you aren't the kind of in hollywood. you aren't the kind of girl to breaka in hollywood. you aren't the kind of girl to break a date? no, i'm not. and i'm not the kind of guy who would ask you do. there i know you're not. i had a great time. i wore older gorgeous clothes and worked with great people, i mean, how bad can it be —— i wore all of the. # whatever will be will be... # whatever will be will be... # the future's not ours to see, que sera, sera, what with beer, will be —— what will be, will be. good morning. welcome to breakfast with me, 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. weather wise it's not going to be a light christmas today, no snow in the forecast. trust around this morning and plenty of christmas day sunshine. i have the full forecast to get you through the christmas week in the next 15 minutes. after a 10 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 something that you have been wondering about. mostly all we wanted to be is to be a joyful hour. and i've been to catch up with terrence, to reflect on the overwhelming impact of his personaljourney, good morning 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 in a central london hospital. he walked out unaided and without a stick. a huge relief for his family that he's home to spend christmas day with them. this hasn't been the smoothest year for 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's believed that prince 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 months of newspaper headlines. charlotte gallagher, bbc news, sandringham. charlotte is at the sandringham estate for us this morning. charlotte, we were talking just an hour ago and it was all empty and now i see the crowds have gathered and you have been telling stories of people determined to see the royal family today. yeah, in the last hour oi’ family today. yeah, in the last hour or $0 family today. yeah, in the last hour or so it has got quite busy. people coming and joining the queue to see the royals on christmas day. they mentioned a lady who has travelled a very, very long way to get your this morning. she is actually called elizabeth, perfect name, really, tell us about your journey. elizabeth, perfect name, really, tell us about yourjourney. the journey started at 1145 in hemel hempstead when one of the buses was taken hempstead when one of the buses was ta ke n off hempstead when one of the buses was taken off and i'd decided that was

easy, i will nipped to watford and from what today will get to london. four buses later, via baker street, then into victoria, then i had to get the final bus to low stop. four buses. the fifth bus and then the car. and then your son picked you up and he drove here. and why? did you think on thatjourney, the third bus, were you thinking this is a very long journey to get to norfolk? quite enjoyed it. but was beginning to wonder why i was doing something like this. but they enjoyed every minute of it. they did. it is worth it, now you are at the front of the queue. who are you most excited about seeing? i love thing the queen anai like to see the children. we do think that prince george and princess charlotte may be today —— andi princess charlotte may be today —— and i like to see. i was outside the hospital for the birds as well. it

would be nice to see them growing up and walking up here for the first time. a committed royal fan. and walking up here for the first time. a committed royalfan. you and walking up here for the first time. a committed royal fan. you are committed to the royals and your son martin is committed to you. he drove you here and is asleep in the car. he has no interest in the royals but he will drive you back to hemel hempstead. what a very good sign. they are expecting thousands and thousands of people to get here later, naga, to see the royals this christmas morning stop thanks very much, charlotte. you can see how excited some people are. merry christmas to all of you. 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 in to try to save her. why none resurfaced from one of the many pools here is now the subject of a major investigation. hotel firm clc world resorts, which runs the complex, released a statement. it said... it goes on: the firm says it's helping the authorities fully

with their investigations into the deaths, 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. our religion editor, martin bashir reports. this is a first christmas season for the new dean of westminster abbey, dr david hoyle, an ancient cathedral where monarchs have been crowned and poets 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 get angry and i get disturbed, and i live in westminster, where i bump into it all the time. we need some hope in all of this. i think we've become angry

and i think we've become despairing. dr hoyle says we need an intervention from outside and that the message of christmas offers the possibility of genuine engagement without hostility. peace isn't the moment when the arguments. peace is the moment when we can contain our arguments and that's where we're really struggling at the moment, it seems to me. we can't enjoy our variety. we have to be this or that. i think the gospel suggests this and that, they're 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. martin bashir, 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 1000 houses have been destroyed. shaimaa khalil is in sydney for us. what's the latest? i will say merry christmas to you, on the other side of the world, but what you are talking about is people who are not able to get back to their homes because of the devastation caused by these fires. well, naga, some people are not able to go back to their homes and some people will have no homes to go back to because they've lost everything in the devastation of those fires. and as you say, many, many families are now spending christmas in

shelters as their villages have been devastated by the catastrophic fires are still closed off, because even though the fires themselves have subsided, the situation continues to be really dangerous. we did see a lull in the weather, a drizzle of rain here and there, not enough to help aid the firefighters. the firefighters themselves are spending the holidays along those containment frontlines, they are trying to contain those areas, trying to make sure that they are backfiring, blazing those areas of the fires travel faster. the main concern is looking ahead towards the end of the week, the temperatures are set to rise in the main concern is if this is coupled with strong winds the fear is there are going to be more fires. and with the wind being someone fires. and with the wind being someone predict will they don't know how far and how big. shaimaa, thank you very much for bringing us up—to—date. shaimaa khalil therefore us.

up—to—date. shaimaa khalil therefore us. one more story to bring you. 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. but they are all fine. now if you are a regular feel you may remember a gentleman called terrance. this christmas has been very different for him. the whole of december has since he told us his story he has been busy. today he is volunteering with age uk and i met up volunteering with age uk and 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? fine, yeah. you're looking well.

thank you very much. what are we up to today? well, i'm taking you to a tea dance. i'm excited about that. do you want to show me the way? you come with me. you come with me. you've been busy. # dreaming of a white christmas... did you say you had two left feet? yes. it's all right, so have i! laughter. but dancing's 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've 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 i mean? cause as far as i was concerned, all i was doing was telling it like it was, like i always have

done, about spending the last 20 christmases on my own, which i have done since mother passed. if i've done it to help age uk, then i'm more than pleased. and i've made an awful lot of friends as well. terrence's story is not unusual. we have thousands of older people in oldham that are living terrence's life. every christmas day they spend it on their own. and that's what's 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 old ham 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.

it made you feel so special? it brought me hope. i know. it was adorable, seeing you so happy. thank you. # mother and child... yes, i'm all right. thank you. door, i can't tell you , how pleased i am that you have now signed up as a volunteer for age uk. happy christmas. have a good one. we've been sent loads of cars and presents, so we thought we'd show you some of them. over here, would you like to have a look? they have been addressed to dan on your behalf. you can see they're "to terrence". why would... why. . ? well, you've touched the hearts of people, terrence. i would like to thank everybody. ijust want to give you an idea. i'll open this card. lots of lovely people

do care about you. i think i get very emotional, me, you know. and when you see so much kindness has been given... you know, we always say there's this and there's that, what we forget is there's 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. i really can't. from the bottom of my heart. we have one more surprise, and this is from the bbc breakfast team. 0h oh dear. wait one moment. what do you think? it's a fabulous snowman cake that was on the show. do you remember, dan and louise had the cake maker on the programme? it looks a bit like me, doesn't it?

a very happy man. terrence will be joining me on the sofa just before 9am along with some of the volunteers from age uk who will be helping people to tackle loneliness today. it is certainly not lonely here because i have my friend matt with me. how are you? i'm very well. merry christmas to you. i'm loving your corsage. merry christmas to you. i'm loving your corsage. i thought i would put a bit of effort in, add some christmas bar school on this special day. i was a good they would look like this outside, but sadly not, not this year. but what i can do is offer you something much better compared to what we had of late, some christmas day sunshine. 23 coming today and a chilly start. we will have some frost on the ground in some parts of the uk, temperatures overnight in the highlands drop as low as minus seven degrees in the last half—an—hour. elsewhere we have had temperatures below freezing in quite a few spots,

so asi below freezing in quite a few spots, so as i said there would be a bit of rust to get your christmas day under way. one or two showers at the moment, in the far north of scotland in the north of northern ireland. for many of you, it's a story of sunshine from dawn to dusk, light winds as well. if you want a christmas day, well, you've got the weather for it. temperatures 5—9d, feeling as it should do this time of year. but as we go into this evening and overnight the temperatures dropped quite quickly, fall could be an issue if you are driving, certainly through central and eastern parts of england, that breeze picks up later so the fog should lift. that breeze is a sign of things coming our way once again. rain into tomorrow morning, lifting temperatures here into boxing day, 7- 10 temperatures here into boxing day, 7— 10 degrees as we start but a touch of rust across scotland and northern eastern england in particular —— touch of frost.

heading to orfrom particular —— touch of frost. heading to or from friends or family or showers, it will be a wet start in wales or south—west england. showers will return later. the rain will spread its way across england during the morning, into eastern parts of england into the afternoon and central and southern scotland. drier and brightest ending of these, temperatures about seven degrees but turning milder towards the south—west. if it is a late journey for you, heavy rain pushing in in the evening back towards northern ireland, wales and south—west england yet again. and that is this weather front here which was lewdly move its way north—eastward is friday and into the morning. it will bring increasingly mild hour, so things are warming up towards the weekend, nothing festive about the forecast as we finish the weekend. many places will be dry, there will be rain around and went across the far north—west of scotland at times. but into saturday and sunday lots of dry weather and temperatures in double figures. not being like that

for a certain person who has been travelling through the country tonight, i hope father christmas has been very, very kind to you. i've been very, very kind to you. i've been checking the weather radar, oh, there here goes. he's been hitting some snow in the cloud across utah and here is now pushing this way southwards towards mexico, where of course knows no —— there is no snow at the moment. here will be continuing this journey across the globe. matt, it is notjust the younger viewers who care where father christmas is. i have been tracking him all night. it's so much fun. abp dani christmas -- have you been playing any christmas music in the office? we have just been singing. what was that like? i can't remember! # step into christmas using mac step into christmas! there you go. # step into christmas using mac step into christmas! there you golj

still have no idea. —— stepped into christmas. why am i talking about music? we are going to get a lot of music? we are going to get a lot of music on bbc radio two. this is kind of a build—up. tell us about the show this morning? we've got some christmas champions on with us got some christmas champions on with us this morning, someone special who is six, serving lunch for 50 people. a six—year—old? is six, serving lunch for 50 people. a six-year-old? a six-year-old, she is an absolute zero. and we have derek mcarn, cooking breakfast for all of his team, he is a serving police officer. we have some read stories, the archbishop of york is on as well, it's his last christmas

in the post, 0 though i feel he won't be retiring just yet —— although. and we have some songs by the kingdom choir. are you working? i'm likea the kingdom choir. are you working? i'm like a supply vicar. i come in when other people are having a holiday, and none of them want to have christmas. what is that like, when you go into a congregation, a community, and they go you are different... i get to show off, so as not so bad, really. after the service they will go, you look a little bit like that vicar the telly sometimes —— on the telly. it's lovely to meet different congregations. we are always mindful about how we ease our way into

people's mornings. we provide news and information but we understand we are in people's homes. when you pick the prayers in the morning, i know you have viewers getting insights, you have viewers getting insights, you have viewers getting insights, you have to have that balance right. it can't be too upbeat because it will add to the panic if people are struggling in the kitchen. we can place and carols to have some reflective bits and pieces. we understand it isn't a merry christmas for absolutely everybody. so we do make time to reflect and think about the real meaning as well. how do you do that? we have some good pieces from the kingdom choir, so we hope we have some spine tingling radio for thejoy choir, so we hope we have some spine tingling radio for the joy and happiness as well. we've spoken about the pope's message today, we've spoken about lots of messages coming through. do you think the

meaning of christmas is becoming more thoughtful than less thoughtful as denmark i think a lot of people have —— more thoughtful or less portable? i think the secular stuff, the tinsel and baubles and stuffs sits quite well next to the christmas, next to the jesus story. you can't spell christmas without christ, right? and saint nicholas, he's a saint, that is the whole story. so people might have to look a little bit harder between the tinsel and baubles but it is definitely there. i have parents joining us on the sofa later, he's a gentleman who the past 20 years' christmas day alone, and that has changed since he started volunteering. and the queen has talked about turbulent times, whether you see that as about her family or divisions in the country. whether you celebrate christmas or not, just this period in general when people think — do you feel

people think let's just come down and be kind to each other and they got onboard and enjoy this season? because there have been a lot of divisions. it has been tricky and i think we do need a good christmas this year. whatever your thing is, whatever you believe, i do like to think it is the day of the year when we are a little bit kinder to one another and a little bit more joyful. i had a great chat with my taxi driver, and i would take that. what are you going to do for christmas dinner? i have let post-it notes all over. are you doing dinner remotely? i am doing is remotely. what i'm doing is already to go, i just rely completely on my gorgeous husband to remember to put it in the oven at ten o'clock. i'm scared by that. i'm scared by that. your a good swimmer, what does that

involve, wild swimmer? it involves getting in the cold water. it's a real quick indoor thin hit. it's when you do exercise, it can take a while to get that sort of lovely busy feeling that you get after you do exercise. well, with cold water swimming you get in and that's it. it hits you straightaway. i'm learning to swim. really? i am. i've been having a few lessons. but every summer get into the bullet takes me ages. nice instructor holly says dunk your shoulders and you will be fine. what is the tip for anyone — it's boxing day, they usually do the cold dip, what are your tips for anyone doing that? i've done 356 swims this year outside, so i'm trying to get 365 done before the end of the year. so i got to get in a couple of times done tomorrow. how long do you stay in? it's cold, 0.5 degrees last week, and i was in for

two minutes. maybe two minutes per degree. ifind if you get in and get out before your body knows what's happening, that's probably the best bet. and always cake afterwards, a lwa ys bet. and always cake afterwards, always cake. always a good excuse for cake. thank you for coming into the show and bringing some peace and calm. have a merry christmas. you too. and for the bug on the way in. for many people christmas can be a really difficult time and that's especially true for those who are sleeping rough. there are thought to be 280,000 homeless people in england, but a hot lunch and some company could make a big difference. we can speak now to chef jav sahota who is planning to provide just that. thanks very much for talking to us today. i can see you're in the kitchen. what is the plan for today?

well, we're making apple and berry crumble for about 100 people in central london, is being served at 1pm today. 0k, 100 people, that's a lot of people to turn up. is that your mum with you? is she helping? yeah, that's my mum. she was helping peeling apples and shopping apples up. we are all prepared and ready to go. we have the apples cooked and clarified, the berries and the apple crumble mix ready, we have a little cream sauce with fresh vanilla pods as well. that's to go with the apple combo —— apple crumble later on. this is making me hungry. behind all the recipes in detail, there is a strong reason, good reason why you're doing this. tell me what is wa nted you're doing this. tell me what is wanted you to feed others outside of yourfamily? wanted you to feed others outside of your family? well, since 2015! joined this initiative to help others with my cooking skills and ability stopped it's nice to do. i've been cooking for 31 years and i

enjoy doing it every sunday and sometimes in oxford on a friday as well —— since 2015 i have been. we do elderly projects as well, we send a lot of love out into the family and people who need it, especially at this time of year. we were saying 280,000 people are homeless. what is the kind of overarching message you get when these people come to have a hot meal and have some company? what do they talk to you about? well, generally people just want a hot meal because a lot of people are struggling out there nowadays, just to get a hot meal. some people haven't had a hot meal for a whole week. so when we serve them every day of the weir, they get their hot meal and some of the stuff we provide, we have clothing as well.

socks, sleeping bags, the essentials they need. and the stories are all so different. no—one person is difficult, we are all unique. but the stories as to how people have found themselves in this situation are going to touch your heart? it's quite disturbing thing some people struggle, especially elderly people. there are a lot more youngsters on the street as well which is tough to see as well. however going to get out of this circle? then they go into drugs and drink as well. it's a shame. if we could help each other more. what difference do you think today will make to those who come for a hot meal and some company? well, they are going to have a hot apple crumble, the other team are making lasagne, so they will get a lasagne as well today, that is being made somewhere else today in another unit. we are making grumbles. they will get a hot meal, so there would bea will get a hot meal, so there would be a bit of love to cheer them a little bit. it's hard to be nice on

this time of year or any time of year. well done, jav. i commend all the hard work you are putting into give some peoplejoy the hard work you are putting into give some people joy today when they otherwise may not have had it. good luck jav with the christmas dinner. 0k, luck jav with the christmas dinner. ok, you very much. it's 7:30am. we have so much coming up. i'll see you shortly with the headlines injust a moment.