‘any breaks are to go, the best of any breaks are probably to the north and east of higher ground, but for most it should be a dry start to 2020. certainly on the cool side, 6— nine celsius, the top temperature on new year's day. these frontal systems of the north of the uk moves ever closer as we move into thursday, and quite a windy day across the board with some wet weather arriving into northern and western scotland, northern ireland and then casually sinking its way southwards in the day, getting as far north as north wales, the north midlands, further south and east is dry and busy but now it again. temperatures in double figures for all of us, 10— i2 celsius on thursday. that system will clear through so by friday and saturday something drier, brighter but also colder again. that's all from you, goodbye. —— all from me.

hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment — first the headlines. the government says it's "seriously concerned" about the fairness of a trial in which a british teenager was found guilty of lying about being raped by a group of men in cyprus. police investigating the deaths of a british father and his two children, who drowned in a pool in spain on christmas eve, say it was an accident and that the case can now be closed. a volunteer firefighter has died battling wildfires in australia — as temperatures exceeded a0 celsius in every single state in the country. the search continues for father of four and firefighter anthony knott, who's now been missing for ten days.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoe twyman, who's the director of the polling organisation, deltapoll, and claire cohen, the women's editor at the telegraph. welcome to you both. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. saving greta is the headline in tomorrow's i. greta thunberg's father tells how activism helped his teenage daughter recover from depression and a diagnosis of asperger‘s syndrome. the daily mirror has the story of the 12—year—old girl whose life has been saved with a transplant of a donor heart. the daily telegraph has a photo of a british woman convicted of making a false allegation of gang rape in cyprus — her face covered by a scarf. the paper says foreign secretary dominic raab is taking up the case amid fears of a miscarriage of justice.

the guardian has the same story, as well as a second lead about the arrest of five men suspected of plotting an islamist terror attack. the paper also has a photo of american footballer megan rapinoe, who it names as its player of the year. the times says britain's tech giants — like facebook and google — could be regulated for the first time, including better protection for children against abuse. and tomorrow's daily express has a warning on ‘quick fix' new year's diets. let us begin with the guardian, how it's reporting this case in cyprus. the foreign office raising alarm over the cyprus rape verdict. this isa over the cyprus rape verdict. this is a woman who reported being gang raped and now has been convicted of making a false allegation. yes, the judge ruled the 19—year—old woman wilfully indulged in public mischief, according to this article. it's a dreadful case and a group of israeli males, aged between 15 and

22, were originally charged with and subsequently released. the 19—year—old woman in question then withdrew the claim of rape. but this was after an eight hour interrogation from the cypriot authorities, where no member of the family and no lawyer was present. it was not recorded and is looking like the balance of justice was not recorded and is looking like the balance ofjustice is skewing very heavily in one direction in this particular case. and where is everyone, obviously, want to see justice done, wants to see the truth found, there are many, many questions to be raised about the process that this particular insta nce process that this particular instance has gone through. and the actual trial itself, full of irregularities, so the protesters are claiming, and in the lead up to it, the way the investigation was carried out. yes, the foreign office

have called it a deeply distressing case, which are strong language for them, and it is distressing. there are lots of allegations that police didn't properly secure the scene, the crime scene, they didn't maintain the evidence, the eight hour interrogation that joe mentioned wasn't recorded. she wasn't allowed a lawyer or family member present. her mother said the girl has been suffering from ptsd, she is being held in cyprus, she was imprisoned for a month awaiting this trial. so there are lots of questions about human rights violations potential there. and i'm not surprised that there were protesters outside the court. there we re protesters outside the court. there were 25, think report in the telegraph says, and the guardian story points out that the defendant and her mother emerged from the courthouse wearing masks with sold uplifts on them to represent how they had been silenced, presumably —— sold uplifts. cyprus was on twitter when we were looking

earlier, it was trending. she is being sentenced in january. earlier, it was trending. she is being sentenced injanuary. you could face up to one year in prison. there are a lot of questions to be asked here. i'm hoping the foreign office can step in and shed light on these facts. clearly concern here, but also suggestions that because the men who were accused our israeli, there was some kind of conversation, perhaps, being had between israel and cyprus. that is also a concern if it is getting way of justice. also a concern if it is getting way ofjustice. it is clearly a hugely complicated case. and no—one is denying that. but just complicated case. and no—one is denying that. butjust because something is complex doesn't mean that you then simplify it and cut corners. and that at least appears, from the reports we see, to be what has happened. it is worth pointing out that it is very easy, and we absolutely do need to get to the bottom of the case, but it is easy for us to sit here and judge the cypriot court system, because a report from the prisons watchdog in

britain this month found we have a huge problem when it comes to rate prosecutions in this country. there has been a dramatic drop. i think it was not quite 2000 out of 58,000 reports last year ended up in a prosecution. and that is not even looking at how many don't get reported in the first place. looking at how many don't get reported in the first placelj looking at how many don't get reported in the first place. i think we need to be aware of what is happening on our own doorstep as well. the times, tech bosses face court if they fail to protect users. there was a white paper to look at online homes early in the summer. it looks like this could be generating recommendations that the government may act upon. the consultation in the summer never may act upon. the consultation in the summer never came may act upon. the consultation in the summer never came to anything, brexit got anyway as it does with 70 things in the domestic agenda. a borisjohnson put things in the domestic agenda. a boris johnson put forward a things in the domestic agenda. a borisjohnson put forward a new things in the domestic agenda. a boris johnson put forward a new duty of care law in the conservative manifesto and it looks like you will press ahead with it. the government is publishing next month its response to this consultation finally —— it looks like they will press ahead with it. there is some

strong language here. the story does point out that some of the more draconian powers included in the original consultation might be drop, so original consultation might be drop, soiam original consultation might be drop, so i am sure there are people that still think more needs to be done. but us tech giants will be required to have a british—based director. there are some really positive things here, actually, that i think will help social media be regulated a bit better. i think there is a real difficulty of regulating this entire set up, generally speaking. i mean, overlooking the whole implications of what this may mean for future trade discussions with the us or the eu and parking all of that to one side, simply regulating this area has been something that has been extremely difficult for governments of all stripes to manage over the last 15—20 years. look at the most recent plans to introduce age checks for pornographic websites. that has now been com pletely websites. that has now been completely abandoned, because, effectively, it was just too difficult to do. and there were so many exceptions anything we were

dealing with is so vast and so interwoven that it can get very difficult. this is at least an attempt to be proactive, though. so often we have seen it reactive with the sad case of molly russell, the self— harm case on the sad case of molly russell, the self—harm case on instagram that we we re self—harm case on instagram that we were talking about earlier in the year, that was very reactive, they had to scramble for a response to that. at least there is an attempt to put something into place. in the guardian they mention the fact have been investigated for sexting allegations. all of this demonstrates to me that in the 20205, demonstrates to me that in the 2020s, what government is going to have to get a handle on is how you deal with this. because the situation as it stands at the moment is clearly not fit for purpose. with the times, state hands back cash. this is after the donation —— offer ofa this is after the donation —— offer of a donation of £2 million to educate white boys from poorer backgrounds at dulwich college in winchester college and they have said no thank you, it is not in

keeping with our values. processor thwaite is an educationalist and a former pupil at dulwich college and winchester. he is reaching the end of his life, at the age of 96, has offered to bestow this money to these colleges, but specifically for poor white boys. now there is evidence among educationalist, that among the population it is that group that is most educationally disadvantaged at the moment. that's not to say that other groups aren't, because they are, but it's white, poor boys that particularly suffer and so he has made this offer and yet it has been turned down. generous offer but it would only help a small number, when the problem is much wider than that. well, it would. and a guess that is what the two schools in question are perhaps erring on the side of caution around. i've personally don't really see the robin with these targeted bequests, because they come from various corners, we

have had stormlea who has offered to pay for four black students at cambridge and their costs and fees, it like old—fashioned patronage. i think that is fine but we're not getting to the root of the problem, you say. i think this school should probably accept these but they need to look at the root causes and why there are disadvantaged groups in there are disadvantaged groups in the first place. in the i, saving greater, her dad speaking about how activists have helped greta get over the diagnosis of asperger‘s that she had when she was 12 years. it is quite nice. some quite sweet quotes on the front of the i. that he went along with it, not to save the climate, but to save his child, which like powerful words. activism does give young people a thicker skin. i have had various activists speak about this over the years and she has helped to inspire semi— schoolchildren, think, actually, and give them a purpose as well. admired by sir david attenborough, but gets

under the skin of a few politicians. who would have thought it a popular person among young people campaigning endlessly and tirelessly for something she genuinely believes in would not go down well with some politicians? i think she really is an inspiration, particularly for younger people. my knees received a copy of her autobiography for christmas and so will be reading that, i imagine, as we speak. it goes to show that people like that really ca n goes to show that people like that really can make a difference. it is worth pointing out that her parents advised her against it. they told her not to do it, they said it was "a bad idea". it has been claimed that they pushed her to do it and they have been pulling the strings in some way. because what else could the explanation be? this is them setting up the side of the story. but how inspirational for a young person who, perhaps, micah hasn't had the easiest path through the teenage years to actually think i can make a difference of a stand up for what i'd believe in. we talk about social media influences and

here is someone who truly does influence. as she is not selling snake oil. let's look at the telegraph. crick achieves signal and of five—day tests. what will be purists say? —— cricket people. there is a question about whether five days are needed for tests, given that so many and sometimes within three days. they don't even bother selling tickets for five days in advance. you canjust bother selling tickets for five days in advance. you can just turn bother selling tickets for five days in advance. you canjust turn up on the day. i think five days is important, not least in this country, because occasionally it could rain and so extending things for the necessary five days, and then perhaps even still ending in a drawer. when you talk to conferences, people in other countries say we have this national game we played for five days and

they stop a0 and lunch and at the end might end in a draw, they look at you like you are crazy —— people in other countries. it is sort of an hour or two at most. that is where the money comes in. they are paying for the pitch for the day, the broadcasters, for the staff who may or may not need to turn up for a whole day. i think it seems a bit wasteful, doesn't it? i think whole day. i think it seems a bit wasteful, doesn't it? ithink the game of cricket has been, as t—20, the very popular variant and shorter version, as it has become more popular the skills that get from that transfer to the test game and it has got shorter. but i don't think that is necessarily reason to cancel the fifth day entirely. but it's just a cancel the fifth day entirely. but it'sjust a suggestion cancel the fifth day entirely. but it's just a suggestion at the moment. it could be its most radical shakeup in decades, but we shall see. and i think if it gets more people interested in the sport, crucially if it gets more people

playing the sport, i think that's really good. and, of course, we're not just of the really good. and, of course, we're notjust of the international cricket, we're talking about county cricket as well, and it could be helpful for them. one cricket as well, and it could be helpfulfor them. one minute cricket as well, and it could be helpful for them. one minute to discuss t toxins. we are told to avoid them by senior doctors. they are teas that if social media influences are to be believed, will help you lose weight and be a better person for 2020. the reality, you might be surprised to hear somewhat different. drinking a cup of tea is not going to solve all of your problems. in fact, the nhs medical director has warned people against them and said that they can lead to heart problems and even unplanned pregnancy. how so? elizabeth taylor used to eat rancid meet in order to catch a parasite that would help her reduce her weight. many years later we seem to have moved on precisely none at all. the idea is that they are laxatives. it flushes everything

out through your system. including the stuff you wanted to keep hold of. that is it for the papers for tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. a big thank you to my guests this evening, joe and claire. and from all of us, good night. next on bbc news, entertainment correspondent colin paterson goes behind—the—scenes of the gavin and stacey christmas special. night—night. first positions, please! come and i'll show you the big, glamorous sets. he's rehearsing. here we go, rehearsal. stacey, would you kindly inform everyone that dinner is going to be ever so slightly delayed ?

this is bbc breakfast, this is christine gernon, who has directed every second you have ever seen of gavin and stacey. she is the secret sauce, there's no denying it. say hello to bbc breakfast. hi, bbc breakfast. the house up here is our sort of green room and look who you find in any of these houses. it's ruthjones and joanna page relaxing between scenes. i feel like i've just walked into the show, this is very peculiar. it is quite funny, we are sort of like our characters, just gossiping. what are you reading? mind your own business. who broke the news to you it was going to happen again? james corden sent me a text saying, "can i have a chat? nothing bad." i thought, never in a million years

did i think it would be this. because i've always assumed that it would never happen. it was quite a lot of pressure and i think all of us were quite anxious or nervous coming into it. i've never been more nervous. why? because people love the show and i read the script and the script is fantastic but you just never know. when i read nessa saying, "what's occurring?" it made me start crying, it made me cry. i was sitting in my car after doing a read—through on something else and i wasjust thinking, i want to read the script! ijust love it, that i'm back with my best friend and we're doing those scenes again and i just love looking over to ruth and she's got her wig on and it just feels so lovely. calm down, bryn. what made you decide to do it again? it was more a sense of, ruth and i thought, why don't we just explode it,

see if there's anything there, if there's a story there? we would always exchange texts or e—mails about the characters — where are they now, what are they doing now? we'd send each other little things like, "i heard someone say this in a supermarket and thought it would be something pam would say." what's occurring? ooh, welsh person! you do feel like they are carrying on their lives after we left them on the seafront ten years ago. we didn't tell anybody, we just did what we did the first time around, which was sit in a room and talk about it and see what we had. we got together in la, which sounds terribly glamorous. were you in the guest wing of his house? all we needed was two chairs and a table and we managed to do it. james put it on his twitter account

and people went berserk. are you asking me to step in? what? are you asking me to... # step into christmas! did you go back to the original series to help you get back into being gavin? there's no way i'm watching myself ten years ago, absolutely no way. i'm already self—conscious enough. oh, no! i think you need to come forward to allow that. it's constantly on and i love when i'm flicking the channels and you see a bit and you can't stop watching. there's a new generation of people now, of children watching it that weren't even born when it was first on and those kids now are starting to watch and they are coming to watch us film and it's just lovely. just don't touch me.

i like your top. you're almost as naked as i am. when you're writing the script, you know people want to hear the catchphrases, see the traditional character quirks, so how much of that you put in? you have to be careful because we never set out to create catchphrases for people, they happened naturally. for example... oh, that's lush! on monday i'm going to be telling somebody else that they look lush. you want to have them present in the script, but you don't want to overdo it because otherwise itjust cheapens it a little bit. it's notjust a best of catchphrases, none of it is forced, it's all very

natural and i think it gives the audience everything that they want and more. i think there's only two "what's occurring?"s in this episode. we've kept it down to a minimum. a minimum occurrence! this is doris' house and this is glenda, who owns gwen's house. how many people do you think have come in your house since the show was on? so 28,000 people you've let into the house? yeah. when we first came to film here, these things weren't up on the wall. before we used all the sofas that she had, everything, because we didn't have the budget, really. so you really did just use her house? yeah, because we didn't have the budget and it felt so authentic.

i'll be honest, this is the first time i've ever been in here when we haven't dressed it and i didn't realise quite... it's a shrine to the show. ..how many... ..i didn't realise quite how many things glenda had on the wall, bless her. it's kind of lovely, it sort of means so much so many people. you can't really get your head around it. this is where we shot a scene the other day at the top of the stairs, matt and i, which was incredibly tight for space. we always want to try and shoot it in its surroundings. so the famous scene gavin and stacey talk about the fact she'd been engaged... it was on this very doorstep, right here. ijust had a drink with your ex—fiance. oh, my god. how do you think i feel, stace? was it clifford ? no. leyon? no! howell? no, ahmed! but he's moved to swindon! he's down to see his mum! i'd taken six years off work being a mum, i got three children

and now i've been away for two weeks filming this and, basically, i'm on holiday so i've been in barry, the sun is shining, i've not got any children with me, i'm having a ball. it's an iced, erm, oat latte. that sounds horrible. it's incredible. we've just been filming upstairs. it's 101. when people watch this, they'll go, "i remember, that was the hottest day of the year." there's been a lot of cold acting. only when you remember to do it! there's going to be some takes for people are going brrr and other takes where they're, like... you're back here in barry. when you think you have a us talk show, it mustjust blow your mind.

yeah, the trick is to try not to think about it too much because i think it's quite a dangerous thing to have a rear view mirror and looking at all the things you've done. you've got to be looking at things you're going to do or want to do. i think that's the trick to hold yourself together and not starting to think that you're a bit more of a dude than you really are. anywhere, i don't care. are you sure? i'll sign it, but do not get this tattooed. 0h, james, we love you! the thing with the show has always been trying to find the extraordinary and the ordinary. that's where the show was born from. something so small, seemingly so small as two people falling in love and choosing to spend the rest of their lives together, has a monumental impact on lots of other people's lives. i think it's so good.

i think it gives everyone what they want and there's some new things as well. how has uncle bryn changed over the last ten years? if anything, he looks younger. i mean, he's obviously been to a spa in the swiss mountains, colin, and it's treated him well. i like the fact you just use a normal street. yes, but things happen and things have happened. i can't say any more than that. i'm terrified of giving something away! about to shoot rob brydon's last shot, maybe ever. not that he's got some terrible illness. certainly his last of this special, which might be the last time we ever see uncle bryn. what's going to surprise people about this? surprises? there might be a couple. you might find some things out

you've been wondering about. mostly all we want it to be is a joyful hour. i think people will like it. i hope so... we're all set and...action! my god! stacey! would you kindly inform everyone that dinner will be ever so slightly delayed ? calm down, bryn. i can't calm down! could this become a regular thing, every ten years, you revisit? that would be a terrible idea. it definitely will not become a thing that happens every decade. i can guarantee you that. don't talk about another ten years. i hope to god not, can you imagine how old we'd all look? no, i hope not! if they do some more, i hope they do it before ten years! does it wrap things up or is there a potential for yet more? i would love to tell you the answer to that question. i'd have to kill you. and i don't think that's very christmassy.

people might watch this special and be, like, "that was awful. "why did you ruin it?" that's the pressure of it. but i'd rather regret doing something that not doing something. they all like each other, our characters, really. they're a really lovely bunch to be around so it will be nice to see them having christmas day again. hello. we'll start new year's eve on a fairly chilly day for northern ireland in northern scotland. further south—west, the cloud could be thick enough to bring some patchy rain into far south—west england and into the new year. best of the sunshine the further north and east you are, quite a busy day for the

north and western isles, a busy day for the north and western isles, recorded over many, a single figures, maybe 10 celsius. as england. the new year's eve evening and night, the cloud will increase from the south on the west, clear skies for eastern scotland common northeast and eastern england. as we see in the new year, most will be mainly dry. fairly light winds away from northern scotland, we could see some patchy mist and fog over the hills. still a busy day across the northern and western isles on new year's day, but for most we're going to start mainly dry. a lot of cloud, the best of the brakes to the northern temperatures 6— 10 celsius.

this is bbc news. i'm nuala mcgovern. our top stories: reports say that former renault—nissan boss carlos ghosn has left japan where he has been under house arrest, arriving in lebanon. one firefighter dies as fires continue to rage across australia. weather conditions, already described as catastrophic, are expected to worsen. a cyprus court convicts a 19—year—old british woman of lying about a gang rape. the uk government says it's seriously concerned. and why waking up the world to climate change isn't enough. we speak to greta thunberg. i'm being listened to and we, climate activists, are being listened to, but that doesn't mean that what we are saying is translated into action.