well, who is brings to a child as well, who is obviously going through stuff, she is really calming, she is a bit hyper at times. like now. she is very affectionate. she is. i am getting the impression she likes a lot of walks. she likes to be on the go. thank you very much for bringing her in. thank you very much. very good advice. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. stay with us. we had the headlines injust a hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and louise minchin. good morning — here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. police have arrested two people on suspicion of illegally flying drones over gatwick airport. flights were halted for more than a day after the first sighting on wednesday night. thousands of people have had their christmas travel plans disrupted. let's take a look at

the live departure board for gatwick airport. the first flights left just after half past five this morning. the airport says that it is expecting to run a full schedule today, but it warns passengers should expect some delays and cancellations. as has been the case over the past three days, the advice is to check with your airline before travelling to gatwick. four stowaways found on a cargo ship in the thames estuary have been detained under the immigration act, after the vessel's crew was threatened. the grande tema left nigeria 11 days ago. the group are thought to have armed themselves with iron bars, forcing crew members to retreat

to the bridge of the ship. no—one was injured. hundreds of thousands of federal workers in the us are facing christmas without pay because of a partial government shutdown. it's because democrats refuse to sign off on funding for president trump's mexican border wall. roughly a quarter of federal agencies are affected — including the departments of homeland security, transportation and national parks. donald trump has warned that it will last for a very long time if the funding isn't granted. a british warship has arrived in the black sea in response to russia's seizure of three ukrainian navy vessels and their crew last month. the defence secretary, gavin williamson, says the presence of the royal navy showed support for ukraine, in the face of increased russian aggression. spinal surgery for unborn babies with spina bifida is to become routinely available on the nhs from next spring. the procedure, carried out during pregnancy, involves repairing spinal tissue, which can improve mobility. our medical correspondent

fergus walsh has more. i might not go too much deeper, frank, because we might need membranes in a second. this hospital in belgium has trained british doctors to carry out surgery to repair spinal defects during pregnancy. now families won't need to go abroad for treatment. thank you very much. hands crossed. spina bifida develops during pregnancy when the bones of the spine don't form properly. this can cause a bulge from which spinal fluid leaks out. the condition can cause a range of lifelong health issues such as paralysis, bladder and bowel problems, and affect brain development. the delicate surgery happens at around 26 weeks pregnancy. the womb is opened and the baby's nerve tissues are pushed back into the spinal cord, which is then closed. the pregnancy continues for another three months. this must be my baby! hello! this is baby ayesha from belgium meeting the british surgeon who corrected her spina bifida

when she was in the womb. doctors expect she will walk normally. two pregnant women in the uk have had the surgery this year. now it will be routinely available in england. a combined team at london's university college and great ormond street hospitals hope to treat 10—20 babies each year. fergus walsh, bbc news. a builder who has claimed a £76 million pound euro millions jackpot says he found the winning ticket tucked under the visor of his van, six weeks after the draw. andrew clark had a stockpile of tickets in his van and discovered the winning one in the stash after being asked to check by his partner. the 51—year—old says he will still be having a quiet christmas, but plans to celebrate the win with a meal at a restaurant in skegness on new year's eve.

i quite like doing that. not find one that much money, but delaying looking at checking your numbers or not. in the delay, you can imagine if you won £76 million. it had won it. just extraordinary.” if you won £76 million. it had won it. just extraordinary. i thought -- you wouldn't necessarily know if you had one. imagine if he hadn't checked. it's too late and then it is all given to charity. i wouldn't tell anyone. you wouldn't see me here. liverpool have guaranteed the number one spot in the premier league for christmas after they beat wolves 2—nil at molineux. they're 4 points clear of manchester city, who play today. nick parrott reports. liverpool haven't had a happy christmas for five years. nowjurgen klopp and his men have delivered an early present to theirfans. this wasn't as comfortable a victory at the scoreline suggests, though, playing at molineux isn't easy. manchester city could only draw here.

chelsea lost. and liverpool rode their luck at times. they could easily have slipped up with the rain lashing down. but the difference between the good and the great comes down to making the most of your chances. that is just what mo saleh did. the egyptian‘s goal took into the top of the league scoring charts and he was on song with an assist, too, ta ken brilliantly by virgil van dijk. with more prolific strikers, wolves might have got something. but liverpool could have scored more too. the team that's top of the table christmas usually ends up as champions. the pressure is now on manchester city. nick parrott, bbc news. the next one will not be easy against newcastle. it's such a tough time the boys. i am so proud, it was a really tough game and a completely

different game to the last one. you need to have different game plans. the boys showed they are ready for that, that's cool. so the attention now turns to manchester city who are four points behind liverpool — a win today will reduce the gap tojust a point. city are playing crystal palace — who they beat 5—0 last time they came to the etihad — but city's manager says they could pose a difficult challenge. all the players have quality, and incredibly experienced manager. it is so difficult, complicated to attack them. maybe the people expect better results than they got so far. but it is going to happen like this if you're not completely focused. manchester united's ole gunnar solskjaer era starts at cardiff city this evening. the new manager has been speaking about the influence of sir alex ferguson on his management style, and solskjaer says he isn't afraid to bring out the hairdryer treatment on players himself. maybe i should get the hairdryer out of my pocket,

because i have a hairdryer. so you know when my hair needs lifting i use it myself, but i am also not afraid of laying down the law. you know, with your kids, when they disappoint you, you tell them off, you don't give them some chocolate then, do you? you treat players similar to how you treat your kids, really, you want the best for them to you want to guide them, you want to help them. if i get disappointed, once in a while, you really have do tell them the standards we have got. he will be nowhere near as scary as alex ferguson. onto rugby union and northampton thrashed worcester 32—6. this interception from cobus reinach earned saints their opening try, running almost the entire length of the pitch. they then added another from luther burrell as well as six penalties to make it a miserable night for worcester — who are just two points off the bottom of the table. there was a dramatic finish at the arms park where cardiff blues needed this late penalty to beat local rivals newport gwent dragons, but gareth anscombe held his nerve to seal the points for a 19—16 win.

elsewhere ulster beat munster. there was an angry confrontation between dillian whyte and dereck chisora as they weighed—in ahead of their heavyweight fight in london tonight. both fighters came in just over i7 and a half stone, but after the face—off there were verbal disagreements between them, which continued back stage. the winner of the rematch at the 02 could set up a potential title bout with anthonyjoshua next year. and there's a big night of boxing in manchester as well, where ca rl frampton faces josh warrington for the ibf featherweight title. warrington, who's from leeds, is unbeaten in his 27 professional fights. northern irishman — frampton is looking to win back a world title — he previously held the wba version before his first career defeat last year. ballet on skis sounds like an idea for a new celebrity reality show, but anyone who knows their winter sports from the 80's and 90's will know how big it was back then.

there hasn't been an official international competition since 2000, but one man is determined to bring it back. we sent mike bushell to the chill factor in manchester to find out more. music plays. not so much dancing on ice, this is strictly on snow. ski ballet was popular around the world when resorts were opening up. even if the commentators were confused. if only he would make up his mind which way he is going. in britain, the routines flourished on the new dry slopes. and, for a time, there was ambition of glory of medals with it becoming a demonstration sport in the 1998 and 1992 olympic games. but then came the snowboard and freestyle skiing, ballet, was history. by 2000 all competition was stopped. until now, when the saviour has arrived. a former british champion determined to give

it a new lease on life. it's a little bit of gymnastics, perhaps a little bit of acrobatics, a little bit of dance, and a little bit like ice skating. it's like all sports, they go through phases. and along came snowboarding which took the enthusiasm, perhaps, away from ballet, which is a great sport and we love, but there's room for ballet as well, we hope. what could be more festive than christmas tunes and the art of ski ballet performed here — the pirouettes, the spins, and, indeed, the dramatic flips. wow! but, you know, seeing this these days is so rare. even rarer than spotting someone dressed as a moose. chris moose. back in the day, it's a sport that came from america in the hot—dogging times, it came to britain and it was suddenly found we could do short artificial slopes in the uk.

flipping round, perfect. well done. look at me, look at me. nearly two decades on, how relevant and accessible is it to the modern skier and snowboarder? that was great, mike. the kick turn, however, was a real slippery slope. take your downhill ski and lift it up high and with the other ski by the tip. beautiful. spin around and stand—up. and that's your first freestyle move. and again. all the way around. big backwards. and together. superb. you are a natural. that's almost a while ballet routine you've got already. i'm far from that, but it did add a bit of variety to coming down the piste. it looks very complicated. but a lot of fun. the fact that it's died out and been replaced by snowboarding and stuff. snowboarding is cool. it is an opportunity to express yourself artistically but also a way of getting really super fit. it's unlikely ski ballet will ever grace the olympics again, but at least it's alive and kicking once more. mike bushell for bbc news, in manchester. mike, as usual, looking hugely

stylish on the skis. i feel like is going to run out of slightly unconventional sports but there is no evidence of it. they will keep finding them. now, susan will have the weather frost. susan will have the weather for us injust a moment — but before that we've got a festive brain teaserfor you. maths teacher and author bobby seagull has created 12 puzzles for the 12 days of christmas — especially for us. we'll be posting one on our facebook page every day from christmas day onwards — but to wet your appetite, we can reveal the first question to you now... you put up the words ‘partridge in a pear tree' on a banner, with one a4 card for each letter. the word ‘tree' drops on the floor. without looking, what is the probability of picking up the letters in the word ‘tree' in the correct order?

i hope you have been listening very carefully to that question. we will repeat it later. bobby will be joining usjust after repeat it later. bobby will be joining us just after 9:30am to talk through the answer. we did put out that question about an hour ago. within about a minute someone have the answer. so you are very clever. a p pa re ntly the answer. so you are very clever. apparently lots of you are getting it right. 90 minutes in i am struggling to even read out the question, let alone even begin to fathom how to answer it. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. it's 7:45. the headlines: two arrests have been made in connection to the "criminal use of drones" which caused major disruption to hundreds of flights at gatwick airport. the defence secretary gavin williamson visits ukraine where a royal navy ship has been sent to demonstrate britain's

solidarity with kiev after recent russian aggression int he black sea. here's susan with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you. a very good morning to you. ijust waiting for the sun to get up to get a weather watchers pictures to show you. no doubt there will be some beautiful ones. i thought i would bring it on christmas lights to start off. not a bad day if you are heading upa start off. not a bad day if you are heading up a last—minute preparations today. sunshine around. tomorrow a different story across the southern half of the uk. this couple of weather fronts will start to push our way. today, a ridge of high pressure and that is the window of clear weather. showers this morning to the north and west, the best of the sunshine in the south and east. hazy, high cloud drifting m, and east. hazy, high cloud drifting in, but overall not a bad day in prospect. temperature wise, we are off toa

prospect. temperature wise, we are off to a pretty chilly start across northern scotland. we will always struggle to get those temperatures to recover, could be three orfour around murray firth, to the south, unusually mild for the time of year. highs of ii ori2 unusually mild for the time of year. highs of ii or 12 degrees. heading out this evening, your prospects are looking good. it will turn a little chilly through the latter part of the evening into the early hours of sunday and the temperatures will pick back up to the south as the cloud and the rain starts to arrive. another frosty night for scotland. if you are heading onto the roads early on sunday, look out for one or two packers of freezing fog as well. sunday, here come the weather fronts. scotland just about managing to stay to the north of the weather system. scotland will wind in terms of the dry and bright weather. best of the dry and bright weather. best of the dry and bright weather. best of the sunshine for eastern scotland. further south, more of the sunshine for eastern scotland. furthersouth, more cloud and some rain on and off throughout the day. some uncertainty as to whether that the rain will push it

in and for ourlong. whether that the rain will push it in and for our long. you could escape the cloud and not a wet day. mild in the south. struggling after a frosty start in scotland. on we go into monday, not any old monday, it will be christmas eve. if you are lucky enough to have the day off, the prospects do not look too bad. high pressure is going to build for the festive period. that will stop any fronts coming in and kill off the ones we do have. some rain first thing to the south. overall, a fine day. there could be lingering fog in one of two areas. that is to have in the back of your mind if you are travelling. the skies could remain a little overcast. the best of the brightness looking like it will be towards the east. temperatures down a shade as well as we tip over into christmas period. nothing especially cold in the nearfuture. in the short—term outlook for christmas day, we are going grey. not quite. it could be a frosty start, lingering fog. for most of this it

will be around average for the some of you. if you are hoping for a light christmas i can bring that to you this year. christmas is still christmas. plenty of on to be had. we are back at eight o'clock with the headlines. now it is time for click. it's the 2018 clickmas special, the gang is all here. hello! welcome, welcome. spence, i've got your first christmas present and what a corker it is. this is the world's first flexible phone. look at that! you can have it on this way or around here and itjust flips, it knows which way you are holding

it and it's built on android. this is a brand—new operating system on top of it called water and it's built by a small chinese form called royale, you might not have heard of it. it is the first phone they're released. there you go. the idea is you have a tablet you can use or you can fold it into a phone. you can work as on a tablet or fold it back to a phone. when can we get this? it's a good question. if you're in china, in the shops from 2019 to start off. online, obviously. just order from a chinese shop and you can get one delivered to your door, but as far as europe and america and other parts of the world, probably 2020 when they get some of the regulations in place for those markets. wow, give it a bend again. look at that, beat that.

very nice, but i was a bit worried that it wouldn't fit in your pocket 'cause your pockets don't look that big so i've got you the world's smallest smartphone. oh, my goodness — it's so diddy. this is made by palm, better known back in the 1990s, but have a play with it, it's cute. it will go into my pocket. my goodness, it's so cute. you think that's a small phone, spenc, merry christmas. oh, my word. what, no. it's a tiny, tiny telephone. this is the zanco tiny t1, a 2g phone, the world's smallest phone, no internet, you can do some text messaging and calls. want some stats? yes, please. 50 text messages you can store on there, 300 contacts. my goodness, it's like the '90s but really, really tiny. hello? it's the police for you, dan. apparently you've gotten yourself into some hot water. ted!

what's going on? dan, you are enjoying my hot tub? nice feature. i don't think that's standard, that one. i think it's been hacked. what do you mean? this hot tub is on the internet like thousands of others in the country. let me introduce you to the guys hacking it. there is andy in glasgow. hi, andy. hi! it looks cold up there. very windy. so andy, to prove you can take remote control, turn the pumps off. look, no hands. that's the blower.

now the pumps. and they're off. and we didn't touch a thing. andy, thanks very much for the fountains, i think you owe me a glass of champagne. merry christmas! so ken, can we hack somebody else's hot tub? we can hack thousands of these tubs anywhere in the world. who are they? they live here. so let's go look at kerry's hot tub in south wales, he tipped us off about this. hello, kerry. how are you? boys, hack it. oh, yes. nice work, guys, nice work. so how does it work? well, there's not enough security on the mobile application that you control the hot tub with. because these are online. that's right. and there isn't even a username or password to the tub so it doesn't check that you are you.

the fact that it's online and there is no authentication means we don't know who is trying to control whose hot tub. but how do they work out which one to attack? so, the only address you need is that of the wireless card inside the tub type and believe it or not, you can find those addresses on online war—driving databases like wiggle, which is a free source of information. that's public? yep, anyone can call in there. they can work out your hot tub, where it is and if you are in it or not, because the pumps will be on. in a statement to click, balboa water group, whose app connects to hot tubs, said: wow, hacking hot tubs. wow, hacking hot tubs.

no—one wants their hot tub hacked. least of all the company. they didn't see that one coming. no, they did not. we did that as a bit of fun for christmas. but there is a serious point to it which is that this year, we are going to get stuff that connects to the internet more than ever and if you don't take security seriously, then the companies that are providing these products, it seems to ask that they might not be taking security seriously either. so what do we do when we unravel our internet of things things? just once, read the manual change the password, don't leave it to the default setting because you will be more secure and it is important because once you get through to one of these products, you could get through to one or another or another. then it could be your computer that they get in. do it, or turn your bubbles off. this is a boeing 7117 flight simulator.

it has the latest computer—generated visuals and it's been painted to look like heavy metal band iron maiden‘sjumbojet ed force one. why? because it's owned by iron maiden‘s lead singer bruce dickinson who is himself a trained commercial pilot. the question is, can i learn to fly one of these in under an hour? that might depend on the quality of teaching. and it looks like my like my instructor has turned up. yes, it is iron maiden‘s bruce dickinson, an absolute aviation nut who liked being a pilot so much, he bought the company. cardiff aviation maintains aircraft and trains pilots. walkie, walkie, walkie

across the magic drawbridge into...another world. he has 6,500 hours of commercialflying experience. he is taking us up... away we go. ..and i'm bringing us down. what is it about flying that you really love? ok, look out the window. look out the window. 0k. it appealed notjust to the closet engineer in me but it also appealed to the kind of romantic artist in me as well because you get some odd things when you're flying across the sunset, and the darkness is curling over the top of the plane like a tunnel, and it'sjust this incredible metaphysical moment. it's symbolic, that you are above light in the dark. it is getting closer to the mind of god.

you know i have a feeling that i've just been sung to. time for me to learn where everything is and everything does. turn that knob left, until it comes to 270. look at the window, we are banking left somewhat. you are commanding the aeroplane to bank left. no way, i had no idea this is how you fly a jumbo jet, by twiddling these knobs. select fla ps five. flaps five, captain. jolly good. ditto, you're getting the hang of this. iam. do what you say immediately. you have to be a certain disposition to be a captain because when they come over the intercom, they sound calm and professional, that's part of the training, isn't it? i have no idea? i secretly think they're (bleep) themselves. theyjust don't let on.

flaps ten, please. flaps ten. thank you very much. finally, night falls, with the press of a button in the simulator, and it's time for me to try and land the beast. so you're flying it. so that's telling you to go left a little bit. left a little bit. just follow the magenta line. the clue is, don't fixate on looking out the window. you will cock it up. excellent, you are absolutely spot on on the left—right.. just down a bit, there you go, excellent. oh, my goodness. excellent. you are really close to the runway, you are really tight so these directions are going to be timely and precise. simulator: 100. just a couple of things but that the line. .. 100, 40, 30, 10. there you go. getting the nose gently into the runway. oh, ladies and gentlemen! welcome to heathrow.

terminal 666. landing ajumbo in, how good was that? that is it for this year's clickmas special. thank you so much for watching. thank you for bringing a brilliant to work with another year. we have one more present to you, if you went in the audience for our recent click live show next week you can it on tv. from ask you. from all us, merry clickmas! —— from us to you. good morning welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and chris mason.

our headlines today: a man and a woman are arrested by police investigating the drone disruption at gatwick. today more delays are expected but flights have resumed in the past few hours. we'll be live at the airport with the latest. also this morning: the defence secretary, gavin williamson, tells the bbc the arrival of a royal navy warship in ukraine sends a strong