and flood victims in the village of fishlake near doncaster and people asked how his father was, prince, he is 98, things don't work so well when you are that age. he talked about the treatment he was getting at the private hospital here, he said his father was being well looked after and that was all prince charles said he knew about it. thank you very much indeed. the queen will use her christmas day message to say that 2019 has been "quite bumpy". it comes after a year of intense political debate over brexit, as well as a number of personal events affecting the royal family. her majesty said: ‘the path of course is not always sooth and may at times this year have felt quite bumpy, but small steps can make a world of difference.‘ the duke and duchess of sussex have revealed their festive greeting via the queen's commonwealth trust twitter account. captured in black and white, the image shows their seven—month—old son archie, gazing into the camera. the card was not officially released, instead it was emailed to friends and staff and hard copies sent to family. harry and meghan are cur

this story is about flood defences for the north and places like fish like in doncaster, which suffered campaign, and part of the problem is flood defences are prioritised in areas with greatest population though if you are a village not in a great area of population you tend to be last in the queue for flood defences and here they are calling for something more comprehensive... they want an emergency system. let's go to the times and one million and surgeries where there is no female gp. they aren't filling those places. this goes to the problem where there are enough gps. there are in fact more female doctors than male, apparently, across the country but it says some in some areas as many as three out of four gps in some areas as many as three out offourgps are in some areas as many as three out of four gps are male. lots of them work part—time and lots are women, so work part—time and lots are women, so there's an issue there but the long and the short of it is there just aren't enough gps. if that's the case, sometimes women who want a female mp won't have access to one. does it say

but here they were, earlier in the campaign, the "brexit" party leader nigel farage has been in doncaster party says that it is raising the alarm on the climate emergency. “— raising the alarm on the climate emergency. —— plaid cymru. injusta few hours, the deafening clamour of campaigning will be over, the serenity and solitude of the polling booth will beckon. the country will decide who lives here for up to the next five years, in an election that will bring about big change, whoever wins. so, let's take a further look at where the main parties, conservatives, labour, liberal democrats and snp, are campaigning. and speak to our correspondents around the country — alex forsyth, iain watson, tom symonds and lorna gordon. lets head first to alex. there is a lwa ys lets head first to alex. there is always a bit of a frenzied field to the last day of an election campaign and that is why we saw borisjohnson with that predawn start in west yorkshire, pretending to be a milkman, before dashing out to derbyshire to pose with a pie, and not long landed in south wales, where he is off to visit a

i mean, you know, leeds, doncaster, london made stephen, all of them, nitrogen oxide levels that arerly, the nhs is being impacted by people being unable to breathe, asthma, bronchitis. my mother has it. you really notice people are struggling to breathe just because of the air—quality, the amount of traffic, the fumes, you need to move to electric vehicles, there is a lot to do. will this is s. this is linked to the concentration of economic activity in the big cities and the absence of, well, migration out of that many of the regions. contraction in economic activity there. as much as boosting public transport and all that sort of stuff, re balancing the transport and all that sort of stuff, rebalancing the economy towards the regions is going to be a massive political economic and environmental necessity over the coming years. absolutely. there is a linked story on the front page of the guardian. warnings as australia braces for record heat. linked of course because one of —— one assumes this is climate change. yes, and you are hearing about these incredibly high temperatures acro

andrew white from rail magazine is in doncaster. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. management, people might wonder if this is just a rebranding exercise? different owners, which is a big thing. it will also have responsibility for hs2. that will be the big thing that happens later on. the trends that will be brought in, they will be the ones that are going to be used on the east coast and the gwr franchise. it will be a familiar new lot of rolling stock brought out, too. that will improve important to passengers because the ones they are replacing have been quite unlike for quite some time. so will the painterly new gradually disappear? they are being capped. there will be refurbished. there will be a lot of changes with them. they are a very successful fleet of trains. it is the most unpopular voyager trains that will be replaced with these new ones that will be built in britain. in terms of the attraction for this joint venture between first group and tree in italia, is it then really the hs2 which is the cherry on the cake for them, rather than just a straightfor

to london, it ta kes 150 miles from doncaster to london, it takes 150 minutes on a good day, given ad day, given a fair rent to cover 100 miles from doncaster to liverpool? —— a fair run. another question... have you ever been to manchester? a lot of mrcummings you ever been to manchester? a lot of mr cummings friends would have stayed with friends in cheshire, a delightful place as well. it seems in this rather patronising but rather pointed and quite clever article, plenty of food for thought for boris on the beach in mustique. robert crampton, a very funny writer. where are you going to take us writer. where are you going to take us next? i'm going to the daily express, on page 29. the day margaret thatcher grabbed her handbag and stormed out. my reaction to that was, only once? this was evidently a meeting with the belgian prime minister. i love this time of year when government papers were published. —— are published. she said, we had nothing further to talk about you and i. she grabbed her handbag and stormed out. this was diplomacy lady thatcher style. she later said she regre

the brexit party leader nigel farage has been in doncaster and the green party says it is raising themate emergency. in just a few hours, the deafening clamour of campaigning will be over. the serenity and solitude of the polling booth will beckon. the country will decide who lives here for up to the next five years in election that will bring about a change, whoever wins. in a moment we'll hearfrom tom symonds, who's in wimbledon, where the liberal democrat leader jo swinson is campaigning. but first to our political correspondent alex forsyth, who's in south wales with the conservatives... does this final camp pain they —— day of campaigning feel any different from other days of campaigning? it has a bit more of a frenetic field because there is a sense that the leaders have to be seen to be out and about, eating up the miles and shaking as many hands as possible, posing in front of cameras and repeating their key campaign slogans. that is why we saw borisjohnson campaign slogans. that is why we saw boris johnson up before campaign slogans. that is why we saw borisjohnson up before

well, here he is last month campaigning withjeremy corbyn in doncaster, afterflooding in yorkshire in since 1935, as a string of constituencies in its traditional northern strongholds fell to the conservatives, some for the first time. the review, has been set up by a group called labour together, and will be led by the manchester mp lucy powell. she spoke to bbc breakfast. what we are looking to do is have a really comprehensive objective and most importantly inclusive process to take us into the new year where we hearfrom members, activists, defeated candidates, pollsters and others. we're also going to talk to the public and many of the seats that we lost in the selection to really work out what are some of the underlying trends, some of the issues that we have and how we might seek to address them. labour together describes itself as a network of activists from "all traditions". currently the labour party is hugely split between the left, which backed jeremy corbyn, and right—wingers, or moderates as they call themselves, who blame him and his radical policies for the election def

before we do, we just want to show you a few photos of last night's sunset you've sent in. john in doncasterichelle took this shot at southsea. we have had so many pictures. some have gone carol‘s way as well. sunsets and sunrises as well this morning. that's right. good morning to you. this is one of the sunrises but you can see a lot of folk. we have got fog around which will slowly lift as we go through the course of the day. for many of us it will be mailed with sunny spells but there is some rain. some of us have already got that rain, moving across scotla nd already got that rain, moving across scotland and northern ireland, and it will be sinking steadily southwards, weakening as it does so. by southwards, weakening as it does so. by the time we get into northern england, it will be more patchy. we have got mist and fog across southern parts of england and the midlands. that will lift. starting with clear skies. good sunrises as we said. the chances are that you will hang on to clear skies. maybe fairweather cloud building through the day. sunny spells. temperatures eight to 12 degree

nick fletcher there from doncaster now the mp for don valley. tonight and some of these very big labour seats, as they were. now they are turning towards the conservative. 0f are turning towards the conservative. of course, there will bea conservative. of course, there will be a huge debate about the factors behind these labour performances, these huge labour losses to a3% there in don valley to the tories. a turnout of 60%. it is three and a half thousand plus majority and we see the labour vote there dropping by 18 percentage points to the brexit party vote is up 1a and the tories barely moving even though they gained vote. their percentage only went up by 1%. brexit party had a huge effect there as well. a 9% swing and caroline flint no longer the candidate there. at the moment, let's get some reaction to what has been going on from the foreign secretary. he held his seat. let's go to surrey where we arejoined by dominic raab. your majority is now under 3000 on a night of huge tory victory. why would so many people desert you?m you look at th

the brexit party leader nigel farage has been in doncaster and the green party says it is raising theate emergency. in just a few hours, the deafening clamour of campaigning will be over. the serenity and solitude of the polling booth will beckon. the country will decide who lives here for up to the next five years in an election that will bring about a change, whoever wins. so, let's remind ourselves of where the parties stand on the key issues, and how their policies compare. christian fraser has been taking a look. so, it's almost decision time. i can't go through the manifestos of every party but what i am going to give you is a fast and furious guide to the top policies from each party. so we'll start with the conservatives. if borisjohnson is returned with a majority, his withdrawal agreement bill would be back before parliament before year end, with the aim of leaving the european union byjanuary. labour is promising record spending. an unprecedented spend of £400 billion — a national transformation fund, they call it, including 250 billion for their nationalisation programme.

in sheffield a couple of weeks ago, we saw big rainfall and floods in doncaster and rotherham. world, and we need action on this. that means that everybody, from the youngest climate striker campaigning for change. we need hope at the moment, and a vision of the future very different to the tory one. i think people are fed up with the chaos of our politics and the fact that a third of voters didn't vote, they are the people we need to think about as well, who are feeling really disillusioned and really disenfranchised. we've got a political system that doesn't see a parliament that reflects the views of the people. we got 850,000 votes. inafair, of the people. we got 850,000 votes. in a fair, proportional system, we would have 18 mp5. in a fair, proportional system, we would have 18 mps. but people have looked at those parties for collaboration, and i wonder if you have any regrets that the greens stood againstjo have any regrets that the greens stood against jo swinson have any regrets that the greens stood againstjo swinson in east dunbartonshire without you, she probably wou

prince charles was with flood victims in fishlake in doncaster and was asked by people about his fatheron for their beliefs. mr corbyn said it had been a "difficult" year for many — but christmas was a chance to reflect on hopes for a better world. around 2000 volunteer firefighters will spend their christmas day tackling australia‘s bushfires as the crisis continues. angela burford is one of those unpaid workers who‘ll spend tomorrow on the front line in new south wales. earlier she explained the scale of the task they face. we‘ve still got in the vicinity of 80 bush fires burning across the state, so it‘s been a long summer for us so far, and we‘re only halfway through. but a number of us have put up our hand to work on christmas day, because for us it is just another day working on these fires. so it‘s what we do, we love what we do and we are doing it for the community. it is a difficultjob and we are lucky enough to have 70,000 volunteers across new south wales, so we are resourced depending on of course how the fires are prioritised. there is important work to be done especially t

i have travelled this country over the last five weeks, i spent a lot of time in leeds, doncaster andthose around jeremy corbyn. your ears to what voters were seeing. they simply refuse to pick up on what many labourmp refuse to pick up on what many labour mp candidates were seeing which was thatjeremy corbyn was a massive problem on the doorstep and brexit was an issue but the overriding problem was jeremy brexit was an issue but the overriding problem wasjeremy corbyn andi overriding problem wasjeremy corbyn and iformed overriding problem wasjeremy corbyn and i formed the overriding problem wasjeremy corbyn and iformed the impression going overriding problem wasjeremy corbyn and i formed the impression going to rallies with him that the young supporters were feeding off of each other and their viewers were rebounding off each other and they convince each other that was the world here that everyone shared their enthusiasm forjeremy corbyn. the question is whether last night was a sufficient reality check and i am not sure it was because i feel listen to what they are saying they are

borisjohnson turned up here by private jet, which actually raised a few eyebrows because he was coming from doncaster. they lost nine seats. so the conservative party became the largest party in that local authority. they were just four seats away from a majority, so really fascinating to see how that's changing. the conservative party candidate is not in anyway... he's very demure about the whole thing. he said he is not complacent. peter gibson was saying, when it comes to any potential votes turning from red to blue, it is certainly votes he describes as being on loan and it's very much up to the conservatives to prove that they deserve those votes stop is a really interesting and it will be interesting to see if he, peter gibson, voted remain in the eu referendum so interesting to if that is reflected. if you're talking to the huddles of the different political parties, the conservatives are feeling quite confident. likewise when you speak to the labour campaigners, they feel a stronger message on brexit would have been helpful when they were out campaigning. we are expecting a result very, very