# oh, yes, i do... # you make me feel. # a natural woman! # a woman. a woman. # yeah! # oh, yeah! good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin. our headlines on new year's day: move away now! counterterrorism police investigate as three people are stabbed at a tram stop in manchester, including a police officer. he had a kitchen knife in his hand and it was a black handle and a long blade and i thought, this is not good. waiting for a message from four billion miles away,

a nasa probe reaches the most distant object ever explored. goodbye 2018, hello 2019! people across the world welcome in the new year. it's a new year and a new start for andy murray. he's safely through to the second round of the brisbane international, his first tournament since september. and we start off a new year of weather with things a little bit colder than they have been but a lot more sunshine too. i will have all the details here on breakfast. it's tuesday the 1st of january. our top story: counter terrorism police are leading an investigation into the stabbing of three people at victoria station in manchester. two passengers and a british transport police officer have been treated for knife wounds.

will batchelor reports. move away now! move! a new year, but an increasingly familiar sight — one man, armed with a knife, bringing violence and fear to uk cities. this was the scene at manchester victoria station just before 9pm yesterday evening. the man being restrained by police officers had allegedly stabbed two people, a man and woman aged in their 505, as they waited on the platform. a british transport police officer who went to help was stabbed in the shoulder. all three suffered injuries described as serious but not life—threatening. i don't want to say it's this or it's that... bbcjournalist sam clack was waiting for his tram home when he saw the attack. it's new year's eve, people have had a drink. they've probably — it's just a fight, it'll fizzle out in the next few seconds. but then, ijust heard the guy shout — as part of a sentence he shouted

"allah", and then i thought, hmm, that doesn't sound good. but, at the point i was just edging towards the tracks to jump onto the tracks, he was pepper sprayed, he was tasered. theyjust kind of swarmed on him, brought him down. greater manchester police said that, while there was no evidence of a wider threat, the investigation is being led by counter—terrorism officers. manchester victoria is just yards away from the city's arena, where, in may 2017, a suicide bomber murdered 22 people as they left a concert. the station was closed overnight as officers maintained a high profile. will batchelor, bbc news. 0ur reporter dave guest is at victoria station for us this morning. it must have been terrifying for

people who were there. yes. the station is right next to manchester arena which saw that terrible outrage when 22 people lost their lives and many more were seriously injured. last night was nothing on that scale but nonetheless very frightening. police tape still across the tramlines that lead into victoria station. the station is being treated as a scene of crime. as for the people who were injured, the police officer we understand has been released from hospital but the man and women who were in their 50s remain in hospital with serious but not life—threatening injuries will stop both of them stabbed in the abdomen and the woman suffered some facial injuries. police keen to stress that there is no intelligence to suggest that this is part of any wider threat to greater manchester

but at the moment counter—terrorism officers are leading the investigation. they say they are keeping an open mind as to exactly what motivated the person who carried out this attack. particularly frightening last night when the city was full of people. the fireworks display went ahead as planned on the advice of the police and passed without incident. officers continuing to speak to the man whom they arrested following this incident. two uk border force boats have been redeployed from overseas to patrol the english channel in response to recent migrant crossings. the home secretary, sajid javid, says the operation will protect human life, as well as borders. our correspondentjohn mcmanus is in dover. we saw yesterday more people arriving on the shores. these boats will take some time to get there. that is right. there will be on their way back from the sea between

turkey and greece where they have been carrying out similar operations to deter and rescue migrants making that perilous crossing. up to 200 people a day travelling between turkey and greece. those boats on the way back to uk waters where they willjoin another cut the way back to uk waters where they will join another cut are the way back to uk waters where they willjoin another cut are already here. the home secretary also said there will bejoint here. the home secretary also said there will be joint patrols with french forces in the channel behind me. trying to persuade migrants not to make the perilousjourney me. trying to persuade migrants not to make the perilous journey across the waters. many of them trying to make it under cover of darkness. trying to break up migrant gangs facilitating those crossings is a priority for the british and french. sajid javid said this is a major incident but it is notjust about protecting uk borders, he is determined there will not be any kind of tragedy in the waters behind me. theresa may has used her new year message to suggest that britain "can turn a corner" if parliament backs her brexit deal. mps are due to vote on the prime minister's withdrawal agreement this month,

after a vote on the deal was postponed because of fears it would not get the support of the commons. in the next few weeks, mps will have an important decision to make. if parliament backs the deal, britain can turn a corner. the referendum in 2016 was divisive, but we all want the best for our country. a small van has ploughed into pedestrians celebrating the new year in tokyo. nine people were injured, including one seriously when the attacker struck shortly after midnight. the street where the incident took place was sealed off to traffic and was packed with people heading to a shrine for new year's prayers. the man driving the car fled the scene was but was later arrested and charged with attempted murder. nasa is waiting to find out whether its new horizons probe has successfully flown past an icy rock, nicknamed ultima thule, the most distant object to have been visited by an spacecraft from earth. it will take several

hours before a signal, confirming the fly—past, reaches mission control. here's our science correspondent, jonathan amos. far beyond the big planets, like saturn and neptune, far beyond even the dwarf planet pluto, the new horizons spacecraft has been chasing down a mysterious, icy world known as ultima thule. and, atjust after 5:30am gmt this morning, the probe should have whipped by its target, flashing its cameras and gathering all sorts of scientific data. researchers believe the deep—frozen, 30—kilometre—wide object can tell them new things about how the solar system formed, 4.6 billion years ago. ultima appeared as a tiny blob in the pictures taken on approach. the new ones, when they arrive, should be very detailed. but patience is required. the vast distance radio signals must travel to get home mean the images will take fully 20 months to download.

the great thing about such a slow data transmission rate is that it's almost a gift that keeps on giving. every week or so, we'll get new images back from the spacecraft, and we're going to learn new things for the next two years, out through most of 2020, of what ultima thule looked like during the fly—by. new horizons will continue to push deeper and deeper into space. with plenty of fuel and power, scientists say it could keep working until the 20305. by that stage, it could be leaving the solar system, on its way to nearby stars. we will be talking to someone about that about 8:50am. the 70s pop starjimmy osmond has been diagnosed with a stroke after he fell ill while performing in a pantomime performance on thursday. osmond was playing captain hook in peter pan at the birmingham hippodrome. his spokesperson said the star went to hospital after "pushing through" the evening's performance. he shot to fame as part of the osmond family and is perhaps

best known for the hit long haired lover from liverpool. a new energy price cap has come into force in england, scotland and wales. the industry regulator, ofgem, estimates the cap will save 11 million people an average of £76 a year. consumer groups are warning that it could cut the number of cheap deals available. northern ireland has a separate energy regulator and already has a price cap. the amount of plastic waste predicted to reach landfill in the uk last year after china banned imports of waste has failed to materialise. research by the bbc‘s reality check team found that waste diverted from china has been shared out between other nations. our environment analyst roger harrabin has more. china was the world's waste eater. the uk was exporting 500,000

tons of plastic a year to be recycled there. when it closed its ports to foreign rubbish, there were fears that plastic waste would build up in the uk. but instead, britain's waste has been brought here to indonesia, where some of it gets dumped. the other main nations accepting british plastic are malaysia, turkey and poland. malaysia is now suffering from dumping of low—value waste, and its government is considering a ban on rubbish imports. the real concern is that we're causing environmental damage in other countries, where they've accepted what china's said no to, but they don't have proper, modern facilities to deal with it, and it's ending up in the environment. so why doesn't the british government build its own waste recycling? ministers say they are trying to cut down on waste, but they say international shipments are an acceptable way to trade an often valuable resource. roger harrabin, bbc news. one of the singers with the american 70s band dr hook, ray sawyer, has died at the age of 81.

# when you're in love with a beautiful woman # he was known for his trademark hat and eyepatch, which he wore after losing his right eye in a road accident. the group's hits included sylvia's mother and when you're in love with a beautiful woman. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's time now for a look at the newspapers. technology expert dan sodergren is here to tell us what's caught his eye. we'll speak to dan in a minute. but first let's have a look at some of the front pages this new year's day. "all at sea" is the daily mail's take on the recent rise in migrant crossings in the english channel. it describes sajid javid's decision to recall two ships to british waters as "a humiliating u—turn". the picture isjimmy osmond and meera syal in their panto costumes for peter pan. the daily telegraph has also gone

with the migrants story, again focusing on the home secretary agreeing to send in more patrol boats. and there's a spectacular picture of the hogmanay fireworks in edinburgh last night. the times headline is based on a poll which has found that half of britons believe their personal finances will improve or stay the same in the coming year. "new year, new hope for ivf couples" is the headline in the daily mirror, which says mps are to consider a law to make access to treatment fairer. i was just having an update with you, you did a programme about diabetes last year. you lost a lot of weight and juniper told me the end of the programme. it was very successful, i lost two and a half stone, but more importantly we proved that you can put tape to diabetes into remission with diet and exercise. that is what you did.

fantastic. for anyone thinking about new years resolutions. starting with the telegraph about tech firms. new years resolutions. starting with the telegraph about tech firmsm is an interesting one for me because i talk about digital transformations and companies but what we are finding is we might find 2019 is bigger of culture and when tech companies have to look at themselves something what are we doing this for? are we doing this for good reasons? a lot of people will be leaving tech companies if they do not start doing things that are good. google and other companies, the fact that their tech engineers are leaving because of bad things that potentially they would be doing. diversity is going to be key. time for culture and diversity and maybe for them to look at themselves. tech stuff might be great but it is or was powered by

people. it makes you demand of money as well. where is that money going? exactly, are they making enough change for society, that is the key. can tech people and tech companies get better? i believe they can. this isa get better? i believe they can. this is a great story. the boy with the golden arm, this is about technology. this is the time to be pointing out these stories. jamie's dad learned how to use a 3d printer and has been printing him these pathetic arms, doing it themselves —— himself —— prosthetic arms. his son gets involved in the process against different things on them. look at all the different arms and

different colours. are they different colours. are they different or can they do different things? each time they create a new one and a lot of those changes are a fantastic and has lovely lights. he is hoping that he can help other people as well. hoping they can do more upgrades and make them better. this revolution coming around with manufacturing is affecting people. is it expensive, 3d printing? he is saying it is the opposite, it would have been 18 months to wait and cost lots of money, but this week there was no weight and it was inexpensive. coral reefs. going from prosthetic loans to whether we can save the world. hoping we can save the great barrier reef. almost ivf like techniques, transporting choral

la rva like techniques, transporting choral larva inside the coral. you need a robot to do it so they have created a new robot submarine which can go in and start building up this coral again. it could save the great barrier reef which is going to be key. my favourite quote, we've got to at least try, says the scientist, and that is right. you are full of optimism today, how lovely. maybe we should try to do an optimistic look at the papers every day, it is difficult. this is about pacemakers. another lovely story about potentially hoping to help people with epilepsy and it is a brain pacemaker. five years ago we could not have done this. we can create this thing which is the wireless

a rtefa ct free this thing which is the wireless artefact free device. because it is wi reless artefact free device. because it is wireless and automated it has a su btle wireless and automated it has a subtle way of changing the brain so as it feels the seizure come it changes the brain formatting which is amazing. they have popped that inside people and we can make a difference. it is amazing what they can do nowadays. this is actually going out there. hopefully we can help people with epilepsy. is there no end? i am hoping not, that this is the technology proves can do good. what about us spending too much time on it? are we spending too long on our phones? that could be a good thing. you can start your own business, top to a friend today, text someone, use social media to tell them you love them. always a pause —— positive. tell them you love them. always a

pause -- positive. you are infectious with your optimism. what are you going to be doing today? are you going out for a walk? hgppy happy new year. this was the viewer a short while ago. this was taken in suffolk. there will be more scenes like that over the coming mornings. a little bit cooler out there compared with what it has been. temperatures were they should be for the time of year. high pressure building from the west, low pressure across scandinavia, winds flowing anticlockwise around that. bringing airfrom the north anticlockwise around that. bringing air from the north which will bring cooler conditions. just clipping us. the strongest of the winds down the

eastern coast. a bit of cloud and occasional rain and drizzle across southern counties of england and wales. most will be dry and we will see a lot of sunshine. one or two showers across the highlands and islands, it could be wintry in the far north. blue skies for a much of the west of scotland. increasingly so the west of scotland. increasingly so in the north of england. across wales and the midlands and east anglia, one or two showers which will drift into southern wars counties for the afternoon. then we will see more sunshine for the second half of the day. the north and east continuing to see a few shower clouds and the cloud in the south will break up. winds later this afternoon but coming in from the north—west saw temperatures will continue to drop for some. 5—10d for the most part. where we should be for this stage in earlyjanuary.

tonight, some showers in the north and east of scotland and eastern coastal counties of england and temperatures will be up. central and western areas, clear skies, a widespread frost. the badgers in rural parts could be around minus five or six. —— temperatures. you may have to scrape the card in the morning. lots of sunshine from the start of the day through to sunset. still some cloud and one or two showers across eastern coastal counties. all of us will see temperatures in single figures, probably lower than we should be for the time of year. high pressure remaining through to the end of the week. very little changing with the weather. if you have extended your christmas break there is plenty of a chance to get out and enjoy the outdoors. one or two patches of fog but it is looking fine by day with

long sunny spells. think about taking your hat and gloves if you are going out. people around the world have been saying goodbye to 2018 and welcoming in 2019 with a bang. in london, an estimated 100,000 people gathered to watch big ben's customary bongs mark the start of the new year. in edinburgh, the city's street party to celebrate hogmanay saw fireworks light up edinburgh castle, with the festivities headlined by the band franz ferdinand. 13 hours earlier auckland, closest to the international date line, was the first of the world's cities to usher in the new year. and in the last half hour, los angeles celebrated the start of 2019. while many of the people celebrating last night will be feeling fragile this morning, others are up and about,

getting ready to celebrate 2019 at london's new year's day parade. brea kfast‘s graham satchell is in trafalgar square for us this morning. we have brought you dancing bands and cheerleaders and now we are bringing you dancers from various countries in south america including peru, mexico and bolivia, and this is part of the new year's day parade which this year welcomes the world. good morning. i which this year welcomes the world. good morning. lam which this year welcomes the world. good morning. i am from column beer. what does it mean to be in london? we are celebrating the diversity that we have here in the uk. i am publishing my book and making a movie. have a great day today. he is

a legendary dancer in southern america. there is a lot of diverse cultures going on today. these are from north carolina. i am going to chat to the chief. can you explain what we are seeing? this is the challenge call. the warriors scream and tell them we are with you and they are going to do their dance and tell the story of war which was done to let the enemy now that the men business. they look like they mean business. they look like they mean business. they look like they mean business. they are the warriors. you are based in... north carolina. the costu me are based in... north carolina. the costume they are wearing has something of the british army about it. the turkeys were allied several

times and we were here in 1762 as in the series to meet the king. these are the descendants of those. yes. the cherokee fought on the british side in the american one of independence. you chose the wrong side. indeed. part of the parade today. while we finish watching we are going to try to do... that was amazing, thank you. you are part of the parade today, an allusion is. amazing, thank you. you are part of the parade today, an allusion islj am the parade today, an allusion is.” am excited to be here. can you do a trick? this could be a little bit dangerous. i am going to get you to pick a card. reach inside and picked any card. show it to the camera. i

am going to get you to sign your name. sign it nice and big on the face of the card. while you are doing it, write your credit card number! i doing it, write your credit card number! lam doing it, write your credit card number! i am going to get you to put the card back in the pack. i am going to show it to the camera. we are going to do this slowly. i am going to place the cards here. nothing in my hands. i will step back. maybe you want to come closer. focus. the load one finger. three, two,... my god. your card is somewhere in the middle. focus on

your card. somewhere in the middle. focus on yourcard. one, two, somewhere in the middle. focus on your card. one, two, stop. how are your card. one, two, stop. how are you doing that? watch closely. focus on the card. your card is somewhere in the middle. watch closely. what? how did you do that? that is amazing. that is the kind of magic you will see at the parade today. that is astonishing. we are watching ata that is astonishing. we are watching at a different angle. did anyone see how he did that? no. amazing. it has been wonderful seeing everybody take pa rt been wonderful seeing everybody take part in the parade, which starts at 12pm. starting at piccadilly and ending in parliament square. hundreds of thousands of people will

be here today. a tonic if you're feeling a bit hung over from be here today. a tonic if you're feeling a bit hung overfrom last night. it looks as if it is going to be great fun. to celebrate the 12 days of christmas, maths teacher and author bobby seagull has come up with a dozen puzzles for breakfast. earlier in the programme we asked you the question for the latest puzzle, so here's a reminder. eight maids a milking sell their produce to market. a filled up milk bottle and the lid costs £1.10 altogether. the milk bottle costs £1 more than the lid. how much does the milk bottle cost? that's the question, so here's the answer. the cost of the milk bottle is £1.05. did you get it right? this is how to work it out if you didn't. the bottle costs £1.05 and the lid costs 5p, even though it is tempting to say £1 for the milk bottle. the next puzzle will be back on our twitter tomorrow, so keep an eye out for that.

well done if you got that. stay with us, headlines coming up. hello. this is breakfast with louise minchin. happy new year to you. here's a summary of this morning's main news. counter terrorism police are leading an investigation into the stabbing of three people, including a police officer, at manchester's victoria railway station. a man and woman in their 50s were attacked at about 8:50pm last night. officers say they are keeping

an open mind on the motive. a man has been held on suspicion of attempted murder.