08/12/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

Hopes for a breakthrough on Brexit

as the Prime Minister

arrives in Brussels.

After days of deadlock over

the Irish border and negotiations

lasting late into the night,

Theresa May is and EU negotiatiors

are expected to make

an announcement this morning.

Good morning.

It's Friday, the 8th of December.

Also this morning:

Firefighters are stretched

to the limit and nearly 200,000

residents are evacuated

in California as more

wildfires break out.

Good morning.

Failing to pay the minimum wage.

260 companies, including

Primark and Sports Direct,

are named and shamed

by the government.

I'll have the details.

In sport, Ronaldo rules again.

For the second year running,

and fifth time overall,

Christiano Ronaldo has been named

the world's best player.

He pips Messi and Neymar

to the Ballon D'or.

And the winner is... Coventry!

A night of celebration for the city,

after it's awarded the next UK

City of Culture.

And snow has been falling overnight.

Warnings of disruption later in the

day.

Carol has the full forecast.

Snow has been falling in the north

and west of the UK and in the

Midlands. That will continue through

today. Some snow showers getting

into eastern areas and there is ice

to watch out for first thing. A cold

day as well and windy, but not as

windy as yesterday. A full forecast

in 15 minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

Theresa May has just arrived

in Brussels after intense

negotiations which continued

throughout the night to try to break

the deadlock over the Irish border

in Brexit negotiations.

We can talk now to our political

correspondent Chris Mason

who's in Westminster.

You are really where the story began

in a way. In the early hours of the

morning presumably you've got the

nod that the May was going to

Brussels and this is a significant

moment. We await the details of what

will be said.

We got the first hint

that something was afoot yesterday

evening when there was a plan for an

update from one of the officials in

Brussels on the Brexit negotiations

and then since then it has been a

very long evening and a very long

night. The huge number of calls

taking place. The Prime Minister

involved in the thick of it.

Conversations with Dublin and

Belfast and also with Brussels and

then in the middle of the night, as

you say, the story moving from here

to Brussels, with the Prime Minister

and Brexit secretary getting onboard

a plane to the Belgian capital and

within the next couple of hours, a

very busy couple of hours, we are

likely to hear from all of the main

players on the British and EU side,

with their updates and the

expectation that a deal has now been

done. It will be very interesting to

hear the response from the Irish

government in Dublin, given what

happened a few days ago and their

particular concerns around the Irish

border and crucially from Northern

Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party,

that's propping up Theresa May's

government and managed to scupper

the whole prospect of the deal,

witty much as it was being agreed in

Brussels at the beginning of the

week. So with will be well worth

keeping an eye on Brussels as well.

Thank you. So from Westminster to

Brussels, where the reason may

risibly landed, our Brussels

correspondent joins us -- Theresa

May landed. This couple between

Michel Barnier and Theresa May has

happened. Will it pay the way for

better negotiations?

I think the

Prime Minister and David Davis would

not have got on a plane in virtually

the middle of the night, arrived

here in the dark and phoned us

journalists just after 4am your time

if they thought it would be a repeat

of what happened on Monday, when

everyone came here, and hopes were

high that a deal would be done and

then it didn't happen. What this is

about is the EU deciding that enough

progress has been made in the first

days of Brexit talks, which is all

about divorce related issues,

citizens rights, money, but northern

Irish border, for talks to them

progress to phase talk about trade,

a transition deal and the future

partnership between the two. So this

is about deciding that enough

progress has been made in phase one

to get moving. A lot of stuff will

happen. President Juncker with and

Michel Barnier, the chief

negotiator, are sitting down to

Brett test with the Prime Minister

and David Davis. We think they will

do a press conference and then

Theresa May will meet Donald Tusk,

the man

very important documents. One will

be a joint report... INAUDIBLE...

Guidelines, the instructions from

Michel Barnier for the second phase,

the trade talks. And a quick hit of

info, all of this was negotiated

last night while Downing Street will

have on the staff Christmas party.

What a way to celebrate! Thanks very

much. We do like a bit of behind the

scenes knowledge.

And we're expecting an announcement

on any potential deal in the next

hour or so.

We'll keep you updated.

A number of new wildfires have

started in southern California,

stretching firefighters

to the limit.

Nearly 200,000 people

have now been evacuated.

Planes have been diverted to one

of the latest blazes

in San Diego county and officials

say over 400 buildings

have been destroyed.

Our North America correspondent

James Cook reports.

The American west was never really

teamed. The weather was always wild

and dangerous and in a warming world

it seems to be getting worse. The

wind has just picked up here in the

past few minutes and the fire is

really flaring up on the hillside

there, and pushing along the canyon.

There are some homes down there. We

can hear shouts in the valley and

there are some families refusing to

leave. The Walkers are among them.

It wouldn't add to the door, but

they were inside and intent on

staying put, spike the danger

lurking nearby -- answer the door.

At least two dozen horses have died

in the fire, the worst here in

living memories. In the exclusive

suburb of lead they attacked the

fires aggressively, successfully

saving many homes -- Bel Air. Lionel

Ritchie and Paris Hilton were among

those forced to flee. Every

firefighting aircraft in the US has

been summoned to California and they

are making a big difference. In

times of crisis, extraordinary

moments of compassion. Here, a man

apparently in distressed, runs to

rescue a rabbit. One little life

saved. Several new fires have broken

out in the past few hours,

containing them is a superhuman

effort, but Mother Nature is likely

to have the last word.

A 'day of rage' is being planned

by Palestinians angered by America's

recognition of Jerusalem

as the capital of Israel.

Around 30 demonstrators were injured

in clashes with Israeli

forces in the West Bank yesterday.

They have warned against cancelling

talks with might p Garma -- might

hence you will be set in a couple of

weeks.

A student who died weeks

after starting at university

was failed by "every NHS

organisation that should have cared

for her", a review has found.

Averil Hart, who was 19,

died of a heart attack caused

by anorexia in 2012.

The Parliamentary and Health Service

Ombudsman says her death

could and should

have been prevented.

NHS England has apologised and says

it's making "real progress"

with eating disorder services.

Snow, ice and windy conditions

are set to sweep across large parts

of the UK today, as Storm Caroline

heads towards Scandinavia.

Severe gales have already

caused disruption to air,

rail and ferry services.

Yellow "be aware" weather warnings

have been issued across much

of Scotland, Northern Ireland,

Wales and north-west England,

with up to eight inches of snow

expected in some areas.

Of course Carol will bring us the

latest on that and tell us which

areas are likely to be worst hit

later in the programme.

Two of the country's

biggest discount retailers,

Primark and Sports Direct,

have been forced to pay back

thousands of staff who were paid

less than the minimum wage.

Overall, 260 companies have been

fined for failing to pay their staff

the right amount.

Victoria's here.

Good morning. How widespread is this

problem?

It really is quite

widespread. This is the 13th time

the government has had to come out

with this list and they've found

16,000 workers, more than any other

time they've done this list, are

being underpaid. The biggest

culprits were Primark and sports

direct. Primark had about 10,000

workers and they were getting them

to pay for their own uniforms.

Primark have said they have changed

their policy and given their money

back. The other big offender was

Sports Direct and the two big

recruitment companies that give them

extra staff at busy times, like

Christmas. They say this is an

historic problem, they've paid it

back. So far the government is

spending about 25 million trying to

make sure that companies are paying

the right wage to their staff, but

no one so far has been prosecuted.

If you do think this is you, get in

touch with the ombudsman and find

out if you have a case. They will go

to HMRC for you and about 200 cases

are currently in progress.

How long

has this -- is this process likely

to get, to get your money back?

It

can take some time. There was an

investigation by the Guardian into

Sports Direct, for example, and they

found that although Sports Direct

you about the problem they were very

slow to sort it out and give the pay

back.

Thanks very much.

Prison inspectors have found high

levels of serious violence,

chronic staff shortages and filthy

conditions at one of Britain's

biggest jails, Wormwood Scrubs,

for the third year in a row.

They also found areas

of the west London prison,

which houses 1,200 inmates,

were strewn with litter,

attracting rats and cockroaches.

The Ministry of Justice says it's

taken "decisive action" to address

the problems.

Coventry has been chosen as the UK

city of culture for 2021.

It beat submissions from Paisley,

Stoke on Trent, Sunderland

and Swansea to win the title.

The bid team said their plans

were "about changing the reputation

of a city" as well as hosting a year

of cultural celebration.

There's 40 million people within two

hours drive. We are looking at 2.5

million 5,000,020 21. We are going

to do something incredibly special

and give something special to the

UK. -- 2.5 million by 2021.

Over to the sport now.

The Ballon d'Or was given to the

world's best foot all and there is

the latest winner, again, Cristiano

Ronaldo -- footballer. Since 2007

there have only been two names on

it, Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel

Messi. In the past it has been

George Best, among others. It means

now in terms of the number of golden

balls on the mantelpiece it is now

five all between Cristiano Ronaldo

and Lionel Messi.

For the second year running it's

the Portugese and Real Madrid

star Ronaldo, who has been given

the Ballon D'or for the world's best

player to draw level

with his great rival,

Messi.

Wales say they're extremely

disappointed they won't stage any

matches at Euro 2020.

The matches taken away

from Brussels, due to stadium

difficulties, have been given

to Wembley Stadium instead.

That will now stage seven matches,

including the final and semi

finals.

In front of the lowest ever crowd at

the Emirates, Arsenal got some

shooting practice on the Europa

League last night. Already qualified

they'd be 6-0. Everton also won,

despite being already knocked out of

the competition.

And Ronnie O'Sullivan heaves a sigh

of relief as he scrapes

into the quarter finals of the UK

snooker championship in York.

In this tournament of upsets,

he was taken to the wire

by Sunny Akani of Thailand.

So Ronnie O'Sullivan, one of the

only seeds left in the competition

now.

It was chilly this morning. Did you

have snow when you are coming in?

I didn't have any. I saw loads. Big

flakes. Not settled. It has got to

be warm to snow.

There is a fine point.

Obviously I'm just talking nonsense.

That grew to know small. It was a

little bit warmer. When the snow

comes down it always feels like it

will be really cold, and then the

next day when it's a bit warmer it

snows.

Sort

snows.

Sort of... . Of us this morning it

was 10 degrees colder than

yesterday. But I've got some lovely

Weather Watchers pictures to show

you, send him overnight. This one is

from Northern Ireland. We've seen

lying snow. With C falling nicely in

Northern Ireland. More to come

today. This one is from Aviemore,

currently seven centimetres of lying

snow. Other parts of the north and

west have seen some snow and as will

as ice there's the risk of some

travel disruption because there's

more snow on cards. The storm has

pushed away towards Scandinavia, but

as you can see the isobars across as

are still tightly packed. They are

coming straight down from the

Arctic, where the wind is coming

from, so it is going to feel it

today. -- bitter. Yesterday we had

13- 14 and now we are looking at

about freezing. Temperature will

write the morning. Nothing

especially substantial. Three in

London by the time we get to eight

a.m.. A lot of dry weather and

sunshine and some snow showers

across the moors. Snow showers

getting across the Midlands and a

lot of dry weather into England.

Watch out for ice. Snow showers

continue to come in on the gusty

winds across the of Scotland and the

same can be said across Northern

Ireland will stop as we move across

the Irish Sea and Isle of Man, again

further snow showers piling on

across Wales. Cold with the risk of

ice. Through the day there will be a

large swathe of the country that

remains dry. You can see down

towards the far south-east. But they

will continue across parts of

Scotland, Northern Ireland, through

Wales, southern counties as well and

in between them we will also have

sunny skies. No heatwave. These are

the maximum temperatures. One in

Edinburgh and maybe four into

southern England. 3D evening and

overnight it won't be as windy. --

through the evening. Snow showers

through Scotland and into the west,

driven on that wind. Again it will

be cold enough for some ice towards

the west. These are the overnight

temperatures in

there will be a lot of dry weather

around. A fair bit of... INAUDIBLE.

Coming in on the wind, which will be

lighter. Then you can see the next

system waiting in the wings. That

will come in from the south-west.

It will bring in some rain and

milder air but on the leading edge

we have snow. The snow distribution

is still open to question. This is

what we think coming into Northern

Ireland, through the Midlands, down

north of the M4 corridor here comes

the milder air. Snow pushes further

north-east and for the north of the

country something dry and sunny.

Wherever you are, north of where you

see that eight it will feel cold. So

if you like it cold, you are in for

a treat! You know I don't... More

than anybody you don't like it!

Exactly. Thank you. I did try to

save...

You agreed with me. It can be too

cold to snow.

But just because Mike agrees, it

doesn't mean very much. If that was

the marker...

You are probably right. Unless it's

bought. -- sport.

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

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

Everything we are doing is geared

around what's happening in Brussels

this morning, we are expecting an

announcement, Theresa May has landed

in Brussels in the last 20 minutes,

we saw the first handshake. There's

a number of press conferences

planned within the next hour to do

with the Brexit breakthrough.

Can I

say a couple of things that have

happened? There was a disagreement

with the DUP and the leader of the

DUP, Arlene Foster, has said we have

clear confirmation the whole UK is

leaving the singles market and

customs union, that was a sticking

point. The Northern Ireland DUP

leader Arlene Foster has said there

are still issues on Brexit we want

clarified but we ran out of time and

amusingly and aid to Jean-Claude

Juncker has tweeted a picture of

white smoke, in relation to what

happens when you get a new Pope.

Clearly announcements on Brexit

hugely significant in relation...

Whatever they are to do with

business more generally?

Good

morning, that's right, what tends to

happen is every time we get a bit of

good news, all white smoke when it

comes to Brexit, we see the value of

the pound increasing, a bit more

confidence in the UK economy. What

tends to happen is the companies in

the FTSE 100, the biggest companies

in the UK, or listed in the UK, the

value of those tends to go down

because a lot of them are actually

foreign companies so they make their

earnings in currencies that aren't

the pound. Weekend to see a bit of a

switch where we see the pound rise

and we see the value of things like

pension funds that Arlington to the

FTSE 100 fall -- weekend to see.

Another thing is Bitcoin, do you

know about this? The crypto

currency.

10,000 it went through.

That was a few days ago, it went

through $19,000 overnight, it's gone

down again, absolutely crazy on its

about ten years old now and it's on

the front page of a number of the

papers, one on the front page of the

FT and the Times, massive variations

in price. What happens is because it

is so crazy, lots of people are

using to use them, they say it is

too volatile and we can't use it.

It's been interesting, hasn't the

Bank of England governor even

caution or there have been comments

about bear in mind this isn't backed

by a government?

Two thirds of UK

investors say this isn't

sustainable, it's a bubble.

Mike?

I

don't know how many have letters

after our name. Charlie? BAE, Ph.D.

?

None of those.

You could make them

up! If you are an Olympian and you

could apply to have Olly after your

name, Sir Mo Farah OLY. They want

athletes who have competed at the

Olympics to have recognition for

what they have achieved, this is in

the Mail, according to the IOC. If

you had a name like Ollie you would

be Ollie OLY. Brussels have had the

matches they were going to stage at

Euro 2020 taken of them because

they're worse doubts about whether

the stadiums would be ready in time

so this time they are going to be

spread around 12 countries. When the

matches came away from Wales,

Brussels, Wales and Scotland got

excited, Cardiff has got excited,

Wembley had three and now they have

seven and Wales empty-handed.

We

often talk about people taking up

sports later in life, you have done

this quite a lot.

You haven't really

got the best of Charlie this

morning, have you?

Sheila Hancock,

84, has taken up weightlifting.

It

is great for osteoporosis, it

improves your bone density,

excellent for women of a certain age

and so go and do it!

Sports that

increase your body mass are better

when you get older rather than

running marathons.

And less impact

but bone density so important.

Absolutely, as muscles waste away.

Do you know much about Coventry?

It's the birthplace of the poet

Philip Larkin and the best-selling

author Lee Child.

Now Coventry has another claim

to fame, it's just been named

as the UK's City

of Culture for 2021.

It beat off stiff

competition from Swansea,

Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent

and Sunderland to be

crowned the winner.

Our arts and entertainment

correspondent Colin Paterson

is there.

Colin, a few sore heads

in Coventry this morning?

A very special night. Everyone I've

spoken to have said it's been the

happiest day in the city since they

won the FA Cup in 1987. I'm trying

to learn about Coventry, I'm in the

Herbert art gallery and museum, this

is Henry VI, the man who signed the

charter that turned Coventry into a

city, it's now a City of Culture,

here are some prehistoric noises.

Normally louder than that! Come this

way and we can find out about the

industrial past. We know about the

car industry and how important it

was but this is one of the weeds

that was used, the looms that was

used when it was the ribbon industry

and if you come here, that's the

chief executive we will be talking

to in a minute, this is George

Elliott's writing desk, Middlemarch

was written at this very writing

desk in about the 1840s. Now, last

night, as we said, there was a lot

of jumping up and down.

And the winner is... Coventry.

CHEERING

Of this was the moment

Coventry was chosen to be the new UK

City of Culture. The city's bid

focused on youth and adversity, that

was key in it clinching the title.

A

huge opportunity for the city to

make such a massive difference.

Amazing, I'm so excited. It's really

paid off all the work we've done,

amazing, so happy.

I love the city

and I'm so happy today.

The ghost

town has gone, moved on.

Coventry

has grown... Coventry will have

until 2021 to prepare a calendar

full of arts and performance events.

40 million people within two hours

Drive time, we're looking at

visitors of two million in 2021,

we're going to do something special

and give something special to the

UK.

Amid the wreckage of a noble

city, crushed by the force of

hundreds of tons of bombs...

The

price includes a £3 million Heritage

lottery grant, a welcome boost to a

city that suffered from the decline

of the British motoring industry and

the devastation of bombing in World

War Two.

Our voices of diversity,

all our stories, all our journeys...

The title is awarded every four

years and Coventry will hope to

emulate the success of Hull, which

is currently the UK City of Culture,

something the judges considered too.

We were looking for the city that

would actually give us the biggest

impact across the UK, because it is

the UK City of Culture, and all we

raise the bar a bit with what Hull

has done in this fantastic year as

well.

The city's most famous musical

exports are the Specials. In 1981

they reached number one with Ghost

Town, all about urban decay in

Coventry. In 2021, the Goes Town

will become a party town for a whole

year in a city dreaming about being

reborn. Colin Paterson, BBC News,

Coventry.

I'm joined by Martin Reeves, the

chief executive of Coventry City

Council. What does this mean to the

city?

Everything. Exhilaration. We

have been looked through as a city

for far too long and here is our

opportunity to shine culturally for

our people on a national and

international stage.

What will

happen in four years time then?

It's

incredible, physically as we have

seen with Hull, a different city, it

will feel and look different but

most of all through culture and the

arts with an amazing diverse

programme of young and diverse

people we will think these people

have ownership of their city again.

Ghost Town to Host Town, it's

amazing.

How much damage did the

Specials do with that song?

That was

our past, though, there were some

great assets, a mediaeval city, an

industrial past but now we have to

protect our confidence into the

future. Our young people don't

remember the Ghost Town but they

remember the amazing stuff ahead of

us and they want to be part of 2021.

We will find out more on commentary

through

as rain but watch this space.

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

in half an hour.

Bye for now.

Hello.

This is Breakfast,

with Naga Munchetty and

Charlie Stayt.

We'll bring you all

the latest news and sport

in a moment.

Plenty coming up.

Averil Hart was just 19

when she died of anorexia.

Now a damning report says her death

was an "avoidable tragedy",

with every NHS service she came

into contact with missing

opportunities to save her life.

We'll speak to her father later.

Bring up a conversation and she will

be like, we're not talking about

this right now.

Do you know how to talk to your kids

about tricky subjects

like sex, or drugs?

As new research finds parents

are skirting around the difficult

issues, we'll find out how to have

those frank conversations at home.

It's kept millions of us

gripped every Sunday night,

now Blue Planet 2 is

drawing to a close.

We'll recap our favourite moments

with the programme's producers.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News.

Theresa May has arrived in Brussels

after intense negotiations

which continued throughout the night

to try to break the deadlock

in the Brexit talks.

Let's take you through what we

understand to be the sequence of

events. Phone calls at about four

a.m.. An early-morning flight by

Theresa May to Brussels. And in the

next few minutes a joint conference

between Theresa May and Jean-Claude

Juncker. A breakthrough is what we

are told. A -- we are waiting that

conference.

Let's speak to our Brussels

reporter, Kevin Connolly.

What are we expecting?

What are we expecting?

The truth is we are hearing very

little by way of detail from anybody

involved in the talks, but we think

it's reasonable to assume that the

reason they would not have made this

rather dramatic dash to Brussels if

a deal wasn't in place -- Theresa

May. This is of course the deal that

collapsed rather dramatically on

Monday. The deal that was meant to

get the Brexit talks to move on from

the first phase, the divorce Bill,

the Irish border and citizens rights

and get them to wear Theresa May

wants them to me, on the issue of

the UK's future trading relationship

with the European Union. That

decision will be taken by EU leaders

next week at a summit in Brussels,

if the deal is done today. We don't

know what the details are and we

don't know how Theresa May and the

British government got the problems

over the Irish border I end out --

ironed out, but there's a real sense

that after a rather sticky week in

Brussels it now seems as though the

bump in the road in the process has

been overcome. It won't be the last

bump in the road, but Theresa May

will see this as quite an

achievement, as long as it sticks

the morning.

Thank you. Let's keep

you up-to-date. We should maybe go

back to the images. That's the

hallway where we are expecting the

press conference to take place --

the hall where. It will take place

sometime in the next few hours, but

we will bring it to you as it

happens. There is a -- images on

Twitter, a working breakfast which

is happening right now.

The press aide to Jean-Claude

Juncker has tweeted the handshake

which are between Jean-Claude

Juncker and Theresa May. And of

course the Brexit secretary David

Davis is also there with Theresa

May. We are expecting a preference

-- press conference later and will

bring it to you as it happens.

Wildfires have happened in southern

California, stretching firefighters

to their limit. Any thousands of

people have been evacuated from

their homes and planes have been

diverted to one of the main places

in San Diego. Officials say more

than 400 buildings have been

destroyed. A state of emergency has

been declared.

A "day of rage" is being planned

by Palestinians angered by America's

recognition of Jerusalem

as the capital of Israel.

Around 30 demonstrators were injured

in clashes with Israeli forces

in the West Bank yesterday.

The US has warned Palestinians

against cancelling talks

with vice-President Mike Pence,

who'll visit the Middle East in less

than two weeks' time.

Two of the country's Digg is the

retailers have been forced to pay

back thousands of staff who were

paid less than the minimum wage.

Primark and Sports Direct are among

250 companies which have been named

and shamed, for failing to pay

workers when there were travelling

between jobs, not paying overtime

and deducting money for uniforms.

All firms on the list say the issues

have now been rectified.

Prison inspectors have found high

levels of serious violence,

chronic staff shortages and filthy

conditions at one of Britain's

biggest jails, Wormwood Scrubs,

for the third year in a row.

They also found areas

of the west London prison,

which houses 1,200 inmates,

were strewn with litter,

attracting rats and cockroaches.

The Ministry of Justice says it's

taken "decisive action"

to address the problems.

Mike has the sport now.

We are talking golden balls.

Ronaldo now has five! It's quite a

nice number. Symmetrical.

That's true. It was 2001 when the

last Briton won it. Before that it

was the Charlton, among others.

Did David Beckham ever win at?

No, he came second. Close. You have

to go back to 2007 for the last time

it wasn't either Cristiano Ronaldo

are Lionel Messi taking it home.

It's the Ballon D'or awarded

to the world's best player.

For the second year running

football journalists,

decided Christiano Ronaldo

needed another golden ball

for his mantelpiece.

He won the Champions

League with Real Madrid,

as well as the Spanish

domestic title.

It means he now equals Messi's

own tally of five of these awards.

He also got a baby globe for his

latest baby daughter, born in

November.

I still have the motivation to be

Cristiano, to play with happiness,

so the main word is happy.

Enjoy myself.

I'm still motivated and I play

in a fantastic club and a fantastic

national team, so let's see

what the future brings.

At this moment I'm very happy.

That was Ronaldo speaking last night

halfway up the Eiffel Tower in

Paris.

Wales say they're extremely

disappointed they won't get

to stage any of the

matches at Euro 2020.

They reached the semi finals

in Paris last year of course.

But Wembley will now host seven

games at Euro 2020 after Brussels

lost the right to host matches

for the tournament.

Wembley was already scheduled

to hold the semi-finals and final

but will now also host three group

games and a last 16 tie.

It was a lowest ever crowd

at Arsenal's Emirates stadium,

but the 30,000 that did turn up

were treated to six of the best

as Arsenal warmed up for the knock

out phase of the Europa League,

thrashing Bartey Borisov of Belarus.

The Gunners were already through,

hence the crowd of 30,000,

although lots of clubs

would be pleased with that.

A cracking strike from a 20-year-old

and and at last a win in Europe

for Everton.

It's far too late for

them to go through,

but young Ademola Lookman

looked the part in Cyprus

and Everton gave debuts to five

youngsters in the 3-0 win,

as they now prepare to face

Liverpool in the Merseyside derby

at the weekend.

Five-time winner Ronnie O'Sullivan

is through to the quarter-finals

of the UK Snooker Championship,

but only just after a six frames

to five win over

Thailand's Sunny Akani.

O'Sullivan rode his luck as he came

from behind three times in the best

of 11 match to progress.

Moeen Ali says the team still

believe they can turn around the

Ashes series, despite their defeat

in Adelaide. He didn't bowl as much

as he would have liked because of an

injury to his finger but he says

that would have healed in time for

the third test in Perth, which

starts next Thursday.

I didn't bowl as much in the second

innings, which was actually quite

good for my finger. Hopefully

another week or at least five or six

days will be quite good for it. In

the first couple of days we were

poor and then we started to fight

back. That fight brought us closer

together. We still have a chance. It

is a slight chance, but we've got a

good enough team and we've shown the

fight in this team, that we can

compete.

Scotland's Kelsey MacDonald is two

shots off the lead at the halfway

stage of the Dubai Ladies' Classic.

She's eight under par

after her opening two rounds,

just behind leader Anne van

Dam of the Netherlands.

England's Georgia Hall is a shot

further back on seven under.

Now, last week we heard

about the people at the top

of their sporting game

who are competing for BBC

Sports Personality of the Year.

Today, we have the rising stars

shortlisted for the BBC

Young Sports Personality

of the Year award.

This year, Ellie Downie became

the first British gymnast to win

all-around gold at a major

international event with victory

at the European Championships.

She also won silvers and bronze.

Phil Foden claimed the Golden Ball

Award at the Under-17 World Cup,

after helping inspire

England to victory.

The midfielder scored twice

as they came from behind to beat

Spain 5-2 in the final.

I've trained with this next nominee.

And she races at 60 miles per hour,

without being able to see.

Did you do that? No.

The visually impaired teenager

Millie Knight and her guide

Brett Wild won downhill gold

at the World Para-alpine Skiing

Championships.

The winner will be revealed

at the ceremony in Liverpool

in just over ten days.

They are in good company. Well,

Ellie Downie won it in 2014. But she

still qualifies because you only

have to be 17 at the start of the

year, even though she is now 18. We

will have lots of backstage

interviews. It's part of the main

show. Sunday the 17th of December,

which was -- is a week on Sunday.

And then it is another big week

after that.

Is that?

Yes, Christmas! Straight to the

Brussels press conference which is

under way.

The Prime Minister and

that's the reason why I would like

to thank the Prime Minister for the

determination. I would also like to

thank Michel Barnier and David

Davis, for the extremely hard and

skilful work over the last weeks and

months. We discussed the joint

report had agreed with the

negotiators. Prime Minister May has

assured me that it has the backing

of the UK government. On that basis,

I believe we have now made the

progress we needed. Today's result

is of course a compromise. It isn't

a -- is a result after an intense

discussion between us and the UK. As

in any negotiation both side has to

listen to each other, adjust their

position and show a willingness to

compromise. This was a difficult

negotiation for the European Union,

as well as for the United Kingdom.

On Wednesday, last Wednesday, the

college of commissioners gave me the

mandate to conclude the negotiation

of the joint report and it had to be

concluded today. Not next week.

Today, because next week we have the

European Council and in order to

allow our partners to prepare in the

best way possible, we had to make

the deal today. On the basis of the

mandate, which was given to me by

the European Council, the commission

has just formally decided to

recommend to the European Council

that sufficient progress has now

been made on the terms of the

divorce. SPEAKS GERMAN.

The decision on sufficient progress

will be in the hands of the 27 heads

of state of government. I am hopeful

and confident that they will share

our praise all and allow us to move

onto the next phase of the

negotiations. Last Monday I also met

with European Parliament

representatives. Operation between

the European Parliament and the

commission has been close --

cooperation. Our position has been

closely aligned. These negotiations

can only thing -- these are the --

successful if we take a cooperative

approach. Without going into all the

detail, allow me to touch on what

these agreements mean in practice.

Later on today, after 9:30am, my

friend Michel Barnier will be

available to explain all the details

of the agreement we reached today. A

few remarks. On citizens' writes,

first. In this negotiation, citizens

have always come first. It has been

a great importance for the

commission to make sure that EU

citizens in the UK will be protected

after the UK leaves the European

Union. EU citizens have made

important life choices on the

assumption that the United Kingdom

was a member of the European Union.

Brexit created great uncertainty for

those citizens and for their

families. Today, we bring back the

certainty. The commission's

negotiators have made sure that the

choices made by EU citizens living

in the UK will be protected. We have

made sure that their rights will

remain the same after the UK has

left the European Union. This is in

particular the case for EU citizens'

right to live, work and study, their

right to family unification, the

protection of the right of EU

citizen children and the right to

healthcare pensions and other social

security benefits. We have made sure

that the administrative procedures

will be cheap and will be simple.

This is an issue for which the

commission will pay particular

attention when drafting the

agreement.

The same goes for UK citizens living

in the EU 27. On the settling of

accounts, the Prime Minister said in

her remarkable Florence speech that

the United Kingdom would honour its

commitments, including beyond 2020.

This was a detailed line by line

process and she has been as good as

her word. I'm very grateful for

that, Prime Minister. On Ireland,

the EU has consistently supported

the goal of peace and reconciliation

agreed in the Good Friday Agreement.

The European Union has made it a

priority to protect the peace

process on the island. I've been in

regular contact with the Irish

government over the past few days,

including last night, including the

last negotiations we had because of

yesterday with our Irish friends.

The UK has made significant

commitments on the avoidance of a

hard border after its withdrawal

from the EU. All of the EU 27 stand

firmly behind Ireland and behind the

peace process. Let me be clear, we

still have a lot of work to do. The

joint report is not the withdrawal

agreement, but agreement needs to be

drafted by the negotiators on the

basis of the talks today and

yesterday and then approved by the

UK Parliament and the European

Parliament. 534 days ago the British

people voted to leave the European

Union. 249 days ago the United

Kingdom notified the EU its

intention to leave the EU and in 447

days the United Kingdom will do just

that. I will always be sad about

this development, but now we must

start looking to the future. A

will be and will remain a close

friend... INAUDIBLE Kubot dedicated

much of our meeting to our joint

vision for a deep and close

partnership --... Dedicated. It's

important for everyone that we

continue to work closely on issues

like trade, research, security and

others. We will take things one step

at a time, starting with next week's

European Council, but today I'm

hopeful that we are now all moving

towards the second phase of this

challenging negotiation and we can

do this jointly on the basis of

trust. Renewed trust. Determination.

And with the perspective of renewed

friendship. Thank you, Prime

Minister.

Thank you, Jean-Claude

Minister.

Thank you, Jean-Claude.

We've been working extremely hard

this week and as you've all seen it

hasn't been easy for either side.

When we met on Monday we said a deal

was within reach, what we have

arrived at today represents a

significant improvement and I'm

grateful to the negotiating teams,

led by David Davis and Michel

Barnier, for their efforts. Getting

to this point has required give and

take on both sides and I believe

that the joint report being

published is in the best interests

of the whole of the UK. I very much

welcome the prospect of moving ahead

to the next phase to talk about

trade and security and to discuss

the positive and ambitious future

relationship that is in all of our

interests. I have consistently said

that we want to build a deep and

special partnership with the EU as

we implement the decision with the

British people to leave at the end

of March, 2019. Doing so will

provide clarity and certainty for

businesses in the UK and the EU and

crucially for all our citizens. The

deal we've struck will guarantee the

rights of more than 3 million EU

citizens living in the UK and 1

million UK citizens living in the

EU. EU citizens living in the UK

will have their rights enshrined in

UK law and enforced by British

courts. They will be able to go on

living their lives as before. I was

clear in Florence that we're a

country that honours our

obligations. After some toff,

sessions we've now agreed a

settlement that is fair to the

British taxpayer -- tough

negotiations. In the future we will

be able to invest more in priorities

at home, housing, schools and the

NHS. In Northern Ireland we will

guarantee there will be no hard

border and we will uphold the

Belfast Agreement and in doing so we

will continue to preserve the

constitutional and economic

integrity of the United Kingdom. We

have taken this week... Time this

week to strengthen and clarify this

part of the agreement following

discussions with unionists in

Northern Ireland and across the UK.

Layover Raqqa and I spoke yesterday

and we have committed there should

be no barriers in any direction --

layover Raqqa. I am writing today to

the people of Northern Ireland to

set out our approach. Millions of

jobs depend on the future trading

relationship we will determine and

I'm optimistic about the discussions

ahead but in the meantime reaching

this agreement now means that

businesses will be able to make

investment decisions based on a

period that welcomes certainty. I

will be seeing President asked

shortly and I look forward to the

publication of his guidelines. I

also look forward to next week's

European Council meeting where I

hope and expect we will be able to

get the endorsement of the 27 to

what is a hard-won agreement in all

our interests.

We have time for some questions. Let

me start with... Yes.

Prime Minister, this was a difficult

negotiation, like you just said,

very challenging, like the president

said, but it is just the beginning,

the first stage, and it's just the

beginning of a very long and complex

negotiation. It was already very

difficult. Did ever the question

come to your mind that maybe after

all this whole Brexit affair is a

very bad idea for any second? Thank

you.

In 2016, the British people were

given in a referendum the

opportunity to choose whether to

stay in the European Union or not.

Parliament was united across all

parties, a significant majority

agreed that decision would be given

to the British people. The British

people voted and they voted to leave

the European Union and I believe

it's a matter of trust and integrity

in politicians and I believe the

people should be able to trust their

politicians will put into place what

they have determined, and that's

exactly what we're doing and we will

be leaving the European Union.

Adam from the BBC?

Hi, Adam Fleming from the BBC.

Morning to both of you. What is the

biggest compromise the other side

has made to get you to this point

today? Was it a champagne breakfast?

This was a question actually of

coming together and working together

for a report and agreements that

were in the best interests of all

sides. It's been finding the way

through that enables us to deliver

for citizens, to deliver on

financial settlement, and also

crucially to deliver in relation to

Northern Ireland but agreement on no

hard border but also respecting the

constitutional and economic

integrity of the United Kingdom.

That's what we've been working too

and that's what I believe this joint

report sets out.

Miranda from the German News Agency?

Good morning. Mr Prime Minister...

Sorry, Miss Prime Minister, the

arrangement seems to mean a special

status for Northern Ireland, how

come your partner, the DUP, accepted

that? Will it not mean that the rest

of the UK will also remain in the

single market?

It doesn't actually mean what you

suggested. We've been very clear, if

you look at the text of the joint

report, it says that we will work to

achieve the relationship, the

trading relationship, between the UK

and the European Union that we want

to see, that we believe will also be

a good trading relationship for

Northern Ireland. If that is not the

case then we will look for specific

solutions to what are the unique

circumstances of Northern Ireland.

Everybody recognises that because

Northern Ireland is the only part of

the UK with a land border with a

country that will be remaining

within the European Union, that is a

set of unique circumstances, and

indeed there are already unique

circumstances and specific solutions

for Northern Ireland. There's a

single electricity market across the

island of Ireland for example, but

I'm confident that we can, in

negotiating the future trade

relationship, ensure that we both

won't have a hard border in Northern

Ireland but that we will retain the

economic integrity of the single

market of the United Kingdom.

Go-ahead.

Good morning. Mark Stone from Sky

News. Prime Minister, can I ask you,

in some bulk terms, what has changed

between Monday's lunch and now which

allows you to say a deal is done now

and you couldn't on Monday? -- in

simple terms. President Juncker, for

you if I may, specifically on the

European Court of Justice, it was

one of the big sticking point is,

the Prime Minister says now EU

citizens in the UK will be under UK

law and UK courts, is that correct?

Are you happy with that? -- sticking

points.

Shall I take it?

On the first point, as we both said

when we stood here on Monday, there

were a couple of issues we still

have to finalise as we went through

the last few days, but as I said in

the remarks that I just made, one of

the things you can see is we have a

strengthening of the commitments in

relation to Northern Ireland and the

United Kingdom. I think that's

important, I think that's helpful,

so within the joint report you'll

see the commitment both to no hard

between Ireland and Northern

Ireland, but also that we ensure we

retain that constitutional integrity

and economic integrity of the United

Kingdom.

For EU citizens, the European Court

of Justice will still be competent.

Michel Barnier will explain later in

detail what this is about because it

will take too much time to explain

this in detail.

That's the end of our press

conference, thank you.

Thank you.

STUDIO: That's the press conference

between Theresa May and Jean-Claude

Juncker on the first phase of Brexit

negotiations being concluded.

Let's pick up on some of the key

issues from Theresa May, let's look

at the significant ones specifically

to do with the financial settlement.

" A deal that is there to British

taxpayers and crucially allowing us

to invest more in schools and the

NHS", which harks back to some of

the Brexit campaigning. The main

issues agreed on with this phase is

areas of citizens' rights, the

dialogue with Ireland and the

financial settlement. More on this

through the morning.

Bye for now.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

A breakthrough in Brussels.

Get into

this point has required Devante Cole

both sides and I believe the joint

report being published it in the

best interests of the whole of the

UK.

I believe we have now made the

breakthrough we needed. Today's

result is of course a compromise.

Good morning.

It's Friday, the 8th of December.

Also this morning:

More on match news from Brussels

coming up.

Firefighters are stretched

to the limit and nearly 200,000

residents are evacuated

in California as more

wildfires break out.

Good morning.

Failing to pay the minimum wage.

260 companies including Primark

and Sports Direct are named

and shamed by the government.

In sport, Ronaldo rules again.

For the second year running,

and fifth time overall,

Christiano Ronaldo has been named

the world's best player,

pipping Messi to lift the golden

ball up the Eiffel tower.

And the winner is...

Coventry! A

night of celebration for Coventry

after it has awarded the next UK

city of culture. Snow has been

falling overnight.

Warnings of disruption today.

Carol has the full forecast.

We have seen a fair bit of snow in

parts of the country overnight,

especially the north and west of the

UK and the Midlands, the same areas

that will see further snow today.

The odd snow flurry might get

further east and south, but there is

ice to watch out for this morning.

Many central and eastern areas will

be dry, cold and sunny. More details

on about 15 minutes.

Good morning.

Within the past few minutes,

the European Commission has said

"sufficient progress" has been made

in the first phase of Brexit talks,

allowing talks to move

on to discussion of Britain's future

relationship with the EU.

The announcement is a key moment

in the negotiations on Britain's

departure from the EU.

A couple of first thoughts on what

was said. Theresa May spoke in the

last 15 minutes, saying negotiations

haven't been easy. She says the deal

has been guaranteed... Guarantees

the rights of EU citizens in the UK

and British citizens in the EU. Also

a deal on the financial settlement,

the much talked about financial

settlement. A deal that's fair for

British taxpayers. Everyone is

listening very closely to words from

both sides. What were the key

elements you drew from it?

Is not

often that before 7am in the morning

you have huge political developments

unfolding, but that's what has

happened this morning and this is an

absolutely crucial moment for the

British government. After the

humiliation of Monday, to finally

get to this stage that's been talked

about for months really matters.

What is happening right now is we

are going through line by line the

accompanying document that has just

been published, full of, as you

would expect, lots of A-League --

lots of fairly dense and complicated

prose, such is the necessary

language to accommodate all of the

competing sides, whether they be the

UK and Ireland over the Irish

border, the border that will

separate the UK from the EU after

Brexit, or as you say on citizens'

writes, there's the financial

settlement as well. But there will

be massive relief in Downing Street

that they have cleared this hurdle.

They've worked throughout the night

and we got the first hint that a

deal looked likely at about 6pm

yesterday when there was an

announcement that one of the league

chiefs in Brussels would give a

conference this morning. The PM

spoke to all sides in Downing

Street. We got a strong hint at

midnight from the person in charge

of ensuring conservatives can get

the votes they need through the

Commons, he tweeted at ignite,

praising the Prime Minister and

talking about the second phase of

the negotiations. At 5am we were

told that the Prime Minister and

David Davis were en route to

Brussels, as you've seen in the last

few moments. That news conference

between Theresa May and John Claude

-- Jean-Claude Juncker, announcing a

big step forward. So what's to come

will be trade talks, about the

future relationship between the UK

and EU, as opposed to an packing of

the current relationship, which is

where we have been up until now. And

just a hint as to what is to come,

if you think the discussions thus

far have been complicated and two

step forward and one step out and

the huge amount of controversy and

detail, we've probably seen nothing

yet because when we get into the

trade discussions they are likely to

be again hugely controversial,

hugely argued over from all sides

because there's a huge amount at

stake. But in pure and simple terms,

today a hugely important moment for

the British government.

Thank you.

We can talk to our correspondent in

Brussels, Adam Flemming. You were

just on that press conference and we

were hearing from Chris about the

first phase being over, I know means

the easiest phase. You did ask

earlier what the biggest compromise

was that both sides had to make and

it didn't really get answered, they

seemed quite positive.

They wanted

to accentuate the positive and not

talk about the difficult stuff,

because this is a moment for both

sides, both sides of the Paul --

podium, a moment of celebration,

because they feel they've done it.

And by that I mean they've got

enough progress in the first phase

of talks for both sides to be happy

and it's located now start talking

about trade, a transition period and

the future relationship. As always

the devil will be in the detail, to

use the cliche. Both sides have

posted a 50 page document. Tiny

lettering -- 15. This is where we

will find out exactly what the UK

has signed up to when it comes to

the rights of citizens. Diplomats

say look for the number of years at

the European Court of Justice will

still be able to rule on cases in

the UK. Someone said to me it could

be as many as eight years after the

UK leads. Will have to check what

paragraph that says. There are a few

paragraphs about what they call the

financial settlement, the so-called

Brexit bill. What has the UK signed

up to the pay for years and years

potentially after Brexit and have

they massaged the figures so that

it's a good deal for the UK as the

Prime Minister was explaining? Also

the issue of Northern Ireland,

preventing a hard water, the thing

that held up the whole process this

week. Paragraph if this seems to be

the key. It suggests that there will

be what they call full alignment in

terms of rules and regulations

between Northern Ireland and the

Republic of Ireland in the sectors

of the economy and national life

that cross the border. So it will be

the EU rules that will be the same

in areas where there is cross border

cooperation, so not everything. If

there is a need for the UK and

Northern Ireland to have different

rules, but the Northern Ireland

government and northern Irish

assembly will get a say on that. We

have to go through the document

properly, but my sense is that the

solution they've come up with two

squared the DUP, which was the hold

up this week, they could get this

document published and we could get

this progress and start talking

about the second phase.

A very

complicated issue indeed. Good to

talk to you. Thanks very much.

Our correspondence are cross what's

going on. We know there will be a

press conference at 8am. They will

discuss progress made on Brexit and

after 9am the chief negotiator

Michel Barnier will issue another

press conference. We will be keeping

you up-to-date.

A look at the other news now.

A number of new wildfires have

started in southern California,

stretching firefighters

to the limit.

Nearly 200,000 people have now been

evacuated from their homes.

Planes have been diverted to one

of the latest blazes

in the county of San Diego

and officials say more than 400

buildings have been destroyed.

Our North America correspondent

James Cook reports.

The American west was

never really tamed.

The weather here was always wild

and dangerous and in a warming world

it seems to be getting worse.

Well, the wind has just picked up

here in the past few minutes

and the fire is really flaring up

on the hillside there and pushing

along the canyon.

There are some homes down there.

We can hear shouts in the valley

and there are some families

refusing to leave.

They wouldn't answer the door,

but they were inside and intent

on staying put, despite

the danger lurking nearby.

At least two dozen horses

have died in the fire,

which is the worst here

in living memories.

We don't have any access...

In the exclusive suburb of Bel Air,

they attacked the fires

aggressively, successfully

saving scores of homes.

The musician Lionel Ritchie

and the socialite Paris Hilton

were among those forced to flee.

Every firefighting aircraft

in the US has been summoned

to California and they are

making a big difference.

In times of crisis come

extraordinary moments of compassion.

Here, a man, apparently

in distressed, runs

to rescue a rabbit.

One little life saved.

Several new fires have broken out

in the past few hours.

Containing them is a superhuman

effort, but Mother Nature is likely

to have the last word.

A 'day of rage' is being planned

by Palestinians angered by America's

recognition of Jerusalem

as the capital of Israel.

Around 30 demonstrators were injured

in clashes with Israeli

forces in the West Bank yesterday.

The US has warned Palestinians

against cancelling talks with Vice

President Mike Pence, who will visit

the Middle East in just under two

months.

Snow, ice and windy conditions

are set to sweep across large parts

of the UK today, as Storm Caroline

heads towards Scandinavia.

Severe gales have already

caused disruption to air,

rail and ferry services.

Our correspondent Clare Fallon is in

Nantwich in Cheshire this morning.

-- up to eight inches is expected in

places.

Prison inspectors have found high

levels of serious violence,

chronic staff shortages and filthy

conditions at one of Britain's

biggest jails, Wormwood Scrubs,

for the third year in a row.

They also found areas

of the west London prison,

which houses 1,200 inmates,

were strewn with litter,

attracting rats and cockroaches.

The Ministry of Justice says it's

taken "decisive action" to address

the problems.

Those are the main story this

morning. We will be crossing back to

Brussels shortly for those main

developments in what's happening,

dubbed a breakthrough in

negotiations.

An "avoidable tragedy".

That's how a damning review has

described the death of Averil Hart,

a 19-year-old student

who died of a heart attack

caused by anorexia.

Averil spent more than 10 months

in hospital after developing

the eating disorder.

She was discharged so she could go

to university, but four months

later, she collapsed,

and passed away in hospital.

Averil's family brought

a complaint about her care

to the Parliamentary

and Health Service Ombudsman,

which now says her life

could have been saved.

We're joined now by

Averil's dad, Nic Hart.

Thanks for joining us on the sofa.

Tell us about The Parliamentary and

Health Service Averil Hart.

A great

daughter, great fun to be with, very

outgoing, academic, love music and

going to concerts, black belt in

karate so a joy to have around.

What

happened with her illness, it was a

rapid descent in terms of weight

loss?

You have generally generously shared

a photo before she died and we

aren't showing it because it's

distressing in terms of the weight

she lost and how ill she was, but in

our research you described her

descent into this was very quick.

Averil did her A-levels and then

spiralled in terms of weight loss,

went into an inpatient unit. She was

discharged probably below her target

weight to go to university and

that's where the real problem

started. She was looked after by a

trainee while at university and

continued to lose weight because the

trainee had no experience of

anorexia, even though it was a

specialist eating disorder service.

We all knew that she was declining

and that things were going wrong,

despite calls to medical centre,

nothing happened, and she was found

unconscious in her room and taken

first to a hospital that didn't know

much about how to treat anorexia and

then to Addenbrookes, where sadly

they didn't treat her for five hours

and then there was a mixup in the

middle of the night with a junior

doctor and a consultant and she had

a heart attack because she was

hypoglycaemic.

The distress of losing your daughter

in the first place for you and your

family in itself is a terrible thing

for the family to live through but

now with the knowledge you have

about the steps along the way when

there should have been helped, when

people should have been able to step

in and help in some way, that must

have been so hard to deal with?

We

can't still really believe that she

isn't with us, you could imagine

what it's like. We have campaigned

hard and despite the fact Jeremy

Hunt knew about this case three

years ago, Bernard Jenkin and many

people, it's taken Averil's family,

friends, whistleblowers, Katharine

Murphy of the patients Association,

other people to get this report to

where it is. I wish we could have

the ombudsman here today to talk

about it because he refused to

answer our questions only two weeks

ago and the only reason we think

this report is out today is because

the ombudsman is in front of the

Select Committee next week. It is

tragic it has taken so much to get

the truth from the trust involved

and basically they are in my opinion

financial organisations, their

reputation is what they stand on.

We should say the Department of

Health has issued a statement saying

Averil's death was a tragedy and its

cases like hers that have led us to

make a step change in the way we

treat eating disorders in the NHS.

What can come out of this in terms

of knowing these institutions have

at least had to face up to this and

try to make a change?

There's a much

bigger issue here, Naga, how do we

end up with Mid Staffs and southern

Healthcare? It's because we haven't

had a proper investigations. You

allow trusts to investigate

themselves, they don't worry about

the ombudsman because they've been

so incompetent and then you end up

with thousands dying. It's like a

jumbo crashing every few months and

nobody asking why. Averil's case

matters to everyone in this country

because they care that she had was

so poor and basically everyone said

it was satisfactory and if it wasn't

for Averil's family and those people

helping us, we wouldn't be hearing

about it now so to be honest it's

about the health service, how we

investigate and improve the service

for all of us.

Has this battle

you've been involved in that you

detail so well for us today, has it

prevented you and the family from

grieving as you may well have done?

I'm waiting for therapy to connect

with my wonderful daughter. You

can't read an e-mail every morning,

or several e-mails, about the death

of your daughter and grieve at the

same time. You have to put up walls

and fight the fight and I'm really

ready now to let go and connect with

my wonderful girl and think about

her.

Nic, we wish you and your

family all the best and thank you

for speaking to us this morning.

Thank you both.