25/12/2016 Breakfast

This is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty.

The Queen will pay tribute to "ordinary people doing

extraordinary things" when she delivers her annual

Her Majesty will say that she draws strength from meeting those

who inspire others, and will recognise the achievements

of our Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

Good morning, it's Christmas Day, Sunday, 25th December.

A Russian military plane with more than 90 people onboard has

disappeared just minutes after takeoff from the Black Sea resort

off Sochi. The Archbishop of Westminster has

spoken of the "anxiety and uncertainty" felt

by many in the world as he gave his Christmas sermon

during midnight mass. As a child in care the poet

Lemn Sissay used to dread Christmas. We'll hear how he's now trying

to make it a magical day for those For a lot of care leavers the memory

is about one. We are creating memories.

Matt Goss is among the guests on the Strictly Christmas Special

I've been to take a sneak peek behind the scenes.

Good morning. A very mild Christmas to you. It doesn't feel much like

Christmas, but it will turn cold at today from the north. Windy, coming

from Scotland. The full forecast coming up.

The Queen has chosen 'inspiration' as the theme of her Christmas

broadcast this year, and will speak of drawing strength

from meeting ordinary people, who have done extraordinary things.

She will spend today at her Sandringham estate in Norfolk

with other members of the Royal Family.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will spend Christmas Day

with the Middleton family at their home in Berkshire.

Here's our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell.

The queen recorded this year's broadcast a few days ago. Its theme

this year is inspiration and in the broadcast will reflect on the

achievements of Paralympic and Olympic athletes, any of whom she

met at a palace reception in October and his achievements she will say a

now inspiring others. And in this year when the queen has marked her

90th birthday, she will refer to the inspirational work of the many

charities with which she has been associated during her rain and we'll

talk about the work of the many unsung heroes she meets around the

country. Carers, community leaders and good neighbours. Ordinary

people, as she puts it, doing extra ordinary things. The departure of

the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh Cassandra to be delayed for 24 hours

earlier in the week" were said to be from heavy colds. -- because both

were said. But there's no reason to think they would be to any other

members of the Royal family this morning the Christmas Day service.

There will be sadness at the news that Zara Tyndall has lost the baby

she was expecting with her husband. It would have been their second

child. Absent from Sandrigham Beach he will be the Duke and Duchess of

Cambridge and their two children. In a break with tradition they are

having a family Christmas in Berkshire, at the home of the

Duchess's parents. Let's speak now to our reporter

Emilia Papadopoulos, who is at Sandringham

for us this morning. Merry Christmas and good morning.

What can we expect from the day ahead? A very Merry Christmas and

good morning. I am in Santa -- Santa can. In a few hours the crowds will

gather, all hoping to catch a glimpse of the queen and the royal

family as they make their way to church for the traditional morning

service. Before that the Queen will come to receive communion privately,

that is if she is good -- in good health. They were here to arrive on

Wednesday but came by helicopter on Thursday. The royal watchers will

definitely be hoping to see Her Majesty on Christmas morning. Many

of them were also hoping to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, but I

can tell you that they will be spending Christmas with the

Middleton family in Berkshire, along with Prince George and Princess

Charlotte. But they did have a festive lunch with the Queen at

Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. At Prince Harry and other members of

the family are expected to be here today. They all arrived yesterday

for the traditional Christmas celebrations and many other families

this is a chance for them to all get together and catch up after a very

busy year, so they will head the church later after a full English

breakfast and then go home for Christmas lunch and settle down to

watch the Queen's speech. But we are expecting the Queen and the Duke of

Edinburgh to leave the family to church on Christmas morning. Thanks

very much. A Russian military plane has

disappeared from radar just minutes after taking off from the Black Sea

resort at Sochi. There were as many

as 91 people onboard, 83 passengers and

eight crew members. They say that the plane

was travelling to Syria and that search and rescue teams have now

been dispatched to try to find it. Britain's senior Anglican

and Catholic archbishops are addressing uncertainty

in their Christmas sermons. Later this morning, Archbishop

of Canterbury Justin Welby will talk about fear and division in the world

as 2016 draws to a close. Last night, the leader

of Britain's Catholics spoke Here's our religious affairs

correspondent Martin Bashir. A traditional start to Christmas and

a solemn midnight mass at Westminster Cathedral. Cardinal

Vincent Nichols began his sermon by quoting the poet WB Yeats, referring

to a Toby Rowland year, with many fearing that things may fall apart

at the centre can't hold. -- a turbulent year. The last six months

in particular has seen widespread anxiety and uncertainty at many

levels, in this country and in those major partnerships and neighbours

that we have. With Europe, with America, with the Middle East,

financially, economically. It is an unsettling time.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who, like last year, will

deliver his Christmas message later this morning, will also address the

division and uncertainty that is marked global politics. Cardinal

Nichols said the answer to our insecurity was neither materialism

nor the pursuit of selfish interest, but rather a renewed focus on the

life of Christ. Cardinal Nichols concreted his midnight sermon by

emphasising the fact of Christ's birth, which he said was marked in

time, recorded in the Gospels and celebrated today.

The American president-elect Donald Trump says he intends

to close his charitable foundation to avoid any conflict of interest

The Trump Foundation is currently being investigated

by New York's attorney general, to establish whether it supported

a Republican political campaign in Florida in 2013.

Lynn Sweet is a journalist for the Chicago Sun Times in Washington.

At the bottom line here is that Donald Trump does not give any of

his own money to the foundation. He has not given any of his own money

between 2009 and 2014, sell at the heart of this is a foundation that

goes to other people to ask for money. Then there is another set of

controversies and this is what the attorney general and New York is

looking at, is whether or not there is self dealing. You're not supposed

to use a non-profit foundation in the United States to make local

contributions, or to help your business. That's at the heart of it.

Thousands of people are being urged to leave their homes

in the Philippines as a super typhoon roars towards

Typhoon Nok-Ten is expected to hit today,

Dozens of ports have been closed, as officials warn of potentially

Tributes have been paid to Status Quo's Rick Parfitt,

who's died in hospital in Spain at the age of 68.

The guitarist had suffered a series of health problems,

The Queen guitarist Brian May said he had "truly joyfully

rocked our world", while Midge Ure said the news was "dreadfully sad".

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has cut some

of his country's funding to United Nations agencies.

He's responding to Friday night's UN security council

resolution demanding an end to settlement activities

in the occupied Palestinian territory.

He said the resolution was biased and shameful.

Staff in a hospital in the American city Albuquerque have been making

the most of the special deliveries this Christmas.

New born babies have been keeping warm inside stockings.

It's become something of a tradition and volunteers say that some parents

still have their stockings, even though their children

Although it seems not everyone this year was equally impressed

We'll get the weather with Nick in a few minutes' time.

For many of us Christmas is a time to reflect on the events of the past

12 months, and for Christians living in Syria that means reflecting

on another year of devastating conflict and crisis.

Before the war began, Christians made up around 10%

It's estimated around half of them have now fled the country.

Pastor Edward Awabdeh is the head of a church in Damascus.

Thank you very much for joining us on BBC Breakfast this morning. Merry

Christmas to you. Tell us what's happening where you are. Thank you

very much, Merry Christmas to you and all of your audience. We are

really celebrating Christmas this year, despite off the pain that goes

on, but we thank God that we are enjoying this great event. We trust

in Jesus Christ to change things and change hearts and bring the light

back to country. I'm going to have to apologise to you, the connection

we have to you is not very good and we are struggling to establish what

you are saying very clearly. I assure you can hear me. I wish you

glad tidings and safety today, for you and all of your congregation and

wish you well in the church where you are in Damascus. Thank you.

Christmas is a time for family, but if you don't have one it can be

difficult. The poet was fostered as a baby and then he spent five years

in and out of foster homes. So every Christmas he has special Christmas

dinners for young people who have left the care system. We went to

visit as he prepared for one of those dinners.

Not everyone has someone at Christmas. You are better with

words. I'd better with words. This man understands this. Also, Pollitt,

broadcaster, orphan. -- author, poet. There was nobody there. I was

on my own. If I visited a friend's house, I often felt I was the boy

with no family who was going to visit families, you know? Jingle

bells, jingle all the way. Here in Hackney he is getting ready for one

of his care leaders Christmas dinners, a project that has grown

from one city to five cities in four years. All of the gifts have been

donated by strangers and the parties will all be run by volunteers. Do we

not know the words to jingle Bells? The only reason we do the Christmas

dinner is so that those young care leaders go away with a memory that

they can look onto next year. That's all Christmas is, the making of a

memory for you to look onto next year. So we all come around the

Christmas dinner table. And we remember it was incredible. For a

lot of care leavers, the memory was a bad one. We are creating memories.

This is his passion and for the team that passion is infectious. Amanda

is sorting everybody out. We have 20 volunteers, 60 young people on four

hairstylists, artists, musicians, social workers coming down to do a

really amazing Christmas Day for young people. Sabrina is the hair

woman and stylist and she is pretty incredible! As a care leaver myself,

I know how important it is to give self-esteem and to make people feel

like we care. This incredible person is Ryan. He is going to be the chef

for the evening. When I was 14 I went into temporary foster care for

a weekend and it sort of turn into nearly five years. Christmas is

about family and not everyone is lucky enough to have one. The best

part of the day was sitting down and having a meal with everyone.

Messages from previous dinners showed just how much they need to

care leavers. Everyone looks happy. I would forget this day! Everything

was spot on. Amazed by it, amazed by everything. I hope they have one

next year as well! And that is totally the plan. Merry Christmas!

Just minutes after takeoff from Sochi, a Russian plane has gone down

with more than 90 people onboard. Merry Christmas to you as well. It

does not feel like Christmas with the sort of temperatures we have at

the moment. Well into double figures across many parts of the United

Kingdom. In Edinburgh for example we begin Christmas Day at 13 degrees.

The record is 15.6 degrees. We will keep on tracking that for you. We

must say there is a great deal of cloud around to begin the day and

that it delivers some outbreaks of rain across the north and western

parts of the UK. We see this weather front developing taking rain

southwards through Scotland and Northern Ireland on through the day.

So, yes. 15 degrees possible across parts of and north-east Scotland

that it will be a bit colder in the final later today and showers made

turned wintry over the tops of the hills after a mild day. Some may

still get a white Christmas. North-east England and Wales,

temperature could reach towards 15 degrees. Cloud running into a large

part of Wales in southern England with drizzly rain in time to time.

Overnight this is the more persistent band of rain pushing

southwards from Scotland and Northern Ireland across England and

love into resisting bowler behind it. That leaves increasingly to snow

across northern parts of Scotland on Boxing Day. Plus tree again today,

as the east of the Pennines. Strong winds tomorrow for Boxing Day across

north and Scotland Orkney and Shetland with the storm Konta. There

is an amber warning in force and we could see some dust at 18 miles or

possibly even more. Plenty of showers pushing through Scotland

police hills it will be wintry but elsewhere across the UK will see a

fair amount of dry sunny weather but notice that the temperatures have

dropped considerably from where they are today. From double figures to

single figure temperatures. I'm glad to say that once we get past Boxing

Day and into Tuesday onwards we will see some quieter weather and the

wind will begin to ease down as well. We will keep averages on the

single figures in a letter is a good trade-off to lose the strong winds.

A mild Christmas Day but hopefully we will have snow for some of the

northern hills of Scotland later today to give technically that white

Christmas for some of us. Technical is all we need. Absolutely. We will

talk about your Christmas dinner a little later on because you have

been busy this weekend but also you talked about mild weather. Would you

fancy camping in this weather? I always enjoy camping. It doesn't

even need to be mild. On Boxing Day as you start the day like this I

know what will be chilly but plenty of sunshine and a day to be

outdoors. I tell you what, someone else's going to completely agree

with you. You will be interested in this.

Our next guest has ditched the cosy and warm for a Christmas out

Phoebe Smith, is a wild camper and has woken up on Christmas Day

We can talk to her now. BV hello and Merry Christmas. You have even got

on festive lights on your tent. Where are you? I am in the South

Island, on top of a hill but I can attest to sudden gust of wind. How

has your night being? Nice fun. Christmas Eve is often a stressful

time for some getting last minute presence and suchlike but for me all

I had to was pictured tent. I set up the Christmas lights and I have had

a wonderful time. Will you be there all day today? Possibly not all day.

I will wait until it gets light and then go for a walk and then by the

time I'm ready to head indoors I will be ready for whatever food is

there. What you into wild camping? Someone like me am timid and the

sort of wild camping scares me. I was camping in the red Centre of

Australia where literally everything could kill you. And I thought I had

never done this in the UK. When I got back to the UK I was determined

to be a little more adventurous and that was over ten years ago now and

I have been a wild camp ever since. Coming quite an addict at sleeping

at extreme points and eating by myself. It's a hobby but it is fun.

How often do you do it? As often as I can. I try and do it as often as I

can run my full-time job and I write books to encourage other people to

fit in with their full-time job and just sort of have a little taste of

adventure because the feeling I have when I got back indoors, like I

said, after spending Christmas Eve outside, I will be so energetic. It

is like a miracle, you can flip the switch and get the kettle on all the

light on. On Christmas especially helps you realise that the best

things in life cannot be bought. I am glad you had a nice night. Enjoy

your walk later on. Merry Christmas. However you're celebrating today,

we want to know what's going to make it a really special

Christmas for you. We've been asking some people

in Manchester what's going to make I just retired and this is my first

Christmas enjoying everything at home. It is cold and in Australia it

is hot. Yes. We came over to spend it with and friends from Australia.

Our first Christmas with a new baby. It will be important to us. It will

be fantastic. My granddaughter was born on the second of August this

year. My son I helped to deliver her. It is the first Christmas with

my first grandchild ever so it is really special and I have gone

overboard. It is allowed, isn't it? So tell us why this Christmas

is going to be a really special You can e-mail us at

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from the programme. Christmas is traditionally a time

for family and relaxation So if you're worried about it

all getting a bit too much, we've got a team of experts

here to guide you through the day. Here with me is agony aunt

Suzie Hayman and vet Cameron Muir. People will be wondering why we are

talking to veterinarian this morning because many people will understand

family stresses but how about pets? They can get distressed by all the

noise and hubbub. Strangers in the house can upset dogs and cats a lot.

People do not quite understand the psychology, particularly of cats,

they are sensitive to strangers in the house. Your house is their whole

universe and it can affect them quite a lot. Susie, how about the

family? Recently what you are doing is you are putting a lot of people

with strong opinions on strong personalities into one room and

almost saying to be cheerful today. Exactly. And sometimes it is people

you are not seems ages and there may be unfinished business there that

had been pushed under the carpet for a bit and all of a sudden it comes

as often you spend Christmas in that room, that one room altogether.

There is a strong feeling sometimes of how that is how it should be. Do

not let anybody go anywhere as. And that can bring conflict because

people can have too much drink and food and get stressed. In some ways

it is inevitable that you will spend a few days together, eat a lot,

drink a fair bit maybe. Some families. So what should they be

thinking about ahead of that? Or just right now. It is not too late

to think about it now and it is not inevitable. You can think very much

in terms of pacing. You don't have to eat and to recall that marches,

as much as you think. You don't have to stay together all the time. But

young people go to their own rooms, and be in contact on social media

with their own friends. And you yourself every now and then. The

bedroom and put your feet up. I think it is let people separating

come together. This is why I am in favour none sure you are with your

pets, getting up from walk no matter what the weather. We will go out on

the self this. That fresh air gets you out and breaks the walls. It

gets you outsider makes you feel better. And also, if you are with a

group you start talking to different people in different ways because you

are our walking. Cameron, people will be busy with Christmas Day so

it is almost easy to say that the pets will look after themselves. If

the idea of a walk or good one? It is good for both pets because they

go out and get normality. They need exercise of their body and for

physiology but it gives them bedtime. Taking a petrol walk is

important to their happiness. They do not like being trapped inside all

day. It is important that they get outside. And routines. It is

important for children and as an pets to have a routine. And so on

holidays, let the whole routine go because we will have fun. Actually,

keeping to a routine is a more important thing. It makes me feel

grounded and you know where you were and, actually, if Phil is quite safe

for children to know that it is bedtime, even on Christmas Day. To

treat? How much do you indulge? Susie, I am thinking that the

problem was indulging his you feel guilty afterwards and what that does

to your psyche. It is not good for you. And that is why we say it is

not inevitable that you will eat and drink too much. Like everything,

pasted throughout the day. Presents as well. I do like the idea of a big

launch it with a globe in everything because again an anti-climax when it

is all done. Most presents get lost. George and don't realise that

they've gotten some link is the go straight onto the next thing. I'm a

big fan stockings in the morning and then paste your presence through the

day right up until just before bedtime when you have able, maybe,

they didn't take it to bed. I think food and drink is the same. It is

important. If you are awake at this time you are probably on the coffee

to get his and doing all the things. Careful of the caffeine you have

throughout the day otherwise you will be hyperactive and careful of

the alcohol. Let us talk, Cameron, about how easy it is to indulge our

pets on Christmas. Because we are indulging. Efforts were considered

quite a lot of Christmas because there are many things that he should

not have. They should not have mince pies. Cake. What is poisonous about

an pies? Grapes and raisins. Quite poisonous to dogs. And it does not

matter how much they have. Chocolate. Yes. The fatty leftovers

that people are tempted to give to pets. That concerns us. It gives a

lot of upset stomachs and we fully expect to see a lot of vomiting dogs

on Wednesday because they have been given too many bones. No cooked

bones. They splintered and is bleak intestines. You may get away with it

once or twice but sooner or later you will be unlucky. You and I are

the same after Christmas. I have postbag that is huge and you have

the surgery that is full. Take it slowly and get through it. Thank you

very, very much. We will see later in the programme still to come

breakfast. If you've been missing the glitz

of Strictly already, have no fear as it's back tonight

for a Christmas special. Headlines are coming

up in just a moment. watching breakfast on Christmas

morning with me. The time is coming up to half past six. Let me bring

you an update on the main news this morning. A Russian military plane

has disappeared from radar just minutes after takeoff from the city

of Sochi. That is according to the defence Ministry. Russian news

agency says there were as many as 91 people on board, including eight

crew. Reports suggest that wreckage from the plane has been found in the

Black Sea. Inspiration is the theme of the Queen's Christmas broadcast

this year. She will speak of drawing strength from meeting ordinary

people who have done extraordinary things. The Queen is at her home in

Norfolk with other members of the Royal family. The Duke and Duchess

of Cambridge will spend the day with a Middleton family.

Britain's senior Anglican and Catholic archbishops

are addressing uncertainty in their Christmas sermons.

Later this morning, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin

Welby will talk about fear and division in the world as 2016

Last night, Catholic leader Cardinal Vincent Nichols spoke

The American president-elect Donald Trump says he intends

to close his charitable foundation, to avoid any conflict of interest

The Trump Foundation is currently being investigated

by New York's attorney general, to establish whether it supported

a Republican political campaign in Florida in 2013.

Lynn Sweet is a journalist for the Chicago Sun Times.

At the bottom line here is that Donald Trump does not give any

He has not given any of his own money

between 2009 and 2014, so at the heart of this

is a foundation that goes to other people to ask for money.

Then there is another set of controversies and this

is what the attorney general in New York is looking at,

is whether or not there is self dealing.

You're not supposed to use a non-profit foundation

in the United States to make political contributions,

Thousands of people are being urged to leave their homes

in the Philippines as a super typhoon roars towards

Typhoon Nok-ten is expected to hit today,

Dozens of ports have been closed, as officials warn of potentially

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has cut some

of his country's funding to United Nations agencies.

He's responding to Friday night's UN Security Council

resolution, demanding an end to settlement activities

in the occupied Palestinian territory.

He said the resolution was was biased and shameful.

Tributes have been paid to Status Quo's Rick Parfitt,

who's died in hospital in Spain at the age of 68.

The guitarist had suffered a series of health problems

The Queen guitarist Brian May said he had "truly joyfully

rocked our world", while Midge Ure said the news was "Dreadfully sad".

You might think that Father Christmas's preferred mode

of a transport is a sleigh pulled by Dasher, Dancer and Prancer,

et cetera, but yesterday in the American state

The man in red was accompanied by his trusty elves and reindeer.

Some, though, weren't quite as successful as others,

proving that four legs are sometimes better than two.

The Grinch was there, getting in on the action.

Christmas is a time for looking back as well as forward,

so we're looking for your photos from a Christmas past

This is the Ridpath family, from Yorkshire.

This is them in 1983 and here they are again a good few

This one has come from Debra Sherry-Brennan.

She doesn't say what year this is, or who she's with,

but they're looking just as lovely now as then.

Have you got any pictures like this? You can send your photos

to [email protected] and we'll try and show a few more later.

This year the Queen celebrated her 90th birthday.

Daniela Relph has been taking a look at that momentous occasion and other

It was the year of a big birthday. The queen at 90. -- Queen. Some of

her grandchildren and great-grandchildren had a trip to

Canada, the first overseas visit as a group of four. The Duke and at

this also went to India, a reminder of oil is passed.

And for Prince Harry, a new relationship highlighted

the tricky balance between a private and public life.

When you're the Queen, you get two birthdays.

April the 21st was the Queen's actual 90th birthday,

There was of course a cake, baked by Nadiya Hussain,

the winner of the Great British Bake Off.

And a meeting with fellow 90-year-olds.

I never really imagined that I'd meet her.

I never imagined I'd be 90, let's face it!

She was in the bombing of London, so was I.

And then she was called up, and so was I.

This was a birthday celebration, but also a public thank

In the evening, the Queen lit a beacon in Windsor Great Park,

and listened to a tribute from her son and heir.

I find it very hard to believe that you've reached your 90th year.

The beacon will also represent, as it lights other beacons

across the nation, the love and affection in which you are held

throughout this country and the Commonwealth.

Events here in Windsor were just the start.

Once the real birthday was over, attention moved to the official

They began with a national Service of Thanksgiving

It was also the Duke of Edinburgh's 95th birthday.

Next came Trooping the Colour, with a birthday twist.

Your Majesty, this year, on behalf of all ranks

of the Household Division and the King's Troop Royal Horse

Artillery, may I wish you and His Royal Highness the very

Your Majesty's Guards are ready to march off now.

And then an unmissable Queen with her family.

It was a first balcony appearance for Princess Charlotte.

And a scene-stealing turn from Prince George.

The British summer, though, can never be relied upon.

The following day, torrential rain for the Patrons Lunch.

An early peek out of a Palace window hadn't looked too promising.

Thousands came to the Mall for this street party,

representing the organisations of which the Queen is patron.

They paid ?150 each for the privilege of

Well, I think this is typically English, isn't it?

It's important to have a queue and some rain and a picnic

And everybody's very jolly, everybody is looking

We're out for the day, and we hope we can have a good day.

The atmosphere with everybody coming in, it's been lovely so far.

We're all here to sort of try and enjoy it together.

But when the Royal Family emerged from Buckingham Palace,

This perhaps the most comprehensive Royal walkabout ever seen.

Almost every senior Royal out on the Mall.

Then, at 90 and 95 years old, the most senior of them all.

And it was soon clear they were keen to get on with things.

A parade offered reminders of the Queen's reign,

including a model of the Royal yacht Britannia.

As the birthday celebrations drew to a close, the last word went

To everyone here today, and to those holding

street parties elsewhere, I would like to say thank

you for the wonderful support and encouragement that you continue

How I will feel if people are still singing happy

birthday in December remains to be seen!

There are, though, always those visitors who make

On their final trip to the UK as President and First Lady,

the Obamas popped in to wish the Queen a happy 90th.

They also had dinner and Kensington Palace with the Duke

and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, where there was

Back home in Washington, the President reflected on that

Last week, Prince George showed up to our meeting in his bath robe!

The 90th birthday saw a number of new photos

of the Queen, including these for a collection of stamps.

There were other family portraits - the Cambridges on a skiing

The first time the children had played in snow.

At the beginning of the year, Prince George started nursery -

a Montessori near the family's Norfolk home.

These photos were taken by his mother.

As were these - pictures to mark Princess Charlotte's

And new images were also released when Prince George

They included one with the family dog, Lupo.

It was the year where we saw a bit more of the younger Royals.

A first official overseas visit for Prince George

Their arrival in Canada appeared a bit bewildering

Not even the Canadian Prime Minister could persuade a tired

three-year-old to high-five, or even handshake.

In this bilingual country, where Prince William

will one day be King, there was a chance

Nous sommes tres heureux d?etre de retour au Canada.

Nous vous remercions d?etre venus en si grand nombre

The Canada trip took in some of the wild beauty of the country,

The couple heard of the struggle for equality still faced by some

There was, though, also time with their children.

For George and Charlotte, a party with all the trappings,

shared with military families at Government House in Victoria.

The entertainer who was balloon modelling seemed to spark

As the Duke and Duchess continue to protect the children's privacy,

it was a rare chance to see George and Charlotte in a more

For a trip to India earlier in the year, the children

Here, the Duke and Duchess saw the extremes of

life in modern India - from visits to the slum areas,

where they heard about the hardship of daily life, to the glamour

and glitz of Bollywood, and dinner with showbiz stars

A chance to exert the soft power of Royalty.

They also visited one of the most remote areas

of the Indian subcontinent, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

Here they met the King and Queen, a royal couple of similar age.

And hand-in-hand climbed 3000 feet to the Tiger's Nest,

Perhaps the most poignant image of the trip came

In February 1992, it was Diana, Princess of Wales, who sat alone,

seemingly forlorn at this monument to love.

Her marriage to Prince Charles was in crisis.

Not the best of associations for the son.

By 24 years later, the Duke and Duchess

So, what has the visit here today meant to you?

Although there was no mention of his mother,

it was the Duke's chance to create some happier memories here.

At home, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry

continued to focus much of their time on the subject

They say they want to change the national conversation,

and end the stigma that still surrounds the issue.

It is now at the centre of their charity work.

In May, they launched Heads Together - a partnership of different

charities all working to provide the best support possible.

A number of runners will take on next year's London Marathon

In a video to promote the work of the new partnership, the Royal

Mental health is just as important as physical health.

We can all play our part, by talking and listening to each

other and helping each other find support.

Let's get our heads together and change the conversation

It was also the subject that saw the Duke of Cambridge meet

members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender

community, brought together by the gay lifestyle magazine

A meeting that ended with the Duke being on the cover

In May, there was a rare insight into the Queen's personal opinion.

A wet garden party at Buckingham Palace,

and a conversation about the Chinese state visit a few months earlier.

After that response, there was further discussion.

The Queen's ability to usually stay out of the political fray publicly

But even she couldn't quite escape the intensity that surrounded the EU

An article in the Sun newspaper claimed, "Queen backs Brexit".

Buckingham Palace called the story spurious, and made a complaint

to the Independent Press Standards Organisation.

A few months later, after the vote to leave the EU,

the Queen was welcoming a new Prime Minister

Theresa May, the 13th Prime Minister of her reign.

The breathtaking beauty of the Giant's Causeway.

A trip to Northern Ireland was the Queen's first official

These were uncertain times, even for a monarchy that had reigned

But there were also reminders of past visits to Northern Ireland.

The Queen retraced a train journey she'd last done immediately

She also met politicians, and had this memorable exchange

with the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness.

There's a lot of things happening at the moment.

I've had two birthdays, so we've been quite busy.

From here at Clarence House, the Prince of Wales and Duchess

of Cornwall have continued to support or represent the Queen

Perhaps one of the most moving events of the year for the Prince -

his visit to Aberfan to remember those who died 50 years ago.

The cemetery high on the hillside, a constant reminder

of the devastation that hit Aberfan in 1966.

144 people died when coal waste slid down the mountainside,

Where classrooms had once stood, the Prince of Wales planted a tree.

No one should have to bear the losses you've suffered.

But no one could have borne those losses with greater

In Poundbury in Dorset, a family day out.

In October, the Prince of Wales took his mother and father

to see the development, his personal project

The tour included a rare sighting of the Queen in a supermarket.

Here, being shown around the local Waitrose.

There was also a trip to Oman, Bahrain and the United Arab

Emirates, aimed at strengthening relationships with the UK.

Helped along by a ceremonial sword dance in Oman.

The Duchess of Cornwall has continued her work on literacy.

This year, helping Radio 2's writing competition for children.

A visit to Chris Evans' Breakfast Show involved an encounter

She told him her Sunday nights hadn't been the same since the end

of The Night Manager, in which he starred.

She's also campaigned on the issue of domestic abuse.

At a Clarence House reception, she spoke of the anguish victims

face, describing it as a hidden problem where many remain too

It leaves women, children and men carrying a burden of shame.

It prevents some from speaking out about the abuse,

and it prevents them from getting help.

Prince Harry's visit to Nepal this year became an extended Royal tour.

He was due to be in the country for five days, but stayed on,

having seen the impact of the 2015 earthquake, in which 9,000

He helped rebuild a school destroyed by the quake

Later in the year, a tour of the Caribbean saw

She's going to ask me all sorts of questions.

Here using Royal and celebrity status to raise

Both being tested to show how quick and straightforward

We just did it in the middle of Harold Square here in Barbados.

And we just want to show people how easy it is to get tested,

and how you shouldn't be afraid of knowing your status,

We should all be afraid of the stigma, and you should be

afraid of not knowing, you should be afraid

And we get it, there is a generational gap here.

The younger generation coming through want to talk about it,

So if us getting tested normalises it and makes a difference,

just even a small difference, then job well done.

The Invictus Games remain one of Prince Harry's real passions.

Even enlisting his granny in a bit of banter with some American rivals

Remember when you told us to bring it at the Invictus Games?

Held in Orlando this year, the sporting competition

for wounded, injured and sick service men and women.

Swimmer Elizabeth Marks won gold, but handed her medal

She asked him to give it to Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire,

where she previously had a life-saving operation.

This is just a huge, huge thank you to all of you.

The following month, Prince Harry did as he was told,

handing the medal over to the staff from Papworth.

There was also a trip to Toronto, and a meeting

with the Canadian Prime Minister ahead of the next Invictus

Games, due to be held in the city in September.

It was to be an important visit for the Prince.

It's believed while here he met Meghan Markle,

an American actress working in Toronto filming

We're going to look at privacy and harassment law, let's see

if we can find a combination of cases to make an argument.

He's been in a relationship with Miss Markle for several months,

who, as well as her acting career, shares the Prince's

I am proud to be a woman, and a feminist.

But the media coverage of the relationship has angered

Harry, causing him to issue an unusual personal

Released on his behalf by Kensington Palace,

he said his girlfriend had been exposed to a wave of

It was a statement that immediately highlighted the seriousness

And Prince Harry's desire to do all he can to shield

Meghan Markle from the perils of being a royal girlfriend.

For a 95-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, there were still Royal

From opening a new bike factory, to visiting London's

new Design Museum, where he saw more than 100 of the most popular

everyday designs nominated by members of the public.

This was also the year that he celebrated the 60th

anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme, including

60 years on, the awards are still about gaining new skills

At 95, the rigours of the Duke of Edinburgh scheme may be

a challenge, but not for some younger Royals.

To mark the 60th anniversary, the Countess of Wessex cycled 444

miles from Edinburgh to London over seven days.

Her arrival at Buckingham Palace was much anticipated by her family -

her husband, the Earl of Wessex, and children, Louise and James,

who didn't want to let go of his mum after her efforts

I didn't think, oh, six months ago, before I thought I was probably

going to wobble my way across the end line there.

But if you told me that I'd feel like this after 6.5 days of cycling,

Looking ahead to next year, and the Queen will face

a common problem - a house refurbishment

The house in question is here, Buckingham Palace.

And the work is likely to cost the taxpayer about ?369 million.

On first impressions, it's a grand Royal palace,

home to the Queen, and the venue for glittering state occasions.

But Royal officials say that behind the scenes,

The wiring, the pipework and the boilers haven't been

They say the work is essential to avoid a catastrophe

at what they describe as a cherished national asset.

The work is due to start in April, and is scheduled to last

So much of the Queen's life has been lived publicly.

But a BBC documentary to mark her birthday

With her eldest son, she watched family films of her childhood,

and remembered a time before she was Queen.

Did you remember what that one was called?

Emptying them and putting everything back in again?

Well, hopefully some of it doesn't go back in again.

Next year, the Queen will welcome her sixth great-grandchild,

In 1947, Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten.

In 2017, as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, they will celebrate

For the Queen, there are so many milestones to mark.

Personally, she may not have wanted too much fuss.

But 2016 was the year Britain celebrated its longest

This is Breakfast, with, me, Naga Munchetty.

A Russian military plane carrying more than 90 people has crashed

The aircraft went missing around 20 minutes after taking off from Sochi

Members of a military choir were among those onboard.

Good morning, it's Christmas Day, Sunday, 25th December.

The Queen will pay tribute to "ordinary people doing

extraordinary things" when she delivers her annual

The Archbishop of Westminster has spoken of the "anxiety

and uncertainty" felt by many in the world

as he gave his Christmas sermon during midnight mass.

As a child in care the poet Lemn Sissay used to dread Christmas.

We'll hear how he's now trying to make it a magical day for those

For a lot of care leavers the memory is about one.

-- a bad one of the Christmas before.

I've been to have a sneaky look at Strictly, as Matt Goss is the guest.

It doesn't feel much like Christmas, but it will turn colder today

Windy, and windier in the north.

A Russian military plane has disappeared from radar just minutes

Russian news agencies say there were as many as 91 people

onboard, 83 passengers and eight crew members.

Reports suggest that debris from the plane has been found

I'll get all the latest updates from our Moscow correspondent

The Queen has chosen 'inspiration' as the theme of her Christmas

broadcast this year, and will speak of drawing strength

from meeting ordinary people, who have done extraordinary things.

She will spend today at her Sandringham estate in Norfolk

with other members of the Royal Family.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will spend Christmas Day

with the Middleton family at their home in Berkshire.

Here's our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell.

The Queen recorded this year's broadcast a few days ago

Its theme this year is inspiration and in the broadcast

she will reflect on the achievements of Olympic and Paralympic

athletes, from Britain and the Commonwealth,

many of whom she met at the Palace reception in October,

and whose achievements, she will say, are now inspiring others.

And in this year, when the Queen has marked her 90th birthday,

she will refer to the inspirational work of the many

charities with which she has been associated during her reign.

She will talk also of the work of the many

unsung heroes she meets around the country -

carers, community leaders and good neighbours.

"Ordinary people", as she puts it, doing "extraordinary" things.

The departure of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

to Sandringham had to be delayed for 24 hours earlier in the week

because both were said to be suffering

Buckingham Palace has said nothing further about their health, but

there's no reason to think they won't be joining other members of

the family this moaning for the Christmas service at the estate.

There will be sadness at the news that Zara Tyndall has lost the baby

she was expecting with her husband, Mike, in the spring.

It would have been their second child.

Absent from Sandrigham this year will be the Duke and Duchess

of Cambridge and their two children, George and Charlotte.

In a break with tradition, they're having a family Christmas

in Berkshire, at the home of the Duchess's parents,

Let's speak now to our reporter Emilia Papadopoulos,

who is at Sandringham for us this morning.

Merry Christmas and good morning from Sandringham. The crowds have

already started gathering, briefing the wind of this very chilly

Christmas morning here in Norfolk. Many offcourse hoping to catch a

glimpse of the Queen and the royal family when they make their way to

the church for the traditional service. Before that surface of the

Queen will be coming here to St Mary Magdalene Church which is just

behind me, where she will receive communion privately. That's of

course if she is in good health, because she and the Duke of

Edinburgh to delay their trip up here earlier this week. But royal

watchers will definitely be hoping to see Her Majesty and other members

of the royal family. A bit of disappointment of cores that the

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge won't be here, as they are celebrating

Christmas with the Middleton family in Berkshire, with George and

Charlotte, at Prince Harry is expected to be here, along with

other members of the family. They arrived yesterday evening for the

traditional formal dinner on Christmas Eve, where they would have

exchanged cheap and cheerful gifts, a tradition that's been going on in

the royal family for years. This morning they will wake up, have

breakfast, had the church and go back for Christmas lunch, settle

down to watch the Queen's Speech with the other families around the

country this morning. Indeed. They give very much. -- thank you.

We can return now to the Russian military plane that has gone missing

Let's speak to our Moscow correspondent, Steve Rosenberg.

Good morning. Terrible news to wake up to? Absolutely. This is what we

know so far. The jet, which belonged to the Russian defence ministry,

took off early this morning from Sochi airport in southern Russia,

down for the Russian air base in Syria. About 20 minutes after

takeoff it disappeared from radar screens. Later the defence ministry

reported that it had crashed into the Black Sea. A search operation

was launched and we believe that fragments of the plane have now been

discovered about one mile off the coast. As regards who was onboard,

we think there were at least 91 people onboard the plane, including

members of the Royal famous Russian dance ensemble. They were due to

give a new years concert for Russian servicemen in Syria. There were also

a number of Russian journalists on the plane and some military

officials. Thanks very much for the update. That was our correspondent,

Steve Rosenberg, in Moscow, with the latest about the plane that has

crashed into the Black Sea, after leaving for -- from Sochi.

Britain's senior Anglican and Catholic archbishops

are addressing uncertainty in their Christmas sermons.

Later this morning, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will talk

about fear and division in the world as 2016 draws to a close.

Last night, the leader of Britain's Catholics spoke

Here's our religious affairs correspondent Martin Bashir.

A traditional start to Christmas and a solemn midnight mass

Cardinal Vincent Nichols began his sermon by quoting the poet

WB Yeats, referring to a turbulent year, with many fearing that things

may fall apart, that the centre can't hold.

The last six months in particular has seen widespread anxiety

and uncertainty at many levels, at life in this country and in those

major partnerships and neighbours that we have.

So with Europe, with America, with the Middle East,

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who, like last year,

will deliver his Christmas message later this morning,

will also address the division and uncertainty that's

Cardinal Nichols said the answer to our insecurity was neither

materialism nor the pursuit of selfish interest,

but rather a renewed focus on the life of Christ.

Cardinal Nichols concluded his midnight sermon by emphasising

the fact of Christ's birth, which he said was marked in time,

recorded in the Gospels and celebrated today.

The American president-elect Donald Trump says he intends

to close his charitable foundation to avoid any conflict of interest

The Trump Foundation is currently being investigated

by New York's attorney general, to establish whether it supported

a Republican political campaign in Florida in 2013.

The bottom line here is that Donald Trump does not give

He has not given any of his own money between 2009

and 2014, so at the heart of this is a foundation that goes to other

Then there is another set of controversies,

and this is what the attorney general in New York is looking at,

is whether or not there is self dealing.

You're not supposed to use a non-profit foundation

in the United States to make political contributions,

Staff in hospital in Albuquerque have been making the most of special

deliveries this Christmas. Newborn babies have been keeping

warm inside stockings. It's become something of a tradition

and volunteers say that some parents still have their stockings,

even though their children Although look at this little one -

not everyone was impressed Christmas is a time for family,

but if you don't have one The poet Lemn Sissay knows

exactly how that feels. He was fostered as a baby

and when he turned 12 his foster He spent the next five years

in and out of children's homes. That's why each year he organises

special Christmas dinners for young Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin went

to meet him as he prepared for one Not everyone has

someone at Christmas. If I visited a friend's house,

I often felt I was the boy with no family who was going to visit

families, you know? Here in Hackney he is getting ready

for one of his Care Leaver's Christmas dinners, a project that

has grown from one city to five All of the gifts here have been

donated by strangers and the parties Do we really not know

the words to Jingle Bells? The only reason we do the Christmas

dinner is so that those young care leavers go away with a memory

that they can look onto next year. That's all Christmas is,

it's the making of a memory So we all come around

the Christmas dinner table and we all remembe, "We did this

last year and it was incredible". For a lot of care leavers,

the memory was a bad one This is his passion and for the team

that passion is infectious. This is Amanda, who is

sorting everybody out. We have 20 volunteers,

60 young people on four -- four hairstylists, artists,

musicians, social workers coming down to do a really

amazing Christmas This is Sabrina, who is the hair

woman and stylist and she is pretty As a care leaver myself,

I know how important it is to give self-esteem and to feel

like people care. Ryan is going to be

the chef for the evening. When I was 14, I went into temporary

foster care for a weekend and it Christmas is about family and not

everyone is lucky enough The best part of the day

was sitting down and having Messages from previous dinners show

just how much they mean I hope they have one

next year as well! A lovely way to spend Christmas Day.

A lot of it is all about the food. I am sure many of you are thinking

about putting the turkey in the oven and getting your Christmas dinner

ready for your loved ones. Someone who has been very organised is Nick,

our weather man. Take a look at what he has been cooking already. He has

made a Christmas pie, a jule log, he has been telling us all about his

great culinary exploits. That's not a good way to make anyone feel good!

You are making me feel hungry again! I have to say there's not a huge

amount of that left. I could have been bragging even more when I was

tweeting that. I had the ice cream cake bomb as well, but that's

basically gone already. I only like Christmas for the desert!

Is there no end to your talents? And now you are going to spectacularly

present the weather! It is very mild this year. It is. If

you have made that ice cream desert, it might melt quicker than you

expected it to, because it isn't feeling very festive at the moment.

These are some of the latest temperatures. 13.3 I noticed in

these areas. We will brace to get the highest temperature on Christmas

Day on record, that's 15.6, and we might see that in north-east

Scotland. We will monitor that through the day. It is all because

we have this mild air between weather fronts at the moment.

There's a cold front waiting to come through and later today you will

notice it turning colder in Northern Ireland and Scotland. But until then

it's a mild start. Plenty of cloud. It is a blustery day. That cloud is

delivering Wayne the western Scotland. -- rain. The east of high

ground we might have brightness. North-east England, Northey

Scotland, north-east Wales. But behind the rain, this is the cold

front moving south, some wet weather for you. Behind that it turns

clearer and colder to end the day. It is windy. Gusty wind to the east

the Pennines, up to 60 mph. But you will see sunshine. It could get

close to the record in parts. Windy, patchy rain and drizzle in the

south-west of England occasionally. Cloud elsewhere, in the Midlands,

the south-east. Tonight the band of rain pushes south for England and

Wales. Clearer air following on. Showers rattling through Scotland

and Northern Ireland and they built on increasingly wintry in northern

Scotland on the hills. I the end of Christmas Day you could see

something wintry. Greater interest is the strengthening wind tonight

and tomorrow, courtesy of Storm Connor. There is an amber warning

enforced and we could get in excess of 80 mph. More showers in Scotland

tomorrow, driven on by the strong wind. Elsewhere, a blustery picture,

but away from Scotland a lot of dry weather. You get to see some

sunshine. There will be a bite to the wind because it will be a cold

day, but a fine day if you wrap up and head out for the Boxing Day

warmth because some of us have to walk off a bit of cake!

Now, if you're already missing the excitement this year's

Strictly Come Dancing had to offer, I've got some good news for you.

Later today, there'll be a Strictly Christmas special,

where dancers past and present will tango, jive and cha-cha it out,

to get another chance of winning that coveted Glitterball trophy.

I went behind the scenes to take a look at what gives the Christmas

episode that fabulous magic and sparkle.

Will go to the studios that are home to strictly come dancing. This

Jewish is where magic happens. It has been a number year of sparkles.

And last year Ore became champion of the dance floor. It was an emotional

end to the series as the grandfather of Strictly bid an emotional

farewell after leading the judging panel since the programme started 12

years ago. But he is back for one last time with six former contestant

taking to the stage for a Christmas feast that will not disappoint. What

does it take to put a festive bonanza of a show like this

together? Behind-the-scenes at Strictly. All these fantastic

costumes. Jinnah how much work goes into this? I could tell you but I am

not the right person. This is where it all happens. Jane! How are you?

The Christmas show is a Christmas themed. We have Love actually, home

alone. We have Frozen. Is there more glitter or snow? A bit of both. We

endeavour to make everything sparkle and Christmas like. Taking part in

this year's series through me out of my comfort zone completely. It was

totally different to anything I had ever done before. Hull I loved every

minute of it. And coming back to the studio, well, it was like I had

never been away. Bumping into familiar faces, catching up with old

friends. And how wide this year's competitors finding it? You don't

forget. This is Breakfast, isn't it? It is kind of like giving birth. You

remember the good bits and not the scary bits. My friends and family

come to me for Christmas and we always watch Strictly but my mother

has been on social media and she has been away so she does not know I am

doing this. What kind of dams will you do today? The Charleston. A song

from the musical Elf. I am still working on my Shuffle. Oh, he has

got it! My Charleston is not... I have yields on. Tell us about the

outfit because your theme is Frozen. The ice Queen. You why else? And

where is the handsome prince? I don't know. This man is so popular.

They love him. A pink bow tie. This is what happens. It is a privilege,

really. It is a privilege for me! I still had backstage privileges and

managed to sneak into a change room ahead of his performance on the

show. I will sing White Christmas. There is an excitement and a buzz.

They go to town. It is still one of those television shows where they

throw everything at it and I have been here a few times now and I am

always amazed that the sets and the amount of detail that goes into the

sets. In the meantime, Merry Christmas from everyone on the damp

floor. Merry Christmas! Have a wonderful, brilliant Christmas Day.

We hope you get all the wonderful joyful family fun and presence and

Christmas cheer. Everything. All of it.

You can catch the Strictly Christmas Special later today on BBC One,

Many of us will be settling in for a day of presents,

food and drink with family, but its thought that over 900,000

Rob Harland is a zookeeper at London Zoo, where the animals

don't stop needing looking after

just because it's Christmas Day.

You with that? I am hearing the panic here at the zoo and we are

here with our pygmy goats and one of our sheep as well. Giving them some

breakfast this morning. Did you getting? What time? Just before

seven a.m. But I have been awake since five a.m. Because I had to

drive in. It is not a bad job with such lovely creatures like that

behind you is it? It is always fascinating, the work here. It is a

pleasure, even coming in on Christmas Day. And today you have

been, you do not live too far from the zoo and people still have to

come in, the pet animals still need feeding. How many people will come

in? A normal quota of keepers in. Probably about 30 of us, maybe a few

more on Christmas Day. It is business as usual. We do our

cleaning and feeding and then we have keepers coming in in the

afternoon. The only difference is that there is no public in today. It

is lovely to see you. Thank you for taking the time. Enjoy the animals

and your Christmas day. Don't forget the people working in hospitals. We

have had an e-mail from one woman who says her daughter is in labour

at the moment. That baby is on its way. Keep us updated because it

would be lovely to hear how that baby is doing. Who better to talk to

now than a midwife. Dealing with women just like the daughter of

Carol Smith. Justine Ladds is a midwife

at West Suffolk Hospital. You have a new arrival! Tell us all

about it. This is baby Cody. He was born at five a.m. . He was our

second baby. The first was born one in the morning. A he weighs 811. And

he is already in a Santa outfit. This is just another day in the

office for you, isn't it? It is but everyone has been great. I work with

a lovely team here and it has been a lovely festive atmosphere here. You

mentioned another baby delivered just after midnight. To that mother

wants a Christmas baby? I don't think either of them really did.

They were happy when they did come, however, because it is a nice

atmosphere and it is special to have a baby on Christmas Day. You have

done the overnight shift and you are coming off your shift now. How are

you going to be spending Christmas Day? I am going home. Spend the day

with my husband and children and my parents. My husband will be

preparing Christmas dinner now as we speak, I would imagine. I think you

have the perfect excuse to snooze at any point you like today over

Christmas dinner and be waited on hand and foot. Enjoy the family and

thank you for taking the time to talk to us.

Not only is it Christmas morning but it is also the first full day

While both holidays are meant to be a time to see family and friends,

sometimes these get-togethers can be a source of tension and stress.

If you're worried about it all getting a bit too much,

we've got a team of experts here to guide you through the day.

Here with me are Reverend Sally Hitchiner and Rabbi Benjy Rickman.

Good morning to you both. Merry Christmas. Happy about. It is

unusual, quite rare, isn't it, for the first day of to fall on

Christmas Day? Jewish festivals work on a lunar calendar. It is nice not

having to juggle going to work and having a festival. A bonus this year

to coincide. Or the holiday tie up together. How were you celebrate

today? Last night was the first night of Hanukkah and we gathered

together with the family. We later candle each night to the responding

to the miracle of the Hanukkah story and Jewish tradition is quite

creative. Food is a massive part of every festival. Despite lighting

candles and synagogue services we have a lot of yummy food and ended

as a festival that sell bread the miracle with oil. The oil they found

could have burned for one day but it burned 48. So fried food. The most

unhealthy of all of our festivals. Anything fried it reminds us of that

particular part of the story. Family gatherings and celebrations. It is a

time to not only focus on the gastronomic side of it to but to

remember that the festival is about light and thinking about the light

you can spread through the world. We like -- light a candle and place it

in the window. It can be a source of tension, this time of year. Perhaps

we should take moments today to pause and remember what we do have.

Absolutely. Someone tweeted to me yesterday that we spend so much time

preparing for Christmas but Christmas has been prepared for us.

We just need to be quiet and so we can listen and hear the angels sing.

Moments of spirituality where we have a minute to be calm and

appreciate what we have. So often we spend our time running around and

preparing everything and wrapping presents and running from pillar to

post trying to make sure everyone is having the best time possible. Just

take a step back from the pressure and that can make a real difference

whether that be going to Churchill synagogue or doing something within

the holiday that gives us a sense of perspective and a deeper meaning

behind that, whatever that is. Benji mentioned what he would eat for

Christmas, what is your day involved? I am going to be helping

at the St Mary 's homily at 11 o'clock and many people throughout

the country, actually, a going to Christmas services. Many people went

last night that the midnight mass. That is more popular than ever. Many

people I know love a Christmas Carol and I think it is something about

the carols, summing about the candle at the Magic and the sense of

perspective and maybe even the Christmas story, a new baby being

born, the sense of hope that is in a Christmas story that even people who

are not really buying into the whole of religion love that story and the

nativity play with the little children doing Mary and Joseph and

there is something I think about the Christmas story that cuts through

all of the perfect family sort of John Lewis ad, those of the things

that we put pressure on ourselves for this time of year. Mary and

Joseph were harder. They had relation ship problems. They were in

a stable. The first Christmas family had that. Your message to your

community today? It is important today that the Jewish community does

not get overwhelmed with Christmas. Have our own traditions and perhaps

coming together this year reminds us that diversity down here speaks of

unity in God. It is OK to be proud of our tradition. We do not need to

copy other faith communities. We need to look inside as to what out

these things in the beauty of our traditions. Be proud to be Jewish.

Place candles in the window. Hanukkah candles in the home and be

proud of who we are. Recognise the diversity and that makes us richer

and gives us a more meaningful experience in this world. Merry

Christmas and happy Hanukkah. Enjoy your day. Whatever you do today I

hope you enjoy your day as well. I will be back with headlines in a few

moments. Hello, this is Breakfast

on Christmas morning with, Now, a summary of this

morning's main news. A Russian military plane has crashed

into the Black Sea just minutes Russian news agencies say

there were as many as 91 people onboard, 83 passengers

and eight crew members. Reports suggest that the plane

was travelling to Syria and that debris has been found

in the Black Sea. 'Inspiration' is to be the theme

of the Queen's Christmas She will speak of drawing strength

from meeting ordinary people The Queen is at her home

in Sandringham in Norfolk with other members of the royal family,

though not with the Duke They are spending the day

with the Middleton family. Britain's senior Anglican

and Catholic archbishops are addressing uncertainty

in their Christmas sermons. Later this morning, Archbishop

of Canterbury Justin Welby will talk about fear

and division in the world as 2016 Last night, Catholic leader

Cardinal Vincent Nichols spoke The American president-elect

Donald Trump says he intends to close his charitable foundation,

to avoid any conflict of interest The Trump Foundation is currently

being investigated by New York's attorney general, to establish

whether it supported a Republican political campaign

in Florida in 2013. Thousands of people are being urged

to leave their homes in the Philippines as a super

typhoon roars towards Typhoon Nok-ten

is expected to hit today, Dozens of ports have been closed,

as officials warn of potentially You might think that

Father Christmas's preferred mode of a transport is a sleigh pulled

by Dasher, Dancer and Prancer, but yesterday, in the American state

of Virginia, he took some time out The man in red was

accompanied by his trusty Some, though, weren't quite

as successful as others, proving that four legs

are perhaps better than two. The Grinch also got

in on the action, on his jetski. Coming up later in the programme,

we'll hear how the poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay

is trying to make Christmas a magical day for children

in the care system. Muhammed Ali, Sir Terry Wogan

and Prince are just a few of those Their lives are celebrated in Review

2016: We Remember Part One. # You don't have to be

beautiful to turn me on...# So how did The Artist Formerly

Known As come about? That came up through people's

problems with, mainly the media's problem with not having

a pronunciation for the symbol. So they had to come up

with something, I guess. I really truly madly

deeply love you. I really truly madly deeply

passionately love you. I really truly madly deeply

passionately remarkably love you. I really truly madly deeply

passionately remarkably... I really truly madly

passionately remarkably Deeply!

You passed on deeply! Which was your word,

which means you couldn't Cancel the kitchen scraps

for lepers and orphans. That is a very serious

accusation, Potter. Of course she doesn't,

that's how Leonardo painted her. We thought we were in

a dream, you know? Because we had done nothing

in particular, and we both said, well, he said you're women,

right about two women And we said, OK, we

could do flat sharing. You think I'll tell you how Robert

and me went to the art galleries And then having got that out of me,

you think I'll tell you how he's asked me to spend

the night with him. I knew you'd drag it

out of me somehow! I'm Leonard by the way.

Leonard Dunn. I'm Maria.

I believed that most women felt trapped the way I did.

The first sentence I wrote, I knew, they must never go to bed.

You've got to transport that huge lump into the world, hasn't she?

A man couldn't give birth to a jelly baby!

The character was originally written as a rather stereotyped

The big fat man and lazy husband, and little nagging wife.

I bet Barbara Cartland never has all this trouble.

Well after a few weeks we thought this was going to get a bit boring.

So we started playing against the script.

Same words, but trying to give them a bit more character.

Fish knives, they are common as muck!

You know, the way them singing sirens used to draw unsuspecting

Quincy always talks about thinking that I must have been black.

I must have been, you know, before he met me, because of

MUSIC: "Rock With You" by Michael Jackson.

The whole thing took two weekends and it was amazing.

By the time it was over, Quincy and I had become such close buddies,

that he said I want you to work on everything I'm doing.

MUSIC: "Thriller" by Michael Jackson.

Here is the clock, the Trumpton clock.

Here is Chippy Minton, and his son Nibs.

We're going to do a job for Mr Platt, the clockmaker.

A grandfather clock, needs its case mended.

Good morning! Pat called.

Looks like a busy day for you, lots of letters and parcels.

Well, at least it's a nice day for it!

He sent me to get these throat lozenges.

There's a lot of them about, ain't there?

We used plasticine because it was fun and it's quite easy,

If the temperature is too cold, it can crack.

If it's too hot, it can melt and get a bit soggy,

I've been a man in the world, and I want everybody out

I don't think he'll ever get through this round.

Why do you insist on being called Muhammad Ali now?

That's the name given to me by my leading teacher.

That's my original name, that's a slave name,

A man who can pay in two fights for three planes,

why would you take and seek out and be anxious to call me, out of 30

He talks too much, he's ugly, he's pretending.

I'm the true champion and they make me the underdog.

I'm going to show them all, because I'm the champion,

There will never be one like me, and all you people in Britain

who rate me as the greatest, I'm going to prove I'm the greatest.

We're going to prove to the world I'm the greatest.

This is my last fight, I don't want none of you to miss it.

So please come to theatres, I'm going to eat some raw meat.

I'm going to get ready and chop some more trees!

COMMENTATOR: Oh my God, he's won the title back at 32!

I said, man, this is the wrong place to get tired!

The forwards have just stepped up to the mark and smashed Wales.

I've won a few tournaments, I've won some majors.

I suppose the most important thing...

Is the fact that it has been as good as it has been to me.

Arnold Palmer, golfer, aviator, man of many powers.

# Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination...#

When I do make jokes, they're usually not that funny,

But if I go in public somewhere, the first thing people say, come on,

28 seconds, you're running out of time.

To be honest, I cannot function in these conditions!

My blanket, my blue blanket, give me my blue blanket!

He had the fastest hands in the West.

A lot of people have criticised me for writing music

I take for granted that what I write has got a meaning.

ACOUSTIC GUITAR MUSIC. to take that for granted,

Everything you read in the paper about how hard

the Prime Minister has to work is bit of a myth, really.

This is put up by the press office as a matter of course.

But if you think about it, what do you have to do?

Audience with the Queen on Tuesday evenings.

Seven and a half hours a week so far.

When I was 15 or 16, I was with an old soldier.

I can't get over a girl like you, so turn out the lights

I hope Sergeant Major is in good mood.

Our cordon bleu cook is in an Italian mood.

And he has conjured up for you spaghetti

Maybe that was the only way to punish me properly.

Maybe it wouldn't have been enough to tell me in private

The most quick way was to bundle you back through

your own doorway and into the safety of this hallway, but I'm afraid

that in my anxiety to defend you, I was over vigorous.

Speed was the essence of the matter, but it has

caused you some shock and I am very sorry.

It was a yea my lord, but I don't believe a word of it.

It is almost a drama or a tragedy with laughs, because they

are real people in trouble, and we always love seeing people

There is too much butter on those trays, OK?

There is too much butter and those trays.

Viewers often see me and my co-announcers sitting like this.

And they may think we are in a quiet,

But in fact, as you can see, our studios are pretty

busy, and they are like this every day of the year.

There were lots of breakdowns, particularly at the

beginning, because, I mean, the cameras were unreliable.

We frequently lost all vision on a show

or something, so the announcer would have to go in and apologise and tell

From now until after five o'clock this afternoon, television cameras

take you into the heart of London to watch and share.

That was me, helping in a small way to make

Frost will be widespread over the weekend,

severe in places to minus seven Celsius, just 19 Fahrenheit.

So far this month, as you know, it has been

particularly cold, especially over England.

She did something that in our society is unspeakable.

But remember, it was a sin to kill a mockingbird.

Fine, Pavel Andreievich, Chekhov begin shipwide mission broadcast.

Authorisation code 95 wictor wictor two.

Authorisation code 95 Victor Victor two.

Trades dispute act, 1911, the right to peaceful

picketing is according to the striker by act of Parliament

the right to strike and the right to peaceful picketing.

Liberator is stationary and is stabilised in

Together, we can find a ship manually.

It's Friday, it's five o'clock, and it's Crackerjack!

Are you ready to rock on Crackerjack?

Those are the nice prizes for you, which are of

# Right, said, Fred, give a shout for Charlie

# Up comes Charlie from the floor below

A track every morning with Ken Bruce and myself every afternoon.

There will be another one same time tomorrow.

We are working in a very recording studio, which is recording

16 separate tracks through a board like this.

When I started producing records a few years ago...

# Right, said Fred, both of us together, one

We still mixed our sounds on a board like this,

But it all came down to just one track because it was on a record

# There's nothing you can do that can't be done...

# Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.

We celebrate with it, and we mourn with it.

I need music, and I don't mean just professionally.

I think you will find to some extent, pretty well

Bill Haley had arrived, and of course that was

But fortunately in the meantime, I had done two weeks in

I wasn't everybody's choice to be on Radio 1, because

there was the question of whether I would fit into all this.

So I had a three month contract, simple as that.

On the Jimmy Young programme today...

Hello and welcome to the beginning of what I hope will be a long and

How anyone can get such applause and still stay as

I mean, I didn't mind if being famous was

Have a pencil and paper handy, and your brain in gear.

CHEERING .

Welcome to the millions of you watching, to the performers

from 25 countries waiting nervously backstage.

We have a running total going on now.

We have been open for one hour and it's a

One hour, and we have about 1.5 million to raise to do better than

# Fiddle, cello, big bass drum, bassoon, flute

# Each one making the most of his chance

This is Breakfast with Naga Munchetty.

A Russian military plane carrying more than 90 people has

The aircraft went missing around 20 minutes after taking off from Sochi

Members of a military choir were among those onboard.

The Queen will pay tribute to "ordinary people doing

extraordinary things", when she delivers her

The Archbishop Of Westminster has spoken of the "anxiety

and uncertainty" felt by many in the world as he gave

his Christmas sermon during midnight mass.

As a child in care, the poet Lemn Sissay used to dread Christmas.

We'll hear how he's now trying to make it a magical day for those

For a lot of care leavers, the memory is a bad one

Matt Goss is among the guests on the Strictly Christmas Special tonight.

I've been to take a sneak peek behind the scenes.

Good morning, a merry mild Christmas. It doesn't feel much like

Christmas but it will turn colder later today from the north.

Windy tomorrow in northern Scotland. The full Christmas forecast on the

way. A Russian military plane has crashed

into the Black Sea just minutes The Russian Defence Ministry said

there were at least 92 people on board.

Reports suggest that the plane was travelling to Syria and that

debris has been found in the Black Sea.

An investigation has been launched. We will tell you more about those on

the plane, details coming through. Some reporters and military

personnel were on board as well as crew, and a military choir on its

way to performing at a concert for members of the Russian Armed Forces

in Syria. We will get an update from our Moscow correspondent in a

minutes. The Queen has chosen "inspiration"

as the theme of her Christmas broadcast this year,

and will speak of drawing strength from meeting ordinary people,

who have done extraordinary things. She will spend today

at her Sandringham estate in Norfolk with other members

of the royal family. The Duke and Duchess Of Cambridge

will spend Christmas Day with the Middleton family

at their home in Berkshire. Here's our royal correspondent

Nicholas Witchell. The Queen recorded this year's

broadcast a few days ago Its theme this year is inspiration

and, in the broadcast, she will reflect on the achievements

of Olympic and Paralympic athletes from Britain and the Commonwealth,

many of whom she met at the Palace reception in October, and whose

achievements, she will say, And in this year, when the Queen has

marked her 90th birthday, she will refer to the inspirational

work of the many charities with which she has been

associated during her reign. She will talk also of the work

of the many unsung heroes she meets around the country -

carers, community leaders "Ordinary people", as she puts it,

doing "extraordinary" things. The departure of the Queen

and the Duke of Edinburgh to Sandringham had to be delayed

for 24 hours earlier in the week because both were said to be

suffering from heavy colds. Buckingham Palace has said nothing

further about their health, but there's no reason to think

they won't be joining other members of the family this morning

for the Christmas service There will be sadness at the news

that Zara Tyndall has lost the baby she was expecting with her husband,

Mike, in the spring. It would have been

their second child. Absent from Sandrigham this year

will be the Duke and Duchess Of Cambridge and their two children,

George and Charlotte. In a break with tradition,

they're having a family Christmas in Berkshire,

at the home of the Duchess's Let's speak now to our reporter

Emilia Papadopoulos who is at Sandringham

for us this morning. What can we expect

from the day ahead? Already, people are gathering for a

glimpse of the Royal family. Merry Christmas. A beautiful, windy

Christmas morning at Sandringham. About 50 people have been here since

6am. I spoke to one lady from Florida who has come to see the