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Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

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The royal wedding -

we should find out more

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details later today.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

are expected to get married

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in a church.

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We should find out

the venue and date later.

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And we'll be live outside

Buckingham Palace getting

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all the latest and we'll

also be finding out how

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the United States is reacting.

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Good morning.

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It's Tuesday, November 28.

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Also this morning: A huge jump

in the number of parents fighting

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to get educational support

for their children.

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There's been a 28% increase

in the last year alone.

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It has taken every fibre in my body

to fight, and I will never, ever

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give up for what my daughter needs

and is legally entitled to.

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Your Christmas dinner

is going to cost more this year.

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The highest prices for turkey

and all the trimmings in eight

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years, according to one

piece of research.

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I'm taking a look at

festive food prices.

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In sport, who will be the BBC

Sports Personality of the Year?

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Last Christmas, Andy Murray won it

for a record third time.

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I'll have the list of this year's 12

candidates just after 6:30am.

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Excellent, thank you.

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And Matt is out and

about with the weather.

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Good

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Good morning. I am at the Yorkshire

Museum. Let's see if we can brighten

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up your Tuesday morning. A

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Museum. Let's see if we can brighten

up your Tuesday morning. A lot more

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sunshine around, wintry showers and

to start the morning it is cold with

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frost and ice. I've got all the

details coming up in 15 minutes.

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Hopefully we can see Matt later.

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Good morning.

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First, our main story.

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More details of Prince Harry

and Meghan Markle's forthcoming

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wedding are expected to be

announced later today.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury has

indicated the couple

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will have a church wedding,

saying the pair had "chosen

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to make their vows to God"

in a religious ceremony.

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The couple went public

with their engagement yesterday.

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I fell in love with Meghan so

incredibly quickly was confirmation

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to me that all the stars were

aligned, everything was perfect.

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This beautiful woman tripped and

fell into my life, I fell into her

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life. And the fact that she will be

unbelievably good at the job part of

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it as well is obviously a huge

relief to me because she will be

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able to deal with everything else

that comes with it.

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Let's talk about the wedding itself.

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Our correspondent Ian Palmer

is outside Buckingham Palace.

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It is on the front of all of the

papers in the UK and I expect across

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the world in many places. We need

more details about the wedding. Will

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we get some today?

It won't be hard.

We know very little about the plans

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so far. We know that it will be

spring next year and little else. We

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are expecting some details later

this afternoon. What could we find

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out? A date would be nice of course.

The wedding couple would have to

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take into the fact that the Duchess

and Duke of Cambridge are expecting

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their third child. Will it be before

the third child is born, or after?

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Certainly from Kate and William's

point of view it would be easier to

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look after two small children rather

than three. If they delay it until

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May then the weather will be kind

and the day even longer. The venue,

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where will it be? Will it be a small

affair, like in the Guard's Chapel?

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Or will it be a grand affair in

Westminster Abbey, or indeed St

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Paul's Cathedral? These are two

people in their 30s, and of course

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they have a shared interest in

humanitarian charitable work. They

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have collected a lot of people over

the years. There will be many people

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they would like to invite.

I am sure

there will be. People are asking for

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invitations. Thank you. So many

things we don't know. We will talk

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about it later.

We will show you the

papers later.

It is just pictures

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basically of the royal couple.

Yes,

absolutely.

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New measures are to be introduced

to reduce the number of deaths

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and serious injuries

during childbirth in England.

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For the first time, parents

of stillborn babies are to be

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routinely offered an independent

investigation into what went wrong.

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The UK has already reduced

the mortality rate for babies,

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but still lags behind many

other European countries.

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Here's our health

correspondent Dominic Hughes.

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Losing twins during pregnancy and

then having baby Hugo very

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prematurely means Rachel understands

all too well the challenges

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childbirth can present. Her

experience has taught her that

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parents and medical staff need to be

more aware of when things could go

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wrong.

I think it is education of

pregnant women to never be afraid to

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ask questions and raise concerns.

And it is the medical establishment

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and encouraging them to do so.

Now

the Health Secretary in England is

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announcing rather than hospitals

carrying out their own

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investigations when things go wrong

and independent review will be

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carried out instead.

When I talk to

parents whose heart has been broken

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by something that has gone wrong in

those very small numbers of cases,

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what they say is it is not about the

money, they just want to know that

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the NHS has learned from what went

wrong so that same mistake is not

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ever going to happen again.

The UK

lags behind many other European

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countries when it comes to

preventing baby deaths and premature

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births. There are around nine

stillborn babies every day. Roughly

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50 women still die in England each

year from issues related to

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pregnancy. At around 50,000 babies

are born prematurely. Progress is

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being made, but there are concerns

that difficult lessons are not being

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learnt.

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The only airport on the Indonesian

island of Bali has been closed

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for a second day amid concerns

of a volcanic eruption.

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Massive plumes of smoke and ash have

been spewing out of Mount Agung over

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the past few days.

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Earlier the BBC's Rebecca Henschke

sent this report from

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near the volcano.

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Mount Agung is sending out

thick clouds of ash,

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smoke, and gas, behind me,

with increasing intensity.

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The airport here in Bali has been

closed for a second day

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because of this threat

of an imminent eruption

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from the volcano.

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Last night, you could see

a red glow in the crater,

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which we're told means that the lava

and the molten rock has now

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reached the summit.

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People have been told

to get out of an area,

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12-kilometre radius around

the volcano, but people

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are still staying

in their homes there.

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Officials today are going to move

in and forcibly take people out

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of this danger zone.

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At the moment, there

are still farmers down below

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in their rice paddies,

and the Balinese are still going

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about their life.

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They revere this mountain

as a sacred site, but now they're

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watching it very carefully,

and are on high alert

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for an imminent eruption.

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And a little later we will speak to

an expert in volcanoes to find out.

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They cannot say for definite what is

going to happen.

The different from

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when at last erupted in the 1960s is

there is a huge evacuation area.

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Still no idea as to when it might go

boom.

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When it comes to aspiration

and opportunity, England is becoming

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increasingly divided,

according to a new report.

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The Social Mobility Commission says

London and the south-east

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are still the best place

for disadvantaged children

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to progress, while those

in the Midlands and coastal areas

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have the least opportunities.

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The government has handed

over its analysis of the impact

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of Brexit on parts of the economy,

but the reports are not complete.

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The Brexit Secretary David Davis

says the documents have been

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redacted to leave out commercially

sensitive market information.

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But Labour are inisiting they should

be given all the detail.

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11 British Overseas Territories

are to receive £70 million

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of funding to help them rebuild

after the recent hurricanes

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in the Carribean.

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The money is to be provided

by the British government to help

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rebuild schools,

hospitals and ports.

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The leaders of the territories

are to meet Theresa May today

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to update her on the

progress made so far.

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It was one of the UK's greatest

conservation success stories.

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Over 30 years, red kites went

from the brink of extinction

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to being a common sight

in many parts of the UK.

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But their recovery could be derailed

because of poisoning by humans,

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according to research published

in the European Journal of Wildlife

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Research.

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Postmortem tests revealed thousands

of the birds of prey died

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after consuming substances,

including lead shots and pesticides.

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The RSPB has described the findings

as a worrying development.

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Those are some of the main news

stories today. If we look at the

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front pages, only one story in town.

On the back pages, one of the topics

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is that thing.

Yes. I have to say

our top story was affected by the

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top story on the front of all the

newspapers this morning. Harry and

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Meghan. Last night on the One Show,

there was a big extravaganza, a big

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plan they devoted time on, then

apparently there was a royal

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engagement. Quite a big interview.

We had Gaby Logan racing through the

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nominees last night. A little bit

more detail on that this morning.

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OK, good.

Some clever people joining

us in the studio in a virtual

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reality way. Don't get too excited.

LAUGHTER. A little bit like Star

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Wars. Yes, anyway.

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So who will be this year's BBC

Sports Personality of the Year?

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Andy Murray lifted

the trophy last Christmas,

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winning it for a record third time.

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The live ceremony is on December

the 17th in Liverpool.

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I'll have the list of this year's 12

candidates in around 20 minutes.

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England all-rounder Ben Stokes

is apparently on his way Down Under,

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but not to join up

with the Ashes squad.

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He was spotted at Heathrown airport

but the ECB said he was flying

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to New Zealand to visit his family.

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Jonny Bairstow won't face

disciplinary action after he "bumped

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heads" with Australia's Cameron

Bancroft a month ago.

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England's Director of

Cricket Andrew Strauss said

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it was something Bairstow did

with his rugby mates,

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but the players have

effectively been grounded.

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The second Test begins

in Adelaide on Saturday.

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The former England manager

Sam Allardyce is the leading

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contender for the Everton job.

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He had been an early candidate

to succeed Ronald Koeman,

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but publicly withdrew after Everton

were slow to make an offer.

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That might now change.

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Karen Carney has withdrawn

from the England squad for today's

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World Cup qualifier

against Kazakhstan in Colchester

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after injuring an ankle.

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England have won their

first two qualifiers.

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Lots more detail on the nominees

coming up in 20 minutes' time.

Thank

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you. And details weather with Matt.

I think it is going to get

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you. And details weather with Matt.

I think it is going to get really

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cold, isn't it?

Good morning. It is

certainly cold this morning here.

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Good morning. We have not mentioned

the C-word just yet. It is Christmas

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at the York Gardens. There are

illuminated installations playing

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along with music surrounding the

location in the grounds of a 13th

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century abbey. And these colourful

balls will twinkle away through the

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forecast. Let's brighten up the

forecast with your weather

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conditions today. If we look at the

forecast, it will be bright for

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many, and quite cold, increasingly

chilly wind across the country and

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showers around turning increasingly

wintry later on. To start this

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morning in Scotland, Northern

Ireland, Wales, the Midlands, there

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will be ice around after overnight

showers. A little frost elsewhere.

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Showers at the moment mainly

contained in the far north and west

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of the country. Most start the day

dry with sunshine, and plenty to

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come through this morning. Through

the day the wind will strengthen

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across eastern Scotland and England,

showers become frequent across

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eastern counties through the

afternoon, some of those will be

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sleet and snow, mainly over the

hills to begin with, most places

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will have some rain and the odd

rumble of thunder closer to the

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coast. Further inland, it will be

dry. Much of the Midlands and

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southern England will stay dry

through the day. Parts of East

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Midlands will have showers later.

Showers on and off in south-east

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England, not as lengthy as yesterday

-- south-west England. The same in

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Wales with gaps between them and

sunshine. If anything, the showers

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will be fewer into the afternoon.

Showers come and go through the day

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in Northern Ireland. Sunshine in

between. And UK wide today,

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temperatures down on yesterday, at

best around 4-7, maybe eight or nine

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in the far south. In the evening,

showers inland will fade away. They

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continue across northern and eastern

coasts and one or two across western

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Wales and south-west England. That

will give the risk of ice through

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the night. It is frosty elsewhere

and raw wind blowing into the start

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of Wednesday morning across eastern

Scotland and eastern England.

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Eastern Scotland and England will

see showers through the day. Some

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turning increasingly into sleet and

snow even not just on the hills into

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the afternoon. Further west, west of

Wales and south-west England most

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likely to see showers. Many other

parts will be dry as you can see.

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And again temperatures drop and the

wind starting to have even more of

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an impact. It will be an east- west

split on Thursday. Eastern counties

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of England to the south-east and

east Anglia by this stage might have

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the odd flurry of snow mixed in with

rain. But it will be bitterly cold

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along the eastern areas. The wind

will make it feel more like sub

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zero. So, yes, it will be a cold

rump of weather but for some of you

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a good deal of sunshine over the

next couple of days. Showers on the

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western fringes, the east of

Scotland and parts of eastern

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western fringes, the east of

Scotland and parts of eastern

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England too.

I think everybody is

lucky to watch at this time of the

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morning because the lights look

spectacular. It will becoming

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lighter later, but they look

perfect, don't they?

Thank you. I am

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slightly mesmerised by those

gorgeous globes. Shall we look at

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the pages. We mentioned they are

slightly dominated. I think they are

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having a page off. 25 pages of

unrivalled coverage over Harry and

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Meghan.

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The Daily Mail has a souvenir

pullout.

Yes, in the middle, and

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massive amount.

We are fully covered

with Harry and Megan.

The Daily

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Telegraph, a mere 16 pages of

coverage, again with a souvenir

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supplement. So many details in that

interview they gave to the BBC last

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night. A rather wonderful interview.

It was the details about the corgis

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liking the first time they met her,

apparently they have been barking at

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Prince Harry for 33 years. From his

point of view it was love at first

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sight. He proposed after they had

had a roast chicken at home. That's

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nice.

That is a great way to

propose. Nobody says no after a

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roast chicken.

You are not

necessarily going to guess that that

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will be the moment, either.

The one

picture...

I've got it.

The close-up

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of the ring. Nobody really got a

proper close-up.

No, it is not very

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good. If you watch royal weddings,

over the years, the close-up of the

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ring has always been a big part of

the story, I suppose. There you go.

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That is her ring. A diamond that he

wrought back from Botswana. And some

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of Diana, Princess of Wales'

jewellery, included in that.

I am

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looking for the pullout poster.

There it is. If you are really into

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it all, you can put that on your

office wall or your bedroom wall.

On

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the refrigerator, maybe.

You must

have a double door refrigerator.

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Remember, we were talking to the

relatives of the so-called Chennai

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Six, the sixth edition and who were

jailed in India, and they were very

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optimistic when they were speaking

to us on the sofa yesterday. -- six

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British men who were jailed in

India. At we have good news, they

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will be back in time to Christmas.

Brilliant stuff. I can see that

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Steph has a turkey.

Yes, a paper

one, not a real one. That would be

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awkward. Just carrying around

chickens and turkeys, in case

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anybody wants to propose. We are

talking about the Christmas dinner.

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It is a bit of bad news. Because we

import so much food, and the fall in

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the value of the pound, it means our

Christmas dinner will be more

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expensive this year. Just to give

you an idea of the key components, a

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turkey will cost £1 more than last

year, potatoes have gone up by about

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£1 as well. Brussels sprouts, who on

earth like them? Well, they have

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gone up I 30p.

You have to have

some, just because.

I say keep it

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clean. Go turkey, pigs in blankets,

staffing. Done.

No sprouts?

Am I the

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only person here who will be buying

sprouts?

They are forced on me, to

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be honest.

There is nothing you can

do with a sprout that makes it nice.

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Adding bacon, honey, all those

things...

I had cheesy sprouts are a

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few years ago. Dear me.

What kind of

cheese?

It took me until the new

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year to get rid of that. My word. My

word!

Cheesy sprouts!

I have never

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been a fan of the sprout, and that

cemented my troubles.

Don't worry,

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nobody is listening. I'm sure nobody

will pick up on that.

I forgot I was

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on television for a moment.

I know

you did. I will rescue with this.

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Talk about naivete. The cricketers

are being called naive now. Andrew

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Strauss, all of them, they have been

told off for being naughty, they

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will have to stay in at night and

not go out. I would think if you are

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on an Ashes tour, I know you are

away for a long time and you want to

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have fun and experience to place you

are in, but actually, shouldn't you

0:19:480:19:52

be a little bit careful about going

out to be bars that we talked about

0:19:520:19:56

yesterday, and being seen?

Stay in

with a box set.

Yes!

You are away

0:19:560:20:00

for a long time. You need a bit of

fun.

I know, I am joking. But the

0:20:000:20:05

warning is the them to be more

careful.

I love that both of you are

0:20:050:20:09

wearing hearts on your shirts.

Yes,

we have covered ourselves.

It is

0:20:090:20:13

almost as though we had a stylus.

They said we were loses.

Now, that

0:20:130:20:19

was something I said in jest. And

you have shared it with the nation.

0:20:190:20:25

That is up there with Sproutgate,

that.

0:20:250:20:31

Research by BBC Breakfast has

discovered than an increasing number

0:20:310:20:34

of parents of children with special

needs are taking their local

0:20:340:20:37

councils to tribunal,

in order to get the right support

0:20:370:20:40

for their child.

0:20:400:20:41

The number of cases in England

increased by nearly a third last

0:20:410:20:44

year with parents

winning 80% of cases.

0:20:440:20:46

Breakfast's Jayne

McCubbin has more.

0:20:460:20:53

Cruel, traumatic, heart-wrenching.

Diane describes the process she has

0:20:530:20:58

just gone through. Two years

fighting to tribunal is to get the

0:20:580:21:02

right support for her disabled

daughter. Aaron was left with

0:21:020:21:06

serious disabilities after being

born prematurely. -- Erin. A

0:21:060:21:12

statement, a legal document,

outlined exactly what support Erin

0:21:120:21:15

received. New legislation in 2014

meant Erin's statement had to be

0:21:150:21:20

scrapped and turned into a new

education, health and care plan.

0:21:200:21:22

That is when their fight began.

They

have stripped out everything.

All of

0:21:220:21:28

Erin was make provision?

Switch

therapy, one, occupational

0:21:280:21:32

therapy... All gone?

All gone. They

appealed the plan in October 2015.

0:21:320:21:39

In May 2016 they lost at the

tribunal, appealed again and in July

0:21:390:21:44

this year won a new plan. You

basically got everything back to

0:21:440:21:47

her?

Yes, and more.

How can you

summarise the process you have been

0:21:470:21:52

through?

I can't, I can't. It

doesn't make sense, what we have

0:21:520:21:57

been through, as a family, to get

Erin needs and is entitled to. It

0:21:570:22:03

does not make sense.

Erin's Council,

Redbridge, told us they made 1500

0:22:030:22:09

decisions last year. Only 20 ended

in tribunal. The reforms were

0:22:090:22:12

designed to offer that is support

for children but we found almost

0:22:120:22:17

3400 parents had to fight for that

support last year.

What it tells me

0:22:170:22:22

is that there is a system which is

under massive strain. Council simply

0:22:220:22:26

do not have the money to give

parents what they think their

0:22:260:22:31

children deserve.

This isn't what

parents think their children

0:22:310:22:34

deserve. This is what the law says

children are entitled to. That is

0:22:340:22:38

very different.

Councils are doing

their best to do that, in impossible

0:22:380:22:43

financial circumstances. The law

also says that councils cannot

0:22:430:22:46

overspend their budget each year.

The department for education told us

0:22:460:22:50

they have given councils in extra

$223 million -- £223 million in

0:22:500:22:55

extra funding to help them introduce

these reforms successfully. Many

0:22:550:22:59

parents tell us that they too have

had to pay. The cost of independent

0:22:590:23:04

financial reports, lawyers and

experts, emotional costs which

0:23:040:23:07

cannot be quantified. Of course,

there are many parents who cannot

0:23:070:23:10

afford to pay anything.

There are of

course those situations where local

0:23:100:23:14

authorities will come along to the

hearing armed with a range of

0:23:140:23:18

professional supporting their case,

and that inevitably creates an

0:23:180:23:20

inequality of arms.

This can be a

brutal experience. Many parents,

0:23:200:23:24

like Deanne, will go through it more

than once.

It has taken every fibre

0:23:240:23:29

in my body to fight. And I will

never, ever give up, for what my

0:23:290:23:34

daughter needs and is legally

entitled to.

0:23:340:23:40

And we were hearing about this

yesterday, Jane. So many people

0:23:400:23:44

getting in touch with so many

different concerns. Let's talk

0:23:440:23:47

specifically about this. It is a

stark increase in the number of

0:23:470:23:51

people taking them to tribunal?

Let's go through the numbers we

0:23:510:23:54

discovered with this data Mac. 28%

increase, in England, in families

0:23:540:23:59

taking their fight for provision to

tribunal. How many of those cases

0:23:590:24:05

are actually won by local

authorities? Let's look at this

0:24:050:24:08

number. Only one in five. That

number tells us a story. Behind that

0:24:080:24:14

number is another number which tells

another story, because not all

0:24:140:24:18

councils will take it, will fight to

the bitter end. In many cases,

0:24:180:24:22

councils are conceding, and they are

saying, OK, we will not follow

0:24:220:24:25

through with this. But the parents

or withdraw this turmoil. Here is

0:24:250:24:29

another number for you. The amount

of money being spent by local

0:24:290:24:33

authorities fighting these cases, at

the very, very, very least it is £6

0:24:330:24:39

million in the last five years, at

the very least, because not all

0:24:390:24:43

local authorities provided us with

data Mac. -- data. We did go to

0:24:430:24:48

Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

to ask them for their data in all of

0:24:480:24:52

these areas. Northern Ireland didn't

give us anything. Scotland and Wales

0:24:520:24:55

said. Interestingly they didn't show

the same levels of conflict of these

0:24:550:24:59

cases going to tribunal. Before

anybody shouts at the television and

0:24:590:25:04

says, why on earth are you not

talking to us about that, we will

0:25:040:25:08

be, later in the week. We will be

doing a piece from Scotland later in

0:25:080:25:12

the week, looking at why they do

things differently. In England we

0:25:120:25:15

have seen this sharp increase. The

department of education said they

0:25:150:25:18

survey the 13,000 people involved in

this reform. Three quarters of those

0:25:180:25:23

people said they thought the new

plans were getting the health of

0:25:230:25:26

their children.

And I suppose,

listening to you there, that is one

0:25:260:25:31

of the reasons we decided to do this

report through the week. As Louise

0:25:310:25:35

was saying, so many families feel

let down but are also articulating

0:25:350:25:38

that yesterday, today...

Honestly,

honestly, my phone has not stopped

0:25:380:25:42

ringing. Although yesterday, it

didn't stop, with stories coming

0:25:420:25:46

through from people. It affects so

many people, which is why we are

0:25:460:25:49

shining a light on this area.

Tomorrow, big news if your family is

0:25:490:25:53

affected by autism. We have been

waiting a very long time, throughout

0:25:530:25:57

the all-party parliamentary report,

to learn more about autism services.

0:25:570:26:02

We will have that exclusively from

the Breakfast sofa tomorrow.

I did

0:26:020:26:06

an interview with David and Cary

Grant about their children. It

0:26:060:26:10

really gave me a very stark idea of

what life is really like, living

0:26:100:26:15

with and caring for children with

autism.

Yeah, it will be

0:26:150:26:18

fascinating. Do keep joining the

conversation. We really appreciated.

0:26:180:26:23

And we will be reading out as many

of those comments as we can through

0:26:230:26:27

the programme.

And you'll be back

later?

Yes, but if you are watching,

0:26:270:26:31

government, we still want an

interview with a government

0:26:310:26:34

minister.

Yes, we have been asking

for several weeks. The invitation is

0:26:340:26:38

still open.

Yes.

Whenever you like.

0:26:380:26:42

If you'd like to get in touch

with us about your stories,

0:26:420:26:45

email [email protected],

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0:26:550:27:01

The shortlist for the 2017 BBC

Sports Personality of the Year has

0:27:010:27:02

temperatures feel a little bit

colder.

0:30:230:30:24

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

0:30:240:30:26

in half an hour.

0:30:260:30:28

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

0:30:280:30:30

Now, though, it's back

to Louise and Dan.

0:30:300:30:33

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

0:30:330:30:36

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

0:30:360:30:39

but also on Breakfast this morning:

0:30:390:30:41

As tens of thousands of people

are forced to leave their homes

0:30:410:30:45

and hotels close to the Balinese

volcano, we'll speak

0:30:450:30:48

to a volcanologist about

the impending eruption.

0:30:480:30:54

It's the engagement talked

about around the world,

0:30:540:30:59

we'll compare the reaction

to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's

0:30:590:31:02

upcoming marriage on both

sides of the Atlantic.

0:31:020:31:15

# She's walking on by...

0:31:150:31:17

And we hear from Noel Gallagher

about that song, "Don't Look Back

0:31:170:31:20

in Anger", becoming

an anthem of solidarity

0:31:200:31:22

after the Manchester bombing.

0:31:220:31:24

Good morning.

0:31:240:31:25

Here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News.

0:31:250:31:29

More details of Prince Harry

and Meghan Markle's wedding

0:31:290:31:32

are expected to be announced today.

0:31:320:31:33

The Archbishop of Canterbury has

indicated the couple

0:31:330:31:36

will have a church wedding,

saying the pair had "chosen

0:31:360:31:38

to make their vows to God"

in a religious ceremony.

0:31:380:31:41

The couple went public

with their engagement yesterday.

0:31:410:31:50

I don't think that I would call it a

whirlwind in terms of our

0:31:500:31:55

relationship, obviously there have

been layers attached to how public

0:31:550:31:58

it has become, after we had a good

five, six months or most of just

0:31:580:32:03

privacy, which was amazing. But no,

I think we were able to really have

0:32:030:32:09

so much time just to connect, and we

never went longer than two weeks

0:32:090:32:14

without seeing each other, even

though we were obviously doing a

0:32:140:32:18

long-distance relationship, so we

made it work.

0:32:180:32:22

New measures are to be introduced

to reduce the number of deaths

0:32:220:32:25

and serious injuries

during childbirth in England.

0:32:250:32:27

For the first time, parents

of stillborn babies are to be

0:32:270:32:30

routinely offered an independent

investigation into what went wrong.

0:32:300:32:32

The UK has already reduced

the mortality rate for babies

0:32:320:32:35

but still lags behind many other

European countries.

0:32:350:32:40

When it comes to aspiration

and opportunity England is becoming

0:32:400:32:43

increasingly divided

according to a new report.

0:32:430:32:45

The Social Mobility Commission says

London and the south-east

0:32:450:32:47

are still the best place

for disadvantaged children

0:32:470:32:49

to progress, while those

in the Midlands and coastal areas

0:32:490:32:52

have the least opportunities.

0:32:520:32:57

The government has handed

over its analysis of some

0:32:570:33:00

of the economic impacts

of Brexit, but the reports

0:33:000:33:02

are missing some details.

0:33:020:33:03

The Brexit Secretary David Davis

says the documents have been

0:33:030:33:06

redacted to leave out commercially

sensitive market information.

0:33:060:33:08

But Labour are insisting the public

should be given all the detail.

0:33:080:33:17

It's been one of the UK's greatest

conservation success stories.

0:33:170:33:21

Over the last 30 years,

red kites went from the brink

0:33:210:33:24

of extinction to being a common

sight in many parts of the UK.

0:33:240:33:28

But their recovery could be derailed

because of poisoning by humans,

0:33:280:33:31

according to research published

in the European Journal of Wildlife

0:33:310:33:33

Research.

0:33:330:33:34

Postmortem tests on thousands

of the birds of prey revelaed that

0:33:340:33:37

many died after consuming

substances, including lead

0:33:370:33:39

shot and pesticides.

0:33:390:33:44

11 British overseas territories

are to receive £70 million

0:33:440:33:46

of funding to help them rebuild

after the recent hurricanes

0:33:460:33:49

in the Carribean.

0:33:490:33:50

The money is to be provided

by the British government to help

0:33:500:33:53

rebuild schools,

hospitals and ports.

0:33:530:33:54

The leaders of the territories

are to meet Theresa May today

0:33:540:33:57

to update her on the

progress made so far.

0:33:570:34:06

So, you are up-to-date with the

latest news. Sally is here. I think

0:34:060:34:11

she has brought some virtual

friends.

Look at what is going on

0:34:110:34:15

behind us all.

Cubes of doom. No,

they are more like columns.

An old

0:34:150:34:21

microphone.

Yes.

It would take a

while. Yes. It is that time of year,

0:34:210:34:30

the nominees for the BBC's Sports

Personality of the Year in

0:34:300:34:35

Liverpool. Now we are used to Andy

Murray winning it.

0:34:350:34:41

They are world beaters and record

breakers who have reached the top

0:34:410:34:44

of their game and won

some of the biggest

0:34:440:34:47

sporting accolades going.

0:34:470:34:47

Between now and the 19th

of December, 12 British sport

0:34:470:34:50

legends are concentrated

on just one thing,

0:34:500:34:52

winning the public vote for the BBC

Sports Personality of the Year 2017.

0:34:520:34:56

The list was out last night, let's

look at the runners and riders.

0:34:560:34:59

Are you ready? I am excited about

this.

Oh, look, there is Mo.

0:34:590:35:06

What a year it has

been for Mo Farah.

0:35:060:35:08

He retired from the track

in style, didn't he?

0:35:080:35:11

He won gold and silver

in the 10,000 and 5,000 metres

0:35:110:35:14

at the World Championships in London

plus he became Sir Mo.

0:35:140:35:17

He is also very tall.

Yes, huge, in

fact.

0:35:170:35:22

Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea

made motorbike history

0:35:220:35:23

in September when he became

the first rider ever to win three

0:35:230:35:27

successive World Superbike titles.

0:35:270:35:28

Jonathan's dad - Johnny Rea -

was a succesful road racer too.

0:35:280:35:31

He got Jonathan involved racing

when he was just five!

0:35:310:35:34

He has done well for himself.

He has

done all right, hasn't it? Someone

0:35:340:35:38

who is properly big.

0:35:380:35:39

He stands tall at 6 foot 6,

plays chess in his spare time

0:35:390:35:43

and can also run the 100 metres

in under 11 seconds.

0:35:430:35:46

However, it was Anthony Joshua's

world heavyweight title win

0:35:460:35:48

against Wladimir Klitschko that

really made the former bricklayer's

0:35:480:35:51

name this year.

0:35:510:35:52

Lewis Hamilton, we have had him

here, became the most successful

0:35:520:35:55

British F1 driver ever

last month with four world

0:35:550:35:57

titles to his name now.

0:35:570:36:00

What you might not know, though,

is that Lewis became vegan this year

0:36:000:36:06

- he would love a cheesy Sprout! Oh,

no, he wouldn't, because it has

0:36:060:36:11

cheese. And he likes to write a

unicycle - fun fact. Now, I bet this

0:36:110:36:18

man can write a unicycle.

0:36:180:36:21

Chris Froome won his fourth Tour de

0:36:210:36:22

France title this year

and the climbing specialist followed

0:36:220:36:25

it up with a win at the Vuelta

a Espana in September.

0:36:250:36:28

Froomey is the first British cyclist

ever to win in Madrid.

0:36:280:36:31

Adam Peaty's nan will be sat at home

cheering because the 22-year-old

0:36:310:36:34

swimmer also makes the shortlist.

0:36:340:36:36

Is she on the list?

She should be! I

bet she will be voting.

0:36:360:36:40

He won breaststroke gold over both

the 50 and 100-metre distances

0:36:400:36:43

in the World Championships,

smashing his own world record

0:36:430:36:45

in the process, plus his nan Mavis

made it to Hungary to cheer him on.

0:36:450:36:49

Well done.

0:36:490:36:50

No Andy Murray on this year's

list but British tennis

0:36:500:36:52

is still represented

in Johanna Konta.

0:36:520:36:54

The world number nine had an amazing

Wimbledon, didn't she?

0:36:540:36:57

She made it to the semi finals

remember where she lost to Venus

0:36:570:37:00

Williams.

0:37:000:37:00

I wonder if she will be baking some

of her famous muffins to bring

0:37:000:37:04

to the ceremony?

0:37:040:37:05

Of course.

What, to try to wow?

Exactly! Oh, and now, we have seen a

0:37:050:37:13

lot of Johnny, haven't we, in

Strictly Ballroom? He is in the

0:37:130:37:19

hunt, he is on the list.

0:37:190:37:22

Before the ballroom this year,

Peacock returned to the stadium

0:37:220:37:25

where he enjoyed his famous

2012 triumphs to win

0:37:250:37:27

another 100-metre gold.

0:37:270:37:28

What an amazing year it has been

for our female cricketers!

0:37:280:37:31

They might have missed out

on the Ashes but in July they won

0:37:310:37:34

the World Cup on home turf.

0:37:340:37:36

Vice-captain Anya Shrubsole took

the crucial, final wicket in that

0:37:360:37:39

fightback against India winning her

a place on this shortlist.

0:37:390:37:45

It has also been an amazing 12

months for this man,

0:37:450:37:48

come on, move faster

than that, Harry Kane.

0:37:480:37:48

come on, move faster

than that, Harry Kane.

0:37:490:37:52

The Tottenham striker signed

a new deal with the club,

0:37:520:37:55

became a dad for the

first time, scored hat

0:37:550:37:58

trick after hat trick,

including in the Champions League

0:37:580:38:00

and won another Premier League

golden boot.

0:38:000:38:02

Could he follow it up with a win

at Sports Personality of the Year?

0:38:020:38:06

Chance.

0:38:060:38:06

Taekwondo heavyweight Bianca Walkden

made up for disappointment in Rio

0:38:060:38:09

in the best possible way

this year by successfuly

0:38:090:38:11

defending her World

Championship title.

0:38:110:38:13

Bianca, who is known

in Team GB as Queen B,

0:38:130:38:16

good reason, she was actually born

in Liverpool where this year's award

0:38:160:38:19

will be revealed.

0:38:190:38:20

Last, but certainly not least,

we turn to the ice and short

0:38:200:38:23

track speed skating.

0:38:230:38:24

Scotland's Elise Christie

is currently gearing up

0:38:240:38:26

for the Winter Olympics

where she will be one of our big

0:38:260:38:29

hopes after this year becoming

the first European woman to win

0:38:290:38:32

the 1,000 metre, 1,500

metre and overall titles

0:38:320:38:34

at the world championships.

0:38:340:38:35

The winner will be revealed

at the BBC Sports Personality

0:38:350:38:38

of the Year 2017 award ceremony

in Liverpool on the 19th December.

0:38:380:38:41

And you are going to be there as

usual.

Go on.

Is it the end of the

0:38:410:38:46

show? That is the short list, is it?

That is the shortlist, yes. Hang on,

0:38:460:38:50

I have some sports news to carry on

with.

OK. Will you be there on

0:38:500:38:54

Monday morning?

I am there on Sunday

night and he on Monday morning. I

0:38:540:38:58

will come straight here in my

sparkly dress, shall I do

that? Yes.

0:38:580:39:13

The ECB say Ben Stokes is visiting

family in New Zealand and not

0:39:130:39:16

heading to Australia,

after he was apparently spotted

0:39:160:39:18

flying out of Heathrow Airport.

0:39:180:39:20

Stokes has been suspended

since he was was arrested

0:39:200:39:22

in September on suspicion of actual

bodily harm after an incident

0:39:220:39:25

outside a nightclub

but the investigation

0:39:250:39:27

is still on-going.

0:39:270:39:28

Nothing's changed - we are expecting

a decision at some stage. It is not

0:39:280:39:31

our job to pressure the police. It

is their job to get that right and,

0:39:310:39:35

you know, when there is a charging

decision, obviously we can move

0:39:350:39:39

forward, but until we hear anything

from them, we are stuck in this

0:39:390:39:42

limbo period.

The players need to

sharpen up their act.

0:39:420:39:49

After details

of Jonny Bairstow's headbutt

0:39:490:39:51

on Cameron Bancroft emerged,

Strauss says Bairstow won't be

0:39:510:39:54

disciplined and the "head bumping"

is something he does all the time

0:39:540:39:57

with his rugby mates -

0:39:570:39:59

but the squad has

effectively been grounded.

0:39:590:40:01

And that is Sam Allardyce. I have

just spotted that. We got so clever

0:40:010:40:06

with all those people, we got the

simple stuff wrong.

0:40:060:40:12

The former England manager

Sam Allardyce is back in the frame

0:40:120:40:15

for the Everton job,

and he's now the leading contender.

0:40:150:40:17

He had been an early candidate

to succeed Ronald Koeman,

0:40:170:40:20

but publicly withdrew after Everton

were slow to make an offer.

0:40:200:40:23

His name is back in the frame.

0:40:230:40:25

Karen Carney has withdrawn

from the England squad for today's

0:40:250:40:28

World Cup qualifier

against Kazakhstan in Colchester

0:40:280:40:29

after injuring an ankle.

0:40:290:40:31

The Chelsea winger, who has

been capped 134 times,

0:40:310:40:33

joins Demi Stokes on the sidelines.

0:40:330:40:35

England have won their

first two qualifiers.

0:40:350:40:37

And you can watch that

game live on BBC Two,

0:40:370:40:39

kickoff at 7:05am.

0:40:390:40:40

Wales also play tonight,

away to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

0:40:400:40:43

And that really is all of the sports

news.

Well, I thought that was

0:40:430:40:47

amazing. Thank you very much indeed.

A very long shortlist.

Sorry.

That

0:40:470:40:52

is all right. It is important to

remind everybody.

Yes.

0:40:520:41:00

Let's talk about the volcano in

Bali.

0:41:000:41:03

There are increasing concerns this

morning that a volcano

0:41:030:41:06

on the Indonesian island of Bali may

erupt, with authorities

0:41:060:41:08

there evacuating the homes

of 100,000 people in the area.

0:41:080:41:11

Mount Agung has been sending dark

clouds of ash into the air

0:41:110:41:15

since last week, leading

to the closure of the island's

0:41:150:41:17

airport and stranding tens

of thousands of travellers.

0:41:170:41:20

When the volcano last erupted

in 1963, people had just

0:41:200:41:23

minutes to flee.

0:41:230:41:24

Lava flowed more than seven

kilometres from the summit,

0:41:240:41:27

killing more than 1500 people.

0:41:270:41:28

The impact was global,

with sulphur emissions

0:41:280:41:30

from the eruption leading to a drop

in worldwide temperatures

0:41:300:41:33

of between 0.1 and 0.4

degrees celcius.

0:41:330:41:38

So is it likely to happen again?

0:41:380:41:40

We're joined by Professor Mike

Burton, a volcanologist

0:41:400:41:42

at The University of Manchester.

0:41:420:41:46

Volcanologist.

Oh, I thought it was,

then I thought... Anyway. Thank you

0:41:460:41:53

for joining us.

Pleasure.

Tell us

what you think is going on at the

0:41:530:41:59

moment.

Well, as you mentioned, the

1963 eruption is a fair model of

0:41:590:42:05

what we are using to see what could

be expected from the volcano in the

0:42:050:42:09

next few weeks and months. And in

that case, it seemed that there was

0:42:090:42:16

a sharper onset than in this case.

This one seems to be a bit slower.

0:42:160:42:20

The first activity that we saw was

an increase in volcanic tremor two

0:42:200:42:24

months ago and there was media

interest in this volcano two months

0:42:240:42:27

ago and then it went quiet. It is

only in the last week as you said

0:42:270:42:32

that the ashes were emitted. In the

previous eruption in 1963 the onset

0:42:320:42:36

was sharper which would suggest that

the energy within the volcano at the

0:42:360:42:41

moment may be somewhat less than

that eruption.

I am assuming that

0:42:410:42:44

all volcanoes are individual and

social what you're watching at the

0:42:440:42:48

moment, I know that you are judging

from what happened in the 1960s, you

0:42:480:42:53

can't tell if it will erupt in a

day, month, maybe even longer than

0:42:530:42:56

that.

A nice way to look at this is

to say that corruption is don't

0:42:560:43:00

repeat themselves, but they do

rhyme, so the typical activity,

0:43:000:43:06

style of activity will be similar,

but the man in which it comes out

0:43:060:43:10

with timing could be different. And

this volcano, Agung, is extremely

0:43:100:43:16

well studied. We have volcanologists

who have studied it to see the last

0:43:160:43:20

5000 years of activity and that has

shown that the typical level of the

0:43:200:43:24

maximum eruptions are able to

interact people around ten

0:43:240:43:29

kilometres to 12 kilometres around

the volcano, which is why the

0:43:290:43:32

Indonesian authorities have

evacuated that distance.

So the

0:43:320:43:36

impact is from lava flows, what is

it from?

It is multiple hazards. One

0:43:360:43:41

of them is the lava flow - and in

fact the next thing we might expect

0:43:410:43:47

to happen is lava to come out. And

because it is steep, 3000 metres

0:43:470:43:53

height, ten kilometres from the

coast, so there is a very sharp

0:43:530:43:56

gradient, which means when the lava

comes down it could fall down and

0:43:560:44:00

that creates a hot avalanche, which

causes a flow which can be very

0:44:000:44:04

dangerous and go far out. It is not

really the lava flow, it is the

0:44:040:44:09

breaking lava flow which causes

damage, together with mudflow that

0:44:090:44:13

we have seen already from the ash

deposited on the slopes of the

0:44:130:44:17

volcano and heavy rain we get every

day in the tropics that mobilises

0:44:170:44:20

the Akhshtyr create mudflow.

We have

heard a couple of moments ago about

0:44:200:44:28

the temperature change, what would

happen locally to the environment

0:44:280:44:31

and the global environment, the

difference it might make?

There is

0:44:310:44:34

not going to be global impact unless

it is bigger than at the moment. The

0:44:340:44:39

ash plumes at the moment are three

kilometres all four kilometres high

0:44:390:44:42

at the most and that is quite less

than what we saw in 1963. Everything

0:44:420:44:47

is indicating this is lower in

intensity than before. It won't be

0:44:470:44:52

until a major explosion, which

occurred a month after the lava flow

0:44:520:44:56

began last time, so some time from

now, if it were to occur, that we

0:44:560:45:02

would be able to see anything which

could have a climatic impact. It has

0:45:020:45:06

to get above ten kilometres before

it can impact the climate.

You may

0:45:060:45:10

not be the person to ask. We have

seen flights disrupted. It is likely

0:45:100:45:14

to continue if the Atkin Jim is.

It

depends on the direction of the wind

0:45:140:45:19

entirely. It is going to the

south-west

0:45:190:45:26

entirely. It is going to the

south-west. If it moves away, it

0:45:260:45:28

will open up again.

It is

fascinating to talk to you and I am

0:45:280:45:33

sure we will talk to you again

because it is a long-term thing.

0:45:330:45:39

Matthew is in York, with all sorts

of colourful shiny stuff 19. That

0:45:390:45:44

morning. -- behind him.

0:45:440:45:48

Good morning! We are in the York

Museum Gardens this morning. Ten

0:45:510:45:57

acres of stunning botanical gardens

during the daylight. At night, they

0:45:570:46:00

have been trials formed into a

cacophony of usable sound and

0:46:000:46:03

colour. Numerous light installations

here, all the way through to New

0:46:030:46:08

Year's Day. A hind me are the

musical Christmas trees. -- behind

0:46:080:46:11

me. It is 6:45 a.m., so they have

been muted. Are the ones that sound

0:46:110:46:17

first thing in the morning,

especially when I join in. -- nobody

0:46:170:46:21

wants that sound. These will all be

under blue skies once the lights

0:46:210:46:27

turn off this morning and through

the day. It will be a sunny day here

0:46:270:46:31

in Yorkshire. Looking at the

forecast for the rest of the UK, we

0:46:310:46:35

have got a cold winds coming across

the country which will bring

0:46:350:46:38

increasing amounts of showers to

eastern areas today, compare to what

0:46:380:46:41

we saw yesterday. Still a few

showers in the north and west. A bit

0:46:410:46:45

of ice in the Scotland this morning,

and we have showers of the Northern

0:46:450:46:51

England and Wales. A bit of sleet

and snow in the higher ground in the

0:46:510:46:55

north to go with that. It is a bit

of a frosty start to the Tuesday

0:46:550:46:59

morning, and many will stay sunny

throughout. Southern Scotland will

0:46:590:47:03

farewell for sunshine, but Northern

Ireland eastern areas, plenty of

0:47:030:47:06

showers into the afternoon. Wintry

not just the hills but in lower

0:47:060:47:10

levels later on, and a brisk and raw

winds down the eastern coast. In the

0:47:100:47:15

eastern counties of England,

particular in the north-east, that

0:47:150:47:18

is also true. Even in York we could

see a few showers later on after a

0:47:180:47:23

sunny morning. North-western England

not daring to badly. The West

0:47:230:47:25

Midlands doing all right, but parts

of the East Midlands could catch a

0:47:250:47:30

shower later in the day. Much of

southern England will stay dry.

0:47:300:47:33

Dealing cold in the sunshine. Not as

warm as it was yesterday.

0:47:330:47:36

Temperatures have dropped across the

UK, only eight or nine degrees at

0:47:360:47:41

the best, instead of double figures.

Most around 7- four Celsius. Still a

0:47:410:47:46

few showers in Northern Ireland and

western England, but not as many as

0:47:460:47:51

we saw yesterday. The chance of some

sunshine. Tonight showers and land

0:47:510:47:57

will fade away. Some will continue

around the coast across eastern and

0:47:570:48:00

northern parts of the UK and maybe

to western parts of Wales. Most will

0:48:000:48:04

have a clear night. Where you see

showers... (INAUDIBLE). Throughout

0:48:040:48:14

the day, we will see a cold wind

blowing today into tonight and into

0:48:140:48:18

tomorrow. It will strengthen across

eastern parts as well. A touch of

0:48:180:48:23

gale force along the North Sea

coast. On Wednesday many counties of

0:48:230:48:26

the thinning and will be prone to

showers, turning wintry across the

0:48:260:48:30

north-east. Still some showers

across the north-east of Scotland

0:48:300:48:32

and some running down the far west

of Wales and to Cornwall. Mostly a

0:48:320:48:36

dry day, but a chilly one. The wind

chill will become more noticeable,

0:48:360:48:40

as it will do into Thursday.

Thursday is much like Wednesday,

0:48:400:48:43

with eastern parts most prone to

showers. Even a few wintry showers,

0:48:430:48:47

with a bit of sleet mixed into parts

of East Anglia and the south-east by

0:48:470:48:51

Thursday. Silvers showers in the far

west. Most will have a dry day, but

0:48:510:48:55

it will feel cold. Temperatures

feeling more like -1 or -3 across

0:48:550:49:00

Scotland and eastern England,

especially in those strong to gale

0:49:000:49:03

force winds. So we are into a cold

spell, may be warming up a bit into

0:49:030:49:07

the weekend. At overall,

temperatures in the coming days

0:49:070:49:10

remain lower than they should be for

this time of year. At it all adds to

0:49:100:49:14

that lovely crisp feeling as we head

towards the beginning of winter.

I

0:49:140:49:18

just noticed your gloves. I think

they are brilliant.

Lovely and warm.

0:49:180:49:23

Apologies for the interference on

the line. We will be back later.

0:49:230:49:27

We are talking about Turkey and

trimmings, which are getting more

0:49:320:49:35

expensive. Far more expensive than

they have in later?

0:49:350:49:39

I'm not surprised that you don't

care about the sprouts, admitting

0:49:390:49:42

that you hated is browse. I think

you have made us all feel a little

0:49:420:49:46

bit sick this morning. We will move

on. Yes, we are talking about the

0:49:460:49:52

price of your Christmas dinner.

0:49:520:49:54

This is research from

Good Housekeeping magazine,

0:49:540:49:57

and they've been looking at costs

across all the major supermarkets

0:49:570:50:00

for 11 essentials,

from mince pies to veg.

0:50:000:50:02

This year Christmas dinner will set

you back just under £3 per person.

0:50:020:50:06

That's up about 50p on last year,

when the same lunch would cost

0:50:060:50:09

you just under £2.50 per person.

0:50:090:50:11

The key ingredients on the rise

are turkey, potatoes and parsnips.

0:50:110:50:14

But there is some good news -

your Christmas pudding should,

0:50:140:50:17

on average, be a little cheaper.

0:50:170:50:19

With us is retail

analyst Phil Durrell.

0:50:190:50:32

And good morning. Lovely to see you.

Can you explain why food prices are

0:50:320:50:37

going up generally?

Well, food

prices are generally going up simply

0:50:370:50:42

because of what is happening with

inflation. We have lots of pressure

0:50:420:50:46

on inflation, three major ones. One

of them is the UK Sterling, the

0:50:460:50:52

value against the euro and against

the US dollar is reducing. Labour

0:50:520:50:55

costs are escalating. And there is

additional costs for retailers,

0:50:550:51:02

servicing their retail estate. This

adds to costs for retailers.

Explain

0:51:020:51:08

that a bit more. It is the fact that

we import lots of food, don't we? So

0:51:080:51:13

when the currency isn't as high, it

means it costs us more money to

0:51:130:51:17

bring it in?

Absolutely. The

ingredients and products that we are

0:51:170:51:20

selling are costing us more money in

foreign markets. Even those products

0:51:200:51:24

that we are making or producing in

the UK, they are costing more,

0:51:240:51:27

because the labour costs are going

up.

Why?

There are lots of ushers on

0:51:270:51:32

labour costs, simply because of the

additional national living wage,

0:51:320:51:37

which has escalated it. -- lots of

pressures. The reduction in labour

0:51:370:51:44

force, as unemployment reduces, the

amount of labour that is available

0:51:440:51:47

becomes less, and therefore people

pay a little bit more to get the

0:51:470:51:53

people they want.

And can you tell

us about the third reason?

That is

0:51:530:51:56

about the cost of property, et

cetera. Servicing property. If

0:51:560:52:00

everything goes up regarding

deliveries, rates, rental

0:52:000:52:07

properties, -- rent on properties,

the retailers are currently putting

0:52:070:52:13

out onto the customer. They add that

onto the price of the product.

0:52:130:52:17

Generally, what happened last year

was that they were facing lots of

0:52:170:52:21

pressures. What it was a difficult

Christmas for them. What's of them

0:52:210:52:25

said, they didn't want to put any

prices up, at this point in time,

0:52:250:52:29

they wanted to keep it low. Going

into Christmas, the most important

0:52:290:52:32

period for them, they wanted to

maintain low prices. This year they

0:52:320:52:36

have taken a different tack and have

said, we are going to put those

0:52:360:52:40

prices up. Inflation has been

running at about 3- 5% on food all

0:52:400:52:45

through the year. We have seen that

reaching its peak as it is now. Last

0:52:450:52:49

year, you talked about potatoes.

Last year potatoes were 29p. That is

0:52:490:52:54

a fantastic price for potatoes. This

year they are £1.49, still not about

0:52:540:53:00

price, but it looks bad based on

last year.

You mentioned, you think

0:53:000:53:05

that it has peaked. Do you think we

will see prices starting to fall

0:53:050:53:08

next year? What are your thoughts on

that?

Unfortunately, I said last

0:53:080:53:13

year, I said that we are probably

just about to start our last cheap

0:53:130:53:18

Christmas. And I think that is

right. I think this you will be more

0:53:180:53:23

expensive than last year. I think

next year we will escalate as it

0:53:230:53:26

goes through the, as uncertainty in

the pound and uncertainty with what

0:53:260:53:30

happens with Brexit means that

prices will inevitably rise. It is

0:53:300:53:35

just going to get, unfortunately, a

bit sad.

Will you ever eat cheesy

0:53:350:53:40

sprouts? That is the question.

I

don't think anybody does.

Daniel

0:53:400:53:43

Walker does.

I don't eat them any

more. My point earlier was, to

0:53:430:53:49

reduce the cost of the Christmas

dinner, you take sprouts out of the

0:53:490:53:53

occasion. But the sprouts club have

hit back. One viewer says, they are

0:53:530:53:59

crucial on Boxing Day bubble and

squeak. Another says, mashed and

0:53:590:54:03

with butter and pepper and they are

perfect. Another says, with a

0:54:030:54:07

contentious parts they are a staple

of the Christmas dinner.

See? You

0:54:070:54:10

are missing out.

What about this,

have you tried serving them with a

0:54:100:54:14

marmite glaze. No! This year I will

be having mini sprouts, says Rob.

0:54:140:54:18

These. I can join the people.

Thank

you, sprouts club.

0:54:180:54:23

It's been quite a year

for Noel Gallagher.

0:54:230:54:25

His song Don't Look Back in Anger

became an anthem of solidarity

0:54:250:54:28

after the Manchester bomb.

0:54:280:54:29

He's turned 50 and relations

with his brother Liam have reached

0:54:290:54:32

an all-time low.

0:54:320:54:33

He's been talking to our

entertainment correspondent

0:54:330:54:35

Colin Paterson about his new album

but also giving his opinions

0:54:350:54:38

on Jeremy Corbyn, tattoos,

his brother and baldness

0:54:380:54:40

along the way.

0:54:400:54:44

We meet just after the midweek

charts, and you are heading up to

0:54:490:54:53

number one with the album Who Builds

the Moon. How much do things like

0:54:530:54:57

that still matter to you?

I guess it

is nice, it is better than being

0:54:570:55:01

number two.

It strikes me as a

joyful Arbon.

What is going on? I

0:55:010:55:05

guess I was on a voyage of

discovery. I have written any of the

0:55:050:55:09

songs before I went in.

Be careful

what you wish for on the album is a

0:55:090:55:14

song about you giving advice to your

children. You have three kids. What

0:55:140:55:17

is the hardest part about parenting?

The hardest part, for me, is to be a

0:55:170:55:21

responsible parent. I would be let

in each chocolate and chips for

0:55:210:55:26

breakfast. My 17-year-old daughter

is brilliant. Showers very, very

0:55:260:55:29

cool. Showers not in any way...

Showers not a problem yet. She did

0:55:290:55:36

get tattoos without saying anything,

and I was a bit disappointed in

0:55:360:55:39

that.

What were they?

It was all

right, one of them was my face. They

0:55:390:55:46

were the brothers' initials on her

hands, which is kind of a bit of a

0:55:460:55:51

snide way of getting in through the

backdoor, I've these tattoos. I was

0:55:510:55:54

like, what? Then she showed me and I

thought, well, that's cute, isn't

0:55:540:55:58

it. But no more!

The timing of the

album has been interesting, coming

0:55:580:56:04

one month after your brother's. What

was your reaction when his album

0:56:040:56:10

went to number one. Did you send him

a message of congratulations?

I did

0:56:100:56:14

indeed. Yes, a did. No, I didn't. I

didn't.

Why would I? One of the big

0:56:140:56:20

news events of the year was the

Manchester bomb.

It was dreadful. It

0:56:200:56:24

made me feel so angry and continues

to make me feel so angry. It was

0:56:240:56:28

brutal.

How did it feel, for Don't

Look Back In Anger to become such a

0:56:280:56:39

song of solidarity?

At that time,

you know, politicians' words were

0:56:390:56:42

meaningless, alleges leaders' words

were meaningless, the experts on the

0:56:420:56:47

news, what they said was

meaningless. And that one girl, she

0:56:470:56:50

sang that song and the people

rallied around that song. And as a

0:56:500:56:54

songwriter, not even the fact that

it is my song, if it was a song, it

0:56:540:56:59

would have reaffirmed my belief in

the power of music and what it means

0:56:590:57:02

to people.

You turned 50 this year.

How are you finding it?

If my 50s

0:57:020:57:07

are half as good as my 40s,

professionally and privately, then

0:57:070:57:10

I'm going to be doing all right.

Is

your body telling you you are 50?

0:57:100:57:15

No, no, I am all right. As long as

this is here, no offence, but as

0:57:150:57:19

long as this is thriving, which it

is... Get a close-up of that.

That

0:57:190:57:23

is thorough. How would you feel if

you went gold?

I don't know what I

0:57:230:57:28

would do. I would definitely retire

from music, that is to shore. And it

0:57:280:57:32

wants to see a ball that Jagger.

0:57:320:57:35

I think Colin took that quite well.

Good morning to all our bald

0:57:350:57:40

viewers. Nor Gallagher's new album

0:57:401:01:05

in half an hour.

1:01:051:01:06

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

1:01:061:01:08

Now, though, it's back

to Louise and Dan.

1:01:081:01:09

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

1:01:101:01:12

The royal wedding -

we should find out more

1:01:121:01:15

details later today.

1:01:151:01:16

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

are expected to get married

1:01:161:01:18

in a church.

1:01:181:01:19

We should find out

the venue and date later.

1:01:191:01:22

And we'll be live outside

Buckingham Palace getting

1:01:221:01:24

all the latest and we'll

also be finding out how

1:01:241:01:27

the United States is reacting.

1:01:271:01:38

Good morning.

1:01:381:01:41

It's Tuesday, November 28.

1:01:411:01:47

Also this morning: A huge jump

in the number of parents fighting

1:01:471:01:50

to get educational support

for their children.

1:01:501:01:52

There's been a 28% increase

in the last year alone.

1:01:521:01:55

It has taken every fibre

in my body to fight,

1:01:551:01:58

and I will never, ever give up

for what my daughter needs

1:01:581:02:01

and is legally entitled to.

1:02:011:02:13

Good morning. We are going to find

out how the banks would cope if we

1:02:131:02:18

were hit by another financial

crisis. The Bank of England is

1:02:181:02:22

revealing the latest stress tests -

I will have the results.

1:02:221:02:26

In sport, who will be the BBC

Sports Personality of the Year?

1:02:261:02:29

Last Christmas, Andy Murray won it

for a record third time.

1:02:291:02:32

I'll have the list of this year's 12

candidates just after 7:30am.

1:02:321:02:35

And Matt is out and

about with the weather.

1:02:351:02:38

Good morning.

1:02:381:02:40

I am among the twinkling lights at

the York Museum Gardens, with a

1:02:401:02:45

twinkle of frost around. It is a

cold start to your Tuesday morning

1:02:451:02:48

with more sunshine but showers

around eastern areas today and over

1:02:481:02:52

the next few days.

1:02:521:02:54

I've got all the details

coming up in 15 minutes.

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It looks lovely, thank you.

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Good morning.

1:02:571:02:58

First, our main story.

1:02:581:03:00

More details of Prince Harry

and Meghan Markle's forthcoming

1:03:001:03:02

wedding are expected to be

announced later today.

1:03:021:03:04

The Archbishop of Canterbury has

indicated the couple

1:03:041:03:07

will have a church wedding,

saying the pair had "chosen

1:03:071:03:09

to make their vows to God"

in a religious ceremony.

1:03:091:03:12

The couple went public

with their engagement yesterday.

1:03:121:03:16

I fell in love with Meghan

so incredibly quickly,

1:03:161:03:19

was confirmation to me that

all the stars were aligned,

1:03:191:03:21

everything was perfect.

1:03:211:03:22

This beautiful woman tripped

and fell into my life,

1:03:221:03:25

I fell into her life.

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And the fact that she will be

unbelievably good at the job part

1:03:261:03:30

of it as well is obviously

a huge relief to me,

1:03:301:03:33

because she will be able to deal

with everything else that

1:03:331:03:36

comes with it.

1:03:361:03:49

So much information from the

interview, including the engagement

1:03:491:03:52

happened after they had roast

chicken for dinner.

1:03:521:03:54

Our correspondent Ian Palmer

is outside Buckingham Palace.

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We know lots of details, but there

are more to come. What will we learn

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today?

Well, hopefully, Louise, we

will hear when the wedding is

1:04:021:04:07

supposed to be. We already know

that, of course, it is going to be

1:04:071:04:12

next spring, but there is a royal

baby scheduled in April. Will the

1:04:121:04:17

wedding be before the baby is born,

or will it be after? From Kate and

1:04:171:04:23

William's point of view it would be

easier to look for two small

1:04:231:04:28

children at a wedding, rather than

three, and if the couple hold their

1:04:281:04:33

wedding in May the weather should be

a little more kind and of course the

1:04:331:04:37

day Albert or longer. We should hear

where the venue is. Will it be a

1:04:371:04:42

grand affair, something modest? If

it is the latter, it could be at the

1:04:421:04:48

Guard's Chapel a short walk from the

awesome and George's Chapel in

1:04:481:04:52

Windsor. If it is a grand affair

than the obvious candidates are

1:04:521:04:55

Westminster Abbey and St Paul's

Cathedral. The money is on the grand

1:04:551:05:02

affair because these are two people

in love who are in their 30s, they

1:05:021:05:06

have a shared common interest in

humanitarian and charity work, they

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have collected lots of people over

the years and they will want to

1:05:101:05:14

invite many people.

Ian, thank you

very much indeed, and so many

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details emerged with that interview

with Michelle from the BBC

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yesterday, and I like the little

details, like the corgis.

They were

1:05:231:05:27

more open than I thought they would

be.

Yes, he said 30 years of being

1:05:271:05:32

barked at.

They loved Meghan, who of

course has her own dogs as well.

And

1:05:321:05:38

all sorts of souvenir editions,

posters, page after page after page,

1:05:381:05:42

the Daily Mirror, she tripped and

fell into my life, in the paper

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yesterday and they have a secret,

well, not a secret, and Meghan for

1:05:491:05:52

you if you if you like that sort of

thing.

The Daily Telegraph, it is

1:05:521:05:57

not often when the Daily Telegraph

does a whole front-page photograph,

1:05:571:06:02

but that is the Telegraph. "She Is

the one" on the Sun and another

1:06:021:06:08

souvenir edition.

Disappointed with

the Daily Mail, the Sun have 25

1:06:081:06:12

pages, the Daily Mail have 24 pages,

only 24, yes, the stars were

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aligned. They have photos,

everything.

She is American. We will

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speak with our correspondent in

America to see how they are reacting

1:06:251:06:29

to the news as well.

If you are one

of those people who is fed up with a

1:06:291:06:34

royal news, we have plenty of other

news to bring you and over the next

1:06:341:06:38

couple of days as well. Let's get to

the other stories this morning.

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New measures are to be introduced

to reduce the number of deaths

1:06:411:06:45

and serious injuries

during childbirth in England.

1:06:451:06:47

For the first time, parents

of stillborn babies are to be

1:06:471:06:50

routinely offered an independent

investigation into what went wrong.

1:06:501:06:52

The UK has already reduced

the mortality rate for babies,

1:06:521:06:55

but still lags behind many

other European countries.

1:06:551:06:57

Here's our health

correspondent Dominic Hughes.

1:06:571:07:06

Losing twins during pregnancy,

and then having baby Hugo very

1:07:061:07:08

prematurely, means Rachel

understands all too well

1:07:081:07:10

the challenges

childbirth can present.

1:07:101:07:14

Her experience has taught her that

parents and medical staff need to be

1:07:141:07:18

more aware of when

things could go wrong.

1:07:181:07:24

I think it's education of pregnant

women to never be afraid to ask

1:07:241:07:27

questions and raise concerns.

1:07:271:07:32

And it's also the medical

establishment in encouraging them

1:07:321:07:34

to do so.

1:07:341:07:35

Now, the Health Secretary in England

is announcing rather than hospitals

1:07:351:07:38

carrying out their own

investigations when things go wrong

1:07:381:07:41

an independent review will be

carried out instead.

1:07:411:07:44

When I talk to parents whose heart

has been broken by something that

1:07:441:07:48

has gone wrong in those very

small numbers of cases,

1:07:481:07:50

what they say is it is not

about the money, they just

1:07:501:07:54

want to know that the NHS has

learned from what went wrong

1:07:541:07:57

so that the same mistakes won't ever

going to happen again.

1:07:571:08:04

The UK lags behind many other

European countries when it comes

1:08:041:08:07

to preventing baby deaths

and premature births.

1:08:071:08:08

There are around nine

stillborn babies every day.

1:08:081:08:11

Roughly 50 women still die

in England each year from issues

1:08:111:08:14

related to pregnancy.

1:08:141:08:14

And around 50,000 babies

are born prematurely.

1:08:141:08:16

Progress is being made,

but there are concerns that

1:08:161:08:19

difficult lessons

are not being learnt.

1:08:191:08:32

Seven of our biggest banks have been

put to the test by the Bank

1:08:321:08:36

of England today to

see how they'd cope

1:08:361:08:38

in another financial crisis.

1:08:381:08:39

Steph's got the results.

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They are called stress tests.

Yes,

exactly as you put it. The Bank of

1:08:421:08:48

England will put our banks in

various scenarios and they have

1:08:481:08:52

looked at things like whether they

can cope with suffering major losses

1:08:521:08:56

on profit and loss sheets, whether

they can cope with the sterling

1:08:561:09:01

falling against its lowest level

against the dollar, whether they can

1:09:011:09:05

cope with unemployment rising to

when it was backing the financial

1:09:051:09:08

crisis, and whether we can cope with

interest rates rising to 4%. And the

1:09:081:09:12

good news is they said this morning

that our banks are three times

1:09:121:09:16

stronger than ten years ago.

That is

good news.

Excellent news and

1:09:161:09:21

stronger means they have money in

the coffers if things go wrong. So,

1:09:211:09:25

if things were as bad as they were

in the financial crisis, they would

1:09:251:09:29

still be able to lend us money, they

would still be able to carry on as

1:09:291:09:34

normal. Lots of people talked about

Brexit and the uncertainty that has

1:09:341:09:37

created as well. So as part of this

the Bank of England has tested them

1:09:371:09:41

on that as well and they have said

this morning that the banks can

1:09:411:09:45

support the economy through a wide

range of Brexit outcomes. So what

1:09:451:09:53

they are saying is overall our

banking system is resilient at the

1:09:531:09:56

moment. So they are suggesting that

no matter what Brexit throws at us

1:09:561:10:00

the banking system will still be

able to cope, which is really good

1:10:001:10:04

news because we are an economy

driven heavily by what goes on in

1:10:041:10:07

financial services. We saw ten years

ago when it was the financial crisis

1:10:071:10:11

how much chaos it caused and that is

why this has been going on to make

1:10:111:10:15

sure the banks have enough money to

cope if things go wrong.

Thank you

1:10:151:10:19

for a little bit of good news.

Your

Christmas dinner might be going up,

1:10:191:10:23

but the banks can cope if things go

wrong.

Excellent to hear.

1:10:231:10:26

The only airport on the Indonesian

island of Bali has been closed

1:10:261:10:29

for a second day amid concerns

of a volcanic eruption.

1:10:291:10:32

Massive plumes of smoke and ash have

been spewing out of Mount Agung over

1:10:321:10:36

the past few days.

1:10:361:10:37

Officials have raised the alert to

the highest level and are evacuating

1:10:371:10:40

the homes of up to 100,000 people

who live close to the volcano.

1:10:401:10:51

The government has handed

over its analysis of some

1:10:511:10:54

of the economic impacts

of Brexit, but the reports

1:10:541:10:56

are missing some details.

1:10:561:10:57

The Brexit Secretary David Davis

says the documents have been

1:10:571:11:00

redacted to leave out commercially

sensitive market information.

1:11:001:11:02

But Labour are insisting the public

should be given all the detail.

1:11:021:11:05

It was one of the UK's greatest

conservation success stories.

1:11:051:11:08

Over 30 years, red kites went

from the brink of extinction

1:11:081:11:11

to being a common sight

in many parts of the UK.

1:11:111:11:14

But their recovery could be derailed

because of poisoning by humans,

1:11:141:11:17

according to research published

in the European Journal of Wildlife

1:11:171:11:20

Research.

1:11:201:11:20

Postmortem tests revealed thousands

of the birds of prey died

1:11:201:11:23

after consuming substances,

including lead shots and pesticides.

1:11:231:11:24

Despite efforts to close gaps

in income and opportunity,

1:11:251:11:27

it seems how well you do

in life still depends

1:11:271:11:30

on where in the country you live.

1:11:301:11:32

Londoners continue to have the best

chance of progression in life,

1:11:321:11:35

while many rural, coastal

and former industrial areas

1:11:351:11:37

are being left behind.

1:11:371:11:41

Alan Milburn is the chair

of the Social Mobility Commission

1:11:411:11:43

and joins us from our

London newsroom.

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Good morning. Thank you for your

time this morning. Remind us in this

1:11:501:11:55

context, what does social mobility

mean?

The chances of getting on in

1:11:551:12:00

life not correlating with where you

start out, so if you have high

1:12:001:12:04

social mobility, then the status and

income of your parents is different

1:12:041:12:08

from the status and income that you

will get in life and what we want to

1:12:081:12:12

see are the higher levels of social

mobility so that your aptitude and

1:12:121:12:16

ability rather than your birth or

background determines where you get

1:12:161:12:20

to in life.

The quote from the

report that jumps out is "The

1:12:201:12:24

country is in the grip of a self

reinforcing spiral of ever-growing

1:12:241:12:30

division" - you seem to paint quite

a grim picture. Why is it so bad?

1:12:301:12:35

The product of two things, geography

partially and opportunity, so when

1:12:351:12:40

we have looked at this, in the past

there has always been the idea of a

1:12:401:12:45

north- south divide, it is more

complex than that. There is a social

1:12:451:12:50

mobility postcode lottery where your

chances of getting on depend on

1:12:501:12:53

where you are born and where you

live. London is steaming ahead,

1:12:531:12:57

looking and feeling like a different

country from the rest of the nation.

1:12:571:13:02

Meanwhile, too many coastal towns in

rural areas and places that are

1:13:021:13:07

former industrial areas in the

Midlands are being left behind

1:13:071:13:10

economically and hollowed out

socially. If it goes on like that we

1:13:101:13:14

will have an ever greater divide in

our country.

It is interesting you

1:13:141:13:18

mentioned this now, because

virtually the same source of

1:13:181:13:22

findings in the report from 2013 as

well, you said long-standing

1:13:221:13:27

regional imbalances, London forging

ahead while other regions of

1:13:271:13:30

struggle, that was a quote from four

years ago. Is the government not

1:13:301:13:34

listening, do you not have enough

clout, will we continue to see the

1:13:341:13:38

change and the difference between

London and other parts of the UK?

1:13:381:13:41

Well, let's hope not. This is not

either inevitable or unsolvable. If

1:13:411:13:46

you think back 20 years ago, we

would probably be discussing

1:13:461:13:51

lamenting the fact that London state

schools were among the worst in the

1:13:511:13:55

country. Now they are the best. In

fact if you are a disadvantage young

1:13:551:14:02

star, your chances of going to uni

are twice as high as other parts of

1:14:021:14:06

the country. So it can be sold. It

can't be solved however through

1:14:061:14:09

words. It needs deeds. There is word

in the government about healing

1:14:091:14:15

division and promoting social

justice. But right now heads are

1:14:151:14:18

consumed by Brexit. Understandably.

And it doesn't seem to have the

1:14:181:14:22

headspace to inject the necessary

energy or focus into addressing

1:14:221:14:26

these issues. What is needed is a

plan for doing so in that plan in

1:14:261:14:31

the end will have to find ways to

read Christie Bute opportunity in

1:14:311:14:37

employment, education and housing

fairly across the country.

The

1:14:371:14:40

government would say they are

progressing in areas with more

1:14:401:14:43

children going to outstanding or

good primary schools, record numbers

1:14:431:14:47

attending university, the national

living wage is boosting wages, but

1:14:471:14:50

that seems at odds with what you are

saying.

Yes, though there are good

1:14:501:14:55

initiatives, for example what the

education Secretary has done to put

1:14:551:15:01

money into areas with poor

attainment in education, so they're

1:15:011:15:05

a good pieces, but overall there is

not a frame or a shape and there

1:15:051:15:09

isn't a national plan. So to take

one example, the way public spending

1:15:091:15:14

is distributed is exacerbating the

divide rather than narrowing it.

1:15:141:15:17

London to head of population gets a

three times as much in transport

1:15:171:15:21

spending as some of the Moora Mozart

of the country, the East Midlands,

1:15:211:15:26

north-east, the south-west, so I

know it is difficult to redistribute

1:15:261:15:30

opportunity and free distribute

resources. If we want a fair

1:15:301:15:34

country, a genuinely in united

kingdom, that is what has to be

1:15:341:15:39

grasped.

It is good to talk to you

this morning. Thank you. Really

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interesting.

1:15:431:15:47

Matthew has the weather in York. It

is looking magical. Those lights are

1:15:471:15:50

fantastic.

1:15:501:15:52

Good morning! It is one of those

mornings why wish it could stay dark

1:15:551:16:00

a bit longer. The botanical Gardens

here, around the York Museum

1:16:001:16:04

Gardens, they are all emanated in

the run-up to Christmas. Elimination

1:16:041:16:10

in this installation in place until

the first of January. Many are

1:16:101:16:13

eliminated to best effect. Clear

skies above us in York at the moment

1:16:131:16:17

led to a chilly start. If we look at

the forecast for today, it is a cold

1:16:171:16:22

start UK wide. Cold air with us for

the rest of the working week.

1:16:221:16:26

Morning frosts becoming more common.

Sunshine and showers around the

1:16:261:16:29

periphery of the UK. Increasingly so

in the eastern parts of Scotland and

1:16:291:16:33

eastern England over the next few

days. Parts of northern Scotland,

1:16:331:16:37

Northern Ireland and Wales, just be

careful. It will be a bit icy. A bit

1:16:371:16:45

of frost here and there. Many

beginning the day dry. You can see

1:16:451:16:49

the showers in Northern Ireland

western areas to begin with, and in

1:16:491:16:52

the afternoon, eastern Scotland and

eastern England begin to see them.

1:16:521:16:55

The showers across Scotland, sleet

and snow over the hills, even

1:16:551:16:59

flurries down to lower levels in the

heavier showers. Southern Scotland

1:16:591:17:01

stays largely dry. Much of

north-west England having a bright

1:17:011:17:05

day. East of the Pennines, expert

showers in the afternoon. A cold

1:17:051:17:08

wind developing as well. The breeze

picking up in East Anglia and the

1:17:081:17:13

south-east. It is expected to stay

dry too much of the daylight hours

1:17:131:17:16

today. A fair amount of sunshine,

cloudier later on. For the Midlands,

1:17:161:17:19

it is an east-west split, maybe the

chance of a shower in the afternoon

1:17:191:17:23

across eastern areas, western areas

staying dry. Much of south-western

1:17:231:17:26

and will be dry, into the

south-western across Wales will

1:17:261:17:29

continue to see one of the mainly

rain showers pushing in. A bit of

1:17:291:17:33

sleet over the higher ground. Which

is showers in Northern Ireland, in

1:17:331:17:37

between the sunny spells. -- wintry.

UK wide, colder than yesterday. 4-

1:17:371:17:42

eight Celsius at the very best for

most of you. Feeling colder in the

1:17:421:17:46

wind, especially in the east. The

winner will pick up the night,

1:17:461:17:51

feeding showers across eastern

district of Scotland and England. A

1:17:511:17:53

few showers in the far west of

England and Wales. Many will be dry.

1:17:531:17:57

Clear skies. Some frost around.

Where use either showers there is

1:17:571:18:01

the chance of ice into tomorrow

morning. On Wednesday, a cold they

1:18:011:18:05

install. Especially when you have

the showers coming and going all day

1:18:051:18:09

long. They will turn increasingly

wintry across parts of north-east

1:18:091:18:13

England as well. Further west, a few

showers in the far west of Wales in

1:18:131:18:18

south-west England. Many will be

dry, with some sunshine again.

1:18:181:18:20

Chilly in the wind. Temperatures

down on today's values and down

1:18:201:18:24

further on Thursday. It is these

eastern areas which are most prone

1:18:241:18:28

to showers, even across East Anglia

and the south-east we could see one

1:18:281:18:31

or two wintry showers by this stage.

The wind hitting gale force at times

1:18:311:18:36

along the east coast. Where you have

the showers, it will not only feel

1:18:361:18:40

cold because of them, but the

strength of the wind will make you

1:18:401:18:44

feel more like -1 or minus three

degrees. A very chilly few days in

1:18:441:18:47

store. Showers starting to drift

towards eastern areas rather than

1:18:471:18:50

the west. I will see you again in

up. -- half an hour.

1:18:501:18:55

I know it is a bad thing to say, but

I felt a bit is Christmassy watching

1:18:581:19:04

him this morning.

Why not?

Well,

because it is in December. -- isn't.

1:19:041:19:11

Research by BBC Breakfast has

discovered than an increasing number

1:19:111:19:13

of parents of children with special

needs are taking their local

1:19:131:19:16

councils to tribunal,

in order to get the right support

1:19:161:19:19

for their child.

1:19:191:19:20

The number of cases

in England increased by nearly

1:19:201:19:22

a third last year with parents

winning 80% of cases.

1:19:221:19:25

Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin has more.

1:19:251:19:26

Cruel, traumatic, heart-wrenching...

1:19:261:19:30

Deanne describes the process

she has just gone through.

1:19:301:19:32

Two years fighting two tribunals

to get the right support

1:19:321:19:35

for her disabled daughter.

1:19:351:19:36

Erin was left with serious

disabilities after being

1:19:361:19:39

born prematurely.

1:19:391:19:53

A statement, a legal document,

outlined exactly what support Erin

1:19:531:19:56

received.

1:19:561:19:56

New legislation in 2014 meant

Erin's statement had to be

1:19:561:19:59

scrapped and turned

into a new Education,

1:19:591:20:01

Health and Care Plan.

1:20:011:20:02

That;s when their fight began.

1:20:021:20:03

They have stripped out everything.

1:20:031:20:04

All of Erin's provision?

1:20:041:20:06

Switch therapy, one-on-one,

occupational therapy...

1:20:061:20:07

All gone?

1:20:071:20:08

All gone.

1:20:081:20:14

They appealed the plan

in October 2015.

1:20:141:20:21

In May 2016 they lost

at the tribunal, appealed again

1:20:211:20:24

and in July this

year won a new plan.

1:20:241:20:26

You basically got

everything back to her?

1:20:261:20:28

Yes, and more.

1:20:281:20:29

How can you summarise

the process you have been

1:20:291:20:31

through?

1:20:311:20:32

I can't, I can't.

1:20:321:20:33

It doesn't make sense,

what we have been through,

1:20:331:20:35

as a family, to get what Erin

needs and is entitled to.

1:20:351:20:38

It does not make sense.

1:20:381:20:40

Erin's Council, Redbridge,

told us they made 1,500

1:20:401:20:42

decisions last year.

1:20:421:20:43

Only 20 ended in tribunal.

1:20:431:20:46

The reforms were designed

to offer that is support

1:20:461:20:49

for children but we found almost

3400 parents had to fight for that

1:20:491:20:52

support last year.

1:20:521:20:55

What it tells me is that there

is a system which is

1:20:551:20:58

under massive strain.

1:20:581:20:59

Council simply do not

have the money to give

1:20:591:21:01

parents what they think

their children deserve.

1:21:011:21:04

This isn't what parents

think their children

1:21:041:21:06

deserve.

1:21:061:21:07

This is what the law says

children are entitled to.

1:21:071:21:09

That is very different.

1:21:091:21:10

Councils are doing their best

to do that, in impossible

1:21:101:21:13

financial circumstances.

1:21:131:21:14

The law also says

that councils cannot

1:21:141:21:16

overspend their budget each year.

1:21:161:21:18

The department for education told us

they have given councils an extra

1:21:181:21:22

£223 million in extra funding

to help them introduce

1:21:221:21:27

these reforms successfully.

1:21:271:21:27

Many parents tell us

that they too have

1:21:271:21:30

had to pay.

1:21:301:21:31

The cost of independent financial

reports, lawyers and experts,

1:21:311:21:33

emotional costs which

cannot be quantified.

1:21:331:21:35

Of course, there are

many parents who cannot

1:21:351:21:37

afford to pay anything.

1:21:371:21:48

There are of course those

situations where local

1:21:481:21:53

authorities will come along

to the hearing armed with a range

1:21:531:21:56

of professionals

supporting their case,

1:21:561:21:57

and that inevitably creates

an inequality of arms.

1:21:571:22:00

This can be a brutal experience.

1:22:001:22:01

Many parents, like Deanne,

will go through it more

1:22:011:22:04

than once.

1:22:041:22:04

It has taken every fibre

in my body to fight.

1:22:041:22:07

And I will never, ever

give up, for what my

1:22:071:22:10

daughter needs and is

legally entitled to.

1:22:101:22:20

Jayne joins us in the studio. A

powerful report. We are getting many

1:22:201:22:26

messages again today, and lots of

them are seeing about that brutal

1:22:261:22:29

nature of the tribunal process, how

frustrating and degrading it can be.

1:22:291:22:34

People tell me it feels like walk.

It can get so acrimonious, so nasty.

1:22:341:22:39

There is some data we have

exclusively. What we have learned as

1:22:391:22:43

there has been a 28% increase in

England's in the number of families

1:22:431:22:48

who have to take this fight to

tribunal. How many of those local

1:22:481:22:53

authorities are actually winning?

Only one in five cases are one. --

1:22:531:23:02

are won by local authorities. Behind

that number is another story, in

1:23:021:23:07

many cases local authorities will

concede before it reaches tribunal,

1:23:071:23:10

four in ten. There is another

number. How much money a local

1:23:101:23:14

authority spending on these battles?

We have learned it is at least £6

1:23:141:23:18

million in the last five years.

Because not all local authorities

1:23:181:23:22

provided us with data. You know we

are spending all week looking at

1:23:221:23:26

these issues On Breakfast. We do not

want to spend a whole week shining a

1:23:261:23:30

light on all of the bad stuff, the

stuff that is going around, because

1:23:301:23:34

so much is going right for so many

very many people. If you have in

1:23:341:23:38

following this on social media, you

will have seen the hashtag #BBCsend,

1:23:381:23:46

and we want people to get in touch

with us with the good stories as

1:23:461:23:50

well. Who has helped you with your

life, who is making a difference? I

1:23:501:23:54

want to show you a film. Tissues at

the ready. This is Ryan, who has

1:23:541:23:58

autism, and he wants to say thank

you to his dad.

I want to say thank

1:23:581:24:06

you to Darren John because he helped

me through a lot. Here's my PE

1:24:061:24:14

teacher. When I was a kid the doctor

told my mum and dad I couldn't never

1:24:141:24:22

talk. But through the years, I got

better because of this man, because

1:24:221:24:31

he gave me my opportunities. He

encouraged me to speak more. Thank

1:24:311:24:41

you, Darren, for everything. For

giving me my opportunities.

My

1:24:411:24:48

pleasure, mate. I got a hug! Let's

do that again. Well done to you,

1:24:481:24:58

mate. That's better, isn't it?

That was actually Brad, not Ryan. We

1:24:581:25:09

will be playing him later on.

That

message, it is just wonderful that

1:25:091:25:14

there is, you know, there are good

news stories out of air, aren't

1:25:141:25:18

there?

There is so much stuff

happening. Tomorrow, if your

1:25:181:25:22

families affected by autism, an

exclusive report on services, you

1:25:221:25:26

will not want to miss that. And we

have in chatting to David and Cary

1:25:261:25:30

Grant.

Yes, I was speaking to them,

they have four children and two of

1:25:301:25:34

them have autism. I went to their

home to speak to them, it gave me a

1:25:341:25:38

sense of what it is like to live

with children with autism, how

1:25:381:25:42

frustrating and also how... I mean,

they have a positive message as

1:25:421:25:45

well, they really do. It is a mixed

bag, isn't it? The positive and

1:25:451:25:49

negative.

On the positive side of

things, we have a message from

1:25:491:25:53

Shirley. She says her son is on the

autism spectrum. He was diagnosed

1:25:531:25:57

with Asperger's at the age of 12.

Her local education department of

1:25:571:26:00

the torch with his education, and

they had a rotten time. Through my

1:26:001:26:06

family's hard work we educated my

son at home. I also held down a

1:26:061:26:10

full-time job through this. He is

now 21, a junior software engineer

1:26:101:26:13

with a brilliant company. Surely,

thank you. We need fortified minutes

1:26:131:26:18

to read out everybody's messages.

There is so much more information on

1:26:181:26:22

our social media. If you want to be

in touch, as so many people are, you

1:26:221:26:27

can email us. Or you can tweet us

using the hashtag #BBCsend.

1:26:271:26:30

Thank you for all of your messages.

Do keep them coming through. And we

1:26:341:26:39

will pay you the film, Ryan and his

dad...

You do have time now, don't

1:26:391:26:43

you, to go and get the tissues

ready.

That is in the next

1:26:431:26:47

half-hour. We will

1:26:471:30:09

in half an hour.

1:30:091:30:10

Now, though, it's back

to Louise and Dan.

1:30:101:30:17

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

1:30:171:30:20

Here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News.

1:30:201:30:23

More details of Prince Harry

and Meghan Markle's wedding

1:30:231:30:25

are expected to be announced today.

1:30:251:30:27

The Archbishop of Canterbury has

indicated the couple

1:30:271:30:29

will have a church wedding,

saying the pair had "chosen

1:30:291:30:32

to make their vows to God"

in a religious ceremony.

1:30:321:30:34

The couple went public

with their engagement yesterday.

1:30:341:30:41

The only airport on the Indonesian

island of Bali has been closed

1:30:411:30:45

for a second day amid concerns

of a volcanic eruption.

1:30:451:30:47

Massive plumes of smoke and ash have

been spewing out of Mount Agung over

1:30:471:30:51

the past few days.

1:30:511:30:52

Officials have raised the alert

to the highest level

1:30:521:30:55

and are evacuating the homes of up

to 100,000 people who live

1:30:551:30:58

near the volcano.

1:30:581:31:05

When it comes to aspiration

and opportunity England is becoming

1:31:051:31:08

increasingly divided

according to a new report.

1:31:081:31:10

The Social Mobility Commission says

London and the south-east

1:31:101:31:12

are still the best place

for disadvantaged children

1:31:121:31:14

to progress, while those

in the Midlands and coastal areas

1:31:141:31:17

have the least opportunities.

1:31:171:31:23

The chair of the commission believes

things can be improved.

This is not

1:31:231:31:28

either inevitable or unsolvable. If

you think back long enough, 20 years

1:31:281:31:32

ago, we would be having a discussion

and lamenting the fact that London

1:31:321:31:36

state schools were among the worst

in the country. Now they are the

1:31:361:31:40

best. If you are a disadvantage

youngster in London your chances of

1:31:401:31:44

going to university are about twice

as high as other parts of the

1:31:441:31:47

country. So this can be solved.

1:31:471:31:54

The seven biggest high-street banks

can survive the shocks of Brexit

1:31:541:31:59

according to the Bank of England. We

have the resources to cope with a

1:31:591:32:04

high Brexit, high unemployment and a

collapse in the property market. The

1:32:041:32:07

bank concluded there are three times

more resilient than they were a

1:32:071:32:11

decade ago. Six men acquitted over

weapons charges in India have been

1:32:111:32:18

released.

We spoke about this on the programme

1:32:181:32:20

yesterday with members of the

family. Known as the Chennai Six,

1:32:201:32:23

they were part of the crew seized by

the Indian coastguard on October

1:32:231:32:27

2013 and had been charged with

entering India and legally and

1:32:271:32:35

convicted last year. All charges

were dropped. And we were speaking

1:32:351:32:39

to them on the sofa. The fiancee of

one and a sister. And they were not

1:32:391:32:46

feeling positive. So it is great

news.

And another story that you

1:32:461:32:50

would have thought got more

coverage.

And then there was the

1:32:501:32:53

engagement.

Everything else has been

shoved to the side.

Including

1:32:531:33:00

shortlist for the Sports Personality

of the Year.

On earth did that

1:33:001:33:03

happen? Yes, another big story in

town. Look at that trophy behind

1:33:031:33:10

your shoulders. It has some cracking

names on it. I am trying to think

1:33:101:33:15

what my earliest memory is and I

might be wrong, but was Red Ron on?

1:33:151:33:24

I am sure there was a pause. That is

vague enough. I will check.

I don't

1:33:241:33:29

know that.

Andy Murray broke the

record, winning for a record third

1:33:291:33:36

know that.

Andy Murray broke the

record, winning for a record surged

1:33:361:33:36

time last year.

1:33:361:33:38

The live ceremony is on December

the 17th in Liverpool.

1:33:381:33:41

We'll be looking at this year's 12

candidates just after 8:30am.

1:33:411:33:46

I love that shot of Andy Murray

smiling into the camera.

1:33:461:33:51

The ECB say Ben Stokes is visiting

family in New Zealand and not

1:33:511:33:55

heading to Australia,

after he was apparently spotted

1:33:551:33:57

flying out of Heathrow Airport.

1:33:571:33:58

Stokes has been suspended

since he was was arrested

1:33:581:34:01

in September on suspicion of actual

bodily harm after an incident

1:34:011:34:04

outside a nightclub

but the investigation

1:34:041:34:05

is still on-going.

1:34:051:34:06

Sorry, I don't know if you just

heard that. Shall we tell everyone

1:34:061:34:10

what happened?

I turned on my phone

to

1:34:101:34:16

what happened?

I turned on my phone

and Siri said, sorry, I don't

1:34:161:34:18

understand.

Can Sally continue with

sport? Yes, you can.

Thank you very

1:34:181:34:26

much. I love that. Andy Swiss has

more.

1:34:261:34:38

Well, welcome to Adelaide airport,

where England's players have arrived

1:34:381:34:43

from Brisbane. Plenty to see into

that over the next few days before

1:34:431:34:46

the second test on Saturday. But

while they were flying here, the big

1:34:461:34:50

talking point was another cricketer

making a plane journey - a picture

1:34:501:34:55

appeared on Twitter which it was

claimed was a Ben Stokes at an

1:34:551:34:59

airport and that prompted

speculation he was on his way to

1:34:591:35:05

Australia. England and Wales Cricket

Board says he is not. He is on his

1:35:051:35:09

way to New Zealand. The ECB say he

is making a trip to New Zealand to

1:35:091:35:14

spend time with family. But it seems

he wants to play some cricket. The

1:35:141:35:19

New Zealand team Canterbury say they

have been holding initial informal

1:35:191:35:23

discussions with him over his

availability for forthcoming

1:35:231:35:28

matches. Although Ben Stokes is

suspended from England duty it is

1:35:281:35:32

understood they would be happy for

him to play for a team in New

1:35:321:35:36

Zealand. It is another intriguing

development in this ongoing saga.

1:35:361:35:44

And Andrew Strauss says players need

to sharpen up their act after the

1:35:441:35:48

details of Jonny Bairstow's

headbutt. He says Jonny Bairstow

1:35:481:35:52

will not be disciplined and that is

something that he does with his

1:35:521:35:56

mates who play rugby. The team has

been effectively... Yes, I know,

1:35:561:36:01

effectively grounded.

1:36:011:36:08

The former England manager

Sam Allardyce is back in the frame

1:36:081:36:11

for the Everton job,

and he's now the leading contender.

1:36:111:36:14

He had been an early candidate

to succeed Ronald Koeman,

1:36:141:36:15

but publicly withdrew after Everton

were slow to make an offer.

1:36:151:36:18

But their search has become

increasingly urgent -

1:36:181:36:20

they've lost five out of their last

seven games under caretaker boss

1:36:201:36:24

David Unsworth.

1:36:241:36:24

Karen Carney has withdrawn

from the England squad for today's

1:36:241:36:27

World Cup qualifier

against Kazakhstan in Colchester

1:36:271:36:29

after injuring an ankle.

1:36:291:36:30

The Chelsea winger, who has

been capped 134 times,

1:36:301:36:32

joins Demi Stokes on the sidelines.

1:36:321:36:34

England have won their

first two qualifiers.

1:36:341:36:36

And you can watch that

game live on BBC Two,

1:36:361:36:39

kickoff at 7:05am.

1:36:391:36:40

Wales also play tonight,

away to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

1:36:401:36:41

And the horse at Sports Personality

of the Year was Red Rum.

Great

1:36:411:36:45

memory!

I was a big fan.

Sorry about

the interruption.

That's OK.

The

1:36:451:36:54

last time it happened I turned it

off because I mentioned Syria on the

1:36:541:36:59

bulletin and if what I was asking

question.

I remember.

Live TV. You

1:36:591:37:04

would think that you would have

learned.

I will learn one day.

1:37:041:37:08

It's the story that's made

headlines across the globe,

1:37:081:37:10

the engagement of Prince Harry

to the American actress Meghan

1:37:101:37:13

Markle.

1:37:131:37:14

They've announced plans to marry

in spring 2018 and have been talking

1:37:141:37:18

to the BBC's Mishal Husain about how

they met, what happened when Harry

1:37:181:37:21

propsed and their plans

for the future.

1:37:211:37:29

The friend who introduced you, what

she tried to set you up?

Yes, a

1:37:291:37:34

setup, a blind date, and it is so

interesting because we talk about it

1:37:341:37:38

now and even then because I am from

the States, you don't grow up with

1:37:381:37:44

the same understanding of the Royal

family, and so, while I understand

1:37:441:37:48

clearly that there is a global

interest, I didn't know much about

1:37:481:37:53

him. And so the only thing I asked

her when she said she wanted to set

1:37:531:37:58

us up was, was he nice?

It happened

a few weeks ago, only this month,

1:37:581:38:04

here at our cottage, just a

standard, typical night.

Just a cosy

1:38:041:38:11

night, what were we doing, roasting

chicken?

Trying to roast chicken.

1:38:111:38:16

And it was just an amazing surprise.

It was so sweet and natural and very

1:38:161:38:20

romantic. He got on one knee.

Of

course.

Was it an instant yes?

Yes,

1:38:201:38:28

as a matter of fact, I couldn't let

you finish proposing.

She wouldn't

1:38:281:38:33

let me finish. The ring is yellow

gold, because that is her favourite.

1:38:331:38:37

And the main stone itself I sourced

from Botswana. And the diamonds

1:38:371:38:42

either side are from my mother's

jewellery collection to make sure

1:38:421:38:46

that she is with us on this crazy

journey together.

It is beautiful.

1:38:461:38:52

And he designed it. It is

incredible.

Yes.

Yes.

Some of that

1:38:521:38:59

scrutiny, you made public statements

about it, some of the scrutiny was

1:38:591:39:03

centred around your ethnicity,

Meghan. When you realised that, what

1:39:031:39:07

did you think?

Of course it is

disheartening, you know. It is a

1:39:071:39:13

shame that that is the climate in

this world. And we have never put

1:39:131:39:18

any focus on that. We have just

focused on who we are as a couple.

1:39:181:39:23

And so when you take all those extra

layers away and all that noise, I

1:39:231:39:27

think it makes it really easy to

just enjoy being together.

Have you

1:39:271:39:32

met the Queen?

I have, yes.

A couple

of times.

A couple of times.

What

1:39:321:39:39

was it like?

It is incredible. I

think, you know, A, to meet her

1:39:391:39:45

through his lens, not just through

his honour and respect for her as

1:39:451:39:49

the monarch, but the love he has for

her as his grandmother, all of those

1:39:491:39:54

layers have been so important for

me, so that when I met her I had a

1:39:541:39:58

deep understanding and of course

incredible respect for being able to

1:39:581:40:01

have that time with her. And we have

had a really...

She is an incredible

1:40:011:40:09

woman. And the corgis

LAUGHTER

1:40:091:40:13

woman. And the corgis

LAUGHTER.

1:40:131:40:13

After 30 years of putting up with

them...

Just lying on my feet. It

1:40:131:40:18

was very sweet.

The corgis was the

important thing.

It was the detail

1:40:181:40:23

that we got.

1:40:231:40:24

We expect to get

more details later today

1:40:241:40:26

about where and when the next

Royal wedding will take place.

1:40:261:40:29

This is a stroy being talked

about around the world,

1:40:291:40:32

so let's gauge reaction on both

sides of the Atlantic.

1:40:321:40:35

Royal Historian Kate Williams

is outside Buckingham Palace,

1:40:351:40:37

and from Los Angeles we're joined

by Melanie Bromley from E News.

1:40:371:40:40

Good morning. Thank you for joining

us. Kate, outside Buckingham Palace,

1:40:401:40:47

it was fascinating watching the

interview. What did you make of what

1:40:471:40:51

they had to say?

Well, it was a

really wonderful interview. I think

1:40:511:40:55

what really came over how this is a

young couple in love, they are so

1:40:551:41:00

engaged, so affectionate, and they

see their future partnership - they

1:41:001:41:04

were talking about how they see

their partnership after marriage,

1:41:041:41:06

how they want to do a lot of good

for the world, work together. Prince

1:41:061:41:11

Harry has been doing important

charity work with the Invictus Games

1:41:111:41:15

and Meghan has worked for the UN,

studied international relations,

1:41:151:41:20

worked with World Vision, so

interesting to see the future

1:41:201:41:25

partnership, that there is a lot of

work to do, and that is why they

1:41:251:41:29

will have a very successful

relationship. They are deeply in

1:41:291:41:32

love and well-suited. It will be a

working charity and working

1:41:321:41:36

partnership as well which is what

they both want.

And do you think it

1:41:361:41:40

will change the Royal family?

I

think it is significant. I think

1:41:401:41:46

Meghan is a breath of fresh air. She

is very different. Of course as they

1:41:461:41:50

said they were some very cruel and

difficult, harassment and abusive

1:41:501:41:56

coverage of the relationship when it

broke last year. Some racism and

1:41:561:42:01

misogyny. And really Meghan has been

a very powerful voice about feminism

1:42:011:42:05

and particularly about racism and

what she suffered as a biracial

1:42:051:42:08

woman and the racism she suffered.

So the fact that she will be on the

1:42:081:42:12

balcony waving out as part of this

league group seen as rather stuffy,

1:42:121:42:17

people predicted Prince Harry's

future brighter since he was little,

1:42:171:42:20

and it was usually a British Arista

great. He has chosen someone

1:42:201:42:25

completely different. -- Arista

great. The Royal family is symbolic.

1:42:251:42:30

This has a big symbolic significance

I think.

Tell us a little about

1:42:301:42:34

royal protocol from now on. There

are so many details we don't have at

1:42:341:42:38

this point.

Yes, we expect a

briefing today about when and where

1:42:381:42:42

the wedding will be, the top choice

is Windsor, certainly because it

1:42:421:42:46

won't be a bank holiday, it won't be

a huge day or celebration as we saw

1:42:461:42:50

with William and Kate as a future

king. At present what they will aim

1:42:501:42:54

for is something quiet. I believe

she is going for Christmas at

1:42:541:42:58

Sandringham with the Queen and the

other royals. She will move into

1:42:581:43:02

Nottingham cottage in Kensington so

they are neighbours with William and

1:43:021:43:06

Kate. And we will see a small

wedding. It will be a massive media

1:43:061:43:10

extravaganza. They are incredibly

popular. She gets so much coverage.

1:43:101:43:15

He is so popular. A favourite rumour

is Serena Williams might be

1:43:151:43:20

bridesmaid and that would be

marvellous to see one of the

1:43:201:43:23

greatest tennis players walking up

with Meghan Markle as a bridesmaid.

1:43:231:43:26

What a great rumour. Thank you.

And there will be plenty more of

1:43:261:43:31

those. Prince Harry and Meghan

Markle's engagement has been big

1:43:311:43:34

stateside.

1:43:341:43:35

Let's speak to Melanie Bromley

who is the Chief news correspondent

1:43:351:43:38

at E News in Los Angeles.

1:43:381:43:40

Good morning to you, Melanie. Give

us a flavour of how it has gone down

1:43:401:43:46

in the States.

In America, it has

been waiting for a royal family

1:43:461:43:51

here. Of course they have spoken

about it for years. This is it

1:43:511:43:55

really. Having an American in the

British Royal family. And Meghan

1:43:551:43:58

Markle is somebody who has grown up.

She has obviously been a TV actress.

1:43:581:44:04

She has this very interesting

lifestyle. So to capture the heart

1:44:041:44:11

of the prince, who in America is

someone they really adopted, ever

1:44:111:44:15

since the death of his mother, so

for Harry to pick an American bride

1:44:151:44:20

is hugely significant over here.

And

she seems to have been preparing for

1:44:201:44:25

this scrutiny that she will have had

already and will continue to get

1:44:251:44:29

through the rest of her life. She

closed down her social media site.

1:44:291:44:33

She stopped the lifestyle website

she was running as well. Seemingly

1:44:331:44:38

in preparation for her new life, as

part of the Royal family.

We saw the

1:44:381:44:44

signs and one year ago when Harry

released the statement and then she

1:44:441:44:49

started to fall in line with royal

protocol. Four were to continue on

1:44:491:44:53

the TV show the idea that she might

in her role as Rachel Zane be doing

1:44:531:44:58

sex scenes or love scenes or

whatever it might be really didn't

1:44:581:45:02

fit in with her future role, which

is a new platform where she can help

1:45:021:45:06

Harry and also do good around the

world, which of course, as an

1:45:061:45:10

actress, she was also a massive

philanthropist as well and was able

1:45:101:45:14

to do that anyway. This is something

that is important for her. She is

1:45:141:45:19

falling in line. She is doing

exactly what she wants to do. She

1:45:191:45:23

understands that by being with Harry

she will have a bigger platform and

1:45:231:45:27

impact and that is incredibly

important to her.

Kate was talking

1:45:271:45:31

about it as a historical

significance and symbolism of Prince

1:45:311:45:38

Harry marrying an ordinary American,

I know she is famous and has been on

1:45:381:45:42

TV and is well-known, but give us an

idea from the American perspective,

1:45:421:45:47

someone outside the Royal family,

outside the typical circle of being

1:45:471:45:55

a royal.

We talked about Kate being

a commoner and catching the heart of

1:45:551:45:59

William, breaking down the class

boundary. You know, with Meghan,

1:45:591:46:05

breaking down the racial divide, it

represents the future of the

1:46:051:46:08

monarchy. This future where we have

this ideal world we would all like

1:46:081:46:12

to live in. And I know there is much

talk about the wedding being

1:46:121:46:16

something small and much smaller

than William and Kate. In some ways

1:46:161:46:21

there is a real hunger over here to

see Harry happy and to get that

1:46:211:46:25

happy ever after. And for that

reason I think we want a big

1:46:251:46:31

wedding. When there is the clock

choice at the moment, we want to see

1:46:311:46:37

it Meghan and Harry on the balcony

at Buckingham Palace waving. People

1:46:371:46:42

are so excited for her. And the

future that she will have with

1:46:421:46:45

Harry.

I am sure you will get all of

those pictures soon.

1:46:451:46:53

You know Donald Trump comments on

everything these days, but nothing

1:46:531:46:56

yet on Twitter.

While.

We await with

bated breath.

Matt is looking at the

1:46:561:47:03

weather again. This is fabulous!

That is beautiful. Good morning.

1:47:031:47:07

A very good morning to you. We are

in York, we are at the Christmas at

1:47:091:47:15

York Museum Gardens Festival. It is

not just lights here, but fire as

1:47:151:47:20

well. This installation is a march

to the Vikings, synonymous with the

1:47:201:47:24

area. -- is an homage. This is my

favourite one yet because it is

1:47:241:47:32

warming me up. It is very chilly

here, as it is across the UK. Quite

1:47:321:47:36

a bit of sunshine to come for many

of you today, but would all see more

1:47:361:47:41

showers in eastern areas then we

have induced you over past few days.

1:47:411:47:44

We have seen a bit of ice with

overnight showers and some frost.

1:47:441:47:48

Temperatures close to freezing in

many parts. One isolated showers

1:47:481:47:54

drifting across south-west England.

They will quickly disappear and we

1:47:541:47:58

will see sunshine about. Northern

Scotland and eastern Scotland will

1:47:581:48:02

see showers coming and going through

the day. Some of them heavy across

1:48:021:48:06

the coast. Hail and thunder as well,

and we could see sleet and snow.

1:48:061:48:12

South-west Scotland stays dry, and

across eastern parts of England we

1:48:121:48:16

will see more showers developing in

the afternoon. Further and further

1:48:161:48:20

in land, with a strong to gale force

wind. We have the morning shower

1:48:201:48:25

here and there are, most places will

be dry in the afternoon. Lots of

1:48:251:48:30

sunshine across much of southern

England. South-west England and

1:48:301:48:32

across Wales, Waddleton Mac showers

coming and going through the day. A

1:48:321:48:41

few showers to come in Northern

Ireland as well. Across the UK,

1:48:411:48:46

temperatures down on yesterday,

around 3- eight degrees. It will

1:48:461:48:50

feel cold in the wind, especially

across Northern Ireland eastern

1:48:501:48:53

areas, where the wind will be at its

strongest. Into this evening and

1:48:531:48:57

overnight, the showers will die back

to coastal areas, many in land will

1:48:571:49:01

be dry and clear. Many will lead to

a widespread frost developing. You

1:49:011:49:05

have the showers, just be wary.

There could be ice on the roads and

1:49:051:49:09

into tomorrow morning. Another

chilly start tomorrow, especially in

1:49:091:49:13

eastern areas. Showers coming and

going all day long. The showers for

1:49:131:49:18

eastern England tomorrow, a few of

them drifting into East Anglia,

1:49:181:49:21

maybe the south-east. Parts of

Pembrokeshire, into Cornwall

1:49:211:49:26

especially, will have showers. The

wind is making itself known. It is

1:49:261:49:34

at its strongest along the North Sea

coasts. If anything, it will be

1:49:341:49:39

getting colder still. Some showers

across eastern England will be prone

1:49:391:49:43

to sleet and snow. (INAUDIBLE).

1:49:431:49:49

Well, we can see from the map what

is happening in East Anglia, but map

1:49:521:49:57

has disappeared. -- Matt has

disappeared. We have lost, sorry.

He

1:49:571:50:03

is OK. But we have lost the line.

The paper cup and the long piece of

1:50:031:50:10

string let us down.

It is going to

be cold, though. More details in

1:50:101:50:14

half an hour.

Thursday is the

coldest day of the week by some

1:50:141:50:18

distance, so wrap up warm, that is

the unofficial weather report for

1:50:181:50:21

you.

1:50:211:50:21

All of biggest high street banks

could withstand severe economic

1:50:211:50:24

shocks worse than the financial

crisis a decade ago.

1:50:241:50:26

It's good news.

1:50:261:50:27

Steph has been looking

at the details.

1:50:271:50:33

This is a bit of good

news this morning.

1:50:331:50:36

The Bank of England has been

undertaking these tests since 2014 -

1:50:361:50:39

to make sure whatever the global

economy throws our way,

1:50:391:50:42

our banks will be stable

and won't need bailing out.

1:50:421:50:44

All seven of the big high

street names passed,

1:50:441:50:47

through scenarios including a hard

Brexit, big drops in the value

1:50:471:50:50

of our currency the pound,

high unemployment or a collapse

1:50:501:50:52

in property prices.

1:50:521:51:01

This is what Mark Carney had to say

a moment ago.

Despite the severity

1:51:011:51:04

of the test, for the first signs of

the bank began stress testing in

1:51:041:51:08

2014, no bank needs to strengthen

its capital position as a result.

1:51:081:51:12

Informed by the stress test and our

own risk analysis, the FTC also

1:51:121:51:15

judges the banking system will

continue to support the real

1:51:151:51:20

economy, even in the unlikely event

of a disorderly Brexit.

That is the

1:51:201:51:25

governor of the Bank of England,

Mark Carney. Vicky Pryce John Isner

1:51:251:51:29

now to go over the results. I know

these are fresh off the printer.

1:51:291:51:33

What do you make of these results,

it is good news that all the banks

1:51:331:51:37

have passed?

Very reassuring, of

course. The tests were very severe.

1:51:371:51:41

Some people are wondering why they

needed to be so severe. There was a

1:51:411:51:45

very substantial fall in the pound

of about 20%. A fall in the GDP of

1:51:451:51:51

more than 4%. An increase in

interest rates of 2.4%. And the

1:51:511:51:57

question was, would the banks be

able to sustain the losses, which

1:51:571:52:01

were likely to come as a result of

that? All banks, including the Royal

1:52:011:52:05

Bank of Scotland, which people were

concerned about, they seem to have

1:52:051:52:08

passed the test. They are intended

to strengthen the banks' capital

1:52:081:52:16

base.

Why is it so important?

Well,

of course we have Brexit coming up.

1:52:161:52:22

That is likely to create financial

uncertainty and possess themselves

1:52:221:52:25

seem to suggest that certainly that

volatility that happened because of

1:52:251:52:32

Brexit can be sustained by the

banks. What the Bank of England 's

1:52:321:52:38

have said, even where we are, it

will be easily covered, but they

1:52:381:52:47

will review that. There will be some

other thoughts next year in terms of

1:52:471:52:52

whether they need to raise more

capital. Remember, of course, no

1:52:521:52:55

individual bank has to raise capital

right now. But what to think as --

1:52:551:53:02

what the bank has said, in the case

of any serious situation, they need

1:53:021:53:06

to increase from 4.1% to 4.5%. That

is an increase, but there is much

1:53:061:53:15

capital but they want what they term

a regular tree buffer. They cannot

1:53:151:53:19

use it in any way except to ensure

that they have it in case of need.

1:53:191:53:23

It is good to know it is there. You

mentioned RBS, people were worried

1:53:231:53:27

whether RBS would pass. Of course,

it is majority-owned by us, the

1:53:271:53:30

taxpayers, through the government?

It will be interesting to see what

1:53:301:53:34

happens to RBS shares in the future.

The Chancellor, in his budget on

1:53:341:53:37

November 22, said that he intended

to sell about £15 billion worth of

1:53:371:53:41

RBS shares. So that would decrease

the share that is actually still

1:53:411:53:46

held by the public. But of course

there would still be huge losses, if

1:53:461:53:54

you look at the value of whether

shares were when they were still

1:53:541:53:58

doing reasonably well, we'll be

losing quite a of money on this.

1:53:581:54:07

Actually, the Royal Bank of Scotland

is out of its problems, it has other

1:54:071:54:11

problems and issues to deal with,

and maybe there will be an impact on

1:54:111:54:14

shares. Might actually lose a little

bit less than they are sold.

We will

1:54:141:54:18

find out what is happening with the

share price later this morning.

1:54:181:54:21

Thank you for talking to us this

morning. That is it for me.

1:54:211:54:28

Now, the reaction to a series of

special educational needs this week

1:54:281:54:31

has been overwhelming. Thank you to

everybody who has been in touch with

1:54:311:54:35

all your stories. The emails as a

coherent on zone is that it -- of

1:54:351:54:41

the emails were still coming in

yesterday. I know we are being

1:54:411:54:44

inundated again today.

Many people

wanted to say thank you to a family

1:54:441:54:48

member or carer who did so much to

help them. Earlier, we said we would

1:54:481:54:52

play Ryan's story. He has autism and

wanted to thank his dad. Make sure

1:54:521:54:56

you keep your eyes on Ryan's dad.

I would like to thank my dad. If it

1:54:561:55:01

were not to him I wouldn't be able

to do other things I have done

1:55:011:55:05

today. He taught me how to cook, how

to use a washing machine, how to

1:55:051:55:09

iron. If it were not the him I

wouldn't be able to do things like

1:55:091:55:13

that. He pushed me to my limits,

doing things I never imagined I

1:55:131:55:17

would do. If it were not the him I

would never be other to speak to

1:55:171:55:21

anybody like you. He taught me

social skills, I struggled talking

1:55:211:55:24

to people, he taught me how to look

and how to keep calm in front of

1:55:241:55:29

normal people, and people that I

have never met. I'm very lucky, very

1:55:291:55:32

lucky.

He has made it easy for me,

he is a good light. He is my man.

1:55:321:55:45

That is Ryan and his dad Nick. All

this week Hollywood is -- all this

1:55:451:55:55

week, we have got messages all week,

but when people get the care they

1:55:551:55:59

need, it is so uplifting.

What is

lovely as hearing Ryan there,

1:55:591:56:03

sometimes you are not able to say

thank you and he just says it so

1:56:031:56:07

beautifully as well.

One other

message I would like to read you. A

1:56:071:56:10

teacher who wanted to remain

anonymous said, I am a teacher at a

1:56:101:56:14

special needs school and I feel like

I have doors shut in my face

1:56:141:56:18

unidentified pupils with extra

needs. One of my pupils, in order to

1:56:181:56:22

put in therapy and one-on-one

support to enhance that the have the

1:56:221:56:25

allotment, I was told by senior

development -- senior leadership

1:56:251:56:28

that the burrow do not have any

ability to do this so they will not

1:56:281:56:32

be pursuing this. After sternly

making my evidence as to why this

1:56:321:56:35

boy needed that additional support,

I was begrudgingly told, "We will

1:56:351:56:39

think about it". Needless to say I

will one had a percent support the

1:56:391:56:43

parents should they decide not to

take this on and to tackle the

1:56:431:56:47

burrow at the tribunal. If I was one

of these parents I would cry. As

1:56:471:56:51

their teacher, I do cry. They need a

voice and they need a champion to

1:56:511:56:55

fight for what they need.

That is

what we got, a real sense,

1:56:551:56:58

particular today in this series, all

these parents really having to fight

1:56:581:57:04

to get their children looked after.

Thank you for your stories.

1:57:042:00:26

in half an hour.

2:00:262:00:27

Now, though, it's back

to Louise and Dan.

2:00:272:00:28

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

2:00:512:00:54

The Royal wedding -

we should find out more

2:00:542:00:56

details later today.

2:00:562:00:59

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

are expected to get

2:00:592:01:02

married in a church -

we should find out

2:01:022:01:04

the venue and date later.

2:01:042:01:06

We'll be live outside

Buckingham Palace getting

2:01:072:01:10

all the latest and we'll also be

finding out how the United

2:01:102:01:13

States is reacting .

2:01:132:01:15

Good morning.

2:01:232:01:31

It is Tuesday the 28th of November.

Also for you on the programme this

2:01:312:01:36

morning...

2:01:362:01:37

A huge rise in the number of parents

fighting to get educational support

2:01:372:01:40

for their children -

there's been a 28 per cent increase

2:01:402:01:43

in the last year alone .

2:01:432:01:47

It's taken every fibre in my body to

fight and I will never, ever give up

2:01:472:01:52

for what my daughter needs and is

legally entitled to.

Good morning.

2:01:522:02:02

All of our major banks could

withstand a major financial crisis -

2:02:022:02:05

from a no-deal Brexit to a collapse

in house prices.

2:02:052:02:08

In fact today the Bank of England

says they're in better

2:02:082:02:10

health than a decade ago.

2:02:102:02:11

I'll have all the details.

2:02:112:02:13

Morning - who will be the BBC

Sports Personality of the Year?

2:02:132:02:16

Last Christmas,

Andy Murray won it for

2:02:162:02:17

a record third time.

2:02:172:02:18

I'll have the list of this

year's 12 candidates.

2:02:182:02:22

That will be just after 8:30am.

2:02:222:02:25

And Matt is out and

about with the weather.

2:02:252:02:30

Brightening up your morning this

morning, cool start here, and across

2:02:302:02:36

the UK, increasing chance of showers

especially in the east. I'll have

2:02:362:02:41

your full forecast in 15 minutes.

You have been brightening things up.

2:02:412:02:44

Hankey.

2:02:442:02:46

Good morning.

First, our main story.

2:02:462:02:48

More details of Prince Harry

and Meghan Markle's wedding

2:02:482:02:50

are expected to be announced today

.

2:02:502:02:52

The Archbishop of Canterbury has

indicated the couple

2:02:522:02:54

will have a church wedding,

saying the pair had "chosen

2:02:542:02:56

to make their vows to God"

in a religious ceremony.

2:02:562:02:58

The couple went public

with their engagement yesterday .

2:02:582:03:04

I don't think that I would call it

a whirlwind in terms

2:03:042:03:07

of our relationship,

obviously there have been layers

2:03:072:03:10

attached to how public it has

become, after we had a good five,

2:03:102:03:19

six months almost of just

privacy, which was amazing.

2:03:192:03:21

But no, I think we were able

to really have so much time just

2:03:212:03:25

to connect, and we never went longer

than two weeks without seeing each

2:03:252:03:28

other, even though we were obviously

doing a long-distance relationship,

2:03:282:03:30

so we made it work.

2:03:302:03:38

That is a small part of the

interview they did yesterday with

2:03:382:03:44

our BBC reporter Michelle Hussain.

2:03:442:03:48

Our correspondent Ian Palmer

is outside Buckingham Palace ...Ian

2:03:482:03:50

what more can we expect to find

out today ?

2:03:502:03:57

They will. People waiting on

tenterhooks for any snippet of how

2:03:572:04:01

this day is going to go. Obviously

it will be in the spring, we don't

2:04:012:04:06

know the exact date. Lots of royal

events have at that time. The third

2:04:062:04:16

royal baby for William and Kate,

will the royal wedding BB for or

2:04:162:04:22

after? It might be slightly easier

attending a wedding with two small

2:04:222:04:26

children rather than a third. If it

were to be around the month of May

2:04:262:04:34

it might be warmer. The venue itself

we might hear about, people don't

2:04:342:04:38

know if it's going to be a grand

wedding or something more modest. It

2:04:382:04:43

could be at the guards Chapel just a

small walk away from here or even St

2:04:432:04:48

George's Chapel at Windsor. If they

go for the grander scale of wedding

2:04:482:04:53

it could be Westminster Abbey or

indeed St Paul's Cathedral. This

2:04:532:04:57

will be a massive cultural event, as

we know. Megan Morkel is of mixed

2:04:572:05:02

race and because of that, millions

of people will see a little bit of

2:05:022:05:07

themselves in a royal wedding for

the first time. -- Megan Mako.

2:05:072:05:14

People will take part in this

ultra-event. This is a moderate

2:05:142:05:21

marriage for a modern time. --

Meghan Markle. And in a social media

2:05:212:05:26

age. If you wanted to get away from

this amazing love union over the

2:05:262:05:31

next few months, it will be very

difficult!

That you so much. One

2:05:312:05:36

thing that has not changed with

royal weddings is the intense

2:05:362:05:40

interest from the papers, for

example. Souvenir edition is out

2:05:402:05:45

today. Not often that the Telegraph

has one picture dominating the

2:05:452:05:50

entire front page and that is there.

16 pages of coverage, they are

2:05:502:05:58

competing. Even if you don't want to

talk about it, you are talking about

2:05:582:06:01

it. You could be talking about why

you don't want to talk about it.

2:06:012:06:05

Souvenir edition of the Daily

Mirror, page after page in The Daily

2:06:052:06:11

Express, 24 pages inside the Daily

Mail, 35 inside the Sun newspaper,

2:06:112:06:16

with a poster! Another tradition is

a picture of the engagement ring,

2:06:162:06:23

inside the Daily Mail, photographers

trying to get a close-up of that,

2:06:232:06:27

there you go. More coverage of that

over the next few months. I was

2:06:272:06:33

reading that the coat sold-out

immediately. The exact copy is not

2:06:332:06:39

even available. They are coats.

There are other news stories this

2:06:392:06:44

morning. Let's bring you some more

of those.

2:06:442:06:47

New measures are to be introduced

to reduce the number of deaths

2:06:472:06:50

and serious injuries

during childbirth in England .

2:06:502:06:52

For the first time, parents

of stillborn babies are to be

2:06:522:06:55

routinely offered an independent

investigation into what went wrong.

2:06:552:06:57

The UK has already reduced

the mortality rate for babies

2:06:572:07:01

but still lags behind many other

European countries .

2:07:012:07:03

Here's our Health Correspondent,

Dominic Hughes.

2:07:032:07:06

Losing twins during pregnancy,

and then having baby Hugo very

2:07:092:07:11

prematurely, means Rachel

understands all too well

2:07:112:07:15

the challenges

childbirth can present.

2:07:152:07:20

Her experience has taught her that

parents and medical staff need to be

2:07:202:07:24

more aware of when

things could go wrong.

2:07:242:07:28

I think it's education of pregnant

women to never be afraid to ask

2:07:282:07:32

questions and raise concerns.

2:07:322:07:35

And it's also the medical

establishment in encouraging them

2:07:352:07:37

to do so.

2:07:372:07:40

Now, the Health Secretary in England

is announcing rather than hospitals

2:07:402:07:46

carrying out their own

investigations when things go wrong

2:07:462:07:48

an independent review will be

carried out instead.

2:07:482:07:51

When I talk to parents

whose heart has been

2:07:512:07:53

broken by something

that

2:07:532:07:54

has gone wrong in those very

small numbers of cases,

2:07:542:07:57

what they say is it's

not about the money,

2:07:572:07:59

they just want to know that the NHS

has learned from what went wrong

2:07:592:08:05

so that that same mistakes isn't

ever going to happen again.

2:08:052:08:08

The UK lags behind many other

European countries when it comes

2:08:082:08:10

to preventing baby deaths

and premature births.

2:08:102:08:15

There are around nine

stillborn babies every day.

2:08:152:08:18

Roughly 50 women still die

in England each year from issues

2:08:182:08:20

related to pregnancy.

2:08:202:08:23

And around 50,000 babies

are born prematurely.

2:08:232:08:27

Progress is being made,

but there are concerns that

2:08:272:08:30

difficult lessons

are not being learned.

2:08:302:08:34

Seven of our biggest banks have

been put to the test

2:08:382:08:41

by the Bank of England today -

to see how they'd cope

2:08:412:08:44

in another financial crisis.

2:08:442:08:53

Or for example a new deal on Brexit.

-- a new deal.

2:08:532:09:00

STEPH's got the results.

2:09:002:09:05

They are three times stronger than

they were ten years ago, these tests

2:09:052:09:10

have found, they are called stress

tests. One scenario was a massive

2:09:102:09:15

rise in unemployment, big rise in

interest rates, property price

2:09:152:09:18

crashing, the value of the pound

falling to the lowest level against

2:09:182:09:22

the dollar, that type of thing.

Worst case scenario. This is what

2:09:222:09:26

the governor Mark Carney of the Bank

of England had to say. Oh, we don't

2:09:262:09:32

have a clip, but he did say... He

basically said since they had been

2:09:322:09:40

doing these tests back in 2014, when

they started, this is now the first

2:09:402:09:45

time all of the banks have passed

them, it's good to see, including

2:09:452:09:49

RBS, some people were worried RBS

might struggle with this.

2:09:492:09:54

Interestingly he talked about Brexit

as well and what that might mean,

2:09:542:09:57

some people are worried about that

uncertainty and further it will

2:09:572:10:00

cause a case of Vic financial system

and he says the banks are prepared

2:10:002:10:05

for possible Brexit outcomes but he

said the banks will need a two-year

2:10:052:10:10

transition period in order to be

able to deal with Brexit in the best

2:10:102:10:15

way possible and have a deal as soon

as possible and know the details.

2:10:152:10:19

I'm very glad to say you have passed

your stress test, you listened, you

2:10:192:10:24

remembered, you told us.

I am not

sure I would cope so well with the

2:10:242:10:32

Bank of England Governor's job.

2:10:322:10:35

When it comes to aspiration

and opportunity England is becoming

2:10:352:10:38

increasingly divided according

to a new report .

2:10:382:10:40

The Social Mobility Commission says

London and the south-east

2:10:402:10:42

are still the best place

for disadvantaged children

2:10:422:10:44

to progress, whilst those

in the midlands and coastal areas

2:10:442:10:46

have the least opportunities.

2:10:462:10:47

The only airport on the Indonesian

island of Bali has been closed

2:10:502:10:53

for a second day amid concerns

of a volcanic eruption.

2:10:532:10:55

Massive plumes of smoke and ash have

been spewing out of Mount Agung

2:10:552:10:58

over the past few days.

2:10:582:10:59

Officials have raised the alert

to the highest level

2:10:592:11:02

and are evacuating the homes of up

to one hundred thousand people

2:11:022:11:05

who live close to the volcano.

2:11:052:11:15

11 British overseas tour tree or to

receive money to help them rebuild

2:11:152:11:20

after recent storms and tornadoes.

The leaders of the territories are

2:11:202:11:24

to meet Theresa May today to update

her on the progress made so far.

2:11:242:11:30

Six British men acquitted

over weapons charges

2:11:302:11:31

in India have been released.

2:11:312:11:32

Known as the Chennai Six,

they were part of a crew on board

2:11:322:11:35

an American ship seized

by the Indian coast

2:11:352:11:37

guard in October 2013.

2:11:372:11:38

They'd been charged with entering

India illegally with weapons

2:11:382:11:41

and convicted last year.

2:11:412:11:43

All charges were dropped yesterday.

2:11:432:11:51

We spoke to two members of their

family and they really didn't think

2:11:512:11:54

that would happen, they were so

nervous thinking about the prospect

2:11:542:11:58

of the judgement and it's so great

it's gone that way. It's been one of

2:11:582:12:04

the UK's greatest conservation

stories, red kites went from the

2:12:042:12:09

brink of extinction to being a

common sight of the recovery could

2:12:092:12:12

be derailed because of poisoning by

humans, that's according to the

2:12:122:12:16

European Journal of wildlife

research. Postmortem tests on the

2:12:162:12:21

birds said many died after consuming

lead shots and pesticides. You are

2:12:212:12:25

up-to-date. Good morning, you are

watching breakfast. Every day in the

2:12:252:12:29

UK nine babies die before, during or

soon after birth.

2:12:292:12:37

The reasons why can be complex

and varied, but some grieving

2:12:372:12:40

parents feel they never really know

exactly what went wrong.

2:12:402:12:42

Now, for the first time,

the NHS will offer an independent

2:12:422:12:45

investigation for every stillborn

child over the age of 24 weeks.

2:12:452:12:47

Research suggests more

than half of these deaths

2:12:472:12:49

could have been prevented.

2:12:492:12:54

Joining us now is Rachel Corry,

whose twin boys died

2:12:542:12:57

during premature birth.

2:12:572:12:58

Her son Hugo was later born

with severe complications.

2:12:582:13:00

And, in our London newsroom,

Dr Alexander Heazell,

2:13:002:13:02

clinical director of

the Tommy's Stillbirth

2:13:022:13:03

Research Centre.

2:13:032:13:09

Good morning to you both and thank

you so much for joining us and

2:13:092:13:13

Rachel, particularly, thank you so

much for joining us. So many parents

2:13:132:13:18

have so many questions unanswered.

Tell us what happened to you.

I had

2:13:182:13:21

a child born very easily, no

complications, all went to plan,

2:13:212:13:28

excuse me. If you use later I became

pregnant with twins, having already

2:13:282:13:34

gone through pregnancy, I just took

it all in my stride, I felt

2:13:342:13:39

different at times but I dismissed

it. Just under 23 weeks I went into

2:13:392:13:43

labour prematurely and both my twin

boys were stillborn.

So sad to hear

2:13:432:13:50

that. Would you ever given an

explanation about what happened?

Not

2:13:502:13:56

really, we had a debriefing session

with the consultant and the

2:13:562:13:59

bereavement midwife who were

supportive of they said they

2:13:592:14:03

couldn't explain why it happened,

essentially having had a full term

2:14:032:14:07

birth.

Would it have helped you if

you had been able to get the answers

2:14:072:14:13

to presumably lots of different

questions?

It would have helped

2:14:132:14:18

hugely, when you lose a baby you

want to know why, why has it

2:14:182:14:22

happened, what can I do to stop it

happening again? Those for myself

2:14:222:14:26

and other people because she would

not wish this on your worst enemy.

2:14:262:14:30

Let's put some of these points to

our medical expert, Croatia, Poland,

2:14:302:14:37

the Czech Republic at better rates

and it comes to things like

2:14:372:14:41

stillbirth than the UK, what is the

extra nation?

Varied range of

2:14:412:14:49

courses of stillbirth. -- what is

the explanation? We know women from

2:14:492:14:54

black and ethnic minority groups

have a higher risk of stillbirth,

2:14:542:14:57

the more diverse your population the

greater the variance of stillbirth

2:14:572:15:02

you might see. We know things like

social inequality and access to

2:15:022:15:07

health care play a role. So there

are many come placated factors and I

2:15:072:15:13

think one of the encouraging thing

is that we have seen in the UK in

2:15:132:15:18

the last few years is quite a

significant fall in the rates of

2:15:182:15:22

stillbirth and that shows us that

improvements can be made.

2:15:222:15:33

It seemed extrod to me that a lot of

these things that go wrong are not

2:15:332:15:38

fully investigated because

presumably you can learn so much

2:15:382:15:40

from things that happen?

Absolutely.

It is important for parents to have

2:15:402:15:46

access to as many of the answers

with regard to their care as

2:15:462:15:51

possible and certainly if where

their care could have been improved

2:15:512:15:56

it's important that we learn

lessons. In every case, we won't

2:15:562:16:02

find an answer, but it is important

that parents have a knowledge that

2:16:022:16:06

their case has been taken on board

and any lessons that can be learned

2:16:062:16:10

are.

Every day in the UK nine babies

die before, during or soon after

2:16:102:16:16

birth. There will be many families

going through this and who will go

2:16:162:16:22

through this this week as well. The

investigation, you don't want

2:16:222:16:26

anybody to go through what you and

your family have been through and

2:16:262:16:31

the difference that could make and

it would make to so many others.

If

2:16:312:16:35

there was a proper investigation we

would understand what the risks were

2:16:352:16:38

and what we could do about them

because it is terrifying going knee

2:16:382:16:42

another pregnancy thinking we don't

know why things went wrong last

2:16:422:16:45

time. How can we prevent them

happening again? It's just very

2:16:452:16:50

harrowing. It's all to do with

dealing with the death as well.

2:16:502:16:55

Dealing with the bereavement is

really, really hard and at least if

2:16:552:16:58

you have some answers, you can try

and make some sense out of it.

You

2:16:582:17:03

did fall pregnant again and you have

a beautiful son, Hugo. We can see a

2:17:032:17:08

picture of Hugo now.

I had brilliant

antenatal care and I can't fault it.

2:17:082:17:14

I was monitored closely and given

all the help available.

How much did

2:17:142:17:20

he weigh?

1lb 8. Despite the

brilliant treatment I got, it looked

2:17:202:17:27

like history was going to repeat

itself. My antenatal team put me on

2:17:272:17:36

a bed tilted downwards to keep him

in as long as possible. He was born

2:17:362:17:40

at 24 weeks and six days. Two weeks

further on than my second twin and

2:17:402:17:47

luckily for us, he made it.

Every

day can make a big difference.

2:17:472:17:52

Professor, when do you think we will

start seeing results and things

2:17:522:17:55

changing a little bit more?

I think

there is a series of initiatives.

2:17:552:18:00

There is the saving babies lives

care bundle. In the last few years

2:18:002:18:05

there has been a fall, we hope that

carries on and we can meet the

2:18:052:18:09

Secretary of State's target that we

reduce still births by 50% by 2030.

2:18:092:18:14

I think the investment particularly

in investigating and trying to

2:18:142:18:20

prevent pre-term birth is welcome as

is the support for reviewing all of

2:18:202:18:25

these deaths.

OK, professor

Alexander and Rachel, thank you very

2:18:252:18:30

much for coming to tell us your

story. Hugo is two now, isn't he?

He

2:18:302:18:34

is.

Give him a big cuddle from us.

More details on the Royal Wedding of

2:18:342:18:43

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are

expected to be revealed later on

2:18:432:18:46

today. New measures to drastically

cut the number of still births and

2:18:462:18:52

maternal deaths in England have been

announced by the Health Secretary.

2:18:522:19:04

Matt is in a sleigh now!

Well, Dan

said he was feeling festive. How is

2:19:062:19:14

this for my mode of transport? I

could do with a cover on because it

2:19:142:19:24

is cold outside and the forecast for

the whole of the UK is for the cold

2:19:242:19:27

weather to dominate. Just not

through today, but through the rest

2:19:272:19:30

of this week. Cold with a mixture of

sunshine and showers. Some of you

2:19:302:19:37

seeing more of one than the other.

There is ice too across parts of

2:19:372:19:42

Scotland, Northern Ireland, parts of

Wales, and north-west Midlands and

2:19:422:19:47

north-west England, but the showers

have faded. One or two showers this

2:19:472:19:49

morning in the South East of

England. They will disappear. We

2:19:492:19:53

will have sunshine through the day,

but we will see more showers

2:19:532:19:57

develop, east of Scotland and

through eastern parts of England. By

2:19:572:19:59

the time we hit the end of the

afternoon, head towards the school

2:19:592:20:03

journey home and into the rush hour

and we will have plenty of showers,

2:20:032:20:07

northern and Eastern Scotland and

into the north-east of England.

2:20:072:20:09

There will be sleet and snow over

the higher ground too. A cold wind

2:20:092:20:12

making it feel raw as well. But that

said, south-west Scotland, not a bad

2:20:122:20:16

day for you. Lots of sunshine.

North-west England staying dry too.

2:20:162:20:20

After a dry morning and clear

morning across much of the Midlands,

2:20:202:20:23

more cloud through the afternoon,

East Midlands could catch one or two

2:20:232:20:28

isolated rain showers. Much of East

Anglia and the South East, once

2:20:282:20:31

we've lost the isolated shower we

have at the moment, most will have a

2:20:312:20:34

dry and bright day ahead, but it

will feel colder than yesterday

2:20:342:20:37

across most of the UK. Temperatures

well down on what we saw. At best in

2:20:372:20:42

southern most counties. Even with

the sunshine around eight Celsius.

2:20:422:20:46

South-west England, still showers to

come through the day as we will see

2:20:462:20:49

in Wales. Not as many as yesterday.

Mainly of rain too. There will be a

2:20:492:20:54

wintry element to the showers in

Northern Ireland. Some hail and

2:20:542:20:56

sleet mixed in with them and

temperatures in the northern half of

2:20:562:20:59

the UK around three to five Celsius

for many. Into tonight, most of the

2:20:592:21:04

showers are inland will fade away,

but we will see the showers continue

2:21:042:21:08

around the coast. A chilly and raw

wind will dominate across eastern

2:21:082:21:12

parts of England. Where you have got

the clear skies, there will be a

2:21:122:21:16

frost. Where you have got showers,

followed by clear skies, the chance

2:21:162:21:19

of ice on roads af pavements into

the morning. That takes us into

2:21:192:21:22

Wednesday. Colder wind. More showers

across eastern England, eastern

2:21:222:21:26

parts of Scotland where an increased

chance of sleet. Snow to the higher

2:21:262:21:30

ground. Central and western areas

always drier and brighter,

2:21:302:21:37

Pembrokeshire and Cornwall, there

will be a few showers. Feeling

2:21:372:21:41

colder still into Thursday, still

with plenty of showers across

2:21:412:21:44

eastern areas. That's how it's

looking. I'm off to get this on the

2:21:442:21:47

go! I will be back in half an hour.

.

It is a perfect sleigh. Thank you

2:21:472:21:54

so much, Matt. Wonderful. Thank you

very much.

2:21:542:21:58

We've had an overwhelming reaction

to our series shining a light

2:22:012:22:04

on special educational needs this

week and lots of you have been

2:22:042:22:07

in touch with your stories.

2:22:072:22:08

We've tackled some of the big issues

facing families living with special

2:22:082:22:11

needs and disabilities but we also

wanted to hear from some

2:22:112:22:13

of the young people

at the centre of these stories.

2:22:132:22:16

So we went to Oakwood Academy,

a special school in Eccles.

2:22:162:22:23

I have muscular dystrophy.

Learning

difficulties and autism.

I have

2:22:282:22:32

ADHT.

Autism.

Asperger's.

KBG

syndrome.

I have down syndrome.

I

2:22:322:22:46

have a speech impairment.

When

people give me wrong instructions I

2:22:462:22:54

tend to forget or ask questions.

Socially I'm very shy round people

2:22:542:22:58

and if I talk to someone I know my

body feels like it's in flames.

When

2:22:582:23:04

I get upset I jump up and down in

frustration.

I struggle with

2:23:042:23:09

reading, telling the time, spelling

and at times with my writing.

I

2:23:092:23:16

don't have strong muscles like

everyone else.

I can't concentrate.

2:23:162:23:21

I'm bouncy like Tiger.

Some muscles

don't work like other people's.

2:23:212:23:29

People may think I don't understand

things, but I do.

Other people may

2:23:292:23:34

struggle I struggle with everything,

but I don't.

Sometimes in public I

2:23:342:23:37

get a lot of people staring.

People

say to me, "Can you take the mick

2:23:372:23:45

out of me?"

I want to be a dancer

when I'm older.

A costume designer.

2:23:452:23:52

I would like to work with children

when I leave sixth form.

I want to

2:23:522:24:01

do something industry to do with

sport.

Personal trainer or in PE.

2:24:012:24:05

Right now, I want to be a

professional wrestler.

My mum and

2:24:052:24:10

dad are my inspiration. They helped

me a lot and get me where I am

2:24:102:24:14

today.

My brother, Ben because he

has the same. Disability as me. He's

2:24:142:24:22

22 years old and he goes to

university.

My inspiration is

2:24:222:24:34

Whitney Houston.

To be a volunteer

at youth club.

Getting my first job.

2:24:342:24:41

To represent the country playing

wheelchair football.

When I was a

2:24:412:24:48

kid the doctor told me I would never

talk. So, through the years it got

2:24:482:24:53

better. So I'm proud of that.

Amazing.

2:24:532:25:07

They are all from the oak-wood

Academy. You can tell how much they

2:25:072:25:12

cared about making sure they got

across the right message there. It

2:25:122:25:15

is a subject matter that's touched

so many of our viewers and thank you

2:25:152:25:19

to so many of you who got in

contact.

2:25:192:25:22

If you'd like to get in touch

with us about your stories,

2:25:222:25:25

e-mail [email protected],

or tweet us using

2:25:252:25:26

the hastag #BBCSend.

2:25:262:25:36

I will be speaking to Carey and

David Grant who has got children

2:25:392:25:43

with autism and finding out what

life will be like.

2:25:432:25:47

Lay and Sarah got in contact to say,

"Our child is nine years old. We are

2:25:472:25:52

going through the tribunal process.

We spent approximately £10,000 to

2:25:522:25:58

date. The tactics by the local

authority have employed have been

2:25:582:26:03

shocking and under hand.

This is anonymous. "It was a fight

2:26:032:26:11

with the authority to access

appropriate support for some of my

2:26:112:26:14

pupils. I tried very hard in support

of the parents, but not always

2:26:142:26:17

successful. The authorities had a

limited budget and since I've

2:26:172:26:23

retired the budget has deceased

again. The resulting stress on

2:26:232:26:26

families and teachers is truly sad."

That's the sense you get today from

2:26:262:26:29

what we have been doing. We have

been talking about how many parents

2:26:292:26:32

had to go to tribunal to get

educational support. They are having

2:26:322:26:36

to fight to get the support they

need and they have got not just

2:26:362:26:42

parents, but teachers and special

needs co-ordinators all in the

2:26:422:26:46

battle to get the support they need.

We have been talking about the Royal

2:26:462:26:51

Wedding and cheese. It is a strange

link. I have been reading that when

2:26:512:26:57

Victoria and Albert were married in

1840, they celebrated by having a

2:26:572:27:01

nine-foot cheese! That's a big old

cheese.

2:27:012:27:06

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

2:27:062:27:09

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

2:30:352:30:41

It is 8:30am.

2:30:412:30:44

More details of Prince Harry

and Meghan Markle's wedding

2:30:442:30:47

are expected to be announced today.

2:30:472:30:48

The Archbishop of Canterbury has

indicated the couple

2:30:482:30:52

will have a church wedding,

saying the pair had chosen

2:30:522:30:54

to make their vows to God

in a religious ceremony.

2:30:542:30:57

The couple went public

with their engagement yesterday.

2:30:572:30:59

The fact that I fell in love

with Meghan so incredibly quickly,

2:30:592:31:02

was confirmation to me that

all the stars were aligned,

2:31:022:31:04

everything was perfect.

2:31:042:31:08

This beautiful woman tripped

and fell into my life,

2:31:082:31:11

I fell into her life.

2:31:112:31:15

And the fact that she will be

unbelievably good at the job part

2:31:152:31:18

of it as well is obviously a huge

relief to me, because she will be

2:31:182:31:22

able to deal with everything

else that comes with it.

2:31:222:31:33

So much detail coming out in the

interview about the proposal, the

2:31:332:31:37

corgis love her, all sorts.

Winner winner chicken dinner, wasn't

2:31:372:31:42

it? That's the way he sealed the

deal. We will tell you about other

2:31:422:31:48

news throughout the next six months,

of course!

2:31:482:31:51

New measures are to be introduced

to reduce the number of deaths

2:31:512:31:54

and serious injuries

during childbirth in England.

2:31:542:31:56

For the first time, parents

of stillborn babies are to be

2:31:562:31:58

routinely offered an independent

investigation into what went wrong.

2:31:582:32:01

The UK has already reduced

the mortality rate for babies

2:32:012:32:03

but still lags behind many

other European countries.

2:32:032:32:07

Our seven biggest high street banks

can survive shocks worse

2:32:072:32:10

than the financial crisis -

according to annual tests run

2:32:102:32:12

by the Bank of England.

2:32:122:32:15

Banks have sufficient resources

to cope with a hard Brexit,

2:32:152:32:17

big drops in the value of the pound,

high unemployment or a collapse

2:32:172:32:21

in the property market.

2:32:212:32:22

The Bank concluded they are three

times more resilient

2:32:222:32:25

than they were a decade ago.

2:32:252:32:28

When it comes to aspiration

and opportunity England is becoming

2:32:282:32:32

increasingly divided,

according to a new report.

2:32:322:32:34

The Social Mobility Commission says

London and the south-east

2:32:342:32:36

are still the best place

for disadvantaged children

2:32:362:32:40

to progress, whilst those

in the Midlands and coastal areas

2:32:402:32:42

have the least opportunities.

2:32:422:32:46

This is neither inevitable nor

solvable -- unsolvable. Thinking

2:32:522:32:56

back 20 years ago we would probably

be lamenting the fact that London

2:32:562:33:00

state schools were among the worst

in the country, now they are the

2:33:002:33:03

best. If you are a disadvantaged

youngster in London your chances of

2:33:032:33:08

going to university are about twice

as high as some other parts of the

2:33:082:33:12

country, so this can be solved.

2:33:122:33:14

The only airport on the Indonesian

island of Bali has been closed

2:33:142:33:17

for a second day amid concerns

of a volcanic eruption.

2:33:172:33:19

Massive plumes of smoke and ash have

been spewing out of Mount Agung

2:33:192:33:22

over the past few days.

2:33:222:33:23

Officials have raised the alert

to the highest level

2:33:232:33:25

and are evacuating the homes of up

to one hundred thousand people

2:33:252:33:27

That brings you up to date.

2:33:362:33:38

Matt will have the weather

in about ten minutes' time.

2:33:382:33:41

Also coming up on Breakfast

this morning...

2:33:412:33:42

With the countdown to next year's

Royal wedding now well under way,

2:33:422:33:45

we'll find out what Megan Markle can

expect as she makes the move

2:33:452:33:48

from actress to princess.

2:33:482:33:49

# She knows it's too late

as she's walking on by #.

2:33:492:33:59

We'll hear from Noel Gallagher

about that song Don't Look Back

2:34:012:34:04

in Anger becoming an anthem

of solidarity after the Manchester

2:34:042:34:06

bombing.

2:34:062:34:11

He also talks about going bald.

Not himself. Just be concept of

2:34:112:34:16

baldness.

2:34:162:34:17

And after 9am...

2:34:172:34:18

It was Netflix's £100 million pound

gamble, now The Crown returns

2:34:182:34:21

after picking up almost every major

TV award going.

2:34:212:34:23

They must be feeling pretty good

about the Royal engagement!

2:34:232:34:27

We'll be joined by Princess

Margaret, otherwise known

2:34:272:34:29

as actress Vanessa Kirby.

2:34:292:34:34

What a great day to get Vanessa on.

They could not be more perfect! I

2:34:342:34:39

know she's not here to talk about

that, but...

2:34:392:34:42

Sally is going full fangirl.

She is my girl crush, I love her. I

2:34:422:34:48

can't wait for The Crown to start.

The clock is ticking down to sports

2:34:482:34:59

personality of the year.

It is a bit

like giant 's Causeway!

I think it

2:34:592:35:04

is Sports Personality branding.

2:35:042:35:13

Between now and the 17th

of December, 12 British sport

2:35:132:35:15

legends are concentrated on just one

thing - winning the public

2:35:152:35:18

vote for the BBC Sports

Personality of the Year 2017.

2:35:182:35:20

The list was out last

night, so let's look

2:35:202:35:22

at the runners and riders.

What a year it has been

2:35:222:35:25

for Mo Farah, who retired

from the track in style

2:35:252:35:28

after winning gold and silver

in the 10,000 and 5,000 metres

2:35:282:35:30

at the World Championships in London

this summer.

2:35:302:35:32

Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea made

motorbike history in September

2:35:322:35:34

when he became the first rider ever

to win three successive

2:35:342:35:37

World Superbike titles.

2:35:372:35:38

It was Anthony Joshua's world

heavyweight title win

2:35:382:35:40

against Wladimir Klitschko that

really made the former

2:35:402:35:42

bricklayer's name this year.

2:35:422:35:52

Lewis Hamilton has won before.

2:35:532:35:55

Lewis Hamilton became the most

successful British F1 driver ever

2:35:552:35:57

last month with four world titles

to his name now.

2:35:572:36:00

Here is another speedy one.

2:36:002:36:01

From four wheels to two -

Chris Froome won his fourth Tour de

2:36:012:36:04

France title this year

as well as the Vuelta

2:36:042:36:06

a Espana in September.

Adam Peaty's won breaststroke gold

2:36:062:36:08

over both the 50 and 100 metre

distances in the world

2:36:082:36:11

championships, smashing his own

world record in the process.

2:36:112:36:13

No Andy Murray on this year's list

but British tennis is still

2:36:132:36:16

represented in Johanna Konta.

2:36:162:36:17

A friend of the programme!

2:36:172:36:18

The world number nine narrowly lost

to Venus Williams in the Wimbledon

2:36:182:36:21

semi finals in the summer.

2:36:212:36:22

He might not have waltzed his way

to the Strictly glitterball

2:36:222:36:25

but Jonnie Peacock is still

a contender for Sports Personality

2:36:252:36:27

of the Year after winning

another 100 metre gold

2:36:272:36:29

at the World Championships in July.

2:36:292:36:31

Very popular.

2:36:312:36:31

What an amazing year it has been

for our female cricketers!

2:36:312:36:34

Vice captain Anya Shrubsole took

the crucial final wicket in that

2:36:342:36:36

fightback against India,

winning her a place

2:36:362:36:38

on this shortlist.

Could Tottenham striker Harry Kane

2:36:382:36:43

round off a fantastic year

in which he became a dad

2:36:432:36:46

for the first time and won another

Premier League Golden Boot

2:36:462:36:49

with the Sports Personality title?

Taekwondo heavyweight Bianca Walkden

2:36:492:36:51

made up for disappointment in Rio

in the best possible way this year

2:36:512:36:54

by successfuly defending her

World Championship title.

2:36:542:36:56

What are you giggling at?

I am just

thinking about how many there are!

2:36:562:36:59

We are nearly there!

2:36:592:37:01

Last but certainly not least,

Scotland's Elise Christie became

2:37:012:37:04

the first European woman to win

the 1000 metre, 1500

2:37:042:37:06

metre and overall titles

at the world championships.

2:37:062:37:12

That was speedy, Walker!

That was

brilliant having them virtually

2:37:122:37:18

here. The Silva is not quite big

enough for them all but that was

2:37:182:37:21

great, I love back.

If the clever

people in our gallery could organise

2:37:212:37:26

it so we could have them all

together and they walked towards the

2:37:262:37:30

sofa and sit down...

When we get the

new studio.

2:37:302:37:34

The winner will be revealed

at the BBC Sports Personality

2:37:342:37:36

of the Year 2017 award ceremony

in Liverpool on the 17th December.

2:37:362:37:39

It will be live on BBC One,

of course, but tickets

2:37:392:37:42

are still on sale or you can tune

in to Breakfast the morning

2:37:422:37:45

after when I will have

all the backstage gossip

2:37:452:37:47

plus an interview with the winner.

2:37:472:37:48

I know it is always a long night for

you, Sally, but it is one of my

2:37:482:37:52

favourite moments of the year when

you report.

Every year I wonder how

2:37:522:37:55

I will top the year before.

You

normally do.

No promise.

I am

2:37:552:38:01

disappointed that Andy Murray cannot

win again, my favourite moment was

2:38:012:38:04

him getting the trophy from Lennox

Lewis!

Interestingly, no male

2:38:042:38:09

cricketers on that list. Female

cricketer but no male cricketer.

And

2:38:092:38:17

also in cricket...

2:38:172:38:19

The ECB say Ben Stokes is visiting

family in New Zealand and not

2:38:192:38:22

heading to Australia

after he was apparently spotted

2:38:222:38:24

flying out of Heathrow Airport.

2:38:242:38:25

Stokes has been suspended

since he was was arrested

2:38:252:38:27

in September on suspicion of actual

bodily harm after an incident

2:38:272:38:30

outside a nightclub,

but the investigation

2:38:302:38:32

is still ongoing.

2:38:322:38:34

A veteran forward has been recalled

for the rugby league World Cup final

2:38:342:38:38

against Australia for England. He

takes a spot-on the bench with James

2:38:382:38:42

Roby starting to go. -- starting at

hooker.

2:38:422:38:49

The former England manager

Sam Allardyce is the leading

2:38:492:38:51

contender for the Everton job.

2:38:512:38:52

He had been an early candidate

to succeed Ronald Koeman,

2:38:522:38:54

but withdrew after Everton were slow

to make an offer.

2:38:542:38:57

They've lost five out of their last

seven games under caretaker

2:38:572:38:59

boss David Unsworth.

2:38:592:39:00

Karen Carney has withdrawn

from the England squad

2:39:002:39:02

for today's World Cup qualifier

against Kazakhstan in Colchester

2:39:022:39:04

after injuring an ankle.

2:39:042:39:06

The Chelsea winger, who has

been capped 134 times,

2:39:062:39:08

joins Demi Stokes on the sidelines.

2:39:082:39:09

And you can watch that game live

on BBC Two, kick off at 7:05pm.

2:39:092:39:12

Wales also play tonight,

away to Bosnia Herzegovina.

2:39:122:39:15

That is a packed sports bulletin.

I hope you were paying attention. 12

2:39:152:39:19

on that short list, you did very

well to get through them.

2:39:192:39:23

It is good to get a reminder, you

have set me up.

2:39:232:39:26

You forget what has happened in the

last year.

2:39:262:39:29

Thank you, Sally, see you later.

2:39:292:39:31

Research by BBC Breakfast has

discovered than an increasing number

2:39:312:39:33

of parents of children with special

needs are taking their local

2:39:332:39:36

councils to tribunal,

in order to get the right support

2:39:362:39:38

for their child.

2:39:382:39:39

The number of cases in England

increased by nearly a third last

2:39:392:39:42

year with parents winning

80% of cases.

2:39:422:39:44

Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin has more.

2:39:442:39:46

Cruel, traumatic, heart-wrenching...

2:39:462:39:51

Deanne describes the process

she has just gone through.

2:39:512:39:54

Two years fighting two tribunals

to get the right support

2:39:542:39:56

for her disabled daughter.

2:39:562:39:59

Erin was left with serious

disabilities after

2:39:592:40:01

being born prematurely.

2:40:012:40:04

A statement, a legal

document, outlined exactly

2:40:042:40:05

what support Erin received.

2:40:052:40:09

New legislation in 2014 meant Erin's

statement had to be scrapped

2:40:092:40:12

and turned into a new Education,

Health and Care Plan.

2:40:122:40:18

That's when their fight began.

2:40:182:40:20

They have stripped out everything.

2:40:202:40:22

All of Erin's provision?

2:40:222:40:28

Speech therapy, one-on-one,

occupational therapy...

2:40:282:40:30

All gone?

2:40:302:40:31

All gone.

2:40:312:40:32

They appealed the plan

in October 2015.

2:40:322:40:34

In May 2016 they lost

at the tribunal, appealed again

2:40:342:40:36

and in July this year won

a new plan.

2:40:362:40:39

You basically got

everything back to her?

2:40:392:40:41

Yes, and more.

2:40:412:40:44

How can you summarise the process

you have been through?

2:40:442:40:47

I can't, I can't.

2:40:472:40:50

It doesn't make sense,

what we have been through,

2:40:502:40:52

as a family, to get what Erin needs

and is entitled to.

2:40:522:40:55

It does not make sense.

2:40:552:41:00

Erin's council, Redbridge,

told us they made 1,500

2:41:002:41:02

decisions last year.

2:41:022:41:05

Only 20 ended in tribunal.

2:41:052:41:08

The reforms were designed to offer

that is support for children

2:41:082:41:11

but we found almost 3400 parents had

to fight for that support last year.

2:41:112:41:18

What it tells me is that there

is a system which is

2:41:182:41:21

under massive strain.

2:41:212:41:23

Councils simply do not

have the money to give

2:41:232:41:25

parents what they think

2:41:252:41:26

their children deserve.

2:41:262:41:28

This isn't what parents

think their children deserve.

2:41:282:41:30

This is what the law says

children are entitled to.

2:41:302:41:33

That is very different.

2:41:332:41:36

Councils are doing their best

to do that, in impossible

2:41:362:41:38

financial circumstances.

2:41:382:41:40

The law also says that

councils cannot overspend

2:41:402:41:42

their budget each year.

2:41:422:41:44

The Department for Education told us

they have given councils an extra

2:41:442:41:47

£223 million in extra funding

to help them introduce these

2:41:472:41:50

reforms successfully.

2:41:502:41:52

Many parents tell us

that they too have had to pay.

2:41:522:41:56

The cost of independent

financial reports, lawyers

2:41:562:41:58

and experts, emotional costs

which cannot be quantified.

2:41:582:42:03

Of course, there are many parents

who cannot afford to pay anything.

2:42:032:42:07

There are of course those situations

where local authorities will come

2:42:072:42:09

along to the hearing armed

with a range of professionals

2:42:092:42:12

supporting their case,

and that inevitably creates

2:42:122:42:13

an inequality of arms.

2:42:132:42:17

This can be a brutal experience.

2:42:172:42:19

Many parents, like Deanne,

will go through it more than once.

2:42:192:42:24

It has taken every fibre

in my body to fight.

2:42:242:42:28

And I will never, ever give up,

for what my daughter needs

2:42:282:42:31

and is legally entitled to.

2:42:312:42:35

Jayne joins us in the studio.

2:42:352:42:40

I am looking at some of the figures

and what really struck me watching

2:42:402:42:44

the report is the amount of money

that parents... It is not just the

2:42:442:42:48

strain, it is the financial strain.

Parent should not have too spent any

2:42:482:42:53

of this, the tribunal system is set

up so parents really should not have

2:42:532:42:57

too. But they are, because those

that can feel that if they do not

2:42:572:43:02

spend their kids are at risk, it is

really complicated. Somebody in that

2:43:022:43:07

report is from an organisation which

gives advice, SOS sen gives free

2:43:072:43:13

advice as well. Let's talk about the

numbers. There has been a 28%

2:43:132:43:20

increase in England is in tribunal

's last year. Let's look at how many

2:43:202:43:26

cases are being won by councils,

only one in five. Behind that other

2:43:262:43:33

very many appeals that never make it

to tribunal because in four in ten

2:43:332:43:39

cases councils concede, they say

forget it, we will go with what you

2:43:392:43:42

want. Go with what you need, rather.

Let's look at another finger, the

2:43:422:43:48

amount spent by councils on these

legal fees to take the challenge is

2:43:482:43:53

forward. We understand that is at

the very least £6 million, it will

2:43:532:43:57

be much more because not all

councils gave a statement.

2:43:572:44:01

So much of what we are doing this

week is looking up the problems, the

2:44:012:44:05

fights, but we want to celebrate

some of the good stuff as well.

2:44:052:44:09

We have been getting so many

messages on the positive side as

2:44:092:44:12

well.

Exactly, so many kids with

special educational needs and

2:44:122:44:18

disabilities teach their parents and

other people around them a question

2:44:182:44:24

to David Evans Carrie Grant, an

amazing couple, about what their

2:44:242:44:27

kids have taught them, and they

recorded this. -- David and Carrie

2:44:272:44:34

Grant.

Thumbs up to our kids, you are

2:44:342:44:37

phenomenal and the absolutely love

you. Even though our family puts the

2:44:372:44:42

fun into dysfunctional, you guys

rock. Olivia, we love your

2:44:422:44:47

creativity and kindness.

Thalia, we

love your brilliance, art, beauty,

2:44:472:44:51

your different way of seeing the

world.

Imagen, your creativity, your

2:44:512:44:56

sly making, your humour, you make me

laugh every day.

And the fact that

2:44:562:45:01

my cheeks no longer belong to me.

Mason, you are best boy in the

2:45:012:45:11

world, you are amazing.

Until

brilliant outbuilding and so good at

2:45:112:45:13

problem solving. You will work stuff

out.

We thank you for being our

2:45:132:45:16

kids, you are fantastic, you made us

better people, so thank you.

Proud.

2:45:162:45:20

Love you very much.

2:45:202:45:27

So much of that is amazing, and we

will play the full interview

2:45:272:45:31

tomorrow, but that message that

their children have changed them for

2:45:312:45:35

the better, and that is the message

that came out from talking to them.

2:45:352:45:39

And we want to celebrate this, do

get in touch with us, if you have

2:45:392:45:44

something special to say about your

child, we have something planned for

2:45:442:45:48

the rest of the week. On one last

thing, tomorrow we have an exclusive

2:45:482:45:54

report on autism services in the UK,

a long-awaited report exclusively

2:45:542:45:58

revealed on this show tomorrow.

And

people have been getting in touch in

2:45:582:46:04

their droves. You can e-mail us, or

you can tweet us. We really

2:46:042:46:19

appreciate those messages, we are

reading as many as we can.

2:46:192:46:27

One other thing we have been

enjoying today is that Matt is out

2:46:272:46:36

and about with the weather. Where

are you this morning? I am here at

2:46:362:46:42

the York Museum Gardens Festival. To

tell us a bit more about the

2:46:422:46:46

festival itself, the man behind it

all, James. First of all, why here?

2:46:462:46:53

York is one of the greatest cities

in the United Kingdom, perfect for

2:46:532:46:58

Christmas, and to play in the Museum

Gardens, this 12th century site, is

2:46:582:47:01

perfect. It has battlements,

cloisters, a 12th century abbey, the

2:47:012:47:07

Romans were here, the Vikings were

here, and that is our playpen.

For

2:47:072:47:11

those who haven't been with us

throughout the programme, what can

2:47:112:47:15

people expect to see?

There is half

£1 million of lighting spread around

2:47:152:47:19

the garden, and you can set tunnels,

projection on the Abbey, singing

2:47:192:47:23

trees, food and beverage, the fire

installation, and it is one of those

2:47:232:47:29

wonderful things to do with your

family as we come up to Christmas.

2:47:292:47:34

Very interactive?

Totally. We have

singing tree stumps where you can

2:47:342:47:39

learn to play jingle Bells, there is

a bit everybody and something for

2:47:392:47:42

all the family.

How long will it

take to plan one of these events?

2:47:422:47:48

Planning was nine months and

installation three weeks with 50

2:47:482:47:51

people on site, so it is a big route

to put together.

And what you want

2:47:512:47:56

is something crisp and cold for

locations and also for things like

2:47:562:48:00

this. I could provide you some cold

weather for that, so best of luck.

2:48:002:48:04

Cold weather is just what we want up

until the 1st of January!

Best of

2:48:042:48:09

luck, and thank you for joining us

this morning. Cold weather is what

2:48:092:48:12

they want, and that is what

2:48:122:48:15

this morning. Cold weather is what

they want, and that is what we will

2:48:152:48:15

get. Quite chilly few days in store,

it is going to be cold, temperatures

2:48:152:48:22

dropping down from yesterday. A

little ice around this morning, take

2:48:222:48:27

it gingerly on roads and pavements.

Still the odd isolated shower in the

2:48:272:48:31

far south-east, but most of the

showers are around the coasts at the

2:48:312:48:36

moment. Inland, most will start the

day like here in York, blue skies

2:48:362:48:41

overhead. All the way down to

Central and southern England, you

2:48:412:48:45

may stay dry throughout. We will

continue to see showers throughout

2:48:452:48:48

the day, some of them sleet and

snow, mainly rain and Sam Hill sleet

2:48:482:48:53

as we go through north-east England,

more to come for you this afternoon.

2:48:532:48:57

A few showers will drift down into

the East Midlands as well. Much of

2:48:572:49:02

East Anglia and the south-east,

other than the odd isolated shower,

2:49:022:49:05

sunshine out and much of southern

England will stay sunny throughout,

2:49:052:49:08

but much colder than yesterday even

with the sunshine, temperatures only

2:49:082:49:14

around 8 degrees at the best. Across

England and Wales, showers fewer

2:49:142:49:18

than we have seen in the past few

days, but the odd heavy one is

2:49:182:49:22

expected. There could be a rumble of

thunder, too, but the greatest

2:49:222:49:26

chance of that towards the North Sea

coast, and Northern Ireland will see

2:49:262:49:29

sunshine and showers to take you

through the day. It is feeling cold

2:49:292:49:34

out there today, temperatures down

on what they should be for the time

2:49:342:49:37

of year, at best around three to

eight degrees. We will see some ice

2:49:372:49:44

where we see showers through the

day, most showers limited towards

2:49:442:49:48

the coasts to start Wednesday

morning. But for Wednesday morning,

2:49:482:49:52

after that chilly and frosty start,

more showers for the East which will

2:49:522:49:57

come in a little further inland, and

a greater chance of some sleet and

2:49:572:50:02

snow mixed in, particularly across

north-east England. Many places will

2:50:022:50:07

stay dry, and even in the sunshine,

it will stay cold. Temperatures down

2:50:072:50:13

a little on today. As the wind

strengthens further and the air gets

2:50:132:50:17

called into Thursday, temperatures

will drop even more, more showers

2:50:172:50:21

across the East, greater chance of

some sleet and snow, even possibly

2:50:212:50:25

parts of the south-east as well. But

further west, better chance of

2:50:252:50:30

staying dry, gale force winds across

is to putt of England, this is where

2:50:302:50:34

temperatures will feel more like

they are below England. -- below

2:50:342:50:41

zero. What I would like is a lovely

fire pit like this, and a few

2:50:412:50:48

toasted marshmallows.

2:50:482:50:49

Giant marshmallows as well! Thank

you so much, I love marshmallows.

2:50:522:50:59

He has slightly over toasted that. I

like them like that, they are

2:50:592:51:04

melting inside. Those marshmallows

are enormous! It has been wonderful

2:51:042:51:14

to see that all morning, Matt, thank

you.

2:51:142:51:19

Those gloves would have worked well

at the royal wedding, wouldn't they?

2:51:192:51:23

It's the story that's made

headlines across the globe -

2:51:232:51:26

the engagement of Prince Harry

to the American

2:51:262:51:27

actress Meghan Markle.

2:51:272:51:28

They've announced plans to marry

in spring 2018 and have been talking

2:51:282:51:31

to the BBC's Mishal Husain about how

they met, what happened

2:51:312:51:34

when Harry propsed.

2:51:342:51:35

and their plans for the future.

2:51:352:51:36

The friend who introduced you, was

she trying to set you up?

Yes, it

2:51:392:51:45

was a blind date, and we talk about

it now, because I'm from the States,

2:51:452:51:50

you don't grow up with the same

understanding of the royal family,

2:51:502:51:55

so while I now understand very

clearly there is a global interest

2:51:552:51:59

there, I didn't know much about him,

so the only thing I had asked her

2:51:592:52:03

when she said she wanted to set us

up was, is he nice?

It happened a

2:52:032:52:11

few weeks ago, earlier this month

here at our cottage, a standard

2:52:112:52:16

typical night for us.

It was a cosy

night, we were just roasting

2:52:162:52:20

chicken. And it was just an amazing

surprise. It was so sweet and

2:52:202:52:27

natural. Very romantic. He got on

one knee.

Was it an instant yes from

2:52:272:52:36

you?

As a matter of fact, I couldn't

even wait until he finished

2:52:362:52:42

proposing.

She didn't let me finish!

It was a fascinating interview.

2:52:422:52:49

Meghan Markle's upbringing

in Los Angeles is a world away

2:52:492:52:52

from her new life at Kensington

Palace.

2:52:522:52:54

So what is it like to marry

into the aristocracy?

2:52:542:53:00

If you are an American like Meghan.

2:53:002:53:04

It's an experience the American

nutritionist and author

2:53:042:53:06

Julie Montagu knows well.

2:53:062:53:07

She married the son of the Earl

of Sandwich and is now

2:53:072:53:10

Viscountess Hinchingbrooke.

2:53:102:53:11

She joins us from Buckingham Palace.

2:53:112:53:13

Is that right? Thank you for joining

us.

Yes. You pronounce it perfectly.

2:53:132:53:19

It is such a mouthful, all of that,

but well done.

So tell us, you have

2:53:192:53:25

a similar background, tell us about

your background and what you thought

2:53:252:53:29

we knew were first marrying into

this type of family.

Do you know, I

2:53:292:53:35

think I have somewhat of a similar

background to Meghan in the fact

2:53:352:53:38

that I come from a normal family,

and I grew up in the midwest in a

2:53:382:53:45

bunch of cornfields, and so marrying

into British aristocracy is

2:53:452:53:52

something that you don't think

exists, so when I met my husband, I

2:53:522:53:59

didn't even know who he was, or even

what an old was, but when he did say

2:53:592:54:04

the Earl of Sandwich, I Djourou of a

saying to myself, is that the person

2:54:042:54:08

who invented the sandwich, and sure

enough it was. So it has been a real

2:54:082:54:17

roller-coaster of a ride of

basically balancing my American

2:54:172:54:22

mannerisms and learning how to

sometimes become a little more

2:54:222:54:24

formal when needed.

So as well as

becoming familiar with British

2:54:242:54:35

peculiar resins, what other advice

would you have for Meghan Markle?

2:54:352:54:39

Just to stay true to who she is. One

of the reasons English aristocracy

2:54:392:54:46

are attracted to the American girl

is because we do come from this

2:54:462:54:51

background of being brought up to do

anything we want to do, to be

2:54:512:54:56

anything we want to do, and we do

have I think a wonderful work ethic,

2:54:562:55:01

and we are never really told that we

can't be something or do something,

2:55:012:55:05

so with Meghan, it is staying true

to who she is and bringing in that

2:55:052:55:10

real American high energy spirit

into the royal family is going to do

2:55:102:55:13

wonderful things.

She has said she

is going to give up her job as an

2:55:132:55:19

actor. Tell us a little bit about

the stark cultural differences. What

2:55:192:55:23

did you notice?

Well, I have a

really vivid memory of basically

2:55:232:55:32

setting the table and asking my

husband for the first time, I just

2:55:322:55:39

said, I have never set a table that

had more than one fork and knife,

2:55:392:55:45

and I remember being really

mortified when I was asked to set a

2:55:452:55:48

table of 18 people, and he kindly

came in and showed me how to place

2:55:482:55:52

all three forks and knives and the

two different spoons, and a lot of

2:55:522:55:56

glasses, as well. So that was a big

learning curve for me.

Start from

2:55:562:56:01

the outside in? Is that still the

way? And I wonder as well, when you

2:56:012:56:07

came into this life and you said to

start with you didn't realise quite

2:56:072:56:10

who your husband was. Is it a life

which is, yes it is quite public and

2:56:102:56:17

you married into quite as give a

good family, but it can also be

2:56:172:56:20

quite difficult at times, and a

lonely experience like Asians as

2:56:202:56:23

well?

-- a lonely experience on

occasions as well? Yes, my

2:56:232:56:34

father-in-law, the Earl of Sandwich,

his grandmother was American, and

2:56:342:56:38

they welcomed me with open arms. But

I think there are some formalities,

2:56:382:56:45

like I was saying, that you kind of

have to respect, and again, this is

2:56:452:56:49

history that dates back well before

America was even known, and before

2:56:492:56:55

our independence, and so sometimes I

sit in a chair at the family estate,

2:56:552:57:00

and I'm like, my gosh, this chair is

all done in my country. Things like

2:57:002:57:05

that fascinate me,, the chair is

older than my country, and it is

2:57:052:57:15

incredible history.

And tell us from

your point of view, we had a little

2:57:152:57:19

thought about this earlier, how will

this news be received in America?

2:57:192:57:22

How will they cover it over the next

six months? What will it be like?

2:57:222:57:28

I'm sure America is just over the

moon with happiness. It's such

2:57:282:57:34

wonderful news. And remember, we had

obviously Grace Kelly, and that was

2:57:342:57:40

our royal princess, and then there

was princess Ty Anna, and now we

2:57:402:57:45

have this modern-day princess

Meghan, and she is going to do... I

2:57:452:57:54

saw her interview last night, and it

was just unbelievably perfect. Her

2:57:542:58:00

confidence, her grace and her poise,

she is just going to infect a whole

2:58:002:58:06

bunch of American goodness into this

family, and I think America, they

2:58:062:58:12

have always wanted to feel a little

part of the royal family, and now

2:58:122:58:15

they definitely will.

Julie, I am

going to give you your full title,

2:58:152:58:21

Viscountess of Hinchingbrooke, thank

you very much indeed. Was he the man

2:58:212:58:28

that invented Sam Burgess? Yes, he

was! And we have Vanessa Kirby from

2:58:282:58:35

the Round coming up later.

2:58:352:58:37

It's been quite a year

for Noel Gallagher.

2:58:372:58:42

He is about to speak to Colin

Paterson.

2:58:492:58:53

We meet just after the midweek

charts, and you are heading up

2:58:532:58:56

to number one with the album

Who Built The Moon.

2:58:562:58:59

How much do things like that

still matter to you?

2:58:592:59:01

I guess it's nice.

2:59:012:59:02

It's better than being number two.

2:59:022:59:03

It strikes me as a joyful album.

2:59:032:59:05

What's going on?

2:59:052:59:06

I guess I was on a

voyage of discovery.

2:59:062:59:10

I hadn't written any

of the songs before I went in.

2:59:102:59:12

Be Careful What You Wish For

on the album is a song

2:59:122:59:15

about you giving advice

to your children.

2:59:152:59:17

You have three kids.

2:59:172:59:19

What is the hardest

part about parenting?

2:59:192:59:20

The hardest part, for me,

is to be a responsible parent.

2:59:202:59:23

I would be let them eat choc ice

and chips for breakfast.

2:59:232:59:27

My 17-year-old

daughter is brilliant.

2:59:272:59:29

She's very, very cool.

2:59:292:59:31

She's not in any way...

2:59:312:59:33

She's not a problem yet.

2:59:332:59:36

She did get tattoos without saying

anything, and I was a bit

2:59:362:59:38

disappointed in that.

2:59:382:59:39

What were they of?

2:59:392:59:42

It was all right, one

of them was my face.

2:59:422:59:46

They were the brothers'

initials on her hands,

2:59:462:59:50

which is kind of a bit of a snide

way of getting in through the back

2:59:502:59:54

door, "I've got these tattoos."

2:59:542:59:55

I was like, "What?"

2:59:552:59:56

Then she showed me and I thought,

aw, that's cute, isn't it?

2:59:562:59:59

But no more!

2:59:593:00:02

The timing of the album has been

interesting, coming one month

3:00:023:00:05

after your brother's.

3:00:053:00:07

What was your reaction

when his album went to number one?

3:00:073:00:10

Did you send him a message

of congratulations?

3:00:103:00:12

I did indeed.

3:00:123:00:13

Really?

3:00:133:00:14

Yes, I did.

3:00:143:00:15

No, I didn't.

3:00:153:00:16

I didn't.

3:00:163:00:17

Why would I?

3:00:173:00:19

One of the big news events

of the year was the Manchester bomb.

3:00:193:00:23

It was dreadful.

3:00:233:00:24

It made me feel so angry and

continues to make me feel so angry.

3:00:243:00:28

It was brutal.

3:00:283:00:32

How did it feel for Don't Look

Back In Anger to become

3:00:343:00:37

such a song of solidarity?

3:00:373:00:40

At that time, you know,

politicians' words were meaningless,

3:00:403:00:43

religious leaders' words

were meaningless,

3:00:433:00:45

the experts on the news,

what they said was meaningless.

3:00:453:00:49

And that one girl, she sang

that song and the people

3:00:493:00:51

rallied around that song.

3:00:513:00:54

And as a songwriter, not even

the fact that it's my song -

3:00:543:00:58

if it was a song, it would have

reaffirmed my belief

3:00:583:01:00

in the power of music

and what it means to people.

3:01:003:01:03

You turned 50 this year.

3:01:033:01:04

How are you finding it?

3:01:043:01:06

If my 50s are half as good as my

40s, professionally and privately,

3:01:063:01:09

then I'm going to be

doing all right.

3:01:093:01:12

Is your body telling you you are 50?

3:01:123:01:14

No, no, I am all right.

3:01:143:01:16

As long as this is here -

no offence - but as long

3:01:163:01:19

as this is thriving,

which it is...

3:01:193:01:21

Get a close-up of that.

3:01:213:01:23

That is thorough.

3:01:233:01:24

How would you feel if you went bald?

3:01:243:01:27

I don't know what I'd do.

3:01:273:01:28

I would definitely retire

from music, that's for sure.

3:01:283:01:30

Nobody wants to see

a bald Mick Jagger.

3:01:303:01:40

I love the eyebrow!

I don't mind a bit of baldness! Why

3:01:403:01:45

do you have to give up being a rock

star because you bald? But he does

3:01:453:01:50

have good hair.

3:01:503:01:50

Noel Gallagher's new album

is called Who Built The Moon?

3:01:503:01:55

As you do on Brexit, let's change

the subject entirely, to persons!

3:01:553:02:02

... As you do on Breakfast.

3:02:023:02:04

With its distinctive

black and white head,

3:02:043:02:06

orange legs and brightly-coloured

bill, the puffin shouldn't be

3:02:063:02:08

a hard bird to spot -

but across the world

3:02:083:02:10

their numbers are plummeting.

3:02:103:02:11

To try to understand why colonies

in the UK are in decline,

3:02:113:02:14

the RSPB asked the public to send

in photos of the birds feeding -

3:02:143:02:18

Dr Tim Melling from the charity can

tell us what they're going to do

3:02:183:02:21

with the 1400 photos you sent in.

3:02:213:02:24

What a response! Good morning.

1400

photos from 600 photographers,

3:02:243:02:31

amazing. They got them from colonies

all over Britain and it has enabled

3:02:313:02:35

us to hint at what the declines

might be. It is patchy. Some places

3:02:353:02:42

puffins are doing OK, in the

Shetland Isles they are doing

3:02:423:02:45

extraordinarily badly. There, but

they have found is that by measuring

3:02:453:02:51

the size of the fish that are in the

puffin's beak, they are much smaller

3:02:513:02:55

than. Puffins raised just one check

a year in a burrow, it takes both

3:02:553:03:02

the mother and father a full on time

to collect these birds and bring

3:03:023:03:08

them back to get the puffin to grow,

it takes about 50 days until it

3:03:083:03:13

leaves the nest, then the father

takes it out to a good fishing area.

3:03:133:03:17

What we are finding is the sand eels

they are feeding on are so small

3:03:173:03:24

that they do not appear enough to

get the chick to fledge.

It is a

3:03:243:03:31

brilliant story, the public has

really helped because you could not

3:03:313:03:34

have got this level of information

any other way?

Absolutely not. If we

3:03:343:03:39

were doing a single project we would

have to choose one puffin colony and

3:03:393:03:43

study that colony, this has enabled

us to arrange the whole of Britain

3:03:433:03:48

from the Scilly Isles to the

Shetland Isles to the islands of

3:03:483:03:52

Wales and Scotland, brilliant.

Now you know there is a problem in

3:03:523:03:55

the size of the sand eels, as far as

you can see, what can we do about

3:03:553:04:02

that?

We have to find that out next,

we have to find out why the sand

3:04:023:04:06

eels are so small in certain places.

It will probably be linked to what

3:04:063:04:10

the sand eels are feeding on, tiny

planktonic animals that might be out

3:04:103:04:14

of sync with the fish themselves. In

some places they're not. Of the

3:04:143:04:20

Aberdeenshire coast there are big

fish and we have found... We used to

3:04:203:04:24

think that by putting trackers on

puffins that they travelled about 30

3:04:243:04:28

kilometres to feed and take the

feedback, now we find they are

3:04:283:04:32

travelling up to 400 kilometres to

get to the good feeding areas. It is

3:04:323:04:36

like as travelling 100 miles to do

your shopping. It does not bear

3:04:363:04:40

thinking about. -- it is like as

3:04:403:04:44

travelling.

Thank you very much. We showed about

3:04:443:04:48

1000 of those voters, they are

fantastic.

3:04:483:04:50

In a moment we'll be

speaking to Vanessa Kirby

3:04:503:04:52

about reprising her role

as Princess Margaret in the second

3:04:523:04:54

series of The Crown.

3:04:543:04:55

But first a final brief

look at the headlines

3:04:553:06:31

From me and the Breakfast team,

have a lovely morning.

3:06:313:06:38

Welcome back. We are talking about

the royal wedding now, but something

3:06:433:06:47

else as well.

3:06:473:06:48

It was the most expensive

television show ever made,

3:06:483:06:50

costing an estimated £100 million,

and after scooping up this year's

3:06:503:06:53

Golden Globe for best TV series,

The Crown is returning

3:06:533:06:55

to our screens next month for a much

anticipated second season.

3:06:553:06:58

The forthcoming series focuses

on the period between 1957 and 1964

3:06:583:07:00

and one of the most scrutinzed

activities of the royal family both

3:07:003:07:03

then and now - marriage.

3:07:033:07:08

In a minute we'll speak

to Vanessa Kirby, who plays

3:07:083:07:15

Princess Margaret.

3:07:153:07:19

Lovely to see you today of all days.

Let's have a sneak preview of season

3:07:193:07:22

two.

3:07:223:07:24

You need to be more careful

about where you're seen.

3:07:243:07:26

And with whom.

3:07:263:07:27

You're drinking far

more than you used to.

3:07:273:07:29

Why do you think that is?

3:07:293:07:30

Because I'm unhappier

than I used to be.

3:07:303:07:32

And why is that?

3:07:323:07:33

Because I'm still unmarried.

3:07:333:07:34

And why is that?

3:07:343:07:35

Oh, because you denied

to be my perfect match.

3:07:353:07:39

How would you feel about

taking my photograph?

3:07:393:07:41

Well, I'd consider it.

3:07:413:07:42

On one condition.

3:07:423:07:43

You do everything I say.

3:07:433:07:48

I liked him.

3:07:483:07:51

There's a contempt in him.

3:07:513:07:52

What for?

3:07:523:07:53

For us.

3:07:533:08:01

So stuffy and traditional.

3:08:013:08:02

We don't want any more

convention around here.

3:08:023:08:04

Are you sure that

Tony's the right man?

3:08:043:08:06

He's a complicated man

with a complicated past.

3:08:063:08:08

Is there something you know?

3:08:083:08:10

Because if there is, tell me now.

3:08:103:08:12

Tell me now.

3:08:123:08:19

I'm in!

3:08:193:08:20

Vanessa Kirby, who plays

Princess Margaret, joins us now.

3:08:203:08:24

And plays are quite brilliantly.

Gosh. We saw a little snippet which

3:08:243:08:30

is really exciting. Tell us a little

about the period in her life we are

3:08:303:08:35

talking about.

This season picks up

where we left off in 1955 and goes

3:08:353:08:41

up to 64. I always wanted to do the

late 60s, the coolest fashion, but

3:08:413:08:45

it goes up to 64 just after she

married Tony Armstrong Jones. We see

3:08:453:08:50

her as we left of in season one

where she is in a very bad place,

3:08:503:08:58

such a trauma to go through with the

Peter Townsend sort of... Year.

In

3:08:583:09:04

terms of preparing for this role,

when you did see Rizwan you just

3:09:043:09:08

read about Princess Margaret during

that time frame, he did not want to

3:09:083:09:12

be influenced by what you knew about

her later. Did you do the same for

3:09:123:09:16

this? You just read about this

period?

I just stopped, when I first

3:09:163:09:21

got the part the main thing people

said about her, she was a tragic

3:09:213:09:26

figure. And I didn't know... I

didn't really know why. And I didn't

3:09:263:09:31

want to pre-empt anything that

happened later in her life or have

3:09:313:09:35

any kind of preconceptions and just

play the young girl starting at 17,

3:09:353:09:39

grows up and goes through some

really difficult things.

3:09:393:09:44

What do you think, having played

her, was what attracted her to

3:09:443:09:48

answer the Armstrong Jones? They had

a pretty volatile relationship.

I

3:09:483:09:52

think we know they did, definitely,

certainly later in the marriage. I

3:09:523:09:58

think he represented everything that

her family is not, and with

3:09:583:10:01

Margaret, what I loved about playing

has so much is it is an amazing

3:10:013:10:08

conflict of somebody who is so

essentially worry all, she was so

3:10:083:10:12

grand, and I love that, she is

everything we wish we could be, not

3:10:123:10:16

caring what people think, stubbing

cigarettes on a starter at the

3:10:163:10:21

dinner party because she did not

like the food. An amazing quality of

3:10:213:10:25

just not caring. But also she really

wanted to push the boundaries and

3:10:253:10:32

escape out of the palace walls, and

I think Tony Gibson about.

3:10:323:10:36

Here we are in 2017, you play a

character who, famously, was not

3:10:363:10:41

allowed to marry the man she wanted

to, here is Prince Harry embarking

3:10:413:10:46

on an engagement and a marriage with

an American actress. It is amazing

3:10:463:10:50

how quickly things have turned

around with regards to the Royal

3:10:503:10:55

family.

Totally. I felt quite

honoured to bring the Peter Townsend

3:10:553:11:01

story to life, the love story, I did

not know anything about it and it is

3:11:013:11:07

so tragic. For it to be remembered

and to know how difficult it was

3:11:073:11:11

them just because somebody happened

to be divorced, who had been married

3:11:113:11:15

before, so how brilliant for them.

There is a lot of excitement and

3:11:153:11:21

hysteria.

I imagine the makers of

The Crown must be delighted. It has

3:11:213:11:27

done incredibly well. When you

started did you realise it would be

3:11:273:11:31

as massive, as popular, as a lush?

Honestly, we had no idea. I knew my

3:11:313:11:37

mum would watch it.

Perfect mum

television!

We had no idea. It was

3:11:373:11:49

ambitious and loose with Peter

Morgan, who had an The Green and The

3:11:493:11:55

Audience, that was really exciting.

He had done it before. -- who had

3:11:553:12:01

done the Queen. I did not know what

to expect.

It is a lovely window

3:12:013:12:05

into your world, when you are

filming The Crown you also filming

3:12:053:12:10

Mission impossible six with Tom

Cruse.

Literally at the same time. I

3:12:103:12:15

would be a night shoots in Paris

doing mission impossible, trying to

3:12:153:12:19

learn how to use a knife

realistically, then come back in the

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day and play Margaret, I was really

exhausted, two worlds colliding.

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At one point you needed your hair

dyed blonde overnight in order to be

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ready for the next day?

I had to

drive down, we were on set in

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south-west England and I had to

drive back to North London to get my

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hair dyed to drive back at about 3am

and go on to set at about five or

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six. It was quite mad. I think there

is a bit of Margaret in the Mission

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Impossible character.

I enjoyed

reading the rumours about you and

3:12:543:12:59

Tom Cruise getting married, I

understand your boyfriend laughed

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his head fat? That is a good

reaction.

I had only met Tom wants

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by this point, I was so embarrassed

because they did not want to bring

3:13:073:13:11

it up with him, I was like, I think

they are saying we are getting

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married, but I am not a fast mover.

My boyfriend founded the funniest,

3:13:153:13:20

actually. How strange. I literally

met him in a roomful of people

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wants.

About was the rumours. Lovely

to see you here today, thank you for

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here today.

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The Crown is available

on Netflix from December 8th.

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You will be glad to hear. Can you

watch the whole thing again? The

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full binge?

Binge watching is the

thing.

It certainly is.

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That's all from Breakfast for today.

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I could not speak there for some

reason!

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We'll be back tomorrow

morning from 6am.

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Goodbye.

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