good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty. our headlines today: the queen will lead members of the royal family at their traditional christmas day service in sandringham this morning. tragedy in spain — three members of a british family die at a holiday resort on the costa del sol. and it may not be a light christmas here but a festive frost with a start your christmas day, lots of sunshine ahead as well. but what of the rest of christmas week? i have your full details the rest of christmas week? i have yourfull details of your the rest of christmas week? i have your full details of your full details here on breakfast. after a ten year absence, james corden gives us a glimpse of what's in store in tonight's

return of gavin & stacey. surprises? there might be a couple. you might find some things out you have been wondering about. mostly we wa nted have been wondering about. mostly we wanted to be a joyful hour. i've been to catch up with terrence, to reflect on the overwhelming impact of his personaljourney, highlighting loneliness at christmas merry christmas to you. it's christmas day, wednesday the 25th of december. our top story: the queen will lead members of the royal family at their traditional festive service in sandringham this morning. yesterday the duke of edinburgh rejoined his family at the norfolk estate after spending four nights in hospital. it's not yet known if prince andrew, who recently stepped back from royal duties, will attend today's event. charlotte gallagher reports. prince philip arrives back at sandringham by helicopter after spending four nights at a central london hospital. he walked out are needed and without a stick stop a huge relief for his family that he is home to spend christmas day with

them. this hasn't been the smoothest yearfor them. this hasn't been the smoothest year for the royals, them. this hasn't been the smoothest yearfor the royals, something the queen appears to acknowledge in her christmas message, describing 2019 as "quite bumpy". later today, the royal family will attend church on the sandringham estate. the duke and duchess of sussex, meghan and harry, of course won't be here. but it is believed that winston george and princess charlotte will attend the service for the first time. we could also see prince andrew attend. there was speculation he might not go because of the scrutiny and criticism surrounding his relationship with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. whoever attends, the royal family will want to put on a united front after of newspaper headlines. charlotte gallagher, bbc news, sandringham. charlotte gallagher is at the sandringham estate for us this morning. good morning. they know it is dark. a people of seeing the royal family on christmas day. i imagine there might be some already gathering. yes, despite the time and the

temperatures, there are around 20 people already here queueing up to see the royal family on christmas day and we think we have found the person who has had the longest journey. there is a lady from hemel hempstead, she set off at 11:a5am yesterday, took four buses, trains, and then her son picked her up, drove her to sandringham, they got here at one a.m.. he is apparently asleep in the car, but she is giving up asleep in the car, but she is giving up already to get the best view of the royals. and itjust shows you how some people are so, so excited about seeing the royal family on christmas day. speaking to the estate manager here yesterday, they we re estate manager here yesterday, they were expecting around 6000 people to come down today. so despite, as the queen has been saying, a bumpierfor the royalfamily, queen has been saying, a bumpierfor the royal family, it queen has been saying, a bumpierfor the royalfamily, it seems queen has been saying, a bumpierfor the royal family, it seems that interest is still incredibly high in them. and, yes, we don't know if prince andrew will be here, but we are probably expecting him to go to church, despite the scrutiny is regulation about his relationship with jeffrey epstein.

regulation about his relationship withjeffrey epstein. also expecting prince george and princess charlotte to make their debut at the christmas service. and i am sure for a lot of the people who will be queueing up for hours and hours that will be a real high point of the day. for hours and hours that will be a real high point of the daym certainly will. charlotte, thank you very much. we will catch up with charlotte throughout the morning. a new photo taken by the duchess of cambridge of her husband and children has been released with a christmas message today. the duke of cambridge is pictured kissing their youngest child, prince louis, with princess charlotte and prince george. the picture was taken in norfolk earlier this year. the foreign office says it's helping a british woman after three members of the same family drowned in the swimming pool of a holiday resort in spain. it's thought a nine—year—old girl got into difficulties in the water, and her 16—year—old brother and their father died after trying to help her. nick quraishi reports. the christmas holiday that turned to tragedy in one of spain's top tourist destinations. police divers visible next to the pool which claimed the lives of the three

family members. it is understood that a nine—year—old girl first got into difficulty in the water, her 16—year—old brother and father, who was 52, then jumped 16—year—old brother and father, who was 52, thenjumped in to 16—year—old brother and father, who was 52, then jumped in to try to save her. why nine resurfaced from one of the many pools here is now the subject of a major investigation. hotel firm clc world resource, which runs the complex, released a statement. it said kolan. it goes on... the firm says it's helping the authorities fully with their investigations into the depths, while the foreign office has confirmed its offering assistance to a british woman following what happened. nick quraishi, bbc news. the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope

offered by the christmas story. speaking before the midnight service, he said he was hoping the nativity could unite people after years of political conflict. 0ur religion editor martin bashir reports. this is a first christmas season for the new dean of westminster abbey, dr david lowe, managing cathedral when monach subbing ground and poet celebrated, it is at the heart of oui’ celebrated, it is at the heart of our nation, a nation that he says is bitterly divided. i see the divisions everybody else sees. i feel them. this, i'd get angry and they get disturbed, and a live in westminster, where i'd bump into it all the time. we need some hope in all the time. we need some hope in all of this. think we've become angry andi all of this. think we've become angry and i think we become despairing. dr doyle says we need an intervention from outside and that the message of christmas offers the

possibility of genuine engagement without hostility. piece isn't the moment when the arguments stop peace is the moment when we can contain our arguments and that's where we're really struggling at the moment. we can't enjoy our variety. we have to be this or that. i think the gospel suggests this and that, they are both god—given. we can do this together. the story of a child refugee born in perilous circumstances is not the image depicted on most christmas cards, and yet, as the dean of this historic abbey makes clear, redemption and reconciliation are possible, though the task ahead is a challenging one. marta bassino, bbc news, ad westminster abbey. the pope has marked the start of christmas day with midnight mass at the vatican. thousands of people packed st peter's basilica in rome

for the service. he told worshippers that god loves everyone — "even the worst of us". hundreds of families in australia are spending christmas day in emergency shelters, as the country continues to battle some of its worst bushfires in years. figures released by firefighters in new south wales reveal nearly 1,000 houses have been destroyed. shaimaa khalil is in sydney for us, what's the latest? shaimaa, lovely to see you. christmas day, christmas, people are spending what is very important many away from their homes. merry christmas to you. absolutely. this has really become the story of the aftermath of these catastrophic fires in new south wales. 1000 homes have been destroyed. and even though we have had a little bit of a lull in the weather, bullet temperatures, it isa in the weather, bullet temperatures, it is a time for firefighters who are spending christmas, really, on the front lines of these fires, along containment lines, trying to make sure that these areas are well prepared and defended heading into the weekend, where we have higher

temperatures. but as you say, for many, temperatures. but as you say, for any temperatures. but as you say, for many, many families they are spending the christmas time away from home either in shelters all with family and friends. many still haven't gone back to see what has happened to their homes. many will have nothing to go back to because some have just lost everything have nothing to go back to because some havejust lost everything in those fires. this, of course, as we are bracing ourselves, new south wales is bracing itself for a hike in temperature in the weekend. and i think the main concern among firefighters, who haven't stop since this bushfire crisis started, is that resources are stretched, they are getting really tired. shaimaa, thank you very much and bring us up—to—date. it is nine minutes past six. 0ne it is nine minutes past six. one was sorry to bring you. —— one more story. four stranded deer who were rescued from a river in greater manchester have been named dancer, prancer, dasher, and blitzen in homage to their sleigh—pulling cousins. daring dasher escaped and swam upstream, but the other three

were reluctant to follow. they were all eventually saved by the rspca and fire service in a rescue that took four hours. we like to see a happy ending there. if you're a regular viewer of breakfast, you may remember terrence, whojoined us earlier this month to tell us how he had spent christmas day alone for the last 20 years. this december has been very different for him. since he told us his story, he's been very busy and today he'll be volunteering with age uk. i met up with him to find out how his life has changed. hello, terrence. lovely to see you. how are you? are you well? yes. you're looking well. what are we up to today? i am taking out. i am excited about that. do you want to show me the way? you've been busy. # dreaming ofa

show me the way? you've been busy. # dreaming of a white christmas... did you say you had two left feet? yes. so have i! laughter. but dancing is lovely. it's such a lovely way to meet people. and you can see everyone here, look, this is fabulous. terrence, you have warmed the hearts of the nation over the last few weeks and you have encouraged more people to make sure that no—one's lonely this christmas. what do you make of the impact you've had? well, i'm really glad it has, but i didn't expect it to go like this, do you understand what they mean? because as far as i was concerned, all i was doing was telling it like it was, like i a lwa ys telling it like it was, like i always have done, about spending the last 20 christmases on my own, which they have done since mother passed. if i've done it to help age uk, then iand if i've done it to help age uk, then i and more than pleased. and i've

made an awful lot of friends as well. terence's story is not unusual. we have thousands of older people in 0ldham that are living terrence's life. every christmas day they spend it on their own stop and that's what made it special this year. at least those people, neighbours are going to look in on them, people are going to pop a card through the door, and make a real difference to those people. the 0ldham college choir, just for you. ## 0ldham college choir, just for you. # # silent night, holy night. when we came to your house and sang for you, it made us feel so special.m was so special. it broke my heart. it was adorable, senior so happy. thank you. i've got to say so, from the day you came to my front, like

i've told you, how pleased i am that you have now signed up as a volunteer for age uk. happy christmas. happy christmas. have a good one. we have been sent loads of ca rs good one. we have been sent loads of cars and good one. we have been sent loads of ca rs and presence, good one. we have been sent loads of cars and presence, so we thought we'd show you some of them. 0ver here, would you like to have a look? they have been addressed to dan on your behalf. you can see they are to terrence. why would... you have touched the hearts of people, terrence. i would like to thank everybody. i just terrence. i would like to thank everybody. ijust want terrence. i would like to thank everybody. i just want to give you an idea. i will open this card. lots of lovely people do care about you. i think of lovely people do care about you. ithinki of lovely people do care about you. i think i get very emotional, you know. and when you see so much kindness has been given... you know, we always say there's this and there's bad, what we forget is there

is an awful lot of extremely kind people and i've found that out, believe you me, i've found that out. i can't thank you all enough. they really can't. from the bottom of my heart. we have one more surprise, and this is from the bbc breakfast team. wait one moment. 0h and this is from the bbc breakfast team. wait one moment. oh my word! what do you think? some fabulous snowman what do you think? some fabulous snowman cake that was on the show. do emma, dan and louise had the technique on the programme? -- do you remember. it looks a bit like me, doesn't it? terrence will be joining me on the sofa just before 9:00am, along with some of the volunteers from age uk who will be helping people to tackle loneliness today. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. 0h, oh, look at the little corsage you

have? i'm taking a bit of an effort. merry christmas, good morning. have? i'm taking a bit of an effort. merry christmas, good morningm makes a difference, i appreciate it. merry christmas, my dear friend. makes a difference, i appreciate it. merry christmas, my dearfriend. it is lovely to see you. i couldn't think of anyone better to spend the morning with. you too. i wish i could bring you scenes like this everywhere to add to the christmas feeling. the only weight we will be seeing is a sprinkle of festive frost for some. compared to other christmases, this one will be largely dry with lots of sunshine around. we certainly need that after all the rain of late. trust for some, temperatures the lowest at the moment in scotland, —7 in the highlands. temperatures are either side of freezing this morning. lots of sunshine to get you through the day, one or two isolated showers in northern ireland. for most it is

blue skies from dawn till dusk. and after that chilly start it remains on the first slide but temperatures not far from what they should be at this time of year, 5—9d. if you are on the move following the christmas celebrations, we have some fog expected. the first half of the night especially, the wind will pick that up and left it later on. we are said to see wet weather arrived later on in northern ireland, wales and the south—west. temperatures between 7— 10 degrees. again, a touch of frost for some. as you head into boxing day, if you are walking up into boxing day, if you are walking up christmas excesses, hitting the showers or hanging around with friends and family, rain is going to push eastwards. but rain in the east remains until the afternoon. it will

return to rain later, temperatures on the rise, brighter conditions do in the afternoon across northern ireland, western england and eastern wales. tomorrow evening, more rain spreading in from the west. some heavy bursts around oversaturated ground, which we don't want at the moment, that will work its way across the country tonight and into friday. as we head into the weekend, it will introduce much milder air. so as we go into this weekend, temperatures on double figures for the vast majority. some rain in scotla nd the vast majority. some rain in scotland but many areas will stay dry. for any of our younger viewers out there, hopefully father christmas was kind you this morning. i'm checking where here is, oh, he's in north america, visiting the us and canada at the moment. back to you, naga. as here got what here ——

we ask for? 0h, he is coming across your face! well we ask for? 0h, he is coming across yourface! well done. cathy on social media also like to your corsage as well. it's christmas. it's 6:18am. now you might be tucking into your chocolates and presents this morning, but more than a million people across the uk are working this christmas, and we're speaking to some of those dedicated people today. first, we can speak to sean rathbone, who tends lighthouses on the west coast of scotland. merry christmas to you. thank you so much forjoining us. what are you going to be doing? tell us about the job. well, we look after the lighthouses and navigational buoys around the scottish coast and isle of man. we are bit unlike other

emergency services, unless we get a callout we will be staying at port. we have a secret centre at 10am, hopefully everyone stays safe out to sea hopefully everyone stays safe out to sea and we don't need to go out. but if we get a goal then we will have to go out. 0k, secret centre sounds great, dinner sounds great. to go out. 0k, secret centre sounds great, dinnersounds great. if to go out. 0k, secret centre sounds great, dinner sounds great. if you are cold out, what would be a typical callout? we have over 200 lighthouses and over hundred and 17 buoys around the coast. all the lighthouses are monitored from edinburgh, so we know if gone out, but it other mariners and ports' buoys that go out. we have a team

onboard and are able to fix them. we wish you all the best. i hope you don't get cold out. i understand this is your last christmas at the white house? i've been with the company for 28 years —— at this lighthouse. so i'll put my feet up and retire in august. well done, sean. i hope the day is quiet you and you get what you want for secret centre as well. thank you. 0k, thank you, goodbye. merry christmas, everyone. and also out on the water this christmas morning are teams from the rnli. we can now speak to steve doherty who is a crew member on a lifeboat on the river thames. hello! good morning and merry christmas. this morning i'm with christmas. this morning i'm with chris morgan. good morning to you

and chris. tell us about how your day is expected to plan out today? chris, i day is expected to plan out today? chris, lam day is expected to plan out today? chris, i am loving the antlers. it's the festive spirit. 0ur day—to—day is much like any other day for the military services. we continue as we normally would on standard shifts, we have duties and maintenance to do and all sorts of jobs we have duties and maintenance to do and all sorts ofjobs to keep the station and both running. so, is the staff the same as any other day of the year? staffing levels? we try to, yeah. we are supported by volu nteers to, yeah. we are supported by volunteers today. steve and i are one of the few old—timers, but we are supported by volunteers —— full timers. so they will be supporting us timers. so they will be supporting us throughout the day. steve, i think my briefing notes are correct, you have worked every christmas for six years. why do you not mind working on christmas day? sorry, what was that? i understand you have

worked on christmas for six years, because you are in the ambulance service. why is that? i love giving back to people in need. christmas day is like any other day in the year, things still go wrong. it's exciting to be on the special day of the year and helping people who need help, no matter what, search and rescue or just helping help, no matter what, search and rescue orjust helping people. well, it's a lovely sentiment. i know you are one of the busiest stations, so to speak of the thames station, i think you had 635 callouts last year. tell me what christmas dinner looks like, what time you're having it and when you do get a little bit of downtime today? if we get downtime that is, it will probably be around 3—4 o'clock, and may be partnering with other river agencies. we have a full plate of

brussels sprouts and gravy, and submit —— steve doherty sprouts. hopefully we don't burn them. burn them? we are good looks stop as long as you enjoy the day. them? we are good looks stop as long as you enjoy the daylj them? we are good looks stop as long as you enjoy the day. i hope the day is quiet for you. thank you for talking to us on breakfast. merry christmas. merry christmas, thank you! it's so nice to talk to nice people. it's 6:23am. it's the bookies' favourite to be the most watched programme this christmas, gavin and stacey is back on our screens with a one—off special tonight. yesterday we had an exclusive peak behind the scenes at filming in barry. today, james corden has been telling our entertainment correspondent colin paterson why they decided to bring it back. are you asking me to step in? are

you asking me to... # stepped into christmas! # stepped into christmas! #we # stepped into christmas! # we can do this for ever and ever. . . # we can do this for ever and ever... james corden, i never thought this would happen. back on the set of gavin and stacey, what made you decide to do it? it was more of a sense of ruth and i thinking, why don't we just explore it, see if there is anything there, if there is a story there, it will be interesting to see where they are. we didn't tell the bbc, we didn't sell any agents or anything, we just didn't sell any agents or anything, wejust did what didn't sell any agents or anything, we just did what we did the first time around, really, which was set ina room time around, really, which was set in a room and talk about it and see what we have. we used the hauser period is our sort of greenroom —— house up here, and look to you finding any these houses, it is ruth, jones and joanna page, relaxing between scenes.|j

ruth, jones and joanna page, relaxing between scenes. i feel like i have walked into the show, this is very peculiar. it is quite funny, we're sort of like our characters. what are you reading? business. the timing to do it is when you don't need to. the last thing we wanted to show to look like was sort of emergency, break glass quest to get back on television. so, it comes with a huge amount of pressure. it's a strange feeling but we — i hope people enjoy dipping back into their lives for a moment, you know? how do you think i feel? we've been sending its other little things like i heard someone say its other little things like i heard someone say this today at the supermarket and i thought it would be something pam would say? you were as excited as the fans are? it's

weird, to see words — we're lucky get to find out first. we've just been filming upstairs, it's 101. been filming upstairs, it's101. when people watch this they will go oh, i remember, that was the hottest day of the year, that's what it is. basicallyjames is day of the year, that's what it is. basically james is rushing day of the year, that's what it is. basicallyjames is rushing around in the hot room and i am lying under a very synthetic fake duvet. the thing with the show has always been trying to find the extraordinary and the ordinary, you know? that is where the show was born from. something so small as two people, seemingly so small, and choosing to spend the rest of their lives together has a monumental impact on other people's lives. this is where we should have seen lives. this is where we should have seen the other day, the top of the stairs here, matt and eyes — it was incredibly tight for space. we a lwa ys incredibly tight for space. we

always wa nt incredibly tight for space. we always want to try and shoot it in its surroundings. the famous scene where gavin and stacey talk that they had been engaged... was on this very store step —— doorstep.|j they had been engaged... was on this very store step -- doorstep. ijust had a drink with your ex fiance. which one? it's an iced oh glace -- iced oat latte. there's been a lot of cold acting? there will be some takes where people are going brr, and then we will have the others. here we go. i don't know what i'm looking out. hello. -- looking at. you are back here in barry island.

and you have a us talk show, it must just blow your mind. the trick is not to think about it too much. it's dangerous to have a mirror and look at the things you have done, you have to keep looking at the things you want to do. i think that is the trick to holding yourself together are not starting to think that your are not starting to think that your a bit more of a dude than you really are. are you familiar? are you sure? i'll sign it. but do not get this started. —— i'll sign it. but do not get this started. — — tattooed. i'll sign it. but do not get this started. -- tattooed. what is going to surprise people about this? surprises? there might be a couple. you might find some things that you've been wondering about, mostly all we want to be a joyful hour. ready, action! stacey, would you

kindly inform everybody that dinner would be ever so slightly delayed? well done, ben. could this become a regular thing, every ten years you revisit the characters? that would bea revisit the characters? that would be a terrible idea. it definitely will not become something that happens every decade. if people watch the special and say that was awful, why did you ruin it? that's the pressure. we love our characters, they are a lovely bunch to be around. so it will be nice to see them having christmas day again. and fans will be delighted it is back. the gavin and stacey christmas special airs tonight at 8:30pm on bbc one, and breakfast‘s full behind—the—scenes tour is available now on the bbc iplayer. throughout the morning we're going to be hearing from the kingdom choir, who shot to fame at the wedding of meghan and harry.

we were lucky enough to be invited to a recording session of some of their festive favourites. the first one this morning is ‘this christmas'. # and this christmas will be a very special christmas for me... # yeah... # yeah... #it # yeah... # it will be a very special christmas #it christmas # it will be a very special christmas #it christmas # it would be a very special christmas #it christmas # it will be a very special