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:00:00. > :00:07.with Roger Johnson and Naga Munchetty.

:00:08. > :00:09.Train passengers are warned of delays, diversions

:00:10. > :00:12.and cancellations as the biggest ever upgrade to our

:00:13. > :00:27.I'm here at Ealing Broadway, where passengers will have to use this

:00:28. > :00:29.because Paddington is close to two trains for the next six days. --

:00:30. > :00:39.closed. Good morning, it's Christmas Eve,

:00:40. > :00:44.Saturday, the 24th of December. Actress Carrie Fisher is rushed

:00:45. > :00:47.to hospital after a suspected heart Calls for unity as the Prime

:00:48. > :00:54.Minister uses her Christmas message together after Brexit and a year

:00:55. > :00:58.of division. Sam Allardyce is the new manager

:00:59. > :01:04.of Crystal Palace, he signs a two-and-a half-year deal

:01:05. > :01:09.replacing Alan Pardew. If you've always wondered how

:01:10. > :01:14.Father Christmas can travel so far in just one night, we'll hear

:01:15. > :01:16.from a science professor And Nick has the festive

:01:17. > :01:29.forecast for us. Good morning. Storm Barbara may be

:01:30. > :01:33.pulling away from the UK but it remains windy today, tomorrow and

:01:34. > :01:35.into Boxing Day. The latest on the blustery Christmas forecast coming

:01:36. > :01:37.up. Extensive railway engineering works

:01:38. > :01:41.are starting across Britain today, the Christmas break.

:01:42. > :01:44.being carried out over Passengers in London,

:01:45. > :01:46.Manchester and Cardiff are expected to be the hardest hit by the works,

:01:47. > :01:49.which may cause delays, Our reporter Jane-Frances Kelly

:01:50. > :02:04.is at Ealing Broadway There's a very good reason that you

:02:05. > :02:11.are there. Explain why. Good morning. Yes. A lot of GW are

:02:12. > :02:16.passengers are going to have to come here because Paddington is closed

:02:17. > :02:21.for the next six days for upgrades and maintenance work. -- GWR. Work

:02:22. > :02:27.will be done on Crossrail and the Heathrow Express. If people have a

:02:28. > :02:32.lot of luggage or their disabled they can go to three other

:02:33. > :02:36.designated stations in London. Also Liverpool Street station is

:02:37. > :02:39.affected, which will be closed between the 24th of December and the

:02:40. > :02:45.second of January and London Bridge too jarring cross between the 24th

:02:46. > :02:50.and the 28th. It's not just London, its Manchester -- London Bridge to

:02:51. > :02:54.Charrington. It is too and from the city's airport, Eccles, Salford

:02:55. > :03:00.Crescent until the second of January. And services from

:03:01. > :03:06.Manchester, Piccadilly and Warrington bank key will be replaced

:03:07. > :03:11.by buses and Cardiff is undergoing a major signalling upgrade programme

:03:12. > :03:15.and that means replacement buses between Cardiff Central, Bridgend,

:03:16. > :03:20.Newport and the Valleys from the 27th of December until the third of

:03:21. > :03:25.January. This is the biggest Christmas upgrade by Network Rail.

:03:26. > :03:30.There will be 24,000 engineers on up to 200 sites and their investing

:03:31. > :03:33.?103 million. Jane-Frances Kelly, thank you very much indeed and she

:03:34. > :03:38.is at Ealing Broadway. And at 9:10am we'll be speaking

:03:39. > :03:41.to the Travel Editor Meanwhile, more disruption

:03:42. > :03:44.to transport in Scotland is expected Winds of up to 120 miles an hour

:03:45. > :03:50.were recorded yesterday, and rail, road and ferry travel

:03:51. > :03:54.is again expected to be hampered for the Northern Isles on Boxing

:03:55. > :03:59.Day. The Met Office has

:04:00. > :04:01.named it Storm Conor, we'll bring you a full forecast

:04:02. > :04:04.and look ahead to this The American actor Carrie Fisher,

:04:05. > :04:08.best known for her role as Princess Leia in

:04:09. > :04:10.the Star Wars films, is in intensive care

:04:11. > :04:12.in a Los Angeles hospital She had been in the UK

:04:13. > :04:16.promoting her memoirs when she was taken ill on a flight

:04:17. > :04:20.from London to the US. Let's speak now to Peter Bowes

:04:21. > :04:33.who is in Los Angeles What do we know about Miss Fisher's

:04:34. > :04:36.condition? We know she was heading back from London to Los Angeles for

:04:37. > :04:41.Christmas, she lives here in Beverly Hills, and the flight was about 15

:04:42. > :04:46.minutes out from landing when she had what the emergency services are

:04:47. > :04:51.describing as a cardiac episode, that's been interpreted as a heart

:04:52. > :04:54.attack. Apparently there were a number of medical personnel on the

:04:55. > :04:58.flight, there were some nurses and people tried to help her but she was

:04:59. > :05:03.reportedly unresponsive at that stage. The plane was met on the

:05:04. > :05:09.tarmac by paramedics who also tried to work on her, she was then taken

:05:10. > :05:13.to hospital. We know from Carrie Fisher's brother, Todd, that she is

:05:14. > :05:18.in intensive care. Earlier he said that she had been in a critical

:05:19. > :05:21.condition, was then in a stable condition but later clarified that

:05:22. > :05:27.he doesn't know what her condition is and simply appeal to people as

:05:28. > :05:31.they are doing to pray for the best, that she is in intensive care and

:05:32. > :05:35.the doctors are doing their best. We've seen a bit of her recently

:05:36. > :05:42.because she had been promoting her work? Yes, the Princess Diarist is

:05:43. > :05:48.her latest book. She's a prolific writer, not just as I write but as a

:05:49. > :05:54.screenplay writer in Hollywood. This is an autobiography, her latest, and

:05:55. > :06:00.in it she revealed her affair with Harrison Ford during the making of

:06:01. > :06:06.Star Wars in 1970s X -- a writer. It was a three-month affair. -- 1976.

:06:07. > :06:12.She became a huge star after that film in her early twenties. That

:06:13. > :06:17.really is the hallmark of her career. She went on to do other

:06:18. > :06:22.things, a lot of writing, but it is really as Princess Leia that she is

:06:23. > :06:24.for ever known for. Peter, thanks for talking to us. Peter Bowes in

:06:25. > :06:25.Los Angeles. Israel has angrily rejected a UN

:06:26. > :06:28.Security Council resolution demanding a halt to the building

:06:29. > :06:30.of Israeli settlements in occupied The vote passed after

:06:31. > :06:34.the United States, Israel's traditional

:06:35. > :06:35.ally, abstained, rather than

:06:36. > :06:37.using its veto. Our State Department correspondent

:06:38. > :06:43.Barbara Plett-Usher reports. In a rare show of unity,

:06:44. > :06:46.the UN Security Council passed ..voting that they had become

:06:47. > :06:55.a serious threat to a viable peace It was that conviction which led

:06:56. > :07:01.the US to withhold its customary protection of Israel

:07:02. > :07:04.at the council, although not The Israelis had managed to delay

:07:05. > :07:26.but not prevent the vote. They felt betrayed by their ally,

:07:27. > :07:28.especially angry about condemnation of their construction

:07:29. > :07:31.in occupied East Jerusalem. Who gave you the right

:07:32. > :07:34.to issue such a decree, denying our eternal

:07:35. > :07:36.rights in Jerusalem? Would this council have had

:07:37. > :07:39.the nerve to condemn your country Israel has long pursued a policy

:07:40. > :07:43.of building Jewish settlements on Arab land captured

:07:44. > :07:46.during the 1967 war. It insists it has the legal right

:07:47. > :07:50.to do this, but most of the world disagrees, and the UN resolution

:07:51. > :07:52.will make that argument Halting settlements was the focus

:07:53. > :07:59.of President Obama's attempts Resorting to the UN

:08:00. > :08:03.was his final act. The Palestinians embraced this

:08:04. > :08:10.as a victory for international law. But they can't expect the same

:08:11. > :08:13.from Mr Obama's successor, Donald Trump, who has sided

:08:14. > :08:16.with the Israeli government on this. The UN resolution could become

:08:17. > :08:19.a reference point for further moves against Israel in international

:08:20. > :08:22.forums, but not for the next US Barbara Plett-Usher,

:08:23. > :08:33.BBC News, Washington. Questions are being asked about

:08:34. > :08:36.the ease with which the suspect wanted for the lorry attack

:08:37. > :08:40.in Berlin was able to flee to Italy. Tunisian Anis Amri was later

:08:41. > :08:42.shot dead in Milan. People in Germany also want to know

:08:43. > :08:45.whether he was working alone when he drove into a crowded

:08:46. > :08:47.Christmas market killing 12 people and seriously

:08:48. > :08:49.injuring 12 nmore. German investigators are also

:08:50. > :08:51.looking into why security officials despite suspected links to radical

:08:52. > :08:54.Islamists. The Prime Minister has called

:08:55. > :08:57.for Britain to come together as it In her first Christmas message

:08:58. > :09:01.Theresa May says the country must prepare to forge a bold

:09:02. > :09:04.new role in the world. Meanwhile, the Labour leader

:09:05. > :09:12.Jeremy Corbyn has used his message to call for an end to rough

:09:13. > :09:14.sleeping, while the Liberal

:09:15. > :09:15.Democrats' Tim Farron called on people

:09:16. > :09:18.to welcome child refugees. Here's our political

:09:19. > :09:27.correspondent, Iain Watson. The people have spoken and the

:09:28. > :09:30.answer is we're out. The EU referendum divided not just

:09:31. > :09:36.politicians but communities and families. So against this backdrop

:09:37. > :09:37.it's perhaps not surprising that in her Christmas message, the Prime

:09:38. > :09:56.Minister appeals for unity. In a separate message recorded for

:09:57. > :09:58.the armed forces, Theresa May tells them that the government is on their

:09:59. > :10:10.side. Jeremy Corbyn says his thoughts are

:10:11. > :10:14.with those experiencing loneliness and despair at this time of year. He

:10:15. > :10:18.recently visited a homelessness charity in London and uses his

:10:19. > :10:22.Christmas message to repeat the promise he gave them. Labour has

:10:23. > :10:25.pledged to put an end to rough sleeping in our first term in

:10:26. > :10:31.government. We do that by doubling the number of homes available to

:10:32. > :10:35.people sleeping on the streets. LibDem leader of Tim Farron filmed

:10:36. > :10:38.his message at a centre for child refugees in France and he called for

:10:39. > :10:43.more tolerance. Believes traditional message was from the Greens. They

:10:44. > :10:47.say 2016 was rubbish, or words to that effect, and they hoped next

:10:48. > :10:51.year is better. But there's one thing most politicians can agree on

:10:52. > :10:52.and that is to wish their voters a Happy Christmas. Iain Watson, BBC

:10:53. > :10:56.News. The British-born astronaut,

:10:57. > :10:58.Piers Sellers, has died of pancreatic cancer

:10:59. > :11:01.at the age of 61. He was from East Sussex but became

:11:02. > :11:04.an American citizen, which allowed him to join

:11:05. > :11:06.NASA's space programme. He took part in three Space Shuttle

:11:07. > :11:09.missions between 2002 and 2010, spending a total of 35

:11:10. > :11:15.days orbiting Earth. Temperatures at the North Pole

:11:16. > :11:18.could be up to 20 degrees higher than average today

:11:19. > :11:20.in what scientists say They say an air temperature

:11:21. > :11:28.of just below freezing, instead of the usual

:11:29. > :11:29.level of about -30, The researchers say the unseasonably

:11:30. > :11:34.warm weather patterns are directly The first gorilla born in a zoo has

:11:35. > :12:01.celebrated her 60th birthday. Coco, who is also the oldest

:12:02. > :12:04.gorilla in America, celebrated by opening presents

:12:05. > :12:06.and eating lots of treats. She's mothered three children

:12:07. > :12:09.herself, and is also a grandmother, a great-grandmother,

:12:10. > :12:10.and a great-great-grandmother. Gorillas typically only have a life

:12:11. > :12:14.expectancy of 30 to 40 years, so she's got good

:12:15. > :12:15.reason to celebrate. Let's have a look at

:12:16. > :12:23.this morning's papers. The Times has a story about banks. A

:12:24. > :12:27.three year Royal and a top historian on the blacklist, traditionally used

:12:28. > :12:33.to block terrorists from having bank accounts. -- three-year-old Royal.

:12:34. > :12:40.The picture is of the Berlin truck terrorist in Milan, shot dead.

:12:41. > :12:47.Europe's open borders putting security at risk, politicians and

:12:48. > :12:50.counterterrorism experts are warning after it was urged the extremist

:12:51. > :12:54.behind the Berlin attack travelled unhindered through three countries

:12:55. > :12:59.before being killed in Italy. The picture is the Duchess of Cambridge,

:13:00. > :13:02.pictured at a Christmas Charity party. The Telegraph saying she

:13:03. > :13:11.wrote to the newspaper to thank readers for their support with those

:13:12. > :13:19.suffering from mental health issues. The whole Bake Of saga, Miranda

:13:20. > :13:24.Hart's mother could become the new Mary Berry under plans being

:13:25. > :13:30.considered by Channel 4. Can there be another Mary Berry? The front

:13:31. > :13:36.page of the Daily Mail, their picture is of the Camerons, who have

:13:37. > :13:46.flown off first class to the Caribbean. As A are forced to

:13:47. > :13:50.turn away patients, health chiefs are giving drastic advice, if you're

:13:51. > :13:57.not very well then lock your way in isolation and don't spread it. --

:13:58. > :14:01.lock yourself away. Chocolate Santas could kill, these are from the

:14:02. > :14:08.Co-op, after small batteries were found inside. They have called

:14:09. > :14:12.365,000 of them. For many people cooking Christmas lunch or Christmas

:14:13. > :14:16.dinner can be a bit of a chore but in one part of Lancashire is being

:14:17. > :14:20.used to improve people's physical and mental health. A group of young

:14:21. > :14:24.cooks in the seaside town of fleet would have taken up the challenge of

:14:25. > :14:29.dishing up a turkey dinner for the residents and it has brought a whole

:14:30. > :14:33.load of benefits. Dominic Hughes has been following the town for the last

:14:34. > :14:42.year as it tackles its health crisis. He sent this report.

:14:43. > :14:52.Get another tray and put it on the bottom. The frantic last-minute rush

:14:53. > :14:55.of a Christmas dinner. In Fleetwood, these young cooks are experiencing

:14:56. > :15:02.the heat of the kitchen. They are doing well. I am proud of them. They

:15:03. > :15:05.are doing better than me. By providing lunch for more than 30

:15:06. > :15:12.elderly people is not just about cooking. -- however. This is a

:15:13. > :15:17.chance to strengthen the community and develop broader skills. I feel

:15:18. > :15:21.like I can do something good for the community. It is a warm feeling. It

:15:22. > :15:25.is good because I get to socialise with everybody and make new friends

:15:26. > :15:32.and build my confidence and everything. And that is important in

:15:33. > :15:35.towns like Fleetwood where a strong sense of community can help overcome

:15:36. > :15:40.some serious economic and health challenges. Those lessons are

:15:41. > :15:46.reinforced at school where these young cooks are building their

:15:47. > :15:52.culinary is one of the school's most popular lessons at this level. It is

:15:53. > :15:56.not just teaching how to cook but the value of cooking and the

:15:57. > :16:00.difference a good diet can make to their health. And the teachers he is

:16:01. > :16:07.seen not only the physical benefits of a good diet, but better mental

:16:08. > :16:11.health as well. Children send pictures on their mobile phones so

:16:12. > :16:15.we can see they are still cooking at home. Many say it reduces their

:16:16. > :16:19.stress. They do not feel like they are under pressure at home and

:16:20. > :16:24.everyone is happy with what they produce. In a community where a poor

:16:25. > :16:29.diet contributes to a voidable health problems like type 2 diabetes

:16:30. > :16:34.and heart disease, educating the next generation about how to cook

:16:35. > :16:44.and what to cook is a key part of creating a healthier Fleetwood for

:16:45. > :16:47.the future. --W. Back at the West View Community Association, the

:16:48. > :16:52.cooking is finally over and dinner is served. It was lovely. Well

:16:53. > :16:59.appreciated. The Yorkshire pudding and potatoes showed that it is true

:17:00. > :17:03.that Christmas dinner is perhaps not the healthiest dinner of the year,

:17:04. > :17:10.but the skills these young chefs are learning here about cooking and also

:17:11. > :17:23.working together and community are for life and not just for Christmas.

:17:24. > :17:26.#We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

:17:27. > :17:37.Good morning. A record number of engineering works are being

:17:38. > :17:45.undertaken on the railway with 200 projects being undertaken. Theresa

:17:46. > :17:53.May has said that the UK should move forward in the next year. It is

:17:54. > :17:57.festive whether. I don't think it will be that festive. Wind storm

:17:58. > :18:04.after another. But it is warm. Good morning. You are right. For

:18:05. > :18:07.Christmas Day it will not feel like Christmas, it will feel

:18:08. > :18:12.exceptionally mild. A chill in the wind. That is the main story this

:18:13. > :18:17.weekend. Boxing Day as well. The blustery weather. Windy again today

:18:18. > :18:22.but not as windy as yesterday when of course it was Storm Barbara

:18:23. > :18:25.making the headlines. That is beginning to pull away, leaving very

:18:26. > :18:30.strong winds to begin the day at least in much of Scotland. We are

:18:31. > :18:38.all in that blustery westerly today. Then another storm system coming our

:18:39. > :18:41.way. That will bring Storm Connor for Boxing Day into the Northern

:18:42. > :18:46.Isles. A windy picture across Scotland. Some wintriness and snow

:18:47. > :18:51.and showers in northern Scotland, especially in the hills. Difficult

:18:52. > :18:56.conditions in the higher areas. Northern England as well. Hail and

:18:57. > :18:59.thunder are also possible. Light show is pushing into Wales and

:19:00. > :19:04.western parts of England to begin with. This is 9am this morning. Some

:19:05. > :19:08.sunny spells elsewhere in England. The southern half of the UK is

:19:09. > :19:12.having a decent start to the day. Showers in northern areas. The

:19:13. > :19:16.strongest winds as well. Difficult travelling conditions in northern

:19:17. > :19:22.Scotland and the Northern Isles. Winds could be in excess of 16 miles

:19:23. > :19:27.per hour at times. The chill in the wind with will bring single figure

:19:28. > :19:32.temperatures. Mild air will push into tomorrow morning. Tomorrow

:19:33. > :19:36.morning, these are the sort of temperatures we are looking at.

:19:37. > :19:41.Widely in double figures. We could see 14-15 somewhere. And

:19:42. > :19:47.exceptionally mild start to Christmas Day. Plenty of cloud

:19:48. > :19:50.around. Outbreaks of rain. Northern Ireland and Scotland and northern

:19:51. > :19:55.England and North Wales as well later in the day. Do that tomorrow

:19:56. > :20:01.in northern Scotland, cold a starting to come in. Windy across

:20:02. > :20:06.the United Kingdom again for Christmas Day. Storm Connor, this is

:20:07. > :20:10.affecting the far northern Scotland and the Northern Isles to begin

:20:11. > :20:15.Boxing Day. 90 mile for our winds could be yours. Gales in the

:20:16. > :20:20.northern half of the UK. Blustery wherever you are. Decent sunshine in

:20:21. > :20:25.southern areas. Sunshine in the north. Wintry in the hills. A chill

:20:26. > :20:28.in the wind for Boxing Day. Temperatures are up and down. It

:20:29. > :20:32.will not feel like Christmas tomorrow. Windy across the board.

:20:33. > :20:34.The good news is that things will turn more quiet from Tuesday. Back

:20:35. > :20:47.to you. Thank you. Last week we told you about a convoy

:20:48. > :20:51.travelling to Aleppo where the bitter civil war has left civilians

:20:52. > :20:57.without access to medical care. Now they have raced dozens of pounds to

:20:58. > :21:01.provide supplies and equipment. One-week of their journey has taken

:21:02. > :21:07.across the Turkish border into Syria. Not difficulties. Where did

:21:08. > :21:16.you get back? We flew back in last night. How has the convoy changed

:21:17. > :21:21.lives? We responded to a call out by a steering group of doctors, the

:21:22. > :21:24.independent doctors association, we saw the awful pictures of the

:21:25. > :21:30.children's hospital being hit in eastern Aleppo and babies being

:21:31. > :21:36.taken out and laid on the floor. The doctor I went to Syria with in 2013,

:21:37. > :21:39.we had a conversation on seeing those images and said we had to do

:21:40. > :21:45.something. That was literally only three weeks ago. And that something

:21:46. > :21:51.was the obvious one. They have destroyed... There hospitals have in

:21:52. > :21:55.destroyed. That is what the doctors need on the ground to keep

:21:56. > :22:00.functioning and operating We have no idea if it was going to work or if

:22:01. > :22:03.it was going to take off, if we were going to raise the funds. But within

:22:04. > :22:08.three weeks, not only have we reached the target, we have gone

:22:09. > :22:13.over 200% of the target. What was the target and what have you now

:22:14. > :22:17.got? It was ?91,000. That is what we knew we needed to raise to build a

:22:18. > :22:30.fully functioning paediatric hospital in outer Aleppo. And we are

:22:31. > :22:39.now out ?209,000. You mean a quarter of 1 million? Yeah. People must be

:22:40. > :22:46.surprised at those numbers. Only ?90,000 to build a hospital? Yeah.

:22:47. > :22:51.We want to be able to serve paediatric care, general cases, and

:22:52. > :22:56.another wing. That is what it can do. But now the money will allow us

:22:57. > :23:03.to extend on that and also to meet running costs, because they will add

:23:04. > :23:07.up as well. Settle the hospital be? An important question. There is a

:23:08. > :23:11.lot of this convoy we have not put out there, like the actual name of

:23:12. > :23:15.the hospital itself. Obviously not the location either. And how we did

:23:16. > :23:21.the convoy itself, it is not... You will not see pictures of a truck and

:23:22. > :23:25.cars in the convoy. We have done it discreetly. We have even pulled back

:23:26. > :23:29.a bit on the border just so the truck can merge in with lots of

:23:30. > :23:34.other vehicles so the eye is not on the kit in the hospitals. Is going

:23:35. > :23:40.to be targeted? It absolutely could be. That is why we have had a good

:23:41. > :23:45.security mind on it. How soon will you see the results and fruit of

:23:46. > :23:50.your labour? The doctors, we met the Syrian doctors and teams and we

:23:51. > :23:55.handed over the baton to them, and that was just phenomenal to have

:23:56. > :23:59.that moment, to meet the people who are actually going to be working on

:24:00. > :24:03.this. Work will start immediately because there is a need. It is a

:24:04. > :24:07.hospital. It will serve 66,000 children who are in desperate need

:24:08. > :24:12.of healthcare in that area. That is 5000 children a month. And just how

:24:13. > :24:17.much danger are these doctors in? Being a doctor in Syria is probably

:24:18. > :24:21.one of the most dangerous jobs. One of the things that I learned on my

:24:22. > :24:25.penultimate night before coming home is that some of the doctors are

:24:26. > :24:30.actually thinking of giving up medicine. They were so do moralise.

:24:31. > :24:37.You know, what else could be show the world? -- demoralised. They did

:24:38. > :24:41.not feel there was a response to help them at all. It felt like a

:24:42. > :24:49.wall of silence coming back at them. They were showing horrific pictures.

:24:50. > :24:59.So when they heard about the People's Convoy, it boosted morale,

:25:00. > :25:05.it gave the world a will to continue, and it has helped them

:25:06. > :25:07.continue in their work. A remarkable achievement. Congratulations. Let us

:25:08. > :25:17.hope it works completely. Thank you. It's the start of the busiest day

:25:18. > :25:21.of the year for one man in particular, and as we speak,

:25:22. > :25:25.Santa Claus is gearing up to get all those presents delivered

:25:26. > :25:27.to millions of children But have you ever wondered

:25:28. > :25:30.exactly how he does it? There's one professor

:25:31. > :25:35.who's got his own theory. Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin

:25:36. > :25:48.has been to meet him. This is a VIP, a very important

:25:49. > :25:50.professor. Why is that? I can scientifically prove Sandakan

:25:51. > :25:59.deliver all the presents in one night. Scientifically prove? Yes.

:26:00. > :26:03.Scientifically prove. Our search for evidence begins here in London zoo.

:26:04. > :26:10.How fast do these guys go? Estimates vary, but I reckon about 20-30 miles

:26:11. > :26:14.per hour. They are pretty fast across the snow. Not quite fast

:26:15. > :26:17.enough for what we have in mind, though. Of course, children do not

:26:18. > :26:23.need to fully understand how he does it, they just know. How can they do

:26:24. > :26:33.all of those miles in one night? Because they do exercise. OK, so

:26:34. > :26:42.they are healthy, they work out... There is a special staff! Henry, his

:26:43. > :26:47.theory, a work in progress. -- special star. Not terribly

:26:48. > :26:52.scientific, and without science, there are cynics. One night... A

:26:53. > :26:57.ridiculous idea. It doesn't some possible at all. You need scientific

:26:58. > :27:04.evidence? Oh, yeah. I need hard evidence to be convinced of anything

:27:05. > :27:09.like that. Merry Christmas! It might be enough for children to simply

:27:10. > :27:13.believe, grown-ups need more. And this is where they have come in

:27:14. > :27:27.search of the proof. Let me summarise. We have heard of

:27:28. > :27:34.Schrodingers wave? Centre could be a wave particle. He can travel 75.5

:27:35. > :27:38.million miles in just 7.5 minutes. That leaves plenty of time to eat

:27:39. > :27:48.mince pies and the presence. There is a lot more signs. For more

:27:49. > :27:53.evidence, note the Doppler shift. As the sound comes towards us it makes

:27:54. > :28:01.this noise! So, with light, as light comes towards us, we see it as blue,

:28:02. > :28:08.leaving us, we go to the red shift, and that is why Santa Claus is red.

:28:09. > :28:15.Of course he is red! I hope I have convinced you. Is that enough

:28:16. > :28:21.evidence for them? CHEERING! You see? Scientific proof! Jayne

:28:22. > :28:26.McCubbin. Just one theory, of course, on how Santa gets around on

:28:27. > :28:33.Christmas Eve. Let us know your theories! You can get in touch by

:28:34. > :28:39.e-mail or Facebook. We can tell you that Santa is setting up in the next

:28:40. > :28:42.half-hour. We have a Santa Tracker and we'll tell you exactly where he

:28:43. > :29:23.is throughout the programme. Stay with us, more headlines on the way.

:29:24. > :29:29.with Roger Johnson and Naga Munchetty.

:29:30. > :29:31.Coming up in the next few minutes, Richard

:29:32. > :29:33.will have all your sports news.

:29:34. > :29:35.But first, a summary of this morning's main stories.

:29:36. > :29:38.Train passengers across Britain are being warned they could face

:29:39. > :29:40.delays, diversions and cancellations over the Christmas break.

:29:41. > :29:43.Network Rail is beginning a record number of engineering

:29:44. > :29:45.works, and those travelling from London, Manchester and Cardiff

:29:46. > :29:54.Meanwhile, more disruption to transport in Scotland is expected

:29:55. > :30:02.Winds of up to 120mph were recorded yesterday,

:30:03. > :30:05.and rail, road and ferry travel is again expected to be hampered

:30:06. > :30:10.for the Northern Isles on Boxing Day.

:30:11. > :30:12.The Met Office has named it Storm Conor.

:30:13. > :30:21.We'll bring you a full forecast and look ahead

:30:22. > :30:23.to this in a few minutes time.

:30:24. > :30:25.The American actor Carrie Fisher is in intensive care

:30:26. > :30:28.in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack.

:30:29. > :30:31.She was taken ill on a flight from London to Los Angeles.

:30:32. > :30:34.Best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars

:30:35. > :30:37.films franchise, she had been in the UK promoting her memoirs.

:30:38. > :30:40.The UN Security Council has passed a resolution demanding a halt

:30:41. > :30:42.to Israeli settlement building on occupied Palestinian land,

:30:43. > :30:46.describing it as a flagrant violation of international law.

:30:47. > :30:48.The vote passed after the United States,

:30:49. > :30:51.Israel's traditional ally, abstained.

:30:52. > :30:53.The Israeli Prime Minister has rejected the move.

:30:54. > :30:57.A statement from his office said Israel would not abide by the terms

:30:58. > :31:03.Those are the main stories this morning.

:31:04. > :31:12.Strayed onto the sport. Richard is with us this morning. Good morning.

:31:13. > :31:17.-- straight onto. Big Sam is back. Yes, the new Crystal Palace manager.

:31:18. > :31:21.Peeking out from behind the tree. He had the brief spell with England,

:31:22. > :31:25.left under a bit of a cloud, signed a 2.5 year deal.

:31:26. > :31:27.Alan Pardew was sacked as Palace manager on Thursday,

:31:28. > :31:30.with the club just one point above the Premier League relegation zone.

:31:31. > :31:32.Palace moved quickly, saying they are fortunate

:31:33. > :31:34.that someone of Allardyce's calibre

:31:35. > :31:38.Allardyce was sacked by England after one game in charge

:31:39. > :31:41.Speaking to Palace's in house media, Allardyce recognises the scale

:31:42. > :31:47.of his task but says he's pleased to be back.

:31:48. > :31:57.As difficult and as pressurised as it is, it's where I've been

:31:58. > :32:00.comfortable for many years now and obviously you generally get a new

:32:01. > :32:04.job on the fact there's a few difficulties in the club, I have to

:32:05. > :32:09.sort those difficulties out hopefully with my experience and try

:32:10. > :32:12.and get a few more results on the board, particularly over Christmas

:32:13. > :32:14.and New Year, to make everyone feel a bit more comfortable.

:32:15. > :32:18.Aberdeen are now four points behind second placed Rangers

:32:19. > :32:22.to a 3-1 win over Motherwell at Fir Park.

:32:23. > :32:24.Both sides were awarded penalties in an incident-filled

:32:25. > :32:27.first half, but Motherwell missed theirs and Niall McGinn put

:32:28. > :32:29.the game beyond them in the final minutes.

:32:30. > :32:32.Elsewhere Dundee came from 2-0 down to beat Hearts 3-2.

:32:33. > :32:35.St Johnstone won at Kilmarnock 1-0 and Partick Thistle ended

:32:36. > :32:39.a seven-game run without a win to move off the bottom of the table

:32:40. > :33:07.Celtic and Rangers both play later today.

:33:08. > :33:09.World Rugby say they want more information from

:33:10. > :33:11.the Rugby Football Union about Northampton's apparent non

:33:12. > :33:13.compliance with concussion protocols relating to

:33:14. > :33:17.A panel ruled this week that the Saints won't face any

:33:18. > :33:20.North didn't feature last night for his club,

:33:21. > :33:23.who ended a four match losing streak by beating Sale Sharks 24-5.

:33:24. > :33:26.Northampton ran in three tries against Sale who've now lost seven

:33:27. > :33:30.While in the Pro 12, Ulster moved fourth after beating

:33:31. > :33:33.Stuart McCloskey scored the first of their two tries.

:33:34. > :33:36.The defending PDC Darts World Champion Gary Anderson is safely

:33:37. > :33:38.through to the third round at the Alexandra Palace.

:33:39. > :33:41.The 'Flying Scotsman' fired in six maximums and didn't drop

:33:42. > :33:43.a set in his win over Andrew 'Goldfinger' Gilding.

:33:44. > :33:48.Checkouts of 134 and 132 helped him secure victory 4-0.

:33:49. > :33:51.He plays 'Big Ben' Benito van de Pas in the next round.

:33:52. > :34:00.Adrian Lewis is also through. Adrian Lewis known as Jackpot. Some really

:34:01. > :34:06.creative names there for those darts players. I love them. John came up

:34:07. > :34:14.with some good ones yesterday. I can only remember mine! Naga The Glamour

:34:15. > :34:20.Munchetty. He had one for John. John The Beard Cane. Can you think of any

:34:21. > :34:23.for me? Roaring Richard. Time for a look back

:34:24. > :34:26.at what happened in the world of politics in 2016,

:34:27. > :34:28.and what a year it's been. We've seen Brexit,

:34:29. > :34:30.a change in Prime Minister, Ever feel you need to get away from

:34:31. > :35:05.through The Year in Politics. Ever feel you need to get away from

:35:06. > :35:14.it all? Ever feel you need to get away from

:35:15. > :35:26.one. I believe that this Thursday Ever feel you need to get away from

:35:27. > :35:26.steers our country to its Ever feel you need to get away from

:35:27. > :35:40.destination. Tomorrow's going to be Ever feel you need to get away from

:35:41. > :35:40.be Brexit plus, plus, plus, does that

:35:41. > :35:58.be Brexit plus, plus, plus, does I'm going to be the best Prime

:35:59. > :35:58.be Brexit plus, plus, plus, does events to think about. It was the

:35:59. > :36:10.In the first part of the year David issue that split

:36:11. > :36:16.In the first part of the year David Cameron embarked

:36:17. > :36:36.In the first part of the year David EU with his fellow leaders. It

:36:37. > :36:40.In the first part of the year David I'll take that deal but I will not

:36:41. > :36:46.take a deal that doesn't meet what we need. That involved a lot of

:36:47. > :36:50.croissants. Cameron's agreement with the Euro bosses limited benefits

:36:51. > :36:55.from migrants from the EU and exempted Britain from the idea of

:36:56. > :37:03.ever closer union. Deal done, the referendum was on. I will go to

:37:04. > :37:06.Parliament and proposed that the British people decide our future in

:37:07. > :37:10.Europe through an in/out referendum on Thursday the 23rd of June. Time

:37:11. > :37:17.for the cabin and to choose sides. Home Secretary, are you a Remainer,

:37:18. > :37:23.are you a pair of outers? Chancellor, I'm guessing you're an

:37:24. > :37:27.inner, aren't you? Six front benches joined the official Out campaign

:37:28. > :37:32.called Vote Leave, among them David Cameron's political pal Michael

:37:33. > :37:38.Gove. The world waited to see which way this other big beast would jump.

:37:39. > :37:43.After a weekend of agonising, Boris Johnson let for Leave. The last

:37:44. > :37:47.thing I wanted was to go against David Cameron or the government, but

:37:48. > :37:51.after a great deal of heartache, I don't think there's anything else...

:37:52. > :37:55.Boris, if that's really what you thought all along, why have you kept

:37:56. > :38:01.your party waiting for such a long time? Because the truth is it's been

:38:02. > :38:05.agonisingly difficult. The other side geared up, launching Britain

:38:06. > :38:11.Stronger In Europe, led by Sir Stuart Rose, the former boss of MNS.

:38:12. > :38:16.A few other things were happening. Factually wrong, racist remarks.

:38:17. > :38:21.Like a bad tempered row in labour about how the party handled

:38:22. > :38:25.accusations of anti-Semitism. In the United States, Donald Trump was

:38:26. > :38:30.about to become the Republican nominee for president. On our side

:38:31. > :38:34.of the Atlantic, MPs criticised his plan to ban Muslims entering the US.

:38:35. > :38:41.His comments regarding Muslims are wrong. His policy to close borders,

:38:42. > :38:46.if he is elected as president, is bonkers. And if he met one or two of

:38:47. > :38:50.my constituents in one of the many excellent pubs in my constituency

:38:51. > :38:55.then they may well tell him that he is a bass that for dealing with this

:38:56. > :39:00.issue in this way. But it was all right because he'd never win, would

:39:01. > :39:03.he? And the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

:39:04. > :39:08.resigned. Some thought it was really about Europe. He said it was because

:39:09. > :39:12.the government was hurting the poor. And that unfairness is damaging to

:39:13. > :39:24.the government, it's damaging to the party and its actually damaging to

:39:25. > :39:30.the public. Incredibly strong passions had been Ricky passions had

:39:31. > :39:36.been controlled. Now it was time to fire up the referendum campaign for

:39:37. > :39:39.real. The Remain campaign relied on potential risks, spilt out in a

:39:40. > :39:44.series of weighty Treasury documents. Britain would be

:39:45. > :39:47.permanently poorer if we left the European Union -- spelled-out. It

:39:48. > :39:51.was all backed up with assertions from the global great and the good,

:39:52. > :39:56.which claimed Brexit would be bad for Britain's place in the world.

:39:57. > :40:00.Our focus is on negotiating with the big block of the European Union to

:40:01. > :40:07.get a trade agreement done and the UK is going to be at the back of the

:40:08. > :40:10.queue. And for the economy. Negotiations on new arrangements

:40:11. > :40:15.with the European Union and other trading partners could, in our view,

:40:16. > :40:19.take years. Which would be bad for your wallet, even when it came to

:40:20. > :40:24.holidays. It is just not as easy to fly across Europe as it is today if

:40:25. > :40:29.you leave the EU. A message spelled-out in a government leaflet

:40:30. > :40:33.sent to every single household. Politically these Remain campaign

:40:34. > :40:38.was made up of blue, red, yellow and green -- the Remain. Although Labour

:40:39. > :40:44.leader Jeremy Corbyn tended to stick to his own script. I believe we have

:40:45. > :40:47.to vote to Remain in order to defend investment, defend jobs, defend

:40:48. > :40:52.workers' rights and defend our environment. He left much of his

:40:53. > :40:56.side's campaigning to Alan Johnston. Vote Leave had its own large, red

:40:57. > :41:09.vehicle. Let's call it the Boris Johnson fun bus. UK's proudest will

:41:10. > :41:17.be sprouting just as delicious. Vote Leave! Vote Leave! Sold, there you

:41:18. > :41:23.go! Yes, that's him auctioning a cow. Boris, two questions. First of

:41:24. > :41:29.all, where are your wellies? There's hardly any mud! His message was

:41:30. > :41:35.summed up in three words. Take back control. Sorry, what was that? Take

:41:36. > :41:40.back control. Take back control. If we take back control. That meant

:41:41. > :41:44.control of immigration, the points based system. Those who are the

:41:45. > :41:47.brightest and the best with the skills for our economy would be

:41:48. > :41:53.welcome here and it would be a fairer system. Control over whether

:41:54. > :41:57.Turkey would eventually join the EU. This referendum is our last chance

:41:58. > :42:00.to have a say on that, we're not going to be consulted on whether we

:42:01. > :42:05.think those countries or others should join. And control over the

:42:06. > :42:10.money Britain sends to the EU, although that was hotly disputed. I

:42:11. > :42:14.understand that Boris Johnson is standing here tonight still

:42:15. > :42:18.defending this ?350 million a week figure. It's a scandal that that's

:42:19. > :42:25.still emblazoned across the campaign bus. And there wasn't just one Leave

:42:26. > :42:30.campaign. Nigel Farage and the UKIP crew ran their own. They had boats

:42:31. > :42:35.and a tougher tone on immigration. The EU is making a mess of virtually

:42:36. > :42:39.everything. Pursed we have the eurozone, then we had the EU Common

:42:40. > :42:42.asylum policy compounded hugely by Angela Merkel and what we've seen

:42:43. > :42:46.our huge dreams of people coming into Europe over the course of the

:42:47. > :42:52.last year, no security checks done on anybody. Or you could sign up for

:42:53. > :42:58.Grassroots Out, an alliance of Tory backbenchers and a few other

:42:59. > :43:02.characters. Left, right, left, right, forward march to victory on

:43:03. > :43:08.the 23rd of June! As the battle went on, levers capitalised on feeling is

:43:09. > :43:12.that there was something fishy about the entire political establishment.

:43:13. > :43:16.I think the people in this country have had enough of experts with

:43:17. > :43:22.organisations with acronyms saying... We've had enough of

:43:23. > :43:26.experts, what do you mean? And getting it consistently wrong. Old

:43:27. > :43:30.foes became firm allies, but come on the Tories things were getting more

:43:31. > :43:35.and more unfriendly. Boris, well, he's the life and soul of the party

:43:36. > :43:39.but he's not the man you want driving new home at the end of the

:43:40. > :43:44.evening. Blue on blue as it was known turned into all-out war when

:43:45. > :43:49.George Osborne theorised about a harsh Brexit budget. The sorts of

:43:50. > :44:01.tax rises we could see include a 2p rise in the basic rate of income tax

:44:02. > :44:04.to 22%, a 3p rise to the higher rate to 43%. It's probably the most

:44:05. > :44:07.irresponsible act by a chancellor I've seen in 24 years sitting in the

:44:08. > :44:11.House of Commons. Then everything stopped. The Labour MP Jo Cox is

:44:12. > :44:14.killed in her west Yorkshire constituency. The Labour MP and mum

:44:15. > :44:17.of two Jo Cox was murdered in a street in her constituency. Her

:44:18. > :44:21.killer idolised the Nazis and would later be sentenced to life in

:44:22. > :44:28.prison. The referendum gave way to reflection. Campaigning resumed a

:44:29. > :44:33.few days later and there was this final plea from the Prime Minister.

:44:34. > :44:37.So as you take this decision, whether to Remain or Leave, do you

:44:38. > :44:45.think about the hopes and dreams of your and grandchildren. The big

:44:46. > :44:49.finish, the BBC's great debate at Wembley Arena. That's the enormous

:44:50. > :44:53.audience, we've got a massive massive stage that's got six

:44:54. > :44:59.lecterns on it, shall we have a debate about the EU? Are you

:45:00. > :45:03.already?, on! The closing arguments went like this. The Economist, the

:45:04. > :45:07.scientists, the business leaders, the trade unions, the health

:45:08. > :45:14.professionals, they all believe that Britain is better off In, you are

:45:15. > :45:18.better off In. If we vote Leave and take back control, I believe that

:45:19. > :45:22.this Thursday can be our country's independence Day! On June the 23rd,

:45:23. > :45:34.the UK decided its future. And we all know how that went. The

:45:35. > :45:38.British people have spoken and the answer is, we are out. For those who

:45:39. > :45:46.wanted to leave, jubilation that they got more than 52%. 17 million

:45:47. > :45:52.votes. Those who wanted to remain, 48%, simply shock. Early in the

:45:53. > :45:58.morning, in Downing Street, David Cameron announced it was game over.

:45:59. > :46:02.I will do everything I can as Prime Minister to steady the ship over the

:46:03. > :46:06.coming weeks and months, but I do not think it would be right for me

:46:07. > :46:15.to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination.

:46:16. > :46:21.Although I will always remember that look on Sam Cam's face. Scotland

:46:22. > :46:25.voted to remain, and Nicola Sturgeon hinted at a new vote for

:46:26. > :46:31.independence. It is a statement of the obvious that a new referendum

:46:32. > :46:35.should be on the table, and it is on the table. Back at Westminster, the

:46:36. > :46:35.winners took in the gravity of the situation.

:46:36. > :46:41.APPLAUSE . We are still and always have been

:46:42. > :46:45.an exceptionally outward thinking country and will continue to be so

:46:46. > :46:48.and we will be a good neighbour and we have been good international is,

:46:49. > :46:54.but we will be taking back control of institutions. --

:46:55. > :46:58.internationalists. So, can you see why I wanted a bit of peace and

:46:59. > :47:02.quiet in my log cabin in the wood is? But the vote leaves only takes

:47:03. > :47:08.us halfway through the year. A whole heap of books have been written

:47:09. > :47:11.about the referendum, by journalists, party donors, David

:47:12. > :47:15.Cameron's former spin doctor, but too many people, what happens next

:47:16. > :47:22.was more like a box set of Game of Thrones. His profile skyhigh after

:47:23. > :47:31.the referendum, Boris Johnson looks like might the Crown. Or would it be

:47:32. > :47:35.someone less showy? Might pitch is simple, I am Theresa May and I think

:47:36. > :47:40.I am the best choice to be Prime Minister. Michael Gove's attempts

:47:41. > :47:44.was ultimately doomed. The problem was he was supposed to be managing

:47:45. > :47:51.Boris Johnson's campaign for the top job. In view of the circumstances of

:47:52. > :47:58.Parliament, I have concluded that person cannot be me. Yes, his

:47:59. > :48:03.supporters wept. A day that has been synonymous with Tory treachery. In

:48:04. > :48:09.the last few days, I realised that while Boris Johnson has special

:48:10. > :48:13.abilities to communicate and reach out, what he does not have is the

:48:14. > :48:17.capacity to build and to lead a team and provide what we need at this

:48:18. > :48:26.critical moment. It left only one other contender. The Energy

:48:27. > :48:33.Minister, Andrea Leadsom. What do we want? Andrea Leadsom for leader! A

:48:34. > :48:43.quiet bizarre march on Parliament. GDP newspaper interview -- and she

:48:44. > :48:47.gave a newspaper interview where she said she would be a better Prime

:48:48. > :48:51.Minister because she had children. I have concluded that the future of

:48:52. > :48:54.our country is best served by the immediate appointment of a strong

:48:55. > :49:00.and well supported Prime Minister. And so Theresa May arrives in

:49:01. > :49:04.Downing Street. If you are just managing, I want to address you

:49:05. > :49:10.directly. I know you are working around the clock. I know you are

:49:11. > :49:13.doing your best. And I know that sometimes life can be a struggle.

:49:14. > :49:19.The government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the

:49:20. > :49:23.privileged few, but by Jaws. We will do everything we can to give you

:49:24. > :49:29.more control over your lives. -- yours. Supplied she paused plans for

:49:30. > :49:34.a new nuclear power plant at inter point over concerns of Chinese

:49:35. > :49:40.involvement, then gave it the go-ahead. -- Hinkley Point. She

:49:41. > :49:45.plans to let grammar schools expand in England. And who said she did not

:49:46. > :49:48.have a funny side? What message of reassurance does the Prime Minister

:49:49. > :49:58.have four middle-aged white man who may feel we have been left behind?

:49:59. > :50:01.-- for. Umm... That is a very interesting point. Perhaps my

:50:02. > :50:06.honourable friend might like to come out and see me sometime. The job of

:50:07. > :50:13.Chancellor went to Philip Hammond, whose nicknames include Spreadsheet

:50:14. > :50:19.and Box Office. He ditched a target to balance the books by 2020. Amber

:50:20. > :50:23.Rudd became immigration secretary. Can you get down to tens of

:50:24. > :50:31.thousands? And chaos in the independent enquiry into historic

:50:32. > :50:35.child sex abuse. And the three Brexiteers, Liam Fox, Brexit

:50:36. > :50:43.Secretary David Davis, and Boris Johnson, rebooted as Foreign

:50:44. > :50:51.Secretary, spreading charm. SPEAKING FRENCH. And keeping comedians in

:50:52. > :50:58.work. Is Brexit living up to all of your expectations for Britain so

:50:59. > :51:02.far? I... Of course... Brexit is already... A wonderful journey.

:51:03. > :51:08.Boris Johnson, what do you say? I... I say... I never expected it...

:51:09. > :51:14.Brexit... It was all a bit of a laugh, really. Some numbers on a

:51:15. > :51:19.bus... In Scotland, Davidson was having a blast. In elections for the

:51:20. > :51:23.Scottish Parliament, the Conservatives came in second,

:51:24. > :51:37.forcing Labour into third place north of the border. Labour found

:51:38. > :51:40.itself with a bit of a puzzle. Its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, was immensely

:51:41. > :51:44.popular with party members, but not so much with its members of

:51:45. > :51:50.Parliament, some of whom described his performance in the referendum

:51:51. > :51:54.campaign as pretty lacklustre. Good morning. Early one morning, the

:51:55. > :51:58.Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn was sacked. Much of the rest of the

:51:59. > :52:05.shadow cabinet packed their bags, including Angela Eagle. You found

:52:06. > :52:11.him difficult? Yeah. Yeah. I feel I have served in the best way I can.

:52:12. > :52:16.But today I had to go. She launched a leadership challenge. But dropped

:52:17. > :52:21.out when the Welsh Labour MP, Owen Smith, got more support. Thank you

:52:22. > :52:24.very much. At a fractious party meeting there was a row over whether

:52:25. > :52:30.Jeremy Corbyn could automatically stand at a contest, yes, he could.

:52:31. > :52:34.There was a court case over which members and supporters could

:52:35. > :52:37.actually vote. No, not all of them. Owen Smith presented himself as a

:52:38. > :52:43.more confident, competent Jeremy Corbyn. The party that I love has

:52:44. > :52:48.been such an engine for social change and an engine for justice in

:52:49. > :52:52.this country. It is in jeopardy of not being able to do that. It is in

:52:53. > :52:57.danger of not being able to form a future Labour government and change

:52:58. > :53:00.peoples lives for the better. While Jeremy Corbyn crisscrossed the

:53:01. > :53:05.country, often by train, getting into a furious row with Virgin about

:53:06. > :53:11.whether he could get a seat. Did not stop his re- election as leader with

:53:12. > :53:17.a bigger share of votes than before. We are proud as a party that we are

:53:18. > :53:20.not afraid to discuss openly, to debate, and disagree. That is

:53:21. > :53:25.essential for a party that wants to change peoples lives for the better.

:53:26. > :53:26.That is not prepared to accept things as they are.

:53:27. > :53:34.APPLAUSE . It is also an essential part of

:53:35. > :53:39.what has drawn over half a million people into membership of what is

:53:40. > :53:46.now the largest political party anywhere in Western Europe. Jeremy

:53:47. > :53:52.Corbyn's Labour Party had victories elsewhere, like the merit election

:53:53. > :53:57.in Bristol. Sadiq Khan was voted Mayor of London. -- Mayoral Election

:53:58. > :54:01.is I am proud that the son of the bus driver could become the mayor of

:54:02. > :54:05.this great city. The former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls did surprisingly

:54:06. > :54:11.well on Strictly Come Dancing. He is jumping up and down. He is jumping.

:54:12. > :54:16.Jezza had time for some fine catching Pokemon Inbee Park. The

:54:17. > :54:22.party ended the year where it started, with Jeremy Corbyn at its

:54:23. > :54:27.centre. A previous Labour leader, Tony Blair, came under scrutiny with

:54:28. > :54:32.the public revelation of the Chilcott enquiry into the Iraq War.

:54:33. > :54:38.It was 2.3 million words long. The decision to go to war in Iraq and to

:54:39. > :54:44.remove Saddam Hussein from power in a coalition of over 40 countries led

:54:45. > :54:49.by the US, America, was the hardest, most momentous, most agonising

:54:50. > :54:56.decision I took in my ten years as British Prime Minister. Now, at

:54:57. > :55:00.UKIP, where do we start? After basically causing the referendum and

:55:01. > :55:05.winning it, Nigel Farage resigned as UKIP leader. During the referendum

:55:06. > :55:11.campaign I said I want my country back. I say today that I want my

:55:12. > :55:15.life back and it begins right now, thank you. Diane James succeeded

:55:16. > :55:20.him, but did not much like the look of it and quit after 18 days. The

:55:21. > :55:25.next frontrunner, Steven Woolfe, was hospitalised after an alleged

:55:26. > :55:30.punch-up with a fellow MEP. After leaving hospital, he left you can. I

:55:31. > :55:34.will be withdrawing my application to become leader of UKIP by

:55:35. > :55:38.withdrawing myself from UKIP. You are resigning from the party? With

:55:39. > :55:44.immediate effect. The next contest was won by Paul Nuttall. They are

:55:45. > :55:50.open goals in British politics today. UKIP has to be on the pitch

:55:51. > :55:56.to kick the ball into the back of the empty net. And that open goal is

:55:57. > :56:01.no more apparent than when it comes to the Labour Party. Meanwhile,

:56:02. > :56:06.Nigel Farage was making friends and influencing people in the US. I have

:56:07. > :56:19.just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us. It is

:56:20. > :56:27.about us. On our victory. And I congratulated her and her family.

:56:28. > :56:31.Then Nigel visited the Donald in Trump Tower shortly after his

:56:32. > :56:41.victory. Prompting this tweet from the President-elect.

:56:42. > :56:49.No thanks, said the British government. Hang on, we have not

:56:50. > :56:59.mentioned Brexit for about four minutes. Brexit means Brexit. And we

:57:00. > :57:02.are going to make a success of it. At the Tory Party Conference in

:57:03. > :57:07.October, the Prime Minister explained a bit more about what that

:57:08. > :57:13.meant. For example, the great repeal bill. Pay attention, now. We will

:57:14. > :57:19.convert the body of existing EU law into British law. When a great

:57:20. > :57:22.repeal bill is given royal assent, Parliament will be free subject to

:57:23. > :57:26.international agreements and treaties with other countries in the

:57:27. > :57:32.EU on matters such as trade to amend, repeal, and improved any law

:57:33. > :57:40.it uses. She also said she would trigger Article 50 by the end of

:57:41. > :57:45.March. But the investor, Jean Miller, had other ideas. She won a

:57:46. > :57:49.case that High Court that only Parliament could started. The

:57:50. > :57:55.government challenged that ruling at The Supreme Court. Big stakes

:57:56. > :58:06.constitutionally. Perry Mason it was not. You have some files. On the

:58:07. > :58:14.electronic bundle. It is 1697. I think... It is bundle three... The

:58:15. > :58:19.judges will give their verdicts in a few weeks' time. Meanwhile, Brexit

:58:20. > :58:30.Secretary David Davis had to explain he had not described his counterpart

:58:31. > :58:33.in the European Parliament as Satan. I said he was Satan, not you.

:58:34. > :58:39.LAUGHING. . He is examining the pros and cons

:58:40. > :58:44.of Brexit in 15 different sectors in the economy, from cakes to cars. It

:58:45. > :58:47.is certainly doing terrible things to the English language is the

:58:48. > :58:52.pillow this could lead us towards a smart and smooth Brexit, or as I

:58:53. > :58:59.like call it, a Smexit. Mark my words, we will make breakfast a

:59:00. > :59:03.success... Brexit. And was there a Brexit effect in Richmond? Zac

:59:04. > :59:09.Goldsmith triggered a by-election in his south-west London seat over

:59:10. > :59:14.Heathrow. The Lib Dems got it after a very pro-EU campaigns appeal it is

:59:15. > :59:18.a good morning. The start of many more. Yes, the Lib Dems, do you

:59:19. > :59:21.remember them? Theresa May is now listening to the UKIP win that

:59:22. > :59:26.controls party. Now she might listen to some panic stricken Tory MPs and

:59:27. > :59:30.Lib Dems reading down their necks. Is it time to listen to the

:59:31. > :59:34.electorate to make me not want Brexit, but they certainly do not

:59:35. > :59:42.want a Brexit. -- who may or may not. Farewell, 2016, hello, 2017.

:59:43. > :59:51.Donald Trump could be inaugurated as President of the US. Elections in

:59:52. > :59:54.France. Germany will have elections. But British politics will be

:59:55. > :59:59.overwhelming we dominated by the negotiations for our exit from the

:00:00. > :00:02.EU. -- overwhelmingly. Hang on, maybe I should head back in there.

:00:03. > :00:21.No, I can't miss all of that. Hello, this is Breakfast,

:00:22. > :00:24.with Roger Johnson and Naga Train passengers are warned

:00:25. > :00:28.of delays, diversions and cancellations, as work starts

:00:29. > :00:46.on a record number of engineering I am at Ealing Broadway where trains

:00:47. > :00:47.to Paddington are terminating, because Paddington is close to the

:00:48. > :00:57.next few days. It is Christmas Eve,

:00:58. > :01:04.Saturday 24 December. Also ahead: Actress Carrie Fisher

:01:05. > :01:06.is rushed to hospital, after a suspected heart attack

:01:07. > :01:12.on a flight from London. Calls for unity, as the Prime

:01:13. > :01:14.Minister uses her Christmas message to urge British people to come

:01:15. > :01:18.together after the Brexit vote Sam Allardyce is the new manager

:01:19. > :01:25.of Crystal Palace. He signs a 2.5-year deal,

:01:26. > :01:27.replacing Alan Pardew. In the time it takes

:01:28. > :01:30.to cook your turkey, over one billion photos

:01:31. > :01:32.will have been shared online. We will be discussing

:01:33. > :01:48.the attraction of Christmas posts. You have two Post your Christmas

:01:49. > :01:52.dinner, don't you? Photos of Christmas dinner, and the

:01:53. > :01:53.decorations. And the dog, normally, with her Christmas presents.

:01:54. > :01:55.And Nick has the festive forecast for us.

:01:56. > :01:59.Storm Barbara may be pulling away from the UK,

:02:00. > :02:04.but it remains windy today, tomorrow, and into Boxing Day.

:02:05. > :02:10.The latest on the blustery Christmas forecast coming up.

:02:11. > :02:13.First, our main story: Extensive railway engineering works

:02:14. > :02:15.are starting across Britain today, with 200 different projects

:02:16. > :02:17.being carried out over the Christmas break.

:02:18. > :02:19.Passengers in London, Manchester and Cardiff are expected

:02:20. > :02:24.One of the biggest stations in the capital, Paddington,

:02:25. > :02:27.is closed, with passengers being told to go to Ealing Broadway.

:02:28. > :02:29.It is where our reporter Jane-Frances Kelly is for

:02:30. > :02:45.It will be somewhat busier than usual they are, one would suspect.

:02:46. > :02:49.It is going to be a lot busier, because GWR passengers who were

:02:50. > :02:53.hoping to go to Paddington or travel out from there will have to come

:02:54. > :02:58.here. Now, they can go to other stations. There are three other

:02:59. > :03:04.stations that they can possibly go to, depending on where they are

:03:05. > :03:08.travelling from. But this is part of a wider upgrade. Paddington, for

:03:09. > :03:13.instance, has been closed for six days. That is because there is work

:03:14. > :03:18.being done on Crossrail. There is also work being done on the Heathrow

:03:19. > :03:26.Express. Now this is the biggest Christmas upgrade by Network Rail,

:03:27. > :03:33.and they are spending ?103 million. They will have 24,000 engineers on

:03:34. > :03:39.up to 200 sites, and there will also be major engineering work in Wales

:03:40. > :03:43.and Manchester. They say they have to do it now because there are fewer

:03:44. > :03:48.people travelling, and they simply can't do this work while the tracks

:03:49. > :03:54.are actually being used. This means that the roads will be much busier,

:03:55. > :04:00.so people are being advised to check before they travel, to go to the BBC

:04:01. > :04:04.travel website and other websites, to make sure that their journey,

:04:05. > :04:10.that there is a train, and how long the journey is actually going to

:04:11. > :04:11.take. It promises to be a testing time. Thank you very much indeed.

:04:12. > :04:14.And at 9:10am we will be speaking to the travel editor

:04:15. > :04:20.Meanwhile, more disruption to transport in Scotland is expected

:04:21. > :04:24.Winds of up to 120 mph were recorded yesterday,

:04:25. > :04:28.and rail, road and ferry travel is again expected to be hampered

:04:29. > :04:32.An amber alert has also been issued for the Northern Isles on Boxing

:04:33. > :04:39.The Met Office has named it Storm Conor.

:04:40. > :04:44.We will bring you a full forecast and look ahead to this after 7:00am.

:04:45. > :04:47.The actor Carrie Fisher, best known for her role

:04:48. > :04:50.as Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, is in intensive care

:04:51. > :04:53.in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack.

:04:54. > :04:55.She was taken ill on a flight from London.

:04:56. > :04:58.A little earlier we spoke to our LA reporter Peter Bowes.

:04:59. > :05:07.This report does contain some flashing images.

:05:08. > :05:10.She was heading back from London to Los Angeles for Christmas.

:05:11. > :05:14.She lives here in Beverly Hills, and the flight was about 15 minutes

:05:15. > :05:17.out from landing when she had what the emergency services

:05:18. > :05:25.That's been interpreted as having a heart attack.

:05:26. > :05:30.Apparently there were a number of medical personnel on the flight,

:05:31. > :05:32.there were some nurses, people tried to help her.

:05:33. > :05:34.But she was reportedly unresponsive at that stage.

:05:35. > :05:37.The plane was met on the tarmac by paramedics, who also tried

:05:38. > :05:44.And we know from Carrie Fisher's brother, Todd,

:05:45. > :05:49.that she is in intensive care.

:05:50. > :05:52.he had earlier said that she had been in a critical condition,

:05:53. > :05:57.was then in a stable condition, but later clarified that he doesn't

:05:58. > :06:00.really know what her condition is, and simply appealed to people,

:06:01. > :06:04.as they are doing, to pray for the best,

:06:05. > :06:08.that she is in intensive care, and as he put it, the doctors

:06:09. > :06:13.German investigators are trying to establish whether the Tunisian

:06:14. > :06:15.man who carried out the Berlin Christmas market attack

:06:16. > :06:20.Questions are also being asked about the ease with which Anis Amri

:06:21. > :06:23.was able to flee to Italy, where he was shot dead

:06:24. > :06:31.12 people died and 12 others were seriously injured when he drove

:06:32. > :06:33.into a crowded Christmas market on Monday.

:06:34. > :06:35.Israel has angrily rejected a UN Security Council resolution

:06:36. > :06:38.demanding a halt to the building of Israeli settlements in occupied

:06:39. > :06:42.The vote passed after the United States, Israel's

:06:43. > :06:44.traditional ally, abstained rather than using its veto.

:06:45. > :06:49.Our State Department correspondent Barbara Plett-Usher reports.

:06:50. > :06:52.In a rare show of unity, the UN Security Council passed

:06:53. > :07:03...voting that they had become a serious threat to a viable peace

:07:04. > :07:09.It was that conviction which led the US to withhold its customary

:07:10. > :07:12.protection of Israel at the council, although not

:07:13. > :07:16.Because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed

:07:17. > :07:20.in this resolution, and because the United States does

:07:21. > :07:25.not agree with every word in this text, the United States did not vote

:07:26. > :07:33.The Israelis had managed to delay but not prevent the vote.

:07:34. > :07:35.They felt betrayed by their ally, especially angry about condemnation

:07:36. > :07:37.of their construction in occupied East Jerusalem.

:07:38. > :07:40.Who gave you the right to issue such a decree,

:07:41. > :07:47.denying our eternal rights in Jerusalem?

:07:48. > :07:51.Israel has long pursued a policy of building Jewish settlements

:07:52. > :07:53.on Arab land captured during the 1967 war.

:07:54. > :07:57.It insists it has the legal right to do this, but most of the world

:07:58. > :08:00.disagrees, and the UN resolution will make that argument

:08:01. > :08:04.Halting settlements was the focus of President Obama's attempts

:08:05. > :08:10.Resorting to the UN was his final act.

:08:11. > :08:15.The Palestinians embraced this as a victory for international law.

:08:16. > :08:18.But they can't expect the same from Mr Obama's successor,

:08:19. > :08:21.Donald Trump, who sided with the Israeli government on this.

:08:22. > :08:24.The UN resolution could become a reference point for further moves

:08:25. > :08:27.against Israel in international forums, but not for the next US

:08:28. > :08:32.Barbara Plett-Usher, BBC News, Washington.

:08:33. > :08:35.The Prime Minister has called for Britain to come together,

:08:36. > :08:40.In her first Christmas message, Theresa May says the country must

:08:41. > :08:43.prepare to forge a bold new role in the world.

:08:44. > :08:45.The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has highlighted the plight

:08:46. > :08:54.of homeless people during the festive season.

:08:55. > :08:57.And in a few minutes we will discuss the content of those messages

:08:58. > :09:00.in more detail, and how the political landscape has changed

:09:01. > :09:05.The British-born astronaut Piers Sellers has died of pancreatic

:09:06. > :09:09.Originally from East Sussex, he then became an American citizen,

:09:10. > :09:11.which allowed him to join NASA's space programme.

:09:12. > :09:14.He took part in three missions between 2002 and 2010,

:09:15. > :09:19.spending a total of 35 days orbiting earth.

:09:20. > :09:22.Temperatures at the North Pole could be up to 20 degrees higher

:09:23. > :09:24.than average today, in what scientists say

:09:25. > :09:28.They say an air temperature of just below freezing,

:09:29. > :09:31.instead of the usual minus 30, is preventing ice from forming.

:09:32. > :09:37.The researchers claim it is directly linked to man-made climate change.

:09:38. > :09:40.The first gorilla born in a zoo has celebrated her 60th birthday.

:09:41. > :09:43.Coco, who is also the oldest gorilla in America, celebrated by opening

:09:44. > :09:47.She has got three children, and is a great-great-grandmother.

:09:48. > :10:02.Gorillas typically only have a life expectancy of 30 to 40 years.

:10:03. > :10:09.60 years really is quite a significant milestone. She deserves

:10:10. > :10:11.all of those presents as well. Happy birthday, and a happy Christmas to

:10:12. > :10:12.her as well. Like many of us, our MPs are off

:10:13. > :10:16.for the festive season, but no such luck for

:10:17. > :10:17.their party leaders. They have been busy issuing

:10:18. > :10:20.their Christmas messages, sharing with us

:10:21. > :10:22.what matters to them. Brexit, rough sleeping,

:10:23. > :10:24.and caring for child refugees are just some of the issues

:10:25. > :10:26.close to their hearts. With us now is the political analyst

:10:27. > :10:39.Professor Jon Tonge, Good morning, nice to see you. Good

:10:40. > :10:43.morning. Thank you for being here. Three different subjects have been

:10:44. > :10:47.alluded to bear. Let's talk about Theresa May first of all. She faces

:10:48. > :10:53.the biggest challenge she will face in her political career. She has one

:10:54. > :10:57.of the biggest challenges in postwar political history. Her Christmas

:10:58. > :11:02.messages about the need for reconciliation. Referendums are

:11:03. > :11:06.divisive issues, for some it has been the best year ever and they are

:11:07. > :11:11.absolutely delighted, for the 48% remainers, they remain upset what

:11:12. > :11:17.happened. Theresa May's message is that we can't go into 2017 arguing

:11:18. > :11:20.amongst ourselves, we need to unite as a nation and get the best deal

:11:21. > :11:25.possible. I don't want to appear Scrooge like, what I will give that

:11:26. > :11:30.until the Supreme Court makes its decision in January about Article

:11:31. > :11:33.50. That is when the political rows will break out again. There will be

:11:34. > :11:37.a brief hiatus over Christmas, but that will not last long. We will

:11:38. > :11:41.come to the other party messages in a moment. Do we need to have

:11:42. > :11:44.Christmas messages from the politicians? We expect one from the

:11:45. > :11:48.Royal Family, from the Queen, of course, but politicians giving us a

:11:49. > :11:53.message from Christmas, is that what we want? It is quite a recent

:11:54. > :11:57.development and I do question the need for these messages. The monarch

:11:58. > :12:02.has been issuing the messages since 1932, and everyone knows at 3pm on

:12:03. > :12:05.Christmas Day it will be on, but do we need messages from politicians?

:12:06. > :12:09.Even political obsessives like ourselves want to switch from

:12:10. > :12:14.politics for a few days, and I am not sure whether they ever go beyond

:12:15. > :12:18.the bland and banal. That is not to be dismissive of the messages of

:12:19. > :12:22.reconciliation and healing. Why wouldn't you issue though is that

:12:23. > :12:26.Christmas? Theresa May's is interesting because of the personal

:12:27. > :12:31.touch, those who have to work on Christmas Day, and she says as the

:12:32. > :12:34.daughter of a vicar she knows it can be a difficult time. She indulged in

:12:35. > :12:39.delayed gratification because she didn't open her presence in the late

:12:40. > :12:42.afternoon, after her father had done the rounds of the village, which is

:12:43. > :12:47.perhaps not the usual experience that we would have experienced.

:12:48. > :12:51.There are serious messages. They have been talks of the need to look

:12:52. > :12:56.after child refugees, saying that Jesus, Mary and Joseph were refugees

:12:57. > :12:59.in their own time. Jeremy Corbyn has emphasised homelessness. These are

:13:00. > :13:02.all important issues, I just wonder whether people are listening to

:13:03. > :13:05.politicians at this time of year. Interesting, Jeremy Corbyn who you

:13:06. > :13:10.mentioned, picking on issues which are close to their hearts, I

:13:11. > :13:15.suppose, rather than the big political issues, the big legal

:13:16. > :13:18.issues, don't get me wrong, but homelessness, refugees, Brexit

:13:19. > :13:25.obviously the big East, isn't it? Yes, but trying to make political

:13:26. > :13:30.issues on a more humanitarian basis, it is a logical time of year to do

:13:31. > :13:37.that, in the same way that the Theresa May's message, and the

:13:38. > :13:42.persecution of Christians, why wouldn't you raise that at either

:13:43. > :13:45.Christmas or Easter? I wonder whether it will resonate further.

:13:46. > :13:50.For Theresa May, 2016 was tough enough at that is nothing compared

:13:51. > :13:52.to what is happening in 2017. Therein lies the difficulty.

:13:53. > :13:58.Straightaway she has the Supreme Court decision to deal with. She has

:13:59. > :14:03.to sort out how to trigger Article 50 by her own timetable by the end

:14:04. > :14:07.of March. So Christmas Day might be a day off, but after that it is

:14:08. > :14:09.almost straight back to work. I think you are in for a very busy

:14:10. > :14:14.2017, as we are as well. You're watching

:14:15. > :14:16.Breakfast from BBC News. A record number of engineering works

:14:17. > :14:20.are under way on Britain's rail network,

:14:21. > :14:22.with around 10% of the network Theresa May has used her Christmas

:14:23. > :14:28.message to urge Britain to "unite and move forward"

:14:29. > :14:30.after the Brexit vote. The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

:14:31. > :14:32.has highlighted the plight We'll check in with the Click team

:14:33. > :14:39.as they unwrap some Christmas goodies and look back at 2016's

:14:40. > :14:54.finest technology news. We are going to look ahead to the

:14:55. > :15:00.weather now. Storm Barbara has blown away, and we are in for a mild

:15:01. > :15:04.Christmas Day? That's right. That is in between storms as temperatures

:15:05. > :15:07.rise for Christmas Day. Another storm coming for Boxing Day in

:15:08. > :15:12.northern Scotland. Some turbulent weather continuing this weekend.

:15:13. > :15:15.Windy and destructive winds, especially across the northern half

:15:16. > :15:20.of the UK. Let me show you the satellite image. Storm Barbara is

:15:21. > :15:24.beginning to edge away northwards from the UK. A bit of a gap but

:15:25. > :15:29.strong westerly winds before the next system comes in. This area of

:15:30. > :15:33.cloud has been named by the Met Office as storm Connor, and will be

:15:34. > :15:36.battling the far north of Scotland and the Northern Isles on Boxing

:15:37. > :15:41.Day. One weather system after another at the moment. Looking ahead

:15:42. > :15:46.to Boxing Day, Conor arrives. Let's take a look at the weather this

:15:47. > :15:50.morning. The picture at nine o'clock, very windy across Scotland,

:15:51. > :15:54.and they are snow showers around, especially north of the Central

:15:55. > :15:59.Belt. Difficult conditions on the higher rates. Northern England and

:16:00. > :16:04.Ireland getting some wintry nest. Hale and Thunder possible. Further

:16:05. > :16:09.south, much quieter. One or two light showers running into Wales and

:16:10. > :16:13.south England. Elsewhere, a lot of fine weather and sunny spells as

:16:14. > :16:17.well, especially during the first part of the day. The showers

:16:18. > :16:21.continue to push across northern England, Northern Ireland and

:16:22. > :16:25.Scotland. Snowy showers in northern Scotland. A spell of rain coming

:16:26. > :16:29.into Northern Ireland through the afternoon. Temperatures for many

:16:30. > :16:34.will be in single figures. A bit of a bite to that wind as well.

:16:35. > :16:39.Tonight, things are going to change. It will turn milder. An area of mild

:16:40. > :16:43.air between the system pushing in across the UK. Plenty of cloud.

:16:44. > :16:49.Western parts of the UK seeing outbreaks of rain. Mild air means it

:16:50. > :16:55.will not feel like able -- able like Christmas this morning. Double

:16:56. > :17:00.figures, 14 or 15 Celsius. Plenty of cloud around. Windy across the UK.

:17:01. > :17:04.Gales across the northern half. Some outbreaks of rain developing along

:17:05. > :17:08.the weather front. Parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and north Wales

:17:09. > :17:13.through the day. But late in the day, colder air reaching into

:17:14. > :17:16.Scotland. Snow showers coming into the hills. Towards the end of the

:17:17. > :17:21.day, we might see that white Christmas we dream of. Through

:17:22. > :17:25.Christmas Day night in to Boxing Day, storm Connor started to bat at

:17:26. > :17:29.the northern half of the UK again, especially northern Scotland, with

:17:30. > :17:34.the Met Office has an amber warning in force. Gusts up to 90 mph. Windy

:17:35. > :17:39.across the board on Boxing Day. A bit of dry weather away from

:17:40. > :17:43.showers, especially in Scotland. The best sunshine further south. If you

:17:44. > :17:48.don't mind winds, not bad for the Boxing Day walk. Snow and ice

:17:49. > :17:53.around, but a very mild Christmas Day. That is how it is looking. Are

:17:54. > :17:58.you surprised by these temperatures? The North Pole is 20 degrees warmer

:17:59. > :18:02.than expected this time of year. People are putting down to climate

:18:03. > :18:07.change. These temperatures really do seem unusual. Is that just me

:18:08. > :18:12.misinterpreting the weather again? Absolutely right. Into the Arctic,

:18:13. > :18:17.that is a huge, huge story, going on for a while now. For the UK, these

:18:18. > :18:22.temperatures on Boxing Day are close to average. But it is Christmas Day

:18:23. > :18:31.that it will be exceptionally mild. Close to a record for Christmas Day.

:18:32. > :18:35.It looks like we will maybe for a degree also short, but when you get

:18:36. > :18:38.temperatures like this, it is very unusual. December last year was the

:18:39. > :18:42.warmest on record. If we carry on this way, we could end up in the top

:18:43. > :18:46.ten warmest Decembers on record. We will keep you updated on that. But

:18:47. > :18:50.it is still warm enough to wear a Christmas jumper? Of course! We have

:18:51. > :18:52.those snow showers in Scotland, so put it on! Thank you very much. We

:18:53. > :19:06.will speak to you later. It will be a crazy Christmas is for

:19:07. > :19:08.people doing their frenzied Friday Christmas shopping.

:19:09. > :19:12.For many people, cooking Christmas dinner can be a bit of a chore,

:19:13. > :19:15.but in one part of Lancashire, it's being used a way to improve

:19:16. > :19:20.A group of young cooks in the seaside town of Fleetwood

:19:21. > :19:23.have taken on the challenge of dishing up a turkey dinner

:19:24. > :19:25.for some of the area's elderly residents -

:19:26. > :19:27.and it's brought a whole host of surprising benefits.

:19:28. > :19:29.Our correspondent Dominic Hughes has been

:19:30. > :19:33.following the town for the last year as it tries to tackle its health

:19:34. > :19:34.challenges, and has sent this report.

:19:35. > :19:37.Get another tray and put it on the bottom.

:19:38. > :19:42.The frantic last-minute rush of a Christmas dinner.

:19:43. > :19:44.On the Westview Estate in Fleetwood, these young cooks are experiencing

:19:45. > :19:53.But providing lunch for more than 30 elderly people is not

:19:54. > :19:57.This is a chance to strengthen the community

:19:58. > :20:02.I feel like I can do something good for the community.

:20:03. > :20:08.It is good because I get to socialise with everybody and make

:20:09. > :20:15.new friends and build my confidence and everything.

:20:16. > :20:19.And that is important in towns like Fleetwood where a strong sense

:20:20. > :20:21.of community can help overcome some serious economic

:20:22. > :20:33.Those lessons are reinforced at school where these young cooks

:20:34. > :20:41.This is one of the school's most popular lessons

:20:42. > :20:45.It is not just teaching how to cook but the value of cooking

:20:46. > :20:48.and the difference a good diet can make to their health.

:20:49. > :20:52.And the teachers see not only the physical benefits of a good

:20:53. > :20:54.diet, but better mental health as well.

:20:55. > :20:58.Kids cook at home and send pictures on their mobile phones so we can see

:20:59. > :21:05.They do not feel like they are under pressure at home and everyone

:21:06. > :21:09.In a community where a poor diet contributes to avoidable health

:21:10. > :21:14.problems like type 2 diabetes and heart disease,

:21:15. > :21:18.educating the next generation about how to cook and what to cook

:21:19. > :21:20.is a key part of creating a healthier Fleetwood

:21:21. > :21:27.Back at the West View Community Association,

:21:28. > :21:37.the cooking is finally over and dinner is served.

:21:38. > :21:40.Definitely come again if they are doing another one.

:21:41. > :21:45.The Yorkshire pudding and potatoes showed that it is true that

:21:46. > :21:48.Christmas dinner is perhaps not the healthiest dinner of the year,

:21:49. > :21:51.but the skills these young chefs are learning here about cooking

:21:52. > :21:54.and also working together and community are for life and not

:21:55. > :22:11.# We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.#.

:22:12. > :22:16.They all enjoyed their Christmas lunch. It is good to see.

:22:17. > :22:19.This Christmas is set to be the most "shared" Christmas ever.

:22:20. > :22:22.It's estimated that we'll post an estimated 7 billion photos

:22:23. > :22:24.on social media on Christmas Day alone.

:22:25. > :22:31.Goodness me. What should we be posting? Pictures of Turkey, I

:22:32. > :22:36.suppose. And what advice should we give children? Let's see what some

:22:37. > :22:41.of you think about using social media during the festive period.

:22:42. > :22:45.Sometimes when people take a picture of their presence and power them up,

:22:46. > :22:50.it is like what did I get at Christmas. You have to post a

:22:51. > :22:58.picture of Christmas dinner. Christmas dinner, definitely. Photos

:22:59. > :23:07.of Christmas dinner. The standard. Decorations. Those New Year 's

:23:08. > :23:13.resolutions. Which they never followed through. Go on a diet and

:23:14. > :23:19.all of that. People tend to go out a lot about what they get, especially

:23:20. > :23:21.people who say, my boyfriend got me... And when you are single, you

:23:22. > :23:25.are like, please go away. Joining us now is digital marketing

:23:26. > :23:39.and technology expert Dan Sodergren. Good to have you with us. I am going

:23:40. > :23:43.to be Grinchy about this. I just say enjoy Christmas and if you are lucky

:23:44. > :23:46.enough to have the day off, enjoy it. Have your moments with your

:23:47. > :23:53.family and friends. You don't need to share this. I don't think that is

:23:54. > :23:56.really Grinchy. It is about being mindful. If you are taking yourself

:23:57. > :24:01.away from their Christmas moment to take a picture, there are times and

:24:02. > :24:04.places. Be a bit more mindful. Maybe enjoy the moment. But I don't think

:24:05. > :24:08.we should not be taking pictures at the moment. I think we can enjoy it

:24:09. > :24:13.and take pictures as well. The moment is often a photograph for

:24:14. > :24:18.people. We share it every other day of the year, why not Christmas. You

:24:19. > :24:22.should share stuff on Christmas Day. It is more way to use Sherrod? We

:24:23. > :24:28.have to be mindful about that, especially for young people. --

:24:29. > :24:31.where do you share it? Are they sharing every detail about their

:24:32. > :24:35.lives? That is potentially dangerous. There is a potential

:24:36. > :24:39.problem with parents not really checking what their kids are doing,

:24:40. > :24:43.and maybe not teaching them. There is a difference between what a very

:24:44. > :24:50.young person does and someone of my age or your age. Are you saying I'm

:24:51. > :24:54.not a young person? It is a debate. I have this conversation with my own

:24:55. > :24:57.kids about putting stuff on there that in years to come might come

:24:58. > :25:01.back to bite you. Obviously they will not have had a drink on

:25:02. > :25:06.Christmas Day, but who knows? Absolutely. You have to think about

:25:07. > :25:12.your digital footprint. We teach the young people, not just under 18 but

:25:13. > :25:18.under 30 etc, you might be affecting how you are seen in the job market.

:25:19. > :25:22.You have to be a little bit wary. We are all becoming a little bit more

:25:23. > :25:28.wise about social media, idly? That has happened quickly over the past

:25:29. > :25:31.year or two. -- aren't we? There is a bit more digital commonsense, and

:25:32. > :25:37.they are teaching that more in schools as well. I'm not saying...

:25:38. > :25:41.It is about being mindful any intention of it. I'm not saying

:25:42. > :25:45.let's be Grinchy and stop sharing, but if you took a photo album and

:25:46. > :25:50.have 1000 pictures, which it leave it out for anyone in the world to

:25:51. > :25:54.see? Facebook settings and social media settings, locate your privacy

:25:55. > :25:59.stuff. You sharing with the public? Surely you don't need to do that.

:26:00. > :26:04.Think about sharing your geolocation. That is potentially

:26:05. > :26:09.dangerous as well. You have to be careful with that. The slightly

:26:10. > :26:14.bigger picture is are we giving Facebook and all of these other

:26:15. > :26:18.people the data? Too much data? What picture will you post on Christmas

:26:19. > :26:27.Day? Are right to the mill, of course. Lots of stabs. -- the

:26:28. > :26:29.Christmas meal of course, lots of snaps. Good to talk to you. Thank

:26:30. > :26:34.you. It's Christmas, so it's time to dust

:26:35. > :26:38.off those board games and gather the family together -

:26:39. > :26:41.but are they still as popular in the age of mobile

:26:42. > :26:43.phones and tablets? Market researchers say they've

:26:44. > :26:46.seen a rise in the sales of tabletop games thanks

:26:47. > :26:48.to the growth of new titles But do they just cause

:26:49. > :26:51.household bust-ups? Does the same person

:26:52. > :26:53.always win in your house? We asked you what you enjoy -

:26:54. > :27:01.and hate - about board games. Playing games is a chance to switch

:27:02. > :27:05.of the screen. It gives you more opportunity for conversation. I'm

:27:06. > :27:09.really competitive and love the social aspect of being with friends

:27:10. > :27:13.and family. We tend to do that a lot at Christmas time in particular.

:27:14. > :27:16.There is something different for everybody. You can be brittle and

:27:17. > :27:20.kill all of your friends, or you could be working together and save

:27:21. > :27:24.the world. It can take you away from real-life -- brittle. It is

:27:25. > :27:28.something missing in society. People have come back to board games to

:27:29. > :27:32.reconnect with people. Family arguments, you just have to stick to

:27:33. > :27:36.the roles and make sure you know the rules properly. I have been known to

:27:37. > :27:41.throw things and suck, and I have to keep telling myself it is only a

:27:42. > :27:46.game, but it feels like a lot more than that -- sook. Would you ever

:27:47. > :27:53.throw something over a Christmas boardgame? You've done it! No, I

:27:54. > :27:58.haven't. But I'm competitive. Maybe not as competitive as you.

:27:59. > :28:02.We'd love to know what your favourite board games are.

:28:03. > :28:04.Do they divide you or bring you together?

:28:05. > :28:06.You can email us at bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk

:28:07. > :28:09.or share your thoughts with other viewers on our Facebook page.

:28:10. > :28:11.And you can tweet about today's stories

:28:12. > :28:14.using the hashtag #BBCBreakfast - or follow us for the latest

:28:15. > :28:18.We all know that Mike Bushell is the strongman

:28:19. > :28:21.of Breakfast, but how did he get on in the UK

:28:22. > :29:29.Stay with us. Headlines coming up.

:29:30. > :29:32.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Roger Johnson and Naga

:29:33. > :29:40.Richard will have all your sports news in a few minutes.

:29:41. > :29:43.But first, at 7:30am, a summary of this morning's main stories.

:29:44. > :29:45.Train passengers across Britain are being warned they could face

:29:46. > :29:47.delays, diversions and cancellations over the Christmas break.

:29:48. > :29:50.Network Rail is beginning a record number of engineering works,

:29:51. > :29:52.with 24,000 engineers working on the network.

:29:53. > :29:55.Those travelling from London, Manchester and Cardiff are expected

:29:56. > :30:21.Rail, road travel is expected to be affected by gale force winds. An

:30:22. > :30:25.amber alert has been in place for Boxing Day. We will bring you a full

:30:26. > :30:27.forecast and take a look at exactly where the impact will be felt across

:30:28. > :30:30.the country. The American actor Carrie Fisher

:30:31. > :30:32.is in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital,

:30:33. > :30:35.after suffering a suspected heart The 60-year-old was taken ill

:30:36. > :30:46.on a flight from London to Los Best known for her role

:30:47. > :30:50.as Princess Leia in the Star Wars film, she had been in the UK

:30:51. > :30:53.promoting her memoirs. The UN Security Council has passed

:30:54. > :30:56.a resolution demanding a halt to Israeli settlement-building

:30:57. > :30:58.on occupied Palestinian land, describing it as a flagrant

:30:59. > :31:00.violation of international law. The vote passed after

:31:01. > :31:03.the United States, Israel's The Israeli Prime Minister

:31:04. > :31:05.has rejected the move. A statement from his office said

:31:06. > :31:09.Israel would not abide by the terms The Prime Minister has called

:31:10. > :31:12.for Britain to come together, In her first Christmas message,

:31:13. > :31:17.Theresa May says the country must prepare to forge a bold

:31:18. > :31:20.new role in the world. The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

:31:21. > :31:23.has highlighted the plight of homeless people

:31:24. > :31:24.during the festive season. Those are the main

:31:25. > :31:33.stories this morning. Let's find out what is happening in

:31:34. > :31:38.sport. We saw that Alan Pardew got the boot and we have a new man.

:31:39. > :31:42.There he is, the new Crystal Palace manager. He had that brief spell in

:31:43. > :31:44.charge of England, but left under a bit of a cloud.

:31:45. > :31:48.Alan Pardew was sacked as Palace manager on Thursday,

:31:49. > :31:51.with the club just one point above the Premier League relegation zone.

:31:52. > :31:53.Palace moved quickly, saying they are fortunate that

:31:54. > :31:56.someone of Allardyce's calibre and experience was available.

:31:57. > :31:58.Allardyce was sacked by England after one game in charge,

:31:59. > :32:01.Speaking to Palace's in-house television station,

:32:02. > :32:03.Allardyce recognises the scale of his task,

:32:04. > :32:16.it's where I've been comfortable for many years now,

:32:17. > :32:20.and obviously you generally get a new job on the fact there's a few

:32:21. > :32:26.I have to sort those difficulties out, hopefully,

:32:27. > :32:28.with my experience, and try and get a few more

:32:29. > :32:34.particularly over Christmas and New Year, to make everybody feel

:32:35. > :32:37.Aberdeen are four points behind second-placed Rangers

:32:38. > :32:40.in the Scottish Premiership, thanks to a 3-1 win over Motherwell

:32:41. > :32:53.Both sides were awarded penalties in an incident-filled first half.

:32:54. > :32:56.But Motherwell missed theirs, and Niall McGinn put the game

:32:57. > :33:01.Elsewhere, Dundee came from 2-0 down to beat Hearts 3-2.

:33:02. > :33:03.St Johnstone won at Kilmarnock 1-0, and Partick Thistle ended

:33:04. > :33:07.a seven-game run without a win, to move off the bottom of the table

:33:08. > :33:11.Celtic and Rangers both play later today.

:33:12. > :33:13.Joey Barton has been charged by the Football Association

:33:14. > :33:15.for breaching their rules on betting.

:33:16. > :33:19.It is claimed he placed over 1,000 bets over a ten-year period up

:33:20. > :33:22.Barton has until five January to respond to the charge.

:33:23. > :33:24.Last month, Barton was given a one-month suspension

:33:25. > :33:28.by the Scottish Football Association for betting on matches this season

:33:29. > :33:32.Barton is due to rejoin Burnley in January, for the remainder

:33:33. > :33:35.World Rugby say they want more information from

:33:36. > :33:38.the Rugby Football Union about how Northampton handled George's North's

:33:39. > :33:42.The Wales international has had problems with concussion

:33:43. > :33:47.A panel ruled this week that the Saints won't face any

:33:48. > :33:50.North didn't feature last night for his club,

:33:51. > :33:53.who ended a four-match losing streak by beating Sale Sharks 24-5.

:33:54. > :33:56.Northampton ran in three tries against Sale, who have now lost

:33:57. > :34:02.While in the Pro 12, Ulster moved fourth in the table,

:34:03. > :34:07.Stuart McCloskey scored the first of their two tries.

:34:08. > :34:09.The defending PDC Darts world champion, Gary Anderson,

:34:10. > :34:12.is safely through to the third round at the Alexandra Palace.

:34:13. > :34:14.The 'Flying Scotsman' fired in six maximums,

:34:15. > :34:17.and didn't drop a set in his win over Andrew 'Goldfinger' Gilding.

:34:18. > :34:20.Checkouts of 134 and 132 helped him secure victory,4-0.

:34:21. > :34:23.He plays 'Big Ben' Benito van de Pas in the next round.

:34:24. > :34:47.Love those nicknames. He is known as Jackpot Adrian Lewis. The best is

:34:48. > :34:57.Mark frost, have you heard this? His nickname... Mark frost? Frost either

:34:58. > :35:06.Throwman -- Frosty the Throwman. Each Saturday on Breakfast,

:35:07. > :35:09.we are treated to the very latest in technology with Spencer Kelly

:35:10. > :35:12.and the rest of the Click team. So this Christmas Eve,

:35:13. > :35:15.it is time to remind ourselves what they got up to,

:35:16. > :35:18.in the Click-mas special. This week, a Click Christmas

:35:19. > :35:21.with digital jumpers, Hello and welcome to the annual

:35:22. > :35:51.Click get together. We have everyone here,

:35:52. > :35:56.Jen, Steve, Nick, Laura, I have sought out a little

:35:57. > :36:03.Christmas gift for you. Inside it is a hatchable, it's

:36:04. > :36:10.the latest robotic, interactive toy. It's got loads of sensors and it's

:36:11. > :36:14.for ages five and up and your child basically has two nurture the ache

:36:15. > :36:17.in order to hatch it and then it breaks its way out of the egg

:36:18. > :36:21.and then you teach at games. Better put it somewhere not

:36:22. > :36:36.on the table so we don't We have had some

:36:37. > :36:44.adventures this year. We have been all over the place

:36:45. > :36:48.and Click is a 52 week a year production, so it is difficult

:36:49. > :36:52.to get the whole team in one room. This is the kind of thing we have

:36:53. > :36:55.been doing this year. Half a billion pixels

:36:56. > :37:07.on display here. Some of the most extraordinary

:37:08. > :37:12.athletes you will see this year. This week we are going to look back

:37:13. > :37:44.at some of our best bits from 2016 and we start with a really positive

:37:45. > :37:48.story in a place that you wouldn't think there was any

:37:49. > :37:50.positivity at all. Earlier in the year,

:37:51. > :37:53.Jen went Jordan, to the border with Syria, to look at some

:37:54. > :37:56.of the innovation happening I went to Zaatari, the biggest

:37:57. > :38:01.refugee camp in Jordan. There are 80,000 refugees living

:38:02. > :38:04.there and it's actually I was fascinated to find out

:38:05. > :38:09.and they are making some incredible technology out of some very

:38:10. > :38:12.rudimentary things in the camp. The main street here in Zaatari

:38:13. > :38:15.is called Champs Elysee. It is a play on two things,

:38:16. > :38:19.the Champs Elysee in Paris and the word Syrians

:38:20. > :38:21.refer to Damascus by, There are several hundred shops

:38:22. > :38:25.lining this street and you can find everything from bridal

:38:26. > :38:27.dresses to vegetable shops, barbershops and even quite

:38:28. > :38:30.a few mobile phone shops. Technology here is being used

:38:31. > :38:32.in inventive ways to ease The camp is a community of makers

:38:33. > :38:42.and one of the most innovative Three years ago Safwan fled

:38:43. > :38:50.the violence in Syria They all have disabilities

:38:51. > :38:55.and struggle to get around He wanted to have more independence

:38:56. > :39:00.and designed an electric bike around Giving refugees access to technology

:39:01. > :39:56.and education is the focus One of its start-ups is focused

:39:57. > :40:02.on fabrication technology, Assam was an ambulance driver

:40:03. > :40:09.in Syria and lost his leg As well as customising his

:40:10. > :40:14.prosthetics he helped a young Yemani boy, named Zain, who lost part

:40:15. > :40:17.of his hand in a fire. They were able to include elements

:40:18. > :40:20.of Zain's favourite cartoon character, Ben 10, in the design,

:40:21. > :40:25.all for just 75 US dollars. Assam also helped develop a 3-D

:40:26. > :40:31.printing system using haptic feedback for another Syrian

:40:32. > :40:33.refugee named Ahmed. He was blinded by a sniper shot that

:40:34. > :40:38.went through his eyes. The echolocation system helps

:40:39. > :40:40.guide him to walk around unaided. They are planning to open

:40:41. > :40:45.fabrication labs in a refugee camp in Turkey and in the North

:40:46. > :40:47.Jordanian city of Irbid. It is a small but positive step

:40:48. > :40:51.to harness the talents of people forced into exile and help integrate

:40:52. > :40:58.them into a new country. That was Jen and for the next part

:40:59. > :41:04.of the programme I have had to clear the room because there is a serious

:41:05. > :41:07.danger to human life The last few years, one

:41:08. > :41:14.of the biggest gift people have been Now, for the next few Christmases

:41:15. > :41:20.a Star Wars movie will be Combine the two and what

:41:21. > :41:27.do you end up with? Now, there is something

:41:28. > :41:36.special about these drones, They are not just drones we can fly

:41:37. > :41:40.about, we can actually They are armed with infrared guns

:41:41. > :41:45.which means you can fly them about and then press

:41:46. > :41:52.the fire button. You are going to get your best

:41:53. > :41:56.Anakin Skywalker on, well it would be Luke Skywalker

:41:57. > :41:59.because you have the X-Wing and I have Darth

:42:00. > :42:02.Vader's Tie Fighter. When a shot is registered we get

:42:03. > :42:05.a rumbling in the controller and you have got three

:42:06. > :42:09.lives there as well. Talking of which, you met an amazing

:42:10. > :42:18.flying man this year. He has an apprentice now called

:42:19. > :42:32.Vince who is based out in Dubai He has built and designed this

:42:33. > :42:38.enormous jet wing that allows him to fly in excess of 100 mph

:42:39. > :42:41.at about 5,500 feet. We went for a flight with him

:42:42. > :42:46.and saw what he does. Jet Man's training centre is based

:42:47. > :42:50.at this hangar in the desert outside Today, I am going to watch him

:42:51. > :42:55.do his jet powered thing up close. In this hangar, Yves and his team

:42:56. > :43:03.maintain the jet wings which are capable

:43:04. > :43:11.of flying at 189 mph. No, that is the big advantage now,

:43:12. > :43:17.to have a friend with me in the air. Vince has plenty of airborne

:43:18. > :43:25.experience as a three-time As a kid I would watch the magazine

:43:26. > :43:33.and I would see what Yves was doing as a pilot and as a pioneer of wing

:43:34. > :43:36.shooting and flying. Outside the hangar, things

:43:37. > :43:47.are getting a bit noisy. With the chopper on the flight line,

:43:48. > :43:59.it is time for Yves to become No flight would be complete

:44:00. > :44:13.without an inspirational soundtrack. I notice that as well as lacking

:44:14. > :44:16.doors, this particular helicopter That is without a doubt the most

:44:17. > :45:01.bonkers thing I have ever seen. So, we can just see

:45:02. > :45:04.Yves in the distance. He is flying formation

:45:05. > :45:08.with the helicopter. He is going to fly parallel

:45:09. > :45:13.with the helicopter right now. He has got about eight minutes'

:45:14. > :45:24.worth of fuel on board that. So, we are just coming into land

:45:25. > :45:36.now, but Yves is going to land Just in the distance out

:45:37. > :45:41.there, you can see him. His parachute is deployed

:45:42. > :45:44.and he will land right back As you can see, we have reached that

:45:45. > :45:59.part of the Christmas dinner now. My most memorable moment of the year

:46:00. > :46:05.was when I visited Cern and the Large Hadron Collider

:46:06. > :46:11.and had a jolly good cry. We were really lucky to be able

:46:12. > :46:17.to see inside the collider and the CMS experiment

:46:18. > :46:20.because they they had opened it Even better, we filmed

:46:21. > :46:23.the whole thing in 360, Welcome to the largest particle

:46:24. > :46:32.physics laboratory in the world. Right now, you are standing inside

:46:33. > :46:34.Cern, the European Organisation You have got a view that very few

:46:35. > :46:43.people will ever see. We are about 100 metres beneath

:46:44. > :46:46.the Swiss-French border and above you is just

:46:47. > :46:48.one of the experiments Itself the largest

:46:49. > :46:56.machine in the world. In a few minutes we

:46:57. > :46:59.will head up there. On that cherry picker,

:47:00. > :47:02.to see what happens when you smash particles together at close

:47:03. > :47:06.to the speed of light. Before we do, let me show

:47:07. > :47:10.you what kit you need to get things So, here we are walking along part

:47:11. > :47:17.of the long circular tunnel that That is it next to you,

:47:18. > :47:22.that is the Large Hadron Collider. There are four experiments

:47:23. > :47:31.on the LHC and ten accelerators in the complex which, together,

:47:32. > :47:34.accelerate bunches of particles This cavern contains

:47:35. > :47:48.the CMS experiment. Although there is nothing compact

:47:49. > :47:51.about it, if you ask me. This is one of the places that

:47:52. > :47:57.helped to discover the Higgs Boson. So, that big shiny pipe

:47:58. > :48:00.above you is connected When the beams of particles

:48:01. > :48:05.are going fast enough, tiny adjustments are made to bring

:48:06. > :48:08.those two beams together until, In an instant, the particles

:48:09. > :48:17.are smashed to pieces and it is these even smaller

:48:18. > :48:22.particles that the CMS can detect. It is an enormous sensor that looks

:48:23. > :48:25.pretty fundamental building blocks By using even higher energy

:48:26. > :48:30.collisions, the Cern scientists hope to find other particles and explain

:48:31. > :48:37.mysteries like dark energy and dark matter, which makes up 95%

:48:38. > :48:40.of the matter in our universe. This is big science performed

:48:41. > :48:46.on the tiniest of scales. That was Cern in 360,

:48:47. > :48:49.and this is the Clickmas The brilliant thing about filming

:48:50. > :48:59.in 360 is you can do really weird things with the picture

:49:00. > :49:02.on normal TV, like this. You can also feel like you are

:49:03. > :49:05.genuinely sitting in the middle If you go to the link on the screen,

:49:06. > :49:11.you can see us surrounding The man behind the 360 show

:49:12. > :49:17.is this man over here. Steve Beckett, who is wearing

:49:18. > :49:19.the beautiful augmented It is a little bit scary.

:49:20. > :49:30.It is a little bit scary. From one engineering marvel at Cern

:49:31. > :49:36.and to another engineering marvel now that spans two

:49:37. > :49:39.mountains in China. Dan Simmons went to the oldest

:49:40. > :49:48.national park in China. Tucked away on the edge of this

:49:49. > :49:51.World Heritage site, someone has decided to build

:49:52. > :49:55.a bridge from the middle of nowhere Unlike me, they hope,

:49:56. > :50:02.the thousands of visitors who will come here will not be too

:50:03. > :50:06.scared to look down. 300 metres through the highest glass

:50:07. > :50:14.walkway in the world. These are the final days

:50:15. > :50:17.of construction for this three-year project, more than 300 engineers

:50:18. > :50:19.have worked through all weather conditions to build what is also

:50:20. > :50:22.the longest glass-bottomed bridge The walkway itself is just

:50:23. > :50:41.60 centimetres thick, so the challenge to keep everything

:50:42. > :50:44.stable has required 70 glass balls are to be positioned

:50:45. > :50:54.on the springs along the walkway. They have been designed to move

:50:55. > :50:57.to counter any swaying. These curved railings

:50:58. > :51:00.will persuade up to 800 visitors Offsetting the resonance

:51:01. > :51:04.caused by hundreds walking Our hosts were keen to show

:51:05. > :51:16.just how safe I was. Each panel of the walkway has three

:51:17. > :51:19.layers of toughened glass It looks like you can see the top

:51:20. > :51:40.glass has shattered here. Do you know what,

:51:41. > :52:06.I think this might be safe. That has to be the finest shot that

:52:07. > :52:18.anyone in this programme has One of the other amazing

:52:19. > :52:25.things we saw this year was in Zurich when we went to see

:52:26. > :52:30.the first bionic games. It was incredible to see the latest

:52:31. > :52:35.in robotic arms, prosthetic limbs, motorised wheelchairs,

:52:36. > :52:39.brain controls, an amazing day. It was also a competition for

:52:40. > :52:45.the people who created the devices. 66 teams from all over the globe

:52:46. > :52:48.have been designing, building and training for this

:52:49. > :52:53.very unique competition. Disabled athletes, known as pilots,

:52:54. > :52:56.will be competing using It is the brainchild of this man,

:52:57. > :53:04.Robert Reiner, a professor for sensory motor

:53:05. > :53:08.systems at ETH Zurich. It is an event for people

:53:09. > :53:11.with disabilities who are allowed That technology helps them to better

:53:12. > :53:18.perform in daily life activities, so we are focusing on the challenge

:53:19. > :53:22.of daily life and allowing technology to help people with very

:53:23. > :53:30.severe disabilities. Each of the six disciplines

:53:31. > :53:33.will have qualifiers in the morning before the grand finals

:53:34. > :53:35.in the afternoon. Simple, get round the course

:53:36. > :53:39.or through the obstacles in the shortest time while incurring

:53:40. > :53:54.the lowest number of penalties. The powered arm prosthesis race

:53:55. > :53:57.is not just about power, it is about precision

:53:58. > :54:00.and reliability. The teams need to come

:54:01. > :54:03.up with the best ideas to help their pilots grip,

:54:04. > :54:06.twist and balance their way along The race is designed to test how

:54:07. > :54:16.well pilots can work with their prosthesis to complete

:54:17. > :54:19.tasks that would typically be Yes, this is the race

:54:20. > :54:22.where the mightiest tech in the world can be foiled

:54:23. > :54:25.by the humble clothes peg. What is the next challenge you feel

:54:26. > :54:28.you could reasonably overcome The next thing that is a big

:54:29. > :54:32.technical challenge that would improve the functionality

:54:33. > :54:34.is the touch sensitive There is no feedback at the moment

:54:35. > :54:38.in commercially available hands for getting the signal back

:54:39. > :54:42.to the body. The ultimate victor was a group

:54:43. > :54:44.of biomechanical engineering students from Delft University

:54:45. > :54:48.of Technology in the Netherlands. Together with their pilot,

:54:49. > :54:51.Bob Ridoce, himself an expert in prosthesis, they went

:54:52. > :54:54.for a slightly more established This means that physical movements

:54:55. > :55:00.like reaching forward or lifting your shoulders are used

:55:01. > :55:04.to control the device. While this gold medal idea might

:55:05. > :55:08.have won the day, in the end, just crossing the line was enough

:55:09. > :55:16.to send most teams home happy. The wheelchair final was a much

:55:17. > :55:22.closer run thing for the four finalists, and again you can

:55:23. > :55:29.really see the variety The Hong Kong team went

:55:30. > :55:38.for these caterpillar tracks, which made short work

:55:39. > :55:43.of the rumble strips. That is not a wheelchair,

:55:44. > :55:49.that is a wheel tank. That lack of suspension really gave

:55:50. > :55:52.the pilot a rocky ride And balance was the big

:55:53. > :55:58.issue as these chairs The climax of the event,

:55:59. > :56:04.with three pilots all reaching As the Hong Kong pilot had

:56:05. > :56:09.to endure being thrown about, Florian Houser showed off the clever

:56:10. > :56:11.weight-shifting feature of the Swiss chair, which ensured

:56:12. > :56:21.that he did not topple over. In the final seconds,

:56:22. > :56:24.the Swiss team came from third place to beat Hong Kong

:56:25. > :56:29.by just five seconds. Now, that was a tiny snippet

:56:30. > :57:12.of what was a really special show. If you missed it or would

:57:13. > :57:15.like to watch it again, First we have to check

:57:16. > :57:22.on our hatchling here. Now it grows up and you teach it

:57:23. > :57:37.things and one of the fun things you can do is teach it to speak,

:57:38. > :57:41.so you can say happy Joy, the world has just

:57:42. > :57:50.become a better place. It is for ages five and up,

:57:51. > :57:56.and the side-effect of it hatching is these tiny bits of plastic do

:57:57. > :58:00.break off, so if you have young kids around, obviously be very wary that

:58:01. > :58:03.you shouldn't leave them One more world first

:58:04. > :58:17.that we took part in this year. This year, Kate and I hosted Click's

:58:18. > :58:20.first live show in front Now, if you were not lucky enough

:58:21. > :59:01.to be in the audience, don't worry. We recorded the whole thing,

:59:02. > :59:04.and we will be showing highlights and behind the scenes

:59:05. > :59:07.stuff from the show Thank you very much for watching

:59:08. > :59:11.our Clickmas special. There is only one thing left to do,

:59:12. > :59:15.which is the word's first 360 Hello this is Breakfast, with

:59:16. > :59:50.Roger Johnson and Naga Munchetty. Train passengers are warned

:59:51. > :59:52.of delays, diversions and cancellations as work starts

:59:53. > :00:11.on a record number of engineering At home at Ealing Broadway station

:00:12. > :00:15.where trains to Paddington are a time in eating and that is because

:00:16. > :00:29.Paddington is closed for the next six days.

:00:30. > :00:32.It's Christmas Eve - Saturday, the 24th of December.

:00:33. > :00:35.Actress Carrie Fisher is rushed to hospital after a suspected heart

:00:36. > :00:41.Calls for unity as the Prime Minister uses her Christmas message

:00:42. > :00:43.to urge British people to come together, after the Brexit vote

:00:44. > :00:52.Sam Allardyce is the new manager of Crystal Palace, he signs a two

:00:53. > :00:57.and a half year deal replacing Alan Pardew

:00:58. > :00:59.We'll hear from the stars of the global phenomenon

:01:00. > :01:02.that is Sherlock, ahead of it's return to our screens

:01:03. > :01:06.I've been involved with a few big things and nothing is like Sherlock.

:01:07. > :01:11.At the beck and call of a screaming, demanding baby, woken up all hours

:01:12. > :01:13.And Nick has the festive forecast for us.

:01:14. > :01:16.Storm Barbara may be pulling away from the UK,

:01:17. > :01:19.but it remains windy today, tomorrow, and into Boxing Day

:01:20. > :01:25.The latest on the blustery Christmas forecast coming up.

:01:26. > :01:29.Extensive railway engineering works are starting across Britain today,

:01:30. > :01:31.with 200 different projects being carried out over

:01:32. > :01:35.Passengers in London, Manchester and Cardiff are expected

:01:36. > :01:39.One of the biggest stations in the capital, Paddington,

:01:40. > :01:42.is closed, with passengers being told to go to Ealing Broadway.

:01:43. > :01:43.It's where our reporter Jane-Frances Kelly is

:01:44. > :01:58.Good morning. It's going to be a good deal busier there than normal.

:01:59. > :02:02.Yes, it is going to be busy. I have seen people turning up with quite

:02:03. > :02:06.heavy suitcases and that is because trains to Paddington are terminating

:02:07. > :02:12.here. That is because Paddington will be closed for the next six days

:02:13. > :02:17.for upgrade work. There will be work done on the Kings Road express,

:02:18. > :02:22.there will also be major engineering work done in Wales and Manchester.

:02:23. > :02:27.This is the biggest Christmas upgrade done by Network Rail. They

:02:28. > :02:35.say that 24,000 engineers will be working on up to 200 sites and they

:02:36. > :02:39.are investing ?103 million over this Christmas period. They say they have

:02:40. > :02:46.to do it, but they need the tracks to be not in the use and that

:02:47. > :02:51.Christmas is the time when they choose, because fewer people are

:02:52. > :02:57.actually travelling. That means also that the roads will be very busy.

:02:58. > :03:03.Before you travel, it would be a very good idea, in fact the advice

:03:04. > :03:09.is, do check on various websites and the BBC travel website to find out,

:03:10. > :03:12.do you have a train? And also how long is that you're only going to

:03:13. > :03:16.take? Is going to be a bus replacement?

:03:17. > :03:19.And at ten past nine we'll be speaking to the Travel Editor

:03:20. > :03:22.Meanwhile, more disruption to transport in Scotland is expected

:03:23. > :03:27.Winds of up to 120mph were recorded yesterday, and rail,

:03:28. > :03:29.road and ferry travel is again expected to be hampered today

:03:30. > :03:34.An amber alert has also been issued for the Northern

:03:35. > :03:39.The Met Office has named it Storm Conor.

:03:40. > :03:41.we'll bring you a full forecast and look ahead to this

:03:42. > :03:56.The actor Carrie Fisher who is best known from the Star Wars films is in

:03:57. > :04:00.intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a suspected

:04:01. > :04:03.heart attack. The 60-year-old was taken in on a flight from London.

:04:04. > :04:07.Earlier on we spoke to our reporter. She was heading back from London

:04:08. > :04:10.to Los Angeles for Christmas. She lives here in Beverly Hills,

:04:11. > :04:13.and the flight was about 15 minutes out from landing when she had

:04:14. > :04:15.what the emergency services That's been interpreted

:04:16. > :04:20.as having a heart attack. Apparently there were a number

:04:21. > :04:23.of medical personnel on the flight, there were some nurses,

:04:24. > :04:25.people tried to help her. But she was reportedly

:04:26. > :04:30.unresponsive at that stage. The plane was met on the tarmac

:04:31. > :04:33.by paramedics, who also tried And we know from Carrie

:04:34. > :04:42.Fisher's brother, Todd, He had earlier said that she had

:04:43. > :04:47.been in a critical condition, was then in a stable condition,

:04:48. > :04:50.but later clarified that he actually doesn't really know

:04:51. > :04:52.what her condition is, and simply appealed to people,

:04:53. > :04:55.as they are doing, to pray for the best, that she

:04:56. > :04:58.is in intensive care, and as he put it, the doctors

:04:59. > :05:03.are doing their best. Israel has angrily rejected a UN

:05:04. > :05:09.Security Council resolution demanding a halt to the building

:05:10. > :05:12.of Israeli settlements in occupied The vote passed after

:05:13. > :05:15.the United States, Israel's traditional

:05:16. > :05:16.ally, abstained, rather Our State Department Correspondent

:05:17. > :05:22.Barbara Plett-Usher reports. In a rare show of unity,

:05:23. > :05:26.the UN Security Council passed Voting that they had become

:05:27. > :05:37.a serious threat to a viable peace It was that conviction which led

:05:38. > :05:42.the US to withhold its customary protection of Israel

:05:43. > :05:44.at the council, although not Because there are important issues

:05:45. > :05:48.that are not sufficiently addressed in this resolution,

:05:49. > :05:51.and because the United States does not agree with every word in this

:05:52. > :05:54.text, that the United States did not The Israelis had managed to delay

:05:55. > :06:02.but not prevent the vote. They felt betrayed by their ally,

:06:03. > :06:05.especially angry about condemnation of their construction

:06:06. > :06:11.in occupied East Jerusalem. Who gave you the right

:06:12. > :06:14.to issue such a decree, denying our eternal

:06:15. > :06:18.rights in Jerusalem? Israel has long pursued a policy

:06:19. > :06:21.of building Jewish settlements on Arab land captured

:06:22. > :06:24.during the 1967 war. It insists it has the legal right

:06:25. > :06:27.to do this, but most of the world disagrees, and the UN resolution

:06:28. > :06:30.will make that argument Halting settlements was the focus

:06:31. > :06:36.of President Obama's attempts Resorting to the UN

:06:37. > :06:44.was his final act. The Palestinians embraced this

:06:45. > :06:46.as a victory for international law. But they can't expect the same

:06:47. > :06:50.from Mr Obama's successor, Donald Trump, who sided

:06:51. > :06:52.with the Israeli government on this. The UN resolution could become

:06:53. > :06:55.a reference point for further moves against Israel in international

:06:56. > :06:58.forums, but not for the next US Barbara Plett-Usher,

:06:59. > :07:08.BBC News, Washington. German investigators

:07:09. > :07:10.are trying to establish whether the Tunisian man who carried

:07:11. > :07:12.out the Berlin Christmas market Questions are also being asked

:07:13. > :07:17.about the ease with which Anis Amri was able to flee to Italy -

:07:18. > :07:20.where he was shot dead 12 people died and 12 others

:07:21. > :07:24.were seriously injured when he drove into a crowded christmas market

:07:25. > :07:27.on Monday The British-born astronaut,

:07:28. > :07:28.Piers Sellers, has died of pancreatic cancer

:07:29. > :07:30.at the age of 61. Originally from East Sussex,

:07:31. > :07:33.he then became an American citizen, which allowed him to join

:07:34. > :07:35.Nasa's space programme. He took part in three missions

:07:36. > :07:38.between 2002 and 2010, spending a total of 35 days orbiting

:07:39. > :07:47.Earth. The Prime Minister has called

:07:48. > :07:50.for Britain to come together as it In her first Christmas message

:07:51. > :07:54.Theresa May says the country must prepare to forge a bold

:07:55. > :07:57.new role in the world. Meanwhile, the Labour

:07:58. > :07:59.leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has used his message to call

:08:00. > :08:02.for an end to sleeping rough. Here's our political

:08:03. > :08:08.correspondent, Iain Watson. The people have spoken

:08:09. > :08:10.and the answer is we're out. The EU referendum divided

:08:11. > :08:13.not just politicians So, against this backdrop,

:08:14. > :08:21.it's perhaps not surprising that in her Christmas message,

:08:22. > :08:30.the Prime Minister appeals for the armed forces,

:08:31. > :08:41.Theresa May tells them that the government

:08:42. > :08:50.is on their side. Because I want you and all your

:08:51. > :08:52.families to know that this Government is on your side.

:08:53. > :08:55.Jeremy Corbyn says his thoughts are with those experiencing

:08:56. > :08:57.loneliness and despair at this time of year.

:08:58. > :09:00.He recently visited a homelessness charity in London and uses his

:09:01. > :09:06.Christmas message to repeat the promise he gave them.

:09:07. > :09:14.Labour has pledged to put an end to rough sleeping in our first term of

:09:15. > :09:17.Government. We would do that by doubling the number of homes

:09:18. > :09:23.available for people who have been sleeping on the street.

:09:24. > :09:26.Lib Dem leader of Tim Farron filmed his message at a centre

:09:27. > :09:29.for child refugees in France and he called for more tolerance.

:09:30. > :09:30.The least traditional message was from the Greens.

:09:31. > :09:32.They say 2016 was rubbish, or words to

:09:33. > :09:34.that effect, and they hoped next year is better.

:09:35. > :09:36.But there's one thing most politicians can agree

:09:37. > :09:39.on and that is to wish their voters a Happy Christmas.

:09:40. > :09:44.Temperatures at the North Pole could be up to 20 degrees

:09:45. > :09:46.higher than average today, in what scientists say

:09:47. > :09:49.They say an air temperature of just below freezing,

:09:50. > :09:53.instead of the usual -30, is preventing ice from forming.

:09:54. > :09:59.The researchers claim it's directly linked to man-made climate change.

:10:00. > :10:02.The first gorilla born in a zoo has celebrated her 60th birthday.

:10:03. > :10:05.Coco, who is also the oldest gorilla in America, celebrated by opening

:10:06. > :10:12.She's got three children and is a great-great-grandmother.

:10:13. > :10:30.Gorillas typically only have a life expectancy of 30 to 40 years.

:10:31. > :10:33.It's 8.10am and you're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:10:34. > :10:36.Last week on Breakfast, we told you about the People's Convoy,

:10:37. > :10:38.a team of volunteers who planned to travel to Aleppo,

:10:39. > :10:40.where the bitter civil war has left civilians without access

:10:41. > :10:44.The group had raised thousands of pounds to provide

:10:45. > :10:46.supplies and equipment and one week on, their journey has

:10:47. > :10:48.taken them across the Turkish border and into Syria,

:10:49. > :10:50.but not without difficulties along the way.

:10:51. > :10:56.We're joined now by one of the organisers.

:10:57. > :11:04.How's it going? It is good. I'm catching up with sleep. It has been

:11:05. > :11:08.feel on. The idea to do this only came about about three weeks ago. A

:11:09. > :11:15.group of us were watching the horrific pictures coming out of

:11:16. > :11:18.Aleppo, hospitals being bombed, children's hospitals being bombed

:11:19. > :11:27.and destroyed, babies being taken out of incubators. A doctor went out

:11:28. > :11:31.in 2013 and made a panorama about the plight of hospitals out there,

:11:32. > :11:36.she called me up and said we have to do something. The something was to

:11:37. > :11:40.rebuild the hospital but was destroyed inside east Aleppo. That

:11:41. > :11:45.was three weeks ago and fast forward to now, we have delivered the goods

:11:46. > :11:50.that will enable that to happen. We have raised over ?220,000 in just

:11:51. > :11:59.three weeks. We worked out that whilst we were on the road, the 60s

:12:00. > :12:02.on the we had raged over ?60,000 for the People's campaign to build this

:12:03. > :12:09.hospital. Was that through crowdfunding? Yes, this was the

:12:10. > :12:14.first ever crowd funded hospital. We didn't know at the beginning whether

:12:15. > :12:18.we would achieve it. It was an idea, but I think it has captured the

:12:19. > :12:23.imagination of everybody who has collectively been watching the

:12:24. > :12:25.horrifying images. You have been understandably guarded about the

:12:26. > :12:31.location of the hospital and who is working there. One of the questions

:12:32. > :12:35.people will be wondering is there is a reason that you had to provide a

:12:36. > :12:40.hospital, because the hospitals and children are being targeted. Medical

:12:41. > :12:47.staff are being targeted. How safe will maybe at this new facility?

:12:48. > :12:50.Absolutely. The people involved in building business hospital have

:12:51. > :12:55.unfortunately been building hospitals inside Syria for five

:12:56. > :13:03.years, for the duration of the war. Under wraps, quietly and studies

:13:04. > :13:06.hospitals have been attacked. We went public and loud and we let

:13:07. > :13:10.everyone know about it and maybe that in itself will offer some

:13:11. > :13:17.protection. Unfortunately, just by the experiences of the team, the

:13:18. > :13:23.team have adapted to working in a way that ensures some level of

:13:24. > :13:27.security. Being a doctor in Syria right now is probably one of the

:13:28. > :13:35.most dangerous jobs. I know that when I went, my stethoscope was at

:13:36. > :13:39.the bottom of my bag. We didn't drive in a convoy, even across

:13:40. > :13:45.Europe. We were very security conscious. It would be horrifically

:13:46. > :13:49.tragic if this was obstructed or targeted in anyway. Before most of

:13:50. > :13:56.our minds is the safety of the south that will be working in the. I

:13:57. > :14:01.apologise for interrupting, what has it done for the morale of these

:14:02. > :14:07.doctors to have the support? I think morale hit an absolute all-time low

:14:08. > :14:10.after the recent spate of attacks that we also. One of the reasons for

:14:11. > :14:14.that low morale is that they felt there was a wall of silence greeting

:14:15. > :14:19.them back from the rest of the world. The International higher

:14:20. > :14:25.powers, the Government, the UN, nothing was happening. When they

:14:26. > :14:28.heard that the idea in itself had been formed, morale is liked. It

:14:29. > :14:36.gave them something to work towards and to mobilise on their side to

:14:37. > :14:41.think, no, we can do this. I met members of the group who told me

:14:42. > :14:45.personally in a border town near Syria, one paediatrician was just

:14:46. > :14:49.about to give up. He thought he could not do medicine any more,

:14:50. > :14:55.there was no point. When he heard about the money raised through the

:14:56. > :15:01.public around the world, he said, no, it is not time to quit. I'm back

:15:02. > :15:05.on it. Amazing work that you have done. We wish the hospital and all

:15:06. > :15:13.the staff and you very well. You are doing some NHS hospital shifts over

:15:14. > :15:19.it the holidays, aren't you? Yes. Thank you.

:15:20. > :15:21.It's 8.15am and you're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:15:22. > :15:25.A record number of engineering works are underway on Britain's railways,

:15:26. > :15:27.with around 10% of the network affected

:15:28. > :15:29.Theresa May has used her Christmas message

:15:30. > :15:32.to urge Britain to unite and move forward after the Brexit vote.

:15:33. > :15:34.The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has highlighted the plight

:15:35. > :15:41.A Christmas must-have or short-cut to family fisticuffs?

:15:42. > :15:45.As retailers report a boost in sales, we'll find out why experts

:15:46. > :15:58.say we're in a golden age of tabletop games.

:15:59. > :16:07.What game will you play over Christmas? I think there could be a

:16:08. > :16:12.game of connect for it in our house, which technically is not a game. You

:16:13. > :16:20.will not fight over that? I will make sure I beat the children. What

:16:21. > :16:25.game will you be playing, Nick? Anything general knowledge. I liked

:16:26. > :16:29.a bit of Pointless. Anything that produces a family argument.

:16:30. > :16:35.Here's Nick with a look at this morning's weather.

:16:36. > :16:41.There's a lot to talk about over the Christmas period, because we are

:16:42. > :16:47.still talking about strong winds. Storm Barbara is starting to pull

:16:48. > :16:51.away, but still strong winds in the northern areas. Still blustery

:16:52. > :16:58.today. For Boxing Day, we have a new storm. This will be in the far north

:16:59. > :17:02.of Scotland. Producing 80 or 90 mph winds. I forget this morning.

:17:03. > :17:06.Looking at the reader picture, there are some snow showers across the

:17:07. > :17:11.northern half of Scotland. Those are driven on those strong winds. Nasty

:17:12. > :17:16.conditions on the high roots there. Watch out for snow and ice. Hail and

:17:17. > :17:24.thunder more likely out of these two. Pushing through on the strong

:17:25. > :17:29.wind. Showers in Wales will be most persistent into Snowdonia. Elsewhere

:17:30. > :17:34.for Wales and England a lot of dry weather, but a blustery day here,

:17:35. > :17:40.too. We will continue to get the show is rattling into the northern

:17:41. > :17:44.half of the UK. Winds easing a touch in the far north later on and then

:17:45. > :17:47.we will start to see some outbreaks of rain coming into Northern

:17:48. > :17:53.Ireland. Temperatures close to normal for today. A bit of a bite to

:17:54. > :17:58.that wind across the northern part of the UK. The rain will be pushing

:17:59. > :18:02.into Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of north Wales. This mail is a

:18:03. > :18:05.fishing in across the UK just in between these two weather fronts to

:18:06. > :18:17.give an unusually mild start to Christmas Day. Tebbutt is wisely up

:18:18. > :18:21.to 14 or 15 Celsius. Plenty of quote. Outbreaks of rain in the west

:18:22. > :18:26.of the UK and very windy again. The northern half of the UK will see

:18:27. > :18:30.deals. Call the area feeding into northern Scotland. Snow out of those

:18:31. > :18:40.showers on the hills. Some lawyers at least we'll get a weight

:18:41. > :18:48.Christmas. Then for Boxing Day, severe gales and an amber warning

:18:49. > :18:51.for the north of Scotland. It will be windy.

:18:52. > :18:53.For many of us Christmas can't come quickly enough

:18:54. > :18:57.but before you know it, all the presents are open and you're

:18:58. > :18:59.reaching for the ingestion tablets after too many roasties.

:19:00. > :19:02.But one man is planning to stretch the day out even more -

:19:03. > :19:07.Fraser Watt is flying East to West across the world, following the sun

:19:08. > :19:11.First, he'll fly from New Zealand and travel for more than 11

:19:12. > :19:17.Then he'll head to the UK for a whopping 13-hour flight

:19:18. > :19:27.From there he'll travel more than 5,000 miles across the pond

:19:28. > :19:29.to Los Angeles, where he'll touch down at 7.30pm.

:19:30. > :19:31.Finally, he'll have a relatively short flight

:19:32. > :19:37.of just under six hours, before landing in Honolulu.

:19:38. > :19:39.Let's speak to Fraser, who is at Auckland airport ahead

:19:40. > :19:57.Like an ad made you take this challenge on? Stupidity is probably

:19:58. > :20:00.as good an and as any. It all started in a rooftop bar in

:20:01. > :20:04.Christchurch when I was sitting with a friend and we were talking about

:20:05. > :20:10.how would you stretchy birthday out to make it last of long as possible.

:20:11. > :20:15.We did some research and found that the world record is currently held

:20:16. > :20:19.by a German man who stretched his birthday out by going from Auckland

:20:20. > :20:24.to Brisbane and then wound up in Honolulu. We started looking at

:20:25. > :20:33.whether you could do this honestly and do it in one single calendar

:20:34. > :20:39.day. It became a game. Between my friend and I would send one back and

:20:40. > :20:43.forth. Then we found this glorious itinerary that given the 47 hour day

:20:44. > :20:47.and what better day to do it on than Christmas. That is why we have been

:20:48. > :20:51.longer to Christmas Day and I'm doing it on behalf of Unicef. You

:20:52. > :20:59.cannot have a better cause on Christmas Day. How are you going to

:21:00. > :21:05.celebrate Christmas? Bubbly in an aluminium tube at 40,000 feet

:21:06. > :21:13.dodging the stars and dodging the DVD. Definitely. Make sure you stay

:21:14. > :21:20.healthy. How do your family feel about this? My son lives and works

:21:21. > :21:24.in Madrid in Spain. I now live in Melbourne in Australia. He has come

:21:25. > :21:32.back to find I'm heading off on this 47 hour Johnson across the world in

:21:33. > :21:35.an aluminium tube. What do my family think? Secretly, I think they are

:21:36. > :21:41.proud of me. Superficially, they think I'm off my head. They are

:21:42. > :21:47.probably right. What will you do if there are a flight delays? What is

:21:48. > :21:50.your contingency plan? There is no contingency. I have to rely on

:21:51. > :21:55.various airlines to say what they say they will do in that is to get

:21:56. > :22:01.me there on time. There was a famous song, All Want For Christmas Is My

:22:02. > :22:07.Two Front Teeth, Ollie once Ferguson is is flights that come and go when

:22:08. > :22:15.they say they will. We wish you very well on your journey. Merry

:22:16. > :22:19.Christmas. A very Merry Christmas to you and all of your viewers and

:22:20. > :22:22.listeners, I hope that 2017 is very good for all of them. Can I tell us

:22:23. > :22:36.the website for donations? You're watching

:22:37. > :22:43.Breakfast from BBC News. Time now for a look

:22:44. > :22:49.at the newspapers. Former newspaper editor

:22:50. > :22:52.Paul Horrocks is here to tell us We'll speak to Paul

:22:53. > :23:08.in a minute, first let's look Let's start with the Telegraph. The

:23:09. > :23:13.main story is taking a look at EU Borders, warnings as well to how

:23:14. > :23:20.terrorists are travelling across the country. This is after the terrorist

:23:21. > :23:25.Anis Amri, the most wanted man in Europe journeyed from Berlin on to

:23:26. > :23:30.the French Alps and then ended up in Italy and he was not stopped at any

:23:31. > :23:36.point in that great. The front page of the Daily Express has Nigel

:23:37. > :23:42.Farage on the front page. The Daily Mail says if you are feeling ill,

:23:43. > :23:45.postponed Christmas. A E departments are being forced to turn

:23:46. > :23:49.away patients and health chiefs have issued this advice to prevent the

:23:50. > :23:54.spread of infection. The front page of the Daily Mirror what we it

:23:55. > :23:58.occupied Ellie, the court have recall some chocolate Santas because

:23:59. > :24:05.there was a possible risk of some batteries that may have found their

:24:06. > :24:09.way into them. Good morning, Paul. We touched on the front pages there.

:24:10. > :24:15.Medical chiefs saying if you are ill, don't go to A E. Stay away

:24:16. > :24:21.closet is a busy time of year. However often health chiefs make

:24:22. > :24:28.that message, it still happens. I did the reason is that GP surgeries

:24:29. > :24:35.are closed, chemist are closed, so Hospital A E 's are going to be

:24:36. > :24:37.at. It is. We have sympathy for the emergency services particularly

:24:38. > :24:46.Christmas, because they are always overworked anyway. Not only facing

:24:47. > :24:51.this usual window crisis is the gear up for a busy time, but they are

:24:52. > :24:57.very short and of paramedics. This is in the Guardian. As 999 calls hit

:24:58. > :25:01.new peaks, the ten regional Ambulance Services in England are

:25:02. > :25:06.assured of 873 paramedics and they are having to go so far as to

:25:07. > :25:11.recruit paramedics from Poland, Finland and even Australia, would

:25:12. > :25:19.you believe. This comes after last week NHS England said that 36 A E

:25:20. > :25:23.units had to temporarily divert new arrivals, because there simply

:25:24. > :25:26.wasn't room for them. A sad time for the emergency service, but

:25:27. > :25:31.particularly the ambulances. The unions I been quite vocal and making

:25:32. > :25:37.their voice heard on this article, taking a look at staff shortages and

:25:38. > :25:43.saying it is not just about money. Absolutely and I think that is why

:25:44. > :25:47.the story is often represented. People say it is about cuts, but

:25:48. > :25:52.often it is just about the shortage of skilled people are able to do

:25:53. > :25:56.those jobs whether it is in hospitals, paramedics, and nuances.

:25:57. > :26:03.Let's look at this amazing little boy, he is five years old and he has

:26:04. > :26:10.cancer. He has had 250,000 Christmas cards. Isn't it nice to have an

:26:11. > :26:14.uplifting story on Christmas Eve? Like every five-year-old Christmas

:26:15. > :26:18.Eve, there are excited about opening cards on Christmas Day. This year,

:26:19. > :26:25.Christmas has started early for him, because he has had to have 200

:26:26. > :26:32.volunteers help him openly 250,000 packages that have come across the

:26:33. > :26:36.world for him. His parents are trying to campaign to help get him

:26:37. > :26:42.or treatment. He is a big Sunderland football fan. It was an Everton

:26:43. > :26:46.football player who tweeted, why cant we get in as many cards as

:26:47. > :26:51.possible? It went viral. He is going to have a great time opening all of

:26:52. > :26:56.that on Christmas Day. At Christmas, people often find it very stressful.

:26:57. > :27:01.I don't know how well you dealt with stress when you're editing your

:27:02. > :27:12.paper it. Did you deal with it well? You just have to get on with it. You

:27:13. > :27:18.develop a rhino skin. The Times had taken a look and this is about a way

:27:19. > :27:22.to combat stress. We did a lot of things in our office that I wouldn't

:27:23. > :27:29.want a repeat on TV. Throwing an axe is a new stress buster and that was

:27:30. > :27:33.not one of them. After a hard day at the office, the latest stress buster

:27:34. > :27:42.is axe throwing. There is a company set up in London and it bills itself

:27:43. > :27:49.as like bowling, plus extreme darts on speed with a bit of danger. You

:27:50. > :27:54.can say that again. They are spreading these axe throwing

:27:55. > :28:01.centres. You are lined up in lanes and you throw taxes at a board.

:28:02. > :28:05.There is no drinking a load. It's not a pub? No, it's not a pub, but

:28:06. > :28:11.they check you have not been drinking. People have been taking

:28:12. > :28:15.pictures along to stick on the boards, apparently Donald Trump has

:28:16. > :28:22.featured heavily. What do snowmen eat for breakfast?

:28:23. > :28:35.We all love cracker puns, don't we? There is nothing better than pulling

:28:36. > :28:44.a cracker on Christmas Day and has the best one. The Times have done a

:28:45. > :28:48.survey and have got some humans to get the best jokes and then ran them

:28:49. > :28:54.through a computer to cf the computer can determine the funniest

:28:55. > :29:00.cracker joke. The funniest according to humans is, who corrects Santa's

:29:01. > :29:06.grammar? On a computer, how do you know if Santa is really a werewolf?

:29:07. > :29:12.He has Santa Claus. The computer came up with that? My favourite is,

:29:13. > :29:25.who hides in the bakery at Christmas? A Minsk 's Barry.

:29:26. > :29:51.Hello, this is Breakfast with Roger Johnson and Naga Munchetty.

:29:52. > :29:53.Richard will have all your sports news in a few minutes.

:29:54. > :29:57.But first, at half eight, a summary of this morning's main stories.

:29:58. > :29:59.Train passengers across Britain are being warned they could face

:30:00. > :30:02.delays, diversions and cancellations over the Christmas break.

:30:03. > :30:05.Network Rail is beginning a record number of engineering works,

:30:06. > :30:09.with 24,000 engineers working on the network.

:30:10. > :30:11.Those travelling from London, Manchester and Cardiff are expected

:30:12. > :30:17.Meanwhile, more disruption to transport in Scotland is expected

:30:18. > :30:23.Winds of up to 120 miles an hour were recorded yesterday, and rail,

:30:24. > :30:27.road and ferry travel is again expected to be hampered today

:30:28. > :30:32.An amber alert has also been issued for the Northern

:30:33. > :30:36.The Met Office has named it Storm Conor, we'll bring you a full

:30:37. > :30:41.forecast and look ahead to this in a few moments time.

:30:42. > :30:43.The American actor Carrie Fisher is in intensive care

:30:44. > :30:45.in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering

:30:46. > :30:49.The 60-year-old was taken ill on a flight from

:30:50. > :30:53.Best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars

:30:54. > :31:04.films, she had been in the UK promoting her memoirs.

:31:05. > :31:11.She was heading back from London to Los Angeles for Christmas. She lives

:31:12. > :31:16.here in Beverly Hills and the flight was about 15 minutes out from London

:31:17. > :31:19.when she had ordered emergency services are describing as a cardiac

:31:20. > :31:25.episode. That has been interpreted as a heart attack. There were a

:31:26. > :31:31.number of medical personnel on the flight, some nurses. She was

:31:32. > :31:36.reportedly unresponsive at that stage. The plane was met on the

:31:37. > :31:42.tarmac by paramedics who tried to work on her. She was taken to

:31:43. > :31:47.hospital and we know from her brother that she is in intensive

:31:48. > :31:52.care. He earlier said she had been in critical condition, was in a

:31:53. > :31:56.stable condition that clarified that he doesn't really know what her

:31:57. > :32:02.condition is and he simply appealed to people to pray for the best. She

:32:03. > :32:04.is intensive care and doctors are doing their best.

:32:05. > :32:07.The UN Security Council has passed a resolution demanding a halt

:32:08. > :32:09.to Israeli settlement building on occupied Palestinian land,

:32:10. > :32:11.describing it as a flagrant violation of international law.

:32:12. > :32:13.The vote was passed after the United States, Israel's

:32:14. > :32:17.The Israeli prime minister has rejected the move.

:32:18. > :32:20.A statement from his office said Israel would not abide

:32:21. > :32:26.German investigators are trying to establish

:32:27. > :32:29.whether the Tunisian man who carried out the Berlin Christmas market

:32:30. > :32:37.Questions are also being asked about the ease with which Anis Amri

:32:38. > :32:40.was able to flee to Italy, where he was shot dead

:32:41. > :32:45.12 people died when he drove a lorry into a crowded market on Monday.

:32:46. > :32:48.The Prime Minister has called for Britain to come together as it

:32:49. > :32:52.In her first Christmas message Theresa May says the country must

:32:53. > :32:54.prepare to 'forge a bold new role' in the world.

:32:55. > :32:57.The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn has highlighted the plight of homeless

:32:58. > :33:05.Temperatures at the North Pole could be up to 20 degrees

:33:06. > :33:07.higher than average today, in what scientists say

:33:08. > :33:15.They say an air temperature of just below freezing,

:33:16. > :33:18.instead of the usual minus 30, is preventing ice from forming.

:33:19. > :33:23.The researchers claim it's directly linked to man-made climate change.

:33:24. > :33:26.The British born astronaut, Piers Sellers, has died

:33:27. > :33:28.of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.

:33:29. > :33:30.Originally from East Sussex, he then became an American citizen,

:33:31. > :33:33.which allowed him to join NASA's space programme.

:33:34. > :33:38.He took part in three missions between 2002 and 2010,

:33:39. > :33:42.spending a total of 35 days orbiting Earth.

:33:43. > :33:48.Those are the main stories this morning.

:33:49. > :33:59.Let's catch up on the sport news. Richard is worthless. He is back.

:34:00. > :34:04.Big Sam Allardyce. A familiar face. He is the new Crystal Palace

:34:05. > :34:09.manager. He had a brief spell in charge of England, left under a

:34:10. > :34:13.cloud, but he has signed a deal at Palace. He replaces Alan Pardew who

:34:14. > :34:18.was sacked on Thursday. The club are just one point above the relegation

:34:19. > :34:23.from. They said they were fortunate that someone of alibis's calibre was

:34:24. > :34:28.available. His teams have never been relegated.

:34:29. > :34:36.Sam Allardyce will be used to these protocols. Not even six months ago

:34:37. > :34:40.he did the publicity shots as England manager. That ended after

:34:41. > :34:47.just 67 days. The has gone from the Bush to the palace and the lower

:34:48. > :34:51.reaches of the Premier League. You get a new job after difficulties at

:34:52. > :34:55.the club. I will hopefully sort of those difficulties out with my

:34:56. > :34:58.experience and get if you results on the board, particularly over

:34:59. > :35:03.Christmas and the New Year to make everybody feel comfortable. He

:35:04. > :35:06.arrives less than three months after his departure following a newspaper

:35:07. > :35:12.sting suggesting he offered advice about getting around FA rules. Even

:35:13. > :35:17.by 2016 standards, Sam Allardyce has had a chaotic year. As of Crystal

:35:18. > :35:25.Palace. They went one up in the FA Cup final. Giddy memories. They lost

:35:26. > :35:30.and their overall record since January is the worst of all 92

:35:31. > :35:38.league clubs. Alan Pardew was a hero as a player. Now he has left them

:35:39. > :35:42.with a menacing drop. Experts have tended to a survival expert. He has

:35:43. > :35:47.spent much of his career and unforgiving terrain. He has always

:35:48. > :35:52.played the pragmatic, the man for a crisis. He is an experienced Premier

:35:53. > :35:56.League manager. He has been successful, he knows how to set his

:35:57. > :36:03.teams up. He did a great job keeping Sunderland up. Beware he saved

:36:04. > :36:06.Sunderland for relegation will be the template. Their new boss can

:36:07. > :36:07.tell them there is always a way back.

:36:08. > :36:09.Aberdeen are four points behind second placed Rangers

:36:10. > :36:11.in the Scottish Premiership thanks to a 3-1 win over

:36:12. > :36:15.Both sides were awarded penalties in an incident filled first half,

:36:16. > :36:17.but Motherwell missed theirs and Niall McGinn put the game

:36:18. > :36:24.Elsewhere Dundee came from 2-0 down to beat Hearts 3-2.

:36:25. > :36:27.St Johnstone won at Kilmarnock one nil and Partick Thistle ended

:36:28. > :36:30.a seven-game run without a win to move off the bottom of the table

:36:31. > :36:39.Celtic and Rangers both play later today.

:36:40. > :36:42.Joey Barton has been charged by the Football Association for

:36:43. > :36:46.It's claimed he placed over one thousand bets over a ten year period

:36:47. > :36:52.Barton has until the fifth of January to respond to the charge.

:36:53. > :36:54.Last month Barton was given a one month suspension

:36:55. > :36:58.by the Scottish Football Association for betting on matches this season

:36:59. > :37:03.Barton is due to re-join Burnley in January for

:37:04. > :37:08.The Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova says she's confident

:37:09. > :37:11.of making a full recovery and returning to the court

:37:12. > :37:15.after a knife attack left her needing surgery

:37:16. > :37:19.The two time Wimbledon champion was injured as she fought off

:37:20. > :37:21.an intruder with a knife who broke into her apartment

:37:22. > :37:27.She had surgery on her hand to repair nerve and tendon damage

:37:28. > :37:33.and has been ordered to rest for at least six months.

:37:34. > :37:42.During a session with the doctor I was able to move my fingers on my

:37:43. > :37:49.left hand which I think was the biggest gift I could have, to feed

:37:50. > :37:50.the fingers and this was the greatest Christmas present I could

:37:51. > :37:52.have wished for. World Rugby say they want

:37:53. > :37:54.more information from the Rugby Football Union about how

:37:55. > :37:56.Northampton handled George's North's The Wales international

:37:57. > :37:59.has had problems with A panel ruled this week

:38:00. > :38:03.that the Saints won't face any North didn't feature

:38:04. > :38:06.last night for his club, who ended a four match losing streak

:38:07. > :38:09.by beating Sale Sharks 24-5. Northampton ran in three tries

:38:10. > :38:12.against Sale who've now Whilst in the Pro 12,

:38:13. > :38:20.Ulster moved fourth in the table Stuart McCloskey scored the first

:38:21. > :38:29.of their two tries. The defending PDC Darts World

:38:30. > :38:31.Champion Gary Anderson is safely through to the third

:38:32. > :38:33.round at the Alexandra Palace. The Flying Scotsman fired in six

:38:34. > :38:36.maximums and didn't drop a set in his win over Andrew Goldfinger

:38:37. > :38:41.Gilding. Checkouts of 134 and 132 helped him

:38:42. > :38:44.secure victory four sets to nil. He plays Big Ben Benito van de

:38:45. > :39:03.Pas in the next round. I love their nicknames. They are

:39:04. > :39:16.incredible. We were talking about nick frost. Frosty the throw man.

:39:17. > :39:19.Speaking of throwing. Something even bigger than most of this.

:39:20. > :39:21.This time tomorrow morning, many of you may be opening presents

:39:22. > :39:24.around the Christmas tree, but what do you do with it

:39:25. > :39:28.Christmas Tree Throwing Competitions have been a long-standing

:39:29. > :39:30.tradition in one German town, and now the idea's

:39:31. > :39:41.We sent Mike Bushell along, who else, to have a go.

:39:42. > :39:48.To win the title of most sporting championships you need equipment,

:39:49. > :39:54.clothing, shoes and months of training. For this one, all you need

:39:55. > :40:03.is a Christmas tree. I think I have found the right place. Despite the

:40:04. > :40:07.abundance of trees at the home of the third UK Christmas tree throwing

:40:08. > :40:11.Championships, only two are used in competition. A large one for the

:40:12. > :40:16.adults and a small for the children. Both are recycled. It can take a

:40:17. > :40:27.while to get a grip. The spines go in your hand. You did it. Yes, I am

:40:28. > :40:34.proud of myself. It is funny because it is unexpected. It is an odd ship

:40:35. > :40:37.to be thrown. Christmas tree throwing has been growing in Germany

:40:38. > :40:41.for a decade with the world record for distance is 12 metres. Now it is

:40:42. > :40:47.an established part of the build-up to Christmas here. We love crazy

:40:48. > :40:52.exports, like cheese rolling, and nothing quirky Breedlove. The first

:40:53. > :40:59.discipline is the high bar and the new champion a professional boxer. I

:41:00. > :41:12.didn't realise it was five metres. I threw it and hope for the best. I

:41:13. > :41:27.loved it. It must be difficult. Use your legs and your arms. Just go for

:41:28. > :41:29.it and hope for the best. For me it was third time lucky which meant I

:41:30. > :41:34.could move on to the next discipline. There is no runner-up,

:41:35. > :41:44.you have two stabbed in a circle and use the leverage from your legs. I

:41:45. > :41:48.stepped out of the circle. I obviously needed some expert

:41:49. > :41:57.tuition. It came in the form of a reindeer. Or is it a moose? Eddie

:41:58. > :42:07.Hall, Britain's strongest man. Could he handle a Christmas tree? It is

:42:08. > :42:11.like Olympic javelin, it is about the arm speed, rather than brute

:42:12. > :42:24.power. Just give it a good whack, that is the best way. There we are,

:42:25. > :42:27.the bar has been set. Remember, this is an official event, don't try this

:42:28. > :42:39.at home. Until next year, Merry Christmas.

:42:40. > :42:41.The wait is almost over for fans of Sherlock.

:42:42. > :42:44.The new series, which has been described by writers as the darkest

:42:45. > :42:48.Rumours of possible storylines have been flying around the internet,

:42:49. > :42:51.but the show's stars and crew have managed to keep it all a secret.

:42:52. > :42:53.We sent Breakfast's Tim Muffett along to the set see

:42:54. > :43:03.if he could tease anything out of the cast.

:43:04. > :43:12.The roads we work as a demon is beneath. And yours have been waiting

:43:13. > :43:18.for a very long time. When you see a script for the first time, what

:43:19. > :43:23.happens? You can how brilliant imagination and work that has gone

:43:24. > :43:28.into this creation is and involves and then you pick out the details

:43:29. > :43:32.that relate to the original stories and then a beautiful little

:43:33. > :43:36.character arcs. Some are remarkably long time in their planning. We are

:43:37. > :43:43.getting payoffs in this series that are to do with how this began. The

:43:44. > :43:52.beck and call of a screaming baby. It must be different. Sorry, what.

:43:53. > :43:57.All you do is clean up their mess. We have seen scenes being filmed

:43:58. > :44:03.outside. How does it affect the reduction? It can be like street

:44:04. > :44:08.theatre but the fans are respectful and understand we are doing a job

:44:09. > :44:14.and it is in our version of an office. The first series was a hit

:44:15. > :44:20.in the UK, no one predicted what a global phenomenon Sherlock would

:44:21. > :44:26.become. In China alone at least 98 million people are thought to have

:44:27. > :44:29.seen the last series. The show get a reaction unlike anything I have

:44:30. > :44:34.seen. I have been involved with bigger things and nothing is like

:44:35. > :44:39.Sherlock. You are a dad now in addition. How will that affect John

:44:40. > :44:47.Watson? The stakes get higher in a different area in his life. We would

:44:48. > :44:53.never bring Bruce out on the case. Exactly, don't wait up. It wouldn't

:44:54. > :45:03.be much of the show if it was a domestic series. The romance would

:45:04. > :45:08.be broken up? No, no way at all. The show couldn't operate without a

:45:09. > :45:17.differentiator. So I'm supposed to just go home? Shall we take this? It

:45:18. > :45:26.is a much darker series. It is very intense. When we read the three

:45:27. > :45:33.episodes we all went, all my God. We could do this. You are in this thing

:45:34. > :45:41.as well, how does that play out in your mind when you put ideas on the

:45:42. > :45:48.page? More lines. The figure seems. It's not true. There is only one

:45:49. > :45:57.writer in the world has only written a non-speaking part four might get

:45:58. > :46:00.us and that is Davis. There are clues and plot points that we'd

:46:01. > :46:05.never write them in case they get out and I often the one who says

:46:06. > :46:08.them and I just set them on the day simply never present in the script

:46:09. > :46:17.so there is no danger of them being leaked. What is the very worst thing

:46:18. > :46:22.you can do to your best friends? Tell them your darkest secret.

:46:23. > :46:25.The fourth series of Sherlock starts on New Year's Day at half

:46:26. > :46:40.You are watching BBC News. You are the main stories. A record number of

:46:41. > :46:43.engineering works are underway on British Airways. 10% of the network

:46:44. > :46:47.will be affected over Christmas. Theresa May has used her Christmas

:46:48. > :46:51.message to average Briton to unite and move forward after the Brexit

:46:52. > :46:52.foot. Jeremy Corbyn Corbyn has highlighted the plight of homeless

:46:53. > :46:59.people. It's Christmas Eve which,

:47:00. > :47:01.as any child will tell you, means there's just one sleep

:47:02. > :47:05.until the big day. And it also means that we're coming

:47:06. > :47:08.to the end of our BBC Breakfast Advent Calendar,

:47:09. > :47:29.so let's find out who has a special Merry Christmas. I just wanted to

:47:30. > :47:33.say have a fantastic time at Christmas, enjoy being with your

:47:34. > :47:38.friends and family is cannot believe it is so close. I am very excited

:47:39. > :47:42.and all I want to say is "A Christmas film, get in this period

:47:43. > :47:55.and have a fantastic time and eat lots of Turkey.

:47:56. > :48:01.Nick, what are you having for Christmas dinner? It is a turkey. I

:48:02. > :48:09.have done the desert. I have made a Yule log. You are just showing off.

:48:10. > :48:22.I made some soup is the first course. What shall we come over?

:48:23. > :48:26.Boxing Day. Our weather watcher was up with the birds trudged the

:48:27. > :48:31.sunrise in Eastbourne. That particular bird, a lovely view.

:48:32. > :48:36.Across southern parts of the UK there haven't been strong winds.

:48:37. > :48:40.Storm Barbra is pulling away from those in Scotland, producing cost in

:48:41. > :48:47.excess of 60 mph in the Northern Isles. The next area of cloud is

:48:48. > :48:54.storm corner coming in for Boxing Day in the far north of Scotland. A

:48:55. > :48:58.blast restored to Christmas Yves. River pictures show rain and snow

:48:59. > :49:01.showers around. There is something wintry and Christmassy in North and

:49:02. > :49:07.Scotland but this combined with the wind and the ice picks for travel

:49:08. > :49:12.hazards. Especially across Scotland. Difficult conditions on higher rates

:49:13. > :49:15.in northern Scotland and disruption because of wind. Blustery for

:49:16. > :49:20.Northern Ireland and northern England. Showers here. Wintry in the

:49:21. > :49:23.hills. He'll understand are possible. A lot of cloud in western

:49:24. > :49:29.England and Wales. Showers are possible but in Central and eastern

:49:30. > :49:34.England are getting decent sunny spells. Strong winds in northern

:49:35. > :49:39.Scotland will ease later today. A blustery day. The showers still

:49:40. > :49:41.across the northern half of the UK, turning to rein in Northern Ireland

:49:42. > :49:47.who ended the day and these temperatures are clues to average. A

:49:48. > :49:51.bite to the wind. As we go into this evening some rainfall around

:49:52. > :49:54.Northern Ireland and Scotland and northern England, but temperatures

:49:55. > :49:59.overnight and into tomorrow are going to be heading up. Neither

:50:00. > :50:03.colours moving in. Still windy, plenty of cloud but a bad start to

:50:04. > :50:08.Christmas Day and too much of the day temperatures will be in double

:50:09. > :50:16.at around 12 to 14 Celsius. We may see a 15 summer. Plenty of cold,

:50:17. > :50:20.blustery winds in the northern UK. Gales in places. Fabrics of in its

:50:21. > :50:25.report in Ireland, Scotland, northern England and North Wales. To

:50:26. > :50:29.the end of the day, northern Scotland, called air moving in. Snow

:50:30. > :50:34.in the hills again. Higher ground in Scotland may see a white Christmas.

:50:35. > :50:41.Onto the next storm coming for Boxing Day. The Northern Isles, but

:50:42. > :50:45.in Scotland, 80 or 90 mph gusts are possible. And Amber warning in

:50:46. > :50:49.force. It will be blustery. The best sunshine will be in the southern

:50:50. > :50:53.areas. The worst cloud and the showers will be across the northern

:50:54. > :50:55.half of the UK. It is windy to the rest of the weekend. It turns

:50:56. > :51:05.quieter from Tuesday. Those temperatures. We are surprised

:51:06. > :51:09.for those for Christmas Day. Let me just bring us back for you and tell

:51:10. > :51:14.you what we were talking about here. That is Christmas Day morning. The

:51:15. > :51:23.record for Christmas Day is 15.6 Celsius and that was achieved twice

:51:24. > :51:25.back in 1896 and making 20 in Scotland and Tollerton. It is

:51:26. > :51:31.exceptionally mild for the time of year. It isn't often like this. We

:51:32. > :51:38.might just fall short of the record but I wouldn't see -- be surprised

:51:39. > :51:45.to see somewhere which 15. Where would we get the 15? It could be up

:51:46. > :51:48.toward the North East of Scotland, a road north Aberdeenshire into the

:51:49. > :51:52.Marie Firth area if we get brightness coming through the cloud.

:51:53. > :51:56.Before temperatures from them later in the day with the colder air

:51:57. > :52:00.moving in at the end of Christmas Day producing snow showers in

:52:01. > :52:01.northern Scotland. That is a window of opportunity early in the day,

:52:02. > :52:07.perhaps in that part of Scotland. It's Christmas, so it's time to dust

:52:08. > :52:10.off those board games and gather the family together,

:52:11. > :52:12.but are they still as popular in the age of mobile

:52:13. > :52:15.phones and tablets? Market researchers say they've seen

:52:16. > :52:19.a rise in the sales of table top games thanks to the growth

:52:20. > :52:28.of new titles targeted at families. But do they just cause

:52:29. > :52:31.household dust ups? Does the same person

:52:32. > :52:33.always win in your house? We asked you what you enjoy,

:52:34. > :52:39.and hate, about board games. I like playing board games

:52:40. > :52:42.because it's a chance to switch off your screens, get away

:52:43. > :52:44.from work, chill out. I love that it brings people around

:52:45. > :52:50.the table and gives you a focal I love the social aspect

:52:51. > :52:57.of being with friends and family. We tend to do that a lot with family

:52:58. > :53:01.at Christmas time in particular. There is something

:53:02. > :53:03.different for everybody. You can be brutal and kill

:53:04. > :53:05.all of your friends, or you can be working

:53:06. > :53:08.together and save the world. People have come back to board games

:53:09. > :53:18.to reconnect with people. Family arguments, you just have

:53:19. > :53:21.to stick to the rules, I think, and make sure

:53:22. > :53:23.you know the rules properly. I have been known to throw things

:53:24. > :53:27.and sulk, and I have to keep telling myself it is only a game,

:53:28. > :53:30.but it feels like a lot With us to talk about this

:53:31. > :53:41.is the Guardian's board game columnist Owen Duffy,

:53:42. > :53:44.and blogger Anna MacGowan, who fully expects to be playing

:53:45. > :53:58.a game or two tomorrow. We have a collection here. Some of

:53:59. > :54:05.these are well loved. Did they ever go away, board games? Not really.

:54:06. > :54:08.People think they fitted with smartphones and digital

:54:09. > :54:12.entertainment but we are seeing a rain resurgence of games. Sales are

:54:13. > :54:16.up, there are fantastic new designs come out and people are discovering

:54:17. > :54:24.this hobby and this form of entertainment. What kind of games

:54:25. > :54:28.are we seeing? A huge game. -- range. There are quick and silly

:54:29. > :54:37.games to conjugated strategic ones you can spend a whole evening

:54:38. > :54:42.playing with your friends. You don't like the geeky ones? It is like

:54:43. > :54:45.Monopoly. The one that starts in good spirits but it is still going

:54:46. > :54:53.at midnight and it has fallen apart. I make a strategic air early on that

:54:54. > :54:59.means I never win, I'll never catch up. We stay away from the epic

:55:00. > :55:07.games. What are the secret to not follow out? There isn't one. It is

:55:08. > :55:11.inevitable. You can have cruise around it. You will fall out, when

:55:12. > :55:17.you realise you have hit the point where it has fallen apart, you have

:55:18. > :55:22.two just stop, walk away, have a drink, whatever it is. Also, what

:55:23. > :55:25.happens in the game, stays in the game. You do not refer to what

:55:26. > :55:32.happened in the game later that day. He cannot go I definitely did, that

:55:33. > :55:38.hand was right. Then you start all over again. As long as you abide by

:55:39. > :55:45.those rules, it is OK. Would you be playing board games? Yes. Some

:55:46. > :55:50.third-party games the kids can join in. Ryu arguments can happen, but

:55:51. > :55:55.you can mitigate it. One of my favourites is to play a cooperative

:55:56. > :56:01.game. Not all are competitive. There are teams were you are on the same

:56:02. > :56:05.side. There are games where you are a team can to accomplish one thing,

:56:06. > :56:11.so he might be medics trying to cure disease or you might be a robot

:56:12. > :56:16.pilot trying to stop on as many bad guys as possible. There are things

:56:17. > :56:23.that don't put dad against mum and brother against sister. If you do

:56:24. > :56:32.when, the thing is to not run around cheering. It is your big moment,

:56:33. > :56:41.isn't it? If you do win, you have to go for the glory. I like playing

:56:42. > :56:50.games. I take board games round to my friends houses. That is growing.

:56:51. > :56:53.I know people who I wouldn't take around a little bit of Scrabble and

:56:54. > :56:57.it is becoming an actual thing because it doesn't interfere with

:56:58. > :57:00.the drinking, but it stops you talking about house prices and the

:57:01. > :57:07.other stuff you don't want to talk about. There are games, break the

:57:08. > :57:13.ice games, if you have friends who don't know each other, you can ask

:57:14. > :57:17.questions about who they are and things like that. This is

:57:18. > :57:23.interesting in the sense that so many people are stuck on the tablets

:57:24. > :57:26.were their phones when you are in company. How many times have we

:57:27. > :57:33.talked about that? This is moving away from that. There has been a

:57:34. > :57:38.real surge in interest in games that make people sociable. Spaces where

:57:39. > :57:42.they can be silly and when they wouldn't usually in a social setting

:57:43. > :57:47.and people want something more tangible is up in the same way we

:57:48. > :57:50.have seen final record sales increase, people are maybe starting

:57:51. > :57:56.to feel that digital entertainment is quite solitary and they want

:57:57. > :57:59.something they can touch and feel. A good working can bring a family

:58:00. > :58:06.together. If you need a poor game, that is a worry, but I know a family

:58:07. > :58:10.where they have lost their dad and they want to stay away from the

:58:11. > :58:16.games they played together because they might revisit them in years to

:58:17. > :58:21.come, so the man has bought a new game, a quick response then and she

:58:22. > :58:25.is hoping that on Christmas Day, when everyone might be feeling weird

:58:26. > :58:32.she can say let's get this out. I think that is wonderful, in the

:58:33. > :58:35.spirit of that. He mentioned some of the trends coming through. What are

:58:36. > :58:45.the big sellers we should watch out for? I did mention pandemic, which

:58:46. > :58:48.is a perennial bestseller. Aside from collaborative games, there are

:58:49. > :58:55.things like ticket to ride, which is a real game. You have two plan a big

:58:56. > :59:00.real journey and connect routes using cards. It is quite engaging.

:59:01. > :59:05.There is strategy to but not so much that if you have never played before

:59:06. > :59:14.you will be elated. Things I have enjoyed include a simple to play a

:59:15. > :59:19.card game. It is about Scottish clans battling each other for

:59:20. > :59:23.territory, but it is really like. There is a whole industry of people

:59:24. > :59:28.streaming these new games. It is lovely to see you both. The

:59:29. > :00:17.headlines are coming up, we will see shortly.

:00:18. > :00:35.Hello this is Breakfast, with Roger Johnson and Naga Munchetty.

:00:36. > :00:41.Train passengers a word of disruptions after closures at

:00:42. > :00:42.Paddington. Stations in London, Manchester and Cardiff would be the

:00:43. > :00:53.worst hit. It's Christmas Eve -

:00:54. > :00:56.Saturday, the 24th of December. Actress Carrie Fisher is rushed

:00:57. > :01:00.to hospital after a suspected heart Calls for unity as the Prime

:01:01. > :01:04.Minister uses her Christmas message to urge British people to come

:01:05. > :01:07.together, after the Brexit vote Sam Allardyce is the new manager

:01:08. > :01:20.of Crystal Palace, he signs a two and a half year deal replacing

:01:21. > :01:24.Alan Pardew We'll hear from the stars

:01:25. > :01:26.of the global phenomenon that is Sherlock, ahead of it's

:01:27. > :01:29.return to our screens And Mike's been out on his latest

:01:30. > :01:41.challenge - a rather festive Gulbis bikes go into your hand and

:01:42. > :01:46.you try to haul to the end and the tops you can try to throw it over

:01:47. > :01:49.even more. It is a very odd shape to be throwing. Not all will be

:01:50. > :01:52.revealed in half an hour. And Nick has the festive

:01:53. > :01:53.forecast for us. Storm Barbara may be

:01:54. > :01:57.pulling away from the UK, but it remains windy today,

:01:58. > :01:59.tomorrow, and into Boxing Day The latest on the blustery

:02:00. > :02:02.Christmas forecast coming up. Extensive railway engineering works

:02:03. > :02:06.are starting across Britain today, with 200 different projects

:02:07. > :02:08.being carried out over Passengers in London,

:02:09. > :02:12.Manchester and Cardiff are expected One of the biggest stations

:02:13. > :02:18.in the capital, Paddington, is closed, with passengers

:02:19. > :02:21.being told to go to Ealing Broadway. It's where our reporter

:02:22. > :02:35.Jane-Frances Kelly is I have seen the book tying up with

:02:36. > :02:38.quite heavy suitcases and that is because as you say trains to

:02:39. > :02:45.Paddington are terminating here. That is because Paddington is closed

:02:46. > :02:50.for the next six days for work being done. There will be worked in on the

:02:51. > :02:55.Heathrow express. There will also be major engineering work done in Wales

:02:56. > :03:01.and Manchester. This is the biggest Christmas upgrade done by Network

:03:02. > :03:06.Rail. They say that 24,000 engineers will be working on up to 200 sites

:03:07. > :03:10.and they are investing ?103 million but this Christmas period. They say

:03:11. > :03:19.they have to do it, because they need the tracks to be not in a use

:03:20. > :03:23.and that Christmas is the time when they choose, because fewer people

:03:24. > :03:29.are actually travelling. That means also that the roads will be very

:03:30. > :03:36.busy. Before you travel, it would be a very good idea, in fact, the

:03:37. > :03:41.advice is, do check on various websites, the BBC travel websites,

:03:42. > :03:45.to find out, do you have a train? Also how long is that journey going

:03:46. > :03:53.to take, is going to be a bus replacement?

:03:54. > :04:00.We will be chatting to Simon Calder the travel expert shortly.

:04:01. > :04:02.Meanwhile, more disruption to transport in Scotland is expected

:04:03. > :04:06.Winds of up to 120mph were recorded yesterday, and rail,

:04:07. > :04:08.road and ferry travel is again expected to be hampered today

:04:09. > :04:12.An amber alert has also been issued for the Northern

:04:13. > :04:15.The Met Office has named it Storm Conor.

:04:16. > :04:17.we'll bring you a full forecast and look ahead to this

:04:18. > :04:21.The actor Carrie Fisher who is best known as Princess Leia

:04:22. > :04:23.from the Star Wars films is in intensive care

:04:24. > :04:25.in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a suspected

:04:26. > :04:29.The 60-year-old was taken in on a flight from London.

:04:30. > :04:39.Israel has angrily rejected a UN Security Council resolution

:04:40. > :04:41.demanding a halt to the building of Israeli settlements in occupied

:04:42. > :04:44.The vote passed after the United States,

:04:45. > :04:45.Israel's traditional ally, abstained, rather

:04:46. > :04:53.Our State Department Correspondent Barbara Plett-Usher reports.

:04:54. > :04:56.In a rare show of unity, the UN Security Council passed

:04:57. > :05:05.Voting that they had become a serious threat to a viable peace

:05:06. > :05:10.It was that conviction which led the US to withhold its customary

:05:11. > :05:17.protection of Israel at the council, although not

:05:18. > :05:26.Because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed

:05:27. > :05:28.in this resolution, and because the United States does

:05:29. > :05:32.not agree with every word in this text, that the United States did not

:05:33. > :05:35.The Israelis had managed to delay but not prevent the vote.

:05:36. > :05:38.They felt betrayed by their ally, especially angry about condemnation

:05:39. > :05:41.of their construction in occupied East Jerusalem.

:05:42. > :05:44.Who gave you the right to issue such a decree,

:05:45. > :05:49.denying our eternal rights in Jerusalem?

:05:50. > :05:54.Israel has long pursued a policy of building Jewish settlements

:05:55. > :05:57.on Arab land captured during the 1967 war.

:05:58. > :06:00.It insists it has the legal right to do this, but most of the world

:06:01. > :06:05.disagrees, and the UN resolution will make that argument

:06:06. > :06:08.Halting settlements was the focus of President Obama's attempts

:06:09. > :06:14.Resorting to the UN was his final act.

:06:15. > :06:17.The Palestinians embraced this as a victory for international law.

:06:18. > :06:19.But they can't expect the same from Mr Obama's successor,

:06:20. > :06:23.Donald Trump, who sided with the Israeli government on this.

:06:24. > :06:27.The UN resolution could become a reference point for further moves

:06:28. > :06:32.against Israel in international forums, but not for the next US

:06:33. > :06:51.Barbara Plett-Usher, BBC News, Washington.

:06:52. > :06:58.Like stuck to our corresponding to it in Bethlehem today have. How

:06:59. > :07:02.significant was those votes? It has been seen as extremely symbolically

:07:03. > :07:07.significant. They are hoping it will help them with legal cases in

:07:08. > :07:12.international court where they are trying to push for action against

:07:13. > :07:16.Israel. Palestinian officials are already starting to gather here in

:07:17. > :07:20.Bethlehem for their annual Christmas parade. They will see this as

:07:21. > :07:25.something of a Christmas present. They have long pressed for the

:07:26. > :07:30.Security Council to pass such a resolution. It describes is really

:07:31. > :07:34.settlements as having no legal validity, a flagrant violation of

:07:35. > :07:38.international law under the Geneva Convention and reflects their point

:07:39. > :07:43.of view that it is essential the stops to salvage the two state

:07:44. > :07:49.solution, the idea of a Palestinian state being created to live

:07:50. > :07:53.independently alongside Israel. From the Israeli side, it was unusual,

:07:54. > :07:57.because although this boat happened after the start of the Jewish

:07:58. > :08:02.sabbath, a lots of officials came out to condemn the vote. The

:08:03. > :08:11.Australian Prime Minister called it absurd. He said they rejected it. --

:08:12. > :08:15.Israeli Prime Minister. He was very critical of the Obama Administration

:08:16. > :08:20.which he said had failed to protect Israel in the UN and had colluded in

:08:21. > :08:25.a gang up against him. He said he now looks forward to working with

:08:26. > :08:30.President Donald Trump, who is known to have a much more sympathetic

:08:31. > :08:35.position to be right-wing policies of the Israeli Government. He has

:08:36. > :08:40.already nominated an ambassador to Israel who is very critical of the

:08:41. > :08:44.two state solution and has even supported settlements financially in

:08:45. > :08:45.the past. Thank you very much indeed. That was live from

:08:46. > :08:50.Bethlehem. German investigators

:08:51. > :08:52.are trying to establish whether the Tunisian man who carried

:08:53. > :08:54.out the Berlin Christmas market Questions are also being asked

:08:55. > :08:59.about the ease with which Anis Amri was able to flee to Italy -

:09:00. > :09:02.where he was shot dead 12 people died and 12 others

:09:03. > :09:06.were seriously injured when he drove into a crowded christmas market

:09:07. > :09:07.on Monday The British-born astronaut,

:09:08. > :09:09.Piers Sellers, has died of pancreatic cancer

:09:10. > :09:11.at the age of 61. Originally from East Sussex,

:09:12. > :09:13.he then became an American citizen, which allowed him to join

:09:14. > :09:15.Nasa's space programme. He took part in three missions

:09:16. > :09:21.between 2002 and 2010, spending a total of 35 days orbiting

:09:22. > :09:44.Earth. Depay Minister has urged Britain to

:09:45. > :09:52.come together in light of the Brexit world.

:09:53. > :09:54.The people have spoken and the answer is we're out.

:09:55. > :09:56.The EU referendum divided not just politicians

:09:57. > :09:59.So, against this backdrop, it's perhaps not surprising that

:10:00. > :10:01.in her Christmas message, the Prime Minister appeals

:10:02. > :10:18.for the armed forces, Theresa May tells them

:10:19. > :10:21.Because I want you and all your families to know that this

:10:22. > :10:29.Jeremy Corbyn says his thoughts are with those experiencing

:10:30. > :10:31.loneliness and despair at this time of year.

:10:32. > :10:35.He recently visited a homelessness charity in London and uses his

:10:36. > :10:38.Christmas message to repeat the promise he gave them.

:10:39. > :10:41.Labour has pledged to put an end to rough sleeping

:10:42. > :10:48.We would do that by doubling the number of homes

:10:49. > :10:58.available for people who have been sleeping on the street.

:10:59. > :11:01.Lib Dem leader of Tim Farron filmed his message at a centre

:11:02. > :11:04.for child refugees in France and he called for more tolerance.

:11:05. > :11:06.The least traditional message was from the Greens.

:11:07. > :11:08.They say 2016 was rubbish, or words to

:11:09. > :11:10.that effect, and they hoped next year is better.

:11:11. > :11:12.But there's one thing most politicians can agree

:11:13. > :11:14.on and that is to wish their voters a Happy Christmas.

:11:15. > :11:30.The first gorilla born in a zoo has celebrated her 60th birthday.

:11:31. > :11:33.Coco, who is also the oldest gorilla in America, celebrated by opening

:11:34. > :11:37.She's got three children and is a great-great-grandmother.

:11:38. > :11:44.Gorillas typically only have a life expectancy of 30 to 40 years.

:11:45. > :11:49.She seems fascinated by the box. I'm not sure there's anything in it.

:11:50. > :11:58.Happy birthday to her. It's 9.11am and you're watching

:11:59. > :12:03.Breakfast from BBC News. The biggest rail upgrade ever

:12:04. > :12:05.undertaken began last night. Up to 10 percent of Britain's

:12:06. > :12:08.railways are due to be affected by the works taking place over

:12:09. > :12:10.the festive period. And with bad weather also

:12:11. > :12:12.having an effect on some roads and ferry services,

:12:13. > :12:15.how much of an impact will there be on those who have journeys

:12:16. > :12:17.to make this Christmas? The Travel Editor of

:12:18. > :12:19.the Independent, Simon Calder, joins us now from Ealing Broadway

:12:20. > :12:23.train station. The reason you are there is because

:12:24. > :12:28.lots of trains or passengers are being diverted to their, because

:12:29. > :12:34.Paddington is closed for the next six days. That is correct. This

:12:35. > :12:38.suburban station to the west of London is doing an impression of

:12:39. > :12:43.Paddington Station and will be continuing that until next Thursday.

:12:44. > :12:49.The lines from here to Bristol, to the West Country, to south Wales,

:12:50. > :12:54.are all starting here. It is a small station, they cannot handle as many

:12:55. > :12:57.trains. The service is more or less in half. It is quite a way from

:12:58. > :13:02.central London, you need to take the tube out a year. There are still

:13:03. > :13:07.people turning up at Paddington station in London. I was down

:13:08. > :13:12.earlier this morning. A steady trickle of people, mostly foreign

:13:13. > :13:18.people trying to get to the throw. The Heathrow express is closed with

:13:19. > :13:22.all other trains out of Paddington. Elsewhere, the railways don't look

:13:23. > :13:30.too bad. Services will" early tonight. The last train from

:13:31. > :13:34.Newcastle to London is at 5:26pm. If you miss those, you will be waiting

:13:35. > :13:38.for a few days. The real problems are in Scotland. We will see in a

:13:39. > :13:43.moment how bad the wind cider and how bad they are expecting it to be

:13:44. > :13:49.on Boxing Day. It heard all day yesterday and even today there have

:13:50. > :13:55.been ferries cancelled. Flights are going ahead today. Many of them were

:13:56. > :13:59.cancelled yesterday to the Highlands and Islands. Norris links cherries

:14:00. > :14:08.to Orkney and Shetland see if you do not have to travel today, please, do

:14:09. > :14:13.not. And number of services in the north-west of Scotland have been

:14:14. > :14:19.cancelled. That the picture at home, what about people who want to get

:14:20. > :14:27.away from the UK? We have had soared by Brand Storm Conor, which would

:14:28. > :14:32.updaters on. What about if you're getting away? It looks good in the

:14:33. > :14:40.skies. The top five airports, Gatwick, Manchester, Edinburgh etc

:14:41. > :14:45.looked a lot better yesterday. If you're flying from Stansted to

:14:46. > :14:50.transfer a skiing holiday, you'll have to go to Grenoble. Despite

:14:51. > :14:57.distance from the French Alps. Flights coming into Manchester

:14:58. > :15:00.Airport from the horror is 24 hours late and will not be going until

:15:01. > :15:07.this afternoon. Apart from that, the skies look already the moment. There

:15:08. > :15:12.are still flights and holidays available if you want a last-minute

:15:13. > :15:17.getaway. Very expensive to get to Spain and the Canaries, but not much

:15:18. > :15:22.more if you want to head to somewhere like South Africa or

:15:23. > :15:25.Thailand. Plenty going out and will be flights tomorrow. We wish you a

:15:26. > :15:42.very enjoyable festive period. You may not need to leave if you're

:15:43. > :15:47.after a warm weather. Along with the strong winds we have snow and ice in

:15:48. > :15:53.the Highlands of Scotland. Hazards in terms of wintry weather. Tomorrow

:15:54. > :15:58.will be the other way as it turns milder. We have heard about that

:15:59. > :16:07.destruction happening in Scotland. Although storm Barbara is pulling

:16:08. > :16:12.away, this next Storm Conor will be coming in on Boxing Day. This is the

:16:13. > :16:17.snowfall picture of the past couple of hours. You can see there was snow

:16:18. > :16:25.showers in the northern parts of Scotland. In wintry and windy

:16:26. > :16:29.started day. Gusts of 60 mph in a fine night of Scotland. Destruction

:16:30. > :16:34.still around this morning. Sharia is pushing into Northern Ireland and

:16:35. > :16:38.1024 wheels and the Midlands. Brighter spells around because the

:16:39. > :16:42.bulk of England and Wales and many others will avoid the showers here

:16:43. > :16:46.and stay dry and see some sunshine. Blustery where ever you are. The

:16:47. > :16:53.strongest winds in Scotland, with a bite to that wind with temperatures

:16:54. > :16:56.in single figures. Later, showers become an area of rainfall heading

:16:57. > :17:04.into Northern Ireland. Here is a look at the temperatures. We are

:17:05. > :17:09.going to see some milder air moving in overnight. That is going to be

:17:10. > :17:14.the big change for Christmas Day morning. This watch of brighter

:17:15. > :17:17.colours indicating new milder air coming in. The site of tomorrow will

:17:18. > :17:24.bring temperatures were widely into double figures. Exceptionally mild

:17:25. > :17:27.for Christmas Day. Plenty of cloud around with outbreaks of rain,

:17:28. > :17:34.especially across western parts of the UK. It deals again for parts of

:17:35. > :17:38.northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Wetter as the day

:17:39. > :17:42.comes to an end. Late in the day, in the north of Scotland, the showers

:17:43. > :17:48.turn more wintry again. Some will have snow for Christmas. That's how

:17:49. > :17:49.Christmas Day is looking. More about Storm Conor and Boxing Day coming up

:17:50. > :17:53.later. Tomorrow's expected to be the most

:17:54. > :17:57.connected Christmas ever - with an estimated 7 billion photos

:17:58. > :17:59.posted on social media. So what kind of things

:18:00. > :18:01.should we posting and what advice should we give

:18:02. > :18:06.children about sharing? We'll talk more about that

:18:07. > :18:09.in a moment, but first, let's see what some of you think

:18:10. > :18:34.about using social media Sometimes when people pile-up of the

:18:35. > :18:38.present it is embarrassing. You have to post a picture of Christmas

:18:39. > :18:47.dinner. Photos of Christmas dinner. Yes, standard. And the dog normally

:18:48. > :18:50.with their Christmas present. Those in the years resolution things,

:18:51. > :18:56.which they never followed through on. Going on a diet. People always

:18:57. > :18:59.gloat about what they get as a present. People always say their

:19:00. > :19:04.boyfriend but then the most amazing thing. And when you're single, you

:19:05. > :19:06.say, please, go away and tell someone else.

:19:07. > :19:08.Joining us now is digital marketing and technology

:19:09. > :19:22.Is it a stupid question to ask if you will be using social media on

:19:23. > :19:26.Christmas Day? We all do that. A lot of people will be doing it right

:19:27. > :19:31.now. We are all going to be posting lots of pictures. I will be doing

:19:32. > :19:37.that, yes. We have to be careful of what those pictures are of. Instant

:19:38. > :19:40.gram your turkey, that is fine. Be aware if you're putting pictures up

:19:41. > :19:46.of children and things like that. We have to have a bit of digital common

:19:47. > :19:53.sense. Adults need to be smart, but children also need to be smart about

:19:54. > :19:57.what they are posting. Yes, exactly. We have responsibility about what we

:19:58. > :20:03.are teaching young children. We have to be mindful and weary. A great way

:20:04. > :20:07.of putting it, if you wouldn't have a T-shirt with that on, don't posted

:20:08. > :20:12.online. That literally what you would be doing, showing the world a

:20:13. > :20:21.certain thing. That I is an interesting things as well in terms

:20:22. > :20:24.of location devices and may be thinking about your privacy

:20:25. > :20:31.settings. People will be able to further identify you. That is a big

:20:32. > :20:37.one in terms of social media. A lot of people don't realise that on

:20:38. > :20:41.social media, the social media companies only data as well. Buy you

:20:42. > :20:46.posting it up, they can use it for any kind of marketing they want. If

:20:47. > :20:50.you're not buying a product online, you are the product online. You have

:20:51. > :20:59.to be careful, because those companies could use that to identify

:21:00. > :21:02.what you buy next year. If you put a photograph on social media, that

:21:03. > :21:10.social media platform gets the copyright? Yes, I have to be careful

:21:11. > :21:15.here. The only way to use that photograph because of terms and

:21:16. > :21:18.conditions that you have never read. The keyboard something this year and

:21:19. > :21:29.a net marketing company can work out what you bought and work-out what

:21:30. > :21:33.you would like to buy next year. We were talking about board games

:21:34. > :21:39.earlier. What about just staying off your phone on Christmas Day? I don't

:21:40. > :21:43.think we should stop posting things online because it is Christmas, I

:21:44. > :21:47.think we should enjoy the moment of sharing with friends and families.

:21:48. > :21:52.If you're playing a game with friends and family, Tiggy picture

:21:53. > :21:58.and share it. If all you're doing is putting a stealthy, be careful about

:21:59. > :22:07.that. I'm taking a part of Christmas dinner tomorrow. I will be taking a

:22:08. > :22:12.picture. Which part? The turkey. Sewer wife is doing everything else?

:22:13. > :22:16.I'm opening and closing the door. There could be the problem with

:22:17. > :22:18.social media, the picture could tell another story. You are in trouble.

:22:19. > :22:21.Merry Christmas. You're watching

:22:22. > :22:22.Breakfast from BBC News. Time now for a look

:22:23. > :22:28.at the newspapers. Former newspaper editor

:22:29. > :22:44.Paul Horrocks is here to tell us Good morning. Happy Christmas. We

:22:45. > :22:53.have picked only festive stories. You are not far of the big day.

:22:54. > :23:00.Let's look at Santana. The shopping theme. Have you ever heard of the

:23:01. > :23:06.vampire economy? I have not. Night economy. Apparently tonight, major

:23:07. > :23:10.retailers will launch an online blitz against us to tempt others

:23:11. > :23:15.rather than wrapping late-night presence to be on our computers

:23:16. > :23:19.doing late-night shopping. This is written in a bit more of a cynical

:23:20. > :23:26.way than that, because it is saying that major retailers will try to

:23:27. > :23:31.tempt drunk revellers on their way home. You beat me to saying that.

:23:32. > :23:38.What they will be doing is decide that they cannot afford something

:23:39. > :23:43.that they do not need. You will wish you had never done it when you have

:23:44. > :23:48.had a few beers. Adjusting its interesting. The trend now that

:23:49. > :23:51.online shopping as we know has grown massively and it looks like the

:23:52. > :23:59.Boxing Day traditions of sales will be down in Spence, but the online

:24:00. > :24:03.sales will be up. The sales begin earlier and earlier in the discounts

:24:04. > :24:06.come flooding in to your inbox earlier and earlier and people

:24:07. > :24:14.probably think they have already had the discount. VCL is permanently on.

:24:15. > :24:22.It starts with black Friday and everything else. Were talking about

:24:23. > :24:33.social media earlier, when you post about shopping on social media, the

:24:34. > :24:41.euro then inundated with offers online. Sprouts. Now, we all have

:24:42. > :24:46.views on them. I used to loathe them as a child, but now I love them. But

:24:47. > :24:57.we do them with bacon and all the rest of it. With mushrooms and all

:24:58. > :25:00.that. This is a serious health benefits. It appears that the

:25:01. > :25:03.vitamin ingredients in sprouts are good for your brain and if it is

:25:04. > :25:07.good for your brain, then it might help beat dementia and scientists at

:25:08. > :25:14.University in Aberdeen have been looking very closely at the

:25:15. > :25:18.beneficial effects of certain chemicals and they contain sprouts

:25:19. > :25:28.and it is good for Alzheimer's and dementia. What are you did the a

:25:29. > :25:32.look at here? We have all heard the nurse to rebrand the 12 days of

:25:33. > :25:37.Christmas. The times have taken a look at what certain things in the

:25:38. > :25:42.rhyme, the 12 days of Christmas would have cost 20 years ago.

:25:43. > :25:53.Compared to if he were to buy them today. If you wanted to

:25:54. > :26:06.turtledoves, or four calling birds they were 3600 pounds, the now

:26:07. > :26:13.?6,420. Eight maids are milking are up 41%. Ten lords are at leaping are

:26:14. > :26:20.down. How do you figure out that eight maids are milking at that

:26:21. > :26:23.price Goode research done by agricultural workers. They include

:26:24. > :26:27.the cost of hiring staff at a certain time of year compared to 20

:26:28. > :26:38.years ago. Pipers are more expensive. Five gold rings was about

:26:39. > :26:40.?500. Unless you are a Somalia, you might not have known this, bigger

:26:41. > :26:56.bubbles are better in champagne. Apparently it was known that lots of

:26:57. > :27:05.bubbles in the glace made it a better glass of champagne. It is

:27:06. > :27:12.bigger bubbles, not more. Let's bring out the Grinch. There are an

:27:13. > :27:20.on Christmas Day. Having the family around. A survey has been done of

:27:21. > :27:24.what Tories are causing most Christmas tension.

:27:25. > :27:35.Leaving empty toilet rolls on the holder and the final one, leaving

:27:36. > :27:40.the toilet seat up. I don't think those are confined to Christmas.

:27:41. > :27:45.Those are all common complaints in our house. The noisy when others are

:27:46. > :27:51.trying to sleep. When your father-in-law nods off after lunch.

:27:52. > :27:53.As I will be doing. Has been an absolute pleasure having you in.

:27:54. > :27:59.Thank you. We'll hear from the stars

:28:00. > :28:10.of the global phenomenon that is Sherlock, ahead of it's

:28:11. > :28:12.return to our screens Stay with us. The headlines are on

:28:13. > :29:25.the way. Hello, this is Breakfast with

:29:26. > :29:27.Roger Johnson and Naga Munchetty. Richard will have all your sports

:29:28. > :29:30.news in a few minutes. But first at half nine, a summary

:29:31. > :29:33.of this morning's main stories. Train passengers across Britain

:29:34. > :29:35.are being warned they could face delays, diversions and cancellations

:29:36. > :29:37.over the Christmas break. Network Rail is beginning a record

:29:38. > :29:40.number of engineering works, with 24,000 engineers working

:29:41. > :29:41.on the network. Those travelling from London,

:29:42. > :29:43.Manchester and Cardiff are expected Meanwhile, more disruption

:29:44. > :29:52.to transport in Scotland is expected Winds of up to 120 miles an hour

:29:53. > :29:56.were recorded yesterday, and rail, road and ferry travel is again

:29:57. > :29:59.expected to be hampered today An amber alert has also been

:30:00. > :30:07.issued for the Northern The Met Office has named it

:30:08. > :30:15.Storm Conor, we'll bring you a full forecast and look ahead to this

:30:16. > :30:20.in a few moments time. The UN Security Council has passed

:30:21. > :30:22.a resolution demanding a halt to Israeli settlement building

:30:23. > :30:25.on occupied Palestinian land, describing it as a flagrant

:30:26. > :30:27.violation of international law. The vote was passed

:30:28. > :30:31.after the United States, Israel's The Israeli prime minister

:30:32. > :30:35.has rejected the move. A statement from his office said

:30:36. > :30:37.Israel would not abide The Prime Minister has called

:30:38. > :30:47.for Britain to come together as it In her first Christmas message

:30:48. > :30:50.Theresa May says the country must prepare to 'forge a bold new role'

:30:51. > :30:53.in the world. The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn has

:30:54. > :30:55.highlighted the plight of homeless The actor Carrie Fisher,

:30:56. > :31:04.best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars

:31:05. > :31:06.films, is in intensive care in a Los Angeles

:31:07. > :31:08.hospital after suffering The 60-year-old was taken ill

:31:09. > :31:12.on a flight from London. Our Entertainment Correspondent,

:31:13. > :31:24.Colin Paterson, joins us now. This news has come through

:31:25. > :31:29.overnight. Carrie Fisher has been in the UK for the last few weeks

:31:30. > :31:33.because she has been filming a sitcom for Channel 4. She has also

:31:34. > :31:39.been promoting her new book. She was on the Graham Norton earlier in the

:31:40. > :31:44.month. Yesterday she flew home for Christmas to Los Angeles. Reports

:31:45. > :31:48.say that 15 minutes before the plane landed passengers were seen trying

:31:49. > :31:55.to revive her. There was a call for a medic to help. The medic give CPR

:31:56. > :31:59.for 15 minutes when the plane landed. Medics were on the runway

:32:00. > :32:03.and give her another 15 minutes of CPR before taking her to hospital in

:32:04. > :32:09.Los Angeles where she is in intensive care. That is all we know,

:32:10. > :32:15.isn't it? It seems the treatment was going on for some time, so her

:32:16. > :32:20.situation is critical. Her brother has said her condition was critical

:32:21. > :32:25.and she is still in intensive care. There has been an outpouring of love

:32:26. > :32:30.from Hollywood because she is so popular. She is from Hollywood

:32:31. > :32:34.royalty. Her mum was Debbie Reynolds, her father was Eddie

:32:35. > :32:39.Fisher, one of the biggest US pop stars of the early 1950s. She was

:32:40. > :32:47.married to Paul Simon. These are some of the biggest names in the US

:32:48. > :32:53.entertainment industry. Mark Hamill, her co-star in Star Wars, was sent

:32:54. > :33:02.as if 2016 couldn't get worse. Peter Mayhew said his thoughts and prayers

:33:03. > :33:06.were with her. Graham Norton said she was on his show earlier in the

:33:07. > :33:13.month, don't even think about it, this planet needs you on it. Sending

:33:14. > :33:17.you so much love. She had an amazing film career but also a colourful

:33:18. > :33:25.life offered. She was publicising her memoirs over here. Star Wars is

:33:26. > :33:31.what she was best known for. She was also in a Woody Allen film. When

:33:32. > :33:35.Harry Sally. She has a programme on Channel 4 in its third series. She

:33:36. > :33:43.has filmed her part in the next Star Wars film. He mentioned her memoirs.

:33:44. > :33:48.Postcards from the edge, that was her memoir. She has been so honest

:33:49. > :33:53.about the battles she has had with depression and that is one reason

:33:54. > :33:54.she is so loved. Thank you very much for updating us on that.

:33:55. > :33:56.The British born astronaut, Piers Sellers, has died

:33:57. > :33:58.of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.

:33:59. > :34:01.Originally from East Sussex, he then became an American citizen,

:34:02. > :34:03.which allowed him to join NASA's space programme.

:34:04. > :34:05.He took part in three missions between 2002 and 2010,

:34:06. > :34:07.spending a total of 35 days orbiting Earth.

:34:08. > :34:14.Those are the main stories this morning.

:34:15. > :34:17.Temperatures at the North Pole could be up to 20 degrees

:34:18. > :34:19.higher than average today, in what scientists say

:34:20. > :34:22.They say an air temperature of just below freezing,

:34:23. > :34:24.instead of the usual minus 30, is preventing ice from forming.

:34:25. > :34:35.The researchers claim it's directly linked to man-made climate change.

:34:36. > :34:50.Let's catch up on all the sports news. He hasn't been awake for a

:34:51. > :34:52.long, Sam Allardyce. He had the brief spell in charge of England. He

:34:53. > :34:54.is the new Crystal Palace manager. He's signed a two

:34:55. > :34:56.and a half year deal. Alan Pardew was sacked as Palace

:34:57. > :34:58.manager on Thursday, with the club just one point

:34:59. > :35:01.above the Premier League Palace moved quickly,

:35:02. > :35:04.saying they are fortunate that someone of Allardyce's calibre

:35:05. > :35:06.and experience was available. Allardyce was sacked by England

:35:07. > :35:08.after one game in charge Speaking to Palace's

:35:09. > :35:12.in house television station, Allardyce recognises the scale

:35:13. > :35:14.of his task but says he's As difficult as it is,

:35:15. > :35:22.and as pressurised as it is, it's where I've been

:35:23. > :35:25.comfortable for many years now, and obviously you generally get

:35:26. > :35:29.a new job on the fact there's a few I have to sort those

:35:30. > :35:36.difficulties out, hopefully, with my experience, and try and get

:35:37. > :35:39.a few more results on the board, particularly over Christmas

:35:40. > :35:41.and New Year, to make everybody feel Aberdeen are four points behind

:35:42. > :35:47.second placed Rangers in the Scottish Premiership thanks

:35:48. > :35:49.to a 3-1 win over Both sides were awarded penalties

:35:50. > :35:53.in an incident filled first half, but Motherwell missed theirs

:35:54. > :35:55.and Niall McGinn put the game Elsewhere Dundee came from 2-0

:35:56. > :36:03.down to beat Hearts 3-2. St Johnstone won at Kilmarnock one

:36:04. > :36:05.nil and Partick Thistle ended a seven-game run without a win

:36:06. > :36:09.to move off the bottom of the table Celtic and Rangers both

:36:10. > :36:19.play later today. The Czech tennis player

:36:20. > :36:21.Petra Kvitova says she's confident of making a full recovery

:36:22. > :36:24.and returning to the court after a knife attack

:36:25. > :36:26.left her needing surgery The two time Wimbledon champion

:36:27. > :36:30.was injured as she fought off an intruder with a knife who broke

:36:31. > :36:32.into her apartment She had surgery on her hand

:36:33. > :36:36.to repair nerve and tendon damage and has been ordered to rest

:36:37. > :36:41.for at least six months. World Rugby say they want

:36:42. > :36:43.more information from the Rugby Football Union about how

:36:44. > :36:46.Northampton handled George's North's The Wales international

:36:47. > :36:49.has had problems with A panel ruled this week

:36:50. > :36:52.that the Saints won't face any North didn't feature

:36:53. > :36:55.last night for his club, who ended a four match losing streak

:36:56. > :36:58.by beating Sale Sharks 24-5. Northampton ran in three tries

:36:59. > :37:01.against Sale who've now Whilst in the Pro 12,

:37:02. > :37:09.Ulster moved fourth in the table Stuart McCloskey scored the first

:37:10. > :37:17.of their two tries. The defending PDC Darts World

:37:18. > :37:19.Champion Gary Anderson is safely through to the third

:37:20. > :37:21.round at the Alexandra Palace. The Flying Scotsman fired in six

:37:22. > :37:24.maximums and didn't drop a set in his win over Andrew Goldfinger

:37:25. > :37:29.Gilding. Checkouts of 134 and 132 helped him

:37:30. > :37:32.secure victory four sets to nil. He plays Big Ben Benito van de

:37:33. > :37:53.Pas in the next round. unusual today being a Saturday,

:37:54. > :38:02.there is no football. Boxing Day is at the big day. On the guards.

:38:03. > :38:12.Adrian Lewis is jackpot. The best we think is Mark frost who is Frosty

:38:13. > :38:28.the romance. There is a Liverpool player is danger scales. Alan Chuck

:38:29. > :38:39.Norris. Frosty the throw man wins for me. Merry Christmas.

:38:40. > :38:41.This time tomorrow morning, many of you may be opening presents

:38:42. > :38:44.around the Christmas tree, but what do you do with it

:38:45. > :38:49.Christmas Tree Throwing Competitions have been a long-standing

:38:50. > :38:51.tradition in one German town, and now the idea's

:38:52. > :39:00.We sent Mike Bushell along, who else, to have a go.

:39:01. > :39:02.To win the title of most sporting championships you need equipment,

:39:03. > :39:07.clothing, shoes and months of training.

:39:08. > :39:10.For this one, all you need is a Christmas tree.

:39:11. > :39:19.I think I have found the right place.

:39:20. > :39:22.Despite the abundance of trees at the home of the third UK

:39:23. > :39:24.Christmas tree throwing Championships, only two

:39:25. > :39:28.A large one for the adults and a small for the children.

:39:29. > :39:46.It is funny because it is unexpected.

:39:47. > :39:56.Christmas tree throwing has been growing in Germany for a decade

:39:57. > :39:58.with the world record for distance is 12 metres.

:39:59. > :40:01.Now it is an established part of the build-up to Christmas here.

:40:02. > :40:03.We love crazy exports, like cheese rolling,

:40:04. > :40:18.The first discipline is the high bar and the new champion

:40:19. > :40:44.Just go for it and hope for the best.

:40:45. > :40:47.For me it was third time lucky which meant I could move

:40:48. > :40:51.There is no runner-up, you have two stabbed in a circle

:40:52. > :41:04.I obviously needed some expert tuition.

:41:05. > :41:24.After lifting half a tonne, could he handle a Christmas tree?

:41:25. > :41:26.It is like Olympic javelin, it is about the arm speed,

:41:27. > :41:32.Just give it a good whack, that is the best way.

:41:33. > :41:38.Remember, this is an official event, don't try this at home.

:41:39. > :42:02.The wait is almost over for fans of Sherlock.

:42:03. > :42:05.The new series, which has been described by writers as the darkest

:42:06. > :42:09.Rumours of possible storylines have been flying around the internet,

:42:10. > :42:12.but the show's stars and crew have managed to keep it all a secret.

:42:13. > :42:15.We sent Breakfast's Tim Muffett along to the set see

:42:16. > :42:18.if he could tease anything out of the cast.

:42:19. > :42:21.The roads we walk have demons beneath.

:42:22. > :42:25.And yours have been waiting for a very long time.

:42:26. > :42:34.When you see a script for the first time, what happens?

:42:35. > :42:37.You can see how brilliant imagination and work that has gone

:42:38. > :42:40.into this creation is and involves and then you pick out

:42:41. > :42:44.to the original stories and then a beautiful little character arcs.

:42:45. > :42:49.Some are remarkably long time in their planning.

:42:50. > :42:52.We are getting payoffs in this series that are to do

:42:53. > :42:56.The beck and call of a screaming baby.

:42:57. > :43:08.We have seen scenes being filmed outside

:43:09. > :43:15.It can be like street theatre but the fans are respectful

:43:16. > :43:20.and understand we are doing a job and they are in our

:43:21. > :43:25.The first series was a hit in the UK, no one predicted

:43:26. > :43:30.what a global phenomenon Sherlock would become.

:43:31. > :43:33.In China alone at least 98 million people are thought to have

:43:34. > :43:42.The show gets a reaction unlike anything I have seen.

:43:43. > :43:45.I have been involved with big things and nothing is like Sherlock.

:43:46. > :44:00.The stakes get higher in a different area in his life.

:44:01. > :44:02.We would never bring Rosie out on the case.

:44:03. > :44:09.It wouldn't be much of the show if it was a domestic series.

:44:10. > :44:19.The show couldn't operate without that relationship.

:44:20. > :44:39.When we read the three episodes we all went, oh my God.

:44:40. > :44:47.You are in this thing as well, how does that play out in your mind

:44:48. > :45:05.There is only one writer in the world has written

:45:06. > :45:10.a non-speaking part for himself and that is Mark Gattis.

:45:11. > :45:13.There are clues and plot points that we'd never write in case they get

:45:14. > :45:17.out and I'm often the one who says them and I just say them on the day,

:45:18. > :45:20.they're never present in the script so there is no danger

:45:21. > :45:39.The fourth series of Sherlock starts on New Year's Day at half

:45:40. > :45:57.Here's Nick with a look at this morning's weather.

:45:58. > :46:13.Tell us the preparation you have done for Christmas. The soup is

:46:14. > :46:17.done. A Yule log, it is the peppermint one, a Christmas case and

:46:18. > :46:26.an ice cream bomb. I'm not sure how that will turn out. We are in

:46:27. > :46:39.absolute. Remit is what can we are popping over? I said Boxing Day. I

:46:40. > :46:44.will try to leave some for you. This is in Murray. A wintry start here.

:46:45. > :46:49.It is a wintry start and a windy start. There are still travel

:46:50. > :46:53.problems, even though storm Barbara is pulling the way it is blowing a

:46:54. > :47:01.gale in northern Scotland. We are getting costs of 60 miles above.

:47:02. > :47:04.More cloud coming in for Boxing Day. Back to today, but take a look at

:47:05. > :47:10.the picture north to south. Plenty of showers are pushing in across

:47:11. > :47:14.Scotland. It is in northern Scotland that the showers are merely

:47:15. > :47:18.following as snow on modest hills. Come further south and you might

:47:19. > :47:22.pick up a shower but if our amount of dry weather for the rest of

:47:23. > :47:26.England and Wales. Sunshine occasionally, but a blustery day for

:47:27. > :47:34.every you are. It is not as windy as yesterday. The wind will ease a

:47:35. > :47:38.little in northern Scotland. There will be rain in Northern Ireland.

:47:39. > :47:43.There is a bit of a bike to the wind. We have seen wintry scenes,

:47:44. > :47:48.single figure temperatures of ten or 11 degrees. Heading up this evening,

:47:49. > :47:54.rainfall around Scotland, Northern Ireland, with England and North

:47:55. > :47:57.Wales. A change to milder weather overnight as temperature had up for

:47:58. > :48:03.an exceptionally mild first-half of Christmas day when temperatures will

:48:04. > :48:07.be widely into double figures, maybe as high as 15 Celsius. Close to

:48:08. > :48:19.record-breaking four Christmas Day. But we are going to see something

:48:20. > :48:21.called arrive later on. For the bulk of the day it is windy again,

:48:22. > :48:23.cloudy, mild, outbreaks of rain. Gales for northern England and

:48:24. > :48:27.Scotland again, colder air filtering into the far north of Scotland.

:48:28. > :48:33.Wintry showers on Hills so some people might get a white Christmas,

:48:34. > :48:37.but you have to go high. This is the far north of Scotland, the Northern

:48:38. > :48:44.islands on Boxing Day. Amber warning. Gusts of 80 to 90 mph. Some

:48:45. > :48:49.disruption. Gales in many northern parts. Not as windy in the south and

:48:50. > :48:54.we get to see a bit of sunshine. It stays windy throughout the Christmas

:48:55. > :49:00.period. Tuesday it turns quieter. That is how it is looking. Have a

:49:01. > :49:11.lovely Christmas dinner after doing all that work. You deserve to put

:49:12. > :49:12.your feet up and have a great day. There is some football. Rangers and

:49:13. > :49:15.Celtic are playing. It's the start of the busiest day

:49:16. > :49:18.of the year for one man in particular and as we speak,

:49:19. > :49:21.Santa Claus is gearing up to get all those presents delivered

:49:22. > :49:23.to millions of children But have you ever wondered

:49:24. > :49:27.exactly how he does it? There's one professor

:49:28. > :49:29.who's got his own theory. Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin

:49:30. > :49:34.has been to meet him. This is a VIP, a Very

:49:35. > :49:37.Important Professor. I can scientifically prove Santa can

:49:38. > :49:42.deliver all the presents Our search for evidence

:49:43. > :49:54.begins here in London Zoo. Estimates vary, but I reckon

:49:55. > :50:01.about 20-30 miles per hour. They are pretty fast

:50:02. > :50:04.across the snow. Not quite fast enough

:50:05. > :50:08.for what we have in mind, though. Of course, children do not need

:50:09. > :50:11.to fully understand how he does it, How can they do all of those

:50:12. > :50:18.miles in one night? OK, so they are healthy,

:50:19. > :50:26.they workout... Not terribly scientific,

:50:27. > :50:35.and without science, I need hard evidence to be convinced

:50:36. > :50:55.of anything like that. It might be enough for

:50:56. > :51:02.children to simply believe, And this is where they have come

:51:03. > :51:06.in search of the proof. He can travel 75.5 million miles

:51:07. > :51:28.in just 7.5 minutes. That leaves plenty of time to eat

:51:29. > :51:32.mince pies and the presents. For more evidence,

:51:33. > :51:40.note the Doppler shift. As the sound comes towards us

:51:41. > :51:45.it makes this noise! So, with light, as light comes

:51:46. > :51:50.towards us, we see it as blue, leaving us, we go to the red shift,

:51:51. > :51:54.and that is why Santa Claus is red. It's Christmas, so it's time to dust

:51:55. > :52:20.off those board games and gather the family together,

:52:21. > :52:22.but are they still as popular in the age of mobile

:52:23. > :52:24.phones and tablets? Market researchers say they've seen

:52:25. > :52:27.a rise in the sales of table top games thanks to the growth

:52:28. > :52:30.of new titles targeted at families. But do they just cause

:52:31. > :52:34.household dust ups? Does the same person

:52:35. > :52:36.always win in your house? We asked you what you enjoy,

:52:37. > :52:39.and hate, about board games. I like playing board games

:52:40. > :52:41.because it's a chance to switch off your screens, get away

:52:42. > :52:43.from work, chill out. I love that it brings people around

:52:44. > :52:48.the table and gives you a focal I love the social aspect

:52:49. > :52:54.of being with friends and family. We tend to do that a lot with family

:52:55. > :52:58.at Christmas time in particular. There is something

:52:59. > :53:01.different for everybody. You can be brutal and kill

:53:02. > :53:04.all of your friends, or you can be working

:53:05. > :53:07.together and save the world. People have come back to board games

:53:08. > :53:13.to reconnect with people. Family arguments, you just have

:53:14. > :53:15.to stick to the rules, I think, and make sure

:53:16. > :53:18.you know the rules properly. I have been known to throw things

:53:19. > :53:21.and sulk, and I have to keep telling myself it is only a game,

:53:22. > :53:24.but it feels like a lot With us to talk about this

:53:25. > :53:39.is the Guardian's board game columnist Owen Duffy,

:53:40. > :53:41.and blogger Anna MacGowan, who fully expects to be playing

:53:42. > :54:00.a game or two tomorrow. I will only be playing games, though

:54:01. > :54:04.Masson came playing with the argument last time the morning

:54:05. > :54:10.through to the evening. Tell us about the kind of games that will be

:54:11. > :54:14.a big hit this Christmas? There is a huge variety. There are lots of

:54:15. > :54:20.talented designers turned out great stuff. There are simple five-minute

:54:21. > :54:23.family games, party games, word games, strategic stuff, the things

:54:24. > :54:33.you play over and evening. There is something for everybody. Long games

:54:34. > :54:41.are popular, you think it is a big no. It is a disaster. It is so

:54:42. > :54:48.endless. If you make an air early on in your tactical manoeuvring, you

:54:49. > :54:57.never get it back. Years and years of experience. When I was a child