but as he finished his walk, something happened on bbc breakfast that would mean that he and i wouldl journey together. we have got a special guest with us. we have got michael ball with us, who i know whose company you enjoy very much and michael wants to say thank you in his special way. morning, michael. good morning, naga, and good morning, tom and hannah. i go to bed it's10 million, i get up, it's 12 million. what's going on? tom, it's an extraordinary achievement and i have been trying to think of a song that encapsulates what you're doing, how you're inspiring all of us and... i have one, i think. i'm sort of stealing it from the people of liverpool. but it seemed appropriate. is it ok if i sing it for you? michael, i suggest you go ahead and we all, tom included, will listen. # when you walk through a storm, hold your head up high... # and don't be afraid of the dark. # at the end of the storm there's a golden sky. # and the sweet silver song of the lark...# sing it with me. # when you walk through a storm, hold your head up high. # and don't be afraid of the dark. # at the e

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bbc breakfast. thanks for having me on. we will bbc breakfast.lready moving in from the west. could be icy patches. slippery surfaces. a little bit of sleet and snow across the highest ground in the pennines into the south west of scotland. but for most of us it will be falling as rain. quite a lot of it out there today. heavy rain from parts of northern ireland into the north west of england, stretching down towards the south—east. northern and eastern scotland avoiding the rain for a good part of the day, but you will see some of that sleet and snow developing over the highest ground as we head into the afternoon. so there could be several centimetres of snow developing here. a contrasting temperature. ten to 11 degrees towards the south—west in that milder air. but for those of you across parts of north—east england and eastern scotland, only about two or three degrees. as we had through this evening and overnight, some of that rain will start to turn to snow more readily down to lower levels. there could be snow in the central belt and again

and professor chris whitty — the chief medical officer for england — will be on bbc breakfast and theso be taking the audience's questions on 5live and the bbc news channel at 8:30. it's emerged that building owners are being asked to sign a "gagging clause", when they apply to a government fund for the removal of dangerous cladding. part of the contract they're asked to sign requires them not to communicate with journalists, without government permission. campaigners say there should be scrutiny where the government says the agreements are standard commercial ones. our home affairs correspondent tom symondsjoins me now. tom, campaigners unhappy... very unhappy. this is for applications to a government fund, £1.6 billion fund set up to speed the removal of the dangerous cladding. the applications are from building owners and sometimes building owners and sometimes building managers, including residents who run their own buildings. what the contract says is any buildings. what the contract says is a ny co nta ct buildings. what the contract says is any contact with the media should be

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you are with breakfast on bbc news. the world. but in lebanon, where people have been dealing with economic collapse and the blast in beirut, they are facing some of their toughest times. the country has seen a record number of infections and deaths, and now they're enforcing one of the world's strictest curfews. the bbc�*s middle east correspondent martin patience reports. welcome to a city in lockdown, as beirut fights its latest battle. we joined an ambulance crew driving through empty streets, as the authorities try to curb a surge in coronavirus cases. the callout, a woman who is struggling to breathe. the big question now, which hospital to take her to? and then an extraordinary stand—off at the hospital gate. when it wasn't clear if the patient was going to get admitted. ., , ~ , ., if the patient was going to get admitted. ., , ~' , ., ., admitted. now it is like you get to the hospital. _ admitted. now it is like you get to the hospital, you _ admitted. now it is like you get to the hospital, you don't _ admitt

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the transport secretary this morning said impact on bbc breakfast that most tests would be accepted inout the need for a certain specification to be met and that is why i am concerned this is a recipe for chaos at the check desk —— the bmp for chaos at the check desk —— the lamp test. you can imagine turning up lamp test. you can imagine turning up with your certificate which you think is acceptable but turns out not to be because it —— because it does not meet the specificity the government is looking for so it is a recipe for chaos i think and as a lwa ys recipe for chaos i think and as always with these rules, they are not properly thought out. always with these rules, they are not properly thought outlj always with these rules, they are not properly thought out. i am seeing a lot of people, many travel agents among them, asking exactly when this will be introduced next week and i'm sure that it is a question you have been trying out the answer to as well so do you have news on that? my understanding it is it meant to come in from thursday but again, the government has not said exac

after breakfast this morning, the rip—off britain team will be continuing a special week of live programmes on bbch it. - kind of torture yourself with it. that _ kind of torture yourself with it. that is — kind of torture yourself with it. that is a — kind of torture yourself with it. that is a really— kind of torture yourself with it. that is a really tragic— kind of torture yourself with it. that is a really tragic story. - also today, how to beat the chat bots to make sure that when you want to speak to company, you get through to someone that can help. our expert is here with some very nifty little tips on how to make the system work for you. and can i start dreaming of a holiday yet? the man who has the answer to that question— the man who has the answer to that question will be live in the studio. that is— question will be live in the studio. that is simon calder. he will be taking _ that is simon calder. he will be taking on— that is simon calder. he will be taking on your queries. so please do send them _ taking on your queries. so please do send them in. you can e—mail us right now and w

speaking on bbc breakfast this morning, the transport secretary grant shapps explained more about whyecided to do this now. what we're trying to do now is stop a new variant, which isn't established here, from coming here. and this is the south african variant, where the scientists are very concerned about the ability of the vaccine to tackle the south african variant. so we have done this today, and i notice the canadians, the prime ministerjustin trudeau there, has done exactly the same thing as us, actually overnight, also introducing a 72 hour test. also in addition to the quarantine measures, which remain in place. you mentioned the travel industry has been calling for this for some time. this may not be the outcome they wanted, though, because this is being introduced in addition to quarantine requirements. just because you can prove you have a negative test coming into the uk, it doesn't mean you won't have to follow the advice, or requirement, rather, to quarantine for ten days or five days if you have a positive test before that. so it's really an extra barrier for people to

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our e—mail is bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk and you can find us on twitter with the hashtag bbc breakfast. getting better and better for england in sri lanka. stuart broad has taken his 3rd wicket on the opening day, in galle, with the hosts now five down, in what is normally such a tough venue for touring teams. in what is normally such a tough good in what is normally such a tough morning. we have warning good morning. we have an amber warning for heavy snowfall this morning for parts of northern england and scotland as well. elsewhere, heavy rain around through the course of the day and i will have more details coming up shortly. it's thursday, january 14th. our top story. a further 1,564 people have died from coronavirus in the uk — the biggest figure reported in a single day. borisjohnson has said hospital intensive care units face being overwhelmed. let's get more now from our chief political correspondent, adam fleming, whojoins us from westminster. we were talking to susan hopkins from public health england warning that the number of deaths per day would be rising as we see more ad

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us know at bbc breakfast. f heavy rain across england and wales but that rain is bumping into a big reservoir of cold air so we're probably going to see it turn to snow over the next few hours, initially across the high ground in wales but then probably more across parts the midlands as we go on through the next few hours and in fact in the last five minutes or so i have started to see a little bit of sleep being reported around the nottingham area so just signs that this is starting to turn over. dashmac�*s lease. as we go through the day larger snow accumulations will be across the high ground in wales but we could see rain turned to snow more widely. that brings the risk of more destructive weather. that brings a quiet day of weather, temperatures 4— five celsius, a few showers around across eastern areas and those showers threatening to be wintry. but it is across wales where we could see particularly heavy snow, up to 15 centimetres above 250 metres elevation, so some of those higher communities could get

if you are watching us on bbc one, you canjoin the breakfast team and around about 15 in its time, that top stories that our. forthe you of the top stories that our. for the second time, democrats and the us house of representatives have delivered to the senate and impeachment charges against donald trump, triggering the process of putting him on trial. and the government is expected to announce that some travellers coming to england will have two quarantine in hotels when they do arrive. the international chamber of shipping, along with many international companies that in clued bp, rio tinto and shell are amongst signatories calling for governments to make it easier for staff on cargo ships to be able to return to their home countries at the end of their contracts. they are thought to be more than 200,000 seafarers currently stuck at sea because covid travel restrictions means theyjust covid travel restrictions means they just can't go covid travel restrictions means theyjust can't go home at. discuss with with di clayton from the international chamber of shipping. talk us through the

don't they always say bbc breakfast is one big family? we are does he fit in? the thinking is that they smack, southwest, central and southern england, england away from the coast, through the london area, there will be snow, a a few centimetres. this area of snow could spread further north. it could reach birmingham, east anglia. it will be slow moving. if it stalls at any one place, because it will stall and slow down, that this where we could see the most out of snow. 5—10 centimetres. but for most of as it will be less than that. through the evening it will fade away. other parts of the country have flurries as well. we are going to lose the cold here eventually. next week we'll see whether systems lining up out of the south—west. this is where our weather is going to be coming from, milder, but it will take a while. that wintry weather on sunday, sunday will be our most wintry day. after that steady rise in temperatures. our next story is one of hope and courage, and one man's determination to do something positive to help him get through an extremely harro

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it is 7:07 a.m., and you are watching bbc breakfast.o a more normal way of life? let's speak to epidemiologist dr deepti gurdasani from london queen mary university. thank you very much indeed for talking to us this morning. i guess we set the question up there, really, can we even start looking that far ahead, to when we might get back to normal? i think we certainly need to look at the long—term. i think it's very important, a vaccine for our populations, that does reduce the severity of infection and deaths in those individuals, but the thing to remember is it does almost nothing to stem the pandemic‘s spread, and unless we have policies in the long—term, that looks to reduce transmission or spread of the pandemic, we're going to be stuck in the cycle with huge, devastating impact on public health, on economy, on society, and it's really worrying, this rhetoric, that vaccines are this and that will allow us to open up society when the majority of people will not be protected from infection and effects. so, for example, even if you lo

we will continue to follow that story for you on bbc breakfast.national lockdown in england cannot be ruled out. according to the daily telegraph, the measures could last until easter and beyond. the guardian runs quotes from some council leaders who say the argument for reopening schools amid high covid infection rates "does not stack up". "jabby monday" is the headline in the sun, to mark the start of the oxford—astrazeneca vaccine being rolled out. and the liverpool echo online is packed full of tributes to one of the city‘ favourite sons — the merseybeat singer gerry marsden. he died yesterday at the age of 78. we will be talking to some of his friends paying tribute to him throughout the programme. very interesting article that made me think of you. the title wasn't why a good sleep is the new dream. you know i am a champion sleeper. this is about top sportsmen and women and how they sleep and how it affects them, based on a study at stamford university. it looked at basketball players in america and if they slept for ten hours per night than

hugh schofield, bbc news, in central france. coming up at 6:00, breakfastrogerjohnson and nina warhurst. but now on bbc news, veteran explorer robin hanbury—tenison, who spent weeks in a coma battling covid—i9, says the healing power of nature helped to save his life. robin was one of the first covid—i9 patients into derriford hospital. he may be a veteran of 30 expeditions, but surviving coronavirus would prove to be one of robin hanbury—tenison‘s toughest experiences yet. you know, every day was pretty brutal and we were pretty broken. the doctors called us to say that actually, he is deteriorating further. his chances of ever recovering have now gone down to about 5%. i opened my eyes, saw the sunshine, saw the flowers and that was the moment when my life was saved by the healing power of nature. it's a long road back from something like that. essentially, his body was failing and i think having a goal, something to work towards, is vitally important because it gives you a target to aim for. and that goal can be as trivial or as ambitious as you want it

listen to cabinet office minister michael gove in bbc breakfast.e united kingdom met and discussed yesterday the situation, and their recommendation, all four, was that the country had to move to level five, the highest level of alert, which meant that there was an imminent danger to the nhs of being overwhelmed unless action was taken. and so in those circumstances we felt that the only thing that we could do was to close those primary schools which were open. of course, it was with the heaviest of hearts. so that was michael gove explaining why that decision was taken so quickly yesterday. i have to say, a lot of people saw it coming and i had been called throughout sunday and into monday from other political figures are for a lockdown to be protein in england, the labour leader sir keir starmer said it should happen, we had tory grandees likejeremy should happen, we had tory grandees like jeremy hunt, the should happen, we had tory grandees likejeremy hunt, the former health secretary, saying that yesterday too. it was sunday, it is worth rememb

breakfast is up next. bbc world news, i will see you very soon. have a good day.d we have seen sleet and snow from many places, not everywhere, this was near sheffield on sunday afternoon. there's also been heavy rain showers around. over the coming few days the story stays the same, staying cold with a mix of rain, sleet and snow, mainly over hills, the snow. some sunshine but often quite windy conditions, particularly through monday and tuesday. we have high pressure sitting to the north of the uk, low pressure down towards the south, south—west and in between those two areas, we're drawing in that cold wind coming in from the north—east of the north sea so that brings showers on monday, rain for east anglia and the south—east and the channel isles and further north, one or two wintry showers over the pennines, southern uplands and one or two over the higher ground of wales. a good deal of sunshine developing for many areas, it will be a windy day, though, with gusts over 40 mph along the coast of east anglia and through the english channel. temperatures up to a

bbc click. thanks for watching, and we will see you soon. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast being urged to "act like you've got" coronavirus as part of a new campaign. message will be shared on tv and radio adverts, the on social media in a bid to encourage people to abide by lockdown rules. it comes as the uk reported the highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic. a major incident has also been declared in london, with fears hospitals could be overwhelmed within weeks. president donald trump has been permanently suspended from twitter. the company said the decision was made after a review of his account, adding his tweets were highly likely to encourage more violence. mr trump was locked out of his account for 12 hours on wednesday after he called the people who stormed the us capitol building " patriots. " people are being warned to stay vigilant about scams in which criminals offer covid vaccines for a fee. in one case, a pensioner was injected with a fake covid—19 vaccine and charged £160 by a man pretending to be a health worker. city of london police say

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bbc news, new south wales. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning. welcome to breakfastor manchester united. they're now level on points with the champions liverpool at the top of the premier league, after beating aston villa last night. good morning. our cold spell of weather is going to continue for quite a while yet. today, it's a frosty start with a risk of icy stretches this morning. it's a day of sunshine and showers, but those showers again will be wintry at times with further snowfall particularly in northern scotland. i'll have more a bit later on. it's saturday, 2nd january. our top story — in the past hour, the head of the country's largest teaching union has told breakfast that all schools in england should close for the next two weeks to combat rising coronavirus infections. yesterday the government ordered all primary schools in london to remain shut when the new term begins, saying it was a "last resort". but mary bowsted, the joint general secretary of the national education union, told us that nationwide closures are now required. it's clear that we have

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coming up at six o'clock, breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhurst. but now on bbc the travel show. this week we are in kazakhstan. the view from the top! a vast country in the middle of central asia. full of stunning landscapes and nomadic traditions. you can feel the fish tugging on the net. nature and the great outdoors have always been central to the kazakh people's way of life. birds chirping, fish jumping, sun setting... i get it. and i'm here to explore how they are now combining both ancient and modern ways to stay in touch with their wild side. grunts it feels good to make the sound, but i don't know what they are saying. woo! this is a lot of fun! i've arrived in kazakhstan‘s biggest city of almaty. once, back when the country was still part of the ussr, and long before that, it was the capital city. now things have changed here. back in 1991 it was the last soviet republic to declare independence, ten days before the collapse of the union. since then it has been under the control of president nazarbayev who moved the capital north to the purpose—built cit

bbc news. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt.zeneca jab meets eu approval, after germany questions its use for the over—65s. and the lockdown in wales will last for three more weeks at least, but children could return to schools there after the february half—term. as the vaccine roll—out continues, bookings for uk holidays

bbc london in half an hour. now, though, it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it is 8:30am, monday morning. as millions of children are once again studying at home, the bbc is today launching the biggest ever education programme in its history. lessons aimed at primary and secondary pupils will be broadcast across tv and online. one of those behind the project is professor brian cox, who joins us now alongside the bbc‘s director general, tim davie. good morning, both. good morning. good morning, both. good morning. good money. thank you forjoining us. good money. thank you forjoining us. civilly parents and children waking up this morning thinking, here go again. it is intimidating, isn't it, what is your recommendation? it is. if you remember back in march and april, the bbc had a primarily online offering which was tremendous. it is a place where it is very challenging for parents to become teachers. actually, it is impossible because teaching is a profession and most people are not professional teachers. this material is p

pretty good dad and husband, but i wouldn't if i heard the bbc say, "sunday morning and he's still in bed, his wife downstairs making breakfastons he knows he can provide assistance, yet he ideally scrolls through his twitter feed, looking for what even he doesn't know." so can politicians and the media stop using the words banana republic or third world country to describe what happened yesterday? please i mean, there have been violent insurrections in this country before and without consequences. it's going to happen again that's why the people responsible for this violence must be held accountable, from the top down they should be removed from the white house and expelled from congress the fbi, for its part, announced that they are seeking to identify individuals instigating violence in washington, d.c. we are accepting tips and digital media depicting rioting or violence in or around the u.s. capitol on january 6th. oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh i have a tip >> we will never give up we will never concede. you have to get your people to fight. we're going to walk down to the capitol. [ cheering ] and we're going to cheer on ou

bbc weather‘s monthly climate check report. so, until the next weather world... all: goodbye. good morning, welcome to breakfastns. rising covid cases mean some seriously ill patients are being moved to hospitals on the other side of the country. a new era in the uk's relationship with the european union, as the brexit transition period officially ends. good morning. tributes are paid to tommy docherty, the former manchester united and scotland manager, who has died at the age of 92. and it is a particularly cold start to the new year first summer. —7 in some parts of south—west england. full forecast on breakfast. good morning. it's friday, the 1st ofjanuary. happy new year. our top story. as most people across the uk seem to have heeded calls to stay at home on new year's eve, some hospitals in london and the south—east of england say they are now under extreme pressure because of rising coronavirus cases. they say some seriously ill patients are being moved to intensive care units in other parts of the country. 0ur health correspondent, katharine da costa, reports. like several major hospitals in the capital

we saw that the domestic hotels and bed and breakfasts were seeing an uptick in their reservations. and that's what they are reporting at the moment. the bbcpen last summer was that this idea of the quarantine period that people are returning to the uk from abroad from covid hotspots had to quarantine for ten days, for example, the people didn't necessarily have the holiday allowance for that all the money to be able to afford that, so they have opted to travel to mystically. so we are seeing hotels report that increase in interest. however, they have had a tough time too, they are in lockdown and unable to take bookings. so this might go some way to plug that hole in revenues but not a huge amount.— to plug that hole in revenues but not a huge amount. some industries, some businesses _ not a huge amount. some industries, some businesses certainly _ not a huge amount. some industries, some businesses certainly have i some businesses certainly have thrived during lockdown. technology notably. any results out for us, vishala? �* . . notably. any results out for us, vishala? �* , , .,, notably. any results out for us, vishala? �* ,, vishala?

bbc london in half an hour. now though it's back to louise and dan. bye for now. hello, this is breakfastr detective who were at the heart of the real life investigation that's inspired the new drama, the pembrokeshire murders. it's the second day of our lockdown life series. this morning we'll be joined by children's presenters maddie moate and greg foot. they'll be sharing fun science experiments for families to try over the next few weeks. i like the idea of and from keeping up the christmas tree to gazing at the night sky, we've been hearing about the ways you're trying to stay the prime minister has warned the uk is facing a "perilous moment" in the pandemic, and urged people not to become complacent with lockdown rules despite the vaccine roll—out. 2.3 million people in the uk have already had the jab so far. we're joined now by gp dr rosemary leonard. to talk about that and so many other things. just on the vaccine, how are you doing at your surgery? have you got it yet, can you give it to people? not yet, but it is coming on friday. we are starting on friday evening and working th