good morning, welcome to breakfast, withjon kay and louise minchin. our headlines today: flights are due to resume at gatwick in the next few minutes, but passengers are warned they face another day of severe disruption. a huge operation continues to find the drones that brought the airport to a standstill. police now say shooting them down is an option. over 100,000 passengers have been caught up in the chaos. i'll be looking at what rights you have if yourflight is cancelled, and whether you can expect any compensation. bill turnbull‘s decision to speak out about his prostate cancer has led to a big rise in the number of men being tested. we catch up with bill as he meets one of them. and all i can say to them is hold tight and things will... they won't get better, but it won't be quite as dark as it is now. "it's time to express ourselves."

the message from the manchester united manger, 0le gunnar solskaer, to his players, as he gets ready to face the press, for the first time in a couple of hours time. i will try to get the festive feel is here for your friday, winter solstice today, quite mild for some of you, and i will have all of the details, the weekend forecast and the getaway for christmas forecast too right here on breakfast. good morning. it's friday, the 21st of december. our top story: flights are due to resume in the next few minutes from gatwick airport, but it will only be a limited service. it comes after major disruption yesterday caused by drones flying illegally nearby. since wednesday evening, there have been 50 reported sightings close to the runway. 765 flights were scheduled to leave or depart today, but many of them are expected to be cancelled. 126,000 passengers are expected to be affected, although some airlines have managed to reschedule flights from other airports. 0ur reporter chi chi izundu has this

report from gatwick. 1 iof i of the uk's busiest airports duringi i of the uk's busiest airports during i of its busiest periods. 0vernight nearly empty. during i of its busiest periods. overnight nearly empty. it is coming over your head. could this be the very device causing the problem? at least i drone spotted very device causing the problem? at leasti drone spotted in and around the airfield a number of times means nothing is allowed to land or take off. police and the army are still trying to find the drone or drones and, more importantly, who is flying it. they have said shooting it down is now a possibility and they are appealing for the public to send any videos or pictures that they have of it because they still don't know it's make or model. it is a commercial size drone that is clearly operated to —— in a way that

the drone reappears when they try to open the runway. it is a deliberate act and open the runway. it is a deliberate actand a open the runway. it is a deliberate act and a clear message, whoever it is doing this, there is a five—year jail sentence for this kind of action and anyone who does this should expect to go to jail for many yea rs. should expect to go to jail for many years. on thursday more than 750 flights were affected and tens of thousands of people stranded, and a similar number could be affected today. it has cost us about £7,000 today. it has cost us about £7,000 to rebook flights, so we are hoping the insurers will pay up, but who knows? for some guy or whoever it is to fly some sort of unlicensed, illegal contraption around the airport isjust crazy. when it comes to claiming compensation, that could prove difficult, as the civil aviation authority has said it considers this extraordinary circumstances, which means our lines are not obliged to pay. the message is, do not go to gatwick if your flight is, do not go to gatwick if your flight has not been confirmed. chi chi izundu, bbc news. lets talk to chi chi now.

very good morning to you. such a difficult time. what is the very latest? the very latest is both easyj et latest? the very latest is both easyjet and british airways are confirming that the runway is open and some other people are confirming that some flights have actually landed at gatwick and people are trying to now see if it is possible to get on any of their flights to any of their destinations. however, gatwick airport is still warning people to check with their airline before they even bother to come here, because that might not be the case. the problem being is the knock—on effect. so, yes, your flight knock—on effect. so, yes, your flight might be running. however, because flights haven't run for two days nearly now, one and a half days, it has had a knock—on effect, planes are not in the right places, people are not in the right places, and so therefore there could be a backlog and so tens of thousands could still feel the effects of gatwick having problems. ok, and it looks pretty quiet at the moment

actually. are people still arriving? people are still arriving. it has been pretty quiet overnight. we have had a few flurries of people coming in. gatwick has been asking some passengers, where possible, to actually check in at this airport before they are bussed to neighbouring airports like stansted oi’ neighbouring airports like stansted or heathrow, where they catch another flight out. we spoke to one woman who had come from canada on wednesday morning and she needs to go to mauritius. she has been told herflight go to mauritius. she has been told her flight won't leave before saturday afternoon. so there are still people who have spent hours and hours here. local hotels, they have all been fully booked. gatwick airport staff actually interrupted some of their own staff's christmas leave and asked them to come back and assist to help people that were stranded here. but it is starting to get a little bit busier. but the message still is, check with your airline before you make any moves to come to gatwick airport. chi chi, thank you very much. sympathies for

all the people affected. it is grim. what a time of year. exactly. we will keep our eye on a couple of important websites at the moment. this one gives you an aerial view, it isa this one gives you an aerial view, it is a track of where planes would be taking off and landing in and out of gatwick, right in the middle of that picture. at this time of year you would expect there to be lines all over the screen because you have planes coming into land. at the moment there isjust planes coming into land. at the moment there is just one coming in from the east. we think that is the one plane chi chi was describing that has come in and landed maybe without any passengers just to get in the right place for the next journey. we will keep anae that. shall we look at the departures board? that shall we look at the departures board ? that is shall we look at the departures board? that is a good idea —— we will keep an eye on that. there was one flight to lapland on a santa trip, it was due to take off 20 minutes ago, but it hasn't left, and there are lots of delays. they are saying last call for some flights. some of them are boarding but some

of them don't exist at all because the planes are not there to take them. so much to get to the bottom of. we'll hear from the transport secretary, chris grayling, about the chaos at gatwick airport after 7:30am. whether it is a drone or drones as well and i whether it is a drone or drones as welland i am hoping whether it is a drone or drones as well and i am hoping to get some a nswe rs well and i am hoping to get some answers from him. full coverage this morning. in other news this morning: the us defence secretary, jim mattis, has become latest senior figure within the trump administration to resign from his post in recent weeks, citing policy differences with the president. it follows a decision by mr trump to withdraw the remaining 2,000 us troops from syria, a decision opposed by military officials. the president tweeted that general mattis had been a great help to him in getting allies to pay their share of military obligations. a man has been charged with the murder of a mother of five who has been missing from her home in kent. ben lacomba, who is 38 and from new ash green, is charged with killing sarah wellgreen, who was last seen at the start of october. lacomba has been remanded to appear

before medway magistrates' court on friday, police said. the search for ms wellgreen is still ongoing. england's chief medical officer has called for a tax on unhealthy food if manufacturers fail to reduce levels of sugar and salt. professor dame sally davies wants the government to do more to force the food industry to cut sugar and salt in our everyday food, based on the success of the tax on sugary drinks introduced in april. the food industry said taxes would not change consumer behaviour. australia's largest city is recovering from a series of storms which saw hailstones the size of tennis balls. look at them. unusually large blocks of ice smashed through car windscreens as you can imagine in sydney and created dangerous conditions as well on the famous harbour. the hail is a p pa re ntly on the famous harbour. the hail is apparently fairly common in new

south wales, although it hasn't been seen on this scale since 1999, when it caused about £1 billion worth of damage and you can see why. goodness me, they were absolutely massive and the windscreens smashing all over the windscreens smashing all over the place. those other headlines and we have the latest from gatwick shortly. good morning. we have the latest from gatwick shortly. good morninglj we have the latest from gatwick shortly. good morning. i remember playing football on the first day. as only you could. i broke the editor's car on my first day. on my first day at radio newcastle. that beats me. maybe it is nervous tension. nothing of the sort for 0le gunnar solskjaer. he met the players for the first time. inafew in a few hours posture the time he will meet the press. 0le gunnar solskjaer says it feels like he is come home, as he gets ready to face the media for the first time as manchester united's caretaker manager at 8:30am. he will field questions ahead

of his first game in charge tomorrow evening away at cardiff, where he had an eight—month spell in charge before being sacked in 2014. the man in charge of football policing has told the bbc more action needs to be taken to deal with a growing level of disorder in stadiums. the formula 3 driver, sophia floersch, says she is still hoping to become the first female formula 1 world champion. the 18—year—old has told the bbc that a miracle helped her survive a 170mph crash at the macau grand prix last month in which she fractured her spine. and when the puncher met the prince. it is now anthonyjoshua 0be, after he received his honour for services to sport from prince charles. a special moment for the big man. thank you. we have a lovely christmas scene to look at. we have

sent matt to somerset house. is it him on the front? i think so. good morning, louise. iactually him on the front? i think so. good morning, louise. i actually have my skates on already. i only skate once a yearand it skates on already. i only skate once a year and it always seems to be live on tv. good morning from somerset house. we will have a skate around later. but of course it may be friday, it is also today the winter solstice, which is good news for some of you. let me take you through the winter solstice. it happens today at 10:25pm, sorry, 10:23 p.m., when we see the shortest days across the uk, it is where the midday sun is lowest on the horizon and today in london there will be about seven hours, 49 minutes and a4 seconds of daylight, which, believe it or not is eight hours and 49 minutes less than we see in the summer solstice. and it is going to

be the day at last when we start to see the days draw out yet again. let's crack on with the weather, shall we? this morning it is not looking particularly good out there this morning. things are brightening up this morning. things are brightening up across this morning. things are brightening up across many parts of the uk. throughout the day it will be blustery in the south and not feeling festive with temperatures above where they should be. through the night weather front here pushed from west to east across the uk and you'll noticed on the chart with other weather front here a link across east anglia, through the likes of northern ireland, with cloud and further heavy rain to come this morning. south of it, we will see some patchy rain, cloud and drizzle through the next few hours but by about nine o'clock with the sunny spells developed through southern areas. staying quite damp and with heavy rain through the northern rush—hour for northern england and into northern ireland and northern scotland, sunshine and frost to start the day, and we will

see some sunshine. the rain will become less heavy, the breeze will pick up across the south and temperatures today could hit 1a degrees crossed the south of england. single figure temperatures further north. so a north— south split as far as the weightings feel. by split as far as the weightings feel. by the end of the day with the heavy showers into western wales and through the night they push into england and wales. some could be on the heavy and countryside. so bear that in my if you make the big getaway through this evening. they will clear out by dawn and we will see some clear spells developed. just a few showers. temperatures lowest in northern scotland tonight where we could see frost yet again, staying in high single figures further south. planning your christmas shopping this weekend? saturday for england and wales will be the best day. lots of dry weather and sometime around, a bit of a breeze, one or two showers, but very few, most showers in the west, and temperatures close to where they should be for the time of year at seven 01’ should be for the time of year at seven or eight, to about 11 or 12 degrees. as for sunday, we will see some rain returned to the shores,

particularly for england and wales, that will linger across the southern half of england and wales in particular. have fun of it will get is uncertain for the moment. rain comes in goes through the day and hear the mildest of the weather. further north you are it is going to feel fresher, a lot more sunshine around and you could get a sunday drive. it takes us nicely into the christmas weekend because across the south we will have some heavy rain across the south to begin with christmas eve —— sunday dry. by christmas eve —— sunday dry. by christmas day most places will be dry with mist and fog around and maybe a little festive frost, but at the moment certainly no snow. that is how it is looking. no snow, oh well. thank you, see you later. we are looking forward to some flips and triple axles later on. let's take a look at today's papers. the ongoing disruption at gatwick airport is the lead on most of the front pages. the daily mail asks, how can this speck in the sky ruin christmas for 350,000? it features a photo of the runway apparently showing the drone which brought the airport to a standstill. the guardian reports an emergency

meeting has been called in whitehall to determine a response. the paper says the chaos has prompted calls for new restrictions on drones. the decision to call in the army is the focus of the times' front page. the paper says concerns had already been mounting over drones near airports, with 117 near misses this year. the front page also features claims that japan plans to leave the international whaling commission to resume commercial hunting. and finally, the sun describes the person responsible for the gatwick chaos as the drone wolf. it says the problems have been caused by someone acting alone. we will be speaking to chris grayling a little bit later to see if we can get any information about who might be behind it and what is

going on. sorry, iwas who might be behind it and what is going on. sorry, i was reading the papers. that is what we do in this slot. do you want to sherratt with the group? lots on jose mourinho, a p pa re ntly the group? lots on jose mourinho, apparently the plot against him was four players going to the border saying either he goes or we go, and alexis sanchez had a bet with some of his players that he would be gone. and how about david beckham into space? apparently it has been talked about for some time, and the idea of him doing his bindi free kicks in zero gravity would be interesting —— bendy. kicks in zero gravity would be interesting -- bendy. is he going to space? he is in talks to be the first footballer sent to space by a space company. i am trying to think of the most appropriate company for

him. will he take his ball? i don't think you will find many up there.|j know we are supposed to spread some christmas cheer, but in the ft this morning, shoppers tightening purse strings, as brexit uncertainty hits optimism. this is quite a well respected survey looking at our thoughts about things like retail, the state of the economy, how much money we think we have in our pocket, and they have split it down into confidence. retail sales, pocket, and they have split it down into confidence. retailsales, car registration, how many we are buying, and consumer credit. there is an issue we will discuss in half—an—hour about some of the reasons and whether any of that will get better next year. but there is a lovely picture in the telegraph this morning, about volcano selfies that authorities are really concerned about. some of the pictures are incredible, but people are getting far too close to volcanic eruptions

in the quest for a posh picture. i think this is a fairly safe distance, this one you might be able to make out, a guy in an infinity pool with a volcano in the background. not sure about the air quality. this is about the league, a radio host, and he had a call from a man who had taken an overdose and talked to him for 30 minutes, in which time he was able to locate him and emergency services got to the man and he is in recovery —— ian leigh. and this is on air. so well done to him. and if you are buying toys for your children for christmas and imagining that it's all over the carpet, imagine this poor chap's carpet, imagine this poor chap's carpet when he pulls it apart, he has built what he calls the toytanic. 40,000 bricks apparently involved in building this massive version of the ship, complete with

captain at the bottom. would it float? i don't think so. he was also very thrifty with it as well, he bought second—hand bricks and kept the cost down to just £780.m bought second—hand bricks and kept the cost down to just £780. it is lovely to have you back. i am sure it is lovely to be back in the uk. did you notice i have been missing for a good couple of weeks? it is lovely to be back. we can see what you are doing, i have got pictures. i have not seen this. this is louise in patagonia competing in... what was it called? it is called patagon man, and extreme triathlon, and it makes my heart go faster watching those pictures, especially that one, crossing the finish line after 16 hours and 34 minutes. what was the distance again? the swim was 3.8

kilometres, we jumped off distance again? the swim was 3.8 kilometres, wejumped off a distance again? the swim was 3.8 kilometres, we jumped off a ferry into a fjord, in the dark, which still makes me nervous, even though i have done it, and we swam towards a ship which was really small, but in fact was an enormous navy ship two element is away, and a bike ride, i don't know how many people have been to patagonia, but the scenery was just stunning, up into the mountains, fairly brutal, with hills, and i got into the marathon, andi hills, and i got into the marathon, and i don't like to think of it a marathon, because i don't like running that far, so i thought of it isa running that far, so i thought of it is a few lots of ten kilometres, and it was fine until the first hill. but it was brilliant. well done. and i saw this, likely before i set out on that epicjourney, i caught a glimpse of the medal, and there are so many things that motivate you, not least breakfast viewers'

support, but that metal, knowing that i would eventually, if i managed to do it, get that metal, was really motivating. and have you seen the christmas rotas? am i on christmas day, and new year's day? welcome back. it is being called the turnbull and fry effect, and it has led to a rise in the number of men being treated for prostate cancer. 0ur former colleague bill turnbull and the actor stephen fry both spoke out this year about their own experiences, and helped raise awareness of the disease. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been catching up with bill, and introducing him to one of the men he inspired to get tested. come on, then. come on. you have a few days where you are in shock, and then you have a few weeks which are

pretty dark. 0n then you have a few weeks which are pretty dark. on this day, when people are watching this on television, there will be hundreds of people in britain who will get a diagnosis. hundreds. and all i can say to them is hold tight, and things will... say to them is hold tight, and things will. .. they say to them is hold tight, and things will... they won't get better, but it won't be quite as dark as it is now. come on. bill turnbull was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer just over a turnbull was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancerjust over a year ago. of course, it has been just marvellous... at around the same time, stephen fry was also diagnosed. because cancer, in the end, that is a word thatjust rings in your head, i've got cancer. both of them encouragement of symptoms, particularly going to the toilet a lot during the night, to go to the

doctor. manner so much worse going to the doctor than women are, in the same way that we don't ask for directions. wejust same way that we don't ask for directions. we just don't like same way that we don't ask for directions. wejust don't like it. we don't want to waste the doctor's time, we don't want to waste our time, we don't want to waste our time, we don't like going to the surgery, why it would we do that? naturally we're reluctant to go. now, of course, in a season—ticket holder in my local surgery, and people i haven't seen for 40 years got in touch. yl has had love and support from his wife, his three children, and from hundreds of well—wishers. children, and from hundreds of well-wishers. made the healing properties of your bees work their magic and restore you to dance with the music of time. it is lovely. his message urging other men to get checked has had a remarkable impact. ijust happen checked has had a remarkable impact. i just happen to checked has had a remarkable impact. ijust happen to have bbc breakfast on in the background, and a new story came up about bill turnbull. some of the symptoms were discussed that are typical of that sort of cancer, and that kind of rang a few

alarm bells for me, because dad had sort of mentioned in passing, ooh, i'm a bit tired, i keep having to get up. so i said can i phone the gp? he said if you do it, yes. so i phoned the gp the same day. lisa's dad, karl, was diagnosed with stage three prostate cancer. he has been having radiotherapy at the royal preston hospital. it is something other than old age coming on, however, hearing about it, it followed on from there. so how are we doing today? i'm fine. one in eight men will get prostate cancer. it is the third biggest cancer killer in the uk. the number of men getting treatment has risen this year by more than a third. the head of the nhs in england has called it the turnbull and fry effect. do you prefer fry turnbull effect or

turnbull fry fx? i am prepared to give bill the primary billing, as we say in acting. billboard wise, he should get bigger billing, because he is the great man that he is. should get bigger billing, because he is the great man that he islj thought he is the great man that he is.” thought bill was terrific. i thought he was brave, i thought he was rational, i thought he was wise. i mean, everything that is at rouble, really. i just thought, mean, everything that is at rouble, really. ijust thought, terrific, thatis really. ijust thought, terrific, that is what people need to see, and it is clear that it has made a difference. i suppose a formal acknowledgement of the impact we have had is extraordinary. and it is...i have had is extraordinary. and it is... i suppose it brought home to mejust is... i suppose it brought home to me just what it had actually meant, so that's great. carl's treatment has gone well. there is every chance he will be given the all clear. we brought carl and lisa to london to meet bill. hi, bill. hi, nice to

meet bill. hi, bill. hi, nice to meet you. he's my dad, and we love him very much, and it was heartbreaking when we got the diagnosis. thank you so much. two yes, thank you. i think it was a really brave thing that you did, because it is something very personal, something very devastating to you and your family. personal, something very devastating to you and yourfamily. i think we just feel hugely indebted to you, so...i just feel hugely indebted to you, so... i don't think you should, but thank you. i appreciated, thanks very much. it was just something that i thought was the right thing to do at the time. it is very heartwarming when people get in touch, and i think, well, i have done at least one useful thing in my life. bill's cancer is incurable, but he has been told, with the right care, he may have another ten years. he remains upbeat and positive about the future. bill said, as ever the modest man,

he said he did one useful thing, he also kept many thousands of your company over the years he was working with us on breakfast. and i know many people will presumably think, perhaps maybe i should go and get checked, so that is a really important thing to do. he keeps inspiring people to do that, and i am sure there will be people doing that today. and after 8:00am we'll be talking to someone from prostate cancer uk about those all important symptoms men should look out for. i know so many have been in touch with bill and we will pass on any m essa g es with bill and we will pass on any messages today. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. officials at gatwick have reopened the runway and say they hope to operate a limited number of flights this morning, after the airport was disrupted

by repeated sightings of a drone. police are still attempting to identify the drone's operators, and are considering shooting it down if necessary. disruption is still expected, so advice to passengers remains to check with your airline before you travel. london's mayor will be explaining to mps later what he knew about problems with the crossrail project. sadiq khan claimed he only found out about the delay two days before it was made public, in late august, despite having regular briefings with the crossrail board. since then, europe's biggest infrastructure project has been pushed back again beyond its launch date of autumn 2019. a £1.4 billion bailout was announced earlier this month. a christmas party has been held in west london for those affected by the grenfell tower fire. organised by a residents association, the event included a meal cooked by members of the local tunisian community and support from mental health counsellors. it is now a year and a half since the fire, which killed 72 people. yes, we recently celebrated the 18

month anniversary, which was particularly challenging for all of us. so i think it was important as a community we tell people, you won't be on your own through the festive season, because it can be quite daunting, and a lot of people feel isolated, quite depressed, and still traumatised. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the roads, it is starting to get busy on the m4 into town through the brentford elevated section. motoring group the aa has identified the m25 as the busiest route in the uk today. the heaviest traffic over the festive period is likely to be daily between 3:00pm and 6:00pm. now the weather, with sara thorton. good morning to you. not a very seasonal feelings start this morning. temperatures in double figures right now. we've had some rain through the middle part of the night. a few bits and pieces around

the thing, especially out towards the thing, especially out towards the east, and then we are looking at a really quite nice day. yes, it is going to be breezy, but you can see the cloud scuds across the sky. there'll be some brakes on that card, soa there'll be some brakes on that card, so a bit of sunshine coming through, and after that mild start even milder this afternoon. 14 celsius in the centre of the capital, five degrees above average for the time of year. some clear skies for a time overnight. couldn't rule out the odd stray passing shower, which is how we will go into saturday, but also some clear weather. with that breeze, though, and still somalia, temperatures don't really fall away. not quite double figures, but seven to nine degrees to start your saturday. and a lot of sunshine through the day. certainly the best day of the weekend. a couple of showers may be

running through, no more than that expected. still mild, 14 degrees. you might see a bit more in the way of wet weather on sunday. confirmation here, no light christmas on the way. 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 jon and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and louise minchin. it's just after 6:30am. we'll bring you all the latest on gatwick and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: walking in a winter wonderland. how rambling groups are encouraging people who feel lonely this christmas to make some new friends by getting some fresh air. the lifelike animatronic cameras bringing us closer to nature than ever before. we'll meet the makers of the nature documentary, spy in the snow. there they are. that's a spy in the snow. oh, i see, it's got the cameras. yeah. it's taken seven weeks to whittle down 47 chefs to one. the winner of masterchef the professionals will be live

on the sofa later. we will give you a warning, there are no spoilers here. absolutely, we will give you a massive spoiler alert, so don't worry. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. and of course it is all about gatwick. the first flights have landed at gatwick airport since it closed on wednesday after a drone was seen over the airfield. the airport is re—introducing a limited number of flights over the coming hours, but passengers are still being advised to check with their airline before travelling to the airport. the closure of gatwick has disrupted travel for more than 100,000 people. this is the live flight radar website, which shows flights landing at gatwick. iam not i am not an expert, but it doesn't look at the moment like there is much going on. we understand some flights have landed. we are trying to find out if there are passengers

on board. of course it is a huge logistical conundrum now to get everybody back in the right place at all the planes in the right places. yes, normally you would see planes and attracts all over the screen with gatwick in the middle of the screen, but at the moment no activity. and this is the live departure board at gatwick. as you can see, there's lots of delayed flights, and instructions to contact the individual airlines for more information. and our reporter chi chi was saying one of the problems is that the planes they should have been there arriving yesterday are not there and so they have to come from elsewhere. so you have to shuttle around the world to try to get everything back to normal. we have lots of things for you today, we will speak with transport secretary chris grayling about what my —— might be behind these drones, and if you are affected by this, what you can do

and what can be done about it. and speaking to people who have been affected. we have had one message in from one family who are currently on board a plane hoping to fly off to lapland for a christmas trip today. they believe they are hoping that it is happening. they say we are about to ta ke is happening. they say we are about to take off. it was due to be the first flight out of gatwick this morning, that flight off to lapland. we were supposed to go for christmas. we thought it was ruined, but we think we are off, happy day for ourfamily. but we think we are off, happy day for our family. i don't know if it is theirflight for our family. i don't know if it is their flight but we can see on the flight radar that flight appears to have just taken from gatwick. we will keep you up—to—date on that and try to keep you informed. of course, phone your airline as well.” try to keep you informed. of course, phone your airline as well. i think it is their flight, i phone your airline as well. i think it is theirflight, i am looking at the code on that and from the code on my laptop that is the family heading off to lapland. they are lucky. but don't get carried away. it will be a long time before

eve ryo ne it will be a long time before everyone is going where they should be. can you imagine the atmosphere on the plane? and going lapland as well. 0k. on the plane? and going lapland as well. ok. that is the latest from gatwick. we will keep you up—to—date on the programme on other news in other news: the us defence secretary, jim mattis, has become latest senior figure within the trump administration to resign from his post in recent weeks, citing policy differences with the president. it follows a decision by mr trump to withdraw the remaining 2,000 us troops from syria, a decision opposed by military officials. the president tweeted that general mattis had been a great help to him in getting allies to pay their share of military obligations. we have dealt with the planes at gatwick. it is also the busiest day with the festive travel rush. the busiest day of the festive travel rush is expected later today, as drivers gear up to take 20 million getaway trips in the run up to christmas. it means significant congestion on major roads can be expected. 0ur reporter monika plaha is at the rac‘s headquarters in walsall. what's the latest, monika? so, tell us, what are the worst

likely spots to be? good morning. yes, good morning from the rac here in walsall, where currently lie brea kd owns in walsall, where currently lie breakdowns are being monitored across the uk. now, today is known as frantic friday. why? it is the worst day to travel before the christmas period. an extra 2.8 million journeys christmas period. an extra 2.8 millionjourneys will be christmas period. an extra 2.8 million journeys will be made on the roads today. the worst affected area will be the m40 southbound where road users could expect delays of up to two hours or more. now, the rac haveissued to two hours or more. now, the rac have issued guidelines telling us when the worst times are to travel. so, today, the worst time to travel is between 11:30am and 6pm, specifically, like i was saying, on the m40 southbound between warwickshire and oxford. 0n the m40 southbound between warwickshire and oxford. on saturday the worst time to travel is between 10:30am and 4pm and on sunday between 10am and six p.m.. now,

roads as site, there will be disruption on the rails. network rail have organised planned engineering works which will commence over the weekend, predominantly as acting commuters going to and from london. so the advice is to plan yourjourney in advance, drive sensibly and to also prepare yourself for some delays. monika, extremely good advice. we will be with you a little bit later. thank you very much. those are the headlines at 6:37am this friday morning. jobs to do, eve ryo ne this friday morning. jobs to do, everyone raising around getting christmas sorted. hopefully you can do that. and mike is here with the sport. this is an extraordinary story, it is a lucky story. talking about racing around, a racing story, about racing around, a racing story, a bit like the sports personality of the year, this is a german driver,

sophia floersch, one of the most horrific crashes you would ever see. we will have a look at it now. this is the crash. oh my goodness. the car actually flies like a rocket through the hour. oh my gosh. it goes through the building on the left—hand side. goes through the building on the left-hand side. it wasn'tjust her. lots of people were very close to that. she is only 18 and she has told the bbc is a miracle that she survived. and she took a selfie with her father survived. and she took a selfie with herfather in hospital to reassure the family that she was ok after the accident at the macau grand prix. it was quite bad for them, because the video looks horrible and that was also, like, one of my first thoughts, to tell the team over the radio, 0k, thoughts, to tell the team over the radio, ok, i am thoughts, to tell the team over the radio, 0k, iam 0k, please tell the family, but it didn't work, and when i was family, but it didn't work, and when iwas in family, but it didn't work, and when i was in the hospital the first thing my dad was immediately doing a selfie and sending to my mum and my sister that i was ok. it was a

miracle but that is properly the reason why i am happy and why i, yeah, iam normal. for me, it is just to be happy and to continue and to see positive. there we go, incredible story. the man in charge of football policing says more action needs to be taken to tackle the growing level of disorder in stadia. detective chief constable mark roberts says more money needs to be spent on policing games. it follows a number of high profile incidents including a bottle being thrown at tottenham's dele alli at the emirates on tuesday night. arsenal say they've identified the fan responsible. 0le gunnar solskjaer will face the media for the first time today as manchester united's caretaker manager. he arrived at carrington yesterday to take charge of his first training session. meanwhile, spurs manager mauricio pochettino is still favourite to become the new permanent united manager, but tottenham's press officer shut down, any questions on the subject yesterday. have a look at this. we have gone over manchester united

and the manager before. anything to do with manchester united, we have had 48 hours ago the same conversations. the manager has answered. i am conversations. the manager has answered. iam not conversations. the manager has answered. i am not prepared to have another conversation on this. no, no, no. the start of the conference. i know. do you want to go? so, no more questions on that, 0k? pochettino, like louise, will definitely be busy with spurs over christmas. a bbc sport study has found they have one of the toughest schedules over the festive period. rivalling you, louise. tottenham have got to play all their games within 217.5 hours, the second shortest period, and must travel the second furthest distance. liverpool, on the other hand, have the longest time between games, and only have 122 miles on the road, the second shortest in the divison. so, how will spurs manage? now, for us, it's the most tougher period, and more than ever we're

going to use the squad. i feel so sorry for the people that don't like the rotation, and when you rest players, but we are going to use all the squad. and it's so important that all of the players will be ready to compete. another title for anthonyjoshua. he's already world heavyweight champion, with wba, wbo and ibf, and he can now add another three letters to his name, 0be. he received his 0rder of the british empire award for services to sport from prince charles yesterday. equestrian william fox pitt was made mbe. now, i know we are seeing matt dancing on ice later on. i wonder if he can do the same skills, though, on skis, you know, ski ballet was big in the 1980s and 1990s. we have

some wonderfulfootage big in the 1980s and 1990s. we have some wonderful footage from the bbc archives of ski ballet which flourished on the dry slopes around the uk, it was an olympic demonstration sport, but then came the snowboard and it died out, but this man, mark, he is trying to revive the sport, and tomorrow on brea kfast we revive the sport, and tomorrow on breakfast we will try to find out why, some make it look graceful on the others maybe not so. oh, excellent. ballet isn't made for skis. some might be able to make it look like it is. a great challenge and maybe it is away format and others on the slopes —— for matt and others on the slopes —— for matt and others on the slopes. we will see if we can speak to him later with the weather. thank you so much. so, flights have landed, some flights, at least, at gatwick airport this morning. we think at least one has taken off, the first activity we seen at the airport since it was shut on wednesday because of a drone

flying in airspace. passengers still being advised in their tens of thousands to jack with airlines before maybe travelling. we can speak with travel expert simon calderfrom speak with travel expert simon calder from gatwick airport. speak with travel expert simon calderfrom gatwick airport. before we speak about compensation, what is the latest, is it beginning to move? well, yes, half—an—hour ago we actually had for the first time 33 hours since the airport here — the digg busiest single runway in the world, china airlines flight 201 from shanghai and that we hope is going to signal the start of more operations here, but unfortunately it is still going to get worse before it gets better. you can see behind me all these people arriving, but easyjet alone by midnight last night had cancelled 48 flights to and from gatwick. that represents about 7500 passengers, along with cancellations on norwegian and british airways fare will be ironed

sorry to say a lot of people not going anywhere today and, bear in mind, this is the key date, the busiest day of the winter for most big british airports. it is not going to be here at gatwick. and the people whose flights are sadly are cancelled will go straight to the back of the queue. i count that we have about 150,000 back of the queue. i count that we have about 150 , 000 people back of the queue. i count that we have about 150,000 people so far who are trying to get seats, their flights had been cancelled, trying to find seats on the few flights with any room between now and christmas day and, for the last 24 hours here, it has beenjust utter misery. i've been speaking to many, many passengers often telling the same story, alli airline hasjust abandoned after and we are sleeping on the flawed read at all. yellow —— ourairline. on the flawed read at all. yellow —— our airline. what are the airlines meant to do in this kind of situation? it is very, very straightforward. as soon as an airline cancels a flight it has a must do list it has to carry out for every passenger who doesn't say i am

going to give up, give me a refund, i will go home. the airline has to book a seat on another flight, either on its own operations, or in paying money to fly on a different airline. and if it means going round from here to heathrow they have to pay for the buses well. while you are waiting for your flight, the airline has to provide you a hotel room and it has to give you all of your meals. and yet i have been talking to so many people here who just said, no, we have cancelled your flight, often when they have been sitting, yesterday particularly, sitting on a plane on the apron for alice. the allied said sorry, we've cancelled your flight, go sorry, we've cancelled your flight, go online and —— online and try to sort yourselves out —— the airline said sorry. —— hours. this is an extraordinary circumstance or stop it isn't the airline's fault, but it is their duty to look after every single passenger. so many stories of

kind of desperation, simon, thank you very much indeed. thank you. and we will speak with the transport secretary, chris grayling, in one hour from now, talking secretary, chris grayling, in one hourfrom now, talking to him about what happened, why it happened, what they will do about it, so many questions. because they have to find out what to do with the drones and how to catch them. matt is in a rather chilly location for us this morning with a look at this morning's weather. is that a sign of what is to come from the skies? sadly not. a festive feel, but this is as close to icy conditions as we will get. good morning from somerset house. 0ne conditions as we will get. good morning from somerset house. one of over 200 ice rinks in the uk, this one open until 13 january, so even once christmas has gone, a good excuse to come and work off some of those christmas excesses. but as i said, nothing in particularly festive about the forecast today. let's look at those details, because a lot of rain around overnight, a

lot of surface water and spray on the roads, but for many things will brighten up through the morning. it will remain quite windy especially across southern parts of the country. weather fronts pushing west to east through the night have left a trail of weather fronts across parts of northern england and northern ireland especially. to the south of it, the patchy rain will fade away. sunny spells developing by 9am, northern england, north wales and northern ireland with rain, parts of northern scotland a frosty start to dry and should stay dry through most of the date —— much of the day. that central zuev, the rain gets more patchy, but still grey and murky. much of southern areas windy day, gusts around 45 mph inafew areas windy day, gusts around 45 mph in a few spots and a few showers in the west later. dry and sunny conditions to come and in that sunshine, incredibly mild for the time of year, 14 degrees in central london compared with six or seven in the north of scotland as well. so it isa the north of scotland as well. so it is a north—south split, not only as

far as the winds are concerned but also as far as temperatures are as well. as you can see, if you are on your quick christmas getaway, be prepared across england and wales for heavy showers to move west to east. some of those could come with the odd rumble of thunder as well. they will push out into the north sea into tomorrow morning, so some clear skies around, and we still have that north—south split as far as temperatures are concerned. milder in the south, we could see a frost developed in northern areas to start tomorrow morning. if you are christmas shopping this weekend, saturday will be your best day. lots of sunshine around, a few showers will come and go in the west but not too many to spoil the day. a breeze blowing and temperatures around where they should be for the time of year, if not a little bit above, around seven to 11 or 12 degrees. as for sunday, overnight rain will spread into make for a rather grey start. that rain will push its way southwards once again through the day to leave a legacy of cloud,

patchy rain and drizzle in southern areas, sunny spells on saturday, feeling cooler again with temperatures in single figures. as we go into christmas week, there could be some rain, at least to begin with, and the far south on christmas eve. at christmas week, by and large, if you are on the move, lots of dry weather, some sunshine, and at least a little bit of frost by night as well. that is how your christmas forecast is looking. i will have more on ice throughout the morning. back to you. you are doing brilliantly, really impressive.” just keep watching the people behind him. we know he can do that. yes, definitely, after nine a.m.. we have heard about the trouble on the high street in the last few weeks, so it is no surprise that consumers are feeling a little downbeat as the year draws to a close. the grinch — sorry, ben, is here to tell us more. so what impact is all this having? this is a survey that asks people how they feel about their finances,

the wider economy, and big spending plans and how much they save. and a lot of people in business follow its findings, everyone from the bank of england to city economists. it shows that, compared to this time last year, people are feeling pretty downbeat. you can probably guess what most experts think is the reason. so how does that translate into the real world? 2018 has been tough for business. car sales were down by nearly 20% in november. jaguar land rover‘s big plant in solihull has been closed for a few weeks now, because there just isn't the demand for new cars. and, of course, something we've talked so much about lately — retail. i think the principal consideration is the uncertainty around brexit negotiations, because recently don't know how they are going to end up we know how they are going to end up we know what the relationship with europe is going to look like in a

matter of weeks. i think people are very nervous about spending. i think companies are very nervous about investing, and so brexit i think is the largest factor in the nervousness at the moment. so in the real world , nervousness at the moment. so in the real world, what kind of difference will this mean? you can calibrate this into two different bits, one is manufacturing, particularly car manufacturing, particularly car manufacturing, we exporter lot of what we make in this country right around the world. car sales are down by about 20%, so people are not feeling is confident about making big purchases, it tells us a lot about those big investment decisions we make at home. so much so earlier this year, jaguar land rover‘s plant closed. that of course has a knock—on effect for jobs closed. that of course has a knock—on effect forjobs and wages and that sort of thing. it is something we talk about on this programme a lot, and that is retail. the state of our high street. we

have also heard from some online retailers about how difficult it is for them as well. asos toll as their sales were pretty tough ahead of christmas, a lot of retailers being forced to slash prices even before sales to get us through the doors. we have talked to a lot of economists who say january could be a bloodbath for the retail sector. a lot of retailers going under in the new year after a terrible christmas. the big christmas rush is supposed to give them a big boost, but many have already reported tough times. but it's not all bad news out there. the latest wage data shows that earnings are ticking up, rising by around 3%. and, with inflation easing to 2.3%, it means we should have a bit more money in our pocket. that is the biggest pay rise in a decade. the big question is whether we are

optimistic enough and confident enough to go out and spend it, or whether we put it back in the bank. it is so much about how you feel, isn't it? a lot of it is psychological and that can have a huge impact on the wider economy. we will get the official figures, and we will find out how retail did in january, but a lot of people saying it is not looking good. the grinch pulls off his mask and reveals a smiling santa face. we know there are benefits to getting out and about amongst nature, but during winter, the temptation to stay indoors can take over. well, one group hoping to change that is the association of ramblers. yes, it thinks walking can give people who are lonely at christmas the chance to make some new friends whilst getting some fresh air. breakfast'sjohn mcguire is live in devon with a group of walkers for us this morning. morning, john.

good morning, it is great to have the minch back in the house. and i am joined by the ramblers. they are going on a half—hour walk today, and the festival of walking will be launched across the winter. bob, you are in charge of this rabble here, ifi are in charge of this rabble here, if i can call them that politely. what do you get in ramblers, going on these organised walks?m what do you get in ramblers, going on these organised walks? it is leadership of the walks, you can be led and taken to interesting places, it is the companionship, being out in fresh it is the companionship, being out infresh air, it is the companionship, being out in fresh air, and gives you an excuse to go out walking, whatever the weather, really. 0nce excuse to go out walking, whatever the weather, really. once you are committed, you are committed to being out of it, so that is what we get out of it, really. so it has leaders, so you never get lost. a

few knowing giggles and glances from the back. and you are launching this initiative today, you have done some research, and it is perhaps something we have heard before but we can't hear enough at this time of year. we are just wanting to shine a light on the impact that walking and walking groups can have on people's mental health and loneliness. the great thing about walking is it is really accessible and most people can do it, and the walking groups arejust a can do it, and the walking groups are just a really social, great way to boost your energy levels, boost your mood, and there are walks all around the country from today until six february, you can go to our website and find out where a group is the eu and take part. get out and about and enjoy the british outdoors. eve is in charge of the group, you are leaving the walk. do you have to be particularly fit? i think people watching will be thinking i am not that mobile. we don't have to be very fit, because we have different lengths of walk. todayis we have different lengths of walk. today is a short walk five miles, some are longer than that. but it will not be very steep walk, so it will not be very steep walk, so it will be big a fool people who are

not super fit. lots more from us later in the programme. there always seems to be a cafe or a pub at the beginning or the end, doesn't that? it always helps. what is that all about, i wonder. you know what, they are right, pub, cafe, cake, whatever it takes. we will be back with you later. and not an awful lot of walking, by the looks of it, not at the moment, anyway. we will get him to do some exercise as the morning goes on. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. some flights have taken off and landed at gatwick after officials reopened the runway in the last hour. they hope to operate a limited number of flights this morning, after the disruption by repeated sightings of a drone. police are still attempting to identify the drone's operators, and are considering shooting it down if necessary. disruption is still expected, so advice to passengers remains to check with your airline

before you travel. london's mayor will be explaining to mps later what he knew about problems with the crossrail project. sadiq khan claimed he only found out about the delay two days before it was made public in late august, despite having regular briefings with the crossrail board. since then, europe's biggest infrastructure project has been pushed back again beyond its launch date of autumn 2019. a £1.4 billion bailout was announced earlier this month. a christmas party has been held in west london for those affected by the grenfell tower fire. organised by a residents association, the event included a meal cooked by members of the local tunisian community and support from mental health counsellors. it is now a year and a half since the fire, which killed 72 people. yes, we recently celebrated the 18—month anniversary, and — which was particularly challenging for all of us. so i think it was important that as a community we tell people

you won't be on your own through the festive season, because it can be quite daunting, and a lot of local people feel isolated, quite depressed, and still traumatised. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the roads, it is starting to get busy on the m4 into town through the brentford elevated section. motoring group the aa has identified the m25 as the busiest route in the uk today. the heaviest traffic over the festive period is likely to be daily between 3:00pm and 6:00pm. now the weather, with sara thorton. good morning to you. not a very seasonal—feeling start this morning. temperatures in double figures right now. we've had some rain through the middle part of the night. a few bits and pieces around first thing, especially out towards the east, and then we're looking at a really quite nice day. yes, it is going to be breezy, but you can see the cloud scuds across the sky. there'll be some breaks in that cloud, so a bit of sunshine coming through, and after that mild start,

even milder this afternoon. 14 celsius in the centre of the capital, five degrees above average for the time of year. some clear skies for a time overnight. couldn't rule out the odd stray passing shower, which is how we'll go into saturday, but also some clear weather. with that breeze, though, and still some mild air, temperatures don't really fall away. not quite double figures, but 7—9 degrees to start your saturday, and a lot of sunshine through the day, certainly it's the best day of the weekend. a couple of showers may be running through, no more than that expected. still mild, 14 degrees. you might see a bit more in the way of wet weather on sunday. confirmation here — no white christmas on the way. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast, withjon kay and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today:

flights have resumed at gatwick this morning, but christmas passengers are warned they face another day of severe disruption. a huge operation continues to find the drones that brought the airport to a standstill. police now say shooting them down is an option. 0ver100,000 passengers have been caught up in the chaos. i'll be looking at what rights you have if yourflight is cancelled, and whether you can expect any compensation. bill turnbull‘s decision to speak out about his prostate cancer has led to a big rise in the number of men being tested. we catch up with bill as he meets one of them. and all i can say to them is, hold tight and things will... they won't get better, but it won't be quite as dark as it is now. "it's time to express ourselves."

the message from the manchester united manger, 0le gunnar solskaer, to his players, as he gets ready to face the press for the first time in a couple of hours' time. and i will be trying to add to the festive feel to your friday as i ta ke to festive feel to your friday as i take to the ice here at somerset house, not much ice in the forecast in the run—up to christmas, it has to be said, today with plenty of rain in the run—up to christmas too. i will have the weather details in 15 minutes. good morning. it's friday, the 21st of december. our top story: within the past hour, flights have resumed at gatwick airport, but it will only be a limited service. it comes after major disruption yesterday caused by drones flying illegally nearby. since wednesday evening, there have been 50 reported sightings close to the runway. 765 flights were scheduled to leave or depart today, but many of them are expected to be cancelled. 126,000 passengers are expected to be affected, although some airlines have managed to reschedule

flights from other airports. 0ur reporter chi chi izundu has this report from gatwick. good morning to you. we know that some flights are taking off. what is the very latest? well, we know that at 6:13am this morning one of the first flight landed and arrived at gatwick airport, it was a china eastern 201 flight. we have been interrupted a number of times by engines, so we know that flights are landing, planes are landing and taking off from gatwick airport. the message that gatwick airport is still giving out to passengers is please check with your airline before you even bother to make the journey to this airport, because, as you say, 126,000 passengers are scheduled for 765 flights today,

most of which will be cancelled because of the backlog. now, today is one of the busiest transport and travelling days in the yearly calendar, so they are expecting a lot of disruption. not everyone will get on a flight and not everyone will get on a flight to date because of the backlog of yesterday. and as you have said, what has even been happening is that some passengers are being asked to check in at gatwick, but they are being bussed to sta nsted gatwick, but they are being bussed to stansted or heathrow, and we have been talking to passengers overnight to have been here for hours trying to have been here for hours trying to get information about what's going on. we do not know whether the police have managed to capture whoever who has been operating the drones. they have confirmed, though, that they have had a few sightings overnight, not in the last few hours, but we hope to get an update shortly. ok, i am sure you will get it to us. thank you. we are keeping our eyes on lots of

screens, not just at we are keeping our eyes on lots of screens, notjust at gatwick, but we can show you the radar screen that shows you the skies above gatwick, with the main airport right in the middle there. you can see one flight thatis middle there. you can see one flight that is heading south—west at the moment, that is one green line with a red plane, and we've seen a few others departing over the last few minutes, but nothing like as busy as it would normally be at this time of year. normally there would be lines in all sorts of directions from the airport. there is another one coming in from the right hand side as well. some movement, but nothing like normal. absolutely. ithink some movement, but nothing like normal. absolutely. i think that flight normal. absolutely. i think that flight is going to gibraltar. ben is with us now. so many people caught up in this, i understand people whose flights were cancelled are at the back of the queue. what can you tell us?m seems hugely unfair, doesn't it, that people that are not right now will potentially breezed through the

airport, get on their plane and go and people who have been at the airport for close to three days now will still have to wait. and that essentially is the airlines trying to get back to a new service and they don't want to create more delays and more people stuck in the airport. so it does seem hugely unfair, but that's just the way it works. they don't want even more of a backlog. what i'm looking at this morning is whether you're entitled to compensation or refunds because there are so many people who had their travel plans to disrupted. just to be clear, sadly no compensation. the civil aviation authority said it is not the airlines' fault, so they don't have to pay compensation. if they cancel yourflight, to pay compensation. if they cancel your flight, they have to book you on another one or give you a full refund. of course things are getting pretty busy now. it is easier said than done. it is difficult to get on. just for some practical advice,

if you are incurring extra expense, do it as cheap as possible, but keep the receipts because the airline should be able to reimburse you. stay in part with your airline. it won't be easy. phone lines and websites are busy. stay in touch. try to get the latest information. crucially, you are not entitled to compensation. reimbursable costs are fine if you make sure they are reasonable. thank you very much. and we will hear from transport secretary chris grayling. he is on his way to gatwick airport itself. and we should speak to him just after 7:30am, so stay with us for that. lots of questions we still don't know the answers to. the busiest day of the festive travel rush is expected later today as drivers gear up to take 20 million getaway trips in the run up to christmas. it means significant congestion on major roads can be expected. 0ur reporter monika plaha is at the rac‘s headquarters in walsall. so, more travel advice. what are the

roads to watch out for, and what's the advice? good morning. yes, good morning from the rac centre in wa lsa ll, morning from the rac centre in walsall, where behind me is a snapshot of the breakdown is currently happening in the uk. now, todayis currently happening in the uk. now, today is known as frantic friday. why? it is the busiest day of travel before christmas day itself. the most congested area will be the 40 southbound where road users should expect delays of up to two hours or more. “— expect delays of up to two hours or more. —— v —— the m40. the worst time to travel today is between 11am and 6pm on the m40 southbound between warwickshire and oxford. 0n saturday the worst time is between 10:30am to 4pm. 0n

saturday the worst time is between 10:30am to 4pm. on sunday it is between 4pm and 6pm, and on christmas eve between 11am and 1pm. now, roads aside, there will also be disruption on the rail network. national rail have issued planned engineering works commencing from this weekend, predominately affecting passengers commuting to and from london over the next few days. well, the advice is to plan your journey well in days. well, the advice is to plan yourjourney well in advance, drive carefully a nd yourjourney well in advance, drive carefully and prepare yourself for some delays. monika, again, good advice, thank you very much and good luck to everyone travelling today as well. let's have a look at some luck to everyone travelling today as well. let‘s have a look at some non— travel related news, shall be? the us defence secretaryjim mattis has become latest senior figure within the trump administration to resign from his post in recent weeks, citing policy differences with the president. it follows a decision by mr trump to withdraw the remaining 2,000 us troops from syria, a decision opposed by military officials. the president tweeted that general mattis had been a great help to him in getting

allies to pay their share of military obligations. a man has been charged with the murder of a mother of five who has been missing from her home in kent. ben lacomba, who is 38 and from new ash green, is charged with killing sarah wellgreen, who was last seen at the start of october. ben lacomba has been remanded to appear before medway magistrates' court on frida. the search for ms wellgreen is still ongoing. england's chief medical officer has called for a tax on unhealthy food if manufacturers fail to reduce levels of sugar and salt. professor dame sally davies wants the government to do more to force the food industry to cut sugar and salt in our everyday food, based on the success of the tax on sugary drinks introduced in april. the food industry said taxes would not change consumer behaviour. now, it doesn't look like it's going

to get really cold, at least not like this. australia's largest city is recovering from a series of storms which saw hailstones the size of tennis balls. here they are. unusually large blocks of ice smashed through car windshields in sydney and created dangerous conditions on the famous harbour. hail is fairly common in new south wales, although it hasn't been seen on this scale since 1999, when it caused almost a billion pounds worth of damage. it looked like salmon leaping out of the water. extraordinary. yes, it is 7:10am. thank you forjoining us. we are try to keep across a lot of changing stories. flights have landed at gatwick airport this morning, the first since the airport shut on wednesday because of a drone flying in airspace, but passengers are still being advised to check with their airline before travelling. isabella trouerbach was on a flight to gatwick from buenos aires but was diverted to paris,

she finally arrived home in surrey just after midnight and joins us now. isabella, welcome home, but it must have been quite a struggle, the last few hours. what has it been like?m has been a journey from hell to be quite honest. i have been travelling for about 30 hours. i am finally home, which i really happy about, with my family. home in time for christmas, which is the main thing. but it has been an absolute nightmare. you know, didn't even know we were getting diverted to paris until we were literally about to land. and then ended up in charles de gaulle airport for about nine hours with no information, no help. like, no food, no water, nothing really, it hasjust help. like, no food, no water, nothing really, it has just been a bit of a nightmare all round. and then ended up getting the bus from paris and then on the ferry from calais and drove straight to gatwick

and now i am home. calais and drove straight to gatwick and nowi am home. well, thank goodness for that, but what a journey. goodness me. and we are seeing pictures now of other people who haven't been as lucky, not that it is right to call you lucky, but people who are still waiting, still don't have news, don't know if they will get home to their destinations, what do you make of the fact that so many of you, 100,000 people, have been affected by the tiny drones in the sky. it is remarkable, isn't it? yeah, it is remarkable, you know, it has been disruptive and caused a lot of travel problems for a lot of people, but safety is paramount and, you know, ithink people, but safety is paramount and, you know, i think they made the right decision to close the runway for sure. yeah. how does this compare with what you were expecting coming home from christmas? well, you know, i haven't been home in seven months, so i was looking forward to just getting home, getting off my flight and going home, but it added into a bit of a disaster. but i am home now and that is all that matters. well, it is good to see you smiling and happy

christmas, once the jet lag good to see you smiling and happy christmas, once thejet lag is good to see you smiling and happy christmas, once the jet lag is over. and she says happy christmas to us too. thank you. sussex police are still hunting for the person responsible and are looking into ways to stop the drone, including shooting it down. we'rejoined now by richard gill, the managing director of a company that makes drone defence systems. good morning to you. good morning. first question, what is defence against a thing like this? so it is really ha rd. against a thing like this? so it is really hard. drones by their nature can really hard. drones by their nature ca n fly really hard. drones by their nature can fly into places and they are difficult to detect because they are small and they can be controlled from a long distance away, even drones on the high street can be very capable. but with this instance at gatwick it looks like it was quite sophisticated with a number of drones that have been flown, multiple drones at multiple times through the day and night, so it is a massive challenge for the police and security services to track down the operator and stop the drone. and how do you do it? there are

different options. you develop one option. yes, that's right, and number of options you can do. drones generally rely on a radio signal between the drone in the sky and operate on the ground and that seems the easiest point of attack for drone defence systems. to stop the connection. that is exactly right, break the connection and forced the drone to behave in a way that you wa nt drone to behave in a way that you want it to behave and stop the criminal doing what they want.” suppose the question is, do the police in the uk as far as you know how the technology? so the police are waiting for legislation to come into force to allow them to deploy jamming technology more effectively. they do have powers in the police act to interrupt signals that drones use. i think we need to look at that in more detail to stop instances of this happening again. the government and theresa may herself was saying yesterday we have changed the law, we have changed the penalties and try to get ahead of this, but it seems from a lehmans point of view looking at the story, it seems we are not doing enough quickly enough

that the drone industry is ahead of the legislation, is that there are? —— layman's. yes, drones have positive potential for the uk economy and the fact people can take the technology and cause disruption and harm, we have to balance the risk against how we promote the industry ——is that fair? you are right that legislation has to change. legislation alone is not enough. we have to take a more active approach to stopping drones flying in spaces we don't want them to fly. you talk about active and we talked about the radio technology. they were saying yesterday that they could shoot it down for fear of causing, you know, more damage in some ways. what would your assessment of that be? damage assessments, they are dynamic, so commanders on the ground would be looking at this going, 0k, what are the risks and what cautions can we ta ke to the risks and what cautions can we take to mitigate the risks? shooting something down you have to think of if you miss whether rounds of the bullets go and where it lands. and what happens to the drone. so if it is now out of control it will fall out of the sky. so people who make

those decisions have to be sure on the impact the decision has.” surprised this has here?” the impact the decision has.” surprised this has here? i am in the industry, drone defence industry, so my role is to raise the profile of what impact drones can have not only on airports but other organisations who could be impacted by drones. so i'm not surprised. thankfully nobody was hurt. in this incident. we have to be grateful for that. lots of disruption, though, hundreds of thousands of people have been disrupted by this. i think people who operate airports and other organisations will really focusing on how they protect themselves from now on. just very quickly, how easy would it have been to spot this? this was a large drone, was it? we are not privy to the full intelligence briefs, but from what i understand and what i've seen in the media it was a large tree could have potentially been launched from a long way away and whoever has done this has taken lengths to protect themselves to hide from where they have launched from, so it's quite sophisticated. ok, well, thank you for bringing us your knowledge. thank you. here is matt with a look

at this morning's weather. he is at somerset house. very good morning to you. i am at gorgeous surroundings at somerset house this morning, i have been teaching these kids a thing or two about what to do on the ice. i am lucky i can stop, to be honest. good morning to you. it isa to be honest. good morning to you. it is a lovely start here. a festive feel, certainly, but the weather is not particularly great, not particularly festive across the country. quite a bit of rain around first thing, but the forecast is for things to brighten up for many of you and a bit of a breeze to pick up as well across southern parts of the uk as well today. so it is that case of brightening up for most, and holding onto hats, because that trees will be strong at times, touching gale force along the south coast. through the night, our weather front push from west to east

across the country. the heaviest rain has cleared away from southern areas, leaving surface water on the roads, trading fronts in northern ireland, northern england and norfolk, bringing further outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, to take us to the end of the rush—hour. to the south of it, sunshine developing through the morning so things get quite a bit better than they are at the moment, further north through the moment, further north through the north midlands, northern ireland, even by the end of the rush—hour, seeing some outbreaks of rain. heavy in places and it will turn light and patchy through the day. one or two showers for scotland, lots of places starting the day dry and some of you will stay dry all day long as well. one or two showers in the forecast is for you. right across the south before a few showers arrive later in between that zone of cloud and outbreaks of rain. winds strongest in the south, could get up to 14 degrees in london, compared to five or six degrees in northern scotland. through the evening and overnight, if you are on the move, be prepared. there will be some heavy showers

across england and wales in particular. the odd rumble of thunder, cardinal that out either. temperatures dropping away low enough for a touch of frost. in the south, on the mild side with temperatures holding in the high single figures. and then into the weekend, if you have got christmas shopping plans, saturday is the best day of the weekend in that we have got lots of sunshine around for many of you. a few showers mainly in the west, but these will be fairly isolated and the breeze, while coming in from the westerly direction, gusty at times, will be keeping temperatures uppermost at around seven to 11 celsius. roughly the levels you would expect at this time of year. through saturday night and sunday, the rain returns to england and wales. ripening up in northern england and scotland and northern ireland with some sunshine. 0ne northern ireland with some sunshine. one or two showers later. cooler feel in the south, mild, with patchy rain. that could linger into the start of christmas eve. as we take a look towards christmas week, if you are on the move, the one word of

caution i would say as there could be some dense fog around at times through the week ahead. to add just a little bit of a festive feel to the forecast, may be no snow, but there could be some morning frost as well. talking of being on the move, you are very static there. well, i can't do the forecast while talking, and skating. the forecast is over, you can go and skate off into the distance. i am off, i'll get my skates on. i see you later. he is good, is good, isn't he? it is being called the turnbull and fry effect, and it has led to a rise in the number of men being treated for prostate cancer. 0ur former colleague bill turnbull and the actor stephen fry both spoke out this year about their own experiences and helped raise awareness of the disease.

breakfast‘s graham satchell has been catching up with bill, and introducing him to one of the men he inspired to get tested. come on, then. come on. you have a few days where you're in shock, and then you have a few weeks which are pretty dark. on this day, when people are watching this on television, there will be hundreds of people in britain who will get a diagnosis. hundreds. and all i can say to them is hold tight, and things will... they won't get better, but it won't be quite as dark as it is now. come on. bill turnbull was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancerjust ..husband, of course,

wasjust marvellous... at around the same time, stephen fry was also diagnosed. because cancer, in the end, that is a word thatjust rings in your head — i've got cancer. both of them encouraged men who have symptoms, particularly going to the toilet more over the night, to go to the doctor to get tested. men are so much worse going to the doctor than women are, that we somehow — in the same way that we don't ask for directions. we just don't like it. we don't want to waste the doctor's time, we don't want to waste our time, we don't like going to the surgery. why would we do that? naturally, we're reluctant to go. now, of course, i'm a season—ticket holder in my local surgery, and people i haven't seen for 40 years got in touch. bill has had love and support from his wife, sesi, his three children, and from hundreds of well—wishers. may the healing properties of your bees work their magic, and restore you to the dance,

to the music of time. it's lovely. his message urging other men to get checked has had a remarkable impact. ijust happened to have bbc breakfast on in the background, and the news story came up about bill turnbull. some of the symptoms were discussed, that are typical of that sort of cancer, and that kind of rang a few alarm bells for me, because dad had sort of mentioned in passing, ooh, you know, i'm a bit tired, i keep having to get up. so i said, can i phone the gp? and he said, well, if you do it, yeah. so i phoned the gp the same day. lisa's dad, carl, was diagnosed with stage three prostate cancer. he has been having radiotherapy at the royal preston hospital. i'm very stubborn, and i wasn't sure

it was something other than old age coming on. however, hearing about it, it followed on from there. so how are we doing today? i'm fine. one in eight men will get prostate cancer. it is the third—biggest cancer killer in the uk. the number of men getting treatment has risen this year by more thana third. the head of the nhs in england has called it the turnbull—fry effect. do you prefer fry—turnbull effect or turnbull—fry effect? i'm prepared to give bill the primary billing, as we say in acting. so billboard—wise, obviously stephen should get bigger billing, because he's the great man that he is. i thought bill was terrific. i thought he was brave, i thought he was rational, i thought he was wise — i mean, everything that is admirable, really. i just thought, terrific, that's what people need to see. and it's clear that it has made a difference. i suppose a formal acknowledgement of the impact we've had is extraordinary. and it's — i suppose it brought home

to me just what it had actually meant, so that's great. carl's treatment has gone well. there is every chance he will be given the all—clear. we brought carl and lisa to london to meet bill. hi, bill. hi, how are you? nice to meet you. he's my dad, and i love him very much, and it was heartbreaking when we got the diagnosis. thank you so much. yes, thank you. i think it was a really brave thing that you did, because it's something very personal, something very devastating to you and your family. i think we just feel hugely indebted to you, so... yeah. i don't think you should, but thank you. i appreciate it. thanks very much. it was just something i thought was the right thing to do at the time. it is very heartwarming when people get in touch, and i think, well, i have done at least one useful thing in my life.

bill's cancer is incurable. but he has been told, with the right care, are he may have another ten years. he remains upbeat and positive about the future. thank you so much for sending messages to bill and about bill, and we continue to get messages from people who have gone to be checked because of him talking about his prostate cancer. donna says because of ill‘s story earlier in the year her husband went to get checked. he has been having radiotherapy for the last seven weeks. his last day of treatment will be on new year's eve. well done, richard. she says if it hadn't been for bill, richard would never have been to the doctor, the biggest thank you possible. anthony says huge emotions watching the turnbull and stephen fry on bbc

brea kfast. turnbull and stephen fry on bbc breakfast. thank you for getting in touch. and after 8:00am we'll be talking to someone from prostate cancer uk about those all important symptoms men should look out for. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. some flights have taken off and landed at gatwick this morning, after the runway reopened. passengers are still being warned to check with their airline before travelling to the airport, after the disruption by repeated sightings of a drone. 0ur reporter greg mckenzine sent this report in the last half hour. well, the runways here at gatwick

have now reopened after this closure since wednesday night. a few flights are beginning to take off, and some flights are now landing. the first one in from shanghai about 20 minutes ago. the airport authority say they will still be delays, but they are now trying to clear the backlog. london's mayor will be explaining to mps later what he knew about problems with the crossrail project. sadiq khan claimed he only found out about the delay two days before it was made public, in late august, despite having regular briefings with the crossrail board. since then, europe's biggest infrastructure project has been pushed back again beyond its launch date of autumn 2019. a £1.4 billion bailout was announced earlier this month. a christmas party has been held in west london for those affected by the grenfell tower fire. organised by a residents association, the event included a meal cooked by members of the local tunisian community and support from mental health counsellors. it is now a year and a half since the fire, which killed 72 people. phase 1 of the inquiry finished last week.

the next stage is not due to begin until the end of 2019. let's take a look at the travel situation now. apart suspension on the overground, a good service on other lines. 0n the roads it's starting to get busy on the m4 into town through the brentford elevated section. motoring group the aa has identified the m25 as the busiest route in the uk today. the heaviest traffic over the festive period is likely to be daily between 3:00 and 6:00pm. and the a201 kings cross road remains closed northbound between frederick street and great percy street for burst water main repairs. now the weather with sara thorton. good morning to you. not a very seasonal—feeling start this morning. temperatures in double figures right now. we've had some rain through the middle part of the night.

a few bits and pieces around first thing, especially out towards the east, and then we are looking at a really quite nice day. yes, it is going to be breezy, but you can see the cloud scuds across the sky. there'll be some breaks in that cloud, so a bit of sunshine coming through, and after that mild start, even milder this afternoon. 14 celsius in the centre of the capital, five degrees above average for the time of year. some clear skies for a time overnight tonight. couldn't rule out the odd stray passing shower, which is how we'll go into saturday, but also some clear weather. with that breeze, though, and still some mild air, temperatures don't really fall away. not quite double figures, but 7—9 degrees to start your saturday. and a lot of sunshine through the day, certainly it's the best day of the weekend. a couple of showers may be running through, no more than that expected. still mild, 14 degrees. you might see a bit more in the way of wet weather on sunday. confirmation here — no white christmas on the way. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. now though it's back to jon and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, withjon kay and louise minchin. just after 7:30am on friday morning.

here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the first flights have landed at gatwick airport since it closed on wednesday after a drone was seen over the airfield. the airport is re—introducing a limited number of flights over the coming hours, but passengers are still being advised to check with their airline before travelling to the airport. the closure of gatwick has disrupted travel for more than 100,000 people. we can now go live to gatwick and speak with the assistant chief co nsta ble. speak with the assistant chief constable. good morning to you. thank you for speaking to us. so when was the last drone activity seen over gatwick? so the last confirmed sighting was just before 10pm last night and then we have made a lot of progress overnight,

obviously working hard with our partners and other forces and the airport authority. we are in a much better position and we have made a lot of progress. you are sounding more confident. is it because you've managed to get the drone or arrest anybody? i can't say that we have. we have a number of lines of enquiry and we are quite positive in terms of how we are progressing the investigation. the key is we now have options around the airport from the police perspective and that puts us the police perspective and that puts us in the police perspective and that puts usina the police perspective and that puts us in a much better position to respond to drone sightings. what sort of options are you talking about, is it technology to jam it so it can't fly? well, i can't go into the details, but there are a range of options, some of them very sophisticated, some less sophisticated, some less sophisticated, but it has put us in a much better position to respond to any of those drone sightings.” a much better position to respond to any of those drone sightings. i am interested that you say we have a number of options now. it seems like when this first began on wednesday evening, no—one was prepared for it.

did you not have the kit, the regulations, the power is really to handle this? well, we did have the preplanned response to a drone sighting around the airport. and while the number of drone flies over the airfield in the last few days has been unprecedented, nationally i would say, we have had minor incursions previously at gatwick airport and we have responded to those really effectively. but like i say, this scenario that we are dealing with has been unprecedented. so in terms of getting the level of options available to respond to it, to mitigate it, to dip take it and respond to it, it has taken time, and we have everything we could possibly have here at gatwick —— detect it. i can see people arriving with their suitcases behind you, hoping they will get away now. if those people get onto a plane, they will have in the back of their mind, ami will have in the back of their mind, am i safe, will it be ok quest that what do you say to them, how can you

reassure them that safety is in hand? well, i understand that. some of the stories i read on social media last night were heartbreaking. and my heart goes out to the passengers here. what i would say to them is that safety has to come first, that is a clear partnership approach between us and the airport. asi approach between us and the airport. as i say, it is really positive today. the runway is open and hopefully together we can get people away. do you know yet what this is about? we have heard claims and suggestions it might have been some sort of environmental protest against the airport. what is behind it? well, we have a number of lines of enquiry as i say and that will come out in due course. at this stage there is nothing i can say or confirm in terms of what is the reason that this very malicious and criminal behaviour has been happening. is an environmental protest one of those lines of enquiry? it is certainly something

that we would consider, yes, i would agree that the possibility. and what about the discussion of this being terrorism, or terror related ? about the discussion of this being terrorism, or terror related? we we re terrorism, or terror related? we were told yesterday that you didn't think it was. some have been messaging us this morning, those caught up in this, they say it feels like terrorism of a kind, it is disruption and it has a massive effect on daily life, easy terror related, could you describe it as terrorism? well, at this stage we are certainly not linking it to terrorism, but we are keeping an open mind and i can understand the perception. it is as i say unprecedented. the level of disruption to national infrastructure and passengers is really significant, but in terms of the motivation as i said, we are exploring lines of enquiry around that, but at this stage we don't say that, but at this stage we don't say that it that, but at this stage we don't say thatitis that, but at this stage we don't say that it is terrorist related. assista nt that it is terrorist related. assistant chief, is to all steve barry from sussex police, thank you so much forjoining us. —— assistant

chief constable steve barry. chris grayling nowjoins us from our london studio. thank you forjoining us. just to be clear, was a drone or drones? we are not certain, it is thought to be drones, the plural, there were 40 sightings, it wasn't a lot, it was a small number of drones is seen a lot of times, but that will become clear when the enquiries are complete. we also want to pick up the question thatjohn was asking about, is it terror related? it is a different kind of disruption. there is no evidence that it is terror related in the conventional sense, not linked as far as we are aware to an international terrorist group, but it isa international terrorist group, but it is a kind of disruptive activity that we haven't seen before. this is unprecedented anywhere in the world, disruption of airports in this way and we have to learn very quickly from what happened. i plan to

convene discussions with other airports around the uk very quickly indeed so that they know what's happening and they understand what lessons need to be learned. and we will put in place every measure we possibly can to ensure that this can't happen again. have you, what measures have you put in place that will make a difference, for example, today? well, what is happening on the ground is a mix of measures taken to give confidence that aircraft can be say. i'm not going to talk in detail about all of those. some of those are military capabilities, as you would be aware. the military have been involved in trying to sort this out. clearly there are a range of measures which are there to date which would give passengers confidence that they are safe to fly. why have you waited until this happened for those measures to be put in place? well, the reality is that this technology, the reality is that this technology, the ability to stop drones has really only just the ability to stop drones has really onlyjust emerged. a small number of airports around the world have started to bring in systems that could help, that might not solve a problem like this, but could

help, so it's not a question of waiting to introduce technology, the technology is literally onlyjust appearing. 0ne technology is literally onlyjust appearing. one of the things we have to learn from this is what the existing technology can do, what else needs to be done, but there isn't a straightforward commercial off—the—shelf solution that automatically solves all the problems. and we understand that you have been warned by mps of the dangers, so what i want to get to the bottom of is why this hasn't been taken more seriously. well, of course we legislated to introduce tough penalties. the simple thing is this is a criminal offence. the people who carried it out are liable to get several years prison. we have rules about not flying drones close to airports, about tough criminal penalties, about the ownership of drones. we have further measures in train for example around the age and use of drones. so we have already legislated. we have more in the pipeline. we have been recognising this is a problem and we have been acting. in other countries, for example in australia, drones are not

permitted to fly within five and a half kilometres of an airport if they weigh more than 100 g. in the netherlands, people are banned from flying drones in the dark. are these things you will look at? yes, we have already legislated restrictions that prevent you from flying a drone around an airport. we did that last summer. but of course it is a criminal act. simply having a law that says you can't do it doesn't stop a criminalfrom doing it. so this is about making sure we have the laws in place. i think we've made a start on that. we have to learn further lessons to look at what we need to do. also making it impossible for a drone use of the kind we seem to disrupt an airport in the way that happen. and you think that can happen, you can make it impossible? we will have to. the technology is moving fast in the area. systems are emerging that can help. there are military systems to help. there are military systems to help. we have to work with all the airports to make sure we have systems that we are confident ensures planes can fly. passengers safe today and are not talking just

about gatwick? passengers are safe. detailed work has been done. decisions have been taken by the airport. they are confident that passengers are now say. they would not have taken that decision if they we re not have taken that decision if they were not confident. the reason the airport has been closed for 36 hours is because they were not confident it is safe to fly. they are now. you talk about it being sophisticated, what can you tell us about who might be behind it? we don't know that at the moment. there is a lot of speculated about an environmental protest. that is a possibility. we won't know until we finish the enquiries and find out who is responsible. chris grayling, transport secretary, thank you for your time this morning, thank you. it is 7:40am on friday morning. matt will be with us later, he has his skates on from somerset house. it is a little bit later, but we had a lot of information to get with for the latest from gatwick. mike is he with the sport at last. i understand. so

many effected with travel plans. this is a heartwarming story to start with, it is an incredible story of survival and resilience, we saw that with billy, and this is a new story, she is only 18, she had a crash that you would have thought would put you off back in a car again. formula 3 driver sophia floeesch says she still hopes to one day become the first female formula one world champion. this is the crash. that's despite fracturing her spine in this 170 mile an hour crash last month. we will have to slow it down. that flash of red is a car going into the photographers' stand. the 18 year—old has told the bbc a miracle helped her survive and that she took a selfie with herfather in hospital to reassure her family she was ok after the accident at the macau grand prix. it was quite bad for them, because the video looks horrible, this is another look at it, 170

miles an hour into the photographers' stand. this is what she has to say on the way to recovery. it was quite bad for them, because the video looks horrible, and that was also, like, one of my first thoughts, to tell the team over the radio, 0k, i am 0k, please tell my family, but it didn't work, and when i was in the hospital the first thing my dad was immediately doing a selfie and sending to my mum and my sister that i was ok. it was a miracle but that is probably the reason why i am happy and why i, yeah, i am normal. for me, it isjust to be happy and to continue and to see positive. incredible. the man in charge of football policing says more action needs to be taken to tackle the growing level of disorder at football grounds. detective chief constable mark roberts says more money needs to be spent on policing games. it follows a number of high profile incidents, including a bottle being thrown at tottenham's dele alli at the emirates on tuesday night. arsenal say they've identified

the fan responsible. 0le gunnar solskjaer will face the media for the first time today as manchester united's caretaker manager. he arrived at carrington yesterday to take charge of his first training session. meanwhile, spurs manager mauricio pochettino is still favourite to become the new permanent united manager, but tottenham's press officer shut down, any questions on the subject yesterday. we have gone over manchester united and the manager before. anything to do with manchester united, we have had 48 hours ago the same conversations. the manager has answered. i am not prepared to have another conversation on this. no, no, no. the start of the conference. i know. do you want to go? pochettino will definitely be busy with spurs over christmas. a bbc sport study has found they have one of the toughest schedules over the festive period. tottenham have got to play all their games within 217.5 hours, the second shortest period, and must travel the second furthest distance.

liverpool, on the other hand, have the longest time between games, and only have 122 miles on the road, the second shortest in the divison. so how will spurs manage? now, for us, it's the most tougher period, and more than ever we're going to use the squad. i feel so sorry for the people that don't like the rotation, and when you rest players, but we are going to use all the squad. and it's so important that all of the players will be ready to compete. england test captainjoe root will make his big bash league debut for sydney thunder in canberra this morning. root will play alongside england vice—ca ptain jos buttler against melbourne stars. you can listen to how he gets on. there's radio commentary on 5

live sports extra from 8am. another title for anthonyjoshua. he's already world heavyweight champion, with the wba, wbo and ibf, and he can now add another three letters to his name 0be. he received his 0rder of the british empire award, for services to sport from prince charles yesterday. equestrian william fox pitt was made mbe. we're enjoyinh seeing matt dancing on ice later. what about doing the same moves on skis? ski ballet was big in the ‘80s and ‘90s, especially on the dry slopes around the country, an olympic demonstration sport, but then came the snow board and it died out. tomorrow on breakfast, we will meet the man who's trying to revive it and finding out why, for some, it's very graceful, and for others maybe not. and you do too? look at me, my own move, ijust and you do too? look at me, my own move, i just created and you do too? look at me, my own move, ijust created that, yes, ballet with huge skis is not easy, but when it is done properly it is a

sight to behold. you can see that on brea kfast sight to behold. you can see that on breakfast tomorrow and i look forward to see that. good stuff. that sun rises on its way. —— that sunrise is on its way. it is the winter solstice today, the day with the shortest amount of sunlight, so you will want to make the most of it. i think we need to grab our boots, don't we? we need to do a bit of walking. we will catch up with some ramblers in devon. but first, and thatis ramblers in devon. but first, and that is on the ice. not ski ballet, though. no, that would be a straight trip to a&e, if i tried that. i will

dash off once i've done this forecast for you, but it is a bit mild, it doesn't feel particularly festive although it looks festive. the ice rink here until 13 january. if we take a look at the forecast for today, at least here, it should write about. across many parts of the country there will be improvements through the day compared to what you have at the moment. weather fronts spread their way from west to east through the night. the worst of the heavy rain in the south is gone, but a weather front lying across central areas is continuing to produce heavy rain at the moment. as we go through the morning rush—hour, to the south of it much of central and southern england and south wales will brighten up. the odd spot of light rain and drizzle left over by the end of the rush—hour. still some heavy rain across parts of northern england and northern ireland, fringing into the fire north of scotland. the rest of scotland, other than one or two showers in the far north and west, a dry day. a

touch of frost, in comparison with what we have in the south, temperatures very close to double figures at present. through the day the central area will continue to see lots of cloud around. the rain will become a little bit lighter and patchy, so it will be a lighter shade of grey. things will brighten up. to the north and south of it, sunny spells, but a few showers later. across southern areas we will have the strongest of the winds gusting close to 40 mph near hills and coast. and a mild day as well, temperatures 14 degrees, compared to six or seven in northern scotland. if you are on the move this evening, showers through england and wales, some of those could be heavy and thundery, a few showers left in the west by morning. a chilly start to the west in scotland, not quite so much the further south you are, and a better start tomorrow than today. if it is a case of christmas shopping this weekend, last—minute panic buying, saturday is probably the best day to do it uk wide.

plenty of sunshine, a few showers in the west. temperatures where they should be for the time of year, seven to around 11 or 12 celsius, if not a notch above where they should be. rain returning to england and wales, a grey and damp start for many. the skies brightening up for northern england and you willjoin scotla nd northern england and you willjoin scotland and northern ireland with some sunshine and one or two showers later. a cool feel here. further south it stays mild and cloudy, morning rain, the drizzle becoming lighter and patchy into the afternoon. it stays mild. in the christmas week, we have some cloud across the south to begin with. but then through christmas week, most will have a dry wit. high pressure in charge. there will be some fog to watch out for if you are on the move throughout christmas week. we will keep you updated. to give you a bit ofa keep you updated. to give you a bit of a festive feel, no snow, but maybe some frost. no ice like this. it is mesmerising watching you, matt. i can't start very quickly,

cani? matt. i can't start very quickly, can i? thank you very much. give us that the world. he has just been overta ken, that the world. he has just been overtaken, i think. that the world. he has just been overtaken, ithink. we that the world. he has just been overtaken, i think. we want some truth later. nearly! we have got to get our muggy ‘s worth somehow. —— money's worth. we know there are benefits to getting out and about amongst nature, but during winter, the temptation to stay indoors can take over. well, one group hoping to change that is the association of ramblers, yes, it thinks walking can give people who are lonely at christmas the chance to make some new friends, whilst getting some fresh air. breakfast'sjohn mcguire is live in devon with a group of walkers for us this morning. morning, john. good morning. we are in east devon. this is the second oldest business in the uk, the 20th oldest building in the uk, the 20th oldest building in the world, and they still mill flour here. it is a good meeting point for the local branch of the east and ramblers. good morning.

they are in fine voice and fine costu me. they are in fine voice and fine costume. 0ne they are in fine voice and fine costume. one of santa's els has taken a day off the hard preparation tojoin us this morning. eve, you are in charge. where are we going today? we are starting here, and there is a little path we will take through field, running parallel to the river. how long do you think you will be out? i think we will be back by 12:30 p.m., at will be out? i think we will be back by 12:30 p. m. , at lunchtime. will be out? i think we will be back by 12:30 p.m., at lunchtime. nota long walk, but a lovely day. lovely views. bob, tell us about being a member of an organised walking group. what does it do for you? well, i think it is trusting that somebody‘s organised a really good walk for you, so you don't have to worry about... if you are not leaving the walk, you don't have to worry about what is going on. we have absolute confidence in eve. it

is getting together with lots of people and sharing experiences, having a general chat. we are very pleased, we've got the festival of winter walkers on, and 12 walks on our patch branded as part of the festival of winter walks. we are pleased to be doing that. good stuff. you mentioned people getting together, so i wanted to introduce the folks at home to jeanette. together, so i wanted to introduce the folks at home tojeanette. tell us the folks at home tojeanette. tell us your story very quickly. well, i joined the ramblers in 2000, going through a divorce and needed something to fill my sundays, and i met this great group of people, and many new friends. and eventually my new husband, and we walk all the time. great stuff, so you found love ona time. great stuff, so you found love on a walk. that is an amazing story, isn't it? but it is important to say these are enthusiastic ramblers, but

do you have to be at the peak of physical fitness to get involved in the group? absolutely not, we run 55,000 walks a year, and all sorts of groups from festive short walks to mountain hikes, and we have all sorts of groups. 50 groups are aimed just at 20 to 30 —year—olds, so all sorts of groups you can get involved in, and we have ramblers' routes online. lots of opportunities, it is just about getting out there, having a good chat, mixing with people and having a social side, which you can see with all of these guys. going to the pub afterwards. so if you can drag yourself away from the wonderful bbc one television schedule over the christmas period, why not get together with a few people, follow the advice, get on the ramblers' website, get into the great yiddish countryside, met some people. you never know who you might meet. i am in, definitely. thank you

very much indeed, have a lovely walk. you haven't been walking, but you've been running, cycling... there was some walking involved, actually. it has been almost a month. we have some pictures of you doing this incredible extreme triathlon. ijumped off a fairy into a fjord in patagonia, a 3.5 kilometre swim, and then this marathon, and we were talking about rambling and being in the great outdoors, it was just so fantastic, running on a mountain path in the shadow of glaciers in patagonia. running on a mountain path in the shadow of glaciers in patagoniam sounds awful, to be honest. how many hours was the whole thing? sounds awful, to be honest. how many hours was the whole thing7m sounds awful, to be honest. how many hours was the whole thing? it took me 16 hours, 34 minutes, and i think about 35 seconds. and there was a cut off. 17 hours was the cut off, so it was quite fine, the cut—off.

you have got to put this on, it is a huge metal, but rightly so. that is fantastic. and there were so many things that motivated me, not least this medal, in fact. i saw it beforehand, and thought i really wa nt beforehand, and thought i really want one of those and there is only one way to get it. lots of messages offering me encouragement. it was epic, it did involve walking, and i would encourage getting out into the big outdoors. sadly you have to be here over christmas. i am here christmas day, new year's day... to welcome you back i thought we would bring a little bit of wildlife indoors, some new friends we have on the show. a wallaby and a parrot. and these are the stars of the new bbc programme called spy in the snow. they have hidden cameras so they can get close to nature, and we

will see what they get up to. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sara 0rchard. some flights have taken off and landed at gatwick this morning, after the runway reopened. passengers are still being warned to check with their airline before travelling to the airport, after the disruption by repeated sightings of a drone. 0ur reporter greg mckenzine sent this report in the last half hour. well, the runways here at gatwick have now reopened after this closure since wednesday night. a few flights are beginning to take off, and some flights are now landing, the first one in from shanghai about 20 minutes ago. the airport authority say there will still be delays, but they are now trying to clear the backlog. london's mayor will be explaining to the london assembly transport committee later what he knew about problems with the crossrail project. sadiq khan claimed he only found out about the delay two days before it was made public in late august, despite having regular briefings with the crossrail board. since then, europe's biggest

infrastructure project has been pushed back again beyond its launch date of autumn 2019. a £1.4 billion bailout was announced earlier this month. a christmas party has been held in west london for those affected by the grenfell tower fire. organised by a residents association, the event included a meal cooked by members of the local tunisian community and support from mental health counsellors. it is now a year and a half since the fire, which killed 72 people. phase one of the inquiry finished last week. the next stage is not due to begin until the end of 2019. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a continuing part suspension on the overground and a good service on other lines. 0n the roads, traffic is building on the a13 into town from the lodge avenue flyover at barking.

motoring group the aa has identified the m25 as the busiest route in the uk today. the heaviest traffic over the festive period is likely to be daily between 3:00pm and 6:00pm. now the weather, with sara thorton. good morning to you. not a very seasonal—feeling start this morning. temperatures in double figures right now. we've had some rain through the middle part of the night. a few bits and pieces around first thing, especially out towards the east, and then we are looking at a really quite nice day. yes, it is going to be breezy, but you can see the cloud scuds across the sky. there'll be some breaks in that cloud, so a bit of sunshine coming through, and after that mild start, even milder this afternoon. 14 celsius in the centre of the capital, five degrees above average for the time of year. some clear skies for a time overnight tonight. couldn't rule out the odd stray passing shower, which is how we'll go into saturday, but also some clear weather. with that breeze, though, and still some mild air, temperatures don't really fall away. not quite double figures, but 7—9 degrees to start your saturday. and a lot of sunshine through the day, certainly it's the best day of the weekend. a couple of showers may be running through, no more than that expected. still mild, 14 degrees. you might see a bit more in the way of wet weather on sunday. confirmation here —

no white christmas on the way. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning welcome to breakfast withjon kay and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today. are headlines this morning. flights have resumed at gatwick this morning — but christmas passengers are warned they face another day of severe disruption. a huge operation continues to find the drones that brought the airport to a standstill — police now say shooting them down is an option. good morning. over a 100,000 passengers have been caught up in the chaos. i'll explain your rights if your flight is cancelled, and whether you're entitled to any compensation.

also this morning. 0urfriend bill turnbull‘s decision to speak out about his prostate cancer has led to a big rise in the number of men being tested — we catch up with bill as he meets one of them. and all i can say to them is, hold tight and things will... they won't get better, but it won't be quite as dark as it is now. it's time to wipe the slate clean. the message from the manchester united manager, 0le gunnar solskaer, to his players, as he gets ready to speak to the press within the next hour. and i will try to add a festive feel to your friday as i take to the ice at somerset house. no real ice in the forecast as we had to christmas but today there is certainly some rain. i will have all the details here on fizz. —— breakfast.

good morning. it's friday 21st december. our top story: within the past few hours, flights have resumed at gatwick airport. but it will only be a limited service. it comes after major disruption yesterday caused by drones flying illegally nearby. since wednesday evening, there have been 50 reported sightings close to the runway. 765 flights were scheduled to leave or depart today — but many of them are expected to be cancelled. we reckon 126,000 passengers are expected to have been affected — although some airlines have managed to reschedule flights from other airports. in the last few minutes gatwick airport told us passenger safety was paramount. the airport will be busier than normal. people should expect that the flights they are on will pick up delays and i think there will continue to be some cancellations as the day runs through. there has been

100 cancellations already. if your flight 100 cancellations already. if your flight is cancelled, please do not come to gatwick airport, you will need to rebook. my focus now is making sure that we get as many passengers as possible often to their destinations in time for christmas. it's a different kind of disruption. i mean, certainly there's no evidence that it is terror—related in the conventional sense, not linked, as far as we're aware, to an international terrorist group. but it's clearly a kind of disruptive activity that we've not seen before. this kind of incident is unprecedented anywhere in the world, the disruption of an airport in this way. we're going to have to learn very quickly from what's happened. i plan to convene discussions with other airports around the uk very quickly indeed, so that they know what's happened, they understand what lessons need to be learned and we've put in place every measure we possibly can, to ensure that this can't happen again. transport secretary chris grayling. the police have told us in the last half an hour that they have not found any drones yet and nobody has been arrested. let's talk to our reporter

chi chi izundu who's at gatwick — what is the atmosphere there like now? well, i don't know if you can see a few of the passengers, probably not, because they are all coming along in a second. they are passing by me trying to see if they can get on any flights. we know earlier this morning at around 6:15am the first flight arrived, it was a china airways line from shanghai. we also know the first flight shanghai. we also know the first flight to depart from gatwick was to lapland, so those trying to get there were quite happy. but now there's a lot that are coming behind us are there's a lot that are coming behind us are trying to see if their flight as scheduled is going to take off. gatwick has 165 flights scheduled to ta ke gatwick has 165 flights scheduled to take off today but 100 have been cancelled. they are expecting a backlog of problems and disruption because no flights took off yesterday. the police have confirmed that they do not know who has been flying the drone and they have not been able to physically stop it. but

they have put mitigating circumstances in place so that it can occur that the flights can take off and planes can go to and from gatwick. thousands of passengers are expected today. they are expecting up expected today. they are expecting up to 140,000 because of yesterday's backlog. but as you can see, people are hoping to be able to get on a flight are hoping to be able to get on a flight today. chi chi thank you very much indeed. the police told us ten o'clock last night was the last time that a drone was spotted so they seem increasingly confident they are on top of this but whether passengers will have much confidence for the hours ahead, it seems uncertain, doesn't it? talking to the police earlier, they said this level of drone activity was unprecedented, they say they are ina was unprecedented, they say they are in a better position now to be able to deal with it. let's have a look at the live flight radar website showing flights landing and taking off at gatwick airport. so many

people still affected by it. let's look at the departure board. it is a bit of a change now. they are saying at least some last calls, which we have not seen over the last... what is it? 33 hours. for those passengers that see the word delayed, it is bad enough seeing the we re delayed, it is bad enough seeing the were delayed but at least it's not the word cancelled, at least some of them are moving. that map we saw of them are moving. that map we saw of the airport radar, you would normally see loads of lines going in and out, normally so little plain activity but this morning the occasional flight but not much. —— aeroplane activity. so much frustration for people affected by this. what are your rights? people will be frustrated, looking at the departure board it might seem hugely unfair that passengers who arrive at the airport mightjust saunter through the airport and get ona saunter through the airport and get on a plane and go, while those people that have been waiting there into a third day still face disruption and delay and that's essentially the airport trying to get back to normal because they

don't want to make even more delays. more cancellations. by trying to rejig people around. they will try and fill the planes but people travelling today may find they go on time. if you have been at the airport and been caught up in this, one of the 100,000 people that have been affected, i have been looking at what your rights are this morning. the first one, the airline should be your first port of call. speak to your airline because they have to either rebook you on another flight if have to either rebook you on another flight if it's available, but they have also got to give you a full refu nd have also got to give you a full refund if you decide you don't want to travel and want to cancel. that is your first port of call. crucially, you will not get compensation. the civil aviation authority has decided this is an unprecedented event out of anyone's control, particularly the airlines. it is out of their control and you are not entitled to compensation. thirdly, you are entitled to reasonable expenses, and i use the word reasonable very carefully here. if you have got any expenses, keep

your receipts for them, make sure that you can account for everything. you can submit that to the airline and you may get your money back. but the key thing there is reasonable, don't go overboard, it is meals, may bea don't go overboard, it is meals, may be a hotel overnight but that is it. but crucially no compensation because this is an extraordinary event and it is not the airlines' fault. we will speak to somebody directly affected shortly. in the meantime let's catch up with some of the other news this morning. the us defence secretaryjim mattis has become latest senior figure within the trump administration to resign from his post in recent weeks, citing policy differences with the president. it follows a decision by mr trump to withdraw the remaining 2,000 us troops from syria — a decision opposed by military officials. the president tweeted that general mattis had been a great help to him in getting allies to pay their share of military obligations. a man has been charged with the murder of a mother of five who has been missing from her home in kent. ben lacomba, who is 38 and from new ash green, is charged with killing

sarah wellgreen, who was last seen at the start of october. ben lacomba has been remanded to appear before medway magistrates' court on friday. the search for ms wellgreen is still ongoing. england's chief medical officer has called for a tax on unhealthy food if manufacturers fail to reduce levels of sugar and salt. professor dame sally davies wants the government to do more to force the food industry to cut sugar and salt in our everyday food. based on the success of the tax on sugary drinks introduced in april. the food industry said taxes would not change consumer behaviour. matt has been talking about perhaps a thrust ahead of us. but nothing like this. —— a frost. australia's largest city is recovering from a series

of storms which saw hailstones the size of tennis balls. unusually large blocks of ice smashed through car windshields in sydney and created dangerous conditions on the famous harbour. hail is fairly common in new south wales, although it hasn't been seen on this scale since 1999 — when it caused almost £1 billion worth of damage. you can see why. and it's the middle of summer there. they've got the longest day and we have the shortest day to day. the winter solstice. matt is out and about on his skates and will bring us about on his skates and will bring us the weather from somerset house later. isn't that beautiful? no, he's doing it now. he's got his skates on and he's doing it now? iam! good morning, and yes, i thought i would add a festive feel to the last friday before christmas on breakfast and asjohn mentioned it isa on breakfast and asjohn mentioned it is a big day today for those that don't like the dark days, it is at long last the winter solstice. what is winter solstice? it occurs this evening at around 10:23pm in the northern hemisphere representing the shortest day as far as daylight hours are concerned in the uk. in london, there'll bejust seven

hours 49 minutes and 44 seconds of daylight today. that compares to less than eight hours 49 minutes less than we get with the summer solstice injune. sunsets are already getting later, but sunrise times won't start getting earlier until the start of january. but we are turning the corner and see in those days are drawing out a bit. still a long way to go in winter and this money does not feel particularly festive as far as they winter forecast is concerned because it is incredibly mild down here, even though i'm decked out by all of this. let's look at the forecast because it is a day when it will brighten up after quite a bit of wet weather so far this morning for many of you. but quite blustery across the south and the wind will be a fairly mild one for this stage in december. weather fronts pushing west to east

overnight, still through this morning's rush hour still with us, a weather front across the central swathe of the uk, heavy at times this morning, to the south, brightening up through the next few hours, could see some sunshine develop as the rain and drizzle continues to ease away. we still have wetter weather through northern england, northern ireland, north wales and the north midlands too. while it fringes into southern scotland, much of scotland dry, a few showers in the west, some good spells of sunshine in the east and chilly first thing this morning for some of you. through the day the central swathe has the cloud and occasional rain and drizzle but even here it should brighten up a touch. the level of grey will lift a bit. in the south the best of the sunshine but the windiest conditions around 40 mph. but as i said it is a mild winter, 14 degrees possible in london compared to a much more seasonal six or seven in the north of scotland. if you are on the move, some heavy showers across england and wales moving sharply from west to east, the odd rumble of thunder,

most gone by the dawn, still some showers in the west as we start saturday and a chance of frost in scotla nd saturday and a chance of frost in scotland but temperatures holding up in the breeze the further south you are. into the weekend, panic buying christmas shopping? if you are, saturday uk wide is probably the best day of the bunch weather—wise because most places will see dry weather with sunshine. there will be a few showers at times mainly in the west, breezy enough to push the odd one further east during the day but lots of dry weather and temperatures closer to where they should be for the time of year, if not a notch above. through saturday night into sunday rain returns to our shores across much of england and wales and it will start to push southwards through the day on sunday so northern england will join through the day on sunday so northern england willjoin scotland and northern ireland with a bright afternoon and some sunshine, one or two showers, feeling cool, but in the south it will be grey, damp, drizzly and murky on sunday. that could hang on in the south into christmas eve, but throughout christmas eve, but throughout christmas week the emphasis will be on the dry weather and it will feel a little more festive, temperatures will have dropped relative to what

we have got this weekend. a few sunny spells breaking through and be only little bit of festive fare i can give you is that they will be a bit of frost at times as well. one word of caution, if you are on the move next week there could be dense patches of fog which could linger through the day. myself and carol will keep you updated. from the lovely surroundings at somerset house, it is back tojohn and louise. no snow on christmas day was matt who is presenting the weather on christmas day? carol kirkwood who will bring her own bit of festive flavour. we will be here from 6am on christmas day, brilliant! i'll tell you what, she can't skate like you! no, she can't chuckles bai! he goes. thank you very much. he goes. thank you very much. he said his skates once a year for brea kfast he said his skates once a year for breakfast and its always live on television. thank you very much. breakfast has

been dominated by what has been going on or not going on at gatwick airport, so many thousands of passengers affected by those drones. audrey garland is a passenger who has been hugely affected by the delays — she has been trying to make it back to spain for her father's funeral. how are things going for you? you we re how are things going for you? you were supposed to go to spain and this was really important to you. absolutely. at the moment to myself and my brother don't have a flight booked because every time we have tried to get a flight we have just hit a brick wall, to be honest. so we are getting quite desperate at the moment. we have had to move the funeralfrom the moment. we have had to move the funeral from today to tomorrow to give us more time to get there but as it stands we still have nothing. audrey, it must be so upsetting for you and the whole family as well. yes. i'm desperate to get out to my mum because she is there on her own. although she has friends with her it's not the same as having me and my brother with her at the moment

when she needs us. are you able to go, for example, to another airport? we have tried to go through other airports but we just can't get anything at the moment thatis can't get anything at the moment that is actually viable for us to get there in time because the flights on saturday get us into late because we need to get to the crematorium by a certain time and we can't work out how to do it at the moment. anybody that can give us any help would be much appreciated. did you make it to the airport, at what point did you know you would not be able to get there? before we left we knew there was a delay and we were on the motorway when we got a text to say the flight had been cancelled so obviously we were quite distraught at that point. but, you know, it is notjust us that has had delays and cancellations, its thousands of people that it has affected. u nfortu nately, thousands of people that it has affected. unfortunately, ours is something that we can't put off,

this is a once—in—a—lifetime chance to go to my dad's funeral, so it's quite important for us to get there. is there any sense, for example, given this is your dad's funeral, somebody can help you within the airline? i hope so. i've had contact with british airways overnight. but at the moment we have not found anything that could actually get us there in time on saturday. so we are just hoping that somebody can help us. audrey garland, i feel very sorry for you and your family. thank you for telling us how it has affected you. that really brings it home to you. it is bad enough when it is holidays cancelled but when it is something so important like that to a family, i hope audrey gets sorted with her brother. we can go to gatwick and to try and get the latest from our travel expert simon calder who joins us. i know you were saying that some

fights are beginning to take off and land today, it could still get worse before it gets better. just explain how difficult it is returning to normal. well, yes, the first flight that touched down this morning with passengers on was china eastern from shanghai but before that we had an incoming aircraft from east midlands airport, one of the many aircraft that have simply been parked at various random airports around the ukfor various random airports around the uk for the last two and a half days waiting for gatwick to reopen. that's part of the problem. planes and pilots are out of position, which is why we have over 100 cancellations so far here at gatwick, most of them on easyjet but also norwegian air, british airways, virgin atlantic, and every single cancellation means there are hundreds of passengers who u nfortu nately now hundreds of passengers who unfortunately now go to the back of the queue in terms of being rebooked. i reckon we are up to about 150,000 people who are not

where they need to be as a result of this drone activity, and as the day goes on i fear we are going to see more cancellations. the great news is that some people are getting away on holiday, or two important family events, but there is also some very long delays so some flights delayed at six or eight hours. i guess people will simply be glad if they finally take off. indeed. explain, please, what you are saying about the back of the queue. i would have assumed that the people waiting the longest would be the first ones to get on their way. but that's not necessarily the case. no, and of course, we heard audrey's absolutely tragic story just then. but the news is, let's assume they can get something like 895% operation from gatwick tomorrow, one of the busiest days of the winter, the various busiest day is said to be sunday. —— the very busiest day.

those flights will probably be 100% full of people already booked on those services and people whose flights have been cancelled must scramble around trying to find seats on planes which are leaving. the airlines have a very strict duty if they cancel a flight, they are responsible for rebooking the passenger as soon as possible and paying another airline to fly them if necessary, as well as providing hotel accommodation and meals. i've been hearing from countless travellers here that that simply hasn't been happening. they have been left on their own. i've been just talking to a woman trying to get to morocco with her family. it's her third day at gatwickjust waiting for the chance to get home to herfamily. simon, thank you so much. i mean, it's hard to know what to say, isn't it? what a horrible wait for everybody. hopefully it gets sorted. the authorities seem increasingly confident and they are trying to reassure people about safety but at the same time they haven't caught

anybody, they have not found the drone. in the back of the passengers' mind, there is the possibility this could always happen again. fingers crossed it all starts getting sorted and the logjam gets done. 10pm last night was the last sighting of these drones. the police telling us it was unprecedented the amount of drone activity but today they are in a better position to be able to tackle it. we can have a quick look at the papers, the ongoing story at gatwick. the lead in many papers this morning, the front page of the daily mail asked how could this suspect in the sky ruin christmas for 350,000 featuring a photo of the runway. showing the drone that brought the airport to a standstill. it sounds like it was a number of drones. they say a small number of drones. they say a small number but multiple drones. the guardian reporting on an emergency meeting that has been cold in whitehall today to try to come up with some kind of response. the paper says the chaos, that glum lady

waiting for her flight, has cold for new restrictions on drones. the decision to cool in the army is the focus of the times front page, concerns had already mounted near airports. 0ver concerns had already mounted near airports. over a hundred near misses this year. japan plans to leave the international whaling commission to resume commercial hunting of whales. the sum describes the person responsible for the gatwick chaos as the drone wolf and it says the problems have been caused by someone acting alone. the police have told us acting alone. the police have told us here today that whoever is operating these drones could be doing it from miles away so that's why it is so difficult for them to try to catch them and work out where it is coming from. iam it is coming from. i am looking at so many of your messages. two and about bill turnbull, because we've been hearing from ourformer turnbull, because we've been hearing from our former colleague turnbull, because we've been hearing from ourformer colleague bill turnbull about the effect he has had on men going to get checked for prostate can after he talked about

his diagnosis. and all i can say to them is, hold tight and things will... they won't get better, but it won't be quite as dark as it is now. thank you so much for your comments. mick says i'm in hospital, having had all the symptoms i've just undergone prostate surgery in leicester. fingers crossed for a full recovery. if you are still watching, nick, good morning. donna says because of bill my husband richard went to get checked. he had ignored symptoms. it was confirmed rich had prostate cancer. he has been having radiotherapy for the last seven weeks. his last day of treatment will be 31st december. if it hadn't been for bill, rich would not have gone to the doctor

biggest thank you possible to bill. it became a talking point. the sooner you know you have got it the better people can deal with it. he goes on to say i cannot thank bill and stephen fry enough for sharing with us. they always feel like old friends but they are true friends. just extraordinary what bill and stephen fry talking about their prostate can stand the effect it has had on people. thank you for your m essa g es had on people. thank you for your messages and we will pass them on. thank you to both of them for the big difference they have made to so many lives. it is a 20 4am. we have talked a lot about gatwick this morning and what is going on with the planes. don't forget the big

getaway for most of us isn't on the air, it is on the roads. —— 8:24am. the busiest day of the festive travel rush is expected later today as drivers gear up to take 20 million getaway trips in the run up to christmas. it means significant congestion on major roads can be expected. 0ur reporter monika plaha is at the rac‘s headquarters in walsall. where should people be especially taking care? yes, good morning from the rac centre here in walsall were behind me you can see a snapshot of the current breakdown is happening here in the uk that the team are currently dealing with. today it's festive frantic friday. why? because it is the busiest day to travel before christmas day itself. there is expected to be an extra 2.8 million journeys is expected to be an extra 2.8 millionjourneys on the is expected to be an extra 2.8 million journeys on the road today to make that festive getaway. the worst congested area will be the m 40 southbound where road users could

be in delays of up to two hours or more. roads aside, there will also be some train delays. national rail haveissued be some train delays. national rail have issued planned engineering works, which will commence over the weekend, which will especially affect passengers and commuters travelling to and from london over the next few days. joining me now is matt dalloway from the rac. good morning. good morning. it is a busy day of travel to say the least, what advice are you giving? the best advice are you giving? the best advice is to plan yourjourney, everyone is in a rush to see their loved ones this time of year, take the extra time to decide which time to travel, it will be busy between 11am to 6pm today so if you can avoid the period, please do. then think about your vehicle, the tires properly ready for the winter weather, the screen wash levels, oil levels, to make sure your phone is locked away and be as safe as you can when you are driving. today, an extra 2.8 million journeys on the

road, boxing day is said to be even worse? it is a mad time of year, la st worse? it is a mad time of year, last minute shopping, all of the van driver is delivering parcels for christmas day and it is a lot milder than this time last year, no snow, so it is nice weather to be out travelling. take your time, be safe and think about yourjourney ahead. there you go, take your time, be safe and really think about your journey ahead. will do, monika plaha, thank you. looking at the twitter account there are so many m essa g es twitter account there are so many messages coming through from people who have been inspired by bill to go to the doctor. it is amazing how many people have been helped by that. coming up later in the programme we are going to talk about spy in the snow and here are two of them. here they are under cover. there are not people inside those costu mes. 0h, costu mes. oh, no! there's nothing like live television, is there? is it still moving? let me assure you, it wasn't a real

walla by, let me assure you, it wasn't a real wallaby, 0k, kids? goodness me! gosh! that is not the wallaby making the noise! still flickering. it has a camera inside it so hopefully the camera is all right. while that is being resuscitated, time to get the news, travel and weather where you are. it is this cloud bringing that rain. through the later stages of this morning the rain will gradually peter out. southern scotland also

seeing a few showers and there will be across wales. to the south of that, where you have brighter skies developing later on, temperatures up to 12-14. developing later on, temperatures up to 12—14. meanwhile, further north 8 degrees. 0vernight night, we continue with some showers across these northern areas. there will be some clear spells into saturday morning. temperatures getting down close to freezing in the north—east. 0ne close to freezing in the north—east. one or two showers but we keep milder conditions across wales, the midlands, east and southern england. temperatures 8—9dc. we have this ridge of high pressure which will nudge its way in for saturday. things a little bit settled on saturday. a few showers coming to western scotland and northern ireland, a few showers perhaps towards north west england as well. but plenty of dry and bright weather during saturday. temperatures getting to 9—12d. by sunday, another

weather system will push in from the south. as you can see here, that will bring some outbreaks of rain. a rather wet start to the day on sunday for england and wales. clearer with some sunshine for scotland, northern ireland, eventually northern england, as the rain starts to move away towards the south. there will be some sunny spells here. stay cloudy with some patches of rain and drizzle toward southern areas. temperature is about 7-12. that southern areas. temperature is about 7—12. that is all from me, bye—bye. this is business live from bbc news, with ben bland and maryam moshiri. jailed auto boss carlos ghosn won't be released on bail, as he faces new financial misconduct allegations. live from london, that's our top story on friday the 21st of december.

carlos ghosn is vowing to clear his name in court, but what does this mean for the nissan — renault — mistubishi alliance? also in the programme... the uk's second busiest airport — gatwick — is reopened after drones caused a massive shutdown, just days before christmas. keeping an eye on the markets for you. a bit of a mixed picture at the start of the day