good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and rachel burden. our headlines today: the home secretary cuts short his holiday amid calls for tougher action to cut the number of migrants crossing the channel. inside of me, there is a thin person just screaming to get out. just the one, dear? a "sensational talent", funny and generous. the acting world pays tribute to dame june whitfield, who's died at the age of 93. voters go to the polls in bangladesh — following an election campaign plagued by violence and complaints of intimidation. liverpool extend their lead at the top of the premier league to nine points after thrashing arsenal 5—1. and it's tipped for oscar success — we speak to two of the stars of comedy—drama, the favourite. good morning. it is foggy out there in some parts of southern and eastern england. it is a slow

brightening process through the day as the rain clears out into the north sea. i will have more details on the rest of 2018 in around 15 minutes. good morning. it's sunday 30th december. our top story is that the home secretary, sajid javid, has promised to do more to stop small boats carrying migrants across the english channel, after cutting short his holiday to deal with what he described as a "major incident". the government has come under mounting pressure to take tougher action but mrjavid insists there "is no—one easy answer". simon clemison reports. risking their lives in a tiny boat crossing the world's busy shipping lane, these migrants are some of the 220 that have been picked up since the beating of november alone. the number is small compared with the million or so that cross the mediterranean three years ago. up to a dozen successfully crossed the channel last you. the home secretary is now promising further action, but it is not yet clear what measures he

will take. mps have called for more patrol boats capable of rescuing several boats at once, but so far sajid javid has only said he will keep the numbers under review. he has spoken of continuing to ensure that more is done to intercept boats, tackle traffickers, and to protect migrants. it is expected to speak with the french government later. with the relatively calm conditions, the boat show no sign of stopping. 0ur reporter simon clemison‘s in doverfor us this morning. the fact that the home secretary has comeback shows that this is a serious issue they need to be dealing with. yeah. it think it is indeed. we have been hit throughout the night and have not seen any light it sent out. if you speak to people here they say it is a much more regular occurrence. ministers once again trying to show that they are getting on top of this. but how? the union representing the border force will tell you that they have been stripped to the bone. there are

five cut out ships that i mentioned in my report, is only one based in the dover strait —— cutter. the fear is that it might act as a magnet, more migrants might try to make the crossing. they might feel that they have the cover in terms of safety to do it. people are saying that these cutter ships act as a deterrent on an interception to the traffic is. i think that the home secretary might be just as interested think that the home secretary might bejust as interested in think that the home secretary might be just as interested in speaking to the french, his counterpart in france, importers are that phone call today try to stop this problem at the source. amazingly, no—one has been killed here yet. 0ne mp saying it is only a matter of time until they are. simon, thank you very much. we will have more on the story throughout the programme. at 7:50am we will speak to charlie elphicke. tributes have been paid to the comedy actress

dame june whitfield, who's died at the age of 93. in a career spanning six decades, damejune starred in more than 1000 tv and radio programmes, including the sitcoms terry and june and absolutely fabulous. sarah campbell looks back at her life. kiss me, kiss me, bite me! bite me! i can't, dear, i'm a vegetarian! in a career spanning seven decades, june whitfield played alongside some of british comedy‘s greatest talents. what's it like, living in the jungle? well, it's... drums play. it's rather dull and boring, really. i realised very early on that i was never going to play the glamorous, you know, leading lady roles. and serious roles, i always thought, ooh, i'd better not do that. they might laugh at me. and laugh they did. as a comedy performer, she first found fame on the radio in the 19505, appearing in take it from here oppositejimmy

edwards. in the 19705 she teamed up with her regular comedy partner, terry scott, in terry and june. hello, darling. i'm having awful trouble deciding what to give you tonight. well, you can start on an explanation. i'm talking about food. what about eating out? what about the garage? 0h, i'd much prefera restaurant. # wheels on fire. but, to younger audiences, june whitfield will be best known as edina's mother in ab fab. inside of me, there is a thin person just screaming to get out. just the one, dear? and, even in old age, she continued to delight audiences on programmes like radio's news huddlines. a versatile and reliable performer to the end. dame june whitfield, who's died at the age of 93. this morning when we were

reminiscing, i used to watch terry andjune reminiscing, i used to watch terry and june with my parents when i was younger, four her career to span a whole generation into the abfab yea rs whole generation into the abfab years is extraordinary. it got 15 million viewers at its height. it is something people can only dream of 110w. something people can only dream of now. friends and co—stars have taken to twitter to pay their respects. joanna lumley posted a picture of herself with dame june, and said her thoughts go out to her friends and family. comedian rory bremner said june was the... miranda hart tweeted: and julia sawalha, who played the granddaughter of dame june's character in absolutely fabulous, says: plenty more tributes in the papers

as well. we will come to those later. polls have opened in a general election in bangladesh, where more than 100—million people are eligible to vote. heavy security is in place after a campaign marred by violence and allegations of a crackdown against the opposition. the prime minister, sheikh hasina, is seeking a third successive term. yogita limayejoins us now from the capital dhaka. lovely to see you. this is certainly an election marred by tension. that in itself is an understatement. good morning. yes, that is right. in fa ct, morning. yes, that is right. in fact, the violence continues on election day. we've had reports that two people have been killed in

election related violence in the south of the country. here the voting has been peaceful. i was at an election booth earlier on. even before the polls had opened there was a queue of people lining up to cast their vote. prime minister sheikh hasina is seeking a third consecutive term in power. she says she has brought development to this country, she says the rate of growth has been rising rapidly and poverty levels have been falling. many of these things are statistically true, as well. the one big criticism of the governed, which has been growing over the last two years, and the opposition is raising as an election issue,is opposition is raising as an election issue, is that they have been stifling descent in this country —— government. the opposition is that they have not been able to campaign freely, that the election camp that may commission has been biased against the party, their candidates have been disqualified, police have been arbitrarily arresting and detaining supporters and activist. there is violence and intimidation being created so that the opposition is not able to fairly contest the selection. i asked

is not able to fairly contest the selection. iasked prime is not able to fairly contest the selection. i asked prime minister sheikh hasina about these accusations and she denied them. she said the opposition is not able to provide any proof of the claims they are making. she said the reason they are making. she said the reason they are making. she said the reason they are making the allegations is because they have lost the confidence of the people. certainly a mystery is what we have seen is that pretty much all over you will see posters and flyers of ruling party candidates, but it is hard to actually spot any campaign material from the opposition in the city at least. the world is watching. thank you for explaining all of that. yogita limaye there for us. there's a 50—50 chance brexit will be stopped if mps reject theresa may's deal in a vote in parliament next month — that's according to international trade secretary liam fox. dr fox, who's a leading brexiteer, has told the sunday times, that if the commons fails to support the prime minister, it will destroy the bond of trust between the electorate and parliament with what he calls ‘unknowable consequences'. scientists, politicians, and food experts are calling on the government to do more to tackle the health risks from processed meats.

in a joint letter, they're calling for a ban on the chemicals used to cure bacon and ham, which they claim can cause cancer. andy moore reports. nitrates are often used in meat processing. this letter claims there isa processing. this letter claims there is a consensus of scientific opinion that those chemicals convert to cancer—causing agent when eaten. it says the consumption of processed meats leads to 6600 bowel cancer cases each year in the uk. that's around four times the number of people killed on brecon's roads. this group wants the industry to increase its efforts to remove nitrates from the curing process and it wants the government to step up its public health campaign. the letter says, "we a re its public health campaign. the letter says, "we are concerned that not enough is being done to raise awareness of nitrates in our processed meat and the health risks. the letter is signed by tom watson,

david amis, and baroness walmsley. nhs guidance is eating a loss of red and processed meat probably increases the risk of bowel cancer. anyone consuming more than three ounces of day is told to cut it to about two and a half ounces. the world health organisations is eating just two slices bacon a day increases the risk of bowel cancer by nearly 20%. andy moore, bbc news. take a look at these pictures from japan, which has been hit by heavy snow. in some areas nearly two metres of snow has piled up — much more than the seasonal average. blizzards are forecast to continue through the rest of the weekend, mainly in the coastal areas. officials are urging people to make preparations for snowstorms, high waves, and frozen roads. it looks absolutely brutal. some people will be watching saying i

would love a bit of that. i am not one of those people. we will talk to hell in a little later on because it is looking very mild. 0ne hell in a little later on because it is looking very mild. one more story to bring you. a man credited with saving the lives of around 350 jewish children during the second world war has died, aged 108. georges loinger would take the children to play football on a pitch near the border with neutral switzerland, where they'd slip through an unguarded fence to safety. the resistance hero was later awarded the french military cross and the holocaust memorial foundation described him as an "exceptional man". that is an extraordinary story. an amazing story. someone well worth remembering. it is 6:12am. let's take a look at today's front pages. the sunday times leads with the news that sajid javid has returned early from his holiday to tackle the rising number of migrants crossing the channel. the picture is of damejune whitfield who has passed away, aged 93. the observer reports that education reforms are allowing privately educated pupils to sit easier gcses

than the more rigorous exams being offered to state school pupils. the sunday mirror also pays tribute to dame june whitfield, its headline hails her as a "comedy legend" and the paper says her absolutely fabulous co—star joanna lumley is "heartbroken". elsewhere, the sunday telegraph claims the defence secretary has offered the home secretary, sajid javid, the support of the armed forces to try to stem the flow of migrants across the channel. the latest edition has a picture of dame june whitfield. that

the latest edition has a picture of damejune whitfield. that news about damejune whitfield. that news about dame june whitfield came damejune whitfield. that news about damejune whitfield came at about eight o'clock yesterday evening, so many of the first editions did not have a picture on there. we will talk to hell leijer a little later on, she worked on absolutely fabulous. we'll talk about her contributions lebron. a quick story from the inside pages. —— later on. mike tindall wearing this extraordinary christmas suit. many of us may have a bad christmas jumper out, but not as gerrish is that. he claims that the queen loves his suits, which he regularly gets out when he spent christmas with the royalfamily at out when he spent christmas with the royal family at sandringham. she is a big fan of bright colours. does not like gloomy colours. she does like bright colours. did you wear a bright yellow thing, dress, coat, that does really rude. she looked fantastic. 0urfashion correspondence. the other story that caught my eye, the front page of the

daily telegraph. the new minister forfamilies, mims daily telegraph. the new minister for families, mims davies, daily telegraph. the new minister forfamilies, mims davies, has suggested that family should consider taking grandparents on holiday. is this cheap babysitting? it is in my book. she says it is about encouraging greater harmony between the generations in families. she says we should look at how they do it in other parts of europe. you see several generations of one family on the beach together. i tend to ta ke family on the beach together. i tend to take my parents—in—law and my pa rents to take my parents—in—law and my parents on holiday. is that cheap babysitting, rachel? there is a funny going on holiday without extra babe —— childcare. funny going on holiday without extra babe -- childcare. a really loving mummy. always. i don't feel sorry for your children at all. they don't wa nt to for your children at all. they don't want to spend time with me, believe me. this is the snapchat boss, a billionaire by now, and how meat and asa billionaire by now, and how meat and as a mum you will know this, the

blame is put on the founders of social media are saying that kids are glued to their phones. he is saying that 90 minutes per week is enough. 90 minutes per week! there you go. blamed for turning teenage children into smart phone zombies. he now says he limits his stepson, his seven—year—old stepchild to 90 minutes per week. all these apps have devices that make them highly addictive. it seems hypocritical to say that. bill gates limited his daughter to 45 minutes on weekdays, 60 minutes at weekends. stevejobs, he and his wife ltd how much his children is at home. mark zuckerberg is encouraging children to read and write stories. the founders of this made their money, ruined our lives, and make sure that they kids don't do it. the favourite is one of the leading contenders at the upcoming awards season. the film is set in the early 18th century, when a frail queen anne, played by 0livia colman,

occupies the throne. the plot follows rachel weisz and emma stone as they squabble to become court favourites. british actors joe alwyn and nicholas hoult caught up with our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba ahead of the cinema release. dearest clean. how does the kingdom? best 0scar tipped comedy drama follows the behind—the—scenes manoeuvring as ron tries to win favour with an eccentric queen. how dare you!? playing two of the scheming characters, a pair of britain's rightist young stars. he isa britain's rightist young stars. he is a politician who is playing the chess game of the court in trying to get the queen's yep, because then he knows he can gain what he wants in that world. so he is very manipulative. i am not the brightest

character, i am a brit of an airhead who is running blissfully around after abigail, and there is this cat and mouse power—play between the two of them in the scenes they are together. and she uses him. he has some status and she uses them for that. although seven the 18th century, the story explores power and relationships a way that still has a relevance today. go back to your rooms. thank you. making these things is... when you are inside the bubble of it, it is not something you are necessarily aware of, but when it comes out, especially in the current climate, there are comparisons both in terms of politics or even gender politics. he is referring to the fact that, unusually for hollywood, the three most powerful characters are all women, a refreshing and significant change to the kind of films the cast are used to being offered. sometimes you read scripts, and i have noticed it before, and you read it and you think that is not a well—developed female character, it is trying to be

put into an archetype that doesn't exist. so yes, it is important for it to reflect what is happening in society, definitely. mayi it to reflect what is happening in society, definitely. may i exhort the chamber to roar a mighty hurrah for her majesty in her brilliant decision not to raise the land tax. the film is overflowing with british talent, something often seen as a quality mark to us audiences. talent, something often seen as a quality mark to us audiencesm talent, something often seen as a quality mark to us audiences. it is the accent. i think we are hard—working. i think that is something about it. and also that we love what we do. i think sometimes... nearly all the brits that i know are in it for the right reasons. you know, so that is a big thing for it, but yes, also the accent. it has already been recognised at awards ceremonies here and in the us, and if the favourite ends up living up to its name in next yea r‘s ends up living up to its name in next year's academy awards, few will be surprised. it is that time of year for me when

i start writing all the films i want to watch in the cinema, that is going on. you have got to cram it and the favourite is out in uk cinemas from 1january. time for the sport now, a little bit earlier than usual. what a day it was for liverpool and their fans. unbeaten so far this season, this timea unbeaten so far this season, this time a thrashing against arsenal, a hat—trick for that man behind you, roberto firmino, and what a performance, their ninth consecutive premier league win. that means liverpool are nine points clear at the top of the premier league this morning. tottenham remain in second place, despite a surprise home defeat to wolves. at the bottom, wins for fulham and cardiff eased their problems. adam wild was watching the action. around anfield, the best way to avoid the post— christmas blues is to follow the red. the festive season will see liverpool reaching

highs, their hopes on the rise as well. they had gone behind against arsenal, but two goals in 90 seconds from roberto firmino turned this right around. from roberto firmino turned this rightaround. a from roberto firmino turned this right around. a third from sadio mane, the kind of free—flowing brilliance to which their fans have become accustomed, salah added a fourth from the penalty spot, before roberto firmino did the same for his hat—trick. you will never walk alone is liverpool's famous anthem, but in truth, no—one can keep up. is liverpool's famous anthem, but in truth, no—one can keep uplj is liverpool's famous anthem, but in truth, no-one can keep up. i thought we we re truth, no-one can keep up. i thought we were really good in the game, and we were really good in the game, and we did we were really good in the game, and we d id exactly we were really good in the game, and we did exactly what we wanted to do. yes, for 2018, i have nothing to mourn about. there has of late been plenty of festive cheer at totte n ha m. plenty of festive cheer at tottenham. kane here adding a little more sparkle. goodness me. what a strike from kane. but that was as bright as it got. in the second half, spurs faltered, wolves pouncing on any sign of weakness, three goals in the final 18 minutes.

how quickly moves can change. the same can be set at full. not much to cheer about there this season, so when they were awarded a penalty against fellow strugglers huddersfield, the last thing they needed was a squabble about who would take it. kumara one that row, he might wish he hadn't. so mitrovic had a point to prove. three points for full was had a point to prove. three points forfull was his final word on had a point to prove. three points for full was his final word on the matter. perhaps the coal to make goal of the day came from cardiff, he came late against leicester, but worth waiting for, as they end their yearin worth waiting for, as they end their year in spectacular style. there was some christmas spirit in that, i know we heard from jurgen kl°pp, that, i know we heard from jurgen klopp, he was talking about salah letting his team—mate take the penalty. and that is what jurgen klopp said yesterday, the fact that

salah klopp said yesterday, the fact that sa la h wa nts klopp said yesterday, the fact that salah wants to score goals but he instead he gave it up and gave it to mane to score that instead. very much demonstrating how much liverpool are playing like a team this season. and it seems to be working. in the scottish premiership, rangers moved level on points with leaders celtic after beating them 1—0 at ibrox. ryan jack scored after half an hour, in a match that was dominated by the hosts. it was brendan rodgers's first defeat in 13 old firm games. hearts beat hibs1—0 at easter road in the edinburgh derby. 0lly lee scored the only goal there. the result moves hearts up a place to fifth. the match was overshadowed by the actions of one supporter who appeared to racially abuse clevid dikamona during the match. hibs have said they will do everything they can to identify him. india's cricketers have beaten australia in melbourne to go 2—1 up in the four—test series. australia still needed 141 more runs to win at the start of the final day, but only had two wickets remaining, and they lost both of those for just three runs.

it was the first time india have won a test match in melbourne since 1981. in rugby union, saracens narrowed the gap on premiership league leaders exeter to one point after they came from behind to beat worcester. sale pulled off a shock away win at gloucester. and harlequins scored the fastest premiership try of the season, as they beat wasps by 20—13 at twickenham. however, hooker dave ward could face disciplinary action after appearing to spit at wasps' thomas young. in the pro14, edinburgh beat glasgow warriors 16—8 at scotstoun. edinburgh ran in two tries including this one from stuart mcinally. cardiff blues thrashed scarlets by 34—5, gareth anscombe scoring the bonus—point fourth try. scarlets have now lost their last five games. two—time champions gary anderson

and michael van gerwen will meet in the pdc world championship semi—finals after winning their last eight ties. number one seed van gerwen beat world number 74 ryanjoyce 5—1, while anderson beat dave chisnall 5—2. england's michael smith beat luke humphries 5—1. humphries had caused a shock beating last year's winner, rob cross, in the previous round, but couldn't repeat his heroics again. smith will face nathan aspinall in the semi—finals. and those semifinals take place this evening at 7pm, so looking forward to that. we were commenting on the dancing at the darts, one player had lost but was a brilliant dancer, i didn't know there was such a line in cool shirts for darts players. they

are very popular, very much a part of it now. the whole performance. i wa nt of it now. the whole performance. i want one. we should design our own darts shirts. leave me out of that, ladies. you can keep your silks to yourself. back to the football, inevitably it is the crucial christmas period that it feels like the premiership title race has flipped now. and manchester city a letter on this afternoon and we look back a few weeks ago and it looked like once again they were going to run away with it. at this christmas, pep guardiola has had a shocking few weeks. spurs did well against manchester city, then spurs got beaten by wolves, so it is all over the place. there is no—one team. people were so shocked by that result, and i was one of a few people who saw that first goal from

spurs and thought that's that, job done, disappeared to make a cup of tea and have some lunch, and came back and wondered what had happened. and arsenal and liverpool a similar story. and liverpool play manchester city next ten. that's right, thursday, that will be interesting. even i am finding it a bit interesting, that is saying something. notice how mild it has been? really warm, which i am not complaining about, but if we are not getting that crisp wintry feel at the moment, i don't think we will haveit the moment, i don't think we will have it for the rest of the year. good morning. i think the rest of the year will stay a mile but the beginning of 2019 might be quite a surprise, a bit of a shock to the system as the northerly winds arrive. i will be looking forward to that because it means some crisp sunshine around. for the rest of 2018, however, it looks mostly cloudy and mild, as we were just saying, but fairly mild. the rain across eastern areas is boldly the last of the rain we will see this

year, not especially heavy and clearing out. high pressure building northwards to push the remnants of that weather front away. it doesn't mean it will be sunny, i drove in some thick fog to the west of london, nasty in the home counties towards gloucestershire, 0xfordshire, berkshire and bucks as well. not great out there this morning because it is so murky. eventually that mr burke will lift away. the rain we have across the east right now clears out into the north sea and it is basically dry picture, but with a lot of cloud. that cloud will linger over the hills of western scotland, through northern ireland, across western parts of england and wales as well. misty over the hills. the best chance of brightness will be eastern parts of scotland and eastern england, and temperatures at ten, 11 or12, england, and temperatures at ten, 11 or 12, well above where they should be. we should stay largely frost free overnight tonight, because again these skies are rather polluted by a lot of cloud. that does act like a blanket, of course, arresting the fall in temperature,

but it will be a bit chillier than we have had, and early touch of frost yesterday evening in the east, but that lifted as the weather fronts came in. tomorrow, the end of the year, high pressure is still with us. so what are we going to see? much of the same. lest mist and fog first thing, but you have to allow for it, whether cloud breaks have been through the night there could be thicker patches around initially. a strengthening wind to bring some rain to the northern and western isles of scotland, the highlands eventually. temperatures possibly a tad down on those of today, but again, ten or 11 is well above where it should be, and it should stay mostly mild, mostly drive for new year's eve as well. the main fly in the ointment is that weather front across scotland. strong and gusty wind, which for fireworks displays is not the best. new year's day we have a high pressure with us, for most of the country, but it has shifted from the west to the south, and this is the forecast for the start of 2019. it feels really strange saying that,

but temperatures have really fallen away and the sun has returned. perfect weather, for me. as for many, with those morning frost to watch out for, but this morning it is pretty murky with some thick patches of fog. thank you very much, we will speak later. stay with us, headlines coming up.