good morning welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and tina daheley. our headlines today: a severe blow to theresa may's hopes of making her brexit deal more acceptable to mps — eu leaders tell her they will not make changes to the agreement. it is not open for red negotiation. the man french police track down and kill the man wanted in connection with the islamist attack on a christmas market in strasbourg. the first manned flight to the edge of space by a commercial rocket — sir richard branson celebrates the success of his virgin galactic space ship good morning. the busiest time of yearfor good morning. the busiest time of year for the royal mail. this good morning. the busiest time of yearfor the royal mail. this place alone will handle 2 million cards, letters a nd alone will handle 2 million cards, letters and parcels today alone. i will show you how they do it and crucially, how those last—minute dash last—minute dates make sure your post is good. chelsea football club have spoken out after fresh allegations that their fans were involved in offensive behaviour.

they drew their match in hungary last night in the europa league but uefa will now look into the claims of anti semitic chanting a frosty start this morning across the uk. this weekend, it's not the snow and ice that causes problems, it will be the wind and heavy rain. it's friday december the 14th. our top story. theresa may's attempts to , after the european union said the withdrawal agreement was "not open for renegotiation". the prime minister flew to brussels in an attempt to get concessions to help push her deal through parliament. but eu leaders made their position clear in a news conference

late last night. in a moment we'll speak to our political correspondent it is not open for renegotiation. the european council underlines the backstop is intended as an insurance policy to prevent a hardball. and ensure the integrity of the single market. established by the first of december, 2020 alternative arrangements. so the backstop will not need to be triggered. in a moment we'll speak to our political correspondent alex forsyth in westminster. let's talk first to our brussels reporter adam fleming. adam, mrs may asked for help and got a very public rebuttal. were the eu unwilling to help, or unable?

i don't think she wanted that divorce document to be renegotiated. she did get some of those. it is all about this document known as the conclusions which the eu leaders published last night. it is a few paragraphs long. it is not all bad for theresa may. a commitment from the eu that there should be a close relationship. the idea the backstop would only be temporary. and also the eu would continue to negotiate the eu would continue to negotiate the so—called best endeavours. to get a trade deal with the uk. even if the backstop was needed for a short period. what she did not get was a mandate to the backstop. it would have said the eu had spent the next few weeks working on other

forms of reassurance, other language, other documents that she could present to the house of commons. that has gone on some of the lang which has toughened up. we've seen a diplomatic note which sums up that theresa may in the words of this note was not really clear about what she wanted and you talk to diplomats about last night and they say there was not lots of specific requests from the eu you. —— from the uk. eu leaders were left scratching their heads wondering what theresa may can actually do to get the deal through parliament. words that lots of diplomats have been using was that it was bad. and, thank you. alex forsyth is in westminster. alex, where does all this leave mrs may's brexit bill? i think things don't look great because what she wanted from the eu was some sort of firm reassurance of that backstop. what the eu so far

has given her won't enough. unless something significantly changes between now and when that deal is due to come back before parliament, which we now know be up to christmas, and she is still facing an uphill struggle to get enough mps to support it. what happens then? there are some mps in parliament would advocate no deal. some who would advocate no deal. some who would want a much closer relationship with the eu. some who wa nt relationship with the eu. some who want a second public vote. they will try to bring down the government. there is no majority in parliament oi’ there is no majority in parliament orany of there is no majority in parliament or any of those options. right now, we are still in a deadlock situation and right now, it still looks like it's pretty difficult for theresa may to find a clear way through. alex, thank you. police in france have shot dead a man wanted for the attack on a christmas market in strausbourg which killed three people and left several more wounded. french officials said a police patrol found cherif chekatt wandering through the streets of the city

after being on the run for several days. our europe reporter gavin leejoins us now from strasbourg. this is the neudorf area of strasbourg, where police have lifted according and behind me, is where three police officers had seen a man walking suspiciously in the road and where cherif chekatt, the suspect was shot dead just behind me here. what we are told from the paris prosecutor and the interior ministry is that three officers have spotted a man. they shouted to him, he fired a man. they shouted to him, he fired a shouted back. we are getting a clearer picture of perhaps his sense of those around him. by members of his family arrested. as well as

sharif she. he is in algeria and is wa nted sharif she. he is in algeria and is wanted now and being sorted by police. this operation is over 48 hours on a manhunt in which three people were killed and i2 hours on a manhunt in which three people were killed and 12 injured in the street around the christmas markets. was so big a support network around him in these 48 hours in which he's been missing. virgin galactic‘s fourth effort to get pilots into the air has been successful. it looks like something from a sci—fi movie. pilot: rolling to the right. this is vss unity —

virgin galactic spaceship that could soon be ferrying passengers out to space. it took off out of the californian desert attached to an aeroplane. once it reached around 43,000 feet, the pilots fired the rocket motors, taking the craft to an altitude ofjust over 51 miles. the company's boss couldn't have been prouder. well, we've been to space, and that's something that we've been looking forward to for 14 years, since we started virgin galactic. it's a historic day. i think it's the first commercial space ship company to actually put people into space. and, yeah, we're on top of the moon at the moment. virgin say they have more than 600 paid—up clients wanting a trip into space. those tickets currently sold for $250,000 for a 90—minute trip.

while the flight marked a milestone for virgin galactic, the firm's rivals, including tesla's elon musk and amazon'sjeff bezos, have already ventured further, though that's without people on board. meanwhile, virgin galactic say, in time, as they build more and more spaceships, thousands more people will have the opportunity of a trip into space. eliza philippidis, bbc news. an army recruitment drive has faced significant problems including a website that cost three times its budget and was 52 months late, a national audit 0ffice report has found. 0utsourcing giant capita was awarded the £495 million contract for army recruitment in 2012 but has failed to hit soldier recruitment targets every year since. capita admitted it had "underestimated the complexity" of the project. the army said it had "put in place a plan to address the challenges". half of uk homes could get faster broadband than they do now, according to 0fcom. new figures from the regulator also

show that one in seven households could get a faster service for the same, or even less money than they pay at the moment. it's launching a new website today to help consumers find better deals. british yachtswoman susie goodall is expected to set foot back on dry land later this morning, when the cargo ship that rescued her arrives into port. the 29—year—old was stranded in stormy conditions for two days after her boat violently capsized and lost its mast during the solo, round—the—world, "golden globe" race. scientists are calling for mandatory food labels that spell out the environmental impact of the production process. food production is responsible for a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions, according to an oxford university study. they also found that meat and other animal products are responsible for more than half of food—related greenhouse gas emissions. david dimbleby received a standing ovation on question time last night

as he finished his final episode as host after 25 years. his successor, fiona bruce, will take over in the new year. the broadcaster thanked the team of people who'd made the show possible after the audience and panel got to their feet to show their appreciation. and that's the end of the service announcements but this programme marks the end of my tenure of the chair. cheering and applause thank you. the end of an era. i actually stayed up the end of an era. i actually stayed up late to watch a bit of that. well worth it. did he take over from sir robin day? that's way before my time. there was one in between. i will look it up. how long he does go back, though. incredible. a standing

ovation. not many people stay in their jobs ovation. not many people stay in theirjobs the 25 years. i wish i was talking about the actual sport this morning. it is overshadowed by headlines like will they never learn? this comes in the wake of what happened last weekend. for the second time in a week, chelsea fans face allegations of offensive behaviour. they drew 2—2 away at mol vidi, in the europa league, last night, but uefa, are now investigating allegations of anti—semitic chants by the travelling fans. wonderful, wonderful copenhagen.

celtic fans might be singing this, after a goal from the danish club, sends celtic into the knockout stages, of the europa league, despite being beaten at home by salzburg. rivals rangers though, are out of the competition. wimbledon is getting bigger — almost three times — after the neighbouring golf club agreed to sell its land. and the bdo women's world darts champion lisa ashton gave world number 43 jan dekker a huge scare on the opening night of the pdc world championship at alexandra palace. ashton was aiming to become the first woman to beat a man at a world championship. ina moment, in a moment, controversy at the world pie eating championships. do you have pictures? only in the papers. you wouldn't want pictures. over your breakfast, as it were. we'll have more of the papers in just a moment. matt has got the

weather price this morning. you still with us but outside this morning taking in some of the lights in salford. that looks great. good morning to both of you. they have seen the outdoors. what a star to the morning. in amongst some amazing interactive light displays. part of the show here in the keys until sunday. their greatest ever exhibition of light display. this is one of them. i will show you around this morning. there are stunning things to be seen. while it is all quite he this morning it is about frosty, admittedly, the forecast in the week and do something different. we will take a look at that forecast. this weekend could be the first spell of significant snow, only for some of you. scotland and the hills of northern england in particular. and critically through the latter half of saturday into saturday night. even with that in the forecast, heavy rain and strong

winds —— particularly. that is waiting in the winds, creeping into shot. at the moment we have the cold air with its feeding off the near continent. the winds are not as strong this morning. clear skies in parts of the uk has led to a frosty start to the day. temperatures through the night were around —4 or -5 in through the night were around —4 or —5 in one or two spots. an isolated show across east anglia or north—east scotland. later as cloud thickens into parts of northern ireland. mostly dry. winds lighter than they were yesterday. it will not feel quite as chilly, even though temperatures around 3— six degrees across many parts of the uk. it is another chilly day. then we start to see changes. the frost will develop to deny across many central and eastern areas. in the west we start to seek more in the way of cloudless billing. outbreaks of rain. some snow here and there. a

big change from west to east as far as temperatures are concerned. rising through the night across northern ireland in south—west england. into tomorrow, if you start dry and bright across eastern areas, frosty, cloud, outbreaks of rain will develop quite widely. strong to gale force winds as well. the rain will gradually turn to snow across parts of northern england and scotla nd parts of northern england and scotland in particular. winds a key feature uk wide. they could touch 50- 60 feature uk wide. they could touch 50— 60 mph around some coasts, maybe more towards the south—west later. the hills of northern england could see as much as five centimetres of snow. some icing. scotland up to 20 centimetres of snow possible on the hills. travel disruption is likely from that. could even cover the snow to low levels through the night and into sunday. could be a difficult start to sunday. snow clearing away from scotland. and then for many it will be a case of brightening up. some turnaround on sunday. heavy showers here and there, especially

the southern counties of england and wales. some of it heavy and bundrage. the temperatures will be less chilly and will climb further into next week. some pretty strong winds, heavy rain, parts of northern england and scotland some snow in the forecast. i will keep you updated. thank you very much. we are going to look through some of the front pages. the conservatives face a lasting split over brexit says the times, and claims some brexiteer mps are threatening to go on strike until there is a change of leader. the guardian says the pm has pleaded with eu leaders in a last—ditch bid to save her brexit deal. it also has a photo of the actress keira knightley receiving an obe. the metro says the number of rough sleepers has increased by 120 per cent, and that 24,000 people in the uk will be homeless this christmas. and the daily mail warns there will be council tax

rises in april. it also says the author jk rowling is backing its hospital volunteer appeal. what have you got for us? before we get onto this pie eating, this wimbledon expansion, it is exciting for fans. they have been given the green light to take over the golf clu b green light to take over the golf club next door. three times bigger. what an opportunity this could be to have maybe the qualifying day. the qualifying rounds, to allow more fans to see. that is a big expansion. people who have been to wimbledon, that is normally webby car parking is. that could be part of the actual ground —— where the car parking is. you could get to see more of the south practising, some ideas out there. more opportunity for people to go in the future. —— stars. the controversy at the world

pie eating championships in wigan on tuesday... it has not happened yet. it is an annual event. in the past the use of meat and potato pies has caused windy problems, flatulence, which has caused problems for the spectators. according to the organisers the release of methane gases. they are proposing from this year to have just chicken pies, not meat and potato. former champions are saying this is completely weakening the competition. it is like asking cristiano ronaldo to play with plastic bowls rather than at leather balls. it is allowing a lesser pie eaters into the competition —— balls. it has been a level playing field in the past. everyone had meat and potato. this it will be chicken. i don't know if they chicken pie is easy to eat. according to dave smith it is. or does it make you gassy?|j according to dave smith it is. or does it make you gassy? i am more of

a vegetarian van de pas. who is the current champion? —— vegetarian pie. the double champion, the women's and the men's. my glasses are in my pocket. that is at last you's winner. vicki and martin. each eating pies. they are quite small. you want is it actually happening. i imagine it is quite a messy business. there is a lot of noise, excitement, chanting. it is later it -- all excitement, chanting. it is later it —— all ona excitement, chanting. it is later it —— all on a lighter clean the inside pages. something to wear for the christmas party. jennifer lopez. look at that dress. this is a redcarpet appearance in a pink dress. that looks awful. you could all hide under the dress and get in secretly. i was trying to work out where she was in this. how do you

get there? do you get in a like that? it is all quite tricky. i don't know. think about that.|j that? it is all quite tricky. i don't know. think about that. i will show you some christmas lights. these are good. and also... look at that. these are private homes? 1 million lines of this one in cambridgeshire. imagine the electricity bills, dealing with that. there is also one more. is this the tree that goes out the roof? i think i have this the tree that goes out the roof? i thinki have got this the tree that goes out the roof? i think i have got this one. that's be won. there is the picture you have got that —— that's the one. it looks like it is on the roof. then it goes straight through the house. you have to ground floor, presumably the bedroom... what he has done is chopped it in three and put a bit of it downstairs, another bit on the floor above, and the last bit on the floor above, and the last bit on the roof. by the time you have finished putting the decorations up on the tree christmas

will be over. it is a semi-detached house in lincolnshire. he has gone for it. inevitably someone will say you think that is impressive...” can do better than that. look at my spruce. if you have something you wa nt to spruce. if you have something you want to share with us today feel free. thank you. it's 100 years today since women voted for the first time in a general election in the uk. 8.5 million women were eligible, but it was still another ten years before they had equal voting rights to men. throughout this suffrage year, we've looked at some of the incredible stories of the women who originally fought for those rights, and the campaigners still battling today. jayne mccubbin has been meeting some of those inspirational women. the 1918 boat is just the first step on the long road towards equality —— vote. but it took another ten years for equal franchise. by 1928 all

women are finally able to vote. more and more begin to work. but by 1930 women are paid only half the rates paid by men. that started to change in 1956 with the very first equal pay reform. but only teachers and civil servants were deemed worthy. decade later, another milestone is passed. it was the 1967 abortion act. i personally think it was one of the most fundamental reforms of the 1960s. of the most fundamental reforms of the 19605. it of the most fundamental reforms of the 1960s. it gave women power over their reproductive lives. in 1968 women at dagenham car battery makers stand, a fight which leads to the equal pay act. i became the first woman to fight and win the first equal pay case. we all agreed and couldn't understand why myself as a woman was being paid different and

yet had the same qualifications. woman was being paid different and yet had the same qualificationsm 1974 there came a momentous year for the women's liberation movement, with this. the pill. finally available, not only to married women but to single women. and then in 1979... but to single women. and then in 1979. .. her but to single women. and then in 1979... her majesty, but to single women. and then in 1979. .. her majesty, the queen, but to single women. and then in 1979... her majesty, the queen, has asked me to form a new administration, and i have excepted. but even in 1979, it would still ta ke but even in 1979, it would still take another year for women, including the prime minister, to be able to apply for a mortgage or alone in their own name. the pace of change is moving fast. in 1997 we are introduced to tony blair's babes. they landmark moment for women in politics. and in 2001, a landmark moment for women. as two

lesbians carol and i were able to sign the partnership register. and still madly in love. women were finally starting to smash through the glass ceiling in all kinds of ways. in 20041 the glass ceiling in all kinds of ways. in 2004 i became the first woman in 40 years to have composed and conducted a symphony. women have come so far down the road to equality, but ask these women where we are today and they will tell you... there is still so much more to be done. only 3296 of mps are women. green women are still paid one fifth less than men. it is still happening. it is still going on. less than a third of ceos in the ftse 100 are women. less than a third of ceos in the ftse100 are women. keep fighting. that is what i say the old message of eternal vigilance was never more

needed. i really don't want to have two wait for another 100 years, nor does any other woman. that is very inspirational hearing those voices. what a lovely piece. you're watching breakfast. still lots to come this morning — with christmas creeping up fast, ben's gone to find out how royal mail is coping with all the cards and presents. good morning. good morning to you. it is the most wonderful time of the year to be a postman. take a look at all of these. some of the 2 million cards, letters, and parcels that will go through this one centre in swindon every single day. we get —— they get loaded into the automatic sorting machine. that has the job of reading handwriting to see where they are going. they get that through this machine back and deal with 50,000 of them every single hour. they have a huge task on their hands. they have taken on about

20,000 temporary christmas staff to deal with the rush. they have symptom—free sorting offices. 7000 more vehicles on the road to cope with all of that —— they have opened. time to get the news and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm geeta pendse. the average worker in the capital has lost more than £20,000 in real earnings since the financial crash of 2008 — that's according to tuc research. analysis suggests that once the cost of living is taken into account, wages are down in 31 of london's 31 local authorities. redbridge is the worst affected, where residents are still earning 34% less in real terms than a decade ago. the london ambulance service has seen a huge rise in the number of call outs it's received since the beginning of the festive period. last friday, the las saw a 24% increase in calls compared to the same day in september. they're warning partygoers

to think sensibly about their drinking. the london ambulance service receives 5000 calls a day on a non— busy day. coming into these winter months we are receiving 6000, 6500 calls a day. be careful how much you drink, make sure you are with a group of friends who can get you home, because these things just take time and we only have a limited amount of resources to give to the public. the mayor's rough sleeping campaign has raised over £78,000 in two weeks for homelessness charities. this includes nearly 8,000 pounds raised through contactless donation points. there are now over 50 places where londoners can donate with just a tap of their bank card. last night for the first time this winter, emergency cold weather shelters opened, as temperatures were set to hit zero. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. however there's no service

on the overground between willesden junction and richmond. that's due to a track fault. the m25 is closed anti—clockwise between junction 12 and 11 due to accident investigation work. there is queueing traffic. at canary wharf westferry road is closed southbound from hertsmere road to marsh wall after a crane overturned. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. another cold feeling day in again today. the air is cooler than it was yesterday. but the winds will be lighter. so it is not feeling quite so bitter. for most of us it is a frosty start to the morning. tempted to is having dipped below freezing last night. there is cloud out there at the moment but we should see things brighten up and we should get some sunshine too. the best of the sunshine too. the best of the sunshine towards central and western areas of the capital. plenty of

cloud further east blowing in on that fairly light south—easterly breeze. watch out for one or two showers in parts of ethics and hertfordshire moving up through the thames s3. perhaps a wintry element to some of the showers. for the vast majority of us it will be a great day. the temperatures are lower than they were yesterday. between three and five celsius. the winter chill won't be quite so bad. the winds will eventually pick up overnight tonight but we can see a touch of frost developing. lots of clear skies around. temperatures dipping below freezing. tomorrow it will turn wet through the afternoon, bear that in mind if you are out christmas shopping. wet and windy and then milder on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello — this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and tina daheley. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. we'll be speaking to richard branson live from california's mojave desert after one of his virgin galactic test—flights successfully rocketed to the edge of space and back. sexist tv adverts were all the rage in the 50s, but we'll be asking if some are still re—inforcing

gender stereotypes today. and yes, we're the lucky ones this morning — we'll bejoined by the music legend nile rodgers before the end of the programme. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. theresa may's attempts to make her brexit deal more acceptable to parliament have suffered a blow after european leaders said it was "not open for renegotiation". the prime ministerflew to brussels hoping to negotiate more concessions. but eu bosses made their position clear at a news conference late last night. andy moore reports. theresa may came to brussels saying she wasn't expecting any immediate

breakthrough but as she left last night, it seemed her bid for legal reassu ra nces over night, it seemed her bid for legal reassurances over the irish backstop had been categorically rejected. there were some kind words from her collea g u es there were some kind words from her colleagues but ireland vetoed a line in the draft communique, say in europe could give mrs may more assurances later on. at a late—night press co nfe re nce , assurances later on. at a late—night press conference, the european council president said the 27 countries would not reopen the withdrawal agreement endorsed last month. the union stands by this agreement and intends to proceed with this object of uk. it not open for renegotiation. the european commission president called for clarity from britain in what he said was often vague and nebulous discussion. translation: our uk friends need to say what they want instead of asking us to say what we want. and so we would like, within a few weeks, our uk friends to set out

their expectations was. next week, their expectations was. next week, the european council will publish a whole set of documents setting out how it would cope with no deal brexit. mrs may will be attending the second day of the summit this morning but after being rebuffed so comp and sibley on day one, it's ha rd to comp and sibley on day one, it's hard to see what her can achieve. —— what her negotiations can achieve. the gunmen killed in the strasbourg shootout, cherif chekatt, was found wandering the streets. an army recruitment drive has faced "significa nt problems" — including a website that cost three times its budget and was 52 months late, a national audit office report has found. outsourcing giant capita was awarded the £495 million contract for army recruitment in 2012 — but has failed to hit soldier recruitment

targets every year since. capita admitted it had underestimated the complexity of the project. the army said it had put in place a plan to address the challenges. half of uk homes could get faster broadband with a single call to their provider, according to 0fcom. new figures from the regulator also show that one in seven households could get a faster service for the same, or even less money than they pay at the moment. it's launching a new website today to help consumers find better deals. british yachtswoman susie goodall is expected to set foot back on dry land later this morning, when the cargo ship that rescued her arrives into port. the 29—year—old was stranded in stormy conditions for two days after her boat violently capsized and lost its mast during the solo, round—the—world, golden globe race. nasa's voyager probe has beamed back

images ofjupiter after becoming the second craft to reach so far. it was launched in 1977 to studyjupiter, satin, uranus and neptune but kept going. but voyager one and voyager two are still veide indebted to scientists back on earth. very impressive. i wish i was talking about the sport, football chelsea's draw last night that it is dominated by new shame, new—found shame, after reporters there said they heard anti—semitic chanting from the chelsea fans. will they never learn? this is awful, it so soon after what happened. police are looking into allegations of race is abuse against

rahim sterling. the club is said to be furious. very embarrassing considering the only himself as jewish and these were anti—semitic charts which uefa are looking into. it's the second time in a week, chelsea fans face allegations of offensive behaviour, after four fans were banned from their ground, after allegedly, racially abusing, the manchester city player raheem sterling. uefa says it will await the referee's report from last night and a strongly worded statement released by the club says anti—semitism, and any other kind of race—related or religious hatred is abhorrent to this club, and the overwhelming majority of ourfans. any individuals that are found to have shamed the club, will face the strongest possible action. on the field, chelsea had already won their group but they went behind against the hungarian side mol vidi after this brilliant volley. but a perfectly placed freekick from olivier giroud earned them a 2—all draw. elsewhere, it was a night

of extraordinary drama for celtic as they were beaten, but still managed to progress to the next round. they were already a goal down before this howler of an error from keeper craig gordon, gave salzberg a second. at that point it looked like they were heading out. but when news filtered through the other teams in their group had drawn, it meant that celtic‘s result no longer mattered. they pulled a goal back, but the celebrations had already begun. their glasgow rivals rangers are out of the competition after they were beaten 1—nil by rapid vienna. steven gerrard's side needed a win to qualify, but instead it is the austrian side who reach the knock—out stage. one other british club in europa league action last night, arsenal had already won their group so there was nothing riding on their result. they saw off qarabag. alexander lacazette with the only goal of the game at the emirates. the site of the wimbledon tennis championships is to almost triple

in size, by the middle of the next decade, after the neighbouring golf club agreed to sell its land. the all england tennis club, made a reported offer of 65 million to buy wimbledon park, whose members, including piers morgan and ant and dec, and they will receive around 85 thousand pounds each from the sale. it means they can hold the qualifying event on the adjacent ground is so more fans can see more practice courts. many more fans can get him. it's always been a great occasion in itself. they are milling around in wimbledon. now, the women's, world darts champion lisa ashton has been knocked out of the men's tournament. the professional darts

competition, has been expanded this year to guarantee spots for two female players. ashton won the first set, but her dutch opponent yan dekker, hit back to win the next three, to progress to the second round. russia's anastasia dobromislova, is the other female competitior. she plays her first round match on monday. it is one of the most iconic and renowned venues in winter sports, and now the cresta run in st moritz will be open to women as well as men. the ruling came in back in the 1920s because of the fear that it was too dangerous for women to compete. however the st moritz tabogganing club voted by a two thirds majority to allow women to ride the crest again and become members. i couldn't believe it. it's been reopened. there was apparently some

link between tobogganing and breast cancer. of these have finally got there. let's go back to that story we've been bringing you this morning that half the homes in the uk could get faster broadband just by making a single call to their provider, according to 0fcom. so why are so many of us not bothering? and should companies be doing more to tell customers about the better deals on offer? let's try to get to the bottom of this with 0fcom's chief executive, sharon white. what is seen to this morning? we found, as you say your bulletin, that half of us us could get faster broadband and potentially save money and yet, i think lots of us are leading very busy lives and changing your broadband provider is probably not top of your list. today's campaign is about making it as simple as possible for everybody to

upgrade their broadband. is a question of picking up the phone. i'm paying you this amount of money. be, i wanted faster, do something. it isa be, i wanted faster, do something. it is a major new campaign we are launching today. go to boost your broadband .com. follow just launching today. go to boost your broadband .com. followjust three easy practical steps. you type in your postcode. to seek it and get a faster broadband. second, find out what sort of broadband user you are, maybe everybody in the family is streaming netflix video or maybe you are an occasional user starting your kid. thirdly, you can download a really practical, handy checklist to have in front of you when you call your provider to get a better deal. it sounds lovely. the endgame here,

it sounds wonderful, you get a cheaper deal and faster broadband. if that up your supplier and say, on to found out if i can get a better deal and faster broadband. they say to you, i've got great news for you, sharon white. you can get faster broadband. the new package will cost you about £18 more a month. shall we sign you up for it? how do you know they are telling the truth? the website, independent impartial advice, and what your viewers will find is, we've got lots of information about the sorts of prices you can expect to pay. superfast broadband should be available from as little as £20 per month. we recognise it can be quite a hassle to change providers and thatis a hassle to change providers and that is why we've got lots of practical but crucially independent information for your viewers to

download and we are armed with the right information when you make the call to that provider. if after even having read your brilliant website and read to the information, you still make the phone call. the got good news, we can give you faster broadband but that will cost you more. how can you challenge that. if you say that is the situation. what our information is show is that you can shop around and go to a different provider. in addition to the campaign today, we have also introduced tough new rules on providers which means that for the first time, when your contract is coming to an end, c might be the end ofa coming to an end, c might be the end of a cheaper introductory offer, your provider will have to tell you what the best tariff is available and to most people, that could mean saving 20%. it's a lot of money. particularly in the run—up to christmas. it's something we had a

lot of different industries say. not getting the best deal. partly because you simply don't ask. and you don't get awarded the loyalty. matt's bringing us the weather from outside our studios here in salford quays this morning. iam glad i am glad to see you are wrapped up warm. it is very cold. it is indeed. a very good morning. we are amongst the wonderful light displays at salford quays behind me. you might recognise these if you have ever been to blackpool. one of the displays at lightwaves 2018. the blackpool illuminations, of course. they are probably as old as me. i remember them as a kid. you can see the phone books from doctor who, of course. there are a number of displays —— phone box. they are braving a pill friday morning. as

tina said it is pretty cold out here. widespread frost across the country this morning. looking at the forecast into this weekend, it is going to be a difficult one for forecasters. snow and ice are going to figure at some point, particularly late on saturday into sunday. this is where you can see problems across parts of scotland, maybe the hills of northern england. snow and ice. heavy winds in the forecast as well. that is waiting in the winds towards the west at present. we have cold air coming in off the near continent. the good news is that today the wind is not as strong. but the temperatures this morning are lower than they were yesterday morning. —4, —5 in a few spots at the moment. most are dry. some turnaround. showers potentially towards the far south—east, north—east of scotland and later in northern ireland. mostly a fine day. winds lighter than they were yesterday, apart from the averages. temperatures down on yesterday's values. we don't have the added

windchill this afternoon. into tonight, frost will form quite quickly. there are skies across central and eastern areas. temperatures rise through the night in to the west where you see cloud spilling. outbreaks of rain and potentially have the hills of northern ireland and it is up for scotland. you could see some snow. through saturday morning and through saturday itself we are likely to see that rain become more of a feature across many western areas. eastern areas are dry and bright with sunshine. could cloud over rapidly. every rate at many —— at times across many areas. could cause minor flooding. winds picking up to gale force. we could start to see some snow. that is because temperatures on the low side across many northern and eastern areas. mild areas try to push in and the snow starts to fall. it is across parts of northern and western areas where we see some of the strongest winds to finish the afternoon and take us into the evening. the snow becomes more of an

issue. the hills of northern england could see up to five centimetres of snow. as much as 20 centimetres and the hills of scotland. some ice mixed in with that as well. and to low levels across scotland we could see a coating of snow. problems may be into sunday morning with snow around. the snow clears the way out in towards the east. things turn drier and brighter on sunday. there will be showers across the southern areas. some heavy and boundary. not the temperatures. they are on the rise. milder conditions to take us through sunday in into the start of next week. it is through saturday, heavy rain, strong winds, almost uk wide. and for some across northern england and scotland we could see some snow. that is how it is looking. back to charlie and tina. thank you so much. he looks so cold. it's the busiest week of the year for royal mail as it endeavours to deliver millions of cards and parcels in time for christmas. we've sent ben to help out at a sorting office in swindon. those places are fascinating. the

scale of what they have to do. yeah. take a look at all of this. welcome to swindon. i am probably hindering rather than helping. miss a stone, your card is on its way. that one looks like a bill. all of these are on their way. some of the thousands and thousands of cars that this place will deal with every day. they will deal with about 2 million parcels and letters and christmas cards in this place alone today. it is, of course, the busiest time of year. they have taken on extra staff and have some temporary facilities to deal with it. let us speak to one of the bosses. good morning to you. expect little bit about how this works. this is a pretty big operation. you play this all year, how do you make sure you get it right? it is a huge operation. he is starting the planning early. we starting the planning early. we start planning for christmas back in january. we look to bring in, we

have 33,000 x to people this year, supporting 123,000 regular workforce —— extra people. we bring additional warehouses, we have six additional parcel sorting centres. parcels are really an important part of the business. then there are additional vehicles. a great team supplemented by additional resources at christmas. let us talk about the parcels business. at this time of year we send a lot of cards, but we are sending fewer letters are because of the. it is parcels that are the biggest business. letters are the biggest business. letters are still really important for us. they make up almost 60% of uk revenue. but parcels are growing. at the half year we reported a 6% growth in parcels. we'll see more of that later. in terms of many of the retailers, it is a core part of our growth strategy going forward. for

now, thank you so much. we will talk more later. all of the important dates you need to remember when you are posting are second class. you need those in the post by the 18th of december. first class need to be in the post by the 20th to make sure they get there. and is with us from they get there. and is with us from the greeting cards association. a busy time for you guys —— amanda. you have some stats about who is buying christmas cards. it is younger people. interestingly, yes. a growth in the 18— 24 —year—olds. sending more cards than a decade ago. we lead the world. we send more ca rs ago. we lead the world. we send more cars than any other nation. a huge industry. at this time of year many people are supporting you. and a growth in designers. the idea of being able to print your own in digital printing means there are more niche cards out there.” digital printing means there are more niche cards out there. i think so. more niche cards out there. i think so. wide variety of publishers and those designing and making cards in

their back bedroom to obviously growing into larger companies. our members, a wide variety of members, naturally as an association the greetings cards association is celebrating its centenary next year. we have more members than at any other time since 1919. it is growing. amanda, for now, nice to see. interesting statistics we have heard there. a lot of the cards we buy we still buy on the high street, because we want to touch them and feel them. that is an important thing. reading some life back into the high street. crucially, 85% of all cars we buy are bought by women. —— breathing. it is women who determine which christmas cards we will buy. you can make out the activity of the parcels part of this facility. i will show you how they deal with those the programme. i will see you soon. we are all anxious about your allocation of the letters at the

beginning when you first spoke to us. it seemed that they all went in the same place although there were going to different destinations. is everything 0k? going to different destinations. is everything ok? they are presorted. they are put in specific locations to make it slightly easier and then they then sort them out per postbag pope post person. they are the unsorted bonds. but they deal with about 2 million of them —— per post person. it is fascinating. i hope is pressing our cards from there. here's some sunshine for morecambe and wise fans. two episodes believed to be lost since their original screening in 1968 have been uncovered in sierra leone. they'll now be shown at a special event at the british film institute, as well as broadcast on bbc two over christmas. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has had a preview. morecambe and wise as found in africa. what is it? how do you work

it? i wasn't going to say... if you don't know... i was going to say, i didn't know you were interested in it. oh yes. these tim aker ipsos from the 1968 bbc series were lost, a race to make room for new recordings. the archive is tracked down copies which he found in a derelict similar —— simm and cinema in sierra leone. it is a very significant find. any finds important but this one is particularly important because it features two of the most beloved entertainers we ever saw a british television. some of the material might be quite shocking to modern audiences because there is 12 minutes of them stereotyping the irish. they also make irajokes. as we know, the past is a foreign country, they do things differently there. when you look at these things through the eyes of modern sense a

bill you can be shocked. as radio 4 extra say when they sometimes had to play dubious material, listeners are reminded that this programme was made in less enlightened times. i think that covers a lot of the bases when you say that. the two episodes will be shown tomorrow for the first time in 50 years at the missing believed wiped event in london. bbc two will screen colourised version is on boxing day. these are not the only tv treasures which have been unearthed. that is a bit much, isn't it? i have done rather well. never mind we have something to that is a bit better value. it is a marvellous group. do you know who it is? the kinks. the event will also include a basil brush show from 1968, which was discovered in nigeria. the final five minutes had been painstakingly restored, allowing people to see the

only surviving recording from the time of the kinks performing their single. basil seems to enjoy it. thank you very much. that was smashing. and an episode of sid james's sitcom citizenjames has been unearthed during the clear rout ofa tv been unearthed during the clear rout of a tv station in monaco. what are you doing down here then?” of a tv station in monaco. what are you doing down here then? i am dannh you doing down here then? i am dannii for the week. well, i am not very strong —— i am down here. dannii for the week. well, i am not very strong —— i am down harem featured a guest appearance from his carry on poster liz white, who died this year at the age of 88 —— co—star. finds like this give hope that more lost tv will be found. 97 doctor who episodes and top of the pops episodes are still missing. colin paterson, bbc news.

that is fascinating. if you are of a certain a each, more commands wise, that was christmas. it was waiting for that moment. you're watching breakfast, still to come this morning. the comedian ben miller will be here to tell us how he flew out to meet father christmas himself to research his magical new children's book. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm geeta pendse. the average worker in the capital has lost more than £20,000 in real earnings since the financial crash of 2008 — that's according to tuc research. analysis suggests that once the cost of living is taken into account, wages are down in 31 of london's 33 local authorities. redbridge is the worst affected, where residents are still earning 34% less in real terms than a decade ago. the london ambulance service has seen a huge rise in the number

of call outs it's received since the beginning of the festive period. last friday, the las saw a 24% increase in calls compared to the same day in september. they're warning party goers to think sensibly about their drinking. he spent the summer watched by millions on dating series love island. but dr alex george is urging people to think twice about going on reality showsjust forfame. the a&e medic has now returned to work at university hospital lewisham in south london. he says being well known comes with some down sides. there are semi— pros to my platform now but there are also negatives. i get anxious when i am in a busy bar, something to get a priest a lot and people say unkind things about your social media andy miller. it is important to think about what you wa nt important to think about what you want and what you want to achieve.

pat mckenna person. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. however there's no service on the overground between willesden junction and richmond. that's due to a track fault. there's a long queue on the m25 anti—clockwise approaching junction 12 after a serious collision. at canary wharf westferry road is closed southbound from hertsmere road to marsh wall after a crane overturned. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. another very cold feeling day again today. the air is cooler than it was yesterday. but the winds will be lighter. so it is not feeling quite so bitter. for most of us it is a frosty start to the morning. temperatures having dipped below freezing last night. there is cloud out there at the moment but we should see things brighten up and we should get some sunshine too. the best of the sunshine towards central and western areas of the capital. plenty of cloud further east blowing in on that fairly light south—easterly breeze.

watch out for one or two showers in parts of essex and hertfordshire moving up through the thames estuary. perhaps a wintry element to some of the showers. for the vast majority of us it will be a great day. the temperatures are lower than they were yesterday. between 3 and 5 celsius. the windchill won't be quite so bad. the winds will eventually pick up overnight tonight but we can see a touch of frost developing. lots of clear skies around. temperatures dipping below freezing. tomorrow it will turn wet through the afternoon, bear that in mind if you are out christmas shopping. it will be a dry start. wet and windy and then milder on sunday. wrap up warm. 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, though, it's back to charlie and tina. bye for now. good morning — welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt

and tina daheley. our headlines today: a stark message for theresa may as eu leaders tell her there'll be no renegotiation on her brexit deal. french police track down and kill the man wanted in connection with the attack on a christmas market in strasbourg. the first manned flight to the edge of space by a commercial rocket — we speak to sir richard branson as he celebrates the success of his space ship. 100 years ago today, the very first women set out to cast the very first vote. we a re women set out to cast the very first vote. we are with some amazing women who have been shaping change ever since. it is the busiest time of the yearfor since. it is the busiest time of the year for the royal mail. they since. it is the busiest time of the yearfor the royal mail. they will deal with 2 million of these every single day writer at this plant in

swindon. i will show you how they do it and how those last posting dates can ensure yours get where they are going on time. chelsea condemn their fans, who they say have shamed the club again, afterfresh allegations, of offensive chanting. uefa will now look into the claims of anti semitic songs, which marred their draw last night in hungary. after 25 years, david dimbleby‘s time in the question time chair comes to an emotional end with a standing ovation. iam among i am among the light waves 2018 installation here at salford quays. it's a frosty friday to many but it's not snow and ice, it will be wind and strong rain. i will have all the details here are later. it's friday december the 14th. our top story. theresa may's attempts to make her brexit deal more acceptable to parliament, have suffered a set—back after european leaders said it was "not open for renegotiation". the prime minister flew to brussels hoping to negotiate more

concessions but eu bosses made their position clear at a news conference late last night. in a moment we'll speak to our political correspondent alex forsyth in westminster. let's talk first to our brussels reporter adam fleming. adam, mrs may asked for help and got a very public rebuttal. were the eu unwilling to help, or unable? what was that she was asking for and what she got? theresa may has got some of the stuff she wanted. she's got a written statement from the 27 other eu leaders which says the northern irish backstop, so controversial at westminster, is an insurance policy and if it comes in it will be temporary and the eu will continue to negotiate a free trade deal so that the backstop could be taken away entirely. she will be

happy with that. this is how the president of the european council, donald task, who chairs the summit, summed it up. the union stands by this agreement and intends to proceed with this certification. it is not open for renegotiation. the appeal council underlines that the backstop is intended as an insurance policy to prevent a hard border on the island of ireland and ensure the integrity of the single market. but what she didn't get, a paragraph that was in a draft of that statement saying the eu would do more work in the next few weeks, providing more reassurances. that was taken out because the eu leaders didn't want to do it. theresa may didn't want to do it. theresa may didn't getan didn't want to do it. theresa may didn't get an end date the backstop or start date for the future relationship and we have seen a diplomatic note, a summary of the summit last night which says she was

not clear what she wanted. she was on reassurances on the irish backstop and how she was going to get the brexit deal through british parliament and vague on what the uk wa nts parliament and vague on what the uk wants from the future relationship. the word is that diplomats are using is bad or pretty bad. alex forsyth is in westminster. no real surprise that the eu are reinforcing what they said. how this goes down, back here, especially with hard—line goes down, back here, especially with ha rd—line brexit goes down, back here, especially with hard—line brexit tears and the dup, who she needs to convince. there are people in parliament, brexiteers in the dup specifically, had no concerns about that backstop. they just wanted convention had no concerns about that backstop. theyjust wanted convention that either it wouldn't come into play or it wouldn't end and so far, the reassu ra nces it wouldn't end and so far, the reassurances that theresa may has managed to extract from brussels do

not go far enough to convince many of her critics here and therefore, u nless of her critics here and therefore, unless something significant changes between now and when this deal is due to come back before parliament, which is before christmas, she is still facing a real uphill struggle to get the support she needs to get it through and therefore, what happens? there are some people here would advocate the uk living without a deal. some people want a closer relationship. others want another referendum. the labour party wants a general election. right now it's all still in deadlock. police in france have shot dead a man wanted for the attack on a christmas market in strausbourg which killed three people and left several more wounded. french officials said a police patrol found cherif chekatt wandering through the streets of the city after being on the run for several days. our europe reporter gavin leejoins us now from strasbourg. take us through the sequence of events. basically 48 hours was the

manhunt. attacks in which three people were killed. the oldest christmas market in france. it was here on this street in the district of neudorf three miles south of strasbourg christmas markets, the last place the suspect was found, and what we are being told is that cherif chekatt, the 29 your old man from strasbourg you had a long past of petty crime, 27 convictions. switzerland and germany. it was on a recent list added. monitored for extremism. he was walking along this road and three police officers spotted him. they called to him and he appeared to have an injury. they fired back and killed him. wejust

heard early this morning from the interior minister who said he doesn't believe this man didn't have a support network around him. removing his family, five family members, and it was six brothers of his as well. also on a list of those monitored for extremist behaviour. he is still missing but the residents we have been speaking to, many of them terrified and in fear for two days. sheer relief that it's over. an army recruitment drive has faced "significa nt problems" — including a website that cost three times its budget and was 52 months late, a national audit office report has found. outsourcing giant capita was awarded the £495 million contract for army recruitment in 2012 but has failed to hit soldier recruitment targets every year since. the army estimates there were 13,000 fewer applications between november 2017 and march 2018 than in the same period the previous year. capita admitted it had underestimated the complexity of the project.

the army said it had put in place a plan to address the challenges. half of uk homes could get faster broadband with a single call to their provider, according to 0fcom. new figures from the regulator also show that one in seven households could get a faster service for the same, or even less money than they pay at the moment. it's launching a new website today to help consumers find better deals. david dimbleby received a standing ovation on question time last night as he finished his final episode as host after 25 years. his successor, fiona bruce, will take over in the new year. the broadcaster thanked the team of people who'd made the show possible after the audience and panel got to their feet to show their appreciation. and that's the end of the service announcements but this programme marks the end of my tenure of the chair. cheering and applause thank you. david dimbleby signing off after 25

yea rs david dimbleby signing off after 25 years in question time seat. the end ofan era. it's one giant leap for tourism — the news that sir richard branson's rocket ship successfully travelled to the edge of space and back, makes travel to the cosmos more possible than ever. it was virgin galactic‘s fourth attempt to get passengers flying on a rocket, and marks a milestone in the commercial space race. in a moment we'll speak to sir richard branson, but first eliza philipidis. it looks like something from a sci—fi movie. this is vss unity — virgin galactic spaceship that could soon be ferrying passengers out to space. it took off out of the californian desert attached to an aeroplane.

once it reached around 43,000 feet, the pilots fired the rocket motors, taking the craft to an altitude of 51 miles. virgin say they have more than 600 paid—up clients wanting a trip into space. those tickets currently sold for $250,000 for a 90—minute trip. while the flight marked a milestone for virgin galactic, the firm's rivals, including tesla's elon musk and amazon'sjeff bezos, have already ventured further, though that's without people on board. meanwhile, virgin galactic say, in time, as they build more and more spaceships, thousands more people will have the opportunity of a trip into space. joining us now from the mojave

desert, is sir richard branson. this has been 14 years in the making and after failed attempts, it must come as a huge relief. it was a very emotional day. a wonderful day to celebrate for all the 800 engineers and their families who have celebrate for all the 800 engineers and theirfamilies who have built the spaceship as a ship behind me, it's a real one. and for all the test pilots and for all the people who signed up to go to space and for all the people who are watching this programme who one day will go to space. the exciting thing is, we are building a number of spaceships in this spaceship factory. as we build more and more spaceships, over the yea rs, more and more spaceships, over the yea rs , we more and more spaceships, over the years, we will be able to get the price down. hopefully kids watching this programme will one day become astronauts as i'm sure a lot of them would love to do. how significant is

this success? you have made predictions in the past but how many test flights do you need to send paying customers into space? all the data were got so far from vss unity since its comeback has been excellent. going into space, you are pushing it to its hardest, but it will ever experience. obviously we are going to need another month's worth of data to be absolutely sure but it goes as well that looks like it's gone, we will be doing another flight it's gone, we will be doing another flight in four or five weeks time and then another flight four or five weeks after that. maybe one final flight weeks after that. maybe one final flight after that. then we will removing the whole operation to this beautiful spaceport in new mexico which is being built. norman foster building, just stunning. and i will

travel out there. i will become an astronaut and got myself. and then after that, we will start, the people who waited patiently for 14 yea rs, people who waited patiently for 14 years, 13 years, will start being able to fulfil their dreams. and they are paying a lot. they will help us pay for what's been a very expensive programme and enable us to get the price down in the years to come for other people. at the moment, it is about £200,000. a small minority of people afford to do it. have you had any other big signups since yesterday? we haven't been taking sales because we have so many people have already signed up. we will open up again soon. right now, have got astronauts who will

keep the spaceship busy for a couple of years. but we know that something like 80% of the population would love the chance to go to space if they could afford it. that is what virgin is all about, giving people incredible experiences and making sure as many people as possible can afford it. although this is expensive, to got on a russian spaceship costs $50 million. it is still a big movement down that is taking place with virgin galactic. significant and emotional day. do you have a message for your space race competitors? i have enormous respect of both elon musk and jeff

bezos. the exciting thing to the public is that the three of us are competing and offering slightly different products. i think it will make it all the more exciting to the public. yesterday was the first time that a government— run space company managed to put people into space. we can, we know, perhaps better than governments, how to bring commercial space travel to a large number of people and we know what they will want. looking forward to experiencing it myself. we can't let you go without asking you about brexit. you have made your views very clear. you think that a ha rd views very clear. you think that a hard brexit would be a disaster. at the end of a week of high drama what advice would you give to theresa may given out a lot of of yourjob is about negotiating?” given out a lot of of yourjob is about negotiating? i think theresa may just needs about negotiating? i think theresa mayjust needs to be 100% honest with the public. she has admitted that her version of brexit is not as

good as staying in the european union. she has admitted a hard brexit would be an absolute disaster for the british people. from our company's for the british people. from our compa ny‘s point of for the british people. from our company's point of view, a hard brexit would torpedo some of our companies. the damage would be enormous if we did not have resources to somehow keep them going. so we hope that sense prevails. when we were in the european union a couple of years ago, our gross national product of great britain was the best in europe. it is now the worst and we have not even gone into a hard brexit. i think, have not even gone into a hard brexit. ithink, in have not even gone into a hard brexit. i think, in the end, the real facts that have now come on the table need to be put to the british public. the british public need to vote on facts, real facts, public. the british public need to vote on facts, realfacts, not public. the british public need to vote on facts, real facts, not on the promise that the nhs is going to get lots of extra money. it is now very, very clear that britain will be near bankrupt if we push ahead

with something like a hard brexit. typically, are you saying that businesses, british businesses across the uk will close if there is across the uk will close if there is a hard brexit? i am absolutely certain that quite a few british businesses will close if there is a ha rd businesses will close if there is a hard brexit. let me give you one example. virgin holidays. before the brexit votes the pound was nearly 1.50 five. it is now at 1.23. if we have a hard brexit it will drop to parity with the dollar. there will not be many people in britain who can not be many people in britain who ca n afford not be many people in britain who can afford to go abroad. if people can't afford to go abroad on holiday than holiday companies throughout britain are going to suffer dramatically. it is going to be very difficult for them to survive. airlines will not have people in their seats to go abroad. that is just one example of many examples i could give as to why a british

business will suffer. it —— is british business suffers the british people will suffer. it is really important that people realise that. we will leave it at that example. think you very much, so richard branson. we are going to go to the weather. i am intrigued to know, if i had, you are dancing. i have a question first, if i had the £200,000 to give you right now and you can have a seat on the first flight, sitting right next to richard branson, would you go to space to see what it looks like from up there? no. i would like to see what is up there but i think iam too to see what is up there but i think i am too scared for that. i will let someone else do it first. good morning to you. we are down in salford quays, in amongst the interactive light. part of

lig htwaves interactive light. part of lightwaves 2018. runs all the way through to sunday night. on to play with. quickly onto the weather. it is pretty cold out here this morning. it is called uk wide. widespread frost. if we look at the forecast for the weekend it is not heavy rain and strong as part of your weekend forecast, snow and ice are certainly could be. parts of scotla nd are certainly could be. parts of scotland and northern england especially through saturday night into sunday. as we transition from the cold air we have at the moment to mild air, just creeping into shot on the pressure chart, as you can see, the weather front is there. at the moment we have feet of continental europe. that has led to a cold friday morning —— feed off. it is frosty elsewhere. they dressed up it is frosty elsewhere. they dressed upfor it is frosty elsewhere. they dressed up for most. good sunny spells across the country through the day. parts of south—east england, north east scotland, could catch the odd isolated shower. maybe wintry with those. later on the cloud thickened up those. later on the cloud thickened up in northern ireland and we will start to see the shower push in.

there is good news. even though we have a cold start the wind is not a strong. we don't have the added windchill today. temperatures on the low side, a 3— six degrees for most of you as we headed the afternoon. tonight and into tomorrow we see frost form across many central and eastern areas once again. you notice the cloud thickening in the west, outbreaks of rain developing. that could be proceeded across parts of northern island of western scotland by some snow. temperatures rising into the far west. a cold start to saturday in the east. because you have the cold air in place it gets complicated. rain spreading across western areas. heavy rain at that across england and wales. that could cause minorflooding. the same across northern ireland. the strong to gale force if not severe gale force winds. as that us to move in against the cold and notice how things start to turn a snowy. winds also feature on saturday. they could touch 50— 60 mph in places, maybe 72 aussie south—west of england late in

the day. as we finish the day, this is where we are slightly dizzy so —— 70 mph. there could be a covering to lob a levels. icy conditions to go with that. sunday morning could be a difficult dry if you are heading out across parts of scotland and northern england. the snow gets out of the way. sung kang comes out. showers across the south, could be heavy and thundery. —— the sunshine. milder conditions to take us into next week. lots going on this weekend. i am off to play. see you in egypt. —— in a bit. weekend. i am off to play. see you in egypt. -- in a bit. what is he doing? he is moving to keep warm. that is him on the wall. it is keeping me warm. wow. keep going. we can stay with you as long as you like. it is agony. let us leave him.

i thought he was dancing to keep warm. anyway... 100 years ago today history was made when women got to vote in a british general election for the first time. over the last few months, we've looked at some of the incredible stories of the women who originally fought good morning to you. a special day planned in manchester today. good morning to you. good morning! all these young people will be setting up, one does in young people from 30 different schools with our suffrage wagon and they will be heading out three manchester to the city centre to an availing of a statue of emmeline pankhurst. we will be chatting to her great granddaughter shortly. first i want to see this amazing thing. we had permission to

ta ke amazing thing. we had permission to take women into the chamber of the house of commons to mark the long road to equality that we have been on for the last 100 years. if you are not punching your feminist bit in the air by the end of this film there is nothing for you. the 1918 vote is just the first step on the long road towards equality. but it took another ten years for equal franchise. by 1928 all women are finally able to vote. more and more begin to work. but by 1930 women are paid only half the rates paid by men. that started to change in 1956 with the very first equal pay reform. but only teachers and civil servants were deemed worthy. a decade later, another milestone is passed. it was the 1967 abortion act. i personally think it was one

of the most fundamental reforms of the 1960s. it gave women power over their reproductive lives. in 1968 women at dagenham car factory make a stand, a fight which leads to the equal pay act. i became the first woman to fight and win the first equal pay case. we all agreed and couldn't understand why myself, as a woman, was being paid different and yet had the same qualifications. in 1974 there came a momentous year for the women's liberation movement, with this. the pill. finally available not only to married women but to single women. and then in 1979... her majesty, the queen, has asked me to form a new administration, and i have accepted. but even in 1979, it would still take another year

for women, including the prime minister, to be able to apply for a mortgage or a loan in their own name. the pace of change is moving fast. in 1997 we are introduced to blair's babes. a landmark moment for women in politics. and in 2001, a landmark moment for women in love. as two lesbians, carol and i were able to sign the partnership register. and we're still madly in love. women were finally starting to smash through the glass ceiling in all kinds of ways. in 2004 i became the first woman in 40 years to have composed and conducted a symphony. women have come so far down the road to equality, but ask these women where we are today and they will tell you... there is still so much more to be done.

only 32% of mps are women. women are still paid one fifth less than men. it is still happening. it is still going on. less than a third of ceos in the ftse100 are women. keep fighting. that is what i say the old message of eternal vigilance was never more needed. i really don't want to have to wait for another 100 years, nor does any other woman. how fabulous. we are going to punch a fist in the air. how amazing was that being in the chamber of the house of commons, all of you, amazing? it was really powerful. these women were lawbreakers, they

we re these women were lawbreakers, they were lawmakers. what is really important is that they were all, at the end of, saying that was fabulous, but there are still so much to be done. the key question is, what is the next hurdle to jump? in every area we have bought the site there is work to be done, in terms of politics to get politics more intended, in terms of equal pay, valuing what kind of work, and then at home, the relationships we have. also things like the amount of time women and girls spend worrying about what they look like. every single aspect of women's lives, individually and collectively, there is more we can do. household chores, we we re is more we can do. household chores, we were chatting about that as well. everyone has a role to play. listen, let us meet some of the kids. let us find out, what you want to be when you grow up? i want to be a policewoman. i want to be a footballer. i want to be a mechanical engineer.” footballer. i want to be a mechanical engineer. i want to be a teacher. i want to be a footballer. let us have a fist bump.”

teacher. i want to be a footballer. let us have a fist bump. i want to bea let us have a fist bump. i want to be a footballer. when i grew up i don't think anybody said i want to bea don't think anybody said i want to be a footballer. full ladies, because professional football team —— bolting. you have a very special job today. you are going to be at the unveiling of the statue of emmeline pankhurst. what we say to people? i will speak about how women to be proud of themselves. they should not be seen to be standing up, they should not be embarrassed. they should speak up. and i am going to be speaking about how people think of us when they come into this country. they see that we only have a few female statues and mostly male. if we can get some statues. this is even a statue of a woman, other than queen victoria in manchester. 0h other than queen victoria in manchester. oh my goodness. it will be incredible today. what you want to be when you grow up?” be incredible today. what you want to be when you grow up? i want to be a doctor or a politician. fist bump. good luck you. we will do more to these amazing children later on. first the news in the travel and the

weather where ever you are waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm geeta pendse. the average worker in the capital has lost more than £20,000 in real earnings since the financial crash of 2008 — that's according to tuc research. analysis suggests that once the cost of living is taken into account, wages are down in 31 of london's 33 local authorities. redbridge is the worst affected — where residents are still earning 34% less in real terms than a decade ago. the london ambulance service has seen a huge rise in the number of call outs it's received since the beginning of the festive period. last friday, the las saw a 24% increase in calls compared to the same day in september. they're warning party—goers to think sensibly about their drinking. the london ambulance service receives 5000 calls a day on a non—busy day.

coming into these winter months we are receiving 6000, 6500 calls a day. be careful how much you drink, make sure you are with a group of friends who can get you home, because these things just take time and we only have a limited amount of resources to give to the public. the mayor's rough sleeping campaign has raised over £78,000 in two weeks for homelessness charities. this includes nearly £8,000 raised through contactless donation points. there are now over fifty places where londoners can donate with just a tap of their bank card. last night for the first time this winter, emergency cold weather shelters opened, as temperatures were set to hit zero. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. however there's no service on the overground between willesden junction and richmond. that's due to a track fault. the m25 is closed anti—clockwise betweenjunction 12 and 11 for accident investigation work—as you can see there are long queues. at canary wharf westferry road is closed southbound from hertsmere road to marsh wall after a crane overturned.

now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. another very cold feeling day again today. the air is cooler than it was yesterday. but the winds will be lighter. so it is not feeling quite so bitter. for most of us it is a frosty start to the morning. temperatures having dipped below freezing last night. there is cloud out there at the moment but we should see things brighten up and we should get some sunshine too. the best of the sunshine towards central and western areas of the capital. plenty of cloud further east blowing in on that fairly light south—easterly breeze. watch out for one or two showers in parts of essex and hertfordshire moving up through the thames estuary. perhaps a wintry element to some of the showers. for the vast majority of us it will be a dry day. the temperatures are lower than they were yesterday. between 3 and 5 celsius. the windchill won't be quite so bad. the winds will eventually pick up overnight tonight but we can see a touch of frost developing.

lots of clear skies around. temperatures dipping below freezing. tomorrow it will turn wet through the afternoon, bear that in mind if you are out christmas shopping. it will be a dry start. wet and windy and then milder on sunday. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now, though, it's back to charlie and tina. bye for now. hello — this is breakfast with charlie stayt and tina daheley. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. theresa may's attempts to make her brexit deal more acceptable to parliament have suffered a blow after european leaders said it was not open for renegotiation. the prime ministerflew to brussels hoping to negotiate more concessions. but eu bosses made their position clear at a news conference late last night. andy moore reports. theresa may came to brussels saying she wasn't expecting any immediate breakthrough but as she left last night, it seemed her bid for legal reassurances over the irish backstop had been categorically rejected.

there were some kind words from her colleagues, here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the gunman wanted for the attack on a christmas market in strasbourg has been killed in a shoot—out with police. three people were killed and several wounded in the french city on tuesday, sparking a manhunt which lasted several days. french officials said a patrol found cherif chekatt wandering the streets. half of uk homes could get faster broadband with a single call to their provider, according to 0fcom. new figures from the regulator also show that one in seven households could get a faster service for the same, or even less money than they pay at the moment. it's launching a new website today to help consumers find better deals. scientists are calling for mandatory food labels that spell out the environmental impact of the production process. food production is responsible for a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions, according to an oxford university study. they also found that meat and other animal products are responsible for more than half of food—related greenhouse gas emissions. british yachtswoman susie goodall is expected to set foot back on dry land later this morning, when the cargo ship that rescued her arrives into port.

the 29—year—old was stranded in stormy conditions for two days after her boat violently capsized and lost its mast during the solo, round—the—world golden globe race. she will be relieved to be back on dry land. it is gives you a sense of how far away they are. chelsea fans shame, some of the headlines. just a few days after the alleged incident involving rahim sterling. now, hungary, new allegations. anti—semitic chance from some sections of the chelsea crowd. according to british journalists sections of the chelsea crowd. according to britishjournalists in hungary, chelsea fans could be heard shouting some anti—semitic chuntering. uefa says it will await

the referee's report from last night. but the club has released a strongly worded statement saying: on the field, chelsea came from behind against hungarian side mol vidi — this perfectly placed freekick from olivier giroud earned them a 2—2 draw. although the result didn't matter so much because they had already qualifed. it was a night of drama for celtic as they were beaten, but still managed to progress to the next round. they were already a goal down before this howler of an errorfrom keeper craig gordon, gave salzberg a second. at that point it looked like they were heading out. but when news filtered through the other teams in their group had drawn, it meant that celtic‘s result no longer mattered. they pulled a goal back, but the celebrations had already begun. their glasgow rivals rangers are out of the competition after they were beaten

1—nil by rapid vienna. steven gerrard's side needed a win to qualify, but instead it is the austrian side who reach the knock—out stage. one other british club in europa league action last night, arsenal, had already won their group so there was nothing riding on their result. they saw off qarabag. a laboured win. alexander lacazette with the only goal of the game at the emirates. the site of the wimbledon tennis championships is to almost triple in size by the middle of the next decade, after the neighbouring golf club agreed to sell its land. the all england tennis club made a reported offer of £65 million to buy wimbledon park whose members, including piers morgan and ant and dec, will receive around £85,000 each from the sale. it means the fans will have more room to wander around. is the idea, it will be built on? it will become

pa rt of it will be built on? it will become part of the ground, they can enhance the experience, have some qualifying net. they can still enhance the interactive site. where will the queue go? i suppose they will have more say “— queue go? i suppose they will have more say “ more room to queue go? i suppose they will have more say —— more room to get to the court sites. more fans will get in and see more tennis. centre court is much harder to get tickets for. now, the women's, world darts champion lisa ashton has been knocked out of the men's tournament. the professional darts competition, has been expanded this year to guarantee spots for two female players. ashton won the first set, but her dutch opponent yan dekker, hit back to win the next three, to progress to the second round. russia's anastasia dobromislova, is the other female competitior. she plays her first round match on monday. you know it's getting near christmas

when we talk about the darts. absolutely, playing the man as well. the time now is 738. we've all seen them — adverts where the woman's stuck in the kitchen washing up, or a new dad is struggling to put a nappy on his baby. but from next year, gender stereotyping like these in commercials will be banned. let's take a look at some recent ads which attracted complaints of sexism — although none of them were upheld. other than pride, so easy and man can do it. -- arvind. since their very first days, your baby starts to write to their future. quick, quick! come on! wake up, it's

christmas! none of those complaints we re christmas! none of those complaints were upheld. ella smillie is from the committees of advertising practice. they make the rules which are then enforced by the advertising standards authority. it will be very interesting to know how this has come about. why are you changing things? why are these guidelines coming in? the asa published a report on gender stereotypes in advertising taking a look around all the evidence to consider whether we were in the right place. that report suggested we need to take a tougher position on gender stereotypical positions. the committee is looking at the evidence base to understand what it means for regulatory practice and have proposed and consulted on this new rule and guidance. help us with

how this works in practice. i am an advertising agency and i work for a cleaning product company. i make an advert in which a woman is going around the house doing the cleaning. is that 0k? that's absolutely fine, there is nothing in our guidance to suggest ads can't feature people carrying out gender stereotypical roles but that's the only option available to gender and carried out by somebody of another gender. if you have a woman doing the cleaning, we wouldn't anticipate a problem with that. if you had an ad showing a man creating mass of a woman tidied up around him. that's the kind of thing that could be a problem. it's a very nuanced position which seeks to draw the line ina position which seeks to draw the line in a balanced way.” position which seeks to draw the line in a balanced way. i can imagine there will be some people watching, saying this is political correctness gone mad. it's our role asa correctness gone mad. it's our role as a regulator to tread that fine line. to protect commercialfreedom

of expression but ensure ads don't ta ke of expression but ensure ads don't take anything that could harm, mislead or offend. ensuring the guidance that we are announcing today. that evidence and it does actually introduce this kind of nuanced position to ensure ads don't feature the specific kinds of gender stereotypes that we know have the potential to harm. stereotypes that we know have the potentialto harm. so our man struggling to change a nappy. you area nappy struggling to change a nappy. you are a nappy manufacture and you want to have some fun. a man struggling to have some fun. a man struggling to put a nappy on a baby. is that 0k? it is to put a nappy on a baby. is that ok? it is a very nuanced position to say for sure whether or not somebody we'd be ok. having that considered by the asa. in the guidance, it would be a problem to struggle and doing it with the help of a wonderful new product. as long as it

was suggested that the reason they couldn't do it was because of their agenda. the man struggling to do the nappy, there is a partner, per example, a woman standing next to them. oh, you silly old thing. is that where the problem lies? it could be a problem. that's the kind of thing that might be a problem. one thing that is harmful, this sexist stereotype, but then there is poking fun at gender stereotypes. and our guidance is clear that it should prevent the kind of ads which use gender stereotypes as a means to challenge them. that kind of thing could still be acceptable but in terms of the humour, we clear the kind of harm we have identified is it necessarily mitigated by the use of humour. an example would be, we know there is a real crisis in male mental health in the uk. one example

we picked out is it wouldn't be ok for mocking a man to discussing his emotions. you can see the presenting that kind of scenario and represented in —— representing it as a joke doesn't really dilutes the potential for harm. while we're not saying you can never use humour or jokes in ads, we are saying that using humour is not a way to get out of that potential for harm. it's interesting territory and we will see what happens. enforcement means you can force someone to take the aduu you can force someone to take the adult fare? absolutely, but we have lots of systems in place to ensure problematic ads would make it into —— won't make it on air in the first place. matt's bringing us the weather from outside our studios here in salford quays this morning. rather you than me, matt. you think i misbehaving yesterday.

he isa you think i misbehaving yesterday. he is a lovely squirrel. lovely artwork, in fact. he is a lovely squirrel. lovely artwork, infact. one he is a lovely squirrel. lovely artwork, in fact. one of the installations here at light waves 2018. artwork by tim boy in and dave lynch is doing the light projections. you might just lynch is doing the light projections. you mightjust hear the dale ks projections. you mightjust hear the daleks shouting and exterminate to me. as tina has hinted, it's pretty cold and coal across the uk. temperatures well below freezing to minus six. looking at the forecast into the weekend, it gets more complicated because we could see significant snow and ice into northern england and scotland. even if you don't see the snow and ice, through saturday, lots of heavy rain and strong to gale force is not severe gale force winds as well. at the moment it is cold, but fairly quiet. the weather system that is set to bring,

disturbed weather for saturday, that is creeping into shot on the charts at the moment. we have cold air coming off continental europe, hence the frosty start for many. clear skies overhead. a bright start. sunshine around for most of you. there will be the odd shower. southeast england maybe, the north—east of scotland. as the cloud thickens up into northern ireland we will see one or two spots of rain. temperatures to day will be lower than they were yesterday. the wind is not quite as strong. you don't have the added windchill. around 2— six degrees. christmasjumper day today. some of you will certainly need it. into the night, frost will form quite quickly across central and eastern parts. mild air continues to push into the west, with some rain. that could be preceded by some light snow initially, as you go through the night and into the morning. they cool start to the weekend for the vast majority. the exception being

across parts of south—west england and northern ireland. through saturday the wind picks up. gales, severe gales, cloud spread across most areas. outbreaks of rain which could cause minor flooding. temperatures still on the cold side for many northern and eastern areas. it will be a raw feeling date with those winds. as the rain starts to get close to that cold at a more significant spell as though to start the day. the higher ground of northern england. even to low levels across scotland. scotland will see the brunt of the snow we suspect at the brunt of the snow we suspect at the state. as much as 20 centimetres if not more over the hills. a covering of snow to lower—level is possible. check the forecast as you go into saturday. that could cause some travel disruption to take you through saturday and sunday before the sir cliff in the morning. sunday, brightening up for many —— before clearing up. thundery showers in the far south of the country. note the temperatures, 6— 10

degrees. not feeling quite so chilly. it will stay mild as we go into the start of next week. that is how it is looking. back to tina and charlie. thank you very much. if you have done that thing of posting lots of christmas cards... not yet. better get on with it. it is fascinating to see what happens. we've sent ben to help out at a sorting office in swindon. he will explain how this extraordinary operation morning. good morning to you. some of the 20,000 seasonal staff at the royal mail that they take on every year. what the skies are doing is trying to sort out the bad handwriting and the people who have not put postcodes. they have to do all the manual sorting —— guys. a lot of it is automated but they are taking it with our nose to make sure it gets the right place at the right time. this is one of the seasonal workers. good morning. you used to be a postie. now you come backjust for

christmas. how is it going? postie. now you come backjust for christmas. how is it going7m postie. now you come backjust for christmas. how is it going? it is going really well. we wish that the public would post a little bit earlier so we could get it sorted by christmas. and make sure they use a postcode. absolutely comely postcode is very important. nice to see you. this is one of the bosses. a lot going on. a busy time of year. how do you make sure everything is for it is going on time? we start planning really early. we start in january. we bring in thousands of casual workers, as you spoke about. we ta ke casual workers, as you spoke about. we take on extra facilities to process all of the parcels. lots of preparation by a great team supporting our core 130,000 workers. when we have to get things posted by? the second last recommended date for the second class, 18, first class as the 20th. we will do special delivery from the 22nd of december. you have a untilthe

special delivery from the 22nd of december. you have a until the 32nd for special. how do we make sure it gets to where it is going correctly, i have talked about the postcode. please put the postcode very clearly marked, the address clearly, on the envelope. parcels we recommend your return address on there as well. the device. for now, thank you very much. come with me. with the best will in the wild things don't always go according to plan. what happens if things arrived late or they do not arrive at will or after christmas, when you wanted to give it as christmas, when you wanted to give itasa christmas, when you wanted to give it as a gift? this is martin. good morning. we can see this operation going on. they have a lot of what to do. what are our rights, i suppose, if things don't go according to plan? we have tons of rice when it comes to deliveries. we see thousands of complaints about every year. the fact of the matter is your contract is with the shop for the retailer. they have to get the parcel into your hands by the agreed date. if you are getting a little close to that deadline and a

worrying have a contingency plan, but you are entitled to a full refu nd but you are entitled to a full refund if the parcel to you in time. you can also return goods after christmas as well, if they are not what you wanted or expected. always make sure to double them as well, just in case they are not as advertised. i guess that means, which entered into this place is really busy before christmas. it can be really busy after christmas with returns. absolutely. the way we shop has fundamentally changed. this is a good example precisely how busy we are. because people are turning away from the high street and going online, ironically, you get an exocet and amount of benefits as well, 14 days you have got to return goods —— anixter 14 days. keep shopping on the high street, because we need to keep it going. thank you very much. i have said i would send out some stuff to you. you might recognise some names along here. charlie, your crate is looking a little empty at this point in the

morning. mine and tina's pretty full right now. i don't know who you have offended. a little empty... plenty offended. a little empty... plenty of people i have offended this year. especially ben. i not surprised. i'm not offended. one more. one more in there. there is nothing in there, obviously. it is completely empty. nothing in a parcel. thank you. we will talk to you later on.” nothing in a parcel. thank you. we will talk to you later on. i am glad mine is full. thank you. here's some sunshine for morecambe and wise fans. two episodes believed to be lost since their original screening in 1968 have been uncovered in sierra leone. they'll now be shown at a special event at the british film institute, as well as broadcast on bbc two over christmas. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has had a preview. morecambe and wise — as found in africa. what is it? i told you, instant camera. how do you work it, you're supposed to say. i wasn't going to say.. if you don't it'll throw me!

i was going to say, i didn't know you were interested in it. oh yes. these two episodes from the 1968 bbc series were lost, erased to make room for new recordings. but the archivist philip morris tracked down copies which he found in a derelict cinema in sierra leone. the british film institute says it's a very significant find. any find is important but this one is particularly important because it features two of the most beloved entertainers we ever saw on british television. some of the material might be quite shocking to modern audiences because there's 12 minutes of them stereotyping the irish. and they also make irajokes. as we know, the past is a foreign country, they do things differently there. when you look at these things through the eyes of modern sensibility you can be shocked at the material. but as radio 4 extra say when they sometimes have to play dubious material, listeners are reminded that this programme was made in less enlightened times.

i think that covers a lot of the bases when you say that. the two episodes will be shown tomorrow for the first time in 50 years at the bfi's missing believed wiped event in london. bbc two will screen colourised version is on boxing day. these are not the only tv treasures which have been unearthed. that is a bit much, isn't it? i have done rather well, haven't i, basil? you certainly have. never mind we've got something else for you that's a bit better value. have you? yes. it's a marvellous group. yes? do you know who it is? the kinks! the bfi event will also include a basil brush show from 1968, which was discovered in nigeria. the finalfive minutes have been painstakingly restored, allowing people to see the only surviving recording from the time of the kinks performing their single days. # i won't forget a single day...#

basil seemed to enjoy it. thank you very much, the kinks. that was smashing. and an episode of sid james's sitcom citizenjames has been unearthed during the clearout of a tv station in monaco. what are you doing down here then? i am down here for the week. well, i am not very strong. last seen in 1962, the day out featured a guest appearance from his carry on costar liz white, who died this year at the age of 88. finds like this give hope that more lost tv will be found. 97 doctor whos and 514 top of the pops are still missing. colin paterson, bbc news.

i always find it fascinating and those things are discovered. in sierra leone of all places. a blast from the past. you're watching breakfast, still to come this morning: and yes, we're the lucky ones this morning — we'll bejoined by the music legend nile rodgers before the end of the programme. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm geeta pendse. the average worker in the capital has lost more than £20,000 in real earnings since the financial crash of 2008 — that's according to tuc research. analysis suggests that once the cost of living is taken into account, wages are down in 31 of london's 33 local authorities. redbridge is the worst affected — where residents are still earning 34% less in real terms than a decade ago. the london ambulance service has seen a huge rise in the number of call outs it's received since

the beginning of the festive period. last friday, the las saw a 24% increase in calls compared to the same day in september. they're warning party goers to think sensibly about their drinking. he spent the summer watched by millions on dating series love island. but dr alex george is urging people to think twice about going on reality showsjust forfame. the a&e medic has now returned to work at university hospital lewisham in south london. he says being well known comes with some down sides. there are so many pros to my platform now, but there are also negatives is forced to get anxious sometimes when i am in a busy bar. sometimes you get approached a lot. sometimes you get approached a lot. sometimes people say unkind things about you on social media and in real life will stop is important to think about what you wonder what you wa nt to think about what you wonder what you want to achieve. if i wasn't using the platform for some that think is

positive i would be quite lost in this world now. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. however there's no service on the overground between willesden junction and richmond. that's due to a track fault. southeastern services are facing disruption on the sidcup line due to a signalling problem. the m25 is still closed anti—clockwise between junction 12 and 11 for accident investigation work—as you can see there are long queues on the approach. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. another very cold feeling day again today. the air is cooler than it was yesterday. but the winds will be lighter. so it is not feeling quite so bitter. for most of us it is a frosty start to the morning. temperatures having dipped below freezing last night. there is cloud out there at the moment but we should see things brighten up and we should get some sunshine too. the best of the sunshine towards central and western areas of the capital. plenty of cloud further east blowing in on that fairly light south—easterly breeze. watch out for one or two showers in parts of essex and hertfordshire moving up through the thames estuary. perhaps a wintry element to some of the showers.

for the vast majority of us it will be a dry day. the temperatures are lower than they were yesterday. between 3 and 5 celsius. the windchill won't be quite so bad. the winds will eventually pick up overnight tonight but we can see a touch of frost developing. lots of clear skies around. temperatures dipping below freezing. tomorrow it will turn wet through the afternoon, bear that in mind if you are out christmas shopping. it will be a dry start. wet and windy and then milder on sunday. 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 though it's back to charlie and tina. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and tina daheley. our headlines today... a stark message for theresa may as eu leaders tell her there'll be no renegotiation on her brexit deal. french police track down and kill the man wanted in connection

with the attack on a christmas market in strasbourg. the first manned flight to the edge of space by a commercial rocket — sir richard branson tells us it's the start of the countdown to paying passengers leaving the atmosphere. it is 100 years since the very first women cast the very first vote. we are in manchester to celebrate and we will be hearing from amazing women who have been crusading for change ever since. good morning, it's the busiest time of year for royal mail. they will process more than2 royal mail. they will process more than 2 million of these things. cards, parcels and letters on this site alone today. so, how do we make sure everything gets to where it is going and when do you need to post yours? i have the details dotted chelsea condemned their own fans. who they say have shamed the club

again, after fresh allegations of offensive chanting. uefa will now look into the claims of anti—semitic songs which marred their draw last night in hungary. applause and cheering. after 25 years, david dimbleby‘s time in the question time chair comes to an emotional end with a standing ovation. and i'm among their installations here, at salford quays. a frosty start your friday, gales all feature in the forecast. i have more later here on breakfast. it's friday december the 14th. our top story. theresa may's attempts to make her brexit deal more acceptable to parliament have suffered a set—back after european leaders said it was "not open for renegotiation". the prime minister flew to brussels hoping to negotiate more concessions but eu bosses made their position clear at a news conference late last night. in a moment, we'll speak to our political correspondent alex forsyth in westminster. let's talk first to our brussels reporter adam fleming. theresa may is still there, but the

sta kes a re theresa may is still there, but the stakes are high right now. give us a sense of what it was she was speaking to them about, and what she got back? well, it was all about the irish backstop, the insurance policy and back—up plan to avoid the range to —— reintroduction of checks between northern ireland and ireland, if this problem is not self between a future trade deal between the uk and eu, she was looking for clarification, not for the backstop to be rewritten as some people would like, just clarification. she got some, a written statement from the eu saying that if the backstop came in that it would be a temporary thing, an insurance policy and not permanent, and the eu would continue to do negotiations on a trade deal evenif to do negotiations on a trade deal even if the backstop was activated. so she did get something. this is

how donald tusk, who chaired the summit, summed it up at a how donald tusk, who chaired the summit, summed it up ata press conference last night at midnight. the union stands by the agreement. it is not open for renegotiation. it underlines that the backstop is intended as an insurance policy, to prevent a hard border on the island of ireland, and ensures the integrity of the single market. but there are a few things she did not get. she did not get a potential end date for the backstop, if it ever comes in, and the eu dropped a paragraph from their statement that would have allowed them to spend a few more weeks working on clarifications and language to help the uk, and possibly more documents. that has gone. and there is a general sense in brussels from other eu countries that theresa may was pretty vague last night, on what she wa nted pretty vague last night, on what she wanted from them on the issue of the

backstop. vague on how she plans to get a whole deal through parliament, and vague on what she wants from the future relationship. bad, and pretty bad, are the words that some diplomats have been using with me this morning to describe the situation but they think they will be coming back to this in the new year and will have to look at this all again as the parliamentary vote on the deal approaches. thank you. alex forsyth is in westminster for us. what will events in brussels mean for the rest of the conservative party when it comes to convincing them, especially the hardline brexiteer s?” convincing them, especially the hardline brexiteer s? i think the problem is that there are many people in parliament, the brexiteer s, people in parliament, the brexiteer s, but also democratic union bell and labourmps s, but also democratic union bell and labour mps who are opposed to the deal, especially the backstop, that any assurances that theresa may appears to have got from brussels so far, any assurances she was likely to get may not go far enough to convince them. no significant changes between now and when mps are

due to vote on the deal, which will now be in the new year, but i think theresa may is going to struggle to get enough mps to back her to get this through parliament. what happens then is of course the big question. there are some mps who think the uk should get on and prepare for leaving the eu without a deal, others want a new relationship with the eu that isn't currently on the table, something a bit closer. other mps wanted to go back to the public for another vote, labour will push for a general election but the issue is, push for a general election but the issueis,in push for a general election but the issue is, in parliament, there is no majority for any of those options, there is deadlock and currently there is deadlock and currently there is deadlock and currently there is no obvious way through. we understand over the next few days and weeks that theresa may will be speaking to eu counterparts and continuing discussions, trying to seek further reassurances. but she still has a real mountain to climb. alex forsyth in westminster, thank you. police in france have shot dead a man wanted for the attack on a christmas market in strasbourg

which killed three people and left several more wounded. french officials said a police patrol found cherif chekatt wandering through the streets of the city after being on the run for several days. our europe reporter gavin leejoins us now from strasbourg. that morning, there have been questions about how the authorities reacted. i know effectively this is over, but take us through the sequence of events? after 48-hour is ofa sequence of events? after 48-hour is of a manhunt, the operation itself, when they discovered the suspect, he was “— when they discovered the suspect, he was —— it was over in a matter of minutes. this is rue du lazaret, a district of neudorf, three miles south of the strasbourg christmas markets where the attacks happened. this is where cherif chekatt was seen by three police officers. there we re seen by three police officers. there were anti—terrorist officers here, the elite special forces of france in and around the area who carried out an operation before but it was

three regular patrol officers who saw a man walking on the road behind me here. they shouted to him and he shot at them, they shot and killed him. this was at 9pm last night. this morning we are hearing from the french interior minister that they do not believe that in that 48—hour is, when he was at the christmas markets, he shot and killed three people and injured 12 others, they believe he was most likely in this area and probably did not have a support network because, we are told, friends and family were removed. five family members were detained, and are still being questioned in relation to the attack. it may have been he was hiding here, among places he was familiar with, until he was caught. briefly, for residents here, some real relief and a sense of some normality. the christmas markets we re normality. the christmas markets were closed in the aftermath of the attacks, opening again this morning. gavin, for the moment, thank you. half of uk homes could get faster broadband with a single

call to their provider, according to 0fcom. new figures from the regulator also show that one in seven households could get a faster service for the same, or even less money than they pay at the moment. it's launching a new website today to help consumers find better deals. it's one giant leap for tourism — the news that sir richard branson's rocket ship successfully travelled to the edge of space and back makes travel to the cosmos more possible than ever. it was virgin galactic‘s fourth attempt to get passengers flying on a rocket, and marks a milestone in the commercial space race. eliza philipidis has this report. it looks like something from a sci—fi movie. pilot: rolling to the right. this is vss unity — virgin galactic spaceship that could soon be ferrying passengers out to space. it took off out of the californian desert attached to an aeroplane. once it reached around 43,000 feet,

the pilots fired the rocket motors, taking the craft to an altitude of 51 miles. the company's boss couldn't have been prouder. it was a very emotional day a wonderful day to celebrate for all of the engineers and families who have built the spaceship. this spaceship behind me is a real spaceship. as we build more and more spaceships over the years we can get the price down. hopefully kids watching this programme can one day become astronauts, as i'm sure a lot of them would want to do. virgin say they have more than 600 paid—up clients wanting a trip into space. those tickets currently sold for $250,000 for a 90—minute trip. while the flight marked a milestone for virgin galactic, the firm's rivals,

including tesla's elon musk and amazon'sjeff bezos, have already ventured further, though that's without people on board. meanwhile, virgin galactic say, in time, as they build more and more spaceships, thousands more people will have the opportunity of a trip into space. eliza philippidis, bbc news. david dimbleby received a standing ovation on question time last night as he finished his final episode as host after 25 years. his successor, fiona bruce, will take over in the new year. the broadcaster thanked the team of people who'd made the show possible after the audience and panel got to their feet to show their appreciation. and that's the end of the service announcements but this programme marks the end of my tenure of the chair. cheering and applause. thank you.

a standing ovation, and david dimbleby quite rightly getting he is, head in hands! but enjoying the moment. and why not? 25 years, is the end of an era. now back to the news that police in france have shot dead the suspect in the strasbourg christmas market terror attack. cherif chekatt, 29, was on a watchlist and considered a potential threat to national security. so how did he manage to slip through the net? let's speak now to international security expertjoseph downing. good morning, thank you for your time this morning. we know that he has been discovered and killed by police. this will be in the immediate term a relief to the people of strasbourg? definitely. over the last 48—hour is, the entire central city has been on higher let, while they have been looking for the suspect. it seems he

was freely roaming the streets of central strasbourg. it is surprising, given that the entire area was subject to a large police operation but at the same time, really, it's like searching for a needle in a haystack. he could have been hiding in a basement, a bin room, a staircase. it is difficult to find someone in a built—up urban area but i'm sure there will be a lot of questions as to why it took 48—hour is to find someone in a three square miles radius. there are questions surrounding the 48—hour is but also questions over how he was involved in a shoot out, i think, twice with police and was able to escape in the first place? totally, this is really surprising. french police are, definitely compared to our own here in the uk that don't carry guns, they are well armed, especially anti—terrible to have been drafted into the area in strasbourg. it is really quite surprising. again, ithink strasbourg. it is really quite surprising. again, i think one of

the problems french police have, that they will look at going forward , that they will look at going forward, is that they are quite good at giving the perception that they are very at giving the perception that they are very strong but their record in community policing, and agile intelligence led policing, is quite poon intelligence led policing, is quite poor. away from the immediate ca ptu re poor. away from the immediate capture and killing of this man, there are questions surrounding the terror watch list. we now know that he was on one of these watch lists but we know that there are many thousands of people on similar ones. give us a sense of where he fitted m, give us a sense of where he fitted in, from what you understand? this is one of my key critiques of the french system currently, this watchlist is clearly not fit for purpose. at any one time there are 20,000, 30,000 people on the watchlist that are threats to national security. we can be talking about environmentalists, organised figures, bank robbers, suspected terrorists of the islamist far left orfar right terrorists of the islamist far left or far right persuasion. terrorists of the islamist far left orfar right persuasion. it terrorists of the islamist far left or far right persuasion. it is way

too broad a net and doesn't come with any obligations to put an individual under any kind of surveillance. that responsibility is left to a judge. you could play someone on the list and they become another name out of 20,000. it seems, with him, his broader profile fits the profile of attack is not only in france but across the continent, in this crossover between an individual who is involved in a lot of petty crime, it appears he was convicted 27 times for various petty crimes, and a crossover between the world of petty crime and terrorism. it seems that the ability to share a kind of anti—systemic rule breaking ideology enables individuals to flip between the two. it presents a lot of problems because we have to be careful how we explain what causes people to commit terror attacks. there is no simple recipe. there are many people who commit petty crimes, many millions who commit them but never carry out

a terror attack. there are tens of thousands who fled with radical ideologies who do not commit acts of violence and this, for me, poses such a complex problem. the reality, it isa such a complex problem. the reality, it is a problem we face here, as the french do, which is you can have people on a watchlist but the practical reality is that you cannot have someone literally watching all the people on a watchlist. how do you determine, in a way it is easier after the event but how do you determine someone who is a potential immediate risk? the uncomfortable truth is you cannot. there is no simple way to identify an individual who has shown up like this particular attacker has on the radar. he was never convicted of complex bomb plots or assassination plots. there is no easy way to say who on the watchlist will commit violence at any given time. you can see this with the westminster bridge

attacker in the uk and it leaves security services with an impossible task. you cannot ever tell at which point someone will go and commit an act of violence like this. it is really problematic. josef, thank you for your time this morning. thank you. matt's bringing us the weather from outside our studios here in salford quays this morning. you are balancing on a surfboard with an elf on the end of it. what are you doing? surfing the light waves, to be honest! good morning, we are outside salford quays this morning and among light waves he had, 2018, there are 19 installations on view until sunday evening, including items from blackpool illuminations, doctor who and the daleks, that we saw earlier on. there is plenty to see here and

stuff to get involved with. get involved, have some fun like us this morning. it isn't quite surfing weather this morning. it is absolutely freezing! there were big waves yesterday because of strong winds but today, it's not as bad. the winds are not as strong but the forecast into the weekend has strong winds returning and heavy rain for some. but also snow and ice could feature in the forecast, especially in parts of scotland and northern england. they could cause travel issues later on saturday and into the start of sunday. trying to fight a way that colder air that we have at the moment, due to the weather fronts edging into shop there. currently, colder air is in place. temperatures as low as —6 in southern england, —7 in some areas. a bright start, the odd shower in the south—east of england. north—east england and later, the cloud thickens into northern ireland. most stick with dry weather. the winds are not as strong

as yesterday. except around the western isles of scotland. because these winds are not as strong, temperatures of three to 6 degrees, lower than they were, but you do not have the added when shell which will be welcome news. temperatures full quite quickly. frost develops across much of england and scotland. temperatures on the rise in the west, cloud spreads its way in without breaks of rain. that could mean snow extending as well. an east to west split. that split will be crucial on saturday, through the day, milder air comes in. crucial on saturday, through the day, milderair comes in. whence strengthen, 50—60 mph as possible. rain extensive in southern and western areas, causing some minor flooding but as it hits the cold air with strong winds around, we could see some snow in parts of the north of the uk. an east to west split, a

big difference from newcastle to plymouth but it will feel colder than that in many eastern areas too. the wind chill will be back. finishing the day with northern england and scotland, some snow could impact the hills. even on low levels in scotland. we could see 20 centimetres or more of fresh know as we go through saturday into sunday in scotland, especially. here, the greatest chance of problems on sunday morning. snow clears, the sunshine comes out. some heavy showers in southern counties of england and wales. temperatures of 6-10d england and wales. temperatures of 6—10d up on what we have seen in the last few days. the mild theme continues into the weekend but this weekend, it is all about the wind and rain, and some snow and ice. my little friend here this morning, say hello to noel, he has been following me around every morning on the

broadcast. time to get back to you and charlie, tina. studio: thank you. our eagle eyed viewers would have spotted that elf in every weather update this morning. i didn't, that was the first i have seen. apparently it has been moving around with matt this morning! british yachtswoman susie goodall is expected to set foot back on dry land later this morning, when the cargo ship that rescued her arrives into port. the 29—year—old was stranded in stormy conditions for two days after her boat violently capsized and lost its mast during the solo, round—the—world, "golden globe" race. we're joined now by yachtsman nigel king, who was part of a crew whose boat was also de—masted in the southern ocean. thank you for coming into see us this morning. what is it like, that moment you arrive on dry land, after something like that has happened to you? it is a mix, you are relieved it is over, you have been isolated

for a while. it is a kind of first time that you could relax on the trip and once you have had that, it is something to sort out. the minute you step on dry land it is the first time you can say ok, i am here now, until you do that it is still going on. even though susie is still on a ship she is still not home yet. how similar is it what happened to you? it isa similar is it what happened to you? it is a little different, i was on a 105 foot catamaran and we were literally sailing along, there was a big bang and the mast fell over. susie was picked polled, the boat went end over end which is a more dramatic way of approaching it. with us, i was on a cruise and there were 14 others. after that, it's the same. you want to plan for it, and clear up the mess and make sure everything is safe. in some ways, it is easy with the crew, you have people to share it with but when you are alone you have to deal with it

yourself. the other side of that is that you've got no one to worry but yourself. she just has to worry about looking after herself. nigel, we are yet to hear from her since the event directly, although she has tweeted quite a bet. is the nature of these things, given what she went through, she suffered a bad knock to the head, we understand, and there we re the head, we understand, and there were concerns about that initially. do you think we have —— she has to lock away emotions? you have to do what you can to survive in the moment, maybe it is the time where she is safe, and she will go, you know what? this was bad. some of that will come back to her? you cannot lock away your emotions the whole time, she was at sea for nearly 160 days. during that time you go through a normal emotional roller—coaster that you go through everyday in life but some of the extremes on the highs and the lows,

i bet lover. there is the aspect of her training, she has been experienced and used to a certain level of it. it is about how you can control it to deal with those situations. weight and how long did it take you to get over your ordeal? the biggest thing is once you get ashore, there is that level of stuff but part of it will be, you don't ever wa nt to but part of it will be, you don't ever want to go there again, in the southern ocean you are so isolated. you generally find that people there wa nt to you generally find that people there want to go and helicopter in for the day, go sailing and then the helicopter take you away again. it is like living a normal life on a roller—coaster ride and once you start, you cannot say, i want to stop here. it goes on for days. doing normal tasks is like cleaning your teeth while being pitched on water at the local fairground. that's a good way of thinking about what it is like. it's one of those things where you deal with it, and

it's the most amazing place but also the worst place as well. that is probably the part of it, most people who don't do what you have done, like us, they find that hardest to understand. it is the very reason, ina way, understand. it is the very reason, in a way, what has happened to her illustrates why you take on the challenge in the first place. because it is hard. that's why you go there and it proves it. looking at the attempt to go around the world, there are only about one third to get around. it's a hard thing to do and it stays that way. it isa thing to do and it stays that way. it is a massively uninterrupted peace evasion with no land. storms circle the planet. they go round and round and even if you are not in the storm, there is one somewhere. it is lumpy and confused. it is very rarely a flat and perfect day like you see on a lake. as always in these cases, sometimes people in the situation say it is worse for family at home. i don't know how it was for

you but they must have been going through real anxiety. she's 29 years old, they know she sustained an injury. it must be really hard for the families. when you are the athlete it, you are compartmentalised in what you are dealing with, you are in control of the situation for families, they rely on calls. for susie, the golden globe race is a throwback to the days where there is no technology, we do it with technology so we can communicate better and it is easier in that template for her, she is isolated with no modern technology. she cannot pick up the phone. was she tweeting? they can get some m essa g es to she tweeting? they can get some messages to shore, but they want to give her technology as they want the story out there. but they have taken away all the modern technology of the gps so it is harder. on this day, we were talking to sir richard branson

day, we were talking to sir richard bra nson about the day, we were talking to sir richard branson about the challenge there. some of the challenges right here remain. they remain as good as ever. we have not explored as much of the ocean as we have space. that is the statistic they come outwith. ocean as we have space. that is the statistic they come out with. thank you very much. you're watching breakfast, still to come this morning. and yes, we're the lucky ones this morning — we'll bejoined by the music legend nile rodgers before the end of the programme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, there, good morning. we are going to see some potentially disruptive weather over the weekend, some heavy snow and some strong winds moving in for saturday across northern areas of the uk. but before we get that far, today, it is quite cold, frosty first thing.

but there is some sunshine. we will keep some sunshine across many parts of england and wales, up into scotland through this afternoon. more cloud for northern ireland, the far west of wales and south—west england. we could see a few spots of rain here through this afternoon and perhaps a few showers down the eastern side of england and eastern scotland. temperatures, 3—6 degrees but for many, the wind not as strong as yesterday so perhaps not feeling quite as cold. overnight tonight, we'll see thickening cloud across western areas. we'll also see some rain here. temperatures just starting to come up. elsewhere, with some clear skies, it will be another cold and frosty night. it is into saturday that as the rain moves in from the west, with these weather systems, we are going to see some strong winds developing and also, as the rain hits the colder air, it is going to fall as snow. there is the risk of some snow and ice over the weekend, strong winds, potentially disruptive through the evening and into sunday morning. let's take a closer look at things. you can see as the rain moves in, mainly down toward southwest areas and northern ireland,

it's across northern parts of england, over the pennines and across scotland where there could be some significant snowfall as we go through the afternoon. during the afternoon across southern areas on saturday, there willjust be a lot of rain but it will feel cold with quite a strong wind, particularly around eastern areas. over the tops of the pennines, 2—5 centimetres of snow, 10—20 centimetres across scotland but even across the central belt, there could well be some snow down to low levels and that could settle as well. all that snow and rain is going to clear away gradually during sunday but we will have some strong winds for a time into sunday so there's a lot going on. stay tuned. goodbye. this is business live from bbc news with maryam moshiri and victoria fritz. british prime minister theresa may warns her brexit deal is "at risk" as she returns empty—handed from brussels. live from london, that's our top story on friday 14th december. the brexit deadlock takes its toll,

as companies scale back uk spending and investors pull billions out of britain. also in the programme, the slowdown in china continues. shoppers and factories feeling the squeeze from a weakening global economy and the trade war with the us. and news of that slowdown spooked asian markets. european stocks