ijust heard what i can describe as a jet engine noise come down. will it be a happy new year for the hospitality industry after a challenging 12 months of rising costs, high interest rates and relatively low consumer confidence? i am in a bar in central london to find out. a twist in the premier league title race as arsenal miss the chance to move top — david moyes and west ham with a famous victory. the wish that came true for 9—year—old myah, who travelled to the united states to be fitted with a ground—breaking prosthetic eye. a quieter weather day. more sunshine but still some showers. this weekend, more rain, snow and gales along the way. details here. it's friday, the 29th of december.

our main story. a man who died after a car hit a group of people in sheffield was a good samaritan who was trying to help another person. police say christian marriott was out for a walk on wednesday afternoon with his wife and two young sons when he stopped to help an unconscious woman after a row between two groups. two men have been arrested on murder charges. simonjones reports. the police say what happened in this street on wednesday afternoon was utterly heartbreaking. christine marriott, described as a good samaritan, was out walking with his wife and two young sons when he saw a woman lying unconscious in the street. it's thought she had been involved in a row between a group of people. as mr marriott was giving her first aid, he was hit by a car and killed. the car also struck the woman. she is in a critical condition in hospital. six other people were injured, including an off—duty midwife. when i came out, the car was there. i didn't know there were some people underneath. but one lady, she was before me outside.

she said to me there's people underneath the car. it was very, very sad and also very upsetting and i couldn't believe it. a 23—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. another man, who's 55, has been detained on suspicion of attempted murder. the police say they are absolutely determined to secure justice for christian marriott's family. simon jones, bbc news. and now more on the investigation into their homes in the north of england. three men have died after their car went into a river in north yorkshire yesterday morning. another man who tried to help was rescued and is receiving treatment. our reporter is in glaisdale now. good morning, what do we know? i am in the village of glaisdale on the north york moors, a remote location.

a short distance away was the scene of this tragic incident yesterday. a number of residents described what appears to have happened. they say a 4x4 vehicle went through a ford. it got stuck and was swept some 400 yards downstream. three men were inside. a number of people arrived with tractors to try to carry out some kind of rescue. the river was swollen. there had been a heavy rainstorm. storm gerrit had an effect with localised flooding conditions. emergency services arrived. the vehicle was submerged in the water and recovered. three men were pronounced dead. another man was injured. he required medical treatment. he was trying to carry out that rescue with a number of others. residents described how they

saw a number of off—road vehicles shortly before the incident happened yesterday. north yorkshire police said there were two other incidents in this area. they wanted to ask people if it was necessary to drive and if it wasn't, conditions are bad, and they appeal to anyone with information about what might have happened. information about what might have ha ened. ., ~' ,, around 1500 homes in parts of northern scotland have spent a second night without electricity. the scottish and southern electricity networks says flooding and debris caused by storm gerrit has hindered repairs. residents in the north east and shetland are the worst affected. power has been restored to more than 46,000 properties in scotland since wednesday. a clean—up operation is taking place after around 100 homes were damaged by a tornado in stalybridge, greater manchester, during storm gerrit. it tore roofs off some houses, blew over trees and damaged cars

but incredibly there were no reports of any injuries. breakfast�*s jayne mccubbin reports. the storm gerrit clean—up operation is well under way. the damage devastating. this was all caused by a freak weather event — a tornado with wind speeds of up to 160mph. but for the moody family in stalybridge, it was also something of a christmas miracle. it started juddering and you could feel it underneath the ground. and then i've just heard what i can describe as a jet engine noise come down. i've come up to the kitchen. i heard this almighty bang as my father—in—law is at the top of the stairs, screaming at the top of his lungs, "get out." run up to the very top of the stairs to find the bathroom wall is no longer there, roof's no longer there and there's a chimney in the bathroom. my son in the back bedroom — the chimney stack has gone through the bathroom wall into his room, missed him by millimetres.

my youngest son in the front room — if you can see the bed there, that's actually up on the captain's bed that's suspended, he was under that, gaming. that's pretty much saved his life. and we've managed to get everybody out unscathed. not a scratch? that's the scratch. i gashed my finger — rubble on the landing, i think i've caught it trying to get the dog out. all of this damage and the only injury amongst two entire households is one scratched finger. that's it. that's it? that's it, yeah. and just yards away from those damaged houses, have a look at this. a tornado so strong it fired missiles through cars. yet emergency services say there were no reported injuries across the whole area. yeah, it looks awful at the moment, but all the animals are safe. that's six people. two dogs, three cats, tortoise is fine, all the fish are fine. this is one of the cats? yes, jessie. she has no idea how lucky she is. i know. yeah, just happy everyone's safe. i'm beyond shattered now.

safe, yes, but the emotional and financial cost of storm gerrit will be significant. she's crying. neighbours have rallied here — helping to clear debris, setting up collections. they need help, everybody needs help on the street. but at the moment, you're all helping each other? yes, we have to, we're neighbours. these are just a handful of about 100 homes that have been damaged in this storm, but the impact has been felt right across the country. and although storm gerrit has passed, more unsettled weather is on the way. but here in stalybridge, amongst the debris, there is much to be grateful for after a christmas—time tornado which could so easily have claimed lives here. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. air strikes have continued in central and southern gaza overnight, as israel continues to battle hamas fighters close to the areas where hundreds of thousands of palestinians displaced by the war have been sheltering.

0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. there are efforts by surrounding countries to stop the fighting? that is riuht. if countries to stop the fighting? that is right- if you _ countries to stop the fighting? that is right. if you look _ countries to stop the fighting? twat is right. if you look at what is happening on the ground. overnight more desperate scenes where we had palestinian rescuers, medics, looking for survivors after deadly israeli air strikes, particularly in the centre and south of gaza strip where israel is pressing on with the ground offensive. one strike in rafah reportedly killed 20 people. this is a town where we have seen numbers swell since the start of the war with 100,000 new arrivals in recent days according to the un, as people have fled to the ongoing fighting. we had also the israeli

defence minister talking about how determination and perseverance was needed. he was in khan younis, a stronghold of hamas in the south. the focus of israeli operations. he said the aim was to dismantle hamas's governing and military capabilities. there are diplomatic developments with egypt acting as a go—between. we understand a hamas delegation arrived in cairo last night and egypt has put forward a three stage plan that could see israeli hostages released initially in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. ceasefires leading to a ceasefire. and benjamin netanyahu acknowledged there were negotiations going on without going into details. thank ou. the number of anti—semitic hate crimes recorded by some of the uk's largest police forces rose sharply in the weeks following

the hamas attack on israel. data released by 31 forces show incidents peaked in larger urban areas including west yorkshire, the west midlands, greater manchester and merseyside. the us state of maine has ruled that donald trump cannot run for president next year because of his actions leading up to the us capitol riots nearly three years ago. itjoins colorado as one of two states to ban mr trump from the ballot — but both decisions are likely to be appealed in court. mr trump has not been charged with inciting insurrection. actor pierce brosnan has been charged with trespassing during a recent visit to yellowstone national park. the formerjames bond star walked in an off—limits area near the mammoth hot springs. the actor has not commented on the charges. he is due to appear in court next month. files released today show how tony blair's government considered radical policies to cut immigration in 2003, including setting up a holding centre for asylum seekers on the isle of mull. our correspondent

sanchia berg has more. 20 years ago, asylum seekers climbing the eurostar fences desperate to get to the uk. images like these prompted the prime minister to consider radical measures. files released today at the national archives include a document prepared for tony blair injanuary 2003. entitled asylum: the nuclear option, it asked whether the government should break away from international norms, support safe havens in third countries, set up a detention centre on the isle of mull. these earlier files show what led up to the nuclear option for asylum — tony blair's frustration at the numbers of people seeking asylum in the uk. he wanted to bring them down and, in december 2002, he wrote, "we must search out even more radical measures." this is so similar to the debate that we're having now

and the proposals — radical proposals — that are being pursued. and we were at that point, not publicly to the same degree, but similar proposals being discussed in earnest behind closed doors. and it also just showed to me there's a perception that the conservative governments are those that truck in immigration and asylum restriction. and here's a clear case that shows no, that is not the preserve of conservative governments — labour governments, too. the rwanda scheme is different from anything tony blair considered, because rwanda would take over the asylum claims. sanchia berg, bbc news. the us military�*s robot space plane has blasted off from florida on its seventh mission. three, two, one. and liftoff. applause.

it was carried into orbit by a space x falcon heavy rocket for the first time. the pentagon says the orbital vehicle will carry out a series of classified experiments during its mission. its last mission lasted more than 900 days. it looks like a burning arrow. never ceases to amaze. those pictures are always fantastic. here's matt. good morning. the aftermath of storm gerrit. what else might be due because as we saw from the report earlier, so many homes have been damaged. earlier, so many homes have been damaued. ., _, , damaged. indeed, and there could be more severe — damaged. indeed, and there could be more severe weather _ damaged. indeed, and there could be more severe weather this _ damaged. indeed, and there could be more severe weather this weekend i damaged. indeed, and there could be l more severe weather this weekend but not to the same extent we saw with storm gerrit so today represents a slight respite. it will be blustery for some but not as windy as it has been and there should be more

sunshine around. but for some the rain will continue. we can show you where it is falling. heavy showers across southern areas and wintry showers in the north but in between, cloud, rain, sitting across the same areas all day. it is cold in scotland. rain, sleet and snow showers. central areas have a bright start. cloudy in the south of scotland and northern england and northern ireland. some gale force winds which will ease. south of that, dry in parts of the midlands and east anglia. showers developing across wales. wet is today will be parts of northern england into northern ireland. far south—west of scotland. it represents the difference between the far north and the milder conditions in the south. tonight, windy across the far north—east of scotland with rain and

sleet in shetland. we should lose the cloud before the next band of rain pushes in and temperatures rise later in the night, temperatures could be as low as —7 in scotland. low pressure will bring snow in scotland and rain across the country on saturday. strong winds but not as strong as we have seen. music has long played a significant role in the history and culture of ireland, and now a group of young performers are using rap music as a way to united communities. rappers from northern ireland are working together to break down barriers whilst capturing real—life belfast in verse. our ireland correspondent sara girvin has been to meet them. # troubles you're putting to rest #. the island of ireland has a rich heritage of storytellers. these rappers are storytellers for a new generation and a new northern ireland.

speak about the raw, the gritty underworld of belfast. # we all need a prayer #. it's not always a pretty picture, but i think it's a story that needs to be told. # not needing no stress #. i come from east belfast, which is a predominantly protestant area, whereas dirtburd came from the west, which is predominantly catholic. and so the music had brought us together that way. but as i say, times have changed. it doesn't actually matter to me and him. we don't we don't think about it. i've never looked at him as a protestant, he's never looked at me as a catholic. i have just looked at him as my friend, as an artist, and i've always had nothing but respect for him. they've got stories to tell, and that's what music is about. it's about, you know, telling a story. james left london for belfast five years ago. since then, he's been developing northern ireland's rap scene and, for him, bringing musicians together from different communities has been a big part of that.

over here, the young people don't really see race, they don't really see, you know, religion or anything like that. they just want to make music and have a good time as well, you know. so the two artists that i work with, rich smicks and durtburd — durtburd from the from the west, rich smicks from the east — putting them together to make this type of project. and yeah, it's just spreading the message not only for them or the people that are working with them, but also the people that view it to let them know that we can do this together. for years, the balaclava was a symbol of northern ireland's violent past. but to these rappers, it has a different meaning. a balaclava is obviously associated with something bad, but what we're trying to do is spin that around and turn it into something good. psychologically, it gives you that freedom, you know, to express yourself. i think a lot of music is very appearance—based now and it's a lot more about what you look like than the music you make. and ijust want to be a voice for the community. so i wanted to take the aesthetic element out of that. # you all love violence. # i want to live for peace and silence.

these musicians acknowledge northern ireland's past, but their focus is on the future. # i want to make friends, not enemies #. back in the day, you know, you obviously had the troubles and things like that. so i think we're almost paying homage to that and we're speaking about the past. as well as that, we're talking about the long, lingering effects of the troubles and what's been passed down — eg, addiction, depression and things like that. i don't think the past defines this place, but the history is definitely an important part of what shaped it into what it is. and i think it's also good to talk about how far we've come. with plans for two new studios, james is looking forward to making more music, telling more stories and building more bridges. i know that i can break that stigma and break that mindset of, oh, we can't mix, we can't connect, or we're different. you know, we're not so different, actually. so that's really important for me. and it's to show them that, you know, they can work together,

they can do things together, and nothing is holding us back. sarah girvin, bbc news, in belfast. let's take a look at today's papers. "police give up on four crimes a minute" is the daily mail headline. the paper has been looking into a report by his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary, which says more than half of police forces in england and wales are failing to properly investigate crime. the times reports that civil servants are being overpromoted to get round a whitehall pay squeeze, with analysis from the institute for government suggesting so—called "grade inflation" is costing £1.5 billion a year and resulting in underqualified staff doing seniorjobs. the telegraph looks ahead to the disruption on the rail network this weekend, with some train operators warning passengers to travel as early as today to make sure they make it to their new year events. and the mirror is one of several papers to show the damage caused

by the tornado which struck stalybridge in greater manchester. and here's an end—of—year tradition which you might enjoy. iam i am curious about this. in new york they marked "good riddance day" yesterday, when people gather in times square to express things that have annoyed them in the last 12 months — and then let it go. it is quite a healthy thing. if someone... you do not want to get rid of people, but if some thing has annoyed you. get it out of your system. get rid of it. this is a story in the daily mail. i will work backwards because i struggled trying to understand it. that bodes well. if i told you that

doctor madeleine from the university of toronto said, she gasps at her latest discovery, it says. and went on to say, the results were the most incredible agreement between theory and data i have ever seen in over a decade of being a physicist. i am intrigued. it sounds massive. what she has discovered is when you are doing a jigsaw, you need a table size to build the jigsaw arm that is 1.7 times the size of the final assembled picture. i completely agree you need to table space because i was doing a jigsaw over the christmas period and it was circular. the tray we were using, it was onlyjust big enough. it was frustrating. you could not spread

out away from it. that makes sense but specifically, 1.7 times. that is the discovery and i will repeat what the university professor said, the results were the most incredible agreement between theory and data i have ever seen. jigsaws are important to people. this morning, if you have done a jigsaw on aid to small table, send a picture. it would not be together. that is the point. you want people to send in pictures of unfinished jigsaws? don't do it. i would like to see them, please. give out your personal e—mail address then! we have some news. breakfast colleague carol kirkwood. she married her partner steve this week. they tied the knot in buckinghamshire on wednesday, and carol said, "it was the most perfect and romantic and intimate wedding.

we are both so incredibly happy. she looks fabulous. i am really happy for her. can we see the first picture? is it my imagination, is the tree felled in the background? was it storm —related? it is a good tree. even though it was wednesday and a lot of rain around, only carol can make sure she can get decent weather. congratulations. if you are wondering where she is, that is what she has been up to. it was back in october that we introduced you to nine—year—old myah, who was born with a rare condition which left her blind in one eye. myah�*s had 24 surgeries since birth and herfamily hoped to raise enough money for her to travel to la to get a new prosthetic eye fitted. alice key reports.

packing for a trip of a lifetime. but this is no ordinary holiday. for myah, this is a chance to get her confidence back. born with one eye as a result of a rare condition called microphthalmia, she's had to endure 24 painful surgeries. some of these operations have been successful, but none of them has been able to change how people see her. what sort of things do i you have to put up with? like people calling me rude names. people staring, people pointing. you get picked on quite a lot, don't you? yeah. that's why her mum wanted to raise enough money to travel to america and have a brand—new prosthetic eye made. i just want to give her the best chance at life. lauren says their interview on bbc breakfast finally made that dream a reality.

when we came on the bbc, the money got raised within two days. i've had so many nice comments, all the support for myah and i've just fought for so long to give her the best life that i possibly can and i feel like we're nearly there with it. and that's all thanks to everybody who's helped us. and to see my little girl happy is all i want in life. you've wrapped it good. something that does make my a happy is football. so before she finished her packing, she got one more surprise from herfavourite player, jill scott. i've got a t—shirt with her signature on it. and myah had a special message forjill, as well. i would say thank you and i love you. t—shirt carefully packed, the girls headed to the airport.

are you having a nice time? after some sightseeing, it was down to business — appointment after appointment to get the fitjust right. but as ocularistjohn stolpe explained, it's worth the wait. i think it's important for society to really understand that these| aren't glass balls that we put into somebody's head. - these are custom—fit shells that fit, in many cases, - right over a live eye. and even a disfigured eye but visioned eye i we can make look normal with the prosthesis. - so by hollowing out the pupil, we can actually allow light - to shine through and allow the patient to see. - and this is the final result. a perfect fit, a perfect match and,

for the first time, movement. it's been a long journey to get to this point, but, finally, myah�*s got her new eye and, more importantly, she's got her confidence back. alice key, bbc news. iam i am looking forward to speaking to myah later. she and her mum join us on the sofa after eight o'clock. we will hear more about life is for myah now after that trip and life changing operation. coming up. when i was young, no one would look at a dustbin manjob when i was young, no one would look at a dustbin man job and when i was young, no one would look at a dustbin manjob and now when i was young, no one would look at a dustbin man job and now there is a two year waiting list. a, is a two year waiting list. a distinctive lancashire accident which is reported as being in danger of disappearing. we will talk about

that with jon culshaw, who of disappearing. we will talk about that withjon culshaw, who is a master of anything accident based but that is his home accident. time for the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm alison earle. the nhs is urging londoners to come forward to donate blood to help it through the winter months when demand exceeds supply. there are more than 4,000 appointments available in london over the festive period. each donation can help to save or improve up to three lives. the whole donation process takes 15 minutes, even though we so one hour. that takes you from the time you come in and go through the questions on the processes that we do. the

experience is painless. we have people to look after you. a man's been released on bail after a car crashed into a house in essex on christmas day. no—one inside the home on argent street in grays was hurt. an 18—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and on suspicion of driving without a licence or insurance. a charity set up more than 160 years ago to help homeless people in the east end has received a majorfunding boost. providence row, based in whitechapel, supports around 900 people each year with meals. but demand for its services has increased by 70% in the past two years. it's now been given a £220,000 grant by the city bridge foundation, london's biggest independent charity funder. a staircase in twickenham is helping to make people's dreams come true. it was bought by entrepreneur simon squibb in august for £25,000. since then he's installed a door bell camera and is inviting anyone with a bright idea to visit.

if you want your dreams to happen, it's actuallyjust a step by step process. so i thought a staircase was a good representation of that. we stuck a door bell on the bottom of the staircase and we said, if you've got a dream, go there and press the door bell and pitch your dream, and we'll upload it to our four million—plus followers on our social media, and get you some attention, hopefully — and this has already happened — get you some customers, get you some investors, get you the support you need to start your business from our community. travel now and this is how the tube is looking. now onto the weather with sophia herod. hello. it's going to be a brighter day for us today, although still breezy. we'll have some sunny spells and some scattered showers. now, those showers will push in from the south—west. they'll be intermittent during the day. we'll have some breaks in the cloud to reveal some sunny spells. still breezy, but temperatures around nine to 12 degrees celsius. so, another mild day ahead of us. but as we make our way through friday evening, we'll see these showers pushing eastwards and it'll start to get a little bit colder

through the night. temperatures falling away to around two to five degrees celsius. so a chilly start to the day on saturday, but drier and brighter for us. but during the evening, we'll see this deep area of low pressure pushing its way in and bringing with it some heavy rain and strong gale force winds once again. so, very much an unsettled picture as we have a look to the week ahead. temperatures dropping towards the end of the week as well. plenty of rain and wind in the forecast once again. there's more on our website, with the funniest names. that's it for now. i'm back in around half and hour. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. bars and restaurants are gearing up for the new year weekend, always an important time for the hospitality sector, which has had faced a challenging few years.

peter is at a karaoke bar in london for us this morning, and he's dressed for the occasion. is he making you feel underdressed? is he making you feel underdressed? i barely noticed peter. i thought you were dressed normally, to be honest. but peter, glitzy shoes as well. unbelievable. you look great. thank you, naga. chardy, we will speak later. good morning. it is new year. time to dress up a little bit. a little bit of glamour, a little bit of sparkle. celebrate with friends. it is a time to reflect on the past 12 months and look ahead to the past 12 months and look ahead to the next 12. for the hospitality industry the hope is that next year will be a little bit more stable than this year. in fact, uk hospitality, the trade body, they reckon that ten venues a day closed their doors this year. in fact, in

their doors this year. in fact, in the first half of the year more pubs closed and in the whole of 2022. spending in clubs and pubs are up 5.9% year on year. but there are positive signs. big music events, including taylor swift's latest tour, and big cinema hits like barbie and oppenheimer, helped boost the entertainment sector. although the demand is there, is it enough to offset the rising costs businesses face? i have come to the lucky voice karaoke bar in liverpool street in central london. the tag line is you walk in and dance out. i will let you know later if that is correct. there is even a disco ball. wrecking ball style. you can channel yourinner wrecking ball style. you can channel your inner miley cyrus. i think i am tired raac far too serious to get on that. maybe when the cameras are off. there are nine of these private

rooms that you can see it in with your mates. let's take a little look. charlie is here. the boss of lucky voice. i must say, there is a boogie button as well. i have always wanted to press a boogie button. let's press and see what happens. look at this. fantastic. charlie, talk to me about this year, how has it been? tt’s talk to me about this year, how has itbeen? �*, ., _, talk to me about this year, how has itbeen? , it been? it's obviously been very challenging _ it been? it's obviously been very challenging for _ it been? it's obviously been very challenging for the _ it been? it's obviously been very challenging for the hospitality i challenging for the hospitality industry as a whole. we have had a really good year. we benefit from the fact that we are an occasional lead venue, all occasions that customers want to celebrate. because of that and a few other factors we have had a great year. we opened at the beginning of the year in liverpool street. we are opening in waterloo in the spring. things have been really good.— waterloo in the spring. things have been really good. christmas and new year is called — been really good. christmas and new year is called the _ been really good. christmas and new year is called the golden _ been really good. christmas and new year is called the golden quarter- been really good. christmas and new year is called the golden quarter in i year is called the golden quarter in the hospitality industry. january and february are quite acquired. christmas has been really good for us. we have had an incredibly tough

few christmases, two affected by covid, even 2022, train strikes decimated the few weeks before christmas. there were some train strikes this year. we are so happy to have achieved record—breaking results this christmas and looking forward to a stronger year. feeling confident about _ forward to a stronger year. feeling confident about the _ forward to a stronger year. feeling confident about the year _ forward to a stronger year. feeling confident about the year ahead? i confident about the year ahead? yeah, we are. we are opening a new venuein yeah, we are. we are opening a new venue in waterloo in the spring. we are doing great work. we are looking to consider venues potentially around the uk and also opportunities in the us. ., �* ., ., in the us. you're goalto karaoke number? sit _ in the us. you're goalto karaoke number? sit down _ in the us. you're goalto karaoke number? sit down by _ in the us. you're goalto karaoke number? sit down by james, i in the us. you're goalto karaoke number? sit down by james, my| number? sit down by james, my favourite band, _ number? sit down by james, my favourite band, great _ number? sit down by james, my favourite band, great song, i number? sit down by james, my favourite band, great song, getl favourite band, great song, get everybody sitting down during the chorus. ! everybody sitting down during the chorus. . ,., , everybody sitting down during the chorus. . , ., everybody sitting down during the chorus. . , , chorus. i am sorry to say it is retro, chorus. i am sorry to say it is retro. but — chorus. i am sorry to say it is retro, but unfortunately, i chorus. i am sorry to say it is retro, but unfortunately, we | chorus. i am sorry to say it is i retro, but unfortunately, we are in 2023. clearly very confident here. not everyone feeling as confident in the industry. independents are quite worried about the year ahead. but we

have come to a karaoke bar. i think we are going to have to do a little bit of singing later. you too, charlie and naga. any requests for later? they have 11,000 songs. yeah, you can sing, by all means. i look forward to hearing you sing. oh, we are all singing. peter, no. gareth, the director, has just told me we can't do that. some technical problem. some technical reason. yeah, there is. something in the system. very difficult to do. i will give you a song. the hokey kokie. you put your ball in, take your ball out, in out, in out. that was essentially last night. somebody was watching the arsenal game, right? was the ball in or over the line?

that would be the moment for the arsenalfans. arsenal fans. the arsenalfans. the man is talking, when you listen?! she tried it. i wouldn't say it was golden. it is the time of the year in the premier league where the games are coming thick and fast. for arsenal it was a chance to put some daylight between them and manchester city in what is such an open season. but it was the first goal against west ham, very hard to ascertain whether the ball was actually in or over the line. or out, as was the case. var was used. they couldn't determine it. if they are in any doubt, it is given? yeah, you have to go with the on field decision at the time. there was another perfect image to show whether or not it was in or out. are we going to see it? we are. it's one of those moments which i'm sure the arsenal fans will be

talking about at great length this morning. west ham and david moyes won't mind. a huge win for them as they stop them returning to the top, whilst brighton beat tottenham, as andy swiss reports. a night of utterly contrasting emotions. delight for west ham manager david moyes, but for arsenal, what disappointment. they knew a win would take them top, but it was the visitors that went ahead in controversial style. tomas soucek with the goal. but did it go out of play in the build up? well, the cameras couldn't tell, so eventually the goal stood. and after the break, the gunners' night got even worse as konstantinos mavropanos, an arsenal old boy no less, made it 2—0. west ham could even afford to miss a late penalty conceded by their ex—captain declan rice and saved by david raya. but it was still defeat for the gunners, and for the hammers. it was some victory. what a defensive performance we put in. and the moments when we got a chance

on the counterattack or from the corner kick, we got something from it. and, you know, football — if football was only played one way and it was all about everybody scoring, then it wouldn't be as good. so we had to do a really good job defensively tonight on arsenal, which we did do. we've been really consistent again. i think we have won a lot of games. we need to win even more games, because today that for me is another one that we should not manage to to lose it. but this is football. we have to improve in certain areas and we'll try to do so. it was also a tough night for arsenal's local rivals tottenham, as they lost a thriller to brighton. jack hinshelwood with the pick of their first half goals. although brighton's best was yet to come — a wonder goal from pervis estupinan, which looked better with every replay. and whenjoao pedro made it 4—0 from the penalty spot, spurs' misery seemed complete. finally, they stirred with two quickfire goals, including this from ben davies.

but it was too little, too late — 4—2 to brighton. not a bad end to their year. andy swift, bbc news. not bad at all with goals like that. plenty of shocks and surprises as the world darts championship at alexandra palace — former champion gerwyn price has been knocked out. he lost 4—2 to brendan dolan, he said he was "just buzzing" after this win. price beat dolan on his way to the title two years ago, but not this time. it's the northern irishman who's through to the last 16. meanwhile, world number three luke humphries was virtually dancing on the stage as he came from 3—1 down to battle past german darter ricardo pietreczko. cupping his ears, he'd been getting a fewjeers through that one. england centre manu tuilagi is expected to miss the start

of their six nations campaign with a groin injury. he suffered a muscle tear playing for his club sale in their premiership win over saracens last friday. it looks as though he'll miss england's opener against italy in rome on the 3rd of february, but he could be back a week later to face wales at twickenham. we may be a couple of days away from the new year, but the 2024 tennis season is now officially under way, with the united cup mixed team competition starting in perth. british number ones katie boulter and cameron norrie will head up the gb team of six players, and norrie gets their campaign under way against australia from nine o'clock this morning, uk time. their other group match is against the usa on sunday. there are also some big names involved in the brisbane open, which begins on sunday. this event is a build—up to of the first grand slam of the season. andy murray is bidding to win the tournament for a third time. and rafael nadal will return to action there, after nearly a year out through injury.

he's been practising on court and he said he's happy to be back on the tour. he said this year, the year to come, will be his last. enjoy him while you can. this may be the last time we will see rafa nadal on a tennis court. tickets will fly. they will love to see, the australian open. thank you. 6:43am. wales has become the first country in the world to map its most important areas for insects, according to conservationists. experts spent five years analysing millions of records collected by naturalists, and they identified 17 key sites for the project run by the charity buglife. our environment correspondent steffan messenger reports. wales is home to some iconic endangered insects like this one, the fen raft spider, one of the uk's largest, found in only a handful

of locations, including here, crymlyn bog near swansea. they're amazing spiders. they're semi—aquatic, so they hunt on the water. they have very sensitive legs, and their hairs can detect movement. so if an insect falls on the water's surface, the spider will pick that up and then run out and grab its food, basically. some are known to take tadpoles and even some very small sticklebacks, some small fish. across wales, 17 so—called important invertebrate areas have now been mapped in fine detail by the charity buglife. in total, more than 10,800 different species were identified, including 350 deemed to be of conservation concern. some of the rarest bugs in wales include the cliff mason bee, spotted along just two stretches of clifftop on the llyn peninsula, and the scarce yellow sally stonefly, found only in the river dee. the charity hopes that through mapping out

the most important areas of wales for invertebrates, finding out what's there, why the habitat works for them, what threats they face, they can help prioritize and encourage the conservation work that they say is so badly needed to protect the future of hundreds of different types of insects, and the plants and wildlife that rely on them. here in crymlyn, this bog is part of a five—year peatland restoration project run by natural resources wales. there are a number of interventions that we as a project are going to deliver across the site, largely to address the hydrology, and to remove invasive plants so that we will hopefully be able to then promote the healthy growth of of the peatland, which is obviously then home to incredible species like the fen raft spider. england and scotland's important invertebrate areas are also in the process of being mapped. the work shining a light on the efforts of an army of volunteers, out in all weathers reporting what they find. they input all this information to databases. so what we now have is an incredibly detailed overview, as it were, across the british isles.

important for conservation, but more so really important as we try to establish the consequences of climate change. overall insect populations in wales, as elsewhere, are showing worrying declines. the hope is these new maps will help guide efforts towards turning that around. stefan messenger, bbc news. here's matt with a look at the weather. lots of interest in what has been going on, lots of problems in many places. your pictures suggest to me it is not all over? not quite yet, charlie. good morning. i will give you a quick snapshot of the weekend. ahead of the new year many of you will be on the new year many of you will be on the move again. you can expect more rain across the country, snow in the northern half of the uk, particularly for scotland. the gale risk is still there this weekend. not quite as potent as we saw with

ston geraghty. lopressor on saturday will hang around until sunday. the biggest impact probably to the west of the republic of ireland. strongest winds for us top and tail of the country. heavy rain across the uk. the risk of further flooding. relatively quiet today. still quite blustery. the strongest of the winds this morning. northern ireland, four south of scotland, northern england. south of it, sunshine and showers. north midlands, linking to it was not for good stay sunny all day long. the north of that cloud and rain, it could win. wintry showers at the far north. parts of central and southern scotland will stay dry. four to five celsius in the north of scotland. as we go into tonight wendy with rain and sleet in the far north—east of

scotland. rain arrives into the west later. before it does so we see temperatures drop widely to lower single figures. a much colder night. could be as cold as —7 through parts of scotland is not a little bit colder than that. that is crucial because with the cold air in place the next weather system working its way in could see a little bit of snow in northern ireland before it turns back to rain in the morning. the same too on the tops of the cumbrian fells and the pennants. elsewhere, outbreaks of rain through the morning. a band of heavy rain set to sweep its way from the west, bringing gusty winds later on. temperatures up on today. 11 to 12 degrees. still struggling in scotland. if you are on the move again, there could be problems with snow in the second half of the day into the evening. at the same time a band of heavy rain would sweep eastwards across england and wales

on saturday evening, clearing into sunday morning. an area of low pressure for sunday. around the centre of it winds will be light. the strongest in shetland and the english channel. 60 to 70 mph gusts. frequent showers for england, wales and northern ireland. some parts of western scotland may feel dry. it will feel cooler. as we head towards the all—important midnight hour heading into 2024, driest across southern coastal counties, but it could be windiest here. thank you. the lancashire accent is dying out and could be lost in the next few generations — that's according to researchers at lancaster university. it's all to do with how people say the letter r apparently — and we'll be speaking more about this with comedianjon culshaw, who hails from the county very shortly. but first, let's hearfrom some other famous lancastrians.

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doesn't mean your set is broke. do ou doesn't mean your set is broke. do you like that? john culshawjoins us now. good morning. hello there. if you were to say _ good morning. hello there. if you were to say too, _ good morning. hello there. if you were to say too, let's _ good morning. hello there. if you were to say too, let's say - good morning. hello there. if you were to say too, let's say an i were to say too, let's say an american, if you were to say to an american, if you were to say to an american who says, where is your accent from and what makes it lancastrian, speak something? l lancastrian, speak something? i would say it's the coral. it goes lancastrian, speak something? u would say it's the coral. it goes up like that. it goes up in this direction. we saw fred dibnah. that chimney took a lot of dynamite to get it down like, you know. there is a tune in that, in musicality. it goes up that way. where yorkshire goes up that way. where yorkshire goes down, it goes the other way. that is a really good explanation. have you heard of the rustic capital before? yes, that relates to the curve. it is the way they say things

like car. lancashire would be calm. a motor car!— a motor car! when the capital is said like that _ a motor car! when the capital is said like that it _ a motor car! when the capital is said like that it almost - a motor car! when the capital is said like that it almost could i a motor car! when the capital is said like that it almost could be | said like that it almost could be american. —— r. said like that it almost could be american. -- r.— said like that it almost could be american. -- r. that's right. there are interesting _ american. -- r. that's right. there are interesting similarities. - american. -- r. that's right. there are interesting similarities. there l are interesting similarities. there are interesting similarities. there are also parts _ are interesting similarities. there are also parts of— are interesting similarities. there are also parts of the _ are interesting similarities. there are also parts of the uk, - are interesting similarities. there are also parts of the uk, and ii are also parts of the uk, and i think this is referred to in some of the studies, in the south—west where the studies, in the south—west where the r has a roundness to it? yes. the r has a roundness to it? yes, ou think the r has a roundness to it? yes, you think southern, _ the r has a roundness to it? yes, you think southern, but - the r has a roundness to it? yes, you think southern, but a - the r has a roundness to it? yes, you think southern, but a car, i the r has a roundness to it? yes you think southern, but a car, it is a different kind of musicality, a different sort of twang. the london accent is an accent for doing a deal, business done, for closing deal. it's amazing. see deal, business done, for closing deal. it's amazing.— deal, business done, for closing deal. it's amazing. see you go to the south-west, _ deal. it's amazing. see you go to the south-west, like _ deal. it's amazing. see you go to the south-west, like cornwall, i deal. it's amazing. see you go to i the south-west, like cornwall, then the south—west, like cornwall, then there is much more, isn't there, much more of the r? the borrower.

you think of— much more of the r? the borrower. you think of the _ much more of the r? the borrower. you think of the bristol— much more of the r? the borrower. you think of the bristol board. i you think of the bristol board. there is a different tune everywhere we look. ., , , there is a different tune everywhere welook. ., , , ., ., we look. some of his is to do with the individual _ we look. some of his is to do with the individual letters. _ we look. some of his is to do with the individual letters. a _ we look. some of his is to do with the individual letters. a lot i we look. some of his is to do with the individual letters. a lot of i we look. some of his is to do with the individual letters. a lot of it . the individual letters. a lot of it is so well illustrated when you compare and contrast, a lot of it is about the intonation. literally always the construction of the sentences?— sentences? yes, exactly. i'm fascinated — sentences? yes, exactly. i'm fascinated with _ sentences? yes, exactly. i'm fascinated with how - sentences? yes, exactly. i'm| fascinated with how accidents sentences? yes, exactly. i'm - fascinated with how accidents evolve and the different ways in accent has contributed —— is contributed to. if you have the dublin accent, it is not far before that will go into liverpool. take that irish influence. that is how the liverpool accent was born.— accent was born. there is a fear that younger — accent was born. there is a fear that younger people, _ accent was born. there is a fear that younger people, there i accent was born. there is a fear that younger people, there has| accent was born. there is a fear- that younger people, there has been a study done, as you will be aware, that the strongest abduls was spoken ljy that the strongest abduls was spoken by older men and more formal during —— prominent during formal speech.

—— the strongest r. there is a concern that younger generations are not using it. why do you think that is? is it because they are travelling more? lt is? is it because they are travelling more?- is? is it because they are travelling more? is? is it because they are travellin: more? ., , .,~ travelling more? it does make you wonder. travelling more? it does make you wonder- maybe — travelling more? it does make you wonder. maybe the _ travelling more? it does make you wonder. maybe the speed, - travelling more? it does make you wonder. maybe the speed, the i travelling more? it does make you i wonder. maybe the speed, the instant nurse or for instance, of social media and speaking in emojis and text speak, maybe that is having some sort of transient effect. but i believe the fundamentals will always take my thing. a sense of identity is important to people. [30 take my thing. a sense of identity is important to people.— take my thing. a sense of identity is important to people. do you see it fadin: ? is important to people. do you see it fading? you _ is important to people. do you see it fading? you have _ is important to people. do you see it fading? you have got _ is important to people. do you see it fading? you have got the - is important to people. do you see| it fading? you have got the accent, naturally. although i don't think i would know your voice, actually. but do you hear it fading when you are out and about at home, and may be in the pub and just hearing younger people speak?— the pub and just hearing younger o-oeoleseak? , ., people speak? there might be more transient little _ people speak? there might be more transient little influences. _ people speak? there might be more transient little influences. they i transient little influences. they kind of come and go. just relating to the way people speak digitally now. but i think that is just a surface thing. i believe the fundamentals will always... it is a

fascinating period just to observe. but i think the infrastructure, i believe, will always stay there. i remember my dad used to tell me stories of conversations he would listen to in the 1920s. some of the local farmers around whole soul and ormskirk. there was one farmer who spoke on this beautiful parochial lancashire town of the 1920s. he recalled a phrase of a farmer was my wife describing... lovely parochial time. it meant our harry came home and he cried, the birds had eaten all his peas. our harry came home and decried, the birds had eaten all his peas. —— he cried. paddy mcguinness has a lancashire accent. ., , ., �* .,

accent. oh, no, you can't get more lancashire _ accent. oh, no, you can't get more lancashire than _ accent. oh, no, you can't get more lancashire than that. _ accent. oh, no, you can't get more lancashire than that. vernon i accent. oh, no, you can't get more lancashire than that. vernon kay, l lancashire than that. vernon kay, once again. great to see fred dibnah. jane horrocks with that wonderful elegance of her accent. when you practice accidents, do you shape them? the way you are shaping the r with your hand, is that how you do it?— you do it? sometimes it helps to rive a you do it? sometimes it helps to give a visual _ you do it? sometimes it helps to give a visual aspect _ you do it? sometimes it helps to give a visual aspect to _ you do it? sometimes it helps to give a visual aspect to it, - you do it? sometimes it helps to give a visual aspect to it, and i you do it? sometimes it helps to | give a visual aspect to it, and so, yes. give a visual aspect to it, and so, es. ~ . , give a visual aspect to it, and so, es. . . , ., , give a visual aspect to it, and so, yes. what is the flattest accent? i would say how. _ yes. what is the flattest accent? i would say how. in _ yes. what is the flattest accent? i would say how. in how _ yes. what is the flattest accent? i would say how. in how you - yes. what is the flattest accent? i would say how. in how you have l yes. what is the flattest accent? i would say how. in how you have a white wine at half past five. brute white wine at half past five. we have 'ust white wine at half past five. we have just brought you want to do accidents, really. could you read that with a lancashire accent. the les dawson _ that with a lancashire accent. twe: les dawson stance. we want that with a lancashire accent. tue: les dawson stance. we want to that with a lancashire accent. tue les dawson stance. we want to hear what you think about this story. there are a lot of ways to get in touch with us at bbc breakfast. you can send us a message at what's up.

or scan the qr code with your phone because my camera. you can get in touch by e—mail and on twitter as well. so, see about it, crack on. t well. 50, see about it, crack on. i am so impressed. 6:56am on a friday morning and you have just delivered, you have completely delivered. t you have completely delivered. i will go back into hibernation. you have completely delivered. i i will go back into hibernation. enjoy will go back into hibernation. en'oy havin: will go back into hibernation. en'oy having you. — will go back into hibernation. en'oy having you. thank i will go back into hibernation. en'oy having you. thank you. i will go back into hibernation. en'oy having you. thank you. we i will go back into hibernation. enjoy having you. thank you. we are just going to record you over and over again to ask you for e—mails. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alison earle. the nhs is urging londoners to come forward to donate blood to help it through the winter months when demand exceeds supply. there are more than 4,000 appointments available in the capital over the festive period. each donation can help to save or improve up to three lives.

it's really quick. the whole donation process takes 15 minutes, even though we say one hour. so that one hour takes you from the time you come in and go through the questions and the processes we do. but the donation process takes 15 minutes. it's painless, it's simple. we have people here to look after you. a man's been released on bail after a car crashed into a house in essex on christmas day. no—one inside the home on argent street in grays was hurt. an 18—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and on suspicion of driving without a licence or insurance. a charity set up more than 160 years ago to help homeless people in the east end has received a majorfunding boost. providence row, based in whitechapel, supports around 900 people each year with meals. but demand for its services has increased by 70% in the past two years. it's now been given a £220,000 grant by the city bridge foundation, london's biggest independent charity

funder. a staircase in twickenham is helping to make people's dreams come true. it was bought by entrepreneur simon squibb in august for £25,000. since then, he's installed a doorbell camera and is inviting anyone with a bright idea to visit. if you have a dream, pitch your dream and we will upload it and get you some attention and this has happened, hopefully get you customers, investors, get support you need to start your business for our community. planned closures on the dlr, some of the overground. minor delays on the central line. now weather with sophia herod. hello. it's going to be a brighter day for us today, although still breezy. we'll have some sunny spells and some scattered showers. now, those showers will push in from the south—west. they'll be intermittent during the day.

we'll have some breaks in the cloud to reveal some sunny spells. still breezy, but temperatures around nine to 12 degrees celsius. so, another mild day ahead of us. but as we make our way through friday evening, we'll see these showers pushing eastwards and it'll start to get a little bit colder through the night. temperatures falling away to around two to five degrees celsius. so a chilly start to the day on saturday, but drier and brighter for us. but during the evening, we'll see this deep area of low pressure pushing its way in and bringing with it some heavy rain and strong gale force winds once again. so, very much an unsettled picture as we have a look to the week ahead. temperatures dropping towards the end of the week as well. plenty of rain and wind in the forecast once again. we have special guests on the radio station from nine.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines. tributes are paid to a man who died after being hit by a car while helping an injured stranger in sheffield — christian marriott has been described as a good samaritan by police. the aftermath of storm gerrit — we meet the families who's homes were destroyed by the strongest tornado to hit the uk in more than a decade. iran up to the top of the stairs to find a— iran up to the top of the stairs to find a bathroom wall was no longer there. _ find a bathroom wall was no longer there. the — find a bathroom wall was no longer there, the roof is no longer there and there — there, the roof is no longer there and there is— there, the roof is no longer there and there is a chimney in the bathroom _ how sniffer dogs being deployed to hunt out illegal vapes being sold on the high street. another shock at the world darts championship as former champion gerwyn price is knocked out — with brendan dolan into the fourth round.

a growing number of dolphins and whales are visiting the seas around britain — researchers tell us what that means for the health of our coastlines. still blustery with showers today but overall quieter and this weekend, more rain, snow and strong winds. i will have the forecast on breakfast. it's friday, the 29th of december. our main story. a man who died after a car hit a group of people in sheffield was a good samaritan who was trying to help another person. police say christian marriott was out for a walk on wednesday afternoon with his wife and two young sons, when he stopped to help an unconscious woman after a row between two groups. two men have been arrested on murder charges. simonjones reports. the police say what happened in this street on wednesday afternoon was utterly heartbreaking. christine marriott, described as a good samaritan, was out walking with his wife and two young sons when

he saw a woman lying unconscious in the street. it's thought she had been involved in a row between a group of people. as mr marriott was giving her first aid, he was hit by a car and killed. the car also struck the woman. she is in a critical condition in hospital. six other people were injured, including an off—duty midwife. when i came out, the car was there. i didn't know there were some people underneath. but one lady, she was before me outside. she said to me there's people underneath the car. it was very, very sad and also very upsetting and i couldn't believe it. a 23—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. another man, who's 55, has been detained on suspicion of attempted murder. the police say they are absolutely determined to secure justice for christian marriott's family. simon jones, bbc news. you have more now you have more now on you have more now on the aftermath of the storms.

three men have died after their car went into a river in north yorkshire yesterday morning. another man who tried to help was rescued and is receiving treatment. our reporter yunus mulla is in glaisdale now. what more do we know? iam in i am in the village of glaisdale, north york moors. a remote location. you can see a bridge that crosses the river and it was the esk where a car was submerged yesterday and people say —— police say a 4x4 was recovered. the three men inside were pronounced dead at the scene. since then, eyewitness accounts from residents nearby have emerged. a residents nearby have emerged. a resident described seeing the vehicle trying to cross a ford when it was swept away a few hundred yards. the river was swollen with

heavy rain. he said the vehicle was completely submerged in the river. he and other people arrived with tractors to carry out a rescue. that vehicle was moved to the river bank. he said a number of 4x4 vehicles were seen shortly before the incident where the 4x4 was heading incident where the 4x4 was heading in the direction of the ford. north yorkshire police say there were other cars in nearby areas also stuck in water but, luckily, the occupants of those cars did survive. they say to consider whether driving is necessary in those conditions and they advise against driving in standing water and forwards of that kind. around 1500 homes in parts of northern scotland have spent a second night without electricity. the scottish and southern electricity networks says flooding and debris caused by storm gerrit has hindered repairs. residents in the north east

and shetland are the worst affected. power has been restored to more than 46,000 properties in scotland since wednesday. a clean—up operation is taking place after around 100 homes were damaged by a tornado in stalybridge in greater manchester during storm gerrit. it tore roofs off some houses, blew over trees and damaged cars but remarkably, there were no reports of any injuries. jayne mccubbin reports. the storm gerrit clean—up operation is well under way. the damage devastating. this was all caused by a freak weather event — a tornado with wind speeds of up to 160mph. but for the moody family in stalybridge, it was also something of a christmas miracle. it started juddering and you could feel it underneath the ground. and then i've just heard what i can describe as a jet engine noise come down. i've come up to the kitchen. i heard this almighty bang as my father—in—law is at the top of the stairs,

screaming at the top of his lungs, "get out." run up to the very top of the stairs to find the bathroom wall is no longer there, roof's no longer there and there's a chimney in the bathroom. my son in the back bedroom — the chimney stack has gone through the bathroom wall into his room, missed him by millimetres. my youngest son in the front room — if you can see the bed there, that's actually up — a captain's bed that's suspended, he was under that, gaming. that's pretty much saved his life. and we've managed to get everybody out unscathed. not a scratch? that's the scratch. i gashed my finger — rubble on the landing, i think i've caught it trying to get the dog out. all of this damage and the only injury amongst two entire households is one scratched finger. that's it. that's it? that's it, yeah. and just yards away from those damaged houses, have a look at this. a tornado so strong it fired missiles through cars. yet emergency services say there were no reported injuries

across the whole area. yeah, it looks awful at the moment, but all the animals are safe. that's six people... two dogs, three cats, tortoise is fine, all the fish are fine. this is one of the cats? yes, jessie. she has no idea how lucky she is. i know. yeah, just happy everyone's safe. i'm beyond shattered now. safe, yes, but the emotional and financial cost of storm gerrit will be significant. she's crying. neighbours have rallied here — helping to clear debris, setting up collections. they need help, everybody needs help on the street. but at the moment, you're all helping each other? yes, we have to, we're neighbours. these are just a handful of about 100 homes that have been damaged in this storm, but the impact has been felt right across the country. and although storm gerrit has passed, more unsettled weather is on the way. but here in stalybridge, amongst the debris, there is much to be grateful

for after a christmas—time tornado which could so easily have claimed lives here. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. the us state of maine has ruled that donald trump cannot run for president next year because of his actions leading up to the us capitol riots nearly three years ago. itjoins colorado as one of two states to ban mr trump from the ballot, but both decisions are likely to be appealed in court. mr trump has not been charged with inciting insurrection. the number of anti—semitic hate crimes recorded by some of the uk s largest police forces rose sharply in the weeks following the hamas attack on israel. data released by 31 forces shows incidents peaked in larger urban areas, including west yorkshire, the west midlands, greater manchester and merseyside. actor pierce brosnan has been charged with trespassing during a recent visit to yellowstone national park.

the formerjames bond star walked in an off—limits area near the mammoth hot springs. the actor has not commented on the charges. he is due to appear in court next month. air strikes have continued in central and southern gaza overnight, as israel continues to battle hamas fighters close to the areas where hundreds of thousands of palestinians displaced by the war have been sheltering. middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. good morning. we talk about this a lot, we talk about which countries are involved in trying to put an end to the fighting and trying to get to some kind of agreement. who is likely to have some influence? there is us involvement _ likely to have some influence? there is us involvement but _ likely to have some influence? there is us involvement but also _ is us involvement but also involvement from allies in the region from egypt and qatar. quite a lot going on diplomatically. to update you on what is happening on the ground. we saw israeli ground forces pushing into areas in the

centre and south of gaza strip. overnight, more israeli air strikes in those areas. deadly in many cases. we have had 20 people reportedly killed in rafah on the border with egypt. this is where in recent days another 100,000 people have crammed in there according to the un as the population there has swelled with displaced people fleeing the fighting. politically from the israeli side we had the defence minister visiting khan younis in the south of gaza saying perseverance is needed but the aim is to dismantle a hamas's governing and military capability. in cairo, we have a hamas delegation there to give its response to egypt's proposal on a ceasefire that would see three stages with first, the release of more israeli hostages in

exchange for palestinian prisoners. perhaps leading to a full ceasefire and ultimately what is called a technocratic government in the gaza strip. there is a long way to go before we get there.— strip. there is a long way to go before we get there. files released today show how tony blair's government considered radical policies to cut immigration in 2003, including setting up a holding centre on the isle of mull. we can cross now to political correspondent tony bonsignore for more. this tells us that the issue of immigration and migration has been plaguing governments and policy for years. plaguing governments and policy for ears, , :, :, :, plaguing governments and policy for ears. :, , , , years. good morning, yes, this was 20 ears years. good morning, yes, this was 20 years ago- _ years. good morning, yes, this was 20 years ago- it _ years. good morning, yes, this was 20 years ago. it brought _ years. good morning, yes, this was 20 years ago. it brought back i 20 years ago. it brought back memories of tv pictures of people climbing onto ferries and channel tunnel trains. asylum applications hit a record in 2002. that is what

prompted this demand from tony blair the labour prime minister to advisers, he said let's look at radical options. what is released is details of the session held in january 2003. a paper presented to tony blair by advisers. no suggestion he endorsed them, but they were discussed and it was called asylum, the nuclear option and among the options, setting up a detention centre on mull. support for safe havens in third countries and breaking away from international laws. this is where it might sound resonant. essentially the government suggestion they might ignore the european convention on human rights for a while as a deterrent. not like the rwanda plan, no suggestion they would process the claims. notable are labour prime minister was

discussing this kind of radical measure. you must search out more radical measures, he said in december 2002.— the us military�*s robot space plane has blasted off from florida on its seventh mission. three, two, one. full power. and lift off. applause. it was carried into orbit by a space x falcon heavy rocket for the first time. the pentagon says the orbital vehicle will carry out a series of classified experiments during its mission. its last mission lasted more than 900 days. it looks like something out of a superhero movie. there is a superhero movie. there is a superhero character. that turns into

flames and flies. do you know what i mean? no. not really, no. we need an expert to talk us through what we are seeing. beyond blastoff, when you have the different pictures. i guess some are from inside the tube is looking down. do you know? unfortunately, not. space exploration is not quite my forte. i thought it looked like a superhero. thank you. you know what i was talking about. t thank you. you know what i was talking about.— talking about. i was thinking exactly the _ talking about. i was thinking exactly the same. _ talking about. i was thinking exactly the same. shall- talking about. i was thinking exactly the same. shall we i talking about. i was thinking i exactly the same. shall we get talking about. i was thinking - exactly the same. shall we get onto the weather? aha, exactly the same. shall we get onto the weather?— the weather? a lot to talk about. there is and _ the weather? a lot to talk about. there is and it _ the weather? a lot to talk about. there is and it says _ the weather? a lot to talk about. there is and it says a _ the weather? a lot to talk about. there is and it says a lot - the weather? a lot to talk about. there is and it says a lot when i the weather? a lot to talk about. | there is and it says a lot when we talk about a blustery day with showers as a quiet weather day. that is how turbulent the weather has been. today, not as windy. more sunshine as well. you can see where

we have rain. heavy showers in the south. thunder with that in the south—west. wintry showers in the door. a cold day in the north of scotland. in central scotland, it should be driving the club are breaking up. south of scotland, northern england and northern ireland is where the wind is first thing. rain. volvo parts will have a better chance of starting the day with sunshine. showers developing across wales. parts of the midlands towards lincolnshire and norfolk stay dry. far north of england, northern ireland, cloud, rain, snow on the hills. wintry showers in the far north. windy tonight across shetland and the far north—east of scotland. temperatures set to drop before rain moves in. could get 2—7

in parts of scotland and with the cold air, another weather system. rain for many at some point on saturday. snow in parts of scotland and windy conditions top and tail of the country throughout the weekend but the wind does not look as strong as they were with storm gerrit. good morning. it was ten years ago that liverpool city council launched it's home for a pound scheme and, since, then 125 derelict properties have been refurbished and turned into homes. our north of england reporter rowan bridge has been to one neighbourhood to see what difference the project has made. what can you buy for £1? half a bus ticket. a chocolate bar. a quarter of a cup of coffee. how about a new home? ten years ago, liverpool city council decided to try something radical.

they'd sell off some of their derelict properties they'd been left with for £1. but for those who took up the offer, it's taken blood, sweat and tears. it was in a state of disrepair. there was water ingress from the roof. pretty much all the woodwork was rotten. this is my home. maxine sharples bought a house for £1. the house was earmarked for demolition. so there was nothing in the house — no central heating system, no working utilities. we had asbestos, rat infestation and there was a tree growing through the house. i really take my hat off to anyone that works in construction full—time. it's gruelling, it's backbreaking work. it's filthy. i removed all four of my chimney breasts, and so i was just covered in dust for months. it's hard work, it's hard work. that hard work's paid off. it's never too late to bring these houses back to life. and it's made a real difference? it's made a real difference. these homes are now part of a community that thrives. all of the houses around

here were had steel plates all over the windows and the doors. a few streets away, steve has been on his own journey. there was a huge hole in the roof, so there was water coming in there while we were working in the house. the bay window — above the bay window on the first floor collapsed while we were actually working on it. the stairs down into the basement, i think they were originally wood. they were basically cardboard by the time we were using them. it's not even wood any more. it was pretty bad. we had to replace most of the wood. the roof had to be replaced completely, as well. it was — yeah, it was pretty dire. we absolutely love living here. the people in the neighbourhood, because we've all been through the same thing, it's a really nice place to be. we all look out for each other. i wouldn't have been able to afford this or anything like it. this street is typical of what we can see in the webster triangle. and while the scheme has

renovated over 100 houses, the signs of decay and dereliction are never far away. individual dwellings are owned, occupied by those households. but that doesn't mean that the neighbourhood is transformed overnight. that doesn't mean any of the original issues just disappear because of those homeowners moving into the area. i remember this area before the houses were done up and it was a pretty bleak and imposing place. even the person in charge of the scheme accepts there's more work to do. there are still challenges. it's an inner—city neighbourhood and there are all the challenges people face. but it has become a much more vibrant and diverse community. life has been breathed back into what was a very rundown and derelict neighbourhood. there were still boarded up properties around here. why is that? we are looking at options for bringing those back into use and we will hopefully be bringing forward something fairly soon. buying a home for £1 has given the people involved something they never thought they'd have, and it's had a real impact on the area. this is an unlikely story because this house shouldn't exist. this community shouldn't exist.

and yet we've brought it back to life through individuals' blood, sweat and tears and life savings. so there's a sense of pride, now, in this community. there are still boarded—up properties and there are still issues. doing up a derelict house is hard and so is trying to regenerate a whole neighbourhood. rowan bridge, bbc news, liverpool. fascinating seeing where it began and where it has ended and the work they have had to do. when you think it is £1, it is not just £1. joining us now is dr olivier sykes, who's a lecturer in urban planning at the university of liverpool. when you heard about the project, what did you think? a positive thing, yes. hard work, yes. would it take off? ~ :, .,

take off? when i heard about it, i thou:ht it take off? when i heard about it, i thought it was — take off? when i heard about it, i thought it was an _ take off? when i heard about it, i thought it was an innovative i thought it was an innovative solution to a situation, left with a cut in funding so a lot of those houses were purchased in a wider programme funded up until 2010. after that there was less money around with austerity. the council in liverpool was left with a lot of properties it owned but did not have the resources to renovate in the same way. it seemed like a logical, innovative idea to deal with that. you know these places well. you look at those houses. i do not know the phrase, the structure of them, way they look, they are places you would want to live. they have scaled. they are good houses. the stock is good but they have clearly fallen into bad repair. but they have clearly fallen into bad repair-— bad repair. absolutely. what is interesting _ bad repair. absolutely. what is interesting about _ bad repair. absolutely. what is interesting about the _ bad repair. absolutely. what is interesting about the houses, i bad repair. absolutely. what is i interesting about the houses, they are terraced houses, classic houses

in english cities and very desirable. for many years, they were seenin desirable. for many years, they were seen in policies as not as desirable as other types of housing which was always a questionable assumption because there are those parts of the country where they are desirable. what was the thinking about? tt is a what was the thinking about? it is a long-standing _ what was the thinking about? it is a long-standing idea _ what was the thinking about? it is a long-standing idea going _ what was the thinking about? tt 3 a long—standing idea going back to the beginning of town planning that houses should have gardens and space around them. the suburban ideal. cities like liverpool are growing again and many cities are growing again and many cities are growing again and many cities are growing again and people want to live in the city. new generations want to cycle places, go to shops. not everyone wants to live far away in a suburban location so these houses found their time again. they are old. they were popular and then went into decline and now they have become popular again. and now they have become popular aaain. :, , :, :, ., again. you used the word innovative

with this project _ again. you used the word innovative with this project but _ again. you used the word innovative with this project but it _ again. you used the word innovative with this project but it happened i with this project but it happened elsewhere. the with this pro'ect but it happened elsewhere. , ., , with this pro'ect but it happened elsewhere. , . , ., , elsewhere. the first example was in america. elsewhere. the first example was in america- joe — elsewhere. the first example was in america. joe biden's _ elsewhere. the first example was in america. joe biden's patch. - elsewhere. the first example was in america. joe biden's patch. in i elsewhere. the first example was in america. joe biden's patch. in the i america. joe biden's patch. in the 70s and 80s they had a home is for a dollar scheme which was successful. it has come back a number of times. did it have similar conditions? you had to have £40,000. you did it have similar conditions? you had to have £40,000.— did it have similar conditions? you had to have £40,000. you had to have the money to — had to have £40,000. you had to have the money to renovate. _ had to have £40,000. you had to have the money to renovate. you _ had to have £40,000. you had to have the money to renovate. you had i had to have £40,000. you had to have the money to renovate. you had to i the money to renovate. you had to live in the property _ the money to renovate. you had to live in the property is _ the money to renovate. you had to live in the property is five - the money to renovate. you had to live in the property is five years. i live in the property is five years. it is not buying to rent, landlords taking advantage, it is building communities and re—establishing them. communities and re-establishing them. :, ., , ., them. the other example, baltimore was the same _ them. the other example, baltimore was the same with _ them. the other example, baltimore was the same with finance _ them. the other example, baltimore was the same with finance made i was the same with finance made available at low rates. similar issues. a city that had grown and lost its population. it was tried there and liverpool has been an inspiration for other places because people have come from france, cities

there. they have visited liverpool. it is a home for1 euro there. it has been a resonant idea. connecting people's imaginations. who does not want to buy a house for £1. could there be more? i think there could be more but i think the scheme is complex. you are reliant on a number of actors, people taking part. if you get a big builder or housing association to take on a street of houses, that is one negotiation. they can do perhaps 100 houses in one go. this is 125 houses and 125 discussions with separate people. people had to bid to take part, meet criteria. it is a good idea. scaling it up is also complicated compared to other approaches.—

it up is also complicated compared to other approaches. thank you very much for taking _ to other approaches. thank you very much for taking us _ to other approaches. thank you very much for taking us through - to other approaches. thank you very much for taking us through that. i last christmas, a ten—year—old girl named matilda came up with a very intersting idea after her beloved grandparents passed away. she created postboxes to heaven so bereaved people could send cards and letters to loved ones they have lost. since then, more than 40 post boxes have been set up in cemeteries across the uk, with around 3,000 letters, cards and messages posted during the past year. charlotte winfield reports. dear grandad, i miss you loads and really wish you could be here with me. since you aren't here, i'm writing you this letter and i really miss you. matilda came up with the idea of letters to heaven post boxes so that bereaved families like hers could write and send letters, cards and messages to loved ones they've lost. for matilda, it was a way of sharing and communicating her grief after her grandparents had died.

it feels quite nice, because it's a way to just express your emotions and just to say what you want to say to them. her first letter captured the hearts of many and, throughout this year, her work has been recognised. she's been to downing street to meet the prime minister rishi sunak, received a british citizen youth award medal of honour and has even flown to orlando — thanks to ant and dec. more than 3,000 letters to heaven have now been sent so far this year, and post boxes can be found in 40 cemeteries across the uk. charlotte winfield, bbc news. matilda and her mum leannejoin us now. good morning. what a thing and what a year you have had. it has scaled up a year you have had. it has scaled up which is the industrial word for this. it started from a personal idea. ~ , ., :,

idea. when we started, we thought it was originally — idea. when we started, we thought it was originally to _ idea. when we started, we thought it was originally to help _ idea. when we started, we thought it was originally to help me _ idea. when we started, we thought it was originally to help me with - idea. when we started, we thought it was originally to help me with my i was originally to help me with my grandparents dying. lots of people came to use it. it started going all over the country. it does notjust help me but lots of other people now. ~ :, help me but lots of other people now. ~ ., .,, ,., help me but lots of other people now. . ., .,, y:, 4' now. what was your thinking originally? — now. what was your thinking originally? people _ now. what was your thinking originally? people might- now. what was your thinking - originally? people might remember you being on before talking about it. ~ , , :, ., :, you being on before talking about it. why did you want to do it? my grandmother _ it. why did you want to do it? my grandmother died _ it. why did you want to do it? my grandmother died when - it. why did you want to do it? my grandmother died when i - it. why did you want to do it? my grandmother died when i was i it. why did you want to do it? my i grandmother died when i was four. i always used to say to my mum my friends can send cards, birthday, christmas cards, anything you can send a card. i said if they can do it, why can't i? my mother went to the crematorium group and said it was a nice letter to get a postbox in and that is where it came from and now it helps lots of people. you have had a — and now it helps lots of people. you have had a year. _ and now it helps lots of people. you

have had a year. tell me some of the highlights. have had a year. tell me some of the hioholihts. ~ :, have had a year. tell me some of the hioholihts. ~ . :, , highlights. what did we do first? point of light. _ highlights. what did we do first? point of light. we _ highlights. what did we do first? point of light. we went - highlights. what did we do first? point of light. we went to i highlights. what did we do first? | point of light. we went to number highlights. what did we do first? - point of light. we went to number 10 downing st and got a point of light. is that an award?— is that an award? from the prime minister, is that an award? from the prime minister. a _ is that an award? from the prime minister, a daily _ is that an award? from the prime minister, a daily award _ is that an award? from the prime minister, a daily award system i is that an award? from the prime l minister, a daily award system and he recognised matilda and she got to meet him _ he recognised matilda and she got to meet him. ~ ., ,, he recognised matilda and she got to meet him. ~ . , ., ~' he recognised matilda and she got to meet him. ~ ., ,, ~ ., meet him. what did you think of downin: meet him. what did you think of downing street? _ meet him. what did you think of downing street? it _ meet him. what did you think of downing street? it was - meet him. what did you think of downing street? it was big. - meet him. what did you think of} downing street? it was big. lots meet him. what did you think of i downing street? it was big. lots of rooms. that is one highlight which most people would never get to see. we went to florida with ant and dec and saturday night takeaway. they were incredibly nice. it was surreal, _ were incredibly nice. it was surreal, really.— were incredibly nice. it was surreal, really. how are you planning — surreal, really. how are you planning to _ surreal, really. how are you planning to keep _ surreal, really. how are you planning to keep this - surreal, really. how are you| planning to keep this going? surreal, really. how are you - planning to keep this going? you have written to other people and

made suggestions. how will you keep it going? made suggestions. how will you keep it uuoin? . ., made suggestions. how will you keep it 110i“? ., ., ., it going? matilda wrote to king charles to say _ it going? matilda wrote to king charles to say can _ it going? matilda wrote to king charles to say can we - it going? matilda wrote to king charles to say can we have - it going? matilda wrote to king charles to say can we have one} it going? matilda wrote to king i charles to say can we have one in london. — charles to say can we have one in london, especially afterthe charles to say can we have one in london, especially after the late queen— london, especially after the late queen passing away. and diana, prince _ queen passing away. and diana, prince philip. we thought it would be a good — prince philip. we thought it would be a good idea to help not only their— be a good idea to help not only their grandchildren but they are recognised throughout the world. we have not— recognised throughout the world. we have not had a reply yet so king charles, — have not had a reply yet so king charles, if— have not had a reply yet so king charles, if you are watching, please reply _ charles, if you are watching, please reply as _ charles, if you are watching, please rel . �* , charles, if you are watching, please rel. a ~ ., charles, if you are watching, please rel. r ~' ., ., reply. as you both know from ersonal reply. as you both know from personal experience, - reply. as you both know from personal experience, grief. reply. as you both know from personal experience, grief is | reply. as you both know from | personal experience, grief is a personal experience, grief is a personal thing. everybody feels differently. forsome personal thing. everybody feels differently. for some people, personal thing. everybody feels differently. forsome people, it personal thing. everybody feels differently. for some people, it can be difficult and there is no time frame. as you know at your tender age. you can feel grief when something happens and time can pass and you can feel it a lot later on. it is different for everybody. it it is different for everybody. it is. whatever age you are, it does not matter—

is. whatever age you are, it does not matter if you are old, young, it does _ not matter if you are old, young, it does not _ not matter if you are old, young, it does not matter, grief will hit you at some _ does not matter, grief will hit you at some point in your life. with these _ at some point in your life. with these post— at some point in your life. with these post boxes, it has proved it does _ these post boxes, it has proved it does hein — these post boxes, it has proved it does help. they are across england, scotland _ does help. they are across england, scotland and wales. westerly group have dedicated to put them in every new crematorium they open which is fantastic _ new crematorium they open which is fantastic. the more people that have won, the _ fantastic. the more people that have won, the more people can benefit from _ won, the more people can benefit from it _ won, the more people can benefit from it. ., ., ., ., ., , ., from it. you have had a great year. well done- — from it. you have had a great year. well done. thank _ from it. you have had a great year. well done. thank you. _ from it. you have had a great year. well done. thank you. i _ from it. you have had a great year. well done. thank you. i can - from it. you have had a great year. well done. thank you. i can bring l well done. thank you. i can bring you some news that lots of you are delighted with. carol has got married. she married her partner steve. that is a lovely picture. they tied the knot in

buckinghamshire. carol said it was the most perfect, romantic and intimate wedding. a lot of you have beenin intimate wedding. a lot of you have been in touch. we wish them the best. many of you have sent best wishes. we will read out some of these. beautiful pictures. i had not seen them until first thing this beautiful pictures. i had not seen them untilfirst thing this morning. they are new to us. jack's saying millions of congratulations to our wonderful weather presenter on her recent marriage. she comes across as the most wonderful personality. yes, she is. more compliments coming from another viewer. helen said she is a ray of sunshine and that he is a lucky man to get her. dave said he is looking forward to seeing her back doing the weather soon but not too soon. i know what he means. hopefully they will get time to enjoy the wedding and honeymoon. time for the news, travel

and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alison earle. the nhs is urging londoners to come forward to donate blood to help it through the winter months when demand exceeds supply. there are more than 4,000 appointments available in the capital over the festive period. each donation can help to save or improve up to three lives. it is really quick. the whole donation process takes 15 minutes, even though we say one hour. that takes you from the time you come in and go through the questions and the processes that we do. the donation process takes only 15 minutes. it is painless, it is simple. we have got experienced carers and nurses to look after you. a man's been released on bail after a car crashed into a house in essex on christmas day. no—one inside the home on argent street in grays was hurt.

an 18—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and on suspicion of driving without a licence or insurance. a charity set up more than 160 years ago to help homeless people in the east end has received a major funding boost. providence row, based in whitechapel, supports around 900 people each year with meals. but demand for its services has increased by 70% in the past two years. it's now been given a £220,000 grant by the city bridge foundation, london's biggest independent charity funder. a staircase in twickenham is helping to make people's dreams come true. it was bought by entrepreneur simon squibb in august for £25,000. since then he's installed a doorbell camera and is inviting anyone with a bright idea to visit. if you want your dreams to happen, it's actuallyjust a step by step process. so i thought a staircase was a good representation of that. we stuck a door hell on the bottom of the staircase and we said,

if you've got a dream, go there and press the doorbell and pitch your dream, and we'll upload it to our four million—plus followers on our social media, and get you some attention, hopefully — and this has already happened — get you some customers, get you some investors, get you the support you need to start your business from our community. travel now, and this is how the tube is looking at the moment. now onto the weather with sophia herod. hello. it's going to be a brighter day for us today, although still breezy. we'll have some sunny spells and some scattered showers. now, those showers will push in from the south—west. they'll be intermittent during the day. we'll have some breaks in the cloud to reveal some sunny spells. still breezy, but temperatures around nine to 12 degrees celsius. so, another mild day ahead of us. but as we make our way through friday evening, we'll see these showers pushing eastwards and it'll start to get a little bit colder through the night. temperatures falling away to around two to five degrees celsius. so a chilly start to the day on saturday, but drier and brighter for us. but during the evening, we'll see this deep area of low pressure pushing its way in and bringing with it some heavy rain and strong gale force winds once again. so, very much an unsettled picture as we have a look to the week ahead.

temperatures dropping towards the end of the week as well. plenty of rain and wind in the forecast once again. riz will be on bbc radio london from seven to nine, looking back at her special guests of the year. i'm back in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. sniffer dogs are normally used to find illegal drugs in public places or explosives — but now they're being trained to sniff out e—cigarettes. one trading standards team in staffordshire has been using the dogs to tackle the sale of illegal and oversized vapes. tim muffettjoined the team, and griff the spaniel, out on a raid.

1211 entering. who's here, do you know? hello? trading standards. hello? looking for, and sniffing out, illegal vapes and tobacco. that's 4,000 illegal vape. we're in tamworth, on raids with police, staffordshire county council trading standards, and griff, the sniffer dog. these here are empty master cases for cigarettes. so these would hold 10,000 cigarettes. there's illegal tobacco in there, but they've obviouslyjust dumped these out here. i work all over the country for over 100 trading standards teams. so, yeah, it's a phenomenal problem. there's a big trend in terms of vapes that have happened recently, where there's a lot of illegal product that are out in the marketplace. part of our

role is to remove those products. legal vapes and e—cigarettes should carry no more than two millilitres of liquid. it's that liquid which contains nicotine and flavouring. but some illegal items, like this one, carry far more. 18 millilitres in this case. that will deliver thousands of puffs — the equivalent of smoking more than 100 cigarettes. so with these types of businesses, they don't really care who they sell them to. these products are age restricted, so you have to be 18 to buy nicotine—inhaling products and tobacco. but we find that they don't have as many controls in place, so they will sell them to children. illegal items are sometimes easy to spot, but increasingly, they've been carefully hidden, which is why griff is a busy dog. he's been trained to use his incredible sense of smell to sniff out tobacco and nicotine. what difference does a dog make to this job? 0h, a huge difference. the concealments are getting more sophisticated and a human search team just cannot find them.

in derby, griff found quite possibly one of the most sophisticated illegal tobacco concealments that we've ever found. it was a whole kitchen unit with the fridge, the cupboards, everything. it had all been mounted on hydraulic rams, and using a remote control. the concealment would basically would raise up to actually create a hiding place for the cigarettes and the vapes. without a dog, there's absolutely no way you would have found that concealment. what do we have here? we store some of the products that we've seized from previous operations. they have obviously quite a lot of colours, lots of different flavors. we see that all that is quite child appealing. so we are seeing obviously them being targeted particularly for that market. so if it's the case that you see products being sold that are oversized, or even if

they're being sold to people that are under age, please report them through to trading standards. there's a national hotline. it could mean more work for griff. but not to worry. he seems to love it. tim muffett, bbc news, tamworth. dog handler stuart phillipsjoins us now, with griff the sniffer dog. wow. we have been phoning all over grief. but he is a working dog. he is grief. but he is a working dog. he: is how old? he is about two and a half. i have had him since he was eight weeks. he half. i have had him since he was eight weeke— eight weeks. he is not here only workin: eight weeks. he is not here only working dog? — eight weeks. he is not here only working dog? he _ eight weeks. he is not here only working dog? he is _ eight weeks. he is not here only working dog? he is not. - eight weeks. he is not here only working dog? he is not. i - eight weeks. he is not here only working dog? he is not. i have l eight weeks. he is not here only i working dog? he is not. i have five or six others- _ working dog? he is not. i have five or six others. they _ working dog? he is not. i have five or six others. they do _ working dog? he is not. i have five or six others. they do various - or six others. they do various thins. or six others. they do various things- lt _ or six others. they do various things- it is — or six others. they do various things. it is griff _ or six others. they do various things. it is griff trained - or six others. they do various things. it is griff trained just l or six others. they do various l things. it is griff trained just for vapes? things. it is griff trained 'ust for va es? :, things. it is griff trained 'ust for vaes? ., ., , .,, things. it is griff trained 'ust for vaes? ., ., , ., vapes? no, initially he was trained for findin:

vapes? no, initially he was trained for finding illegal _ vapes? no, initially he was trained for finding illegal tobacco - for finding illegal tobacco products. and then, when the vape problem started coming, we had to train him on vapes. hahn problem started coming, we had to train him on vapes.— train him on vapes. how did you chance train him on vapes. how did you change is _ train him on vapes. how did you change is training _ train him on vapes. how did you change is training so _ train him on vapes. how did you change is training so he - train him on vapes. how did you change is training so he could i change is training so he could locate vapes? i am not undermining his talents, but it is a game, isn't it, when they are working? yes. it's uuite it, when they are working? yes. it's quite easy. — it, when they are working? yes. it's quite easy, really. _ it, when they are working? yes. it's quite easy, really. we _ it, when they are working? yes. it's quite easy, really. we call - it, when they are working? yes. it's quite easy, really. we call it - quite easy, really. we call it imprinting. he was only imprinted to find one older, which was tobacco. dogs can find multiple odours. training him to find the illegal vapes was quite a simple process. it just took five or six days to be honest. ~ :, , just took five or six days to be honest. ~ ., , ,., ., , honest. we are seeing some of these imaaes. honest. we are seeing some of these images- that — honest. we are seeing some of these images- that is _ honest. we are seeing some of these images. that is not _ honest. we are seeing some of these images. that is not griff, _ honest. we are seeing some of these images. that is not griff, is _ honest. we are seeing some of these images. that is not griff, is it? - images. that is not griff, is it? days. images. that is not griff, is it? da s. ., , ., ., images. that is not griff, is it? da s. ., ., ., days. he has found in that case a sealed unit _ days. he has found in that case a sealed unit behind _ days. he has found in that case a sealed unit behind a _ days. he has found in that case a sealed unit behind a wall? - days. he has found in that case a sealed unit behind a wall? that i days. he has found in that case a| sealed unit behind a wall? that is riuht. sealed unit behind a wall? that is right- that _ sealed unit behind a wall? that is right. that was _ sealed unit behind a wall? that is right. that was in _ sealed unit behind a wall? that is right. that was in darlington - sealed unit behind a wall? that is right. that was in darlington only| right. that was in darlington only about a fortnight ago. the one on

screen at the moment is in milton keynes. they are trained to find concealments, which are pretty sophisticated. wide microand his sign when he finds something is that gorgeous derriere, his tail goes and his whole back goes? yes, he does get excited when he has a find. he doesn't bark. we're supposed to freeze or stand and stare. sometimes we would struggle to get into the concealments and he gets impatient. we did see the beginning of that process when you walked into the back of a shop. how quickly...? you arrive at the place, the front of the shop, what happens next? hate the shop, what happens next? , obviously, normally we are with trading standards and the police, we going to the shop, trading standards introduced themselves and we just crack on and search the shop. 50 introduced themselves and we 'ust crack on and search the shop. so you 'ust let crack on and search the shop. so you just let him — crack on and search the shop. so you just let him off— crack on and search the shop. so you just let him off the _ crack on and search the shop. so you

just let him off the lead? _ crack on and search the shop. so you just let him off the lead? yeah. - crack on and search the shop. so you just let him off the lead? yeah. andl just let him off the lead? yeah. and he aoes just let him off the lead? yeah. and he goes wherever _ just let him off the lead? yeah. and he goes wherever his _ just let him off the lead? yeah. and he goes wherever his centre - just let him off the lead? i'eei and he goes wherever his centre takes him? :, �* , he goes wherever his centre takes him? ii �* i he goes wherever his centre takes him? ., �* , ., .i he goes wherever his centre takes him? ., �*, ., ., ,. him? that's right. the one on screen at the moment _ him? that's right. the one on screen at the moment we _ him? that's right. the one on screen at the moment we were _ him? that's right. the one on screen at the moment we were in _ him? that's right. the one on screen at the moment we were in that - him? that's right. the one on screen at the moment we were in that shop| at the moment we were in that shop for less than 50 seconds before he found that. it for less than 50 seconds before he found that. i i , found that. it must be very interesting _ found that. it must be very interesting looking - found that. it must be very interesting looking at - found that. it must be very interesting looking at the l found that. it must be very - interesting looking at the owners' faces? ~ , ii interesting looking at the owners' faces? ~ , ., ., ., , interesting looking at the owners' faces? , ., ., ., faces? well, yeah, unfortunately a lot of the time _ faces? well, yeah, unfortunately a lot of the time they _ faces? well, yeah, unfortunately a lot of the time they are _ faces? well, yeah, unfortunately a lot of the time they are not - faces? well, yeah, unfortunately a lot of the time they are not of- faces? well, yeah, unfortunately a lot of the time they are not of the l lot of the time they are not of the owners of the shop. they are like different people. hate owners of the shop. they are like different people.— owners of the shop. they are like different people. we allowed to play a ame different people. we allowed to play a game with — different people. we allowed to play a game with griff? _ different people. we allowed to play a game with griff? yes! _ different people. we allowed to play a game with griff? yes! can - different people. we allowed to play a game with griff? yes! can i - a game with griff? yes! can i exlain a game with griff? yes! can i exnlain to — a game with griff? yes! can i explain to griff— a game with griff? yes! can i explain to griff what - a game with griff? yes! can i explain to griff what he - a game with griff? yes! can i explain to griff what he is - a game with griff? yes! can i - explain to griff what he is supposed to do? so, the idea is that somewhere here in the studio there may be something that griff can discover. pm may be something that griff can discover. : ii may be something that griff can discover. : ., ., , ., ., discover. an illegalvape. you are auoin to discover. an illegalvape. you are going to let _ discover. an illegalvape. you are going to let him _ discover. an illegalvape. you are going to let him off _ discover. an illegalvape. you are going to let him off the _ discover. an illegalvape. you are going to let him off the lead, - discover. an illegalvape. you are going to let him off the lead, ask| going to let him off the lead, ask him to do the thing?— him to do the thing? yeah. griff, come here- _ him to do the thing? yeah. griff, come here. griff? _ him to do the thing? yeah. griff,

come here. griff? ready? - him to do the thing? yeah. griff, come here. griff? ready? griff. him to do the thing? yeah. griff, i come here. griff? ready? griff has headed off behind _ come here. griff? ready? griff has headed off behind the _ come here. griff? ready? griff has headed off behind the sofa - come here. griff? ready? griff has headed off behind the sofa where l come here. griff? ready? griff has i headed off behind the sofa where we are. have you given them an instruction? i are. have you given them an instruction?— are. have you given them an instruction? ., i , instruction? i have 'ust patted his chest and told _ instruction? i have 'ust patted his chest and told him — instruction? i havejust patted his chest and told him where. - instruction? i havejust patted his chest and told him where. with i instruction? i have just patted his i chest and told him where. with this being a demonstration... it is chest and told him where. with this being a demonstration. . ._ being a demonstration... it is a big studio, being a demonstration... it is a big studio. so — being a demonstration... it is a big studio. so he _ being a demonstration. .. it is a big studio, so he is— being a demonstration... it is a big studio, so he is having _ being a demonstration... it is a big studio, so he is having a _ being a demonstration... it is a big studio, so he is having a good - being a demonstration... it is a big studio, so he is having a good lookj studio, so he is having a good look around. he is going behind us now. well done! that is a reward. hidden under the tree there are some vague steps —— vapes that we got. that is his reward. it is a game. he was very, very quick. his reward. it is a game. he was very. very quick-— very, very quick. yes, yeah. demonstrations _ very, very quick. yes, yeah. demonstrations always - very, very quick. yes, yeah. demonstrations always go i very, very quick. yes, yeah. - demonstrations always go wrong, to be honest. ii demonstrations always go wrong, to be honest. ., . ., demonstrations always go wrong, to be honest. i, i i, ,

be honest. how much demand is there? for services _ be honest. how much demand is there? for services from _ be honest. how much demand is there? for services from griff _ be honest. how much demand is there? for services from griff and _ for services from griff and yourself?— for services from griff and yourself? for services from griff and ourself? i i, i, , [m yourself? we are out every day. how many hours? — yourself? we are out every day. how many hours? we _ yourself? we are out every day. how many hours? we are _ yourself? we are out every day. how many hours? we are out _ yourself? we are out every day. how many hours? we are out every - yourself? we are out every day. how many hours? we are out every day. l many hours? we are out every day. you can let — many hours? we are out every day. you can let him _ many hours? we are out every day. you can let him off. _ many hours? we are out every day. you can let him off. we _ many hours? we are out every day. you can let him off. we search - many hours? we are out every day. | you can let him off. we search about 30, 40 you can let him off. we search about 30. 40 shops — you can let him off. we search about 30. 40 shops a _ you can let him off. we search about 30, 40 shops a week. _ you can let him off. we search about 30, 40 shops a week. the _ you can let him off. we search about 30, 40 shops a week. the work- you can let him off. we search about 30, 40 shops a week. the work is i 30, 40 shops a week. the work is definitely being _ 30, 40 shops a week. the work is definitely being done. _ 30, 40 shops a week. the work is definitely being done. you - 30, 40 shops a week. the work is definitely being done. you have i 30, 40 shops a week. the work is i definitely being done. you have got five or six dogs that have the moment. you think there is going to be more demand for those as well? yes. i take multiple dogs out during the course of a day because we are searching that much and obviously they all need a rest. timer;r searching that much and obviously they all need a rest.— they all need a rest. they have energy to _ they all need a rest. they have energy to burn. _ they all need a rest. they have energy to burn, spaniel- they all need a rest. they have energy to burn, spaniel sc. i they all need a rest. they have i energy to burn, spaniel sc. does he get tired? energy to burn, spaniel sc. does he let tired? ii energy to burn, spaniel sc. does he let tired? i, i, , i, energy to burn, spaniel sc. does he let tired? i, i, ,, i, , energy to burn, spaniel sc. does he ret tired? i, i, ,, i, , w get tired? how do you know? they do let tired. get tired? how do you know? they do get tired- they _ get tired? how do you know? they do get tired. they suffer _ get tired? how do you know? they do get tired. they suffer from _ get tired? how do you know? they do get tired. they suffer from nasal i get tired. they suffer from nasal fatigue as well. you can sense it,

really, in their behaviour. just like us you can tell when they started to get tired. he like us you can tell when they started to get tired.— started to get tired. he is not tired and _ started to get tired. he is not tired and he _ started to get tired. he is not tired and he wants _ started to get tired. he is not tired and he wants your- started to get tired. he is not i tired and he wants your attention. it is a friday between christmas and new year. i it is a friday between christmas and new year. ~' i, , it is a friday between christmas and new year. ~ i, , i, new year. i think he wants me to throw it. new year. i think he wants me to throw it- you _ new year. i think he wants me to throw it. you can _ new year. i think he wants me to throw it. you can let _ new year. i think he wants me to i throw it. you can let him off, throw it, then throw it. you can let him off, throw it. then we — throw it. you can let him off, throw it, then we will _ throw it. you can let him off, throw it, then we will say _ throw it. you can let him off, throw it, then we will say goodbye - throw it. you can let him off, throw it, then we will say goodbye and i throw it. you can let him off, throw| it, then we will say goodbye and you can relax. ease off. he has got it. well done, griff. thank you so much. multitasking, looking after griff and doing research. thank you. let's take a break. it is not really a break because there is a lot of information that we need to get from matt who is looking at the weather. i know you are in love with griff as much as we are.— i know you are in love with griff as much as we are. completely. i feel riaht -a much as we are. completely. i feel right party pooper _ much as we are. completely. i feel right party pooper giving _ much as we are. completely. i feel right party pooper giving you i much as we are. completely. i feel right party pooper giving you the i right party pooper giving you the forecast. i, ii right party pooper giving you the forecast. i, i, i, , forecast. you are not the party --ooer, forecast. you are not the party pooper. you — forecast. you are not the party pooper. you are _ forecast. you are not the party pooper, you are just _ forecast. you are not the party pooper, you are just the i forecast. you are not the party i pooper, you are just the messenger. i am. a quick look towards the

weekend. if you are on the move we could have another spell of winter, snow and rain. snow again probably causing some problems in scotland. the risk of gout is not quite as widespread and not anywhere near as strong as we saw through name one might. —— storm gerrit. the risk of flooding at times. there will be some drier moment this weekend. at windy certainly top and tail of the country. on saturday, is now in parts of scotland. that is coming up this weekend. it's a get back to what is happening today. relatively quiet. we have still got rain and some hills know, northern ireland, northern ingot. that band of cloud will be there most of the day. the south of it, sorry spells. heavy had it really was. parts of the midlands, towards lincolnshire and norfolk, will stay dry all day long. 0ut norfolk, will stay dry all day long. out of central scotland will have a dry and bright day. the far north

will see wintry showers. a northerly wind. colderthan will see wintry showers. a northerly wind. colder than yesterday. temperatures in single figures, made single figures, in northern parts of scotland. ten to 11 degrees in the south. as we had through tonight and into tomorrow a widespread frost developing. temperatures down to —7. temperatures lifting of the south and west later in the night. just quickly, saturday, this is the cloud and rain that will quickly move south and east. as it hits the cold air during the second half of the day, this is where we could have issues with snow. thanks matt. see you later. we were still musing over griff. i am worried that matt had something important and we were talking about griff. let's not do the same tojohn. they say title races can be decided on

small details. small margins. we certainly had one last night with arsenal, one of those moments, was the ball in or out? it led to a goal against arsenal. it could have bigger repercussions. isn't that the kind of thing that var supposed to deal with? yes, but there are moments where it still can't get it right. let's look at it. this is the moment in real time, the ball moving towards the goal line only for it to be cutback there by the west ham playerjarrod bowen, for west ham to score. there wasn't enough evidence to say the ball had gone out of play. this is the image that it showed. it was inconclusive. the goal stood. west ham added a second. i am confused. so it is not whether it went over the line in the goal? no, it was in the build—up. it

wasn't whether the ball crossed the line in the goalmouth. just where you see him cut the ball back. do you need an image from above which will perhaps clearly show whether the ball has crossed the line? in fairness, arsenal had chances, they didn't take them and it nearly so slipped up in the title race. it gives manchester city the chance to close the gap. i think that is what mckellar tata, the arsenal manager, feels they didn't take their chances. they were better than us in the both boxes. we had 30 shots. they had three shots. i don't have many situations, open goals, and we haven't. and in football you have to if you want to win. no doubts about this one though. goal of the day went to pervis estupinan of brighton in their win over tottenham. a great finish. they would go on to lead 4—0, before tottenham mounted a late fightback. 4—2 it finished on what

was brighton's night. have you been enjoying the diet? many have been, following the brilliant story of luke littler and his celebrated kebab draw. there was a shock at the alexandra palace at the world darts championship — former champion gerwyn price is out after losing 4—2 to brendan dolan in the third round, while the world number three luke humphries battled back from being one leg away from defeat to beat ricardo pietreczko as adam cottier reports. there is nothing quite like alexandra palace at this time of the year. north london's value full of noise hosting the world darts championship for the second time. grand entrances are afforded to former champions like gerwyn price, the 2021 winner. former champions like gerwyn price, the 2021winner. but of the ally pally stage is no stranger to upsets. as he starts faltered, brendan dolan polish ten. the northern irishman had a price, ranked fifth in the world, straining to stay in the match. that he did so

with the welsh players showing glimpses of his ability. but dolan's apparent fearless approach served him well as he won 4—2 to move into the last 16. with the ice man out, cool hand luke, the world number three conference, stepped forward to take on a player nicknamed pikachu, ricardo pietreczko. humphreys had damaged his darts. he played with a new set. initially it appeared to affect him as the youngest player struggled for any kind of rhythm. they needed more adjustment. trailing 3—1, he went to within a single leg of defeat before producing a remarkable fightback to take the match to a deciding set. he showed just why he is among the favourites to win the tournament, evenif favourites to win the tournament, even if he was disappointed with his overall performance. i even if he was disappointed with his overall performance.— overall performance. i was absolutely _ overall performance. i was absolutely rubbish - overall performance. i was absolutely rubbish there. i overall performance. i was - absolutely rubbish there. breaking before i started wasn't the best

thing, was it? plan with a different set of darts didn't work for me. on the stage i tried to change the flights and stuff. nothing was working. the same set of darts that won three majors for me, i had to put them in the case. it won three majors for me, i had to put them in the case.— put them in the case. it wasn't eas . put them in the case. it wasn't easy. humphreys'_ put them in the case. it wasn't easy. humphreys' celebration| easy. humphreys' celebration emphasised that he had a lucky escape against ricardo pietreczko. love the celebrations, love the emotion. brendan dolan could play luke littler in the quarterfinals if they both get there. kebabs the ready. that is what luke loves to eat. always. each to their own. as we approach the end of the year, the wildlife trust is looking back on the gains it's made in protecting marine wildlife, including the return of bluefin tuna to uk shores. but it also warns that our seas are being heavily impacted by avian flu, human disturbance and pollution. to talk more about this we have marine conservation officer

danielle clifford with us now. good morning. good morning. it is alwa s good morning. good morning. it is always fascinating _ good morning. good morning. it is always fascinating when _ good morning. good morning. it is always fascinating when we - good morning. good morning. it is always fascinating when we look i good morning. good morning. it is always fascinating when we look at this round—up because it makes you reassess and remember stories that we have been covering. i think there is a lot of good. and there is some bad, which we will remember. shall we start with what has been going well? if we look at dolphins, perhaps, and the reappearance, increased appearance, and our coasts? i, i i, ,, increased appearance, and our coasts? ii i i, ~' , i, coasts? people often think you need to no coasts? people often think you need to go abroad — coasts? people often think you need to go abroad to _ coasts? people often think you need to go abroad to seem _ coasts? people often think you need to go abroad to seem credible i to go abroad to seem credible wildlife. we have blue planet moments happening off our coast all the time. if you were to look out to sea this year you might be lucky enough to see dolphins. particularly in the south—west. lots of results dolphins. these are the bullies of the sea. they start off grey but become covered in these white scars. there are incredible to see. flan

become covered in these white scars. there are incredible to see.— there are incredible to see. can you see the images _ there are incredible to see. can you see the images you _ there are incredible to see. can you see the images you are _ there are incredible to see. can you see the images you are looking i there are incredible to see. can you see the images you are looking at? | see the images you are looking at? can you identify those?— can you identify those? these are common dolphins, _ can you identify those? these are common dolphins, a _ can you identify those? these are common dolphins, a little - can you identify those? these are common dolphins, a little bit i common dolphins, a little bit different. we have three different dolphins you are most likely to see. the common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins. the common dolphins, bottlenose dolhins. ii the common dolphins, bottlenose dolhins. i, i, i, dolphins. you say that people are sa in: dolphins. you say that people are saying there _ dolphins. you say that people are saying there a — dolphins. you say that people are saying there a bit _ dolphins. you say that people are saying there a bit more. - dolphins. you say that people are saying there a bit more. what i dolphins. you say that people are| saying there a bit more. what kind of gains are being made? how do you measure that? irate of gains are being made? how do you measure that?— of gains are being made? how do you measure that? we measure that from si . htin . s at measure that? we measure that from sightings at sea- _ measure that? we measure that from sightings at sea. we _ measure that? we measure that from sightings at sea. we have _ measure that? we measure that from sightings at sea. we have had - measure that? we measure that from sightings at sea. we have had lots i sightings at sea. we have had lots of dolphins but other exciting things as well. in particular we have seen the return of atlantic bluefin tuna. if you're looking out to sea from the coast or a boat, you might see areas that look like they are boiling but this is the fish splashing around. these are the lions splashing around. these are the [ions of the seas. splashing around. these are the lions of the seas.— splashing around. these are the lions of the seas. apex predators. how many — lions of the seas. apex predators. how many gather? _ lions of the seas. apex predators. how many gather? how— lions of the seas. apex predators. how many gather? how many i lions of the seas. apex predators. - how many gather? how many numbers gather? how many are in a group? ht can be gather? how many are in a group? it can be quite a large number. i don't know the exact amount but it can be anywhere from a couple to a lot,

depending on the situation. that is the positive _ depending on the situation. that is the positive stop. _ depending on the situation. that is the positive stop. we _ depending on the situation. that is the positive stop. we have - depending on the situation. that is the positive stop. we have to - depending on the situation. that is the positive stop. we have to talk| the positive stop. we have to talk about avian flu. we have seen horrible pictures in recent years of the impact this has been happening. how that has affected the coast as well. ., ., ., , ., well. yeah, unfortunately our wildlife face _ well. yeah, unfortunately our wildlife face many _ well. yeah, unfortunately our wildlife face many drafts, - well. yeah, unfortunately our- wildlife face many drafts, whether it is exploitation pollution, damaging activities. right many threats. ourseabirds damaging activities. right many threats. our seabirds are facing avian flu, a devastating disease that originates, just like covid, from intensive farming practices. if you happen walking along the coast this year you may have seen dead birds, unfortunately. mit? this year you may have seen dead birds, unfortunately.— this year you may have seen dead birds, unfortunately. why haven't we not a hold birds, unfortunately. why haven't we got a hold on — birds, unfortunately. why haven't we got a hold on this? _ birds, unfortunately. why haven't we got a hold on this? we _ birds, unfortunately. why haven't we got a hold on this? we have - birds, unfortunately. why haven't we got a hold on this? we have known l got a hold on this? we have known about this for decades. we got a hold on this? we have known about this for decades.— about this for decades. we have known about — about this for decades. we have known about it _ about this for decades. we have known about it for _ about this for decades. we have known about it for a _ about this for decades. we have known about it for a while. - about this for decades. we have known about it for a while. it's l known about it for a while. it's quite hard to deal with as it is a disease. a bit like covid, it is hard to stop it spreading. what we can do is try to help our seabirds and other ways, so by reducing other

pressures so our seabirds aren't being bombarded with lots of other presses. h being bombarded with lots of other resses. ., , ., ., presses. i dare say in your line of work it must _ presses. i dare say in your line of work it must be _ presses. i dare say in your line of work it must be a _ presses. i dare say in your line of work it must be a bit _ presses. i dare say in your line of work it must be a bit of— presses. i dare say in your line of work it must be a bit of a - work it must be a bit of a roller—coaster of seeing wonderful things and there must be other times, with the best will in the world, when you must kind of despair of what we do, we talk about pollution, how we look after our environment. you must see it all? yeah, we really do see it all. from atlantic roofing tuner, which are incredible. we have had massed feeding events this year as well. were dolphin and tuna and even wales come together in these amazing events. —— wales. this isjust like the water is boiling. these are the second largest mammal in the world. you can see them off uk coast. all around. particularly southwest. these images were from the celtic sea off wales. incredible. you will also get the seabirds, as you see here. they will often take advantage of the fish floating to the surface and they will dive on top as well.

if you had one tip for the people listening to this morning about a place to go get a sense of... not everybody has the capability to get out. where is it? j everybody has the capability to get out. where is it?— out. where is it? i would say pick an roc out. where is it? i would say pick any rocky shore. _ out. where is it? i would say pick any rocky shore, go _ out. where is it? i would say pick any rocky shore, go onto - out. where is it? i would say pick any rocky shore, go onto the - out. where is it? i would say pick| any rocky shore, go onto the rocky shore, turn over a rock and you'll find amazing things underneath it. we have some amazing rock pools in the uk, you can find crabs, fish, sea squirts and sponges. a sea squirt is a colonial animal that lives together. they are called a sea squirt because sometimes they squirt out water when you turn over the rock. which is amazing to see. if you had kids' day out, it is simple things are become massive adventures? make you fall in love with nature?— adventures? make you fall in love with nature? . ., , with nature? yeah, and everybody can be a conservationist. _ with nature? yeah, and everybody can be a conservationist. whether - with nature? yeah, and everybody can be a conservationist. whether you - be a conservationist. whether you are near the sea or else further

inland. jointly wildlife trust. we have of volunteering opportunities. thank you very much. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. the nhs is urging londoners to come forward to donate blood to help it through the winter months when demand exceeds supply. there are more than 4,000 appointments available in the capital over the festive period. each donation can help to save or improve up to three lives. a man has been released on bail after a car crashed into a house in essex on christmas day. no one inside the home on argent street in grays was hurt. an 18—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and without a licence or insurance. police have released an image

of a man they want to speak to after an assault on the tube in east london. the victim was punched in the face on a central line train to mile end in the early hours of saturday 9th of december. officers believe the man pictured could help their investigation. a staircase in twickenham is helping to make people's dreams come true. it was bought by entrepreneur simon squibb in august. since then, he's installed a doorbell camera and is inviting anyone with a bright idea to come along and pitch. travel and this is how the tube is looking. planned closures on the dlr, some on the overground. minor delays on the central line. the weather. cloudy with scattered showers. feeling breezy, but it should stay clear this evening. expect temperatures today of up to 12c. there's more on our website, including the businesses with the funniest names. that's it — i'm back in around half and hour.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today. tributes are paid to a man who died after being hit by a car while helping an injured stranger in sheffield — christian marriott has been described as a good samaritan by police. the impact of storm gerrit — an investigation begins into how three men died when their four—by—four went into a river in north yorkshire. we meet the families who's homes were destroyed by the strongest tornado to hit the uk in more than a decade. will in more than a decade. it be a happy new yearfor hospitality will it be a happy new year for hospitality industry.— hospitality industry. after a challenging _ hospitality industry. after a challenging 12 _ hospitality industry. after a challenging 12 months - hospitality industry. after a challenging 12 months of i hospitality industry. after a . challenging 12 months of rising prices, high interest rates and relatively low consumer confidence. i am in central london to find out. the wish that came true for 9—year—old myah, who travelled to the united states to be fitted with a groundbreaking prosthetic eye.

a relatively quiet day today with sunshine, showers. make the most of it. more wet and windy weather is on the way this weekend with snow in scotland. i will have the details. it's friday, the 29th of december. a man who died after a car hit a group of people in sheffield was a good samaritan who was trying to help another person. police say christian marriott was out for a walk on wednesday afternoon with his wife and two young sons when he stopped to help an unconscious woman after a row between two groups. two men have been arrested on murder charges. simonjones reports. the police say what happened in this street on wednesday afternoon was utterly heartbreaking. christine marriott, described as a good samaritan, was out walking with his wife and two young sons when he saw a woman lying unconscious in the street. it's thought she had been involved in a row between a group of people. as mr marriott was giving her first

aid, he was hit by a car and killed. the car also struck the woman. she is in a critical condition in hospital. six other people were injured, including an off—duty midwife. when i came out, the car was there. i didn't know there were some people underneath. but one lady, she was before me outside. she said to me there's people underneath the car. it was very, very sad and also very upsetting and i couldn't believe it. a 23—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. another man, who's 55, has been detained on suspicion of attempted murder. the police say they are absolutely determined to secure justice for christian marriott's family. simon jones, bbc news. now more on the aftermath of storm gerrit. three men have died after their car went into a river in north yorkshire yesterday morning. another man who tried to help was rescued

and is receiving treatment. our reporter yunus mulla is in glaisdale now. the investigation continues. what more do we know about the incident? i am in glaisdale in the north york moors. you can see the river esk over my shoulder. it was the river esk that was the scene of a tragic incident yesterday afternoon. police recovered a 4x4 vehicle that became submerged in the river. three men inside were pronounced dead at the scene. there are a number of eyewitness accounts from residents. a resident described how he saw the 4x4 vehicle trying to cross a ford when it was swept away a few hundred

yards downstream. he arrived with a tractor along with other people to try to carry out a rescue. but the vehicle was completely submerged in the water, he said. the vehicle was dragged to the river bank. emergency services took over when they arrived at the scene. he described how a number of 4x4 vehicles had travelled in that direction shortly before the incident happened. police have said there were a number of incidents in there were a number of incidents in the county but luckily, no one was injured. they say be careful when driving in these conditions. and never drive through standing water all flood water.— around 1500 homes in parts of northern scotland have spent a second night without electricity.

the scottish and southern electricity networks says flooding and debris caused by storm gerrit has hindered repairs. residents in the north east and shetland are the worst affected. power has been restored to more than 116,000 properties in scotland since wednesday. a clean—up operation is taking place after around 100 homes were damaged by a tornado in stalybridge in greater manchester, during storm gerrit. it tore roofs off some houses, blew over trees and damaged cars but, remarkably, there were no reports of any injuries. jayne mccubbin reports. the storm gerrit clean—up operation is well under way. the damage devastating. this was all caused by a freak weather event — a tornado with wind speeds of up to 160mph. but for the moody family in stalybridge, it was also it started juddering and you could feel it underneath the ground. and then i've just heard what i can describe as a jet engine noise come down. i've come up to the kitchen. i heard this almighty

bang as my father—in—law is at the top of the stairs, screaming at the top of his lungs, "get out." run up to the very top of the stairs to find the bathroom wall is no longer there, roof's no longer there and there's a chimney in the bathroom. my son in the back bedroom — the chimney stack has gone through the bathroom wall into his room, missed him by millimetres. my youngest son in the front room — if you can see the bed there, that's actually a captain's bed that's suspended, he was under that, gaming. that's pretty much saved his life. and we've managed to get everybody out unscathed. not a scratch? that's the scratch. i gashed my finger — rubble on the landing, i think i've caught it trying to get the dog out. all of this damage and the only injury amongst two entire households is one scratched finger. that's it. that's it? that's it, yeah. and just yards away from those damaged houses, have a look at this. a tornado so strong it fired

missiles through cars. yet emergency services say there were no reported injuries across the whole area. yeah, it looks awful at the moment, but all the animals are safe. that's six people? two dogs, three cats, tortoise is fine, all the fish are fine. this is one of the cats? yes, jessie. she has no idea how lucky she is. i know. yeah, just happy everyone's safe. i'm beyond shattered now. safe, yes, but the emotional and financial cost of storm gerrit will be significant. she's crying. neighbours have rallied here — helping to clear debris, setting up collections. they need help, everybody needs help on the street. but at the moment, you're all helping each other? yes, we have to, you're neighbours. these are just a handful of about 100 homes that have been damaged in this storm, but the impact has been felt right across the country. and although storm gerrit has passed, more unsettled weather is on the way.

but here in stalybridge, amongst the debris, there is much to be grateful for after a christmas—time tornado which could so easily have claimed lives here. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. the us state of maine has ruled that donald trump cannot run for president next year because of his actions leading up to the us capitol riots nearly three years ago. itjoins colorado as one of two states to ban mr trump from the ballot, but both decisions are likely to be appealed in court. mr trump has not been charged with inciting insurrection. israeli air strikes have continued in central and southern gaza overnight as it continues to battle hamas fighters close to the areas where hundreds of thousands of palestinians displaced by the war have been sheltering. it comes as a hamas delegation has arrived in cairo to give their response to an egyptian ceasfire plan, which includes more prisoner and hostage exchanges.

actor pierce brosnan has been charged with trespassing during a recent visit to yellowstone national park. the formerjames bond star walked in an off—limits area near the mammoth hot springs. the actor has not commented on the charges. he is due to appear in court next month. russia has launched a wave of attacks on several cities across ukraine in a widespread overnight assault. a nationwide air alert was in place as drones and missiles struck cities including kyiv, odesa, and lviv in the early hours. let's cross to our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. good morning. i had a list of three cities. where else has been targeted? and what does this signify in terms of the conflict between them and russia has now stepped up intentions perhaps. goad them and russia has now stepped up intentions perhaps.— intentions perhaps. good morning. this i think — intentions perhaps. good morning. this i think is — intentions perhaps. good morning. this i think is vladimir _ intentions perhaps. good morning. this i think is vladimir putin - this i think is vladimir putin reminding ukraine he can target all

of it. yesterday, president zelensky thanked the us for the last military package it is able to provide for now. 250 million dollars. to give you an idea. the air force said it had never seen so many incoming missiles on its radar, claiming that moscow used almost every different type possible. behind me you might be able to see smoke continuing to below from the western side of the city. we are told it is a warehouse where people are still trapped under rubble. the story of this overnight attack, a night when there were sirens and this morning we were woken up by three loud, powerful explosions that made the windows rattle. that is a rarity in the centre of the city where the air defences have improved. but i think

the scale of the attack and coordination has caught the defensive systems out. you mention some of the cities. odesa in the south, a high rise building damage. dnipro. i could go on. a coordinated attack. in a week where ukraine struck a russian landing vessel in crimea, some here are making the connection but i think this is a flex by russia that ukraine has become accustomed to. regardless of what happens on the battlefield. it is a new year for ukraine that looks far from is a new year for ukraine that looks farfrom certain. is a new year for ukraine that looks far from certain.— files released today show how tony blair's government considered radical policies to cut immigration in 2003, including setting up a holding centre for asylum seekers on the isle of mull. our correspondent sanchia berg has more.

20 years ago, asylum seekers climbing the eurostar fences desperate to get to the uk. images like these prompted the prime minister to consider radical measures. files released today at the national archives include a document prepared for tony blair injanuary 2003. entitled asylum: the nuclear option, it asked whether the government should break away from international norms, support safe havens in third countries, set up a detention centre on the isle of mull. these earlier files show what led up to the nuclear option for asylum — tony blair's frustration at the numbers of people seeking asylum in the uk. he wanted to bring them down and, in december 2002, he wrote, "we must search out even more radical measures." this is so similar to the debate that we're having now and the proposals — radical proposals — that are being pursued.

and we were at that point, not publicly to the same degree, but similar proposals being discussed in earnest behind closed doors. and it also just showed to me there's a perception that conservative governments are those that truck in immigration and asylum restriction. and here's a clear case that shows, no, that is not the preserve of conservative governments — labour governments, too. the rwanda scheme is different from anything tony blair considered, because rwanda would take over the asylum claims. sanchia berg, bbc news. the us military�*s robot space plane has blasted off from florida on its seventh mission. three, two, one. full power. lift—off. applause.

it was carried into orbit by a space x falcon heavy rocket for the first time. the pentagon says the orbital vehicle will carry out a series of classified experiments during its mission. its last mission lasted more than 900 days. and that is the flying human superhero in flames, which is what it looks like. see? amazing pictures every time. i see what you mean. good morning, how's things? a little bit of better news today. it says a lot that today will be the quiet day in what has been a turbulent spell of weather and will be this weekend. not as windy but still blustery. some sunshine. still rain in the forecast and some snow in parts. this is where you have rain and snow

at the moment. heavy showers into the south—west. snow flurries in the north of scotland. maybe in the hills but down to lower levels. central parts of scotland, not a bad day. but some cloud, outbreaks of rain, gusty wind in northern england and northern ireland. sunny spells south of that. showers working across southern counties and across parts of the south—west and south wales. showers more widely across wales. showers more widely across wales through the day. some areas in the midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia, that will stay dry. not bad in central and southern scotland but still outbreaks of rain in northern ireland, northern england into the afternoon. ii in the south. four in the north. windy conditions tonight and more rain and sleet in scotland, the sky is clear, rain moves in from the sky is clear, rain moves in from the west but before it arrives, we

will c—7 or lower in parts of scotland. with colder, more wet and windy weather. this weekend there could be more travel disruption and on saturday more snow in scotland. more details later. in october that we introduced you to nine—year—old myah, who was born with a rare condition which left her blind in one eye. myah has had 2a surgeries since birth and herfamily hoped to raise enough money for her to travel to los angeles to get a new prosthetic eye fitted. they hit their target and myah has now come home after a successful operation. alice key reports. packing for a trip of a lifetime. but this is no ordinary holiday. for myah, this is a chance to get her confidence back. born with one eye as a result of a rare condition called microphthalmia, she's had to endure 2a painful surgeries.

some of these operations have been successful, but none of them has been able to change how people see her. what sort of things do i you have to put up with? like people calling me rude names. people staring, people pointing. um... you get picked on quite a lot, don't you? yeah. that's why her mum wanted to raise enough money to travel to america and have a brand—new prosthetic eye made. i just want to give her the best chance at life. lauren says their interview on bbc breakfast finally made that dream a reality. when we came on the bbc, the money got raised within two days. i've had so many nice comments, all the support for myah and i've just fought for so long to give her the best life that i possibly can and i feel like we're nearly there with it.

and that's all thanks to everybody who's helped us. and to see my little girl happy is all i want in life. you've wrapped it good. something that does make myah happy is football. so before she finished her packing, she got one more surprise from herfavourite player, jill scott. i've got a t—shirt with her signature on it. and myah had a special message forjill, as well. i would say thank you _ and i love you. t—shirt carefully packed, the girls headed to the airport. are you having a nice time? after some sightseeing, it was down to business — appointment after appointment to get

the fitjust right. but as ocularistjohn stolpe explained, it's worth the wait. i think it's important for society to really understand that these| aren't glass balls that we put into somebody's head. - these are custom—fit shells that fit, in many cases, - right over a live eye. and even a live disfigured eye - but visioned eye we can make look normal with the prosthesis. so by hollowing out the pupil, we can actually allow light - to shine through and allow the patient to see. - and this is the final result. a perfect fit, a perfect match and, for the first time, movement. it's been a long journey to get to this point, but, finally, myah's got her new eye and, more importantly, she's got her confidence back. alice key, bbc news.

myah and her mum laurenjoin us now. good morning. have you onlyjust got back from los angeles? ianthem good morning. have you only 'ust got back from los angeles?h good morning. have you only 'ust got back from los angeles? when did you iet back from los angeles? when did you net that? i back from los angeles? when did you get that? i got — back from los angeles? when did you get that? i got back _ back from los angeles? when did you get that? i got back yesterday. - back from los angeles? when did you get that? i got back yesterday. you i get that? i got back yesterday. you have a bit of _ get that? i got back yesterday. you have a bit of jet _ get that? i got back yesterday. you have a bit of jet lag, _ get that? i got back yesterday. you have a bit of jet lag, i _ get that? i got back yesterday. you have a bit of jet lag, i assume. - get that? i got back yesterday. you have a bit of jet lag, i assume. youj have a bit ofjet lag, i assume. you are a bit tired. you are fresh from the operation. tell me as much as you want to tell me. it is in your right eye and they have matched the exact colours. are you pleased with the colour? yes. is it still a little bit sore, swollen? yes. what does it feel like in the socket? ht yes. what does it feel like in the socket? , , , socket? it feels very comfy. it stin . s socket? it feels very comfy. it stinis a socket? it feels very comfy. it stings a tiny — socket? it feels very comfy. it stings a tiny bit, _ socket? it feels very comfy. it stings a tiny bit, that - socket? it feels very comfy. it stings a tiny bit, that is - socket? it feels very comfy. it stings a tiny bit, that is all. i socket? it feels very comfy. it i stings a tiny bit, that is all. and how loni stings a tiny bit, that is all. and how long will — stings a tiny bit, that is all. and how long will that _ stings a tiny bit, that is all. and how long will that take to go down? a couple of weeks. it has to settle in. a couple of weeks. it has to settle in with _ a couple of weeks. it has to settle in with the — a couple of weeks. it has to settle in. with the swelling going down, if

there _ in. with the swelling going down, if there is_ in. with the swelling going down, if there is any— in. with the swelling going down, if there is any infection. it has to mould — there is any infection. it has to mould to — there is any infection. it has to mould to her socket now. this there is any infection. it has to mould to her socket now. this is not the only eye — mould to her socket now. this is not the only eye you _ mould to her socket now. this is not the only eye you have. _ mould to her socket now. this is not the only eye you have. the - mould to her socket now. this is not the only eye you have. the only - the only eye you have. the only prosthetic. tell me about the other two. , ., ., , ., ., two. there is one that is a rainbow. it has a love — two. there is one that is a rainbow. it has a love in _ two. there is one that is a rainbow. it has a love in it. _ two. there is one that is a rainbow. it has a love in it. this _ two. there is one that is a rainbow. it has a love in it. this is _ two. there is one that is a rainbow. it has a love in it. this is a - it has a love in it. this is a glamorous _ it has a love in it. this is a glamorous eye _ it has a love in it. this is a glamorous eye you - it has a love in it. this is a glamorous eye you get - it has a love in it. this is a glamorous eye you get to | it has a love in it. this is a i glamorous eye you get to put it has a love in it. this is a - glamorous eye you get to put in. it has a love in it. this is a _ glamorous eye you get to put in. and it glows in the dark. have you tried it? have you been able to see it glow—in—the—dark? yes. fantastic. talk about making a virtue of something with so many issues before. ~ ., ., , ., ., before. we wanted to try to have fun with the pressure, _ before. we wanted to try to have fun with the pressure, to _ before. we wanted to try to have fun with the pressure, to lighten - before. we wanted to try to have fun with the pressure, to lighten up - with the pressure, to lighten up everything for her. can with the pressure, to lighten up everything for her.— with the pressure, to lighten up everything for her. can you explain to everyone _ everything for her. can you explain to everyone watching _ everything for her. can you explain to everyone watching what - everything for her. can you explain to everyone watching what a - to everyone watching what a difference this makes to you? to think back to before and how it has made you feel. it think back to before and how it has made you feel-—

think back to before and how it has made you feel. it has made me feel reall , made you feel. it has made me feel really. really _ made you feel. it has made me feel really. really happy- _ made you feel. it has made me feel really, really happy. it— made you feel. it has made me feel really, really happy. it has - made you feel. it has made me feel really, really happy. it has made i made you feel. it has made me feel| really, really happy. it has made me feel more confident. i feel i will not get bullied like i used to any more. �* ., y ., more. before, you were self-conscious, - more. before, you were self-conscious, thinking more. before, you were - self-conscious, thinking about it a self—conscious, thinking about it a lot. do you feel that has changed? yes. that must be good to hear. it yes. that must be good to hear. it made me cry when we went away. she called _ made me cry when we went away. she called herself beautiful for the first time. would not stop looking in mirrors, — first time. would not stop looking in mirrors, walking around. confident— in mirrors, walking around. confident in herself. the change in her is _ confident in herself. the change in her is unbelievable. we are forever grateful— her is unbelievable. we are forever grateful for — her is unbelievable. we are forever grateful for everything everybody has done — grateful for everything everybody has done and we cannot say thank you enough _ has done and we cannot say thank you enough i_ has done and we cannot say thank you enouih. ,, ., has done and we cannot say thank you enouih. ., ., enough. i saw you waving to your doctor when _ enough. i saw you waving to your doctor when you _ enough. i saw you waving to your doctor when you saw _ enough. i saw you waving to your doctor when you saw the - enough. i saw you waving to your doctor when you saw the film. i enough. i saw you waving to your. doctor when you saw the film. what was he like? _ doctor when you saw the film. what was he like? he _ doctor when you saw the film. what was he like? he was _ doctor when you saw the film. what was he like? he was lovely. - doctor when you saw the film. ii"isgit was he like? he was lovely. he doctor when you saw the film. “ii"isgit was he like? he was lovely. he was really kind. he was he like? he was lovely. he was really kind-— really kind. he was really fun. you robabl really kind. he was really fun. you probably know _ really kind. he was really fun. you probably know this _ really kind. he was really fun. you probably know this and _ really kind. he was really fun. you probably know this and can - really kind. he was really fun. you. probably know this and can explain. what was the procedure, what

happened? i what was the procedure, what happened?— what was the procedure, what hauened? ., , ,, ., happened? i am sure you know it. the first da , i happened? i am sure you know it. the first day. i got — happened? i am sure you know it. the first day, i got there _ happened? i am sure you know it. the first day, i got there and _ happened? i am sure you know it. the first day, i got there and he _ happened? i am sure you know it. the first day, i got there and he put - first day, i got there and he put some wax in my eye to make a mould. and then he... the some wax in my eye to make a mould. and then he- - -— and then he... the first day, she had a mould _ and then he... the first day, she had a mould made _ and then he... the first day, she had a mould made which - and then he... the first day, she had a mould made which fits - and then he... the first day, she had a mould made which fits in l and then he... the first day, she l had a mould made which fits in the socket— had a mould made which fits in the socket to _ had a mould made which fits in the socket to get the basic shape. and then we _ socket to get the basic shape. and then we had the acrylic made. and then we had the acrylic made. and then days — then we had the acrylic made. and then days and days of colour matching, testing, different colours _ matching, testing, different colours. and the dilating pupil is added _ colours. and the dilating pupil is added in — colours. and the dilating pupil is added in. ., ., ., , ., added in. you will have to explain. when people _ added in. you will have to explain. when people think _ added in. you will have to explain. when people think of _ added in. you will have to explain. when people think of a _ added in. you will have to explain. when people think of a prosthetic| when people think of a prosthetic eye, you think of it as the image of a glass eye which is solid. it may move but not with the muscle. myah has almost like a veneer and when you say dilating, how does it work?

in the dark, the pupils will dilate and when — in the dark, the pupils will dilate and when you come back into the iighti _ and when you come back into the iighti it _ and when you come back into the light, it shrinks. it tricks the eye into thinking it is dilated. so it iooks— into thinking it is dilated. so it looks more realistic. is there technology inside? i think it is how it has— technology inside? i think it is how it has been— technology inside? i think it is how it has been painted. it is a trick of the — it has been painted. it is a trick of the mind. we thought it would be a chip— of the mind. we thought it would be a chip but— of the mind. we thought it would be a chip but because we are in the uk, we cannot— a chip but because we are in the uk, we cannot always go out to los angeles _ we cannot always go out to los angeles and have it fixed. look up and down — angeles and have it fixed. look up and down. , , and down. yes, i see. that is _ and down. yes, i see. that is fantastic. - and down. yes, i see. that is fantastic. do l and down. yes, i see. l that is fantastic. do you and down. yes, i see. - that is fantastic. do you have to and down. yes, i see. _ that is fantastic. do you have to be careful you do not have any knocks? are they worried about anything to do with that? hat are they worried about anything to do with that?— do with that? not really. she can have a normal— do with that? not really. she can have a normal life _ do with that? not really. she can have a normal life now. - do with that? not really. she can have a normal life now. we - do with that? not really. she can have a normal life now. we have| do with that? not really. she can i have a normal life now. we have to be carefui— have a normal life now. we have to be carefui if— have a normal life now. we have to be careful if we go to the beach, if she gets _ be careful if we go to the beach, if

she gets sand. a be careful if we go to the beach, if she gets sand-— she gets sand. a little scratch. then it can _ she gets sand. a little scratch. then it can cause _ she gets sand. a little scratch. then it can cause infections. i she gets sand. a little scratch. i then it can cause infections. the tear glands _ then it can cause infections. the tear glands work _ then it can cause infections. tia: tear glands work and that then it can cause infections. t"i2 tear glands work and that keeps it moist. it tear glands work and that keeps it moist. , . ., tear glands work and that keeps it moist. , ., ._ .,, ., moist. it is a cycle. it has to get dirty before _ moist. it is a cycle. it has to get dirty before it — moist. it is a cycle. it has to get dirty before it cleans _ moist. it is a cycle. it has to get dirty before it cleans itself. - moist. it is a cycle. it has to get dirty before it cleans itself. like j dirty before it cleans itself. like the eyeball. it is crazy. up to three — the eyeball. it is crazy. up to three months to settle down fully. we are _ three months to settle down fully. we are getting there. it looks wonderful. obviously you have had a wonderful. obviously you have had a wonderful few days. you wonderful. obviously you have had a wonderfulfew days. you can now wonderful. obviously you have had a wonderful few days. you can now have a happy new year. you wonderful few days. you can now have a happy new year-— a happy new year. you can start afresh now- — a happy new year. you can start afresh now. yes. _ a happy new year. you can start afresh now. yes. have _ a happy new year. you can start afresh now. yes. have you - a happy new year. you can start afresh now. yes. have you seen | a happy new year. you can start - afresh now. yes. have you seen your friend since — afresh now. yes. have you seen your friend since you _ afresh now. yes. have you seen your friend since you have _ afresh now. yes. have you seen your friend since you have been _ afresh now. yes. have you seen your friend since you have been back, - friend since you have been back, what have they said? t friend since you have been back, what have they said?— friend since you have been back, what have they said? i think they are a bit surprised. _ what have they said? i think they are a bit surprised. they - what have they said? i think they are a bit surprised. they have i what have they said? i think they| are a bit surprised. they have not reaiiy _ are a bit surprised. they have not reaiiy seen — are a bit surprised. they have not really seen her with both eyes. it has been — really seen her with both eyes. it has been really nice. they were taken aback _ has been really nice. they were taken aback by _ has been really nice. they were taken aback by it. _ has been really nice. they were taken aback by it. thanks - has been really nice. they were taken aback by it. thanks for i taken aback by it. thanks for explaining everything. thank you for having us back. you were beautiful before but you look fantastic. i am

pleased it has gone well.— before but you look fantastic. i am pleased it has gone well. thank you to everybody _ pleased it has gone well. thank you to everybody who — pleased it has gone well. thank you to everybody who has _ pleased it has gone well. thank you to everybody who has helped - pleased it has gone well. thank you to everybody who has helped and i to everybody who has helped and thank _ to everybody who has helped and thank you — to everybody who has helped and thank you for having us. good to everybody who has helped and thank you for having us.- to everybody who has helped and thank you for having us. good to see ou. more thank you for having us. good to see you- more lovely _ thank you for having us. good to see you. more lovely news. _ carol kirkwood. she married her partner steve this week. they tied the knot in buckinghamshire on wednesday, and carol says “'it was the most perfect and romantic and intimate wedding. we are both so incredibly happy". we're sending you congratulations. a very popular picture this morning, unsurprisingly. she is the queen of breakfast and she looks stunning. she has a heart of gold and she is loved on this programme. it is the first time i saw the picture when we came on air. jan brown congratulates the newlyweds, saying they make a stunning pair. sarah mcclelland says "congratulations to the queen of the weather". louise spruce sends her best wishes

too, adding "carol is so lovely and deserves to be happy". and carolyne smith wants to thank carol for sharing her special day with us. there are so many messages coming in. lovely pictures. we will print them out and pop them on her desk when she comes back. time for the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i“m alison earle. the nhs is urging londoners to come forward to donate blood to help it through the winter months when demand exceeds supply. there are more than 4,000 appointments available in the capital over the festive period. each donation can help to save or improve up to three lives. it is really quick. the whole donation process takes 15 minutes, even though we say one hour. that takes you from the time you come in and go through the questions

and the processes that we do. the donation process takes only 15 minutes. it is painless, it is simple. we have got experienced carers and nurses to look after you. a man's been released on bail after a car crashed into a house in essex on christmas day. no—one inside the home on argent street in grays was hurt. an 18—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and on suspicion of driving without a licence or insurance. police have released an image of a man they want to speak to after an assault on the tube in east london. the victim was punched in the face on a central line train to mile end in the early hours of saturday 9th of december. officers believe the man pictured could help their investigation. a staircase in twickenham is helping to make people's dreams come true. it was bought by entrepreneur simon squibb in august for £25,000. since then, he's installed a doorbell camera and is inviting anyone with a bright idea to visit.

if you want your dreams to happen, it's actuallyjust a step by step process. so i thought a staircase was a good representation of that. we stuck a door hell on the bottom of the staircase and we said, if you've got a dream, go there and press the doorbell and pitch your dream, and we'll upload it to our four million—plus followers on our social media, and get you some attention, hopefully — and this has already happened — get you some customers, get you some investors, get you the support you need to start your business from our community. travel now and this is how the tube is looking at the moment. planned closures on the dlr, some of the overground. minor delays on the central line. now onto the weather with sophia herod. hello. it's going to be a brighter day for us today, although still breezy. we'll have some sunny spells and some scattered showers. now, those showers will push in from the south—west. they'll be intermittent during the day. we'll have some breaks in the cloud to reveal some sunny spells. still breezy, but temperatures around nine to 12 degrees celsius. so, another mild day ahead of us. but as we make our way

through friday evening, we'll see these showers pushing eastwards and it'll start to get a little bit colder through the night. temperatures falling away to around two to five degrees celsius. so a chilly start to the day on saturday, but drier and brighter for us. but during the evening, we'll see this deep area of low pressure pushing its way in and bringing with it some heavy rain and strong gale force winds once again. so, very much an unsettled picture as we have a look to the week ahead. temperatures dropping towards the end of the week as well. plenty of rain and wind in the forecast once again. there's more on our website including the businesses with the funniest names. we're back at lunchtime. enjoy your morning. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. my my question to you on a friday

between christmas and new year is, who doesn't want to see our business percent doing karaoke? everyone. —— business presenter. we all want to see that. �* ., , ., business presenter. we all want to seethat. �* ., , , ,, see that. and that is a business presenter _ see that. and that is a business presenter with _ see that. and that is a business presenter with some _ see that. and that is a business presenter with some pizzazz. i see that. and that is a business i presenter with some pizzazz. good morning, peter. presenter with some pizzazz. good morning. peter-— presenter with some pizzazz. good morning, peter. yes, i do bring some izzazz morning, peter. yes, i do bring some pizzazz with — morning, peter. yes, i do bring some pizzazz with me. _ morning, peter. yes, i do bring some pizzazz with me. it — morning, peter. yes, i do bring some pizzazz with me, it is _ morning, peter. yes, i do bring some pizzazz with me, it is not _ morning, peter. yes, i do bring some pizzazz with me, it is not mine. - pizzazz with me, it is not mine. good morning. we are chatting about new year because it is such a crucial time for the hospitality industry. they call this period of the golden quarter, in particular because january and february can be quite quiet. it is going to be quite important how businesses do because uk hospitality, the trade body, they told us that are ten venues a day closed up this year. despite that, new figures out today suggest spending in bars, pubs and clubs they'd go up this year. entertainment spending, thanks to tours by taylor swift and others

that went up by even more. the demand is clearly there. people want to have a fun night out, like in this fantastic karaoke bar. is it enough to offset the high costs businesses are having to deal with? kate from uk hospitality is with us. you heard me talking about this year. how are people feeling about next year? will things be more stable? ., , , ., ., stable? the hope is we will have a more stable _ stable? the hope is we will have a more stable year. _ stable? the hope is we will have a more stable year. this _ stable? the hope is we will have a more stable year. this has - stable? the hope is we will have a more stable year. this has been i stable? the hope is we will have a more stable year. this has been a| more stable year. this has been a difficult, challenging year. the demand has been positive. consumers have been coming out. we have not been able to cover the costs. soaring inflationary costs on energy, food and waiters. the hope is they will stabilise during 2024 and we will start to see some recovery in the hospitality sector. we have got 5% increase in sales over the christmas period. its, we have got 596 increase in sales over the christmas period. a good christmas- — over the christmas period. a good christmas. tom _ over the christmas period. a good christmas. tom is _ over the christmas period. a good christmas. tom is with _ over the christmas period. a good christmas. tom is with us - over the christmas period. a good christmas. tom is with us from i over the christmas period. a good | christmas. tom is with us from the bakery and has brought pastries, so it is officially the most favoured person in the room. the business we are at, karaoke bar, your business

is very different. how are you feeling about the year ahead? the ear feeling about the year ahead? the year before _ feeling about the year ahead? the year before has been very difficult. ithink— year before has been very difficult. i think going forward the consumer iooks— i think going forward the consumer looks pretty good. we're seeing at ieast _ looks pretty good. we're seeing at ieast four— looks pretty good. we're seeing at least four high quality premium products. — least four high quality premium products, craft products. good demand — products, craft products. good demand. ., , . products, craft products. good demand. ., , ., ., demand. people are still wanting to send. demand. people are still wanting to spend- have — demand. people are still wanting to spend- have you — demand. people are still wanting to spend. have you noticed _ demand. people are still wanting to spend. have you noticed their- spend. have you noticed their spending habits changing? people choosing to spend not as much as they would throughout the day? t hat they would throughout the day? i not seeini an they would throughout the day? i not seeing any major _ they would throughout the day? i not seeing any major change. people are still seeing any major change. people are stiii going _ seeing any major change. people are still going out to lunch and doing some _ still going out to lunch and doing some things they normally do. maybe a little _ some things they normally do. maybe a little bit _ some things they normally do. maybe a little bit less of it on the edges _ a little bit less of it on the edges. but in general, i think peopie — edges. but in general, i think people are out there to enjoy themselves. the hospitality industry is reaiiy— themselves. the hospitality industry is really time to get back on its feet and — is really time to get back on its feet and help deliver something of vaiue _ feet and help deliver something of value. we — feet and help deliver something of value. ~ . .. feet and help deliver something of value. ~ ., ,, ., value. we talked about those closures- _ value. we talked about those closures. we _ value. we talked about those closures. we are _ value. we talked about those closures. we are in _ value. we talked about those closures. we are in a - value. we talked about those closures. we are in a venue l value. we talked about those i closures. we are in a venue that value. we talked about those - closures. we are in a venue that has got a number of sites, the bakery has a number of sites. some of those

small independent venues are likely to need more support in next year? that is absolutely right. nine out of ten of those are independent businesses. once they close they close for good. it is really vital we have some support going through to make sure they can be sustained and they can weather this storm. they are also the ones with the highest level of covid related death. lowervat highest level of covid related death. lower vat would give them a boost and allow them to get the growth going through. we can accelerate our own recovery. the budiet is accelerate our own recovery. the budget is coming up on the 6th of march. vat is an inflationary tax cut. could that be a reason the government don't do it? ti cut. could that be a reason the government don't do it? it would stimulate demand _ government don't do it? it would stimulate demand and _ government don't do it? it would stimulate demand and keep - government don't do it? it would l stimulate demand and keep prices government don't do it? it would - stimulate demand and keep prices as low as possible, so it could reduce inflation. we wouldn't have to increase our prices again in april. we have to absorb... what we know from covid is, when the hospitality sector does well, the economy does well and we can go forward with

growth. taste well and we can go forward with irowth. ~ ., ., ., ., ,, ., ., growth. we have got the karaoke room on i need to — growth. we have got the karaoke room on i need to leave _ growth. we have got the karaoke room on i need to leave you. _ growth. we have got the karaoke room on i need to leave you. you _ growth. we have got the karaoke room on i need to leave you. you will - growth. we have got the karaoke room on i need to leave you. you will go - on i need to leave you. you will go to karaoke number, if you were singing? to karaoke number, if you were siniiin ? .. , , to karaoke number, if you were siniiin? .. , , �* , singing? the killers, mr brightside. i would do ielly _ singing? the killers, mr brightside. i would do jelly son _ singing? the killers, mr brightside. i would do jelly son of _ singing? the killers, mr brightside. i would do jelly son of a _ singing? the killers, mr brightside. i would do jelly son of a sinner. - i would dojelly son of a sinner. they— i would dojelly son of a sinner. they spoke. they have 11,000 songs. they spoke. they have 11,000 songs. they might have it. i don't know. we did say we can't come to a karaoke bar and not did say we can't come to a karaoke barand not sing. i did say we can't come to a karaoke bar and not sing. i thought i would have a go. i asked for some suggestions from you guys. you didn't respond. sol suggestions from you guys. you didn't respond. so i have gone with something new year related. auld lang syne. here we go. # should old acquaintance be here we go. # should old acquaintance he forgot. # should old acquaintance he forgot. # should old acquaintance be # should old acquaintance he forgot. # should old acquaintance he forgot. # should old acquaintance he forgot. # for auld lang syne.

# for auld lang syne. # for auld lang syne... # for auld lang syne..... peter, # for auld lang syne... peter, you get ten out of ten for effort. absolutely. and getting in the new year... ten out of ten for effort, absolutely. but the new year. .. ten out of ten for effort, absolutely.— the new year... ten out of ten for effort, absolutely. but please stop. lovely senior- _ effort, absolutely. but please stop. lovely senior. happy _ effort, absolutely. but please stop. lovely senior. happy new— effort, absolutely. but please stop. lovely senior. happy new year. - lovely senior. happy new year. bye-bye- _ lovely senior. happy new year. bye-bye- what _ lovely senior. happy new year. bye-bye. what is _ lovely senior. happy new year. bye-bye. what is your - lovely senior. happy new year. bye-bye. what is your face - lovely senior. happy new year. bye-bye. what is your face say| bye—bye. what is your face say there, john? you have to give these things ago and he did that. we never sound good singing outlines because at that point of the night you had a few drinks. —— auld lang syne. when does it ever sound super? you drinks. -- auld lang syne. when does it ever sound super?— it ever sound super? you didn't think he sounded _ it ever sound super? you didn't think he sounded super? - it ever sound super? you didn't think he sounded super? you i it ever sound super? you didn't i think he sounded super? you have answered your— think he sounded super? you have answered your own _ think he sounded super? you have answered your own question. - think he sounded super? you have answered your own question. did i think he sounded super? you have i answered your own question. did you watch the game last night? did you see arsenal play? did you see the big talking point of the football? i didn't. you should have done. this was it. was the ball in or out? the question is, is it over the line to the side

of the goal? exactly. there wasn't a perfect image which was able to settle it either way. that led to the goal been given to west ham. it goes against arsenal and it could have a big say in the title race this season. good morning. it's one of those moments which i'm sure the arsenal fans will be talking about at great length this morning as they lost to west ham. brighton beating tottenham in the other game. andy swiss reports. a night of utterly contrasting emotions. delight for west ham manager david moyes, but for arsenal, what disappointment. they knew a win would take them top, but it was the visitors that went ahead in controversial style. tomas soucek with the goal. but did it go out of play in the build up? well, the cameras couldn't tell, so eventually the goal stood. and after the break, the gunners“ night got even worse as konstantinos mavropanos, an arsenal old boy no less, made it 2—0. west ham could even afford to miss a late penalty conceded by their ex—captain declan rice and saved by david raya.

but it was still defeat for the gunners, and for the hammers. it was some victory. what a defensive performance we put in. and the moments when we got a chance on the counterattack or from the corner kick, we got something from it. and, you know, football — if football was only played one way and it was all about everybody scoring, then it wouldn't be as good. so we had to do a really good job defensively tonight on arsenal, which we did do. we've been really consistent again. i think we have won a lot of games. we need to win even more games, because today that for me is another one that we should not manage to lose it. but this is football. we have to improve in certain areas and we'll try to do so. it was also a tough night for arsenal's local rivals tottenham, as they lost a thriller to brighton. jack hinshelwood with the pick of their first half goals. although brighton's best was yet to come — a wonder goal from pervis estupinan, which looked better with every replay. and whenjoao pedro made it 4—0 from the penalty spot, spurs“ misery seemed complete.

finally, they stirred with two quickfire goals, including this from ben davies. but it was too little, too late — li—2 to brighton. not a bad end to their year. andy swift, bbc news. the home belonging to the manchester city footballer jack grealish has been targeted in a robbery. grealish was competing for his club against everton at the time, it's believed family members of the player were at the house when the theft took place. police confirmed they had attended a property in cheshire on wednesday evening where a number of items had been stolen. it's the latest in a series of burglaries at footballers“ homes — a property belonging to west ham player kurt zouma was targeted before christmas. and are you enoying the darts, the arrows? there have been plenty of shocks and surprises at the world championship. we've seen another — former champion gerwyn price has

been knocked out. he lost to brendan dolan, who despite looking relaxed, said he was buzzing after this win, as were his team. dolan is on course to meet luke the nuke littler in the quarter finals if the pair can get there. luke is back in action tomorrow in the fourth round. meanwhile, world number three luke humphries was dancing on the stage as he came from 3—1 down to battle past german darter ricardo pietreczko. cupping his ears, he'd been getting a fewjeers through that one. emotions running high. emotions running high as they always do at the darts. if you want excitement, energy, enthusiasm, and let's be honest, there isn't a lull in sport between christmas and new year, there is never a lull in darts. it always captures the imagination.

what did you say you need? enthusiasm? energy and excitement. matt taylor. what an introduction. give him the weather, so excited. morning! always. what an introduction. thank you. i wish i could live it up with the weather. energetic, i suppose you could call it that. if you are going out the door, let me bring you up to speed with what is going on this weekend. any pre—new year travel plans could be interrupted again by another area of low pressure. rain across the country. minorflooding. snow in parts of scotland. the risk of strong winds. all of which should not be as bad as we saw with griff. —— storm gerrit. we could see gail's top and tail of the country. rain will spread across all parts with a brief bit of snow on saturday in scotland. more details in a second.

it is the relative quiet between the two stormy areas that were seeing either side of it. we have an area of cloud and rain that will sit in place for the day. some of the far north of england, northern ireland. to the south of it, cloud, sunny spells, showers. parts of the midlands and east anglia will stay dry all day long. not a bad day in northern scotland. central scotland too. to the north we will see wintry showers. when at the moment. windy throughout orkney and shetland. —— windy at the moment. ten to ii in the south of the country. tonight, many of the showers will fade away. the cloud breaking up. remaining quite windy with rain and sleet across orkney and shetland. rain in the west later. we could see temperatures drop as low as —7 if not lower in parts of central scotland. colder to start saturday. that is quite crucial because whilst

for some in the east and south will start off dry and bright, cloud and rain in the west could briefly turn to snow on the hills of northern iran. snow before it turns back to rain on the tops of the pennines and the lake district. snow to lower levels in parts of central and northern scotland. a bout of heavy rain pushing its way into the west of england and wales. some of the south and east will stay dry throughout saturday. it will be quite breezy. winds topping 60 to 70 mph across southern counties. and towards saturn. snow will become more of a feature through saturday across parts of scotland. again, if you are planning to travel on the a9, they could be impacts on the snowfall in the second part of the saturday, saturday night in particular. heavy rain sweeping east was quite quickly on saturday evening across england and wales. windy conditions with it. windy top and tail of the country for sunday.

lighter winds in central areas. sunshine and showers. a fair bit of cloud through the day. rain in shetland. temperatures for sunday will be a little bit cooler than those on saturday. six to 10 degrees. before i go, a quick look at how things shape up in the run—up to the midnight hour at the start of 2024. not to the midnight hour at the start of 202a. not desperately cold out there but a bit of cloud, a few showers, and breezy in the south. i would have a full update when i am back with breakfast tomorrow. have a lovely new year, man. get some sleep in before you do new year's day. the lancashire accent is dying out and could be lost in the next few generations — that's according to researchers at lancaster university. it's all to do with how people say the letter r, apparently — let's hear from some famous lancastrians. ..

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do you like that? we've been speaking to impressionist and comedianjon culshaw. he's from lancashire, so who better to talk us through how the accent works. it's the curl. it goes up like that. it goes up in this direction. like wrought—iron fashion. we saw fred dibnah there — that chimney took a lot of dynamite to get it down, like, you know. there is a tune, a musicality. it goes up that way. but yorkshire goes down, it goes t“other way. have you heard of the r? yes. it is words that finish with an r like cars. . . �*

words that finish with an r like cars. ., . ~ ., ., words that finish with an r like cars. ., . " ., ., when cars. that curl. a motor car! when the r is said _ cars. that curl. a motor car! when the r is said like _ cars. that curl. a motor car! when the r is said like that _ cars. that curl. a motor car! when the r is said like that it _ cars. that curl. a motor car! when the r is said like that it almost - the r is said like that it almost could be american.— the r is said like that it almost could be american. yes, there are similarities- _ could be american. yes, there are similarities. the _ could be american. yes, there are similarities. the car, _ could be american. yes, there are similarities. the car, across - could be american. yes, there are similarities. the car, across ohio, | similarities. the car, across ohio, thatis similarities. the car, across ohio, that is right. similarities. the car, across ohio, that is right-— similarities. the car, across ohio, that is right. there are interesting similarities- _ that is right. there are interesting similarities. there are _ that is right. there are interesting similarities. there are also - that is right. there are interesting similarities. there are also parts i similarities. there are also parts of the uk, in the south—west, when the r has and certain kind of roundness to it?— the r has and certain kind of roundness to it? yes, you think southern. _ roundness to it? yes, you think southern, the _ roundness to it? yes, you think southern, the car. _ roundness to it? yes, you think southern, the car. it _ roundness to it? yes, you think southern, the car. it is - roundness to it? yes, you think southern, the car. it is a - roundness to it? yes, you think i southern, the car. it is a different kind of musicality, different kind of twang. the london accent is an action for doing a deal, getting business done, for closing the deal. john culture is so good at explaining accents and how he puts them together, and especially with them together, and especially with the hand movements when he describes the hand movements when he describes the vowels and everything. it's also very bad thing to do a accent badly, isn't it? he can nail it every time. accent badly, isn't it? he can nail it every time-— accent badly, isn't it? he can nail it every time. yeah. jacqueline has

been in touch _ it every time. yeah. jacqueline has been in touch and _ it every time. yeah. jacqueline has been in touch and she _ it every time. yeah. jacqueline has been in touch and she says, - it every time. yeah. jacqueline has been in touch and she says, my i been in touch and she says, my mother spent her life trying to lose the lancashire accent. but it could always be detected on her phone. to our lasting shame we spent the early years of our children's lives trying to persuade my mother—in—law to say book, coke and look, as in rhyming with talk. jacqueline says you rhyme it with cool. they grew up in a time when it received accent was most prized. these days people embrace action sport. even though they lancashire accent is failing. i wasn't doing an accent there. you can do one _ wasn't doing an accent there. you can do one now. _ wasn't doing an accent there. you can do one now. absolutely - wasn't doing an accent there. you can do one now. absolutely not. i can do one now. absolutely not. kevin, can do one now. absolutely not. kevin. would — can do one now. absolutely not. kevin, would you _ can do one now. absolutely not. kevin, would you like _ can do one now. absolutely not. kevin, would you like to - can do one now. absolutely not. kevin, would you like to hear i can do one now. absolutely not. i kevin, would you like to hear naga do a lancashire accent? t kevin, would you like to hear naga do a lancashire accent?— kevin, would you like to hear naga do a lancashire accent? i would love to. iwas do a lancashire accent? i would love to- i was taught _ do a lancashire accent? i would love to. i was taught how _ do a lancashire accent? i would love to. i was taught how to _ do a lancashire accent? i would love to. i was taught how to say - do a lancashire accent? i would love to. i was taught how to say the - do a lancashire accent? i would love to. i was taught how to say the word

lancashire _ to. i was taught how to say the word lancashire in — to. i was taught how to say the word lancashire in lancashire, which was to form _ lancashire in lancashire, which was to form your— lancashire in lancashire, which was to form your mouth into a letterbox shape _ to form your mouth into a letterbox shape that — to form your mouth into a letterbox shape. that is the only word i can say with— shape. that is the only word i can say with that accent.— shape. that is the only word i can say with that accent.- he i shape. that is the only word i can i say with that accent.- he has say with that accent. what? he has 'ust iiven say with that accent. what? he has just given you _ say with that accent. what? he has just given you a _ say with that accent. what? he has just given you a tip. _ say with that accent. what? he has just given you a tip. i _ say with that accent. what? he has just given you a tip. i really - just given you a tip. i really appreciate _ just given you a tip. i really appreciate the _ just given you a tip. i really appreciate the tape. - just given you a tip. i really appreciate the tape. but i just given you a tip. i really - appreciate the tape. but whatever you would both like, christmas is gone, it is passed. no gifts remaining under the tree. now we are going to be talking about the serious stuff. kevin mccloud, welcome. it is lovely seeing you. 0k, welcome. it is lovely seeing you. ok, kevin, you have had the pleasure of visiting some of the most beautiful, ambitious homes and builds, haven't you? you have major career out of it. t builds, haven't you? you have ma'or career out of it.�* career out of it. i am very lucky. i wouldn't call _ career out of it. i am very lucky. i wouldn't call it _ career out of it. i am very lucky. i wouldn't call it a _ career out of it. i am very lucky. i wouldn't call it a career— career out of it. i am very lucky. i wouldn't call it a career or - career out of it. i am very lucky. i wouldn't call it a career or a - career out of it. i am very lucky. i wouldn't call it a career or a job i wouldn't call it a career or a job because — wouldn't call it a career or a job because it _ wouldn't call it a career or a job because it doesn't seem to be sensible — because it doesn't seem to be sensible enough. do because it doesn't seem to be sensible enough.— because it doesn't seem to be sensible enough. do you know how loni ou sensible enough. do you know how long you have _ sensible enough. do you know how long you have been _ sensible enough. do you know how long you have been presenting - sensible enough. do you know how. long you have been presenting grand designs? long you have been presenting grand desiins? ,, . , ., " ' designs? since we started, in 1997, i iuess designs? since we started, in 1997, i guess that — designs? since we started, in 1997, i guess that makes _ designs? since we started, in 1997, i guess that makes it _ designs? since we started, in 1997, i guess that makes it sort _ designs? since we started, in1997, i guess that makes it sort of- designs? since we started, in 1997, i guess that makes it sort of 25, - designs? since we started, in 1997, i guess that makes it sort of 25, 26 | i guess that makes it sort of 25, 26 years _ i guess that makes it sort of 25, 26 ears. ~ , ., , ., .,

years. 25, 26 years of looking at beautiful properties. _ years. 25, 26 years of looking at beautiful properties. and - years. 25, 26 years of looking at beautiful properties. and some | years. 25, 26 years of looking at - beautiful properties. and some dodgy ones too. shall— beautiful properties. and some dodgy ones too. shall be _ beautiful properties. and some dodgy ones too. shall be look _ beautiful properties. and some dodgy ones too. shall be look at _ beautiful properties. and some dodgy ones too. shall be look at the - beautiful properties. and some dodgy ones too. shall be look at the best i ones too. shall be look at the best ones? let's _ ones too. shall be look at the best ones? let's do _ ones too. shall be look at the best ones? let's do it. _ ones too. shall be look at the best ones? let's do it. oh. _ ones too. shall be look at the best ones? let's do it. oh. it— ones too. shall be look at the best ones? let's do it. oh. it is- ones too. shall be look at the best ones? let's do it. oh. it is so - ones? let's do it. oh. it is so shar. ones? let's do it. oh. it is so sharp. it's... _ ones? let's do it. oh. it is so sharp. it's... it's— ones? let's do it. oh. it is so sharp. it's... it's great. - ones? let's do it. oh. it is so sharp. it's... it's great. who| ones? let's do it. oh. it is so - sharp. it's... it's great. who would have _ sharp. it's... it's great. who would have thought — sharp. it's... it's great. who would have thought that a gothic gatekeeper's cottage could look so crisp and _ gatekeeper's cottage could look so crisp and vital? this is amazing. this— crisp and vital? this is amazing. this is— crisp and vital? this is amazing. this is like — crisp and vital? this is amazing. this is like being in a private members _ this is like being in a private members club. i have something to say about— members club. i have something to say about that. which is that it's kind _ say about that. which is that it's kind of— say about that. which is that it's kind of super bling! it is sorta brilliant — kind of super bling! it is sorta brilliant anyway. medieval chainmail. 0h. - chainmail. oh, that is wonderful. by

chainmail. — oh, that is wonderful. by golly, greg _ oh, that is wonderful. by golly, greg and — oh, that is wonderful. by golly, greg and georgie have been busy. the unremarkable moss covered pine cladding — unremarkable moss covered pine cladding has been transformed into something fabulous. the _ something fabulous. the thing is, you are just looking at those pictures. in no way you want talking about the houses, you are talking about the people? qt are talking about the people? of course. you think, you remember the stories. _ course. you think, you remember the stories. you _ course. you think, you remember the stories, you remember the circumstances of the individual. georgie — circumstances of the individual. georgie and greg, who were really young, _ georgie and greg, who were really young, they were battling with disease — young, they were battling with disease and illness as well as building — disease and illness as well as building during a lockdown. it was quite _ building during a lockdown. it was quite an— building during a lockdown. it was quite an amazing project to film. you can't — quite an amazing project to film. you can't ever disassociate the people — you can't ever disassociate the people from the building. the}r you can't ever disassociate the people from the building. they are meant to be _ people from the building. they are meant to be lived _ people from the building. they are meant to be lived in _ people from the building. they are meant to be lived in and _ people from the building. they are meant to be lived in and people i meant to be lived in and people dictate how they want to live. we all live so differently. tia dictate how they want to live. we all live so differently.— all live so differently. no people, no buildings- _ all live so differently. no people, no buildings. it— all live so differently. no people, no buildings. it is— all live so differently. no people, no buildings. it is that _ all live so differently. no people, no buildings. it is that simple. i all live so differently. no people, i no buildings. it is that simple. you are on tour— no buildings. it is that simple. you are on tour at _ no buildings. it is that simple. you are on tour at the _ no buildings. it is that simple. “tm. are on tour at the moment. you are about to do a tour injanuary. kevin mcleod pass on truths. yes.

about to do a tour in january. kevin mcleod pass on truths.— about to do a tour in january. kevin mcleod pass on truths. yes. some of them are just — mcleod pass on truths. yes. some of them are just annoying _ mcleod pass on truths. yes. some of them are just annoying things - mcleod pass on truths. yes. some of them are just annoying things about i them are just annoying things about life. why. _ them are just annoying things about life. why, when you go into a hotel, why can _ life. why, when you go into a hotel, why can you — life. why, when you go into a hotel, why can you never figure out which is the _ why can you never figure out which is the hot — why can you never figure out which is the hot and cold tap? why, when you go— is the hot and cold tap? why, when you go to _ is the hot and cold tap? why, when you go to turn on a shower, do plumbers— you go to turn on a shower, do plumbers always put the shower controls — plumbers always put the shower controls underneath the shower head so you _ controls underneath the shower head so you scold your arm or get wet? then _ so you scold your arm or get wet? then you — so you scold your arm or get wet? then you have to wait outside the shower because you know you are going to get wet. you have to make sure you are undressed before and wait outside the shower and it could be culled. you wait for the charity heat and you are cold again. highly complex. why would you have two separate taps?— complex. why would you have two separate taps? there is a rule about mixed taps- — separate taps? there is a rule about mixed taps- for— separate taps? there is a rule about mixed taps. for people _ separate taps? there is a rule about mixed taps. for people who - separate taps? there is a rule about mixed taps. for people who are - separate taps? there is a rule about| mixed taps. for people who are blind or have _ mixed taps. for people who are blind or have poor— mixed taps. for people who are blind or have poor sight. the idea is you reach _ or have poor sight. the idea is you reach with— or have poor sight. the idea is you reach with your right arm, most people — reach with your right arm, most people are _ reach with your right arm, most people are right hazardous, and the first one _ people are right hazardous, and the first one you touch to be the cold tap. first one you touch to be the cold tap~ that — first one you touch to be the cold tap~ that is — first one you touch to be the cold tap. that is on the right. you shouldn't— tap. that is on the right. you shouldn't have to put your hand underneath the tap. can

shouldn't have to put your hand underneath the tap.— underneath the tap. can i add a little irritation _ underneath the tap. can i add a little irritation to _ underneath the tap. can i add a little irritation to the _ underneath the tap. can i add a little irritation to the list? - underneath the tap. can i add a little irritation to the list? you | little irritation to the list? you know when you have gents and ladies toilets? . know when you have gents and ladies toilets?- years _ know when you have gents and ladies toilets?- years ago _ know when you have gents and ladies toilets? yeah. years ago you would have very clearly — toilets? yeah. years ago you would have very clearly distinguishable signs for which was the man and which was the woman. now they get clever. they stick pictures. sometimes you can't tell which is which. they have gone a bit clever. yeah, clever pictograms. suddenly it is in a _ yeah, clever pictograms. suddenly it is in a foreign—language. m and f. is your— is in a foreign—language. m and f. is your tour— is in a foreign—language. m and f. isyourtoura_ is in a foreign—language. m and f. is your tour a chance to get stuff off your chest?— off your chest? yeah, a lot of it. it is an interactive _ off your chest? yeah, a lot of it. it is an interactive thing - off your chest? yeah, a lot of it. it is an interactive thing with - off your chest? yeah, a lot of it. it is an interactive thing with the audience — it is an interactive thing with the audience. i'm going to visit some favoured — audience. i'm going to visit some favoured gripes, dealing with a lot of questions people have sent me. do of questions people have sent me. dy: you -et of questions people have sent me. you get very of questions people have sent me. dir? you get very technical due of questions people have sent me. dr? you get very technical due to people say, i've got a question for you? should i be putting on this

particular kind of insulation? ti particular kind of insulation? it can do but we gloss over those questions _ can do but we gloss over those questions in pursuit of the slightly more _ questions in pursuit of the slightly more entertaining ones. but having said that, _ more entertaining ones. but having said that, i— more entertaining ones. but having said that, i have got a little section— said that, i have got a little section i_ said that, i have got a little section i was working on yesterday which _ section i was working on yesterday which is _ section i was working on yesterday which is all— section i was working on yesterday which is all about how we stay cool in summer. — which is all about how we stay cool in summer, autumn and winter, and we have forgotten how to clothe ourselves properly, and how to get ourselves properly, and how to get our buildings to work in simple ways — our buildings to work in simple ways 0n — our buildings to work in simple ways. on the internet i have gone around _ ways. on the internet i have gone around the — ways. on the internet i have gone around the world are scavenging how cultures, _ around the world are scavenging how cultures, for— around the world are scavenging how cultures, for thousands of years, have _ cultures, for thousands of years, have dealt— cultures, for thousands of years, have dealt with these problems. how the termites of australia and chile are dealing with it in terms of dealing — are dealing with it in terms of dealing with out amateurs. big temperature fluctuations between day and night _ temperature fluctuations between day and night in the desert. we can learn _ and night in the desert. we can learn so — and night in the desert. we can learn so much. and look after ourselves— learn so much. and look after ourselves so much better. do people ask ou ourselves so much better. do people ask you about— ourselves so much better. do people ask you about the _ ourselves so much better. do people ask you about the people _ ourselves so much better. do people ask you about the people you - ourselves so much better. do people ask you about the people you meet i ourselves so much better. do people| ask you about the people you meet in grand designs and say, do you ever just a full and you can't hide it? but we are all, are we not? there is a part— but we are all, are we not? there is a part of—

but we are all, are we not? there is a part of all— but we are all, are we not? there is a part ofall of— but we are all, are we not? there is a part of all of us that wants to overreach _ a part of all of us that wants to overreach and hope and desire. if we werent— overreach and hope and desire. if we weren't like — overreach and hope and desire. if we weren't like that as creatures we would _ weren't like that as creatures we would be — weren't like that as creatures we would be living in holes in the ground — would be living in holes in the ground i_ would be living in holes in the ground. i mean, we arejust driven to make— ground. i mean, we arejust driven to make and— ground. i mean, we arejust driven to make and remake our world anew and do _ to make and remake our world anew and do better. but to make and remake our world anew and do better-— and do better. but some people do it without adequate _ and do better. but some people do it without adequate thought. _ and do better. but some people do it without adequate thought. yes! - and do better. but some people do it without adequate thought. yes! that | without adequate thought. yes! that is where the jeopardy lies, isn't is where thejeopardy lies, isn't it? t is where the jeopardy lies, isn't it? , , ,, ., is where the jeopardy lies, isn't it? ,, ., , ., is where the jeopardy lies, isn't it? ,, ., y. , ., , it? i guess. so many of us do things eve da it? i guess. so many of us do things every day without _ it? i guess. so many of us do things every day without proper _ it? i guess. so many of us do things every day without proper thought. i every day without proper thought. reach _ every day without proper thought. reach for — every day without proper thought. reach for the chocolate biscuits. reaching — reach for the chocolate biscuits. reaching for a chocolate biscuit does not cost you hundreds of thousands of pounds in costly architectural mistakes. and when you have these experiences, you cannot just be the nicest guy on earth. surely you must turn around and go, really? so, what is really interesting _ turn around and go, really? so, what is really interesting is _ turn around and go, really? so, what is really interesting is when - turn around and go, really? so, what is really interesting is when you - is really interesting is when you look— is really interesting is when you look between the lines, i ask people sometimes — look between the lines, i ask people sometimes really very confrontational questions. and because — confrontational questions. and because they are on this amazing

journey— because they are on this amazing journey and are already flying, there — journey and are already flying, there have left, they are free to stop _ there have left, they are free to stop touching the ground at that point _ stop touching the ground at that point and — stop touching the ground at that point and they don't hear me. either that or— point and they don't hear me. either that or they— point and they don't hear me. either that or theyjust ignore me. i have given— that or theyjust ignore me. i have given people advice for 25 years. pretty _ given people advice for 25 years. pretty well all of that advice has fallen _ pretty well all of that advice has fallen on— pretty well all of that advice has fallen on deaf ears. fallow ground. it is because people are possessed with this _ it is because people are possessed with this amazing zeal, like they have _ with this amazing zeal, like they have taken something. and they are off. have taken something. and they are off we _ have taken something. and they are off. ~ ., ., ., , off. we have moved in relatively recently into _ off. we have moved in relatively recently into a _ off. we have moved in relatively recently into a new _ off. we have moved in relatively recently into a new studio - off. we have moved in relatively recently into a new studio area i recently into a new studio area here. have you got any thoughts about that? fight; here. have you got any thoughts about that?— about that? any little nuggets? plen of about that? any little nuggets? plenty of colour. _ about that? any little nuggets? plenty of colour. nice _ about that? any little nuggets? plenty of colour. nice view. - about that? any little nuggets? i plenty of colour. nice view. ignite collective — plenty of colour. nice view. ignite collective friendly sofa. i like that — collective friendly sofa. i like that on _ collective friendly sofa. i like that. on the ground floor, accessible, the whole thing. the green _ accessible, the whole thing. the green room is on the first floor, but that— green room is on the first floor, but that doesn't matter. that's fine _ but that doesn't matter. that's fine. , ., , , , fine. explore the building. gives ou some fine. explore the building. gives you some exercise. _ fine. explore the building. gives you some exercise. it _ fine. explore the building. gives you some exercise. it has - fine. explore the building. gives you some exercise. it has been | you some exercise. it has been lovely talking — you some exercise. it has been lovely talking to _ you some exercise. it has been lovely talking to you? - you some exercise. it has been lovely talking to you? when i you some exercise. it has been | lovely talking to you? when are these tour dates?—

these tour dates? january five, seventh and — these tour dates? january five, seventh and eighth. _ these tour dates? january five, seventh and eighth. liverpool, | seventh and eighth. liverpool, london — seventh and eighth. liverpool, london and oxford.— seventh and eighth. liverpool, london and oxford. en'oy. thank you for comini london and oxford. en'oy. thank you for coming h london and oxford. en'oy. thank you for coming on. and — london and oxford. enjoy. thank you for coming on. and for _ london and oxford. enjoy. thank you for coming on. and for your- for coming on. and for your assessment of the space. ti is for coming on. and for your assessment of the space. it is fun. i like the balloons _ assessment of the space. it is fun. i like the balloons flying _ i like the balloons flying everywhere.— i like the balloons flying eve here. , �* everywhere. yes, the balloons. i'm not sure that _ everywhere. yes, the balloons. i'm not sure that is _ everywhere. yes, the balloons. i'm not sure that is their _ everywhere. yes, the balloons. i'm not sure that is their official - not sure that is their official word. ., , , , , not sure that is their official word. ., i, ,, tickets for kevin's tour are available online now. we've been sharing some lovely news with you this morning. colleague carol kirkwood, she married her partner steve this week. they tied the knot in buckinghamshire on wednesday. carol says, “'it was the most perfect and romantic and intimate wedding, we are both so incredibly happy". many of you have been in touch to send your best wishes. fay biggs says carol is the best weather presenter and wishes the couple a long

and happy life together. carol has responded to all the well—wishers are saying, thank you so much for your lovely messages, we have the most perfect day. it was a tiny wedding bits are romantic and intimate, a day we will never forget, bursting with happiness. she will look back in the new year. that's all from us for today. we're back tomorrow from six o'clock. goodbye.

live from london. this is bbc news. ukraine says russia has launched a massive air attack overnight with explosions reported across the country. ten people are reported killed. the top election official in the us state of maine rules that donald trump cannot run for president next year in the state. israel expands its ground offensive into palestinian refugee camps in central gaza, forcing thousands to flee. hello, i'm sarah campbell.

ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, says that russia has targeted his country with more than 100 missiles in the past 2a hours. at least ten people have been killed after cities across ukraine came under attack. this was the scene this morning in the capital kyiv, where at least three powerful explosions were heard in the city centre. odesa, dnipro and kharkiv are among other cities hit. ukraine's air force says it has "never seen so many locations targeted simultaneously". the attacks come just days after ukraine struck a russian warship in the occupied crimean port of feodosia. live now to kyiv and our correspondent james waterhouse. good morning. what seems struggling this morning as the geographical spread of the attacks, can you take

us through the latest?