at bottom! it seemed a bit like being on the moon, but a wet version of it. there were small craters here and there. there were slight undulations. there weren't rocks until you got to the southern or northern portions of the mariana trench. it had some variety, but it was quiet. it was peaceful. in the midst of the festive season, our thoughts turn to the year ahead, where climate will continue to dominate the agenda. the onus will be on the uk to help find a political solution as it hosts the next major climate conference in glasgow. but there will be plenty of space stories, too, with four missions to mars, three rovers roaming, two orbiters orbiting...

# ..and a landing on the martian surface! what a year for science it's going to be. merry christmas! 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. five people have been stabbed after a man forced his way into the home of a rabbi in new york.

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 another manager sacked. west ham have dismissed manuel pellegrini just hours after losing to leicester city. good morning. it has been an exceptionally mild night across the uk, ridiculously for scotland where temperatures have been into the mid teens. all due to being tucked in under a big old blanket of loud. will we see more in the way of sunshine today than yesterday? i'm reasonably hopeful. more details for you coming up. it's sunday the 29th of december. good morning. 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, sport sports, 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 accidentally published by the government on friday evening. iain duncan smith, who is due to be knighted, described the data breach as a "complete disaster". he told the sunday times...

new data protection laws were brought in last year, giving regulators more power to penalise those who fail to protect personal data. the cabinet office confirmed the list was only visible for an hour. in a statement, it said... the former head of the civil service, lord kersla ke, 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 warn the government could face legal action, notjust from the data watchdog, but from those who've seen their personal details leaked. 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 in a few minute's time. 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. earlier, david hoffman, a localjournalist, described the attack. people were being stabbed, were being hit. somebody that i know personally, very, very well, an older man, was stabbed. he is now in surgery older man, was stabbed. he is now in surgery in a critical condition. everyone is playing —— praying

for him. and then supposedly some of the people in the house started to throw things at this attacker and they forced him out of the house and then they chased him and he tried to go into the synagogue next door but they locked the doors. 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 spend 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 bachelor reports. it's one of the biggest and most 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 says 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 the display could still be cancelled at the last minute because of the risk that it may spark new bushfires. 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 £3,000 to some volunteer firefighters in new south wales — an idea he initially rejected. will bachelor, bbc news. phil mercer is in sydney. phil, many australian communities have already cancelled the local fireworks, partly out of respect, partly out of fear it could spark yet more fires, do you think we are likely to see

sydney follow suit? 0nly likely to see sydney follow suit? only if there are catastrophic fire conditions here on new year's eve. it's a pretty breezy day here in australia's biggest city today. we are not showing you sydney harbour at its best. there is still a smoky haze that has been blown in from one of the many bush fires burning around sydney. and the big problem with the petition calling for the city council to cancel the fireworks on new year's eve, according to the lord mayor, clover moore, is that most of the money has already been spent. and she did say that fundraising would take place for people affected by the bushfires. in between now and then, the authorities are very worried about conditions on monday. they are predicting severe to extreme conditions in a vast area of south—eastern australia, where many millions of australians live. so that includes the states of south australia, victoria, tasmania, and here in new south wales,

where more than 80 buyers continue to burn. in victoria, there is a region called east gippsland, this is near the coast, it is quite a way east of melbourne, the authorities are urging residents and visitors there to leave before those extreme conditions arrive on monday. so i think it is safe to say the last few days of 2019, for many australians, will be pretty anxious. and in some circumstances will be pretty anxious. and in some ci rcu msta nces pretty will be pretty anxious. and in some circumstances pretty dangerous as well. thank you. phil mercer in sydney. 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 diya with his nine—year—old daughter, comfort. they both died, as did her brother, praise emmanuel. mr diya's 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 it, 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 pool was working normally and there was no malfunction of any kind. it was on christmas eve when the family all went to this pool. mrs diya says her children went in by the steps but found themselves

dragged into the middle, where it was deeper. her husband jumped in to help. 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. big ben will bring in the new decade in traditional style on new year's eve — taking a break from renovations for one night only. big ben bongs. we have missed that! for two years it's been mostly silent to undergo repairs, but work has been going on behind the scenes to make sure the famous bongs sound at midnight. to check everything works, clock mechanics will be testing the bell regularly, starting this

afternoon. if you are in westminster end you hear that again that is why. if you are in westminster end you hear that again that is whym if you are in westminster end you hear that again that is why. it is 7:11am. an online data breach which saw the addresses of hundreds of people on the new year's honours list has been branded a "complete disaster". the cabinet office has apologised and is investigating. the former head of the civil service, lord bob kerslakejoins us now from our sheffield newsroom. a very good morning to you. an extremely serious breach. the cabinet office blaming human error. is that good enough? well, look, it isa is that good enough? well, look, it is a serious and indeed extraordinary breach, because this isa extraordinary breach, because this is a well—established process that has gone on pretty much the same way for years. so think an urgent investigation is of course it is likely to be human error, as has been suggested, but we need to know how well staff were trained about the importance of maintaining

security, were they briefed on the potential consequences if this information was released? so it does need investigation. i have to see i was responsible for this area, years back, and the team were very good and effective at that time stop but there are significant consequences here and we need to get to the bottom of this as quickly as possible. so you feel like the team was watertight at the time when you let it. there are calls for mark sedwill to resign, he holds the dual role as cabinet secretary and the prime minister's national security advisor. should he bear the brunt of this lizzie lowe he shouldn't, in my view, think about resigning, it is premature. we need to get away better understanding of why it happened and to what extent staff we re happened and to what extent staff were properly briefed and trained in the issues. one of the reasons this is so important, by the way, we rely ona is so important, by the way, we rely on a highly well—managed process for honours. it is a sensitive process.

so anything that suggests that the system is insecure is a real concern. there are of course issues for the individuals involved, and is not famous people, but also those in the police and security services, and of course there are issues for the government, because they could be liable for quite significant penalties through the information commissioner. so iain duncan smith this morning has described it as a com plete this morning has described it as a complete disaster. could we see that there would be wider implications for security more generally away from the cabinet office? for security more generally away from the cabinet office ?|j for security more generally away from the cabinet office? i think it isa from the cabinet office? i think it is a serious failure. we can't get away from that fact. and that's why it needs to be properly explored. until the work has been done it's ha rd to until the work has been done it's hard tojudgejust how until the work has been done it's hard to judge just how much of this isa hard to judge just how much of this is a systemic issue or a particular failure in one area. and so why would like to wait and see the review before drawing conclusions more widely. there is a potential

for those as information has been shared to take civil legal action, isn't there, so it could be costly? there is indeed. and at a point when people are most happy about having received the honour and most proud to have this information release like this it is really bad news. they can see why they might be very concerned. but even if individuals don't take it forward, the information commissioner has to investigate it. and we know that in other instances, where there has been significant data breaches, the potential fines are very large indeed. and this will be a big test, won't it, for gdpr. it's a sort of in its infancy. will the show whether or not new regulation is taken seriously? you are quite right. these regulations have been in place for less than two years now. and they came in through

the european union. they put a very high premium on the management of personal information and, as i have said, they have potential consequences that are quite significant for any organisation that has a breach of this nature. so bob kerslake, many thanks. thank you. here's susan with a look at this morning's weather. merry christmas! good morning. hopefully the weather is going to be a bit fairerfor you today. it was largely dry yesterday, but my goodness, it was grey. fingers crossed for sunshine today. it is going to be mild. it is mild already. this amber stripe stretches particularly into northern ireland and scotland. overnight in some spots temperatures have fallen lower —— no lower than 11 or 12, at the end of december! much warmer here thanit end of december! much warmer here than it should be. even further south, though, our temperatures are

to the higher end of single figures, next to the blanket of cloud tucking the mild air in overnight. through the mild air in overnight. through the day, with some help from continental air mixing across the south—east of england and east anglia, hopefully more sunshine to come here. the cloud may be more stubborn for the midlands, some brightness for northern england, and some sunshine for northern ireland and the north—east of scotland. and with a south—westerly wind direction we are with a south—westerly wind direction we a re really with a south—westerly wind direction we are really favoured for things to warm up here, perhaps even up to 16 degrees around the moray firth, but look out for more persistent rain around the northern and western isles and the highlands. overnight, not quite as warm as the nightjust gone, but for all intents and purposes we should stay frost free, perhaps with some clearer spells are crossed east anglia, temperature stripping down too close to two degrees in norwich. a fresherfield for monday, certainly in england and wales. still pretty mild and scotla nd wales. still pretty mild and scotland and northern ireland. still this with a frontier bothering us to the north. slowly, slowly on monday it will begin

to work its way south. another dry day on monday for england and wales. again, the biggest question is how much sunshine there will be. still looking pretty good for northern england and perhaps towards the south—east. perhaps more lingering cloud for central areas. rain sliding into scotland through the course of the day and later into northern ireland. that front overnight monday into tuesday, which is new year's eve, will make its way to the south of the uk. lots of dry weather on new year's eve day. perhaps just weather on new year's eve day. perhapsjust some weather on new year's eve day. perhaps just some cloud tied in with that front to the south, grating up the skies again, producing at worst a little drizzle. not a bad day at all on new year's eve. should be lots of sunshine around but much fresher in scotland and northern ireland stop then, if you have plans to head out on new year's eve evening, it looks like the fog could be the biggest issue, actually. so if you are driving somewhere, have that in the back of your mind, is that in the back of your mind, is that fog will be very stubborn and will stick around into new year's day as well. but lots of dry weather if you plan on heading out to see

the fireworks. we spoke about this yesterday, u nfortu nately the fireworks. we spoke about this yesterday, unfortunately with fireworks, all those particles they release help to thicken the fog, so thatis release help to thicken the fog, so that is a double—edged sword as we head into the start of 2020. most of us have experienced the pleasure of finding something we thought we'd lost forever, but that usually means a piece ofjewellery or perhaps a mobile phone — not a giant tortoise or a harlequin toad. they're just two of the animals which were thought to be extinct but have been discovered — alive and well — over the past year. carys williams is a conservationist who can tell us more. she's in our london news room. we have got tortoises and toads, deer and marsupials, what is the most exciting to you? good question! i personally found it very exciting to find the silver backed shall retain, which we discovered in

vietnam after it had been missing for science to the last 25 years. they are absolutely adorable, everybody should know about mouse deer, the smallest of all the ungulates. we were speaking to locals who had seen them and then scientists went out to put camera traps out there, and we got over 1000 images of silver—backed chevrotain in the wild. the world was my smallest attempt to make animal, lost design since 1990? yes, 1990. not all of these animals are extinct, were they? there were some of them but scientists just couldn't reach. what can we judge by this? our conservation efforts really working or are wejust our conservation efforts really working or are we just going further in our geographical pursuit of animals? it is a bit of a mixture. in the case of the rio purpose caiman in columbia, scientists can go see how the population was doing

because of political unrest. in comparison to the starry night harlequin toad, that was actually being protected by the people because it was about an eight hour track into the rainforest to find these toads. the indigenous people had been protecting them and looking after the population relatively well, it was just that scientists couldn't go in and confirm the numbers until that point. i think it is great that people are able to work more closely with indigenous people particularly, and use that knowledge that is there so we can combine indigenous knowledge and scientific knowledge, which is going to further conservation into the future. as you say, some of this has been captured by scientists on film. they have done all the data and collected it themselves. for others, we are still relying on eyewitness reports. there is a tasmanian tiger a p pa re ntly reports. there is a tasmanian tiger apparently back on the loose? absolutely. i think in the last three years there has been a real up kick in civilian sightings of these animals, even some pictures flying around the internet, but they have not quite been good enough for scientists to say that his definite

evidence they are back. the last time there was this uptake in sightings with the 1960s. i think it would be exciting if they are still around. there isn't enough evidence just yet to say they are definitely back and we can start thinking about conserving the population into the future. and just to say to our viewers, if it looks like a stuffed animaland viewers, if it looks like a stuffed animal and sounds like a stuffed animal, it is one. that was a tasmanian tiger that had gone through taxidermy, that is what you are looking at. perhaps a bit more friendly. obviously, all of these exa m ples friendly. obviously, all of these examples are great. but overall extinction rates are very shocking, aren't they? absolutely terrifying. it is almost as though the more data we get, the more we realise how many of these are at risk of extinction.

particularly things like the starry night toad and other amphibians, they are affected by a fungus which is affected by a large number of amphibians around the world. it might even be the cause of 50 species to have gone extinct so far. that is something we want to keep an eye on, keeping a species going. here, here. thank you. isn't that nice? some positive news. yes, which one would you fancy if you could have one as about? i like that taxidermy and tasmanian tiger. have one as about? i like that taxidermy and tasmanian tigerlj liked the little kamen! —— caiman. very cute. 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 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. nazir afzal, who is the former chief prosecutor for the north—west, is here to tell us what's caught his eye. if you want to start in the story we are leading with this morning, the data reach, you would know better than most what the legal ramifications are? i remember when i

was in my role, we had a data breach and it is the personal cost i want to think about more than anything else. previously i have had my tires slashed when people knew where i lived, i have had a demonstration from far right protesters outside my home because they knew where i lived. you have got a situation where people who have particularly sensitive roles, police officers who work in counterterrorism, for example, have had their addresses put online. i understand the government says it was only there foran government says it was only there for an hour, but i can tell you it will be on the dark web, it will be sold to criminals and others. now, as we speak. people will be inferior, like nadia, the bake—off winner, she has had years of racist abuse at her and she will be very concerned. we have to wonder how many of these people have to move home, how many of them will have to introduce increased security. all of

this comes from incompetence. the reality is there is a personal cost. and the personal cost is the same, regardless of weather it was human error or anything else. absolutely. the problem is, you can say that other people will have to move homes, eltonjohn other people will have to move homes, elton john has other people will have to move homes, eltonjohn has another one so probably doesn't matter, but there are ordinary people here, like police officers, who are really at risk. and people saying today, you know, potentially their lives could be at risk and they could be threatened. absolutely. remove time after an incident seven years ago, six years ago, and i know that these individuals, i was not given any money for moving home, but they are entitled to compensation. where the taxpayer will pay for that conversation —— compensation. people need to realise that data is power. and it will have consequences, if it is breached, as it has here.

let's ta ke is breached, as it has here. let's take a look at this story. perhaps we should not be surprised, it is a very sad headline in the observer. domestic violence is deadlier than terrorism in the uk? we must not lose sight of the fact that every refuge in this country is full. it has been over christmas, it always is. there are families in there, people who can —— you are being turned away and put into bed and brea kfasts turned away and put into bed and breakfasts and hostel accommodation. there is always an enormous bike at this time of year, sadly. we need to put this into greater contacts. over the last two decades, 2000 people have been noted in domestic abuse incidents. and as much of concern is the number of people who kill themselves, something like ten women every week will kill themselves because of domestic abuse. every week. the cost of the uk economy £66 billion. never mind the financial cost, it is the tragic cost of every family and community in this

country. what this report is saying is that when we deal with terrorism, we go to police budgets, we say that this is your money for tackling terrorism, just spend it on tackling terrorism. when we deal with domestic abuse and violence, we don't do that. and so it means that, as has been said in the report, while there has been an 80% increase in the amount of domestic abuse being reported, there has been a 50% reduction in the amount of money going to support services. so the victims, more of them are coming forward and fewer of them are getting help. unless you do the same as you do in terrorism, which is ring—fenced the money and make sure it is spent in the right way, people will fall through the gaps and more people will suffer. a great story on the sunday express, it is in a couple of others this morning. thanks but no thanks! basically on christmas day, almost immediately at 7am, people were leaving things they had got overnight in the place where they are supposed to leave them, outside a shop, to return them. three of my things didn't even

bother arriving. but if they did arrive, clearly there are more and more people now who are not satisfied with what they got. there was one person he returned seven items by midday. it is notjust online, going to a shop, even if it is close, and leaving them where you are supposed to leave them. i think people are more discerning now as consumers. we should not necessarily be talking about what's... consumers. we should not necessarily be talking about what's. .. well, more than 1000 people were collecting gifts on christmas day. imagine that! is it going to be there? yes, you are leaving it to there? yes, you are leaving it to the last minute. obviously we are much more consumer oriented now and a lot more online. in fact, hidden on the detail is the fact that boxing day sales were badly impacted this year, so people were not buying stuff in the sales, but you and i know that if you go to the high street sales start in early december, i think people are waiting, they are buying online, we are changing our

habits. but leaving the house at seven o'clock to return a gift, tells you everything. you will be back in the next hour and we will be back in the next hour and we will talk to you then. stay with us. the headlines are 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". the cabinet office has apologised and told the bbc it was "looking into how

this happened". in the last hour, the former head of the civil service, lord kersla ke, stressed the importance of an investigation. well, look, it is a serious and indeed extraordinary breach, because this is a well—established process that has gone on pretty much the same way for years. so i think an urgent investigation is certainly needed. of course it is likely to be human error, as has been suggested. but we need to know how well staff we re but we need to know how well staff were trained about the importance of maintaining security, were they briefed on the potential consequences if this information was released? 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