29/11/2017 Breakfast

A doubling of the

Brexit divorce bill.

The Government offers

to substantially increase its offer

to the European Union for Brexit.

The BBC understands the UK could pay

between £35 and £49 billion.

Good morning, it is

Wednesday 29 November.

Also this morning: The children

with autism being let down

by the system.

Half of parents say they have

waited more than a year

for the help they need.

It is a fight. It is a constant

fight. You wouldn't think you would

need to fight so much for something

that you should be able to access so

easily.

The murders of Lin

and Megan Russell.

Lawyers for the man convicted

of killing them say they have

uncovered new evidence that

could prove his innocence.

There are big plans to change our

railways to ease pressure

points for passengers.

We will be speaking

to the Transport Secretary

about the details.

Good morning.

In sport: England's women

maintain their perfect start

in World Cup qualifying,

super sub Fran Kirby scoring

with her first kick of the game,

in a 5-0 win over Kazakhstan.

And a new drive to get us to reduce

the amount of food we throw out.

Items that should be stored

in the fridge will get new labels.

And it may be freezing,

but that hasn't stopped Matt.

He is out and about

with the weather.

Good morning. Good morning, and we

are at Hampton pool in west London,

with Foakes a little bit raver than

myself. -- folks. A few showers to

the north and east but for many of

you a lot of sunshine as well. Your

full forecast is coming up.

Good morning.

First our main story: The BBC

understands that the Government has

significantly increased the amount

of money it is offering

to the European Union as part

of the Brexit divorce bill.

The figure is believed to be

between £35 and £49 billion.

The original offer was

just under £18 billion.

If confirmed, the move could clear

the way for moving Brexit

negotiations on to the issue

of trade next month.

Let's talk to our political

correspondent Leila Nathoo,

who is in Westminster.

Leila, this is a much bigger

sum than Theresa May

had originally offered.

What is likely to be the reaction?

Well, the main reaction is what

Brussels is saying about this

increased offer, and it seems to

have gone down pretty well. The idea

that the UK is going to be offering

to pay more to leave the EU is

certainly will not play well in some

quarters, but even within the

Cabinet, Brexiteers had agreed last

week with Theresa May that she

needed to up this offer to get the

talks on to the second phase, on to

the issue of the trade deal,

something which is absolutely

crucial now for Britain to get from

the EU side. So we have this idea

that we will have an increased

offer. This is over and above what

Theresa May had put to the EU, of

promising to pay the money into the

budget until 2020. So this covers

things like pensions, it covers

things like project that have

already been agreed to, but the

money has not been spent. But there

is still no specific figure. We are

still talking about a very broad

range. No ball park. Certainly the

EU side are not confirming anything

has been agreed, let alone a

specific number, and we are still a

long way off agreeing on a specific

figure. But what we do seem to have

his movement towards agreement,

ahead of a crucial summit in the

middle of December, where the EU

side will decide whether there has

been enough progress on key divorce

matters. The bill was one major

sticking point. But just because

this offer seems to have been made

behind and seems to have gone down

well, there is still no guarantee

that trade talks will be given the

green light, it is there is still

the crucial issue of the Irish

border to make significant headway

on.

Children with autism in England

are being let down by the education

system, according to a report

by the All Party Parliamentary group

for Autism, seen

exclusively by Breakfast.

This is Harley.

He is now in a specialist school.

But his mum, Natalie,

says it was a struggle to get

the support he needs.

It is a fight. It is a constant

fight. You wouldn't think you would

need to fight so much for something

that you should be able to access so

easily.

Natalie is not alone.

More than 2,000 parents

were surveyed, and nearly three

in four said they waited

more than six months

for the support their child

is entitled to, while half said

they waited more than a year.

It is shocking that 50% of those

children are not happy in school.

50% of teachers are not comfortable

teaching those with autism. We have

to do a lot better, because if one

in 100 have got this actually very

special feature about them, but they

need additional help, then we're

giving them if we don't give them

that help. -- then we are failing

them if we don't give them that

help.

The All Party Parliamentary Group

is now calling for a national autism

and education strategy by the end

of 2019, with more training

for staff, and a curriculum tailored

for individual needs.

The Department for Education says

all schools have a duty to support

children with special

educational needs.

It says it has given councils £223

million in extra funding

to introduce reforms.

We will be looking at this issue

all morning, so please do send

us your stories or questions by

e-mail, at [email protected],

or tweet us using

the hastag #BBCSend.

Lawyers for a man found guilty

of murdering a mother and daughter

in Kent in 1996 say they will

release significant new evidence

today that casts doubt

on his conviction.

Lin Russell and her six-year-old

daughter, Megan, were attacked

as they walked along a quiet country

lane near the village

of Chillenden, in Kent.

Our correspondent Wyre

Davies has this report.

It was a notorious murder.

A brutal, unprovoked attack

in the Kent countryside,

on a family

walking home from a

school swimming gala.

45-year-old Lin Russell

and her six your old daughter,

Megan, were killed in

the frenzied hammer attack.

But nine-year-old Josie survived,

despite suffering terrible injuries.

Michael Stone, a known

criminal and drug addict,

was arrested a year later,

in 1997, and found

guilty of the Russell murders.

He is serving a life

sentence, but has always

protested his innocence.

There is no forensic

evidence against him.

He was convicted on a disputed

confession to a fellow prisoner.

His legal team say they have

compelling new evidence linking this

man

to the murders.

The killer of schoolgirl

Millie Dowler and others is serving

two full life sentences.

Many say he has committed

dozens of similar crimes.

The similarities you've got,

it's a woman, an attack

with something

heavy like a hammer.

Those features make it

an extremely rare crime.

In the absence of other facts,

he would be a good suspect.

Two decades after the murders,

lawyers will release new evidence

that the BBC has seen,

and which they say means his case

must now go to the Court of Appeal.

North Korea has carried out another

ballistic missile test,

its first for two months.

Pyongyang says the missile

which landed in Japanese waters

is a new type of weapon,

and its most powerful yet.

Experts believe that North Korea has

demonstrated for the first time

that it could now hit most

of the American mainland.

President Donald Trump

was briefed while the missile

was still in the air.

Thank you very much. As you probably

have heard, and some of you have

reported, a missile was launched a

little while ago from North Korea. I

will only tell you that we will take

care of it. We have general Mattis

in the room with us, and we had a

long discussion on it. It is a

situation that we will handle.

Railway lines which were closed

in the 1960s could reopen

if they boost the economy.

It is part of the Government's rail

strategy, which will

be unveiled today.

The Transport Secretary,

Chris Grayling, says the new rail

lines could unlock jobs,

encourage house-building,

and ease overcrowding,

but Labour says the ideas

are flimsy re-announcements.

Apple says it is working to fix

a serious bug in its most recent

Mac operating system.

The flaw in the High Sierra software

makes it possible to access a Mac

computer or laptop without

a password, and gain

powerful administrator rights.

Manufacturers and retailers

are being urged to make labelling

on food products clearer,

to stop millions of tons of edible

food being thrown

away unnecessarily.

The waste agency WRAP says food

labels use too many different terms,

prompting people to throw

away usable produce.

It claims a third of the UK's two

million tons of annual food waste

is due to confusion

over date labels.

You could make that into a nice

suit.

That is exactly what I was

thinking. Do you make soup?

Yes, but

not as often as I should -- nice

soup. We will be getting some tips

on cutting down on food waste just

after 6:30 a.m..

A restored white Fiat 126p

crowd-funded by residents in a town

in Poland has finally arrived

in the US, destined for the actor

Tom Hanks as a birthday present.

One of his fans, Monica Jaskolska,

who is from the town

where the classic car

was made in the 1970s,

noticed the star's obsession

with the make, and decided to raise

money to send him one.

The car was showcased at a party

for the star's birthday,

in July, with excess money raised

going to the local hospital.

It may be a belated birthday

present, but for the Forrest Gump

actor, it was definitely

worth the wait.

It is 6:10 a.m., I was about to say

it is a ten a.m..

That would be

nice!

Here is John with the sport.

England's women have not conceded a

goal, winning three out of three,

and a good audition for the interim

boss who came in to replace the

sacked Mark Sampson. If she keeps

winning matches, with the interviews

due to take place next week, she

could stand a good chance of getting

a job on a full-time basis.

As substitute appearances go,

Fran Kirby's was up there.

She scored with her first touch

of the game, converting a penalty,

win over Kazakhstan.

Manchester United beat Watford 4-2,

but manager Jose Mourinho

blamed his wasteful side

for not scoring more.

Jesse Lingard with the pick

of the goals, to narrow the gap

on rivals City to five points

at the top of the Premier League.

Manchester United are a little bit

closer to Manchester City at the top

of the Premier League this morning.

They won 4-2 on a freezing night

in Watford, to cut the gap to five

points, but City play this evening.

Look who has arrived Down Under -

Ben Stokes, who is set to play some

domestic cricket in New Zealand,

fuelling rumours he could be in line

to help England's Ashes campaign.

And feeling fantastic -

not words we have heard Tiger Woods

mutter, but he says he is.

After a back operation in April,

he says he is ready to return

to action at the Hero World

Challenge event in the Bahamas.

We have heard a lot about this

return to full fitness for Tiger

Woods.

Over how many years?

Exactly,

it has been going long time now. Is

he trying to kid himself?

60% Tiger

Woods would be great for golf. It

would be great to see him back and

contending.

Shall we have a look at

the papers?

We will start with the

Telegraph, still talking about the

Royal Wedding to be, and they have

done lots of different things in the

papers. I like this particular

picture we will show you in a

minute. This is Meghan Markle. And

the Brexit breakthrough, they seem

to have doubled the offer on the

table. We will be talking about that

throughout the programme.

Would you

like to see a 15-year-old Meghan

Markle posing outside Buckingham

Palace? Their shears. They dug that

up. She is there with her friend.

Home!

This is 21 years ago, and no

doubt she will be standing on the

balcony at some stage.

They are

getting married at Windsor, we do

know, at some stage.

At some stage

means at some stage.

At some stage

in the next few years. The Sun, this

is day two, and we are going over

lots of details. We don't quite know

the day. She will be baptised before

the big day, and then the Daily

Mirror, she is also going to become

a British citizen as well, and

thrilled to Brits. The Daily

Express, a magical May wedding in

Royal Windsor, and diabetes, a new

health alert. A big rise in

sufferers developing cancer.

Steffe,

good morning.

Good morning. Let's casually move

on. We are going to be talking about

the railway industry today because

the government after 7am is expected

to announce a reform. They say they

want to make things better for

passengers. We have heard this

before. Things are not brilliant.

That's what a lot of the papers have

picked up on this morning and The

Daily Mail is going with this idea

that perhaps we might see certain

lines reopened. This was back in the

60s, a report by the British railway

chairman suggested that we should

close the lines which were losing

millions of pounds a year, so that's

what happened. So what they are

saying is some of these lines could

reopen again, but of course that

will depend on what type of money is

on the table to be able to do that.

But it is one of a number of

suggestions that -- of what might be

announced. More on that after 7am.

This is really interesting. We've

spoken about a cars. We could now

see electric planes. Britain could

become the global centre, because

three of Europe's biggest

engineering companies have teamed up

to start flying hybrid aircraft by

2020. Rolls Royce, Airbus Siemens.

Obviously there are a lot of very

clever engineers who are working on

this.

Before I make that walking...

-- booking...

We were talking about

England's women olivine for the

World Cup. The requisite photos have

come out. I know footballers are

used to a glamorous lifestyle, but

even this looks a little grim. This

will be the base, about 45 Minutes

From St Petersburg. This is the

beach. In the trip adviser comments,

says it it has a pool with lots of

chemicals. And the rooms... It looks

lovely. I'm not selling it.

We are

talking quite a bit about food

today. Apparently pig's trotters are

back on the menu. Pig's trotters,

because the revival of cheaper cuts

of meat. We are talking about food

waste today. What you should throw

away. Should you keep onions in the

fridge? Yes or no? Know is the right

answer. They go soggy. Where should

you store food that needs the most

chilling, the top or bottom? The

bottom. John, you are two out of two

wrong. Should you keep potatoes in

the fridge?

Yes.

No. It turns the

starch into sugar. Pineapple in the

fridge?

No.

Yes and no. Yes if it is cut, though

if whole.

I will be eating at yours,

not John's.

You are welcome any

time.

We throw away a lot of food, so

there is a reason for that weird

quiz, that John did terribly at.

Matt's out and about this morning.

People have been swimming already!

Good morning.

Good morning. I have to say they are

a little bit braver than me, but it

is more inviting than out here. Its

28 degrees in there at the moment

and about two Celsius here.

Hopefully I will be chatting to some

of them later in the programme to

find out what drives them to get in

there. I think getting

find out what drives them to get in

there. I think getting out will be

find out what drives them to get in

difficult today. Wherever you are

this morning, it's another cold

start. We've got that cold wind,

especially in eastern parts. While

most are dry today there will be a

few showers, especially in northern

Scotland. The odd flurry of snow.

The south-west of Scotland should be

dry. Much of north-west England dry.

We have heavy showers to the east of

the Pennines. There is some snow

with that rain as well. A good

covering in the north York Moors and

potentially the Pennines. Mainly

rain as you head further south,

through the Midlands and East

Anglia. The greater chance of more

showers here today than yesterday.

The south coast is dry and sunny.

Temperatures drop as low as -4 in

the Exeter area. Widespread frost

and of course be wary of showers

through the night. There could be

ice around. Not as many showers for

Cornwall and west Wales, but there

will be some towards the extreme

west coast. Showers continue to come

and go across Northern Ireland.

Maybe rain will stop over the hills

there might be sweet mixed in.

Through the day most of you will

stay dry, cold and sunny, but we

continue to have showers in eastern

parts of England. They will come

well and truly inland. As far as the

Midlands. A few showers to the north

of Scotland as well top temperatures

down on yesterday. The air has been

getting colder each day of the Week.

Into the night, it looks like there

will be a shift in the wind

direction. Showers in the east go

back to the coast. If you are in

Pembrokeshire and across Cornwall

showers become more abundant. Like

last night we could have snow mixed

in as well. The night there will be

a widespread frost. Where we've seen

showers it will be a slippery start

to tomorrow. Another crisp and

bright one for many. Windy tomorrow

in eastern areas and while it will

be dry to begin within eastern

England showers come in later and

there will be increasing sleet and

snow, especially in the north-east

of England. Or showers to the far

south-west and temperatures tomorrow

are close to -2, -3 a cross eastern

areas, thanks to the windchill. That

windchill will ease into Friday.

Perhaps a little less cold. Showers

mainly in East Anglia and the

south-east corner. Even here we

could have a bit of sleet and snow.

Showers eventually fading from

Southwest Wales and the south-west

of England but through Friday it

gets cloudier and less chilly from

the north-west, so the cold will be

at its worst tomorrow before things

get a little less cold for the

weekend. That's how the weather is

looking. More throughout the

morning. Back to you.

looking. More throughout the

morning. Back to you. I am very

impressed by all those people

morning. Back to you. I am very

swimming behind you.

It is full!

Unbelievable. Absolutely amazing.

It would be a nice temperatures you

met this morning.

It looks nice.

Apparently the British say Lee-do.

So we are going to go with that.

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning:

The BBC understands

that the government has increased

the amount of money it's offering

to the EU as part of the Brexit

divorce bill to between

£35 and £49 billion.

Autistic children in England

are being let down by the education

system, according to a report seen

exclusively by this programme.

More detail now on that.

When we send our children to school

we expect them to get the best start

in life, but sadly for some

with special educational needs that

isn't always the case.

There are around 120,000 school-aged

children in England with autism,

and the vast majority go

to mainstream schools.

Yet many are being failed

by the education system.

A new report by a group of MPs found

70% of parents believe

the support their child needs is not

being put in place quickly enough,

with half saying they had to wait

for more than a year,

and 40% say their child's school

does not meet their needs.

Television presenter and vocal coach

Carrie Grant and her husband David

have four children with

special educational needs.

They told me about the fight they've

had to get their children

the education they deserve.

I feel desperate for my children. I

feel really desperate. We failed

them as parents because we can't get

the services that we need. We can't

get the education that these

children deserve.

Thank you so much for inviting me to

your house.

Just run me through the

family. This one is Olivia, our

eldest, who has dyspraxia, ADHD.

Talia is autistic. She has really

struggled at school.

This is the

region, with 11 going on 12. She is

autistic and she also has ADHD.

And

your young boy, he is adopted, isn't

he?

This is Nathan. He was adopted

when he was two. And he has

attachment difficulties, which is

quite common with children who have

been adopted.

Four children and

seven...

Seven conditions!

Yeah.

There's this new parliamentary

report out and how does it affect

them at school? It had a big impact,

hasn't it?

I think the challenges at

school are biased because some

schools just aren't even looking at

SEN and they don't want to look at

it. The biggest fight would be

trying to access services and often

sadly trying to get the school to

understand what it is you need.

That

said in a report. 70% of parents say

support in place quickly enough or

their child I nearly 70% waiting for

nearly six months. What are the

biggest issues for you?

Certainly

without children the biggest issues

are anxiety, the fact that they're

not a one size fits all and so much

of school education is geared

towards one size fits all.

Our

children don't necessarily have

learning disabilities, they are

super intelligent, but they are also

sick.

We can't judge the quality of

our parenting on the happiness of

our children.

That's so true!

You

have to find a different yardstick

if your children are on the autistic

spectrum.

What is your judgement of

a good day, that you got through it?

A good day is that all the kids are

alive.

Yeah. And they all go to bed

asleep, alive and not feeling as

though they don't want to see the

morning. That's a really good day.

We talked about so much and one of

the things they brought up with me

was that they've got this wonderful

children and they said their

perception of their life... A talk

about grieving about what they

thought it would be like. They

thought they would be the perfect

family, all sitting around at a

restaurant or whatever the children

eating. And they do this with

humour. And the children might be on

the floor or throwing food and they

talk about the loss of what you

expected to live to be and perhaps

how it turned out. They are very

happy, but it's a 24-hour day

concern for them.

It's a really powerful thought. To

think about how you judge the

quality of your parenting on the

happiness of your children.

And perhaps how you need to change

that.

We are playing a longer interview

Gator. -- later and Carrie Grant

says they are putting the functional

in a dysfunctional.

The Department of Education

say it is carefully

considering the report and told us

"all schools have a duty to support

children with special

educational needs".

It says it's given councils £223

million in extra funding

to introduce reforms

and support families.

Keep your comments coming in. We

have already had two days of people

getting in contact with really

positive stories, but also the

darker times you share as a family

and your worries about the future

and your children's education. We

might not be able to read them all

on the programme, but our team are

reading absolutely everything that

comes in and some of that

interaction has been fantastic. We

shall be back with more on that and

the headlines in a

Good morning.

Scotland's Justice Secretary Michael

Matheson is to make a statement

in Holyrood later on the state

of the police force.

Police Scotland's chief constable

is on "special leave" and a number

of senior officers have been

suspended amid allegations of

criminality and gross misconduct,

including two separate accusations

of unauthorised use

of the force firing range.

No wrongdoing has been admitted

by any of the officers

under investigation.

Yesterday, Police Scotland

announced it was appointing

between Scottish jobs and current

export patterns, carried

out for the GMB union.

It found roughly 80,000 jobs

are directly dependent

on Scottish exports to the EU.

Given that we are heading for a hard

dregs at and that the interest of

the Scottish economy don't seem to

have them featured anywhere in the

negotiations with the Tory

government and the European Union as

yet, then you would have to say we

are on the cusp of probably tens of

thousands of job losses in Scotland.

Sir Andy Murray is setting up

a management company to mentor

future stars of British sport.

It is the first time he's talked

about his career beyond tennis.

He's not played in any competitions

since going out of Wimbledon in July

while plagued with a hip injury.

By becoming a sports agent,

he says he hopes to help

the next generation.

I thought that maybe this is

something when I stop playing,

looking to help some younger British

athletes go through that kind of

transition phase from playing into

gene juniors and to senior ranks.

The achievements of Dr Elsie

Inglis - the founder

of the Scottish Women's Hospitals -

will be celebrated

in Edinburgh today,

a century after her death.

At the outbreak of World War One

she identified a role for women

to serve in front-line hospitals

but the war office told her to "go

home and sit still".

She then offered her services

to Britain's allies who accepted

and went on to set up hospitals

to treat soldiers all over Europe.

Now let's get the Breakfast

time weather outlook

and Kawser is at the map.

and Kawser is at the map.

Good morning. Another cold and

frosty start to the day with icy

patches first thing in the morning.

We will have inventory showers

across the far north and along the

east coast as well. Elsewhere plenty

of dry and bright weather, crisp

sunshine, feeling bitterly cold.

Temperatures struggling to reach

between 3-5dC. During the evening,

shower still with us from the far

north, becoming increasingly win

today following a snow. A wide

spread frost, clear skies elsewhere,

perhaps the coldest night of the

spell so far. For tomorrow, though

showers mainly in the north and

further into the East, sunshine

elsewhere. That is your forecast for

now.

Thanks Kawser.

And that's all for now.

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Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Louise Minchin and Dan Walker.

We will bring you the latest news

and sport in just a moment.

Coming up this morning:

In just over half an hour,

the Government will announce changes

to how the railways work.

We will look ahead at the pressure

points that affect millions

of commuters who travel

on the network every day.

In 1996, Josie Russell survived

a brutal hammer attack

in which her mother,

Lin, and her sister,

Megan, were killed.

More than 20 years on,

we will look at the evidence that

casts doubt on the conviction

of Michael Stone.

And we will meet the man tasked

with clearing up space.

He will tell us why old rockets

and fragments of spacecraft

are putting vital satellites

in danger of being damaged.

Good morning.

Here is a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News.

The BBC understands

that the Government has

significantly increased the amount

of money it is offering

to the European Union as part

of the Brexit divorce bill.

The figure is believed to be

between £35 and £49 billion.

The original offer was

just under £18 billion.

If confirmed, the move could clear

the way for moving Brexit

negotiations on to the issue

of trade next month.

Let's talk to our political

correspondent Leila Nathoo,

who is in Westminster.

Leila, this is a much bigger

sum than Theresa May

had originally offered.

It is double the original sum, it is

a significant increase on the offer

that Theresa May made in her major

Florence speech. She has since got

the Cabinet on side. Even Brexiteers

in the Cabinet have accepted an

increased offer to the EU is

necessary to try and unblock those

Brexit talks, to persuade the EU to

move them on to the second phase of

trade in December. Now, the figures

being touted today are around £40 to

£45 billion, and Downing Street does

not recognise the upper end of that

estimate, there is no figure put on

it and neither side will confirm

that any settlement has been agreed.

We won't really get a final figure

for some time. At I think that

certainly this is a gesture from the

UK to the EU side to say, look, we

are prepared to pay more, and it

seems to have been well-received. I

think that on the bill that has

certainly been enough movement to

persuade the EU that they are

serious about this offer and can

move on to trade. But there does

seem to be now the major stumbling

block of the Irish border, towards

wish progress has not been made --

towards which. It has the potential

to still hold up trade talks in

December.

Thank you very much.

Children with autism in England

are being let down by the education

system, according to a report

by the All Party Parliamentary Group

for Autism, which has been seen

exclusively by Breakfast.

Nearly three in four parents said

they waited more than six months

for the support their child

is entitled to, while half said

they waited more than a year.

The Department for Education says

all schools have a duty to support

children with special

educational needs.

It says it has given councils £223

million in extra funding

to introduce reforms.

North Korea has carried out another

ballistic missile test,

its first for two months.

Pyongyang says the missile

which landed in Japanese waters

is a new type of weapon,

and its most powerful yet.

Experts believe that North Korea has

demonstrated for the first time

that it could now hit most

of the American mainland.

President Donald Trump

was briefed while the missile

was still in the air.

Railway lines which were closed

in the 1960s could reopen

if they boost the economy.

It is part of the Government's rail

strategy, which will

be unveiled today.

The Transport Secretary,

Chris Grayling, says the new rail

lines could unlock jobs,

encourage house-building,

and ease overcrowding,

but Labour says the ideas

are flimsy re-announcements.

Apple says it is working to fix

a serious bug in its most recent

Mac operating system.

The flaw in the High Sierra software

makes it possible to access a Mac

computer or laptop without

a password, and gain

powerful administrator rights.

An entire road of homes in Hampshire

has been decorated with festive

lights, by a man who

really loves Christmas.

Ged Hollyoake started the tradition

of working with his neighbours

to decorate their

homes 13 years ago.

This year, hundreds of people turned

up in Byron Road to see

the switch-on of the lights,

which have gained international

prominence in recent years.

Mr Hollyoake has raised

about £50,000 for charity,

and the lights attract thousands

of people across the festive period.

That has become quite an event.

Imagine if there was just one house

which didn't want to be part of it!

Everyone has a house near them. I am

convinced you go and visit, they

always go bonkers, don't they? Shall

we drive past the Christmas house?

Yes, go on, let's do it.

It is a bit

early still, isn't it?

Do you go

big?

Just a few lights outdoors.

Not like Chevy Chase, falling off

the roof and all of that.

What a

great win for England in World Cup

qualifying. They are absolutely

flying. Sorry, we have distracted

you.

They will be enjoying

Christmas, certainly. They have

played three World cup qualifiers,

and won all three. It is especially

good for Mel Lawley, is she going to

get the job full-time? -- Mo Mali.

Mel Lawley scored the only

goal in the first half,

before scoring four in 12

minutes in the second.

Super sub Fran Kirby scoring

a penalty, before setting up

Nikita Parris for her first

and England's third.

5-0 they won, three wins out

of three under interim boss

Mo Marley, so will she get

the job permanently.

Obviously there was a process, and

application process, on the 17th.

That is when obviously the time was

when I first did it. I agreed to put

the CD in and we said we will have a

look at it at the end of it. I think

now it is about letting the players

enjoy it. Hopefully the players are

pleased with their own performances

-- CV. And then we will all sit down

and have a look and decide what is

right for the team moving forward.

But Wales will end 2017 top

of the group, after they beat

Bosnia Herzegovina 1-0,

Kayleigh Green the scorer.

Laura O'Sullivan saved a penalty,

to ensure Wales took

all three points.

They have played a game

more than England.

It appears scoring four goals isn't

enough to please Jose Mourinho,

who blamed his side for not scoring

more in a 4-2 win over Watford.

And look how good they were -

Ashley Young with this beauty.

Watford managed to bring it back

to 3-2, but Jesse Lingard scored

a brilliant solo goal,

and they are now five points behind

City at the top of the table.

We now have three victories in a

row. We one, 2... Matches at home.

That was important, not to lose

ones. And we came back here and did

9.3 matches, and we go match-up the

match. Here we are, we are second in

the table, and it is good to be

there. We will see what can happen.

Leicester are into the top half

of the Premier League,

after a two -1 win at home to Spurs.

First-half goals from Jamie Vardy

and Riyad Mahrez put them 2two up.

Harry Kane pulled one back

for Spurs, but the defeat

leaves them fifth.

Manager-less West Bromwich Albion

were 2-0 up at home,

but Newcastle came back

through Ciaran Clark,

and an own-goal from

Jonny Evans made it 2-2.

England's cricketers have set

themselves a curfew of midnight,

after recent talk about the team's

inappropriate drinking culture.

The players have also welcomed

the news that Ben Stokes

is potentially going

to be back playing.

The all-rounder has flown

to New Zealand to visit family,

and has held talks with

Canterbury Cricket Club

about playing for them.

Stokes has been stopped from playing

for England in the Ashes series

as he is investigated by police

for an alleged assault outside

a nightclub in Bristol in September.

The good thing for him is that he is

a little bit closer to Australia,

it's that time was to come that he

was to be able to come and join the

squad. But we know no more than

that, and hopefully if he can get

some cricket under his belt that

would be good for him, having had a

couple of months away from the game.

I mean, there is a curfew of

midnight, but that doesn't really

affect us a huge amount. Very rarely

are we up at that time anyway.

Personally, it doesn't affect me in

anyway. As I mentioned, we are grown

men, we are allowed to drink at

times. We just know that we are not

allowed to overstep the mark.

Former world number one Tiger Woods

says he is feeling fantastic,

as he prepares to return to action

at the Hero World Challenge

in the Bahamas.

The 41-year-old has had multiple

back operations in recent years,

and withdrew from his last

tournament in Dubai in February

with back spasms.

The 14-time Major winner says

surgery in April has cured the pain.

The neatest thing for me is to be

able to get up out of bed and I can

grab a club and not use it as a

crutch. So now I am able to take a

swing. That... That's so exciting.

You have no idea how exciting that

is, and I am just so thankful

that... You know, I have had this

procedure and I have gotten to this

point.

Finally, if you needed any reminding

of how powerful a scrum is,

just ask the teams that play

against Hinckley Rugby Club.

The East Midlands side drove

opponents Luctonians back

towards their own tryline.

Not content with that,

they also managed to wipe out

the goalposts, as well.

The match continued on another

pitch, as Hinckley won -

but at a price.

Replacing the posts

will cost £7,000.

Did the try stand?

That I don't

know.

Sorry, I was just wondering

whether...

It is, if you touch the

ball against the post, it goes down

as a try. But I don't know whether

that was the ball just several burly

men ploughing into that post. --

ball or just.

When it comes to the food

in your kitchen, do you know

the difference between the use-by,

best-before, and sell-by dates?

The waste agency WRAP says people

are throwing away edible food

because too many different terms

are used on packaging.

Let's get more detail on this

from Margaret Bates,

professor of sustainable waste

management at the University

of

Northampton.

We have got some food on the desk

here as well. This gives a pretty

good indication. Some of this is...

We have got the best before date on

the bread and the Peppers and the

onions. The apples are display

until, and on the salad it is

use-by. Here is a good indication of

three different terms on five

different items. It can be

confusing, can't it?

It can be very

confusing. And that is the idea with

the new guidance coming out. It will

be really straightforward. You will

be able to pick up something in its

packaging and know exactly what to

do with it. So generally the

difference is use-by means if you

don't use it by then there could be

food safety implications, whereas

Best before is just about quality,

so you have a bit more of a

judgement on that.

The other thing

they are talking about is they might

change labels to say when something

should be put into the fridge. Is

that a good idea?

I think so,

because people get confused. Don't

put your bananas in the fridge, they

go black and horrible. Unless you

specifically want to ripen your

other fruit, don't put the near

other fruit. Bananas you need to

leave by themselves.

My mother's

advice from many years ago is you

never put bananas in the fruit bowl.

She knows something is, my mum.

Other things, for example, we had a

discussion about onions and you

don't put those in the fridge

either.

A nice cool, dark place.

Like a fridge?

No.

It sounds sort of

basic, doesn't it?

I think part of

the problem is we are so overloaded

with information, and we go and buy

stuff like this because it is really

convenient. And you get there and

there are so many different pieces

of information. And that is part of

the idea with the new stuff. You are

able to pick it up, it has a picture

of a fridge on it, you know that

means it goes on the fridge. So you

can get rid of all at confusion,

very simple, very easy to do. And

the other thing I particularly like

is the idea about bringing back the

snowflake label around the freezer.

I am a big fan of the freezer.

Freezer and soup are some of my big

anti- food waste techniques.

And if

you don't keep it in the fridge,

quite a few people will throw that

away if they have not frozen it on

the day of purchase. I would freeze

it a couple of days... Is that the

right thing to do?

Yes, as long as

it is before or on the use by date,

freeze it. You basically stopped the

clock and when you take it out of

the freezer, use it on the day you

defrost it, defrosted overnight in

the fridge, that sort of stuff.

And

the things to watch out for from a

health point of view is the use-by,

so this kind of thing. That is what

you have to watch out for.

Yes,

use-by could be a food safety issue

if you don't take note of it. It is

especially important if you are

pregnant or immunocompromised.

And a

list of the most influential people

in waste management.

I do, I am very

proud to have come second to her,

the Lady of the micro beads.

Anyplace in the West Management top

100 is a great place to be.

And your

answer to everything is soup.

Soup

or freezer, pretty much.

We were

talking about lidos earlier. What do

you put on your kitchen floor?

Lie-no, or lee-no? Definitely

lie-no. But apparently we have to

say lee-do.

Either way you say it, it is

pronounced freezing! Welcome to the

pool, which opened in 1922, it's

been 95 years. During the summer, it

was packed. But it is proving to be

just as popular in winter. It is 28

degrees in the pool at the moment,

but much cooler poolside. Two

degrees. There is a windchill, as

degrees. There is a windchill, as

many of you will notice. Let's get

on with the forecast. Cold wind will

be noticeable in eastern areas.

Maybe not as strong as yesterday.

With it a few showers, mainly in

northern and eastern areas. In the

north of Scotland showers continue

to come in. An ice risk this

morning. Much of Scotland will be

dry and bright, especially towards

the south-west. While Northwest

England will avoid the showers

today, the Pennines and eastwards

will have plenty of showers to get

you through the rush-hour. You could

be snow at times in the north York

Moors and the Pennines. Rain showers

through the east Midlands towards

East Anglia. More showers than

yesterday. Further west it's a

frosty start. Temperatures down to

-4 in parts of Devon this morning.

Lots of sunshine around. You were

showers to west Cornwall and western

parts of Wales compared to

yesterday. They've moved offshore.

Showers come and go in Northern

Ireland. A bit of rain and sleet

over high ground. Through the day it

is eastern England most prone to see

the showers throughout. Some of

those heavy and thundery. Sleet and

know as well. A few more showers

towards East Anglia and the

south-east compared with yesterday.

Not a bad day for most. Out in the

breeze not that. But still

temperatures down on what they were

yesterday, in single figures for the

vast majority. To get you into the

night most of the showers fade back

to the coast. There's a subtle

change in wind direction. In eastern

parts showers will be confined to

the coastal strip. Showers then move

back inland. Last night was wintry,

similar today. An ice risk into

tomorrow morning, with a widespread

frost. A cold start to Thursday and

it will be the coldest day of the

week by and large. The wind is

stronger in eastern areas but like

today the showers are mainly

confined to eastern coastal

counties. Then they move into

eastern Scotland tomorrow. To the

more showers than today. Encryption

and in the Cornwall. Temperatures

tomorrow at the lowest. Only 3-4

degrees for many and it will feel

more like -3 in the wind for parts

of eastern England. For Friday,

showers more likely to coastal parts

of East Anglia and the very far

south-east of England. Some will be

heavy around the coast. Showers in

west Wales. Through Friday we have

more cloud into Scotland and

Northern Ireland and eventually

northern England and that will ring

some chilly air into the start of

the weekend. Overall it still stays

cold for the next couple of days and

I'm sure for those in the pool it a

lot easier to get in then it is to

get out.

I'm sure it is. Absolutely. At a

unimpressed by them and slightly

unimpressed by them and slightly

jealous!

Looks nice with all of that steam

coming off.

Just after 7am, the government

will announce big plans

for our railways.

We will be talking to Chris

Grayling, the transport secretary,

later about this.

Steph's taking a look

at what they could be.

A lot of people are still annoyed

with him. Let me give it a details.

The number of people

using the railways has doubled over

the last two decades,

since they were privatised.

For over 1.7 billion passengers,

punctuality and over-crowding

are the top concerns.

In fact, 2016 saw the worst level

of punctuality in a decade,

with more than one in every ten

trains failing to arrive on time.

Now the government wants to shake up

the railways so they work

better for passengers.

So what might that involve?

Joining me now is Philip Haigh,

who is a rail expert.

Good morning to you. What do you

think we might hear?

I hope we will

hear something about reopening old

railway lines so that we can better

travel around the country, so that

people can get to and from their

homes to their jobs and that sort of

thing. And really make a bigger and

better railway. Hopefully at the

same time performs better so that

trains turn up on time.

When you

talk about reopening all blinds,

these are lines that were closed in

the 50s. Tell us about that. -- old

lines. Back in the 60s there was

this chap who closed many lines of

railway lines. Any needed closing as

no one was using them, but one or

two good the reopened usefully now.

There are lines between places like

Skipton up in the north-west that

could reopen. Tavistock down in the

south-west. They've been talking

about reopening these railways for

years and now is the time to get on

with it.

Will that involve money for this to

happen and where is that going to

come from?

It will involve money.

Some of these schemes are good

example, the one in Tavistock as an

example, they are linked to housing.

So more houses need to be built and

it's reasonable that they also

contribute to reopening railways, so

that people who live those houses

can get to and from work.

That could

be one element. There's also talk

about who runs which bids. Can you

explain how the franchise system

works?

The government sets out the

framework for franchises and decides

which areas of the country they

cover, which lines are included

within them. They are now talking

about redrawing that map so that

franchises cover different areas.

They may split up some of the bigger

franchises into smaller and really

to try to get a better handle on the

costs that are involved with them,

because some of the smaller lines

need a subsidy because they don't

have enough passengers and if you

split franchises you get a better

view of which lines need money and

actually which lines generate

surpluses that can pay for the other

ones.

Overall Jeev Singh this will

make our trains more punctual and

less overcrowded? -- do you think

this will.

If the government

actually does what it promises.

We've had too many ministers talk

about this in the past and they

never get on with it.

Let's find

out. We will be talking to Chris

Grayling, the transport secretary,

later. That's it for now.

Thank you.

This morning we've been hearing

about how living with a special

educational need can

be hugely challenging.

For those living with autism,

an extra obstacle can be trying

to overcome other people's attitudes

towards the condition.

With that in mind, here's a guide

of what not to say to someone

on the autistic spectrum.

I touched the ball.

I'm so eager!

What have we got? I get this a lot.

You know what it's like? That's how

I feel.

You don't look autistic.

Great. Because autistic people all

look the same.

Yeah, I've got that

one, I've got people saying to me,

you look fine next Mac if I had a

pound for every time someone said to

me you don't look autistic, I could

have bought a pound. They mean well

because I think what that means is I

have this preconceptions and you

just broken them, so I find that

interesting. But how it comes out is

quite stigmatising.

They think of

someone with autism and you think of

someone who doesn't speak to anyone,

is rude, is a genius and that simply

isn't the case.

There's definitely a

media image of how autistic people

arbitrate.

Always men or children.

It's like, where are the girls?

Everyone is a little autistic.

We

are taught at school we have five

centres. Wrong. The six is our

theory of mind. The ability to

understand everyone else's thought

processes.

We rely on people's body

language.

If you have the ability to

do that, please don't ever say you

could be a little bit autistic.

Just

stop.

Autistic people don't feel

empathy.

I believe autistic people

feel to much empathy.

We do feel

empathy. We understand emotions.

For

me it's very hard to sometimes put

myself in another person's shoes and

people mistake that for a lack of

empathy.

I will no they have leather

shoe laces, so I do have that and I

like that.

We can just be ourselves.

And being ourselves is a blast. It's

nice.

It's a rollercoaster because

you see all these things that other

people don't see.

It's something of

a unique gift. We've got gifts that

we can actually give to the world.

I

had someone genuinely say to me, if

you could get into it, would you?

No!

It was like, what? No, that's

like saying, would you change

yourself as a person?

Your whole

identity? We are winners!

We are

winners!

High-5!

Thank you to all of them. That was

really excellent.

Thanks to our colleagues

at BBC Three for that short film.

We will make sure it is now social

media as well. Keep your comments

on. We are looking at special

education needs throughout the week.

If you'd like to get in touch

with us about your stories,

email [email protected],

or tweet us using

the hashtag #BBCSend.

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

Good morning.

Scotland's Justice Secretary Michael

Matheson is to make a statement

in Holyrood later on the state

of the police force.

Police Scotland's chief constable

is on "special leave" and a number

of senior officers have been

suspended amid allegations of

criminality and gross misconduct,

including two separate accusations

of unauthorised use

of the force firing range.

No wrongdoing has been admitted

by any of the officers

under investigation.

Yesterday, Police Scotland

announced it was appointing

a new senior officer

to oversee professional standards.

Some of Scotland's most important

industries risk being given a low

priority in trade talks

between the European Union

and the UK government.

That's one of the findings

from research into the links

between Scottish jobs and current

export patterns, carried

out for the GMB union.

It found roughly 80,000 jobs

are directly dependent

on Scottish exports to the EU.

Given that we are heading for a hard

Brexit and that the interest

of the Scottish economy don't seem

to have them featured anywhere

in the negotiations with the Tory

government and the European Union

as yet, then you would have to say

we are on the cusp of probably

tens of thousands of job

losses in Scotland.

Sir Andy Murray is setting up

a management company to mentor

future stars of British sport.

It is the first time he's talked

about his career beyond tennis.

He's not played in any competitions

since going out of Wimbledon in July

while plagued with a hip injury.

By becoming a sports agent,

he says he hopes to help

the next generation.

I thought that maybe

this is something to do

when I stop playing,

looking to help some younger British

athletes go through that kind

of transition phase from playing

in the juniors in to senior ranks.

Now let's get the Breakfast

time weather outlook

and Kawser is at the map.

Cold and frosty and widespread risk

of ice across the North as well. We

continue to draw that Arctic air in

and those blustery showers. The

showers will continue across the

north and north-west and East Coast,

too. Elsewhere, plenty of dry and

bright weather and temperatures

struggling at 3-5dC. During the

evening, the showers will

increasingly fall as low. I

widespread frost elsewhere under

clear skies as temperatures likely

depth below freezing, the coldest

nights far in this cold spell.

Tomorrow, sunshine in more central

and southern areas. The showers but

in the north and east coast. Feeling

bitterly cold in the wind.

The seven o'clock Sealink is

cancelled to Iona.

And that's all for now.

More from us in half an hour

and of course you can catch

up on the latest news,

travel and weather on our website

at the usual address.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

A doubling of the

Brexit divorce bill.

The Government substantially

increases its offer

to the European Union.

The BBC understands the UK could pay

at least £35 billion.

Good morning, it is

Wednesday 29 November.

Also this morning: The children

with autism being let down

by the system.

It's a fight, it is

a constant fight.

You wouldn't think you'd need

to fight so much for something that

you should be able

to access so easily.

The murders of Lin

and Megan Russell.

Lawyers for the man convicted

of killing them say they have

uncovered new evidence that

could prove his innocence.

There are big plans

to change our railways,

to ease pressure

points for passengers.

We will be speaking

to the Transport Secretary

about the details.

Good morning.

In sport: England's women

maintain their perfect start

in World Cup qualifying,

super-sub Fran Kirby scoring

with her first kick of the game,

in a 5-0 win over Kazakhstan.

And it may be freezing,

but that hasn't stopped Matt.

He is out and about

with the weather.

Good morning. Proving that the

appeal of a lido isn't just in the

summer. It is a cold start to your

Wednesday morning UK wide. Showers

mainly across eastern areas but for

most the Sun will shine. Your full

forecast in 15 minutes. See you

then.

Good morning.

First our main story: The BBC

understands that the Government has

significantly increased the amount

of money it is offering

to the European Union as part

of the Brexit divorce bill.

The figure is believed

to be around £35 billion.

The original offer was

just under £18 billion.

If confirmed, the move could clear

the way for moving Brexit

negotiations on to the issue

of trade next month.

Let's talk to our political

correspondent Leila Nathoo,

who is in Westminster.

Leila, this is a much bigger

sum than Theresa May

had originally offered.

What is likely to be the reaction?

Well, I think that it has been

broadly welcomed in Brussels.

Theresa May had managed last week to

get her Cabinet on side, even

Brexiteers within her Cabinet, on

side to the idea that she had to up

the financial offer to Brussels in

order to persuade them to move those

talks the second phase and get on to

discussing trade. This was supposed

to have happened in October. Now,

there is a crucial summit in a of

weeks' time when EU leaders will

gather to decide whether there had

been enough progress made on the

divorce matters, and the Bill, the

financial settlement, was one of the

main sticking points. So at the

moment we know that the government

has made this offer

behind-the-scenes. There is some

attempt now to try and get it down

in writing. In the range of figures

we are talking about here, up to

around £49 billion, that upper end

of the scale that is believed to

have been talked about has been

dismissed by Downing Street.

Certainly no figure has been put on

the settlement by either side. There

is still much wrangling behind the

scenes going on about calculating

the exact amount, and the exact

amount won't be known for some time.

But I think the main aspect of this

is that the government has made a

gesture which has apparently been

well received in Brussels. So the

hope is that that would be enough to

persuade them that the divorce bill

is on its way to being sorted. But

certainly that doesn't mean that the

green light will necessarily be

given in December, because one of

the main sticking point is now is

whether enough progress has been

made towards getting the Irish

border sorted after Brexit, and

certainly there does not seem to

have been much headway on that up

until now.

Children with autism in England

are being let down by the education

system, according to a report

by the All Party Parliamentary Group

for Autism, seen

exclusively by Breakfast.

This is Harley.

He is now in a specialist school.

But his mum, Natalie,

says it was a struggle to get

the support he needs.

It's a fight, it is

a constant fight.

You wouldn't think you'd need

to fight so much for something that

you should be able

to access so easily.

Natalie is not alone.

More than 2,000 parents

were surveyed, and nearly three

in four said they waited

more than six months

for the support their child

is entitled to, while half said

they waited more than a year.

It's shocking that 50% of those

children are not happy in school.

50% of teachers are not comfortable

teaching those with autism.

We have to do a lot better.

Because, if one in 100 have got this

actually very special feature

about them, but they need additional

help, then we're failing them

if we don't give them that help.

The All Party Parliamentary Group

is now calling for a national autism

and education strategy by the end

of 2019, with more training

for staff, and a curriculum tailored

for individual needs.

The Department for Education says

all schools have a duty to support

children with special

educational needs.

It says it has given councils £223

million in extra funding

to introduce reforms.

We will be looking at this issue

all morning, so please do send

us your stories or questions by

e-mail, at [email protected],

or tweet us using

the hashtag #BBCSend.

To read you a couple of those

comments, my daughter has been

struggling for months to get my

granddaughter diagnosed. We spent

hours in A&E. It is a nightmare for

parents and a daily struggle.

Robbins as I am a nursery manager

and I completely agree. Parents get

a diagnosis for their child, and the

community, paediatricians, say come

back in one year. Parents come to us

for help because they don't have any

support. We have managed through our

own funding to buy resources and

training, but it is so frustrating.

Thank you for those comments this

morning.

The Government is considering

breaking up two of the country's

biggest train operators,

as part of a new rail strategy.

The franchises are Great Western

and GTR, which combines Southern,

Thameslink, and Great Northern.

Steph is here with more details.

I know you have loads of paper, but

what can you tell us so far?

Is his

news which has just come out, the

government's plan to try and make

things better for passengers using

the rail system. 1.7 billion

passengers are using it, and if you

look at the record over the last few

decades, since they were privatised,

it is not great. It is not great for

Punch relative or overcrowding. In

fact, last Year 1 in ten trains

failed to make it on time, which is

the worst in a decade. The

government has announced this

morning they want to try and shake

things up a bit. A lot of it is

around who runs which bits of the

line. Network Rail are in charge of

track maintenance and some of the

stations. Then you have the train

operating companies which have the

franchises to run trains on

different bits of the line. So part

of this strategy is about splitting

up these big franchises so they can

concentrate on, you know, different

parts of the system. For example,

you mentioned there is going to be a

consultation on splitting the great

western franchise, so that

potentially one company could run

the intercity links, linking London

with the south-west and Wales, while

another company focused on running

the more local services across Devon

and Cornwall. That is one of the

ideas. Another area around this is

reopening some of the old lines

which were closed in the 60s, a

1960s. Smaller lines in the

south-west and south-east as well

which were deemed to be loss-making.

They were loss-making but now there

is an idea of reopening them to give

the system more capacity, to get

people around more, make the links

better and make things better for

passengers. But the big question

about all this is how much money it

will involve. There is no talk of

money in any of the press detail we

have so far. I am sure you will put

that to Chris Grayling, the

transport Secretary, when he comes

in. Anyone who uses the railways

will know they can be stressful when

you are using them to commit to and

from work.

Thank you very much, so

you a little bit later. -- see you a

little bit later.

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