0:00:03 > 0:00:09Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Negotiations through the night to clear the way for the next stage
0:00:12 > 0:00:17of Brexit talks.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Theresa May heads to Brussels today to try break weeks of deadlock.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23The main sticking point is thought to be the border
0:00:23 > 0:00:42between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Good morning, it is Monday four December.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Also this morning: A British foreign aid scheme for civilian police
0:00:46 > 0:00:49in Syria is suspended, after a BBC investigation finds some
0:00:49 > 0:00:58of the money was being diverted to extremists.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Major changes to the driving test come into effect,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04but some examiners stage a 48-hour strike over the new regime.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Over the past five years there has been a decline in the number
0:01:07 > 0:01:09of schoolchildren doing part-time work like Saturday jobs
0:01:09 > 0:01:10and newspaper rounds.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I'll be looking at why, and whether they're a good
0:01:13 > 0:01:19thing or not.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21In sport: It's all looking rather uncomfortable
0:01:21 > 0:01:22in Australia for England.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Theyve lost four wickets already this morning,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28including captain Joe Root.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And the only supermoon of 2017 provides plenty of opportunities
0:01:31 > 0:01:32for some amazing pictures.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35We will have more of these throughout the morning.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39And Matt has the weather.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Good morning.Good morning. Well, clear skies out there for some of
0:01:43 > 0:01:48you. A touch of frost as well but the most it is a dry start to the
0:01:48 > 0:01:52week before things turn wet and windy mid week, before warming up
0:01:52 > 0:01:54later on.
0:01:54 > 0:01:54Good morning.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57First, our main story: Britain and the European Union appear close
0:01:57 > 0:02:01to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase
0:02:01 > 0:02:01of Brexit talks.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04EU sources said the two sides were nearing solutions ahead
0:02:04 > 0:02:07of Theresa May's meeting with the European Commission President,
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Jean-Claude Juncker, in Brussels later today.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Diplomats held negotiations through the night on the last
0:02:11 > 0:02:12remaining sticking point, the Irish border.
0:02:12 > 0:02:20Our Europe correspondent Adam Fleming reports.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Three trips in three months.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Now, the Prime Minister is making a fourth visit to Brussels
0:02:27 > 0:02:29to get the Brexit talks going.
0:02:29 > 0:02:36She will meet EU Commission President, Jean-Claude Junker,
0:02:36 > 0:02:41and others, to apply the finishing political touches to a package
0:02:41 > 0:02:43of commitments that has been sweated over by officials.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47It sounds like there have been progress in talks about the rights
0:02:47 > 0:02:49of EU citizens staying in the UK after Brexit,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51and British people living abroad.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Discussions about how much money is owed owed by the UK appear
0:02:54 > 0:02:57to have been unblocked by a more detailed offer from Britain.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00But the big sticking point is what to do about the border
0:03:00 > 0:03:02between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05The Irish Government does not want to wait
0:03:05 > 0:03:07for a possible trade deal.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09They want certainty on what is going to happen, now.
0:03:09 > 0:03:15Downing Street has called today an important staging post on the way
0:03:15 > 0:03:19to a European summit in ten days' time, because that is when EU
0:03:19 > 0:03:21leaders will decide whether there has been
0:03:21 > 0:03:24enough talk about the divorce to start working out the future.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Adam Fleming, BBC News, Brussels.
0:03:25 > 0:03:33Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo is in Westminster.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36We hear of talks going through the night, and it sounds rather
0:03:36 > 0:03:40dramatic. Are we close to a breakthrough?Well, there is
0:03:40 > 0:03:44certainly a sense of urgency and this does feel like one of the key
0:03:44 > 0:03:49moment so far in the Brexit process. There is only a week or so to go
0:03:49 > 0:03:52before EU leaders need to decide whether to move those talks on the
0:03:52 > 0:03:58trade, and it certainly feels like today's talks in Brussels are trying
0:03:58 > 0:04:02to persuade the EU side that we have simply offered enough. Today was a
0:04:02 > 0:04:06deadline the EU had set to say, look, Britain, you need to come up
0:04:06 > 0:04:12with the goods on the divorce bill, on EU citizens' rights, and the
0:04:12 > 0:04:17Irish border. On the first two, on EU citizens' writes, there is
0:04:17 > 0:04:21agreement, we are broadly on the way there. On the divorce Bill, Britain
0:04:21 > 0:04:25has offered to put more money on the table, up to 50 billion euros to
0:04:25 > 0:04:28settle our accounts. Brussels have welcomed that. But the big sticking
0:04:28 > 0:04:33point now seems to be the issue of how the Irish border will look after
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Brexit. Now, there is a sense that agreement could be close, but if
0:04:37 > 0:04:43that happens, if Theresa May does manage to persuade Brussels the
0:04:43 > 0:04:47green light should be given to trade talks next week, that is merely the
0:04:47 > 0:04:52outline of an agreement on the three main divorce issues. What we are
0:04:52 > 0:04:58into next is figuring out how our relationship with the EU will look
0:04:58 > 0:05:01after Brexit, how some sort of transition period might get us
0:05:01 > 0:05:06there, and that is the big leap into the unknown.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08700,000 children and pensioners in the UK have fallen into relative
0:05:08 > 0:05:12poverty over the past four years, according to a new report.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says it is the first sustained rise
0:05:14 > 0:05:16affecting these age groups for 20 years.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19The left-leaning think tank warns decades of progress are in danger
0:05:19 > 0:05:22of unravelling, and has called on the Government to take action.
0:05:22 > 0:05:31Our social affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan has more.
0:05:31 > 0:05:37For Flo Singleton, this drop-in centre has many benefits.
0:05:37 > 0:05:44She can use its computers to keep up with herfamily.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46She can meet friends.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50And, by being here, the 84-year-old does not have to spend money
0:05:50 > 0:05:52heating her own home.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55If you go out, you don't have to have heating
0:05:55 > 0:06:04on, do you?
0:06:04 > 0:06:07The trouble is, once it's dark, and the evenings are now cold,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09you need to put the heating on.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says, since 2013, an extra 300,000
0:06:11 > 0:06:14pensioners and an additional 400,000 children are now living in poverty.
0:06:14 > 0:06:20In total, 14 million people in the UK are in poverty.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23What our report is now showing is that we're
0:06:23 > 0:06:24at a significant turning point.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Two years of sustained increases in the number of children
0:06:27 > 0:06:30and pensioners in poverty is a real red flag to Government
0:06:30 > 0:06:35that they really have to do something now.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40Researchers say the Government should end the freeze on benefits,
0:06:40 > 0:06:45describing it as the biggest single change that would reduce poverty.
0:06:45 > 0:06:53But ministers say they are already spending tens of billions of pounds
0:06:53 > 0:06:56helping those in need, and that the national living wage
0:06:56 > 0:06:58has given a significant pay rise to households.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Michael Buchanan, BBC News.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Government funding for a flagship British aid project to support
0:07:02 > 0:07:04civilian police in Syria has been suspended.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06It is after whistleblowers told the BBC's Panorama programme that
0:07:06 > 0:07:09some of the money was ending up in the hands of extremists.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12The Foreign Office says it is investigating the allegations,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14as Panorama's Jane Corbyn explains.
0:07:14 > 0:07:21Britain is one of six countries that funds the free Syrian police, set up
0:07:21 > 0:07:28to bring security to opposition held areas. For eight months, British aid
0:07:28 > 0:07:32money meant to pay for officers' salaries was handed over by the
0:07:32 > 0:07:41police to an extremist group. TRANSLATION: They used to get a
0:07:41 > 0:07:45percentage from the salaries of the Free Syrian Police members. It was
0:07:45 > 0:07:49just about taking a percentage in return for the services, and to
0:07:49 > 0:07:55create a sort of equilibrium between the police and the fighters.The
0:07:55 > 0:07:59police we fund also provide support for their barbaric justice system,
0:07:59 > 0:08:07responsible for torture and summary killings. The company which runs the
0:08:07 > 0:08:13aid projects, Adam Smith International, ASI, told us the
0:08:13 > 0:08:22government was aware of cash going to them, and they have this is in
0:08:22 > 0:08:27place to make sure they are treated fairly and plainly. The Foreign
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Office has suspended funding while it investigates Panorama's
0:08:30 > 0:08:32allegations.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Panorama is on BBC One tonight at 7:30pm.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37As new driving tests come into force, to better reflect modern
0:08:37 > 0:08:39roads, examiners have begun a 48-hour strike.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41The new tests will see an end to manoeuvres such
0:08:41 > 0:08:44as the three-point turn and reversing round a corner,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47but learners will now have to parallel park and follow
0:08:47 > 0:08:48directions from a sat nav.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union
0:08:50 > 0:08:57are protesting against the changes, as well as pay and working hours.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Facebook says it is creating 800 new jobs in the UK as it opens
0:09:01 > 0:09:02a new office in central London.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05It will become the firm's biggest engineering hub outside
0:09:05 > 0:09:06of the United States.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09An estimated 2,300 people will be employed by the social media company
0:09:09 > 0:09:15in the UK by the end of next year.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17A co-operative group is to start selling food
0:09:17 > 0:09:19beyond its "best before" date.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22125 shops in East Anglia will sell tinned goods and dried food such
0:09:22 > 0:09:25as pasta, crisps and rice for a flat rate of 10p.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29It is part of a drive to reduce the seven million tons of food
0:09:29 > 0:09:38thrown away in the UK each year.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42A supermoon illuminated the sky last night, as it moved closer to earth,
0:09:42 > 0:09:43appearing bigger and brighter than usual.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46It is the first super moon since November of last year.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48But, if you missed it, don't fear.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51There will be two more before the end of January.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Many of you did see it, though, and you have been sending
0:09:54 > 0:09:57in your pictures.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59This is from Craig Broadbridge, in Gloucestershire.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02You can really see how bright the moon is from this one,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04taken by Allan Ballard in Warwickshire.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Shaun George captured a more yellowy moon over Leeds.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09And this is a spectacular photo taken by professional photographer
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Danny Lawson at Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15And we have a blue moon in January, all wolf moon and a blue moon. I
0:10:15 > 0:10:29think it is a blue or a snow moon, you can call it either.
0:10:29 > 0:10:42I want to know how they take this -- these pictures, as well.
0:10:53 > 0:11:03Absolutely wonderful. This was the scene last night...Wait for it.
0:11:03 > 0:11:10Press the button.Here we go.It is worth it! Yes! That is Washington,
0:11:10 > 0:11:25DC. Beautiful. Here it is over Cape Town, in South Africa. Let's go to
0:11:25 > 0:11:32Yangon, in Myanmar. And what a view that is, a Ferris wheel in Tokyo.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37How many pictures of the supermoon have we got today? We have about
0:11:37 > 0:11:431000 to get through.So far we have done ten.We will have to move quite
0:11:43 > 0:11:48a lot quicker to get all those pictures in. I thought blue moon was
0:11:48 > 0:11:53a song.It is.I didn't realise it was actually a thing, as well. Shall
0:11:53 > 0:12:00we talk about that and not the cricket? Everybody at home, when I
0:12:00 > 0:12:05came in this morning, said you don't need words, you just need to sit on
0:12:05 > 0:12:10the sofa and look sad. So that is what I am going to do. And another
0:12:10 > 0:12:18wicket has gone since you walked in and sat down.
0:12:18 > 0:12:24Six wickets have fallen... Sorry, you are right, five wickets have
0:12:24 > 0:12:33gone this morning, the latest is Moeen Ali. England are now 133-6, as
0:12:33 > 0:12:43Walker throws his pen and discussed. -- in disgust.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45David Silva gives Manchester City a record-equalling 13th
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Premier League win in a row, with a late goal against West Ham.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Alfie Hewett is the wheelchair masters singles champion.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53He beat his compatriot Gordon Reid in Loughborough,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56to become the first British winner in 23 years of the event.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58And the tournament favourite, Ronnie O'Sullivan, marches
0:12:58 > 0:13:01on at the UK Snooker Championship in York.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03He is comfortably through to the third round.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07But there is somewhere else he would really rather be, I will tell you
0:13:07 > 0:13:12when we talk about the papers in a minute.Can you talk about anything
0:13:12 > 0:13:18other than the cricket? Let's talk about the weather.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22This moon this time of year, the cold moon or the moon before yours,
0:13:22 > 0:13:28there you go. You might have frosts this morning, and little chilly.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Weatherwise, the week starts on a fine note with dry weather today.
0:13:32 > 0:13:38Get ready for wet and windy weather. Once that has gone, wind is back. As
0:13:38 > 0:13:42we head to the weekend, more details coming up. Let's start with this
0:13:42 > 0:13:47morning. Wind west north-westerly around an area of high pressure back
0:13:47 > 0:13:52into the Atlantic. That is why it is not desperately chilly. In eastern
0:13:52 > 0:13:58areas, clear skies, down across southern counties. Sunny start, mist
0:13:58 > 0:14:04and fog, and a little frost as well. The cloud is thick enough for one or
0:14:04 > 0:14:08two showers not just this morning but through the day. Most will be
0:14:08 > 0:14:13dry this morning. The same for Northern Ireland and Scotland with
0:14:13 > 0:14:18Shetland the exception, wet weather clearing at the moment. Once it has
0:14:18 > 0:14:22gone. It is breezy across the north of the country. Showers across the
0:14:22 > 0:14:26north and west of Scotland and into western England, Wales. Foremost it
0:14:26 > 0:14:32is with breaks in the cloud, the best in eastern areas and
0:14:32 > 0:14:35temperatures where they should be for the time of year, seven to 10
0:14:35 > 0:14:40degrees for most of you. Not bad to start the week with a dry commute
0:14:40 > 0:14:45home for the vast majority. It is still breezy in Scotland. That will
0:14:45 > 0:14:50be the case. It keeps temperatures up and brings rain into the
0:14:50 > 0:14:54Hebrides, Orkney & Shetland, Shetland has persistent rain. With
0:14:54 > 0:14:58breaks in the cloud, across eastern and southern parts, a touch of frost
0:14:58 > 0:15:05to get you into tomorrow. Not lastly dissimilar to today. Spots of rain
0:15:05 > 0:15:10in the west, mostly dry, most persistent rain in the Hebrides and
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Shetland. More breezy tomorrow and more cloud. With the sunshine in
0:15:13 > 0:15:18southern counties, eastern Scotland and England, temperatures might
0:15:18 > 0:15:23reach double figures for one or two. As you see, we start fine.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29Wednesday, signs of change. Eastern areas should be dry and bright. Gale
0:15:29 > 0:15:33force winds develop from the south-west. Temperatures in double
0:15:33 > 0:15:36figures. Particularly wet in northern and western parts of
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Wednesday afternoon. Wet and windy weather sweeps through with this
0:15:39 > 0:15:46area of low pressure to get into Thursday. And frankly as from the
0:15:46 > 0:15:50south-east on Thursday -- and rain clears from the south-east on
0:15:50 > 0:15:55Thursday. It will be a cold end to the week to take us into the
0:15:55 > 0:16:01weekend. We start on a fine note, wet and windy into Thursday and then
0:16:01 > 0:16:04reigning at the end of the week.The cold
0:16:04 > 0:16:06reigning at the end of the week.The cold air is back again. Thank you.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09The main stories this morning:
0:16:09 > 0:16:11It's understood Britain and the European Union are close
0:16:11 > 0:16:15to reaching a deal that will pave the way for the second phase
0:16:15 > 0:16:16of Brexit talks.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Government funding for a British aid project that supports civilian
0:16:19 > 0:16:22police in Syria has been suspended after a BBC investigation found some
0:16:22 > 0:16:33of the money was going to extremists.
0:16:33 > 0:16:39We are going to look at... Excuse me.Are you AK?Something went a
0:16:39 > 0:16:48long way. -- are you OK? We will look at the front pages, and we
0:16:48 > 0:16:56start with the Daily Mirror. Who won the X factor? Meghan and her
0:16:56 > 0:17:03mysterious dad. And words are cheap. The Prime Minister quoted from July
0:17:03 > 0:17:08last year. We will make ridge that works for everyone of us. Theresa
0:17:08 > 0:17:12May has failed to tackle inequality, last night exposed as a sham,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15talking about children and pensioners living in poverty, which
0:17:15 > 0:17:19we will look at later on, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
0:17:19 > 0:17:25The front of The Mall, we will talk about it later, in a panorama
0:17:25 > 0:17:32investigation, £12 million of foreign aid halted with fears it has
0:17:32 > 0:17:38gone to jihadis. And we will speak with our reporter little later.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Treasury targets bitcoin criminals. Ministers launching a crackdown on
0:17:41 > 0:17:50bitcoin. Brexit in doubt as May in a border row. And Keira Knightley,
0:17:50 > 0:17:56what he/she doing, at the Evening Standards theatre awards.They been
0:17:56 > 0:18:02talking all night, Brexit deal is 90% there, according to a senior EU
0:18:02 > 0:18:08official. And we mentioned this, supermarkets sells food past best
0:18:08 > 0:18:13before date to cut waste.And I will show you the front page of the
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Guardian, sharp rise in child poverty as cuts bite, or and we will
0:18:17 > 0:18:23cover that today. Smog in Delhi - we will talk about this rather than the
0:18:23 > 0:18:28Ashes this morning.I am afraid part of our job is telling people bad
0:18:28 > 0:18:34news.I am sure there are plenty of Australians watching. May hints at
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Brexit talks without an Irish deal and we will talk about the three
0:18:38 > 0:18:43prongs, two have been sorted out, the divorce Bill and EU citizenship.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47The Irish border is outstanding and hasn't been resolved.Sally is not
0:18:47 > 0:18:51going to talk about cricket.I have listened to Michael Vaughan said
0:18:51 > 0:18:57that he wasn't going to mention the W work, whitewash, but he has done
0:18:57 > 0:19:03it already.The big W.Let's move onto something else, Wimbledon next
0:19:03 > 0:19:10year, the final, can you believe it, it could on BBC Two.What?Because
0:19:10 > 0:19:17it is a clash with the World Cup final.Get yourself on BBC Two.And
0:19:17 > 0:19:21there is a really important triathlon that.That will be on BBC
0:19:21 > 0:19:28Four if you are lucky. What a thing, if it could be on BBC Two, and the
0:19:28 > 0:19:31All England Club had been approached to try to move the final 21 o'clock
0:19:31 > 0:19:41rather than two o'clock.You could make it a bonanza of a day -- final
0:19:41 > 0:19:44to one o'clock.The football starts at four o'clock.What an exciting
0:19:44 > 0:19:54day.Can I tell you about bungalows? Yes.You saw a lots being built and
0:19:54 > 0:19:58then they went into decline. Now they are coming back out of decline
0:19:58 > 0:20:03for the first time in 30 years.And why is it?I don't know, people want
0:20:03 > 0:20:11more homes without stairs.I like bungalows.Yes, it is probably
0:20:11 > 0:20:14because we have an ageing population, here we are, everyone
0:20:14 > 0:20:20else can do my job for me, and they have said that in 1986 there were
0:20:20 > 0:20:2630,000 bungalows registered to be built. By 2016, it was dropped to
0:20:26 > 0:20:302000. Now they say the number is on the rise and one reason is the
0:20:30 > 0:20:34rising price of land and greater competition for land planning
0:20:34 > 0:20:37policy, that is what they have said. Interesting. My mum and dad live
0:20:37 > 0:20:42next door to a lady that lives in a bungalow and I always thought it
0:20:42 > 0:20:46would be a nice house to buy one day.You has said it now on TV. Who
0:20:46 > 0:20:55knows?She still lives in it.The prices are going to go.Did anybody
0:20:55 > 0:21:02watch Blue Planet? What about the Blue Planet?People trying to stall
0:21:02 > 0:21:08their fish!And my favourite fact, which I forgot from last time, is
0:21:08 > 0:21:16that a baby puffin is called a puffling.And one quick thing on
0:21:16 > 0:21:21Ronnie O'Sullivan. Where would he rather be rather than snooker in
0:21:21 > 0:21:27York? He wants to go to the jungle and he wants to do I Am A Celebrity.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31I thought he had already done it.He would be great.He would be good,
0:21:31 > 0:21:36you need someone with a little bit of bite.Literally, yes. He would be
0:21:36 > 0:21:43fab in Australia.Is that the end? Yes.I thought we were running out
0:21:43 > 0:21:48of time. Would anyone like an wheelie bin for Christmas? Bromley
0:21:48 > 0:21:53Council has said a 240 litre wheelie bin for garden waste with
0:21:53 > 0:21:57fortnightly collection could be the perfect present. £60, you can pay
0:21:57 > 0:22:03for the wheelie bin.Imagine.They have suggested it as a perfect
0:22:03 > 0:22:08Christmas present for a member of your family in Environment Matters.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Treat that special someone to one year's worth of garden waste
0:22:12 > 0:22:16collection.What an extraordinary presence.That is right up there
0:22:16 > 0:22:24with a pan.It doesn't get more funny.It is a rubbish gift.Imagine
0:22:24 > 0:22:28if you got that for Christmas.It is a rubbish gift.Excellent, thank
0:22:28 > 0:22:33you.Morning. Lovely to see you.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Domestic abuse affects millions of people in the UK and takes many
0:22:36 > 0:22:38forms, from the physical attacks to psychological bullying.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Today, campaigners are calling for financial abuse,
0:22:40 > 0:22:43when one person controls another's access to money,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45to be recognised as a crime in its own right.
0:22:45 > 0:23:04Vishala Sri-Pathma has this report.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09Financial abuse is where one partner has control over another's access to
0:23:09 > 0:23:13money.I was totally invisible in terms of credit status. I didn't
0:23:13 > 0:23:18have a tenancy agreement in my name. I had no bank account. No access to
0:23:18 > 0:23:23cash or stops or shares, nothing. I didn't realise at the time I had
0:23:23 > 0:23:26given up everything.Rachel's Partner gradually took control of
0:23:26 > 0:23:30all her money. He made her leave her job to work with him, stopping her
0:23:30 > 0:23:40having access to wages or bank accounts. Instead he gave her a
0:23:40 > 0:23:42weekly allowance. The financial abuse Rachel experienced lead to
0:23:42 > 0:23:45physical violence and eventually she found the courage to leave. Despite
0:23:45 > 0:23:49going to police and taking her case to the Crown Prosecution Service is
0:23:49 > 0:23:52on several occasions, Rachel's partner was never prosecuted.My
0:23:52 > 0:23:55experience has gone three times to the Crown Prosecution Service and
0:23:55 > 0:23:59bounced back and no further action has been taken and that is just so
0:23:59 > 0:24:03disappointing. When I kept the diaries, I kept all of the e-mails
0:24:03 > 0:24:06and text messages, the bank statements, the court orders and...
0:24:06 > 0:24:14It failed. And that is extremely frustrating.In 2015 a new law
0:24:14 > 0:24:17against controlling and coercive behaviour was introduced. It meant
0:24:17 > 0:24:22people could be prosecuted for emotional and psychological abuse,
0:24:22 > 0:24:26not just physical violence. Financial abuse can be a type of
0:24:26 > 0:24:30coercive control but this behaviour alone may not constitute a criminal
0:24:30 > 0:24:35offence. The government is currently consulting on proposed domestic
0:24:35 > 0:24:40abuse and violence act. One campaign group is today calling for the bill
0:24:40 > 0:24:44to include financial abuse as a criminal offence in its own right.
0:24:44 > 0:24:50There is a bill that is being consulted on that is looking to put
0:24:50 > 0:24:54a definition of domestic violence into legislation. And that would be
0:24:54 > 0:24:58incredibly helpful if we could have economic abuse within a statutory
0:24:58 > 0:25:02definition of domestic violence. So that we can say this is what it is
0:25:02 > 0:25:07and these are the things that we need to be able to do in order to
0:25:07 > 0:25:11tackle it.The government says that domestic violence and abuse bill
0:25:11 > 0:25:14will enshrine a definition of domestic abuse in law to make sure
0:25:14 > 0:25:19it is properly understood in all its forms. Critics insist that those
0:25:19 > 0:25:23carrying out law enforcement need to be trained and aware of the science
0:25:23 > 0:25:28of financial control for them to be able to spot it. While cases like
0:25:28 > 0:25:36Rachel's will continue to go unpunished. Feel free to get in
0:25:36 > 0:28:58contact if you are affected by issues to do with that report.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Vanessa Feltz is on BBC Radio London, one thing she is talking
0:29:01 > 0:29:05about in half an hour is the problem of poverty in London. Goodbye for
0:29:05 > 0:29:10now.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15It is 6:30am.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19We will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21But also on Breakfast this morning: From paperboys to farmhands,
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Saturday jobs for teenagers are in decline.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Steph is finding out why.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29A gear change for driving tests, but how did our reporter get
0:29:29 > 0:29:42on with the new rules?
0:29:42 > 0:29:45And we will be joined by the singer Midge Ure,
0:29:45 > 0:29:49to find out why he has decided to give some of his biggest hits
0:29:49 > 0:29:53an orchestral makeover.
0:29:53 > 0:29:53Good morning.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Here is a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that
0:30:00 > 0:30:03will clear the way for the second phase of Brexit talks.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06EU sources said the two sides were nearing solutions,
0:30:06 > 0:30:08ahead of Theresa May's meeting with the European Commission President,
0:30:08 > 0:30:13Jean-Claude Juncker, in Brussels later today.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17Diplomats held negotiations through the night on the last
0:30:17 > 0:30:18remaining sticking point, the Irish border.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22Our Europe correspondent Adam Fleming reports.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Three trips in three months.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Now, the Prime Minister is making a fourth visit to Brussels to get
0:30:28 > 0:30:31the Brexit talks going.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34She will meet EU Commission President, Jean-Claude Junker,
0:30:34 > 0:30:37and others, to apply the finishing political touches to a package
0:30:37 > 0:30:40of commitments that has been sweated over by officials.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43It sounds like there have been progress in talks about the rights
0:30:43 > 0:30:50of EU citizens staying in the UK after Brexit,
0:30:50 > 0:30:53and British people living abroad.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Discussions about how much money is owed owed by the UK appear
0:30:56 > 0:30:59to have been unblocked by a more detailed offer from Britain.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02But the big sticking point is what to do about the border
0:31:02 > 0:31:04between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06The Irish Government does not want to wait
0:31:06 > 0:31:08for a possible trade deal.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12They want certainty on what is going to happen, now.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16Downing Street has called today an important staging post on the way
0:31:16 > 0:31:20to a European summit in ten days' time, because that is when EU
0:31:20 > 0:31:22leaders will decide whether there has been enough talk
0:31:22 > 0:31:25about the divorce to start working out the future.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30Adam Fleming, BBC News, Brussels.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Nearly 750,000 children and pensioners in the UK have fallen
0:31:33 > 0:31:35into relative poverty over the past four years,
0:31:35 > 0:31:38according to a new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41The left-leaning think tank warns decades of progress are in danger
0:31:41 > 0:31:44of unravelling, and has called on the Government to take action,
0:31:44 > 0:31:46including ending a freeze on benefits.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Ministers say the number of people living in absolute poverty has
0:31:48 > 0:31:51fallen by more than 500,000, with pensioner poverty close
0:31:51 > 0:32:03to historically low levels.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Funding for a British aid project to support civilian police in Syria
0:32:06 > 0:32:08has been suspended by the Foreign Office.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11It is alleged some of the money was being diverted to extremist
0:32:11 > 0:32:13groups known for carrying out torture and executions.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15The Government has said it is investigating allegations
0:32:15 > 0:32:18which came to light during an investigation by the BBC's
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Panorama programme.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25As new driving tests come into force, to better reflect modern
0:32:25 > 0:32:27roads, examiners have begun a 48-hour strike.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30The new tests will see an end to manoeuvres such
0:32:30 > 0:32:32as the three-point turn and reversing round a corner,
0:32:32 > 0:32:35but learners will now have to parallel park and follow
0:32:35 > 0:32:36directions from a sat nav.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union
0:32:39 > 0:32:49are protesting against the changes, as well as pay and working hours.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53Facebook says it is creating 800 new jobs in the UK as it opens
0:32:53 > 0:32:55a new office in central London.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57It will become the firm's biggest engineering hub outside
0:32:57 > 0:32:58of the United States.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02An estimated 2,300 people will be employed by the social media company
0:33:02 > 0:33:04in the UK by the end of next year.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07A co-operative group is to start selling food
0:33:07 > 0:33:08beyond its "best before" date.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11125 shops in East Anglia will sell tinned goods and dried food such
0:33:11 > 0:33:15as pasta, crisps and rice for a flat rate of 10p.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18It is part of a drive to reduce the seven million tons of food
0:33:18 > 0:33:28thrown away in the UK each year.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31And finally: A derelict sports stadium in the American state
0:33:31 > 0:33:34of Michigan is still standing, despite efforts to flatten it.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Crowds gathered to watch the Silverdome in Detroit knocked
0:33:36 > 0:33:46down.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48But as we can see here, despite several blasts,
0:33:48 > 0:33:50the building remained standing proud.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Fans of the Detroit Lions, the team that called the arena home
0:33:53 > 0:33:57until 2001, joked on social media that it was not the first time
0:33:57 > 0:34:06they had left the parking lot feeling disappointed.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10I always find it quite distressing when they knocked down what seemed
0:34:10 > 0:34:15to be perfectly good old things. It is obviously not perfect.Do you
0:34:15 > 0:34:23want distressing?Another one?We will watch the news while you are
0:34:23 > 0:34:27talking about the sport, because they are falling every few minutes.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32Since I have walked in there has been another one? No.You said that
0:34:32 > 0:34:37Moeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow needed to bat for ever and they are now
0:34:37 > 0:34:45both out.Not great. Australia just look a bit bigger than England at
0:34:45 > 0:34:51the moment. Does that make sense? They really do.Caught and bowled, a
0:34:51 > 0:34:53beautiful effort.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55England are in real trouble on day three of the second
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Ashes Test in Adelaide.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59They have lost five wickets this morning.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02James Vince was the first man to go, as England struggled to get going.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06Captain Joe Root wasn't too far behind him on his way back
0:35:06 > 0:35:06to the pavilion.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Alastair Cook was the only man contributing to the score
0:35:09 > 0:35:12for England, but Nathan Lyon got him out for 37.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Latest to go is Moeen Ali, brilliantly caught and bowled
0:35:15 > 0:35:31by Nathan Lyon for 25.
0:35:31 > 0:35:41And Jonny Bairstow is down as well. England really struggling now. They
0:35:41 > 0:35:43are 143-7.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Manchester City are eight points clear at the top
0:35:46 > 0:35:48of the Premier League, thanks to a record-equalling 13th
0:35:48 > 0:35:49win in a row.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Their visitors, West Ham, put up a real fight though.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Angelo Ogbonna put them ahead, but after City levelled,
0:35:55 > 0:35:58David Silva put away the winner seven minutes from time.
0:35:58 > 0:36:08The second half, we were outstanding.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11It was quite similar, I thought, in the first half,
0:36:11 > 0:36:12I thought we would score.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14But today was a bit different.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18So it was massive.
0:36:18 > 0:36:24It shows that they can do it. I have been pleased with the amount of
0:36:24 > 0:36:27training, I can't have any complaints. I think that what you
0:36:27 > 0:36:31see today is we ran the course, not enough but hopefully we can take
0:36:31 > 0:36:32some positives from that.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35There was controversy on the south coast, where Bournemouth defender
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Adam Smith claimed referee Jon Moss told him after the match
0:36:38 > 0:36:41he was wrong to book him for diving instead of awarding
0:36:41 > 0:36:42a penalty against Southampton.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46The match ended in a 1-1 draw, and Smith will miss the next game
0:36:46 > 0:36:48for his fifth yellow card of the season.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50In the Scottish Premiership, Rangers moved into second place,
0:36:50 > 0:36:54above Aberdeen on goal difference, after beating them 2-1 at Pittodrie.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Josh Windass with the winning goal.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01And non-League Woking will be in the hat for this evening's FA
0:37:01 > 0:37:02Cup third-round draw.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05A late goal from Joe Ward earned them a 1-1 draw,
0:37:05 > 0:37:16and a replay with Peterborough United of League One.
0:37:16 > 0:37:22And that is all the sports news from me for now. Sally will be with us a
0:37:22 > 0:37:29bit later on, and we have Matt with the weather. Thank you for your
0:37:29 > 0:37:33pictures of the supermoon. We have had pictures from America, from
0:37:33 > 0:37:37Japan, and we will be bringing you plenty more on that throughout the
0:37:37 > 0:37:41morning, as well as plenty more on an expert who can tell us, even
0:37:41 > 0:37:47though there has been a supermoon this year, there is a wolf moon
0:37:47 > 0:37:51coming in January and a blue moon. I have been doing some serious moon
0:37:51 > 0:38:02and puff and research in the last few hours -- puffin.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Funding for a British Government aid project in Syria has been suspended
0:38:05 > 0:38:06by the Foreign Office.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09It is after whistleblowers revealed to the BBC's Panorama programme that
0:38:09 > 0:38:12some of the money was being diverted to extremists.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Let's get more on this from Panorama reporter Jane Corbyn,
0:38:14 > 0:38:16who joins us from London.
0:38:16 > 0:38:23How did you first become aware of this?
0:38:23 > 0:38:28Well, it was thanks to some very brave Syrian whistleblowers, and
0:38:28 > 0:38:33they decided to tell panorama about their concern, indeed, their shock,
0:38:33 > 0:38:36that some of the British aid money which was supposed to be going to
0:38:36 > 0:38:40help their people, the Syrian people, was ending up in the hands
0:38:40 > 0:38:44of extremists. These whistleblowers work for a private British company
0:38:44 > 0:38:48called Adam Smith International, and they run a major project in Syria
0:38:48 > 0:38:53for the British government and five other international donors. To meet
0:38:53 > 0:38:59these whistleblowers I had to go to Gaziantep, in southern Turkey, about
0:38:59 > 0:39:03an hour's drive from the Syrian border and obviously very dangerous.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08Foreigners can't go in and this is the nearest we can get. It is pretty
0:39:08 > 0:39:12dangerous, actually, Gaziantep in itself. There is the constant threat
0:39:12 > 0:39:17of kidnap from Islamic State sells, but that is where I met them.And
0:39:17 > 0:39:22when you met them, what did you find out?Well, as I say, Britain is one
0:39:22 > 0:39:28of the major donors for this project inside Syria which is funding the
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Free Syria Police, an armed civilian force which is trying to bring
0:39:31 > 0:39:35security to parts of northern Syria. Now, for eight months some of the
0:39:35 > 0:39:39British aid money which went into the Free Syria Police force, was
0:39:39 > 0:39:44handed over by officers to an extremist force called Nour al-Din
0:39:44 > 0:39:49al-Zenki in Aleppo province and I met a lawyer who works for the civil
0:39:49 > 0:39:56administration in the area dominated by Zenki.And I think we can hear
0:39:56 > 0:40:06from him now. We seem to be having a problem with that. I am not sure if
0:40:06 > 0:40:11you can tell me exactly what he says.Yes, he basically said that a
0:40:11 > 0:40:21percentage of the Free Syria Police salary at a time was handed over to
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Zenki, to reach equilibrium between the police and the fighters. And
0:40:25 > 0:40:29this was in return for the services of Zenki, providing military and
0:40:29 > 0:40:34security protection in the area. That is what he said. It wasn't just
0:40:34 > 0:40:38a random event. It was systematic, it was happening quite widely.And
0:40:38 > 0:40:43just talk about why this might be happening, why Free Syria Police
0:40:43 > 0:40:48were giving some of their salary to this group, Zenki.As I say, we have
0:40:48 > 0:40:51obtained hundreds of documents from inside the project that ran it,
0:40:51 > 0:40:56which is Adam Smith International, and one warns that 20% of the
0:40:56 > 0:41:05salaries were being transferred to Zenki, which provides them to five
0:41:05 > 0:41:09SFP stations in the area. That sounds a bit like detection money.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13And we also discovered that the police we are paying for are also
0:41:13 > 0:41:17providing support for Zenki's so-called justice system, which
0:41:17 > 0:41:21stands accused of torture and summary execution. And the police
0:41:21 > 0:41:25work or operating with Zenki's courts by arresting people and
0:41:25 > 0:41:29handing them over to the courts. Now, Adam Smith International says
0:41:29 > 0:41:34it has strict guidelines in place to ensure that detainees are being
0:41:34 > 0:41:38treated fairly and humanely, and it says the British government was
0:41:38 > 0:41:42aware of cash going to Zenki.Are there other instances, as well,
0:41:42 > 0:41:50where you found a dish aid money in Syria to diverted to places where
0:41:50 > 0:41:58abuses might have been taking place? Yes, Panorama discovered in 2014
0:41:58 > 0:42:02officers from the Free Syrian Police were present at the stoning of women
0:42:02 > 0:42:06in northern Syria. We were told they blocked off the road to enable the
0:42:06 > 0:42:10stoning to take place although the police Chief at the time said they
0:42:10 > 0:42:13were just accidentally passing by. Adam Smith International said the
0:42:13 > 0:42:17stoning was only five weeks after the company took over the project,
0:42:17 > 0:42:21and the men were not formally officers, but they had since been
0:42:21 > 0:42:27removed permanently. I also spoke about this whole situation in
0:42:27 > 0:42:32northern Syria with the Free Syria Police, to Crispin Blunt, a
0:42:32 > 0:42:35Conservative MP and former head of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He
0:42:35 > 0:42:39had this to say about British funded police cooperating with extremist
0:42:39 > 0:42:43run courts in Syria.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47We had people being sentenced to death for homosexuality, clearly
0:42:47 > 0:42:50that is completely and utterly unacceptable by any standard, and
0:42:50 > 0:42:55the idea that this taxpayers' money was associated with that would of
0:42:55 > 0:42:57course be completely abhorrent.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00And let's talk about whether it is hard for British aid companies to
0:43:00 > 0:43:05operate in a place like Syria.Well, there is no doubt that it is
0:43:05 > 0:43:08undoubtedly difficult and dangerous operating in Syria. But that doesn't
0:43:08 > 0:43:13mean that there should be proper accountability, for the aid that is
0:43:13 > 0:43:18obviously being paid for by British taxpayers. We did ask the company,
0:43:18 > 0:43:22ASI, for an interview, but they didn't want to take part in our
0:43:22 > 0:43:27programme. Now, the Foreign Office has suspended funding while it
0:43:27 > 0:43:30investigates Panorama's allegations, which will be in our programme
0:43:30 > 0:43:42tonight on a busy one, Jihadis You Pay For. And that is that 7:30pm
0:43:42 > 0:43:43tonight.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45You are watching Breakfast from BBC News.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48The main stories this morning: It is understood Britain
0:43:48 > 0:43:51and the European Union are close to reaching a deal that will pave
0:43:51 > 0:43:54the way for the second phase of Brexit talks.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56700,000 children and pensioners have fallen into relative poverty
0:43:56 > 0:44:05in the UK within the last four years, according to new research.
0:44:05 > 0:44:12If you are interested in the cricket, England are currently 159
0:44:12 > 0:44:13for seven, it
0:44:13 > 0:44:14cricket, England are currently 159 for seven, it is not going
0:44:14 > 0:44:18particularly well this morning. Possibly an understatement.Let's
0:44:18 > 0:44:23catch up about something that might go Bashar, the weather.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25catch up about something that might go Bashar, the weather. Good
0:44:25 > 0:44:30morning. A quick flavour of what's happening weatherwise. Not bad to
0:44:30 > 0:44:34start for many, most places dry and find with sunny spells the next
0:44:34 > 0:44:41couple of days. Midweek, things change wet and windy, then winter
0:44:41 > 0:44:45returns at the end of the week, with snow here and there and a noticeable
0:44:45 > 0:44:50windchill. And that is where we get back to the mostly fine start,
0:44:50 > 0:44:56Monday is dry and fine, frost across eastern and southern parts, high
0:44:56 > 0:45:00pressure to the west, so we may have western north-westerly wind, coming
0:45:00 > 0:45:05off the Atlantic, so it would be too cold with a touch of frost and fold
0:45:05 > 0:45:10as well in southern and eastern areas, and a dry and bright start --
0:45:10 > 0:45:15fog.. The odd shower threatening, most places dry and few and far
0:45:15 > 0:45:19between with a chance of a shower across western Scotland but even
0:45:19 > 0:45:24here most will be dry with a damp start across Shetland for the
0:45:24 > 0:45:29morning, and the rain gradually clear a way, with a breeze across
0:45:29 > 0:45:32the north pushing bank into the North Sea, still bringing cloud to
0:45:32 > 0:45:39western areas and odd isolated shower, some breaks in the cloud,
0:45:39 > 0:45:42sunny spells, the best in eastern areas and temperatures and nudge
0:45:42 > 0:45:50above where they should be around 7- degrees
0:45:50 > 0:45:52above where they should be around 7- 11 degrees. Tonight will be late
0:45:52 > 0:45:57last night, most places will be dry with the shower in the west. Wet
0:45:57 > 0:46:00weather into the Hebrides, Orkney & Shetland at times. The breeze
0:46:00 > 0:46:03keeping up temperatures in Scotland and Northern Ireland but across
0:46:03 > 0:46:06eastern and southern England with clear skies like this morning there
0:46:06 > 0:46:12might be a touch of frost to your Tuesday morning commute. Thursday
0:46:12 > 0:46:15weather is not dissimilar to today with rain for the Hebrides and
0:46:15 > 0:46:19Shetland, quite wet in Shetland in fact, the odd shower in western
0:46:19 > 0:46:23parts of the country, but most will have a dry day and a little more
0:46:23 > 0:46:27cloud tomorrow compared with today but still to the south and east with
0:46:27 > 0:46:33breaks in the cloud temperatures in the order of eight to 11 degrees. As
0:46:33 > 0:46:37it gets mild on Wednesday, stronger gale force across western areas,
0:46:37 > 0:46:42heavy and persistent into northern and western Scotland, and outbreaks
0:46:42 > 0:46:45of rain spreading widely across Northern Ireland and western England
0:46:45 > 0:46:49and Wales. Eastern areas should be dry until Wednesday night with low
0:46:49 > 0:46:54pressure passing across, gales is not severe into Thursday night. As
0:46:54 > 0:46:58it clears into Thursday it opens the door to much colder air to finish
0:46:58 > 0:47:05the week with wind all the way down from the Arctic, temperatures to end
0:47:05 > 0:47:09the week around three to five degrees. So cold weather on the way
0:47:09 > 0:47:11but out there Dan and Louise most
0:47:11 > 0:47:11degrees. So cold weather on the way but out there Dan and Louise most
0:47:11 > 0:47:15places will be dry and fine.Just before we move on, we are talking
0:47:15 > 0:47:22about people's first jobs, Saturday jobs, can you remember yours?I was
0:47:22 > 0:47:26a fresh and frozen food assistant in a well-known supermarket, 12 hours
0:47:26 > 0:47:30coming home smelling of stale yoghurts and cheese and milk, it was
0:47:30 > 0:47:38lovely.Did you enjoy it?I did, I did enjoy it.Thank you. We are
0:47:38 > 0:47:43talking about that through the morning.What was your first job?
0:47:43 > 0:47:49Picking up horse manure, the polite way of picking it up. 50p per bag.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Obviously you were rewarded for the more that you do.Exactly. And
0:47:52 > 0:47:59yours?I worked at a popular burger joint for a month because I was
0:47:59 > 0:48:03offered 10p more to work in able shop, so I went there for the rest
0:48:03 > 0:48:07of the year.Every penny counts.I loved it. And that is what we are
0:48:07 > 0:48:12talking about. There has been a reduction in the number of people
0:48:12 > 0:48:15doing Saturday jobs because life is much more busy.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17From paper rounds to glass collecting, most of us
0:48:17 > 0:48:19remember our first foray into the world of work,
0:48:19 > 0:48:22but an investigation for this programme has revealed Saturday jobs
0:48:22 > 0:48:24carried out by teenagers are in decline.
0:48:24 > 0:48:25So why is that?
0:48:25 > 0:48:27Steph's looking into this for us this morning.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30Before we speak to Steph, we will hear Christian's story.I am
0:48:30 > 0:48:37Christian and I work here since I and 15. I really wanted to have my
0:48:37 > 0:48:40own sense of independence and buy own money and this was an easy way
0:48:40 > 0:48:46to have it. Usually I would come in and wash up. Then when people start
0:48:46 > 0:48:52coming I can help with anything. The BBC has found a steady decline in
0:48:52 > 0:48:55the number of children officially employed in part-time work over the
0:48:55 > 0:49:02last 12 years.No one in their 25- 30s will work Saturday and Sunday so
0:49:02 > 0:49:07I am limited to taking on teenage workers. Then you stick to the
0:49:07 > 0:49:11regulations. Obviously you can't have a 15-year-old working on a
0:49:11 > 0:49:17Sunday or after-school and restricted to six hours on Saturday.
0:49:17 > 0:49:24Here you go, ma'am.Oh, thanks.Why is it important to get a job when
0:49:24 > 0:49:30you are 16?It is important to work before you are 16 just to get a kind
0:49:30 > 0:49:37of idea of what working life is like and you can use that knowledge in a
0:49:37 > 0:49:42way that will build you up for life. What do you think having a job has
0:49:42 > 0:49:48done for you, what positives?It has been really helpful for me because
0:49:48 > 0:49:52even though it seems annoying when I don't have time on Saturday, it
0:49:52 > 0:49:57means I get to value the time I spend with my friends more as well
0:49:57 > 0:50:01as making money so I can have fun when I go to town.OK, so, how do
0:50:01 > 0:50:06you find that you balance work, school, friends, that kind of thing?
0:50:06 > 0:50:10I think you do a really good job of making sure that during the school
0:50:10 > 0:50:14day and stuff I am on top of all my work and that means that I don't
0:50:14 > 0:50:19have loads of stuff to do when I am on Saturday when I am doing my job
0:50:19 > 0:50:26so it means I have less to worry about.Something rather lovely about
0:50:26 > 0:50:32watching their conversation, about his job.And Steph will look at this
0:50:32 > 0:50:36throughout the morning and we would love you to send in your ideas of
0:50:36 > 0:50:42what you were doing and your first sort or Saturday job, and like
0:50:42 > 0:50:46Krishan, if you are involved in work, maybe the paper round, which
0:50:46 > 0:50:52has been a big demise, let us know. And lots of you have already sent in
0:50:52 > 0:50:59your photos already. This is from David in, oh, look at this, 1975, he
0:50:59 > 0:51:03spent his summer driving around Sheffield selling ice cream. What a
0:51:03 > 0:51:09fantastic van as well.Brian was a paperboy in the Isle of Wight in
0:51:09 > 0:51:211957!And before sitting on the sofa , Dan was stacking shelves in a
0:51:21 > 0:51:25bookshop in Crawley, but I don't know what on earth you were doing.
0:51:25 > 0:51:30Even then you were mucking about.I don't really know.That is an
0:51:30 > 0:51:35innovative approach to stacking shelves.I was in charge of the map
0:51:35 > 0:51:40section.Oh, that explains quite a lot, actually. Steph is talking
0:51:40 > 0:51:44about this all morning, she is just one floor below us to speak with
0:51:44 > 0:51:46some guests. Morning again, Steph.
0:51:46 > 0:51:52Good morning, yes. Mentioning pictures sent in. We've got a
0:51:52 > 0:51:56fabulous wall behind me. Lots of those pictures. Dan was talking
0:51:56 > 0:52:00about one of those jobs. A lovely picture you can see. Thank you to
0:52:00 > 0:52:05everyone who has sent those in. One of the big questions is the rules
0:52:05 > 0:52:10about working under 16. Well, Gareth is an expert who can tell us more.
0:52:10 > 0:52:14First of all, from a business perspective, you need a special
0:52:14 > 0:52:22licence?Yes, employing children between 13 and 16, you have to get
0:52:22 > 0:52:24unemployment licence from the local authority, that is the employers'
0:52:24 > 0:52:30responsibility.And if you are someone who wants a job under 16,
0:52:30 > 0:52:35what are the rules?The hours are that you can do two hours on a
0:52:35 > 0:52:39school day which can either be one hour before school and one hour
0:52:39 > 0:52:44after school, or two hours after school, you can't work before 7am or
0:52:44 > 0:52:49after 7pm and there are restrictions on the number of hours you can do on
0:52:49 > 0:52:55a school day, holidays and weekend. It is complicated.It is
0:52:55 > 0:53:01complicated. Thank you. We have some young people here and there mums and
0:53:01 > 0:53:04head teacher to talk about this. Let's run over and join them. I know
0:53:04 > 0:53:11that you girls in the middle have both got jobs, tell us about them.
0:53:11 > 0:53:15We work in a bargain shop near where we live.And what have you got to
0:53:15 > 0:53:19do?Tidy the shelves and if customers need to know where the
0:53:19 > 0:53:23product is, we take them to that. And is it something you like to do?
0:53:23 > 0:53:27Yes, it gives you lots of skills. And how old are you?13.And
0:53:27 > 0:53:34yourself?13.Do you like it?Yes. You talk to the customers and it is
0:53:34 > 0:53:40a fun environment to be around.It sounds good, I love it, was young.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43As a mother, what was it like to have your dirt are walking already?
0:53:43 > 0:53:49I am proud of her. It is a great thing. -- daughter working already?
0:53:49 > 0:53:54To have the work ethic and she can buy her own things.That is handy,
0:53:54 > 0:54:01isn't it? And Sarah?I am proud that she wanted to go and earn money to
0:54:01 > 0:54:04buy clothes and she has grown in confidence already.That is
0:54:04 > 0:54:09brilliant to hear. And we have a head teacher here, what are your
0:54:09 > 0:54:13thoughts?It is brilliant, what they are doing. We don't spend enough
0:54:13 > 0:54:17time developing young people. It is all about exams. Whereas skills
0:54:17 > 0:54:22which they are picking up our life skills and will help them get jobs
0:54:22 > 0:54:27in future, so it is really good they are doing what they are doing in a
0:54:27 > 0:54:30controlled way.There are some concerns, though, in terms of too
0:54:30 > 0:54:34much pressure on children.Too much pressure and also we have a number
0:54:34 > 0:54:39of children who we are have found working way over those hours and a
0:54:39 > 0:54:45worse case is one lad working 49 hours a week.Oh, wow.And when we
0:54:45 > 0:54:50found out we obviously put a stop to it, we try to put a stop to it, who
0:54:50 > 0:54:53knows what's going on around that, but increasingly young people are
0:54:53 > 0:55:00having to support their families. So you've got young carers and young
0:55:00 > 0:55:05earners and none of the support is working. It seems to have gotten
0:55:05 > 0:55:10worse over the last few years. They are working in takeaways, working
0:55:10 > 0:55:15washing cars, working in corner shops, so that concerns me.
0:55:15 > 0:55:20Regulated activity like this, superb, couldn't want more of it.
0:55:20 > 0:55:25But in terms of the legal stuff which is going on, that really is a
0:55:25 > 0:55:29concern for me, and it is getting worse as children are trying to plug
0:55:29 > 0:55:34the gap which the benefit system seems to have left.And that puts a
0:55:34 > 0:55:38lot of pressure. And girls, do you feel that pressure, do you feel like
0:55:38 > 0:55:43you have to study and work, is it hard?It helps to balance everything
0:55:43 > 0:55:48out because it gives you a set time to go to work and do your homework
0:55:48 > 0:55:53so you know when to do it.You must be super organised? Thank you for
0:55:53 > 0:55:58joining us this morning. I really appreciate that. And we will be here
0:55:58 > 0:56:04through the morning. Send in your pictures, it is great to reminisce.
0:56:04 > 0:56:08I work in a shop when I was 15. Definitely good fun. More from me a
0:56:08 > 0:56:15little bit later.See you later. Good morning, if you have just
0:56:15 > 0:56:16turned on your TV.
0:56:16 > 0:59:36Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.
0:59:36 > 0:59:38Vanessa Feltz is on BBC Radio London, starting in a minute,
0:59:38 > 0:59:41And she is speaking with the Met Police Commissioner and asking how
0:59:41 > 0:59:45safe Londoners are after the difficult year we have had.
1:00:11 > 1:00:20Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
1:00:20 > 1:00:23Negotiations through the night to clear the way for the next stage
1:00:23 > 1:00:24of Brexit talks.
1:00:24 > 1:00:27Theresa May heads to Brussels today to try to break weeks of deadlock.
1:00:27 > 1:00:46The main sticking point is thought to be the border
1:00:46 > 1:00:47between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
1:00:47 > 1:00:49Good morning, it is Monday four December.
1:00:49 > 1:00:52Also this morning: A warning that more children and pensioners
1:00:52 > 1:01:03are falling into poverty.
1:01:03 > 1:01:05Heat or eat, isn't it?
1:01:05 > 1:01:07If you go out, you don't have to have heating
1:01:07 > 1:01:08on, do you?
1:01:08 > 1:01:12The trouble is, once it's dark, and the evenings are now cold,
1:01:12 > 1:01:17you need to put the heating on.
1:01:17 > 1:01:20Numbers of have risen by 700,000 since 2013, say researchers.
1:01:20 > 1:01:21We will be asking why.
1:01:21 > 1:01:24Major changes to the driving test come into effect,
1:01:24 > 1:01:30but some examiners stage a 48-hour strike over the new regime.
1:01:30 > 1:01:34Over the past five years there has been a decline in the number
1:01:34 > 1:01:36of schoolchildren doing part-time work like Saturday jobs
1:01:36 > 1:01:37and newspaper rounds.
1:01:37 > 1:01:39I'll be looking at why, and whether they're a good
1:01:39 > 1:01:40thing or not.
1:01:40 > 1:01:43In sport: England are in deep trouble in the Ashes.
1:01:43 > 1:01:44They have lost six wickets this morning in Adelaide.
1:01:48 > 1:01:49They are 171-7.
1:01:49 > 1:01:51Australia, remember, passed the 400 mark.
1:01:51 > 1:01:54And the only super moon of 2017 provides plenty of opportunities
1:01:54 > 1:01:55for some amazing pictures.
1:01:55 > 1:01:57We will have more of these throughout the morning.
1:01:57 > 1:02:01And Matt has the weather.
1:02:01 > 1:02:09Tahir good morning. -- good morning, a touch of frost for eastern areas.
1:02:09 > 1:02:14Winter is on its way back this week. I will tell you when the full
1:02:14 > 1:02:15forecast in 15 minutes.
1:02:15 > 1:02:16Good morning.
1:02:16 > 1:02:19First, our main story: Britain and the European Union appear close
1:02:19 > 1:02:23to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase
1:02:23 > 1:02:25of Brexit talks, according to EU sources.
1:02:25 > 1:02:27Diplomats held negotiations through the night ahead
1:02:27 > 1:02:29of Theresa May's meeting with the European Commission President,
1:02:29 > 1:02:31Jean-Claude Juncker, in Brussels today.
1:02:31 > 1:02:34We understand there has already been progress in talks about the rights
1:02:34 > 1:02:37of EU citizens who will stay in the UK after Brexit,
1:02:37 > 1:02:38and British people living abroad.
1:02:38 > 1:02:41Discussions about how much money is owed by the UK also appear
1:02:41 > 1:02:44to have been unblocked by a more detailed offer from Britain.
1:02:44 > 1:02:47But the big sticking point which dominated discussions
1:02:47 > 1:02:49overnight is what to do about the border between Northern Ireland
1:02:49 > 1:02:51and the Republic of Ireland.
1:02:51 > 1:02:52Three trips in three months.
1:02:52 > 1:02:56Now, the Prime Minister is making a fourth visit to Brussels to get
1:02:56 > 1:02:57the Brexit talks going.
1:02:57 > 1:02:59She will meet EU Commission President, Jean-Claude Junker,
1:02:59 > 1:03:02and others, to apply the finishing political touches to a package
1:03:02 > 1:03:04of commitments that has been sweated over by officials.
1:03:04 > 1:03:08It sounds like there has been progress in talks about the rights
1:03:08 > 1:03:11of EU citizens who will stay in the UK after Brexit,
1:03:11 > 1:03:12and British people living abroad.
1:03:12 > 1:03:15Discussions about how much money is owed owed by the UK appear
1:03:15 > 1:03:19to have been unblocked by a more detailed offer from Britain.
1:03:19 > 1:03:22But the big sticking point is what to do about the border
1:03:22 > 1:03:24between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
1:03:24 > 1:03:26The Irish Government does not want to wait
1:03:26 > 1:03:27for a possible trade deal.
1:03:27 > 1:03:30They want certainty on what is going to happen, now.
1:03:30 > 1:03:33Downing Street has called today an important staging post on the way
1:03:33 > 1:03:37to a European summit in ten days' time, because that is when EU
1:03:37 > 1:03:39leaders will decide whether there has been enough talk
1:03:39 > 1:03:42about the divorce to start working out the future.
1:03:42 > 1:03:48Adam Fleming, BBC News, Brussels.
1:03:48 > 1:03:51First, let's speak to our Ireland correspondent Chris Page,
1:03:51 > 1:03:52who is in Belfast.
1:03:52 > 1:03:55Chris, is there any possibility of agreement when it comes
1:03:55 > 1:03:56to the border?
1:03:56 > 1:04:01Conflicting reports on the last 20 or 25 minutes or so. Some say it has
1:04:01 > 1:04:07gone well and been positive, others saying there is no resolution.The
1:04:07 > 1:04:14general sense is that progress has been made, but negotiators who are
1:04:14 > 1:04:18putting in the hours are not there yet. It would always be a diplomatic
1:04:18 > 1:04:22riddle but what all sides agree on is what they are trying to achieve.
1:04:22 > 1:04:25They don't want any new border controls on the frontier between
1:04:25 > 1:04:29Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. At the moment you hardly
1:04:29 > 1:04:33notice the border is there, and Britain, Ireland and the EU want to
1:04:33 > 1:04:38keep it that way. The difficulty is how you achieve that. The Republic
1:04:38 > 1:04:42of Ireland will continue to follow European regulations on the movement
1:04:42 > 1:04:46of goods, and the UK may not. One way around that would be for
1:04:46 > 1:04:50Northern Ireland, at least, to continue to follow European
1:04:50 > 1:04:53regulations. The British government have said they don't want anything
1:04:53 > 1:04:57which would result in trade barriers between Northern Ireland and the
1:04:57 > 1:05:02rest of the UK. That is a pretty difficult circle to square. The
1:05:02 > 1:05:05Irish prime minister has a very important voice in all of this. That
1:05:05 > 1:05:12is because on Friday the European President Council, Donald Tusk, said
1:05:12 > 1:05:16that if the border was unacceptable to Ireland it would be unacceptable
1:05:16 > 1:05:19to the European Union. The Irish Cabinet will hold a special meeting
1:05:19 > 1:05:24this morning. It usually meets on Monday, but they are meeting in
1:05:24 > 1:05:28Dublin and that discussion could be very important for how things
1:05:28 > 1:05:31unfold.Thank you very much for that.
1:05:31 > 1:05:33We will be talking to the pro-Brexit Conservative MP
1:05:33 > 1:05:34Owen Paterson shortly.
1:05:34 > 1:05:37He was among those who put pressure on Theresa May over the weekend
1:05:37 > 1:05:50to demand more concessions from the EU.
1:05:50 > 1:05:55There is a lot of talk about getting behind the Prime Minister and Owen
1:05:55 > 1:06:01Paterson is one of those, and what stage they have jurisdiction or not.
1:06:01 > 1:06:04So lots to talk to Owen Paterson about.
1:06:04 > 1:06:07700,000 children and pensioners in the UK have fallen into relative
1:06:07 > 1:06:10poverty over the past four years, according to a new report.
1:06:10 > 1:06:13The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says it is the first sustained rise
1:06:13 > 1:06:15affecting these age groups for 20 years.
1:06:15 > 1:06:18The left-leaning think tank warns decades of progress are in danger
1:06:18 > 1:06:21of unravelling, and has called on the Government to take action.
1:06:21 > 1:06:26Our social affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan has more.
1:06:26 > 1:06:31For Flo Singleton, this drop-in centre has many benefits.
1:06:31 > 1:06:34She can use its computers to keep up with her family.
1:06:34 > 1:06:35She can meet friends.
1:06:35 > 1:06:38And, by being here, the 84-year-old does not have to spend money
1:06:38 > 1:06:40heating her own home.
1:06:40 > 1:06:43If you go out, you don't have to have heating
1:06:43 > 1:06:55on, do you?
1:06:55 > 1:07:00Trouble is, once it's dark, in the evenings now,
1:07:00 > 1:07:03and cold, you need to put the heating on, don't you?
1:07:03 > 1:07:05The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says, since 2013, an extra 300,000
1:07:05 > 1:07:09pensioners and an additional 400,000 children are now living in poverty.
1:07:09 > 1:07:14In total, 14 million people in the UK are in poverty.
1:07:14 > 1:07:17What our report is now showing is that we're
1:07:17 > 1:07:19at a significant turning point.
1:07:19 > 1:07:22Two years of sustained increases in the number of children
1:07:22 > 1:07:25and pensioners in poverty is a real red flag to Government
1:07:25 > 1:07:29that they really have to do something now.
1:07:29 > 1:07:33Researchers say the Government should end the freeze on benefits,
1:07:33 > 1:07:36describing it as the biggest single change that would reduce poverty.
1:07:36 > 1:07:39But ministers say they are already spending tens of billions of pounds
1:07:39 > 1:07:42helping those in need, and that the national living wage
1:07:42 > 1:07:56has given a significant pay rise to households.
1:07:56 > 1:07:57Michael Buchanan, BBC News.
1:07:57 > 1:08:00Government funding for a flagship British aid project to support
1:08:00 > 1:08:02civilian police in Syria has been suspended.
1:08:02 > 1:08:05It is after whistleblowers told the BBC's Panorama programme that
1:08:05 > 1:08:08some of the money was ending up in the hands of extremists.
1:08:08 > 1:08:10The Foreign Office says it is investigating the allegations,
1:08:10 > 1:08:12as Panorama's Jane Corbyn explains.
1:08:12 > 1:08:16Britain is one of six countries that funds the Free Syrian Police,
1:08:16 > 1:08:23set up to bring security to opposition-held areas.
1:08:23 > 1:08:29For eight months, British aid money meant to pay for officers' salaries
1:08:29 > 1:08:31was handed over by the police to an extremist group,
1:08:31 > 1:08:34Nour al-Din al-Zenki.
1:08:34 > 1:08:37TRANSLATION:Zenki used to get a percentage from the salaries
1:08:37 > 1:08:40of the Free Police members.
1:08:40 > 1:08:44It was just about taking a percentage in return
1:08:44 > 1:08:47for the services, and to create a sort of equilibrium
1:08:47 > 1:08:48between the police and the fighters.
1:08:48 > 1:08:53The police we fund also provide support for Zenki's barbaric justice
1:08:53 > 1:08:58system, responsible for torture and summary killings.
1:08:58 > 1:09:06The company which runs the aid projects, Adam Smith International,
1:09:06 > 1:09:25or ASI, told us the Government was aware of cash going to Zenki,
1:09:25 > 1:09:28and ASI have strict guidelines in place to ensure detainees
1:09:28 > 1:09:29are treated fairly and plainly.
1:09:29 > 1:09:32The Foreign Office has suspended funding while it investigates
1:09:32 > 1:09:32Panorama's allegations.
1:09:32 > 1:09:34Panorama is on BBC One tonight at 7:30pm.
1:09:34 > 1:09:37As new driving tests come into force, to better reflect modern
1:09:37 > 1:09:39roads, examiners have begun a 48-hour strike.
1:09:39 > 1:09:42The new tests will see an end to manoeuvres such
1:09:42 > 1:09:44as the three-point turn and reversing round a corner,
1:09:44 > 1:09:47but learners will now have to parallel park and follow
1:09:47 > 1:09:48directions from a sat nav.
1:09:48 > 1:09:51Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union
1:09:51 > 1:10:01are protesting against the changes, as well as pay and working hours.
1:10:01 > 1:10:09Did you really have to reverse around the corner?Yes, because it
1:10:09 > 1:10:13was a narrow road, and a car was coming up, and I turned in...They
1:10:13 > 1:10:17are getting rid of that because not many people do that kind of
1:10:17 > 1:10:22manoeuvre any more.I was just going to say I have done that in the last
1:10:22 > 1:10:2724 hours, did it quite nicely, actually.And one of our reporters
1:10:27 > 1:10:31has been to do the new test. We will see what happens later.
1:10:31 > 1:10:34Facebook says it is creating 800 new jobs in the UK,
1:10:34 > 1:10:36as it opens a new office in central London.
1:10:36 > 1:10:39It will become the firm's biggest engineering hub outside
1:10:39 > 1:10:40of the United States.
1:10:40 > 1:10:43An estimated 2,300 people will be employed by the social media company
1:10:43 > 1:10:46in the UK by the end of next year.
1:10:46 > 1:10:48A co-operative group is to start selling food
1:10:48 > 1:10:49beyond its "best before" date.
1:10:49 > 1:10:53125 shops in East Anglia will sell tinned goods and dried food such
1:10:53 > 1:10:56as pasta, crisps and rice for a flat rate of 10p.
1:10:56 > 1:11:00It is part of a drive to reduce the seven million tons of food
1:11:00 > 1:11:10thrown away in the UK each year.
1:11:10 > 1:11:13A supermoon illuminated the sky last night, as it moved closer to earth,
1:11:13 > 1:11:16appearing bigger and brighter than usual.
1:11:16 > 1:11:19It is the first supermoon since November of last year.
1:11:19 > 1:11:21But, if you missed it, don't fear.
1:11:21 > 1:11:25There will be two more before the end of January.
1:11:25 > 1:11:29Many of you did see it, though, and you have been sending
1:11:29 > 1:11:30in your pictures.
1:11:30 > 1:11:36This is from Craig Broadbridge, in Gloucestershire.
1:11:36 > 1:11:39You can really see how bright the moon is from this one taken
1:11:39 > 1:11:47by Allan Ballard in Warwickshire.
1:11:47 > 1:11:50Shaun George captured a more yellowy moon over Leeds.
1:11:50 > 1:11:53And this is a spectacular photo taken by professional photographer
1:11:53 > 1:12:00Danny Lawson at Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire.
1:12:00 > 1:12:06And the super moon wasn't only visible here in the UK.
1:12:06 > 1:12:18It is essentially 5% to 7% larger when it is a supermoon. It is also
1:12:18 > 1:12:1915% brighter.
1:12:19 > 1:12:22This was the scene last night, as the moon rose over
1:12:22 > 1:12:28Washington, DC.
1:12:28 > 1:12:32That is incredible, it looks entirely fabricated, but it is not.
1:12:32 > 1:12:35Here, we can see it over Cape Town in South Africa.
1:12:35 > 1:12:43This picture was taken in Yangon, in Myanmar.
1:12:43 > 1:12:46And these visitors had some of the best seats in the house,
1:12:46 > 1:12:55viewing the phenomenon from a Ferris wheel in Tokyo.
1:12:55 > 1:13:00If you saw it, lucky you. I saw it early on in the evening.Did you
1:13:00 > 1:13:06take a snap?You know what, I just enjoyed it. I am sure many of you
1:13:06 > 1:13:07did as well.
1:13:07 > 1:13:10As we have been hearing, Theresa May is travelling
1:13:10 > 1:13:12to Brussels for another round of Brexit negotiations.
1:13:12 > 1:13:15It is a task made even trickier by hardline Brexiteers
1:13:15 > 1:13:18in her own party, some of whom published a letter over
1:13:18 > 1:13:20the weekend demanding more concessions from the EU.
1:13:20 > 1:13:23Yesterday the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, warned them to fall
1:13:23 > 1:13:25in line or risk Brexit happening at all.
1:13:25 > 1:13:27Let's have a listen.
1:13:27 > 1:13:31The choice we face now is not between this Brexit or that Brexit.
1:13:31 > 1:13:38If we don't back Theresa May we will have no Brexit.
1:13:38 > 1:13:42Well, one of the people Mr Hunt had in mind when he made that comment
1:13:42 > 1:13:45was the Conservative MP Owen Paterson, and he joins us now
1:13:45 > 1:13:47from Shrewsbury, in his constituency.
1:13:47 > 1:13:50Good morning to you, Mr Paterson. Thank you for coming on reckless
1:13:50 > 1:13:55this morning. In response to what Jeremy Hunt was saying, for Brexit
1:13:55 > 1:14:01to work, everyone has to back the Prime Minister. Why are you not
1:14:01 > 1:14:05being in line?Absolutely, Jeremy is completely right about the Prime
1:14:05 > 1:14:09Minister, because the alternative is some crazy Corbyn government. I was
1:14:09 > 1:14:14in the chamber last week, and I asked the Labour Party spokesman
1:14:14 > 1:14:19what is their definition of leaving the European Union, and the Labour
1:14:19 > 1:14:23Party spokesman couldn't give me an answer. So absolutely, we are right
1:14:23 > 1:14:28behind the Prime Minister.Well, you are not right behind the Prime
1:14:28 > 1:14:33Minister really. I am story to jump in, you signed this letter which you
1:14:33 > 1:14:37published yesterday, which demands that the European Court of Justice
1:14:37 > 1:14:41ends in 2019. Theresa May and David Davis have both made it very clear
1:14:41 > 1:14:45that that will not happen. So you are not really getting behind the
1:14:45 > 1:14:51Prime Minister, are you?This is all in a state of flux. She has made a
1:14:51 > 1:14:55very generous offer at Florence, which the European Union were pretty
1:14:55 > 1:15:01churlish about and didn't come back and appear to want more money for
1:15:01 > 1:15:06more indefinite promises. All we are doing our restating what we had in
1:15:06 > 1:15:09the Conservative Party manifesto, which was the promised to deliver
1:15:09 > 1:15:13what 17.4 million people voted for, which was to leave the single
1:15:13 > 1:15:17market, leave the customs union, and very importantly leave the ECJ.
1:15:17 > 1:15:20Because if we ultimately have a court outside the jurisdiction of
1:15:20 > 1:15:24this country, where we can't appoint the judges and don't have the
1:15:24 > 1:15:29pointy, we won't have left. It is important to remind those with whom
1:15:29 > 1:15:33we have been negotiating that she has strong support for her stated
1:15:33 > 1:15:37aims of the Florence speech -- appointees. So we are absolutely
1:15:37 > 1:15:41right behind her, and it is very important that the European Union
1:15:41 > 1:15:44does understand that many of us are getting absolutely fed up with the
1:15:44 > 1:15:47fact that they are treating her in some ways pretty rudely and
1:15:47 > 1:15:51churlishly, and not getting onto the absolute key negotiation, which is
1:15:51 > 1:15:55the economic relationship which we have with the European Union once we
1:15:55 > 1:16:01leave. Now, many of us, most people, would to see reciprocal free trade
1:16:01 > 1:16:05with zero tariffs. That would enable very significant trade with us.
1:16:05 > 1:16:14Don't forget they had a 78 billion euro surplus with us last year. 5
1:16:14 > 1:16:18million Europeans depend on the UK per trade. And at last the penny is
1:16:18 > 1:16:25dropping. I tweeted an article yesterday from a very reputable,
1:16:25 > 1:16:28distinguished research Institute in unique pointing out that if Brexit
1:16:28 > 1:16:37goes ahead on WTO lines it will cost the EU $40 billion a year. We want
1:16:37 > 1:16:43to get on the negotiating a sensible free-trade agreement when we leave.
1:16:43 > 1:16:49The UK has been in the EU for decades. We know we are leaving. The
1:16:49 > 1:16:53PM is negotiating that. Why are you rushing things through if it is
1:16:53 > 1:16:57going to happen, why are you pressuring it to happen at a certain
1:16:57 > 1:17:00date and time with regard to the European Court of Justice and other
1:17:00 > 1:17:07issues?We won't really have left until we leave the three main
1:17:07 > 1:17:10elements, single market, Customs union and the court and we can't
1:17:10 > 1:17:16enjoy all the benefits of having left and no one is talking enough of
1:17:16 > 1:17:19the huge opportunities in the wider world as we see trade with Europe
1:17:19 > 1:17:29fall from 61% of trade in 1999, around 43% or 44%, falling down to
1:17:29 > 1:17:3235%, so our neighbours are valuable and the growth will be the wider
1:17:32 > 1:17:38world. We can't get on and grab the opportunities of doing trade deals
1:17:38 > 1:17:41around the world with growing economies in Asia and elsewhere
1:17:41 > 1:17:45unless we have truly left and, don't forget, those countries are watching
1:17:45 > 1:17:49very carefully. So if we come up with some muddled transition in
1:17:49 > 1:17:53which we are half in and half out and we can't negotiate or do trade
1:17:53 > 1:17:58deals, that means we can't enjoy the benefits and grab those job
1:17:58 > 1:18:02opportunities and in breach of this country and make people better off
1:18:02 > 1:18:07and bring food prices down, we can't do that until we have control of our
1:18:07 > 1:18:12country and the simple question in the referendum was, do we want to
1:18:12 > 1:18:17take back control? And we can enjoy the advantages and the positives of
1:18:17 > 1:18:20leaving...One more on backing the Prime Minister. If Jeremy Hunt when
1:18:20 > 1:18:24he said everyone needs to back the Prime Minister, if he wasn't talking
1:18:24 > 1:18:30about you and others, who was he talking about? I am terribly sorry,
1:18:30 > 1:18:34I didn't see the interview. I can tell you what he said, everyone has
1:18:34 > 1:18:39to back the Prime Minister. Otherwise it might not work.OK. You
1:18:39 > 1:18:44are trying to make a sort of techie inside story. I am behind the Prime
1:18:44 > 1:18:50Minister today and I wish her the best. She made a strong speech in
1:18:50 > 1:18:54Brussels. I think they have treated her in nature lit manner. What we
1:18:54 > 1:19:00are doing in their statement, which is a group of senior politicians and
1:19:00 > 1:19:03businessmen with coverage across the country, we are making it clear we
1:19:03 > 1:19:09are right behind her -- churlish manner. We are saying, make it clear
1:19:09 > 1:19:14we won't hand a penny over until we have clear confirmation that in
1:19:14 > 1:19:18principle they will be moving to a proper free-trade deal with zero
1:19:18 > 1:19:25tariffs in 2019.Can I ask you on the Irish situation, there is a deal
1:19:25 > 1:19:30on divorce, one on citizenship, what will the Irish border look like?
1:19:30 > 1:19:33There are conflicting reports about how well the negotiations have gone
1:19:33 > 1:19:41overnight.I am not obviously I say with the details. I am dismayed
1:19:41 > 1:19:46generally with the importance given to this because I think this is
1:19:46 > 1:19:54soluble. There is a border today, and excise duty border and a tariff
1:19:54 > 1:20:02border. I went every week and I still go on a regular basis. Nobody
1:20:02 > 1:20:07north or south of the border has ever said this presents a problem to
1:20:07 > 1:20:11their businesses. No politician has mentioned it. The vast amount of
1:20:11 > 1:20:17trade is local, 5% of Northern Ireland's trade, 1.6% of the
1:20:17 > 1:20:24Republic of Ireland's exports, so it is local trade and the government
1:20:24 > 1:20:28put forward practical solutions to this, derogation for small
1:20:28 > 1:20:33businesses crossing the border, authorised economic operators to
1:20:33 > 1:20:37handle the economic produce, such as milk, which goes from the same farm
1:20:37 > 1:20:41on the same tanker on the same road at the same time of day to the same
1:20:41 > 1:20:45dairy - that can easily be done with electronic invoicing. And modern
1:20:45 > 1:20:48techniques such as I have talked about, authorised economic
1:20:48 > 1:20:53operation, this is soluble and should not be holding up the vast
1:20:53 > 1:20:56win more important talks, which is the end destination, which is
1:20:56 > 1:21:01whether we will establish reciprocal free trade with zero tariffs with
1:21:01 > 1:21:10the EU from 30 March 2019.Thank you for your time this morning.So many
1:21:10 > 1:21:15of you will have been lucky enough to see the super moon last night.
1:21:15 > 1:21:20Yes. I was asleep.I did see it.
1:21:20 > 1:21:22Some had lovely clear skies, didn't
1:21:22 > 1:21:25Some had lovely clear skies, didn't they? They certainly did. And the
1:21:25 > 1:21:29clear skies left frost around eastern and southern areas this
1:21:29 > 1:21:33morning. Not a bad start to the working week. Travel wise, the
1:21:33 > 1:21:36weather should not interrupt you much. We generally have high
1:21:36 > 1:21:41pressure in charge. The wind may be in the north-west. It is coming
1:21:41 > 1:21:44round this area of high pressure. Temperatures at levels where they
1:21:44 > 1:21:50should be later on. Eastern areas, touch of frost, mist and fog patches
1:21:50 > 1:21:55and not a bad day in store. Sunny spells. More loud across western
1:21:55 > 1:22:00half of England and Wales with the odd showers to the north-west. Most
1:22:00 > 1:22:04places stay dry. The same for western Scotland and Northern
1:22:04 > 1:22:08Ireland. Most places see only a brief shower. Most places dry.
1:22:08 > 1:22:12Eastern Scotland find. Morning rain in Shetland. Quite blowy across the
1:22:12 > 1:22:19north of Scotland. There is more showers putting in. Really for most
1:22:19 > 1:22:25it is a dry Monday in store. Temperatures at or above where they
1:22:25 > 1:22:32should be for this time of year. Into tonight, we do it all again. If
1:22:32 > 1:22:36anything, more breeze across northern Scotland and later more
1:22:36 > 1:22:43rain for the Hebrides, Orkney & Shetland. Western half of the UK, as
1:22:43 > 1:22:47will be dry. Temperatures drop below those shown on the charts with a
1:22:47 > 1:22:51touch of Fossey there into Tuesday morning by Tuesday morning is
1:22:51 > 1:22:55similar to today with spots of rain in the west. The biggest change
1:22:55 > 1:23:02across the Hebrides, Orkney & Shetland. Quite soggy in Shetland
1:23:02 > 1:23:07with strong gale force winds. Sunny spells with temperatures into the
1:23:07 > 1:23:14high single figures. Maybe double figures. Ten or 11 degrees. And they
1:23:14 > 1:23:17could lift further into Wednesday. The middle of the week, signs of
1:23:17 > 1:23:23change. Strong gale force winds. More in the way of rain. Eastern
1:23:23 > 1:23:28areas should be dry but the wet and windy weather will sleep test was
1:23:28 > 1:23:33through Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Gales, if not
1:23:33 > 1:23:37severe gales, it will be quite wild. As it clears into Thursday we opened
1:23:37 > 1:23:40the door once again to winter with north to north-westerly wind pushing
1:23:40 > 1:23:45down the entire length of the UK. So after starting the week with
1:23:45 > 1:23:49temperatures around ten or 11 degrees with fine weather the wet
1:23:49 > 1:23:53and windy weather pushes into the middle part of the week. Then by the
1:23:53 > 1:23:56end of it temperatures across the UK only around three to five degrees.
1:23:56 > 1:23:57Winter
1:23:57 > 1:23:58only around three to five degrees. Winter will return.It is
1:23:58 > 1:24:01going to be chilly again. Thank you.
1:24:01 > 1:24:04Domestic abuse affects millions of people in the UK and takes many
1:24:04 > 1:24:06forms, from the physical attacks to psychological bullying.
1:24:06 > 1:24:08Today, campaigners are calling for financial abuse,
1:24:08 > 1:24:10when one person controls another's access to money,
1:24:10 > 1:24:13to be recognised as a crime in its own right.
1:24:13 > 1:24:27Vishala Sri-Pathma has this report.
1:24:27 > 1:24:31Rachel, not her real name, was abused for nearly a decade. But it
1:24:31 > 1:24:36is a form of abuse that largely goes under the radar.
1:24:36 > 1:24:39Financial abuse is where one partner has control over another's
1:24:39 > 1:24:40access to money.
1:24:40 > 1:24:42I was totally invisible in terms of credit status.
1:24:42 > 1:24:44I didn't have a tenancy agreement in my name.
1:24:44 > 1:24:46I had no bank account.
1:24:46 > 1:24:48No access to cash or stops or shares, nothing.
1:24:48 > 1:24:50I didn't realise at the time I had given up everything.
1:24:51 > 1:24:53Rachel's partner gradually took control of all her money.
1:24:53 > 1:24:57He made her leave her job to work with him, stopping her having access
1:24:57 > 1:24:58to wages or bank accounts.
1:24:58 > 1:25:01Instead, he gave her a weekly allowance.
1:25:01 > 1:25:05The financial abuse Rachel experienced lead to physical
1:25:05 > 1:25:07and eventually she found the courage to leave.
1:25:07 > 1:25:10Despite going to police and taking her case
1:25:10 > 1:25:12to the Crown Prosecution Services on several occasions,
1:25:12 > 1:25:13Rachel's partner was never prosecuted.
1:25:13 > 1:25:16My experience has gone three times to the Crown Prosecution Service
1:25:16 > 1:25:19and bounced back and no further action has been taken
1:25:19 > 1:25:24and that is just so disappointing.
1:25:24 > 1:25:27When I kept the diaries, I kept all of the e-mails and text
1:25:27 > 1:25:30messages, the bank statements, the court orders and...
1:25:30 > 1:25:30It failed.
1:25:30 > 1:25:38And that is extremely frustrating.
1:25:38 > 1:25:41In 2015, a new law against controlling and coercive
1:25:41 > 1:25:41behaviour was introduced.
1:25:41 > 1:25:44It meant people could be prosecuted for emotional and psychological
1:25:44 > 1:25:49abuse, not just physical violence.
1:25:49 > 1:25:52Financial abuse can be a type of coercive control but this
1:25:52 > 1:25:56behaviour alone may not constitute a criminal offence.
1:25:56 > 1:25:58The government is currently consulting on proposed domestic
1:25:58 > 1:26:02abuse and violence act.
1:26:02 > 1:26:05One campaign group is today calling for the bill to include financial
1:26:05 > 1:26:11abuse as a criminal offence in its own right.
1:26:11 > 1:26:15There is a bill that is being consulted on that is looking to put
1:26:15 > 1:26:16a definition of domestic violence into legislation.
1:26:16 > 1:26:20And that would be incredibly helpful if we could have economic abuse
1:26:20 > 1:26:22within a statutory definition of domestic violence.
1:26:22 > 1:26:25So that we can say this is what it is and these
1:26:25 > 1:26:35are the things that we need to be able to do in order to tackle it.
1:26:35 > 1:26:37The government says the domestic violence and abuse bill
1:26:37 > 1:26:40will enshrine a definition of domestic abuse in law to make
1:26:40 > 1:26:44sure it is properly understood in all its forms.
1:26:44 > 1:26:49Critics insist that those carrying out law enforcement need to be
1:26:49 > 1:26:55trained and aware of the signs of financial control for them to be
1:26:55 > 1:26:58able to spot it, or cases like Rachel's will continue
1:26:58 > 1:27:03to go unpunished.
1:27:03 > 1:27:07A little bit later we will talk about changes to the driving test,
1:27:07 > 1:27:13so you won't have to be driving around a corner.I did, and I did a
1:27:13 > 1:27:18three-point turn.And three-point turns will no longer be tested. So
1:27:18 > 1:27:21you won't be tested on about. Did you fail your test?Quite
1:27:21 > 1:27:26spectacularly. I passed the second one. On the first one, one minute
1:27:26 > 1:27:33in, I reversed around a roundabout. No, because...Why? Always an
1:27:33 > 1:27:41excuse.I was too close to the car. It broke down. I was too close to
1:27:41 > 1:27:45pull out. So then I had to reverse back and I nearly crashed into the
1:27:45 > 1:27:49car behind me. The examiner put three major faults down one minute
1:27:49 > 1:27:54in.I am no better. I didn't do anything like that.I failed twice.
1:27:54 > 1:27:59All of that as people apparently don't pass the first one. Yes, well,
1:27:59 > 1:28:04that's what I tell myself anyway. Yes, you tell yourself that. We will
1:28:04 > 1:31:24talk about that in about ten minutes' time.
1:31:24 > 1:31:26commissioner about a very busy year for the police and how Londoners
1:31:26 > 1:31:28have coped with it all.
1:31:28 > 1:31:30I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom
1:31:30 > 1:31:33in half an hour.
1:31:33 > 1:31:37Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
1:31:37 > 1:31:40Here is a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News:
1:31:40 > 1:31:43Sources in Brussels suggest Britain and the European Union appear close
1:31:43 > 1:31:47to reaching a deal that would clear the way for Brexit talks to move
1:31:47 > 1:31:48on to future trade relationships.
1:31:48 > 1:31:50Negotiations continued through the night on the last
1:31:50 > 1:31:52remaining sticking point, the Irish border, ahead
1:31:52 > 1:31:55of Theresa May's meeting with the European Commission President,
1:31:55 > 1:32:02Jean-Claude Juncker, later today.
1:32:02 > 1:32:08Our Europe correspondent Adam Fleming is in Brussels.
1:32:08 > 1:32:12We are hearing conflicting reports about whether talks went all night,
1:32:12 > 1:32:16whether there was any kind of breakthrough. What can you tell us?
1:32:16 > 1:32:20Welcome to my world, trying to work out what is happening or not
1:32:20 > 1:32:24happening in that building there. I got a text last night saying they
1:32:24 > 1:32:30were 87% of the way there. Another text said 88% and this morning the
1:32:30 > 1:32:35Times said 90%. So they might be having a bit of a laugh about the
1:32:35 > 1:32:39precision of the figures but there has been a lot of progress made on
1:32:39 > 1:32:42the big Brexit issues for this phase of the talks. It seems they are
1:32:42 > 1:32:47close to a deal on citizens' writes, European nationals who will stay in
1:32:47 > 1:32:52Britain after Brexit and British people abroad. It seems there are
1:32:52 > 1:32:56questions about how much money the UK owes when it leaves, but those
1:32:56 > 1:33:00have been unblocked by a more detailed offer made in private in
1:33:00 > 1:33:04the last few weeks. But the remaining ten to 13% seems to be
1:33:04 > 1:33:09quite a big deal. It is what to do about the northern Irish border. It
1:33:09 > 1:33:12basically boils down to this. The Irish government doesn't want to
1:33:12 > 1:33:17wait for some future amazing trade deal between the EU and the UK. They
1:33:17 > 1:33:25want certainty now about protecting the hard border, and the UK does not
1:33:25 > 1:33:28want to sign up for anything which would make life more difficult for
1:33:28 > 1:33:35relations between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. So the last
1:33:35 > 1:33:39few days have been about deciding the wording for a document published
1:33:39 > 1:33:45this afternoon to keep both sides happy. So it is a lot of rumours at
1:33:45 > 1:33:48the moment we will find out in four or five hours what has actually
1:33:48 > 1:33:54happened.I expect you are getting more text, so we will let you find
1:33:54 > 1:33:55out what has happened.
1:33:55 > 1:33:57Nearly 750,000 children and pensioners in the UK have fallen
1:33:57 > 1:33:59into relative poverty over the past four years,
1:33:59 > 1:34:02according to a new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
1:34:02 > 1:34:05The think tank warns decades of progress are in danger
1:34:05 > 1:34:08of unravelling, and has called on the Government to take action,
1:34:08 > 1:34:10including ending a freeze on benefits.
1:34:10 > 1:34:13Ministers say the number of people living in absolute poverty has
1:34:13 > 1:34:15fallen by more than 500,000, with pensioner poverty close
1:34:15 > 1:34:18to historically low levels.
1:34:18 > 1:34:21Funding for a British aid project to support civilian police in Syria
1:34:21 > 1:34:23has been suspended by the Foreign Office.
1:34:23 > 1:34:26It is alleged some of the money was being diverted to extremist
1:34:26 > 1:34:28groups known for carrying out torture and executions.
1:34:28 > 1:34:30The Government has said it is investigating allegations,
1:34:30 > 1:34:33which came to light during an investigation by the BBC's
1:34:33 > 1:34:39Panorama programme.
1:34:39 > 1:34:42As new driving tests come into force, to better reflect modern
1:34:42 > 1:34:44roads, examiners have begun a 48-hour strike.
1:34:44 > 1:34:47The new tests will see an end to manoeuvres such
1:34:47 > 1:34:50as the three-point turn and reversing round a corner,
1:34:50 > 1:34:52but learners will now have to parallel park and follow
1:34:52 > 1:34:53directions from a sat nav.
1:34:53 > 1:34:56Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union
1:34:56 > 1:35:08are protesting against the changes, as well as pay and working hours.
1:35:08 > 1:35:11Facebook says it is creating 800 new jobs in the UK as it opens
1:35:11 > 1:35:13a new office in central London.
1:35:13 > 1:35:16It will become the firm's biggest engineering hub outside
1:35:16 > 1:35:17of the United States.
1:35:17 > 1:35:20An estimated 2,300 people will be employed by the social media company
1:35:20 > 1:35:29in the UK by the end of next year.
1:35:29 > 1:35:31A co-operative group is to start selling food
1:35:31 > 1:35:32beyond its "best before" date.
1:35:32 > 1:35:36125 shops in East Anglia will sell tinned goods and dried food such
1:35:36 > 1:35:39as pasta, crisps and rice for a flat rate of 10p.
1:35:39 > 1:35:42It is part of a drive to reduce the seven million tons of food
1:35:42 > 1:35:52thrown away in the UK each year.
1:35:52 > 1:35:54And finally: A derelict sports stadium in the American state
1:35:54 > 1:35:57of Michigan is still standing, despite efforts to flatten it.
1:35:57 > 1:35:59Crowds gathered to watch the Silverdome in Detroit knocked
1:35:59 > 1:36:08down.
1:36:08 > 1:36:10But as we can see here, despite several blasts,
1:36:10 > 1:36:11the building remained standing proud.
1:36:11 > 1:36:15Fans of the Detroit Lions, the team that called the arena home
1:36:15 > 1:36:18until 2001, joked on social media that it was not the first time
1:36:18 > 1:36:26they had left the parking lot feeling disappointed.
1:36:26 > 1:36:30It is the blind leading the blind, really, isn't it? I wonder whether
1:36:30 > 1:36:35they will have another go. Presumably it is structurally
1:36:35 > 1:36:37unsafe, so it will be dangerous to go.
1:36:37 > 1:36:39Coming up on the programme: In around ten minutes,
1:36:39 > 1:36:42Matt will have the weather.
1:36:42 > 1:36:45If you have been following the cricket this morning... For the last
1:36:45 > 1:36:51hour we have not lost a wicket! But I am afraid I have to bring you the
1:36:51 > 1:36:55bigger picture. For people just waking up, I love your positivity,
1:36:55 > 1:36:59but if you are just waking up this morning the news of the cricket and
1:36:59 > 1:37:03you want to hear what has been happening, it is not going well for
1:37:03 > 1:37:05England on day three of the second Ashes Test.
1:37:05 > 1:37:08They have lost six wickets this morning, and they are nowhere
1:37:08 > 1:37:09near Australia's first innings total.
1:37:09 > 1:37:11Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss is in Adelaide.
1:37:11 > 1:37:17Andy, what's going on?
1:37:17 > 1:37:22Fair to say it has not been a great day for England, Sally. As you say,
1:37:22 > 1:37:28things looking slightly better. They are now 206-7. A good 50 partnership
1:37:28 > 1:37:33at the moment between Chris Woakes and Craig Overton but apart from
1:37:33 > 1:37:37that it has been grim viewing if you are an England fan. They began the
1:37:37 > 1:37:42day just one wicket down. It did not stay like that for long. James Vince
1:37:42 > 1:37:46was the first wicket to go, caught behind for just two. A terrible
1:37:46 > 1:37:53start for England. Joe Root was then caught at slip for nine, another
1:37:53 > 1:37:57rash shot. Not exactly the Captain's innings he had been hoping for.
1:37:57 > 1:38:02Alastair Cook got to 37 but then offered catching practice to put
1:38:02 > 1:38:07England in even deeper trouble. The next batsman got to 19 before being
1:38:07 > 1:38:12caught behind, England in real trouble at tea and since then we
1:38:12 > 1:38:18have seen two incredible caught and bowled. The first to get rid of
1:38:18 > 1:38:22Moeen Ali and the second from Mitchell Starc, remarkable reflexes
1:38:22 > 1:38:27to account for Jonny Bairstow. Two trillion bits of fielding from
1:38:27 > 1:38:32Australia's bowlers, but as I say, a demoralising day from England. Their
1:38:32 > 1:38:39batsmen simply haven't been up for it. They now face a real battle to
1:38:39 > 1:38:44save this match from 2-0 down in the Ashes series. It would be very
1:38:44 > 1:38:47difficult to see them coming back. Their next match is in Perth where
1:38:47 > 1:38:52England have not won since 1978. So the Ashes hope already looking in
1:38:52 > 1:38:59jeopardy.And just watching in the studio here, I think we have just
1:38:59 > 1:39:03lost another wicket in the last few moments or so, so it is getting
1:39:03 > 1:39:09worse. Mitchell Starc's reactions, his reaction time apparently was
1:39:09 > 1:39:160.5, so basically half a second. I can tell you, Chris Woakes... That
1:39:16 > 1:39:22was Dan Walker's finger.He is gone for 36, I was trying to tell you
1:39:22 > 1:39:32with my fingers.Are you watching the cricket?Sneakily.Thank you to
1:39:32 > 1:39:33my lovely assistant.
1:39:33 > 1:39:35Manchester City are eight points clear at the top
1:39:35 > 1:39:38of the Premier League, thanks to a record-equalling 13th
1:39:38 > 1:39:39win in a row.
1:39:39 > 1:39:42Their visitors, West Ham, put up a real fight though.
1:39:42 > 1:39:44Angelo Ogbonna put them ahead, but after City levelled,
1:39:44 > 1:39:48David Silva put away the winner seven minutes from time.
1:39:48 > 1:39:51The second half, we were outstanding, how we played.
1:39:51 > 1:39:53It was quite similar, I thought, in the first half,
1:39:53 > 1:39:55I thought we would score.
1:39:55 > 1:39:56But today was a bit different.
1:39:56 > 1:40:03So it was massive.
1:40:03 > 1:40:05It shows that they can do it.
1:40:05 > 1:40:08I've been pleased with the amount of training, I can't
1:40:08 > 1:40:09have any complaints.
1:40:09 > 1:40:12I think that what you see today is we ran the course.
1:40:12 > 1:40:20Not enough, but hopefully we can take some positives from that.
1:40:20 > 1:40:23There was controversy on the south coast, where Bournemouth defender
1:40:23 > 1:40:26Adam Smith claimed referee Jon Moss told him after the match
1:40:26 > 1:40:29he was wrong to book him for diving instead of awarding
1:40:29 > 1:40:30a penalty against Southampton.
1:40:30 > 1:40:34The match ended in a 1-1 draw, and Smith will miss the next game
1:40:34 > 1:40:40for his fifth yellow card of the season.
1:40:40 > 1:40:43In the Scottish Premiership, Rangers moved into second place,
1:40:43 > 1:40:46above Aberdeen on goal difference, after beating them 2-1 at Pittodrie.
1:40:46 > 1:40:59Josh Windass with the winning goal.
1:40:59 > 1:41:03So I think now basically don't look at the cricket. We went really well
1:41:03 > 1:41:09for an hour.I take full responsibility, I won't move!
1:41:09 > 1:41:14Did you pass your driving test the first time around?What do you
1:41:14 > 1:41:22think?No.Yes. I passed my in the first time, but that's because, are
1:41:22 > 1:41:29you ready for this? I was driving before I was 17.Did you have a
1:41:29 > 1:41:36family member who had a farm? Exactly, on a farm. I was so keen to
1:41:36 > 1:41:41learn to drive I started before I was 17, so by the time I was 17 I
1:41:41 > 1:41:49could practically drive.You were a well oiled machine.
1:41:49 > 1:41:52Whether performing a turn in the road or reversing around
1:41:52 > 1:41:54a corner, for years, learner drivers had to perfect these
1:41:54 > 1:41:58moves if they wanted to stand any chance of ripping up their L-plates.
1:41:58 > 1:42:00But, from today, these particular manoeuvres will be replaced
1:42:00 > 1:42:10by skills like being able to follow a sat nav,
1:42:10 > 1:42:12as the driving test gets a modern-day makeover.
1:42:12 > 1:42:15We will find out more about the changes in a moment.
1:42:15 > 1:42:17But first, let's see how Breakfast's Holly Hamilton got
1:42:17 > 1:42:21on with the new rules when she got behind the wheel.
1:42:21 > 1:42:25The way he is taking that corner is going down on record, and it will be
1:42:25 > 1:42:28one of the things on which his driving ability will be assessed.
1:42:28 > 1:42:33Since driving testing began 80 years ago in Britain, it is not just the
1:42:33 > 1:42:40cars that had changed. Faster roads and ever-changing technology has led
1:42:40 > 1:42:46to the DVSA taking their testing in a new direction.We are introducing
1:42:46 > 1:42:52four changes, one of them being the introduction of sat nav in the test.
1:42:52 > 1:42:57Yes, one in five will be following the signs but four in ten will be
1:42:57 > 1:43:05following the sat nav. -- four in five. The ability to read the road
1:43:05 > 1:43:10ahead, scan and plan as well as being able to use the sat nav as
1:43:10 > 1:43:15well. Have to make viewers aware of this new Minerva, pulling in on the
1:43:15 > 1:43:21right.I can see the guy behind me giving me the absolute worst look.
1:43:21 > 1:43:28They just don't expect you to pull in on the right.And learner drivers
1:43:28 > 1:43:33could soon be longing for a simple turn on the road. It is being
1:43:33 > 1:43:38replaced with so-called real-life scenarios. Oh my gosh! Oh my
1:43:38 > 1:43:41goodness. And people don't expect you to do that manoeuvring. The
1:43:41 > 1:43:45Independent driving part of the test is increasing as well, from ten to
1:43:45 > 1:43:4920 minutes. And you know all those buttons on your dashboard? Well, you
1:43:49 > 1:43:59had better check you know what they all do.When it is safe to do so, I
1:43:59 > 1:44:05will get you to check your horn is working.OK, you can turn the engine
1:44:05 > 1:44:11off. That is the end of your test. How did I do?Sorry, but you didn't
1:44:11 > 1:44:16pass.Will you give me a lift home? Yes.
1:44:16 > 1:44:20Let's get more on the changes from Lesley Young, who is a chief
1:44:20 > 1:44:23examiner with the DVSA.
1:44:23 > 1:44:30Thank you for joining us. So, why the changes?Vitesse is updating and
1:44:30 > 1:44:36we want to better reflect real-life driving.White particularly, for
1:44:36 > 1:44:40example, let's talk about parallel parking at the side of the vote,
1:44:40 > 1:44:46pulling up at the right-hand side of the road, and rejoining traffic -
1:44:46 > 1:44:51why have these manoeuvres being chosen?Most drivers are an
1:44:51 > 1:44:54independent element where a candidate is following a sat navs
1:44:54 > 1:44:59for 20 minutes or indeed following roadsigns and that's because we want
1:44:59 > 1:45:04to expose new drivers to high risk roads particularly, rural roads
1:45:04 > 1:45:09where we can, complex junctions, turning right across traffic and the
1:45:09 > 1:45:12manoeuvres have been updated because, in order to carry out a
1:45:12 > 1:45:16turn in the road or reversed around the corner we have to spend a
1:45:16 > 1:45:21disproportionate amount of time in quiet, low risk areas and these new
1:45:21 > 1:45:24manoeuvres replicate the same skills and will encourage people to have
1:45:24 > 1:45:29better judgement, better planning and all-round awareness. So it is
1:45:29 > 1:45:33not just about the manoeuvre, it is skills they will gain from learning
1:45:33 > 1:45:38those manoeuvres for other elements of driving.There is concern about
1:45:38 > 1:45:44some manoeuvres. For example, we saw Holly feels very a natural to go and
1:45:44 > 1:45:48pull on to the right-hand side of the road and park. There is concern
1:45:48 > 1:45:53about that particular move.This test has been designed by road
1:45:53 > 1:45:58safety professionals. We trialled over 3000 driving test with new
1:45:58 > 1:46:01drivers and the manoeuvres were wholeheartedly supported. I am not
1:46:01 > 1:46:07sure that particular place where that manoeuvre took... She was asked
1:46:07 > 1:46:11to conduct was probably the right place. But it does nevertheless
1:46:11 > 1:46:15teach people an awful lot of awareness and planning skills.Do
1:46:15 > 1:46:20you think this would be a tougher test?The trial didn't prove it to
1:46:20 > 1:46:24be the case. Everything is staff if you don't prepare properly. We want
1:46:24 > 1:46:28to encourage people to get the right amount of practice and experience so
1:46:28 > 1:46:33it is not just about passing the test, it is about being a safe
1:46:33 > 1:46:37driver for life after the event.You talk about that, though they won't
1:46:37 > 1:46:41be tested on motorways, which is one place where many people are really
1:46:41 > 1:46:46fearful.I agree, people are fearful of the motorway, yet it is the
1:46:46 > 1:46:52safest road we have in this country. The syllabus for learning to drive
1:46:52 > 1:46:57far outweighs what we can cover on the driving test itself. Road safety
1:46:57 > 1:47:02professionals, driving instructors, should carve a syllabus of this and
1:47:02 > 1:47:08next year they can be tested on motorways and now they have dual
1:47:08 > 1:47:12carriageways which is far more hazardous.I mention concerns about
1:47:12 > 1:47:16manoeuvres and a strike is planned by some examiners today. What would
1:47:16 > 1:47:23you say to them?The strike action has nothing to do with the driving
1:47:23 > 1:47:28test. It is an attempt by the PCS to gain support for their cause. Most
1:47:28 > 1:47:34examiners are not in the union and those working today will take out a
1:47:34 > 1:47:37number of tests and we expect the disruption to be minimal.And what
1:47:37 > 1:47:42do you say about safety concerns, you say it has nothing to do with
1:47:42 > 1:47:48it, but some are clearly worried about those manoeuvres?This is
1:47:48 > 1:47:52being trialled extensively with new drivers, designed by road safety
1:47:52 > 1:47:56professionals. Evidence suggests that if it is taught properly it
1:47:56 > 1:47:59isn't dangerous. Anything can be dangerous if people do it badly. We
1:47:59 > 1:48:04didn't experience any issues during the trial. It is an easy statement
1:48:04 > 1:48:10to make. There is no evidence to support it.Thank you.
1:48:10 > 1:48:16I am guessing it is mostly dry with sunny spell.Are you
1:48:16 > 1:48:19I am guessing it is mostly dry with sunny spell.Are you?How did you do
1:48:19 > 1:48:21it. Not a
1:48:21 > 1:48:22sunny spell.Are you?How did you do it. Not a bad start to the working
1:48:22 > 1:48:26week. A little frost across eastern and southern parts of England. That
1:48:26 > 1:48:33will quickly go. For most it is a dry day. The odd isolated shower in
1:48:33 > 1:48:38the west. A wet start in Shetland. The wrangle clear. A breeze across
1:48:38 > 1:48:42northern Scotland. Many will start the day and finish the day dry with
1:48:42 > 1:48:45sunny spells and temperatures at or above where things should be for the
1:48:45 > 1:48:51time of year. Into tonight, it is dry to begin, there is a breeze
1:48:51 > 1:48:56across northern Scotland and later on the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland
1:48:56 > 1:49:00will be wet. The odd spot of rain to the west and the Channel Island.
1:49:00 > 1:49:05Last night, at with clear skies, temperatures will drop with a touch
1:49:05 > 1:49:10of frost. Really, the forecast for Tuesday is similar to today. Other
1:49:10 > 1:49:17than that, cloud across the country and wait for the Hebrides, Orkney &
1:49:17 > 1:49:21Shetland, turning windy too. Temperatures still on the up, around
1:49:21 > 1:49:25seven to 10 degrees. The week begins with a fine note. Temperatures
1:49:25 > 1:49:31roughly around nine Celsius. Temperatures in Leeds sums it up. On
1:49:31 > 1:49:33Wednesday, wet and windy weather arrives in the west.
1:49:33 > 1:49:40Wednesday, wet and windy weather arrives in the west. Thank you very
1:49:40 > 1:49:45much, Matt. I said that because my lovely make-up lady was stopping me.
1:49:45 > 1:49:50I would have loved to have seen Liz. She would not have liked to be on
1:49:50 > 1:49:57TV. Thank you. Thank you for helping me with my needs.Why didn't I get
1:49:57 > 1:50:00powdered?You're just beautiful.
1:50:00 > 1:50:02From paper rounds to glass collecting, most of us
1:50:02 > 1:50:04remember our first foray into the world of work.
1:50:04 > 1:50:07But an investigation for this programme has revealed Saturday jobs
1:50:07 > 1:50:09carried out by teenagers are in decline.
1:50:09 > 1:50:10So why is that?
1:50:10 > 1:50:12Steph's looking into this for us this morning.
1:50:12 > 1:50:23Morning.Good morning. Yes, some wonderful pictures sent in by our
1:50:23 > 1:50:26viewers sent him off their first jobs when they were teenagers. A
1:50:26 > 1:50:29couple of cracking jobs. I don't know what this one was about. It
1:50:29 > 1:50:35looks fun. You might recognise this gentleman, this young lad, this is
1:50:35 > 1:50:40our very own Dan when he worked in a bookshop. Really important part of
1:50:40 > 1:50:43life, children learning about the world of work. The number of young
1:50:43 > 1:50:47people with jobs under 16 is on the decline. First up, the rules around
1:50:47 > 1:50:53what Alice you can do. Gareth knows all about this. So, what are the
1:50:53 > 1:50:59rules for under 16 -year-olds?There are a lot of rules, between the age
1:50:59 > 1:51:05of 13 and 16 you can work legally with a work permit supplied by the
1:51:05 > 1:51:10local authority where you're going to be working. You can't work before
1:51:10 > 1:51:177am, you can't work after 7pm and maximum of two hours' on Sunday.
1:51:17 > 1:51:21Other than that it depends on the age of the child depending on what
1:51:21 > 1:51:27they can do. It is quite complicated with regulations dating back to
1:51:27 > 1:51:351933.Old regulations. And these permits, the businesses have to get.
1:51:35 > 1:51:40That is right.We went to meet one young guy to find out about his job
1:51:40 > 1:51:46in a cafe.
1:51:46 > 1:51:49I am Christian and I work here since I and 15.
1:51:49 > 1:51:54I really wanted to have my own sense of independence and buy own money
1:51:54 > 1:51:56and this was an easy way to get it.
1:51:56 > 1:51:58Usually I would come in and wash up.
1:51:58 > 1:52:01Then when people start coming I can help with anything.
1:52:01 > 1:52:05The BBC has found a steady decline in the number of children officially
1:52:05 > 1:52:07employed in part-time work over the last 12 years.
1:52:07 > 1:52:11No one in their 25-30s will work Saturday and Sunday so I am limited
1:52:11 > 1:52:12to taking on teenage workers.
1:52:12 > 1:52:14Then you stick to the regulations.
1:52:14 > 1:52:16Obviously you can't have a 15-year-old working
1:52:16 > 1:52:18on a Sunday or after-school and restricted to six
1:52:18 > 1:52:23hours on Saturday.
1:52:23 > 1:52:34Here you go, mum.
1:52:34 > 1:52:36Oh, thanks.
1:52:36 > 1:52:39Why is it important to get a job when you are 16?
1:52:39 > 1:52:43It is important to work before you are 16 just to get a kind
1:52:43 > 1:52:46of idea of what working life is like and you can use that
1:52:46 > 1:52:49knowledge in a way that will build you up for life.
1:52:49 > 1:53:01What do you think having a job has done for you, what positives?
1:53:01 > 1:53:04It has been really helpful for me because even though it seems
1:53:04 > 1:53:06annoying when I don't have time on Saturday,
1:53:06 > 1:53:10it means I get to value the time I spend with my friends more
1:53:10 > 1:53:14as well as making money so I can have fun when I go to town.
1:53:14 > 1:53:16OK, so, how do you find that you balance work,
1:53:16 > 1:53:25school, friends, that kind of thing?
1:53:25 > 1:53:28I think you do a really good job of making sure that
1:53:28 > 1:53:33during the school day and stuff I am on top of all my work and that means
1:53:33 > 1:53:36that I don't have loads of stuff to do when I am on Saturday
1:53:36 > 1:53:43when I am doing my job so it means I have less to worry about.
1:53:43 > 1:53:48We have an array of guests here on the sofa.Rachel and Emily, you both
1:53:48 > 1:53:54have jobs. And you work together, which sounds fun. Tell us what you
1:53:54 > 1:53:59do and where you work.We work in a bargain shop in the town where we
1:53:59 > 1:54:04live.And what do you have to do?We have to put the items on the shelf
1:54:04 > 1:54:09to make it look neat and tidy.Is it hard?No, not really. Sometimes you
1:54:09 > 1:54:14don't know where things are. And it is a bit of a panic. It is fine.And
1:54:14 > 1:54:20how do you manage it with schoolwork?You just have to get
1:54:20 > 1:54:24more organised, so you have to do your homework the night before and
1:54:24 > 1:54:28yes, it helps you to be more organised.And you have your mums
1:54:28 > 1:54:33with us as well. What is it like to have your daughter at work?The
1:54:33 > 1:54:41good. Great! She has become more sensible. It won't do her any harm
1:54:41 > 1:54:45at all.You don't worry about her growing up too quickly?No, she will
1:54:45 > 1:54:53be fine.Rachel, are you happy to see her at work?Yes, absolutely.
1:54:53 > 1:54:58Yes, I was very supportive of it. I work at that age, I have a few jobs.
1:54:58 > 1:55:03It didn't hurt my education. She is learning a lot of life skills,
1:55:03 > 1:55:07important life skills. She is learning responsibility, the value
1:55:07 > 1:55:12of money, which are lot of them are not aware of at all, and then
1:55:12 > 1:55:17dealing with people in a work environment, it is hugely valuable.
1:55:17 > 1:55:21Do you not worried about her getting tired with all of the pressure at
1:55:21 > 1:55:28school as well?She is tired, but she is tired anyway, to be honest.
1:55:28 > 1:55:31LAUGHTER. At work, it is a fairly mindnumbing
1:55:31 > 1:55:37job. The pressure is from school. What do you spend the money on?
1:55:37 > 1:55:47Rubbish.Your money, you can do what you like! And we have Daniel and
1:55:47 > 1:55:51Ciqanda here.I work at a coffeeshop. I am in the kitchen and
1:55:51 > 1:55:55front of house and I also work at the tennis club as a cleaner.You
1:55:55 > 1:55:59have been doing that for a while. Yes, I started at the copy shop just
1:55:59 > 1:56:04before I turned 14. I am still there now. I have been there for two and
1:56:04 > 1:56:09half years.And do you enjoy it?I really enjoy it. It gives you a
1:56:09 > 1:56:13sense of independence.And I know that you are a youth worker. So why
1:56:13 > 1:56:17do you think it is important that these guys get into work from a
1:56:17 > 1:56:21young age?It does a lot with entrepreneurial skills. Once they
1:56:21 > 1:56:26start to work at that age and when they get a college they want to keep
1:56:26 > 1:56:29a part-time job and they won't just finished college and then have to
1:56:29 > 1:56:33come into the world of work, they have done some of those skills at an
1:56:33 > 1:56:36early age and that will sustain them through their educational system.
1:56:36 > 1:56:40And like the girl said, they can spend money on fancy clothes and
1:56:40 > 1:56:46extra pocket money.Excellent. Well, thank you for joining us this
1:56:46 > 1:56:50morning. Please, carry on sending in your pictures when you were a
1:56:50 > 1:56:56teenager. We would love to see them. Indeed, thank you.Send in your
1:56:56 > 1:56:58Saturday job snaps.
1:56:58 > 2:00:19Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.
2:00:19 > 2:00:20about a very busy year for
2:00:28 > 2:00:31Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
2:00:31 > 2:00:33Negotiations through the night to clear the way for the next
2:00:33 > 2:00:34stage of Brexit talks.
2:00:34 > 2:00:38Theresa May heads to Brussels today, to try to break weeks of deadlock -
2:00:38 > 2:00:40the main sticking point is thought to be the border between
2:00:40 > 2:00:50Northern Ireland and Ireland.
2:00:56 > 2:00:57Good morning, it's Monday 4th December.
2:00:57 > 2:00:59Also this morning -
2:00:59 > 2:01:01a warning that more children and pensioners are
2:01:01 > 2:01:06falling into poverty.
2:01:06 > 2:01:12RIt's all right. If you go out, you don't have to have your heating on,
2:01:12 > 2:01:13do you snub
2:01:13 > 2:01:15If you go out, you don't have to have your heating
2:01:15 > 2:01:17700,000 people have fallen into poverty since 2013,
2:01:17 > 2:01:20say researchers - we'll be asking why.
2:01:20 > 2:01:23Major changes to the driving test come into effect -
2:01:23 > 2:01:30but some examiners stage a 48 hour strike over the new regime.
2:01:30 > 2:01:33Over the past five years there's been a decline in the number
2:01:33 > 2:01:36of school children doing part time work like Saturday jobs
2:01:36 > 2:01:37and newspaper rounds.
2:01:37 > 2:01:38I'll be looking at why and whether they're
2:01:38 > 2:01:39a good thing or not.
2:01:44 > 2:01:46In sport, England's chances of winning the Ashes
2:01:46 > 2:01:49are already disappearing - and we're only in the second Test.
2:01:49 > 2:01:52They've lost seven wickets on day three in Adelaide and they're
2:01:52 > 2:02:00nowhere near Australia's first innings total.
2:02:00 > 2:02:03And the only supermoon of 2017 provides plenty of opportunities
2:02:03 > 2:02:05for some amazing pictures - we'll have more of these
2:02:05 > 2:02:09throughout the morning.
2:02:09 > 2:02:13And Matt has the weather...
2:02:13 > 2:02:18Good morning. Super cold again but not until the end of this week, out
2:02:18 > 2:02:23there to start the week, dry, fine and mild enough for many of you, I
2:02:23 > 2:02:26have the full forecast coming up in the next 15 minutes.
2:02:26 > 2:02:29have the full forecast coming up in the next 15 minutes.
2:02:29 > 2:02:30Good morning.
2:02:30 > 2:02:31First, our main story.
2:02:31 > 2:02:34Britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that
2:02:34 > 2:02:37will clear the way for the second phase of Brexit talks,
2:02:37 > 2:02:38according to EU sources.
2:02:38 > 2:02:39Diplomats held negotiations through the night, ahead
2:02:39 > 2:02:41of Theresa May's meeting with the European Commission
2:02:41 > 2:02:44President, Jean-Claude Juncker, in Brussels today.
2:02:44 > 2:02:47We understand there has already been progress in talks about the rights
2:02:47 > 2:02:50of EU citizens who'll stay in the UK after Brexit, and British
2:02:50 > 2:02:51people living abroad.
2:02:51 > 2:02:53Discussions about how much money is owed by the UK also appear
2:02:53 > 2:02:56to have been unblocked by a more detailed offer from Britain.
2:02:56 > 2:02:58But the big sticking point - which dominated discussions
2:02:58 > 2:03:01overnight - is what to do about the border between Northern
2:03:01 > 2:03:09Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
2:03:09 > 2:03:19Our Ireland correspondent, Chris Page, is in Belfast.
2:03:21 > 2:03:26Earlier on we spoke to Owen part son who seemed to suggest it was a
2:03:26 > 2:03:30relatively simple solution?That is what Brexiteers like him would
2:03:30 > 2:03:33argue, others here in Ireland would say it is not quite so
2:03:33 > 2:03:37straightforward, as far as the negotiations in Brussels are going,
2:03:37 > 2:03:41indications are that progress is being made on this all-important
2:03:41 > 2:03:45issue of the Irish border but no deal is yet in place. What I would
2:03:45 > 2:03:50agree o is they don't want the return is they don't want any
2:03:50 > 2:03:55controls on the frontier, at the moment you drive or walk across,
2:03:55 > 2:03:58there no barriers of any kind and that bring and island and the other
2:03:58 > 2:04:01states say they want the keep it that way. There is is a disagreement
2:04:01 > 2:04:06as to how you can achieve that, in a situation where Britain will be
2:04:06 > 2:04:11leaving the EU, leaving the European customs union and following its own
2:04:11 > 2:04:14regulations and the Republic of Ireland will stay inside the EU with
2:04:14 > 2:04:19a different set of rules, now, the Irish Government say the best way to
2:04:19 > 2:04:23solve that is Northern Ireland could stay on the same rules as the
2:04:23 > 2:04:27Republic of Ireland if you like, but Britain have said they won't agree
2:04:27 > 2:04:30to anything that would create a trade barrier between Northern
2:04:30 > 2:04:34Ireland potentially and the rest of the UK, so you can see that is a
2:04:34 > 2:04:37pretty difficult circle to square. The Irish Prime Minister has called
2:04:37 > 2:04:43a special meeting of his cabinet in Dublin, they will meet in an hour's
2:04:43 > 2:04:45time, that discussion could be very important for what comes next.
2:04:45 > 2:04:46Thank you Chris.
2:04:46 > 2:04:47Thank you Chris.
2:04:47 > 2:04:49Let's cross to Brussels and speak to our Europe
2:04:49 > 2:04:55correspondent, Adam Fleming.
2:04:55 > 2:05:00You have been having texts all night. How close is this deal?So,
2:05:00 > 2:05:07as I was saying earlier on the texts have been getting from the sources
2:05:07 > 2:05:12behind the scene range from 85-90% done. They are confident there is
2:05:12 > 2:05:16progress on the issue of citizens Isis's rights but the remaining 10,
2:05:16 > 2:05:2012% is that really thorny issue about what to do with the Irish
2:05:20 > 2:05:24border, how to across customers and goods and security checks on the
2:05:24 > 2:05:29Irish border, now, we will find out how they have managed, after
2:05:29 > 2:05:33lunchtime, after Mrs May sat down with Jean-Claude Juncker the
2:05:33 > 2:05:37President of the European Commission and Michel Barnier, the intention,
2:05:37 > 2:05:41the intention is to publish a joint document, locking in the progress
2:05:41 > 2:05:44made so far, so then we will see in writing what they have managed to
2:05:44 > 2:05:48do, if they haven't managed to reach enough of a deal I suspect there
2:05:48 > 2:05:52won't be a document at all, so that will be a significant moment, it is
2:05:52 > 2:05:55worth remembering that before the meeting with the British Prime
2:05:55 > 2:05:58Minister, the EU team will be meeting a group of members of the
2:05:58 > 2:06:01European Parliament from their Brexit steering committee, they have
2:06:01 > 2:06:05a final vote on the final deal whenever there is one, so they are
2:06:05 > 2:06:09important, and that we have been tweeting they are not particularly
2:06:09 > 2:06:13satisfied with what has been greed particularly on the issue of
2:06:13 > 2:06:17citizen's right, you can be making progress but still not getting
2:06:17 > 2:06:20there, and I think it is worth taking a step back and reminding
2:06:20 > 2:06:25ourselves what this is all about. This is about getting what they call
2:06:25 > 2:06:32sufficient progress in this first phase of Brexit taum talks to allow
2:06:32 > 2:06:35Michel Barnier to say they should trigger the start of trade talk, so
2:06:35 > 2:06:38we are still actually at the beginning of all of this.
2:06:38 > 2:06:40-- talks.
2:06:43 > 2:06:46700,000 children and pensioners in the UK have fallen into relative
2:06:46 > 2:06:48poverty over the past four years, according to a new report.
2:06:48 > 2:06:51The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says it's the first sustained rise
2:06:51 > 2:06:52affecting these age groups for 20 years.
2:06:52 > 2:06:54The thinktank warns decades of progress are in danger
2:06:54 > 2:06:57of unravelling, and has called on the government to take action.
2:06:57 > 2:07:07Our social affaris correspondent, Michael Buchanan has more.
2:07:29 > 2:07:34Only the money was ending up in the hands of extremist. The Foreign
2:07:34 > 2:07:43Office says it is ininterest gating the allegations.
2:07:43 > 2:07:46Britain is one of six countries that funds the Free Syrian Police,
2:07:46 > 2:07:48set up to bring security to opposition-held areas.
2:07:48 > 2:07:51For eight months, British aid money meant to pay for officers' salaries
2:07:51 > 2:07:53was handed over by the police to an extremist group,
2:07:53 > 2:08:03Nour al-Din al-Zenki.
2:08:03 > 2:08:05Nour al-Din al-Zenki.
2:08:05 > 2:08:07TRANSLATION: Zenki used to get a percentage from the salaries
2:08:07 > 2:08:09of the Free Police members.
2:08:09 > 2:08:11It was just about taking a percentage in return
2:08:11 > 2:08:13for the services, and to create a sort of equilibrium
2:08:13 > 2:08:17between the police and the fighters.
2:08:17 > 2:08:19The police we fund also provide support for Zenki's
2:08:19 > 2:08:23barbaric justice system, responsible for torture
2:08:23 > 2:08:29and summary killings.
2:08:29 > 2:08:31The company which runs the aid project, Adam Smith International,
2:08:31 > 2:08:41or ASI, told us the Government was aware of cash going to Zenki,
2:08:41 > 2:08:43and ASI have strict guidelines in place to ensure detainees
2:08:43 > 2:08:44are treated fairly and plainly.
2:08:44 > 2:08:46The Foreign Office has suspended funding while it investigates
2:08:46 > 2:08:56Panorama's allegations.
2:08:56 > 2:08:59As new driving tests come into force to better reflect modern roads,
2:08:59 > 2:09:01examiners have begun a 48-hour strike.
2:09:01 > 2:09:03The new tests will see an end to manoeuvres such
2:09:03 > 2:09:06as the three point turn, but learners will now have follow
2:09:06 > 2:09:07directions from a sat nav.
2:09:07 > 2:09:09The Public and Commercial Services Union are protesting
2:09:09 > 2:09:11against the changes, which they say will see examiners
2:09:11 > 2:09:13work longer for no extra pay.
2:09:13 > 2:09:15The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency says the union
2:09:15 > 2:09:16is linking the changes to a long-standing
2:09:16 > 2:09:26contractual dispute.
2:09:26 > 2:09:30Vestigating the allegations. The strike action has never had
2:09:30 > 2:09:37anything do with the driving test. Test. It is an attempt to gain sup
2:09:37 > 2:09:41opt for their cause, most examiners are not in the union, those are
2:09:41 > 2:09:44working today will take out a number of tests and we expect the
2:09:44 > 2:09:51disruption to be minimal. Lots of people are getting in touch
2:09:51 > 2:09:58about the turn in the road and versing round the corner. They say
2:09:58 > 2:10:03it is because they are not used very often and they would prefer people
2:10:03 > 2:10:06to be doing more driving in the test. The test is the same length
2:10:06 > 2:10:10but putting in this 20 minute SatNav session, the argument many are
2:10:10 > 2:10:14making is why not extend it a bit but have the SatNav, have motorway
2:10:14 > 2:10:17driving in there and add in the turn in the road and versing round a
2:10:17 > 2:10:23corner. I can't give you the answers. OK. For example it might
2:10:23 > 2:10:31take two hour, but any way, that is not... Ten minutes. Get in contact
2:10:31 > 2:10:35was because we are talking more at five past nine.
2:10:35 > 2:10:36five past nine.
2:10:36 > 2:10:39Facebook says it's creating 800 new jobs in the UK,
2:10:39 > 2:10:41as it opens a new office in central London.
2:10:41 > 2:10:43It'll become the firm's biggest engineering hub outside
2:10:43 > 2:10:44of the United States.
2:10:44 > 2:10:47An estimated 2,300 people will be employed by the social media company
2:10:47 > 2:10:53in the UK by the end of next year.
2:10:53 > 2:10:54A Co-operative Group is to start selling food
2:10:54 > 2:10:56beyond its 'best before' date.
2:10:56 > 2:10:59125 shops in East Anglia will sell tinned goods
2:10:59 > 2:11:02and dried food such as pasta, crisps and rice for a flat
2:11:02 > 2:11:03rate of ten pence.
2:11:03 > 2:11:06It's part of a drive to reduce the seven-million tons of food
2:11:06 > 2:11:11thrown away in the UK each year.
2:11:11 > 2:11:13The moon appeared bigger and brighter last night as it
2:11:13 > 2:11:16moved closer to earth - a phenomenon known as a Supermoon.
2:11:16 > 2:11:19It's the first time it's happened since November of last year.
2:11:19 > 2:11:22But if you missed it, don't fear - there will be two more
2:11:22 > 2:11:23before the end of January.
2:11:23 > 2:11:25Many of you did see it though, and you've been
2:11:25 > 2:11:35sending in your pictures.
2:11:53 > 2:11:58It has not been a great cricketing morning from England's perspective.
2:11:58 > 2:12:02That is a massive understatement.
2:12:02 > 2:12:05There's a warning this morning that decades of progress in reducing
2:12:05 > 2:12:07relative poverty in the UK could be in danger of unravelling.
2:12:07 > 2:12:09Research from The Joseph Rowntree Foundation suggests almost
2:12:09 > 2:12:11400,000 more children and 300,000 pensioners
2:12:11 > 2:12:18were plunged into poverty in the last four years alone.
2:12:18 > 2:12:22In a moment we'll find out why this might be the case.
2:12:22 > 2:12:25But first let's hear from Flo Singleton, who's been
2:12:25 > 2:12:27speaking to our social affaris correspondent, Michael Buchanan,
2:12:27 > 2:12:32about what life is like for her.
2:12:32 > 2:12:38I had worked. I have not scrounged off my life. I have worked,
2:12:38 > 2:12:41part-times jobs only, because you had to fit it in round kids, don't
2:12:41 > 2:12:50you. And you end up, because you haven't paid your full pension, you
2:12:50 > 2:12:56end up with well, it is enough to live on, put it like that, no
2:12:56 > 2:13:01luxuries of course. Heat or eat. If you go out you don't have to have
2:13:01 > 2:13:07your heating on, do you?So you go on the bus just to keep warmIf you
2:13:07 > 2:13:13go on the buses it don't cost you nothing, does it.You go for tours
2:13:13 > 2:13:21on the bus, do you?Yes. It's lovely and warm on the but, then you sort
2:13:21 > 2:13:27of try and extend it as long as you can. It's mad isn't it.
2:13:27 > 2:13:34I don't think I'm mad but it sounds mad, doesn't it.Would you consider
2:13:34 > 2:13:42asking your family for help?No way! They got mortgages and bills and all
2:13:42 > 2:13:48sorts. They have to live, haven't they? I think it is worse for them
2:13:48 > 2:13:55really, than when I was their ages.
2:13:55 > 2:13:57That was Flo Singleton talking to our social affaris correspondent,
2:13:57 > 2:13:58Michael Buchanan.
2:13:58 > 2:14:01Ashwin Kumar is the Chief Economist at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
2:14:01 > 2:14:04and joins us now.
2:14:04 > 2:14:09Let us talk about what you mean exactly because there is a
2:14:09 > 2:14:11difference between absolute poverty and relative poverty, what is the
2:14:11 > 2:14:17difference?The normal way of measuring poverty is to compare
2:14:17 > 2:14:23people's income to the average for the times we live in. It is
2:14:23 > 2:14:27sometimes suits Governments to say why don't we compare to a fixed
2:14:27 > 2:14:30standard past in the past. Progress marches on and as we will do better
2:14:30 > 2:14:35than we were in the past, but a fairer reflection of how people feel
2:14:35 > 2:14:39is how they compare to incomes today.You are talking about
2:14:39 > 2:14:43relative poverty.Yes.What do you make of the figures you have seen?
2:14:43 > 2:14:49You are concerned?I think we should congratulate ourself as a country,
2:14:49 > 2:14:53we made strides in reducing pensioner poverty, nearly 30% 20
2:14:53 > 2:14:57years ago, down to 13% about three, four years ago but it is now
2:14:57 > 2:15:02starting to take up again, and we are worried that the progress that
2:15:02 > 2:15:07we made, the success we had is in danger of unravelling.So the
2:15:07 > 2:15:10Government measures like winter fuel allowance, many others as well. Are
2:15:10 > 2:15:20they not working or is it just a policy change over years?
2:15:20 > 2:15:25Well, poverties like the winter fuel allowance have been in place for
2:15:25 > 2:15:29many years. They haven't changed the situation in recent years. The
2:15:29 > 2:15:33Pension Credit guarantee which is the benefit we pay to the lowest
2:15:33 > 2:15:36income pensioners hasn't been going up with prices in recent years and
2:15:36 > 2:15:40inflation has been high and that's caused a lot of stress.Food and
2:15:40 > 2:15:44fuel and the essentials really?Yes, exactly.The Government response and
2:15:44 > 2:15:50I know you will be aware of it, they say since 2010 the number of people
2:15:50 > 2:15:55in absolute poverty has fallen by over 500,000. They go on to say we
2:15:55 > 2:15:59are supporting parents with the cost of bringing up children by doubling
2:15:59 > 2:16:04free childcare. Is that having an impact do you think, a positive
2:16:04 > 2:16:09impact?The free childcare if it's implemented right will make a
2:16:09 > 2:16:15difference in helping people on low incomes go out to work. We have seen
2:16:15 > 2:16:19childcare costs have been going up fast. A higher minimum wage a good
2:16:19 > 2:16:25thing. The free childcare, but they are outweighed by bigger cuts to tax
2:16:25 > 2:16:30credits. So net incomes are worse off than they were despite the good
2:16:30 > 2:16:34things that have been happening.Are we not seeing this as a fact that we
2:16:34 > 2:16:39have got a more ageing society and as that changes so do the figures of
2:16:39 > 2:16:44those in poverty, particularly for the pensioner side of things?We
2:16:44 > 2:16:47were reducing poverty amongst pensioners despite the fact that the
2:16:47 > 2:16:50number of pensioners was going up. What that proves is that if we are
2:16:50 > 2:16:56really trying to do something about this, we can achieve success. But in
2:16:56 > 2:17:00recent years our focus has gone off reducing poverty and it's starting
2:17:00 > 2:17:04to creep up again.Let's talk about the impact of relative poverty on
2:17:04 > 2:17:09children for example. How does that affect them?Well, we see that
2:17:09 > 2:17:12attainment levels at school are much lower for children who grow up in
2:17:12 > 2:17:17poverty. We see greater incidents of health problems, mental health
2:17:17 > 2:17:21problems and that stress, you know, finds its way out. We all hear the
2:17:21 > 2:17:25stories about people having to go to foodbanks, families making choices
2:17:25 > 2:17:30between feeding the kids and doing other things. And that stress has an
2:17:30 > 2:17:34impact throughout people's lives. So, I mean, your recommendation then
2:17:34 > 2:17:37for reducing the number, particularly the pensioners in
2:17:37 > 2:17:42poverty and poverty generally. What is that?First of all, end the
2:17:42 > 2:17:46benefit freeze. It is 3% a year now and that causes a lot of stress for
2:17:46 > 2:17:50people. Second, all of our talk in politics about building more homes,
2:17:50 > 2:17:55you have to make sure that enough of them are affordable to people who
2:17:55 > 2:17:58rent and then finally we have got to get better at supporting people who
2:17:58 > 2:18:02are on low incomes make progress in work. Far too many people are stuck
2:18:02 > 2:18:05in jobs where they don't get training or support actually make to
2:18:05 > 2:18:12progress and that's something we can do a lot better as a country.Thank
2:18:12 > 2:18:16you for talking toous on Breakfast.
2:18:16 > 2:18:22Here's Matt with a look at this morning's weather.
2:18:22 > 2:18:27Oh, look at that, a misty moor behind you.
2:18:28 > 2:18:33It is a fine start. A little bit chilly in Cambridgeshire this
2:18:33 > 2:18:38morning. You can see the mist on the field and it is across eastern areas
2:18:38 > 2:18:43of England that we have a touch of frost around. For most of you, it is
2:18:43 > 2:18:48a dry day. More cloud central and western areas and that is just
2:18:48 > 2:18:51producing the odd, isolated shower, pushing through on the westerly
2:18:51 > 2:18:56breeze. But for most, it is a dry start to Monday. An isolated shower
2:18:56 > 2:19:00this Northern Ireland and into the north and west of Scotland.
2:19:00 > 2:19:04A bit of a breeze blowing across Northern Scotland throughout today.
2:19:04 > 2:19:09It will chase away the morning rain from Shetland. A few showers in
2:19:09 > 2:19:12northern and Western Scotland and the odd isolated one in the west.
2:19:12 > 2:19:15But the majority of you, it starts dry. Monday will finish dry as well.
2:19:15 > 2:19:19The best of the breaks in the cloud and the best of the sunshine towards
2:19:19 > 2:19:23the eastern half of the country and temperatures above where they should
2:19:23 > 2:19:28be for the time of year, seven to 11 Celsius. Warmer than many of you
2:19:28 > 2:19:31experienced last week. Tonight, it says dry for the most part. There
2:19:31 > 2:19:36will be showers in the north and the west. A stiffening breeze to
2:19:36 > 2:19:39Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland later on as well. Whilst many will stay
2:19:39 > 2:19:42with temperatures around five to eight Celsius, a few cloud breaks
2:19:42 > 2:19:46here and there like last night will let temperatures drop low enough for
2:19:46 > 2:19:51a touch of frost. One or two of you will wake up to a slight covering of
2:19:51 > 2:19:57frost. Tomorrow, largely dry. A wetter day across the Highlands,
2:19:57 > 2:20:01Orkney and Shetland. The best of the cloud breaks to the south and the
2:20:01 > 2:20:04east of the country and the temperatures creep up. They will
2:20:04 > 2:20:08creep up further into Wednesday. The down side is though strong to gale
2:20:08 > 2:20:11force winds to go with it particularly in the west and
2:20:11 > 2:20:14outbreaks of rain becoming extensive. Heavy and persistent.
2:20:14 > 2:20:18Eastern areas stay dry through much of the day, but it will turn wet
2:20:18 > 2:20:23across many areas through Wednesday night. Not just wet, but windy too.
2:20:23 > 2:20:28Gales or severe gales. As that goes, it opens the door to colder air
2:20:28 > 2:20:32returning. This is what it means for Leeds for instance, a good example
2:20:32 > 2:20:35what's happening this week. Temperatures not too bad to start
2:20:35 > 2:20:39with. Lifting by the middle part of the week, but by the time we get to
2:20:39 > 2:20:44the end of the week, temperatures will be on the slide and a massive
2:20:44 > 2:20:51drop to just three Celsius. Winter will be back the end of the week to
2:20:51 > 2:20:57take us into the week.
2:20:59 > 2:21:03If you looked to the sky overnight, you may have seen a rather super
2:21:03 > 2:21:05sight because the moon appeared bigger and brighter than normal.
2:21:05 > 2:21:07That's because the full moon in December -
2:21:07 > 2:21:10known as a cold moon - was closer to earth than usual.
2:21:10 > 2:21:11And therefore qualified as a Supermoon.
2:21:11 > 2:21:14We'll find out more about the phenomenon in a moment,
2:21:14 > 2:21:20but let's first have a look at some of your pictures.
2:22:10 > 2:22:15So why did the moon look like that and if you missed it,
2:22:15 > 2:22:18what are the chances of spotting another Supermoon any time soon?
2:22:18 > 2:22:20Tom Kerrs is an astronomer at the Royal Observatory
2:22:20 > 2:22:23in Greenwich and he joins us from the roof of our
2:22:23 > 2:22:26London newsroom.
2:22:26 > 2:22:33Good morning, Tom. So, is the moon actually bigger or brighter or are
2:22:33 > 2:22:37our eyes tricking us?There are a couple of things we can observe
2:22:37 > 2:22:40here. We know as astronomers the moon is technically larger and
2:22:40 > 2:22:47brighter in our skies when it is closer to the Earth. So that's a
2:22:47 > 2:22:51moment in the moon's orbit, when it makes its closest orbit to the
2:22:51 > 2:22:56earth. If that coincides with the full moon and as it will next month
2:22:56 > 2:23:00a couple of times, that's known as a Supermoon, but it is not a technical
2:23:00 > 2:23:05phrase. Actually, the moon tends to look larger when it is on the
2:23:05 > 2:23:08horizon anyway and that's an illusion in our own minds which
2:23:08 > 2:23:12arguably is more dramatic. So when you watch the moon rise or set as we
2:23:12 > 2:23:16did a few moments ago, that can be really surprisingly large in our
2:23:16 > 2:23:25minds, but that's just an illusion. So, the moon is when it is at its
2:23:25 > 2:23:36closest point to us. Does that have an effect on tides and other things?
2:23:36 > 2:23:42Well, there is a peregy every few days. Whether it is full or not and
2:23:42 > 2:23:46so the effect on tides is no different than it would be with a
2:23:46 > 2:23:49normal lunar period. So we don't observe anything special happening
2:23:49 > 2:23:52there or anything out of the ordinary. There is a very marginal
2:23:52 > 2:23:56effect on tides as a result of the moon making a close approach to the
2:23:56 > 2:24:00earth, but ultimately, the tides are constantly in motion due to the
2:24:00 > 2:24:03moon's sh it. So there is nothing out of the ordinary there. Nothing
2:24:03 > 2:24:07we need to worry about anyway.What about the different names for the
2:24:07 > 2:24:10moon? We have got a cold moon. And we were saying in January we have a
2:24:10 > 2:24:15wolf moon and then a blue moon to look forward to as well. What do the
2:24:15 > 2:24:22different names all refer to?Yeah, last night we were talking about the
2:24:22 > 2:24:25trilogy of Supermoons. We had the first one yesterday. That was the
2:24:25 > 2:24:28cold moon and then the full moon strikes back is the second of
2:24:28 > 2:24:37January and that is the wolf moon and that alludes to a Native
2:24:37 > 2:24:41American tradition of wolves howling at the moon when food was scarce.
2:24:41 > 2:24:45Normally the full moon in February would be referred to as the snow
2:24:45 > 2:24:49moon and the snow moon is actually coming in January next year because
2:24:49 > 2:24:53it's going to arrive on 31st, a little bit early, which means
2:24:53 > 2:24:57February won't have a full moon, but that does mean that January's second
2:24:57 > 2:25:03full moon could be referred to as a blue moon as in the phrase, "Once in
2:25:03 > 2:25:09a blue moon" Because it is a rare event for a tonight to have two full
2:25:09 > 2:25:16moons. That is going to be a total lunar eclipse. It is a special event
2:25:16 > 2:25:21to have two full moons in one month, to have one of them be a blue moon
2:25:21 > 2:25:27and to have a total lunar eclipse and all qualify as supermoons with
2:25:27 > 2:25:33the first Supermoon on 2nd January being the largest of the three. At
2:25:33 > 2:25:370.3% wider in diameter than the full moon we saw yesterday.January is a
2:25:37 > 2:25:40bumper month considering this has been the only Supermoon we have had
2:25:40 > 2:25:45in 2017. While you have been talking, Tom, we have seen brilliant
2:25:45 > 2:25:49pictures sent in by our viewers. Quite a few people asking for tips
2:25:49 > 2:25:53for taking photographs. I know you are a man who studies the moon
2:25:53 > 2:25:56rather than takes pictures of the moon. Have you got tips for the two
2:25:56 > 2:26:02dates coming up in January?Yes, I mean, I do like to take my own
2:26:02 > 2:26:06pictures of the moon. It is a beautiful object. It is a great
2:26:06 > 2:26:08object for any first time photographer. It is so bright and
2:26:08 > 2:26:14large in the sky and very forgiving. If your camera has a wide or medium
2:26:14 > 2:26:21lens take a picture of the moon when it's setting or rising so you can
2:26:21 > 2:26:25get a beautiful sky shot. The moon will appear like a bright light in
2:26:25 > 2:26:30the sky. If you have a telescope my advice is to make sure telescope is
2:26:30 > 2:26:34tracking the moon and to take lots and lots of exposures of the moon so
2:26:34 > 2:26:39one comes out looking sharpest or if you get advanced you can have a go
2:26:39 > 2:26:44at stacking the exposures together to bring out more detail and colour.
2:26:44 > 2:26:47If you're interested in astrophotography, the moon is a
2:26:47 > 2:26:51great place to start and two full moons in January make that anks lent
2:26:51 > 2:26:57opportunity.What a gorgeous sunrise behind you as well, Tom.Yes, look
2:26:57 > 2:27:04at that.It's beautiful up here. Absolutely lovely.Today weighs as a
2:27:04 > 2:27:07Supermoon and in January we will have a wolf moon and snow moon which
2:27:07 > 2:27:11is also known as a blue moon because it happens once in a blue moon! He
2:27:11 > 2:27:17was brilliant.He knows everything!
2:27:17 > 2:27:19Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.
2:30:39 > 2:30:42by Friday.
2:30:49 > 2:30:53Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
2:30:53 > 2:30:57Here's a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News.
2:30:57 > 2:30:59Sources in Brussels suggest Britain and the European Union appear close
2:30:59 > 2:31:03to reaching a deal that would clear the way for Brexit talks to move
2:31:03 > 2:31:05on to future trade relationships.
2:31:05 > 2:31:07Negotiations continued through the night on the last
2:31:07 > 2:31:09remaining sticking point - the Irish border -
2:31:09 > 2:31:12ahead of Theresa May's meeting with the European Commission President,
2:31:12 > 2:31:21Jean-Claude Juncker, later today.
2:31:21 > 2:31:27Earlier this morning Owen Paterson told us he believed the importance
2:31:27 > 2:31:33of the border issue has been overstated.It is 5% of Northern
2:31:33 > 2:31:38Ireland's trade, 1.6
2:31:38 > 2:31:41overstated.It is 5% of Northern Ireland's trade, 1.6 descent...
2:31:41 > 2:31:44Really very much local trade. This should not be holding up the end
2:31:44 > 2:31:51destination, will we establish reciprocal free trade with the
2:31:51 > 2:31:53European Union in 2019.
2:31:53 > 2:31:55Nearly three quarters of a million children and pensioners in the UK
2:31:55 > 2:31:59have fallen into relative poverty over the past four years,
2:31:59 > 2:32:02according to a new report by The Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
2:32:02 > 2:32:04The thinktank warns decades of progress are in danger
2:32:04 > 2:32:06of unravelling and has called on the government to take
2:32:06 > 2:32:09action, including ending a freeze on benefits.
2:32:09 > 2:32:11Ministers say the number of people living in absolute poverty has
2:32:11 > 2:32:14fallen by more than half a million, with pensioner poverty close
2:32:14 > 2:32:16to historically low levels.
2:32:16 > 2:32:19Funding for a British aid project to support civilian police in Syria
2:32:19 > 2:32:23has been suspended by the Foreign Office.
2:32:23 > 2:32:25It's alleged some of the money was being diverted to extremist
2:32:25 > 2:32:30groups, known for carrying out torture and executions.
2:32:30 > 2:32:32The government has said it's investigating allegations,
2:32:32 > 2:32:33which came to light during an investigation
2:32:33 > 2:32:38by the BBC's Panorama programme.
2:32:38 > 2:32:41As new driving tests come into force to better reflect modern roads,
2:32:41 > 2:32:45examiners have begun a 48-hour strike.
2:32:45 > 2:32:51The new tests will see an end to manoeuvres such
2:32:51 > 2:32:54as the three point turn, but learners will now have follow
2:32:54 > 2:32:56directions from a sat nav.
2:32:56 > 2:32:58The Public and Commercial Services Union are protesting
2:32:58 > 2:33:00against the changes, which they say will see examiners
2:33:00 > 2:33:05work longer for no extra pay.
2:33:05 > 2:33:07The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency says the union
2:33:07 > 2:33:08is linking the changes to a long-standing
2:33:08 > 2:33:11contractual dispute.
2:33:11 > 2:33:13Facebook says it's creating 800 new jobs in the UK,
2:33:13 > 2:33:15as it opens a new office in central London.
2:33:15 > 2:33:17It'll become the firm's biggest engineering hub outside
2:33:17 > 2:33:21of the United States.
2:33:21 > 2:33:22An estimated 2,300 people
2:33:22 > 2:33:25will be employed by the social media company in the UK by
2:33:25 > 2:33:28the end of next year.
2:33:28 > 2:33:32A co-operative group is to start selling food
2:33:32 > 2:33:34beyond its best before date.
2:33:34 > 2:33:36125 shops in East Anglia will sell tinned goods
2:33:36 > 2:33:39and dried food such as pasta, crisps and rice for a flat
2:33:39 > 2:33:42rate of ten pence.
2:33:42 > 2:33:45It's part of a drive to reduce the 7 million tonnes of food
2:33:45 > 2:33:48thrown away in the UK each year.
2:33:48 > 2:33:51And finally, a derelict sports stadium in the American state
2:33:51 > 2:33:58of Michigan is still standing, despite efforts to flatten it.
2:33:58 > 2:34:08Crowds gathered to watch the Silverdome in Detroit knocked down.
2:34:08 > 2:34:13Here are the explosions, but absolutely nothing happened.The
2:34:13 > 2:34:17building remained standing. I feel sorry for the demolition person in
2:34:17 > 2:34:23charge of that.It has not gone well, has it?
2:34:23 > 2:34:26Fans of the Detroit Lions, the team that called
2:34:26 > 2:34:28the arena "home" until 2001, joked on social media
2:34:28 > 2:34:30that it was not the first time they'd left the parking
2:34:30 > 2:34:34lot feeling disappointed.
2:34:34 > 2:34:40Let's find out what's on the programme today.
2:34:47 > 2:34:50The singer Midge Ure will be here to tell us why he's decided
2:34:50 > 2:34:53to give some of his biggest hits an orchestral makeover.
2:34:53 > 2:34:54From paperboys to farm hands, Saturday jobs
2:34:54 > 2:34:55for teenagers are in decline.
2:34:55 > 2:34:57Steph's finding out why.
2:34:57 > 2:35:00And a gear change for driving tests, but how did our reporter get
2:35:00 > 2:35:10on with the new rules?
2:35:21 > 2:35:39I have a plan. If Stuart Broad can bat for the next nine hours, we can
2:35:39 > 2:35:43win the test.Stuart Broad can do anything! Do you know what's weird,
2:35:43 > 2:35:47I'm going to say something this morning that I've never said before.
2:35:47 > 2:35:56See if you can spot it. Ready? Here we go... I have said this before.
2:35:56 > 2:35:59The second Ashes Test is really slipping away from England.
2:35:59 > 2:36:01They lost a succession of quick wickets this morning
2:36:01 > 2:36:05as they struggled to settle - captain Joe Root second to fall.
2:36:05 > 2:36:10And there were some moments of brilliance from Australia.
2:36:10 > 2:36:14Moeen Ali was caught and bowled by Nathan Lyon
2:36:14 > 2:36:17and Mitchell Starc removed Jonny Bairstow in the same way,
2:36:17 > 2:36:19reacting incredibly quickly here.
2:36:19 > 2:36:23England 219 for eight at dinner.
2:36:23 > 2:36:36What I was going to say was England were 209-8 at dinner.It's a big
2:36:36 > 2:36:43argument now, some people call it dinner, some people take. -- some
2:36:43 > 2:36:57people tea.Dan will keep you updated with information.If you
2:36:57 > 2:37:04hear a noise in the background, it's probably a good thing!
2:37:04 > 2:37:06Manchester City are eight points clear at the top
2:37:06 > 2:37:08of the Premier League, thanks to a record-equalling
2:37:08 > 2:37:0913th win in a row.
2:37:09 > 2:37:12Their visitors West Ham put up a real fight, though -
2:37:12 > 2:37:13Angelo Ogbonna put them ahead.
2:37:13 > 2:37:16But after City levelled, David Silva put away the winner
2:37:16 > 2:37:17seven minutes from time.
2:37:17 > 2:37:21In the Scottish Premiership, Rangers moved into second place,
2:37:21 > 2:37:24above Aberdeen on goal difference, after beating them 2-1 at Pittodrie.
2:37:24 > 2:37:26Josh Windass with the winning goal.
2:37:26 > 2:37:28And non-league Woking will be in the hat for this evening's FA
2:37:28 > 2:37:30Cup third round draw.
2:37:30 > 2:37:33A late goal from Joe Ward earned them a 1-1 draw and a replay
2:37:33 > 2:37:38with Peterborough United of League One.
2:37:38 > 2:37:40Alfie Hewett has won the singles title at
2:37:40 > 2:37:42the Wheelchair Tennis Masters, becoming the first British champion
2:37:42 > 2:37:44in 23 years of the event.
2:37:44 > 2:37:46Hewett beat his compatriot and doubles partner
2:37:46 > 2:37:52Gordon Reid in the final.
2:37:52 > 2:37:57I'm struggling to find the words.
2:37:57 > 2:37:59I feel overwhelmed.
2:37:59 > 2:38:01I've had such a tough week, a tough couple of weeks,
2:38:01 > 2:38:04and to come through like I have and have performances like I did
2:38:04 > 2:38:06today and yesterday, I'm kind of shocked myself,
2:38:06 > 2:38:13to be honest, but I feel great.
2:38:13 > 2:38:16To make history, it's a really proud moment for me and everyone who has
2:38:16 > 2:38:18worked with me over the years, especially this week.
2:38:18 > 2:38:21Ronnie O'Sullivan said his game had started to feel good again,
2:38:21 > 2:38:23after breezing into the third round of snooker's UK
2:38:23 > 2:38:25Championship in York.
2:38:25 > 2:38:27He's looking to equal Steve Davis' record of six UK titles
2:38:27 > 2:38:29and he had no trouble against Michael Georgiou,
2:38:29 > 2:38:36winning 6-1.
2:38:36 > 2:38:43I can tell you that my lovely assistant has just informed me
2:38:43 > 2:38:48England are 215 behind. That's not impossible! What the awful thing is,
2:38:48 > 2:38:53listening to Josh boycott this morning on Test match special, he
2:38:53 > 2:38:57wasn't angry, he was disappointed. We have thrown wickets away. It is
2:38:57 > 2:39:03much harder, you can't just sit here and say you are tossing wickets
2:39:03 > 2:39:08away, but while Australia have been patient...And that's what England
2:39:08 > 2:39:12have not done, they didn't have that patience and hold back. Michael
2:39:12 > 2:39:18Vaughan was saying hold back, just wait. I'm happy for these balls to
2:39:18 > 2:39:23keep flying past me, just wait, and England didn't do that.Still,
2:39:23 > 2:39:37everything is saveable. I've never heard such optimism!
2:39:37 > 2:39:42Anything is possible!
2:39:42 > 2:39:45As the lead singer of Ultravox in the '80s, Midge Ure may have rode
2:39:45 > 2:39:48to fame on the so-called "new wave" of electronic, synthesized pop.
2:39:48 > 2:39:51But now he's re-worked some of those pioneering tracks with the backing
2:39:51 > 2:39:52of a traditional orchestra.
2:39:52 > 2:39:55Before we talk to Midge, let's take a look.
2:39:55 > 2:39:59# With every waking breath I breathe
2:39:59 > 2:40:02# I see what life has dealt to me
2:40:02 > 2:40:08# With every sadness I deny
2:40:08 > 2:40:13# I feel a chance inside me die...
2:40:13 > 2:40:16# Over and over
2:40:16 > 2:40:24# Dancing with tears in my eyes
2:40:24 > 2:40:31# Weeping for the memory of a life gone by...
2:40:31 > 2:40:33# The image has gone only you and I
2:40:33 > 2:40:39# It means nothing to me
2:40:39 > 2:40:44# This means nothing to me
2:40:44 > 2:40:54# Oh, Vienna...#
2:41:04 > 2:41:09Epic! Listening to the new version of Vienna, it's like it was always
2:41:09 > 2:41:13made to have a massive orchestral backing.It was kind of performer
2:41:13 > 2:41:18that over the last few years, I've have the opportunity to perform
2:41:18 > 2:41:22piano with a few orchestras and it was performing that which kind of
2:41:22 > 2:41:27felt so obvious. It was a marriage made in heaven, that some of those
2:41:27 > 2:41:31dunes, the melody, the drama, the cinematic presents those recordings
2:41:31 > 2:41:36hard could be done with an orchestra. In a way Vienna on the
2:41:36 > 2:41:41album, it's not the highlights. You expect Vienna to be the big thing
2:41:41 > 2:41:46but there are other things...It was such a massive song, wasn't it?Yes,
2:41:46 > 2:41:51but the other songs we have done over the years have translated
2:41:51 > 2:42:02incredibly well.You spent a
2:42:06 > 2:42:09while doing it, you put a lot of love and effort into it.Two years.
2:42:09 > 2:42:12We started talking about it two and a half years ago and the key is
2:42:12 > 2:42:14finding the right arranger, someone who is passionate about the
2:42:14 > 2:42:17classical side of music. And the electronics I came from, and I found
2:42:17 > 2:42:25that in a guy called Ty Unwin who knows more about me than I do! But
2:42:25 > 2:42:30it turns out he's a nice guy and an incredibly talented. I didn't want
2:42:30 > 2:42:36to do something that was a few recordings with strings on, it is a
2:42:36 > 2:42:40reworking.And you have to keep the traditional fans happy as well
2:42:40 > 2:42:44because if you mess with something they love, they will be the first to
2:42:44 > 2:42:49bark at you.Some of those songs are major moments in their lives and
2:42:49 > 2:42:56they do not want you to mess them up. They are very protective about
2:42:56 > 2:43:01it, just as I am, but the reaction I've had so far is incredibly
2:43:01 > 2:43:07positive.What about the orchestra? Did you manage to speak to them?
2:43:07 > 2:43:12Were they fans of your music already?I didn't think they quite
2:43:12 > 2:43:17knew who I was, we did it in Bulgaria! I am big in Bulgaria, you
2:43:17 > 2:43:22know! It's funny because with technology I managed to hear what
2:43:22 > 2:43:25the orchestra would sound like before going anywhere near an
2:43:25 > 2:43:30orchestra. I could hear all the arrangements and we spent ages doing
2:43:30 > 2:43:34all of these orchestrations without the orchestra, then we went over
2:43:34 > 2:43:38there for a few days and these people are unbelievable. At the
2:43:38 > 2:43:42sheet music in front of them and they played it with all of the
2:43:42 > 2:43:46passion, emphasis on drama we wanted.I'm doing a bit of research
2:43:46 > 2:43:52for you coming in, I still can't believe Vienna was never number one.
2:43:52 > 2:44:01John Lennon for a bit, then Shaddupayaface!Only the great
2:44:01 > 2:44:10record buying British public from 1981 would have bought that instead
2:44:10 > 2:44:19of Vienna.You word there for weeks and weeks but never made it to
2:44:19 > 2:44:24number one.But we outsold them all! There are new songs on this as well,
2:44:24 > 2:44:34aren't there?Yes, it's not just ultra-vox things. Songs that really
2:44:34 > 2:44:40would make the translation well from the rock side of things to be
2:44:40 > 2:44:45orchestral side of things so it's not all the obvious singles. Some of
2:44:45 > 2:44:50them are on there but it just seems to work. I wanted to make something
2:44:50 > 2:44:54musically good that really worked well, not just about redoing old
2:44:54 > 2:44:59hits.Talking about something musically good, something with the
2:44:59 > 2:45:03historical and cultural significance, we are approaching the
2:45:03 > 2:45:07time of year when people start hearing the band aid single in shops
2:45:07 > 2:45:11and wherever they go, did you ever think, you are so heavily involved
2:45:11 > 2:45:14in putting that together, that it would still have an impact down the
2:45:14 > 2:45:18line?
2:45:18 > 2:45:22You have to remember you are talking about two musicians getting together
2:45:22 > 2:45:25- we didn't think much about anything! It was all about the
2:45:25 > 2:45:30moment in time, write a song, make it a Christmas song, because the
2:45:30 > 2:45:34charge freeze over the Christmas period, you can generate more income
2:45:34 > 2:45:39over that period if you get number one. So it was tactical, rather than
2:45:39 > 2:45:43anything else. It wasn't until later that we realise we had written a
2:45:43 > 2:45:47Christmas song that we would be playing every year, so it will
2:45:47 > 2:45:53generate income long after we are gone. We gave the songwriting
2:45:53 > 2:45:56royalties to the Band Aid Trust, which, weirdly, it was released 33
2:45:56 > 2:46:02years ago yesterday, and it is still generating income. There is a movie
2:46:02 > 2:46:07on the go at the moment, number one at the box office, which uses the
2:46:07 > 2:46:10Band Aid song, and they paid a substantial amount of money to the
2:46:10 > 2:46:17trust.And that all goes to charity. An extraordinary legacy. How did it
2:46:17 > 2:46:22come about in the first place?I was doing a television show in
2:46:22 > 2:46:26Newcastle, the Tube, one of the rock shows where you could perform live,
2:46:26 > 2:46:34and Paula was hosting it, and the phone rang, and it was Bob, he said
2:46:34 > 2:46:39he just seen the thing on television, the news report, and it
2:46:39 > 2:46:43was the first news report from Ethiopia about the famine. He said,
2:46:43 > 2:46:49I want to do something, and I need help, will you help me? And that was
2:46:49 > 2:46:53it, we started to come up with the idea of doing a Christmas song. We
2:46:53 > 2:46:59couldn't just do a classic Christmas song, because 50% of the money goes
2:46:59 > 2:47:03to the songwriter, so we had to write something.It is interesting,
2:47:03 > 2:47:08isn't it? People are still doing those songs to raise money, it was
2:47:08 > 2:47:13ground-breaking in many different ways.It was a time when music was
2:47:13 > 2:47:17all powerful, long before smartphones, video games and all of
2:47:17 > 2:47:21that stuff, music was the be all and end all to that generation, so to
2:47:21 > 2:47:26use music as the vehicle to do this, you know, initially with the record,
2:47:26 > 2:47:31and then with the concerts and whatever, it was the right way of
2:47:31 > 2:47:34contacting young people and getting them on board.Well done to Paula
2:47:34 > 2:47:40Yates as well!Wonderful to see you, thank you very much.
2:47:40 > 2:47:42Midge's new album is called Orchestrated.
2:47:42 > 2:47:49If you like to be NI, you will love it! Let's talk about the weather,
2:47:49 > 2:47:53lots of people manage to see the supermoon last night, Matt has got
2:47:53 > 2:47:56the details.
2:47:57 > 2:48:02There were clear skies last night, leading to a touch of frost forewarn
2:48:02 > 2:48:07car, but by and large a good deal milder most of the time, the
2:48:07 > 2:48:11temperature trend in Leeds for the week sums it up for most of us,
2:48:11 > 2:48:14temperatures where they should be, milder in the middle part of the
2:48:14 > 2:48:19week, with wind and rain, but by the end of the week just noticed that
2:48:19 > 2:48:24temperature drop by Friday, winter is most certainly back to end the
2:48:24 > 2:48:28week and go into the weekend. Back to the here and now, a little bit of
2:48:28 > 2:48:32frost this morning, but for most a reasonably mild start, chilly
2:48:32 > 2:48:36conditions in eastern England over the next two hours, where at least
2:48:36 > 2:48:43you have sunshine. More cloud across the West, bringing the odd shower,
2:48:43 > 2:48:45light winds across the South, strengthening further north, showers
2:48:45 > 2:48:52view and far between, most will stay dry, the same in Scotland and
2:48:52 > 2:48:55Northern Ireland with a greater chance of showers in northern and
2:48:55 > 2:48:58western Scotland, and a wet start in Shetland. The breeze will blow that
2:48:58 > 2:49:03weather away, pushing you back into sunshine and showers for the
2:49:03 > 2:49:07afternoon, and that is the story for most of us, sunny spells, one or two
2:49:07 > 2:49:12isolated showers. For the vast majority, a dry Monday on the cards,
2:49:12 > 2:49:18temperatures at or above where they should be, 7-11 Celsius UK wide.
2:49:18 > 2:49:22Into tonight, the journey home from work should be fine with dry
2:49:22 > 2:49:26conditions dominating, only a few spots of rain in the west overnight,
2:49:26 > 2:49:32a greater chance of getting wet in the far north of Scotland, wind
2:49:32 > 2:49:35strengthening overnight. Whilst temperatures for most of us stay
2:49:35 > 2:49:38well above freezing, in one or two spots, to the east of high ground
2:49:38 > 2:49:43and across the South, a touch of frost, this tour fog patches to
2:49:43 > 2:49:47start Tuesday morning. The main difference tomorrow is there is a
2:49:47 > 2:49:50little bit more cloud and a breeze, but the biggest difference will be
2:49:50 > 2:49:56across the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, turning wetter here, but
2:49:56 > 2:49:59elsewhere just isolated showers, mostly dry, sunny spells,
2:49:59 > 2:50:04temperatures up a degree also on today's values. They will go further
2:50:04 > 2:50:07on Wednesday, but to pay for that we have stronger winds, increasingly
2:50:07 > 2:50:12wet in the West, and that will spread its way eastwards as we go
2:50:12 > 2:50:15through Wednesday night and into Thursday morning, gales also be
2:50:15 > 2:50:20gales through the night, the heaviest most persistent rain in
2:50:20 > 2:50:26northern England. -- gales or severe gales. But then cold air will flood
2:50:26 > 2:50:31its way into bring winter back to end the week, so a reasonably mild
2:50:31 > 2:50:34start, turning colder later on. Carol will have more details when
2:50:34 > 2:50:36she returns tomorrow.
2:50:37 > 2:50:47It has been lovely having your company! England are all out in the
2:50:47 > 2:50:53cricket, 217 runs behind the Aussies. It is going to be a long
2:50:53 > 2:50:58old next few days, I think! Hold on, everyone!
2:50:58 > 2:51:00From paper rounds to glass collecting, most of us
2:51:00 > 2:51:02remember our first foray into the world of work.
2:51:02 > 2:51:04But an investigation for this programme has revealed
2:51:04 > 2:51:06Saturday jobs carried out by teenagers are in decline.
2:51:06 > 2:51:07So why is that?
2:51:07 > 2:51:12Steph's looking into this for us this morning.
2:51:12 > 2:51:20I worked in a burger shop, Steph has got more for us this morning.
2:51:20 > 2:51:23Good morning, everyone, yes, I used to work in a shop when I was 15, and
2:51:23 > 2:51:27lots of people have been getting in touch with their wonderful pictures
2:51:27 > 2:51:32of them at work through different eras, you can see from the photos.
2:51:32 > 2:51:35We are talking about this because we have seen figures out suggesting
2:51:35 > 2:51:40that there has been a fall in the number of people who are going into
2:51:40 > 2:51:46part-time work when they are between the ages of 13-16. So first up, what
2:51:46 > 2:51:49are the rules, Gareth knows all about that, what are the rules when
2:51:49 > 2:51:55it comes to a business wanting to employ a young person?The business
2:51:55 > 2:51:59should contact your local authority and seek a child deployment license
2:51:59 > 2:52:02from them, making sure that the hours the children are working and
2:52:02 > 2:52:06the type of work fits in with the regulations. Basically, children can
2:52:06 > 2:52:12work between 7am and 7pm, and the hours vary depending on the age of
2:52:12 > 2:52:18the child. 13 and 14-year-olds can work up to 25 hours in holidays, 15
2:52:18 > 2:52:23and 16-year-olds can work up to 35 hours. The biggest restriction is
2:52:23 > 2:52:28they can only work two hours on a Sunday, which obviously affects
2:52:28 > 2:52:32coffee shops, restaurants and things like that. Paper boys, paper girls,
2:52:32 > 2:52:38they can do two hours on a schoolday, but not before 7am or
2:52:38 > 2:52:42after 7pm.An excellent run through of the rules, I appreciate that. We
2:52:42 > 2:52:48went to meet one young guy who has a job in a cafe.
2:52:48 > 2:52:54I am Christian, I work here in Cirencester, I have been working
2:52:54 > 2:52:59here since I was 15. I wanted to have my own sense of independence
2:52:59 > 2:53:05and my own money, and this was an easy way to get it. Usually, I come
2:53:05 > 2:53:09in and watch up, and then when people start coming, I can help with
2:53:09 > 2:53:15anything that needs to be done. The BBC has found a steady decline in
2:53:15 > 2:53:17the number of children officially employed in part-time work over the
2:53:17 > 2:53:24last five years.No-one from 25 to 30 will want to work on Saturday and
2:53:24 > 2:53:29Sunday, so I am limited to taking on teenage workers. You stick to the
2:53:29 > 2:53:33regulations, obviously you could not have a 15-year-old working on a
2:53:33 > 2:53:44Sunday or after-school, and it is six hours on a Saturday.Oh, thanks.
2:53:44 > 2:53:49Why was it important for me to get a job under 16?I think it is
2:53:49 > 2:53:54important for you to work before you were 16 to get an idea of what
2:53:54 > 2:53:59working life is like. You are then able to use all of that knowledge in
2:53:59 > 2:54:04a way that will build you up for life. What do you think having a job
2:54:04 > 2:54:09has done for you? What positives have there been?It is definitely
2:54:09 > 2:54:13really helpful for me, because even though it seems like I do not have
2:54:13 > 2:54:17time on Saturday, it does mean that I get to value the time that I spend
2:54:17 > 2:54:21with my friends are bit more, as well as making money, so I can have
2:54:21 > 2:54:27fun when I go into town.How do you balance work, school, friends, that
2:54:27 > 2:54:32kind of thing?I think you do a good job of making sure that, during
2:54:32 > 2:54:35these schooldays and stuff, I am on top of my work, and that means I
2:54:35 > 2:54:40don't have loads of stuff to do on Saturday, when I am doing my job, so
2:54:40 > 2:54:51I have less to worry about. So that is Krishnan's story,
2:54:51 > 2:54:55chatting to his mum. We have got some more people who know a lot
2:54:55 > 2:54:59about this topic, Rachel and Emily have both got jobs at the moment,
2:54:59 > 2:55:05haven't you? Tell us about your jobs, you work together.Well, we
2:55:05 > 2:55:09work in a shop near our houses, and we just have to tidy up the shelves
2:55:09 > 2:55:15and get prices and show customers where items are.Is it scary having
2:55:15 > 2:55:20to deal with customers?At first, I was really nervous to talk to people
2:55:20 > 2:55:25I had never met before, but it has build my confidence up.Is it the
2:55:25 > 2:55:30same for you, Emily?It really does bring up your confidence.How much
2:55:30 > 2:55:36money do you get?It is £3 for the hour.And what do you do for the
2:55:36 > 2:55:45money?Clothes!And we have got your mums here, Sarah, why is it good
2:55:45 > 2:55:48that Emily is in work, do you think, now?It is giving her life skills,
2:55:48 > 2:55:54she is learning to manage her money, balanced schoolwork with work, yeah.
2:55:54 > 2:55:58And does she manage that all right? School is dead stressful, it can be
2:55:58 > 2:56:03hard to do that and a job.So far, she seems to be doing all right,
2:56:03 > 2:56:12far, wait and see!What about you? Yeah, I think it is fantastic, and
2:56:12 > 2:56:17as Sarah said, it is life skills, and when it comes to beyond a
2:56:17 > 2:56:21school-age, things like that are really important on the CV, there is
2:56:21 > 2:56:27so much competition for jobs that your qualifications do not count as
2:56:27 > 2:56:32much these days, they want to see personality, drive, something extra.
2:56:32 > 2:56:36What about tiredness? That is something that people would worry
2:56:36 > 2:56:41about.She does get tired, but her school is two bus rides away, so it
2:56:41 > 2:56:46is a long day anyway, she leaves the house before 7:30 in the morning,
2:56:46 > 2:56:52but she gets to bed early, she is on top of everything.They are a credit
2:56:52 > 2:56:58to you, both of them, sensible and clever, brilliant. Daniel, you have
2:56:58 > 2:57:02been working for a couple of years now, haven't you? Tell us how old
2:57:02 > 2:57:07you are and what you are doing.I am 16, and I have been working in a
2:57:07 > 2:57:12copy shop for two and a half years, and I clean at a local tennis club.
2:57:12 > 2:57:17Why did you want to get a job?Just do have a bit of independence and
2:57:17 > 2:57:21get a bit of money to go out of my friends, rather than having to ask
2:57:21 > 2:57:26my mum and dad all the time.You are a youth worker who has worked with
2:57:26 > 2:57:34Daniel, what are your thoughts on why this is good for young people?
2:57:34 > 2:57:36It is great for young people to start working at a younger age, it
2:57:36 > 2:57:39builds them up for the future, so when they go for their first proper
2:57:39 > 2:57:42job, they can talk about their experiences from their pre-16 jobs,
2:57:42 > 2:57:46rather than just a young person not being able to put some of those
2:57:46 > 2:57:50skills into practice in that first interview. When I went for my first
2:57:50 > 2:57:55proper job, I talked about my pre-16 job, because you have got nothing
2:57:55 > 2:58:03else to talk about it, so I do an employability cause as well, and
2:58:03 > 2:58:06some of those young people cannot talk about their first jobs when
2:58:06 > 2:58:11they go for their first interview. So if you have had a job pre-16, it
2:58:11 > 2:58:15helps you in your first major interview.You are a head teacher,
2:58:15 > 2:58:18the worry is that they are working and doing great stuff but it puts
2:58:18 > 2:58:23pressure on the school.It depends on what you are doing, if you are
2:58:23 > 2:58:27doing, as these girls are, it is wonderful, it gives them confidence,
2:58:27 > 2:58:31the same with yourself there, you are going to be much better suited
2:58:31 > 2:58:36to employment in the future. But when you are working excessive
2:58:36 > 2:58:41hours, and my worst-case scenario is a boy working 49 hours...That is
2:58:41 > 2:58:47obviously illegal.Totally illegal, and we spotted it through
2:58:47 > 2:58:51attendance, and we took steps we immediately found out because it is
2:58:51 > 2:58:54a safeguarding issue, but when they feel they need to earn money to
2:58:54 > 2:58:58support the home because there is not much money coming in, you can
2:58:58 > 2:59:03understand why they do it, but it is not acceptable, and it worries me
2:59:03 > 2:59:10greatly. It is all about balance. Quite a few of the children have had
2:59:10 > 2:59:14jobs pre-16, and they have stopped when it has come to exams, they have
2:59:14 > 2:59:18managed it really well. I am sure these children will as well.Thank
2:59:18 > 2:59:23you very much for your time this morning, goodbye from all of us, see
2:59:23 > 2:59:29you later!
2:59:29 > 2:59:34Thank you, it's being inspiring.
2:59:34 > 2:59:36Talking about Saturday jobs has got you reminiscing
2:59:36 > 2:59:37about some of your first jobs.
2:59:37 > 2:59:39Here's 16-year-old Jim in 1983 at Recruit Troop.
2:59:39 > 2:59:42And this one sent in from Ann, getting ready for a night shift
2:59:42 > 2:59:48on the pea line at a canning factory in 1970.
2:59:48 > 2:59:59It looks like Dinner Ladies with Victoria Ward. -- Wood.
2:59:59 > 3:00:02And finally this one from Duncan of his three daughters.
3:00:02 > 3:00:03The first job for all of them
3:00:03 > 3:00:05was working on his vegetable planter in Somerset.
3:00:05 > 3:00:09Lots of comments as well, a weekly paper round inspired me to run my
3:00:09 > 3:00:16own business and I still am. I test electrical bulbs in a light shop for
3:00:16 > 3:00:21£1 an hour. Michael didn't get any payment, who was paid by satellite
3:00:21 > 3:00:28and chips, which is a great day to get -- great way to get
3:00:28 > 3:00:30remuneration.
3:00:30 > 3:00:32Would you know what to do if someone around you
3:00:32 > 3:00:33suddenly suffered a cardiac arrest?
3:00:33 > 3:00:36Well, according to a poll by St John Ambulance, 61% of us
3:00:36 > 3:00:39wouldn't know how to respond if someone's heart stops beating.
3:00:39 > 3:00:41They also found that 70% of people said they would not feel
3:00:41 > 3:00:44confident using a defibrillator, many of which have been installed
3:00:44 > 3:00:45in public places around the country.
3:00:45 > 3:00:48Here to show us how it's done is Carl Makins, head of volunteer
3:00:48 > 3:00:54and employee training at St John Ambulance.
3:00:54 > 3:01:01Good morning. We were asking in the office this morning how many people
3:01:01 > 3:01:04know where the nearest defibrillator is and the answer was not money. We
3:01:04 > 3:01:09know that it's in reception now but this is the whole point, trying to
3:01:09 > 3:01:14make people aware so that they know wherever they are where the nearest
3:01:14 > 3:01:18defibrillator machine is.Yes, we have launched our care campaign
3:01:18 > 3:01:23which is trying to understand where your closest defibrillator is.And
3:01:23 > 3:01:31some people will be worried about using a defibrillator. I have been
3:01:31 > 3:01:36taught how to use one before, they come with quite clear instructions,
3:01:36 > 3:01:42don't they?That's right, they are very basic. We need to understand
3:01:42 > 3:01:47the casualty has gone into cardiac arrest.That's what I was going to
3:01:47 > 3:01:54ask, so when would you use it?Once we have recognised a rest, we would
3:01:54 > 3:01:58start resuscitation, make sure help is on the way and then early
3:01:58 > 3:02:05defibrillation is the key.Let's say a poor chap has gone into cardiac
3:02:05 > 3:02:11arrest so can you show us what you would do.Ideally someone would be
3:02:11 > 3:02:16delivering CPR and that information is on our website. We have the
3:02:16 > 3:02:22defibrillator, we press the on button.The flight paths to
3:02:22 > 3:02:36patient's bare chest -- apply pads to patient's bare chest.All we need
3:02:36 > 3:02:44to do is follow the instructions and place it just there.Nearly went the
3:02:44 > 3:02:52wrong side!But it gives you playing instructions. We would normally be
3:02:52 > 3:03:03on the floor at this time doing CPR. But for purposes of television... So
3:03:03 > 3:03:08I would be concerned at this point I was going to give them a shock and
3:03:08 > 3:03:12the heart is beating.The machine won't allow that unless it's in the
3:03:12 > 3:03:18right rhythm so it is assessing whether it can deliver a shock. At
3:03:18 > 3:03:22this stage we would inform people just to stay clear of the casualty
3:03:22 > 3:03:28and then we can deliver the shock. Shock delivered.So the machine
3:03:28 > 3:03:35assesses on its own whether it needs to shock the patient. Then you press
3:03:35 > 3:03:43the button when it tells you to do it.What do you do next?We would
3:03:43 > 3:03:48continue with our CPR, pressing on the casualty's chest, blowing into
3:03:48 > 3:03:55his mouth. Then the machine would ask you to stop, do its check again,
3:03:55 > 3:04:00if a shock is needed it will deliver that. If the casualty is breathing,
3:04:00 > 3:04:05we place them into the recovery position.Not all machines are
3:04:05 > 3:04:12exactly the same but they are very clear instructions. Turn it on and
3:04:12 > 3:04:17follow the prompts. The ones I have seen are very clear, so you are
3:04:17 > 3:04:24thinking anybody should be able to use one of these.Can you see what
3:04:24 > 3:04:30Louise is talking about? If I open it up, it says turn it on, follow
3:04:30 > 3:04:36the prompts and press the shock button. There is nothing else in
3:04:36 > 3:04:42there, this is what you need to do essentially.Yes, and you find them
3:04:42 > 3:04:48now in old telephone boxes that have been converted, supermarkets, all
3:04:48 > 3:04:52sorts of places.And there is a clear sign on the front.Yes, you
3:04:52 > 3:04:59are looking for a hat with a lightning strike through it.I felt
3:04:59 > 3:05:03ignorant when I came in this morning and I didn't know where ours was and
3:05:03 > 3:05:08then I found out it was in reception, and that's part of the
3:05:08 > 3:05:13process, that everybody thinks about where their nearest defibrillator
3:05:13 > 3:05:18is.That's right, and we have done lots of work on teaching people CPR
3:05:18 > 3:05:22so the next thing is to make them understand where their nearest
3:05:22 > 3:05:27defibrillator is, can they deliver resuscitation and early
3:05:27 > 3:05:32defibrillation.And to recognise cardiac arrest?We are looking to
3:05:32 > 3:05:36the person falling to the floor, check for breathing and if they are
3:05:36 > 3:05:42not breathing we will call for help and deliver CPR.Thank you, I feel
3:05:42 > 3:05:47more confident now.Hopefully you will never have to use it but it's
3:05:47 > 3:05:53good to know you can do if you need to.And once you know what they look
3:05:53 > 3:05:58like, you will spot them everywhere.
3:05:58 > 3:06:02Let's have a last brief look at the headlines where you are this
3:06:02 > 3:06:08morning. Australia are batting again by the way. England are not going to
3:06:08 > 3:07:44win this test I don't think but more
3:07:44 > 3:07:45That's it.
3:07:45 > 3:07:46I'll be back with the lunchtime news at 1.30pm on BBC One.
3:07:54 > 3:07:56Whether performing a turn in the road or reversing around
3:07:56 > 3:07:59a corner, for years learner drivers had to perfect these moves
3:07:59 > 3:08:02if they wanted to stand any chance of ripping up their L plates.
3:08:02 > 3:08:04But from today, these particular manoeuvres will be replaced
3:08:04 > 3:08:08by skills like being able to follow a sat nav, as the driving test gets
3:08:08 > 3:08:09a modern-day makeover.
3:08:09 > 3:08:12We'll find out more about the changes in a moment.
3:08:12 > 3:08:14But first, let's see how Breakfast's Holly Hamilton got on
3:08:14 > 3:08:21with the new rules when she got behind the wheel.
3:08:21 > 3:08:25ARCHIVE:The way he's taking that corner is going down on record,
3:08:25 > 3:08:28and it'll be one of the things of which his dtriving
3:08:28 > 3:08:30and it'll be one of the things of which his driving
3:08:30 > 3:08:31ability will be assessed.
3:08:31 > 3:08:34Since driver testing began more than 80 years ago in Britain,
3:08:34 > 3:08:36it's not just the cars that have changed.
3:08:36 > 3:08:39Faster roads and ever-changing technology has led to the DVSA
3:08:39 > 3:08:41taking their testing in a new direction.
3:08:41 > 3:08:44Turn left.
3:08:44 > 3:08:46They're introducing four changes, one of them being the introduction
3:08:46 > 3:08:50of sat nav in the test.
3:08:50 > 3:08:54Yeah, one in five tests will be following the signs,
3:08:54 > 3:08:59but four in every five test is going to be following a sat nav.
3:08:59 > 3:09:03Multitasking is exactly what the DVSA are after,
3:09:03 > 3:09:06the ability to read the road ahead, kind of plan, as well as being able
3:09:06 > 3:09:09to use the sat nav as well.
3:09:09 > 3:09:11Got to make the pupils aware of this new move,
3:09:11 > 3:09:13the pull in on the right exercise.
3:09:13 > 3:09:16Oh!
3:09:16 > 3:09:19Do you know, I can see the guy behind me giving
3:09:19 > 3:09:21the absolute worst look.
3:09:21 > 3:09:23They just don't expect you to be pulling in on the right.
3:09:23 > 3:09:28They genuinely look like they think I've done something wrong.
3:09:28 > 3:09:33And learner drivers could soon be learning
3:09:33 > 3:09:34for a simple turn in the road.
3:09:34 > 3:09:36It's been replaced with so-called real life scenarios.
3:09:36 > 3:09:38Oh, my gosh!
3:09:38 > 3:09:40My goodness!
3:09:40 > 3:09:42And people don't expect you to do that manoeuvre.
3:09:42 > 3:09:46The independent driving part of the test is increasing too,
3:09:46 > 3:09:49from 10-20 minutes, and you know all those buttons on your dashboard?
3:09:49 > 3:09:51Well, you'd better understand what they all do.
3:09:51 > 3:09:54When it's safe to do so, show me how you check
3:09:54 > 3:09:56the horn is working.
3:09:56 > 3:09:57HORN BEEPS.
3:09:57 > 3:09:59OK, thank you.
3:09:59 > 3:10:00A friendly horn, that one!
3:10:00 > 3:10:01Don't want to upset anyone!
3:10:01 > 3:10:04Friendly toot, yeah.
3:10:04 > 3:10:08OK, Holly, you can turn the engine off, that is the end of your test.
3:10:08 > 3:10:09How did I do?
3:10:09 > 3:10:11Sorry, but you didn't pass.
3:10:11 > 3:10:13Oh, can you give me a lift home?
3:10:13 > 3:10:14Yeah.
3:10:14 > 3:10:17You don't mean that!
3:10:23 > 3:10:29We should say why she failed. She overshot a parking space and didn't
3:10:29 > 3:10:34check her blind spot. A number of reasons but she is still allowed to
3:10:34 > 3:10:37drive because she didn't have to take that test.
3:10:37 > 3:10:39Joining us now is John Lepine, who is from the Motor
3:10:39 > 3:10:41Schools Association.
3:10:41 > 3:10:50A quick update, England have got a wicket. We are going to win! I'm
3:10:50 > 3:10:56getting excited!You switch from being optimistic too pessimistic and
3:10:56 > 3:11:03back!I'm very fickle.They have taken out a couple of things like
3:11:03 > 3:11:07reversing round a corner and a 3-point turn, is that a good idea?
3:11:07 > 3:11:11It's not a good idea to take them out but it is a good idea to replace
3:11:11 > 3:11:19them with something else. Those manoeuvres require examiners
3:11:19 > 3:11:21fiddling around in backstreets trying to find a place to do it.
3:11:21 > 3:11:25Especially in city areas it is hard to find a place to do that so it is
3:11:25 > 3:11:28much more straightforward with modern manoeuvres, the choice of
3:11:28 > 3:11:36four. Follow up on the right, go back a little way and pull off.
3:11:36 > 3:11:43Driving into a bay and reverse out. Everyone will do one of those.We
3:11:43 > 3:11:47were speaking to someone from the driving standards authority earlier
3:11:47 > 3:11:51and the manoeuvre of crossing the road and parking on the right-hand
3:11:51 > 3:11:56side, then reversing back into the flow of traffic, that is seen as
3:11:56 > 3:12:01quite a dangerous manoeuvre.You are not reversing into the flow of
3:12:01 > 3:12:06traffic, you are just reversing in a straight line. If you are picking up
3:12:06 > 3:12:11a friend, you would move across the road, reverse in a straight line and
3:12:11 > 3:12:15drive off again which is something a lot of people do a lot of the time.
3:12:15 > 3:12:20Would you recommend doing it?If it is somewhere you want to be, yes,
3:12:20 > 3:12:27it's not best practice but it is difficult to get your shopping in
3:12:27 > 3:12:32otherwise. The change to the test is to reflect modern day driving.Lots
3:12:32 > 3:12:36of people have got in contact today so we asked them to suggest
3:12:36 > 3:12:40something they would put in the test and the vast majority asking why
3:12:40 > 3:12:47motorway driving is not on the test. It will come onto the test, is that
3:12:47 > 3:12:51right?No, the test is meant to be something that is universal and it's
3:12:51 > 3:12:57difficult to do motorways in Norwich or Inverness or wherever. We have
3:12:57 > 3:13:02been anxious for a long time for people to have lessons on motorways
3:13:02 > 3:13:08and ministers have announced that will happen probably April, May,
3:13:08 > 3:13:12June time.Some examiners are on strike today because they say one of
3:13:12 > 3:13:18the concerns is about safety, what's your reaction to that?I think it's
3:13:18 > 3:13:21a red herring. Examiners have a dispute with their employers and
3:13:21 > 3:13:26that's fine but to use this as a reason to strike is nonsense.
3:13:26 > 3:13:31There's no real safety concern, it has been thoroughly tested. Everyone
3:13:31 > 3:13:38has had a at it. As a trading association we have been involved
3:13:38 > 3:13:40since this started as have lots of other stakeholders and it is
3:13:40 > 3:13:46spurious for them to suggest that. Thank you for talking to us, and
3:13:46 > 3:13:48thanks for your messages as well.