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Hello this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

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Munchetty.

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A former Scotland Yard detective

tells the BBC he was shocked

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by the amount of pornography viewed

on a computer seized from the office

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of the First Secretary of State,

Damian Green nine years ago.

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Speaking for the first time,

the technology specialist says

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thousands of images containing legal

pornographic material

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were on a device in his

Westminster office.

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Mr Green has vehemently denied

looking at pornography at work.

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Good morning, it's Friday

the 1st of December.

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Also this morning, a review

is launched into NHS radiology

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services in England after the health

watchdog is told that junior doctors

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at one hospital were asked

to examine x-rays without

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the right training.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle head

to Nottingham for first public

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engagement together since

they announced their plans

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to marry.

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To mark the end of our

amazing week about special

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educational needs, we're

at Piper Hill High in Manchester.

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Today we're at this outstanding

special school to hear what can be

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done to ensure every child

fulfils their potential.

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This is Fergus, a classroom

assistant.

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I'm

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in the sensory room here,

which helps children understand

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the world around them.

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Today we're reporting that 1.4

million kids have speech

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and language difficulties -

but far too many of them are not

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getting the help they need.

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Good morning. There is no stopping

the vinyl revival, after a decade of

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increasing sales we are still on

course to buy 30% more this year

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than last year. I will have more on

that later.

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In sport, the world waits

as the draw for the 2018 World Cup

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in Russia takes place

at the Kremlin this afternoon.

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England are not one of the top

seeds, so we will be hoping to avoid

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the likes of Brazil, Argentina and

Germany. And Matt has the weather.

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Good morning. It is the

meteorological start of winter

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today. Icy across parts of eastern

England, and plenty of ice behind me

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here in Brighton. Over the next few

days it will actually get milder. I

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will have the full forecast in net

-- in the next 15 minutes.

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Good morning, first our main story.

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A former Scotland Yard detective has

told BBC News he was shocked

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by the amount of pornography

on a Parliamentary computer seized

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from the office of the First

Secretary of State, Damian Green.

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Neil Lewis examined the device

during an inquiry into government

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leaks in 2008.

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Mr Green, who is in effect

Theresa May's deputy,

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has vehemently denied looking

at pornography at work,

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initially describing the allegations

as "disreputable, political smears."

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Mr Lewis, a retired computer

forensics specialist who hasn't

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spoken out before said analysis

of the way the computer had been

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used left him in "no doubt

whatsoever" that the material had

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been accessed by Mr Green,

who was then an Opposition

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immigration spokesman.

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Here's Theresa May's oldest and most

trusted political ally. Now Damian

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Green is facing a battle for little

survival, amid claims he viewed

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pornography on his work computer.

Damian Green has vehemently denied

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the allegations.

I had an exemplary

record.

Now the detective who

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examined the device has given me his

account.

The shocking thing was that

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as I was viewing it, I noticed a lot

of pornography thumbnails, which

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indicated Web browsing. But a lot,

there was a lot of them. So I was

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surprised to see that on a

parliamentary computer.

How many

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images did you see?

Thousands.

Thousands of pornographic images?

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Thumbnail images.

The computer had

been seized in 2008 after police

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raided Damian Green's officers. The

MP, then in opposition, was the

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subject of an unrelated enquiry into

Home Office leaks. He was never

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charged. How can you be sure it was

Damian Green who was accessing the

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pornography?

There is that phrase,

you can't put fingers on a keyboard.

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I can't say that. But the computer

was in Mr Green's office, on his

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desk. Login, his account, his name.

-- log in. -- logged. In between

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browsing pornography he was sending

emails from his account, his

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personal account. Reading documents,

writing documents.

The Cabinet

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office is examining the pornography

claims as part of a wider enquiry

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into Mr Green's conduct. But Neil

Lewis has not been asked to give

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evidence. A spokesperson for Damian

Green said it would the

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inappropriate for Mr Green to

comment while the Cabinet office

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investigation was continuing.

However, the spokesperson said that

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Damian Green had:

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Mr Green maintains his innocence.

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Health inspectors have ordered

a review of all NHS radiology

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services in England after a hospital

in Portsmouth failed to spot three

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cases of lung cancer.

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The investigation by

the Care Quality Commission also

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found that 20,000 chest scans had

not been assessed correctly

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at the Queen Alexandra Hospital.

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The Portsmouth Hospital NHS

Trust has apologised

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to the families affected.

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Mark Lobel reports.

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An alarming backlog of unchecked

medical scans has been found at the

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Queen Alexandra Hospital in

Portsmouth by the health services

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regulator, after a member of the

public raised concerns. The care

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will decommission found between the

first of April 2016 and the 31st of

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March this year, 26,345 chest x-rays

and 2167 abdomen x-rays had not been

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formally reviewed by a radiologist

or an appropriately trained

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clinician. Some had been checked,

but by junior doctors, who

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complained that they had been asked

to do so without appropriate

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training. In some cases where x-rays

had been declared clear,

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radiologists went on to spot cancer

on later scans. In a statement, the

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Care Quality Commission said:

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Portsmouth NHS Trust said:

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The health regulator has now written

to all trust in England to build up

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a national picture of how quickly

patients' x-rays are viewed. But

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tackling the problem will be tough.

Experts have warned of a desperate

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shortage of radiologists across the

country, and a backlog of hundreds

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of thousands of x-rays and scans.

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MPs scrutinising the government's

Brexit plans says border controls

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between Northern Ireland

and the Irish Republic

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are inevitable if the UK leaves

the EU single market

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and customs union.

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The Commons Brexit Committee says

ministers have failed to explain how

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the issue can be resolved,

and that the proposals they've come

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up with - such as the

use of technology -

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are "untested" and "speculative."

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Survivors and those who lost loved

ones in the Grenfell fire say

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the public inquiry into the disaster

will be a whitewash unless a diverse

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panel is appointed to

oversee the proceedings.

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The government says the process

is ongoing, but campaigners

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are urging the Prime Minister

to intervene, and say the chairman,

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Sir Martin Moore-Bick,

should sit with a range of people

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who understand the issues facing

those affected by the disaster.

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Without our involvement, without us

being listened to, without

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co-operation from us, what type of

enquiry is this, you know? This is

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what we have to remember, this is

our enquiry, our public enquiry. We

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are the ones who lost families and

we want a fair crack at justice and

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we want to be listened to, we don't

want to be ignored. We want a panel

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of people to understand us and our

concerns.

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The Argentine navy has abandoned

efforts to rescue the 44 crew

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members of a submarine that

disappeared two weeks ago.

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Thousands of people have been

involved in the search

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for the San Juan, covering a 40,000

square kilometre area of the South

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Atlantic.

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The authorities say they will still

try to locate the wreckage.

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Disruption is expected in parts

of the UK this morning,

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after temperatures dropped as low

as minus eight overnight.

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Yesterday eastern England,

Kent and parts of Scotland saw

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the first widespread snowfall

of winter, and another 5cm

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could fall in some areas today.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

will carry out their first joint

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royal engagements later,

just days after announcing

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that they're to marry in the spring.

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They will visit a number

of charities in Nottingham,

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as our royal correspondent

Sarah Campbell reports.

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It was only on Monday that

Prince Harry introduced

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to the American actress

Meghan Markle as his new fiancee.

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This photo call was held

in the controlled environment

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of the garden at Kensington Palace

but Miss Markle made it clear

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in the subsequent interview

that she was keen to get out

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and about and meet

the British public.

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In these beginning few months

and now being boots on the ground

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in the UK, I'm excited to just

really get to know more

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about the different communities

here, smaller organisations,

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working on the same causes I've

always been passionate

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about under this umbrella.

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And also being able to go

around the Commonwealth,

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I think it's just the beginning...

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There's a lot to do.

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Their first engagement together

will highlight an issue Prince Harry

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has become a prominent

campaigner on behalf of,

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AIDS and HIV awareness.

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They will then visit

Nottingham Academy through the Royal

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foundation he has supported.

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Full Effect, a programme attempted

to tackle youth crime.

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This was Prince Harry meeting

the public in Nottingham

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earlier this year.

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According to his spokesman,

it's a community that's become very

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special to him and one he's looking

forward to introducing

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to his new fiancee.

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Born and raised in California,

Meghan Markle has already agreed

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to make the UK her home

and the people of Nottingham will be

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the first to publicly welcome her.

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Sarah Campbell, BBC News.

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Time now, ten minutes past six, time

to talk to Mike.

Good morning. Lots

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of football fans are talking about

this as though it is Christmas Eve,

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because today, all of those World

Cup finalists find out where, which

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is important in Russia because it is

so big, and who, they will be

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playing. Once the draw is made you

can start looking at the places,

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learn about the geography, learn

about the countries you will be

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facing. It might be Panama or Iran

were Australia against England, how

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amazing would that be? In rehearsal,

England drew Brazil twice. And

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Argentina. But the real thing takes

place today inside the Kremlin at

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three o'clock. England and the other

31 teams which have qualified will

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find out who and where they will be

playing. Russia has something like

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three or four different time zones.

England have already picked a base

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near Saint Petersburg and will be

hoping to avoid long trips to the

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Far East and side of Russia.

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The former England manager,

Sam Allardyce, is officially back

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in the game.

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He's signed an 18-month deal

to take over at Everton.

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He's been out since February

after more back surgery,

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but Tiger Woods described his

opening round as "great"

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as he made his latest return

to golf in the Bahamas.

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He shot a 3-under par 69.

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And at the Wheelchair Tennis

Masters in Loughbrough,

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Britain's Gordon Reid kept his hopes

of a semi-final place alive

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with victory in his

second group match.

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I've got more for you in a moment in

the papers.

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There are warnings commuters might

face disruption today because of ice

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and snow. Lots of pictures in the

papers of lots of frost and snow

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around. Matt is keeping up with the

chilly theme, he is in Brighton. It

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is icy there, to say the least. At a

gorgeous view.

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Very gorgeous, isn't it? It is the

meteorological start to winter, the

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first of December. I have come in

search of some ice. I didn't need to

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this morning, there is some ice

around, and you might be seeing it

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out there in the UK as well. We have

had an early taste of winter, do

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could say, across the country, with

temperatures lower than they should

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eat for this time of year. Quite a

bit of snow across eastern England.

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If anything, across the next few

days, temperatures will be on the

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rise. It is set to get a bit milder.

Let's look at the forecast of this

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weekend. Not only is it set to turn

milder, but it will also turn

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cloudy, would not as much sunshine

around us this morning.

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Temperatures rising across the

Hebrides, with patchy rain. Central

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and southern Scotland will be lovely

and sunny but with a frosty start. A

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little bit of ice. Sunshine out

across parts of north-west England

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as well. And Northern Ireland. East

of the Pennines and all the way down

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into eastern England, much more

cloud around. A few showers of snow

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around, but mainly turning to rain

and sleet now. Because the pitches

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have only been a few degrees above

freezing there has been ice. Take it

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easy on the pavements. The western

half of England and Wales, a

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different story altogether. 12

isolated showers in western Wales.

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Clear and frosty later, with a

lovely sunny day to come. Not as

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windy as yesterday. Reasonably dry

and sunny and Northern Ireland, with

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temperatures below freezing. Here,

the best of the sunshine will be

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this morning. Through the day, that

cloud in the far north-west of

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Scotland is going to slowly push its

way south and east. Turning cloudy

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across Scotland and Northern Ireland

and by the end of the day, in the

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far north-west of England, we will

see patchy rain. Most places will

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stay dry. Showers confined to East

Anglia and the far south-east later.

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Temperatures still on the low side,

but up about one degree on

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yesterday. And you can take away the

strength of the wind so it will not

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feel as chilly. But it is still

cold. Called into tonight as we go

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across England and Wales, a touch of

frost arriving quite quickly. Cloud

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pushing down across the north.

Lifting temperatures through the

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night, cloud breaks later,

especially east of high ground in

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the east of Scotland and eastern

England, and also in the far

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south-west. A touch of frost, and

some ice to begin Saturday morning.

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Much more cloud UK wide on the

weekend, a bit of patchy rain at the

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top and tail of the country. The

best of the brightness will be a

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cross the north of Scotland and

north-east England. Double

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temperatures in some parts, still

quite chilly across eastern England,

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but by Sunday all of us will be into

that milder air. Probably brighter

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across the country on Sunday after

overnight rain. Still some patchy

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rain in the west stop the best of

any rain on Sunday will be towards

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the east. -- west of any sunshine.

The pitches could get up to around

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ten of -- ten or 11 degrees. Chilly

again today, but a little less cold

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as we go into this weekend.

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Thank you, Matt. We were just

wondering, how many layers are you

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wearing?

I am on a four lay a day

this morning.

Thermals, I hope.

You

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have to do. Thank you.

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

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Many of the images dominated by

President Trump after the various

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Twitter messages.

The Daily Mirror makes its views

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very clear. Not wanted. Taking a

look at the idea that the president

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has been Rowling over social media

with the Prime Minister -- rowing.

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Some say he is not welcome in the

UK.

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This is the front page of the

Telegraph.

It is quite interesting.

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Lots of people work on the Bank of

England and one of the policymakers

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on the Financial Policy Committee

was doing a speech, saying size of

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our debt relative to the economy is

still pretty big. And even though

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they said in a budget it is expected

a portion of our economy will come

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down so on, we still can't be too

casual about it. They say there

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needs to be some wriggle room. You

can't forget about debt. If you

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start borrowing more, it is one to

keep an eye on. On the front of the

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FT, an interesting one from... A bit

of a dingdong between Jeremy Corbyn

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and the big banks. So a few days

ago, one of the big American banks

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Morgan Stanley said the prospect of

a Jeremy Corbyn government could be

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a bigger risk to the financial

economy in the UK than Brexit,

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depending on how his policies might

play out.

Because he is seen as

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being less favourable in terms of

tax breaks.

Yes. But Jeremy Corbyn

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has hit back, saying, yes, the banks

we probably would be a bit of a

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threat.

FA Cup second round tomorrow

and a star midfielder who certainly

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likes an aerial challenge has also

done all of the washing.

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For the rest of the team? Yes, for

Gateshead. You wouldn't get

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Cristiano Ronaldo doing that? It

takes ages to dry all of the staff.

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Who is he?

JJ O'Donnell.

You need to do the

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washing the August and September

games.

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I wonder if he has any good laundry

tips. The mud stains and everything.

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Lots of puns in this article. About

different washing powders. And of

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course England pay Australia in the

rug elite World Cup final. I wonder

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if England's secret weapon is

because he sings on the pitch every

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time he gets the ball. He sings a

little song.

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Do we know what he sings?

Different songs. He has a hold to

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box repertoire. I wonder if it puts

the opponents. -- jukebox

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repertoire.

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All this week we've been

shining a light on special

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educational needs, looking

at the challenges faced by disabled

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children and their families.

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It's prompted so many

personal and powerful

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stories from viewers.

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Many of you have been in touch

with tales of your struggles,

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but also your stories

of hope and success.

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Louise is spending

the morning at a very special school

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in Manchester, seeing how teachers

there make sure every child

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fulfils their potential.

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That is certainly a feat to be taken

on. Good morning!

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Good morning. Good morning,

everybody, and thank you so much for

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all of those messages this week. For

the final day of our series we are

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in this outstanding special school.

It is Piper Hill High in Manchester.

0:20:040:20:10

We are delighted to be here. This

morning we have Joe, Linda Jones,

0:20:100:20:18

head teacher, Fergus, a classroom

assistant. I now everyone is really

0:20:180:20:22

excited to have us here today. So

excited that you've all been for a

0:20:220:20:26

sleepover last night. How was it?

It

was really good, Louise, really.

0:20:260:20:33

Really good to do it with my friend.

We give debt any sleep?

Yeah.

That's

0:20:330:20:39

good. I know you've been here for a

while. What's your favourite thing

0:20:390:20:43

about this school?

It is peer-like,

with rugby. And they like doing my

0:20:430:20:51

work experience with Tesco.

Which

has gone really well. You have been

0:20:510:20:55

telling me how good the work

experience went.

And he went back

0:20:550:20:58

and volunteered on holidays?

Yeah.

And people came in on -- especially

0:20:580:21:06

in the morning to see you, because

you were so popular.

I helped people

0:21:060:21:11

out sometimes with some jobs.

And I

know people came back especially to

0:21:110:21:15

go to your till, which is brilliant.

Thank you for coming in. We are

0:21:150:21:20

staying here all morning, which is

fantastic. We will find out how

0:21:200:21:24

everything is the same, but as you

can see just a little bit different.

0:21:240:21:28

We know lots of people are trying to

get places for their children in

0:21:280:21:32

schools like this in England. In

Scotland the emphasis is really on

0:21:320:21:36

mainstreaming those children. Our

correspondent went to find out how

0:21:360:21:40

that works.

0:21:400:21:41

SINGING

0:21:410:21:45

It is morning at this primary school

in Edinburgh. The time of --

0:21:450:21:50

timetable for these children in the

fourth Europe by Marie is music,

0:21:500:21:54

spelling, Storytime and their daily

mile of exercise. UN has cerebral

0:21:540:22:02

palsy and takes part in all of the

classes and activities. He has

0:22:020:22:06

really good friends here. -- Ewan.

And he has 1-to-1 help throughout

0:22:060:22:11

the school day.

You spend a lot of

time together? Yes. We are together

0:22:110:22:15

every morning. We've been together

every morning for about three years.

0:22:150:22:20

He is a happy boy and he enjoys the

school.

In Scotland, the aim is to

0:22:200:22:25

keep children with additional needs

in mainstream schools. In England

0:22:250:22:31

has been an increase in special

schools and fewer children kept in

0:22:310:22:34

mainstream ones. Ewan's mum Jane

says the Scottish system has worked

0:22:340:22:42

well for her son.

It has given him a

sense of belonging in the community

0:22:420:22:46

and a sense of worth and respect. He

is with his brother and sister. His

0:22:460:22:50

independence has increased.

And he

really seems to enjoy it? Loved

0:22:500:22:55

school. A quarter of children in

Scotland have what's called

0:22:550:22:59

additional support needs, about one

in seven, there is a much broader

0:22:590:23:03

definition here which includes

family circumstances, health,

0:23:030:23:06

disability. And although the number

receiving extra help in Scotland has

0:23:060:23:09

in recent years gone up, the number

of specialist support teachers has

0:23:090:23:13

dropped.

There are certainly is a

squeeze and there is pressure on the

0:23:130:23:19

workforce in schools to meet the

broad range of needs of their

0:23:190:23:22

pupils. There is also exceptionally

good practice and so it is the

0:23:220:23:27

exceptionally good practice taking

place that we need to really learn

0:23:270:23:30

from.

These mums who take their

children to the yard in a play

0:23:300:23:35

centre for disabled children told me

their priority is the right to

0:23:350:23:38

choose.

I want an autism school for

my son, which has the small classes

0:23:380:23:42

of about six that he will get the

best education because at the moment

0:23:420:23:47

when he is in a mainstream

environment he is depressive and he

0:23:470:23:51

is overwhelmed.

For our daughter it

was clear that she got a lot more

0:23:510:23:55

from mainstream because what they

were offering was more appropriate

0:23:550:23:57

to how she learns and what she

wanted to learn about.

The Scottish

0:23:570:24:02

government says children should be

schools where their needs are best

0:24:020:24:06

match. Either in special schools or

mainstream ones. The local school

0:24:060:24:10

has worked out well for Ewan. His

family wouldn't want it any other

0:24:100:24:18

way.

0:24:180:24:21

So some people clearly enjoying

school. I want to know a little bit

0:24:210:24:25

of background about the school.

Tell

us about the pupils you how. This is

0:24:250:24:30

a school for young people, children

and young people, with significant

0:24:300:24:34

additional learning needs. Some

students have more severe learning

0:24:340:24:38

difficulties, some have a profound

learning difficulty, and many have

0:24:380:24:42

associated difficulties such as

autism.

You told me little bit

0:24:420:24:46

earlier that everything is the same

but a little bit different. What do

0:24:460:24:49

you mean by that? Obviously we've

got Fergus.

We think all the time

0:24:490:24:54

about what we do for each individual

child in school to make it a little

0:24:540:24:59

bit more unique and a little bit

more personalised than he would do

0:24:590:25:02

in a mainstream school and really

think about the environment, the

0:25:020:25:05

curriculum we offer and how we can

get this tiny steps of learning to

0:25:050:25:10

really build up so that all children

make outstanding progress. White we

0:25:100:25:14

can't ignore this young man. You

look after him.

Tell us about his

0:25:140:25:18

job here. He is here to do what

Linda wants us to do. We are guided

0:25:180:25:25

very much by the teachers in terms

of which students he should be with

0:25:250:25:31

and he just loves his time here.

And

there are all sorts of different

0:25:310:25:37

ways he's used?

It can be as a

therapy dog, as a traditional way of

0:25:370:25:43

being calm and enjoying the company

of the animal, and for all the

0:25:430:25:47

people who have maybe fears of

animals and dogs it's a way of

0:25:470:25:51

ensuring that overtime they become

used to that and can manage to say

0:25:510:25:55

walked past it on the street, which

will have a massive impact on their

0:25:550:25:59

life or the life of their family.

All sorts of different reasons. And

0:25:590:26:02

you celebrate difference here?

We

celebrate difference. It is a core

0:26:020:26:07

value. Different is fantastic, being

unique is fantastic.

And you are a

0:26:070:26:13

three times outstanding school. This

is no easy answer, you've got about

0:26:130:26:16

20 seconds, at Howdy you do that?

Hard work, teamwork, East River the

0:26:160:26:23

leadership, everyone understands

their role, are accountable. Good is

0:26:230:26:27

never good enough and it's really

important that the child is at the

0:26:270:26:30

centre of every single thing we do

every day, every minute.

And your

0:26:300:26:35

enthusiasm is literally infectious.

And you so much. I know you will be

0:26:350:26:40

hit throughout the morning as well.

Thank you. And Fergus has

0:26:400:26:46

competition.

Another therapy dog will be here

0:26:460:26:48

later! You are really getting a

treat this morning with all of those

0:26:480:26:52

lovely animals!

Absolutely.

0:26:520:26:57

Back with Lou throughout the

morning.

0:26:570:27:00

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

0:27:000:30:19

in half an hour.

0:30:190:30:21

Plenty more on our website

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Bye for now.

0:30:230:30:24

Hello this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

0:30:270:30:29

Munchetty.

0:30:290:30:29

It's 6:30.

0:30:290:30:30

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

0:30:300:30:33

but also on Breakfast this morning,

as we continue to shine a light

0:30:330:30:37

onto special educational needs,

we'll look at the 1.4 million

0:30:370:30:39

children who have speech

and language difficulties -

0:30:390:30:42

and ask why so many

are struggling to access help.

0:30:420:30:44

Just days after announcing

their engagement, Prince Harry

0:30:440:30:49

and Meghan Markle are to carry

out their first joint Royal visit.

0:30:490:30:52

We'll speak to the HIV charity

which is welcoming the happy

0:30:520:30:55

couple later today.

0:30:550:31:00

Sleep!

0:31:000:31:01

It's one of our favourite

topics here on Breakfast.

0:31:010:31:15

As a suvey reveals more than half

of us struggle to get enough,

0:31:150:31:19

we'll get some top

tips from an expert.

0:31:190:31:21

Good morning.

0:31:210:31:21

Here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News.

0:31:210:31:24

A former Scotland Yard detective has

told BBC News he was "shocked"

0:31:240:31:28

by the amount of pornography

on a Parliamentary computer seized

0:31:280:31:30

from the office of the First

Secretary of State, Damian Green.

0:31:300:31:33

Neil Lewis, a computer

forensics specialist,

0:31:330:31:35

examined the device

during an inquiry into government

0:31:350:31:37

leaks in 2008.

0:31:370:31:38

Mr Green has vehemently denied

looking at pornography at work.

0:31:380:31:41

Mr Lewis, who's now retired,

said he has "no doubt whatsoever"

0:31:410:31:44

that the images containing legal

pornographic material had been

0:31:440:31:46

accessed by Mr Green.

0:31:460:31:53

Health inspectors have ordered

a review of all NHS radiology

0:31:530:31:55

services in England,

after a hospital in Portsmouth

0:31:550:31:57

failed to spot three

cases of lung cancer.

0:31:570:32:00

The investigation by

the Care Quality Commission found

0:32:000:32:02

that 20,000 scans had not

been assessed correctly

0:32:020:32:04

at the Queen Alexandra Hospital,

and that junior doctors had been

0:32:040:32:07

left to interpret the results

without the appropriate training.

0:32:070:32:09

The trust has apologised

to the families affected.

0:32:090:32:17

MPs scrutinising the government's

Brexit plans says border controls

0:32:170:32:21

between Northern Ireland

and the Irish Republic

0:32:210:32:24

are inevitable if the UK leaves

the EU single market

0:32:240:32:26

and customs union.

0:32:260:32:27

The Commons Brexit Committee says

ministers have failed to explain how

0:32:270:32:32

the issue can be resolved,

and that the proposals they've come

0:32:320:32:35

up with, such as the use

of technology, are "untested"

0:32:350:32:37

and "speculative."

0:32:370:32:38

Survivors and those who lost loved

ones in the Grenfell fire say

0:32:380:32:42

the public inquiry into the disaster

will be a whitewash -

0:32:420:32:44

unless a diverse panel is appointed

to oversee the proceedings.

0:32:440:32:47

They are urging the Prime Minister

to intervene, and say the chairman,

0:32:470:32:51

Sir Martin Moore-Bick,

should sit with a range of people

0:32:510:32:53

who understand the issues facing

those affected by the disaster.

0:32:530:32:56

Andy Moore reports.

0:32:560:33:03

All the victims of the Grenfell

Tower fire have now been identified.

0:33:030:33:07

The work to cover up the charred

remains of the building is just

0:33:070:33:10

beginning.

Welcome to the opening

session of the enquiry.

There has

0:33:100:33:15

been a brief formal opening of the

official enquiry, led by retired

0:33:150:33:19

judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick. He is

due to resume again with procedural

0:33:190:33:22

hearings later this month. Those who

have lost loved ones say the Prime

0:33:220:33:26

Minister needs to appoint a diverse

panel around Sir Martin that would

0:33:260:33:30

more truly represent them.

Let's

have openness and transparency. We

0:33:300:33:33

are not asking foreign eating that

is difficult. We are asking for a

0:33:330:33:37

level playing field. I don't think

we've got that so far.

Her uncle

0:33:370:33:41

died in the fire. -- is uncle. He

says families may not co-operate

0:33:410:33:45

with the enquiry unless they are

listened to.

We are the ones who

0:33:450:33:49

lost families and we want a fair

crack at justice and we want to be

0:33:490:33:53

listened to, we don't want to be

ignored. And we want a panel of

0:33:530:33:57

people to be able to understand us

and our concerns, and to assist with

0:33:570:34:01

the judge in making the decisions

and reporting back to the Prime

0:34:010:34:04

Minister.

The families have launched

an online petition calling for the

0:34:040:34:07

appointment of panel members and

better legal representation at the

0:34:070:34:10

enquiry. The government says Sir

Martin is still deciding what expert

0:34:100:34:14

help he needs, and that after that,

a decision will be made about any

0:34:140:34:19

possible panel. The government also

says the lawyers representing the

0:34:190:34:24

families will be allowed to play an

active role in the proceedings.

0:34:240:34:27

The Argentine navy has abandoned

efforts to rescue the 44 crew

0:34:270:34:30

members of a submarine that

disappeared two weeks ago.

0:34:300:34:32

Thousands of people have been

involved in the search

0:34:320:34:35

for the San Juan, covering a 40,000

square kilometre area of the South

0:34:350:34:38

Atlantic.

0:34:380:34:38

The authorities say they will still

try to locate the wreckage.

0:34:380:34:46

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

are to carry out their first joint

0:34:460:34:49

official visit later.

0:34:490:34:50

The couple, who announced

their engagement on Monday,

0:34:500:34:53

will meet members of the public

at a charity fair and a school

0:34:530:34:56

in Nottingham later.

0:34:560:34:58

They're due to get married

at Windsor Castle in May.

0:34:580:35:07

One other story for you this

morning.

0:35:070:35:09

A little girl has been reunited

with her favourite cuddly toy,

0:35:090:35:12

after images of it were

shared around the world.

0:35:120:35:14

10-year-old Eve was distraught

when her stuffed Labrador,

0:35:140:35:17

Basil, was lost during

a trip to Canada in July.

0:35:170:35:19

Luckily her mother spotted him

in a video, which was made

0:35:190:35:22

by Glasgow Airport in a bid to track

down the owners of 21 cuddly toys

0:35:220:35:26

that ended up in

their lost property.

0:35:260:35:28

Eve says she's delighted to have

Basil back, and hopes the other

0:35:280:35:31

people who lost their teddies

get them back too.

0:35:310:35:46

I've remember my first World Cup

draw.

0:35:460:35:52

Once they drew Iran and Peru I was

looking at the countries

0:35:520:35:57

and cities. Also it was Holland but

0:35:570:36:02

and cities. Also it was Holland but

I knew a bit more about them. It's

0:36:020:36:05

like Christmas for a lot of football

fans. It's really interesting.

0:36:050:36:09

Russia is the biggest country in the

world, 11 different time zones.

0:36:090:36:14

Incredible. So England could travel

10,000 miles if they get the worst

0:36:140:36:19

draw, or 3000 if the draw is kind to

them. It's not just about the teams

0:36:190:36:24

they draw with.

Usually we talk about altitude being

0:36:240:36:27

the problem. Now it is jetlag.

And also the heat in somewhere like

0:36:270:36:31

Sochi. And the language problems in

the far east of Russia. An

0:36:310:36:37

incredible mixture of culture.

0:36:370:36:43

The draw is taking place inside the

famous

0:36:430:36:47

Kremlin at about 3pm this afternoon.

Our sports correspondent reports.

0:36:470:36:54

It is Russia's moment in the

spotlight. The final rehearsals for

0:36:540:36:57

the World Cup draw ensuring nothing

is left to chance. Some of the

0:36:570:37:01

biggest names in the game as you to

lend at hand to. Among them

0:37:010:37:06

England's 1960s heroes who hope the

current squad can make their mark

0:37:060:37:12

next summer.

If they can get this

thing together, playing with each

0:37:120:37:15

other and for each other, then

there's always a chance.

England

0:37:150:37:19

will brace themselves in a village

north of St Petersburg. The manager

0:37:190:37:23

is looking forward to what lies

ahead.

We don't have many players

0:37:230:37:27

that have won major trophies. But

the future is very exciting and

0:37:270:37:31

there is a great challenge for this

group to see how far they can go.

0:37:310:37:37

Star attractions both on and off the

pitch will draw thousands of fans

0:37:370:37:41

here to Russia next summer.

Organisers say everyone will be

0:37:410:37:45

welcome for what they say will be a

festival of football, nevertheless

0:37:450:37:49

the game has had problems in the

recent past, specifically with

0:37:490:37:53

racism and violence, but campaigners

are cautiously optimistic that

0:37:530:37:58

things may be improving.

We've moved

from a position of denial to a state

0:37:580:38:02

where the Russians understand that

they need to clean up the stadiums,

0:38:020:38:05

deal with some of the fans who are

the hard-core, otherwise people

0:38:050:38:10

won't know when to come and it may

come back to them in the World Cup

0:38:100:38:17

will stop the David the focus is on

the big draw with all the teams keen

0:38:170:38:21

to discover their foot all in fate.

-- foot all in fate.

0:38:210:38:30

In rehearsals, England drew against

Brazil twice. Let's have a look at

0:38:300:38:34

what we think based on the Fifa

rankings would be the best draw for

0:38:340:38:39

England. Russia according to the

rankings are the weakest team in the

0:38:390:38:45

whole cop edition.

But it has the home advantage. --

0:38:450:38:48

competition.

But they qualify as one of the top

0:38:480:38:54

seeds because they are the host. The

dream draw would be Russia, Senegal

0:38:540:38:58

who aren't going through a very good

time at the moment and Saudi Arabia.

0:38:580:39:02

Is that based on the ones that are

in theory the worst teams?

0:39:020:39:06

Yes and if you got Russia you

couldn't draw another European side.

0:39:060:39:09

The worst laws would be Germany, the

world's top team at the moment, and

0:39:090:39:14

the likes of Costa Rica, knocked

England out of the last World Cup,

0:39:140:39:20

and Nigeria, who are going really

well. That would be the worst case

0:39:200:39:24

scenario. But you've got to take

into account the travel as well.

0:39:240:39:28

What would you prefer, to watch

England play really good teams and

0:39:280:39:31

this really good football, or watch

them play lesser teams in terms of

0:39:310:39:36

rankings and just get through?

You have to go for the second,

0:39:360:39:40

without a shadow of a doubt! I would

love them to get Russia or Saudi

0:39:400:39:45

Arabia or Senegal and get through to

the knockout stage.

0:39:450:39:48

I'd rather see good football.

You just want your team to get

0:39:480:39:53

through the first group stage.

As you know, I'm no expert on foot

0:39:530:39:56

all knowledge, but in line with

Naga's thinking, it's not always a

0:39:560:40:03

good thing to play people who are

worse than you early on because your

0:40:030:40:07

standards possibly drop and you

start on a lower level than you

0:40:070:40:11

might of the hill have played if you

start against one of the big guys.

0:40:110:40:16

You would probably make a much

better foot all a manager than me.

0:40:160:40:20

Do you will be celebrating if they

draw Brazil?

0:40:200:40:24

Maybe it wouldn't do them any harm.

The bottomline is you've got... If

0:40:240:40:29

you win everything you are all

right.

0:40:290:40:32

You can win the World Cup! Simples!

0:40:320:40:41

Only six months ago,

Sam Allardyce left Crystal Palace

0:40:410:40:45

saying he had no ambition to take

another job in football management.

0:40:450:40:48

But he's signed an 18 month deal

to take over at Everton.

0:40:480:40:51

He says he is "enthused

and energised" and that the ambition

0:40:510:40:54

of the club was key

to him taking the job.

0:40:540:40:57

There's been a big blow

for England overnight,

0:40:570:41:00

with the Rugby League World Cup

final little more than

0:41:000:41:02

24 hours away.

0:41:020:41:04

England captain Sean O'Loughlin has

been ruled out with a thigh strain.

0:41:040:41:08

That means Sam Burgess

will lead the side.

0:41:080:41:10

He captained England in last year's

Four Nations series and assistant

0:41:100:41:13

coach Dennis Betts said Burgess

was a "doer" and a "leader"

0:41:130:41:16

and the natural replacement.

0:41:160:41:22

Britain's Paralympic champion

Gordon Reid can still reach

0:41:220:41:24

the semi-finals of the

Wheelchair Tennis Masters

0:41:240:41:26

in Loughbrough, after winning his

second pool match.

0:41:260:41:28

He came from a set down

to beat Nicolas Peifer.

0:41:280:41:32

Andy Lapthorne also won to qualify

for the semi-finals.

0:41:320:41:38

Tiger

0:41:380:41:41

-- Tiger Woods said he thought

he "did great" in his latest

0:41:430:41:46

comeback

to competitive golf.

0:41:460:41:47

He's been out since February

after more back surgery and he shot

0:41:470:41:51

a three under par 69 in the first

round of the Hero World Challenge

0:41:510:41:55

in the Bahamas.

0:41:550:41:55

in the Bahamas.

0:41:550:41:56

He's just three behind

the clubhouse leader

0:41:560:41:58

England's Tommy Fleetwood.

0:41:580:41:59

And finally to the Freestyle Canoe

World Championships in Argentina

0:41:590:42:02

this week, where Great Britain's

canoeists have been flipping

0:42:020:42:04

their way onto the podium.

0:42:040:42:05

The sport is described

as gymnastics in a boat,

0:42:050:42:08

with paddlers performing as many

tricks, spins and somersaults

0:42:080:42:10

as they can within their timed run

and bonus points are awarded

0:42:100:42:15

if they can get their boat

completely out of the water.

0:42:150:42:18

Great Britain have picked up

three medals so far,

0:42:180:42:21

with Claire O'Hara winning her ninth

freestyle world title.

0:42:210:42:23

The event continues

over the weekend.

0:42:230:42:26

it's like being in the washing

machine.

0:42:260:42:28

Amazing.

Take a deep breath!

0:42:280:42:33

I was getting all nostalgic. I can

almost smell the dust.

0:42:330:42:40

It's a good insight into your music

taste, because these are yours.

0:42:400:42:44

I think people's collections are not

necessarily their taste. They can be

0:42:440:42:51

their families'...

This was a recent charity purchase.

0:42:510:43:00

The Beach Boys is mine. This was

inherited. Anyway, the story, why

0:43:000:43:07

have we got a load of vinyl?

Is that who you model yourself on?

0:43:070:43:13

You model yourself on Bobby Darren.

We've figured it out!

0:43:130:43:19

Why are we talking about vinyl? It's

a good question. Sales are up, but

0:43:190:43:25

we've been saying that year after

year and they are still up. We are

0:43:250:43:29

on course this year to buy 1 million

LPs in December, which would take us

0:43:290:43:35

to 4 million over the year. That

would be up more than a third on

0:43:350:43:40

2016. Sewage you go back to 4

million this year, in 2007 we were

0:43:400:43:46

buying about 200,000 a year. So once

we start talking about that revival

0:43:460:43:50

it really escalates.

It's not just buying older artists

0:43:500:43:56

as well, artist in bygone eras,

because they are all new albums.

Up

0:43:560:44:00

until a couple of years ago, I

should say it is still a very small

0:44:000:44:07

part of the market. 2.6%. But loads

of people are still streaming. But

0:44:070:44:16

that's streaming has made people

like Ed Sheeran and the Arctic

0:44:160:44:23

Monkeys and people like Adele become

the top-selling vinyls. 70 people

0:44:230:44:29

who were streaming are starting to

buy vinyl as well. Nearly half of

0:44:290:44:38

the vinyls, people say half of the

people who buy them, buy them.

It's

0:44:380:44:48

just that.

There is an album on that. Which way

0:44:480:44:54

is he going?

Charlie's Christmas

Crooners.

0:44:540:45:01

Beautiful. Arguing control of your

mobile disco?

0:45:010:45:07

As we saw them, no is the answer.

Shall we try again later?

We can

0:45:070:45:15

give it a good go.

It's almost like

I was interested in what you were

0:45:150:45:20

saying, wasn't it?

It's a good

story!

Let's talk about the weather.

0:45:200:45:26

It has got pretty cold. Yesterday

parts of the UK saw first snowfalls.

0:45:260:45:32

But is dropped to -8 in some parts

of the country and these are some of

0:45:320:45:36

the images that we've seen across

the last 24 hours or so. Some pretty

0:45:360:45:43

grim conditions in some places.

Be careful out on the roads today.

0:45:430:45:47

Many people are experiencing ice on

the roads. In Brighton this is an

0:45:470:45:55

ice rink and it is it meet weather.

Good morning! Good morning.

0:45:550:45:58

ice rink and it is it meet weather.

Good morning! Good morning. Welcome

0:45:580:46:01

to brighten's Royal Pavilion.

Professional ice skaters. I've been

0:46:010:46:06

practising all year but still need a

bit of help. I've got my friend

0:46:060:46:12

Snowy. It is the first day of the

meteorological winter in the UK. A

0:46:120:46:18

slight change on the way as well. If

you take a look at the forecast,

0:46:180:46:22

things are set to get milder through

the coming days and temperatures are

0:46:220:46:26

on the rise. Also turning cloudy.

The first changes to the northern

0:46:260:46:35

areas of Scotland. The rest of

Scotland, clear and icy. But a sunny

0:46:350:46:42

start. In the east of England a

couple of snow flurries. It's all

0:46:420:46:51

turning patchy rain as temperatures

lift. Still a chilly winter towards

0:46:510:46:55

East Anglia and the south-east,

where we again have some rain and

0:46:550:47:00

sleet showers during rush-hour. The

west not as many showers in western

0:47:000:47:03

parts Wales. A couple of isolated

ones. Rest of England and Wales, a

0:47:030:47:08

lovely and crisp start to Friday

morning. Sunshine overhead, a frost

0:47:080:47:12

on the ground. The same to Northern

Ireland, where temperatures dropped

0:47:120:47:17

to minus for the night. A sunny

start. There will be changes

0:47:170:47:22

throughout the day. In Northern

Ireland, Scotland and later northern

0:47:220:47:27

England it will turn cloudy. A bit

of patchy rain. Temperatures on the

0:47:270:47:31

rise. Showers in eastern England are

confined to East Anglia. Most will

0:47:310:47:36

have a dry and reasonably sunny

afternoon and it is still cold.

0:47:360:47:40

Temperatures around 3- eight degrees

for many, but it will start to feel

0:47:400:47:44

a little less colder than yesterday.

Through the night we will start to

0:47:440:47:49

see cloud in Scotland, Northern

Ireland and the far north of

0:47:490:47:52

England. With it a bit of patchy

rain. The chance of icy conditions.

0:47:520:47:57

That is to take us into Saturday

morning. It will be a frosty start.

0:47:570:48:05

Frost mainly where there are cloud

breaks to the east of high ground

0:48:050:48:10

and the far south of England. A

chilly day still in England

0:48:100:48:13

tomorrow. The warmer air will take

longer to get here. Patchy rain in

0:48:130:48:19

southern parts of the Glen and Wales

and to the north of Scotland. In

0:48:190:48:23

between a lot of dry weather. A few

cloud breaks. Notice the

0:48:230:48:28

temperatures. Potentially up to

double figures in the north of

0:48:280:48:31

Scotland. Still a touch on the

chilly side in eastern England. In

0:48:310:48:35

the Sunday the milder air is with

all of us. Temperatures at or above

0:48:350:48:39

they should be. Quite a lot of cloud

again in the west, with patchy rain,

0:48:390:48:45

but most places will be dry.

Brighter on Sunday. Sunnier in the

0:48:450:48:50

east. The slightly milder conditions

will remain in the next week as

0:48:500:48:56

well. Back to you.

0:48:560:48:59

will remain in the next week as

well. Back to you.

0:48:590:49:01

They are known as hidden

disabilities and they affect 1.4

0:49:010:49:05

million children across the UK.

0:49:050:49:08

As our series into special

educational needs continues,

0:49:080:49:10

today we're looking at speech,

language and communication needs.

0:49:100:49:13

Breakfast's Jayne McCubbin has been

investigating the issue.

0:49:130:49:17

Explained the room you are in. This

is specifically designed to help

0:49:170:49:22

people who have those kinds of

issues with communications?

This is

0:49:220:49:26

kind of a full immersive experience.

We are in the rainforest. We are

0:49:260:49:32

transported. What can we hear? The

rain tinkling through the leaves.

0:49:320:49:41

Back ground song.

And this brings

all of your geography lessons to

0:49:410:49:47

life. Give away if to everybody. I

know you have lots of family

0:49:470:49:50

watching. Hello, mum and dad. Hit

the blue beam. This is how immersive

0:49:500:49:58

it is. Watch this. We did that

before. He nearly fell off his

0:49:580:50:05

chair. More on this in a minute. 1.4

million kids... Are you OK? 1.4

0:50:050:50:12

million kids, two to three in every

class, have speech, language and

0:50:120:50:17

communication problems. The question

is, are they getting the help they

0:50:170:50:22

need? Report out today says they are

not. That report is from the royal

0:50:220:50:26

college of speech and language

therapist and the communication

0:50:260:50:30

charity that gave us exclusive

access to these new figures that is

0:50:300:50:34

a problem out there and it needs

fixing. Have a look at this.

0:50:340:50:39

Harry is happy and helpful but with

profound orders and he struggles to

0:50:390:50:43

communicate. Despite being twice

assessed as having a problem, he has

0:50:430:50:47

never been under the treatment of an

NHS speech and language therapist.

0:50:470:50:51

You have pushed and pushed, haven't

you?

Pushed and pushed. We have a

0:50:510:50:57

multiagency meeting every 12 weeks

for Harry. Each time we've attended

0:50:570:51:00

there is never a speech therapist,

whereas a speech therapist... The

0:51:000:51:06

same thing as happened for 18

months.

Rather than therapy for

0:51:060:51:13

Harry the NHS has offered training,

which they tell me can be very

0:51:130:51:18

beneficial.

She now pays for private

therapy. IMing a good position

0:51:180:51:22

because I can do that but a lot of

say it's

-- they can't. Here in

0:51:220:51:31

Birmingham they also feel badly let

down. As class starts the teacher

0:51:310:51:34

tries to hold their attention. A bit

more interested in our camera. Most

0:51:340:51:39

are eventually able to follow the

song and joining the action is. But

0:51:390:51:45

some really struggle. Not just to

speak but to pay attention, to

0:51:450:51:51

understand and follow instruction,

all part of a speech, language and

0:51:510:51:55

communication needs.

It's

frustrating for us because we get

0:51:550:51:59

children that almost feel they've

been written off because sometimes

0:51:590:52:02

parents have already noticed there

is a problem and they've tried to

0:52:020:52:05

get help, they've gone and nothing

has happened.

This is why the school

0:52:050:52:10

brought in Diana. She was part of a

speech and language team in the NHS

0:52:100:52:16

before being laid off with a number

of colleagues five years ago.

0:52:160:52:20

Developing speech and language in

children is in the target, like

0:52:200:52:23

cancer or heart or diabetes.

If you

do get the speech and language

0:52:230:52:27

right, what else goes wrong?

You

don't learn to read and write.

Ten

0:52:270:52:33

years ago, the government

commissioned a report which flagged

0:52:330:52:36

problems here and led to promises to

deliver better services for children

0:52:360:52:44

is like this. The Department of

Health says there are around 160

0:52:440:52:50

more therapies today and the

government has an extra 2 million

0:52:500:52:53

into therapy. But look at this from

a recent Ofsted and QC due report.

0:52:530:53:00

Today a new survey finds only 15% of

parents and therapist believe there

0:53:040:53:09

are enough services in their area.

They say this will have

0:53:090:53:12

consequences.

Data shows that over

60% at least have communication

0:53:120:53:17

difficulties in the youth justice

system, but made any vulnerable

0:53:170:53:20

group of children, children with

mental health issues, children that

0:53:200:53:27

are excluded or on the fringe of the

excluded, and the youth justice

0:53:270:53:31

system, the majority have

communication difficulties.

0:53:310:53:35

Communication underpins everything,

from reading and writing to making

0:53:350:53:38

friends and making a future. Get it

wrong and many kids will flounder.

0:53:380:53:45

We know resources on the NHS are

stressed and there is an increased

0:53:450:53:50

demand across the board and a

problem recruiting. Let's chat to

0:53:500:53:53

the kids. Thank you so much for

waking up so early to talk to us.

0:53:530:53:58

What time will you up this morning?

5:47am.

What time do you normally

0:53:580:54:05

wake up?

Seven a.m..

A big thanks

for doing this. Tell me what you

0:54:050:54:12

love doing and learning about in

this room, Sophie?

I love learning

0:54:120:54:17

about the forest and everything.

Did

you learn about the tribe that

0:54:170:54:26

hugged the trees to try and save

them?

Yeah.

Can you imagine doing

0:54:260:54:30

that? What about you, Charles?

Its

interactive and fun.

What's your

0:54:300:54:35

favourite subject at school?

Maths.

You are -- are you very good at it?

0:54:350:54:48

Yes.

Rachel, thank you for letting

us in this morning. So good to speak

0:54:480:54:55

to you. What are the kids working

towards? Hywel is the education here

0:54:550:55:00

different to education in the

mainstream? -- how we as.

We cover

0:55:000:55:04

all the same subjects. We have

science, history, citizenship,

0:55:040:55:07

everything. What happens when they

go to stage four is they work

0:55:070:55:13

towards their entry-level GCSEs and

other core vocations. No child

0:55:130:55:17

leaves the school without the next

Debby Miller being sought out for

0:55:170:55:20

them, whether that be an internship,

employment or going on to college.

0:55:200:55:24

-- the next step for them.

And the

aim is to foster lots of

0:55:240:55:32

independence?

I think we need to

remember that our students have the

0:55:320:55:36

same aspirations as other students,

to go on and live independent and

0:55:360:55:41

fulfilling lives in the work force

and to achieve the goals they set

0:55:410:55:45

for themselves.

William. We'll chat

more later -- brilliant. You all had

0:55:450:55:50

a sleepover last night here. What

did you have to eat?

McDonalds.

Are

0:55:500:55:56

you going to make a first

formulated?

No.

Sophie! You let me

0:55:560:56:02

down! Back to you.

No breakfast for you!

0:56:020:56:08

They are going to starve me!

Thanks. We will see Lou later as

0:56:080:56:15

well. She loved that Irish

wolfhound, Fergus. She will have

0:56:150:56:21

another therapy dog with her later.

Josh, the great dane. They will talk

0:56:210:56:27

about how they are helping the

children interact, be more calm and

0:56:270:56:31

where of animals and how to react to

animals.

0:56:310:56:34

Very much in keeping with the

coverage this week, looking at the

0:56:340:56:38

problems people are facing and also

the success stories, people who have

0:56:380:56:41

achieved amazing things and overcome

real problems.

0:56:411:00:02

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

1:00:021:00:04

in half an hour.

1:00:041:00:06

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

1:00:061:00:08

Bye for now.

1:00:081:00:11

Hello this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

1:00:111:00:13

Munchetty.

1:00:131:00:14

A former Scotland Yard detective

tells the BBC he was shocked

1:00:141:00:17

by the amount of pornography viewed

on a computer seized from the office

1:00:171:00:21

of the First Secretary

of State, Damian Green.

1:00:211:00:26

The technology specialist says

thousands of images containing legal

1:00:261:00:29

pornographic material

were on a device in his

1:00:291:00:31

Westminster office.

1:00:311:00:31

Mr Green has vehemently denied

looking at pornography at work.

1:00:311:00:35

Good morning, it's Friday

the 1st of December.

1:00:391:00:42

Also this morning:

1:00:421:00:53

Concern that untrained staff have

been left to check x-rays in NHS

1:00:531:00:56

in NHS hospitals.

1:00:561:00:58

The health watchdog launches

an England-wide review.

1:00:581:01:02

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle head

to Nottingham for first public

1:01:021:01:05

engagement together

since they announced

1:01:051:01:06

their plans to marry.

1:01:061:01:11

For the end of our amazing series on

special educational needs, we are at

1:01:111:01:19

Piper Hill High in Manchester, where

they are ready for Christmas. We've

1:01:191:01:22

been given unique access to this

outstanding special school this

1:01:221:01:25

morning. With me is the head teacher

and Wendy and Fergus. Good morning.

1:01:251:01:29

I know

1:01:291:01:31

and Wendy and Fergus. Good morning.

I know you read to Fergus.

What do

1:01:311:01:34

you read to him? Presence to Mum.

We

have been preparing everybody. We've

1:01:341:01:40

been asking the questions as though

he were really here. What do you

1:01:401:01:44

like about Fergus?

I like touching

him.

You like stroking him.

Amazing.

1:01:441:01:52

Wonderful to see Fergus and

throughout the morning we will see

1:01:521:01:56

that everything in this school is

the same, but just a little bit

1:01:561:02:00

different.

As it is in the kitchen.

Good morning! This is where everyone

1:02:001:02:04

learns about leaving an independent

life, and to do that you need

1:02:041:02:09

communication skills. This morning,

news of a report which says too many

1:02:091:02:13

children are getting the help they

need to deal with communication

1:02:131:02:16

problems. More later.

The Royal Bank

of Scotland has announced it will

1:02:161:02:21

close 2000 branches which will

affect almost 700 jobs. More details

1:02:211:02:25

shortly.

In the sport, the day of destiny for

1:02:251:02:30

32 nations. We discover who and

where they will play in the World

1:02:301:02:34

Cup finals in Russia. England are

not one of the top seeds. They could

1:02:341:02:38

play Brazil, Argentina or Germany.

And over to the weather.

1:02:381:02:44

Good morning.

It is the start of the

meteorological winter, so I've come

1:02:441:02:51

to the Royal Pavilion in Brighton to

get into the mood. After a frosty

1:02:511:02:55

and icy start to Friday it is set to

get milder. The forecast coming up

1:02:551:02:59

in 15 minutes.

The forecast on ice

skates, who could want more?

1:02:591:03:04

Good morning, first our main story.

1:03:041:03:05

A former Scotland Yard detective has

told BBC News he was shocked

1:03:051:03:09

by the amount of pornography

on a Parliamentary computer seized

1:03:091:03:11

from the office of the First

Secretary of State, Damian Green.

1:03:111:03:14

Neil Lewis examined the device

during an inquiry into government

1:03:141:03:17

leaks in 2008.

1:03:171:03:21

Mr Green has vehemently denied

looking at pornography at work.

1:03:211:03:26

Mr Lewis, a retired computer

forensics specialist,

1:03:261:03:30

who hasn't spoken out before said

analysis of the way the computer had

1:03:301:03:34

been used left him in "no doubt

whatsoever" that the material had

1:03:341:03:37

been accessed by Mr Green.

1:03:371:03:38

He's Theresa May's oldest and most

trusted political ally.

1:03:381:03:41

But now Damian Green is facing

a battle for political

1:03:411:03:45

survival, amid claims he viewed

pornography on his work computer.

1:03:451:03:48

Mr Green has vehemently

denied the allegations.

1:03:481:03:50

I had an exemplary record.

1:03:501:03:56

But now the detective who examined

the device has given me his account.

1:03:561:04:00

The shocking thing was that,

as I was viewing it,

1:04:001:04:03

I noticed a lot of pornography

thumbnails, which indicated web

1:04:031:04:05

browsing.

1:04:051:04:09

But a lot, there was a lot of them.

1:04:091:04:12

So I was surprised to see that

on a parliamentary computer.

1:04:121:04:19

How many images did you see?

1:04:191:04:28

Thousands.

1:04:281:04:29

Thousands of pornographic images?

1:04:291:04:32

Thumbnail images.

1:04:321:04:37

The computer had been seized

in 2008 after police

1:04:371:04:39

raided Damian Green's offices.

1:04:391:04:40

The MP, then in opposition,

was the subject of an unrelated

1:04:401:04:43

enquiry into Home Office leaks.

1:04:431:04:45

He was never charged.

1:04:451:04:46

How can you be sure

it was Damian Green

1:04:461:04:48

who was accessing the pornography?

1:04:481:04:53

There is a phrase, you can't put

fingers on a keyboard.

1:04:531:04:57

So I can't say that.

1:04:571:04:58

But the computer was in Mr Green's

office, on his desk.

1:04:581:05:01

Logged in, his account, his name.

1:05:011:05:03

In between browsing

pornography he was sending

1:05:031:05:04

emails from his account,

his personal account.

1:05:041:05:14

Reading documents,

writing documents.

1:05:141:05:16

The Cabinet office is

examining the pornography

1:05:161:05:21

claims as part of a wider enquiry

into Mr Green's conduct.

1:05:211:05:24

But Neil Lewis has not

been asked to give

1:05:241:05:27

evidence.

1:05:271:05:27

A spokesperson for Damian Green said

it would the inappropriate

1:05:271:05:34

for Mr Green to comment

while the Cabinet office

1:05:341:05:36

investigation was continuing.

1:05:361:05:47

However, the spokesperson said

that Damian Green had:

1:05:471:05:49

Mr Green maintains his innocence.

1:05:491:05:55

We can speak now to our political

correspondent, Iain Watson. I

1:05:551:06:00

understand you have more on some of

what is coming out from Damian

1:06:001:06:04

Green's side, we saw the statement a

moment ago?

Yes, effectively, Damian

1:06:041:06:10

Green is not commenting on tour this

Cabinet office enquiry, this

1:06:101:06:13

Whitehall enquiry into his conduct,

actually reports. But friends of his

1:06:131:06:18

are speaking this morning and they

are saying to make things,

1:06:181:06:21

fundamentally. First of all, they

are gobsmacked that senior police

1:06:211:06:26

officers, former police officers,

are putting into the public domain

1:06:261:06:30

confidential information which was

obtained by undertaking a completely

1:06:301:06:33

separate enquiry, not an enquiry

into pornography. They believe they

1:06:331:06:38

have breached a duty of

confidentiality and they believe

1:06:381:06:40

there is a campaign to get Damian

Green. Secondly, as far as I

1:06:401:06:46

understand it, until that enquiry

reports, I have been told that

1:06:461:06:50

despite the new allegations this

morning and the interview with Neil

1:06:501:06:53

Lewis, who examined that computer,

Damian Green is minded to stay in

1:06:531:06:57

office. He is not going to fall on

his sword simply because of these

1:06:571:07:01

new allegations. And as we heard,

officially, he will deny all of the

1:07:011:07:05

allegations put to him. But also,

his friends are saying, look, even

1:07:051:07:10

the police admit that anything that

was found was legal. It didn't break

1:07:101:07:14

the law. So they are saying, do not

expect their ministerial

1:07:141:07:17

resignation. They want the focus to

shift back onto the police and the

1:07:171:07:22

motivation those police officers,

putting this into the public domain

1:07:221:07:25

in the first place.

Health

inspectors have ordered a review of

1:07:251:07:33

all NHS radiology services in

England after a hospital in

1:07:331:07:35

Portsmouth failed to spot three

cases of lung cancer. An

1:07:351:07:39

investigation by the Care Quality

Commission found 20,000 scans had

1:07:391:07:42

not been assessed correctly at the

Queen Alexandra Hospital and junior

1:07:421:07:46

doctors were left to interpret the

results without the appropriate

1:07:461:07:48

training. The trust has apologised

to the families affected.

1:07:481:07:54

MPs scrutinising the government's

Brexit plans says border controls

1:07:541:07:56

between Northern Ireland

and the Irish Republic

1:07:561:07:58

are inevitable if the UK leaves

the EU single market

1:07:581:08:01

and customs union.

1:08:011:08:02

The Commons Brexit Committee says

ministers have failed to explain how

1:08:021:08:05

the issue can be resolved,

and that the proposals they've come

1:08:051:08:08

up with - such as the

use of technology -

1:08:081:08:10

are "untested" and "speculative."

1:08:101:08:12

The Argentine navy has abandoned

efforts to rescue the 44 crew

1:08:121:08:15

members of a submarine that

disappeared two weeks ago.

1:08:151:08:18

Thousands of people have been

involved in the search

1:08:181:08:20

for the San Juan, covering a 40,000

square kilometre area of the South

1:08:201:08:24

Atlantic.

1:08:241:08:24

The authorities say they will still

try to locate the wreckage.

1:08:241:08:34

In breaking news this morning, news

about the Royal Bank of Scotland,

1:08:341:08:37

announcing it is closing 259 of its

branches. Sean has been looking at

1:08:371:08:42

the details.

Yes, they have come

through in the last few minutes.

1:08:421:08:46

There is a bit of a breakdown

between 60 to RBS branches and 197

1:08:461:08:50

NatWest branches, with RBS owning

NatWest. We do not have exact

1:08:501:08:55

details of those locations were,

across the country, they have been

1:08:551:08:58

closed yet. There is no stopping

them branch closures stories. We

1:08:581:09:02

heard the day before yesterday,

Lloyds bank closing some branches

1:09:021:09:06

around the country as well.

Monkhorst around 800 range closures

1:09:061:09:09

around the country. -- on course for

around 800 branch closures. More and

1:09:091:09:17

more, customers are using everyday

banking online or on mobile. 40%

1:09:171:09:21

fewer customers are using branches.

And actually, mobile transactions of

1:09:211:09:26

whatever it is people are doing

online have increased a 73% since to

1:09:261:09:30

14. So in the last three years they

have nearly doubled the amount of

1:09:301:09:36

transactions that customers are

doing on their mobile phones.

The

1:09:361:09:40

concerns about all of this, it is

always about our communities are

1:09:401:09:43

affected when banks close down, and

where they can afford to lose these

1:09:431:09:47

doubling up of branches if they have

done. So, the city, kind of, that

1:09:471:09:53

perhaps absorbs those forces better

than smaller areas?

Yes. Definitely.

1:09:531:09:58

Urban areas, you are going to be

more likely to have a branch to go

1:09:581:10:02

to. The Post Office has tried to

take over a lot of those services.

1:10:021:10:06

If you are in a small village and

you have a post office, the chances

1:10:061:10:10

are that you will be able to deposit

money into your bank account through

1:10:101:10:14

a post office and use lots of the

service is there. But there is now a

1:10:141:10:18

question around how many villagers

have post offices.

It will be

1:10:181:10:21

interesting, we have heard so much

about closures, if you actually see

1:10:211:10:24

a shift in accounts because people

value banks.

And of course those 680

1:10:241:10:30

potential redundancies, alongside

these bank closures as well. Which

1:10:301:10:32

staff have been informed about.

Sean, thank you.

The time now is

1:10:321:10:37

7:10am. All this week on the

Breakfast we have been discussing

1:10:371:10:42

special educational needs, looking

at the challenges faced by disabled

1:10:421:10:46

children and their families. Thank

you for getting in touch with us.

1:10:461:10:49

You have told as many of your

personal, powerful stories, and have

1:10:491:10:53

spoken about your tales of

struggling. But there have been

1:10:531:10:55

positive stories as well, stories of

hope and success. Today, Louise is

1:10:551:10:59

spending the morning at a special

school in Manchester, seeing how

1:10:591:11:03

teachers then make sure that every

child fulfil their potential. You

1:11:031:11:06

are next to the swimming pool now?

Good morning. Yes, you know that if

1:11:061:11:13

there is a swimming pool I am

virtually in it, as you can see.

1:11:131:11:17

This is an amazing school. It is a

special school, Piper Hill High in

1:11:171:11:24

Manchester. We are here all morning,

getting amazing access to what they

1:11:241:11:27

are doing with children here. We

know from our own research on Has

1:11:271:11:30

this week, and thank you to so many

people who have gotten in touch,

1:11:301:11:34

that many parents are trying to get

their kids into schools like this in

1:11:341:11:38

England. You can see this morning

what kind of difference that can

1:11:381:11:41

make to some children. That is what

we've been studying this morning.

1:11:411:11:45

Amazing to see the work that is

going on. One of the things we have

1:11:451:11:49

in asking is, what about mainstream

education? Is an emphasis on that in

1:11:491:11:53

Scotland in particular. Lorna Gordon

has been to investigate how that

1:11:531:11:56

works there.

1:11:561:12:03

# Park the angels sing...

It is

morning at Juniper Hill primer

1:12:031:12:08

school in Edinburgh. On the

timetable for these children in

1:12:081:12:11

their fourth year, music, spelling

and Storytime. And their daily mile

1:12:111:12:14

of exercise. Ewan, who has cerebral

palsy, takes part in all the classes

1:12:141:12:22

and activities. He has really good

friends here. What is a name? That's

1:12:221:12:26

Phoebe? And he has 1-to-1 help

throughout the school day. You and

1:12:261:12:31

you spend a lot of time together?

We

are together quite a lot, every

1:12:311:12:36

morning, forever three years now. He

is a happy wee boy. He enjoys

1:12:361:12:40

himself at school.

In Scotland, the

aim is to keep children with

1:12:401:12:45

additional support needs in

mainstream schools. In England,

1:12:451:12:48

there has been an increase in

special schools and fewer children

1:12:481:12:52

kept in mainstream ones. UN's mother

Jane says these cottage system has

1:12:521:12:58

worked well for her sun. -- of the

Scottish system.

It has given him a

1:12:581:13:03

sense of belonging to his community,

a sense of worth and respect. He is

1:13:031:13:07

with his brother and sister. His

independence has increased.

And he

1:13:071:13:10

seems to really enjoy it.

He loved

school.

A quarter of children in

1:13:101:13:15

Scotland have what is called here

additional support needs. In

1:13:151:13:18

England, one in seven. But there is

a broader definition here, which

1:13:181:13:23

includes family circumstances,

health, disability, and though the

1:13:231:13:26

number receiving extra help in

Scotland has in recent years gone

1:13:261:13:29

up, the number of special support

teachers has dropped.

There is

1:13:291:13:33

absolutely a squeeze. There is

pressure on the workforce in the

1:13:331:13:38

schools, to meet the broad range of

needs of people 's. But there is

1:13:381:13:42

also exceptionally good practice.

Exceptionally good practice taking

1:13:421:13:46

place which we need to really learn

from.

These mothers, who take their

1:13:461:13:51

children to be yard and adventure

play centre for their children, say

1:13:511:13:56

that their priority is the right to

choose.

I want an autism school for

1:13:561:14:00

my son, which has a small classes of

about six, so he will get the best

1:14:001:14:05

education. At the moment he is in

the mainstream environment. He is

1:14:051:14:08

depressive. He is overwhelmed.

For

our daughter, it was clear that she

1:14:081:14:12

got a lot more from mainstream,

because what they were offering was

1:14:121:14:17

appropriate to how she learns and

what she wants to learn about.

The

1:14:171:14:22

Scottish government says children

should be school where their needs

1:14:221:14:25

are best met, either in special

schools in mainstream ones. The

1:14:251:14:28

local school has worked out well for

you and. His family would not want

1:14:281:14:32

it any other way.

1:14:321:14:37

Lovely to see Ewan enjoying school.

It is Connor, who is swimming with

1:14:401:14:47

his teacher. Also Rowan. We are in

the therapy school pool. Adam, can I

1:14:471:14:55

interrupt with a second? We say

about this school that everything is

1:14:551:15:02

the same but a little bit different

and this is a really key

1:15:021:15:05

illustration of that. Tell us a bit

about this room and this pool.

It's

1:15:051:15:09

brilliant. It is a therapy pool, so

it's really warm. All our students

1:15:091:15:15

get different benefits. Some

students get benefits for their

1:15:151:15:17

muscles and joints. Other students

like Connor and Rowan, we work on

1:15:171:15:26

basic swimming skills and confidence

skills, getting them used to the

1:15:261:15:29

water and comfortable. Obviously

it's a really sensory environment

1:15:291:15:36

for them as well. They all

absolutely love it and the staff

1:15:361:15:40

enjoy it. It's a really good

experience for everybody. A perfect

1:15:401:15:47

environment for us to work towards

the swimming targets and

1:15:471:15:50

communication targets and

physiotherapy targets.

Of course

1:15:501:15:54

winning is a really important life

skill, isn't it? -- swimming.

It is.

1:15:541:15:59

I'm very keen swimmer as well. It is

important that students are

1:15:591:16:04

comfortable in the water and

developing these basic skills, so

1:16:041:16:07

that they can even just access pools

outside the school and enjoy

1:16:071:16:12

themselves in local facilities and

things as well.

I am a really keen

1:16:121:16:17

swimmer and pools... Rowan, it is

lovely to see you, Rowan. I was just

1:16:171:16:29

saying that pools can in some ways

be quite intimidating places, so

1:16:291:16:33

presumably that's another reason why

they are here getting used to the

1:16:331:16:36

environment?

Absolutely. And by

getting used to this environment we

1:16:361:16:42

can often take them out of school,

some of the more independent

1:16:421:16:46

learners do well go into the local

pool fulsome in lessons as well. So

1:16:461:16:50

there's a really good slimming

programme across the school --

1:16:501:16:54

swimming.

You talked a bit about the

physiotherapy. That is presumably an

1:16:541:17:00

important part of the school as

well?

Very important. The physios

1:17:001:17:05

worked with the school and they set

targets and, like I said before,

1:17:051:17:11

this is the perfect sensory

environment. There's the heat for

1:17:111:17:15

the muscles, so they can achieve

those physio targets.

And it's great

1:17:151:17:19

fun. It's been lovely watching you.

I'll let you get on with it. We are

1:17:191:17:25

here all morning and this really is

an extraordinary school. It's

1:17:251:17:28

wonderful to see what's going on.

We've been really touched by the

1:17:281:17:33

many messages you've sent us. Do

keep in touch this morning.

1:17:331:17:38

Hopefully we can answer some of your

questions as well.

1:17:381:17:43

Thanks very much. Lovely hearing

those stories. And it is very much

1:17:431:17:47

concentrating throughout the week on

some of the success stories, because

1:17:471:17:54

huge impacts can be made on young

people in particular.

1:17:541:17:58

Very encouraging, knowing that 40%

of all children at some point in

1:17:581:18:02

their lives will need some kind of

educational needs. You can still get

1:18:021:18:07

in touch, as Lou said. E-mail us or

Twitter as using the hashtag BBC

1:18:071:18:19

send.

1:18:191:18:20

Matt's in Brighton

with the weather.

1:18:201:18:24

He is reflecting on the weather.

He has been skating!

1:18:241:18:30

Brilliant!

I taught them everything I knew.

1:18:301:18:34

Thank you very much. It is my annual

jaunt on the ice, which happens once

1:18:341:18:42

a year, and of course it had to be

at

1:18:421:18:44

a year, and of course it had to be

at the start of the meteorological

1:18:441:18:46

winter, which is today. It is a cold

start, but it has become a little

1:18:461:18:51

less cold over the next few days. I

am in Brighton at the Royal

1:18:511:18:56

Pavilion. Ice rinks are popping up

UK wide at the moment and this one

1:18:561:19:02

is here until the 14th of January.

We've had a bit of rain this morning

1:19:021:19:07

and that's a sign that things are

starting to change. Let's take a

1:19:071:19:11

look at the forecast. This weekend

it is set to turn cloudy and a

1:19:111:19:14

little bit milder. Not as chilly as

the last few days. We start with a

1:19:141:19:20

lot of cloud to the north of

Scotland. Rain temperatures lifting

1:19:201:19:23

already. A frosty start for the rest

of Scotland. East of the Pennines

1:19:231:19:31

and down across eastern England,

still a few showers around. Ice to

1:19:311:19:34

watch out for, first thing after

yesterday's snow. Sleet and snow

1:19:341:19:39

mixed in with the showers, mainly

over the hills. Mostly turning back

1:19:391:19:43

to rain now. Still windy towards

East Anglia and the south-east. The

1:19:431:19:49

western half of England and Wales, a

different story altogether. Just a

1:19:491:19:53

couple of isolated showers. Most

start the David Frost on the ground.

1:19:531:19:59

A fine day for many, with winds than

yesterday. A sunny start in Northern

1:19:591:20:04

Ireland as well, where temperatures

dropped below -4 overnight. In the

1:20:041:20:08

sunshine it is set to turn cloudy.

Still cool, even with the cloud and

1:20:081:20:13

patchy rain pushing on. In Northern

Ireland and Scotland, cloudy

1:20:131:20:18

conditions moving down. Being a bit

of rain here and there. Still a lot

1:20:181:20:23

of dry weather. Much of England and

Wales, away from say the far east

1:20:231:20:29

around coastal counties and East

Anglia, a few showers. Still chilly,

1:20:291:20:36

even though temperatures are up on

yesterday. Overnight we start to

1:20:361:20:43

clear. Temperatures rising for many.

Some patchy rain. There could be a

1:20:431:20:50

bit of ice if you

1:20:501:20:56

east, but for most temperatures will

be freezing to stop the weekend. A

1:20:561:20:57

little bit cold on Saturday...

INAUDIBLE. Lots of cloud around.

1:20:571:21:03

Patchy rain across the south to

start Saturday. Heavy bursts in

1:21:031:21:07

northern Scotland. A lot of dry

weather. The best of the cloud

1:21:071:21:12

breaks to the east of the hills.

Temperatures starting to warm up in

1:21:121:21:15

northern Scotland. Still chilly

towards the south-east. The milder

1:21:151:21:21

air will be with us all by the time

we get to Sunday. Rain overnight,

1:21:211:21:25

which will clear away the patchy

fog. Patchy rain first thing in the

1:21:251:21:29

south-east. Most will have a dry day

away from drizzle in the west. The

1:21:291:21:33

brighter day of the weekend with the

best of the sunshine in eastern

1:21:331:21:37

areas. Certainly a change after the

cold conditions of autumn. Winter

1:21:371:21:43

arrives and the temperatures are on

the

1:21:431:21:45

arrives and the temperatures are on

the up. Back to you.

1:21:451:21:46

Thanks very much.

1:21:461:21:52

Shortly after their engagement

was announced on Monday,

1:21:521:21:54

Prince Harry's fiance Meghan Markle

revealed it was a shared passion

1:21:541:21:57

for social change that

got him a second date.

1:21:571:22:00

Later today, the couple

will undertake their first joint

1:22:001:22:02

royal visit in Nottingham.

1:22:021:22:03

We're joined now by Allan Bryce,

editor of Royal Life magazine,

1:22:031:22:10

and by Dominic Edwardes

from the Terrence Higgins Trust,

1:22:101:22:12

one of the charities

that the pair will visit.

1:22:121:22:15

You must be very excited as this is

the first high profile visit by a

1:22:151:22:22

newly engaged couple?

We are

absolutely thrilled that Prince

1:22:221:22:26

Harry and Meghan Markle have chosen

to come to Nottingham to our fair

1:22:261:22:29

this afternoon. It really underlines

his great support for HIV as a

1:22:291:22:35

cause.

No one can underestimate the

power of having such a high profile

1:22:351:22:41

couple, where the media is

interested and many people in the

1:22:411:22:45

country and the world are watching.

It raises the profile of the work

1:22:451:22:48

you are doing.

Absolutely. It's

invaluable. Rinse Harry has been

1:22:481:22:54

fantastic at raising awareness

around HIV -- Prince Harry. And

1:22:541:22:58

highlighting the amazing progress

that's been made in the fight

1:22:581:23:02

against HIV in the UK.

Give us a

sense of how you think since Monday

1:23:021:23:08

this news has been received and how

they are already starting to make

1:23:081:23:11

their mark Betts it was obvious that

they would hit the ground running

1:23:111:23:15

--?

It was obvious. She has already

been involved in plenty of charity

1:23:151:23:21

work and the fact that she has now

got to get to know Britain, her

1:23:211:23:26

adopted country, so she will be

doing stuff for the Royal

1:23:261:23:30

foundation. She is discovering the

country now and she will be going

1:23:301:23:40

around and taking part in

engagements. She is immediately

1:23:401:23:45

making her mark because she is so

photogenic, she is camera savvy, she

1:23:451:23:51

is really the dream. Unlike Princess

Diana or even Sarah Ferguson. She is

1:23:511:24:01

used to the limelight and the

paparazzi and everything else and

1:24:011:24:04

she handles it so well.

How much

guidance will she be given, now that

1:24:041:24:09

it has been officially announced

that she will be part of the Royal

1:24:091:24:13

family? How much guidance will she

get in terms of how to behave and

1:24:131:24:17

how to speak? As an American she is

perhaps more outspoken and more

1:24:171:24:21

casual than we are used to.

In an

interview the other day I would say

1:24:211:24:28

she probably said more than Harry

did. So she obviously knows her own

1:24:281:24:34

mind and although she will accept

the guidance I think there will be a

1:24:341:24:39

change coming from her as well. She

will influence them. She is not

1:24:391:24:44

going to just sit back and say, yes,

I will do everything I'm told. I'm

1:24:441:24:49

sure there will be a bit of quick

quote -- back and forth. She is an

1:24:491:24:58

independent woman and she already

has the media exposure, and she

1:24:581:25:01

knows how to work a camera. There

will be things she has to learn

1:25:011:25:07

about... She is learning. She will

learn the geography of the country,

1:25:071:25:12

for a start. She's also got this

thing... Public displays of

1:25:121:25:19

affection and that sort of thing are

out. Once they are married, that's

1:25:191:25:27

going to... So there will be

protocol things.

I'm sure they will

1:25:271:25:33

do things on their own style. In

some ways the visit today is very

1:25:331:25:38

much on zero from Prince Harry to

his mother. -- a nod. We will

1:25:381:25:46

remember her involvement in HIV and

how brave it was when she made her

1:25:461:25:52

visits to various places and engaged

in that discussion.

Absolutely. I

1:25:521:25:59

think Princess Diana's compassion

was really remarkable. But the

1:25:591:26:03

situation for people living with HIV

today is different and Prince Harry

1:26:031:26:08

and Meghan Markle's focus is on

combating the stigma people with HIV

1:26:081:26:13

face and encouraging them to come

forward to test. Because the news is

1:26:131:26:17

good for HIV in Britain today. We've

seen a 20% reduction in the number

1:26:171:26:21

of people diagnosed with HIV in the

last year, so this is really part of

1:26:211:26:26

the good news story and their

passion and commitment is vital in

1:26:261:26:30

getting people to understand the new

world of HIV.

On a slightly more

1:26:301:26:35

trivial but nonetheless fascinating

note, have you been given any

1:26:351:26:39

guidance on how... What terminology

you should use around the new royal

1:26:391:26:44

couple? Do you know how to address

them?

I haven't. We haven't been

1:26:441:26:50

given guidance and I think that's

part of their charm, that we've not

1:26:501:26:55

been given protocol or guidance. So

I've been referring to prints have

1:26:551:27:00

-- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle,

or Ms Markle. If anyone can give me

1:27:001:27:08

guidance, that would be wonderful.

I

am sure if you are just nice to them

1:27:081:27:13

they will appreciate that! Thank you

very much.

1:27:131:27:17

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

1:27:171:30:39

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

1:30:391:30:41

in half an hour.

1:30:411:30:42

Bye for now.

1:30:421:30:43

Hello this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

1:30:471:30:49

Munchetty.

1:30:491:30:50

It's 6:30.

1:30:501:30:51

-- 7:30.

1:30:541:30:55

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

1:30:551:30:57

Here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News.

1:30:591:31:03

A former Scotland Yard detective has

told BBC News he was "shocked"

1:31:031:31:06

by the amount of pornography

on a Parliamentary computer seized

1:31:061:31:09

from the office of the First

Secretary of State, Damian Green.

1:31:091:31:12

Neil Lewis, a computer

forensics specialist,

1:31:121:31:13

examined the device

during an inquiry into government

1:31:131:31:15

leaks in 2008.

1:31:151:31:16

Mr Green has vehemently denied

looking at pornography at work.

1:31:161:31:19

Mr Lewis, who's now retired,

said he has "no doubt whatsoever"

1:31:191:31:22

that the images containing legal

pornographic material had been

1:31:221:31:24

accessed by Mr Green.

1:31:241:31:25

Health inspectors have ordered

a review of all NHS radiology

1:31:251:31:28

services in England,

after a hospital in Portsmouth

1:31:281:31:30

failed to spot three

cases of lung cancer.

1:31:301:31:33

The investigation by

the Care Quality Commission found

1:31:331:31:35

that 20,000 scans had not

been assessed correctly

1:31:351:31:37

at the Queen Alexandra Hospital,

and that junior doctors had been

1:31:371:31:40

left to interpret the results

without the appropriate training.

1:31:401:31:42

The trust has apologised

to the families affected.

1:31:421:31:52

The Royal Bank of Scotland has

announced it's to close 259 branches

1:31:521:31:56

across the UK - meaning 680 job

losses across the company The banks

1:31:561:32:00

says it's due to more customers

using mobile or online techology -

1:32:001:32:03

the number of customers

using branches has fallen by 40

1:32:031:32:06

percent since 2014.

1:32:061:32:07

The location of those branches

is unknown and will be revealed

1:32:071:32:10

later this morning -

but affected staff have already been

1:32:101:32:12

told.

1:32:121:32:18

MPs scrutinising the government's

Brexit plans says border controls

1:32:181:32:21

between Northern Ireland

and the Irish Republic

1:32:211:32:23

are inevitable if the UK leaves

the EU single market and customs

1:32:231:32:26

union.

1:32:261:32:26

The Commons Brexit Committee says

ministers have failed to explain how

1:32:261:32:29

the issue can be resolved -

and that the proposals they've come

1:32:291:32:33

up with, such as the use

of technology - are "untested"

1:32:331:32:36

and "speculative".

1:32:361:32:51

The Commons Brexit Committee says

ministers have failed to explain how

1:32:521:32:55

the issue can be resolved -

and that the proposals they've come

1:32:551:32:58

up with, such as the use

of technology - are "untested"

1:32:581:33:01

and "speculative".

1:33:011:33:04

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

are to carry out their first joint

1:33:041:33:08

official visit later.

1:33:081:33:09

The couple, who announced

their engagement on Monday,

1:33:091:33:11

will meet members of the public

at a charity fair and a school

1:33:111:33:14

in Nottingham later.

1:33:141:33:20

They're due to get married

at Windsor Castle in May.

1:33:201:33:24

Those are the main story this

morning. We will have the weather

1:33:241:33:28

with Matt, and the delightful

spectacle of the weather on ice.

I

1:33:281:33:32

love it. He is good, Matt.

He is

good at iceskating.

I'm not bad, I'm

1:33:321:33:38

actually getting older is a get

better.

What we are going to say,

1:33:381:33:41

Charlie?

I was just saying, he was

telling us about the ice, he was on

1:33:411:33:46

the ice, it is all about ice.

I have

a spectacle for you. Gary Lineker

1:33:461:33:52

inside the Kremlin for BBC Two,

presenting the World Cup draw to the

1:33:521:33:56

world.

It is not often that I envy

Gary Lineker.

But about... It is a

1:33:561:34:00

Christmas Eve for football fans.

Kicking off not just learning about

1:34:001:34:05

the football on the teams they are

going to play, -- but where you are

1:34:051:34:09

going to play. I remember learning

all about Mendoza, was ARIA it is a

1:34:091:34:14

geography lesson as well as about

football.

The Russians will be

1:34:141:34:20

hoping to turn it into a spectacle.

It is a set piece event, a marker

1:34:201:34:24

ahead of what is a significant

moment.

Yes, they were this to be a

1:34:241:34:28

real selling point for their

country, not just in football terms,

1:34:281:34:32

but is efficient, powerful, all the

wonderful things you can find out

1:34:321:34:35

about Russia through football. They

will hope to avoid what happened in

1:34:351:34:39

Spain in 1982 when it went badly

wrong, but there are computers these

1:34:391:34:43

days.

1:34:431:34:43

It's the moment that really kicks

off the countdown to the World Cup -

1:34:431:34:47

the draw at the Kremlin begins

at around 3:00 this afternoon,

1:34:471:34:50

and our sports news correspondent

Richard Conway will be watching.

1:34:501:34:53

It is Russia's moment

in the spotlight, with final

1:34:531:34:55

rehearsals for the World Cup draw

ensuring nothing is left to chance.

1:34:551:34:58

Some of the biggest names

in the game are here to lend

1:34:581:35:01

a hand too.

1:35:011:35:04

Amongst them, one of England's 1966

heroes, who hopes the current squad

1:35:041:35:07

can make their mark next summer.

1:35:071:35:10

If they can get this team together,

playing with each other,

1:35:101:35:13

for each other, then

there's always a chance.

1:35:131:35:18

England will base themselves

in a village north of St Petersburg,

1:35:181:35:22

with the manager looking

forward to what lies ahead.

1:35:221:35:24

We don't have many players that

have won major trophies.

1:35:241:35:27

But the future's very exciting

and there's a great challenge

1:35:271:35:30

for this group to see

how far they can go.

1:35:301:35:33

Star attractions both on and off

the pitch will draw thousands

1:35:331:35:36

of fans here to Russia next summer.

1:35:361:35:37

Organisers say everyone will be

welcome for what they believe

1:35:371:35:40

will be a festival of football.

1:35:401:35:54

Nevertheless, the game here has had

problems in the recent past,

1:35:541:35:56

specifically with racism

and violence, but campaigners

1:35:561:35:59

are cautiously optimistic that

things may be improving.

1:35:591:36:01

We've moved from a position

of denial to a state

1:36:011:36:03

where the Russians understand

that they need to clean up

1:36:031:36:06

the stadiums, deal with some

of the fans who are the hard core,

1:36:061:36:10

otherwise people won't know

when to come and it may well rebound

1:36:101:36:13

back at them during the World Cup.

1:36:131:36:15

Today, though, the focus

is on the big draw -

1:36:151:36:17

with all the teams keen

to discover their footballing fate.

1:36:171:36:27

Of course, they have been rehearsing

this to be death to make sure that

1:36:271:36:31

it is right. England drew Brazil in

rehearsal.

I think we definitely

1:36:311:36:34

won't get them.

No, not now, that

was just the rehearsal. Let's look

1:36:341:36:39

at what we think would be the best

draw for England given the rankings.

1:36:391:36:43

You think the dream draw would

either host, Russia, because they

1:36:431:36:46

are the weakest team in the whole

tournament, number 63 in the world.

1:36:461:36:49

But they are in the top pot of seeds

because they are the hosts. Also in

1:36:491:36:54

that dream group, the best case

scenario would be the likes of Saudi

1:36:541:36:57

Arabia and Senegal. The worse case

scenario, perhaps, would be the

1:36:571:37:02

world's best team, Germany. This

would be the worst possible draw in

1:37:021:37:05

terms of rankings. Germany, Costa

Rica, who of course helped dump

1:37:051:37:11

England out of the last World Cup.

And Nigeria. But as well as the

1:37:111:37:15

teams drawn in this World Cup, like

never before, it is about where you

1:37:151:37:19

play. A dream draw would be a 3000,

to journey for three games. The

1:37:191:37:23

worse case scenario would be going

out to the likes of places like

1:37:231:37:28

Ekaterinburg, 10,000 kilometres in

just the space of ten days, three

1:37:281:37:31

matches. So it is not just to you

play, it is where you play.

But they

1:37:311:37:36

are going to be flying everywhere

they go, aren't they?

Apparently

1:37:361:37:39

they are going to make use of

sleeper trains as well. You can't

1:37:391:37:43

really sleep that well on the train,

in that little bunk...

Why did you

1:37:431:37:47

do that?

I tend to sleep like a

hamster. You sleep like a squirrel.

1:37:471:37:52

I don't know, when I am on a train

bed, yes.

You do that funny setting

1:37:521:37:56

noise as well?

Stop bit!

Well, my

world is weird.

Yes, that is a fact.

1:37:561:38:04

What else have you got?

You

distracted me with squirrels! This

1:38:041:38:09

time tomorrow will be talking about

one of the big stories and sport for

1:38:091:38:13

the whole year, the world right

relief -- rugby league World Cup

1:38:131:38:16

final.

1:38:161:38:26

And overnight, we've

heard the big news that,

1:38:261:38:28

England's captain Sean O'Loughlin

has been ruled out with

1:38:281:38:31

a thigh strain.

1:38:311:38:32

Sam Burgess will lead the side -

he captained England in last year's

1:38:321:38:35

Four Nations series,

and assistant coach Dennis Betts

1:38:351:38:37

said Burgess was a "doer"

and a "leader" and the natural

1:38:371:38:40

replacement.

1:38:401:38:43

Britain's Paralympic champion

Gordon Reid can still reach

1:38:431:38:46

the semi-finals of the Wheelchair

Tennis Masters in Loughbrough,

1:38:461:38:48

after winning his second pool match.

1:38:481:38:50

He came from a set down

to beat Nicolas Peifer.

1:38:501:38:55

The reigning Paralympic men's

singles champion lost the first set

1:38:551:39:00

against Frenchman Nicolas Peifer,

but came back strongly 6-4,

1:39:001:39:03

6-3 to win his first

match of the tournament.

1:39:031:39:06

Andy Lapthorne also won to qualify

for the semi-finals.

1:39:061:39:11

Tiger Woods said he thought he "did

great" in his latest comeback

1:39:111:39:14

to competitive golf.

1:39:141:39:15

He's been out since February

after more back surgery and he shot

1:39:151:39:19

a three under par 69 in the first

round of the Hero World Challenge

1:39:191:39:22

in the Bahamas.

1:39:221:39:23

He's just three behind

the clubhouse leader,

1:39:231:39:25

England's Tommy Fleetwood.

1:39:251:39:26

And finally, to the spectacle

that is the Freestyle Canoe World

1:39:261:39:29

Championships in Argentina.

1:39:291:39:30

Tricks, spins, somersaults,

timed runs - bonus points

1:39:301:39:32

for getting the canoe

completely out of the water.

1:39:321:39:34

Great Britain have picked up

three medals so far,

1:39:341:39:37

with Claire O'Hara winning her 9th

freestyle world title.

1:39:371:39:48

Plus be like being a washing

machine. Sleep did you get last

1:39:481:39:53

night? About four hours.

Not good

enough.

I was thinking about the

1:39:531:39:58

Bobsleigh next week.

You are kept

awake thinking about Bobsleigh?

It

1:39:581:40:02

will all be revealed soon on

Breakfast. But yes.

We are going to

1:40:021:40:06

talk about sleep, and I think you

need to listen to this.

1:40:061:40:10

Now on a frosty winter's morning

like today most of us would love

1:40:101:40:13

an excuse to jump back into bed.

1:40:131:40:15

As it turns out, a few extra hours'

sleep is exactly what some

1:40:151:40:19

of us need!

1:40:191:40:22

Certainly we need longer than Mike's

four hours.

1:40:221:40:27

Not getting enough sleep can cause

obesity, heart disease and diabetes,

1:40:271:40:30

and it shortens your

life expectancy too.

1:40:301:40:46

James Wilson is a sleep expert

and he joins us now.

1:40:461:40:49

Sleep. It is those things we talk

about a third that this programme.

1:40:491:40:55

At some of the key problems people

face with sleeping issues?

Sometimes

1:40:551:41:01

when people want to go to sleep,

they try to force it. It is not like

1:41:011:41:05

exercise. You can't make yourself to

it. We need to relax ourselves into

1:41:051:41:09

sleep. We need to wind down

properly. To go to sleep, two things

1:41:091:41:12

need to happen. A drop in core

temperature and a drop in heart

1:41:121:41:17

rate. Many of us do things before

bed that don't help us do that. We

1:41:171:41:21

need to stop forcing ourselves to go

to bed at a certain time. We cannot

1:41:211:41:25

force ourselves to go to sleep at

ten. But we can turn -- we can learn

1:41:251:41:29

what being sleepy feels like, which

is important.

There are all these

1:41:291:41:33

conflicting ideas about how to go to

sleep. I have learned, over the

1:41:331:41:38

years, being on shifts like this, I

don't panic about sleep. I think

1:41:381:41:41

that is one of the problems. You

start thinking about it, you're not

1:41:411:41:45

getting enough sleep, you wake in

the middle of the night. You say,

1:41:451:41:50

don't watch TV, don't look at your

phone, but then people say, get into

1:41:501:41:53

a routine and watch something that

makes you feel relaxed.

I think we

1:41:531:41:57

need to learn who we are as

sleepers. We are all genetically

1:41:571:42:01

different when it comes to sleep. We

all need a different amount of

1:42:011:42:04

sleep. Just as importantly we need a

different quality of sleep. You have

1:42:041:42:08

learned to you are as a sleeper.

That is what we are try to do my

1:42:081:42:12

organisation, trying to understand.

Are you a morning lark? Are you a

1:42:121:42:15

night owl? Are you typical? Learn

when you should go to bed, but don't

1:42:151:42:20

force it. Sleepiness comes by doing

things which help us relax away

1:42:201:42:23

heart rate drops. It doesn't come

when we sit in bed thinking, I need

1:42:231:42:28

to sleep.

You have suffered from

sleep problems yourself?

Yes, I had

1:42:281:42:32

an insomniac. Bad sleepers are bad

sleepers. You can't change that.

1:42:321:42:36

What was your sleep pattern? Ie she

knew have improved that now. When

1:42:361:42:40

you had your problem, what was it?

Waking up early in the morning. As a

1:42:401:42:44

teenager I didn't sleep at all. That

often happens with teenagers. As I

1:42:441:42:48

got older I struggled to stay

asleep. I used to wake up at two

1:42:481:42:52

o'clock in the morning and think,

I'm not going to go back to sleep.

1:42:521:42:56

And guess what, I never went back to

sleep. Now I wake up at two o'clock

1:42:561:43:00

in the morning and I think, if I

don't get back to sleep I will be

1:43:001:43:05

OK. Because although I am a really

bad sleeper I am brilliant at being

1:43:051:43:08

tired. I cope well. So I changed the

conversation in my head about sleep,

1:43:081:43:12

and that was a powerful tool for me

to sleep better.

Isn't that a myth,

1:43:121:43:16

that you can be good at being tired?

Shouldn't you except that you are

1:43:161:43:20

not functioning anywhere close to

100% during the day? -- accept. So

1:43:201:43:24

your cognitive functions, your

everyday functions, they suffer?

I

1:43:241:43:28

can get through the day fine. What I

used to do, I would have a bad

1:43:281:43:33

night's sleep, I would worry, I

would wake up and think, I'm not

1:43:331:43:36

going to sleep. I would go seven or

eight weeks like that and I would

1:43:361:43:40

crash and have a good sleep and

start again. So what I do now, it is

1:43:401:43:45

just one day, we can deal with one

or two days of bad sleep. People

1:43:451:43:49

play in the World Cup final, people

give presentations, people do

1:43:491:43:52

amazing things with no sleep

whatsoever.

What if you were in a

1:43:521:43:55

position where you can catch up on

sleep. You are just, that was it.

1:43:551:43:59

You were destined to a lifestyle of

five hours every night. Is that

1:43:591:44:03

damaging, physiologically?

To get

90% of our sleep needs, winning five

1:44:031:44:08

and a half hours. So although a lot

of it will have seven or eight hours

1:44:081:44:12

and they feel better, for our

overall health, about five and a

1:44:121:44:15

half hours is enough. And that

really, really helps. As a bad

1:44:151:44:19

sleeper, I was getting two or three

hours. Eight hours was miles away. I

1:44:191:44:23

couldn't get that. But five hours, I

could manage that. So when I got six

1:44:231:44:28

hours I felt like I had had a good

night's sleep.

Very interesting.

1:44:281:44:31

Thank you, James. Have a session

with Mike, he is on four hours.

And

1:44:311:44:36

sleeping like a squirrel, as well.

Do you know what I don't like? Cold

1:44:361:44:42

bedrooms. It is a big argument.

Well

but as long as you have a warm bed,

1:44:421:44:48

it doesn't matter.

It is cold when

you get into it. That's the problem.

1:44:481:44:52

And it's going to get colder. It has

been very cold over the last few

1:44:521:44:57

days and you have been sending your

photos and videos in. Who is that?

1:44:571:45:01

Somebody who has been enjoying the

snow. But everybody, maybe. This is

1:45:011:45:05

Bridlington. The snow came down and

people were enjoying it.

That is in

1:45:051:45:10

Brighton for us.

1:45:101:45:13

Good morning from the Royal Pavilion

in Brighton. We have managed to stay

1:45:181:45:24

on our feet. It is called in

Brighton this morning, with the ice

1:45:241:45:28

underfoot. Wintry conditions

yesterday, especially in eastern

1:45:281:45:33

England. Frost elsewhere. There is a

change on the way. We may be at the

1:45:331:45:39

start of the meteorological Winter,

by

1:45:391:45:40

start of the meteorological Winter,

by temperatures are on the up in the

1:45:401:45:43

next few days. Into this weekend it

turns cloudy and mild in parts of

1:45:431:45:48

the country, but of course you start

to lose the sunshine with had over

1:45:481:45:53

the last few days. Still sunshine

this morning. Cloud thickens up. The

1:45:531:45:58

rest of Scotland, frosty. Down

across the eastern counties of

1:45:581:46:04

England, outbreaks of rain coming

and going. A bit of sleet and snow

1:46:041:46:08

over high ground force of turning

mainly back to rain. Over the next

1:46:081:46:12

few hours it could be icy in a

couple of spots after the sleet and

1:46:121:46:16

snow of yesterday. The wind is not

as strong as yesterday, but still

1:46:161:46:20

blustery in eastern areas. In the

west, a frosty and lovely staff are

1:46:201:46:26

many and not a bad start for

Northern Ireland. Overnight it will

1:46:261:46:31

start to cloud over as we go through

the day. For the rest of the day

1:46:311:46:36

Northern Ireland, Scotland and later

northern England, louder round

1:46:361:46:39

increases from the north. Still

sunshine here and there, especially

1:46:391:46:43

the east of high ground. Showers in

eastern England start to fade. Maybe

1:46:431:46:50

confined to the coasts, especially

for Sussex, six and Kent. Still

1:46:501:46:55

windy, but not as windy as

yesterday. With less wind it means

1:46:551:46:59

it won't feel quite as chilly, but

still temperatures down on where

1:46:591:47:03

they should be. Into this evenly and

overnight, cloud in the northern

1:47:031:47:07

half will move southwards. This will

bring patchy rain, namely Inner

1:47:071:47:13

West. -- mainly in the west. There

is the risk of temperatures dropping

1:47:131:47:20

close enough to freezing. A touch of

ice around. Still be wary if you

1:47:201:47:26

have clear skies overhead as it

could be frosty tomorrow. But there

1:47:261:47:29

is a change on the way. More cloud

on Saturday UK wide. Patchy rain in

1:47:291:47:35

southern parts of Wales and southern

England to begin with. Heavy bursts

1:47:351:47:38

at times. Far from a washout. Dry

weather for many at times. The best

1:47:381:47:44

of any breaks in east of high --

over high ground. Sunday will be a

1:47:441:47:54

brighter day than Saturday. Any

light rain or drizzle will remain to

1:47:541:47:57

the west. The best of any sunny

breaks to the east of high ground

1:47:571:48:03

and temperatures up to about 11

degrees at best. I still need a

1:48:031:48:07

little bit of skating practice, but

so far so good.

1:48:071:48:10

little bit of skating practice, but

so far so good.

1:48:101:48:11

Let's hope that changes before the

end of the programme!

1:48:111:48:15

I thought you would like that, yes.

See you later.

1:48:151:48:21

We've been rather lucky this morning

as we've been invited into Piper

1:48:211:48:26

Hill High School, a special school.

It's all part of our special series

1:48:261:48:31

this week, looking at pupils who

have special educational needs.

1:48:311:48:37

We've been taking a look at the idea

of communication and how to make

1:48:371:48:41

that easier for children who do have

special educational needs. Good

1:48:411:48:45

morning, Jayne.

Good morning. Is there anybody in

1:48:451:48:51

particular you want to say good

morning to?

I want to say good

1:48:511:48:55

morning to my friends at Tesco, if

anyone can hear me! Good morning.

I

1:48:551:49:02

think that's an advert. I don't

think you can do that, but we will

1:49:021:49:06

let you. We are down here and it's a

special day because what's the name

1:49:061:49:12

of today?

Butty Day.

Today they all

make them and it's a very special

1:49:121:49:19

day. What is the one killer secret

ingredient for any sandwich?

Salt

1:49:191:49:23

and vinegar crisps.

These are the

information strips that helped them

1:49:231:49:31

know exactly what to do with the

savages. And look at this. They know

1:49:311:49:35

exactly what will happen. --

savages. What we are learning today

1:49:351:49:41

is a bit more serious. 1.4 million

children in the UK have speech and

1:49:411:49:50

communications issues. Report given

to us exclusively today has new

1:49:501:49:55

figures. Report is by a royal and

communication charity and they say

1:49:551:50:02

there is not enough access for

children out there.

1:50:021:50:07

Harry is happy and helpful,

but with profound autism

1:50:071:50:10

he struggles to communicate.

1:50:101:50:11

Despite being twice assessed

as having a problem,

1:50:111:50:14

he has never been under

the treatment of an NHS speech

1:50:141:50:17

and language therapist.

1:50:171:50:24

You have pushed and pushed to see

somebody, haven't you?

1:50:241:50:27

Pushed and pushed.

1:50:271:50:28

We have a multiagency meeting

every 12 weeks for Harry.

1:50:281:50:31

Each time we've attended

there is never a speech therapist,

1:50:311:50:37

whereas a speech therapist,

could she attend the next one?

1:50:371:50:40

The same thing has

happened for 18 months.

1:50:401:50:43

Rather than therapy for Harry,

the NHS has offered Jane training,

1:50:431:50:46

which they tell me can

be very beneficial.

1:50:461:50:48

She now pays for private therapy.

1:50:481:50:57

I'm in a good position

because I'm able to do that,

1:50:571:51:00

but a lot of people say they can't.

1:51:001:51:02

Here at this school in Birmingham

they also feel badly let down.

1:51:021:51:05

As class starts, the teacher tries

to hold their attention.

1:51:051:51:08

A bit more interested in our camera!

1:51:081:51:11

Most are eventually able to follow

the song and join in the actions.

1:51:111:51:15

But some really struggle.

1:51:151:51:19

Not just to speak but to pay

attention, to understand,

1:51:191:51:22

to follow instructions,

all part of a speech,

1:51:221:51:24

language and communication need.

1:51:241:51:30

It's frustrating for us

because we get children

1:51:301:51:32

and you almost

feel they've been written off

1:51:321:51:34

because sometimes parents have

already noticed there is a problem

1:51:341:51:39

and they've tried to get help,

they've gone to doctors

1:51:391:51:42

and nothing has happened.

1:51:421:51:43

This is why the school

brought in Diana.

1:51:431:51:45

She was part of a speech

and language team in the NHS before

1:51:451:51:49

being laid off with a number

of colleagues five years ago.

1:51:491:51:52

Developing children's speech

and language is not a target,

1:51:521:51:54

like cancer or heart or diabetes.

1:51:541:51:57

If you don't get the speech

and language right,

1:51:571:51:59

what else goes wrong?

1:51:591:52:00

You don't learn to read and write.

1:52:001:52:02

Ten years ago, the government

commissioned a report which flagged

1:52:021:52:05

up problems here and led to promises

to deliver better services

1:52:051:52:11

for children like Zacharia.

1:52:111:52:16

Better watch that!

1:52:161:52:18

The Department of Health says

there are around 160 more therapies

1:52:181:52:24

today and the government has

an extra £2 million into therapy.

1:52:241:52:27

But look at this from a recent

Ofsted and QC due report.

1:52:271:52:33

And today a new survey finds only

15% of parents and therapist believe

1:52:331:52:37

there are enough

services in their area.

1:52:371:52:39

They say this will

have consequences.

1:52:391:52:41

Data shows that over 60% at least

have communication difficulties

1:52:411:52:47

in the youth justice system,

but name any vulnerable group

1:52:471:52:53

of children, children

in the looked after system,

1:52:531:52:55

with mental health issues,

1:52:551:52:56

children that are excluded

or on the fringe of the excluded,

1:52:561:52:59

and the youth justice

system, the majority

1:52:591:53:01

all have communication difficulties.

1:53:011:53:02

Communication underpins everything,

from reading and writing to making

1:53:021:53:05

friends and making a future.

1:53:051:53:06

Get it wrong and many

kids will flounder.

1:53:061:53:13

So serious, but we all know that

resources are really stretched on

1:53:131:53:17

the NHS. There are huge increases in

demand for everything and there's

1:53:171:53:22

quite a struggle to try to get the

right of therapy is out there, to

1:53:221:53:26

recruit them. Meet my new best

friend, Joe. What's on the menu?

1:53:261:53:31

We've got flapjacks, home-made

carrot cake and home-made granola!

1:53:311:53:40

All of this and the drink down at

the bottom in a minute. I want to

1:53:401:53:44

introduce you to the deputy heads.

Louise and Adele. Tell me, there's a

1:53:441:53:50

really serious point to the business

end of this.

These help to support

1:53:501:53:58

and develop our students' skills for

life and living and promote

1:53:581:54:03

independence.

It's all about

independence and learning and also

1:54:031:54:07

about trying to get independence and

find a job, because everybody gets

1:54:071:54:11

work experience.

It's very

personalised, so for students it

1:54:111:54:17

could be internal in school, in the

office, all with local businesses.

1:54:171:54:23

Fantastic. And they don't get paid

for the work experience, however,

1:54:231:54:28

Butty Business Friday? All of the

staff have to pay for their

1:54:281:54:33

sandwiches and then the money goes

to the guys and they can choose what

1:54:331:54:37

to do with the profits, like go on a

day trip.

1:54:371:54:40

We need to hear about how this money

is spent.

What's it going to be on?

1:54:401:54:45

It's going to be on trips in a

couple of weeks, like going to the

1:54:451:54:49

cinema and that.

And let's just go

and see the other two. We've got 30

1:54:491:54:58

sandwiches to make. What are you

going to spend your wages on?

1:54:581:55:02

Bowling!

Bowling, fantastic. I know

you are very excited about this trip

1:55:021:55:09

to?

Going out.

Going to wear? A

meal? Can I come? They do look

1:55:091:55:18

convinced. From us, back to you.

1:55:181:55:24

We've had enormous amounts of

interest in this series throughout

1:55:241:55:28

the week, but I just want to

share... Sophie has said, I think

1:55:281:55:34

that school you are out today is

amazing. It doesn't pay much, it's a

1:55:341:55:38

hard job, people do it for the love

of it. People are full of praise for

1:55:381:55:45

the staff and I know this is just

one place.

1:55:451:55:48

It absolutely is. You can't hear but

there's a whole army of cheerleaders

1:55:481:55:54

out there, writing in two-hour

programme right now, saying, you

1:55:541:55:58

guys rock. Amazing! Also the staff

as well. You do a great job. Do you

1:55:581:56:06

want to say something?

I want to say

thanks everyone for cheerleading as!

1:56:061:56:15

-- us!

I love it. Absolutely

fantastic. Thank you for having us.

1:56:151:56:23

Lovely. A special thank you to Joe.

A natural!

1:56:231:56:29

Is been hearing the comments. Thanks

for getting in touch and keep doing

1:56:291:56:33

it.

1:56:331:56:35

If you'd like to get in touch

with us about your stories,

1:56:351:56:38

email [email protected],

or tweet us using the hashtag

1:56:381:59:57

By the time we get to Sunday

there should be more

1:59:572:00:00

in the way of brightness and we have

highs of 10 degrees.

2:00:002:00:03

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

2:00:032:00:06

in half an hour.

2:00:062:00:09

Hello, this is Breakfast, with

Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty.

2:00:112:00:13

A former detective tells the BBC

he was "shocked" by the amount

2:00:132:00:16

of pornography viewed on a computer

seized from the office

2:00:162:00:19

of the First Secretary

of State, Damian Green.

2:00:192:00:21

The technology specialist says

he has no doubt that the images

2:00:212:00:23

found on Damian Green's

parliamentary computer

2:00:232:00:25

in 2008 had been accessed

by the minister himself -

2:00:252:00:27

despite Mr Green's denials.

2:00:272:00:34

Good morning,

it's Friday 1st December.

2:00:362:00:39

Also this morning...

2:00:392:00:46

News of some changes on the high

street.

2:00:462:00:49

The Royal Bank of Scotland has

announced it is to close 259

2:00:492:00:52

branches, affecting almost 700 jobs.

2:00:522:00:53

I'll have all the details, shortly.

2:00:532:00:54

The first official engagement

for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

2:00:542:00:57

as a couple since they announced

their plans to get married.

2:00:572:01:05

To mark the end of our amazing week

about special educational needs,

2:01:052:01:08

I'm at Piper Hill High

in Manchester.

2:01:082:01:13

I am with Isabella and Jess, and

also Josh. I know you love working

2:01:132:01:17

with Josh, the classroom assistant.

What do you read to him?

The Cat In

2:01:172:01:26

The Hat!

This is an amazing school,

we are investigating what it means

2:01:262:01:31

to the pupils, we will see why it is

the same in lots of ways but

2:01:312:01:34

different in others.

2:01:342:01:38

When you asked me to join you on the

programme I did not know I would be

2:01:382:01:43

talking! We are in the Forest School

area, comeback after 8am and we will

2:01:432:01:49

talk about what makes this place so

unique.

2:01:492:01:53

In sport, its the day of destiny

for 32 nations, who'll discover,

2:01:532:01:59

who and where they'll play,

at next summer's World Cup finals

2:01:592:02:10

in Russia - England are not one

of the top seeds, and so could draw,

2:02:112:02:14

the likes of Brazil,

Argentina and Germany.

2:02:142:02:16

And Matt has the weather.

2:02:162:02:17

It is the start of the

meteorological winter so I'm on the

2:02:172:02:20

ice here in Brighton but, if

anything, things will get my other

2:02:202:02:22

this weekend. The full forecast in

15 minutes.

2:02:222:02:25

Good morning.

2:02:252:02:29

First, our main story...

2:02:292:02:33

A former Scotland Yard detective has

told BBC News he was "shocked"

2:02:332:02:36

by the amount of pornography

on a Parliamentary computer

2:02:362:02:38

seized from the office

of the First Secretary of State,

2:02:382:02:41

Damian Green.

2:02:412:02:42

Mr Green has denied looking

at pornography at work.

2:02:422:02:44

Neil Lewis, a computer forensics

specialist, examined the device

2:02:442:02:46

during an inquiry into

Government leaks in 2008.

2:02:462:02:48

He's now retired, and he spoke

to our home affairs

2:02:482:02:50

correspondent Danny Shaw.

2:02:502:02:51

How can you be sure

that it was Damian Green

2:02:512:02:54

who was accessing that pornography?

2:02:542:02:59

There's a phrase, you can't put

fingers on a keyboard.

2:02:592:03:01

So I can't say that.

2:03:012:03:03

But the computer was in Mr Green's

office, on his desk.

2:03:032:03:08

Logged in, it's his

account, his name.

2:03:082:03:15

In between browsing pornography,

he was sending emails from his

2:03:152:03:18

account, his personal account.

2:03:182:03:22

Reading documents,

writing documents.

2:03:222:03:27

Danny Shaw joins us now

from our London newsroom.

2:03:272:03:30

Danny, what more can you tell us?

2:03:302:03:35

Neil that this was an officer

working on the counter terrorism

2:03:352:03:39

command at the time of the inquiry.

You have to remember this was about

2:03:392:03:42

leaks from the Home Office, he was

not looking for pornography, he was

2:03:422:03:46

examining Damian Green's computers

to look for evidence about the leaks

2:03:462:03:50

and he came across these thousands

of images, he says, thumbnail images

2:03:502:03:55

of pornographic material and lots of

website browsing of pornography. He

2:03:552:03:59

said on Sunday's pornography was

being browsed, surged for all looked

2:03:592:04:03

at for several hours and he checked

2:04:032:04:16

over a three-month period and it was

extensive, the amount of pornography

2:04:192:04:21

that had been viewed on Damian

Green's parliamentary computer.

2:04:212:04:23

He claims there was similar computer

on Mr Green's Parliamentary issued

2:04:232:04:25

laptop as well. What information is

there about who was accessing this

2:04:252:04:28

pornography?

You heard him there said he cannot

2:04:282:04:31

definitively prove that it was

Damian Green, and that in a court of

2:04:312:04:36

law, when barristers try to get you

to say that coming he cannot say

2:04:362:04:39

that with 100% certainty. But

looking at the patterns of usage, in

2:04:392:04:46

his opinion, it points towards

Damian Green. Mr Green has

2:04:462:04:50

vehemently denied the allegation, he

is claiming he did not put

2:04:502:04:55

pornography on his work computers or

look at pornography on his work

2:04:552:04:58

computers, that is what he has stuck

with over the past few weeks since

2:04:582:05:02

these allegations emerged.

Thank you very much.

2:05:022:05:06

Health inspectors have ordered

a review of all NHS radiology

2:05:062:05:09

services in England,

after a hospital in Portsmouth

2:05:092:05:11

failed to spot three

cases of lung cancer.

2:05:112:05:15

The investigation by

the Care Quality Commission also

2:05:152:05:19

found that 20,000 chest scans had

not been assessed correctly

2:05:192:05:21

at the Queen Alexandra Hospital.

2:05:212:05:23

The Trust has apologised

to the families affected.

2:05:232:05:25

Mark Lobel reports.

2:05:252:05:29

An alarming backlog of unchecked

medical scans has been found

2:05:292:05:37

at the Queen Alexandra Hospital

in Portsmouth by the health services

2:05:372:05:40

regulator, after a member

of the public raised concerns.

2:05:402:05:47

The Care Quality Commission found

between 1st April 2016

2:05:472:05:50

and 31st March this year,

26,345 chest x-rays and 2,167

2:05:502:05:55

abdomen x-rays had not been formally

reviewed by a radiologist

2:05:552:06:01

or an appropriately

trained clinician.

2:06:012:06:02

Some had been checked -

but by junior doctors,

2:06:022:06:07

who complained that they had been

asked to do so without

2:06:072:06:10

appropriate training.

2:06:102:06:11

In some cases where x-rays had

been declared clear,

2:06:112:06:15

radiologists went on to spot cancer

on later scans.

2:06:152:06:20

In a statement, the Care Quality

Commission said:

2:06:202:06:26

Portsmouth NHS Trust said:

2:06:262:06:36

The health regulator has now written

to all trusts in England to build up

2:06:382:06:42

a national picture of how quickly

patients' x-rays are viewed.

2:06:422:06:44

But tackling the problem

will be tough.

2:06:442:06:49

Experts have warned of a desperate

shortage of radiologists

2:06:492:06:56

across the country.

2:06:562:07:00

The Government points to an increase

of radiologists undergoing training

2:07:002:07:04

and a 10% rise in the number of

diagnostic radiographers since 2010.

2:07:042:07:11

Survivors and those who lost loved

ones in the Grenfell fire say

2:07:112:07:14

the public inquiry into the disaster

will be a whitewash

2:07:142:07:17

unless a diverse panel is appointed

to oversee the proceedings.

2:07:172:07:19

The Government says the process

is ongoing, but campaigners

2:07:192:07:21

are urging the Prime Minister

to intervene, and say the chairman,

2:07:212:07:24

Sir Martin Moore-Bick,

should sit with a range of people

2:07:242:07:27

who understand the issues facing

those affected by the disaster.

2:07:272:07:34

The Argentine navy has abandoned

efforts to rescue the 44 crew

2:07:342:07:36

members of a submarine that

disappeared two weeks ago.

2:07:362:07:39

Thousands of people have been

involved in the search

2:07:392:07:41

for the San Juan, covering a 40,000

square kilometre area

2:07:412:07:43

of the South Atlantic.

2:07:432:07:44

The authorities say they will still

try to locate the wreckage.

2:07:442:07:49

A developing story this morning -

Royal Bank of Scotland is to close

2:07:492:07:54

some of its branches.

2:07:542:07:55

Sean's here with more.

2:07:552:07:58

Branch closures is not a new thing

but it seems to be never-ending,

2:07:582:08:03

Royal Bank of Scotland saying nearly

260 branches across the network. If

2:08:032:08:07

you break that down, that is a

quarter of their branches in

2:08:072:08:11

Scotland will be closed as part of

the announcement, a quarter of their

2:08:112:08:14

remaining branches, quite a big hit

for Scottish branches. 62 are RBS,

2:08:142:08:23

197 of those branches are at

NatWest, which are around England

2:08:232:08:27

and Wales, that is owned by the

Royal Bank of Scotland. RBS are

2:08:272:08:30

basically saying it is because they

are continuing to see fewer

2:08:302:08:34

customers use branches, down 40%

since 2014, and way more mobile

2:08:342:08:39

phone transactions being made, up

73% in the same period.

2:08:392:08:44

We have spoken about how important

they are, banks, to the strength of

2:08:442:08:49

community and many people using it

in terms of just personal

2:08:492:08:55

interaction and feeling more

comfortable with the traditional

2:08:552:08:58

ways of banking.

Particularly for big financial

2:08:582:09:00

decisions you might have to make,

later in life those bigger financial

2:09:002:09:05

decisions you are making about where

you put your money might be more

2:09:052:09:08

pertinent as well, so the post

office in theory can provide a lot

2:09:082:09:11

of services if you still have one in

your village or town, but if you

2:09:112:09:15

don't, we are getting onto these

mobile banking trucks and lorries

2:09:152:09:20

that we see going around to

different villages that people start

2:09:202:09:25

using but that is a very different

way of banking to what we used to

2:09:252:09:29

previously. We should add as well

680 jobs under threat here, RBS

2:09:292:09:35

hoping there will not be compulsory

redundancies but it remains to be

2:09:352:09:38

seen.

And the staff have been told that?

2:09:382:09:41

The staff have been made aware.

Thanks very much.

2:09:412:09:46

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

will carry out their first joint

2:09:462:09:49

Royal engagements later,

just days after announcing that

2:09:492:09:51

they're to marry in the spring.

2:09:512:09:52

They will visit a number

of charities in Nottingham, as our

2:09:522:09:55

Royal Correspondent Sarah Campbell

reports.

2:09:552:09:56

It was only on Monday that

Prince Harry introduced

2:09:562:10:00

the American actress

Meghan Markle as his new fiancee.

2:10:002:10:03

This photo call was held

in the controlled environment

2:10:032:10:08

of the garden at Kensington Palace,

but Ms Markle made it clear

2:10:082:10:10

in the subsequent interview

that she was keen to get out

2:10:102:10:13

and about and meet

the British public.

2:10:132:10:15

In these beginning few

months and now being boots

2:10:152:10:17

on the ground in the UK,

I'm excited to just really get

2:10:172:10:21

to know more about the different

communities here, smaller

2:10:212:10:26

organisations, we're working

on the same causes I've

2:10:262:10:28

always been passionate

about under this umbrella.

2:10:282:10:30

And also being able to go

around the Commonwealth,

2:10:302:10:32

I think it's just the beginning...

2:10:322:10:34

There's a lot to do.

2:10:342:10:38

Their first engagement together

will highlight an issue Prince Harry

2:10:382:10:44

has become a prominent campaigner

on behalf of - AIDS

2:10:442:10:46

and HIV awareness.

2:10:462:10:47

They will then visit

Nottingham Academy.

2:10:472:10:49

Through the Royal Foundation he has

supported Full Effect,

2:10:492:10:51

a programme which is attempting

to tackle youth crime.

2:10:512:10:55

This was Prince Harry

meeting the public in

2:10:552:10:57

Nottingham earlier this year.

2:10:572:11:02

According to his spokesman,

it's a community which has become

2:11:022:11:04

very special to him and one that

he's looking forward

2:11:042:11:07

to introducing to his new fiancee.

2:11:072:11:08

Born and raised in California,

Meghan Markle has already agreed

2:11:082:11:11

to make the UK her home,

and the people of Nottingham will be

2:11:112:11:14

the first to publicly welcome her.

2:11:142:11:15

Sarah Campbell, BBC News.

2:11:152:11:25

Sport and weather coming up shortly.

2:11:252:11:30

A return of border checks

between Northern Ireland

2:11:302:11:32

and the Republic is inevitable

after Brexit, according

2:11:322:11:34

to a group of MPs.

2:11:342:11:35

The Commons' Exiting the EU

Committee says that if the UK pulls

2:11:352:11:38

out of the single market and customs

union, it will be impossible

2:11:382:11:42

to maintain a frictionless border.

2:11:422:11:47

The committee's chairman,

the Labour MP Hilary Benn,

2:11:472:11:49

joins us now from Westminster.

2:11:492:11:52

Why would it be impossible, in the

simplest sense, technology is

2:11:522:11:56

advancing, could there not be a

electronic border? It seems to work

2:11:562:12:00

at the moment.

On the 200 crossing

points between the Republic of

2:12:002:12:09

Ireland and Northern Ireland, goods

flow freely at the moment, there is

2:12:092:12:12

no infrastructure because we are

part of the European Union, the

2:12:122:12:15

customs union, the single market.

What we have said is currently we

2:12:152:12:19

don't see how it will be possible to

reconcile on one hand the object of

2:12:192:12:22

the Government has set out that

there should be no border and no

2:12:222:12:27

physical infrastructure after we

leave, an objective that we all

2:12:272:12:30

support and share, including the

Government of the Republic of

2:12:302:12:33

Ireland, and on the other hand the

has reached to leave the customs

2:12:332:12:38

union and the single market, because

it will then become the border

2:12:382:12:42

between the United Kingdom and the

other 27 member states of the

2:12:422:12:46

European Union. You are right, the

Government has suggested that

2:12:462:12:49

technology might provide the answer,

at the moment, however, the

2:12:492:12:54

Government admits its proposals are

untested and, crucially, the

2:12:542:12:57

Republic of Ireland, which will be

on the other side of the border, is

2:12:572:13:00

not convinced that that can deliver

the no hard border, no

2:13:002:13:08

infrastructure aim that everybody

shares and that is why, as a

2:13:082:13:11

committee today, we have called on

the Government to set out in more

2:13:112:13:15

detail how exactly it thinks this

can be made to work, because there

2:13:152:13:18

does seem to be a conflict between

the two things at the moment.

Can

2:13:182:13:23

you explain the committee's

breakdown in terms of you, you

2:13:232:13:32

campaign to remain in the EU ahead

of the referendum, how it breaks

2:13:322:13:35

down in terms of what the agenda is?

Is the aim to facilitate the

2:13:352:13:42

Government's negotiations over

Brexit, or is it to throw up

2:13:422:13:45

challenges?

Our job as a Select

Committee is to scrutinise the

2:13:452:13:49

process of Brexit, the workings of

Parliament for exiting the European

2:13:492:13:52

Union, to listen to the evidence and

produce reports and make

2:13:522:13:56

recommendations. We are doing our

job. This is the most challenging

2:13:562:13:59

process that this country has been

through certainly since the end of

2:13:592:14:03

the Second World War over 44 years

we have built up a relationship with

2:14:032:14:10

our friends and neighbours in terms

of law, trade, movement of people,

2:14:102:14:13

and all other things, and it is,

unsurprisingly, a complex and

2:14:132:14:18

difficult process. I said at the

very first meeting of the committee,

2:14:182:14:22

it doesn't matter whether anyone

voted Remain or Leave, the decision

2:14:222:14:26

was made by the British people in

June 2016, have a job now is to look

2:14:262:14:31

at what is happening and to offer

advice and recommendations, and that

2:14:312:14:35

is what we have done today in

producing our first report on the

2:14:352:14:39

negotiations, which covers not just

the question of the border between

2:14:392:14:43

Northern Ireland and the

2:14:432:14:54

Republic, called on the Government,

if we do move onto phase two of

2:14:572:15:00

talks later this month, which we

hope very much we will, the

2:15:002:15:03

Government needs to set out with

greater clarity what this new deep

2:15:032:15:05

and special partnership it wants us

to have with the European Union is

2:15:052:15:07

going to consist of. We also want

the Government to be clearer about

2:15:072:15:10

how a transitional arrangement

period is going to operate, because

2:15:102:15:12

businesses need to know where they

are going to stand after the end of

2:15:122:15:15

March 2019, which is when we will

leave the institutions of the

2:15:152:15:19

European Union, so we are doing our

job, which we have been set up to

2:15:192:15:22

do.

The reason I ask, this is

obviously a matter that has been

2:15:222:15:26

given a deadline, it is a process

that is extensive, and it appears,

2:15:262:15:31

for example you have asked ministers

to publish a white paper on the

2:15:312:15:35

transition period. It appears some

of the things you are bringing up

2:15:352:15:38

our slowing down the process.

I

don't accept that at all. It has

2:15:382:15:42

taken time for the Government in

some cases to adopt its policy

2:15:422:15:49

positions because, let's be honest,

there have been differences of view

2:15:492:15:52

within the Government about the

approach that should be taken. But

2:15:522:15:56

we are all working to a ticking

clock. I think asking the Government

2:15:562:16:00

to set out with greater clarity how

a transitional period is going to

2:16:002:16:05

work, for example, is not about

slowing things down, it is about

2:16:052:16:08

trying to give reassurances to

businesses, some of which, as you

2:16:082:16:12

know, are making contingency

arrangements because they need to

2:16:122:16:15

guard against the possibility that

we might end up with no deal. We

2:16:152:16:19

also say in today's report that we

agree with the Chancellor of the

2:16:192:16:23

Exchequer that leaving with no deal

would be a very, very bad outcome

2:16:232:16:27

for the United Kingdom. And that, I

think, is self-evidently the case.

2:16:272:16:32

So, in saying to the Government that

greater clarity is needed, that is

2:16:322:16:36

an effort to move things on because

it is uncertainty, as I'm sure you

2:16:362:16:41

appreciate, which is the biggest

problem we face at the moment

2:16:412:16:45

because there are lots of people in

their jobs, work, industries, the

2:16:452:16:49

service sector, four fifths of the

British economy, sitting there

2:16:492:16:52

saying, we know how things work

today but we are not sure how things

2:16:522:16:56

will work after March 2019 and how

it will operate in the transition

2:16:562:17:03

period, and that is why as much

clarity as possible is required and

2:17:032:17:06

that is what the committee is

encouraging the Government to

2:17:062:17:08

provide.

2:17:082:17:14

The BBC have spoken to a former

Scotland Yard detective who said he

2:17:142:17:17

was shocked by the amount of

pornography found on the work

2:17:172:17:21

computer of Damian Green. This

evidence has been put forward and

2:17:212:17:25

spoken too to the BBC. Do you think

Mr Green should resign?

I think if

2:17:252:17:31

anyone has evidence in connection

with the inquiry the Cabinet Office

2:17:312:17:37

is currently undertaking, that

evidence should be provided to the

2:17:372:17:39

inquiry. I don't think it's right

for any of us to prejudge its

2:17:392:17:43

outcome. There is a process, we

should allow that process to reach

2:17:432:17:48

its conclusion. I am sure we want to

see that dumb as soon as possible,

2:17:482:17:53

but since that inquiry is taking

place, I'm not going to comment on

2:17:532:17:58

that. -- it should be done as soon

as per the looks.

Hilary Benn, thank

2:17:582:18:03

you for joining us.

Who would like to see a dog

2:18:032:18:10

frolicking in the snow?

2:18:102:18:16

Truffle the dog from York,

who played in it for the first time.

2:18:162:18:22

Brilliant. Who would like to see a

weather presenter skating on ice and

2:18:222:18:26

falling over presenting the weather?

Definitely not me! I am always last

2:18:262:18:32

in the queue. Good morning. I am at

the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, on

2:18:322:18:37

ice of course, because it is the

start of the meteorological winter.

2:18:372:18:41

1st of December, first Day of Advent

as well.

2:18:412:18:46

Ice rinks are popping up happened on

the country. This one, you can't

2:18:462:18:50

argue with the setting. It is here

until the 14th of January. I have

2:18:502:18:54

been looking the forecast for the

winter, the next few months from the

2:18:542:19:00

Met office. It looks like the first

half of winter will be a bit colder

2:19:002:19:03

than the second half but there is a

long way to go and we will keep you

2:19:032:19:07

updated BBC breakfast. A cold start

to winter and things are set to

2:19:072:19:12

change over the next few days. Let's

take a look at the forecast. This

2:19:122:19:17

weekend it tends not just cloudy but

my order as well. The

2:19:172:19:21

weekend it tends not just cloudy but

my order as well. The first signs of

2:19:212:19:22

that is this morning in northern

Scotland, some patchy rain pushing

2:19:222:19:25

in. The rest of Scotland, a frosty

start but funny. A sunny star in

2:19:252:19:32

north-west England as well. To the

east of the Pennines in eastern

2:19:322:19:35

England, some showers around. Not

quite as snowy as yesterday. A

2:19:352:19:39

little bit of sleet and snow on

higher ground. Beware in the next

2:19:392:19:43

hour or so, it could be icy. The

wind is not as strong as yesterday.

2:19:432:19:48

Very blowy in East Anglia and the

south-east this morning adding to

2:19:482:19:51

the jail, but in the West winds are

lighter and other than an isolated

2:19:512:19:57

shower most should have a fine,

sunny winter's day. Northern Ireland

2:19:572:20:03

starting funny and frosty. The best

of the sunshine for you will be this

2:20:032:20:07

morning. Cloudy as we go through the

day and with it the chance of some

2:20:072:20:11

patchy light rain or drizzle. That

may make it to north-west England by

2:20:112:20:15

the time we hit the late afternoon,

evening. Showers in eastern areas

2:20:152:20:20

will gradually become confined to

the coast, particularly East Anglia

2:20:202:20:24

and these. Still windy here,

elsewhere the wind slighter, not

2:20:242:20:28

quite as chilly as yesterday, even

though temperatures down on where

2:20:282:20:31

they should be for the time year.

Still cold out there. With clear

2:20:312:20:37

skies to begin this evening and

overnight across England and Wales

2:20:372:20:40

in particular, this is where we are

likely to see a frost. Cloud

2:20:402:20:44

increasing in the north,

temperatures will rise but any

2:20:442:20:48

breaks in the cloud and temperatures

could drop below freezing. Some

2:20:482:20:51

patchy rain and drizzle working

southwards, so still the chance of

2:20:512:20:55

some iciness into the start of

Saturday morning. Not as chilly as

2:20:552:21:00

the past few mornings, certainly in

Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2:21:002:21:04

Saturday, fairly cloudy, some patchy

light rain and drizzle, mainly in

2:21:042:21:08

the West and the top and tail of the

country, the heaviest of the rain

2:21:082:21:11

will be in Scotland. Not a wash-out,

some dry weather as well. Much

2:21:112:21:17

milder across Scotland and Northern

Ireland for tomorrow. Still a bit

2:21:172:21:20

chilly, though, to the south and

east of England. The milder will be

2:21:202:21:26

with us on Sunday. Quite a bit of

cloud to begin with, some patchy

2:21:262:21:29

rain in the West but most will have

a dry day on Sunday and compared to

2:21:292:21:33

Saturday, a little bit brighter.

Once the brightness breaks through

2:21:332:21:36

the cloud, temperatures up to 10-11.

It looks like the milder air coming

2:21:362:21:42

off the Atlantic will continue with

us into the start of next week as

2:21:422:21:46

well. But certainly at the moment

got my a cold enough start to the

2:21:462:21:50

first meteorological day of winter,

and an enjoyable start with a

2:21:502:21:55

weather man

2:21:552:21:56

and an enjoyable start with a

weather man still on his feet!

So

2:21:562:21:58

disappointing. Someone is upset with

you, Brendan in bold has e-mailed

2:21:582:22:02

us. Please no more confusion in

telling people winter starts today.

2:22:022:22:07

He says it starts on the 21st of

December.

2:22:072:22:12

That is why I have always mentioned

is the meteorological start. As

2:22:122:22:16

whether folk we compare the seasons

in three-month chunks which helps us

2:22:162:22:22

compare data. To be honest, in my

opinion, it is nature that tells us

2:22:222:22:26

when the season starts rather than a

particular day. And in the last few

2:22:262:22:30

days, it has felt like winter!

October, that's when it started.

2:22:302:22:35

LAUGHTER

Thank you. It does look chilly.

2:22:352:22:39

Let's go from a chilly Matt to a

lovely roaring fire out in the open

2:22:392:22:47

with marshmallows being roasted. We

have been lucky enough to invited to

2:22:472:22:51

a school this morning in

Wythenshawe. All part of our series

2:22:512:22:54

this week looking at children with

special educational needs. Nikki is

2:22:542:23:02

there warming herself by the fire

for us.

Yes, normally I am

2:23:022:23:07

permanently frozen, even in the

summer but I'm keeping lovely and

2:23:072:23:10

toasty by the fire, toasting

marshmallows. A couple have gone up

2:23:102:23:14

in flames but we have put them out,

it's all fine! This has to be about

2:23:142:23:19

the caller school I have ever been

in my life. I don't know if you can

2:23:192:23:22

CB Hyndman, but they've got some

fantastic ports where the pupils

2:23:222:23:27

stay overnight. -- I don't know if

you can see behind me. I would show

2:23:272:23:34

you around but I don't trust you my

driving skills and there is a fire.

2:23:342:23:39

We have some of the young people

here that go to Private Hill High.

2:23:392:23:46

We have been having a little chat,

will you tell me why this place is

2:23:462:23:52

so special? You have camped here

overnight, haven't you?

Do you like

2:23:522:23:58

it, what did you like about the

pods?

Yeah, overnight.

What kind of

2:23:582:24:07

stuff do you enjoy doing in the

pods, do you like the fire?

Make the

2:24:072:24:13

fire, cooking marshmallows.

Who

doesn't love that?! Do you have lots

2:24:132:24:20

of friends?

Yes.

It's like having

cool sleepovers. Fun times. Daniel,

2:24:202:24:26

hello. Daniel, what sort of stuff do

you do here? What do you enjoy?

I

2:24:262:24:35

enjoy the fire.

How do you make the

fire?

You actually liked it?

Light a

2:24:352:24:47

flint.

Flint. That is a very

impressive. I've seen I'm A

2:24:472:24:54

Celebrity and they can't do that

there! Were other stuff do you like

2:24:542:24:57

doing?

Building the hammocks.

Building the hammocks. This is the

2:24:572:25:05

coolest place! You are far too young

for this, Daniel, but what do you

2:25:052:25:08

want to do when you get older?

A

chef.

Are you going to cook me some

2:25:082:25:14

breakfast later on? Lovely speaking

to you. Sian you are the assistant

2:25:142:25:24

head, why do you need places like

this?

It's a great opportunity for

2:25:242:25:27

our students to have access to

educational experiences and also

2:25:272:25:32

work on their social skills and

develop their life skills. With

2:25:322:25:35

having a Forest School area, it

gives the opportunity to use their

2:25:352:25:39

skills they have learned in the

classroom and apply it to the

2:25:392:25:42

outdoor world.

A really unique

place. I imagine a lot of parents

2:25:422:25:48

with children would love their kids

to go somewhere like this, a mix of

2:25:482:25:52

the curriculum but also activities

like staying over in the heart.

Yes,

2:25:522:25:56

parents have been fabulous, we have

parents that he, the PDSA, we try to

2:25:562:26:01

make sure it's not just about the

students but their families as well.

2:26:012:26:04

It has been a really positive

experience for us.

Thank you. I

2:26:042:26:08

think I am going to set up a hammock

and have a little goes, I was up

2:26:082:26:14

4am! Back to you.

At least get

marshmallows, come on, don't

2:26:142:26:25

complain Nikki, it's all good.

I

know, I'm not. I'm going to start

2:26:252:26:27

eating those soon.

They get hot

soon, be careful! Louise is there

2:26:272:26:31

with Nikki and they will be talking

about communication, how important

2:26:312:26:34

it is. They have special rooms, Jane

has been in a sensory room which is

2:26:342:26:40

a lot of the pupils understand how

to communicate and also be calm

2:26:402:26:44

often in a busy world.

Lots of people getting in touch this

2:26:442:26:48

morning, not only talking about the

staff, people talking about the

2:26:482:26:53

staff and a lot of praise for them

but we met some real characters down

2:26:532:26:56

there. More from Louisa Lytton later

on this morning. Time to get the

2:26:562:27:01

news weather and travel weight you

are,

2:27:012:30:19

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

2:30:192:30:22

Now, though, it's back

to Charlie and Naga.

2:30:222:30:23

Bye for now.

2:30:232:30:27

Hello, this is Breakfast, with

Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty.

2:30:272:30:33

It is 8:30am.

2:30:332:30:35

First, our main story.

2:30:352:30:36

A former Scotland Yard detective has

told BBC News he was shocked

2:30:362:30:39

by the amount of pornography

on a Parliamentary computer

2:30:392:30:41

seized from the office

of the First Secretary of State,

2:30:412:30:44

Damian Green.

2:30:442:30:45

Mr Green has denied looking

at pornography at work.

2:30:452:30:47

Neil Lewis, a computer forensics

specialist, examined the device

2:30:472:30:49

during an inquiry into Government

leaks in 2008.

2:30:492:30:52

He's now retired, and he spoke

to our home affairs

2:30:522:30:54

correspondent Danny Shaw.

2:30:542:30:58

How can you be sure

that it was Damian Green

2:30:582:31:00

who was accessing pornography?

2:31:002:31:04

There's sort of a phrase, "You can't

put fingers on a keyboard."

2:31:042:31:07

So I can't say that, but...

2:31:072:31:11

The computer was in Mr Green's

office on his desk,

2:31:112:31:16

logged in, you know,

to his account, his name.

2:31:162:31:20

In between browsing

pornography he was sending

2:31:202:31:26

e-mails from his account,

his personal account.

2:31:262:31:29

Reading documents,

writing documents.

2:31:292:31:35

Health inspectors have ordered

a review of all NHS radiology

2:31:382:31:40

services in England,

after a hospital in Portsmouth

2:31:402:31:42

failed to spot three

cases of lung cancer.

2:31:422:31:45

The investigation by

the Care Quality Commission found

2:31:452:31:47

that 20,000 scans had not been

assessed correctly at

2:31:472:31:50

the Queen Alexandra Hospital,

and that junior doctors had been

2:31:502:31:52

left to interpret the results

without the appropriate training.

2:31:522:31:57

The trust has apologised

to the families affected.

2:31:572:32:00

The Royal Bank of Scotland has

announced it's to close 259

2:32:002:32:03

branches across the UK,

meaning 680 job losses

2:32:032:32:06

across the company.

The banks says it's due to more

2:32:062:32:09

customers using mobile

or online techology.

2:32:092:32:13

The number of customers

using branches has fallen

2:32:132:32:15

by 40% since 2014.

2:32:152:32:18

The location of those branches

is unknown and will be

2:32:182:32:21

revealed later this morning,

but affected staff have

2:32:212:32:23

already been told.

2:32:232:32:27

MPs scrutinising the Government's

Brexit plans says border controls

2:32:272:32:29

between Northern Ireland

and the Irish Republic

2:32:292:32:32

are inevitable if the UK leaves

the EU single market

2:32:322:32:34

and customs union.

2:32:342:32:37

The Commons Brexit Committee says

ministers have failed to explain how

2:32:372:32:40

the issue can be resolved

and that the proposals

2:32:402:32:42

they've come up with,

such as the use of technology,

2:32:422:32:45

are untested and speculative.

2:32:452:32:48

Survivors and those who lost loved

ones in the Grenfell fire say

2:32:482:32:51

the public inquiry into the disaster

will be a whitewash

2:32:512:32:54

unless a diverse panel is appointed

to oversee the proceedings.

2:32:542:32:58

The Government says the process

is ongoing, but campaigners

2:32:582:33:00

are urging the Prime Minister

to intervene and say the chairman,

2:33:002:33:03

Sir Martin Moore Bick,

should sit with a range of people

2:33:032:33:06

who understand the issues facing

those affected by the disaster.

2:33:062:33:10

The Argentine navy has abandoned

efforts to rescue the 44 crew

2:33:102:33:13

members of a submarine that

disappeared two weeks ago.

2:33:132:33:18

Thousands of people have been

involved in the search

2:33:182:33:20

for the San Juan, covering a 40,000

square kilometre area

2:33:202:33:23

of the South Atlantic.

2:33:232:33:25

The authorities say they will still

try to locate the wreckage.

2:33:252:33:31

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

are to carry out their first joint

2:33:312:33:35

official visit later.

The couple, who announced

2:33:352:33:37

their engagement on Monday,

will meet members of the public

2:33:372:33:40

at a charity fair and a school

in Nottingham later.

2:33:402:33:45

They're due to get married

at Windsor Castle in May.

2:33:452:33:55

Those are the main stories. Mike is

here with the sport, is the World

2:33:562:34:00

Cup draw happening later this

morning?

2:34:002:34:03

No, this afternoon. All the teams

and fans from around the world can

2:34:032:34:07

look at the maps of fresh it to plan

their journeys. The flights they

2:34:072:34:12

will take, the sleeper trains -- can

look at the maps of Russia. We have

2:34:122:34:16

11 time zones in one country. It is

not just who you draw, it is where

2:34:162:34:21

you are drawn. You could be

travelling 10,000 miles. Gary

2:34:212:34:33

Lineker will be live at the Kremlin.

It is on the BBC at 3pm. We have

2:34:332:34:39

been trying to come up with the best

and worst scenarios. Here are some

2:34:392:34:43

pictures of the draw getting ready

outside the Kremlin.

2:34:432:34:48

In the rehearsals England drew

Brazil twice in Argentina once, you

2:34:482:34:53

might think Russia are in the best

case scenario, they are the lowest

2:34:532:34:58

ranked team in this competition, but

they are in the pot of top seeds

2:34:582:35:01

because they are the hosts, and

Senegal and Saudi Arabia are not

2:35:012:35:06

looking too good on current form.

The worst-case scenario, the world

2:35:062:35:11

number one team Germany, Costa Rica

who helped put England out of the

2:35:112:35:17

last World Cup Nigeria.

But to play against Russia on their

2:35:172:35:20

home turf in the early stages of the

World Cup would be hard?

2:35:202:35:24

Hosts always have a bit of an

advantage and an incentive with the

2:35:242:35:28

crowds, but they have been so poor.

They have not qualified in any

2:35:282:35:32

competitive matches for a while.

Google we have had the debate about

2:35:322:35:36

whether you want to see England play

really good competitive football or

2:35:362:35:40

have easy right?

Or just get through, which has

2:35:402:35:45

proven difficult in recent times.

The Russian authorities are

2:35:452:35:49

hoping... They say computers will

make sure that the draw grows

2:35:492:35:52

smoothly. It is like the Eurovision

Song Contest, lots of singing and

2:35:522:35:57

dancing. Let's remind you of 1982,

when it went badly wrong. Belgium

2:35:572:36:02

and Scotland were placed in the

wrong sort of the board and it

2:36:022:36:06

descended into what you could only

describe as toe curling farce.

2:36:062:36:11

And the ball is taken back.

Sensation is much overused word in

2:36:112:36:16

sport, there is some possibility of

a redraw.

2:36:162:36:21

Also we have a broken ball, as well

as a problem cage.

2:36:212:36:26

Our own FA councillors have been

accused of dropping a ball or tee in

2:36:262:36:30

the past but I do not think we have

seen anything surpass that.

2:36:302:36:37

Balls came apart inside the cage,

the Cage broke, Belgium and Scotland

2:36:372:36:41

were drawn in the wrong parts of the

draw. It was all confusing.

2:36:412:36:47

Argentina and Brazil with October,

they had to put a ball back and

2:36:472:36:51

redraw.

Is there a cage involved today?

2:36:512:36:55

Glass bowls, we have seen them in

rehearsal. It looks neater than the

2:36:552:36:59

old cage, which is problematic.

So it is not a computer?

A computer

2:36:592:37:05

helps make sure teams are not put in

the wrong place. There can be more

2:37:052:37:10

than two European teams in the same

pool, if you like, so many rules. --

2:37:102:37:14

there cannot be more than two

European teams.

2:37:142:37:18

This time tomorrow we'll

all be talking about

2:37:182:37:20

the Rugby League World Cup final,

and will be building up to England v

2:37:202:37:23

Australia, here on Breakfast.

2:37:232:37:24

And overnight we've heard the big

news that England's captain

2:37:242:37:27

Sean O'Loughlin has been ruled out

with a thigh strain.

2:37:272:37:29

Sam Burgess will lead the side.

2:37:292:37:35

He has experience, thankfully.

2:37:352:37:36

He captained England in last year's,

Four Nations series,

2:37:362:37:39

and assistant coach Dennis Betts

said Burgess was a doer and a leader

2:37:392:37:42

and the natural replacement.

2:37:422:37:46

In recent years it has been

Australia or New Zealand winning the

2:37:462:37:50

World Cup. England will be the

underdogs tomorrow. It starts live

2:37:502:37:53

on the BBC at 9am tomorrow.

Sometimes coming in as an underdog

2:37:532:37:57

is good.

I agree. Thank you, Mike.

2:37:572:38:01

All this week on Breakfast

we've been discussing

2:38:012:38:03

special educational needs,

looking at the challenges faced

2:38:032:38:05

by disabled children

and their families.

2:38:052:38:13

We are lucky to have been invited to

Piper Hill high school in

2:38:132:38:18

Wythenshawe, a remarkable place.

Lewies has been there through the

2:38:182:38:21

morning to meet some rather

inspirational young people.

2:38:212:38:28

Thank you both so much. Good

morning. Charlie, you are right, it

2:38:282:38:33

has been inspiring to be here all

day. We have been inspired here on

2:38:332:38:38

Breakfast buy all your messages from

parents, teachers, carers, whoever

2:38:382:38:43

it might be, who have engaged with

us over the subject of special

2:38:432:38:46

educational needs over the last

week. Thank you for those questions.

2:38:462:38:50

I will talk about that over the next

half-hour, before we do the next

2:38:502:38:55

thing I want to introduce you to

Linda Jones, the head teacher here.

2:38:552:39:06

Diane is herewith Josh, one of the

classroom assistants. We will talk

2:39:062:39:08

about him in a moment. Jonathan

Bartley is joint leader of the

2:39:082:39:10

greens and has personal experience

of this, he has a son with special

2:39:102:39:13

educational needs, and Graham

Robson, a head teacher at another

2:39:132:39:15

special school. We have so much to

discuss. What has been striking is

2:39:152:39:19

that this is a school where things

are the same but a bit different. We

2:39:192:39:24

know from our responses and

investigations that many parents

2:39:242:39:26

would like their children to come to

a school like this in England. In

2:39:262:39:31

Scotland there is also an emphasis

on mainstreaming of children, Lorna

2:39:312:39:36

Gordon has investigated what that

means and what it is like.

2:39:362:39:39

# Hark the herald angels sing...

2:39:392:39:40

It's morning at the Juniper Green

Primary School in Edinburgh.

2:39:402:39:44

On the timetable for these children

in the fourth year of primary -

2:39:442:39:47

music, spelling, story time...

2:39:472:39:50

..And their daily mile of exercise.

2:39:512:39:55

Ewan, who has cerebral palsy,

takes part in all of

2:39:552:39:57

the classes and activities.

2:39:572:39:59

He has really good friends here.

2:39:592:40:01

What's her name?

2:40:012:40:02

Phoebe.

2:40:022:40:03

That's Phoebe?

2:40:032:40:04

And he has one-to-one help

throughout the school day.

2:40:042:40:07

You and Ewan spend

a lot of time together?

2:40:072:40:09

We're together quite a lot.

2:40:092:40:11

We're together every morning

and we've been together every

2:40:112:40:13

morning for about three years.

2:40:132:40:14

I get a lot back from Ewan.

2:40:142:40:16

He is a happy wee boy

and he enjoys himself at school.

2:40:162:40:19

In Scotland, the aim is to keep

children with additional support

2:40:192:40:21

needs in mainstream schools.

2:40:212:40:24

In England, there's been an increase

in special schools and fewer

2:40:242:40:27

children kept in mainstream ones.

2:40:272:40:30

Ewan's mum Jane says the Scottish

system has worked well for her son.

2:40:302:40:34

It has given him a sense

of belonging to his community

2:40:342:40:37

and a sense of worth and respect.

2:40:372:40:42

He's with his brother and sister.

2:40:422:40:43

His independence has increased.

2:40:432:40:46

And he really seems to enjoy it?

2:40:462:40:47

Loves school.

2:40:472:40:49

The teachers here believe the policy

of inclusiveness is good for Ewan

2:40:492:40:52

and for everyone else

in the school, too.

2:40:522:40:56

It's been lovely seeing him grow,

flourish and develop

2:40:562:40:58

in his time here.

2:40:582:41:01

And I think for the children that

are within his class,

2:41:012:41:05

they benefit hugely,

learning to understand sort

2:41:052:41:07

of different disabilities

and different needs and that

2:41:072:41:09

children are all the

same on the inside.

2:41:092:41:13

A quarter of children

in Scotland have what's called

2:41:132:41:15

here additional support needs.

2:41:152:41:17

In England it's around one in seven.

2:41:172:41:20

But there's a much

broader definition here,

2:41:202:41:23

which includes family

circumstances, health, disability.

2:41:232:41:26

And though the number receiving

extra help in Scotland has

2:41:262:41:29

in recent years gone up,

the number of specialist support

2:41:292:41:31

teachers has dropped.

2:41:312:41:34

There absolutely is a squeeze

and there is pressure

2:41:342:41:36

on the workforce in schools to meet

the broad range of

2:41:362:41:38

needs of their pupils.

2:41:382:41:42

But there's also exceptionally good

practice, so it's the exceptionally

2:41:422:41:44

good practice taking place

that we need to really learn from.

2:41:442:41:49

These mums, who take their children

to The Yard, an adventure play

2:41:492:41:52

centre for disabled children,

told me their priority

2:41:522:41:54

is the right to choose.

2:41:542:41:58

I want an autism school for my son,

which has those small classes

2:41:582:42:01

of about six that he will get

the best education,

2:42:012:42:04

because at the moment

when he is in a mainstream

2:42:042:42:07

environment he is depressive

and he is overwhelmed.

2:42:072:42:11

For our daughter, it was

clear that she got a lot

2:42:112:42:14

more from mainstream

because what they were offering

2:42:142:42:16

was more appropriate to how

she learns and what she wanted

2:42:162:42:20

to learn about.

2:42:202:42:21

The Scottish Government says

children should be schooled

2:42:212:42:23

where their needs are best met,

either in special schools

2:42:232:42:25

or mainstream ones.

2:42:252:42:28

The local school has

worked out well for Ewan.

2:42:282:42:30

His family wouldn't

want it any other way.

2:42:302:42:37

It is wonderful to see you in

clearly enjoying school. I want to

2:42:422:42:47

pick up on some of those themes,

particularly the right to choose

2:42:472:42:52

that was mentioned. Linda, you are a

head teacher. Tell us a bit about

2:42:522:42:56

the pupils who are here?

They are

aged 11 to 19 with very significant

2:42:562:43:03

learning difficulties and associated

other difficulties as well.

2:43:032:43:06

You have talked about celebrating

difference.

That is our core

2:43:062:43:12

purpose, celebrate difference, make

sure every student makes outstanding

2:43:122:43:16

progress and we really, really try

to look up the steps of learning and

2:43:162:43:20

the wider curriculum to prepare

students with their families for

2:43:202:43:23

when students leave school.

It has

been an amazing experience to be

2:43:232:43:28

here today. Some parents are finding

it difficult to get to places like

2:43:282:43:32

this, how do the children get a

place here?

2:43:322:43:35

Students get a place here via the

local authority. Many students have

2:43:352:43:40

come maybe from mainstream schools,

and one of the things we really

2:43:402:43:43

understand the parents is it is

really good that they have a right

2:43:432:43:46

to choose whether it is mainstream

special. They know their child the

2:43:462:43:51

best. -- whether it is mainstream or

special. I have been here for 30

2:43:512:43:56

years, it is very important to take

on those parents' wishes.

2:43:562:44:01

Dan, thank you for bringing in Josh.

It is a bit like Gogglebox, we would

2:44:012:44:05

like on the sofa. -- like him on the

sofa. As well as being joint leader

2:44:052:44:13

of the Green Party you have your own

experience of special educational

2:44:132:44:16

needs from your son Sam.

He is

powered wheelchair user, he has

2:44:162:44:22

differentiated curriculum at a

mainstream school, has a smaller

2:44:222:44:25

nurture Parton joins other classes.

You talked about choice, every

2:44:252:44:29

parent wants an education that works

for child. Every parent should have

2:44:292:44:34

the opportunity for a mainstream

education that works for their

2:44:342:44:38

child, whatever their child's

challenges and difficulties. There

2:44:382:44:42

are problems of funding across the

board, every school is being

2:44:422:44:45

squeezed very hard in the current

context of cuts. And the mainstream

2:44:452:44:51

education is becoming increasingly

academically focused rather than the

2:44:512:44:54

flourishing of children generally,

meeting emotional intelligence, the

2:44:542:44:58

ability to relate. We have a very

narrow focus, which excludes many

2:44:582:45:02

children and parents find they have

no option except to go to a special

2:45:022:45:06

school or home.

It was imported to you that he went

2:45:062:45:11

to a mainstream school, why has it

made a difference?

It has made a

2:45:112:45:15

difference to him and to the

children at the school as well. At

2:45:152:45:18

his primary school, when he, in

inverted commas, run the hundred

2:45:182:45:22

metres with his other classmates,

that was the first time in that

2:45:222:45:26

school that everyone realise the

taking part mattered, not winning.

2:45:262:45:30

As parents we like to see it is

great to see kids take part but we

2:45:302:45:33

like them to win, when he took part

in sports dazedly people realise it

2:45:332:45:37

is much more than the trophy, it is

taking part, the relationships.

That

2:45:372:45:43

was a seminal moment for him and

everybody watching?

A hugely

2:45:432:45:48

significant moment and the result

was in subsequent sports days

2:45:482:45:52

Paralympic sports were introduced,

there was a rich education. When we

2:45:522:45:57

include children and don't

segregate, when we get everyone

2:45:572:45:59

together we all benefit.

2:45:592:46:05

Graham Robson, you are headteacher

of a special school in Crawley. What

2:46:052:46:09

are you facing at the moment?

I

would concur with everything that

2:46:092:46:14

has been said already around the

aspiration of parents and how they

2:46:142:46:17

would like to choose. The trouble is

the right to choose the right

2:46:172:46:21

provision is being compromised in

some areas of the country by a

2:46:212:46:23

chronic lack of funding. I run a

school in west Sussex which is the

2:46:232:46:28

third lowest funded authority in the

country. Special schools are not

2:46:282:46:32

part of the National funding

formula, so whatever small increases

2:46:322:46:36

in mainstream schools are getting,

we won't get any increase at all. I

2:46:362:46:40

am already at the stage where my

staffing is so low because of the

2:46:402:46:44

cuts I've had to make over the last

three years that I'm now in the

2:46:442:46:47

position of having to phone parents

up and say, on an individual basis,

2:46:472:46:52

if we have key members of staff out,

I can't have your son or daughter in

2:46:522:46:59

today and I am sorry.

Which has a

massive impact on them, presumably?

2:46:592:47:03

A massive impact and I take my

responsibility as a public service

2:47:032:47:07

-- is a public servant very

seriously to provide the best

2:47:072:47:13

education we can.

You are on the

front line and that can have

2:47:132:47:16

physical implications at times as

well, can't it?

Absolutely. I

2:47:162:47:21

suppose one of our concerns at the

moment that the squeeze on our

2:47:212:47:25

funding is making the word risk much

more prominent in my mind. A couple

2:47:252:47:28

of years ago I was working with some

staff with an autistic youngster and

2:47:282:47:34

I was knocked out. I was taken to

hospital in an ambulance. Since that

2:47:342:47:39

time, we have taken on more

youngsters and our budget has been

2:47:392:47:44

cut by £70,000 per year so I am

going into work at the moment not

2:47:442:47:49

quite sure whether today is the day

that something is going to happen

2:47:492:47:51

that's going to put me on the front

page of the newspapers.

Which is, I

2:47:512:47:56

mean, I don't even know how to

respond to that.

But an enormous

2:47:562:48:01

amount of responsibility. I feel the

responsibility for my staff who are

2:48:012:48:06

doing an incredible job trying to

make up the gaps in staffing that I

2:48:062:48:09

am having to tell them we haven't

got any choice over.

We have asked

2:48:092:48:16

for a government minister repeatedly

over the last few weeks and they

2:48:162:48:18

haven't heard anybody up to talk to

us, even though we have, as we have

2:48:182:48:23

said on the programme, asked

repeatedly. We do have a quote from

2:48:232:48:27

them about funding go from the

Department for Education. They say

2:48:272:48:31

they have fundamentally reformed the

special needs education system to

2:48:312:48:34

put families at its heart, backed by

over £250 million investment to

2:48:342:48:39

support local authorities. They are

talking about there is more money?

2:48:392:48:44

But it's not being distributed

fairly. West Sussex has been told

2:48:442:48:47

they won't get any more money in

their higher needs block for the

2:48:472:48:51

next three years. The reason West

Sussex spent so much money on higher

2:48:512:48:56

needs is because mainstream schools

have been chronically underfunded

2:48:562:48:58

for so long that as we have just

been discussing about the need for

2:48:582:49:03

inclusive education, West Sussex

schools do not have the capacity to

2:49:032:49:06

do this.

You seem to be saying this

is a postcode lottery. We are trying

2:49:062:49:10

to get a response.

Is that what is

happening in some ways? There is an

2:49:102:49:19

element of that. Let's remind

ourselves what we have just heard.

2:49:192:49:21

We have heard their rascals having

to send their peoples home because

2:49:212:49:24

they do not have enough money. -- we

have heard there are schools having

2:49:242:49:29

to send their students home because

they do not have enough money. That

2:49:292:49:33

is absolutely shocking in the 21st

century. There are regional

2:49:332:49:37

variations but it is coming from the

top down.

We did ask them whether

2:49:372:49:41

that money is ring fenced,

guaranteed to be spent only in this

2:49:412:49:45

area, and they said no to that. We

will continue, we have been so

2:49:452:49:50

impressed with our audience here, we

will continue asking questions.

2:49:502:49:54

Shall we talk about the dog? Because

he is here and we all love him. What

2:49:542:49:59

is the purpose of having a therapy

dog?

Because a therapeutic purpose.

2:49:592:50:06

For many students, they are very

calming, and for other students, it

2:50:062:50:12

is very important for them to

overcome phobias so they can live a

2:50:122:50:15

life where they can go out onto the

street and walked past a dog.

You

2:50:152:50:20

have one girl who couldn't leave the

house because she was so frightened?

2:50:202:50:26

Yes, she can travel independently

but you are so frightened of dogs

2:50:262:50:29

she couldn't. Over two years, she

began to tolerate the dog and that

2:50:292:50:33

can now get to school independently

on her own on the bus.

Thank you

2:50:332:50:38

very much. Diane, I haven't spoken

to you, but thank you very much for

2:50:382:50:43

bringing him in. We will continue

the discussion and hear more about

2:50:432:50:47

what it is like living at home with

a child with special educational

2:50:472:50:50

needs every day. First though, the

weather with

2:50:502:50:52

needs every day. First though, the

weather with Matt. Thanks, Louise.

2:50:522:50:58

You can argue with this as a

location? I am at Brighton Pavilion

2:50:582:51:03

on ice and I have managed so far to

stay successfully on my feet. It is

2:51:032:51:08

the start me to logically speaking

as the first day of winter, the 1st

2:51:082:51:15

of December, with eyes across parts

of northern England but changes are

2:51:152:51:25

of that. Let's take a look at the

forecast this weekend. Turning more

2:51:252:51:31

mild and a good deal more cloudy.

Some of the milder weather is coming

2:51:312:51:36

into Scotland at the moment, a bit

more cloud around here, but the rest

2:51:362:51:41

of Scotland, sunshine ahead. Sunny

start as well across northern

2:51:412:51:46

England and the Pennines. Eight view

showers still around this morning,

2:51:462:51:49

mainly of rain now. The temperatures

have lifted a bit compared with

2:51:492:51:53

yesterday. There is still a bit of

sleet on the hills and the chance of

2:51:532:51:57

ice in one or two spots. The wind is

easing down but even here it has got

2:51:572:52:03

quite a chill to it. East Anglia,

the south-east soon be strongest of

2:52:032:52:07

the winds today. Lovely sunny day

across much of western England and

2:52:072:52:15

Wales. After a frosty start, just

one or two very isolated showers.

2:52:152:52:20

Northern Ireland starting sunny as

well. Breathe a day, the cloud will

2:52:202:52:24

increase. It's not just in Northern

Ireland. Scotland could see a lot

2:52:242:52:31

more cloud as well as we head into

the afternoon, with some patchy

2:52:312:52:33

light rain and drizzle. The cloud

will thicken up later in the day

2:52:332:52:38

across the far north of England, but

with showers in the east fading

2:52:382:52:43

away, probably confined to coastal

districts, temperatures will be up a

2:52:432:52:50

degree or two on yesterday, but

wherever you are, it is still a

2:52:502:52:55

chilly day. Overnight, frosts could

form very quickly that temperatures

2:52:552:53:01

will rise overnight as cloud spreads

its way southwards bringing rain

2:53:012:53:05

here and there. A few breaks in the

cloud will send it back close to

2:53:052:53:10

freezing meaning there could be a

little frost and ice around for one

2:53:102:53:14

or two as we start Saturday morning.

The milder weather is on its way but

2:53:142:53:18

it will take awhile. Saturday starts

cloudier than the last few days. The

2:53:182:53:23

top and tail of the country most

likely to see rain and drizzle

2:53:232:53:26

around. Milder air at this stage

only confined to Scotland, Northern

2:53:262:53:37

Ireland and maybe western England

and Wales. For all of us vote on

2:53:372:53:42

Sunday, milder air in place. Maybe

some drizzle across the west, most

2:53:422:53:48

having a dry day on Sunday, and a

bright one to the east of high

2:53:482:53:54

ground with sunny spells.

Temperatures up to a high of 11

2:53:542:53:57

degrees. That is how it is looking.

It stays mild into next week. We

2:53:572:54:01

will have more from Monday but from

the Brighton Pavilion for now, have

2:54:012:54:07

a great weekend. Back to you,

Louise.

2:54:072:54:10

a great weekend. Back to you,

Louise. Thank you very much for that

2:54:102:54:13

and thank you all for joining us. We

will talk now about what it is like

2:54:132:54:17

to live with a child with special

needs. John Paul Horsley from the

2:54:172:54:22

band Big Brother is, thank you for

joining us, Tanya, thank you for

2:54:222:54:30

joining us, you have a website

called special-needs jungle, and

2:54:302:54:34

your son Giorgio. And George Baylis.

George, we will start with you. You

2:54:342:54:39

have twin boys.

I do. One has

classic autism and one has a working

2:54:392:54:48

diagnosis of autism. Both have

sensory disorders as well and speech

2:54:482:54:53

and language issues. That was

diagnosed early for us, at about two

2:54:532:54:58

and a half years, they are now five,

so we have been working to exist and

2:54:582:55:04

function within a school.

How would

you describe daily life?

2:55:042:55:10

Challenging. One of the issues with

autism that comes along is that

2:55:102:55:16

sleep is disturbed. My son who is

disabled by his differences will

2:55:162:55:20

typically sleep between four and six

hours a day in total and that is

2:55:202:55:25

broken sleep, so it can be two hours

here, four hours here, so my wife

2:55:252:55:29

and I take it intends to deal with

him through the night and try to

2:55:292:55:33

keep the rest of the household as

well able to sleep and function

2:55:332:55:36

throughout the day. That is quite

challenging, especially for him,

2:55:362:55:40

because obviously when you are

tired, you are more. Your behaviour

2:55:402:55:49

is not as good and your ability to

function and processes also affected

2:55:492:55:51

by that. It kind of compounds his

autism.

I can see both of you to

2:55:512:55:56

parents nodding. Shall I come to

you, Tanya. You have got two sons.

2:55:562:56:00

Please tell us about them. Luke and

Giorgio. Luke is nearly 20 Giorgio

2:56:002:56:10

is 18. They both have autism, as

Burgess as it was. It was clear to

2:56:102:56:18

me that there was something

different about them but lots of

2:56:182:56:22

people said, well, you know, they

are just young. But we knew. They

2:56:222:56:29

ended up from mainstream, where they

weren't thriving, into an

2:56:292:56:34

independent specialist school which

was fantastic for them and Giorgio

2:56:342:56:38

is now at university, and his

brother. Which is just great news.

2:56:382:56:43

Jean-Paul, tell us about your son.

My son is called Richard Michael,

2:56:432:56:50

and he has classic autism. He is

nonverbal and are currently at a

2:56:502:56:59

specialist school in London and

doing really well. He was previously

2:56:592:57:04

at a mainstream school where he was

deemed as not being able to be

2:57:042:57:09

educated, so he was moved and we

fought for him. Now he has moved, he

2:57:092:57:15

has come along leaps and bounds, so

it was a good decision to move him,

2:57:152:57:20

for sure.

What is striking,

listening to everything and reading

2:57:202:57:23

all the e-mails, everyone who has

gotten in contact, it is the pride,

2:57:232:57:29

the love for their children and

there are so many people out there

2:57:292:57:33

fighting.

You just mention that as

well. Definitely. When Richard was

2:57:332:57:38

diagnosed, I left the music

industry, I had music contracts in

2:57:382:57:42

place but I asked everyone to leave

me alone so I could focus on my son.

2:57:422:57:47

It might have had an adverse effect

on my career but my family life is

2:57:472:57:51

so much better, so I am happy I made

the right decision.

Go on, you were

2:57:512:57:56

studying to become a lawyer?

Yes,

the year the boys were born I passed

2:57:562:58:02

my law degree with honours and I was

on my way to certification. That is

2:58:022:58:09

when the sleep became the problem

and the problem is compounded and I

2:58:092:58:12

wasn't able to do that. But I have

been able to work with a charity who

2:58:122:58:20

provides legal advice to parents to

help them get a functional plan.

2:58:202:58:23

They does same to be a groundswell

-- seem to be a groundswell of

2:58:232:58:29

support for this and you are part of

that, Tanya?

Yes, I started my

2:58:292:58:35

website to explain, and I am a

journalist by profession, which I

2:58:352:58:38

had to give up.

I am sitting here

with three parents and you have all

2:58:382:58:43

effectively had to give up on your

careers cutter and your wife as

2:58:432:58:48

well? Go on, Tanya.

You started your

website. Because I didn't have as

2:58:482:58:52

big fight as many parents I knew

whose children were far more

2:58:522:58:56

disabled than my own and because I'd

set about writing it as a report,

2:58:562:59:02

looking at any areas where they

might argue with me, effectively

2:59:022:59:06

cutting them off, I thought, OK, I'm

going to write this down to help

2:59:062:59:10

other parents and it's just grown

over the years and now we have about

2:59:102:59:14

150,000 views a month. 23,000 likes

on Facebook. It's really taken off

2:59:142:59:21

and what we are hearing is that far

from being made better since the

2:59:212:59:26

reforms we have been talking about,

it is actually worse for very many

2:59:262:59:30

people. Parents are losing support

when they have been promised by the

2:59:302:59:34

Minister himself that it wouldn't

happen, but it has happened.

2:59:342:59:42

John Paul, I see you nodding.

Definitely, as far as support goes

2:59:422:59:46

there is not a lot out there. Over

the years it has been less and less

2:59:462:59:51

and less. As a parent I have seen

lots of the cuts and how it has

2:59:512:59:55

affected my family in particular. I

know lots of people at home are not

2:59:553:00:00

as privileged as myself. So I am

able to afford the support if I

3:00:003:00:05

cannot get it for free or whatever.

Lots of other parents are not in

3:00:053:00:10

opposition.

Giorgio, you have come

through the educational system and

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are at university, how are things

going for you?

It is great. I get a

3:00:153:00:25

lot of support. I never really felt

like an acoustic child. I have been

3:00:253:00:32

able to focus on developing as a

person rather than focusing on my

3:00:323:00:37

needs.

Which is a really positive

message. Another thing, you have all

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had to give up your jobs and the

three of you recently have been

3:00:413:00:45

diagnosed with...

I was diagnosed

with Asperger's syndrome, which is a

3:00:453:00:51

type of autism.

Recently? A bug in

April, in fact. They would call it

3:00:513:00:57

high functioning autism, I just

think makes me Superman because my

3:00:573:01:01

ears and eyes are amazing. Detail,

possibly.

I am not perfect with

3:01:013:01:07

speech, that is my thing.

Add you as

well, diagnosed with autism or...?

3:01:073:01:13

The same thing. I kind of knew but

it was only when the boys started

3:01:133:01:17

saying you are autistic as well but

I thought I would pursue it.

I don't

3:01:173:01:28

have a formal diagnosis but when you

are talking about you are autistic

3:01:283:01:30

as well, the traits, the Apple does

not fall far from the tree and you

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see a lot of the same things in

yourself. Testing online, which is

3:01:333:01:37

available for some autism

conditions, it is tick, tick, tick.

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That is what makes are so

determined.

It is really

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inspirational to Choo ball, thank

you all for your time. We will come

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back to this in a couple of moments,

we will be speaking to Nikki Fox as

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well. Keep e-mailing, but now it is

the regional news wherever you

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happen to be watching.

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And back at 1:30pm. See you.

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Welcome back and thank you for

watching. We will be talking about

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really positive messages, hopefully,

in the next five minutes or so. We

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have Nikki Fox, you will recognise

her. How long have you been on the

3:03:543:03:58

programme?

Three years now.

It is

always wonderful to have you here.

3:03:583:04:02

Laura James is a journalist, we can

also speak to a maths teacher, Abed,

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one of our viewers, you have been

watching this week and you will

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explain why you are here.

I have

been stammering since I was four,

3:04:153:04:20

struggling to speak since that young

age. I have been struggling at

3:04:203:04:23

school to voice my opinion is, or

even just putting up my hands. So I

3:04:233:04:32

was told that I might struggle to

become a teacher because of my

3:04:323:04:35

stammer. So that put me down for a

bit but I did not let it stop me

3:04:353:04:43

from becoming a teacher at a

secondary school. As soon as I

3:04:433:04:47

became a teacher the first thing

that I wanted to do was run my own

3:04:473:04:54

stammer support sessions. So I work

with about ten pupils in my school,

3:04:543:04:59

they have got the same struggle as

me. Some of them struggle way more

3:04:593:05:03

than me and some not as much. What

we do in these sessions, fun things,

3:05:033:05:10

just to get them to talk. The things

we do is like drama play, teaching

3:05:103:05:14

them basic things like how to speak

to people over the phone and basic

3:05:143:05:21

things like telling your name, I

really struggle to say my name.

I

3:05:213:05:26

felt bad, because I asked you

earlier.

And I was struggling to

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just say my name. So I just try and

teach those kids those small

3:05:323:05:36

techniques. I tend to just... Just

to get their confidence up.

It is an

3:05:363:05:43

amazing thing that you are doing,

and it is amazing what you have

3:05:433:05:47

managed to do. Richard Brown, you

are a drama teacher, special needs

3:05:473:05:51

outstanding teacher of the year, I

think more than once.

Just the once.

3:05:513:05:56

Thank you for joining us. Drummer

helps you, we will come to you in a

3:05:563:06:01

second, but how does that help young

people? -- drama helps you.

It

3:06:013:06:09

promote self-esteem, confidence,

social skills, we try to use it at

3:06:093:06:12

our school in everything we do, the

arts, we find the impact is amazing.

3:06:123:06:18

You have these young people that

come in and they are not

3:06:183:06:21

particularly confident, don't really

know themselves, by the time they

3:06:213:06:24

leave school they have been

performances, being on stage, made

3:06:243:06:28

films and they leave the school

knowing who they are and feeling

3:06:283:06:31

confident.

Let's talk about your work, you are

3:06:313:06:37

a journalist and you have your own,

in some ways, special education

3:06:373:06:41

needs, but you did not know?

I was

diagnosed with autism very late,

3:06:413:06:45

which I think is quite common for

women, surprisingly common. We

3:06:453:06:50

generally have quite a stereotypical

view of what autism is and women

3:06:503:06:53

tend not to fit that. It was a bit

of a surprise.

I have talked to you

3:06:533:06:58

about this before, was at a good

thing, the diagnosis?

I think it

3:06:583:07:02

really was. If you know stuff about

yourself then you are prepared and

3:07:023:07:09

can deal with life on a better

footing. Before I was diagnosed I

3:07:093:07:14

always knew something was different

about me and my brain is the type

3:07:143:07:17

that wants to know everything. Not

knowing what it was was really quite

3:07:173:07:22

confusing.

As a journalist, that is

a top skill?

3:07:223:07:28

It is great, you get to ask

difficult questions and you get to

3:07:283:07:32

really think and dig deeper into a

topic, which is brilliant and a

3:07:323:07:36

great way of interacting.

With autism, for some people, me

3:07:363:07:41

particularly, small talk and be

excruciating. If you get to walk

3:07:413:07:45

into somebody's house and ask all

the questions everybody wants to and

3:07:453:07:48

are paid to do it, it is really

cool.

Nikki, we see you reporting

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but I never get to ask you how life

was like for you growing up, how was

3:07:553:08:00

school?

It is amazing, quite

frankly, that I have this job. I

3:08:003:08:05

went to a mainstream primary school

but they had other disabled people

3:08:053:08:08

at the school, they had an amazing

physiotherapy pool, which was great,

3:08:083:08:13

but they took me out of all of my

core subjects to go for a swim, so I

3:08:133:08:17

always say I am a great swimmer and

a bit sick!

You just missed out

3:08:173:08:22

on... -- I am a great swimmer but a

bit thick.

I have amazing parent, it

3:08:223:08:33

was not easy for them, they worked

so hard so I could do everything I

3:08:333:08:36

wanted to do. -- amazing parents. I

am lucky, I am blessed with an

3:08:363:08:44

upbeat personality and I have that

naturally. That is not saying it is

3:08:443:08:48

not difficult. Early in my career I

did not really have support and it

3:08:483:08:55

was a struggle, I would literally

pull up in London in a parking space

3:08:553:08:58

and stop a stranger and say I had to

get to a meeting, can you help me

3:08:583:09:02

get my scooter out the boot of my

car, can you help me onto the

3:09:023:09:06

scooter? I was winning it for a long

time. You can be happy and positive

3:09:063:09:10

a lot of the time if you are

naturally like that but there are

3:09:103:09:13

times when it gets tough.

Oh, sure.

You have a wallow in the car, a

3:09:133:09:20

little cry, listen to Kate Bush and

you are over it.

You are amazing.

3:09:203:09:28

Abed, you mentioned support, when

you were young and struggling with

3:09:283:09:31

your stomach, would that have made a

difference?

It would have made a

3:09:313:09:35

massive difference. The first time I

got supporters when I was 19, I

3:09:353:09:39

waited until I was that age.

-- when

you were young and struggling with

3:09:393:09:46

your stammer, would that have made a

difference?

I don't blame the

3:09:463:09:51

teachers, but I feel now that kids

are a bit more supported now than

3:09:513:09:55

before, but I am sure more can be

done.

3:09:553:09:58

For the kids who go to your club, I

don't know what it is called?

The

3:09:583:10:05

stammer support group.

Must be so

inspiring for them to see you, you

3:10:053:10:09

are a maths teacher, it is

fantastic.

I hope so. Because I can

3:10:093:10:16

tell that they are making progress,

they are getting a bit louder now.

3:10:163:10:23

It is fine by me as long as they are

confident. I don't want them even to

3:10:233:10:29

hide their stammer, stammer

confidently. It is about what they

3:10:293:10:34

say and how they say it.

This is a

very good point. Laura, so many

3:10:343:10:40

people have got in touch this week,

at this school what has been really

3:10:403:10:46

striking is celebrating difference.

How important do you think that is,

3:10:463:10:51

going forward?

I think it is very

important. I don't think there is

3:10:513:10:55

anything inherently wrong with being

autistic, it is a difference between

3:10:553:10:58

a Mac and a PC or a cat or a dog,

nothing is better, they are is

3:10:583:11:11

important we recognise that. There

are things I am able to do that my

3:11:113:11:13

neurotypical peers would bowl cut,

there are things I struggle with,

3:11:133:11:16

equally, but that is true of

everyone. If we can make it

3:11:163:11:18

something every day, we don't think

about in that quite a big way, then

3:11:183:11:22

I think the world would be much

better.

Richard, any thoughts on

3:11:223:11:28

celebrating it?

That is what it is

all about. It is great to be special

3:11:283:11:32

and different. Everyone is

different. It is important that we

3:11:323:11:37

promote that. It is the way forward.

Nikki, it has been an extraordinary

3:11:373:11:44

week, we have had so many messages

and people asking questions, we try

3:11:443:11:49

to answer some of them. We will stay

with it, how important do you think

3:11:493:11:53

it is to celebrate difference look

at it and work our way around it?

3:11:533:11:57

This week has been special. In my

job as a disability correspondent,

3:11:573:12:03

it is not the first stressed parents

I have spoken to with a child with

3:12:033:12:07

special educational needs, autism,

all those disabilities. It has been

3:12:073:12:12

so good that the parents that are

fighting for so many things for

3:12:123:12:16

their children and young people had

seen themselves reflected and

3:12:163:12:19

realise they are not alone and that

it is probably a bit like hitting

3:12:193:12:23

your head against a brick wall for

long time, there is no letup, but

3:12:233:12:30

there is a certain relief and

knowing you are not alone, going

3:12:303:12:33

through it. That is important, it is

important to continue to revisit

3:12:333:12:38

its.

And the determination and the

pride and the love for their

3:12:383:12:44

children has come across incredibly

strongly through the e-mails and

3:12:443:12:47

everybody getting in touch. Thank

you all so much. Thank you to

3:12:473:12:53

everybody who has watched and got in

touch this week, we have learnt so

3:12:533:12:58

much, we will stay with this, we

read all the e-mails and the treats,

3:12:583:13:04

we will do that for you -- e-mails

and the tweets. We will possibly all

3:13:043:13:08

have to look at issues in the next

few minutes, we have a special way

3:13:083:13:13

to end the programme. Here is the

school choir.

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# So many people.

# What have you done to date to make

3:13:223:13:31

you feel proud?

3:13:313:13:33

-- what have you done today?

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