flights return to normal at gatwick as police investigating the drone disruption continue to question two people. in sport, manchester city lose valuable points in the title race. but a winning start for ole gunnar solskjaer as manchester united's caretaker manager. good morning. a much cloudier day to day across many parts of the uk. some rain in the forecast as well. more details coming up. good morning. it's sunday the 23rd of december. our top story. at least 168 people are now known to have died and more than 700 are injured after a tsunami hit the coast of indonesia. it's thought to have been caused by an undersea tv footage has shown images of water rushing into hotels and restaurants in beach towns along the coast of west java. our reporter caroline rigby has more. it began as any other

evening, then this. the tsunami struck indonesia on saturday night, hitting beaches including popular tourist spots along the sunda strait, between the islands of java and sumatra. the pop group seventeen were performing when the wave engulfed their stage. their singer confirmed on social media that the band's bass player and tour manager had died, and others, including his wife, were missing. officials say the death toll is likely to continue to rise. hundreds more were injured in the disaster, which authorities say may have been caused by underwater landslides following an eruption by the nearby krakatoa volcano. streets have now turned to mud and hundreds of buildings are seriously damaged. the country's disaster management agency says high seas from a full moon could have contributed to the strength of the waves. indonesia is prone to earthquakes and tsunamis because it straddles the so—called pacific ring of fire,

where tectonic plates collide. this latest disaster will bring back memories of the boxing day tsunami, 14 years ago, which killed more than 225,000 people. caroline rigby, bbc news. earlier we spoke to the bbc‘s indonesia editor rebecca henschke, who said the death toll was expected to rise. that's right. we are heading to one of the worst affected areas on the west coast of java. this row of beaches that are a popular holiday destination, where we are seeing footage and reports of quite widespread devastation along the coast. a lot of houses there reduced to rubble, ships badly damaged, cars turned upside down, also local health centres there saying they are struggling to cope

with the injured and also that body bags are piling up at these small health centres in this area. at the moment, the official death toll is 62. we are hearing our reports more from the sumatran side of that strait that we have not received before, with some warning that the death toll there could be in the hundreds. rebecca, obviously it is a developing situation. what do we know about the timing and the magnitude of the quake that caused this tsunami? well, it was not in fact a quake. what the national disaster agency is saying is that it was volcanic activity on this volcano that sits in the middle of the sunda strait, anak kra katoa, it has risen out of the sea in the sunda strait,

the same place that the volcano, krakatoa, that erupted in 1883, killing thousands of people, that was one of the deadliest and most devastating volcanic events in recorded history. this anak is known as the child of that volcano and it has been erupting. some believe that it may have caused an underwater landslide so powerful that it triggered this tsunami. but because there was not a quake and there was not the usual warning or timing, this tsunami has really taken them by surprise. extraordinary footage of a band playing to a crowd then suddenly the waves engulfed the stage, showing that people had no warning whatsoever when this tsunami hit at about 9:30pm local time. that was rebecca henschke speaking to us earlier on the programme. friends and colleagues have been remembering the former leader of the liberal democrats, lord ashdown, who's died at he age of 77 just months after revealing he was being treated for bladder cancer.

he led the lib dems for more than a decade, from 1988 until 1999, and is credited with making the party a significant third force in british politics. vicky young has taken a look back at his life. this is how most people will remember paddy ashdown — the action man, the party leader with the least affection for westminster. long before he fired his first political salvos, he was a military man. a marine, he saw active service in borneo and malaya. after a period as a diplomat, and some time on the dole, paddy ashdown got involved with the liberals, elected mp for yeovil in 1983. later, in 1988, after the painful merger with the sdp that formed the liberal democrats, he became leader. i say to the millions out there who are concerned about poverty and about unemployment, come and join us. the party was at rock bottom in the polls,

and financially crippled. paddy ashdown built it up again, but at some cost to his home life. he admitted an affair with his former secretary, tricia howard. what paddy said stands. he's made a statement already, and i was perfectly well aware of what he was going to say. fears that his party's poll rating would suffer were unfounded, and in 1997 he guided it to its greatest election achievement since the ‘20s, doubling the number of lib dem mps. charles kennedy is duly elected the leader... paddy ashdown resigned the leadership in 1999, handing the baton onto charles kennedy, and retiring from the house of commons two years later. he spent time in bosnia, at some personal risk, at the height of the war there. and in 2002, he became the high representative in bosnia and herzegovina. but he wasn't done with

westminster politics. in 2015, after the lib dems had spent five years in coalition with the conservatives, lord ashdown returned to chair the party's general election campaign... and we are saying the conservatives are the largest party. ..famously disputing the exit poll's prediction of a dire result. if this exit poll is right, andrew, i will publicly eat my hat on your programme. this is a hat. andrew, you are so predictable, aren't you 7 ijust knew you'd... i wanted to get a bigger one. he inspired respect for his constant ideas and enthusiasm, and his efforts to build the liberal democrats into a force in national politics. let's have a look now at some of the tributes that have been paid to lord ashdown. the prime minister theresa may sent her thoughts to his family and friends, adding that he had "dedicated his life to public service" and would be "sorely missed". the labour leaderjeremy corbyn

praised lord ashdown‘s work as the mp for yeovil, and reminisced on their time in parliament. he said they "often found themselves voting together against damaging policies". former lib dem leader tim farron said lord ashdown had "saved and revived the liberal democrats at their lowest ebb", and current leader of the party vince cable declared it a "hugely sad day" for the liberal democrats, and said many members of the public had "immense affection and respect" for him. we'll be getting reaction to lord ashdown‘s death throughout this morning's programme and we'll speak to the former lib dem leader nick clegg in just a few minutes. let's talk about drones that have dominated the news in the last week.

a man and woman are still being held in connection with multiple drone sightings that brought gatwick airport to a standstill. police searched a house in the nearby town of crawley yesterday. the disruption lasted for three days, as tens of thousands of passengers had their flights cancelled or delayed. simon clemison has the latest, and simon, remind us what we know about the two people being questioned 7 yes, they are. good morning. the first 24—hour since their arrest have now passed so we are waiting to see whether the police have applied to senior officers for more time to question them or whether they have been charged or released. all we know is that the man is 47 and the woman is 5a, and one is thought to bea woman is 5a, and one is thought to be a drone enthusiast. as you say, a house in crawley, the main town near gatwick airport, has been searched and this is all in relation to those sightings, which were on a number of occasions, a drone was spotted above

the airfield, all beginning on wednesday evening, meaning other aircraft had to be grounded for safety reasons. and that in the week before christmas led to all the disruption as you might expect. 1000 flights were cancelled or diverted. 140,000 passengers affected. every time the airport tried to reopen, the drones reappeared. the army has 110w the drones reappeared. the army has now secured the airspace. i've been checking the flights all morning and they have been arriving and departing relatively on time. very few significant problems. but the advice is still to check with your airline before you travel. simon, thank you. i know you will continue to monitor the situation. a partial us government shutdown is set to continue through christmas, with no deal in sight to break the deadlock over budget spending. the shutdown began at midnight on friday, when democrats refused to give in to president trump's demands to use federal funds to build a wall along the us—mexico border. it is now exactly 8:11am. let's go

back to our top story. many tributes have been paid this morning to the former liberal ebutt —— mecca liberal democrat leader lord ashdown, paddy ashdown, who died following a short illness. he was an inspiration to so many people, including his friend and former deputy prime minister sir nick clegg, whojoins us now. thank you forjoining us. how important a political figure was lord ashdown to you? to me? to me personally, he was, i think, lord ashdown to you? to me? to me personally, he was, ithink, by lord ashdown to you? to me? to me personally, he was, i think, by a long way, probably the most important friend and mentor or that i had important friend and mentor or that ihad in important friend and mentor or that i had in my time in politics. i don't think i would have joined politics if i wasn't inspired as a young man by the stand that he took. i remember very well the very principled and courageous stand he took on an issue which may sound rather obscure now but at the time,

certainly wasn't, which was about the rights of people in hong kong to have british passports. i think, you know, i'm not alone. a lot of people we re know, i'm not alone. a lot of people were inspired by his clarity. he had this unusual ability, which was he was of course courageous himself as a soldier and a leader, in all the various things he did but he had this unusual ability to instil courage in other people and to push people to go beyond what they might be comfortable in doing and i found in all their many thousands and thousands of conversations we had together, he had this great kind of way of just together, he had this great kind of way ofjust going that step further than you would be inclined to yourself. in the 20 odd years or so i was yourself. in the 20 odd years or so iwas in yourself. in the 20 odd years or so i was in parliamentary politics, in europe and here, i don't think a week went by when we did not speak often, several times a week. i will miss him terribly. i am so sorry for

your loss. as you say, he was a great mental to you and a friend also. yes, he was. -- a great mentor. he had a sense of melodrama which could be comic. there were a lwa ys which could be comic. there were always forks in the road and massive, strategic chasms to cross. i remember once he came into my office when i was deputy prime minister and he said, office when i was deputy prime ministerand he said, "i've office when i was deputy prime minister and he said, "i've got to tell you something very serious and this is quite important to your fortu nes this is quite important to your fortunes and the fortunes of the liberal democrats". i thought, "oh, gosh, what have i done wrong now?" he fixed me with a bd military stare and said, "you are getting too fat". i receive military instructions and of course promptly tried to you —— to lose a bit of weight. sometimes he did not distinguish between the small and the big but he did it all with a trademark enthusiasm and energy and what i loved about him among so many energy and what i loved about him among so many other things was he a politician who loved politics and

cared about it, but he hated the kind of cynicism and gameplaying of westminster. his politics was much more rooted in yeoville, when he represented yeoville, and in the balkans, when he was active there, international issues. it was an interesting mix. he was a politician to his fingertips in a sense but he did not likea to his fingertips in a sense but he did not like a lot of the practice and theatre around politics in westminster. you alluded to it, there, he was never really afraid to tell it straight to both his friends and colleagues. he gave you some words of advice about your newjob at facebook? yeah, he did. we talked about it at length before i decided to ta ke about it at length before i decided to take up the job. typical paddy, pointing out the risks, but also understood why taking up a challenge... and he was never someone challenge... and he was never someone to shirk a challenge. that was one thing that i always admired in him and tried to emulate, in a sense. as we all go through life,

you know, it is always easier to sail away from the storm but he was often quite inclined to sail towards it, if i can put it that way. i think he is broadly right. that is why he relished life as he did, he did so many things, soldier, diplomat, politician and latterly, a highly accomplished writer and he loved writing, he wrote beautifully. i hope one of the legacies or tributes to him will be that more people read some of his excellent books that he has published in recent yea rs. books that he has published in recent years. you said he hated the theatre of westminster, that element of politics. what would he make of british politics as it stands today? well, i know what he thinks about it. i mean, we were even corresponding by e—mail from it. i mean, we were even corresponding by e—mailfrom his hospital bed, after the operation he had recently. i mean, look, as i think he made very clear himself, he was ina think he made very clear himself, he was in a real state of despair and

angen was in a real state of despair and anger, actually, about what is happening in the whole wider debate about brexit. i think he would have been appalled at the kind of pantomime that we saw in westminster last week when all these big, sort of weighty issues, are still unresolved. he had a real ability, even as newspaper headlines are filled with the latest, who is up, who is down, to keep his own view fixed on the big picture. and that is something which is in pretty short supply in british politics at the moment. i think he will not only be missed by his friends and family of course but i also think that kind of course but i also think that kind of politics he espoused will be missed as well. yes, the action man of british politics. sir nick clegg, thank you very much. a fascinating insight, some really interesting anecdotes. it is 8:16am. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. at least 168 people have been killed by a tsunami which hit the indonesian islands of java and sumatra.

senior politicians have been remembering the former liberal democrat leader, lord ashdown, who has died at the age of 77. here's susan with a look at this morning's weather. there she is. are those blue sky is a sign of things to come or are you just teasing us? just teasing, the tree is the only sign of things to come, a week where most of us will be looking forward toa most of us will be looking forward to a bit ofa most of us will be looking forward to a bit of a holiday, may be time travelling to visit family and friends. christmas week is going to be settled but i think blue skies will be in quite short supply and it could end up rather grey. today we have a weather front across us but thatis have a weather front across us but that is the last rain we will see for much of the week ahead. it's all going to be about high pressure building but it is likely to get some quite stubborn cloud trapped underneath it so the best of any blue sky in the week ahead likely in

eastern areas. today, the weather watchers are waking up, and norwich, the shiny pavements where the rain is currently coming down. it is the fronts across the southern half of the uk which will bring a grey and wet morning. further north, scotland sta rts wet morning. further north, scotland starts with sunshine and a chilly start. a few patches of mist and fog as well. these should slowly lift and by the time we get to the afternoon, the sunshine quite right spread. any cloud in the south early on was thin and break. northern ireland and northern england improving dramatically. a lot of the rain easing into the second half of the day and we are left with fairly solid cloud. but looking to the west, if you are going to be travelling or out and about after dark, it is worth grabbing your umbrella because the rain will have a bit ofa umbrella because the rain will have a bit of a resurgence across the south—west initially and then it will snake all the way across south wales and into the south—eastern parts of the south midlands. eventually it will push away south as we go into the small hours of monday. much clearer skies to the

north overnight and into christmas eve which will set us up for quite a widespread frost for first thing on christmas eve. but still very mild across southern most counties. because of the dry story, at least i should not be a problem first thing on monday but there could be a few stubborn patches of mist and fog again. murky conditions where we have the remnants of the front for south wales at the south—west first thing. continuing to fizzle out as the day goes on. a fresher feel than today, temperatures in mid to high single figures. and then on to christmas day. some sunshine on the picture at the start but u nfortu nately, picture at the start but unfortunately, i think that will be in quite limited supply on christmas day. lots of fine weather. if you are lucky enough that santa is bringing you a new bike, you will be able to get out and about. but this quy able to get out and about. but this guy is looking a bit leaden, particularly in the west and possibly murky and drizzly. in the east, the best chance of the sunshine but it will feel a bit

chilly out, temperatures seven or eight so get your new knitted jumper out and make your granny happy by putting it on. so they're heading to christmas week, it looks like the story will hold pretty steady, perhaps a bit milder but the cloud is keen to keep us company as we go further through the week ahead. no sign ofa further through the week ahead. no sign of a white christmas? no, sorry! thank you, more from susan later. we may break off in a minute and go live to indonesia to get the latest on the tsunami which is the developing story, as you know during the course of the morning, so we may well interact what we are about to talk about in the sport. —— interrupted. sports fans were treated to a huge night of boxing last night, with bouts taking place in manchester and london. in the capital dillian whyte knocked out dereck chisora, whilejosh warrington defeated carl frampton to retain his world featherweight title in manchester. let's get more on all the action from bbc sport's boxing correspondent mike costello, and gareth a davies from the telegraph. good morning. let's start with you.

some people are saying this was the fight of the century, in manchester. i'm not sure about fight of the century but certainly one of the best of 2018. it had been billed likewise going on as potentially one of the fights of the year because of the clash of styles, wherejosh warrington and carl frampton are at this stage of their respective careers and virtually from the first bell, the crowd were on their feet and it was nonstop action the 36 minutes, for the 12 rounds of three minutes, for the 12 rounds of three minutes and it was just about boxing as good as it gets. it was absolutely fabulous. i've been ringside for many years and i haven't seen too many better fights than that, particularly all british affairs, ina than that, particularly all british affairs, in a british ring. warrington, the champion who won on points, went in as the underdog, as he did when he won the world title at elland road in may, earlier this year. he produced yet another

performance of his life. he needed the performance of his life to win the performance of his life to win the title in may and another such performance last night and from somewhere, he dredged it up and held onto his title. shall we get a quick thought from gareth in london? good morning. you were at the dereck chisora, dillian whyte fight. how was that? similar to what mike was talking about in some ways, there was a 30 second feeling out process, after an amazing fight they had two years ago in manchester over 12 rounds, one of the best heavyweight fights we have ever seen on these shores between two british heavyweights, and then they went at it in the same way, for the best pa rt of it in the same way, for the best part of 11 rounds. then dillian whyte produced a hellacious left hook to lay dereck chisora flat on the canvas. it was an amazing spectacle, and it's a shame that both fights were on at the same time in different cities and this is a

very unusual thing, but i think it isa sign very unusual thing, but i think it is a sign that the promoters frank warren and eddie hearn are drawing the battle lines and also that maybe we are saturated with fighting sports at the moment. an interesting thought and the point you make is interesting, maybe mike can answer this but they are two massive heavyweights but they are not the biggest two heavyweights even in this country, with anthonyjoshua and tyson fury. and then the fight he watched as well, i mean, british boxing is in a pretty good state at the moment. yes, it is and i was speaking to the london promoter eddie hearn afterwards and he suggests these clashes might happen more next year simply because there are so many potentially great fights out there involving british fighters, whether it is two british fighters, whether it is two british fighters in the same ring or british fighters in the same ring or british fighters taking opportunities against those from overseas. we might well be seeing more of this and it underpins how flourishing state the sport is in at the moment. you have to understand promoters are looking for free television dates

and they can't just looking for free television dates and they can'tjust go on any weekend of the because tv have other priorities on other weekends and also, they have to be aware of what kind of arenas are free, to house and accommodate the expected turnout forfights of and accommodate the expected turnout for fights of this size. gareth, turning to you very quickly, do you think the next thing is that we will see a fight with anthonyjoshua, who i know was watching, will we see him against dillian whyte? he's got a couple before then. at the moment, a date at wembley stadium is booked for april the 13th. anthonyjoshua and eddie hearn, his promoter, say they want to fight deontay wilder, who holds the only other belt, so they can unify the four belts that they can unify the four belts that the division fights over. but it looks like yonsei while there will probably fight tyson fury again next. —— probably fight tyson fury again next. — — deontay probably fight tyson fury again next. —— deontay wilder. dillian whyte drew anthonyjoshua up onto the ring apron and joshua committed

that if he does not fight deontay wilder, he will fight dillian whyte and they have fought before, they've got history and bad blood and it will be a big event. i think since they fought three years ago, dillian whyte has had an amazing run of nine victories, he has really come on as a boxer and he really deserves a shot at anthonyjoshua. a boxer and he really deserves a shot at anthony joshua. thank you for joining shot at anthony joshua. thank you forjoining us. we are going to return to our top story. at least 168 people are now known to have died and more than 700 injured after a tsunami hit the coast of indonesia. the death toll is rising all the time. let's get the very latest now from the bbc‘s indonesia editor rebecca henschke injakarta. thank you forjoining us. just bring us thank you forjoining us. just bring us up to date with the latest because the death toll seems to be rising all the time. it does indeed. where we are now is on the edge of the affected area. as you can see

behind me, the houses and the shops here along the beachfront has been flattened by the waves. the buildings are made of wood, bamboo and leaves. the woman that runs this shop says that she was hoping that this holiday season would be a time of great income coming in. this is a very popular tourist destination for indonesians at this time, yet now, she has lost everything. her house over there collapsed. they had to flee, running up to higher ground to get away from the waves. you can probably hear the sound of ambulances going by on the main road, coming into the area. we are hearing reports of local health centre is struggling to deal with the injured. people are being taken out of this area to the main hospitals for treatment. more than 600 people injured, according to the officials, saying that number is also likely to rise as they get a

clearer picture of the devastation. just a thought, where you are, it seems that in that part of the world, events like this are... well, they are seemingly becoming increasingly frequent. it has indeed been a very difficult year for indonesia, of course, with the tsunami in sulawesi, not that long ago, and people feeling a sense of devastation once again here. they say there was no warning the tsunami would hit late last night. 0fficials are saying that this time, the natural disaster appears to have been triggered by volcanic activity, by anak krakatoa, the child of the famous kra katoa volcano, by anak krakatoa, the child of the famous krakatoa volcano, an underwater landslide, so yet another different kind of disaster hitting indonesia. 0nce

different kind of disaster hitting indonesia. once again, giving people a lot to deal with at a time like this, when they were really hoping to be with their families. you've touched there on the cause of this. we have heard in previous incidents about earthquakes happening under the sea but this is some kind of volcanic activity. that's right, thatis volcanic activity. that's right, that is what they are saying. they are still investigating but anak kra katoa are still investigating but anak krakatoa has are still investigating but anak kra katoa has been are still investigating but anak krakatoa has been erupting and there has been volcanic activity. it is not a huge volcano by indonesian standards but it rises out of the sunda strait, out of the sea. the national disaster agency believes that below the sea, perhaps, the volcanic activity triggered a landslide strong enough to trigger the tsunami. they are also saying that given the nature of this tsunami, very different from the one triggered by an earthquake, that there could be more in this area. people are being told to get away

from the beach, to be very careful because that volcanic activity is quite unpredictable, and they are still trying to understand what took place. in terms of the death toll, sadly, a lot of local people would have been caught up in that but is this a big tourist area, are we likely to see people from other countries who have lost their lives? it isa countries who have lost their lives? it is a big domestic tourist destination. people come here from the main capital, jakarta, to reach these beaches. it has been growing in popularity with international tourists, and we have heard from international tourists who were in the area and survived the tsunami. at the moment, we have not heard of any among the death toll but this is very much an emerging situation when information is changing very rapidly. rebecca hanson de, our

indonesia editor, there. plenty more on that developing story on the bbc website if you want to have a look. lots more statements coming through. coming up before the end of the programme. the nation watched transfixed as torvill and dean skated their way to sporting history. now a christmas day biopic deals with the romance rumours and family trauma behind their incredible journey to olympic glory. breakfast‘s been to meet them. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello. this is breakfast with victoria fritz and rogerjohnson. it's 8:31. here's a summary of this morning's main news. at least 168 people are now known to have died and at least 750 more have been injured after a tsunami hit the coast of indonesia. it's thought to have been caused by an under sea landslide following eruptions from the krakatoa volcano. the tsunami hit the coast

on the sunda strait, which separates the islands of java and sumatra. the country's disaster management agency says hundreds of buildings were damaged and at least 20 people are still missing. here, tributes have been paid to the former liberal democrats leader paddy ashdown, who died yesterday aged 77. joining us now from edinburgh is lord ming campbell, who lord ashdown publically supported in the 2006 leadership campaign. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. good morning. how important was that public backing that you received from paddy ashdown? paddy was such a large figure both inside and outside the party and to have his support obviously in a campaign of that kind was extremely important. but of course it was a measure of paddy‘s commitment to the party that he wouldn't stand back and fail to give an opinion on something that he felt

was important. i have been thinking about how i could sum him up. courageous, committed, charismatic. he was sometimes impatient about the arcane conventions of british politics that he was somebody who gave body and soul everyday, every waking moment when it came to politics, as indeed he did to other things, not least of course his time as the united nations high representative in bosnia, and he managed to create a fragile status quo that although he remained deeply disappointed that there wasn't more progress towards more stability in that part of the world, in spite of the enormous effort he put in himself. he did draw admirers from right across the political spectrum, didn't he? of course. you can't help but admire someone with such enormous energy. he was impatient, of that there was no doubt. he would accept that of himself. but

everything he did, all of his actions, all of his reactions, were based in the profound belief in the advantage and merits of liberalism that he wasn't tribal in any way whatsoever, not least of course in his discussions with tony blair, which took place between 1992 and 1997, when if tony blair had not achieved the remarkable majority he did in the 1997 election, more than 170, then there would have been an arrangement of some kind between the liberal democrats and tony blair. he was willing to think out of the box. and indeed from time to time to act out of the box. he took great interest in the balkans, even when he was leader, and i used to quite a lot of the time to persuade him not to go because he exposed himself to risks, for example going into sarajevo and running the gauntlet of snipers and shelling and things of that kind. but that is the kind of person he was. what you saw, you got, and a great deal more as well.

he was still pretty much involved in politics right up until his death. he couldn't let it go, as it were. it had become an overwhelming part of his life. there are other sides to paddy. he had a remarkable memory for poetry. an extraordinary understanding of classical music, and one of the last time she was in edinburgh we took him to a concert here during the edinburgh festival. he was a man with very wide interests but of course it will mostly be remembered for his quite extraordinary commitment to politics. as others have said today, when he took the party over after what had been a pretty poor effort at amalgamation between the sdp and the then liberals, then i am told in the then liberals, then i am told in the first week he was told we are not able to pay the wages at the end of the week. and he started with everything against him, but by the sheer force of energy and character,

he turned us into a formidable force, and of that there is no doubt whatsoever. how will you remember him? well, i remember him as a good friend. better than that, a very good friend. we didn't know each other before 1987. we first got to know each other at a meeting of the party, the party mps. we talked to each other afterwards and we became very firm friends. i often, i suppose, tugged him back on occasions, because we both shared an interest in foreign affairs and defence, and we combined on that issue and from time to time we disagreed. for example we disagreed about the commitment that tony blair made to military action against saddam hussein. in iraq. but none of that ever, ever undermined the strength of our friendship. he was,

in my view, a quite remarkable individual. and the world, the party, is certainly the less for his going, but so is the world because of the charisma that he had. he took us on one of the charisma that he had. he took us on one of those walkabouts which are now part and parcel of party politics and he had something to say to everyone. people would queue up. think of that in these days of politics. people would queue up because they wanted to shake his hand and talk to him. he had a keen sense of humour and he had that remarkable quality that not all politicians have, he could take a joke against himself. an extraordinary man. lord campbell in edinburgh, thank you. a man and woman are still being held in connection with multiple drone sightings that brought gatwick airport to a standstill. police searched a house in the nearby town of crawley yesterday. the disruption lasted for three days, as tens of thousands of passengers had their flights cancelled or delayed. ministers have been urged to take urgent action after it was revealed more than 170,000 people — a record high — will be homeless this christmas.

the charity crisis also said more than 4000 people over the age of 65 were facing what it called the worst forms of homelessness. the government says it's investing £1.2 billion to tackle the problem. those are the main stories this morning. we're here on the bbc news channel until 9am this morning. coming up before the end of the programme we'll be taking an in—depth look at today's papers and we'll also be looking at the flipside of christmas. it's obviously a wonderful time of the year for many but for some it's an incredibly stressful time. so if the next few days are leaving you feeling anxious, stay with us, we'll have some christmas coping strategies for you. all that to come on the bbc news channel. those of you who are eagle eyed will notice that victoria is wearing the same blouse as louise yesterday. don't worry, it is not exactly the same one! this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. goodbye. it is the same make but not the same

blouse! cutbacks at the bbc! let's talk to richard. let's talk about football festival. lots to talk about in the premier league and it is not all change at the top but a definitive moment. sometimes there isa definitive moment. sometimes there is a result which seems to shift and tilt the momentum of a premier league season. we will see if we have seen that. manchester city will look to respond but they were defeated 3—2 by crystal palace. a brilliant win for crystal palace and it leaves liverpool four points clear at the top of the table. so liverpool will be top of the premier league table at christmas after that manchester city defeat. it was a terrific win for crystal palace and included one of the best goals of the season — andros townsend striking a thunderous volley past ederson from 30 yards.

roy hodgson becomes the first english manager since harry redknapp in 2010 to win away at the etihad stadium. i think it was bill shankly who talked about the league being a marathon and unfortunately we have just won a sprint around today. if it was the tour de france we have won a etapes but to win the tour de france we have got a lot of etapes to go and we have got to make sure we produce these performances again and again. meanwhile, the 0le gunnar solskjaer era at manchester united got off to the most emphatic start. they thrashed cardiff 5—1 in wales. it's the first time united have scored five goals in a premier league game since sir alex ferguson's last game in charge. the other big shock of the day came at stamford bridge. leicester came away from chelsea with a 1—0 win thanks to jamie vardy‘s strike. it's chelsea's first home defeat of the season. celtic will be top of the scottish premiership

at christmas after they beat dundee 3—0 at home. aberdeen are second after a 2—0 win at hearts, while hibernian and livingston played out an entertaining 1—1 draw at easter road. ryan hardie opened the scoring for the away side, before ryan porteous nodded in the equaliser. rangers can regain second place when they play stjohnstone later today. boxing fans at the manchester arena were treated to one of the fights of the year , asjosh warrington retained his ibf featherweight world title belt with a thrilling points win over carl frampton. warrington got the better of the former champion frampton from the very first round but somehow the northern irishman managed to stay on his feet right up to the final bell. it was always obvious though that warrington had done enough. he brought a huge following across the pennines from his home town of leeds. meanwhile in london, dillian whyte knocked out dereck chisora in the battle of two british heavyweights. he had to wait until the 11th round to find the decisive blow.

afterwards whyte called for a rematch with world champion anthonyjoshua who he hopes to face at wembley next year. there's a new team at the top of rugby union's premiership table this morning, as exeter beat saracens 31—13, replacing them at the summit. the chiefs put an end to sarries‘ 22—match unbeaten run. the hosts scored four tries to earn themselves a bonus point moving them three points above saracens in the table. elsewhere there were wins for leicester and sale. leinster staged one of the most remarkable comebacks in pro 14 history, scoring 21 points in the final 10 minutes to deny connacht. the visitors were leading 29—12 with less than 17 minutes to play, before andrew porter burrowed over deep into injury time to snatch a 33—29 win. edinburgh got the better of glasgow and 0spreys beat scarlets. to the 0lympia horse show in london, where britain's william whitaker won

the world cup jump—off. whitaker and his horse proved to be too fast for the other riders in one of showjumping's biggest competitions. william's uncle michael finished fourth. that is a real dynasty. unclejohn is part of it and cousins and siblings as well. great performance. thank you, richard. have a nice christmas. have a great one. this is brea kfast christmas. have a great one. this is breakfast on bbc news. it is 8:43am and time fora breakfast on bbc news. it is 8:43am and time for a look the newspapers. the broadcaster rob mcloughlin will be here in a minute to tell us what's caught his eye but first let's look at the front pages. no, we haven't got them. let's get on with it. yes, we have. the mirror. 0ne on with it. yes, we have. the mirror. one of several papers featuring two people reportedly in

custody in connection with the drain sightings at gatwick. —— drone sightings. the telegraph quotes a whitehall source saying officials are concerned about potential copycat drone attacks similar to the one at gatwick and that the government is scrambling to protect other uk airports. the observer celebrates the life of lord ashdown, who died yesterday. its lead is a story about the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, who said he would continue to pursue brexit if his party won a snap general election in 2019. the main story in the sunday times comes from its interview with security minister ben wallace. he warns that the terror group al-qaeda is resurgent and trying to attack airliners and airports. there is at the front pages. it was worth doing those. sorry to keep you waiting. that is fine. in the sunday times, tim shipman, the political editor, has done a big piece about

the latest with backset. we have hardly talked about brexit this morning and a lot of people are breathing a sigh of relief. there are not many sleeps left until christmas or indeed brexit. this is a monster! theresa may and the joy of via orjaws itself. tim is basically saying that they are preparing for emergency exercises at ports to see how britain would deal with deal brexit. —— no—deal brexit. the chancellor is preparing for business cuts, business tax cuts, and they are also talking about the possibility of the nhs, looking at holidays and operations up until march 29th when the big sleep will hit britain, potentially. and so it goes on with various preparations. of course what the article doesn't deal with is the really big issue, what happens with the northern

ireland border if we do indeed crash out. and what tim shipman is really saying in this article as it is not clear amongst cabinet members whether this is a ploy by mrs may. if they don't know! whether it is a ploy in the sense that what she is preparing them to do is to look at the consequences, which the government is arguing would be very serious, against the deal which she is still seemingly committed to, which is coming back to the house of commons on the 9th ofjanuary. which is coming back to the house of commons on the 9th of january. what a lot of people think will possibly happen is that mrs may will, as we saw with maastricht and other treaties and deals, will try and go back and get the legal promises that she talked about with the eu and bring it back so we could be in for a long number and series of votes in the commons after the 9th of january, which i know we are looking forward to. we will stop talking about brexit now. if you want a big dollop of brexit, it is in the sunday times. this is the big

exclusive. and if you want to know whatjeremy corbyn exclusive. and if you want to know what jeremy corbyn wants exclusive. and if you want to know whatjeremy corbyn wants for a perfect new year, it is a vegetarian christmas, jogging and watching eastenders. you have given it away now because i was about to quote and i want to get this absolutely right. he says in the sunday mirror, i have an external search to find someone who is truly good and dot cotton is as close as you can get to being truly good and he then reveals that he likes dot cotton. he is saying that christmas eve is the big day for him. his wife is mexican and their main celebration is on christmas eve. after he goes to a christmas eve. after he goes to a christmas service, he goes jogging and then has a vegetarian lunch and talk to friends on his telephone and skype and then he will settle down for eastenders. you might say this is what you expect from an islington mp because he makes no mention of weatherfield, which could be very

popular and could be isolating the north. have a look at this. stressed nurses took 1 north. have a look at this. stressed nurses took1 million days off sick, obviously collectively, last year. this is the story in the mail on sunday, which is basically saying that in 2017 4.75 million days were lost due to stress. the opposition are quoting that this is due to the pressure on the nhs and we are coming up to the big pressure point in terms of winter when the government has been trying to make preparations. and also it quotes a survey which was carried out by the nursing standards magazine which says that 43% of respondents would like to quit nursing. the government points out that they have increased salaries for nurses, starting nurses, and they are pushing to increase the number over all. but clearly looking at that report,

there is clearly stress and pressure. just a quick bit of football to finish, something lighter. richard mentioned this of course. manchester united's tremendous victory yesterday. unless you are from cardiff! you follow football very closely and you have been a sports reporter in the past, richard, but what is really interesting about this is the fact that if you change the manager at the right time in football, you can get this bounce. very often the bounce can go on for five or six games, which is just bounce can go on for five or six games, which isjust enough bounce can go on for five or six games, which is just enough to lift your position. obviously ole gunnar solskjaer did a lot yesterday and he changed the team, the way they were playing, he brought back players, and his relationship with pogba might be different to the one that shows mourinho had, but a lot of it is based on a psychological study called the hawthorn survey, where they turned night—time into daylight and it approved that its macro

improved productivity in a factory. once you get past thatjump it is down to how good the manager and the tea m down to how good the manager and the team are, but there's five of six games can really influence and change the season. the influence then being that the darkness has gone and the light had arrived but i don't know if that is there. you said itand don't know if that is there. you said it and not me! thank you very much and happy christmas. you are watching breakfast. it is 8:50am. the headlines: at least 168 people have been killed by a tsunami which hit the indonesian islands of java and sumatra. senior politicians have been remembering the former liberal democrat leader, lord ashdown, who has died at the age of 77. you said 50 minutes per state but in

old money it is ten to nine and it depends how you want to say it! —— 50 minutes past eight. now the weather. hopefully everybody will get some kind of rest, but what will the weather do? it will be settled. if you want to get out and about, there shouldn't be many problems. i can't promise sunshine. high pressure will build and we will lose the rain across england and wales that we have got at the moment. it will be squeezed away in the week ahead but the high pressure settle things down and it makes for light winds and it can trap stubborn cloud underneath it and mist and fog handling at this time of year. that is the payoff. at the moment there is the payoff. at the moment there is cloud and some soggy christmas decorations in carmarthenshire at the moment. the rain should ease across wales in the coming hours and it will pull away from northern england for the afternoon and the skies will gradually brighten. but the best of the bright weather today

will always be across scotland. some stray showers in the north but a lot of sunshine after a frosty start. sunshine in northern england and northern ireland. further south, the cloud remains pretty thick and there will be drizzle along the coasts and hills. the weather front will squeeze a way to the south as the day goes on and the rain becomes increasingly confined to southernmost counties. mild in the south. 14 in london. just a chance that the rain will surge up again across southern england and into wales. if you are heading out, keep that in mind. clear skies elsewhere, meaning a widespread frost for first thing on christmas eve. not particularly severe but something to bearin particularly severe but something to bear in mind especially if you will bear in mind especially if you will be travelling early on and there could be patches of mist and fog across scotland and northern england as well. some rain in the south—west out of what is left of that front on

monday morning. but essentially a dry story just about everywhere on monday and some sunshine. brighter than today but slightly cooler. 6 degrees down for london, the temperatures on today. looking ahead into christmas day, i am afraid it will be grey and not white. that weather front thinking to the south sta rts weather front thinking to the south starts to bump back for the north again but not really doing any business in terms of meaningful rain, but it will make the sky is grey and bring drizzle to western coastlines and across the hills. in the east, near the pennines and the south—east of england, we could see glimmers of brightness. once the cloud move then, it will be keen to stay with us in the shorter term for the festive period at least. for boxing day and into thursday, some grey skies put on a positive note, it is quite mild. do you have christmas eve off, susan?”

it is quite mild. do you have christmas eve off, susan? i am working on bbc world tomorrow, so sadly not with you guys. we wish you a merry christmas nonetheless. i like that. grey not white. i have a christmas day haircut!|j like that. grey not white. i have a christmas day haircut! i thought that when she said it but i decided not to say anything! ‘tis the season to be social but whether it's christmas parties or family get—togethers, the pressure can be overwhelming for some. so how do you overcome the stress when everyone you meet seems to be full of festive cheer? viv groskop is a comedian and author, and has written extensively about managing anxiety. good morning to you. good morning. it isa good morning to you. good morning. it is a pretty stressful time for a lot of people coming up. it is. and i have just written a book called women and the art of public speaking. it is all about owning self—doubt and managing self doubt and anxiety. you got your plug-in quickly! and all of the events i

have been doing i have seen how stressed people are about managing christmas parties, although the work with those parties are now out of the way. that people feel anxious about managing their own families often because there is so much pressure on that big day. it is a moment when we are supposed to be really ha p py moment when we are supposed to be really happy and have a lovely time and yet it never quite worked out that way. what are your top tips? my top tip is knowing in advance how you are going to feel and we all have experience of how it has worked out in the past. so not repeating patterns. if you know there is somebody who triggers you. your racist uncle, you are extremely brexiteer auntie who you can't stand... brexit could really get people arguing this christmas. then you have a tactic that you adopt. one thing! you have a tactic that you adopt. one thing i love it using meditation apps on your phone. you can get one called buddhify. you plug in your headphones and you can just do three

minutes, and it takes you through a breathing technique. you can say i have left a candle burning in the lounge. that would go down like a cup of sick in my house! if i got my phone out and i started meditating, it would drive everybody bonkers. you need to get into a different room and not tell everybody you are doing it. that is my tip. i have got brexiteers and vegans and atheists and remaniacs. and you have got to manage alcohol consumption. presumably people speak their minds when they have had a couple of drinks. this is about planning. and this is taken from the point of view of stand—up comedy, expecting difficult moments and knowing when to handle them and dealing with people who are drunk and out of control. and you need practice at

doing that and you plan what you do in advance. the difficulty is that you know the patterns and what will come up. that is the issue. no matter how old people are, how successful, whatever, in their normal lives, they go back to the family christmas dinner table and they become their truculent 13—year—old self or similar. and eve ryo ne 13—year—old self or similar. and everyone falls into those same patterns and it is very difficult. this is cathartic! but it is difficult not to break out of that. there is a brilliant book by oliver james called they f you up. and it is all about the family drama. we have this script, we are cast as the lazy one, the difficult one, we have too much prosecco, not looking at you, victoria! and the key is not to fall into that script and do something different. interesting to talk about the meditation app, for most people they go into another room and shut the door and they

scream. that is the old-fashioned version of meditation which works equally well. i do think separating yourself, not telling people that yourself, not telling people that you are doing that, not flouncing out and saying i have had enough and iam out out and saying i have had enough and i am out of here, butjust staying in the least passive—aggressive way possible, oh, i havejust remembered i need to adjust the baubles on the christmas tree, and just go and take a moment for yourself instead of just repeating that same pattern of being triggered by irritating people. make a pact with yourself that you will not let it happen this year. we are going to have a brexit swear jar year. we are going to have a brexit swearjar in the middle of the table and any time anyone suggests talking about brexit, they have got to put money in the middle. unless someone walks in weather turner and said, right, where do we start? —— walks in with £10. that would be my dad! thank you for coming in. top tips. that is it from us this morning. louise and simon are back tomorrow

from six o'clock. have a very happy rest of the day and a happy christmas. this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines at nine o'clock: is tsunami hit indonesia causing widespread disruption. at least 168 tributes are paid to former liberal democrat leader lord ashdown who's died at the age of 77. flights return to normal at gatwick as police investigating the drone disruption continue to question two people. in sport, a winning start for ole gunnar solskjaer as manchester united's caretaker manager. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35. this morning's reviewers are claire cohen, women's editor at the telegraph and james rampton, features writer for the independent.