what a way to finish the day. that was carmen reporting from japan. we will be back there next week when: she embarks on another 90 minute challenge, this time in the japanese port city of kobe. wow, look at that! oh my goodness, what a view. dojoin us then, and in the meantime you can sign up to our social media feeds and see where we are in the world, as well as sharing some of your travel stories. but now from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team here in the lake district, it's goodbye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. our headlines today: theresa may accuses the former prime minister tony blair of insulting the office he once held through his support for another eu referendum. nearly 200 countries have finally agreed an international

celebrations in poland as nearly 200 countries reach a deal to tackle climate change. chester zoo reopens after a devastating fire as staff thank visitors for their support. a frosty weekend for the high street as wild weather keeps thousands of shoppers at home. in sport... manchester city back to the top of the table at least until liverpool play later! the strictly come dancing glitter ball winners are... plus: who came away with the glitterball trophy? we'll look back at the final of this year's strictly. for most of us it would be a quieter weather day than yesterday. more details later. it's sunday the 16th of december, our top story,

theresa may has launched a public attack on her predecessor tony blair, after the former prime minister gave his backing to calls for another referendum on brexit. in a statement, mrs may said: we can speak now to our political correspondent, nick eardley who is in our london newsroom... she's not having any punches, is she? and i think it illustrates some of the dismay in downing street that the idea of a second referendum is picking up or more traction in political circles. six months ago it was something that was seen as fairly unlikely, now that something talked more and more about in westminster as a way, potentially, to end some of the impasse we've

seenin to end some of the impasse we've seen in recent weeks. tony blair isn't the only one who supports another referendum, there are many on various parties including in parliament and the conservative benches that supported. theresa may is trying to lance the boil of the momentum that something the policy has in these comments in the papers this morning i saying look, this undermines our negotiating position, it's a way of subverting the decision made in 2016 and theresa may has always made clear she doesn't want one and will not hold one while she is prime minister.‘ number one while she is prime minister.l number of people getting in touch this morning with a wide range of opinions but a lot of people saying, it's anti—democratic to do that cause we've done the referendum already. david liddington, interestingly, one of theresa may's key allies is reported to be talking to labour. tell us about that. david

liddington is essentially theresa may's deputy as prime minister, he ta kes may's deputy as prime minister, he takes responsibility for trying to get the uk ready for brexit whatever that ends up looking like. answers to he met with a group of labour mps who have always made it pretty clear they are not going to get on board with whatever the government comes back with in terms of a brexit deal, they want another referendum to revisit the brexit question. this is not a suggestion at this stage that mr liddington agrees with them but there are many conservative mps will be less than impressed he held talks with them. nick, thank you. nearly 200 countries have finally agreed an international approach to tackle climate change after two weeks of talks in poland. they've drawn up a rulebook on how to put the 2015 paris agreement into action, which includes limiting a rise in average world temperatures to "well below" two degrees celsius. here's our science editor, david shukman. this is what it's all about.

gases released into the air that heats the planet. and after some long, difficult arguments, the world has inched towards a deal for how to reduce them, to try to avoid the risks of dangerous levels of warming in future. the talks at katowice in poland saw delegates from nearly 200 countries haggling over rules on how to tackle climate change — a slow process, but eventually a deal was done. the polish official chairing the talks was incredibly relieved. he was urged to take a bow. but there are questions about what's actually been achieved. the big challenge is that many countries, including poland, rely on polluting fuels like coal. thousands ofjobs depend on them. some campaigners say a few governments dragged their feet but others are pleased to have got this far. we have seen countries come together.

they have responded to the science. they haven't done enough but they have done what's possible here. they have leant in, they have agreed some rules and they have set themselves a job to go home and do more and work out what they're going to do — engaging with their citizens, their businesses, their investors, to say, how can we take more climate action? the hope is for a transition to cleaner forms of energy like solar power. the deal in poland may encourage that. the world is responding to the threat of global warming, but not nearly with the speed that scientists say is needed. david shukman, bbc news. staff at chester zoo say they've been overwhelmed with messages of goodwill after a devastating fire ripped through an enclosure yesterday. the area was quickly evacuated, but some animals are still missing. adam woods reports. the uk's largest zoo enclosure engulfed in flames. woman: oh, my god. oh, my god.

inside, hundreds of rare and exotic creatures. firefighters were quick to arrive as the zoo was evacuated, staff went back into move animals to safety. what could you see? just loads of smoke over the new part of the zoo and it was really cloudy and there seemed to be a lot of panic, fire engines, police, even ambulance. 15 fire crews battled strong wind and rain to bring the flames under control. one person had to be treated for the effects of smoke inhalation. no other injuries have been reported. all mammals living inside the enclosure, including endangered orangutans, gibbons and crocodiles, have been accounted for, but many tropical birds remain missing. investigation into what caused the fire is now under way, with parts of the zoo expected to reopen later today. adam woods, bbc news. children with special educational needs in england are set to benefit from a funding boost

of more than £350 million. the announcement by the department for education comes after more than 30,000 people backed a petition earlier this year calling for more support for those with complex needs. earlier, one head teacher told breakfast more still needs to be done. if the government doesn't actually raise for the treasury more money to support schools per se across the board, we will have more complex issues going forward. and it's a generation that are going to be hugely affected. the funding needs to happen now. we are already seeing the effect of several years of school cuts, and we're talking 2 billion per year for the last few years. in my own school i've seen a lot of 120,000 over the last four years, and that's just in revenue funding. we will speak to damion hines, the secretary of state education in england shortly. bad weather and an increasing trend

to buy things online are being blamed for shoppers staying away from the high street on what is usually the busiest weekend before christmas. retail experts say footfall across the uk yesterday was down almost 10% compared with the same time last year. it comes after a november which was described by some businesses as "unbelievably bad", as joe miller reports. it's been a year of profit warnings, branch closures and big brands going under. britain's retailers have had a torrid 2018. we've seen consumer confidence dropped, we've seen costs increase and in general i think people are very nervous about spending. i don't imagine this is going to let up any time soon. amid the gloom, one man is styling himself as the saviour of the high street. mike ashley's sports direct, which rescued house of fraser, says it wants to lend a hand to a wounded competitor, debenhams. we put this offer in to invest another £40 million and it is kind of the electric shock to wake them up to what is probably the last chance saloon. mike ashley has suggested debenhams has zero chance of survival without his cash,

but the chain has rebuffed his proposal, and some suspect the billionaire, who is already debenhams largest shareholder, wants to get his hands on its assets if it collapses, a claim sports direct denies. for now, debenhams and other struggling chains mightjust be able to afford to keep mike ashley at bay, but neither they nor mike ashley's retail empire can afford a disappointing christmas. joe miller, bbc news. drivers in scotland are being advised to take extra care after a number of crashes on the m71; in dumfries and galloway. it's thought freezing rain may have covered parts of the motorway. meanwhile, storm deirdre has brought flooding and left thousands of homes and businesses without electricity in parts of ireland. the met office says the worst of the weather has now passed, but warned of continuing icy conditions. helen will be here with a full

weather forecast in the next 15 minutes. it's now exactly 11 minutes past eight. earlier this year, parents of children with special educational needs delivered a petition signed by more than 30,000 people to the education secretary, accusing the government of failing to provide sufficient investment in their children. today, three months on, damian hinds has announced a funding boost for england of £350 million — but will it go far enough? let's ask him. the education secretaryjoins us now from his constituency. good morning, this new money, extra money, has been welcomed, of course, and yet it really is a drop in the ocean in terms of the overall education budget and already the local government association says this is being given out over a couple of years and doesn't even come close to meeting the shortfall for this year alone. how we look after children with special educational needs marks us as how we

are as a society and i know your programme has quite rightly spent a lot of time looking at this issue. what we are announcing today is important, revenue funding, a quarter of £1 billion over two years but it's about other things, capital funding to help to improve facilities for putting new facilities for putting new facilities in for it needed or perhaps expand special educational needs units within mainstream schools. also looking to the future, doing new studies, but also putting in place new training, training more educational psychologists and creating new ways of making sure we are commissioning the right support in the first place, so children with those additional needs can get the help they specifically required. those additional needs can get the help they specifically requiredm works out at around £3 per child per week, not a huge amount of money for schools here to play with but is this specifically ring thanks to, can you confirm that, is there any danger this will be consumed by the bigger school budget? this goes into

what is called the high needs block at local authorities, they distribute the money in different ways, some of that is for capital, that could be for new places in schools, we are also welcoming bids and we have welcomed bids for new preschools special schools and we will be looking at those bids shortly. it's specifically for provision for children with search all educational needs and disabilities and those additional costs, there have been significant strains on local authority budgets, this will go some way to dealing with that, it's not only about the cast, it's also about changing the baby do some things to make sure that we, in a good way, ensure the right provision is there for the individual child. can you confirm, where has this money come from specifically, has come out of the total educational budget or is it extra money you have found? each year we allocate money to schools,

we have to do it on children's characteristics on the number of children, you make estimates on how much money there is and we are just the estimates during the course of the estimates during the course of the year and this money is a result of some of those projections having come down in terms of the number of pupils or particular characteristics, we are able to identify this money to go specifically to supporting children with special educational needs and that was right at the top of my list of priorities. it sounds like you are moving money around rather than investing into special educational needs in particular. no, no, that's not what has happened, you may projections at the start of the year and if it is possible to identify some underspend because the projections are, and by the way, the projections are, and by the way, the projections are, and by the way, the projections are different from what you project at the start of the year, it has been possible this year to find some money to put specifically towards special needs and that's the revenue funding but the also capital funding to improve

facilities and provision and also more spaces in preschools special schools so, for the children for whom that is right, for many it's right to be in mainstream, but for those whom it's right, more provision and more choice. you talk about the treatment of children with special educational needs as almost being a moral barometer of how we treat society and jet in the last five years under the tory government almost 1000 children with the highest level of special needs at without a school and that number has doubled, they are now being home—schooled, you shake your head, but those are the numbers we have here. is this not a damning indictment on the way you have treated these children over the yea rs ? treated these children over the years? no, i think treated these children over the years? no, ithink the treated these children over the years? no, i think the figures you at referring to are some figures that were pulled a waiting provision, that covers quite a range of different circumstances and it was not mean children are specifically not in school, to say

you are waiting provision could include you being in one school is waiting to go to another, in some cases the end of compulsory schooling and awaiting the next move. the reforms we have brought in in 2014, the children and families bill that brought an education, health and care plans for a important step forward but we need to keep improving, as you rightly say, it's a barometer of how we are asa say, it's a barometer of how we are as a society, how we treat and how we help and support and develop those who need that extra help and thatjob will never be done, we will never have done enough, we have to keep striving to do better and this package we are announcing is one step in that. people will be glad the government is focused on something other than brexit which is a co nsta nt something other than brexit which is a constant preoccupation and i must ask you a couple of questions. yes, here it comes. given that theresa may is likely to fail, i don't know of anyone who says it's going to succeed, you might tell me something

different, what is your preferred plan b if she cannot get this through parliament?” plan b if she cannot get this through parliament? i think rachel, there's too many preferred plans going around, five or six of them, andi going around, five or six of them, and i think, all of them have two things in common, the first is that many people are strongly in favour of but the second is the majority of people are against them, that is why it's important to think beyond everybody‘s preferred plan, the ideal option and say what is something we can all gather around, what is something we can all deal with an something like the prime minister's deal but has been put forward is a very good balanced approach which i think people can get behind. but, you know, we need to think, everyone needs to come to terms with that notion, the first option, the absolute preferred choice is not supported by the majority. you can keep banging that message out, there is still life in

this deal but very few other people believe that and there has to be a plan about what happens next, it would the incompetence on behalf of the government if there wasn't another plan. we heard various reports in the papers this morning that senior members of the conservative party are meeting with members of labour, talking about a second referendum of some poor —— of some sort, do you support that, is it time for politicians from a cross— party it time for politicians from a cross—party perspective to coalesce around a different plan is this one fails? i don't approve of the idea of having a second referendum and the idea that a second referendum would wreck the deadlock is just wrong. a second referendum might postpone the deadlock ordered would extend the deadlock and we could have got more thing all over again. so no, we need to work our way through this now and you say it's important to have a plan for what happens next and there is, that is precisely why the prime minister has beenin precisely why the prime minister has been in brussels, talking to various leaders across europe and will

continue to do that. because there are concerns particularly around the backstop and it's important to address those concerns but ultimately, the essence of the deal but the prime minister has put forward and is negotiating with the other side is a really good wheel, the best of both worlds. delivers on the best of both worlds. delivers on the referendum and honours that result, honour —— ends free movement, honours the agriculture and fisheries policy, means we can strike trade deals, means a close and it —— economic relationship with the eu, if before the referendum due had offered that deal to people who voted leave and remain many of them would have bitten your hand off. she's got nothing back from brussels but one person who is speaking in brussels as tony blair and he talks about a folder options fail, another boat should we something that is on the table and at least the considered. you may raise your eyebrows but plenty of other former prime ministers have intervened in the brexit debate, john major has

been vocal about how he thinks the uk has shot itself in the foot. should we not be thinking about what these politicians say, who have experience of being on the world stage? what we need to do is content get around the plan, the plan for britain and we need to make the case for that plan. and making sure we can get it through. as i said earlier, there are all sorts of different preferred option is that people have and sometimes there is a bit of wishful thinking, if only the current deal on the table, that doesn't get through parliament, what happens next is bound to be something closer to what i like and there is really no reason to believe thatis there is really no reason to believe that is true. the essence of the deal the prime minister has negotiated is a very good, balanced deal, in many ways it's the best of both worlds, appealing to people who voted remain and leave and so what we need to be doing is focusing the energy on getting that implemented and we can move on and do everything

else. would you yourself, like a crack at the tory leadership as jeremy hunt has said he would quite like to point to reason may‘s tenure comes to an end? we shouldn't even be having a conversation like this, we shouldn't be having these conversations, right now we should be focused on getting this deal through and making sure we can move on the prime minister isjob, a fantasticjob, her tireless work on behalf of the country to get that through and we need to see that through. thank you somewhat speaking to us from hampshire at this morning. your reactions to any of that particularly in the discussion around special educational needs provision. already coming in. bbc brea kfast provision. already coming in. bbc breakfast if you want to get in touch via social media. damian hinds standing outside with the sudan, didn't look too cold. here's helen with a look at this morning's weather.

a little bit chilly. i was going to show you some pictures from dorset yesterday, from storm deidre, looking back at one of the picture is coming in, you can see how the ice was deposited after freezing rain, you can imagine how problematic that was on the roads. it is chilly this morning, we have dry air, window of fine weather before we get more showers, and organised area of rain. not as bad today, a better day of the weekend forgetting out and about, storm deidre still in the north, still blowing a gale, severe gales around the northern isles and it is chilly, these are towns and cities this morning. for most of us, a sparkling start, low—lying mist and fog in the river valleys, fast contrast to yesterday. the severe gales with us for shetland, blowing this rain and hill snow still out of the way and

then we have showers coming in behind but before that, in lot of dry weather. central and east in areas not completely dry, eastern scotland, once the rain and snow blows away, it will be better, rumbles of thunder coming in, mild they are over a cold ground, we could see big showers around. 7—10d celsius, higher in the south—west today, a big improvement temperature rise further east. some rain for a time this evening on this system moving through, leaving the ground damp, we will see frost around tomorrow morning, some ice and possibly mist and fog has the wind is quite light but that sets us up for a nice start to the week. we've had cold weather this weekend but milderair had cold weather this weekend but milder air rolling in for the week ahead, at times windows of dry weather as we will see tomorrow, feeling on the nippy side because of overnight frost but a decent day before this next weather system

comes in on tuesday. monday, mist and fog to clear away, fairweather cloud, before heavy rain comes into northern ireland towards the end of play. temperatures, despite the chilly start, above average for most of us tomorrow, that wet and windy weather coming in moderating things as we go into tuesday, a flip flop with the weathered next week, a mild run—up to christmas but... who knows what will happen the actual week of christmas? we will keep you posted. helen, thank you. she is over there. i was too busy looking at the newspapers. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. it is 24 minutes past eight. time now for a look at the newspapers. entrepreneur, vikas shah, is here to tell us what's caught his eye. the to tell us what's caught his eye. harsh new reality1 former the harsh new reality forced by a former british unicorn. unicorn is

the name for a company that has reached $1 billion, it's so symptomatic of what is happening in technology, these guys using this fantastic technology, augmented reality, but so many companies are looking for a problem, rather than a really genuine business case, investors piled money in, the company is expanding value and colla pse company is expanding value and collapse on the other side, it's this ruling challenge we see in technology businesses. this ruling challenge we see in technology businesseslj this ruling challenge we see in technology businesses. i suppose it's difficult, if you spot the problem and you come up with what the problem is how dose your business sustain and find another thing? this stuff is so new and u ntested thing? this stuff is so new and untested it's difficult for anyone to understand it is a real business. i think the world of tech is so interesting, consumers tend to find their own way, text messaging was not supposed to be a part of the way mobile phones were used. like

virtual reality, it is finding its feet, consumers are starting to work out what kind of virtual reality they really want ten years after the first virtual reality businesses, out. i was listening to someone talking about teaching young people all about money, the observer has something about this, why teaching vulnerable teenagers and until skills will save money, explained. what the observer have picked up on here is that by teaching honourable teenagers keep financial skills, understanding debt and credit cards, understanding debt and credit cards, understanding how to manage their money it stop them getting into much more curious situations later which impacts taxpayer funds. the truth is, though, and again i work with lots and lots of charges, homelessness, marginalisation, this is something the education system is missing further its vulnerable teenagers or non—vulnerable teenagers, we need to be teaching key financial skills in schools around how to manage money because

that really makes a massive impact on people later in life. a really important life skills. absolutely. people get into debt around christmas. i want to get through both of these, crazy presents for your pets. as a new cat dad i fully appreciate how much money we lavish on our pets, ranging from a hamster canon to dog outfits and u nfortu nately, pets canon to dog outfits and unfortunately, pets tend to prefer the boxes rather than the presence but this is an absolutely booming market. is that rose for your pet? people are now spending billions and billions of pounds each and every year on presents for their pets, some of the fastest—growing companies in e—commerce at pet products. i am fairly confident you will have a bottle of the cat oriented press echo in your house.

and we are talking cheese?e oriented press echo in your house. and we are talking cheese? 2 million kilos of cheese wasted at the end of christmas, i would kilos of cheese wasted at the end of christmas, iwould propose kilos of cheese wasted at the end of christmas, i would propose this is now referred to as the moons worse but it shows the level of wastage, we stock up on stock up on all the products we need and we do not need them. thank you. andrew marr is on bbc one at 10 o'clock this morning. he can tell us what he's got for us this morning. i'm afraid it's another big political weekend, we want fun and jollity but it's politics, politics, brexit, brexit, liam fox, one of the key cabinet ministers who hasn't spoken much publicly, andrew wind from the labour party, chuka umunna who is one of those mps dry to get a consensus against brexit in the house of commons and the end of all of that we have the fantastic kingdom choir singing is out, that will be really good. andrew, thank you, that will be really good. you're watching breakfast from bbc news.

still to come this morning. the strictly come dancing champions are... the glitter ball trophy has been presented and the sequins are going back in the wardrobe. after months of battling it out on the dancefloor, we'll be revealing the strictly champion of 2018. we will have to get rid of these pictures soon, we nearly showed it. all that to come on the bbc news channel. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye for now. good morning. a summary of today's stories from bbc news. in the fast few moments, the education secretary, damian hines has told bbc brea kfast secretary, damian hines has told bbc breakfast that another eu referendum would merely postpone the deadlock on brexit rather than resolve it. it's emerged that labour mps in favour of a new vote met theresa may's de facto deputy, david lidington, to make their case. but mr hinds says the prime miniter‘s brexit deal is the best chance of moving brexit forward. the idea that a second referendum

would break the deadlock is just wrong. it might postpone the deadlock, but then it would extend it, and we could have the whole thing all over again. so we need to work our way through this now, and it is important to have a plan, and thatis it is important to have a plan, and that is precisely why the prime minister has been in brussels talking to the various leaders and will continue to do that, because there are concerns particularly around the backstop, and it is important to address those concerns, but ultimately the essence of the deal that the prime minister has put forward and he negotiated with the other side is a really good deal. nearly 200 countries have finally agreed an international approach to tackle climate change after two weeks of talks in poland. they've drawn up a rulebook on how to put the 2015 paris agreement into action, which includes limiting a rise in average world temperatures to "well below" two degrees celcius. there will also be a mechanism to review the actions of countries who don't comply. bad weather and an increasing trend to buy things online

are being blamed for shoppers staying away from the high street on what is usually the busiest weekend before christmas. retail experts say footfall across the uk yesterday was down almost 10% compared with the same time last year. it comes after a november which was described by some businesses as "unbelievably bad". children with special educational needs in england are set to benefit from a funding boost of more than £350 million. the announcement by the department for education comes after more than 30,000 people backed a petition earlier this year calling for more support for those with complex needs. earlier one head teacher told breakfast more still needs to be done. if the government doesn't actually raise for the treasury more money to support schools per se across the board, we will have more complex issues going forward. and it's a generation that are going to be hugely affected. the funding needs to happen now. we are already seeing the effect of several years of school cuts, and we're talking 2 billion per year for the last few years. in my own school i've seen a lot of 120,000 over the last four years,

and that's just in revenue funding. staff at chester zoo say they've been overwhelmed with messages of goodwill after a devastating fire ripped through an enclosure yesterday. 15 fire crews battled strong winds and rain to bring the flames under control. the area was quickly evacuated, but some animals including tropical birds, are still missing. parts of the zoo are expected to re—open this morning. drivers in scotland are being advised to take extra care after a number of crashes on the m74 in dumfries and galloway. it's thought freezing rain may have covered parts of the motorway. meanwhile, storm deirdre has brought flooding and left thousands of homes and businesses without electricity in parts of ireland. the met office says the worst of the weather has now passed, but warned of continuing icy conditions. those are the main stories this morning. this one is a lovely tale to bring

you of phenomenal personal achievement. teenage british racing driver billy monger will receive the helen rollason award at the sports personality of the year ceremony tonight. the award is for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity. we have featured his story a number of times. billy was in a high—speed crash in 2017 which resulted in him losing both of his legs. he returned to racing in march, less than a year after the accident. you can watch the show tonight on bbc one from 7 o'clock. it's just incredible, it'sjust incredible, because it's just incredible, because from the minute his accident happened, he said, iwant the minute his accident happened, he said, i want to continue racing. an extraordinary strength of character from a 17—year—old. that is on bbc 0ne from a 17—year—old. that is on bbc one at 7pm. but here on the bbc news channel it is sport for the next few minutes, too. kat is here. we're

talking about manchester city going to the top of the premier league, butjurgen might get one over on jose and get back up there himself. snatched moment in time, he is probably not even looking talking to him, but it looks like he is being rude. if you look at the table, united are in sixth, which isn't too bad, but it is that golf of points between liverpool and manchester united, 16 points, so liveable looking to go back to the top. city went to the top yesterday after beating everton, so the pressure is on liverpool today. it's one of the biggest rivalries in english football. manchester united travel to anfield to face liverpool later. jurgen klopp's side are looking to go back to the top of the table. we never thought before a game only because we have a few good results in the past at home or whatever that it will be easy, the next game. that's not the mode you can

win football games. we have to be angry on sunday, and we will be. we fight for our points. it's not that there is anything, you don't solve problems for others, we have our own problems, our own targets, and we go for them. that's all. we know that we are going to play against the leader. we are going to play against a team on a high, and even with the problems we have, and we have doubts about everything because we don't know which players are available, but we're going to arrive, we are going to have a team capable of going there and fight for the victory. at least one of the manager sounds excited about that big match! kilmarnock aren't giving up their surprise challenge for the scottish premiership title. they're back on top of the table this morning after a 3—1win over dundee. steve clarke's side go a point clear of celtic but the scottish champions have three games in hand, starting away at hibernian this lunchtime. elsewhere yesterday there were wins for motherwell and aberdeen. norwich city have been knocked off

the top of the championship despite coming from behind to draw 2—2 at bristol city. leeds' 1—0 win over bolton means they move to the summit. promotions chasers middlesbrough slipped to a 2—1 defeat at qpr while aston villa drew 2—2 against stoke. glasgow warriors and saracens are both still on course for a place in the knockouts of rugby union's champions cup. they both won their pool matches in dreadful conditions yesterday, but saracens' win over cardiff means they are out already, as patrick gearey reports. cardiff's champions cup chances have been fast disappearing. their only path back through the fog was guarded by saracens' red giants. a formidable bunch, top of the premiership, top of their group. the likes of sean maitland, a streak of scarlet through ca rd iff's defence. faced with a rocky road, the blues got inventive, first the chip and then eventually the fish, dan fish‘s try once converted gave the welsh side the half—time lead. but then they were winning at the break against sarries last week and lost by 26 points.

with the likes of 0wen farrell around, you're never really safe. he kicked 16 points in all as saracens muscled their way through the blues. england hookerjamie george adjudged to be over. cardiff most definitely out. saracens are now 22 matches unbeaten. a watershed game in glasgow, this was weather for warriors — glasgow needed a win to keep alive their chances of reaching the next stage. this was some start. within 45 seconds, matawalu onto the water slide. lyon are bottom of the group, so the warriors would have had hopes of scoring the four tries needed for a bonus point. especially when matawalu went snorkelling once more. but they couldn't keep up the momentum. glasgow are comfortably second in their pool. in this weather they must feel like they've just climbed out of one. patrick gearey, bbc news. defending champions leinster also boosted their qualification hopes. they ran in six tries to end bath's hopes of reaching the last eight with a 42—15 win in dublin.

in the same pool, wasps lost to leaders toulouse. canelo alvarez can now say he's world champion in three weight divisions. that's after he beat liverpool's rocky fielding at madison square gardens earlier this morning. rocky — great name for a boxer — was knocked down four times before the fight was stopped in the third round. he never shied away from the challenge, the phone call i got, i said yeah. madison square gardens. it's been a great week, met some great people. i live the dream, but i will come again and i will come back. england's hockey players will face australia later this morning for the bronze medal at the men's world cup. it's after they were soundly beaten 6—0 by belgium in yesterday's semifinal. the belgians go on to play the netherlands for gold. justin rose needed to finish in

the top 12 of the indonesian masters to finish the year as the world's number one golfer. but he had a bit of a nightmare final round. he started the day tied in fourth place, but in the end it all came down to this final putt on the 18th. this was for eagle and the top spot in the rankings. but it went past. that meant he actually finished on his worst score of the year. brooks koepka is instead the world number one. in the last few minutes, williams has won a tae kwon do gold, and she says she will use the money to help pay off her parentss' mortgage. bianco, the olympic champion, plans to invest her money and a second pizzeria. she already has one! so the empire will expand. paying off your parents mortgage,

thatis paying off your parents mortgage, that is why we should all be investing in our children are getting them to do sports from a young age. but that is really kind, if you're young sportsmen, and tae kwon do, it is one of the big sports, it's not like 50 grand a week. to choose to spend it on your pa rents week. to choose to spend it on your parents mortgage, that is the christmas spirit. kat, our board games begin your house at christmas? i can't think of anything worse than an afternoon playing monopoly, i have to be honest. earlier on when we were playing scrabble, roger tried to place a word both downwards and along the side. ididn't side. i didn't know! i do like a bit of trivial pursuit, but all this strategy stuff, no way. it is supposed to bring people together, a good board game.

i got two words! by i got two words! by cheating. i'm sure many of us have had a squabble over scrabble at some point. the classic word game is 70 years old today. we've been asking you for your board game stories. the good, the bad, and the ugly. yes, i would say probably scrabble is my favourite game. if somebody said, name your top three parlour games, i think scrabble would always be up there. i don't think i've got a version of it myself, but i'd definitely play it if it was there. i think my favourite board game is cluedo. monopoly, definitely. probably frustration. i wouldn't say i do, but i know people who do. oh, yeah. definitely. i have cheated at games like monopoly. i think i may have cheated at cluedo. i don't think i've cheated at scrabble. that's one thing about scrabble, it's tough to cheat on scrabble.

my family's quite competitive, so whenever we get games out, especially liked team games, which always fight against each other, maybe a bit of cheating going on. one time i was playing for my family, and my sister was losing quite badly, and she flipped the game. everything went everywhere. i think the game finished then. christmas finished then! let's find out more from a man who we most definitely wouldn't want to go head to head with — gyles brandreth! with all due respect to my colleague, if i need a lesson on how to play scrabble, he is the man to talk to. he's in our central london newsroom. you are the boss of scrabble, aren't you ? newsroom. you are the boss of scrabble, aren't you? the national federation? i am indeed the president of the association of british scrabble players, and i

founded the national championships backin founded the national championships back in 1971. it is a game that was invented 80 years ago, but 70 years ago it became scrabble. it came to the uk in 1955, and alongside monopoly, it is the most popular game. i regard monopoly as a home wrecker, it always ends in tears, houses and hotels being thrown all over the shop, scrabble is a game that increases your word power and makes you relish the language more, and since we speak english, the richest language in the world, it is wonderful to celebrate it.|j richest language in the world, it is wonderfulto celebrate it. i read somewhere your parents met, was that not playing monopoly? my father in 1937, he bought the first set of monopoly sold in the british isles. so it was a home makerfor you, not a home breaker! you are dead right,

andi a home breaker! you are dead right, and i later became the european monopoly champion, but my experience with my own family, is that scrabble isa with my own family, is that scrabble is a more civilised game, the real reason is it allows all sorts of words, but i havejust reason is it allows all sorts of words, but i have just checked this, brexit is not allowable in scrabble. a lot of people will be pleased to hear that! you can spend an hour delving into the language and avoid brexit altogether. 0ther delving into the language and avoid brexit altogether. other proprietary names have been allowed, hoover over the years has been allowed, because although it is a product, you go around hoovering. and xerox is allowed as well, but brexit is still taboo. given your political experiences, i won't ask you about that, because i think everybody gets asked. sunday morning, people are already talking about it on radio and television. i want to be talking about breakfast! branch is a good

scrabble word. the words that are allowed a re scrabble word. the words that are allowed are amazing. 0i is allowed, and io is also allowed, that is a kind of moss. and some new words have gone into the official dictionary, that has expanded?” have written a little book called have you eaten granma, and ifeature all sorts of lovely words, boobird isa all sorts of lovely words, boobird is a person who gets a lot of booing at them, and zizz is also, sleeping. you can expand your vocabulary. and what is your favourite word? yex, an old english word for a cup. and is that good for points? i am a

scrabble numpty. that is a good word as well! that is a great word, and dweebish is good as well. it depends where you place it, you get double letter and triple letter scores, so it is all about the placement, but yex is a very good word, you are my kind of numpty! thank you very much for talking to us thank you very much for talking to us this morning, gyles. i am a empty and therefore i am good at scrabble, they broke. it is official. if you use lots of two letter words, with people who don't play a lot,, they say that is ridiculous! time to look at the weather, which is a little bit ridiculous, although getting slightly calmer today. it is as ridiculous as yesterday, when we had freezing rain. but extremely dangerous sort of weather, just showing a picture to remind you, because we don't get them often here in the uk, but it is black eyes and

it forms very quickly. we have got a much brighter day ahead of us. this is the remains of storm deirdre blowing out into the north sea, and the cloud will give us some showers behind. still a wintry mix across scotla nd behind. still a wintry mix across scotland and some snow over the hills, and still gales blowing up in the northern isles, but again it is an improving picture as we go into this afternoon. lots of sunshine this afternoon. lots of sunshine this morning, and other showers gather force in northern this morning, and other showers gatherforce in northern and this morning, and other showers gather force in northern and western areas. also though showers in the north and west, sunny spells, showers, temperatures well up on yesterday, and we had freezing is our top temperature in some parts of yorkshire today. we will get above that today, less windy, as you conceive of the northern isles it is improving as the day goes on. some rain goes eastwards this evening and overnight, and once that clears out of the way, it is going to be cold. cold enough for a frost in the

countryside, and these are towns and cities. tomorrow morning, ridge of high pressure, light winds, frosty, some fog, that will be a travel hazard tomorrow morning as well as icy patches, but that little ridge of high pressure keeps these weather fronts abeid. so it looks like a decent day ahead tomorrow, sunshine after the mist and fog clears away, but we have got that rain then moving its way in late in the day for northern ireland, and temperatures again up to 10 celsius, it is mild weather that willjoin us for the week ahead, the run—up to christmas, you might say. in fact, the wind comes from the south on tuesday, but some really strong winds coming in as well with that, soa winds coming in as well with that, so a decent start then we get some we could potentially windy weather again, the irish sea may have severe gales, so if you are travelling ahead of christmas, there may be disruption to ferries, and it looks like a thoroughly wet day on tuesday for most of us, but it is mild, temperatures well above where they

should be for this time of year, and then as we look a little further ahead, slightly calmer weather on wednesday and thursday but still showers and mild, but a few days before christmas for it to turn colder again. next before christmas for it to turn colderagain. next weekend before christmas for it to turn colder again. next weekend and beyond. so if you are looking for a white christmas, there is still hope. it sometimes does. helen, thank you very much. with show—stopping lifts, a dash of hollywood glamour and even a trampoline thrown in for good measure, last night's strictly saw one couple finally get their hands on the coveted glitterball trophy. we are reading very slowly! so if you haven't had chance to watch it yet — you may want to leave the room now. documentary presenter stacey dooley and her professional partner kevin clifton won the public vote, despite being placed bottom of the judge's scorecards. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito takes a look at how the night unfolded:

it's the final! four couples, three dancers and from the very beginning, it was actually a former pussycat doll who set the standard. the big lift from dirty dancing was flawless. ten! the score, perfect tens. and those 40s kept coming. this athletic show dance on a raised and revolving platform. i personally as a dancer feel that you stretched yourself beyond limits, you've learned techniques you are not familiar with ever before, you have brought to the show a life, a style, and i truly am gratefulfor you. of course, craig did try to find a fault. i had a slight problem

with your right toe, darling, but then i decided to get over myself. ten! not a point was dropped all night. but matching those scores dance after dance was faye tozer. this hollywood glitz in high heels on a very high top hat... at the end of this routine to fever, it was perfect tens across the board. what an end of a journey. wow. this is really high. but when it comes to a journey from being a non—dancer to doing this... ..youtuberjoe sugg was more than holding his own, ending with a charleston.

you are the biggest surprise of this series. from a marathon night of dancers tonight, you have just got stronger and stronger and it's an extraordinary amount of work you have put in and it has paid off, you are a star. for tvjournalist stacey dooley, it began with an explosive show dance. everything was thrown at it. the crowd loved it. bruno tried to describe it as her greatest hits. your greatest hits. but craig... i wasn't that keen on the dance. it was the lowest score of the night. and even at the end of a paso doble described as having power and passion, she was in fourth place. all that matters is what the public

thinks and they saw it rather differently. stacey and kevin! even more emotional was her professional dance partner kevin clifton. after five finals, his first victory. there it is, the winner of this year's glitterball trophy, stacey dooley. david sillito, bbc news. former strictly professional ian waite joins us now to give us his take on the grand final. it has been a really late one for you. it has been a long weekend. but it was a fabulous final. i don't mean to sound like a stuck record, but maybe we say that every year. the characters were so talented and

so likeable as well. i was watching it every week on it takes two, and the phenomenal routines that were coming through, some weeks, you can't critique it, they have only done two days training, and you're struggling to find something wrong, they were all improving so quickly. it was interesting because of the four finalists, you had it was interesting because of the fourfinalists, you had two it was interesting because of the four finalists, you had two who were semiprofessionals because they were entertainers and have been pop stars, done the dancing on stage thing. we also had lee ryan, who had danced before, and he went out in the second week. it doesn't mean you will go a long way. but then the two, joe and stacey, i wonder whether the show needs to go back to having people who are just com pletely having people who are just completely starting from nothing. i don't buy that, because you want the whole mix, and at the end of the letters up to the public who they

vote for. stacey was in the bottom of the leaderboard, and the votes from the public change that around. so that is maybe why she got more votes. and you need that dynamic on the contrast, i wouldn't want to have been deprived of seeing ashley dance, she was extraordinary, and fay as well. i loved faye throughout, and ashley's show dance was the standout moment of a whole series. bessho dance? her show dance was incredible. they had a revolving stage as well, that round thing they we re stage as well, that round thing they were dancing on was turning around, so they were jumping on and off of it, and it was moving. it is quite quick, as well. it is, i in rehearsals i spoke to them about it, and she said, i think we may be overdid it. i didn't realise how difficult it would be she said, we

we re difficult it would be she said, we were nearly decided to just stop the revolving stage because it was so difficult. when she is standing on it and it's moving, it is like on a rocking ship or something. you stagger around. watching stacey when she does that thing with her hips, for those of us at home, i can imagine my hips would look out of place if i did that. imagine my hips would look out of place if! did that. it imagine my hips would look out of place if i did that. it was a contemporary number, and ashley's dancers were all specialist, there wasn't one ballroom or latin, whereas stacey did all ballroom and latin. how good is she? she looked amazing to the untrained eye. how goodis amazing to the untrained eye. how good is stacey? i think what the public love so much about stacey is that she started off from zero, and with kevin's nurturing and brilliant teaching, he produced this amazing dancer, and she became a great performer as well. and she seemed to play the roles very well. i'd end know whether she's done any acting,

but she seemed to play all these storyli nes but she seemed to play all these storylines so well, and she looks so great in those outfits, and even in this paso doble that she did, she just embodied the whole feeling of it. you can see it. and what a great number that was that night. sometimes when they are in black and they blend in, you don't see so much going on. the final dance of the night, and watching it with a group of people, we all went, that is kind of almost it. how much life is left in strictly? it cannot go on forever. you almost wonder whether it had reached its peak, but it's made some changes this year. do you think it has got life left? it has constantly evolved, and for the last six years we have had the same production team, and! we have had the same production team, and i think they have learned so much, every year they have to try and better themselves. in a second series, my dad said to me, if you get two series out of it, it will be great. it might be gone in a few

yea rs. great. it might be gone in a few years. 15 years later, we are still here. and it is so nice with kevin having been run out so many times to win. so lovely to see you, and thank you very much. that's it from breakfast for this morning. steph and dan will be here from six tomorrow morning. but for now, from us, have a nice day. bye bye. this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 9... theresa may accuses the former prime minister tony blair of ‘insulting the office' he once held by supporting another eu referendum. celebrations in poland as negotiators finalise a deal on how to implement the paris climate accord by 2020. chester zoo launches afundraising campaign after being severely damaged by fire yesterday. and the winner of this year's strictly come dancing is announced... documentary maker stacey dooley

and dance partner kevin clifton triumph in the sixteenth series and take the coveted glitterball trophy.