hello. this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and dan walker. a leak in britain's new £3 billion aircraft carrier. the royal navy confirms it will carry our repairs on hms queen elizabeth, amid claims the ship is taking on hundreds of litres of seawater every hour. good morning. it's tuesday, the 19th of december. also this morning: parents, teachers, and young people are being asked to have their say on how children should be taught about sex and relationships in schools in england. at least three people are known to have died after passenger train crashed off a bridge onto a busy motorway in the us state of washington. good morning. have your christmas deliveries arrived on time? lots of people are making a plan to ensure they get them. but what are your rights if there's a problem? i'll be finding out later.

athletics anti—doping officials have launched an investigation into what iaaf president lord coe called "serious allegations" about world champion sprinter justin gatlin‘s coach and an agent. we've looked at benefits of singing together. hopefully louder than that. now there's a chance to join in. this morning, we're linking up choirs for a live uk—wide sing along. keep watching for details of how you can get involved. and matt has the weather. you need to know that! details of fog around. frost as well. mostly a dry day. a day of massive temperature contrast. good morning. first, our main story. the royal navy's new £3 billion aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth, is leaking. the navy's future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts.

our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navy's largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen. i name this ship queen elizabeth. the white ensign. but what the navy did not say at the time was that she was leaking. according to the sun newspaper, a fault with a seal around one of the propeller shafts has left her taking on up to 200 litres of water every hour. the problem was first identified during her sea trials earlier this year. a royal navy spokesman insisted the fault was now scheduled for repair and that it would not prevent the 65,000—ton warship from sailing again early in the new year. it's not clear how easy or how much the repair will cost, but it's believed to be one of a number of snags that

will have to be rectified by the contractors. the first f35 international delivery. meanwhile, mps have issued a warning about the cost of the new aircraft that will eventually fly off her. the commons defence select committee says there has been an unacceptable lack of transparency over the f35 jets, with one estimate that each plane will cost more than £150 million. the mod insists the multibillion pound programme is on track, on time and within budget. jonathan beale, bbc news. the health regulator is warning that the nhs workforce is at "crunch point" and it's calling on the government to act. in its annual report, the general medical council says the supply of new doctors is failing to keep pace with demand, and warns the service could suffer increasing pressure over the next 20 years. 0ur health correspondent, adina campbell, reports. another stark warning about the state of our nhs. this time, the gmc says it's

concerned about the pressures and unease on doctors as they grapple with their growing workloads. in its latest report, it found that the supply of new doctors into the uk has not kept up with demand. with then dependence on non—uk qualified doctors some specialist areas. there was also a risk that some overseas doctors were being put off working in the uk. and an ongoing strain on doctors training. at the moment, we see our doctors day in, day out, doing a fantastic job, but we shouldn't take that for granted, and that's why things like the training environment forjunior doctors is particularly important. and that's why we should be really clear about what we need to do to look after the attractiveness of the uk for overseas doctors as well. the department of health in england says the nhs currently has a record number of doctors, nearly 15,000 more since 2010,

and is expanding the number of training places by 25%. labour, though, has accused the government of mismanaging the nhs, and says the workforce is in crisis. to meet the future needs of patients, the gmc now wants to reduce the burden on doctors, with improvements to their work—life balance through better training and flexible working conditions. adina campbell, bbc news. at least three people are confirmed to have died when a passenger train derailed and fell from a bridge onto a busy motorway in the us state of washington. officials say 72 people were taken to hospitals after most of the train‘s carriages left the track. emergency services say it's been difficult to get access to parts of the wreckage. 0ur north america correspondent, james cook, reports. amtrak 501, emergency, emergency. we are on the ground. the conductor calling for help from amtrak 50! has just survived

a deadly high—speed crash. is everybody 0k? i'm still figuring that out. we got cars everywhere, and down on the highway. passengers say the train rocked and creaked as it took a curve at speed, and turmoil followed. ijust grabbed onto the chair in front of me for dear life. my laptop went flying, phone went flying. it was all the way at the other end. people were screaming, it was crazy. the new express was taking a faster route from seattle to portland for the first time. investigators will consider whether the train was speeding when it left the track. some experts say the rail industry should have embraced technology to prevent such accidents years ago. it's really ridiculous, the amount of automation capability that we have and the fact they have not implemented it yet, for somebody like me who's an engineer, it's just pathetic. this is the latest in a series of deadly rail accidents in the us. president trump says it

vindicates his call to improve the nation's infrastructure but it's too early to say whether that would have made a difference. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. the government will outline measures to tackle "race bias" in the criminaljustice system in england and wales later today. it follows a report from the labour mp david lammy which found the system discriminated against people from ethnic minority backgrounds. thejustice secretary david lidington says there'll be work done on each of mr lammy‘s 35 recommendations, but it's understood a proposal aimed at boosting ethnic diversity among the judiciary has not been accepted. theresa may will meet the entire cabinet for the first time since the european council summit today to plan how they see the uk's relationship with the eu after transition. it follows a meeting with senior cabinet ministers yesterday in which the prime minister told them the government is well on the way to delivering a "smooth and orderly" brexit. it will be the last time that

cabinet ministers meet in 2017, before the break for christmas. parents, teachers, and young people are being asked to help create a new relationship and sex education curriculum which could include lessons on sexting and on line pornography. earlier this year, the education secretary justine greening said the subject would be made compulsory in all schools in england. 0ur correspondent, richard galpin, reports. what is different, and what is the same? the guidelines for teaching schoolchildren about relationships and sex has not changed since the turn of the century. and the lessons like this to be made compulsory in all england's schools, and update is urgently needed, especially given how much time many children now spend on line. here, there are new risks, like sexting. and their risk cyber bullying, and the availability on line of hard—core pornography. 0ften, young people do not necessarily know what is inappropriate in off behaviour and materials. they are confronted by a

light on the internet. they do not even know what is illegal and what is legal in terms of what they are. it really is time we update guidance. teachers and parents are to suggest how it could be updated to suggest how it could be updated to make it more relevant. there will bea to make it more relevant. there will be a vigorous debate. to make it more relevant. there will be a vigorous debatelj to make it more relevant. there will be a vigorous debate. i am a mother of two. i want a talk about healthy relationships, friendships, your first boyfriend at the end of primary school, when people are starting to say i am going out with him,i starting to say i am going out with him, iwant starting to say i am going out with him, i want them to understand what makes a good relationship between people. at the end of this process, the government says its goal is to make sure young people learn the importance of healthy and stable relationships. richard galpin, bbc

news. researchers have found a way of improving the accuracy of summer weather predictions in the uk. scientists found a connection between sea surface temperatures in the north atlantic in march and april, and the subsequent summer's rain or shine. they say the new method could benefit agriculture, tourism and construction. can you hear that noise? there is a bit of beeping. we will figure it out. definitely, i can hear it. it is high pitched. it is sending me wild. don't adjust your sets. a snail—eating turtle discovered in a thai food market and a horseshoe bat are just two of 115 new species discovered by scientists.

they already face an uncertain future due to threats to their habitat in the greater meekong region of south—east asia. the creatures have been documented by the world wide fund for nature. what a shnoz! perhaps he is making the noise! that's a mole, isn't it? and some sort of fog. do you know the difference between a frog and a toad? 0ne the difference between a frog and a toad? one is a frog and one is a toad. this board. justin gatlin. we have to be careful about how we talk about it. anti—doping and athletics authorities are investigating allegations that members ofjustin gatlin‘s entourage offered to supply performance—enhancing drugs. legal representatives of the world 100m champion have reacted to the telegraph's report by releasing the last five years of his tests, showing the sprinter to be drug free. they say that gatlin wasn't present at the time banned substances

were allegedly discussed and that his coach dennis mitchell has been sacked. everton make it four wins from five games under sam allardyce. two penalties and then this stunning strike from gylfi sigurdsson against his old club were enough to win 3—1. swa nsea his old club were enough to win 3—1. swansea remain bottom of the table with just 12 points. west ham could be without midfielder manuel lanzini for tonight's carabao cup quarter—final with arsenal after being charged with diving in saturday's game against stoke. lanzini, who could be banned for two games, is expected to appeal. mo marley is currently interim boss but england are struggling to find female candidates to be the next permanent women's team manager, according to the fa's head of women's football baroness sue campbell. no permanent successor to mark sampson is expected to be named until next year. they start them young in the horse racing world and we mightjust have a couple of racing dynasties in the making as the daughter of former champion jockey

jim crowley won this shetland pony grand national race at the 0lympia horse show. frankie dettori's son, won a similar race a few days ago. don't you love them? i love the hug at the end. that's a horse for mike! we should give him one. no, he has equine issues. beautiful horses, though. is it horse riding weather? ido though. is it horse riding weather? i do not even know if that link even worked... here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. it is dry across many parts of the uk. for the morning could be it, for some of you, patches of dense fog. a

few issues at heathrow airport with the fog. also icy in places. ifound that out this morning. temperature contrasts. look at the difference! they will exist in the south—east and north—west today. the south of the uk. this is where you will have dense fog, especially towards east anglia and the south—east corner. some sunshine for some. frosty on roads and pavements. it will drastically reduce as you go down some of the faster routes this morning. not much fog towards the south—west. patchy rain and drizzle possible in anglesey. fog in the vale of york. the greatest skies towards the pennines. —— greyest. a

cloudy start for scotland and northern ireland. fog patches to start the day. fairly cloudy through the day. cloud in scotland and northern ireland and wales in the midlands. misty in the hills. temperature contrasts. look at that. there will be some sunshine across the south—east compared to other parts of the country. tonight, a fairly cloudy picture quite widely. wet before clouds disappear in northern ireland and northern scotland. most should be frost—free tonight. the odd pocket in eastern areas. misty in the hills this morning. a dry day for england and wales. a weather front pushing

through northern england. sunshine out. a pleasant afternoon in much of scotla nd out. a pleasant afternoon in much of scotland and northern ireland. grey and murky but more mild in southern parts of england and wales. the weather front is still with us across central parts of the uk on thursday. not much rain. mild but grey. a little bit more chilly further north. scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england, sunshine. cold air in place gets moved out of the way on friday. for the start of the weekend as well. after the festive more cool weather for the past few weeks, things look more mild and murky as we go into the start of the weekend in the run—up to christmas. the chance of something more chilly pushing in northern areas. we have been joined we have beenjoined by sally and shown to look at this morning's papers. do you want to start with the front pages? —— sean. the daily

mail taking the front pages? —— sean. the daily mailtaking a the front pages? —— sean. the daily mail taking a look at the end of the plastic recycling shambles. new rules to end the postcode lottery on recycling. there is a four point plan put forward by the environment secretary, who wants to tie councils to common gardens, —— common guidelines, which will make recycling less complicated for all of us. it will avoid issues with what can be recycled. when you have patch packaging with plastic and cardboard, what are you supposed to do? separate. the front page of the times has a picture from this train crash in washington, where three people died. we will be bringing more detail on that a little later on, speaking to somebody who was on the train at the time. police took bribes from an organised crime gang is on the front of the times, allegations against the biggest force, an investigation collapsing.

so you spend £3 billion building a ship and you find out it has a leak. the navy's new aircraft carrier. up ship creek is the headline. it has a fa u lty ship creek is the headline. it has a faulty seal around one of the propeller shafts. the front page of the guardian, barnier tells theresa may you will not get a special brexit dealfor the may you will not get a special brexit deal for the city. they have done the best tv shows for 2017, the guardian, 50 best tv shows and it caused quite a bit of debate yesterday on social media with some people saying there are only three non— scripted tv shows in that top 50, which isn't really a fair reflection of the actual tv you watch. it is all highly scripted drama rather than things like i am a celebrity. you are always off—piste,

sean. naga said to me, don't touch the mirror, it is sean's! toys'r'us on the brink, and there is a deadline on thursday to come to some deal to save most of the business. already they have said 26 stores will close and 800 jobs at risk a nyway will close and 800 jobs at risk anyway but if they don't come to a deal to get that done by thursday, settling things with creditors and stuff like that, those jobs could be in question. so anyone who is concerned and has ordered stuff from toys'r'us for christmas, obviously... every store is open for business. you can go in and buy something and it is absolutely fine. kim jong—un's plan is to something and it is absolutely fine.

kimjong—un's plan is to get something and it is absolutely fine. kim jong—un's plan is to get to a deal done on thursday. so the main question is about pensions for their workers —— toys'r'us's plan. the too often consider when there are question marks about the company is gift vouchers. if you give a gift voucher for christmas and two weeks later it has not been spent on the go into administration, all of a sudden you are one of the creditors and pretty far down the list. sudden you are one of the creditors and pretty far down the listlj don't know whether dan is going to don't know whether dan is going to do the same paper i am going to do. shall we show you the front page of the daily telegraph? this is the entire front page of today's daily telegraph, about the 100m runner justin gatlin. do you remember he was booed at the world athletics championships were previously serving doping ban? the daily telegraph have been investigating

him and his entourage, and his agent, according to them, has footage that they have off offers to supply illicit substances to journalists. he has subsequently sacked his coach who claimed drug use in american athletics was widespread. justin gatlin, of course, denies all the allegations but the daily telegraph investigation into makes fascinating, slightly disheartening reading. by the way, later on today, you know we did our bbc sing? today's the day we have getting involved, six choirs around the uk singing 0h come all ye faithful. we would love you to get involved as well, so we need you to record yourself singing alive 0h come all ye faithful, and we will give you the details later on. all the

details are on our facebook page, and next week, on christmas eve, we will throw it all together. brilliant! and we are all in the same key? it doesn't matter, we will harmonise. i will get you one of those tuning forks. president trump has outlined his new national security strategy, focussing on economic stability, and identified china and russia as the primary threats to america's influence and wealth. he also attacked the "failures" of past foreign policy, and criticised north korea and pakistan. joining us now from our washington bureau is mark cancian, from the centre for strategic and international studies. we also face rival powers, russia and china, that seek to challenge american influence, values and wealth. we will attempt to build a great partnership with those and

other countries, but in a manner that always protects our national interest. we are used to seeing these sorts of strategies being released without much fanfare. what do you make of the way that donald trump has presented this? well, this strategy isa presented this? well, this strategy is a little unusual, as you say. most of them don't get a lot of attention, they are very high level, they are very vague, they are full of platitudes. but because trump had raised so many issues about the us role in the world, this one has been getting a lot of attention. what did you make of the actual policy that was discussed in there?” you make of the actual policy that was discussed in there? i think you can divide the policies into three groups. the first group are those that are consistent with previous administrations, the 0bama administration, for example, and where the document cites russia,

china, north korea, iran and isis as threats, that sort of thing is very consistent. there is another group of discussions that a —— that are mainstream republican, missile defence, climate change. and then there is a group that our signature trump issues. this is border security, a wall and trade policy.” wonder as well, listening to what he was saying, it sounded a lot like a campaign speech. the same sort of rhetoric around america first. can you say that he is returning to many of the promises that he made when he was trying to be elected president? you do see that through the document, which is about america first strategy, it picks up many of those themes. there is a very large economic section that reflects the president's policies. deregulation, cutting government spending, that sort of thing. so yes, you do see a

lot of that in the document. but as isaid, you lot of that in the document. but as i said, you also see continuity with previous administrations and with mainstream republican thinking on national security issues. you mentioned more broadly republican policy. he named the us withdrawal from the paris climate accord as a success. i wonder if that would be a view which is shared across the republican party? well, there is a lot of scepticism about what to do about climate change in the republican party. some of that is about climate change in general. a lot of it is about what you should do about it and whether an agreement like the paris agreement would be helpful. i think he is well within the republican mainstream. really good to talk to you this morning, thank you very much. it is the big finale of our sing series today, so we are doing something a bit special. we want to get the whole of the uk singing along together. so, wherever you are,

pleasejoin in. jayne is in birmingham, where they already sound in excellent voice. i don't know if you could hear it, there was a high—pitched sound earlier, and it has stopped! apparently, john, they are already infine apparently, john, they are already in fine voice in bristol. they certainly are, and hopefully you can hear them in fine voice. we are at aerospace still, a newly opened aviation museum outside the city, beneath the distinctive delta wings of concord which was built in this city just of concord which was built in this cityjust alongside of concord which was built in this city just alongside the of concord which was built in this cityjust alongside the runway. we have representatives from three workplace choirs this morning. you can see them from the royal mail, we

have singers from a bus, it was their forebears who built concorde —— airbus. all being conducted by david 0gden, and they are doing a wonderfuljob. what this does is it compels a body to join in, wonderfuljob. what this does is it compels a body tojoin in, and that is hopefully what everybody will be doing later on this morning. what a marvellous place to do it. you will be singing a little bit later. stop link up! that is what we do, we support each other. we don't knock each other when somebody tries to sing —— stock building it up. it is the same choir we were singing with last week. it is going to sound great, especially when danjones n. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. —— danjoins in. good morning, i'm asad ahmad.

heathrow airport has cut its estimated expansion costs by over £2 billion, as it makes a new proposal for a third runway. it comes from reducing the space needed and changes to building work. the proposal will be put to the public next year for consultation, but there is already criticism from campaign groups, who say the cost does nothing to address fears over environmental damage. work is due to start in three years' time. a court has heard how a homeless man who damaged a £24 million thomas gainsborough painting in the national gallery this year did it because a voice in his head told him to. keith gregory is accused of slashing the painting called the morning walk using a drill bit. he has pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing criminal damage, by reason of insanity. the case continues. crystal palace footballer jason puncheon has been charged with assault and having a weapon after a fight in a nightclub in surrey at the weekend. the 31—year—old midfielder was arrested in reigate

after partying with friends. he was taken into custody, but later released on bail. he will appear in court early next month. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes: the metropolitan line, there are minor delays between wembley park and baker street due to a signal failure at wembley park. there is fog on the a4 to the north of heathrow airport this morning, and that fog is already caused dozens of cancellations at the airport. check your flight if you are due to leave this morning, and allow plenty of time to get to the airport. and in highbury, the a1 remains closed at highbury corner for major roadworks. they will be there until 8january. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate. good morning. it is a very murky start, at least for some of us, this morning, and a cold one as well. we

have got patches of dense, freezing fog, and the met office has issued a yellow weather warnings for the fog this morning. visibility in some spots considerably reduced. now, in other places you don't have any fog, and that means a bright start with a bit of sunshine. but where you do haveit bit of sunshine. but where you do have it it is very dense, it is very dangerous, and it is unlikely to lift for much of the morning. now, through the afternoon the temperatures struggling, five or six celsius. if you are underneath that fog it is going to feel very cold. now, overnight tonight we will see more cloud coming in from the north. with it may be some spots of rain. nothing significant you may feel a spot or two. it is going to feel different. the temperature overnight marlborough, and around seven celsius as the minimum. and that mild air stays with us through wednesday. a little bit of mist around first thing. it is much cloudier start tomorrow and that cloudier start tomorrow and that cloud is going to stay with us. the maximum temperature, though, in double figures again, so certainly feeling milder at 11 celsius. as we

head through the remainder of the week, that mar their staying with us. high pressure remains in charge. it doesn't, however, mean we are going to see too much sunshine. lots of cloud but temperatures most week in double figures. va nessa vanessa feltz has her breakfast radio show starting at seven a.m.. i will be back in half an hour. hello. this is breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. loads happening on the show this morning. damejudi dench will be talking about her passion for trees from the secret woodland at the bottom of her garden. we'll be asking whether it's time for sex education to include lessons on "sexting" and on line pornography. is that... is that another tardis? she's set to return as dr who's companion bill on christmas day, but this morning pearl mackie will be right here, and she's bringing us a sneak preview of the christmas special.

good morning. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the royal navy's new three billion pound aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth, is leaking. the navy's future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen less than two weeks ago, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. the fault was first identified during sea trials. a spokesman said the aircraft carrier was scheduled for repair and would be sailing again early in the new year. parents, teachers, and young people are being asked to have their say on how children should be taught about sex and relationships in schools in england. the current guidelines have not been updated since the year 2000. ministers say this is "unacceptable" and want new guidance for autumn 2019. earlier this year the education secretary justine greening said the subject would be made compulsory in all schools in england. at least three people are confirmed to have died when a passenger train derailed and fell onto a busy motorway in the us state of washington.

officials say 72 people were taken to hospitals after most of the train's carriages left the track. the high—speed train was making the first passenger journey on a new, shorter route. emergency services say it's been difficult to get access to parts of the wreckage. the government will outline measures to tackle "race bias" in the criminaljustice system in england and wales later today. it follows a report from the labour mp david lammy which found the system discriminated against people from ethnic minority backgrounds. thejustice secretary david lidington says there'll be work done on each of mr lammy‘s 35 recommendations, but it's understood a proposal aimed at boosting ethnic diversity among the judiciary has not been accepted. theresa may will meet the entire cabinet for the first time since the european council summit today, to plan how they see the uk's relationship with the eu after transition. it follows a meeting with senior cabinet ministers yesterday in which the prime minister told them the government is well on the way to delivering a "smooth

and orderly" brexit. it will be the last time that cabinet ministers meet in 2017, before the break for christmas. the health regulator is warning that the nhs workforce is at "crunch point" and it's calling on the government to act. in its annual report, the general medical council says the supply of new doctors is failing to keep pace with demand, and warns the service could suffer increasing pressure over the next 20 years. at the moment we see doctors doing a greatjob day in and day out. we should not take that for granted. we need to be clear about everything we need to be clear about everything we need to be clear about everything we need to do to look after the attractiveness of the uk for overseas doctors as well. researchers have found a way of improving the accuracy of summer weather predictions in the uk. scientists found a connection between sea surface

temperatures in the north atlantic in march and april, and the subsequent summer's rain or shine. they say the new method could benefit agriculture, tourism and construction. it is time to talk about the sport. disappointing news on the front pages. yes, disappointing for fans of athletics. the daily telegraph has carried out a significant investigation in the past few months. anti—doping officials are investigating allegations against two men linked to the world champion sprinter, justin gatlin. the daily telegraph says the athlete's agent, robert wagner, offered to supply performance—enhancing drugs to undercover reporters. gatlin's coach, dennis mitchell, allegedly said doping was possible because the drugs used couldn't be detected. both men deny the accusations. everton made it four wins from five games under sam allardyce, after beating swansea city 3—1. this stunning strike from gylfi sigurdsson against his old club put the hosts 2—1 up, and wayne rooney got a second half penalty for his 10th of the season. the former england captain had missed one in the first half

which dominic calvert lewin followed up. everton are now ninth. to turn around so quickly is great credit to everybody. notjust me for coming in now, but everyone working so hard behind the scenes, and the players on the pitch, and turning quite a desperate situation into a pretty comfortable one now. we had some good chances, played some good football. yeah, the mood in the dressing room was very, very flat. we have 12 points. we have to focus on getting to 15 at the halfway point. we will figure out what we will do for the second half of the season. west ham host arsenal tonight in the quarterfinals of the carabao cup and could be without midfielder manuel la nzini after he was charged by the fa for diving during saturday's game against stoke. lanzini has until six o'clock this evening to respond to the charge but is expected to appeal.

it was a brilliant performance. there was nothing to say to him at all. let me be clear. eye in the first one who says get rid of dieting, make sure it is not in the game. ——i am. —— diving. but he did not do that. burnley‘s james tarkowski has been charged with violent conduct following an incident with brighton's glenn murray during saturday's goalless draw. it wasn't seen by any of the match officials, but was caught on video. he also has until six o'clock to respond. crystal palace's jason puncheon has been charged with carrying a weapon after a fight in a nightclub. the midfielder was arrested on sunday morning in reigate and later charged with possession of an offensive weapon, common assault, and a public order offence. he's been released on bail and is training as normal. england are struggling to find female candidates to be the next women's team manager,

according to the fa's head of women's football baroness sue campbell. under—19s coach, mo marley, is the current interim manager, with no permanent successor to mark sampson expected to be named until next year. this time yesterday, england's ashes hopes were slipping away as they went 3—0 down in the five match series, captainjoe root says he has backed senior players to continue in the team next year. head coach trevor bayliss's role is also is under scrutiny but does he still think he's the man to be in charge? i think ithinki i think i am. you may not. but i think our performances were done pretty well over the last two years. so, umm, yes. that is for people above my pay grade to make that decision. so, iamjust above my pay grade to make that decision. so, i am just going to leave it up to them. and finally, jockeys are usually on the small side but look (0at these ones at the shetland pony grand national. they are children though! and the race was won by alice crowley, daughter of former champion jockeyjim crowley.

a similar race on friday was won by frankie dettori's son rocco. it looks like a couple of racing dynasties are in the making. how cute! i love the hug! i want a go! i think you might be too tall. no one has ever said that before to me. thank you! that has made my day. see you later. we know trees can help in the fight against climate change, but did you know it's also important to plant them in the right places to see the greatest benefit? the bbc‘s helen briggs has been to london's kew gardens to find out about their role in urban areas in particular. she spoke to damejudi dench about her passion for trees, and how she's learnt that even those in her garden are playing a part in helping the planet. trees in their winter glory. but

they are more than just beautiful. as being judi dench learned in a new documentary, they are an ally in the fight against climate change.” documentary, they are an ally in the fight against climate change. i am told all of those leaves are helping the tree to breathe in more carbon dioxide which it will then use to grow more branches. it is notjust about planting more trees, it is about planting more trees, it is about the right trees in the right places. these giant trees are very important for drawing down atmospheric carbon dioxide. in cities, the high density of trees is important for removing the high amount in the air. you will have less respiratory problems if you do that. this nasa map shows how growing trees soak up carbon dioxide in the northern hemisphere summer. every year, the trees here at kew ta ke every year, the trees here at kew take up tons of carbon dioxide from

the air. but they are notjust carbon dioxide capturing machines, they are living research. we are learning more about them every day. every now and then it will blip. like a popping sound? yes. that little popping sound is the sound of the water travelling up from the roots all the way through the thousands of tiny little tubes called thousands of tiny little tubes ca lle d xyle m thousands of tiny little tubes called xylem tubes. kew has thousands of rare and exotic trees. the man who looks after them says there is no end to their uses. trees give them everything that we use today. they give us the oxygen we breathe, they use our carbon dioxide to produce that. they are good for reducing the amount of run—off and protecting from erosion, the best air conditions, they cleaned polluta nts

air conditions, they cleaned pollutants out of the atmosphere, they look after our well—being, and they look after our well—being, and they are aesthetically beautiful. and, you know, that is so important today. it is becoming more and more releva nt. today. it is becoming more and more relevant. scientists say trees have a big role to play in pollution control, but we will only get the benefits of repla nt control, but we will only get the benefits of replant the right trees in right places. helen briggs, bbc news. —— we plant. "judi dench: my passion for trees" is on bbc one tomorrow night at 8pm. a lot of people are waiting in for those crucial christmas deliveries week, butjust what are your rights if there's a problem? sean has the answers. it isa it is a bugbear of all of us. how do you get it delivered? is it put on the doorstep, do they leave it with a neighbour? do they pretend they have been and have not? surely not!

it isa have been and have not? surely not! it is a big, big market! more and more of us are ordering things on line. in fact, this season £2 in every £5 will be spent on line. but that puts a greater stress on the system, causing delays and difficulties. according to one consumer group over the past six months complaints about package deliveries have gone up over a0%. so, what are your rights if things go wrong? martyn james is an independent comsumer expert. good morning. good morning. first, if you are expecting something before christmas and the next few days and it does not arrive and you know it will not arrive before christmas, what are your rights? you have to be pragmatic about it. at the end of the day, you want the kids and family to have something to open. most deliveries have a specified delivery date by which

point you should have received your package to be if you do not, you have every right to cancel the order and geta have every right to cancel the order and get a full refund along with the delivery charges. i appreciate sometimes it is close to the bone to get something out. you are entitled toa get something out. you are entitled to a refund, and you can specify you do not want the delivery to go ahead. and you can track a lot of these packages beforehand. it feels like everyone is becoming an expert in tracking. you have the website, you put in the data... if you have a feeling it will not arrive, it has not been dispatched, do you have rights by that point? absolutely. when you agree to buy something from a retailer, you have a contract with who you buy from. whoever their contracts who you buy from. whoever their co ntra cts to who you buy from. whoever their contracts to get goods to you on time in good condition and everything else, that is their problem. the obligation is to meet the contract they have with you. any problems that arise as a result of

that, you can take it as a complaint. what about how it is delivered? we are desperate to get them. perhaps at this time of year we are not bothered if they are left on the doorstep as long as it gets there. but you hear stories, people get in touch with us every year, about it being chucked over the fence, left in a recycling bin, left ina fence, left in a recycling bin, left in a general waste in... is all of that 0k? in a general waste in... is all of that ok? i would love to say the waste bin example is a 1—off, but it isn't. i have heard of loads of examples, and then it is bin day and thatis examples, and then it is bin day and that is the end of that. one of the strangest ones we have sought was that a woman's postle —— a woman's parcel was left out of her reach,

she had to use a broom stick it down. the important thing for many people is you can specify where you wa nt people is you can specify where you want items to be left. increasingly, andi want items to be left. increasingly, and i know it has happened to me, you live in a block of flats and get home and find your front door mat is looking quite lumpy because there is loads of stuff underneath it and there have been reports of thieves pinching things. briefly, toys'r'us is in difficulty before christmas. what should consumers be thinking about the companies they are buying from? if you have vouchers, bear in mind that if the company goes bust you will probably lose the vouchers as well. so you might want to think about using those to buy a gift before the bankruptcy, if it happens, kicks in. it is a slow process , happens, kicks in. it is a slow process, but nevertheless, we don't know what will happen. they might keep the company running for a short period of time, but nevertheless it is worth using vouchers quickly.

click and collect is another thing you can do. i have resorted to that now. thank you very much. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. it was foggy yesterday, and it looks foggy today. a different sort of area this morning. a very good morning to you. we have a few fog problems around this morning, especially across parts of eastern and southern england as well as northern ireland. the fog patches pretty dense in places so if you are driving along faster routes you could be going from very good visibility to very poor visibility ina very visibility to very poor visibility in a very short space of time, and that in itself can be quite dangerous. add on to that icy conditions in roads and pavements in england in particular and it is not the best of morning commutes. if i show you what is happening overnight, as far as the temperatures are concerned it is a massive contrast. temperatures dropping as low as “i! in bournemouth, and in scotland

temperatures topsy—turvy, around 15 degrees overnight. those temperature contrast will continue to exist in one way, shape or form throughout the day. much of the midlands, east anglia and southern england are dry and bright but frosty start, but there are those dense patches of fog causing a few issues at heathrow airport. some of that will lift and shift at times through the morning. not too many fog problems towards the south—west or wales, a bit of fog throughout wales, the odd spot of rain to anglesey. a dry start in northern england and some dense patches of fog in and around the vale of york. murky over the hills, especially northern ireland and the higher ground of scotland. some patchy rain and drizzle here and there. pushing into cumbria through there. pushing into cumbria through the morning. the weather still be the morning. the weather still be the hebrides as the wind picks up and the rain turns more persistent later on. a lot of cloud compared with yesterday. even if we don't shift some of the fog across the south—east, many will see the sunshine breakthrough. temperatures

only in mid— single figures compared with what we could see, 1a or 15 around the murray first thanks to south—westerly winds and a bit of brightness throughout the second half of the day. the wind will pick up half of the day. the wind will pick up across half of the day. the wind will pick up across scotland and northern ireland, turning wet of the many for a time overnight. the odd spot of light rain and drizzle across england and wales. it is likely to be misty over the hills, but the odd one could be around into the morning. any cloud breaks in eastern areas could lead to a touch of frost around. generally wednesday a grey start the england and wales. southern scotland and northern ireland, early rises could see some rain but the weather front pushing into northern england and wales through the day bringing the occasional rain and drizzle. very murky around that. scotland and northern ireland a brighter day tomorrow. under the grey day for many in england and wales. but it will be a milder one. in the thursday, that weather front still with us through wales, the midlands, east anglia, roughly that area. nothing too substantial as far as rain is concerned. to the south of it, murky but not too bad. feeling a

little bit cooler once again. it will start thursday with a bit of frost once again. the cooler air is shoved other way as we go from friday into saturday, and not quite the whether you want in the build—up up the whether you want in the build—up up to christmas. we lose a bit of that festive feel as a bit of cloudy weather moves in. temperatures in double figures. will using the weather for us next time? sing it? yes. i can do if you want me to. i haven't got the voice for that. it is one of our most ambitious challenges yet — can we get the nations singing in unison? we have been telling you all week about the health benefits of it, and today is the day our breakfast sings series reaches its crescendo. we have got six choirs across the uk getting ready to sing en masse at the end of the programme. we are going to be hearing from bristol and birmingham in a moment. first, dan is with the team outside our studios here in salford. good morning, hello everyone at

home. welcome once again to manchester inspirational voices. these as you mentioned are one of our choirs. we have six singing all over the country as part of bbc sings. we are going to get involved ina sings. we are going to get involved in a version of 0 come, all ye faithful, which we are singing at 905 this morning. we have bristol and cardiff in various places around the uk. you canjoin in and we will give you details later. the lyrics are on our facebook and twitter site and you can send us your video and on christmas eve we will put all of those together and make a beautiful carol. 0ne those together and make a beautiful carol. one thing we have been mentioning throughout, and rain ellington led our presenters at the bridgewater hall last weekend, is the importance of singing, and that is something that you see, those of

psychological and physical benefits and mental benefits, all the time —— wayne ellington. absolutely, all the time. every time someone is willing to give singing ago, you know, it makes you smile, doesn't it? and you makes you smile, doesn't it? and you make me smile. and yvonne used to be in the choirand make me smile. and yvonne used to be in the choir and rejoined. you have been on quite a journey with it, haven't you? i have, yes. ijoined in 2013 and left because of family problems, and i lost my husband, and came back last november. and i love singing, just love it, and ijust love the choir so much. and i think they love you as well. and you are going to give us a burst. wayne, who is always encouraging us to sing, says that i will sing alone, and you will respond. so i go # come, let us adore him. # christ, the lord. and

ifi adore him. # christ, the lord. and if i can do it, you can do it. and john maguire is in bristol. can any single one of us on the programme seemed? we are not making a good account of ourselves. we are beneath the wings of a concorde. three workplace choirs joining the wings of a concorde. three workplace choirsjoining in, conducted by david 0gden. workplace choirsjoining in, conducted by david ogden. at this time of the morning are beautiful, and they are ready frau performance later. let's go and have a chat to them. we have representatives from airbus, whose forebears built concorde. do you guys sing at work when you are building aeroplanes? well, it takes a lot of us to put the aircraft together and manufacture the wings in the uk, so ta kes a manufacture the wings in the uk, so takes a lot of us to come together and sing in the choir. there is lots of singing in the workplace and humming around the business. quite a

musical place to work them. and let's bring in jo. musical place to work them. and let's bring injo. you are an old hand at this, because you were on the tv show with gareth malone a few yea rs the tv show with gareth malone a few years ago. tell us about singing at work with you guys at the royal mail. it is great fun, always singing in the van while collecting from customers and from delivery offices. it is great fun. what a busy time for you. very, very busy. let's bring alistair a—wood. i suppose you are more of an office based situation —— forward. does eve ryo ne based situation —— forward. does everyone in your office to sing all the time? know, about 16 out of about 50, which is pretty good. does it help the business? there is that sense of bonding, it must do. it is tangible, isn't it? it makes us all very happy, and it must be good, for everybody. lots more from us later on. we will do 0 come, all ye

faithful, of course. we urge you to join in. i will hand you the jain faithful, of course. we urge you to join in. i will hand you thejain in birmingham. good morning, and how are you standing up there? -- jane. good morning from birmingham. itold you they were giddy. we are in the queen elizabeth hospital, and we have decided that ourjob will be to help warm up the nation, games, take it away. we have three choirs here at the qe hospital —— james. everyone canjoin at the qe hospital —— james. everyone can join in at the qe hospital —— james. everyone canjoin in at home. at the qe hospital —— james. everyone can join in at home. and phoenix singers. sings arpeggio. and the midlands hospital choir. sings

arpeggio. and all together. sings arpeggio. and all together. sings arpeggio. and all together. sings arpeggio. and just when you thought you were almost warmed up, you are not, because you have to do... what is it? it is the scrunch and stretch. and scrunch. and stretch! and scrunch, and stretch! well, i do hope you werejoining in and scrunch, and stretch! well, i do hope you were joining in at home. everybody looks absolutely magnificent. bravo for giving up so early. doesn't she look fantastic. let's see those flashing lights. here is mark, who made thisjumper. here is mark, who made thisjumper. he made it himself! with glue and bits. and james. i bet you are going

to be jealous. let's bits. and james. i bet you are going to bejealous. let's see bits. and james. i bet you are going to be jealous. let's see your hat. we are so ready for this moment. see you later. i need that hat. that is a slightly concerning hat. so when you were singing earlier, lovely to have you back on the sofa. scrunch and stretch is how you warmer.” didn't have a warmup, ijust went for it. it showed. thank you. you are marvellous. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. heathrow airport has cut its estimated expansion costs by over £2 billion, as it makes a new proposal for a third runway. it comes from reducing the space needed, and changes to building work. the proposal will be put to the public next year for consultation, but there is already criticism from campaign groups who say the cost does nothing to address fears over environmental damage.

work is due to start in three years' time. a court has heard how a homeless man who damaged a £24 million thomas gainsborough painting in the national gallery this year did it because a voice in his head told him to. keith gregory is accused of slashing the painting called the morning walk using a drill bit. he has pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing criminal damage, by reason of insanity. the case continues. crystal palace footballer jason puncheon has been charged with assault and having a weapon after a fight in a nightclub in surrey at the weekend. the 31—year—old midfielder was arrested in reigate after partying with friends. he was taken into custody, but later released on bail. he will appear in court early next month. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes: the metropolitan line has minor delays between wembley park and baker street, due to a signal failure at wembley park.

and the district line has minor delays between upminster and barking westbound, due to a signal failure at becontree. 0n the roads: the m4 heathrow spur road has one lane closed at the end of the spur, heading in to the airport, because of a crash. and fog is causing dozens of cancellations at the airport. check your flight if you are due to leave this morning, and allow plenty of time to get to the airport. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate. good morning. it's a very murky start, at least for some of us this morning, and a cold one as well. we've got patches of dense, freezing fog, and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for the fog this morning, visibility in some spots considerably reduced. now, in other places, you don't have any fog, and that means a bright start with a bit of sunshine. but where you do have it, it's very dense, it's very dangerous, and it's unlikely to lift for much of the morning.

now, through the afternoon, the temperatures struggling — five or six celsius. if you're underneath that fog, it is going to feel very cold. now, overnight tonight, we'll see more cloud coming in from the north. with it, maybe some spots of rain — nothing significant, but you may feel a spot or two. but it is going to feel different. the temperature overnight milder, and around seven celsius as the minimum, and that mild air stays with us through wednesday. a little bit of mist around first thing. it's a much cloudier start tomorrow, and that cloud is going to stay with us. the maximum temperature, though, in double figures again, so certainly feeling milder, at 11 celsius. as we head through the remainder of the week, that mild air staying with us. high pressure remains in charge. it doesn't, however, mean we're going to see too much sunshine. lots of cloud, but temperatures mostly in double figures. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello. this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and dan walker. a leak in britain's new £3

billion aircraft carrier. the royal navy confirms it will carry out repairs on hms queen elizabeth, amid claims the ship is taking on hundreds of litres of seawater every hour. good morning. it's tuesday, the 19th of december. also this morning: parents, teachers, and young people are being asked to have their say on how children should be taught about sex and relationships in schools in england. good morning. what are the options on pensions to save thousands ofjobs before christmas? athletics anti—doping officials have launched an investigation into what iaaf president lord coe called "serious allegations" about world champion sprinter justin gatlin's coach and an agent. choirs around the uk are gearing up

for our live uk—wide sing along. this is the scene in salford. we want you to get involved too, keep watching for details. and matt has the weather. thank you. good morning. dense patches of fog. a dry tuesday for most of us. big contrast, as i will show you in 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. the royal navy's new £3 billion aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth, is leaking. the navy's future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navy's largest,

most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen. i name this ship queen elizabeth. hailed as the most powerful capable warship ever to raise the white ensign. but what the navy did not say at the time was that she was leaking. according to the sun newspaper, a fault with a seal around one of the propeller shafts has left her taking on up to 200 litres of water every hour. the problem was first identified during her sea trials earlier this year. a royal navy spokesman insisted the fault was now scheduled for repair and that it would not prevent the 65,000—ton warship from sailing again early in the new year. it's not clear how easy or how much the repair will cost, but it's believed to be one of a number of snags that will have to be rectified by the contractors. the first f35 international delivery. meanwhile, mps have issued a warning

about the cost of the new aircraft that will eventually fly off her. the commons defence select committee says there has been an unacceptable lack of transparency over the f35 jets, with one estimate that each plane will cost more than £150 million. the mod insists the multibillion pound programme is on track, on time and within budget. jonathan beale, bbc news. parents, teachers, and young people are being asked to help create a new relationship and sex education curriculum which could include lessons on sexting and on line pornography. earlier this year, the education secretary justine greening said the subject would be made compulsory in all schools in england. 0ur correspondent, richard galpin, reports. what's different, and what's the same? the guidelines for teaching schoolchildren about relationships and sex have not changed since the turn of the century. and with lessons like this to be made compulsory in all england's schools, an update is urgently

needed, especially given how much time many children now spend on line. here, there are new risks, like sexting, when images of children are posted on apps. and there is cyber bullying, and the availability on line of ha rd—core pornography. 0ften, young people do not necessarily know what is inappropriate in off behaviour and materials versus what is appropriate. they are confronted by a lot on the internet. but they often don't even know what is illegal and what is legal in terms of what they are. it really is time we update guidance. the government wants teachers and parents to suggest how it could be updated to make it more relevant. there will be a vigorous debate. i'm a mother of two and i have been looking for sex education to be more

about healthy relationships, friendships, your first boyfriend at the end of primary school, when people are starting to say i am going out with him, i want them to understand what makes a good relationship between people. at the end of this process, the government says its goal is to make sure young people learn the importance of healthy and stable relationships. richard galpin, bbc news. at least three people are confirmed to have died when a passenger train derailed and fell from a bridge onto a busy motorway in the us state of washington. officials say 72 people were taken to hospitals after most of the train's carriages left the track. emergency services say it's been difficult to get access to parts

of the wreckage. 0ur north america correspondent, james cook, reports. amtrak 501, emergency, emergency. we are on the ground. the conductor calling for help from amtrak 501 has just survived a deadly high—speed crash. is everybody 0k? i'm still figuring that out. we have cars everywhere, and down on the highway. passengers say the train rocked and creaked as it took a curve at speed, and turmoil followed. ijust grabbed onto the train in front of me for dear life. my laptop went flying, phone went flying. it was all the way at the other end. people were screaming, it was crazy. the new express was taking a faster route from seattle to portland for the first time. investigators will consider whether the train was speeding when it left the track. some experts say the rail industry should have embraced technology to prevent such accidents years ago. it is really ridiculous the amount of automation capability that we have and the fact they have not implemented it yet, for someone like me who is an engineer it is just pathetic. this is the latest in a series of deadly rail accidents in the us. president trump says it vindicates his call to improve the nation's infrastructure but it is too early to say whether that would have made a difference.

the government will outline measures to tackle "race bias" in the criminaljustice system in england and wales later today. it follows a report from the labour mp david lammy which found the system discriminated against people from ethnic minority backgrounds. thejustice secretary david lidington says there'll be work done on each of mr lammy‘s 35 recommendations, but it's understood a proposal aimed at boosting ethnic diversity among the judiciary has not been accepted. the health regulator is warning that the nhs workforce is at "crunch point" and it's calling on the government to act. in its annual report, the general medical council says the supply of new doctors is failing to keep pace with demand, and warns the service could suffer increasing pressure over the next 20 years. at the moment we see doctors doing a greatjob day in and day out.

we should not take that for granted. we need to be clear about everything we need to do to look after the attractiveness of the uk for overseas doctors as well. theresa may will meet the entire cabinet for the first time since the european council summit today, to plan how they see the uk's relationship with the eu after transition. it follows a meeting with senior cabinet ministers yesterday in which the prime minister told them the government is well on the way to delivering a "smooth and orderly" brexit. does the prime minister have the full backing of the cabinet? when you speak to mps at the moment, the overwhelming feeling is a sense of relief theresa may got to this point. after a divisive year, people seem to be rallying behind her at the moment, saying we have come so far. that is because the first stage

of rigs talks have all but been completed. —— brexit. now the future turns to what the future will look like. things like defence and security. absolutely crucial will be the future trading relationship with the future trading relationship with the eu. that will be difficult, the eu already warned that. another warning from michel barnier, saying the uk will not get everything it wa nts. the uk will not get everything it wants. today theresa may will start to talk to her cabinet to get their views. we know they have differing opinions. they want the uk to stay as close as possible to the eu, or as close as possible to the eu, or as far away from it as possible. it will all depend on the negotiations still to come. but it is the beginning ofan still to come. but it is the beginning of an important conversation, one that will not a lwa ys conversation, one that will not always the easy. thank you very much, alex forsyth. retailer toys r us is under

pressure this week. it has only two days left to come up with a deal to save the business right before christmas. they have said 36 stores will close and 800 jobs are at risk. 0ne they have said 36 stores will close and 800 jobs are at risk. one of the creditors, part of the vote on thursday to agree a deal would be done, is the pension protection fund. what they do is when companies are struggling, they take on the pension scheme of the company and make sure all the people who worked for them in the past and do at the moment will get the pension they are entitled to, or a vast majority of it. they will want something in return, the creditors, they will wa nt return, the creditors, they will want cash. that is what the negotiations are talking about. they

have not decided if they will back the deal on thursday yet. that is why there is still pressure on toys rus to why there is still pressure on toys r us to come up with a deal. we will definitely hear it on thursday. that will be the deadline for the vote. is three quarters of creditors need to back the deal, landlords, the pension protection fund, all of that involved, three quarters need to back it for toys r us to go forward with the plans to go ahead. that is so concerning. it is never nice. you may have a few questions, but fundamentally, i could do is open for business. this is more about what the future will look like. —— toys r us. it's been a year in which violent threats and abuse have flooded political debate, particulary when it comes to brexit. but yesterday, after it emerged some mps had received dozens of abusive e—mails and messages, the prime minister and the speaker of the house of commons said enough was enough.

making death threats or other threats of violence against people on grounds of their views is, whether the authors know it or not, a kind of fascism. there can never bea a kind of fascism. there can never be a place for the threats of violence and intimidation against some members that we have seen in recent days. our politics must be better than that. one of the mp's who has been targeted since she voted against the government last week is conservative mp antoinette sandbach — she joins us from westminster. thank you very much forjoining us on breakfast this morning. good morning. it is an interesting thing to be highlighted. we are very aware in this day of social media of trolls and the abuse that is given on line and the efforts being made to tackle this. but this is now specific. you are for example, have been targeted for your views and

actions as an mp. yes. and it is not just conservative mps, many get targeted regularly. i regularly get abuse. can you tell us some of what you have experienced ? abuse. can you tell us some of what you have experienced? well, i have... it has been suggested that i should be hung for being a traitor. there have been a number of threats, all of which i have reported to the police. what is the process when you are threatened, when you receive something as vicious as saying i wa nt to something as vicious as saying i want to kill you ? we're lucky that we have very good security in parliament and we have a very special police parliamentary team. so whenever i receive threats, andi team. so whenever i receive threats, and i have received threats before the vote, they get passed on to that police team that can see whether or not that is an individual which is targeting one mp or many mps, and the number of people have been

prosecuted or sent to prison for the threats they have issued against members of parliament. what do you think needs to be done to make this less acce pta ble ? to think needs to be done to make this less acceptable? to make it more of a threat, that if you do this, that you will be at risk of going to jail or you will be punished?” you will be at risk of going to jail or you will be punished? i don't actually think it is a problem that is only faced by mps. i think there area number of is only faced by mps. i think there are a number of people in public life who also have this problem. and we saw that just this week with one of the nominees for the bbc sports personality of the year, and it is about the police and other authorities following up on those great. it is the same law whether it is set online or face—to—face, and it really is an issue of the police following it up. and the home secretary made it very clear, there isa secretary made it very clear, there is a new national hub being set up to deal with this kind of online cyber bullying and abuse. they will bea

cyber bullying and abuse. they will be a new code of practice for social media companies, and it is that kind of specialisation and transparency which i think will make a difference. there is an argument, isn't there, that if you are in the public eye, you put yourself out there, as an mp or a journalist on national television, you have to accept that people are going to have accept that people are going to have a view, and they are not going to agree with what you say, and this is just part and parcel of the job?” accept that people are going to have accept that people are going to have a different view from me, and that they are going to disagree with what i say. what i don't accept is that they are entitled to break the law and do it in a way which is a criminal offence, and that i should put up with that. i think that is the same whether you are a journalist or a teacher, or a nurse. we saw doctors being abused recently in the case of saint auburn street hospital. i don't think it makes any difference which part of society you come from. if it is a criminal offence, it should be acted on and

prosecuted. do you think your behaviour has changed, knowing you are under this scrutiny, this public and potentially a —— abusive scrutiny? i am not going to be intimidated threats into changing my views. i am elected to stand up and represent all of make and joints, andi represent all of make and joints, and i want to do so in a way that is fearless. and of course my hager has changed. i have, like many mps since the murder ofjo cox, we have to be much more acutely aware of our security. and i have specific security. and i have specific security measures that are in place not only for me, but also in fact, staff. at your behaviour, in terms of what you say and how you express your views, you haven't changed that? no. i am elected to speak up and speak out on behalf of my constituents. and that includes, in the brexit debate, the 48% as well

as the 52%. thank you very much for talking to us this morning. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. it isa it is a rather foggy picture behind you. a misty and murky start for some of you out there. but some good news, a lot of the fog which we saw tonight and into the morning is starting to lift and shift. less of a problem with fog around the coming hours, but there is still some dense patches of fog so you may go from good visibility to very poor visibility in a short space of time. that could cause problems on the faster routes. still having an impact on some of the flights from the london area at the moment, but asi the london area at the moment, but as i said that fog is starting to lift. also some fog in eastern areas, “i! in bournemouth, but contrasting that with 15 degrees overnight in the highlands, and the

northern half of scotland we have seen some of the warmest weather today. staying chilly through the morning rush—hour with frost and i surround across parts of southern and eastern england. fog patches getting less numerous, the fairly light on for many of us we will see sunshine overhead to start the day. not much in the way of fog in the south—west over wales but increasing amounts of clouds in the west. maybe amounts of clouds in the west. maybe a few spots of rain for the next few hours into gwyneth and across anglesey, maybe into cumbria. fog patches into the vale of york, murky across the hills of scotland and northern ireland in particular and a bit drizzly in the west as well. that drizzle will come and go across western areas, wettest inner hebrides, windiest here as well, but south—westerly wind so when the cloud breaks across the north—east of scotla nd cloud breaks across the north—east of scotland we could see temperatures around murray firth hit 14 temperatures around murray firth hit 1a degrees. where the fog takes longest to hit, four orfive

celsius. a lot more cloud into the afternoon and the best of the sunshine limited to southern and eastern areas. going into the night with a lot more cloud around, meaning temperatures will not drop as quickly. misty and murky over the hills. wetter night for scotland and northern ireland, before turns clear clearer later in the highlands. a late frost to take us into wednesday morning. the odd frost and fog towards wednesday morning but most of you frost free to start tomorrow morning. a grey day across england and wales. southern scotland and northern ireland, early rain but that will spread its way into northern england and northern wales. to the south of this, particularly grey day. a few brighter breaks but milder than it has been the last couple of days. scotland and northern ireland a brighter day and temperatures still responding quite well. eight to 11 degrees. chilly air into scotland on thursday. temperatures to the south of this weather front in rather cloudy conditions, in double figures, talking about six to eight degrees

with sunny spells in the north. even that cold air is nudged out of the way through friday in the saturday, and as we finish the week and go into the weekend, temperatures across the board will be in double figures, perhaps ruining that festive feel just a little bit. figures, perhaps ruining that festive feeljust a little bit. that is how it is looking, i will be back in halfan is how it is looking, i will be back in half an hour. at least three people are confirmed to have died after a passenger train derailed and fell onto a busy motorway in the us state of washington. officials say 72 people were taken to hospital, after most of the train's carriages left the track. aleksander kristiansen is a university exchange student who was on the train when it derailed. really when it derailed. good to talk to you this morning. really good to talk to you this morning. as we said, you were on that rain when it is park —— you we re that rain when it is park —— you were on that train when it derailed. i was were on that train when it derailed. iwas in were on that train when it derailed. i was in the bathroom when the train was derailed, so i was standing up,

so what happened was that i was thrown to the ground, and ijust remember seeing how, like, thrown to the ground, and ijust rememberseeing how, like, our luggage was falling off the shelves. there were seats getting detached and starting to move around, and obviously the people in my train car also were being thrown around and i remember seeing the windows getting smashed, so, like, iwas... i remember most clearlyjust, like, the feeling of... was i wasn't able to hold on to anything, ijust remember the feeling of being so, like tom helpless, just all i could do wasjust wait like tom helpless, just all i could do was just wait until this train would finally stop moving. so, when that finally happened, i was so

grateful that i was able just to get up grateful that i was able just to get up by grateful that i was able just to get up by myself and stand on my legs. and i remember that there was one person in the back of my car, train car, that... luckily the person wasn't actually hit really bad, but really traumatised about the whole situation. so they were screaming, but other than that, most of the people were actually acting kind of calm. so we were able to get out of the train car quite easily, because our car was detached from the rest of the train, so if you can imagine, you know, the path between two train cars, that thing was gone, and it was just a whole. so we were able to

jump was just a whole. so we were able to jump out of that. obviously you are describing the panic, and thankfully you were not hurt. were you able to help people afterwards? what was the sort of community spirit like after that? i was in the front of my car, soi that? i was in the front of my car, so i was one of the first ones to get out. so obviously i was able to help the people in my car to make that kind of highjump. 0ur car was kind of lifted a little bit, and it was also on a hill, so we had to make a was also on a hill, so we had to makea highjump was also on a hill, so we had to make a highjump down, so i was able to help people down thatjump. but afterwards we were pretty quickly told to go away from the crash itself, up the hill a little bit away from the crash. so from their, i couldn't do much more. but there

was obviously the people working on the train who were helping, and there were medical people coming, not so long, maybe five minutes after i got out of the car. there was already someone at our location. we are was already someone at our location. we a re really was already someone at our location. we are really glad you are safe. thank you so much for giving us more detail on that. and 70 people needed to go to hospital, and sadly, as we we re to go to hospital, and sadly, as we were telling you earlier on, three people died in that train crash in washington state yesterday. we have got choirs all over the uk getting ready to lead you in our big breakfast singalong this morning. let's have a listen to how they are getting on. it is christmas jumper day in

birmingham. good morning to you, good morning, birmingham. they are infine good morning, birmingham. they are in fine voice, aren't they? join in at home, please. we need to warm up for nine a.m.. sings arpeggios. and we are in the qe hospital, and there are health benefits, on there? definitely, singing improves your mood and releases endorphins. if you go to acquire, by the end of a long day, you are feeling more energised.

and ruth, you had a particularly good reason to sing. it is the endorphins, and unlike chocolate, it doesn't make you fat! it is gorgeous down here. very quickly, richard wa nts to down here. very quickly, richard wants to ask the nation... jingle my dell ‘s! —— bells! wants to ask the nation... jingle my dell 's! -- bells! that is an invitation, isn't it? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. the government will outline measures to tackle race bias in the criminal justice system in england and wales later today. it follows a report from the labour mp david lammy which found the system discriminated against people from ethnic—minority backgrounds. the justice secretary, david lidington, says there will be work done on each of mr lammy‘s 35 recommendations, but it is understood a proposal aimed at boosting ethnic diversity among thejudiciary has not been accepted. heathrow airport has

cut its estimated expansion costs by over £2 billion as it makes a new proposal for a third runway. it comes from reducing the space needed and changes to building work. the proposal will be put to the public next year for consultation, but there is already criticism from campaign groups, who say the cost does nothing to address fears over environmental damage. work is due to start in three years' time. a court has heard how a homeless man who damaged a £24 million thomas gainsborough painting in the national gallery this year did it because a voice in his head told him to. keith gregory is accused of slashing the painting called the morning walk using a drill bit. he has pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing criminal damage, by reason of insanity. the case continues. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes: the district line has minor delays between upminster and barking westbound, due to a signal failure at becontree. 0n the roads: the m4 heathrow spur road has one lane closed at the end of the spur heading in to the airport, because of a crash.

and fog is causing dozens of cancellations at the airport. check your flight if you are due to leave this morning, and allow plenty of time to get to the airport. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate. good morning. it's a very murky start, at least for some of us this morning, and a cold one as well. we've got patches of dense, freezing fog, and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for the fog this morning, visibility in some spots considerably reduced. now, in other places, you don't have any fog, and that means a bright start with a bit of sunshine. but where you do have it, it is very dense, it is very dangerous, and it's unlikely to lift for much of the morning. now, through the afternoon, the temperatures struggling — five or six celsius. if you're underneath that fog, it is going to feel very cold. now, overnight tonight, we'll see more cloud coming down from the north.

with it, maybe some spots of rain — nothing significant, but you may feel a spot or two. but it is going to feel different. the temperature overnight milder, and around seven celsius as the minimum, and that mild air stays with us through wednesday. a little bit of mist around first thing. it's a much cloudier start tomorrow, and that cloud is going to stay with us. the maximum temperature, though, in double figures again, so certainly feeling milder, at 11 celsius. as we head through the remainder of the week, that mild air staying with us. high pressure remains in charge. it doesn't, however, mean we're going to see too much sunshine. lots of cloud around, but temperatures mostly in double figures. and there is more travel news on bbc radio london throughout the rush hour this morning. hello. this is breakfast with naga munchetty and dan walker. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. the royal navy's new three billion

pound aircraft carrier, hms queen elizabeth, is leaking. the navy's future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen less than two weeks ago, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. the fault was first identified during sea trials. a spokesman said the aircraft carrier was scheduled for repair and would be sailing again early in the new year. parents, teachers, and young people are being asked to help create a new relationship and sex education curriculum which could include lessons on sexting and on line pornography. the current guidelines have not been updated since the year 2000. ministers say this is "unacceptable" and want new guidance for autumn 2019. earlier this year, the education secretary, justine greening, said the subject would be made compulsory in all schools in england. at least three people are confirmed to have died when a passenger train derailed and fell onto a busy motorway in the us state of washington.

officials say 72 people were taken to hospitals after most of the train's carriages left the track. the high—speed train was making the first passenger journey on a new, shorter route. emergency services say it's been difficult to get access to parts of the wreckage. the government will outline measures to tackle "race bias" in the criminaljustice system in england and wales later today. it follows a report from the labour mp david lammy which found the system discriminated against people from ethnic minority backgrounds. thejustice secretary david lidington says there'll be work done on each of mr lammy‘s 35 recommendations, but it's understood a proposal aimed at boosting ethnic diversity among the judiciary has not been accepted. the health regulator is warning that the nhs workforce is at "crunch point" and it's calling on the government to act. the department of health in england says the nhs currently has a record number of doctors, and is expanding the number of training places by 25%. but the general medical council says the supply of new doctors is failing to keep pace with demand, and warns the service could suffer

increasing pressure over the next 20 years. the prime minister will hold a full cabinet meeting this morning to talk about the uk's relationship with the eu after brexit. theresa may met senior ministers yesterday and told them that the government was well on the way to delivering a "smooth and orderly" transition. it's the last time the cabinet will meet before the christmas break. toys " r" toys "r" us wants to close 26 stores and reduce the space and rent on others. it has until thursday to convince regulators that it is worth saving and retirement funds will be kept. researchers have found a way of improving the accuracy of summer weather predictions in the uk. scientists found a connection between sea surface temperatures in the north atlantic in march

and april, and the subsequent summer's rain or shine. they say the new method could benefit agriculture, tourism and construction. we will have the weather in ten minutes. first, the sport. the daily telegraph have had a long investigation which i will tell you about. everton made it four wins from five games under sam allardyce, anti—doping officials are investigating allegations against two men linked to the world champion sprinter, justin gatlin. the daily telegraph says the athlete's agent, robert wagner, offered to supply performance—enhancing drugs to undercover reporters. gatlin's coach, dennis mitchell, allegedly said doping was possible because the drugs used couldn't be detected. both men deny the accusations. everton made it four wins from five games under sam allardyce,

after beating swansea city 3—1. this stunning strike from gylfi sigurdsson against his old club put the hosts 2—1 up, and wayne rooney got a second half penalty for his 10th of the season. the former england captain had missed one in the first half which dominic calvert lewin followed up. everton are now ninth. to turn around so quickly is great credit to everybody. notjust me for coming in now, but everyone working so hard behind the scenes, and the players on the pitch, and turning quite a desperate situation into a pretty comfortable one now. we had some good chances, played some good football. yeah, the mood in the dressing room was very, very flat. we have 12 points. we have to focus on getting to 15 at the halfway point. we will figure out what we will do for the second half of the season. the prime minister will hold a full cabinet meeting this morning to talk about the uk's relationship with the eu after brexit. theresa may met senior ministers yesterday and told them that the government was well on the way to delivering a "smooth and orderly" transition.

it's the last time the cabinet will meet before the christmas break. it was a brilliant performance. there was nothing to say to him at all. let me be clear. i am the first one who says get rid of diving, make sure it is not in the game. but he did not do that. england are struggling to find female candidates to be the next women's team manager, according to the fa's head of women's football baroness sue campbell. under—19s coach, mo marley, is the current interim manager, with no permanent successor to mark sampson expected to be named until next year. this time yesterday, england's ashes hopes were slipping away as they went 3—0 down in the five match series, captainjoe root says he has backed senior players to continue in the team next year. head coach trevor bayliss's role is also is under scrutiny but does he still think he's

the man to be in charge? i think i am. you may not. but i think our performances were done pretty well over the last two years. so, umm, yes. that is for people above my pay grade to make that decision. so, i am just going to leave it up to them. and finally, jockeys are usually on the small side but look (0at these ones at the shetland pony grand national. they are children though! and the race was won by alice crowley, daughter of former champion jockeyjim crowley. a similar race on friday was won by frankie dettori's son rocco. it looks like a couple of racing dynasties are in the making. a good amount of money for a good cause. i once hosted the sheep grand national/. which sheep won? woollyjumper!”

did not know you did racing commentary. either did i. it never happened again. we will be talking about christmas deliveries. it is a huge week for christmas deliveries. we had one delivered into a bush near the house, and another near the blue bin. is that what you asked for? who genuinely says that? could you please leave a parcel in the bush. maybe you wanted to keep it a secret. 0k, where are we?

ok, where are we? what are you doing here? let's talk about deliveries! stop! more and more of us are ordering things on line. in fact, this season £2 in every £5 will be spent on line. but that puts a greater stress on the system, causing delays and difficulties. according to one consumer group over the past six months complaints about package deliveries have gone up over a0%. it isa it is a bit of an issue. we are buying way more, so should we give a

bit of leeway? so, what are your rights if things go wrong? martyn james is an independent comsumer expert. most deliveries have a specified delivery date by which point you should have received your package. if you do not, you have every right to cancel the order and get a full refund along with the delivery charges. there you go. that is what you can do. there is a bit of an issue around what service we have got. that is where people can get confused. if you are paying for an amazon prime subscription and you expect the next day delivery, that is what you have to hold them to. but if it is someone else, you can get a broad spectrum of dates where they have to deliver it in that time. you are not necessarily entitled to have it why a certain date just because you order before christmas. what if you said 3-5 days, next day delivery, can you

hold them to account? they contract a delivery company. it is the retailer you are doing the contract with. you can hold them to account, you are entitled to a refund, as we heard earlier, but if it does not arrive, the commonsense approach is make sure you get your presence —— present somewhere. it makes me mad. ican present somewhere. it makes me mad. i can sense that. you can also order something and they say we will deliver it to you and you have to be there and if you are not, we will charge you to redeliver it. i saw one that was £49 to redeliver it! charge you to redeliver it. i saw one that was £49 to redeliver mm isa one that was £49 to redeliver mm is a huge logisticaljob. some have come in and said it is amazing. i need a christmas present and it can come tomorrow. sometimes they say

they have delivered and they have not even been there. look at the fury, the parcel fury! not even been there. look at the fury, the parcelfury! honestly, i am crazy about it. i am mad about it. but it is the season of good will. happiness. you have a problem with your post person? no, the delivery companies. anyway, we are bringing people together who perhaps have not necessarily seen eye to eye over the last year to see if they could sort out their differences. it isa could sort out their differences. it is a festive first date. getting together over a mince pie and a cuppa. hello. nice to me is the blue i have one for you as well. thanks! —— meet

you. how long have you been a black cab driver? 18 years. i like to be self—employed and work off my own steam, be my own boss, and work when i want to work. very nice. how long have you been an uber driver?‘ months. i posted a picture of a lady who looked like me, my sort of age, blonde hair. they said the an uber driver and save for a holiday. have you been on a holiday? yes, i have. how do you feel about the whole gig economy? companies like uber that treat workers with disdain?” economy? companies like uber that treat workers with disdain? i see that uber is popular with customers,

2.5 million users, it is popular with drivers, it is the future, and ido with drivers, it is the future, and i do not think it can be stopped by banning uber. many people said to me black cabs are expensive and uber is cheaper. but i heard it is 6— £7 per hour. some are on income support because they cannot earn enough money. it is an issue. that is what one of the court cases involving uber is about, to have a guaranteed level of pay. yep and then it is whether uber want to abide by that or whether they want to pull out of london. will they? abide by regulation? they have to, or they will go. why, seamus, do you believe that cabs deserve the monopoly?” will go. why, seamus, do you believe that cabs deserve the monopoly? i do not say we do deserve it. we deserve

advantages. this is an icon. a person like me is fully trained, fully vetted, and i have a massive amount of experience. when you get in one, you get in and the driver takes you where you want to go.” have heard different things. i have heard they deliberately take you the wrong way to get more money. to be honest with you, i am sorry to say this, but no one says anything good to me about black cab drivers. i am sorry. i get the same about uber. it is lovely to have met you. and use. good luck. thank you for my taxi. the same to you. do you think there will be a second date?” the same to you. do you think there will be a second date? i very much doubt it, i think they were a little frosty. we should get you in your delivery driver together.l

frosty. we should get you in your delivery driver together. a friendly time of year, peace and goodwill and all that. as long as they deliver, i will be happy. that was fascinating. total opposite points of view. and they shared amid spy, and at least they shared amid spy, and at least they were talking. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. he is one person who would never disagree with. the most affable fellow i know. disagree with. the most affable fellow! know. you disagree with. the most affable fellow i know. you don't see my inbox sometimes after these forecasts, trust me. i try my best, i honestly do. let's start with a bit of good news. a bit foggy out there for some this morning, but some of the fog which formed overnight has started to dissipate. fog becoming less and less of an issue. there are one or two patches across parts of southern and eastern england and into northern ireland as well. still some residual delays at some of the london airports but bigger problems across europe, paris and brussels in particular have some

very thick fog at the moment and thatis very thick fog at the moment and that is causing some problems. more ofan that is causing some problems. more of an issue across southern and eastern areas, a bit icy on roads and pavements, temperatures down to —4 in bournemouth. at the same time as we were recording that, highland scotla nd as we were recording that, highland scotland got 15 degrees at one point through the night. he did drop a little bit later on and we will see temperatures contrasts across the uk today. looking at the forecast across the next few hours, a few fog patches across east anglia and the south—east. most sunny overhead and a bit icy underfoot and it will take a bit icy underfoot and it will take a while for temperatures to lift up in one or two fog patches could last until mid— morning. more cloud in wales compared to yesterday, and that could produce a splash of rain across gwynedd, maybe anglesey and cumbria as well. some fog patches into the vale of york. a cloudy start for scotla nd into the vale of york. a cloudy start for scotland and northern ireland, threatening some light rain and drizzle here and there. most dry, the best of the breaks around the murray firth. temperatures this

afternoon could be up around 20 degrees here, as we see rain forming in the west of scotland. especially for the hebrides, the air warming is it reaches the north—east. elsewhere a lot more cloud around compared to yesterday. murky over the hills in the afternoon and temperatures will struggle where the fog lingers. mostly between those extremes of five to 14 or 15 celsius. for most, a dry day, dry into the evening rush hourfor a dry day, dry into the evening rush hour for many. a western a dry day, dry into the evening rush hourfor many. a western night a dry day, dry into the evening rush hour for many. a western night for parts of scotland, northern ireland, windy for a time as well and drying out across the highlands and ireland later. most other than the odd patch of frost and fog where cloud breaks towards the east will be frost free in the wednesday morning. a bit of a gloomy start to wednesday across england and wales, southern scotland and northern ireland as well. brightening up here but we will see things turned a bit damp at times through the day across northern england and north wales, all linked to that weather front. the weather front doesn't really represent the

division of air masses at the moment, just something clearer. clea rest of the moment, just something clearer. clearest of the skies in scotland and northern ireland, feeling a little bit milder than it has done this week. the same sorts of temperatures across the south on thursday. the chance of some patchy rain and drizzle from wales in the east anglia, raking in the cloud further north after frosty and in some places foggy starts. thursday night in the friday and the weekend, south—westerly winds starting to dominate, and we lose the festive feel a little bit as we go through into saturday. temperatures were many will be in double figures. now, promise you won't tell anybody. go on. do you want to see the chart for christmas day? yes! this could change but we could see some wet and windy weather sweeping across from england and wales, turning colder through the day and there could be a little bit of snow at the moment over the hills. we will keep you updated. that is like a 596 over the hills. we will keep you updated. that is like a 5% light updated. that is like a 596 light christmas! that is brilliant. i will

ta ke christmas! that is brilliant. i will take it. so i will take a picture of that chart can see exactly what happens on christmas day to see how accurate you are. that's fine, i'm off. you don't need to test him, he has been lovely and shared this christmas day weather. thank you, matt. talking about having fun... you have already sung for us this morning. it is one of our most ambitious challenges yet — can we get the nations singing in unison? we have been telling you all week about the health benefits of it, and today is the day our breakfast sings series reaches its crescendo. we have got six choirs across the uk, getting ready to sing en masse at the end of the programme, and we want you tojoin in too. you can download the lyrics from our

facebook and twitter site and we will give you a number later where you can take a video of yourself and send it to us. we have lots of locations, glasgow, belfast, cardiff. sian lloyd is with the cardiff polyphonic choirfor us. i hope you are in fine voice this morning. they are not letting me join in, louise, i can tell you. welcome to the royal welsh college of music and drama, here in the heart of cardiff. it is the national conservatoire of wales. and the cardiff paul cornick choir are warming up. —— polyphonic choir.”

first joined warming up. —— polyphonic choir.” firstjoined disk choir 40 years warming up. —— polyphonic choir.” first joined disk choir 40 years ago and it has been a huge part of my life for all of that time. 60 others like to get together and sing together, i have made enormous friendships in this choir as well, so friendships in this choir as well, so it is very important. we are trying something very ambitious on brea kfast. trying something very ambitious on breakfast. and acquire is going to be singing —— the choir is going to be singing —— the choir is going to be singing —— the choir is going to be singing in welsh. we don't want to give too much away. we do enjoy the opportunity always to promote the opportunity always to promote the welsh language whenever we can, so we the welsh language whenever we can, so we will be singing in welsh and we will see how that fits with everything else going on this morning. and you are a relatively new member, aren't you? how did you get involved and what do you get out of singing? i started about two yea rs of singing? i started about two years ago. i always loved music i get a huge amount from the choir. we reduced rehearse weekly and get an opportunity to sing lots of different types of music and enjoy

the social aspects that the choir brings as well. huge health and well—being benefits. and we are looking forward to the big sing later from cardiff. let's looking forward to the big sing laterfrom cardiff. let's head looking forward to the big sing later from cardiff. let's head to jj in glasgow. hello, good morning from glasgow. it is glasgow central station, one of the main central stations in the heart of glasgow. a familiar sight as people come in from all the commuter towns around glasgow and across the central belt from edinburgh, stirling and lithgow. most people have their heads down and are looking at their phones but there is a bit of festive cheer sprinkled amongst it. this choir is named for the younger sufferer of motor neurone disease in scotland. it is at the forefront of mind in scotland in particular because of a rugby legend recently announcing he is suffering from the

commission himself. everybody in this choir has been affected by it in some way. and can ijust disturb you for a quick second. why did you from this choir? we have put together an album of choirs, a purpose, and mnd scotland was about getting the message across to a wider audience through the use of song. and they are part of a much bigger choir as well, aren't they? the choirs with purpose have 1400 singers altogether and we sang a song from various locations called we all stand together. and why should we get the nation singing? everyone should sing, it is the most human thing to do. it is a great community builder and you build bonds and friendships with people that you would never built in ordinary life. and you are in fine voice, cannot wait to hear you in a second. and chris butler is in

belfast. this is a place where politicians have raised their voices in the past but it is rather different this morning, as you can see. in the great hall in the past there have even been fights, known as the brawl in the hall but it is goodwill and harmony this morning. and the principaljoins us. we see the pupils in full voice, but you have two strong arm them into the choir? is it something they want to do? music is an integral part of life in the college and we have hundreds of pupils involved in the junior, senior and chapel choir. they get so much fun out of it. and one of the things we have been talking about over the last month is just how much it means to people, how much it can improve morale. is it important to morale in the school, peter? it is huge. to quote

my favourite christmas movie, elf, it is the best way of spreading christmas cheer. 0ne it is the best way of spreading christmas cheer. one of the uk's lesser used areas. i talked about that issue of morale, does it make it big difference in the school itself? it makes a big difference to me and everyone in the choir. we rehearse five or six times a week, and we are all friends. by being in all three of these different choirs, it seems a lot, but there is no place i would rather be. we will let you get back into the choir itself, because they are ready for nine a.m.. andi because they are ready for nine a.m.. and i will leave you with a little bit of this, the pupils from methodist college. # hark, the

herald angels sing. that is a big finish. it is marvellous, from eve ryo ne finish. it is marvellous, from everyone all around the country. and we have salford, bristol, birmingham, cardiff, glasgow and belfast and we will give you details about how you can get involved in our bbc sings singalong—a—thon. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. a report by tottenham mp david lammy into race bias in the criminal justice system is to be addressed by the government, who will outline measures to tackle the problem. mr lammy found the situation was getting worse, and made a series of recommendations. the government says it will set up a race and ethnicity board to drive through changes aimed at increasing fairness and improving transparency. heathrow airport has cut its estimated expansion costs

by over £2 billion as it makes a new proposal for a third runway. it comes from reducing the space needed and changes to building work. the proposal will be put to the public next year, but there is already criticism from campaign groups, who say the lower cost does nothing to address fears over environmental damage. a court has heard how a homeless man who damaged a £24 million thomas gainsborough painting in the national gallery this year did it because a voice in his head told him to. keith gregory is accused of slashing the painting called the morning walk using a drill bit. he has pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing criminal damage, by reason of insanity. the case continues. let's have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tubes: the district line has minor delays between upminster and barking westbound, due to a signal failure at becontree. 0n the roads, in enfield, the a10 down to a single lane in to town near southbury road, because of a crash and fuel spillage.

the m4 heathrow spur road has delays because of an earlier crash. and fog has caused dozens of cancellations at the airport, so if you are flying today, do check with your airline. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate. good morning. it's a very murky start, at least for some of us this morning, and a cold one as well. we've got patches of dense, freezing fog, and the met office has issued a yellow weather warning for the fog this morning, visibility in some spots considerably reduced. now, in other places, you don't have any fog, and that means a bright start with a bit of sunshine. but where you do have it, it is very dense, it is very dangerous, and it's unlikely to lift for much of the morning. now, through the afternoon, the temperatures struggling — five or six celsius. if you're underneath that fog, it is going to feel very cold. now, overnight tonight, we'll see more cloud coming down from the north. with it, maybe some spots of rain —

nothing significant, but you may feel a spot or two. but it is going to feel different. the temperature overnight milder, at around seven celsius as the minimum, and that mild air stays with us through wednesday. a little bit of mist around first thing. it's a much cloudier start tomorrow, and that cloud is going to stay with us. the maximum temperature, though, in double figures again, so certainly feeling milder, at 11 celsius. as we head through the remainder of the week, that mild air staying with us. high pressure remains in charge. it doesn't, however, mean we're going to see too much sunshine. lots of cloud around, but temperatures mostly in double figures. va nessa vanessa feltz has her breakfast show on bbc radio london until ten a.m.. hello this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and dan walker. a leak in britain's new £3 billion aircraft carrier. the royal navy confirms it will carry out repairs on hms queen elizabeth, amid claims the ship is taking

on hundreds of litres of seawater every hour. good morning. it's tuesday 19th december. also this morning. parents, teachers and young people are being asked to have their say on how children should be taught about sex and relationships in schools in england. good morning. toys r us is under pressure to protect its staff pensions as it continues negotiations to keep the business afloat. i'm looking at what its options are to save thousands ofjobs before christmas. in sport athletics officials have launched an investigation into what iaaf president lord coe called serious allegations about world champion sprinterjustin gatlin's coach and agent. choirs around the uk are gearing up for our nationwide sing—along.

here they are warming up. it takes place injust over an hour and there's still time to get involved. keep watching to see how it goes. and matt has the weather. good morning. the weather is a bit of key this morning, a bit of fog around which is starting to lift and shipped, mostly dried today, cloudy as in the west, brightest in the east by some big temperature contrasts as i will show you in 15 minutes. good morning. the royal navy's new £3 billion aircraft carrier, age as queen elizabeth, is leaking. the future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, as a problem with a propeller shaft. defence correspondentjonathan propeller shaft. defence correspondent jonathan has propeller shaft. defence correspondentjonathan has more. earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navy's largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen.

i name this ship queen elizabeth. hailed as the most powerful capable warship ever to raise the white ensign. but what the navy did not say at the time was that she was leaking. according to the sun newspaper, a fault with a seal around one of the ship's propeller shafts has left her taking on up to 200 litres of water every hour. the problem was first identified during her sea trials earlier this year. a royal navy spokesman insisted the fault was now scheduled for repair and that it would not prevent the 65,000—tonne warship from sailing again early in the new year. it's not clear how easy or how much the repair will cost, but it's believed to be one of a number of snags that will have to be rectified by the contractors. the first f35 international delivery. meanwhile, mps have issued a warning about the cost of the new aircraft that will eventually fly off her. the commons defence select committee

says there has been an unacceptable lack of transparency over the f35 jets, with one estimate that each plane will cost more than £150 million. the mod insists the multi—billion pound programme is on track, on time and within budget. jonathan beale, bbc news. parents, teachers and young people are being asked to help create a new relationship and sex education curriculum which could include lessons on sexting and online pornography. the current guidelines have not been updated since the year 2000. ministers say this is "unacceptable" and want new guidance for autumn 2019. earlier this year, the education secretary justine greening said the subject would be made compulsory in all schools in england. young people don't necessarily know what is inappropriate in terms of behaviour and materials against what is appropriate. they are confronted by so much stuff these days on the

internet. they often don't even know what is illegal versus what is legal in terms of what they themselves are doing. at least three people are confirmed to have died when a passenger train derailed and fell from a bridge onto a busy motorway in the us state of washington. officials say 72 people were taken to hospital after most of the train's carriages left the track. emergency services say it's been difficult to get access to parts of the wreckage. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. amtrak 501, emergency, emergency. we are on the ground. the conductor calling for help from amtrak 501 has just survived a deadly high—speed crash. is everybody 0k? i'm still figuring that out. we've got cars everywhere, and down onto the highway. passengers say the train rocked and creaked as it took a curve at speed, and turmoil followed. ijust grabbed onto the chair in front of me for dear life. my laptop went flying, phone went flying. it was all the way at the other end.