hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson. storms and rail strikes in store as the uk prepares to bring in the new year. a 24—hour walkout is under way on south western and crosscountry services causing cancellations and delays. in edinburgh, hogmanay celebrations have already begun. organisers say tonight's main event will go ahead as planned despite the arrival of storm dylan. good morning. its northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england that will bear the brunt of the damaging winds from storm dylan. i will show you the full forecast in the next 15 minutes. good morning — it's sunday 31st december. new year's eve. also this morning: two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead in iran as anti—government protests spread

across the country. a tax threat to internet firms. the security minister says facebook and google could face penalties — if they don't do more to tackle terrorism. in sport, more misery for mourinho, claiming his manchester side were denied a clear penalty. good morning. first, our main story. winds of up to 80 mph and a series of rail strikes are threatening to cause disruption as the uk prepares to see in the new year. the met office is warning of flying debris and damage to buildings as storm dylan hits northern ireland and parts of southern scotland, while a 24—hour walk out could hit passengers on crosscountry and south western rail services. but hundreds of thousands of people are still expected to take to the streets to celebrate, as simon clemison reports. why have one night of celebration

when you can have to? with this torchlit parade, hogmanay is already under way in edinburgh. our 24 vikings have travelled down from the shetlands, long boat journey, vikings have travelled down from the shetlands, long boatjourney, and we're here to basically warm things up we're here to basically warm things upa bit. we're here to basically warm things up a bit. in london as in scotland security is key but despite for terror attacks this year, there will be fewer officers on duty per tonight's huge fireworks display but the met insists the numbers are right. people will be remembering those who have died and those who we re those who have died and those who were injured in those attacks we have the policing for quite a long time now and our experience of doing that means our tactics and our way of mitigating those threats has developed along the way. but will people be able to get there? delays and cancellations are expected on south—western railway and cross country because of the strike.

south—western says it thinks it will be able to run three quarters of trains. the only question remaining, the weather. edinburgh has already enjoyed some fireworks but gusts of 80 miles per hour are predicted across areas of scotland and northern ireland. the warnings of the metal to stop by the afternoon but the dying hours of 2017 are making their presence felt. simon clemison is at london waterloo, normally one of the uk's busiest stations. a bit different today. this is, as you say, the uk's biggest rail station. you have to take my word fruit because it is sunday morning and its clients. strike or no strike. —— take my word for it. this is where we can feel the effects because this is where south—western railway trains run and londoners we re railway trains run and londoners were tens of thousands of people

will be heading to those big parties down on the thames. let us look at the boards. it's very early but things are leaving as normal at the moment. it is a 24— hour walkout with workers from crosscountry as well. reduced to in newcastle in edinburgh, no services between glasgow and aberdeen. the disruption depends on the services the company manages to run. you might find the trains that run our busy. this dispute is about many things not least the role of the guard which we've heard so much about in recent times but with disruption, more disruption, the weather, everything else, you might think 2018 can't come soon enough. thank you very much indeed. we will monitor developments during the course of the morning. always conscious not to overrate these things but storm dyla n overrate these things but storm dylan is expected to cause problems later. matt, good morning. is that an

ominous portent, that photograph? a little bit the sum. storm dylan is approaching. strong winds across many areas at the moment, particularly across the english channel but the strongest of the winds today will be closer to storm dyla n winds today will be closer to storm dylan which is just to the north of northern ireland. we have seen winds up northern ireland. we have seen winds up to 70 miles per hour along the north coast. enough to cause some damage and flying debris. certainly some disruption. it would transfer to parts of southern scotland and northern england. the peak of the wind this morning. anywhere really across northern ireland in southern scotland, northern england, if a purpose and travel disruption. things will improve weatherwise into the afternoon. the full forecast coming up in the next ten minutes. matt taylor is keeping an eye on

storm dylan for us. the security minister ben wallace has said the government should consider taxing internet firms unless they are more willing to co—operate in tackling the threat of terrorism in the uk. in an interview in the sunday times, mr wallace said technology fims that refused the security services access to encrypted messages were "turning the internet into an anarchic, violent space." adding, "we should stop pretending that because they sit on beanbags in t—shirts they are not ruthless profiteers." google and facebook are yet to respond to the remarks. two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead in iran as anti—government protests spread throughout the country, reaching the capital, tehran. the wave of unrest which began last week, is the most serious since the authorities suppressed months of protests in 2009. jon ironmonger reports. a crack of gunshots as panic ripples the a crowd in the western city

daroud. later, a wounded man is carried through the streets. it is being reported that two protesters have been killed following an escalation of violence and three days of unrest. late into the night, demonstrators attacked targets with links to the government and the ruling clerical elite. in karamabad, the governor's office was burned. in the northern city of a mashad, police motorbikes were set alight while crowds taunted the security services. what started as a provincial process about rocketing prices has become deeply political and moved to the capital tehran, where officers were pelted with stones near the main university. riot police were used to quell the disturbance. this video shows a baby being taken to hospital,

apparently suffering from the effects of tear gas. it is thought the iranian authorities have reacted by cutting access to the internet in many cities, especially to mobile phones and instagram, which had become hugely popular in iran, is now said to be inaccessible. iranian officials have vowed on state tv to double their efforts to resolve the economic problems and ploughed ahead with commemorative pro—government rallies on saturday. but further protests are expected over the coming days and experts say opposing the islamic republic will be a colossal challenge. do not underestimate the reggressive capability of the revolutionary guards, the resiliency of the islamic republic. this regime is well institutionalised in iran and can deal with protest movement such as the one that we have witnessed in the past few days. iran's ultraconservative regime is facing its biggest threat in nearly a decade, but what lengths will it go to to survive?

political leaders have been reflecting on the past 12 months in their new year's messages, with theresa may calling 2017 a "year of progress" for the uk. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the hope of a new britain is closer than ever. with more here's our political correspondent, emma vardy. after a political year dominated by brexit, it's no surprise the subject played a key part in theresa may's new year's message. she said the government has pursued our brexit eggs “— government has pursued our brexit eggs —— objectives with steady purpose and progress will continue in 2018 as the talks move on to trade. but not for the first time theresa may made clear she wants to be more than madame brexit. making success of brexit is crucial but it will not be the limit of our

ambitions. we also have to carry on making a difference here and now on theissues making a difference here and now on the issues that matter to people's daily lives. that means building an economy fit for the future and taking a balanced approach to government spending. so we get our debt falling but can also invest in the things that matter. 0ur schools, our police and a precious nhs. theresa may says next year will continue to fight against all forms of extremism and she believes 2018 can bea of extremism and she believes 2018 can be a year of renewed pride in our country. meanwhile, the tone of jeremy corbyn's address was rather different. he said we are being held back by a self—serving elite and pointed to the games labour made at the general election, saying this was a year when people said no more. the old political consensus is finished. we are staking out the new centre ground in british politics, backing the things that most people wa nt backing the things that most people want but are blocked by vested

interests. we a re want but are blocked by vested interests. we are a government in waiting while the conservatives are weak, divided and stuck in an outdated raft with no new ideas. the hope of a new britain run in the interests of the many, not the few, seems closer than ever before. the new year message is brought to a close what has been politically dramatic 12 months. firefighters in manchester have been praised for their "heroic" work after they brought a huge blaze in an apartment block under control. a 23—year—old man was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. the fire service said flames had spread over multiple floors in the 12—storey building via wooden balconies and no external cladding was involved. criminal gangs who claim benefits under a false identity are to be targeted by the government using artificial intelligence. the department for work and pensions says it will use sophisticated computer programming to identify organised attacks. ian palmer reports. job centre plus staff identify

suspicious benefit fraud in individuals but it's much harder to notice board patterns of behaviour across thousands of benefit applications. an indication of organised criminal activity. 0ften, gangs making repeated applications using fake identities tend to leave traces such as using the same phrase when stating what they've done to try and find work. by monitoring thousands of applications using artificial intelligence it should be easier to detect organised benefit fraud. what we will be able to do using ai is identify some of those networks, for example, see patterns of behaviour like shared addresses or the same telephone numbers being used. they will be able to identify that more easily in a way that will enable us to stop that from

happening and protect taxpayers' money. the artificial intelligence softwa re money. the artificial intelligence software has been developed by the department for work and pensions. the idea has been put through a series of trials. the dwp says the computer programme will be slowly rolled out across the country. introducing the technology is an attempt to recoup more of the £3 billion paid by mistake or fraudulently claimed each year. the changes will affect people who claim universal credit, jobseeker ‘s allowa nce universal credit, jobseeker ‘s allowance and personal independent payments. ian palmer, bbc news. the snow we have enjoyed in recent weeks has been enjoyed by some. they have a look at these pictures. these are from the largest ice sculpture festival in the world, taking place in china and it took more than 10,000 members of staff to construct the 2000 sculptures. each recreates famous landmark and is made from ice

harvested from a frozen river in the north of the country. spectacular. let's ta ke let's take a look at the sunday papers. the sunday telegraph, credit ca rd papers. the sunday telegraph, credit card fees and to backfire on shoppers, this is talking about businesses getting around rules by raising prices and introducing stealth charges, the sunday telegraph is talking about art, and there is a cheerleader with a marching band from louisiana, the photograph fair, they will take part in the new year's day parade in trafalgar square. tomorrow, we no doubt will report on the program. the observer, chris grayling must quit, says lord adonis, as he slams the broken brexit government, he is talking about the minister under fire over the bailouts to the east

coast rail services. we will quickly get through a couple more if we can, the sunday times, the eagle has been backin the sunday times, the eagle has been back in training, involved in the new year celebrations in london, thatis new year celebrations in london, that is the picture. the story we have been reporting about, ben wallace the security minister talking about a small tax hit first of the internet companies if they don't do more to stop terrorism. and to some of the tabloids, the uk borderfiles. but to some of the tabloids, the uk border files. but the mail on sunday. a bizarre plan to enlist volunteers. superjupp to conquer the flu is the claim in the sunday express. “— the flu is the claim in the sunday express. —— jab. and the sunday mirror claims an exclusive of a mum who was injured in the manchester bombing back in may at manchester arena who has given birth to a little baby, her mother sadly passed away in the terror attack earlier this year. it's 6:16 and you're watching breakfast from bbc news.

the main stories this morning: new year celebrations are expected to go ahead in edinburgh tonight and in other cities, despite winds of 80 mph threatening to cause disruption. three days of growing anti—government protest in iran have turned violent, two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you, it will cause a bit of a problem to some people, storm dylan? not ideal to new year's eve if people are on the move better good morning to you, the met office haven't and that whether a let strong potentially damaging winds across northern island, southern scotland. they have already been picking up over the last hour and 20 minutes we have seen gusts at darwin had —— malin head. fairly gusty

there. wherever you are across the uk, be prepared for blustery conditions, the strongest are tied to this hook of clout, it is called storm dylan and you can see this curl north of northern ireland so wind maybe 70 or 80 miles an hour over the next hour or two of the strong winds this morning will tra nsfer strong winds this morning will transfer into southern scotland through the central belt so these areas are most prone to the damaging gusts of wind, those with disruptive winds really anywhere across northern 0lins, southern scotland and ireland but rain is also pushing across northern island becoming widespread across the paths of scotla nd widespread across the paths of scotland into mid—morning. snow over the grampians, the southern highlands. the winds will be picking up highlands. the winds will be picking up in northern england but a bright start here, heavy rain at the moment across east anglia, southern england at 9am it for become confined to the south and east of london. strong winds through the english channel but quickly brightening over the next few hours once the clown and

rain cleared in the south—west and wales. for showers get going into the afternoon, some becoming heavy, thundery and widespread, the strongest of the winds will ease into the afternoon, still blustery for many areas into the afternoon but actually calmer conditions compared to yesterday, rain, sleet and telstra in scotland, scuttling showers into the west, sunshine elsewhere. temperatures down on yesterday ‘s recall feeling into the evening, take a warm jacket if you are out to celebrate, hopefully waterproof as well. some of you will see the new year in a dry note, eastern scotland through to wales into central southern england, but as you go into new year's day keep an eye on this, this the storm system which will effect many fronts but it will go close to southern coast silicates are heavy rain and gusty wind, certainly to new year's day, the channel islands, southern coastal counties, big uncertainty as to how far north it will get, showers pushing through northern ireland, england into the day wintry

over the higher ground, cool winds across the country but a lot of sometime new year's day to a great day to get out and i suppose clear the head after the previous night's... the head after the previous night's. .. fun. the head after the previous night's... fun. into tuesday, we get back to work, a call and frosty start, some snow over northern hills asa start, some snow over northern hills as a band of rain elsewhere spreads its way from west to east, allowing sunshine to return later. i will have more updates over the morning. back to you. thank you, match. let's catch up with sport. new year's eve isa catch up with sport. new year's eve is a busy time in the festive programme, and kat is with us. good morning. morning. jose mourinho, has he given up? according to him he gave up ages ago and all of a sudden he will say the fight is on and then he will say the fight is on and then he will say we have no chance and back on again but to be fair, do not think anyone has a chance of winning the title apart from manchester city in their current form but not so long ago it was manchester united

seemed to be the only to protect them back but now it is chelsea who has leapfrogged them back but now it is chelsea who has lea pfrogged over them back but now it is chelsea who has leapfrogged over notjust united, they have had a run of four consecutive games without a win and the heat has been turned down on manchester city —— lea pfrogged the heat has been turned down on manchester city —— leapfrogged over manchester city —— leapfrogged over manchester united. good morning. sojose mourinho isn't a happy man and his manchester united side have now lost further ground on the league leaders manchester city after a goalless draw against southampton. chelsea have overtaken them and moved up to second with their 5—0 thrashing of stoke, which is where alex south starts his round—up of yesterday's action. chelsea rounded off 2017 in some style. commentator: brilliance! the champions demolished stoke city 5— the row to make it five wins from the row to make it five wins from the last six games and push stoke further towards trouble. today, we finished a great year for us. further towards trouble. today, we finished a great yearfor us. former players, for the club, for the fans, especially for me because my first

experience in the new league in england and to win the title is not easy. they now trade leaders manchester city by 13 points better off to second courtesy of manchester united failing to defeat southampton. it wasn't a good david jose mourinho as he saw romelu lukaku jose mourinho as he saw romelu lu ka ku stretchered off jose mourinho as he saw romelu lukaku stretchered off early on and later saw the referee waves away what he thought was a certain penalty. wasn't it? he clearly struck him on the arm. 0k. have you spoken with the officials? yeah, but for what? for what? liverpool were up for what? for what? liverpool were up to fourth as mohammed sulla scored his 16th and 17th league goals of the season to help the reds come from behind to win against leicester, the only negative being that he limped off later on. at the other end of the table there was plenty of late drama, burma scored an 88 minute winner against everton

to move out of the bottom three and swa nsea to move out of the bottom three and swansea but even later as they will completed a remarkable turnaround against watford, scoring in the 86 and 90th minute. sacked last week by sheffield wednesday, celebrating his new side's victory six days later, carlos, how will tell you that a week is a long time input all, let alone one year. alex howes, bbc news. pretty good goals and there, would there? elsewhere, the matches between huddersfield and burnley and newcastle and brighton finished goalless. there's two matches in the premier league today — west brom take on arsenal but before that, leaders manchester city visit crystal palace. a win would not only take them 16 points clear at the top but would also see manager pep guardiola equal his own record in europe's top division for 19 consecutive victories. palace, though, will have plenty to play for — they're onlyjust out of the relegation zone on goal difference. against crystal palace, if you win

3-0 against crystal palace, if you win 3—0 or a distance of three goals anything could happen to the end and thatis anything could happen to the end and that is why i said to the players just after the game, be ready, still focused because we have a tough, tough, tough game next 31st in there because we have, they are a team that can create a lot of things to themselves. celtic go into the winter break with an 8—point lead over aberdeen at the top of the scottish premiership after the old firm derby ended in stalemate. brendan rodgers' side had the best of it in the first half with scott sinclair twice missing good chances. but in the second half, rangers were denied by some brilliant saves from craig gordon. they stay in third, 11 points behind the leaders. elsewhere there were wins for hamilton, partick and dundee. serena williams was back on a tennis court yesterday, less than four months after giving birth to her daughter. she was playing in an exhibition match in abu dhabi against the latvianjelena 0stapenko. williams lost the match in three

sets but said she was really proud of being able to compete. she hadn't played since winning her 23rd major singles title at january's australian open, which she won while eight weeks pregnant. i think that is just an absolutely outstanding effort from serena williams. northampton saints have now lost 11 games in all competitions after they were thrashed 50 points to 21 in rugby union's premiership. danny care scored twice as quins turned on the style in front of a crowd of more than 70,000 at twickenham. elsewhere there were wins for saracens, newcastle, and gloucester. in the pro 14, glasgow warriors were 3—0 up against edinburgh just before half—time when the scotstoun stadium had to be evacuated because of a fire alarm. there was a half hour delay and glasgow went on to win17—0. leejones scored the only try of the game. phil ‘the power‘ taylor will go for his 17th world title in his last ever match in professional darts tomorrow night as he made it

through to the final of the pdc world championship. taylor beat the impressive qualifier, welshman jamie lewis, by six frames to one in the semifinals at ally pally. he won his first title back in 1990 but this is taylor's last event before retirement. but he'll have to beat rob cross, the man who pulled off a major shock in the other semifinal to knock out the reigning champion and world number one michael van gerwen. van gerwen missed six darts to win, but in one of the greatest matches ever seen at ally pally, the 20th seed came back to win it in the deciding leg of the 11th set at gone midnight. it's the first time cross has played at the pdc championship. a p pa re ntly apparently it is his first year in professional darts. nerves of steel! phil is his hero and he is meeting him in the final, not only the final... he could spoil the fairytale ending, couldn't he? not

only the final but it is still taylor's last... it is the fairytale final. fantastic. 0ne taylor's last... it is the fairytale final. fantastic. one to watch. kat, thank you. it is 6:26 am. if you have been watching over the festive period, you will know that we have been bringing people together. people who haven't necessarily agreed over the last year to see if they can sort out their differences. today, we're talking about the best way to solve the housing crisis with architect dr frances holliss and jonn elledge, the editor of urban planning magazine citymetric. hello. hello, john, nice to meet you. should we? let's go up. this is very posh, this. it is very posh! we have some presence. it is all very fancy. marvellous, very nice, good to be, and every something written

on it. it says the green belt sacrosa nct on it. it says the green belt sacrosanct or stifling? stifling precisely because it is so sacrosa nct precisely because it is so sacrosanct that these rules and land use that were set in the 19505 are still use that were set in the 19505 are 5till kind of dictating where we can and can't build today and in a city with a housing crisis is deep and i5 ruinous a5 london's i no longer am convinced it is the right choice of policy. i think that the housing cri5i5 policy. i think that the housing crisis is not really about land, i think, you know, that is what i think, you know, that is what i think, that actually if you look at -if think, that actually if you look at — if you look at the statistics, we have 600,000 plots of land with planning permission for housing granted and the real problem we have got is the housing market. and the thing about land is it is interesting because it is completely finite resource. and as a finite resource it means that people who buy it can sit on it and wait until the price goe5 buy it can sit on it and wait until the price goes as high as they like.

should we say what one says? let's see what it says. chri5tmas delivery 250,000 more homes built every year. thank you, fanta. delivered each year? it would marvellous, my lord, how much money they would make. year? it would marvellous, my lord, how much money they would makem would almost be marvellous of the people who have homes and don't have them. 0vercrowding i5 people who have homes and don't have them. 0vercrowding is an enormous problem. people are now sharing with friends with no living room into their 305, people are stuck living at their parents which isn't much fun for the parent either. this is because of affordability not because of the lack of housing. you are talking a5 of the lack of housing. you are talking as if those are two different things. they are. they are 5lightly discrete complex not... different things. they are. they are slightly discrete complex not... not in the current housing market. so we are going to swap presents. this has been lovely. happy chri5tma5. should been lovely. happy chri5tma5. should be open and together? i am thinking it is be open and together? i am thinking it i5a be open and together? i am thinking it is a house. you have a green

belt. how lovely. see, this is a perfect example of things that we shouldn't be putting into hou5e5. and i have a house. ijust feel of the luck is against me here. you have the tree and i — but this is the way the housing works, the houses go to the one to have the houses go to the one to have the houses and the tree goe5 houses go to the one to have the houses and the tree goes to the person who hasn't got the house. 0h, well, merry christmas. happy chri5tma5. well, merry christmas. happy christmas. we could swap. you see, this is the solution. there we are, trying to sort the housing crisis out. stay with us. a summary of the news is coming up. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson.

good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc new5. winds of up to 80—mile5 an hour and a series of rail 5trike5 are threatening to cause disruption as the uk prepares to see in the new year. members of the rmt union are staging a 24—hour walk out which will affect pa55enger5 on cro55country and south western railway5. services from london waterloo, the uk'5 busie5t station, are also affected. with hundreds of thousands of people expected to take part in celebrations, security services and the police are urging people to be vigilant. depite four terror attacks this year, there will be fewer officers