20/11/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

Robert Mugabe clings to power,

as he refuses to stand down

as President of Zimbabwe.

In an extraordinary speech live

on TV, in which he had been expected

to quit, the 93-year-old

instead promised to stay

on for weeks to come.

The operation I have alluded to did

not amount to a threat to our world

cherished constitutional order. Nor

was it a challenge to my authority

as head of state and government.

Good morning, it is

Monday 20 November.

Also this morning: Two

days before the Budget,

Theresa May sets out a plan

for better transport between English

cities and their

surrounding suburbs.

Reducing the number

of stillborn babies.

Pregnant mums are told that

sleeping on their sides

could save hundreds of lives.

70 years since their marriage

at Westminster Abbey,

the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

celebrate their platinum wedding

anniversary with the release

of three new portraits.

Good morning from this co-op

distribution centre, as we look at

how retailers are preparing for the

festive period. If analysts are

correct, it will be a tough one. I

am looking at why.

In sport: A terrible return

to the Premier League

for David Moyes, as his West Ham

side are beaten 2-0 by Watford

in his first match in charge.

And Carol has the weather.

Good morning. A fairly cloudy day

ahead. We have some rain and drizzle

in the west, drifting eastwards,

depositing some snow on the hills

north of the Central Belt. And for

most of us today it will feel

milder. I will have more details in

15 minutes.

The Zimbabwean President,

Robert Mugabe, has shocked

the nation by refusing widespread

demands for him to stand down.

Giving a speech live on TV

while under house arrest,

during which he had been expected

to resign, he instead

announced his intention to lead

next month's congress

of the ruling party.

He has now been given a deadline

of midday today to quit,

or face action.

Our Africa editor Fergal

Keane has this report.

MARIMBA MUSIC.

The very music seemed designed

to drain any drama out

of the moment.

And perhaps the geniality

of the encounter was a giveaway.

Robert Mugabe didn't look like a man

about to walk into the wilderness.

And his words, delivered 15 minutes

into a rambling address,

confirmed that he intended to stay

as leader of the country and party,

The congress is due

in a few weeks from now.

I will preside over its processes,

which must not be prepossessed

by any acts calculated to undermine

it, or to compromise the outcomes

in the eyes of the public.

He praised the military

and acknowledged the crisis

in his country and party.

This appearance has shocked

Zimbabweans, who were prepared

to witness his resignation.

I think we're being played.

We're being played.

I feel let down.

By now we should have produced

some sort of result,

but we have nothing.

It's like we are back to square one.

I think the whole nation

was expecting him to resign,

and we're all shocked.

I think people will be

depressed, confused.

There are big questions now.

How can Robert Mugabe preside over

a party which today removed him

from the leadership?

Once-loyal supporters met to warn

that he would be impeached

by parliament if he did't step

down from the presidency

This is the moment when Robert

Mugabe lost power in his own party,

the party he dominated for so long,

and has now been replaced as party

leader by a man who was one

of his closest allies for decades.

The Crocodile...

The new leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa,

is known as 'the Crocodile,'

celebrated here for

his ruthless cunning.

But when it gets his prey...

He may have agreed to pause,

but he is unlikely to stop

until he ousts his old comrade.

We will be speaking to a member

of ZANU-PF about this in just over

half an hour.

The Government has announced plans

to transform transport links

in cities across the UK,

making it easier to get

from the suburbs to the centre.

It comes just days before

the Chancellor delivers his first

Autumn Budget.

Our political correspondent

Eleanor Garnier joins us

now from Westminster.

You really got ascends from the

newspapers and the news over the

weekend that the Chancellor is under

a lot of pressure --. Ascends.

And

the prime Minister has a busy day

ahead of her as well, with a budget

just a few days away. The Prime

Minister and the business Secretary

will be in the West Midlands,

spelling out some of those plans to

improve transport links between city

centres and suburbs, all with the

aim of improving prosperity. Later

on, the Prime Minister will be

chairing what I think could be a

very significant meeting of the

Cabinet's Brexit committee. That is

a group of senior ministers who

decide the government's negotiating

position. We know that in those

Brexit negotiations money has been a

key sticking point. That is partly

because the EU and the UK have taken

very different approaches to

settling the bill. It is also

because the UK has been making sure

taxpayers here don't pay any more

than they need to. It is also

because, within the Cabinet, there

has not yet been agreement on the

way forward when it comes to the

cash. So at that crucial meeting

today, will those ministers come to

an agreement? As EU politicians

remind us, time is ticking. I think

we can expect a lively meeting.

Germany is facing a political crisis

after Angela Merkel's attempts

to form a three-party

coalition government failed,

following weeks of negotiations.

The leaders of the pro-business

Free Democrats unexpectedly pulled

out of talks last night.

It represents a serious

setback for Mrs Merkel,

who during 12 years in power

was seen as a symbol of stable

government in Europe.

government in Europe.

Police say there were no injuries

to suggest any other person

was involved in the death

of missing teenager Gaia Pope.

The 19-year-old's body was found

on Saturday in a field near Swanage,

11 days after she was last seen.

Dorset Police are treating her

death as unexplained,

pending toxicology results.

Today marks the 70th wedding

anniversary of the Queen

and the Duke of Edinburgh.

They have been married longer

than any other royal

couple in history.

They will celebrate the latest

in their long line of milestones

privately with family

and friends at Windsor.

Our royal correspondent

Sarah Campbell reports.

In the gloom of postwar Britain,

their marriage was, in the words

of Winston Churchill,

a flash of colour.

He was the dashing naval officer,

she the future Queen.

In the 70 years since,

theirs has proved to be

a relationship which has truly

stood the test of time.

It's worked because their

personalities and their characters

complement one another.

They're quite different,

in many ways, but Prince Philip

is the first

to make the Queen laugh

uproariously, and is probably

the only person who can also

tell her to shut up.

Pictured in 1939, 18-year-old Philip

first caught Princess Elizabeth's

eye on a visit to

Dartmouth Naval College.

It was the beginning

of a friendship which grew

into a lifelong partnership.

The Queen has referred to him

as her strength and stay,

the Duke remarked that tolerance

is essential to any happy marriage

and the Queen, he added,

has that quality in abundance.

70 years after the royal couple

exchanged their vows here,

the bells of Westminster Abbey

will peal for more than three hours

in their honour.

These images have been released

by the Palace to mark

the couple's milestone anniversary.

The Queen and Prince Philip

will celebrate at a private party

at Windsor Castle this evening.

Some breaking news in the last few

minutes. Criminal and former cult

leader Charles Manson has died in

prison in California. He was 83. His

followers committed a series of

notorious murders in 1969. Their

victims included the actress Sharon

Tate, wife of the director Roman

Polanski, at their home in

Hollywood. Manson himself was

originally centred to death before

that penalty was abolished in

California. Instead his sentence was

changed to life in prison. Over the

course of his life in prison he

applied for parole on 12 separate

occasions. Last time that took place

in 2012. The parole board said he

appeared to have not made any effort

to rehabilitate himself. He killed

no one himself but his followers

carried out those murders on his

orders and he was convicted of those

murders and sentenced to death in

1971, which was then commuted to

life in prison.

Olympic gold-medallist and the chair

of UK Sport Dame Katherine Grainger

has urged British sports to improve

the welfare of athletes.

Several governing bodies

are embroiled in bullying

allegations, and Grainger said

they must rise to the challenge

of improving

high-performance culture.

It comes as UK Sport releases

new guidance to coaches and staff

on how to treat athletes

with more respect.

And she will be joining us at 8:10

a.m.. We are talking about Platinum

wedding anniversaries for Her

Majesty, the Queen, but how about

this.

We all start out hoping that

marriage will last a lifetime.

But when you go out and buy your

household appliances together,

you probably give them

five years, tops.

But one couple in Exeter are selling

off some whitegoods they bought more

than 50 years ago,

and they are still in working order.

Sydney Saunders and his wife,

Rachel, have a tumble-dryer,

water boiler, cooker,

and washing machine.

They bought some of them

when they got married in 1956,

and have been using most

of them ever since.

We would be interested to hear

from you if you have any appliances

as old, or even older, than those.

So, if you have got anything,

get in touch with your stories

and pictures via e-mail

or on social media.

I am sure my parents have some

knocking around somewhere. We

returned to our main story this

morning, news coming in from

Zimbabwe where Robert Mugabe made a

speech in which he was expected to

stand down. He said he will stay on

for at least a few weeks while ZANU

PF, the ruling party, hold a series

of meetings. Let's go to Zimbabwe's

capital, Harare. What is the latest

that we no?

Well, the latest,

really, is that that deadline for

Robert Mugabe still stands. From his

ruling party, ZANU PF, who fired him

as their leader yesterday, they set

him a deadline of resigning by mid-

day to day local time. That is less

than four hours' time, and if he

hasn't resigned by then they will

commence impeachment proceedings

against him. He clearly isn't going

to resign, he made that rambling

speech last night when most of

Zimbabwe expected him to say he

would quit. At the end of 20 minutes

he had not talked about all the

concerns about him at all. It was

extraordinary, people looked at each

other and said what on earth

happened to that, because he is just

continuing for a few weeks, at

least. The deadline stands. The

impeachment process could begin

tomorrow in the Parliament kindly,

and they would need a two thirds

majority in both chambers of

Parliament to impeach him.

And we

will have more reaction to that and

be speaking to somebody from the

Zanu-PF Party a little later on this

morning, about 6:40 a.m..

You know

the Times for everything!

I know, I

have memorised them.

Sport now, and Sally is here.

I wonder if David Moyes ever looks

back and things I should have stayed

at Everton in the glory years?

Well,

he does need a challenge.

He was not

looking entirely happy yesterday in

his new job.

David Moyes's first game in charge

of West Ham ended in defeat.

They lost 2-0 at Watford,

with goals in either half

from Will Hughes and Richarlison.

West Ham remain in the Premier

League's bottom three.

Not the best start for David Moyes,

and the fans not happy.

Chris Coleman is the new

manager of Sunderland.

Coleman resigned as Wales boss

on Friday and takes over

the north-east side,

who are bottom of the championship

after one win in 17 games.

Has tennis got a new star?

Grigor Dimitrov wins the world

tour title in London,

and will finish the year

third in the world.

The race to Dubai, the contest to be

the European Tour's top golfer,

goes right down to the final hole,

as England's Tommy Fleetwood beats

fellow countryman Justin Rose

to take home the trophy

for the first time.

He was hugely emotional after that

win, with a lot of lovely pictures

in the papers today. We will talk

about him and just a moment.

Let's take a look at what's

happening with the weather.

Let's take a look at what's

happening with the weather.

Here's Carol.

Good morning. We have a mixture of

weather this week coming our way.

Low pressure will dominate through

the week. Mild conditions. Some

could hit 15 degrees. There will be

rain and snow at times largely in

the hills and it will often be windy

from tomorrow. Today we have low

pressure moving west to east. We

have a band of rain and Rizal. We

also have south-westerly wind. This

mild air is putting in. It will be

coldest around Cape Ness and the

Northern Ireland. Across Scotland it

is a cold start. We have re- moving

west to east, snow on the heels Hill

-- hills in the north. Across

Northern Ireland and England we have

a band of rain moving from the west

to the east, not particularly heavy,

though at times it could be, and

that extends in towards Kent. Behind

it, there will be a lot of cloud,

but not the temperatures, tens, 11s

and 12s. Through the day the rain

pushes east and it will be quite

murky and wet in Scotland, northern

England and Northern Ireland with

some rain coming in across the

south-west. Any sunshine today will

be at a premium. If we see it it is

likely in east Wales, Herefordshire

for example, and the west Midlands.

Temperatures are not worthy because

in central England at this time of

year the average temperature is

seven or eight. For some of us it

will continue to climb through the

week. As we move overnight, we have

rain from today across Scotland and

another ban comes in behind it

moving west to east. There will be a

lot of cloud, murky conditions, and

one or two breaks. These are the

night-time temperatures. You can see

in Scotland it won't be as cold as

the night that has just gone.

Tomorrow a band of rain continues to

move north eastwards. A lot of cloud

coming in behind it. And another

weather front comes from the west,

bringing more rain. But we are still

in the south-westerly flow. Tomorrow

it will be a windy day wherever you

are. You will see some gales with

exposure. Look at the temperatures.

Ten in Aberdeen, 12s, 13s, 14s even

into the south-west. Tuesday to

Wednesday we have an array of

weather fronts coming our Way and an

array of low pressure as well, but

behind this, embedded in this area,

we will see some cold conditions

coming our way. If we look at

Wednesday, a lot of cloud, windy and

mild, then the cold air comes in

during the course of Thursday. For

some of us by the time we get to

Friday there is the chance of some

snow on the hills not just across

Scotland, at the Pennines and hills

of Wales as well. But that of course

could change as Friday is a long way

off. Thank you.

Not as cold as I was expecting it to

be.

I know. Slightly disappointing.

Not as cold as I was expecting it to

be.

I know. Slightly disappointing.

I was ready for all of the layers.

I

know. Me too.

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

If you are wondering, step is out

and about.

I am going to start with

the Platinum couple. The Queen and

the Duke of Edinburgh. One of these

three portraits to mark the 70th

anniversary. And lots of papers

talking about Zimbabwe. Even last

night they were saying Mugabe clings

on. He was expected to resign in the

TV address but he didn't. The other

thing is Theresa May may offer more

in the Brexit divorce deal - that is

being discussed. There is a Cabinet

meeting later today.

The Mirror also

has a picture of the royal couple.

70 years together in pictures. And

the UK is vulnerable, it says. And

Ant and Dec...

The programme

started.

Yes, yesterday. The first

appearance from Ant since going

through rehab as well. Yes,

absolutely. And they were back to

their best.

And on the Financial

Times, because death is out, looking

at Mugabe and Zimbabwe. And talking

about this earlier, this Brexit

divorce deal earlier, May might set

it higher than first thought.

On the

front of the Mail, millions spied on

by greedy top universities, spying

on ex- students in a drive for

donations. And a picture of Alan

Jones, taken off air over sex

harassment claims -- Aled Jones. He

says he won't appear on the BBC till

it is sorted out.

The Daily

Telegraph is similar to the other

papers as well. But at the bottom of

the newspaper, on their front page,

bargain hunters hope to find

unbeatable discounts during the

Black Friday shopping frenzy. The

deals are often no different to

others during the year. I might have

guessed it.

You mean they are

pulling the wool of our eyes?

Unbelievable.

The Mirror, lovely

picture of Tommy Fleetwood, here he

is, and can you just see him and his

wife and baby Frankie, who is seven

weeks old. Can we just say

congratulations for even being

there. Of course, Tommy Fleetwood,

he won the Race to Dubai. His baby

Frankie fast asleep throughout. He

is to get married in a couple of

weeks. What a year for him. They it

would be great if he goes to

Hollywood. What, Frankie?

No?

No.

Maybe not.

LAUGHTER I want to bring your

attention to this.

I will keep

going, shall I? A picture of Tony

Pulis. Fantastic interview on Radio

5 Live, he is really talking

straight about his future. I just

want to bring your attention to

this. Fans expect to see ambition.

No one goes to the cinema to watch

the news.

They used to.

They used

to, given a?

In the old days.

Sometimes it is so crazy -- didn't

they?

I want to show you a bit of

panic in a moment, but one thing,

the £1 bingo competition was banned

after council accused pensioners

based on

after council accused pensioners

based on illegal gambling dens. It

is true.

based on illegal gambling dens. It

is true. The Gambling act says you

cannot participate in bingo it in

towards cash prizes paid for by an

entry fee.

I can see there are

rules.

Maureen Price is not happy.

76, great-grandmother, said "It is

stupid. We only play for peanuts. It

is a bit of fun and it is

disappointing that they won't let us

do it any more".

I am with them on

that. I agree, yes. Silly.

Anyway,

yes. Interesting story. Now, we

mentioned Ant and Dec. Strictly.

Gemma Atkinson will be here as well.

And also Blue Planet. So many people

in tears. Because of the pilot

whale.

Yes. I am thankful I went to

bed before this moment. Thank you.

We are going to play a sad piece

from Blue Planet.

Pilot whales have

big brains. They can certainly

experience emotions. Judging from

the behaviour of the adults, the

loss of the infant has affected the

entire family. Unless the flow of

plastics and industrial pollution

into the world's oceans is reduced,

marine life will be poisoned by them

for many centuries to come.

Such a

sad thing. It was to do with

pollution, that is what they

thought?

Not conclusive proof. That

is what they think. There was a big

section about plastic and David

Attenborough said 100 years ago we

invented plastic and now it is

causing issues. It was just really

moving to see the pilot whale cling

on to its calf. The rest of the pot

affected by that as well.

The other

interesting thing was about the

plastic ducks that went over the

side of the container ship. It was

an experiment. All of the oceans are

interconnected.

It was a 15-year-old

rubber duck that went around all of

the world's oceans and ended up in

Scotland.

Amazing.

That is a proper

Kroos, though, isn't it? One other

thing, which I have lost, OK. Tech

speak helps English rather than

Harms it. People were moaning about

the use of emojis, irregular

spelling and abbreviation in text

messages, but they are deaf, not

sloppy, or a sign of the decline in

written English. So-called textism

helps to convey meaning in the

absence of conversation, according

to Hampton University in New York,

they say they often add lols and

smiley faces to communication for

the sake of clarity of expression.

Not all bad.

So don't moan at your

kids.

Women are being advised to sleep

on their side in the last three

months of pregnancy to avoid

having a stillborn baby.

A study of just over 1,000 women

found the risk doubles if women go

to sleep on their backs

in the third trimester.

Our reporter Ali Fortescue has more.

I knew something was wrong. I woke

up in the morning and I knew

something was wrong. And we went to

the hospital and when they couldn't

find the heartbeat they nipped off

to go and find a doctor, I knew that

there was something not quite right.

Lots of cards. These are his

footprints.

Great lost baby Lewy at

35 weeks and she still doesn't know

what caused her stillbirth.

--

Grace. He was just so tiny, he was

perfectly formed. He had a beautiful

upper lip. And I think you always

think about the what-ifs, what if I

did this differently, why has this

happened? What have I done wrong? A

lot of guilt. Just sadness beyond

anything that I have ever

experienced.

Grace says she was

never given any advice on sleep

positions when she was pregnant. She

is one of around 1000 women to have

taken part in the Midlands and north

of England stillbirth study, the

largest of its kind. It found that

one in 225 pregnancies in the UK

ended in stillbirth. That is around

11 babies a day. It also found that

the risk of stillbirth drops nearly

4% if women sleep on their site in

the third trimester. That could save

around 130 live the year in the UK

-- side.

# there were two in the bed

and the little one said rollover.

The study comes alongside a Charity

campaign. The advice is simple,

sleeping on your site could halve

the risk of a stillbirth.

You might

end up in all sorts of positions

when asleep. But the important thing

to remember is to start on your

side.

It is hard to know for sure

but it is thought when you like on

your back you might put weight on

important blood vessels and

restricting the flow of blood

vessels to the baby. Research has

shown that the number of stillbirth

in the UK has gone down but the

figures are still high and above

those in many other high income

countries.

We want to be one of the

best countries in the world and one

of the safest places to have a baby.

So there is lots of work to do. This

study will contribute to that. It

has simple advice to give to women

to cut the risk of having a

stillbirth.

Grace has now started a

new chapter. Nine months ago, Rubin

joined the family.

Hearing the baby

cry in the delivery room was just

amazing.

She will never know what

would have happened if she had this

advice but Grace hopes her story and

her part in the study can save

lives.

And that is really interesting. They

say to sleep on your site because

you are most likely to stay on your

side for a considerable amount of

time.

Don't worry if you wake up on

your back.

Yes.

We'll be speaking to an obstetrician

involved in the study just

after 8am this morning.

You can get details of organisations

offering support with the issues

discussed in that film

at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

We told you that Steph was in here

for the paper run.

The run up to Christmas

is traditionally a time

when shoppers splash the cash,

but there are signs we might be

planning to spend

a little less this year.

That is what Steph is investigating

this morning.

Good morning. Yes, I am in a

distribution centre. You can see

this truck has just been emptied.

They have something like 3600

products sent to 260 shops in this

region and 200 people work here

doing that. As you say, we are here

talking about spending this festive

period. Analysts are suggesting that

we will spend less this year than in

the past. If you look at what we are

likely to spend less on, it is

clothing, travel and big-ticket

household items. The reason why it

is because of what is happening with

our pay and the fact that prices we

pay for things are going up faster

than wages. In other words, in real

terms, we have less money than we

did. If you look at the stats on

where we are spending the money, one

third of it is spent online rather

than in shops. I will talk about all

of this little later on. First, the

news, travel

rest of the week.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Now, though, it's

back to Dan and Lou.

Bye for now.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

It is 6:30am.

We will bring you all the latest

news and sport in a moment.

But also on Breakfast this morning:

As the Queen and Prince Philip

celebrate 70 years of marriage,

Breakfast has been to meet another

platinum couple, to find out

the secret of staying together

for seven decades.

From Olympic legend to one

of the most powerful people

in British sport -

Dame Katherine Grainger will be

here to tell us how she will use her

new job to take on sport's

culture of fear.

After this week's American Smooth

brought their highest score yet,

we will be asking Strictly's Gemma

and Aljaz if they can

dance their way to the top

of the leaderboard.

Good morning.

Here is a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News:

The Zimbabwean President,

Robert Mugabe, has defied widespread

demands that he step down.

In a highly anticipated

speech to the nation,

during which he had been expected

to resign, he instead

announced his intention to lead next

month's congress of the ruling

Zanu-PF Party, much

to the disappointment of those

who had gathered to celebrate.

I think we're being played.

We're being played.

I feel let down.

I think by now we should have

produced some sort of result,

but we have nothing.

It's like we're back to square one.

I think the whole nation

was expecting him to resign.

I think we're all shocked.

I think people are going to be

depressed, confused.

I think it is enough, enough is

enough.

The people of Zimbabwe have

shown that they are sick of it.

The American criminal and former

cult leader Charles Manson has died

in prison in California.

He was 83.

Manson's followers committed

a series of notorious

murders in 1969.

Their victims included

the actress Sharon Tate,

wife of the director Roman Polanski,

at her home in Hollywood.

Manson himself was initially

sentenced to death, before

the penalty was abolished in

California, as James Cook reports.

Charles Manson. The name itself is

synonymous with evil, a killer who

did no killing, but whose crimes

shocked the world. In August 1969,

followers of his cult broke into the

Hollywood home of Sharon Tate. The

pregnant actress, who was married to

the director Roman Polanski, was

brutally murdered along with four of

her friends. The next night, the

so-called Manson family killed

again, tying up and murdering a

wealthy couple. This was the

ramshackle mansion, death Valley,

where Manson lived in a commune with

his young runaway fans. They

apparently used LSD and saw the

guitar playing ex-convict is a kind

of saint, or perhaps a devil.

Charles Manson was charged not with

wielding a knife or firing a gun but

with controlling and directing the

killers.

I don't accept the court, I

don't accept the whole situation. I

was in the desert minding my

business. This confusion belongs to

you. It is your confusion. I don't

have any confusion. I know what I

have done, and no man can judge me.

I judge me.

What have you done,

Charlie?

And why had he done it?

Apparently to start a race war. It

would be called Helter-skelter, and

he would use it to seize power. In

1971 Manson was sentenced to death

on seven counts of murder, later

commuted to life in prison. Over the

years, Charles Manson applied for

parole Time and time again, but he

died a prisoner, having shattered

the peace and love of the 1960s with

diabolical violence.

Germany is facing a political

crisis, after Angela Merkel's

attempts to form a three-party

coalition government failed

following weeks of negotiations.

The leaders of the pro-business

Free Democrats unexpectedly pulled

out of talks last night.

It represents a serious

setback for Mrs Merkel,

who during 12 years in power

was seen as a symbol of stable

government in Europe.

Police say there were no injuries

to suggest any other person

was involved in the death

of missing teenager Gaia Pope.

The 19-year-old's body was found

on Saturday in a field near Swanage,

11 days after she was last seen.

Dorset Police are treating her

death as unexplained,

pending toxicology results.

Today it is the 70th wedding

anniversary of the Queen

and the Duke of Edinburgh.

They have been married longer

than any other royal

couple in history.

They are celebrating their platinum

wedding anniversary with the release

of three new portraits,

and will be spending their day

with friends and family

privately at Windsor.

There are pictures of them on most

of the front pages, some very nice

quotes, as well. 70 is an awfully

long time.

It is, in a good way.

Congratulations to them. And how

long will David Moyes last in his

new job?

Hopefully more than one

game.

You never know, maybe we will

turn him around. It is very early

days, too early to say.

West Ham remain in the Premier

League's relegation zone,

after David Moyes lost his

first game in charge.

They were beaten 2-0 at Watford.

Watford's goals came in either half,

from Will Hughes and this

strike from Richarlison.

Another impressive performance

from Marco Silva's side -

the Watford boss remains linked

with the vacant manager's

job at Everton.

And disappointment for Moyes,

in his 500th Premier League game

as a manager.

We made a couple of chances

to get ourselves goals.

We didn't get them today.

You know, the goals change games.

If you get them, you know,

it covers a multitude of sins.

We didn't take the chances today.

So we have to play better,

that's what I think.

I didn't really enjoy

bits of the performance.

But, if we'd got the goals in,

I think it would have turned things

around a bit.

In the Scottish Premiership,

Hearts returned to Tynecastle

after six months away while the main

stand was redeveloped.

They could only manage a 1-1 draw

against Partick Thistle,

though, Kris Doolan's late equaliser

spoiling the home side's day.

Chris Coleman's new job

after resigning as manager of Wales

will be to take charge

of Championship side Sunderland.

They are bottom of the table,

after just one win in 17 matches.

Coleman has signed a 2.5-year deal

to replace Simon Grayson,

who was sacked last month.

He will be in charge for tomorrow

night's game at Aston Villa.

No Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal

or Andy Murray in the end-of-season

World Tour Final in London,

but we still got plenty

of entertainment, and a victory

for Grigor Dimitrov.

He was up against David Goffin,

in a final few predicted.

Dimitrov is called Baby Fed,

because his style is like Federer's,

and he showed off his skill

in the decisive third set.

He went on to win the biggest

title of his career,

and in the process,

earn nearly £2 million.

It has been a tremendous two weeks

for me, honestly. It is such an

honour to play here. This two weeks

has been one of the best two weeks I

have ever had. I am lost for words,

I am not going to live. Usually I am

good at that, but today is just one

of those days.

The finale to the European golf

season came down to the very last

hole, but Tommy Fleetwood has won

the race to Dubai for the first

time, just ahead of fellow

Englishman Justin Rose.

Rose had started the day

in terrific form.

But the wheels came off his

round on the 12th hole,

putting his second

shot into the water.

Two more mistakes handed

Fleetwood the title.

He had an anxious wait

before it was confirmed,

but it has been quite a year

for the 26-year-old from Southport.

It's been a big one.

Baby Frankie arriving

safely, and he's great.

I'm going to get married

in a couple of weeks.

And yeah, I mean, it's been

the best year of my life,

by an absolute mile.

And, you know, on the course,

it's been great.

I've played some of the best golf

of my career, and done things

that

I've never done before.

And, off the course,

I'm just such a happy person.

So, it's - you know,

we'll have to think

of ways to better this one.

Champions Exeter have gone back

to the top of rugby union's

English Premiership,

but they were made to work for it

by Harlequins at Sandy Park.

It wasn't the best performance

from the defending champions,

but they ended up sealing

a bonus-point win thanks to two

tries from Jonny Hill.

That puts them two points

clear of Saracens.

There were also wins yesterday

for Bath and Leicester.

It has seemed like a long build-up,

but England have arrived in Brisbane

ahead of the first Test

at the Gabba, starting on Thursday.

No Ben Stokes, of course,

as the all-rounder awaits the result

of the investigation

into an incident outside a Bristol

nightclub in September.

The ECB have said Stokes won't join

the tour while he remains

under police investigation.

His team-mates, though,

are still hopeful he can play a part

at some stage.

It'd be amazing if

Stokesy comes out here.

I am sure you guys would all think

the same.

He's a fantastic cricketer.

We don't know what's

going on at the moment.

That's completely out of our hands,

and until that's resolved,

we actually don't know

what is going to happen.

But I'm sure that it will get

resolved, sooner rather than later,

we hope, because at the end

of the day, we want the best

cricketers playing in the Ashes.

It does feel like quite a long

build-up. Definitely ready for it to

start.

Are you ready for Christmas?

I am actually really organised. I

have done a whole lot of wrapping.

Shops, rats and delivered.

Haven't

shopped. -- shopped, wrapped and

delivered.

Louise has no interest in

this story.

No, I have spent all my

money and what they are saying,

Steph, is many people might not.

I

can't believe that. That is made

that you already have your Christmas

sorted. I need you in my life. Let

me tell you where I am. I am at a

distribution centre in the

north-east. It is here you will get

all the products coming out, about

130 trucks every day bringing

products in, getting organised,

sending them out again, all over the

region to about 260 shops. Certainly

a busy operation. The reason we are

here is that at this time of year is

when these guys get really busy.

John is the divisional director for

the North, the Co-op. What does it

involve, getting ready for

Christmas? How much have things

changed for you?

Along with the

summer, Christmas is our biggest

trading period of the year.

Customers tend to trade up at

Christmas and buy lots of different

products. So we have done a lot of

work in terms of building our

festive ranges and ensuring we are

best placed to serve customers every

day.

Does it involve getting more

staff? Will this place get busier,

what does it mean in practical

terms?

Generally we will be busier

as we get things right for

customers, so exceptionally busy.

And obviously the reason we are here

is that our statistics out from

analysts suggesting we will not be

spending as much this Christmas as

we have done in the past. What does

that mean for you? Do you change the

way you do things? What does it

mean?

So for us, we are hoping and

planning to be busy, to have real

growth. So the convenience sector is

buoyant. Customers are increasingly

busy, and are looking to shop, often

all the time. We expect to do well

over the course of the period, and

we plan for a busy festive period.

Thank you very much, we appreciate

talking to you this morning. It is

important to talk about the bigger

picture, as well, what it means for

all retailers. And we have Diana

here. I know we talk a lot about

what is going on in the retail

world. What do you make of this

stuff from analysts, saying that

people will not be spending as much

this Christmas?

All of the data released has been

similar to what we

All of the data released has been

similar to what we released, and

Visa saw sales drop in October, and

that is a product of high inflation

and an interest-rate rise. It is

reflecting what consumers are

feeling, which is the fact that

household budgets are constrained.

When we talk about inflation

figures, what it means in real terms

is people just don't have as much

money because wages haven't been

keeping up with prices going up.

Absolutely. Our wages are fixed.

They are going up by minimal

amounts. Yet prices are going up

more than that. The overall

inflation rate of 3% is average.

Some products are going up by more

than that. If you are buying those

products, they are much more

expensive. Inevitably, budgets are

brought back and something has to

give.

Who are the winners and

losers?

It is interesting, with the

visa data this perennial and

increasing demand for experiences is

still continuing. So the restaurant

chains and eating out venues will

still continue to work because

people want experiences. We have had

enough of stuff. People will buy

presents of course but yet they want

to have more eating out and leisure,

so that will be a winner. Fashion is

really struggling at the moment,

really having a tough time, and the

visa data reflects what we see with

sales data, which is fashion is

finding it tough.

And where are we

spending money, because we have

talked in the past about the growth

of online. Is it still happening,

are we spending more online?

The

growth is happening. But it is

slowing. That is inevitable. With

every new venue and sector, there is

huge growth in the beginning and

overtime that growth minimises and

levels off. And that is the same

with online. Yes, it is growing. And

convenience is perfect. We don't

want to go out to destinations

necessarily and over budget. We do

that on data, but it is still a

small proportion of the total spend.

80% is still in store.

Interesting.

Thank you. I just want to take you

further down here. It is

fascinating. They have 3500

different products. You can just

imagine. It goes on for miles, all

of the different shelves of products

going out to around 260 shops in the

region. 400 people work here. I was

speaking with a lot of them who

started earlier on. You have the

milk distribution centre as well. A

really busy time this morning to get

the fresh milk to the shops.

Certainly a very busy operation. And

it is quite cool as well because of

energy-saving lights. They come on

when you walk down the aisle to make

sure it is not wasting energy. I

will be here through the morning to

talk about how retailers are

preparing for this busy time.

Although it feels quite spoolily

quiet. You are all on your own. --

spookily.

Jump around. See you little bit

later. Thank you. It is 6:48am.

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning:

Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe has

vowed to stay in power for several

weeks, despite mounting calls

for him to stand down.

Charles Manson, notorious head of a

cult which he directed to commit

nine murders, has died in hospital

aged 83.

I was thinking of the weather.

I

think you were.

In your revelation,

almost everybody at Christmas is

ready.

It has thrown new.

I was

thinking, where is my gift?

Apparently I have been left out. You

have one.

It is early days.

Bless

you. Yes, Lou has a month to get to

the shops.

I know where I am on the

list.

LAUGHTER.

I know that Steph hasn't finished

either because I haven't sent her my

I know that Steph hasn't finished

either because I haven't sent her my

list. Anyway. This morning we have

Christmas like weather, with some

snow on high ground in Scotland. And

through the week it will be mild.

Much more mild than we would expect

at the end of November. There will

be rain and it will be windy,

particularly from tomorrow. What is

happening today is low pressure is

dominating the weather with a set of

fronts to bring rain from the west

towards the east and some transient

snow on the higher routes north of

Central Lowlands and we have some

south-westerly winds. That is a mild

direction for us. It is pulling all

of this Atlantic air across most of

the UK except for the far north-east

of Scotland, Cape Ness and the

Northern Isles, where it is still

cold. It is cold to start across

Scotland with rain and drizzle

moving from the west to the east.

Snow on higher ground, slushy areas

to look out for. And we have rain

moving across Northern Ireland and

northern England. You can see it

extending down three East Anglia

into Kent as well. And we are

looking at 8am. Behind it, there

will be cloud, murky conditions, and

look at the temperatures, tens and

11s, which would be good maximum

temperatures at this time of year.

Through the day the rain continues

out of Northern Ireland, across

Scotland, Northern Ireland, cloud

behind it, showers, south-westerly

winds moving in. Any sunshine will

be are likely. If you see it, most

places likely in eastern Wales

around Herefordshire and the west

Midlands. Temperatures range from

six to 13 degrees. You can see how

the north-east Scotland is looking,

it still cold at this stage. Through

this evening and overnight, there

will be a lot of cloud around. We

have today's rain across Scotland, a

fresh band coming in moving

north-east was through the course of

the night, leaving cloud in its

wake. Still, south-westerly wind,

still mild, but now it is pushing

northwards across a large chunk of

Scotland, except for the Northern

Isles. Tomorrow we start off with

all of the rain, still moving

north-east was, still a lot of cloud

around, still the south-westerly

wind, then another weather front the

west. In between these fronts we

have a warm sector and you will see

temperature-wise, well, 12s, 13s,

even in the Northern Isles,

temperatures start to creep up. So

on Wednesday there is an array of

low pressures and weather fronts,

with a cold front here. There will

be some cold conditions following

behind. For the end of the week, the

forecasts we are looking at is

Wednesday, a lot of cloud and mild

weather, rain coming in, then the

cold front comes in, things turned

chilly apart from in the south, and

the other thing is on Friday we will

all feel the draft. And we could see

some snow on the hills as far south

as Wales, but of course it is a long

way off and it could still change.

So some

way off and it could still change.

So some Christmas like weather here

and there.

You promised some sort of

Christmas like weather. Thank you

very much.

Pleasure. Let's return to

our top story.

Zimbabwe's embattled leader

Robert Mugabe has vowed to stay

in power, despite mounting calls

for him to stand down.

In a televised address,

he said he intends to lead next

month's congress of

the ruling party, Zanu-PF.

Yesterday, he was sacked

as its leader and told he has

until 10am today to resign,

or face impeachment.

Let's speak now to Zimbabwean

journalist Georgina Godwin

and Zanu-PF's UK

representative Nick Mangwana.

Good morning and thank you for

joining us. Step back at it, this

televised address, many said they

were expecting him to stand down

gracefully. That is not what

happened.

It didn't happen and

everyone watching around the world

was stunned. I think that the army

knew what he would say and

sanctioned what he would say. There

were suggestions that maybe he read

from a speech, swapped pages. I

don't think that happened. The army

wanted to give him a dignified

excerpts. The problem is a

disconnect between the army and the

party. And I think that there has

not been sufficient communication.

The party has said they want to

impeach him. War veterans have been

aggressive in language and they

might take the fight to the streets.

It is very difficult. What happens

now with the impeachment is that

parliament will meet and, of course,

many parliamentarians have been

expelled because they were part of

Grace Mugabe G40 group. It is

step-by-step, it will take possibly

weeks. They will need the opposition

to vote with them to make up the two

thirds majority that is needed. This

is the one chance that we, as

Zimbabweans have, in the great

March, the ringing endorsement of

Zanu-PF and the army, the people

that have oppressed us for 37 years,

we did not say it at any point, what

we really need is electoral reform

and we need to completely change the

way that the security forces work.

Now, the opposition have a window to

do that during this impeachment

process.

How long a road is it from

Mugabe being taken from power and

then free elections? Does it seem

like a long way away for you, a long

way off?

The elections have to take

place within five years, which means

August 2018. Zanu-PF and the army

are in such disarray that is not

possible. They would have to be

constitutional tinkering. There will

be a transitional body. It depends

how long that hangs on. White that

is an extraordinary length of time,

really, isn't it, five years.

You

say that is the earliest?

By-election has to take place five

years after the last one, so August

2018, but it will have to be

extended.

We have seen people out on

the street. They were celebrating.

How dangerous is the situation right

now?

There are a couple of

flashpoints we need to be careful

of. The General, does he have

support of the rank and file? Are

they angry he has made a deal with

Mugabe? Are the people angry. Mugabe

says he would abide by the people.

The people have spoken. I think we

as Zimbabweans are very peaceful. A

flashpoint is unlikely. We have to

look at the regional bodies, the

African Union. The language has been

very careful. That it is not a coup.

That is so that there are no boots

on the ground from the regions. We

hope. And then of course the last

thing is China, who are bankrolling

Zimbabwe to an enormous degree. This

could not have happened without

their say so. And V NDC have this

window because I think unless they

do something to open the economy,

which means Zimbabwe is a stable

place to invest, then they will lose

China and the economy will totally

collapse.

Thank you very much for

coming to talk to us. I imagine we

will talk to you again.

Thank you.

And the big day. That deadline is

10am, so we will follow that

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

Robert Mugabe clings to power,

as he refuses to stand down

as President of Zimbabwe.

In an extraordinary speech live

on TV, in which he had been expected

to quit, the 93-year-old

instead promised to stay

on for weeks to come.

The operation I have alluded

to did not amount to a threat

to our well-cherished

constitutional order.

Nor was it a challenge

to my authority as head

of state and government.

Good morning, it is

Monday 20 November.

Also this morning: Reducing

the number of stillborn babies.

Pregnant mums are told that

sleeping on their sides

could save hundreds of lives.

Charles Manson, the notorious head

of an American cult he directed to

carry out a series of murders, has

died in hospital aged 83.

70 years since their marriage

at Westminster Abbey,

the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

celebrate their platinum wedding

anniversary with the release

of three new portraits.

Good morning from this Co-op

distribution centre, where today we

are looking at how retailers prepare

for the festive period. According to

the analysts, it is going to be a

tough one for them. I will be

looking at why.

In sport: A terrible return

to the Premier League

for David Moyes, as his West Ham

side are beaten 2-0 by Watford

in his first match in charge.

And Carol has the weather.

Good morning. It is a fairly cloudy

day ahead. We have some rain and

drizzle moving from the west towards

the east, with some snow on hills in

Scotland, north of the Central Belt.

For most of us, it is going to be

unseasonably mild. I will have more

details in around 15 minutes.

The Zimbabwean President,

Robert Mugabe, has shocked

the nation by refusing widespread

demands for him to stand down.

Giving a speech live on TV

while under house arrest,

during which he had been expected

to resign, he instead

announced his intention to lead

next month's congress

of the ruling party.

He has now been given a deadline

of midday today to quit

or face action.

Our Africa editor Fergal

Keane has this report.

MARIMBA MUSIC.

The very music seemed designed

to drain any drama out

of the moment.

And perhaps the geniality

of the encounter was a giveaway.

Robert Mugabe didn't look like a man

about to walk into the wilderness.

And his words, delivered 15 minutes

into a rambling address,

confirmed that he intended to stay

as leader of the country and party.

The congress is due

in a few weeks from now.

I will preside over its processes,

which must not be prepossessed

by any acts calculated to undermine

it, or to compromise the outcomes

in the eyes of the public.

He praised the military

and acknowledged the crisis

in his country and party.

This appearance has shocked

Zimbabweans, who were preparing

to witness his resignation.

I think we're being played.

We are being played.

I feel let down.

I think by now we should have

produced some sort of result,

but we have nothing.

It's like we're back to square one.

I think the whole nation

was expecting him to resign.

I think we're all shocked.

I think people are going to be

depressed, confused.

There are big questions now.

How can Robert Mugabe preside over

a party which today removed him

from the leadership?

Once-loyal supporters met to warn

that he would be impeached

by parliament if he did't step down

from the presidency.

This is the moment when Robert

Mugabe lost power in his own party,

the party he dominated for so long,

and has now been replaced as party

leader by a man who was one

of his closest allies for decades.

A Crocodile...

The new leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa,

is known as 'the Crocodile,'

celebrated here for

his ruthless cunning.

But when it gets his prey...

He may have agreed to pause,

but he is unlikely to stop

until he ousts his old comrade.

The American criminal and former

cult leader Charles Manson has died

in prison in California.

He was 83.

Manson's followers committed

a series of notorious

murders in 1969.

Their victims included

the actress Sharon Tate,

wife of director

Roman Polanski, at her

home in Hollywood.

Manson himself was initially

sentenced to death, before

the penalty was abolished in

California, as James Cook reports.

Charles Manson - the name itself

is synonymous with evil,

a killer who did no killing,

but whose crimes shocked the world.

In August 1969, followers

of his cult broke into the Hollywood

home of Sharon Tate.

The pregnant actress,

who was married to the director

Roman Polanski, was brutally

murdered, along with four

of her friends.

The next night, the so-called

Manson Family killed again,

tying up and murdering

a wealthy couple.

This was the ramshackle ranch

in Death Valley where Manson lived

in a commune with his

young, runaway fans.

They apparently used LSD,

and saw the guitar playing

ex-convict as a kind of saint,

or perhaps a devil.

Charles Manson was charged not

with wielding a knife or firing

a gun, but with controlling

and directing the killers.

I don't accept the court,

I don't accept the whole situation.

Like, I was in the desert,

minding my business.

This confusion belongs to you.

It's your confusion.

I don't have any confusion.

I don't have any guilt.

I know what I've done,

and no man can judge me.

I judge me.

What have you done, Charlie?

And why had he done it?

Apparently to start a race war.

It would be called Helter-Skelter,

and he would use it to seize power.

In 1971, Manson was sentenced

to death on seven counts of murder,

later commuted to life in prison.

Over the years, Charles Manson

applied for parole time

and time again.

But he died a prisoner,

having shattered the peace and love

of the 1960s with

diabolical violence.

Let's get the very latest on this

story from our LA reporter Peter

Bowes.

Thank you very much for your time

this morning. He always wanted to be

a famous rockstar. You know, we are

talking about him now, and this name

many years on still causes so many

painful memories for so many people.

It certainly does, and strikes fear

through the heart of those people

who lived through that time in the

late 1960s. 1969 it was when the

killings were carried out, and for a

brief period before the killers were

caught and eventually taken to

court, people in this town of Los

Angeles were terrified. The gruesome

nature of those killings, Sharon

Tate, and of course the other four

people in her home who were stabbed,

and over are two night period the

next night, apparently choosing a

random the home of a wealthy couple

in the heart of Los Angeles, and

they were brutal killings as well.

Some people remember those days with

a tremendous amount of fear, and the

trial was the longest trial in

American history at that time, full

of drama. And, as we have just been

hearing in games's report, all the

parole hearings that he has appeared

out over the years, once again

reviving memories for people who

lived through those times -- James's

report.

Peter, thank you very much.

Peter reflecting on the news that

Charles Manson has died at the age

of 83.

The Government has announced plans

to transform transport links

in cities across the UK,

making it easier to get

from the suburbs to the centre.

It comes just days before

the Chancellor delivers his first

Autumn Budget.

Our political correspondent

Eleanor Garnier joins us

now from Westminster.

Another essential day ahead.

That's

right, and it could be a pretty

significant meeting of this Brexit

Cabinet committee. It is basically a

group of senior ministers who decide

the government's negotiating

position. And we know that part of

the sticking point with Brussels in

these Brexit negotiations is muggy.

That is partly because the EU and

the UK have taken different

approaches to settling the bill. It

is also partly because the UK has

been pushing back to make sure

taxpayers here do not pay any more

than they need to. But it is also

because, so far, the Cabinet has not

yet agreed on a way forward when it

comes to the cash. So when these

ministers get together with the

Prime Minister later on, will they

be able to come to an agreement?

Well, as EU politicians continuously

point out, the clock is ticking. So

the pressure is certainly on, and it

is a busy day for the Prime

Minister. She will be in the West

Midlands with the Chancellor,

highlighting plans to improve

transport links between cities and

suburbs, all with the aim of

improving productivity.

Germany is facing a political

crisis, after Angela Merkel's

attempts to form a three-party

coalition government failed

following weeks of negotiations.

The leaders of the pro-business

Free Democrats unexpectedly pulled

out of talks last night.

It represents a serious

setback for Mrs Merkel,

who during 12 years in power

was seen as a symbol of stable

government in Europe.

Today it is the 70th wedding

anniversary of the Queen

and the Duke of Edinburgh.

They have been married longer

than any other royal

couple in history.

They are celebrating their platinum

wedding anniversary with the release

of three new portraits,

and will be spending their day

with friends and family

privately at Windsor.

Our royal correspondent

Sarah Campbell reports.

In the gloom of postwar Britain,

their marriage was, in the words

of Winston Churchill,

a flash of colour.

He was the dashing naval officer,

she the future Queen.

In the 70 years since,

theirs has proved to be

a relationship which has truly

stood the test of time.

It's worked because their

personalities and their characters

complement one another.

They're quite different,

in many ways, but Prince Philip

is the first to make

the Queen laugh uproariously,

and is probably the only person

who can also tell her to shut up.

Pictured in 1939, 18-year-old Philip

first caught Princess Elizabeth's

eye on a visit to

Dartmouth Naval College.

It was the beginning

of a friendship which grew

into a lifelong partnership.

The Queen has referred to him

as her strength and stay.

the Duke remarked that tolerance

is essential to any happy marriage,

and the Queen, he added,

has that quality in abundance.

70 years after the royal couple

exchanged their vows here,

the bells of Westminster Abbey

will peal for more than three hours

in their honour.

These images have been released

by the Palace to mark

the couple's milestone anniversary.

The Queen and Prince Philip

will celebrate at a private party

at Windsor Castle this evening.

Some lovely quotes from the front

pages. Prior to the wedding, Prince

Philip told the Queen Mother he had

fallen in love completely with her

daughter. Philip once remarked my

job, first, second and last, is

never too late the Queen down.

70

years, quite something.

The President of Zimbabwe,

Robert Mugabe, has defied demands

from the army and his

own party to step down.

In an address to the nation last

night, the 93-year-old made no

mention of a resignation,

even though the ruling Zanu-PF Party

has given him until 10:00am

today to hand over power

or face impeachment.

Our correspondent Ben Brown

is in the country's capital,

Harare, for us.

What has the reaction been?

So many people expecting him to

perhaps stand down, and that is not

what he did.

Good morning, Louise. A

huge sense of disappointment and

anger, really, among many

Zimbabweans who watch that speech

last night, just assuming he was

finally going to resign. Especially

after being sacked by his own ZANU

PF ruling party. This is the

headline in one of the newspapers

this morning, Louise, arrogant

Mugabe disregards ZANU PF and says

he is going nowhere. Let's get some

reaction now from one of the

opposition members of Parliament.

James is from the opposition party

in Zimbabwe. What was your reaction

when you saw the speech last night?

There is nothing Mugabe said which I

did not expect. You must know the

system in ZANU PF of entitlement and

impunity. So that was entitlement

and impunity at play.

Are you angry