30/12/2016

:00:00. > :00:00.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Charlie

:00:00. > :00:11.Russia warns of retaliation as 35 of its diplomats are expelled

:00:12. > :00:15.from the US over the hacking scandal.

:00:16. > :00:17.President Obama's ordered the sanctions after claims Moscow

:00:18. > :00:34.interfered in America's presidential elections.

:00:35. > :00:37.Good morning, it's Friday, 30 December.

:00:38. > :00:40.Also this morning: Learner drivers will be allowed on motorways

:00:41. > :00:46.The Government says the plans will improve road safety.

:00:47. > :00:48.Prescribing pets - why senior nurses are calling

:00:49. > :00:56.for more animals to be used as part of patients' treatment.

:00:57. > :01:02.I guess it is a bit of normality because we have dogs at home, so to

:01:03. > :01:10.have won in hospital is quite nice. It is reckoned we are using 300,000

:01:11. > :01:16.tonnes of card over the Christmas period. I am at a recycling plant to

:01:17. > :01:18.see what happens to all the stuff we have been chucking into the bin.

:01:19. > :01:23.In sport: Swansea's City's search for a new manager continues,

:01:24. > :01:26.with Ryan Giggs the latest name to be ruled out of the running.

:01:27. > :01:29.Wales boss Chris Coleman also appears to be out of reach.

:01:30. > :01:32.And the challenge of filming series three of Sherlock in front

:01:33. > :01:36.of the fans, Benedict Cumberbatch tells us how he copes with his ever

:01:37. > :01:44.It is kind of peculiar because there is this excitement and expectation

:01:45. > :01:46.and if you raise an eyebrow you get a cheer.

:01:47. > :01:57.Yes, I am at the Tower of London, and it won't be me on ice only this

:01:58. > :02:01.morning, frosty to the south and east with dense patches of fog. Much

:02:02. > :02:07.more mild elsewhere, and all other details to come with the forecast to

:02:08. > :02:10.the end of the year and the start of a brand-new one in 15 minutes.

:02:11. > :02:12.President Obama has ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian

:02:13. > :02:14.diplomats in response to alleged interference

:02:15. > :02:15.in the American presidential election.

:02:16. > :02:18.Moscow has denied the allegations of cyber attacks, and said

:02:19. > :02:20.its response will cause the United States "significant

:02:21. > :02:35.Our correspondent Laura Bicker sent this report from Washington.

:02:36. > :02:42.Russia stands accused of trying to help Donald Trump become president.

:02:43. > :02:47.Moscow had been warned but now it is being punished for interfering in US

:02:48. > :02:50.elections. America's top intelligence agencies believe a

:02:51. > :02:54.cyber attack on the e-mails of Hillary Clinton's closest aides was

:02:55. > :02:58.orchestrated by the highest levels of Russian government. At Mr Trump

:02:59. > :03:04.has always questioned the evidence. Once a hack if you don't catch them

:03:05. > :03:08.in the act, you won't catch them. You don't know if it is Russia or

:03:09. > :03:13.China or somebody, it could be somebody sitting in a bed. At the

:03:14. > :03:18.FBI and CIA both agree the hackers they say were Russian and now Mr

:03:19. > :03:35.Trump is softening his stance. In a statement he said... President Obama

:03:36. > :03:40.said all Americans should be alarmed. He has ordered that 35

:03:41. > :03:45.officials are expelled. They are believed to have close links with

:03:46. > :03:48.Russian intelligence. They had a 72 hours to leave the country. And he

:03:49. > :03:52.is closing two Russian compounds, one in New York and the other in

:03:53. > :03:56.Maryland. White House officials said Russia had to pay a price for weight

:03:57. > :04:02.they described as an extra dairy attack on US democratic elections.

:04:03. > :04:08.President Obama warned that further action is to come at a time of his

:04:09. > :04:12.choosing. Russia described the closing of its US compounds as the

:04:13. > :04:15.death throes of political corpses and want it will hit back.

:04:16. > :04:18.Learner drivers are to be allowed on motorways for the first time

:04:19. > :04:20.under new Government plans to improve road safety.

:04:21. > :04:23.The Department of Transport is launching a seven week

:04:24. > :04:25.consultation on the proposed changes from today.

:04:26. > :04:28.It says the idea is designed to improve awareness and experience

:04:29. > :04:41.The proposed changes to both driver and motorcyclist training,

:04:42. > :04:43.says the government, would improve safety

:04:44. > :04:49.For drivers, changes would mean that competent learners will be able

:04:50. > :04:52.to have lessons on motorways with an approved driving instructor

:04:53. > :05:00.The biggest proposed changes are reserved for motorcyclists.

:05:01. > :05:03.The compulsory basic training course, which allows them to ride

:05:04. > :05:04.unaccompanied on roads, would be updated.

:05:05. > :05:07.Motorcycle training would also move more online with novice riders

:05:08. > :05:10.having to take a theory test and those holding a provisional

:05:11. > :05:12.motorcycle licence would also have their CBT certificates revoked

:05:13. > :05:23.if they get more than six penalty points.

:05:24. > :05:26.The motoring organization, the RAC, have welcome the proposals,

:05:27. > :05:28.saying Britain's roads are already amongst the safest in the world,

:05:29. > :05:31.and that changes are needed to help modernise driver

:05:32. > :05:35.And in around an hour we'll be talking to the RAC Foundation

:05:36. > :05:42.A nationwide ceasefire has come into force in Syria

:05:43. > :05:43.between the government and rebel factions.

:05:44. > :05:47.Fighting is said to have stopped in much of the country

:05:48. > :05:49.but there have been reports of some clashes.

:05:50. > :05:51.A number of organisations are not covered by the truce,

:05:52. > :06:01.And we'll be getting more reaction to developments on the ceasefire

:06:02. > :06:04.with a security expert, Afshin Shahi, at 6:40am this

:06:05. > :06:18.The Prime Minister has distanced herself from highly critical remarks

:06:19. > :06:21.made by the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, about Israel.

:06:22. > :06:24.In a speech on Wednesday, Mr Kerry described Benjamin Netanyahu's

:06:25. > :06:26.government as the most right wing in the country's history,

:06:27. > :06:29.and accused it of jeopardising the peace process.

:06:30. > :06:31.But Downing Street said it was "not appropriate" to attack

:06:32. > :06:33.the composition of the democratically elected government

:06:34. > :06:37.National Parks in England have lost a quarter of their government

:06:38. > :06:40.funding in the past five years, according to research by the Press

:06:41. > :06:43.Campaigners warn it could threaten the areas for future generations,

:06:44. > :06:46.but the government says their budgets are protected until 2020.

:06:47. > :06:59.With stunning scenery and rare wildlife, 19 million people visit

:07:00. > :07:02.them every year but England's national parks have had their

:07:03. > :07:09.funding cut in recent times, down by a quarter since 2010. Areas loved by

:07:10. > :07:13.many and described by the government as national treasures simply are not

:07:14. > :07:16.getting the cash they used to. Figures show the grants given to

:07:17. > :07:19.nine out of 10 national parks in England have been shrinking, it

:07:20. > :07:26.reduced by more than ?10 million over five years. With inflation

:07:27. > :07:31.factored in that is a real terms cut of up to 40%. In a statement the

:07:32. > :07:43.department for environment, food and left as says... There are efforts to

:07:44. > :07:47.bring in more money by bringing in more visitors. There is a government

:07:48. > :07:53.plan for encouraging school trips and overseas tourists. Campaigners,

:07:54. > :07:57.though, point to information centres closing, bus services being axed and

:07:58. > :08:03.staff cuts in some national parks. They say they will need to be more

:08:04. > :08:07.cash so the beauty of the parks can be enjoyed by generations to come.

:08:08. > :08:09.Newly released government files shows sentries at Faslane naval base

:08:10. > :08:11.were ordered to shoot suspected intruders,

:08:12. > :08:13.after three people broke into a nuclear submarine.

:08:14. > :08:16.The Prime Minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher, who was told

:08:17. > :08:18.of the order, said she was "horrified"

:08:19. > :08:35.Faslane, home to Britain's nuclear submarines and one of the most

:08:36. > :08:42.secure military establishments in Britain. Also, you would think. Yet

:08:43. > :08:48.in October 1980 83 anti- nuclear demonstrators broke into the base at

:08:49. > :08:52.night and got aboard a nuclear sub. Documents released at the national

:08:53. > :08:55.archives show the Prime Minister was appalled. When Mrs Thatcher was

:08:56. > :08:59.first told of the security breach the thing that evidently horrified

:09:00. > :09:03.her most was that the intruders had managed to get into the core group

:09:04. > :09:07.-- control room of the Polaris submarine. Adviser Charles Powell

:09:08. > :09:10.wrote, had there been armed terrorist the consequences would

:09:11. > :09:14.have been incalculable. And Mrs Thatcher herself noted that the top

:09:15. > :09:19.of the page, I am utterly horrified. We could all have been put in

:09:20. > :09:27.Greenwich -- grave danger. Pilares was the forerunner of today's

:09:28. > :09:31.Trident, the vessel was HMS Repulse. Phil Jones, then a young peace

:09:32. > :09:35.activist, was one of the demonstrators. He says they were

:09:36. > :09:38.astonished at how easy it was, and shock. When the commander of the

:09:39. > :09:44.submarine came into the control room, and he was shouting at us, who

:09:45. > :09:50.first F are you? F are you? Over and over again it could have been

:09:51. > :09:54.outrageous because they were still active. The files show a listening

:09:55. > :10:01.or security failures starting with the perimeter fence. As a result of

:10:02. > :10:04.the incident Royal Marines entries were given orders to shoot anyone

:10:05. > :10:08.suspected of trying to damage the sub but it didn't stop the same

:10:09. > :10:12.thing happening again at least twice, once in 2002, once in 2014.

:10:13. > :10:15.If you've been anywhere near social media over the last few months

:10:16. > :10:17.you can't have missed the mannequin challenge.

:10:18. > :10:20.Countless sports stars, celebrities, politicians and even NHS staff have

:10:21. > :10:22.posed for the videos, but now French astronaut

:10:23. > :10:31.Thomas Pesquet has taken the challenge to new heights.

:10:32. > :10:38.Yes, he is on a 6-month mission aboard the International Space

:10:39. > :10:43.Station. Look at this, he showed his crewmates taking part in the

:10:44. > :10:49.challenge. They are 240 miles above the earth. How can you keep still?

:10:50. > :10:54.Well, looking carefully, they have anchored, each of them have anchored

:10:55. > :10:59.themselves, haven't they, to give the effect, and it looks like a

:11:00. > :11:08.still image. Yeah. As opposed to a new moving image. Absolutely.

:11:09. > :11:14.Talking about Swansea city's continued search for a manager.

:11:15. > :11:18.Thinking about Welsh football and you think Ryan Giggs and Kris

:11:19. > :11:28.Commons. You were talking earlier that his wife has macro -- his wife

:11:29. > :11:33.has text to say that she is after a move away from cloudy Wales to some

:11:34. > :11:35.foreign sunshine. Ryan Giggs has been ruled out of the running as a

:11:36. > :11:37.successor to Bob Bradley at Swansea. Giggs had been the early favourite,

:11:38. > :11:39.alongside Wales manager Chris Coleman, who has indicated

:11:40. > :11:42.he'll remain with the national Jonathan Kodjia's late penalty

:11:43. > :11:45.earned Aston Villa a 1-1 draw with Leeds United and maintained

:11:46. > :11:48.their unbeaten home record In tennis, Rafael Nadal makes

:11:49. > :11:52.a winning return from his latest injury setback with a straight sets

:11:53. > :11:56.victory over Tomas Berdych in Abu Andy Murray plays David

:11:57. > :12:00.Goffin later today. And in darts, 16-time world champion

:12:01. > :12:03.Phil Taylor sets up a quarter-final against Raymond van Barneveld

:12:04. > :12:17.in the PDC World Championship It wouldn't be Christmas, would it,

:12:18. > :12:19.without some darts on the telly. That is a good point, actually.

:12:20. > :12:21.Let's have a look at this morning's papers.

:12:22. > :12:29.What have you got? The Daily Mail is talking about council tax bills and

:12:30. > :12:36.it says thousands of families face eye watering council tax rises or

:12:37. > :12:40.16% and it says here as Town Hall is what super-sized hikes, one of the

:12:41. > :12:44.Whitehall editors in the Daily Mail. On the front of the Daily Telegraph,

:12:45. > :12:47.the main story they have got is Theresa May, the Prime Minister,

:12:48. > :12:53.adding her comments to the comments of John Kerry, who is the outgoing

:12:54. > :12:58.Secretary of State, who you might remember recently spoke about the

:12:59. > :13:01.situation with Israel, and she is distancing herself from some of his

:13:02. > :13:07.comments. Interesting times, of course, with the new president about

:13:08. > :13:10.to come into office. And another story that happen overnight which

:13:11. > :13:13.the paper have picked up on is the ceasefire and it is saving the

:13:14. > :13:17.Syrian regime and the opposition have agreed to a nationwide

:13:18. > :13:20.ceasefire brokered by Turkey and Russia. That is the story we are

:13:21. > :13:24.talking about on the programme this morning and it is on the front of

:13:25. > :13:29.the Guardian. And a lovely picture of the Singing in the Rain star

:13:30. > :13:32.Debbie Reynolds who has died a day after the death of her daughter

:13:33. > :13:38.carry feature. A beautiful picture of them -- Carrie Fisher. In the

:13:39. > :13:43.correspondence page of the Mail, people write in with sports

:13:44. > :13:47.questions. Sometimes little trivia. The question is, is their a

:13:48. > :13:49.disproportionate number of professional cricketers who are

:13:50. > :13:54.left-handers compare to other sports and they have looked at the

:13:55. > :13:58.statistics and 8% - 10% of the human population is born left-handed. If

:13:59. > :14:01.you look at cricket about a quarter of all cricketers are left-handed

:14:02. > :14:06.and many of them actually choose to play cricket left-handed. If you

:14:07. > :14:09.look at the England setup, Alistair Cook, Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes and

:14:10. > :14:13.Moeen are right-handed and they choose to play left-handed and I

:14:14. > :14:17.wondered if there is any other walk of life where you would be

:14:18. > :14:20.left-handed, or right-handed and choose to be left-handed.

:14:21. > :14:25.Ambidextrous. Why would they choose to be left-handed? They are

:14:26. > :14:28.difficult to field against. It is like playing a left-handed tennis

:14:29. > :14:33.player, isn't it, they have a different strength. And then if

:14:34. > :14:37.everyone does it, they are all going to... Yeah, and is at the field for

:14:38. > :14:40.the left-handed batsmen. It obviously give them an advantage or

:14:41. > :14:43.people would not choose to play cricket left-handed. Oddly I am

:14:44. > :14:48.right-handed generally and right-handed if I play cricket.

:14:49. > :14:52.Well, there you go. It is no choice, I cannot play any other way. I

:14:53. > :14:56.cannot play either side equally. See what I mean? I was wondering if

:14:57. > :14:59.there is anyone out there who has something where they are

:15:00. > :15:02.right-handed and they do it left-handed or if they are

:15:03. > :15:06.left-handed and they actually do it right-handed. It is intriguing,

:15:07. > :15:10.isn't it? Yeah. If you think about golf, there are few left-handed golf

:15:11. > :15:14.players and Phil Mickelson is right-handed and he plays

:15:15. > :15:18.left-handed. I wonder if anyone else... Yeah, they will be. Your

:15:19. > :15:23.left-handed righthanders or you right-handed left-handers. I always

:15:24. > :15:27.like these stories about missing dog found, 60 mile journey, a dog made a

:15:28. > :15:34.2-month journey, went missing, a bird -- border collie who

:15:35. > :15:38.disappeared in Lincolnshire, being looked after by a friend, oh,

:15:39. > :15:43.imagine how awful you would feel, it goes missing for two months and had

:15:44. > :15:47.various sightings over a period of time and eventually got a call from

:15:48. > :15:53.a supermarket 60 miles away and the dog was found. Casey is found, has

:15:54. > :15:59.dropped almost half of her weight, her fur was matted. OK? OK. That is

:16:00. > :16:05.a good Christmas story. The dog returns. Exactly.

:16:06. > :16:07.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:16:08. > :16:11.The Kremlin has warned it will retaliate for President Obama's

:16:12. > :16:15.expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats from the United States.

:16:16. > :16:18.Learner drivers are to be allowed on motorways for the first time -

:16:19. > :16:27.under new Government plans to boost road safety

:16:28. > :16:30.With frosty weather across the country this week,

:16:31. > :16:35.we've sent Matt to the ice rink at the Tower of London.

:16:36. > :16:43.It is incredibly blues out. How beautiful. That morning. Good

:16:44. > :16:49.morning. It does look misty as well to add to the eeriness down here

:16:50. > :16:53.this morning. The tower itself, 1000 years of dramatic history has been

:16:54. > :16:57.played out and there will be dramatic skating later on as I will

:16:58. > :17:02.show you. As I said, this morning, we have the highest behind us. Frost

:17:03. > :17:06.around southern and eastern areas but the main problem for some of

:17:07. > :17:12.you, special across the South and East will be fog. Some dense patches

:17:13. > :17:16.of fog this morning across the Midlands and East Anglia, southern

:17:17. > :17:20.England. Nasty on the roads in some places. A few delays at airports

:17:21. > :17:25.once again. It will take awhile to shift. Some good linger all day

:17:26. > :17:30.long. Away from that is actually comparatively mild. The temperatures

:17:31. > :17:36.at -3 -4 across some parts of the south-east. A lot of cloud to the

:17:37. > :17:41.north and west of the country. A wet day to come across the Highlands and

:17:42. > :17:48.the Hebrides. Temperature here is much higher than will be further

:17:49. > :17:52.south. Only around three or four Celsius weather fog lingers across

:17:53. > :17:56.the south and the east. Away from the north of Scotland will be dry. A

:17:57. > :18:00.few spots of rain and drizzle around the western areas but an increase of

:18:01. > :18:04.minus lighting across northern Scotland of rain continues. Breeze

:18:05. > :18:09.will pick up at times as well and then into Saturday morning still a

:18:10. > :18:14.little bit cold and misty across the south and east. A mild start to New

:18:15. > :18:21.Year's Eve elsewhere. A lot of cloud throughout the day and the best is

:18:22. > :18:24.to the east of high ground. For Scotland it rain pushes south into

:18:25. > :18:28.southern Scotland and into Northern Ireland by the end of the afternoon

:18:29. > :18:33.and evening. Breezy conditions with it and starting to turn colder from

:18:34. > :18:37.the north. If your eye out celebrating New Year's Eve just take

:18:38. > :18:41.a look at what you can expect. After a wet day across much of Scotland it

:18:42. > :18:44.looks like the skies will take us towards midnight. A few showers

:18:45. > :18:48.across the north and west but most will be dry the poll. Rain in the

:18:49. > :18:55.northern England through our new youth evening as we head 2017. Wait

:18:56. > :18:59.for one or two but it looks like across parts of East Anglia and the

:19:00. > :19:03.south it will be mild to finish the year. Temperature still around eight

:19:04. > :19:09.or nine degrees as the bells bring in the new year. In Wales, mild but

:19:10. > :19:14.windy and wet as specially across the north and western areas. Cardiff

:19:15. > :19:18.made a dry until after midnight. Northern Ireland will have had rain

:19:19. > :19:22.early in the evening with clear skies to finish the year. Those cold

:19:23. > :19:26.conditions will push through gradually on New Year's Day. Cloudy

:19:27. > :19:32.and wet through parts of New Year's Day across parts of England and East

:19:33. > :19:35.Anglia. Lots of sunshine around at a wintry showers and mixture of race

:19:36. > :19:39.leader Helen Snow into lower levels close parts of Scotland. Away from

:19:40. > :19:43.that there will be sunshine and will fill mightily chilly. Chillier than

:19:44. > :19:47.it is across northern Scotland today although down here look old at the

:19:48. > :19:51.moment, especially on ice. I will have more throughout the morning and

:19:52. > :19:56.so the time being it is back to Charlie and Stephanie. You had a

:19:57. > :20:01.light beam behind your head through all of that that made you look like

:20:02. > :20:06.a Christmas angel. I am an angel. You know that. He looks gorgeous.

:20:07. > :20:09.Now Christmas is over, it's time for the big clean up.

:20:10. > :20:18.Between us we've used 300,000 tons of card and paper during the festive

:20:19. > :20:25.Separating out all the rest cycling. I spent about an hour doing that

:20:26. > :20:29.yesterday. Apparently we use of 300,000 tons of carbon paper during

:20:30. > :20:32.the festive season, or mixed up together. Some can be recycled but

:20:33. > :20:33.not all of it. Sean's at a recycling plant this

:20:34. > :20:45.morning in the West Midlands for us It looks fabulous but I bet it does

:20:46. > :20:49.not smell very nice. Funnily enough you get used to it after a short

:20:50. > :20:53.amount of time. It is not as strong as you might think because it is the

:20:54. > :20:59.recycling stuff that everybody has put in. What they do here at this

:21:00. > :21:04.plant is they separate it all here. People at home do not have to be

:21:05. > :21:09.doing it in all the different bins. It all goes into one, plastic, tin,

:21:10. > :21:11.cups, that stuff and here it goes through machinery and then people

:21:12. > :21:16.are starting to separate it manually. It is a big process.

:21:17. > :21:23.300,000 tons of card as you say being used all across the festive

:21:24. > :21:27.period. That if you take big Benn, a quarter of million Big Benz could be

:21:28. > :21:36.with that amount of card. 2 million of the angel of the north. The good

:21:37. > :21:44.news is around 80% of this card is recycled but processes like this. On

:21:45. > :21:47.the whole of the household was still only recycle 45% of the stuff that

:21:48. > :21:51.is going through our house around the Christmas period. Actually,

:21:52. > :21:56.stuff like this, would you believe, this is going in the big pot. I had

:21:57. > :21:59.to make sure it goes to the right one. General waste. Stuff like that

:22:00. > :22:04.but they need to split here. Over the morning I will look at just how

:22:05. > :22:08.complicated a deal this is for companies like this one. The

:22:09. > :22:12.question of course this week is glitter. If it is now wrapping paper

:22:13. > :22:17.on your present, what you do with it? How of a problem is that in this

:22:18. > :22:21.recycling process and those use the product in the end? That is what we

:22:22. > :22:25.would discuss this morning. Somewhere in here I will probably

:22:26. > :22:36.find a card for Charlie from Steffe. I did not send him one. And I would

:22:37. > :22:40.not throw it away, either. A mesmerising to watch it. The new

:22:41. > :22:43.glitter was a problem. We will find out more later on.

:22:44. > :22:46.Allowing pets in to hospitals can help patients with mental health

:22:47. > :22:49.problems, according to a survey by the Royal College of Nursing.

:22:50. > :22:52.60% of nurses said the presence of animals also seemed to speed

:22:53. > :22:56.Holly Hamilton has been along to Southampton hospital to see how

:22:57. > :22:58.one four-legged friend has been making an impression

:22:59. > :23:21.Meet Leo. He is a volunteer here at Southampton General Hospital and a

:23:22. > :23:27.very popular one at that. Oh, yes. He says hello. He and his handler,

:23:28. > :23:32.Lindsey, have been delivering therapy to patients and their

:23:33. > :23:35.families for the last four years. A dog in a hospital environment is an

:23:36. > :23:39.incredible social lubricant so you end up talking to people you would

:23:40. > :23:42.never ever talked to in a normal course of the day. It is a

:23:43. > :23:46.partnership. Nobody would be interested in me coming along and he

:23:47. > :23:51.cannot drive a car. We come together and it is a privilege for me to have

:23:52. > :23:56.a dog who can come and do this. Hang on. From lowering blood pressure to

:23:57. > :24:01.reducing anxiety and stress the benefits of an animal assisted

:24:02. > :24:07.therapy have been documented. Bringing a smile to the face of this

:24:08. > :24:12.child is enough. We were told he had a condition that was permanent brain

:24:13. > :24:17.damage and he probably would not expect much more than what we had,

:24:18. > :24:21.which was a little bit of eye movement. That is when they

:24:22. > :24:27.introduced Leo and he smiled for the first time, didn't he? It is a

:24:28. > :24:31.medicine in its own right. As soon as you tell Oscar that Leo was

:24:32. > :24:37.coming and he brightens up and he smiles and it is nice to see. One of

:24:38. > :24:41.Leo's says patience he was Alice. When she was initially diagnosed

:24:42. > :24:45.with a rare form of liver cancer she refused to leave her bedroom. And

:24:46. > :24:50.then she met Leo. Took a picture of Leo and took it to show her and I

:24:51. > :24:55.said look, the next time, if you want to see Leo you have to come out

:24:56. > :24:59.of your room and she did. It was lovely. He has been in our journey

:25:00. > :25:07.for four years, almost. It was nice to have a dog in the hospital. How

:25:08. > :25:12.does it help you? Normality. We have dogs at home ourselves so having won

:25:13. > :25:19.in hospital is nice. He is nice to cuddle. And it is not just dogs. In

:25:20. > :25:23.a survey over 50% of nurses said they had worked with animals and

:25:24. > :25:28.nearly all of them agreed it was a benefit to the patient. Despite

:25:29. > :25:31.that, almost 25% said no animals and loud at their pace of work. The

:25:32. > :25:34.connection that people have with animals can be far more profound

:25:35. > :25:38.than it is with the doctors and nurses and their parents or the

:25:39. > :25:44.people who love them. As a nurse and as a human being I think we have to

:25:45. > :25:48.think about what else can we do that would make a difference to helping

:25:49. > :25:51.people get well. Or as they do not get well, make their day better.

:25:52. > :25:56.Some people may have some reservations. It is important that

:25:57. > :26:01.there are rules and regulations around how it works. I have been

:26:02. > :26:08.here all morning watching the way that the children here have reacted

:26:09. > :26:16.to Leo and to Lindsey and it has made their day. It has made those

:26:17. > :26:20.people's day. Say cheese! Some argue that this type of treatment is a

:26:21. > :26:22.temperate sixth. The Leo's patients are happy for him to keep coming

:26:23. > :26:32.back. He is so cute. And you can see Leo

:26:33. > :26:36.absolutely loves it as well. And the difference that the family said that

:26:37. > :26:40.the hospital has made. Quite interesting and thank you very much

:26:41. > :26:42.to the hospital for allowing us into see that. Let's see what's coming up

:26:43. > :26:46.a little later on. Still to come this morning we'll

:26:47. > :26:49.hear from Benedict Cumberbatch about the new series

:26:50. > :26:56.of Sherlock, which is set to be It has been fantastically rich and

:26:57. > :26:58.challenging and that is the thing that keeps us coming back for more.

:26:59. > :27:01.We'll hear more from him later in the programme.

:27:02. > :30:23.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:30:24. > :30:33.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Charlie

:30:34. > :30:42.Coming up on Breakfast today: Highlighting the damage smoking does

:30:43. > :30:45.to the heart, a new campaign begins today to get people to quit.

:30:46. > :30:53.Also this morning: Sean will be at a recycling plant to take a look

:30:54. > :30:56.at what happens to all of our waste from Christmas.

:30:57. > :30:58.He'll be finding out what we can and can't send there.

:30:59. > :31:01.And it's being billed as the new Downton Abbey.

:31:02. > :31:03.We'll speak to actor Steven Mackintosh who stars

:31:04. > :31:05.in the new wartime drama, The Halcyon.

:31:06. > :31:11.But now a summary of this morning's main news.

:31:12. > :31:13.Russia has promised to respond to the expulsion of 35

:31:14. > :31:16.of its diplomats from Washington, amid a bitter dispute over alleged

:31:17. > :31:19.interference by the Kremlin in the American presidential election.

:31:20. > :31:22.Obama believes Russia used cyber hacking to try and discredit

:31:23. > :31:24.Hilary Clinton a claim denied by President Putin.

:31:25. > :31:35.Moscow says retaliatory measures would be considered.

:31:36. > :31:38.Our correspondent Laura Bicker sent this report from Washington.

:31:39. > :31:43.Russia stands accused of trying to help Donald Trump become president.

:31:44. > :31:46.Moscow had been warned but now it's being punished for interfering

:31:47. > :31:51.America's top intelligence agencies believe a cyber attack

:31:52. > :31:53.on the e-mails of Hillary Clinton's closest aides was orchestrated

:31:54. > :31:55.by the highest levels of Russian government.

:31:56. > :31:59.But Mr Trump has always questioned the evidence.

:32:00. > :32:04.Once they hack, if you don't catch them in the act,

:32:05. > :32:10.You don't know if it is Russia or China or somebody,

:32:11. > :32:20.it could be somebody sitting in a bed some place.

:32:21. > :32:23.But the CIA and FBI both agree, the hackers they say were Russian

:32:24. > :32:25.and now Mr Trump is softening his stance.

:32:26. > :32:37.President Obama said all Americans should be alarmed.

:32:38. > :32:41.He's ordered that 35 officials are expelled.

:32:42. > :32:45.They're believed to have close links with Russian intelligence.

:32:46. > :32:48.They have just 72 hours to leave the country.

:32:49. > :32:51.And he's closing two Russian compounds, one in New York

:32:52. > :32:55.White House officials said Russia had to pay a price

:32:56. > :32:57.for what they described as an extraordinary attack

:32:58. > :33:04.President Obama warned that further action is to come at a time

:33:05. > :33:15.Russia described the closing of its US compounds as the death

:33:16. > :33:18.throes of political corpses, and warned it will hit back.

:33:19. > :33:21.Learner drivers are to be allowed on motorways for the first time

:33:22. > :33:28.under new Government plans to improve road safety.

:33:29. > :33:31.The Department of Transport is launching a seven week

:33:32. > :33:32.consultation on the proposed changes from today.

:33:33. > :33:35.It says the idea is designed to improve awareness and experience

:33:36. > :33:43.The proposed changes to both driver and motorcyclist training,

:33:44. > :33:45.says the government, would improve safety

:33:46. > :33:49.For drivers, changes would mean that competent learners will be able

:33:50. > :33:52.to have lessons on motorways with an approved driving instructor

:33:53. > :33:55.The biggest proposed changes are reserved for motorcyclists.

:33:56. > :33:58.The compulsory basic training course, which allows them to ride

:33:59. > :34:00.unaccompanied on roads, would be updated.

:34:01. > :34:03.Motorcycle training would also move more online with novice riders

:34:04. > :34:06.having to take a theory test and those holding a provisional

:34:07. > :34:08.motorcycle licence would also have their CBT certificates revoked

:34:09. > :34:19.if they get more than six penalty points.

:34:20. > :34:21.The motoring organization, the RAC, have welcome the proposals,

:34:22. > :34:24.saying Britain's roads are already amongst the safest in the world,

:34:25. > :34:26.and that changes are needed to help modernise driver

:34:27. > :34:41.A nationwide ceasefire has come into force in Syria

:34:42. > :34:43.between the government and rebel factions.

:34:44. > :34:46.Fighting is said to have stopped in much of the country

:34:47. > :34:48.but there have been reports of some clashes.

:34:49. > :34:50.A number of organisations are not covered by the truce,

:34:51. > :34:56.Jeremy Corbyn has used his New Year's message to warn

:34:57. > :34:59.against a Brexit deal that he says only protects bankers

:35:00. > :35:04.Mr Corbyn said 2016 would be defined by the decision to leave

:35:05. > :35:06.the European Union and warned that Labour would not allow

:35:07. > :35:13.the government to negotiate a deal his party did not agree with.

:35:14. > :35:16.Newly released government files reveal that guards at Faslane naval

:35:17. > :35:18.base were ordered to shoot suspected intruders,

:35:19. > :35:20.after three people broke into a nuclear submarine.

:35:21. > :35:23.The Prime Minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher, who was told

:35:24. > :35:25.of the order, said she was "horrified"

:35:26. > :35:38.Counting down to 2017 will take longer than usual this

:35:39. > :35:41.New Year's Eve as clock experts compensate for a slowdown

:35:42. > :35:44.To be precise, it will last an extra second.

:35:45. > :35:47.For the 27th time the National Physics Laboratory has brought

:35:48. > :35:50.in a leap second to ensure that time based on the Earth's rotation does

:35:51. > :36:06.not lag behind time kept by atomic clocks.

:36:07. > :36:18.Does it mean you have to start at 11 the new countdown? Yeah, or starts

:36:19. > :36:24.10 and leave a gap. Minus one. It is complicated, isn't it? Carol will

:36:25. > :36:31.know. A second making all of that difference? Amazing, isn't it? You

:36:32. > :36:34.know when we were talking about left-handed righthanders and

:36:35. > :36:37.right-handed left-handers. Cricket statistics showed there are more

:36:38. > :36:44.left-handers in cricket than you would imagine. Yes, and around 8%-

:36:45. > :36:49.10% are left-handed, but in cricket one quarter play left-handed, and

:36:50. > :36:53.like you, Charlie, many choose to play left-handed. I have loads of

:36:54. > :36:59.people getting in touch. Our very own political correspondent Chris

:37:00. > :37:03.Mason says everything is left-handed and footed a part from writing,

:37:04. > :37:09.which I blame for my terrible writing. The only thing he does

:37:10. > :37:13.right-handed isn't writing. And Nick Miller, our weatherman, right-handed

:37:14. > :37:18.but play cricket and golf left-handed, which is why I am no

:37:19. > :37:22.good. Same as me. Vince says it isn't a sports based but I play

:37:23. > :37:25.left-handed because when he was little he taught himself to play

:37:26. > :37:32.guitar watching in the mirror. Oh, I get it. He is right-handed, but he

:37:33. > :37:35.plays left-handed. Tina says that both my children do everything

:37:36. > :37:40.right-handed, but they eat left-handed. Don't you eat both

:37:41. > :37:46.handed? Does it mean they hold their knives and forks in different hands?

:37:47. > :37:50.Oh, I see what you mean. Maybe it is specific to eating soup. I will

:37:51. > :37:52.clarify that. Keep sending them in. I will read out some more. We will

:37:53. > :37:54.move on to the sport. Swansea have ruled Ryan Giggs out

:37:55. > :37:58.of the running as a successor to Bob Giggs had been the early favourite,

:37:59. > :38:00.alongside Wales manager Chris Coleman, who has indicated

:38:01. > :38:03.he'll remain with the national team. Bayern Munich assistant Paul Clement

:38:04. > :38:06.and ex-Birmingham boss Gary Rowett are now the front runners

:38:07. > :38:19.to take over after Bradley Whoever comes in has to be the right

:38:20. > :38:23.man. I suppose ideally he would be British, knowing the Premier League.

:38:24. > :38:27.You know, they have to be satisfied he feels the criteria for getting us

:38:28. > :38:28.out of the trouble we find ourselves in.

:38:29. > :38:31.Aston Villa are still unbeaten at home in the Championship,

:38:32. > :38:34.after they denied Leeds United the chance to go third.

:38:35. > :38:37.Leeds have been on good form, and they went ahead in the second

:38:38. > :38:41.But four minutes from time, they conceded a penalty.

:38:42. > :38:47.Jonathan Kodja put it away to level for Villa.

:38:48. > :38:51.World player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo has turned down

:38:52. > :38:54.an offer of ?85 million a year to leave Real Madrid for an unnamed

:38:55. > :38:56.Chinese club, according to his agent.

:38:57. > :38:59.The news came on the day that Argentina striker Carlos Tevez

:39:00. > :39:02.joined Shanghai Shenhua, becoming one of the highest paid

:39:03. > :39:13.The Chinese Super League club will pay him ?615,000 a week.

:39:14. > :39:23.Andy Murray's season starts today, he'll face David Goffin

:39:24. > :39:26.in the semi-finals of the World Tennis Championship in Abu

:39:27. > :39:30.Murray got a bye into the last four but Goffin had to come past

:39:31. > :39:32.Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, winning in straight sets.

:39:33. > :39:35.And Rafael Nadal made a good start to his latest comeback from injury,

:39:36. > :39:38.dropping only four games as he beat Tomas Berdych.

:39:39. > :39:40.A wrist injury had troubled Nadal throughout 2016,

:39:41. > :39:42.but there were no signs of rustiness.

:39:43. > :39:44.He faces Milos Raonic in the semi-finals.

:39:45. > :39:46.In darts, Phil Taylor set up a tantalising quarter-final

:39:47. > :39:49.against Raymond van Barneveld at the PDC World Championship.

:39:50. > :39:52.Taylor, a 16-time world champion, beat Kim Huybrechts 4-2 at Alexandra

:39:53. > :39:54.He and van Barneveld are long-standing rivals.

:39:55. > :39:56.The Dutchman tweeted: "El Classico is on.

:39:57. > :40:08.And finally, Serena Williams has used the social media platform

:40:09. > :40:10.Reddit to announce that she is engaged

:40:11. > :40:15.It caps off a year in which Serena won her seventh Wimbledon singles

:40:16. > :40:17.title and 22nd Grand Slam singles title.

:40:18. > :40:20.One of the games greatest ever players made the announcement

:40:21. > :40:24.She said he took her to Rome, where they first met,

:40:25. > :40:38.Of course she said yes! She wouldn't be Reddting at about a proposal in

:40:39. > :40:43.which she said no. It would be a bit awkward. That is lovely news, isn't

:40:44. > :40:49.it? Isn't it nice? It is great to see her happy. Thank you very much.

:40:50. > :40:55.We will see you a little bit later on. The time now is 6:40am. And a

:40:56. > :41:00.bus has overturned on the M40 this morning. A Highways Agency said

:41:01. > :41:04.those on the coaches suffered minor injuries and the AA urges caution

:41:05. > :41:10.for those heading on the roads in these freezing conditions and of

:41:11. > :41:14.course Matt will keep us updated on what's happening with the weather

:41:15. > :41:18.this morning, but AA says to be careful on the roads this morning.

:41:19. > :41:20.Yes, we will bring you any more details as soon as we can.

:41:21. > :41:24.Late last night a ceasefire in Syria came in to force between government

:41:25. > :41:29.Most of the country was calm in the first few hours of the truce,

:41:30. > :41:31.but there have been reports of some clashes.

:41:32. > :41:33.The deal was brokered by Russia and Turkey,

:41:34. > :41:36.but a number of organisations aren't covered by the truce,

:41:37. > :41:41.Joining us now is Dr Afshin Shahi, who's a security and terrorism

:41:42. > :41:47.expert from the University of Bradford.

:41:48. > :41:56.Good morning. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. We have been

:41:57. > :42:00.here before with these fires not holding in the past. Do you think

:42:01. > :42:08.this one will hold? As you know, 2016 proved to be a very green here,

:42:09. > :42:12.not only for the world, but also for Syria -- grim year. We had a number

:42:13. > :42:17.of failed attempts only last year. And of course, in this very

:42:18. > :42:20.desperate situation, when we have to be optimistic, if there is any

:42:21. > :42:26.opportunity to change the situation on the ground in Syria we have to

:42:27. > :42:30.endorse it by all means. Although I am being very optimistic, but at the

:42:31. > :42:35.same time I am being realistic. Despite the fact that there are some

:42:36. > :42:39.good vibes in the international community at the moment, and we have

:42:40. > :42:43.heard some good news from important capitals in the region, and

:42:44. > :42:47.certainly from Russia, but there are some serious challenges on the

:42:48. > :42:51.ground. As we just mentioned, I mean, they called it a kind of

:42:52. > :42:57.nationwide ceasefire, but when you look at it you see that a number of

:42:58. > :43:01.very, very important players, like Islamic State, like Al-Qaeda, like

:43:02. > :43:06.the Kurdish forces in northern Syria, they are completely excluded

:43:07. > :43:10.from this deal. When we are talking about ceasefire, I mean, ceasefire

:43:11. > :43:14.can only be affected when you are dealing with two different clear

:43:15. > :43:19.sides. But the Syrian Civil War isn't conflict between two different

:43:20. > :43:24.sides, it is a multifaceted and multi dimensional conflict. There

:43:25. > :43:29.are in fact too many players and different forces, local, regional

:43:30. > :43:33.and trans- regional forces that are affecting every facet of this

:43:34. > :43:38.conflict. So, the fact that Syria, sorry, Russia and Turkey are

:43:39. > :43:41.endorsing and guaranteeing this ceasefire, that doesn't mean we are

:43:42. > :43:47.going to see a guaranteed result within the next few weeks. We have

:43:48. > :43:51.two parts to the equation, the longer term gain, which clearly is

:43:52. > :43:56.ultimately the most important, and right now, today, tomorrow, the next

:43:57. > :44:00.few weeks, we saw some images are moment ago of the devastation in

:44:01. > :44:04.Syria, there might be some respite, the opportunity for some help to get

:44:05. > :44:09.in and some aid to get into a period of time. It is definitely an

:44:10. > :44:12.opportunity when it comes to humanitarian issues. The other thing

:44:13. > :44:17.which makes the situation slightly more optimistic this time, which is

:44:18. > :44:20.a little bit different from the situation last year, because finally

:44:21. > :44:24.we can see a change on the ground. Because until about last year, when

:44:25. > :44:29.we were looking at the situation in Syria, no one seemed to have the

:44:30. > :44:34.upper hand militarily. And no side has an upper hand, then it is

:44:35. > :44:38.difficult to come up with a political compromise. But now

:44:39. > :44:43.finally we see a paradigms shift, we finally see change on the ground.

:44:44. > :44:48.Clearly, Bashar al-Assad and his allies have the upper hand

:44:49. > :44:52.militarily. So, maybe this is a situation which eventually will pave

:44:53. > :44:56.the way to some kind of political compromise, which obviously can ease

:44:57. > :45:00.the humanitarian situation as well. So, you are cautiously optimistic as

:45:01. > :45:02.blueberry cautiously optimistic. Thank you very much for your time

:45:03. > :45:17.this morning. -- as well. Hitting the weather now from Matt on

:45:18. > :45:23.the ice. You would want to be nice to have a go at this. I do have a

:45:24. > :45:28.certain style, don't I? Thank you for helping me they are. We are down

:45:29. > :45:33.at the Tower of London this morning on the ice of course so down here

:45:34. > :45:39.until Tuesday. Another cold start across the south and east of the

:45:40. > :45:43.country. Wait red frost again with dense patches of fog around as well.

:45:44. > :45:48.All leading to a difficult commute across the south and east of the

:45:49. > :45:54.country. That is have a look at the forecast this morning. The forecast

:45:55. > :45:57.is for dense patches of fog in southern England in particular. The

:45:58. > :46:01.fog will last from good part of the day and it will have problems on the

:46:02. > :46:08.roads and for some of the airports. Away from that it is fog free. Mild

:46:09. > :46:12.as it will be all day long. The best will be to the north-east of Wales.

:46:13. > :46:18.North-east England in the north-east of Scotland. You might as around the

:46:19. > :46:22.Hebrides, Auckland and she learned it will be with you all day long.

:46:23. > :46:28.That average ranges from chilly three or four degrees Celsius

:46:29. > :46:34.potentially 13 or 14 degrees around the Murray Firth. Tonight will be

:46:35. > :46:38.mild except to the south-east corner. Again we could see a touch

:46:39. > :46:41.of frost and fog around. Not as extensive as recent nights but you

:46:42. > :46:45.notice the rain is still there across the north of Scotland? Windy

:46:46. > :46:50.there as well and for most it will be a frost free start to New Year's

:46:51. > :46:55.Eve. If you have plans for the evening, we will see much of England

:46:56. > :46:59.and Wales dry. Scotland and Northern Ireland have a different story. The

:47:00. > :47:03.heavy rain that starts in the north will move down towards the south of

:47:04. > :47:08.Scotland and north Island in the late afternoon and evening. For most

:47:09. > :47:12.a mild end to New Year's Eve and, of course, an important evening ahead.

:47:13. > :47:17.Let's look at what many expect as we head towards midnight. If you are

:47:18. > :47:22.celebrating across parts of Scotland there will be clear skies at

:47:23. > :47:26.midnight after a wet day. Very cold however and with a couple of wintry

:47:27. > :47:32.showers. Expect rain in the north of England and by the end of the day

:47:33. > :47:35.but across much of the Midlands and East Anglia, southern England,

:47:36. > :47:39.compared to the past few nights it will be a good deal milder than it

:47:40. > :47:44.has been. Lots of cloud in most places will be dry to see in the New

:47:45. > :47:48.Year as will be the case in the south-west. Possibly one or two

:47:49. > :47:52.spots of drizzle. If you celebrate across Wales, part Cardiff a new

:47:53. > :47:56.pool be fined a further west in it will be wild and windy. Rain early

:47:57. > :48:01.in the evenings and Northern Ireland with clear skies to take us into

:48:02. > :48:05.2017. It will fill cold across Scotland and Northern Ireland as we

:48:06. > :48:09.did midnight on that cold weather spreads to all during New Year's

:48:10. > :48:12.Day. Across the south of England will be cloudy with patchy rain and

:48:13. > :48:17.a lot of sunshine around but sunshine, rain Tomic fleet and hail

:48:18. > :48:28.across northern England and Scotland. Milder but then cold again

:48:29. > :48:37.as we hit 2017. We were wondering, what are you wearing? It is a retro

:48:38. > :48:43.all in one ski suit. I think I look great. All the kids are wearing it.

:48:44. > :48:49.I love that he had to clarify that it was retro. Charlie, you are lost

:48:50. > :48:58.for words. I think we need a name for it. You sit a weather romper

:48:59. > :49:06.suit? We could market it as a womper. Are you going to go for

:49:07. > :49:13.another shuffle? Would you guys come and take me off again? Let me be

:49:14. > :49:19.whisked away. This year is how we travel on eyes. I will be back in 30

:49:20. > :49:25.minutes. I love how he is clinging on. It has only just begun. A

:49:26. > :49:30.morning on the ice with Matt. Between us we've used around 300,000

:49:31. > :49:34.tons of card during the festive season for things like packaging

:49:35. > :49:39.and of course Christmas cards. We've sent Sean to a recycling plant

:49:40. > :49:57.in the West Midlands to find out Good morning. It is all hands to the

:49:58. > :50:02.pump here. The busiest time of year, unsurprisingly, at this recycling

:50:03. > :50:06.plant. What they do here is a load of mixed stuff. People at home are

:50:07. > :50:10.able to put their plastic, their team, their paper, all in the same

:50:11. > :50:14.thing and it is brought here and they do the separating here. Not the

:50:15. > :50:17.same for everybody around the country. But the issue is to get

:50:18. > :50:21.things like this in here that clutter it. That is why we have

:50:22. > :50:24.people here doing a load of the picking. We can talk to Simon who

:50:25. > :50:27.helped run this whole operation. Simon, I am still seeing bits of

:50:28. > :50:34.wrapping paper with glitter shiny bits on it. How big an issue this

:50:35. > :50:40.week is it? If a lorry arrives with glitter, what do you do? Glitter

:50:41. > :50:44.itself does not cause a lot of problems in this plan. What it is a

:50:45. > :50:48.problem for is going into the product that goes to the paper

:50:49. > :50:52.mills. They can work with glitter and contaminates the final product.

:50:53. > :50:56.That is why we do not want to see glitter coming through in our

:50:57. > :51:02.products. This product owing to the paper mill is that how you mean

:51:03. > :51:05.money? Exactly. We extract valuable material out of the stream,

:51:06. > :51:10.separated and they go on to be resold and that is what forms the

:51:11. > :51:15.economics of this plan. I will let you keep an eye on it. Keep an eye

:51:16. > :51:19.out for any of your presence. About 80% of the card we get over

:51:20. > :51:24.Christmas is recycled but how much can the packaging industry do about

:51:25. > :51:27.that to help reduce it? Let's speak to Neil who represents the card and

:51:28. > :51:38.packaging industry. A busy time of year for you? Yes. Sugar industry be

:51:39. > :51:44.doing more to -- sugar industry do more to encourage people to use

:51:45. > :51:48.less? I don't think so. In a way we encourage people to use less because

:51:49. > :51:51.if it were not the correct packaging there would be a long haul waste

:51:52. > :51:57.arising from damaged products and food that was not eaten. The cost of

:51:58. > :52:00.the environment of waste product is immensely more than ever the cost

:52:01. > :52:04.could be of recovering packaging. How about the companies that benefit

:52:05. > :52:08.from the huge amount of packaging? So many online deliveries now, far

:52:09. > :52:11.more packaging than there used to be. Should they be doing more,

:52:12. > :52:16.paying more to help go through this process is so much you need to

:52:17. > :52:19.recognise that what happens in society is that industry and

:52:20. > :52:23.manufacturers respond to what consumers need. If consumers have

:52:24. > :52:28.decided that they need a product delivered to them at home then it is

:52:29. > :52:31.recognised that the packaging will be required to insure the product

:52:32. > :52:34.arrives at home and saying conditions the left manufacturer,

:52:35. > :52:38.will be necessary otherwise would arrived damaged and again you have

:52:39. > :52:42.more waste. Over the rest of the morning we will be doing scrunch

:52:43. > :52:46.testing. That is how you can tell of your wrapping paper is recyclable or

:52:47. > :52:56.not. And try not to put any glitter in the recycle bins. Could I

:52:57. > :53:00.clarify, there is no ban on glitter? No, no. I will doublecheck but I

:53:01. > :53:06.think glitter is still allowed as long as we don't put Carol in the

:53:07. > :53:08.recycling bin. Can you imagine that? She would put up a fight.

:53:09. > :53:10.For fans of the world's only consulting detective the wait

:53:11. > :53:14.The new series of Sherlock begins on New Year's Day.

:53:15. > :53:17.Details and plot lines have been kept a closely guarded secret,

:53:18. > :53:19.but the show's writers have described this fourth series

:53:20. > :53:27.Breakfast's Tim Muffett has been to meet the star of the show

:53:28. > :53:30.Benedict Cumberbatch to see if he can squeeze out

:53:31. > :53:39.Lovely to see you. I am sure there are many things you can not tell us

:53:40. > :53:46.about this new series. Almost everything. What can you tell us? I

:53:47. > :53:50.am in a new series, series four of Sherlock. It is exciting and it has

:53:51. > :53:58.been fantastically challenging and new and that is the thing that keeps

:53:59. > :54:03.us coming back for more. Your daemons have been waiting for a very

:54:04. > :54:08.long time. When you see a script for the first time, what happens?

:54:09. > :54:14.Firstly you are amazed at the imagination of the work that has

:54:15. > :54:18.gone into this. And then you start picking out the details that relate

:54:19. > :54:23.to the original stories and then just a beautiful or character arcs.

:54:24. > :54:30.A screaming demanding they be woken up at all hours. It must be very

:54:31. > :54:35.different. Sorry, what? All you do is clean up their mess, pat them on

:54:36. > :54:40.the head. You to joking? So change since you began this. Social media

:54:41. > :54:44.was around but not as big as it is now. Today we have been seen from

:54:45. > :54:49.the scene is shot outside and there are crowds were tweeting about it.

:54:50. > :54:56.How does that affect production? What we uses Baker Street is

:54:57. > :55:00.peculiar because there is excitement and expectation and if you raise an

:55:01. > :55:06.eyebrow you get a cheer. You also have to complete a day's filming and

:55:07. > :55:11.they are respectful about that. Does it put you off your character

:55:12. > :55:18.rattle? No, no. It could be a lot harder. You have to go pretty far

:55:19. > :55:23.too upset that character. They are incredibly loyal. What is the very

:55:24. > :55:30.worst thing you can do to your very best friends? Tell them your darkest

:55:31. > :55:35.secrets. I don't think some people realise how big globally Sherlock is

:55:36. > :55:40.including us. It everywhere I go I am shocked. I thought I would find a

:55:41. > :55:45.few people who had seen it. It was crazy. The second or third day when

:55:46. > :55:51.they realised there was an Christian Bale or someone else they were just

:55:52. > :55:58.hundreds of people sort of charging Sherlock. I'm always astonished.

:55:59. > :56:03.What is the most unusual place you have been spotted as Sherlock. That

:56:04. > :56:12.would have to be one of them. Visiting Tibetan Buddhist monk. It

:56:13. > :56:16.was bizarre. We were the ones who are the privileged audience and he

:56:17. > :56:23.was acting as if he was privileged. It was very weird. She is better at

:56:24. > :56:30.this than you are. I text at her. She is a retired superagent with

:56:31. > :56:33.terrifying skills. Of course she is better. This programme seems to go

:56:34. > :56:38.everywhere and I am thrilled about that. The stories, they had a

:56:39. > :56:43.massive worldwide audience, the original books. I guess it is an

:56:44. > :56:50.extension of that but with modern media. So... Yeah. That looks

:56:51. > :56:55.exciting. Sherlock returns to our screens on New Year's Day. It is

:56:56. > :00:19.half past eight on BBC One. Time now for

:00:20. > :00:22.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Charlie

:00:23. > :00:25.Russia warns of retaliation as 35 of its diplomats are expelled

:00:26. > :00:27.from the US over the hacking scandal.

:00:28. > :00:29.President Obama's ordered the sanctions after claims Moscow

:00:30. > :00:52.interfered in America's presidential elections.

:00:53. > :00:56.Good morning, it's Friday, 30 December.

:00:57. > :00:59.Also this morning: 17 people are taken to hospital with minor

:01:00. > :01:02.injuries after a coach overturns on the M40 in Oxfordshire.

:01:03. > :01:05.Drivers are being warned to use extreme caution in the freezing

:01:06. > :01:13.Prescribing pets - why senior nurses are calling

:01:14. > :01:20.for more animals to be used as part of patients' treatment.

:01:21. > :01:24.I guess it is a bit of normality, isn't it, because we have dogs

:01:25. > :01:27.at home, so to have one in hospital is quite nice.

:01:28. > :01:30.It is reckoned we are using 300,000 tonnes of card over

:01:31. > :01:35.I am at a recycling plant to see what happens to all the stuff

:01:36. > :01:51.Ryan Giggs the latest name to be ruled out of the running.

:01:52. > :01:54.Swanswea looking for more experience.

:01:55. > :02:02.Yes, I am at the Tower of London, and it won't be me on ice only this

:02:03. > :02:11.morning, frosty to the south and east with dense patches of fog.

:02:12. > :02:19.What are the prospects as we finish the year and head into the next one?

:02:20. > :02:22.President Obama has ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian

:02:23. > :02:23.diplomats in response to alleged interference

:02:24. > :02:25.in the American presidential election.

:02:26. > :02:28.Moscow has denied the allegations of cyber attacks, and said

:02:29. > :02:30.its response will cause the United States "significant

:02:31. > :02:36.Our correspondent Laura Bicker sent this report from Washington.

:02:37. > :02:42.Russia stands accused of trying to help Donald Trump become president.

:02:43. > :02:45.Moscow had been warned but now it's being punished for interfering

:02:46. > :02:52.America's top intelligence agencies believe a cyber attack

:02:53. > :02:55.on the e-mails of Hillary Clinton's closest aides was orchestrated

:02:56. > :02:56.by the highest levels of Russian government.

:02:57. > :03:02.But Mr Trump has always questioned the evidence.

:03:03. > :03:05.Once they hack, if you don't catch them in the act,

:03:06. > :03:09.You don't know if it is Russia or China or somebody,

:03:10. > :03:17.it could be somebody sitting in a bed some place.

:03:18. > :03:20.But the CIA and FBI both agree, the hackers, they say,

:03:21. > :03:23.and now Mr Trump is softening his stance.

:03:24. > :03:38.President Obama said all Americans should be alarmed.

:03:39. > :03:40.He's ordered that 35 officials are expelled.

:03:41. > :03:46.They're believed to have close links with Russian intelligence.

:03:47. > :03:49.They have just 72 hours to leave the country.

:03:50. > :03:52.And he's closing two Russian compounds, one in New York

:03:53. > :03:56.White House officials said Russia had to pay a price

:03:57. > :03:58.for what they described as an extraordinary attack

:03:59. > :04:02.President Obama warned that further action is to come at a time

:04:03. > :04:15.Russia described the closing of its US compounds as the death

:04:16. > :04:28.throes of political corpses, and warned it will hit back.

:04:29. > :04:31.17 people have been taken to hospital after a coach overturned

:04:32. > :04:35.South Central Ambulance Service says the driver and passengers have

:04:36. > :04:50.Let's get the latest from Simon Jones. What's details are emerging?

:04:51. > :04:54.This happened at 2:45am this morning and was declared a major incident.

:04:55. > :05:01.17 people taken to hospital, the driver and 16 passengers. The course

:05:02. > :05:06.of it is not clear, but the pictures we can see, people involved had a

:05:07. > :05:09.lucky escape, that was the message from highways England, they say at

:05:10. > :05:16.the moment they feel the injuries are only minor, so people have been

:05:17. > :05:20.lucky. But there was a thick fog at the time and there was a warning for

:05:21. > :05:23.four this morning in the south-east of England and the south of England,

:05:24. > :05:28.so that will be part of the investigation as to what the

:05:29. > :05:34.conditions were like. Just a couple of days ago there was a crash in fog

:05:35. > :05:39.on the A40 in Oxfordshire which involved 20 vehicles, leading to one

:05:40. > :05:43.person losing their life, so 17 taken to hospital in the incident

:05:44. > :05:49.this morning in the early hours but we are told only minor injuries.

:05:50. > :05:54.Thank you for that and of course we will keep you up-to-date on the

:05:55. > :05:56.stories this morning. And we will hear from Matt at about the weather

:05:57. > :06:02.later on too. Learner drivers are to be allowed

:06:03. > :06:05.on motorways for the first time under new Government plans

:06:06. > :06:07.to improve road safety. The Department of Transport

:06:08. > :06:10.is launching a seven week consultation on the proposed

:06:11. > :06:12.changes from today. It says the idea is designed

:06:13. > :06:15.to improve awareness and experience The proposed changes to both driver

:06:16. > :06:19.and motorcyclist training, says the government,

:06:20. > :06:21.would improve safety For drivers, changes would mean that

:06:22. > :06:25.competent learners will be able to have lessons on motorways

:06:26. > :06:27.with an approved driving instructor The biggest proposed changes

:06:28. > :06:33.are reserved for motorcyclists. The compulsory basic training

:06:34. > :06:36.course, which allows them to ride unaccompanied on roads,

:06:37. > :06:42.would be updated. Motorcycle training would also move

:06:43. > :06:45.more online with novice riders having to take a theory test

:06:46. > :06:48.and those holding a provisional motorcycle licence would also

:06:49. > :06:50.have their CBT certificates revoked if they get more than

:06:51. > :06:54.six penalty points. The motoring organization, the RAC,

:06:55. > :06:56.have welcome the proposals, saying Britain's roads are already

:06:57. > :06:59.amongst the safest in the world, and that changes are needed

:07:00. > :07:02.to help modernise driver The Prime Minister has distanced

:07:03. > :07:15.herself from highly critical remarks made by the US Secretary of State,

:07:16. > :07:18.John Kerry, about Israel. In a speech on Wednesday, Mr Kerry

:07:19. > :07:20.described Benjamin Netanyahu's government as the most right wing

:07:21. > :07:23.in the country's history, and accused it of jeopardising

:07:24. > :07:25.the peace process. But Downing Street said it was "not

:07:26. > :07:28.appropriate" to attack the composition of the

:07:29. > :07:30.democratically elected government A nationwide ceasefire has

:07:31. > :07:42.come into force in Syria between the government

:07:43. > :07:43.and rebel factions. Fighting is said to have stopped

:07:44. > :07:46.in much of the country but there have been

:07:47. > :07:49.reports of some clashes. A number of organisations are not

:07:50. > :07:51.covered by the truce, Our correspondent Lina Sinjab

:07:52. > :08:00.joins us from Beirut. Lina, how significant

:08:01. > :08:12.is this cease fire? Well, it is very significant,

:08:13. > :08:15.especially because the announcements came from President Vladimir Putin

:08:16. > :08:19.himself, which means that he is putting all of this weight behind

:08:20. > :08:23.the deal. You know, the fashions on the ground have agreed on this, it

:08:24. > :08:28.is not only rush hour, it is a brokered by Russia and Turkey, Iran

:08:29. > :08:32.is involved, and there were meetings between Russia and many other

:08:33. > :08:36.fighters are agreed and signed this paper -- factions. So far we heard

:08:37. > :08:40.that there was a few cases of sporadic shooting but it is holding

:08:41. > :08:45.and we are still in the early hours of this deal. It is not only a

:08:46. > :08:49.ceasefire deal but it is also laying the ground for political discussions

:08:50. > :08:53.that may take place next month. All the people I have been talking to

:08:54. > :08:57.overnight I really holding their breath because they are really

:08:58. > :09:01.hoping that the ceasefire will work. They are tired of the war. The

:09:02. > :09:05.question is there are some factions not included as you mention. Not

:09:06. > :09:12.only the so-called Islamic State, also for Turkey the codes are

:09:13. > :09:19.considered terrorists. The government, the al-Nusra front and

:09:20. > :09:23.Al-Qaeda, the groups they say are affiliated to them are not included.

:09:24. > :09:28.We have seen in the past government forces have been bombarding all

:09:29. > :09:31.rebel held areas, so the concern is if they will continue to do so in

:09:32. > :09:36.claiming they are fighting terrorists. The question is how

:09:37. > :09:39.Russia will be able to control the government and make them adhere to

:09:40. > :09:42.this deal. Thank you very much. National Parks in England have lost

:09:43. > :09:45.a quarter of their government funding in the past five years,

:09:46. > :09:49.according to research by the Press Campaigners warn it could threaten

:09:50. > :09:52.the areas for future generations, but the government says their

:09:53. > :09:54.budgets are protected until 2020. Newly released government files

:09:55. > :10:09.shows sentries at Faslane naval base were ordered to shoot

:10:10. > :10:11.suspected intruders, after three people broke

:10:12. > :10:13.into a nuclear submarine. The Prime Minister at the time,

:10:14. > :10:16.Margaret Thatcher, who was told of the order, said

:10:17. > :10:26.she was "horrified" And you might hear a little noise in

:10:27. > :10:34.the ground, it is not Charlie, it is a furry friend, Scamp, who has

:10:35. > :10:39.joined us on the sofar. Yes, this is Scamp -- sofa. Scamp had a couple of

:10:40. > :10:46.things to say and he was making his presence felt. Hospitals are full of

:10:47. > :10:48.high-tech equipment to treat people who are ill, but could it help with

:10:49. > :10:51.someone with a visit from a pet? Senior nurses are calling today

:10:52. > :10:53.for much more use of animals Here's an example of how it can

:10:54. > :11:03.change people's lives. Hang on, the gonna go? We were told

:11:04. > :11:09.he had a condition that was permanent brain damage, and he

:11:10. > :11:13.probably -- we probably wouldn't expect more than what we have then,

:11:14. > :11:19.a little eye movement, and that is when they introduced Theo, and he

:11:20. > :11:25.smiled for the first time, didn't he screen it is medicine in its own

:11:26. > :11:29.right. -- did and he? If you tell him Theo is coming in, he brightens

:11:30. > :11:35.up and it is just nice to see. Lovely to see.

:11:36. > :11:38.Our guest Dan McCormack had severe depression after suffering

:11:39. > :11:51.You suffered three years ago a very bad head injury. Yeah. In hospital

:11:52. > :11:56.for a while? I was, yes. How were you at that stage? I was in hospital

:11:57. > :12:03.for several weeks and obviously the recovery continued, obviously, after

:12:04. > :12:09.I came out of hospital. Obviously before the accident I was quite an

:12:10. > :12:15.outgoing chap, and basically resulting from the accident I turned

:12:16. > :12:20.basically into a recluse. Obviously it was mentioned at the time I might

:12:21. > :12:27.occupational therapist at the time that I got a purpose and obviously

:12:28. > :12:33.through looking on the dog trust website at the time, and careful

:12:34. > :12:39.consideration it was thought that obviously, yeah the benefits he has

:12:40. > :12:45.given me and getting me out and about again, meeting people that

:12:46. > :12:49.probably wouldn't speak to me, and doing things like this, basically.

:12:50. > :12:58.It has made a real difference? Massive difference to my confidence,

:12:59. > :13:05.even to the fact of obviously when I am not feeling great I am still

:13:06. > :13:13.suffering from time to time with low mood and Scamp will pick me up, and

:13:14. > :13:21.he picks up on it. Is he desperate to get offset? He can see my mum.

:13:22. > :13:27.Well, I will tell you what, if you want to let him go, he won't go far?

:13:28. > :13:32.Do you want to go and see mum? Oh, look at him go! I was well

:13:33. > :13:45.impressed, that. How common is this story Chris -- this story Chris?

:13:46. > :13:50.They are just not judgemental Musso it is, after brain injury to be

:13:51. > :13:55.mistaken as someone who is drunk, problems with slurred speech or

:13:56. > :14:00.balance, and dogs don't care if you can get the words out, they don't

:14:01. > :14:06.care if you put your make-up on, and it is about having purpose as well,

:14:07. > :14:11.so when my lovely aunt Winnie was around, her motivation to get up in

:14:12. > :14:16.the morning was to feed her cats. And that makes a big difference,

:14:17. > :14:21.doesn't it? Yeah, absolutely. You have felt especially low on Sundays

:14:22. > :14:26.and Scamp has made the difference? Yeah, on quite a number of

:14:27. > :14:30.occasions. The accident was in 2014 and between then and now there have

:14:31. > :14:37.been a good few days. The recovery is still ongoing. And, yeah, like

:14:38. > :14:42.you say, if it hadn't have been for Scamp, I say it from my heart, I

:14:43. > :14:45.would have given up, it has been a tough fight. It isn't easy and I

:14:46. > :14:49.appreciate what people are going through, similar things to what I

:14:50. > :14:53.have gone through, if not worse. It is really clear how much of a

:14:54. > :14:56.difference Scamp has made for you. Is there evidence it makes a

:14:57. > :15:03.difference with people's treatment and welfare? There is anecdotal

:15:04. > :15:06.evidence that people benefit from having animals around, certainly

:15:07. > :15:12.around people having purpose to their day, and often we find they

:15:13. > :15:17.will care for something more than ourselves, so having the purpose of

:15:18. > :15:20.getting up and feeding the dog, things like Tom you know, if you

:15:21. > :15:26.don't feel like going for a walk, you have to go for a walk to get

:15:27. > :15:31.fresh air and feed the dog, and, you know, I worked with a man who had a

:15:32. > :15:36.stroke early in his 20s and he worked with the donkey, he had lost

:15:37. > :15:40.his vision and his donkey would walk him around the field and he is

:15:41. > :15:45.convinced his donkey knew that he was suffering and he would kind of

:15:46. > :15:50.walk slowly within. You see, Scamp has come back, and even having a dog

:15:51. > :15:54.in the studio, one of the things it does is it engages youth, it gives

:15:55. > :15:59.you something, it could be a person ideally, and in this case it is a

:16:00. > :16:04.pet to engage with and that makes a big difference, doesn't it? Yes. He

:16:05. > :16:11.has been so well-behaved sofar. There is a supply of food down here.

:16:12. > :16:15.We saw some of the youngsters in hospital taking dogs into hospital

:16:16. > :16:21.and it was so lovely to see that interaction, I can imagine it making

:16:22. > :16:28.a big difference? Going into a hospital, yeah, I could see why,

:16:29. > :16:37.obviously through my own experience, and even people have stopped me in

:16:38. > :16:43.my local park and they also, there was a lady I know who has had a

:16:44. > :16:49.stroke and she has a dog and that has given her purpose, same as me.

:16:50. > :16:54.Well, it is lovely to see you this morning and, Scamp, look at that,

:16:55. > :17:00.just as we finish, he has come back and it is almost, Dan, as if you

:17:01. > :17:05.have control of him yourself. It is lovely to see you this morning,

:17:06. > :17:09.thank you very much. Thanks, Scamp! If you hear any noise as you will

:17:10. > :17:12.know that we have not got Scamp out of the studio! I don't mind. He is

:17:13. > :17:15.quite comforting, isn't he? You're watching

:17:16. > :17:17.Breakfast from BBC News. The Kremlin has warned it

:17:18. > :17:21.will retaliate for President Obama's expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats

:17:22. > :17:35.from the United States. 17 people have been taken to

:17:36. > :17:43.hospital with minor injuries after a bus crash in Oxfordshire.

:17:44. > :17:54.The update on Scamp is that he is directly beneath us. Come on, come

:17:55. > :17:56.on, here we go. He has found a secret supply of biscuits, hasn't

:17:57. > :17:59.it? With frosty weather

:18:00. > :18:01.across the country this week, we've sent Matt to the ice rink

:18:02. > :18:15.at the Tower of London. Matt has got a penguin as well! This

:18:16. > :18:19.is my Jane Torvill. Good morning from the Tower of London. Lovely

:18:20. > :18:26.scene from the moat of this ancient tower that stretches back to 1066

:18:27. > :18:29.when it was all sorted out and built. Fairly dramatic scenes have

:18:30. > :18:33.happened here over the years. There could be a bit of drama later if I

:18:34. > :18:39.do eventually take to the ice properly. Very misty atmospheric

:18:40. > :18:43.morning at the moment. Dense patches of fog in the south and east and not

:18:44. > :18:51.just here where it is slippery as well. The forecast. Fog patches, as

:18:52. > :19:00.are mentioned and frost across Midlands, East Anglia. 12 or 13 in

:19:01. > :19:05.around the Murray serve. Another day of great contrasts across many

:19:06. > :19:12.northern and areas. The wettest of all will be the the Highlands. Into

:19:13. > :19:17.tomorrow, could be some minor flooding. North-east Wales and on

:19:18. > :19:20.the east England and north-east Scotland could have the best.

:19:21. > :19:24.Temperatures around 14 degrees this afternoon. Compare two in East

:19:25. > :19:31.Anglia whether Mr and fog lingers, three or four. Tonight, Mr and fog

:19:32. > :19:39.could be an issue as well across East Anglia. Missed

:19:40. > :19:46.still raining in northern parts of Scotland with savages holding up

:19:47. > :19:53.around seven or 10 degrees. -- temperatures. England and Wales

:19:54. > :19:58.largely dry. A spot of rain in the West and most should have a fine day

:19:59. > :20:05.and mild. Rain is Priddis way southwards across all parts reaching

:20:06. > :20:11.Scotland and Northern Island. -- Raynet spreads itself. If you are

:20:12. > :20:16.heading out to welcome in the bells across Scotland on New Year's Eve.

:20:17. > :20:20.Here are the conditions. Much clear across Scotland with wintry showers

:20:21. > :20:24.but cold out there if you are heading out. Northern England, it is

:20:25. > :20:33.set to reign as we head towards midnight. -- rain. It should be

:20:34. > :20:42.cloudy with a breeze developing but compared to recent days, a good deal

:20:43. > :20:45.milder. Eight or nine degrees. Newport and Cardiff may stay dry

:20:46. > :20:51.until after midnight. The north and west could be wet and breezy.

:20:52. > :20:55.Northern Ireland, you lose the rain from the evening and we finished the

:20:56. > :21:00.day and finish the year on a largely clear note but a few wintry showers.

:21:01. > :21:05.It will feel cold and feeling much colder for most into New Year's Day.

:21:06. > :21:08.A bit of cloud across southern parts of England and East Anglia with

:21:09. > :21:13.patchy rain and the result. Elsewhere, some of sunshine and

:21:14. > :21:18.showers across the northern half, it could be wintry. Sleet and snow and

:21:19. > :21:22.a covering of snow even lower levels of Scotland. The higher ground of

:21:23. > :21:33.north-east England as well. That's how it's looking. Come on, then.

:21:34. > :21:40.He looks good, doesn't he? He looks the part. That penguin has never

:21:41. > :21:47.looked so scared in its life. I don't blame it, either.

:21:48. > :21:53.Now Christmas is over, it's time for the big clean up.

:21:54. > :21:57.Between us we've used 300,000 tons of card and paper during the festive

:21:58. > :22:00.season - but not all of it can be recycled.

:22:01. > :22:04.Sean's at a recycling plant this morning in the West Midlands

:22:05. > :22:23.for us to find out what happens to it all.

:22:24. > :22:29.What they do here separated at all. It allows people at home to put the

:22:30. > :22:33.recycling all in one box was Doctor plastics, the teams, the papers. A

:22:34. > :22:37.lot of people around the country may be more familiar with using their

:22:38. > :22:45.own separated bins at home. -- all the plastic. It ends up you get

:22:46. > :22:48.worse for wear pics in these boxes and here at other pickers making

:22:49. > :22:55.sure that that doesn't happen. 3.5 thousand tons of card. We are

:22:56. > :23:02.talking a quarter of a million Big Ben could be covered.

:23:03. > :23:05.Or the Angel of the North more than two million times.

:23:06. > :23:08.But according to the packaging industry, manufacturers have been

:23:09. > :23:11.reducing the amount that they use over the years.

:23:12. > :23:17.The big story this year is glitter. Our glitter expert for the day.

:23:18. > :23:22.Wrapping paper expert. How much of an issue is wrapping paper for

:23:23. > :23:32.recycling places like this? Most householders don't know they can

:23:33. > :23:36.recycle not so they assume they can. We probably lose more because we are

:23:37. > :23:40.on the safe side. If householders and new, it would be better and they

:23:41. > :23:46.probably wouldn't buy it. If we go can we show a quick scrunch test?

:23:47. > :23:56.This can be recycled. You scratch it up and it stays scrunched. This one,

:23:57. > :23:59.scrunch it up, it bounces back. That is the big difference. We'll be

:24:00. > :24:03.talking more over the morning to show what you can put in the bins

:24:04. > :24:06.and what you can't and to show why businesses like this are making

:24:07. > :24:11.money. Back with you later, thank you. That is good to know, the

:24:12. > :24:28.scrunching technique. Learner drivers could be allowed on

:24:29. > :24:31.motorways. The Department of Transport says the changes could

:24:32. > :24:37.improve road safety. We are being joined by our London newsroom. The

:24:38. > :24:43.proposition is that you will have L plates on the motorways, is that a

:24:44. > :24:48.good idea? Anything that gives young novice drivers more experience has

:24:49. > :24:52.to be welcome. It has to be done safely of course but when you go on

:24:53. > :24:56.a motorway for the first time, it can be scary. Going on with someone

:24:57. > :25:00.who is a qualified instructor, that is a good ring. But it doesn't get

:25:01. > :25:05.you anything because it is not going to become part of the test, is it?

:25:06. > :25:09.It's just the those who can afford the extra lessons to go on the

:25:10. > :25:14.motorway just because they can? We have to go one step at a time. For

:25:15. > :25:18.many years we haven't allowed people not yet through their test onto

:25:19. > :25:22.motorways. The government said that is something they want to open up

:25:23. > :25:25.and we think it's a good idea. Let's get that going and then possibly in

:25:26. > :25:31.due course we might find changes to the test along. It is extraordinary.

:25:32. > :25:34.Some people might be alarmed about the idea is L plates on the motorway

:25:35. > :25:39.but it seems more extraordinary that you can pass your test never having

:25:40. > :25:44.been on a motorway and then go on a motorway without L plates. Many of

:25:45. > :25:48.us when we think back to when we first passed our test, the first

:25:49. > :25:52.time we went a motorway, going down on that slip road and encountering

:25:53. > :25:57.all the traffic thundering along at high speed, it can be scary. That's

:25:58. > :26:02.why we would encourage people even now before this comes along, if they

:26:03. > :26:07.pass this test, yet yourselves a qualified instructor to coach you

:26:08. > :26:12.through it. Just to be clear, if Mum or dad are sitting alongside you, it

:26:13. > :26:17.doesn't mean you can have a go on a motorway? Absolutely not. This is a

:26:18. > :26:21.carefully introduced idea and many qualified people who are col --

:26:22. > :26:25.comfortable with what they are doing. Instructor alongside the

:26:26. > :26:29.novice will have to make a judgement in their mind as to whether that

:26:30. > :26:34.novice is fully able to drive on the motorway or whether they need more

:26:35. > :26:42.lessons. One more thing, we are hearing news of another accident on

:26:43. > :26:47.the M4 to, a coach crash, 17 people injured, we understand. Fog is a

:26:48. > :26:50.real issue for drivers. Certain times of year, its particular issue.

:26:51. > :26:56.Are there any guidelines are people dealing with these conditions? What

:26:57. > :27:01.we can say is thankfully our motorways are amongst the safest.

:27:02. > :27:07.This type of year, -- this time of year, when it is faulty or dark, for

:27:08. > :30:45.goodness sake, slow down, take it easy. Thank you for your time.

:30:46. > :30:48.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Charlie

:30:49. > :30:51.Russia has promised to respond to the expulsion of 35

:30:52. > :30:54.of its diplomats from Washington, amid a bitter dispute over alleged

:30:55. > :30:56.interference by the Kremlin in the American presidential election.

:30:57. > :30:59.Obama believes Russia used cyber hacking to try and discredit

:31:00. > :31:01.Hilary Clinton a claim denied by President Putin.

:31:02. > :31:08.Moscow says retaliatory measures would be considered.

:31:09. > :31:11.17 people have been taken to hospital after a coach overturned

:31:12. > :31:15.A major incident was declared as emergency services attended

:31:16. > :31:17.at around quarter to three in the morning.

:31:18. > :31:20.South Central Ambulance Service says the driver and passengers have

:31:21. > :31:24.The AA is urging "extreme caution" for those heading out on the roads

:31:25. > :31:43.Learner drivers are to be allowed on motorways for the first time

:31:44. > :31:45.under new Government plans to improve road safety.

:31:46. > :31:48.The Department of Transport is launching a seven week

:31:49. > :31:50.consultation on the proposed changes from today.

:31:51. > :31:53.It says the idea is designed to improve awareness and experience

:31:54. > :32:02.A nationwide ceasefire has come into force in Syria

:32:03. > :32:04.between the government and rebel factions.

:32:05. > :32:07.Fighting is said to have stopped in much of the country

:32:08. > :32:09.but there have been reports of some clashes.

:32:10. > :32:12.A number of organisations are not covered by the truce,

:32:13. > :32:20.Jeremy Corbyn has used his New Year's message to warn

:32:21. > :32:23.against a Brexit deal that he says only protects bankers

:32:24. > :32:28.Mr Corbyn said 2016 would be defined by the decision to leave

:32:29. > :32:30.the European Union and warned that Labour would not allow

:32:31. > :32:37.the government to negotiate a deal his party did not agree with.

:32:38. > :32:40.National Parks in England have lost a quarter of their government

:32:41. > :32:43.funding in the past five years, according to research by the Press

:32:44. > :32:46.Campaigners warn it could threaten the areas for future generations,

:32:47. > :32:49.but the government says their budgets are protected until 2020.

:32:50. > :32:58.With stunning scenery and rare wildlife, 19 million people visit

:32:59. > :33:01.them every year, but England's national parks have had

:33:02. > :33:05.their funding cut in recent times, down by a quarter since 2010.

:33:06. > :33:08.Areas loved by many and described by the government as national

:33:09. > :33:15.treasures simply aren't getting the cash they used to.

:33:16. > :33:18.Figures show the grants given to nine out of 10 national parks

:33:19. > :33:21.in England have been shrinking, reduced by more than ?10 million

:33:22. > :33:32.With inflation factored in, that's a real-terms cut

:33:33. > :33:35.In a statement, the Department for Environment, Food

:33:36. > :33:44.There are efforts to bring in more money by bringing in more visitors.

:33:45. > :33:47.There is a government plan for encouraging school trips

:33:48. > :33:54.Campaigners, though, point to information centres

:33:55. > :33:56.closing, bus services being axed and staff cuts

:33:57. > :34:02.They say there will need to be more cash so the beauty of the parks can

:34:03. > :34:12.Newly released government files reveal that guards at Faslane naval

:34:13. > :34:14.base were ordered to shoot suspected intruders,

:34:15. > :34:16.after three people broke into a nuclear submarine.

:34:17. > :34:19.The Prime Minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher, who was told

:34:20. > :34:21.of the order, said she was "horrified"

:34:22. > :34:31.Counting down to 2017 will take longer than usual this

:34:32. > :34:34.New Year's Eve as clock experts compensate for a slowdown

:34:35. > :34:38.To be precise, it will last an extra second.

:34:39. > :34:40.For the 27th time the National Physics Laboratory has brought

:34:41. > :34:44.in a leap second to ensure that time based on the Earth's rotation does

:34:45. > :35:00.not lag behind time kept by atomic clocks.

:35:01. > :35:10.So, I can't work at when the leap second is. When is it added on? It

:35:11. > :35:18.has to be specific, doesn't it? When you get to zero, you do another,

:35:19. > :35:25.maybe? You pause? What is an atomic clock? It is a clock we know nothing

:35:26. > :35:33.about. It is the special clock which works best. Oh, OK, I knew Charlie

:35:34. > :35:38.would have the answer. Please send us into tell us about what it is.

:35:39. > :35:41.People have been talking about being ambidextrous and a quarter of

:35:42. > :35:45.cricketers are left-handed, which is higher than the 8%- 10% of the

:35:46. > :35:59.population which a left-handed. Loads of people commenting this

:36:00. > :36:03.morning. Adelaide Callum, my brother was right-handed and turned

:36:04. > :36:12.left-handed. Vincent says one is left-handed and one is right-handed

:36:13. > :36:19.in relation to his brothers. And James Hat Stand, my brother copied

:36:20. > :36:23.his sister when growing up. Lots of people said playing golf and snooker

:36:24. > :36:28.they are left-handed when they write with their right-hand. Sometimes it

:36:29. > :36:31.is as simple as equipment available. You said you tried golf and picked

:36:32. > :36:36.up a left-handed set and... I think it is showing off as well. It was

:36:37. > :36:44.impressive at school when someone could write with both hands, wasn't

:36:45. > :36:47.it? Thing about Rafael Nadal, he is right-handed but he plays

:36:48. > :36:52.left-handed, because playing left-handed is so difficult to play

:36:53. > :36:57.against if you are a right-handed player. Ryan Giggs is right footed

:36:58. > :36:59.or left footed? I am going to guess right footed, but I don't know. I

:37:00. > :37:00.will have a look. Swansea have ruled Ryan Giggs out

:37:01. > :37:04.of the running as a successor to Bob Giggs had been the early favourite,

:37:05. > :37:07.alongside Wales manager Chris Coleman, who has indicated

:37:08. > :37:10.he'll remain with the national team. Bayern Munich assistant Paul Clement

:37:11. > :37:12.and ex-Birmingham boss Gary Rowett are now the front runners

:37:13. > :37:15.to take over after Bradley Whoever comes in has

:37:16. > :37:18.to be the right man. I suppose ideally he would be

:37:19. > :37:21.British, knowing the Premier League. You know, they have to be satisfied

:37:22. > :37:25.he fills the criteria for getting us out of the trouble

:37:26. > :37:28.we find ourselves in. Aston Villa are still unbeaten

:37:29. > :37:31.at home in the Championship, after they denied Leeds United

:37:32. > :37:33.the chance to go third. Leeds have been on good form,

:37:34. > :37:37.and they went ahead in the second But four minutes from time,

:37:38. > :37:41.they conceded a penalty. Jonathan Kodja put it

:37:42. > :37:50.away to level for Villa. World player of the year

:37:51. > :37:53.Cristiano Ronaldo has turned down an offer of ?85 million a year

:37:54. > :37:56.to leave Real Madrid for an unnamed Chinese club,

:37:57. > :37:58.according to his agent. The news came on the day that

:37:59. > :38:01.Argentina striker Carlos Tevez joined Shanghai Shenhua,

:38:02. > :38:03.becoming one of the highest paid The Chinese Super League club

:38:04. > :38:08.will pay him ?615,000 a week. Andy Murray's season starts today,

:38:09. > :38:16.he'll face David Goffin in the semi-finals of

:38:17. > :38:19.the World Tennis Championship in Abu Murray got a bye into the last four

:38:20. > :38:23.but Goffin had to come past Jo-Wilfried Tsonga,

:38:24. > :38:30.winning in straight sets. And Rafael Nadal made a good start

:38:31. > :38:33.to his latest comeback from injury, dropping only four games

:38:34. > :38:36.as he beat Tomas Berdych. A wrist injury had troubled

:38:37. > :38:38.Nadal throughout 2016, but there were no

:38:39. > :38:40.signs of rustiness. He faces Milos Raonic

:38:41. > :38:44.in the semi-finals. In darts, Phil Taylor set up

:38:45. > :38:47.a tantalising quarter-final against Raymond van Barneveld

:38:48. > :38:49.at the PDC World Championship. Taylor, a 16-time world champion,

:38:50. > :38:52.beat Kim Huybrechts 4-2 at Alexandra He and van Barneveld

:38:53. > :38:55.are long-standing rivals. The Dutchman tweeted:

:38:56. > :38:57."El Classico is on. And finally, Serena Williams has

:38:58. > :39:08.used the social media platform Reddit to announce that she is

:39:09. > :39:11.engaged to its co-founder, She put it in the form of a poem:

:39:12. > :39:17."I came home / A little late / Someone had a bag packed for me /

:39:18. > :39:21.And a carriage awaited / Destination: Rome / To escort me

:39:22. > :39:24.to my very own "charming" / Back to where our stars first collided /

:39:25. > :39:28.And now it was full circle / At the same table we first met

:39:29. > :39:32.by chance / This time he made it not by chance / But by choice / Down

:39:33. > :39:45.on one knee / He said four words/And She likes of Poland, doesn't she?

:39:46. > :39:50.Has she done that before? What, written poems? She has done that

:39:51. > :39:56.recently with Maya Angelou. -- she likes poems. Congratulations to

:39:57. > :39:58.Serena Williams. Despite multiple public health

:39:59. > :40:00.campaigns against smoking, it continues to be the biggest cause

:40:01. > :40:03.of premature death amongst adults - almost 80,000 people

:40:04. > :40:05.a year lose their lives because of the habit.

:40:06. > :40:09.So in an effort to put people off, 2017 will be the first year

:40:10. > :40:12.when all cigarettes will be sold in standardised packaging,

:40:13. > :40:14.which display graphic Public Health England is also

:40:15. > :40:17.reminding smokers their heart, In a moment, we'll talk

:40:18. > :40:22.to Dr Ranj Singh, but first he's been getting ideas from primary

:40:23. > :40:40.school children on how to encourage Not smoking is the single best thing

:40:41. > :40:50.you can do for your health. How do you stop someone smoking? If you are

:40:51. > :40:55.going to give a message to your dad if he was making, what would you

:40:56. > :41:01.write? It can kill you. I have drawn the heart of a smoker and the heart

:41:02. > :41:05.of a non-smoker. The healthy site is people who smoke and the unhealthy

:41:06. > :41:11.site is people don't smoke. Clark can build up and you could have a

:41:12. > :41:19.stroke. Please, stop smoking. Don't be the smoker, be the stop. Oh, that

:41:20. > :41:22.is so good. Welcome to the program. This is about telling us about the

:41:23. > :41:28.heart problems you can get from smoking. For a long time we have

:41:29. > :41:33.seen pictures of lungs and the damage which can be done. Will this

:41:34. > :41:39.have an impact? I think so. Research shows it does work. A lot of people

:41:40. > :41:42.will be aware of the impact of smoking on your lungs. People

:41:43. > :41:46.automatically think of lung cancer. He might not realise the effect on

:41:47. > :41:52.your heart and arteries. It increases your child of heart attack

:41:53. > :41:57.and stroke, it doubles it. There is a very real impact. 45 people every

:41:58. > :42:02.day die from smoking related cardiovascular disease and we have a

:42:03. > :42:05.lot of work to do. We have 7 million smokers in this country. Fortunately

:42:06. > :42:14.twice as many ex-smokers, but we have work to do. Who are the

:42:15. > :42:18.problem... Obviously anyone smoking, but which groups are listening

:42:19. > :42:22.leased to the messages? It might not necessarily be that they are

:42:23. > :42:26.listening but they are a high prevalence areas in the country,

:42:27. > :42:30.especially with people who work in manual and routine professions, that

:42:31. > :42:34.is who we are targeting as well as everyone else. Another group we need

:42:35. > :42:38.to look at these young people. We need to discourage young people from

:42:39. > :42:42.taking up smoking in the first place and we know that standardised

:42:43. > :42:46.packaging carrying these warnings and these targeted campaigns can

:42:47. > :42:51.work. Do we know that packaging makes a difference? My friend was

:42:52. > :42:56.smoking a cigarette the other day and there was a picture that made me

:42:57. > :43:00.say, oh, doesn't it put you off? He said, I don't notice it any more.

:43:01. > :43:06.Does that happen, smokers don't notice? I think it is a really good

:43:07. > :43:09.point. Lots of studies have been done around the world looking at

:43:10. > :43:13.that and they have shown a positive impact. Australia was one of the

:43:14. > :43:18.first countries to take this approach and they have seen a

:43:19. > :43:23.reduction in smoking rates of between 1% - 2% since the launch of

:43:24. > :43:27.their strategy. We want to see that in this country. It might not sound

:43:28. > :43:32.like a big number but it is 100,000 Australians. If you think about the

:43:33. > :43:36.wide impact on health and family, it is devastating when a carer or

:43:37. > :43:40.parent dies prematurely because of smoking. That is what these kids

:43:41. > :43:45.need to be aware of and that is what these kids are trying to stop people

:43:46. > :43:49.doing. It is interesting what works, and what remains in your mind, and I

:43:50. > :43:55.think you remember the campaign a while ago, it was the blocked artery

:43:56. > :43:59.and the ta that was in there. That really stuck in the memory. Is there

:44:00. > :44:07.an argument for having the very graphic illustrations? I am not

:44:08. > :44:11.sure, the heart campaign, is there an image which shows what smoking

:44:12. > :44:16.does to your heart? The packages contain images of the impacts

:44:17. > :44:20.smoking has. There is also a concurrent mutations campaign which

:44:21. > :44:23.is showing the cigarettes and the kind of mutations people will see

:44:24. > :44:27.when they smoke inside their bodies and those are the mutations which

:44:28. > :44:31.cause cancer and things like that. These hard-hitting campaigns can be

:44:32. > :44:36.controversial. Are you using shock tactics? No, we are using facts.

:44:37. > :44:41.People need to be aware there is no safe level of smoking. Giving up

:44:42. > :44:46.smoking is the single best thing to do for your health and there is free

:44:47. > :44:50.help available. Just go online, search for smoke-free and you'll get

:44:51. > :44:55.loads of tools and tricks. And information about how to do that.

:44:56. > :45:03.And this time of year, music -- new years resolutions. We want to be

:45:04. > :45:07.healthy this time of year. Smoking is the big thing that all of us

:45:08. > :45:14.should be looking at. Thank you for your time this morning. Nice to see

:45:15. > :45:18.you. It is also a good time of year to take something up and Matt is

:45:19. > :45:24.taking up a bit of iceskating at the Tower of London.

:45:25. > :45:38.He is an alien BIS. -- he is enabling this.

:45:39. > :45:48.Cold, misty, foggy. I have just about state on my feet. I will get a

:45:49. > :45:57.triple fracture if I'd stay on my feet. Cold and frosty against

:45:58. > :46:00.southern and eastern parts. It will have an impact on road travel and

:46:01. > :46:05.air travel across the South and east of England. Temperatures in the

:46:06. > :46:13.south and east below freezing. Double figures in the north. Most of

:46:14. > :46:21.you start the day drive but lots of rain across the Hebrides, Walkley,

:46:22. > :46:26.Shetland. Could be increased risk of flooding as we head into the next 24

:46:27. > :46:31.hours. Dry and bright breaks in the north-east of Scotland where we

:46:32. > :46:35.could around 14 or 15 compare to three degrees across parts of East

:46:36. > :46:41.Anglia where the mist and fog lingers. Still mist and fog through

:46:42. > :46:45.the south-east. Most of you will have mild night. Still wet in

:46:46. > :46:50.northern Scotland and that weather front that is bringing the rain,

:46:51. > :46:54.will bring breezy conditions. A mild enough start to New Year's Eve. The

:46:55. > :46:59.mist will lift as the breeze picks up. The rain continues in northern

:47:00. > :47:09.Scotland and if anything, New Year's Eve, it will work its way south.

:47:10. > :47:13.Turning colder once again from the north. As we head towards midnight,

:47:14. > :47:20.this is what the conditions are looking like. You have clear skies

:47:21. > :47:24.for many, very cold, a few wintry showers, the rain will have cleared

:47:25. > :47:29.that it will be their in northern England at midnight. Largely dry

:47:30. > :47:34.across the Midlands, East Anglia and the south of England. Competitor

:47:35. > :47:40.past few nights, here is not quite as misty or foggy -- compared to.

:47:41. > :47:46.The south-west should be dried apart from the odd spot of rain and

:47:47. > :47:55.drizzle. For the likes of Newport, you might see a dry New Year's Eve.

:47:56. > :47:59.To the north of the weather front, back to Northern Ireland, back to

:48:00. > :48:04.the cold air. Clearer skies for midnight. One or two showers around

:48:05. > :48:12.but most will be dry. The colder weather that we finish the year with

:48:13. > :48:16.head down. Still rain to come. Parts of southern England, East Anglia,

:48:17. > :48:20.patchy rain or drizzle. Whereas the rest of the country, lots of

:48:21. > :48:24.sunshine around stop with the showers in the coastal parts of

:48:25. > :48:31.Scotland will stop a mixture of rain, sleet and snow.

:48:32. > :48:38.Misty, foggy, frosty across the South and east. A milder spell to

:48:39. > :48:54.the run-up of New Year and things are set to turn colder. I am skating

:48:55. > :49:05.off in my lovely suit. Here we go. Don't expect a turn.

:49:06. > :49:13.That made it for me, that. By the end of the morning, we will get a

:49:14. > :49:21.jump out of Matt. He has a jump suit on. Bello it is hard to stop as well

:49:22. > :49:30.and he managed to stop and deliver the weather without falling over.

:49:31. > :49:37.Christmas wrapping, all the cardboard. It takes ages to sort

:49:38. > :49:39.out, working out of the wrapping paper and how much you can recycle

:49:40. > :49:41.and how much Between us we've used around 300,000

:49:42. > :49:44.tons of card during the festive season for things like packaging

:49:45. > :49:47.and of course Christmas cards. We've sent Sean to a recycling plant

:49:48. > :50:06.in the West Midlands to find out whereabouts are you? They still have

:50:07. > :50:11.all that to go through. It's the busiest time of year. The cards, the

:50:12. > :50:16.gift wrapping, that glitter doesn't help either. That is why these

:50:17. > :50:20.pickers are sorting through everything because the waste that

:50:21. > :50:26.comes here is all in one. Everybody's recycling, all in one.

:50:27. > :50:33.The plastic, the tins, the paper. It gets split here. What makes it

:50:34. > :50:37.awkward, it still end up with DVD players, broadband, hairdryers,

:50:38. > :50:42.getting in there. The machinery can't do it all on its own. Let's

:50:43. > :50:47.talk to a couple of people who know a little bit of why this is

:50:48. > :50:53.happening here. You represent the packaging industry. How much of this

:50:54. > :50:56.here is because of the amount of packaging that your members use when

:50:57. > :51:01.customers are buying certain products? The packaging UC has

:51:02. > :51:05.arisen because consumers have brought products that have to have

:51:06. > :51:17.packaging around them in order for the product to arrive in the

:51:18. > :51:25.condition it was intended. Margaret, you are Professor improve waste

:51:26. > :51:35.management. -- professor in weight -- waste management. People have

:51:36. > :51:41.talked about consumer responsibility. They are being

:51:42. > :51:49.incentivised to produce less, the producers. Is that an incentive?

:51:50. > :51:57.People putting the right stuff in the right bins? Remember, the

:51:58. > :52:00.products that are put on the shelves are done so because consumers buy

:52:01. > :52:07.them and therefore, manufacturers will also produce the product. A

:52:08. > :52:11.majority of packaging, certainly food packaging these days, has

:52:12. > :52:16.information on it so consumers can see how to responsibly dispose on it

:52:17. > :52:20.for recycling. The proportion of recycled material that is in

:52:21. > :52:28.packaging has increased and will continue. To consumers want to use

:52:29. > :52:33.less packaging? I think people want to do the right thing but then not

:52:34. > :52:38.always clear about what that is. We get higher recycling waste

:52:39. > :52:43.considering for most householders there is no benefit. I will be back

:52:44. > :52:48.a bit later. We will be doing more scrunch test and finding out

:52:49. > :52:49.exactly, there is still loads of shiny wrapping paper going through

:52:50. > :53:00.here, these people are working hard. Sean, does it smell? The last time I

:53:01. > :53:07.went to one of those, it absolutely wreaked. I do know whether I'm used

:53:08. > :53:12.to it but these are recyclable so there is not so much food and waste.

:53:13. > :53:13.But I don't fancy sticking my head down there.

:53:14. > :53:16.For fans of the world's only consulting detective the wait

:53:17. > :53:19.The new series of Sherlock begins on New Year's Day.

:53:20. > :53:22.Details and plot lines have been kept a closely guarded secret,

:53:23. > :53:25.but the show's writers have described this fourth series

:53:26. > :53:29.Breakfast's Tim Muffett has been to meet the star of the show

:53:30. > :53:31.Benedict Cumberbatch to see if he can squeeze out

:53:32. > :53:39.I am sure there are many things you can not tell us

:53:40. > :53:45.I am in a new series, series four of Sherlock.

:53:46. > :53:47.It is exciting and it has been fantastically challenging

:53:48. > :53:52.and new and that is the thing that keeps

:53:53. > :53:57.Your daemons have been waiting for a very

:53:58. > :54:04.When you see a script for the first time, what happens?

:54:05. > :54:08.Firstly you are amazed at the imagination of the work that

:54:09. > :54:14.And then you start picking out the details that relate

:54:15. > :54:21.to the original stories and then just the beautiful character arcs.

:54:22. > :54:23.A screaming demanding baby, waking up at all hours.

:54:24. > :54:35.All you do is clean up their mess, pat them on the head.

:54:36. > :54:38.So much has changed since you began this.

:54:39. > :54:41.Social media was around but not as big as it is now.

:54:42. > :54:44.Today we have been seen from the scene is shot outside

:54:45. > :54:48.and there are crowds were tweeting about it.

:54:49. > :54:54.What we use as Baker Street is peculiar because there

:54:55. > :54:57.is excitement and expectation and if you raise an

:54:58. > :55:01.You also have to complete a day's filming and

:55:02. > :55:17.They don't want to be an obstacle to what they eventually enjoy so much.

:55:18. > :55:19.Does it put you off your character at all?

:55:20. > :55:24.You have to go pretty far too upset that character.

:55:25. > :55:28.What is the very worst thing you can do to your very

:55:29. > :55:33.I don't think some people realise how big globally Sherlock

:55:34. > :55:42.I thought I would find a few people who had seen it.

:55:43. > :55:46.The second or third day when they realised that it wasn't

:55:47. > :55:51.Christian Bale or someone else behind the mask,

:55:52. > :55:52.there were just hundreds of people sort

:55:53. > :55:59.What is the most unusual place you have been spotted as Sherlock.

:56:00. > :56:13.We were the ones who were the privileged audience

:56:14. > :56:15.and he was acting as if he was privileged.

:56:16. > :56:25.She is a retired superagent with terrifying skills.

:56:26. > :56:32.This programme seems to go everywhere and I am

:56:33. > :56:35.The stories, they had a massive worldwide audience,

:56:36. > :56:40.I guess it is an extension of that but with modern

:56:41. > :00:20.All it back in half an hour. and weather where

:00:21. > :00:23.Hello this is Breakfast, with Steph McGovern and Charlie Stayt.

:00:24. > :00:26.Russia says it will retaliate, as 35 of its diplomats

:00:27. > :00:30.are expelled from the US over the hacking scandal.

:00:31. > :00:33.President Obama's ordered the sanctions after claims Moscow

:00:34. > :00:50.interfered in America's presidential elections.

:00:51. > :00:53.Good morning, it's Friday 30th December.

:00:54. > :00:58.17 people are taken to hospital with minor injuries after a coach

:00:59. > :01:02.overturns on the M40 in Oxfordshire - drivers are being warned

:01:03. > :01:07.to use extreme caution in the freezing conditions.

:01:08. > :01:09.Prescribing pets - why senior nurses are calling

:01:10. > :01:18.for more animals to be used as part of patients' treatment.

:01:19. > :01:24.It is a bit of normality isn't it, because we have dogs at home so to

:01:25. > :01:31.have one in the hospital is quite nice. Good morning, it is reckoned

:01:32. > :01:36.we get three 300 tonnes of card like this over the Christmas period. I am

:01:37. > :01:39.looking at all the rubbish which is trucked into our bins.

:01:40. > :01:43.In sport, Ryan Giggs is the latest name to be ruled out of the running

:01:44. > :01:46.The club have suggested they're looking for more managerial

:01:47. > :01:57.And Matt has the weather for us. Good morning, I am an ice here at

:01:58. > :02:02.the Tower of London this morning. It is not just hear that things are

:02:03. > :02:07.slippery. Southern and eastern England is rusty and foggy. It is

:02:08. > :02:13.wet in northern Scotland. Details on all of that and the prospects as we

:02:14. > :02:17.finished 2016 and start 2017. That is all coming up. Thank you.

:02:18. > :02:22.Russia has promised to respond to the expulsion of 35

:02:23. > :02:25.of its diplomats from Washington, amid a bitter dispute over alleged

:02:26. > :02:27.interference by the Kremlin in the American presidential election.

:02:28. > :02:29.Moscow has denied the allegations of cyber-attacks, and said

:02:30. > :02:31.its response will cause the United States

:02:32. > :02:39.Our correspondent Steve Rosenberg joins us from Moscow.

:02:40. > :02:50.A pretty bold move, Steve, by the United States. What has the reaction

:02:51. > :02:53.been like? Pretty furious, actually. Quite a colourful reaction from

:02:54. > :02:58.Russian officials. We have heard President Putin's spokesman of

:02:59. > :03:03.accusing the Obama administration of behaving like an elephant in a china

:03:04. > :03:08.shop. That is what they say here. We have seen a tweet from the Russian

:03:09. > :03:13.embassy in the UK with a picture of a duck with the word name over it

:03:14. > :03:18.and we have heard in the foreign agency who says America has been

:03:19. > :03:23.humiliated by its own president. So an angry reaction. We have not heard

:03:24. > :03:28.what Russia's counter sanctions will be. We do expect there to be some.

:03:29. > :03:32.The Kremlin said it will make an appropriate response. The Foreign

:03:33. > :03:34.Ministry here has spoken of countermeasures. What will be

:03:35. > :03:42.interesting I think will be the knowledge within three weeks' time,

:03:43. > :03:46.more pro-Moscow US president walks into the White House, Donald Trump,

:03:47. > :03:50.whether that will soften Moscow's response in anyway. The diplomats

:03:51. > :03:57.will be expelled from the United States. When will this happen? Is it

:03:58. > :04:02.likely to be resolved by then? They have been given 72 hours to leave

:04:03. > :04:07.the United States and I think we can expect probably some kind of

:04:08. > :04:11.tit-for-tat, possibly a similar number of US diplomats to be

:04:12. > :04:15.expelled possibly from Russia, but we will have to wait and see for the

:04:16. > :04:26.official response from the authorities here. Thank you.

:04:27. > :04:28.17 people have been taken to hospital after a coach

:04:29. > :04:30.overturned on the M40 in Oxfordshire this morning.

:04:31. > :04:33.South Central Ambulance Service says the driver and passengers have

:04:34. > :04:36.There were reports of dense fog in the area.

:04:37. > :04:38.Let's get the latest from our reporter Simon Jones

:04:39. > :04:47.What more do we know about what happened this morning? This crash

:04:48. > :04:53.happened around 2:45am this morning on the slip road near junction seven

:04:54. > :04:58.of the M40, that is near Thame in Oxfordshire. We know the driver was

:04:59. > :05:02.taken to hospital along with 16 of the passengers on board that coach

:05:03. > :05:07.which was from the Oxford bus company. We are told the injuries

:05:08. > :05:12.they suffered include broken bones, cuts and bruises and it was declared

:05:13. > :05:15.a major incident because of the number of casualties involved. Six

:05:16. > :05:20.ambulances went to the scene of the crash along with the police and Fire

:05:21. > :05:25.Service, but initially, they had difficulty getting there because the

:05:26. > :05:33.fog was so thick in the area, and there has been a warning issued for

:05:34. > :05:35.fog for large parts of southern England and that could continue

:05:36. > :05:38.until later on this afternoon. This crash happened around 20 miles from

:05:39. > :05:42.the scene of another huge crash in fog which took place on Wednesday.

:05:43. > :05:46.That involved 20 vehicles and a woman lost her life. The cause of

:05:47. > :05:52.this latest accident is still under investigation. Thank you. And we

:05:53. > :05:55.will have an update on the weather throughout the morning as well.

:05:56. > :05:58.Learner drivers are to be allowed on motorways for the first time

:05:59. > :06:00.under new Government plans to improve road safety.

:06:01. > :06:02.The Department of Transport is launching a seven week

:06:03. > :06:04.consultation on the proposed changes from today.

:06:05. > :06:06.It says the idea is designed to improve awareness

:06:07. > :06:14.The proposed changes to both driver and motorcyclist training,

:06:15. > :06:15.says the government, would improve safety

:06:16. > :06:22.For drivers, changes would mean that competent learners will be able

:06:23. > :06:24.to have lessons on motorways with an approved driving instructor

:06:25. > :06:31.The biggest proposed changes are reserved for motorcyclists.

:06:32. > :06:33.The compulsory basic training course, which allows them to ride

:06:34. > :06:37.unaccompanied on roads, would be updated.

:06:38. > :06:40.Motorcycle training would also move more online with novice riders

:06:41. > :06:44.having to take a theory test and those holding a provisional

:06:45. > :06:49.motorcycle licence would also have their CBT certificates revoked

:06:50. > :06:57.if they get more than six penalty points.

:06:58. > :06:59.The motoring organization, the RAC, have welcomed the proposals,

:07:00. > :07:02.saying Britain's roads are already amongst the safest in the world,

:07:03. > :07:04.and that changes are needed to help modernise driver

:07:05. > :07:11.The Prime Minister has distanced herself from highly critical remarks

:07:12. > :07:15.made by the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, about Israel.

:07:16. > :07:18.In a speech on Wednesday, Mr Kerry described Benjamin Netanyahu's

:07:19. > :07:23.government as the most right wing in the country's history,

:07:24. > :07:25.and accused it of jeopardising the peace process.

:07:26. > :07:27.But Downing Street said it was "not appropriate"

:07:28. > :07:29.to attack the composition of the democratically elected

:07:30. > :07:45.A nationwide ceasefire has come into force in Syria between the

:07:46. > :07:50.government and rebel groups. There have been reports of some clashes. A

:07:51. > :07:53.number of organisations are not covered by the trees including the

:07:54. > :07:58.Islamic State group. -- the truce. National Parks in England have

:07:59. > :08:00.seen their government funding reduced by a quarter in the last

:08:01. > :08:02.five years, according Figures show nine out

:08:03. > :08:05.of the ten areas - including the Lake District

:08:06. > :08:07.and Dartmoor - suffered cuts to grants totalling

:08:08. > :08:09.more than ?10 million. The government says National Park

:08:10. > :08:11.budgets are protected until 2020. Newly released government files

:08:12. > :08:13.reveal that guards at Faslane naval base were ordered

:08:14. > :08:16.to shoot suspected intruders, after three people broke

:08:17. > :08:19.into a nuclear submarine. The Prime Minister at the time,

:08:20. > :08:21.Margaret Thatcher, who was told of the order,

:08:22. > :08:23.said she was "horrified" Faslane, home to Britain's nuclear

:08:24. > :08:32.submarines and one of the most secure military

:08:33. > :08:40.establishments in Britain. Yet in October 1983 anti-nuclear

:08:41. > :08:45.demonstrators broke into the base at night and got

:08:46. > :08:48.aboard a nuclear sub. Documents released at

:08:49. > :08:50.the National Archives show When Mrs Thatcher was first told

:08:51. > :08:58.of the security breach, the thing that evidently horrified her most

:08:59. > :09:03.was that the intruders had managed to get into the control room

:09:04. > :09:05.of a Polaris submarine. Adviser Charles Powell wrote,

:09:06. > :09:07.had there been armed terrorist the consequences would

:09:08. > :09:09.have been incalculable. And Mrs Thatcher herself noted

:09:10. > :09:11.at the top of the page, We could all have been

:09:12. > :09:18.put in grave danger." Polaris was the forerunner

:09:19. > :09:21.of today's Trident, Phil Jones, then a young

:09:22. > :09:29.peace activist, He says they were astonished at how

:09:30. > :09:36.easy it was, and shocked. When the commander of the submarine

:09:37. > :09:39.came into the control room, and he was shouting at us,

:09:40. > :09:41."Who the F are you? Over and over again,

:09:42. > :09:53.it could have been outrageous we could have been the IRA,

:09:54. > :09:56.because they were still active. The files show security failures

:09:57. > :09:58.starting with the perimeter fence. As a result of the incident,

:09:59. > :10:01.Royal Marine sentries were given orders to shoot anyone suspected

:10:02. > :10:04.of trying to damage the sub, but it didn't stop the same thing

:10:05. > :10:07.happening again at least twice - If you've been anywhere near social

:10:08. > :10:22.media over the last few months you can't have missed

:10:23. > :10:25.the mannequin challenge. Countless sports stars, celebrities,

:10:26. > :10:28.politicians and even NHS staff have posed for the videos,

:10:29. > :10:32.but now French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has taken

:10:33. > :10:49.the challenge to new heights. Have a look at this. Thomas is

:10:50. > :10:59.currently on board the International Space Station. This is the video.

:11:00. > :11:03.This is a moving image. His crewmates have taken part in the

:11:04. > :11:07.challenge. They have anchored themselves sufficiently so they are

:11:08. > :11:16.not moving. But the person at the front was

:11:17. > :11:20.totally in midair. That is the best one I have ever seen.

:11:21. > :11:26.We have the weather and sport coming up later on.

:11:27. > :11:29.Learner drivers could soon have lessons on the motorway, under

:11:30. > :11:31.It's hoped the idea will improve awareness

:11:32. > :11:35.The Department for Transport says the changes

:11:36. > :11:39.So, would you welcome the idea or would you be worried

:11:40. > :11:48.about sharing the motorway with a learner?

:11:49. > :11:54.I passed my test last January that I haven't driven on the motorway at. I

:11:55. > :11:59.think it would have been a good idea as part of my lessons, but as a

:12:00. > :12:05.driver without my instructor I don't think I would feel very safe doing

:12:06. > :12:09.it! On the motorway you have to be a little bit experienced and totally

:12:10. > :12:13.switched on and have lots of driving experiences over the years. So I

:12:14. > :12:18.think somebody just learning, I don't think that straight onto the

:12:19. > :12:24.motorway would be a good idea personally. You do need to learn to

:12:25. > :12:28.drive on the motorway. At some point! You have to have somebody to

:12:29. > :12:32.teach you, that is better. Lesley Young is the Chief Driving

:12:33. > :12:34.Examiner at the She joins us from our

:12:35. > :12:45.Nottingham newsroom. Good morning. Just to be clear, this

:12:46. > :12:51.is about driver training, not testing. What is your reaction to

:12:52. > :12:54.this? Driving on the motorway for learner drivers is one of a number

:12:55. > :13:01.of initiatives we are putting forward to improve novice driver

:13:02. > :13:06.safety. The DV SA has made changes to their hazard and perception test

:13:07. > :13:11.which includes motorways and bad weather driving and quite a bit

:13:12. > :13:16.about tolerable road users. We have also undergone a trial for the

:13:17. > :13:20.changes to the driving test itself, to better reflect real-life driving

:13:21. > :13:23.and this is further initiatives to broaden new and novice drivers'

:13:24. > :13:28.experience on the roads with a wide range of traffic conditions. It is

:13:29. > :13:33.part of the training initiative rather than testing, because the

:13:34. > :13:36.driving test lasts around 35 to 40 minutes and many of our driving test

:13:37. > :13:40.centres would not have access in that time to motorways, but we do

:13:41. > :13:45.believe that it is important that people have training on motorways

:13:46. > :13:50.before going on them alone. The plan is not to be mandatory, it is

:13:51. > :13:53.something you could choose to do. Some people might not be able to

:13:54. > :13:57.afford the lessons to be able to do it because you would have to be in a

:13:58. > :14:01.dual controlled and so it could not be your dad taking you on the

:14:02. > :14:14.motorway with an owl plate. You are right. It is only in a duel can --

:14:15. > :14:20.controlled car. There would be few this could not apply to. Once they

:14:21. > :14:23.have passed their test they can gain practice on the motorway under

:14:24. > :14:27.supervision from family and friends. This is an opportunity for those who

:14:28. > :14:31.want to take it up. It might be relevant for those who live in areas

:14:32. > :14:36.where access to the motorway is very likely. Could you ever see a day

:14:37. > :14:40.when it does become mandatory, when people have to do this as part of

:14:41. > :14:44.their training? I doubt this very much. We have to understand there

:14:45. > :14:48.are great swathes of the country where there are no motorways so it

:14:49. > :14:54.would be quite burdensome to make everybody do it. It is a voluntary

:14:55. > :14:58.thing and we would encourage people to take up that opportunity. We know

:14:59. > :15:04.from what we have heard earlier in the clips that young drivers are

:15:05. > :15:07.nervous about being on the motorway and far better that they experience

:15:08. > :15:11.it under supervision rather than going on the motorway for the first

:15:12. > :15:18.time on their own without any previous practice. What about for

:15:19. > :15:22.people who are on the motorway who see the L plates and see people

:15:23. > :15:27.learning to drive, it could make them nervous, couldn't it?

:15:28. > :15:33.Interesting point, and I think people under supervision when they

:15:34. > :15:37.are learning are amongst the safest drivers on the road and they are

:15:38. > :15:41.trying to get it right and don't do dangerous things. But they have

:15:42. > :15:45.those plates on their cars but good reasons, and motorists have got to

:15:46. > :15:52.understand they have got to give them more space and time -- for good

:15:53. > :15:55.reasons. Learners tend to be more hesitant than more experienced

:15:56. > :15:58.drivers and so people need to give them more time and space, not only

:15:59. > :16:04.on the motorway, but in general driving, as well. You might be

:16:05. > :16:08.interested to know, regarding the driving test, there are very few

:16:09. > :16:11.crashes that we get involved with, but a significant number of those

:16:12. > :16:16.are other drivers running into the back of learners. The Al plates are

:16:17. > :16:21.there for a reason and it would be helpful if people gave them more

:16:22. > :16:28.space and time to act -- the learner plates. Thanks for joining us.

:16:29. > :16:30.With frosty weather across the country this week,

:16:31. > :16:32.we've sent Matt to the ice rink at the Tower of London.

:16:33. > :16:39.You are displaying quite a bit of skill. LAUGHTER

:16:40. > :16:45.I'm not sure about that. I'm just about getting by. Not so much

:16:46. > :16:56.Torvill and Dean, more Basil Fawlty and Mr Bean. We are at the Tower of

:16:57. > :16:59.London, very atmospheric and misty. This is the case across many

:17:00. > :17:03.southern and eastern parts of England, be foggy weather is a real

:17:04. > :17:09.issue. We can have a look at the forecast. Dense fog in the East of

:17:10. > :17:13.England and also parts of the Midlands, that will hamper the

:17:14. > :17:19.morning commute and some of the airports, as well. Away from that,

:17:20. > :17:21.we have cloud, and also frost in southern and eastern areas, but in

:17:22. > :17:28.northern Scotland we have temperatures around 10-12. In the

:17:29. > :17:31.far north of Scotland we have rain. It will rain all day long in the

:17:32. > :17:35.Shetlands and the Hebrides, and there could be a risk of flooding.

:17:36. > :17:41.North East Scotland might have sunshine. Sunshine in the north-east

:17:42. > :17:48.of England, and eastern parts of Wales. Temperatures around 3-4 in

:17:49. > :17:58.the south-east and East Anglia. Not as much fog around and not quite as

:17:59. > :18:01.frosty, as well, tonight. White breezy with a weather front, which

:18:02. > :18:07.will still be there in northern Scotland to start New Year's Eve --

:18:08. > :18:12.quite breezy. This is how it pans out, much of England and Wales will

:18:13. > :18:18.be dry, the best of any brightness in the East. There will be rain

:18:19. > :18:22.edging south in Scotland, reaching Northern Ireland by the end of the

:18:23. > :18:29.afternoon. The far north of Scotland will start to turn cold. As we head

:18:30. > :18:34.towards midnight, conditions if you are out partying on New Year's Eve,

:18:35. > :18:38.midnight with clear and cold weather, take note of the cold, much

:18:39. > :18:43.colder than we have had recently. Clear skies and wintry showers.

:18:44. > :18:50.Northern Ireland, the rain will be setting in. The Midlands, East

:18:51. > :18:58.Anglia and the South, largely dry, fairly cloudy, south-westerly breeze

:18:59. > :19:00.and temperatures will be 8-9. Greater chance of drizzle in

:19:01. > :19:06.south-west England, and across Wales, Cardiff, Newport, it might be

:19:07. > :19:12.after midnight when the rain sets in, but elsewhere it could be quite

:19:13. > :19:15.wet and windy as the year ends. Largely clear and cold in Northern

:19:16. > :19:20.Ireland, with a couple of wintry showers. The colder air reaches

:19:21. > :19:26.everyone as we go through New Year's Day. It will take a while to reach

:19:27. > :19:36.the far south, but elsewhere, crisp and sunny skies. The showers will

:19:37. > :19:41.possibly have rain and hail and also snow which could give a covering to

:19:42. > :19:51.the ground, especially the high areas in Scotland. Colder the of

:19:52. > :19:57.2017. And now back to you. -- colder for the start of 2017.

:19:58. > :20:03.We are impressed with how steady you are on your feet.

:20:04. > :20:06.Now earlier on Breakfast we saw a bit of a tumble

:20:07. > :20:20.You were being held down. One of them skated off into the distance.

:20:21. > :20:27.There was a bit of a tumble. People have written in, saying they are

:20:28. > :20:37.worried. No one has been hurt badly? No one was hurt, the person in

:20:38. > :20:48.question was Eve and she is fine. I am fine, yes. You have had worse

:20:49. > :21:01.than that? Yes, I have. Everything is OK. I have got the style, haven't

:21:02. > :21:14.I? We have a couple of problems with our sound. Matt was catching up with

:21:15. > :21:22.Eve. Can we go back? We had a few problems with the sound. Eve is OK?

:21:23. > :21:31.She is fine. I'm fine, completely fine, yes. Anything hurt? No, I'm

:21:32. > :21:36.completely fine. There you go, she is fine, pride hurt more than

:21:37. > :21:41.anything else. It has been good fun down there, thanks for joining us.

:21:42. > :21:45.So easily done, no matter how good you are. Well done to Eve for

:21:46. > :21:49.carrying on. Now Christmas is over,

:21:50. > :21:59.it's time for the big clean up. A lot of Christmas wrapping paper

:22:00. > :22:02.around the country, where does it go?

:22:03. > :22:05.Between us we've used 300,000 tonnes of card and paper

:22:06. > :22:08.during the festive season - but not all of it can be recycled.

:22:09. > :22:11.Sean's at a recycling plant this morning in the West Midlands

:22:12. > :22:12.for us to find out what happens to it all.

:22:13. > :22:19.It looks very busy. It is very busy, some people are brutal, how quickly

:22:20. > :22:25.they chuck away their Christmas cards. I have seen them go past. We

:22:26. > :22:29.are in Walsall at the recycling plant and this is where they do some

:22:30. > :22:34.of the picking. Much of the recycling comes in one big basket,

:22:35. > :22:40.and they do the separating here. Simon is part of the operation. We

:22:41. > :22:45.can see pictures of these paper bales which are produced at the end

:22:46. > :22:49.of the line. What is the most valuable part of the recycling

:22:50. > :22:57.process? The most viable is the paper bail but the most valuable

:22:58. > :23:05.commodity would be aluminium cans. -- the most valuable. Paper is the

:23:06. > :23:13.best, but is it mostly paper coming through? We are with Margaret,

:23:14. > :23:21.wastepaper expert. Which paper should we put in? Pretty wrapping

:23:22. > :23:26.paper, you can recycle that. If you scrunch it and it bounces back, you

:23:27. > :23:33.can't recycle it. Thank you, Margaret. Please don't put nappies

:23:34. > :23:41.in, they cause a bit of a nightmare. Glitter, of course. Don't put that

:23:42. > :23:44.in your recycling. And that means glitter nappies are the worst thing

:23:45. > :23:53.you could possibly put in. Keep them out of your rubbish! That is so good

:23:54. > :23:57.to know, if you scrunch it together you can recycle it, but if you do

:23:58. > :24:03.that and it bounces back, you can't put it in. That means it is not pure

:24:04. > :24:10.paper. It has got to go in the normal rubbish, then. Did he say

:24:11. > :24:13.glitter nappies? I thought I misheard.

:24:14. > :24:15.Hospitals these days are full of high tech equipment

:24:16. > :24:21.to treat people who are ill, but could they also benefit

:24:22. > :24:23.from something as simple as a visit from a pet?

:24:24. > :24:26.Senior nurses are calling today for much more use

:24:27. > :24:29.Holly Hamilton has been to Southampton hospital to see how

:24:30. > :24:43.He is a volunteer here at Southampton General Hospital

:24:44. > :24:53.He and his handler, Lindsey, have been delivering therapy

:24:54. > :24:56.to patients and their families for the last four years.

:24:57. > :25:01.A dog in a hospital environment is an incredible social lubricant

:25:02. > :25:04.so you end up talking to people you would never ever talk

:25:05. > :25:09.Nobody would be interested in me coming alone and

:25:10. > :25:14.We come together and it is a privilege for me to have a dog

:25:15. > :25:21.From lowering blood pressure to reducing anxiety and stress

:25:22. > :25:29.the benefits of animal assisted therapy have been documented.

:25:30. > :25:32.Bringing a smile to the face of this 4-year old child is enough.

:25:33. > :25:39.We were told he had a condition that was permanent brain damage

:25:40. > :25:42.and we probably would not expect much more than what we had then,

:25:43. > :25:48.which was a little bit of eye movement.

:25:49. > :25:50.But when they introduced Leo and he smiled for the

:25:51. > :26:01.As soon as you tell Oscar that Leo is coming, he brightens up

:26:02. > :26:13.One of Leo's first patients here was Alice.

:26:14. > :26:16.When she was initially diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer

:26:17. > :26:22.Took a picture of Leo and took it to show her and I said look,

:26:23. > :26:25.the next time, if you want to see Leo you have to come out

:26:26. > :26:30.He has been in our journey for four years, almost.

:26:31. > :26:32.It was nice to have a dog in the hospital.

:26:33. > :26:38.We have dogs at home ourselves so having one in hospital is nice.

:26:39. > :26:45.In a survey, over 50% of nurses said they had worked with animals

:26:46. > :26:48.and nearly all of them agreed it was a benefit to the patient.

:26:49. > :26:51.Despite that, almost 25% said no animals were allowed

:26:52. > :26:59.The connection that people have with animals can be far more

:27:00. > :27:02.profound than it is with the doctors and nurses and their parents

:27:03. > :27:07.As a nurse and as a human being I think we have to think

:27:08. > :27:09.about what else can we do that would make a difference

:27:10. > :27:15.Or if they do not get well, make their day better.

:27:16. > :27:16.Some people may have some reservations.

:27:17. > :27:22.It is important that there are rules and regulations around how it works.

:27:23. > :27:27.I have been here all morning watching the way that the children

:27:28. > :27:30.here have reacted to Leo and to Lindsey and it

:27:31. > :27:42.Some argue that this type of treatment is simply a temporary fix.

:27:43. > :27:55.But Leo's patients are happy for him to keep coming back.

:27:56. > :28:05.He is so cute. I wonder if you get the same effect from stroking your

:28:06. > :28:07.hair. I wasn't expecting that! It has been a strange morning. And

:28:08. > :28:13.there is more to come. It's being billed as

:28:14. > :28:15.the new Downton Abbey. We'll speak to actor

:28:16. > :28:17.Steven Mackintosh who stars in the new wartime

:28:18. > :28:19.drama, The Halcyon. I hope you are feeling better. It is

:28:20. > :31:46.very comforting. Now stop. Hello - this is Breakfast, with

:31:47. > :32:00.Steph McGovern and Charlie Stayt. Russia has promised to respond

:32:01. > :32:03.to the expulsion of 35 of its diplomats from Washington,

:32:04. > :32:06.amid a bitter dispute over alleged interference by the Kremlin in

:32:07. > :32:08.the American presidential election. Obama believes Russia used

:32:09. > :32:10.cyber hacking to try and discredit Hilary Clinton,

:32:11. > :32:15.a claim denied by President Putin. Moscow says retaliatory measures

:32:16. > :32:19.would be considered. 17 people have been taken

:32:20. > :32:24.to hospital after a coach overturned on the M40 this morning

:32:25. > :32:28.while driving through heavy fog. The male driver and 16

:32:29. > :32:30.passengers suffered broken bones, cuts and bruises

:32:31. > :32:33.when the Oxford Bus Company coach crashed off a slip road at quarter

:32:34. > :32:36.to three this morning. The South Central Ambulance Service

:32:37. > :32:39.said thick fog had made access The AA is urging extreme caution

:32:40. > :32:46.for those heading out on the roads Learner drivers are to be allowed

:32:47. > :32:53.on motorways for the first time under new government plans

:32:54. > :32:57.to improve road safety. The Department of Transport

:32:58. > :32:59.is launching a seven-week consultation on the proposed

:33:00. > :33:02.changes from today. It says the idea is designed

:33:03. > :33:05.to improve awareness A nationwide ceasefire has

:33:06. > :33:13.come into force in Syria between the government

:33:14. > :33:17.and rebel factions. Fighting is said to have stopped

:33:18. > :33:21.in much of the country, but there have been reports

:33:22. > :33:23.of some clashes. A number of organisations are not

:33:24. > :33:25.covered by the truce, Jeremy Corbyn has used his

:33:26. > :33:29.New Year's message to warn against a Brexit deal that he says

:33:30. > :33:32.only protects bankers Mr Corbyn said 2016 would be

:33:33. > :33:35.defined by the decision to leave the European Union,

:33:36. > :33:38.and warned that Labour would not allow the Government to negotiate

:33:39. > :33:41.a deal his party did not agree with. Newly-released government files

:33:42. > :33:43.reveal that guards at Faslane naval base were ordered to shoot suspected

:33:44. > :33:46.intruders, after three people broke The Prime Minister at the time,

:33:47. > :33:55.Margaret Thatcher, who was told of the order,

:33:56. > :34:12.said she was "horrified" Counting down to 2017 will take

:34:13. > :34:17.longer than usual tonight as clock experts compensate for a slowdown in

:34:18. > :34:24.the Earth's rotation. To be precise, it will last an extra second. For

:34:25. > :34:29.the 27th time, the National Physics Laboratory has brought in a leak

:34:30. > :34:34.second to make sure the time according to the Earth's rotation

:34:35. > :34:38.does not fall behind the time set by the atomic clock. Have you got back,

:34:39. > :34:43.Charlie? It has taken us a bit to get around this. My sense is that

:34:44. > :34:49.the extra second is in the count down to midnight. But then, at

:34:50. > :34:53.midnight it goes next to second. You see, I think it is the other way

:34:54. > :34:59.round. That's why it it says the countdown is longer. Shall we go to

:35:00. > :35:05.the sport?! I do know what the atomic clock is, thanks to Ray, who

:35:06. > :35:10.sent me a message! Apparently it tells the time using the frequency

:35:11. > :35:18.of anatomy. Whereas other clocks tell the time based on the rotation

:35:19. > :35:23.of the Earth, which use quartz, and that gives a different time,

:35:24. > :35:25.compared to the atom, apparently! Lets stick to something that I know

:35:26. > :35:28.something about! Swansea have ruled Ryan Giggs

:35:29. > :35:31.out of the running as Giggs had been the early favourite,

:35:32. > :35:35.alongside Wales manager Chris Coleman, who has indicated

:35:36. > :35:37.he will remain with Bayern Munich assistant Paul Clement

:35:38. > :35:42.and ex-Birmingham boss Gary Rowett are now the front runners to take

:35:43. > :35:44.over after Bradley Whoever comes in has

:35:45. > :35:49.to be the right man. I suppose ideally he would be

:35:50. > :35:53.British, knowing the Premier League. But they have to be satisfied

:35:54. > :35:55.he fills the criteria for getting us out of the trouble

:35:56. > :35:58.we find ourselves in. Aston Villa are still unbeaten

:35:59. > :36:00.at home in the Championship, after they denied Leeds United

:36:01. > :36:03.the chance to go third. Leeds have been on good form -

:36:04. > :36:06.and they went ahead in the second But four minutes from time,

:36:07. > :36:10.they conceded a penalty. Jonathan Kodjia put it

:36:11. > :36:12.away to level for Villa. World Player of the Year Cristiano

:36:13. > :36:17.Ronaldo has turned down an offer of ?85 million a year to leave

:36:18. > :36:20.Real Madrid for an unnamed Chinese The news came on the day that

:36:21. > :36:26.Argentina striker Carlos Tevez joined Shanghai Shenhua,

:36:27. > :36:29.becoming one of the highest-paid The Chinese Super League club

:36:30. > :36:40.will pay him ?615,000 a week. Andy Murray's season starts today -

:36:41. > :36:43.he'll face David Goffin in the semifinals of

:36:44. > :36:44.the World Tennis Murray got a bye into the last four,

:36:45. > :36:55.but Goffin had to come past And Rafael Nadal made a good start

:36:56. > :37:07.to his latest comeback from injury, dropping only four games as he beat

:37:08. > :37:10.Tomas Berdych. A wrist injury had troubled Nadal

:37:11. > :37:12.throughout 2016, but there He faces Milos Raonic

:37:13. > :37:15.in the semifinals. And finally, Serena Williams has

:37:16. > :37:18.used the social media platform Reddit to announce

:37:19. > :37:20.that she is engaged Back to where our

:37:21. > :37:31.stars first collided. At the same table we

:37:32. > :37:34.first met by chance. This time he made it

:37:35. > :37:47.not by chance. A rare public declaration of what is

:37:48. > :37:53.going on in her private life. Because she's a very private person.

:37:54. > :37:56.It is a very sophisticated way to do it as well, isn't it, a poem? I like

:37:57. > :38:00.it. Earlier this week, we heard

:38:01. > :38:02.about two wild animals that could be Giraffes have suffered a grave

:38:03. > :38:07.decline in their population - But new figures have shown there has

:38:08. > :38:12.been some good news when it comes to conservation -

:38:13. > :38:50.let's take a look. We're joined now by Niki Rust,

:38:51. > :39:02.from the World Wildlife Fund UK. Good morning to you. So, good news

:39:03. > :39:07.for pandas, pangolins and tigers. But it is a mixed picture, isn't it?

:39:08. > :39:12.Why have they done so well when others haven't? Probably just

:39:13. > :39:14.because there has been a dramatic getting together of conservation

:39:15. > :39:19.organisations and governments and local communities that are really

:39:20. > :39:22.championing these species. For example, when it comes to tigers,

:39:23. > :39:26.tigers live in lots of different countries, and there has been some

:39:27. > :39:29.fantastic work in India, particularly by the Indian

:39:30. > :39:34.government and the local people, to try to conserve this beautiful

:39:35. > :39:41.species. We are looking at some of the images there. Is part of it

:39:42. > :39:45.because, and it seems very trite, people see the image and they love

:39:46. > :39:49.looking at the tiger, and it engages people more than with some other

:39:50. > :39:54.species, is part of it are linked to that? It is, definitely, these

:39:55. > :39:58.charismatic species, the giant and a, the tiger, they are faring far

:39:59. > :40:05.better than the pangolins, for example. Most people do not know

:40:06. > :40:11.what the pangolins are. Tell us a bit more about it? It is a scaly and

:40:12. > :40:17.eat. There are eight species in the world. Unfortunately, it is a

:40:18. > :40:20.delicacy to eat in Southeast Asia. Also the scales are used in

:40:21. > :40:25.traditional Chinese medicine. But the scales do not actually work at

:40:26. > :40:29.all. It is just the same material as your fingernails although it is used

:40:30. > :40:34.for various things, but it does not work.

:40:35. > :40:40.With something like the pangolin, new laws have been brought in to

:40:41. > :40:45.protect them but lots of them are being seized and poached? Another

:40:46. > :40:48.great success story of 2016 is that there was a big conference in

:40:49. > :40:56.Johannesburg a couple of months ago to look at the trade in wildlife

:40:57. > :41:01.species, and the pangolin has been uplifted to appendix one, meaning it

:41:02. > :41:05.is illegal to trade internationally in any pangolin species, which is

:41:06. > :41:11.fantastic. However, just these laws alone do not solve the illegal

:41:12. > :41:16.problem of poaching. Unfortunately in china are couple of days ago

:41:17. > :41:22.there was the biggest seizure of pangolins possibly ever in history,

:41:23. > :41:27.about three tonnes of pangolins, which could have been many thousands

:41:28. > :41:31.of them. We were talking about the rubber moulds like elephants, is

:41:32. > :41:37.there a concern that when you put out the good news stories, the

:41:38. > :41:40.successes, the danger is that people go away thinking, job done -- we

:41:41. > :41:45.were talking about other animals like elephants. Do people stop

:41:46. > :41:50.talking about it so much? In a way, but I think these positive

:41:51. > :41:53.stories motivate people. If all we hear is doom and gloom it is quite

:41:54. > :41:58.possible for people to think, well, there is nothing I can do, they are

:41:59. > :42:08.a lost cause, but that is not the case. With, say, the giant panda and

:42:09. > :42:10.tigers, we are showing but with resources, money and collaboration

:42:11. > :42:12.we can definitely help solve this extinction crisis. Thank you very

:42:13. > :42:15.much, Niki. Let's get the weather,

:42:16. > :42:17.with Matt, who's at the Tower of London this morning -

:42:18. > :42:27.and it's looking very festive. He is still on his skates, I am

:42:28. > :42:33.pleased to see. You have opened your belt on your weatherman's romper!

:42:34. > :42:37.Definitely keeping me warm this morning, you need it because it is

:42:38. > :42:43.chilly. We are in the towel of London, we are having fun skating,

:42:44. > :42:49.but serious business here. To tell me more is Jim Duncan, one of the

:42:50. > :42:53.beefeaters here. Good morning. How are you? Very well, thank you for

:42:54. > :42:58.joining us. Tell us more about the tower of London and the ice rink. We

:42:59. > :43:03.are in the ice rink inside the moat, which was billed jeering the reign

:43:04. > :43:06.of Edward the first but it became like an open cesspit and had the

:43:07. > :43:11.reputation of being the largest cesspit in London, all of the sea

:43:12. > :43:15.which use to pour into gear and it stank to high heaven. During the

:43:16. > :43:20.reign of Queen Victoria, the Duke of Wellington made a representation

:43:21. > :43:24.that it was drained and filled in, and it was filled in with shingle

:43:25. > :43:29.and oyster shells about 15 feet below our feet. Then it became used

:43:30. > :43:33.as a parade ground for soldiers during the Second World War it was

:43:34. > :43:37.one big allotment, they grew a lot of their own vegetables. That is the

:43:38. > :43:42.use of the moat, it is iconic that we have an ice rink here, because

:43:43. > :43:47.the River Thames used to freeze over in the winter time. This is the

:43:48. > :43:58.towel of London, where I live. How do you become a Beefeater? You

:43:59. > :44:00.have to be from the military, the Army, Navy, Air Force or Royal

:44:01. > :44:03.Marines. We would have done at least 22 years of military service and

:44:04. > :44:08.achieved the rank of Warrant Officer, then you can apply to

:44:09. > :44:12.become a yeoman water, the nickname is the beefeaters. We all live

:44:13. > :44:17.inside the tower of London. Air spend Christmas and New Year here?

:44:18. > :44:21.The Tower of London is based on tradition and historic events that

:44:22. > :44:26.happen here every single day, 24/ seven. So on Christmas Day, what a

:44:27. > :44:32.venue to usual Christmas dinner, but we have to continue the tradition is

:44:33. > :44:37.every single day. And New Year? Thank you for having us. You're very

:44:38. > :44:43.welcome. Thank you. Amazing, lovely to speak

:44:44. > :44:46.to Jim. It has been a little bit of fun this morning, you will probably

:44:47. > :44:51.notice behind me it is misty and foggy, that is the story across much

:44:52. > :44:55.of southern and eastern England. Looking at the forecast, dense fog

:44:56. > :45:00.around across parts of the Midlands, South East England and East Anglia.

:45:01. > :45:04.Frosty conditions, temperatures below freezing. A much milder start

:45:05. > :45:08.elsewhere, temperatures in double figures across northern and western

:45:09. > :45:13.areas. Rainy across northern Scotland all day long, some of our

:45:14. > :45:18.train happy throughout today, and it will be all the way through to

:45:19. > :45:21.tomorrow. Some brighter spells, north-east Scotland, north-east

:45:22. > :45:27.England, eastern Wales, sunshine at times and temperatures around 12 or

:45:28. > :45:30.13, maybe 14 or 15 around the Moray Firth, weather fog lingers across

:45:31. > :45:32.parts of East Anglia and the south-east it will stay at three deg

:45:33. > :45:38.all day. Staying quite misty across the

:45:39. > :45:42.south-east of the country, a little bit of frost. Mild elsewhere

:45:43. > :45:47.tonight, the weather front will bring raid across northern Scotland

:45:48. > :45:53.into the start of New Year's Eve. -- will bring rain. A mild enough

:45:54. > :45:57.end to the year. Cloud around pretty much all the country on New Year's

:45:58. > :46:03.Eve, there will be brighter spots in east Wales and eastern England.

:46:04. > :46:05.All will see reign at some point, reaching Northern Ireland and

:46:06. > :46:09.southern Scotland by the end of the afternoon at the start of the

:46:10. > :46:12.evening. Temperatures in Shetland and

:46:13. > :46:17.Lerwick, it is set to get colder. If you are at celebrating as we hit

:46:18. > :46:21.midnight, you can expect cold conditions across all of Scotland,

:46:22. > :46:25.clear skies for many, some wintry showers across the north and east in

:46:26. > :46:30.particular. Northern England looking windy and wet with heavy bursts of

:46:31. > :46:39.rain towards midnight, to finish 2016 across the Midlands, East

:46:40. > :46:42.Anglia and the South of England, many will be try, fairly cloudy, a

:46:43. > :46:47.bit of a breeze but not to chilly. Eight or 9 degrees at midnight.

:46:48. > :46:51.Probably more chance of rain or drizzle in the south-west. Cardiff

:46:52. > :46:55.and Newport might escape with a dry ends before the rain arrives, but

:46:56. > :46:58.the rest of Wales is looking particularly wet and windy.

:46:59. > :47:04.Northern Ireland, clear skies, colder weather, one or two showers.

:47:05. > :47:08.Cold into New Year's Day for many, staying mildest for longest across

:47:09. > :47:11.the South with patchy rain and drizzle.

:47:12. > :47:14.Sunny conditions, one of two showers, but temperatures on the

:47:15. > :47:18.drop again. Thank you for joining us, I managed

:47:19. > :47:26.to stay on my feet, but back to Charlie and Steph. Give as your

:47:27. > :47:41.final skate off! Goodbye! Fantastic. Do you think he can go on

:47:42. > :47:46.one leg? He will hurt himself! That is a good point. You are just

:47:47. > :47:48.waiting for me to fall! Sure to happen just after we leave

:47:49. > :47:50.him. For fans of the world's only

:47:51. > :47:52.consulting detective The new series of Sherlock

:47:53. > :47:56.begins on New Year's Day. Details and plot lines have been

:47:57. > :47:58.kept a closely guarded secret, but the show's writers have

:47:59. > :48:00.described this fourth Breakfast's Tim Muffett has been

:48:01. > :48:05.to meet the star of the show, Benedict Cumberbatch,

:48:06. > :48:07.to see if he can squeeze out I'm sure there are many,

:48:08. > :48:14.many things you can't tell us That I'm in a new series

:48:15. > :48:20.of Sherlock, it's series four. It really has been fantastically

:48:21. > :48:24.rich and challenging and new, and that's the thing that keeps us

:48:25. > :48:29.coming back for more. The roads we walk

:48:30. > :48:33.have demons beneath. And yours have been waiting

:48:34. > :48:36.for a very long time. When you see a Sherlock script

:48:37. > :48:39.for the first time, what happens? Pretty much the first thing you get

:48:40. > :48:42.is just overawed at how extraordinary the imagination

:48:43. > :48:44.and the amount of work that's gone into this sort of creation,

:48:45. > :48:46.this furtherment, I suppose, of the Conan Doyle originals,

:48:47. > :48:49.and involves, and then you start picking up the details that relate

:48:50. > :48:52.to the original stories, and then just beautiful

:48:53. > :49:02.little character arcs. At the beck and call

:49:03. > :49:05.of a screaming, demanding baby. Waking up at all hours

:49:06. > :49:07.to obey his every whim? All you do is clean up their mess,

:49:08. > :49:14.pat them on the head... You talk about the beginning, 2010,

:49:15. > :49:20.so much has changed since then, Because then social media

:49:21. > :49:25.was around, but it wasn't as big Today we've been seeing some

:49:26. > :49:29.of the scenes being shot outside, there are crowds there,

:49:30. > :49:31.they are tweeting about it. It's strange when we're

:49:32. > :49:35.on what we use as Baker Street, North Gower Street, because it has

:49:36. > :49:37.become a little bit and expectation and,

:49:38. > :49:43.you know, if you raise an eyebrow But you also have to complete

:49:44. > :49:47.a day's filming, and they are very They don't want to be an obstacle

:49:48. > :49:51.to what they and eventually enjoy so much, which is what we get

:49:52. > :49:54.in the can as a result Does it put you off your character

:49:55. > :49:58.at all, your acting? If it was vitriolic hate, I suppose

:49:59. > :50:02.that would be a lot harder. But there's none of

:50:03. > :50:04.that, let's face it. I mean, you'd have to go pretty far

:50:05. > :50:08.to upset this crowd, they're incredibly loyal,

:50:09. > :50:10.and respectful of what What's the very worst thing you can

:50:11. > :50:14.do to your very best friends? I don't think some people

:50:15. > :50:17.here realise quite how big I mean, everywhere I go,

:50:18. > :50:22.I'm sort of shocked. I thought, "OK, I'll be

:50:23. > :50:24.in Nepal and maybe a few This was when I was

:50:25. > :50:27.filming Doctor Strange. On the second or third day

:50:28. > :50:32.when they realised it wasn't Christian Bale or someone else

:50:33. > :50:34.wearing a beard they were There were just hundreds

:50:35. > :50:38.of people chanting Sherlock. It always astonishes me quite how

:50:39. > :50:40.global its reach is. What's the most unusual place you've

:50:41. > :50:42.been spotted as Sherlock? Kathmandu has to be one

:50:43. > :50:45.of them, I would say. In a Buddhist temple, visiting

:50:46. > :50:47.a Tibetan Buddhist monestary. He's a really important

:50:48. > :50:49.figure in Tibetan culture. And it was bizarre, it was just

:50:50. > :50:52.like we'd entered a sort of fan den. We were the ones that

:50:53. > :50:54.were the privileged audience, and he was acting like he was

:50:55. > :50:57.the privileged audience. Well, she is a retired superagent

:50:58. > :51:07.with a terrifying skill set, It's phenomenal, you know, it seems

:51:08. > :51:10.to go everywhere, this programme. And the original

:51:11. > :51:13.stories did, you know? They had a massive worldwide

:51:14. > :51:16.audience, the Conan Doyle books. So I guess it's an extension

:51:17. > :51:19.of that, but within a modern media. He got through it without giving

:51:20. > :51:31.anything away! Sherlock returns to our

:51:32. > :51:36.screens on New Year's Day Billed as the new Downton Abbey,

:51:37. > :51:39.ITV's new period drama The Halcyon Set in a grand London hotel

:51:40. > :51:45.during the Second World War, it offers us a glimpse

:51:46. > :51:47.into the colourful lives of both those who serve

:51:48. > :51:50.and those who stay there. Steven Mackintosh plays the man

:51:51. > :51:53.who has more insight than most - We'll speak to him in a moment,

:51:54. > :52:01.but first let's see him in action. The Royal Suite is

:52:02. > :52:17.prepared, your Lordship. I'm afraid his Lordship has

:52:18. > :52:51.a rather nasty headache. He made me promise he

:52:52. > :52:57.would not be disturbed. Might I suggest you take some tea

:52:58. > :53:26.in the atrium while you wait? TE in the atrium sounds very loaded,

:53:27. > :53:30.all of a sudden! So, you get a sense from looking at that about the time

:53:31. > :53:37.and place. The grandeur of the hotel? Exactly. That is exactly it.

:53:38. > :53:43.It is a grand, 5-star hotel in central London at the beginning of

:53:44. > :53:51.the war. It is an opulent, grand Palace of a place. And the hotel is

:53:52. > :53:55.owned by Lord and Lady Hamilton, played by Olivia Williams and Alex

:53:56. > :53:59.Jennings. And I'm the manager, Richard Garland. I have raised my

:54:00. > :54:03.daughter on my own for the past ten years, and she's working in the

:54:04. > :54:06.hotel, too. You have the relationships, the conflict, the

:54:07. > :54:11.passions, the desires in the hotel. And then you have the world conflict

:54:12. > :54:16.at the time, this monumental period in history. And so it is about that

:54:17. > :54:26.contrast, really. And inevitably, war will affect everybody

:54:27. > :54:33.within the The Halcyon. But in the meantime, it is about business as

:54:34. > :54:36.usual. For you as well, did you actually do some work with a hotel

:54:37. > :54:42.manager to see what it would be like? I did, actually. I did watch a

:54:43. > :54:49.manager at work in a swanky London hotel. And it was fascinating.

:54:50. > :54:57.Because that level of service is something else. It's a different

:54:58. > :55:02.thing. It's about detail, it's about remembering the detail, and it's

:55:03. > :55:07.about discretion. That the other brilliant thing about this job as

:55:08. > :55:11.well, it's about discretion. And Garland, my character, is brilliant

:55:12. > :55:17.at that. Your secret is safe with violent. I'm loving this image here,

:55:18. > :55:23.trying to guess in advance, because we do not know the characters yet,

:55:24. > :55:32.who are the nice guys, who are the scheming ones, can you give us an

:55:33. > :55:35.insight? So, we have Alex Jennings and Olivia Williams, they played

:55:36. > :55:45.Lord and Lady Hamilton, they own the hotel. That's my daughter Emma. We

:55:46. > :55:53.have the singer in the band. Some of them look a bit scheming. We have

:55:54. > :55:57.Freddie, who's Lord and Lady Hamilton's son. We have an American

:55:58. > :56:03.journalist. So this is the ensemble cast? Yes, a lot of brilliant

:56:04. > :56:08.characters in this thing. But I think this first episode does it so

:56:09. > :56:13.brilliantly. It is tricky in a first episode to introduce everybody to a

:56:14. > :56:17.new set of characters civil you get these teases of all the key

:56:18. > :56:22.relationships, but not at the expense of the drama. And it moves

:56:23. > :56:27.at such a pace Bridger think gives it a distinctive feel. You have been

:56:28. > :56:36.in many dramas - how does this compare? It was a breath of fresh

:56:37. > :56:40.air for me, this. I had not done anything period for quite a long

:56:41. > :56:45.time. I had been involved in quite a lot of temporary things. But of this

:56:46. > :56:50.came along at a perfect time and so I relished every minute of it. The

:56:51. > :56:53.production values on this are so brilliant, it looks fantastic, and

:56:54. > :57:00.everybody was working to such a high-level, it was a joy to do. So,

:57:01. > :57:08.The Halcyon, Monday evening, 9pm, on ITV. Time to go for tea in the

:57:09. > :57:14.Atrium, don't you think?! You say that in such a weird way as well! I

:57:15. > :58:49.actually might just go and do that! Time now for

:58:50. > :59:09.That is it from us for this morning. Tomorrow, we will revisit some of

:59:10. > :59:11.the power. Read you have shared with us here on Breakfast in 2016. Have a

:59:12. > :59:22.cracking day. Bye-bye. The roads we walk have demons

:59:23. > :59:27.beneath them... ..and yours have been waiting

:59:28. > :59:31.for a very long time.