good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and mega munchetty. our headlines today: boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will go head—to—head in a televised debate tonight, six days before the uk goes to the polls. customers of the now—bust tour operator thomas cook face delays for getting refunds — with only two thirds being paid on

time. a british woman, who developed severe hypothermia in a snowstorm, is brought back to life after her heart stopped beating for six hours. after 22 years and millions of train journeys, virgin trains will no longer be running one of britain's is used railroads. i'm here at london's euston rail station to talk about what the changes might mean for passengers stopping —— passengers. another premier league manager gone. everton have sacked marco silva. he leaves after 18 months in the job, with the club in the premier league relegation zone. and i am outside here in salford trying to give you a little bit of colour to an otherwise dull and damp friday morning. it is mild out at the moment but how does the can pan out? they will have the full details here on

breakfast. —— the forecast. good morning. it's friday the 6th of december. our top story: for the final time in this election campaign, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will go head—to—head tonight in a live televised debate. their policies and personalities will be scrutinised by viewers, and voters, with just six days to go until the election. our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster this morning. ian, what can we expect from tonight's debate? it isa it is a set piece moment, voters asking questions. give us a sense of the occasion. i think it can be a huge occasion, charlie, for this reason alone. it is the last big clash between the two party leaders, the two people who could be prime minister. don't forget boris johnson hasn't been elected in that role yet. jeremy corbyn failed in 2017. so this is the last opportunity to try to persuade floating voters. it is important from the perspective of each of them that the opinion polls

seem to be getting more or less are stuck. they have been narrowing a bitter towards labour but there is still a bit of doubt, the conservatives still seemed to be out of their head. jeremy corbyn is to try to notjust up his game tonight but try to bring borisjohnson down. from boris johnson's point but try to bring borisjohnson down. from borisjohnson‘s point of view, he is carrying a fragile bars across a shiny floor and he has to make sure he doesn't mess up in any way. —— phase. both men are coming back to some of the court messages. boris johnson is on get brexit done. from jeremy corbyn‘s point of view, saying the election is more than simply about exit, it is about public services. i think there is one weapon that has been handed to jeremy corbyn, i think tonight he can try to make the debate about trust and character, about boris johnson's character to try to break through in some of the areas that have been quite resistant tojeremy corbyn‘s message. that weapon has been handed to him by none other

than the unlikely figure of andrew neil. borisjohnson than the unlikely figure of andrew neil. boris johnson has than the unlikely figure of andrew neil. borisjohnson has yet to do a 1-to-1 neil. borisjohnson has yet to do a 1—to—1 interview, unlike the other party leaders, and last night andrew neil a down this gauntlet. no broadcaster can compel a politician to be interviewed, but leaders' interviews have been a key part of the bbc's prime time election cove rage the bbc's prime time election coverage for decades. we do them, on your behalf, to scrutinise and hold to account those who would govern us. to account those who would govern us. that is democracy. we have always proceeded in good faith that the leaders would participate. and in every election they have. all of them. until this one. andrew neil saying it is not too late for boris johnson to take part. downing street are saying he has taken part in several bbc interviews and will take pa rt several bbc interviews and will take part in tonight's abate withjeremy corbyn. that doesn't sound to me, from that response, that it is yes, andrew, than the time and date —— debate. we believe it there for now. thank you very much. you can watch the debate between boris johnson and jeremy corbyn on bbc 0ne tonight at 8:30.

0ther other news to bring you. more than 20,000 former thomas cook customers have yet to be refunded for their holiday bookings, despite the deadline falling this weekend. the civil aviation authority says the process has been challenging, with a third of claims requiring more information in order to qualify for a refund. here's our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith. when thomas cook collapsed, the first job of the civil aviation authority was to make sure everybody got home safe and sound. for those 150,000 people abroad, we will be bringing them back, and we'll be bringing them back when they have finished their holiday. but because thomas cook's package holidays were protected under the caa's atol scheme, anyone who had a future booking was entitled to a full refund. the numbers for that are pretty staggering, actually. 360,000 holidays were booked, they of course are now cancelled, affecting 800,000 people. so they are now entitled to a refund under the atol protection scheme. and they should get that money back within about two

months. today marks that self—imposed deadline. the caa said 67,000 people filed valid claims on the first day, and two—thirds of them have been paid back. but that means more than 22,000 people who were hopeful of a refund before christmas are still out—of—pocket. coletta smith, bbc news. a man has been charged with murder after a 12—year—old boy was killed in an alleged hit—and—run outside a school in essex. harley watson died after a car ploughed into a group of children in loughton on monday. terence glover, who's 51, has been charged with murder, ten charges of attempted murder and dangerous driving. in australia, several separate wildfires have merged to become what authorities are calling a ‘mega blaze'. more than 2,000 firefighters are still battling the bushfires near sydney, which have killed six people and destroyed more than 700 homes since october. more travel disruption is expected as a nationwide strike in france

continues for a second day. eurostar has cancelled nearly 30 trains between paris and london and british airways and easyjet have cancelled some flights. yesterday, more than 800,000 people joined marches in protest against french pension reforms. police used tear—gas to clear the crowds and made a number of arrests. the opera singer katherinejenkins has been mugged after she intervened in a street robbery. the 39—year—old was on her way to a rehearsal in london on wednesday afternoon when she stepped in to help an elderly woman being attacked — and was then mugged herself. two 15—year—old girls have been arrested on suspicion of robbery. a british woman, whose heart stopped beating for six hours, has been brought back to life in what doctors have described as an "exceptional case". audrey schoeman developed severe hypothermia while hiking in the spanish pyrenees. doctors say it is the longest cardiac arrest ever recorded in spain. andy moore

reports. celebrating life with the rescue workers and medics who saved her. english teacher audrey schoeman was out hiking with her husband in the cata la n out hiking with her husband in the catalan pyrenees when they get caught in bad weather. she fell unconscious as temperatures plummeted. this rescuer said she was com pletely plummeted. this rescuer said she was completely immobile, unconscious, and rigid, with clear signs of hypothermia when they found her. her husband feared the worst.|j hypothermia when they found her. her husband feared the worst. i thought she was dead, because i was trying to feel for a pulse, trying to feel bought... my fingers were also numb. soi bought... my fingers were also numb. so i wasn't sure if it was also my fingers. but couldn't feel her breath, couldn't feel her heartbeat. 0nce breath, couldn't feel her heartbeat. once in hospital, it was this machine that saved her, used see with a medical dummy took her own blood, infused with oxygen, and then reintroduced it. a heart was eventually restarted with a differential regulator and she left

hospital 12 days later with only minor problems in her hands —— differential regulator. it seems incredible that i survived it and really lucky to be here and be able to get on with my life. i'm just happy! audrey describes her survival asa happy! audrey describes her survival as a miracle. she is the woman who died for six hours and yet lived to tell the tale. andy moore, bbc news. an earthquake has struck in somerset, causing homes to shake in several villages. the british geological survey says the 3.2 magnitude quake, occurred close to bridgwaterjust before 11:00 last night, and at a depth ofjust over three miles. residents reported feelings like "the whole house rattled", "i physically felt my bed shake", and "the whole house was given a definite shove". that is quite a good description,

the house being shoved. good morning. what have you got for us? another manager has gone. that is five and it is just december. brutal. it is a brutal world. we we re brutal. it is a brutal world. we were only talking about this yesterday, what was going on. after that 5-2 yesterday, what was going on. after that 5—2 defeat, that was enough. yes. everton at the moment our mannerjealous. yes. everton at the moment our manner jealous. they club yes. everton at the moment our mannerjealous. they club in the premier league relegation zone, following the defeat in the merseyside derby, it was perhaps inevitable that they have sacked their manager marco silva. that 5—2 loss to liverpool at anfield was their ninth defeat of the season. silva was in the job forjust 18 months. duncan ferguson will take charge of the team for saturday's visit of chelsea. problems already for arsenal's interim manager freddie ljunberg — his side lost 2—1 at home to brighton. neal maupay scored the winner for the visitors, arsenal are now on their worst winless run since 1977.

elsewhere sheffield united lost 2 nil at home to newcastle. -- 2-0. the weigh—in takes place later ahead of tomorrow's world heavyweight re—match between britain's anthony joshua and andy ruinunior in saudi arabia. joshua is seeking to re—gain three titles afterjune's shock defeat by ruiz in new york. and ronnie 0'sullivan's quest for a record—extending eighth uk championship came to an end as he was beaten by ding junhui in york. the rocket lost by 6 frames to 4. that is your sport for now. will have a look at the inside pages in a few minutes. they have them ready for you. matt is out and about. here was in the studio or the office with us was in the studio or the office with us this morning and then here disappeared. let's see where here has gone. you are in a tunnel of light! | has gone. you are in a tunnel of light! i was banished, has gone. you are in a tunnel of light! iwas banished, banished outside. lovely, isn't it?

what better way to brighten up a dark, damp friday morning and bring you a bit of colour and brightness. we are at the lightwave ‘s festival in media city in salford. as the eighth year it is going. this one is called spiro, from blackpool and here eliminations, inspired by a cresting wave showering you in light and also visual sound as well. there will be more of these throughout the morning. trying to brighten up your friday morning. as dull and about thatis friday morning. as dull and about that is dealt with. if we look at the forecast for today, after a chilly —— after some chilly mornings it is mild. temp and a little bit by the breeze, a blustery wind blowing across the country throughout the day. easing down from what it was throughout the night. a weather front still crossing the country. that will push through the midlands, towards east anglia, and the south—east, it will be there by the end of the rush hour. many areas

will brighten up. she was packing and across parts of scotland and northern ireland. we will see some other showers develop elsewhere. by the time we get to mid—morning morning onwards it is almost like a straightforward mix of sunshine and showers. she was most frequent in the west, some heavy with hail and thunder. less further if you are —— showers. the temperatures drop for some through the day. this could be the milder ‘s part. by the afternoon, single figures across scotland, northern ireland, 12—13 in the south—east corner. as we go through tonight, many showers will start to fade away. if you will continue into tomorrow morning. still a blustery wind around. cool the city than the nightjust gone. we start the weekend on a reasonably dry note. there will be some turnaround to start tomorrow morning. mist hunt fog patches. best of the sunshine across southern and eastern areas full up it will increase with us. for northern ireland and the west in particular we could rain again. one

especially during the afternoon. temperatures will lift up after that. it should be somewhere between 7—11 for the vast majority. it will be a wet night as we go through saturday night as we go through saturday night into sunday morning. while the rain building across the south—east corner to begin first thing it will move out of their way. sunday is back to sunshine and showers. she was most frequent in the as, heavy with hail and thunder. at i will say as we go through sunday and later on, the wind will be picking up. widespread gales developing late on sunday if not severe gales to take us sunday if not severe gales to take us through sunday night into monday. it could be a wild entity we can. as we go into monday morning, wonder what and want to keep checking the forecast as we go through this weekend. for the time being, from the light here, it is back to you both in this studio. can you describe how it feels being in that slightly odd tunnel? is it like a psychedelic experience for you this morning? a little bit. i think with a bit of music as well which goes with it, is an interactive display.

i think it is saturday night fever. either saturday night fever or some proper hard—core do it again, proper hard—core rave music. come on, place ain! hard—core rave music. come on, place again! it is not like it was the christmas party last night. you are well up for it this morning! no. my dancing shoes... that is a conclusive answer. here is such a grump this morning! 14 minutes past six. let's take a look at today's papers. bbc presenter andrew neil's on—air challenge to borisjohnson makes several of friday's front pages. "oven—ready and set to grill" is the metro's take on the story. mrjohnson is the only leader of a major party not to have faced a half—hour prime time bbc one grilling. he has not said no yet he hasjust not yet said yes. the daily telegraph splashes with a submission by the jewish labour movement to the anti—semitism investigation. jeremy corbyn says he completely rejects allegations the party is "a welcoming refuge for anti—semites". meanwhile, the sun's front page shows london bridge terror attack

victim jack merritt withjohn crilly, a former prisoner who he was mentoring. the paper says that crilly is on parole for manslaughter, and fought back against attacker usman khan with a fire extinguisher. and the huffington post is featuring an extraordinary story about three men who were wrongly convicted of crimes 50 years ago, who've only now had their names cleared. we'll be speaking to one of those men on breakfastjust before eight. it is an extraordinary story. winston, he has had weight to get some kind of clarity. we will talk to him later. jane, the back pages. all about marco silver. silver bullet on the daily mail, because of

his departure last night. and i also like what they have done in the middle with the arsenal lost last night to brighton. freddie's nightmare. that's referring to the ca reta ker nightmare. that's referring to the caretaker manager there. and then the times have gone with everton sack silva and turned to ferguson. but not sir alex. duncan ferguson, the former player, of course. what about people like pochettino? he would have to pay a lot of money back to his previous team so it may not happen.

david moyes, the former manager has been strongly linked with the return to the club. is there a chance of the next year the most managers set bya certain the next year the most managers set by a certain point in time. is there a record? chelsea had a record for a while. have any more pages? all about good manners. mine are exceptional. me just clean up this mess. there are a new set of manners being decided by millennial‘s. so if you think it is good manners to give up you think it is good manners to give up your seat for a lady on public transport, you were probably born before 1981. does that account for all of us here? yes. two—thirds of millennial‘s, between 96, think that ladies first is an outdated custom. changing values. more than a third

would never surrender receipt to an elderly pregnant passenger. that is just rude. i never mind the lady thing. if you are pregnant, carrying a human being, another human being, or you are elderly, give up your seat falls up what if you are actually carrying another human being? when women are pregnant they often carry another human being as well. our data behaviour, saying bless you, taking your elbows off the dinner table. avoiding swearing in front of children and people you don't know. putting a hand of your mouth when you yawn. this is a p pa re ntly mouth when you yawn. this is apparently all outdated. what annoys millennial‘s is man spreading. apparently all outdated. what annoys millennial's is man spreading. not just millennial's. making a cup of tea for yourself and not anyone else. do you know anyone who goes to the officer makes a cuppa tea for themselves but does not offer to do

it for anyone else? i think what we can all agree is this, there is definitely no place for man spreading on this so far. that does not happen. here is a story that tickles me. injury show weight smart phones are a pain in the neck. a survey of injuries suffered by people while using smart phones including a number of things but here it says including people who bash into lampposts while texting. they are included. later on in the report, he would recommend all mobile phone users to be attentive to their surroundings are not distracted when they are doing other tasks such as walking. times are you in that situation when someone is walking towards you and you wonder when... i walk into them and then make them say sorry. it happens

all the time. these injuries are not showing that smart phones are a pain in the neck picture shows that there are very stupid people out there. every day on every pavement. there is nothing good about it. and people walking while texting, just look up at the world around you. it is not hard. it is really not hard. if you're travelling on the west coast main line over the next few days, you may notice some changes. virgin trains, a familiar sight on the route between london and glasgow, is disappearing after more than 20 years, to make way for a new operator. so what does it mean for passengers? victoria is at euston station to tell us more. good morning. it looks very festive behind you and lovely and calm. it is lovely and calm. just wait. in 40 minutes timeless place for

behaving but we have been promising carol singers later so i will be joining them after the programme for a good old singsong. first, let's talk about what is happening on the route. this is the terminal for many routes, in fact 40 million, almost 40 millionjourneys were made on virgin trains services to and from this route that goes from london to glasgow. a 400 milejourney. so many things will change here. things will change and some things won't. the reopening of the keys will be handed over to a new operator. we have become so familiar with that red livery entering some of the busiest stations in england so we are used to that. how different will it be and, just cast your mind back 22 yea rs and, just cast your mind back 22 years ago, the idea that richard branson, a billionaire, would be in charge of a train company and one of

the busiest railroads in the country, it was something quite new. that's go back to 1997. non—stop virgin trains. remember those days? tony blair in number 10 remember those days? tony blair in number10 in the remember those days? tony blair in number 10 in the spice girls were the biggest band in the world. that year, virgin won one of the first franchises to come out of the privatisation of the railways. it promised more trains in and out of london, faster speed and tilting trains, all designed to get more of us trains, all designed to get more of us off the road and onto the railway. but did it work? well, virgin trains say the passenger numbers have more than doubled on this line but passengerjourneys across the whole of britain have also doubled since 1997. true, the faster services have been cut between london and manchester by

half—an—hour. the rail regulator says that virgin trains are less punctual than the national average. and, also, the average distance of operators says it is down to network rail. so what is the verdict from passengers? for you, doesn't represent good value for money?“ passengers? for you, doesn't represent good value for money? if i book a month in advance, yes. then you can get a half peak or on peak ticket and that is value for money. but if i am going to go to a three days beforehand, not really. they charge £60. ticket prices are extortionate. it is ridiculous. i don't know where they get the figures from. it changes so much. how easy do you find it to get a seat on the train? it depends. in rush—hour it is more difficult but it is often to get one on a train outside of peak period. how do you rate them? are some services better than others? the early trains are

often crowded but afternoon once a pretty good and reasonable value for money. from sunday, the server switches over to first group and the main italian train operator, train italia. they promise faster services, better food and wi—fi. italia. they promise faster services, betterfood and wi—fi. in 12 years time, will we still be talking about them when their franchise ends? so who or what are ava nte? or what are avante? it means forward. how futuristic are we talking, how different will it be forvirgin? talking, how different will it be for virgin? they have taken on the same for virgin? they have taken on the sa m e staff for virgin? they have taken on the same staff and the management team but if you look behind me there are many building works going on here and that is because this station is preparing for hs to in the new franchise will be part of that plan. they hope to run something like 263

extra services by this time every single week, by this time in three yea rs single week, by this time in three years time, promising better carriages, better toilet facilities are carriages, better toilet facilities a re extra carriages, better toilet facilities are extra luggage rack, more seat, for example. so they promise some upgrades here. but on pricing, for example, the transport says the franchise will offer more flexible ticketing services and better delay for pay compensation if yourjourney is delayed. but don't forget, train companies can do whatever they want to the 60% of fairs that are unregulated in this country. so there are many questions for the boss when he comes on the programme about ten past eight this morning, things like pricing, what guarantees will he have over ticket prices, and will he have over ticket prices, and will he have over ticket prices, and will he even be able to give the likes of you and me a seat. and that's what a lot of people want. somebody he had a train journey where they stood the whole way. that

needs to change. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: elephants take this towering role in the final episode of seven worlds, one planet. the show‘s producers will bejoining us. it is fascinating to see how they go about getting those amazing images. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning — i'm sonja jessup. a 14—year—old boy's been arrested after a man was stabbed to death in northeast london. the victim, thought to be in his twenties, was attacked in lower clapton yesterday afternoon. detectives have also arrested a 26—year—old man. uber says it's received almost 6000 reports of sexual assault in the united states in 2017 and 2018. the company recently lost its licence to operate

in london— and is appealing. the figures include attacks on drivers as well as passengers. uber said the report shows its commitment to "improving safety". a temporary halt has been put on controversial plans to turn the historic whitechapel bell foundry into a boutique hotel. it's the site where big ben was made — it opened in 1570. two years ago it closed and a us developer has plans to convert it into a hotel. however the secretary of state for housing says the proposals need further examination. as the countdown to christmas continues, a charity in north london is busy preparing gifts for children whose families would struggle to afford them. the appeal was able to provide more than 4000 presents for children last year. unfortunately there is a lot of demand. thousands of children in this area are suffering and they have been living in poverty. so our aim is to try and ensure that all of them

get a special present on christmas day. having a look now at the travel. all good on the tube so far with no reported problems there has been an accident in chat well. the highway is partly blocked in both directions at thejunction is partly blocked in both directions at the junction with king david is partly blocked in both directions at thejunction with king david lane and a new cross, one lane is closed for roadworks. you canjust and a new cross, one lane is closed for roadworks. you can just make that out on the camera there. that is on the 18 new crossroad westbound at thejunction is on the 18 new crossroad westbound at the junction with lewisham way. time now for the weather. as soon as you step out the door this morning you step out the door this morning you will notice something of a major difference. it is much milder. but we do still have some rain around first thing this morning. it will clear up first thing this morning. it will clearup in the first thing this morning. it will clear up in the next few hours, however, tracking off towards the east quite quickly and then some clear skies for a time but there will be some showers to follow this afternoon. they could be quite sharp as well. but look at those temperatures. we started in the low double figures up

to 14 celsius later, 57 fahrenheit and a different feel to things. showers clear away through the evening and overnight and we will have a little cloud around into tomorrow but generally looking like a lot of fine weather to start us off tomorrow morning. temperatures in the mid— single figures. not expecting a frost. the day itself is a mixture of cloud and sunny spells but saturday is dry and settled with a top temperature of ten or 11 celsius. as we move through to sunday, the wind will really pick up and temperatures staying on the mild side at 12 degrees. there is more from me in around 30 minutes. more as well on our website at the usual address but i will hand you back now to the studio. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. it is exactly 6:30. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

but also on breakfast this morning — the stars of the hit bbc comedy mrs brown's boys will be here to tell us what to expect from this year's christmas special. # when a child is born... later, we'll meet the six—year—old girl who's beaten stormzy to the number one spot on the downloads chart, with her song to raise awareness of brain tumours. # you raise me up so i can stand on mountains... and after winning britain's got talent, colin thackery became the oldest solo artist in the world to sign a record deal. see the contrast that? six—year—old, two colin thackery. the young and the old, but still bringing joy

through music. we can be in between. something like that. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. for the final time in this election campaign, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will go head—to—head tonight in a live televised debate. (tx their policies and personalities will be scrutinised by viewers — and voters — with just six days to go before the uk goes to the polls. the debate will be on bbc 0ne tonight at 8:30. more than 20,000 former thomas cook customers have yet to be refunded for their holiday bookings, despite the deadline being this weekend. the civil aviation authority says the process has been challenging, with many claims requiring more information in order to qualify for a refund. a man has been charged with murder after a 12—year—old boy was killed in an alleged hit—and—run outside a school in essex. harley watson died after a car ploughed into a group of children in loughton on monday. terence glover, who's 51, has been charged with murder, ten charges of attempted murder and dangerous driving. in australia, several separate wildfires have merged to become

what authorities are calling a ‘mega blaze'. more than 2000 firefighters are still battling the bushfires near sydney, which have killed six people and destroyed more than 700 homes since october. more travel disruption is expected, as a nationwide strike in france continues for a second day. eurostar has cancelled nearly 30 trains between paris and london and british airways and easyjet have cancelled some flights. yesterday, more than 800,000 people joined marches in protest against french pension reforms. police used tear—gas to clear the crowds and made a number of arrests. the opera singer katherinejenkins has been mugged after she intervened in a street robbery. the 39—year—old was on her way to a rehearsal in london on wednesday afternoon when she stepped in to help an elderly woman being attacked — and was then mugged herself. two 15—year—old girls have been arrested on suspicion of robbery. a british woman, whose heart stopped beating for six hours, has been brought back to life,

in what doctors have described as an "exceptional case". audrey schoeman developed severe hypothermia while hiking in the spanish pyrenees with her husband in november. doctors say it is the longest cardiac arrest ever recorded in spain. she's since made a near—full recovery and plans to return to the mountains soon. amazing. it's like a miracle. except i think it is all because of the doctors. and probably this went up i won't go into the mountains but they hopein won't go into the mountains but they hope in spring we will be able to start hiking and tracking again. i don't want this to take away that hobby for me. was an incredible story. fabulous! —— whatan was an incredible story. fabulous! —— what an incredible story. an earthquake has struck in somerset, causing homes to shake in several villages. the british geological survey says the 3.2 magnitude quake, occurred close to bridgwaterjust

before 11 last night, and at a depth ofjust over three miles. residents reported feelings like "the whole house rattled", "i physically felt my bed shake", and "the whole house was given a definite shove". if you are one of those who experience that, do get in touch with us this morning. jane is here. what you have for us? things have moved at everton. see what they did there? naga has ahead in our hands. it was waiting to be said. —— has ahead. marco silva has gone from everton. it was perhaps inevitable after recent results, but everton have sacked their manager marco silva. thet 5—2 loss to liverpool at anfield on wednesday was their ninth defeat of the season. silva had been in charge for 18 months. coach duncan ferguson will manage the side for the visit of chelsea tomorrow having been put in temporary charge.

attention now turns to who will succeed silva and one of those names being mentioned as a possible successor is former manager david moyes. moyes spent 11 years as everton manager before leaving for manchester united in 2013. other names being suggested include bournemouth‘s eddie howe. a caretaker manager already facing a few headaches is arsenal's freddie ljunberg. his side were beaten 2—1 by brighton at the emirates in the premier league last night. neal maupay scored the winner for brighton ten minutes from time prompting some arsenal fans to leave the stadium early. the gunners have now gone nine matches without a victory, their worst winless run since 1977. the main thing i think is the confidence thing. how we started, the boys gave away one half at home. you can't give away one halfjust not play football. and so a need to work on that with them and we need

to get confidence back into the boys. var played its part in newcastle united's 2—0 win at sheffield united. sheffield's defenders appeared to stop playing thinking jonjo shelvey was offside for newcastle's second. but var awarded the goal, prompting sheffield manager chris wilder to say the technology was becoming "too difficult for everyone". the head coach of roma has criticised the italian newspaper that previewed today's match against inter milan using the headline "black friday". the front page of corriere dello sport showed photographs of roma defender chris smalling and inter milan forward romelu lukaku, who had played together at manchester united. both players themselves criticised the coverage, here's the roma coach. translation: i don't think they have used good words. that's what i think. we need to be careful about the words we use when we talk about racism. i'm sure they didn't want to

say anything wrong on the subject of racism, but i think the words they chose were wrong. now, we're counting down to the eagerly awaited re—match between britain's anthonyjoshua and world heavyweight champion andy ruinunior in saudi arabia. the weigh—in takes place later. joshua is looking to re—gain the wba, ibf and wbo titles after his shock defeat to ruiz in new york. we can talk to our reporter ade adedoyin in riyadh. and, ade, the fact that it's taking place in saudi arabia is controversial in itself. yeah, that has generated a lot of head lice, eddie hearn, who has promoted this, has come out fighting a defence of it. he pointed out the fa ct a defence of it. he pointed out the fact that it is not the first time a fight of this magnitude has taken place in somewhere this controversial. joe frazier fought in the ‘70s back in the philippines. eddie hearn has made no secret that pa rt eddie hearn has made no secret that part of the motivation for coming here was financial. both men stand

to earn a substantial amount of money from this. we expect anthony joshua to earn $70 million. the criticism has been there. eddie hearn has made —— other major sporting events held here, formula e. sporting events held here, formula e, european tour golf, and in december there will be an equestrian and tennis event as well. as for the saudi authorities, they say this is pa rt saudi authorities, they say this is part of what they called vision 2030. they see it as a way of modernising the country and moving out away from an old economy. amnesty international and other human rights organisation see this as sports washing, trying to use sports to improve their reputation on account of the human rights record. it was put to as we —— anthonyjoshua record. it was put to as we —— anthony joshua about that record. it was put to as we —— anthonyjoshua about that this is what he had to say. if that was the case eye would be bothered by it. my only focus is the boxing. you know what they mean? it isjust like me coming from watford, just been told am fighting in saudi arabia. let's

rock 'n' roll. we looked at all different arenas and venues, this was the one everyone picked. just wa nt was the one everyone picked. just want to do a job. it is more about bringing it home. ade, there is a lot of pressure onjoshua after losing three of his four heavyweight balls, how does he seem in the build up balls, how does he seem in the build up to this fight? -- belts. but healing which of the two men is what ifind most healing which of the two men is what i find most fascinating this week. anthonyjoshua has i find most fascinating this week. anthony joshua has looked i find most fascinating this week. anthonyjoshua has looked intense ollie —— body language. like a man on edge. i don't think that is a bad thing. that was the ingredient missing last time when he faced anti— ruiz missing last time when he faced anti— ruinunior in new york. we did not have that fear factor. this time there is a lot at stake for him —— andy ruiz time there is a lot at stake for him —— andy ruinr. you can see he wa nts to —— andy ruinr. you can see he wants to leave a legacy in the sport. andy ruiz once to be seen. it was a life changing victory for him. we wa nt was a life changing victory for him. we want to maintain that lasalle. he isa we want to maintain that lasalle. he is a mexican, he comes with a country with a huge boxing tradition that produced great fighters over

the years, like polio cesar chavez. it goes into the ring saturday night without press on his shoulder. —— julio cesar chavez. what we don't know is whether anthonyjoshua just had a bad night in new york or whether andy ruiz is a bad star match up for him. i have spoken to lots of people this week and opinion is lit on this. it is charlie in the studio, ade, looking ahead to the fight, we were looking a second ago at the pictures of the two men, the two fighters. this not the first time. anyone looking at those images is thinking there is contrast between them, if you like, as athletes. they went through this before and there was a lot of talk about andy ruiz before and there was a lot of talk about andy ruinunior and what you look like, physically, what kind of an athlete he was stopped and you can't help but look at those pictures and think that again. he shocked the world last time when he beat anthonyjoshua. the little fat man is how he described himself. no—one is laughing after what he did

in new york, putting anthonyjoshua down four times. maybe that was the problem. he took the fight at short notice. he is carrying more body fat than anthony joshua who notice. he is carrying more body fat than anthonyjoshua who is chiselled and muscular. but he is a very good fighter, andy ruiz, i was the public workout this week, he has very fast hands and quickly. anthonyjoshua said that is what he has worked on this time around, he said he spent more time boxing inspiring rather than in the weights room, because he understands he needs to use his height and reach advantage. the pictures you were talking about when they stood side to side, you see anthonyjoshua towers they stood side to side, you see anthony joshua towers over they stood side to side, you see anthonyjoshua towers over and you always. a lot of —— a lot of the pundits said he needs to use this physical advantage, pundits said he needs to use this physicaladvantage, keep pundits said he needs to use this physical advantage, keep it at long—range. at the press conference anthonyjoshua said "i'm not here for the show, i'm just here to win". i think that is the most important thing. it does not matter to him if it isa thing. it does not matter to him if it is a boring 12 hourfight, he needs to go home with the titles. it is a boring 12 hourfight, he needs to go home with the titlesm will be fascinating which way it goes. ade adedoyin, thank you very much. i like that, go m, thank you very much. i like that, go in, do the business,

go out. he has to do that. otherwise where is he? it will be very exciting. we look forward to that. ronnie 0'sullivan's quest for a record—extending eighth uk championship came to an end as he was beaten by ding junhui in york. ding soared into a 3—0 lead before 0'sullivan fought back to four all but the chinese player recovered to win the fourth round match by six frames to four. you know what, i'm quite happy with fourframes, i you know what, i'm quite happy with four frames, i was 4—1 you know what, i'm quite happy with fourframes, i was 4—1 down, he had mr borge lie was thinking this could be 6—0, mr borge lie was thinking this could be 6-0, 61, mr borge lie was thinking this could be 6—0, 61, was thinking it could not be any worse. then got it back to four, then twist a red, and he played right to the end. i've got no complaints. i've enjoyed the week. that is the rocket out. now it's that time of year when we all start to put up our christmas decorations and enter into the festive spirit — and that includes football clubs. burnley manager sean dyche showed off a snowman kitted out in club colours at his pre—match press co nfe re nce — to the amusement of the assembled reporters. but it was the christmas tree in the corner that caused the most

mischief proving a bit troublesome to keep together. you think it's too early! you also think it's too early, charlie!|j you think it's too early! you also think it's too early, charlie! i am in favour of the late arrival of christmas decorations, definitely. are you going to show us pictures?‘ lot of football clubs have started to put up their christmas decorations. the burnley manager, sean dyche, was showing of a snowman kitted out in club colours. to the amusement of the assembled reporters. it was a christmas tree in the corner that caused the most mischief. it proved a bit troublesome to keep together. 0bviously that is not the state of play on the pitch at burnley. keeping it together very well though. they are throwing in detail! no, the hat. —— the towel. though. they are throwing in detail! no, the hat. -- the towel. you never know how a press conference will go. thank you very much, jane. 16 minutes until seven. thank you for joining 16 minutes until seven. thank you forjoining us this morning. boris johnson will go head—to—head with jeremy corbyn tonight, in the final tv debate before the election. there have been a number of debates

throughout the campaign, but do they make any difference in helping voters make up their minds? jon kay has been to wolverhampton to find out. left's have a debate. from the bbc, we are doing some filming... about tv debates. have you been following the election? no. not at all? ahead of tonight's confrontation we are in wolverhampton. guess you are used to these, aren't you? yes. to ask voters if they like leaders going head to head on the box.|j voters if they like leaders going head to head on the box. i think shows like that are going to be good to help inform people. what i'm a lwa ys to help inform people. what i'm always looking for is honesty and openness and straight answers to straight questions. there is absolutely no point because they all tell lies anyway. would you watch it? no. only nine years and three elections ago stop by ten millions of us was the first leaders debate

nearly a decade ago. politics professor stephen fielding said at the time it seemed to make a big difference for nick clegg. we can do something new. we can do something different. he got a massive approval rating, better than churchill in the second world war. and everyone thought that has changed the shape of campaigning for top yet the end the liberal democrats got only one more percentage point than they did in 2005 and they actually lost disease. i think there was a lot of excitement, this is a new thing, it will change things happen, in the end, not so much. this time we have had all kinds of formats stop some haditha heads, some big events, some solo, some with ice blocks —— had two heads. and tonight, the final confrontation. how important for the politicians is the debate tonight? oh, politicians is the debate tonight? 0h, could be vitally important. there are still a lot of people out there that haven't yet made up their minds. 10% of people going to the polling with not knowing who they are going to vote for. those are the

people they are going to try and make an impression on. but many had told me tv debates just mean the same old slogans again and again, so the parties can clip them up for social media. i think it is tv nonsense. they say what they need to say, try to get the message across, and that's it, really. do you think you get answers to the questions you have got? we know the answer is already. what are those two men wanting to get out of this deny? you will hear boris johnson, wanting to get out of this deny? you will hear borisjohnson, whatever the question is, he will try to get m, the question is, he will try to get in, gotta get brexit done. and jeremy corbyn, similarly, if you ask him a question he will try to get around to the nhs. they have already got their lives, it is now repeating the lies, getting it through to a tv audience. what you get is what each of them believe, side—by—side, you actually get to hear them all giving answers to the same questions. actually get to hear them all giving answers to the same questionsm makes it kind of theatrical, like a tv drama, rather than about, like, the real issues that are being dealt

with. what you want to know from the two guys? honestly, are you really doing this for the people or for yourself? do you think you will get a nswe rs yourself? do you think you will get answers tonight? some of the points the general public may, yes, we do, but obviously the answers you get from the politicians, they are all wishy—washy. from the politicians, they are all wishy-washy. it is nick robinson was asking the question, you can get a bit more give—and—take, if it is a memberof the bit more give—and—take, if it is a member of the public you have to show deep, deep respect. you look very at home behind the podium. i'm thinking maybe you should stand. some have called for an independent body to oversee election debates in future. but first, tonight, one final showdown. so will you watch the debate? no, no, i'm going to y°93 the debate? no, no, i'm going to yoga tonight, so... jon kay, bbc news. he is such a good multitasker. set design, he sets things up, plus

reporting. i like that lady who chose yoga over the debate. and he does carry off a flat as well. on top of all that. let's have a look now at the weather for you on this friday morning. i don't see you on a seesaw yet, matt. that is exactly what you should do to give us the weather. come on, give me a chance. i will play later. isn't it great? this is suffix kit that makes up the keys, it is all about making friends with people and interacting. so as you can probably hear, the music plays as well. the more people here, the more music and the more enriching the experience gets. now, it isa enriching the experience gets. now, it is a little damp out here this morning like it is across many parts of the country but let's look at the

forecast because it may be wet with a few bits at the moment but it is a much better start than we have had over the last few days temperatures in double—figure is at the moment but there are some wind and rain to come to take us through today. wind is easing a little bit impaired to during the night but with the weather front crossing the country from west to east there are longer spells of rain. a rush through the midlands the south—east anglia by the end of the rush—hour and then a story of showers more free and towards the north and the west and some of them heavy with hail and thunder. further east fewer showers during the late morning and into the afternoon. more in the way of dry weather and temperatures at the highest for many of the moment but still holding around 13 celsius in the south—east corner, up a few degrees on yesterday. further north, temperatures may drop through the day full of single figure temperatures by the end of the afternoon. through the evening and overnight we see showers continue the around the western coast but

most will become dry. a bit of a breeze blowing, temperatures should hold up well but what you will find is that tomorrow it will be cooler than this morning once again, perhaps a touch of frost through eastern areas and the skies will be clear. into the weekend, saturday is likely to be the drysdale the weekend, specially across eastern parts. cloud over from weekend, specially across eastern parts. cloud overfrom the weekend, specially across eastern parts. cloud over from the west in the afternoon and parts of northern ireland and scotland are likely to see outbreaks of rain at times. temperatures are down a little on the values today but levels where they should be for this time of year. going through saturday night, under the spell of rain for most parts of the country. that will clear away from the south—east corner during sunday morning and thenit corner during sunday morning and then it is sunshine showers again. most frequent in the north and west, heavy with hail and thunder. it will turn cooler through the day on sunday and a heads up for you, later on sunday into sunday night, wild weather expected, widespread hours if not severe when foot gal force wind across the country that will continue in eastern areas as we go

through into monday. i said i would have a go so here we are. my turn now. you do need a friend, however. dyer‘s... i'm not yourfriend. come on, there must be someone there. 0oh, you i have upset you both this morning. isabel, the producer does not want to get on. i don't blame her. what about the cameramen? do you think he could get on? that would be an interesting view. here we go. i found would be an interesting view. here we go. ifound a would be an interesting view. here we go. i found a friend! there is isabel! fling him off, isabel! fling him off we will be back a little later on. it is a minutes to seven at the moment. —— eight minutes before seven. a six—year—old girl who survived a brain tumour, has beaten

the rapper stormzy to the top spot in a music download chart. lyra cole has recorded a cover of the christmas song when a child is born, to raise money for charity. fiona lamdin has been to meet her. lyra cole was diagnosed with a rain tumourand lyra cole was diagnosed with a rain tumour and five months old. she became quite poorly and did not have much of an appetite. so we went to the doctors and got sent on to the hospital and then they sent her onto a scan and that is when it came back she had a rain tumour. she underwent 11 hours of emergency surgery to remove the growth the size of an orange. it was heartbreaking. i don't know how we got through it. i think you shut off you just have to get through it. after the operation, la ra get through it. after the operation, lara spent one month in intensive care. six months later, herfamily decided to raise awareness of rain tumours which kill more people under the airof 40 tumours which kill more people under the air of 40 than any other cancer. i like the air of 40 than any other cancer. ilike singing the air of 40 than any other cancer. i like singing and acting. and so lyra recorded the song which was a christmas number one back in 1976..

when a child is born. # 0oh when a child is born. all my friends and my teachers they would always ask for my song to be played, they say it is so cute and they want to hear it. and her family cannot believe how well it is doing. lyra's cover is already beating artists like stormzy and mariah carey on the download track. artists like stormzy and mariah carey on the download trackm would be amazing to get christmas number one. something we would never have thought of at the start. if they can get a song about sausage rolls to number one, hopefully this one can get there as well.

# this comes to pass # when a child is born lyra says all her dreams are now coming true. she has always wanted a puppy coming true. she has always wanted a puppy and a few weeks ago benji arrived. this family take nothing for granted and while they would love a christmas number one, they say the best christmas is having a healthy daughter. there is a family who have been through a real ideal. —— ordeal. there is a family who have been through a real ideal. -- ordeal. and thatis through a real ideal. -- ordeal. and that is the truth of it. when you ask people what they would like when they have been through something like this, all they want is hills. —— health. lyra was inspired to cover when a child is born after hearing the version by cliff richard. here's cliff with a special message. ijust i just heard your ijust heard your record and i think it is wonderful. you are a beautiful lady and i am thrilled that

you made the record to raise money and i hope you raise a lot of to help other children who might have brain tumours. you are a fantastic singer andi tumours. you are a fantastic singer and i wish you all the luck and i hope your record go straight to number one. he has had a few in his time and he knows his way around the charts. we will see how that goes.|j cannot imagine that stormzy would be even the slightest bit upset about being beaten to the top spot i lyra. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: elephants take the starring role in the final episode of 'seven worlds, 0ne planet'. we'll be joined by the show‘s producer to hear how the series is made. we could play that for a long time, couldn't we? it is just fantastic. time now to get the news, travel and weather

where you are. good morning — i'm sonja jessup. a 14—year—old boy's been arrested after a man was stabbed to death in northeast london. the victim, thought to be in his twenties, was attacked in lower clapton yesterday afternoon. detectives have also arrested a 26—year—old man. uber says it's received almost 6000 reports of sexual assault in the united states in 2017 and 2018. the company recently lost its licence to operate in london and is appealing. the figures include attacks on drivers as well as passengers. uber said the report shows its commitment to "improving safety". a temporary halt has been put on controversial plans to turn the historic whitechapel bell foundry into a boutique hotel. it's the site where big ben was made — it opened in 1570. two years ago it closed and a us developer has plans to convert it into a hotel.

however the secretary of state for housing says the proposals need further examination. as the countdown to christmas continues, a charity in north east london is busy preparing donations of gifts for children whose families would struggle to afford them. last year, the winter toy appeal in hackney was able to provide presents for more than 4,000 children. unfortunately there is a lot of demand. thousands of children in this area are suffering and they have been living in poverty. so our aim is to try and ensure that all of them get a special present on christmas day. let's take a look at the travel situation now. it's all looking good on the tube so far— no reported problems on any of those lines there. we have disruption on c2c trains this morning— between barking and west ham— after a derailment in the depot

very wet on the a 13 heading into central london. now the weather with sara thornton. as soon as you step out the door this morning you will notice something of a major difference. it is much milder. but we do still have some rain around first thing this morning. it will clearup in the next few hours, however, tracking off towards the east quite quickly and then some clear skies for a time but there will be some showers to follow this afternoon. they could be quite sharp as well. but look at those temperatures. we started in the low double figures up to 14 celsius later, 57 fahrenheit and a different feel to things. showers clear away through the evening and overnight and we will have a little cloud around into tomorrow but generally looking like a lot of fine weather to start us off tomorrow morning. temperatures in the mid— single figures. not expecting a frost. the day itself is a mixture of cloud and sunny spells but saturday is dry

and settled with a top temperature of ten or 11 celsius. as we move through to sunday, the wind will really pick up and temperatures staying on the mild side at 12 degrees. there's more from me in around half—an—hour — plenty more too on our website. now it's back to naga and charlie. bye for now. good morning.

welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today: boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will go head—to—head in a televised debate tonight, six days before the uk goes to the polls. customers of the now—bust tour operator thomas cook face delays for getting refunds — one in three haven't been paid on time. a british woman, who developed severe hypothermia in a snowstorm, is brought back to life after her heart stopped beating for six hours. after 22 years and millions of train journeys, virgin trains will no longer be running one of britain's busiest rail routes. i am here at london euston to discover their track record and what the changes might mean for passengers. another premier league manager gone. everton have sacked marco silva. he leaves after 18 months in the job, with the club in the premier league relegation zone.

and i have come outside to enjoy lig htwaves and i have come outside to enjoy lightwaves festival in salford quays. a bit of a seesaw as far as the weather is concerned, some dry days, somewhere with today's commerce we start off though. they will have the full forecast right here on breakfast —— for today we start off wet though. me or was that a curious sound effects, just a moment ago. good morning. —— was itjust me. it's friday the 6th of december. our top story: for the final time in this election campaign, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will go head—to—head tonight in a live televised debate. their policies and personalities will be scrutinised by viewers — and voters — with just six days to go until the election. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster this morning. whichever way you go, they will be scrutinised by viewers and voters. and there arejust scrutinised by viewers and voters. and there are just six days to go until the election. iain

watson is in westminster this morning. yes, it isa in westminster this morning. yes, it is a set piece event, the two men will take questions from the audience and they will be scrutinised as we close in to the last pa rt scrutinised as we close in to the last part of this general election campaign. absolutely. it could be a crucial encounter, a head—to—head debate between the two men that could be prime minister after december 12. i think also, crucially, if people are still making their minds up they will be looking at not just making their minds up they will be looking at notjust policies, but questions of character as well. what iam questions of character as well. what i am expecting to see tonight, both men going back a lot to their core messages. for boris johnson, men going back a lot to their core messages. for borisjohnson, he is still ahead in the polls, he is the one carrying the fragile values across the slippery floor. —— vase. you will be going back about his co re you will be going back about his core message on brexit. from jeremy corbyn's point of view he will be talking about investment in public

services. of course, jeremy corbyn was handed an unlikely weapon last night, because what quite a lot of labour activists are saying is they are finding in some constituencies people say they are prepared to vote for boris rather than the conservatives, so there is a question as to whether tammy corbin was to try to focus into note's debate a bit more on the character of the current prime minister and in doing so, of course, the bbc's own andrew neil raised the question of trust and character when he made a final appeal to boris johnson to trust and character when he made a final appeal to borisjohnson to be interviewed by him —— tonight's leaders interviews have been a key pa rt leaders interviews have been a key part of the bbc's coverage for decades. we do them on your behalf to scrutinise and hold to account those who would govern us. that is democracy. we have always receded in good faith that the leaders would participate. in every election they have. all of them. untilthis participate. in every election they have. all of them. until this one.

now what downing street say, of course, is that the prime minister has done several interviews with the bbc and, of course, he is doing a head—to—head clash withjeremy corbyn tonight at 8:30pm on bbc one. there will be a further opportunity for all of us to scrutinise him, if we tune in or catch up on iplayer. for the moment, thank you very much. 0ther other news to bring you. more than 20,000 former thomas cook customers have yet to be refunded for their holiday bookings — despite the deadline being this weekend. the civil aviation authority says the process has been challenging, with a third of claims requiring more information in order to qualify for a refund. here's our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith. when thomas cook collapsed, the first job of the civil aviation authority was to make sure everybody got home safe and sound. for those 150,000 people abroad, we will be bringing them back, and we'll be bringing them back when they have finished their

holiday. but because thomas cook's package holidays were protected under the caa's atol scheme, anyone who had a future booking was entitled to a full refund. the numbers for that are pretty staggering, actually. 360,000 holidays were booked, they of course are now cancelled, affecting 800,000 people. so they are now entitled to a refund under the atol protection scheme. and they should get that money back within about two months. today marks that self—imposed deadline. the caa said 67,000 people filed valid claims on the first day, and two—thirds of them have been paid back. but that means more than 22,000 people who were hopeful of a refund before christmas are still out—of—pocket. colletta smith, bbc news. a man has been charged with murder after a 12—year—old boy was killed in an alleged hit—and—run outside a school in essex. harley watson died after a car ploughed into a group of children in loughton on monday. terence glover, who's 51, has been charged with murder, ten charges

of attempted murder and dangerous driving. in australia, several separate wildfires have merged to become what authorities are calling a 'mega blaze'. more than 2,000 firefighters are still battling the bushfires near sydney, which have killed six people and destroyed more than 700 homes since october. more travel disruption is expected, as a nationwide strike in france continues for a second day. eurostar has cancelled nearly 30 trains between paris and london — and british airways and easyjet have cancelled some flights. yesterday, more than 800,000 people joined marches in protest against french pension reforms. police used teargas to clear the crowds and made a number of arrests. the opera singer katherinejenkins has been mugged after she intervened in a street robbery. the 39—year—old was on her way to a rehearsal in london on wednesday afternoon when she stepped in to help an elderly woman being attacked — and was then mugged herself. two 15—year—old

girls have been arrested on suspicion of robbery. an earthquake has struck in somerset, causing homes to shake in several villages. the british geological survey says the 3.2 magnitude quake, occurred close to bridgwaterjust before 11 last night, and at a depth ofjust over three miles. residents reported feelings like "the whole house rattled", "i physically felt my bed shake", and "the whole house was given a definite shove". those other main story 's this morning. it is eight minutes past seven. we will talk about norovirus injusta seven. we will talk about norovirus injust a moment. we're talking about the case of exceptional woman who has been back to life after her heart stopped beating for several hours. dr fari ahmad with us this morning.

this story has really gripped us this morning. and i think, where she was, she was in spain, she was hiking in the spanish pyrenees, she was found, it is the longest ever cardiac arrest in spain, recorded. this has got to be ridiculously unusual. arrest in spain, recorded. this has got to be ridiculously unusualm is, it is unusual. i don't know all the details, but i think she was in the details, but i think she was in the cold and i think that's robert lee what helped. hypothermia. —— probably. there are people who have had arrests, so when your heart stops beating in the cold, and as long as they have managed to carry on doing cpr, when they have warmed them up they have managed to get them up they have managed to get them back. technically, did her heart stop beating or was itjust beating at a very, very slow pace? good question. that would be in the details. i am assuming it did stop and then they managed to get it... but what about brain function and everything? if the blood is not flowing, that's the concern, isn't

it, the brain function goes? is not so much getting the heart back. look at me! impressive. that is where the cpr, i'm assuming, that is when you do the compressions on the chest. that keeps the blood flowing. that is the whole purpose of that. that is the whole purpose of that. that is why there are campaigns to get everybody to learn how to do it. if you keep the blood flowing to the brain then when they get the heart back again you have a good chance... but it stopped for six hours. yes, but the heart has stopped until it began simultaneously beating itself as again they did leave her alone. her name is audrey schoeman. i suppose it is sometimes about the extraordinary ability of the body to cope with an exceptional circumstances. yes, they agree. that is the bit we will probably find out about later, is the team working on her to keep going for that. you are coming in this morning to talk to us about norovirus. what is your experience? what is happening in

terms of people with flu and those affected ? terms of people with flu and those affected? i think he season is upon us. definitely we are seeing more cases of flu and more of norovirus. both of those, with most healthy people, you get better. you just need some time and make sure you are hydrated and thingslj need some time and make sure you are hydrated and things. i have had norovirus, it is a wicked, horrible thing. yes. and you feel absolutely terrible. you can't avoid it. so what, if you do get it, one, how do you know you've got it, two, what you know you've got it, two, what you do about it was yellow so norovirus, most people, they get vomiting, nausea, and you get diarrhoea. some people can get a bit ofa diarrhoea. some people can get a bit of a temperature with it as well. you have probably caught it off somebody, it's very infectious, so somebody, it's very infectious, so somebody in your contacts, somebody who perhaps has not been washing their hands like they should be doing. so if you have itjust stay home, make sure you are hydrated. keep drinking. parasol

—— paracetamol if you needed. and just write it out. —— need it. most healthy people, then one — three days it will be gone. for some groups of people it can be a lot more worrying. who is that? people who already have other health conditions, the elderly, or those already frail. that is why it can be particularly worrying if it happens in hospitals or you have outbreaks in other places like that. that is one of the reasons why we say that if you have it may not be a good idea to come to the gp surgery it may be better to seek advice over the phone. how do you know if you have norovirus are not food poisoning? how do you know the difference? it is a good question. what is more serious than the other. you say norovirus, write it out, but if you have food poisoning or something worse and you don't go to the gp, how do you make the judgement? —— ride it out. the gp, how do you make the judgement? -- ride it out. a lot of the symptoms at the beginning are

the symptoms at the beginning are the same and how we manage it is probably the same. most cases of food poisoning make sure you are hydrated and you are feeling well enough, keep an eye on yourself, is your you're in enough, keep an eye on yourself, is youryou're in are enough, keep an eye on yourself, is your you're in are you reasonable colour, are you going 0k, we get worried if you are struggling —— is your p. you would probably need some help with intravenous fluids, and thatis help with intravenous fluids, and that is probably when we were... good to see this morning. thank very much. and if you are one of those people suffering at home, feel better soon. there's not much you can do. it is horrible. feel better. drink lots of water. it is 13 minutes past seven. matt, it is lovely to have matt here, we were in the office this morning having a lovely chat. now here is outside the building. but you would think here would get on with some work but all here has been doing is playing on like seesaws and now here is in a disco. don't do that daddy dancing. seriously, stop it!

it is a bit like... laughter. it should be mike bushell down here, really, isn't it. good morning, iam outside the office at lightwaves 2019 festival. eight years it has been operating here. it is a series of installations, all about interactivity, bright light as well. what better way to start a dull, damp friday morning. this one is by backstage academy, went with bolting university. students designed this one. we have a tree here that changes, you can get some snow on there. have a canberra so wherever i go the lights will follow with me —— canberra. get up to about 12 people on here, making it more fun. let us get on with the weather. we could do was a brightness this morning. the forecast for today is starting off reasonably mild. it is one thing compare to the cold mornings we have had of late. that has been tempered by the wind. a windy day. the winds easing down compared to yesterday. some of you will

know, very shortly, there is heavy rain around. particularly heavy rain putting across the southern half of england and wales at the moment. this link to those weather fronts you can see in the child's working from west to east. we will see things writing up. sometimes you start the day once again across parts of scotland, northern ireland. shower was packing in. it is a sunshiny, showery day was the rain has cleared, the heaviest and most resistant body and of the rush hour. through the day, the best of the sunshine will be some areas. showers in the west. some heavy with hail and thunder. at the moment, temperatures in double figures for most. some holding onto 11-13 in figures for most. some holding onto 11—13 in the south this afternoon. further north across scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england, single figures later as the cold as not to push on. that does mean for tonight will be a julian night across the country. temperatures down into single figures for many. maybe a touch of frost —— chilean eyed. 0ne figures for many. maybe a touch of frost —— chilean eyed. one or two showers in the west. for most of us we go into the start of the weekend

ona dry we go into the start of the weekend on a dry note. if you have plans for the weekend, saturday is the best chance for being out in the dry weather. thick lee south and east. sunny spells throughout the day. clouding over from the west throughout the afternoon to stop across scotland and northern ireland afternoon rain once again. temperatures a little bit down on today's values but not bad for the time of year, around where we expect them to be. as we go through saturday night, rain across all parts of the country. clearing from the south—east corner and channel islands through sunday morning and we're back to such manager was again. she was most prevalent across western and northern areas, some of those happy with hail and thunder. maybe wintry over the hills —— showers. later, sunday night into monday, it could turn quite stormy across the country, very strong winds. gales if not severe gales to ta ke winds. gales if not severe gales to take us through into monday morning. it could be getting quite a wild and windy. that is how it is looking. i understand you are going to

come backin i understand you are going to come back in from the cold shortly, so we will see you soon. it looks like he is standing in a wormhole. it does look a little bit science—fictiony. let's take a look at today's papers. bbc presenter andrew neil's on—air challenge to borisjohnson makes several of friday's front pages. "oven—ready and set to grill" is the metro's take on the story. mrjohnson is the only leader of a major party not to have faced a half—hour primetime bbc one grilling. the daily telegraph splashes with a submission by the jewish labour movement to the anti—semitism investigation. jeremy corbyn says he completely rejects allegations the party is "a welcoming refuge for anti—semites". meanwhile, the sun's front page shows london bridge terror attack victim jack merritt withjohn crilly, a former prisoner who he was mentoring. the paper says that crilly is on parole for manslaughter, and fought back against attacker

usman khan with a fire extinguisher. and the huffington post is featuring an extraordinary story about three men who were wrongly convicted of crimes 50 years ago, who've only now had their names cleared. we'll be speaking to one of those men on breakfastjust before eight. his name is winston trew and we will hear his remarkable story in about 30 minutes. 0ne hear his remarkable story in about 30 minutes. one of the so—called 0val four. if you're travelling on the west coast main line over the next few days, you may notice some changes. virgin trains, a familiar sight on the route between london and glasgow, is disappearing after more than 20 years, to make way for a new operator. so what does it mean for passengers? victoria is at euston station to tell us more. it does look quite festive behind you and it is building up now with commuters coming in. it isjust whether or not they will see the

difference and whether or not the difference and whether or not the difference will make ed journey better because that is all they would care about. absolutely. you andi would care about. absolutely. you and i are regular users of this route. we'll this service. we are not the only ones. 14 million journeys were made on the west coast mainline route in the last year alone. it is one of the busiest routes in britain. so many questions as to what will happen over the weekend when the keys to the franchise are handed over. we have become so familiar, haven't we, with the red livery of virgin trains flashing through the countryside and through some of the biggest stations in britain, places like birmingham, liverpool, manchester, london and glasgow. so cast your mind back to what all this was about back in 1997. it was a pretty radical idea that someone like richard branson could be in charge of one of the busiest routes in britain.

remember those days? tony blair in number 10 and the spice girls were the biggest band in the world. that year, virgin won one of the first franchises to come out of the privatisation of the railways. it promised more trains in and out of london, faster speed and tilting trains, all designed to get more of us off the road and onto the railway. but did it work? well, virgin trains say the passenger numbers have more than doubled on this line but passenger journeys across the whole of britain have also doubled since 1997. true, the fastest services have been cut between london and manchester by half—an—hour. but the rail regulator says that virgin trains are less punctual than the national average. but also, the average distance of operators says

it is down it is down to network rail. so what is the verdict from passengers? for you, does it represent good value for money? if i book a month in advance, yes. then you can get a off peak or on peak ticket a month and that is value for money. but if i am going to go to a three days beforehand, not really. they charge £60. ticket prices are extortionate. it is ridiculous. i don't know where they get the figures from. it changes so much. how easy do you find it to get a seat on the train? it depends. in rush—hour it is more difficult but it is often to get one on a train outside of peak period. how do you rate them? are some services better than others? the early trains are often crowded but afternoon once a pretty good and reasonable value

for money. from sunday, the server switches over to ava nti west cost, run by first group and the main italian train operator, train italia. they promise faster services, better food and wi—fi. in 12 years time, will we still be talking about ava nti when their franchise ends? a brave new era that we are about to enter as of over the weekend. anthony smith is with me. he's charge of the passenger focus watchdog, transport focus. in your view, how good a service do you think virgin trains has provided their passengers over the years? 0ver their passengers over the years? over the last 20 years, virgin has been getting us home and getting a there. i have used service regularly to manchester and birmingham for the last 20 years. it is pretty reliable. that is the basic of what people want. we speak to about 5000 passengers a year, virgin passengers, and asked them about their last journey. nine

passengers, and asked them about their lastjourney. nine from ten say they were satisfied. it is a good legacy. there are issues around value for money, especially with the peak pricing and the services could be better but they are handing over the business in a good state. what changes will we see on monday morning when it all goes to avanti? new uniforms, new logos but not a huge amount of change on day one. in a way that is what passengers want. they want the basic reliability in the basic frequency and the cleanliness of the service to continue and we do not want changes on day one. avanti is formed by two different companies, first group and train italia which runs all the trains in italy. what kind of a track record to these companies have austin mark first group is a huge international group running transport services all over the world. people probably know about it running great western railway full a

lot of changes over the last few yea rs lot of changes over the last few years that they have handled well. the trans— pennine xpress and a lot of issues for new trains coming in that hopefully will get better and slightly more troubled south—western railway where punctuality and stra kes have dogged railway where punctuality and strakes have dogged it. train italia run london and south end and back in italy they are the major provider. hopefully a good track record. good but mixed. and this is an important franchise because this is running for 12 years, till 2031. that will cover the first hs two and all the new high—speed trains. avante have responsibility for that. so what can we expect from them? it is a huge responsibility and we rely on these services in the timetable and the country relies on it to function, basically. so people want to see the basics delivered day in and day out. yes, making improvements but do them ina yes, making improvements but do them in a phased way and take passengers with you through the improvements. keep them informed about what is happening in the changes and have a go at value for money

issue. the peak in and around that time can be expensive. i'm conscious of the clock ticking off behind you so it has been 24. have we gotten the 720 train whichjust has been 24. have we gotten the 720 train which just left and we were off tojoin the train which just left and we were off to join the sofa, we would have spent £175 each one way to get ourselves to manchester. what can we expect in terms of ticket prices from avanti expect in terms of ticket prices from ava nti in expect in terms of ticket prices from avanti in the future? we need to focus on affordable and flexible travel. some pig fares can be ridiculous. 0n the other hand you can travel very cheap if you book in advance on a particular train. what is odd is that we have a fantastic frequent service we just need more flexible ticketing to match that and that will hopefully boost those value for money scores. so many questions for the new boss when he appears on the programme at ten past eight. what guarantees will he be able to give us for ticketing and

pricing and punctuality and will he even be able to give the likes of you, me, charlie and naga the seat on the new service? that is all i want. just a nice comfortable seat. it is the small things. and a toilet and wi—fi. it is the small things. and a toilet and wi-fi. a temper state we will be talking to steve montgomery about improvements pays —— at ten past eight we will be talking to steve montgomery about improvements passengers will see. let us know if you have anything to say. we could do a quick fire round. talk about the business model and then a quick fire round. you have about 30 minutes to get your questions in. let's see what else is coming up this morning.

do not speak to me! she is not happy. she is annoyed at me. she saidi happy. she is annoyed at me. she said i am too nosy. she said that? no, i read it in her diary. the stars of the hit bbc comedy 'mrs brown's boys', brendan 0'carroll and jennifer gibney, will be here to tell us what to expect from this year's christmas special. a lot of anticipation for that. time now to find out what is happening wherever you are. good morning — i'm sonja jessup. a 14—year—old boy's been arrested after a man was stabbed to death in northeast london. the victim, thought to be in his twenties, was attacked in lower clapton yesterday afternoon. detectives have also arrested a 26—year—old man. uber says it's received almost 6000 reports of sexual assault in the united states in 2017 and 2018. the company recently lost its licence to operate in london and is appealing the decision. the figures include attacks

on drivers as well as passengers. uber said the report shows its commitment to "improving safety". a temporary halt has been put on controversial plans to turn the historic whitechapel bell foundry into a boutique hotel. it's the site where big ben was made — it opened in 1570. two years ago—it closed... and a us developer has plans to convert it into a hotel. however the secretary of state for housing says the proposals need further examination. as the countdown to christmas continues, a charity in north—east london is busy preparing donations of gifts for children whose families would struggle to afford them. last year the winter toy appeal in hackney was able to provide presents for more than 4,000 children. unfortunately there is a lot of demand. thousands of children in this area are suffering and they have been living in poverty. so our aim is to try and ensure that all of them get a special present on christmas

day. let's take a look at the travel situation now. it's all looking good on the tube so far—no reported problems on any of those lines there. we have disruption on c2c trains this morning— between barking and west ham— after a derailment in the depot and you can see the roadworks here causing delays on the christchurch road. as soon as you step out the door this morning you will notice something of a major difference. it is much milder. but we do still have some rain around first thing this morning. it will clearup in the next few hours, however, tracking off towards the east quite quickly and then some clear skies for a time but there will be some showers to follow this afternoon. they could be quite sharp as well.

but look at those temperatures. we started in the low double figures up to 14 celsius later, 57 fahrenheit and a different feel to things. showers clear away through the evening and overnight and we will have a little cloud around into tomorrow but generally looking like a lot of fine weather to start us off tomorrow morning. temperatures in the mid— single figures. not expecting a frost. the day itself is a mixture of cloud and sunny spells but saturday is dry and settled with a top temperature of ten or 11 celsius. as we move through to sunday, the wind will really pick up and temperatures staying on the mild side at 12 degrees. i will be back in 30 minutes. plenty more on our website at the usual address. right now, back to naga and charlie. hello. this is breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty.

thank you forjoining us this morning. the main stories this morning: for the final time in this election campaign, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will go head—to—head tonight in a live televised debate. their policies and personalities will be scrutinised by viewers — and voters — with just six days to go before the uk goes to the polls. the debate will be on bbc 0ne tonight at 8:30. more than 20,000 former thomas cook customers have yet to be refunded for their holiday bookings — despite the deadline being this weekend. the civil aviation authority says the process has been challenging, with many claims requiring more information in order to qualify for a refund. in australia, several separate wildfires have merged to become what authorities are calling a 'mega blaze'. more than 2000 firefighters are still battling the bushfires near sydney, which have killed six people and destroyed more than 700 homes since october. a british woman, whose heart stopped beating for six hours, has been brought back to life, in what doctors have described as an "exceptional case". audrey schoeman developed severe hypothermia while hiking in the spanish pyrenees with her husband in november.

doctors say it is the longest cardiac arrest ever recorded in spain. she's since made a near—full recovery and plans to return to the mountains soon. amazing. it's like a miracle. except i think it is all because of the doctors. and probably this winter i won't go into the mountains, but i hope in spring we will be able to start hiking and trekking again. i don't want this to take away that hobby for me. great story. it is incredible. she looks so well. jane, i am not sure how you recover from looks so well. jane, i am not sure how you recoverfrom quite looks so well. jane, i am not sure how you recover from quite a looks so well. jane, i am not sure how you recoverfrom quite a brutal sacking. i'm not sure how marco silva will be feeling this morning. he must have seen the writing on the wall. 0nly he must have seen the writing on the wall. only four league wins and he spent more than £100 million on players over the summer. it

is not likely didn't have the excuse of not having the cash to splash. is it unusual he has been sacked and there is no replacement yet? doesn't it usually works that the board meets, it's like pochettino and jose mourinho came in two days later? that has obviously been put in place and the wheels were in motion. perhaps they feel just at the moment, even if they don't have someone lined up, which they might do we don't know, and they are just negotiating personal details...m the club better without him with no manager than with him? that is the thinking. it seems like an unforgiving environment at the moment. it is a results driven industry. it really is. it is brutal but perhaps inevitable after those recent results, everton sacking the manager marco silva. that 5—2 loss to liverpool at anfield on wednesday was their ninth defeat of the season. silva had been in charge for 18 months. coach duncan ferguson will manage the side for the visit of chelsea tomorrow having been put

in temporary charge. attention now turns to who will succeed silva in the longer term and one of those names being mentioned as a possible successor is former manager david moyes. moyes spent 11 years as everton manager before leaving for manchester united in 2013. other names being suggested include bournemouth‘s eddie howe. a caretaker manager already facing a few headaches is arsenal's freddie ljunberg. his side were beaten 2—1 by brighton at the emirates in the premier league last night. neal maupay scored the winner for brighton ten minutes from time prompting some arsenal fans to leave the stadium early. the gunners have now gone nine matches without a victory, their worst winless run since 1977. the main thing i think is the confidence thing. how we started, the boys gave away one half at home. you can't give away one half just not play football. and so i need to work on that with them and we need to get confidence back into the boys. var played its part in newcastle united's 2—0 win

at sheffield united. sheffield united's defenders appeared to stop playing thinking jonjo shelvey was offside for newcastle's second. but var awarded the goal, prompting sheffield united manager chris wilder to say the technology was becoming "too difficult for everyone". the head coach of roma has criticised the italian newspaper that previewed today's match against inter milan using the headline "black friday". the front page of corriere dello sport showed photographs of inter milan forward romelu lukaku and roma defender chris smalling, who had played together at manchester united. both players themselves criticised the coverage, here's the roma coach. translation: i don't think they have used good words. that's what i think. we need to be careful about the words we use when we talk about racism. i'm sure they didn't want to say anything wrong on the subject of racism, but

i think the words they chose were wrong. now, we're counting down the hours to the eagerly anticipated re—match between britain's anthonyjoshua and andy ruinunior, which takes place in saudi arabia tomorrow night. joshua is looking to re—claim three of the heavyweight world titles that he lost to ruiz. but he's faced criticism for the fight being staged in the country. campaigners have claimed the fight is being used to "sportswash" human rights abuses in the kingdom. here'sjoshua's take on it. if that was the case i would be bothered by it. my only focus is the boxing. i feel like taking boxing ifeel like taking boxing globally is what a world champion or a challenger should be doing. because you fight around the world. well, the weigh—in for the fight takes place later today and we can talk to bbc radio 5 live boxing pundit steve bunce who's in riyadh for us and will be commentating

on the fight for radio 5 live tomorrow evening. steve, we heard joshua address that issue of "sportswashing" there, how much of a distraction has the choice of venue been in the build—up? forjoshua, i would say not at all. he has locked himself away in sheffield, he has gone through his training routines, he has arrived here and been placed in the middle ofa here and been placed in the middle of a nice safety cocoon. he has had to a nswer of a nice safety cocoon. he has had to answer some fairly strong and direct questions, that interview was done with the bbc's dan roan. that is not his way. joshua did his best to hold his own. he is part of a, he isa to hold his own. he is part of a, he is a small part of a much bigger picture here. a much bigger move by the saudi authorities, the saudi government of the last couple of yea rs. government of the last couple of years. steve, there is such an obvious physical difference between the two fighters, was has referred to himself in the past as the little fat man, it is the way in later, joshua has lost weight for this

fight as well, is way to a relevant factor? —— ruiz. fight as well, is way to a relevant factor? -- ruiz. you are very polite calling him the little fat man. we calling him the little fat man. we call him the fat mexican, he called himself the fat mexican. he loved it. he would hold his belly. it looked not just that it. he would hold his belly. it looked notjust that he was carrying weight but that he hadn't trained. it is deceptive. he is just one of those are sporting freaks that can look like he has sat on the sofa and watched box set after box set and peter after peter and drunk the cheapest possible lager. but it turns out he is a sporting freak —— pizza after pizza. he can set all sorts of sporting records. whether it is recovering from hard sessions. joshua has lost a little bit of bulk across his shoulders. as he said in an interview with mike costello, it isa an interview with mike costello, it is a nice quote, he says something along the lines of "are used to think you had to be able to squat press a house, you don't, this is boxing, it is the

sweet science". that is why he has shifted his muscle bold —— bulk. that is why he has shifted his muscle bold -- bulk. it is charlie in the studio, lovely talking to this your enthusiasm for the sport, good morning to you, we love your build—ups to fights, you are talking about an era was that and the contrast in their styles, is there a matchup before that you can remember that gives us that kind of difference in personality, physical types, what do you link it to? —— andy ruiz. i have got two. and i will be quick because i know i am not on all day but i've have got dressed and shaved and stood on the balcony with the sun on my head. they will give you two examples, the first one is the rumble in the jungle, 1974, muhammad ali, beautiful, brilliant, fast, smooth, kept on talking, george foreman just snarled. i'll take you back to the

19305. snarled. i'll take you back to the 1930s. two—time tony galindo, fatter than andy ruiz, against the great joe louis. when they came to the ring for the fight at madison square garden it was an absolute sellout. in the first round he dropped the greatjoe louis. in the first round he dropped the great joe louis. louise in the first round he dropped the greatjoe louis. louise messed him to bits in four orfive hours. greatjoe louis. louise messed him to bits in four or five hours. there are two examples for you. loving matt! just finally, after the first two —— fight between the two, can you make a addiction? —— loving that. fight between the two, can you make a addiction? -- loving that. they will make a prediction. the same one before the first one, thatjoshua ta kes before the first one, thatjoshua takes control of the fight of the ring, wears down and slowly breaks andy ruiz‘s died hard by around ten. i honestly believe they will be right this time, was wrong the first time. —— heart by round ten. right this time, was wrong the first time. -- heart by round ten. while steve is there, as

sporting commentators go, he is one of those people, he has taken us right back to the 1930s. i feel like we were transported back by a moment in time. what like about steve is the fa ct time. what like about steve is the fact that he used the word fat a few times, but it is not fat but it is a certain distribution of weight. great way to feel about yourself. thanks, steve. right, moving on from weight. ronnie 0'sullivan's quest for a record—extending eighth uk championship came to an end as he was beaten by ding junhui in york. ding soared into a 3—0 lead before 0'sullivan fought back to 4—4, but the chinese player recovered to win the fourth round match by six frames to four. now, it's that time of year when we all start to put up our christmas decorations and enter into the festive spirit — and that includes football clubs. burnley manager sean dyche showed off a snowman kitted out in club colours at his pre—match press conference, to the amusement of the assembled reporters. but it was the christmas tree in the corner that caused the most mischief proving

a bit troublesome to keep together. 0bviously obviously not the case on the pitch for burnley, they are 12 at the moment are not doing bad at all. what came flying in at the end? the hat. think it wasjust to what came flying in at the end? the hat. think it was just to help matters, or hinder them. who knows? we will see you a little later on. boris johnson will go head—to—head with jeremy corbyn tonight, in the final tv debate before the general election. there have been a number of debates throughout the campaign, but do they make any difference in helping voters make up their minds? jon kay has been to wolverhampton to find out. let's have a debate... from the bbc, we are doing some filming... ..about tv debates. have you been following the election? no. not at all? ahead of tonight's confrontation, we're in wolverhampton... i guess you're used to these, aren't you?

yes. ..to ask voters if they like leaders going head to head on the box. i think shows like that are going to be good to help inform people. what i'm always looking for is honesty and openness and straight answers to straight questions. there's absolutely no point because they all tell lies anyway. would you watch it? no. 0nly nine years and three elections ago. ten million of us was the first leaders' debate nearly a decade ago. politics professor stephen fielding said at the time it seemed to make a big difference for nick clegg. we can do something new. we can do something different. he got a massive approval rating — better than churchill in the second world war. and everyone thought that has changed the shape of campaigning. and yet, in the end, the liberal democrats got only one more percentage point than they did in 2005 and they actually lost seats. i think there was a lot of excitement, this is a new thing, it will change things happen, in the end, not so much. this time we've had all kinds of formats.

some head to heads, some big events, some solo, some with ice blocks. and tonight, the final confrontation. how important for the politicians is the debate tonight? 0h, could be vitally important. there 's still a lot of people out there that haven't yet made up their minds. 10% of people going to the polling booth not knowing who they are going to vote for. those are the people they're going to try and make an impression on. but many here told me tv debates just mean the same old slogans again and again, so the parties can clip them up for social media. i think it's tv nonsense. they say what they need to say, try and get the message across, and that's it, really. do you think you get answers to the questions you've got? we know the answer is already. what are those two men wanting to get out of this tonight? you'll hear boris johnson, whatever the question is, he will try to get in, gotta get brexit done.

and jeremy corbyn, similarly, if you ask him a question he will try to get it around to the nhs. they've already got their lives, it is now repeating the lies, getting it through to a tv audience. —— they have already got their lines, it is now repeating the lines, it is now repeating the lines, getting it through to a tv audience. what you get is what each of them believe, side—by—side, you actually get to hear them all giving answers to the same questions. it makes it kind of theatrical, like a tv drama, rather than about, like, the real issues that are being dealt with. what you want to know from those two guys? honestly, are you really doing this for the people or for yourself? do you think you will get answers tonight? some of the points the general public make, yes, we do, but obviously the answers you get from the politicians, they're all wishy—washy. if it's nick robinson was asking the question, you can get a bit more give—and—take, if it's a member of the public you have to show deep, deep respect. you look very at home behind the podium.

i'm thinking maybe you should stand. some have called for an independent body to oversee election debates in future. but first, tonight, one final showdown. so will you watch the debate? no, no, i'm going to yoga tonight, so... jon kay, bbc news. how many times, anecdotally, they say the same sort of thing. we want straight answers to street questions and then he says right at the beginning of the piece he says have you followed the election and they say no, not at all. i wonder if his life is better for it. that big debate, happening tonight. matt, how do you think... do you think the weather could be a good alternative? because a lot of people are sick of the debate. willoughby cold?|j because a lot of people are sick of the debate. willoughby cold? i wish i had the debate. willoughby cold? i wish ihada the debate. willoughby cold? i wish i had a straight weather answer for

you. come now, we cannot expect that for you —— from you. you. come now, we cannot expect that for you -- from you. from the lights here in salford to norwich, cloudy and damp across the country this moment with outbreaks of rain. breezy conditions but it is much milderfor many breezy conditions but it is much milder for many of you compared to what we saw over the last few days. weather fronts have pushed what we saw over the last few days. weatherfronts have pushed in through the country and amongst the atla ntic through the country and amongst the atlantic air, mild weather. temperatures at the moment in exeter are around 13 degrees, sub zero this time yesterday. cooler in shetland but you can see the downside to that mild weather is that there is a lot of rainfor mild weather is that there is a lot of rain for the morning commute. pushing across parts of east anglia in the east will clear out in the next hour and then plenty of showers into northern england, north and west wales. a few showers in southern and eastern areas but other

parts favoured for long dry spells through the second half of the day. the could be heavy helen fonda and blustery perhaps not as strong as it was yesterday but it is still shuttling in atlantic air. as we go into this evening and overnight, the push eastwards and most fade away. with clear skies around, particularly across central and eastern areas, temperatures will drop low enough for a touch of frost. best of the sunshine will be in the morning, southern and eastern parts in particular with clouding over from the west through the day full up outbreaks of rain and western parts of scotland, accomplish hours ahead of it but not too many to speak. later on it will turn a little heavier in the rain more persistent across north and west scotland. damages tomorrow simple —— similar tomorrow —— today. a lot of wet weather around and we will see the rain spread from west

to east as we go through the night and into sunday morning full of but the weather front could just linger to start sunday across east anglia and south—east as well as the channel isles. a wet start here but a blowy day to come on sunday. showers are frequent across western areas and throughout the day again, heavy with hail and thunder and later in the day we could see gales, if not severe gales, develop from the western push eastwards across all parts through sunday night into monday. a day certainly to watch, naga and charlie. such a meaningful there at the end. let's talk about a story that does have a happy ending. three men who were jailed in the 1970's, on the evidence of a corrupt metropolitan police officer, have finally had their convictions quashed. the men were accused of stealing handbags in south london back in 1972. the officer who framed them was later sent to prison. katharine carpenter has the

story. smiles of happiness and relief that justice has been done after 47 long yea rs. justice has been done after 47 long years. words don't exist for me to explain how much this means. i am absolutely thrilled. i am so happy. i cannot believe it. winston trew was one of the oval four, black activist arrested by british transport unit known as the muttering squad that make mugging squad in 1972 and convicted of crimes they did not commit. this was the man who framed them. a corrupt officer who was himself imprisoned for left a few years later. green central new him by reputation. he had a fantastic record of arresting people in getting convictions and i knew he had a reputation of not being careful about how he achieve those results. other than that, clearly he did not go around telling people he would fit them up. but

last year, another man framed by ridgeville had this conviction quashed. that paved the way for the three members of the oval for who could be traced to appeal. winston trew had his conviction quashed yesterday. hejoins us from his home in london now. so good to speak to you this morning. iam so good to speak to you this morning. i am just thinking to myself, you woke up this morning for the first time in almost 50 years, in the sure knowledge that your conviction had been quashed. what does that feel like? it feels great. iam does that feel like? it feels great. i am still smiling now. i woke up this morning and i said my wife last night, i don't have to think about ritual any longer. he is from my consciousness. it is fantastic. i feel good. —— i don't have to think about ridgewell. winston, take this back a little bit. when you are first jailed you are back a little bit. when you are firstjailed you are a young man and put injailfor something firstjailed you are a young man and put in jail for something you simply did not do. you did not commit a

crime but you were in prison. was it like for you, period of time?m crime but you were in prison. was it like for you, period of time? it was unbelievable. i was in a different reality. i left home that morning in one reality and in the evening i was in another reality. and then when i was sent to prison, there was probably a third reality. it was unreal. i could not believe it. my future had been cut off i could not plan anything. i was basically at the whim of the prison service and there was nothing i could do about it. it made me extremely sad, extremely sad. and i remember the last few months of my sentence in the prison, i was very, very unhappy. even though the appeal was looming, i was unhappy because i was not sure that my appeal, my sentence would be quashed. when i got to court, i wasn't sure that the

conviction would be quashed. and when i got to court, the sentence was cut but the conviction was not quashed so i left prison still at convicted person. and yesterday is the final journey of the final result of the journey. i reached the final journey of the final result of thejourney. i reached my destination. i am result of thejourney. i reached my destination. iam not result of thejourney. i reached my destination. i am not guilty. result of thejourney. i reached my destination. iam not guilty. i result of thejourney. i reached my destination. i am not guilty. i was so pleased that the chiefjustice saw fit to quash conviction and say it was a miscarriage ofjustice. winston, it must feel wonderful to be able to say that out cloud. i am sure every time you say it it must feel good. people watching this and hearing your story will undoubtedly be absolutely baffled as to how it is that so much time passed where, i know that you were constantly putting forward your case. this was obviously something that was so personal to you. you wanted it to have been changed and righted but then 47 years past. how can you best explain that two people as to why

did not happen sooner?” explain that two people as to why did not happen sooner? i have no idea why not happen sooner. when ridgewell was convicted in 1980, the home office and the transit police did not look at all past cases. and this is the corrupt police officer? yes. when —— mac three was a corrupt police officer and when he arrested us police officer and when he arrested us he was going from the beginning. we had to sit there to the court case and listen to him tell lies. at the court of appeal the prosecute to present the same lies again. and then he died in prison. but after he died, the british transport police did not look at all of its past cases to see whether or not they should refer to the court of appeal. so it went on and on and on. i wrote a book in 2010, my

autobiography, detailing my experiences. that led to stephen simmons finding the book, using a chapter from to stephen simmons finding the book, using a chapterfrom it to to stephen simmons finding the book, using a chapter from it to get this conviction quashed and then when he got this conviction quashed, i used this to get mine. it was like a circle. my book led to him getting this conviction quashed and this quash and get led to me getting mine quashed. it is a win—win situation all around. and on a personal note, from that very, very difficult moment in time when you were in prison and you come out and there is obviously a sense of a huge injustice that has happened. but you turned your own life around, didn't you? turned your own life around, didn't you ? notwithstanding turned your own life around, didn't you? notwithstanding the feelings you? notwithstanding the feelings you had of anger, give me a sense of what you went on to do. because you have not let that stop you leading your life. no. i could have not let that stop you leading your life. no. icould not let myself be defined by something negative that happened to me. although, when i was convicted

i was angry and when i left prison i was angry, i could not stay angry all the time because it would destroy me. so i began researching macular‘s background but also took a degree, a ba degree and then a masters and then i became a lecturer at university, a researcher and a brighter and improved my life. so i am ina brighter and improved my life. so i am in a position now where what ridgewell did to me, it affected me but it did not totally dominate my life. i basically took my life into my own hands and changed how i felt about myself and how the world would see me. today the world sees me differently because icy myself differently. i believe in myself. i never stopped believing in myself, not for one minute. lovely talking to you. i feel like not for one minute. lovely talking to you. ifeel like i not for one minute. lovely talking to you. i feel like i should not for one minute. lovely talking to you. ifeel like i should give you the opportunity to say it out cloud one more time full i am a free man. my conviction was quashed

stop i believed in myself. i never stopped believing in myself. and if you believe in yourself then obviously you can do as much as you can and what you want to do. and thatis can and what you want to do. and that is it. i believed in myself, i never give up. wonderful talking to you. thank you very much. the man of the morning. it is testament, i cannot really add to what he said, but it is testament to the point that real adversity and a huge injustice and then what you do afterwards. amazing. what is done afterwards. amazing. what is done after having that conviction quashed is more than most people would do in a completely free life. thank you, winston. we will see you at eight o'clock with the headlines. good morning — i'm sonja jessup. a 14—year—old boy's been arrested after a man was stabbed to death in northeast london. the victim, thought to be in his twenties, was attacked in lower clapton yesterday afternoon. detectives have also

arrested a 26—year—old man. uber says it's received almost 6000 reports of sexual assault in the united states in 2017 and 2018. the company recently lost its licence to operate in london and is appealing the decision. the figures include attacks on drivers as well as passengers. uber said the report shows its commitment to "improving safety". a temporary halt has been put on controversial plans to turn the historic whitechapel bell foundry into a boutique hotel. it's the site where big ben was made — it opened in 1570. two years ago it closed and a us developer has plans to convert it into a hotel. however the secretary of state for housing says the proposals need further examination. as the countdown to christmas continues, a charity in north—east london is busy preparing donations of gifts for children whose families would struggle to afford them. last year the winter toy appeal in hackney was able to provide presents for

more than 4,000 children. unfortunately there is a lot of demand. thousands of children in this area are suffering and they have been living in poverty. so our aim is to try and ensure that all of them get a special present on christmas day. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there has been a signalfailure there has been a signal failure at farringdon so there are severe delays clockwise on the circle line. also on the hammersmith & city line in the metropolitan line is suspended between baker street and watergate stop this is how it looks on the north circular. quite slow, really underwent their westbound as you come to the clubhouse interchange. time now for the weather. as soon as you step out the door this morning you will notice something of a major difference. it is much milder. but we do still have

some rain around first thing this morning. it will clearup in the next few hours, however, tracking off towards the east quite quickly and then some clear skies for a time but there will be some showers to follow this afternoon. they could be quite sharp as well. but look at those temperatures. we started in the low double figures up to 14 celsius later, 57 fahrenheit and a different feel to things. showers clear away through the evening and overnight and we will have a little cloud around into tomorrow but generally looking like a lot of fine weather to start us off tomorrow morning. temperatures in the mid— single figures. not expecting a frost. the day itself is a mixture of cloud and sunny spells but saturday is dry and settled with a top temperature of ten or 11 celsius. as we move through to sunday, the wind will really pick up and temperatures staying on the mild side at 12 degrees. and i will be back in around 30 minutes. plenty more on our website at the usual this address

now back to naga and charlie. good morning welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today. boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will go head—to—head in a televised debate tonight, six days before the uk goes to the polls. the stage is set for the final confrontation. corbyn versusjohnson here live on bbc one tonight. it could be crucial in these final days of the campaign. customers of the now—bust tour operator thomas cook face delays for getting refunds — one in three haven't been paid on time. a british woman who developed severe hypothermia in a snowstorm, is brought back to life after her heart stopped beating for six hours. after 22 years and millions

of train journeys, virgin trains will no longer be operating britain's busiest railway route. stay with us on breakfast to hear from the busiest railway route. stay with us on breakfast to hearfrom the man taking over the franchise. he will be on airat taking over the franchise. he will be on air at 8:10am. another premier league manager gone. everton have sacked marco silva. he leaves after 18 months in thejob, with the club in the premier league relegation zone. mrs brown's boys returns with a christmas special — we'll have a sneak peek of the show that's as much of a staple on christmas day as the queen's speech. and it's a bit of a grey, damp view of the weather this morning for many of the weather this morning for many of you but things will brighten up later to sunshine and showers. what are the prospects for the weekend, though? i'll have the forecast here on breakfast. good morning. it's friday 6th december. our top story. for the final time in this election campaign boris johnson and jeremy corbyn will meet

for a head to head televised debate. their policies and personalities will be scrutinised with just six days to go until polls open. jon kay is at the studio in maidstone, where preparations for the debate are under way. tell us about how it's going to work this evening, john. this time next week, most of the ballot papers will have been counted and we will probably know who is going to be our next prime minister. in all likelihood it will either be boris johnson orjeremy corbyn. so tonight this is potentially crucial. both men together face—to—face, toe to toe almost for the final time during this campaign. so they've tossed a coin and they decided how it's going to work. they will stand here. jeremy corbyn on the left and boris johnson on the right. may be no surprise for that. they have also tossed a coin about who will give the first opening and closing statements. they have chosen that jeremy corbyn will open the show at the beginning at 8:30pm tonight he

will give the first opening speech and at the end of the evening boris johnson will give the final remarks, the final closing speech. in between the final closing speech. in between the opening and closing, lots and lots of questions to both of them. it will be moderated by nick robinson, former bbc political editor from the today programme and he will try and keep control at this desk. the most important people here, not nick, not the leaders but the audience, more than 100 people specially selected independently to represent the uk population, to represent the uk population, to represent voters that will be supported by voters of the conservatives and labour and also other parties and also floating voters who will have a chance to submit questions. those questions will be looked at at ten —— by an independent editorial panel. the candidates will not know what they will be asked. they will have nearly an hourof will be asked. they will have nearly an hour of knock—about prime—time bbc one straight after eastenders. could it be the turning point at this late stage of

the campaign? it is really interesting. what they say will be the areas we will be discussing tomorrow morning as people watch and digest. there is no escaping the fact, as you are mapping out the studio, they sounded quite close to one another. there is a body language thing and they have very different styles, don't they? all of these things people will watch very closely. yes and their faces are going to be tightly filling those screens, you will see every flicker and every twitch, potentially. that's why it can reveal, maybe not everything on policy, but sometimes you see the personality, the character of the individuals, and for many viewers thatis individuals, and for many viewers that is just as important as the policy detail. how they prepare for this is fascinating. we know that last time boris johnson this is fascinating. we know that last time borisjohnson was running through with some of his cabinet colleagues, they were pretending to bejeremy corbyn, trying it out. we know last time jeremy corbyn had bejeremy corbyn, trying it out. we know last timejeremy corbyn had a caesar salad before he stepped into the itv studio. they will both be planning how they do this and working out what their best strategy

of preparation is. but do you know what, what i have really noticed over the last few day is going around the uk talking to voters in all kinds of constituencies, in so many breakfast viewers and voters have not decided, they say they are waiting for a moment, for something to happen that will help them decide. you wonder whether this might be that moment. 0ften decide. you wonder whether this might be that moment. often these candidates for these kind of debates, the advice for them is play it safe, stick to the message, drill home your main points, stick to the script and don't risk anything but may be at this point given the way the polls are, how the situation is, how different the characters are, maybe they will try and play differently and maybe we will expect the unexpected and may be tonight will be the thing that defines this campaign. jon kay, for the moment, thank you very much. really interesting looking around there. the debate between boys johnson and jeremy corbyn is on tonight on bbc one at 8:30pm. let's talk about thomas

cook. more than 20,000 former thomas cook customers have yet to be refunded for their holiday bookings — despite the deadline being this weekend. the civil aviation authority says the process has been challenging, with a third of claims requiring more information in order to qualify for a refund. here's our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith. when thomas cook collapsed, the first job of the civil aviation authority was to make sure everybody got home safe and sound. for those 150,000 people abroad, we will be bringing them back, and we'll be bringing them back when they have finished their holiday. but because thomas cook's package holidays were protected under the caa's atol scheme, anyone who had a future booking was entitled to a full refund. the numbers for that are pretty staggering, actually. 360,000 holidays were booked, they of course are now cancelled, affecting 800,000 people. so they are now entitled to a refund under the atol protection scheme. and they should get that money back within about two months.

today marks that self—imposed deadline. the caa said 67,000 people filed valid claims on the first day, and two—thirds of them have been paid back. but that means more than 22,000 people who were hopeful of a refund before christmas are still out—of—pocket. colletta smith, bbc news. a man has been charged with murder after a 12—year—old boy was killed in an alleged hit and run outside a school in essex. harley watson died after a car ploughed into a group of children in loughton on monday. terence glover, who's aged 51, has been charged with murder, ten charges of attempted murder and dangerous driving. in australia, several separate wildfires have merged to become what authorities are calling a mega blaze. more than 2,000 firefighters are still battling the bushfires near sydney, which have killed six people and destroyed more than 700 homes since october. more travel disruption is expected, as a nationwide strike in france continues for a second day.

eurostar has cancelled nearly 30 trains between paris and london — and british airways and easyjet have cancelled some flights. yesterday, more than 800,000 people joined marches in protest against french pension reforms. police used tear—gas to clear the crowds and made a number of arrests. the opera singer katherine jenkins has been mugged after she intervened in a street robbery. the 39—year—old was on her way to a rehearsal in london on wednesday afternoon when she stepped in to help an elderly woman being attacked — and was then mugged herself. two 15—year—old girls have been arrested on suspicion of robbery. a british woman, whose heart stopped beating for six hours, has been brought back to life, in what doctors have described as an exceptional case. audrey schoeman developed severe hypothermia while hiking in the spanish pyrenees. doctors say it is the longest cardiac arrest ever recorded in spain. andy moore reports. celebrating life with the rescue workers and medics who saved her. english teacher audrey schoeman

was out hiking with her husband in the catalan pyrenees when they get caught in bad weather. she fell unconscious as temperatures plummeted. this rescuer said she was completely immobile, unconscious, and rigid, with clear signs of hypothermia when they found her. her husband feared the worst. i thought she was dead, because i was trying to feel for a pulse, trying to feel for... my fingers were also numb. so i wasn't sure if it was also my fingers. but couldn't feel her breath, i couldn't feel her heartbeat. once in hospital, it was this machine that saved her. used here with a medical dummy, it took her own blood, infused it with oxygen, and then reintroduced it. her heart was eventually restarted with a defibrillator and she left hospital 12 days later with only minor problems in her hands. it feels really incredible that i survived it and just really lucky to be here and be

able to get on with my life. i'm just happy! audrey describes her survival as a miracle. she is the woman who died for six hours and yet lived to tell the tale. andy moore, bbc news. an earthquake has struck in somerset, causing homes to shake in several villages. the british geological survey says the 3.2 magnitude quake, occurred close to bridgwaterjust before 11 last night, and at a depth ofjust over three miles. residents reported feelings like, "the whole house rattled", "i physically felt my bed shake", and "the whole house was given a definite shove". the time is eight to 11am. let's go back to one of our main stories this morning. —— 8:11am. for more than 20 years,

virgin trains have been running up—and—down the uk, taking passengers to and from places such as london, manchester and glasgow, as well as towns and cities in—between. but it's all change this weekend when the firm, spearheaded by sir richard branson, is replaced by avanti west coast. we'll speak to the new boss in a moment, first passengers have been telling us what they think. for you, does it represent good value for money, the service? if i book it a month in advance, then yes, because you can get sort of an off—peak or an on—peak ticket, a return for £20 a month and i think that's value for money. but if i'm going to go sort of two or three days beforehand, not really. then it would cost £50 or £60. what do you make of the ticket prices? they're extortionate. it's ridiculous. i don't know where they're getting the figures from. it changes so much. how easy do you find it to get a seat, for example, on the train? it depends. in rush hour it is more difficult but it is often quite easy to book on a train slightly outside peak period and easily find a seat. how do you rate them? are some services better than others? the early trains are often very crowded,

ridiculously crowded. the off—peak trains are usually pretty good and reasonable value for money. the new service will be run by first rail in conjunction with the italian firm trenitalia. steve montgomery is first‘s managing directorfor rail and is at london euston this morning. good morning, steve montgomery, thank you for talking to us. good morning. i know there is a bit of a delay and we will work with it. what difference will passengers notice on monday december the 8th when this new group takes over? well, first of all, i think we have to say we are delighted to be taking over the west coast franchise. it's really important. the big thing for customers is it is not all going to happen on sunday when we take over, it is going to take a bit of time. but the big things and most important things are we will increase the capacity with new trains, new services and also refurbish the existing trains, the pendle you know trains. we are

investing huge sums of money in it and we have announced this morning we will buy 23 new hitachi trains, 13 of them diesel electric trains and ten electric trains. that will replace the existing five car diesel trains that currently operate. —— pendolino. that will increase the capacity and the number of routes we operate over. but the really important thing on day one for the customers is we will be very much leading on from what virgin have done over the last number of years and we want to enhance on top of that. we will make sure like delay repay 15 coming from day one, at the moment customers are not compensated should there be a delay after 30 minutes and it will now be 15 minutes. we will do gradual increases in the service. at the moment, the last passenger survey showed that virgin had 91% satisfaction by the end, so you are

being handed something that's already in a pretty good state. you have 9% to make up. already in a pretty good state. you have 996 to make up. absolutely. we have 996 to make up. absolutely. we have always said this is a well run franchise, there is good stuff there and we are really looking forward to taking it over and we want to enhance on that and trying to make that 9% gap up, that's the thing is we can do by making gradual changes through the next couple of years as we keep enhancing the service for our customers. shall we talk about south western railway because that's what you always run —— runs the mad it's fair to say the reputation of south western railway hasn't been so favourable. you've had strikes, the performance has not been strong, i think that's an understatement. —— that's what you also run. how will you guarantee you will run the west coast mainline better? first of all, we have got to apologise for customers on the south western railway, it has not been good for them, we have a strike that doesn't need to be happening at the moment

and we have had settlements with rmt we have not been able to bring through. the ava nti we have not been able to bring through. the avanti west coast, we don't see any of these problems arising. but very much we have and we do with other franchises work closely with our staff and trade unions. south—western is just closely with our staff and trade unions. south—western isjust an u nfortu nate unions. south—western isjust an unfortunate situation at the moment that we don't believe needs to happen. 0n avanti west coast, we will make sure we work with our staff and keep enhancing the services. ok, steve. can we do a quickfire round? we asked some viewers to send in some questions and they did. i know there is a three second delay but quick answers as much as you can because we can rattle through these over the next couple of minutes. christine asks, would you ask the new rail boss at this? i booked two days ago for a return train journeys for manchester to euston online and the tickets say virgin. are they still valid or has she lost her money? no, absolutely not. all tickets purchased before us

taking over are valid. it doesn't matter if you are travelling after the eighth. all tickets for any customers remain valid. graham says he has put two seats first class later this month. will the seats be numbered the same? will the jamie koe to be in the same position as they were on the virgin pendolinos? yes, absolutely, no changes like that happening any time soon. the trains will remain the same numbers. pete asks, are you going to address the artificial peak—time issue? what he is explaining is is that the first off—peak trains are all round but the peak train just before 20 minute before is half full because of the peak—time ticketing prices. are you going to address that?” think what we have got to do is, clearly peak—time is why we have picked times and the shoulder peak isa picked times and the shoulder peak is a difficult one to manage. we try and do that through the pricing of tickets to spread people's

journeys, and that's important. naturally, there is more cheaper tickets in the off—peak, so it is how we try and spread people across journey times throughout the day that can create better value for money for them. that's what we ask, people who are flexible, we try and move with the cheaper tickets so that they can travel at any time. as opposed to people on a tight timescale. alex has asked if you are going to address the fares. you are looking at £350 plus for a peak open return from manchester to euston, that's outrageous. when you look at the difference in peak—time and off—peak time, sometimes you are looking at £175 for a peekjourney time, sometimes you are looking at £175 for a peek journey london time, sometimes you are looking at £175 for a peekjourney london to manchester and then go off peak, £80 the next train. 20 minutes later. how can you justify these wild gaps in pricing? —— peakjourney. how can you justify these wild gaps in pricing? -- peakjourney. the fa res in pricing? -- peakjourney. the fares you are quoting, the

£350 fair isa fares you are quoting, the £350 fair is a peak any time fair that you can use that you buy on the day but it is only business people that normally use that ticket. most customers book in advance and do get better value for money. there is a lwa ys better value for money. there is always anomalies with tickets. we have spoken about fares reform that the industry needs to get through. but in terms of trying to price, we price where the demand is and try and make sure we offer the greatest value for money where the flexibility with seats is available for people. saying that, i was saying that the last train peak is half empty so if you are pricing for demand it is not working, is it? well, i think, demand it is not working, is it? well, ithink, again, we have demand it is not working, is it? well, i think, again, we have got to leave that flexibility of people being able to try and travel during the peak so that's why there is tickets available in that time if you book in advance and you can get on those trains. the shoulder peak is where people choose to travel but people have to look at what tickets are available when they are

available and can regulate their travel when it suits them when their needs allow them to do that. andrew clark says, how will you attract and incentivise commuters to quit the ca rd incentivise commuters to quit the card take the train,? we are trying to offer greater value for money, increase the number of trains that people are going to see. the number of seats are going to be far greater in the next couple of years. it is very important, the environmental footprint we all put on the world here, we think rail can make a great impact on that. but that is about encouraging people to come and use us encouraging people to come and use us and that is about increasing capacity. at the moment people think it is still overcrowded. we think there is more capacity that we can put into the network but it takes some time to do that. but there is a lot we can do in between that as well where we can get done that give people flexible tickets and make them travel when it suits them and offer them great value for money. steve montgomery, thank you

very much. managing director of first rail, and we wish you all the best on yourfirst rail, and we wish you all the best on your first day in the newjob on monday. thank you very much. the time is 8:20am. let's look at the weather for today and over the weekend. bit of a mixture today, bits of everything, but not much of a friday feeling. this is the view earlier in hampshire a short while ago, a similar picture, damp roads and dark skies but there will be something drier later. quite a mild start, 13 degrees in some southern areas at the moment, well up on this time yesterday when many were subzero but the payoff is we have rain. the heaviest rain in southern areas across east anglia and the south—east, clearing shortly, but plenty of showers in scotland and northern ireland at the moment continuing throughout the day. may be becoming fewer in number here but will see the showers pep up in northern england and parts of northern england and parts of northern wales. there will be some

sunshine breaking through the gloom by the afternoon, some sunshine at times for everyone. a breeze blowing, not as strong as yesterday, but still largely coming in from a west to south—westerly direction, temperatures holding up for many, mildest at the moment for many, and cooling across scotland across the day as north—westerly winds dig in. they will continue to feed in showers tonight and a few showers over western areas but many places will become drier with partly clear skies. if the skies are clear for long enough, maybe some frost to ta ke long enough, maybe some frost to take you into the start of the weekend. most will be frost free. it will be a reasonably dry start from the knee, a few spots of rain in northern england and western parts of scotland. something heavier in terms of rain comes into the north—west of scotland later in the day as the wind picks up. for most of you, saturday will be the drier of you, saturday will be the drier of the two days. the further south and east you are the more likely you are to see sunshine at times continuing into the afternoon, the temperature is fairly similar to today's values, 9—11d. through

saturday evening and overnight, the weather fronts are set to push across the country, those weather fronts will bring some heavy rain across all areas through saturday night and into the start of sunday. clearing away from east anglia and the far south last of all, then it's back to sunshine and showers. probably see a bit more sunshine in western areas on sunday but lots of showers packing in, may some longer spells of rain in north—western scotla nd spells of rain in north—western scotland later, showers wintry over the higher ground and temperatures on sunday down on saturday's values, a few degrees, eight or 9 degrees of the best in the morning in the south—east corner at around 13. through sunday night into monday, the low pressure system pulls away. notice how many isobars packed on the chart, could be a wild night on sunday night into monday morning whipping up high seas over the north sea coast going into monday itself. severe gales to take us into monday morning. mondays are likely to day but we are flip—flopping around with the weather going to tuesday. more wet weather is back and then we are back to something cold and showery heading through the week, some

fairly chilly nights to come to finish the week. that's how the weather is looking. how is the morning feeling? it is nice at the moment. how does it feel for you? it is great, it is nice to be here. it is great, it is nice to be here. it is great, it is nice to be here. it is that friday morning feeling and we have a lovely story for you this morning. a six—year—old girl who survived a brain tumour, has beaten the rapper stormzy to the top spot in a music download chart. i don't think stormzy will mind. lyra cole has recorded a cover of the christmas song when a child is born, to raise money for charity. fiona lamdin has been to meet her. lyra cole was diagnosed with a brain tumour at five months old. she became quite poorly and did not have much of an appetite. and anything she did have she couldn't keep down. so we went to the doctors and got sent on to the hospital and then they sent her onto a scan and that is when it came back she had a brain tumour. she underwent 11 hours of emergency surgery to remove the growth

the size of an orange. it was heartbreaking. i don't know how we got through it. i think you shut off a the time, you just have to get through it. after the operation, lyra spent one month in intensive care. six months later, herfamily decided to raise awareness of brain tumours, which kill more people under the age of 40 than any other cancer. i like singing and acting. and so lyra recorded the song which was a christmas number one back in 1976. # when a child is born. # 0oh, when a child is born.# when we're at school, all my friends always say, to my teacher, they say can you put lyra's song on? it is so cute. can i hear it? can i hear it?

and her family cannot believe how well it is doing. lyra's cover is already beating artists like stormzy and mariah carey on the download charts. it would be amazing to get christmas number one. something we would never have thought of at the start. if they can get a song about sausage rolls to number one, hopefully this one can get there to number one. # and all across the land, dawn is a brand—new morning. # this comes to pass # when a child is born.# lyra says all her dreams are now coming true. she has always wanted a puppy and a few weeks ago benji arrived. this family take nothing for granted and while they would love a christmas number one, they say the best christmas is having a healthy daughter. fiona lamdin, bbc news. so, the question is, who has been

listening to lyra's song? who would she want to be listening to her song? somebody who has had numerous number one hits in the past and has recorded that song himself. it is of course, sir cliff richard. he's been watching her song and this is what she this is what he thought. ijust heard your record and i think it is wonderful. you are a beautiful lady and i am thrilled that you made the record to raise money and i hope you raise a lot of it to help other children who might have brain tumours. you are a fantastic singer and i wish you all the luck and i hope your record go straight to number one. that's where it should be. cliff heard my song! so that was lyra seeing cliff. the joy of seeing cliff. thejoy of children seeing cliff. the joy of children when they do that thing. you just know they are so excited. that was her reaction. watch to see how it goes. who knows?

christmas number one? who knows. we are going to find out what's happening where you are. see you shortly. 0ne one thing many of us will notice this morning is how much milder it is. temperatures this morning in double figures white across the uk but it comes with lots of cloud and it will bring us rain at times rude today. this weather system moving south and east, bringing rain —— at times today. showery conditions. much milder. far north of scotland, you will notice it turning chilly as the day goes on. rain clears from southern areas, quite a few showers building in behind it. they could be heavy and thundery. spreading into

the south—east later. some sunny spells in between. still quite windy today but not quite as windy as yesterday and a temperature staying at 10-13d. but yesterday and a temperature staying at 10—13d. but chilly are in the north later on. tonight we keep some clear skies and showers across northern and western areas of the uk. saturday, temperatures down to six, seven. locally, down to three degrees in rural areas of scotland. largely frost free start to saturday, starting largely dry, some showers, brighter and sunny spells before cloud thickening from the north—west and rain moving in gradually. temperatures on saturday, 9-11, gradually. temperatures on saturday, 9—11, maybe sunday, some very wet weather moving south east, mainly overnight. there will be a scattering of showers mostly in northern and western areas. but the winds will pick up as we

go through sunday, especially late in the afternoon, the evening and overnight. strong gusts of wind in the south west and north and temperatures 8—13d. that is all from me. goodbye. this is worklife from bbc news, with ben bland and david eades. ride—hailing app uber says it had 6,000 sexual assault in the us over two years. live from london, that's our top story on friday, 6th december.

as uber faces growing scrutiny around the world, the firm says it's committed to improving safety for uber and the entire industry. also in the programme... a haze over sydney as a mega bushfire forms near the city and about 100 otherfires are raging in the australian state of new south wales. in a few hours', forbes will reveal its latest annual rankings for the world's best—paid musicians, but is it streaming, merchanise or touring that make them their money? we've had black friday and cyber monday. now, get ready for small business saturday. does that sound a little more worthwhile? we'll speak to the woman who's urging us to shop small this christmas. and you can be part of the conversation

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