26/12/2016

:00:00. > :00:00.This is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty.

:00:07. > :00:10.George Michael, one of the biggest music stars of his generation,

:00:11. > :00:20.After a string of top ten hits with Wham in the 80s,

:00:21. > :00:26.he had further success as a solo artist, selling more

:00:27. > :00:48.Good morning, it's Boxing Day, Monday the 26th of December.

:00:49. > :00:53.A day of mourning in Russia for the 92 people who were on board

:00:54. > :00:57.a jet which crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria.

:00:58. > :01:00.We'll find out how the community in Hebden Bridge has recovered

:01:01. > :01:02.from Boxing Day floods, which left dozens of families

:01:03. > :01:19.Everything was floating and downstairs there was one metre high.

:01:20. > :01:19.It was about a quarter of the staircase.

:01:20. > :01:21.Boxing Day sales have already started online -

:01:22. > :01:24.we'll look at how changes in buying habits have affected the traditional

:01:25. > :01:29.In sport, Sam Allardyce takes charge of a football match for the first

:01:30. > :01:31.time since he was sacked as England manager.

:01:32. > :01:34.His new side Crystal Palace, will face Watford in the Premier

:01:35. > :01:51.Good morning. A wild and wintry day in store. Frequent snow show was in

:01:52. > :01:59.Scotland and the storm Konta could bring 19 mile costs of wind. For

:02:00. > :02:02.much of England and while the sun is -- the snow was gone and the sun is

:02:03. > :02:02.out. One of the biggest pop

:02:03. > :02:08.stars of the 80s and 90s, He was 53, and is believed to have

:02:09. > :02:13.suffered from heart failure. He rose to fame as one

:02:14. > :02:16.half of the group, Wham! but went on to have a

:02:17. > :02:19.successful solo career. He sold 100 million albums worldwide

:02:20. > :02:22.and had 11 UK number ones. Nick Quraishi looks

:02:23. > :02:37.back at his life. # You put the Bohm Ballmer into my

:02:38. > :02:40.heart... Suntans, bleached hair and upbeat songs propelled went to

:02:41. > :02:46.number one around the world. They even conquered China. # Last

:02:47. > :02:54.Christmas I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave it away.

:02:55. > :03:01.Their most famous song heard every year will now have added poignancy.

:03:02. > :03:06.Born in north London, George Michael was 12 years old when he met Andrew

:03:07. > :03:23.Ridgeley. They left school at 15 and set up Wham. # And time can never

:03:24. > :03:27.mend a careless whisper his biggest hit, Kellas Whisper came in 1984.

:03:28. > :03:32.Three years later his solo album, Faith, marked a shift to serious

:03:33. > :03:39.singer songwriter. With the success came brushes with the law. An arrest

:03:40. > :03:44.falling behaviour in a public toilet in Los Angeles stop he had a stall

:03:45. > :03:47.in prison after crashing his car into the shop. George Michael

:03:48. > :03:51.announced he was gay, later revealing he had been in the closet

:03:52. > :03:56.for years to prevent his mother from worrying about a stock in 2011 he

:03:57. > :04:03.nearly died in Vienna after a bout of pneumonia. But more work was in

:04:04. > :04:07.the pipeline. A collaboration and a documentary called Freedom which was

:04:08. > :04:11.due for release next month. When it came to pop music, George Michael

:04:12. > :04:15.had it all, looks, voice and the ability to write a string of hits

:04:16. > :04:23.that will continue to be playful years to come. That was George

:04:24. > :04:27.Michael has died at the age of 53. Alex Premat correspondent joins me

:04:28. > :04:35.now. 11 o'clock last night. As Christmas Day. Just such a sad end

:04:36. > :04:38.to Christmas Day, the death of a true British superstar. He was

:04:39. > :04:43.George Michael, a guy who went from appearing on top of the pops with a

:04:44. > :04:49.shuttlecock down his shorts too, because of songs in his voice he had

:04:50. > :04:55.the likes of Aretha Franklin can to work with him. Stevie wonder invited

:04:56. > :05:00.him to appear at the Apollo in Harlem. Mary J Blige worked with

:05:01. > :05:05.him. The biggest names in American music were wanting to work with him.

:05:06. > :05:11.Elton John, our number one, though let the sun go down on me. Ladies

:05:12. > :05:15.and gentlemen, missed Elton John, he came on. And there was spell in the

:05:16. > :05:21.1980s where wherever there was a big concert, George Michael was there.

:05:22. > :05:27.The 70th birthday for Nelson Mandela. A Freddie Mercury troop put

:05:28. > :05:31.concert. Again, his version of somebody to Love showcased his vocal

:05:32. > :05:38.talents. Tributes are coming in, aren't they? So many. Sir Elton John

:05:39. > :05:45.as we would expect, one of the first he boasted a photo of himself with

:05:46. > :05:53.George. He offered words of condolences to his family and

:05:54. > :05:57.friends. The band, to run to run, 2016, the loss of another child had

:05:58. > :06:02.sold. A love and sympathy to his family. Andrew Ridgeley, the other

:06:03. > :06:06.half of lamb, the man who gave George Michael the confidence to get

:06:07. > :06:11.on the stage perform saying that he was heartbroken at the loss of his

:06:12. > :06:15.beloved friend. A world of music in the world at large loved him. He

:06:16. > :06:21.found a quote from George Michael and quoted around it. George Michael

:06:22. > :06:26.said that he believes that music is to one of the greatest gifts God

:06:27. > :06:31.gave to man. Andrew originally replied that it was from God, it was

:06:32. > :06:37.from George himself. And the horrible irony that George Michael

:06:38. > :06:44.saying two of the biggest Christmas songs of all time, Do They Know It's

:06:45. > :06:48.Christmas?? By band aid and last Christmas by an Wham. It is still

:06:49. > :06:50.number 16 in the charts at the moment. And on Christmas Day. Thank

:06:51. > :06:53.you very much. Russia is holding a day of national

:06:54. > :06:56.mourning for the 92 people who were killed when a military

:06:57. > :06:59.plane crashed in the Black Sea. Authorities in Russia say they've

:07:00. > :07:02.located the site where the plane came down yesterday,

:07:03. > :07:05.soon after it took off from Sochi, Our Moscow correspondent,

:07:06. > :07:08.Steve Rosenberg reports. This is one of the final images

:07:09. > :07:11.of the Tupolev 154 jet. It was taken by a journalist before

:07:12. > :07:14.he boarded the plane. The aircraft crashed

:07:15. > :07:19.into the Black Sea. The Russians scrambled

:07:20. > :07:22.helicopters and ships, but the search became

:07:23. > :07:25.a recovery operation. The plane had taken off from

:07:26. > :07:31.a military airfield near Moscow. It flew south, stopping

:07:32. > :07:34.in Sochi to refuel. The final destination was Syria

:07:35. > :07:39.and Russia's airbase near Latakia, but minutes after leaving

:07:40. > :07:42.Sochi it crashed. President Putin offered his

:07:43. > :07:45.condolences to the families of the victims and promised

:07:46. > :07:50.them his full support. On board were more than 60 members

:07:51. > :07:54.of the Russian army's famous song and dance ensemble once known

:07:55. > :07:58.as the Red Army Choir. They'd been due to give a concert

:07:59. > :08:16.at the Russian airbase in Syria. We are in shambles. We valued them.

:08:17. > :08:26.They are our brothers, friends, colleagues, may they rest in peace.

:08:27. > :08:35.Also killed in the crash, a prominent medic known to millions of

:08:36. > :08:37.Russians as Doctor Lever. This disaster has left Russia stunned and

:08:38. > :08:46.silent. The UK should leave the European

:08:47. > :08:49.single market when it exits the EU, the former governor of the Bank

:08:50. > :08:52.of England has said. Mervyn King told Radio 4's Today

:08:53. > :08:55.programme that trading under the same conditions as countries

:08:56. > :08:58.on the continent could stop Britain from taking full advantage

:08:59. > :09:04.of the opportunities of Brexit. I don't think it makes sense for us

:09:05. > :09:08.to pretend that we should remain in a single market and I think there

:09:09. > :09:12.are real? Is about whether it makes sense to stay in the customs union.

:09:13. > :09:14.Clearly if we do that we can make our own trade deals with other

:09:15. > :09:16.countries. 50,000 thousand people in England

:09:17. > :09:20.at risk of Type-2 diabetes could be helped by an NHS programme that's

:09:21. > :09:22.being extended from today. The advice on better nutrition

:09:23. > :09:25.and exercise had already It forms part of a package

:09:26. > :09:29.of new measures to curb Type-2 diabetes - including funding

:09:30. > :09:31.for more specialist nurses. Japan's Prime Minister is set

:09:32. > :09:34.to visit Pearl Harbour, 75 years after the deadly attack

:09:35. > :09:37.that drew the United States Shinzo Abe is travelling to Hawaii,

:09:38. > :09:41.where he will visit the naval base that was targeted by Japanese

:09:42. > :09:44.bombers in December 1941. More than 2,000 Americans,

:09:45. > :09:46.mainly military personnel, An adviser to Mr Abe said he was not

:09:47. > :09:53.planning to offer an apology Millions of shoppers are expected

:09:54. > :10:04.to hit the shops today as the traditional Boxing Day

:10:05. > :10:07.sales get under way. However, research suggests that

:10:08. > :10:08.pre-Christmas discounts - both online and on the high street -

:10:09. > :10:12.mean fewer people now turn up To find out more, we can

:10:13. > :10:16.speak to Diane Wehrle, a retail analyst, who is

:10:17. > :10:27.in our London newsroom. Good morning. Thank you very much

:10:28. > :10:30.for talking to us this morning. So, really, our shoppers almost

:10:31. > :10:35.oversaturated with sales? You get a lot in the run-up to Christmas, why

:10:36. > :10:39.go out again on Boxing Day? It is more of a tradition on Boxing Day as

:10:40. > :10:44.anything else and I feel what has happened what our evidence is

:10:45. > :10:48.showing as is that the Christmas trading period is becoming

:10:49. > :10:53.polarised. It kicks off at the end of November and then it goes into a

:10:54. > :10:57.lull. There is some discounting between Black Friday and Christmas

:10:58. > :11:02.as we know and people are picking up on that. But the volumes of activity

:11:03. > :11:05.in destinations, the numbers of people who visited dropping

:11:06. > :11:09.year-on-year and that is a long-term trend. But is starting to flatten

:11:10. > :11:13.out with small decreases and then there is a big uplift on Boxing Day.

:11:14. > :11:18.People like Boxing Day because of the tradition as anything else. With

:11:19. > :11:22.the accessibility of being able to purchase online and avoid the crowds

:11:23. > :11:30.it is inevitable, isn't it, that we will see fewer people out physically

:11:31. > :11:34.shopping? Absolutely and we have a recorded that trend since 2009. More

:11:35. > :11:36.recently however we have had a positivity about retail destinations

:11:37. > :11:42.that have come from the growth of the leisure and hospitality sector.

:11:43. > :11:45.Coffee shops, restaurants etc. That pushes people back into destinations

:11:46. > :11:50.because they view shopping trips much more as a leisure activity.

:11:51. > :11:55.They are not just going to shop and purchase because they can do that

:11:56. > :11:59.online. They do it, they go out to destinations too big and drink and

:12:00. > :12:04.meet friends and have a coffee. It is more of a broad-based shopping

:12:05. > :12:07.experience. I suppose for retailers themselves they need to think about

:12:08. > :12:14.positioning in the environment that vary in as well. Absolutely.

:12:15. > :12:18.Retailers are in a difficult situation. Discounting came on board

:12:19. > :12:22.very strongly during the 2009 recession and of course the

:12:23. > :12:26.recession was much longer than we anticipated the retailers continued

:12:27. > :12:30.discounting and they got themselves into a situation now where shoppers

:12:31. > :12:35.expect discounts but what they really need to be doing is focusing

:12:36. > :12:39.on offering a fantastic shopping experience to encourage people back

:12:40. > :12:45.into stores and make them want to visit. Are there any other

:12:46. > :12:48.traditional sale periods? You see so much discounting ahead of Christmas

:12:49. > :12:52.even then we have Boxing Day and then there is New Year's Eve as

:12:53. > :12:56.world, New Year's Day thousands well. It seems as if sales are on

:12:57. > :13:01.all the time. It is a long window, isn't it? And what we have seen in

:13:02. > :13:06.terms of footfall figures is that sales have disappeared largely. When

:13:07. > :13:10.I was young, thousand New Year's Day were a big thing but we're not

:13:11. > :13:14.seeing that uplift that we once did on New Year's Day. It has been

:13:15. > :13:19.superseded now by Black Friday and Boxing Day. So things are shifting,

:13:20. > :13:23.things are changing but that is inevitable in retail. We get that.

:13:24. > :13:27.It moves at a slower rate sometimes we do not see it and then suddenly

:13:28. > :13:30.we have evidence in front of us. Things are shifting but everyone

:13:31. > :13:35.likes a discount on the problem we have is that shoppers get very used

:13:36. > :13:38.to discount and very used to them and they expect more and more and

:13:39. > :13:45.even greater discounts. Thank you very much for joining us. Time now

:13:46. > :13:51.with 13 minutes past six a.m. And you are watching Breakfast. Let's

:13:52. > :13:54.bring you date on the main stories. Madonna and Sir Elton John have led

:13:55. > :14:00.tributes to George Michael who have passed away at the age of 53. Russia

:14:01. > :14:03.begins a day of mourning for the 92 passengers and crew who died when a

:14:04. > :14:10.military plane taking them to Syria crashed into the Black Sea. Also

:14:11. > :14:13.coming up on the programme, the year after floods devastated Yorkshire,

:14:14. > :14:19.we returned to see how some residents are picking up the pieces.

:14:20. > :14:25.Well, we were talking about shopping and whether or not people will be

:14:26. > :14:29.keen to get out on the streets. Will the weather be good? Matt, I know

:14:30. > :14:38.you are like me and you do not like going out and shopping. You are an

:14:39. > :14:42.online man. If you are spending the all-important time today on the high

:14:43. > :14:47.street for many across England and Wales it is looking a little like

:14:48. > :14:51.this. Gone is the mild weather of Christmas Day and the grey skies

:14:52. > :14:56.many experienced the sun is out now and it feels a lot cooler out there.

:14:57. > :14:59.A day of two halves across the UK today because while some of you

:15:00. > :15:03.enjoy the sunshine, for others there is stormy weather. The further north

:15:04. > :15:07.you are, the wilder the seas get. That is all due to what is cold

:15:08. > :15:12.storm Connor. It is as world cloudier. To the north of Scotland

:15:13. > :15:16.at the moment but it is battering northern parts and men in parts of

:15:17. > :15:21.Scotland into Orkney and Shetland in particular. 90 mile an hour gusts

:15:22. > :15:27.possible across Shetland and there is a be prepared warning from the

:15:28. > :15:31.Met Office. Some wild wind from the far north of England and Northern

:15:32. > :15:34.Ireland, fewer showers with a bit of sunshine and further south, the

:15:35. > :15:37.morning cloud and Walter isolated showers clear it is a lovely day

:15:38. > :15:42.ahead. We continue to see showers across Scotland. Getting to low

:15:43. > :15:46.levels of times and still the winters gusting in excess of 60

:15:47. > :15:50.miles an hour in the far north. These now could be mounting up, five

:15:51. > :15:53.or ten centimetres over higher ground that in Northern Ireland,

:15:54. > :16:00.fewer showers in the sun will be out for much of the time. Showers

:16:01. > :16:04.limited to Cumbria. Much of England and Wales has a cooler day than

:16:05. > :16:06.yesterday but a lovely sunny one in store and it will be dry with just

:16:07. > :16:15.light winds. Further patchy rain and drizzle in

:16:16. > :16:19.the north. The breeze easing down. With lighter winds and clearer skies

:16:20. > :16:22.to the southern half of the country, a widespread frost is back.

:16:23. > :16:26.Temperatures in some parts of central and southern England as low

:16:27. > :16:33.as -6, maybe minus seven. It will be a crisp and fresh out the Tuesday. A

:16:34. > :16:37.lovely day for many. England and Wales, a frosty start, lots of

:16:38. > :16:41.sunshine. Sunshine in Northern Ireland and a better day in

:16:42. > :16:45.Scotland. Couple of showers in the Shetland, but most sustained dry.

:16:46. > :16:49.Sunny spells and temperatures down from where they should be, but it

:16:50. > :16:53.should feel fairly pleasant with light winds. High pressure is in

:16:54. > :16:58.charge and it moves into Wednesday. Around the centre, where the winds

:16:59. > :17:03.are lightest, in southern and eastern parts of England, here into

:17:04. > :17:09.Wednesday morning we could have a problem with fog. Fog could linger

:17:10. > :17:13.and began in eastern areas. There could be problems with the airports.

:17:14. > :17:16.Check for you travel. Outbreaks of rain into Scotland and Northern

:17:17. > :17:21.Ireland. Eventually into the north-west Highlands. That's how it

:17:22. > :17:24.is looking. Enjoy your day and be prepared for the strong winds in

:17:25. > :17:30.northern Scotland. Thanks very much. It feels like a

:17:31. > :17:33.long time since we have seen blue numbers on that map.

:17:34. > :17:37.After the unusually mild Christmas we have got it back, but it was only

:17:38. > :17:38.a few weeks ago we had widespread frost.

:17:39. > :17:46.Of course, thanks very much. Time to talk sport. Happy Boxing

:17:47. > :17:53.Day! I wonder if it will be a happy

:17:54. > :17:57.Boxing Day for Sam Allardyce. Earlier in the season, last season,

:17:58. > :18:01.he was the manager at Sunderland. He has this reputation of the Midas

:18:02. > :18:10.touch for keeping things up. A bit of a pantomime character today. A

:18:11. > :18:10.lot of fans will be pleased to see him back.

:18:11. > :18:13.Sam Allardyce will take charge of his first Premier League match

:18:14. > :18:16.as Crystal Palace manager, at Watford this afternoon.

:18:17. > :18:18.The former England boss took over at Selhurst Park last Friday,

:18:19. > :18:21.just a day after Alan Pardew, was sacked.

:18:22. > :18:23.He's already got his eye on the January transfer window,

:18:24. > :18:32.and wants to keep his best players, as well as adding to the squad.

:18:33. > :18:39.Rumours that may float around, but people might be interested in our

:18:40. > :18:46.players, is also of great concern when you are manager, because that

:18:47. > :18:51.is very disruptive and can put a player of his game. We don't want

:18:52. > :18:55.any of that. We are trying to make the squad a bit bigger, with more

:18:56. > :19:01.strength and depth. That would be a key area for me, but I think the

:19:02. > :19:03.players here as good enough. But if we can add to that, let's try and do

:19:04. > :19:03.it. Chelsea, who have a six-point lead

:19:04. > :19:07.at the top of the Premier League, They'll set a new club record,

:19:08. > :19:12.if they make it 12 straight league wins against Bournemouth,

:19:13. > :19:14.although they'll have to do it without N'Golo Kante

:19:15. > :19:24.and Diego Costa, who are suspended. They are working very well this week

:19:25. > :19:35.to try to find the solution to play good football, to continue to win,

:19:36. > :19:43.to take the two points. We all know that it won't be easy against

:19:44. > :19:45.Bournemouth because they are very good with great organisation.

:19:46. > :19:47.It's been nearly five years since Arsenal lost three games

:19:48. > :19:51.They're faced with that prospect today.

:19:52. > :19:54.Defeats to Everton and Manchester City have seen them slip nine

:19:55. > :19:57.points, behind Chelsea, at the top and manager Arsene Wenger

:19:58. > :20:00.is determined to stop the rot at home to West Brom this afternoon.

:20:01. > :20:12.We are ready for a fight and we want to respond I think in 20 games we

:20:13. > :20:16.lost two, but our quality has been consistent since the start of the

:20:17. > :20:21.season and we want to respond in a strong way and in a determined way.

:20:22. > :20:22.I think everybody is focused to do that.

:20:23. > :20:25.David Moyes will make his first return to Old Trafford

:20:26. > :20:28.as a manager this afternoon, when his struggling Sunderland side

:20:29. > :20:35.Moyes replaced Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013.

:20:36. > :20:38.He was proclaimed the 'chosen one', but lasted only 10 months

:20:39. > :20:39.as United struggled under his stewardship.

:20:40. > :20:42.The current United boss, 'The Special One', has sympathy

:20:43. > :20:55.I don't feel it as a person, I feel a great history of the club. Only

:20:56. > :21:03.positive things and not negative things. In a certain period when

:21:04. > :21:09.David came the situation was not so easy, it was not so easy to go in

:21:10. > :21:13.that direction. At the same time, and I think this is even more

:21:14. > :21:14.important, the Premier league was changing.

:21:15. > :21:17.In today's late game Manchester City are away at Hull City,

:21:18. > :21:20.who are currently bottom of the table on goal difference.

:21:21. > :21:22.Pep Guardiola's side are still without the suspended

:21:23. > :21:24.Sergio Aguero, but travel to East Yorkshire having

:21:25. > :21:33.won their last two games, including a 2-1 win over Arsenal.

:21:34. > :21:39.I am not expecting the game against Hull City to be easel, for example.

:21:40. > :21:43.My feeling here is quite similar. Elsewhere, Burnley take

:21:44. > :21:45.on Middlesbrough, champions Leicester are at home to Everton

:21:46. > :21:47.and relegation-threatened Swansea You can keep right up to date

:21:48. > :21:54.with the action on Final Score on the red button,

:21:55. > :22:02.as well as on Five Live and the BBC And of course it is also one of the

:22:03. > :22:08.highlights of the racing calendar. The mid-season championship, the

:22:09. > :22:14.King George V race. What a matchup. We have the defending champion

:22:15. > :22:19.against the young contender, Thistlecrack. The young horse to

:22:20. > :22:23.watch out for. He has won all three races he has been in, unbeaten. And

:22:24. > :22:28.of course a big contender for the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

:22:29. > :22:34.Is it unusual there are only five? I think that is quite a low number,

:22:35. > :22:39.yes. It is a keenly contested race. I am watching out for the stars of

:22:40. > :22:43.NXT! Only one week away. Thanks very much.

:22:44. > :22:48.Train travellers are facing significant disruptions this week as

:22:49. > :22:53.200 sets of engineering works planned by Network Rail take place.

:22:54. > :23:00.Many people will be travelling by coach instead. Graham Satchell is at

:23:01. > :23:02.Victoria coach Station this morning, they imagine it is getting very busy

:23:03. > :23:09.day? Happy Boxing Day! Good morning. Yes,

:23:10. > :23:14.very busy. It is one of the few transport hubs in the country

:23:15. > :23:18.operating a full pretty much normal service today. Boxing Day is very

:23:19. > :23:21.busy for people as they go out to visit relatives, or get to the

:23:22. > :23:26.sales. Football fixture list as well today. But if you are trying to get

:23:27. > :23:32.a train today you will struggle. Have a quick chat to a travel

:23:33. > :23:37.expert. Why are there no trains running? I think Britain is the only

:23:38. > :23:42.place in the world where there are no trains on Boxing Day. That's not

:23:43. > :23:49.strictly true. I can give you the entire national timetable in about

:23:50. > :23:52.ten seconds. There are few trains running around the Merseyrail

:23:53. > :23:58.network in Liverpool and some suburban services in Glasgow. The

:23:59. > :24:04.train operators say there is no demand. But here at Victoria coach

:24:05. > :24:07.Station, in next couple of hours bus is leaving for Aberdeen, learning,

:24:08. > :24:14.Cardiff and other cities. There seems to be plenty of demand. --

:24:15. > :24:18.Birmingham. The Tories have accused Labour of not doing enough about

:24:19. > :24:22.this, but today the shadow transport minister has accused the Tories of

:24:23. > :24:26.not doing anything. But the train operators don't have to run today,

:24:27. > :24:30.do they? No, the franchises have said to have Christmas Day and

:24:31. > :24:35.Boxing Day off and talking to the rail delivery group who represent

:24:36. > :24:40.the delivery companies and Network Rail say there is no demand. But

:24:41. > :24:43.here and at the airports, most of which have a pretty normal service

:24:44. > :24:48.today, suggests there is plenty of demand. And talking to GWR, which

:24:49. > :24:52.would normally run services from Paddington to the West Country and

:24:53. > :24:55.South Wales, they say in a normal year if Paddington wasn't closed

:24:56. > :24:59.over Christmas we might consider bringing back Boxing Day services.

:25:00. > :25:03.We know there's engineering work, but that doesn't cover the whole

:25:04. > :25:09.network on the? Certainly not. 90% of the network is untouched. The

:25:10. > :25:12.chief executive of Network Rail says they are perfectly happy to let the

:25:13. > :25:17.trains run if the train operators ask us. So it is up to the public to

:25:18. > :25:23.demonstrate that they want to go places on Boxing Day. Thank you very

:25:24. > :25:27.much indeed. The airports, as Simon said, are open and running. Not much

:25:28. > :25:31.disruption on the roads, but you will struggle if you want to get a

:25:32. > :25:37.train today. Good to see you. Thanks very much.

:25:38. > :25:39.This time last year, the West Yorkshire town

:25:40. > :25:42.of Hebden Bridge was being hit by a deluge of floodwater.

:25:43. > :25:45.Homes, shops, and schools were all affected and the recovery

:25:46. > :25:49.Breakfast's John Maguire reported from Hebden Bridge last winter,

:25:50. > :25:51.and has returned to see how residents there are coping.

:25:52. > :25:59.Boxing Day, 2015. Torrents of water smashed through Hebden Bridge with

:26:00. > :26:03.no respect for who, where or what they affected, nor indeed for the

:26:04. > :26:08.time of year. 12 months on and riverside schools is receiving a

:26:09. > :26:15.visit from the children's laureate Chris Wood Dell, who has helped

:26:16. > :26:21.flooded communities before. Sketching as we talk, he says he is

:26:22. > :26:24.impressed with the attitude here. Once somebody comes into the

:26:25. > :26:29.communities and sees how resilient they have been in the face of some

:26:30. > :26:34.very testy and trying times, and the way that often brings communities

:26:35. > :26:37.together. The head teacher has been forced to add construction project

:26:38. > :26:42.manager to her skill set. It has been a long returned to normal. The

:26:43. > :26:46.heating system is running, but not until just before Easter. The

:26:47. > :26:56.children were fantastic. As whether parents. Some of the children saw

:26:57. > :27:03.damage both to their school and their home. Everything was crashed

:27:04. > :27:10.and broken and we couldn't find any of our staff and there was a massive

:27:11. > :27:16.canoe and a row decking and we didn't know how that got there. That

:27:17. > :27:20.wasn't yours? No. We look downstairs and it was one metre high. It was

:27:21. > :27:24.taking up a quarter of the staircase. An essential part of the

:27:25. > :27:27.recovery is prevention. At this bookshop, a local mechanic has

:27:28. > :27:31.devised a way to keep the books high-end hopefully drive. I

:27:32. > :27:37.absolutely think that we wouldn't have survived on our own. We just

:27:38. > :27:42.all pulled together, we genuinely did. Hopefully it's all behind us,

:27:43. > :27:48.the Ms Croft. But it does feel like you are tempting fate to say that!

:27:49. > :27:51.Whether you think flooding is caused by global warming or

:27:52. > :27:55.overdevelopment, one thing for certain. When it in packs a

:27:56. > :28:00.community like this it is very much a human response. It is people that

:28:01. > :28:04.drag this town back up, that gets the businesses, schools and families

:28:05. > :28:10.back on their feet. The shops either side were flooded. The pub that we

:28:11. > :28:15.are walking towards was flooded. And that sense of resilience, stoicism

:28:16. > :28:20.and community, that Hebden Bridge is renowned for, has been vital. The

:28:21. > :28:26.little things like none of the cash machines worked in town, so there

:28:27. > :28:31.was a regular series of somebody saying, well I'll drive to the next

:28:32. > :28:36.town, I'll take a bunch of people, we can go to a cash machine and get

:28:37. > :28:41.some cash. When the flood sirens sound is everybody stops and hopes

:28:42. > :28:44.not to be hit again, but if it does happen this place will deploy its

:28:45. > :28:48.best asset in the fightback, the town's people.

:28:49. > :29:06.We're remembering George Michael, who's died at the age of 53.

:29:07. > :29:13.We will talk to a producer who made a film about him and we will talk to

:29:14. > :29:16.people about his life. Earlier we spoke to our correspondent about his

:29:17. > :29:23.life. Of course he collaborated with many people, including Elton John,

:29:24. > :29:27.Aretha Franklin, Mary J Blige. He started on as a Wham! But went on to

:29:28. > :29:31.have a very successful solo career. Perhaps you can e-mail us and get in

:29:32. > :29:37.touch with your memories of George Michael. Many people are waking up

:29:38. > :29:41.to the news now. You can e-mail us at the address below. You can also

:29:42. > :29:47.share your thoughts with other viewers on Facebook and Twitter

:29:48. > :31:02.about today's stories. I will be back with the headline shortly.

:31:03. > :31:13.on the career of George Michael throughout the programme today. In

:31:14. > :31:16.other news: to bring you authorities in Russia say they have located the

:31:17. > :31:21.site where a plane came down yesterday soon after taking off from

:31:22. > :31:24.Sochi. The victims included nine journalists and over 60 members of

:31:25. > :31:30.the Moscow-based red Army choir which was on its way to perform in

:31:31. > :31:37.Syria. The UK should leave the European single market when it exits

:31:38. > :31:40.the EU. Mervyn King told radio four's today programme that trading

:31:41. > :31:43.under the same conditions as countries on the continent could

:31:44. > :31:47.prevent Britain from taking full advantage of the opportunities of

:31:48. > :31:51.Brexit. I don't go makes sense for us to pretend that we should remain

:31:52. > :31:55.in the single market and I think were all? Is about whether it makes

:31:56. > :32:00.sense to stay in the customs union. If we do that we cannot make our own

:32:01. > :32:04.trade deals with other countries. 50,000 people in England or a type

:32:05. > :32:09.of type 2 diabetes and could be held by an NHS programme that is being

:32:10. > :32:12.extended from today. The advice on better nutrition and exercise has

:32:13. > :32:18.already helped 20,000 people and forms part of a package of new

:32:19. > :32:23.methods to curb type 2 diabetes. The Prime Minister of Japan is set to

:32:24. > :32:26.visit Pearl Harbor 75 years after the deadly attack that drew the

:32:27. > :32:33.United States into the Second World War. Abe is travelling to whole i.e.

:32:34. > :32:38.Where he will visit the naval base targeted by Japanese bombers in

:32:39. > :32:41.1941. Over 2000 Americans, mostly military personnel, were killed. An

:32:42. > :32:45.adviser to the Japanese government said that he was not prepared to

:32:46. > :32:48.offer a enough apology for the attack. Shoppers are expected to hit

:32:49. > :32:52.the high street today for traditional Boxing Day sales. The

:32:53. > :32:55.number of people going to the shops is expected to be down compared to

:32:56. > :33:00.last year with analyst saying that earlier discount events like Black

:33:01. > :33:03.Friday and cyber Monday will affect post- Christmas sales. Over ?3

:33:04. > :33:08.billion is expected to be spent at the registers today with ?900

:33:09. > :33:12.million spent online. I will be back at seven o'clock with the headlines

:33:13. > :33:17.and I will see you then. But first, 2016, a great year for the Olympians

:33:18. > :33:19.and Paralympian of Britain. We can take a look now at a golden summer

:33:20. > :33:43.in Rio. Is coming four years after a

:33:44. > :33:49.stunning one ten games, Rio 2016 was a tough act to follow. And while the

:33:50. > :33:52.buildup was far from ideal with political scandals, financial crises

:33:53. > :33:56.and worries about the Zika virus, Brazil was always going to offer a

:33:57. > :34:00.spectacular setting for South America's first ever Olympic and

:34:01. > :34:05.Paralympic games. There would be plenty of time for celebrations

:34:06. > :34:13.after Woods and we had big ambitions, the best ever for an

:34:14. > :34:22.Olympics. Paralympics GB were hoping to better their hall in London.

:34:23. > :34:24.First of the athletics. The stadium erupts! Three gold medals for Great

:34:25. > :34:39.Britain. Sydney 2000 heptathlon champion was

:34:40. > :34:42.there as Jessica and Hill and Mo Farah tried to defend their

:34:43. > :34:47.respective titles. We were all looking forward to the repeat of

:34:48. > :34:52.super Saturday from London 2012. Mo Farah in the 10,000 metres. It was

:34:53. > :35:01.not without its drama. The falling. He was clipped. The Bunting, the

:35:02. > :35:05.barging and Mo Farah still managed to come through and the atmosphere

:35:06. > :35:13.was electric. Mo Farah is the first British athlete to win three Olympic

:35:14. > :35:17.gold medals. Jessica Ennis Hill was not great to have it all her own way

:35:18. > :35:23.in the heptathlon. Straight back after giving birth, could she

:35:24. > :35:29.retained her title? She fought hard and competed with such valour. To

:35:30. > :35:33.come away with a silver medal was a great achievement for a woman who

:35:34. > :35:39.has just graced our track for so many years. And Greg who was

:35:40. > :35:44.desperate to try and retain his title. A jump of eight metres and 29

:35:45. > :35:51.centimetres was only going to be bronze. He meant was that 5000

:35:52. > :36:03.metres final. Mo Farah going for the double bubble. Could he do the

:36:04. > :36:09.double? He did it on every count. Gold again to Great Britain! A

:36:10. > :36:14.double bubble. My legs are a little tired but I did it. I did it! It is

:36:15. > :36:19.the dream of every athlete, as I said, and I cannot believe it. We

:36:20. > :36:24.had high hopes in the four x one relay. Would the women come through

:36:25. > :36:33.and take a medal? Yes, they could. Doing a fantastic job to bring home

:36:34. > :36:37.a medal for Britain. And who could forget Sophie in the women's hammer

:36:38. > :36:41.throw? A totally unexpected bronze medal but she had to work hard for

:36:42. > :36:46.it. Coming through on her sixth and final throw. Overall a fantastic

:36:47. > :36:48.championships for British athletics but you will definitely have to go

:36:49. > :37:01.to Mo Farah. Hello. I am Vicki Holland and in Rio

:37:02. > :37:07.I was the first British woman to win a Olympic triathlon medal. It was

:37:08. > :37:12.difficult conditions, a hilly bike ride, tough conditions in the surf.

:37:13. > :37:16.Hot and humid is ringed finish and I came out with a bronze medal. Having

:37:17. > :37:21.watched the Olympics since I was six, to come home and finally have a

:37:22. > :37:25.medal was everything I ever wanted. We have a couple of other superstars

:37:26. > :37:31.in triathlon. The boys winning gold and silver. They are the pioneers of

:37:32. > :37:36.triathlon and I am pleased to have won a medal alongside them. The

:37:37. > :37:42.British success did not stop there. Golf made a controversial return to

:37:43. > :37:46.the Ludwig is in Rio and Justin Rose became the first Olympic

:37:47. > :37:49.gold-medallist in the sport for 112 years. Andy Murray had a number

:37:50. > :37:55.liveable year and offended if Olympic tennis title after in a peek

:37:56. > :37:58.battle. -- Andy Murray had an unbelievable year. He defended his

:37:59. > :38:04.tennis title after an intense battle. A matter of medals away from

:38:05. > :38:08.the Stadium is the velodrome, one of the most challenging and finished

:38:09. > :38:11.just weeks before the limb pics began. Any issues that the

:38:12. > :38:15.organisers had with that paled into insignificance thanks to the

:38:16. > :38:19.difficult buildup that the GB cycling team had. The performance

:38:20. > :38:23.manager resigned after allegations of sex as comments on bullying.

:38:24. > :38:30.Results on the track had been mixed at best. Once again, they peaked

:38:31. > :38:34.when it mattered most. There was just one gold medal for grabs on the

:38:35. > :38:40.opening day at the track. The men's team sprint. Or four years Great

:38:41. > :38:46.Britain has struggled to fill the anchor role. But let out by

:38:47. > :38:54.defending champions, another Scotsman rose to the occasion. Who

:38:55. > :38:58.will claim the gold medal? The gold medal goes to Great Britain! The

:38:59. > :39:04.Olympic champions again! The next day all of the focus was on Sir

:39:05. > :39:08.Bradley Wiggins. Could he become Britain's most decorated Olympian of

:39:09. > :39:16.all time? The British quartet trailed all the way until the

:39:17. > :39:20.closing stages. Willoughby Australia? Will be Great Britain? It

:39:21. > :39:24.is Great Britain a world record time! Another day another gold for

:39:25. > :39:30.Great Britain. A successful defence of the women's team pursuit as Laura

:39:31. > :39:37.Trott alongside her teammates came the first British woman to win

:39:38. > :39:41.freely big gold medals. Not to be outdone by his fiancee, Jason Kenny

:39:42. > :39:46.retained his Olympic crown in the individual sprint defeating his

:39:47. > :39:49.compatriot and into silver. Becky James put over two years of injury

:39:50. > :39:55.and illness behind her to take silver. While Mark Cavendish's

:39:56. > :39:59.status as one of the all-time greats on the road is undisputed, and his

:40:00. > :40:04.third Olympic Games, an Olympic medal was still a big hole in his

:40:05. > :40:15.cabinet. And many doubted that would change. Howell wrong they were. --

:40:16. > :40:21.how wrong they were. The sixth and final day predictably provided more

:40:22. > :40:28.gold as Laura Trott emphatically defended her title. Oche James

:40:29. > :40:31.celebrated a second silver in the individual sprint and Kitty showed

:40:32. > :40:38.her promise for the future with bronze. Jason Kenny going for a

:40:39. > :40:42.British record. In the final event he was hoping to secure his third

:40:43. > :40:49.gold medal of the games and equal the record of his predecessor. A

:40:50. > :41:01.golden hat-trick for Jason Kenny! Six gold! So for an third Olympics

:41:02. > :41:05.in a row, the British team dominated the cycling. Not to be forgotten,

:41:06. > :41:12.out on the road, Christopher followed up a third Tour de France

:41:13. > :41:15.victory time trial and a bronze. Swimming is undoubtedly one of the

:41:16. > :41:20.most popular Olympic sports. But the British team has been notable

:41:21. > :41:27.absentee from the podium. They miss their medal target in London winning

:41:28. > :41:32.just three. Four years later, led by a new generation, the results would

:41:33. > :41:43.be a little different. Here is double Olympic champion Rebecca

:41:44. > :41:46.Appleton 's take. We are on target of four also gold medals and was

:41:47. > :41:51.quickly got that rolling. At PT takes Olympic gold for Great

:41:52. > :41:58.Britain. He has obliterated the world record! Most of his time it

:41:59. > :42:05.was down to a fingernail, winning in such a way over 100 metres is huge.

:42:06. > :42:10.It is surreal to get the first goal but this is a product of seven years

:42:11. > :42:20.of work and, more importantly, for my country. It means so much to me.

:42:21. > :42:24.Just to be one of those who got a gold medal lifts you. And to come

:42:25. > :42:32.away with a silver medal in the relay is impressive. The fact that

:42:33. > :42:38.we came back and got a silver, the women did equally as well. Jasmine

:42:39. > :42:43.got two silver medals which, for me, I am so attached to because they

:42:44. > :42:47.were the events that I used to do. I was so pleased for her and Rio was

:42:48. > :42:55.her moment. Siobhan as well, she is in a difficult event so the fact

:42:56. > :42:59.that she scared the dominant champion is a sense of what is to

:43:00. > :43:09.come and I think they will have an even better Tokyo Olympics. Inspired

:43:10. > :43:13.by the success of the British runners, the British divers wanted

:43:14. > :43:17.to make their own impact. As far as Britain is concerned it is no longer

:43:18. > :43:26.about Tom Daley. Sure he was the challenging for more honours but he

:43:27. > :43:35.also has a few talented teammates. Here come the British divers. Jack

:43:36. > :43:42.Law and Chris Smith. This pair are gunning for a medal today. There you

:43:43. > :43:53.go. Yes! That is good enough! Yes, yes, yes! This is the moment for

:43:54. > :44:05.Jack and Chris. Yes! Come on! It is gold! Pure gold for Jack and Chris.

:44:06. > :44:12.They have done it! Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow. This will need to be so

:44:13. > :44:16.good. The last one. Will it be enough? This will be a low, so

:44:17. > :44:29.close. Let us wait and see. They have done it! They are bronze

:44:30. > :44:31.medallist! A silver to add to the gold they got in the synchronised. A

:44:32. > :44:35.terrific performance. I'm Jade Jones and I won my second

:44:36. > :44:44.taekwondo Olympic gold in Rio. It was just relief

:44:45. > :44:47.more than anything. Having all that pressure,

:44:48. > :44:50.with being number one, So it was just amazing to do it

:44:51. > :45:00.on the day and nail it. It was a great Games

:45:01. > :45:02.for GB taekwondo. I was a half second

:45:03. > :45:10.from accomplishing my dream! I don't want to cry on TV,

:45:11. > :45:17.but I'm distraught! But in Rio, there was

:45:18. > :45:23.another impressive medal. Bianca Walkden claimed

:45:24. > :45:26.heavyweight bronze. One more sport I like and GB happen

:45:27. > :45:30.to be good at is boxing. Like me, Nicola Adams

:45:31. > :45:34.also defended her title. Whilst there was silver for super

:45:35. > :45:38.heavyweight Joe Joyce Rounding off the combat

:45:39. > :45:43.sports is judo. Sally Conway claimed Olympic bronze

:45:44. > :45:53.medal in the -70 kilos division. Still to come on the programme:

:45:54. > :45:56.We find out how the British rowing team continued their gold-medal run

:45:57. > :46:00.which goes all the way back to 1984. Hollie Webb gives us her take

:46:01. > :46:04.on that penalty which secured the GB women's hockey team an historic

:46:05. > :46:16.first-ever Olympic title. And we take a look at some

:46:17. > :46:19.of the record-breaking successes for Britain's Paralympic

:46:20. > :46:21.athletes in Rio. Next, to gymnastics,

:46:22. > :46:24.and a sport which from a British perspective has undergone a massive

:46:25. > :46:26.transformation over Back at the 2004 Athens Olympics,

:46:27. > :46:30.GB had just one male They now have some of the best

:46:31. > :46:34.gymnasts in the world. And here at the Rio Olympic Arena,

:46:35. > :46:37.history would be made. London 2012 bronze medallist

:46:38. > :46:40.Beth Tweddle watched it all unfold. This summer was incredible

:46:41. > :46:42.for Team GB gymnastics. I don't think ten years ago

:46:43. > :46:46.we could have ever dreamt of coming Max Whitlock picking up

:46:47. > :46:49.double Olympic gold, one of them being on the floor,

:46:50. > :46:52.which, to be honest, I think I can openly say I don't

:46:53. > :46:56.think anyone would have expected. He suddenly found himself in medal

:46:57. > :46:59.contention and I don't think even realised when he had won

:47:00. > :47:02.the gold, I think his coach And then to put that behind him

:47:03. > :47:09.an hour later he had to walk out into the pommel final with Louis

:47:10. > :47:11.Smith. We knew it was going

:47:12. > :47:14.to be a close contest. But Louis did the routine

:47:15. > :47:17.of his life and then Max Whitlock also performed the routine

:47:18. > :47:22.of his life and took home that gold. I have completely outdone myself,

:47:23. > :47:27.me and Scott can stand here very To come into the Olympic Games,

:47:28. > :47:33.I don't know what to say, To see one and two for

:47:34. > :47:37.Great Britain on that Olympic The next medal came

:47:38. > :47:40.from Amy Tinkler. She's the only other girl that's

:47:41. > :47:42.won an Olympic medal Three weeks later she was

:47:43. > :47:46.picking up her GCSEs. So it just shows how far British

:47:47. > :47:50.gymnastics are coming on. Nile then went on to pick up that

:47:51. > :47:54.medal in the high bar, the first-ever British medal for us

:47:55. > :47:57.on that piece of apparatus. That is going to

:47:58. > :48:00.challenge, Nile Wilson. We cannot forget about Max,

:48:01. > :48:03.he also picked up a third medal And finally, for trampolining,

:48:04. > :48:14.Bryony Page picking up For me, to stand there

:48:15. > :48:25.in the stands, being on the other side of the stage, I thought

:48:26. > :48:28.I was going to be a little bit nervous, and a little bit -

:48:29. > :48:32.do I wish I were still out there? But actually I was just

:48:33. > :48:35.proud to be British. One of the major worries heading

:48:36. > :48:37.into the Rio Olympics concerned water pollution,

:48:38. > :48:39.following the discovery of drug resistant super bacteria

:48:40. > :48:41.in the Guanabara Bay Would it impact athletes in some

:48:42. > :48:45.of Britain's most successful sports? Years of intense preparations

:48:46. > :48:49.clearly paid off as There are no guarantees in sport

:48:50. > :48:55.of victory for Helen Glover and Heather Stanning

:48:56. > :48:59.comes pretty close. They'd gone five years

:49:00. > :49:01.unbeaten into the Games and ended their career together

:49:02. > :49:03.with another success, defending their Olympic

:49:04. > :49:07.women's pairs title. They are fearless,

:49:08. > :49:09.they are without equal, they are history makers,

:49:10. > :49:15.Great Britain's Glover and Stanning defend their Olympic title

:49:16. > :49:19.and they have done it in such style. There would be gold medals, too,

:49:20. > :49:22.for the men's coxless fours Many thought that Katherine Grainger

:49:23. > :49:29.would retire after London but the temptation to return

:49:30. > :49:38.proved too strong. Aged over 40 and after a long break

:49:39. > :49:42.from the sport it is perhaps little surprise she and Vicky Thornley

:49:43. > :49:44.failed to impress in But when the pressure

:49:45. > :49:48.was on the result was different. Considering what we have been

:49:49. > :49:53.through the last couple of years I'm That is a medal that not many people

:49:54. > :49:59.would have given us so I'm pleased. Mum and dad, I promise, I'll never

:50:00. > :50:03.put you through that again. After the rowing, the lake was clear

:50:04. > :50:06.for the Sprint canoeists and Liam Heath lived up

:50:07. > :50:08.to his billing as one of the preGames favourites

:50:09. > :50:11.with victory in the K1 200. He also partnered John Schofield

:50:12. > :50:14.to siler in the same Few saw Joe Clarke as a medal

:50:15. > :50:22.prospect in slalom, but he produced one of the shocks of the Games

:50:23. > :50:25.with a near-perfect David Florence secured a third

:50:26. > :50:30.successive silver of his career, teaming up with Richard Hounslow

:50:31. > :50:33.to finish second in the C2 event. Finally, to sailing,

:50:34. > :50:35.and there would be no Sir Ben Ainslie in these Games

:50:36. > :50:39.but his replacement in the Finn class, Giles Scott, delivered

:50:40. > :50:41.a performance Ben Ainslie would have Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills also

:50:42. > :50:46.navigated the tricky Rio waters to perfection,

:50:47. > :50:49.and upgraded their London The windsurfer Nick Dempsey took

:50:50. > :50:59.silver and became the first man to win three career Olympic medals

:51:00. > :51:03.in this event. Hello, my name is Hollie Webb

:51:04. > :51:07.and I was a member of the Team GB women's hockey team that won a gold

:51:08. > :51:12.medal at the Rio Games. We knew that if we could get a good

:51:13. > :51:17.game under our belts in the first game then we could use that momentum

:51:18. > :51:20.all the way through the tournament. And the game is tough,

:51:21. > :51:23.as we expect against Australia, We topped the pool, and won

:51:24. > :51:29.all of our pool Games and I can remember thinking that night,

:51:30. > :51:32.gosh, we're going to have to win every single game now to win

:51:33. > :51:35.the Rio Olympic Games. So our next massive,

:51:36. > :51:38.massive focus was the quarterfinal. The semifinal we were

:51:39. > :51:49.up against the Kiwis, who were ludicrously fast

:51:50. > :51:52.and so athletic and we Our coach just said to us,

:51:53. > :51:55.OK, one more game. Great Britain are in

:51:56. > :52:00.the Olympic final. The Netherlands hadn't lost

:52:01. > :52:03.at the Olympic Games since 2004. The Dutch played out of their skins

:52:04. > :52:09.and were sort of all over us. Inside the circle, Maddie Hinch

:52:10. > :52:14.is down, the angle... They had four chances

:52:15. > :52:16.and scored three. We were in a positive place

:52:17. > :52:19.going into the penalties, and each person went,

:52:20. > :52:22.Maddie was making some incredible It came to the third one,

:52:23. > :52:27.and Helen scored hers. Great Britain are off

:52:28. > :52:30.the mark in the shoot out. If I scored my last one then that

:52:31. > :52:33.would be it, we would win. So we went up, made sure

:52:34. > :52:36.I went really slowly Made sure I looked in

:52:37. > :52:51.the eyes and looked as big Hollie Webb on her way,

:52:52. > :52:55.to win gold for Great Britain. Webb...

:52:56. > :52:56.Turns, scores! Great Britain have won

:52:57. > :53:01.the Olympic gold medal. Hi, I'm Charlotte Dujardin and I won

:53:02. > :53:16.the individual gold and team silver Winning my individual gold

:53:17. > :53:23.meant the world to me and it was the perfect way

:53:24. > :53:31.to finish my career with Valegro. I was not GB's only

:53:32. > :53:33.equestrian gold medallist. Showjumper Nick Skelton became

:53:34. > :53:35.Britain's second oldest Olympic Two other sports at the Diadoro

:53:36. > :53:48.cluster were rugby The men's rugby team took home

:53:49. > :53:55.silver in the sport's Olympic debut, while GB shooters had two bronze

:53:56. > :54:00.medals to celebrate. Ed Lling in the trap

:54:01. > :54:03.and Steven Scott in the double trap Can you sum up what this incredible

:54:04. > :54:11.bronze medal means to you? GB secured their first medal

:54:12. > :54:20.in the sport since 2004, with Marcus Ellis and Chris

:54:21. > :54:28.Langridge claiming Rio's breathtaking geography

:54:29. > :54:31.and spectacular seafronts make for a stunning setting but the city

:54:32. > :54:35.isn't without its problems and life for disabled people here can be far

:54:36. > :54:38.from straightforward. So the Rio Paralympics was seen

:54:39. > :54:41.as an opportunity to improve accessibility and attitudes

:54:42. > :54:42.here in Brazil. The British team were hoping

:54:43. > :54:50.to improve on their medal Dame Sarah Storey already had

:54:51. > :54:54.an incredible haul heading into Rio Three gold medals saw her become

:54:55. > :54:58.GB's most successful female Paralympian of all

:54:59. > :55:05.time with 14 titles. Other highlights included

:55:06. > :55:07.Jonnie Peacock sprinting his way to a stunning defence

:55:08. > :55:10.of his 100 metre crown. The historic 1-2-3 for the GB

:55:11. > :55:13.archers, an emotional table tennis victory for Will Bayley,

:55:14. > :55:15.and brilliant hat tricks for Hannah Cockroft on the track,

:55:16. > :55:18.Bethany Firth in the pool, as well as for the equestrian

:55:19. > :55:20.stars Sophie Christiansen There were countless

:55:21. > :55:27.others who also excelled. Here's Kate Grey's take

:55:28. > :55:32.on the best of the rest. The older more

:55:33. > :55:34.experienced members of Paralympics GB delivered

:55:35. > :55:36.once again here in Rio. But the young new stars have

:55:37. > :55:44.also made their mark. The one standout performer

:55:45. > :55:46.was Kadeena Cox, for whom one sport

:55:47. > :55:47.just wasn't enough. Winning gold in both

:55:48. > :55:49.cycling and athletics. It is just normal,

:55:50. > :55:52.but everyone seems to think I have done

:55:53. > :56:02.something special. It is amazing, the support

:56:03. > :56:05.and the warm welcome. It makes you feel so

:56:06. > :56:07.special and grateful for 15-year-old Ellie Robinson

:56:08. > :56:11.and Kare Adenegan were inspired by Four years on they've now become

:56:12. > :56:15.medallists here in Rio on It was also great to see

:56:16. > :56:18.the veterans of the Sasha Kindred and Jody Cundy both

:56:19. > :56:23.competing in their sixth Paralympic But we can't ignore the fact GB's

:56:24. > :56:30.success has been helped by the absence of Russia

:56:31. > :56:33.and the doping ban. But considering there

:56:34. > :56:35.were fears that these Games would not even happen

:56:36. > :56:38.at all in the lead up, for 11 days the Brazilian people

:56:39. > :56:41.have embraced the Paralympic spirit. GB finished an impressive second

:56:42. > :56:44.in the medal table behind China, with a stunning

:56:45. > :56:46.total of 147 medals. Back to the Olympics now and away

:56:47. > :56:52.from the golden performances of the British team in Rio,

:56:53. > :56:55.there were of course many incredible achievements by athletes

:56:56. > :56:57.from other countries as well. Usain Bolt rounded off

:56:58. > :56:59.an unbelievable Olympic career with the third

:57:00. > :57:04.sprint treble for Jamaica, winning the 100 metres, 200 metres

:57:05. > :57:09.and the 4x100 metre relays. I look on it as an accomplishment,

:57:10. > :57:12.you know what I mean? I enjoy pressure, I live

:57:13. > :57:15.for these moments, and for me I came through and I

:57:16. > :57:18.was proud of myself. From the greatest sprinter

:57:19. > :57:21.of all time to the greatest ever swimmer,

:57:22. > :57:23.Michael Phelps has rewritten the record books time

:57:24. > :57:26.and time again for the USA. And extended his honour list

:57:27. > :57:31.to an incredible 28 medals, 23 of those gold,

:57:32. > :57:33.from five Olympics. He has said it before

:57:34. > :57:36.but insists he is now Next to the host nation

:57:37. > :57:40.and from poverty to the podium. Raffaella Silva grew up in one

:57:41. > :57:42.of Rio's toughest neighbourhoods, was disqualified at London 2012,

:57:43. > :57:45.and labelled an embarrassment. A fairy tale turnaround

:57:46. > :57:47.was completed with an emotional victory and Brazil's

:57:48. > :57:51.first gold of the Games. The title the hosts craved more

:57:52. > :57:54.than any came in their favourite sport, never before have Brazil won

:57:55. > :57:57.an Olympic football gold, but inspired by Barcelona star

:57:58. > :57:59.Neymar, they finally completed 200 million Brazilians

:58:00. > :58:12.scream with delight! There were also pretty wild

:58:13. > :58:15.celebrations from the Fijian rugby sevens team, who won their country's

:58:16. > :58:17.first-ever Olympic gold, while American teenage gymnast

:58:18. > :58:20.Simone Biles dazzled with four gold medals, a star now and

:58:21. > :58:26.for the future Games. It was a golden Games

:58:27. > :58:29.for so many nations, but with 67 medals, 27 of them gold,

:58:30. > :58:32.it was a historic Olympics They became the first nation ever

:58:33. > :58:40.to beat their total from a home Games and just four years later,

:58:41. > :58:43.and finished second on the medal table behind the USA

:58:44. > :58:48.and ahead of China. Rio 2016 was an incredible Games,

:58:49. > :58:51.it saw us say goodbye to major names like Sir Bradley Wiggins

:58:52. > :58:53.and Jessica Ennis-Hill, who won't be competing

:58:54. > :58:55.at the next Olympics. But it saw the rise of new stars

:58:56. > :58:59.who will be looking to build So from the road to Rio we are now

:59:00. > :00:07.on the Trail to Tokyo. This is Breakfast,

:00:08. > :00:10.with Naga Munchetty. George Michael, one of the biggest

:00:11. > :00:13.music stars of his generation, After a string of top ten hits

:00:14. > :00:26.with Wham in the 80s, he had further success as a solo

:00:27. > :00:28.artist, selling more Good morning, it's Boxing Day,

:00:29. > :00:50.Monday the 26th of December. A day of mourning in Russia

:00:51. > :00:59.for the 92 people who were on board a jet which crashed into

:01:00. > :01:03.the Black Sea on its way to Syria. We'll find out how the community

:01:04. > :01:06.in Hebden Bridge has recovered from Boxing Day floods,

:01:07. > :01:08.which left dozens of families Everything was floating and

:01:09. > :01:13.downstairs there was one metre high. It was about a quarter of the

:01:14. > :01:18.staircase. Boxing Day sales have

:01:19. > :01:21.already started online - we'll look at how changes in buying

:01:22. > :01:24.habits have affected the traditional In sport, Sam Allardyce takes charge

:01:25. > :01:30.of a football match for the first time since he was sacked

:01:31. > :01:32.as England manager. His new side Crystal Palace,

:01:33. > :01:50.will face Watford in the Premier The storm brings a wild Boxing Day

:01:51. > :01:54.two parts of Scotland. Strong winds elsewhere with frequent showers.

:01:55. > :01:56.Fair to say it is a different story elsewhere. The sun is out and it

:01:57. > :01:58.should be a lovely day. One of the biggest pop stars

:01:59. > :02:02.of the '80s and '90s, He was 53, and is believed to have

:02:03. > :02:07.suffered from heart failure. He rose to fame as one

:02:08. > :02:10.half of the group, Wham! but went on to have a

:02:11. > :02:12.successful solo career. He sold 100 million albums worldwide

:02:13. > :02:15.and had 11 UK number ones. Nick Quraishi looks

:02:16. > :02:17.back at his life. # You put the boom

:02:18. > :02:25.boom into my heart... Suntans, bleached hair and upbeat

:02:26. > :02:28.songs propelled Wham to number one # But the very next

:02:29. > :02:41.day you gave it away. Their most famous song heard every

:02:42. > :02:46.year will now have added poignancy. Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou

:02:47. > :02:50.in north London, George Michael was 12 years old when he

:02:51. > :02:53.met Andrew Ridgeley. They left school at 16

:02:54. > :02:56.and set up Wham in 1981. # And time can never

:02:57. > :03:06.mend a careless whisper. His biggest hit, Careless Whisper

:03:07. > :03:10.came in 1984 but was written Three years later, his solo album,

:03:11. > :03:17.Faith, marked a shift from teen idol With the success came

:03:18. > :03:25.brushes with the law. An arrest for lewd behaviour

:03:26. > :03:28.in a public toilet He had a stint in prison

:03:29. > :03:33.after crashing his car George Michael announced

:03:34. > :03:36.he was gay, later revealing he had been in the closet

:03:37. > :03:40.for years to prevent his mother In 2011 he nearly died in Vienna

:03:41. > :03:46.after a bout of pneumonia. A collaboration with producer

:03:47. > :03:50.Naughty Boy and a documentary called Freedom which was due

:03:51. > :03:56.for release next month. When it came to pop

:03:57. > :04:00.music, George Michael had it all - looks, voice

:04:01. > :04:03.and the ability to write a string of hits that will continue to be

:04:04. > :04:15.played for years to come. George Michael who has passed away

:04:16. > :04:20.at the age of 53. Colin Paddison joins us now. 11 o'clock last night

:04:21. > :04:25.and that is when the news came. I remember just being shocked. People

:04:26. > :04:30.of a certain generation. Part of the pop conversation for the last 30

:04:31. > :04:33.years, he has been, and he has been so identified with Christmas with

:04:34. > :04:36.two best-known Christmas songs of all time. Do They Know It's

:04:37. > :04:44.Christmas? And the song that was kept off number will one in 1984,

:04:45. > :04:54.Last Christmas. People love it every year. So many tributes coming in for

:04:55. > :04:57.him as well. We saw in that report he has collaborated with some

:04:58. > :05:04.massive names and massive stars. That was one of the things. He was

:05:05. > :05:11.on top of the pops, and the songs he wrote and his voice the big names of

:05:12. > :05:18.music wanted to work with him. Elton John performed a duet with him.

:05:19. > :05:22.Elton John asked him to be a backup singer at one point because he knew

:05:23. > :05:28.what a talented voice it had. Elton John said he has lost a close friend

:05:29. > :05:32.and a generous soul. His heart goes out with family and fans. Aretha

:05:33. > :05:37.Franklin, just after he left wham, that is to he teamed up with to

:05:38. > :05:41.perform a song. That was how he pulled off what so few people do and

:05:42. > :05:48.make the transition from boy band to a credible solo artist. And a very

:05:49. > :05:59.successful one as well. Says produced for US number one. And then

:06:00. > :06:09.his up following albums, there were no videos for them and then he

:06:10. > :06:14.started to tackle subjects different to what he started with, Jesus to a

:06:15. > :06:16.child tackled the death of a former lover to AIDS. Thank you very much.

:06:17. > :06:20.Russia is holding a day of national mourning for the 92 people

:06:21. > :06:23.who were killed when a military plane crashed in the Black Sea.

:06:24. > :06:26.Authorities in Russia say they've located the site where the plane

:06:27. > :06:29.came down yesterday, soon after it took off from Sochi,

:06:30. > :06:32.Our Moscow correspondent, Steve Rosenberg reports.

:06:33. > :06:36.This is one of the final images of the Tupolev 154 jet.

:06:37. > :06:40.It was taken by a journalist before he boarded the plane.

:06:41. > :06:46.The aircraft crashed into the Black Sea.

:06:47. > :06:49.The Russians scrambled helicopters and ships,

:06:50. > :06:51.but the search became a recovery operation.

:06:52. > :06:57.The plane had taken off from a military airfield near Moscow.

:06:58. > :07:00.It flew south, stopping in Sochi to refuel.

:07:01. > :07:04.The final destination was Syria and Russia's airbase near Latakia,

:07:05. > :07:07.but minutes after leaving Sochi it crashed.

:07:08. > :07:11.President Putin offered his condolences to the families

:07:12. > :07:16.of the victims and promised them his full support.

:07:17. > :07:21.On board were more than 60 members of the Russian army's famous song

:07:22. > :07:25.and dance ensemble once known as the Red Army Choir.

:07:26. > :07:32.They'd been due to give a concert at the Russian airbase in Syria.

:07:33. > :07:39.They are our brothers, friends, colleagues,

:07:40. > :07:47.Also killed in the crash, a prominent medic known to millions

:07:48. > :07:56.Throughout the day Muscovites brought flowers to the headquarters

:07:57. > :08:06.This disaster has left Russia stunned and silent.

:08:07. > :08:10.The UK should leave the European single market when it exits the EU,

:08:11. > :08:12.the former governor of the Bank of England has said.

:08:13. > :08:16.Mervyn King told Radio 4's Today programme that trading under

:08:17. > :08:19.the same conditions as countries on the continent could stop Britain

:08:20. > :08:23.from taking full advantage of the opportunities of Brexit.

:08:24. > :08:27.I don't think it makes sense for us to pretend that we should remain

:08:28. > :08:30.in a single market and I think there are real questions

:08:31. > :08:33.about whether it makes sense to stay in the customs union.

:08:34. > :08:42.Clearly if we do that we can not make our own trade deals

:08:43. > :08:46.50,000 thousand people in England at risk of Type-2 diabetes could be

:08:47. > :08:48.helped by an NHS programme that's being extended from today.

:08:49. > :08:51.The advice on better nutrition and exercise had already

:08:52. > :08:55.It forms part of a package of new measures to curb Type-2

:08:56. > :08:58.diabetes - including funding for more specialist nurses.

:08:59. > :09:00.Japan's Prime Minister is set to visit Pearl Harbour,

:09:01. > :09:03.75 years after the deadly attack that drew the United States

:09:04. > :09:08.Shinzo Abe is travelling to Hawaii, where he will visit the naval base

:09:09. > :09:12.that was targeted by Japanese bombers in December 1941.

:09:13. > :09:15.More than 2,000 Americans, mainly military personnel,

:09:16. > :09:22.An adviser to Mr Abe said he was not planning to offer an apology

:09:23. > :09:25.Train travellers will face significant disruption this week,

:09:26. > :09:28.as 200 sets of engineering works are planned by Network Rail.

:09:29. > :09:31.With so many trains cancelled or suspended, lots of people will be

:09:32. > :09:35.So Breakfast's Graham Satchell is at Victoria Coach Station

:09:36. > :09:49.Good morning. It is getting quite busy behind you. It is. This is one

:09:50. > :09:53.of the only transport hub is really working properly today. A busy day

:09:54. > :09:57.for many people as they head out the South or to visit relatives, to a

:09:58. > :10:04.football match. But I love you wanted a train, you will struggle.

:10:05. > :10:07.Why are there no trains? Train operators say there is not enough

:10:08. > :10:13.demand to make it worth their while running services. Yes, there are

:10:14. > :10:16.engineering most of the network is open. Having said that, looking at

:10:17. > :10:20.the thousands of people going through the station today, owing to

:10:21. > :10:24.places all over the country, it seems odd that the only place you

:10:25. > :10:28.can go to from London Gatwick, Stansted, Brighton, Oxford. A few

:10:29. > :10:33.trains around Liverpool and some in Glasgow. That is it. Lettuce wrap up

:10:34. > :10:40.the other travel stuff. Roads and airports. There was going to be

:10:41. > :10:45.astray, wasn't there? The British Airways dispute is over. No problems

:10:46. > :10:49.that I see at Heathrow or any of the airports for the some problems in

:10:50. > :10:53.the North of Scotland and if you are travelling by ferry, for example, to

:10:54. > :10:59.the western isles all to Shetland then check before you travel because

:11:00. > :11:01.many services have been counselled. Interestingly, the Shadow Transport

:11:02. > :11:05.Secretary today accused the government of not doing enough to

:11:06. > :11:09.get rail passengers moving on Boxing Day. The train operators do not have

:11:10. > :11:13.to run today and with that they are not running today. Think very much.

:11:14. > :11:23.-- thank you very much. Millions of shoppers are expected

:11:24. > :11:26.to hit the shops today as the traditional Boxing Day

:11:27. > :11:28.sales get under way. However, research suggests that

:11:29. > :11:30.pre-Christmas discounts - both online and on the high street -

:11:31. > :11:34.mean fewer people now turn up Earlier on Breakfast,

:11:35. > :11:38.retail analyst Diane Wehrle told us retailers need to focus

:11:39. > :11:41.on attracting customers into stores Retailers are in a

:11:42. > :11:48.difficult situation. but what they really need to be

:11:49. > :11:53.doing is focusing on offering a fantastic shopping experience

:11:54. > :11:55.to encourage people back into stores Matt will be here in around

:11:56. > :12:08.five minutes to tell us what the weather's got in store

:12:09. > :12:11.for the next few days. This time last year,

:12:12. > :12:13.the West Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge was being hit

:12:14. > :12:16.by a deluge of floodwater. Homes, shops, and schools

:12:17. > :12:19.were all affected and the recovery Breakfast's John Maguire reported

:12:20. > :12:23.from Hebden Bridge last winter, and has returned to see how

:12:24. > :12:25.residents there are coping. Torrents of water smashed

:12:26. > :12:29.through Hebden Bridge with no respect for who, where

:12:30. > :12:31.or what they affected, 12 months on and Riverside School

:12:32. > :12:36.is receiving a visit from the children's laureate

:12:37. > :12:39.Chris Riddell, who has helped Sketching as we talk,

:12:40. > :12:45.he says he is impressed One comes into the community

:12:46. > :12:52.and sees how resilient they have been in the face of some very

:12:53. > :12:59.testy and trying times, and the way that often brings

:13:00. > :13:03.communities together. The head teacher has been forced

:13:04. > :13:06.to add construction project manager The heating system is running,

:13:07. > :13:13.but not until just before Easter. I emailed to ask them

:13:14. > :13:22.not to pull them out! Some of the children saw damage both

:13:23. > :13:26.to their school and their home. Everything was crashed and broken

:13:27. > :13:31.and we couldn't find any of our stuff and there was a massive

:13:32. > :13:34.canoe under our decking and we didn't know

:13:35. > :13:38.how that got there. We look downstairs and

:13:39. > :13:45.it was one metre high. It was taking up a quarter

:13:46. > :13:48.of the staircase. An essential part of

:13:49. > :13:52.the recovery is prevention. At this bookshop, a local mechanic

:13:53. > :13:56.has devised a way to keep the books I absolutely think that we wouldn't

:13:57. > :14:02.have survived on our own. We just all pulled together,

:14:03. > :14:04.we genuinely did. But it does feel like you're

:14:05. > :14:11.tempting fate to say that! Whether you think flooding

:14:12. > :14:16.is caused by global warming or overdevelopment,

:14:17. > :14:20.one thing for certain - when it impacats a community

:14:21. > :14:22.like this, it's very much It is people that drag this town

:14:23. > :14:28.back up, that gets the businesses, schools and families

:14:29. > :14:31.back on their feet. The pub that we are walking

:14:32. > :14:37.towards was flooded. And that sense of resilience,

:14:38. > :14:41.stoicism and community, that Hebden Bridge is renowned

:14:42. > :14:45.for, has been vital. The little things like none

:14:46. > :14:50.of the cash machines worked in town, so there was a regular

:14:51. > :14:57.scene of somebody saying, well, I'll drive to the next town,

:14:58. > :15:00.I'll take a bunch of people, we can go to a cash

:15:01. > :15:03.machine and get some cash. When the flood sirens sounds,

:15:04. > :15:06.everybody stops and hopes not to be hit again, but if it does happen

:15:07. > :15:11.this place will deploy its best asset in the fightback,

:15:12. > :15:20.the town's people. You're watching

:15:21. > :15:24.Breakfast from BBC News. The main stories this morning:

:15:25. > :15:28.Madonna and Sir Elton John have led tributes to the singer

:15:29. > :15:30.George Michael, who has died Russia is beginning a day

:15:31. > :15:36.of mourning for the 92 passengers and crew who died when a military

:15:37. > :15:40.plane taking them to Syria crashed Here's Matt with a look

:15:41. > :16:00.at this morning's weather. It has been very mild of late. We

:16:01. > :16:04.enjoyed those Christmas Day walks, or Boxing Day walks perhaps today?

:16:05. > :16:10.It certainly is mild. After the mild Christmas Day, today, for the

:16:11. > :16:15.majority of the country, you can walk off the exodus of Christmas

:16:16. > :16:20.trees. The blue skies are cooler than yesterday, but it won't be blue

:16:21. > :16:25.skies everywhere. In the northern half of the country it will be a

:16:26. > :16:32.wild and windy day. We have storm, the blame for that. It is currently

:16:33. > :16:36.to the north of Shetland. -- Storm Conor. It is whipping up high seas.

:16:37. > :16:42.Reports of 14 metre waves between Orkney and Shetland. Under that zone

:16:43. > :16:46.we have a Met Office and the bee prepared warning in place. Further

:16:47. > :16:54.damage and disruption could be possible. -- amber be prepared.

:16:55. > :16:59.There could be severe gales. Frequent showers through the day,

:17:00. > :17:05.dropping snow over the hills. Further south, any showers will fade

:17:06. > :17:09.away. A fine day in store. We could still have up to 70 mph in the far

:17:10. > :17:13.north of Scotland by the end of the afternoon. There will be showers

:17:14. > :17:18.packing in as well. It would be hard pressed to avoid them in Scotland.

:17:19. > :17:21.The cold day. Northern Ireland has a fuchsia hours into the afternoon and

:17:22. > :17:29.sunshine to end the day. Some showers in the far north of England.

:17:30. > :17:35.The rest of England and Wales, a great day to get a walk in. The

:17:36. > :17:38.winds easing the rout, even if it is substantially cooler than it was

:17:39. > :17:42.yesterday afternoon. With the cooler day a cooler night will follow.

:17:43. > :17:46.Still showers in Scotland. Dating back to spots of rain in Orkney and

:17:47. > :17:52.Shetland later, loosely becoming dry. -- feeding back. A widespread

:17:53. > :17:56.frost developing in England and Wales. Temperatures in the south

:17:57. > :18:02.Midlands getting as low as -6 or seven. Frost in parts of Ireland.

:18:03. > :18:05.Isolated in central and eastern parts of Scotland. This is where we

:18:06. > :18:11.have sunshine for Tuesday. A couple of showers. Most have a dry day on

:18:12. > :18:15.Tuesday after the crisp and frosty start. Another great day for a walk.

:18:16. > :18:21.Plenty of sunshine around and temperatures on the fresh side, at

:18:22. > :18:25.about 6-7 degrees. High pressure still in charge into Wednesday. In

:18:26. > :18:33.southern eastern areas, with the winds light, and a frost there will

:18:34. > :18:37.be dense patches of fog. That will hamper some of the roads and

:18:38. > :18:41.airports in eastern England. Most will have a dry day, a bit of cloud

:18:42. > :18:46.in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Sunniest of all to the south and

:18:47. > :18:50.west. Certainly after a stormy Christmas spell it is set to turn

:18:51. > :18:53.quieter for the rest of the week and the leader of the new year.

:18:54. > :18:58.-- lead up. Still hat and scarf weather.

:18:59. > :19:03.Definitely! Isn't it, Mike?

:19:04. > :19:09.Did you get any for Christmas? I always do.

:19:10. > :19:13.So all of those times you are going out, you need to wrap up warm.

:19:14. > :19:20.Crystal Palace versus Watford today. A big game. Sam Allardyce back in

:19:21. > :19:24.management, a few months after having to leave the England job. But

:19:25. > :19:30.he has this reputation for keeping teams up. That's what they have

:19:31. > :19:32.hired him for, the Midas touch, avoiding relegation.

:19:33. > :19:35.Sam Allardyce will take charge of his first Premier League match

:19:36. > :19:37.as Crystal Palace manager at Watford this afternoon.

:19:38. > :19:40.The former England boss took over at Selhurst Park last Friday,

:19:41. > :19:42.just a day after Alan Pardew was sacked.

:19:43. > :19:45.He's already got his eye on the January transfer window

:19:46. > :19:49.and wants to keep his best players, as well as adding to the squad.

:19:50. > :19:53.Rumours that may float around, that people might be interested

:19:54. > :20:02.in our players, is also of great concern when you are manager,

:20:03. > :20:06.because that is very disruptive and can put a player off his game.

:20:07. > :20:11.We are trying to recruit and make the squad a bit bigger,

:20:12. > :20:16.That would be a key area for me, but I think the players

:20:17. > :20:21.But also if we can add to that, let's try and do it.

:20:22. > :20:24.Chelsea, who have a six-point lead at the top of the Premier League,

:20:25. > :20:29.They'll set a new club record, if they make it 12 straight league

:20:30. > :20:32.wins against Bournemouth, although they'll have to do it

:20:33. > :20:36.without N'Golo Kante and Diego Costa, who are suspended.

:20:37. > :20:42.They are working very well this week to try to find the solution to play

:20:43. > :20:50.good football, to continue to win, to take the two points.

:20:51. > :21:00.We all know that it won't be easy against Bournemouth

:21:01. > :21:03.because they are a very good team, with great organisation.

:21:04. > :21:06.It's been nearly five years since Arsenal lost three games

:21:07. > :21:09.They're faced with that prospect today.

:21:10. > :21:12.Defeats to Everton and Manchester City have seen them slip nine

:21:13. > :21:15.points behind Chelsea at the top and manager Arsene Wenger

:21:16. > :21:19.is determined to stop the rot at home to West Brom this afternoon.

:21:20. > :21:24.We are ready for a fight and we want to respond.

:21:25. > :21:28.I think in 20 games we lost the last two, but our quality has been

:21:29. > :21:33.consistent since the start of the season and we want

:21:34. > :21:36.to respond in a strong way and in a determined way.

:21:37. > :21:38.I think everybody is focused to do that.

:21:39. > :21:41.David Moyes will make his first return to Old Trafford

:21:42. > :21:44.as a manager this afternoon, when his struggling Sunderland side

:21:45. > :21:51.Moyes replaced Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013.

:21:52. > :21:55.He was proclaimed the 'chosen one', but lasted only ten months,

:21:56. > :21:56.as United struggled under his stewardship.

:21:57. > :21:59.The current United boss, 'The Special One', has sympathy

:22:00. > :22:08.I don't feel it as a person, I feel a great history of the club.

:22:09. > :22:18.Only positive things and not negative things.

:22:19. > :22:20.In a certain period, when probably David come,

:22:21. > :22:25.it was not so easy to go in that direction.

:22:26. > :22:28.At the same time, and I think this is even more

:22:29. > :22:34.important, the Premier League was changing.

:22:35. > :22:39.Elsewhere, Burnley take on Middlesbrough.

:22:40. > :22:41.Leicester are at home to Everton and relegation-threatened Swansea

:22:42. > :22:46.You can keep right up to date with the action on Final Score

:22:47. > :22:50.on the red button, as well as on Five Live and the BBC

:22:51. > :22:56.The first day of the second test between Australia and Pakistan in

:22:57. > :23:04.Melbourne has been abandoned due to rain. Pakistan were 142-4. Look at

:23:05. > :23:05.them! Play will resume on day two at 11pm, our time. Remember Australia

:23:06. > :23:07.on the first test. And its one of the highlights

:23:08. > :23:10.of the racing calendar - steeple chasing's mid-season

:23:11. > :23:12.championship, the King George Last year's winner, Cue Card,

:23:13. > :23:18.one of the sport's long-term stars, faces his up and coming stablemate

:23:19. > :23:27.Thistlecrack for the first time. That is such a good name!

:23:28. > :23:31.Thistlecrack, it sparkles off the name.

:23:32. > :23:33.You couldn't say it if you were a bit tired. It doesn't work.

:23:34. > :23:38.Thistlecrack! Well said, keeping me up.

:23:39. > :23:44.Time now for a look at the newspapers.

:23:45. > :23:46.The broadcaster Rob McCloughlin is here to tell us

:23:47. > :23:57.Good morning. Good morning, Merry Christmas. Happy Boxing Day. We will

:23:58. > :24:01.take a look at the stories you've picked out, but let's have a look at

:24:02. > :24:04.the front pages first. The news that George Michael has died came late

:24:05. > :24:10.last night, so the second edition shows this in the Daily Mirror,

:24:11. > :24:19.George Michael dead at 53. The front page of the Times as well has the

:24:20. > :24:26.news that... The first part of his career in Wham!. It's as he died

:24:27. > :24:30.peacefully. The Sun says George Michael has died at the age of 53

:24:31. > :24:36.suspected heart failure. The Daily Telegraph has a look at the greed of

:24:37. > :24:45.foreign aid groups to be exposed. The picture it has on its front page

:24:46. > :24:52.is of Prince George. And the Express has a look at the queen -- Lee's

:24:53. > :24:58.state of health, saying she was too ill to attend the Christmas service

:24:59. > :25:05.in Sandringham. It is understood she has a cold. George Michael's death.

:25:06. > :25:10.It's a real shame, a tragedy. 53 years old. I suppose one of the

:25:11. > :25:13.interesting thing is, as you said, it is difficult for the papers

:25:14. > :25:19.because it happened so late last night. Some of the papers, including

:25:20. > :25:22.The Daily Mail, carry some of the tributes, mainly drawn from social

:25:23. > :25:27.media. Elton John, who was very close to him. But they did have a

:25:28. > :25:30.difficult relationship and they did fallout when Elton John was seen to

:25:31. > :25:34.be giving him particular advice about drugs and the misuse of drugs.

:25:35. > :25:39.At Elton John commented last night that he is heartbroken and his

:25:40. > :25:42.thoughts go out to the family and his friends. George Michael was

:25:43. > :25:46.also, earlier this year, it was announced he was going to make a new

:25:47. > :25:50.documentary, take part in a new documentary, the Channel 4, taking

:25:51. > :25:58.back on his -- looking back on his life. It has been such a dreadful

:25:59. > :26:02.year. We are at that age, when people of a certain generation are

:26:03. > :26:09.getting to a certain age. It is a day of mourning in Russia. 92 people

:26:10. > :26:14.tragically died in a plane crash, a plane that was bound for Syria.

:26:15. > :26:18.Russia is now saying the investigation has begun, but it is

:26:19. > :26:23.refusing to rule out terrorism. A lot of the papers today spent

:26:24. > :26:28.yesterday going through the tragic stories of individuals who died.

:26:29. > :26:32.There are remarkable stories. It seems there's always a story the

:26:33. > :26:36.person who actually avoided the tragedy and there is a story about a

:26:37. > :26:40.soldier who woke up and discovered that it was announced he was dead

:26:41. > :26:44.and in fact he couldn't make it onto the plane because his passport was

:26:45. > :26:49.out of date, so he didn't go on it. He was one of the survivors. There

:26:50. > :26:54.are other stories about other family members, young parents who have been

:26:55. > :27:00.killed, so it's a terrible tragedy for the family. And you are right,

:27:01. > :27:04.the Russians, because the plane was en route to Syria, they aren't

:27:05. > :27:08.ruling out the possibility that terrorism is involved in this.

:27:09. > :27:11.Although the likelihood, especially in reports carried overnight by

:27:12. > :27:17.Reuters, indicate that this is possibly more likely to be

:27:18. > :27:21.mechanical failure. As I said, that investigation is under way at the

:27:22. > :27:24.moment. We were taking a look at the Christmas messages were coming

:27:25. > :27:27.through from the Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday, the Queen's

:27:28. > :27:33.Christmas message. Nigel Farage has taken umbrage. I thought the rule

:27:34. > :27:39.was that politicians would stay away from Christmas Day? We had one from

:27:40. > :27:43.Theresa May. That they would make messages in the lead up, but allow

:27:44. > :27:48.faith leaders to stand by and make their messages on Christmas Day. But

:27:49. > :27:51.Nigel Farage has tweeted, saying the Archbishop of Canterbury was far too

:27:52. > :27:55.negative and that we should ignore his message. His message yesterday

:27:56. > :28:01.was of course about 2016 being a period of creating at the end of

:28:02. > :28:05.2016 period great uncertainty and on predictability, which was picked up

:28:06. > :28:11.in some of the messages that were also carried by the pope and other

:28:12. > :28:15.people. -- unpredictability. But Nigel Farage has told the Archbishop

:28:16. > :28:19.of Canterbury, stop it and start talking positively about Britain.

:28:20. > :28:23.Would you hit the shops today? We were talking about the Boxing Day

:28:24. > :28:28.sales. But we have had so many sales in the run-up to it, I wonder why

:28:29. > :28:32.you need the Boxing Day sales. Yes, the papers are quoting that

:28:33. > :28:36.yesterday we spend something like ?386 million online. Why won't

:28:37. > :28:42.people watching Strictly and Dr Who instead? Today the papers predict

:28:43. > :28:48.that we might break all records, with ?4 billion worth of tills

:28:49. > :28:52.ringing. You are right. Some of the stories today suggest that computer

:28:53. > :28:56.shops are reducing prices by as much as 50%, leading department stores by

:28:57. > :29:02.as much as 80%. Is there anything unique -- you need that you will get

:29:03. > :29:08.out and buy? Nothing. I will not be shopping today. I got a credit card

:29:09. > :29:13.deliberately. Did you grow smack with will chat later! -- did you? We

:29:14. > :29:23.will chat later. Still to come on Breakfast... We

:29:24. > :29:29.will be remembering George Michael, has died at the age of 53. Later we

:29:30. > :29:30.will speak to a producer who filmed documentary about the pop star, as

:29:31. > :30:21.we look at that his life. Hello, this is Breakfast

:30:22. > :30:24.on Boxing Day with Naga Munchetty. Now, a summary of this

:30:25. > :30:29.morning's main news. George Michael, one of the biggest

:30:30. > :30:32.pop stars of the 80s He was 53, and is believed to have

:30:33. > :30:39.suffered from heart failure. He rose to fame as one

:30:40. > :30:42.half of the group Wham alongside Andrew Ridgeley,

:30:43. > :30:45.who has paid tribute to his co-star George Michael went

:30:46. > :30:49.on to have an incredibly successful career both as a solo artist

:30:50. > :30:52.and in collaboration with other musicians, including

:30:53. > :30:56.Aretha Franklin and Sir Elton John. He sold 100 million albums

:30:57. > :31:00.and had 11 UK number ones. We'll be looking back on the life

:31:01. > :31:03.and career of George Michael throughout the programme -

:31:04. > :31:06.and hearing some of your favourite Russia is holding a day of national

:31:07. > :31:11.mourning for the 92 people killed when a military plane

:31:12. > :31:14.crashed in the Black Sea. Authorities in Russia say they've

:31:15. > :31:17.located the site where the plane came down yesterday,

:31:18. > :31:19.soon after taking off from Sochi. The victims included nine

:31:20. > :31:22.journalists and more than sixty members of the Moscow-based Red Army

:31:23. > :31:45.Choir, who were on their way Mervyn King said today that trading

:31:46. > :31:49.under the same conditions as countries on the continent could

:31:50. > :31:50.prevent Britain from taking full advantage of the opportunities of

:31:51. > :31:53.Brexit. 50,000 people in England at risk

:31:54. > :31:56.of Type-2 diabetes could be helped by an NHS programme that's

:31:57. > :31:58.being extended from today. The advice on better nutrition

:31:59. > :32:01.and exercise had already It forms part of a package

:32:02. > :32:05.of new measures to curb Type-2 diabetes - including funding

:32:06. > :32:07.for more specialist nurses. Japan's Prime Minister is set

:32:08. > :32:09.to visit Pearl Harbour, 75 years after the attack that

:32:10. > :32:12.drew the United States Shinzo Abe will visit the naval base

:32:13. > :32:18.in Hawaii that was targeted by Japanese bombers

:32:19. > :32:20.in December 1941. More than 2,000 Americans

:32:21. > :32:22.were killed in the raids. An adviser to Mr Abe said he was not

:32:23. > :32:26.planning to offer an apology Millions of shoppers are expected

:32:27. > :32:33.to hit the high street today as the traditional Boxing Day

:32:34. > :32:36.sales get under way. The number of people

:32:37. > :32:39.going to the shops is expected to be down on last year, with analysts

:32:40. > :32:42.saying that earlier discount events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday

:32:43. > :32:44.will affect post-Christmas sales. Almost ?3 billion is expected to be

:32:45. > :32:48.spent at the tills today, with a further ?900

:32:49. > :32:51.million spent online We'll be back at eight

:32:52. > :32:54.with the headlines. David Bowie, Ronnie Corbett

:32:55. > :32:59.and Victoria Wood - just a few of those who passed away

:33:00. > :33:02.this year, and whose lives are celebrated in Review

:33:03. > :33:04.2016: We Remember. There's another chance to see

:33:05. > :33:34.Part One on the BBC iPlayer, # I heard there was a secret court #

:33:35. > :33:39.That David played... I only do the kind of music that I do. I would

:33:40. > :33:46.love to do other kinds but with the limits of my talent I am obliged to

:33:47. > :33:55.do my own thing. # It goes like this the fourth, the fifth, the minor

:33:56. > :34:04.fall, the major lift # The baffled king composing hallelujah. # Suzanne

:34:05. > :34:16.takes you down to her place near the river... He wore it like a snail

:34:17. > :34:19.shell everywhere... If we sold 400 books of poetry we considered

:34:20. > :34:24.ourselves on the way to win mortality. But I could not pay my

:34:25. > :34:31.rent. In hindsight it seems like a mad decision that I would rectify my

:34:32. > :34:38.economic situation by becoming a singer. # I remember you well in the

:34:39. > :34:56.Chelsea Hotel # You were talking so brave and so sweet.

:34:57. > :35:39.If the ball is in my left hand, it is not in my hand it is in the cup.

:35:40. > :35:43.You can go to a party and tell somebody, asked them if they have

:35:44. > :35:47.seen a trick. And even if you have done it averagely well they will ask

:35:48. > :35:54.you how you did it. You grow a little. I did not grow far. You will

:35:55. > :36:01.like this. This is the Queen with a bent corner. Keep your eye on the

:36:02. > :36:10.Queen. These 20 they do not matter. Where is the Queen for ?10? ?10.

:36:11. > :36:22.That is it. ?10 and it is a black three.

:36:23. > :36:36.# So let the happy times begin... Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome

:36:37. > :36:48.Debbie McGee. What attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels? Soared

:36:49. > :36:52.David Copperfield once make the Statue of Liberty disappear. If no

:36:53. > :37:04.fewer ugly in heaven you would be beautiful. Wonderful news for that

:37:05. > :37:10.girl there in front. 91 to Turkey, 92 to Turkey, 93 elsewhere. It is

:37:11. > :37:17.not a patch on Turkey, is it. I said it has not got the same atmosphere.

:37:18. > :37:24.It has not got the same atmosphere. See that there? Put that into the

:37:25. > :37:31.toaster. You like that, don't you? I am not that keen on Turkey. I don't

:37:32. > :37:41.like Turkey. Put it away. Will you call me to the hospital? Of course I

:37:42. > :37:48.will. I will be right there. Outside. But your mother will be

:37:49. > :37:51.inside with you. Of course I will stay with you. I will always be

:37:52. > :38:50.there for you. All ways. # They said there would be snowwhite

:38:51. > :38:59.Christmas # They said there would be peace on Earth # Hallelujah, now

:39:00. > :39:46.well... # At Christmas we get what we deserve.

:39:47. > :39:53.I know everything. I heard the verdict. It is dangerous for you to

:39:54. > :40:01.come here. I must take the risk and you might as well. Girls, do not get

:40:02. > :40:04.married. It is insanity. You have to become their servants, look after

:40:05. > :40:13.their house and they cheat on you. Who the hell needs that? Let us go

:40:14. > :40:21.down the street and Sokal seat. -- soak our feet. Ben, I never thought

:40:22. > :40:35.I would see the day when you did not want to go for a walk. You do not

:40:36. > :40:40.know what you are missing. # Do you remember # ... Love was changing my

:40:41. > :41:11.mind # Chasing the clouds away... # The Mira stares you in the face...

:41:12. > :41:19.-- the mirror. What will you do after the war? I will faithfully

:41:20. > :41:34.execute the office of President of the United States, so help me God.

:41:35. > :41:35.We are doing everything we can. Each day brings another reminder of this

:41:36. > :41:58.very long goodbye. # Someone is knocking at the door #

:41:59. > :42:05.Someone is ringing the bell # Someone is knocking at the door # Do

:42:06. > :42:32.me a favour # Open the door and let them

:42:33. > :42:39.Now, look here my good woman... I could not going on dropping

:42:40. > :42:43.trousers. I was just repeating myself by coming in the same doors

:42:44. > :42:56.and doing the same jokes. They pinched my braces! I began to look

:42:57. > :42:59.for something else to do. I saw an advertising and in the Guardian one

:43:00. > :43:03.day, applied for the job and eventually after a great deal of

:43:04. > :43:11.doubt on behalf of the society actually got the job. Doctor Henry J

:43:12. > :43:15.Heimlich, a leading specialist in oesophagus surgery has devised a

:43:16. > :43:18.simple first aid procedure, the Heimlich manoeuvre which has proven

:43:19. > :43:28.successful in saving the lives of choking victims. # Trying to loosen

:43:29. > :43:38.my load I have seven women on my mind # For who want me... # You

:43:39. > :43:42.can't hide your lying eyes we enjoyed what we were doing. We were

:43:43. > :43:49.serious about our work and the songs and serious about where we wanted to

:43:50. > :43:54.take the band. But along the way we rocked and we had a good time. #

:43:55. > :44:01.Still those voices are calling from faraway # Wake you up in the middle

:44:02. > :44:04.of the night... When you have a record like hotel California you

:44:05. > :44:08.join a fraternity of only a few people who understand what it is

:44:09. > :44:13.like to have a mega- record and then you have to get your head around,

:44:14. > :44:20.you know, how do you make a record after Living it up at the hotel

:44:21. > :44:46.California # What a nice surprise might bring your

:44:47. > :45:00.alibi. I have the most stylish corner of the filthy store room out

:45:01. > :45:05.the back. $10 a day. Things get hard when they find out you are on the

:45:06. > :45:11.run. There is a dry wash south of town. Pick me up there. They make

:45:12. > :45:13.another attempt on his life. I will be back in the morning. With my

:45:14. > :45:20.people. Thank you, doctor. Knowing thrush as we do they're

:45:21. > :45:23.going to keep at it. He said his enemies would have

:45:24. > :45:27.to hunt down the four winds One more word.

:45:28. > :45:32.Daughter. There is an envelope with the logo

:45:33. > :45:44.of one of the few airlines The things I look back on with pride

:45:45. > :45:59.are some of the songs. # Remember, when you tell those

:46:00. > :46:08.little white lies...# An instant hit, it is very nice

:46:09. > :46:11.for them, because they don't need The brand-new one,

:46:12. > :46:36.straight in at number 12. # Love grows where my Rosemary goes

:46:37. > :46:42.and nobody knows but me... # I can't deny, can't

:46:43. > :46:46.you see I'm so confused? # I can't deny,

:46:47. > :46:57.you see I'm tired...# I wanted to make

:46:58. > :47:01.a glittery, disco record. And I wanted to work with stock,

:47:02. > :47:10.Aitken, and Waterman. I am so lucky to have it,

:47:11. > :47:14.I realise it now, as my knees get stiff and the teeth are falling out,

:47:15. > :47:25.you know what I mean? # You're spinning right round,

:47:26. > :47:28.baby, right round...# I am glad I did something that has

:47:29. > :47:31.gone down in history. I looked down on him

:47:32. > :47:35.because I am upper-class. I looked up to him because I am

:47:36. > :47:39.upper-class. But I looked down on him

:47:40. > :47:42.because he is lower class. I read it in the Reader's Digest

:47:43. > :48:13.in between an article called, having fun with a hernia,

:48:14. > :48:16.and a story about a woman who brought up a family of four

:48:17. > :48:19.with one hand while waiting I am I doing a lot of sway in?

:48:20. > :48:32.I think I am. In which Humphrey travelled

:48:33. > :48:49.to the land of prologues. No, but I know where

:48:50. > :49:11.I can get you some. I went those pills

:49:12. > :49:19.where they belong. I did not know who shared my view

:49:20. > :49:31.and the evils of drugs. It is because this despicable

:49:32. > :49:33.pilfering is making a mess I think you know well enough

:49:34. > :49:49.what to do with them, # Because I've gone

:49:50. > :49:59.and got engaged again...# I thought I could be funny,

:50:00. > :50:08.and I could play the piano, and I thought, somehow,

:50:09. > :50:10.I'll do something with this, # I'll be back at Social Security,

:50:11. > :50:20.queueing up to be abused...# # To be listed on a card index,

:50:21. > :50:25.one singer, slightly used...$ I was at a party, I ended up

:50:26. > :50:36.in a bedroom with a man who owned He ripped off all his clothes

:50:37. > :50:41.and said, what would you like to do? I said, I would really

:50:42. > :50:45.like to insulate the loft. The lady who seems to run

:50:46. > :50:50.the centre, very tall, quite imposing, she sort of swept me

:50:51. > :50:55.up and made me about 60 cups of tea. I liked her though,

:50:56. > :50:59.she knew would she wanted. If Marjorie letter concentration

:51:00. > :51:20.lapse for just one second # Let's go, 'cause I know how I want

:51:21. > :51:35.you to behave # not particularly, not completely, beta

:51:36. > :51:37.beyond the bottom with My mother first realised

:51:38. > :52:02.I was an actor when she saw the movie and -- my uncle

:52:03. > :52:07.rang her up and said, She had to be dragged

:52:08. > :52:13.to see the film. The Imperial Japanese

:52:14. > :52:29.Army shall be... The explosion of television meant

:52:30. > :52:33.the world became smaller. And because it became smaller

:52:34. > :52:36.there was room for much more international types

:52:37. > :52:38.of entertainment. How come you have a

:52:39. > :52:44.name like Entwistle? I thought you all listening

:52:45. > :53:08.to the archers, or something... That was a very short bit

:53:09. > :53:11.of football, or a very Somebody says we appear

:53:12. > :53:23.to have lost that film. You are telling me!

:53:24. > :53:26.We will try to find it. I was totally changed

:53:27. > :53:29.by the experience of it. I went there and it was

:53:30. > :53:35.such a dreadful shock. I hope I shall never,

:53:36. > :53:38.ever see anything like this again. I think you have much more humility

:53:39. > :53:42.after that kind of experience. You can't go around

:53:43. > :53:47.being bombastic anymore. It just calms you down,

:53:48. > :53:50.it makes you realise what some other We're now coming to the last

:53:51. > :53:58.moments of Apollo 13, The best thing we can do now

:53:59. > :54:10.is just to listen and hope. Architecture, like writing,

:54:11. > :54:13.needs to be edited and refined over time, you have to be

:54:14. > :54:15.very self-critical. There's a definite stigma

:54:16. > :54:23.to a woman's thing. To be accepted as an architect,

:54:24. > :54:27.I am not sure it is fully done. I'm still considered

:54:28. > :54:32.to be on the margin. And I don't mind being

:54:33. > :54:34.on the edge, actually. You will be malfunctioning within

:54:35. > :55:49.a day, you near-sighted scrap pile. And don't let me catch

:55:50. > :55:49.you following me, begging for help, # There is a star man waiting

:55:50. > :55:50.in the sky # He'd like to come

:55:51. > :55:50.and meet us but he thinks Just concentrate on feeling

:55:51. > :56:20.the inside of the back of your head. You should notice, with a little

:56:21. > :56:27.practice doing this, # Take your protein pills

:56:28. > :56:40.and put your helmet on...# I am only

:56:41. > :56:43.using rock and roll as a medium. I want it to be the instigator

:56:44. > :56:47.of new ideas, to turn people I was never that confident

:56:48. > :57:04.of my voice as a singer. So I thought rather than just

:57:05. > :57:07.singing, I would like to kind I felt really comfortable

:57:08. > :57:21.going on stage as somebody else. And it seemed a rational decision

:57:22. > :57:25.to keep on doing that. And so I got quite besotted

:57:26. > :57:37.with the idea of creating Nothing will prepare

:57:38. > :58:05.you for the first dramatic performance in The Man

:58:06. > :58:11.Who Fell to Earth. # I've got scars that

:58:12. > :58:31.cannot be seen... # I've got drama that

:58:32. > :58:47.can't be stolen... Hello, this is Breakfast,

:58:48. > :00:02.with Naga Munchetty. George Michael, one

:00:03. > :00:04.of the biggest music stars of his generation,

:00:05. > :00:12.has died at the age of 53. # Time it can never mend

:00:13. > :00:20.# The careless whisper...#. After a string of top ten hits

:00:21. > :00:23.with Wham in the 80s, he had further success as a solo

:00:24. > :00:26.artist, selling more Good morning, it's Boxing Day,

:00:27. > :00:44.Monday the 26th of December. A day of mourning in Russia

:00:45. > :00:49.for the 92 people who were on board a jet which crashed into

:00:50. > :00:57.the Black Sea on its way to Syria. Boxing Day sales have

:00:58. > :00:59.already started online - we'll look at how changes in buying

:01:00. > :01:02.habits have affected the traditional In sport, Sam Allardyce takes charge

:01:03. > :01:06.of a football match, for the first time since he was sacked

:01:07. > :01:08.as England manager. His new side Crystal Palace will

:01:09. > :01:25.face Watford in the Premier League. Good morning, stormy Boxing Day for

:01:26. > :01:31.some in Scotland, 90mph gusts in Orkney and Shetland, frequent wintry

:01:32. > :01:35.showers, but not the same for all. A cracking day for others to walk off

:01:36. > :01:38.that excess Christmas pudding. All the details in 15 minutes.

:01:39. > :01:41.One of the biggest pop stars of the 80s and 90s,

:01:42. > :01:45.He was 53, and is believed to have suffered from heart failure.

:01:46. > :01:48.He rose to fame as one half of the group, Wham!

:01:49. > :01:50.- and went on to have a successful solo career.

:01:51. > :01:54.He sold 100 million albums worldwide and had 11 UK number ones.

:01:55. > :01:57.Nick Quraishi looks back at his life.

:01:58. > :02:04.# You put the boom boom into my heart...

:02:05. > :02:07.Suntans, bleached hair and upbeat songs propelled Wham to number one

:02:08. > :02:21.# Last Christmas I gave you my heart

:02:22. > :02:23.# But the very next day you gave it away.

:02:24. > :02:31.Their most famous song heard every year will now have added poignancy.

:02:32. > :02:34.Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in north London, George Michael

:02:35. > :02:36.was 12 years old when he met Andrew Ridgeley.

:02:37. > :02:39.They left school at 16 and set up Wham in 1981.

:02:40. > :02:47.# And time can never mend a careless whisper.

:02:48. > :02:51.His biggest hit, Careless Whisper came in 1984 but was written

:02:52. > :02:57.Three years later, his solo album, Faith, marked a shift from teen idol

:02:58. > :03:12.With the success came brushes with the law.

:03:13. > :03:14.An arrest for lewd behaviour in a public toilet

:03:15. > :03:19.He had a stint in prison after crashing his car

:03:20. > :03:21.George Michael announced he was gay, later

:03:22. > :03:25.revealing he had been in the closet for years to prevent his mother

:03:26. > :03:28.In 2011, he nearly died in Vienna after a bout of pneumonia.

:03:29. > :03:33.A collaboration with producer Naughty Boy and a documentary called

:03:34. > :03:36.Freedom which was due for release next March.

:03:37. > :03:38.When it came to pop music, George Michael

:03:39. > :03:44.had it all - looks, voice and the ability to write a string

:03:45. > :03:51.of hits that will continue to be played for years to come.

:03:52. > :04:00.George Michael, who's died at the age of 53. Colin Paterson joins me

:04:01. > :04:04.now. When this new came through at 11pm last night, most people sitting

:04:05. > :04:09.around of the Christmas Day, is asking, what's going on? Everyone

:04:10. > :04:17.can name a George Michael song. Just so sad. If you going to name a

:04:18. > :04:22.song, you would say Last Christmas, a song that comes back every year,

:04:23. > :04:25.here is my those so tied in with Christmas, and now he dies on

:04:26. > :04:30.Christmas Day. Wisely made such an impact on the

:04:31. > :04:33.music industry? He could turn his hand to high-energy pop to soulful

:04:34. > :04:39.ballads. He managed to do what so few boxers

:04:40. > :04:46.do, he converted himself from a boy band to credible solo artist. He was

:04:47. > :04:52.on top of the ports in the choose life T-shirts, one of the most

:04:53. > :04:56.ridiculous songs of all time, Club Tropicana, and then as a solo

:04:57. > :05:05.artist, Aretha Franklin wanted to work with them because of his voice

:05:06. > :05:15.and the songs he wrote. He wrote songs and albums like Jesus

:05:16. > :05:19.To A Child that was a song about losing the first love of his life to

:05:20. > :05:27.aids. There was someone who can write disco and do ballads like that

:05:28. > :05:33.will stop a song without meaning. -- a song with such meaning.

:05:34. > :05:38.There were so many people affected by him in a positive way.

:05:39. > :05:46.Elton John did a tribute, they had a number one together with Don't Let

:05:47. > :05:51.The Sun Go Down On Me. Elton John saying, I'm in deep shock, I have

:05:52. > :05:54.lost a beloved friend and a brilliant artist, my heart goes out

:05:55. > :06:01.to his friends, family and all of his plans. Duran Duran who appeared

:06:02. > :06:06.with him on so many bills, the loss of another talented soul. And Andrew

:06:07. > :06:12.Ridgeley, half of Wham, paying tribute. People ask why he wasn't a

:06:13. > :06:14.solo artist from the start, George Michael explained Andrew Ridgeley

:06:15. > :06:19.gave him the confidence from the start. He did not have the

:06:20. > :06:24.confidence at that stage. Andrew Ridgeley saying, heartbroken at the

:06:25. > :06:29.loss of my friend. The world at large forever locked in, kisses.

:06:30. > :06:31.Thank you very much. In just over five minutes we'll be

:06:32. > :06:34.speaking to a producer who filmed a documentary about Wham and made

:06:35. > :06:36.the music video for Russia is holding a day of national

:06:37. > :06:40.mourning for the 92 people who were killed when a military

:06:41. > :06:43.plane crashed in the Black Sea. Authorities in Russia say they've

:06:44. > :06:46.located the site where the plane came down yesterday,

:06:47. > :06:48.soon after it took off Our Moscow correspondent,

:06:49. > :06:53.Steve Rosenberg reports. This is one of the final images

:06:54. > :06:57.of the Tupolev 154 jet. It was taken by a journalist before

:06:58. > :07:01.he boarded the plane. The aircraft crashed

:07:02. > :07:06.into the Black Sea. The Russians scrambled

:07:07. > :07:09.helicopters and ships, but the search became

:07:10. > :07:12.a recovery operation. The plane had taken off

:07:13. > :07:18.from a military airfield in Moscow. It flew south, stopping

:07:19. > :07:22.in Sochi to refuel. The final destination was Syria,

:07:23. > :07:29.and Russia's airbase, near Latakia. But minutes after leaving

:07:30. > :07:30.Sochi, it crashed. President Putin offered his

:07:31. > :07:33.condolences to the families of the victims, and promised

:07:34. > :07:37.them his full support. On board were more than 60 members

:07:38. > :07:41.of the Russian army's famous song and dance ensemble,

:07:42. > :07:45.once known as the Red Army choir. They had been due to give a concert

:07:46. > :07:49.at the Russian airbase in Syria. TRANSLATION: Well

:07:50. > :07:56.loved, this ansemble. They are our brothers,

:07:57. > :08:00.friends, colleagues. Also killed in the crash,

:08:01. > :08:08.the prominent humanitarian activist and medic, Elizaveta Glinka,

:08:09. > :08:12.known to millions of Throughout the day, Muscovites

:08:13. > :08:16.brought flowers to the headquarters This disaster has left

:08:17. > :08:26.Russia stunned and silent. The UK should leave the European

:08:27. > :08:30.single market when it exits the EU, the former governor of the Bank

:08:31. > :08:32.of England has said. Mervyn King told Radio 4's Today

:08:33. > :08:36.programme that trading under the same conditions as countries

:08:37. > :08:39.on the continent could stop Britain from taking full advantage

:08:40. > :08:43.of the opportunities of Brexit. I don't think it makes sense for us

:08:44. > :08:46.to pretend that we should remain in a single market and I think

:08:47. > :08:49.there are real questions about whether it makes sense to stay

:08:50. > :08:59.in the customs union. Clearly, if we do that,

:09:00. > :09:02.we can not make our own trade deals Japan's Prime Minister is set

:09:03. > :09:07.to visit Pearl Harbour, 75 years after the attack that drew

:09:08. > :09:10.the United States into Shinzo Abe will visit

:09:11. > :09:13.the naval base in Hawaii that was targeted by Japanese

:09:14. > :09:15.bombers in December 1941. More than 2000 Americans

:09:16. > :09:17.were killed in the raids. An adviser to Mr Abe said

:09:18. > :09:20.he was not planning to offer Those are the main

:09:21. > :09:25.stories this morning. Matt will have the weather

:09:26. > :09:31.in around five minutes. He was the pop star that helped

:09:32. > :09:33.define the distinctive sound George Michael, who has died

:09:34. > :09:38.at the age of 53, sang, wrote and collaborated with some

:09:39. > :09:41.of the world's greatest musicians. He first found fame as one

:09:42. > :09:45.half of the duo Wham! who had huge success,

:09:46. > :09:47.and became the first western group Martin Lewis produced a documentary

:09:48. > :09:53.of that tour and the Wham! video to the song Freedom and joins

:09:54. > :10:04.us on the phone now. Thank you for talking to us this

:10:05. > :10:11.morning. Your memories of George Michael?

:10:12. > :10:18.I have great, affectionate memories of George. I first met him in late

:10:19. > :10:23.1984 in New York. And Wham were just making their first foray into

:10:24. > :10:28.America. And I happened to have discovered his manager was an old

:10:29. > :10:33.friend of mine. I asked George over dinner what they were doing next,

:10:34. > :10:37.and he said, we're going to China. I said, that's as like a film. His

:10:38. > :10:42.immediate response was, oh, you should make the film. I was

:10:43. > :10:48.astonished he should make a decision that rapidly. Actually, a good one

:10:49. > :10:53.for most of us. I was amazed, at his young age, he was so adept. He was

:10:54. > :10:56.almost like a manager himself. He had an overview of what he wanted to

:10:57. > :11:03.do. You say he went to China, the grand

:11:04. > :11:09.scale of his popularity was evidence, even in China, wasn't it?

:11:10. > :11:14.It was like a comfortable revolution there, because they had never had

:11:15. > :11:17.Western pop music there, and the impact was considerable. This was a

:11:18. > :11:24.time when China was trying to liberalise. I was struck by George

:11:25. > :11:29.Michael in a couple of ways. First of all, at the edge 21, a pop star

:11:30. > :11:34.going abroad for a big event like that, you think you'd just want to

:11:35. > :11:38.be with his buddies. No, he was family-oriented, it gives mum, dad

:11:39. > :11:43.and two sisters. I was always very impressed with that. Another thing

:11:44. > :11:47.coming here reminded me, not musically, but here made me of

:11:48. > :11:50.George Harrison. He wanted to make music, not really be a star. That

:11:51. > :11:56.was the same conundrum with George Michael. He was passionate about

:11:57. > :11:59.creating music, but hated all the hoopla of having to deal with the

:12:00. > :12:04.media, especially the British tabloid media. And all of that that

:12:05. > :12:08.went that bit. He was good at it, but he didn't like it, he just

:12:09. > :12:15.wanted to make music. You were also with George Michael at

:12:16. > :12:21.a crucial time when he split up, when Wham split up, he and Andrew

:12:22. > :12:26.Ridgeley split up as a group. Yes, when we were working on the

:12:27. > :12:31.film, it involved a lot of time following the year after the visit

:12:32. > :12:34.to China in postproduction. When they were having breakfast, and he

:12:35. > :12:40.told me he was going to leave his present managers and go solo. I was

:12:41. > :12:44.astonished, Wham were the biggest pop group in the world at that time

:12:45. > :12:49.and could easily have continued for several more, lucrative years. But

:12:50. > :12:53.he was adamant and explained to me it was about what he wanted to do

:12:54. > :12:59.musically. He was feeling cramped by the type of music that Wham fans

:13:00. > :13:03.expected. In that regard, he was quite exceptional. Very few artists

:13:04. > :13:09.start out in a boy band and then become a success with an adult

:13:10. > :13:15.audience. You think of the Beatles, they did it. Elton John did it. Very

:13:16. > :13:19.few did it, he did it successfully. He made a real impact on music. So

:13:20. > :13:22.many people wanted to collaborate with him, so many established

:13:23. > :13:26.artists. I remember his excitement when he

:13:27. > :13:31.told me that Aretha Franklin wanted to work with him. That was something

:13:32. > :13:36.special. Some people were just interested in vain, he was a music

:13:37. > :13:41.junkie, he grew up loving music. The fact that Aretha Franklin, who was

:13:42. > :13:45.clearly before his time, an iconic star, that she would be interested

:13:46. > :13:49.in working with him, that meant something to him. I saw him at

:13:50. > :13:55.parties where he would issue hanging around with stars, he would stay

:13:56. > :14:00.with his mates. His interest in life where his music and friends. He

:14:01. > :14:04.didn't crave the shallow things. Martin Lewis, a pleasure to talk to

:14:05. > :14:10.you, thank you for sharing your memories and experiences of George

:14:11. > :14:16.Michael. That is our top story this hour.

:14:17. > :14:20.George Michael, who has died at the age of 53.

:14:21. > :14:22.Madonna and Sir Elton John have led tributes to the singer.

:14:23. > :14:25.Russia is beginning a day of mourning for the 92 passengers

:14:26. > :14:36.and crew who died when a military plane taking them to Syria

:14:37. > :14:45.Good morning. It is a bit mixed this at this morning's weather.

:14:46. > :14:49.Good morning. It is a bit mixed this morning. If you have had a bit too

:14:50. > :14:55.much Christmas pudding, it is a lovely day for a walk. Crisp and

:14:56. > :15:02.clear skies across much of southern England and Wales. Further north, a

:15:03. > :15:09.different story. This is five a short while ago, snow falling. It is

:15:10. > :15:15.not just snow across Scotland. This storm corner, it is buffeting gawky

:15:16. > :15:25.and cheque-books. -- buffeting gawky and ship schedule. Pretty wild and

:15:26. > :15:29.they across Scotland. Frequent heavy sleet and snow. These showers and

:15:30. > :15:40.Northern Ireland and northern England. Notice, further south there

:15:41. > :15:45.are blue skies for many. Certainly across Scotland, it will be wild.

:15:46. > :15:54.The winds will ease but still see costs in excess of... Further south,

:15:55. > :16:02.shoppers keep going. A good cover of snow over higher ground. Few servers

:16:03. > :16:10.by this afternoon. Head south of that and... A perfect Boxing Day.

:16:11. > :16:20.Lots of sunshine around. The wind is a good deal later. It is cooler out

:16:21. > :16:24.of the across the UK. High pressure tonight, the frosts are back.

:16:25. > :16:32.England and Wales especially with Frost. A bit of Frost across eastern

:16:33. > :16:37.Scotland and certainly into Northern Ireland. Tuesday, another good day

:16:38. > :16:44.to get out and about. The winds will ease. Drizzle and the far north of

:16:45. > :16:49.Scotland. But most will have a dry day. Plenty of sunshine to come.

:16:50. > :16:54.Temperature is only around six or 7 degrees at best. A cold night will

:16:55. > :17:03.follow. High pressure firmly in charge. A different problem. As well

:17:04. > :17:14.as the Frost, we will see some issues with fork. -- with fork. Away

:17:15. > :17:18.from that, frosty start. Lots of sunshine across the western half of

:17:19. > :17:25.England and Wales. Some writers to eastern and northern Ireland. Some

:17:26. > :17:28.rain later in the day. After a stormy Christmas period, the weather

:17:29. > :17:33.will settle down for the rest of the week. It has been a pleasure

:17:34. > :17:37.spending Boxing Day morning with you.

:17:38. > :17:52.It's been a pleasure this morning. Crystal Palace will be hoping that

:17:53. > :17:59.big Sam, back in England after leaving England in controversial

:18:00. > :18:06.circumstances. She helped Sunderland survived last season, can he do the

:18:07. > :18:08.same with Crystal Palace? They are just very close to the relegation

:18:09. > :18:08.zone. Sam Allardyce will take charge

:18:09. > :18:11.of his first Premier League match as Crystal Palace manager,

:18:12. > :18:13.at Watford this afternoon. The former England boss took

:18:14. > :18:15.over at Selhurst Park last Friday, just a day

:18:16. > :18:18.after Alan Pardew was sacked. He's already got his eye

:18:19. > :18:20.on the January transfer window and wants to keep his best players

:18:21. > :18:26.as well as adding to the squad. Rumours that may float around,

:18:27. > :18:29.that people might be interested in our players, is also of great

:18:30. > :18:33.concern when you are a manager, because that is very disruptive

:18:34. > :18:39.and can put a player off his game. We are trying to recruit and make

:18:40. > :18:45.the squad a bit bigger, That would be a key area for me,

:18:46. > :18:50.but I think the players But also if we can add to that,

:18:51. > :18:57.let's try and do it. Chelsea, who have a six-point lead

:18:58. > :19:01.at the top of the Premier League, They'll set a new club record,

:19:02. > :19:06.if they make it 12 straight league wins against Bournemouth,

:19:07. > :19:08.although they'll have to do it without, N'Golo Kante

:19:09. > :19:13.and Diego Costa, who are suspended. They are working very well this week

:19:14. > :19:18.to try to find the solution to play good football, to continue to win,

:19:19. > :19:26.to take the two points. We all know that it won't be

:19:27. > :19:31.easy against Bournemouth because they are a very good team,

:19:32. > :19:37.with great organisation. It's been nearly five

:19:38. > :19:39.years since Arsenal lost three games in a row

:19:40. > :19:44.in the Premier League. They're faced with that

:19:45. > :19:45.prospect today though. Defeats to Everton and

:19:46. > :19:47.Manchester City have seen them slip nine points,

:19:48. > :19:50.behind Chelsea at the top, and manager Arsene Wenger

:19:51. > :19:52.is determined to stop the rot We are ready for a fight

:19:53. > :19:59.and we want to respond. I think in 20 games we lost the last

:20:00. > :20:04.two, but our quality has been consistent since the start

:20:05. > :20:07.of the season and we want to respond in a strong way

:20:08. > :20:13.and in a determined way. I think everybody is

:20:14. > :20:17.focused to do that. David Moyes will make his first

:20:18. > :20:19.return to Old Trafford as a manager this afternoon,

:20:20. > :20:22.when his struggling Sunderland side take on Manchester United Moyes

:20:23. > :20:25.replaced Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013. He was proclaimed the chosen one,

:20:26. > :20:30.but lasted only ten months as United In today's late game, Manchester

:20:31. > :20:38.City are away at Hull City, who are currently bottom

:20:39. > :20:41.of the table on goal difference. Pep Guardiola's side are still

:20:42. > :20:44.without the suspended Sergio Aguero but travel to East Yorkshire,

:20:45. > :20:48.having won their last two games, I am not expecting the game

:20:49. > :20:54.against Hull City to be Elsewhere Burnley take

:20:55. > :21:05.on Middlesbrough, champions Leicester are at home to Everton,

:21:06. > :21:09.relegation-threatened Swansea are at home to West Ham

:21:10. > :21:12.and in the late game Manchester City You can keep right up

:21:13. > :21:16.to date with the action on Final Score on the Red Button,

:21:17. > :21:19.as well as on Five Live The first day of the second Test

:21:20. > :21:23.between Australia and Pakistan in Melbourne has been abandoned due

:21:24. > :21:37.to rain - Pakistan are 142-4. The half century saw this player

:21:38. > :21:50.moved past the mark for this year. She helped Pakistan reach 142-4. To

:21:51. > :21:52.make up to the time, data will get up on the go earlier than planned.

:21:53. > :21:54.Play will start on day two at 11:00pm our time.

:21:55. > :21:58.And it's one of the highlights of the racing calendar,

:21:59. > :22:00.steeplechasing's mid-season championship, the King George VI

:22:01. > :22:03.Last year's winner, Cue Card, one of the sport's long-term stars,

:22:04. > :22:07.faces his up and coming stablemate Thistlecrack for the first time.

:22:08. > :22:17.I love the way you've built up to that. Oh, yes. It's like this time

:22:18. > :22:25.of year. Thistlecrack. This kind of makes you. There are only five

:22:26. > :22:32.horses in this race. Those are the ones to watch. Enjoy your Boxing

:22:33. > :22:33.Day. You're watching breakfast on BBC

:22:34. > :22:38.News. Let's look at the papers. The broadcaster Rob McCloughlin

:22:39. > :22:53.is here to tell us How you doing? Merry Christmas. I've

:22:54. > :22:58.got my credit card soldier. We can go after the programme finishes.

:22:59. > :23:05.Second additions these are because the news that George Michael died

:23:06. > :23:14.came from about 11pm last night. She was 53. The front page of the mirror

:23:15. > :23:27.we did with that. A front-page of The Times also about George Michael.

:23:28. > :23:33.The main story is about from's Trader chief saying that they will

:23:34. > :23:39.steal trade from the UK. The front page of the sun is also about George

:23:40. > :23:45.Michael. George Michael pop icon pass away yesterday. The front-page

:23:46. > :23:51.of the Daily Telegraph carries a picture of Prince George. She is

:23:52. > :23:55.leaving the church service yesterday. She attended with his

:23:56. > :24:01.parents and sister. The main story says that charities and contract is

:24:02. > :24:07.profit from foreign aid and spends taxpayers money on it exorbitant

:24:08. > :24:14.salaries. They will be named and shamed under Government plans. The

:24:15. > :24:19.Daily Express is focused on the fact that the Queen was forced to cancel

:24:20. > :24:27.her traditional church service. That is because she has fallen ill with a

:24:28. > :24:32.cold. Use Brexit to steal UK trade. What does this mean? Yes, we going

:24:33. > :24:38.to have to get very, very used to the new cabinet in America. They

:24:39. > :24:43.look like they might be the most wealthy cabinet ever put together by

:24:44. > :24:47.an American president. This man is reportedly worth something like ?2.5

:24:48. > :24:54.billion. He has done a load of financing. He was talking to a group

:24:55. > :25:00.of subdued financiers and he made the point, as you said, that they

:25:01. > :25:03.should take the opportunity of the God-given right of the uncertainty

:25:04. > :25:11.in this period of confusion over Brexit to steal some business from

:25:12. > :25:16.the City of London. Why is this significant? Apart from people he is

:25:17. > :25:23.about to take up, he will be the man as commerce secretary that the

:25:24. > :25:27.Brexit years, the people leading Brexit in Britain, will be

:25:28. > :25:35.negotiating with. She might already be prejudged in terms of his view of

:25:36. > :25:40.Brexit. This speech could be a little embarrassing for those

:25:41. > :25:47.involved. This is happening. The period of the inauguration. I'm sure

:25:48. > :25:51.you've had your invite. I haven't had my invite. Well, the way that

:25:52. > :25:58.things are going, we will have to sing out of. Stories are coming out

:25:59. > :26:06.still about those that are appearing or having agreed to appear in at the

:26:07. > :26:12.inauguration. Barack Obama had Beyonce, John legend, Bon Jovi. At

:26:13. > :26:19.the moment, your ideas radio city rockets, which is also controversial

:26:20. > :26:24.because they some of them don't want to appear. There is also the other

:26:25. > :26:33.singing, was he coming or not? The story in America at the moment is

:26:34. > :26:36.that Donald Trump rang him up and said, John Stuart, it's too

:26:37. > :26:47.controversial. I'm not available, and every. Today Russia is marking a

:26:48. > :26:54.day of mourning. 92 people killed. Terrible tragedy. The stories are,

:26:55. > :27:02.the journalists yesterday were going into the studio. This is what

:27:03. > :27:05.happens in a newsroom. You have to go through who are the people.

:27:06. > :27:15.Terrible stories of those who are died. A free role too has been

:27:16. > :27:19.orphaned. Here is a story that was about somebody who was meant to be

:27:20. > :27:23.on the plane, a soldier, his passport was out of date and he was

:27:24. > :27:29.stopped from getting on the plane. Yet his name appeared on the death

:27:30. > :27:34.list because he was still on the itinerary. So he was very lucky. In

:27:35. > :27:43.these tragedies, she always tend to get a story of that nature. Third

:27:44. > :27:49.page of the Times is taking a look at a tapestry. This is a seasonal

:27:50. > :27:54.tapestry. This was apparently one of the greatest treasures that Henry

:27:55. > :27:59.VIII actually commission. 100 years after his death it was valued at

:28:00. > :28:08.something like over ?5,000. They have gone missing. There is also

:28:09. > :28:13.some other things gone missing. Some crown jewels, etc. This tapestry and

:28:14. > :28:18.the other tapestries in this election for auctioned many years

:28:19. > :28:24.ago and have completely disappeared. However, maybe beard seems to have

:28:25. > :28:30.found them. She seems to have found one of them in a rug shop in new

:28:31. > :28:37.York city. I presume she has put a bidding it and has got it. It was

:28:38. > :28:42.worth ?5,000 in 1649. Well, according to the article in the

:28:43. > :28:50.newspaper, it is only one and not the entire collection. It is valued

:28:51. > :28:53.at a friends 50,000 US dollars. He started off when is that Europe and

:28:54. > :29:00.said that you had put your credit card. We were talking about the

:29:01. > :29:03.Boxing Day sales. This is an article about how to save at least else.

:29:04. > :29:15.Yes, we were talking about this earlier. The sales numbers seem to

:29:16. > :29:18.stop. We spent something like a ?850 million online. Today, lots of

:29:19. > :29:25.newspapers are indicating that prices could go up in 2017 because

:29:26. > :29:29.of the beginning of the pound. This comes way back to what we were

:29:30. > :29:34.saying before about the warning about confusion. Import prices are

:29:35. > :29:44.rising. This means that a lot of goods could increase. Interestingly,

:29:45. > :29:48.one of the big shopping centres is reporting a dramatic increase in

:29:49. > :29:57.foreign buyers coming into bright luxury goods. Chinese buyers are by

:29:58. > :30:02.44%. Hong Kong buyers are up by 191%. It will be a very busy day on

:30:03. > :30:36.the high street. So what time are we going shopping? No? It's 8:30pm.

:30:37. > :30:39.Hello, this is Breakfast on Boxing Day with Naga Munchetty.

:30:40. > :30:46.George Michael, one of the biggest pop stars

:30:47. > :30:51.He was 53, and is believed to have suffered from heart failure.

:30:52. > :30:54.He rose to fame as one half of the group Wham

:30:55. > :30:56.alongside Andrew Ridgeley, who has paid tribute

:30:57. > :31:03.to his co-star, saying he would be forever loved.

:31:04. > :31:05.George Michael went on to have an incredibly successful

:31:06. > :31:07.career both as a solo artist and in collaboration

:31:08. > :31:09.with other musicians, including Aretha Franklin

:31:10. > :31:18.He sold 100 million albums and had 11 UK number ones.

:31:19. > :31:23.We were having breakfast in LA, anti-tummy had taken the decision he

:31:24. > :31:30.was going to leave his present manager and go solo. I was

:31:31. > :31:34.astonished, Wham with the biggest pop group in the world and could

:31:35. > :31:38.have continued for many years. He was adamant and it's plain to me it

:31:39. > :31:41.was about what he wanted to do musically. He was feeling trapped by

:31:42. > :31:43.the type of music that Wham fans expected.

:31:44. > :31:46.Earlier, I spoke to the music and film producer Martin Lewis

:31:47. > :31:47.who was with George when he was making

:31:48. > :31:54.Russia is holding a day of national mourning for the 92 people killed

:31:55. > :31:56.when a military plane crashed in the Black Sea.

:31:57. > :31:59.Authorities in Russia say they've located the site where the plane

:32:00. > :32:01.came down yesterday, soon after taking off from Sochi.

:32:02. > :32:02.The victims included nine journalists and more

:32:03. > :32:05.than 60 members of the Moscow-based Red Army Choir,

:32:06. > :32:07.who were on their way to perform in Syria.

:32:08. > :32:11.The UK should leave the European single market when it exits the EU,

:32:12. > :32:13.the former governor of the Bank of England has said.

:32:14. > :32:17.Mervyn King told Radio 4's Today programme that trading under

:32:18. > :32:20.the same conditions as countries on the continent could stop Britain

:32:21. > :32:24.from taking full advantage of the opportunities of Brexit.

:32:25. > :32:28.50,000 people in England at risk of Type-2 diabetes could be

:32:29. > :32:31.helped by an NHS programme that's being extended from today.

:32:32. > :32:34.The advice on better nutrition and exercise had already

:32:35. > :32:39.It forms part of a package of new measures to curb Type-2

:32:40. > :32:44.diabetes - including funding for more specialist nurses.

:32:45. > :32:47.Japan's Prime Minister is set to visit Pearl Harbour,

:32:48. > :32:49.75 years after the attack that drew the United States into

:32:50. > :32:53.Shinzo Abe will visit the naval base in Hawaii

:32:54. > :32:57.that was targeted by Japanese bombers in December 1941.

:32:58. > :33:01.More than 2,000 Americans were killed in the raids.

:33:02. > :33:03.An adviser to Mr Abe said he was not planning to offer

:33:04. > :33:09.Millions of shoppers are expected to hit the High Street today

:33:10. > :33:11.as the traditional Boxing Day sales get underway.

:33:12. > :33:13.The number of people going to the shops is expected

:33:14. > :33:16.to be down on last year, with analysts saying that

:33:17. > :33:18.earlier discount events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday

:33:19. > :33:24.Almost ?3 billion is expected to be spent at the tills today,

:33:25. > :33:29.with a further 900 million pounds spent online.

:33:30. > :33:33.Louise is back with Breakfast from six tomorrow morning.

:33:34. > :33:36.Now though, the BBC weather team bring you the stories

:33:37. > :33:44.Here's Nick Miller with Weather World.

:33:45. > :33:47.This time on Weather World we are going up in the world,

:33:48. > :33:49.literally into the mountains of North Wales, and our method

:33:50. > :33:53.of transport may surprise you, it is going to be quite a ride.

:33:54. > :33:59.Extreme storms and the battle to survive them, as global

:34:00. > :34:06.Winter fights back in the USA, but not in the Arctic.

:34:07. > :34:11.It is still not cold enough on top of the world.

:34:12. > :34:17.Plus, wild winds, how not to get caught out in extreme weather.

:34:18. > :34:20.I will be here at the Oare Marshes nature reserve in Kent,

:34:21. > :34:23.taking a look at how the weather impacts migratory birds,

:34:24. > :34:26.from a quiet blue sky day here in Kent to the hazards

:34:27. > :34:33.And why everything in this Welsh field is not as it seems.

:34:34. > :34:36.The new type of sheep and what it can tell

:34:37. > :34:57.This time we are in the North Wales, in Snowdonia, about to climb

:34:58. > :35:04.Wales' highest peak, Mount Snowdon.

:35:05. > :35:07.Now, I am up for a bit of climbing, I am a fairly fit guy,

:35:08. > :35:10.dressed for the part, but I have got an easier

:35:11. > :35:13.We are about to take a ride on the historic

:35:14. > :35:17.If you know anything about this part of the world,

:35:18. > :35:20.you will know that this railway is actually closed in the winter.

:35:21. > :35:23.But I have got a special ride lined up on an engineer's train,

:35:24. > :35:25.because I'm going to find out how this railway copes with

:35:26. > :35:42.This railway has been taking people to the summit

:35:43. > :35:52.An estimated 12 million people have made that journey since then.

:35:53. > :35:56.The trains normally run from mid-March until November,

:35:57. > :35:58.but it is the weather that dictates the schedule, and the toll

:35:59. > :36:01.the weather takes on the mountain railway means for the maintenance

:36:02. > :36:05.teams, winter is the busiest time of year.

:36:06. > :36:08.Mike, you are the senior engineering manager of the railway here,

:36:09. > :36:11.and already we are getting a sense of the climb we have started.

:36:12. > :36:15.Yes, the railway follows the mountain.

:36:16. > :36:18.The maximum gradient is one in 5.5, we have just come up one in 6.2,

:36:19. > :36:24.it alters as we go over the terrain, but it is a steep railway.

:36:25. > :36:40.Obviously, wind, rain, snow, they all impact on our maintenance

:36:41. > :36:51.We have wind limits for operating trains.

:36:52. > :36:55.And in the winter it is heavy rain on the lower mountain,

:36:56. > :36:59.So you are doing a lot of maintenance.

:37:00. > :37:01.I will see some of that take place and hopefully get

:37:02. > :37:10.Winter has arrived in Snowdonia but there is no doubt that the main

:37:11. > :37:22.Hurricane Matthew slams into Haiti in October,

:37:23. > :37:25.killing hundreds as it cuts a path from here to the south-east

:37:26. > :37:33.A massive storm, fuelled by warmer-than-average ocean water.

:37:34. > :37:36.In the Pacific, in September, Taiwan feels the force

:37:37. > :37:44.of Typhoon Meranti the strongest since Haiyan in 2013.

:37:45. > :37:46.In October, in South Korea, cars are swept down flooded streets

:37:47. > :37:51.in the strongest cyclone there in four years.

:37:52. > :37:56.Rescues in Spain, in December, animal and human, as torrential

:37:57. > :38:03.But in South America, rivers run dry.

:38:04. > :38:07.Not enough rain has caused Bolivia to declare a state of emergency,

:38:08. > :38:11.facing its worst drought in 25 years.

:38:12. > :38:15.Israel, in November, fighting the flames,

:38:16. > :38:18.as a two-month drought and arson leads to wildfires.

:38:19. > :38:20.Australia, and beach-goers in Melbourne struggle

:38:21. > :38:26.against strong winds whipped up by approaching thunderstorms.

:38:27. > :38:29.Several people died from rare thunderstorm asthma in November,

:38:30. > :38:35.after suffering breathing problems from pollen carried by the wind.

:38:36. > :38:37.In the UK, the first named storm of the autumn,

:38:38. > :38:42.Winds in the Irish Sea were so strong that this ferry

:38:43. > :38:45.was stuck there overnight until it was safe enough to dock.

:38:46. > :38:48.Not ideal if it is your maiden voyage.

:38:49. > :39:02.It was lumpy and it made you feel sick.

:39:03. > :39:10.It is impossible to link one whether extreme to a warming world

:39:11. > :39:13.but scientists say that extreme events become more likely and well

:39:14. > :39:15.before the end of 2016, the year was labelled as odds-on

:39:16. > :39:23.We have just stepped off the train to see the first piece of work

:39:24. > :39:28.This is Waterfall Halt, a storage facility for tools,

:39:29. > :39:35.To make it safe we are building a platform and a storage area

:39:36. > :39:37.on the left, and another platform on the right-hand side.

:39:38. > :39:40.And this all needs to happen fairly quickly, doesn't it?

:39:41. > :39:42.Because you have time and weather to think about.

:39:43. > :39:45.We are open again in March, and we cannot have any

:39:46. > :39:49.work on the operational railway from March.

:39:50. > :39:51.It is obviously quite mild at the moment but we have had

:39:52. > :39:53.freezing temperatures and we cannot lay concrete in

:39:54. > :39:56.When it's heavy rain, it'll wash everything out.

:39:57. > :40:15.OK, Nigel, what do you want me to do?

:40:16. > :40:17.If you just grab hold of that one there, please, mate,

:40:18. > :40:26.While I try to get the hang of cement work, Sarah Keith-Lucas

:40:27. > :40:30.looks back at the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season.

:40:31. > :40:34.Here I am at the Oare Marches nature reserve near Faversham in Kent.

:40:35. > :40:37.It is a great spot for capturing a glimpse of these wintering birds

:40:38. > :40:39.that are just settling into their home now

:40:40. > :40:43.Later in the programme, we will have more analysis

:40:44. > :40:46.about how the weather impacts these migratory birds.

:40:47. > :40:50.Earlier this year, there was some incredible radar footage of some

:40:51. > :40:53.birds that appeared to be trapped right inside the eye

:40:54. > :40:58.Hurricane Matthew was of course the strongest and the most deadly

:40:59. > :41:03.It initially formed off the West Coast of Africa before

:41:04. > :41:07.moving across the Atlantic and strengthening, for a time,

:41:08. > :41:10.to a major, category five hurricane in the Caribbean.

:41:11. > :41:13.It has been a particularly active hurricane season again this year,

:41:14. > :41:16.partly down to the declining El Nino effect and the transition to more

:41:17. > :41:27.Let's take a look at how the El Nino Southern oscillation,

:41:28. > :41:29.or Enso, has affected this year's hurricane season, and why it

:41:30. > :41:32.has been so intense, especially compared to recent years.

:41:33. > :41:37.In the year up to May 2016, the Enso was in the El Nino, or warm, phase.

:41:38. > :41:39.The warming of the equatorial Pacific often leads to stronger

:41:40. > :41:47.Wind shear refers to the changing wind speed, and/or direction,

:41:48. > :41:53.Stronger wind shear leads to weaker hurricanes and makes

:41:54. > :41:58.However, since May, the Pacific has been cooling,

:41:59. > :42:02.becoming more neutral, and is now entering a weak phase

:42:03. > :42:10.La Nina, or cool, phase, reducing the wind shear and hence

:42:11. > :42:12.promoting stronger and more frequent hurricanes.

:42:13. > :42:14.Another major factor in the summer was a big blocking

:42:15. > :42:17.area of high pressure, feeding warm and moist air over

:42:18. > :42:20.the western Atlantic and warming the waters there by as much as four

:42:21. > :42:22.or five degrees, compared to the average.

:42:23. > :42:25.These warmer waters have provided the fuel to power the huge,

:42:26. > :42:30.formidable hurricanes that have formed in the region this year.

:42:31. > :42:35.So the very active hurricane season of 2016 has now come an end.

:42:36. > :42:38.Join me later in the programme, where we will take a more detailed

:42:39. > :42:40.look at some of these migratory birds and just how the weather

:42:41. > :42:49.This railway carries more than 130,000 passengers a year

:42:50. > :42:55.But some people get there the hard way - on foot.

:42:56. > :42:57.However you choose to go high, you need to respect the weather

:42:58. > :43:04.Climbers battled fierce winds in the Scottish Highlands,

:43:05. > :43:08.in footage released to show just how wild the weather can get.

:43:09. > :43:16.This high, this exposed, it is too late to simply turn back.

:43:17. > :43:18.We have just stepped away from the railway

:43:19. > :43:22.Now I'm here in one of the Snowdonia Park warden's

:43:23. > :43:26.You are one of the wardens, Rhys Wheldon Roberts,

:43:27. > :43:30.and you are going to show me exactly what I need to be fully prepared

:43:31. > :43:36.So you know, mountains are quite cold, so you need warm layers,

:43:37. > :43:40.preferably a base layer first, then a mid-layer, something

:43:41. > :43:43.like a fleece, maybe even two, if it is quite cold,

:43:44. > :43:45.and some comfortable, warm trousers as well.

:43:46. > :43:48.They are not necessarily the right thing, are they?

:43:49. > :43:51.Not the best, they get quite cold when they are wet

:43:52. > :43:54.and they are really uncomfortable, so something that will keep you warm

:43:55. > :44:04.Jacket, trousers, I would also take some hats and gloves with me just

:44:05. > :44:11.In summer, you would have those boots, at the end there,

:44:12. > :44:18.And these are winter boots, they have a much stiffer sole.

:44:19. > :44:20.They can support crampons as well which gives

:44:21. > :44:25.They are am essential bit of kit for any snow on the mountain.

:44:26. > :44:28.And if it is very snowy I would need one of these?

:44:29. > :44:33.It provides some sort of support walking up

:44:34. > :44:36.the mountain and if you slip, it can help stop you.

:44:37. > :44:39.I want to know where I'm going, but I am OK because I have one

:44:40. > :44:44.They are a start, but you want a proper map

:44:45. > :44:48.A phone can run out of battery or signal and become useless.

:44:49. > :44:53.And it sounds obvious, but you need something to eat

:44:54. > :44:57.Fuel is very important so make sure you pack your lunch

:44:58. > :45:00.and maybe your dinner, and some warm drinks if it is cold.

:45:01. > :45:06.It sounds obvious but the weather at the top of the mountain is often

:45:07. > :45:08.very different from the weather when you set off.

:45:09. > :45:11.Absolutely, yes, here, it can be ten, 15 degrees colder

:45:12. > :45:13.on the mountain than down in the valley.

:45:14. > :45:18.Check the mountain forecast as well because it can be very different

:45:19. > :45:26.If I come back and climb in Snowdonia, I will come anf find

:45:27. > :45:29.you as my personal guide, and I promise I will

:45:30. > :45:38.What electric sheep can tell us about the weather

:45:39. > :45:45.Captured on camera, by a BBC Weather Watcher,

:45:46. > :45:47.the building of the Queensferry crossing in Scotland,

:45:48. > :46:00.In November, Weather Watchers celebrated its first anniversary

:46:01. > :46:03.and the number of sky snappers now totals more than 130,000.

:46:04. > :46:07.For many, it is about the beauty of the sky and the scenery around

:46:08. > :46:10.Many people just walk along with their heads down,

:46:11. > :46:12.and they don't look up, they don't see the clouds,

:46:13. > :46:14.they don't see the sunrise, the sunsets, the rainbows,

:46:15. > :46:17.and they thank me for that, and I think that is probably

:46:18. > :46:22.And you can become a Weather Watcher by signing up at BBC

:46:23. > :46:38.We are taking a look at how the Snowdon railway copes

:46:39. > :46:41.We've stopped here at the Rocky Valley platform,

:46:42. > :46:43.it is about two thirds towards the summit,

:46:44. > :46:47.Already we are above some of the clouds, and you can tell how

:46:48. > :46:51.It is colder and windier, and of course, all of the track has

:46:52. > :46:54.to cope with these conditions, the heavy rain, the heavy snow,

:46:55. > :46:56.and of course, the big change in temperatures from one season

:46:57. > :47:01.Further up, Mike is taking a look at how this piece

:47:02. > :47:09.With this instrument here, a measuring trolley,

:47:10. > :47:12.we will put it on the track, amd this is going to tell me

:47:13. > :47:17.It is going to tell me the cross level, the height

:47:18. > :47:20.of one rail to the other, and it is going to tell me

:47:21. > :47:24.I guess you're going to wheel it down the track.

:47:25. > :47:32.I will just gently edge it down the track.

:47:33. > :47:35.This is a fairly exposed piece of track so it must

:47:36. > :47:42.This is one of our sections of track which requires constant maintenance.

:47:43. > :47:45.In the spring, this will have moved, and we will come back and do

:47:46. > :47:48.some more maintenance, lifting and packing.

:47:49. > :47:51.We have moved down this short bit, so let's take a look

:47:52. > :47:57.This is telling me we've travelled 12.75 metres from where we started,

:47:58. > :48:00.telling me that at this particular point the track gauge

:48:01. > :48:03.is 806.4 millimetres, and it also tells me that

:48:04. > :48:06.I have a cross level negative of 4.9 millimetres.

:48:07. > :48:16.No, the instrument is telling me it is all within tolerance.

:48:17. > :48:23.But you never know what else you'll find.

:48:24. > :48:26.I'll let you go and check some more track, Mike.

:48:27. > :48:29.We're going to get back on the train and back

:48:30. > :48:32.on the move and just a moment, but before we do that,

:48:33. > :48:35.it has been a cold start to winter here in Snowdonia,

:48:36. > :48:37.but in that direction, a long way in that direction,

:48:38. > :48:40.there is a part of the world that should be very cold,

:48:41. > :48:47.The amount of sea ice that survived summer 2016

:48:48. > :48:50.was the second lowest on record, with autumn regrowth slowed both

:48:51. > :48:52.by air temperatures 20 Celsius above normal and the warmth

:48:53. > :48:58.During summertime, when the sun comes up in the Arctic,

:48:59. > :49:01.it reflects most of the Sun's energy back out to space.

:49:02. > :49:03.If you start removing the reflective sea ice cover,

:49:04. > :49:06.now the ocean absorbs the heat instead.

:49:07. > :49:12.So what you see now as winter comes, the Arctic is very warm.

:49:13. > :49:15.Part of that is because now the ocean has to release heat

:49:16. > :49:17.again during the summer, back to the atmosphere

:49:18. > :49:26.Records here show sea ice has not suffered to the same degree

:49:27. > :49:32.But even so, National Snow and Ice Data Centre scientists say

:49:33. > :49:34.that Antarctic sea ice shrank to a record November low.

:49:35. > :49:37.A warming world does not mean the end of winter weather.

:49:38. > :49:40.In the USA in December, snow and ice caused damage

:49:41. > :49:43.and brought disruption to millions of people.

:49:44. > :49:48.Then there is the occasional wintry surprise, such as here in Tokyo,

:49:49. > :49:50.which had its first November snowfall in more

:49:51. > :49:55.And this, from Siberia, what looks like rocks on the shore

:49:56. > :49:59.are thousands of natural snowballs, formed from small pieces

:50:00. > :50:05.of ice rolled ever larger by the wind and water.

:50:06. > :50:08.We saw earlier how to properly dress for the great outdoors,

:50:09. > :50:09.especially, of course, in winter, very

:50:10. > :50:15.But you would think sheep, with their woolly coats,

:50:16. > :50:18.would be good to go, whatever the weather.

:50:19. > :50:21.But there is a unique experiment taking place here at the foot

:50:22. > :50:24.of Snowdon which proves that they feel the weather, too.

:50:25. > :50:32.You are a bit heavier than I thought you would be!

:50:33. > :50:35.Now, you may have noticed that this is not a real sheep.

:50:36. > :50:41.Thankfully, Pip Jones from Bangor University is a real human.

:50:42. > :50:48.They might be fake but they tell us a lot about real sheep

:50:49. > :50:49.and the environment they experience on a farm.

:50:50. > :50:53.OK, we have two things, we have our sheep, we also

:50:54. > :50:58.And the station is measuring sun, plus wind, plus ambient air

:50:59. > :51:00.temperature, and those things together tell us how

:51:01. > :51:06.So on a day like today when it is really windy that must

:51:07. > :51:08.have an impact on how the sheep feels.

:51:09. > :51:11.Absolutely, it's so much colder when the wind blows.

:51:12. > :51:13.That is called wind-chill, and for warm-blooded animals

:51:14. > :51:18.like us and the sheep, maintaining core body temperature

:51:19. > :51:21.in these conditions is increasingly hard as the wind blows.

:51:22. > :51:23.So what we are doing with these sheep is we maintain them

:51:24. > :51:38.And what the computer is recording is how much energy the sheep

:51:39. > :51:41.is using to keep that temperature in the prevailing conditions.

:51:42. > :51:45.So we will pop it back in and have a look in a minute

:51:46. > :51:50.If I was a sheep farmer, what difference does it make to me,

:51:51. > :51:53.OK, so, for farmers, farming is essentially all about energy.

:51:54. > :51:57.We record the energy that in, that's the food that the animals eat,

:51:58. > :52:00.but there is also energy out in the equation, and weather

:52:01. > :52:09.Keeping warm in conditions uses an awful lot of energy.

:52:10. > :52:12.Can I do something on my farm to help my sheep keep warm?

:52:13. > :52:14.Essentially planning your farm with weather in mind.

:52:15. > :52:17.Providing shelter the form of trees and hedgerows which the animals can

:52:18. > :52:19.use to take shelter from the wind especially, and that will reduce

:52:20. > :52:24.And the all-important question is, how much energy has that used

:52:25. > :52:29.So in the last few seconds, she has used a 37 watts just to stay warm.

:52:30. > :52:32.And as the wind gets stronger and the air gets

:52:33. > :52:34.colder, there will be more and more energy use.

:52:35. > :52:36.Thank you for showing me the project.

:52:37. > :52:38.I have become quite attached to my fake sheep.

:52:39. > :52:51.Welcome back to the Oare Marshes nature reserve in Kent.

:52:52. > :52:54.I am joined by Graham Madge of the Met Office and

:52:55. > :52:58.So Graham, this is a very idyllic and peaceful day in Kent.

:52:59. > :53:02.It is hard to imagine some of the hazards that these birds face

:53:03. > :53:09.on their long journeys, including of course the weather.

:53:10. > :53:11.Earlier in the year, there was some footage of some birds

:53:12. > :53:14.that appeared to be trapped right inside eye of Hurricane Matthew.

:53:15. > :53:16.Is this a typical kind of hazard that birds face

:53:17. > :53:20.The situation is that they are crossing the path, the exact track,

:53:21. > :53:24.that many hurricanes take, so it is quite likely

:53:25. > :53:26.the birds do get caught up in these weather systems.

:53:27. > :53:29.In fact, we know from bidwatchers' records in northern Europe that many

:53:30. > :53:32.birds are brought to European shores on the back of these

:53:33. > :53:35.cyclones, as they move up into the north Atlantic.

:53:36. > :53:38.So it is a very big threat that these birds face,

:53:39. > :53:41.and it is a very powerful hazard that these birds have to try

:53:42. > :53:45.So I have heard some people say that birds can actually

:53:46. > :53:49.Is there any evidence or science behind this?

:53:50. > :53:52.It is a classic phrase, one swallow does not make a summer.

:53:53. > :53:56.I think the evidence for birds being able to forecast the weather

:53:57. > :54:05.But what we do know is that birds are affected by the weather,

:54:06. > :54:08.so we all know that we get weather coming from different directions,

:54:09. > :54:12.and that very often can bring birds associated with it.

:54:13. > :54:15.So we get birds from North America turning up in Europe,

:54:16. > :54:18.we can get birds from the tropical Atlantic, from all sorts of places.

:54:19. > :54:21.So although birds might not be able to forecast the weather,

:54:22. > :54:23.by seeing interesting and exotic birds, it gives you at least

:54:24. > :54:28.an insight into what the weather has been like elsewhere

:54:29. > :54:32.Thank you so much, Graham, for joining us.

:54:33. > :54:37.That is it from us here in Kent, it's back to Nick in Snowdonia.

:54:38. > :54:49.We have come as far as we can go now on the Snowdon Railway.

:54:50. > :54:53.This is about three quarters of the way to Snowdon summit,

:54:54. > :54:55.but we cannot get any further, because number one,

:54:56. > :54:59.there is essential track work taking place, and if we did go any further

:55:00. > :55:01.we would just encounter snow on the track anyway.

:55:02. > :55:04.But before we start heading back down the mountain there is one more

:55:05. > :55:09.It is something that is crucial to the operation of the railway

:55:10. > :55:13.here, and the reason I'm excited is I am a weatherman and I have

:55:14. > :55:17.found a weather station nearly at the top of Mount Snowdon.

:55:18. > :55:21.Mike, how important is this piece of kit for you and the railway?

:55:22. > :55:25.It gives us weather information, specifically wind information,

:55:26. > :55:33.And how do you look at that information, when you are down

:55:34. > :55:36.This weather station beams data through a data link,

:55:37. > :55:39.we can pick this up on our computers down below, and we can

:55:40. > :55:44.And what is that telling you, from a screenshot of something

:55:45. > :55:50.That is giving me the wind direction, the wind speed,

:55:51. > :55:53.the temperatures, and crucially, the gust speeds.

:55:54. > :55:56.Because obviously we have got an average speed here,

:55:57. > :56:01.The gust speeds can reach in excess of 130 mph.

:56:02. > :56:03.Talking wind speed like that, the weather station,

:56:04. > :56:07.much as I love it, can't cope with wind that strong.

:56:08. > :56:10.So what are you going to do with it in the winter?

:56:11. > :56:13.We don't need the information through the winter.

:56:14. > :56:15.It is purely for the operating season.

:56:16. > :56:19.We will send them away and get them recalibrated and erect them

:56:20. > :56:22.Let's get this weather station to bed then.

:56:23. > :56:25.As they get to work, and before we go, when is

:56:26. > :56:30.As they get to work, and before we go, when is

:56:31. > :56:36.This rare phenomenon was spotted in Scotland in November.

:56:37. > :56:38.Water droplets in fog are much smaller than raindrops

:56:39. > :56:43.and as the sun interacts with them, the result appears devoid of colour,

:56:44. > :56:50.Still not a rainbow as we know it, but closer, this rare moon-bow

:56:51. > :56:53.was spotted in northern England in October, as moonlight,

:56:54. > :56:57.rather than sunlight, interacts with moisture

:56:58. > :57:02.And finally, lighting up the sky and our imagination, the super moon,

:57:03. > :57:05.seen around the world in the November, the closest

:57:06. > :57:09.the moon has been to the earth in nearly 70 years.

:57:10. > :57:18.An example of picture-perfect timing.

:57:19. > :57:21.And that is it for this time on Weather World.

:57:22. > :57:23.From Snowdonia, thanks to Mike, our driver, Dewi, guard

:57:24. > :57:27.Steve, and everyone else at the Snowdon railway.

:57:28. > :57:30.Snowdon summit still awaits me, but I will be back one day.

:57:31. > :59:19.I've got a nice little friendly sheep here for you.

:59:20. > :59:23.Why did the fairest of them all remove the mirror from the wall?