good morning, welcome to breakfast, with charlie stayt and louise minchin. our headlines today: a plane crashes shortly after take off in kazakhstan. at least 1a people have been killed but many more, including children, have been taken to hospital. tributes are paid to a father and his two children, who drowned in a hotel swimming pool in spain on christmas eve. free hospital parking in england for some patients and visitors from april, but questions over how it will be funded. we've had the big christmas binge, now comes the big clean up. we have produced 30% of waste this

week. i'm at this recycling plant in manchester to see what we've been throwing out. good morning. catch us if you can — the year's not even out and liverpool are 13 points ahead of the rest in the premier league, after thrashing nearest challengers leicester. it may be another fairly great day across the country, the wettest scotland and northern ireland. all the details on breakfast. it's friday the 27th of december. our top story: around 60 people, including children, have been taken to hospital after a plane crash in kazakhstan. at least 14 people died when the bek air plane went down during take—off from almaty, the country's largest city. it was bound for the capital, nur—sultan. it was carrying 95 passengers and five crew. we'll bring you more on this developing story

throughout today's programme. tributes are being paid to a british man and his two children who drowned in a hotel swimming pool in spain. gabriel diya, who was 52, died along with his nine—year—old daughter, comfort, and 16—year—old son, praise—emmanuel, on christmas eve. the london church where mr diya was a pastor say their prayers are with the family. sean dilley reports. more than 72 hours on a police are still trying to understand how three members of the same family drowned into this bill in one of spain's most popular tourist destinations. it is thought the nine—year—old got into trouble in the water and that her father and brother tried to rescue her at the resort. a with heavy hearts the church wrote...

underneath, hundreds of comments have been left. in the family neighbourhood, shock and sadness.” am still trying to get it in my head that this has really happened to them. it is a shocking, shocking, drowning, especially, who went for holiday. the foreign office is continuing to support a british woman believed to be the children's mother meanwhile spanish police say they found nothing wrong with the pool which is sent been opened. sean dilley, bbc news plans to offer free hospital parking to some nhs staff and patients in england will be rolled out in april, the government has announced. most visitors to hospitals in scotland, wales and northern ireland are already exempt from charges. our health correspondent, dominic hughes, has the details. paying for parking at hospitals has been a long—running source of complaint from any nhs patients and visitors. during the election

campaign, the conservative manifesto promise free hospital parking for specific groups so, from april, all trust anything that will be expected to provide free parking for those described as being in the greatest need. this would include... but they have been some concerns about nhs managers who fear trusts may lose out financially. we will be looking for assurances that the costs of these measures will be fully covered because, otherwise, there is a risk that funding intended to run front—line services could be diverted into running cloud parts. hospitals make a lot of money out of parking fees. the conservative ma nifesto parking fees. the conservative manifesto promise £78 million to help trusts make the change. the department of health and social care says the plans will be fully funded by the exit cost is yet to be

calculated. let's go back to our main story. the plane crash in kazakhstan. what more can you tell us, sarah? as you were saying, the recent news is that so many people have survived this devastating plane crash. a list of 60 passengers has been published by almaty and pod. these have been identified as surviving in the crash. many in hospitals, some in a serious condition but many appear to have made it out alive from the devastated wreck of this plan which we understand crashed soon after takeoff. 0ne eyewitness has described the plane just getting off the ground before getting into trouble. he then crashed through the

fence of almaty airport and ploughed through a two story brick building nearby. rescuers were quick to the scene and began pulling people out of the rubble. there was no fire which, of course, made the task is about the plane wreckage is terrible and it is quite extraordinary that so and it is quite extraordinary that so many people appear, at this point, to have come out of this crash alive. bek air's entire fleet has been grounded, the plane was a fokker 100, all fokker 100 have been grounded in kazha kstan fokker 100, all fokker 100 have been grounded in kazhakstan as the reasons are investigated as to why this plane came down. early reports it had engine trouble but it take will some time to figure out exactly what went wrong. i am looking at these pictures and amazing that some

people at least have survived. thank you very much. firefighters in australia are bracing themselves for another heatwave as they continue to tackle raging bush fires. temperatures of over a0 degrees centigrade are expected in several states. 0ur reporter phil mercer is in the blue moutains, new south wales. so many problems already, what is the situation today? in south australia, in adelaide, they have temperatures of over a0 celsius. these heatwave conditions are expected to affect all of the australian states currently fighting major fires, south australia, victoria and here in new south wales. 0ver victoria and here in new south wales. over the weekend we expect the heat here to start developing. monday and tuesday expected to be particularly dangerous. in new south wales about 75 are still burning and more than 30 are uncontained. this is amount for courier in the blue

mountains, —— mount victoria. the smoke you can see behind me is coming from the ruined castle bushfire which has been burning for weeks and weeks and driving up from syd ney weeks and weeks and driving up from sydney earlier today, one major hwy up sydney earlier today, one major hwy up into the blue mountains and when you get here, it is smothered in smoke, you can feel it, you can swell it and the smoke is everywhere and sometimes it feels pretty overpowering. we are quite close to the town of keith and they have been serious fires in the last week or so. “— serious fires in the last week or so. —— blackheath. early next week dangerous conditions likely to return, very hot temperatures and very dry winter. there has been a lull in the last few days, milder conditions helping the firefighting effo rts conditions helping the firefighting efforts but this is set to intensify again in the coming days.

bad weather, black friday deals and online sales are being blamed for a fall in the number of boxing day shoppers. analysts said the number of people braving the high streets and retail centres was just over 10% lower than for the same day last year. it's been a good year for migrant butterflies, moths and dragonflies in the uk, according to a review of 2019 by the national trust. the charity says extreme weather this year has caused an influx of migrant wildlife, such as these painted lady butterflies. but the report also found there have been miced fortunes for some of our native species, such as water voles and sea birds. let's take a look at today's papers: the scrapping of hospital parking charges for some patients is claimed as a victory by the daily mirror. the paper says it couls happen as early as next april. the sun claims secret blueprints of the m16 headquarters in london went missing during building work.

it says construction company balfour beatty will now no longer renovate the building but the firm declined to comment. the daily mail reports on anger at the prominent lawyer, jolyon maugham, who admitted to beating a fox caught in his chickens' net to death with a baseball bat, leads the daily mail. the paper says the rspca is now looking into his confession, which he made on twitter. and the huffington posts says the boxing day sales were poor because of bad weather, with footfall down more than 10% down against the usual annual average. it was a miserable day. ben is with us now. it was a miserable day. ben is with us now. only one story on the back pages and it is liveable with one hand on the premier league trophy.

no team has had these many points at this stage of the season and not one of trophy. really! they would do well to lose it and given that they are playing so well, they have opened a huge gap. they are showing no signs of weakness. we talked about this busy congested. they had, i woke cup in qatar, but theyjust keep winning. —— world cup. i woke cup in qatar, but theyjust keep winning. -- world cup. but it does take something away from the competition. it is not brilliant but it isa competition. it is not brilliant but it is a great story because liverpool have been overtaken by manchester united as the force and english, than manchester city came along. but they are playing such

attractive football. boxing day kallio, says the sun. it looks like there is no stopping them. ——k0. kallio, says the sun. it looks like there is no stopping them. --ko. do you go for the boxing day shopping? anyway... lots of people went out for a walk yesterday and they are saying that a brisk 20 minute walk could cut several types of cancers. something tells me your bulk was longer than 20 minutes. it was an hour and 30 minutes. longer than 20 minutes. it was an hourand 30 minutes. i longer than 20 minutes. it was an hour and 30 minutes. i took morning guns. suites are available. i love

this story, it is not an april falls. the body cultural society say you should wash trees.” falls. the body cultural society say you should wash trees. i have heard this. i have never heard of that. it is good for them. sponge and soapy water can reveal the natural beauty. the silver purchase reveal a shiny exterior. you would think instinctively the soap would not be good... i have never watched trees yet but i am not saying i will not. a sight to behold against the landscape. sponge and soapy water. does it not kill any of the animals? there's a thought. here is one for

you, what we have here is a chart which is in inverse proportion to your success. whatever career, you start incredibly well. the reviews are brilliant. 0ver start incredibly well. the reviews are brilliant. over time, the reviews get worse and worse. they call it a pacino. he quoted... he says, he is 79 and he admitted in november that sometimes it takes well—paid roles despite knowing the film is a lemon. thejust looking at the pacino scale. angelina jolie does a complete reversal where her films were deemed to be not that good and now is making more quality

films. there you go. 0rlando good and now is making more quality films. there you go. orlando bloom does rather badly. he started strong and has got worse... i am not saying thatis and has got worse... i am not saying that is true or not but that is what the charts are saying. we can look at it the other way around. we definitely get better, charlie, always. lots of advice in the papers for, if you have presence that you don't want, what to do with them. have you got any you don't want? actually, no. you said the right thing. none at all. you re-gift. it'll boxes of chocolate somethings, bits and pieces that who gave you those? just people. you get so much

chocolate at christmas, you know. we will see you a little bit later. thank you. let's find out what the weather is like. good morning. it will be a bit of an angelina jolie affair, and i think things will get better, but again, ran around today, some of the wettest conditions will be around the northern half of the country, eventually turning that bit milder after a chilly start. the heaviest of the rain will push east. particularly for the likes of shetlands. drizzle extending down into the western half of england and wales. temperatures just above freezing for some. apache ran the work into eastern parts of england this afternoon. rain comes and goes across scotland all day. heaviest in the far north before brightening up across the hebrides later. still rain at times in northern ireland.

temperatures up a little bit in recent days. cooler down those eastern areas, where the winds are lightest. the strongest winds across parts of northern and western scotland, the finishes will see gales, not severe girls in the short term for shipment. more pulses of rain affecting scotland and northern ireland at times. we will see heavy rain during the first half of the 19 northern england before that eases away. a largely cloudy sky, get a milder night than previously. temperatures between five and ten as we begin the weekend. this area of high pressure is just we begin the weekend. this area of high pressure isjust to we begin the weekend. this area of high pressure is just to the east of us. throwing up these weather fronts across the north—western side of the country. across northern and western parts of scotland, further rain at times. the same in northern ireland. linda and wales, at long last a string together a run of dry days.

plenty of cloud around on saturday. glimpses of sunshine, the best of it in western scotland. as we going to sunday, the warmer outcomes all the way up from northern africa, and the warmest of all will be felt across parts of scotland and northern ireland. some rain around at times in northern ireland, the hebrides and the northern isles. a much sunnier day, especially for england and wales. temperatures widely in double figures. northern scotland and north of northern ireland, we could see temperatures stopping 1a or 15. very mild for this time of year. as we see out the year, had towards monday and tuesday, the dry theme continues. a bit more cloud around on tuesday. temperatures dropping more a little bit. a touch cooler as we had towards new year's eve. a bit of welcome news. most places will be dry. just a bit of patchy fog to watch out for.

i love that you and that with a little bit of new year good news. thank you. we've had the big christmas binge. now comes the big clean—up. paper, cardboard, from things that have been unpacked. sean is at a recycling plant in manchester to see what we've been throwing out. good morning. good morning, everybody. the plant is about to kick off. we have had tons and tons of waste that we have produced over recent weeks, already in place here. just under way, you have your glass and your bottles. we are at a recycling plant in manchester this morning looking at what happens to all that waste we have produced. a third more than normal. here in this plant they produce about 200,000 tons of waste each year. 180 articulated lorries, imagine them in articulated lorries, imagine them in a row. that is what they get. mike is in charge. it got a bit noisy all

ofa is in charge. it got a bit noisy all of a sudden. yeah. what is going on, what will we see through the rest of the morning? we will take all of manchester's recyclable waste that we nt manchester's recyclable waste that went into the bins at home. we separate the different materials, plastics and cans and glass bottles, then we repurposed and repackage them to go out to the recyclers and return to different products. why do they need separating? don't we a lwa ys they need separating? don't we always put them in the right bins? well, yes, they need to go out and separate little bales or loose material to go out into the recycling that goes up and down in the uk. so what is happening here? this is the glass system, all the glasses getting broken down to various different sizes, the glass bottles can be turned into different glass bottles, up—and—down and different facilities up and down the country. margaret joins us from northampton university. we will have a talk to you about the way our policies are going in the uk, what we do, what we put in our bins, which government decisions affect

that. what has changed in the last year. is there anything different this christmas, compared to last year. lots of exciting things will be coming up, plans that we all have the same stuff, dead from curbside. plans to simplify the labels. instead of saying check locally, at cetera, they say things like yes or no for recycling. plans for food waste collection. lots of things. for people who have opened all of their presence and are looking at their presence and are looking at their rubbish now and putting it in their rubbish now and putting it in their recycling bins, but so you have recycling or plastic from your children's toy, can you put it that in recycling. you are better not, putting a residual always been, unless it has electricals, in which case you need to dispose of it with your electricals. any trends for presence this year that you have noticed people buying more or less of, because they may be trying to be a bit more waste conscious?” of, because they may be trying to be a bit more waste conscious? i have noticed a big trend in people buying a reusable straws, and i think we need to be careful that we don't

just buy stuff that we don't need because we think it is environmentally friendly. do you see that generally over the year? whether it is a bamboo toothbrush or a reusable straw, reasonable coffee cup seem to be everywhere. is that a good thing? it can be a good thing but somebody said to me the other day, i've got loads of reusable coffee cups. i said, i think you have missed the point. thank you, we will talk to you more about what goes into our bins over the course of the morning. we will have a look at exactly how they filter it out. when you get it wrong in your been, how did they split it? and what happens to the stuff next? because this is actually worth something. sean, thank you. i am looking forward to know what to put in the bins. recycling tips, places, they are always fascinating. they really are. it is 6:22am. ben probably has

more interesting things to talk about. well, little the top of the premier league by 13 points. no other team has led at this stage of the season by that many points and not one the premier league. now, liverpool have never won the premier league. the last time they won the league. the last time they won the league was 1990. all of their fans are saying, it isn't done yet, everything could still go wrong, but they have not lost since january three in the league. they have only drawn one game since then, against manchester united in october. it is impressive whatjurgen klopp cosmic side are doing. last night they were faced with leicester city, who went and they thrashed them a—0. is it done and dusted? probably? would level down say that? probably not. it might be unlucky for some, but liverpool are 13 points clear at the top of the premier league after that win at leicester. patrick gearey was watching.

music, hypes, light, this was mr‘s big night. a chance to look liveable's in the eyes, to keep them on their side of the horizon. it is so difficult to watch them all. one marauding red always escapes. ears was roberto fermina. 0n marauding red always escapes. ears was roberto fermina. on saturday he scored the winner in the world cup clu b scored the winner in the world cup club final. that experience of glory and what it takes to get there is no ingrained investable squad. they knew they needed a second. it was their chance. they want youhandball, penalty. we can watch from james milnerpoint of view, but it is far harder to understand his calm. that kick could have settled the match and perhaps much more. from now on it was about showing off. the amino placed in the third and the fourth was fired home by a born and bred red, trent alexander arnold from western derby, liverpool. part of a tea m western derby, liverpool. part of a team that are european and world clu b team that are european and world club cup champions and have just taken a major step towards ruling england as well. everyone knows what a good season lester is playing so far, how many problems they could cause. today we were really

concentrated, we did a lot of things really good. especially then, scoring the goals, that is absolutely nice. yeah, very important day for us. important to say the least. manchester city play this evening and they caught the reds last season, but the nature of this win begs the question. was this the night liverpool moved out of sight? elsewhere, chelsea's indifferent form continued — beaten at home by southampton. michael 0bafemi scored a fine solo effort to set the saints on their way to a 2—0 win. chelsea stay in fourth. mikel arteta's took charge of arsenal for the first time. no massive upturn in form though. they're still in the bottom half of the table after drawing at bournemouth. an instant impact for carlo ancelotti at everton, though, as dominic calvert lewin's flying header earned them a 1—0 win over burnley. and anthony martial scored twice as manchester united came from behind to beat newcastle a—1. they're four points off the champions league spots now. all the premier league results and reaction can be found on the website.

not quite as one sided in scotland although sunday's old firm derby could stretch celtic‘s lead at the top of the premiership. they're five clear of rivals rangers after beating st mirren 2—1. callum mcgregor got the first before jame forrest doubled their advantage. rangers beat kilmarnock. wins too for hibs, aberdeen, st johnstone and motherwell. he's one of the most charismatic footballers in the world. zlatan could be on his way back to europe. his old side ac milan are interested in the striker. he's 38 now but milan are having a wretched season and there's apparently growing confidence in italy that he could return to the san siro stadium. england will be hoping their batsmen can pick up where the bowlers left off on day two of the first test against south africa in a couple of hours. the hosts will resume on 277/9, thanks largely to wicketkeeper quinton de kock‘s knock off 95. having won the toss though, england will be pretty satisfied with their effort with the ball, sam curran the pick of the bowlers taking four wickets. play gets underway at 8:00. we probably would have liked to have

both of them out before the close, but to have them nine down after 300, hoping we can get the last wicket quickly in the morning. i think if we get them under 300, we have been butting pretty nicely and got big scores in the warmup games. we're got big scores in the warmup games. we' re pretty got big scores in the warmup games. we're pretty confident we can but big and hopefully get first innings lead. i think de kock played beautifully. would have been nice to get in early, but sometimes the batter plays nicely, and it is our cricket works. all in all, pretty please. clan des 0bo won the king george vi chase for the second successive year at kempton. a bit like liverpool, he had a massive lead, romping home to win by more than 20 lengths. his trainer said he could be considered for the cheltenham gold cup next. a couple of big welsh derbies in the pro 1a on boxing day. cardiff beat dragons but the standout scoreline came in. llaneli were scarlett‘s thrashed an injury hit 0spreys aa—0. steffan evans with a couple of tries for the home side. they move up to second in conference b. and before we go, time to mention that fallon sherrock‘s remarkable run at the pdc world darts championship continues today. she plays chris dobey, another genuine title contender, in the third round. it's the third match of the day

and the best—of—seven sets. having to leave a child in hospital is tough on a parent, especially at this time of year. to ease the strain, a third of neonatal units in the uk have signed up to a new mobile phone app which allows nurses to provide family members with regular updates through the day and night. catherine decoster reports. hey, mr. it is hard being a new mother. you have got all the hormones, but then having them in this unit as well, it is even more difficult. victoria's triplets were born nine weeks early at the princess and hospital in southampton. while eli and leo were able to go home five weeks later, little 0scar spent an extra month in the neonatal unit. the first time i met them they were all in incubators, obviously covered in tubes and wires and they were so tiny and looks so fragile. it is hard. everybody else gets to take

their babies home and ours have to stay here and you have to leave them every day and that is really difficult. the unit is more than one —— one of more than 60 in the country using a trusted nhs app, allowing staff to capture precious moments and sending regular updates to parents. we have always felt that that moment, whether family have to leave us for whatever reason, and there are lots of reasons that might happen, but that is a wrench for families. we do what we can to prepare them for that, but too soft and at blow by sending them videos, sending them photos and little messages, it is really lovely for us to do. i remember getting the first photo and i was up at three o'clock in the morning expressing. you are awake all the time and you are looking at your phone and then an email comes through and you get this lovely picture and it usually has a message saying, hi, mummy, hi, daddy, having a lovely evening. you have to leave your babies and you feel so guilty leaving them. and to know that they are in such safe

hands, and with people they —— people who care enough to take a picture and send it to you to make you feel good, is amazing. hospital charities funds to app, so it is free for parents to use. 0ver charities funds to app, so it is free for parents to use. over the last two years, more than 5000 families have benefited. it is a really secure application for nurses. they can create videos very quickly and very easily, but be very confident that they are in control, that they are only going to be sending it to the right person. so there are lots of controls within there are lots of controls within the system that ensure that that happens. it is hoped the app will be available in nearly half of the uk's neonatal units by early next year, putting more parents like victoria and derek in the picture. let's get a summary of today's main news stories. around 60 people, including children, have been taken to hospital after a plane crash in kazakhstan.