judith moritz reports.and evening match prep, trent alexander—arnold could have been forgiven for spending yesterday afternoon at home. but instead, he chose to bring christmas to a roomful of children who wouldn't otherwise have had much to celebrate. applause. hello. the liverpool defender bought them all sacks of presents. he takes his role as a charity ambassador very seriously, understanding that though he's just 20, he's already a role model. i probably am and the kids are probably looking up to me and i think that, yeah, once you understand that you're a role model, these sorts of things are something that you want to do more often, because people might want to follow in your footsteps. and seeing me do these type of things, hopefully they'll do it in the future, and that's something that can only benefit the whole city. though there were a few everton fans in the room, the children were thrilled with their scouse santa. it felt amazing to actually meet a football player, and to get a present off a f

our north of england correspondent judith moritz went to meet him.tch prep, trent alexander—arnold could have been forgiven for spending yesterday afternoon at home, but instead, he chose to bring christmas to a roomful of children who wouldn't otherwise have had much to celebrate. applause hello. the liverpool defender bought them all sacks of presents. he takes his role as a charity ambassador very seriously, understanding that though he's just 20, he's already a role model. i probably am and the kids are probably looking up to me and i think that, yeah, once you understand that you're a role model, these sorts of things are something that you want to do more often, because people might want to follow in your footsteps and seeing me do these type of things, hopefully they'll do it in the future, and that's something that can only benefit the whole city. though there were a few everton fans in the room, the children were thrilled with their scouse santa. it felt amazing to actually meet a football player, and to get a present off a football player,

judith moritz, bbc news, liverpool. merry christmas. michael beer.yers playing in the premier league today. ariana grande and take that are among some of the stars who are celebrating a record—breaking year in the uk charts. ariana grande's ‘thank u, next‘ achieved the most streams in a week ever — 111.9 million times over seven days. data released by the official charts company revealed the artists who enjoyed the most success in 2018. veteran boyband take that had the fastest selling album of the year, with their reimagined greatest hits collection, odyssey. good morning if you havejustjoined us. good morning if you havejustjoined us. you're watching breakfast. it is nine minutes past eight. time for a look at the newspapers. paul horrocks, former newspaper editor, is here to tell us what's caught their eye. morning. merry christmas. merry christmas to you. we'll speak to paul in a minute. here's a look at the front pages. the duchesses of cambridge and sussex feature on many boxing day front pages, with the daily mirror declaring that the royals e