27/12/2016 Breakfast

This is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin.

Too many young carers are going "under the radar"

A study by the Children's Commissioner for England says four

out of five young people don't get the help they should from local

Some voters in England will have to show photographic ID before

casting their vote as part of efforts to reduce electoral fraud.

His private life was very much public knowledge,

but details of George Michael's quiet generosity begin to surface

Chelsea extend their winning run to 12 games

as they go seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Good morning. It is a frosty start for some of us this morning with

patchy fog as well. For most, dry with hazy sunshine, except in the

north and west, where we have more clout and spots of rain. Further

details in 50 minutes -- cloud. The Children's Commissioner

for England says the vast majority of young carers receive

no support from local Anne Longfield says four out of five

are "going under the radar". The Local Government Association

said funding cuts meant councils were being forced to make

difficult decisions. This is Daniel, one of thousands

of young carers in England. He's ten and lives with his mum,

Florella, who has a brain tumour. When he's not at school,

he helps around the house, but he constantly worries

about his mum when he isn't there. I started becoming more responsible

and I started doing the cleaning. I started paying more attention

to what my mum was doing. Then, because I wasn't around,

I was always worried Today's report by the Children's

Commissioner found of the 160,000 young carers in England,

just over 128,000 children aged 5-17 may not be known

to local authorities. And councils identified 160 young

carers in England who are under This is often systematic support

for vulnerable family members who may have mental illness

or physical disabilities. They need to be able

to flourish at school, they need to be able to enjoy

childhood and grow up, whilst they're still offering

the familial support that The Local Government Association

says funding cuts to children's services means councils have been

forced to make difficult decisions about what support they

are able to provide. But it says all young carers should

receive an assessment to find out In just over an hour,

I'll be talking to Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield,

and to a teenage girl who looks England's chief nursing officer has

urged the NHS to invest more in caring for people at home

to reduce the amount of money being wasted keeping elderly

patients in hospital unnecessarily. Jane Cummings says

the health service has a responsibility to change

"outdated models of care" and ensure patients don't "fall

into cracks" between different parts Some voters in England will have

to show photo ID before being allowed to cast their ballots

vote as part of a new trial. It's one of a number

of efforts being introduced Our political correspondent

Tom Bateman is in our Tom, why has the government decided

this change is needed? Who will be affected? This came

after allegations that there had been fraud during the vote back in

2014 for a mayor in Tower Hamlets in east London. The Electoral

Commission after that said they had been election fraud, and that former

mayor was then stripped of office. The former Conservative minister,

Sir Eric pickles, was asked by the government to look into this, and

said there should be some sweeping changes to the law around voting in

England. One of the things he is recommending or has recommended is

that voters should show some sort of identification when they are on

their way into the polling booths. That could include things like a

passport or driving licence, but also perhaps a bus pass or even a

bank statement or your bank card. The government this morning has said

it is accepting the majority of those recommendations. In 2018 at

the local elections in England, it will trial some of these ideas,

especially those around having to show identification. We do not know

the exact areas that will take place, but certainly, it will be

piloted. The Labour Party say they welcome ideas such as these, but are

accusing the government of trying to break the system, saying business

more about getting votes for the Conservatives than anything else,

and they want the government to look at the issue of how we registered to

vote in the first place. Thank you very much.

The Magistrates Association has expressed concern about plans

to allow people to go online to enter guilty pleas and pay fines

It says an internet-only system could lower public confidence.

Details are emerging of George Michael's charity work,

as tributes continue to pour in since his death on Christmas Day.

For years the singer had donated money to organisations,

and worked undercover at a homeless shelter.

He was a huge personality whose life played out in the headlines. But

behind this onstage persona, details of George Michael's charitable

donations are now emerging. He had volunteered to work in a homeless

shelter, provided it was kept quiet. He paid for a game show contestant

to have IVF treatment. And gave Sport Relief ?50,000 and David

Whalley 's son the English Channel in 2006. Children, cancer patients

and many other charities also received donations -- them out. Last

night, tributes came from those close to him. His partner said:

His former long-term partner Kenny paid tribute to an extremely kind

and generous man, saying he loved him very, very much. At his home in

Oxfordshire, friends came to remember their icon. There were

emotional scenes at another of his houses, Highgate in London, from

people struggling to come to terms with his death from suspected heart

failure. I know 2016 has been a bad year, and it is very sad for a lot

of artists, but it was George Michael Beck got me. I think we grew

up with him, was the main thing. George Michael's career spanned

nearly four decades, and these fans will make sure his music lives on.

We will be talking about George Michael a little later as well.

A search operation is continuing for a Russian military plane

which was carrying 92 people and crashed over

are involved in the operation near Sochi.

The Defence Ministry said the bodies of 11 people

and parts of the plane's fuselage have been recovered so far.

Liz Smith, the actor best known for playing Nana in the sitcom

The Royle Family, has died at the age of 95.

A spokesperson for her family announced she passed away

Peter Ruddick has been looking back at her life.

She's a vegetarian, Nana. Could you have some wafer thin hand? Could she

have wafer thin hand, Barbara? No! From Dottie Nana to the eccentric

baker in the figure of Diddley, this Smith carved out a niche playing

scatty but hilarious older ladies. -- Liz Smith. It is chocolate

spread! Chocolate? You promise? Yeah. All right, I will. Very

unusual taste. I put in a little something extra as well. She had

been through a tough childhood, and an even tougher early career as a

single mother of two with a series of part-time jobs. It was only when

she was nearly 50 that she got her breakthrough after being offered a

theatre role by Mike Leigh. It was like a wonderful realisation that at

last I was being given a chance. It had come, it had come at last. She

may have started late, but she made up for lost time with award-winning

roles in TV and film, resulting in her being awarded the MBE in 2009.

But it will be as Nana, the Queen of Sheba, for which she will be most

remembered. The actor Liz Smith,

who has died at the age of 95. Only about half of the families

in Britain own their homes, according to new analysis

by the Resolution Foundation. Although official housing figures

suggest a much higher number, the think-tank believes the people

living in private rented accommodation has

been underestimated. Owning a home is something many

people aspire to. Official figures showed 64% of us are owner

occupiers. That is down from a high of around 70% just over ten years

ago. But the Resolution Foundation says those figures don't reflect the

true picture. Take for example a person who buys a house and then

takes in three voters. The official figures would count that as one of

owner occupier. The three people renting would disappear from the

picture. We massively overstate home ownership in this country by looking

at properties rather than families. It suggests we need to think lots

more than we already do about how the other half live, the half of the

country that are not in a home owning family. The Resolution

Foundation says the number of people who rent privately has doubled since

1992. In London, that figure has trebled. The think tank also says

there are 5.8 million families who are missing from the official

figures because they live in someone else's home. The foundation says we

should concentrate a little less on home owners and think more about how

the other half of the population lives.

A number of roads remain closed in Scotland after the disruption

Wind speeds in excess of 90 miles an hour were recorded

on the island of Shetland on Boxing Day while large parts

of the north experienced heavy snowfall.

The Scottish Transport Minister has been chairing extra meetings

of the government's resilience team to deal with the situation.

The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo A-bay, is in Hawaii,

for an historic visit which will see him pay his respects

at the site of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

He'll become the first sitting Japanese Prime Minister

to visit the memorial that honours the hundreds of sailors and marines

A group of conservationists say that the world's fastest land

animal, the cheetah, is rapidly heading for extinction.

The Zoological Society of London says cheetah numbers

in the wold are falling because of human encroachment

They say it's "crunch time" for the cats, with only an estimated

7000 left in Africa and just 50 in Iran.

should we have a quick look at the papers this morning? Most of them

still talking about George Michael. The front page of the Times,

pictures again. Flowers, cards and candles being left outside his home

as the pop world pays tribute to George Michael. Their main story is

about the nuclear safety regulator. It is accused of turning a blind eye

to dozens of serious mistakes at power plants and military bases. A

quick look at the other papers. And need my glamorous assistant, who is

currently not here. The front page of the Daily Telegraph. It is a bank

holiday. A lovely picture of George Michael. Neil McCormick talks about

his conflict that made him so compelling. And talking about the

NHS as well, it should spend more money on patients in their own homes

instead of hospital beds. We have spoken about that on BBC Breakfast

as well. A couple of the other ones, I will just get organised. The front

page of the Sun. You were someone special, George. That is in the

Daily Mail, George Michael again. Talking about comments allegedly

said by the Queen. Any front page of the Daily Mirror, comments by George

Michael's heartbroken partner. On the inside pages as well, if I can

find them, I don't know if anyone of you were going shopping yesterday,

but foreign shoppers apparently queued through the night for a

bargain. Millions of Britons breading huge crowds for the Boxing

Day sales. But the pound meant many foreigners came over to take

advantage of the prices. I don't know if that lady has bought all of

that, but that seems an extraordinary amount of close to

buy. -- clothes. You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News. A study by the Children's

Commissioner for England says the vast majority of young carers

are getting no support from local Some voters in England are to be

asked to provide ID before The requirement is to be

trialled as part of efforts Also coming up in the programme -

2016 will be a year astronaut We'll review his space mission

in a look back over the last twelve Very glad to say that Carol is here

with me this morning. In spirit, at least. It is quite cold, isn't it?

Good morning. Yes it is quite cold. Frost around if you head out early

you may find you need to scrape your windscreen. For most of us today it

will be largely dry and there will be sunshine around as well although

turning hazy through the day. High pressure in charge of the weather.

After the storm moved away from the Scottish shores. Not a lot of wind

around. Shallow pockets of fog that should clear redly and for many

parts of the UK we are off to a driver cold start. At the moment it

is -5 in Bournemouth the temperatures is below freezing. As

we move northwards across northern England and Northern Ireland and

Scotland here and there there is a little more cloud around. In the

Scottish north-west that will be the odd spot of rain but nothing too

substantial. The rest of the UK has hardly a breath of wind. Once again

through the day we will enjoy a lot of dry weather and sunshine. Turning

the sunshine hazy at times. Improving across the north-west as

we go through the day as well. Temperature- wise if you are heading

out for a walk or going shopping it is going to be cold. Overnight we

will see some fog developed. High-pressure starting to push away

a little bit onto the continent that we have the ridge across us. The

other thing we have is a weather front not too far away from the

north-west. Tomorrow morning we start off with dense fog. It may

prove to be disruptive. Some of it will lift into low cloud and if you

are stuck under it will feel cold. Fog across many parts of England.

Out towards the west it will brighten up and we will see

sunshine. The rumour but when we had a weather front not too far away

from north-west Scotland? It all come along and bring more persistent

rain throughout the day. As we move from Wednesday into Thursday more

front start to show. Look at the squeeze up here. It will become

windier and as we go through the end of the week for many it will be

cloudy and you will find some spots of rain across the north-west.

Temperature wise 11 degrees in Belfast by Friday. Into the weekend

it looks very much like it will turn a little bit colder. In some ways I

like it like that. Thank you, Carol. For many of us, it's the time

of year to be either sat around the dinner table of in

front of the television. But with a rise in streaming

services, gone are the days of the whole country watching

the same programme at the same time. Breakfast's Sean Farrington has been

looking at the boom in on-demand. We have been gorging this Christmas,

not just on food but an dater. We consume hundreds of gigabytes of

data each month, the equivalent of 200 episodes of planet Earth too.

The way we get that data into our households is through broadband and

the faster the connection the more likely we are to download our

favourite programmes. The better the connection, 30 or 40 megabits a

second, the more likely we are then to use online video like sky TV,

Amazon prime, I play or Netflix. I watch Netflix and YouTube. I watch

mine craft. I want to binge. I want to start at the beginning, watch it

all night. I watch on the computer and sometimes on my phone. In the

evening I will sit here and watch Netflix with my husband. I will do

something on my phone and my daughter will be upstairs with her

laptop and occasionally, not every night, and occasionally the youngest

will be in this bed with this best babysitter, the iPad, and he may

just watch a bit of YouTube. Although there has been a big

improvement on 2015, the regulators is that large parts of the UK are

still not able to get a decent broadband connection. Over 1 million

homes not able to download fast and offer a modern family's needs. Band

is so important now to families, particularly younger families where

every body wants to be online at once doing their own thing. It is

now is important to them as electricity and isn't running water.

The problem is that there are still frowned a thousand homes cannot

stream one video will own two or three videos. It is important

because the availability of faster broadband has met were taking more

control of what we watch and more particularly when it suits us. The

number crunchers at the BBC's I play things they see traffic on their

website increased by 36% around the Christmas period. Whether it's

Christmas time you watch more together. Because there is nothing

else to do. I don't mean that. You are around each other more. You

don't go to school, you have no homework. As we enter 2017 we notice

that the children spaces underserviced at the moment so we

will invest heavily in high quality content that does not patronise

young audiences. On average we watch over what hours of television a day.

Mostly through the familiar TV channels. Still lots of room for

growth for the likes of Amazon and Netflix with a particular talent for

2017- can they get the whole family together in the same room to watch

something online? Tell us what you've been watching and whether

you've been able to watch coming together of Christmas.

A survey of GPs has suggested that almost half of them don't believe

that it's in the best interests of dementia patients to know that

They say many support services are poor, and the diagnosis can

Joy Watson was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease

I feel I have benefited from knowing. And I can walk around --

work around my relationships better. I can inform my grandchildren so

that they know what is going on. They have gotten used to the idea

that nanny says silly things and gets in a muddle. Many needs a

couple. And it is adapting, I think. It is a confusing illness so if you

do not have the diagnosis it does not open doors that are vital that I

have support networks for myself, carers groups, support groups that I

need but if I didn't know that Chua had Alzheimer's, I would not have

access to those. Joining me now is Kathryn Smith

from the Alzheimer's Society Good morning to you both. Thank you

for joining us. The Alzheimer's Society has done the research. You

shocked or surprised? I would not say I was particularly surprised

because this is the kind of information that we hear from the

people who speak to is on the helpline that they found it

difficult to get a diagnosis and we have had stories of people who have

known something is wrong for five years before they could get a

diagnosis. So while it is shocking it does back at some of the

anecdotal evidence that we have are from people we work with. Other

doctors you think that are not trying to have a diagnosis or

passing one on? Not at all. As doctors, I think, the diagnosis is

almost like the endpoint. Everyone can look and see it. But a patient,

when people have trouble or worries you have to help them and help them

get to the right place and get the right diagnosis. Sometimes you have

to do what suits them and when it is the right time for them. Sometimes

you will have people who do not want to pursue an active diagnosis and

you need to back off sometimes. You try really hard to get a diagnosis

that you cannot get them into memory clinics or secondary care. It is far

better than that is certainly, doctors are not... Something

interesting fare about some people not wanting the diagnosis. Tell us

about these conversations. Have you even start a conversation like that?

It is a difficult conversation. A diagnosis of dementia is... It is a

fairly serious life changing diagnosis not only to yourself but

for your loved ones and people around you. There are people who do

not want an answer. And I'm sure you probably see this. You sometimes

have family or carer 's come in being worried and sometimes you have

to come if you have a chance to meet them and discuss that from different

points, they do not want to see you all come around to see you.

Sometimes it is just giving them the space and knowing that you are there

how much difference that diagnosis mate? I appreciate that if somebody

does not want to go to a GP then that is different that if somebody

does what go to see a doctor, that means they are worried and stop that

something is not quite right. So for somebody to find out that they have

a diagnosis, it is not the news they wanted to hear but having said that

they then at least know what the problem is and that there is an

issue and get the right care and support things like a lasting

power-of-attorney seek to make arrangements for your own future

care planning or your financial situation and being able to get

information about about your condition about how might affect

you. For certain types of dementia there are medications that can help

delay symptoms. And then finding out the available support. Asking the

family to support you. Or people who have been worried about their family

for quite some time, getting a diagnosis sometimes gives you a

relief, lets you feel you can move on to do what needs to be done next.

The diagnosis is not simple as that? What is the process you need to go

through? In a way it is a little bit easier if they approach you. That is

like one of the big things. There are, I mean, there is a huge

incentive at the moment for doctors to improve and increase the

diagnosis of dementia which they are doing. Initially when you probably

go and see your GP they do so memory tests with you, they do some cloud

tests because the research and conditions that are treatable,

reversible. But then a formal diagnosis is a whole input from

getting scans, getting a psychiatrist's import, plucking

people into support services. It is arranging all of that that is

important as well. And that is a lot harder to access. Thank you very

much for coming to join us today. If you're someone who suffers

from regular aches and pains, scientists in Oxford think they may

have found the reason why, It's all to do with the way

humans have evolved, as Smeetha Mundasad

has been finding out. 3-D printing the bones of our

distant ancestors and imagining how we might look in thousands of years

time. An unconventional way to approach an everyday problem.

Where's that the humans of today get so much joy and pain? To answer,

scientist looked back at hundreds of ancient skeletons and say evolution

could be partly to blame. This is a 30,000 -year-old fighter and it is

this area he which has changed. We call it the neck of the cyclone. As

we have gone through revolution this area is getting sicker and sicker

whereas we know there is a direct link between this area are getting

sicker and early arthritis. That is not all. They can nudge their model

forward, having a guess at how humid skeletons made change in 5000 years

time. These 3-D printed models show what the bones of the future humid

could look like. Scientists say by studying them closely this clear

that the humid skeleton is changing and they say current trends continue

its likely that our riders and pain will get more common. -- arthritis

and pain will get more common. Consider the shoulder. As we began

walking on two legs the shape of the shoulder shifted to compensate for a

new gate. Look at this space getting narrower and narrower over millions

of years. Scientists say this leaves less room for tendons attach muscles

to bone to move. Leading to more pain as we reach overhead. And if

this pattern continues, it is set to get worse in the future. Researchers

say while abolition may have left us with some an harmful hangovers,

physiotherapy and using the right posture can help conquer some of the

downsides of our design. They hope that projects like this one might

help design the joint replacements and surgeries of the future.

Very interesting. This is breakfast. Coming up we have a review of the

year in the world of science. First, however, I would just remind you of

the morning's main news stories. England's chief nursing officer has

urged the NHS to invest more Jane Cummings says money

is being wasted on keeping elderly Four out of five young carers are

going under the radar. Funding cuts have meant local councils are forced

to make difficult decisions. Some voters in England for aftershow

photo ID before being allowed to vote as part of a new trial. It is

one of a number of schemes being introduced by the government to

reduce electoral fraud. The councils involved will use the measure in the

2018 local elections. It comes after a report into photo corruption in

Tower Hamlets last year. Details are emerging

of George Michael's charity work, as tributes continue to pour

in since his death on Christmas Day. He was found dead at home on

Christmas Day. It is revealed he went undercover at a homeless

shelter in spent years donating money to different organisations.

The actor Liz Smith has died at the age of 95. She was best known for

comedy roles, playing often eccentric older ladies, including

Nana in The Royle Family. She only began acting professionally at 49,

enjoyed a career lasting more than four decades until her retirement in

2009. The number of roads remained closed in Scotland after disruption

caused by storm,. Wind speeds in excess of 90 mph were recorded on

the island of Shetland on Boxing Day while large parts of the North

experienced heavy snowfall. The Scottish Transport Minister has

been chairing extra meetings of the government's resilience team

to deal with the situation. I'm not wearing blue because of

Chelsea, but I might as well be. What a difference a year makes for

Chelsea. Hello. It's 12 wins in a row

now for Chelsea, They were missing key players

Diego Costa and Ngolo Kante for their match against Bournemouth,

but they came through as 3-0 winners thanks to goals from Pedro,

Eden Hazard and a late own goal off They're seven points

clear now at the top, and in those 12 games they've

kept 10 clean sheets. We had chances to score more goals,

but for the players, today we played a game without two important

players. But I think we played very well.

Manchester City are up to second place.

They won 3-0 win at bottom of the table Hull, in a game

that was closer than the scoreline suggests.

But after Yaya Toure had opened the scoring from the penalty

spot, gaps appeared in the Hull defence.

This goal from Kelechi Ihenacho made it 2-0.

Things got worse for Hull in injury time when Curtis Davies scored

This stunning finish from Henrikh Mkhitaryan helped

Manchester United to a fourth straight win in the league.

They beat Sunderland 3-1, meaning defeat for David Moyes

on his return to Old Trafford for the first time since

he was sacked as United manager in 2014.

Sam Allardyce's first game in charge of Crystal Palace ended in a 1-1

Elsewhere Arsenal beat West Brom 1-0.

Burnley saw off Middlesbrough by the same scoreline.

Champions Leicester lost at home to Everton 2-0.

And West Ham won away at relegation-threatened

Sam Allardyce's first game in charge of Crystal Palace ended in a 1-1

Later today, Liverpool take on Stoke.

The favourite Thistlecrack claimed an impressive win in the big

Boxing Day race at Kempton Park - the King George VI Chase.

Ridden by Tom Scudamore, Thistlecrack charged clear

on the final circuit to ease to victory ahead of Cue Card

It was only Thistlecrack's fourth race over fences.

It took them until Boxing Day, but Bristol Rugby have their first

win of the Premiership season, beating Worcester 28-20.

The table's bottom side played much of the match with ten men,

but a hat-trick from Tom Varndell helped them close the gap

on their opponents at the foot of the table to just two points.

There were three derby matches in the Pro12.

Glasgow ended a run of three straight defeats by beating rivals

Cardiff Blues beat Newport and Munster beat Leinster

I'll be back at 0700, but now on Breakfast,

Rebecca Morelle looks back on the year in science,

From the mission of a lifetime, this was the year British astronaut

In 2016, the world's largest radio telescope was unveiled.

We also learned about the secret life of seals

And saw advances in a controversial new genetic technique.

Human organs are growing inside these pigs.

This was also the year a global climate deal came into force

but the election of Donald Trump placed a question

And after decades of searching, scientists have detected

It's been called the discovery of the century, making 2016 a truly

I'm here at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in the north of England.

For more than half a century, scientists have been using this vast

telescope to gaze up into the heavens, transforming our

Some people have been lucky enough to experience the wonders

This year it was the turn of British astronaut Tim Peake.

Blasting off, the start of a remarkable mission.

He was heading for the space station to join its international crew

The first British astronaut now on board

In his first live broadcast, he said the experience

We always talk about seeing the view of planet Earth

But, when you look the opposite direction and you see how dark space

is, the blackest black, and you realise how small the Earth

His space moves, though, still needed a bit of work.

But before long, Tim got a chance to put on his space

suit and head outside, joining Nasa astronaut

Tim, it's really cool seeing the Union Jack going outside.

It's explored all over the world, and now it's explored space.

Their task was to carry out essential repairs.

At 400 kilometres above the Earth, what better place to take a selfie?

Science was also key for this European Space Agency mission.

Tim became a human guinea pig, seeing how the body changes in this

He even found time to squeeze in the London Marathon, and,

But after six months, it was time to say goodbye

Strapped into the Soyuz capsule, Tim and his crew mates

Awaiting them, a support team circling above the grassy

Then suddenly, above the clouds, the capsule appeared.

And with a firing of its thrusters, it finally touched down.

Weak after six months in space, but happy to be home.

And it's wonderful to be back in the fresh air.

Since his return, Tim's been meeting schoolchildren around the UK.

He hopes his mission might just inspire the next generation

Jodrell Bank was built back in the 1950s and this dish

In China, the Government is investing heavily in science

and they've decided it's time for their own record-breaker,

a radio telescope that's half a kilometre across.

Hidden in the remote mountains of south-west China,

This is the largest radio telescope ever built.

Earlier this year, as it neared completion, I was given rare access

and a chance for a view unlike any other.

It's only when you get up close that you really get a sense

Bigger is better when it comes to astronomy.

The larger the dish, the more signals can be

collected from space, helping us to see deeper

In China, astronomy, we are far behind the world.

I think it is time for us to build something in China and used

by a lot of Chinese users, and also welcome the

The telescope works by listening to radio waves emitted

The dish is so big it will reveal the first stars and galaxies

and even hunt for signs of extraterrestrial life.

Building it has taken the Chinese just five years.

At a cost of $180 million, it is part of the country's

unprecedented investment in science, that's on the verge

By September, the final pieces were slotted into place.

China is now hoping its super-sized project will transform it

For the medical world, it's also been a year of breakthroughs.

These miniature brains, called organoids.

They're grown from a single cell, donated by patients.

And they're helping scientists to understand

We can actually compare the organoids to the patient and see

if we can see some of the features of the disorder

and try to understand what caused those features.

I think it's a really huge step toward some hopefully really amazing

breakthroughs in what has been a desert in the field

And in Poland, this man was completely paralysed

Now he is relearning how to use his legs.

Two years ago, he had a cell transplant to

Now scientists want to see if these outstanding results can

And in America, the technology called gene editing

Here, human stem cells are being injected into a pig embryo.

Scientists are attempting to grow a human pancreas inside a pig.

Our hope is that this pig embryo will develop normally.

But the pancreas will be made up almost exclusively out of human

So that then that pancreas could be compatible with a patient

These pigs are pregnant with the embryos.

They won't reach full term - they will be removed after a

Every organ we try to make - be it kidney, liver or lung, we will look

If we find it is too human like, we won't let those foetuses be born.

The hope is this technology could eventually solve organ

shortages but it also raises profound, ethical questions.

In 2016, we've also been learning about

These incredible animals were found in the Mariana Trench,

as scientists explored the deepest place on the planet.

And an animal that's a record-breaker.

Scientists believe the Greenland shark can reach 400

years old, making it the world's longest living vertebrate.

And this year, we learned about the secret lives of seals.

Beneath the waves, these animals are a mystery.

They spend two thirds of their time in the water.

But down here, they have been little studied.

We travelled to their home in the north of England,

It was a chance to join these animals in the

The animals seemed as interested in us

these incredible animals up close, you do have to get into the water.

Around the coast of the UK, nearly 40% of the world's

There are 5000 here in the Farne Islands.

This is Ben, who has been diving with seals for years.

Recording behaviour that surprisingly has never been

What we are seeing is a lot of mating behaviour under water,

down to depths of nearly eight metres.

A lot of bull seal activity where they will wrestle each other,

pushing each other and turning each other.

By having these competitions underwater, whether that reduces

that conflict on the land and they remember that behaviour.

We are getting an intriguing glimpse of a hidden world.

Understanding these animals could be the key to keeping

With this beautiful and intricate model, you can

see our solar system at a glance and explore how the planets

There is one world that dominates all others, that's Jupiter.

It's the biggest planet in our solar system

Beneath its swirling clouds, Jupiter is a world shrouded in mystery.

These images, though spectacular, were taken from afar.

Nasa wanted to see this giant up close.

The spacecraft called Juno embarking on an epic journey.

As it neared its destination, it faced its biggest challenge.

To get into orbit, it had to slam on its brakes and survive

everything Jupiter could throw at it, including its deadly radiation.

When Juno goes into orbit around Jupiter, we're going to go

through a really nasty, hazardous region,

radiation belts that are very close to the planet.

They are nasty and can destroy and attack all

Scientists faced a tense wait at mission control in California to

learn the fate of their billion-dollar spacecraft.

The mood is pure elation here.

After more than a decade of work and a

journey through space, Juno is the closest we have ever been to

For the first time, its South Pole was revealed.

Covered in storms, many even bigger than the Earth.

In the north, it's blanketed by a thick atmosphere.

In this infrared view, at the top you

And the sound was captured as the spacecraft flew through

We're flying over the pole for the first time.

Scientists say Jupiter is like nothing they have ever seen before.

But Mars was the destination for the European Space Agency.

Firstly to get a spacecraft into orbit, which went

Scientists also wanted to set down a lander on the

But a signal was never sent back to Earth.

Days later, these images revealed a crash site.

The spacecraft had failed in the final moments of its descent.

This year we have been pushing the boundaries of space exploration.

Our focus has been very much on our own planet.

2016 has been declared the hottest year on record,

putting climate change and how to tackle it in the spotlight

This year, our planet united, at least for a while.

For the world's countries, a plan to cut

greenhouse gases became international law.

The groundwork was laid at a climate summit in

After years of negotiations, an historic global

Countries must now move away from fossil fuels and instead adopt

But just as the Paris deal came into force,

Donald Trump was elected as the US President.

He once called climate change a hoax.

In 2012, he tweeted it was invented by the Chinese to

During his campaign, he said this is what he would do.

We are going to cancel the Paris Climate Agreement and stop all

payments of the United States tax dollars to UN global

Island nations affected by rising sea levels pleaded with

President-elect Trump, I formally invite you to Fiji and promise you

We will show you how we are already having

to move entire communities out of the way of the rising seas.

With its reliance on fossil fuels like coal,

the United States is the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.

Its participation in the global climate deal was seen as vital.

He has recently appointed a climate sceptic to lead on the environment.

Some fear the future of the Paris deal now looks uncertain.

In 2016, protection for the animals living in

the icy wilderness of Antarctica was also a focus.

In October, a great swathe of its ocean was declared a

marine protected area, the largest in the world.

It is hoped, even for tiny creatures like krill, the

foundation of the food chain, the future of this unique

and fragile environment will be preserved.

And this will be vital for the continent's most

These penguins started nesting here just ten years ago.

It is thought they may have moved because of climate change.

Now scientists have set up a network of cameras to monitor them.

It shows how the colony is changing, hour by hour,

At another site, scientists are counting the birds

This particular region, this particular species, has seen a

Those declines are likely associatd with climate change and there may be

a link with competition from fisheries, as in humans

obtaining the same food, krill, as these penguins

Scientists say only by tracking these birds will we see how they

And coming soon to Antarctica, Boaty McBoatface, well, almost.

While the polar research ship was under constrction,

the British public overwhelmingly voted for Boaty to be its name.

Instead, opting to dedicate the vessel to Sir David

Attenborough, a more fitting title, they said.

Boaty McBoatface is now the name of the ship's robotic submersible.

In the world of tech, there was a battle

A champion player of the ancient game of Go

went up against an artificial intelligence programme developed by

After four hours, the human resigned.

Advances in AI are also enabling developments in driverless cars.

This vehicle was made by Tesla, a company owned by tech

Only a car that is not self-driving in the

long-term will be like owning a horse.

You would own and use it for sentimental reasons but not for

But the burgeoning industry came under the

Joshua Brown was a huge fan of Tesla cars

But his vehicle collided with a lorry and he was killed.

It seems his car failed to recognise the truck crossing in

The vehicle's safety features have been upgraded and Elon Musk

maintains they're still safer than a car with a human in control.

In 2016, it was time to take a last look at this comet, as we said

farewell to the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission.

It had given us these stunning images,

revealing an alien world in incredible detail.

Two years before, scientists attempted something many

Landing a robot on the comet's surface.

It was a moment of space history in the making.

The robot stopped working after a few days but

Continuing the mission was the Rosetta mothership, which remained

This year its power began to fade and it

was time to bring the mission to a close.

The spacecraft would go out with a crash landing.

The Rosetta spacecraft was designed to fly to

the comet, around the comet, but not to land on it.

There is no doubt that as soon as it touches down, it

It gives scientists the chance to squeeze

every last drop of science out of this mission.

All the way down it will be taking close-up photos and

We will be listening for the signal from Rosetta.

This time the mood was emotional, as scientists waited

And so, this is the end of the Rosetta mission.

You just know when you do these things it comes to an end.

But, you know, it is the end in a long, long mission.

But with more than 100,000 photos and countless scientific

observations, the work for the team is not over.

The mission has captured the world's imagination and

we may well be hearing about its discoveries for years to come.

For researchers at this observatory, and around the world,

2016 is a year that will go down in history.

After decades of searching, scientists finally discovered

gravitational waves - invisible ripples that pass through our

It is a breakthrough of simply astronomical proportions.

This is the equation behind his theory of general relativity,

It told us everything from the motion of the

planets to the presence of black holes.

But this year, the final piece of Einstein's puzzle was found.

We have detected gravitational waves.

The idea is, as any object moves through the fabric of

the universe, it gives off waves of gravitational energy,

much like the ripples that emanate across the surface of

the water when you throw a stone into a pond.

And the ones we have spotted emanated from this

cataclysmic event which took place 1.3 billion light years away.

Two black holes moving ever closer together.

Eventually they smashed into one another, merging.

The collision generated a surge of gravitational ripples that

They were spotted by this vast experiment in America.

Tunnels carrying laser beams, sensitive enough to pick up

the minute disturbances caused by the oscillations.

These black holes actually spiralled in over a billion years ago.

The signal has been travelling to us since then and we

turned on our detectors at just the right time

It is a discovery that not only provides another feather

It also heralds in a new era in science.

Gravitational waves provide a completely new way

The ability to detect them as the dead shall to

-- The ability to detect them has the potential

Until now, even our most advanced telescopes could show us

Now we can detect gravitational waves, we

will be able to look deeper into space and further

back in time than ever before, perhaps all

We end the year with a brand-new perspective of the universe,

one that will usher in new discoveries

This is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin.

Too many young carers are going "under the radar"

A study by the Children's Commissioner for England says four

out of five young people don't get the help they should from local

Some voters in England will have to show photographic ID before

casting their vote as part of efforts to reduce electoral fraud.

His private life was very much public knowledge,

but details of George Michael's quiet generosity begin to surface

Chelsea extend their winning run to 12 games

as they go seven points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Good morning. It is a cold and frosty start to the day, but for

most of us, it will be dry with hazy sunshine, except in the north and

west, where they will be a bit more clout at times and spots of rain.

More details in 15 minutes -- cloud. The Children's Commissioner

for England says the vast majority of young carers receive

no support from local Anne Longfield says four out of five

are "going under the radar". The Local Government Association

said funding cuts meant councils were being forced to make

difficult decisions. This is Daniel, one of thousands

of young carers in England. He's ten and lives with his mum,

Florella, who has a brain tumour. When he's not at school,

he helps around the house, but he constantly worries

about his mum when he isn't there. I started becoming more responsible

and I started doing the cleaning. I started paying more attention

to what my mum was doing. Then, because I wasn't around,

I was always worried Today's report by the Children's

Commissioner found of the 160,000 young carers in England,

just over 128,000 children aged 5-17 may not be known

to local authorities. And councils identified 160 young

carers in England who are under This is often systematic support

for vulnerable family members who may have mental illness

or physical disabilities. They need to be able

to flourish at school, they need to be able to enjoy

childhood and grow up, whilst they're still offering

the familial support that The Local Government Association

says funding cuts to children's services means councils have been

forced to make difficult decisions about what support they

are able to provide. But it says all young carers should

receive an assessment to find out Coming up before 7:30,

I'll be talking to Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield,

and to a teenage girl who looks England's chief nursing officer has

urged the NHS to invest more Jane Cummings says money

is being wasted on keeping elderly She says reform is needed to make

sure people don't get caught between different

parts of the system. Some voters in England will have

to show photo ID before being allowed to cast their ballots,

as part of a new trial. It's one of a number

of efforts being introduced Our political correspondent

Tom Bateman is in our Tom, why has the government decided

this change is needed? Who will it affect? Good morning.

This began a couple of years ago when the mayor of Tower Hamlets in

east London was kicked out of office because a court found he was guilty

of voting fraud. There were allegations and concerns about

voters being bullied and intimidated into voting a certain way. The

government as the former Security secretary Eric Pickles to this

issue, and he came up with several recommendations, such as showing ID

when they go into the polling both. He was worried about the post of

rights and opportunities for people to fill those in four other people,

and for fraud to take place there -- polling booth. The government says

it will trial voters in England at the local elections in 2018 having

to show some sort of idea. This will only happen in a few areas, and it

might be things like passport or driving licence, or perhaps a bus

pass or even a bankcard. Something like that. The government said it is

determined to try to crack down on this. There are people in the Labour

Party who say, this is not really as big an issue as the government is

making out. It is potentially trying to rig the system to help people

very conservative. They say in much bigger issue is how we registered to

vote. They worried that lots of people have fallen off the voter

register and in their view it is particularly Labour voters. I think

this debate will go on. Thank you. Details are emerging

of George Michael's charity work, as tributes continue to pour

in since his death on Christmas Day. For years the singer had donated

money to organisations, and worked undercover

at a homeless shelter. He was a huge personality,

whose life played out But behind this onstage persona,

details of George Michael's charitable donations

are now emerging. He had volunteered to work

in a homeless shelter, He paid for a game show contestant

to have IVF treatment. And gave Sport Relief ?50,000

when David Walliams swam Children, cancer patients

and many other charities Last night, tributes came

from those closest to him. George Michael's partner,

Fadi Fawaz, said he'd never forget this Christmas, having found him

dead, peacefully in bed, His former long-term partner

Kenny Goss paid tribute to an extremely kind and generous

man, saying he loved him At his home in Goring-on-Thames

in Oxfordshire, friends came There were emotional scenes

at another of his houses, Highgate in London, from people

struggling to come to terms with his death from

suspected heart failure. I know that 2016 has been a bad

year, and it is very sad for a lot of artists, but it was

George Michael that got I think we grew up with him,

was the main thing. George Michael's career spanned

nearly four decades, and these fans will make

sure his music lives on. Russian media is reporting

that the black box flight recorder has been recovered from the military

plane that crashed into 3000 people are involved

in the search operation, Liz Smith, the actor best known

for playing Nana in the sitcom The Royle Family, has

died at the age of 95. A spokesperson for her family

announced she passed away Peter Ruddick has been

looking back at her life. Could she have wafer

thin ham, Barbara? From dotty Nana Norma Speakman

in The Royle Family to the eccentric baker Letitia Cropley

in The Vicar Of Dibley, Liz Smith carved out

a niche playing scatty Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Well, I put in a little

something extra as well. She had been through a tough

childhood, and an even tougher early career as a single mother of two

with a series of part-time jobs. It was only when she was nearly 50

that she got her breakthrough after being offered a theatre

role by Mike Leigh. It was like a wonderful

realisation that at last She may have started late,

but she made up for lost time with award-winning roles

in TV and film, resulting in her being awarded

the MBE in 2009. But it will be as Nana,

the Queen of Sheba, for which she will be

most remembered. The actor Liz Smith,

who has died at the age of 95. Only about half of the families

in Britain own their homes, according to new analysis

by the Resolution Foundation. Official housing statistics point

to a much higher figure, but the Foundation believes

the number of people living in privately rented accommodation

has been underestimated. A number of roads remain closed

in Scotland after the disruption Wind speeds in excess of 90 miles

an hour were recorded on the island of Shetland

on Boxing Day while large parts of the north experienced

heavy snowfall. The Scottish Transport Minister has

been chairing extra meetings of the government's resilience team

to deal with the situation. A group of conservationists say

that the world's fastest land animal, the cheetah,

is rapidly heading for extinction. The Zoological Society of London

says cheetah numbers in the world are falling

because of human encroachment They say it's "crunch time"

for the cats, with only an estimated 7000 left in Africa

and just 50 in Iran. Let's take you back to our main

story. The death of George Michael

dominates the front pages That is the front page of the

Telegraph, a lovely photograph of him. Norma Corby commenting that it

was his inner conflict that made him so compelling -- Neil McCormick. You

were someone special, George, in the Sun. The Daily Mail talking about

him on the front page of the Mirror, the words of his partner as well.

influential music stars in 2016, including David Bowie and Prince.

Here's a look back at what's been a sad year for the world of music.

# The bestselling show # Is the life on Mars #.

Breaking news, sad news, that the singer David Bowie has died.

Prince's home and recording studio is awash with tears and tributes as

fans of all generations come to pay their respects to a musical genius.

# You look like you are having fun # Watch out, here I come

# You spin me right round, baby, like a record, baby, right round #.

Give its tone of the most influential singer songwriters of

all time, Leonard Cohen, who has died at the age of 92 -- tribute to

one of the most influential. # Hallelujah... #.

# Down, down, did the end down # Down, down, get down, deep end

down #. George Michael, one of the biggest

stars of his generation, has died at the age of 53.

# I need someone to hold me, but I will wait for something more

# Because I have to have faith # I have to have faith

# Because I have to have faith, faith, faith

# I have to have faith, hope, faith #.

So what legacy will George Michael and other stars leave behind?

Sid Griffin is a musician, songwriter and author and joins us

Let's talk about George Michael first. He death really seems to have

quite an impact on people. It does, but I think it is because he has a

greater cultural impact than just a singer-songwriter. On many of his

obituaries, he has sold millions of records, but not everybody has a

cultural impact to match their musical impact. George Michael did.

He represented something greater than just being a pop star who sold

a lot of records. He represented something that the gay and lesbian

community and something to left-wing politics, because he was an arch

anti- Thatcherite. He was suspicious of new Labour. He wrote songs making

light of his own situation and songs for the downtrodden. He never forgot

the dance beat and the musical hooks, but he meant something more

than just selling a lot of records. I think that is why George Michael

has been such a painful loss these last 36 hours. Absolutely. So many

of his songs are memorable for many different reasons, because he made

an extraordinary comeback. He did, George Michael was on the

cusp of them even greater comeback, he claimed to have a new solo album

in the works 97% done and I'm sure we will hear it in one form or

another over the next 18 months or something, it wouldn't be the final

product he wanted. The loss of George Michael, you've heard the

story, I'm sure all of Britain has, he gave ?15,000 to a woman who

wanted IVF treatment, ?5,000 to a woman weeping in a cafe about her

debts and couldn't get on top of her finances, he worked in a soup

kitchen of a homeless shelter. This is an extraordinary man even by pop

star standards. Lots of pop stars have a problem with drink, drugs and

fame, it goes with the territory, the public eye brings that public

pressure onto your private life but George Michael, the way he dealt

with it openly and the way he led his life and he was an open book, he

may not have liked it but I thought he dealt with it very well. It is

just absurd that he has... He's only 53, so young! I wish there were more

pop stars we could talk about that worked in homeless shelters! It does

seem to have been quite a year, with David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Prince,

just to name a few. What do you make of it? Louise, let me do this really

quickly. Rick Parfitt from status quo and George Michael, David Bowie,

Glenn Frey the Eagles, by Clarke from Nashville in Austin, Texas,

Belfast own's Kennedy, Ralph Stanley, the red Army plane crash

yesterday and the ensemble, George Martin, Pete Burns, a tribe called

quest, Leonard Cohen, and the great Merle Haggard of country and Western

fame. It has been a ghastly year for fans of pop music. Those are pretty

darn big names. Let's hope next year is a bit better. I don't see how it

can be any worse! Thank you for your time this morning.

Carol is talking about cold temperatures this morning?

Good morning. A cold and frosty start if you haven't yet ventured

out, temperatures got two -5 last night at Bournemouth airport but

widely across England and Wales in particular they are below freezing.

Mostly dry, high pressure in charge of our weather, a bit more of a

squeeze for the north in the isobars, breezy so not as much of a

problem with frost and fog. Some fog possible this morning in England and

Wales and if it forms it will lift readily, leaving us with a cold

start but also a sunny one. The temperatures by 9am, no great

shakes. Sunshine in East Anglia, the Midlands into Wales, more cloud at

times in northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland but

nonetheless, some of us will see some sunny spells and we have

showers in the north and west of Scotland first thing. Those showers

will continue for a time yet but eventually they will fade and it

will dry up in the north and west of Scotland and here too we will see

sunshine. More cloud coming in during the day and the sunshine will

turn that bit hazy. Temperature wise, no great shakes, six, seven,

maybe eight or nine at best. As we head through the evening and

overnight, quickly we see a return to frost and fog, the fog will form

more widely than last night. High pressure keeping things fairly

static, look at the isobars, so widely spaced in England and Wales.

Not much of a breeze to move the fog along. Early tomorrow morning there

will be dense fog potentially leading to destruction, if you're

travelling tomorrow there that in mind and keep in touch with your BBC

local radio station or the travel pages online on the BBC where you

will find the latest. It will be slow to clear, someone to clear at

all, some will lift into low cloud. If you're stuck in an area without

fault, temperatures will struggle to get above freezing but it will

brighten up in the west, south-west, Wales, a grey day in western

Scotland -- with that fog. A weather front in the north-west will bring

more persistent rain. On Thursday, Windy especially in the north, not

to the extent some have already seen. The weather in Edinburgh,

Belfast, Cardiff and London, the capital cities, fairly cloudy and

temperatures again nothing to write home about. We might get 11 on

Friday in Belfast but the trend is onto the weekend, turning colder and

the wind will turn to more of a northerly and some in the northern

half of the country could see some wintryness in our weather as well.

Lucky I got my gloves for Christmas then, Carol! Very handy. Thanks for

keeping us company. See you in about an hour.

For many of us, it's the time of year to either be sat around

the dinner table or in front of the television.

But with a rise in streaming services, gone are the days

of the whole country watching the same programme at the same time.

Breakfast's Sean Farrington has been looking at the boom in on-demand.

We've been gorging this Christmas, not just on food but on data.

This year the average household has consumed over 130 gigabytes of data

each month, the equivalent to more than 200 episodes of Planet Earth,

the iPlayer's most popular programme of the year.

The way we get that data into our households is through broadband

and the faster the connection the more

likely we are to download our favourite programmes.

The better the connection, 30 or 40 megabits a second,

the more likely we are then to use online video like Sky TV,

Amazon Prime, BBC iPlayer or Netflix.

I want to start at the beginning, watch it all night.

I watch iPlayer on the computer and sometimes on my mum's phone

In the evening I will sit here and watch

I will do something on my phone and my

daughter will be upstairs with her laptop and occasionally,

not every night at all, and occasionally the youngest

will be in this bed with this best babysitter, the iPad,

and he may just watch a bit of YouTube to settle him down

Although there has been a big improvement on 2015,

the regulator, Ofcom, says that large parts of the UK

are still not able to get a decent broadband connection.

Over 1 million homes not able to download fast and offer

Broadband is so important now to families,

particularly younger families, where every body wants to be online

It is now is important to them as electricity

The problem is that there are still frowned a thousand homes

cannot stream one video will own two or

It is important because the availability of faster

broadband has meant we're taking more control of what we watch

and more particularly when it suits us.

The number crunchers at the BBC's iPlayer

think they'll see traffic on their website increased by 36%

When it's Christmas time you watch more

You don't go to school, you have no homework.

As we enter 2017 we noticed that the kids and family space

is underserviced at the moment so we will invest heavily

does not patronise young audiences.

On average we watch over four hours of television a day.

Mostly through the familiar TV channels.

Still lots of room for growth for the likes of Amazon and Netflix

with a particular challenge for 2017,

can they get the whole family

together in the same room to watch something online?

Throughout England, there are around 160,000 children who care

But the Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield says that the overwhelming

number of these do so without any help from their local council.

She joins me now, along with 16-year-old Leah,

who cares for her mum when dad Jonathan is working away.

Good morning, thank you for joining us. Leah, we will start with you, as

a young carer yourself, I know you help with your mum and your younger

brothers and sisters as well, what does it involve? It can involve the

cleaning, the cooking, the washing, minding the children so my mum can

have a bit of a break. And that's it. That's an awful lot to be doing.

How old are you? 16. Presumably you're studying for your GCSEs?

Yeah. How do you fit that in with all your other duties? It depends on

what I'm doing, when my dad is working, I help my mum, when I come

home from school I carry on helping her and I do my homework around

7:30pm when everyone has gone to bed. How does that compare to your

friends who don't have caring responsibilities, presumably they

have a different light? Yeah. I don't think they give them the

medication, they don't look after children -- different life. Your

household chores they do but you don't do it as much as I would do.

Do you feel the heavyweight of responsibility, how do you feel

about doing it? It can be a bit stressful at times but I don't

really mind because I know it's helping my mum at the end of the

day. Jonathan, she's doing an amazing job? She certainly is. She's

not in any way alone and the figures you have are extraordinary. What

struck me most, some of these children identified, 160,000 young

carers under the age of five. I wash up by that number, I didn't expect

it, this is new information from the local authorities -- I was shocked.

It is likely to be an underestimation as well! They said

30 councils said 160 children under the age of five. That is something

we need to know more about. You need to know what they're caring

responsibilities in tail. They haven't given that information so I

need to know what they are doing -- involve. Are you worried about these

children taking on these responsibilities or that they aren't

getting support? It's the fact they are under the radar and they aren't

getting support. You heard from Leah, she loves her family, doing

amazing things and without complaint, but they are heavy

burdens and we know young carers are more likely to fall behind at school

and have poor health and actually more likely to not have the freedoms

of friendship that children of that age will, and those are heavy

burdens and they need more help. Why are they going under the radar?

Partly because local authorities don't know they are there so the

information isn't good, that needs to improve. Partly because the

emphasis on identifying them and assessing them rather than on

providing support as well, that's an emphasis that probably needs to

change so this poses real questions for local authorities about how they

know more about carers, how they offer support and how schools can

help as well. Can there be a role to install people to say they are

carers? That is surely the case, that families will often be

reluctant to say this. -- can there be able items. Possibly there could

be bullying at school when they stand out. When schools do know

about this -- can there be reluctance. They can offer

additional support and raise the issue in assemblies. In the

south-west for example, 40% of children who are carers get help, in

London that drops to 17% so it is possible. Leah, you do get help,

what kind of things are you given help with? With the young carers,

you can go on a break or something, so if you need to give them a call

they are available 24/7. You have been on breaks as well, haven't you.

Do you talk with your friends about your responsibilities? I don't talk

to them about what I do but they have heard the expression young

carers before but I don't tell them what I've done. With your other

young carers, does that help when you talk about your experiences?

It's not just me, there's hundreds of people there as well. What kind

of support would make a big difference or have you got enough? I

think I've got enough but it would be good if it was in school is a bit

more and stuff. That means people would be more aware about it. -- in

schools. Is there a stigma? There could be but I don't think there

should be, this is exactly what other young carers say. This is

about acknowledging, recognising and providing the understanding and

support when needed. Thank you all. Good luck as well with your exams, I

know it's really important. Thank you very much.

From a suitcase, to a military jacket,

we'll hear the remarkable stories behind the ordinary objects,

Hello, this is Breakfast with Louise Minchin.

Coming up, we've got a special edition of Click,

looking back on what new technology was unveiled this year.

But first, a summary of this morning's main news.

The Children's Commissioner for England says the vast majority

of young carers receive no support from local

More than 160,000 young people in England are carers

but Anne Longfield says four out of five of them

The Local Government Association said funding cuts mean councils

are being forced to make difficult decisions.

Some voters in England will have to show photo ID before

being allowed to vote, as part of a new trial.

It's one of a number of schemes being introduced

by the government to reduce electoral fraud.

The councils involved will use the measure

It comes after a report into voter corruption

Details have emerged of George Michael's charity work,

as tributes continue to pour in after his sudden death.

He was found dead at home on Christmas Day.

For years the singer had donated money to organisations,

and recently worked undercover at a homeless shelter.

The actor Liz Smith has died at the age of 95.

She was best known for comedy roles playing often

eccentric older ladies, including Mrs Cropley in the Vicar

of Dibley and Nana in the Royle Family.

Her breakthrough role only came in her late 40s but she enjoyed

a career lasting more than four decades until her

A number of roads remain closed in Scotland after the disruption

Wind speeds in excess of 90 miles an hour were recorded

on the island of Shetland on Boxing Day while large parts

of the north experienced heavy snowfall.

The Scottish Transport Minister has been chairing extra meetings

of the government's resilience team to deal with the situation.

Coming up on the programme, Carol will have the weather.

coming up next it's Match of the Day, so just a brief round up

It's 12 wins in a row for Chelsea at the top

They were missing key players Diego Costa and Ngolo Kante

for their match against Bournemouth, but they came through as 3-0

winners thanks to goals from Pedro, Eden Hazard and a late own goal.

They're seven points clear now at the top,

and in those 12 games they've kept 10 clean sheets.

We had many chances to score more goals, but today we played a game

without two important players, but I think we played very well.

Here are the rest of yesterday's results -

as you can see, there were also wins at the top end of the table

for Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal.

Liverpool play Stoke later, Jurgen Klopp's side will go second

The favourite, Thistlecrack, claimed an impressive win in the big

Boxing Day race at Kempton Park, the King George VI Chase.

Ridden by Tom Scudamore, Thistlecrack charged clear

on the final circuit to take an imperious victory ahead

It was only Thistlecrack's fourth race over fences.

It took them until Boxing Day, but Bristol rugby have their first

win of the season, beating Worcester 28-20.

The Premiership's bottom side played much of the match with ten men,

but a hat-trick from Tom Varndell helped them close the gap

on their opponents at the foot of the table to just two points.

There were three derby matches in the Pro12.

Glasgow ended a run of three straight defeats by beating Scottish

rivals Edinburgh 25-12 at Murrayfield.

Cardiff Blues beat Newport and Munster beat Leinster

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