good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and mega munchetty. our headlines today: theresa may comes out fighting as she faces a crucial seven days. the prime minister will try to avoid a leadership challenge and a cabinet rebellion by selling the benefits of her brexit deal. also this morning: after the deadly wildfires, rain now threatens to bring floods and mudslides to devastated parts of california. england put the ghosts of the world cup to bed, as they beat croatia at wembley to qualify for the finals of the nations league. and he was once the fastest man on the planet but suffered a stroke this summer. in an exclusive interview, michaeljohnson tells us about his road to recovery. ironically, that first walker was about 200 and is, which is the event that i held the world record at. and i was once the fastest man in the world in and in history at that

event. and it took about 15 minutes. good morning. this week, colder than last. today and easterly wind, a lot of cloud, showers as well but brighter skies in the north—west and south—west. more in 15 minutes. good morning. our top story: theresa may faces what she's described as a critical week as she tries to gather support for her brexit deal. so what does that critical week look like? let's take you through it. today, the prime minister will try to sell her withdrawal agreement to businesses as she gives a speech to the cbi in london. later this week, she's expected to meet the european commission president jean—claude juncker. and if all goes to plan there will be a special brexit summit with eu leaders next sunday. but two things could derail the prime minister — a group of five brexiteer cabinet ministers, including michael gove and andrea leadsom, are trying to get the deal changed. if they don't get what they want, they could make life very tricky for theresa may.

and another threat comes from backbench conservative mpstrying to force a vote of no confidence in her leadership. will they gain enough support? in a moment, we'll bejoined by adam fleming from brussels. but first, let's hear from our political correspondent, chris mason, in westminster. chris, going into this monday morning, what sort of... is she in a good position? would she be happy she's survived the weekend and will she's survived the weekend and will she take strength into this new week? good morning. will get lots of uses week? good morning. will get lots of uses of the word critical over the next few days i suspect —— we'll get. where is she this morning? she still has a job and she's still got a cabinet around her, even if very loosely in various places, and given the turbulence of the last week that is something to be banked. she is still trying to sell the withdrawal agreement she'll be taking to brussels later in the week. she's rolling up in front of business leaders at the cbi this morning, and

will be selling what she sees as the big selling points around this deal, particularly around immigration, a big driving factorfor particularly around immigration, a big driving factor for many people in voting for brexit, and she'll talk about how her plan for brexit absolutely crucially delivers power back to the uk around immigration, making the point, as she will, to business leaders that that will mean the uk can decide exactly who it ta kes the uk can decide exactly who it takes in terms of people coming to this country, that it doesn't in the end in the future have to allow people in from europe regardless of their qualifications. but, yeah, it's bumpy, let's be absolutely clear its bumpy. there's these five cabinet ministers, brexiteers, around her table who are still not happy, and in addition to that, this perpetual question about whether enough backbenchers will say that they want her to go that there has to bea they want her to go that there has to be a vote of no—confidence. that could still happen this week, although we're not quite there yet. plenty more from chris throughout the morning. thank you. let's get the very lastest

from brussels now, where our correspondent adam fleming is keeping a close eye on proceedings. it seems as if it's been quite quiet in terms of comments from eu leaders and commissioners this week, think they've been as fascinated as us about what's been going on in the uk. totally. they know a big hurdle they got to cross to get their total brexit deal across the line is the british parliament voting on it, and that's why you've not seen many eu leaders or eu officials talking publicly beyond saying the deal is not available to be reopened, it can't be renegotiated, which might annoy some cabinet ministers we were hearing about a minute ago. the focus this week in brussels is not on the divorce treaty, the withdrawal agreement, the 585 page monster we all had to read in the middle of the night last week. the focus this week is on the separate document that will go alongside that, part of the final deal, which is called the political declaration which will sketch out in broad terms

the future relationship. the divorce stuff is done, the future relationship is still kind of up for grabs because last week we got an outline of it, 6.5 pages. what will happen this week in a whole series of meetings, including today with european affairs ministers from the 27 eu countries, mid week between theresa may and jean—claude juncker, and next weekend, eu leaders, will be to finalise that and turn it from a 6.5 page document into a 20 page document on cooperation with economy, security, energy, research, you name it, that's the optimistic, positive forward—looking thing that theresa may will hope makes the backward looking difficult to swallow divorce deal easier to swallow. 0k. swallow divorce deal easier to swallow. ok. so much to chew over over the coming days. thanks, adam. see you later in the brown. plenty of coverage on that for you this morning as well —— later in the programme. 77 people are now known to have died in huge wildfires that have swept across northern california.

nearly 1,000 people are still missing. heavy rain is now forecast, bringing new fears of floods and mudslides. dave lee has the latest from the city of chico. here in chico, the mourning process is just about getting under way, even though there are still many unaccounted for in these fires. prayers have been said in here this evening for firefighters, four police officers, anyone that's been offering support since the fire took hold. those fires are still raging. those forecasts of rain over the next few days will complicate firefighting efforts further. that means across the state there are still issues around air quality as far away as san francisco. the country's environmental protection agency warns anyone with respiratory issues should probably stay indoors as much as possible. up here in chico, the support of this community is helping with the rebuilding

efforts, both of the town itself and the hearts and minds of those that live there. dave lee, bbc news, in northern california. four men have been taken to hospital with stab wounds after a fight in edmonton in north london. officers and an ambulance crew were called to the area yesterday evening. it occured a day after two men and a teenager were injured in a nearby shooting. simon clemison is there this morning. what is the latest? good morning, dan. these streets are full of houses and the police have been here throughout the police have been here throughout the night, monitoring people going to and from the road down there, which is where it happened but what you can't see is the inner cordon where forensic teams have been carrying out their work. four men all in their 20s suffered stab wounds, they were taken to hospital andi wounds, they were taken to hospital and i can tell you one has been discharged with the other three still being treated. in addition, two vehicles, in a crash, were found

here and its early stages but that other investigation you've mentioned, it is believed there is a link to that shooting also in this pa rt link to that shooting also in this part of london over the weekend, two men and a teenage boy were injured when a shotgun was fired at a minicab. talking to people living here overnight say crime isn't unheard of, but this is on a different scale and when the mayor talks about the challenge facing london interns of violent crime, you get the sense of that when you talk to people here. —— in terms of. a specialist unit has been set up to tackle the problems london has been facing recently. 0ne tackle the problems london has been facing recently. one person has been arrested in connection with the incident in edmonton. simon, thank you. simon clemison in london. facebook will today announce new measures to help support britain's local newspapers by training journalists and helping to build subscriptions. it comes days afterjohnston press, one of britain's largest local newspaper groups, was rescued out of administration. here's our media editor, amol rajan. just a few decades ago,

work in a local paper came with esteem, influence and a solid wage. titles like the independently—owned express & star in wolverhampton were treasured in their communities. these days, their importance has grown further, but their commercial clout is diminishing. now, if you want a second—hand car, you look online, and if you want local news, fewer and fewer turn to print. it's challenging. the difficulty we've got is that, of course, a large proportion of those people that are reading are no longer paying for the content. it's just the print audience that are. it's how we start to monetise that digital segment. some form of subsidy seems inevitable. it may come from silicon valley. facebook say they want to help train local reporters, just as the bbc now do. at this recent training camp in cardiff, google were teaching freelancers in the way of new digital tools. what google is trying to do is figure out how to partner with local newspapers to find the new digital business models, helping them find new advertising streams, and making sure that we supply them with the technology that helps them generate that digital advertising.

the industry is on its knees and some older hands blame silicon valley for stealing their ad revenue and content. but if silicon valley retreated, it would not bring local papers back. last week, 250—year—old johnston press went into administration, triggered by an unmanageable £200 million—plus debt. a new company, run by the bondholders, has been set up. it will radically pay down the debt and mostjobs should be saved, for now. everyone knows local news that scrutinises power and nourishes the bonds of community is vital to democracy. it's just that nobody knows who will pay for it. amol rajan, bbc news. the former welsh rugby and lions captain, gareth thomas, has been the victim of a homophobic hate crime in cardiff. he appeared bruised in a video posted on social media. thomas asked that officers dealt with the 16—year—old attacker through restorative justice when a victim talks to the perpetrator about the harm they have caused. i was the victim in my

home city of a hate crime for my sexuality. i wanted to be positive because i wanted to say thank you to the police who were involved, and were very helpful and allowed me to do restorative justice with the people who did this, because they thought they could learn more that way than any other way, and also to the people of cardiff who supported me and helped me, because there's a lot of people out there who want to hurt us. it's been revealed that what was thought to be a stolen picasso painting, taken during a robbery dubbed the theft of the century, was a fake. experts had hoped that the painting was harlequin's head, which was stolen from a gallery in rotterdam in 2012. two people said they had found it under a tree in south—east romania. a belgian theatre company has now admitted it had staged a hoax as part of a project to demonstrate the importance of truth.

i don't know if we can see that picture again and i'm happy to admit my ignorance when it comes to certain things, but when i saw the painting i was amazed anyone would wa nt painting i was amazed anyone would want this on the wall. the ugliest painting i've seen in a long time! scary! if you're into your golf, and nfl, when you were those cheese wedges on your head... they are fans. right, yeah! you know, that is a cheese wedge, isn't it? just an awful, awful picture. looks like he's been folded down the middle. that slight it was drawn folded and all the drawings slipped into the middle —— looks like. all the drawings slipped into the middle -- looks like. if it wasn't picasso and it was on your wall, you would have to say, so beautiful! staggering, marvellous! gives the room such staggering, marvellous! gives the room suci'i enormous presence! staggering, marvellous! gives the room such enormous presence! what a load of rubbish! talking about brilliance. no rubbish at all, what

an exciting match! who needs the world cup? forget about the world cup common the nations league is fantastic, we love it! we have loved it from the start, we've never said anything against it! —— forget about the world cup, the nations league is fantastic, we love it! england have qualified for the finals of the nations league. they came from a goal down to beat croatia 2—1 at wembley, harry kane with winner in the 85th minute. gareth southgate described kane as the best goalscorer in the world. it was another poor night, though, for northern ireland, beaten by austria with the last kick of the game. they've lost all four of their nations league matches and have been relegated from their group. they've had an unlucky run. there was a big upset at the atp world tour finals in london. alexander zverev beat the world number one novak djokovic in straight sets to claim the title, and a couple of million quid in prize money too. and england's women will play india in the semi—finals of the world twenty20, that's after losing to the west indies. it went down to the final over of the match but the hosts just did enough.

they now play australia in the semis. lots more coming up in the next few minutes. loads of sport over the weekend to tell you about in the newspaper review. are you ready for me? yes, ijust got some peanut butter in an inappropriate area! just cleaning it away! good job naga spotted that before you came back to me! don't tell me. it is quite chilly this week, isn't it? and the wind factor will make it even more cold. i'm not going to say anything because carol always tells me off for saying stuff. it's going to be cold? the worst thing about being a weather presenter is someone is a lwa ys weather presenter is someone is always trying to steal your thunder. iam always trying to steal your thunder. i am trying to steal yourjob, never mind your thunder. most of the time thatis mind your thunder. most of the time that is not the case, though. this morning it is a chilly start to the

day for some of us, clear skies by night across parts of northern scotla nd night across parts of northern scotland and south—west england. braemar, for example, fell to —6.2 last night. there is a touch of frost here and there, but it is turning colder. we are looking at a strong easterly component to the wind, and that is going to make it feel colder, with of course the wind chill. you can see the blues across the uk, not just chill. you can see the blues across the uk, notjust today but in the tomorrow, and also into wednesday. by tomorrow, and also into wednesday. by the time we get to the end of this week it will not be quite as cold, but it will not be as warm as it was last week when some parts of the highlands of scotland hit 18 degrees. what we have this morning is quite a lot of cloud coming in from the east. some western areas are starting off with clear skies, but the cloud will travel and it

will be the south—west of england and the north—west of scotland which will see the lion's share of the sunshine through the day. looking at those temperatures, seven in aberdeen is not particularly special and the same in newcastle. showers in eastern scotland and eastern england, some of them getting into central parts of england, the midlands, and eastern parts of wales. we could see some through the english channel and later on the channel islands as well. they will be well scattered so not all of us will see them on the whole range of temperatures between about seven and nine. as we head on through the evening and overnight, we have this cloud around. showers if anything are going to become more widespread, and we are still going to have a blustery, cold wind. if you are out and about, perhaps you are doing a night shift, you will find as you do step out you will notice that cold feel, especially compared to what we have been used to. we start off tomorrow with a plethora of showers. you can see them coming into the east, some of them forming bands across east anglia and southern counties, some pushing across irish sea, and we're not immune to them across scotland as well. some of the showers will be wintry in nature,

most of the wintry flavour, fleet or snow, will be on the hills and mountains. in some of the heavier ones we could be transient sleet and snow, more likely to be sleep at lower levels. but temperatures again nothing to write home about. 0n wednesday, more showers, some of them merging to give longer spells of rain. some of those in the north will be wintry in nature, not a lot of dry weather coming in across much of dry weather coming in across much of england and also wales. nonetheless, it is still going to feel cold. back to you. c? iwas right! i can't do it as well as you, i can't do yourjob, but the thing is, you know you can. thanks, carol. sally is... sally is going to have a look at some of the back pages for us. let's take a look at today's front pages. theresa may's attempts to win support for her draft brexit withdrawal agreement is the focus of many of the papers,

including the guardian. the picture is of harry kane and jesse lingard celebrating england's win over croatia. the times also focuses on the potential leadership challenge to the prime minister. it shows a photograph of olivia colman filming her role as queen elizabeth in drama series the crown. staying with royalty, the real prince charles features on the front of the express, looking very at ease with his role of grandfather. and the verdict is in on holly willoughby‘s debut on i'm a celebrity. the mirror says the pairing of her and dec worked well. and if you would like to see how she did, take a look at this. good morning. good evening. welcome

to australia, where the more eagle eyed viewers among you will have already noticed a big change to this yea r‘s already noticed a big change to this year's show. yes, one of the most gorgeous presenters on british television has been joined gorgeous presenters on british television has beenjoined by holly willoughby. applause this is so weird. welcome to the jungle. thank you, normally at this timel jungle. thank you, normally at this time i am pouring a glass of white wine to watch you, and now i am in the jungle. and she has already drunk it, and we are ready for action! there were hundreds of thousands of tweets about that and about dynasties. were they on at the same... no, dynasties is earlier. the theft of

the penguin babies! don't upset people at this time of the morning. someone stole a baby penguin, and it made me quite angry. well, i say someone, made me quite angry. well, i say someone, it was another penguin. brilliant interview with michael johnson coming up later on, but let's revel for a moment in a little bit of sporting history from saturday. i know it is monday and you all know about this, but ireland beating the all blacks on saturday 16- beating the all blacks on saturday 16— nine, and here we have in the telegraph jacob stockdale 16— nine, and here we have in the telegraphjacob stockdale talking about... and they were afraid, basically. the all blacks have this fantastic vora, this mystique about them where they terrify the living daylights out of anyone —— aura. but he was born whenjonah lomu was playing for the all blacks, and this new generation, they don't care. playing for the all blacks, and this new generation, they don't carem is great for ireland going into next

year. and there was a great tweet from the all blacks' twitter handle saying thank you to the irish fans for such a fantastic atmosphere. even in defeat there is class. they are the classiest side ever. if you ever read the book about them, the whole mentality and the culture is just unbelievable. everybody works, pays their dues, everybody cleans up. what time is your michael johnson interview? that is in 20 minutes' time, at 6:40am. that was an incredible chat. borisjohnson has laid out some suggestions for negotiating the uk's future relationship with the eu, saying half of the £39 billion divorce bill should be withheld until it agrees a canada—style free trade deal. let's talk to our political correspondent chris mason. is boris posturing for a leadership battle? at least laying out some ideas.

whether they are feasible or not is a different matter. good morning, we get something of a johnsonian ma nifesto get something of a johnsonian manifesto on the daily telegraph as he sets out the ideas in his column. much of this week's edition is the usual thunderous prose of criticism as far as the prime minister's proposed arrangement and deal is concerned. he says some elements could be banked, for example, around citizens' writes, ensuring eu citizens' writes, ensuring eu citizens and uk citizens in the eu are protected, but he talks about withholding some of the divorce settlement, the £39 billion, because he says that ultimately is the leveraged the uk has in the negotiations in the future over how a trade deal should look, and handing over all of the money as pa rt handing over all of the money as part of the withdrawal agreement, as pa rt part of the withdrawal agreement, as part of the withdrawal agreement, as part of getting out of the european union, is to effectively put all of our cards on the table in the first insta nce our cards on the table in the first instance and not leave as much to

play with later in the game. can we talk about the so—called gang of five, and what they are up to? they wa nt to five, and what they are up to? they want to see this draft agreement renegotiated. again there is the issue of time. we are four or five months away from leaving the eu. yes, so bluntly what we have got is every which way the prime minister looks she will find critics. she will find critics amongst people who we re will find critics amongst people who were in her cabin at this time last week and are no longer in her cabinet, like dominic raab. she will find critics likejeremy corbyn, she will find critics like borisjohnson in the newspaper, and critics around her cabinet table, the likes of liam fox and andrea leadsom, brexiteers who have not left but are criticising from within. liam fox writing an article setting out his concerns about the withdrawal agreement, but ultimately saying it isa

agreement, but ultimately saying it is a negotiation and there has to be a bit of to and fro in getting out of the european union, which is the real prize to seek. but that criticism will continue from within the fold, with the potential that those cabinet investors could still walk at some stage between now and our commons vote on this deal. you said that it would be difficult to explain, does it feel more clear this week? i am not sure that it does, things turned out to be more turbulent after those remarks i made last week, trying to predict the future and proving it was pretty much impossible. i think it is still pretty difficult. we don't know what will happen as far as these mps who might wanta will happen as far as these mps who might want a confidence vote in theresa may, and what shot of her, that number could be reached in the coming days, or maybe it won't. we know there is that summit at the weekend for the prime minister to head to in brussels, and window a few weeks after that there will be the vote here in the house of commons. but those are pretty much

the only dates we know for certain. the rest is, frankly, again is rather guessable. we will talk later, no doubt. we have a busy week ahead of us, you especially. thank you very much. this time last week, chris, you said it would be hard to predict what would happen with brexit, and you've gone viral. here you are on french website la parisien. looking at things right now, i haven't got the foggiest idea what is going to happen in the coming weeks. is the prime minister going to get a deal with the eu? don't know. is she going to get it through the commons? don't know about that either. i think you might as well get mr blobby back on to offer his analysis, because frankly i suspect he is is about as good as mine. and we have some crickets. why? they contain more protein than beef, chicken or pork, but would you eat a cricket?

i will try one, i think. the roasted insect snack is available on british supermarket shelves for the first time from today. i will get your verdict on it in a moment. we invited some of you to give them a try. very nice, nice and crispy. very good. i can't eat a bug. are you sure? quite tasty, i am trying to find a word to describe it. not bad. what are they? they are bugs. no, i can't. i can't. like what are they? they are bugs. no, i can't. ican't. like pork scratchings. like a pork scratching. there's nothing wrong with it. case

like bacon. like bacon bits. the thing is, it is mind over matter, isn't it? once you accept it isa bug, matter, isn't it? once you accept it is a bug, it is a good source of protein. i eat fish, and you said it smells a bit like fish food, they are obviously crunchy, they are covered in some cajun or chilli... some kind of barbecue seasoning, but pork scratching is a good way of describing them, and do you remember those crisps nick nax? they taste like that. and sainsbury is are selling these, you get 50 in a bag. you deep fry any old bug, and it is similar. it is like chicken's feat

in china, and all sorts. you can email us at bbcbrea kfast@bbc. co. uk, or share your thoughts with other viewers on our facebook page. let us know, would you try them, have you tried them? and you can tweet about today's stories using the hashtag #bbcbrea kfast, or follow us for the latest from the programme. if you are cynical you would say releasing crickets on the same day that i am celebrity begins? —— i'm a celebrity. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. counter—terror police are warning londoners to be extra vigilant in the run—up to christmas. the police say there are no specific threats to the city, but with more people out and about, going shopping and to festive events, it is important for everyone to be clear about what to do if there is an attack. yes, last year we saw a mass panic

on 0xford yes, last year we saw a mass panic on oxford street, and a lot of people won't quite ready for dealing with that. so we want people to think about who is the decision maker here? who is going to take control of the situation down on the shopfloor? we want people to think about run, hyde, tell. what does that mean in practice? where could you go to, where are your exit, where could you hyde, how could you prepare that place to hide if you wa nted prepare that place to hide if you wanted to? hackney has seen the highest rate of growth in house prices of all london boroughs in the last 20 years. figures from estate agent ludlow thompson show the average price of a home there has jumped 489% since 1998. experts say it is partly down to the area's arts scene and thriving nightlife, which has attracted young professionals. the whale living in a stretch of the thames may be able to survive there, according to experts. nicknamed benny the beluga, it was first spotted off the coast of gravesend nearly two months ago. thousands have flocked to the area to catch a glimpse. the whale's behaviour and food sources are being carefully monitored by teams of divers and the port of london authority. let's take a look at

the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning. 0n the trains, over—running engineering work means on south western railway, the line between waterloo and surbiton is blocked. severe disruption. swr are advising people not to travel. southern and the gatwick express have delays of around 15 minutes after engineering works between balham and victoria finished late. 0n the roads, in westminster, bridge street is closed between parliament square and victoria embankment for security works. it's going to be closed until 1a december. it's been causing long delays. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it was a lovely weekend with lots of sunshine, but for the next couple of days it's going to feel pretty cold, and we'll see some going to feel pretty cold, and we'll see some showers going to feel pretty cold, and we'll see some showers around at times. a very chilly and brisk easterly wind blowing as well. now, we are

starting off this morning between about five and seven celsius. already lots of cloud. some brighter spells at times, watch out for the showers as we head through the late morning into the afternoon. some of them possibly forming in lines especially towards south—east and corners of the country, capital, but we could get showers just about anywhere. 0ur we could get showers just about anywhere. our top temperatures will only be between six and nine degrees, but it will feel a lot colder than that with the briskness of that very chilly easterly wind. now, through this evening and overnight again it is still rather windy. those showers are likely to continue as well for a time. we are looking at lows of about one or two degrees celsius, maybe a touch of frost forming and more sheltered spots as we had on tuesday. choose a feeling even colder, highs of five degrees with added windchill but slowly turning less cold as we head through the week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

but also on breakfast this morning: michaeljohnson was once the fastest man in the world over 200m and 400m, but following a stroke it took him 15 minutes to walk along a hospital corridor. stay tuned for our exclusive interview with the olympic champion. we'll be joined later this morning by billy monger, the 17—year—old racing driver who lost both his legs in a high—speed crash. as a new documentary shows, he's rebuilding his life and not giving up on his dreams. he's even challenging the establishment. the first a0 of the series over the weekend. there'll be dancing royalty with us on the sofa. dame darcey bussell will be here after 8:30am. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news.

theresa may will come out fighting for her brexit withdrawal agreement this morning after it triggered two cabinet resignations last week. the prime minister will tell the business lobby group the cbi, that her plan will deliver a fair immigration system. later in the week she's expected to hammer out a framework for a future trading relationship with the eu, before signing off the deal at a brussels summit on sunday. 77 people are now known to have died in huge wildfires that have swept across northern california. nearly 1,000 people are still missing. heavy rain is now forecast, bringing new fears of floods and mudslides. four men have been taken to hospital with stab wounds after a fight in edmonton in north london. officers and an ambulance crew were called to the area yesterday evening. one person has been arrested. it occured a day after two men and a teenager were injured in a nearby shooting. facebook will today announce new measures to help support britain's local newspapers, by training journalists and helping to build subscriptions.

it comes days afterjohnston press, one of britain's largest local newspaper groups, was rescued out of administration. here's our media editor, amol rajan. just a few decades ago, work in a local paper came with esteem, influence and a solid wage. titles like the independently—owned express & star in wolverhampton were treasured in their communities. these days, their importance has grown further, but their commercial clout is diminishing. now, if you want a second—hand car, you look online, and if you want local news, fewer and fewer turn to print. it's challenging. the difficulty we've got is that, of course, a large proportion of those people that are reading are no longer paying for the content. it's just the print audience that are. it's how we start to monetise that digital segment. some form of subsidy seems inevitable. it may come from silicon valley. facebook say they want to help train local reporters, just as the bbc now do. at this recent training camp in cardiff, google were teaching freelancers in the way of new digital tools. what google is trying to do

is figure out how to partner with local newspapers to find the new digital business models, helping them find new advertising streams, and making sure that we supply them with the technology that helps them generate that digital advertising. the industry is on its knees, and some older hands blame silicon valley for stealing their ad revenue and content. but if silicon valley retreated, it would not bring local papers back. last week, 250—year—old johnston press went into administration, triggered by an unmanageable £200 million—plus debt. a new company, run by the bondholders, has been set up. it will radically pay down the debt and mostjobs should be saved, for now. everyone knows local news that scrutinises power and nourishes the bonds of community is vital to democracy. it's just that nobody knows who will pay for it. amol rajan, bbc news. there's been lots of praise for the bbc film crew that came to the rescue of trapped penguins they were filming in antarctica.

the second episode of dynasty. use enjoyed it, haven't you? —— use enjoyed it, haven't you? —— use enjoyed it, haven't you? —— use enjoy it, haven't you? the team behind last night's dynasties episode took the rare decision to help out emperor penguins stuck in a ravine. their actions went against the usual view of nature documentary makers not to intervene in the scenes they are filming, but their efforts have been widely praised on social media. there's only so much you can do with the cruelty in nature, sometimes you think enough is enough. it's hard enough anyway. we will speak to the executive producer about that later and why they made the decision and he spoke to david attenborough about it. david attenborough said the

world isn't just it. david attenborough said the world isn'tjust full of it. david attenborough said the world isn't just full of sunshine. it. david attenborough said the world isn't just full of sunshinelj love world isn't just full of sunshine.” love the sunshine! when you talk to film crews, they really don't interfere. they just film crews, they really don't interfere. theyjust watch. you are an observer. what about david and the chimp, when he got beaten up the first time around... let's not talk about what happened at the second time around. what about the return of david, luther takes over, incomes david. brutal! lots of people were upset david. brutal! lots of people were u pset yesterday david. brutal! lots of people were upset yesterday watching dynasty is about the theft of the baby penguin. it wasn'tjust you. about the theft of the baby penguin. it wasn't just you. —— about the theft of the baby penguin. it wasn'tjust you. —— dynasties. ice cream, give the baby penguin back! you were talking to a penguin? yes, shouting at a penguin! as you do! let's move on. who needs the world cup? nations league is the way it is going. what a year it's been for england, and they finished 2018 in style by laying a few world cup ghosts to rest at wembley last night.

john watson was watching. at wembley, reminders of an england of old. can gareth southgate match their success with a younger generation? for now, the nations league. a win and england would reach the semifinals. a chance to win some silverware. raheem sterling eager to get them their. with the margins are so small, when croatia scored through kramaric, england we re scored through kramaric, england were facing relegation. a meaningless lonely this wasn't. seeking the win to qualify, southgate sent for reinforcements. kane poking the ball goalwards for substitute jesse lingard kane poking the ball goalwards for substitutejesse lingard to score. but england needed another, who else but captain harry kane getting the ball of the the line and his team too. we're professional, we want to win at everything we do. whether it's a new tournament, old tournament, we want to win and i've touched on the chance to win a trophy at the of the year, chance to make the fans happy. we want to try to do that. while there is

scepticism over the new look nations league, england have benefited from testing themselves in a more competitive tournament, beating spain and croatia. now gareth southgate's i will get the chance to win the competition outright in portugal next summer. john watson, bbc news, wembley. joy for england then, but it was another bad night for northern ireland. they were beaten 2—1 by austria with the last kick of the game in belfast. they've lost all four of their nations league matches and have been relegated from their group. one more football story for you, and arsenal continue to be completely dominant in the women's super league. they've won everything so far this season, eight wins out of eight, their latest a a—0 win over everton. it was slightly overshadowed though by what looks like a pretty serious injusry to midfielderjordan nobbs. she has been outstanding for them. a brilliant weekend of tennis at the atp world tour finals in london ended with a big upset. 21—year—old alexander zverev beat novak djokovic in the final at the 02, finishing with this brilliant winner. djokovic had been the heavy

favourite, but the german dominated from start to finish. it was the end of a very eventful weekend for zverev. this was his semi against roger federer, where he stopped a crucial tie break because a ball—boy dropped a ball and put him off. we won't look at it now. i will tell you about it instead. he is allowed to do that, that is allowed to happen, but sections of the crowd didn't like itand happen, but sections of the crowd didn't like it and he got booed. doesn't normally happen at tennis. let's have a listen to see what happened. first of all, i want to apologise for the situation in the tie—break. the ball boy dropped the ball. no, it's in the rules that we have to replay the point. booing well, i'm not sure why you're all

doing, because he's telling the truth, the ball boy did move across the court and disrupted play, and those are the rules. so i think you have to be a little bit more respectful. cheering well played, annabel croft! he looked a little uncomfortable. incredibly uncomfortable! some people were cheering but quite a bit of doing as well. the atmosphere at the 02 is different to wimbledon and other tennis tournaments, it is loud with music and everyone gets rowdy. —— were booing as well. with music and everyone gets rowdy. -- were booing as well. well played, annabel croft! cricket next, and england's women will face india in the semi—finals of the world twenty20. they lost to the west indies to finish second in theirgroup. it all went down to the final over, but the west indies held their nerve to win and set up a meeting with australia in the last four. 0pen champion francesco molanari has won golf‘s race to dubai.

molanari could only have been beaten to it if tommy fleetwood had won the world tour championship, but the englishman finished a long way down the leaderboard. the tournament was instead won by danny willett who finished on 18—under par, two clear of the pack. it's willett‘s first win since the masters 2.5 years ago. it's been a tricky old road. so, yeah, probably not going to sink in for a while, but, yeah, probably not going to sink in fora while, but, yeah, yeah, probably not going to sink in for a while, but, yeah, with all the ups and downs and injuries and this and that, like i said, the body's feeling a lot better, the swings and moves feeling a lot better, the swings and m oves a re feeling a lot better, the swings and moves are good and everything's good, but there were times where i was never quite sure if i could do it again. yes, pretty special. brace yourself for a terrifying crash from the world of formula 3. let's watch. this is 17—year—old sophia florsch losing control at the macau grand prix in china. she has fractured her spine, but is conscious and stable in hospital.

those pictures are staggering. she tweeted, "i'm fine but will be going into surgery," this morning. three other people were taken to hospital. a couple of photographers were injured as well. we have billy monger coming on, 17—year—old, who lost both his legs. 0ne monger coming on, 17—year—old, who lost both his legs. one from just below the knee and one from just below the knee and one from just below the knee down and he's gone back to racing. working with the governing body... he has kind of beaten them. he is desperate to get to formula! but there are rules about not being a disabled driver. an incredible story. he is remarkable. what time is he on? 8:10am. eye look forward to that. an incredible conversation with another big star, michaeljohnson, 0lympic

hero, face of bbc athletics, a commentator we're all familiar with. michaeljohnson was once the fastest man in the world over 200m and a00m, but after suffering a mini—stroke in august, the four—time 0lympic champion feared he might never walk again. never mind being the fastest, he must have also been one of the fittest and healthiest. in an exclusive television interview, michael told me about his experience of the last few months. i sat on the mri table for around 20 minutes, and after i got off the table from the mri, which was probably around 2.5 to three hours after i initially felt the first sensation, was no longer able to walk. i was no longer able to stand. my walk. i was no longer able to stand. my left side very much none, without much feeling. i didn't have much control of my fingers on my left hand. i was then told that, yeah, i had suffered a stroke. that was a really difficult and scary period.

michael, we see you sitting there now looking fantastic, and looking well, and sounding like yourself, but what you're describing, i'm sure all our viewers at home who are watching will think it's terrifying. yeah, i mean, you go through a wide range of emotions, you know. initially, there was obviously fear and just sort of, 0k, what's my life going to be like from this point on? what sort of mobility am i going to have all lack of mobility? is my family going to have to take care of me? as my —— and my going to have to dress myself? all sorts of things go through your mind like that, and it's very scary. then it goes from fear to the next day, anger. i was doing all the right things. keeping fit, that's what i was doing when i had the stroke. i keep myself... i keep my weight down, i don't smoke,

eat right, i eat healthy, doing all the right things, why does this happen to me? you go through that. fortu nately happen to me? you go through that. fortunately i didn't stay there long. the doctors told me that, you know, your best chance for any stroke victim, the best chance for recovery is to immediately get into physical therapy. two days later i was allowed to start physical therapy. this was probably the most, sort of, poignant moment in the transition moment for me from the fear and the anger to positivity and hope and drive and determination. that is when the physical therapist came up to my hospital room with a walker, and helped me out of bed, andi walker, and helped me out of bed, and i got behind the walker and he said today, the first day, we're just going to walk around the hospital floor. just going to walk around the hospitalfloor. ironically just going to walk around the hospital floor. ironically that first walk was about 200 metres, which is the event that i held the

world record at, and was once the fastest man in the world in and in history at that event. and it took about 15 minutes for me to cover that 200 metres. and, you know, ordinarily i'm sure that anyone in that situation would be disappointed, but i wasn't. i was actually encouraged, and it's what encouraged me because with every step, you know, and following the instruction of my therapist and trying to really focus on the movement and trying to mimic the movement and trying to mimic the movement of my left foot with my right foot, and trying to re— re— learn these movement patterns, i could experience and feel some very tiny... very small incremental improvements. nothing major and nothing the ordinary person would probably recognise, but having been through that situation, as an 0lympic athlete, and as a sprinter, where... wins and losses can be

measured in hundreds of thousands of seconds, and you're dealing with tiny, tiny incremental improvements every day, i could recognise that andi every day, i could recognise that and i got back to my room and i said to my wife, ermm, i'm going to make a full recovery, i'm sure of it, and i'm going to make this recovery faster than anyone has ever done it before. and you know when he says that he is going to do it. and the thing that was very striking, i don't think a bit of the interview made it into the tape there, but off—camera he saidi the tape there, but off—camera he said i hate sympathy, don't feel sorry for me, i don't want anybody‘s sympathy, i am allergic to it, i can't stand it. and that is quite an important part of his attitude, i think. it doesn't seem that his speech has been affected too much, andi speech has been affected too much, and i know that it is really hard to...i and i know that it is really hard to... i suppose for him, because he was, like you say, so physically fit, to try and get back to that and

manage his life very carefully now. . . and manage his life very carefully now... and i think that is part of a shock for him, because he is physically fit, works out every day, perfect body fat, perfect weight to height ratio, he was talking about all his stats, never smoked, never drank, and a nice guy. which makes the world of difference. we all want him to recover. and many other people watching this morning have been through something similar or no someone been through something similar or no someone who has been through that. baby someone who has been through that. ba by ste ps, someone who has been through that. baby steps, just keep trying, is what he will do. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. and i think that scene is not too far off from what we might see this week as mac absolutely right, good morning, everyone. some of us will see some wintriness on our hills and into wednesday, and on wednesday a few of us might see some at lower levels as well. this week it will turn much colder, looking at strong

easterly winds, that is a cold direction for us at this time of year, and you can see the blue hues monday, tuesday and wednesday, pushing away the milder yellow. it is not until the end of this week that we see something a little less cold. i use my language carefully here — less cold, it certainly will not be warm. a cold start across the highlands and south—west of england where we have had clear skies by night. temperatures in braemarfell to -6.2. a night. temperatures in braemarfell to —6.2. a lot of cloud coming in from the east drifting westwards through the course of the day, and that will have some drizzle and some showers in it, especially eastern scotla nd showers in it, especially eastern scotland and eastern england. 0ne showers in it, especially eastern scotland and eastern england. one or two across northern ireland later at the same across the midlands, east wales, east anglia, southern counties and later across the english channel and into the channel islands. temperature—wise we are looking at about seven to nine. last week we had temperatures above average for mid—november. this week looking at the low average and when you out on the windchill will feel

colder than these temperatures have been suggesting, especially as we go into tuesday and wednesday. as we had only to the evening and overnight, the showers become more widespread. we are looking at a brisk easterly wind, some breaks in the cloud whether the bridge will be that bit lower, but generally once again we are looking at lows single figures. as we head into tomorrow we start off with all the showers, some of them forming lines across east anglia, the south—east and southern counties, including the channel islands, and others across north wales heading across the irish sea. there will still be showers in eastern and northern scotland, and on the hills we are likely to see some sleet and snow at lower levels. we could also see some sleet, we haven't seen that at lower levels in a bit. in the wednesday, more showers, some of them merging to give longer spells of rain. still keen wind but you can see a slight change in the direction to more of a south—easterly. still, in the north, we are likely to see some snow the

hills and possibly heavier bursts and sleet at lower levels. this is not everywhere and we are looking at a drying up across england and wales. by the end of the week it does become a little less cold. thank you very much. the prime minister will attempt to win over business leaders with her plans for brexit today. she will be speaking at an industry conference in london. nina is there for us this morning. the sun is not upjust the sun is not up just yet, but i think theresa may is hoping that this will be a brighter week after quite a dull weekend, quite tortuous weekends. a torturous weekend. you say that, but actually on friday there was quite a lot of support for there was quite a lot of support for the prime minister and her withdrawal deal. many are saying that a deal is better than no deal, so that a deal is better than no deal, so if you are running a factory, if you own a shop, if you own a farm, if this deal passes you will know

where you stand for the next couple of years or so. later she will face about 1000 people from the business community here in london and she is expected to talk tough on immigration, specifically low skilled workers. the cbi is the organisation which has organised the conference today. on friday the cbi said this is an imperfect withdrawal deal by the time has come for compromise. that is right, what is really important for the business community at the moment is to secure that withdrawal agreement. so we ta ke that withdrawal agreement. so we take away some of that huge uncertainty and we know the rules under which we operate into the next 20 months and it is easier for them to continue to create and invest in all regions of the uk. that is what is important for the business community at the moment, is avoiding that cliff edge of no deal, and this is an important step forward. 0k, that cliff edge of no deal, and this is an important step forward. ok, so short—term certainty but there will be some who voted for brexit who say that actually by doing that you are locking us into something long—term that would negate the potential benefits of total, true freedom from

the eu. i think what we know will be in that transition agreement, we will be part of a customs union during that 20 months. that is really important. we have to recognise that our european union is our most important trading partner. as we look around the world, we do need to look to china, the fast—growing markets around the world. but europe can be a gateway to those markets, and it is trade in services that we often do with those markets, and we are still able to sign agreements in services, as well, trade facilitation. 0k, sign agreements in services, as well, trade facilitation. ok, so peter, you employ about 12,000 people in the uk, but it is a global organisation. when you hear the prime minister is going to talk tough today on immigration, the alarm bells ring for you?” tough today on immigration, the alarm bells ring for you? i think what business needs at the moment is certainty, clarity and predict ability. that is what is really going to help us on immigration, on other issues, underlying the deal to release the kind of investment that means thriving companies, that is going to create the jobs and growth

that we need off the back of brexit. but lots of the companies you work with rely heavily, don't they, on low skilled workers, about freedom of movement between workers. so are you worried about those workers coming into the uk? i think there are lots of things business is concerned about, the cbi talked about it being an imperfect deal for now. but for professional and business services, unbelievably important that we get mutual recognition of things like altercations, of regulation of things like data. that is because the uk as a whole in professional and business services actually exports many people who are working for clients around the world, and we bring in people with specific expertise, whether that is technologies, legal services or financial services. in that movement is going to continue to be very, very important for companies' success very important for companies' success in the future. are you worried that with our fixation on brexit we are neglecting other areas? i know specifically you feel there is a skills gap in al, particularly. absolutely, one of the

challenges we have two as a business community get over is that many of our competitors around the world, rather than focusing on brexit, have been focusing on the rotation to new technologies, two platforms, to artificial intelligence. that is something we need to keep an eye on as well when we are talking about brexit. the big question on everybody‘s lips here is not what the deal is but whether a deal can get through at all. thank you very much. in about ten minutes' time we will be speaking to two conservative mps on either side of that debate, theresa may speaking there today, one backing the deal and one who has written a letter of no confidence trying to remove theresa may and go ona trying to remove theresa may and go on a slightly different direction. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. commuters using south western rail services coming into london are facing serious delays this morning.

woking and surbiton stations are closed, it's because of over running engineering work, which means a lot of trains can't get out of depots. south western rail are advising people not to travel. counter—terror police are warning londoners to be extra vigilant in the run up to christmas. the police say there are no specific threats to the city, but with more people out and about, going shopping and to festive events, it is important for everyone to be clear about what to do if there is an attack. yeah, last year we saw a mass panic in oxford street, and a lot of people weren't quite ready for dealing with that. so we want people to think about who's the decision maker here? who's going to take control of the situation down on the shopfloor? we want people to think about run, hide, tell. what does that actually mean in practice? where do you go to, where are your exits, where could you hide, how could you prepare that place to hide if you wanted to? the whale living in a stretch of the thames may be able to survive there, according to experts.

nicknamed benny the beluga, it was first spotted off the coast of gravesend nearly two months ago. thousands have flocked to the area to catch a glimpse. the whale's behaviour and food sources are being carefully monitored. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. southern and the gatwick express have delays of around 15 minutes after engineering works between balham and victoria finished late. 0n the roads, in westminster, bridge street is closed between parliament square and victoria embankment for security works. it is going to be closed until 1a december. it has been causing long delays. in twickenham, sixth cross road is closed for resurfacing works. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it was a lovely weekend with lots of sunshine, but for the next couple of days it's going to feel pretty cold, and we'll see some showers around at times. a very chilly and a brisk

easterly wind blowing too. now, we're starting off this morning between about 5—7 celsius, already lots of cloud. some brighter spells at times. watch out for those showers as we head through the late morning into the afternoon. some of them possibly forming in lines, particularly towards south—eastern areas of the capital, but we could get one or two showers just about anywhere. now, top temperatures will only be between 6—9 degrees, but it's going to feel a lot colder than that with the briskness of that very chilly easterly wind. now, through this evening and overnight, again it's still rather windy. those showers are likely to continue, as well, for a time. we're looking at lows of around 1—2 degrees celsius, maybe a touch of frost forming just in the more sheltered spots as we head on into tuesday. tuesday feeling even colder, highs of five degrees with added wind chill, but slowly turning a bit less cold as we head through the week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour.

plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: theresa may comes out fighting as she faces a crucial seven days. the prime minister will try to avoid a leadership challenge and a cabinet rebellion by selling the benefits of her brexit deal. also this morning: can she count on business leaders? she will talk tough on integration later and hoping she still has their support. also this morning: after the deadly wildfires, rain now threatens to bring floods and mudslides to devastated parts of california. england put the ghosts of the world cup to bed, as they beat croatia at wembley to qualify for the finals of the nations league. and he was once the fastest man on the planet but suffered a stroke this summer. in an exclusive interview, michaeljohnson tells us about his road to recovery.

ironically, that first walker was about 200 metres, ironically, that first walk was about 200 metres, which is the event that i held the world record at. and i was once the fastest man in the world in and in history at that event. and it took about 15 minutes. good morning. this week we're in for a cold week with a brisk easterly wind. today, lot of cloud around with a few showers. brighter skies in the north—west and the south—west. i'll have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's monday the 19th of november. our top story: theresa may faces what she's described as a critical week as she tries to gather support for her brexit deal. so what does that critical week look like? let's take you through it. today, the prime minister will try to sell her withdrawal agreement to businesses as she gives a speech to the cbi in london.

later this week, she's expected to meet the european commission president jean—claude juncker. and if all goes to plan there will be a special brexit summit with eu leaders next sunday. but two things could derail the prime minister — a group of five brexiteer cabinet ministers, including michael gove and andrea leadsom, are trying to get the deal changed. if they don't get what they want, they could make life very tricky for theresa may. and another threat comes from backbench conservative mps trying to force a vote of no confidence in her leadership. will they gain enough support? in a moment, we'll bejoined by adam fleming from brussels. but first, let's hear from our political correspondent, chris mason, in westminster. good morning, chris. essentially the prime minister is now involved with selling this deal over the next few days? it's the big selling job, dan, that's what the prime minister is doing. she'll talk to business leaders at the cbi this morning and sell what she sees as the big advantages of her brexit vision and this withdrawal agreement. then, as you say, there's talks with jean—claude juncker, one of

you say, there's talks with jean—claudejuncker, one of the big bosses at the european union and the big countdown to the summit at the weekend. at the same time, in case you haven't noticed, there's quite a lot of noise from lots of different environments among those criticising the plan. former cabinet ministers, people in the cabinet this time last week but are no longer, like dominic raab, those conservative mps who would rather see theresa may shuffle off and someone else do the job. you've got the opposition as well and also noises within the cabinet, brexiteers within the cabinet who are still there and still loyal —ish but are making it known they have reservations about some of the plans and our meeting together and are potentially willing to walk the plank at some stage between now and that commons vote. this time last week i caused a bit of a to—do when isaidi week i caused a bit of a to—do when i said i didn't have the foggiest what was going to happen. this time this week, things are clearer in terms of the things in the diary we know are going to happen, but let's

be honest, there are many more things that we don't know about what's going to happen, which is what's going to happen, which is what makes things so fruity. we'll keep mr blobby on hold for now! chris, thanks very much. —— mr blobby. 77 people are now known to have died in huge wildfires that have swept across northern california. nearly 1,000 people are still missing. heavy rain is now forecast, bringing new fears of floods and mudslides. dave lee has the latest from the city of chico. here in chico, the mourning process is just about getting under way, even though there are still many unaccounted for in these fires. prayers have been said in here this evening for firefighters, for police officers, anyone that's been offering support since the fire took hold. those fires are still raging. those forecasts of rain over the next few days will complicate firefighting efforts further. that means across the state, there are still issues around air quality as far away as san francisco.

the country's environmental protection agency warned anyone with respiratory issues they should probably stay indoors as much as possible. up here in chico, the support of this community is helping with the rebuilding efforts, both with the town itself and in the hearts and minds of those that live there. dave lee, bbc news, in northern california. that's the latest from there this morning. four men have been taken to hospital with stab wounds, after a fight in edmonton in north london. officers and an ambulance crew were called to the area yesterday evening. it occured a day after two men and a teenager were injured in a nearby shooting. simon clemison is there this morning. simon, more violence in the area of london, in the capital, that people are going to be concerned about? they are indeed, that's the sense i been getting from people i've been speaking to a overnight. to give you a sense of the scene, quite a

tightly packed residential area, all happen on this road here, and the police have been here through the night, monitoring people going in and out but what you can't see further down is the inner cordon, that's where forensic officers have been doing their examination. four men, all in their 20s, as you say, suffered stab wounds and they were taken to hospital. 0ne suffered stab wounds and they were taken to hospital. one person has been discharged, the other three are still being treated. in addition, two vehicles in a crash were found here, and it's very early stages but there is believed to be a link to a shooting also in this part of london over the weekend, two men and a teenage boy were injured when a shotgun was fired into a minicab. as we said at the start, talking to people here overnight, crime isn't unheard of here but this seems on a different scale. as you mentioned, the mayor of london, when he talks about the extent of the violent crime challenge this capital city faces, we very much get the sense

when we talk to people here of that. ican give when we talk to people here of that. i can give you the latest, one person has been arrested in connection with what's happened here in edmonton. that story is moving along. thank you very much, simon clemison. facebook will today announce new measures to help support britain's local newspapers by training journalists and helping to build subscriptions. it comes days afterjohnston press, one of britain's largest local newspaper groups, was rescued out of administration. here's our media editor amol rajan. just a few decades ago, work in a local paper came with esteem, influence and a solid wage. titles like the independently—owned express & star in wolverhampton were treasured in their communities. these days, their importance has grown further, but their commercial clout is diminishing. now, if you want a second—hand car, you look online, and if you want local news, fewer and fewer turn to print. it's challenging. the difficulty we've got is that, of course, a large proportion of those people that are reading are no longer paying for the content. it's just the print audience that are. it's how we start to monetise that digital segment. some form of subsidy

seems inevitable. it may come from silicon valley. facebook say they want to help train local reporters, just as the bbc now do. at this recent training camp in cardiff, google were teaching freelancers in the way of new digital tools. what google is trying to do is figure out how to partner with local newspapers to find the new digital business models, helping them find new advertising streams, and making sure that we supply them with the technology that helps them generate that digital advertising. the industry is on its knees, and some older hands blame silicon valley for stealing their ad revenue and content. but if silicon valley retreated, it would not bring local papers back. last week, 250—year—old johnston press went into administration, triggered by an unmanageable £200 million—plus debt. a new company, run by the bondholders, has been set up. it will radically pay down the debt and mostjobs should be saved, for now. everyone knows local news that scrutinises power and nourishes the bonds of community

is vital to democracy. it's just that nobody knows who will pay for it. amol rajan, bbc news. the former welsh rugby union captain, gareth thomas, has been the victim of a homophobic hate crime in cardiff. he appeared bruised in a video posted on social media. thomas asked that officers dealt with the 16—year—old attacker through restorative justice when a victim talks to the perpetrator about the harm they have caused. i was the victim in my home city of a hate crime for my sexuality. why i wanted to be positive? because i wanted to say thank you to the police who were involved, who were very helpful and allowed me to do restorative justice with the people who did this, because i thought they could learn more that way than any other way, and also to the people of cardiff who supported me and helped me,

because there's a lot of people out there who want to hurt us. huge response to that as well. absolutely. 0ne huge response to that as well. absolutely. one more story to bring new. “— absolutely. one more story to bring new. —— one more story to bring you. it's been revealed that what was thought to be a stolen picasso painting, found in romania, was a fake. experts had hoped that the painting was harlequin's head, which was stolen from a gallery in rotterdam in 2012, in a robbery dubbed the theft of the century. the work was apparently discovered under a tree. a belgian theatre company has now admitted that it staged a hoax, as part of a project to demonstrate the importance of truth. you're not sure it's the greatest picture. i wouldn't say it is great. iam quite picture. i wouldn't say it is great. i am quite happy to say it is ugly exit act i don't want it on my wall. let us know what you think about that. iimagine it i imagine it will be another hectic week for theresa may. her leadership's still being called

into question and she has to go to brussels to finalise her brexit plan. anne marie morris is one conservative mp who's submitted a letter of no—confidence in her leader. her colleague, environment minister therese coffey, is still backing the prime minister. let's talk to them now. good morning. thank you for coming on this morning and discussing our main story this morning. if we could come to you first, anne marie. when you put in your letter last week you expected the a8 letter threshold to be reached, only 35 have admitted to publicly submitting those, do you think you have misjudged the ceiling and the mood a little?” think you have misjudged the ceiling and the mood a little? i don't think so. and the mood a little? i don't think so. if you recall i said i thought a number would want to sleep on this over the weekend. i know theresa may has been speaking to many people, mps included, because at the end of the day, this is a very important decision and there's an issue around

ensuring people are making the right decision and those that they feel they can stand by heart on heart. i'm not surprised it is taking time, but i would expect the a8 to be reached this week, no question. do you agree with that assessment, and do you think theresa may, speaking to adam fleming and chris mason, do you think she can survive this week? absolutely. i'm disappointed in colleagues, but it is their right to put in these letters, but if a vote, the prime minister will win it and it's an unnecessary distraction. this week it is crucial to get the outlined declaration to a detailed declaration that's the basis of a future trade deal between us and the eu. how do you respond to that, anne marie? unnecessary distraction? it's not, this is about delivering what the people voted for. the people asked us as parliament and members of the government to deliver brexit, this deal doesn't and it's my

responsibility and the responsibility and the responsibility of all members of parliament, for the sake of the country and the conservative party, it was in our manifesto we would deliver brexit, to make sure it is done. while theresa may has had one of the most difficultjobs, and i respect her for that, it's clear she's not going to deliver brexit. she's tried twice, this is the third time she's gone out there to try to make a case. the last election was not a great success. when we look at what came back after chequers, that wasn't a is excess. when we looked at this current deal, frankly the debate we had last week in the house, there wasn't much support for it. we should stand firm and say we're here to deliver for the country. to your mind, if you're successful in removing theresa may, who will deliver for the country and who will deliver for the country and who do you want as their candidate? there are some bright, able people in the party. can you name some? in my experience, if you name them it's the kiss of death. i would say it

will be somebody new, somebody from the 20 15th or will be somebody new, somebody from the 2015th or 2010 intake. i don't think it would be the, dare i say, old guard —— 2015. people want someone old guard —— 2015. people want someone who can lead us through brexit and the next general election. the general public want somebody knew who isn't tainted by all of the debate and the debacle and the behaviour of the last few yea rs. and the behaviour of the last few years. dan, what i'm struggling to understand from members of the er g, the withdrawal agreement extends the rules and regulations we take forward for the next 18 months while we agree the new trade deal. coming out without a deal in march would lead to quite a lot of disruption to businesses and jobs. meanwhile, the negotiation, the future political declaration, already sets out freedom of movement coming to an end. ecj will not be our supreme court, we will be able to negotiate free—trade deals around the world.

everything promised in the brexit referendum will be delivered in the future trade deal. recognise it's not what was delivered in the future trade agreement but brexit is coming. —— i recognise. trade agreement but brexit is coming. -- i recognise. to continue on that central theme, we've talked about the gang of five who are trying to change the withdrawal agreement. your boss at defra, environment secretary michael gove, is one of those, what do you say to him? how do you see that side of things? that's almost going on while theresa may is still trying to sell this deal elsewhere. michael gove is very clear we should not leave next march without a deal and he recognises this transition agreement is necessary for business continuity. where he will put his emphasis, as everybody should, is what the future declaration said, which will be more detailed than many we have had, and that sets out what we can look to expect once we get that final trade deal in place. you looked like he wanted to come

backin you looked like he wanted to come back in there, anne—marie.” you looked like he wanted to come back in there, anne-marie. i do, because i don't think it is right to say that the agreement offers all the things that therese has set out. as farasi the things that therese has set out. as far as i am concerned that is why land as far as i am concerned that is why ianda as far as i am concerned that is why i and a number as far as i am concerned that is why land a number of others will be voting against it. it is clear also that we are missed positioning what happens if we don't get this deal. it isa happens if we don't get this deal. it is a different deal, it is a wto deal. we have dealt on wto terms with number of countries for many years. let's look at it like that rather than this miserable, negative messaging which is completely inaccurate. l messaging which is completely inaccurate. i know that liam fox has in hand many arrangements with a numberof in hand many arrangements with a number of different countries, and we are very number of different countries, and we are very clear number of different countries, and we are very clear that when we get to the other side it is not going to be chaos, it is not going to be without a bumpy journey, be chaos, it is not going to be without a bumpyjourney, we all must be realistic, but that is a fact. as for this concept that there will be some deviation which the environment secretary is looking for, frankly,

asl secretary is looking for, frankly, as i understand it, theresa may will say today that this is the deal, there will be no change, and l say today that this is the deal, there will be no change, and i think for me there is no time for change. now the sensible decision is to look at how we prepare for the wto. 0k, and lots of people watching this, we get this response all the time when talking about brexit and these really important debates, they feel, many of them, and i am sure they are shouting this at their tv, that you are living in a westminster bubble and you are out of touch with much of the debate that is going on in the wider united kingdom. how do you respond to that this morning? well, we visit our constituencies pretty much every weekend, we certainly hear from much every weekend, we certainly hearfrom our much every weekend, we certainly hear from our constituents, and much every weekend, we certainly hearfrom our constituents, and i suspect anne—marie has had a similar variety of views from constituents on what to do next. the point is what i believe is that we are leaving the eu next march. we want a free—trade deal with the biggest market we deal with, rather than relying on agreement elsewhere. that is why i am the prime minister and a

free—trade agreement, but most of all we want the political declaration and that new trade deal under way. anne-marie, a final word for you. what we want is to be able to trade with other countries. this new deal does not allow us to do that. the greatest growth will be outside the eu, and that is what is coming into our mailbox. as therese said, i coming into our mailbox. as therese said, lget coming into our mailbox. as therese said, i get lots of mail, i coming into our mailbox. as therese said, i get lots of mail, lam absolutely in contact with viewers, and the view is that please do not vote this deal through and please respect our call for brexit. thank you for talking to us this morning, i know you are coming at this from very different sides of the debate, but thank you for your measured discussion this morning. i suppose that shows you the dilemma in the conservative party at the moment. we still don't know how many letters have been sent, the vote of no—confidence in the prime minister, suggesting there is no confidence in the prime minister, but you saw that while theresa may is trying to this deal, she is at cb! today, this is

what is going on inside her party. lots going on, and i think we need to come down. did you see the scarves we re to come down. did you see the scarves were out in westminster? carol, i have been loving the mild weather we have been having an thinking i don't have to worry about winter. the dark mornings are a little bit easier to cope with. is that it? am i now stroppy and miserable until the end of every? yes, i think you probably will be. good morning —— end of february. last week we had temperatures above average, this week they are going to be below average. we have a cold easterly wind coming our way. it is with us already today and it will be with us already today and it will be with us already today and it will be with us for the next couple of days. look at the effect on the temperatures. the blues just dominate the charts across the uk, and that is notjust today but tomorrow and into wednesday. by the end of the week we will see something a little less cold, but by no means is it going to be warm. this morning what we have is a cold

start across the highlands and the south—west of england. that is where we've got clear skies. temperatures in braemarfell to —6.3 last night so in braemarfell to —6.3 last night so there is a touch of frost around. we also have all this cloud dropping in from the east, drifting west through the course of the day. it is a cold wind and it will also bring in some showers, especially eastern scotla nd in some showers, especially eastern scotland and eastern england. we could catch one or two across northern ireland as we go through the afternoon. more coming across east anglia, the midlands, southern counties, and the channel islands as well. temperature—wise, nothing to write home about. we are certainly in single figures, up to about seven or eight, possibly nine in london, but exacerbated by the cold wind. as we head on through the evening and overnight, we still have a lot of cloud. it will still be breezy. the showers will become more widespread and increasingly start falling as snow across the hills. in the south, up snow across the hills. in the south, up of about 300m. in the north, of about 700 metres. where we have clear skies, especially in rural

areas, the temperatures will be a little bit lower than you could see on the charts. tomorrow we still have a lot of showers and through the day they will start to align themselves across east anglia and southern counties into the english channel. another line across northern england, north wales and across the irish sea, just pipping the south of northern ireland. we will also see them across eastern scotland. the brightest skies tomorrow in northern ireland and western scotland, and some of the showers especially in the higher ground will be wintry. in some of the heavier ones we could see a wintry element at lower levels. when changes to more of a south—easterly, so changes to more of a south—easterly, so it will dry up across much of england and wales with some sunshine. you can see where we have the sunshine across scotland and northern ireland. some of those will merge to give some longer spells of rain, and again on higher ground we will see some of that falling as wintry. so we will see some snow and some sleet. you will see a little bit of that at lower levels, but

again it is likely to be transient. temperatures five to about seven but feeling much colder than that in the wind. thanks, carol. i have a treat for you in the studio, just let me know where to send it. ryan adams, is it ryan adams? -- brian adams. i am sending you a big box to keep united warm overwinter.” am sending you a big box to keep united warm over winter. i can hardly contain my excitement, thank you. i will make sure you eat them personally. you can think about the timing yourself, since we have just had the launch of i'm a celebrity this weekend. sainsbury ‘s supermarket has put them on their shelves, and what are they flavoured with? barbecue flavouring, so there is a very distinctive honk. you can really

smell it. dried fish food. i will give you the taste sensation. 0bviously give you the taste sensation. obviously this is not smell—o—vision, but have a listen. a bit like a pork scratching, but the reason why they are of interest to many people is 1900 g, 61g reason why they are of interest to many people is 1900 g, 61 g of that is protein, double the protein you get in beef. and i am episcopalian, i eat fish but not met, lots of debate about why you don't eat meat —— pescatarian. if it is about sustainability, then this is better in terms of the environment. sustainability, then this is better in terms of the environmentm sustainability, then this is better in terms of the environment. it does linger. can we show that picture of picasso we showed earlier? it looks like... that is the latest picasso, it isa like... that is the latest picasso, it is a fake, by the way. you've us your views, see what you think.

it is a fake, by the way. you've us your views, see what you thinkm tastes all right, you could sprinkle it on macaroni and cheese. surely keep you up—to—date on the front pages? theresa may trying to win support for her brexit withdrawal, and the picture of harry kane and jesse lingard celebrating the win over croatia. the times focuses on the potential leadership challenge to the prime minister. the times also focuses on the potential leadership challenge to the prime minister. it shows a photograph of olivia colman filming her role as queen elizabeth in drama series the crown. staying with royalty, the real prince charles features on the front of the express, looking very at ease with his role of grandfather. and the verdict is in on holly willoughby‘s debut on i'm a celebrity. the mirror says the pairing of her and dec worked well. and if you would like to see how she did, take a look at this.

good morning. good evening. welcome to australia, where the more eagle—eyed viewers among you will have already noticed a big change to this year's show. yes, one of the most gorgeous presenters on british television has been joined by holly willoughby. applause this is so weird. welcome to the jungle. thank you, because normally at this time i'm pouring myself a big glass of white wine to watch you, and now i'm in the jungle. and she's already drunk it, and we're ready for action! i think they have a very good lineup this year, i think it could be one to watch as it develops. and of course don't forget mr football. harry redknapp had a very good first day as well. in terms of the bbc juggernaut, strictly come dancing,

we are in the weekend. and of course, dynasties, as well. we will be talking penguins, and whether we should have helped them. sally has been talking to michaeljohnson, once the fastest man in the world over 200 and a00m. hear how a stroke left him taking 15 minutes to walk across a hospital corridor. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. almost all services into and out of london's busiest station, waterloo, are cancelled or seriously delayed this morning. woking, surbiton, raynes park and ea rlsfield stations are currently closed. it is because of over—running engineering work, which means a lot of trains can't get out of depots.

south western rail are advising people not to travel, and are expecting delays to last for most of the day. counter—terror police are warning londoners to be extra vigilant in the run—up to christmas. the police say there are no specific threats to the city, but with more people out and about, going shopping and to festive events, it is important for everyone to be clear about what to do if there is an attack. yeah, last year we saw a mass panic in oxford street, and a lot of people weren't quite ready for dealing with that. so we want people to think about who's the decision maker here? who's going to take control of the situation down on the shopfloor? we want people to think about run, hide, tell. what does that actually mean in practice? where do you go to, where are your exits, where could you hide, how could you prepare that place to hide if you wanted to? the whale living in a stretch of the thames may be able to survive there, according to experts. nicknamed benny the beluga, it was first spotted off the coast of gravesend nearly two months ago.

thousands have flocked to the area to catch a glimpse. the whale's behaviour and food sources are being carefully monitored. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the roads, in westminster, bridge street is closed between parliament square and victoria embankment for security works. it is going to be closed until 1a december. it has been causing long delays. in twickenham, sixth cross road is closed for resurfacing works. in south kensington, stanhope gardens is closed for waterworks. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it was a lovely weekend with lots of sunshine, but for the next couple of days it's going to feel pretty cold, and we'll see some showers around at times. a very chilly and a brisk easterly wind blowing too. now, we're starting off this morning between around 5—7 celsius, already lots of cloud.

some brighter spells at times. watch out for those showers as we head through the late morning into the afternoon. some of them possibly forming in lines, particularly towards south—eastern areas of the capital, but we could get one or two showers just about anywhere. now, top temperatures will only be between 6—9 degrees, but it's going to feel a lot colder than that with the briskness of that very chilly easterly wind. now, through this evening and overnight, again it's still rather windy. those showers are likely to continue, as well, for a time. we're looking at lows of around 1—2 degrees celsius, maybe a touch of frost forming just in the more sheltered spots as we head into tuesday. tuesday feeling even colder, highs of five degrees with added wind chill, but slowly turning a bit less cold as we head through the week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast,

with dan walker and naga munchetty. it's 7:30am. let's bring you up to date with some of the main stories this morning from the bbc. theresa may will come out fighting for her brexit withdrawal agreement this morning after it triggered two cabinet resignations last week. the prime minister will tell the business lobby group the cbi that her plan will deliver a fair immigration system. later in the week she's expected to hammer out a framework for a future trading relationship with the eu, before signing off the deal at a brussels summit on sunday. 77 people are now known to have died in huge wildfires that have swept across northern california. nearly 1,000 people are still missing. heavy rain is now forecast, bringing new fears of floods and mudslides. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says he will tell the iranian govenment to stop using innocent people as political prisoners, that will be when he visits the country today. mr hunt says he will use the trip to raise the case of the british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe.

she's been detained for more than 2.5 years. four men have been taken to hospital with stab wounds, all south—western railway services into london waterloo have been cancelled because of overrunning engineering works. the company is telling passengers not to travel this morning, and it saysjourneys across the entire network might be cancelled, delayed or revised all—day. that will be causing havoc for many people in that part of the country. four men have been taken to hospital with stab wounds, after a fight in edmonton in north london. officers and an ambulance crew were called to the area yesterday evening. one person has been arrested. it occured a day after two men and a teenager were injured in a nearby shooting. houthi rebels in yemen say they're stopping drone and missile strikes on the saudi—led military coalition after a request from the united nations. the un is attempting to revive talks to end a three—year war, which has caused the world's worst humanitarian crisis. thousands of people have been killed and millions more pushed to the brink of starvation.

facebook will today announce new measures to help support britain's local newspapers, by training journalists and helping to build subscriptions. it comes days afterjohnston press, one of britain's largest local newspaper groups, was rescued out of administration because of unmanageable debts. there's been lots of praise for the bbc film crew that came to the rescue of trapped penguins they were filming in antarctica. it is all part of the dynasties programme last night. the team took the rare decision to help out emperor penguins stuck in a ravine. their actions went against the usual view of nature documentary makers not to intervene in the scenes they are filming, but their efforts have been widely praised on social media. we're going to be talking to some of the team from dynasties later on and

we'll get her view of that. we've got the executive producer describing why they did that. i want to ask about some harrowing footage... can i mention it?” to ask about some harrowing footage... can i mention it? i think it is upsetting personally. it's the way it works with emperor penguins, the man keeps the baby warm, the mother gets food, then the man passes it to the mother, they swap it under theirfeet. passes it to the mother, they swap it under their feet. some of the babies die in horrendously low temperatures, some of the mothers who don't have a check then scrambled to get the chick when it is passed across. —— a chick. someone managed to get the chick but it wasn't the month. then you got a male and female penguin wondering where their baby has gone —— the mum. then the camera pans and another penguin has it! if it is in your own, you're less likely to look after it in in the same way —— isn't your own. why did they steal it in

the first place? it was with david attenborough. they haven't got a chick, there's no bond, i'm going to get that one. and then they're not that bothered! it is brutal. i can't watch it! quite a few tears in various houses! that was just you. i was weeping like a small child! we will get the full story from them later. are you saying that wasn't very clear? let me know if you feel the same way. carry on! no penguins in this sports bulletin, i don't think there are, anyway! what a year it's been for england, and they finished 2018 in style by laying a few world cup ghosts to rest at wembley last night. john watson was watching. at wembley, reminders of an england of old. can gareth southgate match their success with a younger generation? for now, the nations league. a win and england would reach the semi—finals. a chance to win some silverware.

raheem sterling eager to get them there. with the margins so small, when croatia scored through andrej kramaric, england were facing relegation. a meaningless friendly this wasn't. seeking the win to qualify, southgate sent for reinforcements. kane poking the ball goalwards for substitute jesse lingard to score. but england needed another. who else but captain harry kane getting the ball over the line and his team too. we're professional, we want to win at everything we do. whether it's a new tournament, an old tournament, we want to win, and i've touched on the chance to win a trophy in and england shirt, chance to make the fans happy. we want to try to do that. while there's been scepticism over the new—look nations league, england have benefited from testing themselves in a more competitive tournament, beating spain and croatia. now gareth southgate's side will get the chance to win the competition outright in portugal next summer.

john watson, bbc news, wembley. something to look forward to, isn't it? joy for england then, but it was another bad night for northern ireland. they were beaten 2—1 by austria with the last kick of the game in belfast. they've lost all four of their nations league matches and have been relegated from their group. some would say they have been unlucky. arsenal, meanwhile, continue to be completely dominant in the women's super league. they've won everything so far this season, eight wins out of eight, their latest a a—0 win over everton. it was slightly overshadowed though by what looks like a pretty serious injury to midfielderjordan nobbs. a brilliant weekend of tennis at the atp world tour finals in london ended with a big upset. 21—year—old alexander zverev beat novak djokovic in the final at the 02, finishing with this brilliant winner. djokovic had been the heavy favourite, but the german dominated from start to finish. face of the future there. it was the end of a very eventful weekend for zverev. this was his semi against roger federer, where he stopped

a crucial tie break because a ball—boy dropped a ball and put him off. that's all above board and within the rules, but sections of the crowd didn't like it. first of all, i want to apologise for the situation in the tie—break. i mean, the ball boy dropped the ball. so, it's in the rules that we have to replay the point. booing well, i'm not sure why you're all booing, because he's telling telling the truth. the ball boy did move across the court and disrupted play, and those are the rules. so i think you have to be a little bit more respectful. cheering don't you love annabel croft! as straight as you could possibly be. a crowd of thousands of people all riled up, tells them to stop it! that was annabel croft giving everyone a telling off. cricket next, and england's women will face india in the semi finals of the world twenty20.

that's after they lost to the west indies to finish second in theirgroup. it all went down to the final over, but the west indies held their nerve to win and set up a meeting with australia in the last four. 0pen champion francesco molanari has won golf‘s race to dubai. molanari could only have been beaten to it if tommy fleetwood had won the world tour championship, but the englishman finished a long way down the leaderboard. the tournament was instead won by danny willett who finished on 18—under par, two clear of the pack. it's willett‘s first win since the masters 2.5 years ago. he was delighted. quite emotional. great to see him back. great to see him back. a bit of 80. a long wait, many people thought wouldn't get back to that level —— a bit of a tear. back in the winner's circle! and let me warn you, we've got a terrifying crash from the world of formula 3. this is 17—year—old sophia florsch losing control

at the macau grand prix in china. she has fractured her spine, but is conscious and stable in hospital, and she tweeted: "i'm fine but will be going into surgery," this morning. three other people were taken to hospital. scary pictures, but she is ok. michaeljohnson was once the fastest man in the world over 200m and a00m, but after suffering a mini—stroke in august, the four—time 0lympic champion feared he might never walk again. never mind being the fastest, he must have also been one of the fittest. in an exclusive television interview, michael told me about his experience of the last few months. i was exercising in my gym at home. had a great training session. didn't feel anything in my actual training session. i finished didn't feel anything in my actual training session. ifinished it and i was standing outside and i turned around and walked back into the gym,

and as! around and walked back into the gym, and as i turned around to walk back m, and as i turned around to walk back in, was having trouble co—ordinating my left foot and i almost fell. i, sort of, regained my balance and walked back over to a weight bench andi walked back over to a weight bench and i was still having trouble along the way co—ordinating my foot. then i noticed i was feeling some tingling sensation in my left arm as well as my left leg, and my left arm, wheni well as my left leg, and my left arm, when i would move it, it would have sort of an involuntary response, which was, was... my wife walked by and i was telling her what i was experiencing. when i got to the hospital they immediately did a ct scan, and it showed i didn't suffer a stroke, or it didn't reveal any stroke. the next step was to conduct an mri. the mri found that i had suffered a stroke in the falmouth, the right side deep in the brain. what was amazing as i sat on

the mri table for about 20 minutes, and after i got off the table from the mri, which was probably about 2.5to the mri, which was probably about 2.5 to three hours after i initially felt the first sensation, was no longer able to walk. i was no longer able to stand. my left side very much numb, without much feeling. i didn't have much control of my fingers on my left hand. i was then told that, yeah, i had suffered a stroke. that was a really difficult and scary period. michael, we see you sitting there now looking fantastic, and looking well, and sounding like yourself, but what you're describing, i'm sure all our viewers at home who are watching will think it's terrifying. what got you through it? yeah, i mean, you go through a wide range of emotions, you know. initially, there was obviously

fear and just sort of, 0k, "what's my life going to be like from this point on?" what sort of mobility am i going to have, or lack of mobility? is my family going to have to take care of me? am i going to have to dress myself? all sorts of things go through your mind like that, and it's very scary. then it goes from fear to the next day, anger. i was doing all the right things. keeping fit, that's what i was doing when i had the stroke. i keep myself... i keep my weight down, i don't smoke, eat right, i eat healthy, doing all the right things, why does this happen to me? you go through that. two days later i was allowed to start physical therapy. this was probably the most, sort of, poignant moment and the transition moment for me from the fear and the anger to positivity and hope and drive and determination. that is when the physical therapist

came up to my hospital room with a walker, and helped me out of bed, and i got behind the walker and he said, "today, the first day, we're just going to walk around the hospital floor." ironically, that first walk was about 200 metres, which is the event that i held the world record at, and was once the fastest man in the world in and in history at that event. and it took about 15 minutes for me to cover that 200 metres. and, you know, ordinarily i'm sure that anyone in that situation would be disappointed, but i wasn't. i was actually encouraged, and it's what encouraged me i got back to my room and i said to my wife, ermm, "i'm going to make a full recovery, i'm sure of it,

and i'm going to make this recovery faster than anyone has ever done it before." and i've been able to do that. he talks about the recovery and the positive mental athlete coe attitude and when talking to him off camera, it is in the victories that inspire him now, it was the time he lost, was injured or hurt, not the glorious moments, the tough times. we will talk about that injury later in the programme. thank you, sally. with winter almost here, health bosses are urging older people to get their flu jabs, as part of the nhs england's biggest flu vaccination programme. the vaccine is available for people aged 65 and over, and children between 2—9 years old. it is also free for pregnant women, health workers, and patients with long—term conditions. last year there was a a5% uptake. and public health england estimates that the vaccine was effective against almost a0% of cases in 2016—17. joining us now from central london to discuss the issue is jane cummings, chief nursing officerfor england.

thank you for sending out in the cold for us, it is quite apt we are talking about the flu jab. people have not been convinced that it does what it says on the tin, so to speak. yes, this is the best vaccine in the world for older people, especially those aged over 65. we know the immune system doesn't work as well for some of those people, so this vaccine has deliberately been designed to prompt the immune system to respond well to the vaccine, and we think this is the best chance possible for people to protect themselves against the flu this winter. how important is it that the u pta ke winter. how important is it that the uptake is greater than last year's? last year it was a0.2%. do —— what percentage do you need to alleviate the pressure on the nhs? well, flu can spread very easily so the more people vaccinated, the better it will be. we have not set a

particular target but we would expect everybody that is eligible to try and have it, to go out, get the vaccine. that is particularly for older people where the impact of flu can be very significant. it can make them incredibly unwell, and we will see off in up to 8000 or more deaths over the course of the winter due to the flu. it is really important people have it. it is really important that children, pregnant women and those with a long—term condition also have the vaccine, because it does protect them, and importantly because it does protect them, and im porta ntly protect because it does protect them, and importantly protect their loved ones. i alluded to it at the beginning of the interview, it is about faith in whether the vaccine works, isn't it, and that all the strains or most of strains... you said it is the best vaccine so far. what makes it superior to the others? so we've got different types of vaccines available this year, we've got the nasal spray vaccine for children, we've got what we call

the quadrivalent vaccine which protects against four types of flu, and for the over 65 patients we have one which boost the immune system of older people, meaning they are much more likely to react well to the vaccine and protect themselves. that is why we have got different vaccines for different elements of the population, all of which have been designed to actually help those individuals. thank you for talking to us in the cold. do warmup, thank you very much. a clear indication of what carol has been telling us this morning. every single person we have been speaking to out and about has the scarves on and the big coats. it isa the scarves on and the big coats. it is a much colder mornings. this week we are going to start to pull in easterly winds, and at the end of the week we will see something less cold. i know means is that even going to be mild by the end of this week. you can see on this chart the

blue indicating the cold weather really pushing all the way across the uk today and also tomorrow, and into wednesday. as i mentioned, it is towards the end of the week that it is not quite as cold that it is going to be. —— cold as it is going to be. this morning we have clear skies in the highlands, hanging on to some of those is to go through the afternoon. generally we've got more cloud coming across scotland, england, east wales and northern ireland, and that cloud is thick enough was drizzle and some showers, especially so into the afternoon. some of the showers could well be heavier nature, especially across the midlands, east anglia, the south—east and the channel islands. temperatures today a roundabout to nine degrees. it is chilly already but it is going to turn that it colder. —— six to nine degrees. as we go through the evening and overnight the showers will become more widespread across the uk. in between them, some clear skies especially in the west, and here it will be cold. increasingly through

the night the showers will turn wintry. we are talking wintry showers, in the south, above about 300m. in the north above about 700 metres. most of the snow and sleet will be a hill feature, but in some of the heavier bursts you could see a little bit of it at lower levels. it is the same tomorrow as well, we start off with all those showers, some of them aligning, across the south—east, down towards the channel islands and south—west england. then we have our next batch coming across northern england, north wales and into the south tip of northern ireland. but there will be further showers across parts of eastern scotla nd showers across parts of eastern scotland in particular. the brightest skies tomorrow will be across the west of northern ireland and the western isles and western scotland. tomorrow, rather like tonight, you will see those wintry showers mostly as a hill feature on many of our hills, but having said that, at lower levels it is only going to be in the heavier bursts, you might see a little bit of sleet, for example. into wednesday, the

wind subtly changes from an easterly to more of a south—easterly, so you can see that it is going to dry up across england and wales away from the west, where we will hang on to those showers. showers across northern ireland and scotland will at times merge to give some heavier downpours and we are also looking again at some snow, mostly on the hills. so basically winter is with us, is this bit? it is, but that is not a bad thing, we need the cold weather to kill off all the bugs and beasties. just getting some confirmation, thank you for that, carol. the prime minister will attempt to win over business leaders with her plans for brexit today. she will be speaking at an industry conference in london. nina is there for us this morning. we were talking to chris mason in westminster, it is a big sell, isn't it, for the prime minister? it is a

huge day, she has described it as a critical week. as well is trying to convince mps and her cabinet, going to europe to get the deal signed off, she will face 1000 delegates, more than 1000 delegates, from across the business community, to make sure they have her back on her brexit withdrawal plan. in some ways we know that she will be preaching to the converted, because on friday the cbi, who organised this event, came back in support of the plan, basically saying any deal is better than no deal, because if you run a factory, a shop or a farm for example you can start to make plans for the next couple of years. carolyn is head of the cbi for the next couple of years. carolyn is head of the cb! and joins us now. carolyn is head of the cb! and joins us now. you described this deal as imperfect but said compromises necessary , imperfect but said compromises necessary, and the time has come to megadeal. this deal is not perfect, it isa megadeal. this deal is not perfect, it is a compromises on but negotiations have been going on for 20 months and in march of next year there will be no deal if an

agreement isn't reached. what we know is that firms are spending hundreds of millions of pounds preparing for no deal. it is wasted investment, it is affecting jobs and investment, it is affecting jobs and investment now. this is an opportunity to take no deal off the table while we plan for a better long—term deal. table while we plan for a better long-term deal. what would you say to people who argue that in your desperation to get a deal you are backing the wrong deal, because potentially we will be trapped in the customs union with the european union and that negates any opportunity to look the more global freedom? we are hugely, and our members are hugely, interested in global trade. that is a big priority. but this deal does not prevent that at all. but if it goes in the direction that certainly we hear is the intention to protect frictionless trade going forward, it will actually help global trade. it is not perfect, it is a compromises. you talk about the dangers of no deal, about arterial routes coming up deal, about arterial routes coming up through dover, being blocked. medicine and chemicals for water

treatment coming in, are you part of project fear? would it be that bad? this is about what businesses are doing on the ground now. we are not even talking about the future, we know about the stockpiling and jobs being moved overseas. we know about investment which would have come here but hasn't come here. so no, this is about what is going on today, and the concern we have about jobs in the future. we must take no deal of the table for our country. we know that the prime minister will go in heavy on immigration and say no more low skilled workers coming in from the eu, we have to focus on high skilled workers from further afield. that will send alarm bells ringing in hospitality and agriculture, won't it? are you worried about that? here we have a difference of opinion with government, it is a big difference. we understand various public concern, we understand various public concern, that must be addressed, the idea of controlling immigration is a

good idea. but we need all skills in this country. we have construction workers we need, healthcare workers we need, and the idea that you cannot come to this country unless you earn £30,000 is a real challenge, and will affect businesses, it will affect our ability to get services to people. and we are asking the government to rethink on that. so you will be concerned when she talks about closing down on low skilled workers. in general you talked about politicians not necessarily working in the interests of communities. what would you like to say the senior politicians this morning? i think it is a really big message to anybody involved in this decision. get out of the westminster bubble, get out into your constituencies, talk to business, talk to local people, understand the impact of no deal and the importance of moving beyond this, and then come back to westminster and make your judgement. is it's all academic? potentially

she is not going to get the withdrawal through, and how does that make you feel? everybody needs to think about the consequences of that. this is where business comes m, that. this is where business comes in, they can talk about what it really feels like if you are a manufacturer or a care home, what are you trying to do for the country? and there we can talk about fa cts country? and there we can talk about facts and evidence, and hope that common sense comes facts and evidence, and hope that common sense comes through at the end of the day. i think we are all hoping for a bit of commonsense. the prime minister is at around 11am in a few hours' time, and looking around this room i would rather her than may. indeed, we will see what happens. she might make a good prime minister if she changes career. still to come on breakfast: christmas can be very difficult for single parents who might not get to see their children. we will hear what support is on offerfor mums and dads at what should be a special time of the year.

time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. almost all services into and out of london's busiest station, waterloo, are cancelled or seriously delayed this morning. woking, surbiton, raynes park and ea rlsfield stations are currently closed. it is because of over—running engineering work, which means a lot of trains can't get out of depots. south western rail are advising people not to travel, and are expecting delays to last for most of the day. counter—terror police are warning londoners to be extra vigilant in the run—up to christmas. the police say there are no specific threats to the city, but with more people out and about, going shopping and to festive events, it is important for everyone to be clear about what to do if there is an attack. the whale living in a stretch of the thames may be able to survive there, according to experts. nicknamed benny the beluga, it was first spotted off the coast of gravesend nearly two months ago. thousands have flocked

to the area to catch a glimpse. the whale's behaviour and food sources are being carefully monitored. it is possible that it is finding the right food and it is behaving in a normal way. it has been here for a considerable amount of time, longer than we perhaps have expected it to be. but what we don't know is, as those fish moved in and out of the estuary, whether the animal will change its behaviour and become habitual lies to the tens and stay here —— habitualised. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the roads, in westminster, bridge street is closed between parliament square and victoria embankment for security works. it is going to be closed until 1a december. it has been causing long delays. in twickenham, sixth cross road is closed for resurfacing works. now the weather,

with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. it was a lovely weekend with lots of sunshine, but for the next couple of days it's going to feel pretty cold, and we'll see some showers around at times. a very chilly and a brisk easterly wind blowing too. now, we're starting off this morning between around 5—7 degrees celsius, already lots of cloud. some brighter spells at times. watch out for those showers as we head through the late morning into the afternoon. some of them possibly forming in lines, particularly towards south—eastern areas of the capital, but we could get one or two showers just about anywhere. now, top temperatures will only be between 6—9 degrees celsius, but it's going to feel a lot colder than that with the briskness of that very chilly easterly wind. now, through this evening and overnight, again it's still rather windy. those showers are likely to continue, as well, for a time. we're looking at lows of around 1—2 degrees celsius, maybe a touch of frost forming just in the more sheltered spots as we head into tuesday. tuesday feeling even colder —

highs of only five degrees with added wind chill, but slowly turning a bit less cold as we head through the week. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: theresa may comes out fighting as she faces a crucial 7 days. the prime minister will try to avoid a leadership challenge and a cabinet rebellion by selling the benefits of her draft brexit deal. also this morning — after the deadly wildfires, rain now threatens to bring floods and mudslides to devastated parts of california. england put the ghosts of the world cup to bed. as they beat croatia at wembley to qualify for the finals of the nations league. and he was once the fastest man on the planet but suffered a stroke this summer.

in an exclusive interview michaeljohnson tells us about his road to recovery. ironically, that first walk was about 200 metres. which is the event that i held the world record at, and was once the fastest man in the world, and in history, at that event. and it took about 15 minutes. plus — was a bbc film crew right to step in to save a colony of antarctic penguins? we'll find out what sir david attenborough made of the decision. todayis today is going to be cold, but not that cold. in fact, this week is going to be cold as we pull in an easterly wind. the brighter skies in the north—west and the south—west. more in 15 minutes. it's monday the 19th of november. theresa may faces what she's described as a "critical week" as she tries to gather support for her brexit deal. so what does that critical week look like? let's take you through it. today the prime minister

will try to sell her withdrawal agreement to businesses as she gives a speech to the cbi in london. later this week she's expected to meet the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker. and if all goes to plan there will be a special brexit summit with eu leaders next sunday. but two things could derail the prime minister. a group of five brexiteer cabinet ministers, including michael gove and andrea leadsom, are trying to get the deal changed. if they don't get what they want, they could make life very tricky for theresa may. and another threat comes from backbench conservative mps trying to force a vote of no confidence in her leadership. will they gain enough support? we need to talk about this. and who better than chris mason in westminster and adam fleming in brussels? we will give you both sides of the story. chris, it's going to be a pivotal week for theresa may, critical, in her words?

pivotal, critical, all of those words and more, i suspect. the prime minister looking over every shoulder every five minutes, trying to work out where the next line of criticism is coming from. for her, this morning, the big selling job continues. we saw it over the weekend with the television interview, amongst other things. this morning, she had stood a cb! and the business organisation to do the big sell, to talk about taking back control over immigration policy, for instance, and to also talk about how that draft withdrawal agreement is set down, is committed to. in other words, trying to strike back at those within her cabinet and beyond it who would like it to be twea ked, beyond it who would like it to be tweaked, who would like it to be changed. the prime minister, remaining absolutely defiant. as you we re remaining absolutely defiant. as you were saying a moment ago, you have backbenchers grumbling, some of them submitting letters wanting a vote of no—confidence. that, potentially, could happen this week. although plenty say even if it did happen she

might win that and therefore would be able to remain in place. then you got the grumbles within the cabinet, they are likely to continue. you have the opposition grumbling as well. all of this, in this countdown towards the summit at the weekend. yet again, monday morning, another turbulent week in westminster. we can say that definitively. everything else, a little less definitively. well, we got one thing from you! thanks, chris. adam fleming is that the european affairs ministers meeting in brussels. how high on the agenda will what chris has been talking about be there this morning? well, what is really not on the agenda this morning is the divorce deal, the withdrawal agreement. 585 page document that was published that week. the ministers meeting today think it is pretty much closed. they might be able to tweak the odd word here or there, but substantially it is not

going to change. their focus today is the other document that will go alongside that in the final brexit package, the political declaration on the shape of the future relationship, the broad outlines of the relationship between the uk and 0rigi in the decades to come, when it comes to economy, security, transport, energy, universities, you name it. theresa may will be here to finalise that as she meets with jean—claude juncker. the whole finalise that as she meets with jean—claudejuncker. the whole lot will be signed off by eu leaders at that special summit, first thing on sunday morning. chatting to diplomats behind—the—scenes today, there are four sticking points. how goodis there are four sticking points. how good is the uk access to the single market in future, how close is cooperation on security, and how similar does it look to what we have got now? there is a big issue with fish, the eu's access to british waters, and gibraltar. how does the

future relationship apply to gibraltar? the spanish government have some serious concerns about that. many things to talk about at this meeting. not many of them wa nted this meeting. not many of them wanted to talk to us on the way in, either because it is a tense situation or, you know what, it is absolutely freezing in brussels this morning. may be the latter! so, still much to iron out on the brexit steel. —— deal. it is cold there, and it is cold here. and lots of the passengers on the railways will be grumbling, because they have been told not to travel to two overrunning engineering works. no south western railway trains are running between surbiton and london waterloo — the uk's busiest railway station. no trains can leave the depots at wimbledon or clapham junction — and the company has closed woking, raynes park and earlsfield stations. services across the network may be disrupted all day. we will keep you up—to—date with

that. one of those days when many people will be working from home. some of the news this morning... 77 people are now known to have died in huge wildfires that have swept across northern california. nearly a thousand people are still missing. heavy rain is now forecast, bringing new fears of floods and mudslides. four men have been taken to hospital with stab wounds, after a fight in edmonton in north london. officers and an ambulance crew were called to the area yesterday evening. it occured a day after two men and a teenager were injured in a nearby shooting. 0ur reporter simon clemison is there this morning — what more can you tell us? good morning. well, we havejust moved to the other end of this road, and in daylight you can see exactly where the police operation has been taking place all night. forensic officers have now just taking place all night. forensic officers have nowjust left the scene. four men, all in their 20s,

suffered stab wounds and were taken to hospital. i can tell you one of them has been discharged and the other three are being treated. in addition, two vehicles that had been ina addition, two vehicles that had been in a crash were found. it is early stages, but is believed to be linked toa stages, but is believed to be linked to a shooting in this part of london over the weekend. two men and a teenage boy were injured when a shot gun was fired into a mini cab. people living here said that crime is not unheard of, but this is on a different scale. and when the mayor talks about the challenge facing london in terms of tackling violent crime, you get the sense of that when you talk to people here. a specialist unit has now been set up in london to try to tackle some of these problems which the capital has been seeing in recent months. the latest here is that one person has been arrested in relation to this investigation in edmonton. thanks very much, simon. it's been revealed that what was thought to be a stolen picasso painting found in romania was a fake. experts had hoped that the painting of harlequin's head,

which was stolen from a gallery in rotterdam in 2012, in a robbery dubbed "the theft of the century" was real. the work was apparently discovered under a tree. a belgian theatre company has now admitted that it staged a hoax, as part of a project to demonstrate the importance of truth. what do you think picasso was trying to demonstrate when he drew that? what happens when you suck a lemon. well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. similar face to the one i polled when i was eating those crickets. there were quite tasty, actually. crunchy. but you have said that the taste lingers, you have asked for a toothbrush. don't give away the inner workings of this programme. cricket breath, sorry. carolwill have the weather later and sally will have the sport.

when teenage racing driver billy monger lost both his legs in a life—changing accidentjust over 18 months ago, many feared it would mark the end of a promising career. incredibly, billy's back behind the wheel and chasing his dream to one day race in formula one. his story will be told in a documentary tonight on bbc two, as breakfast‘s graham satchell explains. donington park, april 2017, and a devastating crash. oh, that's horrendous! 17—year—old billy monger airlifted to hospital. he would lose both his legs. billy started racing at six. by ten he was a british champion. billy whizz is through into second place. his nickname, billy whizz — and his dream, to be a formula one driver. this is the one i had my crash in. the programme follows billy's

extraordinaryjourney as he comes to terms with the accident. since the crash, it's all been about being able to get back behind the wheel of a race car. i don't see how being upset forever is going to make a difference, really. we see him learn to walk again. this car is more powerful than anything i've ever driven before. and then learn to drive again. smile on my face, when i was inside the helmet, yeah. like a cheshire cat. just 11 months after the crash, billy is racing again and on the podium. his formula one dream, still alive. we have billy here, you are drinking out of your leg, classy thing to do.

anybody who sees this documentary, within the first two minutes, i was watching it and ijumped out of my seat and i knew your story. your road to recovery, so to speak, has been remarkable. what do you think has been the driving force, excuse the pun, for you? think it has been the pun, for you? think it has been the support of unit around me. when the support of unit around me. when the accident happened it was a very difficult time for me and my family. the amount of support i received, not just from family and the amount of support i received, notjust from family and friends but from people i had never met before, i think that played a massive party. let's explain your injuries to anybody that is watching. we conceive the prosthetics —— we can see your prosthetics, you were in a coma after the crash question not” have two amputations of the legs, one above the knee joint and one below. those were the injuries i woke up with, the operations were done while i was in that coma. at no stage did you think you were not

going to be able to drive again, from the first minute, i am going to get behind the wheel? definitely. 0bviously get behind the wheel? definitely. obviously there are times when you don't know if it is possible. i had that. luckily for me, with my friends and family, we were talking about racing, because we are so heavily involved in it. people have gone back racing again after similar accidents, for me, that was a light bulb moment, nothing is impossible. you are racing again, fast forward 11 months, was it? 11 months from the day of the accident to when you got into a formula 3 car, one step up got into a formula 3 car, one step up from what you are doing anyway. remind me of the name of the company that has built the car? carlin manufacture the car and the controls that go with it. to get to that

point you have to take on the top authorities? we had to make a rule change, because there were rules about disabled drivers not being able to compete in a single seat, and for me that was a red flag, that is what i wanted to do and it has a lwa ys is what i wanted to do and it has always been my dream. what weather conditions? a lot of people would say it is dangerous, obviously, what we re say it is dangerous, obviously, what were the conditions that you had to meet to be as a disabled driver driving a single seat car? the main thing was the safety element, being able to extract myself from the car ifi able to extract myself from the car if i had an accident, making sure i could do that in the same time as any other driver. that was the first challenge. making sure the control system was fail—safe, so that i would never be in a situation where the controls failed, the throttle would stick or something like that. you talked about some of the drivers you have spoken to, a pictured here with lewis hamilton, what support have you had from the biggest names in racing? i can see you with a big

smile on yourface. in racing? i can see you with a big smile on your face. it's crazy, people like lewis hamilton, jenson button, they came to my aid quite early on in my recovery. there was the just giving early on in my recovery. there was thejust giving page, and i woke up to all of this support from my idols in the sport. how do you make the balance? in the documentary, there is you, your friend jamie, balance? in the documentary, there is you, yourfriend jamie, your family, very normal, jamie is very angry on your behalf at the accident, he calls you the nicest kid on the grid. that is the first thing she said, how much she was looking forward to speaking to. thing she said, how much she was looking forward to speaking tom made me grin and cry, it was brilliant, seeing the contrast between you chatting to your old school friends and racing partners, and then you are also quite friendly with lewis, max stafford, jenson

button, you just chat to each other like to map the i know you are saying that you have to pinch yourself. —— you just chat to each other like two drivers. it was a really cool experience, to me to idle in any situation, it was amazing. ican idle in any situation, it was amazing. i can have normal conversations about stuff we both love doing and that is pretty special. you are involved in a sport that can have really dangerous consequences, i wanted to know what you made of this, which we have been talking about this morning. sophia, a terrible crash yesterday. i think she has broken her back, tweeting and saying that she is ok. watching that, having been to do what you have been through, does it make you feel different, is it something that you accept? there are dangers and everybody accepts it. you don't

really consider it happening to yourself. i know sofia quite well andi yourself. i know sofia quite well and i have raced against the fore. i'm wishing her the best in her recovery and i'm glad to say that she was saying she is ok. i think the safety is improving in the sport, which is great, but it is never going to be risk—free. as long as we keep improving and making strides on the safety side, it is massive for everybody that wants to be in the sport. what is next for you? at the minutes, it is winter season, looking for sponsors next year to carry on the dream, to keep going up the ranks. i'm just looking forward to hopefully making more steps up the ladder and carrying on the dream. we wish you the best. an incredible young man. 19 years old? yes, 19. driven: the billy monger story is on bbc 2 tonight at 9pm. if you have the chance to watch it, i promise you will not regret it. no higher recommendation, you loved it.

carol has the weather. it is not t—shirt weather today, is it? you will be freezing, it will turn cold this week. we have an easterly wind coming from the near continent and it will be with us for much of the week, making it feel colder than the week, making it feel colder than the temperatures i will show you suggest. by the end of the week you will find that it is going to be less cold. not mild all warm, just less cold. not mild all warm, just less cold. not mild all warm, just less cold than the beginning of the week. you can see the blue across the uk today, and also include tomorrow. also into wednesday, pushing away the milder yellow. adding on the wind—chill, as i mentioned, it will feel quite bitter for some of us. this morning we have a lot of cloud. clear skies across parts of the highlands. temperatures in braemarfell to —3. the south—west starts with sunshine, but cloud drifting from the east and pushing westwards with some showers

and drizzle. western scotland bearing not too badly. western scotla nd bearing not too badly. western scotland will feel fairly cloudy with the odd shower. the odd shower in northern ireland, right down the east coast of england we are prone to showers, most prolific across east anglia, the midlands, southern counties and the channel islands. temperatures today, well, we are looking at about seven or 9 degrees. last week, we were above average in terms of temperatures. this week, below average. to this evening and overnight, the showers become more widespread. above 300 metres in the south and 700 metres in the north, a wintry component. where the cloud remains broken in the west, that is where we have the lowest temperatures, especially in rural areas. tomorrow we start with the showers. through the day they start to align themselves into bands across east anglia and the southern counties, to the english channel and the channel islands. across northern england and north wales, heading across the country. the north of

scotla nd across the country. the north of scotland seeing this sunshine. like with the overnight period, on higher ground it would be wintry, and you could see some sleet at lower levels. wednesday, a subtle change in wind direction, more of a south—easterly. you can see how it im proves south—easterly. you can see how it improves and rise up through the day across a lot of england and wales. towards the west, we will hang on to those showers and the showers are continuing across northern ireland and also scotland. some of them will merge to give longer spells of rain, and again, we see some snow on the hills. in some of those heavy bursts, we could see some sleet at lower levels. wherever you are, it will feel cold. don't forget the wind—chill, which will make it feel even colder. penguin weather? yes, indeed. it probably is. that is a perfect link to the next thing, we're talking about... our director keeps saying

it the wrong way, dynasties. he keeps saying die—nysties. viewers to the bbc‘s latest nature series dynasties will have seen something highly unusual last night, the film crew intervening to save a colony of penguins. they were trapped following an icy storm, so the crew took action, breaking the unwritten rule ‘never interfere'. let's take a look. already, the gully has claimed more casualties. the team decided to act. we've given it a lot of thought. we decided that we are definitely going to dig a shallow ramp that they will hopefully use. it's very rare for the film crew to intervene. but they realise that they may be able to save at least some of these birds simply by digging a few steps in the ice. oh, man. look. oh, my goodness. we were literally just about to leave. but the first birds are definitely making their way out, which is brilliant. so, hopefully, they'lljust make their way back to the colony

and them and their chicks will have a much better chance of survival, because there's no chance they were going to survive down there at all. mike gunton, executive producer of dynasties, joins us now from bristol. thank you so much for coming and talking to us about this. it has caused so much discussion. i will get to you about the cheque —— chick stealing later, but how much discussion was there about whether to step in? well, they are on their own, they had the discussion and we we re own, they had the discussion and we were not able to get involved because there is no communication to there. after when we talked about whether we should have done it, we agreed it was the right thing to do. it isa agreed it was the right thing to do. it is a very unusual situation. it is not what normally happens, 99.9% all the time you do not interfere. in that circumstance, for all sorts

of reasons, biological and conservation, we decided it was the right thing to do. you spoke to david attenborough yesterday, there is darkness in nature, he has said in the past, it is not all sunshine and light. what did he make of the decision? think he is right. one of the things about the whole dynasty series is that you get the sense of the ups and downs and the realities of it. he said he thought we did the right thing. people will probably ask me, would you have done it? you said, yes, iwould. me, david and the authorities down in antarctica will support what we did. have you ever been in a situation like that before, where you have been watching things unfold ? before, where you have been watching things unfold? and they have thought, you know what, we can't get involved, really? you spend an enormous amount of time and the

reality is that animals in trouble all the time. sometimes it would be too dangerous to intervene, or if you did try, you would not change the outcome and make it worse. that is david's point. normally you have no choice and there is nothing you can do. it is still harrowing. and it is to watch, it is notjust moments like that. we had david and luther, the chimpanzees in episode one. people have been contacting us this morning to talk about being in tea rs, this morning to talk about being in tears, some people having to switch off, when we had the incident when the penguin chick was trying to go from it starred to its mum —— from its dad to its mum, and eventually its dad to its mum, and eventually it didn't end up with it's true pa rents. it didn't end up with it's true parents. it was difficult for some people to watch? well, as i say, when we embarked on this series

there is always the temptation... i can't think of the term, to sugar—coat what happens in nature. that is probably not right. there are these realities, what goes on in the natural world. there are triumphs and tragedies. because of the extraordinary way that animals will not give up, it almost always ends up with a uplifting moment. that is very life affirming. but you can't ignore the realities of natural history. these are not fairy stories, they are true stories.” wasn't the only one shouting at the television, give back the penguin! wasn't the only one shouting at the television, give back the penguinll very unusual thing to see as well. when you spend this amount of time watching these animals, you do see things that are normally never seen. that's exciting as film—makers, because you are showing new bits of biology. millions of people tuning

in each week, what is there still to look forward to? next week is the lions, an amazing film. then we have walls and tigers. a pretty good run of great creatures and animals to come. there will be ups and downs, it will still be a roller—coaster. ultimately, i think they are really great and important films to see.” will prepare myself for next week's instalment. thank you very much our congratulations. i know you have been involved in many of these over the years, but it is another incredible piece of television that opens up the window on the world. thank you very much. thank you very much indeed. you have been loving it, haven't you? ithink it is great, asa it, haven't you? ithink it is great, as a parent with young children, you can make... well, not make them watch it, they want to watch it and learn about the world around them. and you see some of the harsh stuff, you get to talk about it and discuss these things. dynasties continues on sunday at 8pm on bbc one and you can catch up

with the first two episodes on the bbc iplayer. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. last week temperatures we re good morning. last week temperatures were above the average for november, this week they will go below average, turning significantly colder today, some fairly strong easterly winds. high—pressure situated toward scandinavia bringing his eastern wind, cold a locked in place across parts of russia, eastern europe, moving across the uk today pushing of milder conditions. through this morning some showers a fa ke through this morning some showers a fake and eastern areas of england,

those of ding westwards, into the midlands, perhaps in wales he could see the odd shower developing. quite a bit ofa see the odd shower developing. quite a bit of a round today, especially in the west. maximum temperatures reaching 7—10d. through this evening and tonight, we continue with showers feeding in across the east, some of those should turn wintry over tonight, northern scotland, some purist else here and there, overnight temperatures between a—6d. largely frost free night, the easterly wind strengthening as we go into tuesday, that wind continuing to blow in showers, mainly across eastern parts but quite a few drifting westwards. that easterly wind will be the main feature of the weather through tomorrow. quite strong in places. temperatures on the thermometer will be lower than

today, 5—8d. factor in the wind, it will feel more like freezing in norwich, 1 degrees, three degrees elsewhere. significantly colder. going into wednesday, a bit more of these as —— southeasterly wind, less colder towards the end of the week, the weather front in the south—west bringing rain. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with vishala sri—pathma and sally bundock. the brexit action moves to brussels where the 27 remaining countries meet to discuss the draft withdrawal agreement and finalise a joint political declaration on future relations between the eu and uk. live from london, that's our top story on monday 19 november. it's a crucial week for brexit — as theresa may presses

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