of something cooler and fresher — just 5 degrees in glasgow. still, perhaps, up to 10 in london. and then as we go through tuesday night into the very first part of 2020, well, it is looking predominantly dry. there will be some clear spells, it will be quite chilly, but there could be some fairly dense fog.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with victoria fritz and nina warhurst. our headlines today: calls for an independent inquiry after a new year's honours data leak — the addresses of celebrities, politicians and police officers appeared online. three, two, one! a quarter of a million people sign a petition calling for sydney's new year's eve fireworks to be cancelled and the money spent on fighting bushfires. andy murray is out of next month's australian open. he says he's gutted after failing to recover from a pelvic injury. and west ham are looking for a new manager after sacking manuel pellegrini just hours after losing to leicester city. good morning. it has been an sexually mild night across the uk, particularly for scotland where temperatures have been in the mid

teens. all due to being tucked in under a big old cloud —— exceptionally mild night. more details coming up. hello. it's sunday the 29th of december. our top story: there are calls for an independent inquiry after a serious data breach, which saw the addresses of more than a thousand people on the new year honours list made publicly available online. the files included the details of celebrities, senior police officers, and politicians. one of those affected, iain duncan smith, called the leak a "complete disaster". katharine da costa reports. more than 1000 people will be honoured, among them celebrities, sports does, and politicians, including musician sir eltonjohn, cricketer ben stokes, former tory party leader iain duncan smith, and former director of public prosecutions alison saunders.

there are also security, counter—terror, and justice personnel, as well as chief constables. but a list containing their home addresses was of —— accidentally published on friday evening. iain duncan smith, who is due to be noted, described the data breach as a complete disaster. he told the sunday times tennis does need to be asking some is very serious questions of those involved about how this was allowed to happen in wide no final checks we re to happen in wide no final checks were carried out before the document was published at two questions. regulators have more power to penalise those who fail to protect personal data. the cabinet office confirmed the list was only visible foran confirmed the list was only visible for an hour. confirmed the list was only visible foran hour. in confirmed the list was only visible for an hour. in a statement it said... the former head of the

civil service, lord kersla ke, the former head of the civil service, lord kerslake, is leading calls for an independent enquiry. the cabinet office says it has report the matter to the information commissioner ‘s office and is looking into how this happened. but privacy campaigners have expressed concern at what they say is an inexcusable mistake. data experts warned the government could face legal action, notjust from the data watchdog, but from those who have seen their personal details leak. information many may have wanted to keep private. katharine da costa, bbc news. we'll be speaking to the former head of the civil service, lord kerslake, about the data breach just after seven o'clock. more than a quarter of a million people have signed a petition demanding that sydney cancels its traditional new year's eve firework display and spends the money on tackling australia's bush fires instead. dozens of fires are raging across the country, with the largest one on the outskirts of sydney. will batchelor

reports. it's one of the biggest and most spectacular parties on earth. syd ney‘s spectacular parties on earth. sydney's new year firework display. but now the city's authorities are facing growing calls to cancel the event and divert the money it costs, around £3 million, towards tackling both severe drought conditions and the dozens of bushfires which are raging across australia. close to 300,000 people have signed an online petition, which is the fireworks may traumatise some people who are dealing with enough smoke in the air. sydney's lord mayor has said the show, which is planned and paid for months in advance, must go on. however, there are reports this play could still be cancelled at the last minute because of the risk that it may spark new bushfires stop if they do change their mind it won't be the first fire related u—turn by the australian authorities. the prime

minister, scott morrison, has now approved plans to pay compensation of around £3000 to some volunteer firefighters in new south wales, an idea he initially rejected. will bachelor, bbc news. phil mercer is in sydney. phil, this row appears to show the tensions in australia as the country battles these bushfires? a quarter of a million people signing this petition, what does this tell us about the extent of trauma that australia is going through at the moment? well, this is an unprecedented bushfire crisis. and in the next 2a hours a vast swathe of south—eastern australia, including the states of south australia, victoria, tasmania, new south wales are expected to face extreme fire dangers and also extreme fire dangers and also extreme heat. and we are hearing that one particular part of the state of victoria, a place called east gippsland, the authorities down there are urging all residents and all tourists to leave as soon as they can because of that extreme

fire danger that is forecast for monday. here in new south wales more than 80 fires are still burning. here in sydney, that petition has attracted almost 300,000 signatures. we are on sydney harbour. we are not showing you at its best. there is a slight smoky haze in the air today. many tourists we have been speaking to believe that the show should go on. in one city official was telling us on. in one city official was telling us earlier that if the new year's eve extravaganza was cancelled there would be little practical benefit for the victims of the bushfires. the lord mayor of sydney, clover moore, said that she sympathised with the signatories of the petition but she said show will go on. only chance of it not happening is if there are catastrophic fire conditions in sydney on new year's eve. it's pretty breezy here today. so if that wind picks up and the forecast is for catastrophic conditions, the fireworks

may be cancelled. but at this stage it seems that the show will go ahead. phil mercer in sydney. many thanks. we wa nt we want to bring you some news that came in overnight. several people have been stabbed at a rabbi's home in the state of new york. at least five people, who were alljewish, have been taken to hospital. the new york mayor, bill de blasio, says he will not allow events like this to become the ‘new normal‘ and will step up security around jewish houses of worship. the suspect fled but police said he was later taken into custody. the lawyer representing the family of a british father and his two children who drowned in a resort swimming pool in spain on christmas eve wants a more detailed investigation into their deaths. the hotel on the costa del sol insists the pool was working normally, but the mother of the children says all three could swim. helena wilkinson has

more. this is gabriel dia, with his nine daughter comfort, they both died as did her brother praise emanuel. as wife and the children's mother, 0lubunmi diya, says all three could swim and suggested there was something wrong with the pool. police say there was nothing wrong with that but the family lawyer has questioned that. translation: if the spanish police can give us a possible cause for this tragic incident we might do a parallel investigation with experts to find out what happened. it's very rare for three people to die in the centre of a swimming pool, especially in the case of a tall, hefty man. earlier, the resort where the family was staying issued a new statement disputing mrs diya's claims. it said they were directly at odds with the findings of the police report and it makes clear, it said, that their exhaustive investigations have confirmed the pull was working normally and there

was no malfunction of any kind —— pool was no malfunction of any kind —— pool. it christmas eve when the family all went to this pool. mrs diya says her children went in baby steps, but found themselves dragged into the middle where it was deeper. her husband jumped in to help —— by the steps. not long after, all three we re the steps. not long after, all three were underwater. the police have described it as a tragic accident, but the family's suggestion of carrying out their own investigation shows just how dissatisfied they are. helena wilkinson, bbc news. it is coming up to ten past six. good morning. we return to our top story. the fallout from the data breach which saw new year honours recipients have their addresses made publicly available online, is on several of the front pages this morning. the files included the details of senior police officers, politicians and celebrities. we're joined now by privacy and media lawyer, steve kuncewicz.

how bad is this? it is about as bad as these leaks get. when you look at the fallout of these candidates, we look at the loss of control the personal data. this is information leading to addresses that allows you to find people on the list. there area to find people on the list. there are a lot of members on the list are private. the fact the cabinet office have referred this already shows that they are taking it very seriously indeed. they say they are taking it seriously, the cabinet office confessed to this very quickly as well. the people on this list must be furious as well as obviously honoured, do you think they are going to sue?” obviously honoured, do you think they are going to sue? i think you might ask whether or not a member of the new year's honours left —— list with sue over this. because the information is so private owners are personal to them, they certainly have because to do so. it is easier to do so now than it has been in the last ten years. the likes of iain duncan smith, who was knighted

in this year's new year's honours, said this year's new year's honours, said this was a complete disaster. would you agree with that assessment? well, part of the reason why the cabinet office refer themselves so quickly is because you are normally meant to do so within 72 hours of a breach. they see it as something that may cause a risk to the people involved. that is a key word there. risk. people will see it as a risk to their safety. we have seen some reports overnight that they contacted the police, antiterrorism measures may have been put in place, there is a lot about this potential breach we don't know about yet. but i certainly don't think it will go away anytime soon. we have had 18 months now of gdpr and companies and people having to get used to it, and yet we have only had one fine from the regulator, a pharmaceutical company. do we really believe that oui’ company. do we really believe that our data is as safe as all that? the point of gdpr is that it is meant to encourage data protection to

be taken seriously. it is meant to put the rights of the individual at the centre of what any organisation that does anything with personal data does anything with personal data does with that data. i think they has been a lot of research now that suggest the public are more aware of their rights, their entitlements in terms of privacy —— there has. but this case, as far as we know at the moment, seems to be one of human error. and unfortunately in situations such as this is your wea kest situations such as this is your weakest link is always going to be the human element of. yes, but they have been publishing this list for many, have been publishing this list for any have been publishing this list for many, many years. how on earth could they have got the sarong. shouldn't they have got the sarong. shouldn't the government have known better and shouldn't they have been fined?“ the information commissioner were thinking about finding this medical a government department they would look at whether or not this had happened before, what measures they have in place to protect the security of data like this. it looks as if one version of this particular spreadsheet was uploaded to the website when it should have been another one. when looking at whether or not to impose a

fine they will look at how seriously this kind of thing has been dealt with before and what security measures were already in place. 0k. steve kuncewicz, a media and privacy lawyer. thank you for joining media and privacy lawyer. thank you forjoining us. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. let's take a look at the front pages. the sunday times leads on the news that the cabinet office is accused of "endangering lives" after it accidentally published the home addresses of more than a thousand people who received new year's honours online. the observer says the prison and probation service in england and wales paid out more than £85 million pounds over three years in legal claims. the article says it will put renewed pressure on borisjohnson to solve the prisons "crisis". the sunday express highlights comments from two hungarian politicians, who warn that the eu will be "the loser" if a trade deal isn't secured with britain by the end of 2020. and one of the most read stories on the bbc news website is about sydney's new year's eve fireworks. more than a quarter of a million people have signed a petition calling for them to be cancelled and for the money to be spent on fighting fires that threaten the

city. one of the most read stories on bbc news website, it is about those fireworks we were just talking to phil mercer about in sydney. more than a quarter of a million people have signed a petition calling for them to be cancelled and for the money to be spent on fighting the fires that continue to threaten the city. it's a tricky one. safety first, but the money has already been spent. this is it, isn't it? whether or not it may cause trauma in people who have already lost a lot of, whether or not, as phil was saying, the winds are picking up, it could actually be a safety risk as well, having fireworks, it can't be a great idea. they are so iconic, the sydney fireworks. you can see it from both sides. who knew that christmas could be such a dangerous time of year. you got some injuries. i do. they got this in the centre merhi. home boroughs land 20,000 people in accident and emergency. this is the number of people who

end up this is the number of people who end up in a&e over the course of a year. iam sure up in a&e over the course of a year. i am sure many of them over the course of the last week or so, perhaps tired and a little bit boozy... emotional. with a phillips screwdriver... in the kitchen, preparing vegetables. 4000 people falling off furniture. 5000 hurt themselves with power tools. 7000 plunging off ladders. 0h! experts are warning people, men in particular, i am just quoting the article, men in particular, to take extra ca re article, men in particular, to take extra care and they are carrying out work at home. they are legitimate reasons to go to a and eve. but in the sun this morning it has collated some of the ridiculous reasons people have called 999 —— to go to accident and emergency. an irate mantled emergency services "i think has stolen my eggs, chicken usually lays an egg every morning, but there is not one.

an quote a woman called his cabal was cold and the takeaway would not replace it. unacceptable! —— kabbaj. would not replace it. unacceptable! -- kabbaj. people need to get through to the emergency services only in an emergency. and where is the best place to get a bacon sandwich right now? what people thinking? maybe susan knows the a nswer to thinking? maybe susan knows the answer to that. good morning to you. i certainly can't tell you about the bacon sandwich. yesterday we saw barely any of the sun. lots of cloud across the uk. overnight, and exceptionally weirdly mild —— mild night. it has kept us tucked into the semantic stream of air. see the orange which stretches all the way, almost from the tropics, into northern ireland and scotland? 15 overnight in the highlands of scotland. a mild start, albeit quite a cloudy one, with outbreaks of rain for the north—west of

scotland. further south, my hopes are pinned on seeing more in the way of sunshine. fog in staffordshire. that could lift up into more stubborn cloud in the midlands, and perhaps parts of lincolnshire down into devon and cornwall. hopefully we will just pull devon and cornwall. hopefully we willjust pull in slightly drier air from the continent into the south—east of england and east anglia, seymour in way of sunshine. some sunshine to the north of northern ireland and around the moray coast today, with that westerly wind direction and something that we call the burn effect, which is where it warms the airas it sinks effect, which is where it warms the air as it sinks to the south—western side of mountains, we could see temperatures of up to 16. some parts of the uk tonight will see temperatures coming down more in mind where we would expect them to be time of year. still very mild to the north, perhaps not quite as mild. more rain in the north of scotland. this front is moving slowly until push its way progressively scotland through monday. the rain turning heavy at times. across

england and wales, high—pressure keeping things dry. again, it is a question of how much cloud, how much sun. we could see some stubborn cloud again across central areas on monday. northern england looking for some decent brightness. rain sliding south into scotland. clear skies to the north. attending a little bit cooler. temperatures behind that weather front closer to where they should be for december. tuesday, new year's eve, that frontiers to the south of the uk, so our temperatures are back in the more typical for late december. it should be a pretty good—looking day on the whole. lots of sunshine. if you have plans to travel, to get ahead of new year's eve celebrations, no problems to be found. but through new year's eve, we are looking at dense fog forming across parts of wales and southern england. we can't rule it out elsewhere either. that is one thing to have in the back of your mind, especially if you don't have to head

back home on new year's morning. new year's eve, for back home on new year's morning. new yea r‘s eve, for any back home on new year's morning. new year's eve, for any revelry, looks largely dry. just be that fog can bring your plans a little bit. it's been more than two years since big ben's famous bongs were paused to allow for essential maintenance work to be carried out. but new year's eve just wouldn't feel right without those iconic chimes, would it? thankfully, parliament has made sure that big ben can still sound for important events. so, for one night only, the bongs will return to bring in the new decade. tim muffett has been to find out more. it is one of the world's most familiarand it is one of the world's most familiar and regularly misnamed buildings. over two years, elizabeth tower, which houses the giant bell, big ben, has been surrounded by scaffolding, repairs that have left big ben itself largely silent. here it is, big ben! big ben indeed, all 13 tons of it. it has been quiet largely for the last years. feels

odd? yes, too quiet for my liking. this is the biggest refurbishment project that has ever taken place since it was first built. so the clock mechanics have taken apart every single small piece and put it back together, which has not been done before. it is that clock mechanism which, for more than 150 yea rs, mechanism which, for more than 150 years, activated the hammer that strikes big ben. so for special occasions during the repairs, such as remembrance sunday and new year's eve, a new device has been needed. what we have here is an automatic electric tolling maker, which obviously would not have been available when this was first built. this produces the power needed to lift the big ben hammer, which is very happy, 300 400 kilograms, and struck it 12 times. last new year's eve, all went to plan. are you nervous in the to midnight?” eve, all went to plan. are you nervous in the to midnight? i think they have always have to be nervous, because it shows that you care, and it is also obviously a

really big moment. then the new speaker of the house of commons, lindsay hoyle, has said he won't stand in the way if mps said he won't stand in the way if m ps vote said he won't stand in the way if mps vote for big ben to also be struck on january 31, the mps vote for big ben to also be struck onjanuary 31, the day mps vote for big ben to also be struck on january 31, the day the mps vote for big ben to also be struck onjanuary 31, the day the uk is set to leave the eu. during a tumultuous time in british politics, hidden from view, this four year refurbishment has continued. all of the stone we put onto the tower is handcarved, which is phenomenal to see, it is brilliant. it may take them between three or four weeks to produce a carving such as this, this crown you can see along here. a real labour of love. this is the eastern clock face, high up the elizabeth tower. the most striking thing is for colours. it is not the black paint we are more familiar with, but gold and blue. we found that as we scratched back through the layers, we we re scratched back through the layers, we were scratching back through time and found this was the colour it was originally. it is really exciting to find that blue, as went back through the plate —— layers. find that blue, as went back through the plate -- layers. prussian

blue? yeah. this is gold leaf, and we have legalised all of it with glass. —— golden glass. you are standing here ona rainy golden glass. you are standing here on a rainy day surrounded by scaffolding, and you see that, but is one of the faces of elizabeth tower, big ben. it is so iconic. to actually be able to stand here, i will not touch the goal but i will touch in between, not many people could do that stop in 2021 the scaffolding will disappear and the world's most famous bell will again be heard not just world's most famous bell will again be heard notjust on special occasions but every hour, every day. lovely that it is back for new year's. i am down at parliament a lot and i feel sorry for the tourists, out to see big ben. lot and i feel sorry for the tourists, out to see big benlj know! two years. and another two yea rs, know! two years. and another two years, 2021. but it will look splendid, i am sure. it well. speaking of splendid, jane is here. i wish! not such splendid news for andy murray, which is who we start

with. he has had so much bad luck, with. he has had so much bad luck, with the hip resurfacing. three—time grand slam winner andy murray is out of next month's australian open. he had only recently returned from almost two years of hip problems, and then a pelvic injury troubled him towards the end of the season. although murray is back on court, he's decided not to travel to australia. instead he'll continue rehab and pre—season training with a view to playing an indoor event in france at the start of february. david moyes has been linked with the vacant west ham job, just hours after the club sacked manager manuel pellegrini. west ham are just above the relegation zone following their defeat at home to leicester city. pelligrini's dismissal ends a turbulent 18 months at the london stadium. patrick gearey reports. long before the statement was published, you could see this decision coming. you could hear it in the booze, as west ham lost their ninth match and 12.

by evening, manuel pellegrini's departure was announced. west ham's channon said: this black—and—white fate came courtesy of a man named grey. commentator: it is to marry grey! 2-1 at commentator: it is to marry grey! 2—1 at leicester! commentator: it is to marry grey! 2-1 at leicester! but when i thought leicester left west ham just one point above the bottom three. the prospect of playing second—tier football in the former olympic stadium unthinkable for the owners. they planned so much more when i hired manuel pellegrini, who won the premier league with man city in 2014. he spent big on the likes of felipe anderson and led to the hammers to attend in the table last season. but after a promising start the bubble burst by late autumn. speaking yesterday he acknowledged the fans had reasons not to be cheerful. they deserve a better performance. we are trying to find which is the way to do it. i think that the players

want to do it, but iadmits to that the players want to do it, but i admits to pressure and the lack of confidence and the lack of results is difficult. it is the time of year for taking stock of where you are and where you are going. as well as soul—searching, west ham will be looking for a new guide. elsewhere in the premier league manchester united moved up to fifth in the table with a 2—0 win at burnley. charlie taylor was at fault for united's opener. he was dispossessed by andreas pereira, who fed anthony martial for his third goal in two games over the festive period. marcus rashford scored with pretty much the last kick of the game, catching burnley out as they pressed for an equaliser. the video assistant referee caused controversy in three matches, including norwich city's home match with tottenham. teemu pukki was denied by the tiniest of margins. that would have put his side two nil up at half—time. spurs came from behind twice to earn a 2—2 draw.

and watford's revival under new manager nigel pearson continues. they survived a sending off to beat fellow strugglers aston villa 3—0. the win leaves them three points away from escaping the relegation zone. england's cricketers will resume their first test against south africa this morning, with hopes of an unlikely victory. they'll restart on 121 for 1, chasing 376 to win in centurion. day three saw far kinder conditions for the batsmen, joffra archer the pick of englands bowlers with five wickets. south africa eventually all out for 272. england's squad has been troubled by a sickness, bug but opener rory burns led the response. he's unbeaten on 77 when that match gets back underway at 8:00am. northampton saints are back on top of the premiership after coming through a seven—try thriller against gloucester. cobus reinach scored the try of the match with this fantastic solo effort running from well beyond the half way line to cross over here. the result moves northampton to the top of the table for now,

with exeter chiefs still to play this weekend. leicester tigers came from behind to end a run of three straight premiership defeats with a 30—30 draw with harlequins at twickenham. the home side had a 14—point lead midway through the second half. but tigers fought back and this try from telusa veainu with less than eight minutes remaining helped to draw them level and end their losing streak. and in the pro 14 there was a fiercely contested scottish derby with edinburgh taking on glasgow warriors at murrayfield. it was edinburgh who came out on top, sending them second in conference b. darcie graham scored their 4th try to secure a 29—19 bonus point victory. chris dobey, who knocked history—maker fallon sherrock out of the pdc world darts championship on friday has himself been eliminated. after beating sherrock, the first woman to win a match at the event, dobey lost to his friend and rival glen durrant, who goes

through to the last eight. now, we all know it's tough for the footballers over the festive period, with the relentless schedule of matches. but what about the the commentators and reporters? take a look when the bbc final score team attempted to get an update on the watford aston villa match yesterday. john acres at vicarage road, damaging defeat for aston villa, because watford are down to ten men and they are knocking the ball around nonchala ntly. and they are knocking the ball around nonchalantly. i've got cramp, jason. two games in three days. my hamstring! that's painful. they are so hamstring! that's painful. they are so comfortable, more comfortable than me at the moment. a huge wind for watford, s. five than me at the moment. a huge wind forwatford, s. five minutes of added time remaining. it is notjust footballers who have it tough at christmas. well, well, well. i have seen christmas. well, well, well. i have seen and heard many things in either a radio studio or a tv studio. never, ever had i heard a reporter

in the final score on grandstand or whatever pulled a hamstring in the press box. avidly professional. who knew that being a reporter to match was such a physicaljob? poor old john! he needs a magnesium. just rub it in the back and you will be fine. maybe he had to climb up lots of stairs to get to the press box. possibly. it is tough out there. it takes a deep eat with you. pack it in your bag. thank you, jane. stay with us, headlines coming up.

hello. this is breakfast with nina warhurst and victoria fritz. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. there are calls for an independent inquiry after a serious data breach which saw the addresses of more than a thousand people on the new year honours list made publicly available online. the files included the details of celebrities, senior police officers, and politicians. one of those affected, iain duncan smith, called the leak a "complete disaster". several people have been stabbed at a rabbi's home in the state of new york. at least five people, who were alljewish, have been taken to hospital. the new york mayor, bill de blasio, says he will not allow events like this to become the ‘new normal‘ and will step up security around jewish houses of worship. the suspect fled but police said he was later taken into custody. the lawyer representing the family

of a british father and his two