hello, this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. big changes could be on the way to organ donor rules. in future, people may have to opt out of the transplant register in england. health chiefs say it will help save lives. good morning. it's tuesday, december 12. also this morning: four people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children died in a house fire in salford. it's offically been the coldest night of the year. temperatures plummeted to —13 in shropshire. and that leads us into a cold day, but mostly dry one, with some sunshine for much of the uk, when we

lose the freezing fog patches this morning, but later wet and windy conditions return from the west. good morning. there's a growing shortage of lorry drivers on our roads — particularly at this time of year. i'm looking at how online shopping is affecting the jobs market. in sport, the fallout from the manchester derby goes on. the fa have asked united and city for observations after their post—match bust—up, which left city coach mikel arteta injured when he was hit by a plastic bottle. good morning. first, our main story. just gone 6am. a radical change to the rules around organ donation in england is being unveiled today, as ministers launch a consultation on moving to a system of presumed consent. the reform would mean opting out of being a donor, rather than the current scheme of opting in. wales has already taken that approach, and the scottish government is planning to introduce a similar scheme. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. offering a stranger the gift of life is what lies at the heart of organ donation. these are the names of

those who have helped some of the six and a half thousand people who need transplant each year but around 450 need transplant each year but around a50 will die before a donor can be found. the family of adrian williams we re found. the family of adrian williams were happy to support his decision to donate. when you lose someone and they have given that gift, that huge gift, you are immensely proud of them and it fills you with comfort that other families are enjoying the lives of their loved ones where they may not have done because of something that our ade has done for them. the last decade has seen a surge in donors across the uk. in 2007 there were around 790 deceased donors, rising to iaoo. the number of registered donors has gone up from ia million to more than 23 million. ministers are concerned that four out of ten families say no to donation. so they are proposing a system it is assumed we are all

willing to be donors. the issue of presumed consent is one thing we are looking at. what we need is much better communication with families so better communication with families so people know what family members want. there are some concerns moving toa want. there are some concerns moving to a system where there is an assumption we are willing to donate could be counter—productive, i'm doing the good work of recent years by raising fears over the government having a claim on our organs —— undoing. four people are being questioned on suspicion of murder, after three children died in a house fire in salford early yesterday. their mother and another three—year—old child remain in a critical condition. our correspondent dave guest is live at the scene. good morning, dave. what more can you tell us? good morning. yes, well, just over 2a hours ago fire ci’ews came well, just over 2a hours ago fire crews came to the street in greater manchester to find a terrace house ablaze. and mother and four children we re ablaze. and mother and four children were trapped inside. they were

rescued. sadly, a ia—year—old girl known locally as demmi, a girl of seven and a boy of eight found in hospital. their mother michelle is fighting for her life in hospital, as isa fighting for her life in hospital, as is a three—year—old girl. what appeared to be a tragedy at first became something more sinister, when the police announced they had launched a murder investigation. as you say, overnight four people have been arrested on suspicion of murder and if it has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. —— and a fifth person has been arrested. the community came to the local church to light candles and say prayers in memory of those died and to pray for those fighting for their lives. thank you for that this morning. icy conditions are expected to cause further disruption to road and rail travel in parts of the uk, following another night of sub—zero temperatures. the met office has extended yellow warnings for snow and ice until later this morning and the aa has warned driving could be hazardous.

hundreds of schools will stay closed for a second successive day. and carol will have a fall round up of the weather in a few minutes' time. and throughout the morning we will have a good look at that. and throughout the morning we will have a good look at thatlj and throughout the morning we will have a good look at that. i want to know what the temperatures are. i was disappointed with minus five. i was disappointed with minus five. i was hoping for minus 12. you want to double figures. just interesting. carol will have the details for you later. take care. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, has described a bomb explosion next to the city's busiest bus station as an isolated attempted terrorist attack. the suspect, who was injured in the blast, is a 27—year—old bangladeshi who moved to the united states six years ago. president trump said it showed the need for congress to toughen immigration policy. this attack underscores the need for congress to work with the president on immigration reforms that in hants

oui’ on immigration reforms that in hants our national security and public safety. we must protect our borders and ensure individuals entering our country a not coming to do harm to oui’ country a not coming to do harm to our people and we must move to a merit—based system of immigration. an influential american think tank is warning that the british economy is likely to be weakened by brexit, even if the uk agrees a new trade deal with the eu. a report from the rand corporation, which is part—funded by the us government, says almost all trading relationships after march 2019 will be worse than britain's current membership of the eu. offering new mothers cash incentives could significantly increase breast—feeding rates according to a new study. more than 10,000 new mums were offered shopping vouchers worth up to £120 if babies received breast milk at two days, ten days and six weeks old. a further £80 of vouchers was available if they continued to receive breast milk up to six months. adina campbell reports. breast—feeding the newest member of the sutcliffe family is a lot easier a second time around but, after fiona's first daughter was born, she was spurred on by shopping vouchers during the toughest moments.

it is really encouraged me to keep going, especially when the night was quite difficult and i thought about giving up breast—feeding and that was another incentive to keep going, and especially given it's so easy to sort of claim the vouchers. fiona was one of more than 10,000 mums who took part in a study over 18 months. they were offered up to £200 in shopping vouchers at five different stages of breast—feeding. £a0 at two days old and the same amount at ten days, six weeks, three months and six months. before getting the vouchers, claimed forms were signed off by midwives or health visitors during visits. overall, the breast—feeding rates went up by 6%, which researchers believe is a big difference. we do know that biologically and physiologically, we are designed to breast—feed. we know that 99% of women, given the right support, can breastfeed. there are plenty of

benefits to breast—feeding but these mums in sheffield have mixed views about being paid to do it. i don't think, you know, it should really be monetary. and i think some people might get persuaded just because of the money. if you can't do it, it's fine, too. but, yeah, having an incentive wiill definitely help and just get the message out there. the uk has some of the lowest breast—feeding rates in the world. researchers say vouchers are a small price to pay with long—term benefits to babies and the nhs. adina campbell, bbc news. more on that a little later. now, you might remember yesterday you were sending in your fabulous snow pictures, but i'm afraid you've all been outdone, because just look at this. you were dismissing it. people have been sending pictures of it.

why build a snowman when an igloo is so much better? it took benjamin crutch from redditch eight hours to make the igloo, using 500 snow bricks. he built it in his girlfriend's garden and it looks like everybody enjoyed it — even the dog. that is epic. should it ever happen again, but it probably won't that i would have enough snow in my garden, i will genuinely try. go home, get out the plastic bag. the snow changed text yesterday. don't come with your excuses. on the first day, it was easy to pack, but yesterday it was easy to pack, but yesterday it was easy to pack, but yesterday it was sandy. i have a story today... i am infuriated. do it was sandy. i have a story today... iam infuriated. do you know that the man flu exists. laughter. it does, there is proper scientific research. i will talk about it later on. honestly. listen,

the headline, this doctor concluded the headline, this doctor concluded the idea of men exaggerating the symptoms of the flu was potentially unjust... potentially! and man flu was a fact. potentially. this is a huge development in medical science. we will speak with a professor of serology later. excellent. good morning. changing the subject. united and city are blaming eachother and the fa have asked both clubs for their observations about the tunnel row, which left mikel arteta injured, when he was hit by a plastic bottle. look at that. milk and water were thrown at united managerjose mourinho, after city's win at old trafford. both manchester clubs and liverpool got favourable ties in yesterday's champions league draw. but chelsea will face five—time winners barcelona, and tottenham take onjuventus. saracens are caught cold in the champions cup. they were heavily beaten by clermont auvergne in a match rearranged because of snow. it was sarries first european defeat for two and a half years.

and jonny bairstow tells us that despite all of england's on and off the field problems during the ashes tour so far, they can still get things right. did you like the way i completely distracted from that nonsense that we we re distracted from that nonsense that we were talking about earlier? distracted from that nonsense that we were talking about earlier7m was a few months ago i had about a man flu, was a few months ago i had about a manflu, i was a few months ago i had about a man flu, i did was a few months ago i had about a manflu, i did manage to was a few months ago i had about a man flu, i did manage to come through it. you were making a fuss. ididn't through it. you were making a fuss. i didn't even talk about it. you did! uk me to work with man flu. some people just have to soldier on, do you know what i mean, dig deep?” wouldn't know! at what point shall i talk about the man flu?” wouldn't know! at what point shall i talk about the man flu? i get the feeling that you are going to talk about it all day. let's do the front pages. horrible news about... lots of the papers have keith chegwin, who dies at the age of 60. we will

reflect on this later on. so many beautiful tributes to what a nice man he was. and so many generations people used to wake up with him in the morning. and recently, if you followed him on twitter, at this time of day he was sent out a joke. you used to laugh at his jokes in the morning. i laughed at them every day. and brexit is good news for us all, bullish may says we will benefit from the deal with brussels. this is interesting in the guardian, talking about grenfell and the families called to be heard, we know there is a public enquiry of course starting, and a really interesting story, can you see this object, it has come from interstellar space, apparently, and astronomers will use one of the largest telescopes to check and mysterious object which is speeding through the solar system, looking for signs of alien technology, they will listen to it today and they think it is an extraordinary object and they really don't know much about it so they

will try to find out what it is. ok. we are talking about the mayor of new york bill de blasio and this is what was happening, the bomb injured under the underpass after detonating a home—made pipe—bomb and the main story is passengers denied cheap christmas rail tickets.” story is passengers denied cheap christmas rail tickets. i am sure that steph will talk about it. theresa may talking about web giants, social media giants facing fines or prosecution for failing to remove racist, extremist or child sex abuse content, and dame helen mirren in the leisure seeker, one of 12 nominees for the golden globe award. the front of the daily mirror with keith chegwin, even when he needed an oxygen tank, he was and soul of the party, and it is colder than moscow. road, railand soul of the party, and it is colder than moscow. road, rail and air misery as temperatures plummet to a five—year low of —15, —5 at outside

the minchin household last night. -4 outside mine. cold temperatures can really accelerate the man flu.” thought it might. i will give you some more details. and don't go on for ages because i need time. why are you looking at me? just keep talking. whatever happens, we need to talk about the research.” talking. whatever happens, we need to talk about the research. i am starting chapter one of my long story. laughter there it is an interesting story in the daily mail about cash machine. i have talked about bank closures across various towns. they are saying here that now pubs and small shops could lose up to 1500 free cash machines because of a dispute over fees. so apparently banks are demanding a reduction in the levy they pay when customers use the levy they pay when customers use the cash chapter two. this could make a real

difference to the nation. sally? are you done? back page of the mail, eve ryo ne you done? back page of the mail, everyone is talking about whatever happened in the tunnel at old trafford the other day. mikel arteta, who apparently was hit by a bottle, going into training yesterday he made the clever move of doing that. how many times have we walked into work just doing that. how many times have we walked into workjust doing that but he's obviously trying to hide some kind of injury that happened to his face. i don't think that's the best thing you could do because it is clear something has happened. the papers have gone into great detail about what might have happened in the tunnel, where the home and away dressing rooms are, and one of the thingsjo is a didn't like about manchester city was they played their music too loud —— jose

mourinho didn't like. the manchester united players could hear the manchester city players celebrating. i love the diagrams, who was standing were. what's frustrating, here we are again, not talking about the way united played, we are talking about jose the way united played, we are talking aboutjose mourinho. distraction techniques!” talking aboutjose mourinho. distraction techniques! i really feel this is important news, because for yea rs feel this is important news, because for years women have been saying man flu doesn't exist, men should get on and carry on and not talk about the fa ct and carry on and not talk about the fact that... i hate to say it, man i fact that... i hate to say it, man up! there's medical evidence, many acute respiratory diseases men are more susceptible to convocation is four and had more susceptible to convocation is fourand had a higher more susceptible to convocation is four and had a higher mortality rate. the study also found some evidence supporting the claim men suffer more from viral respiratory illness because of a less robust immune system. hang on, our women

stronger than men, is that the conclusion? the conclusion is you need to have more sympathy for a manuel he is suffering... can i finish -- manuel he is suffering... can i finish —— for a man when he is suffering. it is all potentially unjust and man flu, will write it down, man flu was a fact. —— i'll write it down. a biologist is saying i don't think there's any evidence men suffer worse symptoms than women when it comes to colds or viral illnesses. i refer you to the canadian organisation that said that man flu is a fact. we will be talking about this later! do you wa nt to talking about this later! do you want to go and have a lie down? we are finished now. like many men around the nation i'm going to soldier on and get on with it! it's a tough light! —— life. do christmas crackerjokes make you grin or make you groan?

can somebody get me a hot towel? the uktv channel gold has unveiled the winner of its annual competition to find the best modern take on that staple of the christmas dinner table. and here it is. why was theresa may sacked as nativity manager? i don't know. she couldn't run a stable government. tumbleweed. we asked revellers in manchester to tell us some others from the shortlist, as well as a couple of their own. what does santa get when he gets stuck in the chimney? clausetraphobia. where does jeremy corbyn hang his stockings? on the far left. how does a snowman get to

school? he rides his bicicles. thank you for those. we will be talking about christmas jokes later. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. the cold weather can really accelerate man flu, that's the big news this morning. moving on! we havejust had the cold est moving on! we havejust had the coldest night of the calendar year so coldest night of the calendar year so far, the calders night of the winter in shropshire, the temperature fell to —13 and the last time we had levels like this was 201a and we had —1a —— coldest night. you can see from this beautiful weather watchers pictures sentin beautiful weather watchers pictures sent in from mid wales yesterday, lovely sunshine but lying snow. ——

picture. we have that today and these are the temperatures in the countryside, there's the —13 in shropshire. this morning a cold and frosty start and freezing fog patches slow to clear so if you're travelling, bear that in mind and still lying slow around, still quite frozen, had to scrape the car first thing and it took ages, it was thick —— lying snow. a lot of coldweather first thing, watch out for the highs but sunshine from the word go and freezing fog patches dotted around. slow to clear. more cloud coming in around at times in south—west england and some showers in west wales and here we have freezing fog patches but in between, a fair bit of sunshine. north—west england getting off to a cold and frosty start with sunshine and the same in northern ireland but here the cloud will build through the day, as it will build through the day, as it will across western scotland. but for now a lot of clearer skies, cold, especially in the countryside,

especially where we still have lying snow and the same in north—east england, again, a cold and frosty is to the day with the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. through the day there will be a lot of beautiful winter sunshine, a cracking day, but in the west of the cloud will thicken and we will see outbreaks of rain and also it will turn windier with snow in the hills of scotland, northern ireland and also north wales, sabrina north—west england later as well. through the evening and overnight, this band of rain preceded by hill snow moves from the west towards the south—east —— possibly north—west england later as well. another weather front coming, bringing more snow into scotland. look at the change in the temperatures, no sign of —13. but this is towns and cities, in rural areas with lying snow, the temperatures will be lower than that. as we head through wednesday, we have this weather front coming

from the west, introducing more rain, still quite windy conditions and squally conditions with cold air following behind so a dry and bright start them our weather front sinks south, taking showery outbreaks of rain, some will be heavy. colder air follows in, some sunshine and then we see an increase in some snow showers. some will be in low levels, initially in scotland and northern ireland, but still we don't know how far the snow will get to low levels but something to watch, possibly through north wales and north—west england for the rush hour we could see more at low levels. we're keeping a close eye on that. thanks, carol, thanks for keeping us up to date and we will speak to you in half an hour. nearly six months on from the fire at grenfell tower, kensington and chelsea council says it's leading the biggest house—purchasing programme by any local authority in recent history. it's promising to make 300 new properties available by christmas, but so far just a5 of the 208 families have moved into permanent homes, and many are expected

to still be in temporary accommodation over the festive period. our reporter frankie mccamley has been given access to some of the new properties available to residents. so this is a 2—bedroom flat we've acquired this week. it's going on the website. this is just the website. this isjust one the website. this is just one of the new council properties bought for people who lost their homes because of the fire at grenfell tower. typically you would either have a couple, who would either have a couple, who would have had a 2—bedroom flat at g re nfell tower, would have had a 2—bedroom flat at grenfell tower, or you'd have a couple with a child, a single child for a second bedroom. 0f for a second bedroom. of the 208 households, a5 have so far moved into permanent homes. just over three miles from grenfell tower, this is one of 70 2—bedroom properties the council are buying. it hopes to acquire 300 by christmas, spending 235 and pounds.

the pace has been very slow, but equally, you know, we have been gathering information as far as what people want but we stress we always run at the pace of the individual, we don't run at our pace or set a dictation saying people must be out ata dictation saying people must be out at a certain time. but many don't think they will be in these permanent homes any time soon. hi, thiago. how are you doing? this is your room, this is your home? yeah. basically keep my shoes, some trousers that people have given me. this is basically your kitchen... after escaping from the 13th floor of g re nfell tower, after escaping from the 13th floor of grenfell tower, thiago theirs has lived in this hotel for nearly six months. my toiletries, there's not much to say... he's now waiting for a 1—bedroom council flat. much to say... he's now waiting for a i—bedroom council flat.” much to say... he's now waiting for a 1-bedroom councilflat. i don't really feel at home here, this is basically a place for me to sleep. you can't make a home out of a

hotel. i applied for about 15 properties permanently and i've not had the opportunity to go and see any of the properties. now, the reason for that is there's a priority listing, to which i com pletely priority listing, to which i completely understand, there's people that need this house more than made but the way he is trying to say we're trying to allow people to say we're trying to allow people to go at their own pace, that's not the case, i haven't been offered a permanent property at all, i haven't been allowed to see any permanent properties. what happens when you apply and apply and you get no response? it seems like they care more about me as a number than me as an individual. it's all very formal, almost like them being cold. they really don't care. they care more about their public image than they do about actually helping the people who have gone through such a large trauma. the council has now given tiago a temporary home and it says

it's working around the clock but rehousing breathed and those with children are its priority. tiago is looking forward to getting out of here before christmas. word frankie mccamley, bbc news. it's officially been the coldest night of the year so far so lots of people waking up with frosty temperatures. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. 2a hours after a hit—and—run, police are still trying to find the drivers of four vehicles who struck a woman in south london. the victim, believed to be in her late 20s or early 30s, was hit by an hgv at a pedestrian crossing in tulse hill. the met says the driver failed to stop and the woman was then hit by a second lorry and two cars on norwood road. none stopped. the woman, who hasn't yet been identified, died at the scene. enfield council has become

the latest local authority to say it will install sprinklers in all of its high—rise blocks. from january, all 5a of the council—owned blocks will have the systems fitted, at a cost of eight million. it follows concerns over safety, after the grenfell tower disaster. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's quite a lot to tell you about on the tube. on the district line, there's no service between earls court and edgeware road because of a signal failure at high street kensington, that's also causing delays clockwise on the circle line. the piccadilly line has minor delays from hammersmith to heathrow, and there are severe delays on tfl rail due to faulty track at forest gate. south—western railways services are going to be affected by delays and cancellations throughout the morning. it's a knock on effect from a track side fire at waterloo yesterday, meaning lots of trains are in the wrong place. all platforms have re—opened, though.

there are also delays of up to 20 minutes on greater anglia because of a broken rail at forest gate. this is how it looks on the in west kensington. the aa has one lane closed out of town at north end road because of a burst water main. and the m25 is slow anticlockwise at the dartford tunnel because of a broken down lorry. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. a cold and a cold and a a cold and a frosty a cold and a frosty start, a cold and a frosty start, temperatures widely below zero last night and the met office this morning has issued a yellow a weather warning for ice. after yesterday's rain, the temperatures plummeted overnight and that could lead to icy stretches this morning. plenty of sunshine around at first, cold and crisp, plenty of cloud this afternoon turning the sunshine hazy, temperatures struggling, —1, —2, cold but sunny. overnight, a change, the wind switching to the south—west brings more rain, cloud and the air

is less cold so the temperature will rise overnight to between 3—6. tomorrow, sunny spells, still some showers and a less cold air staying with us so the temperature managing to reach around eight in central london despite all that rain. as we had further through the week we're hanging on to fairly chilly temperatures but it's not however going to be as cold as the date. then we get towards friday and the weekend, the wind switches direction, comes from the north, temperatures get that bit colder but we should see some sunshine. wrapped up warm because it is freezing out there at the moment! dasha wrap up warm. —— wrap up warm. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. women have accused men of milking it for years, but it turns out man flu may be a thing after all. crucial news.

we'll be getting a second opinion with some medical experts. you're the one that i want. for everyone who grew up in the ‘80s keith chegwin was part of their childhood. we'll be getting more tributes to the entertainer who's died at the age of 60. and it's the strictly final this weekend. former head judge len goodman will be here to give us his verdict on this year's competitors and, of course, his successor, shirley. good morning. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. a radical change to the rules around organ donation in england is being unveiled today, as ministers launch a consultation on moving to a system of presumed consent. the reform would mean opting out of being a donor, rather than the current scheme of opting in. wales has already taken that approach, and the scottish government is planning to introduce a similar scheme. temperatures of —13 have been

recorded in shropshire on the cold est recorded in shropshire on the coldest night of the year so far. the met office has extended yellow warnings for snow and ice until later this morning and the aa has warned driving could be hazardous. hundreds of schools will stay closed for a second successive day. and carol will have a fall round up of the weather in a few minutes' time. four people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children died in a house fire in salford, greater manchester, in the early hours of monday morning. a 1a—year—old girl, named locally as demi pearson, was pronounced dead at the scene, and an eight—year—old boy and a girl aged seven died in hospital. their mother, named as michelle pearson, and a three year old are still in a serious condition. a vigil was held for the victims last night. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, has described a bomb explosion next to the city's busiest bus station as an isolated attempted terrorist attack.

the suspect, who was injured in the blast, is a 27—year—old bangladeshi who moved to the united states six years ago. president trump said it showed the need for congress to toughen immigration policy. this attack underscores the need for congress to work with the president on immigration reforms that enhance our national security and public safety. we must protect our borders, we must ensure that individuals entering our country are not coming to do harm to our people and we must move to a merit—based system of immigration. an influential american think tank is warning that the british economy is likely to be weakened by brexit, even if the uk agrees a new trade deal with the eu. a report from the rand corporation, which is part—funded by the us government, says almost all trading relationships after march 2019 will be worse than britain's current membership of the eu. research suggests offering shopping vouchers to new mothers can encourage them to breastfeed their babies.

about 10,000 new mums in yorkshire, derbyshire and nottinghamshire were offered up to £200 in vouchers as an incentive. breast—feeding rates increased in these areas, which typically have low uptake. breast—feeding levels in the uk are some of the lowest in the world. one of the most destructive wildfires in california's history — we talked about this yesterday — is heading towards the city of santa barbara. firefighters are battling six fires across the state, with the largest having scorched an area of 230,000 acres. governorjerry brown has described the situation as the new normal, predicting that fires like this could happen every year. and we have been reporting on this for days. it is an area the size of new york city, which is fast, and thank you for the messages on man

flu research. coughs. as if on cue, she coughs. are you ok? i am fine, thanks. many have got in touch to say it is particularly difficult at this time of year. we've got to get to the bottom of it, sally. we have a professor of virology. and he says? he is unsure. he hasn't seen the research from the canadian institute, which is a fact, which is important news for the entire nation. i think we are perhaps a little over man flu right now. you see, this is the situation that men get in their homes all the time. they feel ill, they struggle on through, and there is no appreciation. you say they are struggling on through. yes, ok. morning, everyone. the fa have asked united and city

for their observations after city coach mikel arteta was cut on the head by a plastic bottle. it's not known who threw it but united managerjose mourinho also had milk and water thrown at him. it appears the row started when mourinho objected to city's celebrations after their 2—1 victory. both city and united were in the draw for the champions league knockout stages yesterday, and they got pretty favourable ties against basel and sevilla. liverpool will play porto and spurs take onjuventus. and with a record five english teams through to the knock—out stage, the 2012 champions chelsea have arguably the toughest tie, they'll face the five—time winners barcelona. our mission is to be positive, and as they know very well, when we are in this stage, you must be ready to face everything and, in this case, we must be ready to face barcelona. a long weekend, described as absurd by their opponents

finished with saracens' worst defeat in rugby unions‘ european champions cup. clermont auvergne thrashed their hosts by a6 points to 1a, ending saracens' two and a half year unbeaten run in europe. the match had been put back a day because of snow, with fans initially banned then allowed to attend. there are some stinging comments in the papers this morning from former england captain michael vaughan, who says the current side are behaving like students and the senior players need to step up and be role models to the youngsters coming through. anotherformer captain, alistair cook, says he believes they're getting a bad press. i hadn't think we are getting painted fairly in the media on our culture. clearly there have been a couple of things which, it sounds silly to say it, in the media have been brought up, but there was change after the september incident, so change after the september incident, so it is up to us to adjust to that quickly and we can't afford any m ista kes quickly and we can't afford any mistakes because we understand that

they have had it with the ecb and trying to make kids play cricket, which is what we want to do. skiier lindsey vonn, who missed the 201a olympics because of injury, is having more problems in the build up to the 2018 games in pyeonchang. the former world champion fell to the ground as her back seized up during a super—g race in switzerland at the weekend. but the american believes she can be fit in time to win a second olympic gold in two months. everything that i have done has been in preparation for these olympics, so in preparation for these olympics, so right now i am trying to stay healthy going in. so far it is not going very well, but, you know, i feel i am saving all my luck for february and hopefully everything will work out the way it is supposed to. when it comes to footballers and statues, the results have been pretty mixed to say the least. cristiano ronaldo's bust at madeira airport had to be remade now, it's diego maradona's turn. the argentinian legend unveiling his own statue in the indian city of kolkata,

which will be put in a public park. this is supposed to be him holding the 1986 world cup. 0h, oh, no. laughter it looks like your nan. it looks like bilbo baggins. it is very tall. really big hair. he always had good hair. that is a bit of a letdown, isn't it, and look at the size of the cup! the world cup has always been tiny. everything about that is wrong. isn't it excellent? it is my favourite story of the day. thank you. that is really poor, isn't it? thank you. almost half a million children and young people, some as young as 11, are gambling every week. a new survey from the gambling

commission is highlighting websites, which allow players to gamble with virtual currency, which can then be turned into real money. it says children don't fully understand the consequences. ryan archer started gambling at 15, and has lost more than 2,000 pounds on these sites. being a student, with a student loan, some people would spend it on expensive clothes, i spend it on gambling. there are been times when i struggled to buy food because this ta kes i struggled to buy food because this takes priority. four years ago ryan's love of gambling spiralled. he is one of a growing number of gamers drawn into the world of so—called skins betting. gamers drawn into the world of so-called skins betting. it is hard to ask your parents or £1000 to buy a knife, it is a lot easier to ask for a tenner and turn it into 1000. these are the skins, knives and

weapons, virtual items used when playing computer games like counter strike, or cs go. some can be bought for pennies. the rare ones cost thousands and are highly collecta ble. thousands and are highly collectable. they exist within the game. as these teenagers know, there are unlicensed sites where skins can be gambled and later converted into cash. you don't see an 11-year-old walk into a betting shop and abetting 200 on a horse race, you know, but you can do it with this, there is no stopping that. we'rejoined now byjane rigbye from gamble aware. good morning. i didn't know about these so—called skins. so she has explained a little bit. tell us a little more about it. they are sort of in—game things you can win. little more about it. they are sort of in-game things you can win. yes,

equipment you can use in—game to play the game and you can win them through playing the game and you can also buy them. and young people are trading them and gambling them in different ways. how do they gamble than? there are different ways. in the game itself, there is an activity where people can put them together in a pot and the odds are based on who has put the most into the pot and you can win the pot. that doesn't necessarily use real money. then external websites, you can gamble these pieces of clement, guns or knives, things you can use in the game, and that is where the concern comes in. there was an example of a 15—year—old with £2000. in terms of the responsibility to act, where does that like? it is really difficult because the current legislation hasn't kept up with the form of technology. it does not fall within the remit of the regulator the gambling commission. they need

to do more to look at the legislation to make sure it looks up —— keeps up with the changes. legislation to make sure it looks up -- keeps up with the changes. you talked about 11 —year—olds. what sort of age groups can be on the games and potentially doing gambling of this sort? any age and the concern is parents are not often aware of what young people are doing while they are on games and my six—year—old, for example, plays games online and plays on his playstation and i don't really know what he is doing. and there is concern that parents don't really know what is happening when they are in the game. you think it isjust video gaming and it is not as safe as it looks. what about the impact more generally outside of these games? i've read some research 80% of young people have seen gambling adverts on the tv and they are everywhere, especially if you watch any sporting occasion, normally on a commercial channels and those adverts inside the programme will a lwa ys adverts inside the programme will always have quite a fun, friendly gambling adverts. i wonder if that is having a drip effect as well.

advertising is everywhere for gambling. we see it all over the place. and what we need to do is recognise gambling is a legitimate leisure activity and should be allowed to be advertised. but it should be balanced with a responsible gambling message. there should be more advertising and promotion of the fact that it is a risky activity. it is not one that should be available to young people and there are places to go for help and there are places to go for help and support. what kind of conversations would you like parents to have with their children?” conversations would you like parents to have with their children? i think pa rents to have with their children? i think parents should be explaining what gambling is, what the risks are. the fa ct gambling is, what the risks are. the fact that gambling isn't a way to make money. the report out today shows a0% of young people think gambling is a way to make money which shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what gambling is. so i think there is a job of pa rents to is. so i think there is a job of parents to have conversations with young people about what gambling is an also for the rest of us to make sure these conversations are happening in the same way we talk about drugs or alcohol in schools, we should talk about gambling as

well. ok, thank you very much. it is good to talk to you. it is 6:aaam, let's bring you up—to—date with the main stories. ministers are proposing a radical change to organ donation rules, which could mean people have to opt out of being on the register. they say the move would make more organs available for transplant. four people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children died in a house fire in salford. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it at this morning's weather. was the coldest night of last it was the coldest night of the year last night. many people waking up to seems like that behind you. good morning. last night the temperature in shropshire fell to -13. the temperature in shropshire fell to —13. the code is night of the year so —13. the code is night of the year so far. the last time we had temperatures that low was the brewery, 2016, in braemar, where it was —1a —— coldest night. it is

frosty and there's the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. to give you an idea of the temperatures we have at the moment, there you go, —13. —5 in the north of england. if there's the case of you being on the go this morning, we have these warnings in the south of wales and the west midlands. in the south, a beautiful start to the day, sunshine but cold, especially in the countryside and as we sweep from the south—west of england into wales, again, a beautiful start but we have freezing fog and a few showers. for north—west england, a beautiful start but pretty cold. may be the odd shower across the isle of man and through the day you will notice more cloud building from the west across northern ireland but for now it is cold and also quite bright, or it is cold and also quite bright, or it will be when the sun is out. across scotland, a similar story,

bright weather when the sun gets up but again, pockets of mist and the same in north—east england, cold and frosty with the risk of ice. when we lose the fog, many of us will have a dry morning and into the afternoon many will have sunny spells continuing, but in the west you will notice the cloud thickening, wet and windy weather is coming our way preceded by hill snow, notjust in scotla nd preceded by hill snow, notjust in scotland but northern ireland, north wales and north—west england. maximum temperatures up to around four. it won't be as windy in the south as it was yesterday. through the evening and overnight, our weather front producing this rain will continue to go south—east with low snow for a time and then we have a clearer interlude before another system a clearer interlude before another syste m co m es a clearer interlude before another system comes in from the west, this one introducing more rain, showery rain, and hill snow. temperature wise, not as low as last night, but these temperatures are in towns and cities, always lower in the countryside, especially where we

have lying snow. we say goodbye to oui’ have lying snow. we say goodbye to our first have lying snow. we say goodbye to ourfirst one have lying snow. we say goodbye to our first one today early, the second one moves south—east, behind it we have cold air so again we will see snow and the other salient thing is the change in the wind direction is the change in the wind direction is more westerly. there goes our front pushing down to the south—east, showery with some heavy bursts. drier and bright interlude with sunshine and then further snow showers. some of those will get down to low levels in scotland and towards the end of the day we could see low—level snow in northern ireland. for the rush—hour, see low—level snow in northern ireland. forthe rush—hour, possibly in north—west england and north wales, something we are keeping a close eye on because it will obviously impact on yourjourney. more on that through the rest of the morning. someone has told me —11where you are. “— someone has told me —11where you are. —— they are. we wanting to hear from lots of people this morning. we are —5! you are disappointed, aren't

you? i wanted to know how cold it felt at —12! you? i wanted to know how cold it felt at -12! we could sort that out for you! with more of us shopping online ths christmas, there's a huge knock on for thejobs market and a bit of a shortage of qualified drivers to get our goods delivered. steph has more. it affects how we shop, how we spend, the kinds ofjobs that are out there the people we need to do that. there are some stats on that. i'm going to start with some good news, there are more of us in work than ever before. have a look at this graph, now we're at a a2—year low. so given there are fewer people looking for work it means that some sectors are struggling to hire people. one of the big shortages is of lorry drivers, we need over 50,000 more lorry drivers needed on our roads this year. that does mean that truckers can push for higher wages and could earn over £20 an hour plus hundreds in bonuses for a shift.

amanda white is uk operations manager at manpower. looking at the situation with haulage, why are we struggling to get lorry drivers? we are seeing a positive upturn with driving. it is a shortage market, we are finding there is less people coming into the industry, less young people coming into the industry, possibly due to the unsocial hours. it is an ageing workforce that we are finding as well and also this particular sector has relied on quite a lot of eu workers in the past. who obviously some of them are working here because they are worried about what would happen after brexit. the uk has seen a high number of people who have worked from other countries here in the uk are now leaving, maybe the interest rate isn't as

attractive as it once was and the uncertainty of what will happen with brexit certainly has a knock on effect. what are hauliers doing about this? we have a number of companies looking to increase salaries, as you mentioned. we have companies looking to offer bonuses for completed shifts, so incentives to see out the work that they are doing. also we are seeing a high number of people stockpiling drivers on permanent contracts, this is probably what will happen in 2019 to ensure they have the talent going forward. what does that mean, to stockpile them? it will increase the number of people they take on. they have people waiting in the wings who they aren't using? they will use them in their industry but they might over recruit currently to make sure they have the talent. obviously we encourage clients to look to up

skill their workforce. manpower itself has trained thousands of people with the regulations do help oui’ people with the regulations do help our clients fill this shortage. looking at the dvla figures, they say there are far more qualified lorry drivers than jobs, which suggests there are people with the right skills but they don't want to do thejob. right skills but they don't want to do the job. these statistics would say that, yes. what about the wider jobs picture at the moment? although the manpower outlook survey looked negative overall, there's quite a few industries that are seeing positive impacts. certainly other areas. if we look at the midlands, the golden triangle, between northampton, milton keynes and daventry, this is a high chelation for haulage and we are seeing great increase there. that was very high.

-- high increase there. that was very high. —— high population. increase there. that was very high. -- high population. big regional differences. amanda, thanks for your time this morning. that's it from me for now. molly bloom has had an extraordinary life. she was a former world—class skier whose career was cut short after an accident. she then went on to set up exclusive high—stakes poker games for hollywood's elite. but for all the wealth and excitement of that lifestyle, there was a very dark side. her story has now been turned into a film. jessica chastain plays the poker princess in molly's game. i went to meet them both. when you heard her story, what was it about... why did you want to play molly? well, first of all, i mean, her story's incredible. she goes from being, like, third in women's moguls in los angeles to running the most exclusive high—sta kes moguls in los angeles to running the most exclusive high—stakes poker game in the world and unbeknownst to her she gets involved with russian members of the mafia and gets indicted by the fbi. they were going all in, all the

time. it's extraordinary because you made it quite some time ago but the residents it now has post harvey weinstein and everything, what do you make of that? it didn't start with harvey weinstein, what's been going on in the world. when erin was writing this script, yes, it's very timely now because it's at the forefront but a great writer, writer is ahead of that. he was perceiving what was going on in the world. you're going to stop paying me because i get too much money doing my second job? you don't have bargaining power here. you are an important. tell us about the atmosphere, it's very clear in the film, but the atmosphere in those games, at one time they are respecting you, at other times hitting on you. it was a lot of, like, you know, i will buy you a purse and i'll take you on a date, that kind of stuff. when i started being the bank, it was more like, i'm not paying you

that $50,000 because that game was unfair. there was a marked change in how i was perceived and treated. this comes to the heart of what we're talking about now and jessica, you've been going out of your way to big up people who feel like molly, able to speak out, haven't you? why are there so little, you know, positions of power for women? why are women not sitting at the table making the decisions? what's happened is society has been groomed. women and men have been groomed. women and men have been groomed to behave a certain way and that's because we don't have women in leadership and there's no room at the table for them. is it going to change? is it going to have to change? is it going to have to change and how? it absolutely has to change. right now with time magazine having people of the year as the #metoo movement, it shows how important it is. 2017, we're going to remember this year as

the time where people first... not first, but really came forward and said we can't live in this complicity any more, we have to move against what is being programmed in asp. i asp. , on. asp. , on, molly, how deep into the russian mob were you? you ended up in shocking and violent situations because of what you were trying to do? i started making reckless choices in this world but the consequences were much heavier than i imagined. thank you so much for talking to us about it. thank you so much, molly, thank you, jess. a fascinating chap, wasn't it? both of them really interesting to hear from. molly's game is at cinemas from the first of january. we will have a longer version of that interview in about two hours. there you go. book that in! you're watching breakfast. still to come this morning: pope can't let our seedorf him... ——

0 come let us adore him... from christmas crooners to raucous rockers, we're on a mission to get the whole of the uk singing. a week from today we have six choirs around the uk singing in various places and we want you to sing along at home. it will be a massive brea kfast at home. it will be a massive breakfast sing up. it's oh come all ye faithful, the lyrics are on our facebook site. we will do that around 9am next tuesday. six choirs and you. at home singing with us. i'm sure it will work! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. police are still trying to find the drivers of four vehicles who struck a woman in south london.

the victim, believed to be in her late 20s or early 30s, was hit by an hgv at a pedestrian crossing in tulse hill. the met says the driver failed to stop and the woman was then hit by a second lorry and two cars on norwood road. the woman, who hasn't yet been identified, died at the scene. enfield council has become the latest local authority to say it will install sprinklers in all of its high—rise blocks. from january, all 5a of the council—owned blocks will have the systems fitted, at a cost of eight million. it follows concerns over safety, after the grenfell tower disaster. victoria station made nearly £1 million in nine months by charging people to go to the toilet. the money was collected for charges made between april and december last year. after december, the 50p charge was reduced to 30 pence. network rail insists the cash is put back into maintaining the toilets and prevents vandalism. campaigners say there should be no toilet charges. let's have a look at the travel situation now.

not a good morning for using the tube. metropolitan line, no service northwood to amersham, chesham and watford. district line, no service between earls court and edgware road and there are severe delays earls court to wimbledon. on the circle line, severe delays clockwise. and there are also minor delays on the central line. severe delays too on tfl rail. on the trains, the good news is all platforms at waterloo satation are now open after yesterdays fire next to the track. however delays, cancellations are expected for most of the morning and the m25 is slow anticlockwise at the dartford tunnel because of a broken down lorry. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. a cold and a frosty start, temperatures widely below zero last night and the met office this morning has issued a yellow a weather warning for ice.

after yesterday's rain, the temperatures plummeted overnight and that could lead to icy stretches this morning. plenty of sunshine around at first. a cold and crisp morning, plenty of cloud this afternoon turning the sunshine hazy, temperatures struggling, —1, —2, cold but sunny. overnight, a change, the wind switching to the south—west brings more rain, cloud and the air is less cold so the temperature will rise overnight to between 3—6. tomorrow, sunny spells, still some showers and a less cold air staying with us so the temperature managing to reach around eight in central london despite all that rain. as we had further through the week we're hanging on to fairly chilly temperatures but it's not however going to be as cold as today. then we get towards friday and the weekend, the wind switches direction, comes from the north, temperatures get that bit colder but we should see some sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast,

with louise minchin and dan walker. big changes could be on the way to organ donor rules. in future, people may have to opt out of the transplant register in england. health chiefs say it will help save lives. good morning. it's tuesday, december 12. also this morning. it's offically been the coldest night of the year. temperatures plummeted to —13 in shropshire. and that leads us into a cold day, but mostly dry one, with some sunshine when we lose the freezing fog patches this morning, but later wet and windy conditions return from the west. why giving new mums shopping vouchers as a reward increased

the rates of breast—feeding. one in ten of us working overtime get the one and a half premium, so i will look at why working beyond your usual hours is becoming less lucrative. in sport, the fallout from the manchester derby goes on. the fa have asked united and city for observations after their post—match bust—up, which left city coach mikel arteta injured when he was hit by a plastic bottle. is man flu real or a myth? new research suggests men might not be putting it on after all, but not everyone's convinced. we will have more on that later. good morning. first, our main story. a radical change to the rules around organ donation in england is being unveiled today, as ministers launch a consultation on moving to a system of presumed consent. the reform would mean opting out of being a donor, rather than the current scheme of opting in. wales has already taken that approach, and the scottish government is planning to introduce a similar scheme. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. offering a stranger the gift of life is what lies at the heart of organ donation.

these are the names of those who've helped some of the 6,500 people who need transplant each year, but around a50 will die before a donor can be found. the family of adrian williams were happy to support his decision to donate. when you lose someone, and they've given that gift, that huge gift, you're immensely proud of them and it fills you with comfort that other families are actually enjoying the lives of their loved ones, where they may not have done, because of something that our ade has done for them. the past decade has seen a big surge in donors across the uk. in 2007, there were around 790 deceased donors. that's now risen to more than 1a00. the number of registered donors has gone up from 1a million to more than 23 million.

but ministers are concerned that four out of ten families say to donation, so are proposing a system where it's assumed we are all willing to be donors. the issue of presumed consent is one thing we are looking at. what we need is much better communication inside families so that people know what family members actually want. there are some concerns that moving to a system where there is an assumption we are willing to donate could be counter—productive, undoing the good work of recent years by raising fears over the government having on our organs. and we shall discuss that at 8:10am on breakfast. and send in your thoughts as well. -13 —13 degrees was recorded in shropshire. the met office has extended yellow warnings for snow and ice until later this morning and the aa has warned driving could be hazardous. hundreds of schools will stay closed for a second successive day. and we will be live in one of the

worst hit areas, the west midlands, and carol will have a full round—up of the weather. if you want any local information about possible school closures and road incidents and activity this morning, then your bbc local radio station is ready to 90, bbc local radio station is ready to go, and there are live updates on the bbc website as well. four people are being questioned on suspicion of murder, after three children died in a house fire in salford early yesterday. their mother and another three—year—old child remain in a critical condition. our correspondent dave guest is live at the scene. good morning, dave. any developments overnight? what more can you tell us? good morning. police maintaining a presence in jackson street just police maintaining a presence in jackson streetjust over 3a hours after the fire at 5am yesterday morning. 216—year—old boys managed to get out, but mother and four

children were trapped inside, rescued but sadly the 1a—year—old girl debbie pearson died at the scene and a boy of eight and girl of seven died later in hospital. the mother named as michelle pearson ill in hospital, as is a three—year—old girl. it seems what appeared to be a tragic accident was something more sinister when the police announced they had launched a police investigation. four arrested overnight, three men and a woman, and a fifth person, a man, on suspicion of assisting an offender. this has shocked the local community. last night a local church opened its doors and invited people in to spend a couple of moments thinking about the three young lives lost, and of course the mother and the young girl who are still very ill in hospital. the police will continue questioning those they arrested last night today. very grim. thank you for updating us. absolutely. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, has described a bomb explosion next to the city's busiest bus station as an isolated

attempted terrorist attack. the suspect, who was injured in the blast, is a 27—year—old bangladeshi who moved to the united states six years ago. president trump said it showed the need for congress to toughen immigration policy. offering new mothers cash incentives could significantly increase breast—feeding rates, according to a new study. more than 10,000 new mums were offered shopping vouchers worth up to £120 if babies received breast milk at two days, ten days and six weeks old. a further £80 of vouchers was available if they continued to receive breast milk up to six months. adina campbell reports. breast—feeding the newest member of the sutcliffe family is a lot easier a second time around but, after fiona's first daughter was born, she was spurred on by shopping vouchers during the toughest moments. it is really encouraged me to keep going, especially when the night was quite difficult and i thought about giving up breast—feeding and that was another

incentive to keep going, and especially given it's so easy to sort of claim the vouchers. fiona was one of more than 10,000 mums who took part in a study over 18 months. they were offered up to £200 in shopping vouchers at five different stages of breast—feeding. £a0 at two days old and the same amount at ten days, six weeks, three months and six months. before getting the vouchers, claimed forms were signed off by midwives or health visitors during visits. overall, the breast—feeding rates went up by 6%, which researchers believe is a big difference. we do know that biologically and physiologically, we are designed to breast—feed. we know that 99% of women, given the right support, can breastfeed. there are plenty of benefits to breast—feeding but these mums in sheffield have mixed views about being paid to do it. i don't think, you know, it should really be monetary.

and i think some people might get persuaded just because of the money. if you can't do it, it's fine, too. but, yeah, having an incentive wiill definitely help and just get the message out there. the uk has some of the lowest breast—feeding rates in the world. researchers say vouchers are a small price to pay with long—term benefits to babies and the nhs. adina campbell, bbc news. it is the time of year when lots of us it is the time of year when lots of us might be putting in extra hours of work. we are talking about overtime. steph has details about figures. yes, it is really interesting. you within in the past it is lucrative to overtime. often you might get time and a half as well as money you would normally be getting and that can be helpful at this time of year. research out has

sound one in ten workers, two and a half million people, work overtime and only one fifth of those people are getting a premium for it. so the majority of us are working for the same income. it is interesting what is happening with jobs and there are more people in work than ever before. the unemployment rate is at aa2 before. the unemployment rate is at a a2 year low. there are a lot of people in work. there are questions about what's happening with wages. the fact that they haven't kept up with the cost of living. so for lots of people they felt in real terms they haven't got as much money as they haven't got as much money as they haven't got as much money as they have in the past. so there is a big change. 20 years ago, 17% of people would have got a premium if they worked overtime. now that is dramatically reduced. that is very interesting and i am sure that lots of people are feeling that as well.

thank you. one of the most destructive wildfires is heading towards santa barbara. the largest has scorched and area the size of new york city. the governor has described the situation as the new normal and predicted these could happen every year. this fire is a monster. it has now burned an area bigger than new york city and paris combined. more than 6,000 firefighters are battling it, but still the blaze rages in the hills above the pacific ocean. these helicopter pilots are working hard, trying to slow down the northward advance of the huge fire. but still it is marching on, down from that ridge top, and the concern is that it might affect homes here, and it could even burn all the way down towards santa barbara, on the pacific ocean. california feels like a state under siege by the climate — rising temperatures,

years of drought, longer and more devastating wildfire seasons. the governor says, in this warming world, it is no surprise. this could be something that happens every year, or every few years, it happens in some degree. it's just more intense, more widespread, and we're about ready to have firefighting at christmas. this is very odd and unusual, but it's the way the world is. it has been a distressing week for animals, too. dozens of horses have died in the fires. this video shows racehorses fleeing the flames after they were set loose in san diego county. there is some good news. the worst winds seem to have died down, giving firefighters a better chance to battle the blaze, but it is a daunting task. this may yet become the largest wildfire in the history of this state. and extraordinary pictures. you are

watching breakfast. now let's return to the weather this morning. freezing conditions are continuing to affect parts of the uk, with forecasters confirming that last night was the coldest night of the year so far. in parts of wales, temperatures dropped to minus nine and in shropshire the thermometer went as low as minus 13 degrees. gritters have been working hard overnight. at this one gritting depot in stroud, they put down a50 tons of salt last night. many schools remain closed with the west midlands the worst hit. 350 schools there will be closed today. while in wales, about 26a schools so far have said they will shut. and indeed, the weather was so bad in the midlands yesterday, health bosses appealed for axa drivers to help ferry staff to hospitalfor their shifts. joining us from outside the birmingham children's hospital is our reporter kathryn stanczyszyn. there's been a real sense of community spirit there, kathryn. yes, indeed. good morning. many

people relished the snow day off work or school yesterday. some have won today as well. but when yourjob isa won today as well. but when yourjob is a matter of life or death it is not as much fun and at birmingham children's hospital yesterday they had to put out an appeal on social media asking for anyone with a a—wheel—drive vehicles with sturdy vehicles to get staff in and out of their shift here because of the amount of adverse weather we have had in the midlands over the last couple of days. they say they managed to get everyone in on the late shift last night. they did the same this morning. if they need a game to ask later, they will do so. the roads are the big worry with so much ice around. it really is a case of going very steady. you mentioned grit in gloucestershire. coventry city council said they have used 800 tons of grit in the last a8 hours. and we can see the snow on the ground. disruption across lots of parts as well. yes, there is an

amber weather warning from the met office for ice across the country and as! office for ice across the country and as i say that is causing problems with accessibility, and thatis problems with accessibility, and that is why we still have quite a lot of school closures. you mentioned 260 in wales. it might go up mentioned 260 in wales. it might go upa mentioned 260 in wales. it might go up a little bit. 80 in gloucestershire. in the west midlands there are 350 closed at the moment. that number might go up. it is not quite a blanket closure as we had yesterday in birmingham. some places are more accessible. they have left it up to individual head teachers to make up their own mind. if you are going outside today, my advice is to wrap up warm. it is perishing out here. ijust checked the weather on my phone. moscow is -2' the weather on my phone. moscow is —2, birmingham is — four. the weather on my phone. moscow is -2, birmingham is - four. well, thank you very much indeed and the best of luck with the rest of your day. thank you. so that is why the worst affected areas of the uk and carol has the picture for the rest of the country as well. what sort of

scene are people waking up to this morning? ice around this morning and some people have deep lying snow. some seeing scenes like this, this was yesterday, from keswick in cumbria. beautiful picture but treacherous conditions around, a cold start. the lowest temperature so far this year, -13 lowest temperature so far this year, —13 in shropshire. there's prost, lying snow, ice and freezing fog so if you're travelling, take extra care, as if you're travelling, take extra ca re, as you if you're travelling, take extra care, as you would in those conditions —— frost. this morning we have a lot of clear skies and temperatures fairly low. the clear skies drift to the south—west but bits and pieces of cloud bringing the odd shower, the odd shower in wales and some freezing fog in south wales, and the west midlands, that will be slow to live, and as we go to the north—west, cold and frosty. in northern ireland, high cloud

around so a fine start to the day but the cloud building in from the west, introducing showers, and the same in western scotland, high cloud producing the odd shower here and there. the rest of scotland will be dry, cold and frosty, especially in rural areas where we have the lying snow. in north—east england, you have the risk of ice and some beautiful sparkling blue skies. through the day, for central and eastern scotland, central and eastern scotland, central and eastern england, we hang on to the bright skies or the sunshine, brighter skies will be in the south—east and east anglia and you see how the cloud ronson from the west ahead of this weather front that will introduce rain and hill snow on the hills of scotland, northern ireland and later north—west england and north wales. that whole system continues to drift steadily south through the night, it will be blustery around it. behind it, some clearer skies for a time and then our next system comes in introducing rain, but showery once

again with snow on the hills. temperature wise, in towns and cities called, lower in the countryside, especially where we have lying snow. this is our front clearing from the south—east and then the second comes in, this is showery, heading southwards, the wind becomes more of a westerly, not quite as cold a direction, but it will change later in the week. quite a showery picture we are looking at as the weather front goes to the south—east. behind it we drag in colder conditions, some sunshine around but increasingly through the day we will see the showers turned wintry even at lower levels, snow through the day in northern ireland and scotland —— turn. something we are keeping an eye on is the possibility that for the evening rush—hour in north—west england, as the system sinks south, we could see snow potentially at lower levels. but the jury is out on that one so if you're travelling on wednesday keep watching the weather forecast. in contrast, look at the

temperatures in the south—west, 11. on thursday, another unsettled day, we have rain and snow. temperatures by then, one in the north, seven or eight in the south, but not the wind direction that we've had, veering from a north—westerly to more of a northerly. thanks very much. see you in about 25 minutes for more of an update. men who complain they have more than just a few sniffles may not be exaggerating their symptoms after all, if man flu exists! that's according to a new canadian study which suggests men might have a weaker immune system in response to some viruses. joining us now isjohn oxford, professor of virology from queen mary university and doctor brian hope, a gp. a and doctor brian hope, a gp. friend of the progran we a friend of the programme. john, if we can come to you first of all, are we can come to you first of all, are we any clearer to discovering

whether man flu is a myth or is it real? i don't think we're any clearer. the timing is good for this study, i must say, there's10,000 or 20,000 people infected with flu at the moment, that's the figures from the moment, that's the figures from the gps in britain and ten times as many who have a cold sober it's good timing. ifind the many who have a cold sober it's good timing. i find the study and the science a little underwhelming if you want to put it like that. he's even quoted oxford university press ina paper, even quoted oxford university press in a paper, i thought that was pulling it a bit. in my own... one of the physiologists from the 17th century is quoted, so i would say the science is patchy. patchy but important, john! dan will be very upset, i am so glad you are here to tell us it is all a myth. we will come back to you in a moment. doctor brian, dan is hoping you might back him up, what is your view, you are a gp?

sometimes i get men phoning in and i think, man up, but i also get women phoning up and i think woman up. this isn't flu, this is a virus. do the normal stuff and you will get over it and some of the worst consultations i have is trying to convince people that all we have with them is a cold and not something more drastic. the professor makes the point that flu is very serious. i had it once in my life when i was in my teens during an epidemic and you are flattened, it's a different disease to coughs and colds and sneezes. if you have properflu, you and colds and sneezes. if you have proper flu, you can't and colds and sneezes. if you have properflu, you can't get and colds and sneezes. if you have proper flu, you can't get out of bed. it's the £20 note thing, and you will leave it on the ground. professor, this is your speciality and you have studied flu for many yea rs, and you have studied flu for many years, the point is, it's really serious and you should know when you have it, shouldn't you? you should. we have done quarantine experiments over the years, you get volunteers

into my uni and you deliberately infect them and we've done an analysis after that but all of these studies are patchy and on the underwhelming side when it comes to numbers. you can do one study and it looks like man flu and the next study doesn't pick anything up. that's the problem here. we're talking about sociology here and seriously, men, like me and all of a sudden we don't look carefully enough at our own health. my wife a lwa ys enough at our own health. my wife always picks up things more quickly than me, so do my daughters, so it's the fact we don't look carefully enough and we get too many symptoms before we do anything, but women know what their health status is and they get moving pretty fast. that's more likely to be the cause of this rather than deep science underpinning it. i love the smile with which you're saying all of this. i feel i should stick up for the

study. the study has concluded men habitually exaggerate the symptoms of their flu and they say that was unjust and that man flu was a fact. let's look at the facts. this is from david, man flu is indeed very real and worse than childbirth on the basis that... hold on, hold on. i think you're in big trouble here! this is david's opinion. on the basis women volunteered to have children... let me finish david's, it. you don't see men lining up for a second bout of man flu —— david's comment. professor, can you respond? let me change it entirely. flu is serious, people die of flu, not the common cold. this is a serious note here, we are expecting an outbreak of the virus from australia this year and there's plenty of vaccine available, we aren't depriving any elderly people or young people. i would suggest hopefully more men

this year will get vaccinated and ta ke this year will get vaccinated and take more of an interest in their health and that would please me a lot and it might even reduce the instance of flu and protect health—care workers and the elderly. you make a very good point, professor. as does barbara, she says men get flu, children get colds, women get on with it. oh dear oh dear! i can't win on this one, can i? i think the childbirth thing, going to work today, all the women that work from me, i wouldn't get a tea or anything like that if i agreed! thank you both very much indeed. thank you both very much indeed. thank you both very much indeed. thank you for debunking the myth and i know dan will be sore about this for quite some time. the research is out there! what do you go about it! thank you, professor. —— what do you two know about it! people in the united kingdom know

how much it hurts. theyjust know a little bit of sympathy goes a long way. thank you for your comments, i imagine you might want to get in touch! do christmas crackerjokes make you grin or make you groan? probably grown. the uktv channel gold has unveiled the winner of its annual competition to find the best modern take on that staple of the christmas dinner table. and here it is. why was theresa may sacked as nativity manager? i don't know. she couldn't run a stable government. what do you think? we asked revellers in manchester to tell us some others from the shortlist, as well as a couple of their own. what does santa get when he gets stuck in the chimney? clause—trophobia. kimjong—un is going to play santa this year in the south's annual pantomime. he said he fancied a korea change. where does jeremy corbyn hang his stockings?

on the far left. shocking! how does a snowman get to school? he rides his bicicles. icicles! two snowmen in a field. one says to the other, "can you smell carrots? " ooosh! you can keep that. that's... all day long! thank you for all of yourjokes. we will be reading more of those later. send your best christmas joke to us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk. all the details are on your screen and you can find us on social media. let's have a look at what is coming up let's have a look at what is coming up later this week: great, it's got to be done! it has, we are on a mission to get the country crooning this christmas. we will tell you how to get involved

in our nationwide singalong. it is next tuesday and you can get involved. around 9am next tuesday so get that time in yourdiary around 9am next tuesday so get that time in your diary and join in! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. police are still trying to find the drivers of four vehicles who struck a woman in south london. the victim, believed to be in her late 20s or early 30s, was hit by an hgv at a pedestrian crossing in tulse hill. the met says the driver failed to stop and the woman was then hit by a second lorry and two cars on norwood road. the woman, who hasn't yet been identified, died at the scene. the mayor will launch the capital's second low emission bus zone today. it'll run from streatham to brixton, one of the worst polluted areas in london. brixton road exceeded hourly legal levels of nitrogen dioxide on over 500 occasions last year. under eu rules, the limit is not supposed to be exceeded more than 18 times in a year.

victoria station made nearly £1 million in nine months by charging people to go to the toilet. the money was collected for charges made between april and december last year. after december, the 50p charge was reduced to 30 pence. network rail insists the cash is put back into maintaining the toilets and prevents vandalism. campaigners say there should be no toilet charges. let's have a look at the travel situation now. not a good morning for using the tube. metropolitan line: no service northwood to amersham, chesham and watford. district line: severe delays from edgeware road to wimbledon. on the circle line: severe delays clockwise. severe delays too on tfl rail. on the trains, the good news is all platforms at waterloo station are now open after yesterday's fire next to the track. however, delays and cancellations are expected for most of the morning. there are also delays of up to 20 minutes on greater anglia because of a broken

rail at forest gate. the aa in west kensington has one lane closed out of town at north end road because of a burst water main. and the m25 is slow anticlockwise at the dartford tunnel because of a broken down lorry. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. a cold and a frosty start, temperatures widely below zero last night and the met office this morning has issued a yellow a weather warning for ice. after yesterday's rain, the temperatures plummeted overnight and that could lead to icy stretches this morning. plenty of sunshine around at first. a cold and crisp morning, plenty of cloud this afternoon turning the sunshine hazy, temperatures struggling, —1, —2 our maximum, cold but sunny. overnight, a change, the wind switching to the south—west brings more rain, cloud and the air is less cold so the temperature will rise overnight to between 3—6. tomorrow, sunny spells, still some showers and a less cold air staying with us so the temperature managing to reach around eight in central london despite all that rain. as we had further through the week

we're hanging on to fairly chilly temperatures but it's not however going to be as cold as today. then as we get towards friday and the weekend, the wind switches direction, comes from the north, temperatures get that bit colder but we should see some sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. it is 7:30am. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. a radical change to the rules around organ donation in england is being unveiled today, as ministers launch a consultation on moving to a system of presumed consent. the reform would mean opting out of being a donor, rather than the current scheme of opting in. wales has already taken that approach, and the scottish

government is planning to introduce a similar scheme. temperatures of —13 have been recorded in shropshire on the coldest night of the year so far. the met office has extended yellow warnings for snow and ice until later this morning and the aa has warned driving could be hazardous. hundreds of schools will stay closed for a second successive day. and carol will have a fall round up of the weather in a few minutes' time. four people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children died in a house fire in salford, greater manchester, in the early hours of monday morning. a 1a—year—old girl, named locally as demi pearson, was pronounced dead at the scene, and an eight—year—old boy and a girl aged seven died in hospital. their mother, named as michelle pearson, and a three year old are still in a serious condition. a vigil was held for the victims last night. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, has described a bomb explosion next to the city's busiest bus station as an isolated attempted terrorist attack.

the suspect, who was injured in the blast, is a 27—year—old bangladeshi who moved to the united states six years ago. president trump said it showed the need for congress to toughen immigration policy. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. thank god ourfirst responders achieve his ultimate goals. thank god our first responders were there so god our first responders were there so quickly to address the situation to make sure people were safe. thank god the only injuries we know at this point were minor. an influential american think tank is warning that the british economy is likely to be weakened by brexit, even if the uk agrees a new trade deal with the eu. a report from the rand corporation, which is part—funded by the us government, says almost all trading relationships after march 2019 will be worse than britain's current membership of the eu. research suggests offering shopping vouchers to new mothers can encourage them to breastfeed their babies. about 10,000 new mums in yorkshire,

derbyshire and nottinghamshire were offered up to £200 in vouchers as an incentive. breast—feeding rates increased in these areas, which typically have low uptake. breast—feeding levels in the uk are some of the lowest in the world. one of the most destructive wildfires in california's history — is heading towards the city of santa barbara. firefighters are battling six fires across the state, with the largest having scorched an area of 230,000 acres. governorjerry brown has described the situation as the new normal, predicting that fires like this could happen every year. you are right date with the news. and it is officially the coldest night of the year so far. yes, it was, and many people getting up as morning with the difficult conditions on the roads and trouble getting to school as well. for the

latest on that you can listen to the local bbc radio station and there are live updates on the bbc website depending where you live in the country. and i notice the next door is called milkgate. yes, it is, and i want to start today to pay tribute tojim white, in the telegraph, who said this morning, "now we know when it comes to an brawl what the modern premier league footballer pours over the head, beer two cricketers, champagne to f1 drivers, he chooses a pinter, a pint of milk" which was thrown in the tunnel after the match between manchester united and manchester city. the manager slid along the touchline on his knees was cross with his opponent for being disrespectful in their celebrations, which i think is really clever. and a lot of fallout still over the weekend. classic diversion tactic.

we are not talking about manchester united outplayed. and they played so well. we are talking about, yet again, you know, if! well. we are talking about, yet again, you know, if i had a pound for every time i mentioned jose mourinho and his distraction tactics, i would mourinho and his distraction tactics, iwould be mourinho and his distraction tactics, i would be very wealthy by now. he is so good at taking the fla k now. he is so good at taking the flak away from the team, which has been what he was doing. has he cleaned his coat? i think he has a spare. i think he has a spare. the fa have asked united and city for their observations after city coach mikel arteta was cut on the head by a plastic bottle. it's not known who threw it but united managerjose mourinho also had milk and water thrown at him. it appears the row started when mourinho objected to city's celebrations after their 2—1 victory. both city and united were in the draw for the champions league knockout stages yesterday, and they got pretty favourable ties against basel and sevilla. liverpool will play porto and spurs take onjuventus. and with a record five english teams through to the knock—out stage, the 2012 champions chelsea have arguably the toughest tie, they'll face the five—time winners barcelona. our mission is to be positive,

and as they know very well, when we are in this stage, you must be ready to face everything and, in this case, we must be ready to face barcelona. a long weekend, described as absurd by their opponents finished with saracens' worst defeat in rugby unions‘ european champions cup. clermont auvergne thrashed their hosts by a6 points to 1a, ending saracens' two and a half year unbeaten run in europe. the match had been put back a day because of snow, with fans initially banned then allowed to attend. there are some stinging comments in the papers this morning from former england captain michael vaughan, who says the current side are behaving like students and the senior players need to step up and be role models to the youngsters coming through. anotherformer captain, alistair cook, says he believes they're getting a bad press. i hadn't think we are getting painted fairly in the media on our culture.

clearly there have been a couple of things which, it sounds silly to say it, in the media have been brought up, but there was change after the september incident, so it is up to us to adjust to that quickly and we can't afford any mistakes because we understand that they have had it with the ecb and trying to make kids play cricket, which is what we want to do. when it comes to footballers and statues, the results have been pretty mixed to say the least. cristiano ronaldo's bust at madeira airport had to be remade it was so bad. now, it's diego maradona's turn. this is him unveiling his own statue in the indian city of kolkata. he is pressing the remote control, giant curtain, the appropriate colours, is it his gran? where is the statue of

him?i it his gran? where is the statue of him? i can only see bilbo baggins with a massive world cup. why is it so with a massive world cup. why is it so big? i wonder what is genuine thought is, he has to think, my word. i think he probably loves it. i think he is the sort of person who would look at that statue and think, great, i will have another one. the famous ronaldo was remade. at madeira airport. yes, because it looked so much like niall quinn. hold on a minute, you have made a statue of niall quinn. yes. there should be more of niall quinn. of course. there should be one. well, you can sort it out. i will fix it. carol will update you on the weather in about ten minutes. and it is officially the coldest night of the year so far officially the coldest night of the yearso farand she officially the coldest night of the year so far and she has been talking about temperatures as low as minus 15. the hope for the family of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is that she will be released from her iranian prison cell

in time for christmas. but with less than two weeks to go, that hope is fading. boris johnson told mps yesterday that he has had worthwhile discussions with officials in iran about her situation, but the foreign secretary also said he did not want to raise false expectations about her release. let's get the latest now from her husband richard ratcliffe. thank you very much for your time this morning. it is good to talk to you, as this morning. it is good to talk to you , as ever. this morning. it is good to talk to you, as ever. you had a conversation with boris johnson you, as ever. you had a conversation with borisjohnson lasting an hour yesterday. yes, consistent with what he said in public, which was, i want to keep expectations realistic and we are doing what we can and let's hope, and we talked about the different people, and there was concern, but he didn't say i am sure she will be home in ten days. did you consider it a positive meeting from your perspective. was it what you expected him to say? it was up and down, that was more downbeat and i was hoping for. at the same time there were lots of things coming out

of iran that was more upbeat. on balance it was even —— it was an even day. we have the foreign ministry of iran saying they were working on nazanin's case and following up on humanitarian grounds and the tehran revolutionary court said there was no such court case. so those were good thing. the foreign secretary was much more cautious. i know that you spoke to him on the phone previously. in the face—to—face meeting were you able to put across your concerns about some of his behaviour earlier on as well, comments he made about the situation your wife was in? no, we we re situation your wife was in? no, we were focusing really on getting her home and my timescale is clear, home for christmas, and he has quite reasonably been quite cautious about that. we talked about the campaign and whether that helps, but i think where things stand that the noise coming from iran are hopeful. i

understand why the foreign secretary wa nts to understand why the foreign secretary wants to be cautious. fingers crossed in the next ten days something can be done. when was the last time you spoke to your wife and how is she? i got an extra phone call yesterday. that is another positive. she is allowed to call on monday. and she was quite upbeat. so she talked about how she had a dream that she was on the aeroplane and she was describing that. and since the court case hasn't happened, she has been a lot more upbeat. it is day today, up and down. yesterday was both. we live in hope. obviously she remains fragile, i am fragile in different ways. fingers crossed she will come home. i don't want you to go into personal details about what you are talking to her about, but are you talking about the fact she might be home at christmas, or not getting up your hopes, how are you dealing with that? my job is to keep up dealing with that? my job is to keep up her hopes and to tell her it will

be ok. i think the fragility that she has has a dangerous side to keeping up the hopes. she looks for reassurance. she looks to be told it will be ok. and there is a chance it will be ok. and there is a chance it will be. myjob is to say there is every chance she could be home at christmas. and it is the foreign secretary's job to keep expectations clear. but, yes, hopefully it will come through. and i know you are focusing attention on your wife and getting her home. can you indicate how difficult it has been for you and your family? look, it is very up and your family? look, it is very up and down on a day—to—day level. of course it is a attritional and it is stressful a nd course it is a attritional and it is stressful and there are ways in which... i stressful and there are ways in which. .. i didn't stressful and there are ways in which... i didn't sleep last night or the night before. the basics of hoping and worrying have a dynamic. and, yes, it has been a long haul and there will be a recovery for all of us when it is over. and it is the delicate balance between keeping your wife's courts in the public i

am not trying to say anything that might cause issue with negotiations, and that must — you must be thinking about every answer that you give in interviews. and making mistakes. it is important for me to be honest and to be positive and to be hopeful. and, yes, not to try to over think it. yes, there are complicated things going on. there are all sorts of things in the relationship that will need solving. and we are wrapped up in them, although they have nothing to do with us. hopefully we can find a way through. we will continue to talk to you. thank you very much for coming on the programme to talk about it and hopefully you will be reunited with your wife. thank you. it is good to talk to you again this morning. absolutely. these are the main stories in this morning. ministers are proposing a radical change to organ donation rules which could mean people have to opt out of being on the register. they say the

move would make more organs available for transplant. four people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children die in a house fire in sa lfo rd. children die in a house fire in salford. we will be live at the scene a little late for you. now, yesterday, dan, you were telling me that the build to —— the way to build proper snow structures is how? to get some sort of box formation, normally a recycling box is awful, something a little smaller, wedge the snow into the box... and this is what you can build. thank you for sending this picture. it took benjamin crutch from redditch eight hours to make the igloo, using 500 snow bricks. and it is seriously impressive, i love this igloo. and if you wait a moment, his dog is in as well. here he is. and here we were, carol and myself, sceptical about how to do this in the uk. you were both of you pouring scorn on the use of boxes to

make these sort of incredible structures. in some things we are right, dan. on the existence of man flu, for example. what i like is you are ready to say, do you know what, dan, iwas are ready to say, do you know what, dan, i was wrong, and you are right. did either of us say that? good morning. very impressive. well done. i cold start this morning, we've had the coldest night of the year so far we've had the coldest night of the yearso farand in we've had the coldest night of the year so far and in shropshire it fell to —13, an official met office psych. we have the risk of highs this morning and also lying snow —— macro free. that could lead to nasty travelling conditions —— site. freezing conditions in south wales and the west midlands. that will be slow to lift but when it does for much of the country, a bright start, some lovely crisp scenes, for example the frostiness glistening in the lovely sunshine but we have a weather front coming in from the

west in the day introducing thicker cloud, rain, hill snow west in the day introducing thicker cloud, rain, hillsnow and west in the day introducing thicker cloud, rain, hill snow and windy conditions. that will be the scenario this afternoon in northern ireland and weston and northern scotland, head of it, the cloud will build, so it's the far east of scotla nd build, so it's the far east of scotland that hangs onto the sunshine, here it will be cold, down to kelso —— ahead of it. in northern england, the cloud will build in the north—west in the day, north—west england dash and dawson east england remaining slow, cold but sunny —— north—east england remaining cold but sunny. high cloud in hampshire, then the thicker cloud coming in across cornwall and into west wales. that will introduce the first signs of rain. through the evening and overnight, as it continues to go south—east, there will be hill snow on it, still blustery around it and then we have a gap and our next weather front comes in from the west, bringing more rain, this time

or showery in nature. again some hill snow in the hills of scotland, northern ireland and possibly northern england. temperature wise, not as low as the nightjust gone but bear in mind, these are in towns and cities. over lying snow, a lot colder than that. first thing tomorrow we lose our first weather front from the south, taking the rain with it, the second one brings showery outbreaks with some heavy bursts moving south—east, note the direction of the isobars, the wind is changing to a westerly, not as cold a direction but that doesn't mean it will be warm. as the showery outbreaks push south we will see sunshine coming in behind, note the temperatures, but behind that it will turn colder and we will have snow showers in scotland and northern ireland and progressively they will fall to lower levels. as this sinks south, there's the chance for the evening rush—hour in north—west england, we could see some snow. it's something we're

keeping a close eye on. it depends how quickly that system moves south. on thursday, more unsettled conditions on the cards. still a bit ofa conditions on the cards. still a bit of a north—westerly but it is starting to move background to closer to a northerly so we get back into cooler air once again as we head to the weekend. spells of rain, windy at times, look at the temperatures in aberdeen, the top is likely to be one. thank you very much indeed, carol. you're keeping us much indeed, carol. you're keeping us right up to date. this morning we are talking about putting in extra hours at work but only some people are paid the overtime they are due to. lots of people will relate to that, working more than they get paid for. about 2.5 million people did paid overtime last year but it isn't as lucrative as it used to be. only a fifth of them got the traditional time and a half. we went out to ask whether overtime was still worth it. we do work over our hours. we get

time owing, which we would put in for and then they would let us have the time back again. no, it's a flat salary. if you put into hours, ten hours more, whatever, you're paid exactly the same. i think it's essential, whatever, you're paid exactly the same. ithink it's essential, at whatever, you're paid exactly the same. i think it's essential, at the end of the day in this day and age you need to get paid for the overtime, you don't have to do it so you need to get paid for doing it. dan tomlinson is from the resolution foundation. what are your thoughts on this research and what it's telling us? the really interesting thing is no one has spoken about paid overtime before in the uk. it's over 20 years since we had policies that affected it so it is good we are talking about it because one in ten do paid overtime but as you were saying, the bonus, the premium they get has been declining. why is that? part of it is the types ofjobs people do has been changing over the past few

decades in the country, so many more people used to work in manufacturing, which has high premiums, about 17% in terms of a bonus when you work overtime and we have fewer people working in sectors like education where the premium for paid overtime is smaller even though every teacher does loads of overtime, but that is unpaid, so that's not what we've been looking at. if you are someone who wants more for overtime, what are the best sectors to be in? manufacturing is a good sector, as is transport, it is less good to be in sectors like retail where we know more than half of people who work in retail don't get any premium for their overtime hours. what about those people who are not getting paid anything for overtime? a lot of people who will do extra hours at home in addition to their work. that is a bigger issue in one sense. we think there's about 3.6 million people doing unpaid overtime in any week and

about 2.6 million doing paid overtime but the interesting thing is, even with paid overtime, there's more people getting no bonus whatsoever for that work, so four in ten people now don't get a premium for paid overtime, but that was three in ten a couple of decades ago. that's interesting, we talk a lot on this programme about what's happening with wages and jobs and we have more people employed than before but wages haven't been keeping up the cost of living and this plays into that. it does. there's been a rise in different forms of types of work we might call insecure or in the uk, more zero hours contracts and agency workers and that is falling, but there's still a lot of people, 900,000 people on zero hours contracts. it's good we are talking about this and we should think about policies helping people in those forms of insecure employment, like saying if someone insecure employment, like saying if someone has been working on a zero hours contract for a few months they should have the right to move off

it, that would help those people with the uncertainty of those contracts. thanks for coming in to talk to us, dan. our bbc breakfast sings series is well under way and we're hoping to spread some joy and happiness across the country. a week from today we hope the whole of the uk willjoin our big sing—a—long. we will explain how you joining in a minute. yesterday we spoke about the science of singing, how it's good for your health, your heart, your head and of course we've long known it's good for your soul. and with all that in mind, on december the 19th we will be joining choirs in every corner of the uk as we come together to sing in unison. imagine how good that'll feel. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin went to manchester to spread the word. christmas, surely the optimum time for a singalong? look, tell me, do you like singing? yes, i do. you

have a good time and you blasted out, don't you? and using. especially when i'm doing hairspray. the best songs for hoovering to, carol? thejungle book. i want to be like you! yeah, great, got to be done! carol's here could do it, but not everyone agrees. do you enjoy a singalong? no. do you enjoy singing? bah humbug. so bbc breakfast is on a mission to get the whole of the uk singing. o mission to get the whole of the uk singing. 0 come let us adore him... give me the sales pitch, raelene, why do we need to get singing? because it really does release loads of the endorphins, it gets us really excited about the season coming up. yes, good for the soul, lifts the spirits. makes you happy. it

rejuvenates! it gives you meaning in life. it's amazing. itjust makes you feel big, it makes you feel good about yourself, even though i sound like a wounded gazelle or something. a wounded gazelle! come on, don't be shy! come and join us! wayne, there will be people at home who say they can't do it, what do you say to them? i say you can. all you need is a willingness to try. that's all you need. if you give yourself the opportunity to try it will definitely get their. yes you can! get singing! so, whatever your song... rudolph the red nose reindeer... get those lyrics out. get practising. 'all| wa nt lyrics out. get practising. 'all| want for christmas is you'! get warming up. and on december the

19th... warming up. and on december the 19th. .. that's it. merry christmas, everyone! happy time! thank you! thank you! merry christmas! did that fella kiss a lobster?” don't know! the idea is to get everybody involved. next tuesday we are going to have a big singalong, you canjoin in at home, everyone will start singing around 9am. the lyrics for oh come all ye faithful we have put on our twitter page and on facebook later. around 9am we have six choirs in various parts of the country. you know when they bounce around and they do a verse in each? then you will be filming it and sending it

in. a massive celebration. you get the idea. then tomorrow... it's tomorrow, isn't it? i have forgotten about it. we are excited and nervous because we will be singing in front ofa because we will be singing in front of a large audience in bridgewater hall. there's a gospel choir there tha nkfully hall. there's a gospel choir there thankfully but you, me, charlie, naga, steph, mike will be there. we don't know what we are singing, they are saving that until tomorrow morning. we have about seven hours to perfect it and then do it in front of thousands of people. what could possibly go wrong? this is bbc breakfast. still to come on the programme: we're back again with more fun and games and pop music. some newcomers to the charts this week. you're the one that i want is at number six from olivia newton—john... for everyone who grew up in the 80s keith chegwin was part of their childhood. we'll be getting more tributes to the entertainer who's died at the age of 60. he does make me want to smile! loads

of lovely pictures and memories and tributes from the front pages of many of the papers this morning as well. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. police are still trying to find the drivers of four vehicles involved in a hit—and—run in south london. the victim, believed to be in her late 20s or early 30s, was hit by an hgv at a pedestrian crossing in tulse hill yesterday morning. the met says the driver failed to stop and the woman was then hit by a second lorry and two cars on norwood road. the victim, who hasn't yet been identified, died at the scene. the mayor will launch the capital's second low emission bus zone today. it'll run from streatham to brixton, one of the worst polluted areas in london. brixton road exceeded hourly legal levels of nitrogen dioxide on over 500 occasions last year. under eu rules, the limit is not supposed to be exceeded more than 18 times in a year. a world war one warship

that was under threat of being scrapped has been saved and will return to the thames after a public campaign. hms president was once used to protect st paul's cathedral and had been a landmark on the river thames for decades. herfuture had been uncertain due to spiralling maintenance costs, but now a new mooring spot near london bridge has been secured. campaigners hope the ship will be restored and open in time to mark her centenary in november, 2018. let's have a look at the travel situation now. not a good morning for using the tube. metropolitan line, severe delays northwood to amersham, chesham and watford. district line, severe delays from edgeware road to wimbledon. on the circle line, severe delays clockwise. minor delays on london overground and the picadilly line. severe delays too on tfl rail. on the trains, the good news is all platforms at waterloo station are now open after yesterday's fire next to the track. however, delays and cancellations are expected for most of the morning.

the aa in west kensington has one lane closed out of town at north end road because of a burst water main. and the m25 is slow anticlockwise at the dartford tunnel because of a broken down lorry. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. a cold and a frosty start, temperatures widely below zero last night and the met office this morning has issued a yellow a weather warning for ice. after yesterday's rain, the temperatures plummeted overnight and that could lead to icy stretches this morning. plenty of sunshine around at first. a cold and crisp morning, bit more cloud moving in this afternoon turning the sunshine hazy, temperatures struggling, —1,—2 our maximum, a cold but sunny day. overnight, a change, the wind switching to the south—west brings more rain, cloud and the air is less cold so the temperature will rise overnight to between 3—6. tomorrow, sunny spells, still some showers and a less cold air staying with us so the temperature managing to reach around eight in central london

despite all that rain. as we head further through the week we're hanging on to fairly chilly temperatures but it's not however going to be as cold as today. then as we get towards friday and the weekend, the wind switches direction, comes from the north, temperatures get that bit colder but we should see some sunshine. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. hello this is breakfast, with louise minchin and dan walker. big changes could be on the way to organ donor rules. in future people may have to opt out of the transplant register in england — health chiefs say it will help save lives. good morning it's tuesday 12th december — also this morning: it's offically been the coldest night of the year —

temperatures plummeted to minus 13 in shropshire. that leads us into a cold day today but for many of us it will be dry and sunny when the freezing fog lifts but in the west the cloud will thicken, there will be rain and the wind will also strengthen. aldi and tesco have come out on top in the battle of the supermarkets this christmas — according to figures that are just out. i'll have all the details shortly. in sport more fallout from the game that turned sour. the fa have asked manchester united and manchester city for their versions of the events post match which left city coach mikel arteta injured. and is it a ten from len? the former strictlyjudge will be here to tell us who he thinks will lift that glitter ball. first, our main story. a radical change to the rules around organ donation in england is being unveiled today, as ministers launch a consultation on moving to a system of ‘presumed consent‘.

the reform would mean opting out of being a donor, rather than the current scheme of opting in. wales has already taken that approach, and the scottish government is planning to introduce a similar scheme. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. offering a stranger the gift of life is what lies at the heart of organ donation. these are the names of those who've helped some of the 6,500 people who need a transplant each year, but around a50 will die before a donor can be found. the family of adrian williams were happy to support his decision to donate. when you lose someone, and they've given that gift, that huge gift, you're immensely proud of them and it fills you with comfort that other families are actually enjoying the lives of their loved ones, where they may not have done, the past decade has seen a big surge in donors across the uk. in 2007, there were around

790 deceased donors. that's now risen to more than 1a00. the number of registered donors has gone up from 1a million to more than 23 million. but ministers are concerned that four out of ten families say no to donation, so are proposing a system where it's assumed we are all willing to be donors. the issue of presumed consent is one thing we are looking at. what we need is much better communication inside families so that people know what family members actually want. there are some concerns that moving to a system where there is an assumption we are willing to donate could be counter—productive, undoing the good work of recent years by raising fears over the government having a claim on our organs. temperatures of minus 13 celsius have been recorded in shropshire on what was the coldest night of the year so far. hundreds of schools have been closed across england and wales, and motorists are being warned

to take care in hazardous driving conditions. tom burridge has the latest. they have been working through the night. freezing ice on the roads is expected to be a problem in much of the country. as temperatures drop to record lows. in parts of wales temperatures drop to around —10. but the village shopkeeper was the cold est, the village shopkeeper was the coldest, a perishing minus 13. at kew gardens it was —3.7. with lots of snow still around from yesterday and the weekend it will be hard going as roads turn i say this morning. it looks stunning from a pier but there are weather warnings for snow and ice in eastern scotland and eastern england and for ice in northern ireland, wales, the midlands and the south—east of england. fun for some as hundreds of

schools closed again. our reporter kathryn stanczyszyn is at birmingham children's hospital for us this morning. disruption in many parts of the country is continuing today? good morning, the disruption has been mostly to do with getting around, that is why hospitals like this one put out an appeal yesterday to try to help to get staff in and out for a late shift last night and early shifts this morning, anybody with four by for a late shift last night and early shifts this morning, anybody with four by four vehicles, they say they are sorted for today, it is these temperatures we are having which have brought weather warnings, temperatures dropping as low as —10 in wales and that is on top of the snow we had over the last couple of days making things even more difficult. it officially the cold est more difficult. it officially the coldest night last night, —13 the most low temperature recorded. we

have seen temperatures across other parts of the westminster than is causing disruption to schools, 350 closed across the west midlands, around 90 in gloucestershire and more than two large and 50 in wales are shut today as well. if you are going out wrap up tight, it is perishing. it was —a when i came in this morning, —5 for you? yes, someone has said on twitter it was —15 on their car barometer. a lot of black ice out there this morning, if you are going out, take ca re morning, if you are going out, take care and pay attention to local travel reports. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, has described a bomb explosion next to the city's busiest bus station as an isolated, attempted terrorist attack. the suspect, who was injured in the blast, is a 27 —year—old bangladeshi who moved to the us six years ago. he's in hospital under arrest.

president trump said it showed the need for congress to toughen immigration policy. four people are being questioned on suspicion of murder, after three children died in a house fire in salford, early yesterday morning. their mother and another three year—old child remain in a critical condition. our correspondent, dave guest, is live at the scene. this is a disturbing story, good morning. good morning, it is indeed. the police are still present as they have been since yesterday morning, it was around 5am fire crews arrived to find a mid—terrace house well ablaze. two 16—year—old boys had got out but a mother and four children still trapped inside. firefighters rescued them, a 1a—year—old girl was pronounced dead at the scene, a seven—year—old girl and an eight—year—old boy were then

pronounced dead in hospital. this tragedy soon became more sinister as the police announced they were treating it as a murder investigation. four arrests, three men and a woman last night on suspicion of murder and a further arrest of a man accused of assisting an offender. this has shocked this community, flowers at the scene last night and last night a local church opened its door so people could light a candle and say a prayer and think about the children who lost their lives and the family torn apart by this devastation. as the day goes on detectives will continue questioning those people arrested overnight. clive lewis has been cleared of sexual harassment by a party enquiry. he has always denied the allegation and said he was pleased

to be able to put it behind him. offering new mothers cash incentives could significantly increase breastfeeding rates according to a new study. more than 10,000 new mums were offered shopping vouchers worth up to £120 if babies received breast milk at two days, 10 days and six weeks old. a further £80 of vouchers was available if they continued to receive breast milk up to six months. we have been talking a lot about buying food for christmas, good news from the supermarket figures? at this time of year everyone is analysing what is going on, who is coming out on top and what we are spending our money on, tesco are by far the biggest supermarket out of all of them in the uk but you still have aldi and lidl, aldi the

fastest—growing supermarket in the uk with lidl not that far behind. they are nowhere near as big as tesco yet but it's the fact they have slowly been taking sales away from the big supermarkets. in terms of what we are spending our money on so of what we are spending our money on so far this year, alcohol sales have gone up quite staggeringly, up to nearly £172 million compared to this time last year and that's because, not necessarily we are drinking more but we are spending more on it, we are buying more kraft gin, lots of people have been buying artisan gin, the new kid on the block is nonalcoholic beer. the sales of nonalcoholic beer. the sales of nonalcoholic beer. the sales of nonalcoholic beer have grown by 27% in the past 12 weeks. lots of people stocking up on nonalcoholic beer as well. it is interesting how much we are expected to spend. on friday 22nd and saturday 23rd shoppers are

expected to part with £1.5 billion in supermarkets for christmas. megamoney. have you ever build an 7 megamoney. have you ever build an igloo? i have not, if we have enough snow. have looked at this, we were talking yesterday about using boxes to build stuff like this and benjamin from redditch took eight hours to make this using 500 snow bricks. build and his girlfriend ‘s garden and everybody enjoyed it. some lighting as well the candle and thatis some lighting as well the candle and that is even a dog enjoying himself. brilliant. i will try this next time there is enough snow, fantastic, thank you for sending it in. we all need to talk much more openly about what we want to happen to our bodies after we die. that's the message from the health secretaryjeremy hunt this morning as he launches a consultation on major changes to transplant rules in england. the proposals would see the introduction of a system where everyone is assumed to have

given their consent to donate their organs. lets discuss this further with iain brassington, who lectures in medical ethics at the university of manchester and john fabre, emeritus professor at kings college london and former president of the british transplantation society. gentlemen, thank you very much for your time this morning, set out your position first up, what do you think of these potential changes, having to opt out, the same system in england and in wales?” to opt out, the same system in england and in wales? i think broadly speaking it's a good idea, there is evidence people are willing to be organ donors but out of forg etfulness to be organ donors but out of forgetfulness or because they never get rented it is difficult to ensure they are. the general impression seems to be most people are willing to be donors even if they don't give explicit consent. 8096 was the figure? something like that. by making it simple consent it can free up making it simple consent it can free

up an immense making it simple consent it can free up an immense resource. making it simple consent it can free up an immense resource. do making it simple consent it can free up an immense resource. do you think this is the right idea professor?” think it is a distinctly bad idea because one can protect whether fair certainty it will not increase donor numbers as we all want. there is also the issue of integrity, the syste m also the issue of integrity, the system lacks integrity. what are the specific problems, too much pressure on families or white? do you mean with presumed consent? the whole presumption of consent is if you do not opt out there in you are legally in favour of organ donation and we all know if you have not opted out, could someone dies then you will not know their wishes and presumed consent is the absence of objection and never before in clinical context

as that seen as informed consent. what do you make of that? as that seen as informed consent. what do you make of that7m as that seen as informed consent. what do you make of that? it is true we are getting rid of consent in tyrie but the importance lies in the fa ct tyrie but the importance lies in the fact that people are still running their own lives so if you are having a medical procedure the expectation is it will make a difference to how you run your life afterwards. if we talk about organ donors, it's not a consideration any more. we are not taking away someone's ability to control her own life because by this point their own life has reached its end point. to that extent that kind of worried as did looked a little bit for the practical reasons that they are no longer self—governing entities. that is true that most people want to have a say in what happens to the body after they died andl happens to the body after they died and i think it's a very strong wish ina lot and i think it's a very strong wish in a lot of people and a lot of families. but i think we should concentrate on is it going to work? that is my primary concern. you have

concerns about if this would work, in your view, what might make the difference? neither one of you are against transplantation but what would make the difference to ensure there are more donors?” would make the difference to ensure there are more donors? i think the approach is not to presume the consent of dead donors but to look across to spain. the family consent rates are around 60%, 63%, in spain may have had a consent rate of 85% for around 20 years and they are consent, they are system of consent is firmly centred on the family. the family has to give written consent for donation to proceed even when the consent of the donor is explicit, for example carrying a donor car and that is underpinned by extensive public education and relations. the spanish system is about a cultural difference to where we are in this country. that would make the

change? that would make a difference certainly and there is evidence that the rates of donation are increasing in the uk because of the way the system is handled. it is interesting that the appeal was to the role of the family in making this decision. there is a decent moral argument to be had whether the family really does have such an important role. so should the family have a veto over whether an organ is used for donation when someone's life maybe at stake. in most circumstances we may say it is good to get the family involved, but when there is another life at stake so the balance will shift. thank you very much indeed. we could continue talking about this and i'm sure you will, but thank you very much. we got to the heart of the issue. thank you both very much indeed. please let us know your thoughts on that. you can get in contact via e—mail or social media

and we will try and get through some later. even if we don't get through your comments on air, we are looking through them. it has been the coldest night of the year and carol has the details. bottom the temperature fell to minus 13 celsius last night in shropshire. on the isles of scilly, it is plus eight. beautiful weather watchers pictures this morning. you can see a lovely, frosty scene in solihull. similarly so frosty scene in solihull. similarly so in leeds and lying snow too across worcestershire. so a cold start. we have got lying snow. there is the risk of ice and as well as that, some of us have got some freezing fog patches. more notably across parts of south wales and the west midlands. some of those will be slow to lift, but when they do, much

of the uk is off to a sunny start. there is more cloud out towards the west. and you can see that that is going to bring in some rain and strengthening winds as we go through the day. so for northern ireland, this afternoon, it will be a wet one for you. the rain continuing to push steadily eastwards with hill snow and it will feel cold. it's the same across western scotland. we have got the rain coming in with hill snow. the cloud building ahead of it, the sunny test skies will be across the east and the south east of scotland, but it will be cold. for northern england, the cloud building across the isle of man into the north—west with the odd shower. the north—east of england, dry and sunny, but cold. if we draw a line down the centre of the midlands heading all points east and south—east, that's where we have got the lion's share of the sunshine, it the cloud building ahead of the weather front coming in from the west and the weather front introducing showery outbreaks of rain. away from that, it will be cold. through this evening and

overnight, we will continue with the weather front sinking south. it will produce hill snow. it will be blustery around it. then we've got a gap before the next weather front comes in from the west. again, introducing some rain, but this time it will be more showery in nature and we will see hill snow in scotland, northern ireland, possibly north wales and north—west england. these temperatures represent towns and cities. in rural areas and where we still have lying snow, the temperature will be lower than that. so first thing in the morning our first band of rain clears the south east, we have got the second one coming in, the showery one and the wind changes direction to more of a westerly. that's less cold. we lose the rain. the second band comes south. showery with the odd heavy burst. then we are into colder air. across parts of scotland and northern ireland. at the moment on current thinking, we could later in the day for the rush hour see some of the snow getting into north—west england as well, but we'll keep you

posted on that, lou and dan. carol, thank you very much. we will see you in about 25 minutes for another update. the broadcaster keith chegwin has been described by former colleagues as a "telly legend" and a "one off" following his death at the age of 60. known to millions of children and young people in the 1970s and 80s as one of television's most familiar presenters, he'd been suffering with a progressive lung condition. he played a part in pioneering new programme formats such as multi—coloured swap shop and cheggers plays pop in a varied career that would span five decades. cheering and applause hello. we're back again with more fun and games and pop music. several newcomers to the charts this week. number six. they want to swap this silver disc. what did you receive the silver disc

for? we received it for abba's greatest hits. how long did it take you to record the album? i think your voice is great. you're not still drinking, are you keith? laughter no, cheggers plays pop now! good! so many programmes he was involved in over the years. so many happy memories people are sharing. one of keith chegwin's friends, ted robins is with us. your friendship robins is with us. yourfriendship goes robins is with us. your friendship goes back a robins is with us. yourfriendship goes back a long time. we were both born in liverpool and we were roughly the same age. keith was known for his show business family, his sister and we

used to see each other. and he did a lwa ys used to see each other. and he did always seem to be on the up. he was. what you saw was what you get. he did make it look easy. you see him with buzzcocks and stuff. he'd go on and there was the half thing of taking the mickey, but he knew what he was doing and he could do it all. he really should have been worked in variety that my dad was from. he goes back to that era of being able to sing, dance, do it all. and did it so easily. and was much cannier than he made out. he wasn't the clown, he was a clown, but he was clever. that's an art in itself, to be able to bounce on to stage as we see him there, look like you're making this whole thing up, when you probably haven't at all.” making this whole thing up, when you probably haven't at all. i did a kids show called the slammer on cbbc

with keith and we were doing a pantomime in this mad cat prison and they said who do you think for a dame? isaid they said who do you think for a dame? i said it has got to be keith. he came in and played widow twankey. at the interval they told me the news. i had just taken the wig off. i looked in the mirror and the last timei i looked in the mirror and the last time i saw keith, i think we were ugly sisters, but he took to it like that. he would come in and play a pantomime dame. i was on the league 0f pantomime dame. i was on the league of gentlemen with him. we fiddled les mcqueen out of his money. i said, "we could be on telly." he said, "we could be on telly." he said, "the first time since cheggers plays pop." that's part of my life gone. exactly. we see him on extras

here. he played a very rude version of him. they had fun doing that. when you watch the clips from years gone by, he was the pro with live telly at a time when there weren't so telly at a time when there weren't so many people holding an audience, walking around a hotel on the big brea kfast, walking around a hotel on the big breakfast, he was solicitor co mforta ble breakfast, he was solicitor comfortable in that live situation? that's why everyone felt he was their friend. that's why everyone felt he was theirfriend. you that's why everyone felt he was their friend. you know that's why everyone felt he was theirfriend. you know what that's why everyone felt he was their friend. you know what it's like live tv, to go from something crazy and hitting your marx and our links, it's like everything in life, you make it look easy and the people with the most talent wear it lightly and he really did it wear lightly. it strikes me that he was an early bird because often, about the time i'm coming into the studio, he would be on twitter with endless, endless jokes. oh, endless jokes. be on twitter with endless, endless

jokes. oh, endlessjokes. some of hisjokes, sent me one not long ago. he said, "how are you getting on with that new stair—lift?" oh, it's driving me up the wall! it's ridiculous. louise hasn't got it yet! he'd laugh and he did cheesy gags, but you know. but they were good. joining us is fiona phillips. just tell us about your memories of keith? 0h, just tell us about your memories of keith? oh, i loved him. absolutely loved him. he was, he was a people person. i know that's an old cliche, but he loved the people that he went out to see and i mean when i was working with him, it was on breakfast television, sorry, on the other side! and we had a competition and he used to go and surprise the competition winners and the amount of work he put into it. he was such a professional. i mean, he did his own t—shirts printed for the

families and buy them gifts to take. he wanted their experience to be a really brilliant experience. he really brilliant experience. he really cared about the people he was meeting. when we used to go out on the road and do lives, he would warm up the road and do lives, he would warm up all the people around so they we re up all the people around so they were cheering and they were really into the hole thing. he was great and always a smile and the first thing he used to say when he came into the studio or anywhere he worked was, "whey— hay. " into the studio or anywhere he worked was, "whey—hay." he filled the room with energy and laughter. he was a very giving person and i used to get a text from him every christmas and it was just, "whay—yah" on christmas day. he was a lovely, lovely fellow. when i heard yesterday, we heard of so many people dying lately, celebrities, but when i heard he'd gone yesterday, i really did shed a tear, because he meant a lot to me and he

meant a lot to the people whose doorstep he turned up on, not because he had a cheque in his hand because he had a cheque in his hand because he had a cheque in his hand because he really cared about them and he was a lovely, lovely man. fiona, you know what tv is like. when you met him, he would always ask you questions about you, rather than be happy to talk about yourself all the time? no, he never talked about himself apart from those dreadfuljokes. he did like to wing those at you! no, he was more interested in the person, he was speaking to, to make them feel comfortable and if he was a guest, he would be so well prepared and so wanting for his bit to be entertaining, not so that he would look good, but so the audience would enjoy it. that's who he was. that's the manl enjoy it. that's who he was. that's the man i knew. fiona phillips, thank you very much for coming to talk to us and ted robins, thank you. thank you. some lovely memories and

he was so fondly remembered by so many people. now, the news, the travel and the weather where you are. all of us starting a very cold start to the day, it's been the coldest start for many of us for the whole year, start for many of us for the whole yea r, lots of start for many of us for the whole year, lots of scenes like this with the snow still in place, —13 the lowest temperature the uk has seen since february 200016. ice is a real hazard this morning, lots of sunshine this morning, one or two fog patches across the west midlands, those were clear, sunshine across eastern areas throughout this afternoon but it will feel quite cold, temperatures about two or three celsius, temperatures may struggle to get above freezing weather is lying snow. the cloud increasing in west wales, patchy rain moving in, the cloud increasing

ahead of that across north—west england, by three o'clock this afternoon. north—east england dry and sunny, sunshine towards the east, further the wind moving in, hill snow as well, it will gradually work its way for the east, health snow over the pennines this evening and fora time snow over the pennines this evening and for a time tonight before the rain clears away, with more cloud around, it's not going to be anywhere near as cold as last night, these are the temperatures in towns and cities. in the countryside still perhaps below freezing so perhaps a frosty icy start to the day. going into wednesday and other weather system coming from the west will bring more persistent rain across these western areas throughout the morning, again hill snow over scotla nd morning, again hill snow over scotland and increasingly across northern ireland. the rain continues to move into the south east of england, as it clears from northern and western areas it will be dry and sunny but it will turn cold again

during wednesday, maximum temperatures 5—9d. more details on the website. this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and ben bland. two years on from the paris climate deal world leaders are back in the city to work out how they are going to pay for all their promises. live from london, that's our top story on tuesday december 12. they need $100 billion a year to make it work, and america now won't pay a penny — so can world leaders come together today and work out how to fund

the paris climate agreement? also in the programme, the price of brent crude oil has hit its highest level in two years after a key pipeline