her�*s our media editor amol rajan. here's our media editor amol rajan.w to minimise the harms of life online while reaping the benefits. many of those harms affect children, especially grooming, usually by anonymous abusers. louise, as we've agreed to call her, was targeted when just 11 years old. so, i really, really was after that attention and validation from somebody in my life and abusers recognised these kind of things, they recognise vulnerable people. this abuse stole my teenage years away from me. she is now working with the nspcc to improve child safety online. i really think there needs to be a massive push for online safety for children because it's just not acceptable and there are so many different ways that kids can fall into the traps or these places where there are predators. it shouldn't be up to kids to keep themselves safe on the internet. an important report today by a joint committee on the draft online safety bill which is due, finally, to go through parliament next year, contains recommendations likely to be followed. it suggests

hello and welcome to the travel show, with me, rajan datar. there is no denying that 2021 will not go down as a great year for travel. hotels, airlines, tour operators and all of us who wanted to get away have had to cope with ever—changing rules and restrictions to do what we simply took for granted two years ago, before the pandemic struck. so, this week on the show, we are looking back at 2021 and some of our favourite stories of the year. and it was a year when many of us started changing the way we think about travel. in a moment, we have a report from mike in kenya about how the pandemic meant that many kenyans can now afford to take a safari holiday for the very first time. first up, sustainability was a big topic this year, and that is why back in august i took a voyage on a ship that is hoping to change the way that some cruise passengers travel. the golden horizon weighs a whopping 8,770 tonnes and took five years to be built in croatia. it is taking me on a 160—mile journey to the isle of wight off the south coast of england, before

amol rajan, bbc news.personal use of cannabis. residents celebrated in the streets with lawmakers after the measure passed parliament. the legislation will also allow adults to grow up to four plants at home or possess up to seven grams — although smoking in public will still be illegal. and finally, think unesco—protected status and ancient monuments may come to mind. but how about this: (music playing). congolese rumba — one of the most popular musical genres in africa — hasjust been added to the un agency's cultural heritage list. it is the culmination of campaigning by two countries — the democratic republic of congo and neighbouring congo—brazzaville. you have been watching newsday. that's all for now, stay with bbc news. hello. well, the key message in the weather forecast is that the weather is going to be very settled over the next few days. a big area of high pressure is going to establish itself across the uk, and that means settled conditions, i think, in the run—up to christmas. and on the sate

join us next week when rajan will be spreading some christmas cheer and revisiting some of our favouritee best for travel. i have to be honest with you. that was a little bit frightening. we're in an all—electric revamp of an iconic british motor. did you see that?! this is wild. 11 lions. this is wild. until next time, from me, christa larwood at home finally here in australia and the rest of the travel show team it is goodbye and we will see you next time. hello, hello, everyone, i hope you're doing all right. now, most of us will notice temperatures rising across the uk today, but those rising temperatures will come courtesy of a weather front which, in turn, will also bring some rain, so there is your headline for the weekend. yes, turning milder, but rain at times. let's have a look at the air mass. you can see the blue colours being replaced by the warmer tones, the yellows, the oranges. this triangle here is called the warm sector. you can see it drawing up the milder air from the south. where you see the line, that is the boundary, that is the weather front. and that is what is b

join us next week when rajan will be spreading some christmas cheer and revisiting some of our favouriteeen the best for travel. i have to be honest with you, that was a little bit frightening. we're in an all—electric revamp of an iconic british motor. did you see that?! this is wild. 11 lions. this is wild. until next time, from me, christa larwood at home finally here in australia and the rest of the travel show team it is goodbye and we will see you next time. well, tuesday is going to be generally quite cloudy, perhaps damp in a few places, nothing spectacular. it is december after all. you can see a lot of cloud on the satellite picture, but this little gap in the cloud that's over us right now has actually led to some clear spells across parts of northern england and northern ireland, too, perhaps the north of wales. so, i think these are the most likely areas for fog to form early in the morning. the very far north—west of the uk, wet and windy first thing. the south of the country, really quite mild. look at these starting temperatures — 10 degrees along the channel coast. so, t

join us next week when rajan will be spreading some christmas cheer and revisiting some of our favouriteas not been the best for travel. i have to be honest with you, that was a little bit frightening. we're in an all—electric revamp of an iconic british motor. did you see that?! this is wild. 11 lions. this is wild. until next time, from me, christa larwood at home finally here in australia and the rest of the travel show team it is goodbye and we will see you next time. hello there. the second half of the weekend is going to remain fairly unsettled. a lot of cloud around on sunday but what you will notice, particularly in wales, is it will be very mild indeed. so the north they will be abrasive rain tied in with this area of low pressure, keeping a watch on this area of low pressure, it is going deepen as its guards passed the north—west of the uk to bring jails, even severe gales, north—west of the uk to bring jails, even severe gates, to the far north—west of scotland. but it will bring some rain to the north and west and it will scoop up very mild error across much of the country, p

join us next week when rajan will be spreading some christmas cheer and revisiting some of our favouriteor travel. i have to be honest with you. that was a little bit frightening. we're in an all—electric revamp of an iconic british motor. did you see that?! this is wild. 11 lions. this is wild. until next time, from me, christa larwood at home finally here in australia and the rest of the travel show team it is goodbye and we will see you next time. hello. through sunday we experienced some very mild air working its way northwards across the uk behind this line of cloud. we see on the satellite picture, this is a weather front there and there is another affront waiting to come in from the atlantic linking the two, a centre of low pressure. that will push through the north west of the uk and into the small hours of monday, a very windy evening and night to come for the western isles and northern ireland is of scotland. — northern isles of scotland... some further showers feeding in on that wind generally to north west of the mainland. this front trail await further south, down into engla

in the meantime, from me, rajan datar, and everybody else on the programme, stay healthy, happy and hopefullly all start travelling again. we'll see you in the new year. goodbye. hello, understandably there's always a lot of talk about snow at christmas and whilst there has been some, for many places there hasjust been rain. and lots of rain since christmas eve. this is the radar picture over the past few hours. this weather system has moved through, bringing rain but as you can see we have had snow in the pennines, the hills and scotland and there was this very wintry scene this morning from county durham. we keep a lot of cloud and further outbreaks of rain towards northern and eastern parts of england and on through scotland as we go on through the rest of the afternoon. a very brisk south—easterly wind running into mainly scotland and northeast england, adding an extra chill to things. it is still mild towards the southwest. here and into wales, it will brighten up gradually. there are still a few showers. we continue taking some rain, and some snow and sleet over the highest ground ove

in november, a documentary by the bbc�*s media editor, amol rajan, billed as examining the relationship criticism. this time a highly unusualjoint statement from the three royal households was released, expressing their disappointment that the programme had, in their view, given credibility to overblown and unfounded claims. in the aftermath, a carol concert hosted by the duchess of cambridge, which had been expected to be broadcast by the bbc, was instead offered to itv. 2022 will be unique in royal history, as the queen will be the first british monarch to reach their platinum jubilee, marking 70 years since her accession in 1952. previous jubilees have brought people together to celebrate. it's hoped injune they will be able to gather once again, as they did here for the diamond jubilee in 2012, to pay tribute to britain's longest—reigning monarch. we have some exceptionally mild air on the way with temperatures across parts of england set to surge as high as 17 degrees compared to the december average of eight. the england temperature record is 17.7 so it's going to be close to hitt

join us next week when rajan will be spreading some christmas cheer and revisiting some of our favourites a little bit frightening. we're in an all—electric revamp of an iconic british motor. did you see that?! this is wild. ii lions. this is wild. until next time, from me, christa larwood at home finally here in australia and the rest of the travel show team it is goodbye and we will see you next time. hello. mild night out there. high pressure is also building, and that means that over the next few days, the weather is expected to be settled. it's going to be mild, often cloudy, but a bit of sunshine every now and then as well. so, this is what it looks like through the early hours. we still have a weather front in the north west of the uk, so there is some rain about first thing in the morning. but the rest of the country is dry. and it's very mild first thing in the morning. ten degrees in the south, 8—9 in the north, maybe one or two other spots a little bit colder than that, but certainly frost—free across the uk. the cloud cover on wednesday will vary considerably. some of us will

our media editor, amol rajan, takes a close look at some of the organisations running our digital worlds review of the year. hello. i hope the year has been kind to you. the media industry is defining a new normal, and coming to terms with the second year of a global pandemic. print and distribution costs are growing pretty much everywhere. but so too are online subscriptions and targeted advertising. big tech is more dominant than ever, but governments and regulators around the world, including here in the uk, are waking up to new ways to shape these giants of global media. or at least squaring up for a fight with them. nevertheless, many of the biggest headlines this year came from more traditional media. presenter piers morgan left itv�*s good morning britain after saying that he didn't believe a word that meghan said in that interview with oprah winfrey. concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he is born. ..what? from race to mental health, progressive californian values to the british monarchy, every element of oprah's interview with prince harry and meghan

our media editor, amol rajan, takes a close look at some of the organisations running our digital worldndustry is defining a new normal, and coming to terms with the second year of a global pandemic. print and distribution costs are growing pretty much everywhere. but so too are online subscriptions and targeted advertising. big tech is more dominant than ever, but governments and regulators around the world, including here in the uk, are waking up to new ways to shape these giants of global media. or at least squaring up for a fight with them. nevertheless, many of the biggest headlines this year came

her�*s our media editor amol rajan.how to minimize the harms of life online while reaping the benefits. many of those harms affect children, especially grooming, usually by anonymous abusers. louise, as we've agreed to call her, was targeted when just 11 years old. so, i really, really was after that attention and validation from someone in my life and abusers have recognised these kind of things and recognise venerable people and this abuse stole my teenage years away from me. she is now working with the nspcc to improve child safety online. i really think there needs to be a massive push for online safety for children because it is just not acceptable and there are so many different ways that kids can fall into the traps or these places where there are predators. it should not be up to kids to keep themselves safe on the internet. an important report today by a joint committee on the draught online safety bill which is due, finally, to go through parliament next year, contains recommendations likely to be followed. it

our media editor amol rajan has the details. targeted when 'ust 11 ears old. ,, ., call her, was targeted when 'ust 11 ears old. . , call her, was targeted when 'ust 11 ears old. ., , ., , call her, was targeted when 'ust 11 earsold. ., , ., , years old. so, i really, really was asked -- — years old. so, i really, really was asked -- was— years old. so, i really, really was asked -- was after— years old. so, i really, really was asked -- was after that - years old. so, i really, really was asked -- was after that attention j asked —— was after that attention and validation from someone in my life and abusers have recognised these kind of things and recognise venerable people and this abuse stole my teenage years away from me. she is now working with the nspcc to improve child safety online. l improve child safety online. i really think there needs to improve child safety online. l really think there needs to be a massive push for online safety for children because it isjust massive push for online safety for children because it

now it's time for the travel show with rajan datar.we simply took for granted two years ago before the pandemic struck. so this week on the show we are looking back at 2021 and some of our favourite stories of the year. and it was a year when many of us started changing the way we think about travel. in a moment we have a report from mike in kenya about how the pandemic meant that many kenyans can now afford to take a safari holiday for the very first time. first up, sustainability was a big topic this year and that is why back in august i took a voyage on a ship that is hoping to change the way that some cruise passengers travel. the golden horizon weighs a whopping 8770 tons and took five years to be built in croatia. it is taking me on a 160 mile journey to the isle of wight off the south coast of england before heading to the mediterranean and croatian coast. captain, permission to come on bridge. yes, permission granted. please. now look at this. this is really high—tech. and yet you are the captain of a sailing ship with five mas

amol rajan, bbc news. more people are off school with expected coronavirus.und darlington. she's determined to keep them open. we've already lost in some ways a generation. a cheese tells me covering. it is hard. in recent weeks, we've had to close a year group in primary school because we simply could not cover it in terms of staffing and there were no supplies to be had. the supply agency also said that they were 50% down on the amount of supply teachers that they could provide to schools. hands up if you think air is a mixture. in the classroom, a c02 manager means open windows and energy bills or schools have scored. schools are trying to get through fully open until the end of term. already across this group of schools, more than half of the teachers have had covid since the beginning of the pandemic, making precautions such as opening windows and ventilating classrooms all the more important. especially with christmas coming, there's a lot of push to do all of the testing and wearing masks. we've been told to keep the windows open and doors open, so i'v

join us next week when rajan will be spreading some christmas cheer and revisiting some of our favouritel next time, from me, christa larwood at home finally here in australia and the rest of the travel show team it is goodbye and we will see you next time. good morning. welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and katherine downes. our headlines today: further accusations of rule breaking after this picture shows the prime minister did take part in a christmas quiz while restrictions were in place last year. a boost for the booster programme as over 30—year—olds can book theirjabs tomorrow in england, but there are warnings the uk could face a record wave of infections. more than 100 people are feared dead, after powerful tornadoes hit six us states and reduced whole towns to rubble. one of the greatest formula one seasons comes to a climax today. it's a winner—takes—all abu dhabi grand prix, with lewis hamilton chasing max verstappen, who's in pole position. going the extra mile. two years after being diagnosed with mnd, we mark the incredible journey of former leeds rhinos player rob bu

in november, a documentary by the bbc�*s media editor, amol rajan, billed as examining the relationshipe death of her husband, prince philip. merry christmas from windsor. the queen will be spending the day here and like many of us her plans were disrupted by coronavirus. a return to gathering for midnight mass — the archbishop of westminster says places of worship should stay open. in a few hours, a telescope that will delve deeper into the universe than ever before will be launched into orbit. this and breakfast regulars hughie and freddie find out how the money they've raised is bringing christmas cheer to children in hospital. for many of us we will have to keep on dreaming of a white christmas. for some, on dreaming of a white christmas. forsome, it on dreaming of a white christmas. for some, it has happened and there is more still to come for others tonight. i will have your full forecast here on your christmas edition of the breakfast. good morning. it's christmas day, 25th december. our main story. the queen's televised christmas day message is expected to be a very personal one