hello. this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and mega munchetty. borisjohnson flies to iran to try to secure the release of a jailed british mother. the foreign secretary is due to arrive there in the next few hours and will raise "grave concerns" about nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who's spent the past 18 months behind bars. good morning. it's saturday 9th december. also this morning: a brexit breakthrough by the prime minister, but a long journey lies ahead. we'll get reaction to yesterday's deal and look at what next for britain's departure from the european union. president trump declares a state of emergency in california as strong winds continue to fan the flames of a series of devastating wildfires. in sport — another off the field incident for england on their ashes tour. it's just been revealed why batsman ben duckett was been dropped from england's ashes

tour match today — it follows an incident in a perth bar. a few snow showers and the potential of some significant snow. join me later for the of some significant snow. join me laterfor the details. good morning. first, our main story. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, is due to arrive in iran shortly, where he will express what he describes as "grave concerns" over the imprisonment of the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. the aid—worker has been held prisoner in the country since april 2016, accused of trying to overthrow the iranian government — a charge she denies. mrjohnson is also expected to discuss britain's wider relations with iran. here's our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. boris johnson's first visit to iran

could hardly be more sensitive. last month he was accused of damaging the case for the release of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe by remarks he later apologised for. on his way to tehran to see iran's foreign minister, he issued a statement, saying: the foreign secretary says the foreign secretary says he will also emphasise the uk's continued support for the nuclear deal with iran, despite its repudiation by president trump. but he will also make clear uk's concerns about some of iran's activities, notably in syria and yemen. mrjohnson described the relationship with iran as "improving, but not straightforward." the foreign secretary has been careful to lower any expectations of imminent release for mrs zaghari—ratcliffe, warning that such cases are very difficult. that was our diplomatic correspondent james

robbins reporting. one of the cabinet's leading brexiteers has suggested that voters can use the next general election to have their say on a final deal with the european union and to force a future government to change course if they don't like it. the environment secretary, michael gove, made the comments in an article in the daily telegraph, just a day after theresa may's agreement in brussels cleared the way for trade talks. we can speak now to our political correspondent jonathan blake. jonathan, what more has mr gove said? what has michael gove said here on white is he talking about the next election? it's perhaps a sign of things to come for the prime minister theresa may as everyone picks through the details of the 15 pages of negotiations. he is putting his spin on it. it's significant that he is reminding people that

nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. so come the final deal, everything could unravel. also, to remind everyone that the uk are taking back control. after that two year transition, the uk will be in full control. in other words, year transition, the uk will be in full control. in otherwords, if year transition, the uk will be in full control. in other words, if you don't like it, you can change it. this is perhaps a reminder that theresa may's senior team are yet to agree on what they want the endgame to look like. there is less than a year now to agree how the transition period will work. after all the hard work to get to this point the prime minister might well be thinking, that was the easy bit. thank you. we'll talk later. officials in gaza say four people have died and 160 are injured following air strikes on hamas military positions by israel. the strikes were in retaliation

for palestinian rocket attacks on southern israel. palestinians and israeli security forces have clashed in the west bank since president trump recognised jerusalem as israel's capital on wednesday. yesterday, the us ambassador, nikki haley defended donald trump's comments and accused the un of bias against israel. the wintry weather looks to continue. more snow is expected over the weekend. freezing conditions caused significant disruption to commuters yesterday and many in the west midlands are still without power. some of these reindeer are getting their first taste of snow in dudley. and in the early hours, more snowfalls have been reported across the uk, although conditions are expect to ease for today. at manchester airport, wings have had to be de—iced. an image some are about to leave behind. shropshire is somewhere in this picture. undeterred.

on the isle of man, the weekend began early, as all schools were closed. elsewhere, there have been problems on the roads. the extremes of the weather are expected to eventually be confined to north—east scotland, but tomorrow, a spell of heavy snow is likely over the midlands and parts of wales and northern england. 20 centimetres is quite significant. we will press ahead of that, we will salt ahead of that, but past 20cm we might have to reduce the network and keep key routes open. that is much as you can do — 20cm is significant. the met office is warning that some in the countryside may be cut off — if the skies were not convincing enough. firefighters in southern california

are continuing to battle firefighters. more than 200,000 people are preparing to flee the area. president trump has declared a state of emergency as the fires continue to spread. more from the ashes and another player has been dropped after a reported incident in a bar in perth. we had the johnny ba i rstow a bar in perth. we had the johnny bairstow incident in a bar in perth. a curfew was placed on players, meaning they needed to be back at midnight. that was lifted on thursday. the players went out and deja vu, there was an incident in a bar in perth again, this time involving ben buckets, who is 23 and plays have a back—up lions squad. he

had been named in this team today to lay a cricket australia 11 where players can stake their claim for placing the squad next week. however, he has been dropped and now we know why. no police were involved, no members of the public we re involved, no members of the public were involved, but the england team's security was present. you can deduce from that what you will. we don't know the details, but we do know that trevor bayliss will be furious. after thejohnny bairstow incident he said that players needed to be smart when they were out on tour. thank you. more details later on. let's return to brexit and theresa may's meeting with eu officials in brussels yesterday dominates the front pages this morning. the mail says "rejoice, we're

with a picture of what it describes as a "historic handshake" between the prime minister and jean claude junker. the telegraph sets out the key points from yesterday's agreement. while the mirror calls the prime minister "mrs softee" claiming she "abandoned her red lines to break the deadlock." the irish times also leads with the story saying the ireland has a commitment of no hard border with the north even if the uk leaves without a deal. we'rejoined now by tim martin, who's the chairman ofjd wetherspoon and was a prominent supporter of the leave campaign. good morning. if you had a headline for your sentiments, this time yesterday morning as you heard the news, what would it have been? it would have been, my goodness me, it's going to take a few weeks or

months to interpret this ambiguous agreement which probably means they canjust get agreement which probably means they can just get on with other negotiations. i suppose it's good that you can get on with other negotiations and it's good what they have done regarding immigration and the border in ireland. for myself, for the uk we are better off without a deal at the moment as things stand because then in march 2019, we can see is to pay £200 million a week to the eu and also, we can eliminate and the green—macro eu tariffs on food that comes from outside of the eu. the effect of that, contrary to what a lot of people have said, is that food prices will fall. lower food prices and £200 million a week extra. the bbc one a story this week or last week in which it said there we re or last week in which it said there were 7000 people below the poverty level. that £200 million would give

them £300 each. you could sit here and campaign if you want, but i suppose the thing is that we are in the negotiations. we are getting there. you say you don't want to deal, but negotiations are happening. as a business owner and an employer of how many people? 37,000 people. what are your employees said they are most concerned about? our employees are like the country and the country is watching all this. they have a different approach. i think a lot of people feel it is being dragged out, it is fudged. there was a two—year transitional deal which means we would not leave until five years in effect after the referendum. i think it has been turned into a model. ——

a model. ithink it has been turned into a model. —— a model. i think that that is what the general population feels. you asked me about my view earlier and i have a particular view about it. the catering industry relies a lock on temporary workers, but also eu workers. does that apply to your pups? it does, to an extent. those people that work for you, do they feel any more secure than they did before this? the government could not say that everyone had to leave.

it's good to clarify it, but there was no situation where any single mp said, you would have to go back. how we re said, you would have to go back. how were you positioning yourself? what's the long—term view? the long—term view for our business is that it will be better off if we stop paying money to the eu and it can be used in the uk and we can eliminate the importance on food and drink. we sell a lot of australian

wine. when we leave, the import tax will be eliminated. on the issue of the trade deal, a moment ago you said, ithink the trade deal, a moment ago you said, i think you said you were in the favour of no deal, which was the best option. because of the difficulties regarding the border in ireland, details emerged yesterday is that if there is no border, there will be regulatory equivalence. that would apply across the whole of the uk which would mean in effect they are still working within european guidelines. that is officially the backstop position. so you're all opposition means in fact we will stay effectively within the single

market. what you are saying is that no deal means that there is a deal between ireland and the uk... it's not what i am saying, it is what happened yesterday.” not what i am saying, it is what happened yesterday. i don't think it isa happened yesterday. i don't think it is a sensible interpretation of events. one of the government ministers has written this morning that there was no deal until everything is agreed. you can't say there is is overriding factor for ireland. also with ireland, the primary legislation, the good friday agreement, it's not good to go on tv and say, this is what is happening with the border and it's been agreed with the border and it's been agreed with the border and it's been agreed with the prime minister of ireland and theresa may. the good friday agreement is primary and the interpretation of that requires very careful analysis. someone running a

business in the uk, in this environment is it stable enough for you to make plans for expansion? yes, it definitely is stable enough i think things have been overplayed, particularly by the cbi and the directors of big businesses. they've tried to put the final is on the public and put the frighteners on mps. most of your audience and the mps, they've been told that the prices will go up. that is not true. there was a lot of disinformation. we wa nt there was a lot of disinformation. we want a decent deal and we want to get on with the europeans. nothing against them individually, but i am worried about the disinformation which is inclined to make us do a bad deal. thank you for coming to see this morning. disinformation works both ways people will

immediately contest some of the things you are claiming as well, but thatis things you are claiming as well, but that is the point. it's called democracy. thank you. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. shropshire saw a lot of disruptive snow yesterday. a couple of inches at least. there will be trouble where you had snow yesterday, watch out for the isas well. most of the snow across scotland and ireland. most of the country though it will

be dry and find with lots of crisp winter sunshine. tonight, temperatures fall away as you can see rapidly. this band of rain pushes into the south—west and is it bumps into the cold air across the midlands and wales, it will turn to heavy snow. by sunday morning you could be looking at up to 20 centimetres —— up to ten centimetres. the met office has an amberwarning. centimetres. the met office has an amber warning. the advice is not to make any journeys unless amber warning. the advice is not to make anyjourneys unless you have too. along with that our gale force winds. southern counties will be particularly affected. the area of

low pressure particularly affected. the area of low pressure moves away particularly affected. the area of low pressure moves away and into monday we look to the south. there will be a storm over most of france. there will be strong winds across the south with good spells of sunshine. it will feel cold because of the wind. tuesday, low pressure moves away and then it is quieter for many central and southern areas with a frosty start and plenty of sunshine. it will be called for the rest of the week. thank you. it's been billed as the "live aid of homelessness" — around 9000 people are expected to sleep out in edinburgh tonight to highlight the issue of living on the streets. liam gallagher, deacon blue

and sir bob geldof are all due to take part in the event. let's find out more from the organiser of "sleep in the park", josh littlejohn, who also co—founded the homeless charity, social bite. thank you for talking to us this morning. good morning. what is behind this ideal of sleep in the park? we wanted to bring a mass movement of people here to come and sleep out and experience sleeping out ina sleep out and experience sleeping out in a cold winter ‘s night for one night. we have about 8000 people coming to the centre of edinburgh. there will be the concept and some powerful content about the cause. and about 11 o'clock, people will bed down. hopefully we will raise a lot of

money, in the region of three to £4 million. you have managed to get some really high profile people, or people with high profiles to help you out. it has been dubbed the scottish live aid. how have you managed to get them to help? we have been on the news and some hollywood people have come over. george clooney came over and have a sandwich in one of our shots. leonardo dicaprio also came over. we just started approaching people. i've met bob geldof five years ago. we approached him. we brought it up one by one and try to put together something to build the excitement of the event. because of the prospect of sleeping out in the cold,

particularly with the forecast, we are not cutting through to particular music bands, people are coming for the cause, but it adds to the excitement having them here. we are seeing pictures now of homeless people on the streets, sleeping, asking for money. social problems that lead to homelessness, what is the attitude you feel towards homelessness? if you speak to homelessness? if you speak to homeless people, we work with people every day and we have done for over five years, one of the worst that often five years, one of the worst that ofte n co m es five years, one of the worst that often comes up is that they feel invisible and i think that is the case. we kind of look through them and not at them. one of the things we learned when we started meeting homeless people and employing them and distributing free food, we started asking stories of how they

became homeless. what was eerie is that they almost all had the same story. they were dealt horrific cards when they came into the world, terrible childhoods. they were then failed by the system and became homeless in the late teenage years. it's not a product of individual decision—making, it's a product of structures in the systems we create. you have more compassion for people when they end up in that situation. it's a cruel well for them. they are shunned a marginalised by society. one of the big intentions behind this event is to make it impossible to ignore them. thank you for talking to us and good luck with sleep in the park the night. you're watching breakfast. time now for a look at the newspapers. the broadcaster ian collins is here to tell us what's caught his eye.

i was the cold for you? it is very cold. out on the canal the people are in canoes. what are you going to start us with? cash points? this is great news. if you have stored behind someone —— if you have stood behind someone —— if you have stood behind someone —— if you have stood behind someone who does not know how to use a cash machine, you'll know what i mean. four of the biggest banks are ditching 37 cash machines every week. from a safety perspective, if you come across a cash machine that is down an alley

late at night, we are all looking over our shoulder. if you are of a certain age, you will remember a time before cash machines. certain age, you will remember a time before cash machineslj certain age, you will remember a time before cash machines. i don't really. do you remember a time before money? you used to have to get money out of the bank and the cash machine changed all that. maybe it is odd to think about it if you are used to it, but it changed everything. they were invented by brits, as scottish inventor. people full that if anyone was going to invent a way to get money out of the wall, it would be an american. 1967, the first cash machine was in enfield. do you remember who the first person was to use it? was it the queen? no, it was reg varney,

soss the queen? no, it was reg varney, soss the 1970s sitcom star. i only know it because i wrote about it. he was the first man to use the cash machine. it would have been interesting if they put a cash machine on a bus. they did not think it through. now, commuters really don't understand how we are seeing higher railfares don't understand how we are seeing higher rail fares compared to the rest of europe. i have done so many interviews with various characters in this role story, from transport ministers to computer representatives —— commuter representatives, and no one can pinpoint why it is so expensive to travel in this country. if you want to talk about social mobility, it is

key to oversee getting the country moving in the right direction. trying to get a train from one part of the country to another can cost you the equivalent of a weak puzzler wages. and they are going up again the new year. they are going up again. —— a week's wages. latvian trains, 5p again. —— a week's wages. latvian trains, sp to every 50p spent here. if you look at the prophet bates, it's only a tiny bit. they have also look further, and this is what is complicated, at the single fare. often, if you buy a single fare, they have looked at the oxford single fair—haired, £24 90. the

return is only 10p more. if you look at it on return tickets, we would not be as expensive. that's true, but it's still incredibly expensive. you choose. what's your last story? texting. using the'. does anyone really use them properly? i do. i get annoyed with my phone if it gives me the option of an apostrophe in the wrong place. but are you a member of the apostrophe protection society? i might join. member of the apostrophe protection society? i mightjoin. they exist. along with the guy who used to go around correcting signs with apostrophes in the wrong place, undergraduates were being tested on

apostrophes and they got it wrong, particularly the s'. the possessive plural. that's right. 72% of undergraduates did not know what to do with it. hopeless. loving the cashpoint information we had this morning. put the apostrophe in there as well. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty.

coming up before nine, stav has the weather. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is due to arrive in iran in the next few hours, where he's expected to press for the release of the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. the aid—worker has been held prisoner in the country since april 2016. she's accused of trying to overthrow the iranian government — a charge she denies. it's expected mrjohnson will also discuss britain's wider relations with iran. one of the cabinet's leading brexiteers has suggested that voters can use the next general election to have their say on a final deal with the european union — and to force a future government to change course if they don't like it. the environment secretary, michael gove, makes his comments in the daily telegraph, a day after theresa may's the cabinet is expected to meet in the next fortnight to discuss

britain's future relationship with the eu. officials in gaza say four people have died and 160 are injured following air strikes on hamas military positions by israel in the gaza strip. the strikes were in retaliation for palestinian rocket attacks on southern israel. palestinians and israeli security forces have clashed in the west bank since president trump recognised jerusalem as israel's capital on wednesday. yesterday, the us ambassador, nikki haley, defended donald trump's comments and accused the un of bias against israel. the wintry weather looks set to continue with met office warnings in place for large parts of the uk. more snow and freezing temperatures are forecast for northern and eastern regions into tomorrow. yesterday, commuters faced problems on the roads and railways and hundreds of properties remain without power in the west midlands. we'll have a weather forecast and a

few minutes. firefighters in southern california are continuing to battle wildfires, which have destroyed hundreds of homes. more than 200,000 people have already fled the area and many more are preparing to evacuate. president trump has declared a state of emergency as the fires continue to spread. one other story we are focusing on that has happened just in the last couple of hours, we've had news of a cricket incident. ben duckett is part of the back—up squad for the lions in perth, he was dropped for the third test against australia, we found out this morning that because he has been suspended pending to an investigation into an incident in a bar in perth on thursday night. is that things any better, because in a bar in a perth was wherejonny bairstow better, because in a bar in a perth was where jonny bairstow was involved, and a curfew was imposed, that was lifted just before this latest incident. now police are now

members of the public were involved. very scant details. —— no release or public. andy in perth. what do we know? just when england thought the disciplinary problems were over, this happened. ben duckett as you say is training with england lions squad here in perth, that is effectively england's second—tier squad. he was expected to play for theirwarm up squad. he was expected to play for their warm up match against a cricket australia 11, but he was replaced at relatively short notice, we wondered why and because he faces an ecb enquiry into an incident in a bar in perth on thursday night. it is understood he was in the bar with players including members of the test squad. we don't have details of the incident itself but we understand the police weren't involved and now members of the public were involved but he has been suspended —— no members of the

police. this will raise questions about the behaviour of the players because staggeringly, this incident happened on the first night that the players were really allowed out after a midnight curfew had been lifted. that curfew was originally imposed afterjonny lifted. that curfew was originally imposed after jonny bairstow lifted. that curfew was originally imposed afterjonny bairstow was involved in an incident in perth la st involved in an incident in perth last month. there is the ongoing issue of ben stokes who is waiting to find out if he faces any charges in an incident in bristol in september. this sort of disciplinary destruction after everything that's happened with england, is the last thing they need now. later we will find that the reaction of those trevor bayliss who said after the jonny bairstow incident that he was furious that england players need to be sparta, that is why had they imposed a curfew. you imagine he will be apoplectic about this. i was

at conference and he said players would have to be stupid to do something else after what has happened so far. well something else have happened. quite how england deal with this, they originally had this midnight curfew, they lifted it for the first night after lifting it, this happen so where do they go from here? it, this happen so where do they go from here ? yet it, this happen so where do they go from here? yet more turmoil for an england team who lets not forget, our2—0 england team who lets not forget, our 2—0 down england team who lets not forget, our2—0 down in england team who lets not forget, our 2—0 down in this ashes series and going into an match that they need to windy if they want to keep their hopes alive. this is about turning round form. on the pitch, opener keatonjennings, has made a case for picking him next week, by scoring 80, and so too has tom curran , not out 73 and he's helped edge england into a good position in this two day match, batting first they are 313—8. all eyes on manchester and

merseyside tomorrow for the derbies but this lunchtime it is east versus west london. west ham versus chelsea. the hammers are in the bottom three and looking for first win under david moyes but despite their position, he thinks he is starting to make his mark on his new squad. ididn't ididn‘t want i didn't want to get too carried away but i have to say the players have got really good. they have tried to take on board everything with asked of them. they are doing the work and right from the start, i said they will have to do the work if they want to play. hopefully they are all doing that. dan's here to tell us what's on football focus this morning. there is a statistic decorated. one seventh of the world's population, an estimated 17, will be keeping an eye on the manchester derby. i'd say it's estimated. the way they do it is the premier league is beamed into

just over1 billion homes around the world. there's a potential audience of1 billion. i did some digging yesterday because i've questioned myself. the most watched television event ever, you have to get china on board, is still the opening ceremony of beijing 2008. only 5 million people watched in this country but around manhattan 84 million watched around manhattan 84 million watched around the world, and another 16 million or so is watched. is this considered as big as the opening of the beijing olympics? it is massive around the world, it gives you an indication as to why players can demand such use wages. backpedalling? let's talk about football focus. weekly watched by 19 billion people. they are beaming you

into mars! that's a guess. you mentioned the derbies, we have the manchester derby and also the merseyside derby. i have an interview with gylfi sigurdsson, everton a re interview with gylfi sigurdsson, everton are taking on a liverpool side who scored seven in midweek, the new manager sam allardyce, back—to—back wins, not conceding goals, gylfi sigurdsson says big sam has made a difference. let's have a look. after a couple of wins, it's more confidence in the team, more positivity around the players. it's an deep right track. do you think it was the moving the uncertainty around the managerial situation? it's difficult to say what exactly it is. but it does tend to happen when you get someone in and something happens, there's a little bit of a spark. for us as players, it's quite simple. we know when our next game is and we are doing our best to to prepare for it. it would best to to prepare for it. it would be an easy excuse to use that but it's nice that it is sorted now. and

we know where the club is going. we have a north london derby in the studio, jermainejenas we have a north london derby in the studio, jermaine jenas and martin keown. there's an interview with andre gray, watford go back to his old club only. —— burnley. andre gray, watford go back to his old club only. -- burnley. roy hodgson is also talking about openly and honestly with england at the last year rose. and getting palace safe in the division. they lost their first seven games of the season. their first seven games of the season. harry kewell, my club are crawley town, has not done this all—time, but he is talking to us. he's the first australian to in the premier league. we have premier league predictions. he's a big fulham fan. full of all sorts of interesting facts i imagine. does he

know he's going to win the world cup? probably, yes. i imagine he's got it down to one or two. if you say germany, spain or brazil, you're probably right. we'll talk championship. do any of you followed bristol city on twitter, i do because their celebrations when they tweet are hilarious. adrian flynn stars this thing with his jacket. he scored a last—minute winner for bristol city against sheffield united, a 2—1win. the celebration is on twitter. what does he do with his jacket? a bit like that. does he really do that? that's a bad impression. what was that bit. he flicks his jacket. have you seen it? whenever they score, they put the little goal celebrations on twitter. you will on and off camera. you need

to watch it. his face is good as well. aberdeen won against an deep, moving them into second place in the scottish premiership is a three points above rangers. glasgow are out of the european rugby champions cup. the french side opened with a brilliant try. glasgow did lead 17—5 at one point but ended up losing 29-22. at one point but ended up losing 29—22. northampton versus leicester, munster and bath are all in action. a bright outlook for ronnie ronnie o'sullivan. he will play stephen maguire in the semifinals and shaun murphy will play ryan day. whatever happens, sullivan's match, he

doesn't feel like you can lose. lizzie arnold be the first british athlete to try and retain her title. she won gold in sochi but yesterday, falling snow hampered her and she finished 13th at the latest world cup finished 13th at the latest world cu p eve nt finished 13th at the latest world cup event in germany. what can you do in cup event in germany. what can you doina cup event in germany. what can you do in a snowstorm? she greeted gillingham are going to eat early she did not say what you do with a cup of tea bustle. —— with bushell. thank you mike. truancy is a problem facing many schools but why do children choose to skip classes? according to the most recent statistics from the department for education, illness is the main reason why pupils fail to attend lessons. but with unauthorised absenses increasing across the uk, it seems sickness is not the only thing keeping pupils away. we'll discuss this in a moment,

but first let's hear from some children who have been speaking to the bbc stories team about why they skip lessons. i wouldn't go in one day because i couldn't be bothered. every week? yeah. school's dead. nothing to do, it's the same lessons every day. you'd go in and you'd feel that people are staring at you and you'd start feeling dead panicking yourself. back in the day, i used to be dead scared and stuff of people. i was getting tests for dyslexia,

that knocks your confidence. go home, play playstation, xbox and when my mum comes home, get in my school clothes and tell her i went to school. i used to watch telly all day. it's the worst thing i've ever done. what would have helped to keep school in these days? more help with my work. and help in building my confidence up. maybe put us on more trips, don't make the lesson dead, put some effort into the work. in some schools, they pay something to go into school, that would have been better. now that we've got confidence to go to colleges, we wish we could go back and start all over again. go to school, get your education. and get your head down. don't let your confidence get you down, get your head up and just go for it! work as hard as you can, make as much money as you can, get a job and you'll have a good life. we're joined now by michelle gleeson — the safeguarding lead at harrop fold school in salford — who you may know better as miss kay

in the channel 4 documentary series educating greater manchester. good morning. hearing some children's reflecting on what they are told to do and how they are supposed to think about school, and they are not enamoured. tell us about your role and how it is linked to truancy and what you are aiming to truancy and what you are aiming to achieve. we are quite unique, we have a non—teaching team called the student development team, solely for the students, the families, the community and we go out a lot, dealing with families, doing home visits, and we have a different relationship with the students, we are not teachers, it's you as a person, not the grades. we see people as individual people. you need to sell school to them? we do. how do you do that? we heard get good grades, get to school, get a job, have a decent life, there are

some people who don't want to fit into that model, how do you sell school to them? one size does not fit all. we realise that the teams we have different aspects, we have a school counsellor who deals with children with mental health issues, there is a difference between children who can't be bothered to come to school and children who physically can't because they have mental health issues, we recognise that in our students. how often are truancy issues nothing to do with the school itself? these are things that, events that are happen in a domestic environment, how often is that the reason that the children are not turning up? that's a high percentage. what happens at home definitely affects, but some children do not like school. it's not everybody but the law says you have come. if you have some kind of problem at home which is causing instability, whatever that might be, how easy is it for you to go into that environment and try and

encourage some kind of change? if you've already got a problem, with the environment, the big step is getting into the environment to help? the challenges building relationships, not only with you as a person but the parents as well. making them know we are there for them. signposting to other agencies, who can help you, do come into school? if you have to go to the bank in the morning to get money for your mum or two take your brother and sister to school, or wearing for trainers and people are telling you after you are not ready for learning. you need to be ready for learning. you need to be ready for learning as a whole person and so we do that when kids cannot learn. learning as a whole person and so we do that when kids cannot learnm is interesting you'll roll, we will show a clip. sometimes you've actually picked the kids up at their homes and driven them into school. we've got a clip here. to the end. turn left. i get mixed up to the end. turn left. i get mixed up left and right. daddy had brea kfast? up left and right. daddy had breakfast? yes.

—— have you had breakfast? share my brea kfast —— have you had breakfast? share my breakfast if you like, i will let you. it's 8am on wednesday morning. the student development officer, miss k is out in the local community. oh my god. the students are in, we have direct rinks with the community. we work with the community all the time, we are a lwa ys community all the time, we are always at people's houses. is the second time at this junction. a lot attendance you have a resource department to go out and do this? we do. there's me, a team of five cheerleaders, and attendance league, —— team leaders, and attendance link, and it has an effect on people? we are unique at where we have the

support from individual students. i couldn't comment about other schools and what they do but we are definitely unique in our team. you are not deadly but to answer that i suppose —— you are not dead be able to a nswer —— you are not dead be able to answer this i suppose but what you do about the other kids where resources a re do about the other kids where resources are available? realise it's not about process killing a realise it's not about process killing a us us in if you'rejoining us with issues, remember it's notjust about results. always feels weird talking toa results. always feels weird talking to a teacher and calling them by their first to a teacher and calling them by theirfirst name, to a teacher and calling them by their first name, still. to a teacher and calling them by theirfirst name, still. old habits. thank you very much. it's snowing

outside. this delighted me when i came out to work yesterday, big fla kes, came out to work yesterday, big flakes, we had the debate about whether it needs to be warmer, either way it is cold, that's view from salford quays. here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. there have been lots of snow showers the cheshire and merseyside but i've struggled to found weather watcher pictures. this is staffordshire, there will be more wintry showers here. parts of wales, winter wonderland scene. shropshire has seen a wonderland scene. shropshire has seen a lot of snow yesterday, really deepin seen a lot of snow yesterday, really deep in places. causing transport problems in places. the m6 motorway in particular. snow and ice is a problem in areas this morning, continuing across scotland for parts of northern ireland across wales into the cheshire gap, the odd one elsewhere but for most of you

starting off cold, dry and frosty, lots of sunshine in the central and eastern parts. light yesterday as well apart from the far north east of scotla nd well apart from the far north east of scotland where it is still quite busy. temperatures really fall away this evening and overnight. widespread fast developing, this pushes in, that initially rain bumping to cold air across the midlands, northern england will turn to heavy snow. it will likely really accumulate by the end of the night into sunday morning. it could get 10-20 into sunday morning. it could get 10—20 centimetres over higher ground. this is disruptive snow over the end of sunday night into saturday night into sunday morning. watch out for this, making journeys only if you have two, stay indoors. it will continue eastwards through the course of the day but fizzled out and turns back to rain. we will see showers, strong winds in the afternoon, there may be severe gales

in the southern counties. southern ireland will wonder what is the fuss about, cold and frosty and dry. that moves away and it's quite for a town on sunday night in demand, this area of low pressure is expected to batter parts of north and west france could influence our weather in the south, mainly south and south—eastern area seen persistent rain, cloud, fairly strong winds, and some winter re—nest. elsewhere, and some winter re—nest. elsewhere, a dry day with fairly brisk winds, bringing showers to parts of northern ireland but a cold day to come with some good spells of sunshine. that area of low pressure moves away, quiet on tuesday with spells of sunshine after a cold frosty start. it gets more unsettled in the middle to late about of the week with more showers and strengthening winds. it will remain cold. when the weather is cold, watch the flight. hot honey and lemon. protect yourself! it mainly

the dust in the studio. don't give away those secrets. that's bring you up to date with our lead story. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, has arrived in tehran. he's there to hold talks with his iranian counterpart and is expected to push for the release of the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. the aid—worker is serving a five year prison sentence in the country, accused of trying to overthrow the iranian government — a charge she denies. it's expected mrjohnson will also discuss britain's wider relations with iran. more on that storyjust more on that story just after more on that storyjust after 9am. the number of new car sales in the uk has dropped by 12 % — a fall many are blaming on the rising cost of buying new wheels on credit. more than four in every five cars bought on finance are purchased through personal contract payments. we're joined now by paul lewis from radio 4's moneybox programme — the numbers don't appear to be adding up like they used to, paul?

lots of people do these deals, buying their cars this way? they do. the problem is what you are really doing is you are financing the difference between the cost of the new car and what it is worth after three years. it's that gap you are borrowing the money to pay. two things have happened, first of all new car prices have written part because of the falling pound and second—hand prices have fallen. that is partly because of the success of these schemes, more and more second—hand cars are on the market. that gap between the new cost and the use cost is growing and that is why you have to borrow more money to fund that gap. kenny give us a sense of what the price rise is, people will face? what will be the impact on what happens at the end of you have a car? this is why i have my glasses on, i have a small print spreadsheet. an audi 83 overjust

over since march to now, that is an extra 33%, and extra thirsty by that. over a year, extra 33%, and extra thirsty by that. overa year, it's extra 33%, and extra thirsty by that. over a year, it's an extra 50%. a small mercedes, 20%. a vauxhall, 16%. peugeot, 10%. these are vauxhall, 16%. peugeot, 10%. these a re really vauxhall, 16%. peugeot, 10%. these are really big differences people have to fund. if you've already got one of these deals and got one of these cars, what you will find is you will come to renew it next year and you will find suddenly you cannot afford the same model because the price rises so much that you have to either by a less expensive vehicle orjust try have to either by a less expensive vehicle or just try and have to either by a less expensive vehicle orjust try and keep it. then you have the problem you have do pay this big so—called balloon payment at the end which may also be too expensive for you. thank you. and you can hear lots more on this on radio 4's money box programme from midday. whether it's christmas carols round the fire or welcoming in the new year with a hearty rendition of auld lang syne, the festive season is a time

when even the most reluctant performer might well give singing a whirl! give it a go. for those who still need a little more encouragement, your might be interested to hear that research suggests singing can lift the spirits and have real health benefits. all next week, we'll be investigating this in more detail and we'll bejoining dan, lou, mike and steph to perform in a concert on wednesday night. so as preparation, we've called on some famous faces for their top tips. none of us are seasoned singers. unaccustomed to public singing. singing warm-up noises. why is lou's deeper than mine? ahhh. you can't ahhh, do that? mmm, ahh. ah no, vibration when you go up. what are the dos and don'ts? well, if you are doing a little gospel music, one thing is to make sure you have, you keep a rhythm in your body.

he sings a scale. can do you do that? he sings a scale. mmmmmmmm. ahhhhhhh. and just keep the vibration going. we'll do it together. mmmmmmmmm. ahhhhhhhh. i've got the vibration. # it's that wonderful name ofjesus. # bless that wonderful name #. i mean come on, charlie, no one, you're not going to lose yourjob. no one expects you to be pavarotti up there. # here it is, merry christmas, everybody‘s having fun #. put some move into it. # look to the future now, it's only just begun. ..# i love those harmonies, well done! very kind of all those people. we

are looking forward to a performance at the bridgewater hall. as part of our series on singing, we'll be performing with the manchester inspirational voices gospel choir at the bridgewater hall. kindly inviting us to be part of the fun. we won't know the song until we arrive there on wednesday morning and the challenge is to see if we're "performance ready" injust nine hours! our series next week is all about singing, it's notjust about for those who can think, for those who never do like us to give it a try, see what happens. headlines coming up, we will see you soon. hello. this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. borisjohnson arrives to iran to try to secure the release of a jailed british mother. the foreign secretary is due to arrive there in the next few hours and will raise "grave

concerns" about nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who's spent the past 18 months behind bars. good morning. it's saturday 9th december. also this morning: a brexit breakthrough by the prime minister, but a long journey lies ahead. we'll get reaction to yesterday's deal and look at what next for britain's departure from the european union. president trump declares a state of emergency in california as strong winds continue to fan the flames of a series of devastating wildfires.