when the application was first submitted the royal parks association, managing parliament square, theyected it on the grounds that it was not supported by lady thatcher's family. was that on the grounds of possible vandalism? yes, i think the handbag thing is a funny story but to me it feels like the key objection is they are worried that if the statue goes up are worried that if the statue goes up in are worried that if the statue goes upina are worried that if the statue goes up in a place like parliament square, the site of a lot of demonstrations, both of us work in parliament, there is usually some sort of demonstration or meeting or gathering in that space every day. with margaret thatcher, although she was the first female prime minister of this country, she is a divisive figure and i can imagine that a statue would be a target for vandals and why it could be a target in a place like that. thank you to both of you. apologies for the late start again. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, seven days a week.

it is an ungodly hour to be honest to be rehearsing in parliament square. come down. if you have any neighbours near, they will not be happy. such enthusiasm at such an ungodly hour. and you have had a go at cheerleading before. yeah! on top ofa pyramid. at cheerleading before. yeah! on top of a pyramid. it is very gymnastic! it isa of a pyramid. it is very gymnastic! it is a very difficult sport to do. 0n more mainstream matters, what an end to the year. city nearly slipped up. christa palace must be kicking themselves. —— crystal palace. time now for the sport with mike. late penalty drama in both of yesterday's premier league games. crystal palace missed a late one to snatch a win over leaders manchester city, as their 18 match unbeaten run came to an end yesterday, while west brom salvaged a point with a dubious penalty over arsenal. adam wild rounds up the action. the message from fans was clear enough. still, it is hard to imagine how things could get any better for manchester city. never has a team been so far ahead at the end of the year. to their p

it starts at green park, goes through picadilly, and ends up in parliament square.ou could do worse. that is it from us. thank you. and thank you to your guests. it is great to see you at such an ungodly hour. it was almost a stunning end to the year. it was almost a stunning end to the yea r. crystal palace it was almost a stunning end to the year. crystal palace came so close to ending the unbeaten run of manchester city. late penalty drama in both of yesterday's premier league games. crystal palace missed a late one to snatch a win over leaders manchester city, as their 18 match unbeaten run came to an end yesterday, while west brom salvaged a point with a dubious penalty over arsenal. adam wild rounds up the action. still, it is rather hard to imagine just how things could get any better the message from fans was clear enough. still, it is rather hard to imagine just how things could get any better for manchester city. never has a team been so far ahead at the end of the year. to their potential, well, there seems no end. but against crystal palace, this was a n

we‘re in parliament square.t chloe. good morning. so you have done this once before, is that right? yes, i did this trip la st that right? yes, i did this trip last year too. what was it like? what‘s the day like? last year too. what was it like? what's the day like? it was awesome. it was an amazing trip. good luck today. happy new year to you. thank you. happy new year. we also have marching bands. look at these guys. off marching bands. look at these guys. off you go. they are from california. an 80 piece marching band. they are feeling like they want to celebrate this morning at this ungodly hour! while you watch the band i‘m going to have a chat with colin and fiona. coldge, good morning to you. good morning. tell me why you‘re here today? morning to you. good morning. tell me why you're here today? happy new year to everybody. we're here to play with the ufo silver band. we're here to celebrate. you have been working with schoolchildren in and around grenfell tower, is that right? our truck, we're playing

would you be standing there in parliament square?ey go up to rochdale town hall where the bells are similar. let us go there. regional rebalancing. we should have some stamps as well.” have read about this. royal mail disgrace, how, if people want to make a case for stamps, is there a mechanism. there were stamps when we joined the eec, they are tucked away. have you got them? of course. on the exit we... i treasure thresh yourthem, asi on the exit we... i treasure thresh yourthem, as i do on the exit we... i treasure thresh your them, as i do all my stamps. you can collect a set. to make the story complete you need the exiting sta m ps story complete you need the exiting stamps as well. we must leave it there for this hour, that is it for the papers for this hour. you can see the front—pages of the papers online. it's all there for you, seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. a car bomb in paris. a widow returns to the western isles, joined before long

just to tell you, the parade in 2009, before that, i should say, used to start in parliament square and at green park station, but they have reversed it because of the massive american television audience in the united states, if they start at green park station and end here the americans get to see much more of the iconic views of london. our reporter talking to be a short time ago. it looks pretty pleasant out there. what about the weather prospects for the rest of the day. the rain is clearing the south east of england, but we have quite a few showers around elsewhere, notably gci’oss showers around elsewhere, notably across northern england and parts of wales and the midlands. those will push further south for a while and later in the night they will fade away and we will see the winds easing and skies clearing allowing temperatures to dip away. frost more widely across scotland, but frost elsewhere in some rural areas, but again, things change quickly on tuesday. we have got rain coming into western areas with stronger winds. the rain pushes eastwards through the morning. doesn't l

10,000 people took part in the festivities parade going strong since 1987 runs from piccadilly to parliament squareoks like a great time was had by all. >>> in minnesota i don't know about these people. i guess they're brave. maybe not so smart. maybe albeit of both. taking a dive into the icy lake minute talk k 28th annual ice dive but it's for a good cause it raises money for wounded veterans. the cause good i don't know they're going to be all right. kristen what's coming up in sports. >> i'm cold here in the studio. dike that. eagles are going to have an experience team coming here in two weeks looking falcons, saints or panthers. coming up how the birds are responding to their regular season finale loss to dallas and the reason why nick foles says the eagles will still get it done. that's next. ♪ pro tip: giant has great prices on produce. raspberries for john... strawberries for amy... what's a jicama? thanks! amazing produce prices. only at giant. ♪ >>> it wasn't pretty actually the eagles offense the last couple of weeks now hasn't looked great. they'll tell that you but what they refuse to

counsellors reject the plans for this margaret thatcher statue in parliament square.as pm, and they worry about vandalism. david davis has made his first commons committee appearance of the year, coming before the mps who are trying to keep tabs on brexit. there was much discussion of the proposed transition phase, the period immediately following our withdrawal in march next year. a conservative eurosceptic, jacob rees—mogg, raised the issue of the ecj, the european court ofjustice. the uk is subject to the european court ofjustice, to its new rules relating to the single market. and is paying into the european budget. are we not a vassal state? no we are not. not today. we have a representative on the board ofjustice. as i said earlier, to colleagues, i take the view that the transition is a little different. if that were going to be the case, in perpetuity, my answer would probably be yes, but the answer for sure time is no. isn't this very serious? it is hard to think of any precedent in the world where an independent nation has taken the judgements of a foreign c

where plans for margaret thatcher's statue alongside alleged war criminal winston churchill on parliament square were ject it because of revelations it on next guest's book maybe not but there's no doubt that britain's former diplomatic service chief has created waves with this month's publication of his diaries behind diplomatic lines relations with ministers lloyd wright former ambassador to syria and saudi arabia service permanent undersecretary of state for foreign affairs and as head of the u.k. diplomatic service he joins me now thanks a lot right for covering on the show what exactly was mrs thatcher's view all for the emancipation of the black majority in south africa well i've recorded the conversation with me before i became p u s now about the u.s. stands for secretary. but i have recorded the conversations i had when i was invited to lunch for my previous house who is going to washington. and my recollection of the conversation was that mrs thatcher shared a very marked preference for maintaining a. white majority. land in southern africa. it's not that surprising given there were ha

just tell you that the parade in 2009 or before 2009 i should say used to start here at parliament square it because of the massive american television audience in the united states — if they start at green park station and end here, the americans get to see an awful lot more of the iconic views of london. and with any luck, come and spend a few more dollars here as tourists. i have to say, that dress would brighten up any one's new year's day. as fireworks lit jakarta's sky, over 400 couples gather to celebrate the turning of a new chapter in their lives. though hundreds of couples we re lives. though hundreds of couples were involved, individuals made their day special by wearing a traditional indonesian outfit and headdress. just hours before midnight, the mass wedding commenced with the arrival of jakarta's governor. it was the cost of marriage ceremonies he had come to resolve. the city government raised money to make a legally binding marriage possible, allowing children of these unions to be legally recognised. the money also stretched to covering the indonesian wedding tradition o

there's no access from parliament square to whitehall because of the works there. will stay mostly cloudy as well and that is all because of this cold front. it has been moving across very gradually overnight and will continue to do so during the day. it is taking its time. it may take most of the morning, at least, for this cloud to begin to thin and maybe break. you could still get some rain first being, —— first thing, hoping we could get some brighter weather. maximum temperatures it in up to nine or 10 celsius. overnight tonight it could move further back and become cloudy again. we could get one or two macleay spells further west, meaning missed and developing. spots of light rain and drizzle. temperatures between four degrees and five celsius. a murky start morning. but mr and fog might ta ke start morning. but mr and fog might take its time to lift, but when it does, it will lift into low cloud. another rather grey day. temperatures up to eight celsius on thursday. as we go through thursday evening of thursday night temperatures dropping again. mist and fog

playing to the crowds the march from piccadilly to parliament square is screened across the world it's the thirty second annual parades and this is thing as you can see it was show time. that's. at the top stories for you now at least fourteen people have reportedly died during anti-government protests in iran state media says most of the deaths occurred on sunday night is reporting that security forces repelled on protesters who tried to take over police stations and military bases their reports have not been independently verified but iran's government has imposed a social media blackout saying people have the right to protest but not in a violent way. north korea's leader is one the united states that his nuclear forces and now a reality not a threat is in his new year's address kim jong un was more conciliatory toward south korea saying he was open to dialogue and wishing them success for the winter olympics but he warned the u.s. he has a nuclear button on his desk and will defend the country if he feels threatened last month the u.n. approved harsh new sanctions on pyongyang back

govern and the people's discontents becomes intolerable politics spills out from parliament chambers into the streets and squares what does it take to get from peaceful protests to an uprising revolution just toppling governments really bring about the end of people. what happens after a revolution is successful. professor jack goldstone really great to have you on our program today welcome thank you very nice to be here by so let's start with tunisia i remember it was seen as sort of an arab spring poster child now seventy years on the sea or has started yet with new protests and people are saying hardly anything. why is it as a success story well if you compare the conditions in tunisia to those in libya or syria or yemen it still looks great by comparison revolutions in general are messy uncertain if you look at the situation in ukraine after the two thousand and fourteen revolution the transitions are all difficult at least tunisia is not in the civil war get to ukraine but if we talk particularly about tunisia because that's where the arab spring started. in comparison everything is different but if we talk

govern and the people's discontents becomes intolerable politics spills out from parliament chambers into the streets and squares what does it take to get from peaceful protests to an uprising a revolution just toppling governments really bring about the end of people. and what happens after everybody is successful. professor jack goldstone really great to have you on our program today welcome thank you very nice to be here by so let's start with tunisia i remember it was seen as sort of an arab spring poster child now seventy years on the sea or has started yet with new protests and people are saying hardly anything has changed why is it as a success story well if you compare the conditions in tunisia to those in libya or syria or yemen it still looks great by comparison revolutions in general are messy uncertain if you look at the situation in ukraine after the two thousand and fourteen revolution the transitions are all difficult at least tunisia is not in a civil war get to ukraine but if we talk particularly about tunisia because that's where the arab spring started. in comparison everything is different bu

govern and the people's discontents becomes intolerable politics spills out from parliament chambers into the streets and squares what does it take to get from a peaceful protest to an uprising revolution just toppling governments really bring about the end of people. and what happens after a revolution is successful. professor jack goldstone really great to have you on our program today welcome thank you very nice to be here by so let's start with tunisia i remember it was seen as sort of an arab spring poster child now seventy years on the sea or has started yet with new protests and people are saying hardly anything has changed why is it as a success story well if you compare the conditions in tunisia to those in libya or syria or yemen it still looks great by comparison revolutions in general are messy uncertain if you look at the situation in ukraine after the two thousand and fourteen revolution the transitions are all difficult at least tunisia is not in a civil war get to ukraine but if we talk pretty kewl about tunisia because that's where the arab spring started. in comparison everything is different b

govern and the people's discontents becomes intolerable politics spills out from parliament chambers into the streets and squares but what does it take to get from peaceful protests to an uprising so revolution just toppling governments really bring about the end of people's grievances what happens after a revolution is successful. professor jack goldstone really great having you on our program today welcome thank you very nice to be here by so let's start with tunisia i remember it was seen as sort of an arab spring. poster child now seventy years on the seer has started yet with new protests and people are saying hardly anything has changed why is it as a success story well if you compare the conditions in tunisia to those in libya or syria or yemen it still looks great by comparison revolutions in general are messy uncertain if you look at the situation in ukraine after the two thousand and fourteen revolution the transitions are all difficult at least tunisia is not in a civil war get to ukraine but if we talk to take a little about tunisia because that's where the arab spring started. in comparison everythi

there are still many thousands of people on the square in front of parliament and most of those people are demonstrating peacefully the police action against a small number of protesters who've been hurling molotov cocktails and flares is limited to one part of the square most people though are standing their ground not being evacuated and they are not walking away they have decided to stay there and see the protesters of the and meanwhile inside the parliament the bill has as you say been passed along government majority lines in other words one hundred fifty three m.p.'s out of the three hundred seat parliament parent lee also with one independent member of parliament voting with the ruling coalition and that means that greece technically should qualify at this month's euro group on the twenty second of the month to receive its next bailout and supplement of an estimated five billion dollars about four and a half billion euros that should put the government with respect to its current bundle of obligations all prior actions as they're called by the creditors has the eurozone and the

elected into parliament it is moving forward to a democratic society which it never has been so it has been repressive are great but i think there are moves forward people in public squares and retakes people's lives but you cannot change a definite change of access or to go all night just to arabia will help change saudi arabia no i don't think that will make any difference to saudi arabians have to change saudi arabia we can't change it we can't interfere in the democratic changes which are coming and i have us are only objects welcome if you. do you don't think that we are enabling the saudi violence in the middle east no don't forget i've only been to one meeting so far on that was to elect the chairman so i haven't exactly caught very in vogue all us so far no it's certainly not all my fault because i need joint just before christmas when we had a vote to elect the chairman so we have yet to have there was a meeting this week or last week which i was unable to attend but the next few meetings will be quite critical and we will be looking at our policies in the country as to what we're going to do so then we can look quite seriously about who is getting walked and wh

square. that's where all major protests have taken place since the 1989 revolution. they're angry about the governing coalition's attempt to overhaul parliamentaken jaw dushl oversight. romania's president as well as european commission and the united states state department have criticized that move. >>> in honduras military and police clashed with anti-government protesters in several cities across the central american country on saturday. security forces fired tear gas on demonstrators who blocked roads and lit tires on fire. u.n. officials in honduras say at least one man was killed. >>> the demonstrators are protesting the upcoming swearing-in of president hernandez. he was declared the winner of november's election, despite widespread fraud allegations. saturday was the first day of a week of planned nationwide protests. >> we continued following pope francis headed back to rome sunday after his week long trip to south america. throughout the tour the pope has drawn attention to violence against women. >> while visiting the peruvian coastal town of trujillo he called for a culture that repudiates every form of violence. >>> another pier