17/12/2017

0:00:06 > 0:00:10Hello, this is Breakfast, with Rachel Burden and Ben Thompson.

0:00:10 > 0:00:13Helping hundreds of thousands of people save for retirement -

0:00:13 > 0:00:15the government says it will extend automatic enrolment

0:00:15 > 0:00:16in workplace pensions.

0:00:16 > 0:00:19Under the plans, every worker aged 18 or over could begin saving -

0:00:19 > 0:00:26but it won't come into effect until the mid-2020s.

0:00:40 > 0:00:43Good morning, it's Sunday the 17th of December.

0:00:43 > 0:00:45Also this morning -

0:00:45 > 0:00:46"Serious doubts" over military savings -

0:00:46 > 0:00:49a committee of MPs warns the Ministry of Defence

0:00:49 > 0:00:55will struggle to pay for new jets, warships and armoured vehicles.

0:00:55 > 0:00:58A new leader of South Africa's ruling party is expected to be

0:00:58 > 0:01:09announced today - after years of scandal and corruption.

0:01:09 > 0:01:14England must bat for 1.5 days after Australia declared one-day fall with

0:01:14 > 0:01:19a lead of 259 runs. --4.

0:01:19 > 0:01:23A record number of people tuned in to watch the Strictly final last

0:01:23 > 0:01:27night - we'll discuss who waltzed away with the Glitterball.

0:01:35 > 0:01:41Quite a mixed day coming up. Some areas really cold with fog to start

0:01:41 > 0:01:46with. Further west, rain moving in. Join me later for a full weather

0:01:46 > 0:01:46forecast.

0:01:46 > 0:01:47Good morning.

0:01:47 > 0:01:48First, our main story.

0:01:48 > 0:01:51Every worker aged 18 or over will begin saving into a workplace

0:01:51 > 0:01:53pension - unless they opt out.

0:01:53 > 0:01:55That's under government plans being unveiled today.

0:01:55 > 0:01:59At the moment, employers must enrol staff aged 22 and over

0:01:59 > 0:02:03into a pension plan if they earn more than 10,000 pounds a year.

0:02:03 > 0:02:06Ministers say they want to reduce the minimum age to 18 -

0:02:06 > 0:02:10a move that could affect around 900,000 young people.

0:02:10 > 0:02:13But the changes won't kick in until the mid 2020s,

0:02:13 > 0:02:18as our business correspondent Joe Lynam reports.

0:02:22 > 0:02:27Holly Browning is 21 and like many young people, he hasn't started

0:02:27 > 0:02:32saving for his retirement. If the government has its way, he will soon

0:02:32 > 0:02:35be automatically enrolled for a pension at his company.It's not

0:02:35 > 0:02:39really crossed my mind. Maybe I am a bit relaxed about the whole thing

0:02:39 > 0:02:43but I have always thought of, I think because I have moved jobs

0:02:43 > 0:02:47quite frequently, I tend not to stay in one place too long, pensions have

0:02:47 > 0:02:52always been low down the list of things I have been conscious of.At

0:02:52 > 0:02:58the moment, only those aged over 22 are automatically included in a

0:02:58 > 0:03:01pension scheme by their employers but this consultation could see that

0:03:01 > 0:03:06age lowered to 18. That could mean 900,000 additional people will be

0:03:06 > 0:03:10saving for their pensions. But, is that a good thing?It's important

0:03:10 > 0:03:13that people are educated about their options because if they don't

0:03:13 > 0:03:17understand what a pension is, they are far less likely to know what

0:03:17 > 0:03:22their rights are.To an 18-year-old, retirement must seem a long way off.

0:03:22 > 0:03:27Especially if they don't earn much and saving for a house is a lot more

0:03:27 > 0:03:29pressing. If this plan proceeds, it could help younger people

0:03:29 > 0:03:34financially in decades to come. Joe Lynam, BBC News.

0:03:34 > 0:03:37MPs have expressed "serious doubts" that the Ministry of Defence will be

0:03:37 > 0:03:40able to afford all the new military equipment it plans to buy.

0:03:40 > 0:03:43A report by the Commons Defence Select Committee says

0:03:43 > 0:03:46the MOD will struggle to make the necessary savings it needs

0:03:46 > 0:03:48to pay for new jets, warships and armoured vehicles,

0:03:48 > 0:03:56as Ian Palmer reports.

0:03:56 > 0:04:02She is the flagship of the Royal Navy. HMS Queen Elizabeth,

0:04:02 > 0:04:07commissioned by whom major Steve McQueen earlier this month. -- Her

0:04:07 > 0:04:14Majesty, the Queen. She has space for 40 to claims but defence in this

0:04:14 > 0:04:19century doesn't come cheap. The biggest warship the Navy has ever

0:04:19 > 0:04:24had cost more than £3 billion. Another aircraft carrier is being

0:04:24 > 0:04:29built in Scotland. The Ministry of Defence wants to spend £178 billion

0:04:29 > 0:04:33on more military equipment over the next ten years but it has to make

0:04:33 > 0:04:37savings to achieve that goal. To do that it will have to sell buildings

0:04:37 > 0:04:47and make efficiencies. However, the defence committee is extremely

0:04:47 > 0:04:50doubtful the MOD can make those savings from an already stretched

0:04:50 > 0:04:55budget. The committee says funding pressures will inevitably lead to a

0:04:55 > 0:04:59reduction in the number of warships, jets and armoured vehicles the MOD

0:04:59 > 0:05:05can buy. The government is currently carrying out a defence review. It is

0:05:05 > 0:05:14widely expected to recommend more carts. With the changing nature of

0:05:14 > 0:05:18an increasing risk of threats, Britain says it needs to expand its

0:05:18 > 0:05:22armed forces but will the government have the cash to pay for it? Ian

0:05:22 > 0:05:24Palmer, BBC News.

0:05:24 > 0:05:27Theresa May says the last ten days have "marked a watershed"

0:05:27 > 0:05:29in the UK's departure from the European Union.

0:05:29 > 0:05:31Writing in the Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Express,

0:05:31 > 0:05:34the Prime Minister says she will not be derailed

0:05:34 > 0:05:36from securing an ambitious Brexit deal.

0:05:36 > 0:05:38Meanwhile, the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has told

0:05:38 > 0:05:41the Sunday Times that it's vital the UK doesn't mirror EU laws

0:05:41 > 0:05:42in the long-term -

0:05:47 > 0:05:49else the country risks being a vassal state.

0:05:49 > 0:05:52South Africa's ruling party is set to elect a new leader to replace

0:05:52 > 0:05:53President Jacob Zuma.

0:05:53 > 0:05:56Mr Zuma is stepping down as leader of the ANC ahead

0:05:56 > 0:05:59of the party's campaign for the 2019 general election,

0:05:59 > 0:06:01and he's faced several allegations of corruption

0:06:01 > 0:06:02during his decade in charge.

0:06:02 > 0:06:05Our reporter Milton Nkosi is in Johannesburg this morning.

0:06:05 > 0:06:16What's expected to happen today?

0:06:16 > 0:06:22Today, we are expecting that the conference will begin improbably

0:06:22 > 0:06:26one-hour but that may be delayed if you go according to what we saw

0:06:26 > 0:06:31yesterday and the delegates are beginning to trickle in. The nation

0:06:31 > 0:06:38is really on tenterhooks. Just look at the Sunday papers' headlines. The

0:06:38 > 0:06:43City Press says today is the day of reckoning. This one says the nation

0:06:43 > 0:06:54waits. The Sunday Independent says that it is N DZ against all odds.

0:06:54 > 0:06:58That stands for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who is one of the

0:06:58 > 0:07:15contenders to proceed Mr -- pre- seed Mr Zuma. -- precede

0:07:15 > 0:07:20contenders to proceed Mr -- pre- seed Mr Zuma. -- precede.

0:07:20 > 0:07:24Who are the candidates and are there any favourites to win?

0:07:24 > 0:07:29Cyril Ramaphosa led the negotiations alongside Nelson Mandela to end

0:07:29 > 0:07:33minority rule in the late 90s. He left politics, went into business

0:07:33 > 0:07:46and became incredibly wealthy. He is now leading the delegates to take

0:07:46 > 0:07:52the presidency on the ANC. On the other side, we have President Jacob

0:07:52 > 0:07:56Zuma's former wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. She has a medical

0:07:56 > 0:08:04background and is a doctor by training. She graduated Bristol and

0:08:04 > 0:08:10went to university. She was Nelson Mandela's first health Minister in

0:08:10 > 0:08:13the post- apartheid administration. She became Foreign Minister and went

0:08:13 > 0:08:26to Bebe African Union chair. She is a close second to Mr Zuma.

0:08:28 > 0:08:30The UN security council is to consider a proposal declaring

0:08:30 > 0:08:33that any unilateral decision on the status of Jerusalem

0:08:33 > 0:08:34would have no legal effect.

0:08:34 > 0:08:36It comes after President Trump's decision

0:08:36 > 0:08:38to recognise the city as the capital of Israel.

0:08:38 > 0:08:46The resolution is likely to be vetoed by the United States.

0:08:46 > 0:08:49A landslide caused by torrential rain in southern Chile has killed

0:08:49 > 0:08:51at least five people.

0:08:51 > 0:08:53A further 15 are missing in the remote village

0:08:53 > 0:08:57of Villa Santa Lucia, in Chile's southern lake region.

0:08:57 > 0:09:00Dozens of houses have been destroyed - and rescue teams

0:09:00 > 0:09:03are searching for survivors.

0:09:03 > 0:09:05More people have been ordered to evacuate their homes

0:09:05 > 0:09:08in California, as raging wildfires continue to spread.

0:09:08 > 0:09:10Flames have now reached Santa Barbara -

0:09:10 > 0:09:15home to many celebrities.

0:09:15 > 0:09:18The fire is the third largest in the state since records began.

0:09:18 > 0:09:20Fresh northerly winds are expected to drive the flames

0:09:20 > 0:09:27towards the Pacific Coast.

0:09:27 > 0:09:31Some of the conditions the firefighters were facing last night

0:09:31 > 0:09:35where we expected the sundowners to hit between 2am and four a.m..

0:09:35 > 0:09:41Strong winds pushing the fire back downhill. Extremely dusty, gold and

0:09:41 > 0:09:48relative humidity has been low. -- gusty. A very hazardous firefight.

0:09:48 > 0:09:51Severn Trent Water says most customers who were cut off

0:09:51 > 0:09:53in the Tewkesbury area of Gloucestershire have

0:09:53 > 0:09:54now been reconnected.

0:09:54 > 0:09:5610,000 homes were left without water when a main

0:09:56 > 0:09:57burst on Friday.

0:09:57 > 0:10:00The company said repairs to the pipe - which lies underneath flooded

0:10:00 > 0:10:02fields - had been difficult.

0:10:02 > 0:10:05A BBC investigation has exposed major flaws in a scheme designed

0:10:05 > 0:10:08to prevent problem gamblers using betting shops.

0:10:08 > 0:10:10The scheme allows addicted gamblers to sign up to be banned

0:10:10 > 0:10:18from bookmakers near where they live, work or socialise.

0:10:18 > 0:10:21But an undercover reporter who should have been ejected from 21

0:10:21 > 0:10:24different betting shops was only prevented from entering two.

0:10:24 > 0:10:26The Association of Bookmakers has admitted there are flaws,

0:10:26 > 0:10:30but say it's "continually developing" the system.

0:10:30 > 0:10:31The world's steepest funicular railway will open

0:10:31 > 0:10:33today in Switzerland.

0:10:33 > 0:10:40It's cost 40 million and taken 14 years to build.

0:10:40 > 0:10:43Its unique design allows the floors of the carriage to adjust

0:10:43 > 0:10:45to the slope of the mountain.

0:10:45 > 0:10:48But worry not, if you've not got a head for heights,

0:10:48 > 0:10:56the journey lasts just four minutes.

0:10:56 > 0:10:59If you haven't caught up with Strictly Come Dancing yet -

0:10:59 > 0:11:04then go and make yourself a cup of tea - because we're

0:11:04 > 0:11:11about to reveal the winners.

0:11:11 > 0:11:12Former Holby City actor Joe McFadden

0:11:12 > 0:11:15and his partner Katya Jones lifted the coveted Glitterball trophy

0:11:15 > 0:11:17after seeing off competition from fellow finalists

0:11:17 > 0:11:20Alexandra Burke, Gemma Atkinson and Debbie McGee.

0:11:20 > 0:11:24The 42-year-old, who won the public vote, is the oldest champion

0:11:24 > 0:11:31of the show, which has been running for 15 series.

0:11:31 > 0:11:35Not in a million years. It feels completely surreal and I'm so in awe

0:11:35 > 0:11:40of everybody who started all those weeks ago. We have all become such a

0:11:40 > 0:11:44tight unit and I love them all to bits and everyone of us are winners

0:11:44 > 0:11:48and I love every single one of them to bits.

0:11:48 > 0:11:51Have a feeling we would talk about that more later on. You can give

0:11:51 > 0:11:56your verdict, too.

0:11:56 > 0:12:00Apparently the most watched series. They were lacking in one viewer. At

0:12:00 > 0:12:06whether I'm allowed to admit. You will be sacked immediately. Last

0:12:06 > 0:12:10night was really good and we would talk more about the dancers. You can

0:12:10 > 0:12:14tell me what I was missing out on. It is 12 minutes past six.

0:12:14 > 0:12:16Whether it's reluctantly, whole-heartedly or even drunkenly -

0:12:16 > 0:12:24Christmas is the time for a good sing-song.

0:12:24 > 0:12:31And as we've been proving this week on Breakfast,

0:12:31 > 0:12:32it's actually good for you!

0:12:32 > 0:12:35As part of our BBC Sings series, on Tuesday we'll host a mass

0:12:35 > 0:12:38sing-a-long - with choirs from across the UK taking part

0:12:38 > 0:12:42in a special rendition of "Oh Come All Ye Faithful".

0:12:42 > 0:12:43You know the words.

0:12:43 > 0:12:46And we want you to join in, whether it's at home,

0:12:46 > 0:12:49at work, or even on bus ride in.

0:12:49 > 0:12:52If you need any more encouragement, here are the BBC Singers

0:12:52 > 0:13:06with their take on the Christmas classic.

0:13:06 > 0:13:12# O come all Ye faithful.Getting over the nerves is an achievement.

0:13:12 > 0:13:17It is about standing up and being counted.

0:13:17 > 0:13:22# Come and be holed him.I think we will struggle to find anyone who

0:13:22 > 0:13:26doesn't at least know the tune. It is one of the great carols of

0:13:26 > 0:13:37Christmas along with I wait in a Major. -- away. Everyone can sing

0:13:37 > 0:13:41it. There is a big bit at the end that you have to fill up your lungs

0:13:41 > 0:13:49for and just go for it.

0:13:52 > 0:13:57You can do it anywhere, singing. You have a voice, you have lungs. Just

0:13:57 > 0:14:02go for it. It is something that will be different to your normal routine

0:14:02 > 0:14:12in the morning.Everyone can sing. You can sing at home, you can sing

0:14:12 > 0:14:16in the bath, you can sing at the breakfast can go and sing in the

0:14:16 > 0:14:25garden with your friends. Literally, anywhere.It is one of those

0:14:25 > 0:14:29Christmas carols when you really know Christmas is here. Fantastic.

0:14:29 > 0:14:34Yeah, I had a singing teacher who used to call singing happy shouting

0:14:34 > 0:14:40and that would work really well in this song. Just go for it. Be happy.

0:14:45 > 0:14:58# Christ, the lot. -- Lord. Get singing!

0:14:58 > 0:15:01And of course we want you to join in with that very special

0:15:01 > 0:15:02sing-a-long on Tuesday.

0:15:02 > 0:15:06We'll be singing our own rendition of "O Come All Ye Faithful" with six

0:15:06 > 0:15:07different choirs across the UK.

0:15:07 > 0:15:11I would be on the radio. I will be on the telly.

0:15:11 > 0:15:13We want you to take part -

0:15:13 > 0:15:15whether it's at home, at work or while you're

0:15:15 > 0:15:16on your commute!

0:15:16 > 0:15:23You can tweet along using the hashtag, "BBC Sing".

0:15:23 > 0:15:28Get everyone in the Christmas spirit. It gets you straight in

0:15:28 > 0:15:29there.

0:15:32 > 0:15:35You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

0:15:35 > 0:15:37The main stories this morning:

0:15:37 > 0:15:40Work place pensions are to be automatically given to 18-year-olds

0:15:40 > 0:15:42under new plans being unveiled by the government.

0:15:42 > 0:15:46MPs say they have "serious doubts" the Ministry of Defence can afford

0:15:46 > 0:15:52all the new warships and jets it plans to buy.

0:15:52 > 0:16:00And now for a first look at what the weather is doing. Stav's got the

0:16:00 > 0:16:03details. It looks glorious.Very cloudy.

0:16:03 > 0:16:10details. It looks glorious.Very cloudy. A mixed age.We have rain

0:16:10 > 0:16:18spreading across the country. -- mixed picture. Central and eastern

0:16:18 > 0:16:28areas are dry. Dense fog. Mild air moving in. It makes the fog quite

0:16:28 > 0:16:39dense. The next few hours could be quite dense study rain moving in.

0:16:39 > 0:16:43Largely dry for England and Wales at the moment. A few showers around

0:16:43 > 0:16:51falling on frozen surfaces. Problems with ice. Subzero temperatures in

0:16:51 > 0:16:55eastern England and East Anglia. Watch out for the highs in northern

0:16:55 > 0:17:02England in particular. -- ice. Strengthening winds. Quite a dull

0:17:02 > 0:17:08afternoon. Briefly mild behind and during the rain band, but ahead of

0:17:08 > 0:17:13that, cold. Three degrees in Norwich. It eventually clears the

0:17:13 > 0:17:18south and south-east corner. Light winds. With clear skies, another

0:17:18 > 0:17:23chilly night. You can see the blue tinge. The odd pocket of frost. Mist

0:17:23 > 0:17:29and fog developing. Cool away from the far south-west. A ridge of

0:17:29 > 0:17:33showers on Monday. Starting the working week on a fine note.

0:17:33 > 0:17:38South-westerly winds in the Atlantic ringing mild air later on in the

0:17:38 > 0:17:44week. -- watcher won a chilly start on Monday. Frost. Lots of sunshine.

0:17:44 > 0:17:49A glorious start to the working week. Temperatures in single

0:17:49 > 0:17:53figures. Getting into double figures in the south-west. Look at the

0:17:53 > 0:18:08cloud. Blue is replaced by orange colours. Mild this week. A

0:18:08 > 0:18:11noticeable feature. Double figures. Given shelter in brightness, it is

0:18:11 > 0:18:14it will be limited, it will be cloudy, temperatures close to the

0:18:14 > 0:18:21mid-teens Celsius. The theme of the new working week is "milder." Thank

0:18:21 > 0:18:22you.

0:18:22 > 0:18:25new working week is "milder." Thank you. Looking much more mild than

0:18:25 > 0:18:39this time last weekend.It is still wet. It needs to be crisp and cold

0:18:39 > 0:18:39and snowy.

0:18:39 > 0:18:43We'll be back with a summary of the news at half past six,

0:18:43 > 0:18:46but now it's time for the Film Review with Jane Hill

0:18:46 > 0:18:50and Mark Kermode.

0:18:51 > 0:18:54Hello and welcome to The Film Review on BBC News.

0:18:54 > 0:18:57Taking us through this week's cinema releases is Mark Kermode.

0:18:57 > 0:18:59What have you been watching, Mark?

0:18:59 > 0:19:00Very, very interesting week.

0:19:00 > 0:19:02We have Bingo: The King Of The Mornings, a film

0:19:02 > 0:19:04about the dark side of clowning.

0:19:04 > 0:19:06We have, of course, Star Wars: The Last Jedi,

0:19:06 > 0:19:09you might have noticed that this is opening in cinemas!

0:19:09 > 0:19:11And The Unseen, a low-key British chiller.

0:19:11 > 0:19:19Bingo: The King Of The Mornings, this is a really curious looking

0:19:19 > 0:19:20one.

0:19:20 > 0:19:22Very interesting film, submitted for the foreign-language

0:19:22 > 0:19:25Oscar although it has not made it through to the short list.

0:19:25 > 0:19:28It comes on like an episode of the Chuckle Brothers crossed

0:19:28 > 0:19:40with the last third of Goodfellas.

0:19:40 > 0:19:43It is inspired by a real-life story of a kids' TV icon,

0:19:43 > 0:19:46this is a fictionalised version in which there is struggling actor

0:19:46 > 0:19:50who has made his name in soft-core sex films and manages to get a break

0:19:50 > 0:19:52as Bingo, this clown on morning television.

0:19:52 > 0:19:55And realises that he may actually have found something

0:19:55 > 0:20:11for which he can become celebrated and famous.

0:20:11 > 0:20:14The downside is, he's not allowed to say who he is,

0:20:14 > 0:20:16he has to be completely anonymous, so he's caught

0:20:16 > 0:20:17between fame and anonymity.

0:20:51 > 0:20:53Now, you can see from that, it has got a strange,

0:20:53 > 0:20:56slightly cracked tone to it, it is a fantastic performance

0:20:56 > 0:20:58from Vladimir Brichta as Bingo.

0:20:58 > 0:21:02What I like about it is that it has a bit of the backstage madness

0:21:02 > 0:21:03of live television, something like Network.

0:21:03 > 0:21:10It also has that...

0:21:10 > 0:21:13I talked before about Goodfellas, that sense as it accelerates,

0:21:13 > 0:21:17that what happens is success goes to his head, he falls into drink

0:21:17 > 0:21:20and drugs and reckless behaviour, but he is tortured because he can't

0:21:20 > 0:21:21tell anyone who he is.

0:21:21 > 0:21:25It becomes that classic tale of someone who is famous in one area

0:21:25 > 0:21:26and completely anonymous and another.

0:21:26 > 0:21:29It is not without flaws, there are certain moments

0:21:29 > 0:21:32when the drama oversteps itself somewhat, but I didn't know this

0:21:32 > 0:21:33story at all.

0:21:33 > 0:21:39As I said, it's inspired by a true story, and I found it gripping

0:21:39 > 0:21:41and weirdly enjoyable, not least because there's something...

0:21:41 > 0:21:43I mean, clowns are a strange presence anyway...

0:21:43 > 0:21:44Yes.

0:21:44 > 0:21:45Could go either way!

0:21:45 > 0:21:46Can be funny, can be sinister.

0:21:46 > 0:21:50And we saw the success of It, which has now become the biggest

0:21:50 > 0:21:51selling horror movie of all time.

0:21:51 > 0:21:54So, this is something a little bit different,

0:21:54 > 0:21:57it is not entirely successful but when it works, it has a kind

0:21:57 > 0:22:00of crazed energy, which is down to the central performance largely,

0:22:00 > 0:22:02which is very, very magnetic.

0:22:02 > 0:22:03OK, a curious one.

0:22:03 > 0:22:03Yes.

0:22:03 > 0:22:05So apparently there's a new Star Wars film out!

0:22:05 > 0:22:06Who knew?

0:22:06 > 0:22:08They should do some publicity, really.

0:22:08 > 0:22:09Are you a Star Wars fan?

0:22:09 > 0:22:10To a degree.

0:22:10 > 0:22:11I've seen some of them.

0:22:11 > 0:22:15I lived with someone who really, really is, so it is on the list.

0:22:15 > 0:22:18This picks up almost immediately where Force Awakens left off.

0:22:18 > 0:22:21Rey arrives at the island where Luke Skywalker now lurks,

0:22:21 > 0:22:23and she is looking for her true self.

0:22:23 > 0:22:27The thing with any Star Wars film is that there is a balancing act.

0:22:27 > 0:22:29Light and the shade, between the action and

0:22:29 > 0:22:31the introspection and also between satisfying the fans

0:22:31 > 0:22:32and the first timers.

0:22:32 > 0:22:34I think that Rian Johnson who is helming this,

0:22:34 > 0:22:37who's come from films like Looper, has done a fantastic job.

0:22:37 > 0:22:41You get all the stuff that you want from a Star Wars film,

0:22:41 > 0:22:43the sabre battles, the deep space explosions, the dogfights,

0:22:43 > 0:22:46but you also get an awful lot of internal character development.

0:22:46 > 0:22:50What I liked most about this is that it has a number of disparate

0:22:50 > 0:22:53narrative strands, as they all do, but each character arc

0:22:53 > 0:22:54is followed through properly.

0:22:54 > 0:22:58It is a film in which characters do what that character would do.

0:22:58 > 0:23:01It's a film in which action is character, characters are defined

0:23:01 > 0:23:03not by what they say but by their actions.

0:23:03 > 0:23:07Now, I saw it with a home crowd, I saw it at the premiere

0:23:07 > 0:23:08and in the final act of it, people were laughing,

0:23:08 > 0:23:19cheering, bursting into spontaneous applause.

0:23:19 > 0:23:22My suspicion is that that will be matched around the country,

0:23:22 > 0:23:24because it's very well-made, very confident, there is a little

0:23:24 > 0:23:27bagginess in it, there is one section on a casino planet,

0:23:27 > 0:23:29which I think is perhaps somewhat overstretched,

0:23:29 > 0:23:32but I think it works really well as a film.

0:23:32 > 0:23:35That said, all Star Wars films have a divisive element.

0:23:35 > 0:23:36And nothing is going to satisfy everybody.

0:23:36 > 0:23:40I have never been a hard-core Star Wars fan, but I did enjoy

0:23:40 > 0:23:41this very much.

0:23:41 > 0:23:44I thought as a piece of masterful storytelling in which it obeys

0:23:44 > 0:23:47the rules of the characters, the characters make sense.

0:23:47 > 0:23:50It may be fantastical and inventive but the characters make sense,

0:23:50 > 0:24:09and that, for me, is the key.

0:24:09 > 0:24:11And does it look fantastic?

0:24:11 > 0:24:12Oh, yes, it looks fantastic.

0:24:12 > 0:24:15In a way we sort of take that for granted.

0:24:15 > 0:24:18It looks really great, but it also feels really solid.

0:24:18 > 0:24:20It feels like a proper, you know, well-made, stand-alone film.

0:24:20 > 0:24:21That's excellent.

0:24:21 > 0:24:21The Unseen.

0:24:21 > 0:24:24Look, it's nearly Christmas - have you brought me another horror

0:24:24 > 0:24:50film, is this what you're doing here?

0:24:50 > 0:24:51This is a psychological chiller.

0:24:51 > 0:24:53Not really horror.

0:24:53 > 0:24:55This is written and directed by Gary Sinyor.

0:24:55 > 0:24:59This was 12 years in development, it is a story about a young couple

0:24:59 > 0:25:02who suffer a terrible loss of a child and after that,

0:25:02 > 0:25:03their relationship is in crisis.

0:25:03 > 0:25:04I hear him.

0:25:04 > 0:25:04Where?

0:25:04 > 0:25:05In this room.

0:25:05 > 0:25:11I hear him.

0:25:11 > 0:25:11When?

0:25:11 > 0:25:12At night.

0:25:12 > 0:25:28Sometimes during the day.

0:25:28 > 0:25:44You don't believe me.

0:25:44 > 0:25:45What does he say?

0:25:45 > 0:25:47He says he loves me...

0:25:47 > 0:25:49Now, you were asking what the difference

0:25:49 > 0:25:51is between a horror film and a chiller.

0:25:51 > 0:25:54I think it is a tenuous distinction, however, it is to do

0:25:54 > 0:25:56with an uncanniness, sense of creepiness.

0:25:56 > 0:25:58In its early stages, this film is actually very,

0:25:58 > 0:26:00very well played by the central actors.

0:26:00 > 0:26:03And it has a real atmosphere of unease, of the uncanny,

0:26:03 > 0:26:05which is very hard to achieve.

0:26:05 > 0:26:11I have to say in its later stages it kind of loses some of that,

0:26:11 > 0:26:14the more the plot starts to explain itself, the more mechanical it

0:26:14 > 0:26:16becomes and the less it became interesting.

0:26:16 > 0:26:19But for its first movement, it does establish that sense

0:26:19 > 0:26:21of the cold hand on the back of the neck.

0:26:21 > 0:26:24The genuinely uncanny sense that you're not quite sure

0:26:24 > 0:26:25what's going on.

0:26:25 > 0:26:28You believe in the characters, you believe in the situation.

0:26:28 > 0:26:29And you share their distress.

0:26:29 > 0:26:32But you also have that sense of eeriness, that sense of unease.

0:26:32 > 0:26:34It's a very flawed film, and I think overall,

0:26:34 > 0:26:38as I said, there are missteps in the later acts that let it down.

0:26:38 > 0:26:41But at the beginning it has an atmosphere which I think

0:26:41 > 0:26:45validates it, and it is really nice to see something like that going up

0:26:45 > 0:26:50against a behemoth like Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

0:26:50 > 0:27:04And it's not a horror film.

0:27:04 > 0:27:04OK!

0:27:04 > 0:27:08I may be just saying that, but it's not a horror film!

0:27:08 > 0:27:10Best out, however, I wholeheartedly, I mean...

0:27:10 > 0:27:11The rerelease of a classic.

0:27:11 > 0:27:14I think this is one of the greatest movies ever made,

0:27:14 > 0:27:16A Matter Of Life And Death.

0:27:16 > 0:27:17You love it too, right?

0:27:17 > 0:27:18Yes, yes, yes.

0:27:18 > 0:27:21When was the last time you saw it on a big screen?

0:27:21 > 0:27:24When I was at university, 300 years ago.

0:27:24 > 0:27:26I love that image of up in heaven, looking down.

0:27:26 > 0:27:27Very clever, very clever.

0:27:27 > 0:27:31You need to see it on the big screen, so much of why it's

0:27:31 > 0:27:33brilliant is the way it looks.

0:27:33 > 0:27:35The idea of having the other world as being black-and-white,

0:27:35 > 0:27:38and the Technicolor, so gorgeous, the performances are brilliant.

0:27:38 > 0:27:42And every time you see it, it just gets better and better and better.

0:27:42 > 0:27:45And incidentally, that is a film which you can view as a fantasy

0:27:45 > 0:27:48or you can view as a psychological, you know, psychological romance.

0:27:48 > 0:27:51I would say it's not a million miles away from...

0:27:51 > 0:27:51I'm trying!

0:27:51 > 0:27:53I love your attempt, Mark.

0:27:53 > 0:27:56It is fantastic, it is wonderful, worth seeing on a big screen,

0:27:56 > 0:28:00you make a good point, I haven't seen it on a for aeons.

0:28:00 > 0:28:01On the smaller screen, DVDs...

0:28:01 > 0:28:01Dunkirk.

0:28:01 > 0:28:04Which I, kind of having seen it on the big screen...

0:28:04 > 0:28:06Want to see it on the big screen.

0:28:06 > 0:28:24I can't quite envisage watching it on a small one.

0:28:24 > 0:28:26I've seen Dunkirk three times.

0:28:26 > 0:28:30I have seen it twice on a big IMAX screen and once on a television

0:28:30 > 0:28:32screen, although the television screens are now much bigger.

0:28:32 > 0:28:36When you see it on a small screen, you start to notice things

0:28:36 > 0:28:39about the cleverness of the structure, the fact that it

0:28:39 > 0:28:40has these three interweaving time periods.

0:28:40 > 0:28:42One week, one day, one hour.

0:28:42 > 0:28:45The fact that it interweaves them so well, sometimes on the big screen

0:28:45 > 0:28:48you're just so overwhelmed by the spectacle of it,

0:28:48 > 0:28:51you don't realise just how smart the construction of the film is.

0:28:51 > 0:28:54Watching it on a smaller screen you really admire the narrative...

0:28:54 > 0:28:57It is a simple narrative but it is told in a way

0:28:57 > 0:28:59which is really complex and really crystalline.

0:28:59 > 0:29:03And actually I saw things in it on the small screen that I hadn't

0:29:03 > 0:29:04seen on the big screen.

0:29:04 > 0:29:08Yes, the big-screen experience is still the primary one but it does

0:29:08 > 0:29:10work on the small screen, for different reasons.

0:29:10 > 0:29:12Mark, good to see you as ever.

0:29:12 > 0:29:12Interesting week.

0:29:12 > 0:29:13Thank you very much.

0:29:13 > 0:29:16Quick reminder before we go you can find more film news

0:29:16 > 0:29:17and reviews online.

0:29:17 > 0:29:17bbc.co.uk/MarkKermode.

0:29:17 > 0:29:20And all our previous programmes are on the BBC

0:29:20 > 0:29:21iPlayer, of course.

0:29:21 > 0:29:24That is it for this week, though, enjoy your cinema going.

0:29:24 > 0:29:26Bye bye.

0:30:01 > 0:30:04Good Morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from BBC

0:30:04 > 0:30:07News.

0:30:07 > 0:30:10Every worker aged 18 or over will begin saving into a workplace

0:30:10 > 0:30:12pension - unless they opt out.

0:30:12 > 0:30:14That's under government plans being unveiled today.

0:30:14 > 0:30:16At the moment, employers must enrol staff aged 22

0:30:16 > 0:30:20and over into a pension plan if they earn more than 10,000

0:30:20 > 0:30:20pounds a year.

0:30:20 > 0:30:24Ministers say they want to reduce the minimum age to 18 by the mid

0:30:24 > 0:30:362020s - a move that could affect around 900,000 young people.

0:30:36 > 0:30:40I think what the government needs to bear in mind, however, is how much

0:30:40 > 0:30:44of the cost of that will be falling on employers in the future because

0:30:44 > 0:30:49already the cost to employers is on course to travel by 2019. Today's

0:30:49 > 0:30:53announcement means the cost to employers will be even higher than

0:30:53 > 0:30:55that.

0:30:55 > 0:31:00MPs have exposed serious doubts that the Ministry of Defence will be able

0:31:00 > 0:31:04to afford all of the military equipment it plans to buy. A report

0:31:04 > 0:31:07by the Commons select ministry defence committee says it will

0:31:07 > 0:31:10struggle to find the finance to pay for more armoured vehicles and

0:31:10 > 0:31:17ships. They are making good progress to making £7.3 billion worth of

0:31:17 > 0:31:17savings.

0:31:17 > 0:31:20Theresa May says the last ten days have marked a watershed

0:31:20 > 0:31:22in the UK's departure from the European Union.

0:31:22 > 0:31:25Writing in the Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Express,

0:31:25 > 0:31:27the Prime Minister says she will not be derailed

0:31:27 > 0:31:29from securing an ambitious Brexit deal.

0:31:29 > 0:31:31Meanwhile, the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has told

0:31:31 > 0:31:34the Sunday Times that it's vital the UK doesn't mirror EU laws

0:31:34 > 0:31:37in the long-term - or the country risks

0:31:37 > 0:31:39being a vassal state.

0:31:39 > 0:31:41More people have been ordered to evacuate their homes

0:31:41 > 0:31:43in California, as raging wildfires continue to spread.

0:31:43 > 0:31:45Flames have now reached Santa Barbara -

0:31:45 > 0:31:46home to many celebrities.

0:31:46 > 0:31:50The fire is the third largest in the state since records began.

0:31:50 > 0:31:52Fresh northerly winds are expected to drive the flames

0:31:52 > 0:32:00towards the Pacific Coast.

0:32:00 > 0:32:02The UN security council is to consider a proposal declaring

0:32:02 > 0:32:05that any unilateral decision on the status of Jerusalem

0:32:05 > 0:32:07would have no legal effect.

0:32:07 > 0:32:09It comes after President Trump's decision

0:32:09 > 0:32:13to recognise the city as the capital of Israel.

0:32:13 > 0:32:17The resolution is likely to be vetoed by the United States.

0:32:17 > 0:32:20Severn Trent Water says most customers who were cut off

0:32:20 > 0:32:22in the Tewkesbury area of Gloucestershire have

0:32:22 > 0:32:23now been reconnected.

0:32:23 > 0:32:2510,000 homes were left without water when a main

0:32:25 > 0:32:26burst on Friday.

0:32:26 > 0:32:29The company said repairs to the pipe - which lies underneath flooded

0:32:29 > 0:32:37fields - had been difficult.

0:32:37 > 0:32:42The American defence Department has acknowledged it ran a secret

0:32:42 > 0:32:46programme to investigate UFOs. A Pentagon spokeswoman said the

0:32:46 > 0:32:51project ended in 2012. Documents describe sightings of objects

0:32:51 > 0:32:55speeding through the skies or hovering with no visible signs of

0:32:55 > 0:33:01life. They had a budget of £50 million per year.

0:33:01 > 0:33:03If you're looking for inspiration for your Christmas cake,

0:33:03 > 0:33:05look no further.

0:33:05 > 0:33:09This six foot edible nativity scene was made by amateur

0:33:09 > 0:33:13baker Lynn Nolan.

0:33:13 > 0:33:17It took her six months to make.

0:33:17 > 0:33:19She used 240 eggs, 50 kilograms of marzipan and four

0:33:19 > 0:33:25litres of whisky.

0:33:25 > 0:33:27The cake will be auctioned off on Wednesday -

0:33:27 > 0:33:34with all the money going to a primary school.

0:33:37 > 0:33:45That is an massive sugar rush. All in one go. Never mind the booze.

0:33:45 > 0:33:53Good morning, John. If you are an England cricket fan, it is far from

0:33:53 > 0:33:58good. The worst way to wake up.Do you remember that during the

0:33:58 > 0:34:02Olympics and all the action would overnight? And we would say, great,

0:34:02 > 0:34:10we have won another medal? -- medal! There is lots of action this time

0:34:10 > 0:34:20but not much happiness. England have to bat 1.5 days to save the Ashes.

0:34:20 > 0:34:27Come on, rain!There is a chance it could end in a draw if it rains.

0:34:27 > 0:34:28Huge scoreboard pressure.

0:34:28 > 0:34:32England's hopes of retaining the Ashes fading fast.

0:34:32 > 0:34:34There were some long-awaited wickets first thing -

0:34:34 > 0:34:36Mitchell Marsh didn't add to his 181 overnight.

0:34:36 > 0:34:39And Aussie Captain Steve Smith out for 239 eventually.

0:34:39 > 0:34:41He declared their first innings on 662 for nine -

0:34:41 > 0:34:54a lead of 259.

0:34:54 > 0:34:58England lost Mark Stoneman early on and then Alastair Cook went

0:34:58 > 0:35:02as well - caught and bowled by Josh Hazelwood.

0:35:02 > 0:35:15Joe Root is in now and if they ever needed a Captain's innings it's now.

0:35:15 > 0:35:18Defeat would leave England 3-0 down and give the Ashes

0:35:18 > 0:35:18back to Australia.

0:35:18 > 0:35:20Manchester City showed their unstoppable best yesterday,

0:35:20 > 0:35:23thumping Tottenham 4-1, to make it 16 wins in a row.

0:35:23 > 0:35:27They are now 14 points clear at the top of the Premier League,

0:35:27 > 0:35:28for the time being at least.

0:35:28 > 0:35:31Pep Guardiola says his side is 'becoming a better institution'.

0:35:31 > 0:35:42James Burford was watching all of yesterday's action.

0:35:42 > 0:35:46The rain it may be falling in Manchester but so are the records.

0:35:46 > 0:35:52This record run that City are on, 16 games, the longest in English top

0:35:52 > 0:35:56division history. Tottenham are not used to being dismantled like this

0:35:56 > 0:36:01but no team seems impervious to Pep Guardiola's players. The boss knows

0:36:01 > 0:36:06his next target, beating the 19 game winning streak he managed at Bayern

0:36:06 > 0:36:13Munich.I was with three amazing clubs. All three clubs, they support

0:36:13 > 0:36:17me and all the decisions we believe that they provide me no standing

0:36:17 > 0:36:22players. Without good players and club support, your ideas, it is

0:36:22 > 0:36:27impossible to achieve these kinds of things.Such is being made of City's

0:36:27 > 0:36:31form that nobody seems to be noticing Chelsea winning their last

0:36:31 > 0:36:40ten. Arsenal, meanwhile, made it 13 wins out of 14 home games thanks to

0:36:40 > 0:36:44these rocket against Newcastle. They drop into the bottom three without a

0:36:44 > 0:36:54win in nine. Alumax obviously keep working this way. After, try to go

0:36:54 > 0:36:58to January and bring some addition. A lift to the rest of the team.

0:36:58 > 0:37:02Crystal Palace, on the other hand, jump out of the relegation zone,

0:37:02 > 0:37:09scoring their first goal in a 3- went against Leicester. -- first

0:37:09 > 0:37:14win. Someone in the spotlight is Mark Hughes, his position as Stoke

0:37:14 > 0:37:19manager is under threat. The 3-0 defeat leaves his team hovering just

0:37:19 > 0:37:24two points above the relegation zone. Who knows what records

0:37:24 > 0:37:27Manchester City will break this season. It's not even Christmas yet

0:37:27 > 0:37:30and already they are 14 points clear.

0:37:30 > 0:37:32Aberdeen are up to second in the Scottish Premiership,

0:37:32 > 0:37:35narrowing the gap on leaders Celtic to just two points.

0:37:35 > 0:37:37Gary Mackay-Steven scored a Hat-trick in their 4-1 victory

0:37:37 > 0:37:40over Hibs - who hadn't lost at home since March.

0:37:40 > 0:37:42Elsewhere there were wins for Dundee, Hamilton,

0:37:42 > 0:37:46Kilmarnock and St Johnstone who won in the league at Ibrox for the first

0:37:46 > 0:37:50time since 1971.

0:37:50 > 0:37:52It's a pivotal weekend in rugby union's Champions Cup

0:37:52 > 0:37:56with the second of the pool stage double headers going some way

0:37:56 > 0:37:58to decide who will make the quarter finals.

0:37:58 > 0:38:01Bath got revenge for their late defeat to Toulon last

0:38:01 > 0:38:04weekend by beating the French side 26-21 in a thrilling game

0:38:04 > 0:38:04at the Rec.

0:38:04 > 0:38:07That win moves Bath above their opponents to the top

0:38:07 > 0:38:12of Pool five.

0:38:12 > 0:38:15Scarlets are back in contention to qualify from the same pool.

0:38:15 > 0:38:18They sit third, a point behind Toulon after beating Benneton 31-12

0:38:18 > 0:38:24in Italy.

0:38:24 > 0:38:27Premiership champions Exeter have their work cut out to qualify

0:38:27 > 0:38:30though after dropping to third in Pool three after letting

0:38:30 > 0:38:31a 14-point lead slip at Leinster.

0:38:31 > 0:38:35At one stage the Chiefs led 17-3 but Luke McGrath's late try sealed

0:38:35 > 0:38:37a comeback for the home side in Dublin.

0:38:37 > 0:38:47Leinster stay top of the group and look sure to go through.

0:38:47 > 0:38:50Two of the tournament's surprise packages will contest snooker's

0:38:50 > 0:38:51Scottish Open final this afternoon.

0:38:51 > 0:38:54Neil Robertson beat the home favourite John Higgins 6-3 to set up

0:38:54 > 0:38:57a meeting with the world number 67 China's Cao Yupeng who stunned

0:38:57 > 0:38:59Judd Trump earlier in the day.

0:38:59 > 0:39:01Robertson has fallen outside the world's top 16 recently,

0:39:01 > 0:39:10but has been in much better form in Glasgow.

0:39:10 > 0:39:13Gary Anderson is into the second round of darts PDC World

0:39:13 > 0:39:17Championship.

0:39:17 > 0:39:19The 2015 and 2016 winner easily overcame Jeff Smith

0:39:19 > 0:39:22in straight sets, hitting seven 180s along the way at Ally Pally.

0:39:22 > 0:39:26Later today James Wade and Dave Chisnall start their first

0:39:26 > 0:39:29round campaigns.

0:39:29 > 0:39:32With the Winter Olympics on the horizon, some of Britain's

0:39:32 > 0:39:34athletes are continuing their preparations across Europe.

0:39:34 > 0:39:38Andrew Musgrave took bronze in the 15 kilometre freestyle

0:39:38 > 0:39:41at the Cross Country World Cup in Italy.

0:39:41 > 0:39:44While Britain's women's bobsleigh team finished 10th

0:39:44 > 0:39:47in the latest race in Austria.

0:39:47 > 0:39:52The team have done well to even make it to these race meetings though

0:39:52 > 0:39:54having secured most of their funding this year through crowdfunding

0:39:54 > 0:39:55appeals.

0:39:55 > 0:39:59Britain's Olympic and world champion Adam Peaty has won his fair share

0:39:59 > 0:40:03of medals in his time, and it would appear he's got so many

0:40:03 > 0:40:07he's happy to give a few away.

0:40:07 > 0:40:09After winning gold in the 100 metre breaststroke at

0:40:09 > 0:40:12the European short course Championships.

0:40:12 > 0:40:15He took his gold medal over to a very lucky young girl

0:40:15 > 0:40:21in the crowd.

0:40:21 > 0:40:24This event's being held in Copenhagen and clearly Peaty has

0:40:24 > 0:40:32made one spectator very happy indeed.

0:40:32 > 0:40:39He has had such success and he is talking about his legacy and

0:40:39 > 0:40:44inspiring the next generation, what a way to do it. He is one of the

0:40:44 > 0:40:47contenders for Sports Personality of the Year. Amongst many other

0:40:47 > 0:40:49contenders, worth pointing out.

0:40:49 > 0:40:52Today could be a crucial moment in South Africa's political history,

0:40:52 > 0:40:56as the ruling party - the ANC - is set to elect its new leader.

0:40:56 > 0:40:58Whoever wins is likely to succeed Jacob Zuma

0:40:58 > 0:41:03as the country's president.

0:41:03 > 0:41:06But the leadership battle has been bitter, and Mr Zuma has warned

0:41:06 > 0:41:09that the very future of the party could be under threat.

0:41:09 > 0:41:12Martin Plaut is from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies

0:41:12 > 0:41:19at the University of London - and he grew up in South Africa.

0:41:19 > 0:41:24Thank you for joining us. As a man who studies South African politics

0:41:24 > 0:41:28and who knows it well, how significant to you think this point

0:41:28 > 0:41:34is in the potential future of the country?It's much more important

0:41:34 > 0:41:38than the presidency of the ANC, this is the future of the country which

0:41:38 > 0:41:42is really in an extremely serious situation. It has had a credit

0:41:42 > 0:41:48downgrading, its ratings are very low. It has to borrow at a higher

0:41:48 > 0:41:55rate. There is the threat of violence and intimidation. The

0:41:55 > 0:41:59intimidation is being seen inside the ANC itself and the whole entire

0:41:59 > 0:42:05conference could collapse today. Huge economic challenges and yet the

0:42:05 > 0:42:09ANC is still dominant. Not perhaps as much as it used to be, but still

0:42:09 > 0:42:20the dominant party.Absolutely right. It at 155%.

0:42:22 > 0:42:28-- 55%. Everyone is predicting the future. How many saw Hillary Clinton

0:42:28 > 0:42:34not winning?There are seven candidates but only two that could

0:42:34 > 0:42:40potentially win this. What are you expecting, given what you just said

0:42:40 > 0:42:44about being able to predict something like this? But with seven

0:42:44 > 0:42:53candidates, to look likely but even then, all bets are off. --2.Cyril

0:42:53 > 0:42:56Ramaphosa is a solid figure, businessman, deputy president, trade

0:42:56 > 0:43:02union background. He was involved in a very unfortunate massacre a few

0:43:02 > 0:43:08years ago were a lot of mine workers were killed. It wasn't directly

0:43:08 > 0:43:11involved but was director of the company. It stands against him. The

0:43:11 > 0:43:20other person is Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. He is one of Mr Zuma

0:43:20 > 0:43:26-- she is one of Mr Zuma's ex-wives stop a very cold, austere figure.

0:43:26 > 0:43:30She is seen as the person Mr Zuma would want because she will prevent

0:43:30 > 0:43:33him being put into prison for corruption because there are over

0:43:33 > 0:43:38700 charges of corruption against Mr Zuma and he has fought desperately

0:43:38 > 0:43:47for these never to come to court. Of course, he denies them all. He and

0:43:47 > 0:44:01the Gupta family have siphoned off all of the funds.For these option

0:44:01 > 0:44:12charges to be fully investigated and the beast -- for these people to be

0:44:12 > 0:44:17held accountable? What of the future of Jacob Zuma?He remains the

0:44:17 > 0:44:22president of South Africa. He is just not the president of the ANC

0:44:22 > 0:44:28from this weekend. The question then is where does that real power lies

0:44:28 > 0:44:32between him and his successor? If it is he and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, he

0:44:32 > 0:44:36will be all right. If it is Cyril Ramaphosa, it may be stormy times

0:44:36 > 0:44:40ahead because then we will need to know where the real division of

0:44:40 > 0:44:47power lies.And briefly, the impact of this globally?South Africa is

0:44:47 > 0:44:51that cornerstone of Southern African economy and politics and we have

0:44:51 > 0:44:57just had the big change with Mugabe a link next door. -- McGarvey

0:45:00 > 0:45:06-- Robert Mugabe, going.

0:45:10 > 0:45:20Cold and damp. The east will be cold and frosty. West, rain moving in.

0:45:20 > 0:45:25Cold air as well. The rain will go east through the day. A messy

0:45:25 > 0:45:33picture on Sunday. That is the blue hue. Cold and frosty. Mist and fog.

0:45:33 > 0:45:41Further west, pouring down. It will go east. Have the bursts. Cold

0:45:41 > 0:45:47surfaces here. Rain falling. There could be a risk of ice. Rain

0:45:47 > 0:45:53clearing from Northern Ireland in the next hour or so. Dry and cool

0:45:53 > 0:46:01behind that. Ahead of it, cold and dry. Watch out for the highs in

0:46:01 > 0:46:06northern England and southern Scotland this morning. -- ice. The

0:46:06 > 0:46:11rain will go south and east. Wet in the south and east. Not as heavy as

0:46:11 > 0:46:17in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Behind this, brightening up.

0:46:17 > 0:46:22Sunshine. Cool air behind that. Eight o'clock day. Rain clearing

0:46:22 > 0:46:28south and east. --A flip-flop day. High pressure, clear skies.

0:46:28 > 0:46:35Temperatures falling away. Freezing in rural places. It means for the

0:46:35 > 0:46:38start of the new working week a ridge of high pressure should bring

0:46:38 > 0:46:45fine and dry weather. Lots of sunshine. Behind me, tightly packed

0:46:45 > 0:46:52isobars from the west. Monday, a cold start. Lots of sunshine. Mist

0:46:52 > 0:46:58and fog. Cloud in northern and western Scotland. Cloud pushing in

0:46:58 > 0:47:02through the south-west. Mild air. 10 degrees. Single figures elsewhere.

0:47:02 > 0:47:07Orange takes over on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and the end of

0:47:07 > 0:47:11the new working week. Set to stay mild in the run-up to Christmas.

0:47:11 > 0:47:14Tuesday and Wednesday, a snapshot. Double

0:47:14 > 0:47:19Tuesday and Wednesday, a snapshot. Double figures. Mid-teens.

0:47:19 > 0:47:26Brightness will be limited. Thank you. Back with you a little later.

0:47:26 > 0:47:35And we will be back with the headlines at eight o'clock. First,

0:47:35 > 0:47:39Click, with Spencer Kelly and the team.

0:47:39 > 0:47:48Click, with Spencer Kelly and the team.

0:47:53 > 0:47:56Earlier in the year we looked at some of the 360 cameras

0:47:56 > 0:47:57which have taken off in 2017.

0:47:57 > 0:48:01Dan filmed with the new kid on the block, the Insta One in

0:48:01 > 0:48:01Berlin.

0:48:01 > 0:48:03And he came back very pleased with it.

0:48:03 > 0:48:06Easy to use, lots of features, including this bullet-time mode,

0:48:06 > 0:48:10a bit like the film The Matrix, where you can get a picture

0:48:10 > 0:48:11of yourself from all angles.

0:48:11 > 0:48:14But what have the more established names in photography got

0:48:14 > 0:48:21to offer us?

0:48:21 > 0:48:23Well, with Christmas just around the corner,

0:48:23 > 0:48:27this time we sent Dan to a suitably festive place to put two pro-sumer

0:48:27 > 0:48:28360 cameras through their paces.

0:48:28 > 0:48:31The ancient city of Bath hosts a very traditional Christmas market,

0:48:31 > 0:48:35one that I want to catch in the round.

0:48:35 > 0:48:37I've got two cameras for the job.

0:48:37 > 0:48:39One is from Kodak, the other is Nikon's.

0:48:39 > 0:48:42They look pretty similar, with two ultra-wide-angle lenses

0:48:42 > 0:48:43capturing everything, before the two images

0:48:43 > 0:48:45are stitched together in-camera.

0:48:45 > 0:48:48But look closer, and you will see the Kodak sporting two different

0:48:48 > 0:48:51lenses, one smaller than the other, superwide 235-degree lens.

0:48:51 > 0:48:56It also has the tiniest remote control in the world,

0:48:56 > 0:48:58and a slightly higher price tag than the Nikon.

0:48:58 > 0:49:05Our producer has the Kodak, while I'm putting the Nikon

0:49:05 > 0:49:06through its paces.

0:49:06 > 0:49:10Now, we don't just want to test these cameras out in the daylight,

0:49:10 > 0:49:12when all the conditions are absolutely perfect.

0:49:12 > 0:49:22For these cameras, we want to test them out to see what they're

0:49:22 > 0:49:24like as it starts to get dark.

0:49:24 > 0:49:28Will the bright lights be a problem, and will we see all of the details?

0:49:28 > 0:49:31Time to go for a wander and see whose 360 is best.

0:49:31 > 0:49:35Please dive in, ladies.

0:49:35 > 0:49:37Don't let me get in your way.

0:49:37 > 0:49:40And, in no time at all, I found the festive liquor stand.

0:49:40 > 0:49:44Not just wine, but flavoured vodka here, and the Nikon is not put off

0:49:44 > 0:49:46by those flashing lights.

0:49:46 > 0:49:49But the image is a little dark, so we will brighten it

0:49:49 > 0:49:50for you in postproduction.

0:49:50 > 0:49:53There you go, and now you can see the other problem.

0:49:53 > 0:49:56The image stitching means I've almost lost my head,

0:49:56 > 0:50:10before touching a drop.

0:50:10 > 0:50:13The Kodak's image is brighter than the Nikon, but we found

0:50:13 > 0:50:15that the quality from that super-wide-angle lens was softer

0:50:15 > 0:50:18than the smaller lens on the other side of the device.

0:50:18 > 0:50:21Of course, you're best off with a stick attached to both

0:50:21 > 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 > 0:50:31Or front to front.

0:50:31 > 0:50:44Or back to front.

0:50:44 > 0:50:46Well, it's difficult to tell, to be honest.

0:50:46 > 0:50:48We shot them side by side.

0:50:48 > 0:50:49Look at this.

0:50:49 > 0:50:51We found a 360 globe for a 360 camera.

0:50:51 > 0:50:53And it's the Nikon showing off more natural colours,

0:50:53 > 0:50:55benefiting from a more accurate light balance,

0:50:55 > 0:50:58although some might prefer the warmer Kodak results,

0:50:58 > 0:51:03because it is very Christmassy.

0:51:03 > 0:51:06At the chilled cider shop, the Kodak warmed things up,

0:51:06 > 0:51:08while Nikon kept things more natural and crisp.

0:51:08 > 0:51:10Both cameras struggled to stitch their shots together perfectly.

0:51:10 > 0:51:13This is the raw footage, with no touching up,

0:51:13 > 0:51:15and the Nikon has done a reasonable job.

0:51:15 > 0:51:18The stitching point is more visible on the Kodak,

0:51:18 > 0:51:20partly because of the different qualities of those two lenses.

0:51:20 > 0:51:24On the upside, it's Kodak that offers the ability to play with how

0:51:24 > 0:51:26the images are stitched together in its free software,

0:51:26 > 0:51:37something the Nikon's more basic offering lacks.

0:51:37 > 0:51:40For sheer fun, the Kodak also offers greater flexibility when playing

0:51:40 > 0:51:41back what you shot.

0:51:41 > 0:51:43This is little planet mode.

0:51:43 > 0:51:46And, if you want to do it on the Nikon, then you'll need some

0:51:46 > 0:51:48third-party 360 software, which may mean additional cost.

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

0:51:51 > 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 > 0:52:00Oh, goodness me.

0:52:00 > 0:52:06You can tell she's had too much cider, because hers moves

0:52:06 > 0:52:08around a bit.

0:52:08 > 0:52:09I'm just cold!

0:52:09 > 0:52:13We reckon both do a great job, but the Nikon is slightly clearer,

0:52:13 > 0:52:15although the Kodak offers the possibility of attaching

0:52:15 > 0:52:18an external mic.

0:52:18 > 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 > 0:52:27while the Nikon has a better shot.

0:52:27 > 0:52:29But, if you're hoping for a trouble-free, cinematic,

0:52:29 > 0:52:33seamless result for under £400, you may have to wait until something

0:52:33 > 0:52:42else takes off.

0:52:42 > 0:52:45At least for now.

0:52:46 > 0:52:49Hello, and welcome to the Week in Tech.

0:52:49 > 0:52:52It was the week that the Federal Communications Commission in America

0:52:52 > 0:52:54voted to repeal rules on net neutrality, which had stopped

0:52:54 > 0:52:56internet service providers from offering different speeds

0:52:56 > 0:52:58and priorities for traffic online.

0:52:58 > 0:52:59The extraordinarily elongated asteroid called Oumuamua

0:52:59 > 0:53:01was being checked for signs of alien technology.

0:53:01 > 0:53:05And, here on earth, the faces of 2 billion people can be compared

0:53:05 > 0:53:17in a matter of seconds with a Minority Report-style system,

0:53:17 > 0:53:18Dragonfly Eye, unveiled in China.

0:53:18 > 0:53:22It was also the week that Netflix was caught up in a creepy viewing

0:53:22 > 0:53:24controversy, after revealing on Twitter that 53 subscribers

0:53:24 > 0:53:27watched the holiday film A Christmas Prince every day

0:53:27 > 0:53:27for 18 days.

0:53:27 > 0:53:30Netflix defended the tweet, saying it represented overall

0:53:30 > 0:53:31trends, and not specific individuals.

0:53:31 > 0:53:35The city of San Francisco has banned the use of delivery robots on most

0:53:35 > 0:53:38of its sidewalks, stating not all innovation is all that

0:53:38 > 0:53:44great for society.

0:53:44 > 0:53:48Meanwhile, Dutch police say it may not have been such a good idea

0:53:48 > 0:53:50to use eagles to catch drones after all.

0:53:50 > 0:53:54Who could have guessed?

0:53:54 > 0:53:57Seen here on Click, the birds were trained to snatch the machines

0:53:57 > 0:53:58from the sky.

0:53:58 > 0:54:01But the cost of keeping them was too high, and they didn't always do

0:54:01 > 0:54:02what they were told.

0:54:02 > 0:54:05And finally, if you're missing Harry Potter, don't despair.

0:54:05 > 0:54:07Artificial intelligence may have a solution for you.

0:54:07 > 0:54:10A new chapter has been created for a book called Harry Potter

0:54:10 > 0:54:13and What Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash.

0:54:13 > 0:54:15Its plot twists include Harry dipping Hermione in hot sauce,

0:54:15 > 0:54:19and Ron turning into spiders and trying to eat Hermione's family.

0:54:19 > 0:54:20Wizard.

0:54:24 > 0:54:26This is Acute Art, a virtual reality arts platform

0:54:26 > 0:54:28and a gallery without walls.

0:54:28 > 0:54:31And it's about to launch, with VR works by some of the world's

0:54:31 > 0:54:32leading contemporary artists.

0:54:32 > 0:54:34Amongst these works is one by Marina Abramovic,

0:54:34 > 0:54:41the self-confessed Grandmother of Performance Art,

0:54:41 > 0:54:44who pushes her own body to the limits to challenge

0:54:44 > 0:54:45and move people.

0:54:45 > 0:54:47OK, well, there's Marina, in a tank of water.

0:54:47 > 0:54:51Well, she seems to want to talk to me, but the water is rising

0:54:51 > 0:55:04up her body.

0:55:04 > 0:55:06Immersive player, in real life, where someone rescues another

0:55:06 > 0:55:10person, or offers aid of any kind, there is a transfer of energy.

0:55:10 > 0:55:32Approach the water.

0:55:32 > 0:55:37I think she wants me to touch the glass.

0:55:37 > 0:55:41Make contact.

0:55:41 > 0:55:42Oh.

0:55:42 > 0:55:44Oh, OK, right.

0:55:44 > 0:55:47Now I'm somewhere very cold, and everything seems

0:55:47 > 0:55:54to be going wrong.

0:55:54 > 0:55:58As always, with VR, you really get a sense of scale.

0:55:58 > 0:56:00I mean, that ice shelf looks absolutely enormous.

0:56:00 > 0:56:03And it's crashing down right in front of me.

0:56:03 > 0:56:05This work is an expression of Marina's fear that humans

0:56:05 > 0:56:09will not survive the consequences of climate change, if we don't

0:56:09 > 0:56:09change our behaviour.

0:56:09 > 0:56:11I'm being covered in spray.

0:56:11 > 0:56:12And now there's a note.

0:56:12 > 0:56:13I will walk instead of drive.

0:56:13 > 0:56:15I will reuse what I can.

0:56:15 > 0:56:38I will reduce the waste I cause.

0:56:38 > 0:56:41Marina wants to leave the participants with a feeling

0:56:41 > 0:56:43that they should do something good for the planet.

0:56:43 > 0:56:46We have to save this planet that we are living on,

0:56:46 > 0:56:49because what I'm interested in is to create a literal contract

0:56:49 > 0:56:52with the planet earth, and give my word of honour that

0:56:52 > 0:56:54I will do something to save it.

0:56:54 > 0:56:55SCREAMING.

0:56:55 > 0:56:58You are pretty well-known for pushing your body further

0:56:58 > 0:57:00than most people would want to push their bodies.

0:57:00 > 0:57:04Here, you appear virtually in a tank of water, but I get the sense that

0:57:04 > 0:57:07you still did some pretty real stuff, to make it seem

0:57:07 > 0:57:08as real as possible?

0:57:08 > 0:57:12You know, actually, to do this, I have to really be in the water.

0:57:12 > 0:57:15And then we have to really be in a swimming pool,

0:57:15 > 0:57:19with two divers holding my legs, so I can really go in and see can

0:57:19 > 0:57:23feel like I would actually die if I didn't have any more

0:57:23 > 0:57:23air to breathe.

0:57:23 > 0:57:27So it's funny that you have to do something which is virtual,

0:57:27 > 0:57:37but you still have to do it physically.

0:57:37 > 0:57:40Before, you've said that you don't think your performances can be

0:57:40 > 0:57:43captured adequately with photos or videos, because you need to be

0:57:43 > 0:57:45there, you need the experiences, it is about actually

0:57:45 > 0:57:46physically being there.

0:57:46 > 0:57:49And I wonder if virtual reality is close enough to being there,

0:57:49 > 0:57:51that is why you chose it?

0:57:51 > 0:58:01Because it's almost being there, isn't it?

0:58:01 > 0:58:04It is very important, the energy dialogue between the audience

0:58:04 > 0:58:05and the performer.

0:58:05 > 0:58:08And the only thing that can catch it, before it was video

0:58:08 > 0:58:09with sound and movement.

0:58:09 > 0:58:11Virtual reality is really another step further,

0:58:11 > 0:58:14because you can go around the objects, you can interact,

0:58:14 > 0:58:15you can do this.

0:58:15 > 0:58:18But still, I think it's so much a question of how much energy

0:58:18 > 0:58:21and charisma actually can transfer from the real performance

0:58:21 > 0:58:34into the virtual body.

0:58:34 > 0:58:37And that's it for the short cut of Click this week.

0:58:37 > 0:58:40The full version is waiting for you on iPlayer, and please join

0:58:40 > 0:58:42us next week for Click's Christmas special.

0:58:42 > 0:58:44And you know what that means.

0:58:44 > 0:58:46Tons of sensible journalism, and no fun whatsoever.

0:58:46 > 0:58:49Maybe not.

0:58:49 > 0:58:52In the meantime, you can follow us on Facebook

0:58:52 > 0:58:53and on Twitter @BBCClick.

0:58:53 > 0:58:55Thank you for watching, and we will see you next

0:58:55 > 0:59:04week for Christmas.

1:00:38 > 1:00:41Hello, this is Breakfast, with Rachel Burden and Ben Thompson.

1:00:41 > 1:00:44Helping hundreds of thousands of people save for retirement -

1:00:44 > 1:00:46the government says it will extend automatic enrolment

1:00:46 > 1:00:47in workplace pensions.

1:00:47 > 1:00:50Under the plans, every worker aged 18 or over could begin saving -

1:00:50 > 1:00:55but it won't come into effect until the mid-2020s.

1:01:10 > 1:01:12Good morning, it's Sunday the 17th of December.

1:01:12 > 1:01:13Also this morning -

1:01:13 > 1:01:16Serious doubts over military savings - a committee of MPs warns

1:01:16 > 1:01:19the Ministry of Defence will struggle to pay for new jets,

1:01:19 > 1:01:20warships and armoured vehicles.

1:01:20 > 1:01:23A new leader of South Africa's ruling party is expected to be

1:01:23 > 1:01:27announced today - after years of scandal and corruption.

1:01:27 > 1:01:30In sport - England's Ashes hopes are fading fast.

1:01:30 > 1:01:34Captain Joe Root is the third man out, as England try to bat for a day

1:01:34 > 1:01:53and a half to save the third test and the series.

1:01:53 > 1:01:56A record number of people tuned in to watch the Strictly final last

1:01:56 > 1:02:02night - we'll discuss who waltzed away with the Glitterball.

1:02:02 > 1:02:06Good morning. Quite a mixed day coming up. Some areas are really

1:02:06 > 1:02:11called with fog to start with. Further west, rain moving in. Join

1:02:11 > 1:02:13me later for a full weather forecast.

1:02:13 > 1:02:13Good morning.

1:02:13 > 1:02:14First, our main story.

1:02:14 > 1:02:18Every worker aged 18 or over will begin saving into a workplace

1:02:18 > 1:02:19pension - unless they opt out.

1:02:19 > 1:02:21That's under government plans being unveiled today.

1:02:21 > 1:02:24At the moment, employers must enrol staff aged 22 and over

1:02:24 > 1:02:28into a pension plan if they earn more than 10,000 pounds a year.

1:02:28 > 1:02:31Ministers say they want to reduce the minimum age to 18 -

1:02:31 > 1:02:33a move that could affect around 900,000 young people.

1:02:33 > 1:02:36But the changes won't kick in until the mid 2020s,

1:02:36 > 1:02:47as our business correspondent Joe Lynam reports.

1:02:47 > 1:02:50Olly Browning is 21 and like many young people, he hasn't started

1:02:50 > 1:02:51saving for his retirement.

1:02:51 > 1:02:53If the government has its way, he would soon

1:02:53 > 1:02:58be automatically enrolled for a pension at his company.

1:02:58 > 1:03:00It's not really crossed my mind yet.

1:03:00 > 1:03:04Maybe I am a bit relaxed about the whole thing

1:03:04 > 1:03:06but I have always, especially in London, moved jobs quite

1:03:06 > 1:03:09frequently, I tend not to stay in one place too long,

1:03:09 > 1:03:13so pensions have always been low down the list of things I have

1:03:13 > 1:03:16been conscious of.

1:03:16 > 1:03:19At the moment, only those aged over 22 are automatically included

1:03:19 > 1:03:22in a pension scheme by their employers but this

1:03:22 > 1:03:24consultation could see that age lowered to 18.

1:03:24 > 1:03:26That could mean 900,000 additional people will be

1:03:26 > 1:03:27saving for their pensions.

1:03:27 > 1:03:30But, is that a good thing?

1:03:30 > 1:03:32It's important that people are educated about their options

1:03:32 > 1:03:35because if they don't understand what a pension is,

1:03:35 > 1:03:41they are far less likely to know what their rights are.

1:03:41 > 1:03:44To an 18-year-old, retirement must seem a very long way off.

1:03:44 > 1:03:48Especially if they don't earn much and saving for a house is a lot more

1:03:48 > 1:03:49pressing.

1:03:49 > 1:03:51If this plan proceeds, it could help younger people

1:03:51 > 1:03:52financially in decades to come.

1:03:52 > 1:03:57Joe Lynam, BBC News.

1:03:57 > 1:04:01MPs have expressed serious doubts that the Ministry of Defence will be

1:04:01 > 1:04:04able to afford all the new military equipment it plans to buy.

1:04:04 > 1:04:07A report by the Commons Defence Select Committee says

1:04:07 > 1:04:09the MOD will struggle to make the necessary savings it needs

1:04:09 > 1:04:12to pay for new jets, warships and armoured vehicles,

1:04:12 > 1:04:19as Ian Palmer reports.

1:04:19 > 1:04:22She is the flagship of the Royal Navy.

1:04:22 > 1:04:25HMS Queen Elizabeth, commissioned by Her Majesty The Queen

1:04:25 > 1:04:34earlier this month.

1:04:34 > 1:04:37At 218m long, she has space for 40 jet planes but defence in this

1:04:37 > 1:04:45century doesn't come cheap.

1:04:45 > 1:04:48The biggest warship the British Navy has ever had cost more

1:04:48 > 1:04:49than £3 billion.

1:04:49 > 1:04:51Another aircraft carrier is being built in Scotland.

1:04:51 > 1:04:53The Ministry of Defence wants to spend £178 billion

1:04:53 > 1:04:56on more military equipment over the next ten years but it has

1:04:56 > 1:04:58to make savings to achieve that goal.

1:04:58 > 1:05:01To do that it will have to sell buildings

1:05:01 > 1:05:02and make efficiencies.

1:05:02 > 1:05:05However, the defence committee is extremely doubtful the MOD can

1:05:05 > 1:05:07make those savings from an already stretched budget.

1:05:07 > 1:05:10The committee says funding pressures will inevitably lead to a reduction

1:05:10 > 1:05:13in the number of warships, jets and armoured vehicles the MOD

1:05:13 > 1:05:19can buy.

1:05:19 > 1:05:22The government is currently carrying out a defence review.

1:05:22 > 1:05:24It is widely expected to recommend more cuts.

1:05:24 > 1:05:32With the changing nature of and increase in global threats,

1:05:32 > 1:05:35it said Britain needs to strengthen its armed forces

1:05:35 > 1:05:38but will the government have the cash to pay for it?

1:05:38 > 1:05:44Ian Palmer, BBC News.

1:05:47 > 1:05:50Theresa May says the government is proving the doubters wrong

1:05:50 > 1:05:52with its Brexit negotiations.

1:05:52 > 1:05:54She's written in two national newspapers,

1:05:54 > 1:05:57saying she won't be derailed from securing an ambitious deal.

1:05:57 > 1:05:59Let's speak to our political correspondent Jonathan Blake.

1:05:59 > 1:06:01Jonathan, comments today not only from the Prime Minister

1:06:01 > 1:06:10but from the Foreign Secretary too?

1:06:10 > 1:06:16Some stirring words from the Prime Minister. For anyone enthusiastic

1:06:16 > 1:06:19about Brexit, reminding us in the papers of what the government has

1:06:19 > 1:06:28achieved so far. She singles out citizens rights. She is proving the

1:06:28 > 1:06:32doubters wrong, as she says and amid all the noise, getting on with the

1:06:32 > 1:06:35job. Looking ahead to the next phase which could potentially be more

1:06:35 > 1:06:40difficult and as a reminder of the potential roadblocks in her way, the

1:06:40 > 1:06:43Foreign Secretary, in an interview with the Sunday Times, setting out

1:06:43 > 1:06:47his stall the morning, saying that over time that Britain should not

1:06:47 > 1:06:51simply mirror European Union rules and regulations. He says if that was

1:06:51 > 1:06:58the case of Britain would be going from a member state to state. That

1:06:58 > 1:07:01is a big reminder that the government has yet to formally agree

1:07:01 > 1:07:05it is negotiating position and what it wants the end state of Brexit to

1:07:05 > 1:07:10look like -- vassal state. The Prime Minister says she will not be

1:07:10 > 1:07:13derailed but it will be tricky to get it on track.

1:07:13 > 1:07:15More people have been ordered to evacuate their homes

1:07:15 > 1:07:17in California, as raging wildfires continue to spread.

1:07:17 > 1:07:19Flames have now reached Santa Barbara -

1:07:19 > 1:07:20home to many celebrities.

1:07:20 > 1:07:24The fire is the third largest in the state since records began.

1:07:24 > 1:07:26Fresh northerly winds are expected to drive the flames

1:07:26 > 1:07:43towards the Pacific Coast.

1:07:43 > 1:07:45The UN security council is to consider a proposal declaring

1:07:45 > 1:07:48that any unilateral decision on the status of Jerusalem

1:07:48 > 1:07:49would have no legal effect.

1:07:49 > 1:07:51It comes after President Trump's decision

1:07:51 > 1:07:53to recognise the city as the capital of Israel.

1:07:53 > 1:07:57The resolution is likely to be vetoed by the United States.

1:07:57 > 1:08:00South Africa's ruling party is set to elect a new leader to replace

1:08:00 > 1:08:01President Jacob Zuma.

1:08:01 > 1:08:04Mr Zuma is stepping down as leader of the ANC ahead

1:08:04 > 1:08:08of the party's campaign for the 2019 general election,

1:08:08 > 1:08:10and he's faced several allegations of corruption

1:08:10 > 1:08:17during his decade in charge.

1:08:17 > 1:08:22There are fears of bitter infighting could split the party.

1:08:22 > 1:08:25Severn Trent Water says most customers who were cut off

1:08:25 > 1:08:26in the Tewkesbury area of Gloucestershire have

1:08:26 > 1:08:27now been reconnected.

1:08:27 > 1:08:3010,000 homes were left without water when a main

1:08:30 > 1:08:31burst on Friday.

1:08:31 > 1:08:34The company said repairs to the pipe - which lies underneath flooded

1:08:34 > 1:08:36fields - had been difficult.

1:08:36 > 1:08:39If you haven't caught up with Strictly Come Dancing yet -

1:08:39 > 1:08:42then go and make yourself a cup of tea - because we're

1:08:42 > 1:08:46about to reveal the winners.

1:08:46 > 1:08:56We can now reveal the Strictly Come Dancing champions to 2017R.. Joe and

1:08:56 > 1:08:58Katya!

1:08:58 > 1:09:00Former Holby City actor Joe McFadden

1:09:00 > 1:09:02and his partner Katya Jones lifted the coveted Glitterball trophy

1:09:02 > 1:09:04after seeing off competition from fellow finalists

1:09:04 > 1:09:06Alexandra Burke, Gemma Atkinson and Debbie McGee.

1:09:06 > 1:09:09The 42-year-old, who won the public vote, is the oldest champion

1:09:09 > 1:09:12of the show, which has been running for 15 series.

1:09:12 > 1:09:13Not in a million years.

1:09:13 > 1:09:15It feels completely surreal and I'm so in awe

1:09:15 > 1:09:18of everybody who started all those weeks ago.

1:09:18 > 1:09:22We have all become such a tight unit and I love them all to bits

1:09:22 > 1:09:26and every one of us are winners because we've gotten here and I love

1:09:26 > 1:09:32every single one of them to bits.

1:09:32 > 1:09:43The show dances last night were so brilliant. Debbie McGee was

1:09:43 > 1:09:47brilliant that Joe McFadden won the popular vote for whatever reason.

1:09:47 > 1:09:54Unscheduled admit, I've not watch it. I have a feeling you will

1:09:54 > 1:09:58convince me. --I am scared to admit.

1:10:02 > 1:10:09We will talk about that a bit later. Let us know what you think. Tell me

1:10:09 > 1:10:15why I am wrong to miss it. Or maybe you agree with me, I don't know.

1:10:15 > 1:10:23When the modern state pension was introduced in 1948,

1:10:23 > 1:10:25a 65-year-old could expect to spend 13.5 years

1:10:25 > 1:10:26receiving the payment.

1:10:26 > 1:10:30Now that figure is nearly 23 years - around a third of a person's

1:10:30 > 1:10:31adult life.

1:10:31 > 1:10:34That's why ministers are keen for people to start saving

1:10:34 > 1:10:34for retirement earlier.

1:10:34 > 1:10:38Under plans being unveiled today, every worker aged 18 or over

1:10:38 > 1:10:40will start saving into a workplace pension -

1:10:40 > 1:10:43unless they opt out.

1:10:43 > 1:10:48We're joined now by the financial journalist, Annie Shaw.

1:10:48 > 1:10:59Good morning. We can also describe you as a pension agony aunt. People

1:10:59 > 1:11:02will put it off and then they come to you for advice. This proposal

1:11:02 > 1:11:07makes it much earlier that people would start saving but you might

1:11:07 > 1:11:12say, look, when you're 18, you have other things to consider.That is

1:11:12 > 1:11:16the snag. People that are 18 don't have it and they probably have quite

1:11:16 > 1:11:20low wages and are not really thinking about pensions. The thing

1:11:20 > 1:11:27about auto enrolment has been a big success. In the old days, if you

1:11:27 > 1:11:31joined a firm, they would hand you the pension pack and they enjoy you

1:11:31 > 1:11:36if -- enjoy this if you want an People's eyes glazed over and not

1:11:36 > 1:11:40many people would join. This auto enrolment means you are

1:11:40 > 1:11:44automatically join in unless you need to opt out. The current rules

1:11:44 > 1:11:48says everybody needs to give that provision if they are 22 but the new

1:11:48 > 1:11:53proposal is to bring the age down to 18. It is to encourage people to

1:11:53 > 1:11:57think about their pensions. Obviously people that are 18

1:11:57 > 1:12:01wouldn't be putting much in but there is a miracle of compound

1:12:01 > 1:12:05interest and long-term saving. The longer you leave it, the harder it

1:12:05 > 1:12:10is. And of course, when you get older, you have family and a

1:12:10 > 1:12:13mortgage so actually, anything you put away really early is a really

1:12:13 > 1:12:18good thing.What numbers are we talking about? What is affordable

1:12:18 > 1:12:23for an 18-year-old?It will depend on your wages. It is 1% at the

1:12:23 > 1:12:37moment. That is the minimum.It is tiny. But as you you can put more in

1:12:37 > 1:12:41if you want. It is about the mindset.Yes, that is the key thing.

1:12:41 > 1:12:44It will embrace many more people. They have kept the floor steady at

1:12:44 > 1:12:48£10,000. Again, that is not very high. They haven't brought it down

1:12:48 > 1:12:55or put it up. The jury is out as to whether that should be changed but

1:12:55 > 1:12:58it is about changing mindsets and making people actually think about

1:12:58 > 1:13:02it. Because people have felt quite comfortable and may be too

1:13:02 > 1:13:05comfortable about relying on the state pension and as we know, the

1:13:05 > 1:13:10age is really soaring. It is 68 and people are looking at not getting

1:13:10 > 1:13:14their state pension until 68. Are you going to be doing the job you

1:13:14 > 1:13:18are doing today when you are 68? You may still be working and lots of

1:13:18 > 1:13:22people are that if you are and unfortunately you become ill or you

1:13:22 > 1:13:26have other commitments, you are made redundant, something like that, you

1:13:26 > 1:13:31will have no funds until you are 68. You will be on benefits. Unless you

1:13:31 > 1:13:38have a nest egg, it will be a big help.Will businesses be able to

1:13:38 > 1:13:45afford it?This is the key, it is all about affordability and who is

1:13:45 > 1:13:48going to pay for this. If you haven't got any money, either you

1:13:48 > 1:13:53are a firm who are stretched for its profits or you are an individual who

1:13:53 > 1:13:59has low wages, are you going to really be thinking about opting out?

1:13:59 > 1:14:04Well, employers can't but the employees, saying they can't want it

1:14:04 > 1:14:09-- don't want it, I would say that anybody wanting to opt out should

1:14:09 > 1:14:22wink again and not do it if they absolutely have two. -- unless they

1:14:22 > 1:14:27have to. -- think again. This is giving more consideration. There are

1:14:27 > 1:14:33no firm proposals of out how the self-employed can be brought into

1:14:33 > 1:14:41the scheme. Even older people as well who have perhaps lost their

1:14:41 > 1:14:44jobs and then started out doing something on their own. How to

1:14:44 > 1:14:47embrace those people is a big problem because if you don't have

1:14:47 > 1:14:51the money, you don't have the money. It is all about mindset, nudging and

1:14:51 > 1:14:55getting people to think about it. If you have any spare cash, don't just

1:14:55 > 1:15:00big about putting it towards a holiday. Stick it in your pension.

1:15:00 > 1:15:06There is a tax relief on it so it is a good deal. It is a good deal.So

1:15:06 > 1:15:10many competing interests about making the decision early. The

1:15:10 > 1:15:13interest will add up.

1:15:19 > 1:15:26This time last weekend we had dreadful weather. Snow and ice

1:15:26 > 1:15:33through the country. Much more calm today. Hello, snow topped mountains.

1:15:33 > 1:15:33through the country. Much more calm today. Hello, snow topped mountains.

1:15:33 > 1:15:45I was on last weekend. It was very busy.A much more quiet weekend,

1:15:45 > 1:15:49thankfully. A messy picture today. Eastern areas starting dry and cold

1:15:49 > 1:15:56and chilly. Look at the temperature contrast. Rain in the west, six,

1:15:56 > 1:16:15seven, eight. Be further east, cold, -4! Mist and fog. Dense fog. Also,

1:16:15 > 1:16:17ice on frozen surfaces, southern Scotland, northern England, watch

1:16:17 > 1:16:22out. The rain will be heavy in the western hills. Clear in most of

1:16:22 > 1:16:29Ireland. Temperatures, nine, ten. Slightly more mild with this rain

1:16:29 > 1:16:34band. Some of it getting into south-west England. Cold and dry to

1:16:34 > 1:16:49start. Fog and frost. Watch out for the ice first thing. The rain

1:16:49 > 1:16:52turning lighter in the south-east. Lightening up behind it. Cool air

1:16:52 > 1:16:58again. Single figures. 10 degrees in Scotland. Lots of sunshine. That

1:16:58 > 1:17:04rain clears away this evening and overnight. A ridge of high pressure.

1:17:04 > 1:17:13A quiet night. Light wind. Rural places, mist and fog. The ridge of

1:17:13 > 1:17:18high pressure greets us for Monday to start the new week with a fine

1:17:18 > 1:17:25and dry note. A cold start. Frost around. Sunny spells. More in the

1:17:25 > 1:17:29way of cloud in north and west Scotland. A breeze picking up. This

1:17:29 > 1:17:40is what is going to herald a change Monday night on. 4-9. We lose the

1:17:40 > 1:17:53blue colours. The cold air is moved out of the way replaced by milder

1:17:53 > 1:17:56air from Tuesday on. Double figures on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mid-teens.

1:17:56 > 1:17:59A mild one up until Christmas. Back to

1:17:59 > 1:18:04A mild one up until Christmas. Back to you. I like that. Double figures

1:18:04 > 1:18:13until Christmas.It is beginning to look a lot not like Christmas. Shh.

1:18:13 > 1:18:17The Christmas season is a time for joy and celebration for many,

1:18:17 > 1:18:21but for those who've lost a loved one, it can be one of the most

1:18:21 > 1:18:22difficult periods of the year.

1:18:22 > 1:18:26So, what's the best way to cope if you're one of the millions who'll

1:18:26 > 1:18:28have to deal with grief this Christmas?

1:18:28 > 1:18:30We're joined by Linda Magistris who lost her partner,

1:18:30 > 1:18:33Graham, three years ago, and is the founder of The Good Grief

1:18:33 > 1:18:34Trust.

1:18:34 > 1:18:44Good morning. Good morning.Tell us about your story.I lost Graham to

1:18:44 > 1:18:48cancer. I thought I was going crazy. Could not find any breeze meant

1:18:48 > 1:18:56support targeted for what I needed. --I could not find any bereavement.

1:18:56 > 1:19:02We do have good support, we just need to bring it together. My GP

1:19:02 > 1:19:07could not find anything for me. Hospitals did not even do it.Many

1:19:07 > 1:19:13people will be surprised.Exactly. These are big London hospitals,

1:19:13 > 1:19:20globally renowned, they don't have bereavement support. We focus on and

1:19:20 > 1:19:27off lights and palliative care, which is amazing, and we need it. --

1:19:27 > 1:19:40end-of-life. We have brought all of these services together on a

1:19:40 > 1:19:44website, goodgrieftrust.org. Hopefully no one will be able to say

1:19:44 > 1:19:49no one understands what I am feeling. We need to bring people

1:19:49 > 1:19:53together who have been through the same experience. That is key to

1:19:53 > 1:19:57finding a way forward in your life. What were your first couple of

1:19:57 > 1:20:07Christmases like?Really difficult. I wanted to hide and stay under the

1:20:07 > 1:20:11duvet and not go anywhere. The advice I would give is try and do

1:20:11 > 1:20:15what is right for you. Many people say you should do this and that. Go

1:20:15 > 1:20:26with your gut feeling. Grief is exhausting.Did you want input from

1:20:26 > 1:20:29family? Did you want them to invite you?They did that. But sometimes

1:20:29 > 1:20:36you cannot. Many people do not understand that. Here is a quote,

1:20:36 > 1:20:40one of the most popular on our Facebook, something to call at the

1:20:40 > 1:20:58friends and family, it says "If you know someone who has lost an

1:20:58 > 1:21:01important person in their life and you don't want to mention them

1:21:01 > 1:21:05because you don't want to remind them, they remember they died, you

1:21:05 > 1:21:08are reminding them of someone they loved. That is important." Please

1:21:08 > 1:21:15talk about them. Engage with them. Says my name, say their name. As

1:21:15 > 1:21:27many times as you can.Thank you. We will talk later on. If you have lost

1:21:27 > 1:21:32someone, let us know how you are coping. It is difficult, especially

1:21:32 > 1:21:37around this time of year. Let us know if you have any traditions that

1:21:37 > 1:21:39help you deal with loss.

1:21:39 > 1:21:41You can send us your stories on bbcbreakfast@bbc.co.uk,

1:21:41 > 1:21:50or by using the hashtag, BBC Breakfast.

1:21:50 > 1:21:53You're watching Breakfast from BBC News. Time now for a look at the

1:21:53 > 1:21:55newspapers.

1:21:55 > 1:21:58Poet and broadcaster, Ian McMillan, is here to tell us what's

1:21:58 > 1:21:59caught his eye.

1:21:59 > 1:22:01We'll speak to him in a minute,

1:22:01 > 1:22:06Good morning.Good morning. There is a lot inside the newspapers. A quick

1:22:06 > 1:22:09run through, first.

1:22:09 > 1:22:11The Sunday Telegraph reports that the Prime Minister is confident

1:22:11 > 1:22:14she's silenced doubters in her cabinet, after securing

1:22:14 > 1:22:16Britain a deal in the first stage of Brexit negotiations.

1:22:16 > 1:22:20The Sunday Times on the other hand quotes the Foreign Secretary Boris

1:22:20 > 1:22:23Johnson, who says Theresa May should do more to maximise the benefits

1:22:23 > 1:22:28of Brexit by making sure Britain has the power to scrap EU laws.

1:22:28 > 1:22:30The Observer, highlights our top story today about new plans

1:22:30 > 1:22:33to extend automatic pension enrolment to people aged

1:22:33 > 1:22:3318 and over.

1:22:33 > 1:22:43And The Mail on Sunday highlights another example of the abuse MPs

1:22:43 > 1:22:45and their families face from on line trolls.

1:22:45 > 1:22:48The Prime Minister tweeted late last night, saying

1:22:48 > 1:23:12the threats were "unacceptable."

1:23:12 > 1:23:30It is interesting to contrast those stories. The Prime Minister tweeted

1:23:30 > 1:23:34last night that threats were unacceptable.

1:23:34 > 1:23:42Ian McMillan, welcome. What have you picked out? Call off Brexit bullies

1:23:42 > 1:23:48or face defeat, Tory MPs tell the Prime Minister.That story,

1:23:48 > 1:23:54variations of it, are on the front of every newspaper. My resolution

1:23:54 > 1:24:10for next year is not to use the "B" word because it reduces a complex

1:24:10 > 1:24:13issue to two syllables. I will call it withdrawing from the EU. We

1:24:13 > 1:24:19should be thinking about it, but we reduce it. I think it is stopping us

1:24:19 > 1:24:23thinking about it. It is on the front of every paper. Everyone has a

1:24:23 > 1:24:29different view. Yet we shrink it to a reductive sound bite. I know why

1:24:29 > 1:24:36we talk about it like that. Because if we had a big word for it

1:24:36 > 1:24:44Breakfast would last all day. But we have to be more subtle in the way we

1:24:44 > 1:24:51talk.How do you feel about terms like Brexiteers and Remoaners.They

1:24:51 > 1:24:56will end up in the dictionary and people in 100 years will say I

1:24:56 > 1:25:11wonder what that was. We need a shorthand for processes. The only B

1:25:11 > 1:25:17word I'll use is beetroot.There is too much beetroot in the world. We

1:25:17 > 1:25:25know we have an issue with grave space in this country. This is an

1:25:25 > 1:25:28alternative.Apparently, they will reduce the body to water through

1:25:28 > 1:25:38clever science. In the end, you might end up, as it says in the

1:25:38 > 1:25:43paper, have a glass of grandad. I don't mind that. I think it is

1:25:43 > 1:26:01hilarious. It is reinventing itself. It is a green thing to do. They also

1:26:01 > 1:26:07say when you have a drink of water you are drinking the same molecules

1:26:07 > 1:26:10from the dinosaur years. If we can get away from our distaste it, it

1:26:10 > 1:26:16would be a good thing.There is a lot of drinking water that we would

1:26:16 > 1:26:20rather not know what is in it.I have gone off of my coffee this

1:26:20 > 1:26:25morning.From one story to another ridiculous story. We have all had

1:26:25 > 1:26:30terrible haircuts from time to time. How about this one? A husband

1:26:30 > 1:26:37accused of wasting police time by calling 999 to complain about this

1:26:37 > 1:26:53haircut from this wife.How do we get around that? Even in the days of

1:26:53 > 1:26:56police cuts, we could have a special unit that dealt with that kind of

1:26:56 > 1:27:00thing. I thought how about that for a kind of Colombo series, would

1:27:00 > 1:27:04someone doing the same thing. A person here has a haircut that he

1:27:04 > 1:27:17doesn't like. And another thing, put more jam on it. We could write it

1:27:17 > 1:27:20together and be millionaires.It is a wonderful story. Tell us more

1:27:20 > 1:27:28about this.It is a trope, in a way, and inanimate object saving a life

1:27:28 > 1:27:36in a war. This watch, this box, saved my Grandad's life to be this

1:27:36 > 1:27:46guy went into the Second World War, a sniper bounced off of his ring and

1:27:46 > 1:27:53missed his face. He keeps his ring and looks at it. It is like a

1:27:53 > 1:27:58what-if. What if he scratched his ear when the sniper fired. It is the

1:27:58 > 1:28:09opposite, in a way, of the haircut, this is a small thing that is a big

1:28:09 > 1:28:20thing. What if the ring saved your life and it did it again? Super

1:28:20 > 1:28:24powers! That is another story we could write! We have a lot of work

1:28:24 > 1:28:30to do in the next 12 months!Thank you. The Andrew Marr Show is on BBC

1:28:30 > 1:28:35One this morning. What have you got? It is the last show of the year. We

1:28:35 > 1:28:40are looking back at the whole year. Politics as well. A bit of Brexit

1:28:40 > 1:28:45with Diane Abbott or talking about police cuts. I will talk to the Work

1:28:45 > 1:28:49and Pensions Secretary, David Gauke, about the pensions announcement and

1:28:49 > 1:28:54welfare at Christmas. A lot to talk about. And the actor, James Norton,

1:28:54 > 1:29:00the villainous Tommy Lee Royce, he is now being discussed as the next

1:29:00 > 1:29:06James Bond. And of course there will be a Christmas Carol.Good start. If

1:29:06 > 1:29:12you are doing a review of the year, it will be a long shot.I challenge

1:29:12 > 1:29:15him to do that without saying the word Brexit.It will not happen to

1:29:15 > 1:29:19be stay with us. --

1:30:13 > 1:30:16Good Morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from BBC

1:30:16 > 1:30:19News.

1:30:19 > 1:30:23Every worker aged 18 or over will begin saving into a workplace

1:30:23 > 1:30:26pension - unless they opt out.

1:30:26 > 1:30:28That's under government plans being unveiled today.

1:30:28 > 1:30:31At the moment, employers must enrol staff aged 22

1:30:31 > 1:30:34and over into a pension plan if they earn more than 10,000

1:30:34 > 1:30:36pounds a year.

1:30:36 > 1:30:39Ministers say they want to reduce the minimum age to 18 by the mid

1:30:39 > 1:30:462020s - a move that could affect around 900,000 young people.

1:30:46 > 1:30:49MPs have expressed serious doubts that the Ministry of Defence will be

1:30:49 > 1:30:53able to afford all the new military equipment it plans to buy.

1:30:53 > 1:30:55A report by the Commons Defence Select Committee

1:30:55 > 1:30:58says the MOD will struggle to find the money it needs to pay

1:30:58 > 1:31:00for new jets, warships and armoured vehicles.

1:31:00 > 1:31:03The department says it's making good progress towards making

1:31:03 > 1:31:107.3 billion pounds-worth of savings.

1:31:10 > 1:31:13Theresa May says the last ten days have marked a watershed

1:31:13 > 1:31:15in the UK's departure from the European Union.

1:31:15 > 1:31:18Writing in the Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Express,

1:31:18 > 1:31:26the Prime Minister says she will not be derailed

1:31:26 > 1:31:28from securing an ambitious Brexit deal.

1:31:28 > 1:31:30Meanwhile, the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has told

1:31:30 > 1:31:33the Sunday Times that it's vital the UK doesn't mirror EU laws

1:31:33 > 1:31:39in the long-term.

1:31:39 > 1:31:42South Africa's ruling party is set to elect a new leader to replace

1:31:42 > 1:31:43President Jacob Zuma.

1:31:43 > 1:31:46Mr Zuma is stepping down as leader of the ANC ahead

1:31:46 > 1:31:49of the party's campaign for the 2019 general election.

1:31:49 > 1:31:51He's faced several allegations of corruption during his decade

1:31:51 > 1:31:54in charge, and there are fears that bitter infighting

1:31:54 > 1:31:58could split the party.

1:31:58 > 1:32:01The UN security council is to consider a proposal declaring

1:32:01 > 1:32:03that any unilateral decision on the status of Jerusalem

1:32:03 > 1:32:04would have no legal effect.

1:32:04 > 1:32:06It comes after President Trump's decision

1:32:06 > 1:32:08to recognise the city as the capital of Israel.

1:32:08 > 1:32:13The resolution is likely to be vetoed by the United States.

1:32:13 > 1:32:22Severn Trent Water says most customers who were cut off

1:32:22 > 1:32:24in the Tewkesbury area of Gloucestershire have

1:32:24 > 1:32:25now been reconnected.

1:32:25 > 1:32:2710,000 homes were left without water when a main

1:32:27 > 1:32:28burst on Friday.

1:32:28 > 1:32:32The company said repairs to the pipe - which lies underneath flooded

1:32:32 > 1:32:37fields - had been difficult.

1:32:37 > 1:32:40We're here on the BBC News Channel until nine this morning,

1:32:40 > 1:32:42and coming up in the next hour.

1:32:42 > 1:32:45It's one of our most ambitious challenges yet.

1:32:45 > 1:32:46Can we get the nation singing?

1:32:46 > 1:32:49As our BBC Breakfast Sings series nears its crescendo,

1:32:49 > 1:32:52we'll check in with the choirs getting ready for the big day.

1:32:52 > 1:32:55Should mobiles be allowed in classrooms?

1:32:55 > 1:32:57As France bans the use of phones in schools,

1:32:57 > 1:32:59we'll ask if it's something the UK should consider too.