metro devotes its entire front page to the engagement photo of prince harry and meghan merkel. the paper wishes its readers a merry kissmass. the i claims that the health secretary, jeremy hunt, wants to take over as deputy prime minister following the departure of damian green. the express headlines details of what it's calling a breakthrough on alzheimers. the financial times shows an image of nikki haley, the us ambassador to the un who has warned that the us will not forget countries who voted against its decision to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital. the daily mirror leads with a report about an alleged russian spy who visited no 10 as part of a ukrainian delegation. the telegraph features claims from borisjohnson that damian green was the victim of a ‘vendetta' by retired met police officers. the times has a similar story, alongside another picture of the recently—engaged royal couple. and the guardian says that tens of thousands of nhs patients will have their surgeries cancelled this winter to help avoid a crisis

across the health service. that is a flavour of the front pages. we can dip into some of those. digby, jeremy hunt is after a promotion? that is a statement of the obvious, isn't it. people go into politics to be prime minister and any politician who tells you they don't is not often telling you they don't is not often telling you the whole truth. yes, they want to change society and change their country but they do want power. i'm not at all surprised. i'm not passing judgment on whether he would be good or not, but i'm not surprised that he would be on the move. there are two ways, he will be in the bars and the corridors and he will be saying, if i was to suggest imight be, will be saying, if i was to suggest i might be, would you support me, thatis i might be, would you support me, that is a manoeuvre, the concept of,

oh, what a good idea. the other thing, if you notice what they are saying the headline, the health secretary is on the move, claims cabinet colleagues. if you also wa nted cabinet colleagues. if you also wanted to become the deputy prime minister is one of the best ways of getting rid of a competitorfor the job is to put it out that someone else wants the job. he who wields the knife is often not the one who becomes the king. one takes this with a huge dose of salt because many people will say, let's trash jeremy dennis, this puts him out of the game and clears the field from the game and clears the field from the —— jeremy for this. politics the game and clears the field from the ——jeremy for this. politics is a dirty business. i'm not sure jeremy hunt is on any greater manoeuvres than anybody else, the only evidence in this piece is a quote from a cabinet member who says he is deeply ambitious and seems convinced he has a good chance of greater things at if you look at jeremy hunt's career, it hasn't been

stellar, it has been controversial, but also a safe pair of hands with health. before that he was culture minister. when david cameron asked ministers to take a campus cut in their budget, he volunteered 20%, he is able to go clean skin —— take a 10% cut. he is a flexible friend and maybe that is what you need as the deputy prime minister. he shifted from opposing brexit to supporting it, with an increased social media profile. interesting point. he has taken to social media over the top of the usual routes. what was that mean? if you look at a lot of what jeremy corbyn did in the election and what trump does in america, i'm not talking about the messages, but if you look at the route to market, to the consumer, the voter, what they are doing, they are ignoring they are doing, they are ignoring the usual routes and the usual media

channels and the press briefings, and jeremy hunt is going straight over the top of all of that, and getting quite the severus in his tweets. —— white angry. he is quite a blind person. he's trying to put a bit of character into his profile. -- bland. now the daily telegraph. boris johnson says that damian green was the victim of a vendetta, although he does not back this up with much. theresa may has also shared the concerns across the political spectrum about the conduct of two retired police office rs conduct of two retired police officers neil lewis and bob quick, who were in a position to know what was found on damian green's computer. they then leaked this to the media and it appears they may have broken the law and the knives are out for them in the tory party

and also some sections of the media. and it worries me, it asks a big question about the trust equation between the public and the police. because when it happens with personalities, they will always take sides because they have people to defend and they have reputations to protect but if you look at people we have never heard of, in the high street tonight, and the police doing it, they will say, you are going to tuck me up like you tut. damian green, and then there is a lawyer somewhere, and it worries me, the behaviour of these retired officers could damage some good policeman doing a good and difficultjob, and also of course, in public life, people might think, i'm not going to be an mp is look at what happens to you. and then whether it is labour, liberal, green party or new cap,

conservative, you don't have good people going into politics. —— or ukip. they will say this was in the public interest because of what damian green was saying on television, it was a conflict with what he said in private. let's move on. surgery cancelled overflu outbreak fears. it is written in this article, oh dear, oh no, this isn't gp surgeries, this surgery as an operations. they have been cancelled because of flu outbreak fears and this is written from a critical point of view. i think it is very good planning. what they are saying is, if there is flu in the next few weeks the stretched nhs will get past breaking point, so you are bound to get the problems you have with that, ambulances waiting with people in the corridors, or the rest of it, and flew in the old and

the young, it is a killer, and therefore, for once, the nhs is showing a bit of forecasting management and everything else, and tired my rid. it is a shame the daily telegraph is riding about is if we should be critical of it —— and flooring it up. the quote at the end, the nhs national director, the public should use pharmacies and the nhs 111 system and have flu jabs if eligible. i nhs 111 system and have flu jabs if eligible. lam nhs 111 system and have flu jabs if eligible. i am eligible but i didn't have mine. i had mine. iwould like to say one thing, the real solution to say one thing, the real solution to the nhs problem of crowding and stretching, a lot of it is the lack ofa stretching, a lot of it is the lack of a connection with social services, and social care. in the village where we lived there is a lady who can get home for christmas, she's coming after a very serious

accident, paralysed below the waist, the nhs have done a greatjob with this woman, and they are ready to say, you can go, and release a bed for someone else. social services are saying, we for someone else. social services are saying, we are for someone else. social services are saying, we are not ready few. and it all costs money. -- we are not ready for you. it all has quads aggressors. —— it all has consequences. aggressors. —— it all has consequences. that bed could be used bya consequences. that bed could be used by a flu patient. henry, trade deal, ta ke by a flu patient. henry, trade deal, take it or leave it, they are looking ahead to what may happen in a few months‘ time. looking ahead to what may happen in a few months' time. this sounds threatening, and some people say this is in line with what the ft has been pushing for some time. the propaganda. you might say that. at last it worked. laughter this is based on a couple of sources, a senior government official, and so we have got to look

at these sources. it is a propaganda sheet. this is a very highly respected global newspaper. this person says the commission will prepare a take it or leave it proposal, a canada, threadbare canada proposal and the other source isa canada proposal and the other source is a top eu diplomat who says the uk is a top eu diplomat who says the uk is still in brexit lala land and they need to understand winter is coming. i actually hope we are now into another negotiation, added is in the interests of the eu that they get a good trade deal —— and it is. i know that. it doesn't help when a lot of u na ccou nted i know that. it doesn't help when a lot of unaccounted and unaccountable and unelected officials in brussels start negotiations in this way. we are well into the negotiations.“ it was the other way round and a british official had said this you

would be the first to say this is dreadful. our politicians say all kinds of things, like go whistle. why isn't the ft writing something once about how the eu treats us. the ftisa once about how the eu treats us. the ft is a very respectable newspaper. yes, i take it every day, but they are losing my respect because they are losing my respect because they are so biased, their coverage. you might see that as biased because you brexiteer. i am going to call a truce at that point. i was richly entertained. and informed. exactly. and none the wiser. exactly as lord rees said it should always be! —— lord rees. let's move on. metro now. yes, if

you put this up. it will happen any second. a lovely photograph will appear on screen. the palace have put out a couple of photographs to celebrate the royal engagement and one looks a bit posed and the other one looks a bit posed and the other one looks a bit posed and the other one looks fabulous. and on this cold night with a lot of grief and anguish in the world, tomorrow morning people will go to work and they will pick up their copy of the paper and they will pick up their copy of the paperandi they will pick up their copy of the paper and i think that is the most lovely photograph of the digby has his n'zogbia pulse on the finger of the nation. isn't it a lovely picture? -- digby the nation. isn't it a lovely pictu 7 -- ' the nation. isn't it a lovely picture? -- digby has his pulse on the finger of the nation. yes, the official engagement photographs of prince harry and meghan markle. we needed that. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it

later on bbc iplayer. as digby hinted, they will be back at 1130. thanks for joining as digby hinted, they will be back at 1130. thanks forjoining us. goodbye. on the shortest day of the year there was an absence of sunshine for many of us. you will see what i mean. this was taken in herefordshire, and on the coast in scarborough, we have this grey and flat featureless sky, and it is very quiet weather at the moment, and very mild. this is all because we have the jet stream driving further north to the north of the uk keeping the cold air at bay, the time being, but in the mild air we have a lot of cloud around. it has been very gloomy, with low cloud, especially a

dank sort of day over the hills, staying that way overnight with more rain and drizzle, easing away from northern ireland and northern england and wetter weather for wales and the south west but it will be cold in scotland where we have clearer skies in northern scotland in particular but otherwise, the low cloud and the temperatures 9—10, very mild. it will be a dull and damp start to the day on friday, the rain easing away to the near continent, and the cloud may lift along the skies to brighton, but essentially it is a cloudy day. drizzle in the north west and in the north east of scotland we will have sunshine, ironically where we will have the lowest temperature. saturday, stronger winds in the northern half, and that might help to break up the cloud to the east of the hills, but in the north west of scotla nd the hills, but in the north west of scotland and the northern ireland ‘s there will be some rain —— northern isles. again, mild, high pressure.

lower pressure to the north, keeping the mild atlantic winds going, and the mild atlantic winds going, and the conveyor belt of rain keeps going, it moves further south into scotland, maybe northern ireland and rain beginning to add up over the hills that could lead to localised flooding. bit of drizzle around. it will be quite windy, but again it will be quite windy, but again it will be quite windy, but again it will be mild. then we have the rain getting its act together on christmas day, in the mountains you might geta christmas day, in the mountains you might get a white christmas, in the north of scotland, otherwise it is rain, but it could be heavy rain in scotland. rather dull and windy across england and wales, and again it will be mild, between 9—11. this is bbc news.

i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 11: a day after the forced resignation of damien green from the cabinet, the woman who alleged he made inappropriate advances speaks to the bbc. kate maltby, a former conservative party activist, says she passed on concerns about mr green to downing street in 2016. i was not seeking a resignation. i never called for his resignation, not as an mp or a minster. i was expecting an apology. parties in favour of an independent catalonia are on course to win more than half the popular vote in regional elections. the un's general assembly votes in favour of a resolution rejecting the us decision to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital.