19/12/2016 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

Thousands of workers launch a wave of strikes,

hitting postal services and rail companies in the run

Services at some of the Post Office's larger branches will be

affected, and passengers on the rail network in the south east of England

are also being told to expect disruption.

Good morning, it's Monday the 19th of December.

The evacuation of thousands of people trapped in eastern Aleppo

has resumed with around 350 moved out on buses last night.

I'm live with Durham Constabulary during one of the busiest weeks

of the year to show the reality of modern day policing.

In particular the rise of mental health incidents that are taking up

Could flat-pack houses built in factories be the answer

I'll be looking at a new ?2 billion scheme to deliver more new homes.

A ?2.5 billion joint venture to create six factories to make

modular houses will be announced today.

In sport, Andy Murray is the Sports Personality

The Olympic and Wimbledon champion beat the triathlete

Alistair Brownlee and show jumper Nick Skelton into second and third.

And guess who else I managed to catch up with on the red carpet?

glitter-ball trophy, Ore.

Good morning. This morning there is some fog around, that might make you

cry, it will slowly lift for most but it will stick around the Vale of

York and linkage for most. Rain in the forecast in parts of the south

east and north-east, but in between there's sunshine. More details in 15

minutes. -- Lincolnshire. Thousands of post office workers

are beginning strike action today. The walkout by the Communication

Workers Union is the latest move in a dispute over pension changes,

job security and closures. Industrial action this week

will also affect airports and Southern Rail services,

as Keith Doyle reports. This last week before Christmas is

already busy and stressful. But strikes and industrial action could

make it a Christmas of discontent for many. On the trains, Southern

Railway passengers face more disruption as 400 conductors strike

today and tomorrow. Is not expected to cause the same level of

disruption as last week's strikes by drivers, however many routes and

services will be affected. 3500 workers are starting a five-day

strike today at the post office and it could see the closure of larger

high street branches, although the Post Office says disruption to the

public should be minimal. A line Travellers face double trouble this

week as baggage handlers working for Swiss port are set to strike on

Friday and Saturday. This will mainly affect regional airports. But

a strike by 4500 British Airways cabin crew overpaid could also see

flights disrupted on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. There are efforts

being made to resolve these disputes. BA management and the

union Unite will meet today and a meeting tomorrow to resolve the

baggage handlers' dispute is due to be held but the Post Office strike

is on and there seems little prospect of an early end to the

long-running dispute between the RMT union and Southern Railway, meaning

300,000 commuters face even more disruption. BBC News.

Keith Doyle is at Victoria Station in London with the latest

What do we know, what might have changed today? Victoria station just

coming to life but for many thousands of commuters making their

journey today, it will be a long and difficult journey. Some routes are

cancelled but many routes, nearly all the routes, seem to have some

sort of delays on them. Southern Railway are saying that there's

going to be packed trains, many services are going to be cancelled.

Looking at those other strikes as well, talking about the Post Office,

the Post Office managers are saying 97% of branches will be open but the

problems could be if other union members decide not to cross picket

lines. All these strikes are going to affect people in the run-up to

Christmas, so there's going to be a difficulty getting festive cheer in

this week running up to Christmas. Thanks, Kate. See you later on. --

Keith. Just after 6:30am we'll speak

to a Conservative MP about whether he thinks the rules

surrounding strike action We'll also hear from

the Deputy General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress

later in the programme. The evacuation of the ruins of east

Aleppo in Syria has resumed. Around 350 people, said by aid

workers to be in a terrible condition, were brought out

of the city last night on buses but thousands are still

waiting to leave. The United Nations Security Council

will vote today on plans to send UN Not as soon as they would have

liked, not in the circumstances many would have wanted, but at last

the buses arrived to take hundreds These people may now be refugees

in their own country, Some were met by charity workers

in Turkey who provided medical care, Many, though, have nowhere else

to go, so they end up It's cramped, it's muddy,

but for now, it is much safer TRANSLATION: It is better

than it was in Aleppo. We have new friends walking

and playing together. There was a food shortage back

there but we're eating food here. We hated life but here we are eating

biscuits and everything! Over the weekend, evacuations

were put on hold, with both sides blaming each other for

breaking their word. This bus was set to take people out

of government-controlled areas, but was besieged by rebels

and set alight, delaying Later on, the UN Security Council

will agree on a deal to monitor evacuations with the hope

that the process can speed up. In the short-term, those who have

left Aleppo may feel the release of safety, but there

are no guarantees. Idlib Province, where many

are heading, may well be the next The number of lives lost due

to suicide in England is unacceptable according

to a group of MPs. It remains the biggest cause

of death in men under 49. In a report, the Health

Select Committee says a government prevention strategy

for England in 2012 didn't result It's due to be updated

early next year. It was 13 years ago. Angela and her

partner, Mark, had two young sons. He had no history of mental illness

but he took his own life. One minute you're talking to them on the phone

and the next many you never going to speak to them again. I think the

shock of that almost... Your head kind of tricks you into thinking

this can't be real. She now heads a national charity supporting those

affected by suicide. She also presented a BBC documentary

encouraging people to talk more about the issue. My work and the

work of the trustees and volunteers was to really kind of break that

isolation that exists. The report says a government suicide prevention

strategy for England in 2012 didn't achieve its aim is. The report's

proposals include: The key message here is that suicide

is preventable. And what we heard from one witness very powerfully was

that... She said it wasn't my son that was hard to reach, it was the

services that were hard to reach. A Department of Health spokesperson

said every death by suicide was tragic for families and an updated

strategy during next year would address many of the issues raised by

the committee. Angela has welcomed the report. She hopes it will make a

difference and will help prevent more of the sort of devastating

losses she had to endure. Hugh Pym, BBC News.

Just after 8am, we'll speak to a father whose son killed himself

Police officers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have seen

mental health-related callouts increase by more than a quarter

according to figures obtained by BBC Breakfast.

30 out of 49 forces answered the Freedom

The government says it has halved the use of police cells to deal

with people undergoing a mental health crisis and that officers

are now working more closely with healthcare services.

We used to often take people into custody so they would be there for a

number of hours while they're being assessed, so it's not the right

environment. If we did take them into custody often we would take

them to accident and emergency, which, again, isn't the right place

to take them. In around ten minutes you can see

how Breakfast's John Maguire got with Leicestershire Police's mental

health team. A special sitting of

the Stormont Assembly will be held today to examine a green energy

scheme that's been described as the biggest financial scandal

ever in Northern Ireland. Stormont's First Minister Arlene

Foster will face a motion of no confidence during

today's proceedings. But she's rejected calls

from Sinn Fein to step aside during an investigation

into the project, which is thought Our Ireland correspondent

Chris Buckler reports. Arlene Foster was a popular choice.

When she was selected to become DUP leader and Northern Ireland's First

Minister almost exactly a year ago. But she is now under pressure and

facing damaging accusations, some of which come from within her own

party. This is Foster was enterprise minister when a badly flawed green

energy scheme was set up. It's left 2000 businesses in a position where

the more they burned, the more they earn -- Mrs Foster. The scheme works

like this. For every ?1 of you company uses they are paid around ?1

60, that was to encourage them to buy environmentally friendly

boilers. But because initially there were no caps or limits its projected

to have gone ?400 million over budget. Last week a DUP politician

accused officials from within his own party of delaying crucial

changes to the scheme despite warnings. The special advisers of

the DUP interfered in my decision-making. I have this too

close to a less lucrative rake. Mr Bell's claims have been denied by

the DUP and he has been suspended from the party. But they have

stirred up old divisions at Stormont with the DUP rejecting calls from

their partner in government, Sinn Fein, for Arlene Foster to step

aside during an investigation. The First Minister will face a motion of

no-confidence today. It's expected to fail but it will be the most

heated debates. Chris Buckler, News, Belfast.

The Hungarian-born actress and socialite

Her age was a closely guarded secret, but she was thought

Her husband announced her death yesterday evening.

She made more than seventy films, but as one of the first

socialites, she helped invent a new kind of fame out of multiple

By her own reckoning she was only married eight-and-a-half times.

She didn't really count a Spanish Duke, who she left

This report from Nick Higham contains some flashing images.

Zsa Zsa Gabor may have been a great beauty,

I know everything - I heard the verdict.

I must take that risk, and so must you.

Her screen career was undistinguished, though it did

include camp classics like the truly terrible Queen Of Outer Space.

If you must go, promise me you're going to come back to me.

Her greatest role was as herself, one of the first professional

celebrities, famous for simply being famous.

She was rich, she was gorgeous, she was outrageous and she ate

Her last marriage, in 1986, was her eighth,

or ninth, if you include an illegal ceremony conducted at sea.

Women don't even get married any more today.

They said you have to get married, legalised, which was done but now

I just leave myself to live in sin, it's wonderful.

We have to look after their house and they cheat on you.

In 1989, she was briefly jailed for hitting a Hollywood traffic cop

She was well into her 70s, though during the court case

she was accused of doctoring her driving licence to disguise her age.

By then, her film career had collapsed into self-parody.

Every time I see you, I get lumps in my throat.

But she never lost a certain innocence, nor her wit.

As she once said, "I'm a marvellous housekeeper.

"Every time I leave a man, I keep his house".

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

Sally is he with the weather. She turned up this morning after the

Sports Personality of the Year awards last night. Multitalented.

Multi- skilling us always. We are moving, removing the party wristband

for the party I never went to. What a night it was. A wonderful night

for Andy Murray again. That trophy looks like it has been through the

ringer. If you look carefully varies silver tape on one of the legs to

hold it together. He was delighted with it. He has won this title for a

record third time. He was awarded a ahead of Lennox Lewis. There they

are and 80 really loved it. Andy Murray won Olympic gold, a second

Wimbledon title and became the men's world number one in the last year.

The test between India in Chennai they are now 463- five. Manchester

City moved up to second in the Premier League as Stirling scored a

winner against an Arsenal side who squandered a lead to lose for the

second season of the game. While in the south coast derby, two goals

including this cracker gave Southampton a 3-1 win at

Bournemouth. The defeated Burnley stop a busy day yesterday. Let's

look at the papers, shall we? There is a lot to get through. Andy Murray

on the front page of many of the papers today. The main story is also

on the mail strike. The front page of the Guardian has a picture of

Andy Murray as well. And of an attack in Jordan on tourists. In the

mail, this story here, Sally spoke to Ore yesterday. He was in demand.

We have a chat on the carpet. We will see that later. Here it is on

the next paper, my incredible story. And Andy Murray is an the front

cover of the times. Stephanie is with us as well. So, Christmas, lots

of people trying to decide what sort of alcohol they want to drink. It

would using one presenter? Have they run out again? It has put a lot of

pressure stop the Times has picked up on that this morning saying that

British people are so keen to drink at present though the Italian

producers have redoubled efforts to supply bottles for export. There is

a stampede to play more fines going on at the moment in north-eastern

Italy. It annoys the locals because of the environment, environmental

pressure. So, think about all the work that goes into your bottle of

prosecco. There were a couple drunk last night. I want to talk about

this man here. Look at this little picture here of runny area who got

coach of the year. We had a wonderful time with them after the

programme last night. They are in a great mood and I said to him, if he

would let them go and have a party. He said no, no. He did suggest they

might go have a briefing together. And, very quickly, in news about

eggs because I know this is... This is your speciality, isn't it?

Apparently it is difficult, I think. There is a well-known supermarket

that is making, you can basically bake this poached egg and it is

running and it is beautiful. No need for a whirlpool or vinegar or any of

those things. One day, give me the back half hour of the programme one

day and I will show you how it is done. I think it is time free

briefing, Sally. See you later for that briefing. Here is Carol was a

look at the weather. Good morning. For once again. At the moment it is

not as dense as it was this time yesterday that it may lead to travel

disruption. We are looking at areas like the Vale of York and

Lincolnshire. The south-east, the Midlands, southern England. It is

patchy and not as dense as it was yesterday but in one or two places

you can see a few dense patches. A dank and cloudy start to the day.

There is low cloud and drizzle and parts of East Anglia heading towards

the Midlands. Even further north again cloud around with fog.

Splashes of rain just out towards the west. At seven o'clock we will

see that moving across the Outer Hebrides. And as we drift east there

are some clearing skies. As we had an through the course of the morning

you will find most of the fog will lift as the cloud comes across. We

have all this rain coming in from the south-east. That will drift

westwards through the day. Equally another band coming in from the

west. It will have south-east and behind its clear conditions and a

little bit of sunshine. Temperature wise today, nothing to write home

about. 7- 10 Celsius. Overnight a band of rain continues to advance

towards the west and overhear it meets with this band here. Cool with

a touch of frost and parts of northern Scotland tonight. Likely to

be freezing fog forming as well. Tomorrow we begin once again with a

band of rain. It weakens all the time, now that day, actually because

for much of the rest of England will be sunshine and sunshine across

Scotland as well. But then we have our next band of wet and windy

weather coming our way in the wind will continue to strengthen as we go

through of the day. Looking at Gales, severe gales, across parts of

the west and north of Scotland with exposure for the Western Isles and

the Outer Hebrides for example. Later on, luckily, we could even

have storm force winds. Bear that in mind if you are doing anything

outdoors tomorrow evening or overnight. As we have through

Tuesday into Wednesday there is a front heading steadily southwards

and another one comes in light behind it look at these isobars. It

will be another windy day. All this race produced into the south-east. A

second wind comes in from the west as well and behind it and clear

skies with sunshine and also some showers. Some showers across

Scotland will be windy in nature so that will be a cold day here. Has

become further south we got back into double figures. And then as we

head towards Christmas it looks like at the moment it will be wet and

windy and the hills are likely to cease now at time. A wet and windy

Christmas. Thank you very much, Carol.

Police are increasingly having to deal with people who have

All this week on Breakfast, we're looking at the realities

of modern policing, and have discovered through a Freedom

of Information request that officers in England,

Wales and Northern Ireland have seen mental health-related call-outs

increase by more than a quarter in just three years.

John Maguire has been investigating how police

are responding to this new challenge.

We can join him now at a custody suite in Darlington.

Good morning. We are being hosted this week by the police here in

Durham. This is a custody suite. There are 16 Celsius. Not a very

busy night last night, only a few people left however earlier in the

weekend it was quite different. Hopefully you will never experience

inside of one of these but as you can see this as the bedding. A solid

platform at the bottom. A mattress, a fellow. You will be given a

blanket. A toilet and washing facilities will stomp all the

time-honoured set by video and by audio. A rather sobering message

here. It is not love the Queen of late to avoid further arrest ask to

speak to the custody sergeant. That is the person who runs this place

and is the very heart of it. But as you can imagine, as you can

appreciate, this is not the kind of Place remotely suitable to how

someone with mental hills issues. A kind of mattress... It was a weird

environment to be in. The last time that combines was that this police

station he had been detained under the mental hills act and taken to

the cells for this own safety. There were no secure hospital beds

available. Given the relative severity you know you need

specialist care, especially when you are in a situation like that where

you feel suicidal, not just stressed or anxious. Dealing with mental

hills as a major issue for police forces and incidents are increasing.

Freedom of information figures obtained by BBC breakfast show a

rise of over 25% in recent years. Of the 49 forces contacted, 30

responded. Not including the Metropolitan police, they recorded

over 184,000 cases in 2012. That number has since risen to almost 230

2000. I would estimate that our officers currently spend about 20%

of their time dealing with people with mental hills issues. The use of

police cells is declining. The Devon and Cornwall force previously

threatened to sue the NHS. So far this year 58 people had been

detained in self. Three years ago it was 800. That, for us, was

completely unforgivable. We cannot sustain a position. We worked really

hard with partners and we got a lot of protocols in place, we really

worked hard to make them realise that a police cell was not the place

for a person suffering from a mental hills issue. We are out on the night

shift with what is known as the mental hills triage team in

Leicestershire. Comprised of a specially trained police officer and

a mental hills nurse they can respond to incidents and offer

advice to other offices. They are deployed to reports of a man

threatening to jump into a canal. It is a large-scale response from all

three emergency services. The first job is to check if one of the secure

hospital beds in Leicester is free tonight. Potential will be if he is

not cooperative... And this colleague talks to offices on the

path. Presenting as mentally unwell seeing things, hearing things. I

just want to buy this fluid situation. After a few hours the

incident is under control and is not being treated as a mental hills

case. The next task is in the city centre of Leicester police Centre

where a man is said to be agitated and acting irrationally. We need to

see what is going on to try get the best outcome. He is presenting with

mental hills issues which I think would be harmful in the community

setting. Their objective is to make sure the people of that was

appropriately and not criminalised. All sides recognise a major problem,

even a crisis. One is complex as it is contentious and one for which

there is still no quick fix. This is the best weather custody

sergeant said. Screens above monitors all the cells and record

video and audio. This is somewhere where people will come in and be

certain what is interesting here, a smart water system with a UV light

so, if for example someone is arrested and suspected of burglary,

then they have the tell-tale signs of coming into contact with smart

water when they should not. We will be talking to the police chief of

Durham to get this views on how offices across the UK are dealing

with a very, very challenging issue of people with mental hills issues.

That is very interesting. I did not know that was how it worked. Thank

you to tomorrow we shall continue our series with a special report

from inside a domestic violence Project looked at aiming them to

control their behaviour. Preventing them from becoming abusive. All part

of our policing Britain series which will run all this week.

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

Christopher Habgood was just 26 when he took his own life.

We'll speak to his father about why he thinks suicide remains

It was a reporter from the daily Chronicle. Hang on, why am I telling

you the truth? We'll meet his latest

companion in a sneak peak And he kicked, flicked

and shimmied his way to Strictly's coveted

glitter-ball trophy, we caught up with Ore

fresh after his triumph But now a summary of this

morning's main news. Thousands of Post Office workers

are beginning strike The walkout by the

Communication Workers Union is the latest move in a dispute

over pension changes, Commuters on Southern Rail are also

facing further disruption and there are talks due to take

place aimed at preventing industrial We can speak now to the Conservative

MP Chris Philp who is among those of tighter rules governing strike

action. Good morning and thank you for

joining us. Good morning. What roles are you talking about? -- rules.

There are already odorous ones in place. There are in terms of the

ballot you are required for a strike but unfortunately it looks like

organisations like the RMT are going to FARC on Southern and we need a

new law to require strikes on critical public infrastructure to be

reasonable and proportionate and you would have a High Court judge

deciding that -- too far. On Southern the conductors are arguing

about who presses the button to open and closed the doors, it's a

relatively minor dispute, there is no safety issue because 1.5 million

trains in the last five years have run this way without a single

fatality and yet thousands of people are being prevented from getting

into work for the better part of a month. So it's not reasonable or

proportionate and they are abusing their powers as a trade union to

call strikes and the government should legislate and as a backbench

MP I'm calling on the government to do that. We will speak to the unions

later and we have spoken to them through this dispute, what they are

clear on, it's about safety as far as they are concerned. That is just

a facade. 1.5 million trains have run in the last five years with

driver operated doors with no fatalities, every single underground

train in London runs with driver operated doors safely, a third of

all the UK surface trains run using this system. The truth came out

yesterday when Sean Hoyle, the president of the RMT, was quoted and

uncovered by the Sunday Times as saying his real objective is, and

these are his words, to bring down the government, and he went on to

say he wanted to try to replace the capitalist system with a socialist

system. So Sean Hoyle, the president of the RMT, in his own words has

admitted what his real objectives are. We have spoken to the unions

and they say striking is a last resort and this is an ongoing

dispute with the company they had for many months now. You're right,

it's been going on for many months but nobody is losing their job or

getting a pay cut, every train rather, that reigns with two members

of staff, a driver and conductor, will be scheduled like that in the

future -- that runs. Is it reasonable to stop 300,000 people

from getting to work for the better part of a month simply over who

presses the button to open and close the doors? The answer is no. It's

not just the official strike action on strike days like this week,

outside strike days we have an overtime ban, a work to rule, huge

numbers of drivers and conductors calling in sick. So the service is

being disrupted on non-striker days as well strike days. Chris, thank

you for your time on Breakfast this morning.

And after 7am we will be hearing from the Deputy General Secretary

We will keep you up to date with how the action is affecting people as

well. The evacuation of the ruins of east

Aleppo in Syria has resumed. Around 350 people, said

by aid workers to be were brought out of the city

last But thousands are still

waiting to leave. The United Nations Security Council

will vote today on plans to send UN The number of lives lost due

to suicide in England is unacceptable according

to a group of MPs. It remains the biggest cause

of death in men under 49. In a report, the Health Select

Committee says a government prevention strategy for England

in 2012 didn't result It's due to be updated

early next year. The committee said support needed

to be more accessible Police officers in England,

Wales and Northern Ireland have seen mental health-related callouts

increase by more than a quarter according to figures obtained by BBC

Breakfast. 30 out of 49 forces

answered the Freedom The government says it has halved

the use of police cells to deal with people undergoing a mental

health crisis and that officers are now working more closely

with healthcare services. A special sitting of

the Stormont Assembly will be held today to examine a green energy

scheme that's been described as the biggest financial scandal

ever in Northern Ireland. Stormont's First Minister Arlene

Foster will face a motion of no confidence during

today's proceedings. But she's rejected calls

from Sinn Fein to step aside during an investigation

into the project, which is thought The Hungarian-born

actress and socialite, She made more than 70 films,

but as one of the first socialites, she helped invent a new kind of fame

out of multiple marriages By her own reckoning

she was only married She didn't really count

a Spanish Duke, who she left Her age was a closely guarded

secret, but she was thought Her husband said she died

at home surrounded by her 99! Still quite impressive, even

though we don't really know how old she was. Possibly she may have been

older. Or even younger! Who knows? What we do know for sure is that

Andy Murray is Sports Personality of the Year for the third time. Winner,

winner, chicken dinner! What a year he has had. I wonder if he had a

chicken dinner. I think he loves chicken dinner. With steamed

broccoli no doubt. A bit of inside information, after the photo shoots

and the glamour of Sports Personality of the Year, he was

going to start his Christmas shopping in Miami. With all those

people in the background? With people in bikinis around the pool,

did anyone notice that at home? Andy Murray was by the pool and people

were getting on with their day. " Who is that bloke over there with

the big broken trophy? " Andy Murray has become the first

person to win the BBC Sports Personality of

the Year award three times. The 2013 and 2015 winner,

took Olympic gold, claimed his second Wimbledon title

and became tennis' world number one for the first time

in a remarkable 2016. He wasn't at the event in Birmingham

and was given the trophy by former undisputed heavyweight boxing

champion Lennox Lewis Triathlete Alistair Brownlee

was voted second and show jumper Leicester City took

team of the year. It's the fourth day of the fifth

and final Test between England The hosts began the day on 391-4

in reply to England's 477. They are 463-5, 14 runs behind.

India have already won the series. Manchester City came from behind

to beat Arsenal 2-1 at the Etihad to move second in

the Premier League. The Gunners shot into the lead

after only five minutes when Theo Walcott

slotted them ahead. But a second half equaliser

from Leroy Sane was followed It's the second successive game

Arsenal led and then lost, but the manager felt the officials

were at fault and says the group in charge of referees isn't

doing its job properly. We conceded two offside goals and

that is very difficult to accept in a game like that. I believe there's

a lot going on at the moment that is not serious on the pitch. It's

unbelievable. Tottenham are fifth in the table,

just one point behind Arsenal, as they beat Burnley

2-1 at white Hart Lane. Danny Rose scored the winner midway

through the second half. the lead before Dele Alli

equalised. We need to fight till the end of the

season. It's a lot of games ahead, it's a long way to the end of the

season. I think our position, we are very calm, and only working hard to

go with that and try to win games. Southampton also came

from behind to beat South Coast neighbours Bournemouth 3-1

at the Vitality Stadium. This was the stunning second goal

of the game for Jay Rodriguez and helped move Claude Puel's

side up to seventh. In rugby there was an upset

in the European Champions Cup as Scarlets held on to beat

three-time champions Toulon 22-21. Toulon and Wales star

Leigh Halfpenny missed this penalty, the last kick of the game,

to hand Scarlets their first ever Scott Williams scored the only try

for the hosts as fly-half Defending champions Saracens

continued their 100% record in the competition,

but they were made to work for a 26-10 victory

against Sale Sharks. Owen Farrell scored 19 of those

points including this opening try Sarries top Pool Three

while Sale are bottom. Elsewhere Ulster lost

to Clermont Auvergne. I know lots of people at home

watched Sports Personality of the Year last night and saw it on the

television, what do you really want to know about? What was happening

behind the scenes! I was there! Soaking it all up! And

filming it all for BBC Breakfast. Here's my peace.

Max Whitlock, ladies and gentlemen! No rehearsing, no nothing. Wow! I

could have stood there all day. OK! You look lovely. Thank you. What an

incredible year 2016 has been. We are rubbing shoulders with sporting

royalty here on the red carpet tonight. Look at this, it is the

gold winning women's hockey team. So we are now inside the arena where as

you can probably tell the excitement really is building. I have to go and

find my seat so you lot need to go! We are backstage. That was a moment

and a half, can you hear the crowd inside here? Leicester City have

just been announced as team of the year. The fairytale for them

continues. I'm hoping to speak to a couple of the players in just a

moment but I better get my skates on. Ladies and gentlemen, please

welcome the Leicester City squad. Coach of the year, congratulations.

Thank you. I was very surprised but of course I am very pleased. Want to

say thank you to the owner for bringing me back in England. And, of

course, the players, because without the players it is difficult to win

something. Let's find out the results then. Jess, can you tell us,

please, who is in third place? In third place is Nick Skelton. In

second place is Alistair Brownlee. Hang on a minute, look who I've

found in the corridor. Nick Skelton, Alistair Brownlee. Come on in, lads.

Second and third place in BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Can I get

you to take a seat on our lovely red sofa here, make yourself at home,

this is our BBC Breakfast sofa for the evening. Huge congratulations to

both of you, it's such an honour to be nominated. How do you feel after

your award tonight? It was amazing to be in the first three. And to be

sitting there in front of all those great sportsmen and sportswomen, I

think very happy. You know what I've noticed about both of you, you both

have a story that goes beyond sport in many ways. Sport is a fantastic

thing and winning things is brilliant and that's what we're

about as sports people, it's all about winning but actually to the

wider public, it's what goes along with it that shows you're a normal

person like any normal person, what's interesting and that's what

captures peoples imaginations. Brilliant, lovely to talk to both of

you. And the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016 is Andy Murray.

Andy Murray has just been announced as the winner for 2016. We can talk

to him now live from Miami, but I have to tell you, Andy, there's

something I haven't mentioned, I have a new BBC Breakfast co-

presenter with me, you might recognise this voice. Hi, darling.

Well done! High, mum! Sorry, Andy, sorry to spring that new. Is it a

bit embarrassing to hear your mum being so nice about you? -- on you.

I'm used to being embarrassed by my mum honestly, obviously! But, yeah,

look, it's obviously nice because now that I'm a parent myself I know

how difficult it must have been for them to allow me and Jamie to go

away and pursue our tennis careers when we were, like, 13, 14 years

old. We wouldn't have been able to do what we've done without their

sacrifices. So, yeah. Andy, thank you so much for your time, thank you

for talking to us and huge congratulations. Thank you. By, mum.

By, darling. I love that. He genuinely didn't

know she would be there and I think he handled it really well. Proper

access all areas! The sofa is there and it was fantastic. A great night

and all worthy winners on the night, great and sorry I'm a bit croaky.

It's inspiring but makes you feel inadequate! Totally! We have spoken

obviously to Andy Murray, which is fantastic, and we are speaking to

Alistair Brownlee later? Yes, in the next hour or so, we are waking him

up early so he won't have had much sleep. Thanks very much.

Shall we catch up with the weather. Have a look at the fog. Sally looked

gorgeous last night, she normally does but especially last night. We

have some fog in the forecast today but as we go through the week it is

a mainly dry start. Some rain around but from mid week

we will seem or a net and it will be turning windy. That's because of

what is happening across the Atlantic, cold air across Canada and

the United States, but you can see in Florida the milder amber colours.

Temperatures here in the mid-20s, the blues are subzero, that is a

thermal gradient. That pumps a lot of air into the jet stream. It is

unusually strong at the moment, wind speeds were planes fly at 230 mph.

If you know anyone coming back from the States this week they will be

getting back quite quickly. It will have an impact on our weather.

Especially in the northern half it will be wet and windy. This morning

it is fog. Anywhere patchy fog from the Vale of York, Lincolnshire, East

Anglia, the south-east, the Midlands, southern England, we have

some of that this morning but not as dense as this time yesterday and

most of it will lift, although it could stick for much of the day

across the Vale of York and leakage. But generally a cloudy start, a dank

one, some damp incher -- linkage. -- dampness. Further north away from

the fog we have a bit of cloud. -- Lincolnshire. Rain coming in across

western Scotland and patchy rain coming in across Northern Ireland.

Through the course of the day what's going to happen is this band of rain

will move south-east. More rain developing across the wash heading

towards the Midlands and the Isle of Wight and Channel Islands, both of

them eventually will clash. -- Wash. Before that happens, some cloud and

some brighter skies in western Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Temperatures roughly where they should be at this stage in December,

between seven and ten. Through the evening and overnight, we continue

to watch our two bands of rain moving together, eventually they

merge so heavy bursts for a time in parts of England and Wales. Cloud

with showers behind and ahead it will be cold in parts of Northern

Ireland and Scotland. Colder night for some frost and also patchy fog

so we're likely to see pockets of freezing fog. Tomorrow here's our

band of rain, it more or less dies in situ through the day. Some

brighter skies in much of England, again some cloud around but then

another band of rain coming in across the north-west. It's going to

be accompanied by strengthening winds. In fact strengthening winds

is putting it mildly because we're looking at very strong winds in the

north and west of Scotland courtesy of this weather front, you can see

the squeeze on the isobars as well but we could be looking at severe

gales in parts of the north and west of Scotland with exposure even storm

force in the Outer Hebrides. Wednesday is looking wet and windy

with some showers It sounds as if it will be busy.

Thank you, Carol. Could flat-pack houses be the answer

to the national housing shortage? Steph is looking at plans

to create six factories that This is an interesting one.

Essentially a new way to build houses. Let me explain.

Last year the government set a target

of building one million new homes by 2020.

That works out at a rate of about 200,000 a year.

Many experts think that number should be higher

According to the last set of published figures,

there were about 150,000 new homes built in the year to September.

So could modular houses like these be the answer?

They're constructed off site in a factory and are made

from flat-packs or kits before they're delivered

Because there is a new project to build six factories in the UK to do

this at a cost of ?2.5 billion. Let's have a chat about what is

involved. We are here with Rob Henderson is from

Jenning Design Architects. He's been involved in a project

to deliver 30 modular homes. can you explain what a modular home

is? They are exactly the same at a whole they are built off-site. So

everything has been built of science while the plumbing and everything is

put in place. They are then delivered to the site, stepped up

and put in place. Are they built from the same materials and things?

There are many ways of doing it but essentially, yes. We have been

building timber frame houses all over the country. What is the

benefit? Can you make them fast? Several benefits. They can be made

faster, delivered faster but the quality is also factory conditions.

The specific levels of quality that we can achieve all test and are

coming on to site ready to go. Are they the same quality as the

traditional houses built on site? That is what people will be

concerned about. People don't want them to be disposable. Everyone

looks back to the prefab post-war technology back in the 1940s.

Technology has come further. Tenants will not be able to tell that was

made house or a modular house stop we have had fantastic feedback from

residents who love living in these fantastic quality houses. How about

the cost? Are they cheaper? They are about like for like at the moment.

The current thought is that the volume will need to be there to meet

the target set by the government. As soon as our volume comes that will

drive down the cost to build and drive up the efficiency and become a

real alternative. You think this is how we will make houses in the

future? It is certainly a definitely opportunity for us to be able to

deliver houses more quickly and better. Thank you for that. If you

have any thoughts, please get in touch with us.

He was hailed as the "the spirit of Strictly" by head judge

Len Goodman, and this weekend, just over 13 million viewers saw

Ore Oduba and his dance partner Joanne Clifton win the final

Sally caught up with him fresh off the dance floor on the red

carpet at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

The winner 2016, Ore! Thank you. You can imagine how many times I've

heard that said in the last 24 hours. It hasn't sunk in at all. The

whole thing has been just a circus but the most incredible experience

ever. We saw you win, we saw you win the trophy. What was the party

afterwards like? I had... It was wonderful seeing everybody

altogether. It was really nice to get everybody back together and have

the fun that we have been having over last four months. Good thing I

have gone any better for you? I don't think it could have done.

Everything went... Well, Craig Evans and nine in the American Smooth. So,

Craig, you ruined it... No, you didn't. It was perfect. And what

will you do now? Can you work next Tuesday? Christmas is coming. We

have had no buildup. My wife is here. We have this, we have

Christmas and then we have a holiday. That is what we are doing.

Will you be dancing on your holiday? No?! It will be lie down, poolside,

beachside and relax. I will reflect on this for months over the festive

period because it is just amazing. Congratulations. We are so proud of

you. I love you all. I have missed you. Don't lie. I have been getting

up at 330 in the morning. I didn't say I missed the time. I said I

missed you. Come on, Sally. It goes like this. And now I get you

backwards. There we go a bit of swing and sway. I don't have the

ability to do this. And I can't teach. But I enjoyed it. 100

umbrella thing is still... How many times have you practise that?

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

Still to come this morning: In a Strictly double,

Hollyoaks star Danny Mac will also be here to tell us about swapping

dancing for singing as he brings "Sleepless in Seattle" from the big

I think it is an excuse to watch the summer again a little bit. Let's get

news and travel now from Plenty more on our website

at the usual address. Hello, this is Breakfast

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin. Thousands of workers

launch a wave of strikes, hitting postal services,

rail companies and airlines Services at some of the Post

Office's larger branches will be affected, and rail passengers

in the south east of England Airport baggage handlers and ground

staff are expected to walk out later I'll be talking to the union

which represents Post Office workers will have in the final days before

Christmas. Good morning, it's

Monday 19th December. Also this morning: Around 350 people

are moved out of eastern Aleppo as the evacuation resumes but many

are said by aid workers to be everyone agrees a police cell is not

the place for someone who has been detained under the mental health

act. Of the major challenges being faced

by modern UK police forces. We kick off a series of special reports

later this morning -- it's one of. In sport, Andy Murray

is the Sports Personality Hi, darling.

Well done! The Olympic and Wimbledon

champion beat the triathlete Alistair Brownlee

and show jumper Nick Skelton And guess who else I managed

to catch up with on the red carpet? glitter-ball trophy,

Ore. A fairly cloudy start to the day and

patchy fog especially in England, most will lift but could stick in

the Vale of York and Lincolnshire. Rain coming in from the north-west,

but in between some sunshine. More details in around 15 minutes.

Thousands of post office workers are beginning strike action today.

The walkout by the Communication Workers Union is the latest move

in a dispute over pension changes, job security and closures.

Industrial action this week will also affect airports

and Southern Rail services, as Keith Doyle reports.

This last week before Christmas is already busy and stressful.

But strikes and industrial action could make it a Christmas

On the trains, Southern Rail passengers face more disruption

as 400 conductors strike today and tomorrow.

It's not expected to cause the same level of disruption as last week's

strikes by drivers, however many routes and services

3,500 workers at Crown Post Offices are starting a five-day strike today

in a despute over jobs and pensions that may see the closure of larger

high street branches, although the Post Office says

disruption to the public should be minimal.

Airline travellers face double trouble this week as baggage

handlers working for Swissport are set to strike

This will mainly affect regional airports.

But a strike by 4,500 British Airways cabin crew over pay

could also see flights disrupted on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

There are efforts being made to resolve these disputes.

BA management and the union Unite will meet today and a meeting

tomorrow to resolve the baggage handlers' dispute is due to be held

but the Post Office strike is on and there seems little

prospect of an early end to the long-running dispute

between the RMT union and Southern Rail, meaning 300,000

This feels like a surge of discontent, how does it compare

There is a lot going on and at this time of year particularly it feels

like it is hitting lots of parts of different people's lives, the post-

element and the rail and the flights, this time of year when

tensions arriving high because of Christmas and lots of people wanting

to travel and get presents delivered, it can feel really hard

if you're one of those affected but is it worse than other years? To

give you some stats, there have been 280,000 working days lost to

industrial action so far this year. That is more than last year but

actually if you compare it to 2014 it's a lot less than other years. In

2014 there were more than three quarters of a million days lost to

strike action. When I mean that I am talking about days when people are

not working, they could be working but they have chosen to strike.

Although it feels really bad because it is this time of year and a lot of

them are happening at once, compared to other years it isn't necessarily

any worse, which might not make you feel better if you're somebody

impacted by it at the moment but strikes are something we see

regularly and have done over the last few years. If you're stuck at

home it will feel quite different. Thanks.

And in just under ten minutes we will be speaking

to the Deputy General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress.

The evacuation of the ruins of east Aleppo in Syria has resumed.

Around 350 people, who aid workers say

were brought out of the city last

night on buses, but thousands are still waiting to leave.

The United Nations Security Council will vote today on plans

The BBC's James Longman is in Beirut.

What's the latest news about the evacuations?

Good morning. Yes, it looks as though the evacuations are back on.

We heard this morning 1200 people had made it out of East Aleppo to a

staging point where they are receiving medical care and now they

will be able to make the choice whether or not to go to live in

government Aleppo, West Aleppo, which is largely unscathed by the

war, all go back to Idlib, which is a rebel held part of Syria, the last

part of Syria to be under rebel control -- or go. The evacuations of

East Aleppo starting again and also the evacuation of the government

part of the country as well. This was the whole plan, the idea was to

be able to evacuate people from both parts of Syria so they can continue

and that seems to be happening this morning. As I say, 1200 have been

evacuated but another 50,000 people are waiting in East Aleppo to get

out and they're waiting in particularly difficult conditions.

We will see if this continues. We are seeing some of the pictures of

people leaving and we hear many are in a terrible way. What more can you

tell us about where they're going and what condition there in? -- they

are in. They will be going to a town just outside of Aleppo. It is run by

the rebels, a rebel part of Syria, but there a staging post where

medical professionals and volunteers are waiting to give them the help

they need. The first people able to leave these parts are women,

children, the sick and the wounded, many are suffering from

malnutrition. Thousands of people in Aleppo our children and they will be

the ones who will be given the most care and also the families of

rebels. They're the ones who were able to leave first. They will be

needing a lot of medical attention and then when that's been given they

can make a choice about where they want to go next. James, in Beirut,

thank you. The number of lives lost due

to suicide in England is unacceptable according

to a group of MPs. It remains the biggest cause

of death in men under 49. In a report, the Health

Select Committee says a government prevention strategy

for England in 2012 didn't result It's due to be updated

early next year. Angela and her partner,

Mark, had two young sons. He had no history of mental illness

but he took his own life. One minute you're talking to them

on the phone and the next minute you never going to

speak to them again. Your head kind of tricks

you into thinking this She now heads a national

charity supporting those She also presented a BBC documentary

encouraging people to talk more My work and the work of the trustees

and volunteers was to really kind The report says a government suicide

prevention strategy for England And what we heard from one witness

very powerfully was that... She said it wasn't my son

that was hard to reach, it was the services that

were hard to reach. A Department of Health spokesperson

said every death by suicide was tragic for families

and an updated strategy during next year would address many

of the issues raised She hopes it will make a difference

and will help prevent more of the sort of devastating

losses she had to endure. Just after 8am, we'll speak

to a father whose son killed himself Police officers in England,

Wales and Northern Ireland have seen mental health-related callouts

increase by more than a quarter according to figures obtained by BBC

Breakfast. 30 out of 49 forces

answered the Freedom The government says it has halved

the use of police cells to deal with people undergoing a mental

health crisis and that officers are now working more closely

with healthcare services. We used to often take

people into custody, so they would be there for a number

of hours while they're being assessed,

so it's not the right environment. If we did take them into custody

often we would take them to accident and emergency, which, again,

isn't the right place to take them. And as part of Breakfast's special

week of programming looking at modern policing John Maguire

spent a night on call with Leicestershire Police's front

line mental health team. He will be with us a little bit

later. A special sitting of

the Stormont Assembly will be held today to examine a green energy

scheme that's been described as the biggest financial scandal

ever in Northern Ireland. Stormont's First Minister Arlene

Foster will face a motion of no confidence during

today's proceedings. But she's rejected calls

from Sinn Fein to step aside during an investigation

into the project, which is thought The Hungarian-born

actress and socialite, She made more than 70 films,

but as one of the first socialites, she helped invent a new kind of fame

out of multiple marriages By her own reckoning

she was only married She didn't really count

a Spanish Duke, who she left Her age was a closely guarded

secret, but she was thought Her husband said she died

at home surrounded by her Andy Murray was voted BBC

Sports Personality of the Year last night, the first person

to win it three times. I love the way he received the award

in front of a pool. With Lennox Lewis!

This year Murray won Wimbledon, secured Olympic gold

and finished the season as tennis world number one.

Our sports news correspondent, Andy Swiss, reports.

And the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016 is Andy Murray!

It was an ovation that echoed all the way to Florida.

At his training base in Miami, Andy Murray receiving

that famous trophy from Lennox Lewis, as he beat

Alistair Brownlee in second and Nick Skelton in third.

I've got a bit of a bone to pick with my wife because she told

me about an hour ago that she voted for Nick Skelton, so...

Not smart from her with Christmas coming up.

It's been an amazing year for British sport.

So thank you and I hope you all have a great night.

Well, 2016 was certainly an incredible year for

Tonight was all about celebrating that success and once again,

Especially Leicester City. The shock Premier League champions took the

team award while their manager Claudio Ranieri one coach of the

year. There was an emotional reception for Michael Phelps, the

Americans were collecting a lifetime achievement award but the night

belonged to Andy Murray, Britain's history maker has done it again.

We spoke to Alistair Brownlee and also Nick Skelton. We have more on

that later. As Post Offices, railways

and airports brace themselves for disruption due to industrial

action this week, are we facing The unrest is all the more unusual

because for the last 30 years strikes have been falling

to record low levels in the UK. We're joined by Paul Nowak,

the deputy secretary general Good morning and thank you for

coming on. Is it cynical to be striking at this time of year, what

is your take on it? I don't think there's any attempt at cynicism,

what we've got is a series of disputes and Southern and the Post

Office and other places are involved and they are all different disputes

with different causes, but what unites them all is people feel they

have no alternative. It's a difficult decision to take to strike

but those taking action, whether they work on the trains or the post

offices, they don't like doing it and it's a last resort and what

those workers will be hoping is that employers will take notice and sit

down and negotiate to reach a fair settlement. Let's talk about

Southern because it has caused enormous disruption? Guest, they

have caused real disruption and the union will bitterly regret that. The

issues at Southern aren't just, about industrial action -- yes.

There were two days of strikes. Hold on a second. We have heard they are

politically motivated, those are the accusations people have been making,

and also it's not about safety because the trains are operating

under this system? These strikes are about safety and they aren't

politically motivated. To take industrial action in this country

you have to go through a dim aquatic ballot and these decisions are made

behind closed doors. I know when people take the difficult decision

to take industrial action they wouldn't have been thinking about

politics, it's about safety. We're not train drivers but I have spoken

to them and they are worried about what it means to be in charge of a

12 car train with 1200 people on it with a crowded platform and poor

visibility, they are worried someone could be injured or harmed, they

don't want it happening on their watch so the strike is absolutely

about safety. One of the other accusations is across the board this

is a toward a major effort to bring the government to its knees at this

time of year, how do you respond? That is fanciful media reporting and

it's not borne out by the facts. All of these disputes have different

root causes and they have difficult solutions. When those decisions are

made they aren't made by union leaders in a room, they are made by

ordinary men and women exercising their ballot and they are thinking

about the issues, not politics. The way you resolve any dispute is

sitting down and talking for a fair settlement. One of my frustrations

in the Southern dispute, looking at that as an example, rather than

negotiating with the unions company took the unions to court and drag

the process through the mill for weeks but they should have sat down.

Did these strikes need to be done in Christmas week? The workers involved

wanted to avoid taking industrial action during Christmas but it's

important to note these disputes have been months in the waiting.

There's been strike action before Thames to sit down and negotiate.

Nobody wants industrial action. -- before a tense. They bitterly regret

this but they are losing I just want to ask you an extra question about

legislation to curb industrial action. This concern you? It does

concern me because we already have some of the most restrictive

legislation in the Western world and if you think about the big issues we

are facing what the government should be doing is to help secure

employment, combat statement he, deputy general secretary, thank you

very much for your time. Let's get the weather now with Carol. Grim out

there in places. Fog everywhere. Good morning. Fog this morning

across parts of the Vale of York, Lincolnshire, Anglia and the

Midlands. The blanket is patchy but could lead to travel disruptions.

Generally this morning it is a cloudy and banks start to the day

for some of us. Chilly as well. Most of that fog will lift. It could

stick for most of the day across the Vale of York and Lincolnshire. We

may see a little bit of brightness across the far north-east of England

and the far north-east of Scotland. For the western Scotland and

Northern Ireland we have clouded splashes of rain. As we go through

the day you will see another band of rain develop across parts of The

Wash through East Anglia heading down into the Midlands. That is

going to be drifting towards the west. Meanwhile the rain coming in

is sinking south-eastward is so behind that bad it will brighten up

and we will see some sunshine. But for the rest of us a fairly cloudy

murky and damp day. Through the evening and overnight of band will

bump into the band coming north and give a period of heavy rain across

parts of England and Wales. Clear skies for Ireland and Scotland and a

touch of frost. And we have patchy fog in the north where it could be

freezing. Tomorrow morning we begin with a band of rain across parts of

northern England, Wales and the south-west. That will fragment and

die in situ. Behind we will see brighter skies. Not bad for much of

England and eastern Scotland but cloud our west will introduce more

rain and the winner will be a feature of the weather later on

tomorrow because of continued to strengthen. -- the wind will be a

feature. In fact, that we will strengthen civil point of touching

storm strength. Exposure we could even have storm force winds across

the Outer Hebrides. From Tuesday into Wednesday the first front end

southwards and the other one comes hot on its hills. Can see from the

isobars it will be windy. This takes rain with it into southern and

south-eastern counties. Behind that a weaker affair and we see some

sunshine and we will also see showers, some of which will be

wintry. A dry start to the day and then it turns much more unsettled

with bands of rain, turning windy, particularly windy across the

northern half of the country. The reason for this is we have all of

this cold air coming across Canada and the United States, bumping into

the milder air across Florida. That is what we call a pretty bad,

gradient and it puts a lot of energy into the atmosphere, strengthening

the jet stream. The wind on it will be about 230 MPh. You will come back

quite quickly as you are returning from the States and it will have an

impact on our weather meaning wetter and windy weather. If you have

relatives coming back from America for Christmas, there you go. Get to

the airport early. Police are increasingly having

to deal with people who have All this week on Breakfast we're

looking at the realities of modern policing, and have

discovered through a Freedom of Information request that

officers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have seen

mental health-related call-outs increase by more than a quarter

in just three years. John Maguire has been

investigating how police are responding to

this new challenge. We can join him now at a custody

suite in Darlington. He is showing us how it all works.

Good morning. Good morning, the wheeze. This is a photo booth where

the mugshots are taken when people first come in. These days are more

sophisticated system. Fingerprints of linking up to the National police

computer. But is also a place where officers can take a foot in print if

that is the type of thing they need. It can be as good as a fingerprint,

actually in placing somebody at the scene of a truck crime. A

breathalyser and drug testing. 16 self here in the custody suite in

Darlington with Durham police. Not salubrious surroundings. A sickbed,

mattress, pillow, toilet and washing facilities and a sobering message on

the wall. As you can imagine this is not the type of place, not an ideal

place to keep someone who is suffering from mental health

problems. The last time Declan Barnes

was at this police station he had been detained under

the mental health act and taken There were no secure

hospital beds available. Given the relative

severity you know you need specialist care, especially

when you are in a situation like that where you feel

suicidal, not just stressed Dealing with mental health

is a major issue for police Freedom of Information figures

obtained by BBC Breakfast show Of the 49 forces

contacted, 30 responded. Not including the Metropolitan

police, they recorded That number has since

risen to almost 232,000. I would estimate that our officers

currently spend about 20% of their time dealing with people

with mental health issues. The use of police

cells is declining. The Devon and Cornwall

force previously So far this year 58 people had

been detained in cells. That, for us, was

completely unforgivable. We worked really hard

with partners and we got a lot of protocols in place,

we really worked hard to make them realise that a police

cell was not the place for a person suffering

from a mental health issue. We are out on the night shift

with what is known as the mental health triage team

in Leicestershire. Comprised of a specially trained

police officer and a mental health nurse they can respond

to incidents and offer They are deployed

to reports of a man It is a large-scale

response from all The first job is to check

if one of the secure hospital beds in Leicester

is free tonight. Potential will be if he

is not cooperative... And this colleague talks

to officers on the path. Presenting as mentally unwell,

seeing things, hearing things. I just want to watch

this fluid situation. After a few hours the incident

is under control and is not being treated as a

mental health case. The next task is in the city centre

of Leicester police Centre where a man is said to be agitated

and acting irrationally. We need to see what is going

on to try get the best outcome. He is presenting with mental health

issues which I think would be harmful in

the community setting. Their objective is to make sure

the people are treated appropriately All sides recognise a major

problem, even a crisis. One is complex as it is contentious

and one for which there Let's put some of those issues to

the inspector here from the College of policing. We know it is a growing

problem. What is being done to address it? We are one of the

national signatories to a pan government cross organisation to try

and address the cause and columns of growth of air. We have produced new

guidelines for policing and professional practice. Training

packages for the first time as well which set a benchmark nationally for

how to treat these people. All of that is about the police response.

Wider questions are about addressing why this is demanded of the police

force. Our demand has gone up over the last decade and we know that

that fits into a broader set about the mental health act. One big

problem is the paucity of secure beds across the UK. The NHS tells us

it is investing more money but that again is a very tight pot. We are

standing in a custody office and there can be problems where people

have been arrested or detained and taken into custody but they are

removed as fast as possible from there. We know there are pinch

points in bed provision that is important to note that there has

been success. Section 136 has produced about 57% over the last

three years and we are seeing fewer and fewer people going to custody.

Thank you for talking to us. More from us Darlington custody Centre

later in the programme. I know you will show us exactly how it works.

Thank you very much and see you later.

Tomorrow we'll continue the series with a special report

from inside a domestic violence project aimed at helping men

to control their behaviour to prevent them from becoming

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

Thousands of Post Office workers are beginning strike

The walkout by the Communication Workers Union

is the latest move in a dispute over pension changes,

Commuters on Southern Rail are also facing further disruption

and there are talks due to take place aimed at preventing industrial

we need a law to require strikes on critical public infrastructure to be

reasonable and proportionate and you would have a High Court judge

deciding what is reasonable and proportionate. On Southern the

conductors are arguing about who presses the button to open and close

the doors, it's a relatively minor dispute, there is no safety issue

because 1.5 million trains in the last five years have run this way

without a single fatality and yet 300,000 people are being prevented

from getting into work. These strikes are absolutely about safety

and they're certainly not politically motivated. To take

industrial action in this country you have to go through a democratic

ballot, these decisions aren't made behind closed doors. I know when

people took the difficult decision to take industrial action on

Southern trains they wouldn't be thinking about politics, they would

have been thinking about the key issue, which is safety.

The evacuation of the ruins of east Aleppo in Syria has resumed.

Around 1,000 people, who aid workers say

are in a terrible condition, have left the city,

The United Nations Security Council will vote today on plans to send UN

Police officers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have seen

mental health-related callouts increase by more than a quarter

according to figures obtained by BBC Breakfast.

30 out of 49 forces answered the Freedom

The government says it has halved the use of police cells to deal

with people undergoing a mental health crisis and that officers

are now working more closely with healthcare services.

A special sitting of the Stormont Assembly will be held

today to examine a green energy scheme that's been described

as the biggest financial scandal ever in Northern Ireland.

Stormont's First Minister Arlene Foster will face a motion

of no confidence during today's proceedings.

But she's rejected calls from Sinn Fein to step aside

during an investigation into the project, which is thought

The Hungarian-born actress and socialite,

She made more than 70 films, but as one of the first socialites,

she helped invent a new kind of fame out of multiple marriages

By her own reckoning she was only married

She didn't really count a Spanish Duke, who she left

Her age was a closely guarded secret, but she was thought

Her husband said she died at home surrounded by her

Father Christmas has been given a bit of a helping hand by people

who've donated hundreds of presents after an appeal for two young boys

Footballs, teddies and books have all been sent

in after a tweet from West Yorkshire Police said the boys

didn't own any toys or even a pillow.

Officers insist though that the youngsters,

who are both under six, now have enough.

And in the true spirit of Christmas, some will be shared with other

I don't think they got sent a dog. Dogs are for life, not just for

Christmas. A very busy night for you and others at Sports Personality of

the Year. It was a late one. House-mate? It was quite late. Two

hours sleep Ash how late. I have maybe had an hour and a half. -- how

late? Who knows what will happen after we'd go off air. We can switch

the lights off and make it cosy. All because of this man, Andy Murray,

again he was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year. We are

getting used to him being in Miami at this time of year, he likes to

train there and not to disrupt his training and maybe that's why he is

so successful, and he certainly isn't having an hour and a half's

sleep! Ndy Murray has become the first

person to win the BBC Sports Personality of

the Year award three times. The 2013 and 2015 winner,

took Olympic gold, claimed his second Wimbledon title

and became tennis' world number one for the first time

in a remarkable 2016. He wasn't at the event in Birmingham

and was given the trophy by former undisputed heavyweight boxing

champion Lennox Lewis, Triathlete Alistair Brownlee

was voted second and show jumper Leicester City took

team of the year. India are building a first innings

lead in the fifth Test The hosts began the fourth day 86

runs behind in Chennai. Karun Nair has passed 150

in his first test century England took the wicket

of Murali Vijay but Karun has been joined by Ravi Ashwin

and India are now 497-5, Manchester City came from behind

to beat Arsenal 2-1 at the Etihad to move second in

the Premier League. The Gunners shot into the lead

after only five minutes when Theo Walcott

slotted them ahead. But a second half equaliser

from Leroy Sane was followed It's the second successive game

Arsenal led and then lost, but the manager felt the officials

were at fault and says the group in charge of referees isn't

doing its job properly. We conceded two offside goals

and that is very difficult to accept I believe there's a lot

going on at the moment that is not Tottenham are fifth in the table,

just one point behind Arsenal, as they beat Burnley

2-1 at white Hart Lane. Danny Rose scored the winner midway

through the second half. the lead before Dele Alli

equalised. We need to fight till

the end of the season. It's a lot of games ahead,

it's a long way to the end I think our position,

we are very calm, and only working hard to go with that

and try to win games. Southampton also came

from behind to beat south coast neighbours Bournemouth 3-1

at the Vitality Stadium. This was the stunning second goal

of the game for Jay Rodriguez and helped move Claude Puel's

side up to seventh. It's been quite a year

for Alistair Brownlee. In Rio, he and his brother,

Jonny, made history by becoming the first

siblings to take gold and silver

in the Olympic triathlon. The Yorkshireman later made

headlines when he selflessly helped his exhausted brother over

the line ahead of him in a dramatic And to cap it all off, last night,

Alistair was awarded runner-up at BBC Sports Personality

of the Year. We'll speak to him shortly,

but first here's a reminder It was in the Olympic Games and had

it been the Olympic Games I would have chosen something different, but

it was a spur of the moment decision. -- it wasn't.

Alistair Brownlee joins us now from Birmingham.

I think you're alive. Good morning. How are you doing? It feels like

about ten minutes since I saw you. Thank you for getting up so early to

talk to us this morning. Was it a very light late-night? It wasn't too

bad, I got to bed just after midnight. There wasn't the infamous

SPOTY party which was going strong and I knew I had to be here so I got

to bed at a good time -- there was. What was it like, we are seeing

pictures of you getting your award, I spoke to you after you got it

moments later, has it sunk in? I know you were run up but for a

triathlete to be in the top three, even maybe five years ago you would

have been surprised by that. An incredible achievement. I think I

would have been surprised by it five days ago to be honest. Even after

the Olympics I didn't think it was possible to the extent I booked to

go on holiday without telling my mates this week. It was a massive

honour even to be stood on that stage. I've been a fan of SPOTY for

as long as I can remember and it's one of the TV highlights for the

year so it was an honour to be on the stage in the first place, then

to be voted second in a public vote was incredible. Really special. It's

been a real honour and really good to be on that wave of triathlon's

increasing popularity over the last 20 years. As you know I'm biased

when it comes to triathlon because I do them myself, as most viewers will

know. It is so brilliant that you won for the sport, will that have an

impact on the sport in lots of different levels? I hope so.

Triathlon has literally come from the point where people didn't know

what it was. I think it has come a long way. Now people know what it is

and people know that you can have a go at it and it's very accessible,

it doesn't have to be mad long events. There are the events that

anyone can have a go at, like you, to have fun and get fit and set a

goal. It's a massive thing. Really at SPOTY I was still the kid who was

10-year is old going to run cross-country the next morning,

being a massive fan of watching the programme and sport has given me so

much, if anything to maybe inspire and encourage some people to allow

sport to give them so much is a special position to be in. Lovely to

hear you speak so warmly about the sport and the events. I know you had

a great night. I know you know that Andy Murray said his wife voted for

Nick Skelton, what about Jonny? He said he couldn't vote, he couldn't

get to his phone to vote because he was in the front row, are not happy

about that. There's no family support there, that's a shambles.

Not at all. After the support you have given your brother over the

past year, that's really naughty. I think so too! Although I must admit

that I've got a speaking suspicion I wouldn't be on that stage without

him, so maybe that's enough. Such a lovely thing to say. I know you're

in the middle of training, there's no rest for a triathlete, is there?

Yeah, I've been training a bit, not full on training 35 hours a week,

I've been keeping ticking over over the last few weeks and when the New

Year rolls around it will take off and I will start training hard,

which I'm relieved looking forward to now because I feel like I haven't

done a lot. Honest answer please, are you going back to bed now? Know,

I've got to get back on the train down to London so not yet -- no.

Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for coming on. Thanks very

much. I'm disappointed you're not wearing that fantastic suit you had

on last night, it was the most amazing tweed suit. Beautiful tweed

suit. I'm glad you like it, I've had different opinions from that so it's

great you say that! Thank you! Very bold. Impressive stuff. Alistair

Brownlee, thank you so much. A lovely bloke. He's great. Good on

him for getting up. Lovely to see. Only about 30 coffees! In the two

minutes we saw him before we started! Time for the weather from

Carol. This morning there is fog around again, perhaps not as dense

as it was yesterday but anywhere across the Vale of York,

Lincolnshire, the south-east, the Midlands and Southern counties.

The blanket is patchy but could lead to travel disruptions.

Generally this morning it is a cloudy and banks start

It could stick for most of the day across the

We may see a little bit of brightness

across the far north-east of England and the far north-east of Scotland.

For the western Scotland and Northern Ireland we have cloudy

As we go through the day you will see another band of rain

down into the Midlands. through East Anglia heading

That is going to be drifting towards the

Meanwhile the rain coming in is sinking south-eastward

is so behind that it will brighten up

But for the rest of us a fairly cloudy

Sunshine today is going to be very limited. For Wales it is a cloudy

afternoon. Perhaps late brightness but you can see a weak weather front

producing a few splashes of rain across Anglesey. The sun will come

out across Northern Ireland and the west of Scotland behind a band of

rain which is coming in at the moment. It will leave a legacy of

cloud across eastern areas again with an odd spot here or there.

Through the evening and overnight a band of rain in the south-east

pushes towards the west and a band of rain heading south-east mixes in

which this to give a prolonged band of heavy rain across parts of

England and Wales. Cloud behind it and ahead of across Scotland

Northern Ireland we will have clear skies. It will be cold with a touch

of frost and freezing patchy fog. As we look through the course of

tomorrow we have this band of rain starting to fizzle in situ. For most

of England and a lot of Scotland we will see some sunny spells. But the

cloud will thicken up across Northern Ireland and western

Scotland through the day, heralding the arrival of a band of rain and

strengthening winds. The wind will be a feature of the weather as we

head through the evening. Patching downforce, even severe gales.

Locally across the Outer Hebrides, storm force gust of wind so bear

that in mind. That's tomorrow evening and into the early part of

the night stop what happens on Wednesday the first front bringing

the rain moves to the south-east and then a weaker one comes in hot on

its hills. Here is the first one, taking the reins southwards

accompanied by windy conditions. The skies remain. Weak front comes in

from the west moving east of the weakening feature all the time.

There will be sunshine that there will be showers behind it in

Scotland and some of those will be wintry in nature, especially on the

hills. As we head through the rest of the weekend into the Christmas it

looks like it will be wet and windy. At the moment some of us could see

some snow that looks like it is largely going to be in the hills in

the north. I will keep you updated on that as we get closer to

Christmas. Windy and busy. Thank you, Carol. The

It's the last Monday before Christmas, which means it's time

for us to open door number 19 in our advent calendar.

Let's see which famous face is behind the door for us today,

with the children of Primrose Hill Primary

here is a low and Merry Christmas. I would sing for you but it may ruin

the festivities. Have a great Christmas. That would never ruin the

festivities. And we'll have more

from the children of Primrose Hill Primary School,

and some famous faces every As we've been hearing this morning,

post office workers are expected to take part in strike action

today over pensions, job security and branch closures

with more strikes are planned I will be talking to the post office

in a minute but let me explain the background first.

The union which represents the workers says the walk out

The Post Office says it'll cause minimal problems.

This action is being taken at Crown Post Offices.

Let me just explain what that means.

There are around 11,600 Post Office branches in the UK.

Most of them are run as independent businesses,

But 300 are directly managed by the Post Office Ltd

These are known as Crown offices and are the larger branches mainly

And it's these ones where the industrial action

We spread to the union about it. This strike is about the survival of

the posters we know it today. We want to ensure that is a postal

service going forward and that we have jobs. The strike will cause

chaos, no doubt about it. We do not deny this position. They need to get

their head out of the sand, get around the bargaining table and try

to find a way forward together. Mark Davies is from the Post Office

and joins us from Central London The union said the strike will cause

chaos. What do you think? It will be minimal impact for customers as a

result of this strike and as you said in the introduction, most of

the vast majority of post offices around the country, 11,300 browse

branches will be working today, tomorrow, the rest of the business

week. They are working hard to their customers and it is an important

time for them. 50,000 people across the post offers network working.

Business as usual this time of year. The strike is regrettable. We wish

you weren't happening but we are absolutely clear that the impact

will be minimal. Mail deliveries will not be impacted by the strike

action at all and we will be doing everything we can to minimise

customer inconvenience. And on that point about impact. You rightly said

there that the Crown post offices, they represent about 3% of the

network. In terms of traffic, the union is saying that 20% go through

the Crown post offices. Therefore the impact sounds like it will be

more than minimal. I don't recognise that figure. In fact, although we

have the 300 branches that you talk about are directly managed and owned

tend to be larger branches they are not the only large ones across the

country. There are several thousand in fact. Independently run post

offices by small businessmen and women and other retail groups. They

will be open for business as usual. A vast amount mail going through

those branches over the course of the next few days. It is a case that

the impact of this strike action, however regrettable, will be minimal

and as I say we will do what we can to make sure customers are OK.

Branches that are closed will have their customers directed to

alternative branches and hoping that some of those branches may infect