20/12/2016 Breakfast

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A lorry has ploughed into a packed Christmas market in Berlin.

According to police, it was probably an act of terror.

At least 12 people are dead and dozens more are injured.

The carnage happened just off a main shopping street as the vehicle

mounted the pavement and crashed through wooden huts filled

We heard it knocking down stalls and there was no skidding wheels,

clearly no attempt to try to slow down.

Police think the lorry was stolen from a building site in Poland.

We'll be live in Berlin all morning with the latest.

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12 people have died and around 50 have been injured after a lorry

crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin.

Police say it's a suspected terror attack.

It happened at around 8:15 yesterday evening when the Christmas market

Eyewitnesses say the vehicle ploughed into the busy market square

The market is close to the popular tourist site

of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin Zoo,

and one of the main shopping streets in West Berlin.

German police say they're investigating reports

that the vehicle was stolen from a building site in Poland,

Under the lights of one of Berlin's biggest Christmas markets,

investigators examine the lorry that has caused so much

It was loaded with steel beams when it turned off the road

This footage shows the immediate aftermath.

Just moments earlier, people had been enjoying food

Rhys Meredith, from Cardiff, was visiting the market

We heard it knocking down the stalls at an amazing rate of knots.

There was no skidding wheels, clearly no attempt to slow down,

despite him veering out of the market.

The driver of the lorry then fled on foot, but was captured

Reports claim he is an asylum seeker from either Afghanistan or Pakistan.

The vehicle had come from Poland, and police say a Polish citizen

was found dead in the passenger seat.

The lorry's owner says his driver could not have been responsible.

TRANSLATION: The person who was driving and jumped out

They did something to him, and hijacked his truck.

Some of them are in a critical condition.

The scenes are a reminder of the lorry attack on Bastille Day

crowds in the French city of Nice in July,

The so-called Islamic State group claimed responsibility.

Police say there is no evidence there will be further attacks in

Berlin. But the German government has said

the evidence so far points to this Investigations are ongoing this

morning. We can she do live pictures. You can see in the centre

of your screen where the flashing lights are the articulated lorry. It

went through the centre of this Christmas market and you can see the

damage it caused on its way. It happened less than 12 hours ago.

Still in the initial stages of the investigation. One man has been

arrested and is being talked to buy the authorities. We have talked to

an eyewitness nearby when it happened and we will bring you news

from him later. The UN Secretary General,

Ban Ki-Moon, has described the killing of the Russian

ambassador to Turkey as a "senseless Ambassador Andrei Karlov was shot

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That is Sir Dave Brailsford talking about that yesterday. That mystery

package we have heard about a lot was a decongestant. Thank you. Only

one story makes the front page. A couple actually. What happened in

Berlin. That happened last night. Christmas carnage in Berlin. Inside,

many papers have more details and of course more photographs as well and

maps. Everyone is tried to piece together, including police, this

morning, exactly what happened. They are talking about the lorry going at

40 miles an hour hitting pedestrians in the Christmas markets and various

buildings etc. And we have seen pictures this morning of where it

came to a standstill. It appears to be a large road, but it is not clear

at this time why it actually stopped there. That is why they are trying

to investigate at the moment. Pictures like this dominate at the

moment. Nine dead, it says, but that has been updated to 12 confirmed

dead in Berlin after this lorry drove into the Christmas market.

Carnage at a Christmas market. And the front nature of The Daily

Mirror. A bloodbath massacre at the Christmas market. That is the front

page. And that is the front page of The Daily Telegraph. Only two

stories. The killing of the Russian ambassador is the other story in

Turkey which makes up the front pages of many stories. Another

critical photo taken by a photographer.

Let's get more on our top story, at least 12 people have died

and almost 50 are injured after a lorry crashed

Officials say they suspect it was a deliberate attack.

The market was full of people at the time, many of them tourists.

These are live pictures. You can see on the right hand side.

We can speak to Jon Campbell from Pontypridd now.

He's on holiday in Berlin, and joins us on the phone now.

Thank you so much for joining us. I understand your hotel is very close

to where this happened. Described to us what happened last night. --

describe. Where we are staying, the Christmas markets are 200- 300

metres away. We came here as tourists. We spent the last few

evenings there. My girlfriend is a stickler for plans. We went at 8pm

last night. It was only at a whim that we decided to pop into a

restaurant. We had a phone call. We were sat in the restaurant and

ambulances and police vans were speeding past and we thought, what

happened? My sister said, are you guys OK? I was like, what

happenedthought something happened at home. She told me that a truck

had gone through the Christmas markets in Berlin. That is when

everyone in the restaurant started watching the news. That is where we

were supposed to be. It is hard to describe. I am shocked. I could be

eating a hot dog and having a beer and then suddenly there would be a

lorry ploughing through. Tell us about the atmosphere last night. Did

you go back to the hotel? What happened? Yeah, it was quite

intense. Maybe the events of Paris were in some people's minds. You

hear about this and you think, it happened in one place, will it

happen in another? The advice was given quickly. Instinctively people

stayed where they were. But we were under the impression it would be

safer to go straight back to our hotel. So we got a taxi straight

there. When we were getting the taxi back we realised the disruption

going on. The entrance was blocked near the memorial church. All the

roads were totally closed. You could not actually see the market when we

were driving past. But it really gave you a sense of what was going

on there. OK, thank you very much for joining us.

Let's get some more reaction from a security analyst in Berlin. Thank

you for joining us. We are hearing from authorities it is a suspected

terror at. Had Germany been on high alert for a while? Yes. Security

forces have been warning people for sometime that Germany is threatened

and that from various sides there were plans to attack German citizens

on German soil. So far it seems we have been lucky until last night.

You know the area of Berlin well. Can you describe the location of the

market where this happened? It is in the western part of Berlin, it is

the heart of the old West Berlin. In the centre you have the Emperor

William Memorial Church, which was partially destroyed in World War

Two, and remained his way as a symbol for peace. And around the

church, you have this neat square with a fountain, where we have lots

of festivities in the summer and each year in the winter time there

is a Christmas market. Authorities have said that it is a suspected

terror attack and it happened at a time when the market was packed with

tourists and with Germans as well. Yes. Traditionally, after work

people go with colleagues for one last line to the Christmas market to

get in the mood and you meet with family, or after the shopping trip

you go there, and of course the many tourists who have come to Berlin

love to go to these Christmas markets. Yes. And what is the

feeling like in Berlin this morning? The city is still relatively quiet

and, of course, in a few minutes or so life will have to continue but

surely the mood will have to be relatively sober. Like last night, I

came back home, used public transportation, everyone was quiet.

It wasn't the normal mood you experience when you come to Berlin.

Understandable. Thank you very much. A security analyst in Berlin this

morning. That is of course the main story this morning. It is.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning: At least 12 people have died

and dozens more have been injured after a lorry drove into a busy

Police now say they suspect terrorism.

The German authorities are questioning a man thought

We will catch up with the weather this morning. We can have a second

glimpse with Carol. Good morning. Today it is relatively quiet,

however we have heavy rain and windy conditions coming later on.

Currently we have rain, not for Scotland, here there is clear skies

and dry weather. It is cold without a lot of frost and fog. It is the

same for Northern Ireland with frost around, patchy fog, clear skies. For

England and Wales it is a murky start with a lot of cloud around and

a few breaks here and there, for example is -- in East Anglia at a

weather front brings patchy rain for western Wales and also south-west

England. That is courtesy of this weather front which will tend to

fizzle but the next comes in with wet and windy weather. For the bulk

of eastern and central Scotland, and also England, we have a dry and fine

day with some sunny spells. This rain will be heavy as it comes in

across Northern Ireland and Scotland later, accompanied by strong wind.

We are looking at GUS up to gale force with exposure at the Outer

Hebrides we could have 60 or 70 mph -- gusts. These are the kind of

gusts to expect into the evening. If you are travelling in a high sided

vehicle, bear that in mind, or even a light vehicle or even a bike. The

next comes in with some squalyl showers. Some of them will be wintry

even at low levels. It will affect some of the higher level routes --

squally showers. And also the hills and mountains, where we will see

some light snow. It is a cold night in prospect in the north. Tomorrow

we start off with those squally showers and we carry them on through

the day, and snow at low levels. In southern Scotland and Northern

Ireland it is likely in the hills. The first band of rain meanwhile

sinks south, weakening in doing so, and behind it we see something

bright, and in fact in between the showers something bright comes our

way as well. Moving into Thursday, it is quieter weatherwise. We will

have some showers for northern parts, it will be wintry and cold,

the top temperature only four degrees in Aberdeen, but at least

there is sunshine in between the showers, not just in the north, but

in the south. As we had from Thursday into Friday things will up

weatherwise once again. We have an active area of low pressure coming

our way. The rain will rattle through quickly through the course

of Friday but it will once again be very windy, particularly so in the

north of the country. In the run-up to Christmas, expect spells of wind

and rain, although the rain will go through quite quickly. Thank you

very much. It does not look lovely. Look at that. Even though you have

tried to make it look lovely. Thank you. There was a bit of sunshine in

the bottom part of the picture. As Christmas approaches,

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stop things escalating to that point, because we know when the

police get called it is usually quite serious injuries and

incidents. There is another element to this early intervention program.

The local housing association is also involved. Hello, how are you.

They check that perpetrators are a attending the course and they

checked up on the victims themselves. They might have

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example, things like that. We might be looking at an antisocial

behaviour complaint or a noise nuisance, or is it actually domestic

abuse? He was kicking the Dorian in the middle of the night, my windows

were going out. This woman was so afraid of her X partner that she

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was lying in a hospital bed covered in blood. I was so happy he had done

it because, to me, I was free. In every community there is a woman

like her. Here in Sunderland charities hope working with the

local housing association, abusive relationships can stop before women

are put in more serious danger. Our series on Policing Britain

continues all week. Later in the programme,

we'll be reporting on our fear of crime and how that

impacts on our lives. Very specifically about domestic

violence and we will speak to the Police and Crime Commissioner at

Northumbria police. Could this be the year mistletoe

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in Cheshire finding out why sales We will speak to her a little bit

later on. I have seen her, that is why I said hello. We will have more

on what is going on in Berlin. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. Plenty more on our website

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Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment. We'll speak to a British tourist

who was in the Christmas market in Berlin last night and tried

to help some of those Our special series on policing

Britain looks at the "fear of crime," and finds out why it

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12 people have died and around 50 have been injured after a lorry

crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin.

Police say it's a suspected terror attack.

A man, thought to be the driver, has been arrested.

They are questioning him. Here is Greg Dawson with more.

Under the lights of one of Berlin's biggest Christmas markets,

investigators examine the lorry that has caused so much

It was loaded with steel beams when it turned off the road

This footage shows the immediate aftermath.

Just moments earlier, people had been enjoying food

Rhys Meredith, from Cardiff, was visiting the market

We heard it knocking down the stalls at an amazing rate of knots.

And, you know, there was no skidding wheels,

or there was clearly no attempt to slow down,

despite him veering out of the market.

The driver of the lorry then fled on foot,

Reports claim he is an asylum seeker from either Afghanistan or Pakistan

who had arrived in Germany in February.

The vehicle had come from Poland, and police say a Polish citizen

was found dead in the passenger seat.

The lorry's owner says his driver could not have been responsible.

TRANSLATION: The person who was driving and jumped out

They did something to him, and hijacked his truck.

Some of them are in a critical condition.

The scenes are a reminder of the lorry attack on Bastille Day

crowds in the French city of Nice in July,

The so-called Islamic State group claimed responsibility.

Authorities say there is no indication of any further threats

But the German government has said the evidence so far points to this

This happened under 12 hours ago. We can show you what is happening in

Berlin at the moment. We have looked at this picture for the last half an

hour also. Police are investigating. You can see the flashing lights on

your screen of the lorry. They are trying to figure out why it came to

stop at that point and how it got in. We were told all police measures

are operating at full steam with full diligence to figure out what

happened in that Christmas market in Berlin last night. And they are

calling it a suspected terror attack. In a moment on Breakfast we

will get more reaction to developments in Berlin and what it

could mean for security both over there in the Christmas period and in

the UK as well. And to give you advice from the Foreign Office here,

you are supposed to avoid the area and follow the advice of local

authorities. They say there is a high threat of terrorism. The German

government has announced increased security as a proportion of

transport hubs and large public gatherings and events. That is the

advice from the Foreign Office this morning. That is if you are

travelling to Germany. We will keep you up-to-date on all the latest

developments. The UN Secretary General,

Ban Ki-Moon, has described the killing of the Russian

ambassador to Turkey as a "senseless Ambassador Andrei Karlov was shot

dead yesterday by a Turkish policeman, apparently in protest

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and a drug made from deep sea bacteria, can eliminate tumours

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Nicola Sturgeon, will today set out plans for how Scotland could stay

in the European Single Market after She says leaving the single market

would be potentially devastating to Scotland's economy,

and is expected to propose more powers are devolved

to the Holyrood Parliament Earlier this month, the Chancellor,

Philip Hammond said a separate Brexit deal for Scotland

was "not realistic." The US Electoral College has

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healthcare left the NHS with an unpaid bill

of ?30 million last year. The debt appears to have

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to a new site 100 miles away in three years' time to protect

the land at its current The event's founder, Michael Eavis,

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used every five years. However, Mr Eavis indicated

that he would be reluctant to see the festival move from

its home permanently. I expect all the hundreds of

thousands of fans may feel similar. I love the magnificent vagueness of

towards the Midlands. Sally is he with the sport and... Well, average

cricket news. The best result for everybody today would be a draw and

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conceded a goal in extra time. Eight minutes, that is difficult. It was

already difficult to keep one point until 90-95 minutes. The eighth

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to the team bus on the final day of the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine,

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Adrian Lewis safely booked his place It's been four years since the man

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past Sweden's Magnus Caris Britain's Scott Brash

finished joint third, as Germany's Daniel Deusser won

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came to an end last night The Olympic crowd were treated

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riding horses from Spain, a bit of slapstick humour,

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begins for him at the end I think this is really what you

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but are they just sitting there? No, there is some tricks that they do.

Let's get more now on our top story this morning.

The lorry crash at a Berlin Christmas market that has left 12

people dead and more than 50 injured.

Germany's Interior Minister said there were indications it had been

It left devastation. It crashed through some stalls. It is believed

the truck was stolen in Poland. Let's speak now to Joachim Krause,

a German security analyst. Joachim, had there been any

warning of an attack? Good morning. Thank you for joining

us. The investigation is very much ongoing at this stage. Police said

in the last hour or so that they suspect this is a terror attack.

Obviously for at least the first four or five hours German officials

were reluctant to frame the incident as a terrorist attack. But after a

few hours it almost came impossible to frame it in any other way. Just

like every witness we talked to talk about the fact that this attack was

absolutely deliberate. In the early hours of this morning, things became

even more clear. That actually the attack was 100% deliberate. By

looking at various platforms, Islamic State has already kind of

claimed responsibility for what happened that night in Germany. We

were speaking to a security analyst based in Berlin this morning and

they said that Germany had been on high alert like many European

countries at the time. And that included people in a confined space

like a Christmas market. Remember, what happened in Germany, in Berlin,

was an isolated event. 2016 was one of the most fateful years when it

comes to terrorism. In the recent history of Europe. What happened in

Germany and only over the summer in the south of France when a similar

incident kind of took place, unfortunately, over 80 people lost

their lives. And of course, the German market, very much like

Bastille Day in France, has a lot of significance. So obviously they

thought very carefully about choosing the right time and the

right place or this type of atrocity. We have to say that so

much is unknown this morning and not confirmed. There is one news agency,

the DPA Newsagency, that says he is either in Afghanistan or Pakistan

asylum seeker. What is your knowledge on that? We do not know

the identity of the driver. But what we know is that obviously terrorism

predates the Syrian civil war. But there is no doubt that the Syrian

civil war has more than anything contributed to the globalisation of

terrorism. Even for a minute I cannot disconnect what is happening

right now in Syria, what is happening right now in the Middle

East, and what is happening right now in Europe in terms of kind of

security and terrorism. And what happened in Berlin last night, the

world is reacting. Will there be increased security in the UK it and

Europe over the Christmas period? That is that may be the case over

the last few years. Just before coming here I read the news that

France has decided to increased security. Various officials have

been talking about a possible attack. So we are definitely going

to see increased security in the UK before and around Christmas. OK.

Thank you very much for your time. I think we will talk to you later.

Thank you. The Foreign Office is talking about going to Germany and

say they advised staying away from the area where the incident happened

and follow the advice of German authorities. They have announced

increased security around the area. News coming in all the time this

morning and we will bring you the latest when we get it. Plenty other

news to get you this morning, including the weather.

We are often fairly quiet start with frost Dan Fogg as well. Later it

will turn much more windy -- frost and fog. We have some frost and some

patchy fog. It is the same for Northern Ireland, clear skies means

temperatures tumbled. For England and Wales, there is more cloud

around, he and their one or two breaks in East Anglia with frost

developing before the day really breaks and then as we drift to the

west we have spots of rain for western Wales and south-west England

and it is dank on the south coast. It will brighten up as dry air moves

in from the continent. We will see some sunshine for many parts of

England, east Wales and Scotland. Hanging on to the dank nurse in the

west and then substantial rain comes from the west for Northern and with

that strengthening wind as well. The wind will be gale force, even severe

for some, that is the dusts. If you are travelling later this afternoon

through the evening, bear that in mind if you are in a light vehicle,

high sided vehicle or a bike. Through the night the rain will sing

south, it will be quite windy. It will weaken. There will be dry

conditions behind it but a band of showers pushing across Northern

Ireland and Scotland and they will likely fall as snow in Scotland

north of the central belt, possibly to low levels by the end of the

night, which might affect high-level routes. Tomorrow we start off with a

similar -- similar vein. North of the Central Lowlands. We will have

some hail and thunder mixed in. Rain showers across Northern Ireland and

sunshine here. Sunshine for northern England and Wales. Meanwhile, the

band of rain moving south, which was weakening, peps up once again.

Temperatures in the south but it will be cold further north. Into

Thursday, the band of rain to the new continent. Thursday is quieter.

Much more dry weather. Some sunny spells and a peppering of showers

across Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some of those in Scotland

will be wintry. As we head through Thursday into Friday the next Potent

area of low pressure comes. That will introduce heavy rain. It will

push through quite quickly because it will be a windy day. The

strongest wind with gales more likely in the north. That takes us

in the run-up to Christmas, more spells of wind and rain, so keep in

touch with the weather if you are travelling. We will. Thank you. We

always stay in touch with Carol. How much we worry about crime

in our neighbourhoods may not bear much resemblance to the amount

of criminal activity that's That's according to police,

who say younger people - who are statistically more likely

to be victims of crime - often don't take the risks

seriously, whereas older people aren't targeted as much

as they may think. As part of our Policing Britain

series, Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been to Nottingham to find out

why our perceptions of crime don't This is Clifton in Nottingham. It

doesn't look or feel like a hotbed of crime and it isn't. Of the 20

ward in Nottingham Clifton came 17th in terms of overall reported crime

with just 70 incidents reported to the police last year. And yet almost

40% of people here in Clifton think crime is a big or very big trouble.

The fear of crime is the second-highest here in the whole of

Nottingham. We have a link with the Clifton police. Pat is chair of the

Clifton residents association. Their Facebook page is a way to keep in

touch about every incident. One reason why the perception of crime

and reality is out of sync. Pat says there are others. We used to get

regular updates from the police of the crime figures for the area. With

the police having to have cutbacks we no longer get them so that may

skew people's perceptions. Part of it I think is the amount of media

that people are sitting with. Mike is the chief comes to Durham and the

UK police lead on crime. Media reporting on crime is one reason he

says. Fear of it continues to rise. I think the other thing is we have

become better at making sure that people know about crime. One of the

ways we can galvanise the public is to make sure they know that there is

a risk and they can do something about it. We might even be partly to

blame in the rising fear of crime. Will he come and rescue the lorry

which has broken down" a children's nursery in staple field, Nottingham.

Thieves took a computer and empty the safe. Why would somebody do that

to a nursery, and what were they expecting to find? Absolutely

devastating. I have had my house broken into in this area twice. In

the last 10 years. It is definitely on the rise. It is getting worse?

Definitely. The truth is overall crime has been falling and it has

fallen since 1995 every year. The police are investigating this glory

but RICHARD CONELIANO: Raises lots of people have lost faith. They

don't report it. Not fully investigating crime leads to a sense

of unease. . Nonetheless police say we over worry about some crimes and

don't worry enough about where much chrome is now happening online.

People still locked the doors but they virtually leave the computer

open for anybody to attack. As night falls, police are out on the town.

Young drunk people statistically most likely to be victims of crime

and surveys show the least likely to be afraid of crime. Perception and

reality once again at odds with each other.

That report from Graham is all part of Policing Britain, which we will

be covering up until Friday. Yes. Lots of people talk about getting

into the Christmas spirit, but Steph's really taken

it to heart this year. With sales of gin and rum

booming in the last year, she's at one of the UK's oldest

distilleries to find out how they're How on earth have you landed with

this job this morning? LAUGHTER I love that you clarified it. IM here

for a news reason. I am not here just to drink spirits. I am at one

of the oldest distilleries in the UK. They make something like a

quarter of a million bottles of spirits every single day. That is a

lot. We are interested in June. This is one of the distillery bits which

helps to make it. I will bring in John Mann. She can explain how it

works. Tell us what is in June? It is essentially three building blocks

-- gin. Grain spirit, we use British wheat, we have botanicals and local

water. One of the key botanicals we have to put in is juniper berries.

Let's have a look. We get these from the Toscana region in Italy and it

gives it the beautiful perfume notes which you recognise gin is all

about. We also have coriander seeds which we get from Morocco which give

you the citrus and spice notes and then we have a lemon peel which is

just here. This is from, this is hand peeled. This is from Spain.

People sit around in Spain peeling lemons. How do you make, then, you

have your ingredients? We place the botanical, water and spirits, and

today we are making Greenall's gin, we place it all in the pot, we close

the manhole and we hit it up with steam. When we get to 80 degrees the

alcohol will boil away from the water. It takes all other flavours

from the botanicals. Faber travels up the column, over the line and

hits the condenser and back into the receiving tanks. Excellent and

quality control. We are here talking about gin because sales are up 10%

in the last year. It is a spirit at the moment that is booming. We have

Simon, the head of buying beer, alcohol and wine for the

Co-operative Group. Have you seen a change in the way people purchase

alcohol? Absolutely. People are looking for more distinctive

products. That is great for us. And gin is leading the way in terms of

seeing the trend to products with Providence or an artisan background,

which is great for an industry. So, RUC in that people are buying

premium at cheap and it is the middle ground where less is going

on? Are we all just buying more alcohol? Our home brand is doing

really well. And then at the weekend people are trading up. If they are

buying a gift they want something more premium with a premium feel,

which could be packaging or a flavour they are looking for. As I

say, that is more exciting and we can put more interesting products on

the shelves. Why do you think gin is doing well? It is an industry that

is UK-based, which is exciting, and it is engaging for customers. People

understand the different chemicals you put in give a different flavour

and I think when people went into the bar and ordered a gin and tonic

has ended. People specify the preferred gin and a different route

they put in and they will personalise the drink to their

taste. Thank you for your time. We will show you more of this process.

We will get it going shortly. The smell in here is gorgeous and you

can really smell the botanicals. You will be back with me in a bit to get

more of this. It is fascinating. I was taking a lot of notes.

Genuinely. She is going to buy one of those massive pipes for her back

garden. I don't think I have a pot that big. You need some juniper

berries. He's joining us back

on the Breakfast sofa, Strictly Champion Ore Oduba will be

here to tell us how he's coping I think the truth is he is going to

dance again, isn't he? Of course he is, he can't stop!

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

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

This is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

A lorry has ploughed into a packed Christmas market in Berlin.

According to police, it was probably an act of terror.

At least 12 people are dead and dozens more are injured.

A man thought to have been driving the lorry has been arrested.

The carnage happened just off a main shopping street as the vehicle

mounted the pavement and crashed through wooden huts filled

We heard it knocking down stalls and there was no skidding wheels,

clearly no attempt to try to slow down.

Police think the lorry was stolen from a building site in Poland.

We'll be live in Berlin all morning with the latest.

This is the scene there this morning as they are preparing to tow that

lorry away. We will bring you live updates as they come to us.

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ambassador to Turkey as an act of provocation.

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Good morning from one of the oldest gin distilleries in the UK.

Spirit sales have gone up by more than 10% over the last year.

Sales are up and we will tell you why.

England is trying to salvage the final tests against India. They need

to continue in the daily to survive. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, a

fine start. Later, wet and windy conditions moving in. For England

and Wales, cloudy and murky. Rain in the west. For you it will brighten

up with some sunshine. I will have more details on all of that in 15

minutes. Thank you, Carol. 12 people have died and around 50

have been injured after a lorry crashed into a Christmas

market in Berlin. Police say it's

a suspected terror attack. It happened at around 8:15 yesterday

evening when the Christmas market Eyewitnesses say the vehicle

ploughed into the busy market square The market is close

to the popular tourist site of the Kaiser Wilhelm

Memorial Church, Berlin Zoo, and one of the main shopping

streets in West Berlin. German police say they're

investigating reports that the vehicle was stolen

from a building site in Poland, Under the lights of one of Berlin's

biggest Christmas markets, investigators examine the lorry

that has caused so much It was loaded with steel beams

when it turned off the road This footage shows

the immediate aftermath. Just moments earlier,

people had been enjoying food Rhys Meredith, from Cardiff,

was visiting the market We heard it knocking down the stalls

at an amazing rate of knots. And, you know, there

was no skidding wheels, or there was clearly no attempt

to try and slow down, despite him veering

out of the market. The driver of the lorry

then fled on foot, Reports claim he is an asylum seeker

from either Afghanistan or Pakistan who had arrived in

Germany in February. The vehicle had come from Poland,

and police say a Polish citizen was found dead in

the passenger seat. The lorry's owner says his driver

could not have been responsible. TRANSLATION: The person

who was driving and jumped out They did something to him,

and hijacked his truck. The scenes are a reminder

of the lorry attack on Bastille Day crowds in the French

city of Nice in July 2016 proved to be one of the most

fateful years especially when it comes to terrorism in Europe. What

happened in Germany only over the summer in the south of France as

well, like Bastille Day and this Christmas markets, they have a lot

of significance. They thought carefully about choosing the right

time and place for this kind of atrocity.

Authorities say there is no indication of any further threats

But the German government has said the evidence so far points to this

Leaders from around the world have been reacting to events in Berlin

Angela Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert tweeted this.

"We are in mourning for the dead and hope that the many injured

The UK's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson went on Twitter

to say "My thoughts and condolences are with the people of Germany

following tonight's terrible tragedy in Berlin."

The French President Francois Hollande tweeted this.

"I express my solidarity and compassion to Chancellor Merkel,

to the German people and to the families

And the US President-Elect Donald Trump also took to Twitter to list

a number of incidents which took place in Europe and beyond saying

the "civilized world must change thinking!"

Let's go live to Berlin now where we can speak

She is in the city. She has been updating various sources from social

media in the last few hours as well. What is the latest? We understand we

are to expect to see the lorry taken away very shortly. Yeah. In fact,

you can see the scene behind me is moving pretty fast as they are

preparing to tow that lorry away. What is eerie is that the lights on

the Christmas trees are still twinkling in what remains of the

Christmas markets. When you see the lorry close-up you get the sense of

the horror that those people must have felt as it careered towards

them as they were eating and drinking. There is a sense of shock

and horror here this morning. That is compounded by the fact police are

describing it now as a suspected terrorist attack. Not only do they

feel it was deliberately driven towards the crowd, they now feel it

was a terror inspired attack as well. That means this is taking on a

political dimension as well. There are unconfirmed reports that the man

police are holding as there means suspect was of Pakistani or Afghani

heritage. Already this is being seized upon by the anti immigrant

party who blame Angela Merkel for what has happened. This will

reignite a political debate about the policy and what it has meant for

the country. 48 people are in hospital, some seriously injured. 12

people are confirmed dead. It may be that the death toll rises through

the morning. We have spoken to a number of security analysts this

morning. Germany, like many other European countries, are ready on a

high state of alert, as we know, and this was expected to happen. There

were specific warnings about large gatherings of people around

Christmas time. Yeah. Germany has been really very nervous as a

country ever since the summer when the first two, what was thought to

have been the first two, Islamic State terror attacks happened on

German soil. They injured a few people but no one was killed. Since

then there has been a feeble atmosphere in the country. There was

concern about the safety of the thousands of Christmas market that

take place in this country at this time of year. It is very difficult

to entirely secure a Christmas market like this. How do you make

sure it is entirely secure? Do you check people as they come in? Most

markets increased security patrols. And that was it. I think for a long

time people have expected something like this to happen. That is of

course no comfort to anyone who has lost loved ones here or who were

perhaps injured themselves. And the authorities and the government who

are still trying to persuade this country they can keep it safe. Thank

you for the latest on that, Jenny Hill, the correspondent in Berlin.

As she was saying, they are reporting that the driver was

probably an Afghani or a Pakistani refugee. That is not confirmed by

the police. But there is a strong rumour in Germany at the moment.

That is bringing a lot of pressure on Chancellor Merkel and her foreign

policy. More on that and anything else we get from Berlin throughout

the morning. We will speak to a terrorism expert about that shortly.

To other news now. The UN Secretary General,

Ban Ki-Moon, has described the killing of the Russian

ambassador to Turkey as a "senseless Ambassador Andrei Karlov was shot

dead yesterday by a Turkish policeman, apparently in protest

at Russia's involvement Turkey's president said the attack

was aimed at hurting The Scottish First Minister,

Nicola Sturgeon, will today set out plans for how Scotland could stay

in the European Single Market after She says leaving the single market

would be potentially devastating to Scotland's economy,

and is expected to propose more powers are devolved

to the Holyrood Parliament Earlier this month, the Chancellor,

Philip Hammond said a separate Brexit deal for Scotland

was "not realistic." Lorna Gordon is in Holyrood this

morning. What will happen later this morning? Good morning. There has

been a lot of political positioning over the last six months since the

UK as a whole voted to leave the EU. But a majority of people in Scotland

voted to remain. Today we expect quite a lot of detail, actually,

about what Nicola Sturgeon wants to do to protect Scotland's interests

going forward. She is calling for a soft Brexit, not a hardline. That

means maintaining the single market. Ideally she would like that to

happen with the UK as a whole, maintaining that access. If that is

not possible, she wants Scotland is to have that access. See things in

order for that to happen significant powers need to be devolved to the

Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh for things like immigration, employment

rights, and if none of that is possible, the option of a second

independence referendum. Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said she

will look seriously at these proposals and there is a meeting

next month to discuss them. Lorna Gordon, thank you.

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The approach, which uses lasers and a drug made from deep sea

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More than four 100 men took part in the trial.

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patients not entitled to free healthcare left the NHS

with an unpaid bill of ?30 million last year.

The debt appears to have increased sharply over the previous 12 months.

The government has reminded hospitals of their legal duty

to recover the money, and has encouraged them to ask

to see passports before giving treatment.

You are watching Breakfast from BBC News. We will have weather and sport

soon. But returning to the main story.

More details are emerging this morning about the lorry that drove

into crowds in one of Berlin's Christmas markets last night.

We do know that 12 people died in the incident,

which police are now calling a suspected terror attack.

Almost 50 people are injured in hospital, some of them seriously.

In a moment, we'll be speaking to former Counter Terrorism officer

Chris Phillips from our London studio.

First, we're joined by Rhys Meredith, who was at the market

with his girlfriend at the moment of the crash.

Thank you very much for your time this morning, Rhys. You were there

and quite close to the lorry when it burst into the Christmas market.

Describe exactly what happened to us if you can. Yeah. We just not long

got to the market, just 10-15 minutes. We had a look around the

stalls, soaking up everything in the area that it had to offer. We looked

at food and we were originally going to walk around the other stalls. But

we decided to sit down and eat instead which may be is incredibly

lucky. The area we visited is the area that was hit before we decided

to sit down. We heard it crashing through the stalls and going around

the corner. Less than ten feet from where we were sat. There is just

complete and utter devastation, really. When you first heard and saw

this, clearly there were stalls they are. This was a pedestrian area.

Everyone should have known straightaway that something was

happening that shouldn't have been happening. We genuinely thought it

was a small explosion. We were quite shocked. It all happened so fast. We

were quite shocked to see a lorry had come all the way through and

there was clearly no attempt by the lorry to slow down or stop. There

was no sound of breaks going off or tyres or anything like that. We are

seeing pictures and we are talking to you as the lorry is being taken

away. That was what Jenny Hill was telling us. For more investigation,

no doubt. We have been hearing reports this morning of some people

running away after seeing and hearing this yesterday. But also

some people helping those individuals who had broken limbs as

it was going through the crowd. Yes, we stayed around to help as

much as we could. My girlfriend was looking after a mail with a pretty

severe head injury and I tried helping other people, get stalls of

the top of people, some still alive, some sadly not need it, but yes,

there was more, sadly, police were on the scene, they were brilliant,

there was concern from emergency services about the gas canisters

that were underneath. The German police services were brilliant, they

were on the scene within minutes doing everything they needed to do.

Listening to you this morning, it is clear you are still processing what

you have seen and heard. What is the mood amongst people you have spoken

to this morning? What is the mood generally? We are still in a state

of shock and we can't believe we have been caught up in it. You don't

realise the impact when you are in the middle of it rather than

watching it on television. There is a genuine state of shock around the

city. Don't really know what to expect the atmosphere to be like

today, to be honest. And are you stating in Berlin, were you due to

come back before Christmas, water your plans now? We are due to fly

back tomorrow morning. We are going to stick with that. OK, well, we

really it pre- share due talking to us this morning, and as Rhys has

spoken, he is in a state of shock. -- really appreciate you talking to

us this morning. 12 people, we know, have died and up to 50 have been

injured after that, well, now suspected terror attack yesterday.

We will speak with Chris Phillips, former counterterrorism officer who

specialises in helping protect crowded places. I imagine somewhere

like this, a Christmas market, is difficult to protect. What measures

would have been in place? It is very difficult to protect. We need to

understand that terrorists revisit sites and types and modes of attack.

There are things we can learn from history which we can put in place

and we have done much of that across the UK with what we call hostile

vehicle mitigation and what we saw in early and was similar to what we

saw in Nice and we have known for some time that Germany was at a high

state of alert, as is France and Belgium. It is a big problem

protecting crowded places but there are things to do. You talk about

hostile vehicle mitigation, what do you mean? We have many companies in

the UK that build absolutely brilliant barriers, blockers, which

are across the country and city, and if you look at many other areas of

crowded places, they have specific protection with them and it is not

always barriers or bollards, sometimes it is bus stops and all

sorts of things we have built into the environment to protect us. Tell

us about the impact now. We know in Germany they are announcing

increased security in places in Germany. Would you expect that to be

the same in other cities as well? I think the whole of Europe is on a

very high alert. We need to bear in mind as well that we started doing

this protective crowded places work 10- 12 years ago. Many of our

cities, airports and crowded places are already protected. It is not

something you can do pretty quickly. We even have something called the

national barrier asset that we put into specific locations if we think

there is a threat. It is not building protection against

vehicles, it is quite difficult and it is a long-term process. And if

what has happened there, it is still unclear how it happened, and how it

can to stop, because that is important to tackle it? Yes, and

what we try to do, and what physics tells us is if we can slow down the

vehicle there is less chance of it penetrating into a crowded place.

Everything that you can do to slow down a vehicle will save lives. We

also need to bear in mind this could have been so much worse. Thank

goodness the vehicle didn't have explosives in it. If it had, we

would have seen a much higher death toll. Thank you for joining us. We

are late for the weather, but hopefully you understand why, we are

trying to cover that Laurie attack were 12 people were killed and

dozens injured. -- Laurie attack. It is a quiet start to the day with

variable cloud across England and Wales. There is frost and patchy

fog. It will turn windy later on. A frosty start. The fog will lift as

the wind picks up. Sunshine first thing for Scotland. The same for

Northern Ireland. Forced it with patchy fog. For England and Wales it

is a cloudy start, it is a dank start, one or two breaks for East

Anglia and the south-east at this stage of the morning, they are the

exception rather than the rule. Showers for the south coast. West

Wales and England we have a weather front producing light and patchy

rain through much of the day. For the rest of England it will be

bright with sunshine through much of the day in eastern Scotland as well.

You can already see the weather front introducing rain. It won't

just be rain, it will also introduce strengthening wind. The areas where

we will likely see the highest ats is north-west Scotland and the Outer

Hebrides, which could have gusts up to 70 mph, the north-west 60 mph,

and you can see it is gusty along the Irish Sea. Through the evening

and overnight the rain and windy conditions pushed further south. It

will weaken all the time. Behind it there will be some squally showers

for Northern Ireland in Scotland and by the end of the night we might see

snow even possibly at low levels. Possibly effecting the higher level

roads in western Scotland too. Tomorrow we are off to that start

again with lots of showers packing in on a strong wind mother squally

showers will contain thunder, hail, rain and snow, possibly at low

levels, above the Central Lowlands and for the Southern uplands and

Northern Ireland any snow will likely be in the hills. And a weak

front will pep up tomorrow with rain for southern and south-eastern

England. Behind it there is sunshine coming through. And then on Thursday

the weather front clears to the nick onto it and a weak system will bring

rain to Northern Ireland, northern England and Scotland. Some of it

will be wintry. But it is a mostly dry day with some sunshine on offer.

As we head through Thursday into Friday the next Potent area of low

pressure comes, introducing rain pushing through swiftly. We are also

looking at the risk of gales for the north of the country, which leads us

into a wet and windy start to Christmas. Thank you very much, we

will see little bit later. As Christmas approaches,

police are preparing for a sharp It's the time of year when incidents

of abuse traditionally spike. As part of our series

on Policing Britain Fiona Trott has been given access to a project

in Sunderland where they're working specifically with men

who are at risk of becoming The new way of tackling

domestic abuse. These men are learning

how their absuive behaviour The 26-week course involves

the charity Barnardo's. It can get up to 20 referrals

a month, and that's Little kicks, little punches,

stuff like that, then it was like vice-versa,

she was starting to hit me. The course learns you

how to take time-out. So even if I am texting,

and I can tell the text is getting out of hand, I might take time-out

and chill out a little. This project means we can get to men

and help them change their behaviour before they get involved

with the criminal justice system. We want to stop things

escalating to that point, because we know when the police get

called it is usually quite serious But there's another element to this

early intervention program. The Local Housing Association

is also involved. They check that perpetrators

are attending the course and they check up on

the victims themselves. They might have something

like a broken window, broken bathroom door locks,

for example, things like that. It could be that we're looking

at an antisocial behaviour complaint or a noise

nuisance, or is it He was kicking me door

in in the middle of the night, This woman was so afraid of her

ex-partner she carried a knife. Her words are spoken

by someone else. It finally came to the day

where he assaulted us and put You know, I was lying in a hospital

bed covered in blood. I was so happy he had

done it because, to me, In every community,

there's a woman like her. Here in Sunderland, charities hope

that by working with the Local Housing Association,

abusive relationships can stop before women are put

in more serious danger. And we will speak to the Police and

Crime Commissioner for the area about what has been done to reduce

domestic violence. Our series on Policing Britain

continues all week. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. This is Breakfast with

Louise Minchin and Dan Walker. Police say a lorry driven

into a packed Christmas market in Berlin was probably

an act of terror. 12 people died and dozens

more were injured. A man thought to have been driving

the lorry has been arrested. Eyewitnesses say the vehicle

ploughed into the busy market square The market is close

to the popular tourist site of the Kaiser Wilhelm

Memorial Church, Berlin Zoo, and one of the main shopping

streets in West Berlin. German police say they're

investigating reports that the vehicle was stolen

from a building site in Poland, It veered into the market loaded

steel beams. The area was packed with tourists and locals. The lorry

driver was fleeing on foot and eventually seized. We did a crowded

places work ten years ago. Many cities and airports and crowded

places are already protected. It is not something you can do quickly. We

have even got something we call the National Barrier Asset we put in

specific locations if we think there is a threat. It is not building

protection against vehicles, it is a long-term process and is quite

difficult. The former counterterrorism officer that I

spoke to just a little bit earlier. We have also been speaking to an

eyewitness Rhys who was there with his girlfriend a few yards away when

it happened. We have been watching the pictures all morning from Berlin

from where the truck is. They are beginning to at least move the truck

away as they are doing investigations. And we have spoken

to the Guardian correspondent and will talk to her again soon. To

other news now. The UN Secretary General,

Ban Ki-Moon, has described the killing of the Russian

ambassador to Turkey as a "senseless Ambassador Andrei Karlov was shot

dead yesterday by a Turkish policeman, apparently in protest

at Russia's involvement in Aleppo. Sarah Rainsford is in Moscow for us

this morning. Thank you very much for joining us. What has the

reaction been from Moscow on this? First of all, deep shock that this

has happened. People saw the images on TV and saw the pictures in their

papers and they are horrified that this is something that was able to

take place. There are many questions about how that happened and why. The

reaction, though, has been very strong. President Putin and

President Erdogan spoke immediately after the attack by telephone which

has been crucial. There was a lot of concern that this risked escalating

relations between the two countries on a diplomatic front and

potentially militarily. Already the relations were tense. But both

presidents moved quickly to call what had happened an act of

provocation and to point the finger outside of their own countries to

some kind of what in the West that there is some sort of force trying

to pull them apart. Recently they have been trying to work together to

some kind of resolution and settlement in the Syrian conflict.

In fact, the Turkish Foreign Minister and Defence Minister are in

Moscow today to discuss what is happening in Syria. President Putin

said it was a provocation aimed at destroying that process and he said

he would act very forcibly. He said the fight against terror will be

strengthened and that the bandits will feel that themselves. So a

strong response from Russia and a message going out that Russia and

Turkey will remain allied in what they are trying to achieve in Syria.

Thank you, Sarah Rainsford, who is in Moscow for us this morning.

Surgeons have described a new treatment for early stage

prostate cancer as "truly transformative."

The approach, which uses lasers and a drug made from deep sea

bacteria, can eliminate tumours without causing severe side effects

More than four 100 men took part in the trial.

More than half who took part went on to complete remission! Incredible.

The Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, will today set out

plans for how Scotland could stay in the European Single Market after

She says leaving the single market would be potentially devastating

to Scotland's economy, and is expected to propose more

powers are devolved to the Holyrood Parliament

Earlier this month, the Chancellor, Philip Hammond said a separate

Brexit deal for Scotland was "not realistic."

Figures from more than 100 hospital trusts in England show that overseas

patients not entitled to free healthcare left the NHS

with an unpaid bill of ?30 million last year.

The debt appears to have increased sharply over the previous 12 months.

The government has reminded hospitals of their legal duty

to recover the money, and has encouraged them to ask

to see passports before giving treatment.

That is the end of the news but I just cannot stop thinking about that

deep sea bacteria. How would you ever think that would work?

Obviously they are clever. It is trial and error. And this has been

something so devastating, cancer. Sally, the news. I would like to

explain it but I am not going to try. England have been surviving so

far in India. I am not sure Alastair Cook is feeling that happy. Not much

has gone right. Not much has gone right. He does not look like a happy

captain. Good morning. England's cricketers are trying

to save the fifth and final Test They need to bat out

the day to avoid defeat, and they've made it to lunch

without losing a wicket. Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings

making good progress. They put on a partnership of over

100. Alastair Cook went. QI Tim Jennings made a half-century before

losing his wicket. -- QI Tim Jennings.

We expect to hear more about Alastair Cook's plans on whether he

will remain captain in the new year. Liverpool are up to second

in the Premier League after securing the bragging rights in last

night's Merseyside Derby. But it wasn't until injury-time

at Goodison Park that Sadio Mane The 1-0 win moves Liverpool

above Manchester City, but they're six points

behind leaders, Chelsea. We were still awake

and wanted to win. With the changes we made I think

we gave the side some kind of stability and some experienced

striker with Daniel. It was already difficult to keep one

point until 90-95 minutes. Yeah, really disappointing for

Everton last night. Football's world governing body has

fined all four home nations for displaying poppies

during their World Cup England and Scotland players wore

poppies on their armbands, Wales and Northern Ireland's games

featured displays on the pitch England got the biggest

fine of ?35,000, the FA The package at the centre of a UK

anti-doping investigation in cycling contained an over-the-counter

decongestant, Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford has

told a committee of MPs. Fluimucil is legal in sport

and administered on a regular basis. The package was delivered

to the team bus on the final day of the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine,

which was won by Sir Bradley At the PDC World Darts Championship,

Adrian Lewis safely booked his place It's been four years since the man

known as Jackpot last won the title at Alexandra Palace but he eased

past Sweden's Magnus Caris Now this is going to make you feel

really properly Christmassy. Britain's Scott Brash

finished joint third, as Germany's Daniel Deusser won

the London Olympia Grand Prix, and the International Horse Show

came to an end last night The Olympic crowd were treated

to the usual showjumping competition but there were also dogs

riding horses from Spain, a bit of slapstick humour,

and even Father Christmas made an appearance before the busy period

begins for him at the end Now, you were there! It was amazing.

Santa is going very fast because he has a lot of houses to visit. A

last-minute dash to the shops. It sounds like you are a regular to

that event. Thank you. A lorry ploughed in to a crowded

German market in Berlin yesterday evening, killing 12 people

and injuring dozens more, in what officials suspect

was a deliberate attack. Tourists have been describing the

carnage. The vehicle, a large articulated

lorry, crashed into the market which is situated in one

of the city's busiest shopping It was the busiest time of the

night. 12 killed and 48 injured. Kate Connolly is the Guardian's

Berlin correspondent, Good morning. Thank you for joining

us. Tell us, what did you see and where were you last night when this

happened? Good morning. I was there later on after the incident. It was

a scene of carnage. This morning it is not much better. Lots of bottles

strewn around and Christmas stalls collapsed where a juggernaut had

ploughed through the market and shouted their wooden frames and

there were splinters everywhere. -- shattered. A Christmas tree, a huge

Christmas tree, flattened and lying in the path of the Christmas market.

And people gathered there this morning, police are urging them not

to take pictures of the scene out of respect. But at the same time they

have launched a website where they are asking people to upload film and

footage and anything people have that it took last night that may

help them put together the events that led up to and happened during

the attack last night. This was a busy time at the market, wasn't it?

There must have been some security in place, but not much? There were

some plainclothed security around. But this is a typical market. A very

open market. It is something where you go off the main shopping street

into this market around this church. There is no checking of people's

baggage when you go in. Some of the markets are sealed off and you paid

an entrance fee to get in and that is supposed to increased security.

This is typical of most of the 2500 Christmas market is happening this

morning. Police said it would be impossible to control everything.

How could they have possibly been able to monitor this juggernaut that

made its way there? We understand it came from Italy, came up through

Berlin, and the suspicion at this stage is that the Polish driver of

the vehicle was hijacked and he was very possibly in the cabin at the

time helping the alleged attacker to steer it into the market. And the

juggernaut is still there this morning. It is still in front of the

church, the church where we are expecting a vigil to take place

later on today. We have just been watching over the last half an hour,

Kate, and they are beginning to move the lorry. What can you tell us?

There are various reports that the driver was a Pakistani or Afghani

asylum seeker. The main news outlets here are quoting that and are

quoting security sources saying that some believe he entered through

Bavaria, a typical entry point, earlier this year, and took the

Vulcan route into Germany. -- Balkan. They say he was apparently

living under various identities and was known for small things like

pickpocketing, we understand. But this is pure speculation at this

stage. We are expecting those reports to be firmed up through the

day. Kate, thank you. Interesting details.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning: At least 12 people have died

and dozens more have been injured after a lorry drove into a busy

Police now say they suspect terrorism.

The German authorities are questioning a man thought to be

Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

Yesterday you were talking about a feisty jetstream. What have you got

today? Through the week it will be quite feisty at times. Not all the

time. We will have quiet interludes. This morning we have a relatively

quiet start. There is quite a lot of cloud for England and will. For

Scotland and Northern Ireland it is cold, frosty with patchy fog --

England and Wales. It will brighten up nicely. This weak weather front

will be with us producing dank conditions and another one coming in

with heavy rain and strengthening wind through the course of the

afternoon. The strongest winds will be in north-west Scotland and the

Outer Hebrides. We are looking here at gusts possibly 60 mph in the

north-west, 70 in the Outer Hebrides, and generally it will be

gusty through the Irish Sea and areas adjacent to it. Move away from

that and we are into quiet conditions. The wind will pick up

and we hang on to this cloud and dank conditions but for other areas

we see sunshine through the afternoon. These are the wind speeds

you can expect across the north-west. If you are travelling in

a high sided vehicle, light vehicle, maybe a bike, to bear it in mind.

Through the evening and overnight, the weather front will weaken. It

will be windy but not as windy as it will be later in Scotland and

Northern Ireland and then we have squally showers following in to

Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Scotland by the end of the night

some could be bringing some snow, possibly even to low levels, which

might affect higher level roads across western Scotland. We start

tomorrow with all the squally showers and once again we have an

extra of hail, heavy rain, thunder and lightning. In the southern

uplands and Northern Ireland any snow is likely to be in the hills.

Meanwhile the rain in the south will pep up tomorrow and so we have a

period of heavy rainfall southern and south-eastern counties. In

between there will be some sunshine. In between the showers there will be

some sunshine. Then as we move Wednesday into Thursday we go into a

quieter period. There goes the rain. Things settle down. We see sunshine

coming through. One or two showers into Northern Ireland and parts of

Scotland. Most of us will miss them. Then as we had on from Thursday into

Friday it livens up once again, as Dan said, with a strong jetstream

and we have a potent area of low pressure developing on it. It will

introduce heavy rain. That rain will push through quickly and we are

looking at gales again for the northern half of the country. We are

not finished yet. Towards Christmas, there are further spells of rain and

strong winds. The strongest winds always in the north. We have been

warned. Thank you. See you later. How much we worry about crime

in our neighbourhoods may not bear much resemblance to the amount

of criminal activity that's That's according to police,

who say younger people - who are statistically more likely

to be victims of crime - often don't take the risks

seriously, whereas older people aren't targeted as much

as they may think. As part of our Policing Britain

series, Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been to Nottingham to find out

why our perceptions of crime don't It doesn't look or feel

like a hotbed of crime, Of the 20 wards in Nottingham,

Clifton came 17th in terms of overall actual reported crime,

with just 70 incidents reported And yet almost 40% of people

here in Clifton think crime is a big The fear of crime is

the second-highest here We've got a link with

the Clifton police. Pat Rice is chair of

the Clifton Residents Association. Their Facebook page is a way to keep

in touch about every incident. One reason perhaps why

the perception of crime and reality We used to get regular updates

from the police of the crime figures But with the police having to have

cutbacks, we no longer get them, so that may sort of skew

people's perceptions. Part of it I think is just

the amount of media that people Mike Barton is the Chief Constable

to Durham and the UK police Media reporting on crime just

one reason, he says. I think the other thing is we have

become better at making sure that One of the ways we can galvanise

the public is to make sure they know that there is a risk out

there and they can do So we might even be partly to blame

in the rising fear of crime. Will he come and rescue the lorry

which has broken down? Thieves took a computer

and emptied the safe. Why would somebody do

that to a nursery? I mean, what were they

expecting to find? I have had my house broken

into in this area twice But the truth is overall crime has

been falling and it has fallen The police are investigating this

glory but Richard MacRae thinks Not fully investigating crime does

add to a sense of unease. Nonetheless, police say we over

worry about some crimes and don't worry enough about where much chrome

is now happening online. People still locked the doors

but they virtually leave their computer open

for anybody to attack. As night falls, police

are out on the town. Young drunk people statistically

most likely to be victims of crime and surveys show the least likely

to be afraid of crime. Perception and reality once again

at odds with each other. The series continues tomorrow and

Steph will be live with Durham police, but today she has a slightly

different job. Today she is drinking gin. There is a proper news reason

why. You had better explain. Good morning. I haven't sampled anything

yet, don't worry. And I say yet. Let me explain. This is fascinating,

this is one of the oldest distilleries in the UK, this is

Greenalls, they are making gin. This is a company that makes a quarter of

a million bottles of spirits every single day. There are loads of

products going out of this building. Lots of different brands. Some of

them you will recognise as well. You will see them at supermarket and

off-licence shelves. We are here to talk about gin. It is a big seller.

They have lots of different brands. The reason why is because sales have

gone up 10% in the last year. Mark is one of the bosses. Explain a bit

about what is going on in this factory. We are quite unique in that

we can control the process. We work from their, we produce about 44

million litres of June per year. We are mainly into bottling and also

RTS and we even sell some gin to other owners. It is a full job. And

you export a lot as well? Yes, exports has expanded extremely

quickly over the last 12 months with something like 60% up. How have you

seen their business change? With Ferdinand, you have to do more? We

are a lot busier. -- with Vita Anand -- with Ferdinand. We are really

caching it out. We will let you get back to it. Thank you. And another

expert I would like you to meet. First of all, we have decided to do

something magical with the bottles to try to show you exactly the sales

gin is having at the moment, because it has reached, if you follow me,

the ?1 billion mark of sales for the first time, so we thought we'd

recreate that with some bottles. Have a look at these. And I will

bring in another guest. We have Kate, a drinks specialist, who has

her own business, and you probably recognise her. She presents some

shows for the BBC also. Why is gin so popular? It has a great story, it

is very innovative, people are making really interesting flavours.

And I think it has captured peoples imagination. You have been in the

drinks industry for a long time. How have you seen it change in the way

people are buying alcohol? I think gin is interesting because I opened

my business 13 years ago and we stock about two or three gins, and

now in 10 stores we stalking almost 60. It is amazing. People will spend

money on them. So, for things made on their doorstop, we are dealing

with distilleries just up the road, they have husband and wife teams,

they are small, high quality products, Artisan producers and

people love it. So it is less about price when it comes to alcohol? It

is interesting with gin. I always find when people try something it is

about removing the fear factor. If people have tried, and they know

they will like it. They are more willing to spend more money. If you

are not sure, if you are spending money on something you don't know

what it will taste like, that is when it is difficult. I think it is

all about getting people to try. We offer loads of samples. People can

try things and be confident they will enjoy the product. Sandals, I

like the sound of that. Thank you. I will leave you with a shot of the

factory. It is fascinating. To think, a quarter of a million

bottles come off these lines every day, it is dagger in. It is, and

also the artistry in your ?1 billion as well. That is graphic of the

year. Who did that? Thank you! Yes, it was my lovely producer, Simon.

You can have a look at Simon. Give us a wave. Oh, it isn't often we see

him on the telly. Keep your hands off that, Simon. There is a song in

there. It is nice to see him on the telly. All of the hard work which

goes on behind-the-scenes. We have the Strictly champion Ore

coming up. And the glitter ball. Exciting.

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

Police say a lorry driven into a packed Christmas market

in Berlin was probably an act of terror.

12 people died and dozens more were injured.

A man thought to have been driving the lorry has been arrested.

The carnage happened just off a main shopping street as the vehicle

mounted the pavement and crashed through wooden huts filled

We heard it knocking down stalls at an amazing rate of knots. There was

no skidding quails, there was no attempt to try and slow down.

Police think the lorry may have been stolen

This is the scene as they prepare to tow it away.

We'll be live in Berlin with the latest.

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Good morning from one of the UK's oldest gin distilleries, they say

sales are up 10% nationally. I have come to find out why and how they

are coping with demand. England's cricketers

bid to save the final They need to bat out the day,

but they're losing wickets. Jonny Bairstow the fourth to go.

For Scotland and Northern Ireland, it is cold, frosty and sunny. For

England and is, it is cloudy, but it will brighten up away from the West.

More details in 15 minutes. 12 people have died and around 50

have been injured after a lorry crashed into a Christmas

market in Berlin. Police say it's

a suspected terror attack. A man, thought to be

the driver, has been arrested. It happened at around 8:15pm