14/11/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

A major milestone on the road

to Brexit, as MPs begin debating

the EU Withdrawal Bill.

It will convert European

laws into British ones,

but it's unlikely to pass

smoothly, with more than 160

amendments already tabled.

Good morning.

It's Tuesday, 14 November.

Also this morning: A call

for compulsory eye tests

for motorists, as new figures show

many ignore warnings

that they shouldn't be driving.

Thousands of survivors of a powerful

earthquake that struck Iran and Iraq

are spending a second

night without shelter.

It's more difficult to get another

job if you're laid off or have

to leave the workplace

in your 50s and 60s.

This morning, I'm speaking

to campaigners about

the impact that's having.

Good morning.

In sport, it's going to be

a World Cup without Italy

after the four-time champions fail

to qualify for the tournament

for the first time in 60 years.

I think it is time to drop the C

bomb, Christmas with Carol.

Good

morning. Look at this gorgeous

Christmas tree. It will be lit up

this evening and we have a sneak

preview in all its glory. The

weather is not glorious for England,

Wales and Northern Ireland. It will

be fairly cloudy with some patchy

rain, limited brightness. For the

north of Northern Ireland and

Scotland it is much more bright with

some sunshine. I will have much more

details on all of that in 15

minutes.

Thank you, Carol. See you

later this morning.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

MPs will today begin debating a key

piece of Brexit legislation,

the EU Withdrawal Bill.

It will help turn European laws

into UK ones but opponents including

Tory rebels have tabled

scores of amendments.

Our political correspondent

Leila Nathoo reports.

The Prime Minister.

Still the one in

charge, Theresa May last night the

glittering -- at the glittering Lord

Mayor's banquet in London, a break

from Brexit and potential trouble

ahead. A key piece of the

government's Brexit legislation

returns to the Commons today and MPs

are trying to tinker with it. They

are proposing hundreds of changes to

try to influence ministers' approach

and so yesterday an apparent

concession to one of their key

demands.

I can now confirm that once

we have reached an agreement we will

bring forward a specific piece of

primary legislation to implement

that agreement. Parliament will be

given time to debate, scrutinise and

vote on the final agreement with

strike with the European Union. This

agreement will only hold if

parliament approves it.

But with

such a fragile majority just a

handful of Tory backbenchers siding

with the opposition would lead to a

government defeat and those minded

to rebel seem unsatisfied with the

take it or leave it vote the

government has offered.

I have to

say, a lot of us were insulted by

this, I mean, because it sounded so

good and then when you dug into the

detail you realise this so-called

meaningful vote was completely

meaningless.

There will be more

contentious votes here in the coming

weeks as MPs test the government's

fragile working majority.

Our political correspondent

Alex Forsyth joins us from

Westminster.

Good morning. A concession, yes, but

will it be enough?

This is a really

significant piece of legislation,

bringing every EU law into UK law

ready for the day we leave, and most

MPs agree with the idea behind that,

so there is not some sort of legal

black hole when we finally X at the

European Union. But there are

details they disagree with.

Everything from the fact they think

it gives too much power to

ministers. They are worried about

the impact on Scotland, Northern

Ireland and Wales. That is why the

government came up with the idea of

having a vote on the final Brexit

deal to try to stop MPs voting

against it on one part of this bill.

But as you heard that hasn't gone

far enough. MPs say it comes to late

in the process. We can't send this

back to Brussels to negotiate it. It

is a take it or leave it vote and

that is not good enough. There was a

meeting yesterday between the Chief

Whip for the Tory party in charge of

discipline and Tory MPs and that was

set to get pretty stormy. So far I

don't think the government has

stopped its critics. There are

plenty of battles still to come on

this bill and today is just the

first day MPs start to go through it

line by line.

Exactly. It looks like

it is going to take some time. And

we will speak with Anna Soubry at

8:10am this morning. Yes.

Earlier we saw Theresa May

at the Lord Mayor's

banquet in London.

She used the occasion

to make her strongest attack yet

on Russia, in which she accused

the Putin government of threatening

the international order.

It is seeking to weaponise

information, deploying its state-run

media organisations to plant fake

stories and photos shopped images in

an attempt to so discord in the west

and undermine our institutions --

sow. So I have a very simple message

for Russia, we know what you are

doing and you will not succeed.

The television producer and writer,

Daisy Goodwin, who created the ITV

drama, Victoria, has claimed

she was groped by a government

official during a visit

to Number Ten.

She told the Radio Times the man

put his hand on her breast

after a meeting to discuss

a proposed TV show when David

Cameron was Prime Minister.

She said she wasn't traumatised,

but was cross, adding she didn't

report it at the time.

Thousands of people are spending

a second night without shelter

in near-freezing conditions

after an earthquake caused

devastation in parts

of Iran and Iraq.

More than 450 people were killed

and around 7,000 injured.

Our correspondent Rami Ruhayem

reports from Sulaimaniya,

the town nearest

the epicentre in Iraq.

Rami what's the latest?

This is the deadliest earthquake

in the world this year.

The border town of Pol-e Zahab

here in western Iran bore

the brunt of it.

Homes were flattened in seconds,

crushing everyone inside.

The search for survivors

has been frantic.

Early this morning, Iranian

officials called off

the rescue operation.

At this local hospital,

many of the injured had stories

of narrow escapes.

TRANSLATION:

I fell

from the balcony down.

The earthquake was very strong.

This mountainous area

is prone to earthquakes.

Power cuts and landslides have made

it difficult for rescue teams

to get in.

The most severely hurt

have been airlifted out,

some taken to hospital

in the Iranian capital,

Tehran.

But overwhelmed by the sheer number

of injured, the authorities

are appealing for people

to donate blood.

And this is the moment this

7.3-magnitude quake hit

in neighbouring Iraq.

A man runs for his life

from the control room of this dam.

Boulders were tossed

around like pebbles.

And, with cracks appearing

in the structure, there are now

concerns about the

safety of the dam.

A picture of widespread

devastation is emerging -

hundreds dead, thousands

injured, many missing.

Turkey has sent a convoy

of aid trucks, medication,

tents and blankets, and many have

spent a second night outdoors,

terrified by the after-shocks.

So far, there have been

more than 190 of them.

A man and woman have been arrested

on suspicion of murdering a teenager

who has not been seen

for nearly a week.

19-year-old Gaia, Pope

who has severe epilepsy,

was last seen

on the seventh November.

Dorset Police say a 19-year-old man

and a 71-year-old woman

were arrested after searches took

place at two addresses in Swanage.

Officers say they were

both known to Gaia.

A 25-year-old man has been convicted

of throwing acid across a crowded

London nightclub,

injuring 22 people.

CCTV shown in court showed clubbers

clutching their faces and running

off the dancefloor

when Arthur Collins,

the ex-boyfriend of reality

TV star Ferne McCann,

carried out the attack in April.

He was convicted of five counts

of grievous bodily harm and nine

of actual bodily harm

against 14 people.

He will be sentenced in December.

Later this morning we'll be speaking

to one of the people injured

in the attack and a lawyer

who represents some of the victims.

That's just after 7am.

Head teachers representing more

than five-thousand schools

across England have sent a joint

letter to the Chancellor,

Philip Hammond, warning

of inadequate funding.

They say they are increasingly

having to ask parents for donations.

The government has already promised

to move £1.3 billion of education

funding into schools,

but heads say they need another £1.7

billion of new money.

Now, how about a story to lighten

up the winter gloom?

Some of the world's rarest gemstones

are up for sale in Geneva this week.

To buy them you'll need

a few spare million,

but looking is free,

so we sent Imogen Foulkes

for a sneak peak.

There is more than a little sparkle

in Geneva this dull November. Every

year the jewellery houses compete to

show that one special stone, the

rarest, the purist, the most vivid.

But this year there is one

extraordinary showstopper. At 163

carats, this is the largest diamond

ever to be put up for auction. Now,

to show it at its best, or maybe to

make sure a potential buyer doesn't

mistake it for an ice cube, it has

been set into a string of emeralds,

5949 of them.

We are expecting in

the region of $30 million for it,

and it is the largest deflawless

diamond ever to come to the market

and it is the finest colour, finest

clarity and extraordinary

proportions. And there is always a

temptation with a diamond crystal to

cut the largest possible and end up

with a stone that maybe is a little

lopsided or lumpy or thick just to

keep the weight. Not here. This is

perfection in every way.

Pink,

yellow, Nicholas Kommer ring or --

necklace, ring or brooch, jewellery

lovers are spoilt for choice. But

many the look, with these multi-

million-dollar pricetags, only a few

will be able to buy.

That's what we will be doing - just

having a little look.

Yeah, having

anything like that in my possession,

I would feel far too responsible.

You'd have to be followed by

security.

I don't want that life.

LAUGHTER What's going on in the

world this morning?

Pain on the look of his face, isn't

it.

To end in failure to reach the World

Cup, now we have to think about the

World Cup without Italy.

The first

time it's happened in 60 years.

Which, if you are, you know, from an

English and possibly Republic of

Ireland perspective, isn't it good

news?

Some major names missing. The

Netherlands, the USA. I don't think

they should have their own zero in

the tournament tournament. The

losers' tournament. Yes.

Italy have failed to qualify

for the World Cup for the first

time since 1958.

They lost their play-off

against Sweden, after a goal-less

draw in the second leg in Milan.

One Italian newspaper says

the result is 'the apocalypse'.

The match ends the career

of goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon

after 175 caps.

England manager Gareth Southgate

says he "will not hesitate"

to use his young stars in tonight's

friendly against Brazil.

Three players from the Under-21 side

have been drafted into the senior

side and could be in line

to make their debuts.

Rafael Nadal has pulled out

of the World Tour Finals in London

with a knee injury, after losing

in three sets to David Goffin.

The world number one is still yet

to win the end-of-season event.

And Dan Keating says that there is a

culture of fear in British

gymnastics and he says he

experienced bullying and

manipulation during his time as an

athlete. It was a relief during his

time in January. British gymnastics

say that there are safeguards that

are robust and they say anyone with

a concerned should come forward.

Thank you very much for that. You

will come back with the back papers

in a moment.

In the meantime. It is

over 50 football, covered in lights,

something to brighten a dark

morning, it isn't Carol, because she

isn't that tall.

She is about five

foot eight.

Look at that, gorgeous.

Morning.

Good morning.

foot eight.

Look at that, gorgeous.

Morning.

Good morning. It is

gorgeous. It is a lovely way to

describe it. Look at that Christmas

tree. It is a daunting sparkly

lights with silver bobbles on it as

well. -- it is adorned in in. As

soon as this is over, the lights

will be smack -- will be stripped.

The tree will be lit at around 6pm

to begin the Christmas spirit. The

weather is not very Christmas

lights. We had snow in Scotland

yesterday. Today it is much more

miles. For some parts of the UK the

temperature at the moment is 14

degrees higher than it was this time

yesterday morning, so quite a

change. And generally the forecast

for all of us today is a cloudy one

and also a mild one with some

exceptions. The exceptions will be

across Scotland. We start the

forecast at 9am across Scotland with

showers in the north-west. For much

of the rest of Scotland it is a dry

start, the cloud will not and we

will see some sunshine. As we move

south into England, there is a lot

more cloud across England today and

we're looking at some patchy rain,

it is a bit heavy at the moment, it

will ease and ten to be mainly in

the west by first thing it is in the

midwest, the Midlands, and it is

grey and murky to start the day, but

much more mild than it was

yesterday. To the south-west of

England it is a similar story and

the same for Wales as well with a

weather front in the south, so it is

cloudy with patchy rain around,

murky conditions. Northern Ireland

has something a little bit brighter

in the north and that will carry on

through the course of the day. So in

Scotland and the far north of

Northern Ireland we will see some

sunshine today. It will be pleasant

with temperatures in double figures.

It will be windy in the north of

Scotland with prolific showers later

that are likely to be heavy.

England, Wales and the rest of

Northern Ireland will have a cloudy

day with some brightness. That will

be limited. And some spots of rain

which will be largely in the west on

the coasts and the hills. As we had

on into the evening and overnight

period, once again it is going to be

a cold night in Scotland with some

frost and patchy fog around but for

England, Wales and Northern Ireland,

Northern Ireland to an lesser

extent, seeing some fog, some of

which will be dense, likely to be in

the Midlands, around Lincolnshire,

for example, north Wales, some of it

will be slow to clear first thing

tomorrow morning. As a result, where

we have the cloud and fog, it won't

be very cold, but where we have the

clear skies it is. And then heading

through the course of tomorrow,

where we start with clear skies we

will have some sunshine. It will be

bright tomorrow. Fairly cloudy. Some

brightness and spots of rain coming

out of the cloud, particularly so

across England and Wales. Still

windy in the north with some showers

and later we will see some rain

coming in. And as we head into

Thursday well the rain will be

across the north-west of the country

sinking steadily southwards. They

will be a fair bit of cloud around,

some brightness and we are still

going to be in double figures. So in

essence there is not a lot going on

with the weather. Some of us will

see some rain. It will be cold for

some. It will be mild for some.

Don't forget the fog tomorrow

morning which could be dense and may

be problematic. OK, we have been

warned. Thank you. We will see you

through the morning. It looks rather

lovely because it is dark. Thank

you.

lovely because it is dark. Thank

you. That tree is wonderfully

colour-coordinated. Do you think she

planned that?

Probably.

She's

wonderful!

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning:

Ministers are bracing themselves

for a parliamentary battle as the EU

withdrawal bill, the key piece

of Brexit legislation,

returns to the Commons.

Theresa May has launched her

strongest attack on Russia yet,

accusing Moscow of meddling

in elections and spreading fake

news.

Let's take a look at today's papers.

You mention Theresa May and Russia,

the story on the front page of the

Daily Mail. The story on the

right-hand side, Daisy Goodwin, one

of the stories we mentioned earlier,

she was groped in Number 10, the

writer of ITV's Victoria programme.

Couldn't remember the word for it

then, programme! The Times talking

about Theresa May, we saw her making

that speech earlier on Breakfast,

making an outspoken attack on Russia

for using fake news to sow discord

in Britain and other Western

nations. You can see some of the

pictures they have used inside and

made up stories about particular

pictures, and it is snowy and cold,

Carol has been talking about that,

this is from Aberdeenshire. And this

story, a handful of nuts five days a

week makes you much more healthy.

Any nuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts.

What is your topknot?

Dry roasted

peanuts.

Probably not that -- top

nut.

Honey roasted cashews, they are

magnificent.

I don't think it

includes being roasted but there you

go!

Two Johnsons on the front page

of the Daily Mirror this morning,

And househunting down under. Stanley

Johnson is going to be one of the

celebrities in the jungle -- And.

This is Richard Ratcliffe, who was

on the programme yesterday.

David

Davis has said there will be a vote

in parliament on the final Brexit

deal, the Daily Telegraph talking

about it and Theresa May talking

about Putin. And good news, talking

about climate change, it could be

that fewer dive from winter cold in

the UK. What have you got?

Budget or

toys?

Budget first -- fewer dive

from.

Let's go with budget. In the

Financial Times front page,

first-time buyers hope for budget

stamp duty cut. This may be

something... We've got the budget

next week, loads of people, business

lobby groups, shops, retailers

asking for stuff from the budget.

The Financial Times is saying Philip

Hammond planning a stamp duty cut

for first-time buyers next week,

that could be one to keep an eye out

for. A big decision.

Next Wednesday?

It is. Let's do the Tory one. Hasbro

toying with Matel megamerger -- toy

one. It has been a while! Could end

up being My Little Pony and bar

being under the same brand, that

would be a huge merger locally --

and Barbie. That could impact the

price of toys and the kind of toys

you get.

Thanks, good toy news.

Certainly giving them a bit of

publicity! Italy crashing out of the

World Cup in all of the sports

pages. All the headlines are a bit

like this. There's also a man Amir

in one of the papers. -- Mama Mia.

The apocalypse was one of the lines

in the Italian papers. Some thinking

about what they should be doing

instead of watching Sweden at the

World Cup, suggesting cinema trips

and going to their local village and

concerts and things like that.

England's cricketers doing their

teambuilding ahead of the Ashes,

Moeen Ali cuddling a koala and then

they get down to business and they

do a bit of paint falling to look

that already. You're not afraid of

injuries, Stuart Broad showing off a

bruise on his arm quite proudly. --

pain bawling to look ready. -- paint

bawling.

There's a conversation here

about cats being put on a diet. Pet

owners underestimate how much

exercise they need with more than 1

million staying indoors. Around one

in ten of Britain's 11 million cats

are house cats who never go outdoors

unsupervised.

Do you know it's

official, working 9-to-5 isn't a way

to make a living? Two thirds of

workers would prefer to start and

finished the day earlier with eight

to four being chosen by 25% of

people.

I would agree with that.

It's probably a lot of parents.

There's a big parental issue

involved. For the same survey, they

discovered we actually work 0.6 of

an hour less than 20 years ago, so

how are you spending your extra 36

minutes?

I know how you are spending

yours!

What's that?

I was looking at

his phone and getting crucial news

insights.

Thanks very much for that!

Thank you very much, both of you.

Drivers who are told their eyesight

isn't good enough for them to be

behind the wheel are

carrying on driving.

That's according to research

by the Association of Optometrists.

They want compulsory eye

tests to be introduced,

a campaign backed by the family

of Natalie Wade, who was killed

by a partially sighted driver.

Our reporter Ali Fortescue has more.

If she walked into a room, as the

saying goes, she lit it up. She

enjoyed every moment and was so

looking forward to getting married.

28-year-old Natalie Wade died on her

weight to buy a dressing down my

wedding dress. She was hit by a

driver with poor eyesight.

There's

always an empty chair and Christmas,

birthday, the day she would have

been married, they are still very

painful.

The driver who killed

Natalie was blinded in one eye and

partially sighted in the other but

he died before being tried for

dangerous driving. But Natalie is

just one of 70 people who are killed

or seriously injured in serious

incidents involving bad eyesight

last year. The legal standard for

eyesight involves being able to read

a number plate from 20 metres but

that's something that's only tested

when you first take your test. At

the moment people just need to fill

out a form like this every ten years

and that involves answering a

question about your eyesight and if

you're over 70 you have to fill out

a slightly more comprehensive form

every three years, but it's still a

question of a tick in a box, there

is no requirement to take a natural

I test.

The mechanism of self

reporting isn't always reliable. We

know that vision can change

gradually over time so drivers might

not be aware of their deterioration

to their vision.

The Association of

optometrists don't have a legal

requirement to do anything if

they're concerned about a patient's

driving, it's down to the driver

stopping more than one in three of

their optometrist surveyed has seen

a driver in the last three months he

continues to drive despite being

Colbert vision is below the legal

standard. Nine in ten believe the

current tests are insufficient and

they want to see a change in the

law.

What we're calling for his

vision screening to be carried out

for all drivers when they first

apply for the driving licence and

then the requirement to prove that

they continue to meet that standard

every ten years.

But the concern is

it's not just eyesight that needs

testing.

This is an enormous

worried. We that surely got

something we can point at and you

can measure it and say I health is a

big thing but there's all sorts of

other medical issues which are

simply not being taken into account

as to whether people are fit to

drive, and I think there should be.

The department of Transport say that

all drivers are required by law to

make sure their eyesight is good

enough to drive. They also say if a

driver experiences any changes to

their eyesight or has a condition

that could affect their driving they

must notify the DVLA and speak to an

optician. Ali Fortescue, BBC News.

We will be talking about that later

in the programme, will be

interesting to see what you think

about that.

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

Still to come this morning:

It's the number one chronic disease

in the UK but not much

attention is focused on the risks

of diabetes during pregnancy.

We'll be finding out

about the latest research

just after 6:30am.

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

Something else we want to know from

you this morning, Carol is in Covent

Garden with a big Christmas tree.

It's Christmas light season. In your

house, when do you officially go

full Christmas?

Not until around the

seventh or eighth of December. Is

that a bit early?

So a three-week

buildup.

You have to go and get the

treat.

What if you go on December

the first?

No. What about you -- get

the treat.

We are two weeks, around

the 15th -- get the tree. Let us

know if you go super early. Would be

interesting to see. Maybe some

people have gone already.

You never

know! Really?

Time now to get the news,

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Bye for now.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

It's 6:30am.

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

but also on Breakfast this morning:

As the former-boyfriend of reality

TV star Ferne McCann is found guilty

of carrying out an acid attack

at a London nightclub,

we'll hear from one of his victims.

Also this morning: Are you a bit

of a language buff or is it all,

well, double Dutch?

We'll hear why learning

a foreign language is more

important than ever.

# Heart ache on the dance floor. #

moving through my mind.

And he's given up the mean streets

of Walford for the lure of country.

And he's given up the mean streets

of Walford for the lure of country.

Shane Ritchie will be here to tell

us about his new album.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News.

MPs will today begin debating a key

piece of Brexit legislation,

the EU Withdrawal Bill.

It will help turn European laws

into UK ones but opponents including

Tory rebels have tabled

scores of amendments.

Yesterday the Brexit Secretary

Davies -- David Davis promised

parliament would get a vote on the

final Brexit deal.

Theresa May spent the evening

at the Lord Mayor's

banquet in London.

Aside from Brexit, she used

the occasion to make her strongest

attack yet on Russia,

in which she accused the Putin

government of threatening

the international order.

It is seeking to weaponise

information, deploying its state-run

media organisations to plant fake

stories and photoshopped images

in an attempt to sow

discord in the west

and undermine our institutions.

So I have a very simple

message for Russia, we know

what you are doing and

you will not succeed.

The television producer and writer,

Daisy Goodwin, who created the ITV

drama, Victoria, has claimed

she was groped by a government

official during a visit

to Number Ten.

She told the Radio Times the man

put his hand on her breast

after a meeting to discuss

a proposed TV show when David

Cameron was Prime Minister.

She said she wasn't

traumatised, but was cross,

adding she didn't

report it at the time.

Downing Street said they take

all allegations very seriously

and would look into any formal

complaint, should one be made.

Thousands of people are spending

a second night without shelter

in near-freezing conditions

after an earthquake caused

devastation in parts

of Iran and Iraq.

More than 450 people were killed

and around 7,000 injured.

Officials in Iran say the rescue

operation after the earthquake

on Sunday has largely

been completed.

A man and woman have been arrested

on suspicion of murdering a teenager

who has not been seen

for nearly a week.

19-year-old Gaia Pope,

who has severe epilepsy,

was last seen on the

seventh November.

Dorset Police say a 19-year-old man

and a 71-year-old woman

were arrested after searches took

place at two addresses in Swanage.

Officers say they were

both known to Gaia.

A 25-year-old man has been convicted

of throwing acid across a crowded

London nightclub,

injuring 22 people.

CCTV shown in court showed clubbers

clutching their faces and running

off the dancefloor

when Arthur Collins,

the ex-boyfriend of reality

TV star Ferne McCann,

carried out the attack in April.

He was convicted of five counts

of grievous bodily harm and nine

of actual bodily harm

against 14 people.

He will be sentenced in December.

Head teachers representing more

than 5,000 schools across England

have sent a joint letter

to the Chancellor, Philip Hammond,

warning of inadequate funding.

They say they are increasingly

having to ask parents for donations.

The government has already promised

to move £1.3 billion of education

funding into schools,

but heads say they need another £1.7

billion of new money.

And the very best headline in the

newspaper today is spaghetti oops.

That is because.

Sad story for

Italians everywhere because there is

no Italian team in the World Cup.

For some people it is unthinkable.

But it is going to happen. So many

people follow the team. They have

won the tournament four times. Look

at the paint on the goalkeeper's

face, Bufon. That sums it up, his

last game for Italy. The manager

hasn't resigned yet. It is the

papers, the Italian papers...

You

know. Well done, Sweden.

Congratulations, Sweden.

Italy have failed to qualify

for the World Cup for the first

time since 1958.

They lost their play-off

against Sweden, running out

of ideas against

determined opposition.

Even veteran keeper Gianluigi Buffon

was sent into the attack in injury

time, but it finished

goal-less in Milan.

So Sweden are off to Russia,

while Italy's manager

Giampiero Ventura has

resigned and Buffon has

quit international football.

One Italian newspaper described

the result as 'the apocalypse'.

Another suggested candidates to

replace the manager, who has not

actually officially resigned yet.

The Republic of Ireland could join

England at next summer's World Cup

if they can beat Denmark

in Dublin this evening.

The first leg in Copenhagen ended

0-0 and Ireland manager

Martin O'Neill knows his side

will have to do a lot more

going forward to beat the Danes.

I think that we will try to be a bit

more expensive if we can, try and

deal with the ball a wee bit better

and if that's the case, well, we

want to try to win the game, we have

to find a way to win a match. And

these players have been unable to do

that in the last couple of years.

England versus Brazil has produced

some classic moments

from the past.

Gordon Banks' save

from Pele in 1970s,

in the Maracana in '84.

Tonight England manager

Gareth Southgate

says he "will not hesitate"

to use his young stars in tonight's

friendly against Brazil.

Three players have been drafted

into the senior side

from the Under-21's

and could receive debuts.

This follows five players

earning their first caps in the draw

against Germany, including

Man-of-the-Match Reuben

Loftus-Cheek.

It is incredible really that he has

had so few in the Premier League

that we are putting him in that

environment, but we believe in him,

he did really well, but now, you

know, sometimes the first game is

easier because nobody is aware of

you.

The boss of the professional

footballers' association has called

for under 11s to be banned

from heading balls until further

research has been done

into the possible impact

on players' brains.

Gordon Taylor has also

defended his organisation

against accusations they've been

slow to deal with the issue

of a potential link

between heading and dementia.

The issue was highlighted

in Alan Shearer's BBC documentary

on Sunday.

All I can say is when we see request

for help we don't turn anybody down

and anybody who wishes to know what

we are doing in this area is very

welcome to come and go through all

our files, not just for the moment,

but I would say since the '90s.

Moeen will play for his first game

of the tour after getting to know

some of the wildlife in Townsville.

He will play the Cricket Australia

11, which begins tomorrow. They look

close to finalising the team with

Gary Ballance left out again.

I just

love that picture of a koala.

It is

quite cute.

Commonwealth champion

Dan Keatings says there is a very

real "culture of fear"

within British Gymnastics,

after claims of appalling leadership

by a group of coaches.

Keatings says he experienced

bullying and manipulation

during his career as an athlete

but he wasn't able to speak out

for fear of losing his funding.

British Gymnastics say

their safeguarding processes

are robust and they encourage anyone

with a concern to come forward.

Rafael Nadal's season

is over after he pulled out

of the World Tour Finals

in London with injury.

The world number one

lost his opening match

despite saving four match

points in the second set

against David Goffin

to force a decider.

The Belgian seventh seed came

through 6-4 in the third set

and less than an hour later Nadal

pulled out of the tournament

with a knee injury.

He hasn't ever won this event.

Now, when was the last time

you were told off by your mum.

For England head coach

Eddie Jones it was on Saturday.

He's apologised for swearing on TV,

after receiving a telling off

from his 93-year-old mother.

Jones admitted to being frustrated

by his side's lacklustre performance

at Twickenham, and was caught

on camera losing his cool

during Saturday's 21-8

win over Argentina.

Usually I am pretty good, you know.

And I have apologised for the

language I use. I got a phone call

from my mother this morning, 93,

wrapping me over the knuckles. She

still tells me not to swear. So I am

in trouble with my mother. So that

is a big enough punishment for me. I

am in the dog house and I certainly

won't do it again.

And because he has been told off I

believe it won't happen again.

Once

your mum speaks, you just have to

listen.

It happens to me all the

time.

What happened last time?

Whingeing about my kids. She is a

stern 1970s midwife, so it is

official advice as well as motherly

advice.

Oh, so honest. Thank you.

See you later.

Good morning.

Stories about diabetes are never far

from the news but less attention

is focused on the risks

of the disease during pregnancy.

Every year thousands of women

in the UK develop the condition.

It can have an impact on the health

of both the mums-to-be,

and their unborn babies.

Now a new study suggests the risks

can be reduced through a new way

of monitoring the disease.

Dr Eleanor Scott is from

the University of Leeds,

which led the research.

Morning to you. Let's just talk

about this type of diabetes, because

it can happen when people - when

women are pregnant.

Yes, it can.

Diabetes is very common, one in

seven otherwise healthy women will

have diabetes in pregnancy. The most

common form is gestation or

diabetes. The woman develops it in

pregnancy. We also see it with women

with type one and two diabetes

before they get pregnant --

gestational.

How is it helpful going

forward, how will it impact on the

NHS and other organisations?

The

biggest risk of any woman with

diabetes in pregnancy is her baby is

going to be exposed to too much

extra glucose and grow too big. That

can lead to problems with delivery

and a problem for the baby

long-term. And in order to get the

blood sugar back down to normal we

normally get them to monitor the

blood sugar using a finger prick

checker. But what we've now got

available is continuous glucose

monitoring. That is able to monitor

the blood sugar every five minutes

across a 24-hour day for up to two

weeks at a time. And we have been

looking at using that to try to

establish what the glucose patterns

are across the 24-hour date that are

associated with women getting these

convocations in pregnancy -- day.

And you found it fluctuates a lot.

Yes, very much. The period that we

particularly see it is overnight. We

wouldn't normally detect it if we

did the finger prick checker.

So in

terms of the fact that having

diabetes can have when you are

pregnant. In terms of the mother and

child as well, what should we be

looking for?

So, for the babies,

particularly, it is that the extra

sugar in the mum's bloodstream goes

to the baby and is extra calories

for the baby and it grows too big.

That can lead to problems during

labour and delivery, increase the

chance of Caesarean section and risk

to the babies, and the chance of a

baby needing to go to neonatal

intensive care.

What about the

long-term impact?

We know that

babies exposed to mum having

diabetes, if it is not controlled,

they are at increased risk of

diabetes.

So what is the chance and

could it be rolled out and hell

helpful would it be?

A study we

participated in that was led by

Canada and the UK which has only

recently been published has shown

that if you give women continuous

glucose monitors during pregnancy

that it substantially improves the

amount of time they spend in glucose

targets and also has an impact on

the baby's outcomes. So the babies

are smaller and are less likely to

need neonatal care.

What should

these mums be doing and what should

they be checked out for?

Yes, so,

women who already have diabetes have

to seek advice before they think

about getting pregnant because there

is a lot we can do to improve things

beforehand. Women who are

potentially at risk of type 2

diabetes are the same women at risk

of gestational diabetes

diabetes are the same women at risk

of gestational diabetes. That is

women who are overweight or have a

history of diabetes, come from south

Asian family origin or previously

have had a big baby. They should be

tested in pregnancy so we can do

something about it.

Thank you very

much indeed.

Carol is out and about this morning.

She is in Covent Garden with a

rather big Christmas tree behind

her. We have been asking you about

getting into the festive mood. One

viewer, look at this, definitely is.

This is from quest, who says he has

gone very early. This was over the

weekend.

It November. Really?

You

are genuinely upset.

I was shocked

when I went into the supermarket and

they are playing merry Christmas. It

is November.

I went surprisingly

early on mince pies, mid September I

was mince pieing it.

Carol is not very impressed with

this. The tree looks beautiful.

Carol is not very impressed with

this. The tree looks beautiful.

It

does look beautiful and we are in

Covent Garden and that tree stands

55 feet tall, it has between 25000

and 30,000 lightbulbs and it's

gorgeous. Tonight it will be lit for

real, we've seen a sneak preview

this morning and after the programme

the lights will be switched off.

Festivities kick-off at Covent

Garden at 5:30 p.m., the cast of

42nd Street coming down and they

will be performing, Pudsey Bear will

switch on the lights as well. He's

going to dance and he has some

special guests. I've been trying to

drag out from the Covent Garden

chaps who they are but they are

saying nothing, other than they are

very special. Something to see in

London this evening. Cloudier for

most of us compared to yesterday,

and milder, but some exceptions, as

ever, especially across Scotland.

9am across Scotland, showers across

the north-west but most of Scotland

at this stage is dry with variable

cloud and also some brightness. That

cloud will thin and melt through the

days. Across England, it is cloudier

and again we have a couple of

weather fronts sinking south with

some rain on them at the moment,

that rain will turn more patchy as

we head through the day. That same

band of rain affecting parts of

Wales as well this morning. Quite a

murky, grey start to the day with a

lot of cloud across Wales. In

Northern Ireland, some brighter

breaks but the best of the

brightness today will be in the

north of Northern Ireland. For the

rest of Northern Ireland it's going

to be fairly cloudy. If we look at

the weather for the rest of the day

across the UK, you can see for

England and Wales it will remain

fairly cloudy. A bit of brightness

developing but not a lot. We'll

still have some patchy light rain,

most of which will be in parts of

the west on the hills and coasts. In

Scotland and the north of Northern

Ireland, we're looking at a bright

day with some sunshine and it will

feel pleasant in the sunshine. For

most today we will see temperatures

peaking in double figures, as

opposed to single figures like

yesterday. As we head through the

evening and overnight, the showers,

which will be heavier in the

afternoon and more prolific in

Scotland, will ease. Here it will be

windy. Under clear skies, a

widespread frost with patchy fog.

For Northern Ireland, England and

Wales, a lot of cloud and spots of

rain but also fog developing. We see

it in many areas but it will be

especially so across Lincolnshire,

the Midlands and East Anglia and

some of that could be dense and slow

to clear tomorrow. Through the

course of tomorrow, again fairly

cloudy for England, Wales and

Northern Ireland to start with. The

fog slow to lift. Still some spots

of rain, especially so in the

Western. Whereas for Scotland,

you're in for a brighter day once

again with some sunshine but we

should see some of the brightness

extending into northern England

through the day but by the end of

the day we'll have a weather front

coming into the north-west,

introducing wet and windy weather,

and during Thursday that will sink

steadily south, leaving us with a

fairly cloudy day on Thursday but

not particularly cold. Temperatures

around where they should be at this

stage in November.

Thanks

Thanks very much. I love everything

about the Christmas tree but the

decorations up a little bit too

early, nothing to do with you!

Good

clarification there!

Almost a third of people aged 50

to 64 are not in work

and many of those feel

like they're trapped,

according to research

from a charity out today.

Sean's taking a look.

Good morning. A lot of these issues

will be familiar to a lot of people.

This is research from

the Centre for Ageing Better,

looking at those aged

between 50 and 65.

And a million of them,

almost a third of that age group,

are out of work

not because they want to be

but because of issues such as ill

health, caring responsibilities

or redundancy.

That can really take it's toll

on someone's confidence

and of course finances.

Qurab Ahmed is 55

and tod us her story.

When my daughter became ill and we

learned what the circumstances were

going to be, I had sort of given up

and thought, this is my life now,

I'm going to be a full-time carer,

I'm not going to be able to go back

to work and I need to think about

letting my employers know that that

would be the position. I was always

encouraged not to make a decision

just then and let things pan out.

I'm so grateful that my employer was

encouraging and supported me through

this difficult time, and we kept in

touch. Also that feeling that I'm

still wanted, that they needed me at

work. Not many employers provide

that flexibility. Some people will

just stop and they'll never be able

to get back into work.

Sympathetic employer for Qurab but

that isn't necessarily the case for

everyone.

Jemma Mouland is Senior Programme

Manager at the Centre

for Ageing Better,

which carried out this research.

When we look at Qurab's situation,

she had carer responsibilities that

weren't there before hand. If you're

in a similar situation and you're in

work, what can you do to aid any

going back to work in the future?

Absolutely, if you're in work

already you have the right to

request books about working but it's

up to your employer to determine

whether they accept the request --

flexible working. It's interesting

for this age group, they are the

prime age for caring, and employers

need to make sure they offer that

flexibility that enables those

carers to retain their work as well

as managing caring responsibilities.

If you've ended up out of work

because of that and you're looking

to get back into the workplace, how

do employers look at the fact your

CV says or five years you've been

caring for a family member, how do

they treat it?

It varies by employer

but something we found in our

research was there's a perception

that employers are less willing to

employ older workers, especially if

they've been out of the labour

market for a while, and potentially

favouring younger employees instead.

That's a shame because we're talking

around 1 million people between

50-64 who are ready and willing to

be in the workplace, and these

individuals have a lifetime of

skills and experience they can bring

to work and employers aren't taking

full advantage of that at the

moment.

Is there a reason why it

might hit people harder after 50 if

they lose their job than younger

people? There's pressure is on all

age groups, as we often talk about.

What we're finding is they are often

forced out of work due to issues

like ill health and caring

responsibilities or in voluntary

redundancy but they are finding it

difficult to get back into work.

They're more likely to be out of

work for longer than younger age

groups and least likely to get a

job. In our research we found there

was a whole host of different issues

for this age group, to highlight a

few that were coming up, issues with

ill health and caring

responsibilities were a significant

barrier for people getting back into

work because they really needed that

flexibility at work which wasn't on

offer. Another issue that was quite

common was the sense employers were

perhaps less willing to recruit

older workers for various different

reasons, and that had a negative

impact on people's self-confidence.

Individuals started to see

themselves as too old to be at work

and almost gave up on the idea of

ever working against quite if you're

having those thoughts, what's the

first step you should take? There's

lots of employment support available

and it's about engaging with the

support and not feeling it's not

there for you and you're not able to

access it. Don't be shy of putting

yourself forward for these

opportunities. It's really important

to have that first conversation

about your needs for flexibility at

work with potential employers.

There's the possibility that

flexibility will be offered if it's

asked for, but we know that's not an

easy thing for this work group to

do. Both national and local

government need to do more to

provide better support for this age

group, to support them to have those

conversations and to get back into

work.

Gemma, thanks very much.

If you're familiar with these

stories.

And if you're over 50

and struggling to find work

let us know.

Tweet us @bbcbreakfast

or drop us an e-mail,

[email protected].

They are the actors breaking down

barriers in Scottish theatre.

The first group of students

from the UK's only degree course

for deaf performers is taking

to the stage with a new production

that blends British Sign

Language and English.

It's hoped the adaptation

of Caryl Churchill's play Love

and Information will challenge

perceptions and make sign

language more visible.

Our Scotland correspondent

Lorna Gordon went to meet them.

It is a play with big themes that

affect us all. Love and how we make

sense of things in an increasingly

frenetic world. The 50 short scenes,

each with a different set of

characters, are all performed by ten

actors who happened to be deaf.

I think the play's very, very

powerful because it is able to show

different perspectives in that deaf

people are similar to hearing people

in that environment and that we're

all similar, we're all the same and

I think that play really

demonstrates that.

Mr Rushmore, if

you could just open the door...

Their performance in a mixture of

English, captioning and British sign

language a chance to showcase the

actors' talents. And British sign

language itself.

It's a wonderful

opportunity and we've really enjoyed

it.

Absolutely because sign language

can be so big, so rich, so

expressive and in a theatre setting

means we can show also solve levels

of emotion.

The actors, all students at

Glasgow's Royal conservator, are on

the country's only degree course for

deaf performers. Embracing deafness

as part of their identity and hoping

their performance will help others

do the same.

It's a great way for me

to carry on and show people that

it's OK to be who you are, because I

kind of old before I was being

shuffled off into the background

like I was a liability or I was just

a burden to someone else, I thought

I'll say nothing and back off, now

I'm thinking, you know what, I'm

going to step forward and let them

see me for who I am.

The Scottish government recently

announced plans to integrate the use

of sign language into everyday life

and the play's director believes

this performance will help with

challenging perceptions in the

theatre and the arts.

I think it's

about British sign language being

more visible, being more out in the

open and recognised as a language.

So I think this production and the

degree programme here at the

conservator are is part of that

movement.

Another step in showing

that British sign language should be

celebrated as a language in its own

right. Lorna Gordon, BBC News,

Glasgow.

That looks fantastic. Carol is in

Covent Garden this morning, she's

got a big Christmas tree with her,

doing the weather from their. People

have got in contact after we showed

a picture of someone with their

decorations up over the weekend.

Claire said it never stops, carols

all year long, I leave decorations

up all year round in strategic

places that nobody can reach!

Claire! I leave them up by mistake!

John said it starts on the third of

December this year once I am home

run the banter Dash. I suspect we

all have our own traditions, is

November to early?

Mike says

Christmas Eve is when it's starts,

Boxing Day is

Now, though, it's back

to Louise and Dan.

Bye for now.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

A major milestone on the road

to Brexit as MPs begin debating

the EU withdrawal bill.

It will convert European

laws into British ones,

but it's unlikely to pass

smoothly with more than 160

amendments already tabled.

Good morning.

It's Tuesday, November 14.

Also this morning: After a man

is convicted of an acid attack

in a packed nightclub,

one of his victims tells us how it's

changed her life.

A call for compulsory eye tests

for motorists as new figures show

many ignore warnings

that they shouldnt be driving.

Good morning.

Living costs are on the up and I am

going to look at how prices are

rising and that will affect

decisions in next week's budget.

Good morning.

In sport, it's going to be

a World Cup without Italy

after the four-time champions fail

to qualify for the tournament

for the first time in 60 years.

And Carol is getting

into the Christmas spirit already.

Good morning from Covent Garden. You

can see the beautiful Christmas tree

behind me. It has been lit

especially for us. Straight after

Breakfast this morning it will go

off. Then it will be lit again this

evening. The first time Covent

Garden and children in need have

worked together. Scotland and

Northern

worked together. Scotland and

Northern Ireland in with some bright

and sunny weather. For England,

Wales and the rest of Northern

Ireland it is fairly mild with spots

of rain. I will have more in 15

minutes.

Thanks, Carol. We will have

more at 7:15am.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

MPs will today begin debating a key

piece of Brexit legislation,

the EU Withdrawal Bill.

It will help turn European laws

into UK ones but opponents including

Tory rebels have tabled

scores of amendments.

Our political correspondent

Leila Nathoo reports.

The Prime Minister.

Still the one in charge,

Theresa May last night

at the glittering Lord

Mayor's Banquet in London,

a break from Brexit

and potential trouble ahead.

A key piece of the government's

Brexit legislation returns

to the Commons today, and MPs

are trying to tinker with it.

They are proposing hundreds

of changes to try to influence

ministers' approach,

and so yesterday an apparent

concession to one

of their key demands.

I can now confirm that once we have

reached an agreement we will bring

forward a specific piece

of primary legislation

to implement that agreement.

Parliament will be given time

to debate, scrutinise and vote

on the final agreement we strike

with the European Union.

This agreement will only hold

if parliament approves it.

But with such a fragile majority,

just a handful of Tory backbenchers

siding with the opposition

would lead to a government defeat.

And those minded to rebel seem

unsatisfied with the take it

or leave it vote the

government has offered.

I have to say, a lot of us

were insulted by this.

I mean, because it sounded so good

and then when you dug

into the detail you realise this

so-called meaningful vote

was completely meaningless.

There will be more contentious votes

here in the coming weeks as MPs test

the government's fragile

working majority.

Our political correspondent

Alex Forsyth joins us from

Westminster.

We heard from David Davis yesterday,

parliament will get a vote on the

final offer, the final bill. Is it

enough to stave off any rebellion?

Many MPs agree with the broad idea

behind this Withdrawal Bill and they

recognise that there has to be

something in place when we leave the

EU to fill the hole left by the

regulations and laws that we

currently abide by. It is lots of

the detail of this pill that they

are not happy with. Everything from

the fact that some think it gives

uncheck power to ministers. Others

concerned about the impact on Wales,

Northern Ireland and Scotland. There

was a threat that Tory MPs from the

backbenches and Labour MPs would

come together to vote against the

government. That is why the

government has said that they will

have an act of parliament with a

final Brexit deal to try to stop the

rebellion. As you heard from Leila,

that hasn't gone far enough. Many

MPs say they haven't got the chance

to send to read is a mate to

Brussels to negotiate. It is a take

it or leave it vote. So it hasn't so

far pierced those threatening to

rebel. The passage of the bill

starting today is still looking very

tricky.

OK. I know it is going to be

a long process. Thank you very much.

Earlier we saw Theresa May

at the Lord Mayor's

banquet in London.

She used the occasion

to make her strongest attack yet

on Russia, in which she accused

the Putin government of threatening

the international order.

It is seeking to weaponise

information, deploying its state-run

media organisations to plant fake

stories and photoshopped images

in an attempt to sow

discord in the west

and undermine our institutions.

So I have a very simple

message for Russia, we know

what you are doing and

you will not succeed.

The television producer and writer,

Daisy Goodwin, who created the ITV

drama, Victoria, has claimed

she was groped by a government

official during a visit

to Number Ten.

She told the Radio Times the man

put his hand on her breast

after a meeting to discuss

a proposed TV show when David

Cameron was Prime Minister.

She said she wasn't traumatised,

but was cross, adding she didn't

report it at the time.

Downing Street said they take

all allegations very seriously

and would look into any formal

complaint, should one be made.

Thousands of people are spending

a second night without shelter

in near-freezing conditions

after an earthquake caused

devastation in parts

of Iran and Iraq.

More than 450 people were killed

and around 7,000 injured.

Sarah Corker reports.

This is the deadliest earthquake

in the world this year.

The border town of Pol-e Zahab

here in western Iran bore

the brunt of it.

Homes were flattened in seconds,

crushing everyone inside.

The search for survivors

has been frantic.

But early this morning,

Iranian officials called off

the rescue operation.

At this local hospital,

many of the injured had stories

of narrow escapes.

TRANSLATION:

I fell

from the balcony down.

The earthquake was very strong.

This mountainous area

is prone to earthquakes.

Power cuts and landslides have made

it difficult for rescue teams

to get in.

The most severely hurt

have been airlifted out,

some taken to hospital

in the Iranian capital,

Tehran.

But, overwhelmed by the sheer number

of injured, the authorities

are appealing for people

to donate blood.

And this is the moment this

7.3-magnitude quake hit

in neighbouring Iraq.

A man runs for his life

from the control room of this dam.

Boulders were tossed

around like pebbles.

A picture of widespread

devastation is emerging -

hundreds dead, thousands

injured, many missing.

Turkey has sent a convoy

of aid trucks, medication,

tents and blankets, and many have

spent a second night outdoors,

terrified by the after-shocks.

So far, there have been

more than 190 of them.

A man and woman have been arrested

on suspicion of murdering a teenager

who has not been seen

for nearly a week.

19-year-old Gaia Pope,

who has severe epilepsy,

was last seen on the

seventh November.

Dorset Police say a 19-year-old man

and a 71-year-old woman

were arrested after searches took

place at two addresses in Swanage.

Officers say they were

both known to Gaia.

In the last few minutes we've had an

update from our biggest supermarket,

Tesco.

A huge deal that we've talked

about a couple of times as the

Competition and Markets Authority

the regulator have looked at whether

Tesco would buy Booker, one of the

biggest wholesaler, whether it was a

good deal for customers, nearly £4

billion, and the issues people

raised were Booker actually have the

smaller convenience stores you might

see like Premier.

They are owned by

Booker.

If Tesco by these as well,

will they be able to put prices up?

There may not be as much

competition. They have looked at it

and they don't think it will be an

issue. In any towns where there is a

Premier and a Tesco Express, they

think that there will be enough

competition in the market generally

to keep prices competitive. That was

one issue. Also, wholesalers in the

wholesale market. They thought, if

Tesco is buying a wholesaler they

might be able to get a way better

deal with Booker than others might

get because other people supply

Tesco as well. And again the

regulator thinks it will be OK. So

they have given the merger the all

clear which is a huge move for the

retail industry, one of the biggest

supermarket buying the biggest

wholesaler. It could be set to go

ahead.

Thank you very much. The

largest diamond of its kind will be

put up for auction in Geneva today.

This was discovered in Angola last

year. It is set into a necklace of

6000 and rules with 800 smaller

diamonds.

It is expected to fetch

around $30 million, which is almost

£23 million - quite extraordinary.

7:11am. You're watching Breakfast.

Acid attacks can cause brutal,

life-long injuries and police

are warning they are on the rise.

In London alone, over the last year

there were almost 400 victims.

Yesterday the perpetrator of one

of the worst incidents was found

guilty of an attack he carried out

in a London nightclub.

Arthur Collins, the ex-boyfriend

of reality TV star Ferne McCann,

sprayed acid over people

during a night out in April.

In total, 22 people were injured,

with one man suffering third-degree

chemical burns to his face,

which required a skin graft.

Lauren Trent was another victim

of the attack and is in our London

newsroom, and Ayesha Nayyar

is a solicitor representing some

of the other people who were injured

and is with us in the studio.

Morning, both. Thank you for joining

us. Lauren, first of all, just tell

us, you were celebrating a birthday

- what happened, when did you know

something serious happened?

Yes, so,

I was celebrating my 22nd birthday

with my best friend and other

friends. To be honest, the moment

everyone fell to the floor, you

know, the acid hit me when I went

down to pick up my back as we were

about to leave. I remember everyone

was standing and suddenly the

dancefloor, it looked like a swamp

all, you know, like a hole opened in

the middle and people were running.