14/11/2017

0:00:04 > 0:00:10Hello, this is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

0:00:10 > 0:00:13A major milestone on the road to Brexit, as MPs begin debating

0:00:13 > 0:00:16the EU Withdrawal Bill.

0:00:16 > 0:00:18It will convert European laws into British ones,

0:00:18 > 0:00:21but it's unlikely to pass smoothly, with more than 160

0:00:21 > 0:00:25amendments already tabled.

0:00:38 > 0:00:39Good morning.

0:00:39 > 0:00:41It's Tuesday, 14 November.

0:00:41 > 0:00:43Also this morning: A call for compulsory eye tests

0:00:43 > 0:00:46for motorists, as new figures show many ignore warnings

0:00:46 > 0:00:52that they shouldn't be driving.

0:00:52 > 0:00:55Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Iran and Iraq

0:00:55 > 0:01:01are spending a second night without shelter.

0:01:01 > 0:01:04It's more difficult to get another job if you're laid off or have

0:01:04 > 0:01:07to leave the workplace in your 50s and 60s.

0:01:07 > 0:01:09This morning, I'm speaking to campaigners about

0:01:09 > 0:01:10the impact that's having.

0:01:10 > 0:01:10Good morning.

0:01:10 > 0:01:14In sport, it's going to be a World Cup without Italy

0:01:14 > 0:01:16after the four-time champions fail to qualify for the tournament

0:01:16 > 0:01:24for the first time in 60 years.

0:01:24 > 0:01:33I think it is time to drop the C bomb, Christmas with Carol.Good

0:01:33 > 0:01:37morning. Look at this gorgeous Christmas tree. It will be lit up

0:01:37 > 0:01:41this evening and we have a sneak preview in all its glory. The

0:01:41 > 0:01:45weather is not glorious for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It will

0:01:45 > 0:01:48be fairly cloudy with some patchy rain, limited brightness. For the

0:01:48 > 0:01:52north of Northern Ireland and Scotland it is much more bright with

0:01:52 > 0:01:56some sunshine. I will have much more details on all of that in 15

0:01:56 > 0:01:59minutes.Thank you, Carol. See you later this morning.

0:01:59 > 0:02:01Good morning.

0:02:01 > 0:02:02First, our main story.

0:02:02 > 0:02:05MPs will today begin debating a key piece of Brexit legislation,

0:02:05 > 0:02:06the EU Withdrawal Bill.

0:02:06 > 0:02:10It will help turn European laws into UK ones but opponents including

0:02:10 > 0:02:12Tory rebels have tabled scores of amendments.

0:02:12 > 0:02:22Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo reports.

0:02:22 > 0:02:30The Prime Minister.Still the one in charge, Theresa May last night the

0:02:30 > 0:02:36glittering -- at the glittering Lord Mayor's banquet in London, a break

0:02:36 > 0:02:40from Brexit and potential trouble ahead. A key piece of the

0:02:40 > 0:02:43government's Brexit legislation returns to the Commons today and MPs

0:02:43 > 0:02:48are trying to tinker with it. They are proposing hundreds of changes to

0:02:48 > 0:02:51try to influence ministers' approach and so yesterday an apparent

0:02:51 > 0:02:55concession to one of their key demands.I can now confirm that once

0:02:55 > 0:02:59we have reached an agreement we will bring forward a specific piece of

0:02:59 > 0:03:03primary legislation to implement that agreement. Parliament will be

0:03:03 > 0:03:07given time to debate, scrutinise and vote on the final agreement with

0:03:07 > 0:03:10strike with the European Union. This agreement will only hold if

0:03:10 > 0:03:14parliament approves it.But with such a fragile majority just a

0:03:14 > 0:03:18handful of Tory backbenchers siding with the opposition would lead to a

0:03:18 > 0:03:23government defeat and those minded to rebel seem unsatisfied with the

0:03:23 > 0:03:27take it or leave it vote the government has offered.I have to

0:03:27 > 0:03:32say, a lot of us were insulted by this, I mean, because it sounded so

0:03:32 > 0:03:37good and then when you dug into the detail you realise this so-called

0:03:37 > 0:03:40meaningful vote was completely meaningless.There will be more

0:03:40 > 0:03:44contentious votes here in the coming weeks as MPs test the government's

0:03:44 > 0:03:46fragile working majority.

0:03:46 > 0:03:48Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth joins us from

0:03:48 > 0:03:52Westminster.

0:03:52 > 0:04:01Good morning. A concession, yes, but will it be enough?This is a really

0:04:01 > 0:04:04significant piece of legislation, bringing every EU law into UK law

0:04:04 > 0:04:09ready for the day we leave, and most MPs agree with the idea behind that,

0:04:09 > 0:04:13so there is not some sort of legal black hole when we finally X at the

0:04:13 > 0:04:16European Union. But there are details they disagree with.

0:04:16 > 0:04:20Everything from the fact they think it gives too much power to

0:04:20 > 0:04:23ministers. They are worried about the impact on Scotland, Northern

0:04:23 > 0:04:27Ireland and Wales. That is why the government came up with the idea of

0:04:27 > 0:04:31having a vote on the final Brexit deal to try to stop MPs voting

0:04:31 > 0:04:35against it on one part of this bill. But as you heard that hasn't gone

0:04:35 > 0:04:41far enough. MPs say it comes to late in the process. We can't send this

0:04:41 > 0:04:46back to Brussels to negotiate it. It is a take it or leave it vote and

0:04:46 > 0:04:49that is not good enough. There was a meeting yesterday between the Chief

0:04:49 > 0:04:54Whip for the Tory party in charge of discipline and Tory MPs and that was

0:04:54 > 0:04:57set to get pretty stormy. So far I don't think the government has

0:04:57 > 0:05:01stopped its critics. There are plenty of battles still to come on

0:05:01 > 0:05:05this bill and today is just the first day MPs start to go through it

0:05:05 > 0:05:09line by line.Exactly. It looks like it is going to take some time. And

0:05:09 > 0:05:17we will speak with Anna Soubry at 8:10am this morning. Yes.

0:05:17 > 0:05:19Earlier we saw Theresa May at the Lord Mayor's

0:05:19 > 0:05:20banquet in London.

0:05:20 > 0:05:23She used the occasion to make her strongest attack yet

0:05:23 > 0:05:26on Russia, in which she accused the Putin government of threatening

0:05:26 > 0:05:26the international order.

0:05:26 > 0:05:32It is seeking to weaponise information, deploying its state-run

0:05:32 > 0:05:35media organisations to plant fake stories and photos shopped images in

0:05:35 > 0:05:42an attempt to so discord in the west and undermine our institutions --

0:05:42 > 0:05:46sow. So I have a very simple message for Russia, we know what you are

0:05:46 > 0:05:48doing and you will not succeed.

0:05:48 > 0:05:51The television producer and writer, Daisy Goodwin, who created the ITV

0:05:51 > 0:05:53drama, Victoria, has claimed she was groped by a government

0:05:53 > 0:05:55official during a visit to Number Ten.

0:05:55 > 0:05:59She told the Radio Times the man put his hand on her breast

0:05:59 > 0:06:02after a meeting to discuss a proposed TV show when David

0:06:02 > 0:06:03Cameron was Prime Minister.

0:06:03 > 0:06:06She said she wasn't traumatised, but was cross, adding she didn't

0:06:06 > 0:06:09report it at the time.

0:06:09 > 0:06:12Thousands of people are spending a second night without shelter

0:06:12 > 0:06:14in near-freezing conditions after an earthquake caused

0:06:14 > 0:06:17devastation in parts of Iran and Iraq.

0:06:17 > 0:06:21More than 450 people were killed and around 7,000 injured.

0:06:21 > 0:06:23Our correspondent Rami Ruhayem reports from Sulaimaniya,

0:06:23 > 0:06:25the town nearest the epicentre in Iraq.

0:06:25 > 0:06:26Rami what's the latest?

0:06:28 > 0:06:31This is the deadliest earthquake in the world this year.

0:06:31 > 0:06:34The border town of Pol-e Zahab here in western Iran bore

0:06:34 > 0:06:40the brunt of it.

0:06:40 > 0:06:44Homes were flattened in seconds, crushing everyone inside.

0:06:44 > 0:06:46The search for survivors has been frantic.

0:06:46 > 0:06:48Early this morning, Iranian officials called off

0:06:48 > 0:06:53the rescue operation.

0:06:53 > 0:06:55At this local hospital, many of the injured had stories

0:06:55 > 0:06:58of narrow escapes.

0:06:58 > 0:07:00TRANSLATION:I fell from the balcony down.

0:07:00 > 0:07:05The earthquake was very strong.

0:07:05 > 0:07:07This mountainous area is prone to earthquakes.

0:07:07 > 0:07:10Power cuts and landslides have made it difficult for rescue teams

0:07:10 > 0:07:11to get in.

0:07:11 > 0:07:13The most severely hurt have been airlifted out,

0:07:13 > 0:07:15some taken to hospital in the Iranian capital,

0:07:15 > 0:07:20Tehran.

0:07:20 > 0:07:22But overwhelmed by the sheer number of injured, the authorities

0:07:22 > 0:07:25are appealing for people to donate blood.

0:07:25 > 0:07:28And this is the moment this 7.3-magnitude quake hit

0:07:28 > 0:07:31in neighbouring Iraq.

0:07:31 > 0:07:34A man runs for his life from the control room of this dam.

0:07:34 > 0:07:36Boulders were tossed around like pebbles.

0:07:36 > 0:07:39And, with cracks appearing in the structure, there are now

0:07:39 > 0:07:46concerns about the safety of the dam.

0:07:46 > 0:07:49A picture of widespread devastation is emerging -

0:07:49 > 0:07:50hundreds dead, thousands injured, many missing.

0:07:50 > 0:07:53Turkey has sent a convoy of aid trucks, medication,

0:07:53 > 0:07:56tents and blankets, and many have spent a second night outdoors,

0:07:56 > 0:07:57terrified by the after-shocks.

0:07:57 > 0:08:01So far, there have been more than 190 of them.

0:08:03 > 0:08:07A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager

0:08:07 > 0:08:12who has not been seen for nearly a week.

0:08:12 > 0:08:1419-year-old Gaia, Pope who has severe epilepsy,

0:08:14 > 0:08:19was last seen on the seventh November.

0:08:19 > 0:08:22Dorset Police say a 19-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman

0:08:22 > 0:08:25were arrested after searches took place at two addresses in Swanage.

0:08:25 > 0:08:29Officers say they were both known to Gaia.

0:08:29 > 0:08:33A 25-year-old man has been convicted of throwing acid across a crowded

0:08:33 > 0:08:34London nightclub, injuring 22 people.

0:08:34 > 0:08:37CCTV shown in court showed clubbers clutching their faces and running

0:08:37 > 0:08:39off the dancefloor when Arthur Collins,

0:08:39 > 0:08:41the ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann,

0:08:41 > 0:08:48carried out the attack in April.

0:08:48 > 0:08:51He was convicted of five counts of grievous bodily harm and nine

0:08:51 > 0:08:53of actual bodily harm against 14 people.

0:08:53 > 0:09:00He will be sentenced in December.

0:09:00 > 0:09:03Later this morning we'll be speaking to one of the people injured

0:09:03 > 0:09:07in the attack and a lawyer who represents some of the victims.

0:09:07 > 0:09:10That's just after 7am.

0:09:10 > 0:09:12Head teachers representing more than five-thousand schools

0:09:12 > 0:09:15across England have sent a joint letter to the Chancellor,

0:09:15 > 0:09:17Philip Hammond, warning of inadequate funding.

0:09:17 > 0:09:27They say they are increasingly having to ask parents for donations.

0:09:27 > 0:09:30The government has already promised to move £1.3 billion of education

0:09:30 > 0:09:32funding into schools, but heads say they need another £1.7

0:09:32 > 0:09:33billion of new money.

0:09:33 > 0:09:36Now, how about a story to lighten up the winter gloom?

0:09:36 > 0:09:40Some of the world's rarest gemstones are up for sale in Geneva this week.

0:09:40 > 0:09:43To buy them you'll need a few spare million,

0:09:43 > 0:09:45but looking is free, so we sent Imogen Foulkes

0:09:45 > 0:09:52for a sneak peak.

0:09:52 > 0:09:56There is more than a little sparkle in Geneva this dull November. Every

0:09:56 > 0:10:02year the jewellery houses compete to show that one special stone, the

0:10:02 > 0:10:08rarest, the purist, the most vivid. But this year there is one

0:10:08 > 0:10:17extraordinary showstopper. At 163 carats, this is the largest diamond

0:10:17 > 0:10:22ever to be put up for auction. Now, to show it at its best, or maybe to

0:10:22 > 0:10:26make sure a potential buyer doesn't mistake it for an ice cube, it has

0:10:26 > 0:10:36been set into a string of emeralds, 5949 of them.We are expecting in

0:10:36 > 0:10:41the region of $30 million for it, and it is the largest deflawless

0:10:41 > 0:10:46diamond ever to come to the market and it is the finest colour, finest

0:10:46 > 0:10:49clarity and extraordinary proportions. And there is always a

0:10:49 > 0:10:53temptation with a diamond crystal to cut the largest possible and end up

0:10:53 > 0:10:57with a stone that maybe is a little lopsided or lumpy or thick just to

0:10:57 > 0:11:03keep the weight. Not here. This is perfection in every way.Pink,

0:11:03 > 0:11:09yellow, Nicholas Kommer ring or -- necklace, ring or brooch, jewellery

0:11:09 > 0:11:17lovers are spoilt for choice. But many the look, with these multi-

0:11:17 > 0:11:21million-dollar pricetags, only a few will be able to buy.

0:11:21 > 0:11:26That's what we will be doing - just having a little look.Yeah, having

0:11:26 > 0:11:30anything like that in my possession, I would feel far too responsible.

0:11:30 > 0:11:36You'd have to be followed by security.I don't want that life.

0:11:36 > 0:11:44LAUGHTER What's going on in the world this morning?

0:11:44 > 0:11:48Pain on the look of his face, isn't it.

0:11:48 > 0:11:53To end in failure to reach the World Cup, now we have to think about the

0:11:53 > 0:11:56World Cup without Italy.The first time it's happened in 60 years.

0:11:56 > 0:12:01Which, if you are, you know, from an English and possibly Republic of

0:12:01 > 0:12:07Ireland perspective, isn't it good news?Some major names missing. The

0:12:07 > 0:12:11Netherlands, the USA. I don't think they should have their own zero in

0:12:11 > 0:12:16the tournament tournament. The losers' tournament. Yes.

0:12:16 > 0:12:20Italy have failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first

0:12:20 > 0:12:21time since 1958.

0:12:21 > 0:12:23They lost their play-off against Sweden, after a goal-less

0:12:23 > 0:12:25draw in the second leg in Milan.

0:12:25 > 0:12:27One Italian newspaper says the result is 'the apocalypse'.

0:12:27 > 0:12:30The match ends the career of goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon

0:12:30 > 0:12:31after 175 caps.

0:12:31 > 0:12:33England manager Gareth Southgate says he "will not hesitate"

0:12:33 > 0:12:36to use his young stars in tonight's friendly against Brazil.

0:12:36 > 0:12:39Three players from the Under-21 side have been drafted into the senior

0:12:39 > 0:12:42side and could be in line to make their debuts.

0:12:42 > 0:12:45Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the World Tour Finals in London

0:12:45 > 0:12:49with a knee injury, after losing in three sets to David Goffin.

0:12:49 > 0:12:58The world number one is still yet to win the end-of-season event.

0:12:58 > 0:13:02And Dan Keating says that there is a culture of fear in British

0:13:02 > 0:13:05gymnastics and he says he experienced bullying and

0:13:05 > 0:13:09manipulation during his time as an athlete. It was a relief during his

0:13:09 > 0:13:14time in January. British gymnastics say that there are safeguards that

0:13:14 > 0:13:18are robust and they say anyone with a concerned should come forward.

0:13:18 > 0:13:23Thank you very much for that. You will come back with the back papers

0:13:23 > 0:13:28in a moment.In the meantime. It is over 50 football, covered in lights,

0:13:28 > 0:13:33something to brighten a dark morning, it isn't Carol, because she

0:13:33 > 0:13:36isn't that tall.She is about five foot eight.Look at that, gorgeous.

0:13:36 > 0:13:40Morning.Good morning.

0:13:40 > 0:13:41foot eight.Look at that, gorgeous. Morning.Good morning. It is

0:13:41 > 0:13:44gorgeous. It is a lovely way to describe it. Look at that Christmas

0:13:44 > 0:13:48tree. It is a daunting sparkly lights with silver bobbles on it as

0:13:48 > 0:13:55well. -- it is adorned in in. As soon as this is over, the lights

0:13:55 > 0:14:09will be smack -- will be stripped. The tree will be lit at around 6pm

0:14:09 > 0:14:13to begin the Christmas spirit. The weather is not very Christmas

0:14:13 > 0:14:16lights. We had snow in Scotland yesterday. Today it is much more

0:14:16 > 0:14:20miles. For some parts of the UK the temperature at the moment is 14

0:14:20 > 0:14:25degrees higher than it was this time yesterday morning, so quite a

0:14:25 > 0:14:29change. And generally the forecast for all of us today is a cloudy one

0:14:29 > 0:14:35and also a mild one with some exceptions. The exceptions will be

0:14:35 > 0:14:39across Scotland. We start the forecast at 9am across Scotland with

0:14:39 > 0:14:43showers in the north-west. For much of the rest of Scotland it is a dry

0:14:43 > 0:14:47start, the cloud will not and we will see some sunshine. As we move

0:14:47 > 0:14:51south into England, there is a lot more cloud across England today and

0:14:51 > 0:14:57we're looking at some patchy rain, it is a bit heavy at the moment, it

0:14:57 > 0:15:02will ease and ten to be mainly in the west by first thing it is in the

0:15:02 > 0:15:06midwest, the Midlands, and it is grey and murky to start the day, but

0:15:06 > 0:15:09much more mild than it was yesterday. To the south-west of

0:15:09 > 0:15:13England it is a similar story and the same for Wales as well with a

0:15:13 > 0:15:17weather front in the south, so it is cloudy with patchy rain around,

0:15:17 > 0:15:20murky conditions. Northern Ireland has something a little bit brighter

0:15:20 > 0:15:25in the north and that will carry on through the course of the day. So in

0:15:25 > 0:15:28Scotland and the far north of Northern Ireland we will see some

0:15:28 > 0:15:31sunshine today. It will be pleasant with temperatures in double figures.

0:15:31 > 0:15:35It will be windy in the north of Scotland with prolific showers later

0:15:35 > 0:15:39that are likely to be heavy. England, Wales and the rest of

0:15:39 > 0:15:42Northern Ireland will have a cloudy day with some brightness. That will

0:15:42 > 0:15:46be limited. And some spots of rain which will be largely in the west on

0:15:46 > 0:15:53the coasts and the hills. As we had on into the evening and overnight

0:15:53 > 0:15:57period, once again it is going to be a cold night in Scotland with some

0:15:57 > 0:16:01frost and patchy fog around but for England, Wales and Northern Ireland,

0:16:01 > 0:16:04Northern Ireland to an lesser extent, seeing some fog, some of

0:16:04 > 0:16:09which will be dense, likely to be in the Midlands, around Lincolnshire,

0:16:09 > 0:16:13for example, north Wales, some of it will be slow to clear first thing

0:16:13 > 0:16:17tomorrow morning. As a result, where we have the cloud and fog, it won't

0:16:17 > 0:16:21be very cold, but where we have the clear skies it is. And then heading

0:16:21 > 0:16:24through the course of tomorrow, where we start with clear skies we

0:16:24 > 0:16:28will have some sunshine. It will be bright tomorrow. Fairly cloudy. Some

0:16:28 > 0:16:33brightness and spots of rain coming out of the cloud, particularly so

0:16:33 > 0:16:36across England and Wales. Still windy in the north with some showers

0:16:36 > 0:16:40and later we will see some rain coming in. And as we head into

0:16:40 > 0:16:44Thursday well the rain will be across the north-west of the country

0:16:44 > 0:16:47sinking steadily southwards. They will be a fair bit of cloud around,

0:16:47 > 0:16:52some brightness and we are still going to be in double figures. So in

0:16:52 > 0:16:56essence there is not a lot going on with the weather. Some of us will

0:16:56 > 0:17:00see some rain. It will be cold for some. It will be mild for some.

0:17:00 > 0:17:04Don't forget the fog tomorrow morning which could be dense and may

0:17:04 > 0:17:07be problematic. OK, we have been warned. Thank you. We will see you

0:17:07 > 0:17:11through the morning. It looks rather lovely because it is dark. Thank

0:17:11 > 0:17:15you.

0:17:15 > 0:17:16lovely because it is dark. Thank you. That tree is wonderfully

0:17:16 > 0:17:19colour-coordinated. Do you think she planned that?Probably.She's

0:17:19 > 0:17:21wonderful!

0:17:21 > 0:17:22You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

0:17:22 > 0:17:24The main stories this morning:

0:17:24 > 0:17:27Ministers are bracing themselves for a parliamentary battle as the EU

0:17:27 > 0:17:29withdrawal bill, the key piece of Brexit legislation,

0:17:29 > 0:17:30returns to the Commons.

0:17:30 > 0:17:33Theresa May has launched her strongest attack on Russia yet,

0:17:33 > 0:17:34accusing Moscow of meddling

0:17:34 > 0:17:37in elections and spreading fake news.

0:17:39 > 0:17:45Let's take a look at today's papers.

0:17:45 > 0:17:53You mention Theresa May and Russia, the story on the front page of the

0:17:53 > 0:17:58Daily Mail. The story on the right-hand side, Daisy Goodwin, one

0:17:58 > 0:18:03of the stories we mentioned earlier, she was groped in Number 10, the

0:18:03 > 0:18:09writer of ITV's Victoria programme. Couldn't remember the word for it

0:18:09 > 0:18:14then, programme! The Times talking about Theresa May, we saw her making

0:18:14 > 0:18:19that speech earlier on Breakfast, making an outspoken attack on Russia

0:18:19 > 0:18:23for using fake news to sow discord in Britain and other Western

0:18:23 > 0:18:27nations. You can see some of the pictures they have used inside and

0:18:27 > 0:18:32made up stories about particular pictures, and it is snowy and cold,

0:18:32 > 0:18:36Carol has been talking about that, this is from Aberdeenshire. And this

0:18:36 > 0:18:41story, a handful of nuts five days a week makes you much more healthy.

0:18:41 > 0:18:46Any nuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts. What is your topknot?Dry roasted

0:18:46 > 0:18:55peanuts.Probably not that -- top nut.Honey roasted cashews, they are

0:18:55 > 0:18:59magnificent.I don't think it includes being roasted but there you

0:18:59 > 0:19:08go!Two Johnsons on the front page of the Daily Mirror this morning,

0:19:08 > 0:19:13And househunting down under. Stanley Johnson is going to be one of the

0:19:13 > 0:19:17celebrities in the jungle -- And.

0:19:21 > 0:19:24This is Richard Ratcliffe, who was on the programme yesterday.David

0:19:24 > 0:19:29Davis has said there will be a vote in parliament on the final Brexit

0:19:29 > 0:19:32deal, the Daily Telegraph talking about it and Theresa May talking

0:19:32 > 0:19:37about Putin. And good news, talking about climate change, it could be

0:19:37 > 0:19:41that fewer dive from winter cold in the UK. What have you got?Budget or

0:19:41 > 0:19:51toys?Budget first -- fewer dive from.Let's go with budget. In the

0:19:51 > 0:19:55Financial Times front page, first-time buyers hope for budget

0:19:55 > 0:19:58stamp duty cut. This may be something... We've got the budget

0:19:58 > 0:20:03next week, loads of people, business lobby groups, shops, retailers

0:20:03 > 0:20:07asking for stuff from the budget. The Financial Times is saying Philip

0:20:07 > 0:20:11Hammond planning a stamp duty cut for first-time buyers next week,

0:20:11 > 0:20:16that could be one to keep an eye out for. A big decision.Next Wednesday?

0:20:16 > 0:20:26It is. Let's do the Tory one. Hasbro toying with Matel megamerger -- toy

0:20:26 > 0:20:34one. It has been a while! Could end up being My Little Pony and bar

0:20:34 > 0:20:38being under the same brand, that would be a huge merger locally --

0:20:38 > 0:20:45and Barbie. That could impact the price of toys and the kind of toys

0:20:45 > 0:20:49you get.Thanks, good toy news. Certainly giving them a bit of

0:20:49 > 0:20:56publicity! Italy crashing out of the World Cup in all of the sports

0:20:56 > 0:21:07pages. All the headlines are a bit like this. There's also a man Amir

0:21:07 > 0:21:16in one of the papers. -- Mama Mia. The apocalypse was one of the lines

0:21:16 > 0:21:20in the Italian papers. Some thinking about what they should be doing

0:21:20 > 0:21:24instead of watching Sweden at the World Cup, suggesting cinema trips

0:21:24 > 0:21:28and going to their local village and concerts and things like that.

0:21:28 > 0:21:33England's cricketers doing their teambuilding ahead of the Ashes,

0:21:33 > 0:21:37Moeen Ali cuddling a koala and then they get down to business and they

0:21:37 > 0:21:42do a bit of paint falling to look that already. You're not afraid of

0:21:42 > 0:21:54injuries, Stuart Broad showing off a bruise on his arm quite proudly. --

0:21:54 > 0:22:04pain bawling to look ready. -- paint bawling.There's a conversation here

0:22:04 > 0:22:09about cats being put on a diet. Pet owners underestimate how much

0:22:09 > 0:22:15exercise they need with more than 1 million staying indoors. Around one

0:22:15 > 0:22:21in ten of Britain's 11 million cats are house cats who never go outdoors

0:22:21 > 0:22:25unsupervised.Do you know it's official, working 9-to-5 isn't a way

0:22:25 > 0:22:29to make a living? Two thirds of workers would prefer to start and

0:22:29 > 0:22:35finished the day earlier with eight to four being chosen by 25% of

0:22:35 > 0:22:40people.I would agree with that. It's probably a lot of parents.

0:22:40 > 0:22:44There's a big parental issue involved. For the same survey, they

0:22:44 > 0:22:50discovered we actually work 0.6 of an hour less than 20 years ago, so

0:22:50 > 0:22:54how are you spending your extra 36 minutes?I know how you are spending

0:22:54 > 0:23:02yours!What's that?I was looking at his phone and getting crucial news

0:23:02 > 0:23:11insights.Thanks very much for that! Thank you very much, both of you.

0:23:11 > 0:23:15Drivers who are told their eyesight isn't good enough for them to be

0:23:15 > 0:23:16behind the wheel are carrying on driving.

0:23:16 > 0:23:19That's according to research by the Association of Optometrists.

0:23:19 > 0:23:21They want compulsory eye tests to be introduced,

0:23:21 > 0:23:24a campaign backed by the family of Natalie Wade, who was killed

0:23:24 > 0:23:26by a partially sighted driver.

0:23:26 > 0:23:33Our reporter Ali Fortescue has more.

0:23:33 > 0:23:38If she walked into a room, as the saying goes, she lit it up. She

0:23:38 > 0:23:43enjoyed every moment and was so looking forward to getting married.

0:23:43 > 0:23:4828-year-old Natalie Wade died on her weight to buy a dressing down my

0:23:48 > 0:23:53wedding dress. She was hit by a driver with poor eyesight.There's

0:23:53 > 0:23:57always an empty chair and Christmas, birthday, the day she would have

0:23:57 > 0:24:01been married, they are still very painful.The driver who killed

0:24:01 > 0:24:04Natalie was blinded in one eye and partially sighted in the other but

0:24:04 > 0:24:07he died before being tried for dangerous driving. But Natalie is

0:24:07 > 0:24:12just one of 70 people who are killed or seriously injured in serious

0:24:12 > 0:24:16incidents involving bad eyesight last year. The legal standard for

0:24:16 > 0:24:20eyesight involves being able to read a number plate from 20 metres but

0:24:20 > 0:24:23that's something that's only tested when you first take your test. At

0:24:23 > 0:24:27the moment people just need to fill out a form like this every ten years

0:24:27 > 0:24:30and that involves answering a question about your eyesight and if

0:24:30 > 0:24:34you're over 70 you have to fill out a slightly more comprehensive form

0:24:34 > 0:24:39every three years, but it's still a question of a tick in a box, there

0:24:39 > 0:24:47is no requirement to take a natural I test.The mechanism of self

0:24:47 > 0:24:49reporting isn't always reliable. We know that vision can change

0:24:49 > 0:24:53gradually over time so drivers might not be aware of their deterioration

0:24:53 > 0:24:56to their vision.The Association of optometrists don't have a legal

0:24:56 > 0:24:59requirement to do anything if they're concerned about a patient's

0:24:59 > 0:25:03driving, it's down to the driver stopping more than one in three of

0:25:03 > 0:25:07their optometrist surveyed has seen a driver in the last three months he

0:25:07 > 0:25:10continues to drive despite being Colbert vision is below the legal

0:25:10 > 0:25:14standard. Nine in ten believe the current tests are insufficient and

0:25:14 > 0:25:18they want to see a change in the law.What we're calling for his

0:25:18 > 0:25:22vision screening to be carried out for all drivers when they first

0:25:22 > 0:25:26apply for the driving licence and then the requirement to prove that

0:25:26 > 0:25:30they continue to meet that standard every ten years.But the concern is

0:25:30 > 0:25:34it's not just eyesight that needs testing.This is an enormous

0:25:34 > 0:25:37worried. We that surely got something we can point at and you

0:25:37 > 0:25:41can measure it and say I health is a big thing but there's all sorts of

0:25:41 > 0:25:44other medical issues which are simply not being taken into account

0:25:44 > 0:25:48as to whether people are fit to drive, and I think there should be.

0:25:48 > 0:25:55The department of Transport say that all drivers are required by law to

0:25:55 > 0:25:59make sure their eyesight is good enough to drive. They also say if a

0:25:59 > 0:26:02driver experiences any changes to their eyesight or has a condition

0:26:02 > 0:26:06that could affect their driving they must notify the DVLA and speak to an

0:26:06 > 0:26:08optician. Ali Fortescue, BBC News.

0:26:08 > 0:26:11We will be talking about that later in the programme, will be

0:26:11 > 0:26:13interesting to see what you think about that.

0:26:13 > 0:26:15You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

0:26:15 > 0:26:16Still to come this morning:

0:26:16 > 0:26:20It's the number one chronic disease in the UK but not much

0:26:20 > 0:26:22attention is focused on the risks of diabetes during pregnancy.

0:26:22 > 0:26:25We'll be finding out about the latest research

0:26:25 > 0:26:25just after 6:30am.

0:26:25 > 0:26:26Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

0:26:29 > 0:26:33Something else we want to know from you this morning, Carol is in Covent

0:26:33 > 0:26:38Garden with a big Christmas tree. It's Christmas light season. In your

0:26:38 > 0:26:43house, when do you officially go full Christmas?Not until around the

0:26:43 > 0:26:49seventh or eighth of December. Is that a bit early?So a three-week

0:26:49 > 0:26:54buildup.You have to go and get the treat.What if you go on December

0:26:54 > 0:27:01the first?No. What about you -- get the treat.We are two weeks, around

0:27:01 > 0:27:07the 15th -- get the tree. Let us know if you go super early. Would be

0:27:07 > 0:27:11interesting to see. Maybe some people have gone already.You never

0:27:11 > 0:27:12know! Really?

0:27:12 > 0:27:14Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

0:30:37 > 0:30:38in half an hour.

0:30:38 > 0:30:41Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

0:30:41 > 0:30:43Now, though, it's back to Louise and Dan.

0:30:43 > 0:30:44Bye for now.

0:30:45 > 0:30:51Hello, this is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

0:30:51 > 0:30:52It's 6:30am.

0:30:52 > 0:30:55We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

0:30:55 > 0:30:58but also on Breakfast this morning: As the former-boyfriend of reality

0:30:58 > 0:31:02TV star Ferne McCann is found guilty of carrying out an acid attack

0:31:02 > 0:31:05at a London nightclub, we'll hear from one of his victims.

0:31:05 > 0:31:09Also this morning: Are you a bit of a language buff or is it all,

0:31:09 > 0:31:10well, double Dutch?

0:31:10 > 0:31:13We'll hear why learning a foreign language is more

0:31:13 > 0:31:19important than ever.

0:31:19 > 0:31:26# Heart ache on the dance floor. # moving through my mind.

0:31:26 > 0:31:30And he's given up the mean streets of Walford for the lure of country.

0:31:30 > 0:31:30And he's given up the mean streets of Walford for the lure of country.

0:31:30 > 0:31:33Shane Ritchie will be here to tell us about his new album.

0:31:33 > 0:31:34Good morning.

0:31:34 > 0:31:42Here's a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News.

0:31:42 > 0:31:45MPs will today begin debating a key piece of Brexit legislation,

0:31:45 > 0:31:46the EU Withdrawal Bill.

0:31:46 > 0:31:49It will help turn European laws into UK ones but opponents including

0:31:49 > 0:31:54Tory rebels have tabled scores of amendments.

0:31:54 > 0:32:02Yesterday the Brexit Secretary Davies -- David Davis promised

0:32:02 > 0:32:11parliament would get a vote on the final Brexit deal.

0:32:11 > 0:32:14Theresa May spent the evening at the Lord Mayor's

0:32:14 > 0:32:15banquet in London.

0:32:15 > 0:32:18Aside from Brexit, she used the occasion to make her strongest

0:32:18 > 0:32:20attack yet on Russia, in which she accused the Putin

0:32:20 > 0:32:22government of threatening the international order.

0:32:22 > 0:32:24It is seeking to weaponise information, deploying its state-run

0:32:24 > 0:32:27media organisations to plant fake stories and photoshopped images

0:32:27 > 0:32:29in an attempt to sow discord in the west

0:32:29 > 0:32:30and undermine our institutions.

0:32:30 > 0:32:33So I have a very simple message for Russia, we know

0:32:33 > 0:32:40what you are doing and you will not succeed.

0:32:40 > 0:32:44The television producer and writer, Daisy Goodwin, who created the ITV

0:32:44 > 0:32:47drama, Victoria, has claimed she was groped by a government

0:32:47 > 0:32:53official during a visit to Number Ten.

0:32:53 > 0:32:57She told the Radio Times the man put his hand on her breast

0:32:57 > 0:33:00after a meeting to discuss a proposed TV show when David

0:33:00 > 0:33:01Cameron was Prime Minister.

0:33:01 > 0:33:03She said she wasn't traumatised, but was cross,

0:33:03 > 0:33:05adding she didn't report it at the time.

0:33:05 > 0:33:08Downing Street said they take all allegations very seriously

0:33:08 > 0:33:12and would look into any formal complaint, should one be made.

0:33:12 > 0:33:15Thousands of people are spending a second night without shelter

0:33:15 > 0:33:17in near-freezing conditions after an earthquake caused

0:33:17 > 0:33:19devastation in parts of Iran and Iraq.

0:33:19 > 0:33:23More than 450 people were killed and around 7,000 injured.

0:33:23 > 0:33:26Officials in Iran say the rescue operation after the earthquake

0:33:26 > 0:33:29on Sunday has largely been completed.

0:33:29 > 0:33:33A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager

0:33:33 > 0:33:35who has not been seen for nearly a week.

0:33:35 > 0:33:3719-year-old Gaia Pope, who has severe epilepsy,

0:33:37 > 0:33:39was last seen on the seventh November.

0:33:39 > 0:33:42Dorset Police say a 19-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman

0:33:42 > 0:33:45were arrested after searches took place at two addresses in Swanage.

0:33:45 > 0:33:56Officers say they were both known to Gaia.

0:33:56 > 0:33:59A 25-year-old man has been convicted of throwing acid across a crowded

0:33:59 > 0:34:00London nightclub, injuring 22 people.

0:34:00 > 0:34:03CCTV shown in court showed clubbers clutching their faces and running

0:34:03 > 0:34:05off the dancefloor when Arthur Collins,

0:34:05 > 0:34:07the ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann,

0:34:07 > 0:34:09carried out the attack in April.

0:34:09 > 0:34:12He was convicted of five counts of grievous bodily harm and nine

0:34:12 > 0:34:14of actual bodily harm against 14 people.

0:34:14 > 0:34:20He will be sentenced in December.

0:34:20 > 0:34:22Head teachers representing more than 5,000 schools across England

0:34:22 > 0:34:25have sent a joint letter to the Chancellor, Philip Hammond,

0:34:25 > 0:34:28warning of inadequate funding. They say they are increasingly

0:34:28 > 0:34:29having to ask parents for donations.

0:34:29 > 0:34:33The government has already promised to move £1.3 billion of education

0:34:33 > 0:34:35funding into schools, but heads say they need another £1.7

0:34:35 > 0:34:47billion of new money.

0:34:47 > 0:34:51And the very best headline in the newspaper today is spaghetti oops.

0:34:51 > 0:34:57That is because.Sad story for Italians everywhere because there is

0:34:57 > 0:35:01no Italian team in the World Cup. For some people it is unthinkable.

0:35:01 > 0:35:07But it is going to happen. So many people follow the team. They have

0:35:07 > 0:35:10won the tournament four times. Look at the paint on the goalkeeper's

0:35:10 > 0:35:17face, Bufon. That sums it up, his last game for Italy. The manager

0:35:17 > 0:35:22hasn't resigned yet. It is the papers, the Italian papers...You

0:35:22 > 0:35:26know. Well done, Sweden. Congratulations, Sweden.

0:35:26 > 0:35:29Italy have failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first

0:35:29 > 0:35:30time since 1958.

0:35:30 > 0:35:32They lost their play-off against Sweden, running out

0:35:32 > 0:35:35of ideas against determined opposition.

0:35:35 > 0:35:38Even veteran keeper Gianluigi Buffon was sent into the attack in injury

0:35:38 > 0:35:41time, but it finished goal-less in Milan.

0:35:41 > 0:35:44So Sweden are off to Russia, while Italy's manager

0:35:44 > 0:35:46Giampiero Ventura has resigned and Buffon has

0:35:46 > 0:35:47quit international football.

0:35:47 > 0:35:52One Italian newspaper described the result as 'the apocalypse'.

0:35:52 > 0:35:56Another suggested candidates to replace the manager, who has not

0:35:56 > 0:35:58actually officially resigned yet.

0:35:58 > 0:36:02The Republic of Ireland could join England at next summer's World Cup

0:36:02 > 0:36:04if they can beat Denmark in Dublin this evening.

0:36:04 > 0:36:07The first leg in Copenhagen ended 0-0 and Ireland manager

0:36:07 > 0:36:10Martin O'Neill knows his side will have to do a lot more

0:36:10 > 0:36:12going forward to beat the Danes.

0:36:12 > 0:36:16I think that we will try to be a bit more expensive if we can, try and

0:36:16 > 0:36:20deal with the ball a wee bit better and if that's the case, well, we

0:36:20 > 0:36:25want to try to win the game, we have to find a way to win a match. And

0:36:25 > 0:36:29these players have been unable to do that in the last couple of years.

0:36:29 > 0:36:31England versus Brazil has produced some classic moments

0:36:31 > 0:36:41from the past.

0:36:41 > 0:36:48Gordon Banks' save from Pele in 1970s,

0:36:48 > 0:36:49in the Maracana in '84.

0:36:49 > 0:36:51Tonight England manager Gareth Southgate

0:36:51 > 0:36:54says he "will not hesitate" to use his young stars in tonight's

0:36:54 > 0:36:55friendly against Brazil.

0:36:55 > 0:36:57Three players have been drafted into the senior side

0:36:57 > 0:36:59from the Under-21's and could receive debuts.

0:36:59 > 0:37:02This follows five players earning their first caps in the draw

0:37:02 > 0:37:03against Germany, including Man-of-the-Match Reuben

0:37:03 > 0:37:04Loftus-Cheek.

0:37:04 > 0:37:08It is incredible really that he has had so few in the Premier League

0:37:08 > 0:37:11that we are putting him in that environment, but we believe in him,

0:37:11 > 0:37:15he did really well, but now, you know, sometimes the first game is

0:37:15 > 0:37:17easier because nobody is aware of you.

0:37:17 > 0:37:19The boss of the professional footballers' association has called

0:37:19 > 0:37:22for under 11s to be banned from heading balls until further

0:37:22 > 0:37:24research has been done into the possible impact

0:37:24 > 0:37:25on players' brains.

0:37:25 > 0:37:27Gordon Taylor has also defended his organisation

0:37:27 > 0:37:30against accusations they've been slow to deal with the issue

0:37:30 > 0:37:32of a potential link between heading and dementia.

0:37:32 > 0:37:34The issue was highlighted in Alan Shearer's BBC documentary

0:37:34 > 0:37:39on Sunday.

0:37:39 > 0:37:44All I can say is when we see request for help we don't turn anybody down

0:37:44 > 0:37:48and anybody who wishes to know what we are doing in this area is very

0:37:48 > 0:37:53welcome to come and go through all our files, not just for the moment,

0:37:53 > 0:38:00but I would say since the '90s.

0:38:00 > 0:38:05Moeen will play for his first game of the tour after getting to know

0:38:05 > 0:38:10some of the wildlife in Townsville. He will play the Cricket Australia

0:38:10 > 0:38:1511, which begins tomorrow. They look close to finalising the team with

0:38:15 > 0:38:20Gary Ballance left out again.I just love that picture of a koala.It is

0:38:20 > 0:38:22quite cute.

0:38:22 > 0:38:24Commonwealth champion Dan Keatings says there is a very

0:38:24 > 0:38:26real "culture of fear" within British Gymnastics,

0:38:26 > 0:38:29after claims of appalling leadership by a group of coaches.

0:38:29 > 0:38:31Keatings says he experienced bullying and manipulation

0:38:31 > 0:38:34during his career as an athlete but he wasn't able to speak out

0:38:34 > 0:38:36for fear of losing his funding.

0:38:36 > 0:38:38British Gymnastics say their safeguarding processes

0:38:38 > 0:38:41are robust and they encourage anyone with a concern to come forward.

0:38:41 > 0:38:44Rafael Nadal's season is over after he pulled out

0:38:44 > 0:38:46of the World Tour Finals in London with injury.

0:38:46 > 0:38:48The world number one lost his opening match

0:38:48 > 0:38:51despite saving four match points in the second set

0:38:51 > 0:38:53against David Goffin to force a decider.

0:38:53 > 0:38:56The Belgian seventh seed came through 6-4 in the third set

0:38:56 > 0:38:59and less than an hour later Nadal pulled out of the tournament

0:38:59 > 0:39:00with a knee injury.

0:39:00 > 0:39:02He hasn't ever won this event.

0:39:02 > 0:39:05Now, when was the last time you were told off by your mum.

0:39:05 > 0:39:08For England head coach Eddie Jones it was on Saturday.

0:39:08 > 0:39:11He's apologised for swearing on TV, after receiving a telling off

0:39:11 > 0:39:12from his 93-year-old mother.

0:39:12 > 0:39:15Jones admitted to being frustrated by his side's lacklustre performance

0:39:15 > 0:39:17at Twickenham, and was caught on camera losing his cool

0:39:17 > 0:39:24during Saturday's 21-8 win over Argentina.

0:39:24 > 0:39:28Usually I am pretty good, you know. And I have apologised for the

0:39:28 > 0:39:34language I use. I got a phone call from my mother this morning, 93,

0:39:34 > 0:39:38wrapping me over the knuckles. She still tells me not to swear. So I am

0:39:38 > 0:39:42in trouble with my mother. So that is a big enough punishment for me. I

0:39:42 > 0:39:45am in the dog house and I certainly won't do it again.

0:39:45 > 0:39:50And because he has been told off I believe it won't happen again.Once

0:39:50 > 0:39:54your mum speaks, you just have to listen.It happens to me all the

0:39:54 > 0:40:00time.What happened last time? Whingeing about my kids. She is a

0:40:00 > 0:40:05stern 1970s midwife, so it is official advice as well as motherly

0:40:05 > 0:40:09advice.Oh, so honest. Thank you. See you later.Good morning.

0:40:09 > 0:40:13Stories about diabetes are never far from the news but less attention

0:40:13 > 0:40:15is focused on the risks of the disease during pregnancy.

0:40:15 > 0:40:18Every year thousands of women in the UK develop the condition.

0:40:18 > 0:40:22It can have an impact on the health of both the mums-to-be,

0:40:22 > 0:40:23and their unborn babies.

0:40:23 > 0:40:26Now a new study suggests the risks can be reduced through a new way

0:40:26 > 0:40:28of monitoring the disease.

0:40:28 > 0:40:30Dr Eleanor Scott is from the University of Leeds,

0:40:30 > 0:40:31which led the research.

0:40:31 > 0:40:35Morning to you. Let's just talk about this type of diabetes, because

0:40:35 > 0:40:41it can happen when people - when women are pregnant.Yes, it can.

0:40:41 > 0:40:46Diabetes is very common, one in seven otherwise healthy women will

0:40:46 > 0:40:50have diabetes in pregnancy. The most common form is gestation or

0:40:50 > 0:40:55diabetes. The woman develops it in pregnancy. We also see it with women

0:40:55 > 0:41:00with type one and two diabetes before they get pregnant --

0:41:00 > 0:41:04gestational.How is it helpful going forward, how will it impact on the

0:41:04 > 0:41:08NHS and other organisations?The biggest risk of any woman with

0:41:08 > 0:41:12diabetes in pregnancy is her baby is going to be exposed to too much

0:41:12 > 0:41:16extra glucose and grow too big. That can lead to problems with delivery

0:41:16 > 0:41:21and a problem for the baby long-term. And in order to get the

0:41:21 > 0:41:24blood sugar back down to normal we normally get them to monitor the

0:41:24 > 0:41:29blood sugar using a finger prick checker. But what we've now got

0:41:29 > 0:41:32available is continuous glucose monitoring. That is able to monitor

0:41:32 > 0:41:37the blood sugar every five minutes across a 24-hour day for up to two

0:41:37 > 0:41:42weeks at a time. And we have been looking at using that to try to

0:41:42 > 0:41:47establish what the glucose patterns are across the 24-hour date that are

0:41:47 > 0:41:50associated with women getting these convocations in pregnancy -- day.

0:41:50 > 0:41:56And you found it fluctuates a lot. Yes, very much. The period that we

0:41:56 > 0:42:00particularly see it is overnight. We wouldn't normally detect it if we

0:42:00 > 0:42:04did the finger prick checker.So in terms of the fact that having

0:42:04 > 0:42:08diabetes can have when you are pregnant. In terms of the mother and

0:42:08 > 0:42:14child as well, what should we be looking for?So, for the babies,

0:42:14 > 0:42:18particularly, it is that the extra sugar in the mum's bloodstream goes

0:42:18 > 0:42:22to the baby and is extra calories for the baby and it grows too big.

0:42:22 > 0:42:27That can lead to problems during labour and delivery, increase the

0:42:27 > 0:42:32chance of Caesarean section and risk to the babies, and the chance of a

0:42:32 > 0:42:35baby needing to go to neonatal intensive care.What about the

0:42:35 > 0:42:40long-term impact?We know that babies exposed to mum having

0:42:40 > 0:42:45diabetes, if it is not controlled, they are at increased risk of

0:42:45 > 0:42:52diabetes.So what is the chance and could it be rolled out and hell

0:42:52 > 0:42:56helpful would it be?A study we participated in that was led by

0:42:56 > 0:43:01Canada and the UK which has only recently been published has shown

0:43:01 > 0:43:05that if you give women continuous glucose monitors during pregnancy

0:43:05 > 0:43:09that it substantially improves the amount of time they spend in glucose

0:43:09 > 0:43:13targets and also has an impact on the baby's outcomes. So the babies

0:43:13 > 0:43:20are smaller and are less likely to need neonatal care.What should

0:43:20 > 0:43:25these mums be doing and what should they be checked out for?Yes, so,

0:43:25 > 0:43:29women who already have diabetes have to seek advice before they think

0:43:29 > 0:43:33about getting pregnant because there is a lot we can do to improve things

0:43:33 > 0:43:36beforehand. Women who are potentially at risk of type 2

0:43:36 > 0:43:41diabetes are the same women at risk of gestational diabetes

0:43:41 > 0:43:43diabetes are the same women at risk of gestational diabetes. That is

0:43:43 > 0:43:47women who are overweight or have a history of diabetes, come from south

0:43:47 > 0:43:51Asian family origin or previously have had a big baby. They should be

0:43:51 > 0:43:55tested in pregnancy so we can do something about it.Thank you very

0:43:55 > 0:43:58much indeed.

0:43:58 > 0:44:03Carol is out and about this morning. She is in Covent Garden with a

0:44:03 > 0:44:06rather big Christmas tree behind her. We have been asking you about

0:44:06 > 0:44:12getting into the festive mood. One viewer, look at this, definitely is.

0:44:12 > 0:44:16This is from quest, who says he has gone very early. This was over the

0:44:16 > 0:44:22weekend.It November. Really?You are genuinely upset.I was shocked

0:44:22 > 0:44:27when I went into the supermarket and they are playing merry Christmas. It

0:44:27 > 0:44:37is November.I went surprisingly early on mince pies, mid September I

0:44:37 > 0:44:41was mince pieing it. Carol is not very impressed with

0:44:41 > 0:44:46this. The tree looks beautiful.

0:44:46 > 0:44:46Carol is not very impressed with this. The tree looks beautiful.It

0:44:46 > 0:44:50does look beautiful and we are in Covent Garden and that tree stands

0:44:50 > 0:44:5655 feet tall, it has between 25000 and 30,000 lightbulbs and it's

0:44:56 > 0:45:00gorgeous. Tonight it will be lit for real, we've seen a sneak preview

0:45:00 > 0:45:06this morning and after the programme the lights will be switched off.

0:45:06 > 0:45:11Festivities kick-off at Covent Garden at 5:30 p.m., the cast of

0:45:11 > 0:45:1542nd Street coming down and they will be performing, Pudsey Bear will

0:45:15 > 0:45:19switch on the lights as well. He's going to dance and he has some

0:45:19 > 0:45:24special guests. I've been trying to drag out from the Covent Garden

0:45:24 > 0:45:29chaps who they are but they are saying nothing, other than they are

0:45:29 > 0:45:33very special. Something to see in London this evening. Cloudier for

0:45:33 > 0:45:42most of us compared to yesterday, and milder, but some exceptions, as

0:45:42 > 0:45:46ever, especially across Scotland. 9am across Scotland, showers across

0:45:46 > 0:45:50the north-west but most of Scotland at this stage is dry with variable

0:45:50 > 0:45:55cloud and also some brightness. That cloud will thin and melt through the

0:45:55 > 0:45:59days. Across England, it is cloudier and again we have a couple of

0:45:59 > 0:46:03weather fronts sinking south with some rain on them at the moment,

0:46:03 > 0:46:07that rain will turn more patchy as we head through the day. That same

0:46:07 > 0:46:11band of rain affecting parts of Wales as well this morning. Quite a

0:46:11 > 0:46:15murky, grey start to the day with a lot of cloud across Wales. In

0:46:15 > 0:46:18Northern Ireland, some brighter breaks but the best of the

0:46:18 > 0:46:22brightness today will be in the north of Northern Ireland. For the

0:46:22 > 0:46:26rest of Northern Ireland it's going to be fairly cloudy. If we look at

0:46:26 > 0:46:34the weather for the rest of the day across the UK, you can see for

0:46:34 > 0:46:37England and Wales it will remain fairly cloudy. A bit of brightness

0:46:37 > 0:46:40developing but not a lot. We'll still have some patchy light rain,

0:46:40 > 0:46:44most of which will be in parts of the west on the hills and coasts. In

0:46:44 > 0:46:48Scotland and the north of Northern Ireland, we're looking at a bright

0:46:48 > 0:46:51day with some sunshine and it will feel pleasant in the sunshine. For

0:46:51 > 0:46:54most today we will see temperatures peaking in double figures, as

0:46:54 > 0:46:58opposed to single figures like yesterday. As we head through the

0:46:58 > 0:47:02evening and overnight, the showers, which will be heavier in the

0:47:02 > 0:47:06afternoon and more prolific in Scotland, will ease. Here it will be

0:47:06 > 0:47:10windy. Under clear skies, a widespread frost with patchy fog.

0:47:10 > 0:47:15For Northern Ireland, England and Wales, a lot of cloud and spots of

0:47:15 > 0:47:20rain but also fog developing. We see it in many areas but it will be

0:47:20 > 0:47:23especially so across Lincolnshire, the Midlands and East Anglia and

0:47:23 > 0:47:28some of that could be dense and slow to clear tomorrow. Through the

0:47:28 > 0:47:31course of tomorrow, again fairly cloudy for England, Wales and

0:47:31 > 0:47:36Northern Ireland to start with. The fog slow to lift. Still some spots

0:47:36 > 0:47:40of rain, especially so in the Western. Whereas for Scotland,

0:47:40 > 0:47:48you're in for a brighter day once again with some sunshine but we

0:47:48 > 0:47:51should see some of the brightness extending into northern England

0:47:51 > 0:47:55through the day but by the end of the day we'll have a weather front

0:47:55 > 0:47:57coming into the north-west, introducing wet and windy weather,

0:47:57 > 0:48:00and during Thursday that will sink steadily south, leaving us with a

0:48:00 > 0:48:03fairly cloudy day on Thursday but not particularly cold. Temperatures

0:48:03 > 0:48:06around where they should be at this stage in November.

0:48:08 > 0:48:08Thanks

0:48:08 > 0:48:12Thanks very much. I love everything about the Christmas tree but the

0:48:12 > 0:48:16decorations up a little bit too early, nothing to do with you!Good

0:48:16 > 0:48:17clarification there!

0:48:17 > 0:48:21Almost a third of people aged 50 to 64 are not in work

0:48:21 > 0:48:23and many of those feel like they're trapped,

0:48:23 > 0:48:25according to research from a charity out today.

0:48:25 > 0:48:27Sean's taking a look.

0:48:27 > 0:48:33Good morning. A lot of these issues will be familiar to a lot of people.

0:48:33 > 0:48:35This is research from the Centre for Ageing Better,

0:48:35 > 0:48:42looking at those aged between 50 and 65.

0:48:42 > 0:48:46And a million of them, almost a third of that age group,

0:48:46 > 0:48:47are out of work

0:48:47 > 0:48:50not because they want to be but because of issues such as ill

0:48:50 > 0:48:52health, caring responsibilities or redundancy.

0:48:52 > 0:48:54That can really take it's toll on someone's confidence

0:48:54 > 0:49:00and of course finances.

0:49:00 > 0:49:04Qurab Ahmed is 55 and tod us her story.

0:49:04 > 0:49:07When my daughter became ill and we learned what the circumstances were

0:49:07 > 0:49:13going to be, I had sort of given up and thought, this is my life now,

0:49:13 > 0:49:17I'm going to be a full-time carer, I'm not going to be able to go back

0:49:17 > 0:49:21to work and I need to think about letting my employers know that that

0:49:21 > 0:49:26would be the position. I was always encouraged not to make a decision

0:49:26 > 0:49:34just then and let things pan out. I'm so grateful that my employer was

0:49:34 > 0:49:38encouraging and supported me through this difficult time, and we kept in

0:49:38 > 0:49:43touch. Also that feeling that I'm still wanted, that they needed me at

0:49:43 > 0:49:48work. Not many employers provide that flexibility. Some people will

0:49:48 > 0:49:55just stop and they'll never be able to get back into work.

0:49:55 > 0:49:59Sympathetic employer for Qurab but that isn't necessarily the case for

0:49:59 > 0:49:59everyone.

0:49:59 > 0:50:02Jemma Mouland is Senior Programme Manager at the Centre

0:50:02 > 0:50:04for Ageing Better, which carried out this research.

0:50:04 > 0:50:09When we look at Qurab's situation, she had carer responsibilities that

0:50:09 > 0:50:14weren't there before hand. If you're in a similar situation and you're in

0:50:14 > 0:50:18work, what can you do to aid any going back to work in the future?

0:50:18 > 0:50:21Absolutely, if you're in work already you have the right to

0:50:21 > 0:50:25request books about working but it's up to your employer to determine

0:50:25 > 0:50:31whether they accept the request -- flexible working. It's interesting

0:50:31 > 0:50:35for this age group, they are the prime age for caring, and employers

0:50:35 > 0:50:39need to make sure they offer that flexibility that enables those

0:50:39 > 0:50:43carers to retain their work as well as managing caring responsibilities.

0:50:43 > 0:50:47If you've ended up out of work because of that and you're looking

0:50:47 > 0:50:51to get back into the workplace, how do employers look at the fact your

0:50:51 > 0:50:55CV says or five years you've been caring for a family member, how do

0:50:55 > 0:51:01they treat it?It varies by employer but something we found in our

0:51:01 > 0:51:05research was there's a perception that employers are less willing to

0:51:05 > 0:51:08employ older workers, especially if they've been out of the labour

0:51:08 > 0:51:14market for a while, and potentially favouring younger employees instead.

0:51:14 > 0:51:19That's a shame because we're talking around 1 million people between

0:51:19 > 0:51:2550-64 who are ready and willing to be in the workplace, and these

0:51:25 > 0:51:28individuals have a lifetime of skills and experience they can bring

0:51:28 > 0:51:31to work and employers aren't taking full advantage of that at the

0:51:31 > 0:51:35moment.Is there a reason why it might hit people harder after 50 if

0:51:35 > 0:51:39they lose their job than younger people? There's pressure is on all

0:51:39 > 0:51:46age groups, as we often talk about. What we're finding is they are often

0:51:46 > 0:51:51forced out of work due to issues like ill health and caring

0:51:51 > 0:51:53responsibilities or in voluntary redundancy but they are finding it

0:51:53 > 0:51:57difficult to get back into work. They're more likely to be out of

0:51:57 > 0:52:01work for longer than younger age groups and least likely to get a

0:52:01 > 0:52:06job. In our research we found there was a whole host of different issues

0:52:06 > 0:52:11for this age group, to highlight a few that were coming up, issues with

0:52:11 > 0:52:13ill health and caring responsibilities were a significant

0:52:13 > 0:52:17barrier for people getting back into work because they really needed that

0:52:17 > 0:52:22flexibility at work which wasn't on offer. Another issue that was quite

0:52:22 > 0:52:25common was the sense employers were perhaps less willing to recruit

0:52:25 > 0:52:29older workers for various different reasons, and that had a negative

0:52:29 > 0:52:33impact on people's self-confidence. Individuals started to see

0:52:33 > 0:52:40themselves as too old to be at work and almost gave up on the idea of

0:52:40 > 0:52:43ever working against quite if you're having those thoughts, what's the

0:52:43 > 0:52:48first step you should take? There's lots of employment support available

0:52:48 > 0:52:51and it's about engaging with the support and not feeling it's not

0:52:51 > 0:52:56there for you and you're not able to access it. Don't be shy of putting

0:52:56 > 0:53:01yourself forward for these opportunities. It's really important

0:53:01 > 0:53:05to have that first conversation about your needs for flexibility at

0:53:05 > 0:53:09work with potential employers. There's the possibility that

0:53:09 > 0:53:12flexibility will be offered if it's asked for, but we know that's not an

0:53:12 > 0:53:16easy thing for this work group to do. Both national and local

0:53:16 > 0:53:20government need to do more to provide better support for this age

0:53:20 > 0:53:23group, to support them to have those conversations and to get back into

0:53:23 > 0:53:27work.Gemma, thanks very much.

0:53:27 > 0:53:29If you're familiar with these stories.

0:53:29 > 0:53:32And if you're over 50 and struggling to find work

0:53:32 > 0:53:36let us know.

0:53:36 > 0:53:42Tweet us @bbcbreakfast or drop us an e-mail,

0:53:42 > 0:53:46bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk.

0:53:46 > 0:53:49They are the actors breaking down barriers in Scottish theatre.

0:53:49 > 0:53:52The first group of students from the UK's only degree course

0:53:52 > 0:53:55for deaf performers is taking to the stage with a new production

0:53:55 > 0:53:57that blends British Sign Language and English.

0:53:57 > 0:53:59It's hoped the adaptation of Caryl Churchill's play Love

0:53:59 > 0:54:02and Information will challenge perceptions and make sign

0:54:02 > 0:54:03language more visible.

0:54:03 > 0:54:05Our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon went to meet them.

0:54:05 > 0:54:11It is a play with big themes that affect us all. Love and how we make

0:54:11 > 0:54:17sense of things in an increasingly frenetic world. The 50 short scenes,

0:54:17 > 0:54:21each with a different set of characters, are all performed by ten

0:54:21 > 0:54:27actors who happened to be deaf. I think the play's very, very

0:54:27 > 0:54:32powerful because it is able to show different perspectives in that deaf

0:54:32 > 0:54:36people are similar to hearing people in that environment and that we're

0:54:36 > 0:54:40all similar, we're all the same and I think that play really

0:54:40 > 0:54:45demonstrates that.Mr Rushmore, if you could just open the door...

0:54:45 > 0:54:50Their performance in a mixture of English, captioning and British sign

0:54:50 > 0:54:56language a chance to showcase the actors' talents. And British sign

0:54:56 > 0:54:59language itself.It's a wonderful opportunity and we've really enjoyed

0:54:59 > 0:55:05it.Absolutely because sign language can be so big, so rich, so

0:55:05 > 0:55:08expressive and in a theatre setting means we can show also solve levels

0:55:08 > 0:55:14of emotion. The actors, all students at

0:55:14 > 0:55:18Glasgow's Royal conservator, are on the country's only degree course for

0:55:18 > 0:55:22deaf performers. Embracing deafness as part of their identity and hoping

0:55:22 > 0:55:26their performance will help others do the same.It's a great way for me

0:55:26 > 0:55:31to carry on and show people that it's OK to be who you are, because I

0:55:31 > 0:55:35kind of old before I was being shuffled off into the background

0:55:35 > 0:55:39like I was a liability or I was just a burden to someone else, I thought

0:55:39 > 0:55:47I'll say nothing and back off, now I'm thinking, you know what, I'm

0:55:47 > 0:55:51going to step forward and let them see me for who I am.

0:55:51 > 0:55:53The Scottish government recently announced plans to integrate the use

0:55:53 > 0:55:56of sign language into everyday life and the play's director believes

0:55:56 > 0:55:59this performance will help with challenging perceptions in the

0:55:59 > 0:56:04theatre and the arts.I think it's about British sign language being

0:56:04 > 0:56:08more visible, being more out in the open and recognised as a language.

0:56:08 > 0:56:12So I think this production and the degree programme here at the

0:56:12 > 0:56:16conservator are is part of that movement.Another step in showing

0:56:16 > 0:56:21that British sign language should be celebrated as a language in its own

0:56:21 > 0:56:26right. Lorna Gordon, BBC News, Glasgow.

0:56:26 > 0:56:30That looks fantastic. Carol is in Covent Garden this morning, she's

0:56:30 > 0:56:34got a big Christmas tree with her, doing the weather from their. People

0:56:34 > 0:56:38have got in contact after we showed a picture of someone with their

0:56:38 > 0:56:43decorations up over the weekend. Claire said it never stops, carols

0:56:43 > 0:56:47all year long, I leave decorations up all year round in strategic

0:56:47 > 0:56:52places that nobody can reach! Claire! I leave them up by mistake!

0:56:52 > 0:56:56John said it starts on the third of December this year once I am home

0:56:56 > 0:57:02run the banter Dash. I suspect we all have our own traditions, is

0:57:02 > 0:57:07November to early?Mike says Christmas Eve is when it's starts,

0:57:07 > 1:00:27Boxing Day is

1:00:27 > 1:00:29Now, though, it's back to Louise and Dan.

1:00:29 > 1:00:30Bye for now.

1:00:54 > 1:00:57Hello, this is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

1:00:57 > 1:01:00A major milestone on the road to Brexit as MPs begin debating

1:01:00 > 1:01:05the EU withdrawal bill.

1:01:05 > 1:01:07It will convert European laws into British ones,

1:01:07 > 1:01:09but it's unlikely to pass smoothly with more than 160

1:01:09 > 1:01:26amendments already tabled.

1:01:26 > 1:01:28Good morning.

1:01:28 > 1:01:32It's Tuesday, November 14.

1:01:32 > 1:01:36Also this morning: After a man is convicted of an acid attack

1:01:36 > 1:01:39in a packed nightclub, one of his victims tells us how it's

1:01:39 > 1:01:40changed her life.

1:01:40 > 1:01:44A call for compulsory eye tests for motorists as new figures show

1:01:44 > 1:01:51many ignore warnings that they shouldnt be driving.

1:01:51 > 1:01:56Good morning.

1:01:56 > 1:02:01Living costs are on the up and I am going to look at how prices are

1:02:01 > 1:02:03rising and that will affect decisions in next week's budget.

1:02:03 > 1:02:05Good morning.

1:02:05 > 1:02:08In sport, it's going to be a World Cup without Italy

1:02:08 > 1:02:10after the four-time champions fail to qualify for the tournament

1:02:10 > 1:02:12for the first time in 60 years.

1:02:12 > 1:02:16And Carol is getting into the Christmas spirit already.

1:02:16 > 1:02:20Good morning from Covent Garden. You can see the beautiful Christmas tree

1:02:20 > 1:02:24behind me. It has been lit especially for us. Straight after

1:02:24 > 1:02:28Breakfast this morning it will go off. Then it will be lit again this

1:02:28 > 1:02:32evening. The first time Covent Garden and children in need have

1:02:32 > 1:02:34worked together. Scotland and Northern

1:02:34 > 1:02:37worked together. Scotland and Northern Ireland in with some bright

1:02:37 > 1:02:41and sunny weather. For England, Wales and the rest of Northern

1:02:41 > 1:02:45Ireland it is fairly mild with spots of rain. I will have more in 15

1:02:45 > 1:02:49minutes.Thanks, Carol. We will have more at 7:15am.

1:02:49 > 1:02:50Good morning.

1:02:50 > 1:02:51First, our main story.

1:02:51 > 1:02:54MPs will today begin debating a key piece of Brexit legislation,

1:02:54 > 1:02:55the EU Withdrawal Bill.

1:02:55 > 1:02:58It will help turn European laws into UK ones but opponents including

1:02:58 > 1:03:00Tory rebels have tabled scores of amendments.

1:03:00 > 1:03:11Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo reports.

1:03:11 > 1:03:14The Prime Minister.

1:03:14 > 1:03:17Still the one in charge, Theresa May last night

1:03:17 > 1:03:20at the glittering Lord Mayor's Banquet in London,

1:03:20 > 1:03:22a break from Brexit and potential trouble ahead.

1:03:22 > 1:03:25A key piece of the government's Brexit legislation returns

1:03:25 > 1:03:33to the Commons today, and MPs are trying to tinker with it.

1:03:33 > 1:03:36They are proposing hundreds of changes to try to influence

1:03:36 > 1:03:38ministers' approach, and so yesterday an apparent

1:03:38 > 1:03:44concession to one of their key demands.

1:03:44 > 1:03:48I can now confirm that once we have reached an agreement we will bring

1:03:48 > 1:03:50forward a specific piece of primary legislation

1:03:50 > 1:03:51to implement that agreement.

1:03:51 > 1:03:54Parliament will be given time to debate, scrutinise and vote

1:03:54 > 1:03:56on the final agreement we strike with the European Union.

1:03:56 > 1:04:00This agreement will only hold if parliament approves it.

1:04:00 > 1:04:05But with such a fragile majority, just a handful of Tory backbenchers

1:04:05 > 1:04:09siding with the opposition would lead to a government defeat.

1:04:09 > 1:04:12And those minded to rebel seem unsatisfied with the take it

1:04:12 > 1:04:15or leave it vote the government has offered.

1:04:15 > 1:04:18I have to say, a lot of us were insulted by this.

1:04:18 > 1:04:22I mean, because it sounded so good and then when you dug

1:04:22 > 1:04:24into the detail you realise this so-called meaningful vote

1:04:24 > 1:04:25was completely meaningless.

1:04:25 > 1:04:29There will be more contentious votes here in the coming weeks as MPs test

1:04:29 > 1:04:38the government's fragile working majority.

1:04:38 > 1:04:40Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth joins us from

1:04:40 > 1:04:42Westminster.

1:04:43 > 1:04:46We heard from David Davis yesterday,

1:04:46 > 1:04:50parliament will get a vote on the final offer, the final bill. Is it

1:04:50 > 1:04:56enough to stave off any rebellion? Many MPs agree with the broad idea

1:04:56 > 1:04:59behind this Withdrawal Bill and they recognise that there has to be

1:04:59 > 1:05:04something in place when we leave the EU to fill the hole left by the

1:05:04 > 1:05:07regulations and laws that we currently abide by. It is lots of

1:05:07 > 1:05:11the detail of this pill that they are not happy with. Everything from

1:05:11 > 1:05:14the fact that some think it gives uncheck power to ministers. Others

1:05:14 > 1:05:19concerned about the impact on Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. There

1:05:19 > 1:05:23was a threat that Tory MPs from the backbenches and Labour MPs would

1:05:23 > 1:05:26come together to vote against the government. That is why the

1:05:26 > 1:05:30government has said that they will have an act of parliament with a

1:05:30 > 1:05:35final Brexit deal to try to stop the rebellion. As you heard from Leila,

1:05:35 > 1:05:40that hasn't gone far enough. Many MPs say they haven't got the chance

1:05:40 > 1:05:44to send to read is a mate to Brussels to negotiate. It is a take

1:05:44 > 1:05:48it or leave it vote. So it hasn't so far pierced those threatening to

1:05:48 > 1:05:52rebel. The passage of the bill starting today is still looking very

1:05:52 > 1:05:59tricky.OK. I know it is going to be a long process. Thank you very much.

1:05:59 > 1:06:01Earlier we saw Theresa May at the Lord Mayor's

1:06:01 > 1:06:02banquet in London.

1:06:02 > 1:06:05She used the occasion to make her strongest attack yet

1:06:05 > 1:06:08on Russia, in which she accused the Putin government of threatening

1:06:08 > 1:06:08the international order.

1:06:08 > 1:06:11It is seeking to weaponise information, deploying its state-run

1:06:11 > 1:06:13media organisations to plant fake stories and photoshopped images

1:06:13 > 1:06:16in an attempt to sow discord in the west

1:06:16 > 1:06:17and undermine our institutions.

1:06:17 > 1:06:20So I have a very simple message for Russia, we know

1:06:20 > 1:06:34what you are doing and you will not succeed.

1:06:34 > 1:06:37The television producer and writer, Daisy Goodwin, who created the ITV

1:06:37 > 1:06:40drama, Victoria, has claimed she was groped by a government

1:06:40 > 1:06:42official during a visit to Number Ten.

1:06:42 > 1:06:45She told the Radio Times the man put his hand on her breast

1:06:45 > 1:06:48after a meeting to discuss a proposed TV show when David

1:06:48 > 1:06:49Cameron was Prime Minister.

1:06:49 > 1:06:52She said she wasn't traumatised, but was cross, adding she didn't

1:06:52 > 1:06:54report it at the time.

1:06:54 > 1:06:56Downing Street said they take all allegations very seriously

1:06:56 > 1:07:06and would look into any formal complaint, should one be made.

1:07:06 > 1:07:09Thousands of people are spending a second night without shelter

1:07:09 > 1:07:11in near-freezing conditions after an earthquake caused

1:07:11 > 1:07:13devastation in parts of Iran and Iraq.

1:07:13 > 1:07:15More than 450 people were killed and around 7,000 injured.

1:07:15 > 1:07:21Sarah Corker reports.

1:07:21 > 1:07:24This is the deadliest earthquake in the world this year.

1:07:24 > 1:07:27The border town of Pol-e Zahab here in western Iran bore

1:07:27 > 1:07:29the brunt of it.

1:07:29 > 1:07:32Homes were flattened in seconds, crushing everyone inside.

1:07:32 > 1:07:34The search for survivors has been frantic.

1:07:34 > 1:07:36But early this morning, Iranian officials called off

1:07:36 > 1:07:37the rescue operation.

1:07:37 > 1:07:40At this local hospital, many of the injured had stories

1:07:40 > 1:07:45of narrow escapes.

1:07:45 > 1:07:47TRANSLATION:I fell from the balcony down.

1:07:47 > 1:07:58The earthquake was very strong.

1:07:58 > 1:08:00This mountainous area is prone to earthquakes.

1:08:00 > 1:08:03Power cuts and landslides have made it difficult for rescue teams

1:08:03 > 1:08:04to get in.

1:08:04 > 1:08:06The most severely hurt have been airlifted out,

1:08:06 > 1:08:08some taken to hospital in the Iranian capital,

1:08:08 > 1:08:10Tehran.

1:08:10 > 1:08:13But, overwhelmed by the sheer number of injured, the authorities

1:08:13 > 1:08:14are appealing for people to donate blood.

1:08:14 > 1:08:17And this is the moment this 7.3-magnitude quake hit

1:08:17 > 1:08:24in neighbouring Iraq.

1:08:24 > 1:08:28A man runs for his life from the control room of this dam.

1:08:28 > 1:08:34Boulders were tossed around like pebbles.

1:08:34 > 1:08:37A picture of widespread devastation is emerging -

1:08:37 > 1:08:38hundreds dead, thousands injured, many missing.

1:08:38 > 1:08:41Turkey has sent a convoy of aid trucks, medication,

1:08:41 > 1:08:44tents and blankets, and many have spent a second night outdoors,

1:08:44 > 1:08:45terrified by the after-shocks.

1:08:45 > 1:09:00So far, there have been more than 190 of them.

1:09:00 > 1:09:03A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager

1:09:03 > 1:09:06who has not been seen for nearly a week.

1:09:06 > 1:09:0719-year-old Gaia Pope, who has severe epilepsy,

1:09:07 > 1:09:09was last seen on the seventh November.

1:09:09 > 1:09:12Dorset Police say a 19-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman

1:09:12 > 1:09:15were arrested after searches took place at two addresses in Swanage.

1:09:15 > 1:09:26Officers say they were both known to Gaia.

1:09:26 > 1:09:32In the last few minutes we've had an update from our biggest supermarket,

1:09:32 > 1:09:37Tesco.A huge deal that we've talked about a couple of times as the

1:09:37 > 1:09:41Competition and Markets Authority the regulator have looked at whether

1:09:41 > 1:09:47Tesco would buy Booker, one of the biggest wholesaler, whether it was a

1:09:47 > 1:09:52good deal for customers, nearly £4 billion, and the issues people

1:09:52 > 1:09:55raised were Booker actually have the smaller convenience stores you might

1:09:55 > 1:10:03see like Premier.They are owned by Booker.If Tesco by these as well,

1:10:03 > 1:10:07will they be able to put prices up? There may not be as much

1:10:07 > 1:10:11competition. They have looked at it and they don't think it will be an

1:10:11 > 1:10:17issue. In any towns where there is a Premier and a Tesco Express, they

1:10:17 > 1:10:21think that there will be enough competition in the market generally

1:10:21 > 1:10:26to keep prices competitive. That was one issue. Also, wholesalers in the

1:10:26 > 1:10:30wholesale market. They thought, if Tesco is buying a wholesaler they

1:10:30 > 1:10:36might be able to get a way better deal with Booker than others might

1:10:36 > 1:10:40get because other people supply Tesco as well. And again the

1:10:40 > 1:10:44regulator thinks it will be OK. So they have given the merger the all

1:10:44 > 1:10:49clear which is a huge move for the retail industry, one of the biggest

1:10:49 > 1:10:53supermarket buying the biggest wholesaler. It could be set to go

1:10:53 > 1:11:02ahead.Thank you very much. The largest diamond of its kind will be

1:11:02 > 1:11:09put up for auction in Geneva today. This was discovered in Angola last

1:11:09 > 1:11:14year. It is set into a necklace of 6000 and rules with 800 smaller

1:11:14 > 1:11:22diamonds.It is expected to fetch around $30 million, which is almost

1:11:22 > 1:11:32£23 million - quite extraordinary. 7:11am. You're watching Breakfast.

1:11:32 > 1:11:35Acid attacks can cause brutal, life-long injuries and police

1:11:35 > 1:11:37are warning they are on the rise.

1:11:37 > 1:11:40In London alone, over the last year there were almost 400 victims.

1:11:40 > 1:11:43Yesterday the perpetrator of one of the worst incidents was found

1:11:43 > 1:11:46guilty of an attack he carried out in a London nightclub.

1:11:46 > 1:11:49Arthur Collins, the ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann,

1:11:49 > 1:11:57sprayed acid over people during a night out in April.

1:11:57 > 1:12:00In total, 22 people were injured, with one man suffering third-degree

1:12:00 > 1:12:02chemical burns to his face, which required a skin graft.

1:12:02 > 1:12:06Lauren Trent was another victim of the attack and is in our London

1:12:06 > 1:12:08newsroom, and Ayesha Nayyar is a solicitor representing some

1:12:08 > 1:12:17of the other people who were injured and is with us in the studio.

1:12:17 > 1:12:22Morning, both. Thank you for joining us. Lauren, first of all, just tell

1:12:22 > 1:12:26us, you were celebrating a birthday - what happened, when did you know

1:12:26 > 1:12:31something serious happened?Yes, so, I was celebrating my 22nd birthday

1:12:31 > 1:12:36with my best friend and other friends. To be honest, the moment

1:12:36 > 1:12:41everyone fell to the floor, you know, the acid hit me when I went

1:12:41 > 1:12:45down to pick up my back as we were about to leave. I remember everyone

1:12:45 > 1:12:50was standing and suddenly the dancefloor, it looked like a swamp

1:12:50 > 1:12:55all, you know, like a hole opened in the middle and people were running.

1:12:55 > 1:12:59Steam was coming off the floor. You knew straightaway, even the smell,

1:12:59 > 1:13:06it wasn't something normal and your skin blistered within seconds, you

1:13:06 > 1:13:10know, it is the smell, the steam, everything. I knew straightaway that

1:13:10 > 1:13:16this wasn't something normal and you just knew it was acid.Lauren, I am

1:13:16 > 1:13:20so sorry. Etihad friends as well who were injured. What kind of effect

1:13:20 > 1:13:26has it had on you and your friends? Obviously there was nothing to

1:13:26 > 1:13:30indicate that night to ask, you know, what was going to happen, so

1:13:30 > 1:13:36to be in this place, you know, I am extremely anxious. If I can't see

1:13:36 > 1:13:40what's going on, if they fight breaks out, the first thing that

1:13:40 > 1:13:44goes through my head is what are they going to do, what will they

1:13:44 > 1:13:49pull out. You know, all sorts of things. You know, it is one of those

1:13:49 > 1:13:55situations that you don't expect, you know, to see coming. You know,

1:13:55 > 1:13:59moving forward, you know, you try to deal with, you know, the best of the

1:13:59 > 1:14:03situation and, you know, I am less outgoing than I used to be and I am

1:14:03 > 1:14:08more selective about where I go and obviously, you know, it is usually

1:14:08 > 1:14:13places, you know, where drinks are not being thrown around or it is not

1:14:13 > 1:14:16busy.And we have just seen a picture of your injuries. We will

1:14:16 > 1:14:21come back in a moment. Thank you. Ayesha, you represent other victims

1:14:21 > 1:14:26caught up in the attack. In terms of the law in this country at the

1:14:26 > 1:14:31moment, is it fit for purpose, should it be changed?At present,

1:14:31 > 1:14:36carrying acid, and Collins was charged with causing grievous bodily

1:14:36 > 1:14:40harm, there is a sentence of maximum life imprisonment. We hope justice

1:14:40 > 1:14:44will be done. Moving forward there are proposals to ban the sale of

1:14:44 > 1:14:50acid under the age of 18. There is also proposals at present carrying

1:14:50 > 1:14:55acid on its own doesn't have - doesn't carry a charge. To be guilty

1:14:55 > 1:15:01of the offence, the proposals are that anybody carrying acid without

1:15:01 > 1:15:07lawful reason. At present, you have to show intent to injure. The

1:15:07 > 1:15:12changes will be carrying acid without lawful reason. Hopefully the

1:15:12 > 1:15:19changes proposed come about and will introduce tougher sentences.

1:15:26 > 1:15:29He's going to be sentenced next month, how have the people

1:15:29 > 1:15:30you represent reacted?

1:15:30 > 1:15:34He denied guilt, they had to give evidence, some people broke down,

1:15:34 > 1:15:38others gave evidence behind a screen so they were relieved. He put his

1:15:38 > 1:15:42victims, not just what happened on the night of the attack, but

1:15:42 > 1:15:46throughout the five weeks where evidence was given, he put them

1:15:46 > 1:15:52through an horrific ordeal.Lauren, you met with others injured in the

1:15:52 > 1:15:55attack last night, what was the general tone of the conversation?

1:15:55 > 1:16:04From the moment the verdict came out, it still hasn't sunk in. At one

1:16:04 > 1:16:12point for us we didn't think we were going to get justice in terms of

1:16:12 > 1:16:16that sentence, but it was a big sense of relief. It's only up until

1:16:16 > 1:16:21now that we can talk about things and hear the trial and things like

1:16:21 > 1:16:26that. It's a massive sense of relief, doesn't change what

1:16:26 > 1:16:31happened, but it is more of, OK, something has been done and this is

1:16:31 > 1:16:34setting the standard for anyone thinking about doing something like

1:16:34 > 1:16:39this. It is putting them off doing something like that.Lauren, we

1:16:39 > 1:16:43heard from Ayesha that a number of victims gave evidence from behind a

1:16:43 > 1:16:47screen but you chose to look Arthur Collins in the face. He didn't look

1:16:47 > 1:16:51back at you, though, what was that like and why did you make that

1:16:51 > 1:16:55decision in the court room?It's not a natural environment. Your name is

1:16:55 > 1:16:59across newspapers and things like that, your name is read out on a

1:16:59 > 1:17:04charge sheet. For me it is your own preference. I wanted to look him in

1:17:04 > 1:17:09the face. I was there for my 22nd birthday, imagine if that was a

1:17:09 > 1:17:14member of my family or a close friend of his? -- his family. I'm

1:17:14 > 1:17:18young, I didn't deserve to be involved in something like that and

1:17:18 > 1:17:22neither did anyone else. At some point people have to face people in

1:17:22 > 1:17:27the face and said, this is what you've done.Lauren Trent, thanks

1:17:27 > 1:17:31very much, and Ayesha Nayyar, thanks for coming in to talk to us.

1:17:31 > 1:17:33You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

1:17:33 > 1:17:33The main stories this morning:

1:17:38 > 1:17:42Carol is getting into the festive swing of things in Covent Garden

1:17:42 > 1:17:43this morning.

1:17:44 > 1:17:50Good morning. Look at the Christmas tree behind me, it is 55 feet tall

1:17:50 > 1:17:54and it is the largest hand-picked Christmas tree in London. There's

1:17:54 > 1:18:01about 25 to 30,000 lights on it, lots of bubbles. Pudsey Bear put the

1:18:01 > 1:18:07last one on this tree. -- baubles. He will be back here tonight because

1:18:07 > 1:18:12this Christmas tree has been lit up the specially for us this morning as

1:18:12 > 1:18:16a preview of what will happen later today. It will be switched off when

1:18:16 > 1:18:20we come off air at 9:15am and then this evening it will be switched

1:18:20 > 1:18:25back on again. Lots happening this evening. Festivities start at around

1:18:25 > 1:18:305:30pm and go on for some time. The stage will be set alight by the cast

1:18:30 > 1:18:35of 42nd Street, who will be doing dancing and they're very famous

1:18:35 > 1:18:40songs, and Pudsey Bear will be doing aged with some of this own special

1:18:40 > 1:18:44guests and lots of other activities tonight as well. The weather should

1:18:44 > 1:18:49be fine for that. The weather for most is milder than yesterday but

1:18:49 > 1:18:53it's also cloudier for a large chunk of the country. The exception is

1:18:53 > 1:18:57across Scotland and the north coast of Northern Ireland, although you've

1:18:57 > 1:19:00got cloud this morning, it will brighten up nicely. Across the

1:19:00 > 1:19:04north-west of Scotland this morning, a few showers, many more before the

1:19:04 > 1:19:08end of the day in the north and the wind will strengthen but a lot of

1:19:08 > 1:19:12dry weather first thing. In northern England, in fact all of England, a

1:19:12 > 1:19:16cloudier start, two weather fronts going sour, both producing patchy

1:19:16 > 1:19:20light rain as they do but increasingly during the day that

1:19:20 > 1:19:24will become confined to the west -- going south. In the south-west a

1:19:24 > 1:19:29cloudy start, as in Wales, one weather front draped across central

1:19:29 > 1:19:33and southern parts of Wales so that is producing rain this morning. As

1:19:33 > 1:19:37we go across the Irish Sea into Northern Ireland, quite a bit of

1:19:37 > 1:19:40cloud around but the north coast will see the best of the brightness

1:19:40 > 1:19:44today. For Northern Ireland, the north coast, and Scotland, expect

1:19:44 > 1:19:49sunshine. A lot of showers in the north, some will be heavy and windy

1:19:49 > 1:19:52in the north of Scotland, temperatures in double figures. For

1:19:52 > 1:19:57England and Wales, you're going to hang on a lot of cloud today, patchy

1:19:57 > 1:20:01rain mostly confined to Westwood coasts and hills in the west today

1:20:01 > 1:20:05-- inland. Limited brightness but for many we're looking at

1:20:05 > 1:20:08temperatures in double figures, yesterday we only got to single

1:20:08 > 1:20:12figures as the maximum temperatures. As we head on into the evening and

1:20:12 > 1:20:16overnight, many showers in the north of Scotland will fade. Where we've

1:20:16 > 1:20:20had the clear skies it will be cold, frost across Scotland and patchy fog

1:20:20 > 1:20:24forming, some will be freezing fog. For Northern Ireland, England and

1:20:24 > 1:20:30Wales, a lot of cloud, patchy fog and also dense fog patches forming

1:20:30 > 1:20:33across East Anglia, Lincolnshire and the Midlands in the tick hello. This

1:20:33 > 1:20:40will be slow to clear tomorrow -- in particular. Keep an eye on that.

1:20:40 > 1:20:45Keep aware of it if you're travelling. For England, Wales and

1:20:45 > 1:20:49Northern Ireland tomorrow, cloudy, spots of rain here and there, not

1:20:49 > 1:20:52everywhere, and fairly light. In Scotland, another bright day with

1:20:52 > 1:20:57sunshine. Still windy, still with showers in the north and later that

1:20:57 > 1:21:00will be replaced by rain. On Thursday, the rain that's been

1:21:00 > 1:21:04coming into the north-west of Scotland by the end of Wednesday

1:21:04 > 1:21:08will be careering steadily south, into northern England, Northern

1:21:08 > 1:21:14Ireland, Wales. A lot of cloud around on Thursday with some

1:21:14 > 1:21:17brighter breaks, temperatures roughly where they should be at this

1:21:17 > 1:21:20stage in November. All in all the weather is fairly quiet, not much

1:21:20 > 1:21:25going on I'm glad to say! Really looking lovely at the moment there,

1:21:25 > 1:21:30I shall go and have a look before Christmas.Do you think the tree is

1:21:30 > 1:21:36leaning a bit to the left?It is ever so slightly.No. It is

1:21:36 > 1:21:43absolutely straight!Is it, it must be our camera angle? Hankie very

1:21:43 > 1:21:50much.Carol can go and give it a pushover -- thank you very much.

1:21:50 > 1:21:54Drivers who are told their eyesight isn't good enough for them to be

1:21:54 > 1:21:55behind the wheel are carrying on driving.

1:21:55 > 1:21:58That's according to research by the Association of Optometrists.

1:21:58 > 1:22:00They want compulsory eye tests to be introduced,

1:22:00 > 1:22:03a campaign backed by the family of Natalie Wade, who was killed

1:22:03 > 1:22:05by a partially sighted driver.

1:22:05 > 1:22:08Our reporter Ali Fortescue has more.

1:22:08 > 1:22:12If she walked into a room, as the saying goes, she lit it up.

1:22:12 > 1:22:14She enjoyed every moment and was so looking forward

1:22:14 > 1:22:15to getting married.

1:22:15 > 1:22:1928-year-old Natalie Wade died on her way to buy a wedding dress.

1:22:19 > 1:22:21She was hit by a 78-year-old driver with poor eyesight.

1:22:21 > 1:22:23There's always an empty chair at Christmas,

1:22:23 > 1:22:25birthdays, the day she would have been married,

1:22:25 > 1:22:32they are still very painful.

1:22:32 > 1:22:35The driver who killed Natalie was blind in one eye and partially

1:22:35 > 1:22:38sighted in the other, but he died before being tried

1:22:38 > 1:22:39for dangerous driving.

1:22:39 > 1:22:42But Natalie is just one of 70 people who are killed or seriously injured

1:22:42 > 1:22:46in similar incidents involving bad eyesight last year.

1:22:46 > 1:22:49The legal standard for eyesight involves being able to read a number

1:22:49 > 1:22:52plate from 20 metres, but that's something that's only

1:22:52 > 1:22:54tested when you first take your test.

1:22:54 > 1:22:57At the moment, everyone needs to fill out a form like this every

1:22:57 > 1:23:00ten years to renew their driving license, and that involves answering

1:23:00 > 1:23:01a question about their eyesight.

1:23:01 > 1:23:06And if you're over the age 70 you have to fill out a slightly more

1:23:06 > 1:23:08comprehensive form every three years, but it's still a question

1:23:08 > 1:23:12of putting a tick in a box, there is no requirement to take

1:23:12 > 1:23:13an actual eye test.

1:23:13 > 1:23:15The mechanism of self reporting isn't always reliable.

1:23:15 > 1:23:18We know that vision can change gradually over time so drivers

1:23:18 > 1:23:24might not be aware of their deterioration to their vision.

1:23:24 > 1:23:27The Association of Optometrists don't have a legal requirement to do

1:23:27 > 1:23:29anything if they're concerned about a patient's driving,

1:23:29 > 1:23:31it's down to the driver.

1:23:31 > 1:23:34More than one in three of their optometrists surveyed has

1:23:34 > 1:23:37seen a driver in the last three months he continues to drive

1:23:37 > 1:23:40despite being told their vision is below the legal standard.

1:23:40 > 1:23:42Nine in ten believe the current tests are insufficient

1:23:42 > 1:23:48and they want to see a change in the law.

1:23:48 > 1:23:51What we're calling for is vision screening to be carried out

1:23:51 > 1:23:54for all drivers when they first apply for the driving licence,

1:23:54 > 1:23:57and then the requirement to prove that they continue to meet that

1:23:57 > 1:24:02standard every ten years.

1:24:02 > 1:24:05But the concern is it's not just eyesight that needs testing.

1:24:05 > 1:24:07This is an enormous worry.

1:24:07 > 1:24:10Thank gosh we've got something we can point at and you can measure

1:24:10 > 1:24:15it and say I health is a big thing but there's all sorts of other

1:24:15 > 1:24:17medical issues, bundles of them, which are simply not being taken

1:24:17 > 1:24:21into account as to whether people are fit to drive, and I think

1:24:21 > 1:24:22there should be.

1:24:22 > 1:24:25The Department of Transport say that all drivers are required by law

1:24:25 > 1:24:28to make sure their eyesight is good enough to drive.

1:24:28 > 1:24:30They also say if a driver experiences any changes

1:24:30 > 1:24:33to their eyesight or has a condition that could affect their driving

1:24:33 > 1:24:36they must notify the DVLA and speak to an optician.

1:24:36 > 1:24:41Ali Fortescue, BBC News.

1:24:41 > 1:24:43And Ali joins us on the sofa now.

1:24:43 > 1:24:47The Department for Transport say anyone with concerns should report

1:24:47 > 1:24:50to the DVLA.

1:24:50 > 1:24:52Do they give details of what counts

1:24:52 > 1:24:55as concerning and should be reported?

1:24:55 > 1:24:55What

1:24:55 > 1:25:00What more do we know about that?The information is there if you look for

1:25:00 > 1:25:03it. In the appendix of the form you fill out when you renew your

1:25:03 > 1:25:07license, it says if your eyesight is worse than 6/12, you can't read a

1:25:07 > 1:25:11number plate from 20 metres, you should tell them and you should tell

1:25:11 > 1:25:15them if you've got other concerns, if you are partially sighted or

1:25:15 > 1:25:21can't see out of one eye. As far as other medical conditions go, it

1:25:21 > 1:25:25lists several, some form of diabetes, epilepsy, severe learning

1:25:25 > 1:25:28difficulties. Having those conditions weren't necessarily mean

1:25:28 > 1:25:34you can't drive but it will mean you need to let the DVLA no.What about

1:25:34 > 1:25:38healthcare professionals, do they have a duty of care to tell the DVLA

1:25:38 > 1:25:42if they have concerns?It's really interesting, it's a careful balance

1:25:42 > 1:25:47between what's in the wider public interest and their duty of patient

1:25:47 > 1:25:51confidentiality. In extreme circumstances they can let the DVLA

1:25:51 > 1:25:55know if they think someone is of serious risk to themselves or the

1:25:55 > 1:26:00public and breach patient doctor confidentiality but they don't have

1:26:00 > 1:26:04to do that, it's a situation the Association of optometrists don't

1:26:04 > 1:26:08feel cut double with, so the onus is on the driver to make sure they are

1:26:08 > 1:26:12fit to drive -- comfortable with. I'm feeling like I have learned

1:26:12 > 1:26:17something, I didn't know you had to renew your license every ten years.

1:26:17 > 1:26:21Neither did I until a couple of days ago!

1:26:21 > 1:29:43Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

1:29:47 > 1:29:57Hello, this is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

1:29:57 > 1:30:00It is just coming up to 7:30am.

1:30:00 > 1:30:04Here's a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News.

1:30:04 > 1:30:08MPs begin debating a key piece of Brexit legislation for the EU

1:30:08 > 1:30:11Withdrawal Bill.

1:30:11 > 1:30:14It will help turn European laws into UK ones but opponents including

1:30:14 > 1:30:17Tory rebels have tabled scores of amendments.

1:30:17 > 1:30:20Yesterday the Brexit Secretary David Davis promised parliament would get

1:30:20 > 1:30:27a vote on the final deal.

1:30:27 > 1:30:29Earlier we saw Theresa May at the Lord Mayor's

1:30:29 > 1:30:30banquet in London.

1:30:30 > 1:30:33She used the occasion to make her strongest attack yet

1:30:33 > 1:30:36on Russia, in which she accused the Putin government of threatening

1:30:36 > 1:30:37the international order.

1:30:37 > 1:30:39It is seeking to weaponise information, deploying its state-run

1:30:39 > 1:30:42media organisations to plant fake stories and photoshopped images

1:30:42 > 1:30:44in an attempt to sow discord in the west

1:30:44 > 1:30:45and undermine our institutions.

1:30:45 > 1:30:48So I have a very simple message for Russia, we know

1:30:48 > 1:31:05what you are doing and you will not succeed.

1:31:05 > 1:31:08The television producer and writer, Daisy Goodwin, who created the ITV

1:31:08 > 1:31:10drama, Victoria, has claimed she was groped by a government

1:31:10 > 1:31:12official during a visit to Number Ten.

1:31:12 > 1:31:16She told the Radio Times the man put his hand on her breast

1:31:16 > 1:31:19after a meeting to discuss a proposed TV show when David

1:31:19 > 1:31:20Cameron was Prime Minister.

1:31:20 > 1:31:23She said she wasn't traumatised, but was cross, adding she didn't

1:31:23 > 1:31:32report it at the time.

1:31:32 > 1:31:35Thousands of people are spending a second night without shelter

1:31:35 > 1:31:36in near-freezing conditions after an earthquake caused

1:31:36 > 1:31:38devastation in parts of Iran and Iraq.

1:31:38 > 1:31:40More than 450 people were killed and around 7,000 injured.

1:31:47 > 1:31:52Officials say the rescue operation after the earthquake on Sunday has

1:31:52 > 1:31:52been largely completed.

1:31:52 > 1:31:56A man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager

1:31:56 > 1:31:58who has not been seen for nearly a week.

1:31:58 > 1:32:0019-year-old Gaia Pope, who has severe epilepsy,

1:32:00 > 1:32:02was last seen on the seventh November.

1:32:02 > 1:32:05Dorset Police say a 19-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman

1:32:05 > 1:32:08were arrested after searches took place at two addresses in Swanage.

1:32:08 > 1:32:13Officers say they were both known to Gaia.

1:32:13 > 1:32:16A 25-year-old man has been convicted of throwing acid across a crowded

1:32:16 > 1:32:17London nightclub, injuring 22 people.

1:32:17 > 1:32:20CCTV shown in court showed clubbers clutching their faces and running

1:32:20 > 1:32:22off the dancefloor when Arthur Collins,

1:32:22 > 1:32:24the ex-boyfriend of reality TV star Ferne McCann,

1:32:24 > 1:32:26carried out the attack in April.

1:32:26 > 1:32:29He was convicted of five counts of grievous bodily harm and nine

1:32:29 > 1:32:31of actual bodily harm against 14 people.

1:32:31 > 1:32:38He will be sentenced in December.

1:32:38 > 1:32:42Earlier one of the victims of the attack told us how she felt after

1:32:42 > 1:32:47the verdict.A massive sense of relief, you know. But it doesn't

1:32:47 > 1:32:51change what happened whatsoever. I think it is more, OK, something has

1:32:51 > 1:32:54been done, this is setting the standard for anyone thinking about

1:32:54 > 1:32:58doing something like this, you know. It is putting them off doing

1:32:58 > 1:33:03something like that.Britain's biggest supermarket Tesco has the

1:33:03 > 1:33:08green light to buy the biggest food wholesaler Booker. The Competition

1:33:08 > 1:33:12and Markets Authority says it does not raise pricing concerns. Booker

1:33:12 > 1:33:19has a retail brand and also makes money in the catering industry.

1:33:19 > 1:33:23Tesco said it would bring benefits for smaller retailers and consumers

1:33:23 > 1:33:28and staff.

1:33:28 > 1:33:34Let's have a look at a little bit blink. It is an a little bit, is it?

1:33:34 > 1:33:40The largest diamond will go under the hammer in Geneva. It is 163

1:33:40 > 1:33:44carats, if you wanted to know. It was discovered in Angola and is set

1:33:44 > 1:33:50into a necklace of 6000 emeralds and over 800 slightly smaller diamonds.

1:33:50 > 1:33:54It took ten months to cut and is expected to fetch $30 million, or

1:33:54 > 1:34:01£23 million.That is proper blink, wasn't it? I was at an awards

1:34:01 > 1:34:08ceremony and I had to look after the under 17 World Cup trophy for a --

1:34:08 > 1:34:15around one hour. I was so nervous. I couldn't look after that. It is too

1:34:15 > 1:34:21expensive.Did it go OK?And I was desperate for the toilet as well!

1:34:21 > 1:34:30Too much information!I was giving it to Phil Foden. I had to give him

1:34:30 > 1:34:35that as well. I said, look after that.Well, that is all OK.That

1:34:35 > 1:34:40diamond is so big that it just looks fake.You can't say it is fake.It

1:34:40 > 1:34:45looks fake.It is so big. You got me in trouble with Seal yesterday when

1:34:45 > 1:34:49he came on yesterday and asked, who had said that in actual seal is

1:34:49 > 1:34:54coming on?It wasn't a joke, it happened in the office.You have to

1:34:54 > 1:34:59be careful with these things.I know, I am really sorry. You would

1:34:59 > 1:35:04be glad to know I am going home tomorrow.Talking about the under 17

1:35:04 > 1:35:09World Cup.No Italians. Can you imagine a World Cup with no Italy?

1:35:09 > 1:35:16First time in 60 years. Look at the pain on Buffon's face. He said sorry

1:35:16 > 1:35:20to all of Italian football and the blame has to be shared. Now, talk

1:35:20 > 1:35:26for rebuilding the team.

1:35:26 > 1:35:29Italy have failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first

1:35:29 > 1:35:30time since 1958.

1:35:30 > 1:35:32They lost their play-off against Sweden, running out

1:35:32 > 1:35:33of ideas against determined opposition.

1:35:33 > 1:35:36Even veteran keeper Gianluigi Buffon was sent into the attack in injury

1:35:36 > 1:35:38time, but it finished goal-less in Milan.

1:35:38 > 1:35:41One Italian newspaper described the result as 'the apocalypse'.

1:35:41 > 1:35:44Another suggested candidates to replace the manager,

1:35:44 > 1:35:58who has not actually officially resigned yet.

1:35:58 > 1:36:06Sweden are in for the first time since 2006.

1:36:09 > 1:36:16SINGING.

1:36:25 > 1:36:382-0 Italy.And still Baggio. He is taking them all on. That is a

1:36:38 > 1:36:43fantastic goal! That is the goal they've all been waiting for.Not so

1:36:43 > 1:36:54much part of -- Cannavaro, more so can you believe it? Italy are world

1:36:54 > 1:36:57champions for the fourth time. The most successful European nation ever

1:36:57 > 1:37:01and now just one behind Brazil. Germany, 2006.

1:37:01 > 1:37:04The Republic of Ireland could join England at next summer's World Cup

1:37:04 > 1:37:07if they can beat Denmark in Dublin this evening.

1:37:07 > 1:37:10The first leg in Copenhagen ended 0-0 and Ireland manager

1:37:10 > 1:37:13Martin O'Neill knows his side will have to do a lot more

1:37:13 > 1:37:14going forward to beat the Danes.

1:37:14 > 1:37:19I think that we will try to be a bit more expensive if we can,

1:37:19 > 1:37:21try and deal with the ball a wee bit better

1:37:21 > 1:37:25and if that's the case, well, we want to try to win the game,

1:37:25 > 1:37:28we have to find a way to win a match.

1:37:28 > 1:37:30And these players have been unable to do

1:37:30 > 1:37:33that in the last couple of years.

1:37:33 > 1:37:37After the success of English youth team, Gareth Southgate when hesitate

1:37:37 > 1:37:40to use the young stars in the friendly against Brazil at Wembley

1:37:40 > 1:37:44tonight with three players drafted in from the under 21s after five

1:37:44 > 1:37:47players and their first against Germany.

1:37:47 > 1:37:51It is incredible really that he has had so few in the Premier League

1:37:51 > 1:37:53that we are putting him in that environment,

1:37:53 > 1:37:56but we believe in him, he did really well, but now,

1:37:56 > 1:37:58you know, sometimes the first game is

1:37:58 > 1:38:16easier because nobody is aware of you.

1:38:16 > 1:38:19Moeen Ali will play for his first game of the tour after getting

1:38:19 > 1:38:22to know some of the wildlife in Townsville.

1:38:22 > 1:38:27He will play the Cricket Australia 11, which begins tomorrow.

1:38:27 > 1:38:30They look close to finalising the team with Gary Ballance

1:38:30 > 1:38:36left out again.

1:38:36 > 1:38:40Now, when was the last time you were told off by your mum.

1:38:40 > 1:38:43For England head coach Eddie Jones it was on Saturday.

1:38:43 > 1:38:46He's apologised for swearing on TV, after receiving a telling off

1:38:46 > 1:38:47from his 93-year-old mother.

1:38:47 > 1:38:50Jones admitted to being frustrated by his side's lacklustre performance

1:38:50 > 1:38:52at Twickenham, and was caught on camera losing his cool

1:38:52 > 1:38:54during Saturday's 21-8 win over Argentina.

1:38:54 > 1:38:56Usually I am pretty good, you know.

1:38:56 > 1:38:58And I have apologised for the language I use.

1:38:58 > 1:39:01I got a phone call from my mother this morning,

1:39:01 > 1:39:0293, wrapping me over the knuckles.

1:39:02 > 1:39:04She still tells me not to swear.

1:39:04 > 1:39:07So I am in trouble with my mother.

1:39:07 > 1:39:09So that is a big enough punishment for me.

1:39:09 > 1:39:11I am in the dog house and I certainly

1:39:11 > 1:39:20won't do it again.

1:39:20 > 1:39:25And I believe him, I think. Punishment enough to be told off by

1:39:25 > 1:39:29his mum.You said earlier that you were told off by your mom.All of

1:39:29 > 1:39:32the time.Do you speak any other languages?English is my second

1:39:32 > 1:39:37language. I was the kid at school who couldn't speak English at the

1:39:37 > 1:39:42age of three, so I learnt to read instead. I think and stream in

1:39:42 > 1:39:48everything in English.I speak Spanish... I have a degree in

1:39:48 > 1:39:52Spanish and I can speak and little bit of French and understand Italian

1:39:52 > 1:39:57as well. I think once you have one language, to languages, it is easier

1:39:57 > 1:40:02to understand others?I did Latin in GCSE because I wanted to be a

1:40:02 > 1:40:07doctor, not useful any more.It is made to be good for grammar.

1:40:07 > 1:40:11Understanding other languages.We are talking about languages.

1:40:11 > 1:40:15When it comes to languages, are you a polyglot, conversing in a number

1:40:15 > 1:40:22of foreign tongues, or a Basil faulty?We have meet here in the

1:40:22 > 1:40:29building, remember that? The British council says we will lose out

1:40:29 > 1:40:32economically if we don't update these skills.And upgrade them as

1:40:32 > 1:40:36well. With the uptake of languages for A-levels falling, are we missing

1:40:36 > 1:40:39out?

1:40:47 > 1:40:51French, I'm afraid, I didn't really try very hard in when I was a little

1:40:51 > 1:40:54boy because we didn't travel, we didn't meet French people, so it was

1:40:54 > 1:40:58a strange thing that happened over on the continent.

1:41:04 > 1:41:09I wish I had paid attention now, and learnt it better, basically. I

1:41:09 > 1:41:14didn't pay attention at school. It didn't seem necessary.It seems very

1:41:14 > 1:41:19rude almost when you go on holiday and you are ordering just simple

1:41:19 > 1:41:23food and drinks and you even say simple words to the waiter or talk

1:41:23 > 1:41:25to people around you.

1:41:30 > 1:41:36The fact that we can only speak one and most other people can speak two

1:41:36 > 1:41:40puts us at a disadvantage in business.And language is a gateway

1:41:40 > 1:41:44to learn value systems and with that everyone can learn better on both

1:41:44 > 1:41:49sides.Thank you for taking part in that. We are joined by the head

1:41:49 > 1:41:55teacher Ian Fenn and Lily Beng, Mandarin teacher. What of the

1:41:55 > 1:41:59importance of a second language, more important than ever?It is more

1:41:59 > 1:42:03important than ever and I was once a languages teacher. Having the

1:42:03 > 1:42:08facility of another language opens your horizons, it makes you much

1:42:08 > 1:42:12more aware of what's going on in the world, it makes you a more

1:42:12 > 1:42:15interesting person. There are a lot of benefits to a second language.

1:42:15 > 1:42:19You teach Mandarin. What is the uptake, and is there a fear of

1:42:19 > 1:42:25languages in this country?At the moment I am teaching year to two

1:42:25 > 1:42:35years six and they have a real fear. -- year two to year six. I start

1:42:35 > 1:42:38with an informal way of speaking and different songs and different

1:42:38 > 1:42:41culture. So they are really fascinated by it. And then they

1:42:41 > 1:42:47progress until Year 6.If you think beyond that, around job prospects

1:42:47 > 1:42:51going forward in a global market, Mandarin is one of those languages

1:42:51 > 1:42:54which is essential. I remember speaking to someone who was an

1:42:54 > 1:43:02expert in the future generations and make them as good at computers as

1:43:02 > 1:43:06possible and they are armed for the next generation.Yes. Lots of people

1:43:06 > 1:43:15across the world in every country now have Mandarin.Is the pressure

1:43:15 > 1:43:20on schools so much now that they just are having to concentrate on

1:43:20 > 1:43:23English, maths, science, rather than languages. What is going on?It

1:43:23 > 1:43:28depends on the needs of the school and we have to have literate, new

1:43:28 > 1:43:32rich or in. So in my school we have a huge amount of effort put into

1:43:32 > 1:43:37that because it is the passport to jobs. And the vast majority of

1:43:37 > 1:43:40people coming out of schools won't be using a second language in their

1:43:40 > 1:43:44work. But they will need to be numerate and they will have to be

1:43:44 > 1:43:48literate. So you can see in terms of priorities, that is where resources

1:43:48 > 1:43:53are going to go rather than language teaching which is... I was once a

1:43:53 > 1:43:57languages teacher myself. However it is the basics that we have to focus

1:43:57 > 1:44:03on with many children.What is the key thing, if you are a parent, lots

1:44:03 > 1:44:06of parents watching the programme, what is important for parents as

1:44:06 > 1:44:12they are learning languages at school?Talking about different

1:44:12 > 1:44:17groups, one, probably, who put focus on numerous sea and literacy, they

1:44:17 > 1:44:23are probably struggling, but others have ability to work additional

1:44:23 > 1:44:29languages or arts -- numeracy. So we should give them the option to do

1:44:29 > 1:44:37so.Leigh we should provide them with the opportunities.We need to

1:44:37 > 1:44:40focus on literacy and numerous sea and we lose the opportunity for

1:44:40 > 1:44:44others.And what happens with the impact if you don't focus on

1:44:44 > 1:44:50languages?I think we are losing out already because other countries who

1:44:50 > 1:44:53speak English learning different languages, like US and Australia.

1:44:53 > 1:44:58They already have to learn languages. And then people who are

1:44:58 > 1:45:04learning English now have their own language and in the world English

1:45:04 > 1:45:09people, they are more lingual, so they are the only people left with

1:45:09 > 1:45:18one language.We had a situation, it is embarrassing when you go abroad

1:45:18 > 1:45:22as a Brit, and many of us struggle to conversing any language other

1:45:22 > 1:45:26than English.We suffer from the fact that English is the

1:45:26 > 1:45:30international language, and because of that many cannot see the need to

1:45:30 > 1:45:34learn another language.What about, looking at, for example, Brexit,

1:45:34 > 1:45:38will it be more important, do you think, to learn the language is?I

1:45:38 > 1:45:41really don't know and I can't foresee what the Brexit affect will

1:45:41 > 1:45:45be.

1:45:45 > 1:45:49Once people realise they have to learn Alaba language, that's how

1:45:49 > 1:45:54they're going to get on, they will be much more amenable to it --

1:45:54 > 1:45:58another language. We've been trying for many years to force people into

1:45:58 > 1:46:02learning a second language, it became a requirement but it just

1:46:02 > 1:46:06didn't work. You need a perceived need and then you'll learn it.I

1:46:06 > 1:46:11have a Spanish degree, it is so much fun being able to convert in a

1:46:11 > 1:46:16different language. Did we lose that somewhere along the way as well?--

1:46:16 > 1:46:21conversed. Absolutely. When we came in you were trying to speak

1:46:21 > 1:46:26Mandarin, or trying to, and that enriches the conversation, makes us

1:46:26 > 1:46:29feel more close.When you say speaking Mandarin, you said hello

1:46:29 > 1:46:35and I said thank you. That's about it! Thank you very much indeed and

1:46:35 > 1:46:38good to talk to you. Let us know your thoughts on that.

1:46:38 > 1:46:43I did learn to say hungry like AWOL in Polish a few years ago. In a

1:46:43 > 1:46:49restaurant in Poland you get an extra bit of meat and potatoes if

1:46:49 > 1:46:53you say that -- like a wolf. Very important!

1:46:53 > 1:46:56Carol's getting into the festive spirit in Covent Garden

1:46:56 > 1:46:57with the weather.

1:46:57 > 1:47:00I think you've got some explanations about the tree?

1:47:01 > 1:47:07Yes, you thought the tree was wonky, it isn't at all, it might look wonky

1:47:07 > 1:47:11but Nigel, our cameraman, is going to show you it's actually straight.

1:47:11 > 1:47:16This is what is called spherical aberration. We are using a

1:47:16 > 1:47:19wide-angle lens which makes everything around the edges looked

1:47:19 > 1:47:24like it is curving inwards, but as you can see, it is straight as a

1:47:24 > 1:47:28pole and that would be good news for the hundreds of people that took 126

1:47:28 > 1:47:33hours to put it up. It has been lit especially for us this morning, it

1:47:33 > 1:47:36will be switched off after the programme, and it will be switched

1:47:36 > 1:47:40on again this evening by Pudsey Bear. The festivities at Covent

1:47:40 > 1:47:46Garden start around 5:30 p.m., the cast of 42nd Street will be here

1:47:46 > 1:47:49singing and dancing some of their best-known numbers and Pudsey Bear

1:47:49 > 1:47:53might be doing a jig himself with some special guests. Covent Garden

1:47:53 > 1:47:57aren't telling us yet who this special guests are but Pudsey Bear

1:47:57 > 1:48:01was the person that put the last bauble on the tree and he will be

1:48:01 > 1:48:08the one lighting it up again in all its glory efficiently. The weather

1:48:08 > 1:48:12today, fairly cloudy for most of the UK with one or two exceptions and it

1:48:12 > 1:48:16is certainly milder than yesterday. For some, a good 14 degrees milder

1:48:16 > 1:48:21and this time yesterday. Let's start in Scotland, we do have is showers

1:48:21 > 1:48:25in the north-west, this is at 9am, and a lot of dry weather. Some

1:48:25 > 1:48:30brightness around as well. As we move across England, this is the

1:48:30 > 1:48:34forecast for all of England, we have two weather fronts sinking south,

1:48:34 > 1:48:40they are both fairly weak but they're producing some rain and some

1:48:40 > 1:48:44grey and murky conditions. Today there will be a lot of cloud across

1:48:44 > 1:48:48all of England and still some spots of rain. In Wales, you have a

1:48:48 > 1:48:51weather front crossing southwards so you also have some rain. Quite a

1:48:51 > 1:48:54murky start. As we move across the Irish Sea into Northern Ireland,

1:48:54 > 1:48:59here too there is quite a bit of cloud first thing but the north of

1:48:59 > 1:49:02Northern Ireland will brighten up and we'll see some sunshine. As we

1:49:02 > 1:49:06go through the course of the day, Scotland will also see a fair bit of

1:49:06 > 1:49:10sunshine, a beautiful day for you, as it will be in the north of

1:49:10 > 1:49:13Northern Ireland, but showers turning heavier through the day in

1:49:13 > 1:49:17the north of Scotland and here it will be windy. Fall of England and

1:49:17 > 1:49:24Wales it will be fairly cloudy, some brightness as we head into the

1:49:24 > 1:49:28afternoon but it will be limited and by then most of the rain will be in

1:49:28 > 1:49:31the west in Coast and hills. Temperature wise, higher than

1:49:31 > 1:49:34yesterday, everyone will see double figures today. Through the evening

1:49:34 > 1:49:37and overnight, where we've had the sunshine is where we will have the

1:49:37 > 1:49:40clear skies so we're looking at frost especially in Scotland and

1:49:40 > 1:49:45patches of fog, some will be freezing. In England, Wales and most

1:49:45 > 1:49:48of Northern Ireland, it will stay cloudy, spots of light rain and

1:49:48 > 1:49:54drizzle but fog forming, patchy fog. The densest and probably in parts of

1:49:54 > 1:49:58the Midlands, Lincolnshire and East Anglia. That could be problematic

1:49:58 > 1:50:02first thing. If you're travelling early, keep in touch with the

1:50:02 > 1:50:07forecast. I say early but it will take some time tomorrow before it

1:50:07 > 1:50:11eventually clears. Tomorrow again it will be cloudy for many, some

1:50:11 > 1:50:15brightness, especially in the north, some showers here as well and later

1:50:15 > 1:50:19in the day the wind will strengthen and we will see rain coming in

1:50:19 > 1:50:23across north-west Scotland. During Thursday, that will sink southwards,

1:50:23 > 1:50:27taking the rain with it, it's a narrow band and once again a fair

1:50:27 > 1:50:31bit of cloud around, some brightness and ten is still in double figures,

1:50:31 > 1:50:36where they should be at this stage in November.Thanks very much,

1:50:36 > 1:50:44Carol, and thank you for explaining to Dan about the tree.Well, wow!

1:50:44 > 1:50:48Lots of our viewers were wondering about your spiritual aberration,

1:50:48 > 1:50:51thanks for clearing that up for us! You're very welcome!

1:50:52 > 1:50:58If you are just joining us, the tree isn't wonky, it is because of a

1:50:58 > 1:51:01wide-angle lens, if you go in the middle it looks straight, but as you

1:51:01 > 1:51:05move away because of the spherical aberration it looks wonky but it's

1:51:05 > 1:51:11not!I'm glad you took notice of that!She actually sent a text

1:51:11 > 1:51:16saying I will explain later, we have been told off by Carol so thanks for

1:51:16 > 1:51:19plugging us straight on that one.

1:51:19 > 1:51:20-- putting.

1:51:20 > 1:51:24Later this morning we'll find out just how much the prices we pay

1:51:24 > 1:51:26for some of lifes basics have been changing.

1:51:26 > 1:51:30It's a big theme in the economy at the moment, and has a knock

1:51:30 > 1:51:32on effect on our wages, jobs and future.

1:51:32 > 1:51:34Sean is taking an in-depth look.

1:51:34 > 1:51:37It could affect the budget for the Chancellor as well next week.

1:51:37 > 1:51:37Morning, all.

1:51:37 > 1:51:40Now, as you'll know, from weekly trips to the supermarket,

1:51:40 > 1:51:43or filling up your car, the price we pay for lifes

1:51:43 > 1:51:44essentials can fluctuate.

1:51:44 > 1:51:46Back in September, the average price of a range

1:51:46 > 1:51:49of goods we all buy regularly, something called the Consumer Price

1:51:49 > 1:51:53Index, was up 3% on last year, and that is the steepest increase

1:51:53 > 1:51:54in prices since 2012.

1:51:54 > 1:51:58So why is it happening?

1:51:58 > 1:52:02Since the vote to leave the EU the value of the pound has dropped,

1:52:02 > 1:52:04meaning buying Danish bacon, Italian wine is more expensive.

1:52:04 > 1:52:05Fuel costs were also up.

1:52:05 > 1:52:17On the whole, shops and restaurants had been trying to protect us

1:52:17 > 1:52:19consumers from rises, but lots of big names,

1:52:19 > 1:52:21like M&S and Sainsbury's, have said that is

1:52:21 > 1:52:24becoming increasingly difficult.

1:52:24 > 1:52:30It pushes up the cost of imports, lots of our business imports of

1:52:30 > 1:52:33stuff and they choose to pass that on in prices and. It didn't happen

1:52:33 > 1:52:37immediately and we wouldn't have expected it to. It's about now we

1:52:37 > 1:52:41would have expected it to feed through and it is and we're seeing

1:52:41 > 1:52:44it especially in things like food and clothing, they happen to be

1:52:44 > 1:52:49things low income households spend more of their money on.

1:52:49 > 1:52:50You may not

1:52:50 > 1:52:53notice your weekly shop getting more expensive IF you had more

1:52:53 > 1:52:54money coming in.

1:52:54 > 1:52:57But average take home pay for British workers has increased

1:52:57 > 1:52:59at just over 2% over the last year.

1:52:59 > 1:53:00Now, one reason

1:53:00 > 1:53:03for that is because Public Sector pay rises have been capped at 1%,

1:53:03 > 1:53:06something which may well change in next week's budget,

1:53:06 > 1:53:07while many benefits payments have been frozen.

1:53:07 > 1:53:10On the flipside,

1:53:10 > 1:53:13pensioners, because of the Triple Lock have seen the state

1:53:13 > 1:53:15pension increase at the same rate as prices.

1:53:15 > 1:53:25But there's still a real sense of a squeeze.

1:53:25 > 1:53:29As prices rise faster, the impact of the public sector pay cap on workers

1:53:29 > 1:53:34in that sector gets all the harsher. But perhaps even more importantly

1:53:34 > 1:53:37for lower income households who are particularly feeling the effects at

1:53:37 > 1:53:42the moment is the freeze on nearly all working age benefits. That gets

1:53:42 > 1:53:46harsher the faster inflation rises and the Chancellor could definitely

1:53:46 > 1:53:49do something about that when he stands up for the budget in nine

1:53:49 > 1:53:50days' time.

1:53:50 > 1:53:53So the Chancellor Philip Hammond will again be paying close attention

1:53:53 > 1:53:55to the latest inflation figure later this morning

1:53:55 > 1:53:56ahead of next week's Budget.

1:53:56 > 1:53:58That national debt still looms very large

1:53:58 > 1:54:01and the loans the government take on to pay for things

1:54:01 > 1:54:04from our schools to our hospitals are often linked to inflation.

1:54:04 > 1:54:05So as prices rise,

1:54:05 > 1:54:09so can how much we owe, with one regulator warning it

1:54:09 > 1:54:11could add another £26 billion to our repayments.

1:54:11 > 1:54:15Just over a fifth of what we spend on the NHS.

1:54:15 > 1:54:20So keep an eye out

1:54:20 > 1:54:22at 9:30am this morning for the latest figures,

1:54:22 > 1:54:26and see if prices are rising faster or slower than they were last time

1:54:26 > 1:54:28round, when it came in at 3%.

1:54:28 > 1:54:31We'll see how quickly they might be rising this time around.Thank you

1:54:31 > 1:54:32very much.

1:54:32 > 1:54:35The first group of students from the UK's only degree course

1:54:35 > 1:54:38for deaf performers is taking to the stage with a new production

1:54:38 > 1:54:40that blends British Sign Language and English.

1:54:40 > 1:54:42It's hoped the adaptation of Caryl Churchill's play Love

1:54:42 > 1:54:45and Information will challenge perceptions and make sign

1:54:45 > 1:54:46language more visible.

1:54:46 > 1:54:56Our Scotland correspondent Lorna Gordon went to meet them.

1:54:56 > 1:54:58It is a play with big themes that affect us all.

1:54:58 > 1:55:02Love and how we make sense of things in an increasingly frenetic world.

1:55:02 > 1:55:04The 50 short scenes, each with a different set

1:55:04 > 1:55:07of characters, are all performed by ten actors who happened

1:55:07 > 1:55:14to be deaf.

1:55:14 > 1:55:17I think the play's very, very powerful because it is able

1:55:17 > 1:55:20to show different perspectives in that deaf people are similar

1:55:20 > 1:55:22to hearing people in that environment and that we're

1:55:22 > 1:55:25all similar, we're all the same and I think that play

1:55:25 > 1:55:30really demonstrates that.

1:55:30 > 1:55:32Mr Rushmore, if you could just open the door...

1:55:32 > 1:55:35Their performance in a mixture of English, captioning and British

1:55:35 > 1:55:37sign language a chance to showcase the actors' talents.

1:55:37 > 1:55:38And British sign language itself.

1:55:38 > 1:55:47It's a wonderful opportunity and we've really enjoyed it.

1:55:47 > 1:55:49Absolutely because sign language can be so big,

1:55:49 > 1:55:51so rich, so expressive and in a theatre setting means

1:55:51 > 1:55:54we can show also solve levels of emotion.

1:55:54 > 1:55:56The actors, all students at Glasgow's Royal Conservatoire,

1:55:56 > 1:55:58are on the country's only degree course for deaf performers.

1:55:58 > 1:56:01Embracing deafness as part of their identity and hoping

1:56:01 > 1:56:09their performance will help others do the same.

1:56:09 > 1:56:13It's a great way for me to carry on and show people that it's OK

1:56:13 > 1:56:18to be who you are, because I kind of old before I was being shuffled

1:56:18 > 1:56:21off into the background like I was a liability or I was just

1:56:21 > 1:56:24a burden to someone else, I thought I'll say nothing and back

1:56:24 > 1:56:27off, now I'm thinking, you know what, I'm going to step

1:56:27 > 1:56:38forward and let them see me for who I am.

1:56:38 > 1:56:40The Scottish government recently announced plans to integrate the use

1:56:40 > 1:56:43of sign language into everyday life and the play's director believes

1:56:43 > 1:56:45this performance will help with challenging perceptions

1:56:45 > 1:56:47in the theatre and the arts.

1:56:47 > 1:56:50I think it's about British sign language being more visible,

1:56:50 > 1:56:53being more out in the open and recognised as a language.

1:56:53 > 1:56:55So I think this production and the degree programme

1:56:55 > 1:57:02here at the Conservatoire are is part of that movement.

1:57:02 > 1:57:05Another step in showing that British sign language should be celebrated

1:57:05 > 1:57:07as a language in its own right.

1:57:07 > 1:57:17Lorna Gordon, BBC News, Glasgow.

1:57:17 > 1:57:22I know some of you do watch us using sign, interpreted version of our

1:57:22 > 1:57:26programme. You can find that on the news channel from 6:45am.

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2:00:54 > 2:00:57Hello this is Breakfast, with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

2:00:57 > 2:01:00A major milestone on the road to Brexit as MPs begin debating

2:01:00 > 2:01:05the EU withdrawal bill.

2:01:05 > 2:01:08It will convert European laws into British ones

2:01:08 > 2:01:11but it's unlikely to pass smoothly with more than 160

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2:01:46 > 2:01:49Living costs are on the up, we'll find out by how much, later,

2:01:49 > 2:01:53so I'm going to take a look at why prices are rising and how that

2:01:53 > 2:01:55will shape the big decisions in next week's Budget.

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2:02:00 > 2:02:03In sport, it's going to be a World Cup without Italy

2:02:03 > 2:02:05after the four-time champions fail to qualify for the tournament

2:02:05 > 2:02:09for the first time in 60 years.

2:02:09 > 2:02:15Good morning, Carol.It will be busy tonight when the Christmas tree

2:02:15 > 2:02:21lights are switched on. They will be switched off at the end of our

2:02:21 > 2:02:29programme. You can expect some sunshine in Scotland, but for

2:02:29 > 2:02:32England and Wales a bit more clout with limited brightness this

2:02:32 > 2:02:42afternoon. I will have more details in 15 minutes.Thank you, Carol.

2:02:42 > 2:02:43Good morning.

2:02:43 > 2:02:45First, our main story.

2:02:45 > 2:02:47MPs will today begin debating a key piece of Brexit legislation -

2:02:47 > 2:02:48the EU withdrawal bill.

2:02:48 > 2:02:51It will help turn European laws into UK ones but opponents including