good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: remembering the victims of the london bridge attack. cambridge graduates saskia jones and jack merritt will be honoured at a vigil in the capital. london bridge has now re—opened — we'll be there throughout the morning as the city reflects on another attack. one of the longest railway strikes in british history begins. south western railway passengers face a month of disruption as a 27—day walkout led by the rmt union starts today. i'll be speaking to both sides and getting the view of commuters. also on the programme — we continue our meet the leader series. the snp's nicola sturgeon joins us on the sofa. there's no silver lining for the everton manager. marco silva is under real pressure after another defeat. wednesday's merseyside

derby could decide his fate. get ready for a cold journey to work this morning. widespread frost around and a dry start to the week but as things turned milder, we could see a return to the rain. it's monday 2nd december. our top story: the two victims of the london bridge attack will be remembered at a vigil in the capital later this morning. cambridge graduates jack merritt and saskia jones were stabbed to death by convicted terrorist usman khan. several others were injured as they tried to stop the attack before khan was shot dead by police. our reporterjohn mcmanus has more. saskia jones, 23 years old and described by her family as a positive influence in many people ‘s lives. her recent —— she had recently joined that may lives. her recent —— she had recentlyjoined that may apply lives. her recent —— she had recently joined that may apply to join the police. on friday, like cut

shot, one of three people stabbed by osman khan after she attended the rehabilitation conference that oarsmen can't attended. she was a fighter which breaks my heart even more because she would have stood up for herself. this world has changed, it is not fair. in a 23—year—old girl dying like that should never happen, it should not come to that. like saskia, jack merritt had been committed to helping prisoners start a new life. among those paying tribute to him is his friend holly. i can't believe i got to call you my best mate. i can't believe i got the privilege of your lover. you are quite simply the best thing, com pletely quite simply the best thing, completely golden. jack's father david has already asked that his son's death not be used to impose draconian sentences on prisoners and last night on twitter he accused the

daily mail and daily express newspapers of using his son's death to promote vile propaganda, saying jack stood against hatred, division and ignorance. later this morning, a vigil will take place in the city of london to remember those who died and pay tribute to the emergency services. john is at london bridge for us this morning. are there any more details about the police investigation this morning? good morning from london bridge. as you said, reopened. it actually reopened very late last night after been closed since friday afternoon around about two o'clock and that pretty devastating terrorist attack began behind me in fishmongers' hall and then of course spilt out onto london bridge itself and we have all seen those pretty amazing social media pictures of the members of the public, those very brave men, tackling the terrorist, usman khan, with nothing more than a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk. it

gave the armed police time to arrive where they shortly after shot him dead. the ongoing investigation, we are waiting to hear more details on the police. also the allied review which has been launched by the ministry ofjustice into the conditions under which can be —— convicted terrorists like usman khan are allowed to be released from prison early. the prime minister borisjohnson said there are about 34 borisjohnson said there are about 3a terrorists who have been released on licence and there is a review going on into whether those conditions are strict enough. so thatis conditions are strict enough. so that is going on right now. certainly here in the city with the bridge back open, i think a lot of people are very relieved that things are starting to get back to normal. the london bridge attacks also dominated the latest election debate held on itv last night. representatives from seven political parties answered questions from the audience. neither boris johnson nor jeremy corbyn took part. let's speak to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who is in westminster this morning.

that was one of the big topics but they were a number of items discussed in which they clashed on, these leaders and representatives? that is right. another chance for viewers to see a seven way debate when the parties in the run—up to polling day and as you say, not surprising that the attacker on london bridge was a big part of the discussion between the parties last night and you saw rishi sunak from the conservatives having to defend the conservatives having to defend the way borisjohnson very overtly laid the blame for usman khan's release at labour's door under the early release scheme introduced under that government and he was of course challenged in that interview yesterday. as you have been hearing, why the conservatives have blood —— not done nothing to change that over the last ten years. also the shadow justice secretary for labour having to defend his party's decision not to defend his party's decision not to ta ke to defend his party's decision not to take a side in the brexit debate if his party were come —— to come to power and also clashes on the nhs

and other areas of policy as well put up again, those standout moments, nothing to change the dynamic of the election campaign. and we're expecting more policy announcements from the parties this morning? we are hearing from labour about their plans for the railways. they say they would undertake the biggest ever cut in railfares, reducing by a third seasoned —— season tickets and peak fares. a third seasoned —— season tickets and peakfares. expensive plans nonetheless. it will cost around £i.5 nonetheless. it will cost around £1.5 billion. that money they say will come from vehicle tax. the conservatives have set that money aside for improvements to the road network and have described labour's plans as desperate. the tories themselves are focusing on border security today. they want to

introduce automatic checks on people coming in and out of the uk to get a better idea and it is something other governments have tried to do with limited success to this point. labour making a point that if you come out of the european union then you have less access to security cooperation with other countries. a month of strikes has started on one of the uk's busiest train operators, south western railway. members of the rmt union are protesting over a long—running dispute about the role of guards on trains. the walkout could cause major disruption over the christmas period. south western railway say the strike is unnecessary. we'll get the latest on this from ben who's at waterloo station for us this morning in the next half hour. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, says the world must end its "war against nature". it comes ahead of a two week climate summit in madrid when more than 200 countries will meet to plan how the

world can tackle rising greenhouse gas emissions. women should be able to buy the morning—after contraceptive pill "straight off the shelf" without consulting a pharmacist. a report by the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists says women and girls are finding it difficult to access sexual and reproductive healthcare services which is leading to a rise in unplanned pregnancies and abortions. thousands of homes in central scotland could be without heating for days after a gas main failure. around 8,000 properties in the falkirk area have been left without supplies. electric heaters and cookers are being offered to the elderly or sick customers, and those with young children. if you haven't been out this morning, it would be very cold for them as well. a woman has been rescued after spending twelve days stranded in the australian outback. tamra mcbeath—riley had set out for a drive from alice

springs with two friends. it's believed their car had become stuck in a riverbed. she's being treated in hospital but police are continuing to search for herfriends. the pressure continues to build on marco silva. his everton side were beaten again, this time by an injury time goal at leicester. the merseyside derby is on wednesday — his future is likely to depend on the result of that. there was a huge win for arsenal's women — the biggest in super league history — they beat bristol city ii—i, with six goals from vivianne miedema. that took them to the top of the table. a captain's innings from joe root rescued england's cricketers on day four of the second test in new zealand — he made a double century,

to leave them training by just 5 runs. and world champion lewis hamilton ended the formula one season in style, leading from start to finish to win the abu dhabi grand prix — that's his 11th race victory of the campaign. abu dhabi is almost like watching a computer game. it is almost ridiculous. they have planes flying over. it is crazily busy. obviously lewis hamilton delighted with the result yesterday. i had one of those nights last night. go on. i'm intrigued. i don't know

what kind of night. i thought my alarm went off so night. i thought my alarm went off soi night. i thought my alarm went off so ijumped up and had a shower, did the full business, got ready and then looked at the clock and it was ten past one. no, you didn't. then looked at the clock and it was ten past one. no, you didn'tlj then looked at the clock and it was ten past one. no, you didn't. i was convinced. it doesn't feel quite right. you didn't take a picture? i have no idea what went on in my head. then i got really annoyed and i was lying in bed really annoyed at myself that i'd wasted 15 minutes of myself that i'd wasted 15 minutes of my life. did you manage to get back to sleep? i did, relatively quickly. this is ridiculous! when your sleep is pointless —— pointlessly interrupted, it is very annoying. why didn't you look at the time? every second of sleep really counts. i have to confess, i used to get up

with loads of spare time and now i can be up and out of the house in 15 minutes. pretty impressive. can be up and out of the house in 15 minutes. pretty impressivelj can be up and out of the house in 15 minutes. pretty impressive. i am can be up and out of the house in 15 minutes. pretty impressive. iam not going to tell you how long it takes me. it was really cold out this morning. matt can tell us the details. good morning to you. england and wales with a cold is this morning but it is a week of change. again, from cold to eventually milder and also at times a bit windier and wetter. already wet weather across parts of scotland this week. let me just show you what is happening because we have got cold air in place coming down. high—pressure moves to the east of us and we start to let the atlantic in. the orange colours and warmer surges of mild air pushed their way and as they go through the week. england and wales at the coldest. temperature is —6 in some parts of england and wales, compared to plus eight or nine

degrees in parts of western scotland and that is because here we've had —— we have cloud and outbreaks of rain. mainly western scotland like to see the rain at times was of a bit of a breeze blowing for them away from that, a sunny start. a bit more cloud for northern ireland and eventually we will start to see the cloud spinning and across part of northern ireland in particular. average is around 6—7d for vast majority. we clear some of the rain. mostly dry ford tonight. but there is still a chance of frost around for tomorrow morning. temperatures are nowhere near as low as they have in this morning. but with those clear skies could then lead to some dense patches of fog forming and particularly across the south—west corner. “— particularly across the south—west corner. —— south—east corner. this is where they could be some problems on the roads and airports with some of the fog and sin places. it will clear through and as we go through the day it will be a dry day for

many on tuesday and a lot more cloud around for england and wales and some of the fog could linger that still some sunny spells to the east of high ground but western scotland, northern ireland, generally cloudy. elsewhere, most places are still on the chilly side. a six or seven celsius. going through tuesday night and into wednesday, patchy frost and fog around to start the day but many places in england and wales will be dry. another chance for rain to push into scotland and northern ireland. western scotland most likely to see wetter weather and maybe into parts of cumbria later in the day on wednesday and still on the chilly side to the south and east but milderair side to the south and east but milder air pushing its way in and as we go it —— through into the day, i think is the weather front pushes east, not bringing too much in the way of rain but it will start to lift averages more rock widely as we going to thursday but largely dry, something much, much wetter across scotla nd something much, much wetter across scotland and northern ireland. also windier with outbreaks of rain and

strong to gale force winds. maybe some rain in the fast south—west of england in north—west wales but a bit of a change to this week after what is a pretty chilly start this morning. it has been cold but it has been lovely. let's get more on our top story. as the chaotic scenes surrounding friday's attack in central london emerged, witnesses have shared their accounts of how it unfolded. the bbc‘s john mcmanus was on london bridge and saw the attacker, usman khan, being tackled. hejoins us now. good morning to you, an opportunity to tell us, what happened, what were you doing, what did you see? i was crossing the bridge from the south side of the thames to the north sidejust after two south side of the thames to the north side just after two o'clock on friday afternoon. like most of the people on the bridge i was minding my own business, in my own little bubble, i was checking my phone, looking at a map, trying to find a location, dodging the tourists who

come here to take pictures. i was com pletely come here to take pictures. i was completely in my own world as were most people here when i noticed what appeared to be, what i thought was a fight going on on the other side of the bridge across four lanes of traffic. i saw several men, what i thought was several men, jumping on and trying to restrain someone. at first i thought it was a fight that had got out of control, of course we now know those were members of the public who had chased usman khan out of fishmonger ‘s all behind me onto the bridge and were trying to restrain him. but at the time neither i nor anyone on the bridge knew that because it was such a chaotic and confusing situation. next thing i remember was that armed police arrived on the bridge, i remember looking around and seeing an officer with a gun trained on the other side of the bridge at what we now know was usman khan, and then we we re now know was usman khan, and then we were told to clear the bridge and i remember hearing two shots ring out very loudly. so quite confusing, a little chaotic for me, and

one of those messages the meaning from all of this is that it was so confusing, members of the public stopped usman khan from getting further down the bridge. that is really crucial here, most of us didn't realise an attack had happened behind me. if he had been allowed to carry on down the bridge he would have run into many more members of the public who would have been completely underweight — my unaware of what he had been up to, and it could have been a much worse outcome. we are just seeing the pictures of what happened over the pictures of what happened over the weekend, just an extraordinary act of selfless bravely from those people actually. absolutely amazing given what we now know, that they had run out after usman khan from fishmonger ‘s hall, to make sure he could not do any damage, and that is amazing, and! could not do any damage, and that is amazing, and i have to say, as someone amazing, and i have to say, as someone who was in the bridge it was very humbling as well. you are a reporter and you talk about these kind of things a lot time, but

doesn't leave you shaken? yes it does, there was a lot of adrenaline around on friday afternoon when this happened, on saturday i felt a bit dazed, i am starting to feel more like myself now, and i'm sure that was a case for many other people as well, they were probably very shocked by what happened up close, and what really stays with me is that while we are used to seeing armed police our major cities now, we are not used to see them point gun that people and hear shots ring out, and that is not something i will forget in a hurry. thank you very much indeed, john, and thank you for continuing to report on this story as well. let's take a look at today's front pages which are dominated by images of the victims of the london bridge attack. the cambridge news pays its own particular tribute to saskia jones and jack merritt, both of whom had studied in cambridge, reminding readers of the pair's desire to make the world a better place. the sun says the victims dedicated their lives to combating the poison of violence and

hatred. the mirror takes a political view, saying saskia and jack merritt, 25, were "failed by a cash—strapped, broken justice system". and the metro sums up saying the pair had so much to offer and died trying to improve peoples' lives. that footage you showed there while we we re that footage you showed there while we were speaking tojohn is extraordinary. every time you see it, you can't believe it. i wasjust travelling on the tube on friday, and we had all sorts of travel delays, and it was all anyone was talking about, and when you see that footage, you put yourself in that situation, what would i do if i was there, and to go and challenge him in that way... when you know what... you don't know at the time he is wearing a vest, you don't know what that could be, to rip a tusk off the wall and go on chasing with a fire extinguisher, incredible bravery. so many tributes

being paid to jack merritt and saskia merritt —— we will be talking to more about them later. and we saw jack merritt's dad saying "he was an exceptional young man, and! saying "he was an exceptional young man, and i am only finding upper half of that now he has gone". it must be incredibly sad not only for his family but also discussing —— saskia jones's family as well. sally, what have you got in the papers? the back pages really do pale into insignificance when you look at them, and wonder whether all of this matters, we are talking about managers and whether they will stay inajob, this managers and whether they will stay in a job, this is marco silver,

going from watford, back pages talking about managers, asking whether he really believes that the top four is a target for them, the back page of the daily mail has macro macros “— back page of the daily mail has macro macros —— marco silva, i have this one here, this one is in the times this morning, saying that he took his inspiration from tiger woods in south africa, saying "if tiger woods can play with a broken leg i can play with some painful blisters", so he did what anyone would do, took his shoes off and carried on.

if you have not seen it, close your yea rs. alex scott if you have not seen it, close your years. alex scott one over the week. i was working during the fa cup with her. it was dramatic. you definitely wa nt to her. it was dramatic. you definitely want to see it. carine got the first four of the season and ascending ovation. serious quality left in the competition. hundreds of thousands of commuters face 27 days of chaos as unions launch the longest strike in the history of british railways. ben's live at waterloo station in london for us this morning.

welcome to waterloo. expect it to get pretty busy as the rush—hour gets under way. the beginning of the longest british railway strike in history as 27 days of strike action begin on south south—western railways affecting thousands of passengers. it is a dispute between the unions and the company. for the role of drivers and guards on the trains. steve hadley is the assistant general secretary of the union. 27 days of strike. this will cause chaos. what is this all about? it is the safety role of the guard. they make sure that nobody is struck in the doors and dragged alone when it is leaving the station and it is also the person that evacuated the train in an emergency. they want to strip the garden of all responsibility and put it on the drivers and neither are having

it. they want to get rid of the role altogether. south—western say they are not sacking the person but stays on the train. they will be a glorified porter and will not be responsible for safety. three weeks ago we hammered it out with the company and that deal was pulled for no reason whatsoever and government is trying to bring in legislation to run at minimum service during disputes. we have been with syria managers in the company whereby the driver would open the door —— senior managers. everybody was happy with the deal and it was then pulled. next minute they put in legislation to run minimum services during the strike. how many services will run? the company said 50%

but that includes rail replacement buses and coaches and we think it is probably going to be 30%, a0%. our members are absolutely furious. we had a deal on the table that everybody was happy with. they are absolutely furious with the company and the government who have been interfering trying to turn this into a political football stop does the strike make any difference to the dispute. you end up with a company with guaranteed revenue. people do not have a choice but to use this company and they can sustain this. it is 27 days of disruption for passengers but not the company. it is 27 days of disruption for passengers but not the companylj passengers but not the company.” understand that and the government have give them billions of pounds to cover the cost but we are in a situation where we have had a deal with the company and our members called off strikes in the summer because they were told we were close

toa because they were told we were close to a deal by the company and we were there for a resolution. the deal was pulled with no explanation whatsoever from the company and our members are absolutely furious. they are not happy about losing a months wages before christmas. what do you say to the people affected did? we're very sorry. do not want to be here. please get in touch with your mps and tell them, political interference in these health and safety matter is not on the card. they should not be doing it. we should be allowed to reach a resolution with the company without the government getting involved. thank you so much, the assistant general secretary of the rmt union. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

good morning, i'm asad ahmad. london bridge and the surrounding area will return to some sort of normality this morning, following the events of friday afternoon. let's take a look at the situation now and we see the bridge has reopened to traffic and pedestrians. but it is down to one lane northbound, and the pavement on that side of the bridge is closed. investigations continue and you can see a tent is still up there were police are conducting their investigation. well, later this morning, at 11 o'clock, a vigil will be held at short walk from london bridge, at guildhall yard in the city of london. it'll honour the victims of the attack, the emergency services, as well as the members of the public who responded by running towards the attacker and holding him down until armed police arrived and shot him.

in other news: with 20% of all bus and tube journey‘s being paid for on smartphones in london, technology giant apple has been working with transport for london to try and eliminate problems like phone batteries running out mid—journey, which makes tapping out impossible. and delays, while face and touch id are verified as passengers go into stations or on buses. however, the new express transit mode is only available on newer phones and watches. 27 days of strike on south south western railway begins this morning. it'll affect tens of thousands of passengers travelling into and out of london, who are forced to find alternative methods of transport. the dispute is over the role of guards on trains and of course bbc london twitter, facebook and radio will keep you across all the travel news you'll need to try and make the best of it. let's take a look at the travel situation now... good service apart from the tripoli

line because of a truck fault in orica—greenedge. —— this station. in edmonton, electrical work means meridian way is closed northbound from conduit lane. and in walthamstow, blackhorse lane is shut between the a406 and forest road after a burst watermain a chilly start this monday morning, cold and crisp with temperatures below zero. a bit of frost and plenty of sunshine today. really not much cloud to get in the way of that sunshine and a gentle north—westerly breeze. the temperature is on the cold side with a maximum of six — seven celsius despite the sunshine. evening overnight, clear to start with but mist and fog developing overnight and fairly thick patches of fog by tomorrow morning. —3 potentially. patches of frost possibly freezing.

gradually, the fog will lift. some may not until post lunchtime. a bright afternoon but the temperatures are staying on the cold side. temperatures, like you said, are staying pretty chilly. very cold out there this morning. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning: the first uk television interview with a us woman who says she was forced to have sex with the duke of york airs tonight on the bbc but will it stir up more problems for the royal family? as the turner prize prepares to travel to margate in kent,

we'll be find out how a group of children are using art to bridge the cultural divide between some groups in the town. # makes you wish it was christmas every day. and canadian rocker bryan adams willjoin us on the sofa talk all things christmas and duetting with robbie williams. all that coming up. but now for the morning's main news. as london bridge re—opens this morning a service to celebrate the lives of the two young victims killed in the attack is due to take place later today. brea kfast‘s tim muffett is at london bridge for us this morning. tim, is there a sense of normality returning this morning? it seems a bit crass to say returning to normal but

good morning. as we swing the camera around, we can see fishmongers' hall this morning. the scene of that dreadful attack on friday. at 11 o'clock this morning, a vigil will be held at guildhall which is less than a be held at guildhall which is less thana mile be held at guildhall which is less than a mile from where we are this morning to stop the london mayor sadik khan says that we will stand together as a city to send a powerful message to those who think they can attack and divide us is that they will never succeed. he is saying how important it is for people to pay their respects to those who tragically lost their lives on friday. i was here at 2017 after the dreadful attack that took place on london bridge then, at the other side of the bridge. then people were still very much in a date of shock is a few days afterwards and today it does seem as though people are going about their morning business on their way to work and trying to get a sense of normality returning.” work and trying to get a sense of normality returning. i imagine at -- as the bridge gets busier later, and people go across, everyone will be talking about what happened over the

weekend. are speaking to some commuters this morning and they were sort of saying they are still very shocked by what happened but determined to carry on and that rage —— phrase has come up a bit this morning with a lot of people have spoken to. a lot of people commenting on the bravery of those people who got involved. it is just one of those extraordinary things that you are just going about your daily life and then something like what happened on friday afternoon pulled up many people here because vocalising how supportive they are of those who got involved and determined as well, one individual i spoke to earlier said they will be going onto the vigil so they can pay those respect to those who lost their lives. normality, in a sense, is returning, traffic flowing across the bridge but a lot of questions to be asked and a lot of people concerned with what actually happened to make sure that those

who lost their lives are remembered. we will be speaking later to the chief executive of fishmongers' hall, talking to us about those members of staff who tried to stop the terrorists from going any further and killing anymore or any more people in the extraordinary bravery they showed. the thing that struck me, this quick thinking in those precious situations. i know you are sometimes trained to know what to do but when it actually happens, to have the presence of mind and quick thinking to go through those procedures and stop other people being hurt or really seriously injured i think is truly incredible. the london bridge attacks also dominated the election debate held on itv last night. representatives from seven political parties answered questions from the audience. neither boris johnson nor jeremy corbyn took part. topics also discussed were the nhs, brexit and the

climate crisis. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, says the world must end its "war against nature". it comes ahead of a two week climate summit in madrid when more than 200 countries will meet to plan how the world can tackle rising greenhouse gas emissions. women should be able to buy the morning—after contraceptive pill "straight off the shelf" without consulting a pharmacist. a report by the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists says women and girls are finding it difficult to access sexual and reproductive healthcare services which is leading to a rise in unplanned pregnancies and abortions. thousands of homes in central scotland could be without heating for days after a gas main failure. around 8,000 properties in the falkirk area have been left without supplies. electric heaters and cookers are being offered to the elderly or sick customers, and those with young

children. matt is here with whether a bit later and he will tell you, if you haven't been out yet, it very cold. i can't believe we have done it to carol. has anyone told her? we won't tell her. any of brian adams' music. no—one is feeling the chill more than the premier‘s managers at the moment. the pressure continues to build on marco silva, after they lost to leicester. it looked as though everton were going to win a precious point — but kelechi ihanacho scored leicester's winner in the fourth minute of injury time — var confirming he was onside. leicester are second in the league but silva has to hope his side's performance was enough to save him

for now. look at that phase. no—one can say nothing about the attitude of my players, about their commitment, about their ambition also to come here to show a reaction from the last game because the last name was not good enough. all of us, we know inside our dressing room. and they showed that, i have to say. not to be behind me, they know what we are going, but to be behind the everton football club, to be a professional in this club and they did again. one manager has lost hisjob — watford have sacked quique sanchez flores for the second time. he only rejoined them in the summer but they've won just one game since then and they're bottom of the table. manchester united manager ole gunnar solskjaer says their league position it nothing to worry about. they're ninth, after a home draw with aston villa — tyrone mings with villa's equaliser — but solskjaer says the league is so tight, it's not a concern for him

at the moment. sheffield united drew with wolves and pierre emerick aubameyang scored twice to give arsenal a 2—2 draw at norwich, in their first game since unai emery was sacked — with arsenal legend freddie ljungberg in temporary charge. i think we started the game extremely well. we pinned them back. pinned them back totally and we needed to see if we can create a bit better and score some goals. when we play that well, we see, i think everybody sees that we need to work on our transition games. we had the ball and they counter twice and take the lead and that is something of course easy me as a coach, i can see, and we have to work on it. disappointing but we know what to work on. the draw for the third round of the fa cup is live from the etihad stadium on bbc two from 7:00 tonight. the pick of the goals from yesterday's games came from peterborough striker ivan toney, with an incredible volley. they beat dover athletic 3—0. you can

see all the results on the bbc sport website. celtic are still top of the scottish premiership after beating ross county 4—1 but rangers are just behind them after they thrashed hearts 5—0 — greg stewart with two late goals. they're only behind celtic on goal difference — and just a single goal at that. arsenal's women made history in the super league, with the biggest win since it began. they beat bristol city 11—0 — vivianne miedema scoring six of their goals, and assisting in four others. that took arsenal to the top of the league. world champion lewis hamilton led from start to finish to win the final formula 1 race of the season. he was untroubled in the abu dhabi grand prix — taking the chequered flag nearly 17 seconds ahead of red bull's max verstappen. it's hamilton's11th race win of 00:40:55,1000 --> 00:40:57,662 the season. what a great year,

teamwork, team effort and i like to think that i have been able to raise the bar again this year. i have had to because i have all these younger drivers of valtteri bottas, stepping their game up. drivers of valtteri bottas, stepping theirgame up. i drivers of valtteri bottas, stepping their game up. i have had to come with an extra ace this year. one little rumour that has been chatted about around the weekend, actually longer than that, is that lewis hamilton might want to change teams next year. driver for ferrari? hamilton might want to change teams next year. driverfor ferrari? in all of the papers today, he is saying there is a 20% chance that will happen. i just saying there is a 20% chance that will happen. ijust can't see him leaving. some big dollars in there to secure his... he is in a very good car. he is in a brilliant car! he is doing close to michael schumacher‘s record. why would you change at this last minute? probably a bit of dosh involved. meanwhile, england's netballers lost the final test against south africa in cape town. the roses were 16—10 down after the first quarter and theyjust couldn't recover — losing the match 54—48. it's the first defeat in six matches

for new coachjess thirlby. the'd already won the series. and of course lewis hamilton could finish off the year as sportsperson of the year. when we say one name, do we have to say them all? dina asher—smith, lewis hamilton, katarina johnson—thompson raheem stirling and ben stokes. what a lineup! i'm going to be there. i think i might go and —— in basically a onesie. i think i need a heated waistcoat. i will lend you mine.

a onesie. i think i need a heated waistcoat. iwill lend you mine. dan is giving it to me for christmas. will be live on the sunday morning of the event as they get everything ready, the stage and chatting to people who organise the whole event but what is going be like. all the behind—the—scenes stuff, the bbc one programme on the sunday night, don't show you. i've got to be better at presents this year. we did it just in time before the frost. i love my heated jacket. we did it team secret sa nta. heated jacket. we did it team secret santa. carol got me a present last year which i feel terrible about. he still has the one i gave him two years ago. look at that!” still has the one i gave him two years ago. look at that! i know my place. see you a little bit later, thanks, sally.

this week sees the announcement of britain's best known arts prize, the turner, and this year it's coming from margate. that's because the town has seen a huge influx of artists following the opening of a new gallery there. they're helping to bridge the cultural divide between some communities with a rather special after school club. our arts correspondent david sillito has been to find out more. welcome to margate and the reason i'm here? not the gallery or the beach. an after—school club. an art school. meet by the lollipop. i am guessing that is the lollipop. ahoy! first of all, whose house is that? whose house is that? do we know them? no. not quite what i was expecting. meet the deficit to art crew.

expecting. meet the deficit to art crew. “— expecting. meet the deficit to art crew. —— despacito. it all began when a group of artists moved to the area and the kids wanted to join when a group of artists moved to the area and the kids wanted tojoin in. they seem quite expert —— enthusiastic put up yes was not how did this happen? when we first moved to london 2017, we were in that building down there,... off the road, please! no, no, no! thank you for that they were knocking on our door and being really curious and interested. it felt only natural to set up an art school for this lot. they not consistently. screaming, " let they not consistently. screaming, "let us in!", they not consistently. screaming, "let us in!" , "we want to do art!". the background to this, artists. even the old woolworths have been taken over and then there is the other margate. one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in britain. it is also very diverse. sorting out the parental permissions for this filming was quite

a job. check, slovak, russian, polish, bulgarian and then obviously english. so you speak three languages, don't you? four. check, slovak and gypsy. oh, wow, you are geniuses.” four. check, slovak and gypsy. oh, wow, you are geniuses. i don't know how you do it. sometimes i get muddled up in school. and the reaction to this new population? the streets have been a focus of some uncomfortable attention. there has been conflict but in the art group it is fun and it is safe. there are strict rules and it is a place for quiet, private conversations with some friendly adults. the stuff they tell you, there is a not —— a lot going on in this young lives. nobody believes you are here? because there

is rules. in the end, back to the fun is rules. in the end, back to the fu n stuff. is rules. in the end, back to the fun stuff. this is dimitri's upside down water droplets. with river, leaf and tree. you know, it is evaporation and... all this stuff. these conversations matter. margate is changing fast and there are newer scenes. but at least this is a place to talk it over. allan financial and pa rental to talk it over. allan financial and parental responsibilities prevent the kids from doing other activities so really one guaranteed outcome they have, they can come, be creative, have an outlet and let off some steam but we also talk to them about life and discuss things with them. by! and with that, it was farewell to the despacito art club.

looking forward to meeting her later. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. stand like a human! it is very cold this morning, england and wales especially. this week things will gradually change, turning milder across the country but more in the way of wind and rain. rain in western scotland. by and large blue colour showing the mild air. milder air through the atlantic particularly towards the end of the the week. —6 on the outskirts of oxford. in parts of west wales as well. frost to begin with. mainly dry and sunny day. plenty of cloud

in northern ireland compared to the weekend. cloud in western scotland, outbreaks of rain. many other parts will stay dry. after the chilly start, stay cold across england and wales. temperatures around six — nine degrees uk wide. rain petering out as we go through tonight. a bit more cloud around, some clear skies here and there. temperatures will drop the furthest under clear skies. nowhere near as cold as it is this morning. tomorrow morning, the risk of dense fog patches, particularly in the south—east corner. this is where they could be some issues for the road and airports. elsewhere, cloudiest across scotland and northern ireland, breaks in the eastern high grounds of scotland, foggy over the hills. good sunny

spells to be had but another chilly day. temperatures down towards the south—west 11 degrees. milder and tried to push its way in. tuesday night into wednesday, frost and fog for england and wales. with a front pushing into western scotland and northern ireland bringing greater chance of rain on wednesday. england and wales still staying dry. some sunny spells. temperatures at the lowest where the fog is around for the longest. for most, temperatures climbing by this stage. milder night on wednesday night. the breeze picking up. strong to gale force winds on thursday across scotland and northern ireland. this is the wettest a nd and northern ireland. this is the wettest and windiest spell in the northern half of the country. some rain northern england and wales later on. for all of us, rain northern england and wales later on. forall of us, by thursday, much, much milder,

8— 12 degrees. welcome to a new week. and thank you for being with us this morning. a row has broken out between the conservatives and labour over the practice of reducing jail terms for violent offenders following the london bridge attack. convicted terrorist, usman, khan was let out of prison halfway through his sentence. let's take a look at the circumstances which led to his release. in 2008 labour changed the law which meant offenders could be released early, halfway through their sentence. some dangerous prisoners, like usman khan in 2012, were still handed indeterminate terms. but in 2013, the appeals court ruled that khan's sentence be changed to a fixed term of 16 years. in 2018, he was automatically released halfway through. joining us now is dr damian mather, a senior law lecturer at manchester metropolitan

university. good morning. iam intrigued to good morning. i am intrigued to get to the bottom of this. in simple terms and i know it is not simple but explain to us what happened to his sentencing? usman khan was sentence back in 2012 to a minimum of eight years. the parole board would then consider his case and look as to whether he was still a risk. it is subject to the ipp, given a risk. it is subject to the ipp, givena minimum risk. it is subject to the ipp, given a minimum sentence of eight yea rs given a minimum sentence of eight years but then he would be considered for release by the parole board if he no longer constituted a risk to society. imprisonment for public protection. he appealed that in 2013 and the court of appeal gave him an extended sentence of 16 yea rs.

him an extended sentence of 16 years. under rules enacted in 2008, he was entitled to automatic release halfway through a sentence without a pa role halfway through a sentence without a parole board check and that is why he was released in december 2018. the prime minister says there are 7a other cases like this. there is now this debate about draconian measures. what can we do to stop this happening again? what will be the outcome for future cases as well? we have to be very, very careful because whenever there has been an attack like there was at the end of last week, there is a tendency for new legislation to be enacted and it is important for politicians not to engage to any kind of knee—jerk response. the law is sufficiently good. as far as the law is concerned, if you have been sentenced to ten years or more, the pa role sentenced to ten years or more, the parole board will consider you

for release. the law is sufficiently tight but it could not be retroactively applied. jack merritt mahmoud abbas father said he did not wa nt mahmoud abbas father said he did not want things to change because of this and jack merritt would have been concerned because of this. —— jack merritt's father. what kind of conditions would have been imposed on that? it has been said that usman khan was subjected to astringent number of conditions. the worry at the moment is if he was subjected to such conditions why was that attack allowed to happen. the ministry of justice will be very, very carefully looking at the license conditions of all those persons out at the moment. he was on a tag? absolutely and his communications were subject to surveillance and his access

to the internet was certainly restricted. would he have had, for example, had to get permission to go to london?” would imagine so but there was no ban in place, no restriction on him going to london as such. no blanket restriction but i imagine he would have to report to the home office and let them know he was going to london. all these tiny details will be looked at very carefully which they should be. if you look at the counter terrace laws in this country, they are already strict. counter terrace laws in this country, they are already strictm is absolutely right. it is not the right thing to introduce more legislation. it is making sure the legislation. it is making sure the legislation in place works and there are sufficient resources to make it work. very interesting to talk to you. we know there will be a visual later today to the victims of those killed in the attack, saskia

jones and jack merritt and jack's father has been replying to lots of m essa g es has been replying to lots of messages about jack and saying that he is concerned about what might happen. he was beautiful, pure spirit, butjack happen. he was beautiful, pure spirit, but jack lived his happen. he was beautiful, pure spirit, butjack lived his beliefs and held them to a high standard. he was an exceptional young man and am only finding out half of it now that he's gone. many contacting us and talking about the fact they were working in prisoner rehabilitation. jack's father is making the case for changes to laws not to be draconian because that is what jack felt passionately about. it is quite immoral and ethical debate. where do we go next with this? on the one hand we have to make sure the rights of individuals are protected and

balance also against the rights of society to be saved. later we will be speaking to a friend of saskia jones who willjoin us. be speaking to a friend of saskia jones who will join us. and the chief executive of the fishmongers whole where the attack happened. —— hall. and coming up at seven o'clock, time for the news, travel and whether whatever you are watching. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. london bridge and the surrounding area is returning to some sort of normality this morning following the events of friday afternoon. london bridge has reopened to traffic and pedestrians. but it is down to one lane northbound

and the pavement on that side of the bridge is closed. the tent where the investigation is ongoing is still up. well, later this morning, at 11 o'clock, a vigil will be held at short walk from london bridge, at guildhall yard in the city of london. it'll honour the victims of the attack, the emergency services, as well as the members of the public who responded by running towards the attacker and holding him down until armed police arrived and shot him. 27 days of strike on south south western railway begins this morning. it'll affect tens of thousands of passengers travelling into and out of london, who are forced to find alternative methods of transport. the dispute is over the role of guards on trains and of course bbc london twitter, facebook and radio will keep you across all the travel news you'll need to try and make the best of it. with 20% of all bus and tube journey‘s being paid for on smartphones in london, technology giant apple has been working with transport for london to try and eliminate problems like phone batteries running out mid—journey, which

makes tapping out impossible. and delays, while face and touch id are verified as passengers go into stations or on buses. however, the new express transit mode is only available on newer phones and watches. let's take a look at the travel situation now... severe delays on thejubilee line, because of a track fault at north greenwich. the piccadilly line has a signal problem. and on the roads, in edmonton, signal electrical work means meridian way is closed northbound from conduit lane. now the weather with kate. good morning. it's a chilly start this monday morning, cold and crisp. temperatures down below zero first thing. a bit of frost and, yes, plenty of sunshine today. there's really not much cloud to get

in the way of that sunshine either, and a gentle north—westerly breeze. the temperature though is on the cold side. we're looking at a maximum today of six or 7 celsius, despite the sunshine. as we head into the evening and overnight, it is going to be clear to start with but we'll see widely mist and fog developing through the night, and some fairly thick patches of fog by dawn tomorrow morning. and with the temperature potentially dropping down to —3, we could see some of those patches of fog possibly freezing. so dangerous driving conditions first thing tomorrow morning. gradually, that fog will lift. some, however, may not until post lunchtime. so perhaps a brighter afternoon but the temperatures staying on the cold side. it does stay settled for the next couple of days but temperatures, like i said, are staying pretty chilly. bbc london will have a more on the situation in london with regular updates.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: remembering the victims of the london bridge attack: cambridge graduates saskia jones and jack merritt will be honoured at a vigil this morning. london bridge has now re—opened — we'll be there throughout the morning as the city reflects on another attack. one of the longest railway strikes in british history begins. south western railway passengers face a month of disruption as a 27—day walkout led by the rmt union starts today. i'll be speaking to both sides

and getting the view of commuters. also on the programme — we continue our meet the leader series. the snp's nicola sturgeon joins us on the sofa. there's no silver lining for the everton manager. marco silva is under real pressure after another defeat. wednesday's merseyside derby could decide his fate back could decide his fate a cold start of the week. —6 t: parts back a cold start of the week. —6 to parts of england and wales. but will it stay this cold, ? i will have the full forecast in the next 15 minutes. it's monday 2nd december. our top story: the two victims of the london bridge attack will be remembered at a vigil later this morning. cambridge graduates jack merritt and saskia jones were stabbed to death by convicted terrorist usman khan. several others were injured as they tried to stop the attack before khan was shot dead by police. our

reporterjohn mcmanus has more. saskia jones, 23 years old and described by her family as a positive influence in many people's lives. wanting to help the victims of crime, she had recently applied tojoin the police. on friday, her life was cut shot, one of two people stabbed to death by usman khan as she volunteered at the rehabilitation conference that khan was attending. she would have stood her ground. which breaks my heart even more because she would have stood up for herself, which, i dread to think what would've happened, to be honest. so it's not fair. this world has changed. and a 23—year—old girl dying like that should never happen, it should never come to that. like saskia, 25—year—old jack merritt had studied criminology at cambridge and like her, he'd been committed to helping prisoners start a new life. among those paying tribute to him his friend hollie. "i can't believe i got to call you my best mate. i can't believe i got the privilege of your love. you are quite simply the best thing,

completely golden". jack's father david merritt has already asked that his son's death not be used to impose draconian sentences on prisoners. and last night on twitter he accused the daily mail and daily express newspapers of using his son's death to promote vile propaganda, saying jack stood against hatred, division and ignorance. later this morning, a vigil will take place at the guildhall in the city of london to remember those who died and pay tribute to the emergency services. john mcmanus, bbc news. john is at london bridge for us this morning. are there any more details about the police investigation this morning? the investigation is still ongoing. police may release more details about that today and also the ministry ofjustice review into the conditions under which can be

carried are allowed to be released in jail after serving carried are allowed to be released injail after serving half their sentence under a form of license and thatis sentence under a form of license and that is how usman khan was allowed out ofjail and allowed to do what he did here on friday. his attack started behind me at fishmongers' hall and spilt out onto the bridge where those members of the public very bravely tackled him, prevented him from getting any further and suddenly armed police arrive and we re suddenly armed police arrive and were able to confront him. as you can see, the bridges back open and opened late last night. pedestrians coming across as well as traffic. a bit of a sense of normality starting to return here but i don't think anybody is going to forget what happened on friday in a hurry, especially, of course, as we know, this was the second terrorist attack in london bridge in as many years. thank you very much, john, for the moment. the london bridge attacks also dominated the latest election debate held on itv last night. representatives from seven political parties answered questions from the audience. neither boris johnson nor

jeremy corbyn took part. let's speak to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who is in westminster this morning. the london bridge attacks, good morning, they were one of the main topics but there was also clashed on various other areas as well. yes, the london bridge attack has definitely changed the tone and it did dominate the discussion in that debate last night between seven representatives of the different parties and particularly up for discussion how boris johnson parties and particularly up for discussion how borisjohnson has responded, very squarely laying the blame with labour and the change in sentencing rules which came in under their government. he was of course challenged as to why the tories have done nothing to change that over the last ten years. rishi sunak who was taking part in the debate representing the conservatives said it was incumbent on the prime minister of the day to explain to people how they will keep them safe and made the point again that conservatives want tougher so ——

sentences. richard burgin was representing lague —— labour and he was uncomfortable that the conservatives have made hay about the attack on london bridge, politicising it, and he said that he thinks the democracy, regardless of the parties, should be better than that. and we're expecting more policy announcements from the parties this morning? labour focusing on railways, labourfocusing on railways, cutting fa res labourfocusing on railways, cutting fares which they say would leave the average commuter about £1000 better off every year and they would also make it free for under 16 to travel on the railways. they say this will cost about £1.5 billion and money coming from revenue from vehicle tax and the conservatives describing these plans as desperate. the tories themselves focusing on border security today and an opportunity they see after brexit to make that tighter. they want a viva ——

visa waiver style like they have in the us. something governments have tried to do in the past with limited success. labour —— making the point that coming out of the eu means will have less cooperation with other eu countries under safety and security. and just to let you know, throughout the last few weeks, there has been a meet the leader series. we have spoken to borisjohnson, the leader applied camry. nicola sturgeon from the smp will be with us. —— played -- plaid the smp will be with us. —— played —— plaid cymru. a month of strikes has started on one of the uk's busiest train operators, south western railway. members of the rmt union are protesting over a long—running dispute about the role of guards on trains. the walkout could cause major disruption over

the christmas period. south western railway say the strike is unnecessary. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, says the world must end its "war against nature". it comes ahead of a two week climate summit in madrid when more than 200 countries will meet to plan how the world can tackle rising greenhouse gas emissions. women should be able to buy the morning—after contraceptive pill "straight off the shelf" without consulting a pharmacist. a report by the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists says women and girls are finding it difficult to access sexual and reproductive healthcare services which is leading to a rise in unplanned pregnancies and abortions. thousands of homes in central scotland could be without heating for days after a gas main failure. around 8,000 properties in the falkirk area have been left without supplies. electric heaters and cookers are being offered to the elderly or sick customers, and those with young children. back to our top story this morning.

we know there is a visual being held for those who were killed in that attack and we will be speaking to one of the friends of saskia jones one of the friends of saskia jones on the programme a little bit later. that is our main story this morning. as the investigation into friday's london bridge attack continues the prime minister has called for an urgent review into the license conditions of 7a people jailed for terror offences who have been released early. so what intelligence will the police be looking for? let's speak to allan burnett, a former counter—terrorism officer for scotland. hejoins us now from london bridge. thank you forjoining us. at this stage, what lines will the police be pursuing in this investigation?” stage, what lines will the police be pursuing in this investigation? i am down on london bridge at the moment andi down on london bridge at the moment and i was saying the initial forensic examination on the scene is nearing completion but the main thing will be, is this person a lone wolf or was he acting with others and that can't be dismissed by the police. it will be a close look at all of his associates, the houses he has been in, any vehicles he

had access to, and we have already seen that major line of enquiry i think with one detention under the terrorism legislation. and also, presumably they will be looking into how far presumably they will be looking into howfar in presumably they will be looking into how far in advance this might have been planned. that will be absolutely every detail of his movements in recent times be the subject of detail but with that particular focus on any associates that they may have been. they will need to eliminate that from their enquiry or otherwise as soon as possible. we do know of course that he was under license so what kind of conditions might he have had to abide by? well, i understand that he was staying in bail accommodation which is really the first thing. he will have been subject to some kind of the radicalisation programme. he may have had limited access to mobile phones and e—mails and probably had limitations on his associates as well. all of those sort of things as well as gps

monitoring will stop but clearly, despite all of these things, it has proved inadequate. also, just a quick thought. if he had wanted to come to london, would he have had to ask permission? would that have triggered an alert? i presume so. one of the tragic things about all of this is he had a very good reason to be down right next to london bridge and fishmongers' hall and again, fora bridge and fishmongers' hall and again, for a very legitimate purpose. he was down here and that gave him an opportunity he might not otherwise have had. because he was ata otherwise have had. because he was at a conference which was about prisoner rehabilitation? yes. it makes it doubly tragic. can we talk about the extraordinary bravery from the public. when you see the pictures, they were so brave, went out and attacked him, what do you think? it was absolutely incredible what they did. there is government

advice about run and hide and tell andi advice about run and hide and tell and i think for most of us that would certainly apply but there were also extremely brave people. we can see the pictures now. presumably, they are endangering their own lives but helping save others.” they are endangering their own lives but helping save others. i think we sometimes think that a knife is not as deadly as firearms or explosives but we have already had many, many incidents where that has proved not to be the case and to pursue a man with a large knife is extremely courageous. tell us about the police reaction. they were there so quickly. the terrorists do target crowded places and iconic sites and one of the benefits of being in central london ‘s armed officers from both the city of london police and the mayor —— the met are always in the vicinity so i think the

response was excellent the threat level has been downgraded recently and how does that affect what has been going on and policing? the threat level is something that is under continuous review from the joint terrorism committee which is an independent organisation and i think, because there has to be some room, they moved it down to substantial from severe letting people make their own assessment after an incident like this and quite rightly, businesses and people have taken their own precautions in light of it that obviously it will be under review today. and it is ha rd be under review today. and it is hard for people on london bridge, this is the second attack in the same place, isn't it? very reg retta bly, same place, isn't it? very regrettably, yes. thank you for some of your insights this morning, thank you. will be speaking to one of the

lecturers of saskia jones a little bit later to get an idea of the sort of person she was forced up some of the responses on social media of the weekend from people who knew both of saskia jones and jack merritt. i know jack merritt's father david has been begging and responding to people under —— social media as well that he was saying to one person that he was saying to one person that he was saying to one person that he doesn't feel inspirational butjack that he doesn't feel inspirational but jack was pulled that he doesn't feel inspirational butjack was pulled up he that he doesn't feel inspirational but jack was pulled up he talked about his son living by his beliefs and held his dad to a high standard. he is only understanding what sort ofan he is only understanding what sort of an exceptional man he was now after his death. here you have the two victims and they were working in prisoner rehabilitation and specifically wanting usman khan wanting to be rehabilitated. and then a convicted criminal being one of those involved in bringing the terrorist down. and all we talk to in politicians is what happens to the law, what happens to the other 74 the law, what happens to the other

7a people who have been released early in the same way that he was. let's take a look at today's front pages which are dominated by images of the victims of the london bridge attack. the cambridge news pays its own particular tribute to saskia jones and jack merritt, both of whom had studied in cambridge, reminding readers of the pair's desire "to make the world a better place." the sun says the victims dedicated their lives to combating the poison of violence and hatred. the mirror takes a political view, saying saskia and jack merritt, 25, were failed by a cash—strapped, broken justice system. and the metro sums up saying the pair had so much to offer and died "trying to improve peoples' lives". we will be talking about that throughout the programme including a friend of saskia jones. she got 100%

for her dissertation so an extraordinary young woman. they both seemed like extraordinary people. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. my my goodness me, it was a very cold weekend. it was. this week we can start to flip things back the other way. milder weather will return and with that something wetter and windier. wetter in western scotland this morning. for the morning commute, england and wales especially, very cold with widespread fog. —6 across some parts of england and wales. in bournemouth minus four degrees. cold for your journey to work but not as cold as scotla nd journey to work but not as cold as scotland and northern ireland,

particularly northern scotland. the odd splash through the day. far western fringes seeing rain through the day. most will finish the day drive. clouding over a bit in northern england, north and west wales later on competitor this morning. through this evening and overnight, rain fading away. it will be tried by the end of the night. when you get clear skies, some crossed into tomorrow morning. not quite as cold tomorrow morning. northern ireland, england and wales most susceptible to the fog. dense fog patches could cause a few problems on the road and airports. bear that in problems on the road and airports. bearthat in mind, problems on the road and airports. bear that in mind, it could take a while for that shift. it will be a sunny day where it

does. cloud amount will vary. just to the north—east of the grampians, the murray firth and aberdeenshire, we will see some sunshine at times. elsewhere a little on the chilly side. it and elsewhere a little on the chilly side. itand miss elsewhere a little on the chilly side. it and miss fog and frost through tuesday night and wednesday morning. whether france returned to bring rain to western scotland. greater chance of rain in northern ireland as well and the far, far north of england. morning fog across the midlands could linger. temperatures lifting to five degrees. most will see an upward trend in the temperatures getting hired towards the end of the week. a search of much milder at pushing from the atlantic in the wings. strong to gale force winds and outbreaks of rain, heavy and persistent in western scotland. in

northern ireland and also parts of northern england and north and west wales. the further south, the week predominantly drive but for all, temperatures if not a little bit above average after what was a cold start this morning. i think everyone will have to get up earlier to get the cloud scraped. we have a very busy programme this morning. nicola sturgeon will be with us just after eight o'clock. brian adams will be here as well. talking about christmas songs. brian adams will be here as well. talking about christmas songsm brian adams will be here as well. talking about christmas songs. it is ha rd to create talking about christmas songs. it is hard to create new christmas songs but he has come up with one. hundreds of thousands of commuters face 27 days of chaos as unions launch the longest strike in the history of british railways. ben's live at waterloo station in london for us this morning. this is going to

cause inconvenience to people, isn't it? good bonding. welcome to waterloo. as you said, the first day of 27 days of strike action. it is a dispute between the company and the rmt union. this is for the role of guards. what exactly will add to? let me show you the pictures outside the station at waterloo. the picket line of the rmt members. a deal they thought they had with the firm over the role of the guards because what the company wa nt to the guards because what the company want to do is to be more customer facing. they fear the change in role isa facing. they fear the change in role is a precursor to them losing their jobs altogether. around going on with similar companies. the

managing director and south—western train is with me. talk us through what this is about. 27 days of strike action will cause chaos. we are sorry for the disruption but from next year we will introduce brand—new trains and they offer a great opportunity to improve the experience of our customers by improving safety and security and accessibility and performance. you say you cannot that if the rmt union is disputing the role of guards in this way? our assessment is that by having drivers opening and closing doors, that will optimise the performance of the network are getting more trades to waterloo on time. an analysis says that over 10 million pig customer journeys will be on time compared to knile if we are able

to operate them this way. —— compared to now. they're saying it is a precursor to getting rid of thosejobs, relegating them to glorified bouncers. it is that fair? that is not fair. we have been clear we are committed to keeping guards on our train and they will have safety critical competency. on suburban networks, weather stations are 2— three minutes apart, many customers do not get to see 01:23:29,1000 --> 01:23:31,308 the guard. our proposals will make our guards more customer facing proposals will make our guards more customerfacing an proposals will make our guards more customer facing an improved safety, security and accessibility. 600,000 daily passengerjourneys every single day on these trains. a lot of disruption caused. you have the income, it doesn't make any difference to you? we're doing our level best to the best service to our customers during this unnecessary action so today we

are planning to run over 50% of our normal train services and, as more people become available to operate trains, we will increase services at the time which are busiest. there are still a lot of delays and disruption? it is what we're doing level best. we will run over 50% today. 27 days of strike action. how confident are you can come to a deal? the union thought they had a deal? the union thought they had a deal with you last week. last week, we met for two days and we thought we met for two days and we thought we had a proposal that was a cce pta ble we had a proposal that was acceptable to the rmt and that went to the national executive last thursday afternoon and was rejected. we are always open for talks here but fundamentally we want to make this valve a better performing and the way we operate these brand—new trains when they start to come onto our network next year is going to be key. how frustrated are you

when you are investing money on a new trades are investing money on a new trades are new to ologies, or that sort of thing, trades that you would hope would improve capacity. —— new technologies, how annoying is that? it is frustrating. we have in vested a lot of money in these new trades. we wa nt a lot of money in these new trades. we want to transform it for the benefit of our customers and how we operate those trades is critical. the rush—hour under way at one of the busiest stations in london. what would you say to those passengers who are going to face potentially a month of disruptions? we are sorry that it has come to this and that the rmt has taken this unnecessary action. we are committing to maintain the guards but when the new

trades come into service they operated in the best possible way to give our customers a more punctual service. thank you so much. the managing director of south—western railway. 27 days of strike action begins today. they were hoping to come to a deal before that but nonetheless a difficult commute if you're coming in on a south—western train this morning. check the timetables and have a good look. block your is for a minute. alex scott was the last celebrity to be given the he hove. it came down with shirley, did you think it was going to happen? i had a good discussion with ali. she was saying if this happens, this would happen, if this happens, this would happen, if chris and i will get in a dance

of it would get tight and chris stayed. one more week and then we are into the final. what did i say? alex is out. karim, kelvin chris and emma left. and someone who has never one that has a great chance. he is more excited than she is. we had a full ten as well. also coming up on breakfast this morning. # must be christmas everyday...# canadian rocker bryan adams will be here to talk all things christmas and duetting with robbie williams. it does bring up the question, when

is it the legal time to start playing christmas songs? already. december? we go earlier than december. we started in november. december. we started in november. december one you can start wearing christmas jumpers. december one you can start wearing christmasjumpers. i don't know why, we just felt like it, christmasjumpers. i don't know why, wejust felt like it, this christmasjumpers. i don't know why, we just felt like it, this year. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. london bridge and the surrounding area is returning to some sort of normality this morning, following the attacks on friday afternoon. we can see london bridge has reopened to traffic and pedestrians. but it is down to one lane northbound, and the pavement on that side of the bridge is closed. police investigations continue. well, later this morning, at 11 o'clock, a vigil will be held a short walk from london bridge, at guildhall yard in the city of london. it'll honour the victims of the attack,

the emergency services, as well as the members of the public who responded by grabbing the attacker and holding him down, until armed police arrived and shot him. in other news, one of the longest rail strikes in british history has begun on south western railway. tens of thousands of passengers travelling into and out of london, will be affected by 27 days of strike action this month. the dispute is over the role of guards on trains, and of course bbc london twitter and facebook will keep you across all the travel news you need. and rob oxley has travel updates for you this morning on bbc radio london. every 15 minutes. let's take a look at the travel situation now... severe delays on the jubilee line, because of a track fault at north greenwich. and on the piccadilly line, there are minor delays because of a signal failure.

and on the roads, in edmonton, electrical work means meridian way is closed northbound from conduit lane. now the weather with kate. good morning. it's a chilly start this monday morning, cold and crisp. temperatures down below zero first thing. a bit of frost and, yes, plenty of sunshine today. there's really not much cloud to get in the way of that sunshine either, and a gentle north—westerly breeze. the temperature though is on the cold side. we're looking at a maximum today of six or 7 celsius, despite the sunshine. as we head into the evening and overnight, it is going to be clear to start with but we'll see widely mist and fog developing through the night, and some fairly thick patches of fog by dawn tomorrow morning. and with the temperature potentially dropping down to —3, we could see some of those patches of fog possibly freezing. so dangerous driving conditions first thing tomorrow morning. gradually, that fog will lift. some, however, may not until post lunchtime. so perhaps a brighter afternoon but the temperatures staying on the cold side. it does stay settled for the next

couple of days but temperatures, like i said, are staying pretty chilly. it is really cold out there this morning. on bbc one, gauging opinion from counterterrorism experts on how the attack would have happened and been prevented on friday on london bridge. in the next few minutes, president trump's arrival in london and reports of nhs protests being planned to show president trump the nhs is not for sale. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. passers—by who tackled the convicted terrorist usman khan on london bridge have been praised as "amazing heroes".

toby williamson, the chief executive of fishmongers' hall — where the attack began — says his staff put their own lives at risk to selflessly help and protect others. tobyjoins us now. there has been so much talk about what went on on the bridge behind you and the extraordinary acts of heroism for some people who worked at your fishmongers' hall. talk through, i know you are not there on friday but talk us through what you know in terms of the events and how it has unfolded. good morning britain upi it has unfolded. good morning britain up i left the building just beforehand. we are having a charity conference with our partners, doing great work in prisoner rehabilitation and mental health and of course something extraordinary broke out. i will tell you one viewpoint. the police statements will peace all this together but there is a guy called lucas. he is

there is a guy called lucas. he is the guy who cleans the glasses down in the basement. and that is exactly what he was doing the screen was so loud. he makes the choice to go towards the trouble. he gets there in the first floor behind me and it is quite clear there is a bad guy, he has two knives in his hand and there are screams and chaos. lukasz pulls off the wall a long stick and charges towards the bad guy and impacts him on the chest and there is clearly something here, he is protective and doesn't make any sort of impact but he is buying time, he allows others to escape and move to adjacent rooms. at that point he has about a one minute one—on—one straight combat. this guy we now know by the name of usman khan, he works his way up lukasz‘s poll, smashing with this knife and takes five wounds to his left side and he is going to lose some strength on that side but he has done what he

needed to do in the first instance so to other guys who are part of the charity, one has a fire extinction now and one has this narwhal tusk. off the wall. they come and join the fight and it is pretty gruesome. i think the terrorist realises he was outnumbered and goes down the main staircase and the next bit of hell is he is at reception and can't get out the front door so he turns to reception when a guy called rs, the doormen, he is pushing the door shut as good as he can so that dawna yard behind can get the phones and do exactly as her training is told her to do. usman khan chain —— turns to the change room and the girls anna and sandra have a hell of a time and it all comes to a great showdown in the entrance hall. lukasz is back in this point, leading the charge and andy, the last guy here, he is a

maintenance man and two things, he is the ministry of defence, ex— policeman and also a pretty cool customer but when the knife goes through his chest and kill or open the door is the choice, pauses for a moment and reluctant to spill all of this out onto the pavement where members of the public will be facing the problems but he makes exactly the problems but he makes exactly the right choice, he opens the doors and out spills the terrorist and the first one after him is lukasz, shouting at everyone to get out of the way and get back but tell you what, members of the public, they just don't do that nowadays. they do what they needed to do, theyjoin in. the man with a fire extinguisher, the man with a narwhal tusk. lukas —— lukasz does what he needs to do and i think you have seen the rest of it on camera. the level of

details of it is extraordinary to hear. lots of people have labelled them as heroes but you actually hear what they went through on that day and what they did when it could have been so easy to just did when it could have been so easy tojust run did when it could have been so easy to just run away in the opposite direction but they saved lives, surely, and saved so many other people being injured on that day. well, others are going to have to fill in the gaps and i hope i have got that is right as possible and i haven't missed anybody out because they were surely more involved as well. but i'm going to make an early suggestion here, i think there were some pretty selfless act. one little post script, of course the building being evacuated, large groups of people going out through fire exits and so on but others going into lockdown, it is standard procedure nowadays, hiding in the stationery cupboard, obviously the kitchen, all over the place. it is a pretty good willing to hide in. the police come m, willing to hide in. the police come in, do theirjob and clearing it room by room but it all you what, it is pretty scary when you are hiding and you are not sure if it is a or fourth —— or fourth terrorist in amongst them all but eventually all the decisions are made and everyone comes out alive. over beside

me is the magnus church, one of the holding points, father philip does what he does and outcomes that big hugs. over the behind me on the right is another holding position whether salvation army have a place and the priest set up their. a bunch of people getting on the telephone networks and help us out all over the place. these are all volunteer organisations who just put other people before themselves and along with the city of london and the massive resource and help that all comes into play in these situations. i think london does this pretty well. i think you are right and listening to some of our correspondence on the bridge today, talking about as commuters go back to work as well as they can today because there is this big drive to make sure that it doesn't affect people now on this next monday morning, we show that london can get back to business in that way but people are still saying they are shocked and they are saddened by what happened. i

wonder what it has been like for those members of staff who witnessed some terrible things on friday and then what unfolded on london bridge as well. how have some of your members of staff been and how have they been looked after as well? well, 1's sense of normality, to my left is london bridge, sunrise is coming up and thousands of people walking to work and hurray, they are going about their normal business. asa team, going about their normal business. as a team, we are coming together, fishmongers' hall company as a charity by nature, we do great work in mental health, prisoner rehabilitation and funnily enough, fish and fisheries, by name. pull all of those together and alp 25, 30 partner organisations, we are doing great work. in the moment of drudgery where they have lost jack and saskia, my goodness, we want to be part of them as a whole staff. yes, difficult days, weeks and may be months ahead of us but we will be

open for business soon and we will be back. one quick one about lukasz. you told us about the amazing way he tackled terrorist with that narwhal tusk. can you give us an update on his health today? lukasz is bearing up, he is a pretty stoic kind of guy stop he will need a bit of space. i tell you what, he wants to be the first one back into work and i am somehow sure he will be. i have a pretty scary moment coming up, there is polish tv next to me, lukasz is a pole and i don't speak any polish. thank you for telling us a truly remarkable story. you can see why

polish tv want to speak to him about lukasz. all of that! you just literally grab something off the wall and you are trying to stop this man who has already heard a number of people and then to try and get him outside and everybody is making this split—2nd decisions and they are managing to no doubt save some lives. it is truly remarkable. just to let you know, in the next few minutes, we will speak to one of saskia jones' friends about her as well. the london bridge attacks also dominated the election debate held on itv last night. representatives from seven political parties answered questions from the audience. neither boris johnson nor jeremy corbyn took part. topics also discussed were the nhs, brexit and the climate crisis. a month of strikes has started on one of the uk's busiest train operators, south western railway.

members of the rmt union are protesting over a long—running dispute about the role of guards on trains. the walkout could cause major disruption over the christmas period. south western railway say the strike is unnecessary. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, says the world must end its "war against nature". it comes ahead of a two week climate summit in madrid when more than 200 countries will meet to plan how the world can tackle rising greenhouse gas emissions. women should be able to buy the morning—after contraceptive pill "straight off the shelf" without consulting a pharmacist. a report by the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists says women and girls are finding it difficult to access sexual and reproductive healthcare services which is leading to a rise in unplanned pregnancies and abortions.

the story gives you goosebumps. the bravery of those people. i did realise the extent of the injuries they picked up in doing all of that as well. and the picture that he painted of the sheer terror that must have been in that room and trying to give reception time. get them into safe spaces.” trying to give reception time. get them into safe spaces. i know sport that doesn't really matter on a day like today. it doesn't at all and we talk about sport in a very dramatic way but i am going to give you a bit ofan way but i am going to give you a bit of an update after yesterday because the pressure is continuing to build on marco silva after everton lost to leicester. the pressure continues to build on marco silva, after they lost to leicester. it looked as though everton were going to win a precious point — but kelechi ihanacho scored leicester's winner in the fourth minute of injury time — var confirming he was onside. leicester are second in the league but silva has to hope his side's performance was enough to save him for now. no—one can say nothing about the attitude of my players, about their commitment, about their ambition also to come here to show a reaction

from the last game because the last name was not good enough. all of us, we know inside our dressing room. and they showed that, i have to say. not to be behind me, they know what we are going, but to be behind the everton football club, to be a professional in this club and they did again. one manager has lost hisjob — watford have sacked quique sanchez flores for the second time. he only rejoined them in the summer but they've won just one game since then and they're bottom of the table. manchester united manager ole gunnar solskjaer says their league position is nothing to worry about. they're ninth, after a home draw with aston villa — tyrone mings with villa's equaliser — but solskjaer says the league is so tight, it's not a concern for him at the moment. sheffield united drew with wolves and pierre emerick aubameyang scored twice to give arsenal a 2—2 draw at norwich, in their first game since unai emery was sacked — with arsenal legend freddie

ljungberg in temporary charge. the draw for the third round of the fa cup is live from the etihad stadium on bbc 2 from 7:00 tonight, and the pick of the goals from yesterday's games came from peterborough striker ivan toney, with an incredible volley. they beat dover athletic 3—0. you can see all the results on the bbc sport website. celtic are still top of the scottish premiership after beating ross county 4—1 but rangers are hot on their heels after they thrashed hearts 5—0 — greg stewart with two late goals. they're only behind celtic on goal difference — and just a single goal at that. arsenal's women made history in the super league, with the biggest win since it began. they beat bristol city 11—1 — vivianne miedema scoring six of their goals, and assisting in four others. that took arsenal to the top of the league. captainjoe root made a double

century to rescue england's cricketers in the second test in new zealand. he broke out of his recent slump to hit 226. england have a lead of 5 runs going into the final day but rain is forecast, so despite root‘s heroics, there's little chance of the victory that would level the series. world champion lewis hamilton led from start to finish to win the final formula one race of the season. he was untroubled in the abu dhabi grand prix — taking the chequered flag nearly 17 seconds ahead of red bull's max verstappen. it's hamilton's11th race win of the season. an incredible season for him. look at this. our weather watchers do us proud. a beautiful start to the day here. a bit

of missed adding to the stunning colours and atmosphere. while we start with some sunshine, heads up because we will turn milder but also wetter and windier. the south—east will stay dry for much of the week. a chilly start, coldest dry for much of the week. a chilly start, cold est across dry for much of the week. a chilly start, coldest across england and wales. temperatures widely below freezing and a harsh frost on the cloud so you will have to start working earlier if you are on your way to work. the odd patch of light rain across eastern scotland and later on as the thicker loud spreads its words. northern ireland largely dry. ploughed into northern parts of england, north and west wales. a little on the cool side. this

evening and overnight, rain across scotla nd evening and overnight, rain across scotland departing. clear skies for long enough, frost is possiblejust about anywhere. not quite as cold as the nightjust gone. in the south—east corner, the risk of some dense fog patches into tomorrow monitors commute so could be dangerous on some of roads first thing tomorrow morning and also they may be a few issues the apples, —— airports. for many, a dry day. england and wales the best chance of brea ks england and wales the best chance of breaks in the sunshine. most of scotla nd breaks in the sunshine. most of scotland and northern ireland cloudy. temperatures rising a little in this area. frost tuesday night into wednesday. best of the sunshine across england with fog patches

around. further north, across the midlands, they could lingerfor a while. rain in western scotland. splashes of rain in northern ireland and the far north of england later in the day. nothing too substantial. a more warmer spell set to come to the end of the week. this warmer colours are pushing from the atlantic. with a front thinking more substantial rain as we go into thursday. strong to galeforce weeds as well. too many, in the south and east, it will stay dry. —— galeforce winds. thank you very much, matt. "funny, kind and generous to the point of always wanting to see the best in all people." that's how the family of saskia jones say they are remembering her, after it emerged she was one

of two people killed in friday's attack in london. colleen moore is a lecturer in criminology at anglia ruskin university, where she taught saskia as an undergraduate. they went on to become friends. colleen joins us now from the university campus in cambridge. iamso i am so sorry to be talking to you under these sad circumstances. how did you first meet saskia?” under these sad circumstances. how did you first meet saskia? i met saskia when she arrived in 2013 as an undergraduate. i remember meeting her because she always came to say something. it was welcome week, we gave our first dog and she made a point to see me to say hi and introduce herself and she asked me some questions. most people left the room and she came to speak after every lecture, she would come, and ask questions about what it was we

we re ask questions about what it was we were talking about. all she wanted was to get every single second of learning. she was clearly passionate about the subject. what was she passionate about in particular? ultimately, her subject was about rape, that was her passion from the beginning. that is what i teach about, it is my research area. she would talk to be about things i had said. she made a point that is where she wanted to work in the future and he became such a passion that she wrote her dissertation on rape, a political statement about rape crisis and the politics of money, funding that does not go into rape crisis. she talked about it as if it was a patriarchal problem that we have so little money to work with

rape victims. did she get 100% for rape victims. did she get 10096 for her dissertation? yes, she did. we called saskia100%. the last time i had communications with it was about a week ago and i said you are still 100% and she read back and said, yes, i heard yours and olivia's comments and they brought a tear to my eye. clearly an exceptional student and what was she like as a person as well? she stood out. she stood out above everyone partly because she wanted to. she was not afraid to say anything. there was no pulling her. she was really funny. —— fooling. she was funny, cheeky,

was not afraid of saying things. she called me on things. lots of people are quite scared of me but she was not. she was fearless, she was a warrior and she was going to change the world. maybe she will. what did you hope she would go on to do? she went to cambridge university and graduated amazingly. she went to work at mcdonald's because she wa nted work at mcdonald's because she wanted a break and she was proud to work there, people are lovely that she said. and then out of the blue, quite recently, she said she was going tojoin the quite recently, she said she was going to join the police which was a shock. but then we talked about it and she said she wanted to be a good police officer, she wanted to make a difference and work with

victims. i would write her a reference but i have not done that yet because she was at the beginning of that...” have not done that yet because she was at the beginning of that. .. i am sorry to hear that. she went to this conference about rehabilitation. was that something else she was passionate about that? absolutely. she saw the good in everyone. even when things did not go so well, she saw the good. the philosophy was that everyone needs to step up and if you could do that, she was always at the front. i did not know she was there until yesterday but i could imagine that if she was, she would have done what most people wouldn't. and you talked about her changing the world and perhaps she still well. what would you like a legacy to be? well... no hate speak,

not talking about talking about a government ‘s fault, a policy fault, the man who killed her was ill and he was acting alone as you would have wa nted he was acting alone as you would have wanted us to be compassionate and to think about all the victims and to think about all the victims and their families and loved and to think about all the victims and theirfamilies and loved ones, all the people involved on that day that saw things that should never have to see. she would want us to find some good and build on that, from this. the risk, of course, a lot of discussion and i do not want to bring politics into this but jack's father has been talking about it, what politicians have been saying. what is your message on that as well? i do not want to get into a political debate here, i do not think it is a good idea to sling mud and listening to the radio, i have heard people who seem to be

leaders slinging mud and i do not think that is appropriate. i know it is early but do you think at your university you will be able to commemorate, remember her? well, every single timei remember her? well, every single time i talked to students about their dissertation, i mention saskia because she got 100% and we have a already been doing that. we will never forget saskia, how can you forget saskia? she is here forever. it seems like such a terrible waste, young people very passionate about what they were doing.” young people very passionate about what they were doing. i agree. to target people they were trying to changeable and make it a better place is unfathomable. i cannot work out why anyone would do that. i do not have anything to say about that. how will you

best remember her? she was cheeky, she took risks, good risks, she would have done anything to good the good thing. she was a really good woman, a warrior. thank you very much for your time this morning, under difficult circumstances for you and everybody else there, thank you. thank you. saskia jones, she seems like an amazing young woman. an exceptional student. saskia 10096. amazing young woman. an exceptional student. saskia10096. lovely to hear tribute and what she could have done in the future. we are speaking about saskia jones one of the victims but also jack barrett, his father david has been responding to quite a few social media posts as well, talking about being overwhelmed by the m essa g es of about being overwhelmed by the messages of condolences and spoke about his son being

a beautiful person, a pure spirit and saying he did not feel inspirational butjack was. jack was heavily involved in prison rehabilitation and that is why he was at the conference, looking after people like usman khan who eventually killed him. his father said he was an exceptional young man and that he is only finding out the half of it now that he is gone. time to get the news, travel and whether were you. beautiful shot of the sunrise this morning from outside. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. london bridge and the surrounding area is returning to some sort of normality this morning following the attacks on friday afternoon. we can see london bridge has reopened to traffic and pedestrians. but it is down to one lane northbound, and the pavement on that side

of the bridge is closed. buses are back to normal. the pavement is close because police investigations are continuing. well, later this morning, at 11 o'clock, a vigil will be held a short walk from london bridge, at guildhall yard in the city of london. it'll honour the victims of the attack, and pay tribute to the emergency services, as well as the members of the public who responded by grabbing the attacker and holding him down, until armed police arrived and shot him. in other news, one of the longest rail strikes in british history has begun on south western railway. tens of thousands of passengers travelling into and out of london, will be affected by 27 days of strike action this month. the dispute is over the role of guards on trains, and of course bbc london twitter and facebook will keep you across all the travel news you need. and rob oxley has travel updates for you this morning on bbc radio london,

every 15 minutes. with 20% of all bus and tube journey‘s being paid for on smartphones in london, technology giant apple has been working with transport for london to try and eliminate problems like phone batteries running out mid—journey, which makes tapping out impossible. and delays, while face and touch id are verified as passengers go into stations or on buses. however, the new express transit mode is only available on newer phones and watches. let's take a look at the travel situation now... there are minor delays between beckton and tower gateway on the dlr because of a broken down train. minor delays on thejubilee line, because of a track fault at north greenwich. and on the piccadilly line, there are severe delays because of a signal failure. and on the roads, in edmonton, electrical work means meridian way is closed northbound from conduit lane. now the weather with kate. good morning. it's a chilly start this monday morning,

cold and crisp. temperatures down below zero first thing. a bit of frost and, yes, plenty of sunshine today. there's really not much cloud to get in the way of that sunshine either, and a gentle north—westerly breeze. the temperature though is on the cold side. we're looking at a maximum today of six or 7 celsius, despite the sunshine. as we head into the evening and overnight, it is going to be clear to start with but we'll see widely mist and fog developing through the night, and some fairly thick patches of fog by dawn tomorrow morning. and with the temperature potentially dropping down to —3, we could see some of those patches of fog possibly freezing. so dangerous driving conditions first thing tomorrow morning. gradually, that fog will lift. some, however, may not until post lunchtime. so perhaps a brighter afternoon but the temperatures staying on the cold side. it does stay settled for the next couple of days but temperatures, like i said, are staying pretty chilly. vanessa feltz is on bbc radio london with her breakfast show right now.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. we will be speaking to nicola sturgeon, the leader of the snp, the latest in our series of meet the leaders debates. that, in a few moments. our headlines today... remembering the victims of the london bridge attack: cambridge graduates saskia jones

and jack merritt will be honoured at a vigil this morning. london bridge has now re—opened — we'll be there throughout the morning as the city reflects on another attack. one of the longest railway strikes in british history begins. south western railway passengers face a month of disruption as a 27—day walkout led by the rmt union starts today. what impact will it have on passengers? i will be finding out. also on the programme — we continue our meet the leader series. the snp's nicola sturgeon joins us on the sofa. there's no silver lining for the everton manager. marco silva is under real pressure after another defeat. wednesday's merseyside derby could decide his fate a cold commute for many of you. outbreaks of rain in western scotland, will the milder air finally come through? more coming up later. it's monday 2nd december. our top story. the two victims of the london bridge attack will be remembered at a vigil later this morning.

cambridge graduates jack merritt and saskia jones were stabbed to death by convicted terrorist usman khan. several others were injured as they tried to stop the attack before khan was shot dead by police. our reporterjohn mcmanus has more. saskia jones, 23 years old and described by her family as a positive influence in many people's lives. wanting to help the victims of crime, she had recently applied tojoin the police. on friday, her life was cut shot, one of two people stabbed to death by usman khan as she volunteered at the rehabilitation conference that khan was attending. she would have stood her ground. which breaks my heart even more because she would have stood up for herself, which, i dread to think what would've happened, to be honest. so it's not fair. this world has changed. and a 23—year—old girl dying like that should never happen, it should never come to that. like saskia, 25—year—old jack merritt had studied criminology at cambridge and like her, he'd been committed to helping prisoners start a

new life. among those paying tribute to him his friend hollie. i can't believe i got to call you my best mate. the privilege of your love. jack's father david merritt has already asked that his son's death not be used to impose draconian sentences on prisoners. and last night on twitter he accused the daily mail and daily express newspapers of using his son's death to promote vile propaganda, later this morning, a vigil will take place at the guildhall in the city of london to remember those who died and pay tribute to the emergency services. john mcmanus, bbc news. john is at london bridge for us this morning. on for us this morning. the programme, we've heard | who

on the programme, we've heard people who were there on the day, i know you were there on the day, so many tributes being paid to the young people who died. yes, two people very clearly loved by people around them, families and friends, the tributes extremely heartfelt, very devastated families after the events of friday. jack ‘s father david has spoken highly of his son, calling him a talented boy, someone who took the side of the underdog, really believed in the concept of rehabilitation as well. saskia ‘s families says she had a mischievous sense of fun and a lust for life and one of those paying tribute to her as well was her tutor from anglia ruskin university, colleen murray. she stood out above everybody, she wasn't afraid to say anything, there wasn't afraid to say anything, there was no feeling her, she was really funny, she had a wicked sense of humour, she was cheeky, she was mischievous, she said things that

she knew would be risky but they we re always she knew would be risky but they were always right, she was a lovely, lovely woman. she made me laugh. she called me and things, lots of people are quite scared of me, she wasn't. she was fearless, she was a warrior. she was fearless, she was a warrior. she was fearless, she was a warrior. she was going to change the world. maybe she will. really hearing the best about those young people from their friends best about those young people from theirfriends and best about those young people from their friends and those who knew them. meanwhile here in london bridge, life is slowly starting to return to normal, the roads, the pavements are open again but we cannot forget those really dramatic pictures from friday, on the other side of the bridge, three men tackling as man can armed with a normal tusk and a fire extinguisher, holding him in place until armed police were able to get here and confront him and we know they shot him dead. the investigation still under way but as i said, london bridge starting to look a little bit like normal life again. john, thank you for the moment.

the london bridge attacks also dominated the latest election debate held on itv last night. representatives from seven political parties answered questions from the audience. neither boris johnson nor jeremy corbyn took part. let's speak to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who is in westminster this morning. a number of clashes last night on various topics, jonathan. good morning. good morning. familiar territory for the representatives taking part on itv. as you say, the nhs feature, the ongoing row about whether the conservatives will allow american companies to access it as pa rt american companies to access it as part of a us uk trade deal, the labour party having to defend its plans for a four day week, on brexit the shadowjustice plans for a four day week, on brexit the shadow justice secretary plans for a four day week, on brexit the shadowjustice secretary he was representing the labour party came underfire for representing the labour party came under fire for not saying which way he would campaign yet in a further referendum on a new brexit deal that the labour party hopes to negotiate. and the

conservative party representative also under pressure to rule out a no—deal brexit which he didn't quite go as far as doing but it was the london bridge attack dominating the early part of the debate, certainly the early part. the politicisation of it, the tone of the discussion since that happened on friday. richard burgen saying he was uncomfortable about how it was being discussed, the labour party representative saying it was incumbent on borisjohnson as prime minister to keep people safe but it has influenced and changed the tone of the election campaign so far. another day of campaigning today. we are nearing in on the general election. what other policy announcements to look today? two big ones, the labour party plan for

the railways, cutting a third from all season and peak—time railfares, they say saving the average commuter about year, making it free for under 16 is to travel, the conservative party focusing on border security, they want a visa waiver system and automatic counting of individuals coming in and out of the uk. jonathan, thank you for that, speak to you later this morning. a month of strikes has started on one of the uk s busiest train operators, south western railway. members of the rmt union are protesting over a long—running dispute about the role of guards on trains. the walkout could cause major disruption over the christmas period. south western railway say the strike is unnecessary. women should be able to buy the morning—after contraceptive pill "straight off the shelf" without consulting a pharmacist. a report by the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists says women and girls are finding it difficult to access sexual and reproductive healthcare services which is leading to a rise in unplanned pregnancies and abortions. a severely colour—blind school boy

was moved to tears when a pair of glasses allowed him to see colour for the first time. 12—year—old jonathan from minnesota in the us was handed a pair of enchroma glasses — designed to improve and modify some aspects of colour vision deficiency — by his school teacher. take a look at his reaction which starts with disbelief, but very quickly he is overwhelmed by the transformation. i love those. you know, it's like when kids get hearing aids for the first time and they hear their mum and dad ‘s voice. first time and they hear their mum and dad 's voice. so emotional. so lovely. it's nine minutes past eight. you are watching breakfast. nicola sturgeon will be here in a couple of minutes. let's get the weather first. matt is couple of minutes. let's get the weatherfirst. matt is here. good morning to you both on good morning to you as well. frost around

this morning, parts of england and wales below freezing at the moment, as low as —6 on the outskirts of oxford and west wales. not cold everywhere, the west wales. not cold everywhere, the west of scotland 9 degrees on islay at the moment, outbreaks of rain to start the day, coming and going, the odd splash of rain in eastern scotla nd odd splash of rain in eastern scotland first thing. later this afternoon. that's the exception rather than the rule, most of you staying dry, or allow compared to the weekend in northern ireland. many in the south and east under blue skies, still on the chilly side, 6—10d at best. in tonight, rain across northern and eastern scotla nd rain across northern and eastern scotland gradually clears. most becoming dry overnight. cloud amounts varying, clear skies the chance of frost into tomorrow morning, nowhere near as cold as this morning, frost possible anywhere across northern ireland, eastern scotland, england and wales and towards

the south—east corner, quick heads up, if you're heading to the airports, there could be dense patches of fog. the rest of the week gradually turning milder, a full forecast before 8:45am. that is how it is looking. back to dan and louise. good luck everyone, really cold outside. there are just ten days until the general election and the scottish national party has launched its campaign pledging a second independence referendum in 2020. for the latest in our series of interviews — where we invite party leaders on to the sofa to discuss their policies and give us a better sense of who they are — we arejoined this morning by snp leader nicola sturgeon. very good to see you. lovely to see you in person. thank you forjoining us. lovely to be heard. we hopefully are going to get through all of the leaders over the course of the next few weeks, lovely to have you here this morning. we covered the launch of your manifesto last

week, promises about austerity, drug policy, paternal leave for fathers, the reality is, 35 mps out of 650 odd in westminster. the only way you can make good on those promises by teaming up with someone else, which of those parties available would you rather work with? snp mps will always push plasma case and fight for progressive policies, whatever the arithmetic in the house of commons but there is no doubt at all, you're absolutely right, our influence will be increased in strength and if there is a hung parliament and through the snp effectively scotland is holding the balance of power, i would never put borisjohnson or a balance of power, i would never put boris johnson or a conservative prime minister into downing street because i think conservative governments have been bad for scotland and will be bad in the future. i'm not a great fan of jeremy corbyn. i don't envisage a coalition with the labour party or anybody else. do you have to like someone to work with them? you've got to try to put forward your policies and progress the things that matter to you. so i've said we would seek to form a

progressive alliance that could lock boris johnson out of downing street. we would absolutely expect the labour party, if it was a labour minority government to respect the right of scotland to choose its own future but a range of other policies will be really important as well. you've mentioned some already, end to austerity, the welfare cuts it appears to many people into misery, so appears to many people into misery, so many appears to many people into misery, so many more appears to many people into misery, so many more children into poverty. these are the issues that are important to the snp because they are important to scotland but i think they are the kind of policy is important to many people across the uk. you've mentioned many people across the uk, many viewers get in touch with us saying politics seems touch with us saying politics seems to be broken, in terms of getting things done, you agree with that. and yet here you are, hoping for a hung parliament which were many people watching this morning, will hold things up and mean the sorts of policies and the things they want to see get done, wouldn't be able to go through again. i can understand that

view. people have been watching, a very, very broken westminster system over the last few months but i'm in the scottish parliament, having minority governments where parties have to work together, it's not new for us. it happens to be how we do things. i lead a minority government. it doesn't have to be the way you've described it in the way i understand a lot of people would perceive it, it can actually be positive and good because it forces political parties to focus on where they agree as opposed to just concentrating on the issues they disagree on. of course brexit has dominated politics and has certainly in the house of commons, led to a lot of division, that's one of the reasons i want to see people have the opportunity to escape brexit

because it borisjohnson whence, if there is a majority tory government, then he says that gets brexit done, that's the biggest con in this whole election because all it does is take us into the next phase of negotiation and chaos and uncertainty. can i ask you about that? the most recent opinion polls suggest there will be a majority conservative government who knows? who knows, it's not inevitable. but if that is the case, it's who knows, it's not inevitable. but if that is the case, its five years of no scottish independence being on the table, is that what you are prepared for? no, i don't accept that at all, i believe whoever is in downing street, they have a duty to respect the will of the scottish people. he's already said if we end up underthat people. he's already said if we end up under that situation i will set out how i intend to cross the bridge then but we are in an election campaign on the point you alluded to a moment ago as the most important one. whatever the opinion polls suggest and they look as if they are narrowing, a tory majority is not inevitable and if i look at the situation in scotland, 13 tory constituencies right now, the snp is the main challenger, quite a close challenger in all of them, we can play our part in stopping boris johnson getting a majority and make sure he is not in the driving seat calling the shots on the 13th of december. i understand we are playing hypothetical but it's interesting to see your thinking. if

that was to happen would you consider a legal challenge, i know some members of the snp have talked about, and holding an unofficial i've made my views pretty clear on an unofficial referendum, i think a referendum has to be legal and accepted because i'm not in the business of having a referendum. i wa nt business of having a referendum. i want scotland to become independence, you have to have a process of doing that that will be recognised and is legitimate. beyond that, i consider all options because lam that, i consider all options because i am absolutely determined, whether you support independence or not. you would support a legal challenge. you said you would consider all options. i will consider all options for the first option is making sure and doing everything we can to make sure we doing everything we can to make sure we don't get into this scenario because scotland is playing its part in making sure borisjohnson is not able to lay down the law to scotland or anyone else so let's focus on dry to make sure on the 13th of december we are to make sure on the 13th of december we are not waking up to majority tory government and we can play a big part in that in scotland. can we talk priorities? when you launch the

ma nifest of talk priorities? when you launch the manifest of the woods behind you we re manifest of the woods behind you were stopped brexit and you were asked last night in the debate if you could prioritise to stop brexit or have scottish independence? you didn't really answer. can you be clear on that issue for us this morning? what is your number-1 priority? i'm not sure whether you are asking me in terms of what you think is more important or you had stop brexit behind you. on the manifesto. i want to stop brexit, i wa nt manifesto. i want to stop brexit, i want to stop it for the whole of the uk, not in charge of that for the whole of the uk but i think it is a monumental mistake, i favour a second referendum on the brexit question to give people that opportunity. but because a second referendum, just like the first in 2016, wouldn't guarantee that scotland gets what it will suffer, we scotland gets what it will suffer, we could have the same result all overagain, we could have the same result all over again, scotland. we could have the same result all overagain, scotland. remain, the uk will still leave and even if we managed to escape brexit, who knows, the next occasion when scotland is forced into a position against its

will because we are outvoted by westminster. fundamentally, the solution to this democratic deficit that scotland often ends itself and is to become independent, to be in charge of our own future and actually, working much more constructively on the basis of equality with other parts of the uk. i think that's a far more positive position for scotland to be in. so both of those things are important. but the fundamental answer to scotland 's current position. on the timing, which is not exactly the same question, i said i would like to see same question, i said i would like tosee... same question, i said i would like to see ...i same question, i said i would like to see i didn't ask you about timing, iasked to see i didn't ask you about timing, i asked you which first. the order is about timing. 0k, let me answer the question rather than argue over what the question was. i saidi argue over what the question was. i said i want to see an independence referendum towards the second half of next year. if there was to be a minority labour government then there will be a second eu referendum, they said, would likely come earlier than that, that will be

the order. i cannot single—handedly bring about a second eu referendum, the snp would support it but the reason an independence option is so important for scotland, is to make sure we are important for scotland, is to make sure we are not in the position again of facing a future we haven't chosen, one that's being imposed upon us and that is quite critical in this election. we can have a future that borisjohnson decides or we can decide whatever our future is, it's one we choose ourselves. if it was to be the case you were supporting a labour government, that sort of scenario you discussed, there is a renegotiation of the deal and then a second referendum on brexit. let's say that then comes through back to remain. does that ta ke through back to remain. does that take away one of the major issues with regards to scottish independence? is that a concern for you? support for independence? is that a concern for you ? support for that independence? is that a concern for you? support for that would then reduce because one of the major stumbling blocks which have talked about at length, brexit, would actually be removed from the road? brexit is an example of the position

scotland is in of our future being decided for us. it's a pretty extreme example but it is only an example and an illustration. the la st example and an illustration. the last three and a half years have really demonstrated a little scotland 's interests are listened to and respected by the broken westminster system so i believe and it's not up to me whether scotland becomes independent or not, but that choice should be there. i go back to that central point in the selection for scotland, do we have a future decided for us by the likes of boris johnson and the people who are pulling his strings like nigel farage and donald trump ordered do we farage and donald trump ordered do we decide our future for ourselves and decide the kind of country we wa nt and decide the kind of country we want to be? on the issue of independence as well, i'm sure you've looked at the opinion polls,

it was 55—45 last time the vote was taken, it seems to be 50—50 at the moment. do you concede it's a gamble if you were to go to an independence referendum? that's if you were to go to an independence referendum ? that's not if you were to go to an independence referendum? that's not a word i would use, i think giving people the choice of their own future is a good and positive thing and it's for them to make a decision. as you say, support for independence has risen, support for independence has risen, support for independence has risen, support for having that choice has risen. i take support for having that choice has risen. itake nothing support for having that choice has risen. i take nothing for granted. i'm not the kind of politician that is complacent about any electoral test and certainly, i would not be about that one but if you are asking me to predict, i believe very, very strongly, particularly after the experience of the last few years, that given the choice in the future, scotland will choose to be independent. there's a lot of things i would like to talk about this morning, let's mention trident as well, that's one of the red lines you mentioned. you talked about getting rid of trident. none of the other parties agree with you on that. in terms of those red lines about a referendum, about brexit and about a referendum, about brexit and about independence and trident, you will have to wriggle on those. where do you stand on the trident issue in particular? i will come back to trident in a second but on the general issue of compromise, i said a moment ago i lead a minority government, probably got more experience of minority government

than any other politician in the uk right now so i know the compromise is essential. there are things you wa nt is essential. there are things you want to do that you cannot do, there are things that other parties might wa nt are things that other parties might want to do that you might agree with but you have to accept about what we put forward in our manifesto or the areas that we would not want to compromise on because they are so important and we set out why. on the issue of trident, for me, trident is toa issue of trident, for me, trident is to a large extent, a moral issue. i think it's simply wrong we have wednesday that can wipe out whole swathes of civilisation. we don't count on its chemical wednesday any more, why would we count on its nuclear wednesday? jeremy corbyn would agree with you. i will finish the point. it's also a waste of money, £200 billion far better spent on health, education, lifting kids out of poverty. on the question of that red line as you described it, there are, it's very important to me, that's a key fundamental issue for the snp. we are talking nuclear wednesday, of course, there is a discussion to be had about the

timescale in which they could be safely removed but getting these nuclear wednesday out of scotland is absolutely an issue we would push. one other thing i wanted to talk about is the record in the nhs. is that something, i know you've defended your health record in scotland. it is that something that is an area of embarrassment for you? no, it's an area of absolute focus. the health service in all parts of the uk is under significant pressure, as demand for services rises. but we are absolutely focused and probably more so than any other pa rt of and probably more so than any other part of the uk, on meeting those challenges. we are investing more money than any parts of the uk, we've got more people working in the health service, accident and emergency services for example perform not as well as we want them to putt better than in england, wales, northern ireland. so, it's not the pressure that makes scotland different but what makes us different but what makes us different is the focus, the investment, the reform we are

bringing to that. we've already integrated health and social, part of the debate last night was about free personal care which is already delivered in scotland so as first minister, these are issues i come a day in and day out take very seriously and will continue to make sure we are seriously and will continue to make sure we are making the progress we need to. can i ask you, were dry to get a little bit behind the politician as well. this is where i get really nervous. that's exactly what it was, to my point. you are first minister, people may have watched you last night, two hours of debate, standing in front of everybody etc, i understand you were really shy so how does one overcome that? it's difficult, you say i was really shy and as a child i was very shy. i would still describe myself as quite shy as a person and i say that the people and they say don't be ridiculous, how can you be shy and stand up and do all of that? i guess when you're standing up as i was last night or sitting here now, you still yourself and you do what you still yourself and you do what you have to do but left to my own devices, i would still be hiding

undera table devices, i would still be hiding under a table reading a book. as i famously did up my fifth birthday party according to my mum and dad. you genuinely will be doing that. absolutely. what book? whatever i was reading, that's my big passion, it's how i relax. last night ‘s to buy, how would you be before that? do you cheer yourself up, slap yourself round the face? how does that work? people will say to me do you still get nervous, i've been doing it a long time and the answer is yes. i would say to anybody before something like that, if you don't get nervous that's when you and for flat on your face or dry to channel the nerves, focus all of that, it's what i do in advance. people in some parts of the uk it might not know you are part of a power couple are due, would that be afair power couple are due, would that be a fair description? peter morrow, chief executive of the snp, your husband. that's not how we would see ourselves. people who know us, family, friends, would not describe us in that way. he would probably tell you he is the one that keeps me on the go. looking after me,

doing the cooking and the cleaning. what do you talk about over dinner? we try not to talk politics at home, why would we? we try to talk about other stuff. one final question because i know you talked about this before, women in politics, we've heard so much in the last, during this campaign about the kind of pressure female mps are under particularly and you talked about how sometimes you think they are held to a higher standard. without a doubt we are held to a higher standard and in some ways maybe that's a good thing because it means you have to be on your toes and told yourself to a higher standard but what you wear, how you look, there is no way a woman in politics could get away with the kind of bungling interview that you so boris johnson do on the andrew marr programme yesterday. have sentences, making things up as he goes along. women just wouldn't get away with that. and we are held to higher standards and some of these things, it's wrong, and other things, you know,

maybe it works to our advantage, who knows? good to meet you. thank you for coming on the sofa. we hopefully will be speaking to nigel farage in our series of meet the leaders debates and interviews tomorrow. and we will be working on the liberal democrats and the labour party to com plete democrats and the labour party to complete the set, if you like, before the general election. this is not a very good table if you were going to hide under it. no, that's not a good one. thank you so good morning. we started with a hard frost across england and wales this morning. temperatures were down to about —3 to —6dc. not quite as cold across scotland this morning but throughout the week ahead it's going to be dry for many of us, a few exceptions to that, but turning wetter and windier later on but turning less cold as well.

we've got this area of high pressure here, the cold air in place for many. just over the top of that, though, we've got some milder air across scotland and northern parts of northern ireland. so here, not cold, not frosted this morning but lots of cloud. and we have a patch of rain moving its way through. for england and wales, plenty of sunshine, the cloud this afternoon. tending to increase across northern england and across wales this afternoon. staying largely sunny down towards the south—east. temperatures get into generally about 6—8dc. three tonight we will continue with quite a bit of cloud across scotland. that rain will tend to clear away and then there will be some clear skies. but some fog developing in the south—east of england. temperatures across the far south could be down below freezing, again a bit of a frost around. but generally not quite as cold tonight, temperatures for many staying at freezing or just above. but there will be some fog, especially in the south—east of england in the morning. that could be a little bit stubborn to clear, even sticking around into the afternoon. elsewhere, there will be some sunny spells for england and wales, still

quite cloudy for scotland and northern ireland but dry. maximum temperatures of 6—9dc, but the warmest place will be up in the north—west of scotland, 11 degrees here. on into wednesday, we have this area of high pressure gradually drifting towards the east. that's going to allow these weather systems to start to move their way in. so further outbreaks of rain moving into scotland and northern ireland. still the risk of some fog, particularly toward central and eastern areas of england throughout wednesday and again that could linger on into the afternoon. temperatures about 6—8d but again the north—west of scotland, temperatures getting into double figures. bye— bye.

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