22/11/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin

The Chancellor Philip

Hammond promises to use

today's budget to secure

a bright future for Britain.

The famous red box is

expected to contain plans

for housing and schools,

but Mr Hammond is a man under

pressure from all sides.

I'm Eleanor Garnier,

and I will have all the political

analysis ahead of a key day

for the residents of both Numbers 10

and 11 Downing Street.

I'll be looking at the economics.

I've been finding out how members

from one family are feeling

the squeeze and what the Chancellor

can best do to help them,

young and old.

Good morning, it's Wednesday

the 22nd of November.

A new dawn for the people

of Zimbabwe after President Mugabe's

37 years in power come to an end.

How different types of alcohol bring

out different emotions,

a major study looks at the link

between your drink and your mood.

Liverpool throw away

a 3-0 lead in Seville,

meaning qualification

for the knockout stages

of the Champions League will have

to wait a little longer.

And Carol has the weather.

Good morning. A fairly cloudy day

for many once again, we have heavy

and persistent rain across the

north-west of the country. The

brighter skies will be in the

south-east and East Anglia and it

will be pretty windy across England

and Wales. More in 15 minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

The Chancellor Philip Hammond

will present his Budget

in Parliament later.

He'll set out what he describes

as his plans to seize

the opportunities from Brexit,

while tackling deep-seated economic

challenges in the country head on.

Mr Hammond is under pressure

to balance the books but also ease

austerity amid significant tensions

within the Tory party.

Our political correspondent,

Eleanor Garnier, reports.

When the Chancellor opens his red

box to reveal his tax and spending

plans, money will be tight as the

government keeps saying. The

Chancellor's under huge pressure to

loosen the purse strings to put more

cash into public services like the

NHS. But few expect the Chancellor

to go on a big spending spree.

Brexit is the backdrop to everything

in Westminster. The tensions over

the talks with Brussels and division

in government over the EU don't make

the Chancellor's job any easier. Any

controversial budget plans, like tax

rises or spending cuts, will be a

difficult sell without an overall

majority in the Commons. The Tories

hoped for a reboot at the General

Election and the party conference

both failed. Now many think it's up

to the Chancellor to deliver a big

budget that will trigger the revival

the party and the Prime Minister

need. The stakes are high for the

Chancellor and with some in his own

party wanting him sacked, any

slipups and he could find himself

out of a job. Eleanor Garnier, BBC

News, Westminster.

And Eleanor joins us now

from Downing Street.

You mentioned it's a high-pressure

day for Philip Hammond and on top of

that we've had all this talk of

last-minute changes forced upon him

by the Prime Minister as well?

I

think the Chancellor really does

have very little room form an Uber,

politically but financially too.

There are many conservatives in

Westminster who would want the

budget to lift the post-election

Bloom they've been dealing with --

room form an Uber. Banish all

memories of recent Cabinet

resignations and smooth over the

external tensions with Brexit but

many know the Chancellor is starting

with a pretty weak hand. We can

expect plans to target the housing

crisis, there will be extra money

for teacher training in England and

cash to boost the number of students

taking maths after 16, and for young

people the discounted rail cards are

extended from 26 to 30 -year-olds.

But will there be any good news for

paid off for public sector workers?

What can the Chancellor do to

address concerns over the waiting

time for Universal Credit? Big

questions and lots of pressure.

Labour is calling for the Chancellor

to call time on austerity and boost

public services. The Chancellor will

try to improve the government's

fortunes, but really the economic

and political backdrop leave him

with few options.

Eleanor, thanks

very much, we will speak to you

later.

There have been euphoric scenes in

Zimbabwe following the resignation

of Robert Mugabe as President.

The sacking of Emmerson Mnangagwa

earlier this month prompted military

intervention a week ago,

which brought to an end Mr Mugabe's

37-year grip on power.

Mr Mnangagwa is expected to be

sworn in as the country's

new leader in the next two days.

Despite this, Zimbabwe is waking up

to an uncertain future.

Our Africa correspondent

Anne Soy reports.

Zimbabweans from across

the political divide

united in celebration.

It's been a long time coming.

The end of an era many will remember

for its repression and brutality.

The man most of these

people only ever knew

as President leaves disgraced.

This is history in the making.

We never thought that this

was going to happen in Zimbabwe.

Yes!

Yes!

This is history, you guys.

This is what we have been fighting

for since independence.

One man has been taking us back,

and we are very happy

that he has done, now.

The announcement came

from an unlikely venue.

Parliament was in the process

of impeaching Robert Mugabe,

but they did not

need to, in the end.

The Speaker read out

the resignation letter.

Hereby, I formally tender my

resignation as President

of the Republic

of Zimbabwe with immediate effect.

APPLAUSE

The ruling party plans to have the

former vice president Emmerson

Mnangagwa is warning to complete

Robert Mugabe's term before

elections are held next year.

Critics say the two men

are cut from same cloth.

So as Zimbabwe celebrates the end

of Robert Mugabe's rural,

in the coming days, there will be

reflections on the future

of the country and whether this

political transition is the change

that they had hoped for.

Anne Soy, BBC News.

More on that through the morning for

you as well.

A UN war crimes tribunal is due

to deliver its verdict later this

morning on a former Bosnian-Serb

general Ratko Mladic,

who's accused of

orchestrating the worst act

of genocide in Europe

since the Second World War.

Mladic is charged with the murders

of 8,000 Muslim men

and boys in Srebrenica

in 1995,

as well as the four-year

siege of Sarajevo,

in which 10,000 people died.

Now aged 74, he's been on trial

at The Hague for more

than five years.

There are fears the crew

of a submarine that disappeared

in the southern Atlantic could be

running out of oxygen.

44 people are on board the San Juan,

which went missing last

Wednesday after it reported

an electric breakdown.

A spokesman for the Argentine navy

said the massive search operation

would continue until

the vessel is located.

We will be speaking to someone who's

been helping with the rescue effort

and people involved in that a little

bit later

and people involved in that a little

bit later.

The American actor and musician,

David Cassidy, has died in Florida

at the age of 67.

He was admitted to hospital last

week after suffering

multiple organ failure.

The '70s icon shot

to fame in the sitcom

The Partridge Family before

going on to have a successful

solo career in music.

Our North America correspondent,

Peter Bowes, joins us from Los

Angeles.

Peter, very sad day, good morning.

Extremely sad. We knew he was ill,

he went into hospital about a week

ago and we were told he was

suffering from multiple organ

failure but at only 67, you're

absolutely right, it is a sad loss

and lots of people may be of a

certain age will remember him in the

1970s, the Cartridge Family, the

show that catapulted him to stardom.

You couldn't get much bigger than

David Cassidy as a pop star in those

days -- Partridge. It was bubblegum

pop that made him a star and the

show went on for about four years,

album after album and then it ended

and he went on to a solo career,

which wasn't quite as successful for

him, and at one point he almost

seemed to rebel against the times he

was very successful. He had quite a

troubled private life, a few run-ins

with the law and drink driving

offences, and towards the end of his

life he wasn't particularly well. In

fact earlier this year he will

announced he would be ending his

career after five decades. --

announced. There have been many

tributes, led by Brian Wilson from

the Beach Boys, who tweeted he is

sad about David Cassidy, they got

together in the late 70s and they

started writing a song together, he

was very talented and a nice person.

Tributes have been paid

to the comic actor Rodney Bewes,

who has died aged 79.

English girls abroad with appealing

shoulders and flowery dresses, like

wallpaper on the March!

He found fame playing Bob Ferris

in the BBC sitcom The Likely Lads

alongside James Bolam,

although the pair eventually fell

out in real life.

He went on to enjoy other roles

on stage and screen,

including a sitcom he wrote called

Dear Mother...Love Albert.

One of Hollywood's most successful

animators and the co-founder

of Disney's Pixar studio,

John Lasseter, is the latest high

profile media figure

to face allegations

of inappropriate behaviour.

Lasseter, who worked

on films such as Toy Story,

A Bug's Life, and Frozen,

is taking a six month leave

of absence and has apologised

for what he called missteps,

including giving

staff unwanted hugs.

Uber has admitted that it concealed

a massive global breach

of the personal information of 57

million customers and drivers

which took place

in October last year.

The ride-sharing firm confirmed it

had paid the hackers

responsible £75,000 pounds to delete

the data, which included customer

names, e-mail addresses

and mobile phone numbers.

Different types of alcohol change

and shape your mood in different

ways, according

to a major new study.

Researchers for the Global

Drug Survey have found

major links between types of alcohol

and the emotions they create.

For example, spirits were associated

with feelings of aggression,

while red wine and beer

were linked to feeling relaxed.

James Gallagher reports.

How do you feel when you drink?

Sleepy or rowdy?

Excited, or maybe even tearful?

The on-line Global Drug Survey

filled out by nearly 30,000 young

adults suggests what's

in your glass is linked

to your mood.

It showed spirits had

the strongest link.

More than half associated

drinks like gin, rum,

and vodka, with

confidence and energy.

But nearly a third also link those

drinks to aggressive feelings.

The survey said a feeling

of relaxation was linked mostly

to red wine or beer.

The researchers say varying alcohol

levels in the beverages might be

having different

impacts on the brain.

Younger people in particular

were more likely to report

a stronger emotional connection,

both on the positive

and the negative side.

But also women were more likely

than men to report different high

levels of emotional outcomes,

if you like, with different drinks,

except for aggression, where men

were more likely than women.

The study shows only an association,

it cannot prove different drinks

alter mood, and it didn't

assess our motions before

they started drinking.

The researchers describe their work

as an initial exploration

and say

understanding the relationship

between drink and emotion could help

tackle alcohol abuse.

James Gallagher, BBC News.

I think that's interesting but I

probably could have guessed it

depends on what you drink.

The other

thing, which will talk about this

later, volume, whether that affects

your mood, whether it is down to the

type of drink that makes you feel a

certain weight.

And whether you mix

them.

You are taking things a whole

new level there! -- a certain way.

Very early for us but it is 5pm

somewhere!

That is true! What have

you got?

Liverpool, Champions

League, throwing away the 3-0 lead,

a spectacular first 30 minutes and

then it all went to pot. Throwing

away the chance to go through to the

knockout stages for the first time

since 2009.

Roberto Firmino and

Sadio Mane had put

Jurgen Klopp's men 3-0 up

inside half an hour.

But a second half collapse

was completed deep into injury time

when Guido Pizarro equalised.

But Tottenham and Manchester City

know they'll finish top

of their groups after

winning last night.

Spurs beat Borussia Dortmund

to finish above Real Madrid.

England's women have secured

a series victory over Canada

with a Test to spare.

They were 49-12 winners

at Twickenham.

And the waiting's nearly over.

This time tomorrow the men's Ashes

series will be well under way

way in Brisbane.

Today the captains face the media.

We have Matt Prior coming on later.

Overnight did you see Nathan Lyon

said that some Englishmen were

scared in the Ashes, it ruined their

career, he said he was looking

forward to ruining more. Matt Prior

is a good guess to have on today

considering.

He said it was rubbish,

all words to that effect.

I believe

that's correct. -- or words.

I know

I'm jumping ahead to the papers, but

the Sun has turned Nathan Lyon into

the cowardly Lyon from the wizard of

Oz, and England have hit back saying

he is talking rubbish. The time of

year for that!

We love a bit of

buildup, all starts tomorrow at the

Gabba. Midnight tonight. All the

details tomorrow. Let's look at some

of the front pages, starting with

the Guardian. Good morning as well,

Steph.

McGarvey family relinquishes power,

celebrations taking place in Harare

and other parts of Zimbabwe after

Robert Mugabe stood down -- Mugabe

family. The Daily Telegraph with a

pretty similar front page. Another

picture from Zimbabwe. Look at the

sign he is holding up, Mugabe go

home and rest. And ahead of the

budget, they are talking about the

relationship between Number Ten and

number 11, talking about May's

budget wall with -- war with

Hammond. The real reason Jack was

booted out of the jungle is their

front page, going back to some

tweets sent in the past, and they

have been found and he has been

accused of various things. His

representatives said he has come out

the jungle to resolve that. And PM

cuts police budget, that is the

front page of the Mirror this

morning. On the front page of the

Sun, talking about Angela Merkel,

and again, we were talking about the

pictures of Angela Merkel yesterday,

and how they very much tell a story.

The way they put it is Britain will

soon be out of your hair, cheer up.

Their main story is savers urged to

boycott banks who have not passed on

this month's rise in interest rates.

I feel sorry for people that

constantly have cameras.

They take

lots and lots of photos, and use the

photo which fits the story.

It is

like when the former Governor of the

Bank of England used to go to

Wimbledon and permanently set with a

smile, so they didn't have any shots

they could use.

If you are very

famous...

Well, you can't have one

anywhere, including newsrooms, as we

saw last week.

There is a journalist

somewhere jotting all this down.

Obviously I am covering the budget

today, and innovative -- in a bit of

good news, a surge in demand from

overseas, and this is obviously the

alternative to retailers that

struggle with the fall in the value

of the pound. For our manufacturers

it is good news because it makes our

products cheaper for those buying

them from abroad. There are always

winners and losers when you look at

what is happening in the currency

market.

And you have a busy day for

budget day. You will be covering it

on Breakfast.

You are the Eye which

never sleeps.

Apart from during the

shifts.

And the war of words. Liam

Phillips, a former BMX world

champion and Olympian, finally

retired. His last injury was the

final one. His right wrist had to be

plated, so it was all over. There is

a nice illustration of how many

injuries, more than a dozen over the

course of his career. His clavicle

has had to be plated three times on

both sides, and he has said enough

is enough.

I rode a BMX around with

him, in the build-up to the

Olympics, I think he beat me by

about 15 minutes!

It has been a bit

of a tough run.

You know when you

get stuff sent in the post and it is

inappropriately rapped or covered in

bubble wrap and has miles of

cardboard around it, well, this guy

called Paul Jacobs ordered a role of

bubble wrap from Amazon and look

what it came wrapped in, 100 foot of

paper. This is his role of bubble

wrap, and when it turned up it was

covered in this, to protect it.

Just

in case something happens.

Just in

case there was any sort of injury to

the bubble wrap, which of course is

used for that purpose.

You can get a

great role of it, put it on the

floor and walk on it.

Here is Carol with a look

at this morning's weather.

And you and

And you and I have done the classic,

gone to our different wardrobes and

chosen almost exactly the same

dress.

You couldn't make it up,

could you? This morning is quite

mild. If we were to draw a line from

north Wales across the Lincolnshire,

all point out that are currently

resting at 13 or 14 Celsius. As we

go past the middle part of this

week, it will turn more mild. This

morning, wet and windy weather. If

you are in the west, you have got

both. Low pressure is driving our

weather once again. We have a

weather front in the west and the

north, both producing rain, heavy

and persistent rain, and the wind is

really going to strengthen later in

the morning and into the afternoon

across England and Wales. This

morning is a quiet start, there is a

lot of cloud around. Temperatures in

London, 7am, 14 Celsius and one or

two back brighter breaks here and

there. Across northern England we

have some rain, and the most heavy

and persistent will be coming in

from the north-west. In southern

Scotland the heaviest rain from the

south-west at this stage. A lot of

dry weather, chilli in Scotland and

a wintry mix in the Northern Isles.

For Northern Ireland, not as windy

for you but we do have persistent

rain coming across, heavy at times

as well, and that is moving across

the Irish Sea, across the Isle of

Man, fringing in the north Wales,

the rest of Wales at this stage

staying mostly dry. Through the

course of the day the rain comes in.

It will be heavy. They will be

surface water and spray on the roads

to content with, but the wind will

be a feature. Strengthening in the

morning, into the afternoon, and we

will also have some snow. Not just

the hills in Scotland but possibly

down to low levels and some of the

roads north of the Central Belt, as

well. Inland, we are looking at

gusts around 40 to 50, with exposure

in the coast, 60 to 70. It will be

windy tonight, not quite as strong,

though. We still have the rain and

increasingly the rain turning the

snow, again not just on the hills in

Scotland. Here, it will be cold. The

cold air is starting to filter

further south as we go through the

course of the night. Tomorrow, we

start off with this rain and snow in

the north. Increasingly through the

day it will start to recede. We lose

the rain from south-east England. In

between, a lot of dry weather, some

showery breaks as well coming

through. But again, a blustery day.

Temperature-wise, look how this

column of air is continuing to

filter south. The far south of

England hangs on to the double digit

temperatures, and also south Wales,

as well. As we move into Friday we

still have low pressure to the north

and the south of us, dragging this

weather front, bringing some rain in

the southern counties. The wind

comes to a more north and

north-westerly direction, and that

is a colder direction for us. The

Friday and into the weekend, it is

going to turn colder as illustrated

by the blue in the charts, some of

us will see regular showers, some of

us winter showers, and some of us

sunshine. At times it will be

blustery as well, so it is

sunshine. At times it will be

blustery as well, so it is all

happening in the weather.

Isn't it?

And a rainy day for some of us

today.

It is a big day for the Chancellor,

Phillip Hammond, who will deliver

his budget later.

Its contents won't be

a complete surprise,

though, as we have already

been given some insight

about the Government's plans

for the coming year.

Steph is here.

What can we expect?

We get an update, first, on the

economy.

Yes, we get an update on

the economy, how much we have been

borrowing and the like.

There is still a lot of detail

to come, but here are some

of the big things.

First up, amongst all the numbers

we will hear today, we will learn

how much cash the Government has

to borrow to run the country.

Because we have a deficit,

meaning the Government spends more

money every month than it has coming

in, it thought we would have

to borrow £58.3 billion this year

to cover the difference.

In fact, the Government has spent

a bit less and made a bit more

in taxes than we thought this year.

What can the cube and you tell us

about homes? Building homes is a big

part of it.

We already know that the Government

is committing itself to 300,000

new homes in England.

That is around double what we are

building at the moment.

What we don't know is what that

will cost, where he will get

the cash from, nor where those

houses will be built,

or in fact what kinds

of homes that will be.

Worth adding here that

house-building decisions

is devolved, so Scotland

and Wales will be making

their own choices, too.

They are hoping new houses

will attract young voters back

to the Conservatives.

What else are they offering

for young people from this Budget?

The other big announcement

is extending the young person's

railcard, currently only

for those aged 16-25,

but from next year will be available

up to the age of 30.

It is not free, it will cost £30,

but will offer a third off

most non-peak fares.

This is one of a handful

of policy announcements.

He is also investing in skills

and education for hi-tech jobs

and courses designed

to appeal to younger votes.

The Conservative Government

are worried they are losing ground

to Labour there.

You must remember your young

person's card, to take it with you,

as well. And this public sector pay

going to feature?

And there is growing pressure

to increase public-sector pay.

Police and prison officers have had

modest pay increases,

but teachers, nurses,

doctors and others have had a cap

on their wages for seven years.

It would cost about £6 billion

a year, but that squeeze

on families is hurting.

One of the big financial watchdogs

said one in six households

with a mortgage would struggle

to absorb an extra £50

a month in bills.

There is so much for the Chancellor

to try and do. Thank you very much,

and I love your cubes.

Is that the

special budget cube? I would like to

get the cube back as a regular

feature. What does the cube think of

this?

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

Top temperature, about 14 Celsius.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

but also on Breakfast this morning:

He's accused of ordering the worst

atrocities in Europe

since the Second World War and today

Ratko Mladic is expected to be found

guilty of genocide.

We'll get reaction from former BBC

foreign correspondent

Martin Bell, who gave

evidence at the trial.

The government wants driverless

cars to be ferrying us

around within three years.

So we've taken one for a test drive

to see whether they're on track.

If I could have the pleasure of your

company...

Sweet, sweet...

I'd stay

on key and tried to say hello.

You're doing great.

Praise indeed from Bing Crosby,

who Sir Michael Parkinson credits

as one of the artists

who helped shape his life.

The chat show host will be

here to tell us more

about the soundtrack to some

of his most special memories.

That's wonderful!

Good morning,

here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News:

Philip Hammond will present his

budget in Parliament later today

amid intense pressure to announce

far-reaching measures to tackle the

housing shortage, put more money

into the NHS and he's austerity. Mr

Hammond will be seeking to restore

the government's fortunes after

months of Tory infighting over

Brexit and two Cabinet

resignations in recent weeks.

Zimbabwe's former Vice President,

Emmerson Mnangagwa, is expected

to be sworn in as the country's

new leader in the next two days.

Wild celebrations have been

taking place overnight

in the captial Harare,

following the resignation

of Robert Mugabe as President.

Mr Mnangagwa's sacking earlier this

month prompted the military

intervention last week,

which brought to an end Mr Mugabe's

37-year grip on power.

A UN war crimes tribunal is due

to deliver its verdict later this

morning on a former Bosnian-Serb

general, Ratko Mladic,

who's accused of orchestrating

the worst act of genocide in Europe

since the Second World War.

Mladic is charged with the murders

of 8,000 Muslim men

and boys in Srebrenica in 1995,

as well as the four-year

siege of Sarajevo,

in which 10,000 people died.

The 74-year-old has been on trial

at The Hague for more

than five years.

There are fears the crew

of a submarine that disappeared

in the southern Atlantic could be

running out of oxygen.

44 people are on board the San Juan,

which went missing last

Wednesday after it reported

an electric breakdown.

A spokesman for the Argentine navy

said the massive search operation

would continue until

the vessel is found.

The American actor and musician

David Cassidy, has died in hospital

in Florida at the age of 67.

He shot to fame in the sitcom

The Partridge Family

before having a successful

solo music career.

At the peak of his fame

in the 1970s, his fan club had more

members than those of

The Beatles and Elvis Presley.

Tributes have been paid

to the comic actor Rodney Bewes,

who has died aged 79.

English girls abroad with appealing

shoulders and flowery dresses,

like wallpaper on the march!

He found fame playing Bob Ferris

in the BBC sitcom The Likely Lads

alongside James Bolam,

although the pair eventually fell

out in real life.

He went on to enjoy other roles

on stage and screen,

including a sitcom he wrote called

Dear Mother...Love Albert.

Some lovely tributes being paid to

him and David Cassidy overnight as

well.

Uber has admitted that it concealed

a massive global breach

of the personal information of 57

million customers and drivers,

which took place

in October last year.

The firm confirmed it had paid

the hackers responsible £75,000

to delete the data,

which included customer names,

e-mail addresses and

mobile phone numbers.

Alcohol can shape a person's mood

according to the type of drink,

according to a major new study.

Research from the Global

Drug Survey found links

between types of alcohol

and the emotions they create.

For example, spirits were associated

with feelings of aggression,

while beer was linked

to feeling relaxed.

It's nearly Thanksgiving and that

means the annual November ritual

of Presidential turkey pardoning

in the United States.

President Trump used his

authority to grant a turkey

freedom from the dinner table.

It's a White House tradition

which goes back to the 19th century.

Rather ironically, this year,

the lucky bird's name was Drumstick.

Drumstick will not be on a table or

be a drumstick this year.

I never

find out what happens to them once

they have been pardoned.

Some

investigative journalism for next

year.

Maybe they go on holiday

somewhere. Back to a farm?

A lovely

farm.

Maybe it's only a pardon for

one year. Is that bad?

He could be

next year's drumstick. Good morning.

Do you remember when Liverpool came

back from 3-0 down and won the

Champions League in 2005.

I was

there in Istanbul.

It was on the

other foot last night, not quite the

Champions League but they could have

made it through to the knockout

stages.

Well, last night the football boot

was very much on the other foot.

Victory over Sevilla in Spain

would have seen Liverpool qualify

for the knock out stages

of the competition for the first

time in nine years.

They were 3-0 up after half an hour

thanks to Roberto Firmino

and Sadio Mane.

They collapsed in the second half

and conceded an equaliser deep

into injury time.

A draw in their final game

against Spartak Moscow will see

Jurgen Klopp's side through.

2/2 times, two different half times,

fantastic first half from us, from

my side, from my team, in the second

half we made a mistake and we didn't

carry on playing football. It's

normal that you try to control the

game but a team like we are, we have

to control the game with the ball

and we didn't play football any

more.

Tottenham ensured they'll finish top

of their group after they came

from behind to beat

Borussia Dortmund.

Harry Kane equalised and then

Dele Alli set up Heung Min Son

as Spurs won 2-1.

It means they'll definitely finish

above champions Real Madrid whatever

happens in the last round of games.

And Manchester City know they'll

also be top of their group,

though they left it

late to beat Feyenoord.

Raheem Sterling's goal won it

for them at the Etihad.

England striker Jodie Taylor

will leave Arsenal Women and sign

for Australian side Melbourne City

for six weeks before moving

to Seattle Reign in the US

on a permanent basis.

Taylor was the top

goalscorer at Euro 2017,

scoring five goals for England

in four appearances.

She's been at Arsenal since March

2016 but says she's looking

for a fresh challenge.

They've been probably the most

dominant club. The core group of

players, the core values of the

team, the location as well,

absolutely love the Pacific

Northwest. The thing I admire the

most about Seattle as well is the

drive and motivation they've got to

succeed and to keep pushing forward.

England's women secured a series

victory over Canada with a Test

to spare with a comfortable 49-12

win at Twickenham last night.

Captain Sarah Hunter led

out her side on her 100th cap

in a fixture that saw

the Red Roses score eight tries,

with Rachel Burford

and 18-year-old Ellie Kildunne

both crossing twice.

England will secure a series

whitewashwith victory in the final

Test on Saturday.

If you had a more productive night

than Wigan winger Ryan Corr cloth

than let us know -- Ryan Colclough.

I think I have gone ahead on the

story!

You can tell us about it

later maybe tomorrow?

It's fine.

Ryan Colclough, scored two goals and

then went off to see the birth of

his baby.

You can do it now, here we

go.

It is just a photo.

We have got

a photo of the cricket crazy

actually, we have got it!

There we

go, we have got it.

The White House turkeys go off to a

farm and live their life out in

peace. Between 2005 and 2009 they

were sent to Disneyland.

That sounds

a bit made up!

It's been described as the most

significant war crime

trial since Nuremberg.

Later this morning the UN's

International Criminal Tribunal

for the former Yugoslavia

will deliver its verdict in the case

of Ratko Mladic.

The former Bosnian Serb warlord

is expected to be found

guilty of committing

the last genocide in Europe.

In a moment we'll speak

to Martin Bell, the former BBC

correspondent who

covered the conflict.

First, let's remind ourselves

of some of Mladic's alleged crimes.

His name is Ratko Mladic, but to

most of the world he'll be

remembered by his nickname, the

Butcher of Lyon Balkans. As

commander of the Bosnian Serb forces

when Yugoslavia collapsed into

brutal civil war in the early 1990s,

he is accused of playing a leading

role in two of the most notorious

horrors of that conflict. The

four-year siege of Sarajevo claimed

at least 10,000 lives, while the

genocide of 8000 men and boys in the

town of Srebrenica was Europe's

worst atrocity since the Second

World War. When the conflict ended

in 1995, Mladic went into hiding but

was captured after 16 years. Now

aged 74, he's been on trial at The

Hague since 2012, charged with two

counts of genocide and nine of war

crimes and crimes against humanity.

The UN tribunal will deliver its

verdict later this morning.

Martin Bell covered those events

as a Foreign correspondent

for the BBC and was injured

by shrapnel while reporting from

Sarajevo.

We can speak to him now.

In some ways this is an historic

moment but let's take you back to

those days when you were reporting

on what was going on, and many of

our audience will remember your

reporting but some of this was

horrific, wasn't it?

It was an

ordeal for everyone. The siege of

Sarajevo lasted for 3.5 years. The

war itself for that long. 98,000

people were killed in that war, not

just Muslims, what we now call

Bosnia acts, but Serbs and Croats as

well. Something like 2 million were

driven from their homes in a country

of only 4.5 million so it was a long

ordeal and a terrible conflict and I

always argue we could have brought

to -- brought it to an end earlier.

You think Britain could have played

a role to make a difference?

The

Western democracies were rather

hands off from the start, believing

this was the revival of ancient

hatreds. I remember talking to a

senior officer has it all ended and

I said, Major, actually, he was a

colonel, you could have stopped this

earlier, he said yes and. At the

time of the Srebrenica massacre, we

all remember today, the deliberate

killing of 8000 men and boys, there

were 34,000 UN troops in Bosnia, the

leading contributors contributors

were the English and the Dutch but

there was in the political will to

save those people.

Tell us about

Ratko Mladic's role in this, you met

him, what was his role and what was

he like?

We met him and he said he

didn't need the press because he

would be exonerated by history. In

the eyes of the soldiers under his

command he was a good soldier. He

was a frontline soldier. He was a

professional soldier. He saw himself

as being correct. But something

happened in the siege of Sarajevo.

... Srebrenica was meant to be a UN

declared safe area but it wasn't.

The Serbs took it on the 12th of

July, 1995. There was no attempt by

Nato or the UN force to save it, and

what happened happened. It was a

total tragedy.

You gave evidence I

know in the trial, what will happen

today do you think? How significant

is all of this, the fact he's been

on trial?

I think it's very

significant. Of course he was in

hiding for a long time. These trials

are immensely protected and his has

been going on for five years, but

this is the last case before the war

crimes tribunal at The Hague which

started its first case, I was there,

in June, 1990s X, this is its last

case and its biggest case and maybe

it's defining case -- 1996. There is

some pros is of international

justice but it has been flawed. --

process. Many war criminals who

should have been brought before the

tribunal happened been.

What about

the sentence, what would be

appropriate in your view?

It's for

the judge to decide. This is an old

and sick man and even a short

sentence in his case would probably

be a life sentence. But for the

victims and the families of the

victims of the Srebrenica massacre,

it represents a kind of necessary

closure.

Martin Bell, we appreciate

your time. Thanks for talking to us

on Breakfast.

We will bring you details on that

judgement at some stage on the BBC

today.

Here is Carol with a look

at this morning's weather.

Here is Carol with a look

at this morning's weather.

I know it is not all about us,

Carol, but when I got out of bed it

was raining the entire way this

morning. How was it looking for the

rest of the UK?

You are right, there

is definitely rain in the forecast,

the heaviest in south-west Scotland,

Northern Ireland, northern England

and north Wales. But there is also

rain elsewhere as well. A windy day

across England and Wales. Gusts up

to 70 miles an hour with exposure.

Inland gust, 40 to 50 mph. What is

driving our weather is low pressure

today. We have low pressure in the

north and in the south. This is

where the heaviest, most persistent

rain will be, and you can see how

the isobars squeeze together as we

go through the morning, into the

afternoon. So the wind is going to

strengthen during that period. First

thing this morning across south-west

England there is a lot of dry

weather around, a fair bit of cloud

as well, and it is the same across

southern counties, into East Anglia

and the Midlands. The cloud is thick

enough for the odd spot of rain, or

indeed some drizzle, but the other

thing you will notice is it is very

mild. Rain already coming across

north-west England, heading into the

north-east, the same southern

England. In Scotland it is chilly

and we have some rain with a wintry

flavour across the Northern Isles.

You have the rain already in

Northern Ireland. The wind here is

lighter and you will have rain on

and off for the day. The rain

continuing to drift eastwards

through the day and here as well

this the wind will strengthen. The

rain moves across southern and

central Scotland, it moves across

northern England and all of Wales. I

had a bit there will be a fair bit

of cloud, but we will some dull

Maxis some breaks around parts of

the Midlands, especially East Anglia

and the south-east. Don't forget the

wind is going to be a feature of the

weather today across England, and

also Wales. Very mild in England,

Wales and Northern Ireland, cooler

in Scotland with some hill snow.

Through the evening and overnight,

although the winds will easy touch,

it will be a windy night and a wet

one, and by the end of the night we

will not just be seeing snow on the

heels of Scotland. Some of that will

be at lower levels as well. Here it

will be cold, as it will be in

northern England and Northern

Ireland. We are just hanging the

milder conditions in the south.

Tomorrow we start off with the

remnants of the rain eventually

pushing away from the south-east. We

will still have some snow for a time

north of the Central Belt, but even

at lower levels for a time, and a

rush of showers coming in around the

area of low pressure. In between,

there will be a fair bit of

sunshine. No heat wave because you

can see the colder air already in

the north is starting to push that

it further south to all but the far

the north is starting to push that

it further south to all but the far

south-east of England.

I don't think

your dresses are that similar. I

know you said that.

Don't you?

The

colours are the same, but a very

different styles. Yours is a bit

more of a round neck, Carol's is

different.

That was so observant, I

didn't notice that.

I didn't notice

you had a haircut until our viewers

pointed it out. I am trying to get

better.

At lunchtime today the Chancellor,

Phillip Hammond, will deliver

a Budget he hopes will appeal

to many, from big business

to students and parents

to the retired.

But it is not going to be an easy

job to balance both public-pleasing

policies with spending

within our means.

Steph has been chatting to one

family about the options,

and how they might affect them.

The fact that we now have a budget

each year, rather than the budget,

there is a lot of focus on it. He is

trying to make sure he provides the

services we need, and pays those

providing them the right money,

while also not spending too much

money, it is that balancing act that

to be honest we as households have

to do as well. You have to make sure

you are not spending more than you

are bringing in as income. So,

because it is putting a lot of

pressure on families at the moment,

with the cost of living going up and

wait is not going up as fast, I went

to talk to the Richardsons, from

Darlington.

Nicola is a teacher,

Dave is a postman.

They have a little boy already,

and a new baby on the way.

So I joined them and Nicola's

mum, Susan, for a brew.

How old is Alfie?

Here's two.

And

you have another one on the way?

Yes, another boy, just for fun.

What

would you say is the biggest thing

that, like Tom you worry about in

terms of money?

Things like food

prices going up, and petrol always

seems to be changing. And it does

make a difference, week on week.

Our

weekly food bill has gone up, hasn't

it, 10%, 20% more?

The amount of

money that's been added to our fuel

bills has been quite phenomenal.

We

think twice about putting the

heating on, sometimes, don't we? In

the 1960s and 1970s you wouldn't

have had the heating on all the

time, if you have it.

We probably

didn't worry as much about fuel

bills. Fuel poverty is not a term

that used to hear, you do now,

people having to make choices

between heating and eating.

How is

life as a teacher at the moment?

Have you seen your salary change at

all?

We have had 0.5% increases, but

it has been frozen for the last five

years or so. We have had a lot of

family and friends that have lost

their jobs, and have had to find

them with not much warning. A bit of

a pressure point, isn't it, because

there are not enough jobs to go

around, is there?

And if you do, it

is part-time or have agency staff

where you are not even getting

minimum wage after all the fees. So

it is tough.

Do you think it is

tougher in the north-east?

Yes, you

feel a bit left home. People say, oh

yes, wages are writing -- rising.

This is the kind of area

where jobs in the public sector

Were the best jobs you could get.

What about the future?

They might be

doing jobs that don't exist yet.

Going back to the 70s, things won't

that easy, actually, anyway. And we

did have a mortgage, and of course

interest rates were in, like, double

figures that you were paying back

then. So I don't know whether we

were better off then, but I think we

felt things were improving.

We are

just trying to do our best for the

next two, so to speak and have some

fun on the way. As we have got a

nice house, we have got some food on

the covers, that kind of thing. And

a lot of people don't actually have

that, very often.

Say goodbye,

Steph.

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

They are very typical of lots of

families, really. Families very much

living within their means but having

to cut back on things because of

cost of has been going up while at

the same time that he hasn't. They

have less money to spend on things

they normally would have. They were

telling me they don't really go

abroad for holidays, and they are

really frugal with their shopping,

and things. And it is interesting

because the Financial Conduct

Authority has done some research on

families generally and how they

would cope if Ilves went up for

them, and they worked out that one

in six households with a mortgage

would really struggle struggled to

cope with a £50 increase in bills

every month. It wouldn't take much

for a family like that to be unable

to get their head above water. So it

will be interesting to see whether

she gets a pay rise as a teacher, or

local services in their areas, as

well, and the job situation.

If you

are on that budget line, than those

small changes can make a difference

either way.

Staying with the budget,

and the Chancellor is due

to announce regulation changes

which would allow more driverless

cars to be tested

on Britain's roads.

But you might not be aware that some

robotic vehicles are already

on our streets.

You might even pass one today.

So would you trust a vehicle

that controls itself?

Our transport correspondent

Richard Westcott has been

for a test-drive.

It is not just humans that must

learn to drive. Computers need

lessons as well, and they have to

start from scratch. One lesson the

car has got to learn is that things

look different in the autumn. So the

leaves might be orange but not

green, but it has got to know it is

still a tree. It has also got to

know what to do if a pedestrian

doesn't this. This is what the

computer store, and there is me,

looking like a character in a

videogame. What is extraordinary

about this car is how ordinary it

looks. It's going to be driving

around the streets of Oxfordshire

and London, you will barely notice

any difference, apart from the

writing down the side. But it is

fully autonomous. Sir Alex, do you

want to get the computer driving.

Yes, it is just a single press of a

button. I press that button on the

car takes over.

And it is just as we

are coming to a roundabout, as well,

so let's see how it copes with the

first proper obstacle. We are on a

test track, but this car has been

driving on normal roads, dealing

with the usual daily obstacles,

cyclists, buses, and some unusual

ones as well. You may have crossed

in front of it without realising, or

you may have seen this and wondered

what was going on. The on-board

computer has been learning all those

things you can't really teach.

Honestly, the truly hard thing about

living in autonomous car is all the

unexpected crazy stuff that can

happen on the road. You would never

think to programme about, dropped

shopping bags in the middle of the

street, it could be a shopping

trolley that is blowing in the wind.

We were once somewhere and a whole

bunch of pheasants flew in very

quickly from the side. We were fine

with that stuff, but those were

things that you wouldn't script as

part of your driving test.

The

government says it wants robotic

cars driving us around within three

years. But for some that seems

ambitious. They still need to sort

the insurance, to work out what

happens if the human driver has to

suddenly take back control. And they

have got to convince people that it

is safe.

I think it is really scary.

Look at some of the drivers

nowadays, they go on the wrong side

of the roads. So what computer

driven cars would be like, I don't

know.

I heard someone say how does

it make decisions like, say, it was

going to crash into a kid or an

adult? It make decisions like that,

moral sort of stuff?

I think it is a

good idea, but obviously I have

concerns with regards to not having

a human intelligence. It is a

machine, at the end of the day.

Computer drives your power forward

you. So what do you do? You are a

passenger? Can you get some sleep?

It is up to you.

No way. As long as

I could steer it, maybe.

Britain is

a front runner in driverless vehicle

software, and that should be worth

billions.

Think really big. Think

about all the vehicles that move.

Yes, autonomous vehicles are

amazing, but think about all the

forklifts, all the vehicles at

airports, imports, in farms, in

mines, these are all vehicles that

had to answer questions, where am I,

what is around me, what do I do?

They are already answering those

questions.

Robot cars are already

driving on our roads but it will be

a few years before you can go and

buy one.

I think I would trust a driverless

car.

I like to be in control of my

own destiny.

What if you had a

driverless car but you were able to

take over. So you could be there,

but if anything went wrong.

Would

you be concentrating at the right

moment?

That is not the point, is

it?

I am a little bit sceptical.

Ten

years, we will all be there.

head into Friday. It is getting much

cooler for the weekend.

head into Friday. It is getting much

cooler for the weekend.

Vanessa Feltz is on BBC radio

London, and she is doing a budget

preview.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

The Chancellor Philip

Hammond promises to use

today's budget to secure

a bright future for Britain.

The famous red box is

expected to contain plans

for housing and schools,

but Mr Hammond is a man under

pressure from all sides.

I'll be looking at the economics.

I've been finding out how members

from one family are feeling

the squeeze and what the Chancellor

can best do to help them.

Good morning, it's Wednesday

the 22nd of November.

Also on the programme:

A new dawn

for the people of Zimbabwe

after President Mugabe's 37 years

in power come to an end.

How different types of alcohol bring

out different emotions,

a major study looks at the link

between your drink and your mood.

Liverpool throw away

a 3-0 lead in Seville,

meaning qualification

for the knockout stages

of the Champions League will have

to wait a little longer.

And Carol has the weather.

Good morning.

Good morning.

A fairly cloudy day ahead with heavy

and persistent rain in the north and

west. Brighter skies in East Anglia

and the south-east and a windy day

across England and Wales. More

details in 15 minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

The Chancellor Philip Hammond

will present his Budget

in Parliament later.

He'll set out what he describes

as his plans to seize

the opportunities from Brexit,

while tackling deep-seated economic

challenges in the country head on.

Mr Hammond is under pressure

to balance the books but also ease

austerity amid significant tensions

within the Tory party.

Our political correspondent

Eleanor Garnier reports.

When the Chancellor opens his red

box to reveal his tax and spending

plans, money will be tight,

as the government keeps saying.

The Chancellor's under huge pressure

to loosen the purse strings to put

more cash into public

services like the NHS.

But few expect the Chancellor to go

on a big spending spree.

Brexit is the backdrop

to everything in Westminster.

The tensions over the talks

with Brussels and division

in government over the EU don't make

the Chancellor's job any easier.

Any controversial budget plans,

like tax rises or spending cuts,

will be a difficult sell

without an overall majority

in the Commons.

The Tories' hope for a reboot

at the General Election

and the party

conference both failed.

Now many think it's up

to the Chancellor to deliver a big

budget that will trigger

the revival the party

and the Prime Minister need.

The stakes are high

for the Chancellor, and with some

in his own party wanting him sacked,

any slipups and he could find

himself out of a job.

Eleanor Garnier, BBC

News, Westminster.

And Eleanor joins us now

from Downing Street.

The papers

The papers are full of pre-

analysis. You talked about in there,

but there's a lot of pressure to get

this right, isn't there?

They're

absolutely is. I think the

Chancellor has very little room for

and over, both politically and

financially. There are many

conservatives in Westminster who

would like the budget to lift the

party's post-election gloom, to

banish those memories of recent

cabinet resignations -- little room

for manoeuvre. And his move over the

internal tensions over Brexit but

they know the Chancellor is starting

with a week and -- and to smooth

over. We know there will be plans

for the housing crisis and how to

tackle it. -- weak hand. There will

be extra money for teacher training

across England and more cash to

boost the number of students taking

maths after 16. For young voters,

those discounted rail cards are

being extended from 26 to 30

-year-olds. But will there be any

good news on pay for public sector

workers and what can the Chancellor

do to ease those concerns over the

waiting time for Universal Credit?

He's really under a huge amount of

pressure. Labour is urging the

Chancellor to call time on austerity

and to boost public services. But

the Chancellor will try to improve

the government's fortunes, but he

knows, and I think politicians here

know, that the backdrop, both

economically and financially, leave

him with very few options.

Eleanor,

we will be discussing this

throughout the programme. Thank you

for the moment.

There have been euphoric scenes in

Zimbabwe following the resignation

of Robert Mugabe as President.

The sacking of Emmerson Mnangagwa

earlier this month prompted military

intervention a week ago,

which brought to an end Mr Mugabe's

37-year grip on power.

Mr Mnangagwa is expected to be

sworn in as the country's

new leader in the next two days.

Ben Brown is in Harare this morning.

It's been good to talk to you over

the last few days, despite the

celebrations we've seen this morning

and last night, really uncertain in

Zimbabwe at the moment?

Absolutely

right, Dan. There are a few sore

heads in Harare this morning, people

were partying in the streets right

through the night. Wild

celebrations. As people wake up now

to what they hope is a new dawn and

a new era for Zimbabwe, they will,

as the euphoria subsides, the a bit

wary about this man, Emmerson

Mnangagwa, the former vice president

-- be a bit wary. Let's talk about

him and who he was under the Mugabe

regime, he was one of Mugabe's key

henchmen, a man accused of brutal

repression, rigging elections and

human rights abuses, corruption,

known as the Crocodile, but he fell

out with the Mugabes, he fled for

his life, he said he would be

arrested and killed so he went into

exile earlier this month. Today he's

coming back and in a few hours we

think he will be sworn in either

today or tomorrow as the new

president. People here are hoping

because he's an economic reformer,

it is said, and potentially a

pragmatist, he could be a much

better ruler than Robert Mugabe. But

no one is quite sure, they want to

keep a close eye on him, and as one

opposition leader said, we've

replaced a tyrant but not Mr Serevi

a tyranny.

Then, thanks for that, we

will be back in Harare later to get

more reaction to that news -- Ben --

but not necessarily a tyranny.

A UN war crimes tribunal is due

to deliver its verdict later this

morning on a former Bosnian-Serb

general Ratko Mladic,

who's accused of

orchestrating the worst act

of genocide in Europe

since the Second World War.

Mladic is charged with the murders

of 8,000 Muslim men

and boys in Srebrenica

in 1995,

as well as the four-year

siege of Sarajevo,

in which 10,000 people died.

Now aged 74, he's been on trial

at The Hague for more

than five years.

Baidu Lawney is there this morning.

People will want to know what his

sentence will be and it's a

significant day, isn't it?

It is

hugely significant. Picking up the

morning papers here in Bosnia, we've

got the headline, judgement for the

blood letter. Look over my shoulder

and you will see the white

tombstones in the graveyard on the

Hill in Sarajevo, many people who

died in the siege of Sarajevo,

10,000 are buried up there. There's

a children's monument in the middle

of town which is pretty

heartbreaking. I've been there with

a father who lost his teenage son

during the siege and to be honest,

it is hard not to be moved when he

puts a photograph of it next to the

monument and kissing it, the stakes

are high for people and they are

eagerly waiting what will happen

with Ratko Mladic in The Hague.

Thanks very much. . It will take

about an hour to read the verdict.

There are fears the crew

of a submarine that disappeared

in the southern Atlantic could be

running out of oxygen.

44 people are on board the San Juan,

which went missing last

Wednesday after it reported

an electric breakdown.

A spokesman for the Argentine navy

said the massive search operation

would continue until

the vessel is located.

We will be speaking to someone who's

been helping with the rescue effort

and people involved in that

a little bit later.

The American actor and musician,

David Cassidy, has died in Florida

at the age of 67.

He was admitted to hospital last

week after suffering

multiple organ failure.

The '70s icon shot

to fame in the sitcom

The Partridge Family before

going on to have a successful

solo career in music.

At the peak of his fame in the 1970s

his fan club had more members than

those of the Beatles and Elvis

Presley.

Tributes have been paid

to the comic actor Rodney Bewes,

who has died aged 79.

English girls abroad with appealing

shoulders and flowery dresses,

like wallpaper on the march!

He found fame playing Bob Ferris

in the BBC sitcom The Likely Lads

alongside James Bolam,

although the pair eventually fell

out in real life.

He went on to enjoy other roles

on stage and screen,

including a sitcom he wrote called

Dear Mother...Love Albert.

If you have a look at the BBC

website, there's glowing tributes to

Rodney Bewes.

One of Hollywood's most successful

animators and the co-founder

of Disney's Pixar studio,

John Lasseter, is the latest high

profile media figure

to face allegations

of inappropriate behaviour.

Lasseter, who worked

on films such as Toy Story,

A Bug's Life, and Frozen,

is taking a six month leave

of absence and has apologised

for what he called missteps,

including giving

staff unwanted hugs.

Uber has admitted that it concealed

a massive global breach

of the personal information of 57

million customers and drivers

which took place

in October last year.

The ride-sharing firm confirmed it

had paid the hackers

responsible £75,000 pounds to delete

the data, which included customer

names, e-mail addresses

and mobile phone numbers.

Did you know the type of alcohol you

drink can affect your mood in

different ways?

Research from the Global

Drug Survey found links

between types of alcohol

and the emotions they create.

For example, spirits were associated

with feelings of aggression,

while beer was linked

to feeling relaxed.

That is good information to know. We

will investigate that more later in

the programme.

Let's go back to something we've

been discussing over the last few

weeks. The vice president in Harare

is expected to be sworn in following

Robert Mugabe's resignation. The

country is waking up to an uncertain

future.

In a moment, we'll

speak to journalist

Rashweat Mukundu, who's in Harare.

First though, let's talk

to activist Vimbai Musvaburi,

who's also

in the country's capital.

We heard the scenes of celebration

and we heard from Ben Brown in

Harare this morning, has the news

sunk in, how are you and other

Zimbabweans feeling this morning?

Thank you for having me on your show

today. I must mention the fact I

grew up on the streets of Southend

in my teenage years so I'm excited

to be on the show today. The

excitement is still a pic. I must

say it has begun to sink in. This is

the time where we actually start to

drill in the idea of having a new

leader. -- dell epic. Especially

because we've got the reality to

face in regards to who is actually

taking power next. -- still epic.

The rumours do say that Emmerson

Mnangagwa is being sworn in. But I

must say that there is a lot of

uncertainty with Zimbabweans. A lot

of people are thinking, OK, is this

going to be better? But I believe

that Zimbabweans will not allow

anybody to put them through what

they've been put through by Robert

Mugabe over the last three decades.

We need change. Emmerson Mnangagwa

maybe Mr B or C, but he is someone

different and Zimbabwe is aware of

their surroundings. INAUDIBLE they