good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and mega munchetty. our headlines today: theresa may sends out 30 ministers across the uk to try to shore up last—minute support for her brexit deal. 02 customers are back online, but a review is ordered into the disruption that affected 32 million people. of a rescue mission‘s launched for the british sailor standed at sea during a round—the—world race. we are going to get through 300,000 tons of cardboard packaging this christmas, so where does it all come from and where does it all end up? i am at one of europe's largest recycling plants to find out how we could be reusing more. in sport, a fresh row over premier league tackling, as it's confirmed that liverpool defenderjoe gomez has broken his leg. good morning from the gorgeous

surroundings of lincoln cathedral. severe gales across parts of scotla nd severe gales across parts of scotland and western uk. things turn colder this weekend, plus what you do make one of these as a child? i will be talking about their significance here on breakfast. good morning. it's friday the 7th of december. our top story — at the end of one of the most turbulent weeks of her premiership, theresa may has sent out 30 of her senior ministers to schools, hospitals and businesses across the uk, to try and garner last minute support for her brexit deal. the pm has just a few days left to convince reluctant mps to back her withdrawal agreement before a vote on tuesday. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster this morning. we arejust over we are just over halfway of these five days of debate, leading up to tuesday. how do you see it going? lookout for a government minister in eu today. the prime minister has despatched 30 or so ministers across

the uk in a last—minute attempt to sell her brexit deal. chancellor is going to a school in chertsey, the chief secretary to the secretary being into local the scottish secretary hosting a roundtable discussion with business leaders in glasgow. this is all part of the attempt we have seen over the last couple of weeks to almost bypass mps, grow straight to the general public and get them to buy into theresa may's brexit deal in the hope that public opinion will shift towards it and those people will put russia on their mps to vote in favour of it in parliament. the trouble has been for theresa may that even though she has the working ha rd that even though she has the working hard in westminster convincing mps directly as well, there is still plenty of them who are intending to vote against it. what do you do if you are struggling to sell some in? she cannot lower the price, so she is borrowing in a few things for free. we have seen this attempt to get parliament to agree to have more ofa get parliament to agree to have more of a say in the event that the

controversial tax top arrangement to prevent a hard border in northern ireland if a trade deal cannot be done, then to give parliament more of the state of how, when and if that goes into force. the trouble is for the prime minister is that she has agreed with the eu in the withdrawal agreement which is legally binding. it that trade deal cannot be done, the backstop will be needed or the transition period and the negotiation period would need to be extended. there is this much that parliament can do certainly, those dead set against the deal, the dup who prop up the government, has said this is just not going to work and also conservative brexit is as staunchly conservatively prose opposed had met this with derision. there will be more to come in terms of the government trying everything it can to convince mps to vote for this deal when it comes before the house of commons on tuesday. thank you for taking us through that. the mobile network 02 has said all of its data services have been restored.

the company said a review will be carried out to discover why 32 million uk customers were unable to get online yesterday. our correspondent, jon donnison, has more. for many these days, life without a fully functioning smart phone is almost unimaginable. the cameras might have been working at this christmas market in manchester, but for 32 million 02 customers, not much else was. we basically haven't been able to use facebook. the thing is, i don't think you can send m essa 9 es is, i don't think you can send messages either. train times, to get us messages either. train times, to get us home. not good. in london, boss arrival screens which work off the 02 network were also out of action. a first world problem, you might say, but also very much one of our time. it is a digital catastrophe of the 21st century. we are out of internet, out of services, out of

oui’ internet, out of services, out of our loved ones and you buy, out of oui’ our loved ones and you buy, out of our capacity payment. the 02 network said the problem was a global one and down to equipment supplied by the telecoms firm ericsson. we know it isa the telecoms firm ericsson. we know it is a software issue. it has impacted a ericsson component, which has impacted networks across the globe injapan, has impacted networks across the globe in japan, china has impacted networks across the globe injapan, china and of course here in the uk. 02 says services should be back to normal this morning and it will be carrying out a review with ericsson. question is now being raised as to whether customers might be able to claim compensation. jon donnison, bbc news. the number of attacks on cash machines in the uk has nearly doubled in the last four years, according one of the biggest atm operators. ‘cardtronics' says there were more than 720 attempts to steal cash last year. less than half were successful. our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz, has more. to thieves, their faces covered,

getting ready to blow up a cash machine using gas. this is the explosion from the inside. a number of raids has been exhilarating. there were 400 tax in 2014, by last year the annual total was 722, nearly double. in almost half of the cases, fees do not yet the cash, but that doesn't stop them trying. in this raid, in a cotswold village, a stolen digger was used to smash the local banks machine. tougher policing in cities has pushed the ram raiding gangs into the country. last month, another machine ripped out in south lanarkshire, the smaller the neighbourhood, the more serious the impact. atm crime is not a victimless crime. it is an attack ona a victimless crime. it is an attack on a local community, it means people cannot get money out of the cash machine. 0ften people cannot get money out of the cash machine. often you will find the shop is damaged, which damages thatis the shop is damaged, which damages that is this as well. there has been

a spate of cash machines being blown up a spate of cash machines being blown up using gas and more ram raids. cardtronics says the uk has more attacks than anywhere else in europe. it wants harsher sentences and the surveillance. —— and that is surveillance. simon gompertz, bbc news. the father of a british tourist who's gone missing in new zealand has made an emotional appeal for help in finding his "outgoing, fun—loving" daughter. grace millane, who turned 22 on sunday, has not been in contact with her family since the 1st of december and concerns are growing for her welfare. in a press conference in auckland, david millane urged anyone who may have seen her to get in touch. grace is an outgoing, fun loving daughter. grace has never been out of co nta ct daughter. grace has never been out of contact for this amount of time. she is usually in daily contact with either her mother, myself, her two brothers, members of the family on social media. a rescue mission is underway to reach a british sailor whose boat was destroyed in a storm during a solo round the world yacht challenge.

29—year—old susie goodall is the only woman taking part in the golden globe race. her location in the pacific is so remote the nearest vessel is not expected to reach her until tonight. jon kay has more. this is the call susie goodall made after her boat flipped over. in the southern pacific ocean, alone, injured and thousands of miles from dry land. the 29—year—old set sail injuly and was coming fourth in one of the world ‘s most ruling events, when she hit a ferocious storm. speaking before the race, she knew the southern ocean would be the toughest pa rt southern ocean would be the toughest part of her round the world challenge. i am sure there will be times down their that ijust think,

what the hell am i doing? this is horrendous. the boat isjust like what the hell am i doing? this is horrendous. the boat is just like a rag doll, being chucked around all over the place and i can do nothing about it. this chinese cargo ship is the closest vessel to her, it has been diverted hundreds of miles to challenging seas to rescue her. we are unsure whether they will be able to launch a small boat to go over and recover and come back and bring it on board again because of the sea state. if that is not possible, the captain is going to have two manoeuvre eight 190 metre vessel, about 45,000 tons, as close as he can to the yacht and susie will literally have to jump. on social media, all is —— she said all she wa nts media, all is —— she said all she wants is a nice cup of tea. the body of the former us president, george bush senior, has been laid to rest at his presidential library in college station, texas. after days of public tributes, including a state funeral in washington, he was buried in a private ceremony beside his wife, barbara, and daughter, robin. the casket travelled on a special train, slowing down through a number of towns along its 70—mile trip.

the international charity ‘doctors without borders' says it's been forced to end migrant rescue operations in the mediterranean carried out by its ship, ‘the aquarius'. the organisation blamed the decision on what it called a "sustained campaign of slander and obstruction by european governments." the aquarius had been the last charity rescue ship still operating. a seven—year—old boy from afghanistan, who became famous online for his devotion to footballer lionel messi, has been forced to flee his home for the second time. murtaza ahmadi went viral in 2016 after being photographed wearing a homemade messi shirt, fashioned out of a plastic bag. his family say they have abandoned their home after receiving threats from the taliban. they have escaped to the capital, kabul. the lead singer of the punk rock band ‘buzzcocks', pete shelley, has died at the age of 63. it's thought he suffered a heart attack in estonia, where he was living. the band who formed in the 19705 are best known for their hit ‘ever fallen in love'.

the group have described him as "one of the uk's most influential and prolific songwriters". musicians and fans have been paying tribute to him online. a tweet on the official twitter page for the group describes him as "one of the uk's most influential and prolific songwriters". the charlatans' singer tim burgess said his "perfect three—minute pop songs" were "the soundtrack to being a teenager". and peter hook, co—founder ofjoy division and new order, described him as a "true gent", adding that he wouldn't be where he is today if it weren't for him. we will be talking a little more about him throughout the programme this morning. it is 12 minutes past six. time to talk sport. good morning. good morning. 0ften

six. time to talk sport. good morning. good morning. often we talk about bad tackles and bad behaviour on the pitch butjurgen klopp was angry. of course, and the manager of ea rd ley, angry. of course, and the manager of eardley, he incidentally on wednesday, between liverpool and burnley, it was an awkward looking tackle againstjoe gomez and at the time, after the match, sean seemed more upset, thinking there was an overreaction and has accused liverpool of cheating and falling over. it has now emerged he has broken his leg and this has put tackling back on the agenda. liverpool say their defender joe gomez will be out for up to six week after breaking his leg in their win over burnley. jurgen klopp was really unhappy with the tackles in the game, but the burnley boss says his side did nothing wrong. uk sport are set announce this morning how £3 million of funding will be divided.

we could hear later whether cricketers alex hales and ben stokes will be punished for bringing the game into disrepute following an incident outside a bristol nightclub last year. they've been in front of a cricket disciplinary board. and a surprise exit at the uk snooker championships, as former champion judd trump is knocked out. he was beaten byjoe perry, who will now play tom ford in the quarter—finals later today, ronnie 0'sullivan in action later too. and you can follow all of the action, the coverage starts at 1pm on the bbc sport website. earlier on when we were doing our headline rehearsals, charlie held this one up and what you say? that is my childhood. straightaway, it took the back. that is the chris tingle orange. a whole lot of us were

learning, we don't know what it was. asa learning, we don't know what it was. as a child you didn't understand it, but it was good fun to make. there are suites and you get to eat them eventually. they all have a meaning. —— sweets. eventually. they all have a meaning. -- sweets. i bet you knew all about these in lincoln cathedral? good morning, yes we certainly do. there is one we made earlier on. let me say a very good morning from the gorgeous surroundings of lincoln cathedral. this is a spectacular structure, perched on the hill up here in lincoln. it has got almost 1000 years of history. the reason we are here is that lincoln cathedral has some significance to this, the very first christingle service was brought to the uk 50 years ago. there is a service this evening at 530 to commemorate that. christingle, of course we will be talking about it in the morning, linked to the children's society, raising money for children at this time of the year and the

significance we will talk about as we go throughout the morning. talk about the weather as well. a day of severe weather for some of you because we have severe gales set to affect mainly part of scotland and the western half of the uk. could see 60, 70, maybe 80 mph gust across scotla nd see 60, 70, maybe 80 mph gust across scotland today, that could lead to travel disruption. a day where the wind will get stronger and stronger for many. is linked into that deep area of low pressure pushing into the north—west of northern ireland and into western parts of scotland. we have seen a weather front push its way southwards through the night, that has brought heavy rain across england and wales. what's of service water around and he went in the morning rush—hour. that these out of the wake —— out of the way to bring sunshine, showers most frequent in the west but the wind continues to pick up. widespread gales developing across the uk, the western half we could see 50, 60 on oui’ western half we could see 50, 60 on our gust we're and maybe 70 or 80. two temperatures at the highest this

morning will drop through the day probably only around 11 degrees by the time of the mystic afternoon. a much fresh end to the afternoon as we see a mixture of clear skies and showers. there was a windy through the night particularly across western areas and the north—east of scotland. that will stop temperatures from dropping away too much but further heavy and thundery showers and pretty lengthy ones across north—east england and ireland to take us into the weekend. lot of sunshine to start tomorrow morning. still, gales blowing for many of you, wind will have elite ease across the north of scotland going into the days. after a bright start with a few showers, more showers to the afternoon on saturday. some of those could be lengthy, particularly in the west. temperatures back down into single figures across the north, 10— paul celsius in the south. very windy through saturday night into sunday across england and wales. the wind easing a little bit into sunday, overnight rain will clear southwards, lots of sunshine ran on sunday, a few showers here and there

across the west, those turning wintry across scotland and by sunday, you will notice a big drop in temperature. a much colder end to the weekend, but certainly today some very strong the weekend, but certainly today some very strong winds around this morning and into the afternoon, especially across scotland and the northern half of the uk. i will have more throughout the morning. back to you both. see you later on. let's take a look at today's front pages. the telegraph asks, "what now, prime minister?" and carries a picture of theresa may next to the downing street christmas tree. ministers offered her four options, including postponement of the vote, but came away it's a break it when she wouldn't commit to them. —— exasperated. concerns about the nhs is the lead for several newspapers, with the times reporting that official figures show five million patients are forced to wait more than three weeks for a gp appointment every month. the paper also carries a picture of human rights lawyer amal clooney, who accepted a global citizen of the year award

in new york. the guardian also leads with the nhs story. it suggests that nhs england chief executive simon stevens is at loggerheads with the government over the improvements that can be expected in return for the extra £20 billion theresa may promised. there is also a picture of michael caines, one ofjust two black head chefs with a michelin star in britain. he says the lack of diversity in the industry needs to be urgently addressed. the daily mail reports on the mayhem suffered by 32 million smartphone owners, who were left without mobile internet coverage, because of a blackout on 02's network. the picture is of actor 0livia coleman, who plays queen anne in the favourite and has been nominated for a golden globe award. we understand those problems with the 02 network are over. good news, but lots of people were in lots of problems yesterday, more than 30 million people. frustrating. in some ways it was quite liberating. you couldn't text, you had to use a wi—fi based at to chat if you could be bothered, and some of your

e—mails weren't coming through when you weren't around wi—fi —— app. lots of people were happy or unhappy depending on your outlook, they had to have physical conversations with people instead! my mother struggled yesterday, she tried to do christmas shopping and wanted to send ideas through messenger and thought i was ignoring her all afternoon. sorry, mum,| ignoring her all afternoon. sorry, mum, i wasn't ignoring you! ignoring her all afternoon. sorry, mum, iwasn't ignoring you! do ignoring her all afternoon. sorry, mum, i wasn't ignoring you! do you know what you're going to get? know, the messages still haven't come through! the mystery remains. thanks for that, 02! a through! the mystery remains. thanks forthat, 02! a bit through! the mystery remains. thanks for that, 02! a bit of a sibling rivalry in the sports papers, which we love in sports, but this is two brothers from antrim in northern ireland who have to play each other at the men's hockey world cup in india. 0ne plays for ireland, one plays for england. 0ne brother switched allegiances, the geld corn brothers, paul and mark. though both played together growing up, but one brother

decided he would have a better chance at the olympics if they switched. for the first time they have to face each other on the international stage and it's in a very important match. the loser goes home. right. are there any more of the family who play hockey? the father is a big fan, they have a is big sporting background. until now the father wears two shirts. there's no word yet on what he will be wearing on top. i don't know if it's the england or ireland shirt. it puts him in a difficult position, what do you do? who do you support? exactly. your favourite child on that day. pick one and go with it on that day. pick one and go with it on that date! i've got something on the brexit debate, going on for all those hours and hours.|j brexit debate, going on for all those hours and hours. i found myself strangely glued, as it came to its conclusion, about 7:30pm or

8pm last night... an insight into charlie's evening! strangely, people have questioned, why are they debating? quite a few mps have asked, what's the point, we have made our minds up and we'rejust coming up and saying what we're going to do. it's quite compelling when you start watching. the debate stops and immediately afterwards there's another session, which, if i'm honest, was a lot more interesting. it was a special motion about the welfare of seahorses. interesting. it was a special motion about the welfare of seahorseslj didn't about the welfare of seahorses.” didn't think that was going that way to be honest! there was a bill brought to parliament about what we're doing to save the sea was. the iwatch lived for 15 or 20 minutes and it was compelling. 33 species of sea horse i can tell you in the world —— i watched it. there's an illegal trade. it's a real problem.

the only two species of sea horse around the uk are short and long snouted seahorses, those are the only two. just in case you were at all concerned, this wildlife programme will continue on bbc two... who doesn't love a seahorse? we do, charlie. not as much as you! do we have a seahorse we can show? no, we haven't got a picture. in amongst the magnus of brexit, other things are discussed in parliament, including something about the waltzes bash madness. i'm sharing that with you, that's all! —— about seahorses —— madness. that with you, that's all! —— about seahorses -- madness. you've all missed a trick! 6:26am is the time. other news to bring you, and not brexit related! teaching used to be considered a career for life, but new data shows the government has now missed recruitment targets

for new teachers for the sixth year running, and fewer people are choosing to stay in the profession long—term. as part of our educating uk series, jayne mccubbin spent the day with one new teacher to find out about the challenges she's facing. it's the start of a new day, and a new career at stretford i. sit. i was detective constable smallwood greater manchester police in the child protection unit, now i'm mrs smallwood, science teacher. they july smallwood, science teacher. they july to ask various different questions, whether i've been shot, whether i've shot anybody. sitdown, everybody. who is it easier to manage, children or criminals? criminals, definitely. she says children are the easy part of this job. it's the red tape and financial constraints that are the biggest challenge. yeah, i mean, the budget

cuts to the schools are immense, and i'm very fortunate that i have 88 in quite a lot of my lessons. so what's the next step, what do we have to do them? the teaching assistants, if they're starting to be removed from certain schools, it will have a detrimental effect and could lead to other teachers leaving. what sort of percentages... and teachers are leaving at a greater rate than those joining. the government has missed recruitment targets for the 60 year running. the last lap shot ta ken targets for the 60 year running. the last lap shot taken shows 22% of new teachers were not teaching after two yea rs, teachers were not teaching after two years, a third by the fifth—year. 40% were gone by year ten, though later returned. heads and unions say this is a national crisis. we have more teachers leaving, therefore there a bigger gap. we have more pupils in the system, so we have an even bigger gap. a lot of new who are coming in and want to do a really, really good job, are coming in and want to do a really, really goodjob, but are coming in and want to do a really, really good job, but because the gap is so significant, the

workload becomes too much. so, how did youryear8 workload becomes too much. so, how did your year 8 lesson go... at break time, did your year 8 lesson go... at breaktime, a did your year 8 lesson go... at break time, a catch up with her mentor. adam is in year 5 of his new career and feeling the pressure. we've had and feeling the pressure. we've had a massive change with the gcse in the last year. stressful? very stressful, and funding is a massive problem. do you see yourself getting to the 10—year mark or you're one of the 40% that decide to bail out? to the 10—year mark or you're one of the 4096 that decide to bail out? i'd hoped i wouldn't be one of the 40%, i hope things don't get to that point. the department of education told us they have taken steps to improve teachers' worklife balance and pay, and while there's more money going into education than ever before, they recognise the challenges schools face. off to go! education has been protected from cuts more than other sectors, but schools have still faced cuts. the police were going through exactly the same thing. their budgets were getting slashed, and it was really noticeable. ijust hope that it doesn't go the same way

because these are our children's lives in the future, and they need to be able to excel. after an hour of prep for tomorrow, today draws to a close. teacher first, which recruited and trained mrs smallwood, said there are 300,000 teachers in the uk who aren't currently teaching. schemes like this hope to entice some of them back tojoin brand—new recruits, hopefully for good. it's a steep learning curve, but it has been really, really good. i can see it being my future. new teachers, can you imagine, the hope of trying to make a difference. it is daunting, isn't it? so much expected of them and a lot of pressure. jane will be carrying on with that series through the coming weeks as well. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. a 28 year—old is suing the met police after his name and address appeared

on a leaked gangs list. lawyers for the man, whose name was included on the document in newham, claim he's been left fearing for his safety after a relative got hold of the information and sent it to him. the information commissioner's office is carrying out an investigation into newham council over the alleged breach. business leaders in london have published a list of key things they say employers in the capital want to see after brexit. lobby group london first says scrapping migration targets and capping wages are top of their list, according to a new report. they'd also like top see more home—grown talent trained up, but this alone can't currently plug the gaps if migrants leave in numbers. we thrives as a city, we survive as a city because of international workers. we need migrants to keep coming here, and that's why we need a system that is fair and managed

and a system that balances both the need for access with the need for sensible controls. thames water has reported a large fall in half—year profits, and says extreme weather has hindered its ability to fix leaks and overhaul its infrastructure. the company said the cold winter earlier this year had caused pipes to burst, while the summer heatwave had brought supply problems. pre—tax profits fell by nearly half to £67 million, down from £129 million a year earlier. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. but minor delays on the overground from stratford to richmond and clapham junction and euston to watford junction. on the roads, traffic‘s building on the a13 into town from the goresbrook interchange. pentonville road is closed eastbound from baron street to a1 islington high street for gas mains work. now the weather, with mel coles.

morning a soggy start to the day. heavy rain around at the moment but that will gradually clear and the skies will start to brighten up but it will be a blustery day. at the moment, temperatures in double figures underneath this cloud and with the rain. heavy bursts in here before it clears out to the east later this morning to leave brighter skies. it will remain windy throughout the day and maybe one or two showers this afternoon. those temperatures dipping as we head through the day, so a maximum of around nine celsius this afternoon. heading into this evening, well, very similar regime. we keep the winds gusting at around 30—35 mph. some dry, clear spells but one or two blustery showers in the mix too and temperatures dipping down to lows of around five celsius. we're inforafairly lows of around five celsius. we're in for a fairly windy weekend, particularly later on saturday and into sunday. on saturday, some showers could merge together to bring longer spells of rain. sunday

good start with a few showers but looks like it will an improving picture. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it's back to charlie and naga. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. the time is exactly 6:30 a.m.. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning — ben's at europe's biggest cardboard and paper recycler, finding out what we can do to reduce the amount of packaging we use over christmas. also this morning, british sailor susie goodall was in fourth position in a round—the—world race when a storm destroyed her yacht three days ago. she's still in the pacific ocean waiting to be rescued, we'll speak to the founder of the race just after eight.

and after 9, we'll be joined by reality tv star turned singer, megan mckenna, on the day she releases herfirst album. all that still to come. but now a summary of this morning's main news. at the end of one of the most turbulent weeks of her premiership, theresa may has sent out 30 of her senior ministers to schools, hospitals and businesses across the uk, to try and garner last minute support for her brexit deal. the prime minister has just a few days left to convince reluctant mps to back her withdrawal agreement before a vote in the commons on tuesday. the mobile network 02 has said all of its data services have been restored. the company blamed a software problem and said a review will be carried out to discover why 32 million uk customers were unable to get online yesterday.

let us know if that is your experience this morning. we are getting one or two contracts from people saying they still not able to use the system. i know one thing that helps, i restarted my phone. let us know, keep in touch. it seems ironic to say get in touch if you cannot use your phone, but you can e—mail us. the father of a british tourist who's gone missing in new zealand has made an emotional appeal for help in finding his "outgoing, fun—loving" daughter. grace millane, who turned 22 on sunday, has not been in contact with her family since the 1st of december and concerns are growing for her welfare. in a press conference in auckland, david millane urged anyone who may have seen her to get in touch. the number of attacks on cash machines in the uk has nearly doubled in the last four years, according one of the biggest atm operators. cardtronics says there

were more than 720 attempts to steal cash last year. less than half were successful. the company says the thefts are highly dangerous and often involve ram—raids or gas explosions. oxford and cambridge accept more students from just eight private schools, than from almost three—thousand english state schools put together, according to research by social mobility charity, the sutton trust. they say the universities need to do more to attract students from a wide range of backgrounds. oxford and cambridge say they welcome the idea of providing more support to improve access. families with young children are being warned about the dangers of button batteries, following the death of a child who had swallowed one. commonly found around the house in toys, remote controls and car fobs — the small, round batteries can cause serious internal burns if ingested. a rescue mission is underway to reach a british sailor whose boat was destroyed in a storm during a solo round the world yacht challenge.

29—year—old susie goodall is the only woman taking part in the golden globe race. her location in the pacific is so remote the nearest vessel is not expected to reach her until tonight. the lead singer of the punk rock band ‘buzzcocks', pete shelley, has died at the age of 63. it's thought he suffered a heart attack in estonia, where he was living. the band who formed in the 19705 are best known for their hit ‘ever fallen in love'. the group have described him as "one of the uk's most influential and prolific songwriters". we will be looking back on his light and influence on the music scene, later in the programme. it is time to talk to the holy. what are we talking about in sport? joe gomez

and a picture on the front page of him looking pathetic in crutches. this was after the burnley and liverpool game on wednesday night and at the time, the burnley manager described it as a fantastic tackles pi thinkjurgen klopp might disagree. this has put tackling back on the agenda, with liverpool confirming joe gomez has reckon his legs —— has broken his leg. it happened in their win over burnley on wednesday night. burnley boss defended his player saying it was a ‘fantastic tackle', butjurgen klopp wasn't happy with any of the challenges — comparing it to ten pin bowling. i really think the referee should have said earlier, something. i told mr dean that if you don't say be careful, they do it and do it until stopping happens and now it has happened. i did know whose fault it was, but it was a challenge, you cannotjudge the was, but it was a challenge, you cannot judge the tempo was, but it was a challenge, you cannotjudge the tempo or nothing, you put him away and the injury

threat is massive. staying with football, and manchester united's marouane fellaini won't be punished for pulling the hair of arsenal's matteo guendouzi. it happened in their 2—2 draw at old trafford — loads of arsenal fans furious with fellaini, but the fa won't take further action, because the referee saw it and awarded a free kick. the arsenal boss unai emery says there's a simple way to make sure it doesn't happen again. i think the best is for the next match, cutting the hairfor matteo and this problem is finished. like fellaini. fourteen sports have been given a chunk of money to help them compete at the next olympic and paralympiuc games. wheelchair basketball is the biggest beneficiary from uk sport's ‘aspiration fund' — skateboarding, weightlifting and table tennis have also been given money. many of these sports lost their funding after the last games, and the aim is to give athletes the best chance to compete at tokyo 2020. we'll be live from london's largest

indoor skatepark in dagenham in an hour to find out more. ben stokes and alex hales should find out today if they'll face any further punishment after that fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year. stokes was found not guilty of affray in court earlier this year, but has spent the last couple of days in front of a cricket disciplinary panel alongside hales. they're both charged with bringing cricket into disrepute. the disgraced cyclist lance armstrong says an investment in the taxi app uber has saved his family. he was stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned for life in 2012 because he admitted to using performance enhancing drugs. that's meant he's had to pay more than £90 million in settlements and legal fees, but he says he's made tens of millions of pounds from a relatively small investment he made in uber when the company was just starting out. there's been a couple of surprise exits at the uk

snooker championship in york. former champion judd trump has been knocked out. the world number five came in as one of the favourites but was beaten byjoe perry, who will now play tom ford in the quarter—finals later today. and on the other table, two—time champion ding junhui was beaten by martin o'donnell. he'll now face defending champion ronnie o'sullivan in the last eight. and forget ball boys, how about ball dogs. these guys are helping with the champions tennis event that's being held at the royal albert hall at the moment. they've had good training too, tim henman's been involved,

he says they need "lightning speed, endless endurance and good concentration". know that it way to teach a dog and do it yourself. —— no better way. they were retrieving the balls, any dogs i have tried to teach to fetch, thatis dogs i have tried to teach to fetch, that is the problem, getting it back off them again. i do think they would work well in tennis.” off them again. i do think they would work well in tennis. i took my cat to play fetched. i have two cats that can play fetch. they struggle with a tennis ball, presumably. what do you get them to use? tiny little play in mice. it is 6:39 a.m.. this morning we're remembering buzzcocks frontman pete shelly, who has died suddenly at the age of 63. in a tweet, the band described him as "one of the uk's most influential and prolific songwriters" — a sentiment held by music journalistjohn robb, who joins us now. good morning john. you knew him well, didn't you? anything about his

health, did you know he was not well? not at all, no. he was 63, young, touring all of his life. it is an utter shock. he lived in estonia. yes, i go there a lot, my friend lives next door to him. it is a nice place. he had family there, so a nice place. he had family there, so he got married and living in estonia. he is from here, one of ours, north—west. brilliant songwriter. take us back to those early days and that song, can we play a little bit now? everybody knows it, yeah. can wejust play a little bit now? everybody knows it, yeah. can we just play that now? we can't do it yet, tell us that now? we can't do it yet, tell us the influence of the buzzcocks. is enormous. to me, i think he is one of the best melody right of this country has ever produced. he wrote about complexes of love in a simple way, a beautiful. very important

punk rock and culturally, because he brought the sex pistols up to manchester, that gig, and had put out the first independent record in 1977. so many things that were so important that they did musically, culturally, on every single level possible. we were playing it there, let's play it a little bit. the song that most people know them for. how did they start? they started out at an art school, they read the reviews of the sex pistols, pre— internet age where don't know how to find these bands. they wanted to stumble upon the gig because they want to start a punk band is nobody knew

what it was and they went back and formed it in the north—west of england. this is in 1976. they put the sex pistols gig on so they could way but they couldn't play the first one because they were not ready. so naive and so innocent and so beautiful the way it was all done. but he transcended all about because he was such an incredibly talented songwriter. the song everybody knows is just songwriter. the song everybody knows isjust one of like songwriter. the song everybody knows is just one of like so many songs that he wrote that were great. i think people only know that song is because they have not investigated the other stuff. had they been performing recently? yes, they split up performing recently? yes, they split upfora performing recently? yes, they split up for a long time and then were a reunion. it was like chip ox gigs, every single song it is like my god, that one is delete. i do think they to bad to. i am to send to obviously to bad to. i am to send to obviously to but i to they are great. they got bigger, but they should have been

bigger. number one, but they always got to number ten or 15 in the charts. they should have been like the beatles. the quality of songwriting was good enough to be at that level. lots of people talk about when they pass it was a really good person, but the word nice, modest, these are words used around him. i interviewed him so many times. you would say, you start the whole manchester music scene and he would say i never did it, he never took the credit or anything, for the first independent record, the massive influence and ten is. they we re massive influence and ten is. they were saying the buzzcocks, one of our key parts of cultural dna of us is that you never take credit. how do you explain what they did with a manchester music scene? you spoke about them having an independent label and putting their own music out. and bringing the sex pistols out. and bringing the sex pistols out. that gig was 76, they have played out of london three times but that was a key e—commerce first time they realise they had an audience outside of london. what buzzcocks

did is that it took a rock away from this small group of 50 people in london, gave it to manchester and by extension, the whole world. something tells me that as you describe a moment ago, there may be people who are not that familiar with their music, as is often the case, when some body dies they are drawn to it. that often happens. case, when some body dies they are drawn to it. that often happensm a celebration. we should celebrate this incredible, mercurial talent, buzzcocks —— pete shelly. for those who don't have a story, please don't listen to them, there are so many great songs, not just that one listen to them, there are so many great songs, notjust that one song, a fantastic song anyway, but the first three albums there is not a bad song on their. everything will song is fantastic. good to see you this morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. matt is at lincoln cathedral for us this morning to mark 50 years since the first christingle service was held there, matt. good matt. morning. yes, certainly is,

naga. good morning. yes, certainly is, naga. good morning. we're in the gorgeous surroundings of lincoln cathedral, we've mentioned christingle in the past hour or so, but holding examples of them and to tell us more is the dean of lincoln cathedral, riverina christine wilson. good morning. we havejo jenkins from the children's society —— reverend christine wilson. what is the significance of what you're holding? the christingle represents... there's lots of symbolism here, you have the orange, representing the world. a red ribbon around it, representing the love of god, then these four sticks with the fruit on remind us of creation and the seasons of the year. the candle, which is lit, reminds us of the light of shining in the world. what is the significance of christingle with lincoln cathedral? were celebrating today with the children's society the fact that 50 yea rs children's society the fact that 50 years ago today the first

christingle service happened in lincoln cathedral. there's a special service tonight, isn't there? there is, at 5:30pm. we hope lincoln locals will come along with families and children and join in. good luck with that. joe is here from these children's society. with that. joe is here from these child ren's society. —— with that. joe is here from these children's society. —— joe jenkins from the children's society. it was brought overfrom from the children's society. it was brought over from germany in the 1700. what does it mean?‘ brought over from germany in the 1700. what does it mean? a lifeline for kids to change their lives. thanks to the awareness we've help 1 million children. there'si million more that have serious difficulties in theirlife. we more that have serious difficulties in their life. we can make a real difference to their lives through services. good luck with everything. many of us, myself included, remember making one of them at school and there will be many more. good luck this evening. thanks for

joining us. we will be here through the morning, hearing about christingle and i might have a go at making one myself. pretty windy across the country. the chance of travel disruption in northern and western areas in particular. may be severe gales blowing and we could see 50 —60 mph winds in western parts, maybe 80 mph in western parts, maybe 80 mph in western scotland. take it easy if you're on the move. adhered area of low pressure in the north—west bringing the stronger winds, but rain in england at the moment at a fair rate —— a deep area. a quite wet night. much of england and wales will brighten up with sunshine and a scattering of showers, showers heavy and thundery, especially in the west, drier in the east. longer spells of rain and blizzards over the scottish mountains as the area of low pressure groups in. the winds could hit 70 or 80 mph —— drives in.

temperatures will drop through the day as the rain clears from the south of east —— south and east. overnight, staying windy with severe gales in places. continuing to steve showers in western areas. northern ireland and north—west england could see the strongest winds, 60 or 70 mph —— to say. clear skies around for many. because of the strong breeze —— continuing to see. heavy showers in the north—west midlands, north england, north wales. dry an u psta rt north england, north wales. dry an upstart elsewhere, showers developing widely —— dry an upstart. for england and wales, staying windy, keeping temperatures in low single figures in northern scotland and ten to 12 in the far south of england cash dry enough start. sw areas could see 70 mph —— dry enough start. still a blustery day on sunday with overnight rain clearing.

a day of largely sunny conditions, showers around the coast, wintry in northern scotland and by sunday, eve ryo ne northern scotland and by sunday, everyone will feel significantly colder. temperatures for most in single figures. a noticeable windchill and the real risk of coastal flooding down the north sea coasts. quite a lively spell of weather over the next few days. take it easy on the roads, we could see severe gales, especially in scotland, northern ireland and northern england in particular. back to naga and charlie. thanks very much, matt, we'll get back to you later. we're talking about what you do with paper generally but particularly christmas wrapping paper, how it can be recycled and who does that. can you not recycle it? summed you can, some you can't apparently. is it all about the glitter? it's about the construction of the paper but we'll find out. a giant factory, we love factories, this is where they recycle paper. tell us more. this is milton keynes,

europe's largest manufacturer and recycler of cardboard boxes. this place gets through millions of them and this is the busiest time of year for them of course. millions of parcels and boxes being sent around the country. it's partly because of two things, one, the bush to use more online shopping, more of us using online shopping and that uses boxes —— the push. the backlash against plastic means we're using much more cardboard. they're cashing in on that here. it's also because cardboard is pretty efficient. 82% of it gets recycled, and that's exactly what they do here. let's talk to a couple of guests, isabel and martin. isabel is from dh smith, and martin. isabel is from dh smith, and martin. isabel is from dh smith, and martin can tell us about all things recycling. isabel, we were chatting earlier, fascinating, a cardboard box i got something in today, in two weeks i could get the

same box back recycled? absolutely. what happened is cardboard boxes are fully recyclable up to 25 times. if you get the box at home, it can definitely be a good time to get it back 25 times again. tell me about this place, it's an absolutely huge site. what do you do here? you make them but you recycle them as well? not here. we are getting recycled boxes in. about 2 million boxes a day we shipped out from here. even before christmas is more, because we wa nt before christmas is more, because we want to ensure our end customers get their christmas gifts on time. approximately 2 million boxes a day going out here. recycling them back after two weeks and then, yeah, over 25 times. let's introduce martin, martin, good morning. you're responsible for doing a lot of the recycling and making sure councils get that right. when you hear that,

it might strike fear into your heart, the number of boxes we are using right now, but the fact it is cardboard is good because it's more recycla ble ? cardboard is good because it's more recyclable? we've all seen the massive growth in online shopping over the last few years, that means we get these boxes delivered and what's important is we don'tjunk them but we get them recycled. one thing i'm encouraging people to do is to crush the boxes. rather than keeping a big stack, crush them, get them in the recycling bin and virtually every council in the country has recycling for paper and ca rd country has recycling for paper and card and we can get them back into circulation as new boxes for christmas shopping. a word on how you make us more recyclable, cards and wrapping paper in a moment, but you need to get rid of sellotape and sta ples ? you need to get rid of sellotape and staples? if you can, don't go overboard, if you can get rid of the tape am a great. if there's bit on there, don't worry, that won't contaminate too badly. do what you can but get the boxes back into the recycling bin. how do we make sure we get a lot of... all these boxes

coming through, how do we make sure they are the right boxes for the right people, there's a lot of criticism, isn't there, when you buy something that's this big and it comes in a box this big. how do you get that right? first of all, you can't have every box size for every product or every order that goes out. that's not possible. what we are working on is a completely new innovation called microfit, a packaging machine that sizes the pack around the products that will be sent out. a new innovative way of shipping things. all the usb sticks going out in big boxes, that's the past. in the future it won't happen. good to know. as promised, not only cardboard boxes, wrapping paper, christmas cards, how do we make sure those get recycled ? christmas cards, how do we make sure those get recycled? they are a bit more complicated. they are. on christmas day you have the cards and the trees and everything else. a few things,

wrapping paper, do the scrunch test, if it stays scrunched, you can re cycle. if it stays scrunched, you can recycle. if it brings back open, plastic coating, straight back into the bin, get rid. cards with tinsel on, no good. if you can get it off, fine. otherwise straight into the rubbish bin. anything like those, straight into the rubbish bin. that is recycle as much as we can. —— bow. the plane the better stop bring in the good old days it was brown paper, not any more! thanks very much. —— the plainer the better. bring back the good old days, it was brown paper, not any more. i will show you around later after 7am. much more advice. we will put it online on facebook and twitter, check out the advice to make sure you know what you can recycle this christmas to make sure you get rid of some of that stuff. but for now,

and charl and of some of that stuff. but for now, and charland 90, of some of that stuff. but for now, and charl and 90, back to you. -- charlie and naga. if it springs back, don't put it in the recycling, that's the rule! seahorses, you have engaged lots of people in seahorses, your interest in them and the debate in parliament yesterday. isn't that lovely, a seahorse! i don't know what kind that is. i drew attention to this because after the brexit debate yesterday there was a session in the house of commons about the endangered species of seahorses, 33 across the world. two live around the coast of the uk, the long and short snouted seahorses and real concern about their welfare. everybody loves a seahorse. jackie has got in touch, she says they're very important, naga, i was amused when you are talking about it because it was so left field for me. she says they are found in dorset, there are campaigns to protect them there. people use them for

jewellery, that's one of the problems, they are used for jewellery among other things. a real problem. very pretty! and the males give birth, which is one of their unique things. they carry the baby is. they give birth. they don't create the babies —— they carry the baby is. seahorse news all the way this morning! —— they carry the babies. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. a 28 year—old is suing the met police after his name and address appeared on a leaked gangs list. lawyers for the man, whose name was included on the document in newham, claim he's been left fearing for his safety after a relative got hold of the information and sent it to him. the information commissioner's office is carrying out an investigation into newham council over the alleged breach. business leaders in london have published a list of key things they say employers in the capital want to see after brexit. lobby group london first says scrapping migration targets

and capping wages are top of their list, according to a new report. they'd also like top see more home—grown talent trained up, but this alone can't currently plug the gaps if migrants leave in numbers. we thrive as a city, we survive as a city because of international workers. we need migrants to keep coming here, and that's why we need a system that is fair and managed and a system that balances both the need for access with the need for sensible controls. we're all familiar with many different bike hire schemes in the capital but could e—bikes persuade more people into the saddle? the american firm lime are launching 1000 electric powered bikes in brent and d—link. they are docklands and will cost £1 to unlock and then 15p per minute. —— and ealing.

let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. but minor delays on the overground from stratford to richmond and clapham junction and euston to watford junction. on the roads, traffic‘s building on the a13 into town from the goresbrook interchange, dagenham. traffic's building on the a406 north circular road westbound from brownlow road, bounds green. in tottenham, white hart lane is closed in both directions between creighton road and a1010 high road due to a collision. now the weather, with mel coles. good morning. it's a soggy start to the day. we've got some heavy rain around at the moment, but that will gradually clear and the skies will start to brighten up but it will be a blustery day. at the moment, temperatures are in double figures underneath all this cloud and with the rain. there are going to be some heavy bursts in here before it clears out to the east later this morning to leave brighter skies. it will remain windy throughout the day and maybe one or two showers this afternoon.

those temperatures dipping as we head through the day, so a maximum of around nine celsius this afternoon. heading into this evening, well, very similar regime. we keep the winds gusting at around 30—35mph. some dry, clear spells but also one or two blustery showers in the mix too, and temperatures dipping down to lows of around five celsius. so we're in for a fairly windy weekend, particularly later on saturday and into sunday. on saturday, some showers could merge together to bring longer spells of rain. sunday will start off with a few showers but looks like it will an improving picture. 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 charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: theresa may sends out 30 ministers across the uk to try to shore up last—minute support for her brexit deal. 02 customers are back online, but a review is ordered into the disruption that affected 32 million of its customers. waiting to be rescued.

the british sailor stranded at sea during a round—the—world race. we are going to get through about 300,000 cardboard boxes this christmas, but where do they all come from and where do they go to's iamat come from and where do they go to's i am at europe's largest manufacturer and recycler of boxes in milton keynes this morning, to find out. in sport, a fresh row over premier league tackling, as it's confirmed that liverpool defenderjoe gomez has broken his leg. good morning from lincoln cathedral will i will have use of severe gales across scotland and the western half of the uk, turning colder this weekend, plus did you make one of these as a child? will be talking about the significance all this morning here on breakfast. it's friday the 7th of december.

our top story — at the end of one of the most turbulent weeks of her leadership, theresa may has sent out 30 of her senior ministers to schools, hospitals and businesses across the uk, to gather last—minute support for her brexit deal. the prime minister has just a few days left to convince reluctant mps to back her withdrawal agreement before a vote on tuesday. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster this morning. stepped outside, argue feeling the tension, we are more than halfway of these five days of debate running up to tuesday ‘s vote. these five days of debate running up to tuesday 's vote. you can feel the tension in the air at westminster, but today, certainly much of the government weekly here, they will be out and about across the uk. theresa may has dispatched 30 or so of her ministers to various parts of the country to sell her brexit deal directly to the people. the chancellor will be at the school,

the scottish secretary meeting business leaders in glasgow, the chief secretary to the treasury p°ppin9 chief secretary to the treasury popping into local butchers in norfolk. the idea behind this is, as we saw the prime minister doing last week not to go direct to the people and say this is the brexit deal the government has reached and as far as the prime minister is concerned, the message she has said that she is getting back is that we are on board and we want the government to get on with it. the trouble for the prime minister is that it is really the mps here at westminster she needs to convince convert, because many are opposed to her deal and we have heard that in today's debate this week, leading up to that big vote on tuesday that many, particularly conservative mps, remain to be convinced that is as deal is the right one. even though the tories are out and about today selling the deal, white is it they are selling the deal to people that matters, when actually it is the mps that

will be voting on tuesday?” when actually it is the mps that will be voting on tuesday? i think the hope is that the mps will see the hope is that the mps will see the public, for the most part, want the public, for the most part, want the government to get on with brexit, certainly that is what the prime minister is saying and they might think that if their constituents are putting pressure on them to vote for the deal, they might be persuaded. there is little sign that many mps have changed their minds in the last few days, so it seems as though the prime is heading for defeat. last night we had the primus talking about the potential of parliament having more ofa potential of parliament having more of a role if the controversial backstop comes into play to avoid a high border in northern ireland if a trade deal cannot you done. it does not seem that a plan to give poland more of a say is convincing anyone. thank you very much, jonathan blake there for us. the mobile network 02 has said all of its data services have been restored. the company said a review will be carried out to discover why 32 million uk customers were unable to get online yesterday. our correspondent, jon donnison, has more. for many these days, life without a fully—functioning

smart phone is almost unimaginable. the cameras might have been working at this christmas market in manchester, but for 32 million 02 customers, not much else was. we've not been able to use facebook. the thing is, i don't think you can send on imessage either. train times, to get us home. just not good, basically. in london, bus arrival screens which work off the 02 network were also out of action. a first world problem, you might say, but also very much one of our time. it is a digital catastrophe of the 21st century. we are out of internet, out of services, out of our loved ones neraby, out of capacity of payments. the 02 network said the problem was a global one and down to equipment supplied by the telecoms firm ericsson. we know it is a software issue. it has impacted an ericsson

component, which has impacted networks across the globe injapan, in china, and of course here in the uk. 02 says services should be back to normal this morning and that it will be carrying out a review with ericsson. the question is now being raised as to whether customers might be able to claim compensation. jon donnison, bbc news. lots of you have been getting in touch. we will get to some of those little later on and talk about it. the father of a british tourist who's gone missing in new zealand has made an emotional appeal for help in finding his "outgoing, fun—loving" daughter. grace millane, who turned 22 on sunday, has not been in contact with her family since the 1st of december and concerns are growing for her welfare. in a press conference in auckland, david millane urged anyone who may have seen her to get in touch. grace is a lovely, outgoing, fun—loving, family—oriented daughter. grace has never been out of contact for this amount of time. she is usually in daily contact with either her mother, myself, her two brothers,

members of the family on social media. the number of cash machine robberies in the uk has nearly doubled in the last four years, according one of the biggest atm operators. cardtronics says there were more than 720 attempts to steal cash last year. less than half were successful. our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz, has more. two thieves, their faces covered, getting ready to blow up a cash machine using gas. this is the explosion from the inside. the number of raids has been accelerating. there were 400 tax in 2014, by last year, the annual total was 722, nearly double. in almost half the cases, theives don't get the cash, but that doesn't stop them trying. in this raid, in a cotswold village, a stolen digger was used to smash the local banks machine. tougher policing in cities has pushed the ramraiding gangs into the country. last month, another machine ripped out in south lanarkshire,

the smaller the neighbourhood, the more serious the impact. atm crime is not a victimless crime. it is an attack on a local community, it means that people can't get money out of the cash machine. often you will find the shop is damaged, which damages that business as well. there has been a spate of cash machines being blown up using gas and more ramraids. cardtronics says the uk has more attacks than anywhere else in europe. it wants harsher sentences and better surveillance. simon gompertz, bbc news. oxford and cambridge universities accept more students from just eight private schools, than from almost 3,000 english state schools put together, according to research by social mobility charity, the sutton trust. they say more needs to be done to attract students from a wide range of backgrounds.

oxford university said it's aware it must work harder. cambridge said more support should be made available to pupils before they choose their a—level subjects. a rescue mission is underway to reach a british sailor whose boat was destroyed in a storm during a solo round the world yacht challenge. 29—year—old susie goodall is the only woman taking part in the golden globe race. her location in the pacific is so remote the nearest vessel is not expected to reach her until tonight. jon kay has more. this is the call susie goodall made after her boat flipped over. in the southern pacific ocean, alone, injured and thousands of miles from dry land. the 29—year—old set sail injuly and was coming fourth in one

of the world's most grueling events, when she hit a ferocious storm. speaking before the race, she knew the southern ocean would be the toughest part of her round the world challenge. i'm sure there will be times down there that i just think, what the hell am i doing? this is horrendous. the boat isjust like a rag doll, it's being chucked around all over the place and you can do nothing about it. this chinese cargo ship is the closest vessel to susie, it has been diverted hundreds of miles to challenging seas to rescue her. we are unsure whether they will be able to launch a small boat to go over and recover her and come back and bring it on board again, because of the sea state. if that is not possible, the captain is going to have to manoeuvre a 190 metre vessel, which is about 45,000 tonnes, as close as he can to the yacht and susie will literally have to jump. on social media, she said all she wants is a nice cup of tea. john kay, bbc news. the body of the former us president,

george bush senior, has been laid to rest at his presidential library in college station, texas. after days of public tributes, including a state funeral in washington, the casket travelled on a special train, slowing down through a number of towns along its 70—mile trip. he was buried in a private ceremony beside his wife, barbara, and daughter, robin. the international charity ‘doctors without borders' says it's been forced to end migrant rescue operations in the mediterranean carried out by its ship, ‘the aquarius'. the organisation blamed the decision on what it called a "sustained campaign of slander and obstruction by european governments." the aquarius had been the last charity rescue ship still operating. a seven—year—old boy from afghanistan, who became famous online for his devotion to footballer lionel messi, has been forced to flee his home for the second time. murtaza ahmadi went viral in 2016 after being photographed wearing a homemade messi shirt, fashioned out of a plastic bag. his family say they have abandoned their home after

receiving threats from the taliban. they have escaped to the capital, kabul. the lead singer of the punk rock band ‘buzzcocks', pete shelley, has died at the age of 63. it's thought he suffered a heart attack in estonia, where he was living. the band who formed in the 19705 are best known for their hit ‘ever fallen in love'. the group have described him as "one of the uk's most influential and prolific songwriters". musicians and fans have been paying tribute to him online. a tweet on the official twitter page for the group de5cribes him as "one of the uk's most influential and prolific songwriters". the charlatans' singer tim burgess said his "perfect three—minute pop songs" were "the soundtrack to being a teenager".

and peter hook, co—founder ofjoy division and new order, described him as a "true gent", adding that he wouldn't be where he is today if it weren't for him. if you listen to those songs, it was 5uch if you listen to those songs, it was such an energy. they work punk songs but pop songs as well. we will hear some more of that. short and impactful. match will keep us up—to—date with the weather this morning at lincoln cathedral. but it has been an issue affecting load5 morning at lincoln cathedral. but it has been an issue affecting loads of people in the uk. millions of 02 customers will be breathing a sigh of relief this morning as data services return to normal after 24 hours of disruption. many people were unable to access the internet yesterday, and some couldn't make calls. the company said software problems were to blame. we're joined now by professor nigel linge, an expert in telecommunications. you said to us our moment ago, you are our go you said to us our moment ago, you are ourgo to you said to us our moment ago, you are our go to die when things go wrong. that's right! do we know what

went wrong? we know a little bit of information. but i have no in5ide track in 02, so i know nothing definite. give us the layman 's version. the mobile network, we are all familiar with the visible part5 of the network, which are the radio towers on the side of streets. they are connected together to create a —— create a national network. that will be the national 02 network. that has reconnected to the rest of the world. that has to be connected to the international telephone net work and the internet. so there is a point on the 02 network where it makes to the internet. that point of connection is what failed. so, although the 02 network itself was working, nobody could get off it onto the internet. is a bit like at home, when you have got broadband and 40 york broadband router in your home. that is the gateway from your

house to the internet. imagine that failed. that is what has happened to 02. that wasn't o2, failed. that is what has happened to 02. that wasn't 02, i don't want to 5ee fault or blame, but the company that ran that part is ericsson. right. that it could meet i5 ericsson equipment, a global provider of telecommunications equipment the world over and this problem has not been limited to 02, it is problem has not been limited to 02, it i5a problem has not been limited to 02, it is a general international problem. with problems injapan. forgive my ignorance. —— big problems. when you say you can identify where the problem happened, i5 identify where the problem happened, is it literally where it happened? it's there a place? it's there a room in 5omewhere it's there a place? it's there a room in somewhere where something isn't working? this interconnect is e55entially isn't working? this interconnect is essentially a computer and computer ru n5 essentially a computer and computer runs on software. problem has been the software. you don'tjust have one of these, of course, networks are designed for fault tolerance, designed to cope with failure. so you have several of these things. if

one fails, you have a backup. they are geographically distributed and so on. however. if those are provided by ericsson and correct to i5 provided by ericsson and correct to is the problem, you lose the primary and backup at the same time. it seems to be a software fault. all softwa re seems to be a software fault. all software comes with certificate and a certificate is basically a validation that that software is safe to run. that certificate seemingly expired, so the software on this interconnect... something was literally passed its sale by date? you could say that. how did you know that? it was a statement on the website, they said it was a certificate problem. effectively, they had not renewed it. it is more collocated in the sense that what caused this to happen but e55entially this software decided it was no longer valid and able to run. that stopped a service, no 02 customer could get through the 02

network and off onto the internet. they can make phone calls, although there were problems with people making phone calls because inevitably, a lot more people were doing that. i was going to ask, we've been getting some comments this morning from people saying there's i55ues some comments this morning from people saying there's issues with texting. they're sending and not receiving? they are sending them and you aren't getting them. imessages are off the mobile network. that is specific to an iphone? any instant message would have that problem. it hasn't ju5t affected message would have that problem. it hasn'tjust affected people on social media and e—mail, it has affected sat nav5 because the comes through an internet connection. paying systems, ticketing. people are getting in touch with us today to say the texts are the problem today. that's interesting, because ina today. that's interesting, because in a sense the text... i suppose a

text that's gone off the network to another person not on 02, that would bea another person not on 02, that would be a different matter but i would have thought of two to 02 would've been 0k. have thought of two to 02 would've been ok. interesting. lots of people have been in touch. —— 02 to 02. the phone5... a thought on how you de5cribe phone5... a thought on how you describe the initial problem, i'm surprised, have we had a problem like this on this scale before? not that i'm aware of. it brings home the problem of network re5ilience, and our reliance on this technology. the regulator, ofcom, produce a report every augu5t. it's a fantastic report that looks at our behaviour and patterns of behaviour with this technology and four years the uk has been called a smart phone society. we expect an internet

connection 24/7. what we have to remember here, the only connection that failed wa5 remember here, the only connection that failed was that that went over the 02 network. if you could have got your phone connected to a wi—fi service, wi—fi in your house, at work or in a public place like a coffee shop, that would have rooted to the internet via a completely different direction than going through 02, and that, of course, was working. but that's only a partial solution. becau5e where you haven't got wi—fi and you're totally dependent on the mobile phone, you we re dependent on the mobile phone, you were off—line. professor, lovely to see you here this morning and thank you for your very straightforward explanation. you're welcome. we're all wiser for that. definitely, definitely. we've had a few blu5tery bit5, we've had a few blu5tery hits, a bit of rain and it got cold this morning. matt is at lincoln cathedral for us this morning to mark 50 years since the first christingle service was held there, matt. beautiful surroundings, good

morning. absolutely stunning. good morning. absolutely stunning. good morning. we are in lincoln cathedral. this is the same cues choir, the best location for sound according to the people here and hence its according to the people here and hence it's where the choir sits as well —— saint hughes. this cathedral has 1000 years of history. it was built in tens and the two. for 400 yea rs built in tens and the two. for 400 years it was the tallest building in europe. today, still looking amazingly stunning and we are here today because this marks 50 years since the first christingle service in the uk. christingle, of course, you might remember as a child if you made one of these, a moravian tradition in germany brought to the uk by the children's society and this evening at lincoln cathedral there having a service to mark 50 yea rs there having a service to mark 50 years since it was first done in the uk. naga mentioned the weather outside, its been pretty lively of late and very lively weather this weekend. today we could have disruptive

weather from the strength of the winds. we could see severe gales in parts of scotland and the western half of the uk, and for some in western scotland, 80 mph gusts possible, already seeing 75 mph gusts in the past hour in parts of the hebrides. low pressure pushing into the north—west bringing the strongest winds, that cold front sweeping across england and wales at the moment is what brought heavy rain through the night. zervas water and spray on the roads this morning, so take it easy if you're heading out in the car. rain for eastern parts of england this morning —— surface water. that will clear by mid—morning and then sunshine and showers for the rest of the day, showers for the rest of the day, showers in the west, heavy and thundery, longer spells of rain in scotla nd thundery, longer spells of rain in scotland and blizzards over the hills as berwyn is strengthened. a very windy afternoon and temperatures peaking this morning, 13 or 14, dropping down to eight or 12 by the end of the day —— the winds strengthened. northern ireland and north—west england could see the

strongest of the winds. the showers will be most frequent, longer spells of rain. clears skies elsewhere between one or two showers. the effect of the strong wind through the night means temperatures shouldn't drop away too much. a blustery start to the weekend, away from northern scotland, where the winds will ease down through the day. bright enough for many, showers around in western areas first thing and showers developing widely through the day and sunshine in between, top and tail of the country, but feeling cooler with temperatures in the northern half of the uk, single figures, 10—12 in the far south. windiest through saturday night in parts of wales and south—west england, 60 mph gusts possible here, maybe a bit more, but the winds easing down on sunday. further north, the winds will make things feel cooler but showers around the coasts and plenty of sunshine. on sunday, especially down eastern coasts, around the north sea with the strong winds, and high tides, there could be coastal flooding. plenty going on over the

next few days. fairly lively. today, severe gales over scotland and the western half of the country. back to naga and charlie. thanks very much, matt. why become a teacher? to expand young minds which will shape the future. sounds almost idealistic when you say it like that. it's a job that should bring a sense of satisfaction but increasingly, time pressures, piles of paperwork and limited budgets are putting people off. new figures show that recruitment targets for secondary schools have been missed for the sixth year in a row. jayne mccubbin has been following a newly—qualified teacher who started work in september. siren sounds it's the start of a new day, and a new career at stretford high. sit down. i was detective constable smallwood, greater manchester police in the child protection unit, and now i'm mrs smallwood, science teacher.

they do like to ask various different questions — whether i've been shot, whether i've shot anybody. sit down, everybody. who is it easier to manage, children or criminals? criminals, definitely. in fact, she says children are the easy part of this job. it's the red tape and financial constraints that are the biggest challenge. yeah, i mean, the budget cuts to the schools are immense, and i'm very fortunate that i do have a ta in quite a lot of my lessons. so what's the next step, what do we have to do then? the teaching assistants, if they're starting to be removed from certain schools, it will have a detrimental effect and could very well lead to other teachers leaving. what sort of percentages... and teachers are leaving at a greater rate than those joining. the government has missed recruitment targets for the 60 year running. for the sixth year running. the last snapshot taken shows 22% of new teachers were not teaching after two years, a third by the fifth year. 40% were gone by year ten, though later returned.

heads and unions say this is a national crisis. we have more teachers leaving, therefore there a bigger gap. we have more teachers leaving, therefore there's a bigger gap. we have more pupils in the system, so we have an even bigger gap. a lot of new who are coming in and want to do a really, really good job, but because the gap is so significant, the workload becomes too much. so, how did your year 8 lesson go? at break time, a catch—up with her mentor. adam is in year five of his new career and feeling the pressure. we've had a massive change with the gcse in the last year. stressful? very stressful, and funding is a massive problem. do you see yourself getting to the 10—year mark or will you be one of the 40% that decide to bail out? i'd hope i wouldn't be one of the 40%, i hope things don't get to that point. the department for education told us they have taken steps to improve teachers' worklife balance and pay, and while there's more money going into education than ever

before, they recognise the challenges schools face. off you go! education has been protected from cuts more than other sectors, but schools have still faced cuts. have a good weekend! the police were going through exactly the same thing. their budgets were getting slashed, and it was really noticeable. ijust hope that it doesn't go the same way because these are our children's lives in the future, and they need to be able to excel. after an hour of prep for tomorrow, today draws to a close. teach first, which recruited and trained mrs smallwood, say there are 300,000 teachers in the uk who aren't currently teaching. schemes like this hope to entice some of them back to join brand—new recruits, hopefully for good. it's a steep learning curve, but it has been really, really good. i can see it being my future. a positive note to end on. yes, good

luck definitely. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. wheel see you shortly. —— we will see you shortly. good morning from bbc london news, i'm victoria hollins. a 28 year—old is suing the met police after his name and address appeared on a leaked gangs list. lawyers for the man, whose name was included on the document in newham, claim he's been left fearing for his safety after a relative got hold of the information and sent it to him. the information commissioner's office is carrying out an investigation into newham council over the alleged breach. thames water has reported a large fall in half—year profits, and says extreme weather has hindered its ability to fix leaks and overhaul its infrastructure. the company said the cold winter earlier this year had caused pipes to burst, while the summer heatwave had brought supply problems. pre—tax profits fell by nearly half to £67 million, down from £129 million a year earlier. it's that time of year again! panto season's well underway, and many of us may be looking forward to seeing a show

during our time off. but for the actors involved, who only get christmas day off, the festive season is just another working week. robinson crusoe is the pantomime setting sail at the greenwich theatre this year. really christmas day is our day off, that's it. because we have two shows on christmas eve and two on boxing day, so then the same over new year, so new year's day's our only day of. and in those weeks we do 12 shows a week. 12 shows a week? yeah, two a day, 12 shows a week, so it's an old slog. i bet it is, yeah. it's fun, though. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tube, the circle line has severe delays

and there are minor delays on the hammersmith & city line because of signal problems at baker st. minor delays on the overground. on the roads, its slow on the a1 barnet by—pass southbound approaching stirling corner. in tottenham, white hart lane is closed in both directions between creighton road and a1010 high road due to a collision. now the weather, with mel coles. good morning. it's a soggy start to the day. we've got some heavy rain around at the moment, but that will gradually clear and the skies will start to brighten up but it will be a blustery day. at the moment, temperatures are in double figures underneath all this cloud and with the rain. there are going to be some heavy bursts in here before it clears out to the east later this morning to leave brighter skies. it will remain windy throughout the day and maybe one or two showers this afternoon. those temperatures dipping as we head through the day, so a maximum of around nine celsius this afternoon. heading into this evening, well, it's very similar regime. we keep the winds gusting at around 30—35mph. some dry, clear spells but also one or two blustery showers in the mix too, and temperatures dipping down to lows of around five celsius. so we're in for a fairly windy weekend, particularly later on saturday and into sunday. on saturday, some showers

could merge together to bring longer spells of rain. sunday will start off with a few showers but looks like it will an improving picture. 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 charlie stayt and naga munchetty. the time is 7:30 a.m.. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. at the end of one of the most turbulent weeks of her leadership, theresa may has sent out 30 of her senior ministers to schools, hospitals and businesses across the uk, to get last—minute support for her brexit deal. the prime minister has just a few days left to convince reluctant mp5 to back her withdrawal agreement before a vote in the commons on tuesday. the mobile network 02 has said all of its data services have been restored.

the company blamed a software problem and said a review will be carried out to discover why 32 million uk customers were unable to get online yesterday. the father of a british tourist who's gone missing in new zealand has made an emotional appeal for help in finding his "outgoing, fun—loving" daughter. grace millane, who turned 22 on sunday, has not been in contact with her family since the 1st of december and concerns are growing for her welfare. in a press conference in auckland, david millane urged anyone who may have seen her to get in touch. oxford and cambridge universities accept more students from just eight private schools, than from almost 3,000 english state schools put together, according to research by social mobility charity, the sutton trust. they say more needs to be done to attract students from a wide range of backgrounds. oxford university said it's aware it must work harder. cambridge said more support should be made available to pupils before they choose their a—level subjects. a rescue mission is underway

to reach a british sailor whose boat was destroyed in a storm during a solo round the world yacht challenge. 29—year—old susie goodall is the only woman taking part in the golden globe race. her location in the pacific is so remote the nearest vessel is not expected to reach her until tonight. we will catch up on the latest on that search in about half an hour '5 time. lot of concern over her welfare and we will find out more about that shortly. the number of cash machine robberies in the uk has nearly doubled in the last four years, according one of the biggest atm operators. cardtronics says there were more than 720 attempts to steal cash last year. less than half were successful. the company says the thefts are highly dangerous and often involve ram—raids or gas explosions. a bbc investigation has found that academics from ethnic minority backgrounds are being paid up to a quarter less than their white

colleagues at some of the uk's top universities. research into pay at ‘russell group‘ universities also found that the salary gap nearly doubles for women from bame backgrounds. the association said it was unable to comment on recruitment practices. if you are, for instance, a woman of colour. not only do you base and ethnic penalty within the labour market, you also experienced a gender penalty. you are even more disadvantaged than women. the body of the former us president, george bush senior, has been laid to rest at his presidential library in college station, texas. after days of public tributes, including a state funeral in washington, the casket travelled on a special train, slowing down through a number of towns along its 70—mile trip. he was buried in a private ceremony beside his wife, barbara, and daughter, robin. the international charity ‘doctors without borders‘ says

it‘s been forced to end migrant rescue operations in the mediterranean carried out by its ship, ‘the aquarius‘. the organisation blamed the decision on what it called a "sustained campaign of slander and obstruction by european governments." the aquarius had been the last charity rescue ship still operating. a seven—year—old boy from afghanistan, who became famous online for his devotion to footballer lionel messi, has been forced to flee his home for the second time. murtaza ahmadi went viral in 2016 after being photographed wearing a homemade messi shirt, fashioned out of a plastic bag. his family say they have abandoned their home after receiving threats from the taliban. they have escaped to the capital, kabul. the lead singer of the punk rock band ‘buzzcocks‘, pete shelley, has died at the age of 63. it‘s thought he suffered a heart attack in estonia, where he was living.

the band who formed in the 19705 are best known for their hit ‘ever fallen in love‘. the group have described him as "one of the uk‘s most influential and prolific songwriters". kevin hart says he has stepped down from hosting the 2019 oscars, following controversy from homophobic he said he didn‘t want to bea homophobic he said he didn‘t want to be a distraction —— from ten years ago. it was only announced that he would present the award on tuesday. 25 minutes to eight is the time. stay with us, matt will be here shortly with all the weather details and more from lincoln cathedral, where they‘re celebrating 50 years since the first christingle service. we have got one here that we prepared earlier. you did this, didn‘t you? your handiwork. prepared earlier. you did this, didn't you? your handiwork.” prepared earlier. you did this, didn't you? your handiwork. i would have believed that. who did make it? one of the producers. it has been

really accurate with a little bit of foil in the top as well. attention to detail. you did these when you are like —— younger. to detail. you did these when you are like -- younger. that is literally my childhood, when you worked this out it was memories of school. added fully understood why but it was great fun to make. ——i don't think we fully understood why. it is time to be nice to people and not break peoples legs. let's not say anyone broke anybody‘s leg. joe gomez certainly has a broken leg. this was after the burnley liverpool game on wednesday, he was fouled awkwardly, on the back pages today in crutches. it raises the issue of tackling. football is such a physical game but when you do end up with a broken leg should it the discussed further? —— should it be discussed further? —— should it be discussed further? liverpool confirmed that their defenderjoe gomez has broken his leg, and will be out for up to six weeks. it happened in their win over

burnley on wednesday night. burnley boss defended his player saying it was a ‘fantastic tackle‘, butjurgen klopp wasn‘t happy with any of the challenges, comparing it to ten pin bowling. i really think the referee should have said earlier, something. i told mr dean that if you don‘t say be careful, they do it and do it until something happens and now it has happened. i did know whose fault it was, but it was a challenge, you cannotjudge the tempo or nothing, you put him away and the injury threat is massive. staying with football, and manchester united‘s marouane fellaini won‘t be punished for pulling the hair of arsenal‘s matteo guendouzi. it happened in their 2—2 draw at old trafford, loads of arsenal fans furious with fellaini, but the fa won‘t take further action, because the referee saw it and awarded a free kick. the arsenal boss unai emery says there‘s a simple way to make sure it doesn‘t happen again. i think the best is for the next match, cutting the hairfor matteo and this problem is finished.

like fellaini. can you explain that? he used to have this fabulous mop of hair.m still looks incredible. it is very short now. a little bit of a trend, shall we say. ben stokes and alex hales should find out today if they‘ll face any further punishment after that fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year. stokes was found not guilty of affray in court earlier this year, but has spent the last couple of days in front of a cricket disciplinary panel alongside hales. they‘re both charged with bringing cricket into disrepute. the disgraced cyclist lance armstrong says an investment in the taxi app uber has saved his family. he was stripped of his seven tour de france titles and banned for life in 2012 because he admitted to using performance enhancing drugs. that‘s meant he‘s had to pay more

than £90—million in settlements and legal fees, but he says he‘s made tens of millions of pounds from a relatively small investment he made in uber when the company was just starting out. there‘s been a couple of surprise exits at the uk snooker championship in york. former champion judd trump has been knocked out. the world number five came in as one of the favourites but was beaten byjoe perry, who will now play tom ford in the quarter—finals later today. and on the other table, two—time champion ding junhui was beaten by martin o‘donnell. he‘ll now face defending champion ronnie o‘sullivan in the last eight. fourteen sports have been given a chunk of money to help them compete at the next olympic and paralympic games. they‘re all benefiting from uk sport‘s aspiration fund ahead of tokyo 2020. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has gone to check out one of them this morning.

natalie, is your location a bit of a clue, perhaps? not a little clue, quite a big clue behind me. we are at a skate park and skateboarding is one of the brand new sports for tokyo 2020 and they are one of the recipients of a little pot of money, 13 other sports have joined little pot of money, 13 other sports havejoined them, sports little pot of money, 13 other sports have joined them, sports like wheelchair rugby which got £500,000 today. sports like badminton and archery, who had lost funding after rio. is is a little pot of archery, who had lost funding after rio. isis a little pot of money, not talking millions, but we are talking hundreds of thousands of sports who probably won‘t of the medal table so much in tokyo, but they need this money to help them qualify to even get there in the first place. i am joined by alex, a skateboarder and lucy, who is a server. thank you forjoining us. tell us a little bit about what this money will actually mean to you in real terms? it is anyone's guess,

really, but the money will change skateboarding in a huge way for skateboarders, facilities, in a lot of different ways. for the skaters it means that we can travel to places on a rainy day, contemplates is like this, not having to worry about the rain outside and say we cannot skate today. immensely can go somewhere and this will whatever, even facilities improving on what we have. i think people watch the olympics and we know lottery funding has changed so much for athletes, but for some guys you all still have to work coming have to find a way of getting to these far—flung places around the globe. what will it mean in terms of use for travelling?m will help keep that we can consistently travelled to better ways and getting to events early, qualifying event early so we can keep training and know the areas we will be surfing and the brakes. a big help. in the past, britain have

not sent some to some of the big events simply because of money, difficulty of getting there? yes, for a lot of the surface in the uk it means time off work, time off their jobs, it means time off work, time off theirjobs, finding the funding to get into events. for some, we haven't been able to send a team but now we will be able to. what do you think, being in the olympics is going to mean for the sport? think, being in the olympics is going to mean for the sport7m think, being in the olympics is going to mean for the sport? it is a ha rd going to mean for the sport? it is a hard one to tell. is the first time skateboarding has been in the olympics so in a way, nobody knows what to make of it. some people are all for it and a little bit against it but i think it will be great. interesting to see how it will come out. why are they against it as it is to cool? skateboarding is too cool for some people, can't have them taking that away. it will be at big difference, especially in terms of the way you are judged, this way the sport is seen, do you think it could have a real inspirational impact? yeah, definitely. sports

like surfing and skateboarding may not be so well— known like surfing and skateboarding may not be so well—known in like surfing and skateboarding may not be so well— known in the like surfing and skateboarding may not be so well—known in the uk and to have eyes on it, hopefully it will inspire to grab a board, get to the beach and have ago. it is a much funds be —— it is so much fun. the beach and have ago. it is a much funds be -- it is so much fun. if you live near the coast it can be easier, but skateboarding can be done nearly anywhere. literally anywhere you like. and fearlessness. of course. you are doing street skating, it you are doing street, there will be street and park. tells there will be street and park. tells the difference. street skateboarding in contest terms will be like what you see behind you, you have ledgers and rails. the tricks people do will morph the picture with the boards. —— will be flippy treks. —— will be flippy tricks. and the pipe is like the half pipe, people still put their boards which is different skateboarding and away. just quickly, this is not a lot of

money but it will make a difference to you? definitely. anything will help. if it means we can get all of the events and have more coaching and training it will be great. to give a joining and training it will be great. to giveajoining us, and training it will be great. to give a joining us, big new —— big year next year, all the qualifying for all of the new sports will start for all of the new sports will start for tokyo, this will make a big difference to these athletes lies. thank you very much. —— lives. it is great news. some of the sports do not get the recognition, let alone the funding. especially things like skateboarding and surfing. all of the call sports, really. skateboarding and surfing. all of the callsports, really. no disrespect to the other sports out there. and skiing or snowboarding, always aboard. oh right. there we go. speaking of cool people, mac has got a norwich at lincoln cathedral for us this morning. there is some singing. thank you very much, good

morning, naga. what a lovely way to start your friday morning. the lincoln cathedral choir, this is lincoln cathedral choir, this is lincoln cathedral, we‘ll be here all morning marking 50 years of christingle. 50 years since the children‘s society introduced christingle to the uk, moravian tradition and here to tell us more about their role in it, we have two special guests. jane wilmot, she went to the very first christingle service 50 years ago here at lincoln cathedral, and young eliot as well. first of all, jane, you went to the first christingle service in the uk, do you remember it? some parts of it. i remembercoming do you remember it? some parts of it. i remember coming to this incredible building and the lights dimming and the christingles being held and the light was just amazing. that was about all, it was a long time ago and i can't even remember being told it was the first, but thenl being told it was the first, but then i suppose you wouldn't be! very true. you‘ve been very involved ever

since, you brought your own grandchildren, what does christingle mean to you? a lot. the children's society are such a worthy cause and its one occasion where lots of children actually go to church, experience the actual making of christingles and then they're supporting lots of other children who are probably less able to cope than they are. of course you will be bringing your grandchildren here this year to the special service today? not to this one but a different one, i've got a four—year—old grandchild. different one, i've got a four-year-old grandchild. of course we‘ve got elliott with us as well this morning. you‘ve been to a few christingle services before, tell us, what is it like to make one of these? it is fun because at the end i always eat all the sweets! i think it means quite a lot because it's great to have one in the house because candles are cool, and it

reminds us of the light in the world. can i quickly ask, do these sweets make it outside the church? no. know, once the candles are blown out they are eaten very quickly. thank you forjoining us. enjoy your christingle service. the big service, 50 years since the first one here at lincoln cathedral, will be held at 5:30pm this evening. at least the weather will be a bit drier than at the moment. chucking it down outside, heavy rain across the uk at the moment. looking at the forecast, we‘ve got some severe winds to come today. some gales potentially, severe gales across parts of scotland and western half of the uk, 50, 60, 70 mph gusts, maybe 80 mph in western scotla nd gusts, maybe 80 mph in western scotland linked to low pressure in the west of the country. the tail end of a cold front in england and

wales is producing the wet start at the moment in southern and eastern parts of england. heavy rain and surface water and spray after heavy rain through the night. the winds just get stronger and stronger. the worst will be in scotland, where the showers will merge into longer spells of rain and blizzards on the hills. frequent showers in the west of the country, heavy with hail and thunder and soumya to the east. temperatures highest at the moment, 12-14, temperatures highest at the moment, 12—14, by the afternoon, 7—12 for many. tonight, staying windy, the winds still touching severe gale forced, especially around the northern ireland seat, north—west england could bear the brunt. showers most frequent here, the same in northern ireland. clear skies to ta ke in northern ireland. clear skies to take us through the morning elsewhere but because the winds are so strong, temperatures not dropping too much. on the weekend, a lively day with the winds on saturday. the lightest winds will be a cross northern scotland later. elsewhere, very blustery. sunshine to begin with for many, showers in the west,

becoming more frequent and widespread in the afternoon and temperatures on the fresh side, low single figures... single figures in the north, 12 in the south. saturday night, the southern half of the uk, especially south—west england and wales where we could see winds topping 60 mph or more. they will ease down on sunday. lots of sunshine on sunday, a few showers on some west and eastern coasts. a dry day for many on sunday but the big thing by then will it still make the it will be feeling much colder with temperatures for many in single figures. that will continue into monday. before i hand back, charlie and naga, do you know that they‘ve estimated 16 million sweets will be used in these christingles this christingle alone. back to you both. imagine that! i am genuinely staggered by that figure. 16 million sweets used in these christingles andi sweets used in these christingles and i had never seen one before today. that is about 12 in each?

eight, eight in each one.” today. that is about 12 in each? eight, eight in each one. i think you‘ve been a bit stingy with your sweets. we‘ve got three on each stick in hours. you‘ve only got two. i‘m working with steve, the cameraman, and he‘s eaten half of them. you just shame to steve on national tv. he‘ll be all right! we‘ve got a good offering— you just shamed. thanks very much, matt! won the thing we‘re looking at this morning is what happens to all the paper —— one thing. around christmas there‘s lots of wrapping and cardboard and how is it dealt with, does it get recycled arlott? there's a trick and then will tell us how your wrapping paper paper can be recycled —— does it get recycled enough? you're looking at

millions of cardboard boxes. they‘ve been manufactured from recycling material done in milton keynes. this is the biggest facility in europe for manufacturing and recycling cardboard boxes. the reason that is important is because we‘re using more cardboard these days. huizing the backlash to using plastic so people are turning to this to get things delivered —— we‘ve seen. and online deliveries means we‘re using more of these, millions of these are created here and sent out. the good thing about cardboard is it is much more efficient. 84% of all that we use gets recycled, and it‘s done light, right here. isabel is head of e—commerce. “— right here. isabel is head of e—commerce. —— done right here. good morning. what you to do is impressive, a box i get in the post will be recycled 14 days later and sent back to me? what we are doing

is getting the post from the boxes we sent out. these can be recycled up we sent out. these can be recycled up to 25 times. yeah, you can definitely get the same box 25 times back into the business. give me one word on the getting the right size box. we‘ve all had those deliveries we re box. we‘ve all had those deliveries were we‘ve ordered something pretty small, and it comes in a huge box but you‘re trying to change that, aren‘t you? but you‘re trying to change that, aren't you? we're trying to change that with the new technology, there isa that with the new technology, there is a packaging machine called madetofit and this machine is delivering 10 million box sizes at 700 boxes and our. definitely every order that will be shipped will have a fill rate of 19, 99%, which is just not what is going on today. big job ahead. good luck. —— tang story much. martin is our recycling expert and claire is our retail expert and claire is our retail expert —— thank you very much. i

wa nt to expert —— thank you very much. i want to pick up on that point, we‘re getting much more delivered in cardboard boxes, but there‘s owners on retailers to get this right to make sure they‘re using the right kind of packaging? definitely. packaging is important for so many reasons, protecting the product, allowing the logistics and supply chain to move it safely and having uniformity of size helps with the logistics and transport but it can mean tiny products get delivered in apparently oversized boxes and that's one of the features the e—commerce phenomena that is meant we're asking for so much to be delivered, and there are only so many box sizes a retailer can realistically manage. if they going to put them in the back of plans, everything the same size is good because it means they can feel it more efficiently —— back of a. because it means they can feel it more efficiently -- back of a. it's a game of tetris! -- back of plans. uniform sizes can help. there are instances where tiny products have been delivered in huge ridiculously

oversized boxes — — been delivered in huge ridiculously oversized boxes —— back of the van is. the retailers run out of the smaller box and they felt rather than letting the customer down and eliminate, they deliver in an oversized box. sometimes there can bea oversized box. sometimes there can be a good reason and if you're the customer, what would you prefer, oversized box or a late delivery? you have to weigh up the two. good point. that's a challenge, isn't it? let‘s talk about the recycling element, good news and so much recycling is coming from cardboard, that‘s one of yourjobs at the council, but when it comes to paper and christmas cards, recycling that is much more complicated. tell me. we‘re seeing a lot more boxes delivered to our houses and so what‘s important is we don‘t chuck them out, we get a stack of cardboard boxes so what we want people to do is crush them, dismantle them and keep them stacked and put them back into the recycling and put them back into the recycling and virtually every council recycles cardboard and paper. when it comes to other things, at christmas there‘s cards and wrapping paper, you have to be more careful. lots of

that can‘t be recycled. with wrapping paper, these crunch test, screw it up, if it is going back, it is plastic based, throw it away. if it doesn‘t, it is paper, recycle. if there‘s glitter on cards, scripted off, great, but if not, get rid of the card. things like ribbons, chuck them away —— scrape it off. the card. things like ribbons, chuck them away -- scrape it off. the brownlow the better! thanks very much. —— browner. those are some top tips. we will get confused. so much has to be dealt with in. some top tips. we‘ve also put those top tips online —— so much has to be dealt with. there‘s a helpful area online about what you can and can‘t recycle. things with glitter, ribbons, any embossed gold on the front, chances are you can‘t recycle it. that‘s crunch test is a good one, if the paper pops back, you can‘t recycle it. if it stays

scrunched up, chances are you can. that will be on twitter and the bbc brea kfast that will be on twitter and the bbc breakfast facebook page as well. look at that. more top tips and i‘ll show you around this huge warehouse a little bit later. but before that, let‘s get the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. see you soon. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m victoria hollins. a 28 year—old is suing the met police after his name and address appeared on a leaked gangs list. lawyers for the man, whose name was included on the document in newham, claim he‘s been left fearing for his safety after a relative got hold of the information and sent it to him. the information commissioner‘s office is carrying out an investigation into newham council over the alleged breach. thames water has reported a large fall in half—year profits, and says extreme weather has hindered its ability to fix leaks and overhaul its infrastructure. the company said the cold winter earlier this year had caused pipes to burst, while the summer

heatwave had brought supply problems. pre—tax profits fell by nearly half to £67 million, down from £129 million a year earlier. it‘s that time of year again! panto season‘s well underway, and many of us may be looking forward to seeing a show during our time off. but for the actors involved, who only get christmas day off, the festive season is just another working week. robinson crusoe is the pantomime setting sail at the greenwich theatre this year. really christmas day is our day off, that‘s it. because we have two shows on christmas eve and two on boxing day, so then the same over new year, so new year‘s day‘s our only day off. and in those weeks, we do 12 shows a week. 12 shows a week? yeah, two a day, 12 shows a week, so it‘s an old slog. i bet it is, yeah. it‘s fun, though. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. on the tube, the circle line has severe delays

and there are severe delays on the hammersmith and city line because of signal problems at baker street. minor delays on the district line and london overground. on the roads, it‘s slow on waterloo bridge heading into town towards the strand. in tottenham, white hart lane is closed in both directions between creighton road and a1010 high road due to a collision. now the weather, with mel coles. good morning. it‘s a soggy start to the day. we‘ve got some heavy rain around at the moment, but that will gradually clear and the skies will start to brighten up but it will be a blustery day. at the moment, temperatures are in double figures underneath all this cloud and with the rain. there are going to be some heavy bursts in here before it clears out to the east later this morning to leave brighter skies. it will remain windy throughout the day and maybe one or two showers this afternoon. those temperatures dipping as we head through the day, so a maximum of around nine celsius this afternoon. heading into this evening, well, it‘s very similar regime.

we keep the winds gusting at around 30—35mph. some dry, clear spells but also one or two blustery showers in the mix too, and temperatures dipping down to lows of around five celsius. so we‘re in for a fairly windy weekend, particularly later on saturday and into sunday. on saturday, some showers could merge together to bring longer spells of rain. sunday will start off with a few showers but looks like it will an improving picture. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now it‘s back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning and welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today... theresa may sends out 30 ministers across the uk to try to shore up last—minute support for her brexit deal. 02 customers are back online, but a review is ordered into the disruption that affected 32 million of its customers. the boat is destroyed...

waiting to be rescued. the british sailor stranded at sea during a round—the—world race. good morning. they‘re going to get through 300,000 tonnes of cardboard packaging this christmas, so where does it from and where does it end 7 does it from and where does it end up? i does it from and where does it end 7iam does it from and where does it end up? i am at europe‘s largest recycling facility here in milton keynes this morning to find out. in sport... a fresh row over premier league tackling, as it‘s confirmed that liverpool defenderjoe gomez has broken his leg. and in the weather, severe gales could bring travel disruption today across parts of scotland and the western half of the uk traffic is set to turn colder this weekend. join me in the gorgeous surroundings of lincoln cathedral. it‘s friday 7th december.

our top story. at the end of one of the most turbulent weeks of her leadership, theresa may has sent out 30 of her senior ministers to schools, hospitals and businesses across the uk, to gather last—minute support for her brexit deal. the prime minister has just a few days left to convince reluctant mp5 to back her withdrawal agreement before a vote on tuesday. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster this morning. it is interesting you are there because most of the ministers aren‘t... ? because most of the ministers aren't...? that's because most of the ministers aren't. . . ? that's right. the because most of the ministers aren't...? that's right. the prime minister has dispatched 30 or so ministers away from westminster to various corners of the uk in a last—ditch attempt to sell her brexit deal. the strategy, as we saw the prime minister doing last week published to go over the heads of mp5 and appeal directly to the public in the hope that they will then put pressure on members of parliament to back her deal. it showed little sign of us waiting enough people so far but we will be seeing the chancellor visiting a school in chertsey, chief secretary

to the treasury visiting norfolk, the scottish secretary talking to small businesses in glasgow, all in the hope that the prime minister can push through her message that as far as she‘s concerned, the public want the government to get on with it and get on with brexit. the trouble is there is a big roadblock in the way and that is the vote in parliament next tuesday. lots of people will be questioning, i know you said that the idea is that these ministers go out and do this road trip, members of the public are then convinced and they say to their ministers, go for they say to their ministers, go for the deal — it is along winded approach and though it is really the mp5 who are going to be voting on tuesday brush it is, but the government is trying everything it can at the moment to convince mp5 to back the deal. and we have seen that in the last few days of. and what do you do if you are trying to sell

something? she can‘t go any lower on the price, she is throwing in a couple of things for free, and we saw this amendment put forward last night, something which mp5 would vote on before the main vote, and thatis vote on before the main vote, and that is to potentially give parliament more of a say on how, if and when the controversial backstop, if designed to avoid a hard border with northern ireland, would come into play. but it is written in law in the withdrawal agreement that that would kick in, although would be an extension, so it is not convincing enough people so far. the mobile network 02 has said all of its data services have been restored. the company said a review will be carried out to discover why 32 million uk customers were unable to get online yesterday. our correspondent jon donnison has more. for many these days, life without a fully—functioning smart phone is almost unimaginable. the cameras might have been working at this christmas market in manchester, but for 32 million 02 customers, not much else was. we‘ve not been able to use facebook.

the thing is, i don‘t think you can send on imessage either. train times, to get us home. just not good, basically. in london, bus arrival screens which work off the 02 network were also out of action. a first world problem, you might say, but also very much one of our time. it is a digital catastrophe of the 21st century. we are out of internet, out of services, out of our loved ones neraby, out of capacity of payments. the 02 network owned by telefonica said the problem was a global one and down to equipment supplied by the telecoms firm ericsson. we know it‘s a software issue. it has impacted an ericsson component, which has impacted networks across the globe injapan, in china, and of course here in the uk. 02 says services should be back to normal this morning and that it

will be carrying out a review with ericsson. the question is now being raised as to whether customers might be able to claim compensation. jon donnison, bbc news. the father of a british tourist who‘s gone missing in new zealand has made an emotional appeal for help in finding his "outgoing, fun—loving" daughter. grace millane, who turned 22 on sunday, has not been in contact with her family since 1st december and concerns are growing for her welfare. in a press conference in auckland, david millane urged anyone who may have seen her to get in touch. grace is a lovely, outgoing, fun—loving, family—oriented daughter. grace has never been out of contact for this amount of time. she is usually in daily contact with either her mother, myself, her two brothers, members of the family on social media. oxford and cambridge universities accept more students from just eight private schools, than from almost 3,000 english state

schools put together, according to research by social mobility charity the sutton trust. they say more needs to be done to attract students from a wide range of backgrounds. oxford university said it‘s aware it must work harder. cambridge said more support should be made available to pupils before they choose their a—level subjects. a rescue mission is underway to reach a british sailor whose boat was destroyed in a storm during a solo round the world yacht challenge. 29—year—old susie goodall is the only woman taking part in the golden globe race. her location in the pacific is so remote, the nearest vessel is not expected to reach her until tonight. and we will be speaking to the race chairman ina and we will be speaking to the race chairman in a few minutes to find out the latest on the search. american comedian and actor kevin hart says he‘s stepped down from hosting the 2019 oscars following controversy over homophobic tweets from 10 years ago. the 39—year—old said he didn‘t want to be a distraction and that he was "sorry he had hurt people". it was only announced that he would present the awards on tuesday.

the body of the former us president george bush senior has been laid to rest at his presidential library in college station, texas. after days of public tributes, including a state funeral in washington, the casket travelled on a special train, slowing down through a number of towns along its 70—mile trip. he was buried in a private ceremony beside his wife, barbara, and daughter, robin. the international charity doctors without borders says it‘s been forced to end migrant rescue operations in the mediterranean carried out by its ship the aquarius. the organisation blamed the decision on what it called a "sustained campaign of slander and obstruction by european governments". the aquarius had been the last charity rescue ship still operating. the lead singer of the punk rock band buzzcocks, pete shelley, has died at the age of 63. # ever fallen # everfallen in love... it‘s thought he suffered a heart attack in estonia, where he was living.

the band, who formed in the 19705, are best known for their hit ever fallen in love. musicians and fans have been paying tribute to him online. a tweet on the official twitter page for the group describes him as "one of the uk‘s most influential and prolific songwriters". the charlatans‘ singer tim burgess said his "perfect three—minute pop songs" were "the soundtrack to being a teenager". and peter hook, co—founder ofjoy division and new order, described him as a "true gent", adding that he wouldn‘t be where he is today if it weren‘t for him. the number of cash machine robberies in the uk has nearly doubled in the last four years, according one of the biggest atm operators. cardtronics says there were more than 720 attempts to steal cash last year. less than half were successful. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz has more. two thieves, their faces covered, getting ready to blow up a cash machine using gas.

this is the explosion from the inside. the number of raids has been accelerating. there were 400 attacks in 2014. by last year, the annual total was 722, nearly double. in almost half the cases, theives don‘t get the cash, but that doesn‘t stop them trying. in this raid, in a cotswold village, a stolen digger was used to smash the local bank‘s machine. tougher policing in cities has pushed the ramraiding gangs into the country. last month, another machine ripped out in south lanarkshire, the smaller the neighbourhood, the more serious the impact. atm crime is not a victimless crime. it is an attack on a local community, it means that people can‘t get money out of the cash machine. often you will find the shop is damaged, which damages that business as well. there has been a spate of cash machines being blown up using gas and more ramraids. cardtronics says the uk has more attacks than

anywhere else in europe. it wants harsher sentences and better surveillance. simon gompertz, bbc news. as we‘ve been hearing, cabinet ministers are travelling up and down the uk today trying to shore up last minute support for theresa may‘s brexit deal. what will happen next if the prime minister loses next week‘s vote? these are the most likely scenarios. theresa may could return to brussels and try to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement, before taking it back to mp5 for a second vote. but eu leaders have said this isn‘t an option. ministers might push for a second referendum. that wouldn‘t happen quickly, though. experts say it could take up to 22 weeks to organise a vote for the public. the prime minister could resign, but it‘s more likely that conservative mp5 unhappy with the deal will trigger a leadership contest by submitting letters of no—confidence in her. or a motion of no—confidence in the government could be put in. if that passed, it would mean

a general election, and possibly a new government. there could be a no—deal brexit. that would mean the uk leaves the eu without any kind of withdrawal agreement and reverting to world trade organisation rules. let‘s get more on this from ton newton dunn, political editor at the sun newspaper. hejoins us now he joins us now from westminster. it is good to have you with us on the programme. i suppose we should start with what you think about today‘s strategy by theresa may, sending out these 30 senior ministers around the country to shore up support for her deal? it is next to useless, to useless, to be brutally honest. anything that happens outside this westminster bobble is unafraid to say a complete waste of time at the moment. 30 ministers, maybe they will talk to 30 people each, that is under 1000 people and those 1000

people don‘t have a vote in here, which is where the action really matters. the debate has moved from the country to westminster and what‘s the prime minister is now involved in is a battle with her backbenchers and her ministers to try to get enough votes to somehow get her deal over the line next tuesday. i think no 10 is sending ministers around the countryjust to show that they looked like they are actually doing something while the realfight goes actually doing something while the real fight goes on behind the scenes here. what we are really looking at, i think, is a massive game of chicken. on one side there‘s theresa may and the government saying to the rest of the conservative party and also every other mp, this is the only choice you have, if you don‘t go from ideal, there is pandemonium. that is why i going ahead with it andi that is why i going ahead with it and i am going to day you to try and push us into pandemonium. on other side, pinchers and labour mp5 are saying, rubbish, we will do better, we are going to stare you down and either defeat you dare you not to

put it. so you have got a rock versus a hard place and nobody down here has been able to work out where on earth we go. the potential possibilities of what could happen on tuesday night if this deal is voted down are absolutely endless. i think you have said a few butter... well, we‘re trying just like you to make it as clear as possible! you have spoken about what has been going on behind the scenes and as this continues, i think we know, there was some idea that perhaps tuesday‘s vote might be moved, let‘s say it is definitely happening...” think it probably will be. so once that has happened, what are we looking at in terms of time, as to what theresa may does next, if the vote isn‘t passed ? what theresa may does next, if the vote isn't passed? you have hit upon the most crucial moment for theresa may‘s survival. if or when the deal is lost on tuesday night it out about half—past eight, theresa may has seconds, not even minutes, to

stand up the dispatch box and take control of what is going to happen in this massive vacuum in british politics, what on earth are we going to do? we‘re supposed to be leaving the eu in three months and we will have almost no plan on the table anymore. she will have seconds to stand up and say, ok, the house of commons has spoken, and i am therefore going to do... if she doesn‘t fill that vacuum with whatever her plan b is, which she hasn‘t even told anyone in cabinet yet, there was a good chance there is no plan as yet, then others will fill the vacuum for her and i think things would start to move very quickly. my bet is that the conservative party at that moment pretty much splits between one side who want a softer brexit and another side who want to bluff out the eu and potentially go from no deal if the eu doesn‘t give them better terms. so it will get very messy very quickly. what does that mean for busy, everyday people who are trying to figure out whether brexit

is going to happen, what happens to us? well, the reason why we are all standing getting very excited and worried about next week is because very worried about next week is because very soon, worried about next week is because very soon, there will be immense ramifications for people in the country. if there is no apparent way of leaving the eu, because theresa may‘s deal has been voted down, firstly i think the markets will ta ke firstly i think the markets will take fright, although a lot of that has probably already been priced in, we saw the ftse moving heavily yesterday. but the pound will probably go down quite a bit overnight. so if you‘re going to be travelling abroad, then your euros or dollars will be less. other no deal preparations will have to then start kicking in, because the government, despite the fact that they will all be fighting each other to work out what is going to happen next, they will also have to be preparing for a real no deal taking place. so, all sorts of things, hauliers will have to apply for permits, your pet will have to get

tagged, every possibility you could imagine which could come as a consequence of all the barriers, customs and trade barriers going up in the eu, will start taking place, stockpiling et cetera. and i think people would start to notice that fairly quickly. let's bring it back to the present, then. so, we‘ve got three more days, really, after today, we got the weekend, monday and tuesday, up to this vote — who is theresa may going to be relying on the most, saying, i need you to have conversations with so—and—so about this...? have conversations with so—and—so about this. . . ? so, the chief whip is her chief disciplinarian and he will have a long list of tory mp5 who he needs to get onside now. and also of course the ten dup mp5 who really seem course the ten dup mp5 who really seem completely lost now although they will still be making some sort of phantom efforts. it is really a case of winning over as many

backbench tory mp5, eurosceptics perhaps, but also people likejohnny mercer, who said he would oppose the motion in the commons yesterday, trying to persuade them over to what i think we will probably end up having, which is trying to get the level of defeat down. i think no 10 are fairly confident that they will not win this but if they can get the margin of defeat down to 20 or 30, even 15 and owe it does not look too bad compared with some of the figures which have been floating around. if it is just figures which have been floating around. if it isjust a figures which have been floating around. if it is just a narrow defeat, then theresa may can go back to brussels and say, looked, parliament has spoken, i need more from you, whatever it is, just give me something. the eu in my view will probably give her very little indeed. she can then come back to the house of commons and say, you have voted this down, i‘ve tried, they‘ve given me nothing, we‘re going to have one more vote on this. apart from the small things i have just won offer them, this is really it, it is my deal or nothing. and some tory mp5 i have spoken to have

said they will vote against the first time around but they might come on board the second time around if it can be proved that there really is no more negotiation to be done. i suspect that will be no 10 ‘s strategy, i have no idea if it will work, i suspect it probably modem. ton newton dunn, joining us from westminster, thank you. if you wa nted from westminster, thank you. if you wanted somewhere to get away from the madness that is going on around brexit, you might head for lincoln cathedral, which is where matt is for us this morning just yes we are talking christingle today, a moravian tradition brought to the church of england 50 years ago today. making their own christingles at the moment, we have some children here. what are you doing at the moment? i am fitting the suites in my orange. they are representing

god‘s creations. and of course sweets are important for some — what is your favourite bit? it's when i put my sweets... do you eat them before you have even left a church, before you have even left a church, be honest... ? before you have even left a church, be honest...? i.e. them afteri finish my christingle. well done! they are working away on their oranges and their posting alls. but it isa oranges and their posting alls. but it is a lovely start to the day here inside the church, beautiful, and we have got a church choir, cathedral choir, behind us as well. weatherwise, not quite so calm, because let‘s have a look at the forecast, severe gales today a across scotland and western parts of the uk especially. 70mph gusts in scotla nd the uk especially. 70mph gusts in scotland already, which could cause some travel disruption and is

already affecting the ferries. we have also got rain tied in with it, associated with the low pressure to the north—west of the uk. the cold front pushing across england at the moment and lots of heavy rain around, leaving lots of surface water on the roads traffic that rain will clear over the next few hours from the south—east and for the rest of the day, sunshine and showers, most frequent in the west. longer spells of rain in parts of scotland, with some blizzards on the hills as those winds continue to pick up. gusts possible up as high as 80mph traffic those winds will gradually drop away and by the afternoon, temperatures will be down to eight or nine. tonight, a mixture of clear spells and showers. showers mainly in the west and more especially across north—west england and northern ireland, where we continue to season we‘re gales. because we‘ve got the winds blowing quite strongly all—night, temperatures shouldn‘t drop away too much. piccini start to

saturday morning. a few showers, particularly in the west. the showers get more frequent and widespread through the day. the winds will be lightest by the end of the afternoon in northern scotland. saturday night, we will see the strongest of the winds in south—western england and south—west wales. there could be some travel disruption here to take us into sunday just lots of sunshine disruption here to take us into sundayjust lots of sunshine on sunday. winds in a more northerly direction by this stage, whipping up some high seas on the north sea coasts and the temperature is going to drop as well chuffed feeling chilly on sunday, single fingers are many of us, and that will continue into next week. pretty lively, but let‘s finish with something calmer, with the lincoln cathedral choir. enjoy your day. choir sing

we will have more from matt later. a british sailor is awaiting rescue from the middle of the ocean after her yacht was destroyed halfway through a solo round—the—world race. halfway through a solo susie goodall is adrift in the pacific after a huge storm flipped her boat over and ripped the mast off, leaving her stranded 2,000 miles west of chile. a cargo ship is on route to her, but it‘s unlikely to get there until this afternoon. we can speak now to don mcintyre, founder of the 2018 golden globe race, whojoins us from the race‘s headquarters in france. thank you very much for your time this morning. first of all, i wonder if you could update us on the situation in relation to the rescue? timelines have been delayed because of the bad weather, with the ship

heading from the north, down towards susie, it could be anywhere between seven o‘clock to nine o‘clock this evening. conditions have moderated, susie is reporting the sea is down to about five metres and the ship‘s captain is reporting that he will be able to launch a small boat to pick up able to launch a small boat to pick up susie. she might have to launch the life raft and get picked up on that and lifted onto the deck of a 40,000 ton ship which is about 190 metres long. so, tell us a little bit more about how susie is right now, the seas you described as being five metres, it sounds quite perilous to some of us, what is her situation? she is safe at the moment, the boat is still secure, she is taking on a bit of water but it is easy to pump that out. the

inside of the boat is trashed but she has managed to get some rest overnight. all of her gear is secure, she‘s got everything she needs, we‘re in good satellite communications with her but it is still a perilous situation in that there‘s challenges ahead with the rescue. she is focused and she knows it is not going to be easy. she is a bit seasick amazingly because the motion of the boat is really tough with no master, it whips around, and she has got cut hands. she is in an interesting situation, but she is a tough girl, that‘s for sure. interesting situation, but she is a tough girl, that's for sure. and we‘re seeing some pictures from some parts of the race now. i know from her own account, she said she was thrown across the cabin and knocked out for a while. what do you know about any injuries she may have sustained? yeah, she was concussed, she didn‘t know for how long, she thought it was a short time. that had some concerns for us later on, because she had some pounding headaches but she managed to get in contact with our 24—hour tele— medicine doctors and they are happy

with the situation, so now, she can‘t keep any fluids down, she can‘t keep any fluids down, she can‘t eat anything but that is a case of the seasickness. her hands are cut up a bit because she had to cut the mast and rigging away very quickly before it punched a hole in the hull. when she came to from the concussion there was a lot of water in the boat. she thought she might be sinking but fortunately that‘s not the case, she‘s managed to clear the boat. i'm curious, people listening to your account of how she is, talking about the worries about concussion, they will be thinking, how is it ok that it is taking so long to get help to her, i mean, it may be an obvious question but is there any other means of getting to her quicker, given those concerns about her health? well, basically she‘s 2000 miles west of cape horn in the middle of nowhere, it is about as far as you can get from anywhere, very close to point nemo, which is the furthest point from

land anywhere on the earth. basically we didn‘t have any other sailors in the race who were close by who could get there quicker. the chilly rescue coordination centre is managing the situation, they‘re doing a fantasticjob. and we are fortu nate doing a fantasticjob. and we are fortunate that there was a ship which was just fortunate that there was a ship which wasjust a fortunate that there was a ship which was just a few hundred miles away and is trying to get there as soon as away and is trying to get there as soon as possible. but i‘ve got to say she is safe at the moment, she is secure on the boat, we‘re not concerned for her health right now. she has got some physical challenges to get up the side of this ship and onto the ship, so we are hoping for the best and we will be monitoring the best and we will be monitoring the situation closely. she is preparing herself and her equipment, she might have to get in the life raft as a means of transferring onto the ship, who a very fluid situation. thank you very much for your time this morning, don mcintyre, race chairman of the 2018 golden globe race. susie goodall, not to be rescued they say until eight o‘clock or nine o‘clock

tonight. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. we are in for some windy conditions today, potentially disruptive conditions across northern parts of the uk. heavy rain this morning and it is moving south and east, clearing away giving sunny spells and blustery showers into the afternoon. it is the winds across the northern part of northern ireland and west of scotland where we could see gusts of 70, perhaps 80 mph. across scotland, wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph and heavy rain continuing across scotland as well with hill snow to come as well. elsewhere, there will be sunny

spells, blustery showers which will be heavy, even thundery as well. temperatures will drop down as the day goes on so about seven to 10 celsius. the winds in northern areas could cause some problems. windy over the weekend, showers on saturday and drier and colder by sunday. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news, with victoria fritz and maryam moshiri. china‘s huawei vows it‘s business as usual despite the arrest of one it‘s top executives at the us‘s request. live from london, that‘s our top story on friday the 7th of december. it isa

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