good morning, welcome to breakfast with luxmy gopal and ben boulos. our headlines today. two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of elle edwards who was shot dead on christmas eve in a pub in merseyside. the deadly arctic freeze continues across the usa and canada as president biden pledges more support for those affected. the premier league is back and arsenal pick up where they left off. the gunners came from a goal down to beat west ham and go seven points clear at the top. these are still families in need, these are still kids in need, these are still vulnerable children. jamie oliver tells us why he wants free school meals to be provided for all pupils in england whose

parents claim universal credit. it's parents claim universal credit. a rather chilly start the it's a rather chilly start the day, the risk of some and snow across scotland and northern england but turning world for all of us. it comes with wet and windy weather. what are the details throughout the programme. it's tuesday, the 27th of december. our main story. two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of elle edwards in merseyside on christmas eve. last night a 30—year—old man was held on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, and a 19—year—old woman was detained on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. our correspondent fiona trott has this report. "a beautiful angel." that's how elle edwards has been described by colleagues. a beautician who was shot and killed whilst celebrating christmas here with family and friends. a man opened fire at the entrance. four others were injured. one is in a critical

condition in hospital. at a time of year when relatives come together to celebrate, elle�*s family came here to express their condolence. the police say what they're going through is incomprehensible. the card from her parents reads, "to my beautiful elle, you are the light of my life. you will never be gone." people living nearby have also paid their respects. they're struggling to understand how a family pub, just a short walk from their own front door, is now a crime scene. just astounded it's happened here. never heard of this in 50, 60 years. i think everyone�*s upset. it's just shocking that it's happened because we don't want guns in this community. i've just literally picked some stuff up for a neighbour because she's scared to leave her house. yesterday, the investigation moved quickly. first, forensic teams searched the local area, and community leaders issued a fresh appealfor information. then, by the evening, there was police activity across the city. these were two addresses in the tranmere area. merseyside police have said

they don't believe elle edwards was deliberately targeted. it makes her death all the more difficult for her family to comprehend. fiona trott, bbc news, merseyside. our reporter dave guest is at the scene in wallasey this morning. at least 60 people have died in the winter storms sweeping across the united states and canada. president biden has announced that extra support will be made available for new york state, where the city of buffalo has seen the worst of the arctic conditions. sean dilley reports. forfive days, blizzard conditions have disrupted life and travel conditions across america. dozens of deaths have been reported, more are expected in the coming days. emergency services are among those struggling with the weather. a quarter of a million homes and businesses are estimated to have been hit by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretched from canada to the mexican border.

montana has experienced the coldest weather, with temperatures dropping to —45. the most impacted residents live here in buffalo, upstate new york, where half of all deaths have been reported. the state's governor says they are at war with mother nature. anyone who declares victory and says it's over, it is way too early to say this is at its completion. the severity is downplayed now and right now it's not as bad as it has been over the last couple of days but it's still a dangerous situation to be out. forecasters say conditions should improve in the days ahead, but until then authorities say people should only travel if it's totally essential. sean dilley, bbc news. the latest rail strike ended this morning but passengers are still being warned to expect disruption. members of the rmt union are returning to work although many trains will not begin running until later today. our transport correspondent

katy austin has this report. the strike at network rail, which has lasted since christmas eve, came to an end at 6:00 this morning. but the impact means it will take time for services to get going again today. staff are returning to work, so it is a much later start up for passenger services. so passengers should really check before they travel today to ensure that they don't turn up at a station and no trains be there. but we'll expect to run about 70% of normal services today. there's more industrial action to come. an overtime ban at train companies lasts for another week, meaning reduced services in some places, and walk—outs by the tssa union will affect a few operators over the next couple of days. then further 48 hour strikes by rmt members working at network rail and 1a train companies are planned next tuesday, wednesday, friday and saturday. in between those, a strike by train drivers in the aslef union

is scheduled for thursday. network rail says it has made a good offer, but the rmt argues it was conditional on ripping up working conditions. it's blamed the government for not making a settlement possible. but the department for transport said ministers had ensured a reasonable offer was made and urged the rmt to reconsider. today there's a break in the series of strikes by border force workers in the pcs union at six uk airports. but that action resumes tomorrow. katy austin, bbc news. a television campaign aimed at encouraging us all to save energy launches today. the roll—out will accompany the government's existing it all adds up project highlighting how people can save money. jon donnison reports. this is a 30 second ad. that's not long, but it's long enough to do something that could save you money on your energy bills. the latest tv ad as part of the government's it all adds up campaign. 0r switch these off there. change this, reduce that or close

all of these at night. the message — small, simple actions to cut energy use around the home can end up with significant savings. visit gov.uk/saveenergy for more energy saving ideas. the recommended measures include reducing the temperature your boiler heats water from 75 to 60 degrees, saving you around £100 a year, turning appliances off at the plug for a possible saving of £70 a year, and draught proofing windows and doors, cutting £60 a year off your energy bills. we have been offering this advice on our various websites for a long time, but we've just decided to take it a step further and roll it out through electronic billboards, tv and radio adverts, etc. and of course, the great thing about it is that it saves money twice over. it obviously saves you money personally, but because the government is now subsidising energy bills, if we save money on this, it also saves taxpayers' money as well.

but it's another u—turn on the policies of the previous prime minister, liz truss, whose government rejected the idea of a public information campaign telling people how to save energy as the action of a nanny state. the current government is also urging households to look at more long—term measures to save energy, such as double glazed windows and better insulation. although temperatures reached record lows this december, the coldest months could well be ahead of us. we think everything is useful when it comes to advice and support for people struggling with the cost of living crisis. but at the end of the day, if you can't afford to turn your heating on, no amount of advice is going to get you out of that problem. and that's why we need to see government and others going much further to support people through this winter. the government's existing energy support package will be extended for 12 months from april, but at a less generous rate, and it says it will make announcements about further support

for homes and businesses in the new year. jon donnison, bbc news. jamie oliver has called for all children living in households on universal credit to be given free school meals. the chef, who has long campaigned for children to have better access to healthy food, is guest editing the today programme on radio 4 this morning, and told the programme investing in free school meals for children will improve their health. if we don't spend it here, it will kind of react elsewhere within the community and it definitely won't be as cheap. it definitely will not be as cheap. so i think if we're talking about the ethics, then this is the right place to do it. if we're talking about supporting teachers to be able to get better outcomes for their whole class, as a class, like passive smoking, if you've got a couple of kids coming in not fed, that affects plan a, plan b, plan c of the teacher's hour. it's like passive smoking, we're talking about all children being affected by some of the kids maybe being disruptive

or sleeping or any other kind of carnage that goes along with the poverty of hunger. it's been 25 years since world leaders agreed to ban the use of anti—personnel landmines in what is known as the ottawa treaty. it's considered to be one of the world's most successful disarmament treaties, but every year thousands of people continue to be killed or injured by the devices. 0ur middle east correspondent, anna foster, reports from lebanon, where a huge de—mining operation continues every day. three, two, one, demolition. nine anti—personnel mines destroyed in a split second. for years, the ground here has been sick with them. many were laid less than a metre apart by israeli forces during the conflict of 1982. every day, a team of de—miners carefully scans the land. they uncover the mines

and make them safe. this person is an expert now. now, when i found the mine, i call the supervisor to check it. and after that, and at the end of the day, i make an explosion. you say that in quite a relaxed way, you make an explosion? yeah, because it's four years, so it's a daily routine. it's dangerous work. the mines advisory group has been active in lebanon since 2001. here in this village alone, they've cleared nearly 800 devices. it's right next to the politically sensitive boundary with israel. that means special techniques are needed to destroy the explosives without damaging the barrier. this is a clear, safe channel through the minefield. on this side, behind the white

sticks, you have these new green shoots and they were planted right after the land was handed over only about a month ago now. but look how close it is to this. this is an active minefield, still contaminated land, still loaded with anti—personnel and anti—tank mines. and they plant their crops fast. lebanon's economic crisis makes them desperate for cleared land to grow food. translation: we were frustrated. i can't describe the feeling of not being able to use the land where we grew in the past. we had to stop because of mines. it was an awful feeling. worldwide, around 15 people a day are still injured by landmines. translation: l was knocked i unconscious and when i woke up i could not see my fingers. they were gone. heider detonated one while planting trees in his garden.

i still keep the photos from when i was injured. it was horrible back then. my hands were about to be amputated. they turned black. but thank god they are ok now. 80% of lebanon's mines have now been removed. but each year the funding to clear them decreases. and that makes it hard to predict how long it'll take before these people can walk on their land again. anna foster, bbc news, lebanon. back to the united states now where at least 60 people have been killed in what's been described as the blizzard of the century. the snow has caused days of disruption, and further heavy snowfall is expected. carl lam, a meteorologist for wgrz tv, joins us now from buffalo one of the worst affected areas. thank you forjoining us. you have forecast extreme weather before in

your career. how much more severe is this one, how does it feel forecasting and working through a storm of this severity? i forecasting and working through a storm of this severity?— forecasting and working through a storm of this severity? i have lived in buffalo all— storm of this severity? i have lived in buffalo all my _ storm of this severity? i have lived in buffalo all my life, _ storm of this severity? i have lived in buffalo all my life, and - storm of this severity? i have lived in buffalo all my life, and i- storm of this severity? i have lived in buffalo all my life, and i have i in buffalo all my life, and i have never dealt with storm quite like this. this was snow on top of wind, and also the bitter cold. so all three together made forjust a relentless storm that brought about a metre and a quarter of snow to our buffalo niagara international airport which remains closed until wednesday morning at 11am. airport which remains closed until wednesday morning at ”am. the travel impacts are severe. driving bans remains in some areas around the city of buffalo and surrounding communities, but there are improvements as the clean—up phase begins. improvements as the clean-up phase beains. ~ , ., improvements as the clean-up phase beuins.~ ,., , begins. when you say improvements, how lona begins. when you say improvements, how long before _ begins. when you say improvements, how long before the _ begins. when you say improvements, how long before the conditions - begins. when you say improvements, how long before the conditions are i how long before the conditions are likely to improve? we how long before the conditions are likely to improve?— how long before the conditions are likely to improve? we have some more snow on the — likely to improve? we have some more snow on the way _ likely to improve? we have some more snow on the way as _ likely to improve? we have some more snow on the way as we _ likely to improve? we have some more snow on the way as we head _ likely to improve? we have some more snow on the way as we head into - snow on the way as we head into

tuesday. another 48 centimetres possible. but we do have a little bit of warmth heading our way, so we had some melting towards the end of the week as temperatures get up to 10 celsius. there is a big swing in temperatures because we were hanging out with wind—chill values closer to -36 out with wind—chill values closer to —36 celsius so a big swing in temperatures in one week. in terms of immediate conditions, the ploughing crews are doing their best especially with the driving ban. it did allow for them to make progress on clearing up the roads that people driving around and getting stuck in other precarious situations. so there are improvements, we do see a lot of pavement around our communities and not the snow kicked onto the road really thick. we communities and not the snow kicked onto the road really thick.— onto the road really thick. we are seeinu onto the road really thick. we are seeing images — onto the road really thick. we are seeing images at _ onto the road really thick. we are seeing images at the _ onto the road really thick. we are seeing images at the moment, i onto the road really thick. we are i seeing images at the moment, some really incredible images of the extent of the snowfall. people struggling with their vehicles.

buffalo is one of the worst affected areas, we have seen from the tragic death toll and the state governor describing it as looking like a war zone, that must feel quite surreal and a bit devastating for you and for other people who have lived there all their lives?— for other people who have lived there all their lives? yes, buffalo is no stranger _ there all their lives? yes, buffalo is no stranger to _ there all their lives? yes, buffalo is no stranger to snow— there all their lives? yes, buffalo is no stranger to snow storms, i there all their lives? yes, buffalo is no stranger to snow storms, in j is no stranger to snow storms, in november we had about two metres of snow in my community where i live. but that was different, it was kind of snow which did not feature the ferocious winds and bitter cold. we just knew that there was a lot of snow headed our way. that was a storm that you can prepare for, and people are pretty experienced with that and you get a lot of gasoline for your snowblower, you generally know what to expect. this is the kind of storm which happens once in a generation. so it did look like a war zone as i commuted from the city of buffalo, about 15 miles south this morning, to my home. i had to

drive through a southern portion of the city and there were about 50 abandoned cars with ribbons tied on the side view mirrors indicating that there is need to be towed when the snow does clear. but it's a question of when. because we don't know how much question they will —— progress they will be able to make to dig those cars out and which crews can do the job there. find to dig those cars out and which crews can do the job there. crews can do the “ob there. and it is not the time i crews can do the job there. and it is not the time for _ crews can do the job there. and it is not the time for complacency, l is not the time for complacency, there are still warnings and advice for people to not travel if they can avoid it. ., , for people to not travel if they can avoid it. . , _, . for people to not travel if they can avoid it. . ,_, . �*, avoid it. that is correct, it's advised _ avoid it. that is correct, it's advised to _ avoid it. that is correct, it's advised to stay _ avoid it. that is correct, it's advised to stay home i avoid it. that is correct, it's advised to stay home as i avoid it. that is correct, it's i advised to stay home as much as possible, especially in those areas where there is a travel ban. you can get ticketed for violating the travel ban, which is something which is sometimes a little bit of a surprise to folks when they hear that. the ploughing crews are doing their best to clear some of the main roads and they are getting to the secondary and residential streets,

they are making good progress because we have seen some photo and video of people being able to move their cars and take that out and clear their driveways. we are seeing improvement. with a little more snow on the way, we should be able to turn a corner as we head into wednesday, thursday and the rest of the week. bud wednesday, thursday and the rest of the week. �* ., the week. and i imagine, given the nature of your _ the week. and i imagine, given the nature of your role, _ the week. and i imagine, given the nature of your role, this _ the week. and i imagine, given the nature of your role, this must i the week. and i imagine, given the nature of your role, this must have j nature of your role, this must have been a particularly busy time for you. probably not has a much time to think about christmas as usual. how has your work been, have you been working nonstop and it has your team been working nonstop to try and get those all—important forecasts out? yes, i was stuck at the station starting on friday, couldn't make it back home, we were there saturday and all day sunday, and ijust got home this morning. on monday. so it was about three and a stuck downtown, working and we were just trying to get out the most accurate information to the most people

because unfortunately, there were 28 fatalities that we know of at this point, and they do still expect that number to go out. unfortunately this is something that we take very personally and professionally because these are situations where we are for warning people about these dangerous conditions, and our job is never done because we are going to have to find new ways to communicate this really life—saving information, especially when these types of storms roll into western new york. ~ ,,., , ., , new york. absolutely, really important — new york. absolutely, really important job _ new york. absolutely, really important job you _ new york. absolutely, really important job you are - new york. absolutely, really important job you are doing. | new york. absolutely, really i important job you are doing. thank importantjob you are doing. thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us here today.— you so much for taking the time to speak to us here today. thank you. reau speak to us here today. thank you. really dramatic _ speak to us here today. thank you. really dramatic images _ speak to us here today. thank you. really dramatic images from i speak to us here today. thank you. really dramatic images from the i speak to us here today. thank you. i really dramatic images from the us. we had to snow here, nowhere near as severe as that. but the disruption it causes, it has got away from here for now, how is it looking? nothing as extreme as the united states, but a massive temperature swing you heard there in buffalo, up

to 10 degrees, so a big thaw there. for us, this is extreme, it will turn milderfor most for us, this is extreme, it will turn milder for most of us but with the milder air comes wet and windy weather. this morning, a bit of frost and some ice in northern parts of england and scotland. signs of the milder air coming of england and scotland. signs of the milderair coming in of england and scotland. signs of the milder air coming in across the far south—west, 9 degrees in plymouth, but the ice is what you need to be careful of this morning. there is some snow to come as well. here is the milder air. moving in from the atlantic, as we go through this week, most of the weather will come in from the atlantic so we keep the feed of milder conditions. here is the rain, we are talking about. as it moves into scotland, it will bring us some snow, we could see significant snow over the higher ground of scotland, even down to relatively lower levels. but some wet weather, especially for north west england, the south—west of england. temperatures back into

double figures, eastern areas are staying dry today. it will move through the rain today though, east anglia and the south—east getting some rain in the afternoon, and it will move into the north sea. quieter overnight and to the next system moves in for wednesday. temperatures on wednesday morning higher than this morning, perhaps a touch of frost in the far north—east of scotland, aberdeen one celsius. during wednesday, the next swathe of rain moves north and east, not too much of a risk of snow for scotland but milder air pushes in. really quite windy, blustery conditions for many during wednesday, especially around south wales and south—west england, gusts up to 60 miles an hour. temperatures 11 to 13 for england and wales, 607 across scotland and northern ireland. —— six or seven. a little bit quieter on thursday, moving in which could be wintry over the higher ground of

scotland, some sunny are likely on thursday. blustery conditions likely for many of us throughout the day, temperatures nine or 10 celsius. for the rest of 2022, it will remain unsettled. weather systems coming in from the atlantic means it will stay relatively mild, but wet and windy at times especially on friday. we will see some strong winds for many of us, with the area of low pressure starting to move in. what gave me a shock it was when you said, the rest of 2022, where has the year gone? how is it nearly 2023? i'm not ready for that. we will speak to you later, simon. let's take a look at today's papers. the mirror leads with tributes to 26—year—old elle edwards who died in hospital after being shot at the lighthouse pub in wallasey on merseyside on christmas eve. the sun also leads with this story with the headline "light

of our life" which is how elle edward's parents described their daughter in a tribute left at the scene. "us reeling after bomb cyclone kills at least 55" is on the times front page after temperatures plummeted to minus 45 degrees in parts of america this week. the �*i' reports that two—thirds ofjunior doctors are trying to leave the nhs. a government spokesperson told the paper that "supporting and retaining the nhs workforce is a priority". at the at the inside of the paper. i have a miniature one which will not be able to see, it looks like a postage stamp. but it says, moody names for 2023. what they are saying is, a professional baby name, who knew that was a career. i

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before kickoff, the life of george cohen was marked at every ground with applause — an english world cup winner. the most recent tournament interrupted arsenal's stride. they went in top of the league, but on restart fell behind to west ham. the world cup saw arsenal lose gabrieljesus to injury, but qatar did show where goals can come from. bukayo saka drew on his three for england to equalise. now arsenal had lift off. here's martinelli now at the near post! arsenal have turned the game around. goals from gabriel martinelli and eddie nketiah sealed a 3—1 win. it puts them seven points clear. the team, one place behind them are now newcastle. he's on to that in a flash and he's put them 2—0 up, who beat leicester 3—0 for six wins in a row. they last did that ten years ago. now newcastle dare to ask, could they win the league?

the season is still young enough for all possibilities to exist for us, but it's a bit pointless me talking about stuff like that. i think it's very much game by game stuff. liverpool restart a long way off the top, but through the break mo salah has waited. and salah's got it into the goal. of course he has. he's had six weeks to recharge. now against aston villa, his team had fresh legs and fresh faces. 18—year—old stefan bajcetic scored his first senior goal in a 3—1 win. liverpool's league position's not ideal, but across nerseyside it's bleak. everton have now lost three in a row, having let wolves in for a 95th—minute winner. theirjoy was in a first away win of the season and a first in charge forjulen lopetegui. that kind of bounce hasn't come yet for southampton, who've now lost both league games under nathan hones, booed off in a 3—1 loss to brighton. the saints are now bottom and,

as fulham won at crystal palace, the day's third london derby finished 2—2, helped by the head of harry kane. spurs came back to draw at brentford. no extra time or shoot outs here. the top flight�*s won and lost in 38 games and for the team at the top, each win takes them closer. joe lynskey, bbc news. so a huge win for arsenal there, as they hunt for a first title since 2004, under arsene wenger, who was actually at the emirates, for the first time since leaving the club in 2018. arteta was pleased with the way his side responded to coming back from a goal down. we needed that, and i think we scored in perfect time. the crowd, it was incredible. but in the moment that we conceded a goal, which is not easy to see, the way they reacted with the team after conceding is very strange to see. and they they kept that belief in the team,

obviously, when we score. you go out and we generate the momentum we wanted. and it's a third successive league win for liverpool and jurgen klopp, who are on the march for a champions league spot. klopp hailed his teenage star stefan bajcetic. his goal coming at a crucial point, with aston villa rallying late on. 2—0 up half time and second half, they had the better start in the second half, so that you could see the crowd is there — these kind of things and you have to get used to these kind of big fights again. but we fought through and scored an exceptional third goal, which i loved so much. everything about it, the pass, the control of darwin and then the backpass and then stefan finished it off, which is obviously a wonderful... it's like a christmas story, if you want. so yeah, really nice. there was high drama in the united rugby championship, as cardiff scored a last minute try to beat dragons. replacement prop corey domachowski was the hero for the visitors at rodney parade in newport — sealing the victory to accompany two

tries from tomos williams. the defeat is dragons 15th in a row in the fixture. elsewhere, there were wins for ospreys and leinster. boxing day in horse racing always means the king george vi chase at kempton park — this year won by the ii to [i shot brave mans game. neck and neck with l'homme presse until they unseated theirjockey at the last, brave mans game ended up cruising to a iii—length win to give trainer paul nicholls a 13th win in the race. royale pagaille finished second ahead of former winner frodon. a lot of people are tipping city for the title. pairing a great position, arsenal. city have leeds on wednesday. newcastle as well are

really pushing on at the moment. they are in some great form. premier league is starting up again. it is back thick and fast. all the fixtures need to be crammed in. not for a long time have we had this brake mid—season for a top flight division. having to cram everything in. plenty on offer. see you later. it's been a very busy year in uk politics, with three different prime ministers and the publication of the sue gray report. our political correspondent helen catt has been taking a look back.

2022 was a year when politics came at you fast. three prime ministers in the space of a few months, a mini—budget that had a dramatic impact within hours, all against the backdrop of a war in europe and the cost of living going up at its fastest rate in decades. but it all started with a hangover. tonight at ten, boris johnson faces new questions about apparent breaches of lockdown in downing street. the end of 2021 had been dominated by partygate and just days into the new year, there was more. itv got hold of an e—mail sent in may 2020 inviting more than 100 staff to bring their own booze to the downing street garden to make the most of the lovely weather. it came from borisjohnson's principal private secretary martin reynolds. given that the rules said you could only meet one person, some staff were shocked. in messages seen by the bbc, they said, "why is martin encouraging a mass gathering in the garden?"

boris johnson at first tried to bat away questions about whether he was there. all of that, as you know, is the subject of a proper investigation by sue gray. but there was outrage. this is utterly indefensible. it cannot be defended. there was upset too, particularly from those who lost loved ones during the pandemic. including my mother—in—law, who died alone, won't... people died sticking to the rules, and they broke those rules to have a bottle of wine. did you lie about the - parties, prime minister? are you going to apologise? the pressure grew until mrjohnson was forced to say yes, he had been at the garden party. mr speaker, i want to apologise. i know that millions of people across this country have made extraordinary sacrifices, and i know the rage they feel with

me and with the government i lead. but... i want to repeat that i thought it was a work event and mr speaker... jeering. i regret very much that we did not do things differently that evening. labour was having none of it. his defence that he didn't realise he was at a party... laughter. it's so ridiculous that it's actually offensive to the british public. opposition mps had one message. resign. he must resign. in the following days, more parties hit the headlines with damaging details. staff at downing street have been accused of holding two parties the night before the duke of edinburgh's funeral last april.

restrictions in england at the time banned indoor mixing between different households and meant the queen had to sit alone during the service. mps are calling for borisjohnson to resign. the telegraph is reporting that around 30 people were present, drinking alcohol and dancing to music. according to the daily telegraph, downing street staff were sent to a nearby shop with a suitcase to buy more booze. number ten has not denied any of this. tory mps are livid. boris johnson was forced to apologise to the palace. was having to apologise to the queen about those parties the night before she put her husband of over 70 years, she laid him to rest, was that a moment of shame for you? i deeply and bitterly regret that that happened. i can only renew my apologies, both to her majesty and to the country.

then came claims of another party attended by the prime minister himself, a birthday gathering in the cabinet room, organised by his wife. it was enough for the police to announce that they would now investigate. there was evidence that those involved knew, or ought to have known, that what they were doing was an offence. sue gray put her full report on hold as a result, but she published some initial findings, saying some of the events had been difficult to justify, and criticising a failure of leadership. in late february, partygate was wiped off the front pages as russia did the unthinkable and invaded ukraine. how are you? good to see you. borisjohnson offered support and forged a close alliance with president zelensky, going on to make a surprise visit to ukraine later in the spring. it had been a roller—coaster start to the year. anger among conservative mps

were still simmering. letters of no confidence in the prime minister had already gone in. but now some were saying the war in ukraine meant it wasn't the right time to challenge borisjohnson. westminster paused to draw breath. how are you? the chancellor announced support for energy bills and a cut fuel duty, marked with a photocall in which he filled up someone else's car and then struggled to pay for it co nta ctlessly. our headlines this afternoon: the prime minister and the chancellor of the exchequer will both be fined by the police for attending parties during lockdown. a major development from the police kicked partygate back into the headlines. for the first time in history, both the prime minister and the chancellor were fined for breaking the laws they set at the birthday gathering. i have, of course, paid the fpn and i apologise once again

for the mistake that i made. this is an extraordinary moment, a prime minister standing here in chequers, admitting he's broken the law. tory anger flared up again. i'm very sorry to have to say this, but i no longer think he is worthy of the great office that he holds. really, the prime minister should just know the gig's up. not, it turned out, quite yet. first, sir keir starmer found himself under investigation by police over beergate — a curry and a beer he had had with others on the campaign trail in durham in 2021. if the police decide to issue me with a fixed penalty notice, i would of course do the right thing and step down. he didn't get one. sir keir and his deputy angela

rayner were cleared by the police. still, many tory mps were, like most of westminster, waiting for sue gray. on 25th may, she finally published her full report, and it was quite the read. this is it, finally. we've been waiting months for this report. it gave details of late night drinking, even vomiting. there were photos of several events as well as criticism of a lack of leadership. did you tell parliament the truth, prime minister? do you stand by everything you've told mps before? i have been as surprised and disappointed as anyone else in this house as the revelations have unfolded. that report lays bare the rot that under this prime minister has spread in number ten. with nothing more left to wait for, more tory mps got out their pens to try to trigger a confidence vote. it's thought 28 have now been sent. 5a are needed to trigger a vote.

as the country spent the weekend celebrating thejubilee, the prime minister was booed on his way into st paul's cathedral and the tory drumbeat of discontent finally reached a climax. it's monday and mps return to westminster today amid growing speculation that borisjohnson could face a vote on his leadership. what more can you tell us? we are expecting that sir graham brady, the chair of the 1922 committee, as it's known... we're holding a vote of confidence and it will take place today. you will have a result this evening. just two and a half years ago, borisjohnson won a stonking majority. tonight, he's reduced to scrabbling around for every single vote among his colleagues. boris johnson's fate was now in the hands of his own mps. it should be any second that we find out that result from sir graham brady. the vote in favour of having confidence in borisjohnson as leader was 211 votes.

and the vote against was 148 votes. therefore, i can announce that the parliamentary party does have confidence in borisjohnson. borisjohnson was safe, for now. well, after all that drama, surely things were about to quieten down? well, there were a couple of by—elections to come, one of them triggered by one of the year's stranger political stories. a conservative mp has reportedly been caught watching pornography while sitting in the chamber of the house of commons. although, as he told bbc southwest, he hadn't meant to, at first. funnily enough, it was tractors that i was looking at. so i did get into another website that had a very similar name, and i watched it for a bit,

which i shouldn't have done. but my biggest crime is that on another occasion, i went in a second time. neil parish resigned, triggering a by—election in tiverton and honiton, one of the safest conservative seats in the country. if liberal democrats win it, then boris is in trouble. who i vote for, i don't know, but it won't be boris. the ever—subtle lib dems overturned a majority of 211,000 to win. with borisjohnson's leadership, things keep getting worse. so let me tell the prime minister what the british people expect. they expect to be led and to be led with decency. on the same day, labour won back the seat of wakefield in west yorkshire. the tory mp who took it in 2019, imran ahmad khan, had resigned after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 15—year—old boy. boris johnson had somehow survived months of ever—increasing pressure

and unhappiness in his own party about his way of going about things. but when the tipping point came, things moved very quickly. it started when chris pincher resigned as the government's deputy chief whip after reports that he had groped two men in london's carlton club. number ten initially said borisjohnson hadn't known of any allegations when he appointed mr pincher to the government. that line was then finessed when given to ministers. how can you be sure he didn't know about the allegations? well, i have been informed this morning that he did not know about specific allegations. i am joined now from westminster by our political correspondent lone wells. lone, tell us more about the fresh revelations tonight about what boris johnson knew? well, reeta, i can reveal this evening that borisjohnson was made aware of a formal complaint about alleged inappropriate behaviour by chris pincher when he was a foreign office minister from 2019 to 2020. a revelation followed by a damning interview from a former senior civil servant.

i think they need to come clean. i think that the language is ambiguous. it's sort of telling the truth and crossing your fingers at the same time. day after day after day, people speaking on your behalf were talking rubbish. well, i'm afraid i was focusing on other things at the time. but what i'm telling you now is my recollection of events. even his most ardent supporters looked dejected. for some, it would be too much. breaking news this evening. the chancellor rishi sunak and health secretary sajid javid resign from the cabinet, telling the prime minister that the tone he sets reflects on his colleagues and party. good evening. i'm just going to spend some time with my family. thank you for coming. borisjohnson is holed up in downing street with aides, trying to plug the holes in what looks like a

sinking premiership. is it all over, prime minister? many of his mps thought so. today i ask him to do the honourable thing, to put the interests of the nation before his own interests. does the prime minister think there are any circumstances in which he should resign? the now former health secretary delivered a merciless blow. treading the tightrope between loyalty and integrity has become impossible in recent months. and at some point, we have to conclude that enough is enough. the prime minister tried to carry on as usual. it's been reported that there's a delegation of your cabinet colleagues waiting in downing street, including the chief whip, transport secretary and your new chancellor, waiting to tell you when you finish here today that it's time for you to go. how will you respond to that? as ministers and their aides resigned in droves, he sacked michael gove, calling him a snake. we are at 51 ministerial

resignations, plus a sacking. and then one final resignation. when the herd moves, it moves. and, my friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. i want you to know how sad i am to be giving up the bestjob in the world. but them's the breaks. in the commons, there was a characteristic final farewell. hasta la vista, baby! thank you. meanwhile, the race was already on to replace him. so far, no fewer than 11 conservative mps fancy their chances as party leader and prime minister, and this list could get even longer. mps whittled them down through several rounds of voting until there were just two. who will be our next prime minister,

liz truss or rishi sunak? as they fought to make it to number ten, they clashed repeatedly, mainly over the economy. your proposals would mean that we get the short term sugar rush of unfunded borrowed tax cuts, but that would be followed by the crash of higher prices and higher mortgage rates. rishi, you've just put in the highest tax rate for 70 years. how on earth can you claim that that is going to drive economic growth? and where have the growth policies been for the past two and a half years to drive investment into our towns and cities? meanwhile, labour was having an internal flight of its own on the picket lines. sir keir starmer had said shadow ministers shouldn't be on them and sacked one, sam tarry, for giving unauthorised interviews. and while borisjohnson seemed to be enjoying his last few weeks in office, liz truss and rishi sunak faced a gruelling dash around the country to get the votes of conservative members. it's fantastic to be here in wales. in eastbourne.

fantastic to be here in yorkshire. in darlington. in birmingham. it's fantastic to be out and about across the country. apparently, it was fantastic. wherever they were, the main battlegrounds stayed the same — taxes and the economy, but there were also growing worries about the rising cost of energy bills. liz truss had become the favourite and on 5th september... i give notice that liz truss is elected as the leader of the conservative and unionist party. i will deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy. the crowning moment of her political career. liz truss will be prime minister tomorrow, and then confronted by an in—tray from hell. the question for her party and for the country — will she be up to it? well, this is it, folks. the baton will be handed over in what has unexpectedly turned out to be a relay race.

they changed the rules halfway through, but never mind that now. and with that, one prime minister left downing street for the last time. in balmoral, the queen formally conducted the handover of power, and a new pm returned. i have just accepted her majesty the queen's kind invitation to form a new government. this government is moving immediately to introduce a new energy price guarantee. but as liz truss was announcing her energy plan, came this. i wish to say something about the announcement which has just been made about her majesty. i know i speak on behalf of the entire house when i say that we send our best wishes to her majesty the queen and that she and the royal family are in our thoughts and prayers at this moment.

we are all devastated by the news that we have just heard from balmoral. the death of her majesty the queen is a huge shock to the nation. politics stopped. parliament took on a new role as the destination for around a quarter of a million people who queued through the day and night to see the queen lying in state. it was a sobering pause, but when politics got going again, it really got going. mr speaker, we are at the beginning of a new era. i'm not going to cut the additional rate of tax today. i'm going to abolish it altogether. i have another measure, mr speaker. we will cut the basic rate of income tax. this was the lowest value of the pound reached in early trading this morning since the invention of the dollar. bbc local radio presenters gave the prime minister a grilling. the bank of england has had to spend £65 billion to prop up the markets. where've you been?

we're going to spend more in mortgage fees under what you've done, based on the predictions, than we would have saved with energy. i don't think anybody- is arguing that we shouldn't have acted on energy. are you absolutely committed to abolishing the 45p tax rate for the wealthiest people in the country? yes. today at one, a government u—turn on its tax cuts for higher earners. i get it and i have listened. that was the speech of a prime minister trying to hold her party together. have you done enough, prime minister? this has been a conference defined by dysfunction, disagreement, even open civil war. you will be chancellor and liz truss be prime minister this time next month? absolutely, 100%. a day later... he's out, he's been sacked. kwasi kwarteng, the chancellor, he's gone. i acted decisively to ensure

that we have economic stability. er... morning, chancellor. the new chancellor lost no time in ripping up the government's whole programme. we will reverse almost all the tax measures announced in the growth plan. the prime ministerfaced claims that she was in hiding. where is the prime minister? the prime minister is not under a desk. will you lead the conservatives at the next general election? well, look... she got a bit more sure about that. i am a fighter and not a quitter! and for about an hour, it looked like she might survive, but... suella braverman has resigned as home secretary. there are very strong rumours that the government chief whip has apparently resigned. a commons vote turned into chaos. order. could it be possible that members

opposite voted in the divisionjust now without any clarity as to what it was they were voting for? i think it's a shambles and a disgrace. - i think it is utterly appalling. you seem... lam livid. i really shouldn't say this, - but i hope all those people that put liz truss in number ten, i hope it was worth it. i i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. she was prime minister for 49 days, the shortest term in office ever. so the tories needed a new leader, and fast. one borisjohnsonjetted back from the caribbean to try to rally support for a rapid return, but after a weekend of speculation, decided not to. so after a process lasting just four days, rishi sunak was crowned prime minister, unopposed. i will work day in and day out to deliver for you. this government will have integrity, professionalism

and accountability at every level. that promise was quickly tested. cheer up, rishi! an investigation was opened into the deputy prime minister dominic raab for bullying claims, which he denies. it came after newly appointed cabinet office minister gavin williamson resigned over claims of bullying, which he also rejected. a deadline to call another election in northern ireland was extended. it's been without a government since may's elections, when sinn fein won the biggest number of seats for the first time ever. unionists refused to restore power—sharing unless post—brexit trading agreements were changed. i'm ready to fight an election. if the secretary of state wants to hold an election, he should tell us and we will prepare for that. we need an executive up and running to serve the people and get them through these tough times. in stranger news, a former health secretary had the whip suspended after he swapped westminster for a box of snakes

in the australian jungle. insert your own joke there. something's going up my leg! late november brought a big development in the debate over scottish independence. the snp went to the supreme court to clarify if holyrood could call the court ruled it couldn't. this judgment raises profound and deeply uncomfortable questions about the basis and the future of the united kingdom. in england, more and more small boats had continued to cross the channel. overcrowding at a processing centre in kent had sparked fury in the commons and put pressure on the reinstated home secretary. in december, rishi sunak announced a plan to clear the backlog of applications and target arrivals from albania. we cannot persist with a system that was designed for a different era. we have to stop the boats, and this government will do what must be done. december, though, was largely

all about disruption. rail unions upped their strike action in a dispute that had been dragging on since the summer. christmas letters and parcels faced delays as postmen continued to strike. and the nurses and ambulance drivers were among others who walked out, with ministers insisting they would not budge on pay rises. the health secretary has been clear that the door is always open. that has always been the case, but we want to be fair, reasonable and constructive. that's why we accepted the recommendations of an independent pay body about what fair pay would be. the armed forces were trained up as border forces prepared to walk out too. the christmas lights are now on at number ten, but peace and harmony, there isn't quite. the whirlwind of 2022 has left the conservatives badly damaged, and labour sensing the possibility of power. attention is now turning to the next general election and who might end up in the building

behind me after that. it's not expected until 2024, but the run—up starts now.

joe lynskey, bbc news. good morning, welcome to breakfast with luxmy gopal and ben boulos. our headlines today. two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of elle edwards who was shot dead on christmas eve in a pub in merseyside. the deadly arctic freeze continues across the usa and canada, as president biden pledges more support for those affected. the premier league is back and arsenal pick up where they left off. the gunners came from a goal down to beat west ham to go seven points clear at the top. and keep an eye on newcastle too, who look like they mean business. these are still families in need, these are still kids in need, these are still vulnerable children.

jamie oliver tells us why he wants free school meals to be provided for all pupils in england whose parents claim universal credit. it's a rather chilly start to the day, the risk of some and snow across scotland and northern england but turning milderfor all of us. it comes with wet and windy weather. i'll have all the details throughout the programme. it's tuesday, the 27th of december. our main story. two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of ellie edwards in merseyside on christmas eve. last night a 30—year—old man was held on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, and a 19—year—old woman was detained on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. our correspondent fiona trott has this report. "a beautiful angel." that's how elle edwards has been described by colleagues. a beautician who was shot and killed

whilst celebrating christmas here with family and friends. a man opened fire at the entrance. four others were injured. one is in a critical condition in hospital. at a time of year when relatives come together to celebrate, elle's family came here to express their condolence. the police say what they're going through is incomprehensible. the card from her parents reads, "to my beautiful elle, you are the light of my life. you will never be gone." people living nearby have also paid their respects. they're struggling to understand how a family pub, just a short walk from their own front door, is now a crime scene. just astounded it's happened here. never heard of this in 50, 60 years. i think everyone's upset. it's just shocking that it's happened because we don't want guns in this community. i've just literally picked some stuff up for a neighbour because she's scared to leave her house. yesterday, the investigation moved quickly. first, forensic teams searched the local area, and community leaders issued a fresh

appealfor information. then, by the evening, there was police activity across the city. these were two addresses in the tranmere area. merseyside police have said they don't believe elle edwards was deliberately targeted. it makes her death all the more difficult for her family to comprehend. fiona trott, bbc news, merseyside. our reporter dave guest is at the scene in wallasey this morning. dave, what's the latest on the investigation? well, as fiona said in her report, it's been a very fast moving investigation. we saw a lot of activity yesterday. 30 man from tranmere has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and a 19—year—old woman from

the roxbury area on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. these arrests followed a lot of police activity, an ongoing investigation, seen here in wallasey, it's quite airy, the lights are the —— the lights in the pub are still on, time has stood still effectively after the shots rang out on christmas eve. l edwards had been here celebrating christmas with her sister and friends when this happened —— elle edwards was shot. she was not believed to have been targeted, which is no consolation to her devastated family. we have got a lot of flowers here at this called in. police have renewed information appeals for the investigation, they have described it as a cold—blooded killing. they want anyone who was in the wallasey area on christmas eve,

anyone who saw the dark mercedes leaving the car park after the shooting, anyone who was around her to come forward and give information because they believe the community will ultimately hold the key to bringing those responsible to justice. meanwhile, the four men who were also shot in this incident, one remains critically ill in hospital. police say their investigation is at a very early stage. they have two people in for questioning. there will be further activity today, and their thoughts of course are with family of elle edwards.— their thoughts of course are with family of elle edwards. thank you very much. _ family of elle edwards. thank you very much, dave. _ at least 60 people have died in the winter storms sweeping across the united states and canada. president biden has announced that extra support will be made available for new york state, where the city of buffalo has seen the worst of the arctic conditions. sean dilley reports. forfive days, blizzard conditions have disrupted life

and travel across america. dozens of deaths have been reported, more are expected in the coming days. emergency services are among those struggling with the weather. a quarter of a million homes and businesses are estimated to have been hit by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretched from canada to the mexican border. montana has experienced the coldest weather, with temperatures dropping to —45. the most impacted residents live here in buffalo, upstate new york, where half of all deaths have been reported. the state's governor says they are at war with mother nature. anyone who declares victory and says it's over, it is way too early to say this is at its completion. the severity is downplayed now and right now it's not as bad as it has been over the last couple of days but it's still a dangerous situation to be out. forecasters say conditions should improve in the days ahead, but until then authorities say people should only travel

if it's totally essential. sean dilley, bbc news. really incredible images there. the latest rail strike ended this morning but passengers are still being warned to expect disruption. members of the rmt union are returning to work although many trains will not begin running until later today. our transport correspondent katy austin has this report. the strike at network rail, which has lasted since christmas eve, came to an end at 6:00 this morning. but the impact means it will take time for services to get going again today. staff are returning to work, so it is a much later start up for passenger services. so passengers should really check before they travel today to ensure that they don't turn up at a station and no trains be there. but we'll expect to run about 70% of normal services today. there's more industrial action to come. an overtime ban at train companies lasts for another week,

meaning reduced services in some places, and walk—outs by the tssa union will affect a few operators over the next couple of days. then further 48 hour strikes by rmt members working at network rail and 14 train companies are planned next tuesday, wednesday, friday and saturday. in between those, a strike by train drivers in the aslef union is scheduled for thursday. network rail says it has made a good offer, but the rmt argues it was conditional on ripping up working conditions. it's blamed the government for not making a settlement possible. but the department for transport said ministers had ensured a reasonable offer was made and urged the rmt to reconsider. today there's a break in the series of strikes by border force workers in the pcs union at six uk airports. but that action resumes tomorrow. katy austin, bbc news. a television campaign aimed at encouraging us all to save energy launches today.

the roll—out will accompany the government's existing it all adds up project highlighting how people can save money. jon donnison reports. this is a 30 second ad. that's not long, but it's long enough to do something that could save you money on your energy bills. the latest tv ad as part of the government's it all adds up campaign. or switch these off there. change this, reduce that or close all of these at night. the message — small, simple actions to cut energy use around the home can end up with significant savings. visit gov.uk/saveenergy for more energy saving ideas. the recommended measures include reducing the temperature your boiler heats water from 75 to 60 degrees, saving you around £100 a year, turning appliances off at the plug for a possible saving of £70 a year, and draught proofing windows and doors, cutting £60 a year off your energy bills. we have been offering this advice on our various

websites for a long time, but we've just decided to take it a step further and roll it out through electronic billboards, tv and radio adverts, etc. and of course, the great thing about it is that it saves money twice over. it obviously saves you money personally, but because the government is now subsidising energy bills, if we save money on this, it also saves taxpayers' money as well. but it's another u—turn on the policies of the previous prime minister, liz truss, whose government rejected the idea of a public information campaign telling people how to save energy as the action of a nanny state. the current government is also urging households to look at more long—term measures to save energy, such as double glazed windows and better insulation. although temperatures reached record lows this december, the coldest months could well be ahead of us. we think everything is useful when it comes to advice and support for people struggling with the cost of living crisis. but at the end of the day,

if you can't afford to turn your heating on, no amount of advice is going to get you out of that problem. and that's why we need to see government and others going much further to support people through this winter. the government's existing energy support package will be extended for 12 months from april, but at a less generous rate, and it says it will make announcements about further support for homes and businesses in the new year. jon donnison, bbc news. all of those little things do add up especially when the weather was a lot colder than it is at the moment. a little bit milder now, i think, but for the accurate forecast, let's go to simon who can give us the details. it go to simon who can give us the details. , . ., , go to simon who can give us the details. , _, , ., details. it is cold this morning, actuall . quite a few of our weather watchers

captured the northern lights. we have got wet and windy conditions to pay, but it is milder. still quite chilly across northern parts of the temperatures below freezing in northern england and scotland and here the risk of some ice first thing this morning. then the rain moves its way north and east, it bumps into the colder air, more snow, significant snow at the higher ground of scotland, even down to lower levels they could be some accumulation. elsewhere in the rain spreads in, it will turn quite heavy across wales, south—west england this afternoon, without a strengthening wind. it doesn't quite reach the far of england, temperatures creeping up from yesterday. the rain sweeps across the eastern parts tonight and overnight it will move into the north sea. then something a little bit quieter, a window of fine weather tonight before the next area of low pressure moves in. tomorrow

morning, temperatures higher than this morning, potentially chilly in the north—east of scotland, one or 2 degrees celsius here. through wednesday, the next swathe of rain spreads north and east, a little bit of wintriness over the higher ground of wintriness over the higher ground of scotland, but it clears in the afternoon with brighter skies. quite blustering throughout wednesday, gales in parts of south—west england and south wales in the afternoon. temperatures into double figures across england and wales. the rest of the week, on thursday, more showers coming into scotland, northern england to perhaps, and elsewhere a little bit more dry on thursday. still quite windy, some pretty strong gusts of wind around southern areas and the irish sea coast on thursday. eight to 10 celsius for many, six to 10 degrees in scotland and northern ireland. we are getting towards the end of 2022,

it will stay quite wet and windy, quite wild. the wind is particularly strong on friday. quite a big area of low pressure moving in, the isobars close together, the rain sweeping through as well. rather unpleasant to end the week. thank you, speak to you later. for nearly 20 years jamie oliver has been campaigning to improve school dinners, he now wants all children in england, whose parents are on universal credit, to receive free school meals. the chef and campaigner, who is guest editing the today programme on radio 4 this morning, argues the move would improve health and help the economy in the long term. he's been talking to today presenter, nick robinson at st mary madalene's school in westminster, where the council have announced that any child attending primary school in the borough will be eligible for free school meals from the new year. brilliant food, lovely kitchen, lovely cook, just as it should be. brilliant food, they're doing a greatjob. they're meeting the standards. so what is here is not

just theirs, it's ours. they're compliant to the standards that we fought for 17 years ago. every school, 32,000 of them, can bejust like this. this is ours to celebrate. so of course, i'm proud of what they're doing here. but, you know... and when you see it working, you know, you do realise it's not rocket science. you do need the leadership from the senior team to sort of put that energy through and have the relationships with the cooks. but look at all those kids! if you look at it, kids don't fake anything, like if you look at those plates, look at them just tucking in, look at the colour. and so for me as a chef, as a nutritionist and as a campaigner, it'sjust like, this is normal, this is right, this is good. but of course, it isn't normal for lots of kids to get a free school meal because you actually have to be very poor to get a free school meal in this country. yeah, i don't think people

realise that, you know, for a free school lunch, i think it's £7,400 per household. that's how little they earn. so there's this big epic gap with the universal credit. and that's where the 800,000 kids of the hard working poor, as you heard described earlier, are struggling. these are still families in need. these are still kids in need. these are still vulnerable children. so i think, you know, the senior team at the school can duck and dive, but they shouldn't. you know, and they aren't here to make decisions about feeding a child or not. but, you know, to have westminster acknowledge that so they can get on with their business, which is ever changing and wide, that's right. so from my point of view as a campaigner, you know, yes, there's a handful of councils that are seeing that this is not just right, but it's logical and cost effective, by the way. so, yeah, we want to see it go across the rest of england. costs a lot of money to give

everybody a free school meals or even those extra 800,000. there'll be some people watching saying, look, it's mums and dads who should prepare the food for kids. it's mums and dads who should feed their kids. not the state, not the council, not the school. what do you say to that? that can only come from a lens of someone that's never been hungry or struggled. if, as i have, you have looked into the eyes of parents that are worried about their child being fed, whatever values you put around the society we live in, forget them. if parents worry about feeding their children, chaos ensues, in many, many, many, many different ways that are unmeasurable directly. everything you read about in the paper that you don't like probably could come from a family that is worried about their child being fed. i'm not exaggerating. i've seen it time and time again for many, many, many years. so i think, you know, again,

when you're looking at your own country and your own democracy, i think you can onlyjudge a democracy on how bad bad is. and this is exactly what this conversation is. these 800,000 kids, i think everyone that knows is in agreement is where the pressure point is. and i think this whole discussion today has been about those children. and you'll know, there's all these debates about wanting to spend more money, more money for nurses' pay, more money for this and that. so really is giving a free school meal to someone who's not the very poorest, is that the best use of money we can? i would say by a long, long, galactic way, it is the best value of a taxpayer's buck. why? because the institution of school is well established. you know, the money spent there is a very trusted, good place, measured place to do it. if we don't spend it here, it will kind of react elsewhere within the community. and it definitely won't be as cheap. it definitely will not be as cheap.

so i think if we're talking about the ethics, then this is the right place to do it. if we're talking about supporting teachers to be able to get better outcomes for their whole class, as a class, like passive smoking, if you've got a couple of kids coming in not fed, that affects plan a, plan b, plan c of a teacher's hour. it's like passive smoking. we're talking about all children being affected by some of the kids maybe being disrupted or sleeping or any other kind of carnage that goes along with the poverty of hunger, right? so i think the indirect benefits are possibly limitless. what i have learned as a kid that struggled in school, and a kid that left school with a chip on his shoulder about learning, because i struggled so much because we didn't have the help that they have now, is that the most incredibly cost effective way to propel the next generation into a better place is in these four walls.

jamie oliver speaking to today's nick robinson. a spokesperson for the department for education has said that over a third of pupils in england currently receive free school meals and the national school breakfast programme will be extended for another year backed by up to £30 million investment. a month on since a coroner concluded that a two—year—old boy died from exposure to mould while living at his home in rochdale, campaigners say racism in the housing system is putting more lives at risk. latest government figures show black and asian people in england are three times more likely to live in homes with damp. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. it's a nightmare. we had two buckets for the bathroom. one to catch the water and one to flush the toilet with. nicole sinclair's kitchen ceiling has been leaking for more than five years. and this is how she lives every day. i've got these two buckets, i try to contain as much as i can of this. she moved into this tower block flat

in west london with her ten year old daughter in 2012. and there are other serious problems. you basically need an umbrella. she's not allowed to go in the toilet without an umbrella or a rain mac on when the leaks are in the bathroom. because i don't know what that substance is and i don't want it to touch her. the tower block is owned by ealing council, and she's spent years raising these disrepair issues. but no—one from the council has been out to fix a serious problem since before the pandemic. i drive past grenfell to go to work. when we're talking about never forget, and you're letting tower blocks continue to fall into such disrepair that they become into this state, then no lessons have been learned. and no, you don't really care. ealing council says it's truly sorry that miss sinclair and her daughter are living in these appalling conditions and it's been working for some time to resolve complex plumbing problems in the building. it says it will now urgently review options available

and reassess her situation. it's actually housing deprived... race equality campaigners say nicole's story is widespread due to a broken housing system and discrimination facing families from black and asian backgrounds. we know that racism continues to be a factor in the experience of people and where they're able to live. and we know that housing deprivation is a killer and is a long term killer as well, and that it shortens lives. latest government figures show people from ethnic minority groups in england are three times more likely to live in damp homes compared with white people. and this is supported by more evidence in a report carried out by the housing charity shelter last year. it found black people are almost five times more likely to experience discrimination when looking for a safe, secure and affordable home than white people. while asian people are three times more at risk. and both groups are twice

as likely to live in a home with significant mould, condensation or damp problems than white people. that's what happened to two—year—old awaab ishak, who died after being exposed to mould at his family home in rochdale. the housing association responsible for the property has apologised for making assumptions about the family's lifestyle. victims of prejudice... their case and others were addressed by the housing secretary michael gove in parliament last month. there have been other examples of individuals in both the private rented sector and the social rented sector who have been treated with significantly less respect than they deserve because of attitudes that are rooted in prejudice. and i think we all have a responsibility across this house to call that out when it occurs. in east london, this family have spent thousands of pounds of their own money repairing their council house because of ongoing mould problems. just come spend ten minutes

in the room and smell it and see if you yourself would be comfortable spending the night, let alone asking us to live here day in, day out. waltham forest council has apologised to the family for the delay in addressing issues at their home. and after visiting the property last week, plans to start work to resolve them. it triggers my asthma, i've suffered from pneumonia. i'm a severe asthmatic and the moment the winter period starts, cannot breathe, cannot, literally cannot live here. adina campbell, bbc news. it was a busy day for retailers yesterday as stores opened for the boxing day sales. the number of people heading out to the shops rose by more than 50 per—cent compared to last year, but that's still far below pre—pandemic levels. our correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff. tomos, has it been as busy there as retailers had hoped? i tomos, has it been as busy there as retailers had hoped?—

retailers had hoped? i think it has been busy. _ retailers had hoped? i think it has been busy, certainly _ retailers had hoped? i think it has been busy, certainly yesterday, . retailers had hoped? i think it has i been busy, certainly yesterday, but i think for many of the shops in cardiff, some of them don't reopen until today. so today might be the bigger test. until today. so today might be the biggertest. i until today. so today might be the bigger test. i am actually here in the morgan quarter which is a combination of two or three arcades which links the high street behind me and another shopping district on the other side. a beautiful arcade, one of the oldest and one of the best kept here in cardiff. a lot of small boutique shops, cafe is and dailies, restaurants. this is going to be trying to make the most of the boxing day sales after a lacklustre black friday across the country. so how have things gone so far over the boxing day sales? yesterday saw a 50% rise compared to last year, that's probably because of a bounce back after covid. the areas that have seen the biggestjump, it has been areas of the high street, a 60%

rise there, shopping centres, 45% rise, and retail parks up by a third. the problem has been it has been quieter. far quieter than before the pandemic. 30% down on footfall, that is probably because people are more used to now than ever shopping online. and the cost of living is causing an issue for many. one person i can tell us about how important, we will ask how important it is, the boxing day sales, you represent the body representing trading and businesses here. is it still a big dealfor businesses here?— here. is it still a big dealfor businesses here? , �* ., ., , businesses here? yes, boxing day has alwa s businesses here? yes, boxing day has always been — businesses here? yes, boxing day has always been part _ businesses here? yes, boxing day has always been part of _ businesses here? yes, boxing day has always been part of the _ businesses here? yes, boxing day has always been part of the important - always been part of the important golden— always been part of the important golden quarter for retail, probably less so_ golden quarter for retail, probably less so now, online is a bigger factor— less so now, online is a bigger factor and _ less so now, online is a bigger factor and will continue for a while — factor and will continue for a while. today in particular, more businesses _ while. today in particular, more businesses opening today then they used to— businesses opening today then they used to on— businesses opening today then they used to on boxing day. we have seen

retailers _ used to on boxing day. we have seen retailers opening this morning, 6am the big _ retailers opening this morning, 6am the big rush was on for the first time _ the big rush was on for the first time this— the big rush was on for the first time this christmas time. we mentioned — time this christmas time. , mentioned the cost of living causing an issue, if the footfall is down, and everything costs a bit more, does that mean profits will potentially be down from a couple of years ago? it potentially be down from a couple of ears auo? .., , potentially be down from a couple of earsauo? , ~ potentially be down from a couple of earsao? , ~' ., years ago? it can be, i think what we are going _ years ago? it can be, i think what we are going to — years ago? it can be, i think what we are going to be _ years ago? it can be, i think what we are going to be seeing - years ago? it can be, i think what we are going to be seeing is - years ago? it can be, i think what we are going to be seeing is an i we are going to be seeing is an increasing _ we are going to be seeing is an increasing range in the brands that are on— increasing range in the brands that are on offer— increasing range in the brands that are on offer in the sales in the next _ are on offer in the sales in the next few— are on offer in the sales in the next few weeks. as businesses try to .et next few weeks. as businesses try to get people _ next few weeks. as businesses try to get people through the door, spending money. as well as the normal— spending money. as well as the normal sales, a bigger range of products— normal sales, a bigger range of products available for people and businesses to try and increase their profit _ businesses to try and increase their profit margins as much as possible and eat— profit margins as much as possible and eat out— profit margins as much as possible and eat out while people are still .ot and eat out while people are still got a _ and eat out while people are still got a bit — and eat out while people are still got a bit of money in their pockets to spend — got a bit of money in their pockets to send. . ~ i. got a bit of money in their pockets to send. . ~' ,, ., i. to spend. thank you for your time. this arcade — to spend. thank you for your time. this arcade has _ to spend. thank you for your time. this arcade hasjust _ to spend. thank you for your time. this arcade hasjust opened - to spend. thank you for your time. this arcade hasjust opened 20 - this arcade has just opened 20 minutes ago, and i'm sure within the next hour, it will be getting a bit busier and the shops will start

opening to make the most of the sales at this time of year.- sales at this time of year. prime osition sales at this time of year. prime position to _ sales at this time of year. prime position to get _ sales at this time of year. prime position to get in _ sales at this time of year. prime position to get in front - sales at this time of year. prime position to get in front of- sales at this time of year. prime position to get in front of the . position to get in front of the cues, tomos, thank you for being there as this morning. i cues, tomos, thank you for being there as this morning.— cues, tomos, thank you for being there as this morning. i can see him elbowin: there as this morning. i can see him elbowing people _ there as this morning. i can see him elbowing people out _ there as this morning. i can see him elbowing people out of _ there as this morning. i can see him elbowing people out of their- there as this morning. i can see him elbowing people out of their way. i elbowing people out of their way. politely asking! edi elbowing people out of their way. politely asking!— politely asking! of course, i don't want to slander _ politely asking! of course, i don't want to slander tomos, - politely asking! of course, i don't want to slander tomos, he - politely asking! of course, i don't want to slander tomos, he is - politely asking! of course, i don't| want to slander tomos, he is very polite. it's a friendship that started as a rivalry, two men fighting over the same goalkeeping position at brighton and hove albion back in the 1950s. almost 70 years later and eric gill and dave hollins are still the best of friends, but they've swapped the football pitch for the bowling green, wherejohn maguire went to meet the pair. team—mates, rivals, but for more than 65 years, great friends. eric gill and dave hollins were the number one and reserve goalkeepers for brighton and hove albion in the 1950s. this is what the goalies used. well, yeah. string gloves. yeah, exactly. you're dead right!

because they used to have woollen inside. and what we did, we took the inner... the wool out. so when you put the glove on, it was aereated, you see. and the heat of the hand kept the glove nice and warm. eric still has the boots that dave, as his understudy, would have been responsible for cleaning. oh, yeah, that's... oh, the big toe, yeah. it was heavy. and i mean, if you caught anybody with that, they were in hospital. they were very, very heavy. these are the boots i cleaned. national service saw eric winning in the final of the army cup and a meeting with the king and queen. most people asked me when i tell them that, what did she say? well, what did she say? "eric, you was the best player on the field!" and she knew her football.

oh, yeah, she did. yeah _ she knew her football. dave deputised for several years until one match when eric was ill with flu and he was called up. he started well, but a few matches later, brighton played middlesbrough. that day he let in nine goals, five of them scored by brian clough, who both men remember as a fierce competitor. well, he spent most of his time trying to knock the goalkeeper into the net, irrespective. and of course, in them days, the referees let lots of those kind of fouls go. over subsequent matches, dave and cloughie formed quite the rivalry. so he came up and i've got a ball in my hand and it's a live ball. the referee's gone, the linesman's gone. 0k, running to the halfway line and he's trying to knock this ball out of my hand. and i'm thinking, you know, this has got to stop. so up he comes again.

referee's gone, linesman's gone. bang. i smacked him straight in the nose. there was blood pouring. he went down poleaxed. i went down poleaxed as if he'd hit me with the ball in my hand and i'm lying there. and the referee turned, blew his whistle gave me a free kick. the son of a footballer and brother of the chelsea star, john hollins, dave was picked for wales and played against arguably the greatest player of all time, pele. this was in the maracana stadium, which holds 220,000 people. our centre half was called john charles. he was a great player. the greatjohn charles. he's about six foot six, very tall. we lost 3—1. and the third goal was scored by pele, who jackknifed above john charles, which was something else. and he headed this ball and hit the stanchion and comes

rocketing past me. amazing athlete, amazing player. in brighton, eric was clocking up the appearances and the records. 247, if i'm not... consecutive games. now, this one was given to me. 200 consecutive games. i went on to play 247. so opportunities were rare. and, in 1961, dave was bought by newcastle united. keeping goal at opposite ends of the country and in different leagues, they lost touch until one day they bumped into each other for the first time in decades at a bowling match. i said to ida, "look, there's dave, let's go the other way." he laughs and that's how he was, just laughed. she said, "no, we might as well say hello. be friendly." be friendly. so i said, "oh, all right."

spencer vignus has written a book about this remarkable friendship, which came to light when he was interviewing eric for an article in brighton's matchday programme. i think the secret of their longevity is they're both very similar. dave has always respected eric, almost like a kind of older brother. and eric said that when he saw dave kind of coming through, this young pretender, he looked at him and he thought, "you're good. so he had respect for him as a man and he had respect for him as a goalkeeper. and they've just always been good at talking. and i think that honesty and that openness in their relationship is, is why now, you know, they are as natural friends as they are. and that friendship is undiminished but has moved from the football pitch to the bowling green. the competitive spirit and the banter, though, still very much remains. this is exhibition stuff! joe maguire, bbc news, east sussex.

lovely story. an amazing friendship. this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. from the bowling green to the above pictures. that is where attention has been focused. back in full swing. i had been in world cup zone. along it seems weird to have domestic matches back. the premier league was back yesterday. arsenal got back to winning ways. questions were posed by the mid—season world cup break. not much has changed for arsenal,

who have for arsenal, maintained their top of table form, and are now seven points clear at the top of the table. that's despite going behind to west ham. but two goals in five second half minutes turned the game in arsenal's favour. first from bukayo saka, then gabriel martinelli, lashing home at the near post, before a skillful turn and shot from eddie nketiah, sealed a 3—1win at the emirates. a good day for him, in place of the injured gabrieljesus. the win coming three years to the day since mikel arteta took charge of arsenal for the first time. we needed that, and i think we scored in perfect time. the crowd, it was incredible. but in the moment that we conceded a goal, which is not easy to see, the way they reacted with the team after conceding is very strange to see. and they kept that belief in the team, obviously, when we score. you go out and we generate the momentum we wanted. liverpool made a winning return to premier league football, as they beat aston villa 3—1 at villa park. teenage substitute stefan bajcetic scored his first goal for the club to wrap up the points

forjurgen klopp's side. that followed earlier goals from mohamed salah and virgil van dijk in the first half, while ollie watkins pulled one back for unai emery�*s side, after they threatened to get back into the game at one point. 2—0 up half time and second half, they had the better start in the second half, so that you could see the crowd is there — these kind of things and you have to get used to these kind of big fights again. but we fought through and scored an exceptional third goal, which i loved so much. everything about it, the pass, the control of darwin and then the backpass and then stefan finished it off, which is obviously a wonderful... it's like a christmas story, if you want. so yeah, really nice. some more good news for liverpool. they've reached an agreement with dutch side psv eindhoven for striker cody gakpo for a fee in the region of £37 million. gakpo scored three goals for the netherlands at the world cup in qatar. and is very much one of the most coveted strikers in world football at the moment. newcastle are up to second in the table after a comfortable 3—0 victory over leicester.

they really are one of the inform teams of the moment. the manager says he has no problem with fans daring to dream what they can achieve with the wind taking them above manchester city temporarily at least. miguel almiron with the pick of the goals. julen lopetegui's reign as wolves boss got off to a winning start as they came from behind to everton 2—1 at goodison park. rayan ait—nouri scored the winner for the visitors in the 5th minute of second half stoppage time, to lift his side off the foot of the table. in terms of the first half we had a couple of really good chances to go and get ourselves ahead and not comfortable in the game. we didn't take theirs. when you're not clinical it can affect the game. i think he remained in relative control for most of it and it was

like a sucker punch at the end. southampton were booed off after a 3—1 defeat at home to brighton. solly marcsh with the pick of the goals, to leave saints bottom of the table. crystal palace manager patrick vieira said their 3—0 defeat to fulham was one of his worst days in charge of the club. they ended the game with nine men, as the visitors ran out comfortable winners. there was high drama in the united rugby championship, as cardiff scored a last minute try to beat dragons. replacement prop corey domachowski was the hero for the visitors at rodney parade in newport — sealing the victory to accompany two tries from tomos williams. the defeat is dragons 15th in a row in the fixture. elsewhere, there were wins for ospreys and leinster. scarlets hopes of beating ospreys evaporated after just five minutes after argentina flanker tomas lezana was sent off for this tackle. ospreys took full advantage, running in five tries to record just their second league win

of the season. the 34—14 win lifted ospreys a place to 13th in the table, while scarlets remain 15th, with only zebre below them. it was lucky number 13 for trainer paul nicholls, who was victorious once again, on the famous boxing day horse race at kempton park, the king george vi chase. this year won by the 11—4 shot brave mans game. neck and neck with l'homme presse until the horse unseated the jockey charlie deutsch at the last, brave mans game ended up cruising to a 14—length win, to give trainer paul nicholls a 13th win in the race. royale pagaille finished second, ahead of former winner frodon. i love seeing the horse racing on boxing day and even more so the football. further busy sporting days ahead. manchester united in action today, chelsea playing as well manchester city on wednesday. they

are packing in the fixtures thick and fast at the moment because of the world cup break. this is something we haven't seen for a very long time. i think people will get back into it very quickly. we will see the premier league back like it used to be in top class that bill. —— football. the players, they got used to the heat of qatar are now back to the drizzle at home. uteri; back to the drizzle at home. very aood back to the drizzle at home. very good point- _ back to the drizzle at home. very good point. now— back to the drizzle at home. very good point. now we _ back to the drizzle at home. very good point. now we are - back to the drizzle at home. , good point. now we are seeing one or two degrees. they are used to and our top level athletes. i do two degrees. they are used to and our top level athletes.— our top level athletes. i do not think we will— our top level athletes. i do not think we will get _ our top level athletes. i do not think we will get 35 _ our top level athletes. i do not think we will get 35 degrees i our top level athletes. i do not i think we will get 35 degrees heat our top level athletes. i do not - think we will get 35 degrees heat in the uk. now for the forecast. temperatures will get higher than

the last few days. good morning. some lovely sunrise pictures coming in at the moment. a lovely start to the day for many of us. as we go through the day we will see better and windy weather spreading in. it will also turn milder. quite chilly at the moment. frost over scotland and northern ireland and the eastern side of england as well. milder weather meeting in from the south—west. the risk advice. then there will be snow across scotland as well. this band of rain bumping into colder ad. the rain turning heavyin into colder ad. the rain turning heavy in north—west england and wales. a strengthening wind. the rain not reaching the far eastern part of england. some sunny spells developing in northern ireland. temperatures creeping up to where they were yesterday. the rain will

move east was still snow for a time. this area of low pressure, this weather system is clearing away. then this little window, the gap between that and the next area of low pressure that will need then on wednesday morning. still habitually in the far north—east of scotland. temperatures more like five to nine celsius. three wednesday this band of rain spreading north will be quite heavy at times as it pushes into scotland. maybe a little snow. we will see the rain clearing away. quite strong wins round on wednesday. a windy day compared with today. perhaps some gales on the coasts of wales and the south—west of england. thursday, a little bit quieter, still some rain and showers moving into scotland. colder and moving into scotland. colder and moving in, they could turn wintry. elsewhere sunny spells with showers.

still windy on thursday. temperatures about eight to 10 celsius. forthe temperatures about eight to 10 celsius. for the rest of 2022 it is looking unsettled. there will be further outbreaks of rain and strong wins as well. especially on friday. this deep area of low pressure moving in. the isobars are quite close together. very strong wins on friday. into the weekend more weather systems spreading in from the west. it does stay mild into the new year. the mix of sunshine and showers and longer spells of rain folsom as well. certainly brolly weather. here on breakfast, we've been following the story of three dads — mike, andy and tim — who became friends, and now campaigners, after their daughters took their own lives. they've walked almost

1,000 miles together, and raised more than £1 million for charity. alison freeman has been looking back at their most recent challenge. after you've been through something like we'd been three, our families had been through, you've got to try and get something positive out of it. it's a mindset. you've got to. keep going. keep going as a human being. if you can make it slightly better for another person, that gives you hope and it gives them hope as well. when it happens to you, this thing that doesn't happen, doesn't come into your life suddenly has. one of the very first things that you discover off the back of that is that suicide is the biggest killer of young people in the uk. if that's the case, why aren't we doing something about it? what are we? we're three dads.

i suppose you get the male. stereotype that doesn't talk. we do talk. we will talk about what's happened to us and how we feel. _ we believe we can prevent so many young suicides. i if the government really - want to and they debate this, if we can push it, it'll make a massive difference. - right! let's stride as though we mean it. 0k. three old men. in september, these three dads set out on a mission. it was the second time they'd put on their walking boots to try to bring about change. having each lost a daughter to suicide, raising money and awareness wasn't enough. they wanted a change in legislation, a change in the way young people learned about the risk they pose to themselves. tim, andy and mike — the three dads walking — three dads to three daughters, who all took their own lives — emily, sophie and beth.

it all started in 2021, when they were brought together by their grief and decided to shine a light on the issue. there they go, andy, mike and tim walking 300 miles over the next 15 days to raise money and awareness about suicide prevention. on that walk, they raised almost £1 million but the dads knew that finishing that challenge was not the end of their work. and there would be a glaring gap that we should be talking about young people. and one of the solutions would be to actually get the schools involved. i think when we would crossed the line and, you know, you said to me about, "what was it like to finish?" it's like, "well, we're not finished." it was really... we knew then we weren't finished, but we didn't know what it was going to be.

you didn't know the shape of it? not at all. it was a logical progression to where do we take this next? we'd done our homes. we needed to take it to london. ijust always saw us walking into westminster. the plan took shape. the three dads would walk 600 miles between all four uk parliaments to try to get suicide prevention made a compulsory part of the school curriculum. on their first walk, they'd caught the eye of celebrities like daniel craig and nicole kidman, who each donated £10,000 to the cause. nicole kidman saying she'd been moved after seeing their story on tv. the evening before the dads set out on this latest challenge, they sat down to messages from their friends,

family and a few famous faces. hello, tim, mike and andy. it's george ezra herejust with a little message to say congratulations on everything you're doing. raising awareness. yeah. thank you for what you're doing. andy, mike, tim. just incredible what you achieved last time around, and what you're about to do now is just truly, truly heroic. i'm sending you love and my best wishes. shout loudly. i know you'll be heard. all my very best. good luck. that was brilliant. oh, wow. wow. amazing. i leaked again — i leaked. i've got to say, it's very easy for me to be very flippant and say it's obviously because he's envious about our bodies and the way we conduct ourselves. our chiselled profiles. yeah, all that. all that. to see him wishing us good luck

and telling us to shout loudly, it was like, wow, ok, that's another personjust pushing us— in the right direction, _ just constantly giving us support. it's lovely to have that support, not from just famous people, i it's great, but also _ from the members of the public that we've met. and the people they've met along the way have in many cases become their friends. we lost our son, jamie. two years ago. pete, last year, was broken. he was shattered. absolutely shattered into a million pieces. and this year, when we met him, he bounced along, didn't he? came and met us, told us about all the running he's been doing. he's got things in the future that he's looking forward _ to and he's doing them | for a reason, you know. and it's, yeah, just that hope, isn't it?

just that hope. i've recently lost my daughter to suicide. and ijust need to understand why. well, that was martin, that's where we met him last year. was it three weeks after he lost his daughter? and he came to talk to us, really to find out how you stay alive, really. this year, the dads stayed with martin on their way through lancashire. we're in a club no—one wants to be in. but, you know, you meet these people, you realise you have greatest respect for them because you don't know how they even get out of bed in the morning with the grief they carry. but they do. and they want to make a difference. having walked through northern ireland to stormont, they then started out from edinburgh to wales. there were many surprises along the way. as they passed through andy's home county of cumbria there was an emotional moment when the folk band, the young'uns, sang a song they'd penned in the dads' honour. # my dad's world was torn in two.

# no words can hold the pain he knew. # but there was one thing he could do. # so my dad's walking on. and a stay with manchester's mayor saw more high profile names offer their support. this will keep you going tomorrow. yeah, this is good. this is awesome. i think what they're doing is just tremendously important, it's a conversation the nation needs to have. and actually putting it into the curriculum and encouraging a conversation with younger people is just where we've got to go with this. it's bizarre, isn't it? you're staying in someone's house, andy burnham's house, and you come down for tea, not expecting anything but a curry that andy was preparing in the kitchen. and then sam allardyce walks in and then robbie fowler walks in. i mean, there was a lot of bravado, certainly in football. _ it's probably now people are people are starting i

to talk about it even more. do you find it quite a sort of reflection of the level of attention that you have managed to get for this? you've opened some doors there, haven't you? well, it shows where the next... it doesn't discriminate. thank you, that's the way of putting it. doesn't discriminate. so many people have helped us along the way. just because you're famous doesn't mean you don't need to reach out, you know? well, i think it's down to sheer determination and the effect that they want to have. because, you know, in all fairness, they don't look the fittest, do they? they strode across the border and into wales. the all too familiar stories of loss kept coming as parents turned out to walk and talk with the dads. suicide is a scary word for parents out there. but, you know, losing your child

to suicide and realising you've got to live the rest of your life without them is a million times scarier than that. jim was, well, he wasjust a funny, loveable, loving boy. he was rugby mad. he just got lost. he just didn't know where he was going or what he had to look forward to. and on the 4th of november 2020, he committed suicide. crowds accompanied the dads to the welsh senedd in cardiff, where the deputy minister for mental health gave them her backing. there's always more that we can do and i'm really committed to looking at using all the avenues we've got to make sure that we can have those safe, appropriate conversations about mental health and suicide in our schools. seeing her determination and what she's trying to do, which is absolutely in sync with what we try to do,

fills me with great hope. the challenges have never deterred the dads from their mission. ow, bloody nettles, who brought us in here? this is a special video because andy chose this footpath, apparently, and he's a total muppet. let it rain. we'll go through it. we've got you know, we feel good. some of us have got waterproof trousers and others haven't. some people may have broken theirs. naming no names! the dads then crossed back into england and headed towards the capital. people were in the hotel and they'd come from across the country. we'd never met them before to walk with us on that final morning. and these are total strangers.

they were excited about walking with us. when you learned why they were walking, you know, because they'd lost a son, they'd lost a daughter. and it was pitch black and it was cold. so just to have that support was absolutely incredible. and then when we set off to walk down the mall, it was like pied piper style stuff, wasn't it? as we came around the corner, it was like a big train of people following us along the road. they'd set up a petition calling on the government to debate their calls to make suicide prevention a compulsory subject in schools. and as their walk ended, the number of signatures shot up. look at these guys. this is life in abundance. this is what everybody wants to see, good news these days in these tough times. just in the couple of minutes

that we've been on air, - it's gone up 5000 signatures. then by the end of that day, they'd reached the 100,000 needed. it felt like things were moving. but here we are a couple of months later filming this, and it's not moved yet. so we've got to keep pushing. we need action. and i do believe that the government really have to act, not just talk about it. we could keep walking - and we could keep talking, but it's the power makers, i it's the politicians that need to make a difference now. we can always walk for longer than they're in power, so! - now you tell us! and they have kept pushing, their message staying in the news agenda with their campaigning winning them a pride of britain award. again, getting them noticed by those in the public eye. i saw you guys on tv, you're incredible. you make me cry when i watch you. you've made a lot of people cry.

i honestly don't know how i'd react | in situations like that, but they've| been absolutely brilliant. they are incredible. and to get everybody talking about this with young people and all the people who've joined you on the walk, who've told you their stories, i think it's a lot bigger than we recognised. there may not be any more plans to walk at the moment, but the dads remain committed to making ministers take notice. bereavment by suicide is such a... it's a kind of exquisite pain. it's horrible. it's just... it is excruciatingly painful. so when you when it first happens, you do wonder how you're going to survive. you know, i've got a sophie—sized hole in my life which can never be filled, it can't be. but by doing something that helps other people you become more protected from that gaping void.

what do you think your girls would be making of what has happened over the past couple of years? i don't think emma would have believed it. i don't think she would have thought she deserved to be on the national stage. but if she can make a difference, and she was always a very caring person, she was a massively caring person, hated injustice in the world. and i think she would have been really proud where we're going to with it. and if she can make a difference in other people's lives, that's a good thing. i never believed that beth really wanted to take her own life. - you know, i think if she was looking down, she'd say, you know, "dad, i don't let others do what i did."

good morning, welcome to breakfast with luxmy gopal and ben boulos. our headlines today. two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of ellie edwards who was shot dead on christmas eve in a pub in merseyside. the deadly arctic freeze continues across the usa and canada, as president biden pledges more support for those affected. the premier league is back and arsenal pick up where they left off. the gunners came from a goal down to beat west ham to go seven points clear at the top. and keep an eye on newcastle too, who look like they mean business. these are still families in need, these are still kids in need, these are still vulnerable children. jamie oliver tells us why he wants

free school meals to be provided for all pupils in england whose parents claim universal credit. it's a rather chilly start to the day, the risk of some and snow across scotland and northern england but turning milderfor all of us. it comes with wet and windy weather. i'll have all the details throughout the programme. it's tuesday, the 27th of december. our main story. two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of elle edwards in merseyside on christmas eve. last night a 30—year—old man was held on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, and a 19—year—old woman was detained on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. our correspondent fiona trott has this report. "a beautiful angel." that's how elle edwards has been described by colleagues. a beautician who was shot and killed whilst celebrating christmas here with family and friends.

a man opened fire at the entrance. four others were injured. one is in a critical condition in hospital. at a time of year when relatives come together to celebrate, elle's family came here to express their condolence. the police say what they're going through is incomprehensible. the card from her parents reads, "to my beautiful elle, you are the light of my life. you will never be gone." people living nearby have also paid their respects. they're struggling to understand how a family pub, just a short walk from their own front door, is now a crime scene. just astounded it's happened here. never heard of this in 50, 60 years. i think everyone's upset. it's just shocking that it's happened because we don't want guns in this community. i've just literally picked some stuff up for a neighbour because she's scared

to leave her house. yesterday, the investigation moved quickly. first, forensic teams searched the local area, and community leaders issued a fresh appealfor information. then, by the evening, there was police activity across the city. these were two addresses in the tranmere area. merseyside police have said they don't believe elle edwards was deliberately targeted. it makes her death all the more difficult for her family to comprehend. fiona trott, bbc news, merseyside. our reporter dave guest is at the scene in wallasey this morning. dave, what's the latest on the investigation? the investigation continuing apace. quite an eerie scene here at wallasey, at the lighthouse pub behind me, the lights are on in the pub, the big screen tvs are still on as they were on christmas eve. it's as they were on christmas eve. it's as if time stood still llionz that police cordoned in the moment after the gunshots rang out on christmas eve. a bit more about the people who

were arrested, the 30—year—old man from tranmere has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, and the 19—year—old woman from the roxbury area is arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. police say investigation is still in its early stages and they are still looking for people in the area to come forward and give them information if they saw or heard anything, in particular, the dark coloured car believed to be a mercedes which left the pub car park soon after the shooting. they are asking if people who have got —— cam footage to come forward because they believe the key to bringing those to justice will lie in the local community and what they had seen and heard. the four men who were injured in a shooting incident, one remains in a shooting incident, one remains in a shooting incident, one remains in a critical condition in hospital, the otherfour in a critical condition in hospital, the other four received less serious injuries but they have been treated as well. so far as the scene is concerned today, the police tape remains in place here. flowers have

been building up over the last few days,, people trying to get to grips with what happened here on christmas eve, a few minutes before christmas day, when the woman, elle edwards who had been enjoying a drink with her sister and friends, she came through the door and this gunshots rang out. it has shocked the community, people do want to help the police if they can i'm sure but the police if they can i'm sure but the police if they can i'm sure but the police say that they do need that community help to bring their investigation to an end. and bring some comfort to elle's family, she was not deliberately targeted but it is cold comfort to them, to was clearly many —— because she was clearly many —— because she was clearly very well loved in the community. at least 60 people have died in the winter storms sweeping across the united states and canada.

president biden has announced that extra support will be made available for new york state, where the city of buffalo has seen the worst of the arctic conditions. sean dilley reports. forfive days, blizzard conditions have disrupted life and travel across america. dozens of deaths have been reported, more are expected in the coming days. emergency services are among those struggling with the weather. a quarter of a million homes and businesses are estimated to have been hit by power cuts on christmas eve and christmas day. the impact of the storm has stretched from canada to the mexican border. montana has experienced the coldest weather, with temperatures dropping to —45. the most impacted residents live here in buffalo, upstate new york, where half of all deaths have been reported. the state's governor says they are at war with mother nature. anyone who declares victory and says it's over, it is way too early to say this is at its completion. the severity is downplayed now

and right now it's not as bad as it has been over the last couple of days but it's still a dangerous situation to be out. forecasters say conditions should improve in the days ahead, but until then authorities say people should only travel if it's totally essential. sean dilley, bbc news. the latest rail strike ended this morning but passengers are still being warned to expect disruption. members of the rmt union are returning to work although many trains will not begin running until later today. our transport correspondent katy austin has this report. the strike at network rail, which has lasted since christmas eve, came to an end at 6:00 this morning. but the impact means it will take time for services to get going again today. staff are returning to work, so it is a much later start up for passenger services. so passengers should really check before they travel today to ensure that they don't turn up at a station and no trains be there.

but we'll expect to run about 70% of normal services today. there's more industrial action to come. an overtime ban at train companies lasts for another week, meaning reduced services in some places, and walk—outs by the tssa union will affect a few operators over the next couple of days. then further 48 hour strikes by rmt members working at network rail and 14 train companies are planned next tuesday, wednesday, friday and saturday. in between those, a strike by train drivers in the aslef union is scheduled for thursday. network rail says it has made a good offer, but the rmt argues it was conditional on ripping up working conditions. it's blamed the government for not making a settlement possible. but the department for transport said ministers had ensured a reasonable offer was made and urged the rmt to reconsider. today there's a break in the series of strikes by border force workers in the pcs union at six uk airports.

but that action resumes tomorrow. katy austin, bbc news. a television campaign aimed at encouraging us all to save energy launches today. the roll—out will accompany the government's existing it all adds up project highlighting how people can save money. jon donnison reports. this is a 30 second ad. that's not long, but it's long enough to do something that could save you money on your energy bills. the latest tv ad as part of the government's it all adds up campaign. or switch these off there. change this, reduce that or close all of these at night. the message — small, simple actions to cut energy use around the home can end up with significant savings. visit gov.uk/saveenergy for more energy saving ideas. the recommended measures include reducing the temperature your boiler heats water from 75 to 60 degrees, saving you around £100 a year, turning appliances off at the plug for a possible saving of £70 a year, and draught proofing windows and doors, cutting £60 a year off your energy bills.

we have been offering this advice on our various websites for a long time, but we've just decided to take it a step further and roll it out through electronic billboards, tv and radio adverts, etc. and of course, the great thing about it is that it saves money twice over. it obviously saves you money personally, but because the government is now subsidising energy bills, if we save money on this, it also saves taxpayers' money as well. but it's another u—turn on the policies of the previous prime minister, liz truss, whose government rejected the idea of a public information campaign telling people how to save energy as the action of a nanny state. the current government is also urging households to look at more long—term measures to save energy, such as double glazed windows and better insulation. although temperatures reached record lows this december, the coldest months could well be

ahead of us. we think everything is useful when it comes to advice and support for people struggling with the cost of living crisis. but at the end of the day, if you can't afford to turn your heating on, no amount of advice is going to get you out of that problem. and that's why we need to see government and others going much further to support people through this winter. the government's existing energy support package will be extended for 12 months from april, but at a less generous rate, and it says it will make announcements about further support for homes and businesses in the new year. jon donnison, bbc news. jamie oliver has called for all children living in households on universal credit to be given free school meals. the chef, who has long campaigned for children to have better access to healthy food, is guest editing the today programme on radio 4 this morning, and told the show investing in free school meals for children will improve their health.

if we don't spend it here, it will kind of react elsewhere within the community and it definitely won't be as cheap. it definitely will not be as cheap. so i think if we're talking about the ethics, then this is the right place to do it. if we're talking about supporting teachers to be able to get better outcomes for their whole class, as a class, like passive smoking, if you've got a couple of kids coming in not fed, that affects plan a, plan b, plan c of the teacher's hour. it's like passive smoking, we're talking about all children being affected by some of the kids maybe being disruptive or sleeping or any other kind of carnage that goes along with the poverty of hunger. we can get more on the severe weather situation in the united states and canada now, where arctic conditions have caused up 60 deaths and major disruption. simon is here and can tell us what's causing it. we saw those images, really striking

scenes of the effects of the storm, and also the phrase bomb cyclone has been thrown around, what does that mean? . , been thrown around, what does that mean? ., , ,, ., , ., mean? that is essentially the name civen to mean? that is essentially the name given to what _ mean? that is essentially the name given to what was _ mean? that is essentially the name given to what was a _ mean? that is essentially the name given to what was a very _ mean? that is essentially the name given to what was a very deep - mean? that is essentially the name given to what was a very deep area | given to what was a very deep area of low pressure. what happens is, it went through something called explosive cyclo genesis, which basically means it has really rapidly deepened and created a big storm system. on top of that, you have a zero north—easterly wind, which brought a huge amount of cold arctic air. it was around the west of new york, lake erie and buffalo, which saw the brunt of that, where temperatures were well below freezing. with that feed of air coming over the warm leg, we had a huge amount of snow and ice in buffalo. the situation is going to improve over the next few days because this cold arctic air is going to move further north and east, so we will see some milder conditions coming in from the south—west. that means temperatures

will rise, and there will be quite a significant thaw going on over the next few days. this is buffalo last week, —11, this week by the end of the week, about 9 degrees. so ice houses will all melt. here in the uk, particularly as well. some frost this morning, this was in suffolk less than this morning. some ice around in north—east england. milder and wet and windy weather coming in. it is quite chilly this morning, especially in northern and eastern areas of england and scotland, temperatures around freezing. milder air coming infrom temperatures around freezing. milder air coming in from the south—west at eight or 9 degrees. as the rain moves north and east, there is the risk of further ice across northern england, scotland, then we start to see some snow moving its way in across scotland as the rain hits the colder air. the rain is going to be

particularly heavy this afternoon across parts of north—west england, wales and south—west england, to the east around east anglia and the south—east, staying dry for most, cloud increasing. brighter sties coming through across northern ireland. for because at the far north. —— six and 7 degrees in the far north. the weather system will clear through to the north sea overnight and then a window of clearer weather before the next area of low pressure moves in on wednesday. overnight tonight, five to nine. throughout wednesday, you can see this area of rain moving north across the uk. pushing into scotland by lunchtime and the uk. some sunny spells the blustery conditions on wednesday. especially around wales and south—west england

where there could be some gales at times. thursday, let's show the tips on wednesday, double figures, 13 degrees for some of us, six or seven in the north. on thursday, further showers moving into west of scotland. sunny spells and one or two showers elsewhere but quite blustery through the day. top temperatures of seven to 10 degrees. coming to the end of 2022, it remains quite unsettled for the rest of the week. further spells of rain and strong winds, especially on friday. this deep area of low pressure moves in, the isobars are close together along with some heavy rain and into the weekend, further areas of low pressure moving in for new year's eve. areas of low pressure moving in for new year's eve-— new year's eve. thank you, lots of blue on the — new year's eve. thank you, lots of blue on the screen, _ new year's eve. thank you, lots of blue on the screen, people - new year's eve. thank you, lots of blue on the screen, people should| new year's eve. thank you, lots of i blue on the screen, people should be alert if they are going out for new year's eve.

good morning, it is 17 minutes past eight. let's talk about shopping. it was a busy day for retailers yesterday as stores opened for the boxing day sales. the number of people heading out to the shops rose by more than 50 per—cent compared to last year, but that's still far below pre—pandemic levels. our correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff. tomos, we had the boxing day sales starting yesterday, another day for the retailers to get people through the retailers to get people through the doors. it is looking rather quiet in there, is there much activity around elsewhere? people are starting _ activity around elsewhere? people are starting to _ activity around elsewhere? people are starting to enter— activity around elsewhere? people are starting to enter cardiff- activity around elsewhere? people are starting to enter cardiff city i are starting to enter cardiff city centre but it is a little bit quiet at the moment that's because we are in the morgans quarter, the archangel, my favourite arcade, of course! there are far more boutique shops, a cafe, deli, and a lot of them will not open for another or so. so expect it to get busier. on

the high street in front of me and the high street in front of me and the other shopping district behind me, people are starting to enter the centre of town. this area is a beautiful arcade, centre of town. this area is a beautifularcade, one centre of town. this area is a beautiful arcade, one of the oldest in cardiff, it has been kept brilliantly as you can see. it has a lovely array of different types of shops. these are the shops that really wanted to make the most of these boxing day sales after what has been a bit of a lacklustre black friday. so things, how herfix things fared? up by 50% and the biggest growth has been high street shops by 60%, shopping centres up by 45%, and retail parks up by a third. the problem is, all of these areas are far more quiet than before the pandemic. about 30% down on footfall. a number of reasons, the pandemic has played a part, people

are less willing to come out, people are less willing to come out, people are shopping mall online and of course the cost of living crisis is making people may be a little bit more wary about shopping and maybe they have done their shopping for christmas and they don't want to spend more now. let's speak to someone who works in the camera centre here in cardiff. a bit more of a high ticket item for you but still a big day for you, are you expecting to make some money? hopefully, this year, yes. luckily, we do _ hopefully, this year, yes. luckily, we do have — hopefully, this year, yes. luckily, we do have a lot of customers which is great, _ we do have a lot of customers which is great, and — we do have a lot of customers which is great, and we should be looking at making — is great, and we should be looking at making a — is great, and we should be looking at making a bit more this year. is this at making a bit more this year. this time of at making a bit more this year. is this time of your important for making a profit after what has been a barren two years?— a barren two years? absolutely, it is important _ a barren two years? absolutely, it is important to — a barren two years? absolutely, it is important to us, _ a barren two years? absolutely, it is important to us, making - a barren two years? absolutely, it is important to us, making sure i a barren two years? absolutely, it i is important to us, making sure that we get _ is important to us, making sure that we get enough that we can. but on top of— we get enough that we can. but on

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for you. it's a friendship that started as a rivalry, two men fighting over the same goalkeeping position at brighton and hove albion back in the 1950s. almost 70 years later and eric gill and dave hollins are still the best of friends, but they've swapped the football pitch for the bowling green, wherejohn maguire went to meet the pair. team—mates, rivals, but for more than 65 years, great friends. eric gill and dave hollins were the number one and reserve goalkeepers for brighton and hove albion in the 1950s. this is what the goalies used. well, yeah. string gloves. yeah, exactly. because they used to have woollen inside. and what we did, we took the inner... the wool out. so when you put the glove on, it was aereated, you see. and the heat of the hand kept the glove nice and warm.

eric still has the boots that dave, as his understudy, would have been responsible for cleaning. oh, yeah, that's... oh, the big toe, yeah. it was heavy. and i mean, if you caught anybody with that, they were in hospital. they were very, very heavy. these are the boots i cleaned. national service saw eric winning in the final of the army cup and a meeting with the king and queen. most people asked me when i tell them that, what did she say? well, what did she say? "eric, you was the best player on the field!" and she knew her football. oh, yeah, she did. yeah. she knew her football. dave deputised for several years until one match when eric was ill with flu and he was called up. he started well, but a few matches later, brighton played middlesbrough. that day he let in nine goals, five of them scored by brian clough,

who both men remember as a fierce competitor. well, he spent most of his time trying to knock the goalkeeper into the net, irrespective. and of course, in them days, the referees let lots of those kind of fouls go. over subsequent matches, dave and cloughie formed quite the rivalry. so he came up and i've got a ball in my hand and it's a live ball. the referee's gone, the linesman's gone. 0k, running to the halfway line and he's trying to knock this ball out of my hand. and i'm thinking, you know, this has got to stop. so up he comes again. referee's gone, linesman's gone. bang. i smacked him straight in the nose. there was blood pouring. he went down poleaxed. i went down poleaxed as if he'd hit me with the ball in my hand and i'm lying there. and the referee turned, blew his whistle gave me a free kick.

the son of a footballer and brother of the chelsea star, john hollins, dave was picked for wales and played against arguably the greatest player of all time, pele. this was in the maracana stadium, which holds 220,000 people. our centre half was called john charles. he was a great player. the greatjohn charles. he's about six foot six, very tall. we lost 3—1. and the third goal was scored by pele, who jackknifed above john charles, which was something else. and he headed this ball and hit the stanchion and comes rocketing past me. amazing athlete, amazing player. in brighton, eric was clocking up the appearances and the records. 247, if i'm not... consecutive games. now, this one was given to me.

200 consecutive games. i went on to play 247. so opportunities were rare. and, in 1961, dave was bought by newcastle united. keeping goal at opposite ends of the country and in different leagues, they lost touch until one day they bumped into each other for the first time in decades at a bowling match. i said to ida, "look, there's dave, let's go the other way." he laughs and that's how he was, just laughed. she said, "no, we might as well say hello. be friendly." be friendly. so i said, "oh, all right." spencer vignus has written a book about this remarkable friendship, which came to light when he was interviewing eric for an article in brighton's matchday programme. i think the secret of their longevity is they're both very similar. dave has always respected eric, almost like a kind of older brother.

and eric said that when he saw dave kind of coming through, this young pretender, he looked at him and he thought, "you're good. so he had respect for him as a man and he had respect for him as a goalkeeper. and they've just always been good at talking. and i think that honesty and that openness in their relationship is, is why now, you know, they are as natural friends as they are. and that friendship is undiminished but has moved from the football pitch to the bowling green. the competitive spirit and the banter, though, still very much remains. this is exhibition stuff! john maguire, bbc news, east sussex. what a lovely story and it prompted neil to get in touch, saying, april back memories of a boy spectator, he vividly remembers them playing, left within a conversation, he says he has still got that autograph. isn't that incredible? 70 odd years, what

an amazing tale of friendship and rivalry. an amazing tale of friendship and rival . . , an amazing tale of friendship and rival . ., , ., ., , rivalry. leading us onto the sport! you are talking _ rivalry. leading us onto the sport! you are talking about _ rivalry. leading us onto the sport! you are talking about the - rivalry. leading us onto the sport! i you are talking about the difference between goalkeepers back then and now. , , , ., ., ., now. yes, they used to wear no loves, now. yes, they used to wear no gloves. i _ now. yes, they used to wear no gloves. i am — now. yes, they used to wear no gloves, i am always _ now. yes, they used to wear no gloves, i am always amazed i now. yes, they used to wear no i gloves, i am always amazed because the ball so much harder. that is hardcore. now the gloves are so high—tech, it is crazy. and the balls are now high—tech, they swerve and dip like anything. arsenal picked up where they left off. their world cup meant there was six weeks for the premier league. they restarted their premier league campaign with a 3—1win over west ham. it keeps the gunners top of the table, with a seven point advantage over newcastle, who moved up to second by beating leicester. rounding up boxing day's premier league action, here'sjoe lynskey. after the pause, the release. premier league emotions being bottled up for six weeks. the cork came off on boxing day with seven games.

in each, they stopped again — to remember. before kickoff, the life of george cohen was marked at every ground with applause — an english world cup winner. the most recent tournament interrupted arsenal's stride. they went in top of the league, but on restart fell behind to west ham. the world cup saw arsenal lose gabrieljesus to injury, but qatar did show where goals can come from. bukayo saka drew on his three for england to equalise. now arsenal had lift off. here's martinelli now at the near post! arsenal have turned the game around. goals from gabriel martinelli and eddie nketiah sealed a 3—1win. it puts them seven points clear. the team, one place behind them are now newcastle. he's on to that in a flash and he's put them 2—0 up. who beat leicester 3—0 for six wins in a row. they last did that ten years ago. now newcastle dare to ask,

could they win the league? the season is still young enough for all possibilities to exist for us, but it's a bit pointless me talking about stuff like that. i think it's very much game by game stuff. liverpool restart a long way off the top, but through the break mo salah has waited. and salah's got it into the goal. of course he has. he's had six weeks to recharge. now against aston villa, his team had fresh legs and fresh faces. 18—year—old stefan bajcetic scored his first senior goal in a 3—1win. liverpool's league position's not ideal, but across merseyside it's bleak. everton have now lost three in a row, having let wolves in for a 95th—minute winner. theirjoy was in a first away win of the season and a first in charge forjulen lopetegui. that kind of bounce hasn't come yet

for southampton, who've now lost both league games under nathan hones, booed off in a 3—1 loss to brighton. the saints are now bottom and, as fulham won at crystal palace, the day's third london derby finished 2—2, helped by the head of harry kane. spurs came back to draw at brentford. no extra time or shoot outs here. the top flight�*s won and lost in 38 games and for the team at the top, each win takes them closer. joe lynskey, bbc news. so a huge win for arsenal there, as they hunt for a first title since 2004, under arsene wenger, who was actually at the emirates, for the first time leaving the club four years ago. mikel arteta was pleased with the way his side responded to coming back from a goal down. we needed that, and i think we scored in perfect time. the crowd, it was incredible. but in the moment that we conceded a goal, which is not easy to see, the way they reacted with the team after conceding is very strange to see. and they kept that

belief in the team, obviously, when we score. you go out and we generate the momentum we wanted. and it's a third successive league win for liverpool and jurgen klopp, who are on the march for a champions league spot. klopp hailed his teenage star stefan bajcetic — his goal coming at a crucial point, with aston villa rallying late on. 2—0 up half time and second half, they had the better start in the second half, so that you could see the crowd is there — these kind of things and you have to get used to these kind of big fights again. but we fought through and scored an exceptional third goal, which i loved so much. everything about it, the pass, the control of darwin and then the backpass and then stefan finished it off, which is obviously a wonderful... it's like a christmas story, if you want. so yeah, really nice. there was high drama in the united rugby championship, as cardiff scored a last—minute try to beat dragons. replacement prop corey domachowski was the hero

for the visitors at rodney parade in newport — sealing the victory to accompany two tries from tomos williams. the defeat is dragons 15th in a row in the fixture. scarlets hopes of beating ospreys evaporated after just five minutes. argentina flanker tomas lezana was sent off for this tackle. ospreys took full advantage, running in five tries to record just their second league win of the season. the 34—14 win lifted ospreys a place to 13th in the table, while scarlets remain 15th, with only zebre below them. it was lucky number 13 for trainer paul nicholls, who was victorious once again, on the famous boxing day horse race at kempton park, the king george vi chase, this year won by 11—4 shot brave mans game. neck and neck with l'homme presse until the horse unseated the jockey charlie deutsch at the last, brave mans game ended up cruising to a 14—length win to give trainer paul nicholls a 13th win in the race. royale pagaille finished second, ahead of former winner frodon.

this is where we say goodbye, thank you forjoining us this morning. translation: a decision has been taken about a special— military operation. translation: we are defending our independence, our country. - glory to ukraine.

in the depths of winter, a growing menace. russia flexing its muscles. preparing for something. moscow said these were simply drills, it had no plans to invade. but for months, it held a gun against ukraine's head. the west was alarmed. satellite images showed russian forces massing along the border. what follows is the story of russia's invasion of ukraine, as told by the bbc reporters who were there. america's and russia's top diplomats met in geneva and at first could not even agree how to greet one another. one question on everyone's lips... is an invasion likely as president biden suggested? war is the last thing that people want here, but it won't be the public that decides this. it will be the president, whether he is willing to reach a deal or determined to continue

with coercive diplomacy. a month later, unmistakable signs. at the kremlin, vladimir putin approved plans to recognise two separatist areas of ukraine. and in a long angry speech, he railed against nato and said ukraine wasn't even a real country. warwas coming. until early this morning, some here in kyiv doubted he would do it. not any more. siren wails

translation: i never thought this thing could happen, not in my lifetime. i am lucky to be alive, but i will do anything to protect ukraine. this country's civilian infrastructure is being heavily struck. there are no more flights in and out. translation: we will strive for the demilitarisation and denazification of ukraine. russia cannot feel safe with a constant threat emanating from the territory of northern ukraine _ reporter: so far, all | the signs are this attack is working out exactly the way western leaders have been warning for weeks. the country is being attacked from all directions and the fear now has to be that some of those russian troops are heading here to the capital. ukrainian troops burn piles and piles of documents. the enemy is literally at the gates.

not far up the road, ukrainian armour, in a capital city braced for the worst. this is actually the main road out of the capital. that way is poland, it is lviv in the west, and you've got the city there, we have got armoured personnel carriers here and a whole line of traffic for as far as the eye can see, trying to get out. from early morning in eastern - ukraine, we found queues at atms. now there is war, people want cash in their pockets _ and fear it may run short. translation: we are shocked, we are totally shocked. - we are afraid for our children, for our families. the women and the children of ukraine fleeing their country.

you will not be allowed, a policeman shouts, to the men on the stairwell. women and children only. the police move to help those allowed to board. what cannot be held must be let go. until another day. the latest russian bombardments had hit yet more homes. injuring the very civilians the kremlin promised had nothing to fear from what it calls a targeted attack on the ukrainian military. this grandmother says russian occupation would be a disaster. translation: this is my city, the city of my parents, - my grandparents. i am not going to leave. and as for what she makes of vladimir putin...

translation: when a person i is so inadequate, nobody knows what will spring to his mind. this evening, the mind of president zelensky was defiant, speaking from the streets of kyiv he posted this message on social media. translation: we are all here, our soldiers are here. _ the citizens are here. we are defending our independence, our country, and it will continue this way. glory to our defenders, both male and female, glory to ukraine. this was saturday in dnipro. women making molotov cocktails in the park. housewives, businesswomen and lawyers, all now preparing for the defence of their city. nobody thought that this would happen, how we would spend our weekend, nobody thought, but now we are doing this and it seems like the only

important thing to do now. the aftermath of a deadly missile attack in the town of zhytomyr. the target may have been an airbase nearby. but family homes were destroyed. oleg stands calmly in the rubble, but he has lost his wife. she was the light of my life, he says. she's the best thing that's happened to me. but i'm trying to keep myself together. welcome to the town of borodyanka, population 12,500. parts of it a wasteland now of destruction, in an increasingly dirty war. and resistance, though noble, is futile in the city of kherson. conquered by russian tanks, the first major urban area to fall in this war. ukrainian troops were moving back in irpin and this

is why its people left. huge explosion. the civilians are getting out over what is left of a bridge that was blown to slow down the russians. russian shells were very close. explosions. there's a fair amount of incoming fire coming in now. artillery fire. there are loads of civilians around. head to the very eastern edge of ukraine and a ghostly vision of the country's fate unfolds before you. the city of kharkiv is being purged of life. a near total blackout, the police in the country's second largest city take us on patrol. the russians aren't far.

but russia's assault on the capital did not go according to plan. armoured columns were attacked and destroyed. russian losses mounted. by the end of march, the attempt to take kyiv was over. russia's defeat around kyiv may have started on the suburban street. - on the last few days of february, just after the invasion. _ a long column of russian armour. was destroyed as it pushed forward towards the capital. a war barely six weeks old, but a landscape already scarred, littered with the wreckage of two armies locked in combat, but there is more. stories of horrors inflicted on civilians, allegations of war crimes. this is the line of fire,

that is how they shoot. on the 7th of march, this drone unit showed civilians trying to get to kyiv to escape the russians. and then they saw the tank. one of the cars was forced to stop. the driver tried to show he was harmless. and the russians shot him dead. in a couple of hundred yards, we counted 11 other dead bodies. in bukhar, close to kyiv, satellite images appear to show a mass grave. signs of excavation beginning on march the 10th when russian troops controlled the area. as buchar�*s remaining civilian population grapples with the scale of what has happened to them, the world is asking who did this, when and why.

translation: we believe these are war crimes, i we believe it is genocide in the purest sense. because children have been killed, women have been raped and civilians executed. in the basement of a building, we saw the bodies of five men, hands tied behind their backs. translation: people have been shot in the head by russian snipers. - people on bicycles, people delivering potatoes. i can tell you so many stories but i don't want to. i want to forget them. the more you talk to people in buchar, the more you learn of the terror this town lived through. a local resident told us that a woman riding a bicycle was shot on the street. after they killed this woman's only son, she had to bury him in their garden on her own. the fighting now

shifted to the east. long grinding artillery battles, as russian forces inched slowly forward. but out in the black sea came another dramatic setback for russia's war effort. this was the moskva, russia's prized warship in the black sea. ukraine says its missiles hit the vessel. russia says a fire caused the ship to sink. the ukrainian military are on the move in defence of the homeland. the landscape flat open country, perfect for heavy armour. as russia readies to seize the donbas region. the first sounds of spring now drowned out by heavy shelling. russia is making small gains but creating widespread chaos

and devastation right across the region. lysychansk has become an underground city. they say they are running out of clean water and food. there is no peace from the constant barrage of artillery. it is becoming yet another russian war of attrition. they are trying to break ukrainian forces along a front line that stretches for 300 miles. further south, one of the war�*s biggest tragedies had been unfolding for weeks. the destruction of an entire city. a city in agony, mariupol burning. apartment blocks in ruins after two weeks of unrelenting russian bombardments. mariupol is a big, important city and the russians need to capture it to help their advance here

in to southern ukraine and i tactics are becoming brutally familiar. —— their tactics. if you can't seize a city, then simply flatten it, whatever the cost in human lives. survivors emerge from the wreckage after what ukraine says was a russian air strike on a maternity hospital. the local governor says pregnant women are among the wounded. in the besieged city of mariupol, a theatre was hit where - the deputy mayor says i civilians were sheltering. russian forces are gaining more ground. these pictures were filmed with their troops at the theatre where so many lives were lost. yesterday, there was some success

in getting residents out of mariupol to safety but some convoys came under attack and tens of thousands are still trapped. translation: i could not leave at first because myl mother can barely walk. there is no way i would have left her behind. there was constant shelling. the last bastion of ukraine's resistance is the azovstal steel plant, perhaps a few thousand soldiers and civilians in its bunkers and tunnels. translation: this is our appeal to the world, it could be - the last of our lives. we are probably facing our final days if not hours. the enemy is outnumbering us, ten to one. finally, after two months, women and children were allowed out into the light. it's been a brutal and bloody 83 days. but their battle is over for now.

further north, the war seemed to be grinding almost to a halt, both sides suffering terrible losses. the shells start landing closer, as the russians adjust their aim. loud explosion. so you get a sense of what russia's artillery and tanks can do to ukrainian homes. this is relentless. residents praying for salvation... ..as russia lays waste. nearby, the rush to evacuate civilians.

ukraine's artillery lines were still firing, even as their troops were pulling out of nearby lysychansk. this unit has been relying on mostly old soviet era artillery. still waiting for more western weapons to arrive. but while the fighting raged in the east, nowhere in ukraine was truly safe. this inferno is not a ukrainian military target. it is a ukrainian shopping centre. these were the bewildering minutes after russia's latest devastating missile attack today on the central city of kremenchuk. a man filmed this right after the russian missiles hit. and now this whole square is a disaster scene.

there are dozens of rescuers here, working through the debris, the wreckage, of this missile strike. this was a building of offices, there were shops at the bottom, and they were completely destroyed. now, in istanbul, a rare diplomatic breakthrough, a deal to resume grain exports. for the first time in a long time, a major artery is unblocked. - and a ship which could save millions from hunger moving slowly - into hostile waters. the razoni, the first grain vessel to leave ukraine i since the 24th of february, i making its way out to lebanon i and the hope is it'll be the firsti of many in a route that will allow

vessels in and out of what is still an active war zone. - and now, at the height of summer, the tide of the war began to turn. this was the aftermath of a ferocious ukrainian attack on a key bridge in russian—controlled territory. the start of a series of ukrainian counterattacks that took russia by surprise. made possible by the arrival of highly accurate american weapons. running for cover in russian—controlled crimea. russia says ammunition was detonated but there are suggestions supporters of ukraine may have caused the blast. the latest satellite imagery gives a much clearer idea about the damage done at the airbase. several modern bombers were destroyed and there was a great deal of damage to the surrounding

base infrastructure. ukraine's rapid counteroffensive is gaining ground. its troops taking some casualties but also taking territory on several fronts. in some areas, russia's front line has collapsed. and liberation has come. for six months, we prayed you would come, she says. under pressure in ukraine, russia's president has chosen the path that is most familiar to him, escalation. seven months after invading ukraine, the kremlin is calling up 300,000 reservists.

translation: | want the kyiv i authorities and their real masters in the west to hear me, so that they remember this forever. people in luhansk and donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia are becoming our citizens. forever. moscow says these territories are joining russia after holding referendums but they have been widely discredited. translation: ukraine will get back what belongs to her. _ both in the east and in the south. what they try to annexe now, and crimea, which they annexed in 2014. our flag will be everywhere. ukrainian forces on the move again. this time, taking back villages in the south. progress has been slow here since the summer but this all seemed to happen quickly,

again taking russia by surprise. russia now has major headaches on two fronts at the same time, just when it is trying to conscript, train and equip badly needed extra troops. vladimir putin may have celebrated annexing chunks of ukraine, but his problems keep multiplying. this is the bridge that links russia to annexed crimea. and it was under attack. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then spread to a fuel train and part of the road had collapsed into the sea. kherson's residents emerge from their homes as the first ukrainian soldiers reached the main square. for them, it is the end of more

than eight months under occupation. it is the best, said this woman. a sunday without russians. even the air, i can breathe. ukraine have got a lot to celebrate because they have scored a major victory over the russians, much more quickly and smoothly than they had expected and while the russians have left behind a great deal of damage, for now the ukrainians are not focusing on that because they believe they have taken a giant step forward to victory. but with winter coming, russia had already resorted to a new strategy. a war on ukraine's infrastructure. screaming. after months of quiet in the capital, the war is back. for three chaotic hours this morning, the missiles kept coming. for one young woman,

already recording her own sense of shock, a narrow escape. huge explosion. my bbc colleague, hugo bachega was broadcasting live when it all began. explosion. the target, destroy the whole infrastructure of ukraine, destroy the infrastructure in our hometown. they left people freezing in the winter. people doing without electricity. engineers from ukraine's biggest energy company head out. today'sjob, a downed electricity cable. landmines mean they cannot work beyond the tape. the authorities want to give people power and warmth but the shelling is not stopping and it is happening

right across this region. this woman's makeshift home is built where her old one used to be. but the kitchen is freezing and damp. icy water drips from the roof. her swollen hands hurt from the cold. she looks far beyond her own worries. translation: i want us to win as soon is possible, _ so that there is peace - and tranquillity, so that all soldiers return home alive and well. as winter drags on, the country freezes. ukraine's long agony continues. despite its many setbacks, russia still controls territory and with missiles and drones, inflict suffering. this all—out war, unthinkable a year ago, has no obvious end in sight.

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