tv Breakfast BBC News December 25, 2019 8:00am-9:01am GMT
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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. good on the costa del sol. morning. merry christmas. it not good morning. merry christmas. it is not a white christmas but there is frost for some and dry and sunny weather through today. full forecast in15 weather through today. full forecast in 15 minutes. 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.
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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, highlighting loneliness at christmas. good morning, merry christmas. 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 is home to spend christmas day with them. this hasn't been the smoothest
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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 gallagher is at the sandringham estate for us this morning. charlotte, i have seen a sneaky glimpse of people who have already got their seats ready. merry christmas to you. merry christmas,
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naga. about 100 people have now arrived, despite the temperature and it being early on a christmas morning. lots of people queueing up to see the royal family go to church on christmas day. it has been a very long morning for me so far. i thought i would take a seat. i've stolen a seat, actually! the andrews family have come from bedford. four generations. how are you feeling this morning? very cold. that's all ican this morning? very cold. that's all i can say, really! cold and excited to see the royal family for the first time. who are you most excited about seeing? kate and william. are you getting any inspiration from the royalfamily for you getting any inspiration from the royal family for baby names?” always look to their names for traditional names. ada doesn't want me to say exactly how old she is what you are not far off getting a special birthday card from the queen, are you? this is the first time for you to see the queen. how excited are you? over the moon. what
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is it about the queen you like so much, she is your generation, obviously? she is. i don't know, i like the royals, all of them. what about seeing the little ones? i'd love to see them, and kate and william, yes, all of them. have you followed them your whole life?” have, yes. i've got all the papers the books. and make, standing at the back, make the elf. let's have a quick chat. who organised this? look at the family here today? joe and i did this between us. we got of the hotel booked. we are having a great time. we have really enjoyed it. we just want to see the queen and everybody else if possible. looking forward to it. hoping to get some good photos, iam forward to it. hoping to get some good photos, i am sure. forward to it. hoping to get some good photos, iam sure. we forward to it. hoping to get some good photos, i am sure. we are expecting thousands and thousands of people to come here today, naga, so
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as the queen said it has been a bumpy year for them but there is still a lot of interest in the royal family. and a lot of affection as well. charlotte, thank 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 theirfather 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 are visible next to the pool which claimed the lives of the three family members. it's understood a nine—year—old girl first got into difficulty in the water. her 16—year—old brother and father,
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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... "management at club la costa world would like to offer its heartfelt condolences to the family affected by the loss of three family members on the 24th of december, 2019. the firm says it's helping the authorities fully with their investigations into the deaths, while the foreign office has confirmed it's offering assistance to a british woman following what happened. nick quraishi, bbc news. bethlehem has experienced its best christmas period for tourist numbers in two decades after thousands of people gathered to mark christmas day. the town is honoured by christians and pilgrims
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as the birthplace ofjesus christ. the festivities centred on the church of the nativity. a short while ago santa was in alberta. now he is in tucson in arizona. he is making his way quickly around the world. big kids, little kids, you know where centre is at the moment. perhaps you think you would only be travelling by sleigh tonight. yet yesterday people in florida were treated to something different. nearly 600 surfing santas hit the waves in cocoa beach to raise money for charity. the event has been running for ten years and draws thousands of spectators. there are some pretty impressive
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sa nta m oves. there are some pretty impressive santa moves. this is quite reminiscent to baywatch. different red costu m e reminiscent to baywatch. different red costume but the drama is the same. there is a wipe—out. surfing santas. they say we don't bring you variety on breakfast. what are you up variety on breakfast. what are you ? 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. let's speak now to pc jamie aston, who is a policeman in bangor. lovely to speak to you at this morning. happy christmas. morning, naga. merry christmas. are you 0k? good morning. what does your day look like today? it isjust as any other day. responding to any incident and responding as best we can. what is the shift you have got on, 77? yes, that's right. started
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at seven this morning and i work until seven this evening. christmas day, what will you typically be dealing with? it could literally range from anything. concern for safety. it could be domestic related. we could face the same thing we face any day of the week. is this your first christmas day on duty? that is correct, yes. is it a short straw issue or did you volunteer? no, it isjust the rotor. lucky for us this year we are working christmas day.” lucky for us this year we are working christmas day. i do need to ask you something a little bit personal. you have a newborn baby. that's correct. congratulations. name, age? griff and he is six weeks old. congratulations. ithink we name, age? griff and he is six weeks old. congratulations. i think we are also congratulating you about something else. would you like to tell us why? yes, thankfully this
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morning, i was up at six o'clock this morning and my partner has agreed to marry me. she said yes, of course she did! you can never guarantee these things. i am loving the baby grow though. did you get that specially made? yeah. our little boy came five weeks earlier. tha nkfully little boy came five weeks earlier. thankfully everything is ok. i wa nted thankfully everything is ok. i wanted to do something special to include him in it. do we get a little insight into how you proposed, how it went about at five o'clock this morning when you got 7 was o'clock this morning when you got up? was he surprised? basically i put banners up in the house saying, will you marry me? i put some rose petals on the floor with my little boy. i was on my knee when my partner came downstairs.” boy. i was on my knee when my partner came downstairs. i bet there we re partner came downstairs. i bet there were tears of joy? she was shocked more than anything because i woke i more than anything because i woke 0 more than anything because i woke u say more than anything because i woke up! do you say then, ok lovely, off to work now? literally that was it.
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we had a quick cup of tea together and then i was off to work. you can celebrate with bubbles later. tell me about your colleagues today. who are you working with? what is the atmosphere like in the office? in bangor we have got gareth, paul, mike and dan. and we have got dan and liam in caernarfon. spirits are good. we are looking forward to the day and seeing how it unfolds. in terms of how it unfolds, i would imagine one of the things you will be looking out for on the roads as well, drink—driving, may domestic incidents. are people more kind of receptive in terms of being in the christmas spirit, in the festive period? i understand where you are coming from but crime never changes, doesn't stop regardless of what time of the year it is. it is just about being out of their dealing with whatever we come across as best as possible. of course, we wish you all the best with your day to day. do you get time with the family over
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the festive period at all? how does the festive period at all? how does the shift pattern work? i'm assuming if you are doing christmas dinner you might get some time off between here and new year? basically how it has fallen, today is the first day on. we are into the next four days. two days, two nights, and off for the new year period. pc jamie aston, for north wales police in bangor, personally i wish you a very pleasa nt personally i wish you a very pleasant day without incident. i wish you a boring day, which i wouldn't normally do to many people. secondly, congratulations to you and yourfamily. good secondly, congratulations to you and your family. good luck secondly, congratulations to you and yourfamily. good luck with secondly, congratulations to you and your family. good luck with the wedding. keep us posted, please send us wedding. keep us posted, please send us pics, we would love to celebrate with you. we'll do. thank you very much. all the best to you and your team. what a lovely man. lovely story. perhaps after you're done all the preparation for the dinner today and you have had the family over, and you have had the family over, and it is time to relax, you will be joining lots of people. it's the bookies' favourite
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to be the most watched programme this christmas — gavin & 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? what? are you asking me to... # step into christmas! # we can watch the snow fall forever 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 again? it was more of a sense of i think — ruth and i thinking, why don't we just explore it, see if there's anything there, if there's a story there, it would be interesting to see where they are. we didn't tell the bbc, we didn't tell any agents or anything, we just did what we did the first time around, really, which was sit in a room and talk about it and see
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what we have. we used the house up here is our sort of greenroom. and look to you find in any these houses, it is ruthjones and joanna page, relaxing between scenes. ifeel like i have walked into the show, this is very peculiar. yeah, yeah. it is quite funny, we're sort of like our characters, just gossiping. what are you reading? mind your own business. for ruth and i there was very much a feeling of like, well, the time to do it is when you don't need to. the last thing we wanted the show to look like was sort of emergency, break—glass quest to get back on television or for relevance somehow, you know? and so, look, it comes with a huge amount of pressure. it's a strange feeling but we hope
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people enjoy dipping back into their lives for a moment, you know? they're all hyped up about tomorrow, they are. hyped up? how do you think i feel? we send each other little things like i heard someone say this today in the supermarket and i thought it would be something pam would say. you were as fascinated as the fans are? we are as interested as everybody else in it to see where it is at. we are lucky we get to find out first. we've just been filming upstairs, it's 101. when people watch this they will go, ‘0h, i remember, that was the hottest 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, thick duvet. the thing with the show has always been trying to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, you know? that's where the show was born from.
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it's that, like, something so small as two people, seemingly so small, as two people choosing to spend the rest of their lives together has a monumental impact on lots of other people's lives. this is where we shot a scene the other day, the top of the stairs here. matt and i. it was incredibly tight for space. we always want to try and shoot it in its surroundings. so the famous scene where gavin and stacey talk that they had been engaged... was on this very doorstep. it was right here, on glenda's doorstep. ijust had a drink with your ex—fiance. oh, my god. how do you think i feel, stace? was it clifford? no. leyton ? howell? no, ahmed! but he's moved to swindon! he's home to see his mum. it's an iced, erm, oat latte. it's incredible. there's been a lot of cold acting, isn't there? kind of like... but only when you remember to do it. so there's gonna be some takes where people are going brr, and other takes where
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they're like, ah... have you not got suncream on? you got it? i don't know what i'm looking at. hello. hang on, hang on. you are back here in barry island. mm. when you think you have a us talk show, it mustjust blow your mind. yeah, the trick is not to think about it too much. because i think it's dangerous to have a sort of rear—view mirror and looking at the things you've done, you have to keep looking at the things that you're going to do or want to do. i think that's the trick to sort of holding yourself together and not perhaps starting to think that you're a bit more of a dude than you really are. fan: hello! hello. anywhere — i don't care. are you sure? yeah, yeah — i'm positive. i'll sign it. but do not get this tattooed.
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what's 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 it to be is a joyful hour. here we are, all set, ready, and action! oh, my god, oh, my god! stacey, would you kindly inform everybody that dinner will be ever—so—slightly delayed? well done, ben. could this become a regular thing, every ten years you revisit the characters? oh, that would be a terrible idea. it definitely will not become a thing that happens every decade. i can guarantee you that. people might watch the special be like ‘that was awful, why did you ruin it?‘ and that's the pressure of it. they all like each other, our characters, really, they‘ re really lovely bunch to be around. we love our characters, they are a lovely bunch so it will be nice to see them having christmas day again.
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the gavin and stacey christmas special airs tonight at 8:30 on bbc one, and brea kfast‘s full behind—the—scenes tour is available now on the bbc iplayer. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. you are my favourite meteorologist. it isa you are my favourite meteorologist. it is a pleasure to be here, lovely to be here. merry christmas. and to you. nice core size. you are supporting it very well. did you make it or steal it? i made it. i so know you! very merry christmas. if you are heading out to work, a special hello to you. keeping the country going. no white christmas this year. they will be a spindle of white on the ground from some frost. a festive
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—looking start. you can look forward to something dry and sunny for the vast majority today. these are the temperatures in the last half an hour. —8 in highland scotland. a fair few other spots hovering around freezing. hence the frost on the ground. a few isolated showers across scotland. 0ne ground. a few isolated showers across scotland. one or two across northern ireland, scotland, northern ireland. the vast majority dry. a day of sunshine from dawn to dusk for most. beautiful christmas day. temperatures roughly around where they should be at this time of the year. five to 9 degrees. it will turn quite a chili quite quickly this evening. if you are on the move, just to give you a heads up, the first half of the night, fog can be an issue in central and eastern england, southern scotland. the return of some rain later in the night for northern ireland, wales and south—west england. lifting temperatures up. tomorrow morning, seven to 10 degrees. much milder than this morning. elsewhere, frost
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further north and east. here is the big picture for boxing day. weather fronts pushing north and east. 0nly one respite from the rain, that is today. more wet weather to come. scotland, part of northern ireland, wales, south—west england. something bright developing for a time before the heavy thundery showers get going. rain into eastern england during the afternoon. central and southern scotland too. snow over the high ground. that will turn to rain. the far north of scotland stays driest throughout. tomorrow evening, more heavy rain spreads from the west, taking us through thursday night into friday morning. some of the ring will be heavy at times, pushing its way north and east at these weather fronts. pushing its way north and east at these weatherfronts. behind it, milderair these weatherfronts. behind it, milder air pushing its way in. com pletely milder air pushing its way in. completely the opposite of a festive forecast as we finish the week and go into the weekend. temperatures for most parts of the country will be in double figures. 13, 1a, 15 celsius in one or two spots. the
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weekend, the main chance of rain will be to the north and west of scotland. most other parts will stay dry. at the moment for the younger viewers out there, hopefully father christmas was kind to you. there he goes. we have got a dry weather where he is at the moment. he is heading across mexico, where the swanson will be out when he gets up this morning. hisjourney has been going smoothly so far. —— where the sunshine will be out. hope he is kind to you. do you think i have behaved well enough this year to get something? always on the naughty list. who is doing the dinner in the taylor house later? we had our big christmas dinner yesterday. so it is a peak et today. all of the leftovers. have you got good leftovers. have you got good leftover roast potatoes? plenty of those. don't in goose fat as well. my
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those. don't in goose fat as well. my mouth is salivating. did you cook, or did mrs taylor cook?m my mouth is salivating. did you cook, or did mrs taylor cook? it is a joint effort in our house. it was very well received. see you later. christmas is a time for community and lots of people are coming together to help support others today — including providing christmas dinner. i'm joined now by michelle 0'dwyer and sharon monroe, who are expecting to feed more than most. they're helping host community dinners. how many are you going to feed today? over130. how many are you going to feed today? over 130. it how many are you going to feed today? over130. it could be more. the more the merrier! sharon, how has this come about? where it is that happening? i did people get in touch with you to do the dinners?m happens on the world, where we support refugees and asylum seekers. it isa support refugees and asylum seekers. it is a big community centre. michelle's organisation on my own come together. we have done it through social media and partnership. there are over 40
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different community organisations that actually contributes towards the dinner, which isjust amazing. it is bringing everyone together. you are in charge of the actual...? yeah, we are all pitching in. everyone has got a skill set. i am doing the cooking.” everyone has got a skill set. i am doing the cooking. i am working with a military veteran organisation and they did so much peeling yesterday it was great. give me an idea? the potatoes were 30 kilos. it was some of the military veterans, friends, family. i've called on every favour. everybody has been over the moon. take me through the timings of today? it is a 20 4am. we started cooking at home. straight back to headquarters and straight into cooking. we have got volunteers, we have got minibuses picking up some
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of ourfriends, have got minibuses picking up some of our friends, because they are friends. and soon to be friends, aren't they? so many different people, it's amazing. we haven't got volunteers. it is just people helping people. a lovely sentiment. you have done this before, haven't you? yes, i've done it for a couple of years. it's nice to bring people together. there is no reason why anybody shouldn't come and spend time with people and have fun. it makes such a difference. and even if it isjust someone who makes such a difference. and even if it is just someone who wants to try something different. it has been the most amazing community spirit about this. it's lovely, it really is. so uplifting. this is what christmas is about. it is about bringing people together. there are many commuter groups that i have worked with throughout the north—west that are coming today. and ifeel like i am super excited to see them all. they are excited to be there. it is just
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something completely different. it is something nobody has ever done before. nobody we know. they are all coming together and we are going to have, people will meet and greet on arrival with name badges, so everybody can get talking straightaway. talk to me about lord derby and the charities? again, it was me being a bit cheeky. i am friends with the executive chef of lord derby. he said, what can we do? isaid, you lord derby. he said, what can we do? i said, you know what, our ovens are not that big. could you cook some turkey? he ended up doing 300 portions. thank you, paul! he made gluten—free bread sauce, he cooked it, sliced it, he and lord derby and the team have been really supportive about this. it has blown us away. we talk about loneliness a lot on this programme, trying to get people together. what would for your message to everyone, and who can help? i think, get involved. there's
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nothing stopping anybody from coming together. i think the minute that you reach out, as soon as you start to reach out, you realise so many people really want that. more and more. we started with 80, then it became 100, now it is 140. we done what it is going to be later on. it is exciting. yeah, but the main thing for me is, it's great, christmas, that amazing people have come together at this time of the year but it's all year round. if we can get to know our neighbours and people in our community, open the doors and say hello to our friends and family and everybody else. lovely message. good luck. thank you. that is going on. throughout the morning we're going to be hearing from the kingdom choir, who shot to fame at the wedding of prince harry and meghan. we've been lucky enough to be invited to a recording session of some of their festive favourites. #we # we wish you a merry christmas. # we wish you a merry christmas. #we # we wish you a merry christmas. # we wish you a merry christmas.
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# we wish you a merry christmas and new year. # good tidings we bring to you and your king. #we your king. # we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year. # bring us some figgy pudding and a couple of good cheer. # good tidings we bring to you and your king. #we your king. # we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year. #oh... #oh... # now we all like the figgy pudding. # now we all like the figgy pudding. # now we are likely figgy pudding. # now we are likely figgy pudding. # now we are likely figgy pudding. as microsoft bring some this year. #we as microsoft bring some this year. # we won't go until we've got some.
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hello, this is breakfast on christmas day with naga munchetty. here's a summary of this morning's main news. 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 is at the sandringham estate for us this morning. you have been inundated with people so keen to see the royals as they celebrate christmas. and merry
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christmas. yes, merry christmas. there are hundreds of people queueing up to see the royals. just out of shot behind the camera, snaking round the walls of the sandringham estate. lots of people very excited at the prospect of seeing prince george and princess charlotte at the christmas day service for the first time. i'm joined by two of the people who have been queueing up. this is karen, you might recognise the photos you took a couple of years ago, it was called the fab four 30, and a couple of years ago, it was called the fabfour30, and it a couple of years ago, it was called the fab four 30, and it was the first time that meghan came to sandringham and it was in every newspaper front sandringham and it was in every newspaperfront page. sandringham and it was in every newspaper front page. sign sandringham and it was in every newspaperfront page. sign up sandringham and it was in every newspaper front page. sign up for yea rs, newspaper front page. sign up for years, it is a lucky photo. a great memory. the newspaper snappers were out and desperate to get the shot, they didn't manage it and you did, and it has changed your life. yes,
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me and my daughter at work at the royal papworth hospital because we have enough money to travel there and get there, we have no debts because of it. it has changed my life it is true. it has been wonderful. and that image that i took, i didn't set out to do that. i posted it on twitter, and yes, wow, ididn't posted it on twitter, and yes, wow, i didn't sleep for six months. and that your daughter has this toy for one of the royal children, if they come. yes, princess charlotte. my friend kate, she makes dolls. so hopefully, we will get to give her the little russian princess doll. i'm sure if she comes, she will love that doll. it is beautiful. we are expecting thousands to come down here today. the royal family is
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still incredibly popular. thank you, charlotte, enjoy the rest of your day. 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. matt is going to keep you up—to—date with the weather across the uk, and he has also been tracking santa clause.
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let's take a look at where santa has got to so far in his deliveries. he was in nevada, and the north—west territories in canada, he has delivered almost 7 billion presence, i understand, making his way around the globe, giving presents to all of those big kids and little kids. you will remember some of his reindeer because four were stranded in a river in greater manchester and they have been named transfer, dancer, basher and dixie. daring have been named transfer, dancer, basherand dixie. daring basher escaped and swam upstream. he was a bit reluctant to follow. eventually there was a good ending. they were saved by the rspca and the rescue took four hours. most of us perhaps
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enjoying christmas morning surrounded by presence, i hope so, for you. some people taking a more adventurous approach. last night, they camp out near glastonbury tor. phoebe smith and dwayne fields are in the middle of an epic trek — walking the length of britain to raise money for charity. they spent last night camped out near glastonbury tor, and canjoin us now. the sun is shining on you both. it looks lovely. tell us what you are doing. we are walking the length of mainland britain. we started on november 19. we wanted to change the face of adventure, it wasn't just your classic middle—class white man. we were told people didn't want to talk about gender and race so we are
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doing our very own mission. just a walk in the park, not! now, perhaps only certain people if they look a certain wave from a certain background do these big adventures and you're not one of those people who look that way, what brought you into it? i wanted to do something to set myself aside. and that would give me the platform to say i had done an adventure because i was told people like me don't do things like this so i wanted to prove people wrong. who are you inspiring by this? because you grew up in london not over shall we say on the straight and narrow.” not over shall we say on the straight and narrow. i love how you put that! it is the young men and
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young women out there who may be come from somewhere similar to me i think that young people generally they need to see people who look like them and who have come from the places they have come from and say, i could do that. the aim of the foundation is to take people from underprivileged areas to antarctica in 2021, and that is what we are doing this walk, to raise money for that. we are saying we can do it, you can do it, and that is why we are sacrificing christmas with our family and loved ones. and we are doing that to help other people. i'm seeing from the smiles on your face is that you are missing your families, but this is also bringing you families, but this is also bringing y°uj°y families, but this is also bringing you joy because you know that you are doing some good as well. can you give me some idea of how thejourney
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has been? you have declined all offers of help to stay over in nice, warm, offers of help to stay over in nice, warm , cozy offers of help to stay over in nice, warm, cozy homes. offers of help, you're most susceptible to temptation! it was —1, 60 miles an hour winds. it was agonising. and thatis hour winds. it was agonising. and that is when somebody offered to help, when you most need it. we are walking 837 miles, and we have 161 miles to go. so please everyone check this out and help us raise the money to take these young people to antarctica, in 2021. we are seeing pictures of you both battling through the rain. an interesting thing that you learn on these kind of treks. it is giving an insight into how the transport system is for
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people perhaps with disabilities. you might be able to see behind us, our cart, with our tents, we cannot go off road with them very often, we are relying on pavements and on b roads. idol of the hamlets, villages and towns it would be great to see a pavement, so if you don't drive you can make it to the next town. they seem can make it to the next town. they seem really isolated if there is not a safe footpath to use. we have been overwhelmed by the kindness of people. we have been talking to scouts. they have come out. they offered to buy kit. with everything thatis offered to buy kit. with everything that is going on in the uk right now you would think that there was not much kindness but actually, people have really come together and for those help and we are utterly overwhelmed. and i honestly think...
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i tell you what, i would love to see that. but let's get back onto more solid run, shall we, what does christmas dinner look like for you to? have you got a soggy sandwich for christmas dinner? we have got a irn bru and also some irn bru! you are two thirds of the way there. what is the target? new year's eve, we should be on the lizard, to new year's eve, we should be on the lizard, to new yea r‘s eve, and we should be on the lizard, to new year's eve, and then we can get the train back. it will be the same when
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we ta ke train back. it will be the same when we take the young people to antarctic, that will be carbon negative as well. so you can do it responsibly, we love the planet, we love wildlife and the outdoors, so why not? you don't need to destroy it while you are doing it. you have inspired me this morning and brought i°y inspired me this morning and brought joy to our programme. i wish you all the best. thank you. i wish you all the best. thank you. i wish you all the best. thank you. i wish you all the best for the rest of the journey and a safe journey back home, and enjoy your makeshift christmas dinner, your pasty! how lovely. we wish them well. that was glastonbury tor. it looks here, and salford is if the sun is trying to come out. i will take that, definitely. no white
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christmas, i think. will take that, definitely. no white christmas, ithink. that will take that, definitely. no white christmas, i think. that is what matt has been telling me this morning. this is as close to a white christmas as we will get. a very merry christmas to you. some dry weather, lots of it to come today, and the christmas eve comes courtesy of some frost across northern and western areas of the country. temperatures dropping to —8 in highland scotland overnight. 0ne temperatures dropping to —8 in highland scotland overnight. one or two showers in the far north. in parts of northern ireland and south—west scotland, clearing away. a story of sunshine from dawn to dusk today. lots of it around. after that to the start, temperatures where they should be at between five and nine celsius. this evening and overnight, dense fog patches across parts of england and central and southern scotland. some of that will be hanging around until the breeze
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picks up, lifting into low cloud. then we have some heavy rain coming into northern ireland, wales and the south—west. boxing day morning, a milder start. the chance of a touch of frost, and the big picture for boxing day, outbreaks of rain from this with a friend spreading north. it starts in northern ireland, wales and south—west england, and then some sunshine and showers later. the rain spreads north and east into north—east england through the morning and afternoon, central and southern scotland in the afternoon. some snow for a short while on hills but that will turn back to rain later and we will finish boxing day ona later and we will finish boxing day on a much milder note. you have a lovely christmas. can i have a mental picture of you and the family today, a picky dinner, what is that? it is like a birthday. but we come
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together, that is the main thing. —— it is like a buffet. take care. see you soon. 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? 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've been busy. # dreaming of a white christmas... did you say you had two left feet?
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yes. 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.
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terrence'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. 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 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. it made you feel so special? it brought me hope. i know. it was adorable, seeing you so happy. # mother and child... i've got to say, sophie, from the day you came to my front door, i can't tell you, how pleased i am that you have now
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signed up as a volunteerfor age uk. happy christmas. have a good one. we've been sent loads of cards 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,
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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 brea kfast tea m. oh dear. wait one moment. oh my word! 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? terrence having a good time. he is much better. enjoying the company of others. but according to figures from age uk, christmas is the loneliest time of the year for more than 1.5 million older people. terrence is here now
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along with maggie hurley from age uk in 0ldham, and sophie who is a college student who was inspired to help after she met terrence while filming with us here on breakfast. i have to ask, the most important question, have you demolished the snowman cake? no, i haven't. you will be cutting him today. how much has life changed for you since you became friends with breakfast?‘ great deal. i have a lot to thank dan for. and but for all of you at the bbc i wouldn't be where i am now. said christmas day looks different? totally different. i am going to be spending christmas with nancy. my friend that is in a nursing home. she is 90. maggie, it
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just shows how important it is for people like terrence to do what they do. absolutely. befriending across age groups, for older people every day of the year, especially on christmas day. a lot of the people that terrence and the other volunteers visit, they don't see anyone else on christmas day. it might be that the befriender has a family themselves, and they can give them a ring, so that they have got someone them a ring, so that they have got someone looking after them. just knowing that they have some human contact during the day. safety, tell me how has your life changed, because you were inspired as a volunteer? it has been overwhelming to be honest. i have done a lot for age uk. i have been in a care home,
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we nt age uk. i have been in a care home, went to the queen elizabeth hall and we nt went to the queen elizabeth hall and went to the queen elizabeth hall and went to ballroom dancing. and now i am here. so many people are befriender. that is the word you use. when you are a befriender it is so much more thanjust use. when you are a befriender it is so much more than just giving. people who are a befriender, they can give me advice and help me, because i'm only young. so it is good knowing that i am getting just as much as them from giving. a lot of people from my choir have signed up of people from my choir have signed up to be volunteers. people that follow me on instagram and on twitter have signed up. just telling a story, terrence has inspired so many people. terrence the important
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thing is not how your life has changed but three raising awareness. what has surprised me is how wild it went. i can't tell you how pleased i am about that. never in my wildest dreams didi am about that. never in my wildest dreams did i think anything like this would happen. and if i highlighted loneliness then i tell you, it has made my christmas, anyway. maggie, what to do, if you suspect someone anyway. maggie, what to do, if you suspect someone is a bit lonely. just call age uk, we know that you are out there and we want to help. we want to make 2020 your year. contact age uk. happy christmas to all of you, and well done. i'm so
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sorry, terrence, that's it, but i know that you are doing some brilliant work. that's it from brea kfast. brilliant work. that's it from breakfast. we are going to leave you with some more festive singing. from the kingdom choir, here is hark the herald angels sing. #joyful, all ye nations, rise, join the triumph of the skies; # the herald angels sing,
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merry christmas. dry and sunny weather to dominate christmas day. 0nly weather to dominate christmas day. only one or two showers today. showers in northern scotland fade in the afternoon. for many it is a story of sunshine all the way from dawn to dusk. light winds as well. after that a chilly start, —7, —8 in the highlands earlier, they will be around five to 9 degrees this afternoon. tonight, if you are on the move, a word of caution. across parts of england, central and southern scotland in particular, we will see dense fog patches fault
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through the evening and maybe through the evening and maybe through the evening and maybe through the first part of the night. the second part of the night the breeze picks up. cloud thickens towards the south—west, wales, south—west england. these areas also turning milder. milder start to boxing day. seven to 10 degrees. chilly in the north and east. a touch of frost around to take us into the start of the morning. here is the big picture for boxing day. weather fronts in the chart. more rain. the heaviest rain forest thing across northern ireland, wales and the south—west. brightening up with sunshine and showers later. wales hits northern england later in the afternoon. across scotland, northern end and on the hills, briefly a speu end and on the hills, briefly a spell of snow. it turns back to reign as temperatures start to left. still chilly in north and eastern areas. the breeze will touch gale force for some later. the show is get going again. heavy hail and
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thunder. as we going into thursday evening and into the night, heavy rain spreading from west to east. pinpointing exactly where the rain will be is difficult at the moment. it is linked into this weather front which will move to the east on friday. it will drag in behind it even milder air. temperatures will get more of a boost than we will see on boxing day. quite breezy too. for friday damp and drizzly in the eastern half of the country before things breaking up in the west. 0n the weekend, the chance of rain to the weekend, the chance of rain to the north and west of scotland. elsewhere, largely dry. further south and east, pretty drag.
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this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at nine: three members of a british family have drowned at a holiday resort on the costa del sol — spanish police are investigating. crowds gather at sandringham, where the queen will lead members of the royal family at their traditional christmas day service. huge excitement here at sandringham where people have been queueing since the early hours of this morning to see the royals. the dean of westminster abbey says britain is in need of the hope offered by the christmas story. and i will be looking back on a year when greta thunberg scolded world leaders for inaction on climate change. and we saw the first picture ofa change. and we saw the first picture of a black hole. that is the year in
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