0:00:06 > 0:00:09Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11A fresh weather warning as freezing temperatures and snow
0:00:11 > 0:00:18cause major disruption.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22Roads, rail and airports are all affected and hundreds
0:00:22 > 0:00:24of schools are closed for the day.
0:00:24 > 0:00:30This is the scene live in LLangollen in North Wales,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33which is one of the worst affected areas.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36We'll be live from there throughout the morning.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Good morning, it's Monday, 11th December.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Also this morning - survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire
0:00:49 > 0:00:53say they should be given a central role in the inquiry as two days
0:00:53 > 0:00:54of hearings get underway.
0:00:54 > 0:01:01Christmas shopping - we're spending more on food
0:01:01 > 0:01:05and drink but reigning in on presents, with families
0:01:05 > 0:01:08from less well-off parts of the UK willing to splash out more.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12In sport, Manchester City make it 14 wins in a row as they beat
0:01:12 > 0:01:16neighbours United at Old Trafford.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Jose Mourinho says his sides title hopes are "probably over"
0:01:18 > 0:01:21after losing 2-1 as City extend their lead at the top,
0:01:21 > 0:01:31and continue to break Premier League records.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35And it is Christmas Carol season, of course, but does singing make you
0:01:35 > 0:01:39feel better? This week we will be looking at whether it is really good
0:01:39 > 0:01:40for you.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43And Carol can tell us whether the cold spell is set
0:01:43 > 0:01:43to continue.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Good morning. Once again this morning we have a mixture of rain,
0:01:47 > 0:01:51sleet and snow in East Anglia and the south of England. It will also
0:01:51 > 0:01:55be windy today. More showers in the north and west of the UK. Some of
0:01:55 > 0:01:59those will be windy. In between we have dry, crisp and sunny weather.
0:01:59 > 0:02:07Wherever you are it will feel cold with the risk of ice.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Our main story this morning, snow and freezing temperatures are
0:02:11 > 0:02:15continuing to cause widespread disruption across parts of the UK.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18There have in train and plane cancellations and drivers have been
0:02:18 > 0:02:22warned icy conditions are making roads treacherous. Hundreds of
0:02:22 > 0:02:24schools across Wales and the Midlands have also been closed
0:02:24 > 0:02:31today. Simon can this and has more. -- Clemison.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35The snow is falling, but it is easing. Try telling that to drivers
0:02:35 > 0:02:38on the M5 overnight. Conditions don't get much worse. Large parts of
0:02:38 > 0:02:47the UK have been covered by heavy snow. This heavy. And as it begins
0:02:47 > 0:02:51to melt and re- freezes in the early hours, it means lots of potential
0:02:51 > 0:02:55problems this morning with ice. The Met Office has warnings covering
0:02:55 > 0:03:00much of the country. The AA says thousands were caught out when the
0:03:00 > 0:03:05wintry weather drifted south. Falling trees have affected roads
0:03:05 > 0:03:10and train lines. Network Rail reports further disruption today.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Flights have restarted at earning airport, but delays are still likely
0:03:14 > 0:03:18here and at Heathrow, where aircraft are not in their starting positions.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23-- Birmingham airport. Hundreds of schools will not open today,
0:03:23 > 0:03:27including all of those run by Birmingham City Council and 200 in
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Shropshire. One power company says it has been working through the
0:03:31 > 0:03:35night to get the pullback on. But the worst of the weather, or the
0:03:35 > 0:03:40best of it, depending on who you ask, is now over. Some people
0:03:40 > 0:03:42clearly enjoying the weather on the weekend.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Our reporter Matthew Richards is in North Wales which is one
0:03:45 > 0:03:46of the worst-hit areas, but first, let's speak to Simon Clemison
0:03:49 > 0:03:54-- one of the worst hit areas. Pretty treacherous on the roads this
0:03:54 > 0:03:57morning?Yes, yesterday didn't stop selling for over 12 hours. The snow
0:03:57 > 0:04:02has stopped now. You can really feel it, if you look down to my feet, you
0:04:02 > 0:04:06can see that we have had a few centimetres over the last couple of
0:04:06 > 0:04:11days. This was not a record breaker. Down near the Brecon Beacons, they
0:04:11 > 0:04:17recorded 33 centimetres of snow fall. Parts of England were affected
0:04:17 > 0:04:20as well. High Wycombe had 17 centimetres. And the knock-on
0:04:20 > 0:04:24effects are being felt today. Yesterday was a weekend and we are
0:04:24 > 0:04:28now back into school and work time. Hundreds of schools will be closed
0:04:28 > 0:04:31across the middle band of England and Wales. Wrexham, Demisch, over
0:04:31 > 0:04:37into Birmingham as well. We have also had powerlines affected by
0:04:37 > 0:04:40trees falling and snow collect him on the branches of trees. --
0:04:40 > 0:04:46collecting. Five and half thousand customers of SSE electricity are
0:04:46 > 0:04:50without power in Oxwich, Wiltshire and Berkshire, and in Wales in
0:04:50 > 0:04:54south-west England about 3000 people are still waiting to get reconnected
0:04:54 > 0:04:57and perhaps get their heating back on.Matthew, thank you. We hope you
0:04:57 > 0:05:02will be staying nice and warm Paris this morning. You can get more
0:05:02 > 0:05:05information on travel disruptions, school closures, if you tune into
0:05:05 > 0:05:09your local BBC Radio station or visit the BBC News website for live
0:05:09 > 0:05:09updates.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Two days of hearings will begin later to establish the framework
0:05:13 > 0:05:14of the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Sir Martin Moore-Bick is being urged by survivors of the fire to give
0:05:18 > 0:05:19them a more central role.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22It comes as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the government
0:05:22 > 0:05:25of "failing" survivors with more than 100 still living in hotels.
0:05:25 > 0:05:37Relatives of the victims say it's vital their stories are heard.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40These people never should have lost their lives that light, -- that
0:05:40 > 0:05:46night. And the way they did. We are extremely determined. We will fight
0:05:46 > 0:05:50for as long as it takes to make sure that this never happens again. Our
0:05:50 > 0:05:53loved ones are never forgotten. And, you know, the right changes are
0:05:53 > 0:05:54made.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57The chairman of a leading hospital trust in London has resigned,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00accusing the government of failing to recognise the "enormous
0:06:00 > 0:06:01challenges" facing the NHS.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Lord Kerslake, who's a former head of the civil service,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06said King's College Hospital Trust was struggling financially as it
0:06:06 > 0:06:08tried to cope with rising demand, increased costs
0:06:08 > 0:06:09and limits on spending.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12The regulator for England, NHS Improvement, said the trust's
0:06:12 > 0:06:22financial performance was "the worst in the NHS."
0:06:22 > 0:06:25A BBC survey has found 40% of women have been sexually
0:06:25 > 0:06:29harassed at work.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32More than 6,000 British adults were questioned.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Many said they'd experienced inappropriate touching
0:06:33 > 0:06:34and unwelcome jokes.
0:06:34 > 0:06:43Here's our correspondent Adina Campbell.
0:06:43 > 0:06:51Freelance copywriter Lorrie says she has lost count as to how many times
0:06:51 > 0:06:54she has faced sexual harassment since being self-employed.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Sometimes it is just background noise, you hear an inappropriate
0:06:56 > 0:06:59comment or someone is talking to your T-shirt rather
0:06:59 > 0:07:02than your face, and other times you can be subjected to really
0:07:02 > 0:07:06inappropriate behaviour, like groping.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10In the latest survey for the BBC, the results revealed 43% of people
0:07:10 > 0:07:12in flexible work had experienced unwanted sexual behaviour,
0:07:12 > 0:07:20compared to 29% who were directly employed.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Those working in industries such as hospitality,
0:07:22 > 0:07:29retail or the public sector were more at risk.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33And, overall, 40% of women and 18% of men had experienced sexual
0:07:33 > 0:07:37harassment in the workplace.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42The survey also found people aged between 18 and 34 were more likely
0:07:42 > 0:07:47to report unwanted sexual attention compared to those over 55.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48So, about a power dynamic.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51If you are the youngest person in a workplace,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54if you are new in a workplace, less aware of your rights and how
0:07:54 > 0:07:57to report, or who to report to, those things make
0:07:57 > 0:08:03you slightly more vulnerable.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Campaigners are now calling for employers to take reports
0:08:05 > 0:08:12of sexual harassment seriously, with protection for all workers.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16The Prime Minister will tell MPs today that there's been "give
0:08:16 > 0:08:20and take" between the UK and the EU in order to move on to trade talks.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Theresa May is expected to say that she isn't seeking a hard
0:08:23 > 0:08:25or soft Brexit but a "bold new partnership."
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Our political correspondent Chris Mason is in Westminster.
0:08:27 > 0:08:34Chris, how significant is this agreement for Theresa May?
0:08:34 > 0:08:38When she comes into the Cabinet meeting, do you think she will have
0:08:38 > 0:08:42a pep in her step?I think she will. That is a nice rhyme, for 6:10am on
0:08:42 > 0:08:47a Monday morning. I think she will, because it could have been very
0:08:47 > 0:08:51different. We could have been here this morning talking about how
0:08:51 > 0:08:54either the whole thing had unravelled, or she hadn't yet got a
0:08:54 > 0:08:59deal. She does have a deal. That is not to say it is the end of the
0:08:59 > 0:09:02politics. There are disagreements in Cabinet about the next stage of the
0:09:02 > 0:09:07negotiations which are yet to be given a proper discussion, within
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Cabinet, about exactly what flavour of Brexit, if you like, the UK
0:09:11 > 0:09:15should sign up to in the end. But it was a triumph for her on Friday,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19playing out as it was here on Breakfast throughout morning, that
0:09:19 > 0:09:24dashed to Brussels in the early hours and then being back in her
0:09:24 > 0:09:27constituency and Berkshire by lunchtime. In this statement she
0:09:27 > 0:09:34will give in the Commons later on, playing Brexit Ingo for the phrases
0:09:34 > 0:09:40we hear a lot, she will talk about it not being a hard or soft Brexit.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44-- Brexit bingo. She will also talk about nothing being agreed until
0:09:44 > 0:09:48everything is agreed. On the weekend David Davis, the Brexit secretary,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51talked about how the agreement reached on Friday was merely a
0:09:51 > 0:09:55statement of intent. The technical description, for the reaction of the
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Irish government to that, is that they were a little bit cheesed off,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02because they thought it was more than that and they described it as
0:10:02 > 0:10:08bizarre. So Friday was a big moment. Yes, the politics rumbles on.Chris,
0:10:08 > 0:10:17thank you. Wildfires are still burning out of control north of Los
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Angeles. 4000 firefighters have been called up to tackle the flames which
0:10:21 > 0:10:24are now threatening the coastal city of Barbara. Hundreds of things have
0:10:24 > 0:10:32been destroyed and 200,000 people have had to leave their homes. And
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Carol will have the weather in a few minutes. We will be reporting from
0:10:36 > 0:10:39various parts of the UK which have been heavily hit by snow, whereas
0:10:39 > 0:10:42other parts were expecting big flurries, and have seen nothing
0:10:42 > 0:10:46happened.We have had... You know, it is like there are lines around
0:10:46 > 0:10:50the country. We had a fantastic amount of snow. We enjoyed it.We
0:10:50 > 0:10:54were flinging snowballs.Yes, building snowmen.What about where
0:10:54 > 0:11:00you are?Not quite enough for me. I would like a bit more.You are
0:11:00 > 0:11:04complaining about the lack of snow. I had lots, I could have given you
0:11:04 > 0:11:07some.Bring some in, next time.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Manchester City became the first team to win 14 successive English
0:11:10 > 0:11:13top flight games in a single season as they beat United 2-1
0:11:13 > 0:11:14at Old Trafford.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16After Marcus Rashford cancelled out David Silva's opener,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19the ball fell for Nicolas Otamendi to hit the winner.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22It means the league leaders extend the gap at the top
0:11:22 > 0:11:29of the Premier League table to 11 points.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31It was honours even in the Merseyside Derby.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Mo Salah gave Liverpool the lead but a controversial penalty decision
0:11:34 > 0:11:37allowed Everton captain Wayne Rooney to score his first Merseyside derby
0:11:37 > 0:11:38goal and snatch a 1-1 draw.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Ronnie O'Sullivan is snooker's UK champion
0:11:41 > 0:11:45for a record-equalling sixth time.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47He beat Shaun Murphy 10-5 in the final in York,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49and moves to 18 major titles overall.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52And plenty of sport was cancelled over the weekend
0:11:52 > 0:11:54because of the weather, but not at the Twickenham Stoop
0:11:54 > 0:11:59where Ulster beat Harlequins 17-5 in the European Champions Cup.
0:11:59 > 0:12:06That result ends Quins' hopes of reaching the quarter-finals.
0:12:06 > 0:12:12I know we are going to be talking to Carolyn a moment about the weather.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16But I have to say, Pep Guardiola, if you are watching, what am by going
0:12:16 > 0:12:21to do for the next few months? What am by going to talk about?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Manchester City, they say they are not celebrating yet, they say they
0:12:25 > 0:12:29are not there yet, but that title race, it looks like it is theirs.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33Surely they will have a little slipup at some stage.I hope so,
0:12:33 > 0:12:37because otherwise this is going to get really dull.What about this
0:12:37 > 0:12:41little spat they had in the tunnel? Yeah, lots of the papers are talking
0:12:41 > 0:12:45about that. The Old Trafford tunnel has seen some things. And there is a
0:12:45 > 0:12:51camera in there. There was a little bit of a spat yesterday between
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Manchester United lost, Jose Mourinho, and some of the Man City
0:12:54 > 0:12:58players. I don't know if you saw any of the pictures after the City win,
0:12:58 > 0:13:03but they really celebrated. They were obviously delighted. Everybody,
0:13:03 > 0:13:09apart from Pep Guardiola, really celebrated. I think he felt that
0:13:09 > 0:13:12perhaps the celebrations were a little bit too much. They were
0:13:12 > 0:13:17playing music, they were...He wasn't particular gracious, was he?
0:13:17 > 0:13:21He said they were lucky.He wasn't. I think he ended up with a carton of
0:13:21 > 0:13:30milk thrown at him.Write! Milk rage. -- right!.We are going to
0:13:30 > 0:13:34talk to Carol about the weather. Some people love the snow, other
0:13:34 > 0:13:38people don't.Good morning. We are likely to see some rain, sleet and
0:13:38 > 0:13:42snow in the forecast today. I have some fabulous Weather Watchers
0:13:42 > 0:13:46pictures from yesterday. This was taken in Leicestershire, and another
0:13:46 > 0:13:50in Shropshire. You can see the extent of the snow, which does look
0:13:50 > 0:13:55busy. It was bitterly cold. The maximum temperature in Braemar
0:13:55 > 0:13:59yesterday was -6.2 Celsius. That was their maximum temperature. We
0:13:59 > 0:14:04haven't seen that since Twitty ten. Here is the snow depth. Lots of snow
0:14:04 > 0:14:08fell, you don't need me to tell you that. You have seen the pictures and
0:14:08 > 0:14:17you might well have the needed. Today we have Storm Anna coming up
0:14:17 > 0:14:22from France. That will be binning -- bringing rain, sleet and snow. Where
0:14:22 > 0:14:27we had precipitation anywhere overnight, there is the risk of ice
0:14:27 > 0:14:30on untreated surfaces. We have the rain coming in a cross from the
0:14:30 > 0:14:36south-east. The wind is picking up. Inland, a mixture of rain, sleet and
0:14:36 > 0:14:40snow. A murky start in the south. Patchy fog around. Moving through
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Wales into northern England and much of Scotland we have clear skies. A
0:14:44 > 0:14:49beautiful, crisp, sunny winter 's day. It is cold. Wintry showers
0:14:49 > 0:14:53continuing across the north and west of Scotland, some of them coming in
0:14:53 > 0:14:57across Northern Ireland. That sets us up for the day. We will continue
0:14:57 > 0:15:02with those showers in the north and west, the nature of those. As Storm
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Anna wishes towards the North Sea we will still have some rain, sleet and
0:15:06 > 0:15:11snow from the. We are looking at windy conditions of the coast of
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Kent. Through this evening and overnight, eventually most of those
0:15:15 > 0:15:19showers will fade. Where we have them, there will still be that mix
0:15:19 > 0:15:27of rain, sleet and snow. A cold night, but where we have lying snow,
0:15:27 > 0:15:32temperatures will be below -10 degrees. We will also see some fog
0:15:32 > 0:15:36forming, which will of course be freezing fog. That will take its
0:15:36 > 0:15:40time to clear through the course of tomorrow, but when it does, a
0:15:40 > 0:15:44largely dry day. Still feeling the Peter. A new weather front is coming
0:15:44 > 0:15:52in. Here it is, the wind is changing direction. Very salient. Instead of
0:15:52 > 0:15:56coming from the north it will be coming from the west, with an array
0:15:56 > 0:15:58of weather fronts accompanying it. Looking more unsettled as we head
0:15:58 > 0:16:03through Wednesday with spells of rain. The first front brings rain,
0:16:03 > 0:16:07the second front comes behind it doing exactly the same. A few wintry
0:16:07 > 0:16:10showers flirting with the north-west of Scotland, but the temperatures,
0:16:10 > 0:16:14for some of us, should be back into double figures. Quite a contrast
0:16:14 > 0:16:18from what we are looking out at the moment.Yes, look at those -12
0:16:18 > 0:16:23figures. Quite something. You will be keeping us up-to-date through the
0:16:23 > 0:16:30morning, because it is an important day for weather.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34We've got our tree, haven't we? What do you think of it?I can't possibly
0:16:34 > 0:16:40say.It's beautiful, I love a Christmas tree.It looks gorgeous.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44You love Christmas trees, you would have it triple the size?It might be
0:16:44 > 0:16:51missing a bit at the top. I'm not sure it tapers off correctly.I
0:16:51 > 0:16:55quite like it.Needs to be about 6-12 inches higher.Christmas trees
0:16:55 > 0:17:01are better when they're not perfect. Don't come to our house Ben! How
0:17:01 > 0:17:08many have you got this year, four, five?Just two.Are you counting the
0:17:08 > 0:17:19small ones upstairs?No.Four then! She loves her Christmas trees!Only
0:17:19 > 0:17:25little!Lovely to have the Christmas tree in the studio.Wait until you
0:17:25 > 0:17:30see the picture with the lights!I can't wait for this! The Daily
0:17:30 > 0:17:36Express, big freeze chaos to get worse. Travel warning as snow, black
0:17:36 > 0:17:39eyes and gales caused disruption. If you're worried about what's
0:17:39 > 0:17:45happening we will have details, Carol has the weather and we will be
0:17:45 > 0:17:49live in Wales and Heathrow and other places. We will be hearing from the
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Highways Agency, you could be a couple of miles away from an area
0:17:53 > 0:17:59and you have no snow. When it snows in London everything stops! The
0:17:59 > 0:18:09front page, here, of the Mail, their story is about plastic recycling.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Almost 8 million families can't recycle everyday plastics because
0:18:13 > 0:18:18councils refuse to pick them up.Did you see Blue Planet yesterday? We
0:18:18 > 0:18:22will talk about that later on, talking about plastics, the end of
0:18:22 > 0:18:27the series, brilliant programme. It was a slap across the face from
0:18:27 > 0:18:34David Attenborough yesterday. Yesterday on ITV, the winner of I'm
0:18:34 > 0:18:41A Celebrity. Iain Lee was highly rated.It was really good. Iain Lee
0:18:41 > 0:18:46ate turkey testicles.And Black Monday, snow chaos on the front page
0:18:46 > 0:18:56this morning. The Daily Telegraph have a snow picture. Shoppers
0:18:56 > 0:19:01already driven to distraction by... I'm trying to talk! They are driven
0:19:01 > 0:19:08to distraction by the sound of self checkouts, there will be a new sound
0:19:08 > 0:19:12when you do a Visa transaction.A little noise. I quite like the
0:19:12 > 0:19:18repression and beat.You know that you play it that way, don't you?
0:19:18 > 0:19:33That's right.You would love to take part in this little test?That is my
0:19:33 > 0:19:40dream, that and cutting the grass for the council, minced by taste and
0:19:40 > 0:19:47council grass cutter.Would you have a ride on?I would also like to have
0:19:47 > 0:19:57fun with the leaf blower. That sale even lower! How middle-class of you!
0:19:57 > 0:20:02Some noise happening at Old Trafford yesterday, this is in the Times,
0:20:02 > 0:20:11trouble in the tunnel, Jose Mourinho has milk and water thrown at him By
0:20:11 > 0:20:16City players. A bit of celebrating going on in the tunnel by the
0:20:16 > 0:20:22Manchester City players and you can't blame him. It's a bit like
0:20:22 > 0:20:27they had won the title. They won a derby at Old Trafford. Jose Mourinho
0:20:27 > 0:20:34did not like it one bit. I know we're running out of time. This is
0:20:34 > 0:20:41Sir Bradley Wiggins. He has admitted he is a long way off the pace in his
0:20:41 > 0:20:45bid to go to Tokyo as a rower. A great picture of him from the
0:20:45 > 0:20:52weekend.Cormann does headband. Tremendous beard. -- tremendous
0:20:52 > 0:20:58headband. He heard a phone ring in the auditorium and it put him off,
0:20:58 > 0:21:02he had a false start and he had to go again. Really annoying, 17
0:21:02 > 0:21:07seconds to make up before he's even considered fit to go onto the water
0:21:07 > 0:21:13for the Olympics.I bet he can do it!Of course!
0:21:13 > 0:21:18Today we are launching our BBC Breakfast Sings series and we hope
0:21:18 > 0:21:23to spread some joy and happiness over the festive period and show
0:21:23 > 0:21:27that singing really can improve your mood and help cheer you up. Whether
0:21:27 > 0:21:31it's in a sports stadium with tens of thousands of others, a local
0:21:31 > 0:21:36choir or on your own, singing can be stimulating, relaxing and enjoyable.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40New studies have found singing can help people with hearing impairments
0:21:40 > 0:21:46communicate more effectively as well. John Maguire reports.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51This music and singing session for children with a hearing impairment
0:21:51 > 0:21:54experiments with volume, rhythm and the physical feeling of the way the
0:21:54 > 0:22:00children use their voices. Phoebe Osborne from the charity Creative
0:22:00 > 0:22:07Futures takes them through the various exercises. And with this
0:22:07 > 0:22:10computer programme, they're able to see what their voices are doing even
0:22:10 > 0:22:17if there are unable to hear them. Yours sounds like Eliza's one.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Professor Graeme Welch has been discussing how singing can help
0:22:20 > 0:22:25children with severe hearing issues for three years now and says singing
0:22:25 > 0:22:29can stimulate the brain.They're all engaged in their singing but they've
0:22:29 > 0:22:33actually improved in their measurable singing skills and at the
0:22:33 > 0:22:38same time there is some evidence of impact on their hearing as well, so
0:22:38 > 0:22:47they're better able to discriminate sound.Bring back my bunny to me...
0:22:47 > 0:22:52Like an opera singer.This is multi- sited in the brain. As far as we can
0:22:52 > 0:22:56work out, music touches more parts of the brain than any of other human
0:22:56 > 0:23:03activity.To understand how singing affects the brain we've invited Alex
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Stobbs, a musician, to a neo- therapy session. Alex has cystic
0:23:07 > 0:23:11fibrosis, he undergoes physical therapy every day and long periods
0:23:11 > 0:23:18of treatment. He says music is vital to him.Because of everything to do
0:23:18 > 0:23:24with my health it's quite solitary so music can make it all the better.
0:23:24 > 0:23:35It does something that perks up the brain I feel. Yeah, my life would be
0:23:35 > 0:23:41incredibly different without music. Nadia is a neuropsychologist.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45First she measures the electrical activity in Alex's brain while he is
0:23:45 > 0:23:50resting.Try and stay as still as possible, as relaxed as possible...
0:23:50 > 0:23:56Then she asks him to sing.Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas,
0:23:56 > 0:24:03let your heart be like...Once he's finished and rested, Alex is
0:24:03 > 0:24:08assessed again, and the results are immediate.It shows that
0:24:08 > 0:24:12theoretically within ten minutes of singing someone can improve clarity
0:24:12 > 0:24:19of their mind and also perhaps emotionally feel more uplifted.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24Finally, and you may want to turn the sound down for this, he sings
0:24:24 > 0:24:31with someone else and that someone, I'm afraid to say, is me.Through
0:24:31 > 0:24:38the years we all will be together, if the fates allow. Hang a shining
0:24:38 > 0:24:45star up on the...Believe it or not, the results are even more
0:24:45 > 0:24:52impressive.That's simply the effect of social interaction with another
0:24:52 > 0:24:57human amplifying the positive effect all the beneficial effect of music.
0:24:57 > 0:25:03Hang a shining star up on the... Songs often sing off the peak to the
0:25:03 > 0:25:08music of the heart and the soul, but it can also be of huge benefit to
0:25:08 > 0:25:15your brain. John Maguire, BBC News, London -- songs often speak forcing.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20More evidence a good old singsong is good for you. We've got a thing on
0:25:20 > 0:25:24Wednesday...Are you excited about this?It could be fun.On Wednesday
0:25:24 > 0:25:30we are all going to go and sing a song together with a gospel choir at
0:25:30 > 0:25:35the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in front of quite a few thousand
0:25:35 > 0:25:41people.I'm extremely nervous, I used to be a good singer.I have
0:25:41 > 0:25:45heard this rumour of you making up an excuse about why you're not a
0:25:45 > 0:25:51good singer and in more.I once sang with a choir at the Barbican when I
0:25:51 > 0:25:56was 12.And then?When I was at university I went to a 24-hour party
0:25:56 > 0:26:00and I lost my voice and the doctor said it would never be the same
0:26:00 > 0:26:07again and it hasn't.What on earth happened at that 24-hour party?It
0:26:07 > 0:26:12could have been 48 hours! It was a good party, it was worth it.Were
0:26:12 > 0:26:18you the only one that suffered all were there others? She lost her
0:26:18 > 0:26:23voice and she's never been the same again -- or were there.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26You're watching Breakfast, still to come this morning:
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Blue Planet might have left our screens last night
0:26:28 > 0:26:31but Tim's at a seal sanctuary this morning where they hope
0:26:31 > 0:26:32the programme's message on plastics
0:26:32 > 0:26:34pollution will have a lasting impact.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37He's in the aquarium. Good morning. Good morning. This isn't a seal,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41this is a lionfish, part of the amazing collection of marine life
0:26:41 > 0:26:44they have here at Hunstanton Sea life century and aquarium. Look at
0:26:44 > 0:26:49this time, some incredible creatures, blackfin sharks and a
0:26:49 > 0:26:54giant green sea turtle all swimming around and what an amazing TV series
0:26:54 > 0:26:58it has been, raising so many questions and the episode last night
0:26:58 > 0:27:02Blue Planet to really posed the question about plastics. How
0:27:02 > 0:27:09damaging are they and what can be done and what affect are they having
0:27:09 > 0:27:15on marine life? They have looked after 600 seals here and many have
0:27:15 > 0:27:19been damaged by plastics over the years and through the morning we
0:27:19 > 0:27:23will see some of them and talk to people who have been caring for them
0:27:23 > 0:27:28and asking them what they made of Blue Planet II, what questions they
0:27:28 > 0:30:48have after seeing them posed in the programme. That's coming up
0:30:48 > 0:30:51on Wednesday but then getting cold again for the end of the week --
0:30:51 > 0:30:51overnight Tuesday.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom
0:30:54 > 0:30:55in half an hour.
0:30:55 > 0:30:55Plenty more on our website at the usual address.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08but also on Breakfast this morning:
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Presents, parties and a turkey dinner don't come cheap -
0:31:11 > 0:31:15we'll be looking at the true cost of Christmas in just a few minutes.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18It's being called one of the giant evils of our time -
0:31:18 > 0:31:27we'll have the results of a year-long study on loneliness.
0:31:27 > 0:31:34Need a big plan! Like a long-range pencil. Or a ghost who is really
0:31:34 > 0:31:35good at maths.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39We'll be finding out how dropping the 'Menace' and giving them a brand
0:31:39 > 0:31:41new look has made 'Denis and Gnasher' a huge hit
0:31:41 > 0:31:42with a new generation.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Good morning.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Here's a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread
0:31:51 > 0:31:53disruption across parts of the UK.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55There have been train and plane cancellations and drivers
0:31:55 > 0:31:58are being warned that icy conditions are making roads treacherous.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Hundreds of schools across Wales and the Midlands will also
0:32:01 > 0:32:01be closed today.
0:32:01 > 0:32:10Simon Clemison reports.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Two days of hearings will begin later to establish the framework
0:32:13 > 0:32:15of the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Sir Martin Moore-Bick is being urged by survivors of the fire to give
0:32:19 > 0:32:20them a more central role.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23It comes as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the government
0:32:23 > 0:32:26of failing survivors with more than 100 still living in hotels.
0:32:26 > 0:32:32Relatives of the victims say it's vital their stories are heard.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35These people never should have lost their lives that night,
0:32:35 > 0:32:36and the way they did.
0:32:36 > 0:32:37We are extremely determined.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41We will fight for as long as it takes to make sure that this
0:32:41 > 0:32:42never happens again.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Our loved ones are never forgotten.
0:32:44 > 0:32:50And, you know, the right changes are made.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53The chairman of a leading hospital trust in London has resigned,
0:32:53 > 0:32:55accusing the government of failing to recognise the "enormous
0:32:55 > 0:32:56challenges" facing the NHS.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Lord Kerslake, who's a former head of the civil service,
0:32:59 > 0:33:02said King's College Hospital Trust was struggling to cope with rising
0:33:02 > 0:33:04demand, increased costs and limits on spending.
0:33:04 > 0:33:11The regulator for England, NHS Improvement, said the trust's
0:33:11 > 0:33:13financial performance was "the worst in the NHS".
0:33:13 > 0:33:16A Department of Health spokeswoman said they were working
0:33:16 > 0:33:25with the trust to tackle the issues.
0:33:25 > 0:33:30Two in five women in the UK and one in five men have been sexually
0:33:30 > 0:33:33harassed at work, according to a major survey on work -based
0:33:33 > 0:33:38harassment for the BBC. More than 6000 adults took part in the study
0:33:38 > 0:33:41and the poll found that self-employed people or those on
0:33:41 > 0:33:45zero hour contracts were more likely to be victims than those who are
0:33:45 > 0:33:49employed directly.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52Theresa May will tell MPs there is a new sense of optimism in Brexit
0:33:52 > 0:33:56talks after her last-minute deal aimed at moving them to the next
0:33:56 > 0:34:00phase. She expects EU leaders to start talks about future trade and
0:34:00 > 0:34:03security at a summit on Thursday. The Prime Minister will insist she
0:34:03 > 0:34:07has not caved in to Brussels over the divorce bill.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Wildfires are still burning out of control north of Los Angeles.
0:34:09 > 0:34:134,000 firefighters have been called up to tackle flames which are now
0:34:13 > 0:34:15threatening the coastal city of Santa Barbara.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed and damaged,
0:34:17 > 0:34:30and 200,000 people have had to leave their homes.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33We will have updates on the situation with snow in various parts
0:34:33 > 0:34:38of the UK. Carol will have the weather for us, and we are live at
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Heathrow and in Wales. We were saying this morning, people are
0:34:41 > 0:34:44waking up, some of them are expecting snow but haven't actually
0:34:44 > 0:34:50got much.Yes.Other parts have got 30 centimetres.Absolutely. Some
0:34:50 > 0:34:53people are enjoying it, obviously, but it causes disruption as well.
0:34:53 > 0:34:58All the details here. And we are talking about Man City as well.It
0:34:58 > 0:35:02was snowing at Old Trafford during the game?It was cold yesterday.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06Quite nice to watch all about football at home. On the television.
0:35:06 > 0:35:12It was a cold day to go and watch your team yesterday. Man City beat
0:35:12 > 0:35:15their rivals Manchester United yesterday to become the first side
0:35:15 > 0:35:18to win 14 consecutive league matches in a single English top-flight
0:35:18 > 0:35:22season. I know Arsenal have done that, but it was split over two
0:35:22 > 0:35:26seasons. On a day of Derbys, there was a controversial draw at
0:35:26 > 0:35:30Merseyside. The begin at Old Trafford.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34As the records keep falling, it is difficult to see anybody stopping
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Manchester City this season. Even local rivals and title rivals United
0:35:38 > 0:35:42couldn't. David Silva setting the league leaders on their way before
0:35:42 > 0:35:47half-time. And while Marcus Rashford levelled the match for Jose
0:35:47 > 0:35:52Mourinho's men, there was one more moment that mattered. Nicolas
0:35:52 > 0:35:56Otamendi might be a centre-back, but he has been prolific so far this
0:35:56 > 0:35:59season. COMMENTATOR: The defender scores
0:35:59 > 0:36:04again, five for the season for him! And was it already a title winning
0:36:04 > 0:36:10goal?Impossible. Of course you have 11 points, you are so happy for
0:36:10 > 0:36:13that, the goal difference, a 12 point difference. But not yet. Just
0:36:13 > 0:36:19in December.33 miles away from Old Trafford is Anfield, and there was
0:36:19 > 0:36:24an equally eventful derby there. Liverpool dominated and went ahead
0:36:24 > 0:36:30through another moment of most other magic, despite 77% possession and 23
0:36:30 > 0:36:34shots on goal, this power gave Everton their own chance. -- Mo
0:36:34 > 0:36:38Sala. And as an Evertonians, who else would you want taking the
0:36:38 > 0:36:43penalty but Wayne Rooney? His first Merseyside derby goal, and one that
0:36:43 > 0:36:49-- not that Jurgen Klopp was from a interested in that.You don't think
0:36:49 > 0:36:54it was a penalty?Right. It feels unfair, to be honest. Investing
0:36:54 > 0:36:58everything to win the game, and now, it feels really, really average.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Nothing average about the point for Sam Allardyce and his new team,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05although the result that mattered most yesterday came for another side
0:37:05 > 0:37:14wearing blue. So, Manchester City are top of the table, 11 points
0:37:14 > 0:37:18clear of Manchester United. Let's look at their season so far. A total
0:37:18 > 0:37:24of 46 out of a possible 48 points this season. They remain unbeaten.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28Yesterday's victory was their 14th in a row, the most by a team in a
0:37:28 > 0:37:33single English top-flight season. 46 points was enough to secure eighth
0:37:33 > 0:37:37position in the Premier League at the end of last season. So, eight in
0:37:37 > 0:37:43the Premier League. Unbelievable. There was a third Premier League
0:37:43 > 0:37:46game yesterday, as Charlie Austin put Southampton ahead against
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Arsenal in just the third minute at St Mary 's, but his side couldn't
0:37:50 > 0:37:51hold on.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54Olivier Giroud came off the bench to rescue the Gunners with an 88th
0:37:54 > 0:37:55minute equaliser.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Hibernian staged a great fightback against Scottish Premiership leaders
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Celtic, scoring twice in the last 15 minutes to draw 2-2.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Scott Sinclair scored both of Celtic's goals,
0:38:02 > 0:38:04his sixth and seventh strikes in the league.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06But the home side responded through Efee Ambrose,
0:38:06 > 0:38:09and then equalised with this from Oli Shaw.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Hibs even came close to ending Celtic's remarkable domestic
0:38:11 > 0:38:21unbeaten run, which now stretches back 68 games.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22Ronnie O'Sullivan is snooker's UK champion
0:38:22 > 0:38:25for a record-equalling sixth time.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28He was level at 5-5 in a tense final against Shaun Murphy
0:38:28 > 0:38:32in York, but won five frames in a row in the evening session
0:38:32 > 0:38:36to seal his 18th major championship overall.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40He goes level with Steve Davis on six UK titles, and if you're
0:38:40 > 0:38:42looking for comparisons, he's now just one trophy behind
0:38:42 > 0:38:52Roger Federer who holds 19 major tennis titles.
0:38:52 > 0:38:57The records are great, you know? And to equal it, like Sean said, the
0:38:57 > 0:39:00fans this week have been unbelievable. I want to say a
0:39:00 > 0:39:05massive thank you to them, I have just tried my best all week. There
0:39:05 > 0:39:10is nothing left. I've given everything there is. But I am over
0:39:10 > 0:39:14the moon, you know, to win any tournament, let alone the UK
0:39:14 > 0:39:16championship. So happy, yeah.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Premiership champions Exeter Chiefs suffered an 18-8
0:39:18 > 0:39:21defeat in the Champions Cup at the hands of Leinster.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24It means Leinster open up a 6-point lead at the top
0:39:24 > 0:39:24of Pool 3.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Exeter can still progress to the last eight of the competition,
0:39:27 > 0:39:30with the two sides again facing each other next weekend.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Meanwhile, Harlequins hopes of reaching the last eight
0:39:32 > 0:39:36were ended with a 17-5 defeat against Ulster at a very snowy
0:39:36 > 0:39:36Twickenham Stoop.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39La Rochelle thrashed Wasps 49-29 in the same pool,
0:39:39 > 0:39:41which means Ulster move up to second.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Organisers have confirmed the postponed match between Saracens
0:39:43 > 0:39:55and Clermont Auvergne will be played later today.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59I believe that is behind closed doors because they are concerned
0:39:59 > 0:40:03about people being at risk in very, very slippery conditions.Thank you
0:40:03 > 0:40:09very much.A good bit of fun, that rugby.Yeah. Depends what you call
0:40:09 > 0:40:13fun, but yeah.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Six months since the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which 71 people died,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19the equalities watchdog has announced it's to launch its own
0:40:19 > 0:40:20review into the causes behind the fire.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23It comes after criticisms that the current judge-led inquiry
0:40:23 > 0:40:24isn't broad enough.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Our correspondent Elaine Dunkley has been spending time with the local
0:40:27 > 0:40:35community, to hear about the issues affecting them.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Grenfell Tower is rarely out of sight or out of mind
0:40:37 > 0:40:39for the people of this community.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Families are in such a bad place.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Karim Mussilhy lost his uncle, Hesham Rahman, who lived
0:40:44 > 0:40:46on the 23rd floor.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Uncle Hesham was kind and generous.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52In my eyes and in my family's eyes, he was a hero.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54This should never have happened.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56These people never should have lost their lives that night
0:40:56 > 0:40:58in the way they did.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59So we are extremely determined.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03We will fight for as long as it takes to make sure that this never
0:41:03 > 0:41:05happens again, our loved ones are never forgotten,
0:41:05 > 0:41:07and, you know, the right changes are made.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11There have been funerals, inquests and now a public inquiry,
0:41:11 > 0:41:14people here demanding that they are on the panel.
0:41:14 > 0:41:20The time for reflection has been short.
0:41:20 > 0:41:27You know, the people that were out here helping have witnessed a lot.
0:41:27 > 0:41:32For a long time, I was in denial. It hadn't happened, in my mind. Then
0:41:32 > 0:41:36you had a moment to stop and you realise, it actually did.This is
0:41:36 > 0:41:40the Harrow club. For many children in the area this place is at the
0:41:40 > 0:41:43centre of their lives. Since the fire it has become even more
0:41:43 > 0:41:47important. Many of the children he lost friends and their homes.We
0:41:47 > 0:41:51have been staying in a hotel for lack six months. Before I used to
0:41:51 > 0:41:55have my own desk and I could do my homework and everybody was quiet, I
0:41:55 > 0:42:00could have my own time, but in the hotel, I have a lot of siblings and
0:42:00 > 0:42:04they like to run around and yell and you don't really have your own
0:42:04 > 0:42:04personal space.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06118 families are still in emergency accommodation.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council says the process
0:42:09 > 0:42:12has been slow, but they are beginning to make progress.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Alison Moses has been rehoused.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Here is where I have all my grandchildren
0:42:17 > 0:42:21and my baby stuff.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24And has also been reunited with a memory box found amongst
0:42:24 > 0:42:28the ashes of her flat in Grenfell Tower.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30She says families desperately need stability in order
0:42:30 > 0:42:35to rebuild their lives.
0:42:35 > 0:42:36They cannot grieve normally.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38That grieving probably won't even take place now
0:42:38 > 0:42:48until they have a home and they are somewhat settled.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Then grieving can start.
0:42:52 > 0:42:58This is so is out. There is a lot of work to be done, Christmas is just
0:42:58 > 0:43:02around the corner. People should not be in hotels at this stage.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05People here fear that the world will move on and forget what happened.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08But this community is defiant and say they will continue to show
0:43:08 > 0:43:10strength in the shadow of this tragedy.
0:43:10 > 0:43:17Elaine Dunkley, BBC News.
0:43:17 > 0:43:25It is 643 a.m.. Our lead story this morning is unsurprisingly because of
0:43:25 > 0:43:28travel disruption due to the weather.You have been sending in
0:43:28 > 0:43:33your pictures, sometimes we don't even ask for them and you send them
0:43:33 > 0:43:37in anyway, which is lovely.Helena was up in the Lake District. Look at
0:43:37 > 0:43:42that. She says it was -6 up there. But it felt like minus 16. Gorgeous.
0:43:42 > 0:43:49I bet it did. This is from Alison and Dave King, who built their own
0:43:49 > 0:43:58version of Stonehenge in rug in Warwickshire. Very impressive. -- in
0:43:58 > 0:44:03Rugby. Geraldine sent this in from Buckinghamshire. Use a box, don't
0:44:03 > 0:44:08you? A box of snow and that it down. I go for the traditional snowman.
0:44:08 > 0:44:14Like this, for example. This is a very good one. This is Alan, sending
0:44:14 > 0:44:18in a picture of his in-laws, from Hertfordshire. That is absolutely
0:44:18 > 0:44:26fantastic.That looks like the actual snowman from The Snowman. It
0:44:26 > 0:44:31wasn't just humans having fun in the snow yesterday. This is a female
0:44:31 > 0:44:35orangutan, spotted making a snowball at Twycross zoo in Leicestershire.
0:44:35 > 0:44:40Maybe she used a box for that. She then to get inside.The orangutan
0:44:40 > 0:44:45did not use a box.That is how you build an igloo. Take your recycling
0:44:45 > 0:44:50box, package with snow...I tell you what, if there is still snow today
0:44:50 > 0:44:54when I get home, I will try to do that.You need to broaden your
0:44:54 > 0:45:01smelly horizons. -- snowy.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04I'm with you, the old traditional way of building a snowman, no fancy
0:45:04 > 0:45:05boxes!
0:45:06 > 0:45:12More snow today but not for everyone and this is a Weather Watchers
0:45:12 > 0:45:16picture of Shropshire from yesterday, beautiful, Christmas card
0:45:16 > 0:45:20scene and another one from later in the day from Cumbria, you can see
0:45:20 > 0:45:23the clear skies and many having clear skies means it's a cold start
0:45:23 > 0:45:29with the risk of ice. The snow faded through the night for a time where
0:45:29 > 0:45:33it was so prolific yesterday and now we have this system coming up from
0:45:33 > 0:45:37France and on its leading edge we have a mixture of sleet and snow as
0:45:37 > 0:45:42well as rain. Disses storm and, so named by the Portuguese, Spanish and
0:45:42 > 0:45:47French Met Office, nothing to do with the British one -- this is
0:45:47 > 0:45:54storm and. Whoever names its first we stick with it. As we hang onto it
0:45:54 > 0:45:59it will bring rain, sleet and snow and windy conditions in the English
0:45:59 > 0:46:05Channel. First thing we have this rain and sleet and snow and we have
0:46:05 > 0:46:08the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. Also snow showers in the
0:46:08 > 0:46:14north and west of Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Through this morning that
0:46:14 > 0:46:18scenario persists, we have the rain coming in, it is cold and again we
0:46:18 > 0:46:22have a mixture of rain, sleet and snow in parts of the Home Counties
0:46:22 > 0:46:25and the London area and the south-west of England but the
0:46:25 > 0:46:29showers mean not everyone will get one. Brighter skies in much of
0:46:29 > 0:46:32Wales, northern England and much of Scotland and where we have lying
0:46:32 > 0:46:38snow, temperatures lower than this, for some it is -11 at the moment,
0:46:38 > 0:46:42especially southern Scotland and the borders with England. Through the
0:46:42 > 0:46:46day there will be a lot of sunshine and the showers will persist in the
0:46:46 > 0:46:51north and west and this band of rain will slowly edge to the north of the
0:46:51 > 0:46:55North Sea and again it will be a cold day wherever you are. Through
0:46:55 > 0:46:59the evening and overnight, we continue with showers for a time,
0:46:59 > 0:47:02wintry for a time, a lot of dry weather and also freezing fog
0:47:02 > 0:47:07forming here and there and it will be cold. These are the temperatures
0:47:07 > 0:47:12we can expect in towns and cities, below freezing, in the countryside,
0:47:12 > 0:47:16especially where we have lying snow, lower than -10 in some parts so a
0:47:16 > 0:47:22bitterly cold night. Freezing fog slow to clear tomorrow morning and
0:47:22 > 0:47:25when it does a lot of sunshine around and dry weather, but the next
0:47:25 > 0:47:30weather fronts coming from the west will introduce rain, and we might
0:47:30 > 0:47:34see some snow coming in on its leading edge to parts of the
0:47:34 > 0:47:37Highlands but no great shakes in terms of temperatures. Feeling quite
0:47:37 > 0:47:42cold. On Tuesday there's the weather front moving from the west to the
0:47:42 > 0:47:47east and another one comes in hot on its heels. As you can see from the
0:47:47 > 0:47:51isobars, the wind changes from the cold northerly to a warm westerly.
0:47:51 > 0:47:56Not as cold but it brings with it unsettled conditions as two weather
0:47:56 > 0:47:59fronts cross, they will bring some rain, and in the Highlands we could
0:47:59 > 0:48:03see some snow at times but temperatures for some at least not
0:48:03 > 0:48:05as low, squeezing back into double figures.
0:48:07 > 0:48:14Thank you, Carol. Lots of people sending in pictures of box use when
0:48:14 > 0:48:20building igloos and the like. Whatever, Dan!Oh dear me! A burden
0:48:20 > 0:48:28from Carol Kirkwood! Carol, Carol! I will try later, I genuinely will.
0:48:28 > 0:48:34Sean is here, we are talking about the cost of presence and food adding
0:48:34 > 0:48:39up fast at this time of year. What's going on with Christmas shopping
0:48:39 > 0:48:43habits?
0:48:43 > 0:48:47In the business team we have got the gang together to go through a few
0:48:47 > 0:48:51figures to see what areas we are spending more on and what is going
0:48:51 > 0:48:55up quicker than others.
0:48:55 > 0:49:02Typically spending is up on essentials like food.
0:49:02 > 0:49:07But spending on non-essentials, like presents, is down.
0:49:07 > 0:49:24And much of that is down to price.
0:49:24 > 0:49:29Sprouts up 8%, Christmas puddings, 8% on last year. It doesn't seem
0:49:29 > 0:49:45much if you are buying £1 of sprouts and a year later they £1.08. Smart
0:49:45 > 0:49:48technologies interesting, a smart phone is 20% more than last year
0:49:48 > 0:49:55because we import all the things in a smart phone and the final smart
0:49:55 > 0:50:01phone, the pound has fallen by that much.A big difference.Something
0:50:01 > 0:50:08that is £1000 last year, this year would be £1200.Spending less on
0:50:08 > 0:50:13presence is a case of Dubai that but you wouldn't anything else?That's
0:50:13 > 0:50:16why non-essential spending overall hasn't been going up so much but
0:50:16 > 0:50:21with groceries, almost half of people have been spreading their
0:50:21 > 0:50:27grocery purchases over a period of time. Instead of doing one big
0:50:27 > 0:50:31December Christmas weekly food shop after the pay packet comes in,
0:50:31 > 0:50:35people are planning ahead. I have seen Christmas puddings on the shelf
0:50:35 > 0:50:41for months now and people are doing that kind of thing earlier. When it
0:50:41 > 0:50:46comes to how much people are spending, compare that two incomes,
0:50:46 > 0:50:51there isn't that much difference between the amount people are
0:50:51 > 0:50:56spending when you look at the exact amount whatever their salary is. As
0:50:56 > 0:50:59a proportion, those earning less are spending more of their salary on
0:50:59 > 0:51:05Christmas. We've been talking about this generally in the last few days,
0:51:05 > 0:51:11a bit more confidence from those on low incomes to spend more at this
0:51:11 > 0:51:16time of year. It can work like that. Those on higher incomes spending not
0:51:16 > 0:51:25so much on their presence than those on lower incomes.
0:51:25 > 0:51:29Interesting, especially if people are planning their Christmas shop
0:51:29 > 0:51:33over a few weeks.Good planning is needed but if people have met their
0:51:33 > 0:51:39budget and there's a couple of weeks left, we will keep an eye on debt
0:51:39 > 0:51:42levels over the next couple of weeks.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44The latest series of David Attenborough's Blue Planet
0:51:44 > 0:51:47came to a close last night with a look at the problem
0:51:47 > 0:51:48of plastic in our oceans.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51We've sent Breakfast's Tim Muffett to a sea life sanctuary
0:51:51 > 0:51:54in Norfolk to find out about the work being done to help
0:51:54 > 0:52:00wildlife caught up in the pollution.
0:52:00 > 0:52:06Good morning to you. Good morning. What an amazing series
0:52:06 > 0:52:11it was, Blue Planet II, came to an end and we are at Hunstanton Sea
0:52:11 > 0:52:16life equerry and sanctuary in Norfolk, a place where they have
0:52:16 > 0:52:25first-hand experience of the perils of plastic in the ocean, a problem
0:52:25 > 0:52:29so visibly highlighted last night in the programme. Magnificent marine
0:52:29 > 0:52:33life and also later we will see some seals that have been injured and
0:52:33 > 0:52:36over the last few years many seals brought here have been injured due
0:52:36 > 0:52:40to plastics. Before we talk to experts about their reactions to the
0:52:40 > 0:52:46series, let's have a reminder of last night's episode.
0:52:46 > 0:52:51In some parts of the ocean it is estimated that there are now over 1
0:52:51 > 0:52:57million pieces of plastic for every square mile. And we're only
0:52:57 > 0:53:03beginning to discover just how seriously that of tax marine life.
0:53:03 > 0:53:09Once in the ocean plastic breaks down into tiny fragments,
0:53:09 > 0:53:14microplastic is.They're very small organisms that can mistake these
0:53:14 > 0:53:19tiny plastics for food. The larger organisms eat the plankton and the
0:53:19 > 0:53:23larger fish it the smaller fish and so on and so forth.
0:53:23 > 0:53:27Dolphins are at the top of this food chain and it's now thought that
0:53:27 > 0:53:32pollutants may be building up in their tissues to such a degree that
0:53:32 > 0:53:41a mother's contaminated milk could kill her calf. Industrial pollution
0:53:41 > 0:53:46and the discarding of plastic waste must be tackled for the sake of all
0:53:46 > 0:53:55life in the oceans.
0:53:57 > 0:54:01Thought-provoking stuff indeed. One of the standout statistics for me
0:54:01 > 0:54:05last night was the fact that in some parts of the ocean 1 million pieces
0:54:05 > 0:54:10of plastic are found per square mile. Emily, you found that out, how
0:54:10 > 0:54:16did you come up with that?We have been part of collecting these
0:54:16 > 0:54:20samples for the global dataset and the best part of the last ten years
0:54:20 > 0:54:25has involved us sailing around on our oceans with a trawl trying to
0:54:25 > 0:54:29quantify that number of these plastic fragments in the sea and
0:54:29 > 0:54:33what we find is that this plastic that's going out into the ocean is
0:54:33 > 0:54:38breaking down into these tiny fragments, what we call
0:54:38 > 0:54:41microplastics, just smaller than your little finger nail so that's
0:54:41 > 0:54:46what we're trying to measure.What can people do? If you were horrified
0:54:46 > 0:54:51watching the programme, what can you do in your day life?It's about
0:54:51 > 0:54:55avoiding single use plastic. Something like a plastic water
0:54:55 > 0:54:59bottle, a plastic bag, something in your life for just ten minutes, a
0:54:59 > 0:55:03few hours, and you don't really need. And it's thinking about the
0:55:03 > 0:55:08clothes we wear, the polyester clothing that when we wash it, these
0:55:08 > 0:55:13tiny fibres also go down our drains and end up in the ocean.Fascinating
0:55:13 > 0:55:18and alarming. Thanks, Emily. We will be talking to you later. Here many
0:55:18 > 0:55:22seals are brought here that have been injured and now we can see some
0:55:22 > 0:55:26images of some of those creatures which have been treated here over
0:55:26 > 0:55:31the years. It's quite alarming to see and quite distressing in many
0:55:31 > 0:55:36ways as well. Sui, you are from the Marine conservation Society, were
0:55:36 > 0:55:42you surprised by the images we saw in last night's programme?Sadly
0:55:42 > 0:55:47not, we've been expecting it over the years. We've been monitoring our
0:55:47 > 0:55:50beaches over the last 20 years and in that time we haven't seen a
0:55:50 > 0:55:56decrease in plastic. Last year we had a 10% increase in litter on our
0:55:56 > 0:55:59beaches.It isn't just about litter on the beach, there's so much more
0:55:59 > 0:56:04to it, it is the small size of the plastic that is so damaging?The
0:56:04 > 0:56:09smaller the piece the more animals can eat it right down to the bottom
0:56:09 > 0:56:13of the food chain, if they are eating it and creatures higher up
0:56:13 > 0:56:17are eating it and then the toxins are on those plastics and they get
0:56:17 > 0:56:22in the tissues of the animals that eat it. Then there's the risk to us
0:56:22 > 0:56:26if we are eating seafood.If you put your plastic in the recycling, as we
0:56:26 > 0:56:30arming to do, what else can we do? As consumers there's only so much
0:56:30 > 0:56:35you can do, apart from being alarmed?Actually there's a lot we
0:56:35 > 0:56:40can do. The simplest thing to do is to try and not use those single use
0:56:40 > 0:56:44plastics, get a reusable cup for your coffee and a reusable bottle
0:56:44 > 0:56:49for your water. There's hardly anyone who needs a straw but maybe
0:56:49 > 0:56:53we all have one, and also most importantly we can lobby government
0:56:53 > 0:56:58and industry.We will be talking to you later and we will see some of
0:56:58 > 0:57:02the seals that have been injured and finding out how the staff here there
0:57:02 > 0:57:06for them. We will leave with you some amazing images of these very
0:57:06 > 0:57:13lovely, beautiful animals at Hunstanton SEA LIFE Sanctuary.
0:57:13 > 0:57:18If you can hear me, can you go a bit left with the camera? There has been
0:57:18 > 0:57:25a turtle that has been absolutely wonderful.There he is.His name is
0:57:25 > 0:57:31Ernie. Ernie the Green sea turtle. Hears from Trinidad apparently.
0:57:31 > 0:57:36Absolutely wonderful.There he is! Thank you very much indeed. Somebody
0:57:36 > 0:57:41has already tweeted me this morning about Ernie and there he is on our
0:57:41 > 0:57:46screens.Looks like a gorgeous little fella.Beautiful animals. We
0:57:46 > 0:57:50will be with him and Ernie through the morning.Some important advice,
0:57:50 > 0:57:55I feel guilty for having this, single use plastic, a big issue.I
0:57:55 > 0:58:00know what I'm going to get you for Christmas! I'm going to get you a
0:58:00 > 0:58:03water bottle you a water bottle you can use everyday.Has that mean I
0:58:03 > 0:58:07get a present?You might now get a present!
0:58:07 > 0:58:08You're watching Breakfast.
0:58:08 > 0:58:12Still to come:
0:58:12 > 0:58:16Singing makes you feel excited, it makes you feel good, it's very
0:58:16 > 0:58:18refreshing.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20We're celebrating the power of song
0:58:20 > 0:58:21here on Breakfast this week
0:58:21 > 0:58:24and you don't have to be in a choir to join us.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27You might simply enjoy singing with your children,
0:58:27 > 0:58:30or belting out a tune in the bath, we'll be telling you how it's
0:58:30 > 0:58:33all brilliant for your health in the next half hour.
0:58:33 > 0:58:36It's also really good to sing together.And we're going to be
0:58:36 > 1:01:57doing that on Wednesday.
1:01:57 > 1:01:58in half an hour.
1:01:58 > 1:02:00Plenty more on our website at the usual address.
1:02:00 > 1:02:03Now, though, it's back to Dan and Louise.
1:02:03 > 1:02:03Bye for now.
1:02:05 > 1:02:08Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
1:02:08 > 1:02:11A new weather warning as freezing temperatures and snow
1:02:11 > 1:02:11cause major disruption.
1:02:11 > 1:02:14Roads, rail and airports are all affected and hundreds
1:02:14 > 1:02:18of schools are closed for the day.
1:02:34 > 1:02:43Good morning. It is Monday, it let in December. -- 11 December.
1:02:43 > 1:02:47Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire say they should be given a central
1:02:47 > 1:02:49role in the inquiry as two days of hearings begin.
1:02:49 > 1:02:53Good morning. We know the cost of Christmas is rising, but research
1:02:53 > 1:02:57shows families are still willing to splash out, even when the money is a
1:02:57 > 1:03:01little bit tight. I will be looking at why that is. In sport, Manchester
1:03:01 > 1:03:04City make it 14 victories in a row as they beat neighbours Manchester
1:03:04 > 1:03:08United at Old Trafford. Jose Mourinho says his side's title hopes
1:03:08 > 1:03:13are probably over as City continue to break the merely records. --
1:03:13 > 1:03:20Premier League records.
1:03:20 > 1:03:22And it's Christmas carol season, of course -
1:03:22 > 1:03:24but does singing make you feel better?
1:03:24 > 1:03:26All this week we'll be looking at whether it really
1:03:26 > 1:03:28is good for you.
1:03:28 > 1:03:31And Carol can tell us all about the weather. Let's continue like it has?
1:03:31 > 1:03:38Good morning. A mixture of rain, sleet and snow today across parts of
1:03:38 > 1:03:41south-east England and southern counties of England in general. That
1:03:41 > 1:03:45will pull away to the east through the day. Lots of dry weather and the
1:03:45 > 1:03:50risk of ice this morning. A risk of showers in the north and west of the
1:03:50 > 1:03:54UK, some of which will be wintry. I will have more details and 15
1:03:54 > 1:03:54minutes.
1:03:54 > 1:03:57Good morning.
1:03:57 > 1:03:58First, our main story.
1:03:58 > 1:04:00Snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread
1:04:00 > 1:04:02disruption across parts of the UK .
1:04:02 > 1:04:04There have been train and plane cancellations and drivers
1:04:04 > 1:04:07are being warned that icy conditions are making roads treacherous.
1:04:07 > 1:04:10Hundreds of schools across Wales and the Midlands will also
1:04:10 > 1:04:11be closed today.
1:04:11 > 1:04:21Simon Clemison reports.
1:04:21 > 1:04:23The snow is falling, but it's easing.
1:04:23 > 1:04:26Try telling that to drivers on the M5 overnight.
1:04:26 > 1:04:27Conditions don't get much worse.
1:04:27 > 1:04:30Large parts of the UK have been covered by heavy
1:04:30 > 1:04:45snow - this heavy.
1:04:45 > 1:04:48And as it begins to melt and re-freezes in the early
1:04:48 > 1:04:51hours, it means lots of potential problems this morning with ice.
1:04:51 > 1:04:54The Met Office has warnings out covering much of the country.
1:04:54 > 1:04:57The AA says thousands of people were caught out when the wintry
1:04:57 > 1:04:58weather drifted south.
1:04:58 > 1:05:00Falling trees have affected roads and train lines.
1:05:00 > 1:05:01Network Rail reports further disruption today.
1:05:01 > 1:05:03Flights have restarted at Birmingham Airport,
1:05:03 > 1:05:04but delays are still likely
1:05:04 > 1:05:07here and at Heathrow, where aircraft are not
1:05:07 > 1:05:08in their starting positions.
1:05:08 > 1:05:10Hundreds of schools will not open today,
1:05:10 > 1:05:12including all of those run by Birmingham City Council
1:05:12 > 1:05:20and 200 in Shropshire.
1:05:20 > 1:05:23One power company says it has been working through the night to get
1:05:23 > 1:05:24the power back on.
1:05:24 > 1:05:27But the worst of the weather, or the best of it, depending
1:05:27 > 1:05:29on who you ask, is now over.
1:05:29 > 1:05:31Great fun for some people.
1:05:31 > 1:05:34For more information on travel disruption and school closures tune
1:05:34 > 1:05:37into your BBC local radio station or visit the BBC News website
1:05:37 > 1:05:43for live updates.
1:05:43 > 1:05:45Two days of hearings will begin later to establish the framework
1:05:45 > 1:05:47of the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry.
1:05:47 > 1:05:51Sir Martin Moore-Bick is being urged by survivors of the fire to give
1:05:51 > 1:05:59them a more central role.
1:05:59 > 1:06:01It comes as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the government
1:06:01 > 1:06:05of "failing" survivors with more than 100 still living in hotels.
1:06:05 > 1:06:08Relatives of the victims say it's vital their stories are heard.
1:06:08 > 1:06:10These people never should have lost their lives that night,
1:06:10 > 1:06:12and the way they did.
1:06:12 > 1:06:13We are extremely determined.
1:06:13 > 1:06:16We will fight for as long as it takes to make sure
1:06:16 > 1:06:17that this never happens again.
1:06:17 > 1:06:19Our loved ones are never forgotten.
1:06:19 > 1:06:26And, you know, the right changes are made.
1:06:26 > 1:06:29The chairman of a leading hospital trust in London has resigned,
1:06:29 > 1:06:32accusing the government of failing to recognise the "enormous
1:06:32 > 1:06:33challenges" facing the NHS.
1:06:33 > 1:06:35Lord Kerslake, who's a former head of the civil service,
1:06:35 > 1:06:38said King's College Hospital Trust was struggling financially as it
1:06:38 > 1:06:40tried to cope with rising demand, increased costs
1:06:40 > 1:06:45and limits on spending.
1:06:45 > 1:06:48The regulator for England, NHS Improvement, said the trust's
1:06:48 > 1:06:50financial performance was "the worst in the NHS."
1:06:50 > 1:06:53A BBC survey has found 40% of women have been sexually
1:06:53 > 1:06:56harassed at work.
1:06:56 > 1:07:06More than 6,000 British adults were questioned.
1:07:06 > 1:07:07Many said they'd experienced inappropriate touching
1:07:07 > 1:07:08and unwelcome jokes.
1:07:08 > 1:07:10Here's our correspondent Adina Campbell.
1:07:10 > 1:07:13Freelance copywriter Lorrie says she has lost count as to how many
1:07:13 > 1:07:15times she has faced sexual harassment since being
1:07:15 > 1:07:23self-employed.
1:07:23 > 1:07:26Sometimes it is just background noise, you hear an inappropriate
1:07:26 > 1:07:28comment or someone is talking to your T-shirt rather
1:07:28 > 1:07:31than your face, and other times you can be subjected to really
1:07:31 > 1:07:39inappropriate behaviour, like groping.
1:07:39 > 1:07:43In the latest survey for the BBC, the results revealed 43% of people
1:07:43 > 1:07:45in flexible work had experienced unwanted sexual behaviour,
1:07:45 > 1:07:47compared to 29% who were directly employed.
1:07:47 > 1:07:49Those working in industries such as hospitality,
1:07:49 > 1:07:51retail or the public sector were more at risk.
1:07:51 > 1:07:54And, overall, 40% of women and 18% of men had experienced sexual
1:07:54 > 1:07:56harassment in the workplace.
1:07:56 > 1:07:59The survey also found people aged between 18 and 34 were more likely
1:07:59 > 1:08:04to report unwanted sexual attention compared to those over 55.
1:08:10 > 1:08:14The survey also found people aged between 18 and 34 were more likely
1:08:14 > 1:08:18to report unwanted sexual attention compared to those over 55.
1:08:18 > 1:08:19So, about a power dynamic.
1:08:19 > 1:08:22If you are the youngest person in a workplace,
1:08:22 > 1:08:26if you are new in a workplace, less aware of your rights and how
1:08:26 > 1:08:28to report, or who to report to, those things make
1:08:28 > 1:08:35you slightly more vulnerable.
1:08:35 > 1:08:38Campaigners are now calling for employers to take reports
1:08:38 > 1:08:46of sexual harassment seriously, with protection for all workers.
1:08:46 > 1:08:51We will be talking about that later, about 8:10am on Breakfast.
1:08:51 > 1:08:54The Prime Minister will tell MPs today that there's been "give
1:08:54 > 1:08:58and take" between the UK and the EU in order to move on to trade talks.
1:08:58 > 1:09:01Theresa May is expected to say that she isn't seeking a hard
1:09:01 > 1:09:03or soft Brexit, but a bold new partnership.
1:09:03 > 1:09:06Our political correspondent Chris Mason is in Westminster.
1:09:06 > 1:09:11Will she have a bounce in her step this morning when she walks into
1:09:11 > 1:09:15that meeting? I imagine she will be feeling better than last week?
1:09:15 > 1:09:20Absolutely. It is one week now since that big setback when she was midway
1:09:20 > 1:09:25through a plate of turbot with John Collee chunk, the president of the
1:09:25 > 1:09:29European Commission, when it went pear shaped. -- Jean-Claude Juncker.
1:09:29 > 1:09:33She had to return to the UK without having secured a deal and it was
1:09:33 > 1:09:37pretty Gemili 18. A few days later, lots of phone calls later and not
1:09:37 > 1:09:41much sleep later, there was that deal on Friday morning which started
1:09:41 > 1:09:44in merging throughout the morning, as this was on the hour. A bit of
1:09:44 > 1:09:50sleep for the Prime Minister through the week. A Cabinet meeting and a
1:09:50 > 1:09:54statement in the Commons and she will be pretty chipper. She says
1:09:54 > 1:09:58there is a new sense of them is around the Brexit negotiations. --
1:09:58 > 1:10:05sense of optimism around. Showers not going for a harder or softer
1:10:05 > 1:10:09Brexit, these terms which she has -- she says have been bandied around.
1:10:09 > 1:10:14She will also say that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.
1:10:14 > 1:10:19What we will get in the New Year is a whole new plethora of Brexit bingo
1:10:19 > 1:10:23terms, alongside the ones I just mention. Lots of talk about how the
1:10:23 > 1:10:27UK's relationship with the EU will look after Brexit, and crucially,
1:10:27 > 1:10:31some sort of trade deals. Over the weekend we had another one. Canada
1:10:31 > 1:10:37plus plus plus. That was the suggestion from David Davis, the
1:10:37 > 1:10:39Brexit secretary. He is talking about the trading relationship EU
1:10:39 > 1:10:44currently has with Canada, which the UK will hope to match and then
1:10:44 > 1:10:47improve upon in the years ahead, to try to strike some sort of
1:10:47 > 1:10:50arrangement over trade to keep business going under a very new
1:10:50 > 1:10:54relationship.
1:10:54 > 1:11:01The most destructive wildfire raging in southern California has expanded
1:11:01 > 1:11:04significantly, scorching an area larger than New York City. 4000
1:11:04 > 1:11:08firefighters have been called up to tackle the flames, which are now
1:11:08 > 1:11:13threatening the coastal city of Santa Barbara. Hundreds of buildings
1:11:13 > 1:11:16have been destroyed and damaged and 200,000 people have had to leave
1:11:16 > 1:11:17their homes.
1:11:17 > 1:11:19Britain has a new tallest mountain.
1:11:19 > 1:11:22Mount Hope, which is sited in the part of the Antarctic claimed
1:11:22 > 1:11:25by the UK, was recently remeasured and found to tower
1:11:25 > 1:11:30above the previous title holder, Mount Jackson.
1:11:30 > 1:11:32It measure 3,239 metres and Jackson is 3,184 metres.
1:11:32 > 1:11:46There it is.It looks very beautiful. A bit like it could be
1:11:46 > 1:11:49right next to us, at the moment. Because we know there are freezing
1:11:49 > 1:11:53temperatures. That is tell you about what has been going on overnight.
1:11:53 > 1:11:57They are continuing to cause disruption across the UK. Lots of
1:11:57 > 1:12:00people enjoyed the snow yesterday, but now it is Monday and people will
1:12:00 > 1:12:03be having problems. Phil Mackie is in Worcestershire for us. Good
1:12:03 > 1:12:09morning.Good morning. It is not terribly bad. You can possibly see
1:12:09 > 1:12:12the traffic going over Worcester city Bridge in the background. It
1:12:12 > 1:12:17has not frozen here in the city centre. I know that outside the city
1:12:17 > 1:12:21temperatures have much lower, which is part of the problem. This is
1:12:21 > 1:12:25obviously where people have been trampling down through the snow so
1:12:25 > 1:12:29perhaps it is not as deep as it was off the past. 38 centimetres in
1:12:29 > 1:12:34Worcester last night. It snowed for about 24 hours. There is an area
1:12:34 > 1:12:37from Cheshire and Dartford in the north Downs to Oxfordshire and
1:12:37 > 1:12:40Buckinghamshire in the south, where they have been real problems.
1:12:40 > 1:12:43Thousands of schools are closed today, but that will probably ease
1:12:43 > 1:12:47congestion this morning. It was a bit of a pain yesterday for people
1:12:47 > 1:12:51who were trying to travel through airports. East Midlands Airport was
1:12:51 > 1:12:53one of those who had problems. Problems at Birmingham and at
1:12:53 > 1:12:57Heathrow. In fact, Heathrow have been saying flights are cancelled
1:12:57 > 1:13:01today and you should check before you travel. I think that would be
1:13:01 > 1:13:05the advice anywhere that I have mentioned in that belt, where there
1:13:05 > 1:13:08is lots of lying snow. The trains are also advising people to check
1:13:08 > 1:13:12before they travel but most of the services seem to be able to run,
1:13:12 > 1:13:17although with delays. One of the things, of course, which I
1:13:17 > 1:13:20mentioned, I suspect lots of people will be out enjoying it today
1:13:20 > 1:13:24because the schools are closed. It has not snowed in this part of the
1:13:24 > 1:13:29country this much for seven years now. So it is a rare day. Although a
1:13:29 > 1:13:34lot of schools are closed, my daughter at's is open, so she was
1:13:34 > 1:13:37rather grumpy today and she will have to avoid the snow and avoid
1:13:37 > 1:13:42sitting on the sofa in front of the fire, she will have to fight her way
1:13:42 > 1:13:47in.Thank you for that thought.
1:13:47 > 1:13:49Now, we will continue to look at this subject.
1:13:49 > 1:13:52If you thought the snow caused traffic problems yesterday,
1:13:52 > 1:13:55imagine what it can do to a Monday morning rush hour.
1:13:55 > 1:13:57Frank Bird is from Highways England, which is tasked
1:13:57 > 1:13:58with keeping the roads moving.
1:13:58 > 1:14:01He's at their headquarters in Birmingham and we can speak
1:14:01 > 1:14:05to him now.
1:14:05 > 1:14:09I can see clearly some of the traffic moving well behind you,
1:14:09 > 1:14:15where are the main problems this morning?For our network there
1:14:15 > 1:14:19aren't really any problems. We've got all the motorways back to
1:14:19 > 1:14:22Tarmac. Some of the three lane motorways are still only two lanes
1:14:22 > 1:14:27but we're working to clear that through the day today. For the large
1:14:27 > 1:14:31part we would say once you can get to the motorways it is safe
1:14:31 > 1:14:37motoring.Tell us where the snow fell? One place might have it but a
1:14:37 > 1:14:44mile away there might be nothing at all?Broadly. If you think of the
1:14:44 > 1:14:49central area of England as a box, it was from the Welsh coast to the
1:14:49 > 1:14:53English coast on the east side, and then to the north it was Manchester
1:14:53 > 1:14:57and Leeds, if you roughly draw a line across that, all the way down
1:14:57 > 1:15:03to the motorway for, so anywhere around that area got a significant
1:15:03 > 1:15:08quantity of snow -- the M4.How have you tackled this work? You have
1:15:08 > 1:15:14thrown resources at it in some ways? Absolutely. We activated our severe
1:15:14 > 1:15:19weather desk at 2am yesterday morning and apologies for the bleary
1:15:19 > 1:15:26eyes because we were all doing 12 and 14 hour shifts yesterday to keep
1:15:26 > 1:15:31the roads open. We've had round-the-clock gritting. We had 56
1:15:31 > 1:15:35gritters out on the motorway network in the West Midlands alone and for a
1:15:35 > 1:15:41short period with borrowed some from the north-west, which spookily they
1:15:41 > 1:15:45didn't really have too many problems, so they were able to lend
1:15:45 > 1:15:49us some support, which is why we've kept the motorway network going all
1:15:49 > 1:15:53through yesterday.We saw some people stuck on major roads, coming
1:15:53 > 1:16:01to a complete standstill, why did that happen?A lot of that will be
1:16:01 > 1:16:05HGVs, they go up inclines and then they lose traction. We have three or
1:16:05 > 1:16:11four instances of that. The worst instance was on the 40, where people
1:16:11 > 1:16:14were stationary for about 55 minutes, but actually in total that
1:16:14 > 1:16:19was the worst of the delay is certainly in the West Midlands area
1:16:19 > 1:16:23-- M40. Otherwise as long as you took it nice and steady people got
1:16:23 > 1:16:28where they wanted. The key thing here always is to allow plenty of
1:16:28 > 1:16:31extra time and especially don't overestimate your driving skills,
1:16:31 > 1:16:37because these are quite challenging, as your previous reporter said, we
1:16:37 > 1:16:41haven't seen snow like this for seven years so it's been challenging
1:16:41 > 1:16:45for all of us.Challenging for those stuck on the M40 for 45 minutes!
1:16:45 > 1:16:49What can you do to avoid that kind of thing in the future do you think?
1:16:49 > 1:16:54We actually had the gritters right behind but the difficulty we then
1:16:54 > 1:16:58had was getting the critter in front of the lorry.
1:16:58 > 1:17:02Fortunately we were able to bring the greater the other way down the
1:17:02 > 1:17:08motorway -- greater. We have quite a large menu of tactics and skills to
1:17:08 > 1:17:14use and that was one of the ones we employed yesterday morning around
1:17:14 > 1:17:19about 5:30 a.m., 6am, on the M40 and we got people under way again within
1:17:19 > 1:17:2455 minutes of them getting stuck. Frank Bird, I know you will have a
1:17:24 > 1:17:28busy day but thanks for joining us. We will speak later but for the
1:17:28 > 1:17:34moment, thank you. If you want the latest on school
1:17:34 > 1:17:38closures in your area, go to your BBC local radio station and plenty
1:17:38 > 1:17:42more on the BBC website or you can keep watching us, we will update you
1:17:42 > 1:17:46and we have got Carol having a careful look at the weather and a
1:17:46 > 1:17:48lovely Star Wars theme this morning?
1:17:48 > 1:17:49Good morning.
1:17:49 > 1:17:54Good morning. You're right, this is from one of our Weather Watchers, a
1:17:54 > 1:17:57fun picture to start with in Lincolnshire where we have the lying
1:17:57 > 1:18:01snow, they are making snow angels but you can see from the radar where
1:18:01 > 1:18:08we've had the snow overnight and the rain. This is the main feature
1:18:08 > 1:18:11coming from France, introducing rain, sleet and snow and we have
1:18:11 > 1:18:15snow showers coming out of the clouds in the north and west of the
1:18:15 > 1:18:21country. You can't help but notice this, this is storm and, so named by
1:18:21 > 1:18:26the French, Portuguese and Spanish Met service and it will bring us a
1:18:26 > 1:18:31combination of rain, sleet and snow and strong winds. -- Storm Anna.
1:18:31 > 1:18:36That will be off the coast of Kent for a time. At the moment the
1:18:36 > 1:18:40temperature around the Scottish and English borders is around -11. Where
1:18:40 > 1:18:45we have wet surfaces, lying snow, the risk of ice this morning. We
1:18:45 > 1:18:49also have that rain again, more extensive than this chart is
1:18:49 > 1:18:54showing, in East Anglia, the south-east, sleet and snow coming
1:18:54 > 1:18:58out of that and as it goes down into the direction of the Moors it will
1:18:58 > 1:19:03be wintry. A murky start as well but it will brighten up as this system
1:19:03 > 1:19:07pushes away. For much of Wales, northern England, much of Scotland
1:19:07 > 1:19:10and Northern Ireland, dry and cold and temperatures lower than this
1:19:10 > 1:19:14where we have lying snow and we continue with the showers in the
1:19:14 > 1:19:18north and west, some with a wintry mix. Through the day this whole
1:19:18 > 1:19:22system starts to sweep off onto the net continent, allowing it to
1:19:22 > 1:19:26brighten up across the Midlands for example, parts of Cambridgeshire,
1:19:26 > 1:19:30and for many it will be dry with sunshine by the time we get to the
1:19:30 > 1:19:34middle of the afternoon -- near continent. Still a peppering of
1:19:34 > 1:19:38showers in the north and west and even if this system drags away it
1:19:38 > 1:19:42still has the mixture of rain, sleet and snow in it. Through this evening
1:19:42 > 1:19:46and overnight we will have further showers at times down the North Sea
1:19:46 > 1:19:50coastline and into the west, but a lot of clear skies. A cold night
1:19:50 > 1:19:54with freezing fog patches forming. These are the temperatures in towns
1:19:54 > 1:19:58and cities, wait until you see what they will be like in the
1:19:58 > 1:20:03countryside, much lower, -12 in some parts, maybe even lower than that.
1:20:03 > 1:20:07Tomorrow we start with the freezing fog, slow to clear but it will. A
1:20:07 > 1:20:11lot of dry weather and sunshine and another weather front comes in from
1:20:11 > 1:20:15the west introducing rain but on its leading edge we could see wintryness
1:20:15 > 1:20:20in parts of the Highlands. There it is on the charts, nicely indicated,
1:20:20 > 1:20:24that goes through during Tuesday into Wednesday and we have another
1:20:24 > 1:20:28one coming in hot on its heels but if you look at the direction of the
1:20:28 > 1:20:32isobars, it's from the west. We lose the cold northerly we've had for the
1:20:32 > 1:20:36last few days, not feeling quite as cold, but no heatwave either. A
1:20:36 > 1:20:40first weather front will go through taking the rain and this second one
1:20:40 > 1:20:43coming through, some wintryness in the Highlands of Scotland and some
1:20:43 > 1:20:47get back to double figures, but that doesn't mean we're going to stay
1:20:47 > 1:20:48there.
1:20:50 > 1:20:54Thanks, Carol, updates through the morning from Carol and we will bring
1:20:54 > 1:20:58you more detail on what's happening with the snow through the day. All
1:20:58 > 1:21:03this week we are spreading joy and happiness over the festive period by
1:21:03 > 1:21:08launching our BBC Breakfast Sings series today.
1:21:08 > 1:21:11Whether it's in a sports stadium with tens of thousands of others,
1:21:11 > 1:21:14a local choir or on your own, singing can be stimulating,
1:21:14 > 1:21:16relaxing and enjoyable.
1:21:16 > 1:21:19New studies have found singing can help people with hearing impairments
1:21:19 > 1:21:20communicate more effectively as well.
1:21:20 > 1:21:26John Maguire reports.
1:21:26 > 1:21:32This music and singing session for children with a hearing
1:21:32 > 1:21:34impairment experiments with volume, rhythm and the physical feeling
1:21:34 > 1:21:44of the way the children use their voices.
1:21:44 > 1:21:47Phoebe Osborne from the charity Creative Futures takes them
1:21:47 > 1:21:48through the various exercises.
1:21:48 > 1:21:52And with this computer programme, they're able to see
1:21:52 > 1:21:55what their voices are doing even if they're are unable
1:21:55 > 1:21:56to hear them.
1:21:56 > 1:21:57Yours sounds like Eliza's one...
1:21:57 > 1:22:00Professor Graeme Welch has been discussing how singing can help
1:22:00 > 1:22:03children with severe hearing issues for three years now and says singing
1:22:03 > 1:22:08can stimulate the brain.
1:22:08 > 1:22:12They're all engaged in their singing, but they've
1:22:12 > 1:22:14actually improved in their measurable singing skills.
1:22:14 > 1:22:21At the same time there is some evidence of impact on their hearing
1:22:21 > 1:22:25acuaty as well, so they're better able to discriminate sound.
1:22:25 > 1:22:26Bring back my bonny to me...
1:22:26 > 1:22:28Like an opera singer.
1:22:28 > 1:22:29This is multi-sited in the brain.
1:22:29 > 1:22:32As far as we can work out, music touches more parts
1:22:32 > 1:22:38of the brain than any of other human activity.
1:22:38 > 1:22:41To understand how singing affects the brain we've invited Alex Stobbs,
1:22:41 > 1:22:46a musician, to a neurotherapy session.
1:22:46 > 1:22:48Alex has cystic fibrosis, he undergoes physical therapy every
1:22:48 > 1:22:50day and long periods of treatment.
1:22:50 > 1:22:56He says music is vital to him.
1:22:56 > 1:22:59Because of everything to do with my health it's quite solitary
1:22:59 > 1:23:02so music can make it all the better.
1:23:02 > 1:23:04It does something that perks up the brain I feel.
1:23:04 > 1:23:16Yeah, my life would be incredibly different without music.
1:23:16 > 1:23:22Nadia Hristova is a neuropsychologist.
1:23:22 > 1:23:25First she measures the electrical activity in Alex's brain
1:23:25 > 1:23:29while he is resting.
1:23:29 > 1:23:32Try and stay as still as possible, as relaxed as possible...
1:23:32 > 1:23:34Then she asks him to sing.
1:23:34 > 1:23:36Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas, let your
1:23:36 > 1:23:42heart be light...
1:23:42 > 1:23:45Once he's finished and rested, Alex is assessed again,
1:23:45 > 1:23:46and the results are immediate.
1:23:46 > 1:23:49It shows that theoretically within ten minutes of singing
1:23:49 > 1:23:52someone can improve clarity of their mind and also perhaps
1:23:52 > 1:24:04emotionally feel more uplifted.
1:24:04 > 1:24:07Finally, and you may want to turn the sound down for this,
1:24:07 > 1:24:09he sings with someone else and that someone,
1:24:09 > 1:24:11I'm afraid to say, is me.
1:24:11 > 1:24:14Through the years we all will be together, if the fates allow.
1:24:14 > 1:24:15Hang a shining star up on the...
1:24:15 > 1:24:17Hang a shining star up on the...
1:24:17 > 1:24:21Hang a shining star up on the...
1:24:21 > 1:24:23Believe it or not, the results are even
1:24:23 > 1:24:34more impressive.
1:24:34 > 1:24:37That's simply the effect of social interaction with another human
1:24:37 > 1:24:41amplifying the positive effect all the beneficial effect of music.
1:24:41 > 1:24:44# Hang a shining star up on the highest...#
1:24:44 > 1:24:48Songs often speak or sing to the music of the heart
1:24:48 > 1:24:52and the soul, but it can also be of huge benefit to your brain.
1:24:52 > 1:25:05John Maguire, BBC News, London.
1:25:05 > 1:25:12We aren't going to be commenting there we will be singing later.
1:25:12 > 1:25:14Let's have a quick look.
1:25:25 > 1:25:35Little donkey on a gusty road... Oh my word ash dusty road. I bet you
1:25:35 > 1:25:40can't wait to watch that -- dusty road.There are people that have
1:25:40 > 1:25:46played at the bridge Bridgewater Hall in Manchester as well! We have
1:25:46 > 1:25:51a choirmaster who will help us. Wayne will save us.He has a lot of
1:25:51 > 1:25:55work. There are still tickets available if you want to suffer with
1:25:55 > 1:25:56us.
1:25:56 > 1:25:58You're watching Breakfast, still to come this morning:
1:25:58 > 1:26:00Blue Planet might have left our screens last night
1:26:00 > 1:26:03but Tim's at Hunstanton SEA LIFE Sanctuary this morning
1:26:03 > 1:26:05where they hope the programme's message on plastics pollution
1:26:05 > 1:26:07will have a lasting impact.
1:26:07 > 1:26:12Plenty of questions about what we are doing with our planet.
1:26:12 > 1:26:18Good morning. I am joined by Sturgeon, a slightly confusingly
1:26:18 > 1:26:22named Common Seal and he's been here for two or three months and he's due
1:26:22 > 1:26:28to be released back into the wild very shortly. Blue Planet II raised
1:26:28 > 1:26:32so many key questions about the damage being done to our oceans by
1:26:32 > 1:26:41plastics and other as well and here at Hunstanton SEA LIFE Sanctuary and
1:26:41 > 1:26:43Aquarium they have first-hand experience of dealing with those
1:26:43 > 1:26:48issues. Through the morning we will talk to staff and conservationists
1:26:48 > 1:26:52about their reaction to the series and the questions it posed. For now
1:26:52 > 1:30:12I will leave you with Sturgeon
1:30:12 > 1:30:13in half an hour.
1:30:13 > 1:30:16Plenty more on our website at the usual address.
1:30:16 > 1:30:18Now, though, it's back to Dan and Louise.
1:30:18 > 1:30:19Bye for now.
1:30:20 > 1:30:23Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
1:30:23 > 1:30:26Here's a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News.
1:30:26 > 1:30:29Snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread
1:30:29 > 1:30:35disruption across parts of the UK.
1:30:35 > 1:30:38Hundreds of schools across Wales and the Midlands are closed today
1:30:38 > 1:30:45and almost 1,300 homes are without power.
1:30:45 > 1:30:48There have been train and plane cancellations and drivers
1:30:48 > 1:30:49are being warned that icy conditions are making roads treacherous. Well,
1:30:53 > 1:30:57People were, as long as you to get nice and steady, getting to where
1:30:57 > 1:31:01they were going. The key thing, always, is to allow plenty of extra
1:31:01 > 1:31:04time. And especially, do not overestimate your driving skills.
1:31:04 > 1:31:09These conditions are challenging. We haven't seen snow like this for
1:31:09 > 1:31:12seven years so it has been challenging for all of us.
1:31:12 > 1:31:15Our reporter Matthew Richards is in North Wales which is one
1:31:15 > 1:31:16of the worst hit areas.
1:31:16 > 1:31:21Matthew, good morning. It is the situation like there this morning?
1:31:21 > 1:31:25As you can see, we have had a pretty heavy snowfall over the past few
1:31:25 > 1:31:29days, although the snow has actually stopped now. The temperature is
1:31:29 > 1:31:32rapidly dropping. You can feel the difference between this time the
1:31:32 > 1:31:36survey morning. There is a knock-on effect for all sorts of people,
1:31:36 > 1:31:39especially those trying to get to work and school. Hundreds of flights
1:31:39 > 1:31:43have been cancelled at Heathrow. They are having to rearrange flights
1:31:43 > 1:31:47for many hundreds of passengers. Birmingham airport was closed for a
1:31:47 > 1:31:51time yesterday while snow was clear from the runway there. And across
1:31:51 > 1:31:55the railway network, in large parts of the UK, people are being asked to
1:31:55 > 1:31:59check online before they head off on their journeys today. The RAC dealt
1:31:59 > 1:32:03with 14,000 breakdowns yesterday and they say they expect to deal with
1:32:03 > 1:32:07more than their normal percentage today, up I about 20%, 1000 extra
1:32:07 > 1:32:12breakdowns on the roads. -- up to about 20%. The advice to drivers is
1:32:12 > 1:32:16not to drive unless you absolutely have to, and if you do, keep
1:32:16 > 1:32:20something in your car to help you if you get into trouble. Something to
1:32:20 > 1:32:23dig your way out of snow, blankets, extra clothing, and food and drink
1:32:23 > 1:32:27to tide you over if you get stuck. Across north Wales and the Midlands,
1:32:27 > 1:32:32hundreds of skull -- 100 of schools are closed. 13,000 homes are still
1:32:32 > 1:32:37without power as well. The Pullar waking up to a very cold and frosty
1:32:37 > 1:32:43start this morning. -- people are waking up.Matthew, thank you. It is
1:32:43 > 1:32:47one of those mornings to be wearing layers and taking care. If you need
1:32:47 > 1:32:51any more information, and a morning like this, school closures and road
1:32:51 > 1:32:54closures, things like that, your BBC local radio station will have that
1:32:54 > 1:32:59information for you. We will try to bring you as much as we can on the
1:32:59 > 1:33:03national side of things here on Breakfast as well. And you can get
1:33:03 > 1:33:05more detailed local information and regional information on the BBC News
1:33:05 > 1:33:09ups -- BBC News website, with live up rates through the morning. Carol
1:33:09 > 1:33:11will have the weather in about ten minutes.
1:33:11 > 1:33:14Two days of hearings will begin later to establish the framework
1:33:14 > 1:33:16of the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry.
1:33:16 > 1:33:20Sir Martin Moore-Bick is being urged by survivors of the fire to give
1:33:20 > 1:33:21them a more central role.
1:33:21 > 1:33:24It comes as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the government
1:33:24 > 1:33:27of failing survivors with more than 100 still living in hotels.
1:33:27 > 1:33:41Relatives of the victims say it's vital their stories are heard.
1:33:41 > 1:33:43These people never should have lost their lives that night,
1:33:43 > 1:33:45and the way they did.
1:33:45 > 1:33:46We are extremely determined.
1:33:46 > 1:33:50We will fight for as long as it takes to make sure that this
1:33:50 > 1:33:50never happens again.
1:33:50 > 1:33:52Our loved ones are never forgotten.
1:33:52 > 1:33:54And, you know, the right changes are made.
1:33:54 > 1:33:58The chairman of a leading hospital trust in London has resigned,
1:33:58 > 1:34:00accusing the government of failing to recognise the "enormous
1:34:00 > 1:34:04challenges" facing the NHS.
1:34:04 > 1:34:07Lord Kerslake, who's a former head of the civil service,
1:34:07 > 1:34:10said King's College Hospital Trust was struggling to cope with rising
1:34:10 > 1:34:11demand, increased costs and limits on spending.
1:34:11 > 1:34:14The regulator for England, NHS Improvement, said the trust's
1:34:14 > 1:34:16financial performance was "the worst in the NHS".
1:34:16 > 1:34:18A Department of Health spokeswoman said they were working
1:34:18 > 1:34:20with the trust to tackle the issues.
1:34:20 > 1:34:23Two in five women in Britain, and one in five men,
1:34:23 > 1:34:26have been sexually harassed at work, according to a major survey
1:34:26 > 1:34:29on workplace harassment for the BBC.
1:34:29 > 1:34:32More than 6,000 adults took part in the study.
1:34:32 > 1:34:34The poll found self-employed people, or those on zero-hours contracts,
1:34:34 > 1:34:46were more likely to be victims than those employed directly.
1:34:46 > 1:34:49Theresa May will tell MPs there is a new "sense of optimism"
1:34:49 > 1:34:52in the Brexit talks after her last-minute deal aimed at moving
1:34:52 > 1:34:54them to the next phase.
1:34:54 > 1:34:58She will say she expects EU leaders to agree to start talks about future
1:34:58 > 1:35:00trade and security at a summit on Thursday.
1:35:00 > 1:35:03The Prime Minister will insist she has not caved in to Brussels
1:35:03 > 1:35:09over the so-called divorce bill.
1:35:09 > 1:35:16It is 725 -- 7:35 a.m.. We will have more updates on the travel situation
1:35:16 > 1:35:20this morning, all to do with the snow and ice. A full read the report
1:35:20 > 1:35:24with Carol is coming up in almost exactly ten minutes. -- will weather
1:35:24 > 1:35:28report. But right now Sally is here. It was snowing at Old Trafford
1:35:28 > 1:35:33yesterday.Frosty in lots of ways. Did it feel like a seismic weekend
1:35:33 > 1:35:38in terms of the title?It did, didn't it? Pep Guardiola said
1:35:38 > 1:35:42yesterday's win was just another win, taking each game as it comes.
1:35:42 > 1:35:46At Jose Mourinho was piling on the pressure and saying, this was it,
1:35:46 > 1:35:47the title race.
1:35:47 > 1:35:50Manchester City beat rivals United yesterday to become the first side
1:35:50 > 1:35:53to win 14 consecutive league matches in a single English
1:35:53 > 1:35:54top flight season.
1:35:54 > 1:35:57And on a day of derbies, there was a controversial
1:35:57 > 1:35:57draw on Merseyside.
1:35:57 > 1:36:00But let's start with events at Old Trafford.
1:36:00 > 1:36:00Tim Hague reports.
1:36:00 > 1:36:04As the records keep falling, it's difficult to see anybody
1:36:04 > 1:36:06stopping Manchester City this season.
1:36:06 > 1:36:08Even local and title rivals United couldn't.
1:36:08 > 1:36:11David Silva setting the league leaders on their way before
1:36:11 > 1:36:14half-time.
1:36:14 > 1:36:17And while Marcus Rashford levelled the match for Jose Mourinho's men,
1:36:17 > 1:36:19there was one more moment that mattered.
1:36:19 > 1:36:22Nicolas Otamendi might be a centre-back, but he has been
1:36:22 > 1:36:23prolific so far this season.
1:36:23 > 1:36:30COMMENTATOR: The defender scores again, five for the season for him!
1:36:30 > 1:36:32And was it already a title-winning goal?
1:36:32 > 1:36:36Impossible.
1:36:36 > 1:36:39Of course you have 11 points, you are so happy for that,
1:36:39 > 1:36:41the goal difference, a 12-point difference.
1:36:41 > 1:36:41But not yet.
1:36:41 > 1:36:46Just in December.
1:36:46 > 1:36:5033 miles away from Old Trafford is Anfield, and there was an equally
1:36:50 > 1:36:55eventful derby there.
1:36:55 > 1:36:58Liverpool dominated and went ahead through another moment
1:36:58 > 1:37:00of Mo Salah magic.
1:37:00 > 1:37:02Despite 77% possession and 23 shots on goal,
1:37:02 > 1:37:04this foul gave Everton their own chance.
1:37:04 > 1:37:07And as an Evertonian, who else would you want taking
1:37:07 > 1:37:08the penalty but Wayne Rooney?
1:37:08 > 1:37:11His first Merseyside derby goal, not that Jurgen Klopp was very
1:37:11 > 1:37:13interested in that.
1:37:13 > 1:37:23You don't think it was a penalty?
1:37:23 > 1:37:23Right.
1:37:23 > 1:37:25It feels unfair, to be honest.
1:37:25 > 1:37:27Investing everything to win the game, and now -
1:37:27 > 1:37:31it feels really, really average.
1:37:31 > 1:37:35Nothing average about the point for Sam Allardyce and his new team,
1:37:35 > 1:37:37although the result that mattered most yesterday came for another
1:37:37 > 1:37:43side wearing blue.
1:37:43 > 1:37:52There was a third Premier League game yesterday. Charlie Austin's
1:37:52 > 1:37:56side couldn't hold on. Olivier Giroud came off the bench to rescue
1:37:56 > 1:37:59Arsenal in the 80th minute equaliser.
1:37:59 > 1:38:01Hibernian staged a great fightback against Scottish Premiership leaders
1:38:01 > 1:38:04Celtic, scoring twice in the last 15 minutes to draw 2-2.
1:38:04 > 1:38:06Scott Sinclair scored both of Celtic's goals,
1:38:06 > 1:38:08his sixth and seventh strikes in the league.
1:38:08 > 1:38:10But the home side responded through Efee Ambrose,
1:38:10 > 1:38:12and then equalised with this from Oli Shaw.
1:38:12 > 1:38:15Hibs even came close to ending Celtic's remarkable domestic
1:38:15 > 1:38:25unbeaten run, which now stretches back 68 games.
1:38:25 > 1:38:27Ronnie O'Sullivan is snooker's UK champion
1:38:27 > 1:38:31for a record-equalling sixth time.
1:38:31 > 1:38:35He was level at 5-5 in a tense final against Shaun Murphy in York,
1:38:35 > 1:38:38but won five frames in a row in the evening session
1:38:38 > 1:38:40to seal his 18th major championship overall.
1:38:40 > 1:38:42to seal his 18th major championship overall.
1:38:42 > 1:38:46He goes level with Steve Davis on six UK titles, and if you're
1:38:46 > 1:38:48looking for comparisons, he's now just one trophy behind
1:38:48 > 1:38:52Roger Federer who holds 19 major tennis titles.
1:38:52 > 1:38:53The records are great, you know?
1:38:53 > 1:38:57And to equal it, like Sean said, the fans this week
1:38:57 > 1:38:58have been unbelievable.
1:38:58 > 1:39:02I want to say a massive thank you to them, I have just
1:39:02 > 1:39:03tried my best all week.
1:39:03 > 1:39:04There is nothing left.
1:39:04 > 1:39:06I've given everything there is.
1:39:06 > 1:39:09But I am over the moon, you know, to win any tournament,
1:39:09 > 1:39:10let alone the UK championship.
1:39:10 > 1:39:18So happy, yeah.
1:39:18 > 1:39:20Premiership champions Exeter Chiefs suffered an 18-8 defeat
1:39:20 > 1:39:23in the Champions Cup at the hands of Leinster.
1:39:23 > 1:39:27It means Leinster open up a 6-point lead at the top of Pool 3.
1:39:27 > 1:39:30Exeter can still progress to the last eight of the competition,
1:39:30 > 1:39:34with the two sides again facing each other next weekend.
1:39:34 > 1:39:36Meanwhile, Harlequins hopes of reaching the last eight
1:39:36 > 1:39:39were ended with a 17-5 defeat against Ulster at a very snowy
1:39:39 > 1:39:41Twickenham Stoop.
1:39:41 > 1:39:43La Rochelle thrashed Wasps 49-29 in the same pool,
1:39:43 > 1:39:45which means Ulster move up to second.
1:39:45 > 1:39:48Organisers have confirmed the postponed match between Saracens
1:39:48 > 1:39:50and Clermont Auvergne will be played later today. I believe
1:39:50 > 1:39:53that is behind closed doors because they are concerned
1:39:53 > 1:39:59about people being at risk in very, very slippery conditions.
1:39:59 > 1:40:06Looked pretty chilly there. Extraordinary pictures.
1:40:06 > 1:40:10We are talking about is this morning.
1:40:10 > 1:40:12Smoking and obesity are well-known public health issues,
1:40:12 > 1:40:15but you may be surprised to hear that loneliness is too.
1:40:15 > 1:40:19According to research more than 9 million adults in the UK are either
1:40:19 > 1:40:21always or often lonely, and campaigners are calling
1:40:21 > 1:40:24for a radical overhaul to combat what they're calling an epidemic.
1:40:24 > 1:40:27Joining us in the studio now is Alex Hoskyn, who set up
1:40:27 > 1:40:29The Chatty Cafe Scheme after experiencing loneliness
1:40:29 > 1:40:32as a new mum, and Rachel Reeves MP joins us from Westminster.
1:40:32 > 1:40:38Good morning.So, you did this after experiencing momentous as a new mum.
1:40:38 > 1:40:44-- loneliness. Rachel, we will speak to you first. You are co-chair of
1:40:44 > 1:40:49the Jo Cox Loneliness Commission. Give us an idea of how much impact
1:40:49 > 1:40:52this has on people in the United Kingdom?Well, we have been running
1:40:52 > 1:40:56this commission for one year now, and we have looked at how loneliness
1:40:56 > 1:40:59affects all sorts of people. New mothers, as we have just heard.
1:40:59 > 1:41:04Older people, disabled carers. 9 million people in our country report
1:41:04 > 1:41:09themselves as always or often lonely. It is as bad for your health
1:41:09 > 1:41:12as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Worse for your health and obesity.
1:41:12 > 1:41:18The NHS today is seeing that if you are socially isolated you are one
1:41:18 > 1:41:21third more likely to suffer a premature death. So this is a real
1:41:21 > 1:41:24issue. It isn't just personal misfortune. This is a social
1:41:24 > 1:41:29epidemic. And the health epidemic as well. Something that governments
1:41:29 > 1:41:33need to do something about, but more importantly, all of us need to
1:41:33 > 1:41:38structure it into our lives to look out for others, our friends, our
1:41:38 > 1:41:41family, our neighbours, and also how to ensure that we build up those
1:41:41 > 1:41:45connections to make us more resilient in our lives.Yes, looking
1:41:45 > 1:41:49for those personal connections is important. Alex, what was it like
1:41:49 > 1:41:53for you? We were saying in the introduction that you experienced
1:41:53 > 1:41:57loneliness as any mother. What sort of things were you going through?
1:41:57 > 1:42:01Well, I have a good support network, lots of friends and family. But I
1:42:01 > 1:42:06just found during the daytime that I would go to the town centre with my
1:42:06 > 1:42:10little boy and go to cafes and smile at the ball but I wouldn't have any
1:42:10 > 1:42:14kind of human or adult interaction with another person. That just got
1:42:14 > 1:42:18me thinking about may doing something about it.So you are
1:42:18 > 1:42:22sitting in a cafe, I will just hold this up for the cameras, you might
1:42:22 > 1:42:26see a little poster like this in some cafes where you go around. You
1:42:26 > 1:42:29are sitting in a cafe, by yourself, and an elderly gentleman somewhere
1:42:29 > 1:42:32else was sitting at his own, other people were sitting on their own.
1:42:32 > 1:42:36You came up with this scheme, chapter and matter. What is that all
1:42:36 > 1:42:41about?I was in a cafe with my little boy and I notice and elderly
1:42:41 > 1:42:45lady on her own, at one table, and at another table was a young man
1:42:45 > 1:42:49with additional needs and his carer, and it struck me how the three of us
1:42:49 > 1:42:52were sitting at different tables, but we were all equal, looking
1:42:52 > 1:42:57equally as fed up. And I thought, if there was a way we could have sat
1:42:57 > 1:43:00together, just for a bit of interaction while we had our cups of
1:43:00 > 1:43:04tea, we might have all left feeling more positive.You brought this out
1:43:04 > 1:43:08over a considerable number of cafes? I have about 90 places now across
1:43:08 > 1:43:13the UK. The aim is to reduce loneliness and get people talking.
1:43:13 > 1:43:17What happens? Is there a sign of these cafes, saying that this is a
1:43:17 > 1:43:22table where you can sit and chat? The cafe will decide when they are
1:43:22 > 1:43:26running the chatter and natter table, I put it on the website and
1:43:26 > 1:43:31they put this sign out on the table at their choice at that time, and it
1:43:31 > 1:43:35means the customers in the cafe at that moment, if they want to talk to
1:43:35 > 1:43:38the customers they can sit there. Lovely.Rachel, that is one plan
1:43:38 > 1:43:41that Alex has come up with. More generally, if people are watching
1:43:41 > 1:43:45this this morning and thinking, I do feel lonely, I am one of those 9
1:43:45 > 1:43:49million people, what can they do? What should they be doing?I think
1:43:49 > 1:43:53the responsibility is not just on people who are feeling lonely and
1:43:53 > 1:43:57isolated but also want all of us. For a lonely individual it is about
1:43:57 > 1:44:02making those first steps, may be joining a committee group, may be
1:44:02 > 1:44:07knocking on the door of a neighbour, but also, you know, it is snowing at
1:44:07 > 1:44:11the moment in so many parts of the country and it is a good excuse for
1:44:11 > 1:44:16all of us to knock on the door of a neighbour and just talk to somebody
1:44:16 > 1:44:18at the train station while we are presumably waiting for Adelaide
1:44:18 > 1:44:22trains this morning, to start a conversation. I think a lot of it is
1:44:22 > 1:44:26as simple as that. It is about making people feel valued, looking
1:44:26 > 1:44:29out for other people in our neighbourhoods or in our families.
1:44:29 > 1:44:33Most of us, I expect, if we dig about it, we know somebody in our
1:44:33 > 1:44:37lives who is on their own, may be struggling at the moment, and it is
1:44:37 > 1:44:40about picking up the phone to those people or knocking on their door is,
1:44:40 > 1:44:45being better citizens. You know, Jo Cox lived her life always putting
1:44:45 > 1:44:49others first. Part of the work of this commission is to carry on her
1:44:49 > 1:44:53work but also to encourage people to live our lives more like she lived
1:44:53 > 1:45:00her is.You also talk to people, saying, what was it? You call that
1:45:00 > 1:45:04four was to, stable relationships in their lives. It is easy to say, four
1:45:04 > 1:45:14is a good number, if you can aim for it?
1:45:14 > 1:45:17There's being researched by a professor in the US who has looked
1:45:17 > 1:45:24at our telephone records and if you strip out phone calls to work and to
1:45:24 > 1:45:29take aways and taxi firms, there's about four people who's a good
1:45:29 > 1:45:33number of people who we phone and they phone us back and you have that
1:45:33 > 1:45:38regular interaction with. We are trying to insure in your life you
1:45:38 > 1:45:43have those four stable connections, but trying to insure those people
1:45:43 > 1:45:47around us have four social connections. If you've lost a loved
1:45:47 > 1:45:51one or if you have moved away from family and friends, do you have
1:45:51 > 1:45:55those people in your lives and do the people we know and love have
1:45:55 > 1:45:58four people in their lives? Trying to build up those connections,
1:45:58 > 1:46:02thinking about having a caravan going through life with us and do we
1:46:02 > 1:46:07always have four people on board looking out for us? That's really
1:46:07 > 1:46:11important. If you can try to build those networks... It's about the
1:46:11 > 1:46:15small interactions, talking to people when we are out and about
1:46:15 > 1:46:20going about our business, but also there's four strong stable
1:46:20 > 1:46:25relationships to make us more resilient at times of trouble and
1:46:25 > 1:46:29struggle, having those relationships in life is really important.Good
1:46:29 > 1:46:34point. Thanks very much. Alex, great idea, thanks for coming in to see
1:46:34 > 1:46:40us. World for making a difference! -- well done for making a
1:46:40 > 1:46:41difference.
1:46:41 > 1:46:43Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.
1:46:43 > 1:46:45Lots of snow around?
1:46:47 > 1:46:52That's right. Good morning, everyone. Lots of snow, yesterday
1:46:52 > 1:46:56the most widespread snow across England and Wales for a few years
1:46:56 > 1:47:01and as well as disruption, lots of people had fun in it, as you can see
1:47:01 > 1:47:05from the Weather Watchers. This one from Warwickshire. And this one from
1:47:05 > 1:47:09Lincolnshire, where we have some Star Wars characters, some storm
1:47:09 > 1:47:15troopers making angels. This morning we have got some snow in central
1:47:15 > 1:47:20parts of England and Wales. This is the next area, a band of rain with
1:47:20 > 1:47:24some sleet and snow mixed in and also in the north and west we have a
1:47:24 > 1:47:29peppering of rain, sleet and snow. In a northerly wind still so feeling
1:47:29 > 1:47:34cold today but this area of low pressure is a storm coming from
1:47:34 > 1:47:38France, drifting north-east, taking a swipe at us and bringing us not
1:47:38 > 1:47:42just windy weather, especially on the Kent coast, but that mixture of
1:47:42 > 1:47:48rain, sleet and snow. This morning, here it is but away from that a cold
1:47:48 > 1:47:51start, the risk of ice on untreated surfaces where we still have lying
1:47:51 > 1:47:55snow especially but a lot of sunshine too. The rain through the
1:47:55 > 1:47:59day with its sleet and snow will slowly retreat back towards East
1:47:59 > 1:48:06Anglia and the south-east of England and again, don't forget, it will be
1:48:06 > 1:48:10that combination. Inland it's more likely to be the places we see the
1:48:10 > 1:48:14sleet and snow in the hills but at times it will be on lower levels as
1:48:14 > 1:48:19well. In the Midlands as for example, Wales, northern England, a
1:48:19 > 1:48:23beautiful crisp winter afternoon and the same in most of Scotland but
1:48:23 > 1:48:27don't forget the showers in the north and west of the country, most
1:48:27 > 1:48:32will be rainy but some will have sleeker and snow Daschle and snow.
1:48:32 > 1:48:36Through the evening and overnight, a few wintry showers down the east
1:48:36 > 1:48:40coast -- sleet and snow. Cold skies overnight and freezing fog patches
1:48:40 > 1:48:44forming. These other temperatures in towns and cities but in the
1:48:44 > 1:48:50countryside, considerably lower -- these are the. -10 or even lower
1:48:50 > 1:48:54than that. Again there will be the risk of ice first thing tomorrow
1:48:54 > 1:48:58morning. Freezing fog will be slow to lift but eventually it will but
1:48:58 > 1:49:04tomorrow, a belter if you like it cold and crisp. We've also got a
1:49:04 > 1:49:07weather front coming in from the Western later on and that will
1:49:07 > 1:49:11introduce some rain. That's courtesy of this weather front, which will
1:49:11 > 1:49:16drift from west to east. Another one coming in right behind it. Something
1:49:16 > 1:49:20else to notice about the pressure chart is the direction of the wind
1:49:20 > 1:49:28and the isobars from the west. Warmer. Then to bands of rain
1:49:28 > 1:49:33coming. The south will see a recovery of the temperatures -- two
1:49:33 > 1:49:35bands of rain. Still cold everywhere else.
1:49:37 > 1:49:42Nearly down to -12 in some places. Thanks very much and we will see you
1:49:42 > 1:49:42later on.
1:49:42 > 1:49:47We will show you some of our pictures later, thanks for sending
1:49:47 > 1:49:53those in, they will be shown at around 8:15am.
1:49:53 > 1:49:56The cost of presents and food can all add up fast at this
1:49:56 > 1:49:57time of year.
1:49:57 > 1:50:00And with prices going up, Sean's been looking at what's
1:50:00 > 1:50:02affecting our Christmas shopping habits.
1:50:02 > 1:50:05Food is one of the essentials people need.We have been talking all year
1:50:05 > 1:50:09about food prices. At the beginning of the year retailers were keeping a
1:50:09 > 1:50:12lid on food prices going up but the weakness in the pound, eventually
1:50:12 > 1:50:16that fed through for the food we import and we've noticed that in the
1:50:16 > 1:50:22Christmas food shopping basket and the way people are spending. People
1:50:22 > 1:50:28are spending more on things like food, brussels sprouts up 8%,
1:50:28 > 1:50:33Christmas puddings, 8%, smoked salmon is 22% more than last year.
1:50:33 > 1:50:37My dad loves smoked salmon at Christmas.It isn't one of mine but
1:50:37 > 1:50:42I'm surprised how many loves it on the Christmas table. Those costs are
1:50:42 > 1:50:47going up. But essential spend, things we don't have to be buying
1:50:47 > 1:50:51for Christmas, non-essential stuff, we aren't spending as much as last
1:50:51 > 1:50:57year. Food has been going up, clothes, again over the year we have
1:50:57 > 1:51:01seen that, if you like buying clothes as Christmas presents, a
1:51:01 > 1:51:05nice Christmas jumper, chances are that could be 20% more than this
1:51:05 > 1:51:09time last year and technology, if you have had a child nagging you for
1:51:09 > 1:51:15the latest Xbox or smart phone or something like that, a lot of
1:51:15 > 1:51:19technology has gone up by 20% on last year. If you thought you would
1:51:19 > 1:51:24be able to spend £500 like you did last year on the latest console,
1:51:24 > 1:51:30that could be near £600.Is that import costs?Pretty much. The pound
1:51:30 > 1:51:34got weaker after the vote to leave the EU and it's got stronger since
1:51:34 > 1:51:39then but the way it works, it doesn't kick in immediately in the
1:51:39 > 1:51:45shops. When it comes to spend, we've done some analysis on how people
1:51:45 > 1:51:51spend compare the two their incomes, those on lower incomes are still
1:51:51 > 1:51:55spending a higher proportion of their salaries on Christmas and that
1:51:55 > 1:51:58is still holding strong despite everything we have seen about wage
1:51:58 > 1:52:02growth being low, where the money is coming from Kuraby different because
1:52:02 > 1:52:13we've had questions about credit card growth as well.Have you been a
1:52:13 > 1:52:20blue planet watcher?I have. I don't watch it on the night. I don't mind
1:52:20 > 1:52:24spoilers but it has been absolutely incredible.11 million people
1:52:24 > 1:52:27watched it on the night and many people catching up on the iPlayer.
1:52:27 > 1:52:31Ask me tomorrow.
1:52:31 > 1:52:35It's been a brilliant series and last night left us with questions to
1:52:35 > 1:52:39answer. Looking at our impact on the world around us.
1:52:39 > 1:52:42We've sent Breakfast's Tim Muffett to a sea life sanctuary
1:52:42 > 1:52:45in Norfolk to find out about the work being done to help
1:52:45 > 1:52:47wildlife caught up in the pollution.
1:52:47 > 1:52:51You are with a lovely seal as well, Tim Muffet?
1:52:51 > 1:52:55Good morning and what a fantastic site this is in the morning, the
1:52:55 > 1:53:01morning after Blue Planet II concluded and as you say, so many
1:53:01 > 1:53:04fascinating conversation topics as well as stunning visual imagery.
1:53:04 > 1:53:09Here at Hunstanton SEA LIFE Sanctuary they care for many seals
1:53:09 > 1:53:15that have been injured by plastics, an issue really highlighted in that
1:53:15 > 1:53:19programme last night and we will talk to some of the staff later
1:53:19 > 1:53:24about their reaction to it. First of all, here's a little reminder of
1:53:24 > 1:53:28last night's concluding episode.
1:53:28 > 1:53:31In some parts of the ocean, it's estimated that there are now
1:53:31 > 1:53:34over 1 million pieces of plastic for every square mile.
1:53:34 > 1:53:37And we're only beginning to discover just how seriously that
1:53:37 > 1:53:41affects marine life.
1:53:41 > 1:53:44Once in the ocean, plastic breaks down into tiny fragments,
1:53:44 > 1:53:48microplastics.
1:53:48 > 1:53:50They're very small organisms that can mistake these tiny
1:53:50 > 1:53:58plastics for food.
1:53:58 > 1:54:01Then the larger organisms eat the plankton and the larger fish,
1:54:01 > 1:54:04the smaller fish and so on and so forth.
1:54:04 > 1:54:07Dolphins are at the top of this food chain and it's now thought
1:54:07 > 1:54:09that pollutants may be building up
1:54:09 > 1:54:12in their tissues to such a degree that a mother's contaminated milk
1:54:12 > 1:54:16could kill her calf.
1:54:16 > 1:54:18Industrial pollution and the discarding of plastic waste
1:54:18 > 1:54:35must be tackled for the sake of all life in the ocean.
1:54:35 > 1:54:42A lot of food for thought. Let's have a chat to Natalie Emerson from
1:54:42 > 1:54:46the Hunstanton SEA LIFE Sanctuary. You have seen first-hand the damage
1:54:46 > 1:54:50plastics can do, what kind of injuries can be caused?We have seen
1:54:50 > 1:54:56lots of things here as well as our sister sites in Cornwall, Yorkshire,
1:54:56 > 1:55:01fishing nets and fishing line but not just that. There's been
1:55:01 > 1:55:06frisbees, buckets, things like bikini bottoms.Doug is very keen
1:55:06 > 1:55:11for his breakfast, feel free to feed him if he needs it!We've seen all
1:55:11 > 1:55:16kinds of things, not just plastics, things like bikini bottoms
1:55:16 > 1:55:22wraparound seals' heads, sandbags and things that have been discarded
1:55:22 > 1:55:29on beaches and washed into the sea and cause problems with seals
1:55:29 > 1:55:34getting tangled -- wrapped around. Dog will be released at some point,
1:55:34 > 1:55:40but were you shocked by what you saw in Blue Planet II -- dog.It is
1:55:40 > 1:55:46shocking but not surprising, we have seen it for years now, these kinds
1:55:46 > 1:55:55of things happening -- Doug.Let me introduce you to Emily. You have
1:55:55 > 1:55:58been researching the damage plastics have done in the oceans for many
1:55:58 > 1:56:02years. There was an interesting stat last night, 1 million pieces of
1:56:02 > 1:56:06plastic per square mile in some oceans and you helped collect that
1:56:06 > 1:56:10data?Absolutely. We have spent the best part of the last ten years
1:56:10 > 1:56:14sailing around our oceans trying to find out what's really there and
1:56:14 > 1:56:20what we found was so much of this plastic was tiny, what we call
1:56:20 > 1:56:23microplastics, pieces of plastic smaller than your little fingernail.
1:56:23 > 1:56:31All of that plastic breaks into little fragments.If you are
1:56:31 > 1:56:34watching and you are angered and concerned, what can people do in
1:56:34 > 1:56:39their day to day life?Most of the plastic comes from land, it comes
1:56:39 > 1:56:44from us, the best thing we can do is minimise the amount of plastic we
1:56:44 > 1:56:48are using, particularly single use plastic, something designed to be
1:56:48 > 1:56:54used once and thrown away, like a water bottle or plastic bag.So many
1:56:54 > 1:56:57interesting and concerning and alarming issues as well. More later
1:56:57 > 1:57:02but I will leave you now with some beautiful images of Doug, who has
1:57:02 > 1:57:06just had his breakfast, and the other seals, many of whom are
1:57:06 > 1:57:09rescued seals, and they've had first-hand experience of the damage
1:57:09 > 1:57:16plastic can do in our oceans. Thanks very much, we will be with
1:57:16 > 1:57:20you later. Watching Blue Planet, if it has reminded you of things we can
1:57:20 > 1:57:25do, if you go on our social media accounts we have re-tweeted
1:57:25 > 1:57:29something from BBC Earth, eight top tips for making a difference and one
1:57:29 > 1:57:33is getting rid of single use bottles.I have decided I am going
1:57:33 > 1:57:37to buy you a Christmas present and it will be a bottle you will keep on
1:57:37 > 1:57:43the set.And try and get rid of these?If we all did that... There's
1:57:43 > 1:57:46millions of pieces of plastic that you don't think about and then you
1:57:46 > 1:57:50see a programme like that and it strikes you, what are we doing to
1:57:50 > 1:57:54the world around us?The challenge for you will not be to lose it.OK,
1:57:54 > 2:01:16I will try and do that.
2:01:18 > 2:01:23Hello.
2:01:23 > 2:01:25A very good morning.
2:01:25 > 2:01:27This is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
2:01:27 > 2:01:29A new weather warning as freezing temperatures and snow
2:01:29 > 2:01:30cause major disruption.
2:01:30 > 2:01:33Roads, rail and airports are all affected and hundreds
2:01:33 > 2:01:34of schools are closed for the day.
2:01:36 > 2:01:39This is the scene live in Llangollen in North Wales, which is one
2:01:39 > 2:01:40of the worst affected areas.
2:01:40 > 2:01:43We'll be live from there throughout the morning.
2:02:00 > 2:02:06We should say that there are some parts of the UK which are snow free
2:02:06 > 2:02:09this morning! There are.
2:02:09 > 2:02:10Good morning.
2:02:10 > 2:02:11It's Monday 11th December.
2:02:11 > 2:02:12Also this morning:
2:02:12 > 2:02:16Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire say they should be given a central
2:02:16 > 2:02:18role in the inquiry as two days of hearings begin.
2:02:18 > 2:02:18Good morning.
2:02:18 > 2:02:22In sport, Manchester City make it 14 wins in a row as they beat
2:02:22 > 2:02:23neighbours United at Old Trafford.
2:02:23 > 2:02:25Jose Mourinho says his side's title hopes are "probably over"
2:02:25 > 2:02:27as City continue to break Premier League records.
2:02:35 > 2:02:40# Radiant beams from thy holy face...
2:02:40 > 2:02:43And it's Christmas carol season, of course, but does singing
2:02:43 > 2:02:44make you feel better?
2:02:44 > 2:02:46All this week we'll be looking at whether it
2:02:46 > 2:02:48really is good for you.
2:02:48 > 2:02:52As I said earlier, it is never a silent night when you go out with
2:02:52 > 2:03:01Carol here she is with the weather. Good morning. Sleet and snow largely
2:03:01 > 2:03:05on higher ground, and inland, we have also got some rain, sleet and
2:03:05 > 2:03:09snow showers across the rest of the UK, but in between, a lot of dry
2:03:09 > 2:03:15weather with a risk of ice. More details in 15 minutes.
2:03:15 > 2:03:18Thank you, Carol.
2:03:18 > 2:03:19Good morning.
2:03:19 > 2:03:20First, our main story.
2:03:20 > 2:03:22Snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread
2:03:22 > 2:03:23disruption across parts of the UK.
2:03:23 > 2:03:26There have been train and plane cancellations, and drivers
2:03:26 > 2:03:28are being warned that icy conditions are making roads treacherous.
2:03:28 > 2:03:30Hundreds of schools across Wales and the Midlands will
2:03:30 > 2:03:31also be closed today.
2:03:31 > 2:03:33Simon Clemison reports.
2:03:40 > 2:03:42The snow keeps falling, but it is easing.
2:03:42 > 2:03:44Try telling that to drivers on the M5 overnight.
2:03:44 > 2:03:46Conditions don't get much worse.
2:03:46 > 2:03:49Large parts of the UK have been covered by heavy snow - this heavy.
2:03:55 > 2:04:00The key thing here always is to allow plenty of extra time, and
2:04:00 > 2:04:03don't overestimate your driving skills, because these are quite
2:04:03 > 2:04:07challenging. We've not seen snow like this for seven years, so it has
2:04:07 > 2:04:14been challenging for all of us.
2:04:14 > 2:04:17And as it begins to melt, and then re-freezes in the early hours,
2:04:17 > 2:04:19it means lots of potential problems this morning with ice.
2:04:19 > 2:04:22The AA says thousands of people were caught out when the wintry
2:04:22 > 2:04:23weather drifted south.
2:04:23 > 2:04:25Falling trees have affected roads and train lines.
2:04:25 > 2:04:27Network Rail reports further disruption today.
2:04:27 > 2:04:29Flights have already restarted at Birmingham Airport,
2:04:29 > 2:04:31but delays are still likely here and at Heathrow,
2:04:31 > 2:04:41where aircraft are not in their starting positions.
2:04:43 > 2:04:45Meanwhile hundreds of schools won't open today,
2:04:45 > 2:04:46including all of those run
2:04:46 > 2:04:48by Birmingham City Council and 200 in Shropshire.
2:04:48 > 2:04:51One power company says it has been working through the night
2:04:51 > 2:04:53to get the power back on.
2:04:53 > 2:04:56It is fun for some.
2:04:56 > 2:05:02Our reporter Matthew Richards is in north Wales for us this morning.
2:05:02 > 2:05:06It looks behind you like the snow has stopped, but what are the
2:05:06 > 2:05:09temperatures like?It is a lot colder than it was this time
2:05:09 > 2:05:13yesterday, although snow has stopped falling. It looks like many people
2:05:13 > 2:05:17across the UK will have their plans disrupted today. Let's give you a
2:05:17 > 2:05:21breakdown of what you can expect. Hundreds of schools across the
2:05:21 > 2:05:25central band of the UK are closed today, so parents will have to make
2:05:25 > 2:05:29alternative arrangements for their children, and when it comes to
2:05:29 > 2:05:36travel as well, plans will be affected. Network Rail will find
2:05:36 > 2:05:39delays and disruptions, so it is best to check online before you
2:05:39 > 2:05:43start your journey is today. And if you are flying anywhere, have any
2:05:43 > 2:05:46flights planned, a number of airports were closed yesterday, and
2:05:46 > 2:05:50a number of flights have again been cancelled today, and there is a
2:05:50 > 2:05:54backlog created by some of those delays, which is going to affect
2:05:54 > 2:05:58many people. We know that tens of thousands of homes are without power
2:05:58 > 2:06:02because of trees bringing down power lines and heavy snow hanging on
2:06:02 > 2:06:06power cables as well. And simply, the RAC are expecting to deal with
2:06:06 > 2:06:11many problems on the roads today. They had 14,000 breakdown call-outs
2:06:11 > 2:06:14yesterday, and lots of roads will still be closed or treacherous, so
2:06:14 > 2:06:18if you don't have to travel, then please don't, and if you do, then
2:06:18 > 2:06:23make sure you are prepared for the worst.Many people are waking up
2:06:23 > 2:06:27this morning, some disappointed that they have no snow where they are.
2:06:27 > 2:06:30Can your camera operator showers around the scene there? It is a
2:06:30 > 2:06:35beautiful part of Wales, and it does look gorgeous. I know it is cold and
2:06:35 > 2:06:40difficult driving conditions, but describe what you can see.We are at
2:06:40 > 2:06:44a part of North Wales call the horseshoe pass, which is quite an
2:06:44 > 2:06:49elevated part just above Llangollen, and this is a place that was heavily
2:06:49 > 2:06:52affected by deep snow on Friday, so the snow that fell yesterday
2:06:52 > 2:06:55exacerbated those problems. This road is not one of the main
2:06:55 > 2:07:01stretchers, but it has been closed for some 48 hours now, it is not a
2:07:01 > 2:07:05priority busy route. But suddenly further down into the town you go,
2:07:05 > 2:07:08it is a white seen as far as you can see, but you couldn't see this view
2:07:08 > 2:07:11yesterday because the snow was coming down so heavily from about
2:07:11 > 2:07:15five o'clock in the morning and didn't stop until eight o'clock
2:07:15 > 2:07:20yesterday evening.Thank you, Matthew, thank you to whoever is on
2:07:20 > 2:07:23the camera. I have been at the horseshoe pass on
2:07:23 > 2:07:26my bicycle, and it is a big hill, so it is amazing they are keeping it
2:07:26 > 2:07:27open.
2:07:30 > 2:07:32For more information on travel disruption and school closures,
2:07:32 > 2:07:35tune in to your BBC local radio station or visit the BBC News
2:07:35 > 2:07:40website for live updates.
2:07:40 > 2:07:45And Carol will have a national picture for us every 20 minutes or
2:07:45 > 2:07:48so. And we know that lots of schools are
2:07:48 > 2:07:51cancelled as well, so good luck with all those children at home as well!
2:07:51 > 2:07:54It is seven minutes past eight.
2:07:54 > 2:07:56Two days of hearings will begin later to establish the framework
2:07:56 > 2:07:58of the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry.
2:07:58 > 2:08:01Sir Martin Moore-Bick is being urged by survivors of the fire to give
2:08:01 > 2:08:02them a more central role.
2:08:02 > 2:08:05It comes as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the Government
2:08:05 > 2:08:08of failing survivors, with more than 100 still living in hotels.
2:08:08 > 2:08:15Relatives of the victims say it's vital their stories are heard.
2:08:15 > 2:08:17The chairman of a leading hospital trust in London has resigned,
2:08:17 > 2:08:20accusing the Government of failing to recognise the "enormous
2:08:20 > 2:08:29challenges" facing the NHS.
2:08:29 > 2:08:33The Department of Health said it is working with the hospital to improve
2:08:33 > 2:08:34standards.
2:08:34 > 2:08:42But Lord Kerslake, who's a former head of the civil service,
2:08:42 > 2:08:48demand, increased costs and limits on spending.
2:08:48 > 2:08:52It is way below what the experts have said, and indeed what Simon
2:08:52 > 2:08:56Stephens has said, in need an extra £4 billion really just maintain
2:08:56 > 2:09:00services, and in the absence of addressing that issue, all we do is
2:09:00 > 2:09:05pile pressure on hospitals and other NHS services.
2:09:05 > 2:09:08The Prime Minister will tell MPs today that there's been "give
2:09:08 > 2:09:12and take" between the UK and the EU in order to move on to trade talks.
2:09:12 > 2:09:14Theresa May is expected to say that she isn't seeking
2:09:14 > 2:09:16a hard or soft brexit, but a bold new partnership.
2:09:16 > 2:09:18Our Political Correspondent Chris Mason is in Westminster.
2:09:18 > 2:09:23Chris, how significant is this agreement for Theresa May?
2:09:23 > 2:09:28Will she have a spring in her step today?She certainly well, because
2:09:28 > 2:09:32it could have been so different, couldn't it? We could have been
2:09:32 > 2:09:35reporting today that the whole thing had unravelled and everything had
2:09:35 > 2:09:39gone wrong, all we could be saying, there is still no agreement and that
2:09:39 > 2:09:43meeting of European leaders is a matter of days away. Instead, she
2:09:43 > 2:09:50was able to come back from Brussels on Friday morning without any sleep,
2:09:50 > 2:09:55but will a deal, and that means there are at all of those questions
2:09:55 > 2:09:58yet about her future, but there are lots of questions about what comes
2:09:58 > 2:10:03next, and she is going to say in this update MPs this afternoon that
2:10:03 > 2:10:08there is a new sense of optimism around the talks. There will be some
2:10:08 > 2:10:13of those Brexit bingo phrases that we have heard a lot of this year,
2:10:13 > 2:10:16hard and soft Brexit, there is nothing agreed until everything is
2:10:16 > 2:10:23agreed. Next year as we head into 2018, there will be some new
2:10:23 > 2:10:27additions to the vocabulary, because the emphasis will be on our trading
2:10:27 > 2:10:32relationship, our future relationship, the flavour of Brexit
2:10:32 > 2:10:35that we will sign up to in the end, and exactly what that might look
2:10:35 > 2:10:44like, so over the weekend, talks of Canada plus plus plus. Complete
2:10:44 > 2:10:48gibbering, yes, but it is looking at the relationship the UK might have
2:10:48 > 2:10:51the European Union in the future, a little like the relationship Canada
2:10:51 > 2:10:57has recently struck with the Union, except as you can tell with those
2:10:57 > 2:11:03pluses, he wants a few bells on it as well.
2:11:03 > 2:11:13So, Canada triple plus! That's the one to watch out for.
2:11:13 > 2:11:15The most destructive wildfire raging in southern California has
2:11:15 > 2:11:17expanded significantly, scorching an area larger
2:11:17 > 2:11:18than New York City.
2:11:18 > 2:11:214,000 firefighters have been called up to tackle flames which are now
2:11:21 > 2:11:22threatening the coastal city of Santa Barbara.
2:11:22 > 2:11:24Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed and damaged
2:11:24 > 2:11:30and 200,000 people have had to leave their homes.
2:11:30 > 2:11:35It is 11 minutes past eight, and you are right up-to-date the news.
2:11:35 > 2:11:38A BBC investigation has found two in five women,
2:11:38 > 2:11:40and one in five men, have been sexually harassed at work.
2:11:40 > 2:11:42More than 6,000 British adults were surveyed,
2:11:42 > 2:11:44with many of them saying they had experienced inappropriate touching
2:11:44 > 2:11:48and unwelcome jokes.
2:11:48 > 2:11:51We'll discuss this in just a moment but first two women
2:11:51 > 2:11:53describe their own experiences of sexual harassment
2:11:53 > 2:11:54in the workplace.
2:11:54 > 2:11:58One of my first ever jobs as a teenager was working in a gym doing
2:11:58 > 2:12:06sales. It was very much a Lads environment.We were away for a
2:12:06 > 2:12:10conference at work, I worked in the events industry. It was normal for
2:12:10 > 2:12:13us to work in each other's rooms. I didn't think there was anything
2:12:13 > 2:12:18wrong with it.If I didn't close a sale, it was said to me, you didn't
2:12:18 > 2:12:24smile enough. Did you flirt? Could you have bent over, dropped your
2:12:24 > 2:12:29pen?It is about power.
2:12:29 > 2:12:43Psychologist Shelly Rubenstein joins us now. We are hearing two stories
2:12:43 > 2:12:48there, women who've been through different things. 40% of women say
2:12:48 > 2:12:52they have experienced harassment of some sort. I surprised by how high
2:12:52 > 2:12:57that is?Know, and it takes account of older women who have experienced
2:12:57 > 2:13:00it in the past, and also younger women now are more likely to report
2:13:00 > 2:13:05it than before, so wasn't surprised.
2:13:05 > 2:13:14Letters pick-up that reporters well. You have had experiences of this in
2:13:14 > 2:13:20the past, in what kind of situation? I have been waitressing for a few
2:13:20 > 2:13:26years now, I have been working in the hospitality industry, and I have
2:13:26 > 2:13:33experienced sexual harassment on a day-to-day level. It is a pretty
2:13:33 > 2:13:37precarious workplace, and there is very little sense that you can do
2:13:37 > 2:13:46much about it when there is no union or anything that's been recognised.
2:13:46 > 2:13:52I don't know, it is just an industry where you really feel quite
2:13:52 > 2:14:01disposable, and sexism happens, or sexual harassment can happen from
2:14:01 > 2:14:05the people you are serving or your co-workers or your boss quite
2:14:05 > 2:14:12regularly.One of the things the survey found particularly is those
2:14:12 > 2:14:14inflexible working, for example in that kind of industry, are more
2:14:14 > 2:14:19likely than those who are directly implied. Why do you think that is?
2:14:19 > 2:14:24Is it because they haven't got anybody to report it to?There is
2:14:24 > 2:14:31very little in the way of accountability, processes. It is all
2:14:31 > 2:14:39very, there is no one to go to, little point where you can
2:14:39 > 2:14:44communicate or be heard, very little opportunity for you to sort of reach
2:14:44 > 2:14:49out or say something has happened. And there is a huge culture of
2:14:49 > 2:15:02bullying in these areas. There is no... No external place for you to
2:15:02 > 2:15:06go and complain, and little process that you are made aware of for you
2:15:06 > 2:15:10to do anything about any incident that occurs. So people take
2:15:10 > 2:15:16advantage of that, and often it is women, it is migrants, young people,
2:15:16 > 2:15:20students, who are in these industries, in these conditions, and
2:15:20 > 2:15:27they are in fear of losing that ours, losing their tips, losing
2:15:27 > 2:15:32their pay.She gives a really interesting account there, and I was
2:15:32 > 2:15:38watching you nodding along. Do you think that that industry in general,
2:15:38 > 2:15:42are things changing?It is interesting, because there is some
2:15:42 > 2:15:45other research that has been carried out in the hospitality industry, and
2:15:45 > 2:15:52it is particularly impacted on by zero hours and the gig economy, and
2:15:52 > 2:15:56in that industry in particular, there is an expectation that people
2:15:56 > 2:16:05are going to be carrying out certain behaviour to exceed customers'
2:16:05 > 2:16:11expectations, and indeed one company in the US trained their staff to be
2:16:11 > 2:16:15flirtatious to repeat custom, which I think is appalling. Buttin
2:16:15 > 2:16:19responsible companies, they are carrying out the things that we
2:16:19 > 2:16:23recommend, having policies and protection for people, but I think
2:16:23 > 2:16:26Nulufa made a good point about the issue of power that I have talked
2:16:26 > 2:16:31about in the past, that if you feel powerless and you don't have anyone
2:16:31 > 2:16:34to go to, it makes it more difficult, and you are in a
2:16:34 > 2:16:38situation where you are trying to work, particularly in the
2:16:38 > 2:16:47hospitality industry which is dependent on tips.
2:16:47 > 2:16:53For 35 to 44, 35% have reported any of this harassment. For women over
2:16:53 > 2:16:5965, only 15%. There does seem to be a shift change?Absolutely.In
2:16:59 > 2:17:04reporting things?Yes. Some of that is because what was reported was
2:17:04 > 2:17:07historic and I think people are becoming more aware of what's
2:17:07 > 2:17:13acceptable and what isn't. So older women, well people of my age, in
2:17:13 > 2:17:19their 50s, were taught to put up with this. Whereas younger women are
2:17:19 > 2:17:23more educated and not willing to put up with it. It is the grey areas we
2:17:23 > 2:17:28need to look at.You are a union rep now. How many people are coming
2:17:28 > 2:17:31forward to you and how regularly does that happen? If you were in a
2:17:31 > 2:17:35situation where you were serving and somebody made an inappropriate
2:17:35 > 2:17:38comment or said something they shouldn't say, would you challenge
2:17:38 > 2:17:44that? Would you feel comfortable to do that?It is really funny because
2:17:44 > 2:17:48recently, I started in a new workplace and yeah, I have been
2:17:48 > 2:17:55sexually harassed quite a bit and yeah, as a union rep, I didn't feel,
2:17:55 > 2:18:04I didn't feel confident enough to come forward. So, there is such a
2:18:04 > 2:18:07sense of disposability, I think it might be the second or third day on
2:18:07 > 2:18:12the job, I sold them like a really expensive steak and a really
2:18:12 > 2:18:20expensive bottle of wine and you know, this, I thought, this is going
2:18:20 > 2:18:25to save me, this is going to really help me if I make a mistake on the
2:18:25 > 2:18:29till or if I come across a manager who doesn't like me or something
2:18:29 > 2:18:33like this, it's going to, this sale st going to save me and you know,
2:18:33 > 2:18:40it's also, it's a culture. I said, I was applauded for making the sale
2:18:40 > 2:18:45and I was told, you know, I would receive a higher share of the
2:18:45 > 2:18:50service charge and you know, when you're on the national minimum wage
2:18:50 > 2:18:54a higher share of the service charge can be, you paying your rent on time
2:18:54 > 2:18:59and not having to borrow from friends or family. So, but yeah,
2:18:59 > 2:19:04also like the culture in the industry and in a lot of places I
2:19:04 > 2:19:08worked in, in one place it is part of the uniform policy to look like
2:19:08 > 2:19:15you're on your first date and you are made to wear mini skirts. Yeah,
2:19:15 > 2:19:19you're encouraged to look beautiful. Totally sexualised a lot of the
2:19:19 > 2:19:26time. A lot of the women have bulimia. You're made, you're made to
2:19:26 > 2:19:30be a passive sexual being and not given a choice whether you want to
2:19:30 > 2:19:33wear a skirt or not.Very interesting talking to you both.
2:19:33 > 2:19:38Thank you very much indeed for your time. And thank you to all those who
2:19:38 > 2:19:50got in touch for the survey. It's 8.19am!I don't know where
2:19:50 > 2:19:57you're going.I'm going to Carol. Some people waking up to snow. Other
2:19:57 > 2:20:03people, no snow at all in other parts of the UK.
2:20:03 > 2:20:05people, no snow at all in other parts of the UK.
2:20:05 > 2:20:10Lots of lovely Weather Watchers pictures coming in. Lots of fun ones
2:20:10 > 2:20:15taken yesterday or yesterday. This is a bear snowman and this is a cat
2:20:15 > 2:20:20or lamb. It looks impressive. We have seen a fair bit of snow.
2:20:20 > 2:20:23Widespread snow across England and Wales that we have seen for a long
2:20:23 > 2:20:27time. Now we have got this area of rain, sleet and snow coming up with
2:20:27 > 2:20:30the south and a peppering of showers in the north and the west, but a
2:20:30 > 2:20:34mixture of rain, sleet and snow. Now the stuff coming up from the south
2:20:34 > 2:20:37is courtesy of this system here. This area of low pressure. It's
2:20:37 > 2:20:40introducing the rain, sleet and the snow. The wind is coming from the
2:20:40 > 2:20:46north. So it's still a very cold feel to the day. Around the English
2:20:46 > 2:20:48and Scottish Borders, the temperature in some parts is minus
2:20:48 > 2:20:52ten Celsius or minus 11 Celsius. There is a risk of ice first thing.
2:20:52 > 2:20:57There is a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine, crisp, winter sunshine.
2:20:57 > 2:21:01A beautiful day, but you can see we've got the rain, sleet and snow
2:21:01 > 2:21:04in the South East and through the day, that's going to be dragging its
2:21:04 > 2:21:08way off in the direction of the near Continent and the North Sea, but it
2:21:08 > 2:21:12will have a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. Most of the sleet and snow
2:21:12 > 2:21:16will be inland. A lot will be on the hills. So it will brighten up where
2:21:16 > 2:21:20it is wet, across the Midlands and into the south-west. It will be
2:21:20 > 2:21:23windy particularly windy off the Kent Coast where we are looking at
2:21:23 > 2:21:28gales. For Wales and northern England, Scotland and for Northern
2:21:28 > 2:21:30Ireland, again, a fair bit of sunshine around this morning. Don't
2:21:30 > 2:21:34forget the showers in the north and the west. Not all of us will see
2:21:34 > 2:21:38them, but if you do, some of them will be wintry, not all. Through
2:21:38 > 2:21:42this evening and overnight, we will have some showers wintry down the
2:21:42 > 2:21:46North Sea Coast line. A few coming into the west. A lot of clear skies
2:21:46 > 2:21:49and freezing fog patches forming and it will be cold. The temperatures
2:21:49 > 2:21:52indicate what you can expect in towns and cities. In rural areas,
2:21:52 > 2:21:56they will be lower particularly so where we have lying snow. We are
2:21:56 > 2:22:01looking in some parts at minus 12 Celsius. So, a cold and frosty start
2:22:01 > 2:22:05tomorrow. A lot of sunshine. The freezing fog will be slow to clear,
2:22:05 > 2:22:07but when it does, we will see sunshine coming through here as
2:22:07 > 2:22:13well. Then later on in the day, a new weather front comes our way
2:22:13 > 2:22:17introducing more rain and however way you look at t it will feel cold,
2:22:17 > 2:22:20but for some parts in the south on Wednesday Lou and Dan, temperatures
2:22:20 > 2:22:29will pick up. Carol, thank you very much.
2:22:29 > 2:22:31will pick up. Carol, thank you very much.
2:22:31 > 2:22:37The temperatures have caused serious disruption. We are speaking to Simon
2:22:37 > 2:22:43Clemison. What's the latest Simon? Out and about and feeling the
2:22:43 > 2:22:47temperatures very much at Heathrow this morning. You may notice one
2:22:47 > 2:22:49thing missing and that's the snow, but there is still disruption
2:22:49 > 2:22:52because of the knock on effect of everything that happened yesterday.
2:22:52 > 2:22:57The wings all had to be de-iced. That took time and the planes were
2:22:57 > 2:22:59delayed and the aircraft are in the wrong positions this morning. I'm
2:22:59 > 2:23:04joined by the travel editor of the Independent, Simon Calder. All that
2:23:04 > 2:23:09meant a few people, passengers from Vienna had an unexpected night in
2:23:09 > 2:23:14Cardiff!We have people in all sorts of places they weren't expecting to
2:23:14 > 2:23:19be, a range of tsar grib, Vienna, all down at Cardiff! We have got the
2:23:19 > 2:23:22Istanbul flight which flew around in circles over the Home Counties last
2:23:22 > 2:23:27night and went to Liverpool. People from Boston are waking up in
2:23:27 > 2:23:31Belfast! Some of the 50,000 people who are not where they want to be
2:23:31 > 2:23:37this morning. Peuf been over to BA's main base, Heathrow, Terminal 5,
2:23:37 > 2:23:41unhappy place. Hundreds of people have been sleeping on the floor or
2:23:41 > 2:23:47in chairs.Cancellations?Yesterday about 300 flights were cancelled.
2:23:47 > 2:23:51Today we are going to see around 200. That will leave another 15,000
2:23:51 > 2:23:55people out of position. So it's going to get worse before it gets
2:23:55 > 2:24:02better.The same at other airports. We saw people in Birmingham dragging
2:24:02 > 2:24:06their holiday luggage through the snow.Stansted for example, badly
2:24:06 > 2:24:10affected yesterday. It is trying to work on schedule as with Birmingham,
2:24:10 > 2:24:14also which was closed for part of yesterday. Things have got off to a
2:24:14 > 2:24:18sluggish start with delays an hour or two, but they hope to get through
2:24:18 > 2:24:22all the flights today.Simon, thank you very much indeed. British
2:24:22 > 2:24:27Airways is saying this is unexpected. The rain and the snow d
2:24:27 > 2:24:31drift further south than expected. The big advice is check with your
2:24:31 > 2:24:35airline before you come anywhere near here.Was there snow yesterday?
2:24:35 > 2:24:39Has it all just disappeared? It has. It has gone. There is a tiny
2:24:39 > 2:24:44bit. Simon and I have seen tiny bits. It is freezing. The rain is
2:24:44 > 2:24:48still coming and that's the big problem. Both for a lot of travel
2:24:48 > 2:24:53today, especially on the roads because we have seen temperatures at
2:24:53 > 2:25:02night down to minus 11.6 Celsius in nor thumb buryial. It is icing over
2:25:02 > 2:25:04and that's causing problems on the roads, but lots of disruption
2:25:04 > 2:25:09because the planes are out of place first thing and railways affected
2:25:09 > 2:25:14too. Lots and lots going on today. Keep up-to-date on your local BBC
2:25:14 > 2:25:20Radio station.
2:25:23 > 2:25:28We're hoping to spread some joy and happiness over the festive
2:25:28 > 2:25:30period by launching our BBC Breakfast Sings series today.
2:25:30 > 2:25:32Because whether it's in a sports stadium with tens
2:25:32 > 2:25:35of thousands of others, a local choir or just on your own -
2:25:35 > 2:25:37singing really can lift your mood.
2:25:37 > 2:25:44We caught up with a large community choir in York helping people with
2:25:44 > 2:25:56mental health problems. It has proved to be a real lifeline.
2:26:01 > 2:26:05Singing helped my mental health. Fi get upset, I cry and just sing a
2:26:05 > 2:26:11song.For loads of us who have had mental health problems we can become
2:26:11 > 2:26:19isolated and separated from others and singing together is a really
2:26:19 > 2:26:24valuable way to counteract that and to bring people together.I have
2:26:24 > 2:26:29been up and down. Coming to the choir has really helped me to focus
2:26:29 > 2:26:41on if the good things in my life.
2:26:42 > 2:26:45It lifts your spirit and you know it takes away the strain and stresses
2:26:45 > 2:26:52of life.It is a positive force, you know, that goes right through you
2:26:52 > 2:26:56physically and mentally.I think every single member I have seen of
2:26:56 > 2:27:02the choir since they came in has made some shift towards a more
2:27:02 > 2:27:15positive health and outlook on life. We will talk more about the joys of
2:27:15 > 2:27:21singing and whether it has health benefits after 8.30am. We will have
2:27:21 > 2:27:25alsneak pre-view of our efforts. We're singing in a concert later in
2:27:25 > 2:30:47the week.
2:30:50 > 2:31:00Hello, this is Breakfast with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
2:31:01 > 2:31:04It is Monday morning, let's bring you up to date with the latest news
2:31:04 > 2:31:07and sport for you this morning.
2:31:07 > 2:31:09Snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread
2:31:09 > 2:31:10disruption across parts of the UK.
2:31:10 > 2:31:12Hundreds of schools across Wales and the Midlands
2:31:12 > 2:31:15are closed today and almost 13,000 homes are without power.
2:31:15 > 2:31:16There have been train and plane cancellations,
2:31:16 > 2:31:25and motorists are being warned to drive with extra caution.
2:31:25 > 2:31:30As long as you took it nice and steady, people were getting where
2:31:30 > 2:31:34they were going. The key thing is to allow plenty of extra time and
2:31:34 > 2:31:36especially don't overestimate your
2:31:36 > 2:31:38especially don't overestimate your driving skills, because these are
2:31:38 > 2:31:41quite challenging, we have not seen snow like this for seven years, so
2:31:41 > 2:31:45it has been challenging for all of us.
2:31:45 > 2:31:47Two days of hearings will begin later to establish the framework
2:31:47 > 2:31:49of the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry.
2:31:49 > 2:31:52Sir Martin Moore-Bick is being urged by survivors of the fire
2:31:52 > 2:31:53to give them a more central role.
2:31:53 > 2:31:56It comes as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the Government
2:31:56 > 2:31:58of failing survivors, with more than 100 still living in hotels.
2:31:58 > 2:32:05Relatives of the victims say it's vital their stories are heard.
2:32:05 > 2:32:09The chairman of a leading hospital trust in London has resigned,
2:32:09 > 2:32:11accusing the Government of failing to recognise the "enormous
2:32:11 > 2:32:12challenges" facing the NHS.
2:32:12 > 2:32:14Lord Kerslake, who's a former head of the civil service,
2:32:14 > 2:32:16said King's College Hospital Trust was struggling to cope
2:32:16 > 2:32:21with rising demand, increased costs, and limits on spending.
2:32:21 > 2:32:23The regulator for England, NHS Improvement, said
2:32:23 > 2:32:25the trust's financial performance was "the worst in the NHS".
2:32:25 > 2:32:27A Department of Health spokeswoman said they were working
2:32:27 > 2:32:37with the trust to tackle the issues.
2:32:39 > 2:32:44Theresa May will tell MPs there is a new sense of optimism in the Brexit
2:32:44 > 2:32:47talks after her last deal aimed at moving them onto next phase.
2:32:47 > 2:32:50She will say she expects EU leaders to agree to start talks
2:32:50 > 2:32:53about future trade and security at a summit on Thursday.
2:32:53 > 2:32:55The Prime Minister will insist she has not caved in to Brussels
2:32:55 > 2:33:02over the so-called divorce bill.
2:33:02 > 2:33:05The most destructive wildfires raging in southern California has
2:33:05 > 2:33:09expanded significantly. It has scorched an area larger than New
2:33:09 > 2:33:13York City. 4000 firefighters have been called up to tackle flames,
2:33:13 > 2:33:16which are now threatening the coastal city of Santa Barbara.
2:33:16 > 2:33:21Hundreds of buildings have already been destroyed and damaged, and
2:33:21 > 2:33:26200,000 people have had to leave.
2:33:26 > 2:33:32Still to come for you on this programme this morning:
2:33:32 > 2:33:35We're celebrating the power of song here on Breakfast this week
2:33:35 > 2:33:38and finding out how belting out a tune is brilliant for your health.
2:33:38 > 2:33:41Star Wars fans, get ready - we've got a behind-the-scenes look
2:33:41 > 2:33:51at how that classic first film was made right here in the UK.
2:33:52 > 2:33:54We need a big plan like a long-range pencil!
2:33:54 > 2:33:57We'll be finding out how dropping the "Menace" and giving them
2:33:57 > 2:34:00a brand-new look has made Dennis and Gnasher a huge hit
2:34:00 > 2:34:06with a new generation.
2:34:06 > 2:34:16Used to love Dennis the Menace! Just Dennis these days.
2:34:16 > 2:34:21Is that true? No longer menacing? I was reading about our guests
2:34:21 > 2:34:27talking about it being on TV now, in the 1950s its old two million
2:34:27 > 2:34:29copies. Wow!
2:34:29 > 2:34:34That is mind blowing, isn't it? Are used to get the Beano annual at
2:34:34 > 2:34:40Christmas, did you? Still got them at home somewhere!
2:34:40 > 2:34:44There was a bit of hijinks at Old Trafford yesterday, a bit of trouble
2:34:44 > 2:34:47after the game, a feisty match, Manchester City came out on top.
2:34:47 > 2:34:50Manchester City beat rivals United yesterday to become the first side
2:34:50 > 2:34:52to win 14 consecutive league matches in a single English
2:34:52 > 2:34:53top flight season.
2:34:53 > 2:34:56And on a day of derbies, there was a controversial
2:34:56 > 2:34:57draw on Merseyside.
2:34:57 > 2:34:59But let's start with events at Old Trafford.
2:34:59 > 2:35:00Tim Hague reports.
2:35:00 > 2:35:02As the records keep falling, it's difficult to see anybody stopping
2:35:02 > 2:35:10Manchester City this season.
2:35:10 > 2:35:12Even local rivals and title rivals United couldn't.
2:35:12 > 2:35:14David Silva setting the league leaders on their way
2:35:14 > 2:35:15before half-time.
2:35:15 > 2:35:18And while Marcus Rashford levelled the match for Jose Mourinho's men,
2:35:18 > 2:35:20there was one more moment that mattered.
2:35:20 > 2:35:21Nicolas Otamendi might be a centre-back,
2:35:21 > 2:35:25but he has been prolific so far this season.
2:35:25 > 2:35:30COMMENTATOR:The defender scores again, five for the season for him!
2:35:30 > 2:35:34And was it already a title-winning goal?
2:35:34 > 2:35:36Impossible.
2:35:36 > 2:35:41Of course you have 11 points, you are so happy for that,
2:35:41 > 2:35:43plus the goal difference, a 12-point difference.
2:35:43 > 2:35:48But not yet. Just in December.
2:35:48 > 2:35:5033 miles away from Old Trafford is Anfield,
2:35:50 > 2:35:51and there was an equally eventful derby there.
2:35:51 > 2:35:53Liverpool dominated and went ahead through
2:35:53 > 2:35:57another moment of Mo Salah magic.
2:35:57 > 2:35:59But despite 77% possession and 23 shots on goal,
2:35:59 > 2:36:02this foul gave Everton their own chance.
2:36:02 > 2:36:04And as an Evertonian, who else would you want
2:36:04 > 2:36:08taking the penalty but Wayne Rooney?
2:36:08 > 2:36:10His first Merseyside derby goal -
2:36:10 > 2:36:14not that Jurgen Klopp was very interested in that.
2:36:14 > 2:36:16You don't think it was a penalty?
2:36:16 > 2:36:25Right. It feels unfair, to be honest.
2:36:25 > 2:36:27and now it feels really, really average.
2:36:27 > 2:36:31Nothing average about the point for Sam Allardyce and his new team,
2:36:31 > 2:36:32although the result that mattered most yesterday
2:36:32 > 2:36:39came for another side wearing blue.
2:36:39 > 2:36:41Tim Hague, BBC News.
2:36:41 > 2:36:47There was a third Premier League game yesterday.
2:36:47 > 2:36:50Charlie Austin put Southampton ahead against Arsenal, but they could not
2:36:50 > 2:36:51hold on.
2:36:51 > 2:36:54Olivier Giroud came off the bench to rescue Arsenal
2:36:54 > 2:36:55in the 80th minute equaliser.
2:36:55 > 2:36:57Hibernian staged a great fightback against Scottish Premiership leaders
2:36:57 > 2:37:00Celtic, scoring twice in the last 15 minutes to draw 2-2.
2:37:00 > 2:37:01Scott Sinclair scored both of Celtic's goals,
2:37:01 > 2:37:03his sixth and seventh strikes in the league.
2:37:03 > 2:37:07But the home side responded through Efe Ambrose,
2:37:07 > 2:37:09and then equalised with this from Oli Shaw.
2:37:09 > 2:37:11Hibs even came close to ending Celtic's remarkable
2:37:11 > 2:37:19domestic unbeaten run, which now stretches back 68 games.
2:37:19 > 2:37:21Ronnie O'Sullivan is snooker's UK champion
2:37:21 > 2:37:24for a record-equalling sixth time.
2:37:24 > 2:37:28He was level at 5-5 in a tense final against Shaun Murphy in York
2:37:28 > 2:37:30but won five frames in a row in the evening session
2:37:30 > 2:37:33to seal his 18th major championship overall.
2:37:33 > 2:37:35To seal his 18th major championship overall.
2:37:35 > 2:37:38He goes level with Steve Davis on six UK titles, and if you're
2:37:38 > 2:37:40looking for comparisons, he's now just one trophy behind
2:37:40 > 2:37:44Roger Federer, who holds 19 major tennis titles.
2:37:44 > 2:37:46The records are great, you know?
2:37:46 > 2:37:49And to equal it, like Sean said, the fans this week
2:37:49 > 2:37:52have been unbelievable.
2:37:52 > 2:37:54I want to say a massive thank you to them,
2:37:54 > 2:37:56I have just tried my best all week.
2:37:56 > 2:38:02There is nothing left. I've given everything there is.
2:38:02 > 2:38:05But I am over the moon, you know, to win any tournament,
2:38:05 > 2:38:06let alone the UK Championship.
2:38:06 > 2:38:13So happy, yeah.
2:38:13 > 2:38:19Apparently the next thing he wants to do is join which reality show?
2:38:19 > 2:38:25I'm A Celebrity! Good Timing!
2:38:25 > 2:38:31There was a winner yesterday, was she the winner in your house?
2:38:31 > 2:38:34She was, right from the start. In your house?
2:38:34 > 2:38:47I think I would have gone for Ian -- Iain Lee.
2:38:47 > 2:38:49Discussing all the important issues of the day!
2:38:49 > 2:38:55Especially this! Who doesn't love a good singalong?
2:38:55 > 2:39:00In private, though, normally!
2:39:00 > 2:39:08Today we're launching our BBC Breakfast Sings series.
2:39:08 > 2:39:10The benefits of singing a well-documented, and we will be
2:39:10 > 2:39:14having a go later in the week. We can hear about a new study that has
2:39:14 > 2:39:21found singing can help people with hearing impairments communicate more
2:39:21 > 2:39:23effectively. John Maguire has more.
2:39:23 > 2:39:26This music and singing session for children with a hearing
2:39:26 > 2:39:28impairment experiments with volume, rhythm and the physical feeling
2:39:28 > 2:39:31of the way the children use their voices.
2:39:31 > 2:39:34Phoebe Osborne from the charity Creative Futures takes them
2:39:34 > 2:39:40through the various exercises.
2:39:40 > 2:39:44And with this computer program, they're able to see
2:39:44 > 2:39:46what their voices are doing, even if there are
2:39:46 > 2:39:50unable to hear them.
2:39:50 > 2:39:52Yours sounds like Eliza's one...
2:39:52 > 2:39:56Professor Graham Welch has been discussing how singing can help
2:39:56 > 2:39:58children with severe hearing issues for three years now
2:39:58 > 2:40:00and says singing can stimulate the brain.
2:40:00 > 2:40:02They're all engaged in their singing,
2:40:02 > 2:40:06but they've actually improved in their measurable singing skills.
2:40:06 > 2:40:08At the same time, there is some evidence of impact
2:40:08 > 2:40:10on their hearing acuity as well, so they're better able
2:40:10 > 2:40:20to discriminate sound.
2:40:20 > 2:40:23Like an opera singer.
2:40:23 > 2:40:25Music is multi-sited in the brain.
2:40:25 > 2:40:28As far as we can work out, music touches more parts
2:40:28 > 2:40:31of the brain than any of other human activity.
2:40:31 > 2:40:33To understand how singing affects the brain,
2:40:33 > 2:40:37we've invited Alex Stobbs, a musician,
2:40:37 > 2:40:40to a neo-therapy session.
2:40:40 > 2:40:43Alex has cystic fibrosis.
2:40:43 > 2:40:46He undergoes physical therapy every day and long periods of treatment.
2:40:46 > 2:40:56He says music is vital to him.
2:40:58 > 2:41:00Because of everything to do with my health,
2:41:00 > 2:41:03it's quite solitary, so music can make it all the better.
2:41:03 > 2:41:05It does something that perks up the brain I feel.
2:41:05 > 2:41:11Yeah, my life would be incredibly different without music.
2:41:11 > 2:41:17Nadia Hristova is a neuropsychologist.
2:41:17 > 2:41:19First, she measures the electrical activity in Alex's brain
2:41:19 > 2:41:21while he is resting.
2:41:21 > 2:41:24Try and stay as still as possible, as relaxed as possible...
2:41:24 > 2:41:30Then she asks him to sing.
2:41:30 > 2:41:32# Have yourself a merry little Christmas
2:41:32 > 2:41:38# Let your heart be light...#
2:41:38 > 2:41:40Once he's finished and rested, Alex is assessed again,
2:41:40 > 2:41:43and the results are immediate.
2:41:43 > 2:41:45It shows that, theoretically, within ten minutes of singing
2:41:45 > 2:41:48someone can improve clarity of their mind and also perhaps
2:41:48 > 2:41:54emotionally feel much more uplifted.
2:41:54 > 2:41:59Finally, and you may want to turn the sound down for this,
2:41:59 > 2:42:00he sings with someone else -
2:42:00 > 2:42:03and that someone, I'm afraid to say, is me.
2:42:03 > 2:42:10# Through the years we all will be together, if the fates allow.
2:42:10 > 2:42:19# Hang a shining star up on the... #
2:42:19 > 2:42:22LAUGHTER Sorry!
2:42:22 > 2:42:25Believe it or not, the results are even more impressive.
2:42:25 > 2:42:27That's simply the effect of social interaction with another human
2:42:27 > 2:42:32amplifying the positive effect all the beneficial effect of music.
2:42:32 > 2:42:34# Hang a shining star up on the highest... #
2:42:34 > 2:42:37Songs often speak or sing of the importance of music
2:42:37 > 2:42:38to the heart and the soul,
2:42:38 > 2:42:41but it can also be of huge benefit to your brain.
2:42:41 > 2:42:51John Maguire, BBC News, London.
2:42:53 > 2:42:56Hats off De Jong for singing on camera, which we will be doing later
2:42:56 > 2:42:58in the week! -- to John.
2:42:58 > 2:43:01Joining us now is Professor Graham Welch, chair of music education
2:43:01 > 2:43:03at University College London, who we just saw in John's report.
2:43:03 > 2:43:06I want to ask you something at the beginning of the interview, as far
2:43:06 > 2:43:10as I can work it out, you don't have to be really tuned fall to feel the
2:43:10 > 2:43:15benefits of singing.Absolutely not, it doesn't matter. The main thing is
2:43:15 > 2:43:19that you are engaging in this activity that we call singing.And
2:43:19 > 2:43:23as John was saying, you can do it on your own, but doing it with someone
2:43:23 > 2:43:29else accelerates those benefits.We find that bits of the brain that are
2:43:29 > 2:43:34switched on, which you might call a social brain, so the way that we
2:43:34 > 2:43:40are, in theory, interacting at the moment means that parts of the
2:43:40 > 2:43:43forebrain, for example, which relates to empathy, working with
2:43:43 > 2:43:50someone else in a reciprocal way, as soon as you start making music, and
2:43:50 > 2:43:54particularly singing as a collective, then all of this starts
2:43:54 > 2:43:59to engage. So there is a real kind of neurological benefit in singing,
2:43:59 > 2:44:04and it doesn't matter what skill level you are.That is very
2:44:04 > 2:44:09encouraging, so if we were to listen to our own research, we should sing
2:44:09 > 2:44:12every morning before we... I do it on my own!
2:44:12 > 2:44:18Would that work? Not that we don't work well together! Lung got the
2:44:18 > 2:44:23voice scientists would say that, from their perspective,you are
2:44:23 > 2:44:28professional voice users, and as professional voice users, it is an
2:44:28 > 2:44:32aerobic activity, and you need to warm up, look after your voice in as
2:44:32 > 2:44:36many different ways as you can, and singing is a wonderful way of doing
2:44:36 > 2:44:40it, a full body work-out for your brain and your heart and your lungs.
2:44:40 > 2:44:45A lot of comments on this this morning, Jane says this is a
2:44:45 > 2:44:49fantastic way to feel good, music is brilliant therapy, it evokes all
2:44:49 > 2:44:53sorts of feelings, which goes along with what you are saying. Carol
2:44:53 > 2:44:57says, my daughter goes along to a choir with their baby, it is good
2:44:57 > 2:45:02for her, it helps to concentrate her baby brain, she says, plus she
2:45:02 > 2:45:08really enjoys harmonising with others. Abta Sam says I am sitting
2:45:08 > 2:45:12at my desk singing, the offices empty, though! People enjoy it, but
2:45:12 > 2:45:23if you said to most people, give us a song, there is an embarrassment
2:45:23 > 2:45:27People worry about it. If you go to other parts of the world, people
2:45:27 > 2:45:32just sing and make music, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa,
2:45:32 > 2:45:39for example. You can't make music that is separate from moving and
2:45:39 > 2:45:43dancing and the whole kind of cultural thing. The critical thing
2:45:43 > 2:45:49we find from the research is that if mums are singing to their children
2:45:49 > 2:45:54and playing singing vocal games with them, preschool, this has an
2:45:54 > 2:45:59intellectual benefit at age five, with reading, numeracy and social
2:45:59 > 2:46:05skills. So there is a wider intellectual impact.It's wonderful.
2:46:05 > 2:46:07Sounds like a wonderful cure for everything really. We saw you
2:46:07 > 2:46:10working there with the hearing impaired children and you have seen
2:46:10 > 2:46:15that make a real difference for them?That is right. The interesting
2:46:15 > 2:46:22thing was, we were unsure as the extent to which these benefits might
2:46:22 > 2:46:27be realised if you have profound hearing loss, if you are wearing
2:46:27 > 2:46:33digital hearing aids or if you have cochlear implants. There are
2:46:33 > 2:46:35immeasurable benefits in children's singing ability and we have also
2:46:35 > 2:46:42found some wider impact in their ability to discriminate sound. That
2:46:42 > 2:46:48will knock-on because that follows on from phonetic ability.We are
2:46:48 > 2:46:52worried this week because we, Charlie, Naga, Mike and Steph are
2:46:52 > 2:46:57all taking part in this concert at the Bridgwater Hall with a properly
2:46:57 > 2:47:02trained Gospel Choir, thankfully. We play you the clip and you give us
2:47:02 > 2:47:05some last-minute tips while we are having a mild panic. Have a look at
2:47:05 > 2:47:25this.Hmm.Ahhh.Yeee.Little donkey on a dusty road.Ahh.Brrrr.Yeeee.
2:47:25 > 2:47:30Help.It may have made us feel better but I'm not sure that's a
2:47:30 > 2:47:34good sound, does that matter?No, the main thing is that you are
2:47:34 > 2:47:38having fun together and that emotional release and the that are
2:47:38 > 2:47:45tickness is a wonderful thing to have to share the experience with
2:47:45 > 2:47:53people -- cathartic.What about the people that have paid to see it? !
2:47:53 > 2:47:58They'll enjoy it. We become nervous because it's a
2:47:58 > 2:48:01performance but maybe we shouldn't be.It shouldn't be a performance,
2:48:01 > 2:48:04just something you do.Thank you very much indeed. We'll be singing
2:48:04 > 2:48:11all week.Or celebrating singing all week. Yes, it's the BBC Breakfast
2:48:11 > 2:48:16sing this week. Let us know what you think. More on the top story now.
2:48:16 > 2:48:18The freezing temperatures, snow which is causing disruption across
2:48:18 > 2:48:23the UK. Not everyone has it though. Our reporter Phil Mackie is in
2:48:23 > 2:48:27Worcester for us, some of the heaviest snow falls there. What is
2:48:27 > 2:48:30the situation like there? Good morning?
2:48:30 > 2:48:33Good morning, it's about eight centimetres of snow in Worcester,
2:48:33 > 2:48:38there was none here on Friday. A lot of parts of the West Midlands,
2:48:38 > 2:48:42Staffordshire, Shropshire, the Black Country and north of the country has
2:48:42 > 2:48:46snow on Friday as well as yesterday, so 20 centimetres of snow in places.
2:48:46 > 2:48:49The temperature has dropped since I spoke to you an hour ago so it's
2:48:49 > 2:48:53beginning to freeze and that is the concern that the snow that is lying
2:48:53 > 2:48:55becomes compact and starts freezing and then it becomes difficult to get
2:48:55 > 2:49:00around. So far this morning, it's not been too bad. David from the
2:49:00 > 2:49:03Environment Agency joins us. We normally talk to you during floods.
2:49:03 > 2:49:09You guys have been busy in the snow. How come?We are pleased to help our
2:49:09 > 2:49:14colleagues in Gloucestershire to help. We have four wheel vehicles
2:49:14 > 2:49:18and good trained drivers. We have been helping ferry colleagues around
2:49:18 > 2:49:22to help patients or to get patients to hospital appointments.Normally,
2:49:22 > 2:49:25I suppose the usual work you can't do because of the snow so actually
2:49:25 > 2:49:29you are putting your vehicle and specially trained drivers to use?
2:49:29 > 2:49:34That's right. We have fantastic staff keen to help. Yesterday we got
2:49:34 > 2:49:37volunteers working across Gloucestershire, you know, even more
2:49:37 > 2:49:40volunteers than vehicles, so we are going to look today to see if we can
2:49:40 > 2:49:45extend that a bit. We are asking in Worcestershire, Herefordshire and
2:49:45 > 2:49:49Shropshire if we can help out there as well.People will be asking, when
2:49:49 > 2:49:52this melts, and there's a lot of snow, will that lead to flooding?We
2:49:52 > 2:49:56don't know. We are keep ago close eye on it. At the moment, it looks
2:49:56 > 2:50:01like it should be a reasonably slow thaw, which is what we want. If
2:50:01 > 2:50:05there is significant snow melt and rain, it could lead to flood
2:50:05 > 2:50:09problems. We'll prepare for the worst but we'll be ready if it does
2:50:09 > 2:50:15happen.It roughly translates as ten centimetres of snow equals one
2:50:15 > 2:50:23centimetre of rain. If the rain suddenly melts or the snow suddenly
2:50:23 > 2:50:27melts, it could cause problems. We are expecting a particularly hard
2:50:27 > 2:50:30frost tonight, so pretty much the same conditions for the next 24
2:50:30 > 2:50:33hours at least. Thank you very much indeed. We'll have the expert on
2:50:33 > 2:50:44that in a couple of minutes with Carol minus 12 in places. We have
2:50:44 > 2:50:48asked for your snow pictures and you have not disappointed.Thank you!
2:50:48 > 2:50:56This is Kay who sent in the image of her son Rory and his new friend
2:50:56 > 2:51:03playing cards in Chelmsford, Essex. From Shah Khan in Volver Hampton.
2:51:03 > 2:51:08Wait ages for a snow-covered bus then three come along at once.
2:51:08 > 2:51:14Rachel and her neighbours in Staffordshire had a replica of our
2:51:14 > 2:51:21sofa. Helen sent us this picture of her son. You were talking about
2:51:21 > 2:51:27igloos and people building proper snow bricks using boxes. Here is an
2:51:27 > 2:51:32example. Thank you so much. It really does work. Take your
2:51:32 > 2:51:36recycling box, pack it full of snow, then make sure you knock it down a
2:51:36 > 2:51:41little bit then use that as a building block for your igloo. If
2:51:41 > 2:51:45it's good snow, you can build it.We had very good snow. If it's at home
2:51:45 > 2:51:51I'm going to try it.Get the box out and get cracking!Carol, oh, my
2:51:51 > 2:51:53goodness, you have got a little friend with
2:51:53 > 2:51:56goodness, you have got a little friend with you.Isn't this a Goor
2:51:56 > 2:52:06yous picture sent in from a weather watcher in High Wycombe. -- gorgeous
2:52:06 > 2:52:11picture. This is picture postcard stuff we are looking at. Lovely if
2:52:11 > 2:52:16you don't have to travel in it of course. The current picture shows
2:52:16 > 2:52:20this band of rain preceded by sleet and snow coming up from the south
2:52:20 > 2:52:23and we continue in the north and west of the UK with further showers
2:52:23 > 2:52:28falling, some of them are going to be of sleet and also snow. That is
2:52:28 > 2:52:31courtesy of an area of low pressure, moving up from France, again you can
2:52:31 > 2:52:36see from the isobars it will be windy across the English Channel,
2:52:36 > 2:52:40particularly so across Kent where we'll see gales later on. But for
2:52:40 > 2:52:44the rest of us, mostly dry, as the system pulls away on to the near
2:52:44 > 2:52:48continent, it will take the rain, sleet and snow with it. We have that
2:52:48 > 2:52:51scenario this morning across the south-east. Most of the snow is on
2:52:51 > 2:52:55the hills. Some of the heavier bursts we could see at lower levels.
2:52:55 > 2:52:59Sleet in the mix as well. It drags away towards the south-east through
2:52:59 > 2:53:04the afternoon. A lot of us left with dry conditions and crisp winter
2:53:04 > 2:53:07sunshine, bar the showers in the north and west. Even into the
2:53:07 > 2:53:10afternoon for East Anglia and parts of south-east England, we'll have
2:53:10 > 2:53:14the combination of rain, sleet and snow, still windy. Brightening up
2:53:14 > 2:53:18across the Midlands and south-west England. Brightening up across
2:53:18 > 2:53:23Wales. The north having a fine, dry afternoon, but feeling cold. Much of
2:53:23 > 2:53:27Scotland, the same can be said. In the Scottish English borders, it's
2:53:27 > 2:53:33minus ten or 11. We hang on to the showers in the north and west, mixed
2:53:33 > 2:53:40with sleet and snow embedded in them. Further wintry showers down
2:53:40 > 2:53:51the East Coast for a time. Clear skies. It will be a cold night.
2:53:51 > 2:53:58Temperatures, especially with lying snow, will be cold. The other thing
2:53:58 > 2:54:01tonight, freezing fog patches. Tomorrow, it will be slow to clear.
2:54:01 > 2:54:05When they do, for most of the UK, it's going to be dry, a lot of
2:54:05 > 2:54:09sunshine around, until later in the day when the weather system swings
2:54:09 > 2:54:13in from the west, introducing some rain. Whichever you you look at it,
2:54:13 > 2:54:17it will feel cold. But temperatures up a bit across the south-west of
2:54:17 > 2:54:21England and the Channel Islands. Tomorrow, we do have the first front
2:54:21 > 2:54:24going through. The second front coming in hot on its heels for
2:54:24 > 2:54:28Wednesday. If you look at the direction the isobars are coming
2:54:28 > 2:54:32from, it's from the west, which is quite salient. We lose the cold
2:54:32 > 2:54:37northerly. That doesn't mean it's going to turn warm, nothing like
2:54:37 > 2:54:40that, but it's looking unsettled on Wednesday with the two bands of rain
2:54:40 > 2:54:44moving from west-to-east. Snow showers coming in behind them and
2:54:44 > 2:54:48temperatures in the south at least, tens or 11s, but still pretty low
2:54:48 > 2:54:55elsewhere. Dan and Lou, then it's winter, what do we expect! ? Minus
2:54:55 > 2:55:0212, I might have to invest in some thermal pants! Too much information.
2:55:02 > 2:55:07Thank you for making that point, Carol.Sorry, everyone!
2:55:10 > 2:55:13The Last Jedi is released on Friday 40 years after Star Wars
2:55:13 > 2:55:14fever first came to Britain.
2:55:14 > 2:55:16But the original film would never have been made
2:55:16 > 2:55:19without a British studio and host of talented artists and technicians.
2:55:19 > 2:55:22A new BBC documentary celebrates their work for the first time.
2:55:22 > 2:55:24We'll talk to the programme's producer in just a minute
2:55:24 > 2:55:29but first let's take a look.
2:55:29 > 2:55:34It's obvious, right, it's Star Wars, it's amazing. I think as a kid, you
2:55:34 > 2:55:39picture it in this galaxy far, far away and it's a real shock to learn
2:55:39 > 2:55:44one day that it was actually somewhere just off the M25.It was
2:55:44 > 2:55:51just incredible. So much talent and cleverness.It revitalised 20th
2:55:51 > 2:55:57Century Fox and England.Star Wars didn't obey any rules.Nobody ever
2:55:57 > 2:56:02followed convention who made this film. It was exciting. Nerve-racking
2:56:02 > 2:56:07is another way of putting it.It brought a level of professionalism
2:56:07 > 2:56:13and hard work that I hadn't seen in Hollywood before that.Once George
2:56:13 > 2:56:21worked with British talent, he realised what he'd got over here is
2:56:21 > 2:56:26A, I don't want to brag but it's probably the best in the world. It
2:56:26 > 2:56:31changed my life, as it did all of ours.
2:56:35 > 2:56:37David Whiteley who produced and presented
2:56:37 > 2:56:41the documentary joins us now.
2:56:41 > 2:56:46Good morning to you. You are a very serious Star Wars fan?I'm afraid
2:56:46 > 2:56:53so, I was born on May 4th, 1977, you can't get much more of a Star Wars
2:56:53 > 2:56:57birthday than that. But I fell in love with it as a kid. About two
2:56:57 > 2:57:00years ago, I thought, I wonder whether we could find the British
2:57:00 > 2:57:04guys that kind of worked on it and I think the more we dug and I worked
2:57:04 > 2:57:10on it with one of my best friends and colleague who directed it and
2:57:10 > 2:57:15edited it. We ferreted around and found that so many British people
2:57:15 > 2:57:19were involved in putting it together, the entire art department
2:57:19 > 2:57:25were working on another movie in New Mexico. George Lucas went there and
2:57:25 > 2:57:29hired the lot.I spotted the T-shirt. All the attention to
2:57:29 > 2:57:33detail. Mentioning attention to detail, that clearly shone through
2:57:33 > 2:57:39as well, we saw the clip of the light sabre there, but all the guns,
2:57:39 > 2:57:43all the things that could be changed to look a little bit special and not
2:57:43 > 2:57:46look plastic and tacky, there was so much care that went into everything?
2:57:46 > 2:57:52Absolutely. The fact they had very limited budgets as well. The initial
2:57:52 > 2:57:58budget Roger the set director told me was $4 million, it ended up being
2:57:58 > 2:58:01$11 million so. They were scrounging, they bought loads of
2:58:01 > 2:58:07aeroplane junk. The light sabre itself was a handle from an old
2:58:07 > 2:58:121940s press camera, so it was a flash gun, there was some bits put
2:58:12 > 2:58:16on it, George Lucas looked at that and said, that's it, that's the
2:58:16 > 2:58:21light sabre.Here is a clip of the moment he describes finding the
2:58:21 > 2:58:26sabre.It was covered in dust, I lifted it out, there was tissue
2:58:26 > 2:58:31paper, I pulled it open, now it goes into slow motion, the music rising
2:58:31 > 2:58:36and out came a handle from a '40s press camera and I just took it and
2:58:36 > 2:58:41went, there it is. This is the Holy Grail. There was about five or six
2:58:41 > 2:58:52in there. We bought the lot. I raced back to the studios, got my handle,
2:58:52 > 2:58:57from a calculator, there was a bubble strip that illuminated the
2:58:57 > 2:59:00numbers and they would magnify and it just fitted into the clip so I
2:59:00 > 2:59:05cut it, stuck that in, I said, I think aisle I've found the light
2:59:05 > 2:59:09sabre. He came over, looked at it and smiled. That's the biggest
2:59:09 > 2:59:13approval you can get from George. You are right, every fan will be
2:59:13 > 2:59:18fascinated by that level of detail. At what point did people like Roger
2:59:18 > 2:59:20and others working on the film realise that they were on to
2:59:20 > 2:59:23something because, at the time there was no appetite, was there, for
2:59:23 > 2:59:29science fiction?Not at all. The box office was dead for science fiction
2:59:29 > 2:59:32and I remember the production supervisor telling me he went on the
2:59:32 > 2:59:37set and it just looked weird, you have Darth Vader, storm troopers,
2:59:37 > 2:59:42but it was incredible. There was one moment when the executive in charge
2:59:42 > 2:59:47from 20th Century Fox came on the set, there were some kids there, the
2:59:47 > 2:59:54crew's children, they were looking at R2-D2 and choo Bakke and he was
2:59:54 > 2:59:59fascinated, he thought if it was engaging on that level, it could be
2:59:59 > 3:00:04something.They weren't meant to have American actors in the lead
3:00:04 > 3:00:12role were they, I saw that bit?The cast list was fudged because Equity
3:00:12 > 3:00:17was protective of having British actors do British parts. They put
3:00:17 > 3:00:24the British actors at the top and at the bottom, he said there are minor
3:00:24 > 3:00:28roles, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, the Home Office
3:00:28 > 3:00:34knew what was going on, they passed it but he got forgiveness in the end
3:00:34 > 3:00:41because of how successful it was.
3:00:41 > 3:00:48Irony be reading about R2-D2's head. -- I remember reading.It was part
3:00:48 > 3:00:53of an old lamp, ten shillings, and he didn't get the money back, he
3:00:53 > 3:00:57paid cash, no receipt! Always great to know there is so much British
3:00:57 > 3:00:59creativity behind it. And still going on.
3:00:59 > 3:01:02The Galaxy Britain Built will be shown on BBC Four
3:01:02 > 3:01:06on December 21st at 10pm.
3:01:06 > 3:01:14Go and see the new Star Wars film and then watch that!The latest
3:01:14 > 3:01:20series of David Attenborough's Blue Planet came to a close last night,
3:01:20 > 3:01:25and it looked that the problem of plastic in our oceans. We sent Tim
3:01:25 > 3:01:27Muffett to a sea life centre in Norfolk to find out about some of
3:01:27 > 3:01:31the work being done to help wildlife caught up in the pollution. Good
3:01:31 > 3:01:36morning to you, beautiful wildlife with you this morning as well.
3:01:36 > 3:01:41Yes, good morning to you from me and my new friends, Maisie, Doug and
3:01:41 > 3:01:47several other seals here in Hunstanton at the sea life centre
3:01:47 > 3:01:51and aquarium, and Blue Planet II post some big questions about the
3:01:51 > 3:01:57effects plastics have an animals such as these, because over the
3:01:57 > 3:02:01years they have treated many seals who have been injured due to plastic
3:02:01 > 3:02:05pollution. In a minute we will talk to some of the staff here, we might
3:02:05 > 3:02:09even talk to a couple other seals! But first they recaptured to last
3:02:09 > 3:02:17night's edition. -- but first a little recap.In some parts of the
3:02:17 > 3:02:20ocean, it is estimated that over 1 million pieces of plastic for every
3:02:20 > 3:02:26square mile. And we are only beginning to discover just how
3:02:26 > 3:02:32seriously it affects marine life. Once in the ocean, plastic breaks
3:02:32 > 3:02:41down into tiny fragments - micro plastics.The really small organisms
3:02:41 > 3:02:45must take these tiny plastics for food, and the larger organisms eat
3:02:45 > 3:02:51the plankton, the larger fish eat the smaller fish, and so on and so
3:02:51 > 3:02:55forth.Dolphins are at the top of the food chain, and it is now
3:02:55 > 3:02:59thought that pollutants may be building up in their cases to such a
3:02:59 > 3:03:09degree that a mother's contaminated milk could kill her car. -- calf.
3:03:09 > 3:03:13Industrial pollution and the discarding of plastic wastes must be
3:03:13 > 3:03:23tackled for the sake of all life in the ocean.
3:03:23 > 3:03:28Yeah, some really tough questions for all of us, Natalie, you work at
3:03:28 > 3:03:32the century, tell us about the injuries you have had to deal with
3:03:32 > 3:03:37on the seals particularly.So we have seen things like netting or why
3:03:37 > 3:03:42a fishing line that might be wrapped around the neck, that is quite
3:03:42 > 3:03:45common, or around the flippers, things like that, and in a lot of
3:03:45 > 3:03:51cases it can cut quite steep, it causes a nasty injury. That becomes
3:03:51 > 3:03:54open to infection, so they can get some really nasty injuries as a
3:03:54 > 3:03:59result. Not only that, if they are tangled in a lot of debris, they can
3:03:59 > 3:04:07be weighed down, it can make it difficult for them to hunt as well.
3:04:07 > 3:04:11What was your reaction to what you saw on Blue Planet?It is shocking
3:04:11 > 3:04:15to see, but not surprising, when you work with these animals, you see
3:04:15 > 3:04:21this stuff fairly frequently, so it is awful to see, but unfortunately,
3:04:21 > 3:04:26at this point, it is not surprising. I think they want their breakfast, I
3:04:26 > 3:04:32don't want to deprive a seal of their breakfast! Sue, you are from
3:04:32 > 3:04:35the Marine Conservation Society, what can people do to improve the
3:04:35 > 3:04:41situation?Lots of little things we can all do, stop using carrier bags,
3:04:41 > 3:04:47use refillable bottles and caps, and we can be asking our government and
3:04:47 > 3:04:51industry to really think what they need to do. Industry needs to go
3:04:51 > 3:04:55back to the drawing board on the design of products to make sure they
3:04:55 > 3:05:00are fully recyclable at the end of life, and we need to bring in things
3:05:00 > 3:05:04like deposit refund systems or taxes on single use plastics, because they
3:05:04 > 3:05:13are the worst offenders, the single use plastics, and things made out of
3:05:13 > 3:05:18polished Irene.Thank you very much. Emily, one of the really interesting
3:05:18 > 3:05:22things we saw in the programme was a statistic about 1 million pieces of
3:05:22 > 3:05:26plastic per square mile, you helped collate that state, what else have
3:05:26 > 3:05:30you been discovering?Yeah, we have been looking at these accumulations
3:05:30 > 3:05:35were all the plastic ends up, and we realise that so much of the plastic
3:05:35 > 3:05:39is tiny, these micro plastics, smaller than your little fingernail,
3:05:39 > 3:05:46and are really very hard to see and clean-up.Money big questions,
3:05:46 > 3:05:54Emily, thank you so much. Here they have had first-hand experience of
3:05:54 > 3:05:58the problems that plastics can cause, and view as well as seen the
3:05:58 > 3:06:02frustration and anxiety about the effects plastics can have. --
3:06:02 > 3:06:06viewers. We will leave you with some images of these beautiful creatures,
3:06:06 > 3:06:10some of whom will be released back into the wild, magnificent, and
3:06:10 > 3:06:12they? They are absolutely lovely, thank
3:06:12 > 3:06:20you so much. And on our Twitter page and on Facebook, BBC Earth has got
3:06:20 > 3:06:24some good tips about what we can do as individuals, and we will put them
3:06:24 > 3:06:28out on social media. Eight ways to make a difference.
3:06:28 > 3:06:31Number one, I am buying you a reusable bottle.
3:06:31 > 3:06:37From the New Year, I will have one bottle, stop using these. Let's make
3:06:37 > 3:06:42a difference together. Before we talk about Dennis, no
3:06:42 > 3:08:28longer a menace, and the Beano, we will
3:08:28 > 3:08:29Hello will
3:08:29 > 3:08:29Hello and will
3:08:29 > 3:08:29Hello and welcome will
3:08:29 > 3:08:31Hello and welcome back. will
3:08:31 > 3:08:33He's been causing mayhem on the streets of Beanotown
3:08:33 > 3:08:35for nearly seven decades,
3:08:35 > 3:08:39but you can't keep a good menace down.
3:08:39 > 3:08:41Dennis and his faithful dog Gnasher are back
3:08:41 > 3:08:44on television in the form of a new computer-generated
3:08:44 > 3:08:47animation series.
3:08:47 > 3:08:51Let's take a look at what they're getting up to.
3:08:51 > 3:08:53We need a guaranteed pass!
3:08:53 > 3:08:56If Pie Face gets held back, the gang will be split up.
3:08:56 > 3:08:57I've got a plan.
3:08:57 > 3:09:00We need a big plan.
3:09:00 > 3:09:02Like a long-range pencil!
3:09:02 > 3:09:04Or a ghost who is really good at maths.
3:09:04 > 3:09:06Or a mind swapping machine.
3:09:06 > 3:09:07Or a mind swapping...
3:09:07 > 3:09:09You've got one of those?!
3:09:09 > 3:09:19Let's see, I'll just ask my little friend.
3:09:19 > 3:09:22Professor Screwtop the hamster!
3:09:22 > 3:09:24Come on, guys, Grizzly Gorilla is on his way to Beanotown,
3:09:24 > 3:09:27and I need to do something extreme to impress the ultimate
3:09:27 > 3:09:29king of outdoor survival!
3:09:34 > 3:09:38Yeah, yeah, fan boy, you want to do him to be your BFF?
3:09:38 > 3:09:42Obvs!
3:09:42 > 3:09:44Mike Stirling is the editorial director of Beano Studios.
3:09:44 > 3:09:53He joins us now.
3:09:53 > 3:09:57Morning, thanks for having us. Dennis has had a big update, he has
3:09:57 > 3:10:04lost the menace. He has not lost his menace, if you have been watching...
3:10:04 > 3:10:10I have not been watching!The name has gone, because his surname is
3:10:10 > 3:10:14Menace, he is Dennis Menace, but what you have got to think about is
3:10:14 > 3:10:20if you look at Gnasher's profile, he is the most popular character after
3:10:20 > 3:10:25Dennis in Beano, so it is Dennis and Gnasher. We have upgraded Gnasher,
3:10:25 > 3:10:31and Dennis is more sophisticated than simply being a menace, if we
3:10:31 > 3:10:38just called you Dan the Man, you would be frustrated!I can
3:10:38 > 3:10:43understand where you're coming from! And he has got some new as well.I
3:10:43 > 3:10:54have got Ruby, her dad is Professor Von Screwtop, the crazy scientist in
3:10:54 > 3:11:02Beanotown, and we have got JJ, they are part of the band, the Dinmakers,
3:11:02 > 3:11:06and Gnasher is involved in that as well! They are kind of like a band
3:11:06 > 3:11:10of friends, and they take on adventure is, they solve problems,
3:11:10 > 3:11:20and they find the phone in Beanotown. -- fun.And they are a
3:11:20 > 3:11:25proper gang of friends.Yes, sometimes that term can be negative,
3:11:25 > 3:11:28but not in this sense, and they have got this band, the Dinmakers, and
3:11:28 > 3:11:34you will see in every episode that they play, and they make a noise,
3:11:34 > 3:11:41and we very much believe at Beano Studios that children should be
3:11:41 > 3:11:45heard as well as seen.We were talking only about the fact that in
3:11:45 > 3:11:50the 1950s there were 2 million copies of the Beano sold most weeks,
3:11:50 > 3:11:54and obviously that circulation has fallen a lot to the time where we
3:11:54 > 3:12:03are now, about 35,000? It is in thousands rather than millions. But
3:12:03 > 3:12:06the TV series has enabled the whole thing to live on and make sure it
3:12:06 > 3:12:13has a long life.Yeah, I think the print Beano has still got a really
3:12:13 > 3:12:17long future ahead of it itself, it will last as long as anything else
3:12:17 > 3:12:24does in print, but what the TV, we have got to realise that kids access
3:12:24 > 3:12:28entertainment on so many different formats nowadays, and this is an
3:12:28 > 3:12:33example of that. When I read the Beano, when I was eight years old,
3:12:33 > 3:12:38the thing that... I would save them, and you mentioned that to me, you
3:12:38 > 3:12:42have still got them in the house, I would read them again and say
3:12:42 > 3:12:46something extra funny, and extra cool thing, and that is what we have
3:12:46 > 3:12:51done in a show. Kids are watching TV differently, and they watch, you
3:12:51 > 3:12:54know, they have to give them something to come back to, because
3:12:54 > 3:12:59they watch the show on iPlayer, and they will watch multiple times, so
3:12:59 > 3:13:02there is something new every time they watch.One of my favourite
3:13:02 > 3:13:12characters is behind you.Some people have compared her to you.I
3:13:12 > 3:13:16am very happy with that!I would encourage everyone to tune in and
3:13:16 > 3:13:21make their own judgment on that, as long as you don't want any
3:13:21 > 3:13:24specialty, we can give you credit for that!I am very happy for that,
3:13:24 > 3:13:25thank you very much indeed!
3:13:25 > 3:13:28Dennis and Gnasher Unleashed is on CBBC at two o'clock this
3:13:28 > 3:13:30afternoon, and it's also available on the BBC iPlayer.
3:13:30 > 3:13:32That's all from us here on Breakfast this morning,
3:13:32 > 3:13:34but we'll both be back tomorrow from six,
3:13:34 > 3:13:37when we'll be joined by the former Strictly judge Len Goodman.