. that will add weight to some people's suspicion that informally, royal mail is prioritising parcels over letters, people are missing hospital appointments because white letters are delayed because they are prioritising parcels. l are delayed because they are prioritising parcels. i sit are delayed because they are prioritising parcels.— are delayed because they are prioritising parcels. i sit on the board and _ prioritising parcels. i sit on the board and l— prioritising parcels. i sit on the board and i can _ prioritising parcels. i sit on the board and i can say _ prioritising parcels. i sit on the board and i can say that i prioritising parcels. i sit on the board and i can say that we i prioritising parcels. i sit on the| board and i can say that we are prioritising parcels. i sit on the i board and i can say that we are not prioritising parcels. letters are decreasing worldwide and parcels are increasing rapidly. a big focus is coping with that growth in parcels

across the network. ofcom two weeks ago said there is no evidence that there is the case that we are prioritising parcels. can there is the case that we are prioritising parcels.- prioritising parcels. can you guarantee _ prioritising parcels. can you guarantee it _ prioritising parcels. can you guarantee it isn't _ prioritising parcels. can you| guarantee it isn't happening prioritising parcels. can you i guarantee it isn't happening at a local level, how much control do you have over that?— have over that? everywhere we are focused on — have over that? everywhere we are focused on making _ have over that? everywhere we are focused on making sure, _ have over that? everywhere we are focused on making sure, this i have over that? everywhere we are focused on making sure, this year. have over that? everywhere we are l focused on making sure, this year we are running measures to make sure letters and parcels are processed through the network. parcels are clearly bigger than a letter to know —— local network. that is a huge manta space and if there is a health and safety concern we process the puzzle so we can get all of the traffic out. puzzle so we can get all of the traffic out-— traffic out. you can see these arcels, traffic out. you can see these parcels, there _ traffic out. you can see these parcels, there are _ traffic out. you can see these parcels, there are millions i traffic out. you can see these parcels, there are millions of| parcels, there are millions of people here, people trying to get things through as quickly as possible. thank you for all of your messages, i hope we have managed to affect your view is that you have sent to us.

—— we have managed to reflect the view that you have sent to us. thank you very much. chetan is here. manchester city on track, who would have thought it? we thought that they would turn things around at luton. this man has never gone five matches as a manager without winning and they were in jeopardy, people were talking about a crisis but it is all relative. jack grealish saing, crisis, what crisis? pep guardiola saying his manchester city players need to prove the doubters wrong following the match at kenilworth road. city were looking at back to back league defeats for the first time this season when elijah adebayo gave luton the lead in the first half. two goals in three minutes turned the game around though, bernardo silva equalising before jack grealish here scored the winner. the win means the champions stay fourth, four points behind the leaders liverpool. i think people like to talk city

as if it's a big crisis. i don't think there is at all. as if it's a big crisis. you know, we've played very good teams, we've played liverpool, and spurs, you know, at the etihad, and then we played chelsea and aston villa away. like, we've lost one game out of all them, we have won today. i think we're in a good place. meanwhile tottenham's beat newcastle 4—1, their first league win since october. spurs captain son heung min pulled the strings. he assisted the first two goals and capped off an impressive performance by scoring from the penalty spot after being fouled in the box. tottenham are fifth, three points behind man city in fourth. elsewhere wins for everton and fulham. celtic lost for the first time in the scottish premiership this season as kilmarnock came from a goal down to win 2—1. matt o'riley had given celtic the lead with his ninth goal of the season but a nat phillips own goal and a late strike from matty kennedy turned the game on its head. celtic are still five points clear at the top of the table, rangers in second have a game in hand while the win takes kilmarnock up to fifth. there was another record—breaking crowd in the women's super league,

over 59,000 people in attendance at the emirates as arsenal thumped league leaders chelsea 4—1. england striker alessia russo scored twice in what was a dominant performance from the home side. the win puts arsenal level on points with chelsea at the top, but behind on goal difference. manager emma hayes says her team's performance was as bad as she's seen in any game. elsewhere there were wins for manchester united and everton. they bullied, they harassed, we didn't compete anywhere, which... i thought the whole team was poor for us today. and when you play a good team, and you are 3—1 down away from home, and then 4—1, everything is an uphill battle. i think it was an extremely difficult game to coach. the opening weekend of rugby union's champions cup delivered plenty of drama, not least in paris where harlequins fought back to beat racing 92 by 31 points to 28. england fly—half marcus smith's contribution was vital. this try helping the london side lead at half time. they fell behind again in the second

half but smith kicked 11 points, 16 in total, with this final effort securing the win. wins also for sale, leicester and leinster. england have won the netball international series after beating south africa 53—50 in a thrilling deciding test. with the series tied at 1—1, the hosts rode on eleanor cardwell and sasha glasgow's brilliance in nottingham, ending the year on a high. with the 2023 season over, england now look forward to the nations cup injanuary. and congratulations to britain's hannah klugman, aged just 14, a player who could have a big future in tennis. she was runners—up in the girls wimbledon is doubled this year. —— wimbledon is doubled this year. —— wimbledon doubles. she's won the prestigious orange bowl under 18 junior championships in florida, this is her with the trophy. idid i did check, there is no prize money

because it is a junior trophy, they get travel funds. past winners include chris evert, caroline wozniaki, bianca andreescu and the current us open champion coco gauff. it might look like for oranges in a ball which it is in venice, but it is a great title to have hopefully she has a —— which it is in fairness, but a great total and she hopefully has a great future. she looks a bit. _ hopefully has a great future. she looks a bit. is— hopefully has a great future. sue: looks a bit, is that hopefully has a great future. 5ie: looks a bit, is that it? hopefully has a great future. she looks a bit, is that it? no, i hopefully has a great future. she looks a bit, is that it? no, she i looks a bit, is that it? no, she doesn't! she _ looks a bit, is that it? no, she doesn't! she looks _ looks a bit, is that it? no, she doesn't! she looks thrilled! i looks a bit, is that it? no, she| doesn't! she looks thrilled! we looks a bit, is that it? no, she i doesn't! she looks thrilled! we have not a ve doesn't! she looks thrilled! we have got a very special— doesn't! she looks thrilled! we have got a very special guest, _ doesn't! she looks thrilled! we have got a very special guest, trinny i got a very special guest, trinny woodal, she used to tell us and what not to wear, she is back here on the sofa, telling us about life and how to deal with crises and not to be afraid. �* ., ., ., ., , , afraid. i'm afraid of what she is auoin to afraid. i'm afraid of what she is going to think— afraid. i'm afraid of what she is going to think about _ afraid. i'm afraid of what she is going to think about my - afraid. i'm afraid of what she is going to think about my tie. i afraid. i'm afraid of what she is i going to think about my tie. don't be. what going to think about my tie. don't be- what not _ going to think about my tie. don't be. what not to _ going to think about my tie. don't be. what not to wear. _ going to think about my tie. don't be. what not to wear. i - going to think about my tie. don't be. what not to wear. i wasn't i be. what not to wear. i wasn't referrin: be. what not to wear. i wasn't referring to _ be. what not to wear. i wasn't referring to you, _ be. what not to wear. i wasn't referring to you, sarah, - be. what not to wear. i wasn't referring to you, sarah, hello! |

thanks, jon! many of us have seen a wet and windy weekend so you will be pleased with the weather this morning. this is the view in barry in glamorgan. most of us seeing some sunny spells today. not all of us seeing them and the winds will be easing so it will be when the overnight, it has been windy overnight, it has been windy overnight, but the tail end of storm fergus clearing to the east and a ridge of high pressure is in charge before the next area of low pressure from the atlantic tonight. cloud and rain in eastern scotland, showery rain in eastern scotland, showery rain in eastern scotland, showery rain in aberdeenshire, one or two showers through the central stripe so norfolk up towards merseyside and the isle of man, a few showers. elsewhere blue sky and sunshine coming through. ten to 13 in the south, only six or seven further

north. into the evening, cloud moving in from the south—west. ahead of the stripe of rain. heavy in the northern ireland, wales and south—west area, heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing in for the south—east —— south—west later in the night. cold for eastern england, northern and eastern scotland, early frost before the temperatures pick up frost before the temperatures pick up once again through the morning as the rain moves in. tomorrow's where there will be dominated by low pressure but not quite as active an area of low pressure as we have seen. some rain initially in eastern england lingering in eastern scotland, rainfall totals here mounting up. a bit of snow over the highest peaks. sunshine and blustery showers anywhere through tuesday afternoon, joyous across the north of scotland with temperatures between five and seven, further south, 12 and 13. it turns colder through the week so into wednesday,

a shift in the wind direction comes from the north—east so bringing showers into eastern england and the irish sea coast, some sunshine developing from the west. you will notice the drop in temperature, three to 9 degrees on wednesday. the colder air mass around, rain moving in from the west, could be a bit of snow. over the higher ground of scotland towards the pennines, through thursday, it looks like drizzly rain clearing gradually towards the east. start the week on a reasonably quiet note, we will end on a quieter note as well but there will be some showers through the middle of this week. trinny woodall made her name by telling women "what not to wear", which was the name of her hit tv show in the noughties. now she's written a book which offers advice on all sort of other areas in life. before we get to that, let's see some of her famously no—nonsense fashion tips. you have to get the first prize

for the most truly entertaining wardrobe we've had on this show so far. it could be like going into a vintage shop, and i'm saying, you know, '60s, '70s, '80s, abba, dynasty, pam ewing, it's all there. there is a vast number of bolero jackets. i love bolero jackets. listen, bolero jackets are so wrong. oh, i found a treasure! oh, i loved that dress, i absolutely loved it. there is nothing there that does anything for you. there's not one thing that you think i could keep? no. so shall we just sort of, you know... so you're just going to... we are actuallyjust going to, just going to, just going to take it all away. oh, my gosh. yeah, we are. oh, polo necks, ok. we know what we are going to do with them, don't we? _ just tell us, are they all polo necks? they are all polo necks, yeah. that's fine, that's fine. can't i keep some just to wear down the stables? can you open the door, sandy, open the door, open the door.

trinny woodalljoins us now. slightly nervous after watching that. it slightly nervous after watching that. ., , ., ' slightly nervous after watching that. ., , ., , ., slightly nervous after watching that. ., , ., ., that. it was a different era and it was appropriate _ that. it was a different era and it was appropriate in _ that. it was a different era and it was appropriate in the _ that. it was a different era and it was appropriate in the era i that. it was a different era and it i was appropriate in the era because there was not a show around like that for ages. people have not forgotten it was a thing. you could not do it now- _ forgotten it was a thing. you could not do it now. you _ forgotten it was a thing. you could not do it now. you couldn't - forgotten it was a thing. you could not do it now. you couldn't and i l not do it now. you couldn't and i think we all— not do it now. you couldn't and i think we all changed, _ not do it now. you couldn't and i think we all changed, how i not do it now. you couldn't and i think we all changed, how we i not do it now. you couldn't and i i think we all changed, how we were then, i think whenever i use language with people, it is consider this, have you thought about this? you just want to get someone to an evolution of where they want to get to instead of that confronting way. do you regret it? it is the making of your business wise and everything. i of your business wise and everything-— of your business wise and eve hina. ., �* ., , everything. i don't regret anything, an hint , everything. i don't regret anything, anything. a — everything. i don't regret anything, anything. a chilly. _ everything. i don't regret anything, anything, a chilly, at— everything. i don't regret anything, anything, a chilly, at all. _ everything. i don't regret anything, anything, a chilly, at all. of- everything. i don't regret anything, anything, a chilly, at all. of those i anything, a chilly, at all. of those women, we kept in touch with many of them and then we went around the world and did it and we keep in touch with those women. the women, we know they went on a great journey, telly cuts things so things have a great story. i felt we helped

lots of women so i was happy with that. , ., ., ., lots of women so i was happy with that. ,., ., ~ ., , ., lots of women so i was happy with that. ., , ., , that. the new book in lots of ways is about, that. the new book in lots of ways is about. it's _ that. the new book in lots of ways is about, it's a _ that. the new book in lots of ways is about, it's a point _ that. the new book in lots of ways is about, it's a point where it i is about, it's a point where it shows how much you have changed, may be, things have changed. there's lots of wisdom, and it's maybe kinder, gentlerwith lots of wisdom, and it's maybe kinder, gentler with them now, as it? , ., fear kinder, gentler with them now, as it?_ fear less. - kinder, gentler with them now, as it?_ fear less, it's i it? life wisdom. fear less, it's about dot— it? life wisdom. fear less, it's about dot it — it? life wisdom. fear less, it's about dot it is _ it? life wisdom. fear less, it's about dot it is fearing - it? life wisdom. fear less, it's about dot it is fearing lest i it? life wisdom. fear less, it's about dot it is fearing lest you | it? life wisdom. fear less, it's i about dot it is fearing lest you be more, that was my incentive. l about dot it is fearing lest you be more, that was my incentive. i have lots of women _ more, that was my incentive. i have lots of women i _ more, that was my incentive. i have lots of women i am _ more, that was my incentive. i have lots of women i am in _ more, that was my incentive. i have lots of women i am in contact i more, that was my incentive. i have lots of women i am in contact with l lots of women i am in contact with on social media and with the work i do, and they said, can you put all the information in one place? that was the reason for it. the combination is what i am known for, dressing, skincare and make—up, but life, the difference between indecision and decision, how we can move forward in things, if we feel a bit stuck, what kind of things we can do and there is a lot of action in the book. lots of, ask yourself,

challenge yourself, what it is like a manual. 50 challenge yourself, what it is like a manual. ., ., ., ., a manual. so what do we do if we are stuck? you — a manual. so what do we do if we are stuck? you have _ a manual. so what do we do if we are stuck? you have got _ a manual. so what do we do if we are stuck? you have got to _ a manual. so what do we do if we are stuck? you have got to figure - a manual. so what do we do if we are stuck? you have got to figure out - stuck? you have got to figure out what ou stuck? you have got to figure out what you do _ stuck? you have got to figure out what you do not _ stuck? you have got to figure out what you do not love _ stuck? you have got to figure out what you do not love in _ stuck? you have got to figure out what you do not love in your- stuck? you have got to figure out what you do not love in your life. | what you do not love in your life. we can make long lists but also, what would you like to do more of? ask yourself what you are doing to get to that place. in our life experience bit, how can we move forward, and then how can we present ourselves so we feel we bring our whole self into the room? so we are present in the room? so people notice us. sometimes we can become a little bit invisible, how can we be present and feel, i am here, this is like what i want to do with my life. you say this is a guiding motto for you. 99% of the things that we worry about and fear don't actually happen, you are right, and we still spend 99% of our time worrying about it. h spend 99% of our time worrying about it. , , , i: , spend 99% of our time worrying about it, , , , i: , ., , spend 99% of our time worrying about it. ,, vii, ., it. i spent my 20s worrying all the time. it it. i spent my 20s worrying all the time- it was _ it. i spent my 20s worrying all the time. it was worrying _ it. i spent my 20s worrying all the

time. it was worrying city. - it. i spent my 20s worrying all the time. it was worrying city. when l it. i spent my 20s worrying all the time. it was worrying city. when i | time. it was worrying city. when i was 50, the thing i most worry about happened, and the person who told me 99% of everything you worry about happens, died. 50 it was that i%. so i experienced both sides of that. i thought, what can i do with my life now? so i started my business and changed my life, sold my house to fund my business. so it is what are you prepared to do to move forward, that's a little bit of what is in the book. that's a little bit of what is in the book-— that's a little bit of what is in the book. ., ., , , the book. you took some really big risks, the book. you took some really big risks. didn't _ the book. you took some really big risks, didn't you? _ the book. you took some really big risks, didn't you? i— the book. you took some really big risks, didn't you? i did, _ the book. you took some really big risks, didn't you? i did, my- risks, didn't you? i did, my daughter— risks, didn't you? i did, my daughter was _ risks, didn't you? i did, my daughter was 11, _ risks, didn't you? i did, my daughter was 11, she - risks, didn't you? i did, my daughter was 11, she had . risks, didn't you? i did, my. daughter was 11, she hadjust risks, didn't you? i did, my- daughter was 11, she hadjust lost daughter was 11, she had just lost her dad. and it was that, i should go and try and get a job. i had never really had a job job, go and try and get a job. i had never really had a jobjob, i had been self employed, waiting for the next contract each year. and i knew i wanted to start a business. so i started it but it started —— it took years, but i started trinny london. and how many people work for you

now? :: ., and how many people work for you now? $1 ., , and how many people work for you now? i: ., , 'j~:: now? 240 and we sell in 180 countries — now? 240 and we sell in 180 countries across _ now? 240 and we sell in 180 countries across the - now? 240 and we sell in 180 countries across the world. | now? 240 and we sell in 180 . countries across the world. that introduces _ countries across the world. that introduces a _ countries across the world. that introduces a new _ countries across the world. that introduces a new pressure, you are responsible for all of those people. you arm that you see people grow. we started around the kitchen table, we were tiny, but now those people run sections of the business. it's fantastic. we help people around the world and that keeps the light inside for me. i world and that keeps the light inside for me.— world and that keeps the light inside for me. ., ., ~ ., ., inside for me. i want to know how iood ou inside for me. i want to know how good you are _ inside for me. i want to know how good you are delegating. - inside for me. i want to know how good you are delegating. tough i inside for me. i want to know how. good you are delegating. tough one, when ou good you are delegating. tough one, when you are — good you are delegating. tough one, when you are the _ good you are delegating. tough one, when you are the ceo _ good you are delegating. tough one, when you are the ceo it _ good you are delegating. tough one, when you are the ceo it is really - when you are the ceo it is really tough to grow on thatjourney. i spend a lot of time in the weed is, in new product amendment, in the weeds, how the business comes across, in the weeds, but as you hire people who are good at what they do, it's about letting them do that and then you look at strategically where you want to get to. it's a very hard want to delegate. to. it's a very hard want to delegate-— to. it's a very hard want to deleiate. �* ., , .,, , ., delegate. and to people this morning who are struggling — delegate. and to people this morning who are struggling to _ delegate. and to people this morning who are struggling to get _ delegate. and to people this morning who are struggling to get the - delegate. and to people this morning who are struggling to get the kids -

who are struggling to get the kids ready for school, racing off to work, and it's raining, thinking, i couldn't begin to do these things, i couldn't begin to do these things, i couldn't dream of setting up your own business, what would you say? if you have got an idea, you could. i am a mentalfor a few you have got an idea, you could. i am a mental for a few women you have got an idea, you could. i am a mentalfor a few women —— i am am a mentalfor a few women —— i am a mentorfor a few am a mentalfor a few women —— i am a mentor for a few women, people start underwear businesses in their garage and they have now got a few people working for them, everything is possible at any age and we should not limit ourselves. what is possible at any age and we should not limit ourselves.— is possible at any age and we should not limit ourselves. what a message, what a boost — not limit ourselves. what a message, what a boost on _ not limit ourselves. what a message, what a boost on a _ not limit ourselves. what a message, what a boost on a monday _ not limit ourselves. what a message, what a boost on a monday morning! l trinny�*s book is called fearless and it's out now.

live from sderot. live from southern israel. this is bbc news. qatar says the chances of a new ceasefire between israel and hamas are narrowing as intense fighting in gaza goes on. diplomats at the united nations say another vote to call for a ceasefire in gaza is likely on tuesday after the us vetoed the last attempt. i'm samantha simmonds in london. our other main headlines... the uk government draws up plans to spend over £700 million to deal with asylum seekers arriving in small boats over the next decade.

rishi sunak will appear at the uk covid inquiry shortly to answer questions about his decisions during the pandemic. the head of the un says there are still large gaps to be bridged as efforts ramp up to agree a deal at the cop28 summit. hello, you're with bbc news, i'm anna foster come alive in the southern israel in sderot, where fierce fighting has continued overnight in gaza, and you can see once again this morning, and heroes we are hearing the regular sound of strikes, on the skyline you can see some really large plumes of smoke from strikes and artillery fire visible across gaza this morning. this is the northern part of the strip that you can see behind me just now but we know that a lot of

that fighting is focused further down the strip