good morning. welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and sally nugent. our headlines today: the government's urged to step up patrols in the channel after a surge in migrants risking their lives to get across. more than half a million potholes are reported on our roads in the past 12 months. the skies of new york turn an eerie blue as an electrical explosion at a power plant causes confusion across the city. christmas is over, and now comes the big clean—up. i'm at a glass recycling plant in sheffield. two goals in six minutes for west ham. felipe andserson fires them into the top ten in the premier league. he returns on new year's day. i've been speaking exclusively to the stars of luther, idris elba and ruth wilson. she likes him, he is her only weak

spot. she loves him. she loves him, but she also likes playing with him. does luther love alice? but she also likes playing with him. does luther love alice ?|i but she also likes playing with him. does luther love alice? i think he's infatuated, not in love. he doesn't know what love is. possibly. you might not be loving the weather this morning if you are waking up in scotland, lots of heavy rain around at the moment. misterfog to scotland, lots of heavy rain around at the moment. mister fog to the south—west. dashmac mist and fog. otherwise it is a fairly dry day. details coming up. it's friday, the 28th of december. our top story. the government is facing calls to step up patrols in the english channel, after a surge in the number of migrants trying to make the journey from france over the christmas period. 66 people have reached the uk in the past three days. only one of the five boats operated by the border force is currently patrolling the channel between dover and the french coast. here's our correspondent, simonjones. risking their lives, attempting to cross the busiest shipping lane in the world.

despite warnings, attempts continue. this, one of four small boats used in the channel by migrants yesterday. it is totally unprecedented what has happened over the last few days. perhaps it is understandable. it is a long dark night, the weather has been relatively mild, there has only been a gentle breeze blowing and the first few boats that made a success of it, the message gets back to the camp and then more and more people try. 23 migrants reached dover on thursday. that is in addition to a0 on christmas day. in total, at least 209 people have arrived by small boats since november. just one of border force's five cutters is operating in the channel along with two coastal patrol vessels. the former head of border force says that more resources are needed. and a dover mp has called on britain to get a group. the home office says

that the border force's deployments are under review but bringing back a cutter from the mediterranean could encourage more people to make the perilous journey as it may be a small number may be want to come here because there is a community they wish to join because they already have english as a language but many more migrants are seeking asylum in countries such as germany. the national crime agency blames traffickers, organised criminals with a complete lack of regard for human life. it insists that by working with the french, a good number of crossings have been prevented but it warns that more of these types of attempts to reach the uk are likely. many believe that if they continue, it is only a matter of time before there is a tragedy. more than half a million potholes were reported to local councils last year, according to the rac. it's calling on the government to spend money raised from fuel duty on tackling the problem.

the number of potholes reported in england, scotland and wales has gone up by more than 40% in the last two years. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. they are a hazard, sometimes huge. almost impossible to count. so, this isa almost impossible to count. so, this is a typically damaged wheel. we see no less than six a day. sometimes as many as ten cars a day, which are only here because of pothole damage. just one garage in one area. for the last two or three years it has been getting worse and worse. the scale of the problem nationwide, it must run into millions and millions in terms of the cost and damage. to the road is at the moment it is really scary. and today we have new figures confirming a big rise in potholes on oui’ confirming a big rise in potholes on our roads. the number of potholes reported by people in 150 local authorities in england, scotland and wales rose by a whopping 44% in two yea rs. wales rose by a whopping 44% in two years. this guy feels potholes are

his calling. he argues that real investment in repairing road surfaces instead of patching potholes up would ultimately save money. if you did a proper investment plan, changed the culture, training, contracts, supervision, the quality of materials, 95% of potholes could be eradicated from ever appearing on oui’ eradicated from ever appearing on our roads. the rac says councils do not have the money and the government needs to act. what we require is a long—term funding mechanism whereby local authorities can plan ahead and actually deal with a specific issue of the structural defects, rather than simply filling in potholes. the government says it is filling councils an extra £400 million for local road repairs this year, and funding trials to identify potential plot holes so roads can be repaired before they form. —— potholes. we'll be discussing this morejust after 8:00, when we'll hear from a woman whose husband was killed in a cycling accident involving a pothole. the number of illegal knives seized

at the uk's borders has more than doubled in a year. official figures show officers took possession of more than 7,600 blades during the 12 months to september. it comes as knife crime in england and wales reaches an eight—year high. adam woods has more. seized at britain's borders, thousands of deadly and illegal weapons. knives and swords destined for the streets. between january and september this year, border force staff confiscated more than 7600 blades, that's double the number seized the previous year. the figures also show a big rise in the number other weapons found by officers, including batons and knuckledusters. two teenagers have been stabbed in south london... a man has been stabbed to death in london... and this is why police are so concerned. knife crime in england and wales is at its highest for eight years. this month, 18—year—old jay sewell became the latest victim in london. 73 people stabbed to death in the capital this year alone, many of them teenagers. in the west midlands, where police are dealing with a huge rise in violent crime,

amnesties have been set up to take weapons off the streets. at the tally of those killed and injured increases, how best to deal with knife crime remains a challenge. the home office says tackling illegal smuggling of weapons into the country is a key priority. adam woods, bbc news. the united states coast guard has suspended its search for a missing british cruise ship entertainer. 20—year—old arron hough from sunderland was working on royal caribbean vessel harmony of the seas. he was last seen on deck during the early hours of christmas day, but the alarm wasn't raised until nearly 10 hours later when he failed to turn up for work. media reports in iceland say that a bridge where three british tourists — including a child — died yesterday does not meet current safety standards.

the crash happened in a popular tourist area in the south—east of the island. four other british people in the vehicle were critically injured, as ben ando reports. the two families were in a toyota land cruiser, which crashed through railings and fell around 20 feet onto a dry riverbed below. first on the scene were the police and a local tour guide, who did all he could to help. i tried to talk a little bit to the driver to calm him down. he was trapped inside the car. i was trying to tell him to save his energy and try to be patient, we will try to get him out of there. it was a very difficult situation. two adults and the child died at the scene, four others, including two children aged seven and nine, were airlifted to hospital in a critical condition. translation: it was immediately clear that this was a very serious accident. a car had careered off the bridge so immediately all available responders and resources were mobilised.

it is understood that those involved come from two families and are british citizens of indian origin. for survivors, two men and two children are being treated in hospital and spoke to doctors and nurses there. the bridge is a single track and is on the south—east section iceland's national ring road, in an area known for its spectacular waterfalls, volcanoes and glaciers. the indian ambassador visited the hospital where the survivors are being treated and spoke to doctors and nurses of there. the bridge is a single track and is on the south—east section iceland's national ring road, in an area known for its spectacular waterfalls, volcanoes and glaciers. this morning, investigations into the cause will continue although icelandic media reports that this bridge is a known accident danger spot and does not meet the latest safety standards. jeremy corbyn has urged the prime minister to cut the christmas recess short and recall parliament so mps can vote on her brexit deal. in an interview with the independent, the labour leader said that mrs may is trying to "run the clock down" by not holding

a vote until the third week of january. downing street accused mr corbyn of making a silly demand and being intent on frustrating brexit. thousands more prisoners will be able to make phone calls from their cells under government plans to tackle violence and re—offending. the measure aims to boost rehabilitation by helping inmates maintainfamily ties, tackle the flow of illegal mobiles and reduce tension on wings. currently, in—cell phones are installed in 20 prisons in england and wales. all calls are recorded and can only be made to a small number of preapproved numbers. one of the things that helped reduce reoffending is maintaining family ties. and i think it is really important that we allow prisoners the opportunity to maintain those family ties, maintain links with their loved ones, because when they are released, those relationships

are released, those relationships are going to be really important in keeping them on the straight and narrow. it is 6011am. have you seen these fabulous pictures from new york? they are unbelievable. so, you think it is a science fiction film. it's aquaman, right? it could be, turned upside down! it caused confusion among residents. these are pictures from social media. reportedly this was caused by a transformer explosion at a power plant in the east of the city. that is what i thought. that is a little bit scary. it is, isn't it? you can see the fire. that is apparently now under control, according to police. there have since been a number of power outages across the city. to me that looks like superhero movie being filmed. it does. it is marble, the avengers, definitely. —— marvel. we just need iron man flying across the sky at some point. have you seen these pictures i've got to show you?

earlier this week president donald trump made what was supposed to be a secret visit to troops in a right. it ended up not ring so discreet when the presidential plane was spotted over sheffield. —— not been. who knew that was on the way? if you we re who knew that was on the way? if you were to think of the route from the united states to year after a mac this chap, alan, he knew it was on the route. -- united states to iraq... . he put his pictures on social media and was contacted by a number of broadcasters, saying, where on earth could it possibly be going? can you imagine? that is the shot of a lifetime, if you are a plain watcher. i prefer the new york pitches. yes, but well done to alan. cavka mckenney beat that? no, sorry. i know you were talking about lots of goals in a short amount of time. it feels like it has been iraq.goaltastic lately. —— has been

goaltastic lately. ridiculous scorelines. it has been really exciting, premier league or has been really exciting lately. and i never say that. for the first time in years, it is this three horse race, manchester city, we have been accepting the given order of the premier league for the last few years, but they will be there or thereabouts up at the top, it is just a bit of a parade sometimes through the last half of the season. use a three horse race, only three, but who knows? —— you say. use a three horse race, only three, but who knows? -- you say. it is exciting. west ham are up to ninth in the premier league. they came from a goal down to beat southampton 2—1 at st mary's, thanks to two goals from felipe anderson. the arsenal manager, unai emery, has been charged by the fa after he kicked a bottle which hit a brighton fan in wednesday's 1—1 draw. the 3—1 favourite elegant escape won the welsh grand national at chepstow, giving trainer colin tizzard his second success in three years. and michael van gerwen is through to the quarter—finals of the pdc world darts championship after beating the former champion adrian lewis.

a huge bellow of triumph from michael van gerwen. a huge bellow of triumph from michael van gerwenlj a huge bellow of triumph from michaelvan gerwen. i was a huge bellow of triumph from michael van gerwen. i wasjust going to say, we want one of those from europe, but you've done it already. you went early. so much coffee. let's have a look at the weather. it is mild outside. it is not bad. it doesn't feel like christmas, is that fairto doesn't feel like christmas, is that fair to say? yes it does! it needs to be cold. it makes me worry when it is warm. don't worry, matt will make it cold again, if ever you want a cold shoulder. there you go. good morning, lovely lad. good morning, all of you. here's our transport correspondent, tom burridge. good morning. it may get chillier next week. at least if you're on the move this christmas period nothing to severe weather wise. a bit of frost in the far south—west dan fog. cloud across the country. things for many will brighten up. one or two

will wake up to a wet start. the rate has been falling across western parts of scotland, edging towards orkney and the isle of mann —— the rain has been falling. it will push eastward through the day. most will start the day dry. the south—west gawn is where you will have frost and fog to begin with. most frost free. —— corner. skyers will brighten up during the day, across scotland, weston island, a bit of a breeze. sunny conditions were developed in northern england after patchy rain through the morning. temperature is still above where they should be for the time of year, 9-11 they should be for the time of year, 9— 11 degrees. as you go into tonight we start dry, clear skies in eastern parts of scotland and north—east england. rain again pushes through scotland, northern ireland, and the far north of england by the end of the night. could see frost before it arrives. maybe frost developing in its wake across the north—east later. to the south, high pressure still in

charge. a fairly stubborn area of high pressure. we are on the northern edge of it, hence we see the weather fronts moving across scotland. the area of low pressure janine alder scotland, a windy start with gale force winds expected. sunny spells to the east of scotland. rain across northern england, north wales, maybe into the north midlands. it is the northern half of the country where you see the best of the sunshine. the southernmost counties, where the winds are lightest, it will stay cloudy through much of saturday. quite a breezy day, especially for the north. temperatures, if anything, higher tomorrow, 10—13, should be about 65 and degrees at the moment. maweni that on sunday. the winds coming in from the south—west —— 6—8d. maybe a little bit of rain in the far north of scotland, particularly for orkney and shetland. temperatures in double figures. as for seeing out the oldie and into the new, high pressure to

the south. cloud circulating —— all here. plenty of cloud to take us into the brand—new year. maybe some mist and fog. if you are out celebrating on new year's eve it should be dry for just celebrating on new year's eve it should be dry forjust about celebrating on new year's eve it should be dry for just about all. back to you. can you get back one on the graphics? no. can you explain what the sparkly bits are on the page. the sparkly bits? they might be lights. it is night-time lights. as the sunshine disappears the street lights come on on the map. then you? —— who knew? street lights come on on the map. then you? -- who knew? yusof outwell. i will get on to explain it better. —— he sold that well. it's nearly a year since more than 1000 vehicles were destroyed by a fire in a multi—storey car park near the echo arena in liverpool. the fire started as the international horse show was in full swing on new year's eve.

now the event is back in the city again and organisers are determined to put last year behind them, as alison freeman reports. it was on new year's eve last year, the fire took hold of this car park on the bubble's waterfront, leaving thousands of people stranded. the smoke visible across the city. all our belongings in it. we are from northern ireland. all my stuff, my suitcase and all my clothes are now, all gone. the difficulty we have is to physically be able to get into, right into the middle of the building to put the fire out. more than 1000 cars were destroyed by the blaze. the insurance bill reached £20 million. at the time, the international horse of the year show was on at the liverpool arena. thousands of people, and animals, had to be evacuated from the building. the stables based in the

bottom of the car park. as rehearsals were under way once again for the annual event, memories remained fresh. we smelt it first, before the fire alarms went. so we went and investigated and then the fire alarms went. we assessed the situation constantly. and we evacuated about half—an—hour later. because we knew that the car park would last one hour, one hour to two hours. we had to make sure everything was saved, everything was in place for the horses to be evacuated. it was a sinking feeling for the whole team who had worked so hard. do not get to the climax, not to celebrate that new year's eve finale with everybody last year that supported us. we are excited to put ona supported us. we are excited to put on a bigger and better show this yearand, on a bigger and better show this year and, hopefully, have on a bigger and better show this yearand, hopefully, have a on a bigger and better show this year and, hopefully, have a really special celebration to finish off 2018. the car park is still a shell, but liveable's city council says

despite the challenges faced, not one single event had to be cancelled asa one single event had to be cancelled as a result that make liverpool. after final as a result that make liverpool. afterfinal building as a result that make liverpool. after final building texas morning, the temporary 550 space car park should be opened later today —— building inspection. the they knew 94 permanent replacement car park due to be finished by summer 2020. alison freeman, bbc news. good to see that back on its feet. they have several events coming up and a big celebration on new year's eve. something to look forward to. let's take a look at this morning's papers. the car crash that killed three britons in iceland takes up the front page of the daily mirror. it has a quote from a witness saying: "it was horrible." that story is also the main image on the front page of the times, it shows survivors from the iceland crash being flown to hospital, while its lead, like ours, is on the growing number of migrants attempting to cross the english channel to britain. the paper says "ministers have been accused of allowing the uk to appear a ‘soft touch‘." the daily telegraph quotes

the former head of home office immigration enforcement saying that the uk risks a humanitarian crisis unless it returns rescued migrants to france. the main picture shows the late margaret thatcher and the former footballer, paul gascoigne at number 10 following the 1990 world cup. according to released cabinet papers she praised the team for not diving unlike their rivals. elsewhere, the daily star declares: "it's the end of winter." that is a great picture. does he have his arm around her? he might be. that is brave. it says officials are considering ending daylight saving time — removing the need to change clocks in autumn and spring. there is also an image of glenn hoddle pictured for the first time since his heart attack. we wish him all the best as well. one story that has been trending on social media last night and this morning. and you have been catching up with

this this morning. you mean bros. there is a documentary about the pop band. you would think it would be quite innocent, unremarkable. band. you would think it would be quite innocent, unremarkablem band. you would think it would be quite innocent, unremarkable. it is behind the scenes. it was shown on bbc four over the christmas period and people have been praising it for its honesty — but also for its spoof—like moments, which have caused viewers to draw comparisons between the brothers and the likes of comedians alan partridge and david brent. we'll be talking about this in more detail later in the programme — but for now, here's a little taster. having watched almost all of it now i wonder whether they knew they were being funny or are theyjust being funny. we will talk about it in more detail. have you seen it? i have been away for christmas but it is my list. leave this room, go out there, look at it on the iplayer. have a look at it on the iplayer. have a look at it on the iplayer. have a look at it. it is one of the most bizarre things i have seen. s with everyone. i made a conscious decision because of stevie wonder to not be superstitious. that was outright to

clever moment. he was a rectangle andi clever moment. he was a rectangle and i was a rectangle and we made a square. and therefore it is a fortress. we began each other‘s bortles many times. this one gives an illusion of pirates falling down everywhere. they are pirates. they really are. the illusion of real pirates. i think it is a real privilege to have a chance to do it for a privilege to have a chance to do it fora numberof privilege to have a chance to do it for a number of reasons, they don't really get it yet. do you know what they mean? no. this is one of the loves of my life. this is alfred my bulldog, i had him painted holding a pint of beer. crosstalk. you cannot play conkers. if you do you have to wear goggles. that is the biggest problem. you can't play conkers in england. i can live with it. thank you, british airways, for

making me feel so comfortable. i a lwa ys making me feel so comfortable. i always feel like i am coming home. they are not quite ready yet. i don't think it is real. " i will be your fortress any time. we are two rectangle is making a square. it is one of the funniest things i have seen. i not surprised it was trading last night. bros were a bit before my time. last night. bros were a bit before really?! last night. bros were a bit before my time. really?! having seen that i will watch that. it was very much my time. i had the big shoes and bottle tops. you had bottle tops on your doc martens. other brands were available, obviously. all big red ribbons... 51 jeans. i didn't have a way that stuff. you went with it.

that is true. it is hysterically funny. you have to watch it. it will educate you about what they were like. and about the las vegas years will stop when they talk about the vegas years, that is... and that is doing brilliantly well. —— matt. it was on strictly a few years ago. how was on strictly a few years ago. how was he? jiahui else was into bros. shaun. despite what he's doing today, he is in between these hits... # when will i be famous? now he is famous with recycling. good morning. good morning. you mention bottle tops. only heard you say the word bottle tops. plenty of those in here where they are separating the glass from all the other stuff that we put in our bins that we should not do. they use these two magnets,

one at the top takes out the steel and the one at the bottom takes out the aluminium. those bottle tops, it is fascinating, even though we are supposed to take them off the top, they managed to build them all out and put them in a big pile. they don't then go to landfill, they, along with all the other aluminium, the kansas end up in the rubbish they shouldn't, they form a big pale, they have loads of these, then they can flog them to people who will use this for future use of aluminium. just one example this morning. you have to look at what is happening with our recycling and glass throughout the morning. first we will get news, travel, and weather wherever you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm charlotte franks. the government's being urged to give more money to the police to help investigate missing person cases. figures released by the mayor's office found there were almost 40,000 reports of missing people

in 2018 — costing the met up to 130 million a year. the home office said next year, police will see the most substantial increase in their budget since 2010. people affected by domestic violence are being urged to seek help as it's feared the number of cases could rise over the festive period. that's the message of brothers luke and ryan hart, whose father killed their mother and sister after years of controlling behaviour. they've now written a book about their experiences. they need our help to help them see their situation for what it hears, because those who are suffering from abuse, they adapt to be able to live in that situation quite often they don't recognise the situation because they have adapted so well so they can survive. so i think it requires people from outside of the home to be able to build awareness within themselves of what abuse looks like. and the streets of central london were brought to a standstill as members of the king's troop carried out their weekly training session.

commuters, shoppers and tourists stopped to watch the 70 horses and their riders. it's all practise for ceremonial events like state visits and gun salutes. everyone comes out, they get their phones out, everyone wants to see it because they are quite impressed by it. it is a great feeling. with the ceremonial stuff that is more of an adrenaline thing. when you are going out, it is quite different from taking the bus to work. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's good news on the tube this morning — no issues. but the overground, and tfl rail have part closures. onto the roads and it's busy but moving on the m25 in both directions — that's approaching junction 14 at heathrow airport. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. some of us have a little bit of misty and murky out there this morning. there is quite a

lot of low cloud around. it is, however, going to stay predominantly dry. you may get a spot of two of drizzle in some thick areas of clout. most places dry. perhaps a little better brightness as the clout bins. but on the whole it is going to stay rather grey. temperatures not bad, in double figures, around 10 celsius. above average for the end of december. overnight tonight, quite a bit of cloud around, one or two clear spells. guzzi mist and fog developing, particularly over higher ground. to lower levels the breeze. to strengthen. temperature staying in positive figures, six or seven celsius. not especially coal. a murky start again as we head into the weekend. temperatures still on the weekend. temperatures still on the mild side. it stays rather benign for the next few days. plenty of dry weather. as we head into the new year that averages are set to get that little bit colder. —— temperatures. 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 naga and sally. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and sally nugent. it's 06:30 on friday, the 28th of december. we'll have the latest news and sport injust a moment, but also on breakfast this morning... gci loser. the first victim is paul redford. —— gci luther. bbc drama series luther returns to our screens on new year's day. i've been speaking exclusively to idris elba and ruth wilson about what we can expect. and it's been almost a year since we saw these remarkable images of a fire at the liverpool international horse show. fans and organisers are preparing to return this morning. we'll find out how they're feeling. and just before 9:00, we'll bejoined by two members of one of the longest running bands in pop history, the searchers. all that still to come. but now a summary of this morning's main news. looking forward to all of that.

the government is facing calls to step up patrols in the english channel after a surge in the number of migrants trying to make the journey from france over the christmas period. 66 people have reached the uk in the past three days. one of the five boats operated by the border force is currently patrolling the channel between dover and the french coast. the national crime agency is warning that more attempts are likely. more than half a million potholes were reported to local councils in england, scotland and wales last year, according to the rac. it's calling on the government to spend money raised from fuel duty on tackling the problem. the department for transport says local councils have been given an extra £420 million for road maintenance. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, because there isn't a lot of money there, the local authority approach to repairing roads has been on the lines of a patch and dash approach, so filling in potholes without actually addressing the structural defect of

the road itself. we actually need to get to a position where resurfacing our roads and making sure we are fixing the defects before the pothole even occurs. the united states coast guard has suspended its search for a missing british cruise ship entertainer. 20—year—old arron hough from sunderland was working on royal caribbean vessel harmony of the seas. he was last seen on deck during the early hours of christmas day, but the alarm wasn't raised until nearly 10 hours later when he failed to turn up for work. the number of illegal knives seized at the uk's borders has more media reports in iceland say that a bridge where three british tourists died ina bridge where three british tourists died in a car accident yesterday does not meet current safety standards. the car ca reered does not meet current safety standards. the car careered through a barrier on the singletrack steel bridge and fell into a dry riverbed load. four other british people in the vehicle were airlifted to hospital in the capital, reykjavik, with serious injuries. jeremy corbyn has urged the prime minister to cut the christmas recess short and recall parliament so mps can vote on her brexit deal. in an interview with the independent, the labour leader

said that mrs may is trying to "run the clock down" by not holding a vote until the third week of january. downing street accused mr corbyn of making a silly demand, and being intent on frustrating brexit. most people have been watching the skies for a certain lovely gentleman ina sleigh skies for a certain lovely gentleman in a sleigh with reindeer for the past week or so. still never seen him. haven't you? no, 43 years, still never seen him. guess who has been spotted in the sky, though? who? well, you know president donald trump made a secret visit to troops in iraq a few days ago? it ended up being not so secret when the presidential plane was spotted in the skies over sheffield. alan meloy took this picture of air force one whilst out scanning the skies on boxing day. i tell you what, when you think you are getting into plane spotting, you think, right, 747 or whatever they are called, airbus, whatever. and then you see that. therefore swan?

quite a bonus. —— air force one. then you see that. therefore swan? quite a bonus. -- air force one. he said that he knew from the tracks that it left, before he even saw the plane, it had to be a force one because of the type of engine it has. —— air force one. he posted it on social media and within hours he was being contacted by a number of american broadcasters. i bet he was. the secret was out. train—spotting, plane spotting? i bet he was. the secret was out. train-spotting, plane spotting? my dad was always into plane spotting when he was younger. not for me, i have to say. like you say, once you have to say. like you say, once you have had a boeing 747, i don't know what the others are. airbus eight 380? i don't know. we will leave it to alan, shall we? let's do some goal spotting. after the madness of boxing day, there was just one game in the premier league last night to round off the christmas fixtures. west ham came from behind to beat southampton at st mary's and felipe anderson was the star for the hammers. after southampton took the lead, the brazilian scored this beauty from outside the box just two minutes later. west ham's most expensive signing

really starting to show his worth — and if you thought that one was good, well, his second wasn't bad either. an eighth goal of the season smashing the hammers into the top 10. i think that tonight was a very good game, from the beginning, it was high pace. we didn't allow southampton to reach our box. they didn't get one chance. unfortunately we started one goal down, but we drew as soon as we can and after that we completed the second goal. the way we lost as well, it is a bit too easy. we didn't play such a good game today, i think. we have a lot of players on a higher level. i think we have the chance to win. that is disappointing because we

didn't make a good game, although we could have won. but if you gave it away so easily, like today, you don't deserve to. arsenal manager unai emery has been handed an fa charge for improper conduct. it's after he kicked a bottle which hit a brighton fan towards the end of wednesday's1—1 draw. the spaniard went to apologise to the home supporter immediately after the incident and again at full—time. i kicked the bottle in frustration, but not for the supporter. i kicked for me, and it is going near the supporter, and i said today, my apologies. not another communication. my apologies. i kicked the bottle because it was near me, but not with this intention. i must say, ithought near me, but not with this intention. i must say, i thought you reg that the wrong way around. because we are so used to hearing about fans throwing rubbish onto the pitch at players and everything, i thought you got that wrong. the boot on the other foot this time.

literally! but for fans, it is a band, isn't it, from ever going to the ground again? for him it was a charge of improper conduct. but he has to be punished doesn't it? absolutely. he did say sorry, twice. yes. in the heat of the moment, kicking a bottle... yeah, we have seen other managers do pretty bad stuff recently. didn't jose mourinho kicked over a whole trail bottles? yes, in celebration. that's right. he kicked a wall and had to apologise to a fan, because he scared little boy. tottenham manager mauricio pochettino says his side needs to be consistent if they're to challenge for the premier league title this season. spurs have scored 11 goals in their last two matches and moved second ahead of manchester city after the boxing day fixtures. they're still six points off liverpool, though, and the argentine isn't getting carried away. we need to show ourselves, we need to show everyone that we can be a real contender, if we are being consistent during the whole season.

we are there because we have to believe and we are working so hard and of course we have the quality. it is difficult to be in the position we are today, but still, we area position we are today, but still, we are a question. we will see. if we can go during the whole season. the favourite elegant escape won the welsh grand national at chepstow, a second success in three years for trainer colin tizzard. the 3—1 shot, ridden byjockey tom o'brien fought off a late charge from ramsees de teilee to win by over a length. australia are mounting a fightback in the third day of their third test against india. they were bowled out for 151. india captain virat kohli decided not to enforce the follow on. but they're not making the most of it. pat cummins is hitting back for australia. india currently lead by 336 runs on 44/4. we will keep you updated on that score through the morning. the tournament favourite michael van gerwen is through to the quarter—finals of the pdc

world darts championship. he beat adrian lewis by four sets to one at alexandra palace. also through to the last eight is gary anderson, who came through a final set decider against chris dobey. and finally, have a look at this from one of the player walk—ons at alexandra palace. do you find see a bit of dancing? i hope it is not theresa may style dancing. this is belgium's dimitri van den bergh throwing some shapes ahead of his match against luke humphries. look at his feet! he is doing the shuffle. is that what that is? i mean, that is the way to get the crowd behind you, isn't it? that crowds don't need much lubrication to get going, do they? but that is... he made the cheerleaders look static. he was brilliant. we will enjoy him throughout the morning. and apparently there is an excellent own goal we are trying to bring you, an absolute cracker. i will bring you that in the next hour. we look forward to it. thank you. that will have the weather for us in

about five or six minutes. —— matt will. it's fast approaching the time of year when many of us look at our habits and try to improve our health. well, if you're going to try to quit smoking in the new year, try vaping, a uk government advisory body has said. public health england has launched a campaign video which compares the amount of nicotine and tar inhaled by an average smoker each month compared with someone using an e—cigarette. let's take a look at the results. it is just so revolting. look at this. that is the inside of the jar. here, a lump of tar. that is what is going on inside your lungs. and now we are going to cut this tube. and look. look at that. there is loads of it. and this is only after one month. so now, let's look at the east cigarette. let's just month. so now, let's look at the east cigarette. let'sjust see. a little bit of vapour. that is the

only one that has really got much in the way of colour. itjust feels white. we're joined now by professorjohn newton from public health england. you were shocked, won't you? slightly repulsed by that! you were shocked, won't you? slightly repulsed by thanm you were shocked, won't you? slightly repulsed by that! it is repulsive, isn't it? and i suppose thatis repulsive, isn't it? and i suppose that is the idea. it is. we are using hard—hitting messages and graphic images to help smokers quit. as you say, at the new year, many people try to stop smoking. we think about half a million people in england will try to stop smoking thisjanuary. the england will try to stop smoking this january. the film england will try to stop smoking thisjanuary. the film is intended to help them. that is not changed, though, the intent of thousands of smokers to try to stop smoking. what has changed when it comes to the advice? well, the new campaign has two messages. first, every cigarette you smoke is harmful. you need to stop now and you need to stop completely. the second messages, if you are going to stop you need to get help. we are asking you to go smoke—free, and you can get a personal quit plan, so you can be pointed towards the help that will suit you better as a smoker.|j pointed towards the help that will suit you better as a smoker. i do just placing —— replacing one habit

with another habit, if you go onto baking? wouldn't it be better to your physical health to just stop completely? the film illustrates a difference between smoking tobacco cigarettes and vaping. there is a huge difference. we do know that e—cigarettes are much less harmful than normal cigarettes. it is the nicotine which is addictive, but it is the tar that does the damage. if you are going to stop you need help, and you need to use some form of nicotine replacement. many people have tried other forms of nicotine replacement but not try these cigarettes, because they are worried about them. —— tried e—cigarettes. if you have tried other forms, you should try e—cigarettes, because many smokers find it helps. but the christine still has an impact on the body, doesn't it? —— nicotine still has. it does, but... it is not harmful? there is very little harm associated with nicotine itself. it is one of the misunderstanding is we are trying to correct. it is the car

and the carbon monoxide and the other carcinogens that do the damage with smoking. —— tar. other carcinogens that do the damage with smoking. -- tar. the research she says that almost half of smokers believe vaping is as dangerous cigarette smoking. so there is a lot of confusion, isn't there? there is. e—cigarettes have not been around that long and there was not that much known about them, and it was right to be sceptical. but even the most sceptical people who talk about e—cigarettes accept that they are much less harmful than smoking cigarettes. are they going to be available on prescription, then? they are not available on prescription yet. not yet, but is that planned ? prescription yet. not yet, but is that planned? and this is the thing, they need a licence. you said people we re they need a licence. you said people were sceptical, and rightly so. they still don't have a licence. how can people trusted if it is not to the point where gps are going to prescribe them? well, they have a consumer licence. they are tightly regulated. for sale. for sale. the e—cigarette you buy at a pharmacist isa e—cigarette you buy at a pharmacist is a well related product. what they are not available for gps to prescribe. but in fact they at

cheaper than smoking cigarettes —— they are much cheaper than smoking cigarettes. anybody who is watching this right now thinking, yes, i know that i want to stop atjust don't know how to start that process of stopping, what is your advice to them? exactly. you should search tar"smoke free" which will point you towards some form of nicotine replacement, and then face—to—face contact. —— replacement, and then face—to—face contact. — — search replacement, and then face—to—face contact. —— search "smoke free". if a smoker has nicotine replacement and help, they are four times more likely to be able to quit and going cold turkey and doing it on your own. when you say help, do you mean nicotine replacement and talking to somebody about it? yes, face-to-face behavioural therapy, talking to people, a bit of support, sometimes that can be online. it doesn't have to bea that can be online. it doesn't have to be a real person, but there are many services around the country provided and commissioned by the local government which really do help. the two messages are that every cigarette is harmful and you need to stop smoking completely and

you need to stop now, and, if you are going to stop, you need to get help. what help is available, and searching "smoke free" points you towards your local service. professorjohn newton, chief knowledge officer. that is a good title, isn't it? cheap knowledge officer at public health england. thank you. —— chief. it is time to talk to it is time to talk to matt. it is time to talk to matt. it it is time to talk to matt. it has it is time to talk to matt. it has been mild. before we go to matt. that is what it is like in london at the moment. it is warm up in the north at the moment. it certainly is. not sure how it is down south. that is where matt is. good morning. good morning. mild uk wide. it is here where there will be a bit of fog if you are about to set out on the roads. most it is a great start. things will brighten further north. —— for most. there is a spell of rain clearing up the skies. it is

across parts of scotland and into the far north—west of england. we will see the rain not last too long. quite a breeze blowing that through. once it goes the skies are bright. sunshine will develop in scotland, northern ireland. patchy rain working through northern england, north wales, made it into the north midlands for the afternoon. much of the midlands, southern england, will see some brightness. quite a lot of cloud to take us through the day. uk wide temperature is above where they should be for the time of year. 9—11 or 12 celsius. eastern parts of scotland, north—east england guzzi across temporarily before temperatures rise. more rain spreads its way in. the rain will rattle through. pushing through northern ireland for the second part of the night. by the time we start tomorrow morning, the weekend, it will be across parts of northern england. the odd patch of frost possible here and there. foremost, you start the week in frost free. high pressure to the south. they did area of low

pressure to be not. we are between me too. more avei breeze between the two is that more of a breeze. we will see the sunshine develop across scotland, northern ireland, and northern england. some showery rain pushing down across wales into central and southern england. lots of the south will stay dry. fairly cloudy. the wind slightest tomorrow. further north, the breeze could touch gale force at times in scotland. it will be a mild breeze again. temperatures higher than today, 12— 13 celsius for many others. into sunday can be patchy rain will northwards. it will be pa rt rain will northwards. it will be part of that met through scotland are part of the day. the best cloudbreak, sheltered, east of scotland, north—east england, and across the mist —— west midland are specially. it will stay mild. as it will do as we see a beer. 2018 finishes with high pressure to the south. —— see out the year. in the

south. —— see out the year. in the south of the street lights come on. things will stay dry. if you are celebrating new year's eve it looks like we will be welcoming 2019 staying dry and fairly mild. just some fog here and there, specially for the south and east. back to you. so the fireworks are wrong. between plebeians are highly populated cities. i liked the way you thought they were just sparklies. christmas day gone. don't say that! vera ksa leftovers. christmas day gone. don't say that! veraksa leftovers. i have done all my leftovers. it them all. that met their arsenal. what did you do with them? ate them. i had help. we are so pink that the then people will collect everything. —— to win people. sean's at a recycling plant

in sheffield to find out. he will find out what happens with this. what is that? a glass? that his glasses and plastic in. i showed you before how they get the aluminium and is still out. this machine gets the plastic out. it is amazing how it does it. this is optical. they have cameras looking up optical. they have cameras looking upfor optical. they have cameras looking up for bits of plastic. when it spots one, like a sniper, it shoots air that will take out the plastic and not get under the machine. it shows the innovation that has gone in recycling over the years about how we make the most of what we are throwing away. if you look at some of the figures this morning, pretty big numbers, we are talking 123,000 extra tons of rubbish that we are throwing away this week. that is in england alone. i have stephen with me. good morning. you are ahead of recycling glassey. looking at everything we are looking at this morning, what makes this a sustainable business? in uk there is

a high demand for making your glass bottles and giles. if we get the right quality material the plant we can produce end of waste quality culling that can be made into new bottles and just —— glass. culling that can be made into new bottles and just -- glass. you are effectively a glass supplier. by the end of this you have glass good enough to make stuff out of. is getting more difficult to produce as good quality glass as people want? it is difficult in the fact that sometimes the material of the quality coming in is not as good as we would like. people contaminate their recycling by putting in sran mix, like upturned plate and sources, and nonplussed material, which we have two —— we have to remove. people will be finding out about this in the next couple of months, there will be more food, but fewer collections when it comes to the likes of glass or less frequent. the important bit for us is to make it simple for householders to

re cycle it simple for householders to recycle easily. the message it is consistent and clear and allows us to get the right quality product. thank you very much. we will talk more about this are the rest of the morning. we will have a chat about what we can do at home. retailers, it is business done, should they be doing any more? we have margaret and clout with us. good morning to you. margaret, sustainability expert, generally, how are we doing as a country when it comes to recycling our staff —— clare? country when it comes to recycling our staff -- clare? we are doing well. we are about to do better. the government is putting in new things that will kick off in the new year. that will give people a much better option for recycling, reducing, and reusing. do you think it will work? lam reusing. do you think it will work? i am hopeful. reusing. do you think it will work? lam hopeful. optimistic, even. reusing. do you think it will work? i am hopeful. optimistic, even. all this week, we were talking a plastic bags yesterday, but generally, all these bottles of wine we are looking at and cans of beer that getting hit, they are sold by retailers. could they be doing a lot more? you

area could they be doing a lot more? you are a retail expert. what we have to realise is that as long as they using recycling —— recyclable packaging and making clear to the consumer to recycle that, it is the best that getting the product out there. there are not many better ways of doing it. i have seen in france we can go to a supermarket and fillup your france we can go to a supermarket and fill up your own reusable bottle from a barrel of wine in that kind of thing. i think we are away from that yet. the product needs to be protected and shipped around the supply chain. as long as we make an effort as retailers to use re cycla ble effort as retailers to use recyclable materials are the alternatives then i think we are doing as much as we can. that is one of the advantages of glass is that it is recyclable and recyclable and re cycla ble. it is recyclable and recyclable and recyclable. if you are buying glass you have a high recycle content. everybody is loving glass was morning. we will talk more about that later. this is my favourite machine so far. edge it snipers taking the plastic out of that contaminated rubbish because we don't put the right stuff in our

right bins. edge it snipers? that is what they are, taking out the plastic that is in a —— airjet.|j feel like i have been properly told. apologies to the recycling centre. we have been waiting some time. three years. you are talking about luther. you know all about this. saira syed is happening on new year's day. that is happening on new year's day. that is when it we will see idris alber again. he returns as dcijohn luther alongside co—star ruth wilson. i went to meet them both for an exclusive insight into what we can expect. dci luther. the first victim is paul redford. this is a random. there will be more. i imagine you need a sense of humour for luther. it is so dark. you are smiling. sense of humour for luther. it is so dark. you are smilinglj

sense of humour for luther. it is so dark. you are smiling. i think she is funding. they are like comic book characters in a way. -- funny. she is hilarious. i think, from the... wisut luther in the winter, because we wa nt wisut luther in the winter, because we want that to come across on the screen, but it also means we work really short daylight hours. —— we shoot. the sun comes up at 6am or whatever and goes down by 4pm. so we have two work, we have to get up really early and it is really cold. it isa really early and it is really cold. it is a hard show to make. so having a sense of humour and a bit of a laugh. i was so happy to have roof back. that is the problem with luther if you fall in love with characters or have affection, they go characters or have affection, they 9° -- characters or have affection, they go —— ruth. characters or have affection, they go -- ruth. it is part of the fabric. you have to keep them guessing. they fall in love with a new character each time neil brings one in. they did not bring another alice. they could not bring another

alice. they could not bring another alice. that was the temptation. she loves it. you love being wicked? i do. alice is a great art to play. she is so naughty. —— great part to play. she likes in. he is only weak spot. she also likes playing with him. doesn't luther like alice? infatuated. i would not sailor. him. doesn't luther like alice? infatuated. iwould not sailor. he doesn't know what love is. —— i would not sailor. possibly. speaking of which, do you mind if i... yeah. this is on the right. how have detectives or psychiatrist or psychologists responded to your interpretation of your characters?

icepick two police a lot. —— icepick two police. modi detectives, especially, there is a secret murder detective fanclub for luther —— i speak to police. there is the trauma of having to see all of that stuff all the time. i will behave myself. it is going to get worse. a lot worse. you want him dead. i don't care. get worse. a lot worse. you want him dead. idon't care. ijust get worse. a lot worse. you want him dead. i don't care. ijust want him. is alice going to fully corrupt luther? she tries. she was tries. the time. which of you is more corruptive in the time. which of you is more corru ptive in real life the time. which of you is more corruptive in real life out of you two ? corruptive in real life out of you two? me. mischievous. i don't know. you are pretty mischievous. you have got a bit boring recently. he is working too hard. yeah. say no more.

on new year's day we are going to be watching luther. four episodes, consecutive days. and everyone will be really hungover and really depressed and in need of something... like luther to cheer them up. use about one in. they are such a cool pair. did you like them? yes. especially her. you have seen it and it is a little bit scary. yes. especially her. you have seen it and it is a little bit scarylj it and it is a little bit scary.” have seen the first episode. it sta rts have seen the first episode. it starts at 9pm on new year's day. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm charlotte franks. the government's being urged to give more money to the police to help investigate missing person cases. figures released by the mayor's office found there were almost 40,000 reports of missing people in 2018 — costing the met up to £130 million a year. the home office said next year police will see the most substantial increase in their budget since 2010.

people affected by domestic violence are being urged to seek help as it's feared the number of cases could rise over the festive period. that's the message of brothers luke and ryan hart, whose father killed their mother and sister after years of controlling behaviour. they've now written a book about their experiences. they need our help to help them see their situation for what it is, because those who are suffering from abuse they adapt to be able to live in that situation quite often they don't recognise the situation because they have adapted so well so they can survive. so i think it requires people from outside the home to be able to build awareness within themselves of what abuse looks like. and the streets of central london were brought to a standstill as members of the king's troop carried out their weekly training session.

commuters, shoppers, and tourists stopped to watch the 70 horses and their riders. it's all practise for ceremonial events like state visits and gun salutes. it's nice that everyone comes out, they get their phones out, everyone wants to see it because they are quite impressed by it. it is a great feeling. with the ceremonial stuff that is more of an adrenaline thing. when you are going out, it is quite different from taking the bus to work. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's good news on the tube this morning—no issues. but the overground and tfl rail have part closures. onto the roads and it's busy but moving on the m25 in both directions — that's approaching junction 14 at heathrow airport. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. some of us have a little bit of mist and murk out there this morning. there is quite a lot of low cloud around. it is, however, going to stay predominantly dry. you might get a spot of two

of drizzle in some thicker areas of cloud. most places dry. perhaps a little better brightness as the cloud thins. but on the whole it is going to stay rather grey. temperatures not bad, in double figures, around 10 above average for the end of december. overnight tonight, quite a bit of cloud around, one or two clear spells. could see mist and fog developing, particularly over higher ground. to lower levels the breeze will start to strengthen. temperature staying in positive figures, 6 or 7 celsius. again, not especially cold. a murky start again as we head into the weekend. temperatures still on the mild side. not look at the outlook. it stays rather benign for the next few days. plenty of dry weather. as we head into the new year temperatures are set to get that little bit colder. 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 with naga munchetty and sally nugent. our headlines today: a surge in migrants risking their lives crossing the english channel. now the government is urged to step up border patrols. more than half a million pot holes are reported on our roads in the past 12 months. the skies of new york turn an eerie blue as an electrical explosion at a power plant causes confusion across the city. christmas is over and now comes the big clean—up. i'm at a glass recycling plant in sheffield. two goals in six minutes for west ham. felipe andserson fires them into the top ten in the premier league. first victim is paul redford. there's going to be more. he returns on new year's day.

i've been speaking exclusively to the stars of luther, idris elba and ruth wilson. in weather, patchy fog and frost in the south at the moment. some rain in scotland. for many, the skies will brighten today. details on that and the full weekend forecast coming up and the full weekend forecast coming up right here on breakfast. it's friday the 28th of december. our top story — a surge in migrants risking their lives crossing the english channel has increased calls for the government to step up border patrols. 66 people have reached the uk in the past three days. only one of the five boats operated by the border force is currently patrolling the channel between dover and the french coast. here's our correspondent, simonjones. risking their lives, attempting to cross the busiest shipping lane in the world. despite warnings, attempts continue.

this, one of four small boats used in the channel by migrants yesterday. it is totally unprecedented what has happened over the last few days. perhaps it is understandable. it is a long dark night, the weather has been relatively mild, there has only been a gentle breeze blowing and the first few boats that made a success of it, the message gets back to the camp and then more and more people try. 23 migrants reached dover on thursday. that is in addition to 40 on christmas day. in total, at least 209 people have arrived by small boats since november. just one of border force's five cutters is operating in the channel along with two coastal patrol vessels. the former head of border force says that more resources are needed. and a dover mp has called on britain to get a group. the home office says

that the border force's deployments are under review but bringing back a cutter from the mediterranean could encourage more people to make the perilous journey as it may be seen as a rescue rather than a patrol boat. those who support migrants say they should not be demonised. a small number may be want to come here because there is a community they wish to join because they already have english as a language but many more migrants are seeking asylum in countries such as germany. the national crime agency blames traffickers, organised criminals with a complete lack of regard for human life. it insists that by working with the french, a good number of crossings have been prevented but it warns that more of these types of attempts to reach the uk are likely. many believe that if they continue, it is only a matter of time before there is a tragedy. more than half a million potholes were reported to local councils in england, scotland and wales last year, according to the rac. it's calling on the government to spend money raised from fuel duty on tackling the problem. our transport correspondent, tom burridge, has more. they are a hazard, sometimes huge.

almost impossible to count. so, this is a typically damaged wheel. we see no less than six a day. sometimes as many as ten cars a day, which are only here because of pothole damage. just one garage in one area. for the last two or three years it has been getting worse and worse. the scale of the problem nationwide, it must run into millions and millions in terms of the cost and damage. to the road user at the moment it is really scary. and today we have new figures confirming a big rise in potholes on our roads. the number of potholes reported by people in 150 local authorities in england, scotland and wales rose by a whopping 44% in two years. this guy fills potholes — his calling. he argues that real investment in repairing road surfaces instead of patching potholes up would ultimately save money.

if you did a proper investment plan, changed the culture, training, contracts, supervision, the quality of materials, 95% of potholes could be eradicated from ever appearing on our roads. the rac says councils do not have the money and the government needs to act. what we require is a long—term funding mechanism whereby local authorities can plan ahead and actually deal with the specific issue of the structural defects, rather than simply filling in potholes. the government says it is giving councils an extra £400 million for local road repairs this year, and funding trials to identify potential potholes so roads can be repaired before they form. media reports in iceland say that a bridge where three british tourists, including a child, died yesterday, does not meet current safety standards. the crash happened in a popular tourist area in the south—east of the island. four other british people in the vehicle were critically injured, as ben ando reports. the two families were in

a toyota land cruiser, which crashed through railings and fell around 20 feet onto a dry riverbed below. first on the scene were the police and a local tour guide, who did all he could to help. i tried to talk a little bit to the driver to calm him down. he was trapped inside the car. i was trying to tell him to save his energy and try to be patient, we will try to get him out of there. it was a very difficult situation. two adults and the child died at the scene, four others, including two children aged seven and nine, were airlifted to hospital in a critical condition. translation: it was immediately clear that this was a very serious accident. a car had careered off the bridge so immediately all available responders and resources were mobilised. it's understood that those involved come from two families

and are british nationals of what's being described as indian origin. foreign office officials are assisting icelandic authorities, but the indian ambassador to iceland visited the hospital, where four survivors, and to make children, are being treated, and spoke to doctors and nurses there. the bridge is a single track and is on the south—east section iceland's national ring road, in an area known for its spectacular waterfalls, volcanoes and glaciers. this morning, investigations into the cause will continue. though icelandic media reports that this bridge is a known accident danger spot and is not meet the latest safety sta nda rds. jeremy corbyn has urged the prime minister to cut the christmas recess short and recall parliament so mps can vote on her brexit deal.

in an interview with the independent, the labour leader said that mrs may is trying to "run the clock down" by not holding a vote until the third week of january. downing street accused mr corbyn of making a silly demand, and being intent on frustrating brexit. the number of illegal knives seized at the uk's borders has more than doubled in a year. official figures show officers took possession of more than 7,600 blades during the 12 months to september. it comes as knife crime in england and wales reaches an 8—year high. adam woods reports. seized at britain's borders, thousands of deadly and illegal weapons. knives and swords destined for the streets. between january and september this year, border force staff confiscated more than 7600 blades, that's double the number seized the previous year. the figures also show a big rise in the number other weapons found by officers, including batons and knuckledusters. two teenagers have been stabbed in south london... a man has been stabbed to death in london... and this is why police are so concerned. knife crime in england and wales is at its highest

for eight years. this month, 18—year—old jay sewell became the latest victim in london. 73 people stabbed to death in the capital this year alone, many of them teenagers. in the west midlands, where police are dealing with a huge rise in violent crime, amnesties have been set up to take weapons off the streets. at the tally of those killed and injured increases, how best to deal with knife crime remains a challenge. the home office says tackling illegal smuggling of weapons into the country is a key priority. adam woods, bbc news. thousands more prisoners will be able to make phone calls from their cells under government plans to tackle violence and re—offending. currently 20 prisons in england and wales have in—cell phones, which are monitored and can only call pre—approved numbers. £10 million will be spent extending the scheme to 50 prisons by early 2020. thejustice secretary, david gauke, said inmates would benefit from the extra support.

take a look at these pictures coming in from new york overnight. the sky is turned blue, causing confusion among residents, who uploaded videos to social media. it's reportedly the result of a transformer explosion at a power plant in the east of the city. police say the fire is under control and that nobody has been injured. there have since been a number of power outages across the city, nobody has been injured. well, earlier on, a local senator described two american media what he saw. it was freaky. it was like independence day, the movie, you look up and there is a weird blue

colour that you have never seen, lighting up the clouds in the sky. it looks like something was above the clouds, but i guess it wasjust the clouds, but i guess it wasjust the fire at this location. independence day, an avengers movie, something like that. yeah, except it really happened. yes, not out of a marble picture. —— marvel. let's return to our top story now. there are calls for patrols of the english channel to be stepped up after a surge in the number of migrants arriving on the kent coast in small boats. 66 people have reached the uk in the past three days. the national crime agency is warning that more attempts are likely. only one of the five vessels owned by the border force is currently patrolling the area. let's speak to bridget chapman from the kent refugee action network, who joins us from folkestone. good morning, and thank you to speaking to a is mourning. you are right there on the front line working with young people who come to this country by this method. why

do you think so many of them have made thisjourney in do you think so many of them have made this journey in the last few weeks? i think it is down to a combination of factors. obviously the uk has spent a lot of money tightening up security in calais, and people are now less able to get onto trains, boats, like they would have done before. they are having to resort to more and more desperate methods. i think that is part of it. i also think people are being exploited by trafficking gangs and pressure is probably being put on them. they are saying probably, you know, brexit is coming, you need to go now before the weather gets worse and the borders tighten up. i think it isa and the borders tighten up. i think it is a combination of factors that has led to this. and this is actually an even more dangerous way of trying to get into the uk. what are the conditions like? well, as i am sure you have discussed, this is the busiest shipping lane in the world. the journey is extremely

hazardous. it is cold, and although it is fairly calm at the moment, that can change at any moment. it terrifies me that people are making thisjourney and terrifies me that people are making this journey and small craft. terrifies me that people are making thisjourney and small craft. we have to find a way to make it, to facilitate them, to make this journey in a way that does not risk their lives. what do you say to the people who question the motivation of why these people are actually leaving france? well, the situation in calais and in dunkirk is extremely bad. people are living rough in the woods, winter is coming. i rough in the woods, winter is coming. lam rough in the woods, winter is coming. i am sure rough in the woods, winter is coming. lam sure it rough in the woods, winter is coming. i am sure it is a desperate, desperate situation. i do think in the uk we have an overinflated sense of our own importance. we think everybody wants to come here. actually, it is only a small number of the blood they are coming because there is a big pull factor like a community here. —— number of people and they are coming. the people who have come from the last month or two

from iran and barack are almost certainly kurdish, from a country where they are very repressed and are pushed out. —— iran and iraq.” just reported a moment ago, there is actually only one border patrol vessel working at the moment in that area. what is your response to the suggestion there should the morecambe or both should be available for patrolling? —— there should be more, more boats should be available for patrolling?” should be more, more boats should be available for patrolling? i would like to see more boats patrolling, to make sure that we do not have a fatality off the coast. when the body of that problem was washed up on the beach in turkey, people were horrified, as they should have been. —— body of that toddler. nobody wants to see a situation like that happening in the uk. one suggestion by the government is that pulling vessels means the mediterranean option will look more open. is that afair option will look more open. is that a fair assessment? i'm really sorry, it is difficult to hear you. i think you are talking about pulling vessels away from the mediterranean?

that's correct. iam i am saying that by moving them back up i am saying that by moving them back up to the channel then the mediterranean is more vulnerable. yeah, we don't want to leave people they're vulnerable to downing either. we need more vessels. there have been cuts to the service. we need to boost it back up again. lots of people who are looking at the situation from the outside will be thinking why aren't there more vessels anyway? well, it is a really good question. you know, we are in a situation where we are risking people's lives in the channel. this was always going to happen. we're not going to stop people making this journey. when you tighten up security in calais, when you build a big fence you force people into more and more dangerous methods. we cannot now leave them to drown. the apt to find a way of facilitating

them to you safely. and what in particular have you seen? what is the impact on the children and young people who have to make this journey? well, they are often traumatised, as you can imagine, not just from the last part of the journey but the journey across continents is an extremely dramatic one. they are at risk of physical violence, people traffickers, sexual violence, people traffickers, sexual violence, they may be beaten, so when they get here they can be quite traumatised. they are also massively relieved, of course, to be somewhere where they are safe. richard chapman in folkestone, thank you very much indeed. —— bridget. -- bridget. there are 70 size to that. it is 7:17am. —— so many size to that. some people think it is too warm. not christmassy enough. i love it because i get to be out and about without being too cold.” it because i get to be out and about without being too cold. i love it. i like it being warmer. does not muggy

or rayney. there is the wish list. can you fix it? —— rayney. or rayney. there is the wish list. can you fix it? -- rayney. a little bit for everyone over the next week. it starts to get colder. something for the mild side for all of you. a very good morning. today we stick with the milder conditions. a bit frosty in the south—west. the clouds across parts of scotland, with rain. pushing eastwards on the breeze. it is heavy rain at the moment in orkney, showery rain across the rest of scotland. that will put its weight into northern england and north wales. a breeze is still blowing through the day. sunny spells and right into the afternoon —— push its way. there are showers and spots of rain this morning. maybe some spots of rain into the north midlands through the second half of the day. the further south you are, i cannot rule out sunshine here and there. overall, fairly cloudy. tempted to is above where it

should be for the time of year. ten, 11, 12 celsius at the best. we will see the wind picked up with outbreaks of rain, pushing rapidly across much of scotland, northern ireland through the night. some heavy bursts of rain into the far north of england. further south, brea ks north of england. further south, breaks in the cloud b2 mist and fog and maybe a touch of frost. most street into the start of the weekend —— maybe. a little low pressure system to the north. that is squeezing the isobars and strengthening the wind. gale force across parts of scotland. into the far north. a bright and breezy day expected. brightening up in northern ireland to a certain extent as it will in northern england after early reindeer and in wales. many in the south will stay dry. —— early rain there. the wind coming from the west. extending to the mid atlantic. temperatures higher than today's

values of around 12 or 13. patchy rain pushes back northwards as we go into sunday. another mild start. it will see the rain become lighter and less abundant across northern scotla nd less abundant across northern scotland through sunday. most places will be dry. varying amounts cloud. the best of the sunshine to eastern england and down through eastern wales and parts of the west midlands will stop temperatures are still in double figures for many. that is really how we go into monday. that is as we see out 2018 and into the start of 2019. new year's eve will be dry forjust start of 2019. new year's eve will be dry for just about all. you have all been complaining about the lack of fas —— festive feel. i have managed to find snow pictures from yesterday. that is not the coat in the usa. a big winter storm, it caused disruption as far south as texas. that is pushing it was to the great lakes at the moment. that, i am afraid, is all the snow light can bring you. i am sure you two are fairly pleased. we are delighted.

ahead of our next item, if i said dropped the deuk—hee. .. ahead of our next item, if i said dropped the deuk-hee... you ahead of our next item, if i said dropped the deuk-hee. .. you are going to get hit by a car, look at! —— dropa boy. going to get hit by a car, look at! -- dropa boy. ifi said that to going to get hit by a car, look at! -- dropa boy. if i said that to you asa -- dropa boy. if i said that to you as a sole... now that is a brosette. he knew! he did. he knows everything, matt. how did you even follow that? that is one of their songs. you would only know that if you are a bit ofa of a bros fan. we talk about that because they have been treading on social media. it is a reaction to a documentary about them in the 1980s. they were a pop band. it was shown on bbc four over the christmas period and people have been praising it for its honesty — but also for its spoof—like moments, which have caused viewers to draw comparisons between the brothers and cringeworthy characters like alan partridge and david brent.

we'll be talking about this in more detail later in the programme — but for now, here's a little taster. i made a conscious decision because of stevie wonder to not be superstitious. we had a pity me, which i believe is latin for abstract. that was our clever moment. he was a rectangle and i was a rectangle and we made a square. and therefore it is a fortress. we became each other‘s fortress many times. this one gives an illusion of pirates falling down everywhere. they are pirates. they really are. they are pirates. the illusion of real pirates. i think it is a real privilege to have a chance to do it for a number of reasons, i don't really get it yet. do you know what i mean? no.

this is one of the loves of my life. this is alfred my bulldog, i had him painted holding a pint of beer. crosstalk. jinder how ridiculous it is that you can't play conkers. —— do you know. if you do you have to wear goggles. that is the biggest problem. you can't play conkers in england. i can live with it. thank you, british airways, for making me feel so comfortable. i always feel like i am coming home. they are not quite ready yet. love it. i love that. do you know it does make you think they were doing it on purpose? i don't know. they we re very it on purpose? i don't know. they were very big in america. they have been hugely successful in las vegas. we are talking to the director late in the programme. that should be revealing as well. it is 7:23am. it's nearly a year since more than 1000 vehicles were destroyed by a fire in a multi—storey car park near the echo arena in liverpool. the fire started as the international horse show was in full

swing on new year's eve. now, the event is back in the city again, and organisers are determined to put last year behind them, as alison freeman reports. it was on new year's eve last year, the fire took hold of this car park on liverpool's waterfront, leaving thousands of people stranded. the smoke visible across the city. all our belongings in it. we are from northern ireland. all my stuff, my suitcase and all my clothes are now, all gone. the difficulty we have is to physically be able to get into, right into the middle of the building to put the fire out. more than 1000 cars were destroyed by the blaze. the insurance bill reached £20 million. at the time, the international horse of the year show was on at the liverpool arena. thousands of people, and animals, had to be evacuated from the building. the stables based in the bottom of the car park. as rehearsals were under way once again for the annual event, memories remained fresh. we smelt it first, before

the fire alarms went. so we went and investigated and then the fire alarms went. we assessed the situation constantly. and we evacuated about half—an—hour later. because we knew that each floor of the car park would last an hour, at least one hour to two hours, and we had to make sure everything was safe. everything was in place for the horses to be evacuated. it was a sinking feeling for the whole team who had worked so hard. do not get to the climax, now to celebrate that new year's eve finale with everybody last year that supported us. we are excited to put on a bigger and better show this year and, hopefully, have a really special celebration to finish off 2018. the car park is still a shell, but liverpool's city council says despite the challenges faced, not one single event had to be cancelled as a result.

afterfinal building inspection this morning, the temporary 550 space car park should be opened later today. in time for this you's show. with a new 94 permanent replacement car park due to be finished by summer 2020. alison freeman, bbc news. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: luther returns to bbc one on new year's day — i've been speaking exclusively to idris elba and ruth wilson about what we can expect. you got the exclusive. it is an exclusive. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news.

i'm charlotte franks. the government's being urged to give more money to the police to help investigate missing person cases. figures released by the mayor's office found there were almost 40,000 reports of missing people in 2018 — costing the met up to 130 million a year. the home office said next year, police will see the most substantial increase in their budget since 2010. people affected by domestic violence are being urged to seek help as it's feared the number of cases could rise over the festive period. that's the message of brothers luke and ryan hart, whose father killed their mother and sister after years of controlling behaviour. they've now written a book about their experiences. they need our help to help them see their situation for what it is, because those who are suffering from abuse, they adapt to be able to live in that situation — quite often they don't recognise the situation because they have adapted so well so they can survive. so i think it requires people

from outside of the home to be able to build awareness within themselves of what abuse looks like. and the streets of central london were brought to a standstill as members of the king's troop carried out their weekly training session. commuters, shoppers and tourists stopped to watch the 70 horses and their riders. it's all practise for ceremonial events like state visits and gun salutes. it's nice that everyone comes out, they get their phones out, everyone wants to see it because they are quite impressed by it. it is a great feeling. with the ceremonial stuff that is more of an adrenaline thing. when you are going out, it is quite different from taking the bus to work. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's good news on the tube this morning — no issues. but the overground, and tfl

rail have part closures. onto the roads and busy but moving on the a13 into town from the lodge avenue flyover in barking. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. some of us have a little bit of mist and murk out there this morning. there is quite a lot of low cloud around. it is, however, going to stay predominantly dry. you might get a spot of two of drizzle in some thicker areas of cloud. most places dry. perhaps a little better brightness as the cloud thins. but on the whole it is going to stay rather grey. temperatures not bad, in double figures, around 10 celsius. above average for the end of december. overnight tonight, quite a bit of cloud around, one or two clearer spells. could see mist and fog developing, particularly over higher ground. to lower levels the breeze will start to strengthen. temperature staying in positive figures, 6 or 7 celsius. again, not especially cold. a murky start again as we head into the weekend. temperatures still on the mild side. but look at the outlook. it stays rather benign for the next few days. plenty of dry weather. as we head into the new year temperatures are set to get that little bit colder. 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 naga and sally. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and sally nugent. a surge in migrants risking their lives crossing the english channel has increased calls for the government to step up border patrols. 66 people have reached the uk in the past three days. one of the five boats operated by the border force is currently patrolling the channel between dover and the french coast. the national crime agency is warning that more attempts are likely. more than half a million potholes were reported to local councils in england, scotland and wales last year, according to the rac. it's calling on the government to spend money raised from fuel duty

on tackling the problem. the department for transport says local councils have been given an extra £420 million for road maintenance. unfortunately, because there isn't a lot of money there, the local authority approach to repairing roads has been along the lines of a patch and dash approach, so filling in potholes without actually addressing the structural defects of the road itself. we actually need to get to a position where we're resurfacing our roads and making sure we're fixing the defects before the pothole even occurs. the united states coastguard has suspended its search for a missing british cruise ship entertainer. 20—year—old arron hough from sunderland was working on royal caribbean vessel harmony of the seas. he was last seen on deck during the early hours of christmas day, but the alarm wasn't raised until nearly 10 hours later when he failed to turn up for work. media reports in iceland say that a bridge where three british tourists died in a car accident yesterday, does not meet current safety standards. the car careered through a barrier on a single track steel bridge and fell on to a dry

river bed below. four other british people in the vehicle were airlifted to hospital in the capital, reykjavik, with serious injuries. jeremy corbyn has urged the prime minister to cut the christmas recess short and recall parliament so mps can vote on her brexit deal. in an interview with the independent, the labour leader said that mrs may is trying to "run the clock down" by not holding a vote until the third week of january. downing street accused mr corbyn of making a silly demand, and being intent on frustrating brexit. take a look at these pictures coming in from new york overnight. the sky is turned blue, causing confusion among residents, who uploaded videos to social media. bt is not an end of days film or disaster film. bt is not an end of days film or disasterfilm. —— bt is not an end of days film or disaster film. —— it bt is not an end of days film or disasterfilm. —— it is not. you would think it could be. it is not a filter. no. it's reportedly the result of a transformer explosion at a power plant in the east of the city. police say the fire is under control

and that nobody has been injured. there have since been a number of power outages across the city. basically, everybody thinking they are in some kind of weird movie set. earlier, a local senator described to american media what he saw. it was freaky, it was like independence day, the movie, where you look up and there is a weird blue colour that you haven't seen, lighting up the clouds in the sky. it looks like something was above the clouds but actually it was just the clouds but actually it was just the fire at this location. independence day, the avengers, aqua man. what we thinking of?” independence day, the avengers, aqua man. what we thinking of? i remember when i felt an earthquake that had its epicentre in doubly, once, a few years ago. “— its epicentre in doubly, once, a few years ago. —— dudley. its epicentre in doubly, once, a few years ago. -- dudley. was that in the 19805? it years ago. -- dudley. was that in the 1980s? it was in the early 20005. the 1980s? it was in the early 2000s. and the 1980s? it was in the early

20005. and i the 1980s? it was in the early 2000s. and i rememberthat the 1980s? it was in the early 2000s. and i remember that my logical reaction was that aliens might have landed. that isjust ludicrous. it is not illogical. i thought, my goodness, the aliens are here. i thought, my goodness, the aliens are here. lam thought, my goodness, the aliens are here. i am a bit worried that was my first reaction. i am worried about you both, to be honest. why? the universe is too big to them not to exist. i don't think we have the time or the inclination this morning, to decide whether aliens exist or not. it is a big topic, let's not go there. let's talk about we st let's not go there. let's talk about west ham. what a december for them. christmas come early for west ham. they have on 15 points this month, which is the most they have ever won in any league, ever. what is going on? football is so exciting at the moment. it is, which makes a lovely change. it does. rather thanjust the big boys doing brilliantly. west ham came from behind to beat southampton at st mary's and felipe anderson was the star for the hammers. after southampton took the lead, the brazilian scored this beauty from outside the box just two minutes later. west ham's most expensive signing really starting to show his worth. and if you thought that one

was good, well, his second wasn't bad either. an eighth goal of the season smashing the hammers into the top ten. i think that tonight was a very good game, from the beginning, it was high pace. we didn't allow southampton to reach our box. they didn't get one chance. unfortunately we started one goal down, but we drew as soon as we can and after that we completed the second goal. arsenal manager unai emery has been handed an fa charge for improper conduct. it's after he kicked a bottle which hit a brighton fan towards the end of wednesday's1—1 draw. the spaniard went to apologise to the home supporter immediately after the incident and again at full—time. i kicked the bottle in frustration, but not for the supporter. i kicked for me, and it is going near the supporter, and i said today, my apologies. not another communication.

my apologies. i kicked the bottle because it was near me, but not with this intention. now how's this for a late contender for own goal of 2018? it happened during a serie b clash after the goalkeeper received a back pass from a defender. ascoli's filippo perucchini then dribbled the ball into his own net. it didn't end well. oh, no! my my favourite thing about own goal low is the goalkeeper‘s redaction afterwards. let's see it again. i am sure the goalkeeper will love us for this. i'm not sure he is watching. there we go, you keep it safe, let's get the game going... no, i will just fall over my own toes and knock it into the net. was it the decider? i have no idea. they did lose. they lost to palermo, this team. i don't

know which team it was, actually. at it was in the second league in italy and they lost to palermo. —— but it was. russia's anti—doping agency has appealed to president vladimir putin to help them avoid being suspended again by the world anti—doping agency. a wada inspection team was denied full access to a moscow anti—doping laboratory last week. russia must transfer athletes' sample date by monday or risk being banned again from international events. the favourite elegant escape won the welsh grand national at chepstow, a second success in three years for trainer colin tizzard. the 3—1 shot, ridden byjockey tom o'brien, fought off a late charge from ramsees de tiellel to win by over a length. india are edging towards a first test series win down under, despite a late fight back by australia. they're leading by 346 runs with two days to go in the third test. pat cummins has given the hosts a faint hope of a comeback after they were bowled out for 151. he took four quick wickets, including india's captain virat kohli for a duck, as the tourists ended the day on 54 runs for 5. the series is currently tied at one

all with just the sydney test to go next week. serena williams has lost to her sister venus on her return to the court in abu dhabi. the former world number one was playing herfirst match since losing the us open final in september. the exhibition match is part of her build—up to the australian open, where she'll try to equal margaret court's tally of 24 grand slam singles titles. this one went to her big sister, though. the tournament favourite michael van gerwen is through to the quarter—finals of the pdc world darts championship. he beat adrian lewis by four sets to one at alexandra palace. also through to the last eight is gary anderson, who came through a final set decider against chris dobey. and finally, have a look at this from one of the player walk—ons that was not the most exciting part of the darts, though? it wasn't. shalvey see the most exciting part of the darts? it needs no buildup.

—— shall we see was a was a this is belgium's dimitri van den bergh throwing some shapes ahead of his match against luke humphries. it didn't seem to help his performance, though, as lost 4—1. but he won the dancing. he did. and he puts those cheerleaders to shame. we really like him. thank you, cat. i will try to find out who was that goalkeeper, who was responsible for that own goal. who he was playing for. we do like the details. we've got to get the facts. yes, if you are going to sledge goalkeeper to doing that, you want to know who he was playing for. are you all done, you will tidied up after christmas? no, nowhere near. the recycling is piling up at the front door, literally piling up. mine is piling up around the bins. i need to shove it up into the corner. that is the tricky thing about this time of year. the buildup to —— you build up to one day so much and there is so much to clear up

afterwards. we should cycling, of course, but can we recycle it all officially? sean is at a recycling plant in sheffield. where are you now? you were showing us all the machinery before. where are you now? this is the end product. good morning to you both, good morning everybody else. this is what we call flint glass, that is what the industry calls it but we pretty much just know it as clear glass. this is pa rt of just know it as clear glass. this is part of the separation process. a big complicated separation process. so much waste this week. 120,000 tons more than we would normally use. if it wasjust tons more than we would normally use. if it was just wine bottles that would be about half a billion wine bottles, or one household of naga munchetty's at christmas. stephen, good morning. good morning. let's come across here the cameraman look at all of this. we have different colours of glass and people will be out stuff like this. absolutely. and thinking, hang on a minute, what is the point in me

putting that in the wine been —— bin when you end up with something and the green or flint? how that works is, the glass many faq can make the colours match what they need. they can melt fat down with the flint or the amberorthe green can melt fat down with the flint or the amber or the green colours, and divert it to get the right cover. as long as it is glass it is ok for the manufacturing guys to make it into new ones. but you. and bottle tops? you can leave the bottle tops on or off, because our process can handle the aluminium in the steel cans, and also the plastic. lots of people at home are told to take the caps off before they put it in. why is it so different in different parts of the country? that is because of the way that different planets are setup. some plants are newer and more modern and have had more investment to handle it. other plans are older and therefore they are not designed to have as much extraction. so they prefer a more pure to have as much extraction. so they prefera more pure mix to have as much extraction. so they prefer a more pure mix coming to have as much extraction. so they prefera more pure mix coming in. got you. thank you for that. we are

going to have a chat to a couple of experts in the industry about where we go next. what more can retailers and consumers do. claire and margaret are with us. claire, first, the retailers, looking at all those different coloured pieces of glass we have, you've got something like this with a load of stuff you've got to peel off. the retailers really ta ke to peel off. the retailers really take into account, do you think, how this is recyclable? 0r take into account, do you think, how this is recyclable? or are theyjust going to catch your eye?” this is recyclable? or are theyjust going to catch your eye? i don't think many of them would necessarily know and maybe it is part of the awareness that they need to put into place for their own ethical practices. and work with their suppliers, too, to create better labels. i mean, this one is the sticky plastic. i have been learning today about how much that contaminates the glass recycling process, versus the plastic label thatjust slide process, versus the plastic label that just slide straight off the bottle. retailers and manufacturers alike could do more to understand how to build products that look both eye—catching but also increase their recyclability, if that is a word.

you are a sustainability expert and we have spoken to you about this before. the relationship between business, the consumer and recycling in places like this, who needs to be doing more? i know that everybody does. but is there an area? everybody does need to be doing more. it is interesting what claire was saying about partnerships. you often find the retailers who are trying to do things better work with the resource management specialists, the resource management specialists, the people who run facilities like this, to make sure they are doing the right thing. it is really important that householders take their responsibility as well. quality is key. we want the right stuff in the right place, because thatis stuff in the right place, because that is why people want it. so we as householders need to make sure we put this stuff in the right ox, and make that decision when we are buying it, so think, can this be recycla ble buying it, so think, can this be recyclable reuse when we are buying it, rather than waiting until we have eaten or drunk the contents and then saying, now what do i do with it? because if we do it when we buy it, they will do it when they make

it. actually, on that point of quality, margaret, you might know the answer to this. if we just come across here, margaret, and we take a look at something like this, how many times over can look at something like this, how manytimes overcana look at something like this, how many times over can a bottle of glass be recycled and reuse? pity much forever. —— pretty much. glass be recycled and reuse? pity much forever. -- pretty much. so do you think there should be more glass usage in everything? it all depends. glass 's brilliant way glass is brilliant. plastic is brilliant where plastic is brilliant. these glass bottles weigh much more than a plastic bottle. if we are shipping around the world or even around the country, the environmental impact of the extra fuel to transporting it can outweigh the environmental impact of the materials it is made from. interesting. thank you, margaret. thank you, claire. we will talk later, we will show you more of this factory. incredible stuff going on here. so many hundreds of thousands of tons of waste this week, but we are getting through quite a bit of it and making it more useful this morning. thank you, sean. it is fascinating what we are

seeing there, and good to know about your bottle tops as well. yes, so glass is good way glass is good and plastic is good web plastic is good. if only it were that simple. i will tell you what is simple. a view like this. take that in. a hazy blue. not as dramatic as the blue in new york overnight. equally beautiful. will it remain that way for the rest of the country? who knows? it will be a bit more blue in the form of blue sky. good morning to you. a great start for the vast majority of the moment. patchy fog in the south—west where we see a frost. skies brightened for many, especially so in scotland. we have had rain so far today. some in the direction of orkney and shetland. showers in central and eastern scotland. they will push their way into northern england. showers will be hit and miss later this morning.

we will see skies brightened with sunshine in scotland and northern ireland later. the breeze pushes what we have showers across northern england into the north midlands and north wales. most places will stay dry this afternoon. fairly cloudy across the south. wherever you are it will be a mild afternoon. temperatures above where they should be for the afternoon, 10— 12 degrees for the vast majority. into the evening we could see frost briefly in east of scotland, north—east england. it will cloud over again. we have rain which will rapidly spread across scotland during the second half of the night, the same in northern ireland. it will not last long. you burst of rain into the far north of england as we start saturday morning. the temperatures, most saturday morning. the temperatures, m ost pla ces saturday morning. the temperatures, most places will be frost free, the odd bit of frost and fog —— fog. this is the pressure towards the north, that is squeezing the isobars, making north, that is squeezing the isoba rs, making things north, that is squeezing the isobars, making things wind yacht on saturday. there could be gales in scotland. a wet start in the far north. —— making things wind yacht.

sunnier spells develop across much of scotla nd sunnier spells develop across much of scotland and late into the east midlands. fairly cloudy once again in the south. winds will be lighted tomorrow compared to the stronger breeze further najar —— north. it averages for all will be up on today's values. it has come all the way from the mid atlantic. 12— 14 celsius. into sunday, a mild start, patchy rain and drizzle working its way north through the night. continuing through the far north of scotla nd continuing through the far north of scotland during the day. another dry day for most. if you are hitting the sales for the weekend weather should not cause much of a problem. as we head into new year's eve, seeing out 2018, high pressure in the south. a familiar picture, that across southern and western areas. this goes to the east. as the bells bring in 2019, most places will be dry a fair bit of cloud, there could be

patchy fog, especially across southern and eastern areas. as we go into 2019, it looks like temperatures will drop away a little bit. so next week it looks a little bit. so next week it looks a little bit cooler, but temperatures back to where they should be for the time of year. back where they should be for the time of year. back you where they should be for the time of year. back you both. where they should be for the time of year. back you both. you'll where they should be for the time of year. back you both. you'll be pleased about. a little bit coolah. no! —— a little bit cooler. it is 12 minutes to wait. after nearly three years of waiting, fans of the hit crime drama luther are — at long last — on the final countdown to series five. it has been too on new year's day, idris elba will don his tweed coat once again as he returns as dcijohn luther alongside co—star ruth wilson. no new coat. i went to meet them both for an exclusive insight into what we can expect. dci luther. the first victim's paul redford. this isn't random, is it? there's gonna be more.

i imagine you need a sense of humour filming for... forjohn luther. ..for luther. because it is so dark. erm, you're smiling! well, i think alice is funny. i think she is quite... they're like comic book characters in a way. she's hilarious. she... i think, from the... we shoot luther in the winter, because we want that to come across on the screen, but it also means we work really short daylight hours. the sun comes up at 6:00am or whatever and goes down by 4:00pm. so we have two work, we have to get up really early and it is really cold. it is a hard show to make. so having a sense of humour and a bit of a laugh. i was so happy to have ruth back. that is the problem with luther if you fall in love with characters or have affection for a character — and then they go. it is part of the fabric.

yeah, you gotta keep them guessing. and they fall in love with a new character each time neil brings in another one that everyone can fall in love with. but they didn't bring another alice. they couldn't. they couldn't bring in another alice. they tried. that was the temptation. she loves it. you love being wicked? i do. i don't get to be wicked often, so alice is a great part to play. cause she's so naughty. and she has no conscience so...well, she has a bit of a conscience. she likes him. he's her only weak spot. she loves him. but she also likes playing with him. doesn't luther love alice? definitely. infatuated. i wouldn't say love. i think he's infatuated, not in love. he doesn't know what love is, do you? he. . . possibly. possibly, yeah. speaking of which, do you mind if i... yeah. upstairs, first on the right. how have detectives or psychiatrists or psychologists responded

to your interpretation of your characters? i've got no idea. have you spoken to any? yeah, yeah. you have? i speak to police a lot. murder detectives, especially, there is a secret murder detective fan club for luther. this character embodies some of the harsher realities that murder detectives go through. there is the trauma of having to see all of that stuff all the time. so you are telling me to behave myself? yes. noted. it's going to get worse. a lot worse. you want him dead. i don't care. ijust want him. is alice going to fully corrupt luther? she tries. she always tries. again — for the seventh time. which of you is more corruptive in real life out of you two? 0h. corruptive. me. mischievous. you. i don't know. you're pretty mischievous.

you have got a bit boring recently. in real life? he's working too hard. yeah. say no more. on new year's day we are going to be watching luther. four episodes, consecutive days. and everyone will be really hungover and really depressed and in need of something... like luther to cheer them up. just what you need. exactly what you need. but have a cushion ready to hide behind. it looks terrifying. it is creepy, the first. wait if you like a scare, bbc one at nine o'clock —— so if you like. it's been a year of extreme weather here in the uk, from the beast from the east at the start of the year, to sizzling heatwaves in summer. so how has this affected our wildlife? well, jayne mccubbin is at a wetland centre in lancashire this

morning finding out. morning, jayne. good morning to you. you are going to have to use your imagination this morning, because the sun is still coming up down here. what you can't see behind me, you can probably make out some plumbing is in the background, but there are about 800 swans down here. there are around 2000 pink footed geese. everything that has happened this year has had an impact in terms of winners and losers on wildlife. this has been a rolle rcoa ster of a losers on wildlife. this has been a rollercoaster of a year in terms of temperatures. as you say, we have had high as 35 degrees and troughs of 14 degrees. there have been winners and losers. some of the biggest beneficiaries of this lovely summer have been a blue butterflies and backs, but there have been losers, especially on the north—east coast, in terms of shellfish and the seabirds that feed off them. we will

find out what has been happening and why. peter, thank you for coming down. you are an animal ecologist ronnie national trust, one of the big landowners in the country. —— for the national trust. big landowners in the country. —— forthe nationaltrust. how big landowners in the country. —— for the national trust. how unusual has it been? it was a really dramatic year. in february, early on this year, we have the beast from the east, followed by the mini beast from these, they bought it averages of —14 and so to the country all the way from siberia —— they brought. that morphed into a record—breaking summer that rivalled the famous summer that rivalled the famous summerof summer that rivalled the famous summer of 1976. we had some extremes on both sides of the temperature scale. in terms of the biggest beneficiaries, what has it been? the large blue butterfly which was extinct in britain in 1979 and reintroduced at a record—breaking year down in somerset. we have 5700 aduu year down in somerset. we have 5700 adult butterflies, which is a new re cord adult butterflies, which is a new record for that species. pats did

really well with the settled weather. they were able to feed well and raised young. the same with swifts and swallows. loss of beneficiaries. let me introduce louise. we are relying on our imagination, let us talk about the sounds we can he behind us. do this at home with us. one that sounds like kenneth williams. those are the idid like kenneth williams. those are the i did not. there absolutely amazing. we have had lots of our widgeon are flying out from the fields, they are flying out from the fields, they are flying back to martyn meade. they area flying back to martyn meade. they are a beautiful dark with a bright yellow mohican. they will be sleeping all day now. nice. this has beena sleeping all day now. nice. this has been a brilliant year for you. why? it has been absolutely fantastic. this cold and crisp weather, martin mere is fantastic for wintering birds. we get an absolute influx

from the continent from iceland, from the continent from iceland, from roche, of all these wintering birds congregating here because we have lots of food and we have nice open water and they are escaping the cold. aren't we all. thank of your time this morning. the only thing we can rely on in the next is that the will become more unreliable. thank goodness we have farrell and matt to guide us. just remind us. what are we hearing? you put on the spot. the irony is that she did not hear me when i was asking her what she was hearing. she was with the experts. i wonder what it was. loads of birds around. it sounded beautiful even though it is not quite like outside. it is four minutes to wait. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. we will see you at eight o'clock. good morning from bbc london news,

i'm charlotte franks. the government's being urged to give more money to the police to help investigate missing person cases. figures released by the mayor's office found there were almost 40,000 reports of missing people in 2018 — costing the met up to £130 million a year. the home office said next year, police will see the most substantial increase in their budget since 2010. people affected by domestic violence are being urged to seek help as it's feared the number of cases could rise over the festive period. that's the message of brothers luke and ryan hart, whose father killed their mother and sister after years of controlling behaviour. they've now written a book about their experiences. they need our help to help them see their situation for what it is, because those who are suffering from abuse, they adapt to be able to live in that situation — quite often they don't recognise the situation because they have adapted so well so they can survive. so i think it requires people from outside of the home to be able

to build awareness within themselves of what abuse looks like. and the streets of central london were brought to a standstill as members of the king's troop carried out their weekly training session. commuters, shoppers and tourists stopped to watch the 70 horses and their riders. it's all practise for ceremonial events like state visits and gun salutes. it's nice that everyone comes out, they get their phones out, everyone wants to see it because they are quite impressed by it. it is a great feeling. with the ceremonial stuff that is more of an adrenaline thing. when you are going out, it is quite different from taking the bus to work. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's good news on the tube this morning — no issues. but the overground, and tfl rail have part closures. onto the roads and its busy but moving london bound

on the a2 blackwall tunnel approach. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. some of us have a little bit of mist and murk out there this morning. there is quite a lot of low cloud around. it is, however, going to stay predominantly dry. you might get a spot of two of drizzle in some thicker areas of cloud. most places dry. perhaps a little better brightness as the cloud thins. but on the whole it is going to stay rather grey. temperatures not bad, in double figures, around 10 celsius. above average for the end of december. overnight tonight, quite a bit of cloud around, one or two clearer spells. could see mist and fog developing, particularly over higher ground. to lower levels the breeze will start to strengthen. temperature staying in positive figures, 6 or 7 celsius. again, not especially cold. a murky start again as we head into the weekend. temperatures still on the mild side. but look at the outlook. it stays rather benign for the next few days. plenty of dry weather.

as we head into the new year temperatures are set to get that little bit colder. 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 naga and sally. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and sally nugent. our headlines today... a surge in migrants risking their lives crossing the english channel. the government is urged to step up border patrols. more than 500,000 potholes are reported on our roads in the past 12 months. the skies of new york turn an eerie blue as an electrical explosion at a power plant causes confusion across the city. christmas is over and now comes the big clean up. what about the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish we have been

creating? i'm at a glass recycling plant in sheffield to see what more we can all be doing. two goals in six minutes for west ham — felipe andserson fires them into the top ten in the premier league. dci luther. first victim was paul redford. he returns on new years day. i've been speaking exclusively to the stars of luther, idris elba and ruth wilson. and the weather, we have some patchy fog this morning in the south—west with some frost as well. most of the day cloudy. rain in scotland, that will clear and skies will brighten. i'll have details on that and your full weekend forecast on breakfast. it's friday the 28th of december. our top story... a surge in migrants risking their lives crossing the english channel has increased calls for the government to step up border patrols. 66 people have reached the uk in the past three days. only one of the five boats operated by the border force is currently patrolling the channel between dover and the french coast. here's our correspondent, simonjones. risking their lives,

attempting to cross the busiest shipping lane in the world. despite warnings, attempts continue. this, one of four small boats used in the channel by migrants yesterday. it is totally unprecedented, what has happened over the last few days. perhaps it is understandable. it is a long dark nights, the weather has been relatively mild, there has only been a gentle breeze blowing and the first few boats that made a success of it, the message gets back to the camp and then more and more people try. 23 migrants reached dover on thursday. that is in addition to 40 on christmas day. in total, at least 209 people have arrived by small boats since november. just one of border force's five cutters is operating in the channel along with two coastal patrol vessels. the former head of border force says

that more resources are needed. and a dover mp has called on britain to get a grip. the home office says that the border force's deployments are under review but bringing back a cutter from the mediterranean could encourage more people to make the perilousjourney, as it may be seen as a rescue rather than a patrol boat. those who support migrants say they should not be demonised. a small number may be want to come here because there is a community they wish to join because they already have english as a language but many more migrants are seeking asylum in countries such as germany. the national crime agency blames traffickers, organised criminals with a complete lack of regard for human life. it insists that by working with the french, a good number of crossings have been prevented but it warns that more of these types of attempts to reach the uk are likely. many believe that if they continue, it is only a matter of time before there is a tragedy. we're hearing there about migrants

in the english channel — but there are also developments in the mediterranean this morning. in the last hour, this ship arrived in southern spain, carrying more than 300 migrants. the open arms vessel, run by a spanish migrant rescue charity, has been given permission to dock after it was turned away by the maltese and italian authorities. its passengers, who include children and pregnant women, have been on board since being rescued off the coast of libya a week ago. they will be provided with food, clothes and medical assistance before being registered with police and moved to shelters. you can see some of them there, standing waiting to come off the side of the boat, waiting to arrive properly in spain. of course, this all reflects back on the conversation we had earlier today about the border patrol vessels.

there is currently just about the border patrol vessels. there is currentlyjust one border patrol vessel in the channel. the other boats are in the mediterranean. what do you do about moving those border patrol bustles around? moving those border patrol bustles around ? would moving those border patrol bustles around? would it make the mediterranean more open? that is something we will be discussing over the coming days. more than 500,000 potholes were reported to local councils in england, scotland and wales last year, according to the rac. it's calling on the government to spend money raised from fuel duty to tackle the problem. our transport correspondent, tom burridge, has more. they are a hazard, sometimes huge. almost impossible to count. so, this is a typically damaged wheel. we see no less than six a day. sometimes as many as ten cars a day, which are only here because of pothole damage. just one garage, in one area. for the last two or three years it has been getting worse and worse. the scale of the problem nationwide, it must run into millions and millions in terms of the cost and damage. to the road user at the moment it is really scary. and today we have new figures

confirming a big rise in potholes on our roads. the number of potholes reported by people in 150 local authorities in england, scotland and wales rose by a whopping 44% in two years. this guy feels potholes are his calling. he argues that real investment in repairing road surfaces, instead of patching potholes up, would ultimately save money. if you did a proper investment plan, changed the culture, training, contracts, supervision, the quality of materials, 95% of potholes could be eradicated from ever appearing on our roads. the rac says councils do not have the money and the government needs to act. what we require is a long—term funding mechanism whereby local authorities can plan ahead and actually deal with the specific issue of the structural defects, rather than simply filling in potholes. the government says it is giving councils an extra £400 million

for local road repairs this year, and funding trials to identify potential potholes so roads can be repaired before they form. it has got the conversation going, if you have any issues with potholes, we will be talking about it shortly, so get in touch. media reports in iceland say that a bridge where three british tourists died in a car accident yesterday, does not meet current safety standards. the car ca reered through a barrier on a single track steel bridge and fell on to a dry river bed below. four other british people in the vehicle were airlifted to hospital in the capital, reykjavik, with serious injuries. jeremy corbyn has urged the prime minister to cut the christmas recess short and recall parliament so mps can vote on her brexit deal. in an interview with the independent, the labour leader said that mrs may is trying to "run the clock down" by not holding a vote until the third week of january. downing street accused mr corbyn of making a silly demand, and being intent on frustrating

brexit. the number of illegal knives seized at the uk's borders has more than doubled in a year, according to official figures. it comes as knife crime in england and wales reaches an eight—year high. this morning, police say a 16—year—old boy is fighting for his life after being stabbed in north london. adam woods reports. seized at britain's borders, thousands of deadly and illegal weapons. knives and swords destined for the streets. in the 12 months to september this year, border force staff confiscated more than 7600 blades, that's double the number seized the previous year. the figures also show a big rise in the number of other weapons found by officers, including batons and knuckle—dusters. two teenagers have been stabbed in south london... a man has been stabbed to death in london... and this is why police are so concerned. knife crime in england and wales is at its highest for eight years.

this month, 18—year—old jay sewell became the latest victim in london. 73 people stabbed to death in the capital this year alone, many of them teenagers. in the west midlands, where police are dealing with a huge rise in violent crime, amnesties have been set up to take weapons off the streets. as the tally of those killed and injured increases, how best to deal with knife crime remains a challenge. the home office says tackling illegal smuggling of weapons into the country is a key priority. adam woods, bbc news. it is 8.09. you are watching brea kfast. take a look at these pictures coming in from new york overnight. the sky has turned blue, causing confusion among residents, who uploaded videos to social media. it's reportedly the result of a transformer explosion at a power plant in the east

of the city. police say the fire is under control and that nobody has been injured. there have since been a number of power outages across the city, it looks like something from a superhero movie, doesn't it? or a disaster movie. earlier, a local senator described to american media what he saw. it was freaky. it was like independence day, the movie, where you just look up and a weird blue colour that you hadn't seen, lighting up the clouds in the sky. it looked like something was above the clouds. but in fact it was just the fire, i guess, at this location. remarkable pictures. it is 8.10. damaged shock absorbers and broken suspension springs caused by potholes are an expensive inconvenience for motorists, but damaged roads can be much more dangerous for cyclists. the latest figures from the department of transport show 22 cyclists have been killed in the uk as a result of potholes and other faults in the road since 2007.

in the same period, more than 350 others have been seriously injured. the local government association says local authorities in england and wales are fixing a pothole every 21 seconds. they've spent more than £43 million dealing with compensation claims over the last five years. this is martin uzzell, a keen cyclist, he was taking part in a charity bike ride in 2015 when he was killed in an accident involving a pothole. his widow, kate has been campaigning for safer roads ever since. kate joins us now from bristol. kate, thank you very much for talking to us today. can you tell us what happened to martin in 2015? he was cycling from land's what happened to martin in 2015? he was cycling from lands end tojohn o! was cycling from lands end tojohn o' groats with a couple of friends for charity. he was on the a65 in

yorkshire. a very good road. but there was a pothole around a drain, and he was cycling at the rear of the three cyclists. he hit the pothole and was thrown into the path ofa pothole and was thrown into the path of a vehicle. and he was killed pretty much instantly, i understand. but i also understand he was a very experienced cyclist, so this wasn't a case of him not having any road sense, or not being aware of what was on the road, it was almost an unavoidable consequence? yes, he was a cyclist, he had cycled since he was a teenager. he was a motorcyclist and he also drove for a living. he was on the road an awful lot of the time. so, he was aware of the roads. so, yeah, he had lots and lots of experience. the thing was,

this pothole had been identified by the local council on one of their inspections. it had also been reported by a police officer who travel but wrote to work —— who travelled on that road to work on two occasions, and the local authority did not take any action. the consequence of that lack of action was the loss of martin, devastation for his family and friends and our future was stolen. and i understand that there was a dispute with the council, compensation was paid. i suppose what you have really wanted now is to highlight the danger of potholes and to make sure that they are taken seriously. i wonder how you react today when we are reporting these figures that the pothole problem is getting worse, how does it make you feel? well, i've worked with roadpeace, the national charity for

victims on the road. we managed to get the practice for welfare on the roads like that, so they changed how they defined a pothole and when they we re they defined a pothole and when they were going to take work. instead of working at it as a motor vehicle, it is from a cyclist point of view. what is dangerous for a cyclist can be perfectly safe for a motor vehicle. i think it is upsetting that roads are getting worse. the investment isn't there. they are patching, but they need to do more than patch the potholes. they need to be looking up the entire road surfaces and relaying the roads where you get one pothole and then a few weeks later you get another pothole. the investment needs to be there to make our roads suitable for purpose. kate, it has been interesting talking to you. thank you very much for talking to us and highlighting the issue. it is one that i am sure many of our viewers will resonate with.

it is 8.15 and you are watching brea kfast it is 8.15 and you are watching breakfast from bbc news. matt has all of the weather. where we are this morning, it's not that cold. quite a mild start, in fact. one place where it is a bit chilly is south—west england. this is devon, taken south—west england. this is devon, ta ken recently south—west england. this is devon, taken recently by one of the weather watchers. you can see some fog in the distance, in the valley. that could be an issue for one or two of the coming hours. mostly, fairly cloudy. further north, some rain to contend with. it has been moving smartly across parts of scotland this morning. edging towards shetland, we will see some bursts of showery rain pushing through in the morning and to the north of wales. most of us will fizzle out. sunshine developing in northern england and northern ireland in the afternoon. some breaks in the cloud here and there. always large amounts of cloud

there. always large amounts of cloud the further south you are, and temperatures, as sally hinted at on the mild side. the vast majority, ten or 12 degrees. you could see some frost forming tonight, scotland and north—east england. the breeze will pick up, cloud will spread in. outbreaks of rain across scotland and northern ireland during the second half of the night, some heavier bursts mixed in and some heavy bursts into the north of england later. further south, you will stay dry. where you get lengthy cloud, mist and fog cannot be ruled out. mostly frost free for the weekend. high pressure in the south, a area of low pressure to the north. a good chance of wetter weather around first thing on saturday morning in northern england, and north wales. a narrow band of heavy rain will turn showery, pushing its way into the midlands and east anglia and across middle and south wales. mostly stay dry. a windy day in scotland. you lose the early rain in the north, but when comfort gale force, but with some sunshine

developing in northern england after that wet start, little that operate further south, still large amounts of cloud. as the wind came all the way from the mid—atlantic, temperatures higher than today's values of 12 or 13 degrees. as for sunday, patchy rain will push northwards through the night. another mild start at least. the rain in the north of scotland using, lasting longest in shetland. lots of cloud around. some breaks in the cloud, particularly to the west of scotland, north—east england and to the west of wales. temperatures in double figures for the most part, as we will be as we going to new year's eve and see in the brand—new year. certainly nothing festive as far as the weather is at the moment. we stay with the mild conditions into the start of next week, into the start of 2019. if it is ice you are after, just take a look at some of these images coming from china recently. the world's largest ice festival ta kes recently. the world's largest ice festival takes place, starting next week, in the north—east china. these are stunning structures, just to give you a little bit of scale. this

is the size of the people there, the size of those amazing ice statues. that is how it is looking. back to you. you know who you are to me? everything? the sweetest song you sing? you are like santa claus. he just keeps giving. bringing gifts every time. a bit of warmth, a bit of ice, that is stunning, isn't it? goodness knows how they manage to do that. the average temperature is -25, that. the average temperature is —25, so they last longer than they would hear. it reminds me of our relationship, you are warm, my ice cold hard. which i melt every time. all right! my word... shall we move on? let's do recycling to change the mood. it's about time to get rid of all of

that leftover waste. sean is at a recycling plant to find out what happens to it. that gives you a clue. yes, the point of the factory where we are this morning, this is where we are this morning, this is where the plastic is taken out. why is their plastic? because we are not putting the right stuff in the right bins. we have already had the aluminium and steel being taken out by magnets, but this is fascinating. i will show you how this works. the camera spots which bits of plastic are coming through. when it spots a bit of plastic, and airjet is fired at it like a sniper, it takes it out and send it down a channel so that the rest of the glass can follow through into the process. it is pretty amazing what goes on to make this glass reusable. stephen is with us this morning, the head of recycling in glass. let's talk, you must have a great idea, seeing all

of these bottles coming through, piled up at the front, about trends in the drinking habits. is there anything you have noticed more this year that you need to deal with than previous years? last year, prosecco was the predominant drink. this year, jane has really taken over. —— gin. what about colours of bottles? because of the gin, we are getting blue, pink, all of these different colours. one thing that we have noticed, we have conveyor belts of glass going around, but you actually ta ke glass going around, but you actually take out the bottle tops here as well. so, if you are sitting at home and you have have a message, and screw your bottle top before you put it in the recycling, what should you be doing? you seem to be able to do it quite easily. if it was a bottle top, this one on this bottle of gin, you could take that off? this plant has special magnets that can handle the aluminium and steel. thank you

for having us this morning. i am going to spend some more time with my favourite machine, just looking at how it filters out the plastic. it is amazing how much contamination there is, even though we are putting things in the right place at the right time. we are learning, there is a lot to figure out. last time they said we we re figure out. last time they said we were getting it wrong all the time, maybe we are not so bad. no, we are a little bit. it's been nearly a year since more than 1000 vehicles were destroyed by a fire in a multi—storey car park near the echo arena in liverpool. the fire started as the international horse show was in full swing on new year's eve. now, the event is back in the city again and organisers are determined to put last year behind them, as alison freeman reports. it was on new year's eve last year, the fire took hold of this car park on liverpool's waterfront, leaving thousands of people stranded. the smoke visible across the city. all our belongings in it. we are from northern ireland.

all my stuff, my suitcase and all my clothes are now, all gone. the difficulty we have is to physically be able to get into, right into the middle of the building to put the fire out. more than 1000 cars were destroyed by the blaze. the insurance bill reached £20 million. at the time, the international horse of the year show was on at the liverpool arena. thousands of people, and animals, had to be evacuated from the building. the stables, based in the bottom of the car park. as rehearsals were under way once again for the annual event, memories remained fresh. we smelt it first, before the fire alarms went. so we went and investigated and then the fire alarms went. we assessed the situation constantly. and we evacuated about half—an—hour later. because we knew that each floor of the car park would last an hour, at least one hour to two hours, and we had to make sure everything was safe, everything was in place for the horses to be evacuated. it was a sinking feeling

for the whole team who had worked so hard. to not get to the climax, not to be able to celebrate that new year's eve finale with everybody last year that supported us. we are really excited to put on a bigger and better show this year and, hopefully, have a really special celebration to finish off 2018. the car park is still a shell, but liverpool's city council says despite the challenges faced, not one single event had to be cancelled as a result. afterfinal building checks this morning, the temporary 550 space car park should be opened later today in time for this year's show. with a new 9—floor permanent replacement car park due to be finished by summer 2020. alison freeman, bbc news. that was a big story this time last year. one story that has been trending on social media last

night and this morning — reaction to a documentary about the 80s pop band bros. it was shown on bbc four over the christmas period and people have been praising it for its honesty, but also for its spoof—like moments, iam not i am not sure if they are joking. some viewers have drawn comparisons between the two brothers. were you a brosette ? between the two brothers. were you a brosette? they are being compared to characters like alan partridge and david brent. here's a taster. i made a conscious decision because of stevie wonder to not be superstitious. we had epi—tome, which i believe is latin for abstract. that was our little "let's try and be clever" moment. he was a rectangle and i was a rectangle and we made a square which, therefore, is a fortress.

we became each other's fortress many times. this one actually gives the illusion of pyros falling down. they are pyros. no, they really are. they really are pyros. ok, so... the illusion of real pyros. i think it's a real privilege to have the chance to do it, for a number of reasons, but i don't feel worthy of it. i don't really get it yet, but... do you know what i mean by that? no. this is one of the loves of my life. this is alfred, my bulldog. i got him painted. had him painted holding a pint of beer. please, can i start on how... can't do what? ..how ridiculous it is that you can't play conkers and if you do, you've got to wear goggles. that is the biggest problem. you can't play conkers in england. ican... i can live with that. thank you, british airways, for making me feel so comfortable. really, genuinely, you always make me feel like i'm at home. five minutes. they're not quite ready yet.

that was too funny. do you think they know they are making people laugh a little bit? i think as long as they are happy they are making people laugh a little bit, it doesn't matter. while they totally unaware of how funny that is?” don't know, i found unaware of how funny that is?” don't know, ifound it unaware of how funny that is?” don't know, i found it really amusing. in my head, all morning, i'm going to put some year —— ear wins, out there, i owe you nothing, when will i be famous... but they are still famous. matt was in vegas. the documentary is still one i play and it has a lot of information about the residency in las vegas, which i think changed their lives significantly. i know what i am doing this afternoon! time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news.

i'm good morning from bbc london news. i' m charlotte good morning from bbc london news. i'm charlotte franks. the government is being urged to give more money to the police to help investigate missing person cases. figures released by the mayor are's office found 40,000 reports of missing people in 2018 costing the metropolitan police £130 million a year. the home office said next year police will see the most substantial increase in their budget since 2010. since 2010. people affected by domestic violence are being urged to see help as it is feared the number of cases could rise over the festive period. that is the message of these brothers whose father killed their mother and sister after years of controlling behaviour. they have now written a book about their experiences. they need our help to see their situation for what it is. because those suffering from abuse, they adapt to be able to live in that

situation and quite often, they don't recognise the situation because they have adapted so well so they can survive. so i think it requires people from outside the home to be able to build awareness within themselves of what abuse looks like. and the streets of central london were brought to a standstill, as members of the king's troop carried out their weekly training session. commuters, shoppers and tourists stopped to watch the 70 horses and their riders. it's all practice for ceremonial events like state visits and gun salutes. it's nice that everyone comes out, they get their phones out. everyone really wants to see you because they're quite impressed with it. it's really nice, huh? it's lovely, isn't it? it's a great feeling. with the ceremonial stuff, it's more an adrenaline thing. when you're going out, it's kind ofjust like, you know, taking the bus to work. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's good news on the tube this morning, no issues. but the overground and tfl rail

both have part closures. onto the roads, and it's busy, but moving, london—bound on the a2 blackwall tunnel approach. now the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. well, some of us have a little bit of mist and murk out there this morning. there's quite a lot of low cloud around. it is, however, going to stay predominantly dry. now, you might get a spot or two of drizzle in some thicker areas of cloud but, like i said, most places dry. perhaps a little bit of brightness as the cloud thins but, on the whole, it is going to stay rather grey. temperatures today not bad either, in double figures. around 10 celsius. so above average for the end of december. now, overnight tonight, still quite a bit of cloud around. one or two clearer spells. you could see a bit of mist and fog developing, particularly over higher ground. to lower levels, the breeze will start to strengthen. temperatures staying in positive figures — six or seven celsius. so again, not especially cold. a rather murky start again, though, as we head into the weekend. temperatures still on the mild side. but look at the outlook. stays rather benign for the next few days. there is a lot of cloud.

plenty of dry weather. but as we head into the new year, the temperatures are set to get that little bit colder. 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 naga and sally. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and sally nugent. good morning, let's bring you up—to—date with our main stories at 830 a:m.. a surge in migrants risking their lives crossing the english channel has increased calls for the government to step up border patrols. 66 people have reached the uk in the past three days. one of the five boats operated by the border force is currently patrolling the channel between dover and the french coast. the national crime agency is warning that more attempts are likely. we were hearing there about migrants in the english channel, but there are also developments in the mediterranean this morning.

in the last hour, this ship arrived in southern spain, carrying more than 300 migrants. ‘the open arms' vessel, run by a spanish migrant rescue charity, has been given permission to dock after it was turned away by the maltese and italian authorities. its passengers — who include children and pregnant women — have been on board since being rescued off the coast of libya a week ago. they will be provided with food, clothes and medical assistance, before being registered with police and moved to shelters. more than half a million potholes were reported to local councils in england, scotland and wales last year, according to the rac. it's calling on the government to spend money raised from fuel duty to tackle the problem. the department for transport says local councils have been given an extra £420 million for road maintenance. unfortunately, because there isn't a lot of money there, the local authority approach to repairing roads has been along the lines of a patch—and—dash approach,

so filling in potholes without actually addressing the structural defects of the road itself. we actually need to get to a position where we're resurfacing our roads and making sure we're fixing the defects before the pothole even occurs. the united states coastguard has suspended its search for a missing british cruise ship entertainer. 20—year—old arron hough, from sunderland, was working on the royal caribbean vessel ‘harmony of the seas'. he was last seen on deck during the early hours of christmas day, but the alarm wasn't raised until nearly ten hours later, when he'd failed to turn up for work. media reports in iceland say that a bridge where three british tourists died in a car accident yesterday does not meet current safety standards. the car careered through a barrier on a single—track steel bridge and fell onto a dry river bed below. four other british people in the vehicle were airlifted to hospital in the capital, reykjavik, with serious injuries. jeremy corbyn has urged the prime minister to cut the christmas recess short and recall parliament,

so that mps can vote on her brexit deal. in an interview with the independent, the labour leader said that mrs may is trying to "run the clock down" by not holding a vote until the third week of january. downing street accused mr corbyn of making a silly demand, and being intent on frustrating brexit. a bus driver's been hurt, following reports of gunshots fired outside a london tube station. armed officers were called to turnpike lane station in wood green, in north london, just after midnight. a man was found with minor injuries, the met said. no—one has been arrested and officers remain at the scene. the bbc has confirmed it will not broadcast its long—running "film" series next year. it says it's exploring ideas for a new show featuring film reviews and news for television and online platforms. the programme first aired in 1971 and has been fronted by barry norman, jonathan ross and, most recently, claudia winkleman. take a look at these pictures coming

in from new york overnight. the sky turned bright blue, causing confusion among residents, who uploaded videos to social media. it is not a superhero movie! yes, it is. you are going to see ironman ina yes, it is. you are going to see ironman in a minute. it is not the avengers! it's reportedly the result of a transformer explosion at a power plant in the east of the city. police say the fire is under control and that nobody has been injured. there have since been a number of power outages across the city, it sounds like a batman script. it sounds like a batman script. it really does. earlier, a local senator described to american media what he saw. it was freaky. it was like independence day, the movie, where you just look up and a weird blue colour, that you hadn't seen, lighting up the clouds in the sky. it looked like something was above the clouds. but in fact, it was just the fire, i guess, at this location.

i know what it reminds me of, ghostbusters! yes! it is exactly the kind of thing they would say in ghostbusters. that there was a fire at an electrical station to deflect from the truth. you are a conspiracy theorist, i have noticed that about you this morning, aliens and ghostbusters. imagine living there and waking up to bite. what it the middle of the night? yes, overnight. terrifying. definitely aliens! who was more scared and this match, southampton or west ham ? obviously southampton, after losing, because they were ahead. manuel pellegrini certainly enjoys his christmas, he has never been beaten between boxing day and january the 4th. that is a great stat. the current manager would have enjoyed a bit of that festive look, wouldn't he?

west ham came from behind to beat southampton at st mary's and felipe anderson was the star for the hammers. after southampton took the lead, the brazilian scored this beauty west ham came from behind to beat southampton at st mary's and felipe anderson was the star for the hammers. after southampton took the lead, the brazilian scored this beauty from outside the boxjust two minutes later. west ham's most expensive signing really starting to show his worth. and if you thought that one was good, well, his second wasn't bad either. an eighth goal of the season, smashing the hammers into the top ten. arsenal manager unai emery has been handed an fa charge for improper conduct. it's after he kicked a bottle which hit a brighton fan towards the end of wednesday's 1—1 draw. the spaniard went to apologise to the home supporter immediately after the incident and again at full—time. india are edging towards victory in the third test down under, despite a late fightback by australia. they're leading by 346 runs, with two days to go. pat cummins has given the hosts a faint hope of a comeback after they were bowled out for 151. he took four quick wickets, including india's captain, virat kohli, for a duck, as the tourists ended the day on 54 runs for 5.

the series is currently tied at one all, with just the sydney test to go next week. and finally, the tournament favourite, michael van gerwen, is through to the quarter—finals of the pdc world darts championship, but have a look at this from one of the player walk—ons at alexandra palace... much more interesting than watching the actual darts. turn the music up! it is happy. this is belgium's dimitri van den bergh throwing some shapes ahead of his match against luke humphries. he isa he is a winner! by he is a winner! by definition, he is a winner. but he went on to lose his match. you are quite tough, you don't get scared by things? it depends, aliens over the sky in new york. you thought aliens had landed when

there was an earthquake. i hate scary movies. scary drama on the tv? anything scary, i am not really into that. let's just part that right there! there are many, many fans of luther. it is not scary, luther. it is gripping. let me get into this. sorry! after nearly three years of waiting, fans of the hit crime drama ‘luther‘ are — at long last — on the final countdown to series five. thank you. on new year's day, idris elba will don his tweed coat once again, as he returns as dcijohn luther alongside co—star ruth wilson. i went to meet them both for an exclusive insight into what we can expect. dci luther. first victim's paul redford. this isn't random, is it? there's going to be more. just as we were all setting up, i noticed you two had a big hug.

you haven't seen each otherfor a while. when was the last time you saw each other? january. was it january? no, march. no. we finished in march. i was out in january. oh, yeah. she's the star. he's the star of the show so he had to do a bit more. she shot her bits and then went. that's it. yes, i left. how are we supposed to find any previous murders if they don't tell us? got to play dirty. i imagine you need a sense of humourfilming... forjohn luther, yeah. ..for luther, because it is so dark. you're smiling! well, i think alice is funny. i think she is quite. yeah, they're like comic book characters. she's hilarious. she is! it is... ithink, you know, like, from the, you know... we shoot luther in the winter because we want that to come across on the screen. but it also means we work, you know, really short daylight hours. so we work, you know, the sun comes up at, what, six or whatever, and then it goes down by four,

so we have to work... we have to get up really, really early and it's really cold. it is a hard show to make. so, having a sense of humour and having a bit of a laugh and, you know... i was so happy to have ruth back. well, that is the problem with luther. if you fall in love with characters, or you get a, have an affection for a character, and then they go. it's part of the fabric, isn't it? yeah, you've got to keep them guessing and you've got to keep... and they fall in love with a new character, each time, you know, neil brings in another one that everyone can fall in love with. but they didn't bring another alice. they couldn't. they couldn't bring in another alice, no, they tried! that was the temptation... she loves it! you love being wicked? i do. it's like, i don't get to be wicked often, so alice is a great part to play, because she's so naughty. and she has no conscience, so she'sjust... well, she has a bit of a conscience. she likes him. he's her only weak spot. she loves him. she loves him, but she also likes playing with him. does luther love alice? definitely.

infatuated. i wouldn't say love. i think he's infatuated, not in love. come on. he doesn't know what love is, do you? luther. possibly. possibly, yeah. speaking of which, erm, do you mind if i...? oh, yeah, yeah. upstairs, first on the right. i have been binge watching the luther the past four, five days and iam luther the past four, five days and i am scared of london at the moment andi i am scared of london at the moment and i am i am scared of london at the moment andiama i am scared of london at the moment and i am a londoner born and bred, please tell me i don't need to be scared of london. no, you don't. you have to remember london and the shows is very much exaggerated like gotham city, it is not london for london. somebody asked me downstairs whether luther should be sort of answering to sort of, you know, the politics of london or the politics of social messaging in it and i am

like, no. luther doesn't change his costu me. like, no. luther doesn't change his costu m e. we like, no. luther doesn't change his costume. we are not sort of over here politicking. this is escapism. so you're telling me to behave myself? yes. noted. it's going to get worse, a lot worse. you want him dead? i don't care, ijust want him. is alice going to fully corrupt luther? she tries. again... she always tries. yeah, again! again. for the seventh time. who's the one who's more corruptive in real life, out of you two? 0h. ooh. corruptive. .. me. mischievous? you. i don't know. you're pretty mischievous. am i? maybe you've got a bit boring recently, actually. yeah. in real life? he's working too hard, yeah. yeah. say no more. christmas is done, have you had a

good christmas? yes, i got a christmasjumper! good christmas? yes, i got a christmas jumper! 0h, good christmas? yes, i got a christmas jumper! oh, god, good christmas? yes, i got a christmasjumper! oh, god, this is one of hisjokes, go for it! christmasjumper! oh, god, this is one of his jokes, go for it! and it says... lone pine. see, a christmas tree? because christmas jumpers normally have a lone pine on them and we wrote it out. you had that made for yourself? no. is itjust an excuse to wear a cool christmas jumper? that looks quite cool. it isn't a christmas jumper, jumper? that looks quite cool. it isn't a christmasjumper, ijust thought i would make it into a christmas jumper with the lone pine joke. well, on new year's day... yes. we're going to be watching luther. oh, yes. four episodes, consecutive days. it is like binge watching, do you do that? i do binge-watch, not much, but if i start the show, i have to get it done in a few days and it leads to one to the next thing in three seconds even if you want to go to sleep, you are on the next thing. no, stop! but this will be over four

days, won't it? that is good. it is not quite binge watching. and everyone will be really hungover and really sort of depressed, and in need of something like luther to cheerthem up! i have got the new year resolution for you two. make sure you see each other more often. it has been too long. i know! as far as working relationships go, ruth and i have one of the most cherish working relationships of any actor. from day one, i rememberthe relationships of any actor. from day one, i remember the first scene we have a shot, inside my flat with the weird thing where i'd go, did you come here for sex? bbc breakfast, sorry! it was a really weird scene, it was so weird and i remember doing that and just finding this weird energy instantly. and you have a lot of fun in this series. it is built

on our relationship that has sort of developed and it has become more fun and playful. that's true. that is our relationship that developed over five seasons. it is lovely to see and it has been a pleasure talking to you, thank you so much for taking the time. thank you. it is nice to see they get on and they have a genuine affection. i think you can tell that. and it is quite scary programme. yes, it is. i needed a pillow, i will need it again. luther is on again on new year's day at 9pm and then forfour again on new year's day at 9pm and then for four consecutive nights. i don't know if you should introduce matt or i should, i haven't had a word in edgeways this morning. because of the love in. matt, i owe you nothing. see what i did there?

he growls. i love it! i have to explain, we we re i love it! i have to explain, we were talking about bros, the documentary, and every time you drop a bros song to matt, he does that. just wait to see what your daughter say when you get home to that today. save yourself with the weather! a very good morning. i will never live this down. it is fairly cloudy but we have some sunshine breaking through the cloud and much more in the way of brightness as we go through the day. the lovely shot from herefordshire. some have started the day with rain, parts of central eastern scotland, the rain is starting to edge away, pushing into shetland and some patchy rain into shetland and some patchy rain into the far north of england will continue to work southwards into north wales. not much rain around, most north wales. not much rain around, m ost pla ces north wales. not much rain around, most places will stay dry. the best

of the sunshine this afternoon, even though it is breezy, across scotland. northern ireland with some sunny spells and it will brighten up in northern england after a cloudy, damp spell. a little bit of sunshine every now and then, cloud amounts will generally be large and temperatures above where they should be, 9-12. temperatures above where they should be, 9—12. maybe a brief bit of frost tonight, north—eastern part of england, eastern parts of scotland but it won't last too long because the breeze picks up overnight, gales across parts of scotland, the same across parts of scotland, the same across northern ireland, a brief speu across northern ireland, a brief spell of rain here and temperatures away from it staying in the mild category for most, although there will be a little bit of frost in one or two areas. as for saturday, rain heavyin or two areas. as for saturday, rain heavy in the morning across northern england, turning showery as it spreads into wales and southern parts of england. most, though, will stay dry, lots of sunshine developing, almost uk wide by the afternoon. windiest in scotland with

gales in places, lighter winds further south but because the air has come from the mid—atlantic, temperatures of a degree or two on today, hitting 14 or 15 in one or two spots. sunday should be largely drive. that is how it is looking, enjoy your weekend. you are going to get your old bros album out and play it now, aren't you? i don't have one! pants are on fire, matt! enjoy your weekend! he has so got the bros album. i wonder heath he has watched the documentary? we have been talking about that this morning, it is on bbc four, it is very interesting. it is gripping. interesting matt talking about how mild it has been and it is going to stay mild, temperatures not too far from where they should be. it's been a year of extreme weather here in the uk — from the beast from the east at the start of the year, to sizzling heatwaves in summer. so how has this affected our wildlife?

well, jayne mccubbin is at a wetland centre in lancashire this morning finding out. what have you spotted for us so far, jayne? good morning. good morning, and i can hear you know. that was rather embarrassing before, you are asking me what i could hear and i couldn't hear you! but behind us, here is one, this is an eider duck and they sound rather like kenneth williams because of the noise they make. there he goes, one flipping duck, this is not blue planet. we are talking about the roller—coaster of the year we have had in terms of weather conditions, with peaks had in terms of weather conditions, with pea ks of had in terms of weather conditions, with peaks of about 35 degrees, there have been some beneficiaries of that fantastic summer in terms of blue butterflies that were almost extinct back in the 19705, bats have done ready well because of the mild weather but then the really bad

weather but then the really bad weather from the beast in —— the beast from the east, temperatures down to —14, losers there, especially shellfish and the sea birds that feed off them. we will find out from peter, who is with the national trust, what have you been most concerned about? this year, whilst the adult butterflies did really well during the summer, we are very concerned about how the caterpillars will fare because the ground was scorched and a lot of the food plans will have been withered by the time the caterpillars were trying to feed on those. and the national trust is one of the biggest landowners in the country, wants to try and mitigate against these peaks and troughs in the weather by creating a nature corridor. tell me about that. we are creating 25,000 hectares of new, good quality habitat, around 96 square miles of habitat, around 96 square miles of habitat across the country and that will be better quality habitat and also the way that we farm, we are

working with our tenant farmers and working with our tenant farmers and working with our tenant farmers and working with partners as well to make sure that the creatures can actually move from one place to the other and actually adapt and move in response to the weather and climate. louise is here. although there have been losers, for you guys, it has been losers, for you guys, it has been a brilliant 2018, hasn't it? been losers, for you guys, it has been a brilliant 2018, hasn't mm has been absolutely fantastic. the nice, hot summer we has been absolutely fantastic. the nice, hot summerwe had, we are has been absolutely fantastic. the nice, hot summer we had, we are able to control our water levels and our weed bed wasjust perfect —— reed bed. it was full of the sound of booming bitterns. how do they sound? they are a lovely brown heroin and they pop—up their throat like a frog ora they pop—up their throat like a frog or a frog orator woodward and they project this amazing booming sound —— brown heron. and they can be heard from over two miles away. and it has been a great year for pink

footed geese. you normally have 20,000, but this year, how many? during the cold snap earlier in the year, we had big influxes of the pink footed geese, they breed in iceland, so they flew all the way here to escape the cold and we have so much food here, so we had 30,000, 40,000 pink footed geese. and not one behind is this morning! thejoys of live television. the weather is getting better, thank goodness we have matt and carol to guide us through. jayne, thank you, it is lovely you can hear us jayne, thank you, it is lovely you can hearus and jayne, thank you, it is lovely you can hear us and we can hear you, it has been beautiful there this morning. it is working at last, with eight minutes to go. for well over half a century, pop band the searchers have enjoyed a non—stop touring career — but all good things must come to an end and, now in their 705, they're about to hit the road for one last time. we'll speak to two of the hardest—working men in pop in a moment, but, first,

here's a reminder of some of their biggest hits. are you enjoying the early start? as much as we can, we don't do the early mornings. static # but still they begin # needles and pins # because of all my pride # the tears i gotta hide # needles and pins... # # they give their love away to anyone who'll say # i love you... # # sugar and spice and all things nice # kisses sweeter than wine and there are so many more hits. founding member, john mcnally, and bassist frank allen are with us now.

good morning to you. john, i'm going to start with you. go ahead. why are you stopping now? basically, frank wa nts to you stopping now? basically, frank wants to pack in. i don't want to stop. i might keep it going, but frank, it is the roads, the motorways, it is just horrendous. frank, it is the roads, the motorways, it isjust horrendousm is the roads, when you say it is the roads, being away from home? there are too many cars, too many closures. too many potholes. potholes, diversions, it is a nightmare. frank, why don't you want to give it 7 frank, why don't you want to give it up? just tired of all the travelling. this business is like an iceberg, the nice bit, but two hours you are on stage is above the water and that is fantastic, i would never get tired of that but underneath,

all that driving. when i came up here last night, the three and a half journey took five hours and thatis half journey took five hours and that is pretty typical. we travel about four hours to a show, hang around for four hours and it is another four hours back and that my time of life, ijust want to rest. researchers have been going... 61 yea rs researchers have been going... 61 years old. so when you talk about the test of time, the who, the rolling stones, they pale into insignificance. there were some fantastic times had. surely those good times, they kind of spur you on to keep you going?” good times, they kind of spur you on to keep you going? i think you've got to get your mind set. i mean, i would like to keep it going but there are things you argue with yourself, the motorways are a nightmare, they are absolutely awful. i mean, the shows are great. it takes you longer to get to the

geeks than it did in the 19605. it takes you longer to get to the geeks than it did in the 1960s. talk to us about the 19605. geeks than it did in the 1960s. talk to us about the 1960s. what would you like to know? everything! when you like to know? everything! when you look back, what are the moments that stick in your head, when you had to pinch yourself? the first number one, sweet for my sweet. that was a great one. 1981, 15 years after our first stop, we got presented to the queen, the royal variety show, you may not be a monarchist but it is a pretty niche market. 1989, we played for 80,000 people on each of two days at wembley stadium as guests of cliff richard on his 30th anniversary. our career should have been long gone by this time but there with the in front of 80,000 people next to you, who has been a great supporter. you did have a law, didn't you? —— a

lull. well, we never stopped. the lull. well, we never stopped. the lull is still going on! regarding the work circuit, that is the chicken in a basket circuit, and after that, you are legend. thinking back to those glory days, the cavan, what is your favourite story? playing with the beatles. —— the cavern. and did you get on? oh, yes, not at all. the only thing i regret is not getting their autographs 600 times. make a bob. we would have spent a lot more time slimy creeping to them. i think you guys are pretty important. you are still touring until march. 31st of march. like you wouldn't believe, five days a week. and the farewell album, the greatest hits and more is out now. thank you very much your time. that is it from us, breakfast back

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