christmas is calling and london's oxford street is decked out in its famous seasonal decorations. so what are this year's trends an abundance of glitter and glamour will certainly get us into the festive spirit. and seasonal rock'n'roll is all the rage this year. but just trust the show is all about. with your family and friends who really enjoy the different materials and how much they. can seek when christmas stocking certainly spice things up. silver gold and black are the colors of choice this season. a litter of no more. and you could even get a tiny prints to adorn your christmas tree. when choosing a rock'n'roll christmas. i think for many many years we've all been a bit afraid of going for. the cia with the time to do it so feel free to embrace your inner rock and roller and decorate your tree accordingly. what else how about some fabulous food themed christmas decorations. this christmas i think we're really excited about the food trend that we've seen and that brings a sense of place to the christmas tree so we have things like cool and. some bagels so. you know we seen

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i walk down oxford street this morning and the amount of sciences said 50% off the amount of sciencesstore, and online we are working with the retailers that are 40 or 50% across every single product. very differently deals out there. people have to be careful about doing their research and going online, having a look to see, and seeing if the deal is sure or not. it less of a bit of desperation, doesn't it? 50% off everything? the retailers doesn't it? 5096 off everything? the retailers are saying goes on in the signal to consumers let's get you shopping. coming up to christmas, they want to get people in and get people to purchase items themselves. black friday tends to be purchasing items for — they had been saving up for themselves, trade, then think about products for love ones for christmas. we have delivered there, but thank you for coming in and taking us through all of that. thank you. let's go to japan now where carlos ghosn has been sacked as chairman of nissan after nearly two decades at the helm of the car giant, following his arrest for alleged financial misconduct. he h

and regent street closed southbound from oxford circus to little argyll street for utility works. 20 routes are on diversion. now the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a rather grey, misty and murky start out there this morning. and, i'm afraid, this cloud is going to stay with us for much of the day. good news, though, it should stay predominantly dry. this cloud, you might get some thinner areas here and there, leading to perhaps brighter spells, but there's really not much in the way of sunshine to get excited about. the breeze, although reasonably gentle coming from the east, still chilly but not as cold as yesterday. the maximum temperature between 9—10 celsius, so into double figures at least. overnight tonight, you can see we still have a lot of cloud. it may again break here and there, leading to mistiness by dawn tomorrow morning. the minimum temperature, relatively mild — between 5—7 celsius. again, a rather grey, misty, murky start to saturday. could see one or two showers,

yes, last year we saw a mass panic on 0xford yes, last year we saw a mass panic on oxford street, andt who is the decision maker here? who is going to take control of the situation down on the shopfloor? we want people to think about run, hyde, tell. what does that mean in practice? where could you go to, where are your exit, where could you hyde, how could you prepare that place to hide if you wa nted prepare that place to hide if you wanted to? hackney has seen the highest rate of growth in house prices of all london boroughs in the last 20 years. figures from estate agent ludlow thompson show the average price of a home there has jumped 489% since 1998. experts say it is partly down to the area's arts scene and thriving nightlife, which has attracted young professionals. the whale living in a stretch of the thames may be able to survive there, according to experts. nicknamed benny the beluga, it was first spotted off the coast of gravesend nearly two months ago. thousands have flocked to the area to catch a glimpse. the whale's behaviour and food sources are being carefully monitor

staying with shopping — because europe‘s busiest shopping street — that‘s oxford street here in london and bond streets and says the area it will have contributed £11 billion to the uk economy by 2019. let‘s talk to jace tyrrell, chief exectuive of the new west end company. good morning. let‘s talk about that wider challenge for the high street, we‘ll get onto the christmas lights and a second. you‘ve got a good overview of what‘s happening, how is it out there right now for retailers ? it out there right now for retailers? really challenging, this isa retailers? really challenging, this is a sector in complete transformation, at the sharp end here in the west end, customers are changing the way they shop and technology is rapidly enhancing. there is a lot of lot of uncertainty for businesses at the moment in the uk. it is a challenging period and it‘s affected our numbers for this christmas. you switch on the lights tonight, the big run—up to christmas, the most important time for retailers to make back some of the difficulties they‘ve faced during the year. what do those retailers ne

it is exhausting, we are at brand oxford street in london and getting through the streets of mayhem,christmas. it is thought the average person will spend about £244 over the black friday weekend which is a lot, it is an average figure, people will spend less or more of course. but not everybody is convinced. there is some thought that the impetus and the growth for black friday is slowing down. is every says that half of us are not going to spend anything at all on black friday and it is black friday to deep but do you know what other day it is today? no? it is national spend nothing day. all of this started in the us so let‘s cross over now to new york. how big a deal of it is it in the united states, that all black friday thing? of it is it in the united states, that all black friday thing7m comes after the thanks giving holiday in america, a bit like christmas when people get together with their family, sit down and enjoy a big meal and now it is followed by big friday —— black friday. in marxist art of the holiday, —— friday. in marxist art of the holiday, — — it friday. in marx

reminds me of that lovely line from dorothy l sayers novel "gaudy night" about walking to the streets of oxford and listening to the college cloks as she says "in friendly disagreement." i love that idea and i prefer the world where there is utter precision and friendly disagreement. >> stacy: you bring me to the last question, i can't help but ask you, your strong in trade is so muchst clarity on the page so here o you are writing a book with a title which is exactly or the perfectionist, or has precision in the title. clarity is your speciality, did you feel you had to bring this to a new standard, was there additional pressure on you in some way? >> simon: i knew this would happen, i have never had a book where more readers have pointed out mercifully infelicities, so when i sent the messages to the publishers i don't say here is a list of 170 corrections. i say, 175 improvements. [laughter] >> stacy: because it's in the terminology. there's a microphone in the middle if there. are questions from the audience. in the meantime we all use gps every day, and i had no idea how gps really works r

but that reminds me of that lovely line from the novel gordian night about walking through the streets of oxford and listening to the college clocks chiming midnight. she says in friendly disagreement. [laughter] >> host: i prefer a world with friendly disagreement that other precision. >> host: you bring a perfect events to a last question and we will take questions from the audience but i can't help but ask you. your stock in trade has so much clarity on the page, the perfectionists have precision in the title, clarity is the specialty, do you feel you had to bring this to a standard with additional pressure on you in some way? >> guest: the paper book is going to come out, i never had a book with more readers pointing out, mercifully small, and here is a list of 175 corrections. i would say 175 improvements. >> if there are questions from the audience. we all use gps every day. do you want to speak quickly? the two clocks in easton? >> guest: two rival inventors, the way it is done now has formidably accurate clocks in 32 satellites with gps devices and the time that signals take to travel fr

oxford. you do get this real sense that race is overshadowing this whole debate. certainly these controversial comments have made the headlines. they would have been talked about in the streetsg station this morning, there is absolutely no doubt that many people have come out and they're putting their votes in because they have listened to these comments, and they have reacted one way or the other to them. but it does also give you the sense that potentially both democrats and republicans have managed to get their base out in this election. also making news today — a court in crimea has ordered that twelve of the ukrainian sevicemen captured at sea by russian forces be held for two months. it comes after the russian national security service, the fsb, released recordings of some of the men apparently making confessions. ukraine says the videos were recorded under duress. facebook chief mark zuckerberg was empy—seated at a westminster committee enquiry, after he failed to turn up to answer questions in the uk parliament. the commitee brought together politicans from nine countries to push forward their enquiry into facebook‘s use of personal data. the absence of the facebook

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street. you are the guy from the west wing. i've watched it 15 times all the way through. here we go, 15 times. honestly, my favourite. thank you. what about oxfordtime. rob lowe's live show is called "stories i only tell my friends". you're watching breakfast. still to come this morning, we'll be live with the one show‘s matt baker, as he enters the final leg of children in need's ‘rickshaw challenge' before tonight's big show. it would have done 423 miles in this entire challenge and his then getting a lot of public support, people have been jumping getting a lot of public support, people have beenjumping on our bikes and locking the hourjourneys, having at all up—to—date. he is arriving at the ferry terminal to com plete arriving at the ferry terminal to complete this last leg of the rickshaw challenge. a big programme this evening. lots of entertainment as usual and lots of powerful stories. hopefully to help you help the charity out. lots coming up. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm asad ahmad. homes in london are taking longer to sell than they did a year ago. it follows a similar pattern across t