28/12/2016 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt.

More than 80% of men and women in England aged between 40 and 60

are overweight, inactive, or drinking too much.

Health officials for the charity Diabetes UK say these people

are greatly increasing their risk of getting a debilitating

Good morning, it's Wednesday, 28 December.

Also this morning: Carrie Fisher, best known for playing Princess Leia

in the Star Wars films, has died at the age of 60.

Harrison Ford says she was one of a kind.

The Japanese Prime Minister offers his "everlasting condolences"

to those killed in the attack on Pearl Harbour as he becomes

the first to join an American President at the memorial.

We've spent almost ?5 billion in bargain stores this year,

meaning those shops have grown faster than the discounter

I've been to meet the boss of one of them to see what's going on.

In sport, Swansea City sack Bob Bradley after just 11

The Swans are second bottom of the Premier League.

Milder winters and wetter summers have caused a drop in numbers

of butterflies and bees according to an audit of our wildlife

Good morning. It is a cold and frosty start to the day. There is

patchy fog around, some of which will be slow to clear, if at all. We

have some sunshine in the forecast and some rain coming in across the

north-west. I will have more details on all of that in 15 minutes. Thank

you, Carol. We will see you then. Middle aged people are putting

themselves at risk of serious health problems unless they take action

to change their lifestyles, Public Health England says 80%

of 40- to 60-year-olds are overweight, drinking too much

and not getting enough exercise. It says modern life is putting

middle aged people at a greater risk of developing diseases

like diabetes. Here's our health

correspondent Robert Pigott. Aged 41 and weighing 22 stone,

he was told by his seven-year-old son that he loved him

even though he was fat. Since August, when he changed his

diet and began to exercise, It was a case of, with us,

should we just order a pizza tonight because we have food

in but we could not So I think you just become a bit

lazy and a bit drowned out There are many people

in Lee's position. Almost 80% of women aged 40-60

are either overweight, obese, physically inactive

or drinking more than official Among men, almost 90% fall

into the same category. Among the potentially devastating

outcomes of this accumulation It has doubled in this age group

in the last 20 years and already costs the NHS in England

an estimated ?14 billion We are aging as a population but too

many of us are ageing with a number The reason why we are seeing these

increases in chronic diseases, such as cancers, stroke and heart

disease, is in a large part because of behaviours

which are adopted during our For example, still smoking,

or not getting enough physical activity, or perhaps

drinking too much alcohol. The big impact, of course,

is that this is going to put a huge To get the message across, in March,

public health England launched To get the message across, in March,

Public Health England launched a health quizz as part

of its One You campaign. It says more than a million people

have now taken the quiz and now have a route map to

change their lives. We'll be speaking to a woman

who changed her lifestyle after taking the quiz

later in the programme. Harrison Ford has led

tributes to Carrie Fisher, who has died at the age of 60,

calling her one of a kind. The Hollywood actress,

best known for her role as Princess Leia in Star Wars,

had been in hospital since suffering a heart attack on a flight

from London to Los Angeles last Our Entertainment correspondent

Lizo Mzimba looks back at her life. Clever and confident,

occasionally caustic. Will somebody get this big walking

carpet out of many I way? Carrie Fisher's Leia

wasn't your typical princess waiting What appealed to me was that George

Lucas, who wrote and directed it, didn't want a damsel in distress,

didn't want your stereotypical princess, you know. The galactic

Princess grew up Hollywood royalty, so taut of 1950s movie legend Debbie

Reynolds. Throughout her acting career she battled drug addiction

and mental illness. Writing about it was a form of therapy for her.

People used to ask me, you know, right after I got sober, you know,

are you happy now? I would say, among other things, happy is one of

the many emotions I will go through in our day. I love you. And

instantly recognisable face after Star Wars, from time to time there

were appearances in other films like When Harry Met Sally. Her mother led

tributes, saving... Per Star Wars co-star Mark Hamill tweeted...

Harrison Ford said in a statement... In 2015 she replies to her role as

Princess Leia in Star Wars to force a way to and that is how millions

will remember her -- Star Wars the force awakens.

Let's speak now to our LA reporter Peter Bowes.

Interesting hearing the thoughts of people, led by Harrison Ford,

amongst others, she was a real character, wasn't she, and so much

affection for her? She was an incredible character and there is a

tremendous amount of sadness at her loss. It really has struck a chord

with people because she was such a versatile person. Yes, she was known

for one defining role in the Star Wars film from the 70s and then the

Reprise last year but there was so much more to her. She was a comic

genius, she was very, very funny and often it was directed at herself. It

was self-deprecating humour she would bring into her performances,

she did a 1-woman show at one point, she wrote many books in which she

talked about her life, she talked about many problems, that I she was

an alcoholic, she had problems with drugs and she also had problems with

depression. She could joke about all of that but equally she was serious

about it as well. She is a very transparent person. People really

felt as if they knew her. She wasn't just another celebrity. She was a

person who resonated in ordinary people's lives, especially those

going through similar problems - they felt they could learn something

from her and that she wanted to share that with them. Peter, for the

moment, thank you. LA reporter Jeanne Wolf will tell

us her memories of working with Carrie Fisher in just

a few minutes' time. President Obama and the Japanese

Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, have laid wreaths at the site

of the Japanese attack It's the first visit by leaders

of both countries since the attack, in which 2,500 Americans died.

The Japanese leader pledged that the horrors of war

must never be repeated, Our Tokyo correspondent

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has more. It has taken 75 years for a Japanese

present and US President to come here to Pearl Harbor. Inscribed, the

names of the 2400 Americans killed in Japan's surprise attack on

December 19 41. Outside, they cast flowers into the waters where the

wreck of the USS Arizona still lies. Prime Minister Abe spoke of his

sadness at the young American lives cut short, of their hopes and dreams

left unfulfilled. TRANSLATION: When I contemplate that solemn reality, I

am rendered entirely speechless. 20 years have passed... For 75 years

and Americans have been taught to remember Pearl Harbor, but today

President Obama called on Americans to take a different lesson from this

place. Even when hatred burns hottest, even when the tug of

tribalism is at its most primal, we must resist the urge to turn inward,

we must resist the urge to demonise those who are different. It was a

direct jibe at his successor Donald Trump, who has been accused of

stoking hatred against everybody from Muslims to Mexicans. For Mr Abe

too there is deep concern about what will happen to Japan's most

important partnership, when Mr Trump enters the White House in 23 days'

time. Campaigners for an early Brexit have

written to business organisations across Europe to try and drum up

support for a free trade agreement with the European Union after the UK

stops being a member. The campaign group,

Leave Means Leave, is hoping for a trade deal with no

taxes on goods travelling Well, Leave Means Leave, another

campaign group, they want us to leave the EU and they want us to

live within a couple of years. One of the members of Leave Means Leave

is a former head of the chambers of commerce in the UK. They have got in

touch with the Chamber of Commerce around the EU to get them to lobby

their governments to say, get a move on. Because Leave Means Leave has

said it is not in the benefit of the EU countries or the UK if we end up

with a deal at some point where taxes are higher, creating more

trade barriers between the UK and countries around the EU if we leave.

Of course, it is not quite so straightforward, because, one, they

can only lobby governments, that don't have power, and also, those

countries want something in return, freedom of movement is an issue, can

you have freedom of movement without tariffs in the EU Pace it is a long

way from anything being resolved. It is part of the ongoing process.

Thank you very much indeed. NHS hospitals have made more money

than ever from parking Figures from 89 trusts

across England suggest ?120 million was raised from charging patients,

staff and visitors for parking in the last year, up

5% on the year before, Patient groups have criticised

rising parking costs but the Department of Health said it

expects trusts to put concessions in place for disabled people,

carers and shift workers. The Co-operative Group says it

will open 100 stores It opened a similar number

of stores this year. The group said it will invest

?70m in the new shops, which will be spread throughout

London, south-east England, The company is nearing the end

of a three-year turnaround programme after a period of turmoil

in its banking group. Almost 300 nail bars have been

visited by immigration officials in recent weeks in a renewed bid

to crack down on illegal workers Over 70 shops are likely to face

fines, and more than a dozen vulnerable people were identified

as being at risk of modern slavery. The overall number of potential

slavery victims being trafficked into Britain has risen by 245% over

the last five years according Unsettled weather during the past

decade has had a real impact on the UK's wildlife,

according to the National Trust, with some of its sites recording

dramatic falls in the number The charity points to

a combination of milder winters and wetter summers for dramatic

boosting grass growth. Which they say has been good news

for farmers making hay, Not something I would have expected.

It is 6:13am and Hugh is here with the sport. Bad news for Paul

Bradley. In the press release, when he was sacked by Swansea city, he

said football is a cruel game, and he has got it absolutely right. Oh,

isn't it? Yeah. Swansea City have sacked manager

Bob Bradley after just 85 The former USA coach was appointed

in October and won two The club is currently second bottom

of the Premier League. Ryan Giggs and Wales manager

Chris Coleman are among those Liverpool are back up to second

in the Premier League after a 4-1 Daniel Sturridge scored

what was Liverpool's 100th league There was a second major win

in as many days for trainer Colin Tizzard as his

horse Native River won the Welsh Grand National a day

after Thistlecrack won And world number one Michael van

Gerwen survived a scare against the 32nd seed Cristo Reyes

to reach the last 16 of the PDC Former champions Phil Taylor

and Raymond van Barneveld are also And that is all the sport for now,

but I'm sure we will discuss it. Yes, stay with us, and Sean is here

with us as well, you have found some stories to talk about, haven't you?

There are some. We are looking at the papers, dominated by one story,

the news yesterday of the death of Carrie Fisher, only 60 years old,

and for many people caught up, of course, 19 years old when she first

got the role in Star Wars, and a fascinating life. We will talk more

about that through the morning. The front of the Times, a peach of

Carrie Fisher, I am looking forward to people sending in their favourite

quotes, she was the master of the 1-liner, she was also an fantastic

writer --a picture. And the Times has a story about middle-aged people

who are in denial about eating too much and drinking too much and maybe

being overweight. Yes, those stories replicated on the front of the Daily

Mail, the carry Fisher image you can see, and eight in 10 middle-aged

Britons overweight, almost a quarter of men in active according to the

report. And, lads, what do we have? I cannot figure out what is better,

getting up at 5am on Boxing Day morning and heading to the shops, or

doing a little bit of Googling on Christmas Day, looking for the

sales. I think that we know the answer. Well, I don't know. Do you

like shopping, Sean? No, but I searched on Christmas Day in the

evening and I felt guilty. What were you looking for? Unsurprisingly, it

was a suit. LAUGHTER you have to build up your collection in this

game. I went to two shops yesterday and I left, I couldn't stand it.

Were you looking for something specific? Finally enough, it was a

suit. You could have at least bought another one. Was it matter? I am not

big on shopping and it was too busy. It is now all about online. Well,

yeah, and the downside to that is, as the Guardian has said, it is

tough for shops on the high street, with the knock-on effect of, will

there be more closures? Because neither of you have bought a suit.

They will do. They will go and look at the shops and buy it online. Is

that what people do? That is quite complicated, anyway. It is, isn't

it. I will get some tips from you later. The mad world of mascots in

the Daily Mail. You might well remember Wilfried Zaha at the

weekend being accused of diving by the Watford Mascot. They have lifted

many misdemeanours from mascots over the years. It is interesting how the

role of the Mascot is changing and you may be familiar with the Mascot

daunting opposition players. It is creeping into British football. What

has he done? He thought Wilfried Zaha had tried to earn a penalty

unfairly. At the end of the game he just went for a little scared in

front of the Crystal Palace winger, which upset him. Oh, I think we have

those pictures coming up at 6:30am. I was there with Bristol against

Northampton when the wolves Mascot had a fight with three little pigs

at half time on the pitch. And the pigs were another Mascot? Part of

some advertising going on and they were winding each other up. Really?

They would never get on. I just want to share this from the

Daily Mail. This is a now famous dog belonging to someone who is really

quite private about what goes on behind closed doors. This is life at

number 11 Downing Street. This is the goal of the Chancellor who has

his own social media account. There he is. Rex stop a series of pictures

of the dog enjoying Christmas. Yes. Having tea and biscuits, relaxing on

the sofa, taking out the recycling... People are always

fascinated by pets. Thank you so much and we will see you later on.

The time hours 18 minutes past six. We have Carol now with the weather

for a winter is getting warmer apparently? Today we have a bit of

everything going on because we began on a cold note with frost around.

Temperatures in some parts are currently -5 and we have fog

patches. No fog this morning although some is starting to form in

the south. We already have patchy fogs in other parts. Visibility to

50 minutes at the moment. Watch out because in places it is dense. In

Scotland and the far north of England there is as much fog,

pockets of frost here and there but producing some rain across the Outer

Hebrides. Nothing too substantial. Throughout the morning, some of that

fog will lift into low cloud but some of us will see sunshine across

southern areas into Wales, parts of northern England, Northern Ireland,

but Scotland is well. You can see the difference in the literature. 10

Celsius compared to the four, for example, around Manchester. If you

are stuck somewhere where we hang on to the fog all day, the temperature

will struggle to rise above freezing. Perhaps one or two degrees

at that will be yet. As we have through the evening and overnight we

will see fog reforming once again across England and Wales in

particular. For Scotland and Northern Ireland will be more cloud

around the time and the weather front of the north-west will be

making the difference. Freezing fog patches for some of frost around for

others. The kind of whether you would expect at this time of year.

As we had on into tomorrow, some of this fog once again will be

socialist. That will lift a low cloud, others may not clear at all.

Along the south coast later today parts of Wales and Northern Ireland

in the north-east they will see some sunshine on whether still plaguing

the far north-western Scotland it will be windy but milder. As we move

from Thursday to Friday high pressure still across the south of

the UK. You can tell by looking at the isobars it will be windy and a

weather front starts to push that little further south across Scotland

bringing rain with it as it does. The northern half of the country is

still in the mild category. We have ten to 11 degrees. As we come

further south under the cloud, especially as there is any fog

across those parts temperatures will be further down. As we head into the

weekend another front coming southwards will bring rain and as it

pushes southwards during the course of the weekend, getting into the far

side later cool air will come in behind it with a northerly and we

may see some snow. Wintry showers certainly across the north. A bit of

everything and the forecast this morning. They do very much. We will

talk to you later on. "One of a kind...

Brilliant, original. to describe Carrie Fisher

after her death at the age of 60. It's just one of many

tributes from the actress's Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca

in the Star Wars films says Carrie was the brightest light

in every room she entered. Anthony Daniels, who played C3PO,

writes "I thought I had got In spite of so many thoughts

and prayers from so many. Whoopi Goldburg describes

Carrie Fisher as "funnier and smarter than anyone

had the right to be. says "Carrie Fisher

was a brilliant writer, And Samuel L Jackson,

who appeared in the Star Wars prequels says: "The light

in the Galaxy is dimmed by the loss We're joined now by Hollywood

reporter Jeanne Wolf. Good morning to you. I should say we

speak to you quite often about stories that you are covering in

Hollywood but actually this story, Carrie Fisher she was your friend.

Yes. She was a long-term friend and also I interviewed her many times

and was friendly with her mother. You said you are looking for

favourite quotes from Harry and I think my favourite is that she is

proud I am so sane about being so crazy. We remember her, don't we as

an actor and if you look at her career it is almost like at every

turn she was doing her best not to act. Oh, yes. She said she didn't

want to act but she also understood her need for attention and the fun

she had when fans reached out to her. And, when suddenly, Star Wars

became a worldwide phenomenon and teenagers were falling in love with

her, girls were calling her a role model and men, she was getting all

kinds of crazy sexy messages. We remember her always as Princess

Leia, a role she reprised more recently. Did shoot higher of that?

How comfortable was she with that image of herself as a 19-year-old?

She never liked it when people claim she was tired of being Princess

Leia. She said she continued throughout the years to hate the

hairdo. She would never get over that. She plays a very small part in

the latest Star Wars movie and I went to see it this weekend after

there was news that she had had the heart attack and, I tell you, in the

theatre full of mixed strangers you could feel the sign. You could hear

the emotion and the care people have for her. This was just an instant

median of the film. Many people knew that although she had a very gilded

copy would life it was not always easy for her, was it? It was very

hard for her. She suffered, in those days they courted manic depression

and now it is known as bipolar. She suffered from a deep depression and

when the world is telling you how famous you worried how lucky you are

to have a famous mother and father and how beautiful and wonderful you

are and you feel so down... I think that you reach for anything to feel

better. So she had a series of addictions, everything from cocaine

to prescription drugs. She spoke freely about her time spent in a

mental institution which she said was the worst thing that ever

happened to her. But the thing about her down challenges, the thing about

the tragedy of her life that she shared them. And as she grew and

shared so personally and, you must remember, this was a long time ago,

far before the confessional books that when she shared her deepest

feelings she did it also a humourous perspective and she created a

community of people who care for each other who felt better because

of what she said. Did not feel so alone and so different. It is

wonderful to talk to you this morning. Wonderful pictures of

Carrie Fisher with her dog. She took the dog was heard to a lot of press

conferences and interviews is what. Quite a character. We will have more

later this morning. We will speak to her co-star Warwick Davis, he will

speak to us before I got this morning. It is 26 minutes past six

and it has been a mild and wet year weatherwise.

in beautiful Somerset for us this morning to tell us what that's meant

I am here at a National trust property and master the west of

Bristol. It is rather cold this morning to pull generally speaking

this has been a mild winter and a wet summer and that has been the

pattern for the last few years. So what impact has that had on our

wildlife? How will this lawn here. It looks beautiful at the moment

that they have to my wit for longer and they are not alone. Grass growth

has been extraordinary this year. We would take a look at that and the

other impact the weather has had on our wildlife a little later. First,

however, here is the Now, though, it's back

to Charlie and Sally. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt. We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment, but also on Breakfast this morning:

As health officials say the majority of us are dangerously

unhealthy in middle age, we'll be meeting one woman

who recognised the signs More of us own smart

gadgets than ever before, but are they making our homes more

vulnerable to cyber attacks? We'll have some top tips on how

to beat the hackers. And we'll be speaking

to Star Wars actor Warwick Davis about his memories of his

co-star Carrie Fisher. But now a summary of this

morning's main news. Middle aged people are putting

themselves at risk of serious health problems unless they take action

to change their lifestyles, Public Health England says 80%

of 40- to 60-year-olds are overweight, drinking too much

and not getting enough exercise, putting them at a greater risk of

developing diseases like diabetes. They're being urged to take

an online quiz to see how healthy We'll be speaking to one

of the professors who helped devise the quiz in just

a few minutes' time. Harrison Ford has led

tributes to Carrie Fisher, who has died at the age of 60,

calling her "one of a kind". The Hollywood actress,

best known for her role as Princess Leia in Star Wars,

had been in hospital since suffering a heart attack on a flight

from London to Los Angeles last At 8:40am we'll be speaking

to Carrie Fisher's Star Wars co-star Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

has offered his sincere and everlasting condolences

to the victims of his country's attack on the United States

at Pearl Harbour 75 years ago. Standing alongside the US

President Obama, the Japanese leader pledged that the horrors of war

must never be repeated, Campaigners for an early Brexit have

written to business organisations across Europe to try and drum up

support for a free trade agreement with the European Union after the UK

stops being a member. The campaign group,

Leave Means Leave, wants a trade deal with no taxes

on goods travelling The government says it's working

to secure the best possible deal. NHS hospitals have made more money

than ever from parking Figures from 89 health trusts

across England suggest ?120 million was raised parking fees last year,

that's up 5% on the year before. Patient groups have criticised

rising parking charges and the Department of Health said it

expects Trusts to put concessions in place for disabled people,

carers and shift workers. The Co-operative Group says it

will open 100 stores It opened a similar number

of stores this year. The group said it will invest ?70

million in the new shops, which will be spread throughout

London, south-east England, The company is nearing the end

of a three-year turnaround programme after a period of turmoil

in its banking group. Almost 300 nail bars have been

visited by immigration officials in recent weeks in a renewed bid

to crack down on illegal workers Over 70 shops are likely to face

fines, and more than a dozen vulnerable people were identified

as being at risk of modern slavery. The overall number of potential

slavery victims being trafficked into Britain has risen by 245% over

the last five years according Unsettled weather during the past

decade has had a dramatic impact on the UK's wildlife,

according to the National Trust, with some of its sites recording

dramatic falls in the number The charity points to a combination

of milder winters and wetter summers for dramatic boosting grass growth,

which has been good for farmers making hay, but led to falls

in insect numbers. It does feel like winter is warmer

and summer is wetter. It does, although this morning is pretty

nippy. It is freezing out there, everybody, stay at home if you can.

I would. Bob Bradley, out in the cold. Hugh Jenkins said the club is

going through such a tough time they really needed to find the answers to

turn things around. They didn't give him very long, though, did they? Not

very long at all, Sally. Swansea City have sacked manager

Bob Bradley after just 85 The Swans are currently second

bottom of the Premier League, having won just two

games since Bradley's They're now looking for their fourth

manager of 2016, with Ryan Giggs, who missed out on the job last time,

and Wales manager Chris Coleman both Swansea's next match

is against Bournemouth Liverpool are up to second

in the Premier League after a 4-1 They had to come from behind

after Jon Walters put Stoke ahead. Adam Lallana pulled them back level

before Roberto Firmino put them An own goal pushed Liverpool further

in front before Daniel Sturridge added a fourth, which was

Liverpool's 100th league goal under They're now six points behind

league leaders Chelsea. We need all of them, and especially

Daniel, of course. In four days there is another game. Hopefully

they all stay healthy and fit. Two days later is another game, and then

three days later there is another game. We have enough opportunities

for everybody who is fit, so hopefully they are all fit.

Brighton are the new leaders in the Championship after a 3-0 win

The win gives Brighton a two point lead over Newcastle at the top.

Sam Baldock was among the goalscorers.

Chris Hughton's side are now unbeaten in 17 games.

In the day's other championship game, Derby beat Birmingham 1-0.

Ian Cathro has won his first match in charge of Hearts.

They beat Kilmarnock 4-0 and stay fourth in the Scottish Premiership.

Aberdeen stay a place above them in third,

In rugby union's Premiership, Harlequins survived a frantic finish

to beat Gloucester 28-24 in a thrilling match at Twickenham.

Quins centre Joe Marchant scored two tries to put the hosts 28-10 ahead

Gloucester hit back with two late tries but couldn't find another

as Quins held on to move into the top six.

In the Pro 12, Ospreys beat Scarlets 19-9 to move up to second.

What a Christmas it's been for racing trainer Colin Tizzard.

He's claimed his second major victory in as many days

after his horse Native River won the Welsh Grand National.

After Thistlecrack won the King George Chase on Boxing Day,

Native River was favourite for this one and hit the front with 13

A meet up with Thistlecrack at the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March

there will be no FA investigation into Watford mascot Harry The Hornet

after his alleged mocking dive in front of Crystal Palace's

Palace manager Sam Allardyce had suggested the mascot's behaviour

should be "looked at" by the FA and the Premier League.

The incident happened after the final whistle and Zaha had

No sting in the tail for Harry the Hornet. If you have a favourite

mascot story, either of good or bad behaviour. We have excellent stories

here about mascots. There have been a few, haven't they are? Yeah.

Modern life is being blamed for a major blight on the health

Public Health England says more than 80% of those aged between 40

and 60 are either overweight, inactive or drinking too much.

It says they're putting themselves at risk of diabetes,

which already costs the NHS an estimated ?14 billion a year.

Researchers say obesity has gone up by 16% over the last two decades.

Many who took part in the study didn't even recognise what a healthy

So Public Health England wants people to take a health quiz,

to try get people to change their bad habits.

Joining us from our London newsroom is Professor Muir Gray,

one of the clinical advisors behind the campaign.

Very good morning to you. Thank you for your time this morning. Can you

give us a snapshot of the scale of the problem we are facing? Maybe we

are used to talking about younger people and obesity. Maybe older

people with other conditions. You are concentrating on the 40 to 60

age group. We prefer the term middle age. Midlife isn't the beginning of

the end. It is the end of the beginning. We know that in changing

your approach in midlife, you can reduce the risk of not only type 2

diabetes, which is a preventable condition, you can reduce the risk

of dementia. This is terrifically exciting information. We have

research showing the problems of old age can be reduced. Midlife people

are sometimes called the sandwich generation, they have children on

one side, elderly parents on the other, they have tough jobs, driving

to work, sitting all the time at work. It is an environmental problem

as much as a lifestyle problem. That is the message. The message is,

people can change. This group of people, 40 to 60, they have had a

lot of messages over the years. They can't have, well, they can have

ignored, but they cannot have not heard the previous messages. Why are

they not adapting their lifestyles? We haven't got the message right in

the past. We have blamed individuals for laziness or ignorance. Actually,

we haven't taken into account, as I say, the pressure on the sandwich

generation. And the one new program, and the How Are You quiz, I don't

know it if you have tried it, it begins by saying, what do you want

to achieve? How do you see the future? Why do you want to be

healthy? And what obstacles do you face? It is not just lifespan, it is

health span. It is health and enjoyment, not just living longer

and dying miserably at the end. The key issue is to help people adapt,

and that means changing the way they work. Maybe you guys should stand up

for part of your morning program, rather than sitting all the time.

LAUGHTER we are sitting on the sofa, which perhaps we shouldn't do. Very

dangerous. Absolutely. Question one is, what is your name, your

Christian name, the question number two is, what is your sex, and then

it asks, quite poignant, how are you feeling? It gives you a range of

options. One of them is, if you excuse the language, are you feeling

really knackered, or are you full of beans? There is a scale of how you

are feeling. What is the relevance to that question? You could catch

someone on an individual day and, you know, they feel fine, the next

day they are lousy, so why ask that question? It you have to start where

people are, I think it is a marketing slogan. Healthcare is what

you do for yourself, what we think you should do. You have to start

where people are. They are consistent. They know what we are

getting at. This is one of the wonders of the form, we don't even

call it the smartphone, the value of the phone is you can personalise it,

so instead of putting up an advertisement to speak to everyone,

we can communicate with you. You have to start by saying, and I have

set it to you this morning, well, how are you guys? You are may be up

or down one to the next, by people generally have a position in life,

and that is where we start, we start with you the individual, there is

only one of you. That is the approach. And as with the mobile

phone and the ability to do the quiz online, then it is a personal

message, not a broadcast message. Some people say people on TV don't

listen, so look at this, we are making an effort. We have stood up.

Good! 50 minutes! Do you know, can we start a trend, Stanley Cup news?

I think it has been done before, hasn't it? -- standing up news.

Carroll, are you standing up? She is always standing up. She is the

healthiest of all of us. Morning, Carol. Good morning all, indeedy,

and you might want to start running because it is called to start.

Temperatures locally in England and Wales -5, with frost and fog around,

some is dense, especially in the west Midlands, east Wales,

visibility to 15 metres. You can see quite a lot of fog is forming. If

you are travelling, bear that in mind. As we push into north England,

Northern Ireland and Scotland, we have variable cloud, some brightness

when the cloud comes up, some showers ahead of a band of rain

waiting in the wings across the Hebrides. Through the day the fault

will lift, some into low cloud, some won't lift at all, but there would

be some sun for some. Across southern coastal counties, Wales,

northern England, Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland too. It is

breezy in the north. Maehl here. Further south, threes, fours and

Fyvie. -- and fives. If you are stuck with the fog all day, it will

be grey and it will also be cold, temperatures around freezing,

slightly above, slightly below, then this fog will reform for England and

Wales. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, more cloud around, a touch

of frost and we might see frost for England and whales also, and

freezing fog to boot. Tomorrow, very similar to date in that it will take

a while for the fog to lift -- Wales. Some of it into low cloud,

some won't lift at all and the best areas for sometime southern coastal

counties into the south-west, parts of Wales, parts of Northern Ireland,

eastern England and north-east Scotland. But by now the rain making

more progress across the Outer Hebrides. Throw in cloud and showers

ahead of it with the north-west Highlands. As we move into Friday,

watch the squeeze on the isobars, turning that bit windier, not to the

extent of last week, with a weather front pushing further south, and

further south we have high pressure hanging on by the skin of its teeth.

Light wind here. With the combination of the cloud, wind and

rain in the north it will be seven -- fairly mild. Further south, we

will see some sunshine, but there will also be some fog and you know

the drill, without much wind it won't move rapidly at all. As we

head into the weekend, of course, including New Year's Day, we have

the weather front in the north sinking steadily south, bringing

rain with it as it does so. Look how the isobars change, coming from a

northerly direction, so it is going to turn colder, the front should

clear on New Year's Day, behind it, well, we are looking at some

sunshine with the risk of some wintry showers too, but mainly in

the north, Sally and Charlie. Are you still standing up? No, no, no,

go and have a nice sitdown, Carol. Sean's here now - and he's talking

about something most of us I love a bargain. But you won't go

online? You do not like them that much? I go online on Boxing Day.

Have I missed the bargains by then? We are talking about bargain stores

here. Pound land, power and world and the others.

Poundworld, 99p Stores, Poundstretcher, B

and Home Bargains - spending at bargain stores totalled

?4.9 billion in the year to July, up 17% from the previous year.

The stores have had a big rise in first time visitors -

more than 2.2 million households shopping there for the first time.

Almost a third of the increase in spending down to shoppers

switching away from mainstream supermarkets and likes of Boots,

Nearly four-fifths of households in Britain now buy

from bargain stores - that makes them more popular

than the bigger German discount supermarket chains Aldi and Lidl,

which are visited by three-quarters of households.

to try and find out why they have had such a good year I went along to

meet the boss of one of those retailers.

Once upon a time in the not so distant past we would have gone to a

big supermarket for the weekly shop. Their market share has been eaten

away. The shoppers continued to change. We have had the rise of the

discounters and recently it has been the turn of the bargain store

selling groceries like these at the same rate as places like Waitrose.

Not just the groceries in the kitchen that we purchase more.

Homewares things like cushions and candles and plant pots and, of

course, Christmas decorations. Spending in these stores is up by

almost 20% on last year, now totalling more than ?5 billion. What

has been driving the recent change? Ten years ago we were known for

groceries and clearance to. That is not the business today. Today it is

far more about general merchandise. Housewares, DIY, toys, Christmas

decoration, gardening. What is now about items you sell here that maybe

you would not necessarily have seen ten years ago? The scale. We have

100 buyers travelling around the world from the very best that she is

looking from particular product. Having done so we get the volume,

bring them in and we have a different mindset of competition. So

that is how they sell what is on offer. But what sort of shoppers are

heading in store? This is about democratising shopping. Everyone

across the country we sharply because we all want a bargain and we

are not prepared to pay more than we have to for things we buy everyday.

How do you decide where to shop? It depends on which area you are in

because if you are in this area you pick certain things up here. And

then we will come here for another thing. We have a test is next to our

place. What's at a price pressures do you have? Everything you see here

in soft furnishings is made overseas and there are price pressures

because of the weakness of sterling. In our favour, however, our business

is growing at 20% a year. By reinvesting the benefits of that

increased volume, wherever it is managed, we can keep prices steady.

The price set to rise next year in the competition for retailer will

only get hotter. The big Quadra super markers will use their power

on the march of the discounters will continue. With four out of every

five people now shopping at a discount, the days of putting all

their baubles in one basket are now long gone. It was a nice basket

there. It just goes to show that it is not just one shop any more. And

you wonder, don't you, if they are all converging to the same thing?

You have the big supermarkets with a little cheaper aisles and you have

the discounters with the premium products. You see shops at the end

and their selling homewares which a lot of them do. I don't know how you

choose where to go? You probably just go to many different places to

find your bargains. Thank you very much.

As we've been hearing from Carol this morning,

today's weather is expected to be mostly foggy and cold,

but the majority of us are yet to see the bitter temperatures

In fact, like last winter, this one has been pretty mild

so far, and that's had a huge impact on the UK's wildlife.

Let's find out more from Breakfast's Tim Muffett,

who's at Tyntesfield National Trust Estate,

Good morning to you. I am about ten miles west of Bristol. This National

trust house each year has an assessment of its properties across

the UK. It tries to work out what impact the weather has had an the

wildlife because as you say, although it is cold this morning

this winter has been a mild one and as heard, most winters within the

last few years have been the same. What impact has that hat? If you

think that this EU have needed to mow the lawn more often than normal

you are not imagining it. This year, beef farmer Robert made hay while

the sun was shining. And while the rain came. And, still, his grass

grows. We have seen a good grace throughout the season. A lot of

grass on the ground at the moment and we are in the end of December

now and we are still grazing outside. Everyday I can get my

cattle out of the shed I it is better for them. So why the rampant

grass growth? A mild and wet winter has been followed by a cold spring

and then came more mild wet weather in May and June. Ideal conditions

for grass to grow. The rate of growth was in many places a third

faster than normal according to the agriculture and water cold shoulder

vellum on board. Conservationists are assessing the impact. Excessive

grass grows, why does it matter? A lot of our rarer plants and animals,

particularly insects, live in very short turf. If he gets covered over

by these coarse grasses, populations of those rare insects plummet. And

that has been an issue? Definitely. This man has analysed the impact of

the weather on wildlife or ten years. A number of species have been

hit in 2016. The losers have been the butterflies, beef, Beatles and

some grasshoppers which actually require very short turf. Wasps were

hit badly by the despicable summer of 2012. They have not really

recovered. We usually get wasps nesting on this bank and I can vouch

there are no nests here in all this year. Nine. Surely that is good?

They are an important part of the food chain. They are really quite

good at controlling a lot of tests and nasty little insect like

greenfly. One of the things that should be properly hibernating had

as pillars. When you get a mild month like this they are not

hibernating properly. They are out and about. That is not good for them

because they burn off their energy. As ever there were wildlife winners

in 2016. Helped in part by wind direction. It has been a fantastic

year for migrant birds. A strong wind from the east, that helps a lot

of migrating birds. Yes. We had over 200 Goldcrest arrived on the islands

one day. From our point of view of an excellent year. From the point of

view of gardeners it was disastrous. You keep getting mild winters and we

keep getting short spells of good weather. We have not had a good

summer since 2006. We are overdue. Think back, there was the odd hot

day during some of what he is talking about was a prolonged period

of hot weather and the view is we have not really have that for ten

years or so. Other impact has been good for tree seeds. They have been

a longer growing season. Apples have had a good year. Cider producers

have had a great time. How they have been negative impacts as well. What

will the future hold? We will have to see. We do for another culture?

Who knows? The 10-year trend has been for milder winters and wetter

summers. We will get all the weather for today in the next few days with

Carol and later on. You are watching breakfast. Still to come here this

morning it has emerged that George Michael generously gave millions of

pounds to most of it in secret. We are so many acts of kindness

anonymous? We will find out more. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt. More than 80% of men and women

in England aged between 40 and 60 are overweight, inactive,

or drinking too much. Health officials blame fast food,

desk jobs and the daily grind for what they're calling

a middle aged health crisis. Good morning, it's

Wednesday, 28 December. Also this morning: Tributes

are paid to Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford says

she was one of a kind. The Japanese Prime Minister

offers his "everlasting condolences" to those killed in the attack

on Pearl Harbour as he becomes the first to join an American

President at the memorial. More than two million households

went to a bargain store for the first time this year,

and in total we spent almost ?5 I've been to meet the boss of one

of them to see what's going on. In sport, Swansea City sack

Bob Bradley after just 11 The Swans are second bottom

of the Premier League. It is a cold and frosty

start to the day. There is patchy fog around,

some of which will be slow to clear, We have some sunshine

in the forecast and some rain coming I will have more details

on all of that in 15 minutes. Middle aged people are putting

themselves at risk of serious health problems unless they take action

to change their lifestyles, Public Health England says 80%

of 40- to 60-year-olds are overweight, drinking too much

and not getting enough exercise. It says modern life is putting

middle aged people at a greater risk of developing diseases

like diabetes. Here's our health

correspondent Robert Pigott. Aged 41 and weighing 22 stone,

he was told by his seven-year-old son that he loved him

even though he was fat. Since August, when he changed his

diet and began to exercise, It was a case of, with us,

should we just order a pizza tonight because we have food

in but we could not So I think you just become a bit

lazy and a bit drowned out There are many people

in Lee's position. Almost 80% of women aged 40-60

are either overweight, obese, physically inactive

or drinking more than official Among men, almost 90% fall

into the same category. Among the potentially devastating

outcomes of this accumulation It has doubled in this age group

in the last 20 years and already costs the NHS in England

an estimated ?14 billion We are aging as a population but too

many of us are ageing with a number The reason why we are seeing these

increases in chronic diseases, such as cancers, stroke and heart

disease, is in a large part because of behaviours

which are adopted during our For example, still smoking,

or not getting enough physical activity, or perhaps

drinking too much alcohol. The big impact, of course,

is that this is going to put a huge To get the message across, in March,

Public Health England launched a health quiz as part

of its One You campaign. It says more than a million people

have now taken the quiz and now have a route map to

change their lives. We'll be speaking to a woman

who took the quiz and changed her Harrison Ford has led

tributes to Carrie Fisher, who has died at the age of 60,

calling her one of a kind. The Hollywood actress,

best known for her role as Princess Leia in Star Wars,

had been in hospital since suffering a heart attack on a flight

from London to Los Angeles last Our Entertainment correspondent

Lizo Mzimba looks back at her life. Will somebody get this big walking

carpet out of many I way? -- Will somebody get this big

walking carpet out of my way? Carrie Fisher's Leia

wasn't your typical princess waiting What appealed to me was that

George Lucas, who wrote and directed it, didn't want a damsel

in distress, didn't want your The galactic Princess grew

up Hollywood royalty, the daughter of '50s movie

legend Debbie Reynolds. Throughout her acting career

she battled drug addiction Writing about it was a form

of therapy for her. People used to ask me, you know,

right after I got sober, initially they'd say,

so, are you happy now? I would say, among other things,

happy is one of the many things, the many emotions I will

go through in a day. An instantly recognisable

face after Star Wars, from time to time there

were appearances in other films, Per Star Wars co-star

Mark Hamill tweeted... In 2015 she reprised to her role

as Princess Leia in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and that's how

millions will remember her. At 8:40am, we'll be speaking

to Carrie Fisher's Star Wars co-star President Obama and the Japanese

Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, have laid wreaths at the site

of the Japanese attack It's the first visit by leaders

of both countries since the attack, The Japanese leader pledged

that the horrors of war must never be repeated,

but didn't include an apology. Our Tokyo correspondent

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has more. It has taken 75 years

for a Japanese Prime Minister and US President to come

here to Pearl Harbor. Inscribed on the walls in front

of them, the names of the 2,400 Americans killed in Japan's surprise

attack in December 1941. Outside, they cast flowers

into the waters where the wreck Prime Minister Abe spoke

of his sadness at the young American lives cut short, of their hopes

and dreams left unfulfilled. TRANSLATION: When I contemplate

that solemn reality, Rest in peace, precious

soul of the foreign. For 75 years, Americans have been

taught to remember Pearl Harbor, but today President Obama called

on Americans to take a different Even when hatred burns hottest,

even when the tug of tribalism is at its most primal,

we must resist the urge to turn inward, we must resist the urge

to demonise those who are different. It was a direct jibe

at his successor, Donald Trump, who has been accused of stoking

hatred against everybody For Mr Abe, too, there is deep

concern about what will happen to Japan's most important

partnership when Mr Trump enters Campaigners for an early Brexit have

written to business organisations across Europe to try and drum up

support for a free trade agreement with the European Union after the UK

stops being a member. The campaign group,

Leave Means Leave, is hoping for a trade deal with no

taxes on goods travelling The government says it's working

to secure the best possible deal. NHS hospitals have made more money

than ever from parking Figures from 89 trusts

across England suggest ?120 million was raised from charging patients,

staff and visitors for parking in the last year, up

5% on the year before, Patient groups have criticised

rising parking costs but the Department of Health said it

expects trusts to put concessions in place for disabled people,

carers and shift workers. The Co-operative Group says it

will open 100 stores It opened a similar number

of stores this year. The group said it will invest ?70

million in the new shops, which will be spread throughout

London, south-east England, The company is nearing the end

of a three-year turnaround programme after a period of turmoil

in its banking group. Almost 300 nail bars have been

visited by immigration officials in recent weeks in a renewed bid

to crack down on illegal workers Over 70 shops are likely to face

fines, and more than a dozen vulnerable people were identified

as being at risk of modern slavery. The overall number of potential

slavery victims being trafficked into Britain has risen by 245% over

the last five years, Unsettled weather during the past

decade has had a real impact on the UK's wildlife,

according to the National Trust, with some of its sites recording

dramatic falls in the number The charity points to a combination

of milder winters and wetter summers Which they say has been good news

for farmers making hay, You are watching Breakfast on BBC

News, it is exactly 7:10am. Bypass Brussels and persuade

businesses in the rest of Europe to put pressure on the EU to give

us a good Brexit deal. That's the idea from the campaign

group Leave Means Leave. It's demanding Britain leaves

the single market within two years. But will this speed up the Brexit

process and what impact Joining us now is Jon Tonge,

professor of politics Morning, John. Good morning. So, the

idea is they are appealing business to business - is there any point,

given the politics that will be involved? It shows the message that

Theresa May's appeal for unity over Brexit lasted 72 hours, because here

we go again, Leave Means Leave means they want a world of free trading

nations without tariffs imposed, and at a certain level it makes sense,

but politics are much more difficult, because why would the EU

give us a deal like this when they want to send out a message that

there is a punishment to be had for leaving the EU? Certain countries in

the EU would favour the tariff free deal, the example is Germany with

13% of German exports coming to the UK. If you put tariffs on those

exports, they will sell less to the UK. One in five cars come to the UK.

Some countries will be keen on this and Angela Merkel when she isn't

seeking a fourth term next year in Germany, may well be sympathetic to

the idea. Any deal, tariff free deal, would have to be approved by

the 27 remaining countries in the EU on a qualified majority vote basis

and that won't happen. The people behind Leave Means Leave know that.

Well, yes, but they are exerting the maximum pressure because they fear

the current government has its eye on a single EU market, the Norway

style deal. That costs each Norwegian ?115 per head to pay it to

access the single market, and you don't control immigration, which is

such a big issue for many British people, so Leave Means Leave want to

create, basically, for us to leave without a deal, we would become part

of the World Trade Organisation and straight on their basis. At World

Trade Organisation rules allow for tariffs. You would have an average

of 18% tariff on any goods imported from the EU, and that would cause

inflationary pressure. So, in reality, Leave Means Leave believe

in what they are saying, but is what they are really doing trying to keep

the pressure on? So that it is talked about more, so things cannot

be hushed up and go quiet? Yes, the debate has moved on to the type of

Brexit we have. Whatever the Supreme Court decides next month in terms of

Article 50, House of Commons won't defy the will of the people, we will

leave the EU, so what deal will we get? For Leave Means Leave, anything

including Britain's membership of a single EU market, even associate

member, is unacceptable. The point of a Brexit vote is to be a free

trading nation. They represent 70- 100 parliamentarians in the

Conservative Party, which is an awful lot, given that Theresa May

has a majority of 14 at the moment, so you see the size of the

influence. It is the conservatives within Leave Means Leave which

matters. We will leave it there for now. Thank you very much.

For in five in England are putting their health at risk because they

are overweight, drinking too much for not doing enough exercise. The

Japanese Prime Minister offered everlasting condolences to the

victims of Pearl Harbor, but 75 years on his words fell short of an

apology for the attack. Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. It was very chilly getting up for

work this morning. Absolutely right. Locally across parts of England and

Wales the temperature fell to minus six. You will not be surprised to

hear there is frost around. As well is that we also have fog patches,

some of which are dense and will be slow to clear up. If they do it all.

Along the coastline temperatures are a little higher that you do not need

to move far inland to reach low temperatures and patchy fog.

Disability in some parts 50 metres in others, 100, in others more than

that. In the very Far North we have allowed around with some breaks in

it and showers across the north-west Thailand. Through the gate before we

had across England and Wales will lift. Some were lifted all and that

will have an adverse impact on the temperatures. Across England and the

south-west, perhaps in Northern Ireland in northern England and

Scotland here we will see some sunshine although pleasant to the

time of the year in the sunshine but windier with more cloud across

north-west and some showers as well. Through the afternoon you can see

where we hang the fog temperatures will struggle to break freezing. It

will be cold and it will be great. Through the evening and overnight

more fog will form, especially across England and Wales with frost

around as well. Across Northern Ireland Scotland there will be more

cloud around. More of the breezes will across the far north-west

starting to show its head some rain, into the Outer Hebrides. Tomorrow

the rain continues to exams. Slowly southwards, not making a huge amount

of progress but glad ahead of it will build across the west of

Scotland and parts of Northern Ireland. The fog that we have, like

today, will be slow to clear. Some that will not clear at all. Again,

an adverse impact on temperatures. Into the south-west and west Wales,

parts of north-west England Northern Ireland, north-east Scotland, these

are both test areas for sunshine. Now he waves in prospect, however.

Again we look at low temperatures. 11 Celsius where we have that

weather front. The front wheel make more progress southwards during the

course of Thursday and Friday. But the squeeze here. High-pressure

hanging on by the skin of its teeth in the south. Any fog that falls in

the south will be slow to clear the colour will be far milder in the

north where we have a combination of cloud, wind and rain. Further south

some breaks in the cloud, a little sunshine but emphasis on quite a

grey day and you may see showers forming in the west. It will get a

little milder in the south during the weekend before it turns colder

for us all. Carol, we are talking about Internet connected devices

next. Your clicker is on a wire, isn't it? And your year pieces. You

have groovy earpieces. Mine is still the kind attached to a box. I am

weighed in as well. Thank you very much, Carol. I have a wireless

earpieces. So can that be hacked, I wonder? That is the thing. Many

people getting gadgets for Christmas and there are wonderful when they

work but are they risks attached? Virtual assistants and Smart TVs,

connected watchers, all of these things make your life easier. What

did you mention, a kettle? There is a remote control cattle that you can

turn on from your phone. It would need a password. --

remote-controlled cattle. There are over six billion convective sins by

the end of this year. They do not come without risk. We could be

sacrificing a privacy and opening hours. To hackers.

This family home may look safe and secure. Inside there are intruders

that claim to make your life easier. In reality they could prove

otherwise. Ghosts you need to worry about, it is these and hackers know

how to control them. The modern household of today has more smart

technology than ever before and by the end of 2016 it is estimated that

there will be 6.4 billion connected things in use with 5.5 million new

devices going online every day. We have found some smart items,

security cameras, lightbulbs. If I'm at work I can get notification

iPhone about the security cameras. I can see that as a burglar or my

husband coming home early. So you feel secure? That is what she

thinks. Without even having to get out of his car, and that he can gain

control of your home security, lighting, music players and your

kettle. One of the first in liturgy that catches my eye is this. If any

had taken gets access to that, they are on your home network and once

you were there, that is when you can start trying to attack or gain

unauthorised access to other devices. Of course he is not a real

hacker, here's a cyber security expert, used by companies to

discover security weaknesses. It turns out with the right know-how

you can hack pretty much everything. Computer, how old are you? This is

the tale at all. She has Bluetooth capability and if you are within

range you can connect to this toyed without any authentication or

passwords or anything. We have been able to show how you can start

turning the microphone want to -- on to record audio and playthings back.

I can say what I like. Matters in control. What else is in this room?

A smart TV here. Depending on the level of access an attacker might

have they may be to do certain things like deploying applications,

record audio, that hackers can listen in to a record. That is

terrifying, thinking that somebody may be listening to you from your

television. So if you find a smart device under the tree this Christmas

the advice is to make sure it is secure, you use passwords and check

your privacy settings. That way you can ensure there are no ghosts in

your machines. Tony Neate from technology research

company 'Get Safe Online' is here to tell us how

we can protect ourselves. Good morning. Isn't it great? All

about technology, I love gadgets. It is like Christmas for me every day.

Many people will of received something like this for Christmas.

We purchase more and more of these smart gadgets. You make sure you are

safe if you have, for example, one of the things that can record voices

or perhaps use a camera from a device that you have in your house?

The key to it all is passwords. The most important place to have a good

strong password is on the router because your whole router is the one

that controls all this. If they cannot get in there than they can

get to what we call the Internet of things. Anything that is connected.

There are some very important bits and pieces that we really need to

make sure our secure. That is our camera, security camera and locks.

You can now purchase an actual front door lock that is controlled by the

Internet. Will or you do as you turn your phone and it opens the lock as

you walk in. These are things we need to know. Things are lights. If

someone monitors when the lights come on and off they can know when

you are in. I think the Internet is fantastic and there are some simple

easy precautions you can take to make sure that none of these things

affect you. How easy is it to hack into someone's front door lock? What

are the main problems is that people do not change the password that

comes with it, the default password. If you change the default password,

people will always be able to discover what it is. The first thing

to do is to look at the instructions and change the password so you have

a different one. I say that for everything we do. We need to make

sure we have more than one password. You do not have one key for

everything you do and you cannot have one password. If you lose one

key, you need to change all your locks, and lose one password, you

need to change every access you have. Even with a password for your

phone and for your computer, perhaps a password for work, remembering

just those is tricky enough. Are we heading towards a future where we

may have ten different passwords for ten different things? Right now, if

you have not got ten passwords in your life then you are not probably

as secure as you could be. One of the things we recognise and is to

have a security locker for your passwords. It is called a password

manager or a password locker, a password safe. You can put all your

passwords in their and then have one key password in order to get to it.

You just need to accept, look, with the modern day on the way we are

going forward there will be restrictions on one of those is that

we need different passwords. It is fantastic, all this stuff, one my

grandchildren have a robot that you could control move. That is

fantastic and it is not really a lot you can do with eight kettle or a

robot that there is with other things. We need to ensure that we

look at the website, have a look at what we should and shouldn't do and

secure ourselves. This is a river life in any way question does

anybody actually need a remote-controlled kettle? Is

laziness. We can sit there and watch the television and we know the

advertisements are coming up so we can turn of an waiting for

advertisements to start. It is just... Same argument I used to have

with people about windup windows on your cars. Putting a buyer is lazy

but it is also easy to ask someone to push the button. And it is about

making life easier for people. We also need to make sure that the

manufacturers help us I have been default advice about what we have to

do in relation. It can be quite complicated out there, especially

for us Silver surfers. More passwords. If I understood that

correctly, you should have all of your passwords in one place and then

have a password to get into your passwords. If someone gets a

password that got all your passwords. That is correct. You

whisper a day we would have surrounded by nature of that

technology? I don't like right now in fact. Surrounded by big insects.

Look around. A mild wet year weatherwise.

It's been a mild and wet year weather-wise and Tim Muffett's

in Somerset for us this morning to tell us what that's meant

I am at one with nature this morning on this cold morning. But it has

been a mild winter, generally speaking this year as it has been

for the last ten years or so. We're here at the National trust property

about ten miles west of Bristol. Each year the National trust

assessed their properties across the UK to see what impact the weather of

that year has had on the wildlife. A little later on we will find out

what that impact has been. If you think back to this year and wonder

if you have been mowing the lawn a little more than usual, you are not

imagining that. Grass is growing faster and we will look at the other

Hello, this is Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

Middle-aged people are putting themselves at risk of serious health

problems unless they take action to change their lifestyles,

Public Health England says 80% of 40- to 60-year-olds

are overweight, drinking too much and not getting enough exercise,

putting them at a greater risk of developing diseases like diabetes.

They're being urged to take an online quiz to see how healthy

We'll be speaking to a woman who took the quiz and changed her

Harrison Ford has led tributes to Carrie Fisher,

who has died at the age of 60, calling her "one of a kind".

The Hollywood actress, best known for her role

as Princess Leia in Star Wars, had been in hospital since suffering

a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles last

At 8:40am we'll be speaking to Carrie Fisher's Star Wars co-star

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has offered his sincere

and everlasting condolences to the victims of his country's

attack on the United States at Pearl Harbour 75 years ago.

Standing alongside the US President Obama, the Japanese leader

pledged that the horrors of war must never be repeated,

Campaigners for an early Brexit have written to business organisations

across Europe to try and drum up support for a free trade agreement

with the European Union after the UK stops being a member.

The campaign group, Leave Means Leave, wants a trade

deal with no taxes on goods travelling

The government says it's working to secure the best possible deal.

NHS hospitals have made more money than ever from parking

Figures from 89 health trusts across England suggest ?120 million

was raised parking fees last year, that's up 5% on the year before.

Patient groups have criticised rising parking charges

and the Department of Health said it expects Trusts to put concessions

in place for disabled people, carers and shift workers.

The Co-operative Group says it will open 100 stores

It opened a similar number of stores this year.

The group said it will invest ?70 million in the new shops,

which will be spread throughout London, south-east England,

The company is nearing the end of a three-year turnaround programme

after a period of turmoil in its banking group.

Almost 300 nail bars have been visited by immigration officials

in recent weeks in a renewed bid to crack down on illegal workers

14 people were identified as potentially being at risk of modern

slavery. Unsettled weather during the past

decade has had a dramatic impact on the UK's wildlife,

according to the National Trust, with some of its sites recording

dramatic falls in the number The charity points to a combination

of milder winters and wetter summers for dramatic boosting grass growth,

which has been good for farmers making hay, but led to falls

in insect numbers. Coming up on the program, we have

our own weather expert, won't we, Carol, telling us what the weather

will be like in the next couple of days. Right now is 7:33am and time

for the sport. Tell us about this little fella. Bradley had hopes

about Swansea city, the first American manager in the Premier

League, he says he is disappointed to have lost his job and he says

football is a cruel game, just 11 matches in charge, but he did not

turn things around with seven defeats after 11 matches. And now

there is a significant rumour, isn't there, that they are talking to Ryan

Giggs again, who they spoke to last time when he did in get the job. He

did it get the job in the summer and the difficulty is, do you bring in

an experienced man, or do you give Ryan Giggs his first job? We will

see. Swansea City have sacked manager

Bob Bradley after just 85 The Swans are currently second

bottom of the Premier League, having won just two games since

Bradley's appointment in October. They're now looking for their fourth

manager of 2016, with Ryan Giggs, who missed out on the job last time,

and Wales manager Chris Coleman both Swansea's next match

is against Bournemouth Liverpool are up to second

in the Premier League after a 4-1 They had to come from behind

after Jon Walters put Stoke ahead. Adam Lallana pulled them back level

before Roberto Firmino put them An own goal pushed Liverpool further

in front before Daniel Sturridge added a fourth, which was

Liverpool's 100th league goal under They're now six points behind

league leaders Chelsea. We need all of them,

and especially Daniel, of course. Hopefully they all

stay healthy and fit. Two days later is another game,

and then three days later We have enough opportunities

for everybody who is fit, Brighton are the new leaders

in the Championship after a 3-0 win The win gives Brighton a two point

lead over Newcastle at the top. Sam Baldock was among

the goalscorers. Chris Hughton's side are now

unbeaten in 17 games. In the day's other championship

game, Derby beat Birmingham 1-0. Ian Cathro has won his first match

in charge of Hearts. They beat Kilmarnock 4-0 and stay

fourth in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen stay a place

above them in third, In rugby union's Premiership,

Harlequins survived a frantic finish to beat Gloucester 28-24

in a thrilling match at Twickenham. Quins centre Joe Marchant scored two

tries to put the hosts 28-10 ahead Gloucester hit back with two late

tries but couldn't find another as Quins held on to

move into the top six. In the Pro 12, Ospreys beat Scarlets

19-9 to move up to second. What a Christmas it's been

for racing trainer Colin Tizzard. He's claimed his second major

victory in as many days after his horse Native River won

the Welsh Grand National. After Thistlecrack won

the King George Chase on Boxing Day, Native River was favourite for this

one and hit the front with 13 A meet up with Thistlecrack

at the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March We spoke about him earlier -

there will be no FA investigation into Watford mascot Harry The Hornet

after his alleged mocking dive in front of Crystal Palace's

Wilfried Zaha on Boxing Day. Palace manager Sam Allardyce had

suggested the mascot's behaviour should be "looked at" by the FA

and the Premier League. The incident happened

after the final whistle and Zaha had Harry the Hornet is free to carry

on his official club duties. So, good news for the msascot. The

time now is 7:37am -- mascot. Working in a homeless shelter

and quietly donating thousands of pounds to people he'd never met

are just some of the things we've learnt about George Michael's

generosity since he died Like many others across the country,

he'd decided to donate anonymously. So what do people get out

of secretly giving time We'll discuss that in a moment,

first here's what people in Salford Wyatt a big deal of it? Just give if

that is the way to feel. -- Wyatt Abbey deal of it? You don't have to

say, look at me, I am giving money to charity, you just don't do that,

well, I don't anyway. It isn't about ask on the it is about other people

and it isn't about what you get from it, it is about giving, it is a

selfless act, isn't it? If you are giving too much or not enough, you

don't want to seem overly generous. It isn't all about, if I am giving

to charity, someone patting me on the back, I just want to donate to a

good cause and that is enough, really. I don't feel the need to be

patted on the back. It doesn't matter where it comes from, does it?

Joining us in the studio is Mike Peacey, who's an economics

lecturer at the New College of Humanities in London.

Mike Tomlinson, whose wife Jane raised almost ?2 million for charity

before her death from cancer, joins us from our Leeds newsroom.

Tomlinson, if I can come to you first of all, you have had huge

amounts to do with fundraising for charity over the last several years.

How common is it for people to give anonymously? It is quite common for

people who are well-known to give anonymously and four other people it

tends to be larger amounts that are anonymous, but I would say 30% are

anonymous. And do you ever get an indication from the people who maybe

do give you a significant amount, why they don't want publicity - what

is it? Icing for people or organisations in the public eye, I

think to share the fact they are giving money to charity brings a lot

of attention to them -- I think for people. It leads to a lot of request

for help or donations. It can become a lot for them. And then ultimately

they can become unwilling to help because of this significant amount

of request for help they get. Sometimes people were giving money

to individuals. He would see a story, hear about someone's

situation, and he would come up with the money. How unusual is that way

of going about handing out money to people who need it? With George

Michael, it was definitely that he felt very connected to various

causes and wanted to do great things. And what I found, with some

of my students, is that they don't just want to make money or do

things, they want to make a difference, they want to make the

world are better place, and making an anonymous donation was what he

did to help people. When we spoke with people in the street, the

sentiment was, it doesn't matter where the money comes from, but

there are people who want it to be known that they have handed over

money. Of course. There are different reasons why people may or

may not choose to make anonymous donations. And in a study that I

conducted a couple of years ago on data from the London marathon, I

found if people making significantly smaller donations than average, they

would like to keep their information on anonymous and maybe the reason

for that is a didn't want to be seen to be too tight. Equally, on the

other side, we found that often donations at were a lot larger were

kept anonymous. And it might be because they didn't want to break

the social norm or they didn't want to show up their peers by perhaps

being too generous. But on the other hand, what we also found, one of the

significant findings was that by choosing to make an anonymous

donation it encouraged others to give more, so there was a benefit to

forgoing the prestige themselves in terms of signalling just how good

the charity was, or how much they believed in the courts. Mike

Tomlinson, is there ever a situation you have come across where you want

someone to say publicly that they have perhaps made this donation

perhaps without giving more publicity or raise the profile of a

particular cause? That would never be the case. I think whoever you

are, if you want to give anonymously, it should be anonymous.

And from a map point of view it is important that people should have

some confidence in the charity that they won't, once they have done

something, that they won't be asked again to donate or contribute time

or effort. There is a lot of pressure on people to help and

support charities and I think the fact that people have donated, we

should be thankful for that, there should be no extra pressure put on

them at all. Interesting that people, talking about George

Michael, he didn't just give money, and Mike Tomlinson mentioned time,

he also gave time, he volunteered. Yes, time is great, especially, I

know when I was younger, we didn't have money, but we were happy to

give time and that is a really valuable thing. We put on our races

in summer and you get between 1000- 2000 volunteers, and that is as

valuable as money. Thank you both for your time this morning. The time

is 7:44am. Let's go to Carol for the morning's whether. Good morning. If

you haven't stepped out it is a cold start to the day, especially across

England and Wales. Temperatures have widely fallen below freezing but

locally six, so it is frosty. We also have some fog patches, they

identify the this is the picture at nine o'clock, you can see patchy

fog. Along Southern counties it isn't as call on the coast and we

don't have issues with fog. The fog is dense and some parts have had

visibility down to 50 metres. In Northern Ireland, the north of

England and Scotland, there is more cloud around, but equally we have

some sunshine. For the north-west Scotland, thick cloud with showers

and the breeze is more noticeable. Through the day a lot of the fog

will be slow to lift. Some of it will lift into low cloud, some of it

will linger through the day, but we expect sunshine to develop along

Southern counties, through Wales, Northern Ireland, northern England

and parts of Scotland. Those are the values you can expect. In the

sunshine for the time of year it will feel pleasant. If you are stuck

under the fog for the day, the temperature will be really

struggling to break freezing. It is going to feel cold. Through the

evening and overnight more fog will form for England and Wales

primarily. It will be a cold night with frost around, so we have

freezing fog issues, for Northern Ireland and Scotland it will be a

cool night in rural areas but Peter Bridges won't be as low, there will

be more cloud around, windy for the north-west and the rank advancing to

the Outer Hebrides. So, tomorrow, the rain continues to slowly move

southwards, the progress isn't great, but you will notice more

cloud building into western Scotland and Northern Ireland, and like

today, where we have fog in England and Wales, it will be slow to clear.

Some of it into low cloud, some not clearing at all, but there will be

sunshine for Southern counties into the south-west, parts of Wales,

Northern Ireland could see some sunshine, northern England could,

and also north-east Scotland. Quite a wide temperature variation, 11 in

Stornoway, nowhere else is mild like that. From Thursday into Friday, the

weather front here south, there is another in hot pursuit. If you look

at the isobars you can see it will be quite a blustery day. So, that

rain continues to slowly sink southwards during the course of

Friday. Across Scotland, Northern Ireland, into northern England, a

lot of cloud and breezy, so milder. Further south we could start with

some fog. Not as widespread as we are looking at this morning. It will

be there nonetheless. Some of it will be slow to clear. And again,

one or two showers to the west. As the front comes south, cold air

filters in behind it and for some, by the end of the weekend, the first

of January, we are looking at some wintry showers, mostly in the north.

Thank you very much indeed. It does look quite chilly, doesn't it, and

foggy, and the sort of day you should stay in.

The reason we have all these pictures that you can see on the

walls around us, it is because the mild conditions are causing

problems. They have had an impact on the wildlife of the UK. Let's find

out more from Tim. Today it feels rather cold so this may feel

misplaced but the general trend over the last decade or so was for milder

what winters. September was the second mildest September on record

and summer seem to be wetter as well. What impact does it have been

having? Each year the National trust as those of its properties across

the UK to assess the impact of the weather on wildlife. If you think

that to last summer and you were mowing the lawn will more often than

you were probably not imagining it. This year, beef farmer Robert made

hay while the sun was shining. We have seen a good grace

throughout the season. A lot of grass on the ground

at the moment and we are in the end of December now and we are

still grazing outside. Everyday I can get my cattle out

of the shed I it is better for them. A mild and wet winter has been

followed by a cold spring and then came more mild wet

weather in May and June. The rate of growth was in many

places a third faster than normal according to the agriculture

and water cold shoulder -- according to the

agriculture horticulture Conservationists are

assessing the impact. Excessive grass grows,

why does it matter? A lot of our rarer plants

and animals, particularly insects, If it gets covered over

by these coarse grasses, populations of those

rare insects plummet. This man has analysed the impact

of the weather on wildlife A number of species

have been hit in 2016. The losers have been

the butterflies, bees, beetles and some grasshoppers

which actually require Wasps were hit badly

by the despicable summer of 2012. We usually get wasps nesting on this

bank and I can vouch there are no They are an important

part of the food chain. They are really quite good

at controlling a lot of pests and nasty little

insect like greenfly. One of the things that should be

properly hibernating When you get a mild month like this

they are not hibernating properly. That's not good for them

because they burn off their energy. As ever there were

wildlife winners in 2016. It has been a fantastic

year for migrant birds. A strong wind from the east,

that helps a lot of migrating birds. We had over 200 Goldcrest arrived

on the Farne islands one day. From slug's point of view,

an excellent year. From the point of view

of gardeners it was disastrous. You keep getting mild winters

and we keep getting short spells We have not had a good

summer since 2006. And here they have been mowing the

lawn here far longer than they normally would do because the

growing season seems to be getting longer. Good news for tree seeds as

well and also apples have had a very good year this year. Many orchards

and cider producers say they have had a bumper crop. But, yes, there

are downsides as well. Insects that are reliant on short turf in many

places, that grasses grown readily and it has had an impact on them. We

will have to see what happens. Will we have another mild winter? That is

the trend and we will find out as the new Year approaches. It is like

a worry in a magic would today. It is getting light but it is still

dark there. It gets light little bit later, probably, than where you are.

It did look beautiful. What will we talk about now? Stores and bargains?

We're not talking about sales, however. This is all year round.

Everybody hunting for a bargain often. Shopping around. In the

stores that have seen a big increase this year are

Poundworld, 99p Stores, Poundstretcher, B

and Home Bargains - spending at bargain stores totalled

?4.9 billion in the year to July, up 17% from the previous year.

The stores have had a big rise in first time visitors -

more than 2.2 million households shopping there for the first time.

Almost a third of the increase in spending down to shoppers

switching away from mainstream supermarkets and likes of Boots,

Nearly four-fifths of households in Britain now buy

from bargain stores - that makes them more popular

than the bigger German discount supermarket chains Aldi and Lidl,

which are visited by three-quarters of households.

to try and figure out what was going on I went along to one of the stores

and spoke to the Boston. -- boss there are

Once upon a time in the not so distant past we would have gone

to a big supermarket for the weekly shop.

Their market share has been eaten away.

We have had the rise of the discounters and recently it

has been the turn of the bargain store

selling groceries like these at the same rate as places like

It's not just the groceries in the kitchen that we purchase more.

Homewares things like cushions and candles and plant pots and,

Spending in these stores is up by almost 20% on last year,