06/12/2017 Breakfast

Hello. Good morning.

This is Breakfast, with Dan Walker

and Louise Minchin.

Two men are due in court accused

of a plot to kill the Prime

Minister.

The alleged plan was to target

Theresa May while she was at

Downing Street, bombing the security

gates before launching a knife

attack in the confusion

that would follow.

Good morning.

It's Wednesday

the sixth of December.

Also this morning:

President Trump breaks with decades

of American policy on Israel.

The White House says

he will formally recognise Jerusalem

as its capital, and will move the US

embassy there from Tel Aviv.

Wildfires tear through

Southern California as thousands

of people are forced

to flee from their homes.

Christine Keeler, the former model

at the centre of the Profumo

scandal, has died at the age of 75.

We'll look back at her life.

Good morning.

Over a third of us are popping

Christmas on credit this year,

and over two million people

are almost constantly

in their overdraft.

I'm looking at festive finances,

and not blowing your budget.

Good morning. But not if you are an

English cricket fans.

In sport, England go

two down in the Ashes.

Their batsmen are blown away

by Australia in less than two hours

on the final day in Adelaide.

And Carol has the weather for us

this morning. And she's feeling

festive. Good morning.

Good morning from winter wonderland

in Hyde Park in London. This is the

most photographed part. It is mild

today. Cloudy and wet and windy in

the north. And then the weather

really changes. I will have the

details in 15 minutes. Thank you!

Good morning.

First, our main story:

Two men are due to appear in court

today, accused of a plot to kill

the Prime Minister.

Both suspects were

detained last month.

Andy Moore reports.

Number 10 Downing St, the target of

an alleged Islamist plot to kill the

Prime Minister that it is understood

the allegations were they tried to

blow up the gate to Downing Street

and in the ensuing chaos, launch a

knife attack against Theresa May.

Two men have been charged with

terrorism offences. One is 20 and

the other is 21. Andrew Parker, the

head of MI5, briefed the Prime

Minister and the cabinet yesterday

about nine alleged Islamist terror

plots that have been foiled since

March this year. In the House of

Commons, the Home Secretary said

police would have the money they

needed.

We will shortly be

announcing the budgets for policing

for 2017-18, and I am clear that we

must ensure counterterrorism

policing has the resources needed to

deal with the threats that we face.

Yesterday, a report into the four

terror attacks in the UK this year

said some of those who carried them

out were known to the security

services. It suggested it was

conceivable the Manchester Arena

attack which killed 22 people could

have been stopped. 15-year-old

Olivia Campbell Hardy was one of

those victims. The grandfather said

he was not blaming the security

services.

They will do the best they

can with the information they have

got and gather, assess it

themselves, assess the situation,

make decisions, and act on it.

The

security services say the level of

threat remains unprecedented, with

over 500 active counter terror

investigation. Andy Moore, BBC News.

-- investigations.

We'll be speaking to the security

specialist, Will Geddes,

to get his thoughts on this story.

That's at 6:20.

There's increasing pressure

on the government to get Brexit

negotiations back on track

after an intervention

by Northern Ireland's Democratic

Unionist Party stalled

talks in Brussels.

The Irish border may be

the key sticking point,

but divisions in the Conservative

Party are further complicating

matters for the Prime Minister.

Our political correspondent,

Leila Nathoo, is in Westminster this

morning.

Good morning.

At the start of this week,

the Prime Minister appeared poised

to move Brexit talks into the second

stage but that fell apart.

How soon can we now expect

things to get going?

If you think back to Monday when

Theresa May went to Brussels for her

big lunch, all the signs were that

there was going to be a bit of

last-minute wrangling. But broadly,

we were there on sorting out the

main divorce bill matters, the

money, the rights of citizens here

and abroad, and the tricky issue of

the Irish border, how that will look

after Brexit, what will be the UK's

land frontier with the EU after we

leave. But what Theresa May offered,

on the table, on the Irish border

issue, to try to give the EU happy,

to keep Ireland happy, was a

continued mirroring of rules and

standards in Northern Ireland,

broadly mirroring those of the EU

after Brexit. And we now know that

that, at the 11th hour, was

unacceptable, that came as a shock

to Theresa May's coalition,

unofficial coalition partners, the

DNP, the party she relies upon to

keep a majority in Parliament. --

DUP. And they pulled the plug on

that proposal at the 11 hour, saying

they would never accept something

that would make Northern Ireland

different, or a standout from the

rest of the UK. Be so Theresa May

has come back empty-handed on

Brussels. She came back to cries of

compromising from her own party and

claims of being ineffective from the

Labour Party. We know the right

channels open between the parties.

The signs at the moment seem to be

that she is no closer towards

getting something together to take

to Brussels to get talks to move on

the trade. As the EU said, the ball

is very much in the court of the UK.

Thank you. Quite a few days ahead on

that.

I think we will continue on

that. That is the general feeling.

The White House says President Trump

is to break with decades of American

policy on Israel and is to recognise

Jerusalem as the capital

of Israel.

He's expected to direct

the State Department to begin

the process of moving the US embassy

there from Tel Aviv,

a process which may

take several years.

But Arab leaders earlier warned

against moving the embassy,

saying it would be "a flagrant

provocation to Muslims."

Our North America correspondent,

Peter Bowes, reports.

Donald Trump is venturing

into uncharted territory.

The President will recognise

Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,

making the US

the first country to

do so since the foundation

of the state in 1948.

He's already indicated he intends

to move the American Embassy

to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv,

and he's informed regional leaders

of his plans.

The reaction has been heated.

Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas,

has warned of dangerous consequences

for the peace, security

and stability of the region

and of the world.

Jordan's King Abdullah said

the decision would undermine efforts

to renew the peace process

and provoke Muslims.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman told

Mr Trump the relocation

of the embassy or recognition

of Jerusalem as Israel's capital

would constitute a flagrant

provocation of Muslims

all over the world.

The status of Jerusalem goes

to the heart of Israel's conflict

with the Palestinians.

Political observers say

the President's treading a fine

line between acknowledging

a historic reality and alienating

Palestinians.

Israel's intelligence minister has

said the country is preparing

for every

option, including an

outbreak of violence.

US citizens have been warned

by the State Department to ignore

areas with crowds.

Peter Bowes, BBC News.

There are warnings from charities

this morning that people are facing

Russia has been banned

from competing at next year's winter

Olympics in South Korea

following an investigation

into state-sponsored doping

at the Sochi Games four years ago.

The International Olympic Committee

issued the punishment yesterday,

but said Russian athletes who can

prove they are clean will be allowed

to compete, under a neutral flag.

We can talk now to our Moscow

correspondent Steve Rosenberg

for the latest.

What has the reaction been till it a

feeling of deep disappointment mixed

with outrage and a sense of

injustice. They say it is a

humiliation and insults to Russia. A

prominent figure skating trainer has

said they have murdered Russian

sport. They say it is a punch in the

stomach.

The Russian government

paper does not hold back. It says by

preventing Russian athletes from

performing with their flag and

national anthem, they are speaking

in our face. Strong words in Russia.

Absolutely. Thank you very much

indeed. Thank you.

The winner of this year's

prestigious Turner Prize

was announced in Hull last night.

Lubaina Himid has become both

the oldest winner and the first ever

woman of colour to take the award.

The 63-year-old artist

was born in Zanzibar,

but is now based in Preston,

and uses her work to address racial

politics and the legacy of slavery.

She says she will spend the money on

shoes. A nice way to spend it.

Congratulations to her. That would

be a nice pair of shoes.

I am sure

she will help other artists as well.

Shall we tell you the news about the

Ashes?

It is all over. I will tell

you straight. It is all over. It is

like taking off a plaster. It is all

over the if you went to bed

expecting some miraculous victory...

I had a little hope. We were naive.

I am incredibly optimistic, but that

is always my downfall.

Some England

fans were, but it was not meant to

be. Or just was not at all...

England are 2-0 down.

The

Australians win the second test by

120 runs.

It is obviously very

disappointing. I thought the way we

responded, umm, both with ball and

bad in the second innings was

outstanding. Especially the way we

played last night, in those

conditions. -- bat. I thought we

showed a lot of character. That is

what you want to see in a big series

like this. Finding a way to do it

for longer periods of time and doing

it over five days, that is all we

have to do now.

Chelsea could face Barcelona

or Paris St Germain in the next

round after a 1-1 draw

with Atletico Madrid sees them take

second place in their group.

Manchester United topped their group

after beating CSKA Moscow.

And Scottish champions Celtic go

through to the Europa League,

despite losing 1-0 to Anderlecht.

Celtic finish third in Group B

on goal difference.

Five-time champion,

Ronnie O'Sullivan,

is through to the last 16

of Snooker's UK Championships

after thrashing Michael White

by six frame to one.

The victory takes him a step closer

to matching Steve Davis's record

of six UK titles.

And apparently, Ronnie O'Sullivan

wants to go into I Am A Celebrity

next year. Perhaps Amir Khan

inspired him. Cold temperatures on

their way.

Good morning.

I am in Hyde Park in London. If you

want to enjoy Christmas, this is a

good place to come. The biggest

outdoor ice rink in the UK. It will

be -10. A good 20 degrees lower. If

you are coming down, you will need

to wrap up warmly. I will reveal

more through the morning. Today will

be exceptionally mild. Wet and windy

weather coming in across the north

of the country. Cloudy and mild for

much of the rest of the UK. We start

the forecast this morning at nine

o'clock. Wet in the north-west of

Scotland. Windy. At the moment, a

bit of a lull. A windy day

generally. The east and south of

Scotland, mostly dry. North-west

England, a few showers coming out of

the thickest cloud this morning. The

north-east, bright skies. South, the

Midlands, down towards the south

coast, a lot of cloud. Again, the

Kienast here and there, mostly on

the hills, for the odd shower. --

the thickest. You can see the

temperatures at nine o'clock, 12

degrees. Across Wales this morning,

cloudy. Some bright breaks. Equally,

showers on the hills. Northern

Ireland, you have a wet start and

also a windy one. Now, as we go

through the course of the day, what

will find it a wet and windy weather

across the north will slowly move

south-east. The strongest winds will

be across the north of Scotland. But

it is going to be a windy day really

wherever you are. And we will see

some holes developing in the cloud.

Locally in the south-east it could

be 14. Now, as we had to the evening

and overnight, the wind does

strengthen. In fact, it strengthens

a lot. Gales in the west. A cold

night. By the end of the night, we

have Storm Caroline on our doorstep

bringing strong winds. Snow showers

in the north-west, even at lower

levels. That is how we start

tomorrow, with Storm Caroline in the

north. Again, it is moving east

across the north of Scotland. Snow

at lower levels. Blizzard

conditions. Meanwhile, rain moving

quickly to the south-east of England

accompanied by strong winds. Behind

that, bright skies. The wind will be

strong, even in the low lens during

the rush-hour. If you have plans

strong, even in the low lens during

the rush-hour. If you have plans

tomorrow, keep up with the forecast.

Friday morning, snow showers at

lower levels in Northern Ireland,

part of Scotland, north-west

England, Manchester area, and

through the course of the day, you

will find further snow showers flown

in on the wind. Getting quite far

inland at times. Equally, sunshine

around. That leads us into Friday.

We are not immune to snow showers

coming in. Dry weather around as

well. It will feel cold, especially

compared today. You will notice it

big drop in the temperatures. We are

not done with the snow yet. Further

showers. On Sunday, you can see a

lot of snow, so be careful driving

from the Midlands northwards. The

timing is open to question. But I

want to place that thought in your

mind at this stage. Back to you. I

am riding my bike 50 miles. It does

not look good.

am riding my bike 50 miles. It does

not look good. Thanks very much! 50

miles, that isn't a bike ride!

It is

a fun bike ride.

One mile would be a

fun bike ride!

It is 52 actually!

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

The Daily Mirror, the story we are

leading with, the alleged terror

plot to kill Theresa May. Two men

are due in court today after police

foiled a plan to bomb Downing Street

and they've also got a story about

the man who writes the gags for Ant

and Dec on I'm A Celebrity. Is very

good and they are very funny. The

front page of the Sun -- he's very

good. The Daily Telegraph talks

about MI5 foiling this Islamist

terror plot to kill Theresa May, we

will have the details through the

morning. Wheat will talk to a terror

expert shortly. Lots of the papers

carrying pictures of Christine

Keeler -- we will. She died

yesterday and they are looking at

her impact on government. You will

remember the Profumo affair,

featured in that film, Scandal, we

will talk to one of the directors

involved in that. Such a famous

picture. The Ministry of Defence

bands Philip Hammond for using its

planes, this is a row with the

Chancellor escalating over an unpaid

bill. Another picture of Christine

Keeler. Not the picture most of the

papers have gone for with the chair.

The chair is now in a museum, it is

so famous.

I didn't know that.

My

goodness, something you didn't know!

Mark it down in the book!

It is a

first to be honest!

There's a lot of

things I don't know! On the front

page of the Mail they are

celebrating their front-page.

We

were talking to the UN boss of

oceans yesterday about plastic. Lot

at our excellent front-page! They

are talking about the conference in

Kenya about the future of the planet

in regards to plastic.

A huge

talking point and Blue Planet II has

brought that to the forefront with a

huge series on plastic in the sea

and David Attenborough went

editorial on it.

My family is from

Kenya, your suitcase gets

completely... It is really difficult

because you have to take every

single bit of plastic out. You have

to think about it.

What about your

security plastic bag?

Everything,

everything.

Steph, shall we start

with you?

I'm going to talk about

trains because we found out

yesterday that rail passengers will

be facing a fairly "Is in fares.

They are saying ticket prices will

go up 3.4% on average -- a fairly

big increase in fares. It's below

wage rises so this is unfair they

say, considering the fact official

figures show one in nine trains it

was late last year. Not great news

about rail tickets. -- one in nine

trains was late last year. Have you

ever sat in a quiet carriage on the

train?

Often.

The worst thing you

can do is open a bag of crisps. That

happened to me and I got told off

for eating Monster Munch, other

flavours are available.

What

flavour?

Pickled onion. That could

have been the reason! They are

thinking about getting rid of them

on trains, south-western Railways

are thinking about getting rid of

them because it is the key to keep

people quiet. The thing I found most

interesting about this is there's a

society called the Noise Abatement

Society and they are fuming about

this.

I'm a big fan of the quiet

carriage and on Virgin Trains they

said you can talk because there's

been discussion about that.

But you

feel guilty, don't you?

It's the

only time I get away from noisy kids

so they can't go!

What have you got?

In the Telegraph, Kelly Sutton,

former heptathlete, talking about

Russian athletes not being allowed

to compete even as neutrals because

she doesn't think they will be

neutral and athletes will have an

element of doubt if they are not

competing against a Russian. And in

the Sun, a picture Arsenal fans

won't want to see, Jack Wilshire on

ice skates, he even joked, he said

positive week, got through 20

minutes of ice skating without

getting injured. Jack Wilshere has

missed an incredible 155 Arsenal

matches and is only just coming back

into form. A quick one in the Daily

Mail, Sunderland striker Duncan

Watmore has received a letter of

support from Real Madrid for his

serious knee injury.

That's nice!

Can I show you this picture, I was

driving yesterday and I saw lots of

lovely houses with decorations but

the Guardian have gone spectacular.

Some of those are surely a step too

far?

Steph and I...

You can't go

overboard with decorations, they are

abroad.

Fantastic! One of my

favourites, this is a pub, decorated

entirely with lots of different

Christmas trees so thank you to the

Guardian for that.

A celebration.

Talking about eating crisps in the

quiet coach, a story here I want to

pick up on in the Times, do you eat

in the theatre?

That's different,

that's a different ballgame.

One

group of theatres are starting to

test bags of various snacks to see

how loud they are.

I would love that

job!

Our popcorn was taken away from

us at a theatre on Sunday. You eat

popcorn in a theatre? We took it in

but they took it away.

Maybe this is

about you? It was at the Lyric

Theatre and it was the Graph low.

They took it away from a child and

she cried. -- Gruffalo.

Let's return to our top story,

reports this morning that an alleged

terror attack targeting

the Prime Minister has been foiled

by security services.

Yesterday Andrew Parker,

the head of MI5,

briefed the Prime Minister

and the cabinet yesterday about nine

alleged Islamist terror plots

that have been foiled

since March this year.

We're joined in our London studio

by the security specialist

Will Geddes.

Good morning.

Thanks for coming on the programme

to discuss this this morning. We're

talking about this alleged plot to

kill Theresa May. We know two men

accused of that are due in court

today so we can't go into the detail

of that but safety is a security

around the Prime Minister will

already be incredibly high?

-- safe

to say security. The chance of

success for these individuals

allegedly that planned this attack,

and it was going to comprise of a

variety of elements that we are

beginning to see more commonly these

days with terrorist attacks,

starting with an eye Eid that was

allegedly going to be planted by the

gates of Downing Street -- eye Eid.

Then an attack to target the PM

herself. -- IED. The chances of

success were minimal but the media

success would have been immense.

Speaking more broadly, do you think

those planned attacks are becoming

more ambitious generally?

It's

interesting. We have certainly seen

these become quite basic, certainly

those inspired by Islamic State, but

what we are perhaps seeing is more

of a reversion to the old al-Qaeda

style which were big spectaculars

and one thing we know about

terrorist groups is they are

incredibly media savvy. So whatever

they do, even if it only has a

minimal degree of impact in terms of

success, if it is done in an iconic

location it will garnish as much

publicity as it can, which again

only promotes and spread their

message to potential individuals

that they could radicalise.

Well,

one of the things coming out of the

review, there were potentially

missed opportunities to stop the

Manchester bomber, do you think the

scale or the threat faced by

security forces means they are

facing almost an impossible job on

occasion?

It's an interesting point

to debate right now and certainly

Andrew Parker has made a very clear

statement that we are dealing with

an unprecedented level of plots and

individuals in terms of the possible

security and terrorist risk here in

the UK. Certainly it's in excess of

20,000 subjects of interest. The

report itself, although quite

headline grabbing in terms of the

possible failings, I think really is

actually quite remarkable in terms

of some of the detail it gives on

the tradecraft and particularly the

complex nature of intelligence

gathering

complex nature of intelligence

gathering. You could save there were

missed opportunities but you could

say that often.

Amber Rudd mention

this, it brings into sharp focus the

police funding -- mentioned this.

When they are dealing with the

threat they are more stretched than

in the past?

They are under an awful

lot of pressure and if we consider

22 lots have been foiled since Lee

Rigby four years ago, that's a

significant number and those are the

only ones the security services are

letting us know about. There are

probably many more beyond that that

they have intercepted and foiled at

earlier stages. In this report by

David Anderson QC, we are seeing

some of the sophistication behind

certainly the organisation and

planning of these plots, which again

shows what the security services and

counterterrorism policing are up

against.

Will Geddes, our security

expert joining us this morning to

talk about many things, including

our main story, an alleged plot to

kill the Prime Minister and two men

will appear in court later today. We

will

in around half an hour.

You can hear more news travel

and weather on our website.

Now it's back

to Dan and Louise.

Bye bye.

Hello. Welcome back.

This is Breakfast with Dan Walker

and Louise Minchin.

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

but also on Breakfast this morning.

How can schoolchildren

spot fake news?

I don't know what to believe. It is

hard to know what things are true.

As the BBC launches a new scheme

to help young people filter out

false information, we're

asking why it's important

that they know the difference.

Florence and the Machine

and George Ezra are just two

of the artists who were helped

onto a world stage thanks to the BBC

Music Introducing platform.

And this morning we have Radio Two

DJ Jo Whiley with us to reveal

who is 2017's Artist of the Year.

And the Turner Prize

was announced last night.

Lubeena Hameed has become both

the oldest winner and the first

black woman to take the prize.

We're talking to her later

about making history.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News.

Two men are due to appear in court

today, accused of a plot to attack

Downing Street and kill

the Prime Minister.

Both suspects were detained last

month and have been charged

with terrorism offences.

The details of their plans were made

public after the head of MI5 briefed

the governement yesterday about nine

alleged terror plots that have been

foiled since March this year.

There's increasing pressure

on the government to get Brexit

negotiations back on track

after an intervention

by Northern Ireland's Democratic

Unionist Party stalled

talks in Brussels.

The Irish border may be the key

sticking point but divisions

within the Conservative Party

are further complicating matters

for the Prime Minister.

Nevertheless the government insists

it remains confident it will be able

to reach a deal before next

week's EU Council meeting.

The White House says President Trump

is to recognise Jerusalem

as the capital of Israel

and will direct the State Department

to begin the process of moving

the US Embassy there from Tel Aviv.

Arab leaders earlier warned

against moving the embassy,

saying it would be "a flagrant

provocation to Muslims."

But officials said Mr Trump

would not move the US embassy

from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

immediately, and it could

take several years.

Banks should end all

unauthorised overdraft charges

because they are trapping

people in persistent debt,

the financial charity

StepChange has said.

It says two million people in the UK

used their overdraft facility every

month last year.

The organisation wants banks

and regulators to do more

to identify people caught up

in a "vicious cycle of borrowing."

Tens of thousands of people have

been forced to flee from the path

of wildfires in Southern California.

Hundreds of buildings have been

destroyed by the blazes and several

thousand homes are under mandatory

evacuation in the cities of Ventura

and Santa Paula,

north of Los Angeles.

California has been hit hard

by wildfires in recent months.

At least 40 people were killed

when fires ripped through parts

of northern California's

wine region in October.

Christine Keeler, the former model

at the centre of the Profumo

scandal, has died at the age of 75.

Let's talk about the Ashes. If you

got up at 330 this morning: as I

did. Actually, you would have been

able to go back to bed to have an

extra sleep.

That photo says it all.

Australia, 2-0 up in the series. I

switched the radio on when Chris

Woakes was out on the second ball.

So, it was my fault.

So, England are now two down in the

Ashes. It did not take long.

It took about an hour and 45 minutes

for England's six remaining batsmen

to go down in Adelaide.

Chris Woakes was out

from the second ball of the day.

That was the first thing I heard.

Captain Joe Root quickly

followed without adding

to his overnight score.

And the wickets just kept tumbling.

Jonny Bairstow was

the last man to go.

England, all out for 233.

The Australians win

the second test by 120 runs.

The way we went about the second

innings proved to everyone we are

still massively in this series. It

is as simple as that. Throughout the

two games we have had periods where

we outperformed Australia. Just not

all of it. If we get that right and

we can perform to our ability for

longer periods of time, we will win

games. It is as simple as that.

This morning, before the game, I

thought of the Kangert a few wickets

that would be good. 180 runs was a

lot of runs. It was pleasing Josh

was able to come out and do what he

did. His length was exceptional.

Obviously, he got Joe Root. That put

us in a good position.

Chelsea had to settle for second

place in their Champions League

group, so face the risk

of being drawn against one

of the favourites in

the knockout stage.

They drew 1-1 with Spanish

side Atletico Madrid.

Chelsea fell behind

but they equalised thanks

to an own goal in the second half.

It means they could now face

Barcelona or Paris Sant Germain

in the last 16.

Manchester United finish top

of Group A, but they had to come

from behind to beat CSKA Moscow.

They were 1-0 down at half-time

but two quickfire goals

from Romelu Lukaku and Marcus

Rashford sealed a 2-1 win

for Jose Mourinho's side.

United reach the knockout stage

for the first time in three years

and equal a club record 40 matches

unbeaten at Old Trafford.

Celtic have qualified

for the Europa League despite losing

1-0 to Belgian side Anderlecht.

The Scottish champions knew they had

to avoid defeat by three goals

or more to seal third

place in Group B.

Mark Cavendish says he wants to race

in next year's four-day Tour de

Yorkshire.

The event has been running

since 2014 when the county hosted

the Grand Depart for the Tour de

France with great success.

Next year's race in May will start

in Beverley and will finish

up in Leeds.

It will also features

a two-day women's race.

Cavendish says he'll do

all he can to be there.

I definitely want to be here in

Yorkshire. I am from here. I can see

the legacy. It is wicked to see it

and be part of it. What makes this

race special is the fans. We saw

that in 2014. It is a special place

to ride in the UK, that is for sure.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is the highest

seed left in snooker's UK

Championship going into the last 16.

The world number four easily beat

Michael White in the third round.

O'Sullivan made a break of 132

on his way to winning by six

frames to one.

He's looking to equal Steve Davis'

record of six UK titles this week.

But he might not be around to break

that record next year.

Ronnie says he's got eyes

on appearing on "I'm

a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here."

I used to think, I could not do

that, I have to do snooker. But you

get to a stage where you think this

is painful, that is fine, it is a

good laugh. And that series is

great. I want to do as much as they

can. But as long as I am in the top

64. It doesn't matter any more. Why

not?

Steve Davis, Jimmy White, they have

been in it. He says everyone will

think he is a gorilla with his top

off. Thank you.

She was the model at just 19 and who

was at the centre of British

politics. She has died at the age of

75. Yesterday it was announced

Christine Keeler has died aged 75.

It was the biggest scandal of the

1950s. Christine Keeler was at the

centre of it. Model, party girl. The

minister for war and Christine

Keeler had an affair. When

challenged, he lied about it to the

House of Commons and was forced to

resign. It did not help a KGB spy

had also been seeing her. The old

establishment never recovered from

the shock. The affair spelt the end

of the Prime Minister's government

but also the end of respect, with

sleaze swept under the carpet so

blue it was one of the first

occasions of politicians being held

accountable.

It actually had

ramifications in political careers.

Christine Keeler always said she was

more prey than predator.

I wished at

that time I had been older so that I

would have been able to answer or

speak up for myself.

She left school

at 15. Her childhood home had been a

pair of converted railway Carragher

is. She lived with a notorious slum

landlord later. Later, a West Indian

boyfriend was charged with

assaulting her and she lied in

court. She was jailed for perjury.

She lives here. She owns the shop

around the corner.

She went on to

write three books. She was happy to

help with the film's publicity as

well.

I never felt better. That is

just some press which said that. I

never felt bitter. Not at all. I am

pleased the truth can come out now.

But she was often broke. A victim,

many thought, of establishment. Two

marriages ended in divorce. Some

said she earned her place in British

history but at huge personal cost.

We saw a little bit of the film

Scandal. We will speak to the film

producer behind that bit later. --A

little bit later. Tens of thousands

of people have been forced to flee

their homes in California because of

wildfires which have destroyed

hundreds of buildings. Mandatory

evacuations are taking place in the

cities of Ventura and Santa Paula,

north of Los Angeles, and more than

a thousand firefighters are tackling

the fires which continue to spread

due to high winds.

Our North America correspondent,

James Cook, is in Los Angeles now.

What's the latest?

It has been a pretty incredible day,

to be honest, in and around Los

Angeles, because it is not just one

major fire burning. Although the

Ventura fire is the biggest threat,

there are several major fires

burning. Many, many people have been

evacuated. The official number of

homes destroyed in the first fire is

to be 150. It is very, very clear

that number will rise. Tens of

thousands of people have fled. Just

the night in the past few minutes,

the breaking news is that the fire

has reached the Pacific Ocean,

leaping over the main coastal

waterway, and is burning on the very

edge of the Pacific. -- tonight,. It

seems the water is the only thing

that can stop this blaze. I was

going to ask you about it. It seems

extremely hard to put it out.

They

are trying. There is a problem. The

wind. The wind you mentioned is not

just that makes it for firefighters.

For much of the day they have had

trouble putting helicopters up to

tackle the fire from above as well.

It has hampered efforts.

Has it been

a bad year for these kinds of fires?

It has been an exceptional year in

terms of natural disasters for the

US. Several major hurricanes in the

north of California, devastating

wildfires claiming far more in the

way of victims than these so far.

The amazing thing so far is there

have been no reports of any deaths

in the fires in Southern California.

We have barely had a drop of rain

for six months. Before that, five

years of drought. Many scientists

are looking at the increasing

intensity of fires and the

increasing intensity of hurricanes

and are seen we need to have a think

about what is happening to the

weather on this planet and whether

man-made climate change is behind

it. -- saying.

Very interesting and

clearly terrifying. Thank you.

Sometimes you hear funny things or

in your ear in this programme, and

one thing was Carol has a big

octopus to show us -- things in your

ear.

No secrets on this programme!

Good morning to you both! I'm in

Hyde Park in Winter Wonderland and

we are inside the magical ice

kingdom where the temperature is

-10, we have dropped 20 degrees from

outside. You can see the dried

octopus, his eye and this tentacles

and he is made up of 36 tons of

snow. You can see the other highs

sculptures which are all handcarved.

You can see here the mermaids, the

seahorses, the Turtles, it is

gorgeous. This is over 500 tons of

real ice and snow throughout the

magical ice kingdom. It is perishing

in here, my hands are frozen!

Outside it is a different story

because it is really quite mild and

it will be very mild for the time of

year. What we have in the north is

some rain and windy conditions and

as we come further south, cloudy and

also we're looking at a few brighter

breaks here and there and very mild.

This morning at 9am across Scotland,

in the north and west, wet and we

need but for the rest of the

country, dry and cloudy with a few

showers. North-west England seeing a

few showers this morning and they

will see some brightness. Through

the Midlands, East Anglia and the

south coast, a lot of cloud around

and again we will see a few brighter

breaks but we could see some

showers, especially on higher

ground. On the hills in south-west

England, 12 implement at 9am and in

Wales, a cloudy start with a few

showers, mainly with height, we are

looking at some brightness as well

-- implement. A cloudy and wet start

to the north-west. Windy as well.

Through the day the wind will be a

feature -- in Plymouth. The rain

will slowly go south and we are

looking at a lot of cloud with a few

breaks further south and at times

some light rain or drizzle but that

will be the exception rather than

the rule. Temperatures ten to 12,

around the Moray Firth, the north

coast of Northern Ireland, 13 as we

go through the day. Through the

evening and overnight the wind will

strengthen, especially across the

north of the country. Meanwhile, the

rain goes south and the hide it it

will turn cold but by the end of the

night we will have gales in the west

and Storm Caroline coming in across

north-west Scotland. -- behind it.

Storm Caroline will go east across

Scotland and it will be extremely

windy, gusts up to 80 mph and as far

south as the Central Lowlands it

will be windy with inland gales.

With the snow at lower levels in

Northern Scotland, blizzards.

Meanwhile, we have the rain and

strong winds careering quickly out

of the south-east and behind it it

will still be windy, a lot of dry

weather and sunshine but feeling

colder. First thing on Friday we

will start with snow showers in

Northern Ireland, southern Scotland,

north-west England, around

Manchester and some of those will

blow inland as we go through the

day. Outside of those, a lot of dry

weather and some sunshine and it

will feel cold. For Friday, a

similar story, still windy, colder

is anything and there will be the

windchill to factor into that as

well and still some snow showers as

well. On the weekend, we're not done

with the snow just yet, snow showers

on Saturday and on Sunday, I want to

highlight this, this could change,

from the Midlands north there's the

risk of snow. Also there's the risk

of sleet. We could see someone snow

in the highlands of the Pennines,

but something to keep an eye on

because the timing and position of

this could change so if you're

travelling then keep watching the

weather forecast.

I have already taken that warning.

Thanks very much!

-10, you really

have to dress up for it, don't you?

We're not hanging around in here! We

are out in a second!

I want to ask

you some more questions!

I'm only

kidding!

And they're gone! Running

out!

She was out of breath!

Properly

cold! That is the inside

temperature.

Much milder outside.

Christmas can be a time to splash

out but there are warnings

from charities that people

are facing high levels of debt

and are more worried about finances

this year than last.

Steph is taking a look.

There's a lot of pressure on

families at this time of year to

make it a great Christmas and that

can cost a lot of money for some

people. Some research out on that

this morning.

Two big pieces of research out

from financial charities.

The first is from

The Money Advice Trust,

who've found more people are worried

about money this year than last.

In fact, one in seven people

will have money on their mind every

day in the run up to the big day.

Likewise, StepChange has been

looking at how many people

are using their overdraft

on a regular basis to pay for lifes

essentials, over 2 million

people every single month.

With me now is Laura Rodrigues

from StepChange, who did this

research for them.

Why are people using their

overdrafts? The vast majority are

doing it for their everyday

essentials, household bills, paying

the rent, covering food budgets for

the family.

That is obviously not

sustainable?

There's a real concern

about having to use credit for those

everyday essentials, for those

living costs.

The people you're

helping and the ones you're talking

to, why are they getting into that

trouble? What is making them have to

pay bills with overdrafts rose

yellow we see two things with our

clients, it can be an income shock

or a change in circumstances, which

means they lose their job or a

change in their circumstances.

Are things getting worse?

We are

concerned more and more people are

carrying, coming to charities like

StepChange with debt problems this

year -- coming to. Last year we saw

600,000 people and that was a rise

from previous years.

Is bad because

people are more aware that they need

to sort out their debt problems? --

is that. Or is that because there

are more people with debt problems?

We are seeing more and more people

with debt problems and people are

beaming squeezed and struggling with

the cost of living, we have found 2

million people last year were in

their overdraft the whole year.

Constantly.

In terms of what you're

saying to clients, what is it you

say, what advice do you give when

they're struggling like this?

The

best advice when people are

struggling is to turn to debt advice

and we will look at their budget and

see what they have coming in and

out, seeing if they can balance that

out and help them repay their debts

if that's possible.

You have

specific requirements around

overdrafts and you think the

government should be doing and banks

should be thinking about?

There's two main issues, there's

people being stuck in a cycle of

overdraft borrowing over a long

period of time. I think the banks

really need to work with the FCA to

see where they are struggling and

give them support to get out of

that. People are being hit regularly

by very high on arranged overdraft

charges when they go over their

limit and when this happens it puts

them further into debt so what we

want the banks to do, one major bank

has done so, is get rid of these an

arranged overdraft charges and scrap

them and make their charges more

transparent.

Some people would say

if you can pay back the credit then

sometimes debt can be a good thing

if it gets you through a certain

period of time and you make the

payments rose yellow credit is a

useful tool for people, it helps

them with their incomes and with

larger purchases.

But the problem is

when it isn't affordable. Clients

told us about money going into their

account, reducing the overdraft,

then they go over the overdraft and

the cycle repeats and they get

trapped in that cycle.

Thanks for

your time this morning, really

interesting. A tough time for people

if they haven't got their money.

Lots of people are getting in touch

with you and us this morning about

planning for Christmas.

David says I

save £20 a week for Christmas. £1040

and. I will be withdrawing it this

weekend and when it's gone, it is

gone -- £1040. I wouldn't have

Christmas if I didn't do that. A

good way of planning, putting away a

certain amount every week.

Something

you have been looking at. This isn't

really saving?

These people have

been saving for Christmas. Both of

us are big fans of driving around

and looking at random houses with

Christmas lights.

There's one in

Sheffield where they outdo

themselves every year and I take the

kids there every year.

This is the

inside of the Guardian and they are

nationwide, but this is one of the

most original ones, maybe they have

done it before, a pub in London,

20,000 lights in and around the pub

and 90 Christmas trees, many of

which are outside. I love that!

I'm

turning into my dad, I'm thinking

when I look at that, what about the

electricity bill! But you think it's

worth it?

I do. You can't be cross

about that.

There's one other story

wanted to mention, talking about

Christmas, snowflakes, snowflake is

a label used disparagingly, commonly

to use .Mac referred to young people

who are of the centres of --

commonly referred to -- sensitive.

It is now claimed that it is

damaging people's mental health.

Double sensitivity on that issue.

There's nothing wrong with being

sensitive!

We were talking about the

serious issue of anxiety yesterday

so there is a serious issue in there

somewhere but I am sure someone will

Paul score on that story.

Later one

of my favourite people, Jo Wiley is

going to be here. She will be

talking about BBC Introducing, we

will reveal the person who has been

chosen. She will be talking about

the history of it and so many people

who are now household names,

including you, Dan.

I am a little

heartbroken if I am honest! We will

talk to the winner of the Turner

prize, which was announced last

night. One of my favourite people!

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

Still to come this morning:

Does a bad winter flu season

in Australia mean we'll

suffer the same fate here?

We'll find out why researchers

working on a new universal vaccine

in the UK hope it could

be a game changer.

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

Now it's back

to Dan and Louise.

Bye bye.

Hello. Good morning.

This is Breakfast, with Dan Walker

and Louise Minchin.

Two men are due in court accused

of a plot to kill the Prime

Minister.

The alleged plan was to target

Theresa May while she was at

Downing Street, bombing the security

gates before launching a knife

attack in the confusion

that would follow.

Good morning.

It's Wednesday

the sixth of December.

Thank you for being with us.

Also this morning:

President Trump breaks with decades

of American policy on Israel.

The White House says

he will formally recognise Jerusalem

as its capital, and will move the US

embassy there from Tel Aviv.

Wildfires tear through

Southern California as thousands

of people are forced

to flee from their homes.

Christine Keeler, the former model

at the centre of the Profumo

scandal, has died at the age of 75.

We'll look back at her life.

Good morning.

Today, we've got the boss

of the takeaway delivery firm,

Deliveroo, in the studio.

It's been a business that's been

criticised for the lack

of recognition it gives it's riders.

I'll be looking at why.

In sport, England go

two down in the Ashes.

Their batsmen are blown away

by Australia in less than two hours

on the final day in Adelaide.

Sorry about the cricket news. The

weather. It is -10 inside Hyde Park,

and plus ten outside. It will be

mild today. Wet and windy in the

north, though. I will have more info

in minutes. OK, thank you. It is

very loud in there.

Good morning.

First, our main story:

Two men are due to appear in court

today, accused of a plot to kill

the Prime Minister.

Both suspects were

detained last month.

It is on the front pages. That is

the front page of the Daily Mirror

this morning. A number of the papers

have gone with that story. We will

bring you more details on that

through the morning.

The White House says President Trump

is to break with decades of American

policy on Israel and is to recognise

Jerusalem as the capital

of Israel.

He's expected to direct

the State Department to begin

the process of moving the US embassy

there from Tel Aviv,

a process which may

take several years.

But Arab leaders earlier warned

against moving the embassy,

saying it would be "a flagrant

provocation to Muslims."

Our North America correspondent,

Peter Bowes, reports.

Donald Trump is venturing

into uncharted territory.

The President will recognise

Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,

making the United States

the first country to do

so since the foundation

of the state in 1948.

He has already indicated he intends

to move the American embassy

to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv,

and he has informed regional leaders

of his plans.

The reaction has been heated.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has

warned of dangerous consequences

for the peace, security

and stability of the region

and of the world.

Jordan's King Abdullah said

the decision would undermine efforts

to renew the peace process

and provoke Muslims.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman told

Mr Trump the relocation

of the embassy or the recognition

of Jerusalem as Israel's capital

would constitute a flagrant

provocation of Muslims

all over the world.

The status of Jerusalem goes

to the heart of Israel's conflict

with the Palestinians.

Political observers say

the President is treading a fine

line between acknowledging

a historic reality and alienating

Palestinians.

Israel's intelligence minister says

the country is preparing for every

option, including an

outbreak of violence.

US citizens have been warned

by the State Department to ignore

areas with crowds.

There's increasing pressure

on the government to get Brexit

negotiations back on track

after an intervention

by Northern Ireland's Democratic

Unionist Party stalled

talks in Brussels.

The Irish border may be

the key sticking point,

but divisions in the Conservative

Party are further complicating

matters for the Prime Minister.

Our political correspondent,

Leila Nathoo, is in Westminster this

morning.

It seems whenever we talk to you on

this issue, the question seems to be

there are some important days ahead

for the Prime Minister.

This week

was supposed to be... We talk about

important moments in the Brexit

negotiations. Earlier this week, on

Monday, the big lunch in Brussels

was supposed to be a big turning

point when Theresa May went to

Brussels to try to nail down the

divorce issue is to try to get

agreement that talks could proceed.

She came back empty-handed because,

as you say, the intervention by the

Democratic Unionists with the thorny

issue of the Irish border. It seems

communications breakdown between the

government and the DUP. They were

shocked to see what Theresa May

wanted on the table. They are

talking about the issue of closely

aligned relations with Northern

Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

The DUP said it was unacceptable

Northern Ireland is any different

from the rest of the UK after Brexit

and pulled the plug once they got

wind of what was on offer. Now, what

is going on is that Theresa May has

come back from Brussels and Brussels

has made it clear the ball is now in

our court to sort it out as a

domestic issue. She will try to

convince the DNP over the next few

days in order to get back to

Brussels in time for the crucial EU

summit next week. -- DUP. Shinnie to

get ahead of that to convince EU

leaders enough has been done on the

divorce issue is. -- She needs. Then

they can decide to move talks on to

trade. There will be a lot of

wrangling going on in the next few

days. Theresa May is facing an

extraordinarily difficult task to

try to please people on all sides,

including those in her own party now

expressing some nervousness that she

has compromised too far, with some

giving the suggestion they are not

prepared to see her change her

position on what Britain's

relationship with the EU will look

like after Brexit. I think where we

are now is again a crucial couple of

days for Theresa May to get the DUP

back on side and take something to

Brussels to try to satisfy everyone.

Thank you very much. Good to talk to

you.

Wildfires tear through

Southern California as thousands

of people are forced

to flee from their homes.

California has been hit hard by

wildfires in recent months. 40 were

killed in northern California's wine

region in October.

Russia has been banned

from competing at next year's winter

Olympics in South Korea

following an investigation

into state-sponsored doping

at the Sochi Games four years ago.

The International Olympic Committee

issued the punishment yesterday,

but said Russian athletes who can

prove they are clean will be allowed

to compete, under a neutral flag.

We can talk now to our Moscow

correspondent Steve Rosenberg

for the latest.

Presumably, they are not used in

Russia.

Not at all. There is a sense

of deep disappointment mixed with

outrage and a sense of injustice.

For example, the Deputy Speaker of

the Russian parliament said this was

a humiliation to Russia. A leading

figure skater trainer said they

murdered Russian sport. They said it

was a punch in the stomach. The

Russian government paper today is

not holding back. It says the IOC

with its monstrous decision has

speak in our face. -- spit. Despite

all of the evidence from the IOC and

the multiple reports and testimonies

from whistleblowers are very still

unwillingness and reluctance in

Russia to admit they are at fault.

Thank you very much. Live from

Moscow.

Christine Keeler, the model

at the centre of the Profumo affair

of the 1960s, has died

at the age of 75.

She became famous after it

emerged she'd had an affair

with both the Conservative minister

John Profumo and with a Russian

diplomat, at the height

of the Cold War.

The scandal was considered

by many to be the downfall

of the Macmillan government.

We will be talking about her life

later on in the programme. We will

be talking to the producer of the

movie Scandal about her life.

We're returning to our top story,

and details of an alleged terror

plot targeting Theresa May has made

it onto many of the front

pages this morning.

Let's take a look.

The Times goes with,

Security Services thwart Islamist

plot to kill Prime Minister.

According to the Telegraph,

two men have been charged

with terror offences and are due

to appear at Westminister

magistrates court.

The Daily Mirror describes how two

suspects were arrested

during raids in London

and Birmingham last week.

And there's more detail in the Sun,

which reports that one

of the men was allegedly carrying

two improvised explosive devices

when he was stopped.

Yesterday, Andrew Parker,

the head of MI5, briefed

the Prime Minister and the cabinet

about nine alleged terror plots that

have been foiled

since March this year.

Let's speak to Lord Carlile,

the former independent reviewer

of terrorism legislation who's

in London this morning.

Thank you very much for joining us

on the programme today. We are

hearing about this alleged plot to

kill Theresa May this morning.

People are due in court. Proceedings

ongoing. It highlights the scale of

the issue police are facing in this

country at the moment.

It certainly

does. Obviously, we cannot talk

about the case because it girl has

to go through legal processes, but

it is different to the one David

Anderson was considering in his

report yesterday. -- it still. That

kind of plot tends to target soft

targets. I am sorry about the

background noise. Soft targets like

the Manchester Arena and Borough

Market. There is a real concern that

victims should be protected at those

soft targets. David Anderson's

report in the review of security

behind it are very important steps

in the protection of victims.

The

Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, talked

about the nine terror attacks

prevented in the UK since the

Westminster attack back in March. Do

you think the government is doing

enough? Are they doing all they can

in a situation where it is almost

impossible to stop all of these

plots?

Well, it is certainly true

that it is going to be impossible to

stop every plot. That is just

reality. But behind David Anderson's

report, there is the review which

reduced 126 recommendations of how

we can improve protecting the public

from outrageous terrorist attacks. I

hope that all of those

recommendations will be put into

effect soon. They include, very

importantly, better methodology for

dealing with electronically obtained

information, better co-operation

between counter-terrorism police and

community police officers, and also,

that the procedures and reports. The

Manchester Arena perpetrator entered

the country through a port and was

not picked up despite being one

important databases. We don't want

that to happen again and hope the

measures recommended will give a

reasonable guarantee that it will

not happen again, as good a

guarantee as one could have in these

difficult circumstances. Let's not

forget, though, that the police and

counterterrorism authorities are now

predicting one plot per month and

are apprehending them, which is

good.

The Manchester Arena bombing,

to pick up some detail, we will

speak to someone who was there that

night hosted the bomber in question.

It seems it could have been

prevented. -- close to the bomber.

David Anderson said it could

possibly have been prevented, he did

not say should have been prevented.

Yes, it could possibly have been

prevented if everything had fallen

to place. It would have been

prevented. That rarely happens. The

recommendations made in the report

behind David Anderson's review make

it as certain as we ever can be that

such terrorists will be picked up

before they carry out their

activities, but there are no

guarantees.

Many people will be

turning on their television this

morning and learning about this

terror plot on the front page of the

paper is, the attempt to kill the

Prime Minister this morning. --

papers. Do you have any words of

reassurance given what you have said

about the Manchester Arena bombing

and how police apprehend these

people? Do we have the right level

of counterterrorism at the moment?

Derby in a good place? -- are we in

a good place?

My words of

reassurance are strong compared to

the rest of the world. We have the

best counterterrorism policing and

certainly the best security services

which are the envy of the world. We

can always do better. The whole

point of asking David Anderson to

produce his review was to make sure

that an independent person with very

good judgement looked at the new

decisions which were being made by

the authorities in their effort to

minimise the risk of terrorism to

members of the public. I think the

public can be reassured we are doing

at least as well as anywhere in the

world, probably better

at least as well as anywhere in the

world, probably better.

Thank you very much. The pair in

connection with that plot were

arrested on the 28th of November by

officers from the net

counterterrorism team and they will

be in court later today. -- met.

Staying with the Manchester Arena

bombing, we're joined in the studio

by Robby Potter who was injured

in the terror attack.

I want to ask first of all, I know

you were badly injured in the

attack, how are you?

Still

recovering, but still fighting fit,

hopefully fighting fit soon.

They

called you a miracle.

It was.

Give

us a sense of why.

Besides the

kneecaps getting fractured and

losing nerves in my foot, I had

something stuck in my heart and a

collapsed lung and shrapnel through

my neck and shoulders.

Physically

you're getting better but it's a

long road back.

A long way to go.

Mentally are you able to process

what took place that night?

Year.

There's a flu few flashbacks, they

hurt, especially this coming up now

-- yeah -- few flashbacks.

Does that

get easier with time?

Yes and no,

sometimes it is bad.

Your girlfriend

was badly injured as well, how is

she?

She got out of hospital two

weeks ago but she is in a wheelchair

friendly house right now because she

got more badly hurt.

We are hearing

the Manchester Arena bomber had been

a so-called subject of interest and

some opportunities to stop him were

missed. When you hear that, what are

your thoughts?

It's annoying but it

seems like we're blaming the wrong

people. This stops with the

government, they could have stopped

this, they could stop terrorism in

this country. If we stop political

correctness and give the powers that

be, like the gentleman said, we've

got the best forces in the world,

the police have been brilliant with

me, fantastic, especially terrorism

police. Fantastic. They've told me

everything I'm allowed to know but

someone has to get reported for

visiting someone on a website. We

should report it straightaway, not

when they think it is OK. That

night, pull them in.

Thanks for your

time and best of luck to you and

your girlfriend with your recovery.

Thanks for coming.

No worries, thank

you.

Thanks very much.

Carol has the weather for us now.

It's in Hyde Park but it is colder

inside and outside?

-- she's.

It is. Good morning. It is -10 in

here and inside the magical eyes

kingdom at Winter Wonderland it is

very cold and very magical. A deep

sea adventure theme -- magical eyes

kingdom. It has lots of different

fish and shells. -- ice. You can see

the maritime sculptures, culminating

over here in an octopus. It's a

giant octopus, it is made of 36 tons

of snow and in fact they used over

500 tons of real eyes and snow to

put together the whole of this

magical eyes kingdom. -- ice and

snow. If you come and see it, wrap

up warmly because it is perishing.

Outside it is quite a different

story because outside it is warm.

Mild for the time of year and very

mild later in the day for some

parts, especially Northern Ireland

and Scotland. Some rain in the

forecast and wind, especially across

Scotland and some rain making good

advances in woods from the

north-west. The rest of Scotland,

largely dry but fairly cloudy. For

Northern England, the north-west

seeing one or two showers this

morning and the north-east seeing

some breaks. Further south into the

Midlands, East Anglia, Essex, Kent,

southern counties, by 9am, still Jo

cloudy, some brighter breaks, some

showers -- till cloudy. In the

south-west of England there will be

some and some in Wales -- still

cloudy. Equally there will be some

sunshine around. In Northern

Ireland, similar to Scotland in the

sense that you will have a wet day

and also a windy one. As we go

through the course of the day the

rain across the north-west will

slowly moved south-east. It will be

windy wherever you are today but

particularly across the north and we

will see one or two brighter breaks

coming through the cloud further

south. Temperatures today in the

range of ten to 12, but in the north

coast of Northern Ireland, the Moray

Firth, could see 13, above average

for this stage in December. Through

the evening and overnight the wind

will continue to strengthen. In