18/12/2016 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Ben Thompson and Sian Lloyd.

Swear an oath to uphold British values - new government plans

to force all people in public office to defend principles such

as democracy, equality and freedom of speech.

The proposals come in response to a recent report warning

of increasing ethnic segregation in Britain.

Good morning, it's Sunday the 18th of December

The former Ukip leader, Nigel Farage says he wants to be

a "bridge" between Britain and President Trump,

but he claims ministers are banned from talking to him.

Opening up about the pressures of being a royal -

Prince Harry says his charity work in Africa is escape and a way

For me, personally it is an escape. And not only have I found that

escape but I have found a way to try and use the name and position for

good. In sport, Chelsea make it 11 were straight wins. The will goal

against Crystal Palace pulled some nine points clear at the top of the

table. BBC sport presenter and occasional

resident of this sofa - Ore Oduba - takes

the Strictly crown. Good morning. Dense fog patches in

the southern half of the UK that could linger well on into the

afternoon. A lot of clout but very little rain to speak of.

All holders of public office will have to swear an oath

of allegiance to British values in an attempt to tackle extremism.

The Communities Secretary, Sajid Javid, says people can't play

a positive role in public life unless they accept basic values

like democracy, equality and freedom of speech.

The proposal follows a recent report that warns of growing ethnic

Our political correspondent Mark Lobel is in our

Mark, why now? What is behind this? What's the difference do they hope

to make? They hope to make a difference and I hope to encourage

integration in British society. As community Secretary wrote in the

Sunday Times saying that when he was eight years old yet and see a

doctor. Not because he was unwell but because at the actors and

interpreted with mother. She is learnt English her life as being

better. He also thinks that immigrants should integrate into

British society and that is why this new oath is being introduced because

he wants everybody to take it so that it is there so that all holders

of public office in the future will espouse these views of freedom of

religion, freedom from abuse and freedom of speech and to make both

these ethnic that surround their communities, to help them integrate

and get on in life. Nigel Farage has been saying that he wants to be a

bridge between Britain and the Trump administration. How many times have

we seen in go back and forth to Trump Towers to make this point that

he has a solid relationship with Donald Trump which, by the way, but

that way before the TV cameras were there to win Donald Trump was one of

the many contenders for the Republican crown. He was in constant

touch with Nigel Farage's team. And now Nigel wants to see something

from having spent a lot of time on my relationship. But it seems

Theresa May and number ten are not interested in giving him any airtime

in any sort of role and in fact Nigel Farage coming out in telling

the BBC today that Cabinet offices, Cabinet ministers, have been banned

from speaking to him. Thank you, Mark. You can hear the full

interview with Nigel Farage on broadcasting house

The UN Security Council is expected to vote today on a French proposal

to send observers to the Syrian city of Aleppo to monitor

Reports from Syria suggest a deal is near that would allow

the thousands of civilians and fighters from rebel-held parts

The buses may be lining up outside eastern Aleppo,

This footage claims to show a convoy of vehicles standing by to pick

For the last two days, those who packed their bags

and were hoping to escape have remained stranded

A deal to get them out stalled, with both sides

accusing each other of breaking their word.

Government forces said they would only restart evacuations

when supporters of President Assad were allowed to leave two towns

As the negotiations continue, so does the wait for those doing

what they can to keep warm in the streets and in the hospitals.

Across Europe, thousands of people are protesting to pressure

the international community to do more.

Today's vote at the United Nations will ensure UN officials can monitor

the evacuations, and that those who choose to stay are protected.

But it is not clear if Russia will back the plan.

if and when a deal is reached to allow the buses to fill up again,

the process is likely to remain difficult, dangerous and could last

several weeks. In around half an hour's time we'll

be speaking to the aid charity World Vision about what's being done

to help the people of Aleppo. China is set to return an American

underwater drone that its navy The US craft was captured

by in international The Pentagon said the drone

was being used to carry out scientific research

when it was taken. The US President-elect,

Donald Trump took to social media in protest - accusing the Chinese

of stealing and writing that the US should tell China that

they don't want it back. Prince Harry has revealed he no

longer struggles with his royal role, and says he feels the need

to "make something" of his life. Speaking in an ITV documentary

about his charity work in Lesotho the prince said losing his mother

at a young age made him question his position,

but that he now views life What is it that you are making?

Clothes, obviously. Prince Harry seems in his element as he helps out

in a centred teaching life skills to people suffering from HIV. It is run

by a charity co-founded ten years ago in a small South African state.

They have helped over 21,000 people, many of them teenagers. And Harry's

clearly passionate about his work. HIV/Aids is the number one killer of

adolescence across sub Saharan Africa. Because they don't take the

drugs? Here you have a bunch of kids who have no idea about HIV. They are

not allowed to talk about it. And now that we have the drugs and

appeals to give these kids are healthy happy long live yet we're

not educating them or empowering them to make their own decisions. He

first visited Africa in 1997, not long after the death of his mother.

Says he still feels the connection to the continent. The first time

that I went to Africa I was tiny. I think I went to a Spice Girl concert

in Johannesburg? For me, personally, it is an escape. Not only have an

escape I have found a way to try and use my name and position for good.

In recent weeks, his relationship with actress Megan Michael has based

in firmly in the media spotlight once again. In the past he resented

his position and wanted to bury his head in the sand for a now, however,

he is excited to be able to use his profile to help those less

fortunate. "Prince Harry In Africa" will be

broadcast on ITV at 9pm on Monday. If you didn't catch Strictly

last night and don't You may have seen the result in our

headline, however. Our own Ore Oduba and his partner

Joanne Clifton took home the Glitterball trophy in last

night's Strictly Come Dancing final - beating fellow competitors

Danny Mac and Louise Redknapp. Last night also marked Len Goodman's

last appearance as a judge as our Entertainment

correspondent Lizo Mzimba reports And I can now reveal the champions

for 2016. Ore Oduba! The moment that Ore Oduba was crowned the strictly

come dancing 2016 champion. He was voted the winner after a public vote

during the evening's final. The BBC sport presenter thanked the show and

paid tribute to his dance partner Joanna Clifton. You are the most

incredible person. This is the most incredible experience of my life. I

have learnt to dance, made a best friend and been on a show that I

have loved for 12 years. He defeated the other two finalist,s sank to his

performances of three dancers. An American smooth. A showdown is will

and the jive. The latter two routines were given perfect scores

by the judges. Ore Oduba maybe this year's winner but for many a close

runner-up was Ed Walls. His lack of dance skills made him consistently

low scores from the judges of the he had entertained the audience so they

kept him in until it finally left the competition last month. The

evening's final was also then Goodman's last appearance in the

series and he was given a standing ovation in the studio. He has led

the judging panel since the programme began 12 years ago.

Congratulations to them. We'll be talking all things Strictly

throughout the programme - speaking to a Strictly

"superfan" just before 7:00, and to Joanne and Kevin Clifton's

parents just after 8:00. I imagine the celebrations went on

quite late. The UK's finest trees have been

revealed in the annual "Tree This copper beech at a school

in East Lothian in Scotland is known It takes its name from a game of tig

that pupils play around the trunk. This Sycamore took the top prize

in England and it's also one of the most photographed

trees in the country. Located near Hadrian's Wall

in Northumberland, it also featured in the film "Robin Hood:

Prince of Thieves". And in Wales, the Giant Brimmon Oak

in Powys has a trunk which stretches And last but not least -

in Northern Ireland, this Holm Oak in County

Down took the prize. It leans at a 45 degree angle

and is now supported The four trees will now enter

into the European Tree of the Year competition, as well as getting

a ?1000 care grant. He knew there was a competition like

that? They are quite beautiful, aren't they? It is 12 minutes past

six a.m. Let's have a quick look at this morning's papers. A lot of

stories we cover this morning feature on the front of bed but one

story of particular interest is travel disruption this year. A lot

of the paper is also talking about the power of the unions to cause

transport chaos over the festive period. We know a number of airlines

are planning strike action and baggage handlers and a number of

airports across the country. And you can see the picture there of Ore and

his partner before they lifted the trophy. It was suggested that 11.3

million people watched the final. The express also has Ore and Joanne.

They are talking about or exit fuelling a festive shopping bonanza.

Brexit hitting consumers spending a record breaking boost. I was in town

yesterday and it was chaos. If you haven't done your Christmas shopping

yet, get out now and do it. In the Sunday Times we have Danny and his

partner. No picture of Ore. The headline is about the rail union

boss vowing to topple the Tories. Saying that this Christmas strike is

to bring down the Tories is the claim of this headline. The loyalty

oath for all public officers the top story today suggesting anyone

working in the public sector should make an oath to uphold the values of

the country suggesting that could help integration. And the Sunday

Telegraph says Theresa May is refusing to curb the power of

striking trade unions despite the growing backlash from her own MPs as

Britain braces for more transport chaos over Christmas. A photograph

as will Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince of Wales and that photo

has been released to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations.

What a wonderful photo. It is quarter past six and this is the

main stories. The Communities Secretary,

Sajid Javid, has called for all holders of public office

to swear an oath to British values Nigel Farage says he wants to be

a "bridge" between Britain and the incoming US Trump

administration, but claims Cabinet ministers have been banned

from talking to him. Time for the weather. More mist,

more fog? What is it? I have a photo of a tree, but it is all about the

fog. It is dense across the southern half of England and south Wales.

Much like yesterday, it could be slow on the roads and cause delays

at the airport. Grey across the southern half too much of the day.

Patchy rain further north first thing, but that is fading away. Fog

further south could stick around until late morning, maybe into the

afternoon as well. Poor visibility in places. Take care on the road.

Visibility is better in the north, but a good deal of cloud. Patchy

rain this morning fizzling out through the morning. There will

still be rain in the north and west of Scotland. That will linger into

the afternoon. We will see something brighter developing towards the east

of Scotland. Around the Moray Firth, going well this afternoon with that

south-westerly breeze. Temperatures are rising on the other side of the

Grampians, 14 or 15. More like nine in Aberdeen and Glasgow. If you are

lucky, 10 degrees in London. That depends on brighter weather poking

through that layer of cloud, which will be extensive. This evening, fog

will thicken across the southern half of the UK. It could be pretty

great for Monday morning across the south counties, maybe south Wales as

well. Further north, dry weather and clouding. Towards the north-west, a

week whether from bringing rain. Nothing too extensive and nothing to

widespread. A breeze to go with the rain, which is there for Monday at

least. Further south, fog a problem again for southern most counties.

That will lift. It looks great on Monday afternoon. Patchy rain

drifting in from the North Sea. Temperatures across the board pretty

much in single figures. A chilly feel to Monday afternoon. Looking

ahead to the rest of this coming week, it is mostly dry at first, but

from mid week onwards, we will see wetter weather developing, and it

will turn windy as well. Winds could be in issue towards the latter part

of the week as well. Thank you. We'll be back with

the headlines at 6.30. Now on Breakfast, it's

time for The Film Review Hello, and welcome to

the Film Review on BBC News. To take us through this week's

cinema releases is Mark Kermode. And we have a festive

feast, I would suggest. We have Rogue One: A Star Wars

Story, you may have seen some A very interesting documentary

called Eagle Huntress. And looking ahead to

New Year's Day, A Monster Calls. Yeah, you're right,

Star Wars, who knew? So, this is a stand-alone

instalment that comes between Episodes III and IV

and takes its cue from the opening crawl of Star Wars, in which it

explains that before everything happened in Star Wars,

rebel fighters were trying to get Felicity Jones is Jyn Erso,

who's a loner with a complicated back story, who forms an initially

uneasy alliance with the rebels. And because it's a stand-alone

story, we get a whole load of new characters, not least

a reprogrammed imperial droid who trusts her as little

as she trusts him. Why does she get

a blaster and I don't? We're going to Jedha -

that's a war zone. I find that answer

vague and unconvincing. Would you like to know

the probability of her using In fact, the film itself

is rather dark, it's directed by Gareth Edwards who made Godzilla

and, more importantly, he made Monsters, which although

nominally was a creature feature, it was actually a film

about relationships between people that just happened to have

extraterrestrials in it. He has described this movie

as being like a war movie, and there's lots of nods

to cinematic visions of D-Day and the Vietnam War,

and nods along to The Dirty Dozen Because it's a stand-alone story,

because it is being envisaged by the director as a war movie,

it is tougher than a lot of the Star Wars

films, admirably so. On the very positive side, the cast

is a real rainbow coalition. The thing that science fiction

manages to do is envisage worlds in which standard barriers

about race and gender really have no role at all, and I really liked

that about this film. I also like the fact that,

although it uses cutting-edge CGI, it does feel like a film

from the physical era It feels like one of the original

movies, and it's very, very coherent in its own sense,

despite the fact that there were lots of stories

about them doing reshoots, Actually, the story seems to be very

coherent and to keep true to itself. I thought it was dark and exciting,

and I thought the characters I really liked Felicity Jones,

I thought she really And it had genuine surprises,

and when you think this could have been a cash-in, anything

that is a spin off, A Star Wars Story,

what does that mean? It felt coherent and self-contained

but fitted in with the Star Wars world and leaned towards all

the Star Wars movies that I like and away from

the movies that I don't like. And the third act,

because of the fact that it doesn't wimp out on its narrative,

the third act felt really exciting No-one was more surprised than me,

I've seen it twice, and I thought it was even better

the second time round. Did you see $200 million

worth of screen time? I never sat there thinking about how

much any of it cost. I sat there thinking,

"I hope they get out of this situation, that's a really

good cliffhanger." Now, Eagle Huntress is your next,

which sounds extraordinary. Yes, it's a documentary

about a young girl from a Kazakh family, and she wants to become

the first woman in her family This paternal line of people

who hunt with eagles has been passed Aisholpan is our young subject,

and her father encourages her to follow in his footsteps,

which according to the documentary Not everybody is convinced that

women should be doing this. "Women can't ride horses,

women can't be eagle hunters, they've got to stay

at home and get married." The interesting thing

about it is she is a fantastic subject and it is a really

interesting story. The documentary, however,

is very good-looking, It does, however, feel very

constructed, it feels like it's a film that has been put together

in the editing room, and there are times where you think,

"OK, this feels like a dramatic story which has been put together,

as opposed to a documentary And there has been some question

about the exact voracity of the story, whether she is

the very first woman to do this, But it doesn't matter,

because she is such a great subject, and because the vistas

are so spectacular, and because the central idea

is so intriguing and interesting, it gets round whatever formal

problems it may have. Around Christmas, if you want a role

model for a young girl, I think it's a lot better than a few

that I could suggest. And there's a sequence where she has

to go and get the eaglet, and she is with her father

and she is hanging down the side of a mountain on a piece of string,

and her father is saying, She's very brave, very resourceful,

and you will enjoy spending time in her company, because she's

a really interesting subject. Screenwriter Patrick Ness,

working from his own source novel. It's about a young boy

who is terrified of bullying, and he's frightened of being

bereaved, and he's visited by a tree monster played by Liam Neeson,

which tells him stories, and through these stories lends some

form of fantastical reality to the anguish which

he is experiencing. Harder, Conor O'Malley,

come on, harder! You can see what it does

is it blends seamlessly from the fantastical

to the more real. The thing is, fairy tales are really

about dealing with very real issues, but dealing with them

in a fantastical fashion, It's directed by JA Bayona,

who made The Orphanage, which of course the guiding light

on the project was Guillermo del Toro, and you can see

a lot of him in this. Bayona went to make The Impossible,

which was the tsunami drama, But this really harks back

to the great work he did with The Orphanage, and it manages

to tell a story which is real and heartbreaking and feels very

true, about a young boy confronting the difficulties of his life,

but doing it through Pan's Labyrinth is a

similar kind of story. The big monster is the protector,

in various ways, of a child. There can be very few

children who wouldn't, in some way, recognise

and relate to that. A little bit, but it is like any

good fairy tale, it appeals to the child in everyone,

and the thing is, fairy You mentioned Pan's Labyrinth,

which has moments that But I thought this was very

impressive and very moving, and, I have to say, I was not

the only person to leave the cinema Animation once again,

this is a documentary about a young man, who was trying to reconnect

through the world, he was suffering from autism and trying to reconnect

with the word through his love The documentary is about the way

in which Disney cartoons provided a connection with him

and everyone around him, and it's uplifting,

there are a fantastic animated sequences in A Monster Calls,

and also in Life Animated. Between them, these films both seem

to suggest that animated movies are a really interesting way

of understanding the problems I thought Life Animated was just

terrific, I mean really beautifully done, really sensitively done,

done with real intimacy and real intelligence, and such

an uplifting story, and again, you know, a really positive story

about the positive power of movies And your DVD of the week

is David Brent, I was slightly Well, the genius of Fawlty Towers,

let's put it this way, is they knew what they were doing

and they did it over a short period 12 or 13, whatever,

but it was limited. And the David Brent franchise,

I thought, was brilliant, and then I started

not to think that. I thought the same thing going in,

"Do we really want to go back And the triumph of

the movie is you do. It catches up with him later on,

in which he's taking time off from work to go on the road

with his terrible band, and just like the source material,

it's toe-curling, painful, but it also has a lot of pathos,

and there are moments when you don't know

whether to laugh or hide your head And, believe me, I was really

surprised that, after all these years, it managed to do that,

move the story on and it actually managed to make the jokes

still funny but painful and to make I suppose the thing

that is so attractive about that character is that

he really does try.. Somehow, he just wants

to escape this awful life, In the case of this,

he actually does get out on the road, and the spectacle

of him playing half-empty A quick reminder before we go,

you'll find more film news and reviews from across the BBC

online at bbc.co.uk/film. Catch up on our previous

programmes on the iPlayer. That's it for this week,

we're back in the New Year. Thanks for watching.

Bye-bye. Hello, this is Breakfast

with Ben Thompson and Sian Lloyd. Coming up before seven,

Jay will have your full weather But first, a summary of this

morning's main news. All holders of public office

will have to swear an oath of allegiance to British values

in an attempt to tackle extremism. The Communities Secretary,

Sajid Javid, says people can't play a positive role in public life

unless they accept basic values like democracy, equality

and freedom of speech. The proposal follows a recent report

that warns of growing ethnic The UN Security Council is to vote

today on whether to send observers to the Syrian city of Aleppo,

where thousands of civilians Reports from Syria claim

an agreement has almost been reached One charity has told the BBC this

morning that a deal has been reached to start the evacuation of East

Aleppo. The process collapsed on Friday leaving many in dangerous and

freezing conditions. The former Ukip leader Nigel Farage

has said he wants to be a "bridge" between Britain and the incoming

Trump administration But Mr Farage told Radio 4's

Broadcasting House that Downing Street didn't

want to acknowledge him and claimed Cabinet ministers had been banned

from talking to him. I just think, if you wanted to get

business from the biggest company in the world and there was someone

there who had the contacts and connections, the first thing you

would do is employ that person because that is how the world works.

I find the fact that Downing Street and want to acknowledge me and have

banned cabinet ministers from even talking to me, it shows you the sort

of very small-minded petty tribal level that British politics is out.

It is a shame. China is set to return an American

underwater drone that its navy The US craft was captured

in international waters on Thursday. The Pentagon said the drone

was being used to carry out scientific research

when it was taken. The US President-elect,

Donald Trump took to social media in protest - accusing the Chinese

of stealing and writing that the US should tell China that

they don't want it back. Prince Harry has revealed he no

longer struggles with his royal role, and says he feels the need

to "make something" of his life. Speaking in an ITV documentary

about his charity work in Lesotho at a young age made him

question his position, but that he now views life

"very, very differently". If you didn't catch Strictly

last night and don't Our own Ore Oduba and his partner

Joanne Clifton took home the Glitterball trophy in last

night's Strictly Come Dancing final - beating fellow competitors

Danny Mac and Louise Redknapp. 15 contestants had started

the competition, with Ore calling his eventual victory

"the most incredible experience Last night also marked Len Goodman's

last appearance as a judge. It really was an emotional ending

all in all. An end of an era. And now the big question is who will

replace Len. A lot of speculation, no confirmation as yet.

A rare Asian elephant calf has been born at Chester Zoo.

The baby, who is yet to be named, was born to 12-year-old mother

She's the 19th elephant to be born at the zoo in its 85-year history.

Keepers say both mother and daughter were doing well.

Asian elephants are officially listed as endangered,

and calves are born into captivity in the UK only once or twice a year.

We're now have the sports. A busy weekend of sport again? It is. We

will start with football. Chelsea, not too long ago it looked like a

real battle of the top. All of a sudden a nine points clear at the

top. 11 wins in a row and they are looking strong, looking like the

team to be in every time they have been top of the Premier League at

Christmas they have gone on to win the title.

They'll be top again this year because of the lead they've built up

thanks to that win at Crystal Palace yesterday.

With new of that and the rest of yesterday's action,

There is always something special about being number one at Christmas.

Having found a real dump it is Chelsea who have won the race for

top spot this year. A goal from their front man enough to see off

Crystal Palace. I am happy for my players in the way they fight in

every game. It is fantastic. I think we can improve. Also I am pleased

for the fans. Chelsea on top going into the festive period. It is now

for everyone else to work out how to deal with the post- Christmas blues.

One year to the day since he was sacked by Chelsea there is a sense

of optimism are merging for Mourinho. His side had victory over

West Brom. Leicester City, well, they must have felt as if all their

Christmases came at once last year. For the reigning champions, goodwill

is in short supply a list in the first half at Stoke. Vardy sent off

before going to kneel down. The manager incensed and still defying

the odds is what his side seems to do best, coming back to claim an

incredible draw. Proving there is always hope, especially at this time

of year. Middlesbrough now have a little more after their three mil

win but concerns deepening for Swansea. They stay off the bottom

thanks largely to this penalty decision that West Ham. Mark Noble's

goal enough to defeat a luckless halt city. Sunderland remain in the

bottom three despite a win. Patrick was the only goal against Walls

said. Celebrations, but still plenty of concern.

There are three more games today with Bournemouth hosting Southampton

Tottenham take on Burnley at White Hart Lane at four,

and at the same time there's a big match at the Etihad Stadium

where both Manchester City and Arsenal will be hoping to make

We played many times so when I was in Brussels I knew. We met each

other quite well. Of course when we play we have quality. They are good,

good players. Fast players, they can defend well. They use

a strong attack and they are a good team. The game is to defend well

together and not be fatigued everytime you get the ball and have

a go and try to attack because that is part of our philosophy and that

is what you have to do. You are not to forget as well that this is a

team who are very strong going forward. Maybe more now so we have

Maybe more now so we have to focus to defend well.

Celtic have restored their 11 point lead at the top

of the Scottish Premiership after beating Dundee 2-1.

Ross County beat third placed Aberdeen by the same scoreline

Bottom place Partick Thistle gained a vital point at Hearts.

The hosts were the better side in a dour first-half and took

through Sean Welsh just after half time.

The games at Kilmarnock and St Johnstone were also draws.

It's day three of the final test between India and England

It's been a bit of a struggle for the tourists.

India resumed on 66 without loss in reply to England's 477.

Rahul and Parthiv set about surpassing that total,

both passing 50 with little challenge from England's bowlers.

It's going to be a long hard day in the field for England

Pathiv was eventually dismissed for 71 and at lunch India have moved

To rugby union and it was a busy day of European Champions Cup action

yesterday with Lester snatching a late 18-16 win

Owen Williams kicked a long-range penalty in the dying moments

after a converted try had put Munster ahead.

Last weekend Lester were thrashed 38-0 by to Munster, but this result

keeps their hopes of reaching the knockout stages alive.

Wasps were unbeaten in Europe this season, but that ended in dramatic

Wasps had led 18-13 until Naulia Dawai slid in.

And Jack Carty had the tricky conversion to win it -

and hit it straight through the middle.

20-18 to Connacht the final score, and look what it meant

There were also wins for Leinster and Exeter. In snooker, John Higgins

will be in the final of the Scottish open. He staged a remarkable

comeback against the world number four. He was 5-1 down at one stage

was a break of 110 and the seventh said on course to won full -- a

break of 110 in the seventh set him on course to win. The Dutchman had

few problems overcoming his Finnish competitor 3-0. And in the last hour

was come 51-year-old Bernard Hopkins lost his final fight. He was knocked

out of the ring to end the fight. His opponent put him through the

ropes. Hopkins ended up on his back in the eighth round. A remarkable

end to his 28 year boxing career. He has been amazing. He has won titles

in heavyweight and -- middleweight and light heavyweight. An end to a

remarkable career. And speaking of incredible sports, stay here because

we will talk about sports personalities of the year. What a

year it has been for sport. This year there are 16 on the list.

Normally we have ten. But because it has been an amazing year, 16.

Birmingham tonight is poor. Let us have a look at the nominees.

Nicola Adams lets out a triumphant roar.

It will be a glorious golden double four Alistair Brownlie. The Olympic

triathlon champion for the second time.

She won gold in the velodrome and gold now on the track. Mo Farah wins

the gold. Laura Trott is Britain's most successful female Olympian of

all time. A record fourth gold medal. Up towards the line. Jason

Kenny has got hit! What a ride! A golden hat-trick in Rio for Jason

Kenny. He is there. Wimbledon champion again as if the French

performance but is Murray's time in the sunshine of centre court again.

An absolute streak he has taken gold. He is obliterated the world

record. Great Britain have won the Olympic gold medal for hockey.

History makers. Taking the gold for Great Britain.

And you wonder whether dreams come true but they have today. A superb

ride from Sarah Storey and that is 12 gold medals now in Paralympic

sport. Nobody has done more than him. Leicester City other Premier

League champions. He has done everything he can. Max Whitlock,

double Olympic champion. A huge smile across the face because at

five under par, what a performance. The Masters champion in 2016. It is

such a strong field and I don't know how they will choose but there are

other awards up for grabs as well? On a list of 16 you can make a case

for all of them, you really good. Paralympian, Olympians, people from

all different sports. And there are other awards. Team of the year. The

Rugby union team who've been unbeaten all year, Paralympics GB,

Team GB. We also have two football teams, Wales who got to the

semifinals in Euro city and Leicester City. Of course. They went

on to win a Premier League title. Overseas are the coach of the year

as well. And a quick word on the ceremony itself. It is a big event.

It began in 1950 four. It is a big event. It has become a glossy and

amazing event. It really is unmissable, it really is. We will

talk more about it later. Sally will be at the ceremony tonight and on

the sofa tomorrow morning bringing back all the backstage gossip for

us. She may be a little sleepy in the morning but we have that average

here. Then with that scene because as the Sports Personality of the

Year awards take place, to mark the occasion thousands of pieces of

sporting memorabilia have been donated.

Christmas has come early for thousands of youngsters across

Birmingham helping themselves to a treasure trove of equipment and

clothing. I have been tried up all week about it... -- choked up. It

makes a massive difference to the school. The kit we have at the

school, we just about get by. The kids having this kit will be so

proud. It has been amazing. It is like Christmas early. It will make

an amazing difference. Having this kit will make us better because we

have the actual kids. It started in October when 50 collection cages

were set up around Birmingham. This idiot was chosen because it is

hosting the Sports Personality of the Year ceremony. An appeal went

out to get people to fill big cage with their unwonted sports items.

The response was overwhelming. Some of the stuff is outstanding. We

could do four or five Olympics with all of this but at the same time. We

have iceskating. Hockey sticks galore. Tennis balls. Tennis racket.

Badminton rackets. It is absolutely amazing. Donated items also included

Dame Kelly Holmes' trainers, and some of the kit we used in BBC

Breakfast sport features. We have a pair of goggles in the snorkelling

piece I did in rows. I have cleaned them. Not just any old Frisbee, this

is an old Frisbee used in the World Championships of freestyle -- Wales.

The Reclaim sport project has been run by BBC in partnership with the

local council and sport Birmingham. With a bit gold-medallists helping

to sister it. Dirty socks. So important. I got my first stick for

my coach. I clung onto it. Literally just playing the whole time. My

parents hated it. I would be smashing the bedroom was. Some

people don't have that kind of opportunity and that privilege to

get given a stick. We know how children grow out of things so

quickly. Why can't we just collect them and give them to others that

need them? More than 80 schools and community sports clubs across

Birmingham are now getting the donations. And some even got their

hands on the coveted sports personality Trophy. Not that they

get to keep this bit of equipment. Fantastic. Time for the weather. We

were talking earlier about mist and fog, but there is a technical

definition that defines one of the other.

It is all about how far you can see. Once it goes beyond 200 metres, you

have fog. That is across the southern half this morning. Dense

fog patches at the moment. Like yesterday, slow on the roads and a

could be further cancellations and delays at some of the airport. The

fog dent in places, and it will linger into the afternoon for some.

Nine o'clock in the morning, still grey out there. South Wales and

southern counties of England, really poor visibility. Take care on the

roads. Further north, visibility is improved but a lot of cloud. Some

rain around this morning, but becoming light and patchy. We may

keep the rain into the afternoon across the western side of Scotland.

The east is doing well, and drank the Moray Firth, and breeze going

over the Grampians. It will warm up the temperatures of around 14 or 15.

Quite a warm afternoon. Elsewhere, pretty much in single figures with a

fair bit of cloud. Not much rain to speak of. Staying pretty grey across

the southern half of the UK, and great north. Into the evening, fog

will thicken across southern counties of England, south Wales

once again. Further north, visibility better, but we will see

rain creeping into the west of Scotland and maybe Northern Ireland

as well with a freshening breeze. By the end of the night, generally in

single figures. Five, six or seven degrees. Lowered the night in rural

spots. A grey start again across the southernmost counties. Fog will be

dent in places again. Lifting into low cloud. A grey afternoon. Dry

weather on Monday but a bit a bit of rain creeping into the eastern side

of England, and rain towards the west. Largely dry if other clouding.

Most places in single figures for Monday afternoon. Towards the rest

of this week, essentially a guy started the week. Tuesday into

Wednesday, wetter and windy weather developing. -- eight dry start. It

will stay windy and unsettled towards the end of the week. Thank

you. And thank you for clearing that up, mist of fog. Excuse the pun,

clearing that up. LAUGHTER

They say you know you're getting older when police officers

A 1000-strong force of "mini-cops" aged

sees the tiny uniformed volunteers take part in big public events,

and even get involved with enforcement operations

The aim is to nurture better relationships between officers

We sent Breakfast's Tim Muffett to find out more.

This primary School in Durham and the UK's youngest police for our

being brave. I have some important news about future events will be

participating in -- force. It was set up by Durham Constabulary for

children aged nine to 11. What is the main thing police do? Rescue and

help. Rescue and help. This is giving them an insight into all of

the roles the police force to. And I think it is changing children's

perceptions. I signed up because it gives you an opportunity to do stuff

that you don't normally do. I wanted to be helpful to people and I wanted

to be kind, because I don't really speak that much because I'm shy.

Have you become less shy? Less. The main aim behind the mini police is

not so much law enforcement and more limited engagement -- yes. Begin the

process early and it is hoped the benefits could be profound.

MUSIC PLAYS A lantern parade in Durham city

centre, and the mini police are on patrol, overseen by the man who set

up the project. First initial contact between the police and

children, often it is negative. What we are doing with the programme is

trying to have that first contact being positive, and that will stay

with them into adult. We would like to see that all forces in England

and Wales and Scotland, we take on the project, because it is important

that as a police force we engage with our next generation. We get

lots of different information about how the police force works. They are

learning to respect what the police force to. I don't did they realise

how much goes on behind the scenes. I like how it can give people

support and help people out. Merseyside police have set up a

similar scheme. Other forces say they are interested in doing the

same. When it comes to community policing, Durham Constabulary leaves

this is the way forward. -- believes. They are doing good work

there. They are. All of that coinciding because next week we are

running a series of special reports here on BBC Breakfast looking at

police Britain. We'll look at the challenges

officers face, and discuss issues including

historical abuse and what drives our The series starts tomorrow,

when Breakfast's John Maguire will be reporting live

from a custody suite where police detain people they've

recently arrested. Stay tuned to that over the course

of the week. Head judge Len Goodman described him

as "the spirit of Strictly". Our very own Ore salsa-ed

and shimmied this way from dancing Guided from week-to-week

by professional partner Joanne Clifton, Ore beat singer

Louise Redknapp and back We'll discuss this in more

detail in a moment, but first let's remind ourselves

of some of the series highlights. It just felt like a dream. I am

loving the red carpet. We were just going to pull it off.

MUSIC PLAYS CHEERING

I don't blame them! MUSIC PLAYS

We're joined on the sofa by Strictly super fan Lisa Lewis,

and the TV critic Emma Bullimore is in our London studio.

We can talk over the whole series. First of all, what was your

highlight? The final was spectacular. It was brilliant. I was

really impressed with it as well. Just the whole show, from the show

dances, the judges' choices, the couples picking their own dance, I

think they all chose breakdancers to show us again, which was great. The

whole flow of the show was great. It is a TV -based. 11.3 million people

watching the final last night according to make latest figures. It

was incredible. The atmosphere was absolutely electric. The highlight

was the show dance, and so often the series is won and lost on a show

dance. I think it was proof of that last night. After that, the crowd

went wild, and I'm sure everyone was picking up their phone to vote. We

talk about the journey, because it is either about the dancing or the

journey. With Ore Oduba, you got both. He was a farm in all --

phenomenal dancer. No dance experience unlike Danny and the

ways. Lang Goodman said that is the spirit of Strictly. That is what

people like to see -- Len Goodman. That was singing in the rain. You

have been following it all as a super fan. What was the highlight

for you over all? Overspeed the final last night was a spectacular,

but when you look back at the series, they have been some

surprises. They really have. We probably have to mention Ed Balls.

To me, that was a surprise. We do the in the beginning were talking

about Ed Balls and going, he will be in for a couple of weeks and then

out. He was in for a while. He went on the stick the journey, and he

really improved -- Strictly. We can see his dancing getting better. That

is what it is about, taking someone who can't dance, who has never

danced before, and teaching them a new school. Ore Oduba may be pitted

up a little better than Ed Balls, but it has been a truly great season

-- may be picked it up. I loved it from start to finish. Ed Balls

embraced the questions as well. That is something you are interested in.

Very much so. When we spoke to him in week one and he was dressed in a

suit for the wilds and it was very parliamentary and what we expected,

we thought after a couple of weeks he will be gone -- wants. There we

saw him would be grim face and the yellow suit. I thought it was great,

bring it on -- green face. When we look at who was in the final, lots

of trials and tribulations. Were the right people in the final? I think

so. I really like Danny Mac. I think he is the best dancer the show has

ever had. In a way it was a shame that cannot win. However, as he

said, it is about a journey, and Ore Oduba had more of a journey. It was

the correct three finalists. They brought so much to the show. Lots of

people talk about whether Ed Balls could have made before I know. It

would not have been right, but it was greatly contributed so much --

the final. When we are looking at Louise in action, a stickler for the

Royals. He held them to account and is critical if they broke any rules.

What will his departure mean for the show, Len Goodman? -- rules.

Everybody loves him. They did a tribute and said what a gentleman he

is. They did a beautiful dance club him. We will miss him. -- just for

him. There will definitely be a whole. We will be thinking about him

in many more series to come. Are you looking forward to the next series?

Of course. Very much so. Who would you like to see in it? We have done

it on our podcast. We would love to see Anna McKendrick. We would love

to see and have a way. We are going big Hollywood stars -- and Hadaway.

Good to see you both. We will talk more about it. Thank you. Nice to

see you. We'll have a in-depth look

through the Sunday papers That's after the headlines,

in just a moment. Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Ben Thompson and Sian Lloyd. Swear an oath to uphold

British values - new government plans to make

all people in public office defend rights such as democracy

and equality. The proposal - from the Communities

Secretary Sajid Javid - follows a report warning

of increasing ethnic segregation. Good morning, it's Sunday

the 18th of December The former UKIP leader,

Nigel Farage says he wants to be a bridge between Britain

and President Trump, but he claims ministers are banned

from talking to him. Opening up about the pressures

of royal life - Prince Harry says he feels lucky that he can make

a difference through his charity For me personally, an escape. Now

not only have found that escape but I've found a way to try and use the

name and the for good. In sport - Chelsea make

it 11-straight wins Diego Costa's goal against

Crystal Palace puts them nine points BBC sport presenter and occasional

resident of this sofa - Ore Oduba - takes

the Strictly crown. Some dense fog patches in the

southern half of the UK. That could linger well on into the afternoon.

Better visibility north but more clout. Very little rain to speak of.

All holders of public office will have to swear an oath

of allegiance to British values in an attempt to tackle extremism.

The Communities Secretary, Sajid Javid, says people can't play

a positive role in public life unless they accept basic values

like democracy, equality and freedom of speech.

The proposal follows a recent report that warns of growing ethnic

Our political correspondent Mark Lobel is in our

Mark, Why is the Communities Secretary doing this?

Principally, the community sector wants to make sure that ethnic

minorities don't suffer from low wages and high unemployment. It is a

touching example of am writing into that today's Sunday Times who

couldn't speak English so he had to act as an interpreter. She can now.

It's not just about speaking English, he wants immigrants to

integrate and shared British values and thinks the oath is one way to

ensure that public bodies themselves will condone harmful religious

practices, too. And the former UKIP

leader, Nigel Farage, has said he still wants to be

a bridge between Britain and the incoming Trump

administration in the United States. Indeed. How many times do we see him

jetting off to Trump Tower is? I think three so far since Donald

Trump has become President-elect. Now he wants to see bank to his buck

and this is what his told Radio 4. I just think, if you wanted to get

business from the biggest company in the world and there was someone

there who had the contacts and connections, the first year do is

employ that person because that's how the world works. I find the fact

that Downing Street don't want to acknowledge me, have banned a

Cabinet ministers from even talking to me, it shows you the very

small-minded, petty, tribal level but reddish politics is that. It's a

shame. -- British. At a bigger Theresa May is going to budge from

that position but we are waiting from Downing Street to tell us.

Also, race hate crimes are going up since the vote on the 23rd of June

curse to leave the EU. Nigel Farage's response is that he himself

has been the subject of ten death rates in just the last two weeks. --

death threat. You can hear the full

interview with Nigel Farage on Broadcasting House

on BBC Radio 4 today at 9am. The UN Security Council is expected

to vote today on a French proposal to send observers to the Syrian city

of Aleppo to monitor Reports from Syria suggest a deal

is near that would allow the thousands of civilians

and fighters from rebel-held parts A group of MPs says the government

must not use the introduction of new mayors across England next

year to shirk its responsibility to properly fund

public services. The Public Accounts Committee says

there needs to be more clarity about who is spending taxpayers'

money and where responsibility lies, but ministers say the new roles

will help communities take control Prince Harry has revealed he no

longer struggles with his royal role, and says he feels the need

to "make something" of his life. Speaking in an ITV documentary

about his charity work in Lesotho, the prince

said losing his mother at a young age made him

question his position, but that he now views life

"very, very differently". Prince Harry looks in his

element as he helps out in a centre teaching life skills

to people suffering from HIV. It is run by a charity

co-founded ten years They have helped over 21,000 people,

many of them teenagers. And Harry's clearly

passionate about his work. HIV/Aids is the number one killer

of adolescents across sub-Saharan Here you have a bunch of kids

who have no idea about HIV. They are not allowed

to talk about it. And now that we have the drugs

and pills to give, these kids are healthy, happy

long lived yet we're not educating them or empowering

them to make their own decisions. He first visited Africa in 1997,

not long after the death Says he still feels

the connection to the continent. I think the first time that I went

to Africa I was tiny. I think I went to

a Spice Girl concert Not only do i have an escape I have

found a way to try and use my name and use my name and

position for good. In recent weeks, his relationship

with actress Meghan Markle has In the past he resented his position

and wanted to bury his head now, though, he is excited to be

able to use his profile to help both less fortunate.

"Prince Harry In Africa" will be broadcast on ITV at 9pm on Monday.

If you didn't catch Strictly last night and don't

Our own Ore Oduba and his partner Joanne Clifton took home

the glitterball trophy in last night's Strictly Come Dancing final

- beating fellow competitors Danny Mac and Louise Redknapp.

Last night also marked Len Goodman's last appearance

as a judge as our Entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba reports

The moment that for a Dubai was crowned, he was voted the winner

after a public vote during the evening's final. The BBC sport

presenter banked the show and paid tribute to his dance partner. --

franked. Jelena queue are the most incredible person. This has been the

most amazing incredible experience of my life. Della Macaffer is the

dance, I made a best friend and I've been on the show that I've loved for

12 years. -- have learnt the dance. His performances were of three

dancers. An American smooth. Showdowns. -- showdowns.

And a jive. The latter two routines were given perfect scores by the

judges. For many, a close runner-up was Ed Hall. The former Shadow

Chancellor's lack of dance skills making the result of consistently

loaded scores. But he was kept in the contest week after week by votes

from the programme's US who entertained by his routines which

included a gang style dance. -- gang members

. It was also lend Goodman's last appearance in the series and he was

given a standing ovation in the studio. Len Goodman has led the

programme since 12 years ago. We'll be talking all things Strictly

throughout the programme - speaking to a Strictly

"superfan" just before seven, and to Joanne and Kevin Clifton's

parents just after eight. A photograph of the Queen

and the Prince of Wales has been released to mark the end

of the monarch's 90th birthday year. The previously unseen

picture, taken by fashion photographer Nick Knight,

shows mother and son in the White Drawing Room

at Windsor Castle before the final night of the Queen's

birthday celebrations Thousands of people are still

stranded in the Syrian city of Aleppo enduring

freezing temperatures - despite government assurances

they would be able to leave. At least 6,000 residents left

eastern Aleppo under a fragile truce on Thursday,

but the operation was halted The Red Cross says it's hopeful

an agreement is close that will mean the evacuation can

once again resume. Christine Latif from global aid

charity World Vision joins us now from Istanbul in

neighbouring Turkey. I know you are in constant contact

with your teams on the ground. Could you put us up-to-date with the

current situation? The situation inside Aleppo is chaotic. Our teams

are starting to receive the evacuees that are coming into Idlib from

Aleppo. The stories they are telling a completely horrific. It seems the

evacuation, even when it did work, was quite chaotic and there are a

horrible stories of children being squashed or pushed away from the

buses as they are trying to get loaded. People are so desperate to

get out of that city right now. And you speak about the situation from

the people from Aleppo. The biggest problem is the fighting and the

bombing but also the severe cold. That is causing huge problems for

people who are trying to leave. Absolutely, is causing problems both

as they are trying to leave but also those who have left. For those who

are trying to leave, we have the most horrible stories. People

getting cordoned into a smaller and smaller area as they try to escape

the fighting through this warren of underground buildings. They don't

necessarily have electricity and they are burning whatever they can

find a heating. We have heard from people who arrived at the shelters

that as they were waiting for the buses, sometimes five or more hours,

they got so-called they literally burnt the luggage that they have

been able to bring with them. It is so heartbreaking. Once they've

reached the centres, some people are lucky enough to have family in the

area and are taken in by their family. For others, they are being

kept in these huge hangar is because it is literally the only space

available for all of the people that we are hoping to be able to help. It

is down to four degrees or even lower around Aleppo in the moment.

It is simply just, we can't do enough to keep them warm. We also

saw the evacuations were halted on Friday. Is there any suggestion that

that evacuation and that process can now resume, that it is safe?

Unfortunately, we have had two times where the evacuations were ceased.

People were left on the street in great danger. In both cases, firing

and the dropping of bombs started very quickly and we do think people

were injured as they were waiting to the buses that never came. We do

however have hoped that today, and heard yesterday that evacuations

would commence and that -- again. And we hope it is going to hold for

long enough to get the remaining civilians out of Aleppo. We had a

bad at being a solution to this problem, the evacuation. But there

is a lot of suggestion that the people that you waiting Aleppo and

is being moved to cities that are facing very, very similar problems

themselves. Absolutely. The evacuations out of Aleppo are not a

solution. They are short-term solution Band-Aid. We are starting

to worry that we are cordoning people into a smaller and smaller

area. The only solution for Syria is for a long-term peaceful solution to

be reached where families can move back to Syria and rebuild their

lives. People we evacuated out of Aleppo are very clear to us, they

want to go home. They don't want to stay in a temperate shelter, they

don't want to stay with family members, even those we work with in

Turkey do not want to stay here, they want to go home. We need to be

able to make that happen. We are also hearing that the UN security

council will decide later whether to send monitors into Aleppo to keep an

eye on the evacuation process. What difference would that make it indeed

it does go ahead? It would be amazing to have monitors on the

ground. We did here before the official ceasefire and evacuations

took place that people were trying to escape through other routes out

of eastern Aleppo and there were all sorts of rumours to things happening

to them. Detentions, the men of the correct age being taken off and

forced into the army, women being raped, children and women being

taken out of their homes or even killed inside their homes. Because

the communication from Aleppo is so spotty, it would be amazing to have

a reliable group of people inside the city who were there to monitor

the situation and ensure that things don't happen like this. Thank you

for the update. You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. The Communities Secretary,

Sajid Javid, has called for all holders of public office

to swear an oath to British values Nigel Farage says he wants to be

a "bridge" between Britain and the incoming US Trump

administration, but claims Cabinet ministers have been banned

from talking to him. And now look at this morning's

weather. Hello again. It is still foggy and misty. It may linger into

the afternoon for some places. It is especially dense across the southern

half of England and south Wales. Like yesterday, slow on the roads,

and there could be delays at airports. Bear that in mind if you

have travel plans. That could linger into the afternoon. Patchy rain

further north this morning. That will be a dying breed. The fog is

dense and could linger into the afternoon for some places. That will

keep it cold. The winds are light and it is essentially dry across the

southern half of the UK. Patchy rain to this morning across northern

parts of England into central Scotland. A lot will fade in the

next couple of hours. Rain going in the western side of Scotland. It

will be patchy to the afternoon. A south-westerly breeze up and over

the Grampian is warming up. Decent temperatures around the Moray Firth.

Around 14 or 15 degrees in a few places. Typically, nine or 10

degrees for Aberdeen and Glasgow. Double figures in the south if you

are lucky. Most places will be 7-9. Chilly as the fog lingers. If the

fog is with you into the afternoon, it will thicken to the evening. It

will be dense again towards the small hours of Monday morning. Bear

that in mind for Monday morning. Intense fog patches across the south

of the UK. Further north, dry weather and you get to the west of

Scotland where there will be wet and windy weather getting into Northern

Ireland. A chilly start with single figures across the board. Rain in

the north-west. Windy, but the rain becomes patchy. In between, a vote

of dry but rather cloudy weather. Not overly one. Single figures for

most places. The winds are light. -- warm. Things will change to this

coming week. It starts on a pretty reasonable note with dry weather. On

Tuesday into Wednesday, we started developed wet weather. It will turn

windy as well. The wind and rain will be a key feature as we head

towards the latter part of the coming week. Back to you. Thank you

very much. More than 200 million women around

the world are victims of female genital mutilation, according

to the World Health Organisation. Now officers who specialise

in fighting FGM are spending the run up to Christmas

trying to stop young girls from being taken abroad and forced

to undergo the practice Our Home Affairs correspondent

June Kelly reports. Heathrow Airport, and families have

already started heading off for Christmas. Sergeant Natalie of the

Met Police is briefing colleagues, officers from the Border Force, and

charity workers. We need to make sure we are engaging with passengers

and trying to identify if any offences have taken place. This team

are on the lookout for young girls who are being taken to countries,

often in Africa and the Middle East, where female genital manipulation is

practice. Are you able to quickly tell me roughly how many people are

on board the flight today, please? -- mutilation. Families know they

can use the Christmas holidays to take a child abroad to undergo FGM.

Thinking bit during the school break, she will have time to

recover. Police say a goal can be told it is part of the Christmas

celebrations, and being a woman -- girl. But a campaigner who works at

the airport team says the humanities have to learn that FGM is child

abuse. She was cut as a six-year-old in Somalia. You are going through

emotional and psychological things. You are physically in pain

constantly, but nobody ever sits down and says, let's talk about what

happened. That never happens. It is done, that is it. You have to move

on after that. The team are concerned about one youngster who

has been taken out of school before the official end of term. A phone

call to be school confirms her mother's story as to why they are

travelling. They are finally allowed to board. This is our last

opportunity to engage with families before they fly to countries where

FGM and other harmful practices might be conducted in the school

holiday period. We are speaking to people to see what they know about

it. A big part of this exercise is trying to raise awareness of FGM. I

don't big it should be practised on any little girl, never ever. I am so

happy to see them around, making a campaign like this -- think. The

airport team will be back at Heathrow in the coming week, trying

to spot young girls who could be vulnerable, and to stop them from

travelling and suffering this Christmas.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

Time now for a look at the newspapers.

Robert Meakin is here to tell us what's caught this eye.

Lots to get through. Some really nice choices.

The Sunday Times - loyalty oath for all public office holders.

That is our top story today. This is the suggestion that in order to

combat extremism, Savage avid says it is not possible for people to

play a positive role in public life unless they accept basic values

including democracy, equality and freedom of speech. -- Sajid Javeed.

The Sunday Telegraph - pressure on May as unions run

The Observer - union boss under attack for acting

It says Jeremy Corbyn's most powerful union ally is coming under

ferocious attack funnymen seeking to end his six-year reign in charge of

Britain's biggest union, Unite. The Mail on Sunday -

the Great Foreign Aid Freeze. Taxpayer funded deals with millions

of pounds have been frozen after ministers ordered a wide-ranging

probe into what it calls poverty barons who have been profiting from

the business. Sunday Express - Brexit fuels

festive shopping bonanza. You have to read inside to work out

how they have come up with that. Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this

year so buyers have been given an extra Saturday of spending on

Christmas Eve. Not quite sure why but it means we get an extra date

for Christmas shopping, but that is different story on the Sunday

Express. -- headline story. Robert Meakin, what

have you picked out? There is this new documentary about

Prince Harry, and he says he is more at ease now with his role in public

life. Whether you are loyalist or not, there is no doubt it is an

unusual and weird existence to give as a prince under the microscope. He

is frank about it. He struggled as a younger men, as a kid. The second

stances with his mother. It took him a long time to find his role in his

identity. He went into the armed forces. He said he is now in the

right groove with the job until he understands his role. Also not been

the air to the throne but the younger brother, it is tricky

territory. The playboy prince, all of that stuff. I think now he does

come across as a guy who is pretty much at ease with himself and to be

public spotlight, as much as you can be. We are talking about us. Michael

Sheen, the actor, in the Observer today, it says he is looking to

scale down acting for the time being and change his plans for the future

to focus on political activism. It would be a remarkable twist if this

is true. He is one of our most acclaimed current actors. He has

cracked Hollywood. Ironically we are talking about politics, and he is

famous for playing Tony Blair three times on screen. Now he says he is

going to give that up to relocate to his own native Port Talbot in Wales

as a political activist. In the Observer, they say it is easy to be

cynical about actors being involved in politics. Celebrities do get a

bad press getting involved in politics. Donald Trump with all of

the celebrities rating against him. It did not do any good. All of the

celebrities use supported the Labour Party -- who supported. It doesn't

yet true with the voters. I suppose there is one thing of the

celebrities getting involved from the sidelines and saying, I think

you should support this and do this, but to put your money where your

mouth is and go out and be an activist... He is involved a lot

into mini to grips. In while he has spoken out a lot about homelessness

-- in community groups. Not a huge leap for what he has been doing on a

small scale. The men who played Tony Blair might be a future Labour

leader. Anything is possible these days. You are absolutely right. I

love this story, Christmas karaoke. Jeremy Corbyn's Christmas karaoke

meltdown. Jeremy Corbyn stormed out of a party because MPs were

chanting, we want Tony. Explain that. We should take it with a pinch

of salt, probably. It is kind of symbolic of another eventful year in

the Labour Party where even a karaoke Christmas party could not

quite go all that smoothly without a bit of a fallout. It is suggested

some Labour MPs possibly having indulged in the festive spirit

started saying things could only get better, famous for being the Tony

Blair in them. And back in the USSR is another number that may have led

to Jeremy Corbyn making a hasty exit. But we know it has been such

an eventful year for the Labour leader to put it politely. But he is

still standing. People wrote him off a long time but he is still there.

Unfortunately a lot of his Labour colleagues do not want in there. I

would love to see the quality of the singing in a karaoke session. Len

Goodman living Strictly. It has been emotional. Lots of people talking

about it on social media -- living. And people saying he will want to be

back. Don't believe it, you will get bored and fidgety really quickly. It

is hard to imagine the show without him. It was hard to imagine the show

without Bruce Forsyth and it has gone on and done really well. It

will be interesting to see who fills those considerable shoes. The

bookies are talking about a few names. But it is a big call. It is a

big cog in the Strictly machine. His head judge. You need to have a

certain amount of authority and technical knowledge. I don't think

Craig will want to do it because he enjoys his role as the pantomime

villain. I don't think Bruno would want it. I wonder if they will go

with Darcy. We watch. Nobody is telling us anything. When is it OK

to wear a Christmas jumper? Apparently not in the pub. There has

been a bit of a backlash. I admit something embarrassing involving a

few too many bottles. Why didn't you wear it this morning? -- baubles. I

should have one. Willie Christmas jumpers are now being blocked from

stag parties. -- Wallin. Bear in mind if we happened to go somewhere

in the next three days, maybe keep it indoors. Nice to see you. We will

talk again later. The Andrew Marr Programme is coming

up on BBC One later this morning. There has never been a political

deal like this one. Before we leave 2016, we will look at what an

extraordinary year it has been the typical part of that story, George

Osborne, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, sacked by Theresa

May, in his first property the interview since then. In the new

trade Secretary, Liam Fox, in charge of taking us into this bold New

World in the first interview since he was made trade Secretary. We have

much more. Peter Capaldi, the BBC choir and much more, but above all,

Liam Fox and George Osborne at nine o'clock.

This is breakfast. Coming up before eight o'clock, a full weather

forecast. It is misty and foggy out there, if you have ventured to the

curtains this morning. But first, a summary of the menus. All holders of

public office will have to swear an oath of allegiance to British values

in an attempt to tackle extremism. The Communities Secretary,

Sajid Javid, says people can't play a positive role in public life

unless they accept basic values like democracy, equality

and freedom of speech. The proposal follows a recent report

that warns of growing ethnic The UN Security Council is to vote

today on whether to send observers to the Syrian city of Aleppo,

where thousands of civilians One charity has told the BBC this

morning that a deal has been reached to restart

the evacuation of east Aleppo. The process collapsed on Friday,

leaving many stranded in freezing and dangerous conditions

near the front lines. The former UKIP leader Nigel Farage

has said he wants to be a bridge between Britain and the incoming

Trump administration But Mr Farage told Radio 4's

Broadcasting House that Downing Street didn't

want to acknowledge him and claimed Cabinet ministers had been banned

from talking to him. I just think, if you wanted to get

is this from the biggest company in the world and there was someone

there that have the contacts and connections, the first year do is

kind -- employ that person. The fact that Downing Street don't want to

talk to me, they have banned cabinet ministers from talking to me, it

shows you the small-minded, dirty, tribal level that British politics

is that and it's a shame. Prince Harry has revealed he no

longer struggles with his royal role, and says he feels the need

to "make something" of his life. Speaking in an ITV documentary

about his charity work in Lesotho, the prince

said losing his mother at a young age made him

question his position, but he now views life

very, very differently. If you didn't catch Strictly

last night and don't Our own Ore Oduba and his partner

Joanne Clifton took home the glitterball trophy in last

night's Strictly Come Dancing final - beating fellow competitors

Danny Mac and Louise Redknapp. 15 contestants had started

the competition, with Ore calling his eventual victory

"the most incredible experience Last night also marked Len Goodman's

last appearance as a judge. We are here with the sport now. You

don't want to see me dancing, I tell you. He did well. So did Chelsea.

Every time Chelsea have been top of the Premier League at Christmas

They'll be top again this year - and what a lead they've built up

thanks to that win at Crystal Palace yesterday.

With new of that and the rest of yesterdays action,

There is always something special about being number one at Christmas.

Having found the red, it is Chelsea who have found the spot next year --

Maev Beaty. The goal from their front man enough to see off Crystal

Palace. Good from the players. The way they fight in every game. It's

fantastic. I think we can improve. And also, I am pleased for the fans.

Chelsea on top going into the festive period is now for everyone

else to work out how to deal with the post- Christmas blues. A year to

the day since he was sacked Chelsea, things are looking bright from Jose

Mourinho. Zlatan in -- in the approval

. For the reigning champions, at least in the first hard at Stoke,

Jamie Vardy sent off before going to kneel down. Manager Claudio Ranieri

incensed but still defying the odds is what his side seems to do best.

Proving there is always hope, especially this time of year.

Middlesbrough now is have a little more. They stay off the bottom

thanks largely to this penalty decision at West Ham. Mark Noble's

goal enough to defeat a luckless Hull City. Sunderland remain in the

bottom two. There was only one goal against Watford. Celebrations but

plenty of concern. Celtic have retained their position.

But placed, they took the lead through Bjorn Johnson. The games at

kill my neck and Johnson were also draws.

It's day three of the final test between India and England

It's been a bit of a struggle for the tourists.

India resumed on 66 without loss in reply to England's 477.

Rahul and Parthiv set about surpassing

that total, both passing 50 with little challenge

It's going to be a long hard day in the field for England

Parthiv was eventually dismissed for 71 with his replacement Pujara

going cheaply into the hands of Alastair Cook.

He swatted his way to a century and since lunch India have moved

on to 200-2 They've already won the series.

To rugby union and it was a busy day of European Champions Cup action

yesterday with Leicester snatching a late 18-16 win

Owen Williams kicked a long-range penalty in the dying

moments after a converted try had put Munster ahead.

Last weekend Leicester were thrashed 38-0 by to Munster,

but this result keeps their hopes of reaching

Wasps were unbeaten in Europe this season, but that ended in dramatic

Wasps had led 18-13 until Naulia Dawai slid in.

And Jack Carty had the tricky conversion to win it -

and hit it straight through the middle.

20-18 to Connacht the final score, and look what it meant

There were also wins for Leinster and Exeter.

Snooker, and John Higgins will face Marco Fu in the final

Higgins staged a remarkable comeback against world number four Judd

The Scot was 5-1 down at one stage but a break of 110 in the seventh

set him on course to win five frames in a row and seal a 6-5 victory.

And in the last hour, 51-year Bernard Hopkins have

lost his final fight, and he was knocked out of the ring

His opponent Joe Smith Junior put Hopkins through the ropes -

And Hopkins ended up on his back being helped by the crowd in eighth

He recovered and was given medical attention.

A remarkable end to his 28-year boxing career.