so do take care, it's also going to be a cloudy end to the year. we are hanging on to that cloud, this is the scene this morning. plenty of cloud around, a very grey and overcast day on the whole. it's a little cooler than yesterday, we're still hanging onto double figures — just. top temperatures of ten degrees. but the good news — if you've plans tonight for new year's eve it should be dry. there is a of cloud, but i think nothing a few a fireworks can't brighten up a little bit later on. and overnight, i think we'll see those temperatures fall away as well to around three degrees celsius. so, it's a grey end to 2019, and a bit of a grey start to 2020 as well. it will still be feeling mild, we're hanging onto those temperatures as we get to the end of the week. but it is going to be a very overcast to 2020. have a very happy new year, i'll see you soon. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour.

plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though, it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories —— here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. thousands of people were forced to shelter on a beach to escape bushfires in the australian state of victoria. the seaside town of mallacoota, east of melbourne, was surrounded by a wall of flames as the sky turned red. there are multiple emergency warnings in victoria and new south wales. two people have been confirmed dead, and several others are still missing. the government says it will raise concerns with the authorities in cyprus about the fairness of a trial of a british woman convicted of lying about being gang raped. lawyers for the 19—year—old insist she was pressured by police into changing her story. they say she wasn't given a fair trial, and they plan to appeal.

we are glad the foreign office is finally assisting with the case. the foreign office should, we say, help british people when they get in trouble at a much earlier stage. but we do welcome the support of the foreign office with this case. the national living wage is to rise by 6.2% — more than four times the rate of inflation. the changes, which take effect in april, will mean a minimum of eight pounds 72 pence an hour for those over 25. that's up by 51 pence an hour on the current rate. there are similar rises for minimum wage for those under 25. around 3 million workers will be affected. the rail minister has written to train companies saying he is unhappy that some operators are not running fully accessible trains for disabled users. new legislation comes into force tomorrow although ten companies have been forced to apply for temporary exemptions. the chief executive of the rail delivery group, which represents rail companies, has insisted the industry is committed to making

the railway more accessible. hogmanay celebrations got underway in edinburgh last night. the festivities began in the city last night as around 40,000 people joined a torch—lit procession which ended with them forming the shape of two humans reaching out a "hand of friendship". the events will end with the traditional firework display with more than 3,600 fireworks being set off at edinburgh castle at midnight. you aren't working tomorrow, are you? no. how nice is that. me and carol are going to be here. happy new year to you. will you stay up to midnight? no. i'm might be. the ar macro. every time we talk

about it there is a problem. it ta kes about it there is a problem. it takes things away from the fans. about it there is a problem. it takes things away from the fansm used correctly, remember when we first mentioned it on this programme, most of the decisions are right. so the whole point of it is to get a 4% to be correct as well, the 4% that are wrong. if you can get that down to 2% or 1% that is great. the problem is the implementation and the fact there is no communication with the fans and that causes issues. it should not be used in off side ‘s. that will spark the debate again. it has prompted footballs rule makers to say it is being used to forensically. you wonder if their intervention might mean there will be some interventional changes to the way it is being implemented. lukas brud, the general secretary of the ifab, says there may need to be a re—adjustment around var and its use. he said when it comes to offside, var should not be "too forensic" and should only be used to reverse "clear and obvious" errors. the debate continues, and how its affecting things for fans, both those in the stadium and watching at home.

the brighton head coach graham potter says he's not sure where the use of the technology will end. the next thing we are going to do is probably get rid of the referees, get rid of the linesman, because we wa nt get rid of the linesman, because we want everything so correct. i don't understand why we want that. but what if we want everything so correct and in the end just do away with linesman, put drones up, use computers, artificial intelligence. i'm sure we'll get all the decisions correct. but they don't think anybody will really like football anymore. we wonder if we will ever see football come to that type of thinking. drones in this guy. david moyes had a strong response to any west ham unhappy with his appointment as manager. he said winning is what he does and that the club are getting a very experienced manager. west ham are 17th in the table, he'll be in the dugout for their game with bournemouth tomorrow.

i would like to say what they are getting with me is an experienced premier league manager. arguably there are only two or 320 more experience, games and the premier league. they probably have the biggest win rate out of a certain amount of managers as well. think if you are putting it that way that is what i do. i am coming here to west ham, initially, to get us wins away from the wrong end of the table. there you go. he looks determined. michael van gerwen is one match away from successfully defending his title at the world darts championship. the world number one is through to the final after beating nathan aspinall six sets to three. van gerwen‘s trying to win the title for a fourth time. and you wo't miss his oppoinent — peter wright who beat gerwyn price — this was a much frostier affair, wright went over egging on his opponent after winning the first set. but price got his own back after winning the second set, letting rip with a huge cheer which was directed at wright. but wright kept his cool to win it.

no handshakes at the end though. i don't think they will be wishing each other all the best in the new year. it was tense. a bit frosty there. in stark contrast to his get up. as you can see. thank you. the big day has almost arrived for some couples. although, it's not marriage they're preparing for but a civil partnership. as of today, mixed—sex couples in england and wales can celebrate their relationship with some not—so traditional plans that were previously only permitted for same—sex couples. fiona lamdin is in wirksworth. i think they will be congratulations for people that later. good morning. good morning. i'm just outside in the derbyshire dales with a couple who have waited five years for this day. just to be clear, they say,

that this is not a wedding. the are no make up artists, florists, but i have spied in the fridge two bottles of champagne. so there is clearly an airof of champagne. so there is clearly an air of excitement, an error of celebration. let's come through and meet cathy and john who are getting ready for today. john is just ironing his shirt. cathy, show us what you will be wearing later. just tell us how you are feeling today. more excited than i thought it would be. looking forward to the day. tell us be. looking forward to the day. tell us what you have decided not to get married. we have both been married before and those marriages did not work out for various reasons. and we felt strongly when we first got together ten years ago that repeating those vows and promises, knowing they had my the first time, wasn't a route we wanted to go down. we wanted to find a different way. thank you. good morning, john. tell us thank you. good morning, john. tell us what a civil partnership. it is mainly to put things on a legal footing. without it being either

simply partnered or a marriage. for example you don't have full entitlements to your partner's pension. and you have both worked, especially you, cathy, really hard to get to this stage. tell us about the involvement. by lobbing my mp several times. we follow the readings of the bill through parliament. and we have done a lot of this, awareness raising, interviewing people, and making sure the word gets out that so people understand what it is that has come about through this change in the law. you are saying today is not massively romantic. you do that five yea rs massively romantic. you do that five years ago. they draw your attention to this picture. a celebration where you had a big party. you called it a not a wedding. tell us a little bit about today then. today you are seeing it just as about today then. today you are seeing itjust as a legal thing. yes, it is very straightforward, going to the registrar office, go m, going to the registrar office, go in, sign the paper, and as long as our boys are awake we will have them witness it and then we will come back. at the moment your witnesses are still asleep. they are. how do they feel about it? i think they are

happy for us. they enjoyed that day five years ago and they know they will enjoy today. they are fine with it. how will you celebrate after? we will drink the fears and go up to our local pub where there will be friends of ours and we will celebrate both what we have done today and obviously new year's eve as well. will you feel any different after, will you feel different about each other? i don't think so. we have been together for ten years. we had a big celebration. things aren't going to change that much. no, i don't think so. they are keen to tell me it is not a big day, but i have spied some flowers from the family, a present from john's work. it really is, possibly, the most perfect and to 2019 for these two. massive congratulations. laughter. have a great day. i love that. the signs are currently asleep.

witnesses, but... it is only 20 to eight. and it is between christmas and new year. ifi eight. and it is between christmas and new year. if i wasn't hero would definitely be in bed. lovely to be here. good morning. drone and jet—ski users have been warned to stop disturbing dolphins and seals after reports of serious incidents nearly doubled in a year. the wildlife trusts annual marine review, shows reports of animals being harassed by members of the public has increased compared to last year. but it's not the only threat to wildlife — they're also facing an increasing threat from discarded plastic and litter. bex lynam is an advocacy officer with the north sea wildlife trust and is here to tell us more. good morning to you. shall we start with the good news or the bad news? good news first, shall we go with that? that would be great. what is the best thing you have found out this year? the best thing we have found out is the seachange happening

amongst the general public. more people than ever are aware of the environmental threats that our seas and on land we are facing. and i think it is wonderful we are seeing so many people increased in terms of their awareness but wanting to help and do something about that. so despite all of the bad news we're seeing so many people getting out there the coasts in the seas to help us there the coasts in the seas to help us deal with those problems. that is the good stuff, what is the bad stuff you have found? there are a number of bad things. mentioned a couple of them already. one of the biggest things as climate change, of course, we are in a claimant emergency. but thinking close to home we have got things like the disturbance that a lot of our wildlife is facing, it is a big problem for wildlife. and the amount of plastics in our seas. it is really overwhelming. there are other threats as well and all of those things together have a really huge impact on marine wildlife. there is good news about acl and i think she

is called chawla. tell us about her. —— tulip. she is a seal very much known to us. living on the isle of man. but she commutes, essentially, we know she has had pumps on the isle of man, but she has been cited as far away as cornwall, which is amazing to think they are travelling that kind of distance, it is in clearly a highly mobile species, using one area for a particular activity, in this case having her pubs, and others for other reasons. you talk about climate change in warmer waters, we have some pictures of some dolphins. this is how far south dolphins are moving. we know there is a population of bottlenose dolphins in the moray firth in scotland. they have been recorded there for a number of years. but this year, earlier this year they

we re this year, earlier this year they were recorded of yorkshire, which is the most southerly recording of this particular population we are aware of, they potentially travel further than that but that is as far as we are aware, whichjust than that but that is as far as we are aware, which just shows the distance these animals are travelling to hunt, to breed, et cetera. one thing mentioned right at the beginning was about drones and jet skis. they are causing particular problems? what happens? u nfortu nately, we particular problems? what happens? unfortunately, we have a lot more drones and use these days. and i think a lot of it is people just not aware of what impact those activities have on wildlife. so it's really easy if you are out on your jet ski, having a great time, enjoying the marine environment, which is fantastic, but it is easy to disturb wildlife. for instance you might drive through rafts of those, they get sue close to seals accidentally or other wildlife, which can really have quite severe consequences “— which can really have quite severe consequences —— gets you close.

which can really have quite severe consequences -- gets you close. we have seen some of the picture showing birds and potentially wales to come. these are sent in by members of the public. i am sure they are all sourced responsibly, but you rely on so many people watching bbc breakfast this morning to give this information to provide you with the photography as well. absolutely. we couldn't do what we do without our banker volunteers. they do a huge range of different roles for us from recording individual species, so they will sendin individual species, so they will send in photographs which help us with our research, to sitting on the cliffto ps with our research, to sitting on the clifftops and making concerted effo rts clifftops and making concerted efforts to log what they see, to going out and organising beach clea ns as going out and organising beach cleans as well to tidy up the mess that we are making. so we owe a huge amount of those volunteers for the work they do. bex lynam, thank you very much for talking to us. it is nice to hear there is at least some good news out there. have a lovely 2020. bex lynam telling us about those photos. carol get that all the time with the weather watchers. good

morning. we've had a lot of rain but a dry day today. we started with some fog, the m4 corridor, sussex, kent all the way to sodor. but as we travel further north into scotland, northern england and ireland, it is colderfor northern england and ireland, it is colder for you, below freezing for some and some frost. the new year's eve, mainly dry and a little colder thanit eve, mainly dry and a little colder than it was yesterday. the fog we have in the south will continue to lift into low cloud across the hills, the moors in the south—west. we have rain in the aisles of silly, that will put into devon and cornwall police possibly into south wales and the channel islands, but it isn't going to be particularly heavy. the cloud will build in and for the business in scotland, after that cold frosty start we're looking

at something the spells —— isle of scilly. temperatures are only four degrees in edinburgh, ten in plymouth and also in london. if you are staying up to see the new year m, are staying up to see the new year in, look at all of this cloud coming in from the south—west and moving north—east. you will need to wrap up warmly at midnight. we will see some brea ks warmly at midnight. we will see some breaks in devon and cornwall police and towards brighton, birmingham as well, but for the rest of us, for north—west england and northern ireland, northern and western scotla nd ireland, northern and western scotland there would be a bit of cloud around. it will be drizzle coming out of this cloud in the western isles. here too when the northern isles it will noticeably breezy. so as we had through the course of the night and into tomorrow, these are the kind of temperatures that will greet you, perhaps if you have had a very late—night, you will need to wrap up

before you leave. some will be below freezing. so we start tomorrow under this transient ridge of pressure, you can see the squeeze on the isobars, gusty winds across northern and western parts of scotland, and a cloudy day, more or less across the board. we could see some breaks in that cloud for high ground, northern and eastern parts of wales, northern and eastern parts of wales, northern and eastern parts of wales, northern and eastern parts of england and scotland. but the temperatures, well, nothing to write home about, 7- 10 well, nothing to write home about, 7— 10 degrees. it all changes as we head into thursday, and you can see ijust head into thursday, and you can see i just looking at the head into thursday, and you can see ijust looking at the isobars. that is going to tell you that it is windy wherever you will be, windy gales coming our way with those two weather fronts. that's going to bring rain from the north—west, sinking slowly southwards throughout the course of the day. it is going to be windy, so they will have an effect on the temperatures, generally 9—12. thank you, we will see you later on. all trains should be fully accessible for disabled users from tomorrow, but some rail companies will still be operating

services that break the new legislation. around ten firms have been forced to apply for temporary exclusions because of delays in adapting old carriages and getting new ones. our disability news correspondent nikki fox reports. do you need a ramp? there are yeah, i do. my wheelchair space was taken up. the depot doesn't have a wheelchair carriage on it. just some of the situations disabled people find themselves in when travelling by train. it's supposed to get easier, because in 2020 by law all trains should be fully accessible, except they won't be. around 1200 non—compliant carriages will continue to operate into the new year. it's not like asking for special treatment, we are asking to have something approaching a level of access to public transport that nondisabled people take for granted. the simple right to go to the toilet ona the simple right to go to the toilet on a seven hourjourney. this is not

new legislation. it was passed back in 1995, which is why disability campaigners can't understand why the deadlines have been missed. so, he was to blame? they delivery of new, accessible chains like these, delays modifying existing stock and late decisions by government are just some of the reasons. i think they call it a system failure because there are so many people involved. politicians who initially didn't see it has a job because it would be so far down the line, and then train companies struggling to get some permission to go ahead and maybe even people within the companies initially not seeing how important this change in regulation is. the rail industry says it is rolling out a thousand new carriages and upgrading hundreds of others. but ten companies have been forced to apply for temporary exemptions to run stock that doesn't comply. the government says it is disappointed that the rail firms will fail to

meet the deadline. but even when there is a fully accessible fleet, there is a fully accessible fleet, there would still be a need for manual assistance at many stations, and there is currently no deadline for that. nikki fox, and there is currently no deadline forthat. nikki fox, bbc news. let's talk about all of that. joining us now in the studio is dr hannah barham—brown, an equality campaigner and robert nisbet. good morning to the both of you. hannah, ifi good morning to the both of you. hannah, if i could talk to you first. you travel on the drains as much as you can, all the time. tell us much as you can, all the time. tell us what sort of experiences you have had? makes variances had been varied but some have been horrendous. i've been left waiting for a ramp, random strangers offering to lift me onto the train because the ramp hasn't arrived. i've turned up on trains where the accessible toilet has been broken, so have been forced to hold

on for over three hours. it can be really quite terrible for many disabled travellers across the uk, still. does it change the way you travel on the way you think about it? usually. i was travel on the way you think about it? usually. iwas raised travel on the way you think about it? usually. i was raised by a train gig- it? usually. i was raised by a train gig. ilove it? usually. i was raised by a train gig. i love chains and would love to be able to use them all the time but i try and drive, i tried to prioritise using my car instead if it isn't a route i know or if i know iam going it isn't a route i know or if i know i am going into a station that is not a terminus. i might be left on and get carried up to scotland or something. this morning i was offered a train to get here and i said no, can i geta car? ijust can't rely on the trains to get me somewhere safely and stress—free. i'm sure you'd like to make some points to robert. robert, thank you for being with us this morning. it's embarrassing, isn't it, listening to what hannah is saying? ten years is not enough time for these companies to prepare? and over 1200 carriages not ready. it's awful to hear the stories from hannah, and as a representative, i don't want to hear those kind of salesman people like hannah, and we welcome the fact that she campaigns assiduously on this matter, because we should be held to

account on it. i do also need to frame this and put it in context. yes, there are some carriages that are non—compliant and we have had the allowances to allow them to run, because obviously the interruption in service would be worse. but over 90% of our carriages are compliant. we apologise, we are sorry for the fa ct we apologise, we are sorry for the fact that 8% roughly are not, but thatis fact that 8% roughly are not, but that is due to manufacturing delays, the production of these carriages as well as the refurbishment of some of the carriages as well. so i'm not sitting here saying we are happy with the figure of 92% compliance, we are not. it should be 100%, but here i am to explain why it is the case and we are working very hard to rectify it. with 1000 case and we are working very hard to rectify it. with1000 new carriages coming out in 2020, onto the network, that will have accessibility built into them by design. can we also pick up the other — from a human point of view, being left on a train is really going to be terrifying for anyone,

isn't it? we found that is one of the reasons that many people with a disability feel they do not want to travel on the train, and of course we want to eradicate that. we have a syste m we want to eradicate that. we have a system called passenger assist, which have now made into a national hotline. the latest figures from 2019 are encouraging that it is getting better. we have over 88% satisfaction levels. that means 12% are not satisfied, so we need to work hard to make that better. these 1000 new carriages part of this massive investment on the railways, where we are seeing half of the entire fleet replaced to make those carriages accessible. they will have enhancements to make the journey is far more comfortable for hannah and other people who have issues with travelling on trains, including visual impairments, hearing impairments, we want the announcements to be much clearer. we wa nt announcements to be much clearer. we want screen indicators to be much

clearer to them. that is what increasing and improving the stock will allow us to do. so we know we're not perfect, we are saying that and we know we need to make a lot of changes here, but we are moving in the right direction with elements like passenger assist, and also an accessibility map we have put online as well that allows people to plan theirjourneys to see which stations are accessible. that's come back to hannah. i know you are listening very intently to what robert was saying. do you think disability is taken seriously enough? is not taken seriously enough? is not taken seriously enough by anyone i don't think of the government or the train companies. these deadlines were put in place 25 years ago, with the disability discrimination act of 1995, i was seven when his regular lessons were put in place and they still haven't been achieved. the train companies, some of them were only applying for exemptions three months ago. they have had more than enough time and by only applying

within the last three months, nothing can be done to try and remedy it in that time. so yes, we are being let down. this is stopping disabled people from working, it's stopping us from leaving our homes. one third of disabled people, a recent survey by robert nisbet said one third of disabled people will not travel because of the difficulties with public transport does make a recent survey. how can we get out of our homes if we cannot even rely on public transport? hannah barham—brown and robert nisbet, thank you both forjoining us nisbet, thank you both forjoining us this morning. you are watching brea kfast us this morning. you are watching breakfast from the bbc. still to come for you this morning: earlier this year many of you contacted us after louise took a brave step of talking about the menopause on bbc brea kfast. talking about the menopause on bbc breakfast. we will look back on some of those conversations louise helped to start and beginning to chance on the way we think about symptoms and treatment. get in touch as well because we have a guest talking to a

specific —— talking to us specifically on that issue. welcome to bbc london on the last day of 2019. i'm tarah welsh. on the eve of a new decade, one of our most famous landmarks turns 20. built for the millenium, the london eye was only supposed to be in place for five years but is now a permanent fixture on our skyline. it was designed as part of a competition with its 32 capsules representing each one of the london boroughs. we wanted the capsules on the outside so that when you're at the very top you had an unimpeded 360—degree view, a bit like being on top of a mountain in the middle of the city. we then had to figure out how to make that work, how to keep the capsules horizontal while the wheel went around. and that was — that was complex. well, the landmark will be one

of the key attractions in tonight's event on the south bank. 12,000 fireworks will be let off from three barges in the thames and on the london eye. and the team only has a couple of hours to rig the display. it's around about half nine, ten o'clock, when we finally get the eye into lockdown. so with two hours, 2.5 hours to go until midnight, that's when we find out when we've got some of it, all of it or not of it. so, fingers crossed it will be all of it. but it's a very anxious moment when we run that test at ten o'clock in the evening with two hours to go, just praying that — green, green, green across the board. a reminder from the police that tonight's event is ticketed. but it's sold out, so anyone without one will be turned away. don't worry though, you can always watch the coverage at home, right here on bbc one. let's take a look at the travel situation now. on the tube the piccadilly line is closed between uxbridge and brainerd lane. and great western railway is running a reduced service today because of major engineering works.

because of preparations for the night's event, westminster bridge will be closed from 2pm. waterloo, lambeth and blackfriars bridges will also be closed earlier this evening. will the weather hold out until the new year? he is your round to dallas. —— here isjill brown to tell us. hello there! well, the final day 2019 is here and it's a very misty and murky start. there's a lot of low cloud and fog around this morning, so do take care, it's also going to be a cloudy end to the year. we are hanging on to that cloud, this is the scene this morning. plenty of cloud around, a very grey and overcast day on the whole. it's a little cooler than yesterday, we're still hanging onto double figures — just. top temperatures of ten degrees. but the good news — if you've plans tonight for new year's eve it should be dry. there is a of cloud, but i think nothing a few a fireworks can't brighten up a little bit later on. and overnight, i think we'll see those temperatures fall away as well to around three degrees celsius. so, it's a grey end to 2019, and a bit of a grey start to 2020 as well.

it will still be feeling mild, we're hanging onto those temperatures as we get to the end of the week. but it is going to be a very overcast to 2020. have a very happy new year, i'll see you soon. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half—an—hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: the terrifying moment thousands of people take refuge on the beach in australia to escape bush fires — military helicopters are deplyed to help them. we were bracing for the worst because it was black. like, it should have been daylight and it was black like midnight and we could hear the fire roaring. the uk government says it's seriously concerned about a fair trial for the british woman convicted in cyprus of lying