let's hope there's not too much ice around here. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. along hello. after a rather grey and misty start, in fact for some, a foggy start, the skies are starting to brighten a little. and we will see a little sunshine through the rest of 2018. but, on the whole, the rest of today and tomorrow looks mostly dry and rather cloudy. the best chance of sunshine will be eastern scotland ata at a great dave heading out into the mountains for walk but a little bit of sunshine coming through. 10—11 high, above what it should be this time of year. it will remain mild overnight because the cloud acts

like a blanket, stopping temperatures falling very low. it is more likely under the sky where it is clear, we will have fog and low cloud for the monday morning rush which is a bit of an issue tomorrow morning but high pressure is with us. morning but high pressure is with us. westerly wind bringing more moisture. the weather front approaching scotland, north, western highlands mainly and it brings gale force winds and heavy rain. it could dampen new year celebrations but again limited. for most, dry and bright tomorrow with the breeze turning the cloud and even giving sunshine. mostly mild, mostly dry and rather cloudy at the stroke of midnight except in the far north of scotland. by the time the weather front slips southwards, there will be little rain it. but it pushes pressure so be little rain it. but it pushes

pressure so that we change to be much colder arctic breeze, which will not have so much moisture, so sunshine will return, but also the cold, clear night. widespread frost by night. new year's day, the colder weather in northern and eastern parts. we hang the mild weather further south. by wednesday, parts. we hang the mild weather furthersouth. by wednesday, it parts. we hang the mild weather further south. by wednesday, it will be felt right across the uk. despite the night—time frost, the is daytime sunshine. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the home secretary, sajid javid, cuts short his holiday and returns to the uk to deal with the rising number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats. the trade secretary liam fox says the chances of britain leaving the eu will only be fifty—fifty if mps reject the prime the prime minister's brexit deal. stars from the entertainment world remember comedy actress dame june whitfield, best—known for her roles in terry and june and absolutely fabulous.

she has died at the age of 93. scientists and politicians call on the government to do more about the health risk from nitrates in processed meats — saying that when cooked, the chemicals can cause cancer. before the papers — sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. good morning. liverpool are nine points clear at the top of the premier league this morning following their emphatic win over arsenal yesterday. tottenham remain in second, despite a surprise home defeat to wolves, and at the bottom, there were wins for fulham and cardiff. adam wild was watching the action. around anfield, the best way to avoid the post—christmas blues is to follow the reds. the festive season to savour with 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. a third from sadio mane,

the kind of free—flowing brilliance to which their fans have become accustomed. mo salah added a fourth from the penalty spot, before firmino did the same for his hat—trick. you'll never walk alone is liverpool's famous anthem, but, in truth, no one can keep up. i thought we were really good in the game, and we did exactly what we wanted to do. yeah, for 2018, i have nothing to mourn about any more. there has of late been plenty of festive cheer at tottenham — harry kane here adding a little more sparkle. goodness me. what a strike from harry 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. the same can be said at fulham. 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. aboubakar kamara won that row. he might wish he hadn't. so aleksandar mitrovic had a point to prove. three points for fulham was his final word on the matter. perhaps the goal of the day came from cardiff's victor camarasa. it came late against leicester, but worth waiting for, as they end their year in spectacular style. well, manchester city could overtake spurs with victory on the south coast — they take on southampton at 2:15, while burnley host west ham. manchester united take on bournemouth in the late kick—off, but before that, crystal palace and chelsea is at midday, with live text commntary on the bbc sport website. rangers moved level on points with scottish premiership 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‘ first defeat in 13 old firm games. hearts beat hibs1—0 at easter road in the edinburgh derby. olly lee scored the only goal there. however, the match was overshadowed by alleged racial abuse against hearts player clevid dikamona. a 64—year—old hibs fan has been arrested. india's cricketers have beaten australia in melbourne to go 2—1 up in the four test series. australia still needed 1111 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. we always knew that we can do this, so we are very happy. but we are not shocked or very surprised by what has happened. we always believed this was very possible, because of the talent

we have in the side and the mindset we have carried for the last 12 months, regardless of what has been said. regardless of the mistakes we have made. but our mindset never shifted once. staying with cricket, asutralia's cameron bancroft could manage only two on his competitve return to the sport this morning. bancroft was one of three players banned for ball tampering during a test match against south africa last march. he's playing for perth scorchers against hobart hurricanes this morning, but was out after facing just three balls. 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 pro 1a, edinburgh beat

glasgow warriors 16—8 at scotstoun. edinburgh ran in two tries including this one from stuart mcinally. cardiff blues thrashed scarlets by 3a points to 5. gareth anscombe scoring the bonus point 11th 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 later. anderson beat dave chisnall 5—2 in his quarterfinal while number one seed van gerwen beat world number 7a ryan joyce 5—1. the other semi this evening will be between michael smith and nathan aspinall. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news — the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday

morning paper review. with me are lainy malkani and john crowley. welcome. let's start with the sunday telegraph. it is leading with calls for the home secretary to ‘get a grip‘ over the channel migrant crisis. also on the front page, damejune whitfield who has died at the age of 93. the sunday times calls dame june the ‘golden girl of british comedy‘. it‘s main focus though is the home secretary cutting short his holiday to handle the migrant issue. the mail on sunday says mps are calling for the migrant boats to be seized in calais. meanwhile the observer leads on a story about gcses. the paper says private—school pupils are gaining an advantage as they are more likely to take, what the paper claims, are less—demanding igcses,

which state schools are being barred from using. and the sunday express reports on the woes on the high street and says that experts predict at least 10,000 stores will shut next year after festive sales failed to come to their rescue. we can start with the sunday times front page. sajid javid abandoning his safari to tackle the migrant crisis and the papers making great play of the fact it was a luxury holiday. the safari lodge, i‘m not sure how relevant this is, the lodge was charging £840 per person per night. it would bring a tear to a glass eye, he has to return home from the luxury holiday to deal with the situation. he has form on this. in i think 2016 he was in australia

as business secretary when he hurt to deal with the port talbot steelworks crisis. there was another case when i think he was in dubai when there was a business rates row and he had to return home and now he has to come back. do you think he goes on too many holidays, is that the point? you lay yourself open to the point? you lay yourself open to the charge, everyone is entitled to a holiday but he has been caught out a holiday but he has been caught out a few times. the commentator saying he is lacking the political antenna to see this situation is coming up. we have known about this since november. it is not an influx of people just yet, it is a couple of hundred migrants across the channel but the home office knew it was happening. since christmas, there have been almost 100 migrants who have been almost 100 migrants who have attempted the crossing. has he decided to go away anyway and now he

has been caught and has to come back? i suppose it does not help that one of his own mps has talked about the darren sammy handling of the crisis. why call it a major incident, —— called it a dad's army handling of it. this is extremely important, the risks to loss of life. you have to make decisions about how you will stop this happening in the immediate future, but also in the long—term future. if you have called it this of course people will criticise you. when you read through his planning, gold command? yes, taking controlfrom the lodge. from safari? from the lodge of the safari while elephants are walking past. it is comical and hence the dad's army link. and in

the mail on sunday, the same story, about seizing migrant boats in calais as a way of handling the crisis to intervene on the french side of the channel. the headline does not match what is said in the story. it is a tory mp, saying we are not advocating like edward iii in the 14th century, going back and we taking calais, she suggests working with a fresh to stop the boats being sold. there are proliferation around this area. she said stop being sold. they charge i think 5000 a pop to set them out. what can be home secretary do when he comes back? shall we bring walcott is back? apparently there is one, these are vessels that basically allow rescue services to do multidiscipline rescues —— the

cutters. sajid javid said that would encourage more migrants, if they increase more boats, people will think they will be winched out of the sea. in that case, what is the plank? there seems to be nothing well thought out. are we saving lives, or preventing people coming over, crossing the busiest waterway in the world and risking their lives? what is the plank? also, what this does not point out in this piece, who are these french boats owned by? there is a multiple of people owning these boats and i saw a piece i think yesterday where a british person bought a boat from a french sailor and sold it. he said he was perfectly speaking english, very polite. next thing he saw his boat on the television in connection

with this issue. a last look at sajid javid being told to get a grip, the sunday telegraph front page. you said john, what more can he do by being here rather than on holiday? i suppose it is a question of perception and if he has leadership ambitions, which people say he has, this is important? precisely, there are politics at play. gavin williamson, the defence secretary, offered navy boats. also a leadership rival. i‘m sure there are cabinet ministers may be chuckling at a little bit arts sajid javid‘s difficulties. the get a grip comes from a member of the home affairs committee, a tory mp. his own party seems to have dropped the ball on this. party politics at play, he is a leadership contender.

he has angered theresa may ‘s since becoming home secretary in the way he has dealt with police and other issues. it has not been a good weekend. for him. and you say the prime minister is on holiday in maidenhead. less glamorous! that is enough about the home secretary and his holiday arrangements. we can talk about dame june his holiday arrangements. we can talk about damejune whitfield. so much loved as a british comedy actress. going back to terry and june and absolutely fabulous. really wonderful, actually. unbelievable career spanning 70 years. such a long period to be a star. how do you do that, to have such a long career and keep reinventing yourself? how

difficult is it to be funny? it must be extremely difficult! i read about herand it said be extremely difficult! i read about her and it said she could read a script and identify just her and it said she could read a script and identifyjust by reading it, these are the funny bits, this is where i need to up my game. amazing career. terry and june, the suburban housewife managing her slightly loopy... which those of us ofa slightly loopy... which those of us of a certain age remember well. i suppose younger people remember absolutely fabulous. she meant something to each generation. carry 0n films, radio work, terry and june. it would be on the telly. playing the suburban housewife. and reinventing herself as the mother is in absolutely fabulous, where she played the grandmother role to perfection. the sunday mirror, tributes to a national treasure, they say. it is a phrase we use

often but in this case, accurate. they say. it is a phrase we use often but in this case, accuratelj think it is right. remarkable also that as a woman, having a lengthy career that as a woman, having a lengthy career in the entertainment world, starting when she reinvented herself and taking on roles that essentially ke pt and taking on roles that essentially kept her in our hearts as a national treasure is amazing. her biography, i think it was called and june whitfield, because she was not given the main roles, a reference to that. national treasure is used but she fits the role. the mail on sunday have a big spread inside on page nine. farewell, dame june. have a big spread inside on page nine. farewell, damejune. ithink when she was younger she said you

realised —— she said she realised she was perhaps not cut out for the great dramatic roles. good on her for following back through. she was not going to be lady macbeth. that was where her talent lay. and wow, she dated larry hagman. who knew? 0ne she dated larry hagman. who knew? one of those moments when it is like, what? lovely. back to brexit. it has been relatively quiet on the brexit front over christmas but it is back on the front page of the sunday times. liam fox saying brexit may not happen. brexit is on a knife edge and the chances of leaving are only 50—50 if mps reject the prime minister‘s brexit deal. is it more pressure on mps to back the deal?

minister‘s brexit deal. is it more pressure on mp5 to back the deal?|j think pressure on mp5 to back the deal?” think handshakes have been going on over the christmas holidays. i do not know what the whips do. liam fox, it is interesting him saying this because you think of him as an ardent brexiteer but he is saying if you do not get this deal, the imperfect brexit deal, he‘s hinting there is a chance there will be a second referendum and you will not get what you want. maybe there is some real politik from get what you want. maybe there is some real politikfrom him. maybe, let‘s not forget, liam fox was brought back in by theresa may in 2016, he was out of the wilderness, maybe showing loyalty, and we speculated earlier, maybe he has been promised a job. what is your brexit prediction? who will make

about? put your neck on the line. i refuse to because this line has been changed so many times. do you think she will get the deal through parliament? i do not. ithink she will get the deal through parliament? i do not. i think the mistake was the no deal was better thana mistake was the no deal was better than a bad deal and he is now saying a bad deal is better than no deal. he clearly does not support it but he is saying if it does not go through, this is what we are faced with. 50-50. it is through, this is what we are faced with. 50—50. it is confusing the public again. but what is happening, we have had a break from it, which has been quite nice, the arguing in parliament, but it reinforces the idea that nobody is clear.l parliament, but it reinforces the idea that nobody is clear. a happy and sad story from china in the mail on sunday. a heart-rending story about grandparents. they have gone

to china to try to bring their grandchildren back home. they are ian and linda simpson and their son michael was murdered by his chinese wife. it is a long convoluted story but effectively, the two children, six and eight, were with the mother‘s parents in china. they have gone to china in a bid to bring both of them back. they have spent £100,000 doing it but have been told they can only bring back six—year—old alice. at christmas and new year, they have had to leave jack behind, possibly for ever, possibly saying goodbye to their grandson, the sum of their murdered son. that is a heartbreaking story. —— the son. the sunday express, the high street and worries about the high street and worries about the high street. a difficult year. 2019

looks like it might be tougher. christmas, they depend so much on christmas, they depend so much on christmas sales. it has been a disaster. the prediction is 10,000 shops this year will close, which, it is unbelievable. we can talk about iconic shops that are closing, like hmv, which i worked in. when i was at university. during the time off, people will calculate my age... you can understand why hmv has problems. the digital revolution. well, yes, but the digital revolution was happening and coming. you wonder why big companies do not decide to reinvent themselves. 0n the other hand they are faced with higher business rates, there is a

double whammy. the digital age has had this impact. what will happen? some high streets, there is a stretch near where i live which is doing really well. they are small, independent shops. maybe that is the future, that we will see major stores closing down. but, on the other hand, smaller shops emerging. john, do you do christmas shopping online or on the high street?‘ little bit of both. the amount of timei little bit of both. the amount of time i used to waste in hmv as a teenager... habits are changing. we probably did it, going up and down looking at the cd rack. that was nice. it was enjoyable, but it is seen as a waste of time, like browsing, going shopping when you can do it online in a flash. consumer habits are changing. what

we need to do is think about how we reinvent the high street. it is great on suburban high streets, but the big, like along 0xford great on suburban high streets, but the big, like along oxford street. 0xford the big, like along oxford street. oxford street now, it is high end stores, almost for tourists. where, really, if you are a local, you cannot afford a lot of those things. u nless cannot afford a lot of those things. unless you want to buy expensive christmas presents, which i‘m sure you do! thank you. don‘t forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it‘s all there for you — seven days a week. and if you miss the programme you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. good morning a great start. we have

sunshine coming through in the midlands. generally, there will be a lot of cloud today and the rest of 2018. it looks as if we will keep mild wind from the atlantic. it should stay mostly dry. most of the rain in the north. high pressure keeping the weather fronts at bay. the gentle breeze coming from the atlantic, a lot of cloud around, drizzle in the highlands and islands of scotla nd drizzle in the highlands and islands of scotland and across cumbria, welsh mountains of possibly parts of northern ireland. the better chance of being dry in eastern parts. it is mild. well above where temperatures should be at this time of year. evening sunshine fades away under the starry skies. it could turn

colder. 3—4, but low cloud and fog by morning. the low cloud will act asa by morning. the low cloud will act as a blanket to stop the falling temperature. a mild night as we go into the last day of 2018. high pressure with us. the fly in the ointment is the approaching weather system towards the north which by day looks set to give the highlands and islands of scotland heavier rain. gale force winds, even severe gales across shetland. for most, and increasing breeze will turn over the cloud and brighten up the sky. temperatures down on the weekend that still mild. 0n the stroke of midnight, if you are bringing in the new year, midnight, if you are bringing in the new yea r, mostly midnight, if you are bringing in the new year, mostly dry. the weather front may have reached the central lowla nds front may have reached the central lowlands but little rain left on it but it will be instrumental in a change in the weather. through monday evening and overnight into tuesday, it moves south and changes

the orientation of the wind. we‘d pick upa the orientation of the wind. we‘d pick up a cold northerly wind. a brisk northerly wind. across eastern parts of england and scotland. we will notice the change. still relatively mild in the south but eve ryo ne relatively mild in the south but everyone will notice the change by the end of tuesday and certainly by wednesday. low single figures in the north, frosty by night, but more sunshine by day. this is bbc news, i‘m ben brown. the headlines at 10: the home secretary, sajid javid, cuts short his holiday and returns to the uk to deal with the rising number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats.

the trade secretary liam fox says the chances of britain leaving the eu will only be 50—50, if mps reject the prime minister‘s brexit deal. also this hour — the government is urged to do more about the health risk from processed meats. scientists and politicians call for a ban on nitrates in bacon and ham — they say that when cooked, the chemicals can cause cancer. stars from the entertainment world remember comedy actress, dame june whitfield, best—known for her roles in terry and june and absolutely fabulous, who‘s died at the age of 93. and in half an hour, i‘ll be looking at a momentous year for science,