good morning and welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: four days to reach a post—brexit deal as "very large gaps" remain in talks between the two sides. sunday is the new deadline to reach agreement after the latest trade negotiations failed to make progress. will mike ashley's last—ditch attempt to save debenhams work? his company — behind sports direct, house of fraser and evans cycles — will give us an update later. thousands ofjobs are at stake. i'll have the details. back to earth with a bang. elon musk‘s spacex rocket, designed to one day take people to mars, has exploded while attempting to land.

the show must go on. in yourfront garden. actors are performing west end shows on doorsteps while theatres are closed. sensational salah. mo becomes liverpool's all—time record goal scorer in the champions league, on a night when results were less important with liverpool and manchester city already group winners. good morning from kew gardens where it is christmas at kew gardens and there are over1 million twinkling lights on the trail and we are standing right in front of the rose garden. not as cold start to the day as it has been this week but the hmmfi as it has been this week but the forecast is great, gloomy with showers and more persistent rain coming into the west later. i will have all the details in about ten minutes. it's thursday 10th december. our top story. a new deadline has been set for an agreement over a post—brexit deal, this after a meeting between the prime minister and the president

of the european commission failed to break the deadlock. discussions will continue today and downing street says a "firm decision" about the future will be taken by sunday. but it warns that "major differences" remain between the two sides. this report from our political correspondentjessica parker contains some flashing images. they met, a quick photo, masks off, and on again. then down to business. three hours of talks over a three course meal but in the end, big gaps remain. there was a good discussion, but there was no clear movement in the right direction. she described the conversation as lively. downing street, as frank. but, negotiations that had stalled are now back on. david frost for the uk and michel barnier for the eu are getting round the table again in brussels. we must remember that a trade deal is for keeps, notjust for christmas. and i think the prime

minister deserves praise for standing firm and not allowing fudge and compromise we may later regretjust to get a deal over the line. fishing rights, business competition rules and how a deal would be policed are now familiar stumbling blocks. number 10 said that borisjohnson was determined not to leave any route to what they described as a fair deal untested. let's be clear, there was never any doubt that the promise to the british people was that there would be a trade deal. quite frankly, there should be one already. this is not an ambitious deal that the government is seeking. it is now exactly three weeks until the brexit transition period ends. but the uk and eu have named this sunday as the new deadline when a decision must be made on the future of the talks. jessica parker, bbc news. our brussels correspondent nick beake joins us now.

iam i am intrigued. iam intrigued. it i am intrigued. it was intriguing seeing them negotiating how to put masks on and off so it will be interesting to see the move —— mood, because didn't she describe as lively last night? yes, it's the time of morning when we try to decipher the diplomatic language and she used the phrase lively and interesting, make of that what you will. downing street said it was a frank discussion which could mean it was a bit more animated than they would like us to believe, but it didn't stop particularly well and was awkward when they were posing for the cameras at the start and taking on and off their masks with ursula von der leyen suggesting to boris he should keep his distance to which he said, you run a tight ship here, but it seems that after that point the sides didn't come closer because despite three hours of conversation they weren't able to break the deadlock on the big issues we have been talking about, fishing

rights, competition rules, and how you sort out problems in the future if one side says the other has broken the terms of the trade agreement. it all means the chief negotiators will meet again today and try to break the deadlock. how many times have we said that? they have been trying for months and months this year to get an agreement that the latest deadline we have is this sunday coming on both sides say that if they haven't reached anything over the next four days or so, come sunday, they will walk away and at the same time, the european commission that runs everything in brussels on behalf of the 27 countries say they will be publishing contingency plans for no deal so business is notjust in europe but elsewhere will have some clarity and certainty if they are going to plan for the sides to be trading on different terms, which of course that would be the consequence ofa no course that would be the consequence of a no deal on trade. nick, thank you for taking us through that. greater manchester police has been accused of letting down vulerable victims of crime

by failing to record 80,000 offences ina year. the police inspectorate said some cases were being closed without a proper investigation and no record was kept of a quarter of violent crimes, including domestic abuse and stalking. greater manchester police said it had a long term plan to address the concerns. the initial findings of a review into allegations of poor maternity care at hospitals in shropshire will be published this morning. more than 1,800 deaths and cases of neglect are being investigated at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. west mercia police have also launched their own investigation to establish if there are grounds for criminal proceedings. the united states has recorded more than 3,000 coronavirus deaths in the past 2a hours — the highest total so far in a single day anywhere in the world. the number of new cases is continuing to surge and hospitals in parts of america are filling up. in california, admissions have risen by more than 70 percent in the past two weeks.

authorities in the united states have launched a major lawsuit against facebook. officials have accused the social media giant of stifling competition when it bought whatsapp and instagram — which it could now be forced to sell. the social media giant insists the companies were far smaller when it bought them and that the deals were fully approved. an experimental rocket belonging to elon musk‘s spacex company has exploded while attempting to land back on the ground. the 16—storey high starship rocket was being tested as part of the company's plans to eventually carry humans and cargo to the moon and mars. tanya dendrinos reports. it looks like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster. but this fiery spectacle wasn't planned. it's the crash landing of the latest prototype of the spacex starship. two, one, zero. codenamed sn8, it was

the craft‘s first attempt at a high altitude flight test. early on was smooth sailing for the uncrewed mission. it lifted off from the boca chica facility in texas on a brief flight tojust over 12km, achieving much of what it set out to do. including a horizontal descent. but after a flip back into the vertical position for touchdown, things went a little awry. it might not have looked like it, but according to spacex ceo elon musk, the flight was a success, congratulating his team, saying, "we got all the data we needed". his sights firmly set, tweeting, "mars, here we come". tanya dendrinos, bbc news. carol is at kew gardens this morning to get us into the festive spirit.

presumably in the dark, but all lit up presumably in the dark, but all lit up this morning because the lights have just come up this morning because the lights havejust come on. isn't it glorious this morning? of course, it is christmas at kew gardens and you are looking at the singing roses, there are about 10,000 of them and they change colour as you can see and they are right in front of the palm house. there is a trail here that has over 1 million twinkling lights, the cathedral as well, and it is gorgeous and if you are thinking of coming, it is sold out until christmas and of course, all of the coronavirus rules apply if you are coming down. it's not as cold a start of the day as it has been earlier this week but the forecast for today is a fairly grey and gloomy one. a lot of cloud around and some of us have some rain. so we have the rain and some showers across the north and west of the country and a lot of cloud elsewhere, chile in the east than the west to start with and through

the west to start with and through the day we hang on to a lot of the cloud which is thick enough for some rain and drizzle as well. by the end of the day, you will notice the clouds thickening across the west of northern ireland and the rain arriving. temperatures between seven and nine and as we head through the evening and overnight the band of rain comes into northern ireland which will sweep across all areas are getting into the east and behind it there will be showers and the wind will strengthen across the far north of scotland in the northern and western isles and there will be some clearer skies as well. as we head through tomorrow we start with the rain in the east and most of it will clear except across the north—east of scotland where the met 0ffice north—east of scotland where the met office has a weather warning for heavy rain and by the time we get to saturday, parts of scotland and the north—east in the high ground could have as much as 100 millimetres falling on already flooded ground or saturated ground which could lead to issues with flooding. behind that, we are looking at some showers,

limited brightness and the best of it will be in parts of the south—west and temperatures getting a little milder and as we head through the weekend saturday looks like the driest day with rain coming oui’ like the driest day with rain coming our way during the course of sunday, moving west to east and the wind picking up so unsettled probably sums it up nicely. could you step to the side so we can enjoy the images? that is so much better. look at that. doesn't it look fantastic. look at you there all morning. carol? can you take note as to who is being cheeky and got you out of the shop this morning. i know, it's not even quarter past six. terrible behaviour. already it is starting. enjoy it while it is still dark, you have another hour or so. thank you, carol, see you later.

let's take a look at today's papers. brexit makes the front pages, after the prime minister went to brussels for trade deal talks with the european commission president. the daily telegraph says the talks went badly, but the two sides now have until sunday to reach a deal. the daily mail calls the night of talks "dramatic" — but says the dinner failed to break the deadlock. it says the uk could be heading out of the eu without a trade deal by the end of the weekend. the guardian has a more optimistic headline — it says mrjohnson made clear at the talks that a trade deal between the uk and eu was still possible. and finally, the mirror says the supermarket tesco is stockpiling food for the new year, amid fears a deal will not be reached. za ra zara and mike tindall, they broke the news yesterday that they are expecting their third child, so congratulations to them. this is either going to make people say it is lovely or make them feel a little

bit queasy. let's see. brother and sister incubated a box of quail eggs, so they bought these quail eggs, so they bought these quail eggs from the supermarket and had a 24 eggs from the supermarket and had a 2a egg box and they decided to keep it in 2a egg box and they decided to keep itina 2a egg box and they decided to keep it in a warm place and they went to the incubator on october the 27th and emily, the young girl, she said she had seen someone hatching eggs in an incubatorand she had seen someone hatching eggs in an incubator and thought it would bea in an incubator and thought it would be a front project, so by november the 13th, friday the 13th, she heard some cheapening and there was a chick that got out of its egg and it ended up being, in the first two chicks were named after the supermarket, mark and spencer, then it was death chopper, death chopper two, elvis, honey, rocky, chucky, and lucky. so the eggs had been

brought routinely as part of the shop? yes, 12 hatched. i don't how that makes you feel. and it might make you feel queasy and it might make you feel queasy and it might make you feel queasy and it might make you think it is lovely. i hope they are all 0k is what i am hoping. here is a story about dusty springfield and we don't have any to play for you, because everybody likes dusty springfield, but there isa likes dusty springfield, but there is a new bio pic coming out starring gemma artisan, but the little nugget they pulled out of the biopic about her is that dusty springfield's star had faded to such a degree in the 19705 that she was in the habit of entering dusty springfield impersonation contest and often lost. such was the fact that she had so much fallen away from public consciousness that she would enter a contest to sing her own song and someone else would win, being better at being her than her. wasn't there at being her than her. wasn't there a video of adele doing something to

surprise a fan? she turned up to a lookalike contest, and she turned up and all dressed up and surprised one of herfans and all dressed up and surprised one of her fans doing the same thing. and all dressed up and surprised one of herfans doing the same thing. i think she was fine, financially. we can doa think she was fine, financially. we can do a compare and contrast. here is dusty springfield holding her guitar, with fantastic air, epic. something to aspire to. are pulled away. and then we go to this instrument. is that a loot? no, it isa man instrument. is that a loot? no, it is a man playing the three oboe —— theorbp. which is a 16th century loot. it has an extended base range, and she was playing it at a concert, so that's quite a challenging thing.

quite challenging to take on the tube train if are travelling. i a lwa ys tube train if are travelling. i always used to feel sorry when i went to music things, always very sorry for the cellists. it is a —— 6:16am. a father and son who survived a motorway crash on new year's eve almost two years ago have launched an appeal to find the people who saved their lives. gary, who's from bradford, blacked out and lost control of his van while driving on the m6 near stoke—on—trent. hayden, who was 11 at the time managed to call 999. 0livia richwald has been speaking to gary and his son hayden. my dad's head went to the wheel and we went up the bank and flipped over, down and ended up facing the ongoing motorway.

i passed out. so i don't really remember anything of it. what do you both remember about the people who helped you that night? i remember someone going in, breaking into the back of the van, and they got a saw, and they came and sawed the window so me and buster could get out. but whilst they were doing that, i did have to shield my dad and buster's eyes while i looked away. why do you want to meet them? i need to thank them. ijust want to thank everybody who was there on the day at that time, because, like i say, it could have been a different story. hayden didn't know where we were, he was facing back down the motorway in the van. they knew where we was, they help to get the ambulance service to where we was. just love to meet them and say, thank you very much. it's not very often something happens like that. neither gary nor hayden suffered serious injuries in the accident.

gary had his benign brain tumour removed but faces more surgery in the future. two years after the accident, father and son have decided to raise money for brain tumour research. we've already raised over £500 which is amazing, really. as he said, he drives all over the country, it's amazing how it didn't happen when he was on his own. if he was on his own, then that could have been awful. so to say it happened with me in the van, with buster, it sort of made it better. because there was someone there to help. well said, hayden, and gary. we'll be speaking to hayden and gary with their dog buster just after 8.30. they are trying to raise money, which is fantastic. what a young man. good to be able to tell the story. he is one of the most divisive figures on the high street. but in recent years mike ashley's

retail empire has grown to include department stores and high—end clothing shops. today we learn a bit more about how his business is coping and if he could be about to step in to save debenhams. nina's looking into this one for us this morning. what could happen today, nina? it isa it is a possibility. we will also speak to it is a possibility. we will also speakto mike it is a possibility. we will also speak to mike ashley's right—hand man to him. good morning. we are looking out for how the frasers group is faring over this challenging period. but we're more interested in what they have to say about a brand they don't even own yet. debenhams. just a reminder of who they are — a presence in more than 20 countries, employing tens of thousands of people. this is the face behind the company logo — mike ashley. he's one of the biggest and most controversial players on the high street. he's was criticised for trying to keep nonessential shops open at the start of lockdown. he's also been accused of poor treatment of some of his workers. he started with a single store in maidenhead in 1982 called ‘mike ashley sports'. it soon became a name you'll

probably know well — sports direct. since then he's built a vast and diverse empire with brands including jack wills, flannels, game and what remains of the house of fraser. will debenhams be next? this time last week we were reporting that the centuries old brand was going for good, more than 120 stores were preparing to close, and 12,000 jobs were at risk. then earlier this week — the shock announcement that mike ashley wanted to save it. but is the deal for real? and how many shops and jobs could really be saved? we'll learn about that later, but the company results will also tell us a lot about how shoppers are behaving over this extraordinary period. we are looking closely to see how the group has done. it's got a variety of different retailers from sports direct through to the house of fraser department store and what we will be looking for is what has done well and we talk about the

death of the department store, but has mike ashley's group bucked the trend? we will look and see what people have spent their money on what consumer confidence looks like and what the outlook is from inside the freezer group. what do they think shoppers are doing and how will they plan for 2020 and 2021 next year quest might —— the frazar group. it will be interesting to see what their view is this morning. in just under an hour we're going to hear from the company and i will be speaking to mike ashley's number two later. lots of questions about the future of hundreds of shops and thousands of jobs. the expectation is they will have done 0k the expectation is they will have done ok because of the growth in leisurewear. that is the gear you buy when you look like you will do sport but you don't have to do any. they are just a closure slob around in. i love them. they are one step up in. i love them. they are one step up from in. i love them. they are one step ' as. in. i love them. they are one step i in. i love them. they are one step up from pyjamas. i don't do pyjamas. you can imagine people working from home will feel like getting out of pyjamas and into their leisurewear

but not doing anything. it's ideal. have you got them, charlie? i don't like the phrase leisurewear. i don't like the phrase leisurewear. i don't like it. there is something i don't like it. there is something i don't like about the phrase.|j like it. there is something i don't like about the phrase. i think it ca ptu res like about the phrase. i think it captures it perfectly. like about the phrase. i think it captures it perfectlylj like about the phrase. i think it captures it perfectly. i think slobbies is much better. when pupils returned to school in the autumn, the main focus was on keeping them safe and catching up on months of lost learning. but the mental health impact of the coronavirus outbreak has also become a top priority. at one school in wirral, staff have brought in a happiness teacher and weekly happiness lessons to help pupils to cope. abbie jones has been to find out more. remember to sanitise your hands. not a single class bubble has had to be sent home at riverside primary. government catch—up funding has been ploughed into phonics lessons to get pupils back on track.

but as the weeks have passed, the school has become more and more concerned about children's mental health. we thought it would be enough to open our arms and say, welcome back, and it was at first but for some children, although there is this loss of learning, there is also the loss of social interaction. loss of friendship, loss of structure. in this early stages of development, it can be devastating for some of our children. what has that manifested itself with? well, the behaviour in class, not being able to cope with the usual work that they were able to do. falling out with friends, becoming subdued in class. ready? ready to grow your tree? before lockdown, riverside provided a social, emotional and mental health space for children, offering things like yoga and relaxation. now that has been massively extended. the anxiety started to manifest physically, and it kind of brought some of the health problems back to the surface.

helping children like jenny woods's eight—year—old. she has a rare immune disorder and has been shielding since march. returning to school made her son extremely anxious. all of a sudden, it was, you know, you can go and be in this class with all these children and itjust wasn't resonating with him how that could be safe. was he worried about you? he was worried about me, worried about himself a little bit himself because he's eight and that's natural, but worried about bringing germs home to me. and that's a lot to put on an eight—year—old, isn't it? to feel responsible. yeah, i hate it. some of the youngest children can't always express what they're worried about or why. you don't realise little ears are listening to some of your worries. if you think it's hard on us, and we worry, you think, how do they feel? and they do, they're only little, and they do worry. teachers have had to go back to basics with social skills and personal development. staff have been so concerned

about helping pupils adapt, they have brought in a happiness teacher and are giving weekly happiness lessons. today, everybody, we're going to practice our happy breathing. here they learn how to calm their minds and understand their feelings. and pupils have a safe space to talk about any worries. this whole school approach is really, really effective, it's working with our youngest to our eldest peoples. and to address any kind of mental health problems they might have now or in the future. it makes it easier for them to check in on how they're feeling and how they can get themselves back to a positive state. i felt like i was about to forget everything, and get stuff wrong sometimes, and these lessons have really helped me. because we've been away from each other, we feel like we were going to fall out and we did a little bit. but now we sorted it out with happy breathing and calming down. i was feeling like that sad, and i wasn't feeling really good.

and how do you feel now? i feel great and so happy. an anxious child is not a learning child, and it's all about being compassionate to everybody, the whole community. and i think that one of the things that lockdown has made it, it's got to be wellbeing and children's happiness has got to be top of the agenda. abbiejones, bbc news, birkenhead. all credit to the teachers who haven't done it throughout, an amazing job, not least with making children feel more secure. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are because good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. a teenager who threw a young boy from the viewing platform of tate modern has abandoned his bid to be moved from prison to hospital. 19—year—old jonty bravery was jailed in june for throwing

the six—year—old from the 10th—storey balcony of the art gallery in august last year. he's currently serving a life sentence for attempted murder with a minimum of 15 years. luton is now offering rapid coronavirus testing to help tackle high rates of covid in the area. two community centres have been converted to "walk—in" rapid test centres. it's for people without symptoms. anyone tested should get their results within 45 minutes. a similar service started in basildon on tuesday. it's for people who don't have symptoms, so if you've got symptoms, you need to go and have your test at one of our other testing stations. this is for reassurance, you can come here, just to check and have the test to see if you have got the virus or not. if you prove, if it comes that you have a positive test, we then send you on to get the confirmation test through the other testing stations. fans will be able to attend a women's super league match for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic

as tickets have gone on sale. over 1,000 spectators will be able to go to chelsea's's match at crawley against brighton on sunday. the relaxation of covid regulations means fans are able to return to stadiums in tier 2. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. in earls court, the a4 west cromwell road is closed eastbound at earl's court road for emergency water work. northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is building from blackwall lane. in vauxhall, durham st is closed at harleyford road for emergency water works, with kennington lane closed westbound on the approach. in wapping, various sets of works on the highway are causing westbound delays for traffic heading out of limehouse towards tower hill. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. once again it's a frost free start

to the day across the capital, temperatures generally between five and seven celsius. a bit of early mist around as well but nothing too dense. it's going to be a mostly dry day today, but there will always be plenty of cloud. just watch out for one or two light showers always possible, and i think generally speaking, dry, thickening cloud throughout the day and that southerly wind is set to pick up as well. top temperatures today, not too much movement there, seven or eight celsius. and then through this evening and overnight, we are set to keep those layers of cloud. it will turn windier and eventually through the small hours, there will be outbreaks of rain that could turn out to be quite heavy into the start of the day tomorrow. 0vernight lows are not changing too much, between seven and eight celsius. tomorrow, it is a wet start to the day, it will be quite windy but it will feel a bit milder. that early rain clearing so a mostly dry afternoon with highs of 10 degrees. 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 naga and charlie.

hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. coming up on breakfast this morning. as regulators warn that people with a history of severe allergic reactions shouldn't have the coronavirus vaccine, we'll ask a panel of experts how concerned we need to be. margaret keenan made history when she was the first person to get the jab, we'll hear how the special festive t—shirt she was wearing is giving one small charity a big boost. and comedian bobby ball used tojoke about having a statue of himself in his favourite resort, now his wish is to be granted. we'll speak to his wife yvonne. here's a summary of this morning's main stories. brexit negotiators will have until sunday to decide

whether a trade deal with the eu can be achieved. it comes after a meeting between borisjohnson and the president of the european commission failed to break the deadlock in talks. discussions will continue today but downing street warns "major differences" remain between the two sides. the initial findings of a review into allegations of poor maternity care at hospitals in shropshire will be published this morning. more than 1800 deaths and cases of neglect are being investigated at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. west mercia police has also launched its own investigation to establish if there are grounds for criminal proceedings. the united states has recorded more than 3,000 coronavirus deaths in the past 2a hours, the highest total so far in a single day anywhere in the world. the number of new cases is continuing to surge and hospitals in parts of america are filling up. in california admissions have risen by more than 70% in the past two weeks. thousands of people have now received the coronavirus vaccine

at hospital hubs all over the uk, but from next week the vaccination programme will be expanded to gp surgeries too. let's speak to one of our regular breakfast gps, doctorjamie parker. good morning to you, how are you? very good, thank you, exciting news about the vaccine and the roll—out. what they are we now, thursday? what they are you expecting next week to start administering vaccines —— what day? personally i'm not sure because in ourareai day? personally i'm not sure because in our area i am not sure exactly how the gps will be involved in the gp vaccine roll—out, we are waiting to hear what it will look like, i believe it will start with 200 gp surgeries across the country from next week. i don't know from my point of view exactly how it will look. while you are waiting for the details, still very exciting times for you. have you been in touch with

patients, potentially flagging up that they are in line? yes, we have had people have been calling, asking what will be happening, we need to make it clear that the nhs will contact make it clear that the nhs will co nta ct you make it clear that the nhs will contact you when you are eligible and offer you an appointment or an opportunity to make an appointment to have the vaccine, you don't need to have the vaccine, you don't need to co nta ct to have the vaccine, you don't need to contact the nhs. i know of a colleague who has already had the vaccine, had it yesterday, and is absolutely fine. there is generally absolutely fine. there is generally a high level of excitement and positivity around it. are you going to get it? yes. when, do you know? i had a text through saying you can book an appointment, and both my wife who is a hospital paediatrician andi wife who is a hospital paediatrician and i have looked in, mine is in two weeks' time. it's interesting, obviously the vaccine is new, the process of it being approved has been very quick in relative terms compared to developments of other

vaccines and yesterday we had from the regulator, the mhra, saying if anyone has had a history of severe allergic reactions, they should avoid this vaccine. what would you say to patients who are hearing this and thinking, should i be concerned? from what we know yesterday, there are about 5000 vaccines yesterday given, a998 were fine, the two people there does seem to have been a reaction. not known exactly what the details are but i understand it was those people had a history, a background of having severe allergic reactions and were carrying an adrenaline pen themselves. i understand they have recovered and are absolutely fine. the mhra and people will be looking into those cases to understand exactly what has happened, but for now, they have appropriately advised that those

people who have a history of a serious reaction to vaccines, food or medicine, or who have been advised to carry an autoinjector, an adrenaline pen, she did not have the vaccine until more details are known. although —— they should not have the vaccine. although it is a very small proportion of people who had the vaccine, we should take comfort from the fact that the appropriate measures have been taken so the reporting is in place and the guidance came out very quickly to ensure that people are safe. and in terms of normal reactions to vaccines, normally, these happen, don't they? absolutely, definitely. it's not uncommon, people who are given the vaccine in those areas will be trained to deal with any reactions —— people who give the vaccine. the most likely thing that most people might notice is a slight pain in yourarm. most people might notice is a slight pain in your arm. we should be clear about how the vaccine is working. we

saw the pictures of those who had got the vaccine and were leaving and saying, it's great, ifeel like i can see my family and hug them. it ta kes can see my family and hug them. it takes time for it to become effective and there is a reason that there are two doses given. absolutely, there are two doses three weeks apart and then day 28, the immunity is there. it is important to realise generally that this is the start of the process. this is the light at the end of the tunnel, but we're not the if we relax, if we are not vigilance with social distancing advice, then we will see further spikes in coronavirus, surging deaths and hospital admissions. this is going to ta ke hospital admissions. this is going to take months and months to get enough people vaccinated so that it works. it's brilliant news but people do need to be vigilant, people do need to be vigilant, people do need to be careful. although you may have had the

vaccine, remember it does take 28 days to work, but that does not mean then you can just ignore social distancing rules. the time will come but it is not here just yet. doctor jamie parker, always good to speak to you, if we don't speak before the vaccine, i look forward to hearing how it went next time. thank you! always interesting hearing directly from gps about how it will work in practice. it must be still quite exciting, knowing if you are prepared to take the vaccine, and you want to move out of this phase we have been going through, it must be quite exciting to know that you are in line for it. when the call comes in, absolutely. take us away from all this and to some goals. a rare relaxing night forfootball fa ns after a rare relaxing night forfootball fans after the drama and tension for manchester united on tuesday, last night liverpool and manchester city fa ns night liverpool and manchester city fans could do other things because the results didn't matter, they were already through to the knockout

phase. with the manchester derbyjust days away, manchester city gave themselves a shot in the arm as they completed their champions league group with a comfortable 3—0 win over marseille. they were at their free flowing best and ferran torres makes it look so easy, as he strolls into space to tap in the first. and then, look who was back, sergio aguero showing his usual instinct after injury. and an own goal right at the end sealed the win that means city finish the group stage with 16 points, the most ever by an english side in the champions league. liverpool were also guaranteed top spot before they played in denmark and it took mo salah less than a minute to get his 22nd champions league goal and so become liverpool's record goal—scorer in this competition, against midtjylland. despite that start, they could only manage a 1—1 draw in the end. but that didn't matter and salah was the talking point. even the incredible number of goals he scored wouldn't have been enough since we worked together, exceptional player. he helps the team, and he appreciates the help of

the team. players from paris st—germain and basaksehir took the knee before they resumed their champions league game. it had been originally abandoned on tuesday night after 1a minutes with the fourth official accused of using a racist term. it was an easy win for ps6 in the end. neymar with a hat trick as they won 5—1. in the women's champions league, manchester city came from behind to beat gothenburg in the first leg of their last—32 tie. not such a good night for glasgow city as they were beaten 2—1 by sparta prague women. meanwhile fran kirby became chelsea's all time record scorer as they thrashed benfica 5—0 in lisbon. now some sad news reaching us overnight. the stand out star of the 1982 world cup, paolo rossi has died aged 6a. rossi was the player of the tournament as italy won the trophy in spain. and yet he nearly missed the competition, after being banned from football for two years for his involvement in a match—fixing scandal. he started the tournament slowly,

but scored six, and but his hat trick against brazil in a match, was considered to be one of the greatest in world cup history. he ended up world player of the year in 1982. england rugby world cup winners ben kay and lewis moody have called for the amount of contact in training to be limited while research into a possible link between rugby and brain injuries continues. it comes as a group of former players has started legal acton against rugby's authorities for negligence. ben cohen, who was part of england's world cup winning side, says more needs to be done. it's like 20 controlled car crashes a week. you know, some of these hits are just bone rattling, they really are. and it's notjust about knocks on heads, yes, that's a massive part, it's about holding your breath, going into contact and seeing the stars. jockey hollie doyle has made history after she became the first woman to ride a winner at the internationaljockeys' championship in hong kong.

it's been an incredible year for doyle, who has already broken her own british record for winners ridden in a year by a woman and became the first female rider to have five winners at one meeting. shes now added this latest record by winning the final race of the competition, aboard harmony n blessed. sometimes there can be such joy in defeat. after they'd lost in the champions league, the borussia monchengladbach players gathered around a phone to watch the other match in their group, and as long as no one scored, they were through after all. and the party could begin! goalless draws have never felt so good. we move on to the knockout phase in the champions league. do you think those fans were really sitting there relaxed, livable —— liverpool and manchester city? personal perspective, if i knew my team had already won the group and were through to the knockout phase, you

just don't want players to get injured. you just want to win and a good performance. was the atmosphere very jovial good performance. was the atmosphere veryjovial on the pitch, no argy—bargy? veryjovial on the pitch, no argy-bargy? no less than normal. there wasn't jeopardy argy-bargy? no less than normal. there wasn'tjeopardy riding on it in terms of going through but it was still a competitive match, players still a competitive match, players still go in for challenges and that was a worry for liverpool, because playing my cell at the start when you have got big games —— mots sala at the start. i haven't heard the phrase argy— bargy for ages. at the start. i haven't heard the phrase argy— bargy for agesm at the start. i haven't heard the phrase argy-bargy for ages. it is great for phrase. i had just haven't heard it for a while. a night out with carol, that's a memory, a distant memory there is always argy—bargy with carol. distant memory there is always argy-bargy with carol. look how calm she is this morning, kew gardens, very beautiful and calm!

isn't it lovely here? good morning, everyone, it is christmas at kew gardens and this is the cathedral of light. there are 100,000 individual lights in here, it stands five and a half metres tall and i am told that over the years there have been a few marriage proposals in here and you can see why. it is quite romantic. the light trail here is about 2.7 kilometres long, and as you go through it, you come across lots of different light displays. it really is quite charming. if you are planning on coming to see it, it is sold out until christmas but it runs until the 17th of january and sold out until christmas but it runs until the 17th ofjanuary and i'm told in between christmas and the 17th of january, there are a few tickets left. not cold start to the day here in london, and as we go through the week and weekend, it

will turn milder. the forecast for todayis will turn milder. the forecast for today is a fairly grey one, and fairly gloomy, a lot of cloud around. you can see that cloud in a satellite picture across the uk. some of it producing some rain and drizzle, particularly across the north and west of the uk. 0ne drizzle, particularly across the north and west of the uk. one or two brea ks north and west of the uk. one or two breaks where it is chillier in the east but temperatures up on what they have been. the breeze will pick up, we will hang on to the rain and drizzle across the north and west, then later on the cloud will thicken across northern ireland heralding the arrival of a weather front introducing some rain. temperatures to five to 11 or 12 in the south—west. the evening and overnight, the weather front moves across all areas getting to the east by the end of the night and behind that, still some showers, some could

be heavy and thundery in the south—west. the wind will strengthen across the far north of scotland and the northern and western isles where there could be gales. that will help maintain the temperature level. tomorrow we start with the rain in the east but it clears from all except for the final east of scotla nd except for the final east of scotland where the met office has a weather warning because the weather is falling on saturated ground and it could lead to localised flooding. behind the rain, a fair bit of cloud, some brighter breaks across the south and east of wales and england and the temperature is a seven to 11 or 12. into saturday, another weather front moving from the west towards the east and in doing so, it will take the rain with it and behind that, a transient ridge of high pressure builds so it will brighten in the west and we will brighten in the west and we will see a bit more in the way of sunshine. again temperatures getting into the high single figures or loadable fingers. —— low double

fingers. more wet and windy weather from the west on sunday travelling east as well. charlie, you were not wrong when you said it was nice and calm here, it really is. i could do with this news now. do you mind your stepping to the side, please so we can enjoy the nice pictures? yes i blooming world though! of course! just for you, charlie. you have no shame. she couldn't resist. how pretty! at kew gardens all morning this morning, at 7:30am, the sun rises get the best of it now. absolutely. discussions between the prime minister and the european commission president are said to have been "frank" and "lively", please read into that what you will.

but a dinner between them last night still hasn't brought agreement. talks about post—brexit trade will now continue until sunday. let's speak to stefanie bolzen, who is a journalist for the german newspaper die welt. good morning. can you tell us first, what do you make of what happened or did not happen at dinner last night? i think it didn't really come as a surprise that there was no decision taken last night. i was told already yesterday by people, as much as brussels is in by then, that they would talk and talk about the differences and then come out and say they need to negotiate again. everybody now knows that deadlines are not everybody now knows that deadlines a re not really everybody now knows that deadlines are not really deadlines so if sunday is the final deadline, i really a m sunday is the final deadline, i really am not sure. tell us more about that. we are told that by sunday, a decision has to be made about the future of the talks. what do you understand that to mean?

well, if you look at the little time thatis well, if you look at the little time that is left, there has had to have been a decision a long time ago. the 315t been a decision a long time ago. the 31st of december definitely is the end of the transition period. so from the 1st of january, you will have checks on the border and very much it depends if there is no deal, there will also be tariffs. the question is, and this is something that i also have on the european parliament, if there could be a provisional deal implemented and then a decision is taken further down the road, but of course, i say this, it is also legally very difficult because what we know that article 50 which has been the legal basis for all the negotiations, it ru ns basis for all the negotiations, it runs out on the 31st of december. it isa runs out on the 31st of december. it is a very tricky situation and i think both sides are making big pressure, as much as the british prime minister as angela merkel interestingly, who has been more shy in the last month but she was very

outspoken yesterday, to say, we are preparing for a no deal because if there are things we cannot accept, we will not find an agreement. talk to me about... that the eu is in the next few days about to publish its contingency plans for a no deal scenario. what do you know about those contingencies? and is that pa rt those contingencies? and is that part of, if you like, the bargaining chips, this is what we are prepared to do? do you think we will see that ahead of the sunday deadline? it's possible, it's all part of the game of course. and what i thought was interesting, it was last week i think, the contingency plans have a lwa ys think, the contingency plans have always been there, by the commission, they took a lot of different advisors, they sent out to business and member states, i can see that in germany the local and regional chambers have been telling their members how to prepare. the

difference now was last week that it was the member states telling michel barnier that they need to put the contingency planning into legislation which is a big difference. that showed that actually it was always the talk, michelle bernie as the bad guy in the member states —— michel barnier was the bad guy and the member states with the good guys and they will do a deal. that was not the case. michel barnier shied away from contingency planning talks because of tactics but now the member states are saying, if we think about cross—channel trade, we need to have contingency in terms of transport for example so claims can fly, trains can go and especially that the lorries can cross from one side to another. can you give me a sense? yours is a german newspaper, how big are these brexit negotiations playing? it is our lead story here on bbc breakfast this morning, it is on bbc breakfast this morning, it is on the front page of every newspaper here in the uk, how big is it

playing in germany for example? i don't know if you have had a chance to look at other major european nations, how big is playing in the media? it's not very big, and that's very understandable because the very, very big issue is covid, coronavirus, in germany, the situation unfortunately has become very bad. in the spring germany was doing very well and now germany is ina dire doing very well and now germany is in a dire situation, the same in sweden and everywhere else. so it's not in the headlines but also because like in the uk are very tired of brexit and a lot of people think it has been done already, they don't really understand the complexity of another deal, why is there another deal? so it's not headlines. also the summit today in brussels, there is nothing on the agenda about brexit, it is all about coronavirus and especially the budget. 1.8 euros trillion budget which is very controversial and i

need to find a decision there. good to chat to you this morning, thank you very much. just getting a sense of perspective there about how it is playing. this should be the busiest time of year for britain's theatres yet most are still unable to open their doors. but for some performers, the show must go on. now, if you can't go to the musical, one company is bringing the musical to you. david sillito went to see the first performance on a very damp suburban street. this is normally the busiest time of the year in theatreland. but this year, it's not going to be so much, "it's behind you", more, "it's on your doorstep". they're coming up the road now. hey, guys, i'm elder cunningham.

we've got a surprise for you! come to the door! # there's a song in the air. bert and mary poppins are in the front garden of number 1a. meet doorstep productions. this is the real west end, real west end performers, coming to your doorstep. that's right. i mean, look at this theatre, it closed. the palladium, it's heartbreaking. all the shows are shut. all my friends are unemployed. some of them have lost their homes. and i thought, hang on a minute, i could get some people some work. # supercalifragalisticexpialidocious! and so this is why west end performers are here singing supercalifragalisticexpialidocious in the pouring rain. # supercalifragalisticexpialidocious! how long since you last performed? march 16 2020. how's it been? it's been rough, but we are here

and were making the best of it. what does this feel like? currently, we're drenched, but it's wonderful, it's wonderful to be performing again and we all got in a rehearsal room last week and it just felt amazing to be back with fellow colleagues, you know, doing something you love for people that were really grateful, hopefully! # that's all i ask of you # stay with me. and this was only the beginning of the performance. and they're not the only ones taking the show on the road. in york, the panto is on a tour of socially distanced village halls and community centres, playing to dozens rather than hundreds, and not shouting, it's behind you. they are all placed in a household bubbles, or their bubbles, and they're spread out to metres apart, two metres from the stage.

and so it is a little peculiar in that way. but do you know what, we didn't notice a thing yesterday, it was just so lovely to get back in front of live audience. and the audience were just great, and they were making noises and stamping their feet and clapping their hands. i hadn't thought of that. you can't encourage people to shout and scream because it's a risk. that's right, the aerosol spray of people shouting. even though the audience are separated into their bubbles, there's still a risk there. meanwhile, back by the bins at number 1a, we were reaching the big finale. # tomorrow! i loved it, so good. thought it was brilliant, yeah. so much fun, like, when you haven't been able to go to the theatre, it'sjust so nice to see professionals singing and dancing and doing something for you on your doorstep. we've done clapping on our doorsteps, we've had tea on our doorsteps. now is the time for the musicals.

# now i do what i must do # i'm going to leave him, sister. so, the pandemic may have brought theatres to a close but at a safe distance on the doorsteps of britain, the show goes on. whatever the weather. david sillito, bbc news. # on my own! cheering i have been racking my brains about what to get you for christmas, that is what is going to happen! 0n what to get you for christmas, that is what is going to happen! on your doorstep, they will be turning up. that would be a wake—up call.|j doorstep, they will be turning up. that would be a wake-up call. i will book it for extra early on the day. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria hollins. a teenager who threw a young boy from the viewing platform of tate modern has abandoned

his bid to be moved from prison to hospital. 19 year—old jonty bravery was jailed in june for throwing the six—year—old from the 10th—storey balcony of the art gallery in august last year. he's currently serving a life sentence for attempted murder with a minimum of 15 years. luton is now offering rapid coronavirus testing to help tackle high rates of covid in the area. two community centres have been converted to ‘walk—in' rapid test centres. it's for people without symptoms. anyone tested should get their results within a5 minutes. a similar service started in basildon on tuesday. it's for people who don't have symptoms, so if you've got symptoms, you need to go and have your test at one of our other testing stations. this is for reassurance, you can come here, just to check and have the test to see if you have got the virus or not. if you prove, if it comes that you have a positive test, we then send you on to get the confirmation test

through the other testing stations. fans will be able to attend a women's super league match for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic as tickets have gone on sale. 0ver1,000 spectators will be able to go to chelsea's's match at crawley against brighton on sunday. the relaxation of covid regulations means fans are able to return to stadiums in tier 2. let's take a look at the travel situation now... there's a good service on the tubes this morning. in earls court, the aa west cromwell road is closed eastbound at earl's court road for emergency water work northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approach is building from blackwall lane in vauxhall, durham st is closed at harleyford road for emergency water works, with kennington lane closed westbound on the approach in wapping , various sets of works on the highway are causing westbound delays for traffic heading out of limehouse towards tower hill

now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. once again it's a frost free start to the day across the capital, temperatures generally between five and seven celsius. a bit of early mist around as well but nothing too dense. it's going to be a mostly dry day today, but there will always be plenty of cloud. just watch out for one or two light showers always possible, and i think generally speaking, dry, thickening cloud throughout the day and that southerly wind is set to pick up as well. top temperatures today, not too much movement there, seven or eight celsius. and then through this evening and overnight, we are set to keep those layers of cloud. it will turn windier and eventually through the small hours, there will be outbreaks of rain that could turn out to be quite heavy into the start of the day tomorrow. 0vernight lows are not changing too much, between seven and eight celsius. tomorrow, it is a wet start to the day, it will be quite windy but it will feel a bit milder. that early rain clearing so a mostly dry afternoon with highs of 10 degrees. 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 naga and charlie. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today... four days to reach a post—brexit deal as "very large gaps" remain in talks between the two sides. sunday is the new deadline to reach agreement after the latest trade negotiations failed to make progress. will mike ashley's last—ditch attempt to save debenhams work? his company — behind sports direct, house of fraser and evans cycles — will give us an update later. thousands ofjobs are at stake. i'll have the details. back to earth with a bang. elon musk‘s un—crewed spacex rocket, designed to one day take people to mars, has exploded while attempting to land.

easy does it for manchester city in the champions league. they finish their group matches against marseille in style, on a night when results were less important with liverpool and city already through as winners. we are standing in front of the singing rose garden and it is quite beautiful. the weather today, not so. it will be grey and gloomy with rain and drizzle in the west and heavier rain later in the day in northern ireland. i will have all of the details in ten minutes. it's thursday 10th december. a new deadline of sunday has been set for an agreement over a post—brexit deal. set for an agreement over this after a meeting between set for an agreement over the prime minister and the president of the european commission failed to break the deadlock. discussions will continue today and downing street says a "firm decision" about the future will be taken by the end of the weekend. but it warns that "major differences" remain between the two sides. this report from our political

correspondentjessica parker contains some flashing images. they met, a quick photo, masks off, and on again. then down to business. three hours of talks over a three course meal but in the end, big gaps remain. there was a good discussion, but there was no clear movement in the right direction. she described the conversation as lively. downing street, as frank. but, negotiations that had stalled are now back on. david frost for the uk and michel barnier for the eu are getting round the table again in brussels. we must remember that a trade deal is for keeps, notjust for christmas. and i think the prime minister deserves praise for standing firm and not allowing fudge and compromise we may later regretjust to get a deal over the line.

fishing rights, business competition rules and how a deal would be policed are now familiar stumbling blocks. number 10 said that borisjohnson was determined not to leave any route to what they described as a fair deal untested. let's be clear, there was never any doubt that the promise to the british people was that there would be a trade deal. quite frankly, there should be one already. this is not an ambitious deal that the government is seeking. it is now exactly three weeks until the brexit transition period ends. but the uk and eu have named this sunday as the new deadline when a decision must be made on the future of the talks. jessica parker, bbc news. 0ur brussels correspondent nick beake joins us now. we know that the talks are going to carry on, but can you explain, for everyone, what does the new sunday deadline mean? good morning. it is the latest deadline because how many

brexit deadlines have we had and how many have come and gone? what we are told in the context of the dinner they had last night which didn't go amazingly well, they've got about four days left to try and get a breakthrough, so boris johnson four days left to try and get a breakthrough, so borisjohnson met ursula von der leyen last night and we have the diplomatic language were trying to make sense. 0n the european commission side they said it was a lively and interesting discussion and 10 downing street said it was a frank discussion and you can take from that there wasn't a huge amount of compromise. that said, the chief negotiators will be back around the today, lord frost on the british side, michel barnier on the british side, michel barnier on the eu side, people who we have seen their faces the eu side, people who we have seen theirfaces more the eu side, people who we have seen their faces more and the eu side, people who we have seen theirfaces more and more of the eu side, people who we have seen their faces more and more of over their faces more and more of over the last week and they will try to get a breakthrough on these big issues which they can't seem to agree on, so that is fishing access, eu boats in the uk waters in the future and competition rules, so the regulations that they both agree to an policing a deal, so if one side

isjudged to do an policing a deal, so if one side is judged to do something wrong, what happens as a consequence of that. they are really struggling to find agreement and all the while the eu are saying they will be publishing no deal contingency plans, basically that his emergency information if no deal is reached, and that is to help businesses not just in the uk but also in the 27 eu member states because they have said they have not had any security or clarity about what is happening and they are worried that comejanuary they are worried that comejanuary the 1st there will be such a difference in the way they are trading that it will really disrupt things. both sides say they still wa nt things. both sides say they still want a deal but this dinner, like brexit deadlines, has come and gone and they seem no closer together. sunday appears to be the new deadline. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo joins us now. interesting to hear nick talk about it from the eu perspective and we

saw borisjohnson it from the eu perspective and we saw boris johnson and it from the eu perspective and we saw borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen at the meal, but as far as the uk is concerned, what does it want to push and what does it need for these negotiations to proceed? you heard the words from borisjohnson yesterday before he went to brussels for that dinner saying that there was a deal there to be done but i think it's important to remember that even at this very late stage of the negotiations the two sides seem to be stuck with a fundamental misunderstanding of each other, something that seems to be an unbridgeable gap in principle. from the uk side, they are thinking that the uk side, they are thinking that the eu doesn't get that brexit was all about regaining uk sovereignty and from the eu side, they think that the uk doesn't get that they need to protect the integrity of the eu's single market and that is all playing out in those three practical disagreements that nick was talking about, about fishing, governance and competition rules. so it does look like a downbeat assessment from the

uk side as well as they are talking about large gaps remaining but i think it's also worth remembering that they have not called time on the negotiations. it was supposed to be the last attempt yesterday between boris johnson be the last attempt yesterday between borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen to have the intervention to see what could happen and they could have said after the dinner that they cannot find a way forward, so let's go for no deal, but they haven't, so they have a few more days, they think, to play with and can see if the negotiations can find any of that wriggle room they have been searching for to been searching for any of that wriggle room they have been searching for to actually nail down a deal. thank you very much. the united states has recorded more than 3,000 coronavirus deaths in the past 2a hours — the highest total so far in a single day anywhere in the world. the number of new cases is continuing to surge and hospitals in parts of america are filling up. in california admissions have risen by more than 70% in the past two weeks. authorities in the united states have launched a major lawsuit against facebook.

officials have accused the social media giant of stifling competition when it bought whatsapp and instagram — which it could now be forced to sell. the social media giant insists the companies were far smaller when it bought them and that the deals were fully approved. an un—crewed experimental rocket belonging to elon musk‘s spacex company has exploded while attempting to land back on the ground in texas. live video of the test showed the spacecradt landing at speed before disappearing in a ball of flames. the 16—storey high rocket was being tested as part of the company's plans to eventually carry humans and cargo to the moon and mars. 0bviously, i'm crude. —— not with the crew. carol is at kew gardens this morning to get us into the festive spirit. with gorgeous bright lights, all lit up with gorgeous bright lights, all lit up while it is still dark.

good morning to you both and to you as well. it is christmas at kew gardens and we are in front of the palm house and you can see behind me hear the singing rose garden. there are hear the singing rose garden. there a re roses hear the singing rose garden. there are roses that change colours to the different symphonies and they are made of silk and normally this is the kew gardens rose garden with real roses so they are bringing in all this liveliness in winter with all this liveliness in winter with all the beautiful colour and the weather not quite so beautiful as it will be fairly grey and gloomy. a lot of cloud around and also some rain and drizzle to boot. that is how we start, on a cloudy note, not as cold as it has been in recent days but having said that if you are standing outside waiting for transport you will still need to wrap up warm because it is still chilly as it is winter. 0ut towards the west we have rain and drizzle and later the breeze will pick up in the west and we will see some rain

coming in across northern ireland, this time heavy and persistent. temperatures are between five and 8 degrees but in the south—west we are looking at 11 or 12. through the evening and overnight the rain coming into northern ireland. we put across all areas as it moves east and behind it there will be some clear skies, also showers which could be heavy and thundery in the south—west and the wind is picking up, touching gale force across the far north of scotland and the northern and western isles. tomorrow we pick up the band of rain in the east and it clears for most except for the north—east of scotland where the met office has got a rain weather warning because this rain is already falling on saturated ground and could lead to some flooding issues but behind that, still a lot of cloud, still showers but some brea ks of cloud, still showers but some breaks in the cloud, particularly across southern and eastern parts of wales and south and east england and temperature is very similar to what we are looking at today, again, widely between eight and 9 degrees but in the south—west especially around 11 or 12 degrees. i don't

know if you could hear the birds. they are going bananas appear above our heads. chicken? no, just a bird. what bird was it? i don't know because i was so focused on doing the weather i did not look up. because i was so focused on doing the weather i did not look upm because i was so focused on doing the weather i did not look up. is it still there? yes, it's dark. it's probably a crow. i think it is a crow. still there? yes, it's dark. it's probably a crow. i think it is a crow. just be careful. take cover. we will see you later on. captain tom's goal to walk 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday inspired us all during the first lockdown — and raised nearly £a0 million for nhs charities. so when news came of another nationwide lockdown last month, the veteran decided to start walking again. this time he asked public tojoin him — to combat the tough times ahead, and to become fundraising stars themselves. breakfast'sjohn maguire has been to meet some of them. thanks to some tv trickery,

we can help mckenzie, shea, isaac and anthony to walk with tom. they're among the many to answer captain sir tom's call to walk with him, virtually of course, and to help his charitable foundation. tom had actually inspired me to push myself, make sure to go that extra mile, and i actually walked 7.7 miles thanks to captain tom. i, too, am very proud of captain tom. he found that urge to keep going. he thought, actually, no, i'm not going to sit, i'm not going to sit down and just watch the world go by, i'm going to make an impact. the teenagers are all students here at north hertfordshire college in stevenage, on the supported studies course for those with special educational needs. the college teaches them to cook, catch public transport and how to apply forjobs and education. so, busy lives. and now they've all taken up walking. ijust like walking with my brother,

me and my brother walked back home, we went for a walk and that's what i like doing. ijust like going out walking, go for a run at the weekend. i've been walking with my dog because it saves time and obviously, he's been walking and ijust thought to just walk with him and stuff. ever since we brought you the news of captain tom's walks and the almost £a0 million he raised for nhs charities, he's motivated people around the world, all wanting to follow in his footsteps. it's very kind of everyone, because they've all made a very great effort, and a physical effort, to help with the fund that we have been raising. i hope this will continue because there are so many people who need some help, both mental and physical, throughout the world.

and i hope that we can provide a little bit of sustenance in every case. the smile and giggle says it all. three—year—old daisy loves her daily walks. she has spina bifida which restricts movement, but also wanted to walk with tom. she too set a modest fundraising target of £100 but raised more than 20,000. helping others as well as herself. we saw captain tom moore's fundraiser, using kind of a similar little walker to what, daisy‘s little walker. she's loved it. it's something to look forward to every day. and we're just so grateful. thank you to daisy‘s hospitals, st georges and st hilliers. they've saved her life and we can continue to be under their care and they‘ re just amazing. we can't thank them enough, really. and everybody who has donated. you can tell by the state of my boots that i did a lot

of walking in a lot of mud. andjill woodridge has been pounding the paths and pavements. she's walked at least five kilometres a day in honour notjust of captain tom but also her late father—in—law. it was something that he did in later life when he couldn't do anything very much else. my mother—in—law always sent him out for a walk every day. that was my other inspiration for walking for captain tom. along with his family, captain sir tom felt the legacy created by his endeavours was an unmissable opportunity to keep helping, keep walking, and keep inspiring. john maguire, bbc news, bedfordshire. and he will be delighted to have inspired so many people. what you need is a lovely crisp day. you have a few of them at the moment. carol has told us to wrap up warm. always do as carol says.

90—year—old margaret keenan made history earlier this week when she became the first person to be given the pfizer covid vaccine. but as pictures of her hit the front pages across the globe, one thing caught people's attention. her christmas penguin t—shirt was praised on social media and prompted hundreds of people to try and get their own. now, the small charity behind them has had orders from all over the world and has raised thousands of pounds. the director of university hospitals coventry & warwickshire charity, jo 0'sullivan joins us now. good morning to you. lovely wave, andi good morning to you. lovely wave, and i see you are wearing the t—shirt. just for a second, before we talk about the t—shirt, can you reflect a little bit for us, and i know you are at the hospital now, but what that moment in time, that extraordinary moment when margaret had the first vaccination has meant to the people you work with, your collea g u es to the people you work with, your colleagues there. it's been absolutely amazing. the office here

is opposite where margaret had the vaccination and we heard the cheers and clapping when the first vaccination took place and it has just lifted the mood of all of the staff here and people have said how proud they are to work here at our world leading university hospital in coventry. it has raised their spirits after what has been a really ha rd year spirits after what has been a really hard year for people. is it one of your friends who was one of those who was carrying out the vaccination? yes, she's absolutely lovely. she is our matron on the respiratory ward, so she is dealing with those covid patients every day and she came in and said would we mind, as the charity funding some of the clothing for a patient on the wards, and she did not have her own clothes with her work so i said would she like one of our lovely t—shirt which normally we sell to the staff and have a little print run and everybody wears them for one

day on the fridayjust to bring a bit of cheer across the hospital, and she was happy to wear the t—shirt and we brought some clothing to go with it and yes, the old penguin has gone a bit global.m penguino the name? yes, he has gone off on his travels and he's going to places we can only dream of. it's very exciting. it's been very tough and there has been a real lift, i am copying the hand movements you made, a real lift in the hospital and atmosphere. what is your charity do and who do you work with and what are the day—to—day machinations? and who do you work with and what are the day-to-day machinations? we make things better for our patients, the family and staff here at university hospital in coventry and the trust that deal with mental health in our region, so we have

been so busy over the whole covid pandemic, supporting the staff and patients and the money people give us, the fun is that the donors give go towards pioneering equipment, so respiratory patients have world leading equipment to make them better faster, to get them out of hospital and home quicker. it's above and beyond what the nhs provides and it's to make things better and it follows patients and helps them get home quicker than they otherwise would have done. helps them get home quicker than they otherwise would have donem is fantastic all the attention you are getting because that kind of work does not get the credit it deserves and you said about penguino reaching all sorts of places. where is the most unlikely request you have had so far all the most extraordinary? i had to do a radio interview yesterday for a portuguese radio station, so that was a bit unusual as my portuguese is not very good, i have to say. he has also gone off to brazil and he is going

to see the northern lights in sweden and we might have to put a track on him like they do with santa claus on christmas eve to see where he is off to, but germany, they've been really interested and we've had loads of orders from there. the states, new jersey, he's just a superstar internationally at the moment. can i just checked. the bear i can see behind you, is he feeling a little miffed because it has been usurped asa miffed because it has been usurped as a mascot of some kind? one of our younger patients popped in yesterday and stole the bear, his t—shirt, so he was fed up about that, but i think we might have to retire the bear soon and have a full sized penguino in the office. poor bear. it's a great story and we wish you well for all of the work you do at the hospital. thank you so much. on cue, and merry christmas, everybody. —— thank you. joe is doing such an

amazing bit of charity work and when we speak to people they are so bubbly and positive. it is so lovely. families whose babies died in shropshire's main hospitals will hear the initial findings of a major review into their care this morning. more than 1,800 deaths and cases of neglect are being investigated at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust — some dating back more than forty years. we can speak now to hayley matthews, who lost her sonjack in 2015. and the clinical negligence lawyer, kay kelly, who's representing 75 of the families. good morning to you both. hayley, good morning. firstly, sorry for the loss you experienced of jack in 2015 andi loss you experienced of jack in 2015 and i can only imagine it is still very difficult to talk about it, but you have wanted to today. tell us what happened. i had a normal

pregnancy and my waters were leaking and they kept me in for 36 hours before deciding to induce which caused an infection and due to the delays of them actually delivering jack he had starvation of oxygen to the brain and they worked with him for 11 hours but it was a situation that there was nothing they could do. what were you told in terms of why jack was in that position and you were in that position to that awful conclusion? i wasn't told a great deal of anything. they said they did not know what was wrong with jack and i had to have a postmortem done and had investigators look into his death andi investigators look into his death and i found out later investigators look into his death and ifound out later it investigators look into his death and i found out later it was failings on their behalf. hayley, it has been five years, and today the initial findings has been five years, and today the initialfindings in the report has been five years, and today the initial findings in the report will

come out. what are you hoping to hear and how will this affect you? i'm very anxious and nervous and i'm hoping that they have learned lessons from many years ago. i have waited five years and so have my family fought this outcome today. i am just hoping that they are learning a lesson and justice is done. kay, good morning to you. why has it taken so long? families like hayley have been left waiting so long for the answer that they seek. it's been a slow, emerging picture i think. since 1979 and the decade before 2017, the numbers of baby deaths were much higher than other trusts in the country, so the government set this investigation going and it was started with just 23 cases, but more and more families

emerged so that there are now 1800 she is looking at and ijust want to correct one thing, they are not all deaths. some of them are babies who have suffered permanent brain damage asa have suffered permanent brain damage as a result of core failings. so now she has 1800 to investigate it was obvious to going to take much longer than originally thought, so today is really important because she is concentrating on 250 cases across the period of 1979 up to 2017, highlighting areas where there must be improvements. and this is really important. iam be improvements. and this is really important. i am assuming that people would be hoping, and i know hayley is listening as we speak now, that very much the message is that this could never happen again to another family. you would hope that in this

time, the three years or longer it has taken, that changes would have been made in the meantime, so what do you think can come out of today's findings? i know that the trust has made some changes, but i would suggest from my experience, acting for these families, that not sufficient changes have been made because we have actually had some cases since 2017, so it really needs an overhaul and this trust needs to re—establish trust in the community and needs a lot of help and support to do that. my firm is in the local area. this is my hospital, and my staff have babies there, and it really matters to us that there are improvements because there is a real lack of trust, and imagine having a baby and not being able to trust

your hospital. that is a terrible thing. hayley, the issue of trust, i mean, that is so important. you've beenin mean, that is so important. you've been in contact with other families as well, with your shared experiences. has that help to at least cope while getting to this point? yes, i'm in touch with a few people that have sadly been in the same position as me and my family and it does help, but five years i have waited and there are people who have waited and there are people who have waited a lot longer. hayley, thank you so much for talking to us and hopefully today, you will be a difficult day, but hopefully it will offer some comfort, and k kelly, thank you very much. we asked the trust for a response and they said "out of respect for the families they will issue their statement following the publication of the report at 11am".

time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. a teenager who threw a young boy from the viewing platform of tate modern has abandoned his bid to be moved from prison to hospital. 19—year—old jonty bravery was jailed in june for throwing the six—year—old from the 10th—storey balcony of the art gallery in august last year. he's currently serving a life sentence for attempted murder with a minimum of 15 years. luton is now offering rapid coronavirus testing to help tackle high rates of covid in the area. two community centres have been converted to "walk—in" rapid test centres. it's for people without symptoms. anyone tested should get their results within a5 minutes. a similar service started in basildon on tuesday. it's for people who don't have symptoms, so if you've got symptoms, you need to go and have your test

at one of our other testing stations. this is for reassurance, you can come here, just to check and have the test to see if you have got the virus or not. if you prove, if it comes that you have a positive test, we then send you on to get the confirmation test through the other testing stations. fans will be able to attend a women's super league match for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic as tickets have gone on sale. over a thousand spectators will be able to go to chelsea's's match at crawley against brighton on sunday. the relaxation of covid regulations means fans are able to return to stadiums in tier 2. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the trains southeastern and thameslink trains london bound on the woolwich line are disrupted following a police incident at plumstead. in earls court, the aa west cromwell road is closed eastbound at earl's court road

for emergency water work. westbound traffic on the aa06 north circular is slow heading out of the a10 at edmonton towards palmers green. in vauxhall, durham st is closed at harleyford road for emergency water works, with kennington lane closed westbound on the approach. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. once again it's a frost free start to the day across the capital, temperatures generally between five and seven celsius. a bit of early mist around as well but nothing too dense. it's going to be a mostly dry day today, but there will always be plenty of cloud. just watch out for one or two light showers always possible, and i think generally speaking, dry, thickening cloud throughout the day and that southerly wind is set to pick up as well. top temperatures today, not too much movement there, seven or eight celsius. and then through this evening and overnight, we are set to keep those layers of cloud. it will turn windier and eventually through the small hours, there will be outbreaks of rain that

could turn out to be quite heavy into the start of the day tomorrow. 0vernight lows are not changing too much, between seven and eight celsius. tomorrow, it is a wet start to the day, it will be quite windy but it will feel a bit milder. that early rain clearing so a mostly dry afternoon with highs of 10 degrees. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. discussions between the prime minister and the european commission president are said to have been "frank" and "lively", but a dinner between them last night still hasn't brought agreement. talks about post—brexit trade will now continue until sunday. we'rejoined now by the foreign secretary, dominic raab. good morning. can i check a couple of things first of all, have you

spoken to the prime minister since the meeting? no, it was concluded fairly late in the evening, but we know that we had a frank discussion. i think it's fair to say significant differences still remain. as the prime minister demonstrated going out to brussels and engaging directly with ursula von der leyen, the president of the condition, we will leave no stone unturned, we would like a deal if possible but we are not going to sacrifice the basic points of democratic principle. they have agreed that discussions will keep going forward but they will decide the future of negotiations on sunday. we are doing everything we can but we are not going to sacrifice those basic points of principle as a free democratic nation. could you break down the significant differences for us?|j think... it is fair to say that there has been a whole lot of areas where positive progress has been made. the challenges have been

around two principal issues. one, the idea that the uk would leave the transition period under a free trade agreement but as the only independent coastal state in the world not able to control our fisheries, we obviously cannot accept that. and secondly, we do not understand and we do not accept that we should have imposed on us regulatory requirements to go beyond the other precedent that the eu has with canada or korea. we will follow the eu because my own presidents but we are not going to give up those key democratic points of principle. —— we will follow the eu's precedents. i understand the point of the meeting between the two parties last night, this discussion about the negotiators, was to work out whether there were areas to make progress on. and the language i'm hearing suggests that it is effectively, they are going back into the negotiating room in exactly

the same position they were before. well, in negotiations like this, it's fairly common practice that you have technical negotiations that are ongoing, the sherpas, the chief negotiators do a lot of that work, but ultimately, there are some strategic political decision to be made and at that point they are triage at up to the political principles, the prime minister and the commission president. they have gone through these issues. there is still clearly some scope to keep talking but there are significant points of difference that remain. i think the prime minister's view is we will leave no stone unturned. if there is a deal to be done, and we think there is, if the eu is pragmatic and respects the basic points of democratic principle, we will not be wanting for trying to find that way through. equally, we are not going to give up those basic points of democratic principle, and at the same time i think there comes at the same time i think there comes a point where both sides need to

agree that they need to take stock in the future of negotiations. they must become some point of banality in the. can you talk is true that sunday deadline? —— a point of finality in this. can you talk us through this sunday deadline? if we assume that there is still no deal on sunday, what happens next? we continue the preparations that we have already been making, that michael gove is coordinating, in relation to a transition. a lot of the changes or at least a measure of them have to be made anyway so we are communicating with businesses, with hauliers, making the preparations at the ports and airports. but obviously, it is significant if we don't have a free trade deal. that's why we would like to have one. and we will make the plans and preparations. i think the point is, you need some point of finality on the negotiations to give a clear line of sight and more certainty for those preparations,

whether they are at the ports, with the businesses, with the logistics and transport providers. bearing in mind the timeline we are dealing with her, it is so tight, december 31i'm approaching, on sunday, i'm thinking this through. how about this one? is one of the possibilities? the phrase used is, on sunday we make a decision about the future of the talks. is one of the future of the talks. is one of the possible decisions that we carry on talking, is still a possibility, that the decision made on sunday is that the decision made on sunday is that we the talks? i think it is unlikely —— we extend the talks? i think it is unlikely but we cannot rule it out because we know that these eu negotiations always go to these eu negotiations always go to the wire. both sides have jointly agreed that we need to take stock and have some finality and sunday is the point at which the future negotiations will have the stock

take. i cannot rule it out but i think we are rapidly approaching the point where we need some finality. we have been here before, never quite say never when you are negotiating with the eu. just so i'm absolutely clear, as clear as you are, so there is a possibility that on sunday, the decision about the future of the talks is that that the talks continue, that that it is not a stop, negotiations are over, go home. there is a third way?|j a stop, negotiations are over, go home. there is a third way? i think it is unlikely but i cannot categorically excluded. it depends on the progress made between now and then. i think it's fair to say that whilst there is a good conversation last night, which was frank and candid, the significant points of difference remain. i don't think we can keep going on at that pace without having some progress and taxability. particularly from the uk side, we look at —— and flexibility. we look at the key points of

principle, narrow in scope, fisheries, the level playing field commitments, the eu is attempting to lock us into their rules. we need to see substantial movement. if we have just got a few eyes to dot and he is to cross that it is different. then you have got a clear signal that the stock take on sunday will be on the future of the negotiations and that should help focus the mind of the negotiators on both sides between now and then. so businesses, who, as you will well know, are desperate about information about what happens next, can they expect a raft of new information about what it will be like as of monday morning, assuming there is no deal? can we expect a raft of new information about how they can operate under the new system, whatever that might be, on january one? of course, we know that there will be change comejanuary there will be change comejanuary the 1st, with a deal or without the

extra free trade deal on top of the withdrawal agreement which was concluded. through all the different arms of government, through michael gove and the no deal planning, all the no further deal planning that michael gove is organising, there is already a raft of communication, all of the checks that needs to be done, the different eventualities. i think what it will provide is some clarity on whether we are living with a free trade deal or on australia style terms, it is important to give that level of precision. as i say, change is coming on january level of precision. as i say, change is coming onjanuary the 1st level of precision. as i say, change is coming on january the 1st with a free trade deal or whether we are relying on australian rules and that has been communicated at length, investment decisions has been made, to contingency planning has been made to take that into account. some of those things, they will take place whatever the outcome of the talks. you are right to say that it is important for businesses to get the final certainty on which of the avenues you are taking. i'm sure you

have seen the comments from the chair of tescojohn have seen the comments from the chair of tesco john allen who have seen the comments from the chair of tescojohn allen who has told the the bbc that food bills could climb on average of 5% on a no—deal brexit. you will understand that will worry a lot of consumers as to the cost of their weekly shop, how concerned about this are you and do you think he is right?|j how concerned about this are you and do you think he is right? i notice that the ceo of the tesco said earlier in the month even if there is no trade deal they are prepared. ta riffs is no trade deal they are prepared. tariffs are a very minor proportion of what goes into food prices. there could be some difference but very much at the margin. of course there are some opportunities in other areas to reduce food prices over the medium term, particularly if you look at the approach to free deals. there may be some trade but it is at the margin of what a weekly shop would look like. he said 596. i don't

think that is a figure that we recognise. and the key thing to note, charlie, it is a perfectly fair question, the tariff element which is what we are talking about, if we don't get a free trade deal, isa if we don't get a free trade deal, is a very small proportion of overall food costs. a whole range of other factors that will affect that. i notice the other thing he said, andi i notice the other thing he said, and i noticed you used the word preparedness, he also said that tesco has been stockpiling non—fresh food as it prepares for potential shortages. that is a major food retailer, that is being prepared by stockpiling. and that suggests that they have real concerns about the food chain. that's not right, charlie, i'm afraid you are making assumptions and assertions. first of all, supermarkets and businesses at stockpile in the ordinary course of things. and secondly, it's worth

just remembering that 30% of our food supply comes from the continent, 50% is uk supplied, and 20% comes from the rest of the world. so actually, we have got quite diverse food supply chains, andi quite diverse food supply chains, and i think we will be, of all the things that will be a challenge, i'm not concerned about either supermarkets, cupboards running bare all the cost of food prices. equally, there will be some bumps along the road if we don't get a free trade deal, that is the inevitable consequence of change, but we will be well prepared to deal with those and we will make a success of leaving the transition period come what may. of course there are some positives which we ought to remember, a big pharmaceutical company just recently announced a big london hub, netflix have done the same, bentley and voxel have made clear their plans.

actually there are a lot of visitors, i have was thinking of the head of the bank ubs who said there was no real big competitor to london asa was no real big competitor to london as a big financial centre so there are some positives. you are right to flag there will be some changes if we don't get a free trade deal, that is why the pm was in brussels and is leaving no stone unturned but we are not going to sacrifice those basic points of democratic principle. thank you for your time this morning. good to talk to you. carol is getting us into the festive spirit this morning. ididn't i didn't know what i was going to say there! she joins us from kew gardens with the weather. the sun is up at the lights are still lovely and bright. aren't they lovely? this is the cathedral of light, very romantic andi cathedral of light, very romantic and i have been told that over the yea rs, and i have been told that over the years, there have been a few marriage proposals in here and you can see why. oh, gosh, you are far

too young for me! and as for you, thank you very much, i wish! two marriage proposals in 30 seconds, good going! if you are thinking of doing the same yourself, you must be in your bubble or have social distancing, covid rules apply, so you might need a very long arm. it is beautiful here this morning, not as cold as it has been for some of us this morning. the weather forecast today is fairly grey and also fairly gloomy. there is also some rain in it, across the north and the west, and if you don't have rain, you will have some drizzle. there is a lot of cloud around and that cloud is going to be with us for much of the day with very limited brightness. so we have the cloud in the rain, and also the drizzle in the north and west. as we push east, still a lot of cloud with perhaps some brighter breaks but the

brighter breaks will be limited. the breeze will pick up through the day. rain arriving later across the far west of the country, for especially northern ireland. temperatures of five to 8 degrees, but in the south—west, we could have 11 or 12. as we head through the course of the evening and overnight, that the rain that by the end of the afternoon will be in northern ireland will move will be in northern ireland will m ove a cross will be in northern ireland will move across us all moving west to east. behind it some breaks but to some showers as well, some in the south—west could prove to notjust be happy but thundery. at the same time, the wind will pick up across the far north of scotland and also the far north of scotland and also the western isles, touching gale force at times. as a result, not a cold night. tomorrow we start with the rain across the east, clearing most areas apart from north—east scotla nd most areas apart from north—east scotland which is where the met 0ffice scotland which is where the met office has a weather warning for rain, because the rain will be heavy

and falling on saturated ground. moving away from that, a fairly cloudy day, south and east of wales getting some breaks and also the south and east of england could see some sunshine. temperatures widely seven to 11 or 12. as we move into saturday, a week where the front moving from west to east taking cloud and rain with it. —— week where the front. behind it, temporary high pressure. a quick idea on sunday, another area of low pressure bringing wet and windy weather from the rest of the east so if you have plans for the weekend, saturday is looking the better. i'm off for a lie down, two proposals is good by anyone! i admire that you carried on walking during the tunnel of light, or the tunnel of love, and

you cruelly cut down and slashed the heart of the two young men! you are a cruel and wicked women, i know. anyone would think you staged it! he would never do such a thing, not bad, two men on their knees at 7:a3am in the morning. bad, two men on their knees at 7:a3am in the morninglj bad, two men on their knees at 7:43am in the morning. i am a very lucky girl. they scarpered pretty quickly, they were off like a flash. charlie, you had to earn it! it looks like —— you had to ruin it! charlie, you had to earn it! it looks like —— you had to ruin mm looks like —— you had to ruin mm looks delightful there, no matter what. frasers group, the company behind sports direct and house of fraser, says coronavirus restrictions are still impacting the business but it's confident the business can "weather the storm". we have lots of interesting insight and they fraser group results. but

we are talking about the retail empire, sports direct, also house of fraser, evans cycles, the six months up fraser, evans cycles, the six months up to the end of october, sales were down. not surprising given the restrictions. but not bad, overall profit up 17%, linked partially to business rate relief and an increase in online sales. in the 28 page set of results, no mention of debenhams. last week the phrases group said it wanted to step in and rescue the brand before it for good. —— the frasers group. the chief financial officer of frasers group joins us from central london. are you going to buy debenhams or not? good morning. as we announced in our,

earlier this week, we are in negotiations with the administrators and advisers of debenhams, we are still in those negotiations. i hope you can appreciate as a listed business, we cannot go into further detail than that. clearly if and when anything happens, we will announce under regulatory rules. to be clear, if i worked debenhams, i would want a clearer answer than that, it is not of the table? no, not off the table. ok, good. let's talk about your numbers, sales down 796, talk about your numbers, sales down 7%, profits up 17%, what is behind that? as we said after our year end results in august and as we have said in our statement today, our stores have opened really strongly, online business mitigated the lockdown but also remained strong after the lockdown so those are the key factors as to why the results

are decent. you describe that as decent, 17% profit, that could be linked to business rate results. we have seen lots of companies giving back the money to the government, is that something frasers group will be doing? i think we asked for our, clarity on our stores, whether they we re clarity on our stores, whether they were essential or nonessential, and to clarify, we asked, did not tell. we were clearly made to be nonessential so our stores were shut. we clearly lost money, lost profits. in the business rates relief was very welcome. we consider much of the business rate and the furlough scheme, for that matter, was needed to support the business during that time. when you take the light of the house of fraser, they are punished with the business rate asa are punished with the business rate as a department store, as other

department stores are, the business rates have helped keep more stores open than would have been the case. so the money will not be handed back, 0k. give me a straight answer on this, if we get to the end of the december and there is no deal in brexit, are you going to see empty shelves, is a stocky will not be able to get through? we —— is there stocky will not be able to get through? we have a large warehouse in europe, we tend to hold a lot of stock normally, and we feel we have a lot of stock to get over any bumps from brexit. to be clear because we saw earlier in the year that component parts for bicycles for example did not come through because of the demand on bicycles but also because of the flow of parts, you are absolutely confident that without a brexit deal, you will not run out of any stock that would have been expected if deal went through?

bicycles is a separate matter, this is the same with other retailers of bikes. just generally bikes have been, forget brexit for a moment, bikes and parts of bikes are in very high demand. like the rest of that particular industry sector, there is less stock available that there has been but we are slowly but surely building it up as i'm sure other bike retailers are doing. with regards to the rest of our business, we have plenty of stock to get over any brexit shocks. briefly, the chancellor said he is encouraged this morning by the latest gdp figures, the growth of the economy by no .a% in october. he must be feeling —— 0.a% in october. you must be feeling confident, can buying another department store like debenhams work? i think we have a very simple philosophy when it comes to retailing, the right product at the right time at the right price. that sounds simple but he gets that right you can be a successful —— but

if we get that right, we can be of a successful retailer. so we have got the foundations to add to our group, we are inquisitive and look at various things and we feel we can make a success of what we try our hand at. thank you forjoining us this morning. sales down 7% but profit up 17%, he said it is unlikely they will hand back any business rates to government but crucially this morning, no straight a nswer crucially this morning, no straight answer on debenhams but the deal is still on the tables are not necessarily the end for those 12,000 jobs. yes, thousands ofjobs necessarily the end for those 12,000 jobs. yes, thousands of jobs at risk so that is what they would be having full. people might have been hoping for something a little bit more solid but the deal is not off the table. whether it's the strictly stage, the love island villa, or the i'm a celebrity castle, aj and curtis pritchard have made themselves known as consummate performers on our tv screens.

now, the dancing brothers are taking on a new challenge. a variety show which will tour the country with dancing, music and prizes. let's find out a bit more about it. aj and curtisjoin us now. good morning to both of you, hello, guys! good morning! you are in separate places, not in a bubble of any kind, what's the deal? well, i'm at home being nice and relaxed, outside the castle walls, and my surprise, i was, outside the castle walls, and my surprise, iwas, where outside the castle walls, and my surprise, i was, where is he? he said, no, he is doing celebrity going dating. so we keep you busy. so you temporarily separated? yes, i'm chilling here in the £30 million mansion, i cannot complain at all. i will be back for christmas with 80.

—— aj. what's going on in that mansion? i'm currently on celebrity go dating and there is a lot of dating going on. are you good at dating, do you have a signature move? if you want the honest truth, that's why i'm here. i've always danced and performed, i've never actually done any dating. my dancing and performance background has overrun my dating history. that's not a problem because we are now creating tours and podcasts, with aj, and now i'm trying my dating here. if you really want an answer about whether anyone is good at dating, don't ask them, ask their brother, and find out if the brother is going to reveal anything. come on, aj,i is going to reveal anything. come on, aj, i know curtis is often cheeky with you and with the podcast you are nervous about what he might bring up, this is your chance. is he any good? he is always entertaining.

we can take this two ways. with curtis, he is a performer and a comedy act in one, he can walk into a room and everyone is looking at him, his he is six foot three, and if he sits down for a date, his date will be smiling and laughing. that's why we do the podcast, we talk about random stuff i never know where we are going. i'm very like, we have got to plan. but careful every single time with him. when it comes to performing on stage, i would be saying, let's go and do a dance, i turned to my right expect him to be here, and he will be sat in the front row with some lady talking about what he's having for dinner. hilarious for the audience but gives mea hilarious for the audience but gives me a heart attack. i don't know what the lovely lady on the other side of the lovely lady on the other side of the table will say to that but he will be entertaining. making people smile is what makes a great relationship, especially with me and

abbie. you are good at dating, your track record has been more of a roller—coaster. is that the polite way of saying it? we will let curtis have a think about that. aj, you came out of the i'm a celebrity castle, and a lot of people were saying, one of the things lovely to watch is that you were all able to hug each other and everyone else is not able to do that. now you are in the real world, it must be a bit of a jolt for you. yeah, we were in our own bubble in the castle so we could hugs, talks, face—to—face without a mask, it was amazing. then you got hit by this harsh reality that we are ina hit by this harsh reality that we are in a global pandemic. as soon as we stepped out of the front doors and we were doing the filming onset, stay away, two metres distant, everything had sanitised. you were ina everything had sanitised. you were in a crazy bubble and you forgot about the pandemic and forgot you

we re about the pandemic and forgot you were on tv and everything else, and realising that walking into reality, coming out now, wearing a mask, not being able to go for dinner with more than six people, it is a really weird scenario. you get used to it very quickly. that's probably one of the saddest things. being able to hug people, this year's i'm a celebrity, was i'm a celebrity hugging. it felt so good to embrace. we have spoken about the podcast, you are going on tour this year, the big night out, how is this going to work? it isn't this year. next year, sorry. end of next year, september and october, basically it is this all round variety show. we have fingers crossed that everything will be open, by then, and we will be fully selling out and it will have everything, audience interaction,

dancing, singing, aj and me in comedy sketches, somebody every show will be leaving with a life changing prize, and we have just released two more dates. york at the grand opera house on the 13th of october, and stockton at the stockton globe on the 7th of october. so make sure you get your tickets now. and have fun, we all want a big night out and that is what we are going to be putting on for you at the end of next year. lovely to talk to both of you. well done for remembering those dates!” have got them here! thank you very much, aj and curtis prichard. have got them here! thank you very much, a] and curtis prichard. thank you, naga and charlie. aj and curtis's big night out will tour the country from september next year. we have heard that the first vaccines have been administered, lots of questions coming so we have

got a panel with doctor chris smith, and doctor penny ward, professor in pharmaceutical medicine. still time if you have any questions to get them through to us, we have heard that there had been a couple of... if you have severe allergic reactions, you are now being advised not to take the vaccine and we will go tojust the not to take the vaccine and we will go to just the basics that you might not remember. its efficacy, and when it becomes effective, and how many you have to take. all of that at 8:10am. we know that a couple of experts and lots of questions, they are well worthwhile, those sessions. they are very straight talkers as well. stay with us, headlines coming up.

good morning, and welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today. four days to reach a post—brexit deal as "very large gaps" remain in talks between the two sides. sunday is the new deadline to reach agreement after the latest trade negotiations failed to make progress. back to earth with a bang. elon musk‘s un—crewed spacex rocket, designed to one day take people to mars, has exploded while attempting to land. the show must go on. in yourfront garden. actors are performing west end shows on doorsteps while theatres are closed. sensational salah. mo becomes liverpool's all—time record goal scorer in the champions league, on a night when results were less

important with liverpool and manchester city already group winners. good morning from kew gardens where it is christmas at kew gardens and we are in front of the lily house which is surrounded by christmas lights and we need it on a day like today because it is grey and cloudy with rain and drizzle in the north and west and later heavy rain coming in across northern ireland. i will have all of the details in ten minutes. it's thursday 10th december. a new deadline of sunday has been set for an agreement over a post—brexit deal. this after a meeting between the prime minister and the president of the european commission failed to break the deadlock. discussions will continue today and downing street says a "firm decision" about the future will be taken by the end of the weekend. but it warns that "major differences" remain between the two sides. our political correspondent leila nathoo joins us now. what we understand is that a

decision will be taken about whether there can be any progression by sunday. yes? we are always looking ahead to the next big brexit crunch point and now the focus has shifted to sunday because we had the dinner last night in brussels between boris johnson and the president of the european commission, the third time they had a conversation as they have had two phone calls and there was a gesture for boris johnson had two phone calls and there was a gesture for borisjohnson to have a face—to—face dinner but that didn't seem to yield the breakthrough they we re seem to yield the breakthrough they were hoping for. a bit of a gloomy and downbeat assessment from both sides are talking about large gaps and the two sides being far apart. that said, they did not call time on the negotiations and did not say we are done, we cannot go further. they said give it anotherfew are done, we cannot go further. they said give it another few days and we can get to sunday and we heard from the foreign secretary early on the programme he was talking about the negotiations needing a point of

finality to say, look, we need a point where we take stock and give businesses the certainty to prepare for whatever outcome is going to happen at the end of the year as we arejust happen at the end of the year as we are just three weeks away from the end of the brexit transition period. so, sunday is the new deadline and he said it was unlikely that they would continue the talks beyond then but not impossible if there is potential for a breakthrough in but not impossible if there is potentialfor a breakthrough in the next few days, but have a listen to what he said about where the uk ultimately stands. i think it's fair to say significant differences still remain, but as the prime minister demonstrated going out to brussels and engaging directly with ursula von der leyen, we will leave no stone unturned and we would like a deal if possible but we are not going to sacrifice the basic points of democratic principle, so they have agreed that the discussions will keep going forward but they will keep going forward but they will decide the future negotiations on sunday. we are doing everything

we can but as i said, we will not sacrifice the basic points of principle as a free, democratic nation. you are hearing from the foreign secretary about the negotiations being stuck on the fundamentals, the uk not wanting to give up the idea of regaining sovereignty and the eu side thinking that the uk misunderstands how much ground it is prepared to give in terms of access to its market. i think it is worth saying that the eu side thinks that this that they are hardening their position and neither side wants to have a deal that they do not see as good in their eyes. there hasn't yet been the political breakthrough that is needed and that could happen in the coming days and the negotiators will be round the table again in brussels but it is unclear as yet as to whether they will be going over the same ground or they will somehow find a new way

through, so where we are this morning is that the no deal scenario is looking more likely. it's not impossible that they could snatch progress in the next few days. you will keep a close eye on it for us. thanks very much. families whose babies died in shropshire's main hospitals will hear the initial findings of a major review into their care this morning. more than 1800 deaths and cases of neglect are being investigated at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust — some dating back more than forty years. earlier, hayley matthews, who lost her sonjack in 2015, told us about the anguish facing families as they wait for today's report. iam very i am very anxious and nervous. i am hoping that they have learned lessons from many years ago. i have waited five years, and so has my family, for this outcome today and i'm just hoping that they have learned some lessons. greater manchester police has been

accused of letting down vulerable victims of crime by failing to record 80,000 offences ina year. the police inspectorate said some cases were being closed without a proper investigation and no record was kept of a quarter of violent crimes, including domestic abuse and stalking. greater manchester police said it had a long term plan to address the concerns. the united states has recorded more than 3,000 coronavirus deaths in the past 2a hours — the highest total so far in a single day anywhere in the world. the number of new cases is continuing to surge and hospitals in parts of america are filling up. in california admissions have risen by more than 70 percent in the past two weeks. authorities in the united states have launched a major lawsuit against facebook. officials have accused the social media giant of stifling competition when it bought whatsapp and instagram — which it could now be forced to sell. the social media giant insists the companies were far smaller when it bought them and that the deals were fully approved. an experimental rocket belonging to elon musk‘s spacex company has exploded

while attempting to land. the 16—storey high starship rocket was being tested as part of the company's plans to eventually carry people and cargo to the moon and mars. tanya dendrinos reports. it looks like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster. but this fiery spectacle wasn't planned. it's the crash landing of the latest prototype of the spacex starship. two, one, zero. codenamed sn8, it was the craft‘s first attempt at a high altitude flight test. early on was smooth sailing for the uncrewed mission. it lifted off from the boca chica facility in texas on a brief flight tojust over 12km, achieving much of what it set out to do. including a horizontal descent.

but after a flip back into the vertical position for touchdown, things went a little awry. it might not have looked like it, but according to spacex ceo elon musk, the flight was a success, congratulating his team, saying, "we got all the data we needed". his sights firmly set, tweeting, "mars, here we come". tanya dendrinos, bbc news. dramatic images, but no one on board, so that is a good thing. carol is ready to get us into the festive spirit this morning — she joins us from kew gardens with the weather. she has been in the mood for love and light. what else are you in the mood for? a cup of tea would be really nice. we are at kew gardens and it is christmas at kew and we are in the cathedral of light, about 100,000 individual lights in here and it

stands 5.5 metres high and is part of the beautiful light trail at kew, which is about 2.7 kilometres long. as you wander through the gardens, you come across different installations of lights and also some light shows as well. if you are planning on coming, it is sold out until christmas and it runs until the 17th of january and you might be lucky as there are a few tickets left between christmas and the 17th of january and of course covid regulations apply while you are here. as you canjust regulations apply while you are here. as you can just about see, fairly cloudy this morning and cloudy for many of us and that is the forecast, grey and quite gloomy but also some rain in the forecast, particularly so across the north and west of the country and if you don't have rain in the north and west, the chances are you will see some drizzle. as we go through the day, the breeze will pick up and later on you will find a band of rain moving in across northern ireland. today's

temperatures roughly between six and 9 degrees but if you are in the south west a bit higher at 11 or possibly 12. through the evening and overnight the band of rain in the west pushes across us all, moving east through the night and behind it there will be a few breaks, a lot of cloud and some showers and some of the showers across the south—west could be heavy and thundery. the wind will strengthen across the north of scotland, especially in the northern and western isles where we could be looking at gales. tomorrow we start with the rain in the east and it clears for most except in the north—east of scotland where the met office has a warning for heavy rain which is falling on already saturated ground and could lead to flooding issues but behind the band of rain there will be quite a bit of cloud, some breaks across parts of south and east wales and south and east england and temperature is very similarto east england and temperature is very similar to today ranging between eight and 12 degrees. at the weekend we will see rain crossing us again

during the course of saturday but on sunday if you have plans outside, worth noting it will be wet and also windy. the cold comes up through your feet, do you find that, carol? yes, even though you put on loads of pairs of socks. it just does. though you put on loads of pairs of socks. itjust does. the problem is, andi socks. itjust does. the problem is, and i haven't bought into lots of layers of socks. it doesn't really work. you put yourfeet layers of socks. it doesn't really work. you put your feet in and if they are not boiling hot, the heat doesn't retain and then you have got cold feet in layers of socks so your feet never warm up. it's the thickness of the soul of the shoe is the key element. would you agree?” don't know. i've got quite thick soles on my boots this morning and my feet are still cold, but somebody was saying to try foot warmers, which i've never done. i don't know if they work or not. they do. i will send you a packet in the post. thank

you. pleasure. see you later, carol. thousands of people have now received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and today health officials are reassuring the public that it is safe after pfizer's jab triggered an allergic response in two nhs workers. they have now fully recovered from their reaction — so how concerned should we be? we're joined by the virologist dr chris smith and dr penny ward, who's a professor in pharmaceutical medicine. good morning to you both. chris, shall we start with you? people are going to hear that it has been said that anyone who has suffered with a significant allergic reaction previously by someone who carries an epipen should not take the vaccine and that was quite immediate after the first day of vaccination is being administered, so how significant is this? all drugs, all medicines, all interventions like this have side effects. there is no

such thing as a drug with no side effect and all of us look different on the outside because we are genuinely genetically different and it means we are all subtly different on the inside by it chemically, and when we make drugs and medicines it isa when we make drugs and medicines it is a best fit. a bit like going to the shoe shop and taking the first pairof the shoe shop and taking the first pair of shoes of the shelf and saying, please wear these and we haven't measured everybody‘s feet individually. that's an aspiration of medicine in the future to do that kind of personalised medicine but it means you do occasionally get the pharmaceutical equivalent of an ill fitting pair of shoes in a very small number of people and the goal of making any kind of medicine in drug is to minimise the number of people who end up with a badly fitting pair of shoes, but it does happen and we accept it happens in the key thing is that the mhra have been quick to say we have noticed it and we will investigate but in the meantime, as a cautionary note, we will advise people in this particular position and there are few of them. it's not like we expect this to happen a lot, but anyone in

that situation should not take this until we learn a bit more about why it happened in those two individuals. to pick up on your analogy, because of the length of the approval process of this drug and the trial, were enough shoes tried on, so to speak, in terms of the number of people who were in the trial? tens of thousands of people have been involved in the trials the a nswer have been involved in the trials the answer is were we doing this in a yea r‘s answer is were we doing this in a year's time, we would have looked at similar numbers of people, so it's one of those things that if you look ha rd one of those things that if you look hard enough, eventually you will find cases like this and so i'm not altogether surprised. all drugs come with side effects and many people are very surprised to learn that if you take the world's bestselling, most popular painkiller, aspirin, which is consumed around the world in tonne quantities every year and saves millions of lives from heart attacks, strokes, even from cancer, it's an amazing drug, but if i

invented aspirin today and i try to turnit invented aspirin today and i try to turn it into a drug that would be approved by our present rigorous processes , approved by our present rigorous processes, it would not be approved on the basis of a bad side effect profile. the stringency of the filter applied these days is very tight indeed. you will have to explain a little bit more for us. why not? why would aspirin not be approved? is that a very complicated thing? is it tricky. people might be wondering. then the answer is enormous rigour is applied and the filter we put drugs through to work out whether they are safely so stringent and so rigorous that side effects that are anything beyond the absolute minimum of what we will allow through just means that things are discarded, because we are not prepared to take risks with people's health and rightly so, but what i'm trying to point out is that even a

drug we regard as widely safe and widely used in today's regimes would not get through because people would regard it as too big a risk and the stringency being applied is extremely rigorous indeed. doctor penny ward, do you want to pick up on the themes chris is talking about. we need to emphasise in the discussion that the two people who have had a reaction are fine and have had a reaction are fine and have a recovered completely. if people are scratching their heads and thinking, when i had a vaccination once before, i think i had a bit of a reaction. where do people put what they now know in relation to their previous experience? the two workers who had the anaphylactoid reactions were people who had had a history of severe allergy and they had to carry an epipen with them wherever they went. they have a history of having a bad reaction when challenged by

other allergens, so most of us will have some sort of a reaction when we have some sort of a reaction when we have a vaccine, it will be paid at the site of the injection, possibly a little fever or feeling a little u nwell a little fever or feeling a little unwell for a couple of days in a flu—like way. that can be managed by taking paracetamol or ib proven or you're paying a choice. and it goes away after a couple of days so it's not a bad enough reaction to stop you getting the covid vaccination because the side—effects of that, as seen the clinical trials are pretty similarto seen the clinical trials are pretty similar to those you might get after any other vaccination. it's only people who have a history of very severe allergic reactions to other allergens in the past that should avoid getting the vaccine at this time. can you pick up on where we are with the other products like the oxford astrazeneca vaccine? where are we with that at the moment,

chris? at the moment the mhra are considering whether or not to give this approval. the data provided to them by astrazeneca, they are going through that to decide if there is sufficient evidence to justify allowing this to be given in the same way the pfizer vaccine is. there have been one or two ups and downs in recent weeks because the turned out there was a missed dose ink that had gone on in a certain group of people who had the vaccine and astrazeneca said it was serendipitous and i agree with him if it turns out to be true, because what they found was in some people who got, when they have the first dose, when they gave them a lower dose, when they gave them a lower dose to start, and that was the mistake, rather than the full dose, and then a second higher dose, they appear to have made a much more powerful immune response to the vaccine than those who got two locks of the high dose. but the wrinkle here is that that only really

applies to younger people who got that change in dosing were chiefly younger people, so it is a bit of a lea k to younger people, so it is a bit of a leak to extrapolate and say the same level of protection would be afforded to everybody of all ages, and that is one of the decisions that that the mhra will be contemplating. this is the big one, because we can get approval for the astrazeneca vaccine it means there is more than one show in town, and it means it doesn't have the same constraints on transport and distribution and logistics that the fire is a vaccine is chording a headache with because of having to be kept at —70 —— the pfizer vaccine. it's also cheaper, two or £3 compared to $20 or so for the rival products and it's available in large amounts and we have a very big order in as well. penny, one thing that has been clear in the past year with brexit and everything, we've learnt so many new phrases and acronyms are now the mhra is one people will be bandying around, as

they are the people approving the vaccines and getting them out to us. when you look at the scrutiny now of the mhra and how it has reacted, and chris alluded to that, the speed at which it reacted to those allergic reactions, when you see people taking the vaccine, for example, strokes, a number of people have a strokes, a number of people have a stroke or heart attack per day, how easyis stroke or heart attack per day, how easy is it to extrapolate or to link the impact of the vaccine and occurrences like that and yet still maintain that the vaccine is safe and still should be administered? we have a data base and still should be administered? we have a database in the uk called the general practice research database which has information on all of the events that happen in people over the course of their observation period, if you like. so what will happen is, every day and analysis will be run of the reported side effects from people receiving the

vaccine and the frequency of those events within a normal population in a normal winter season and only if there is an excess of something occurring on the vaccine group compared to the usual events that might happen by chance alone in the general population of a similar age group of people will there be an announcement of concern. group of people will there be an announcement of concern. so group of people will there be an announcement of concern. so i suppose because we are in the winter period and it has been drummed into us that it is a crucial period, and there are more cases of people being hospitalised, we should expect there to be more reports like this and cautioned to be taken? yes, indeed. and of course, the winter season is usuallyjust and of course, the winter season is usually just cold itself and of course, the winter season is usuallyjust cold itself can induce illness, strokes and heart attacks on vulnerable people so people need to wrap up warm, keep warm and also avoid becoming unwell with coughs,

colds and other illnesses and although we don't like it much, the restrictions on movements are actually going to help in reducing the spread of respiratory viruses. good to talk to you both. lovely to see you. take care. this should be the busiest time of year for britain's theatres yet most are still unable to open their doors. but or some performers, the show must go on. now, if you can't go to the musical, one company is bringing the musical to you. david sillito went to see the first performance on a very damp suburban street. this is normally the busiest time of the year in theatreland. but this year, it's not going to be so much, "it's behind you", more, "it's on your doorstep".

they're coming up the road now. hey, guys, i'm elder cunningham. we've got a surprise for you! come to the door! # there's a song in the air bert and mary poppins are in the front garden of number 1a. meet doorstep productions. this is the real west end, real west end performers, coming to your doorstep. that's right. i mean, look at this theatre, it's closed. the palladium, it's heartbreaking. all the shows are shut. all my friends are unemployed. some of them have lost their homes. and i thought, hang on a minute, i could get some people some work. # supercalifragalisticexpialidocious! and so this is why west end performers are here singing supercalifragalisticexpialidocious in the pouring rain. # supercalifragalisticexpialidocious!

how long since you last performed? march 16 2020. how's it been? it's been rough, but we are here and we're making the best of it. what does this feel like? currently, we're drenched, but it's wonderful, it's wonderful to be performing again and we all got in a rehearsal room last week and it just felt amazing to be back with fellow colleagues, you know, doing something you love for people that were really grateful, hopefully! # that's all i ask of you # stay with me and this was only the beginning of the performance. and they're not the only ones taking the show on the road. in york, the panto is on a tour of socially distanced village halls and community centres, playing to dozens rather than hundreds, and not shouting, it's behind you.

they are all placed in a household bubbles, or their bubbles, and they're spread out two metres apart, two metres from the stage. and so it is a little peculiar in that way. but do you know what, we didn't notice a thing yesterday, it was just so lovely to get back in front of live audience. and the audience were just great, and they were making noises and stamping their feet and clapping their hands. i hadn't thought of that. you can't encourage people to shout and scream because it's a risk. that's right, the aerosol spray of people shouting. even though the audience are separated into their bubbles, there's still a risk there. meanwhile, back by the bins at number 1a, we were reaching the big finale. # tomorrow! i loved it, so good. thought it was brilliant, yeah. so much fun, like, when you haven't been able to go to the theatre, it'sjust so nice to see professionals singing

and dancing and doing something for you on your doorstep. we've done clapping on our doorsteps, we've had tea on our doorsteps. now is the time for the musicals. # now i know what i must do # i'm going to leave him, sister so, the pandemic may have brought theatres to a close but at a safe distance on the doorsteps of britain, the show goes on. whatever the weather. david sillito, bbc news. # on my own! cheering given how loud they were, not only did the people in the house who clearly knew it was happening, eve ryo ne clearly knew it was happening, everyone is going to know. that will bea everyone is going to know. that will be a performance for the whole street. coming up in the next half hour... comedian bobby ball used to joke about having a statue of himself in his favourite resort.

now his wish is to be granted. we'll speak to his wife yvonne. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. a teenager who threw a young boy from the viewing platform of tate modern has abandoned his bid to be moved from prison to hospital. 19—year—old jonty bravery was jailed in june for throwing the six—year—old from the 10th—storey balcony of the art gallery in august last year. he's currently serving a life sentence for attempted murder with a minimum of 15 years. luton is now offering rapid coronavirus testing to help tackle high rates of covid in the area. two community centres have been converted to "walk—in" rapid test centres. it's for people without symptoms. anyone tested should get their results within a5 minutes. a similar service started in basildon on tuesday.

it's for people who don't have symptoms, so if you've got symptoms, you need to go and have your test at one of our other testing stations. this is for reassurance, you can come here, just to check and have the test to see if you have got the virus or not. if you prove, if it comes that you have a positive test, we then send you on to get the confirmation test through the other testing stations. fans will be able to attend a women's super league match for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic as tickets have gone on sale. over a thousand spectators will be able to go to chelsea's match at crawley against brighton on sunday. the relaxation of covid regulations means fans are able to return to stadiums in tier 2. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. on the trains southeastern and thameslink trains london bound on the woolwich line are disrupted following a police incident at plumstead.

in earls court, the aa west cromwell road is closed eastbound at earl's court road for emergency water work. in wapping, various sets of works on the highway are causing westbound delays for traffic heading towards tower hill, with tailbacks through limehouse. in vauxhall, durham st is closed at harleyford road for emergency water works, with kennington lane closed westbound on the approach. now the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. once again it's a frost free start to the day across the capital, temperatures generally between five and seven celsius. a bit of early mist around as well but nothing too dense. it's going to be a mostly dry day today, but there will always be plenty of cloud. just watch out for one or two light showers always possible, and i think generally speaking, dry, thickening cloud throughout the day and that southerly wind is set to pick up as well. top temperatures today, not too much movement there, seven or eight celsius.

and then through this evening and overnight, we are set to keep those layers of cloud. it will turn windier and eventually through the small hours, there will be outbreaks of rain that could turn out to be quite heavy into the start of the day tomorrow. overnight lows are not changing too much, between seven and eight celsius. tomorrow, it is a wet start to the day, it will be quite windy but it will feel a bit milder. that early rain clearing so a mostly dry afternoon with highs of 10 degrees. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. after breakfast it's morning live with kym and gethin. let's see what's happening on the show today. i think you're looking almost as festive, your studio, as ours. we love it, don't we! a third of us are

worried about having the covid chap. ——jab. that's probably not helped by some of the wilder stories flying round. if you believe what you've read, then the vaccine contains harmful metals, it changes your dna and causes brain damage. so with all this fake news flying around, today dr xand's here to put our minds at ease and separate the fact from the fiction. and he'll be answering your questions so start sending them in. following the return of the mobos last night, two times award winner yolanda brown is here to tell us how the songs we listen to can make us more productive, healthier, and smarter, plus she's revealing which songs work best. and if you want to feel happier we've got some good news. today pamalarrrr, otherwise known as alison steadman, reveals what she knows about the gavin and stacey reunion rumour! also coming up, with crafting on the rise we're introducing you to a new one. kiragami, can you believe this masterpiece is made withjust one piece of paper!

we'll be showing you how it's done a little later. plus, after this incredible turn on the dance floor, hrvy and janette reveal how they're raising the bar for the semi finals this weekend! will they go on and win the competition? i know someone who has the answer, naga will know. you are assuming i was listening to what you are saying, i wasn't, i was typing. i feel you, that happens to me. that is what you are assuming. if you tell me again, i might be able to help. who's going to win strictly? i'm really not the right person to ask, you know that. charlie knows.” have a different thought this morning. i don't know why but i'm thinking sometime between now and christmas, you need to wear an elf suited to do the programme. not least because he will blend in perfectly to do

perfectly to your least because he will blend in perfectly to your sofa. now that you have said that, i'm probably going to have to do it. that's a good thing. i think it's a great idea. the thing is, you miss the perfect opportunity to say, i will if you will, charlie. charlie, i'll do it if you do it. itjust doesn't work. it simply doesn't work like that. bad news, i know, but it doesn't work like that. i'm looking forward to the green elf suit between now and christmas, the audience requires it. it's happening. you would look rather fetching in a it. it's happening. you would look ratherfetching in a nice it. it's happening. you would look rather fetching in a nice little sa nta rather fetching in a nice little santa suit. you can wear your christmasjumper santa suit. you can wear your christmas jumper tomorrow, it's christmas jumper tomorrow, it's christmasjumper day. christmas jumper tomorrow, it's christmas jumper day. we christmas jumper tomorrow, it's christmasjumper day. we can get him a santa one day. —— a santa onesie. with the job already done

for manchester city, they could use their match against marseilles for some shooting practice ahead of the manchester derby just days away. they were at their free flowing best and ferran torres made it look so easy, as he unpicked the marseilles defence. and then, look who was back, sergio aguero showing his usual instinct after injury. maybe too soon for him to play at old trafford. an own goal right at the end, sealed the win that means city finish the group stage with 16 points, matching the most ever by an english side in the champions league. liverpool were also guaranteed top spot before they played in denmark, and it took mo salah less than a minute to get his 22nd champions league goal and so become liverpool's record goal—scorer in this competition, against midtjylland. it ended one—all. and another record breaker in the women's champions league. fran kirby became chelsea's all time record scorer, as they thrashed benfica 5—0 in their last 32 first leg match in lisbon. manchster city beat gothenburg, but glasgow city were beaten by sparta prague.

tonight, all about the europa league, the final matches in their very long group stage. thank you, good to see you. captain tom's goal to walk 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday inspired us all during the first lockdown and raised nearly £a0 million for nhs charities. so when news came of another nationwide lockdown last month, the veteran decided to start walking again. this time he asked the public tojoin him, to combat the tough times ahead, and to become fundraising stars themselves. breakfast'sjohn maguire has been to meet some of them. thanks to some tv trickery, we can help mckenzie, shea, isaac and anthony to walk with tom. they're among the many to answer captain sir tom's call to walk with him, virtually of course, and to help his charitable foundation. tom had actually inspired me to push myself, make sure to go that extra mile,

and i actually walked 7.7 miles thanks to captain tom. i, too, am very proud of captain tom. he found that urge to keep going. he thought, actually, no, i'm not going to sit, i'm not going to sit down and just watch the world go by, i'm going to make an impact. the teenagers are all students here at north hertfordshire college in stevenage, on the supported studies course for those with special educational needs. the college teaches them to cook, catch public transport and how to apply forjobs and education. so, busy lives. and now they've all taken up walking. ijust like walking with my brother, me and my brother walked back home, we went for a walk and that's what i like doing. ijust like going out walking, go for a run at the weekend. i've been walking with my dog because it saves time and obviously, he's been walking and ijust thought to just walk with him and stuff. ever since we brought you the news

of captain tom's walks and the almost £a0 million he raised for nhs charities, he's motivated people around the world, all wanting to follow in his footsteps. it's very kind of everyone, because they've all made a very great effort, and a physical effort, to help with the fund that we have been raising. i hope this will continue because there are so many people who need some help, both mental and physical, throughout the world. and i hope that we can provide a little bit of sustenance in every case. the smile and giggle says it all. three—year—old daisy loves her daily walks. she has spina bifida which restricts movement, but also wanted to walk with tom.

she too set a modest fundraising target of £100 but raised more than 20,000. helping others as well as herself. we saw captain tom moore's fundraiser, using kind of a similar little walker to what, daisy‘s little walker. she's loved it. it's something to look forward to every day. and we're just so grateful. thank you to daisy‘s hospitals, st georges and st hilliers. they've saved her life and we can continue to be under their care and they‘ re just amazing. we can't thank them enough, really. and everybody who has donated. you can tell by the state of my boots that i did a lot of walking in a lot of mud. andjill woodridge has been pounding the paths and pavements. she's walked at least five kilometres a day in honour notjust of captain tom but also her late father—in—law. it was something that he did in later life when he couldn't do anything very much else. my mother—in—law always sent him out for a walk every day.

that was my other inspiration for walking for captain tom. along with his family, captain sir tom felt the legacy created by his endeavours was an unmissable opportunity to keep helping, keep walking, and keep inspiring. john maguire, bbc news, bedfordshire. captain tom always inspiring.” know, it's like a legacy. every time we do know, it's like a legacy. every time wedoa know, it's like a legacy. every time we do a story on it, someone else is going, do you know what, i'll do this. it keeps happening. if he can do it, i can do it. a remarkable story to bring you now. for gary and his son hayden, new year's eve in 2018 wasn't a night for celebration. on new years eve 2018 a3—year old gary was driving on the m6 with his son hayden and dog buster

when he blacked out and lost control of the van. now, he's launched an appeal to try and find those who saved him and his son. hayden was just 11 years old at the time, but managed to call 999 for help — let's have a listen. let's speak to hayden and his dad gary now, whojoin us from bradford this morning. centre stage, i can see, the dog! hello, everyone. hello. he looked up just in the right time, perfect timing. it is lovely to see your smiling faces this morning. i was watching you as we were talking about the story, and this is an

amazing story of survival. a father and son, and gary, just give us the basics of what happened on that day. it was a dreadful accident. yeah, we went to visit my parents in swindon in wiltshire, and then we decided to come home on new year's eve to go out for the evening. me and hayden we re out for the evening. me and hayden were driving back to bradford. he fell asleep on the motorway and woke up fell asleep on the motorway and woke up ten minutes before the accident. and i don't remember the accident at all but i lost control of the van, went upa all but i lost control of the van, went up a grass bank, and rolled it down the bank, i don't remember any of it. and hayden, you are a hero on the day, weren't you? because you do remember it, and as we had a second ago, you did all the right things. how were you so wise to take control at that moment in time, call the emergency services, do everything

right? well, after the accident happened, i knew that was obviously not a good thing and it was a real mess. so after the accident happened, i went and looked for the phone on the floor, i was looking around trying to find it. and then i found it and i knew i needed to get emergency services there. sol dialled 999 and asked for the ambulance andl dialled 999 and asked for the ambulance and i tried my best for them to find my location and gets to them to find my location and gets to the accident. well, thankfully, hayden, what you did was absolutely bang on and it meant that the ambulance services and the emergency services could come to help you. gary, you must be so proud as well of hayden. we should explain that we said that you blacked out, but the results of that accident showed that there was actually a problem physically with you? yeah, i didn't

wa ke physically with you? yeah, i didn't wake up, i woke up in the hospital, stoke royal. i think it was about 9:30pm and the doctors came in and told me that i had a brain tumour. that caused me to black out at the wheel. he had had no indication of this previously? i had had migraines, serious migraines for about 15 or 20 years, and then from june 2018, i had visual problems which i was seeing the doctor about. but it didn't get diagnosed. since it was diagnosed, what treatment have you been having?” it was diagnosed, what treatment have you been having? i have had a brain tumour 90% removed, and then a couple of weeks i have part of my skull removed. and i have had an mri injune skull removed. and i have had an mri in june this year skull removed. and i have had an mri injune this year and i have another growth, so they're going to try and

give me another operation and hopefully put a titanium plate in. this is all good now, i'm going to talk to buster as well, he's paying no attention whatsoever, asleep, oh, listening now! i know one of the things that has been really important to you over the years as you have tried to work through what happened on that day is you didn't get the chance, you don't know any of the people who helped you. it is a big part of what you want to find out? yeah, quite a big thing because obviously hayden was alone in the van, he phoned the ambulance etc, but people pulled over really quickly. hayden said there were three to four members of the publicly pulled straightaway. they got the windscreen out of the van so hayden and buster can get out. what i would like to do now, if i may, i

know this is a surprise for you. you have wa nted know this is a surprise for you. you have wanted to speak to some of those who helped you on that day. i'm delighted to say that we can introduce you to steve rust who is the operations manager at a west midlands ambulance service, and he is one of the people he was there and came to your aid. in that moment in time. so, gary, iwould and came to your aid. in that moment in time. so, gary, i would like to step aside a little bit because i know this is a surprise to you as well, is there anything you would like to stay to steve? i would just like to stay to steve? i would just like to stay to steve? i would just like to say thank you very much. what the paramedics did, the emergency services, all the emergency services, all the emergency services, all the emergency services, and the public that stopped, they saved my life and i'm just glad it's all turned out well. is it steve? thank you very much, steve, for the work you put in and what a day to happen, on new year's eve. a big shock, yeah. gary,

you cannot see steve but he is listening to everything you are sane, welcome to you, steve. give us a sense of your recollection of that day, anything you can say to the father and son who are happily 0k now but that was quite someday? yeah, good morning, gary, good morning, hayden, it's nice to hear you have made a good recovery from what has been a quite traumatic event. on the day in question, we we re event. on the day in question, we were contacted by hayden, and we we re very were contacted by hayden, and we were very quickly on scene with an 11 minutes, and there were members of the public who assisted hayden to get out of the vehicle. he was very calm, exceptionally calm. it might not sound quite like are on the telephone but on scene he was exceptionally calm. we quickly worked out that gary was quite poorly, and i ended up with two additional ambulances coming to the scene along with an air ambulance

which had a doctor on board and critical care paramedic. along with the colleagues from police and staffordshire fire and rescue, we managed to successfully extricate gary from the vehicle and taken to royal stoke. there was a small logistical issue, in a four—legged furry friend called buster, at the time, who was very well behaved on the side of the motorway. hayden we nt the side of the motorway. hayden went in the ambulance with his dad, and buster was transported to the hospital as well. we got in contact with another family member that went to the hospital and came and collected hayden and buster and all the luggage that we had taken with us. gary, you're hearing all of this from someone who was there, how does this make you feel? it's amazing. all i've had is the odd bits from hayden that he can remember. to hear

steve talk there, it's great, because he's got a wider picture of the scene, it's brilliant.” because he's got a wider picture of the scene, it's brilliant. i know that gary and hayden, you are trying to raise money as well for the brain tumour trust, because you want some good to come out of this. yeah, the brain tumour research have been absolutely brilliant so if anyone can help with fundraising, raising money for research, that would be great. hayden set up a fundraising page. we are trying to raise some money to get awareness of, more awareness of brain tumours and diagnosis and obviously research into that. can we give you the last thought, steve? i don't know how often you get a chance to speak to people directly who you have helped. you guys are always very matter—of—fact. but emotions, how do you deal with that stuff? had there

they are listening to you, and you saved lives on that day.” they are listening to you, and you saved lives on that day. i think when all is said and done, this is a team effort with members of the public that stopped initially and assisted, that's a massive benefit for us. the first thing is to say that hayden's approach to the first thing as an 11—year—old is dealing with this immediate incident, his father is obviously injured, and the vehicle is not on its wheels, it upside down, he maintained calm and he managed to call for an ambulance which is so commendable. and the people that stopped, again, not everybody does stop, and the people that stopped on that particular day, all assisted us getting gary to the hospital really quickly. and you are quite correct, we don't often get backin quite correct, we don't often get back in touch with patients, it's not something that we do on a regular basis. it does happen occasionally. and it is great to hear that although it has been a traumatic event, there is a positive

outcome for this and gary has a diagnosis and treatment plan and everything is working for him and hayden. and fingers crossed, hopefully everything works out for the future, it is fantastic. i'm so pleased with are able to talk to, steve, thank you so much. gary, hayden and buster who has not done much apart from lying on the back of the couch, to catch up with you. hayden, you are a star, you have heard that from the operations manager at the west midlands ambulance service, you did that very well, thank you and good luck in the future. thank you. thank you very much. lovely! let's go to carol, if that's put you ina good let's go to carol, if that's put you in a good mood, carol will put you in an even better mood, she is surrounded by flowers that were all lit up this morning and it still looks rather fetching. that's right, good morning everyone. i'm at kew gardens, christmas at kew and somebody very instrumental in this is with me.

you ahead of event operations at kew gardens, what can visitors expect and they come here? this is christmas at kew, the eighth year, a magnificent 2.5 kilometre trail through the beauty of the gardens at night—time. light installations, a lovely show, we are eliminating the natural landscape as well as some of our heritage buildings here. —— we are illuminating natural landscape. how long does it take to put this together? we started the build at the end of october, but we started way back in february planning this. then we had a lot of extra planning to do this year to make it a covid safe event. a lot of planning and man hours and a lot of work has gone into it. a lot of it is sold out? pre—christmas we are sold out but still tickets left injanuary, we can look on the website and get some of them. if you are not lucky enough

to get a ticket this year, the gardens are open every day, beautiful in wintertime here, beautiful in wintertime here, beautiful bright winter days with the natural landscape and 320 acres to roam around. you say you start planning in february, when you put the lights in and how long does that take? about the end of october, until open day which was november 17, soa until open day which was november 17, so a lot of weeks and long hours, fantastic lighting technician teams that we work with an artist from across the world. we have thoroughly enjoyed it this morning, thank you very much indeed, it reminds me i must put up my christmas tree when i get back. the weather is fairly cloudy for many of us today, and cloudy. grey and cloudy. we have a low pressure dominating the weather front, you can see the extent of the cloud across the uk but we have thick enough cloud to be producing some rain, especially across the north

and west. if you don't have rain, chances are you will have some drizzle. as we go through the day, that will continue. a lot of cloud and through the database will pick up. eventually later on we will start to see a new weather front coming through the wet and that will introduce some rain. temperatures today ranging roughly from six to 9 degrees so locally in the south west we have 11 or 12, so mild that there. the band of rain moves across all areas as it sweeps from the west towards the east. some of the rain will be happy and behind it, a lot of cloud. still showers as well and some of those will be heavy and potentially thundery, especially across south—west england. also through the evening and overnight, you will find the wind strengthening, more especially across the far north of mainland scotla nd across the far north of mainland scotland and the northern and western isles. here we could be looking at gusts to gale force. as a result it is not going to be a

particularly cold night, not as cold as some of the night we have had this week. the rain continues to edgein this week. the rain continues to edge in the north sea but lingers in north—east scotland where we have a met weather warning for saturated ground where the rain is falling. some brightness in southern and eastern parts of england. saturday, a new weather front comes in from the wet drifting eastwards, taking the wet drifting eastwards, taking the rain with it, but behind it, a transient ridge of high pressure builds in so you will find in the west, it will brighten up, with some sunshine. temperatures are very similarto sunshine. temperatures are very similar to what we expect during the course of friday. a heads up on sunday, a more potent area of low pressure and france coming our way, so it looks like it is going to be wet and windy. it has been a joy being here this morning, the music, lights, and the flowers, we have had all. get the crow. they can come

down... all. get the crow. they can come down. . . they all. get the crow. they can come down... they can come down? the crow! i thought you meant status quo! comedian bobby ball moved to lytham more than 25 years ago after falling in love with the town when he was performing with his partner tommy cannon. he loved the place so much he oftenjoked about having his own statue there. now, following his death, the local council have said they'll grant his wish. and bobby's wife yvonnejoins us now. good morning to you. your loss is very recent, and i'm so sorry that you lost puppy, and i wonder how you are, that's my first question, how are, that's my first question, how are you? some days i'm ok, some days i'm a mess. but it's getting there,

i'm a mess. but it's getting there, i'm a mess. but it's getting there, i'm a lot stronger than i was at the beginning. pleased to hear that and somebody who has grieved before will know about that roller—coaster of emotions. lovely to talk to you this morning. tell me a little bit about bobby and the statue. i understand it had the go—ahead? bobby and the statue. i understand it had the go-ahead? yes, i'm elated. and bob would have been over the moon, he would have been so proud. we got the news this week. it's just amazing. everybody is getting behind it, everybody. yvonne, goodman, naga here. tell me, what would bobby say when he said, i wa nt what would bobby say when he said, i want a statue of me, and it will look like this, what did he want? he just wanted a statue and he kept saying to people, where's my statue? you are still alive, bob, you can't have a statue! he used to say, he would see some councillors and

people, and he absolutely loved lytham. and thankfully, they have agreed with this and it is going to go into the gardens which isn't far from where i live so i can visit it every day. you knew him better than anyone else, if you knew he wanted the statue, what is it going to look like? it's going to have the trademark braces, i'm assuming? yes, some in the braces, and he's got to have that twinkle in his eye, he a lwa ys have that twinkle in his eye, he always had a twinkle in his eye. pardon me if i'm going to cry, i'm sorry. you are absolutely allowed, yvonne. very recent since your husband passed away. you coming on and talking about him and celebrating his life, with the excitement of this statue as well, it's a lovely thing. i was just reading some of the notes and it says it's going to be one and a half times the size of bobby, and it's

going to be based around when he was around a0 years old? going to be based around when he was around 40 years old?” going to be based around when he was around 40 years old? i believe so, yes, it's going to be like that, and it's going to go on a plinth and then go on another plinth, so that people can do photo opportunities and things like that. there's going to be sitting around it, it's going to be sitting around it, it's going to be sitting around it, it's going to be beautiful by the sound of it. you tell us, yvonne. i suspect you have got a lot of comfort over the past few weeks from all the expressions of love from him, from people who probably didn't even know him. it has been absolutely overwhelming. i've got cards from new zealand, even. there was a press report in the new york times about him. the people who came out for the funeral, it was amazing. from the church through lytham, to blackpool, the carlton, whether crematorium

was, people, it wasjust the carlton, whether crematorium was, people, it was just full of people. people furthering powers at the hearse. it was so —— throwing flowers at the hearse. it was so overwhelming, workmen stopped and applauded, people had braces on and they were clapping. it was brilliant, he would have been like a peacock. so proud. he would have loved that. love the idea that people were dressing up in braces. we will look forward to seeing the statue when it finally arrives and thank you so much for talking to us this morning. thank you so much. you're watching bbc breakfast.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines. downing street says large gaps remain between the uk and the eu after a face—to—face meeting between borisjohnson and the european commission president failed to achieve a breakthrough. negotiations will continue in brussels with sunday being set as the deadline for a firm decision on whether a deal can be reached. we know with the eu these negotiations go to the wire, but i think it is significant both sides jointly have agreed we need to take stock and have some finality. and following those latest talks, are you concerned about a no deal? get in touch.