23/12/2016 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Jon Kay.

Prison guards are back in control as a disturbance

at Swaleside in Kent is brought to an end.

at an English prison in less than two months.

Good morning, it's Friday the 23rd December.

Two men are arrested on terror charges in Germany as the hunt

continues for the man responsible for the attack

Delays and disruption are expected as millions of people hit the roads,

Good morning from Coventry. They are calling it frenzied Friday. 10

million of us are expected to hit the supermarkets today for a

last-minute Christmas shop. So what do you need to know and the top tips

for survival? I'll have the details. Crystal Palace are looking

for a new manager after sacking Alan Pardew after just

one win in 11 matches. He leaves the club sitting just

above the relegation zone. And Carol has the Christmas

forecast in a lovely, Good morning from Covent Garden,

where we have got the tallest live Christmas tree in London. The

weather isn't very festive, though, Storm Barbara up on our shores

bringing gusts up to 90 mph in the far north of Scotland and the

Northern Isles. The rest of Scotland, Northern Ireland and

northern England, between 60 and 90 mph, not as bad as that further

south but still looking at a windy day, plus some rain. More on all of

that in 15 minutes. We will see you then. Thank you.

The Prison Service says specialist guards have resolved a disturbance

at Swaleside jail in Kent, the fourth major incident

at an English prison in less than two months.

Around 60 inmates took control of part of one wing

yesterday evening, but were returned to their cells overnight.

Our reporter Peter Whittlesea is outside Swaleside Prison

Two men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning

an attack on a shopping centre near the Dutch border.

The brothers were detained early this morning.

Germany is on high alert after Monday's attack in Berlin,

Authorities have issued an arrest-warrant for Tunisian man

Anis Amri, whose fingerprints were found in the truck

Caught on a taxi's dashboard-mounted camera, the moment the lorry

12 people were killed, and dozens more were injured.

This is Anis Amri, filming himself, humming a tune in Berlin,

a video posted to his Facebook page in September.

The 24-year-old is now Europe's most wanted man.

First, his ID documents were found in the cab of the lorry,

then his fingerprints were discovered on the driver's door

Raids at the addresses of Anis Amri's known contacts

His family in Tunisia last saw him five years ago.

They say he wasn't religious, drank alcohol, and dreamed of owning

TRANSLATION: I have four sons, including him, and I think

We want to know the truth, if it is really him who did this,

Germany's security services remain on high alert.

Last night police arrested two brothers, originally from Kosovo,

suspected of planning an attack on a shopping mall in the western

It is not clear if the alleged plot was in any way connected

Now the Breitscheidplatz market is back up and running.

It is a show from Berlin is of defiance, strength and not giving in

as the investigation into what happened here continues. Catriona

Renton, BBC News. Preparing for your

Christmas getaway? This weekend sees major engineering

works begin on lines in and out Drivers are also likely

to face tailbacks, In contrast, airports across Britain

are experiencing the busiest festive travel getaway ever,

with more of us planning to leave the country than ever before over

Christmas and New Year. Our transport correspondent

Richard Westcott has the details. It's one of the busiest lines in

Britain. A vital link between London, south-west England and South

Wales. But they're shutting this section near London tomorrow as part

of the biggest rail upgrade programme ever taken on. 24,000

staff will work on 200 projects across Britain, but why pick

Christmas? We have a huge programme of works that we have to deliver as

part of our railway upgrade programme and some of that work

can't be done on a live railway, we have to shut the railway. So

Christmas is the best time to do it because it's one of the quietest

times of the year. It will hit services across the country.

London's Paddington station will close for six days after the last

train leaves. Services at other big stations, including London bridge,

Charing Cross and Liverpool Street will be severely affected. There

will be no trains late on Christmas Eve between Cardiff Central,

Bridgend, Newport and the valleys as they finished the biggest re- signal

in God ever done. Services around central Manchester will also be

affected. Christmas engineering work overran two years ago causing chaos

because the backup plan failed. Network Rail says it's much better

prepared now and all holiday work since then has gone without a hitch.

A lack of trains will make it harder to get to some of the airports too.

Christmas Eve is one of their busiest days of the year and it will

make the roads more congested. Although 54,000 miles of road works

are either being finished off or removed altogether during the

holidays to try to ease any jams. Richard Westcott, BBC News.

We can speak now to our reporter Anisa Kadri,

who is at London Paddington station for us.

It looks pretty quiet and subdued at the moment, but I imagine panic will

be setting in a little later? Yes. Good morning. We have seen a few

travellers here with big suitcases heading for Heathrow Airport as well

as to south-west England, the West Country and South Wales, heading

home for Christmas of course. But it should pick up a bit more later on.

But if anyone turns up tomorrow to catch a train from this station,

well, they won't be getting on it because the station will be closed

for engineering works for a few days. Indeed Network Rail says it's

carrying out works across 200 projects in total and they include

ongoing work in Manchester, as well as upgrading the tracks in Cardiff.

What their advice is planned in advance as much as possible, and

they said check online. -- plan. That's where you're going to get

your most up to date information and if you are keen on social media then

searched the hash tag Christmas works on Twitter. Thanks very much.

we will of Network Rail, Mark

Carne just after 7am. The Syrian army has

declared victory in Aleppo. The east of the city had been

held by rebels for more becoming a symbol

of the opposition to State media said the last convoy

taking rebel fighters In a statement on Syrian TV,

an army commander said they would now liberate

the rest of the country. The Government is injecting

?60 million a year to help

first-time buyers get a foot on the housing ladder in areas

where locals are crowded out Housing Minister Gavin Barwell

said the cash would be channelled through local councils

to community-led groups The south-west will

receive the most funding. People sleeping rough are 17 times

more likely to be a victim of crime That's according to

homeless charity Crisis. They also found 80% of homeless

people are regularly attacked and abused,

some even urinated on. Our social affairs correspondent

Michael Buchanan has more. London commuter trains provided a

place of safety and shelter for one man who was homeless for five years.

He would sleep on the carriages heading in and out of the city. He

became frightened of the streets after becoming the subject of an

unprovoked attack one night. I was in Leicester Square, got into a

discussion with a young man around the fact I was homeless. He became

quite aggravated I would guess by the fact I was homeless and I was

saying being homeless isn't a choice and your homeless for different

reasons and then he punched me in the face, and it was quite nasty.

His experience is fairly common, says today's survey could. 30% of

rough sleepers say they've been deliberately hit or kicked. 31% say

they've had things thrown at them. 7% were actually urinated on. Most

were attacked by people they didn't know. It's not just the incident

itself but it's the impact it has on that individual, on their mental

health, on their ability to even ask for help. We found that most

homeless people who are sleeping feel ashamed already and surely if

you're then urinated on your going to feel more ashamed and even more

marginalised. Crisis say homeless people rarely report crimes as they

don't think the police will take them seriously. They want officers

to send a strong message to rough sleepers that their safety is

paramount and that any abuses they suffer will be fully investigated.

Michael Buchanan, BBC News. For the first time ever a snow

leopard has been recorded The footage has been

captured on a camera trap in Mongolia as part of monitoring

work which began in 2011. It's the first time that quadruplet

cubs have been registered. According to the World Wildlife Fund

there are between 4,000 and 6,500 The cats are threatened by poaching

and loss of living space. Those removed cameras are proving to

be so valuable to give us an insight into wildlife we've never seen

before. -- Grimaud cameras. And you can see the spots really clearly

because normally the patterns don't come through until later. Everyone

is unique! -- remote cameras. Let's get more about the disturbance

at Swaleside prison. Peter Whittlesea is there. What do we know

about what was going on inside there last night? The Prison Service is

saying that a wing needed to be controlled and that was confined to

one landing and the Prison Service is saying around 1am this morning

the inmates surrendered and went back into their cells. This is after

these specialist officers, specialist guards called Tornado

Squads went in in riot vans and they are specially trained in restraint

and control. The Prison Service are saying no staff or inmates were

injured when this happened. Yesterday evening I was outside the

prison and you could clearly hear inmates banging from inside and

there were also fire crews and ambulances on standby outside.

Peter, for now, thank you very much indeed. Back to Peter during the

morning as we get more details from Swaleside.

We're going to get a Christmas forecast form Carol, but we have to

be aware of Storm Barbara affecting the North.

What a Christmas present to have! And you're a Crystal Palace fan? I'm

from south London originally so you have to stick with your roots. Happy

or sad about Alan Pardew? I'm sad because not a good Christmas for

him. What a time to go! But if your team doesn't perform. One win in 11

matches. At least he gets a good break. Time to do the Christmas

shopping! Crystal palace say they will move

quickly to replace Alan Pardew who was sacked after just

one win in 11 matches. Pardew leaves the club just one

place above the relegation zone. He led Palace to the FA Cup final

in May but aside from that run, their form in the league

is the worst of all 92 Premier League and English

Football League clubs. Former England manager Sam Allardyce

is the frontrunner to replace him He managed to keep Sunderland up

last season and has never been Other potential candidates include

another former England manager Roy Hodgson and the Wales

manager Chris Coleman. Former jockey John Buckingham,

who won the 1967 Grand National on board Foinavon, has

died at the age of 76. One of the best known

names in racing history, Foinavon won the Grand National

as a 100-1 outsider. He was the only horse to escape

a mass fall at the 23rd fence, one that still bears

his name today. And Dave 'Chizzy' Chisnall

survived a scare to make it

through to the second round of the PDC World Darts

Championship. He almost went two sets down

to the 22-year-old Little John Roby John Rodriguez but fought

back to level the match and secured the win

with this 11 dart leg. It has been a while since I have

heard some good darts names. Are you into surfing? A fantastic picture on

the front page of the times, Northern Ireland yesterday

afternoon. As Storm Barbara approached. Is that the first thing

you do? He looks terrified. The lead story on the Times claims the Queen

is frustrated by the fact to reason may's government is being so

secretive about its Brexit plans. Theresa May says we can't play our

cards to Ellie and have to be secretive because this is about

negotiation -- too early. Her Majesty is getting frustrated. We

will go back to the front pages in a sec. Barbara winds-arrgh, I like

that. According to this guy, you see those storms and stand there with

your surfboard. An amazing sight. They are comparing pitches in

Sussex. Loads of fog in Sussex. A tiny gorgeous rainbow in a moment of

calm. I would like to see whether he went in or not. I bet he beat a

hasty retreat out of there. He probably did. Let's catch up with

the front pages. The Telegraph have a story that some students in the

United Kingdom have got some no-go zones for Jewish students -- some

universities. We will take a look at the Daily Mail as well. Civil

servants who dole out foreign aid billions pay themselves more than

any other ministry. The Daily Mail says that Richard's bloated foreign

aid department now hints at the highest salaries in Whitehall --

Britain. Pen pushers at the Department have a wage of more than

?53,000 a year average. Dramatic picture on the front page of the

Mirror. It claims this is a vaping explosion, that in e-cigarette

exploded at a shop in Leeds yesterday in front of a baby in a

pushchair. Asking questions about their safety and calling for an

investigation. We spoke about Alan Pardew. What else is going on? He

will not be working over Christmas. For anyone who is, that includes Sir

Ben Ainsley, who is working in the Bahamas. Nice work. As you can

imagine. Preparing for the assault on the America's Cup. He has

decamped to Bermuda as he begins the preparation and training. You can't

begrudge him that because you just know how hard he works. If you are

going to be working anywhere, why not in Bermuda? Are you working

Christmas Day? Anybody else? Bermuda? Later. Wouldn't that be

nice. John, thank you. I don't think the weather is much like Bermuda.

Carol joins us from Covent Garden. Good morning.

It is lovely and in Covent Garden. 45 beautiful mistletoe chandeliers

with 700 glistening berries on them. I pointed that out to our cameramen

this morning, look at this mistletoe, and he was straight down

the street. Hopefully he comes back said. The weather is not very

festive. Storm Barbara is on our shores -- comes back soon. There is

an ember weather warning for wind. Especially for Scotland, the

Northern Isles with gusts of up to 90 mph. That could cause structural

damage and also some travel disruption. But where ever you are,

we are looking at strong winds today. Across Scotland are not a

cloud, heavy rain pushing across. -- under a cloud. Some of the rain

getting into north-western England as well. Towards East Anglia and

down towards Ken, it is dry. Dry the Midlands, and then towards the

south-west of England, largely dry -- Kent. Drizzle here and there. A

dry start across Wales. Winter picking up along the coastline. Into

Northern Ireland, rain is moving in, and strengthening winds. The

strongest winds this morning will be across the western isles. Through

the day, winds will pick up across Northern Ireland, Scotland and

northern England. Gusts between 60 and 80 mph. 90 in the north. For the

rest of England and Wales, still windier than it has been, but they

will arrive later, the strongest winds, as the rain comes out. Behind

the band of rain, a return to squally showers, some of which will

be wintry with thunder and lightning and hail them. Through the evening,

with these range from the south-east. Clear skies across

southern areas. For the north of the country, we continue with squally

showers. Wintry winds and snow insulating on the hills. Suite at

lower levels. Very windy across the far north. -- snow. For Wales, there

will be sunshine around. We persist with some of those squally showers

in the north, and later, rain coming in as well from the west. Parts of

Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England and northern wilds. For

Christmas Day, we have a weather front sinking south, and that will

have bring in it -- northern wilds. Across southern counties of England

and Wales, a dark start, but it will brighten. Then the wider front --

weather front console. Mist date where ever you are. We might even

see a record breaking temperatures. We have to beat 15.6dC. Somewhere

could hit 16. If it is somewhere like Aberdeen, then we could have

the highest temperatures recorded on Christmas Day. As the weather front

goes through, cold air follows behind. We could even see wintry

mess. We could also have a white Christmas before Christmas Day is

there. Loads is happening with the weather over the next few days,

especially windy across the north of the country for the next few days. I

can't believe there's temperatures for Sunday. You will not need your

scarf and gloves then. Not on Sunday. But on Christmas Day. But

you do this morning, John. We have been won. I like the scarf. But she

will be sweating on Christmas Day. It is six months to the day

since one of the biggest decisions in UK politics -

the vote to leave the EU. It feels longer than that. A lot has

happened in six months. With two days until Christmas,

our special Breakfast panel have arranged to meet up

for a festive lunch and talk through their reaction to the vote,

and the progress made so far. Everyone has brought their own

Brexit-themed dessert including a red, white

and blue cheeseboard, and a "have your cake

and eat it" sponge! We start serving in about two

minutes, take the tricky out. This was the deal. A Polish rest assure

cooks the main meal and the Brexit panel brings desert -- that matter.

We have the sponge cake, which is take back control of our borders. I

have bought K. Already different countries in the European Union are

trying to purge our businesses. We have costed to take control of ?359

a week. -- custard. I bought an occupier. This is especially for all

of those Brits in the UK who think you can have your cake and eat it. I

think Brexit is bananas. We are going to get a red, white and blue

Brexit, whatever that means. Very tasty. My wife made it. Britain

voted to leave the EU six months ago today. Our Brexit panel is split

50-50, half in and half out. Time for a cracker. Brexit means... It is

difficult because we don't know what the plane is. For example, the red,

white and blue, what does that mean? That is just a soundbite that means

absolutely nothing. The UK has been accused of dragging their feet. Had

we know what is going on? It is not public knowledge. When you get

Johnson and Nigel Farage and so on insulting these countries and the

project, to be honest... You can be respectful for the promised of the

country. One that you negotiate and outre deals with. That went well.

Time for another crack? Free trade, discuss. If we are going to be in

the single market, we have to accept free movement of people, part of the

four principles of the EU. Free movement of labour is not

necessarily the problem, it is the free movement of people, which is a

huge difference. Healthcare, if we sent all of those carers out

tomorrow, the whole social care... What they want to do is control the

situation. The point of controlling it so that we can plan our

citizenship. But big borders open, how can we plan our infrastructure?

Immigration, I don't think it will be stopped. You can't stop it. Oh,

dear. Do we dare one final cracker? What have we got? All I want for

Christmas... What I would like for Christmas would be a British

agricultural policy so that we are actually able to promote British

produce. What I want for Christmas, for people to understand we polish

are happy in this country, and whatever happen good about the UK,

make me happy. -- Polish. So our panel and is in agreement, roll on

Article 50 and the start of negotiations.

Breakfast's Graham Satchell with that report, and we'd

like to say a special thanks to Sheffield University

for hosting our Brexit panel Christmas dinner.

It surprised me when I found out it was filmed there. It looked a bit

posh to me, not like I remembered. The canteen at my university was

nothing like that. But it was a while ago. Things have changed.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

If you're planning to pick up your turkey and sprouts today,

I thought of going to a supermarket today... It scares me witless.

Ben's out at a supermarket for us this morning,

on what's predicted to be the busiest food shopping day

Good morning. Good morning. I drew the short store this morning. I have

your wrists, and the sprouts are coming -- short straw. Good morning

from commentary, we are doing last-minute Christmas shopping.

People coming in to pick up the last minute things. Sprouts, carrots,

potatoes, all for the Christmas shop. It is expected to be the

busiest shopping day of the entire year. This place is a 24-hour

supermarket. The aisles are full. It is not even 6:30 this morning. The

11 o'clock time this money is expected to be busiest, when they

are expecting most people through the doors picking up all of this

sort of stuff. In the UK, we go a little bit crazy this time of year.

On average, a family spends about ?800 on their Christmas shopping,

much than anyone else. About double the European average. It is making

sure all of this stuff is in the shops and on the shelves at the

right time. This placed on eBay have run out of tinsel already. Today it

is all about the fresh food produce -- have told me they have run out

of. We will be joined by a Turkish farmer about how they get everything

on the shelves like this. -- Turkey. While I'll leave you to get on with

what you are doing this morning, I would do the rest of the shopping,

but before that, let's get the news, I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom Hello, this is Breakfast

with Naga Munchetty We'll bring you all

the latest news and sport in a moment, but also

on Breakfast this morning: The big Christmas getaway begins

in earnest for many of us today. We'll have all the latest

on the roads, railways We've been lucky enough

to meet some incredibly inspirational people

here on Breakfast this year and we've brought some

of them back today, And it's certainly

a day for old friends, because Naga will be reunited

with her Strictly dance partner But now a summary of this

morning's main news: The Prison Service says specialist

guards have resolved a disturbance at Swaleside jail in Kent,

the fourth major incident at an English prison

in less than two months. Fires were lit when around 60

inmates took control of part of one wing yesterday evening,

but they were returned We'll have more from there

throughout the morning. In a few minutes' time we'll be

talking to the chair of the Prison Officers'

Association. Two men have been arrested

in Germany on suspicion of planning an attack on a shopping centre

near the Dutch border. The brothers were detained

early this morning. Germany is on high alert

after Monday's market attack in Berlin, which left

12 people dead. Authorities have issued

an arrest-warrant for Tunisian man Anis Amri, whose fingerprints

were found in the truck Caught on a taxi's dashboard-mounted

camera, the moment the lorry 12 people were killed,

and dozens more were injured. This is Anis Amri, filming himself,

humming a tune in Berlin, a video posted to his

Facebook page in September. The 24-year-old is now

Europe's most wanted man. First, his ID documents

were found in the cab, then his fingerprints

were discovered on the driver's door Raids at the addresses

of Anis Amri's known contacts His family in Tunisia last

saw him five years ago. They say he wasn't religious,

drank alcohol, and dreamed of owning TRANSLATION: I have four sons,

including him, and I think We want to know the truth,

if it was really him who did this, Germany's security services

remain on high alert. Last night police arrested two

brothers, originally from Kosovo, suspected of planning an attack

on a shopping mall in the western It is not clear whether the alleged

plot was in any way connected Now the Breitscheidplatz market

is back up and running. It is a show from Berlin

is of defiance, strength and not giving in as the

investigation into what The Syrian army has

declared victory in Aleppo. The east of the city had been

held by rebels for more becoming a symbol

of the opposition to State media said the last convoy

taking rebel fighters In a statement on Syrian TV,

an army commander said they would now liberate

the rest of the country. 12 million drivers are

expected on the roads today This weekend also sees 200 sets

of rail engineering works Services mainly affected

are in and out of London, Manchester and Cardiff but it

will be busy however you travel over Drivers are likely to face tailbacks

while record numbers of people are expected to pass though airports

across Britain as they leave the country for

Christmas and New Year. The Government is injecting

?60 million a year to help

first-time buyers get a foot on the housing ladder in areas

where locals are crowded out Housing Minister Gavin Barwell

said the cash would be channelled through local councils

to community-led groups The south-west will

receive the most funding. It's too little, it's too late and

it's not helping be just about managing and the people who have no

hope of ever being able to get on the housing ladder. Giving money to

first-time buyers only increases the prices of new homes, it doesn't

actually tackle the affordable housing crisis that we have in this

country at the moment. The consumer group Which?

has begun legal action to strengthen protection for the owners of tumble

dryers that pose a fire risk. Indesit and Hotpoint machines

were sold in the 11 years to 2015. The owner of the brands, Whirpool,

is carrying out a repair programme. But Which believes the Trading

Standards team handling the case John is here with the sport,

and a managerial casualty Being sacked just before Christmas,

I think that is brutal! Look at that face! A perfectly glum photo of Alan

Pardew, the second casualty of the season so far and a couple of days

out from Christmas, Christmas has come early... Or it hasn't. But if

you're going to lose eight out of 12 games. He's only won one of his last

11 matches. Not a great run and one place above the relegation zone, big

owners, you need big performances, they're not getting that and picking

up points and the reality is, in top-flight football, if you're not

getting the results you have to be worried. Who's next? Who knows, we

will talk about that in a moment, maybe they have done that because

there are potential candidates waiting in the wings that could

provide the results Crystal Palace want at the moment.

Premier League side Crystal Palace have sacked manager Alan Pardew

Pardew leaves the club just one place above the relegation zone.

He led Palace to the FA Cup final in May but their form in the league

in 2016 is the worst of all 92 Premier League

Former England manager Sam Allardyce is the favourite to try to get them

He did just that at Sunderland last season.

Other potential candidates include another former England manager

Roy Hodgson and the Wales manager Chris Coleman.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will be released

from hospital today following a knife attack

Kvitova needed surgery on her left hand and will miss

She said on Tuesday she was fortunate to be alive.

She's due to speak to the media this afternoon.

Former jockey John Buckingham who won the 1967 Grand National

on board Foinavon, has died at the age of 76.

One of the best known names in racing history,

Foinavon won the Grand National as a 100-1 outsider.

He was the only horse to escape a mass fall at the 23rd fence,

one that still bears his name today, because he was trailing so far

Of the 44 starters, only 18 horses finished.

Dave 'Chizzy' Chisnall had a scare against 'Little John'

Roby-John Rodriguez but made it through to the second

round of the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.

The seventh seed almost went two sets down

to the 22-year-old from Austria, but at 2-2

he wrapped up the match with an 11 dart leg.

Always a great scene at the Ally Pally for the darts. You know it's

Christmas. You can see it, the run up for Christmas and the final is on

the second of January. Expect more wild scenes at the Ally Pally. And

crazy names. That's the game, you make up your own names. Of that

game. Let's return now to that incident

on the Isle of Sheppey, where up to 60 inmates temporarily

took control of a wing of Swaleside It's the fourth major

disturbance at an English jail in less than two months,

prompting concerns over safety We can speak now to Chair

of the Prison Officers Association, Mike Rolfe, who is outside

Swaleside Prison this morning. Thank you for joining us. Let's talk

about the latest disturbance. How significant and serious was it, what

do we know happened? Of it was quite a violent incident, as you would

expect, prisoners taking control of the wing is never a situation we

want to be in and they were able to cause a fair amount of damage to the

wing. But we have to commend the staff, they were able to contain the

prisoners into one area of the wing before they had to retreat for their

own safety. Was it a surprise it would happen at this particular

prison? No, not really. There are similar simmering tensions around

the estate, what happened at Swaleside last night we believe

could happen at any number of prisons up and down the country at

any time but Swaleside is a particularly tough prison to work

at. The staff recruitment and retention has been poor over the

last two years, they've lost lots of experienced staff and new recruits

haven't wanted to stick the drop out because of the toxic nature of the

job. The job that you're all doing, toxic. What could have prevented

this from happening, could anything have prevented it? Absolutely. The

government should have resourced prisons properly. We've been warning

for over six years of the incident is likely to happen in our prisons

and it's coming to fruition now. They didn't heed our concerns when

we warned them early enough and they aren't listening now so they need to

buck up and start listening to what we're saying and hopefully we can

avoid similar incidents to what happened here last night. They say

they're listening and acting and they have this in hand and their

reforming the way prisons work, they say that's under way and there will

be incidents but we should be thinking about the future and

dealing with this? About I refused that a little bit actually to be

fair because all we've heard from ministers is big, bold statements up

until now. -- I refused. We've been recruiting en masse for two years.

-- refute. They tell us they want to recruit up to 8000 prison officers

in the next two years to replace the gaps currently there, the people

leaving, and also to bring up these 2500 but they're really not offering

any packages or incentives to get people to work in prisons. When you

see incidents like the one last night, why would you want to work in

the Prison Service unless it's an attractive package? When you hear

there's been an incident like the one last night, inside you you

secretly think, this isn't a bag thing because it backs up our

argument and gives us a platform to say what we want and promote our own

cause -- bad thing. Absolutely not. Obviously we are a responsible trade

union, our members are a very responsible and professional set of

people and we care deeply about the service we run. But we need to

highlight to the public that we haven't been supported and funded

properly and the only way to turn that around is to get the right

investment in place and we need to get that message across clear to

government that we will see more incidents like this unless they

start to listen, but we don't want this to be happening. We want our

prisons to be safe and we want them to be places of reform where we can

turn the lights around of prisoners and we want them to be safe as well.

Do you think this will be more common in the weeks to come -- the

lives of. There's every chance of that and I would really like to

appeal to prisoners on that basis. What their actions are doing is

probably making the situation worse for themselves. Prisoners watching

this programme, it would be useful if they understood that by keeping a

good working relationship with staff, things will get easier and

better over time as we work with the government to bring improvements.

You're right, at the moment we are fearful about copycat incidents and

other incidents around the estate. There's nothing in place to stop

that at this minute in time. Mike, from the Prison Officers

Association, thank you for joining us.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

The Prison Service says part of a prison wing on the Isle

of Sheppey that was taken over by about 60 inmates

Officers in Germany have arrested two brothers on suspicion

of planning to attack one of the country's biggest shopping

centres in Oberhausen, near the Dutch border.

It is time to get in the mood for Christmas. Lights, cameras, action.

Good morning. Good morning. We have it all going on. Look at this

fabulous Norwegian spruce Christmas tree. It is lovely. How many baubles

do you think are on mystery? We are always paying attention -- this

tree? I will go 126. 126? I think 2000. Really? There are over 200

baubles, but there are over 20,000 lives. It is gorgeous. It is the

largest and feet Christmas tree in London. The weather is not very

festive this morning. -- handpicked Christmas tree. There is an amber

warning for wind. The strongest winds will be the further north and

west to travel, at the highest guts is -- gusts will be across the

Northern Isles. Up to 90 mph. Likely to be damaging, and wherever you

are, it will be windy. Take note. Across Scotland at nine o'clock, we

have rainy coming south-east. Some will be heavy with hill snow. That

same rain getting in across England. Right down to Kent into the Midlands

towards Hampshire, it is dry. One or two showers, but they are the

exception rather than the rule. Into south-west England, a lot of dry

weather. For Wales, a lot of dry weather. The wind is picking up by

nine o'clock. For Northern Ireland, you have the same band of rain

heading south-east across Scotland. And strengthening winds. The

strongest winds will be this morning across the Western Isles. Through

the day as the weather front moves south-eastwards, squally winds

around that rain. The winds will be producing surface water and spray.

It will get down to the south-east by dusk. Behind it, a return to some

squally showers, some of which will be wintry with hail and thunder and

hill snow, and sleet at low levels. Overnight, the squally showers

continue. It will still be windy with severe gales across the final.

Clear skies behind train across much of England and Wales. Tomorrow

morning, Christmas Eve dawns under clear skies on a sunny note for the

large trunk of England and was. Squally showers continuing across

Northern Ireland and Scotland, and through the day, a band of rain

coming across Northern Ireland and Scotland, sinking into northern

England and north Wales. Tomorrow will not be as when the further

south, but it will be still windy in the north, just not as windy as

today. As we head into Christmas Day, we start on a drizzly note

across southern areas. It will brighten, but we do have a weather

front moving across Scotland, Northern Ireland and into England.

It will continue south. After a bright start, the rain will come

through. Behind the band of rain, we are looking at Caldaire coming our

way. Before it comes south, temperatures in the mud category for

this time of year -- cold air. We could have record-breaking

temperatures in some parts of the country on Christmas Day. We could

hit something like 16 Celsius in Aberdeen. If that happens, it will

be the highest temperature recorded on Christmas Day. As the cold front

goes through, colder air follows behind, and it looks like somewhere

like Aberdeen or in the Highlands may see a white Christmas. That is

unusual to have the highest temperature recorded and then a

white Christmas all in the same day. It is absolutely bizarre. I would

have thought it would be too warm for snow with those temperatures. I

know you like winter being winter. This is not your ideal temperature

for Christmas. No, I like to be cold and crisp. I would love snow. We are

more likely to get snow at Easter if it falls early than Christmas. It

looks very quiet there at home and garden. Don't do that, people will

flood there now.! Covent Garden. You can only see what is on the side of

the camera. It is lovely and peaceful. It will be heaving later

on, I'm sure. Give it an hour. See you soon. It will be heaving pretty

much everywhere. It is the busiest food shopping day of the year. An

estimated 10 million people will be hitting the supermarkets. We need

someone to do our shopping for Christmas. He volunteered, I'm sure.

Good morning. How come I drew the short straw and

came down here? 10 million expected to hit the supermarkets over the

course of the day to make sure we have everything we need. Gary and

Suzanne are with me. You have a lot in your trolley already. What do you

still need? Everything. I have my vegetables and everything organised

in very. -- theory. Any last-minute bargains as well. Do you always

leave at this way? I normally don't. This is unusual for me. Who is

usually responsible? I am, but circumstances are different.

Hilliard. I have someone to push the trolley and unload everything --

brilliant. Have a good Christmas. What do people need? Why are people

here? This is a 24-hour so they have been here all night. Claire is with

me. I need an expert. Good morning. How important is today for shoppers

and the supermarkets? With the four day weekend coming, because of the

way Christmas Man City, it may be the last opportunity before they are

spending family time to do their fresh food shopping. For the

supermarkets, this is the big day. People buying their fresh fruit and

vegetables and meat. It is an opportunity to maximise sales.

Running out of stock is not an option. Overstocking is not an

option either because could go out of date by Boxing Day. They have to

get this right, because they will have to get rid of it cheap and make

a loss. But they don't want to see empty shelves with people coming in.

There is a whole army of head office staff behind the retail operation at

the store planning the products and a daily basis and making sure the

depots are fully stocked and the deliveries are outbound and the

store staff, there is an army of people today, filling up the shelves

so when customers come round today, they will not mist out on the

opportunity to get their turkey or vegetables for the big day. ! Miss

out. Edward is a turkey farmer. Good to see you. You know all about this.

When did you start planning for this time of year? We have to order our

turkey early based on sales from last year. How many do you sell on

average? 2000 turkeys. We do about 1700 one raised and about 300 free

range. For people who have turkey at home, top tip to cook at this

Christmas? For the first hour of cooking time, put it upside down so

the breast meat soaks in the juices, then turn it over an hour later so

it is nice and moist and you don't have dried turkey. Thank you. We

will chat to you later. I have most things you set me up for this

morning. I have the crackers, wrapping paper, sprouts, so let me

know if there is anything else. I am not coming back here again later.

Everybody needs Cranberries, apparently. You better go back down

there. OK. See you in a bit. He is so good with the shopping. Very

good. We will talk to him again later. Those turkey tips, we have

the winner of Masterchef two. -- as well.

Throughout the year we've had all sorts of famous people

on the Breakfast sofa - politicians, performers

but more often than not the stories that touch us and you at home

the most are the stories of ordinary people doing

We knew we were going to get here. We are so proud of what we have

done. Would you say you have a positive attitude? Yes. I just have

an attitude. Who has inspired you of the guests

you have met and seen this year? You have interviewed a lot of people. It

is really difficult to pick someone. I was asked this last night. He

first person that popped into my head was Nick Skelton, the horse

jumping champion. At the age of 58, this year, he won gold at the

Olympics. His seventh Olympic Games. The year I was born, in 1975, he was

taking to team silvers, and 58, he has come back from numerous injuries

and smashed it gold. I just remember his face when he received that

medal, and the emotion in his face. I thought, his absolute proof that

if you stick to something, you stay passionate about something, you can

achieve anything. I feel emotional talking about. And seeing him at the

IBC Sports Personality of the Year. Mine is Ben Smith, during the

marathon is to raise charity. It was nice to meet him this year. -- BBC.

So this morning we're asking who or what has insprired you?

And we will be joined by some old friends of BBC Breakfast this

morning. Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. Now, though, it's back

to Naga and John. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and Jon Kay. Prison guards are back

in control as a disturbance at Swaleside in Kent

is brought to an end. at an English prison

in less than two months. Good morning, it's Friday

the 23rd December. Two men are arrested on terror

charges in Germany as the hunt continues for the man

responsible for the attack sometimes I think, he's lying in a

ditch somewhere. It's heartbreaking. The strain on families

and police when people In the last of our Policing

Britain series we hear Delays and disruption are expected

as millions of people hit the roads, And it's going to be busy in the

shops too. 10 million of us are expected to hit the supermarkets

today to get the last minute Christmas shopping. So what do you

need to know to survive this shopping chaos? I'll have all the

details. Crystal Palace are looking

for a new manager after sacking Alan Pardew after just

one win in 11 matches. He leaves the club sitting just

above the relegation zone. And Carol has the Christmas

forecast in a lovely, Good morning. A very festive scene

this morning in Covent Garden. We've even got a glitter ball in the

honour of Pacha as he will be on later. Windy wherever you are, gusts

between 40 and 50 mph, the strongest gusts the further north and west you

are, 80 mph for some areas and 90 mph in the far north of Scotland.

More in 15 minutes. Certainly some bizarre weather out

there! Thanks very much, Carol. The Prison Service says specialist

guards have resolved a disturbance at Swaleside jail in Kent,

the fourth major incident at an English prison

in less than two months. Around 60 inmates took

control of part of one wing yesterday evening, but were returned

to their cells overnight. Our reporter Peter Whittlesea

is outside Swaleside Prison Hi, Peter. I guess you're beginning

to get a sense of what went on behind the doors there. What are you

learning? A clearer sense of what happened last night is coming to

light. The Prison Officers Association are saying there were

disputes yesterday between inmates and prison staff over how many hours

people will be locked up over Christmas and also raids of cells

were personal possessions were then confiscated. They said after that a

riot broke out and during that police then... The prison officers

realised they lost control and retreated. When they retreated the

riots took place. Video footage of the riot has emerged. Inmates

covered their faces, brandishing snooker balls, which are often used

as weapons, thrown at prison officers, and they also let of fire

extinguishers. After that these special Tornado teams trained in

restraint and control were brought into the prison and the Prison

Service said that by 1am this morning the wing was under control

and no members of staff all prisoners were injured. Peter, thank

you very much indeed. -- bath or prisoners. -- staff or prisoners.

Two men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning

an attack on a shopping centre near the Dutch border.

The brothers were detained early this morning.

Germany is on high alert after Monday's attack in Berlin,

Authorities have issued an arrest-warrant for Tunisian man

Anis Amri, whose fingerprints were found in the truck

Caught on a taxi's dashboard-mounted camera, the moment the lorry

12 people were killed, and dozens more were injured.

This is Anis Amri, filming himself, humming a tune in Berlin,

a video posted to his Facebook page in September.

The 24-year-old is now Europe's most wanted man.

First, his ID documents were found in the cab,

then his fingerprints were discovered on the driver's door

Raids at the addresses of Anis Amri's known contacts

His family in Tunisia last saw him five years ago.

They say he wasn't religious, drank alcohol, and dreamed of owning

TRANSLATION: I have four sons, including him, and I think

We want to know the truth, if it was really him who did this,

Germany's security services remain on high alert.

Last night police arrested two brothers, originally from Kosovo,

suspected of planning an attack on a shopping mall in the western

It is not clear whether the alleged plot was in any way connected

Now the Breitscheidplatz market is back up and running.

It is a show from Berliners of defiance, strength and not giving

The Syrian army has declared victory in Aleppo.

The east of the city had been held by rebels for more

becoming a symbol of the opposition to

State media said the last convoy taking rebel fighters

In a statement on Syrian TV, an army commander said

they would now liberate the rest of the country.

If you're planning a Christmas getaway, expect a delay or two.

This weekend sees major engineering works begin on rail-lines in and out

Airports across Britain are experiencing the busiest festive

travel getaway ever, with more of us planning to leave

the country than ever before over Christmas and New Year.

Drivers are also likely to face tailbacks.

Our reporter Frankie McCamley, who is at Junction

There have been quite a few busy days with lots going to work as

well, but plenty getting away as well? Yes, Naga, and it's getting

quite busy on the roads this morning. The M6 where we are

standing is one of the busiest and most important motorways in the

country, it links London to places like Manchester, Birmingham and

roads up into Scotland. This area is especially busy because you get lots

of motorways merging so you get a bit of a bottleneck. Around 12

million people are expected to take to the roads today. There are things

to help ease congestion, 450 miles of road works are being taken down

but the strikes on the rails and the planes may make more people take

their cars. The advice is that your travel time may be longer than

planned so take extra supplies, take water and food with you so you can

get to where you're planning to go this Christmas on time. Sensible

words! Thanks, frankly, we will speak to you later.

We're joined now by Mark Carne, Chief Executive of Network Rail,

who is at London Paddington Station for us this morning.

It sounds like Paddington in and out becomes a bit of an issue from later

tonight, is that right? We're going to be shutting Paddington later

tonight for the next six days to allow us to do some of the huge

improvement works that we need to do to allow Crossrail to happen. There

will be other stations that will be closing over the next few days as

well. It's really important people checked before they travel so they

can make their journeys successfully. It's been a terrible

few weeks on the railways with strikes and delays on macro

southern. How are you going to reassure passengers that it's not

going to be a nightmare, not just today with the getaway but for

people trying to get around and home again at the end of Christmas? I

totally share the frustration. I think the strikes in the last few

weeks have really been hugely damaging for passengers and it has

blighted their lives in many cases and I hope there will be a

resolution to that in the near future. Over the next few days it's

important to remember that 90% of the railway is still open and 90% of

services will be unaffected and open, but because of this huge

programme of works... We have 24,000 people out in the next few days

doing these engineering works and it's important people checked to

make sure their journey isn't going to be affected. If your journey is

affected and you wanted to go in and out of Paddington over the next six

days, what do you say to those people who say why do you have to do

it at Christmas when people are making crucial journeys and want to

spend every moment they can with their families? Allowed if you want

to leave to head to the West Country you still can, but what you have to

do is go to Ealing Broadway, just a short distance down the track and

you can catch your train from there. It's not affecting the train

services going to the West Country, it just means people will need to go

to a different station. Were making every effort we can with our train

operating colleagues to run the services in the best way we can --

we're making. The reality is this is the best time of year for us to do

this kind of engineering project because the numbers of people

travelling by train is about half what it is on a normal weekend or a

normal day. This is the time of year when we can do this sort of work and

it will have the minimum effect on the travelling public. Mark, from

Network Rail, thank you very much indeed, merry Christmas and good

luck! A survey of rough sleepers suggests

they are 17 times more likely to be a victim of crime than

the general public. The charity Crisis says

80% of homeless people were attacked or suffered

abuse over the past year. people sleeping rough in Britain

at any one time. The Government is injecting

?60 million a year to help

first-time buyers get a foot on the housing ladder in areas

where locals are crowded out Housing Minister Gavin Barwell

said the cash would be channelled through local councils

to community-led groups The south-west will

receive the most funding. It's too little, it's too late

and it's not helping the just about managing and the people

who have no hope of ever being able Giving money to first-time buyers

only increases the prices of new homes, it doesn't actually

tackle the affordable housing crisis that we have in this

country at the moment. The consumer group Which?

has begun legal action to strengthen protection for the owners of tumble

dryers that pose a fire risk. Indesit and Hotpoint machines

were sold in the 11 years to 2015. The owner of the brands, Whirpool,

is carrying out a repair programme. But Which believes the Trading

Standards team handling the case For the first time ever a snow

leopard has been recorded The footage has been

captured on a camera trap in Mongolia as part of monitoring

work which began in 2011. It's the first time that quadruplet

cubs have been registered. According to the World Wildlife Fund

there are between 4,000 and 6,500 The cats are threatened by poaching

and loss of living space. Hopefully that is 6504 Mac. There is

your cuddly and all picture. -- 6504!

Let's get the latest now on the big Christmas getaway and hopefully give

you all the information you need on the hotspots to steer clear

Let's speak to the Independent's travel editor

Simon Calder, who joins us now from Paddington Station in London.

Simon, we were hearing all about the trains earlier. Lots of people

planning on the getaway now. What do they need to be mindful of? Let's

start with the planes. The good news is British Airways reached an

agreement with Unite, the union, last night meaning the cabin crew

strike due to start on Christmas Day and run through to Boxing Day

involving some crew at Heathrow has been suspended, so no affect there.

Of course Swissport, there ground staff... Virgin Atlantic pilots have

a work to rule today but they said the flights won't be affected so the

strikes that could cause problems are on Southern Rail, an overtime

ban by drivers will affect services to and from Gatwick in particular.

If you're lucky enough to be going to Paris, don't expect to be able to

hail a taxi to date because they're on strike as well. Simon, we spoke

about what happened at Paddington but are there any other issues on

the railways? Plenty of rail disruption. If you

missed the last train to Cardiff Central, you will have to wait until

the next one, Michigan at Immingham Broadway. -- unless you go to

Ealing. Norwich will be busy today because there are no trains running

up to Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich until the New Year. Lots of

work happening around the Cardiff area, and also in Manchester. As

normal services will be winding down on Christmas Eve, ahead of the

normal two-day shutdown, there is a skeleton service of trains running

in very few parts of the UK on Boxing Day. The buses keep going and

National Express comic they have more buses running on Christmas Day

than ever before -- told me. Flying will be the busiest day of the

festive season at most big British airports. Written, Gatwick,

Stansted, Edinburgh, Manchester, and long queues for security -- return.

-- Luton. Don't put snow globes in your luggage. Do not take wrapped

presents in your luggage because they may get unwrapped. Be prepared

for a bit of delay and disruption, especially if you're heading for the

North of Scotland. Thank you for the tips, Simon. Have a lovely

Christmas. Thank you very much. He has to bring his own presence. That

is sad. That is my present. Do you reckon? We have had all of these

forecasts of storm Barbra hitting the UK over the Christmas period and

how bad that will be. Let's go to Covent Garden. Carol is there with a

very Christmas weather. Carol and storm Barbra, maybe? She's not here

just yet. It will be later we have the

strongest winds in the south-east. We have the chandeliers and

mistletoe is, 45 of those in Covent Garden this morning. We also have a

fabulous tall Christmas tree, the largest hand-picked Christmas tree

in London, a Norwegian spruce. You can really smell it. The Met Office

has an ember weather warning out for wind for today, especially across

the north and north-west of Scotland. Gusts up to 90 mph

forecast for the north of mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles.

Where ever you are today, it will be windy, just not as windy as that.

For Scotland at nine o'clock, a lot of rain coming in. Hill snow and

sleet at lower levels possible. That band of rain extending into

north-west England. Danny is coast of England, a dry start as it is

across the Midlands heading towards Hampshire. -- down the coast. The

odd shower and drizzle. That extends towards south-west England where it

is a largely dry start. A dry start across Wales. By nine o'clock, the

rain starting to pick up close to the coast, and from Northern

Ireland, the same rain affecting Scotland will push across Northern

Ireland accompanied by strengthening winds. The strongest winds today as

I mentioned, the further north and west to travel. Northern Scotland up

to 90 mph. For Northern England, Northern Island and the rest of

Scotland, up to 80 mph. As the rain sinks south by dust, around the

rain, squally winds. About 40- 50 mph. Behind that band of rain, some

showers across northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Some

will be heavy with lightning and hail. Hill snow and possibly at

lower levels sleet, especially in Scotland. That will continue to the

course of the night. Although the winds will ease overnight in the

north, it will be windy with severe gales in the extreme north. Further

south and a clearer skies, a cold night. For Christmas Eve under clear

skies for much of England and Wales, a fine start with a bright start.

Some shower was still persisting in the northern half of the country.

Later you will notice rain coming in. Christmas Day is interesting. It

will still be very windy, especially across Northern Ireland, northern

England and Scotland. Just not as windy as storm Barbra's winds today.

We have a weather front sinking south. Before it comes out, it will

be very mild. Some dry weather, but behind it, Caldaire comes in. We

could hear a record-breaking temperatures for some parts on

Christmas Day -- cold air. But later, the possibility of a white

Christmas. Back to you. A bit of everything. See you again later.

For any family with a relative who has dementia, the idea of them

going missing and then needing the police's help is one

In the last of our Policing Britain stories,

we've found that happened at least 1,200 times in the last year alone,

and it looks as if the problem is getting worse, with several

forces saying they're seeing increasing numbers of people

I just thought, oh, my God, where easy? I could not find him. -- where

is he? I was pacing up and down until the police came. I was beside

myself. Terry went missing seven weeks after their wedding. In March

this year, this disappearance from a holiday caravan in Cumbria triggered

a huge manhunt. He went missing at two PM and at two AM he was still

missing? Yes. My thoughts were just with him, what was going to this

mind. You knew he would have been distressed. Yes. He could have been

lying in a ditch somewhere, it was heartbreaking. -- through his mind.

He had no coat on and it was close to freezing. Terry was eventually

found ten miles away after a 13 hour search. I threw my arms around him

and said, where have you been? He said, I don't know. Sergeant Oliver

was part of the search party. It was around 60 people involving the

coastguard, police, mountain rescue teams, the helicopter from

Lancaster, and police across different shifts. In Cumbria,

reports of missing people with dementia have increased by 152%

since 2012. With 89 searches so far this year. Police Scotland said they

respond to at least one report a day. They had 253 reports since

April. And six has in the highest number of searches in England with

190 so far -- Essex. In Wales, they have created a scheme which cuts

search time. It is named after a pensioner who lived here. Tommy

about George Herbert. He was a resident here with us. He fought in

the second world world and took part in the Normandy landings. He was a

wonder. Yes, he was. The Germans could not stop him and career.

Police was so frequently called to help find George around Wales, they

devise the Herbert protocol in his name. It is a way of collecting

information from nursing homes before someone goes missing. They

will have details of their previous home addresses, previous places of

work, what they have been talking about recently, photographs, and

that information can be given to as quickly. If the weather is bad, that

can save someone's life. The Herbert protocol developed right here will

help police find people much quicker, but the charity darter

missing people says more could be done to stop them going missing.

They say they should be in automatic referral to social services the

first time anybody show signs of wandering. Without that, they

believe they are missed opportunities to protect people.

Terry's dementia has deteriorated and he is no longer able to live at

home. But nursing homes are not meant to be presence. You can't lock

people in. With the number of dementia sufferers set to rise to

over 1 million x two dozen 25, this problem is likely to become more of

a problem. -- by 2025. Deputy Chief Constable Tim

Madgwick joins us now. He's the National Police Chiefs'

Council lead on dementia. Good morning. Hearing stories like

this, it is heartbreaking. I think anyone watching this morning will

realise that fee you have of someone going missing. We saw the Herbert

procedure being put in place. We are hearing 1200 people in the last year

reported missing. And it will far exceed that. We have about 1000

people a week missing nationally. Of that, around 15% are linked to

dementia or old-age. Which is tragic for them and deeply worrying for

their families, but also for you as police officers, you have other

demands on their time and it is hugely time-consuming. It is. That

is why the Herbert protocol was so effective. We are seeing an increase

in demand and social care issues across the country are well

documented. They are having an impact on policing resources, and a

huge impact on the families. And on staff as well. A lot of the sadly

and tragically. We are conscious we have to respond especially to the

most vulnerable and elderly. How quickly can you respond? Where does

it lie in the pecking order of police priorities? It is pretty high

up there. Anyone with dementia who goes missing, said last night, would

be given a high risk status. We would apply a lot of resources. If

we were called at ten o'clock at night being told an elderly

gentleman had gone missing, we would apply whatever resources we have. We

only have a couple of hours to find them. A typical scenario is they

have gone out walking with very few close. They don't dress themselves

properly, they just go out and go back to some location from ladies.

They are out in the middle of the night in winter. Only a couple of

hours and the results can be tragic -- from their youth. Using mobile

phones were checking -- with tracking devices makes it easy to

pinpoint, but there are issues with human rights and freedom. Is that

something you would consider? We would consider it, but the principle

is safety and security of the individual concerned. We would only

to work with the consent of their carers, fairly. It is difficult in

the advanced age of dementia -- family. We use technology where it

is appropriate. It could be very useful. We are going to do some

tracking work with Charlotte in New York and Yorkshire, where I'm from.

We will look at that. It only works when you have a mobile phone. But

there are other ways we can bring technology to cut down that period

from when they go missing to refine them. It is misled the critical hour

in any sort of response. With elderly people, especially in

winter, I get eaten up very quickly -- it is like the critical hour.

Thank you. You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. If you're planning to pick

up your turkey and sprouts today I'm not. I would not go to a

supermarket today. You are getting it delivered.

Ben's out at a supermarket for us this morning,

on what's predicted to be the busiest food shopping day

He is in his element, at the check-in already. Good morning. I

have your cranberry sauce. You asked me for that earlier. Good morning.

Welcome to Coventry. It is the busiest shopping day of the year. 10

million of us expected to come to the supermarket today to stock up on

all of those things we probably forgot. Brussels sprouts going to

the checkout. Mince pies. They are being sold today. Pigs in blankets.

Thousands of millions to be sold. The busiest shopping day of the

year, the staff during up for it in their 24 hour supermarket. While I

checkout everything you Tommy to buy, I will have top tips in the

next half-hour, but let's get the news,

Time to hand you back to BBC Breakfast.

Hello, this is Breakfast with Naga Munchetty and Jon Kay.

The Prison Service says specialist guards have resolved a disturbance

at Swaleside jail in Kent, the fourth major incident

at an English prison in less than two months.

Fires were lit when around 60 inmates took control of part

of one wing yesterday evening, but they were returned

The Prison Service says it's committed to making sure our prisons

are stable while delivering wholesale reforms.

Earlier on Breakfast, Chair of the Prison Officers

Association Mike Rolfe said these incidents were inevitable.

We've been warning for over six years of the incident is likely

to happen in our prisons and it's coming to fruition now.

They didn't heed our concerns when we warned them early enough

and they aren't listening now so they need to buck up their trend

now and start listening to what we're saying

and hopefully we can avoid similar incidents to what happened

Two men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning

an attack on a shopping centre near the Dutch border.

The brothers were detained early this morning

Germany is on high alert after Monday's market attack

in Berlin, which left 12 people dead.

Authorities have issued an arrest-warrant for Tunisian man

Anis Amri, whose fingerprints were found in the truck

12 million drivers are expected on the roads today

This weekend also sees 200 sets of rail engineering works

Services mainly affected are in and out of London,

Manchester and Cardiff but it will be busy however you travel over

Drivers are likely to face tailbacks while record numbers of people

are expected to pass though airports across Britain as they leave

the country for Christmas and New Year.

We will be talking more about the trouble spots and the hotspots

through the programme. We will be with you right here every morning,

though! The Government is injecting

?60 million a year to help

first-time buyers get a foot on the housing ladder in areas

where locals are crowded out Housing Minister Gavin Barwell

said the cash would be channelled through local councils

to community-led groups The south-west will

receive the most funding. The shadow Housing Minister says it

doesn't go far enough. We were talking about people not

sending Christmas cards like they used to. Here's a story about a

young man who has an awful lot of cards operate its lovely.

-- awful lot of Christmas cards. It's lovely.

A five-year-old boy with cancer has received over 200,000 Christmas

Bradley Lowery's Christmas wish is to receive as many cards

as possible and people from all around the world have responded.

Truckloads of mail have been delivered to his home.

Bradley, who has cancer, was adopted by Sunderland Football Club

as their mascot at two high profile games.

That puts Christmas into perspective! Happy Christmas and I

hope the cards keep on coming. Duke got to find enough cards for all of

those! Coming up on the programme Carol

will have the weather for you. John is here with the sport,

and a managerial casualty Some sympathy for anyone made

redundant at the start of Christmas but the team hasn't performed well

and I'm sure he won't be doing too badly after redundancy but feeling

pretty glum? He played at the club and he went on to manage them and

the high point was the FA Cup final last season. It is a shock,

especially in the Premier League, there is such a strong focus on

managers and levels of expectations but if you're not performing well

enough you can expect the sack and that's what's happened to Alan

Pardew. Premier League side Crystal Palace

have sacked manager Alan Pardew Pardew leaves the club just one

place above the relegation zone. He led Palace to the FA Cup final

in May but their form in the league in 2016 is the worst

of all 92 Premier League Former England manager Sam Allardyce

is the favourite to try to get them He's got a proven track record

having never been relegated as a manager, leading Sunderland

to safety last season. Other names in the frame include

another former England manager Roy Hodgson and the Wales

coach Chris Coleman. There are Scottish Premiership

matches tonight and tomorrow but the Premier League won't be

back until Boxing Day. Chelsea top the table at Christmas,

and every other time they've been the festive league leaders,

they've gone on to win the title. This league, there are many teams

that can fight for the Champions League and for the title and four

the Europa League and for this reason it's important to continue in

this way. Don't stop. Don't stop. Try. Don't stop. We know it won't be

easy but we have to try to continue this way with all our strength.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will be released

from hospital today following a knife attack

Kvitova needed surgery on her left hand and will miss

She said on Tuesday she was fortunate to be alive.

She's due to speak to the media this afternoon.

Former jockey John Buckingham, who won the 1967 Grand National

on board Foinavon, has died at the age of 76.

One of the best known names in racing history,

Foinavon won the Grand National as a 100-1 outsider.

He was the only horse to escape a mass fall at the 23rd fence,

one that still bears his name today, because he was trailing so far

Of the 44 starters, only 18 horses finished.

Dave 'Chizzy' Chisnall had a scare against 'Little John'

Roby-John Rodriguez but made it through to the second

round of the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace.

The seventh seed almost went two sets down

to the 22-year-old from Austria, but at 2-2

If you've never been to the darts at Halley Pali, have a look at this,

this gives you a flavour of the atmosphere you can expect -- Ally

Pally. A few days out from Christmas, lots of singing, dancing

and dressing up. Who are the guys in yellow? I thought they were Pudsey

Bear. Apparently it's Ali G. It has me thinking about some darts

nicknames. We've got Littlejohn. John Long John Watson, John calamity

Kay and Naga the Eagles Munchetty. You are a diamond between two rough

stones. I like it like that. -- Naga the Glamour Munchetty. Think about

Carol? There is truth about you as well and we will find out later from

Pasha what went on behind the scenes. I like my nickname. I Don't

Like Mondays. -- I don't like mine. It is six months to the day

since one of the biggest decisions in UK politics, the vote

to leave the EU. With two days until Christmas,

our special Breakfast panel have arranged to meet up

for a festive lunch and talk through their reaction to the vote,

and the progress made so far. Wait until you see what's on their

menu! We start serving in maybe two

minutes, take the turkey out. Damian, a Polish restaurateur,

and voted out, cooks the main meal, and the rest of the Brexit

panel brings dessert. I brought the trifle

because it has four layers. We have the sponge cake,

which is take back control Already different countries

in the European Union are trying We have custard, to take control

of ?359 million a week. It's a red, white

and blue cheese board. This is especially for all of those

Brits in the UK who think they can We are going to get a red,

white and blue Brexit, Very tasty.

My wife made it. Britain voted to leave the EU

six months ago today. Our Brexit panel is split 50-50,

half in and half out. It is difficult because we don't

know what their plan is. For example, the red,

white and blue, what does that mean? That is just a soundbite that

means absolutely nothing. The UK has been accused

of dragging their feet. When you get people like Johnson

and Nigel Farage and Gove openly insulting these people

and countries and the project, You can be respectful

for the Prime Minister of a country. Especially one that you negotiate

and make trade deals with. If we're going to be

in the single market, we have to accept free movement

of people, part of the four Free movement of labour is not

necessarily the problem, it is the free movement of people,

which is a huge difference. Take healthcare, if we sent

all of those carers out tomorrow, the whole social care

structure would collapse. What they want to do

is control the situation. No one knows what we're

talking about yet. The point of controlling

it is so that we can With the borders just open,

how can we plan our infrastructure? Immigration, I don't think it

will be ever stopped. What I would like for Christmas

would be a British agricultural policy so that we are actually able

to promote British produce. What I want for Christmas,

for people to understand we Polish are happy in this country,

and whatever happen good I'll drink to that.

Merry Christmas! So our panel ends in agreement -

roll on 2017, Article 50 What have you made of it all? I

wonder how much agreement there will be when they meet this time next

year. Who knows? We're joined now by

Professor Anand Menon, director of the think tank UK

in a Changing Europe. Good morning. How have the last six

months gone for you? Frantic is the word. Any more clear to you what's

going to happen? Of what is clear is this is going to be all changing, it

will change our politics, the way the British state works, it will

change our country because the Scots and the Northern Ireland chose to

stay but we don't know what Brexit means yet and we won't know until

spring next year. What is the timetable for the months ahead, the

new Year? In January the Supreme Court will rule and most people

assume it will uphold the ruling. In February Parliament will go forward

with a bill, it could be four lines or four pages, parliament will vote

and once that goes through Theresa May will trigger Article 50. Is it a

foregone conclusion that it goes through because there have been

agreements that Parliament will vote for Brexit? Most parliamentarians

get the facts because the people voted to leave the EU it would put

them in an uncomfortable position to overrule, so I'm relatively certain

Parliament will pass whatever legislation goes forward. I

interrupted you, sorry. She will trigger Article 50 and then there

will be a momentous moment of anti-climax because there's two

years of negotiation, nothing will be clear this year, this will run

and run because these negotiations are carried out at a technical level

so we won't see them, the French and Germans have elections this year,

they will be preoccupied saying they can't talk at the moment and are

busy at home so this will run and run. In one answer, when the

negotiations start, what's the format, is there a checklist?

There is no answer. The other member states is said to Theresa May, you

need to give us a list of what you want. She has been very coy about

it. She will be sketchier than they would like to be. I expect the first

thing to happen will be an argument about the agenda for the talks. What

do you make of that, but she is being more sketchy or calling? Can

she offer any answers? -- coy. It makes perfect sense. It is a big

deal and will affect all aspects of this country and economy. The

government is commissioning studies to see what will be best for

Britain. I would not expected to have a plan yet. When she gets in

the room with the other EU leaders, they will expect clarity on where

Britain wants to end up and on the back of that start negotiating. The

first negotiating is about living, not trade deals. It is about loose

ends. What are the top three things we need to be concerned about,

anyone watching at home? The thing everyone will care about most is

what it means for the economy. We have already seen the pound falling.

There is absolutely no way of knowing yet what Brexit means for

our economy and we know what Brexit means. The first thing to do is see

what happens to the economy going forward with foreign investment,

ability to sign traders. The second thing is the future of the United

Kingdom. Will Scotland go back to its people and say let's have a vote

on independence again. The third interesting thing is the speed at

which politics is changing. At the moment you have a Conservative Party

holding itself together because Theresa May has not said anything

specific. A Labour Party not proving especially effective in opposition.

And you keep things it can profit. By-elections next you will be

fascinating. It will be a busy year -- Ukip. If Brexit means Brexit,

Carol 's main Carol. Carol squared. Let's go to Covent Garden.

It is boldly at Covent Garden. This is a brass band playing. I will let

you listen to them -- cold. That was beautiful. We will be hearing a lot

more from the brass band as we go to the course of the morning. It was

founded in 1895, but none of these chaps look that old. It is festive

in Covent Garden. We have the tree and mistletoe chandeliers, but the

weather is not festive today. We have a Met Office amber weather

warning for wind. This applies to the north and north-west of

Scotland, which is where we will have this strong wind, especially

across the far north. We are looking at storm-force, with gusts up to 90

mph. It will be a windy day where ever you are. Rain moving across

Scotland. Some will be heavy with hill snow, and suite adds low

levels. Also getting into north-west England -- sleet at low levels. Also

towards Hampshire, a dressed up. It should restart if you are venturing

out. -- dry stuff. Towards the south-west, it is dry. For Wales, a

dry start with the wind is picking up close to the coast by nine

o'clock. Then affecting Scotland will affect Northern Ireland this

morning as it crosses. Some heavy bursts in that would be

strengthening winds. The strongest winds this morning will be across

western Scotland. Through the day, it picks up as the weather front

Saint south. The rain on it not getting into the far south-east

until around dusk. Around that band of rain, it will be very squally.

The wind will pick up. Behind it, a return to showers. Across northern

England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, away from the rest of

England and Wales, between 40 and 50 mph wind. The rain crews overnight,

and behind it, a cold night with clear skies. Strong winds across the

north. Severe gales in the final. A lot of showers with snow on the

hills. We will start to see accumulations there. Christmas Eve

started the squally winds in the north. Bright sky and sunshine and a

clear skies across England and Wales. More rain later in the day

Bush in across Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England and Wales.

-- pushes in. We start religiously noted in the south, but it will

brighten up. A relatively bright start through the day, but a windy

one in the northern half of the country. Then we have a cold front

sinking south. Before that happens, we will have mild air, and we could

see record-breaking temperatures across part of the UK. Not

everywhere. To do that, we have to be at 15.6dC, the previous record.

Somewhere like Aberdeen could hit 16 Celsius. When the weather front goes

through bringing rain with it, cold air will push in with it, and by the

end of the day, some parts of north Scotland could have a white

Christmas. That is fairly unusual. Charlie! John.

LAUGHTER Merry Christmas, Carol. How can I

say that? I have tissues for this tears. He still adores you. We will

see you later. It is not just any Friday. It is frenzy Friday. 10

million others apparently set to hit the supermarket aisles, or one

another maybe. We will not be out there because we put out orders in

with Ben. Let's see how he reacts. What was that, Charlie? Good

morning. The sprouts are here. I'm assuming you don't want me to bring

you to many of these. I have the shopping list for both of you. We

are in Coventry and catching up with last-minute shoppers. They are

getting all of their last-minute bids they need. 10 million expected

to come through the Sikh market doors today. Good morning. --

supermarket. This does not look like Christmas food. This looks like

party food. Correct. We are out on Christmas dinner with friends, so

this is for Boxing Day. Someone else is taking the burden of Christmas

Day. Yes, very nice. No sprouts in he. Is that you're doing? Yes. Best

of luck. Happy Christmas. I need a bit of help with my Christmas

shopping, so I have but -- gotten in a retail hub. We are stuck the

shelves for those looking to do their bats Christmas shopping. It is

a whole operation running through the year to get it right for this

last day. Tomorrow begins the four-day weekend with Sunday being

Christmas Day. A lot of people will avoid shopping tomorrow. All the

staff are working really hard to make sure we get our turkeys and

sprouts on the table in time. Thank you. I want to introduce you to

Claire, one of the bosses here at Tesco. Nice to see you. Months of

planning for you to get to this stage. Tell me how it goes and how

you put all of this together. Absolutely right, months of

planning. Finally we see that come to execution on one of the busiest

days of the year at Tesco. All of our colleagues are embracing the

festive spirit. They have their Christmas jumpers on. It has been a

really busy start. It is very encouraging. Tell me he did get it

right. You have to have enough stuff on the shelves to make so you don't

end up with loads of stock you haven't sold. There is a real

balance. The shelves are really for this morning and the most important

thing is we have laid our store out as civil as we can. It is easy for

our customers to get their gifts and last-minute trades. -- simply. We

have employed over 15,000 colleagues to help serve customers and look

after them this Christmas. Thank you very much. There you have it. If you

are heading up this morning, the busiest time of the day is expected

to be 11 o'clock this morning. If you are heading out, make sure you

have everything you need. I have my hat. I will see you later. Send me

the rest of your requests this morning. What else do you need?

Shoes. LAUGHTER

Always need shoes. We have been getting a behind-the-scenes glimpse.

You have those lovely smooth shots, and you might think we have special

equipment, this is how he got those living trolley shots. That is his

camera crew this morning in the basket to get those lovely gliding

images live from commentary. I don't know how they will get that to the

checkout. That looks like fun. It has been awhile since I have been in

a trolley. Irregular item in checkout baggage area, they say.

Certainly is this morning. We will be with again shortly.

This morning we've been talking about people

Later we'll be meeting a few of them here on the Breakfast sofa.

We are so proud of what we have done.

Would you say you have a positive attitude towards cancer?

Yes. I just have an attitude full stop.

We've been thinking about who has inspired us this morning as well.

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

Prison officers are back in control as a disturbance at Swaleside,

It's the fourth major incident at an English prison

Good morning, it's Friday the 23rd December.

Two men are arrested on terror charges in Germany,

as the hunt continues for the man responsible for the attack

Delays and disruption are expected, as millions of people hit the roads,

With around 12 million people expected to take to the roads today,

we are not one of the busiest motorways in the country. Traffic is

starting to build up, we will have the full picture in 15 minutes. 10

million shoppers are expected in the supermarkets today for the last

minute Christmas shopping. They are calling it frenzied Friday. All the

details about what you need to know. And we have got beans on the menu,

spilling the beans! And he's the Strictly star that's

been lucky enough to have both Naga Pasha Kovalev will be here,

and we'll be putting I want to know his secrets, who is

his favourite, who is the naughtiest?