29/12/2016 Breakfast

This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

The veteran Hollywood actress Debbie Reynolds has died

just a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher.

She was 84 and had been rushed to hospital with a suspected stroke.

Her son said the stress of his sister's death was too

It's Thursday, the 29th of December.

Patients could be forced to wait up to a month to see their family

That's the stark warning from the UK's leading GP.

In sport, Sir Bradley Wiggins has announced his retirement

from cycling, after a career during which he won five Olympic

Lawyers for a group of children who lived in the Calais Jungle

refuge camp launch a legal challenge accusing the British government

of breaking its promise to take a fair share of the most vulnerable.

Interest rates, the prices in our shops and the strength

of the pound will all be closely watched next year.

I'll be taking a look at the big stories for our finances in 2017.

And Carol has our weather forecast. Very similar to what we had

yesterday. Starting on a frosty note, with patchy fog, some of which

is dense and will be slow to clear. But there is sunshine in the

forecast and some rain coming in the north-west. More details in 15

minutes. The Hollywood actress

Debbie Reynolds has died, just one day after the death

of her daughter, the film star She was 84 and is believed

to have suffered a stroke. Her career spanned seven decades,

but she was best known for her role in the 1952 musical,

Singin' in the Rain, Our Los Angeles correspondent

David Willis reports. Good morning, good morning, it's

great to stay up late. Good morning, good morning to you. Debbie

Reynolds, 19 years old, singing and dancing on film for the very first

time. It was her performance alongside Gene Kelly in Singin' in

the Rain that set her on the path to fame. Born in Texas, she moved with

her family to California and landed a contract with Warner Brothers

after winning a local beauty contest at the age of 16. She married the

popular crooner Eddie Fisher and together they had two children,

Carrie and Todd. He later left her for Elizabeth Taylor, a friend of

hers at the time. Two subsequent marriages also ended in divorce. A

popular choice for movie musicals in the 1950s and 60, Debbie Reynolds

got a -- earned an Oscar nomination for her depiction of a titanic

survivor in the unthinkable Bobby Brown. She opened her on hotel,

filling it with movie memorabilia she had accumulated, but she was

forced to auction it. I seem to marry very poorly, I have no taste

in men. Lucky for me what was good and I have two lovely children and

my son helps me run my hotel in Vegas. Good morning, good morning...

She went on to play Grace's mother in Will and Grace and played

Liberace's mother of in Behind the Candelabra. She suffered a terrible

loss when her daughter died after suffering a heart attack on a flight

from London to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve. She herself was taken

ill while discussing the arrangements for her funeral.

Singer, dancer, Hollywood icon. Debbie

Reynolds was 84. We will be talking to our Los Angeles correspondent

about Debbie Reynolds a little bit later.

Patients could be forced to wait up to a month to see their family

doctor this winter, according to the UK's leading GP.

Helen Stokes-Lampard, who chairs the Royal College of GPs,

says that longer waiting times could pose a "serious

Every winter and increasing workload puts pressure on NHS because more

people are sick. Some patients are already waiting to - three weeks to

get a seat in the AGP's waiting-room. Come on in and have a

seat. Now the chair of the Royal College of GPs says that's likely to

climb to over a month in some areas and she is profoundly concerned

about how general practice will cope. Firstly, there just aren't

enough GPs out there. We don't have enough conditions in the workforce,

and we haven't got enough nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Secondly, there's been a serious underinvestment in practitioners for

up to a decade. We have some promises of good news coming, more

money and people coming through the system, but they've yet to get to

the front line, so the problem this winter is as bad as it has ever been

and that's a real worry. She says she is particularly worried about

the impact on preventative care and chronic disease management, while

the knock-on consequences could take years to manifest. The people who

suffer are those with long-term conditions, because we have to

prioritise those who are sick today. If however we are ignoring those

with longer term conditions then we are storing up albums for the future

and increasing their risks in the long-term. NHS England says GP

services are on track to receive an extra 2.5 million by 2020, and will

expand access to appointments throughout the week.

We'll speak to the chair of the Royal College of GPs

Going back to our top story, the death of Hollywood actress Debbie

Reynolds. David Willis joins us now from Los Angeles. After the death of

Carrie Fisher two days ago, this is, just on a personal level, a very

tragic story for the family. Absolutely. Poignant and ironic as

well, bearing in mind that Debbie Reynolds had been at her son, Todd

Fisher, his house in Beverly Hills and apparently they were discussing

plans for Carrie Fisher's funeral. She developed reading difficulties,

was taken to hospital and a couple of hours later was said to have

died. It appears of a stroke. Toured Fisher has said that her final words

were, I just want to be with Carrie. He says for his part he is

heartbroken and this truly is a family tragedy, because spare a

thought if you will for Carrie Fisher's daughter, also an actress.

She revealed to the press that Carrie Fisher had died on Tuesday

and she in the last 24 hours had lost both her mother and a

grandmother. Just a thought for us. Debbie Reynolds was very much a star

from a different era of Hollywood. Very much so. A Hollywood icon, if

you like. A star from the golden age of Hollywood. This is somebody who

got their big break at the age of 19 in a film with a veteran called Gene

Kelly, who was by all accounts not terribly impressed with the

selection of this young lady as the lead female in that film, she blew

everyone away, despite never having some or danced on camera before. She

went on to make a series of films in the 1950s and 60s, before

transferring the television and the stage. David, for the moment, thank

you. Dozens of children who lived

in the Calais Jungle camp have launched a legal challenge

against the Home Office over its handling of

asylum applications. Lawyers representing 36

children say the government broke its promise to take

in its fair share of child refugees, and claim hundreds have

had their applications turned down Let's speak to our political

correspondent, Eleanor Garnier. What can you tell us about the legal

challenge? These lawyers, as you say, representing some of the

children who lived in the Calais Jungle camp, before it was taken

down in October, they are accusing the government of failing to bring

some of the most vulnerable child refugees to the UK. These lawyers

represent 28 children who have already had their asylum

applications rejected, a further eight are a waiting decision. These

lawyers say some applications were dismissed without good reason and so

they have launched a legal challenge. We asked the Home Office

for their response and they said it would be inappropriate to comment

while legal proceedings were ongoing. We do know that about 900

children have been brought to the UK this year, about 750 at accompanied

children have been bought from France. What we know now is the

current transfer of children from France has now ended, but we do

expect more eligible children from across Europe, including from

countries like Greece and Italy. We expect them to be brought to the UK

in the coming months. Thank you. Rebel groups expected to meet

Russian negotiators in Turkey today as part of a fresh push

for a ceasefire in Syria. One key group says it's already been

in talks with Turkish officials about ways

to end the fighting, but that it's too early to say

whether there could be a truce. It's believed one key point

of contention is the exclusion of a key rebel-held area

on the outskirts of Damascus An automatic braking system

prevented a Tunisian man from killing many more people when he

drove a lorry into a Berlin Christmas market, according to

German media reports. The system kicked in when the lorry hit the

first market stalls. 12 people died in the attack which took place

earlier this month. Barcodes are to be printed

on medicines and medical equipment such as replacement hips

and surgical tools in an effort to reduce the rate of avoidable

deaths in English hospitals. They say the idea could also save

the NHS up to ?1 billion over seven years.

Apparently migrating birds are arriving at their breeding grounds

of earlier, as global temperatures rise.

The research conducted by scientists at the University of Adelaide say

some species are missing out on vital resources like food and

nesting places as a result. Up, up and away. At least 4000

different species of birds, with some flying many thousands of mild

from one continent to another, any moving to where they breed in the

winter. Scientists say the changing climate is having an effect on

somehow plants and animals behave and now scientists at the university

of Edinburgh as a some are reaching their summer grounds earlier, on

average one day soon for every one degree in Greece in temperature.

They see reaching these grounds at the wrong time even by a few days

could mean birds miss out on food and nesting places. Those with

further to go may miss out most at which may affect those born and

their chances of survival. Researchers hope scientists will be

able to improve their research into how animals respond to current and

future environmental change. Keepers at Chester Zoo

are celebrating the arrival This six-foot-tall youngster,

who is yet to be named, The Rothschild giraffe is said to be

one of the most endangered species of the animal, with fewer

than 1600 left in the wild. It is very, very cute. You know the

great giraffe that I've got? They spend 16- 20 hours everyday eating.

Is that unusual for an animal? It is quite a lot of time.

What about a cow? They spend all day! I'm not impressed with those

stats. On the whole, most animals that are

roaming... I'm going to get a better giraffe

sacked for next time, OK? Anyway, Bradley Wiggins, we're

talking about the retirement of written's most decorated Olympian.

There will be a massive hole on the British sporting landscape in 2017

without Sir Bradley Wiggins. He has been a talisman for British sport.

How many years? 16 years he has been an Olympian and he has risen through

the ranks of cycling and to become a sporting superpower, really.

Often we complain about characters in sport and how there aren't enough

of them, IT delivered on both accounts. Amazing sporting success,

in terms of medals and achievements, but also a really unusual character.

He was a rock star. I remember when he was the sports personality in 20

years. Everyone was a little bit nervous

about how his speech was going to go. He is that sort of person. He

changes the atmosphere in a room. He does. And when he brings his a

game, personality wise he is a superstar.

Sir Bradley Wiggins said he had achieved his childhood dreams,

following his retirement from cycling.

Wiggins was the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France,

and he is the most decorated British Olympian, with eight medals

Tottenham beat Southampton 4-1, to move within a point

Dele Alli scored the first and last goals for Spurs

In the Scottish Premiership, second-placed Rangers were held

1-1 at St Johnstone.

They're now 16 points behind Celtic, who beat Ross County.

And defending champion Gary Anderson is through to the quarter-finals

He beat the Dutchman Benito van de Pass 4-2 at Alexandra Palace.

You know it is Christmas when there is darts on the television.

Yes! Charlie spent quite a bit of time invested in the darts

yesterday. It is quite a spectacle.

Have you got a giraffe fact? Charlie is not happy with my giraffe

fact. Totally unprepared. You never know

what you will get. I was impressed because they spend

almost all of their daily eating, about 16- 20 hours.

That is an amazing fact. Charlie says it is rubbish.

All who animals spend hours eating grass. But 20 hours, I am with

Sally. We are divided. Ask your average cowl, they won't be

impressed. Charlie says my next fact should be

that giraffes have long neck. This is the front page of the Daily

Telegraph. Sir Bradley Wiggins who announced his retirement yesterday.

That sums him up. As we said a moment ago, quite rock and roll, a

bit of a rock star. The main story is saying there was a move to

Theresa May to reconsider reforms. Two stories on the front of the

Daily Mail. We can't confirm this. There are suggestions that Victoria

Beckham have been given an OBE. We don't know anything about that at

this stage. Millions of tons of wrapping paper and Christmas cards

and up in landfill because it can't be recycled if it has glitter on

them. You can't recycle...? Apparently. Freezing fog causing

terrible trouble on the road yesterday. We will be talking to

Carol soon. Also a record high as well. Sometimes around Christmas,

these things jump to new heights. More importantly, cereals suffer in

the morning bash. The traditional bowl of cereal is being ditched as

we rush to work or school eating on the go. Sales of cereal are down?

Sales of cereal usually it with milk are down. Basically, people aren't

eating breakfast. On what they are eating is changed. Companies are

becoming more innovative and eating bars on the go. There are questions

about whether they are good for you. Bit of fluff in the Daily Mail. The

paper is finding it difficult to block their pages. They have got to

the bottom of why perhaps Bradley lost his job at Swansea. Was it

before Christmas? It was, wasn't it. He hasn't spent and up on his watch.

He only spent 40 quid which meant he is bottom of the league. That makes

me like him more. How much the Premier League managers spent on

their watch. Burnley, ?45,000. If you were the chairman, you would be

thinking that you are paying him a bit... I wonder how many of them

actually bought their own watches. Some quite prominent snaps. Have you

seen managers in press conferences do this? Lim they do it. They come

off court and put them on straightaway.

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

If you are travelling once again, watch out for patchy fog.

Particularly across England. In places it is dense. Sometimes it

will take its time to clear if indeed at all. It will lead to

destruction. You can find out what is happening where you are on your

BBC local radio station and the BBC travel pages. It is cold, it is

frosty. You might find ice on some untreated surfaces but further

north, look at the squeeze on the isobars. Too much wind to have any

problems with Frost fog. There in mind, it is patchy fog. It is not a

blanket so you will run in and out of it which of course makes it

treacherous plus the slippery element because of the low

temperatures. It is -6 in England and parts of Wales. As we push into

Northern Ireland and Scotland, a bit more cloud around. There are some

breaks. Thicker cloud around the north-west producing stronger

showers. And we have winds bringing rain later. A windy day in the

north-west. Some of the cloud will break and some of the fog will lift.

Some of the parts of the Midlands, East Wales and East Anglia, not

clear at all. There will be sunshine today in a forecast. It will still

feel cold if you are stepping out and if you are in the fog, it will

feel cold. Through the evening and overnight, the weather front in the

north-west advances in South ringing rain. It will also be windy. A

breezy night, variable amount of cloud. As it moves eastward, it will

list but some in the south, around the Midlands, East Anglia, some of

the fog will be slow to clear. Some of it may not clear. East Anglia is

prone. Tomorrow as well some breaks in the cloud. A bit of sunshine here

and there. In the south-west, parts of north-east England, the weather

front continuing to seek a southwards and are still very breezy

and around it. Look how mild it is for the bulk of the UK. As we head

into the New Year's Eve, we have an active weather front slipping

southwards. The timing of this could change. It goes up to three PM. We

think at the moment it will clear Scotland and by the time we get to

new years, it might not. Behind it, a return of colder conditions so the

mild weather that we will enjoy will disappear. It won't be for long, it

will be back next week. In New Year's Day, there goes the weather

front, thinking southwards. Behind it, dry and bright. Some sunshine.

The showers by then will be wintry by nature in the north. You can see

the difference in the temperatures, looking 9- ten. Once again, a lot

going on with the weather. Could paintings teach us more

about early on-set dementia? An analysis of more than 2,000 works

by seven famous artists has shone new light on the development

of diseases like Alzheimer's and The research shows that neurological

conditions could be detected by subtle changes in composition

and brush strokes, long before any Our health correspondent

Dominic Hughes has more. Can you remember what

the painting is called? Living with dementia,

Joyce Cope still enjoys painting. But today, her work is very

different from the highly detailed pictures she used to produce before

the disease took hold. There is this really good

copy of the masters, She can remember

things from years ago, but generally if you ask

what she had for breakfast this But can art, and more specifically

the way artists work, tell us something about

the development of dementia and other degenerative

brain diseases? Much of the research into dementia

has obviously been very medical. But now, a new approach

combines both maths and art, and offers an intriguing

insight into what might be going on in the brains of those

artists who develop dementia, long before any symptoms

become obvious. There is some fractal content

in this, which is what we call very Fractal analysis is a complex,

mathematical method of looking The recurring patterns of our

brainwaves and heart means fractals. The same applies to the individual

brushstrokes of artists, Now, an analysis of more than 2,000

works by 17 artists has revealed Artists who went on to develop

dementia or Parkinson's disease, the fractal pattern started

to change, in an unusual way. So what we find is, up to 20 years

before they had a diagnosis of a neurological disorder,

the fractal content within their paintings had

started to decrease. So anything that helps us understand

more about how the brain operates is a useful way to inform future

directions for research. Artist Willem de Kooning

was diagnosed with Alzheimer's The brushstroke patterns seen

in his earlier work were different But in the work of Picasso,

who died free of any known neurological disease,

the pattern remained constant throughout his life,

regardless of what he was painting. This won't help diagnosed dementia,

or similar diseases, So is it easy to use oils or

watercolour? but it does give a valuable insight

into changes that are taking place in the brain, years before

the illness appears, and so could help answer questions

about these devastating conditions. With just three days of the year

left, your thoughts may be turning to what the next 12 months might

bring, and what you'd like to leave For the last decade,

New Yorkers have been taking this seriously by gathering

in Times Square at the end of each December, to symbolically

destroy their bad memories Good Riddance Day is based

on a Latin American tradition which sees people burn

dolls stuffed with objects Was that a pie? They look like they

were smashing pies. So, what did the people

of Manchester and New York want to bid farewell

to as we head towards 2017? Are few extra Christmas pounds. Of

the weather. Too cold. Ad like to see places with them off the

streets, the homeless. Working long hours. Working far too much. The

memory of David Bowie's death. It still hurt by it a year later. I

want to shed the stress and the anger. Sometimes I have it. I don't

want it any more. I love this idea. It's kind of like a New Year 's

revolution but in reverse. -- resolution.

So, what will you be saying "good riddance" to ahead of 2017?

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will be back for another update in half an hour's time.

This is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

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

Britain's most decorated Olympian is calling it a day.

As Sir Bradley Wiggins announces his retirement,

we'll look back at his career highs and lows,

with his former team-mate, Rob Hayles.

Could a roll-out of barcodes on medicines and surgical equipment

help reduce the number of avoidable deaths in hospital?

We'll find out why NHS England believes the idea could save more

We'll find out how rising global temperatures are affecting

they way birds migrate, meaning they're missing out on vital

resources like food and nesting places.

But now a summary of this morning's main news.

The Hollywood actress Debbie Reynolds has died,

just one day after the death of her daughter, the film star

The 84-year-old had been at her daughter's bedside

since the Star Wars star suffered a heart attack on Christmas Eve.

Reynold's son, Todd Fisher, said the stress of his sister's

death had been too much for their mother

and that her last words had been that she wanted to be with Carrie.

Stars have been paying their tributes to Debbie Reynolds.

William Shatner, who played James T Kirk in the Star Trek

franchise described her as "one of the last

Dame Joan Collins hailed her as "a wonderfully warm

The singer Gloria Gaynor called her "an American icon

Fans in Hollywood paid tributes to Debbie Reynolds.

Debbie Reynolds, the girl next door, I remember when she was in The

Unsinkable Molly Brown. Unbelievable, this is the worst year

for Hollywood, I'm telling you. It was so sad. It was a shocker. What

were the odds of this happening? Incredible. Sad. In shock. It is so

surprising that it happened. To hear it I think it may be caused her to

be so distraught that it brought on a stroke.

Debbie Reynolds' career spanned seven decades,

but she was best known for her role in the 1952 musical

Singin' in the Rain, opposite Gene Kelly.

Our Los Angeles correspondent David Willis looks back

# Good morning, good morning, it's great to stay up late

# Good morning, good morning to you...#

Debbie Reynolds, 19-years-old, singing and dancing on film

It was her performance alongside Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain

Born in Texas, she moved with her family to California

and landed a contract with Warner Brothers after winning

a local beauty contest at the age of 16.

She married the popular crooner Eddie Fisher and together they had

He later left her for Elizabeth Taylor, a friend

Two subsequent marriages also ended in divorce.

A popular choice for movie musicals in the 1950s and '60s,

Debbie Reynolds earnt an Oscar nomination

for her depiction of Titanic survivor Margaret Brown

She opened her own hotel in Las Vegas in 1992,

filling it with movie memorabilia she had accumulated over the years,

but the business folded and she was eventually forced

My personal life is always sort of like that choo choo train that

says "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can".

I seem to marry very poorly, I have no taste in men.

Luckily for me, God is good and I have two lovely children

and my son helps me run my little

She went on to play Grace's mother in the hit sitcom Will and Grace

and returned to the big screen to play Liberace's mother

in the 2013 biopic Behind the Candelabra.

She suffered a terrible loss when her daughter died

after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London

She herself was taken ill while discussing the arrangements

Patients could be forced to wait up to a month to see their family

doctor this winter, according to the UK's leading GP.

Helen Stokes-Lampard, who chairs the Royal College of GPs,

says longer waiting times could pose a "serious risk" to patients.

NHS England says surgeries have been promised more funding.

Dozens of children who lived in the Calais Jungle camp have

launched a legal challenge against the Home Office

over its handling of asylum applications.

Lawyers representing 36 children say the government

broke its promise to take in its fair share of child refugees.

They say hundreds have had their applications turned down

The Home Office says it will not comment

Birds could be missing out on food and nesting spots because they're

migrating to their breeding grounds earlier.

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh

found that some species are reaching their summer breeding

grounds about a day sooner for every one degree increase

It's hope the findings will help scientists improve predictions

of how different species respond to future environmental changes.

It doesn't come at the lot, one day, but apparently it makes a big

difference because there's a lack of when they get there.

Over to the sport now. The big story on the front and back of the pages

is Bradley Wiggins announcing his retirement from cycling, and

therefore disappearing from our sporting landscape.

Will he really? No, he used to much of a superstar to really disappear,

but it will be ashamed to not see compete. The first edition Tour de

France winner. An amazing achievement. -- British.

Sir Bradley announced his retirement by saying "Kids from Kilburn don't

win Olympic Golds and the Tour de France.

Wiggins is the most decorated British Olympian,

with five gold medals in his total of eight medals.

The most recent coming in the team pursuit in Rio.

The spotlight over recent months has been on his use

of theraputic-use exemption medication.

In August, he spoke of his plan following his retirement.

To remain riding my bike, involved in cycling. I have children's bikes,

so very much cycling has been a huge part of my life and it will continue

to be. I don't expect too much to change, other than I would be in

Olympic finals any more. Sir Bradley's former Olympic team

mate Rob Hayles will be on the sofa He will tell us exactly what it has

been like riding with him. There has been another high-profile

retirement in the world of sport, with tennis player Ana Ivanovic

ending her career at 29. The Serbian won the

French Open in 2008 and, after struggling

to repeat that success, she mounted a comeback last year

and reached the semi-final She married Manchester United's

Bastian Schweinsteiger this summer. Andy Murray says he will plan

differently at the Australian Open next month, to do all he can to win

the first Grand Slam of the season. Murray has reached the final

in Melbourne five times, but this time he'll go

into the event as world number one. I played really well there in the

past and it hasn't happened for me, so I need to do something a little

bit different this year. But I love the conditions there, I enjoy the

tournament a lot. I'll be going in hopefully playing well with a lot of

confidence, because of the way I finished 2016.

Tottenham are just a point behind their North London rivals

Arsenal in the Premier League table, after winning 4-1 at Southampton.

Harry Kane had gone three league matches without a goal,

but he put an end to that last night.

And Dele Alli scored twice, as Southampton finished the game

They're ten points behind leaders Chelsea.

Ahead of the Old Firm derby on New Year's Eve,

Celtic have stretched their lead at the top

of the Scottish Premiership to 16 points.

They beat Ross County 2-0 last night, while

second-placed Rangers were held to a 1-1 draw at St

A defensive blunder allowed Steven Maclean to score

There were also wins for Motherwell and Partick Thistle.

In darts, defending champion Gary Anderson was the first man

through to the quarter finals of the PDC World Championship.

The Scotsman averaged 107.68, the highest in the tournament

as he beat the Dutchman Benito van de Pass 4-2 at Alexandra Palace.

Anderson is joined in the last eight by Raymond van Barneveld.

Let's return to the retirement of Sir Bradley Wiggins,

who has decided to hang up his cleats after almost 20 years

When it comes to cycling he's won just about all there is to win.

Here are just a few of his career highlights.

He does write an incredible amount of maturity, this young fellow. --

ride with. This is a virtuoso performance by

Bradley Wiggins! He is turning on the style! He will be the 4000

metres Olympic champion! Bradley Wiggins is a gold-medal winner and

Olympic champion! Bradley Wiggins is the master of the time trial and the

master of this Tour de France. He will become written's first-ever

winner! This is going to be a golden moment for Bradley Wiggins and the

crowd are already going ballistic. Here comes Bradley Wiggins up to the

line and into the lead! It's coming down to the last lap! It is Great

Britain! Sir Bradley Wiggins wins Olympic gold for the fifth time in

history. We're joined by former Olympic

and world track cyclist Rob Hayles, who was team mates

with Sir Bradley. I know you said as a cyclist you

argues the getting up in the early of the morning? I don't know how you

do it. Well thank you for making the effort. We saw so many brilliant

moments in his career. What do you think it will be best remembered

for? All of the results, there are so many and so broad, from the track

to the Tour de France and back to the track. That has never happened

before. But his character, I think, is the big thing. He is larger than

life. He is the centre of attention so often, especially after a couple

of drinks. I'm sure he will be looking forward to more often than

not. Just the Union Flag, the Union Jack, the way he has been so proud

to wear that and whenever he commits to an event, whether it is on the

track over four minutes or whether it is over three and a bit weeks in

France, if he commits to the chances are will come away with a gold

medal. You can see him after the time trial Tour de France victory.

That was quite a special summer in 2012. I think that's the big thing.

In all of the years as a professional, 20 years full-time, we

go back to 1998 when he was a junior and had just come back from the

Junior World Championships. 2012 was quite a special year for Brad and

for British cycling in general. The way that cycling has come on over

the years to where it is now, from where it was when Brad started, and

he has been kind of one of the key protagonists in that change, I feel.

One of the great things, we saw him pokies tongue out as he got the

medal, IT is so reverent and seems to have no respect for authority at

all. That's really unusual. Has that helped him? It has been part of

that. Like I said, if he committed to it, but chances are he would be

at his best and if he was at his best that would be good enough. But

it was all or nothing. He would either win the race or he wouldn't

finish. But no one will tell him to finish the race. It is his decision.

It is all under his steam. This is one of the things that has made him

so good. He was a very quotable and trainable rider. -- coachable. But

it was on his terms. He wasn't daft... Well, he wasn't stupid. He

was daft at times. That helped him through. He is quite a shy character

and to get over that he went to the line and often kicked the door down

and went beyond it. Can I just ask you, from the outside looking in,

you are an insider, for outsiders looking in, and we have all met him,

we character and unbelievable achievements, but as he retires

there is this little cloud hanging over. There is the issue of broken

the rules, but. Can you help us with inside cycling howl IU thinking

about the issues that seem to be a little bit outstanding? -- how are

you. You know what I am talking about. It is a shame this has come

at the end of his career and it's a cloud and it is understandable. In

terms of the rules of the sport he has broken them. The world governing

body have said there is nothing to answer. But there is still obviously

a question of whether it has been ethical and I think that's a

separate issue. But in terms of the rules that have been broken or not,

there are none. But it is certainly not the ideal way that Bradley

Wiggins would have wanted to retire. Has that been potentially a little

bit of a push to him making this decision now? Potentially. Will we

see him back in six months racing? Who knows? He has hinted, earlier

this year, that he wouldn't stop, and here he is. And what does he do,

where does he go from here? He will certainly be within sport. Like most

of us he is probably only employable within cycling. He has been in it

that long. What hopefully he will remain and continue in the sport and

help with the younger riders, it is one of the things he has done in the

past. People might have thought they want to share with you. I know you

will be coming back later. Thank you.

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

Watch out for fog this morning. Particularly some of it is dense.

We're not looking in a blanket but in some ways, patchy fog is more

dangerous because there no warning. You can find out what is happening

where you are in your BBC local radio station. It is a cold start

across England and Wales will stop temperatures falling to almost minus

seven. There is the risk of ice. You can see further north, looking at

the spacing of the isobars, too much of a breeze to be any issues with

fog or frost. Southern counties of England, there is an patchy fog

around this morning, some of which is dense. It is the same across the

Midlands, it Wales, East Anglia. Do take extra care. Some patchy fog up

to the Vale of York. As the go up to Northern Ireland and Scotland, more

cloud and more of a breeze some parts will see a touch of Frost and

rural sheltered glens. You will sunshine first thing. The cloud

building through the day but in some parts of Ireland, rain coming in at

Sunshine. Some fog will slowly lift but some will stick. East Midlands,

Vale of York, East of Wales, some will struggle to break free them. --

freezing. There will be sunny spells. Overnight, the weather front

faces south. Breezy in the north and we will see more cloud push across

us as well. The early fog we have will start to live. In some parts of

the Midlands and into East Anglia, the far south-east, we will see some

fog by this time tomorrow morning. Some of it could be dense and slow

to clear. As we go through tomorrow for the rest of the UK, there will

be a fairly cloudy day. One of two hole here and there but we will see

some glimmers of sunshine. The weather front continuing to push

slowly southwards across Scotland. The and it will be a windy day but

temperature wise, also quite a mild day unless you are stuck under some

of the fog which will pull down the cabbage. On New Year's Eve, the

weather front continuing to sink southwards, it is an active one and

will bring heavy rain. Gusty winds around it as well. This front keeps

changing its times. What is going to happen is it as it pushes it

southwards, cold air will feed in Bihar did and as we head into New

Year's Day, eventually we see that front, behind each dry and sunshine

and the showers in the call the air will be wintry but mild in this far

south. It has called for a softer couple of days and then mild Arad

about Tuesday Wednesday next week. It's all very complex and changing,

Carol, thank you. Complex and changing, that could apply to 2016,

Sean? I have a few predictions for you.

Well, the big story for British business in 2016 has of course been

that vote to leave the European Union,

but while we wait for the details of what that will look

like for the country, there will be some more short term

The fall in the pound after we voted to leave affected everybody.

Holidaymakers found it more expensive, British-made goods looked

cheaper, and it's had a knock on effect on prices in our shops -

So can we expect to see it recover in 2017?

So, as Michelle says, experts think the pound

is going to remain unpredictable, but if it stays around the levels

it's at now, that will have a big effect on prices next year.

- when retailers and suppliers fell out about increasing costs

Well in the coming months, economists and the retailers

themselves expect some of those rises to be passed

- when retailers and suppliers fell out about increasing costs

The sterling is important for us but not the others. It will be whipsawed

around. Well in the coming months,

economists and the retailers themselves expect some

of those rises to be passed So what about the money

that we save and that we owe? 76% of us think prices are going up

next year as a result of Brexit and will be concerned about our own

economy and how we can save money. What we can expect to see is loads

of cost saving measures coming back. Vouchers and value in everything we

buy. So what about the money

that we save and that we owe? It's been another bad year

for savers after rates were cut But mortgage holders have had it

good with low rates. But last month, this

woman, Janet Yellen, who is in charge of

America's Central Bank, raised interest rates in the USA -

and experts here in the UK have told us they are expecting mortgage rates

to edge back upwards next year. It was the interest rate rise in the

UK sometime. The Bank of England have said they want to see the

impact of Brexit first so let's wait and see how they play it out but

they will probably try and react slower and faster. -- slower than

the faster. With interest rates

potentially increasing, prices expected to rise

and the pound continuing its uncertain path, there should be

more than enough to keep Steph, So we still have a job. You have

plenty of work, Sean, don't worry. Now, you may remember little Harry,

who ran amok in the Breakfast studio when he was here with

his mum 12 months ago. Despite his high energy levels

then, Harry was facing an anxious wait for

a life-saving liver transplant. In March, with no other donor

available - his dad Simon Breakfast's Tim Muffett has been

to catch up with the Maceachen family and some of the people

helping make hospital a slightly friendlier place

for families like them. For the Maceachen family, 2016 was

life changing. One event was lifesaving. With no other donor

available, Simon donated part of his liver to his son, Harry. Was born

with a condition which means a blockage in the bowel ducts. We had

occasions where Harry would go to bed at night fit and healthy and

then at 6am he would wake up with a roaring temperature, vomiting and we

would end up in hospital for ten days to a fortnight. Harry's first

appearance on Breakfast last December was memorable. In March, we

filmed as the family prepared for surgery. Live liver transplants are

risky and rare and only possible because the liver is the one

internal organ that can be generated. Ash regenerate. 2016,

what a year. How are you feeling now? -- regenerate. No competition.

It took a while to recover from the surgery. Harry bounced back quicker

than me. I love you. I love you too. I love you, mummy. I love you,

daddy. Are you have daddies live in now? -- liver. Thank you, daddy.

You're welcome. What can you do now that you couldn't before? What

really fast. What other medals? How much better do you feel now than

before? A lot better. Hospitals can be unfamiliar and I'm settling

especially for children. For their operations, Harry and Simon Wong

matching downs, specially made by volunteers known as the bout pyjama

Sam it -- varies. -- faeries. They have had an incredible 12 months.

The market is been an incredible year. -- it has been an incredible

year. It stops people from wearing boring scrubs in theatre. We

distribute about a thousand garment a month. I had breakfast telly on

that morning and I was interested in learning more about the charity and

becoming involved. And here a today. A couple of 100 garments later, yes.

The latest batch is bound for the hospital. Who have you brought

before? The little ones. In the hospital, they away from their

family, active and environment. We have to make it a more homely

environment. The pyjamas give us something to talk about, something

to choose. Every garment comes with a pole and written by the fairies.

It is aimed to reassure children at a difficult time. At no time while

we are -- at night time while you are sleeping, we bring our fairy

dust. We hope this will make you smile.

That is my favourite thing I have seen all day. Very moving, isn't it?

Can you imagine how fast he could run around the studio now? What a

brilliant thing for children in hospital now. A little note saying

do you Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. Still to come on Breakfast

this morning: Are you suffering

from sales fatigue? As high street shops see

a drop in customers, we'll ask if shoppers are sick

of being bombarded by constant Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. This is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent. The veteran Hollywood actress

Debbie Reynolds has died just a day after her

daughter, Carrie Fisher. She was 84 and had been rushed

to hospital with a suspected stroke. Her son said the stress

of his sister's death was too It's Thursday,

the 29th of December. Patients could be forced to wait up

to a month to see their family That's the stark warning

from the UK's leading GP. In sport, Sir Bradley Wiggins has

announced his retirement from cycling, after a career

during which he won five Olympic Lawyers for a group of children

who lived in the Calais Jungle refuge camp launch a legal challenge

accusing the British government of breaking its promise to take

a fair share of the most vulnerable. Interest rates, the prices

in our shops and the strength of the pound will all be

closely watched next year. I'll be taking a look at the big

stories for our finances in 2017. Once again today for England and

Wales it's a cold and frosty start, with patchy fog. Some of it is

dense, some of it will lift but some will stick. In Northern Ireland a

bit more cloud, sunny spells and rain coming from the south-west.

The Hollywood actress Debbie Reynolds has died,

just one day after the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher.

Debbie Reynolds was 84 and is believed to have

She had been at her daughter's bedside since the Star Wars actress

Earlier we spoke to our LA correspondent David Willis,

who told us that Debbie Reynolds had been struggling to deal

Debbie Reynolds had been at her son Todd Fisher's house in Beverly Hills

when she was taken ill. Apparently they had been discussing plans for

Carrie fisher's feudal and she developed breathing difficulties,

was taken to hospital and a couple of hours later was said to have

died. It appears of a stroke. Now, Todd Fisher has said that her final

words were" I just want to be with Carrie". He says for his part he is

heartbroken and this truly is a family tragedy, it was spare a

thought if you will for Carrie Fisher's daughter. She is also an

actress. It was she who revealed to the press that Carrie Fisher had

died on Tuesday and she in the last 24 hours has lost both a mother and

grandmother. Debbie Reynolds' career

spanned seven decades, but she was best known

for her role in the 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain,

opposite Gene Kelly. Our Los Angeles correspondent

David Willis looks back # Good morning, good morning,

it's great to stay up late # Good morning, good morning

to you...# Debbie Reynolds, 19-years-old,

singing and dancing on film It was her performance alongside

Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain Born in Texas, she moved

with her family to California and landed a contract

with Warner Brothers after winning a local beauty contest

at the age of 16. She married the popular crooner

Eddie Fisher and together they had He later left her for

Elizabeth Taylor, a friend Two subsequent marriages

also ended in divorce. A popular choice for movie musicals

in the 1950s and '60s, Debbie Reynolds earnt

an Oscar nomination for her depiction of Titanic

survivor Margaret Brown She opened her own hotel

in Las Vegas in 1992, filling it with movie memorabilia

she had accumulated over the years, but the business folded

and she was eventually forced My personal life is always sort

of like that choo choo train that says "I think I can,

I think I can, I think I can". I seem to marry very poorly,

I have no taste in men. Luckily for me, God is good

and I have two lovely children and my son

helps me run my little She went on to play Grace's mother

in the hit sitcom Will and Grace and returned to the big screen

to play Liberace's mother in the 2013 biopic

Behind the Candelabra. She suffered a terrible

loss when her daughter, Carrie Fisher, died

after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London

to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve. She herself was taken ill whilst

discussing the arrangements Patients could be forced to wait up

to a month to see their family doctor this winter, according

to the UK's leading GP. Helen Stokes-Lampard,

who chairs the Royal College of GPs, says that longer waiting times

could pose a "serious Every winter an increasing workload

puts pressure on NHS because more Some patients are already waiting

2-3 weeks to get a seat Now the chair of the Royal College

of GPs says that's likely to climb to over a month in some areas

and she is profoundly concerned about how her general

practice will cope. Firstly, there just aren't

enough GPs out there. We don't have enough

clinicians in the workforce, but also we haven't got enough

nurses and other healthcare Secondly, there's been a serious

underinvestment in GP practices We have some promises

of good news coming, more money and people

coming through the system, but they've yet

to get to the front line, so the problem this winter

is as bad as it has ever been She says she is particularly worried

about the impact on preventative care and chronic disease management,

while the knock-on consequences The people who suffer

are those with long-term conditions, because we have

to prioritise those If however we are ignoring those

with longer term conditions then we are storing up

problems for the future and increasing their

risks in the long-term. NHS England says GP services

are on track to receive an extra ?2.5 billion by 2020,

which will expand access to convenient appointments

throughout the week. We'll speak to the chair

of the Royal College of GPs Dozens of children who lived

in the Calais Jungle camp have launched a legal challenge

against the Home Office over its handling of

asylum applications. Lawyers representing 36

children say the government broke its promise to take

in its fair share of child refugees, and claim hundreds have

had their applications turned down Let's speak to our political

correspondent, Eleanor Garnier. What can you tell us

about the legal challenge? These lawyers are representing 28

children who have already had their applications rejected and then a

further 82 are still waiting for a decision. The lawyers say that some

applications have been rejected without reason and so for that

reason they are launching a further legal enquiry, if you like. They are

launching a legal challenge. These children have been living in the

Jungle, before it was pulled apart in October. Their lawyers say the

government has broken its promise and is failing to bring some of the

most vulnerable children who are unaccompanied to the UK. For its

part of the Home Office says it can't comment on ongoing legal

proceedings, but it has said that 900 children have been brought to

the UK so far this year and of those 750 were unaccompanied children from

France. As for the current transfer of children, those coming from

France, that has now stopped, but we do expect children from across

Europe, from countries like Rees and Italy, who are eligible, they will

continue to come to the UK. -- Greece and Italy. Thank you.

Sir Bradley Wiggins says he has achieved his childhood dreams,

following his retirement from cycling.

He was the first British cyclist to win the Tour de

France, and he is the most decorated British Olympian,

with eight medals in total, five of them gold.

Birds could be missing out on food and nesting spots because they are

arriving at their breeding grounds earlier. Researchers from the

University of Edinburgh said some species are reaching their breeding

grounds about one day earlier for every degree increase in

temperatures. They are hoping scientists will discover ways to

combat the changes in environmental conditions.

"One of the last of Hollywood royalty".

That's how William Shatner has paid tribute to the actress

Debbie Reynolds, who's died at the age of 84.

Her death comes just one day after her daughter,

the Star Wars star Carrie Fisher, passed away following

The entertainment journalist Jeanne Wolf joins us

It was just 24 hours ago we were talking about Carrie Fisher and now

we are talking about her mother. Shocking and terrible news. I

understand when you say you don't know how to start talking about it,

because it is almost impossible to think about. We just heard that her

last words were that she wanted to be with Carrie. I can understand

that. We have to feel for her, because her daughter never gained

consciousness after that heart attack and when she was in the

hospital, so for days Debbie had to soldier on, watching her daughter

lying there, knowing that she would die soon and in effect she was

really no longer there. That's too much for a mother to bear. The

emotion and shock of that. Let's also remember that Debbie for the

last few years was very frail and in bad health. So all the dreams she

had of taking it easy didn't come through and when she was awarded the

screen actress to she couldn't show up. Debbie wanted to be there in

sequence and feathers and singing to the crowd and instead Carrie had to

accept her award. We have been saying this morning that she was

almost the last of that Hollywood royalty. What was she like? She was

very ladylike. She had a very sweet voice and always had a smile on her

face. She had a greater sense of humour. She said, other people to

the lemon into lemonade, I turn tragedy into jokes and performance.

She had a great sense of humour and read wit about the world and

everything that happened to her and about herself, which was part of

what made her entertaining. I found out later when I saw her nightclub

act in Las Vegas is the sweet girl next door Debbie Reynolds could be

quite all -- outrageous. You can imagine how the audience adored it.

People appreciated her here. They appreciated her dignity, they

appreciated all of the charity work she did, how much a part of the

community she was and the fact that they could really call her the

unthinkable Debbie Reynolds. Which is of course the reference to the

fantastic film she won an Oscar for. At her big rake was singing in the

rain. Is it true that she wasn't the first choice for that role because

she wasn't seen as the best dancer? -- big break Singin' in the Rain. I

heard Gene Kelly saw the tape and said she was perfect. The casting

director said, I'm not sure she can dance, and Gene Kelly said, no

problem, I can teach her! She is perfect! And she did turn out to be

perfect. But the movie is perfect. Instead of a memorial we should all

watch Singin' in the Rain. I couldn't agree more. That's what I'm

going to try to do over the next couple of days. We have to mention

that the relationship with her daughter wasn't always the best. I

know that she spoke about it being a kind of typical mother- daughter

relationship, where sometimes she was brutally honest with Carrie and

Carrie didn't want to hear it. I think it was a typical at all.

Typical in the sense that mothers and daughters often potheads, but

Debbie was really frightened that her daughter would die from a drug

overdose and there were years... It is unbelievable to think about,

knowing how close they were, when they didn't speak. Eventually they

moved into houses next door to each other and Debbie's great-grandmother

was a great-grandmother to carry's daughter, who is 24 now and

beginning to be an actress. All of us should remember that not only did

she lose a mother, but she lost her grandmother, who I am told used to

play cards with her and sing and dance with her. So she is somebody

we will watch and, you know, Debbie was unthinkable, but this was really

too much and you can understand it would be too much for anybody. Thank

you so much for your time this morning, talking to us live from

Hollywood this morning. That is an incredible point. For Debbie

Reynolds' granddaughter, she has lost her mum and granny in the space

of 24 hours. It is a family tragedy.

Time for us to have a look at the weather forecast. Winter brings all

sorts of things. Fog is one of the things which can be horrible,

especially if you have to travel. We have fog and the forecast again

today, especially across England and Wales. It is patchy fog, some of it

is dense, some of it will linger for much if not all of the day. It could

lead to some travel disruption, so keep up-to-date with what is going

on on your BBC local radio station. The other thing is we have got very

low temperatures. In parts of Wales fell to -7 and across parts of

England two minus six. Not everywhere, obviously, but there is

the risk of ice on untreated surfaces this morning so we have a

double whammy of risks. You can see across southern England there will

be some bright skies first thing, but equally we have got that patchy

fog, cold, frosty, and the risk of ice. Let's have a look in Northern

Ireland and Scotland. There is more of a breeze this morning and a bit

more cloud. You may encounter those problems and in sheltered cleanser

touch of frost. The thicker cloud producing spots of rain but we have

a weather front waiting in the winds which will bring heavy rain much

later. The wind will strengthen in the north-east through the course of

the day. The fog will tend to slowly lift, some into low cloud. Some will

stick, for East Midlands and of York, and we will see some sunshine

come through. If you are stuck in an area which hangs on to the fog for

much of the day then temperatures will really struggle even to break

freezing. It is going to feel cold. We will see some early frost and fog

as we go through the evening and overnight, a weather front coming

south Scotland accompanied by gusty winds and a bit more cloud pushing

eastwards. As that cloud pushes eastwards it will lift some of that

fog. However, we still expect to it at this time tomorrow morning across

parts of East Anglia and the south-eastern corner and that could

be slow to clear as we go through the course of tomorrow. Tomorrow

quite a lot of cloud around, some brighter breaks. A band of rain

slowly moving southwards across Scotland. Gusty winds across the

northern half of the country that temperature-wise, unless you are in

the fog, we are in pretty good shape. It is going to feel quite

mild. As we had from Friday into New Year's Eve, we have the weather

front across Scotland slowly slipping southwards. The timing of

this keeps changing. This chart finishes at 3pm in the afternoon. On

current timings, by the midnight hour we expect the rain to be across

the borders and northern England and north Wales, and parts of Northern

Ireland. So for midnight in Scotland at the moment, fingers crossed but

that could change. As we head on through the course of the New Year's

weekend, the front does sink south, and behind it much colder air

streams in. The effect that will have on the forecast is the rain

moves across England and Wales, pushing down in the southern

counties. Behind it, bright skies, some sunshine and showers but in the

colder temperatures you will find that we will see increasingly wintry

showers. So it is all to play for four New Year's Eve or Hogmanay,

depending on what area of the country you are in. I am delighted

you said Hogmanay at last, I have been waiting for you to say it. She

always has a marvellous Hogmanay! Barcodes are to be printed

on medicines and medical equipment such as replacement hips

and surgical tools, in an effort to reduce the rate of avoidable

deaths in English hospitals. Ministers say the scheme,

which is being piloted in six areas, could also save the NHS up to ?1

billion over seven years, as our health correspondent

Robert Pigott reports. An angiogram, designed to reveal

the condition of patients' blood vessels, is carried

out in Salisbury. As part of the piloting

of the Scan4 safety scheme, barcodes on medication and equipment

record the materials used to treat patients, the time and

place of the procedure, and the name of the medical

staff taking part. We can trace that

patient very quickly. We scan all the equipment,

so there should be no drug errors. And it's to the correct patient,

so we scan the patient, making sure

the right drug or the right blood product, et cetera, goes

to the right patient. And if they're going to roll it out

to orthopaedics and other type equipment, we can then trace

those back in the future Barcoding will reduce the average

of an hour that nurses spend collecting medicines,

and alert staff to those Everything from screws used in knee

operations to breast implants will be barcoded, so their

quality can be monitored. About once a week, tragically,

someone dies in the NHS because they're given

the wrong medicine. We also have a number of operations

where the wrong implant is put into someone's body,

and that then has to be changed And if we use modern

bar-code technology, we can deal with a lot

of these problems. One of the biggest advantages

of Scan4 safety could be in tracing patients when faulty products

have to be recalled. Nearly 50,000 British women had

the breast implants made by the French company PIP,

when they were revealed to be at risk of rupturing,

but patchy record-keeping made it He is in charge of procurement

at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, one of six places

piloting the scheme. Good morning to you. What an

interesting idea. Listening to what was said in the piece that, one of

the medical staff said that some drugs look very similar. Barcodes

will help to ensure that the right drugs go to the right people.

Correct. There is a bit of me that if thinking we are reliant on

technology rather than the expertise of medical staff. I understand that.

It is really a check and balance. It is so we are able to recall not only

what the Stuffer scene but the actual information from the product,

so that we've got record all the way through the patient journey,

covering obviously medicines but also devices as well. If there is a

recall and devices, we have recorded the information into the patient

notes. We have the lot, the serial number and the expiry date and we

are able to track and trace products to patient level. I am holding up

what looks like a little piece of card, which has a very important

Barco, and I am holding at the wrong way. You are indeed. Good job I am

not putting this in because it is for a mid- phase 1.5 millimetres

screw. Correct, so we use that in trauma, in terms of missing bones

together with plates, et cetera. What we are trying to do is get

effectively retail technology on the product, so that we are able to

track and trace those products right the way through from receipt in the

hospital right the way through the implant in those into the patient.

Don't we do that already? We don't unfortunately. You would think we

do. One of the issues has been the lack of standards around products.

So the NHS is now deploying standards to all its product and

what asking all of its products to deploy a GS1 barcode. Up until now

manufacturers have applied whatever Barco they want so we have not been

able to track products. Trace it through for me. So the product you

are talking about is what? That is screw. Help me with the cost saving.

You are not going to use any less screws, so knowing where they are

going does not make a difference to how much money is being spent, does

it? What it does do, it allows us to track wastage through the system,

and variation through the system. But different clinicians will use

different products and different volumes. By tracking the product to

the patient, identifying the clinician at point of use, we can

make sure we are using standard processes throughout the whole of

healthcare. From a supply chain point of view what we are also doing

is ensuring that we have the right amount of product is on the shelf,

we have not got excess stock in the system. Also, if you take a device

we are talking about here, it costs about ?12,500. It is an implantable

device. That is worth ?12,500? That is worth ?12,500. It is a pain

stimulator, a super TENs machine, implantable within the body. We want

to make sure it is still in date, the shelflife is less than 12 months

from receipt in hospital so we need to make sure we have visibility of

that from receipt in hospital right the way through to the patient. A

bit like supermarkets track what is going out. Or motor manufacturers.

When your car is recalled they know exactly who has a car, where it is

and what is being replaced. From this point of view we have the

serial number, the lot number, the batch number, and we know the

patient. So what we have managed to do is get the barcode on the patient

as well, so we are also occurred in the patient and making that link

using the NHS number, linking the patient all the way through the

journey. It is early stages. And trial stages, so we will find out in

the future just what devices there are. Thank you for your time.

Could paintings teach us more about early-onset dementia?

An analysis of more than 2,000 works by seven famous artists has shone

new light on the development of diseases like Alzheimer's and

The research shows that neurological conditions could be detected

by subtle changes in composition and brushstrokes, long before any

Our health correspondent Dominic Hughes has more.

Can you remember what the painting is called?

It is one of my favourites that he did.

Living with dementia, Joyce Cope still enjoys painting.

But today, her work is very different from the highly detailed

pictures she used to produce before the disease took hold.

There was these really good copies of the masters,

She can remember things from years ago, but generally if you ask

what she had for breakfast this morning, she can't remember.

But can art, and more specifically the way artists work,

tell us something about the development of dementia

and other degenerative brain diseases?

Much of the research into dementia has obviously been very medical.

But now, a new approach combines both maths and art,

and offers an intriguing insight into what might be

going on in the brains of those artists who develop dementia,

long before any symptoms become obvious.

There is some fractal content in this, which is what we call very

Fractal analysis is a complex, mathematical method of looking

The recurring patterns of our brainwaves and heart

The same applies to the individual brushstrokes of artists,

Now, an analysis of more than 2,000 works by 17 artists has revealed

Artists who went on to develop dementia or Parkinson's disease,

the fractal patterns started to change, in an unusual way.

So what we find is, up to 20 years before they had a diagnosis

of a neurological disorder, the fractal content

within their paintings had started to decrease.

So anything that helps us understand more about how the brain operates

is a useful way to inform future directions for research.

Artist Willem de Kooning was diagnosed with Alzheimer's

The brushstroke patterns seen in his earlier work were different

But in the work of Picasso, who died free of any known

neurological disease, the patterns remain constant

throughout his life, regardless of what he was painting.

So is it easier to use oils than it is to use watercolours?

This won't help diagnosed dementia, or similar diseases,

but it does give a valuable insight into changes that are taking place

in the brain, years before the illness appears,

and so could help answer questions about these devastating conditions.

We have had some great guests on the programme. Little Harry made quite

an impression when he visited us here a year ago. He was facing an

anxious wait for a life-saving liver transplant. You can see he was in

good form when he came to visit, and then in March, with no other donor

available, his father Simon volunteered to share his liver. We

have been to catch up with him. I love you. I love you too. But yes,

no publications. I have daddy's liver now. It is yours now, you can

keep it! -- no complications. I think that was very nice of daddy to

do. You are welcome. I love you, Harry, is all I have to

say about that. Here's a bit special, he caused mayhem when he

was here. We will look at hospitals and the work they are doing to help

families in similar situations. Your local radio station will have

the latest travel news and we will be back with another date in half an

hour. Goodbye. -- another update. This is Breakfast,

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

and sport in a moment, The Hollywood actress

Debbie Reynolds has died, just one day after the death

of her daughter, the film star The 84-year-old had been

at her daughter's bedside since the Star Wars star suffered

a heart attack on Christmas Eve. Reynold's son, Todd Fisher,

said the stress of his sister's death had been too

much for their mother and that her last words had been

that she wanted to be with Carrie. Stars have been paying

their tributes to Debbie Reynolds. William Shatner, who played

James T Kirk in the Star Trek franchise described her

as "one of the last Dame Joan Collins hailed her

as "a wonderfully warm The singer Gloria Gaynor

called her "an American icon In the last half-hour entertainment

righted Jeanie Wolf said her mother had found it difficult to come to

terms with her daughter's death. We moved into houses next door to each

other. She was a great-grandmother to carry's daughter, who is now 24

and beginning to be an actress, all of us should remember that not only

did she lose her mother, but she lost her grandmother, who I am told

used to play cards with her and sing and stands with her. The Billie

Lourd is someone we will watch and Debbie was unthinkable, but this was

really too much and you can understand it would be too much.

Patients could be forced to wait up to a month to see their family

doctor this winter, according to the UK's leading GP.

Helen Stokes-Lampard, who chairs the Royal College of GPs,

says longer waiting times could pose a "serious risk" to patients.

NHS England says surgeries have been promised more funding.

Dozens of children who lived in the Calais Jungle camp have

launched a legal challenge against the Home Office

over its handling of asylum applications.

Lawyers representing 36 children say the government

broke its promise to take in its fair share of child refugees.

They say hundreds have had their applications turned down

The Home Office says it will not comment

Rebel groups are expected to meet Russian negotiators in Turkey today

as part of a fresh push for a ceasefire in Syria.

One key group says it's already been in talks with Turkish

officials about ways to end the fighting,

but that it's too early to say whether there could be a truce.

It's believed one key point of contention is the exclusion

of a key rebel-held area on the outskirts of Damascus

Keepers at testers who are celebrating the arrival of a very

rare and very deep baby. The 6-foot tall youngster who is yet to be

named arrived on Boxing Day. The Rothschild giraffe is said to be one

of the most endangered species of the animal, with less than 1600 left

in the wild. Very cute. Looking around at the world, to see what it

looks like. Earlier you were a little bit

dismissive of my giraffe fact. Remind us.

I said one hour ago that giraffe eat for about 20 hours a day. Charlie

wasn't impressed, so I've got another one. This is from Nick.

Thank you very much. Apparently giraffes have the highest blood

pressure of any animal. Well, that is quite interesting.

And it makes logical sense, because they have to have enough pressure to

get it up to their brain. Because their neck is very long. I

like the fact. Giraffes have long necks! You are

going to talk to us about Bradley Wiggins.

One of the most recognisable haircuts in sport, of course.

And one of the most brilliant athletes we have ever had. It was

interesting talking to Rob Hayles who wrote in the Olympic team in

Sydney with him. He will be coming back later to talk to us about

Bradley and his achievements, but will he retire? He has hinted that

he will, but he says he is doing OK, he doesn't think he will, but now he

says he will and I think this time it will stick.

He says this is it. It is a moment to reflect on.

It is incredible. Let's take a minute to reflect on that incredible

career. Sir Bradley announced his retirement

by saying "Kids from Kilburn don't win Olympic Golds and

the Tour de France. Wiggins is the most

decorated British Olympian, with five gold medals

in his total of eight medals. The most recent coming

in the team pursuit in Rio. He spoke of what he might do when it

came to his retirement. To remain riding my bike,

involved in cycling. I have children's bikes,

so very much cycling has been a huge part of my life and it

will continue to be. I don't expect too much to change,

other than I won't be in Olympic Sir Bradley's former Olympic team

mate Rob Hayles will be on the sofa Tottenham are just behind Arsenal

after winning at Southampton. Harry Kane had gone three league

matches without a goal, but he put an end

to that last night. And Dele Alli scored twice,

as Southampton finished the game They're ten points behind leaders

Chelsea. Ahead of the Old Firm

derby on New Year's Eve, Celtic have stretched

their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership

to 16 points. They beat Ross County

2-0 last night, while second-placed Rangers

were held to a 1-1 draw at St A defensive blunder allowed

Steven Maclean to score There were also wins for Motherwell

and Partick Thistle. There has been another high-profile

retirement in the world of sport, with tennis player Ana Ivanovic

ending her career at 29. The Serbian won the

French Open in 2008 and, after struggling

to repeat that success, she mounted a comeback last year

and reached the semi-final She married Manchester United's

Bastian Schweinsteiger this summer. She was of course the former world

number one as well and a semifinalist at three grand slams.

I wonder, is there something about the turn of the year that makes

people make decisions? Well, she has been injured since

August as well. It must be tough trying to get back

into things after the winter. On that theme, of things changing,

have a think about this one. Three days left, thoughts turning to what

the next 12 months might bring and what you would like to leave behind

you in 2016. For the last decade,

New Yorkers have been taking this seriously by gathering

in Times Square at the end of each December, to symbolically

destroy their bad memories Good Riddance Day is based

on a Latin American tradition which sees people burn

dolls stuffed with objects So, what did the people

of Manchester and New York want to bid farewell

to as we head towards 2017? Good Riddance Day few extra

Christmas pounds. The weather here. Too cold! Homelessness, shocking.

I've never seen it so bad. I would like to see places for them off the

streets more than anything. Working long hours. The memory of David

Bowie's death. I want to shred the stress and anger that sometimes I

have. I don't want it any more. I love the idea of saying goodbye to

stop. Stress, that would be good!

One person who will definitely be wanting to say "good riddance"

to 2016 is the TV presenter Charlie Webster.

Good morning. I am going to read this. You were in a coma after

contracting malaria. We're also joined by psychological

therapist Emma Kenny. Good morning to both of you. How are

you? I'm doing really well. I love this time of the morning. No, I am

doing well. I am so lucky. Quite a few people know the story about 1.0

was given 24 hours to live. My brother flew over, I was on life

support. Four months ago I was still on life support and to be here now I

just feel very grateful. It has been extremely tough and I think people

see the physical side. I had complete organ failure and I went

through a huge trauma mentally. I was told I was dying and I remember

what happened in a coma. So I would like to say goodbye to 2016. We've

seen the pictures of you in your hospital bed. Is it that easy? Are

you capable of doing that, compartmentalising things and

saying, it is then, he ran now? Just to confirm, those pictures were from

before I got ill. It was when I went to hospital dehydrated. When I went

to hospital I was about 14 stone, I was extremely blown up, I couldn't

see through my eyes. That was very traumatic for my family. But I don't

think you can do that and I wouldn't advise anybody to do that, who is

going to any trauma, no matter whether it is physical or mental or

a loss of somebody. It was as soon as you do that, which I can be like

that, I will put on a front and try to put it behind me, but it comes

out. I ensure you agree that I get quite a lot. There are certain

things, a loud noise also is in environments, that trigger any. The

other day I was lying in a bed and it brought back so many memories of

me not being able to move. I was strapped down as well in restraints.

So a lot of things flashed back to me. The most important thing is to

work through them and be kind to yourself. That's interesting. This

idea of good riddance to certain things, it isn't that you are

pretending it didn't happen, a difference between those two places.

Absolutely. Avoidance and denial are not the way forward. You can't

imagine you can pop something in it all and set fire to it and

everything is all right. The most important part of any situation is

progress. The thing that works in this circumstance is the fact that

you are actually taking power over the scenario, so you recognise when

something has affected you, but you aren't willing to have that affect

you any more. So you create agency. But what we wouldn't want to do is

to avoid going through the process, because actually it is often the

awful times that we recognise our resilience and forge new

opportunities and we harness our self power. So I think the most

important part is not to deny it, but certainly to let go once you've

worked through it. We talked a moment ago about the ceremony of

letting go. You have obviously survived a huge trauma. What can you

do? Is there a physical thing you can do? Burn at all! To say goodbye

to all of it. -- burn a doll. I completely agree. I've learnt not to

do that. I possibly have a habit of doing that, because like to be seen

as strong and inspiring and achieved all these things, but for me it was

hard to show and the vulnerable, which I am and I am still very much

at the moment and I've had to process and the people, care

specialists and psychologists, to process the feelings I went through.

For me, the scariest thing was thinking that I would never be here,

but on a positive I had such a love of life and I desperately fought for

my life and I believe I made a decision to stay alive because I

wanted to be here. You can't go through that and be the same person.

For me, it is like, I want to 2017 to come because then I can feel I

can put it behind me and start making small goals which then

accumulate to a big one to get over it. It seems to me, a bit of amateur

psychology, but it has -- that we've got better at acknowledging that

something bad has happened, say it out loud, whatever it might be. We

realise that strength. The whole idea of the stiff upper lip worked

for a time. We've recognised that emotional intelligence and being

able to speak your feelings and recognise your pain is the first

step in settling it and I think the post trauma that you've called

through, undoubtedly the first step is to realise you can't go it alone

and that is power and strength. You can't be the same person he were one

year ago, but actually what you've recognised is the fight you have in

you and this deal you have a new and the recognition that things can get

in your way. Once you do that, that's how powerful acknowledging

pain can be at acknowledging trauma. It can change you, are changing for

the better. And maybe not comparing yourself. One thing I started to do

is, I could do this six months ago, but then I've gone, OK, I can't do

that, I am a new person, the bubbly a better person. 2016 has been the

worst year of my life but it has shaped me for the better. And now

you've achieved getting up early in the morning!

You can't believe it, four months ago. It is interesting how actually

letting go of bad stuff is quite similar to making a New Year's

resolution. What I was going to say was, I wonder if our Carol maybe has

a New Year's resolution or something she wants to let go of over the last

year. I think we need to let go of that freezing fog, don't we? We

certainly do, there is some freezing fog around, as you rightly say. Some

of it dance, especially across East Wales and England and it could lead

to travel disruption. Some of it will slowly lift, some will not lift

at all but there is sunshine into their's forecast as well, after a

cold start. Luckily across parts of England and Wales temperatures have

fallen as low as -6 -7 so watch out for on untreated surfaces. Watch out

for patchy fog as well. It is not everywhere but there are dance

pockets of it and for Northern Ireland in Scotland we don't have

the same problems, because here there is more cloud and more of a

breeze. Pockets of frost in sheltered glens, and that is about

it. The thicker cloud across north-west Scotland is introducing

spots of rain, that will turn more persistent later and also much

windier. Meanwhile for England and for Wales we are looking at the fog

slowly lifting, sunshine coming through, but the fault is likely to

stick across the part a Mac parts of East Wales, Midlands and the Vale of

York. It is going to feel cold. This evening and overnight the breeze

picks up, the weather front moving across northern Scotland, bringing

some rain. We will also see some more cloud on the forecast, although

we will start off with some fog, we will see that clear across East

Anglia and the south-east and here it will drag its heels in terms of

clearance. Here the temperatures will be that bit lower. Now tomorrow

is essentially going to be quite a great day. There will be a lot of

cloud around, some brighter breaks, but we also have a weather front

straddle across the far north of Scotland, accompanied by gusty

winds. Temperature-wise, unless you are stuck under the fog will feel

quite mild to the stage in December. In New Year's Eve, the same weather

front is going to be slowly slipping southwards. We see around it, the

timing on this keeps changing. This chart finishes at 3pm in the

afternoon, so you can see it is going to be wet across Scotland and

Northern Ireland. By midnight we expect the rain to have slipped into

northern England, north Wales and Northern Ireland, but as I said the

timing keeps changing, so do keep in touch with the forecast if you have

midnight plans. Further south, quite a bit of cloud around with the odd

spot of rain or drizzle, especially in the coast sandhills. As this

weather front sinks away, we see cold are coming in behind and we

will see a return to wintry showers. Here is our weather front moving on

New Year's Day across England and Wales, breezy around it. Kind of

cold air filters in, with the showers increasingly wintry. We will

talk to you again very soon. Let's get the latest

from the world of business now, and as the New Year approaches,

Sean is here with a few predictions for what 2017 could

mean for our money. Well, the big story for British

business in 2016 has of course been that vote to leave

the European Union. But while we wait for the details

of what that will look like for the country,

there will be some more short-term The fall in the pound after we voted

to leave affected everybody. Holidaymakers found it more

expensive, British-made goods looked cheaper, and it has had a knock-on

effect on prices in our shops. So can we expect to see

it recover in 2017? So, as Michelle says,

experts think the pound But if it stays around

the levels it is at now, that will have a big effect

on prices next year. The Sterling is most important than

most currencies, increasingly the Chinese currency, the yen, and the

sterling is going to be whipsawed around. Experts think it will remain

unpredictable. Remember Marmitegate,

back in October, when retailers and suppliers fell out

about increasing costs Well, in the coming months,

economists and the retailers themselves expect some

of those rises to be passed Prices are going to be bigger than

shoppers' agenda. 70% of us think that prices will go up next year as

a result of Brexit and we are all going to be very concerned about our

own economy and how we will save money. What we can expect to see is

loads of cost saving measures coming back, coupons, vouchers, and we will