i mean, i'm soaking wet. that last fall has drenched me. but it's amazing when you merge technology and disability. it's about giving people independence and the feeling that they can try things that they perhaps thought weren't there for them. so it's fun, but now i want these feet and they're expensive. that's it for the shortcut of this special version of click for this international day of people with disabilities. the full version is iplayer and you can keep an eye on the bbc‘s disability stories throughout the year on our website. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. hello, this is breakfast,

with chris mason and katherine downes. a new drive to help children and young people with mental health problems. ministers want faster access to treatment and specialist support in schools and colleges. good morning, it's sunday the 3rd of december. also this morning: the government's entire social mobility commission resigns in protest at what it says is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. bolstering the blue belt. more stretches of the british coastline get special status to help protect vulnerable wildlife and habitats. in sport, we'll have the latest from the ashes overnight. england are into the tailenders but australia are still building a big score on day two in adelaide. and darren has the weather.

hello, good morning. a lot of this damp and drizzly weather will clear away this morning, allowing skies to brighten, a bit more sunshine around as well, but tonight could turn a bit colder. join me laterfor all the details. good morning. first, our main story. children will be able to get access to mental health support at schools or colleges in england under plans announced by the government this morning. £300 million of funding will be made available in a joint initiative between the departments of health and education. campaigners say the measures are welcome, but long overdue. edward curwen reports. i didn't have any therapy, it was just to talk about things... sienna, not her real name, has had a leading disorder and depression for the last five years, but for nearly half of that time she was waiting for the right kind of help. ijust felt i've never been properly

treated for the mental side, theyjust sort of put me in hospital and my physical side's bad and then don't treat anything else and they wonder why it keeps happening and i keep going back to hospital. she says once support was offered in a hospital, that service was still hundreds of miles away from home. just over a month ago, a review by the care quality commission found that young people were facing long waiting times and unequal access to mental health services that could be put in their lives at risk. now the government's allocated £300 million from the departments of health and education. the measures include the piloting of a four—week waiting time for young people to get treatment. for all primary and secondary schools to get mental health awareness training and newjoined up mental health support teams through schools and the nhs. the promise we want to make to parents up and down the country is that if your child has a mental health issue, we want to make sure that you get the help much much earlier

than happens at the moment and if possible we want to work within the school system to prevent that condition deteriorating. labour, though, says it questions whether the plans will enable every school in england to provide support, while the charity young minds says there's still a long way to go with chronic underfunding for so long. edward curwen, bbc news. all four board members of the government's social mobility commission have stood down in protest at what they say is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. ex—labour minister alan milburn, who chairs the commission, said he had little hope the current government could make the necessary progress, but downing street insists it is working to provide opportunities for all. here's our political correspondent, alex forsyth. when theresa may became prime minister she stood in downing street and made a promise. the government i lead will be driven not by the interests of the privileged few but by yours.

when it comes to opportunity, we won't entrench the advantages of the fortunate few. we will do everything we can to help everybody, whatever your background, to go as far as your talents will take you. but the government's senior adviser in improving social mobility has now left his job with immediate effect, saying he had little hope the government could make progress in bringing about a fairer britain. in his resignation letter, alan milburn said the government was: a sentiment he shared on bbc breakfast last week. there's a lot of talk around from government about healing division, promoting socialjustice, but right now it's heads seem to be consumed by brexit, for understandable reasons, and it doesn't seem to have the headspace to inject the necessary energy or focus into

addressing these issues. his departure, along with three senior members of his team, has been described as a loss by some campaigners. downing street said it had already told mr milburn had planned to appoint a new chair as his term of office had ended. a spokesman said the government was committed to fighting injustice and had made good progress. alex forsyth, bbc news. let's speak to our political correspondent, jonathan blake. good morning, jonathan. it never rains but it pours for the prime minister. on one hand there will be lots of people who will have barely been aware of the existence of this commission, only now learning about it as these members resigned from it. on the other hand, as we heard there, this is so central to the prime minister's mission in thejob? yes, as we heard in alex's report, social mobility was to be the main mission of the prime minister and she made that very clear whenjude

took office in that speech outside downing street but you only have to look at the things alan milburn said in his resignation letter and the interview he gave in the sunday times that in his eyes with a focus on that issue that he has had she has failed. she, key said there's beenin has failed. she, key said there's been in decision, dysfunctionality and a lack of leadership —— he has said that brexit is taking up so much energy, effort and time that it is difficult to get anything else done. we can see that evidently. the prime minister is meeting jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission,, who will want more progress and clarity keyissues will want more progress and clarity key issues of the first phase of the brexit negotiations —— the president of the european commission tomorrow,. an example of being in power but only to a certain extent being in control. we will speak to you later.

donald trump is facing accusations of obstructing justice after suggesting that he knew his former national security adviser, michael flynn, had lied to the fbi before he fired him. the president's comments in a tweet yesterday contracticed his previous account and prompted claims he knew about the deception when he asked former fbi directorjames comey to drop his investigation into mr flynn's contacts with russia. today marks the 50th anniversary of the first ever human heart transplant. the procedure, completed by surgeon christiaan barnard, raised a number of ethical questions at the time. since then, transplants have developed and today there are around 250 patients in the uk waiting for a new heart, and almost 200 receiving one each year. new measures to protect parts of britain's coastline and around 150,000 rare birds will be announced today. the uk's so—called blue belt, which protects marine areas, will be extended to several parts of the country. the hope is that it will give animal and bird life greater protection, as tom burridge reports.

parts of britain's coastline are rich. diverse habitats and important breeding grounds for a wide variety of birds. so the government wants to protect them. we know about greenbelt, now more coastline will be classified as blue belt to protect certain species. like these manx shearwaters, rescued a few years ago in pembrokeshire. these birds are also found in the irish sea off anglesea, an area which will now have the new protected status. so too will 2a miles of cornish coastline. it means that in total 650 square miles of sea and coastline around the uk will now be classified as blue belt. lundy, off the coast of devon, already a marine conservation zone. important work to protect the life

in and above our waters. tom burridge, bbc news. 2.6 million people were treated for mental health problems in england last year, one in five of them were children under the age of 18. today the government is announcing a £300 million investment which will allow youngsters to access support in schools. doctor bernadka dubiecka is the chair of the child psychiatry faculty at the royal college of psychiatrists, she joins us now. well done for getting it out!|j well done for getting it out! i just about got away with it! what do you make of this development, this announcement? the royal college of psychiatrists is very positive about the announcement, child and alan lessened mental health has been neglected for far too long so we are pleased theresa may and this government are taking this issue seriously so we welcome the

announcement but we need to see the details —— child and adolescent. announcement but we need to see the details -- child and adolescent. the striking thing is it involves two government departments, the fact that children will be able to access mental health support at school or college, as opposed to something they would need to get a gps appointment for. that's an important point. for a long time we have said child mental health is everyone's business and everyone should be involved so it's important that the department of education has joined with the department of health, it's really important to work to help children and a good place to start is in schools. one of the issues that concerns us, over the years we've seen increasing demand. in casualty we see more people turning up casualty we see more people turning up in crisis, more young people feeling desperate and suicidal and a lot of those problems could have been helped if people were treated earlier. it's important this help is offered to schools so teachers can help young people and they can access help young people and they can a ccess services help young people and they can access services quickly. that is the

other point, one of the other big problems, the waiting times, not only identifying mental health problems in young people at school but the amount of time they're having to wake to get treatment. the current average is 33 days for first assessment, 33 days for treatment, but they are going to pilot a four—week waiting—list —— having to wait —— 36 days for treatment. how practical is it, throw money at this and hope the waiting times comedown? is that possible? we don't know how much money will be thrown at that problem, we need to see the detail —— come down. there needs to be parity between mental and physical health and it's not right young people have to wait so long so we welcome that focus on reducing waiting times but practically how it will happen will be challenging. we have huge workforce issues, the number of childhood psychologists has been going down in recent years, so we

has been going down in recent years, so we need to faced those challenges. we need to see how this pilot scheme works in practice and we need to make sure it is well resourced —— to face. we need to make sure it is well resourced -- to face. this theme about parity between physical and mental health, clearly there are far more conversations that go on whether in the media or more generally about mental health than there may have been some time ago. from your professional perspective, how close are we getting to that idea of parity? it is a start. child mental health has been underfunded for many years so i think the figures are around less than i% of the budget for the nhs spent on adolescent mental health, in terms of the diseases it causes, it's about a quarter so we have a long way to go but it is an important start and i hope the government carry on building on this. thanks for coming in and thanks for your insight. thanks for having me. here's darren with a look at this

morning's weather. it's going to get a bit chilly towards the end the week? yes, it is. kula tonight and much colder by the end of the week. this is the moon setting. alan was up this is the moon setting. alan was up early, one of our weather watchers. you may be able to see the super moon writing this evening. we've got brighter weather from the north today. some sunshine and bra kes north today. some sunshine and brakes on the cloud tonight. at the moment a fair bit of cloud that's rolling across the uk. it comes around this persistent area of high pressure still out to the west. this is atlantic air and on the weak weather front we've got a bit of rain and drizzle and low cloud. that is pushing southwards across england and wales. moving across western areas. as you can and wales. moving across western areas. as you can see and wales. moving across western areas. as you can see the cloud brea ks areas. as you can see the cloud breaks from the north. sunshine on the far south—west. cornwall could

state dull and damp. most of wales getting a bit of that. a slow day in east anglia. we will properly hang onto more cloud. breaks in northern england and scotland. clouding over from the rest in northern ireland. —— west. and a few blustery showers in the northern isles of scotland. for many of us the winds are light. there's the damp and drizzly whether in the west, pushing further into scotland, wales and western england. further east across england and for south—east scotland it could be quite chilly overnight. a pinch of frost in the rural areas, but a better chance of seeing the super moon. some pockets of mist and fog to clear away on monday morning. an improving day in the south—east after a bit of cloud around. a few of these showers coming into western scotla nd of these showers coming into western scotland over the irish sea. most places have a dry day. ripening up. decent temperatures again. ——

brightening. into tuesday and we've got the wind really starting to pick up got the wind really starting to pick up and it will be a windy week ahead. on tuesday we have a mild wind which will blow in a lot of cloud and towards the north—west we've got rain beginning to gather. this rain is important and it will push across the whole of the country during wednesday and into thursday. it will be heavy rain, accompanied i gale force winds. it may lead to localised flooding. then things change massively. we have a northerly wind by the end of the week. back to square one. turning much colder and some wintry showers, not just much colder and some wintry showers, notjust in the yorkshire dales. idid like notjust in the yorkshire dales. i did like that ho ho ho at the beginning. almost santa—like. cheers. refugee families from syria that resettle in the uk shouldn't be

forced to split up and should be allowed to bring children, up to the age of 25, with them, according to the british red cross. this week, the home office announced that over the past two years around 9,000 syrians had been allowed into the uk under its vulnerable person resettlement scheme. born in syria, but this 14—year—old is growing up in glasgow. he is really good at what he does. what do you think about children's writes? in this lesson on human rights, she describes how her home was wrong. three bombs fell into my house... beside her, her brothers. my brother's place got bombed, half of it. what is it been in scotland? you are not scared of anything. you can go out. their parents are grateful

to the uk for giving their family refuge. but this family was fractured when the rules forced them to leave their eldest child behind in syria. their daughter here growing up with her sisters and brothers was barred from coming to the uk, because she was 19 and still legally an adult. her parents decided she had to get married as to have someone to protect her. now this is how they all keep in contact. translation: i couldn't come with my family. i had to get married because i had no one left at home. i had to give up university and the prospect of getting a job. this had been my dream since being a little girl. three years on, she is now a mother of two. after paying people smugglers, she embarked on a treacherous journey and finally followed her new husband to germany.

but the uk is still refusing to n. this law that stopped her coming here is a war against families. i managed to bring my entire family, except for her. she had to stay behind. this law is helping to bury her. in a statement the british red cross believes these cases should be left to the discretion of case workers. let's be clear. we are talking about children that are part of the family unit. the bulletin is now, think of your family, the children who still live at home, maybe away studying. that's what we are talking about. let's bring those families back together. families belong together. this family will always be thankful to the uk, but having in due would

horror of war they are still suffering the trauma of separation. the andrew marr show is on bbc one at 9am. what's coming up this morning? on the big political stories running today, i've got the outgoing social mobility head on why he and his collea g u es mobility head on why he and his colleagues dramatically quit the government overnight. at the irish deputy prime minister talking about the crucial border issue. i've got jacob rees—mogg, who many tories wa nt to jacob rees—mogg, who many tories want to be their new leader in due course. and i've got the education secretaryjustine greening course. and i've got the education secretary justine greening replying for the government. i know you've been doing a lot on special educational needs this we and you've got many questions you want her to be asked and i will do my very best.

thanks. look forward to it. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. it's time now for a look at the newspapers. the journalist and broadcaster angela epstein is here to tell us what's caught her eye. we'll speak to angela in a minute. first, a look at some of the front pages. starting with the observer. they are talking about the fact that... we are talking about social mobility and his quitting. we are talking about the social mobility commission, before 0rd members have resigned about the fact that they think the government isn't in a position to challenge social mobility. —— the four board members. the sunday telegraph next. tories at war over europeanjudges the sunday telegraph next. tories at war over european judges is the the sunday telegraph next. tories at war over europeanjudges is the main story. this is a row about brexit and the role of the european court

ofjustice. and also you might be able to spot one of a wobbly 793 pictures of meghan markle... roughly. give or take one or two. the daily star is probably the only paper not to have meghan markle on the front. they are talking about england fans in world cup hell. they say there will be a big problem with hooliganism and there's crime in some of the cities. big problems with crime, where the england team will be having some of their matches, especially in a city where they will play, belgium. ticket prices could be as much as £40,000 to go and support england in russia for the world cup. of course the jaw took place just the other day. not bad for england in the group stages. fingers crossed! shall we talked to angela. good morning. starting with this story on the sunday times about the sas going to ease entry test to woo women. female

applicants may be required to carry less and be given more time on your masters. you think that's fair? the actual headline made me chuckle because i love the way they say to "woo women". are not looking for a sexist argument, because i am a non— feminist rather than a feminist. equality is for everybody. at its the idea of, come with me when i woo you into carrying a heavy sack. this is something i've written about extensively, this idea of our women and men supposed to be able to do the same job? i and men supposed to be able to do the samejob? i also and men supposed to be able to do the same job? i also say the same thing, that biology doesn't make as an equal, it makes us different. the sas have very known rigourous entry requirements. you have to be able to carry the equivalent of an tree on your back of miles of the rain or whatever it is. this is a modern complaint about dragging their shopping in from the car. you are

not going to be wooed any time soon. sorry to disappoint the sas! but there are certain biological conditions. women are more prone to osteoporosis. there has been research about the legal conditions women get when subjected to heavy labour. we want any area of national life to have the best people and most suited people. if the sas can "woo women" in the intelligence corps, absolutely. what this is broad and i am concerned about that. i think the sas will be weaker without your application. thank you! glad you read the bit that it said about me. over to your neck story. we were talking about being wooed in the headline earlier. classic headline here. outraged, as gps boycott mental health checks on gun. this is about the fact that gps

historically have been told that they have to notify the authorities if someone has a gun licence and they see a change in the behaviour and mental health, because u nfortu nately history always and mental health, because unfortunately history always makes us unfortunately history always makes us very wise and we've seen situations where we've had the most disturbing and heinous outrage is outraging the full sense of the word, where people who have had mental health issues and it has resulted in some terrible, horrible crime. but the problem is that male attention and dissonance between gps being told to do this and not wanting to do it, because there is a convention —— conventionality agreement about seeing your gp, you should be able to see them anything. we should protect that the would agree. it also there's an issue about making the general public, the broader safety landscape. the bma are discouraging gps from this story from informing if you like, that's a lwa ys from informing if you like, that's always what it comes down to, patients who have got mental health issues, who are also applying for a

gun licence or have one. we were talking about women in the sas and whether it's an equal playing field for women entering the sas. here is a bit of fun story about the coal and lives. —— nicole and liz. they we re and lives. —— nicole and liz. they were ratified raise or some kind of charity dinnerfor were ratified raise or some kind of charity dinner for women's rights to education, but here they are wearing low—cut dresses and serving the main dinner. you are right and it's an opportunity to show that ridiculous picture. what caught my eye was the one below, because last night was the almost final of the x factor which has been dragged over two very long nights. nicole's act got into the final. they always have a duet with somebody well—known. apparently simon cowell said no and that's why she was upset. why have an international singing star singing

with your act. thank you. appreciated. we've got a few more of those stories to get through as well. we're here on the bbc news channel until 9am this morning. and coming up in the next hour: problem. my mum. asking what's for tea. who did you last text and what did you say? we aren'tjust being nosey. well, we kind of. —— are. today marks the 25th anniversary of the text. has it brought people together or maybe you think the opposite? get in touch and let us know. the travel show heads to devon to find out why one woman is inventing the world's first flying wheelchair. that looks pretty interesting! what was the last text you sent? it was to my wife, panicking that i haven't booked a hotel for my mum who is coming to visit and i still haven't worked out if i have or not. in his crossed! better get back on the text and work

it out. all that to come on the bbc news channel. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and katherine downes. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. children in england will be able to get support for mental health problems at school or college under plans announced by the government this morning. £300 million of funding will be made available in a joint initiative between the departments of health and education. campaigners say the measures are welcome but long overdue. all four board members of the government's social mobility commission have resigned in protest at a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. the commission's chair, the former labour cabinet minister, alan milburn, said the current focus on brexit meant ministers were unlikely to have the energy needed to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing the uk. downing street insists it is working to provide opportunities for all. donald trump is facing accusations of obstructing justice after suggesting that he knew his former national security adviser, michael flynn, had lied to the fbi

before he fired him. the president's comments in a tweet yesterday contradicted his previous account and prompted claims he knew about the deception when he asked former fbi directorjames comey to drop his investigation into mr flynn's contacts with russia. rail passengers across england are facing disruption this morning after electric wires near london euston station were damaged. network rail says there will be no services in and out of euston until at least midday while repair work is carried out, delays are likely on services between london euston, watford junction, birmingham and manchester. new measures to protect parts of britain's coastline and around 150,000 rare seabirds will be announced by the government today. the uk's blue belt, an initiative to help protect marine areas and the animals that inhabit them, will be extended to different areas of the country. the special protection area will cover a 24—mile stretch from falmouth bay to st austell bay in cornwall. there's going to be a super moon

trilogy. sounds like a box set! if you look to the sky this afternoon or overnight you could be in for a treat because the moon will appearfar bigger and brighter than usual. the full moon in december, which you may not know is traditionally called a cold moon, will be closer to earth than usual in its orbit. that means it qualifies as a super moon. it'll be brightest at midnight when it's at its highest point above the horizon. nasa has called this weekend the first in a super moon trilogy because over the next couple of months the phenomenon will happen twice more. look at that, that is so good, isn't it crazy perfect. i imagine et p°ppin9 it crazy perfect. i imagine et p°pping up it crazy perfect. i imagine et popping up there. —— isn't it? perfect. it will be a full moon for

sa nta perfect. it will be a full moon for santa to fly across it and looked like a christmas card. the crux with these astronomy based stories, and darren will fill us in in a bit, can you see it because of the great clouds of winter? the media showers, we never see them in the north—west of england! —— grey clouds. we never see them in the north—west of england! -- grey clouds. holly is here with the sport. is it going any better? i have been keeping an eye on itand better? i have been keeping an eye on it and australia are going better and better. the wheels may have come off, at least one wheel, will try and stay positive. —— we'll try. off, at least one wheel, will try and stay positive. -- we'll try. we are a robben reliant now!l and stay positive. -- we'll try. we are a robben reliant now! a few days ago we thought england needed to win in adelaide but now we would take a draw. such a positive start, though! england's stuart broad took a wicket in the first over of the day in adelaide but australia are building a strong position in the second test.

broad trapped peter handscomb leg before wicket to reduce the aussies to 209—5. but they recovered. tim paine made 57 before craig overton had him caught by moeen ali. and then not long after the first interval, broad struck again, mitchell starc caught by james anderson. shaun marsh has also passed 50. australia are 380—7. -- 386-7. ben stokes is back in action, don't get too excited, though, he's not in adelaide but in new zealand where his much—anticipated return to cricket with the bat was disappointingly brief for canterbury. he was dismissed forjust two runs, with his team stranded on 8—3. the all—rounder, who's suspended pending a police investigation for an alleged assault, didn't take any wickets either. some people had been complaining about the weather in adelaide, but at least they didn't have this to contend with. this is the third test between sri lanka and india in dehli where a thick smog has

descended over the ground. the umpires, batsman and fielders in deep discussion pressumably over whether or not they can continue in those conditions. manchester united and arsenal fans may have onlyjust caught their breath after yesterday's spectacular match at the emirates. that 3—1 win for united ending arsenal's long winning run at home and moves them within just five points of manchester city, who have a tricky match at home to west ham this afternoon. meanwhile, there were victories for chelsea and liverpool, and a couple of new managers on show at west brom and everton, as tim hague reports. arsenal versus manchester united has been one of the premier league's premier fixtures over recent years and this match showed why. sensational from start to finish, two early united goals including this one from jesse lingard, then numerous arsenal chances and saves by david de gea. commentator: brilliant save, fantastic! unbelievable, david de gea. while alexandre lacazette did beat the spaniard just after half—time,

united broke away and sealed an impressive victory in a match with 41 shots on goal. amazing character by the players, amazing attitude from every one of them. they showed also amazing character in the difficult moments of the game and the game gave us difficult moments, arsenal gave us difficult moments. there was also one self—inflicted difficult moment for mourinho's men, the late sending—off of paul pogba. commentator: he's trodden right on the back of his knee, pogba, and paul pogba will miss the manchester derby next weekend. with city not playing until today it was a chance for the likes of chelsea and liverpool to close the gap a little. eden hazard getting two for the blues in their win over newcastle. commentator: no lack of confidence there, two for him and three for chelsea. liverpool in free—scoring form, they hit five at brighton and back in the top four. a long way ahead of their local rivals everton. they have a new manager in charge. sam allardyce!

and they're starting to find their feet this season. victory over huddersfield getting sam allardyce off to a solid start. and there was another new man in charge yesterday, alan pardew back in the dugout at west brom and facing old side crystal palace in his first match. no goals but two struggling sides in need of a few more points. tim hague, bbc news. no major shocks in the fa cup second round yesterday. the best performance came from famous giant—killers hereford. they took the lead at fleetwood through calvin dinsley but were held to a 1—1 draw. look out for them to see if they get any of the premier league giants in the third round draw on monday night. in the scottish premiership, celtic have extended their unbeaten domestic run to 67 games. they thumped motherwell 5—1 thanks to a stunning hattrick by odsonne edwar. meanwhile, hamilton salvaged a point against hearts at tynecastle. hearts playing for over an hour with ten men in the match, managing to score after the break through jamie walker, but hamilton cancelled that out in the 69th minute to keep it level. a frustrating game, though,

with the two sides having to be separated by the end of the match. to rugby union and wales finished their autumn series on a high, but onlyjust! they raced into an 18—point lead after half an hour in cardiff and with two tries from new zealand born hadleigh parkes on his debut. the springboks rallied to take a second half lead but leigh halfpenny won it with a penalty. 24—22 to wales and head coach warren gatland was happy with his side's progress during the series. we've played australia, south africa and new zealand so we're pretty happy with the way that we've done it and we've scored three tries today, two against the all blacks. i can't remember how many against australia. but, you know, i think that's a positive way to go. elsewhere in australia, the future of england head coach

wayne bennett could be in doubt following yesterday's agonising 6—0 defeat to the aussies in the rugby league world cup final. the hosts scored the only try of the game in the first half through boyd cordner, and despite a valiant effort, england couldn't find a reply. england players clearly devastated by the result as australia were crowned champions for the 11th time. in his post match press conference bennett refused to talk about his future. it will be an all—british final at the wheelchair tennis masters later after gordon reid and alfie hewett won their semi—finals yesterday. both won in straight sets and whoever comes out on top today will be the first british winner of this event. and tiger woods long—awaited return to competitive golf hasn't had the best start, fading from contention in at the hero world challenge in the bahamas. the former world number one started his third round seven under par but five bogey‘s yesterday meant he dropped three shots overall to move back to four under. charley hoffman of the united states is the club house leader on 14 under, with england's justin

rose in second place. it is nice to have him back, isn't it? i think your mission for the remainder of the programme, we've got to find a story where australia lose. i think that, got to find a story where australia lose. ithink that, iwill give got to find a story where australia lose. i think that, i will give you that, or if england win. the bad news is australia two off 400 runs in theirfirst news is australia two off 400 runs in their first innings. that has declaration written all over it, hasn't it? you're making it worse! let's move on from being beaten by australia. should we use the word whitewash? dimension white was, it is too soon! the word that cannot be uttered and i havejust is too soon! the word that cannot be uttered and i have just mentioned is too soon! the word that cannot be uttered and i havejust mentioned it —— don't mention whitewash. it was only two words long but it heralded the dawn of a new era in commununication. 25 years ago today the very first text was sent. it said "merry christmas". it was an early merry christmas! as

if there aren't enough reminders at this time for those who have started christmas shopping that some people are more organised. so was the engineer at the time! billions of messages are sent every day and a recent survey found that more than a third of young people prefer texting to speaking on the phone. we've been finding out why we're buzzing about sms. ijust don't like the phone, simple as, i hate it, iwould rather text, because then you don't have to find out how people are feeling, whether you stop them doing an importantjob and they're going to be cross. so yes, that's what i do. i text my friends to make arrangements. ican friends to make arrangements. i can refer back to it to check i've got the right time and place and things like that so it's a memory jogger. once a day to you, that's it, once a day and that's it. and na

predictive text, it drives me mad. it, once a day and that's it. and na predictive text, it drives me madlj probably prefer to text rather than call. saves annoying people. i prefer call. saves annoying people. i p refer to call. saves annoying people. i prefer to text and i probably text more than ten times a day, definitely. what was the last text you sent, who was it to and what was it about? probably my mum asking what sporty. —— what sporty. we can't even wait to get home to find out what is 40. that's the real value of a text, finding out what is 40 —— fortea. martin bryant is a technology analyst. hejoins us now. we rely so much on text messaging but it wasn't an instant hit from the start, what kind of issues held it back when it was launched 25 yea rs it back when it was launched 25 years ago? for a start it wasn't in phones, it was tested as an interesting new technology innovation. it was probably about seven innovation. it was probably about seve n yea rs innovation. it was probably about seven years before it was in phones that everyone was using and everyone

had phones, that's the other thing, mobile phones weren't much they think 25 years ago for most people and it took until the late—night keys until we had phones and we all had phones with sms in them. then it skyrocketed overnight. i remember one day i wasn't texting and then the next day i was texting everyone. in terms of the history, there was that window when we were using smaller phones without a proper keyboard, and it was the outbreak of text speak and trying to work out how you're going to find some shortened version of the word you really wa nted shortened version of the word you really wanted to say. flicking through four letters to get 2gb. we've got our own version of that with auto correct and all the errors that come with that —— to get to g. you still get the misunderstandings and the misunderstandings. less of the brb and bbrz. what was brb? be

right back. i am never knowingly on the cusp of technology or the exact form of words to be used. stepping back from the specifics of the little words, i wonder how it has left communication? we can have the insta nt left communication? we can have the instant chat about what is more tea with your mum, all whatever, but not the same kind of in—depth chaps people used to have when families thought i've got to ring my grandma ona thought i've got to ring my grandma on a sunday evening when you would have a proper download about the week's events —— or whatever —— chats. my parents would call on a sunday and my brother and sister would queue up to speak to them and we would tell them about our week, that was a ritual for lots of people. i speak to my dad now with

occasional texts, we share a location on google maps, which might be creepy but i've got past the point where i've got an embarrassing relationship with my dad, it's just interesting. we read each other‘s tweets so we have a drip drip relationship. has that made you closer? it's a different kind of relationship because you don't go in depth as much but we can do if we wa nt depth as much but we can do if we want to, that's maybe a few times a year because we live in different cities. having this kind of drip drip is nice, it's reassuring, you know someone is always there. maybe i shouldn't have mentioned this but sometimes does it put us off with meeting people face to face? particularly now you can have so many interactive exchanges, especially with so many web apps, where it doesn't cost you money to send a text, the trivial day to day details you miss out on, does that

make you think you don't need them? i sent a text last week so i don't need to catch up! we have a generation now that doesn't like phone calls but actually doesn't like people coming to the door unannounced. i like people coming to the door unannounced. i can like people coming to the door unannounced. i can remember the days when everyone knew everyone on my street growing up in bradford and now going back to that street, most people don't know everyone. there's a generation now of younger people who wouldn't answer the door if it was unexpected. they will text first. some people will probably be watching this and they will sigh at that and say, this generation, but it's a different way of living and it's a different way of living and it is faster and a bit more constant and a bit more on but maybe doesn't always go as deep. what irritates me is when people say, iam what irritates me is when people say, i am outside the pub. yes, come inside! i'm here. come and find me. thank you so much for bringing us up

to date on that. we talked about so much. gifts and emojis. we will talk more about text in later, at about 8:50am. let's get an update on the weekend's weather. is your phone full of meteorological emojis? there aren't enough of them! there should be more. we need a moon one today. this was the moon setting earlier this morning. when it rises again it will be bigger, because it is closer. this is a super moon and some of us will be able to see it. today, it is an improving sort of day. we have rain and drizzle pushing away, cloud breaking from the north and probably more sunshine coming in as well. at the moment there's a fair bit of cloud spilling down across the uk. thick enough to bring us rain and drizzle, especially on that weak weather front, which is continuing to push

the damp andjury front, which is continuing to push the damp and jury whether southwards across southern england and across wales. behind it you can see how the cloud breaks up slowly and surely that we get some more sunshine. western areas staying dull and damp. cornwall and perhaps into devon. some of the low cloud around the western fringes of wales. otherwise the cloud breaks up. a struggle in the cloud breaks up. a struggle in the south—east and east anglia, perhaps the east midlands. not as cold as it was yesterday. by contrast, further north, although we've got the sunshine in northern england and scotland, temperatures lower than yesterday. damp weather and low cloud coming back in across northern ireland and blustery showers in the northern isles of scotland. looking at the damp weather in northern ireland. low cloud will push into scotland overnight. damp and drizzly weather across wales and western parts of england. further east we will have clearer skies. a better chance to see the super moon and also some frost here and there. east and fog

patches around as well. those will tend to lift in the morning on monday. skies will brighten for many of us. atlantic winds blowing in a few showers. many places will have a dry day. because of the atlantic winds it is mild, with temperatures of 7-10 winds it is mild, with temperatures of 7—10 degrees. staying quiet on tuesday. the wind starting to pick up, especially in the north—west of the uk. a lot of weather for england and wales. rain coming into the north—west of scotland. this rain will be turning heavier as we head into wednesday. it may lead to flooding as well. then the band of heavy rain moves its way down on the england and wales and then after that the wind direction changes and we get some arctic air heading our way by the end of the week. it will feel much colder and there will be some snow around as well. i think we need the snow emoji as well. thank

you. time now for the travel show. this week, ade adepitan heads to america to mark international disability day. this week, we meet some people taking on their own special travel challenges. man, you look hench, man! you've been working out! yeah! i'm in the usa to catch up with competitors taking part taking —— in a unique international championship. and we find out how this woman plans to take her wheelchair into the skies. we start in washington, dc. this place claims to be one of the most accessible cities in the world, which makes it a great place to start our special programme marking international disability day. how you doing, brother? it's an annual drive to raise

awareness about the issues faced by disabled people across the globe. i have never let using a wheelchair hold me back in my sporting career or my tv career, but there's no doubt travelling can be daunting, even the great lincoln memorial has its issues — the lifts been vandalised. you can go on a virtual tour. not quite sure what the great abraham lincoln would have made of it, though. this week, we'll meet travellers who refuse to be restricted by their physical disabilities. first, i'm heading half an hour north to the university of maryland where a yearly sports event has drawn disabled competitors and spectators from all over the world. the working wounded games has adapted athletes compete across a range of bodybuilding and weightlifting challenges. wesley hamilton has been working out

for just over two years. this is his first time competing at the games. i travel pretty far. i stay in kansas city, missouri, the inner west, about a three—hour flight. wesley ended up in a wheelchair after a life changing incident. january, 2012, i was shot multiple times, which caused me to have a spinal—cord injury. it was traumatic because it was actually a stranger who shot me. i was walking back to my car. it put me in a place of depression and at that time i was 230lb, so i went through a lot. tell me how you found out about this. um...social media, man. i was just going on youtube one day and i saw the working wounded games video from maybe 2015 and i was emotional because being in a wheelchair and working out, i thought i was the only one and it gave me a community.

best of luck. you ready? i'm ready. man, you look hench, man, you've been working out! eye of the tiger, man! most parasports categorise by ability, but the working wounded games are different. by modifying the rules for each individual athlete, they encourage people with a range of capabilities to compete together. it's called the working wounded games. so who is allowed to compete in these games? anybody that has some kind of prominent adaptive need that affects them physically. so you're really inclusive and open to everybody? yes, we actually really get excited when we have first time athletes, first—time competitors. this is the calm before the storm. everyone's all chilled out,

but then the madness begins when they start competing. come on! come on, you're a beast, come on! up, up, up, up! did you do some extra reps there? i did do extra reps. are you just trying to show off? i'm always trying to show off. he's saying it's too easy now. this is the first year the games have introduced a separate bracket for their elite spartan athletes, and one 18—year—old competitor is gathering a lot of attention. so, tell me what you were trying to do? and it's mainly because of your right hand?

nora has travelled here from norway. it's her first time in the united states and just getting here has proved a challenge. it was really hard to stamp my fingerprints when coming to the us. you don't think about that. they're pretty stringent and strict, aren't they? "four fingers, two thumbs." so what did you do? i had to turn all around and i stood there for 15 minutes because they couldn't scan them. nora has never been able to complete a pull up. unless she can now figure out a way, she'll finish last in this round. this is going to be a real challenge for her physically and mentally. so there's another lady next to nora. she's got an arm impairment and she can do the one arm pullups,

and she has been mentoring nora and giving her advice. that's what i love about this place, it's a real community atmosphere. go, go, go, go, go! yeah! two in a row! how many has she done? so ten. for the first time in her life, she manages notjust one pull up but 22. there's no letup, though, it's then onto the rest of the workout. relentless, relentless, never—ending. go, nora, go, nora! yeah! cheering you're crying, you had tears,

your coach was hugging you. tell me about the emotion, why were you so emotional? it's just... it's ok, take your time. was that the first time you've been able to do pullups? it's norwegian power. most definitely. cheered on by a crowd of international spectators, the competitors push the limits of their capabilities. it weighs a ton! this event is about more than just

physical exercise and pumping iron, it's empowering people with impairments and it's also showing that you don't have to be an elite paralympian to compete and do great things in sport, these people now have a community, a sense of belonging and for some of them, it's become a life changing event. next up, you might remember this beautiful piece of performance art commissioned as part of london's cultural olympiad back in 2012. now the artist, sue austin,

is setting her sights on what could be another world first. we travelled to her home in devon in the uk to meet her. the artwork is all about communicating the fact that a wheelchair is my freedom. access is at the heart, that's the reason for making the artwork, so following on from the underwater wheelchair, the natural extension was to think how i could create even more unexpected imagery. it's still a little bit under wraps in terms of the actual physicality of it, i am actually going on a journey to find out if i can fly. the flight training in france was the hardest thing i have ever chosen to do. my instructor from day three was thinking that i would not be able to manage. i knew i had motor co—ordination issues, but i haven't realised that those neurological issues affected my hands and my perception as well. i think my hands are straight but they are actually like this, and that's

really critical. there's ways around it, you just learn and train your brain, now i can't imagine how i didn't know that. you know, we find barriers, whether they're physical ones within me, or attitudes about the right way to fly, and then we find ways to negotiate around them, and i really think that is hopefully a parallel with travel and accessibility as well. that organisations need to think outside the box and they can open up their venues and their environments. i really hope that i will be flying a wheelchair by next summer if not before. hello, this is breakfast, with chris mason and katherine downes. a new drive to help

children and young people with mental health problems. ministers want faster access to treatment and specialist support in schools and colleges. good morning, it's sunday 3rd december. also this morning: the government's entire social mobility commission resigns in protest at what it says is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. bolstering the "blue belt" — more stretches of the british coastline get special status to help protect vulnerable wildlife and habitats.