09/12/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

Boris Johnson flies to Iran

to try to secure the release

of a jailed British mother.

The Foreign Secretary is due

to arrive there in the next few

hours and is expected

to raise "grave concerns"

about the imprisonment

of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

Good morning.

It's Saturday, the 9th of December.

Also this morning -

reaction to Theresa May's Brexit

breakthrough.

The Environment Secretary,

Michael Gove, says if the British

public doesn't like the final deal,

it can have its say

at the next general election.

President Trump declares a state

of emergency in California as strong

winds continue to fan

the flames of a series

of devastating wildfires.

More snow and ice on the way

for large parts of the UK

with freezing temperatures likely

to cause travel delays.

Stav will have the latest for us

throughout the morning.

Good morning. A wintry weekend for

all. 20 of sunshine in the forecast.

A few snow showers. Tomorrow, the

potential of significant snow for

some. Join me later for all the

details.

In sport, a massive blow

for Wales' Six Nations hopes.

Their captain Sam Warburton is now

out for at least four months,

after having knee surgery.

Good morning.

First, our main story.

The foreign secretary,

Boris Johnson, is due to arrive

in Iran shortly, where he will

express what he describes as "grave

concerns" over the imprisonment

of the British-Iranian woman,

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

The aid worker has been held

prisoner in the country since April

2016, accused of trying to overthrow

the Iranian government -

a charge she denies.

Mr Johnson is also expected

to discuss Britain's wider

relations with Iran.

Here's our diplomatic

correspondent, James Robbins.

Boris Johnson's first visit to Iran

could hardly be more sensitive. Last

month he was accused of damaging the

case for the release of Nazanin

Zaghari-Ratcliffe by remarks he

later apologised for. On his way to

Iran to see Iran's Foreign Minister,

he issued a statement, saying:

The Foreign Secretary says he will

also emphasise the UK's continued

support for the nuclear deal with

Iran, despite his repudiation but

President Trump. -- by. At he will

also make clear UK's concerns about

some of Iran was Mac activities,

notably in Syria and Yemen. He

described the relationship with Iran

is improving, but not

straightforward. The Foreign

Secretary has been careful to lower

any expectations of imminent release

for Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, warning

that such cases are very difficult.

Our diplomatic correspondent James

Robbins reporting.

One of the Cabinet's leading

Brexiteers has suggested that voters

can use the next general election

to have their say on a final deal

with the European Union -

and to force a future government

to change course if

they don't like it.

The environment secretary,

Michael Gove, made the comments

in an article in The Daily

Telegraph, just a day

after Theresa May's agreement

in Brussels cleared the way

for trade talks.

Here's our political

correspondent, Eleanor Garnier.

-- we will get more on that later in

the programme.

The wintry weather looks set

to continue with Met Office warnings

in place for large parts of the UK.

More snow is expected

in northern and eastern regions

over the weekend.

The freezing conditions caused

significant disruption to commuters

yesterday and hundreds of properties

in the West Midlands

are still without power.

Simon Clemison has this report.

Some of these reindeer are getting

their first taste of snow in Dudley.

And in the early hours, more

snowfalls have been reported across

the UK, although conditions are

expect to ease for today. At

Manchester airport, wings have had

to be de- ice. -- de-iced. An image

some are about to leave behind.

Shrubs is somewhere in this picture.

On the Isle of Man, the weekend

began early, as all schools were

closed. Elsewhere, there have been

problems on the roads. The extremes

of the weather are expected to

eventually be confined to north-east

Scotland, but tomorrow, a spell of

heavy snow is likely over the

Midlands and parts of Wales and

northern England.

20 centimetres is

quite significant. We will press

ahead of that, we will salt ahead of

that, but past 20 centimetres we

might have to reduce the network and

keep key routes open. That is much

as you can do. 20 centimetres is

significant.

The Met Office is

warning that some in the countryside

may be cut off if the skies were not

convincing enough.

Stav will be here in the next few

minutes with the latest forecast.

Israel has launched further air

strikes against Hamas military

positions in the Gaza Strip,

in retaliation for Palestinian

rocket attacks on southern Israel.

Palestinians and Israeli security

forces have clashed in the West Bank

since President Trump recognised

Jerusalem as Israel's

capital on Wednesday.

Yesterday, the US ambassador

Nikki Haley defended Donald Trump's

comments and accused the UN

of bias against Israel.

Over many years, the United Nations

has outrageously been at the world's

foremost centres of hostility

towards Israel. The United Nations

has done much more damage to the

prospects for Middle East peace,

then to advance them.

Thousands of firefighters

in southern California

are continuing to battle a series

of wildfires which have destroyed

hundreds of homes.

More than 200,000 people have

already fled the area

and communities

on the Pacific coast,

including the city of Santa Barbara

and Ventura, are preparing

for evacuations.

President Trump has declared

a state of emergency.

Sarah Corker reports.

In the mountains north

of Los Angeles, wildfires

are roaring through the forests

of Ventura County.

Dry winds are fanning the flames,

causing them to spread rapidly,

and cutting across highways.

These guys are scrambling.

And the thick plumes

of smoke billow for miles.

Across southern California,

tens of thousands of people

have already fled.

And this is the destruction

they are escaping from.

I always equate these to my family

friends as disaster war zones

is what you see, with the homes that

are lost, and the tragedy that hits

all of these families that

live in these areas.

Currently the fire is about 130,000

acres, 425 homes have been confirmed

to be lost.

Some people now returning home see

what, if anything, they can salvage

from the charred wreckage.

It's unbelievable, it's

devastating, it is horrific.

There is nothing left.

Not a darn thing.

The first fires broke out on Monday,

reaching the exclusive neighbourhood

of Bel Air, in Los Angeles,

and threatening the neighbourhoods

of Hollywood stars.

At night, it looks like a volcano

erupting, and from Santa Barbara

to LA and San Diego,

more than 8,000 firefighters

are trying to contain these fires,

the worst in living memory here.

Strong winds are forecast

through the weekend,

making for extremely

dangerous conditions.

An urgent review into the

availability of free to use ATMs is

needed to make sure customers do not

struggle to access cash. This is

according to the consumer watchdog

Which. The UK's largest ATM network,

Link, wants to cut the fees charged

to ATM users. There are concerns the

overall -- the overhaul of the

network could reduce the number of

ATMs available to customers.

It

could potentially reduce the number

of ATMs in the UK or increase the

number of pay for ATMs in the UK. We

want to ensure that consumers have

access to money in the way they want

to, particularly in the face of

closing bank branches, where people

find it more and more difficult to

get hold of a bank and get their

money the way they want to.

It is

6:08am. Let's get more on

yesterday's Brexit deal, which has

paid the way for trade talks to

begin between the EU and the UK.

This morning, one of the Cabinet's

leading Brexiteers, Michael Gove,

had his say. He praised the deal,

but in an article in the Daily

Telegraph, suggested voters could

use the next general election if

they wanted to reject any final

agreement.

Michael Gove welcomed the deal with

the EU, and yesterday he publicly

praised the Prime Minister for her

work. But I think in a sign of the

challenges to come for Theresa May,

the environment Secretary, who is of

course one of the leading Leave

campaigners in the Cabinet, has

suggested that if the British people

dislike the arrangement negotiated

with Brussels, well, a future

government could choose to go in a

different direction. Michael Gove

wrote in the Daily Telegraph and

said that after a two year

transition, outside the EU, the

British people will be in control

and will have full freedom to

diverged from European law on the

single market and Customs union.

Having made sufficient progress on

the terms of the UK's departure from

the EU, the Brexit talks can now

move on to the future relationship

with the EU. But the Cabinet has yet

to agree on what that final deal

will look like. I think Theresa May

knows that's the toughest decisions

in these negotiations are yet to

come, and about the talks have a

long way to go. Well, Eleanor was

certainly right about that. We will

be talking about it sometimes come.

Not surprisingly, on the front pages

today, Brexit is being touted.

"Made's try of wanted by Task

warning on top choices ahead". Of

course everybody is pleased that the

first phase of Brexit negotiations

seem to have been passed through. We

have the handshake here between

Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker.

But there is a lot more trade talk

to come. And tough talk to come, as

the negotiations continue.

Yes, the

newspapers are very clear in their

stance in relation to what happened

yesterday. The Daily Mirror, free

example, with the headline Mrs

Softee. Theresa May's deal with the

EU will mean soft Brexit. Britain

will pay for the divorce bill. The

Prime Minister has abandoned her red

line to break the deadlock. That is

contrasting with the Daily Mail.

Indeed. Rejoice, we are on our way.

This historic handshake on the front

page of the FT. The Daily Mail says

it has sealed a vital step in the

UK's exit from the EU.

And on the

front page of the times, made

bounces back. Rejuvenated, suggests

the Times newspaper, as we move onto

the next set of talks, which

everybody says will be the hard

ones.

John Koorda Jon Kay yesterday

praised Theresa May for being so

affable and easy to negotiate with.

-- Jean-Claude Juncker. It sounds as

though there was no snapping, no

biting.

I see what you've done.

Here

we go. Only because of this picture,

which I like. This is a saltwater

crocodile, a 20 foot saltwater

crocodile. It has a name. His name

is Dominator. And for being one of

the most aggressive crocodiles in

the region in Australia's Northern

Territory. This has been snapped by

a tourist on a neighbouring boat.

What you can see, if you look

closely at some of the reactions,

people are shocked.

Wisely keeping

their arms inside the boat.

Indeed.

If you go out on a wildlife safari,

that is what you want to see.

That

is for sure. Lots of interest in the

weather through this weekend. We've

been talking about snow, there was

some yesterday. More forecast for

later today, is that right?

some yesterday. More forecast for

later today, is that right?

That's right, in the form of snow

showers, affecting areas like we saw

yesterday, mainly northern and

western coastal areas. Most of us

started this morning very cold and

frosty but with lots of sunshine.

The snow showers are continuing

across parts of northern and western

areas, giving quite a bit of snow

and places. They will be fairly

isolated. Watch out, there are still

low lying snow around and there will

be a problem with ice where we had

snow showers yesterday. This is

where the snow showers are falling.

Northern Scotland, parts of Northern

Ireland, through Cheshire,

Merseyside, northern and western

Wales. This is where they will be

through the day. Not as widespread

and ready. We should see a few

pushing further north in towards

leisure and the Manchester area.

That said, it will be a gorgeous day

if you love the sunshine. Wrap up

and head out and enjoy the sunshine.

Things get interesting this evening

and overnight. Temperatures falling

away very quickly. Then we see this

band of heavy rain moving up from

the south-west. That will turn very

quickly to snow as it romps into

that cold out. The main threat will

be around the Midlands and parts of

northern Wales in southern northern

England. Ten centimetres in places,

maybe even 20. The Met Office have

issued an amber warnings of this,

which means to be prepared. There

will be some disruption as we head

into early hours on Sunday. That's

no longer further north and south to

peter out and turn back into rain as

the mild array starts to pushing

from the south-west. Eight or nine

degrees here and much colder further

north. Plenty of sunshine here. That

is our Sunday is looking, as we head

into Monday. We are now looking to

the south of the country. This deep

area of low pressure, this storm

expected to impact France. It could

also impact southern parts of the

UK. Sunday afternoon, we are looking

at strong, maybe severe gale force

winds across the south. It could

again be windy and a very wet across

the south and south-east. Further

snow is potentially possible over

the high ground. Tuesday, much

quieter. Those areas of low pressure

moving away, and we end up with dry

around brighter weather with

sunshine. It stays cold through the

week and is set to stay cold in the

run-up to Christmas. There is no

mild weather on the cards yet.

Thank you very much, and a lovely

picture to finish with.

It is the

most expensive television show ever

made, costing an estimated £100

million and after scooping the

Golden Globe for best TV series, The

Crown returned yesterday for its

second series on Netflix. The

company, along with companies like

Amazon and Apple are ploughing

millions into original programming,

changing the way we watch

television. Our media editor has

more.

70 years ago, the wedding

of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip

was broadcast on a single

channel in black-and-white.

The world has changed.

Today, their marriage

and times has been dramatised

in a multimillion-pound,

high-tech production,

consumed on a range of devices.

Yet this very British story

was made by Netflix,

not the BBC.

The company now boasts over 100

million subscribers,

and was irresistible to the British

executive behind The Crown.

Well, you know, you can get to see

tech companies very,

very easily, and they make

decisions very speedily,

and they seem to have lots of money.

So all of these are very attractive

qualities when you're trying to sell

a TV show.

Netflix have said they will

spend up to £6 billion

on programmes next year.

That is around double

the BBC's entire budget.

Meanwhile, according

to analysts at JP Morgan,

Amazon will spend £3.5 billion

on video content next year,

with mega-productions such

as their version of Top Gear top

of the list.

And now Apple, the world's richest

company, is now also moving

into original programming.

It will probably spend at least £750

million next year on content,

small fry for a company whose value

is approaching $1 trillion.

Companies like Netflix and Amazon

are part of a worldwide transition

from scheduled TV to online

and on-demand broadcasting.

These tech firms have discovered

that consumers will pay for content

online, provided it is of

sufficiently high quality.

And that is why they are now

shamelessly pursuing not just young

and digitally savvy audiences,

but also older viewers,

whose loyalty traditionally

lies elsewhere.

And yet that loyalty to traditional

broadcasters endures.

For the likes of Channel 4

and the BBC, superstar shows

like Great British Bake Off

and Blue Planet are still watched

by up to 10 million people,

and generate national conversation.

The streaming services of Netflix

and Amazon are certainly making

a very powerful mark,

and that's great for consumers.

My worry is that we can see over

the next decade the amount of money

going into content made in Britain,

for British audiences,

dramas that reflect British lives,

comedies that reflect the UK,

documentaries, and so on,

is going to go down.

And I think that we would be

the poorer for that.

As the next chair of Bafta argues,

older broadcasters will have to form

alliances with new ones

if they are to thrive.

The danger will come

if the streaming services no longer

need that money from the BBC

or ITV or Channel 4,

because they want to fully fund

something, and take world rights.

The internet has simultaneously

undermined the business model

of broadcasters reliant

on advertising, while giving paying

customers unprecedented

quality and choice.

Luckily for viewers,

this is a revolution that

will be televised.

Amol Rajan, BBC News.

We will have a summary

of the news in a moment.

But first it's time

for The Film Review,

with Mark Kermode and Jane Hill.

Welcome to the Film

Review on BBC News.

To take us through this week's

cinema releases is Mark Kermode.

What have you been watching, Mark?

We have Stronger, which is a film

about the Boston bombing survivor

Jeff Bowman.

Human Flow, a very affecting

documentary by Ai Weiwei.

And The Dinner.

Steve Coogan and Richard

Gere together at last.

We can discuss that.

Stronger, I mean, people

will remember so vividly

the Boston Marathon bombing and this

is very much about the aftermath.

So Jake Gyllenhaal as a Jeff Bowman,

who was a young Bostonian

who was there at the finishing line

and was involved in the blast

and lost both his legs.

And having survived the bombing then

had to rebuild his life both

physically and indeed, mentally.

And deal with the fact he'd suddenly

become right at the centre

of the spotlight, which saw him

in many ways as the embodiment

of the Boston Strong mantra.

Here's a clip.

When you're ready, scooch ahead

before you stand up.

Yeah.

OK.

OK, scooch ahead.

Up, hips back.

Chest up.

Chest up.

Chest up, Chest up.

Good, good, OK?

Good.

It's a little sore.

It's like needles on my legs.

You look awesome.

It looks amazing.

Keep going.

I can't, I can't.

Good job, good job.

Now the story's extraordinary,

not least because when he wakes up

in hospital the first

thing he does is say,

I saw the bombers.

He wants to pass

on that information.

But what the film is really,

really interested in is the way

in which his struggle

to recover works.

And also his relationship

with his originally on-

off girlfriend and his

mother and his family.

You saw Miranda Richardson

as his mother, who is

really, really terrific.

And I think what central

to it is the film doesn't play him

as a hero, it plays him as somebody

who is in a position,

you know, which they had

nothing to do with.

And suddenly find themselves

in the centre of this great personal

struggle and suddenly find

themselves the centre

of all this media attention.

And if you know, on the one

hand doing this very,

very heroic thing, but on the other

hand finding it very hard to cope

with that attention.

What I like about the film

is that it doesn't try and paint

two dimensional pictures.

He has fractious relationships

with his family, with his

girlfriend, he goes

through different phases.

I think what happens with the movie

is it involves you in the story

in a way that you genuinely believe

that what you're seeing

is a realistic portrayal.

It's not exploitative,

it's melodramatic.

I think it's based

on a book he wrote.

Absolutely.

The details are true.

We've seen enough Hollywood movies

which are doing triumph over

adversity, that do so in a way

that is kind of saccharine and very

sentimental and relies very heavily

on sentimentality and melodrama.

I found this very moving.

There are moments that make you cry,

moments that make you laugh.

The most important thing was it

seemed honest it seemed truthful.

It was done in a way that is low-key

enough to never feel

like what it was doing

was exploiting the situation at all.

I was surprisingly moved by it.

It doesn't change the format

of film, it doesn't do anything

major to the structure,

the kind of story we've seen before.

But it plays it well and played

it in a heartfelt way.

It feels like an honest endeavour

that was moving and affecting.

The Ai Weiwei film,

your second choice.

Human Flow.

Sadly I haven't seen it yet.

I can only assume that it is

unbelievably, unbearably moving.

It is very moving.

Ai Weiwei is a conceptual artist,

this is about the current refugee

crisis and the humanitarian disaster

unfolding around the world.

It's a portrait of global

displacement, different people

forced to move from their homes

for horrific reasons.

Shot in 25 countries.

20 countries, 25 film crews.

Some of the footage is hand-held.

Some of it, these extraordinary

aerial shots, drone shots,

of huge numbers of people moving

through incredibly hostile

terrain, refugee camps.

We do get interviews,

we do get discussions,

but the most affecting stuff is this

sort of image of humanity

on the move, and the persistence

of barriers and borders

and boundaries and people rather

than receiving welcome

facing a wall.

It is a film that has a cumulative

impact over the course of the movie

you do become overwhelmed

by the scope of this.

But I think, again, it's a very

interesting piece of film-making

because it is using film to tell

the story in a way which is,

you know, specifically visual.

We do get discussions

of these terrifying subjects

as the film plays out.

The stuff that works less well

is when we see Ai Weiwei talking

to some of the refugees,

that the stuff that actually,

we enough, has less impact

than when you see the scope

of what the film is depicting,

it's called Human Flow.

OK.

The Dinner.

Yes.

What did you think?

Well...

Hmm.

OK.

It's the latest from Oren Moverman,

and it's adapted from a novel.

It is the story of the hidden

violence of the bourgeoisie.

It's also one of those things

that asks the question,

what would you do to

protect a loved one?

In upstate New York two chalk

and cheese brothers,

played by Steve Coogan

and Richard Gere, you couldn't get

more chalk and cheese.

And their respective partners,

Rebecca Hall and Laura Linney.

They meet in an upmarket restaurant.

Coogan's character is tetchy

and awkward and difficult.

Richard Gere is a smooth politician.

But there is a terrible family

secret they have to discuss.

Here is a clip.

This is long overdue.

What were you talking about?

We were just enjoying one

of those awkward pauses,

as they say.

Not talking about anything.

Not talking about anything.

Well we're going to talk tonight.

Put it all on the table.

There's a lot going on.

Are you OK?

Don't.

Perhaps there's a better table.

It's really, it's all

right, we're fine here.

Actually, actually, the other

room I think is better.

As private as a fish tank.

There's something wrong,

let me check, just a second.

I actually agree.

I'm not moving.

What's interesting about this

is this discussion they're not

having, that they move

towards having, plays out over

the courses of this

ridiculously elaborate dinner.

Each course is, you know,

described by the maitre d'

in incredible terms.

At the centre of the discussion

is this hidden secret

about something which has happened

with their children.

And I think the film has got

really good performances.

Great cast, really

good ensemble cast.

Oren Moverman got a very good

performance out of Richard Gere

previously in a film

in which Richard Gere is playing

a homeless man.

Actually, Ai Weiwei got a really

good performance out of him.

The problem with the film to some

extent is it probably two courses

too long, it's two hours and it

should be 89 minutes.

When we at the table,

when that kind of...

The unspoken arguments are sort

of broiling and seething away

I think it works rather well.

It then has this kind of flashback

structure in which it moves back

to events in the past

and we see things unfolding

from lots of different perspectives.

To me, that works

slightly less well.

I'm some people have really

taken against the movie.

One of the reasons is, they're

pretty claustrophobic company.

They're not people you want

to spend that much time

in their company because...

Steve Coogan's character

is so difficult, so awkward.

Richard Gere's character seems to be

so smooth and so smarmy.

Yet during the course of the drama

it does play with our expectations

of how each character's

motivations will fall.

It's flawed, no question about it,

and it is at least two courses too

long, but in the middle of it

there is a main course

which is well worth trying.

I think I absolutely killed the food

metaphor stone dead now.

We've done it but we knew

what you meant by it.

Let's not do it again.

I'm so delighted you have chosen

this, because it encouraged me

to see it again, a film

I haven't seen probably

since I was at university.

A Matter of Life and Death.

An absolute delight.

One of the greatest

movies ever made.

It made immediately in the aftermath

of the war, the Ministry

of information said to Powell

and Pressburger, could you please

make a film that would encourage

the Brits and the Americans

to like each other more.

And they came up with A Matter

of Life and Death, which ends up

being a story about this

world and the next.

It's just been rereleased

in a 4K print.

It's so moving.

It starts with David Niven

as a doomed airman, you know,

falling in love with

somebody just on a radio.

Then he evades death

because the emissary from the other

world coming to get him gets lost

in the fog of the channel.

It's a film that plays out you can

either read it as a psychological

drama or read it as another wordly

drama, or you can just read it

as a comedian, some slightly

metaphysical romance.

It's funny and smart

and looks brilliant.

Extraordinary cinematography.

How many times have you seen it?

I think this was only my second.

But you, you know, effectively

forced me to watch it again this

week and I just thought,

some of the script is wonderful.

It's just...

It is, I hate to say this,

the kind of film they just don't

make any more.

Yet it's incredibly future looking.

It does that brilliant thing

of converting the Wizard of Oz,

everything down on earth

is in Technicolor, everything

in the other world is in black

and white, which inverts

what you would actually expect.

It's one of the greatest

movies ever made.

If not, arguably,

the greatest movie ever made.

And it's out again.

From 1946.

Fantastic.

Very quick thought about DVD.

Atomic Blonde.

I mean basically this is a sort of,

you know, and adaptation

of the graphic novel Coldest City.

It's a tale of spies and neon.

Charlize Theron is having

an absolute ball in it.

It doesn't make a lot of sense,

but it's very stylish

and it's very entertaining.

It could be, I think

there is a place for,

you know, the stylish,

stylishly empty film,

and this is it.

I enjoyed it very much,

though it's probably

a guilty pleasure.

I love that, stylishly empty.

Marvellous.

What a way to end.

Thank you very much, Mark,

see you again next week.

Plenty to discuss this week,

as we've just proved.

Enjoy your cinema viewing this week.

See you next time.

Bye bye.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

The Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, is due to arrive

in Iran in the next few hours,

where he's expected to press

for the release of the

British-Iranian woman,

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

The aid-worker has been held

prisoner in the country

since April 2016.

She's accused of trying to overthrow

the Iranian government -

a charge she denies.

It's expected Mr Johnson will also

discuss Britain's wider relations

with Iran.

One of the Cabinet's leading

Brexiteers has suggested that voters

can use the next general election

to have their say on a final deal

with the European Union -

and to force a future government

to change course if

they don't like it.

The Environment Secretary,

Michael Gove, makes his comments

in The Daily Telegraph,

a day after Theresa May's agreement

in Brussels cleared

the way for trade talks.

The Cabinet is expected to meet

in the next fortnight to discuss

Britain's future

relationship with the EU.

Israel has launched further air

strikes against Hamas military

positions in the Gaza Strip,

in retaliation for Palestinian

rocket attacks on southern Israel.

Palestinians and Israeli security

forces have clashed in the West Bank

since President Trump recognised

Jerusalem as Israel's

capital on Wednesday.

Yesterday, the US Ambassador,

Nikki Haley, defended Donald Trump's

comments and accused the UN

of bias against Israel.

Over many years, the United Nations

has outrageously been at the world's

foremost centres of

hostility towards Israel.

The UN has done much more damage

to the prospects for Middle East

peace than to advance them.

The wintry weather looks set

to continue with Met Office warnings

in place for large parts of the UK.

More snow is expected in northern

and eastern regions over

the weekend.

The freezing conditions caused

significant disruption to commuters

yesterday and hundreds of properties

in the West Midlands

are still without power.

Simon Clemison has this report.

Some of these reindeer

are getting their first taste

of snow in Dudley.

And in the early hours,

more snowfalls have been reported

across the UK, although conditions

are expect to ease for today.

At Manchester Airport,

wings have had to be de-iced.

An image some are

about to leave behind.

Shropshire is somewhere

in this picture.

Undeterred.

On the Isle of Man,

the weekend began early,

as all schools were closed.

Elsewhere, there have been

problems on the roads.

The extremes of the weather

are expected to eventually be

confined to north-east Scotland,

but tomorrow, a spell of heavy snow

is likely over the Midlands

and parts of Wales and northern

England.

20cm is quite significant.

We will press ahead of that,

we will salt ahead of that,

but past 20cm we might have

to reduce the network and keep

key routes open.

That is much as you can do -

20cm is significant.

The Met Office is warning that some

in the countryside may be cut off -

if the skies were not

convincing enough.

And we will have a full forecast

later in the programme.

An urgent review into

the availability of free to use ATMs

is needed to make sure customers

do not struggle to access cash.

This is according to

the consumer watchdog Which.

The UK's largest ATM network, Link,

wants to cut the fees charged

to ATM users.

But there are concerns

an overhaul of the network

could reduce the number

of free-to-access ATMs

available to customers.

Link could potentially reduce

the number of ATMs in the UK

or increase the number

of paid-for ATMs in the UK.

We want to ensure that consumers

have access to money in the way

they want to, particularly

in the face of closing bank

branches, where people find it more

and more difficult to get hold

of a bank and get their money

the way they want to.

Those are the main stories. We must

remind you, Mike, I know that you

are waiting on tenterhooks...

Good

morning.

All you are thinking about

is the Fifa World Cup.

Well, it is

only six months away. It is keeping

me awake at night.

Why don't we talk

about it now? You are dreaming about

it, managers and players are

dreaming about how their teens might

do, but they are not the only ones?

Everybody remembers the success of

this fellow.

Paul.

Yes, this German

octopus became famous for his

convictions in the 2010 tournament.

So who will be the next Paul?

There

have been some rubbish attempts.

There was an elephant, there was my

dog Basil. A cat, he wasn't

interested. They do not all have

Paul's ability. Lots of people in

the next few months around world

will be trying to find the next

Paul.

Do we know what happened to

Paul?

Well, he got old, and what

happens when you get old?

No!

And

octopus is such an excellent choice,

though.

Eight legs. Tentacles, not

legs. And they are very intelligent.

Very.

I wonder if Paul come wherever

he is, would have a clue about the

Manchester derby tomorrow. They are

saying that one seventh of the

world's deletion will be keeping a

nigh on Manchester, because they are

the top two teams. -- world's top

elation.

One seventh!

Yeah,

incredible, isn't it?

The whole

world?

Yeah. And we also have the

Merseyside derby tomorrow. But let's

focus on today first.

So all eyes on Manchester

and Merseyside tomorrow,

but this lunchtime, it's East

against West London,

as West Ham host Chelsea.

The Hammers are in the bottom three

and looking for a first win under

new manager David Moyes.

But despite their position,

the Scot thinks, he is starting

to make his mark, on his new squad.

I don't want to get too carried away

but the players have been very good.

They have tried to take on board

everything. They are doing their

work. As I said from the start, they

will have to do the work if they

want to play. Hopefully they are all

doing that.

There was late drama

in the Championship last night.

Aden Flint, scoring this last minute

winner for Bristol City

against Sheffield United.

The 2-1 win sees the Robins,

leapfrog their opponents,

to go third in the table.

They could have lost their manager

to Rangers this week that Aberdeen

repaid McGuinness for staying in

charge of a 1-0 win at Dundee. This

goal at the break was enough to seal

the three points which means

Aberdeen into second place in the

Scottish Premiership, three points

above Rangers, before they play

tomorrow. The Premier League could

be taking on strictly come dancing

and The X Factor in a right royal

battle for viewers on a Saturday

evening. Eight games will be played

in a 7:45pm slot under a new TV

package which will start in the

2019-20 season. Broadcasters will be

able to bid to show 200 games per

season, more than half of all

matches. Next, a big blow for Wales'

Six Nations campaign. Captain Sam

Orbison has been ruled out of whole

tournament. The 29 York has had knee

surgery on an existing injury and

will be out to six months. --

29-year-old. Glasgow are out of the

European Champions Cup after a home

defeat to Montpelier. The French

side opened the scoring with the try

of the match from Kelian Galletier,

and Glasgow Diddley 17- five, at one

stage, but ended up losing 29- 22.

The Rocket will play Simon Bligh in

the semifinals, while Shaun Murphy

will play Ryan Day in the other

semi. Whatever happens, Sullivan's

match, he feels he cannot lose.

It

was win- win because I thought, if

they get beaten, at least I get home

to dinner. And if I win I have

another day here. I have to have a

win- win in some way. At this stage

of the game...

There are quite a few

places around here that will do

dinner for you.

Yes, but I would

like to see my Mrs. I gave up a

while ago, I like to do my own

thing. Whatever happens in the game

is great, I pick and choose what I

want to do. I think my happiness

comes in doing other things away

from snooker.

That kind of helps. When the

pressure is off, you don't really

care.

A refreshing attitude.

What a

position, to pick and choose what

you want to do. I'm pleased with

him.

Yes, I like his outlook on

life. Down under next, a chance for

some of the players on the fringes

of the England Ashes squad to make a

case for starting in the third test

in Perth next week with England 2-0

down. Open a Keaton Jennings did

that by scoring 80 against a

cricketer Australian 11. Batting

first, the tourists are 201-7. Not

great. England's Charley Hull is in

contention for victory going into

the final round of the Dubai ladies

classic. She shot a five under par

67 in her third round yesterday to

finish on nine under par, just three

shots behind leader and Van Dam of

the Netherlands. Now, it is snowing

here in some parts. It is also

slowing, surprisingly, in Germany,

where Lizzie Arnold, in eight weeks

time, she will try to become the

first written sharply to retain a

Winter Olympics title. The season is

not going to plan for the skeleton

bob slider. She won the gold in

Sochi four years ago, but yesterday

falling snow hampered her and she

can it 13th place in the latest

World Cup event at which as Berg in

Germany. What can you do in a

snowstorm, she tweeted?

--

Wintersburg. A perfect name to that

base.

Wintersburg? I was actually

with her the other day for a

feature. I didn't go bob is leading.

You did?

I still have a sore throat.

From screening?

No, I thought I was

being strangled by the GeForce. You

are so low down, it is like somebody

is pushing your throat. Into your

stomach. While hitting you with a

hammer at the same time. Because I

was the break person, at the back.

Full respect to those athletes.

What

else? Anything else?

Want to see

what Bradley Wiggins is doing now?

We are used to seeing him on two

wheels but the former tour to France

and Olympic gold medal winning

cyclist has got off his bike and is

competing as a role for the first

time today. Sir Bradley, who is now

37, will take part in the 2000 metre

race at the British indoor

Championships. He is being coached

by Libby gold-medallist James

Cracknell.

What is he doing?

A

rowing machines -- machine.

You

still wouldn't bet against him.

No,

you can't take the athlete out of

somebody. Jumping fences and riding

through fire, this perhaps mean

somebody's skills are more extreme

than the likes of a P McAuley and

Nick Skelton. Now, the net mounted

police are gearing up to show off

their stuff at the horse of the year

show this week. -- the Met. I joined

them in training to find out how

these skills help them prepare for

being on the beat.

They are the heavyweights of the

equestrian world, with some of the

bravest writers. Despite the size

and the weight of these beasts, it

is all about the most delicate

position and accuracy. As they jump

through fire and even managed to

remove some of their uniform of

jumping, and the saddle, and syrups.

At this isn't just about showcasing

their skills this week. The mounted

police use this training to help

them prepare for their main job and

whatever they might face on the

streets of London.

We are cops on

horses, police officers on horses.

These forces are all operational

horses. They patrol the streets of

London daily. This right we are

doing, what you see today, it is all

about training and developing the

officer and developing the horses.

So that we can take those skills out

onto the street.

In a public order

situation, like a riot, they say

that one mounted officer can do the

job of ten on foot. I saw how

crucial this training sessions are

for when things don't go to plan.

You have to be quite robust as a

writer. -- rider. You can have

situations, not that many years ago,

like Tottenham, you have ulcers and

buildings burning. A horse reacts

adversely to that. So this sort of

thing is great for their training.

It is about trust and confidence.

The first mounted police were around

150 years before the first pictures

in the 1920s, and over the following

decades, they became famous for

their musical rides.

This is a trial

of decision and grace, where the

policeman can show off their

equestrian skills.

Since 2014 there

has been an increase in the number

of mounted police again, following a

study by a university which showed

that the value of the horses was

icebreakers, not just in public

order situations but in community

policing as well. You are six times

more likely to interact and chat to

a police officer if they are the

horse than if they are just on foot.

Of course, it is all to do with the

horse. I think a personable horse

helps a bit.

You are much more

approachable on a horse. I found the

difference, initially, when I joined

the mounted branch, I couldn't

believe how me people stopped and

wanted to speak to you.

If you go to

an estate, you will get a crowd

around you, just pure P horse.

Before they know they are talking to

a police officer. -- purely to pat

the horse.

This is where it all

begins. Lots of the policeman who

join the mounted force of not

renominate horse before they start

training. -- not been on a horse. 16

weeks later, the trust between

police officer in horse is so great

that they will even run through

walls together. There is so much I

can do on a horse. But this gives me

a taste of what it is like. Jumping

the fence is, taking up their

jackets, and having the trust to

power through the final war. --

wall.

They wouldn't let me do it on a

horse but I didn't want to miss out.

That feeling, when you come up to

the wall, I can imagine how the

horse is feeling, but they go

through it.

You are an action man.

The decision not to let you on a

horse was clearly evidence base.

Yes, it was wise. Those sources are

very precious.

Thank you, Mike.

Here is Stav with a look

at this morning's weather.

Here is Stav with a look

at this morning's weather.

Good morning, both of you. Hope you

are both well. I am keeping warm,

because it is going to be a cold,

wintry weekend. Many places this

morning and today will see fine and

dry weather. A cold, frosty start.

Snow showers widespread and heavy

across western areas yesterday,

areas like the West Midlands and

Shropshire, a lot of lying snow so

watch out for ice in areas which had

snow yesterday and continued

overnight. And they are continuing

across parts of Scotland and

Northern Ireland, parts of northern

England, northern and western Wales.

Elsewhere, lots of dry weather and

sunshine across eastern areas. Those

winds a little bit lighter foremost,

snow showers continuing across the

west. But a fine, lovely day if you

like the cold. Wrap up if you are

heading out. Temperatures falling

away quickly overnight, you can see

the blue hue and we start to see the

weather system pushing into the

south-west. Rain initially and as it

bumps into that cold air it will

turn the heavy snow across the

Midlands, parts of Wales, in towards

the southern parts of northern as

well. This is potentially disrupted

snow. Ten centimetres in places,

maybe 15 or 20 in others. Be

prepared warnings are in force for

this. If you have to head out, make

it an emergency, stay home, because

it will be treacherous on the roads

Sunday morning as the snow

continues. Further northwards it

begins to fizzle out and turn into

rank as mild outflows in from the

south-west along with gales. Windy

afternoon for South Wales, southern

coastal parts of England.

Temperatures eight or nine degrees.

The Scotland and Northern Ireland,

apart from a few snow showers, a

lovely day with plenty of sunshine.

As we look into Monday, this area of

low pressure which will batter parts

of France will also impact southern

parts of Britain. So a fine day for

Scotland and Northern Ireland but

central and southern areas looking

at windy and cloudy day. Maybe some

snow in places and it will slowly

ease away during the latter part of

Monday. Another cold day, especially

in the south when you add on the

winds. As we had on towards Tuesday

it is looking quieter. This area of

low pressure moves away, sunshine

across southern areas, and the North

is set to stay cold, dry with some

sunshine through the week.

We always

liked at this

sunshine through the week.

We always

liked at this time of year when

viewers send us their pictures,

because you get them from Weather

Watchers as well.

And we will be

getting loads of the snow which

occurred overnight, and I will be

showing some. And if you have any

pictures at home, we would love to

see them. Get in touch the usual

way, Twitter, Facebook or e-mail.

Now, it's time for Click.

Today we are in Manchester,

at the Children's Global Media

Summit, a meeting of those who make

the content that our children

will be watching

in the coming years.

It's an event with some

very important speakers.

Parents, like Catherine and me,

are raising the first generation

of digitally immersed children.

And this gives us many reasons to be

optimistic about the impact

of technology on childhood.

And before the Duke of Cambridge

gave his speech to the audience,

I managed to grab a quick interview

with one of the most talked

about couples in the country.

So how are you finding

the conference so far?

Because, to be honest,

my kids get more about the staff

of the Furcherster Hotel

than at the powers that be,

behind the scenes.

But the discussions taking place

here will shape the type of content

that children will watch

in the future and how content

providers will meet the expectations

of the next generation of viewers.

Now, if you want to know

what children are up to,

why not ask them?

Kids Insight runs anonymous

questionnaires for 400 kids every

week to gather data about the latest

trends, hottest new characters,

and online habits.

Because, of course, it's not

all about what kids need -

there is a big industry that

wants to make money,

here, and target those young minds

with messages and merchandise.

We do find surprising the amount

of children that are viewing YouTube

without any parental

guidance or oversight.

We find it's probably about a third,

maybe less than a third of under

tens, their parents aren't

monitoring what they are watching

on YouTube at all.

And that's also a theme here: How

to protect children from harmful

content and stop them

being exploited by the increasingly

personal, interactive,

and immersive technologies

that they're using.

It's a massive concern for many

parents, but there are moves to try

and make children more savvy

about online safety,

as Lara Lewington found out

when she went back to school.

The opportunity for kids to access

information and learn has

never been bigger.

But with that comes a challenge.

The threats online are clear to see.

But an increasing number of children

are becoming aware of the dangers

and how to steer clear.

Never click on a link in an e-mail

unless you are absolutely sure

who it is from.

Basically, these are how many

attackers are coming in 'cause

the firewall is off.

This week an investigation

into paedophiles using live

streaming apps led to nearly 200

arrests, including teachers,

medics, and law enforcers.

A batch of leading brands suspended

advertising from YouTube

after suspect comments remained

beside videos featuring children.

This is not long after the site hit

the headlines when its algorithms

were found to be pulling

inappropriate content into its kids

app, which was then

viewed by children.

Of course, the company protests

it does all they can,

age restricting content in the main

app as well is aiming to protect

those using YouTube Kids altogether.

In light of the most recent issues,

it's also adding an extra 10,000

moderators to act alongside

the software, aiming

to keep kids safe.

But with such a wealth

of information out there,

who can actually be held accountable

for what is published?

First and foremost, the tech

companies themselves need

to be held accountable.

And I mean at the CEO level.

All of these platforms

have an enormous responsibility

to the kids and families

in their audience, 'cause they're

making billions of

dollars off of them.

Second, we also need to see some

kind of regulation that Ofcom

or others could provide that

would say this is appropriate or not

on these platforms.

Because if you think that tech

companies will self-regulate,

then you are kidding yourself.

But at the same time the benefits

of this sort of online access

can't be ignored.

Here at this central London school,

pupils are taking part in iDEA,

the digital and enterprise version

of The Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Hello, so what are

you all up to, here?

I am doing a safety badge.

The challenges are open

and free to all ages,

even adults, to provide

real life skills.

And they can be done

anywhere, any time.

The pupils are covering

a range of subjects,

including creating virtual

reality, the importance

of colour in photography...

It's, in essence,

the different types of colours.

If you want to get an eerie

retro feel, you'd reduce

the hue and saturation.

..As well as some of

the more serious issues

surrounding safety online.

What are the main things you feel

you have come away from this

so far having learned?

For all my devices I used

to put the same password.

So if the hackers knew one

of my passwords they would be able

to get anything.

So I learned that and I tried

to change my passwords

for everything, even

the school website.

So I am just going to

carry on with the badge.

It is not just about whether or not

you have done GCSE computer science,

it is about can you actually

manipulate or apply the knowledge?

So what we're trying

to do it in such a way

that they have the opportunity

of learning at themselves,

was at the centre making them aware

of the dangers and pitfalls

that we all see on a daily basis.

Over 100,000 of these bronze

awards have been achieved.

The silver to be

released next April.

And in a world where fake news has

dominated the headlines,

targeting us on what to think

or buy, there will be a category

called critical thinking,

focusing on just that.

It will teach the importance

of how to substantiate,

verify, and trust sources.

And at the Children's

Global Media Summit,

the BBC also announced a scheme

teaching how to avoid fake news.

But the real news right now is that

while there may still be a way to go

for things to be totally safe

online, kids are becoming more aware

and maybe at some point soon will be

the ones educating the grown-ups.

You see, it is...

How can you see, it is so small.

Yes, I have finished the badge.

Well done.

How are you feeling?

Woohoo!

Here is a nice little

AR app for kids.

You download and print

off your favourite character

from CBeebies, colour it

in however you like,

and then you pick up

your tablets, and look.

There is the duck.

You can draw other

characters, as well.

For example, here is my favourite,

who has the power and the speed,

and she zooms away.

Not that I'm a fan or anything.

And, from some pretty decent

visual effects there,

to some absolutely top-of-the-range

visual effects now, in the form

of one of the biggest films

of the year, Paddington 2.

Don't just take my word for it.

Ask Rotten Tomatoes,

where it scored 100%.

We sat down with the man

who is responsible for bringing

Paddington from Peru to the big

screen, for a world-exclusive look

at how he did it.

Parents, spoiler alert.

We're about to take

Paddington apart.

What's this?

This is London.

One of the key areas

that we began with is

previs, or pre-visualisation.

It's working in an extremely low-fi

fashion, to be able to practically

explore camera angles, moves,

using - working with animators

who have a familiarity

with Paddington himself.

Filming without Paddington,

it makes the process extremely

abstract, that's for sure.

And so we employ

a variety of techniques.

xuFor the best part,

there is a stand-in called Lauren,

who is about Paddington's height.

And she'll give us,

everyone on the set,

a brilliant insight

into Paddington's presence.

You don't want to make the work

in post very difficult or expensive,

by having to paint lots out,

so you try and minimise

what is in the place

of Paddington on the shot.

I think the things that are most

difficult are where Paddington

is interacting with objects

or people in the plate.

So you always need somebody to do

that, to create either the -

you know, touch the cloth that's

going to be touched.

There's statistic that,

if you put all the man hours

together, it would be 75 years

of someone's life to do

all the visual effects

on Paddington.

So that sort of gives you a bit

of perspective on how much

work is involved.

Fundamental was that he lives in -

that you would believe him.

He had to be hyperrealistic,

he had to live in a real space.

But you know, we're always very

careful to not reveal too much

whites of the eyes, to have eyes

that sort of look too cartoony,

to contain all the gestures.

Often an animator will first pick up

Paddington, and they'll go for very

obvious statements,

and Paddington is not about that.

You take it all away.

It's all in what's

absolutely necessary.

And it's a sort of small

shift of the brow here,

and a dart there, that

tells you he's thinking.

Simple little scenes like the one

where he travels through the prison,

it's transforming, and you're

seeing his effect on the place,

and everyone is making cakes,

that was a massively complicated

sequence, because of the very

artisan sort of way

in which we wanted to make

this prison transform,

and that sort of Michel Gondry-like

musical appearance to

all the things.

But no, there's a lot

of augmentation, always,

through the film.

I think probably almost every shot

you could point to something and go,

OK, well, that photograph has been

inserted in that frame,

and that sky has been changed there,

or that bridge didn't

exist, you know.

And there's a lot of that stuff,

all very understated.

HOWLING.

Ow.

Thank you, Mr Brown.

And that's it from the short cut

of Click from the Children's Global

Media Summit.

Did you enjoy it, DM?

Yes, me too.

And there's more on the full length

version, which you can see

on iPlayer, now.

Don't forget we live on Twitter

every day, every week.

Thanks for watching,

and we will see you soon.

There

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

Munchetty.

Boris Johnson flies to Iran

to try to secure the release

of a jailed British mother.

The Foreign Secretary is due

to arrive there in the next few

hours and will raise

"grave concerns" about

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,

who's spent the past 18

months behind bars.

Good morning.

It's Saturday 9th December.

Also this morning, a Brexit

breakthrough by the Prime Minister,

but a long journey lies ahead.

We'll get reaction to yesterday's

deal and look at what next

for Britain's departure

from the European Union.

President Trump declares a state

of emergency in California as strong

winds continue to fan

the flames of a series

of devastating wildfires.

More snow and ice on the way

for large parts of the UK

with freezing temperatures likely

to cause travel disruption.

Stav will have the latest for us.

Good morning. A wintry weekend for

all, with plenty of sunshine in the

forecast. Cold frosts, a few snow

showers, and the potential of some

significant snowfall some people

tomorrow. Join the later for all the

details. In sport, another off the

field incident for England on their

Ashes tour. It's just been revealed

why batsman Ben Duckett was been

dropped from England's Ashes tour

match today - it follows an incident

in a Perth bar.

And the extreme riding skills

of the mounted police.

I've been seeing how what they learn

for their dramatic display,

helps them cope with whatever

is thrown at them on patrol.