16/12/2017

0:00:03 > 0:00:06Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

0:00:06 > 0:00:08Stayt.

0:00:08 > 0:00:11Feeling the Christmas pressure.

0:00:11 > 0:00:14Emergency services face their busiest weekend of the year.

0:00:14 > 0:00:16Extra ambulance crews, control room staff, and thousands

0:00:16 > 0:00:22of volunteers are tackling the surge in demand.

0:00:35 > 0:00:37Good morning, it is Saturday 16 December.

0:00:37 > 0:00:41Also this morning: A country at a crossroads.

0:00:41 > 0:00:44The ruling party in South Africa prepares to pick a new leader,

0:00:44 > 0:00:48amid allegations of bribery, infighting and corruption.

0:00:48 > 0:00:50More than 400 square miles of California has now been

0:00:50 > 0:00:51burned by wildfires.

0:00:51 > 0:00:56More than 8,000 people are fighting the blaze.

0:00:56 > 0:00:59In sport: Whacked around the Waca.

0:00:59 > 0:01:02Captain Smith smashes 150, to suck the hope out of England

0:01:02 > 0:01:06on the third day of the third Test, and now has his eye

0:01:06 > 0:01:11on a first-innings lead.

0:01:11 > 0:01:17# Why, why, why, Delilah?

0:01:17 > 0:01:20And I have been looking into the power of song on the sports

0:01:20 > 0:01:22field, and giving it a go myself.

0:01:22 > 0:01:26And Stav has the weather.

0:01:26 > 0:01:32Good morning to you. This weekend is a tale of two hubs. We are starting

0:01:32 > 0:01:36the week on a cold, frosty note. Plenty of sunshine, and then

0:01:36 > 0:01:41tomorrow it looks cloudier, breezy and wetter, but a bit milder. I will

0:01:41 > 0:01:44have all the details for you in about 15 minutes.

0:01:44 > 0:01:45Good morning.

0:01:45 > 0:01:47First, our main story: Emergency services are expecting this weekend

0:01:47 > 0:01:51to be one of the busiest of the year, as towns and city

0:01:51 > 0:01:53centres are packed with Christmas revellers.

0:01:53 > 0:01:56Extra ambulance crews were brought in ahead of last night,

0:01:56 > 0:01:58amid concerns that so-called Mad Friday, the most popular day

0:01:58 > 0:02:01for work Christmas parties, would see a surge of alcohol-fuelled

0:02:01 > 0:02:02incidents.

0:02:02 > 0:02:05Michael Cowan reports.

0:02:05 > 0:02:09It is one of the busiest nights of the Year 4 hour emergency services,

0:02:09 > 0:02:14so much so that London's ambulance service are bringing in an extra 30

0:02:14 > 0:02:18cruise.We are going to be incredibly busy this weekend, and we

0:02:18 > 0:02:22will take lots of 999 calls from patients who have suffered the

0:02:22 > 0:02:26effects of alcohol. That puts a massive strain on our system. So

0:02:26 > 0:02:29that will mean that we divert Anne Kylloenen services away from

0:02:29 > 0:02:32patients, potentially leaving patients on the floor with a broken

0:02:32 > 0:02:36hip or a baby with a broken arm in order to attend to those patients

0:02:36 > 0:02:40that present is immediately life-threatening.The pubs are

0:02:40 > 0:02:44packed in opponents board but with many of us drink to excess the

0:02:44 > 0:02:48festive period, ambulance services across the country have to bring in

0:02:48 > 0:02:51scores of extra staff, and that puts huge pressure on our emergency

0:02:51 > 0:02:56services. In Bath, locals have banded together on volunteer boat

0:02:56 > 0:03:01patrols along the River Avon to support the stretched emergency

0:03:01 > 0:03:05services, and they are saving lives. We asked him how do you get in

0:03:05 > 0:03:10there? I'm not sure, I have been drinking. We took him away to

0:03:10 > 0:03:14hospital. After that we are not sure what will happen, in terms of

0:03:14 > 0:03:17whether he will need further treatment.And if you hadn't been

0:03:17 > 0:03:22here?Probably dead.In Scotland's party capital of Glasgow, pastors

0:03:22 > 0:03:27have been out patrolling the streets.It is the volume of people

0:03:27 > 0:03:31coming into a town. It is the fact that some people, this is their

0:03:31 > 0:03:34annual night out in Glasgow. They are not used to the city centre,

0:03:34 > 0:03:40they are not used to drinking, they are not used to the temperature.

0:03:40 > 0:03:43And, with the Knight said to be busy again, emergency services are asking

0:03:43 > 0:03:46people to drink responsibly, as they deal with one of their most

0:03:46 > 0:03:52difficult periods of the year. -- tonight.

0:03:52 > 0:03:55The future of South Africa will be decided this weekend,

0:03:55 > 0:03:58as the country's ruling party chooses a new leader to replace

0:03:58 > 0:04:00Jacob Zuma, who faced constant allegations of corruption

0:04:00 > 0:04:01during his decade in charge.

0:04:01 > 0:04:05The tense leadership battle has raised fears the ANC could split

0:04:05 > 0:04:06before the general election in 2019.

0:04:06 > 0:04:07Virginia Langeberg reports.

0:04:07 > 0:04:10With Jacob Zuma stepping down as leader of the ANC,

0:04:10 > 0:04:15South Africa is left at a virtual crossroad.

0:04:15 > 0:04:20Ever since 1994, the first election where people of every race

0:04:20 > 0:04:25were allowed to vote, the ANC has won overwhelmingly.

0:04:25 > 0:04:28But now, for the first time in more than two decades,

0:04:28 > 0:04:31there is the possibility South Africans could turn their back

0:04:31 > 0:04:33on the party that led their country towards liberation.

0:04:33 > 0:04:35Jacob Zuma's presidency has been plagued with allegations

0:04:35 > 0:04:39of corruption, since he took office in 2009.

0:04:39 > 0:04:43Public protests have been held over his handling of the economy,

0:04:43 > 0:04:49and he has survived eight no-confidence votes in parliament.

0:04:49 > 0:04:52The incoming ANC leader will not only need to regain the trust

0:04:52 > 0:05:03of voters, but also unite the party.

0:05:03 > 0:05:09We have called on all our members and delegates to ensure that you

0:05:09 > 0:05:16need to have a confidence. The ANC and the country must emerge as the

0:05:16 > 0:05:25winners.

0:05:25 > 0:05:29Whoever comes out on top of the ANC leadership battle in the coming days

0:05:29 > 0:05:32will be well placed to become the country's president in 2019.

0:05:32 > 0:05:35It is at a time when South Africa has faced two economic recessions

0:05:35 > 0:05:38in less than one decade, unemployment stands at more

0:05:38 > 0:05:40than 27%, and gross national debt at $150 billion.

0:05:40 > 0:05:44Milton Nkosi joins us now from Johannesburg.

0:05:44 > 0:05:49Good morning, good to see you. So today, you know, we see this

0:05:49 > 0:05:53build-up to a new leader. But the country concerned about how this

0:05:53 > 0:06:01leader takes it forward.Yes indeed. There are over 5000 delegates who

0:06:01 > 0:06:05will be voting here at the ANC conference. We are right at the

0:06:05 > 0:06:10venue now, and it is due to start in just over an hour. The country has

0:06:10 > 0:06:16been split down the middle, particularly in the ANC, in terms of

0:06:16 > 0:06:21who is going to succeed President Jacob Zuma as party leader.

0:06:21 > 0:06:26Remember, he stays in office as head of state until 2019. He is just

0:06:26 > 0:06:31stepping down as the president of the African National Congress,

0:06:31 > 0:06:38having served for ten years.And the successor, Milton, of course that is

0:06:38 > 0:06:43what is important, and how that successor is likely to be the leader

0:06:43 > 0:06:48of the country, move South Africa on.Yes indeed. There are two

0:06:48 > 0:06:54possible successors. One is his deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa,

0:06:54 > 0:06:59the man who went with Nelson Mandela to negotiate the end of white

0:06:59 > 0:07:03minority rule in South Africa in the early 1990s. And the other is

0:07:03 > 0:07:10President Jacob Zuma's former wife, Doctor Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.Thank

0:07:10 > 0:07:12you so much for those details.

0:07:12 > 0:07:15Former prime minister David Cameron is taking on a new Government-linked

0:07:15 > 0:07:21role, as the UK and China step up cooperation on investment.

0:07:21 > 0:07:28In a statement from the Chancellor, who is in Beijing for a second day

0:07:28 > 0:07:32of talks, it says Cameron will be involved in a new $1 billion

0:07:32 > 0:07:35fund to invest in the UK, China and other countries

0:07:37 > 0:07:39Wildfires in southern California are continuing to burn out

0:07:39 > 0:07:42of control, scorching an area larger than New York City

0:07:42 > 0:07:43and Paris combined.

0:07:43 > 0:07:46Firefighters are now preparing to defend towns along the Pacific

0:07:46 > 0:07:49coast, as fierce winds are forecast to whip up the flames,

0:07:49 > 0:07:52which have so far burned 400 square miles in 12 days.

0:07:52 > 0:07:54Our correspondent James Cook is in the town of Fillmore,

0:07:54 > 0:07:57which is under threat from the fire.

0:07:57 > 0:07:5812 days on, and still it burns.

0:07:58 > 0:08:01More than 8,000 men and women are now battling this blaze,

0:08:01 > 0:08:09saving homes one by one.

0:08:09 > 0:08:15Not far from here, the fire claimed the life of 32-year-old

0:08:15 > 0:08:18Cory Iverson, a firefighter, a father, and a husband.

0:08:18 > 0:08:25He is survived by his wife, Ashley, his two-year-old daughter Evie.

0:08:25 > 0:08:36Cory and Ashley are expecting a second daughter this spring.

0:08:36 > 0:08:39The fire has destroyed homes, too, more than 700 of them.

0:08:39 > 0:08:42Two apartment blocks and two hotels also burnt down,

0:08:42 > 0:08:44and another 18,000 buildings remain at risk.

0:08:44 > 0:08:46This is one of five homes in this tiny neighbourhood

0:08:46 > 0:08:50which was destroyed when the flames swept through here so fast that

0:08:50 > 0:08:51firefighters had to abandon the area.

0:08:51 > 0:08:53Which ones survived and which were destroyed

0:08:53 > 0:08:55was a matter of pure luck.

0:08:55 > 0:08:59Aaron Lawson and his family were among the lucky ones.

0:08:59 > 0:09:02Their home was scorched but it survived, thanks in part

0:09:02 > 0:09:06to neighbours, who lost everything but stayed to fight the fire.

0:09:06 > 0:09:09The most rewarding thing, I think, is seeing them.

0:09:09 > 0:09:11Some of the guys who lost their houses were working

0:09:11 > 0:09:13side-by-side with us to keep our house safe

0:09:13 > 0:09:19those first few days.

0:09:19 > 0:09:24All week they have been raising to contain the fire.

0:09:24 > 0:09:27And, with more gusty winds forecast, firefighters say they expect

0:09:27 > 0:09:28the battle to intensify.

0:09:28 > 0:09:31Austria is set to become the only country in Western Europe

0:09:31 > 0:09:33to have a far-right party in government.

0:09:33 > 0:09:36The conservative People's Party, which won the parliamentary election

0:09:36 > 0:09:38two months ago, but failed to secure a majority,

0:09:38 > 0:09:40has struck a coalition deal with the anti-immigration Freedom

0:09:40 > 0:09:45Party.

0:09:45 > 0:09:48The head of the People's Party, Sebastian Kurz, who is 31,

0:09:48 > 0:09:51will be the youngest national leader in the world.

0:09:51 > 0:09:53The billionaire founder of a pharmaceuticals company

0:09:53 > 0:09:56and his wife have been found dead at their home in Canada.

0:09:56 > 0:09:59Barry Sherman set up his company, Apotex, in the 1970s,

0:09:59 > 0:10:00and was a prominent philanthropist.

0:10:00 > 0:10:02Police have described the couple's deaths as suspicious,

0:10:02 > 0:10:05but say they are not searching for anyone in connection

0:10:05 > 0:10:06to the incident.

0:10:06 > 0:10:08Severn Trent Water has apologised to customers in Tewksbury

0:10:08 > 0:10:11who are still without water due to a burst main.

0:10:11 > 0:10:13The company said a wide area has been affected,

0:10:13 > 0:10:17and it was a complicated job to get the system back to normal.

0:10:17 > 0:10:20Severn Trent has been handing out water to around 10,000 homes

0:10:20 > 0:10:22and businesses that have been left without water.

0:10:22 > 0:10:29It is the second major leak to hit the utility in recent months.

0:10:29 > 0:10:34If you have a spare £500,000 sitting around you could be the proud owner

0:10:34 > 0:10:38of a rare skeleton of a woolly mammoth. Discovered about ten years

0:10:38 > 0:10:43ago in Siberian permafrost, it goes to auction in France today. You will

0:10:43 > 0:10:48need quite a lot of house to fit it in. It is 3.5 metres tall, and the

0:10:48 > 0:10:53tasks are more than three metres in length. The animals lived alongside

0:10:53 > 0:10:57early man but became extinct more than 10,000 years ago.

0:10:57 > 0:11:00The winner of the Comedy Wildlife Photography competition has been

0:11:00 > 0:11:03announced, and we just had to show you the pictures this morning.

0:11:03 > 0:11:07This photo of an owl losing its footing on a branch won

0:11:07 > 0:11:09the overall prize, while the winner in the Land category

0:11:09 > 0:11:15was this laughing dormouse.

0:11:15 > 0:11:25A photobombing sea turtle won the award for the Under The Sea

0:11:25 > 0:11:34category, and other highlights include these two cheeky monkeys,

0:11:34 > 0:11:52a baby polar bear, and these seals.

0:11:52 > 0:11:57Sorry if I am being a bit quiet. It took me a while to work out what was

0:11:57 > 0:12:01going on.That is your face, Charlie, when we see something

0:12:01 > 0:12:06shocking. I love those photos. They are going to be rolled out again.

0:12:06 > 0:12:12Fabulous. Are the front pages as interesting?The front page of the

0:12:12 > 0:12:15Daily Mail, the announcement about the royal wedding, of course, was

0:12:15 > 0:12:21made yesterday. 19 May is the date and the Daily Mail musing over the

0:12:21 > 0:12:26choice of the day because it does clash with the FA Cup final day. So

0:12:26 > 0:12:30what a right royal own goal, although you would have to assume

0:12:30 > 0:12:37that they did no that was the decision they were taking. -- did

0:12:37 > 0:12:42know. We don't know whether Prince William will be at the FA Cup final

0:12:42 > 0:12:46or his brother's wedding, I assume the wedding. The housing chief has

0:12:46 > 0:12:52resigned over an obscene bonus, on the Daily Mail. Has quit over the

0:12:52 > 0:12:58role on this lucrative share scheme and the role at the chair had was in

0:12:58 > 0:13:03orchestrating a £100 million plus bonus for the chief executive. The

0:13:03 > 0:13:10picture here is Mira Sorvino, who was blacklisted by the director of

0:13:10 > 0:13:15the Lord of the rings trilogy, Peter Jackson, who has said he did this

0:13:15 > 0:13:19after he had been told by Harvey Weinstein or Harvey Weinstein's

0:13:19 > 0:13:24Company that Mira Sorvino was a difficult person to work with, and

0:13:24 > 0:13:29she is now saying that because of that Harvey Weinstein derailed her

0:13:29 > 0:13:32career. The Daily Telegraph, a picture of Prince Harry yesterday

0:13:32 > 0:13:37but the main story, eight in ten rural homes and businesses can't get

0:13:37 > 0:13:41a good mobile 4G signal. It has been an ongoing issue, referred to many

0:13:41 > 0:13:46times on BBC Breakfast, problems with people getting decent 4G mobile

0:13:46 > 0:13:53phone signals. This story caught the eye of many yesterday. It is about a

0:13:53 > 0:14:00student who was put on trial for rape and police withheld ... Or

0:14:00 > 0:14:06certain evidence wasn't put forward, which caused the case to collapse,

0:14:06 > 0:14:09because it was text messages between him and the person who accused him

0:14:09 > 0:14:13of rape, and now that times are saying that dozens of cases have

0:14:13 > 0:14:17collapsed in the past few years because of these failings into how

0:14:17 > 0:14:21they handled the evidence. And we spoke about Star Wars yesterday. It

0:14:21 > 0:14:29was the Penyak, lots of reviews coming out, and -- this was the

0:14:29 > 0:14:31premiere, lots of reviews coming out.

0:14:31 > 0:14:33You are watching Breakfast from BBC News.

0:14:33 > 0:14:36The main stories this morning: Extra ambulance crews have been brought

0:14:36 > 0:14:40in this weekend, which is expected to be one of the busiest

0:14:40 > 0:14:42of the year, as Christmas parties get under way.

0:14:42 > 0:14:45The future of South Africa will be decided this weekend,

0:14:45 > 0:14:48as the country's ruling party chooses a new leader to replace

0:14:48 > 0:14:50Jacob Zuma.

0:14:50 > 0:14:53Also coming up in the programme: The Click team is looking at how art

0:14:53 > 0:15:05is moving from the physical world to virtual reality.

0:15:05 > 0:15:13I don't understand how virtual reality art works, because it's an

0:15:13 > 0:15:18impression of reality anyway. Yes, you are asking the wrong person

0:15:18 > 0:15:24to explain this. What I do know is that in Click, which is coming up

0:15:24 > 0:15:28later, they are going to explain it, so shall we leave it to them?

0:15:28 > 0:15:31I thought you would bring some light to it...

0:15:31 > 0:15:33Here's Stav with a look at this morning's weather.

0:15:33 > 0:15:33Here's Stav with a look at this morning's weather.

0:15:33 > 0:15:40Good morning. It's like deja vu. This time last week I was presenting

0:15:40 > 0:15:43with you both and it was so busy because of the massive snowfall

0:15:43 > 0:15:48event. A different story this week. Starting with the air mass picture

0:15:48 > 0:15:51because cold air is with us for Saturday. Out in the Atlantic

0:15:51 > 0:15:57there's milder air. A big plume of milder air will be moving on towards

0:15:57 > 0:16:01tomorrow and this will be with us on that for much of next week in the

0:16:01 > 0:16:05run-up to Christmas potentially. Today is a frosty start with lots of

0:16:05 > 0:16:09sunshine, but there will be ice problems. A few showers around. This

0:16:09 > 0:16:14is the picture at seven a.m.. More cloud across the south-west, a few

0:16:14 > 0:16:18showers in Cornwall and Devon, elsewhere in the Midlands, southern

0:16:18 > 0:16:22and eastern areas, really cold and frosty. A few showers clipping the

0:16:22 > 0:16:26east coast and an area of rain pushing in the north Wales and the

0:16:26 > 0:16:29north-west of England. This is sliding in off the Irish Sea. Ice

0:16:29 > 0:16:34will be a problem here and also across the north of Scotland, where

0:16:34 > 0:16:39we continue to have wintry showers. Watch out for this price risk as it

0:16:39 > 0:16:43will be slippery on untreated surfaces until about 11am -- ice

0:16:43 > 0:16:47risk. Then it stays damp in the south-west corner through Wales and

0:16:47 > 0:16:52the south-west. Elsewhere, a nice day. Lots of sunshine if you like it

0:16:52 > 0:16:59called, you need to wrap up -- cold. Then tonight it's a tale of two

0:16:59 > 0:17:03halves. Central and eastern areas remain cold. You will start to see a

0:17:03 > 0:17:12change in the west. Milder here and frosty in east. That's how we start

0:17:12 > 0:17:16Sunday. This is the cold air still here. This is milder air moving in

0:17:16 > 0:17:22with this weather fronts, so it will be wet and windy as well for the

0:17:22 > 0:17:26north of Ireland. Central and eastern areas starting cold, with

0:17:26 > 0:17:31additional fog around. That will tend to clear as the rain sinks

0:17:31 > 0:17:34south-eastwards. Some of it will be heavy in northern areas. That

0:17:34 > 0:17:38brightens up in the north of the country through the afternoon,

0:17:38 > 0:17:41except for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Staying cloud in the south

0:17:41 > 0:17:46and a milder day. Like I mentioned, in the next week it stays mainly

0:17:46 > 0:17:50dry. Very mild but there will be quite a lot of cloud around, with

0:17:50 > 0:17:50dry. Very mild but there will be quite a lot of cloud around, with

0:17:50 > 0:17:53outbreaks of rain. That's your forecast. Thanks very much! See

0:17:53 > 0:17:58later.

0:17:58 > 0:18:01We'll be back with the headlines at 6:30, but first it is time

0:18:01 > 0:18:04for the Film Review with Jane Hill and Mark Kermode.

0:18:15 > 0:18:18Hello and welcome to The Film Review on BBC News.

0:18:18 > 0:18:21Taking us through this week's cinema releases is Mark Kermode.

0:18:21 > 0:18:25What have you been watching, Mark?

0:18:25 > 0:18:26Very, very interesting week.

0:18:26 > 0:18:29We have Bingo: The King Of The Mornings, a film

0:18:29 > 0:18:32about the dark side of clowning.

0:18:32 > 0:18:34We have, of course, Star Wars: The Last Jedi,

0:18:34 > 0:18:37you might have noticed that this is opening in cinemas!

0:18:37 > 0:18:41And The Unseen, a low-key British chiller.

0:18:48 > 0:18:50Bingo: The King Of The Mornings, this is a really

0:18:50 > 0:18:51curious looking one.

0:18:51 > 0:18:53Very interesting film, submitted for the foreign-language

0:18:53 > 0:18:56Oscar although it has not made it through to the short list.

0:18:56 > 0:19:00It comes on like an episode of the Chuckle Brothers crossed with

0:19:00 > 0:19:01the last third of Goodfellas.

0:19:01 > 0:19:04It is inspired by a real-life story of a kids' TV icon,

0:19:04 > 0:19:07this is a fictionalised version in which there is struggling actor

0:19:07 > 0:19:11who has made his name in soft-core sex films and manages to get a break

0:19:11 > 0:19:13as Bingo, this clown on morning television.

0:19:13 > 0:19:16And realises that he may actually have found something

0:19:16 > 0:19:18for which he can become celebrated and famous.

0:19:18 > 0:19:21The downside is, he's not allowed to say who he is,

0:19:21 > 0:19:24he has to be completely anonymous, so he's caught between

0:19:24 > 0:19:28fame and anonymity.

0:19:28 > 0:19:30However, he wants to stretch his wings and see

0:19:30 > 0:19:32what he can do with the role.

0:19:32 > 0:19:34Here's a clip.

0:20:15 > 0:20:19Now, you can see from that, it has got a strange,

0:20:19 > 0:20:20slightly cracked tone to it,

0:20:20 > 0:20:23it is a fantastic performance from Vladimir Brichta as Bingo.

0:20:23 > 0:20:24What I

0:20:24 > 0:20:28like about it is that it has a bit of the backstage madness of live

0:20:28 > 0:20:30television, something like Network.

0:20:30 > 0:20:40It also has that...

0:20:40 > 0:20:42I talked before about Goodfellas, that sense as it accelerates,

0:20:42 > 0:20:43that what happens is

0:20:43 > 0:20:46success goes to his head, he falls into drink and drugs

0:20:46 > 0:20:49and reckless behaviour, but he is tortured because he can't

0:20:49 > 0:20:51tell anyone who he is.

0:20:51 > 0:20:53It becomes that classic tale of someone who is famous

0:20:53 > 0:20:56in one area and completely anonymous and another.

0:20:56 > 0:20:58It is not without flaws, there are certain moments

0:20:58 > 0:21:01when the drama oversteps itself somewhat, but I didn't

0:21:01 > 0:21:02know this story at all.

0:21:02 > 0:21:04As I said, it's inspired by a true story,

0:21:04 > 0:21:07and I found it gripping and weirdly enjoyable, not least

0:21:07 > 0:21:08because there's something...

0:21:08 > 0:21:10I mean, clowns are a strange presence anyway...

0:21:10 > 0:21:11Yes. Could go either way!

0:21:11 > 0:21:13Can be funny, can be sinister.

0:21:13 > 0:21:16And we saw the success of It, which has now become

0:21:16 > 0:21:18the biggest selling horror movie of all time.

0:21:18 > 0:21:22So, this is something a little bit different, it is not entirely

0:21:22 > 0:21:25successful but when it works, it has a kind of crazed energy,

0:21:25 > 0:21:27which is down to the central performance largely,

0:21:27 > 0:21:28which is very, very magnetic.

0:21:28 > 0:21:31So apparently there's a new Star Wars film out!

0:21:31 > 0:21:31Who knew?

0:21:31 > 0:21:33They should do some publicity, really.

0:21:33 > 0:21:35Are you a Star Wars fan?

0:21:35 > 0:21:37To a degree. I've seen some of them.

0:21:37 > 0:21:39I lived with someone who really, really is,

0:21:39 > 0:21:41so it is on the list.

0:21:41 > 0:21:44This picks up almost immediately where Force Awakens left off.

0:21:44 > 0:21:46Rey arrives at the island where Luke Skywalker now

0:21:46 > 0:21:54lurks, and she is looking for her true self.

0:21:54 > 0:21:57The thing with any Star Wars film is that there is a balancing act.

0:21:57 > 0:22:00Light and the shade, between the action and

0:22:00 > 0:22:02the introspection and also between satisfying the fans

0:22:02 > 0:22:03and the first timers.

0:22:03 > 0:22:05I think that Rian Johnson who is helming this,

0:22:05 > 0:22:08who's come from films like Looper, has done a fantastic job.

0:22:08 > 0:22:12You get all the stuff that you want from a Star Wars film,

0:22:12 > 0:22:14the sabre battles, the deep space explosions, the dogfights,

0:22:14 > 0:22:17but you also get an awful lot of internal character development.

0:22:17 > 0:22:21What I liked most about this is that it has a number

0:22:21 > 0:22:23of disparate narrative strands, as they all do, but each character

0:22:23 > 0:22:38arc is followed through properly.

0:22:38 > 0:22:41It is a film in which characters do what that character would do.

0:22:41 > 0:22:44It's a film in which action is character, characters are defined

0:22:44 > 0:22:47not by what they say but by their actions.

0:22:47 > 0:22:50Now, I saw it with a home crowd, I saw it at the premiere

0:22:50 > 0:22:53and in the final act of it, people were laughing, cheering,

0:22:53 > 0:22:54bursting into spontaneous applause.

0:22:54 > 0:22:57My suspicion is that that will be matched around the country,

0:22:57 > 0:22:59because it's very well-made, very confident, there

0:22:59 > 0:23:03is a little bagginess in it, there is one section on a casino

0:23:03 > 0:23:04planet, which I think

0:23:04 > 0:23:06is perhaps somewhat overstretched, but I think it works

0:23:06 > 0:23:08really well as a film.

0:23:08 > 0:23:10That said, all Star Wars films have a divisive element.

0:23:10 > 0:23:12And nothing is going to satisfy everybody.

0:23:12 > 0:23:16I have never been a hard-core Star Wars fan, but I did

0:23:16 > 0:23:17enjoy this very much.

0:23:17 > 0:23:20I thought as a piece of masterful storytelling in which it obeys

0:23:20 > 0:23:22the rules of the characters, the characters make sense.

0:23:22 > 0:23:25It may be fantastical and inventive but the characters

0:23:25 > 0:23:27make sense, and that, for me, is the key.

0:23:27 > 0:23:30And does it look fantastic? Oh, yes, it looks fantastic.

0:23:30 > 0:23:33In a way we sort of take that for granted.

0:23:33 > 0:23:36It looks really great, but it also feels really solid.

0:23:36 > 0:23:39It feels like a proper, you know, well-made, stand-alone film.

0:23:39 > 0:23:40That's excellent. The Unseen.

0:23:40 > 0:23:43Look, it's nearly Christmas - have you brought me another horror

0:23:43 > 0:23:45film, is this what you're doing here?

0:23:45 > 0:23:46This is a psychological chiller.

0:23:46 > 0:23:47Not really horror.

0:23:47 > 0:23:48What is the distinction?

0:23:48 > 0:23:56Stick with me.

0:23:56 > 0:23:58This is written and directed by Gary Sinyor.

0:23:58 > 0:23:59This was 12 years in development,

0:23:59 > 0:24:02it is a story about a young couple who suffer

0:24:02 > 0:24:04a terrible loss of a child

0:24:04 > 0:24:21and after that, their relationship is in crisis.

0:24:31 > 0:24:34Gem.

0:24:36 > 0:24:39Yes?

0:24:39 > 0:24:42I hear him.

0:24:42 > 0:24:44In his room.

0:24:44 > 0:24:46I hear him.

0:24:46 > 0:24:50What?

0:24:50 > 0:24:54At night.

0:24:54 > 0:24:59Sometimes during the day.

0:25:01 > 0:25:04You don't believe me.

0:25:07 > 0:25:21What does he say?He says he loves me.

0:25:21 > 0:25:23Now, you were asking what the difference

0:25:23 > 0:25:25is between a horror film and a chiller.

0:25:25 > 0:25:29I think it is a tenuous distinction, however, it is to do

0:25:29 > 0:25:30with an uncanniness, sense of creepiness.

0:25:30 > 0:25:33In its early stages, this film is actually very,

0:25:33 > 0:25:35very well played by the central actors.

0:25:35 > 0:25:37And it has a real atmosphere of unease, of the uncanny,

0:25:37 > 0:25:39which is very hard to achieve.

0:25:39 > 0:25:43I have to say in its later stages it kind of loses some of that,

0:25:43 > 0:25:46the more the plot starts to explain itself, the more mechanical it

0:25:46 > 0:25:48becomes and the less it became interesting.

0:25:48 > 0:25:51But for its first movement, it does establish that sense

0:25:51 > 0:25:54of the cold hand on the back of the neck.

0:25:54 > 0:25:56The genuinely uncanny sense that you're not quite

0:25:56 > 0:25:59sure what's going on.

0:25:59 > 0:26:02You believe in the characters, you believe in the situation.

0:26:02 > 0:26:05And you share their distress.

0:26:05 > 0:26:08But you also have that sense of eeriness, that sense of unease.

0:26:08 > 0:26:11It's a very flawed film, and I think overall, as I said,

0:26:11 > 0:26:15there are missteps in the later acts that let it down.

0:26:15 > 0:26:19But at the beginning it has an atmosphere

0:26:19 > 0:26:22which I think validates it, and it is really nice to see

0:26:22 > 0:26:25something like that going up against a behemoth like Star Wars:

0:26:25 > 0:26:25The Last Jedi.

0:26:25 > 0:26:28And it's not a horror film.

0:26:28 > 0:26:28OK!

0:26:28 > 0:26:32I may be just saying that, but it's not a horror film!

0:26:32 > 0:26:34Best out, however, I wholeheartedly, I mean...

0:26:34 > 0:26:38The rerelease of a classic.

0:26:38 > 0:26:40I think this is one of the greatest movies ever made,

0:26:40 > 0:26:42A Matter Of Life And Death.

0:26:42 > 0:26:44You love it too, right?

0:26:44 > 0:26:45Yes, yes, yes.

0:26:45 > 0:26:48When was the last time you saw it on a big screen?

0:26:48 > 0:26:50When I was at university, 300 years ago.

0:26:50 > 0:26:53I love that image of up in heaven, looking down.

0:26:53 > 0:26:55Very clever, very clever.

0:26:55 > 0:26:59You need to see it on the big screen, so much of why it's

0:26:59 > 0:27:01brilliant is the way it looks.

0:27:01 > 0:27:02The idea of having the other

0:27:02 > 0:27:05world as being black-and-white, and the Technicolor, so gorgeous,

0:27:05 > 0:27:10the performances are brilliant.

0:27:10 > 0:27:14And every time you see it, it just gets better and better and better.

0:27:14 > 0:27:18And incidentally, that is a film which you can view as a fantasy

0:27:18 > 0:27:21or you can view as a psychological, you know, psychological romance.

0:27:21 > 0:27:23I would say it's not a million miles away from...

0:27:23 > 0:27:28I'm trying!

0:27:28 > 0:27:29I love your attempt, Mark.

0:27:29 > 0:27:32It is fantastic, it is wonderful, worth seeing on a big screen,

0:27:32 > 0:27:36you make a good point, I haven't seen it on a for aeons.

0:27:36 > 0:27:37On the smaller screen, DVDs...

0:27:37 > 0:27:38Dunkirk.

0:27:38 > 0:27:41Which I, kind of having seen it on the big screen...

0:27:41 > 0:27:43Want to see it on the big screen.

0:27:43 > 0:27:45I can't quite envisage watching it on a small one.

0:27:45 > 0:27:47I've seen Dunkirk three times.

0:27:47 > 0:27:50I have seen it twice on a big IMAX screen and once

0:27:50 > 0:27:52on a television screen, although the television screens

0:27:52 > 0:27:53are now much bigger.

0:27:53 > 0:27:57When you see it on a small screen, you start to notice things

0:27:57 > 0:28:00about the cleverness of the structure, the fact that it

0:28:00 > 0:28:01has these three interweaving time periods.

0:28:01 > 0:28:03One week, one day, one hour.

0:28:03 > 0:28:04The fact that it

0:28:04 > 0:28:07interweaves them so well, sometimes on the big screen you're

0:28:07 > 0:28:09just so overwhelmed by the spectacle of it,

0:28:09 > 0:28:10you don't realise just how smart

0:28:10 > 0:28:12the construction of the film is.

0:28:12 > 0:28:15Watching it on a smaller screen you really admire the narrative...

0:28:15 > 0:28:18It is a simple narrative but it is told in a way

0:28:18 > 0:28:20which is really complex and really crystalline.

0:28:20 > 0:28:24And actually I saw things in it on the small screen that I hadn't

0:28:24 > 0:28:26seen on the big screen.

0:28:26 > 0:28:30Yes, the big-screen experience is still the primary one but it does

0:28:30 > 0:28:37work on the small screen, for different reasons.

0:28:37 > 0:28:39Mark, good to see you as ever.

0:28:39 > 0:28:39Interesting week.

0:28:39 > 0:28:40Thank you very much.

0:28:40 > 0:28:43Quick reminder before we go you can find more film news

0:28:43 > 0:28:44and reviews online.

0:28:44 > 0:28:44bbc.co.uk/MarkKermode.

0:28:44 > 0:28:47And all our previous programmes are on the BBC iPlayer,

0:28:47 > 0:28:48of course.

0:28:48 > 0:28:51That is it for this week, though, enjoy your cinema going.

0:28:51 > 0:28:53Bye bye.

0:29:59 > 0:30:01Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

0:30:01 > 0:30:02Stayt.

0:30:02 > 0:30:06Good morning, here is a summary of today's main stories from BBC

0:30:06 > 0:30:08News:

0:30:08 > 0:30:11First, our main story: Emergency services are expecting this weekend

0:30:11 > 0:30:15to be one of the busiest of the year, as towns and city

0:30:15 > 0:30:16centres are packed with Christmas revellers.

0:30:16 > 0:30:19Extra ambulance crews were brought in ahead of last night,

0:30:19 > 0:30:22amid concerns that so-called Mad Friday, the most popular day

0:30:22 > 0:30:25for work Christmas parties, would see a surge of alcohol-fuelled

0:30:25 > 0:30:28incidents.

0:30:28 > 0:30:33The night is estimated to be worth more than £2 billion to the drinks

0:30:33 > 0:30:36industry.

0:30:36 > 0:30:39In half an hour, we will be talking to a paramedic

0:30:39 > 0:30:41who was on duty last night.

0:30:41 > 0:30:42That is at 7:10am.

0:30:42 > 0:30:44The future of South Africa will be decided this weekend,

0:30:44 > 0:30:47as the country's ruling party chooses a new leader to replace

0:30:47 > 0:30:50Jacob Zuma, who faced constant allegations of corruption

0:30:50 > 0:30:51during his decade in charge.

0:30:51 > 0:30:54The tense leadership battle has raised fears the ANC could split

0:30:54 > 0:31:00before the general election in 2019.

0:31:00 > 0:31:05President Zuma has urged the party to unite behind the ruler.

0:31:05 > 0:31:16We have called on all our members and delegates to ensure that

0:31:16 > 0:31:18unity prevails ahead of the conference.

0:31:18 > 0:31:24The ANC and the country must emerge as the winners.

0:31:24 > 0:31:27Former prime minister David Cameron is taking on a new Government-linked

0:31:27 > 0:31:30role, as the UK and China step up cooperation on investment.

0:31:30 > 0:31:33In a statement from the Chancellor, who is in Beijing for a second day

0:31:33 > 0:31:37of talks, it says Cameron will be involved in a new $1 billion fund

0:31:37 > 0:31:40to invest in the UK, China and other countries .

0:31:40 > 0:31:42to create employment and increase trade links.

0:31:42 > 0:31:44The news comes as the Chancellor, Phillip Hammond.

0:31:44 > 0:31:47The Chancellor, Phillip Hammond is in Beijing for a second day

0:31:47 > 0:31:50of talks securing future economic relations between the two countries.

0:31:50 > 0:31:53Forecasters are warning strong winds could make the wildfires in southern

0:31:53 > 0:31:53California even worse.

0:31:53 > 0:31:56It has already scorched more than 400 square miles,

0:31:56 > 0:31:59which is the size of New York City and Paris combined.

0:31:59 > 0:32:01More than 8,000 firefighters are now tackling the flames.

0:32:01 > 0:32:04Austria is set to become the only country in Western Europe

0:32:04 > 0:32:06to have a far-right party in government.

0:32:06 > 0:32:09The conservative People's Party, which won the parliamentary election

0:32:09 > 0:32:11two months ago, but failed to secure a majority,

0:32:11 > 0:32:14has struck a coalition deal with the anti-immigration Freedom

0:32:14 > 0:32:14Party.

0:32:14 > 0:32:17The head of the People's Party, Sebastian Kurz, who is 31,

0:32:17 > 0:32:25will be the youngest national leader in the world.

0:32:25 > 0:32:27The billionaire founder of a pharmaceuticals company

0:32:27 > 0:32:30and his wife have been found dead at their home in Canada.

0:32:30 > 0:32:33Barry Sherman set up his company, Apotex, in the 1970s,

0:32:33 > 0:32:34and was a prominent philanthropist.

0:32:34 > 0:32:37Police have described the couple's deaths as suspicious,

0:32:37 > 0:32:39but say they are not searching for anyone in connection

0:32:39 > 0:32:40to the incident.

0:32:40 > 0:32:43Severn Trent Water has apologised to customers in Tewksbury

0:32:43 > 0:32:45who are still without water due to a burst main.

0:32:45 > 0:32:48The company said a wide area has been affected,

0:32:48 > 0:32:51and it was a complicated job to get the system back to normal.

0:32:51 > 0:32:54Severn Trent has been handing out water to around 10,000 homes

0:32:54 > 0:32:56and businesses that have been left without water.

0:32:56 > 0:33:00It is the second major leak to hit the utility in recent months.

0:33:00 > 0:33:04If you have a spare £500,000 sitting around, you could be the proud owner

0:33:04 > 0:33:08of a rare skeleton of a woolly mammoth.

0:33:08 > 0:33:10It was discovered about ten years ago in the Siberian permafrost,

0:33:10 > 0:33:13and it goes to auction in France today.

0:33:13 > 0:33:17You will need quite a lot of house to fit it in.

0:33:17 > 0:33:20It is 3.5 metres tall, and the curving tasks are more

0:33:20 > 0:33:21than three metres in length.

0:33:21 > 0:33:24The animals lived alongside early man, but became extinct more

0:33:24 > 0:33:29than 10,000 years ago.

0:33:29 > 0:33:32It seems gin is proving to be just the tonic.

0:33:32 > 0:33:35A record 47 million bottles were bought in Britain alone over

0:33:35 > 0:33:35the past year.

0:33:35 > 0:33:37That's the equivalent of 1.32 billion G&Ts,

0:33:37 > 0:33:58making gin the most popular spirit, surpassing whisky and vodka.

0:33:58 > 0:34:10You don't seem surprised, Mike.I am going to a gin off tomorrow. I won't

0:34:10 > 0:34:23be tasting much of each one. Sloe gin? Cucumber gin?I don't know

0:34:23 > 0:34:29about that. England could do with the tonic, imagine a balloon which

0:34:29 > 0:34:35has been burst, and is slowly deflating.

0:34:35 > 0:34:38It is becoming the theme of this Ashes series -

0:34:38 > 0:34:41Australia's captain, Steve Smith, showing why he is the best batsman

0:34:41 > 0:34:44in the world, and snuffing out England's hope of a comeback.

0:34:44 > 0:34:47This has been the story of the day, Smith hitting England's bowlers

0:34:47 > 0:34:48to the boundary.

0:34:48 > 0:34:50And the ball slips through Moeen Ali's fingers,

0:34:50 > 0:34:52just like their sapping confidence.

0:34:52 > 0:34:55So, despite one wicket earlier for Ali, Smith is now 173 not-out,

0:34:55 > 0:34:57while Mitchell Marsh is also tormenting England's bowlers,

0:34:57 > 0:34:58and is 77 not-out.

0:34:58 > 0:35:16So Australia 388-4, and only trail now by 15.

0:35:16 > 0:35:19They only trailed by six and with those six wickets remaining they

0:35:19 > 0:35:26could end up with a lead of 150? And you would have to say would England

0:35:26 > 0:35:31have a chance of keeping the Ashes? They could be gone in this early

0:35:31 > 0:35:33test.

0:35:33 > 0:35:36City have been so dominant this season, the question is,

0:35:36 > 0:35:37can anyone stop them?

0:35:37 > 0:35:38Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United have

0:35:38 > 0:35:40all tried and failed.

0:35:40 > 0:35:42Will it be Tottenham who spoil the party?

0:35:42 > 0:35:59A question for Patrick Gearey.

0:35:59 > 0:36:03Mid-December, and Manchester City are moving from probably uncatchable

0:36:03 > 0:36:07to possibly invincible. This weekend they play Spurs, the only team in

0:36:07 > 0:36:12the top six they have not yet faced. One by one, their rivals have been

0:36:12 > 0:36:16dispatched, including, at last weekend, Manchester United, the site

0:36:16 > 0:36:20closest to them in points and geography. So can they emulate

0:36:20 > 0:36:25Arsenal in 2004 and go the season unbeaten? The manager is having none

0:36:25 > 0:36:34of it.We are going to lose games. The important thing is to try to

0:36:34 > 0:36:38play better and better, that is the motivation. The record always will

0:36:38 > 0:36:44stay there.Those records are impressive. City have now won an

0:36:44 > 0:36:47impressive 15 straight league matches, in the process of picking

0:36:47 > 0:36:52up 49 out of a possible 51 points, enough to finish eighth in the

0:36:52 > 0:36:56league last season and if they win the last two matches before

0:36:56 > 0:36:59Christmas they will average 2.89 points per game, the highest every

0:36:59 > 0:37:04Dell lacked any team in top-flight history has managed. So can

0:37:04 > 0:37:08Tottenham stop them? Well, their boss likes a challenge.I think we

0:37:08 > 0:37:17are going to play, for me, the best team today in Europe. Not only in

0:37:17 > 0:37:22England. And it is so exciting, it is a massive challenge, this type of

0:37:22 > 0:37:28challenge that you want always to have.City are already being

0:37:28 > 0:37:34compared to another Spurs side, the stylish double winners of 1961.

0:37:34 > 0:37:40While they are on course to be more effective than Mourinho's ruthless

0:37:40 > 0:37:45Chelsea team of 2006. But their team and manager are still focusing on

0:37:45 > 0:37:46the present.

0:37:46 > 0:37:49Championship leaders Wolves haven't lost since the end of October,

0:37:49 > 0:37:52and they took another step closer to the Premier League with victory

0:37:52 > 0:37:53over Sheffield Wednesday last night.

0:37:53 > 0:37:57Ruben Neves with the goal that put them seven points clear at the top

0:37:57 > 0:37:58of the table.

0:37:58 > 0:38:01Ulster put 50 points past Harlequins, to improve their chances

0:38:01 > 0:38:03of qualifying for the quarter-finals of rugby union's European Champions

0:38:03 > 0:38:12Cup.

0:38:12 > 0:38:14Six different players scored tries for them,

0:38:14 > 0:38:16as they won by 52-24 in Belfast.

0:38:16 > 0:38:19They are second in their group.

0:38:19 > 0:38:22Ronnie O'Sullivan was caught napping at the Scottish Open snooker.

0:38:22 > 0:38:25Not one of his power naps, but he was beaten 5-0

0:38:25 > 0:38:27by John Higgins in the quarter-finals.

0:38:27 > 0:38:30It is the first time in 23 years Higgins has whitewashed O'Sullivan,

0:38:30 > 0:38:33who said he had no excuses, and the pair clearly have a lot

0:38:33 > 0:38:36of respect for each other.

0:38:36 > 0:38:41You know what John is like. He is a class act and just an amazing

0:38:41 > 0:38:45player. He is just unbelievable. You know, he has got touch, skill,

0:38:45 > 0:38:50power, he has got everything. If you are going to build a snooker player,

0:38:50 > 0:38:54you would wield John.Obviously someone like that saying that is

0:38:54 > 0:38:58amazing. He is definitely, as I said, the best player I have ever

0:38:58 > 0:39:01seen.

0:39:01 > 0:39:04Phil Taylor is playing his last PDC World Darts Championship before

0:39:04 > 0:39:06retiring, and he got off to a winning start

0:39:06 > 0:39:08at London's Alexandra Palace last night.

0:39:08 > 0:39:11'The Power' is a legend in the sport, thanks to a brilliant

0:39:11 > 0:39:14career spanning three decades, and he is going for a 17th world

0:39:14 > 0:39:16title.

0:39:16 > 0:39:26He beat Chris Dobey 3-1.

0:39:26 > 0:39:29The legendary jump jockey Sir AP McCoy came out of retirement last

0:39:29 > 0:39:32night to take on flat racing superstar Frankie Dettori

0:39:32 > 0:39:33in a charity event.

0:39:33 > 0:39:35The pair led teams in a relay show-jumping competition

0:39:35 > 0:39:37at the London International Horse Show, at Olympia.

0:39:37 > 0:39:40They were raising money for the Injured Jockeys Fund,

0:39:40 > 0:39:42and it was McCoys team who felt more at home.

0:39:42 > 0:39:44They beat Dettori's flat racers over the jumps.

0:39:44 > 0:39:55A lot of rivalry, and it was the jumpers who came out on top.

0:39:55 > 0:40:02Now, all week on Breakfast, we are looking at the power

0:40:02 > 0:40:05of singing, and this morning we are considering its impact in sport.

0:40:05 > 0:40:08Music was part of the first Olympics in ancient Greece,

0:40:08 > 0:40:11but over the last century it has been the Welsh

0:40:11 > 0:40:15leading the tune, as they harmonise sport and music.

0:40:15 > 0:40:18I have been out with one of the choirs chosen to motivate

0:40:18 > 0:40:20the Wales rugby team in their Autumn International

0:40:20 > 0:40:35against New Zealand.

0:40:35 > 0:40:40# You fill up my senses like a night in the forest.This is where it all

0:40:40 > 0:40:44begins, alone voice on match day. Byron Young has been singing for his

0:40:44 > 0:40:50country since 1972. Is one voice soon becomes part of many on the bus

0:40:50 > 0:40:58to the stadium. And then has the power of 150, when several hours

0:40:58 > 0:41:04before kick off his choir joins the others chosen from around Wales. In

0:41:04 > 0:41:13the tunnel for a dress rehearsal. Everybody in sync everybody has got

0:41:13 > 0:41:17a voice, and that is the way they do it. It happens in football, you see

0:41:17 > 0:41:20it at Liverpool, in the cup, the national anthems, you see people

0:41:20 > 0:41:24praying because of the opportunity to sing out what you are feeling

0:41:24 > 0:41:32inside.Singing in sport has come such a long way since it was

0:41:32 > 0:41:36originally given a voice in the modern era Welshman called Tom

0:41:36 > 0:41:45Williams back and 1905. Now, it is such an official part of match day

0:41:45 > 0:41:48that, for the first time, the teams as they come off their buses are

0:41:48 > 0:42:02being greeted by a couple of hints. -- hymns. And on the pitch ahead of

0:42:02 > 0:42:05kick-off, and for one night only they allowed another voice,

0:42:05 > 0:42:10thankfully lost in the crowd. With the Welsh team training just a few

0:42:10 > 0:42:15moments away, this choir can bring together this whole stadium of

0:42:15 > 0:42:1976,000 people with music. And you can feel the power of the Mass, the

0:42:19 > 0:42:26power of the gathering, helping to inspire those 15 individuals.There

0:42:26 > 0:42:30are many historians, musical historians, who would tell you that

0:42:30 > 0:42:33the Welsh were renowned for their ability to just sings spontaneously.

0:42:33 > 0:42:40I think it goes way back to the chapels, the chapels, really, in

0:42:40 > 0:42:46Wales, were the first to sings spontaneously in harmony. And I

0:42:46 > 0:42:50think that lead into the stadium singing in harmony as well.And it

0:42:50 > 0:42:57can help the harmony in a team. This man was hired by the British and

0:42:57 > 0:43:03Irish Lions to bond the team on their visit to New Zealand. And did

0:43:03 > 0:43:10the singing here, led by Byron and his choir, helped inspire Wales to a

0:43:10 > 0:43:22second try against New Zealand?It was the singing that Dittert!When

0:43:22 > 0:43:27we were five metres out, you could hear the crowd singing Tom and

0:43:27 > 0:43:32stuff, and that lifts you that extra 10%.Went the going gets tough and

0:43:32 > 0:43:36they start the song and it goes on stage, it just leaves you up.In the

0:43:36 > 0:43:40end, Wales lost the match. But that didn't stop singing. You can see the

0:43:40 > 0:43:47singing continues well into the night, in this land of the song.We

0:43:47 > 0:43:51lost the game, but we won a lot. This tip typifies it. This is the

0:43:51 > 0:43:58spirit, Wales together. Really fantastic.

0:43:58 > 0:44:01And it just went on and on, literally the singing never stopped,

0:44:01 > 0:44:05into the early hours of the morning. That sense of belonging,

0:44:05 > 0:44:10togetherness.Behind-the-scenes, and they are singing the players into

0:44:10 > 0:44:14the stadium.Well, now, especially in Wales, it has a very official

0:44:14 > 0:44:19role. They know that as part of team management, various tactics, there

0:44:19 > 0:44:23is buying players, it has a huge role now. You see the players saying

0:44:23 > 0:44:28it gives them that extra 10%.Seven or eight points.

0:44:30 > 0:44:33Here's Stav with a look at this morning's weather.

0:44:33 > 0:44:35Here's Stav with a look at this morning's weather.

0:44:35 > 0:44:42Good morning! Good morning. Cold air is with us

0:44:42 > 0:44:46for the first half of this weekend. I'm showing you the air mass charter

0:44:46 > 0:44:51because it paints quite a good picture. Saturday, a cold and frosty

0:44:51 > 0:44:54start, but notice the orange colours coming in off the Atlantic towards

0:44:54 > 0:44:59Sunday. This milder air and the winds will be with us for much of

0:44:59 > 0:45:03next week as well. Today is a cold start and there will be ice around

0:45:03 > 0:45:07but at least for most central and eastern areas it will stay dry with

0:45:07 > 0:45:10lots of sunshine. More cloud in western areas and a few showers.

0:45:10 > 0:45:16Cornwall and Devon and Wales. For the Midlands and eastwards. A

0:45:16 > 0:45:20widespread frost for the mourning period. Watch out for ice,

0:45:20 > 0:45:25especially in the north-west England, with rain and snow falling

0:45:25 > 0:45:29for the next few hours. A few showers into Northern Ireland and

0:45:29 > 0:45:33parts of western Scotland where there will also be an ice risk.

0:45:33 > 0:45:38Elsewhere, cold, dry and frosty. A mixed picture through the morning.

0:45:38 > 0:45:42Otherwise, most areas will be dry and sunny. More cloud across the

0:45:42 > 0:45:46west in eastern areas. Outbreaks of rain in Wales and the south-west of

0:45:46 > 0:45:50England. Here, touch less cold. 6- eight degrees. Elsewhere,

0:45:50 > 0:45:58temperatures struggling. Overnight, a cold frost in central and eastern

0:45:58 > 0:46:02areas. A weather system is beginning to push into the west. This marks

0:46:02 > 0:46:07the change to the weather. Temperatures as low as 5-6 in the

0:46:07 > 0:46:12west. Again, subzero in east. This weather system is bringing change.

0:46:12 > 0:46:16The heavy rain and the isobars are really close together, so it means

0:46:16 > 0:46:22it will be quite easy and windy for the final of England and Scotland.

0:46:22 > 0:46:26Pretty heavy rain as it moves south-eastwards into much of England

0:46:26 > 0:46:34and Wales will stop eventually the sunshine is developing around it.

0:46:34 > 0:46:38Double D gives on the west, still chilly in the far east. That changes

0:46:38 > 0:46:43as we head towards next week. Staying largely dry, apart from

0:46:43 > 0:46:48drizzle in western hills. It could be very mild, temperatures around

0:46:48 > 0:46:52the midteens on Tuesday and Wednesday, but with a mild Atlantic

0:46:52 > 0:46:57air there is quite a lot of cloud, the sunshine will be limited.

0:46:57 > 0:46:58air there is quite a lot of cloud, the sunshine will be limited.

0:46:58 > 0:47:03Midteens next week does that knocked the idea of a white Christmas on the

0:47:03 > 0:47:07head? It could little bit. I was thankful

0:47:07 > 0:47:13to get the train up to see my folks, but I know so many people would love

0:47:13 > 0:47:18a white Christmas. The run-up to Christmas is looking mild, but

0:47:18 > 0:47:20things could change during Christmas.

0:47:20 > 0:47:30There's always that caveat! Thanks very much. Back with the

0:47:30 > 0:47:35headlines at seven a.m.. First it's time for Click.

0:47:54 > 0:47:57Earlier in the year we looked at some of the 360 cameras

0:47:57 > 0:48:00which have taken off in 2017.

0:48:00 > 0:48:03Dan filmed with the new kid on the block, the Insta One in

0:48:03 > 0:48:04Berlin.

0:48:04 > 0:48:06And he came back very pleased with it.

0:48:06 > 0:48:09Easy to use, lots of features, including this bullet-time mode,

0:48:09 > 0:48:12a bit like the film The Matrix, where you can get a picture

0:48:12 > 0:48:18of yourself from all angles.

0:48:18 > 0:48:20But what have the more established names in photography got

0:48:20 > 0:48:24to offer us?

0:48:24 > 0:48:26Well, with Christmas just around the corner,

0:48:26 > 0:48:29this time we sent Dan to a suitably festive place to put two pro-sumer

0:48:29 > 0:48:31360 cameras through their paces.

0:48:31 > 0:48:34The ancient city of Bath hosts a very traditional Christmas market,

0:48:34 > 0:48:39one that I want to catch in the round.

0:48:39 > 0:48:41I've got two cameras for the job.

0:48:41 > 0:48:44One is from Kodak, the other is Nikon's.

0:48:44 > 0:48:47They look pretty similar, with two ultra-wide-angle lenses

0:48:47 > 0:48:50capturing everything, before the two images

0:48:50 > 0:48:52are stitched together in-camera.

0:48:52 > 0:48:56But look closer, and you will see the Kodak sporting two different

0:48:56 > 0:48:58lenses, one smaller than the other, superwide 235-degree lens.

0:48:58 > 0:49:01It also has the tiniest remote control in the world,

0:49:01 > 0:49:03and a slightly higher price tag than the Nikon.

0:49:03 > 0:49:06Our producer has the Kodak, while I'm putting the Nikon

0:49:06 > 0:49:15through its paces.

0:49:17 > 0:49:21Now, we don't just want to test these cameras out in the daylight,

0:49:21 > 0:49:23when all the conditions are absolutely perfect.

0:49:23 > 0:49:26For these cameras, we want to test them out to see what they're

0:49:26 > 0:49:28like as it starts to get dark.

0:49:28 > 0:49:32Will the bright lights be a problem, and will we see all of the details?

0:49:32 > 0:49:38Time to go for a wander and see whose 360 is best.

0:49:39 > 0:49:40Please dive in, ladies.

0:49:40 > 0:49:46Don't let me get in your way.

0:49:46 > 0:49:50And, in no time at all, I found the festive liquor stand.

0:49:50 > 0:49:53Not just wine, but flavoured vodka here, and the Nikon is not put off

0:49:53 > 0:49:54by those flashing lights.

0:49:54 > 0:49:58But the image is a little dark, so we will brighten it

0:49:58 > 0:49:59for you in postproduction.

0:49:59 > 0:50:02There you go, and now you can see the other problem.

0:50:02 > 0:50:09The image stitching means I've almost lost my head,

0:50:09 > 0:50:11before touching a drop.

0:50:11 > 0:50:14The Kodak's image is brighter than the Nikon, but we found

0:50:14 > 0:50:16that the quality from that super-wide-angle lens was softer

0:50:16 > 0:50:19than the smaller lens on the other side of the device.

0:50:19 > 0:50:22Of course, you're best off with a stick attached to both

0:50:22 > 0:50:25of these cameras, otherwise your hands get sort of in the way.

0:50:25 > 0:50:29Now, to make the test fairer, we decided to see how these cameras

0:50:29 > 0:50:30fared back to back.

0:50:30 > 0:50:32Or front to front.

0:50:32 > 0:50:33Or back to front.

0:50:33 > 0:50:35Well, it's difficult to tell, to be honest.

0:50:35 > 0:50:37We shot them side by side.

0:50:37 > 0:50:41Look at this.

0:50:41 > 0:50:47We found a 360 globe for a 360 camera.

0:50:47 > 0:50:50And it's the Nikon showing off more natural colours,

0:50:50 > 0:50:52benefiting from a more accurate light balance,

0:50:52 > 0:50:58although some might prefer the warmer Kodak results,

0:50:58 > 0:50:59because it is very Christmassy.

0:50:59 > 0:51:02At the chilled cider shop, the Kodak warmed things up,

0:51:02 > 0:51:07while Nikon kept things more natural and crisp.

0:51:07 > 0:51:10Both cameras struggled to stitch their shots together perfectly.

0:51:10 > 0:51:12This is the raw footage, with no touching up,

0:51:12 > 0:51:20and the Nikon has done a reasonable job.

0:51:20 > 0:51:22The stitching point is more visible on the Kodak,

0:51:22 > 0:51:25partly because of the different qualities of those two lenses.

0:51:25 > 0:51:28On the upside, it's Kodak that offers the ability to play with how

0:51:28 > 0:51:31the images are stitched together in its free software,

0:51:31 > 0:51:33something the Nikon's more basic offering lacks.

0:51:34 > 0:51:37For sheer fun, the Kodak also offers greater flexibility when playing

0:51:37 > 0:51:38back what you shot.

0:51:38 > 0:51:40This is little planet mode.

0:51:40 > 0:51:44And, if you want to do it on the Nikon, then you'll need some

0:51:44 > 0:51:46third-party 360 software, which may mean additional cost.

0:51:46 > 0:51:48Finally, the thing everybody forgets when they use

0:51:48 > 0:51:55a camera - sound.

0:51:55 > 0:51:57It is very odd being filmed by two cameras.

0:51:57 > 0:51:59We're being filmed as well, it is 360.

0:51:59 > 0:52:01Oh, goodness me.

0:52:01 > 0:52:04You can tell she's had too much cider, because hers moves

0:52:04 > 0:52:06around a bit.

0:52:06 > 0:52:08I'm just cold!

0:52:08 > 0:52:11We reckon both do a great job, but the Nikon is slightly clearer,

0:52:11 > 0:52:14although the Kodak offers the possibility of attaching

0:52:14 > 0:52:19an external mic.

0:52:19 > 0:52:22So which camera will enthusiasts be hoping Santa brings them this year?

0:52:22 > 0:52:24We think the Kodak edges it for easier post-production,

0:52:24 > 0:52:28while the Nikon has a better shot.

0:52:28 > 0:52:31But, if you're hoping for a trouble-free, cinematic,

0:52:31 > 0:52:34seamless result for under £400, you may have to wait until something

0:52:34 > 0:52:40else takes off.

0:52:40 > 0:52:42At least for now.

0:52:45 > 0:52:48Hello, and welcome to the Week in Tech.

0:52:48 > 0:52:51It was the week that the Federal Communications Commission in America

0:52:51 > 0:52:53voted to repeal rules on net neutrality, which had stopped

0:52:53 > 0:52:55internet service providers from offering different speeds

0:52:55 > 0:52:57and priorities for traffic online.

0:52:57 > 0:52:58The extraordinarily elongated asteroid called Oumuamua

0:52:58 > 0:53:04was being checked for signs of alien technology.

0:53:04 > 0:53:08And, here on earth, the faces of 2 billion people can be compared

0:53:08 > 0:53:11in a matter of seconds with a Minority Report-style system,

0:53:11 > 0:53:15Dragonfly Eye, unveiled in China.

0:53:15 > 0:53:19It was also the week that Netflix was caught up in a creepy viewing

0:53:19 > 0:53:21controversy, after revealing on Twitter that 53 subscribers

0:53:21 > 0:53:23watched the holiday film A Christmas Prince every day

0:53:23 > 0:53:26for 18 days.

0:53:26 > 0:53:28Netflix defended the tweet, saying it represented overall

0:53:28 > 0:53:29trends, and not specific individuals.

0:53:29 > 0:53:33The city of San Francisco has banned the use of delivery robots on most

0:53:33 > 0:53:36of its sidewalks, stating not all innovation is all that

0:53:36 > 0:53:37great for society.

0:53:37 > 0:53:40Meanwhile, Dutch police say it may not have been such a good idea

0:53:40 > 0:53:42to use eagles to catch drones after all.

0:53:42 > 0:53:44Who could have guessed?

0:53:44 > 0:53:47Seen here on Click, the birds were trained to snatch the machines

0:53:47 > 0:53:48from the sky.

0:53:48 > 0:53:52But the cost of keeping them was too high, and they didn't always do

0:53:52 > 0:53:53what they were told.

0:53:53 > 0:53:55And finally, if you're missing Harry Potter, don't despair.

0:53:55 > 0:53:57Artificial intelligence may have a solution for you.

0:53:57 > 0:54:00A new chapter has been created for a book called Harry Potter

0:54:00 > 0:54:03and What Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash.

0:54:03 > 0:54:06Its plot twists include Harry dipping Hermione in hot sauce,

0:54:06 > 0:54:09and Ron turning into spiders and trying to eat Hermione's family.

0:54:09 > 0:54:16Wizard.

0:54:16 > 0:54:19This is Acute Art, a virtual reality arts platform

0:54:19 > 0:54:20and a gallery without walls.

0:54:20 > 0:54:40And it's about to launch, with VR works by some of the world's

0:54:40 > 0:54:43leading contemporary artists.

0:54:43 > 0:54:48Amongst these works is one by Marina Abramovic,

0:54:48 > 0:54:49the self-confessed Grandmother of Performance Art,

0:54:49 > 0:54:52who pushes her own body to the limits to challenge

0:54:52 > 0:54:59and move people.

0:54:59 > 0:55:07OK, well, there's Marina, in a tank of water.

0:55:07 > 0:55:10Well, she seems to want to talk to me, but the water is rising

0:55:10 > 0:55:16up her body.

0:55:19 > 0:55:21Immersive player, in real life, where someone rescues another

0:55:21 > 0:55:25person, or offers aid of any kind, there is a transfer of energy.

0:55:25 > 0:55:37Approach the water.

0:55:37 > 0:55:39I think she wants me to touch the glass.

0:55:39 > 0:55:44Make contact.

0:55:44 > 0:55:45Oh.

0:55:45 > 0:55:46Oh, OK, right.

0:55:46 > 0:55:48Now I'm somewhere very cold, and everything seems

0:55:48 > 0:55:55to be going wrong.

0:55:55 > 0:55:58As always, with VR, you really get a sense of scale.

0:55:58 > 0:56:04I mean, that ice shelf looks absolutely enormous.

0:56:04 > 0:56:07And it's crashing down right in front of me.

0:56:07 > 0:56:09This work is an expression of Marina's fear that humans

0:56:09 > 0:56:12will not survive the consequences of climate change, if we don't

0:56:12 > 0:56:18change our behaviour.

0:56:18 > 0:56:20I'm being covered in spray.

0:56:20 > 0:56:30And now there's a note.

0:56:30 > 0:56:32I will walk instead of drive.

0:56:32 > 0:56:33I will reuse what I can.

0:56:33 > 0:56:36I will reduce the waste I cause.

0:56:36 > 0:56:38Marina wants to leave the participants with a feeling

0:56:38 > 0:56:42that they should do something good for the planet.

0:56:42 > 0:56:45We have to save this planet that we are living on,

0:56:45 > 0:56:48because what I'm interested in is to create a literal contract

0:56:48 > 0:56:51with the planet earth, and give my word of honour that

0:56:51 > 0:56:53I will do something to save it.

0:56:53 > 0:56:59SCREAMING.

0:56:59 > 0:57:01You are pretty well-known for pushing your body further

0:57:01 > 0:57:10than most people would want to push their bodies.

0:57:10 > 0:57:14Here, you appear virtually in a tank of water, but I get the sense that

0:57:14 > 0:57:17you still did some pretty real stuff, to make it seem

0:57:17 > 0:57:18as real as possible?

0:57:18 > 0:57:22You know, actually, to do this, I have to really be in the water.

0:57:22 > 0:57:25And then we have to really be in a swimming pool,

0:57:25 > 0:57:29with two divers holding my legs, so I can really go in and see can

0:57:29 > 0:57:32feel like I would actually die if I didn't have any more

0:57:32 > 0:57:33air to breathe.

0:57:33 > 0:57:37So it's funny that you have to do something which is virtual,

0:57:37 > 0:57:39but you still have to do it physically.

0:57:39 > 0:57:42Before, you've said that you don't think your performances can be

0:57:42 > 0:57:45captured adequately with photos or videos, because you need to be

0:57:45 > 0:57:48there, you need the experiences, it is about actually

0:57:48 > 0:57:48physically being there.

0:57:48 > 0:57:55And I wonder if virtual reality is close enough to being there,

0:57:55 > 0:57:57that is why you chose it?

0:57:57 > 0:58:06Because it's almost being there, isn't it?

0:58:06 > 0:58:08It is very important, the energy dialogue between the audience

0:58:08 > 0:58:09and the performer.

0:58:09 > 0:58:13And the only thing that can catch it, before it was video

0:58:13 > 0:58:15with sound and movement.

0:58:15 > 0:58:17Virtual reality is really another step further,

0:58:17 > 0:58:19because you can go around the objects, you can interact,

0:58:19 > 0:58:21you can do this.

0:58:21 > 0:58:25But still, I think it's so much a question of how much energy

0:58:25 > 0:58:27and charisma actually can transfer from the real performance

0:58:27 > 0:58:33into the virtual body.

0:58:35 > 0:58:38And that's it for the short cut of Click this week.

0:58:38 > 0:58:42The full version is waiting for you on iPlayer, and please join

0:58:42 > 0:58:46us next week for Click's Christmas special.

0:58:46 > 0:58:47And you know what that means.

0:58:47 > 0:58:51Tons of sensible journalism, and no fun whatsoever.

0:58:51 > 0:58:54Maybe not.

0:58:54 > 0:58:57In the meantime, you can follow us on Facebook

0:58:57 > 0:58:58and on Twitter @BBCClick.

0:58:58 > 0:59:00Thank you for watching, and we will see you next

0:59:00 > 0:59:01week for Christmas.

1:00:20 > 1:00:22Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

1:00:22 > 1:00:25Stayt.

1:00:25 > 1:00:26Feeling the Christmas pressure.

1:00:26 > 1:00:28Emergency services face their busiest weekend of the year.

1:00:28 > 1:00:30Extra ambulance crews, control room staff, and thousands

1:00:30 > 1:00:44of volunteers are tackling the surge in demand.

1:00:44 > 1:00:49Good morning, it is Saturday 16 December.

1:00:49 > 1:00:51Also this morning: A country at a crossroads.

1:00:51 > 1:00:54The ruling party in South Africa prepares to pick a new leader,

1:00:54 > 1:00:58amid allegations of bribery, infighting and corruption.

1:00:58 > 1:01:01More than 400 square miles of California has now been

1:01:01 > 1:01:03burned by wildfires.

1:01:03 > 1:01:05At least 8,000 people are still fighting the blaze.

1:01:05 > 1:01:10In sport: Whacked around the Waca.

1:01:10 > 1:01:14Captain Smith nears a double century to put Australia ahead on the third

1:01:14 > 1:01:19day of the third test, and are the Ashes slipping away?

1:01:19 > 1:01:25# Why, why, why, Delilah?

1:01:25 > 1:01:28And I have been looking into the power of song on the sports

1:01:28 > 1:01:31field, and giving it a go myself.

1:01:31 > 1:01:34And Stav has the weather.

1:01:34 > 1:01:36Good morning to you.

1:01:36 > 1:01:38This weekend is a tale of two halves.

1:01:38 > 1:01:41We're starting the weekend on a cold, frosty note,

1:01:41 > 1:01:41plenty of sunshine.

1:01:41 > 1:01:50And then tomorrow it looks cloudier, breezy and wetter, but a bit milder.

1:01:50 > 1:01:57I'll have all the details for you in about 15 minutes.

1:01:57 > 1:01:58Good morning.

1:01:58 > 1:02:01First, our main story: Emergency services are expecting this weekend

1:02:01 > 1:02:04to be one of the busiest of the year, as towns and city

1:02:04 > 1:02:06centres are packed with Christmas revellers.

1:02:06 > 1:02:09Extra ambulance crews were brought in ahead of last night,

1:02:09 > 1:02:11amid concerns that so-called Mad Friday, the most popular day

1:02:11 > 1:02:14for works Christmas parties, would see a surge of alcohol-fuelled

1:02:14 > 1:02:16incidents.

1:02:16 > 1:02:16Michael Cowan reports.

1:02:16 > 1:02:20It is one of the busiest nights of the year for our emergency

1:02:20 > 1:02:23services, so much so that London's ambulance service are bringing

1:02:23 > 1:02:24in an extra 30 crews.

1:02:24 > 1:02:28We're going to be incredibly busy this weekend, and we'll take

1:02:28 > 1:02:31lots of 999 calls to patients who have suffered

1:02:31 > 1:02:32the effects of alcohol.

1:02:32 > 1:02:37That puts a massive strain on our system.

1:02:37 > 1:02:40So that will mean that we will divert ambulance resources

1:02:40 > 1:02:41away from patients, potentially leaving

1:02:41 > 1:02:45patients on the floor with a broken hip, or a baby with a broken arm,

1:02:45 > 1:02:48in order to attend to those patients that present as immediately

1:02:48 > 1:02:49life-threatening.

1:02:49 > 1:02:51The pubs are packed and the pints are poured.

1:02:51 > 1:02:54But, with many of us drinking to excess over the festive period,

1:02:54 > 1:02:57ambulance services across the country have to bring in scores

1:02:57 > 1:03:00of extra staff, and that puts huge pressure on our emergency services.

1:03:00 > 1:03:03In Bath, locals have banded together on volunteer boat patrols along

1:03:03 > 1:03:07the River Avon to support the stretched emergency services,

1:03:07 > 1:03:09and they are saving lives.

1:03:09 > 1:03:15We asked him, how did you get in there?

1:03:15 > 1:03:19Not sure, I've been drinking.

1:03:19 > 1:03:20Whisked him away to hospital.

1:03:20 > 1:03:25After that, we're not sure what will happen,

1:03:25 > 1:03:27in terms of any further treatment.

1:03:27 > 1:03:28And if you hadn't been here?

1:03:28 > 1:03:29Probably dead.

1:03:29 > 1:03:32In Scotland's party capital of Glasgow, pastors have been out

1:03:32 > 1:03:33patrolling the streets.

1:03:33 > 1:03:38It's the volume of people coming into town.

1:03:38 > 1:03:41It's the fact that there are some people, this is their annual night

1:03:41 > 1:03:42out in Glasgow.

1:03:42 > 1:03:46They're not used to the city centre, they're not used to drinking,

1:03:46 > 1:03:47they're not used to the temperature.

1:03:47 > 1:03:50And, with tonight set to be busy again, emergency services are asking

1:03:50 > 1:03:54people to drink responsibly, as they deal with one of their most

1:03:54 > 1:03:57difficult periods of the year.

1:03:57 > 1:04:00The future of South Africa will be decided this weekend,

1:04:00 > 1:04:03as the country's ruling party chooses a new leader to replace

1:04:03 > 1:04:05Jacob Zuma, who faced constant allegations of corruption

1:04:05 > 1:04:06during his decade in charge.

1:04:06 > 1:04:09The tense leadership battle has raised fears the ANC could split

1:04:09 > 1:04:11before the general election in 2019.

1:04:11 > 1:04:18Virginia Langeberg reports.

1:04:18 > 1:04:20With Jacob Zuma stepping down as leader of the ANC,

1:04:20 > 1:04:25South Africa is left at a virtual crossroad.

1:04:25 > 1:04:29Ever since 1994, the first election where people of every race

1:04:29 > 1:04:33were allowed to vote, the ANC has won overwhelmingly.

1:04:33 > 1:04:37But now, for the first time in more than two decades,

1:04:37 > 1:04:39there is the possibility South Africans could turn their back

1:04:39 > 1:04:43on the party that led their country towards liberation.

1:04:43 > 1:04:46Jacob Zuma's presidency has been plagued with allegations

1:04:46 > 1:04:50of corruption, since he took office in 2009.

1:04:50 > 1:04:54Public protests have been held over his handling of the economy,

1:04:54 > 1:04:59and he has survived eight no-confidence votes in parliament.

1:04:59 > 1:05:02The incoming ANC leader will not only need to regain the trust

1:05:02 > 1:05:07of voters, but also unite the party.

1:05:07 > 1:05:11We have called on all our members and delegates to ensure that unity

1:05:11 > 1:05:16prevails ahead of the conference.

1:05:16 > 1:05:23The ANC and the country must emerge as the winners.

1:05:23 > 1:05:27Whoever comes out on top of the ANC leadership battle in the coming days

1:05:27 > 1:05:32will be well placed to become the country's president in 2019.

1:05:32 > 1:05:36It is at a time when South Africa has faced two economic recessions

1:05:36 > 1:05:41in less than one decade, unemployment stands at more

1:05:41 > 1:05:50than 27%, and gross national debt at $150 billion.

1:05:50 > 1:05:56Milton Nkosi joins us now from Johannesburg.

1:05:56 > 1:06:02We can see the gathering behind you. You are at the conference centre,

1:06:02 > 1:06:05the ANC conference, which is happening today. It is such an

1:06:05 > 1:06:10important weekend for the country, isn't it?Yes indeed. South Africa

1:06:10 > 1:06:15finds itself at a crossroads this morning, when the end of President

1:06:15 > 1:06:20Jacob Zuma's term as party leader comes this weekend. He has been

1:06:20 > 1:06:24party leader for ten years, and he is now stepping down this weekend.

1:06:24 > 1:06:30The competition between the two possible successors has divided the

1:06:30 > 1:06:36country down the middle.Milton, tell us a little bit about the

1:06:36 > 1:06:40atmosphere in the country at the moment, looking ahead to what the

1:06:40 > 1:06:45country might look like.Yes, the atmosphere in South Africa is that a

1:06:45 > 1:06:50country is waiting. It is tense but quiet, or as they say, quiet at

1:06:50 > 1:07:00tens. What is happening -- quiet but tends. What is happening now is that

1:07:00 > 1:07:07of the possible successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, is up against Jacob

1:07:07 > 1:07:09Zuma's wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

1:07:09 > 1:07:11Wildfires in southern California are continuing to burn out

1:07:11 > 1:07:14of control, scorching an area larger than New York City

1:07:14 > 1:07:15and Paris combined.

1:07:15 > 1:07:18Firefighters are now preparing to defend towns along the Pacific

1:07:18 > 1:07:21coast, as fierce winds are forecast to whip up the flames,

1:07:21 > 1:07:24which have so far burned 400 square miles in 12 days.

1:07:24 > 1:07:26Our correspondent James Cook is in the town of Fillmore,

1:07:26 > 1:07:29which is under threat from the fire.

1:07:29 > 1:07:3412 days on, and still it burns.

1:07:34 > 1:07:38More than 8,000 men and women are now battling this blaze,

1:07:38 > 1:07:40saving homes one by one.

1:07:40 > 1:07:43Not far from here, the fire claimed the life of 32-year-old

1:07:43 > 1:07:51Cory Iverson, a firefighter, a father, and a husband.

1:07:51 > 1:07:53He is survived by his wife, Ashley, his two-year-old daughter Evie.

1:07:53 > 1:07:59Cory and Ashley are expecting a second daughter this spring.

1:07:59 > 1:08:08The fire has destroyed homes, too, more than 700 of them.

1:08:08 > 1:08:12And another 18,000 buildings remain at risk.

1:08:12 > 1:08:15This is one of five homes in this tiny neighbourhood

1:08:15 > 1:08:18which was destroyed when the flames swept through here so fast that

1:08:18 > 1:08:20firefighters had to abandon the area.

1:08:20 > 1:08:22Which ones survived and which were destroyed

1:08:22 > 1:08:26was a matter of pure luck.

1:08:26 > 1:08:29Aaron Lawson and his family were among the lucky ones.

1:08:29 > 1:08:31Their home was scorched but it survived, thanks in part

1:08:31 > 1:08:36to neighbours, who lost everything but stayed to fight the fire.

1:08:36 > 1:08:39The most rewarding thing, I think, is seeing them.

1:08:39 > 1:08:47Some of the guys who lost their houses were working

1:08:47 > 1:08:50with us side-by-side, to keep our house safe those

1:08:50 > 1:08:51first few days.

1:08:51 > 1:09:00All week they have been racing to contain the fire.

1:09:00 > 1:09:02And, with fierce winds forecast tonight, firefighters say

1:09:02 > 1:09:04they expect the battle to intensify.

1:09:04 > 1:09:07Former Prime Minister David Cameron is taking on a new Government-linked

1:09:07 > 1:09:10role, as the UK and China step up cooperation on investment.

1:09:10 > 1:09:13The statement from the Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, who is in Beijing

1:09:13 > 1:09:16for a second day of talks, says Mr Cameron will be involved

1:09:16 > 1:09:20in a new $1 billion fund which will invest in the UK,

1:09:20 > 1:09:21China, and other countries.

1:09:28 > 1:09:29The billionaire founder of a pharmaceuticals company

1:09:29 > 1:09:33and his wife have been found dead at their home in Canada.

1:09:33 > 1:09:35Barry Sherman set up his company, Apotex, in the 1970s,

1:09:35 > 1:09:37and was a prominent philanthropist.

1:09:37 > 1:09:39Police have described the couple's deaths as suspicious,

1:09:39 > 1:09:42but say they are not searching for anyone in connection

1:09:42 > 1:09:43to the incident.

1:09:43 > 1:09:46Austria is set to become the only country in Western Europe

1:09:46 > 1:09:48to have a far-right party in government.

1:09:48 > 1:09:50The conservative People's Party, which won the parliamentary election

1:09:50 > 1:09:52two months ago, but failed to secure a majority,

1:09:52 > 1:09:55has struck a coalition deal with the anti-immigration Freedom

1:09:55 > 1:09:57Party.

1:09:57 > 1:10:00The head of the People's Party, Sebastian Kurz, who is 31,

1:10:00 > 1:10:07will be the youngest national leader in the world.

1:10:07 > 1:10:08I'll

1:10:19 > 1:10:23Buber doormat Uber has not substantiated claims in the latter,

1:10:23 > 1:10:31but its new leadership wanted to compete honestly in the future.

1:10:31 > 1:10:34Severn Trent Water has apologised to customers in Tewksbury

1:10:34 > 1:10:37who are still without water due to a burst main.

1:10:37 > 1:10:39The company said a wide area has been affected,

1:10:39 > 1:10:42and it was a complicated job to get the system back to normal.

1:10:42 > 1:10:45Severn Trent has been handing out water to around 10,000 homes

1:10:45 > 1:10:47and businesses that have been left without water.

1:10:47 > 1:10:51It is the second major leak to hit the utility in recent months.

1:10:51 > 1:10:54The winner of the Comedy Wildlife Photography competition has been

1:10:54 > 1:10:57announced, and we just had to show you the pictures this morning.

1:10:57 > 1:11:00This photo of an owl losing its footing on a branch won

1:11:00 > 1:11:03the overall prize, while the winner in the Land category

1:11:03 > 1:11:07was this laughing dormouse.

1:11:07 > 1:11:15A photobombing sea turtle won the award for the Under The Sea

1:11:15 > 1:11:21category, and other highlights include these two cheeky monkeys,

1:11:21 > 1:11:46a baby polar bear, and these seals.

1:11:46 > 1:11:54That is me getting to work.We will have the weather coming up later,

1:11:54 > 1:11:57and Mike has all the sport for you as well.

1:11:57 > 1:12:00If you ventured into a town or city centre last night,

1:12:00 > 1:12:04you might have an idea of why some emergency services were calling it

1:12:04 > 1:12:05Mad Friday.

1:12:05 > 1:12:08A combination of office parties, binge-drinking, and cold weather

1:12:08 > 1:12:10meant that police and paramedics were braced for their one

1:12:10 > 1:12:12of their busiest nights of the year.

1:12:12 > 1:12:16One of those out on the frontline was consultant paramedic Dan Smith.

1:12:16 > 1:12:18He has finished his shift, and came straight here

1:12:18 > 1:12:23to talk to us.

1:12:23 > 1:12:29What time did you begin yesterday? About six p.m..And what time did

1:12:29 > 1:12:35you finished this morning?About six a.m..You are a powerhouse, thank

1:12:35 > 1:12:39you for coming in. Was it significantly busier than usual?

1:12:39 > 1:12:45Yes, it is busy. This time of year we know the NHS is busy anyway, it

1:12:45 > 1:12:49is a busy period for us, it is cold out there, so the long-term chest

1:12:49 > 1:12:53conditions are out there anyway. So we are always going to be stretched

1:12:53 > 1:12:58at this time of year. And as we see these office parties and the alcohol

1:12:58 > 1:13:01is starting to flow, clearly that puts that little bit of extra

1:13:01 > 1:13:07pressure on us.I am aware there are sensitivities around people's

1:13:07 > 1:13:10privacy, but can you give us an overview of how the night

1:13:10 > 1:13:17progressed?So it is a different pattern to the usual on a Friday. So

1:13:17 > 1:13:21the office parties start earlier and people go out on the town earlier

1:13:21 > 1:13:24than they would otherwise do so. We start seeing things in towns and

1:13:24 > 1:13:29cities around four p.m..So they started at lunchtime.Yes, so

1:13:29 > 1:13:33officers closing early and we see that little rise about that time.

1:13:33 > 1:13:37And when we say already seen, you are getting call-outs already at

1:13:37 > 1:13:41that time which are alcohol-related. Yes, and this isn't just about

1:13:41 > 1:13:46people having way much alcohol, and the unconscious on the floor, which

1:13:46 > 1:13:51you often see, but sometimes these are people doing daft things that

1:13:51 > 1:13:57they wouldn't dream of doing, trying to jump off stuff, or running around

1:13:57 > 1:14:03getting on people's shoulders, stuff you just wouldn't normally do.Which

1:14:03 > 1:14:07then leads the incidents or injuries. So the kinds of injuries

1:14:07 > 1:14:13you are dealing with?So for me they ranged from a twisted ankle, again,

1:14:13 > 1:14:17a young man doing something daft because he had had too much to drink

1:14:17 > 1:14:20on what right the way through unfortunately last night to a couple

1:14:20 > 1:14:23of really serious injuries, which began alcohol was linked to them,

1:14:23 > 1:14:28and in one case one guy was clearly very drunk and did something very

1:14:28 > 1:14:32daft and ended up with serious injuries.We have spoken to

1:14:32 > 1:14:36paramedics before, and you are pragmatic people. You deal with what

1:14:36 > 1:14:41you are presented with. You don't draw conclusions. But one of the

1:14:41 > 1:14:45realities is, if you are getting a lot of calls like that, other work

1:14:45 > 1:14:48that you might otherwise do, the pressure to cover all of those

1:14:48 > 1:14:52areas, is intense, isn't it? That is extra pressure, frankly, you could

1:14:52 > 1:14:59do without, I am sure.It is. And as I said, this is a busy time of year

1:14:59 > 1:15:03for us, so any extra pressure on the ambulance service or the police or

1:15:03 > 1:15:08the NHS as a whole is an extra pressure we could well do without.

1:15:08 > 1:15:12And we have sent out messages every year, please be careful, please be

1:15:12 > 1:15:16sensible while out. But it is a strange dynamic this time of year.

1:15:16 > 1:15:20People are not necessarily out with the friends they would normally be

1:15:20 > 1:15:23out with, so they end up quite vulnerable because they are not with

1:15:23 > 1:15:27friends that would always look after them and understand how drunk they

1:15:27 > 1:15:30are.I suppose when you are with your friends, they know you have

1:15:30 > 1:15:34your certain ways and weaknesses when you are drunk, and can get you

1:15:34 > 1:15:40within that limit.UART without people you have -- you are out with

1:15:40 > 1:15:45people you have not been out with all year. So that sort of ads to

1:15:45 > 1:15:52that.What about aggression? You have to be fairly pragmatic and non-

1:15:52 > 1:15:56judgemental about this, but it seems there is now a trend where if you

1:15:56 > 1:15:59are offering help people get annoyed with you.They do. Unfortunately

1:15:59 > 1:16:06that's not just a Christmas thing, that's all year round, we see that

1:16:06 > 1:16:10behaviour, and to have the say the vast majority of our patients don't

1:16:10 > 1:16:15act in a way, but there are times when patients become aggressive

1:16:15 > 1:16:21towards us and there's often alcohol linked to that. We do get a couple

1:16:21 > 1:16:26of crews assaulted during work and obviously that was dealt with by the

1:16:26 > 1:16:31police and things, but this is something we are very mindful of,

1:16:31 > 1:16:40our crews are very mindful of. It's not just physical. Physicality is

1:16:40 > 1:16:54often less effect of that type of incident.Use a you have to deal

1:16:54 > 1:16:58with these things with a slight twinkle in your eye. -- you say. How

1:16:58 > 1:17:03worried are you about your on staff, the pressures they are feeling and

1:17:03 > 1:17:07having to deal with the long hours you work? You have to be careful

1:17:07 > 1:17:18with your own people, don't you?Of course. Starting in the ambulance

1:17:18 > 1:17:24service, last night we held a briefing at 8pm in preparation for

1:17:24 > 1:17:28the night and some of the key messages were about staff welfare

1:17:28 > 1:17:35and making sure we are cross dealing with any incident where staff

1:17:35 > 1:17:40welfare was in doubt.How sensible were you at your Christmas party? I

1:17:40 > 1:17:45am sure you got a chance to let your hair down?We do and we are

1:17:45 > 1:17:51sensible. Like any Christmas party, you know, alcohol is consumed, but I

1:17:51 > 1:17:55think we probably learnt the lessons that perhaps you don't learn

1:17:55 > 1:17:57sometimes in that we see the after-effects.But very

1:17:57 > 1:18:04well-behaved. Are you on shifts tonight?No, that's me done for this

1:18:04 > 1:18:09weekend.Thank you for coming in. You've been up for a very long time

1:18:09 > 1:18:16and so sleep well and thank you.

1:18:16 > 1:18:19We were mentioning the weather conditions and how they can

1:18:19 > 1:18:20sometimes compound things.

1:18:20 > 1:18:21Here's Stav with a look at this morning's weather.

1:18:21 > 1:18:24Here's Stav with a look at this morning's weather.

1:18:24 > 1:18:31Good morning! Good morning. The good news is for

1:18:31 > 1:18:35some of us that milder air is moving in off the Atlantic. Cold air with

1:18:35 > 1:18:40us today, so a frosty start and then the orange colours invade in off the

1:18:40 > 1:18:46Atlantic and it will turn on noticeably milder, especially in

1:18:46 > 1:18:50western areas. Staying mild in the next week. It is a cold day today,

1:18:50 > 1:18:56but there should be a lot of sunshine around. Some showers in the

1:18:56 > 1:18:59forecast. A few across Cornwall and Devon. Some towards Western and

1:18:59 > 1:19:04northern Wales in particular. This feature is moving in north Wales.

1:19:04 > 1:19:08There could be some wintriness over the high ground, but there will be

1:19:08 > 1:19:11ice where we've had showers overnight and whether rainfalls on

1:19:11 > 1:19:16frozen surfaces. The central parts of Northern Ireland, northern and

1:19:16 > 1:19:20western Scotland, but elsewhere it's a drier, cold and frosty start.

1:19:20 > 1:19:25Today is looking pretty good for most central and eastern areas,

1:19:25 > 1:19:30holding onto the sunshine. Further west, a bit more cloud around. This

1:19:30 > 1:19:34feature bringing cloud and rain to Wales and the south-west of England

1:19:34 > 1:19:42in particular. Less cold, 6-8, I temperatures 2-5 or six at best.

1:19:42 > 1:19:47Overnight temperatures fall away in east, but the change taking place in

1:19:47 > 1:19:53the west. Cloudier and less cold. Fight in Belfast, 86 in Plymouth.

1:19:53 > 1:19:59Central and eastern England. Sub zero values and a bit of mist and

1:19:59 > 1:20:02fog. This is the reason why the weather is changing. The weather

1:20:02 > 1:20:07feature will be moving on, bringing rain and strong winds. With it,

1:20:07 > 1:20:13milder air. So it's a cloudier and wet start to the north and west. A

1:20:13 > 1:20:17dry start across the south-east, but then the rain will moving here later

1:20:17 > 1:20:23in the afternoon. Skies brightened up in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

1:20:23 > 1:20:27It will still be chilly across the east, but later the mild air will

1:20:27 > 1:20:33arrive. Next week it is set to stay mostly dry. Very mild and we could

1:20:33 > 1:20:37have temperatures reaching 14- 15 degrees in a couple of places on

1:20:37 > 1:20:43Tuesday and Wednesday. But because the air is coming off the Atlantic,

1:20:43 > 1:20:49where we see mild air it will be cloudy at times. So the cold and

1:20:49 > 1:20:51sunshine or the mild and cloudy

1:20:51 > 1:20:53sunshine or the mild and cloudy weather. Which one do you prefer?

1:20:53 > 1:20:57Mild and cloudy. Definitely. Me too!

1:20:57 > 1:20:59Thank you.

1:20:59 > 1:21:03They were thought to be lost forever but now TV shows starring

1:21:03 > 1:21:08Cilla Black, Pete Postlethwaite and Patrick Troughton will be seen

1:21:08 > 1:21:12for the first time in decades today at an exhibition in London.

1:21:12 > 1:21:14The event by the British Film Institute celebrates the discovery

1:21:14 > 1:21:17of programmes which were believed to have disappeared

1:21:17 > 1:21:21from the archives.

1:21:21 > 1:21:24Our entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson has had a preview.

1:21:24 > 1:21:30I could learn a lot of things from you... You shine at every single

1:21:30 > 1:21:35thing you do...Cilla Black and Dudley more together on her BBC One

1:21:35 > 1:21:41variety show. This episode of Cilla has not been seen since it was first

1:21:41 > 1:21:47transmitted in March, 1968.You're the one who's really versatile...A

1:21:47 > 1:21:52copy has turned up in the house of a former fairground on the near

1:21:52 > 1:21:56Blackpool whose dad was a film collector. Today it will be shown in

1:21:56 > 1:22:03full at the BFI Southbank as part of their series, where we discovered TB

1:22:03 > 1:22:09is showcased. Including a crackly recording of the first ever TV

1:22:09 > 1:22:14appearance by Pete Postlethwaite at the age of 29.I still like you,

1:22:14 > 1:22:24sometimes. Come on. Get on with it. Let's get it over with.One was a

1:22:24 > 1:22:28half-hour BBC play broadcast in 1975, from which he played a

1:22:28 > 1:22:32journalist investigating a possible arrival of an alien spaceship. The

1:22:32 > 1:22:37original was wiped, the director held onto the video correct of the

1:22:37 > 1:22:44first edit, which has been restored. Other discoveries include the only

1:22:44 > 1:22:51surviving episode of Late Night Horror from 1968, which was

1:22:51 > 1:22:56cancelled by the BBC after 16 part series, due to the number of

1:22:56 > 1:22:59complaints about being too scary.

1:23:06 > 1:23:11And an episode of ITV police drama No Hiding Place has turned up in

1:23:11 > 1:23:19Australia. In the 1960s it had audiences of 7 million, but only 20

1:23:19 > 1:23:24of the 236 shows survived. This one is from 1960 and features a guest

1:23:24 > 1:23:28appearance by Patrick Troughton as a grumpy prisoner, six years before he

1:23:28 > 1:23:35joined Dr Who.Not even after seven years good conduct. You will do

1:23:35 > 1:23:39another seven, in a straitjacket!It hoped the Ben Speight this will

1:23:39 > 1:23:43encourage more people to come forward with their own TV treasures.

1:23:43 > 1:23:46-- it is hoped events like this.

1:23:46 > 1:23:53Fascinating. A glimpse back into the past. They haven't been seen for

1:23:53 > 1:23:55years. Talking about going back into the past...

1:23:55 > 1:23:58They were the woolly giants that roamed the earth more

1:23:58 > 1:24:01than 10,000 years ago.

1:24:01 > 1:24:03This is a rare mammoth skeleton, discovered in the permafrost

1:24:03 > 1:24:06in Siberia, will go on auction in France today.

1:24:06 > 1:24:08David Gelsthorpe is curator of Earth Science collections

1:24:08 > 1:24:11at Manchester Museum.

1:24:11 > 1:24:14This is curious, isn't it?Someone selling a mammoth skeleton. It's

1:24:14 > 1:24:21amazing to have something that's so enormous, a really big specimen, and

1:24:21 > 1:24:24something so complete. We find bits of mammoth in Britain, which is

1:24:24 > 1:24:28incredible in its own right, that we tend to find things like bits of

1:24:28 > 1:24:33teeth, it is of bone occasionally, things like that. It's what we have

1:24:33 > 1:24:38in collections in museums in the UK, but we are in an incredible

1:24:38 > 1:24:42situation in the world where a lot of the permafrost is melting for the

1:24:42 > 1:24:46first time, especially in places like Siberia, that means

1:24:46 > 1:24:50unprecedented numbers of skeletons and even things like flash, they've

1:24:50 > 1:24:54found organs and hair and even blood and things like that, so they are

1:24:54 > 1:24:58all melting out of the permafrost. Can I ask the really stupid

1:24:58 > 1:25:03question. How thick is permafrost and where is it most common?Today

1:25:03 > 1:25:08it is most common in places like Arctic Canada and Siberia. It can be

1:25:08 > 1:25:14metres and meters and me to speak, and with climate change even by half

1:25:14 > 1:25:18a degree or a couple of degrees it is gradually melting. -- metres

1:25:18 > 1:25:23thick. Things that have been trapped for tens of thousands of years are

1:25:23 > 1:25:27suddenly being revealed.Can we have a look at the images of the actual

1:25:27 > 1:25:32skeleton that's for sale? Maybe you could talk us through it. It is an

1:25:32 > 1:25:39extraordinary thing. The scale and size. Talk us through what we are

1:25:39 > 1:25:46seeing.It's pretty much a complete skeleton as far as I understand.

1:25:46 > 1:25:51It's about 3.5- four metres high, which is a big is ample of its kind.

1:25:51 > 1:25:57Mostly you see smaller examples. And often as well with these kinds of

1:25:57 > 1:26:02skeletons they are what is known as composite is, so they get lots of

1:26:02 > 1:26:07different individuals and make up the two kind of make it...So you

1:26:07 > 1:26:11don't think this is the real thing? All original?They seem to think it

1:26:11 > 1:26:17is genuine, but it's hard to say unless you have very good contacts

1:26:17 > 1:26:21from where it has been dug up.Are you still learning from the

1:26:21 > 1:26:26skeletons? I understand this one's teeth showed signs of decay, which

1:26:26 > 1:26:33maybe would have been because -- being the cause of its demise,

1:26:33 > 1:26:37because it couldn't it.Absolutely we are learning things every day and

1:26:37 > 1:26:40the key thing is all about climate change as well. Mammoth skeletons

1:26:40 > 1:26:45are really good clue to what these mammoths were eating, what the

1:26:45 > 1:26:49climate was like at the time. In Manchester we do not solve work on

1:26:49 > 1:26:53dating these different specimens, so we know exactly what the climate was

1:26:53 > 1:26:57like in different points in the past. These kinds of changes that we

1:26:57 > 1:27:01can really understand from the last Ice Age, which really brings it

1:27:01 > 1:27:04acted today and helps us understand what's happening to the climate now.

1:27:04 > 1:27:10What is the holy Grail item that everyone is hoping that one day will

1:27:10 > 1:27:14be found and will fit into the jigsaw puzzle?More of these

1:27:14 > 1:27:19incredible specimens that are coming out of Siberia that are complete,

1:27:19 > 1:27:23with all the skin and hair and fur and all of the organs. It really

1:27:23 > 1:27:26helps us kind of unlock all of the puzzles of evolution.Rigidly the

1:27:26 > 1:27:30danger is the moment you move it from the situation they've been in,

1:27:30 > 1:27:33albeit they've been defrosting overtime, that that is lost, because

1:27:33 > 1:27:38they've been kept intact because they have been frozen.Absolutely at

1:27:38 > 1:27:44the context is lost and the slightly sad thing about the auction today is

1:27:44 > 1:27:48that all of the fabulous scientific research that we could have done on

1:27:48 > 1:27:52the specimen, what's happened overtime and climate change, is lost

1:27:52 > 1:27:55to science, which is a real shame. Thank you very much. Really

1:27:55 > 1:27:59interesting.

1:27:59 > 1:28:04Tonight is the night for many viewers if you are fans of Strictly

1:28:04 > 1:28:06Come Dancing and the winner will be announced.

1:28:06 > 1:28:13Fans watching all of the contestants, as they twirl and tango

1:28:13 > 1:28:19their way to the final, can see who will be the winner. Let's have a

1:28:19 > 1:28:20look.

1:28:32 > 1:28:35Everything that we've put ourselves through the last 12 weeks, it's

1:28:35 > 1:28:38worth it. This makes it all worth while.

1:28:47 > 1:28:50Just being here and being with these amazing women, it feels like job

1:28:50 > 1:28:53done in a way.

1:28:59 > 1:29:02It's just a massive achievement because I didn't think that we get

1:29:02 > 1:29:06this far. Not that I didn't have belief, but you never think that far

1:29:06 > 1:29:08ahead.

1:29:14 > 1:29:17It means everything and we can't believe that everyone has voted for

1:29:17 > 1:29:21us, can we?Absolutely, we are really happy.

1:29:31 > 1:29:34Strictly Come Dancing is on BBC One this evening at 6:30.

1:29:34 > 1:29:39Stay with us. Headlines in a moment.

1:29:59 > 1:30:01Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

1:30:01 > 1:30:09Stayt.

1:30:09 > 1:30:12Good morning, here is a summary of today's main stories from BBC

1:30:12 > 1:30:13News:

1:30:13 > 1:30:16Emergency services are expecting this weekend to be one

1:30:16 > 1:30:19of the busiest of the year, as towns and city centres are packed

1:30:19 > 1:30:20with Christmas revellers.

1:30:20 > 1:30:23Extra ambulance crews were brought in ahead of last night,

1:30:23 > 1:30:26amid concerns that so-called Mad Friday, the most popular day

1:30:26 > 1:30:28for work Christmas parties, would see a surge of alcohol-fuelled

1:30:28 > 1:30:30incidents.

1:30:30 > 1:30:33The night is estimated to be worth more than £2 billion

1:30:33 > 1:30:34to the drinks industry.

1:30:34 > 1:30:36South Africa's future will be decided this weekend,

1:30:36 > 1:30:39as the governing party will choose a new leader to succeed

1:30:39 > 1:30:40President Jacob Zuma.

1:30:40 > 1:30:42He has faced numerous allegations of corruption during his decade

1:30:42 > 1:30:46in charge, and now a tense leadership battle has raised fears

1:30:46 > 1:30:48the ANC could split before the general election in 2019.

1:30:48 > 1:30:51President Zuma has urged the party to unite behind the winner.

1:30:51 > 1:30:55We have called on all our members and delegates to ensure that unity

1:30:55 > 1:30:56prevails ahead of the conference.

1:30:56 > 1:31:10The ANC and the country must emerge as the winners.

1:31:10 > 1:31:13Former prime minister David Cameron is taking on a new Government-linked

1:31:13 > 1:31:16role, as the UK and China step up cooperation on investment.

1:31:16 > 1:31:19The statement from the Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, who is in Beijing

1:31:19 > 1:31:22for a second day of talks, says Mr Cameron will be involved

1:31:22 > 1:31:25in a new $1 billion fund which will invest in the UK,

1:31:25 > 1:31:28China, and other countries.

1:31:28 > 1:31:31Forecasters are warning strong winds could make the wildfires in southern

1:31:31 > 1:31:36California even worse.

1:31:36 > 1:31:38It has already scorched more than 400 square miles,

1:31:38 > 1:31:41which is the size of New York City and Paris combined.

1:31:41 > 1:31:44More than 8,000 firefighters are now tackling the flames.

1:31:44 > 1:31:47Austria is set to become the only country in Western Europe

1:31:47 > 1:31:49to have a far-right party in government.

1:31:49 > 1:31:51The conservative People's Party, which won the parliamentary election

1:31:51 > 1:31:54two months ago but failed to secure a majority,

1:31:54 > 1:31:56has struck a coalition deal with the anti-immigration Freedom

1:31:56 > 1:31:56Party.

1:31:56 > 1:31:59The head of the People's Party, Sebastian Kurz, who is 31,

1:31:59 > 1:32:04will be the youngest national leader in the world.

1:32:04 > 1:32:06The billionaire founder of a pharmaceuticals company

1:32:06 > 1:32:10and his wife have been found dead at their home in Canada.

1:32:10 > 1:32:12Barry Sherman set up his company, Apotex, in the 1970s,

1:32:12 > 1:32:14and was a prominent philanthropist.

1:32:14 > 1:32:16Police have described the couple's deaths as suspicious,

1:32:16 > 1:32:19but say they are not searching for anyone in connection

1:32:19 > 1:32:24to the incident.

1:32:24 > 1:32:26Severn Trent Water has apologised to customers in Tewksbury

1:32:26 > 1:32:29who are still without water due to a burst main.

1:32:29 > 1:32:32The company said a wide area has been affected,

1:32:32 > 1:32:35and it was a complicated job to get the system back to normal.

1:32:35 > 1:32:38Severn Trent has been handing out water to around 10,000

1:32:38 > 1:32:39homes and businesses.

1:32:39 > 1:32:53It is the second major leak to hit the utility in recent months.

1:32:53 > 1:32:59We are getting updated on a busy day in sport at home and abroad.The

1:32:59 > 1:33:03cricket is crucial, in the Ashes, and I am getting worried for our

1:33:03 > 1:33:09colleague Dan Walker who tweeted he wasn't going to leave the sofa until

1:33:09 > 1:33:13the Australian captain, Steve Smith, was out. He is approaching a double

1:33:13 > 1:33:20century. And Mitchell Marsh has a century as well.It is an amazing

1:33:20 > 1:33:25performance. Sometimes you just have to say...And being captain can put

1:33:25 > 1:33:29you off your batting game but he is the world's best batsman for many

1:33:29 > 1:33:29reasons.

1:33:29 > 1:33:32Australia are now in the driving seat in the third

1:33:32 > 1:33:33Ashes Test, on 421-4.

1:33:33 > 1:33:38So they lead by 18, and know that, if they can now go on and win this

1:33:38 > 1:33:40Test, the Ashes will be theirs again.

1:33:40 > 1:33:42Let's join our sports correspondent Andy Swiss,

1:33:42 > 1:33:46who is at the Waca, in Perth.

1:33:46 > 1:33:48And Andy, the little urn, is being prised

1:33:48 > 1:33:58from England's grasp.

1:33:58 > 1:34:03Quite possibly, yes. As you say, it has been pretty grim viewing for

1:34:03 > 1:34:08England fans today. They have taken just one wicket all day. And as

1:34:08 > 1:34:14England fans had feared, the key man, Steve Smith, has been the man

1:34:14 > 1:34:19who has really done the damage. He began the day 92 not out. He soon

1:34:19 > 1:34:24went on to reach a century, showing just why he is the world's number

1:34:24 > 1:34:29one batsman. It was a superb 100 from the Australian skipper but he

1:34:29 > 1:34:32only really just started. At the other end, England made a

1:34:32 > 1:34:40breakthrough, Shaun Marsh caught by Joe Root at slip off Moeen Ali at

1:34:40 > 1:34:4328. Something for the England fans to cheer but that wrought his

1:34:43 > 1:34:51rather, Mitchell Marsh, to the crease -- that brought his brother.

1:34:51 > 1:34:57England have looked flat, but you have to give credit to Australia's

1:34:57 > 1:35:02batting. They have given England virtually no chances. And just

1:35:02 > 1:35:05before tea, what a moment it was for Mitchell Marsh, as he reached his

1:35:05 > 1:35:13first Test century, at tea, Steve Smith still there. Mitchell Marsh is

1:35:13 > 1:35:16there, and England will look back on their batting collapsed yesterday.

1:35:16 > 1:35:23They had such a big chance to go big, score 550 or 600. Australia are

1:35:23 > 1:35:28now looking like they might have a first-innings lead of 200 or 250,

1:35:28 > 1:35:32and from there it will be a very long way back for England, if they

1:35:32 > 1:35:37are to get back into this match, save the match and save the Ashes.

1:35:37 > 1:35:40There is a little bit of rain forecast over the next couple of

1:35:40 > 1:35:44days, what it is going to be some struggle for England to get back

1:35:44 > 1:35:49from here.That is some hope, rain! If they can draw this match and

1:35:49 > 1:35:53there are two more Test is to play and if England can win those,

1:35:53 > 1:36:01England would then keep the Ashes. But it is clinging at straws.If

1:36:01 > 1:36:08rain comes, we are only day three. Will need a lot of rain.

1:36:08 > 1:36:11City have been so dominant this season, the question is,

1:36:11 > 1:36:11can anyone stop them?

1:36:11 > 1:36:13Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United have

1:36:13 > 1:36:15all tried and failed.

1:36:15 > 1:36:17Will it be Tottenham who spoil the party?

1:36:17 > 1:36:22A question for Patrick Gearey.

1:36:22 > 1:36:24Mid-December, and Manchester City are moving from probably uncatchable

1:36:24 > 1:36:25to possibly invincible.

1:36:25 > 1:36:28This weekend they play Spurs, the only team in the top six

1:36:28 > 1:36:30they have not yet faced.

1:36:30 > 1:36:32One by one, their rivals have been dispatched,

1:36:32 > 1:36:34including last weekend Manchester United, the side closest

1:36:34 > 1:36:36to them in points and geography.

1:36:36 > 1:36:39So can they emulate Arsenal in 2004, and go the season unbeaten?

1:36:39 > 1:36:50The manager is having none of it.

1:36:50 > 1:36:57That belongs to Arsene Wenger and his amazing Arsenal in 2004.

1:36:57 > 1:36:59We are going to lose games.

1:36:59 > 1:37:02What's important is to play better, to try to play better and better.

1:37:02 > 1:37:04That's the most important thing.

1:37:04 > 1:37:07The record is OK, but the records always stay there, and one day

1:37:07 > 1:37:09it is going to be broken.

1:37:09 > 1:37:10Those records are impressive.

1:37:10 > 1:37:13City have now won an impressive 15 straight League matches,

1:37:13 > 1:37:16in the process of picking up 49 out of a possible 51 points,

1:37:16 > 1:37:19enough to finish eighth in the League last season.

1:37:19 > 1:37:21And, if they win the last two matches before Christmas,

1:37:21 > 1:37:26they will average 2.89 points per game, the highest any team

1:37:26 > 1:37:27in top-flight history has managed.

1:37:27 > 1:37:29So can Tottenham stop them?

1:37:29 > 1:37:30Well, their boss likes a challenge.

1:37:30 > 1:37:34I think we're going to play, for me, the best team today in Europe,

1:37:34 > 1:37:35not only in England.

1:37:35 > 1:37:36And it's so exciting.

1:37:36 > 1:37:39It's a massive challenge, the type of challenge that you want

1:37:39 > 1:37:47always to have.

1:37:47 > 1:37:50City are already being compared to another Spurs side,

1:37:50 > 1:37:53the stylish double winners of 1961, while they are on course to be more

1:37:53 > 1:37:56effective than Mourinho's ruthless Chelsea team of 2006.

1:37:56 > 1:38:14But their team and manager are still focusing on the present.

1:38:14 > 1:38:18And Wales are now clear at the top of the championship after winning

1:38:18 > 1:38:28last night.

1:38:28 > 1:38:31Ulster put 50 points past Harlequins, to improve their chances

1:38:31 > 1:38:34of qualifying for the quarter-finals of rugby union's European Champions

1:38:34 > 1:38:35Cup.

1:38:35 > 1:38:37Six different players scored tries for them,

1:38:37 > 1:38:39as they won by 52-24 in Belfast.

1:38:39 > 1:38:40They are second in their group.

1:38:40 > 1:38:43Ronnie O'Sullivan was caught napping at the Scottish Open snooker.

1:38:43 > 1:38:46Not one of his power naps, but he was beaten 5-0

1:38:46 > 1:38:47by John Higgins in the quarter-finals.

1:38:47 > 1:38:51It is the first time in 23 years Higgins has whitewashed O'Sullivan,

1:38:51 > 1:38:54who said he had no excuses, and the pair clearly have a lot

1:38:54 > 1:38:56of respect for each other.

1:38:56 > 1:38:59Phil Taylor is playing his last PDC World Darts Championship before

1:38:59 > 1:39:01retiring, and he got off to a winning start

1:39:01 > 1:39:03at London's Alexandra Palace last night.

1:39:03 > 1:39:06'The Power' is a legend in the sport, thanks to a brilliant

1:39:06 > 1:39:09career spanning three decades, and he is going for a 17th world

1:39:09 > 1:39:11title.

1:39:11 > 1:39:12He beat Chris Dobey 3-1.

1:39:12 > 1:39:15The legendary jump jockey Sir AP McCoy came out of retirement last

1:39:15 > 1:39:18night to take on flat racing superstar Frankie Dettori

1:39:18 > 1:39:19in a charity event.

1:39:19 > 1:39:21The pair led teams in a relay show-jumping competition

1:39:21 > 1:39:24at the London International Horse Show, at Olympia.

1:39:24 > 1:39:26They were raising money for the Injured Jockeys Fund,

1:39:26 > 1:39:29and it was McCoys team who felt more at home.

1:39:29 > 1:39:31They beat Dettori's flat racers over the jumps.

1:39:31 > 1:39:35Now, all week on Breakfast, we are looking at the power

1:39:35 > 1:39:38of singing, and this morning we are considering its impact in sport.

1:39:38 > 1:39:41Music was part of the first Olympics in ancient Greece,

1:39:41 > 1:39:44but over the last century it has been the Welsh leading the tune,

1:39:44 > 1:39:46as they harmonise sport and music.

1:39:46 > 1:39:49I have been out with one of the choirs chosen to motivate

1:39:49 > 1:40:09the Wales rugby team in their autumn international against New Zealand.

1:40:09 > 1:40:19# You fill up my senses like a night in the forest...

1:40:19 > 1:40:22This is where it all begins - a lone voice on match day.

1:40:22 > 1:40:29Byron Young has been singing for his country since 1972.

1:40:29 > 1:40:32His one voice soon becomes part of many on the bus to the stadium,

1:40:32 > 1:40:36and then has the power of 150, when several hours before kick-off,

1:40:36 > 1:40:39his choir joins the others chosen from around Wales in the tunnel

1:40:39 > 1:40:52for a dress rehearsal.

1:40:52 > 1:40:55Everybody in sync, everybody's got a voice, and that's the way

1:40:55 > 1:40:56they do it.

1:40:56 > 1:40:58It happens in football.

1:40:58 > 1:41:01You see it at Liverpool, in the Cup, the national anthems,

1:41:01 > 1:41:03you see people crying because of the opportunity to sing

1:41:03 > 1:41:11out what you're feeling inside.

1:41:11 > 1:41:15Singing in sport has come such a long way since it was originally

1:41:15 > 1:41:18given a voice in the modern era by Welshman called Tom Williams

1:41:18 > 1:41:19back in 1905.

1:41:19 > 1:41:27Now, it is such an official part of match day that,

1:41:27 > 1:41:30for the first time, the teams as they come off their buses

1:41:30 > 1:41:37are being greeted by a couple of hymns.

1:41:37 > 1:41:40And on the pitch, ahead of kick-off, and for one night only

1:41:40 > 1:41:41they allowed another voice.

1:41:41 > 1:41:47# Why, why, why, Delilah?

1:41:47 > 1:41:49Thankfully lost in the crowd.

1:41:49 > 1:41:52With the Welsh team training just a few moments away,

1:41:52 > 1:41:54this choir can bring together this whole stadium of 76,000

1:41:54 > 1:41:57people with music.

1:41:57 > 1:42:01And you can feel the power of the mass, the power

1:42:01 > 1:42:05of the gathering, helping to inspire those 15 individuals.

1:42:05 > 1:42:08There are many historians, musical historians, who would tell

1:42:08 > 1:42:10you that the Welsh were renowned for their ability to

1:42:10 > 1:42:17just sings spontaneously.

1:42:17 > 1:42:20I think it goes way back to the chapels.

1:42:20 > 1:42:23The chapels, really, in Wales, were the first to sing

1:42:23 > 1:42:26spontaneously in harmony.

1:42:26 > 1:42:29And I think that led into the stadiums singing

1:42:29 > 1:42:32in harmony, as well.

1:42:32 > 1:42:36And it can help the harmony in a team.

1:42:36 > 1:42:39This man was hired by the British and Irish Lions to bond the team

1:42:39 > 1:42:54on their visit to New Zealand.

1:42:54 > 1:42:57And did the singing here, led by Byron and his choir,

1:42:57 > 1:43:00helped inspire Wales to a second try against New Zealand?

1:43:00 > 1:43:02It was the singing that did it!

1:43:02 > 1:43:06When we were five metres out, you could hear the crowd singing,

1:43:06 > 1:43:10and stuff, and that lifts you that extra 10%.

1:43:10 > 1:43:14When the going gets tough, and they start the song and it goes

1:43:14 > 1:43:16on stage, it just lifts you up.

1:43:16 > 1:43:19In the end, Wales lost the match, but that didn't stop the singing.

1:43:19 > 1:43:22You can see the singing continues well into the night,

1:43:22 > 1:43:26in this land of the song.

1:43:26 > 1:43:29We lost the game, but we won a lot.

1:43:29 > 1:43:30This typifies it.

1:43:30 > 1:43:32This is the spirit, Wales together.

1:43:32 > 1:43:40Really fantastic.

1:43:40 > 1:43:45And they will be doing it all again in the Six Nations. And it is

1:43:45 > 1:43:49fascinating to think it is such an integral part of the team, and part

1:43:49 > 1:43:55of match day.As the team are arriving, they have a song.And

1:43:55 > 1:44:04hiring Hayden to take the lion 's to actually get the whole group

1:44:04 > 1:44:11together, to bond them for the home nations.Are just coming together

1:44:11 > 1:44:14when he sings, it is lovely.

1:44:15 > 1:44:17Here's Stav with a look at this morning's weather.

1:44:17 > 1:44:18It is becoming more

1:44:18 > 1:44:22It is becoming more mild? That's right. That's the trend.

1:44:22 > 1:44:26Through the weekend the trend taking place. Today is another cold one.

1:44:26 > 1:44:32Widespread frost and ice to watch out for. We should see plenty of

1:44:32 > 1:44:38sunshine. These are the latest temperatures. -3 in Rochdale. Across

1:44:38 > 1:44:42the far south-west of England and towards Northern Ireland we've got

1:44:42 > 1:44:47more cloud. Little bit less cold. Temperatures above freezing. Three

1:44:47 > 1:44:54degrees in Plymouth. Maybe three in Taunton. The Midlands eastward it is

1:44:54 > 1:44:58really cold. A few showers and long spells of rain into the north-west

1:44:58 > 1:45:04of England. This falls on frozen surfaces adequate device. Icy

1:45:04 > 1:45:08patches in Northern Ireland as well and towards northern and western

1:45:08 > 1:45:13Scotland, where showers are around. Watch out for these. The ice warning

1:45:13 > 1:45:17is there until about 11 a.m.. After that it stays cloudy across the

1:45:17 > 1:45:22Irish Sea coast. A couple of showers from Northern Ireland and northern

1:45:22 > 1:45:28Scotland. Elsewhere, a lovely day, lots of sunshine and light winds.

1:45:28 > 1:45:32There's the cold air for Saturday. Slowly pushed off into the near

1:45:32 > 1:45:37continent. The big plume of milder air moving in of the Atlantic and it

1:45:37 > 1:45:40will be noticeable as we head into Sunday. The change takes place

1:45:40 > 1:45:44tonight across western areas. The weather system will bring outbreaks

1:45:44 > 1:45:50of rain and strengthening winds. It will be another chilly one in the

1:45:50 > 1:45:56eastern side of the country. Maybe fog as well. 64 Plymouth. Here is

1:45:56 > 1:46:01the reason for the change. Initially wet and windy weather to the

1:46:01 > 1:46:06northern half of the UK. The Southeast starts cold. Also sunshine

1:46:06 > 1:46:11and fog. That will clear away across the north and it slowly move

1:46:11 > 1:46:16southwards and eastwards through Sunday. Behind it, we will see the

1:46:16 > 1:46:20best of the sunshine in the afternoon. Temperatures much milder.

1:46:20 > 1:46:2510-11 for Glasgow and Belfast. Milder in the south-west. Still

1:46:25 > 1:46:30chilly in the east. That in full force in full force into next week.

1:46:30 > 1:46:33It will be miles even very mild around the middle of the week.

1:46:33 > 1:46:38Mainly dry, but it was the wind is coming from the south-west it will

1:46:38 > 1:46:42feed in a lot of cloud and it could be thick enough for drizzle or light

1:46:42 > 1:46:45rain in western hills. That's the run-up to Christmas. It looks like

1:46:45 > 1:46:46it stay mild.

1:46:46 > 1:46:47run-up to Christmas. It looks like it stay mild.

1:46:47 > 1:46:49Thanks very much.

1:46:49 > 1:46:53We'll be back with the headlines at 8am, but first it is time

1:46:53 > 1:46:57for Newswatch, with Simira Ahmed.

1:46:57 > 1:47:00Hello, welcome to Newswatch with me, Samira Ahmed.

1:47:00 > 1:47:03Today we've got a special edition of Newswatch.

1:47:03 > 1:47:05We're devoting the whole show to an exclusive interview

1:47:05 > 1:47:08with the outgoing director of news and current affairs, James Harding.

1:47:08 > 1:47:12We ask him about his record during his four years in the role,

1:47:12 > 1:47:15and what advice he has for his successor, Fran Unsworth,

1:47:15 > 1:47:16who's just been appointed.

1:47:16 > 1:47:24So, come the New Year, BBC News will have a new boss.

1:47:24 > 1:47:28James Harding is off to set up his own news media venture.

1:47:28 > 1:47:31But who is he and what challenges has he faced?

1:47:31 > 1:47:35James joined the BBC in 2013, having left his previous role

1:47:35 > 1:47:40as editor of The Times newspaper the year before.

1:47:40 > 1:47:43It was his first job in broadcasting, heading up

1:47:43 > 1:47:47the largest broadcast news operation in the world.

1:47:47 > 1:47:54He presided over BBC News during one of the most divisive times in recent

1:47:54 > 1:47:55British political history.

1:47:55 > 1:47:56The Scottish independence referendum, Brexit,

1:47:56 > 1:48:01and two general elections.

1:48:01 > 1:48:05He's also had to deal with a series of pay rows at BBC News,

1:48:05 > 1:48:08including the pay gap between male and female presenters.

1:48:08 > 1:48:11But he is credited with the appointment of the BBC's first

1:48:11 > 1:48:17female political editor, Laura Kuenssberg.

1:48:17 > 1:48:19James's replacement will be Fran Unsworth,

1:48:19 > 1:48:22a long-term BBC journalist who is currently his

1:48:22 > 1:48:24deputy, and director of the BBC World Service.

1:48:24 > 1:48:29Well, I've been speaking to James Harding and began

1:48:29 > 1:48:34by asking him about Brexit, and what he says to the many viewers

1:48:34 > 1:48:37who thought the BBC was part of the establishment

1:48:37 > 1:48:38during the EU referendum.

1:48:38 > 1:48:39Clearly favouring Remain.

1:48:39 > 1:48:41I think that the referendum was, of course, an incredibly

1:48:41 > 1:48:48polarising time, as you say, Samira.

1:48:48 > 1:48:50But actually what's interesting is, of course, we've had

1:48:50 > 1:48:53complaints from both sides and what we try to do,

1:48:53 > 1:48:57and I think when you look back and you look at the coverage,

1:48:57 > 1:49:00what we actually did do, was set about trying to explain

1:49:00 > 1:49:02what the choice was, trying to report out

1:49:02 > 1:49:03what the choice was.

1:49:03 > 1:49:06If you look back over the last few years, there have been

1:49:06 > 1:49:08an extraordinary number of democratic moments, two

1:49:08 > 1:49:11referendums, two general elections, a host of others around the world.

1:49:11 > 1:49:15I think one of the real lessons of the last few years is you can't

1:49:15 > 1:49:16predict what's going to happen.

1:49:16 > 1:49:19You can't rely on either political predictions or polls,

1:49:19 > 1:49:22and that means for us we have to do what we're here for,

1:49:22 > 1:49:27we've got to make sure that people get a sense of what the choice is.

1:49:27 > 1:49:29You mention the need for the BBC to provide informed

1:49:29 > 1:49:32news about that issue, and there was a big accusation

1:49:32 > 1:49:35from many viewers that the BBC was in fact, during the referendum,

1:49:35 > 1:49:38too timid in calling out things, notably statistical claims

1:49:38 > 1:49:41being made by one side or another that just weren't true.

1:49:41 > 1:49:44There's no question at all, the BBC and, as a news organisation,

1:49:44 > 1:49:47a group of journalists, what we set out to do

1:49:47 > 1:49:50is to understand the world presented to us and make choices.

1:49:50 > 1:49:54In that there is no question at all that the BBC has to make

1:49:54 > 1:49:56judgments, and we do.

1:49:56 > 1:49:59I suppose that on the issue of statistics, the specific question

1:49:59 > 1:50:02you're asking about numbers, actually, we made a very clear

1:50:02 > 1:50:05choice to try and challenge those numbers, question those numbers,

1:50:05 > 1:50:09and more than that, we didn't do it in a sort of ad hoc way,

1:50:09 > 1:50:22we took something called reality check, right, which was our system

1:50:22 > 1:50:24for fact checking, we really increased the resources,

1:50:24 > 1:50:28the number of people working on it and we've made that a permanent part

1:50:28 > 1:50:30of the way in which we cover politics and policy.

1:50:30 > 1:50:33So, rather than stepping back from analysing statistics

1:50:33 > 1:50:35and numbers, we've actually stepped into it.

1:50:35 > 1:50:37With hindsight, should the BBC have done representation of different

1:50:37 > 1:50:38political views differently?

1:50:38 > 1:50:41We've had many complaints from some viewers over the years about,

1:50:41 > 1:50:47for example, too much Nigel Farage.

1:50:47 > 1:50:50So, I think it's a really good and important issue, this,

1:50:50 > 1:50:53and one that we spend an enormous amount of time thinking about.

1:50:53 > 1:50:57So, if you got into the team, for example, on Question Time,

1:50:57 > 1:51:00which would be a good place to start, we are really

1:51:00 > 1:51:09careful in trying to think about where we hold the programme,

1:51:09 > 1:51:12so we get the best possible spread of audiences, who's on the panel,

1:51:12 > 1:51:16not just in the context of who's on the panel on a particular

1:51:16 > 1:51:18Thursday night, but who's on the panel over the course

1:51:18 > 1:51:21of a year, over the course of an entire political

1:51:21 > 1:51:23or electoral cycle.

1:51:23 > 1:51:26So, we do really think about it a great deal.

1:51:26 > 1:51:30And actually if you look over time, if you look over all of the BBC,

1:51:30 > 1:51:32what we call output, all of the BBC programmes,

1:51:32 > 1:51:34it's something that we think really carefully about.

1:51:34 > 1:51:38Actually, if it's all right with you, I think there's something

1:51:38 > 1:51:39different that is really worth thinking about.

1:51:39 > 1:51:42It's not about the representation of political parties,

1:51:42 > 1:51:45it's about the representations of views and personal points of view

1:51:45 > 1:51:47that are not necessarily captured by political parties

1:51:47 > 1:51:50but are captured by groups of people come individuals who feel

1:51:50 > 1:51:52as though their voice should be heard on the BBC.

1:51:52 > 1:51:59One of the things we've really tried to do is change that, too.

1:51:59 > 1:52:04Trust in BBC News has been eroded under your watch, hasn't it?

1:52:04 > 1:52:07Well, actually, it moves, so the truth is with trust, it moves.

1:52:07 > 1:52:10I think that obviously I arrived here on the back

1:52:10 > 1:52:12of Savile and McAlpine, and those were big issues facing

1:52:12 > 1:52:16the BBC and confidence in BBC News.

1:52:16 > 1:52:18Actually, that trust and confidence was significantly restored.

1:52:18 > 1:52:20But you're right, there's also a very profound argument

1:52:20 > 1:52:24going on around trust in the media generally in the light of what's

1:52:24 > 1:52:29happening politically.

1:52:29 > 1:52:32I don't just mean party politically, I don't just mean Brexit and Trump,

1:52:32 > 1:52:38I mean the extent to which people feel as though they're seen by,

1:52:38 > 1:52:39if you like, the system.

1:52:39 > 1:52:51By politicians, by the media.

1:52:51 > 1:52:52In your resignation letter,

1:52:52 > 1:52:55you said you were going to set up a media company with

1:52:55 > 1:52:56a clear point of view.

1:52:56 > 1:53:00Does that mean you think the BBC's aim of impartial news isn't working

1:53:00 > 1:53:02in the age of fake news?

1:53:02 > 1:53:04No, no, it doesn't, it means exactly the opposite,

1:53:04 > 1:53:08it means that the BBC's offer is working and should be what it is,

1:53:08 > 1:53:10which is impartial, but not necessarily taking a position.

1:53:10 > 1:53:13The public funds, we are funded by the licence fee payer,

1:53:13 > 1:53:17and everyone who pays the licence fee, I think, has a decent

1:53:17 > 1:53:20expectation that the BBC should operate in such a way that it

1:53:20 > 1:53:22reports what's happening but doesn't take a position.