>> well, anne diamond said it, not me. anyway, let us know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay.ig two hours coming up. but first, your news headlines with sam francis. >> very good morning to you from the newsroom. it is just coming up to 10:03. well, let's start with an update on the situation in germany where we now know four people, including, sadly, a young child have died and at least 80 others injured, 40 of them seriously, after a car was dnven them seriously, after a car was driven through a christmas market at magdeburg in germany. the suspect, a 50 year old saudi doctor, has been arrested, but officials say that he is not known as an islamic extremist. sir keir starmer has called the attack horrific and expressed solidarity with germany, while the foreign secretary, david lammy, has also offered support to his counterpart. the tragedy comes just eight years after a similar attack in berlin, where 13 people were killed. time is running out for pensioners here to claim pension credit and secure their winter fuel payment for this year at 2024 to 25, with the deadline now

i'm anne diamond, and this is gb news breakfast.t's interesting talking about pork pies on christmas day, because i am sitting next to somebody who's worked in a pork pie factory. >> i have. in fact, i owe a lot of my success to pork pie. oh. do you? such as it is. yeah. i worked at pork farms in nottingham as a kid, and it was 12 hour shifts packing pork pies so endlessly. and if you did 12 hours and you're still standing, a lot of people used to fall asleep while working. oh my goodness. you got an extra six. an extra four hours. 16 hours. i was clearing £800 a week. cash. wow. in 1990, as a student, i worked at the pork pie factory all summer. every summer. never took any time off. and guess what? never took a single penny out in student loans. >> oh, wow. >> oh, wow. >> work our way through uni. thanks to pork pie, that is. >> so you got. you got your fees paid for, though. don't forget, in that era, didn't you? >> i did, yeah. >> i did, yeah. >> yeah. an era. that era. >> i earned my crust. >> i earned my crust. >> oh, very nic

. >> it's just gone. 6:00 i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond and this is gb news breakfast. good morning to you. i can understand why today is the day that most people put up a christmas tree, because if you left it till next weekend, it really would be too late. almost, wouldn't it? yeah, it sort of would be. >> my mum used to put them up on christmas eve. she just didn't like. oh, really? yeah. she didn't like it hanging around for ages. >> yeah. a lot of people do do that, particularly on the continent. yes. to say i don't know why, but. >> yeah, but do they leave it up longer for full 12 days? we don't know. >> that would be the thing. >> that would be the thing. >> do you extend your decking from germany or. or austria or the netherlands or something? i think a lot of people in those countries sort of drag. they get the christmas tree ready in the garden, and then they drag it indoors on christmas eve. >> yeah, yeah, that's weird. >> yeah, yeah, that's weird. >> do you extend your decks all round the property or around the house? because i just have a christmas room. >>

. >> it's just gone. 6:00 i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond and this is gb news breakfast.s of people getting excited about the whole gavin and stacey thing. well, yeah, i never watched it. i missed that as kid. >> it was good. >> it was good. >> it was a phenomenon. >> it was a phenomenon. >> must have been good because everybody goes on about it, don't they? it was good. >> it was good. we actually i was round at my sister in laws yesterday, and she gave me the itinerary for christmas, and gavin and stacey based it around, around around that show. it's so important in their household. yeah. no, i like it. ihave household. yeah. no, i like it. i have a passing interest in it, but they've gone further. they're scheduling christmas around it, and i don't seem to feature much on the list, which is so funny, isn't it? >> yeah, no i did we did watch recently fat friends which, which actually most of the casts were in. so it was before gavin and stacey, but most of them were in fat friends. yeah. and that was that was a good show. all about a dieting club. spurred me on. >> and

. >> i'm christopher hope and i'm anne diamond. and this is gb news breakfast. yeah, it's going to be a busy day today. are you going away? are you actually going to get behind the wheel and try and drive anywhere today? >> not today. it's a big weekend for parties. yeah, i'll be off with my family and parties. oh, you've got a family party? >> oh, yes. >> oh, yes. >> yes. you're driving around london. no trains on the thameslink today for a week. no trains on the trains. >> that's a really good day for it, isn't it? happy christmas day. yeah. what about this beard? >> mine. no no, no. tyson fury. yeah. look, i mean, i don't know whether it's gamesmanship or whether it's gamesmanship or whether it's gamesmanship or whether it's oleksandr usyk trying to create trouble on game on fight night when there isn't anything there. but fundamentally, the problem is tyson fury's beard. they're saying that it's backed up by the authorities here, that for two reasons. it could be a problem tonight. now he's grown it to probably a length that we haven't seen previously. >> ye

. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond.and this is gb news breakfast. >> merry christmas to you. absolutely. we've had a revamp. >> yeah. yes. you'll see a lot of snowflakes and christmassy things from now on. it is the 1st of december, after all. and we're allowed to talk about christmas. although, i must say, if my sister is watching, she will be absolutely livid because she thinks it's just too to soon talk. christmas. >> oh, come on, it just isn't. it isn't. first day of your advent calendar today. >> that's true. it is. >> yeah, actually we're doing we'll play it to you later on. we're doing an online advent calendar and it's brilliant. the first one i retweeted it actually, if you want to have a look at it, it's on gb news. com, which is probably where you should go to have a look at it. with some lovely comments from a vicar. and it's just it's great. it's really nice. >> it's good to be a daily advent calendar. >> yeah, a daily advent sort of message. and it's just really, really nice. >> one of the things you'll be

. >> i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond, and this is gb news breakfast. >> do you fancy a fancy meal out? >> yeah, that'd be nice. >> yeah, that'd be nice. >> since it's coming up to christmas. well, i will tell you. >> fancy. >> fancy. >> it's fancy as you like, but what i wouldn't do is take you to a place called the london steakhouse company. >> that sounds all right. >> that sounds all right. >> it was. it was set up by marco, partly by marco pierre white. because as well as the fact that if you want a steak, it costs you about £93 for a steak. but on top of that, they charge £1.50 a head for napkins and tablecloths. >> what? yeah. are you allowed to take them home at the end of the day? >> this is. this is in the sun. so. so £1.50 per dinner, which covers the costs of table linens and napkins. i'd be saying i don't want a tablecloth. >> well, absolutely. >> well, absolutely. >> i'll bring my own napkin. thank you very much. >> i haven't heard of that before, though i'm not sure if it's the first time i've heard this. >> i mean, isn't that part of what you provide as restaurateur

. >> 6:00 i'm stephen dixon and i'm anne diamond and this is gb news breakfast. >> and i'll tell you what, you know, because >> and i'll tell you what, you know, beca|control now have taken control now of damascus . damascus. >> and later on this morning, we're going to be joined by slate legend noddy holder and his wife susan, to tell us about a very special cause. they're raising for money. >> and the royal edinburgh military tattoo celebrates its 75th anniversary. and our reporter tony mcguire takes an exclusive , exclusive peek behind exclusive, exclusive peek behind the scenes of next year's show on a regular basis. >> keeping people in their seats with a moment of wow. so i'm to be pretty sure there's going to be something for everyone . something for everyone. >> good morning, west ham striker michail antonio is said to be in a stable, conscious and communicative condition in hospital following a car crash in essex yesterday afternoon. premier league club showed their support for the 34 not yes. that went for i mean, not not in the same sale. this was several years ago for fiv