18/12/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Naga Munchetty.

Police in Beirut investigate

whether a British embassy worker

found strangled at the side of

a road had been sexually assaulted.

It is believed Rebecca Dykes

was abducted after leaving a bar

on the outskirts of the city.

Her family say they are

devastated by her death.

Theresa May meets her Brexit Cabinet

to discuss, for the first time,

the UK's future

relationship with the EU.

A father-of-six is the first

of the victims to be named

after a devastating car

crash in Birmingham.

It was a night of drama at the 2017

Sports Personality of the Year.

A shock win for Britain's most

successful track athlete

was hampered by a few technical

problems, but Sir Mo was delighted

at finally getting his

hands on the award.

I didn't imagine I was

ever going to win this.

Come so close in 2012,

but I guess anything can happen.

Also in sport: Rain delays

Australia's hopes of regaining

the Ashes, but Bairstow

has gone this morning,

and the Aussies now need just five

more England wickets

to reclaim the urn.

Good morning from this cream cracker

factory in Liverpool.

UK shoppers are predicted to spend

over £4 billion on groceries this

week, so it is the start

of the busiest week of the year

for food retailers

and manufacturers.

I'm live at this cracker factory

in Liverpool to find out

how they cope.

And Matt has the weather.

Good morning. Well, it is a frosty

start to the new working week but

mostly dry and sunny day to day. On

the move, for that could be a big

problem. I will tell you why in 15

minutes.

Detectives in Lebanon are examining

the possibility that a British

Embassy worker whose body was found

by a motorway was sexually

assaulted. It is understood that

Rebecca Dykes, who worked for the

Department of development, had been

strangled. Our correspondent reports

from Beirut.

Well, we understand that

Rebecca Dykes on Friday evening

was at a going away party

for a colleague in a popular

restaurant area of the city.

And she left that bar around

midnight, and some time after that,

it was believed she was abducted.

Her body was found dumped

on the side of a motorway

on Saturday morning,

and police sources have told us

that they believe

Rebecca was strangled.

Now, she'd been in the country

for almost a year.

She was working as a programme

officer for the Department

of International Development,

and we've been hearing

from the embassy, the British

ambassador, here in Beirut.

He said that the whole embassy

was deeply shocked by the news,

and he added that they were working

closely with the Lebanese

authorities, who are conducting this

police investigation.

And we will be live in Beirut just

after seven a.m..

Theresa May is due to meet her

Brexit Cabinet today to discuss,

for the first time,

what the UK's future relationship

with the EU should be.

The Prime Minister will also address

the Commons this afternoon

to outline when she wants the UK

to be able to sign trade deals

with non-EU countries.

Our political correspondent

Ben Wright is in Westminster.

Good morning to you. How important a

day is this, in terms of the sets of

meetings that she has got ahead?

Good morning, a big day I think

because 18 months after the EU

referendum, the Cabinet is now

finally getting around to talking

about the sort of future

relationship that Britain wants with

the EU after we have left in March

20 19. We know as part of the

agreement that Theresa May got with

the EU last week that they will be a

two year so-called implementation

phase during which everything stays

as they are now, we won't have

voting rights or MEPs but we

effectively remain within the single

market in the customs union and

remain completely aligned

economically. Now we will get onto

the big issue of the future trade

relationship they want. Cabinet is

split on this. You have remained --

remain supporting MPs like amber

Rudd and Damian Green who will

believe the UK and the EU should be

as closely as possible aligned. On

the other hand you have prominent

leave supporters like Boris Johnson

and Michael Gove, and I think you

will see big disagreements within

the Cabinet, as the government tries

to figure out exactly what sort of

relationship to ask for with the

European Union. On the other side of

the table, the EU must decide what

they will enable the UK to have.

The first of six victims killed

in a multiple pile-up in Birmingham

has been named as taxi

driver Imtiaz Mohammed.

The father-of-six had just

told his wife he was on his last

job, and was on his way home.

Police are investigating

how the crash happened,

as Jane Frances Kelly reports.

Debris can be seen strewn across

four lanes in these pictures taken

in the immediate aftermath of the

crash. One of those who died in what

is described as a harrowing scene

has been named as taxi driver Imtiaz

Mohammed, who was a father of six.

He had called his wife to say it was

his last job of the night, and that

he would be on his way home shortly.

Two passengers in Imtiaz Mohammed's

taxi also died, but the man and the

woman in a small car crushed between

the taxi and the wall walked away

with minor injuries. The crash

happened on a section of the

Belgrave Middle Way, a busy road in

the heart of Birmingham. The

vehicles collided at an entrance to

an underpass at the Junction of

Bristol Road. The road had to be

close to allow the emergency

services to safely examine the

scene.

It will take some time to

unpick the scene and just understand

exactly what has happened, and it

would be unfair of me to speculate

at this time. What I can say is that

we are looking into all sorts of

conditions, the road conditions. We

are aware the road was greeted at

5pm last night, but obviously that

is just one factor among many that

we need to consider -- gritted.

The

police are trying to piece together

the cause of the multicar crash.

There has been major disruption

at the world's busiest airport,

in Atlanta in the United States,

as a result of a power cut.

Some passengers were left

in darkened terminals

at Atlanta's

Hartsfield-Jackson airport.

More than 1,000 flights

have been cancelled,

and many are being

diverted elsewhere.

The airport typically handles more

than 250,000 passengers and almost

2,500 flights every day.

I had no idea it was the busiest

airport in the world.

Me neither.

Tens of thousands of people may be

putting themselves at increased risk

of dying early from heart

attacks and strokes

because they are misusing

anabolic steroids.

The British Cardiovascular Society

has issued the stark warning

amid concern steroids are now

being used by more people than ever

before, especially by young men,

who feel under pressure

to have the perfect body.

As well as heart attacks

and strokes, people who take

anabolic steroids also risk health

problems like infertility

and mood swings.

But those risks aren't

putting users off.

Everything that we do in life now

carries a risk of heart attack,

cancer, whatever it is.

So, whatever it is, I'm

going to get those risks anyway,

so I choose not to do certain

things, and I choose

this as my lifestyle instead.

So, as I don't go out

drinking and smoking,

I take steroids.

When it comes to the law,

anabolic steroids are legal to use

and legal to possess

right across the UK.

What is illegal, though,

is supplying them,

unless you are a doctor,

and if you are caught,

you could face a prison sentence

of up to 14 years.

Anabolic steroids cause an imbalance

of hormones which can damage many

different organs, but in

particular the heart.

But that doesn't stop this man,

who spoke on condition of anonymity,

from dealing them.

There's a very broad spectrum

of people who use steroids.

You're ranging from young

18-year-olds, 19-20,

just starting out, and they're

training and looking to bulk up

for maybe a summer holiday,

or just to look good for...

For a summer holiday?

For a summer holiday.

Or they just want to

attract the girls.

So these are the guys that

you be more informative

when you talk to them.

Make them more aware

of the risks and dangers.

According to public health experts,

hundreds of thousands of people

are now using steroids.

The group which advises government

on drug misuse is in the middle

of a big review of anabolic

steroids and due to report

its findings next year.

A new plan to deal with plastic

waste has been announced by Michael

Gove. He says he has been spurred to

action by David Attenborough's

planet Earth Two series.

Historic England has published

a list of the most unusual

structures and sites given

protected-listed status in 2017.

The organisation says

the places gaining the status

are increasingly quirky.

Our correspondent Jon Donnison has

been looking at the latest

additions.

From Whipsnade tree Cathedral in

Dunstable to a working men's club in

Eastbourne, from the old milestone

markers on the before 407 three in

Gloucestershire to the warhorse on

Merseyside. It is an eclectic list

of the listed, historic England

selection of the most intriguing

sites registered in 2017.

We just

put up 20 that demonstrate the

enormous range. I mean, we're not

really talking about big places any

more, because most of those, most of

those on the list already. It has

been going for 70 years. We are

talking about individual places

which perhaps were not very

well-known, which we think deserve

protection.

And this includes this

Victorian guest tower off the old

can road in London. On a drab

December day it may not be much to

look at, but when it was completed

in 1881, gas holder number 13, as it

is known, was the biggest ever

built, and its design went on to be

replicated around the world. It is

an imposing structure, and like all

those listed in 2017, not one that

will be going anywhere any time

soon.

It was a night of surprises

at the Sports Personality

of the Year ceremony

in Liverpool last night.

Did you watch?

Yes.

And?

It was all

right.

Were there any surprises?

If

you work in TV, you don't laugh at

that sort of thing, because you know

it can happen to anybody.

Sally was there for us.

A few technical problems, but the

most important thing to tell you...

The four-time Olympic champion

Sir Mo Farah has won this year's BBC

Sports Personality of the Year.

Motorcyclist Jonathan Rea

was second, and Paralympic sprinter

Jonnie Peacock was third.

The pre-award favourite,

heavyweight world champ

Anthony Joshua, finished

in fourth place.

But the result wasn't

the only unexpected event.

When Sir Mo's shock victory

was announced, the link

to his location in London went down.

Eventually the line was established,

this is what he had to say.

As an athlete, what I have achieved

has been incredible over the

years.

And, for all the youngsters out

there, you can work hard

and achieve your dreams.

Anything is possible in life.

If you believe at it,

work at it, keep grafting, grafting,

anything is possible.

What an amazing night it is,

and I wish I was there,

but unfortunately I'm

sorry I can't be there,

guys.

I'm here with my family,

and my kids are here as well.

But it's all exciting for us,

and I just can't believe I won!

Just shocked, wasn't he? And in the

auditorium there was a huge gasp. I

don't know if you could hear it on

the television. England's rip on the

Ashes is slipping away. Rain in

Perth held up the Aussies, but they

have taken the wickets of Jonny

Bairstow and Moeen Ali and need four

more to claim the own. -- urn.

16-year-old Harry Cochrane scored

for Hearts as they thrash Celtic 4-0

to end their 69-game

unbeaten domestic run.

Manchester United have closed

the gap on Premier League leaders

Manchester City to 11 points,

thanks to a 2-1 win at West Brom.

Romelu Lukaku's second goal in two

games helped them on their way.

A late penalty condemned

European Champions Cup holders

Saracens to a 24-21 Pool defeat

by Clemont Auvergne.

Sarries look like having to try

to qualify for the quarter-finals

as one of the three

best Pool runners-up.

Much more on Mo Farah and Sports

Personality of the Year in the

papers. The shock of the win and the

technical problems, which hampered

the end of the programme. It had

been such a slick programme, and

then at the end...

And they had to

finish quick because of the

Apprentice final. We might have the

end of the Ashes by the time we

finished this morning.

I am going to

hope against hope that that is not

true.

As we saw last night, anything

can happen.

And he has more power in

his little finger than you could

ever imagine.

It is cold

It is cold outside. Temperatures

around the freezing mark. Frost.

Temperatures in rural spots down to

-4. A chilly start the Monday

morning. The most mild in the

south-west of the UK and the far

north with thick cloud. Temperatures

in double figures. Clear skies

elsewhere. Mist and fog falling in a

few areas. Glasgow is the most prone

spot. Nothing much. A lovely start

to Monday. More cloud in Orkney and

Shetland. Drizzled in the Hebrides.

Cloud in Northern Ireland in

north-west England. For most, a fine

start to the working week. Dry and

sunny. Temperatures in single

figures for many. A bit more breeze

in Scotland. Light wind elsewhere.

Frost forms under the white colour.

Dense fog. We will start to see some

in the hills in the north and west

later. Temperatures will be kept up

in northern Scotland and Northern

Ireland. A frosty start south and

east. If you are on the move, do not

travel tomorrow in the Midlands and

south-east England and East Anglia.

Dense fog for Tuesday morning

rush-hour. If you go to the airport,

that could cause issues. Some fog

will linger through the day. The

north-west of the UK, Scotland,

north-west England, Northern

Ireland, a great start. Cloud. Fog

in the hills. Patchy rain in western

Scotland tomorrow. Perhaps in

western Wales and the far south-west

of England. A dry day on Tuesday.

Fog lingers, four degrees. The best

of the sunshine, north-east

Scotland. A big range in

temperatures tomorrow. You will be

somewhere in between, depending on

if you have the fog or it the cloud

in the north and west. Tuesday night

and Wednesday, rain in the forecast

pushing into Northern Ireland in

Scotland after a wet night.

Brightening up on Wednesday. Patchy

rain in northern England and Wales.

Be south and east, foggy. A mild day

UK wide with most places in single

figures and double-digit

temperatures. The week ahead, plenty

of cloud. Not a huge amount of rain,

admitted three. Light winds and

cloud breaks by night. --

admittedly. Not great for the

pre-Christmas travel plans.

Thank

you.

pre-Christmas travel plans.

Thank

you. I pay a lot of attention to the

forecast.

That range of

temperatures, four degrees nearer

Norwich and four

temperatures, four degrees nearer

Norwich and four, sorry, 14, in

Scotland? Is that an anomaly?

Fog

can do it. North-east Scotland, a

south-west wind, and something more

cold, but something that warms over

mountains. That is why it is

possible to get 14.

What isn't it?

It is cold the Fern Effect.

It is

fog if you can see further than a

kilometre, and mist otherwise.

That

is interesting.

Mo Farah on the

Times. Sally was talking about the

look on his face when he found out.

It was 50-1 to win. Tories urged

Theresa May Tuesday until 2021.

Facebook admits social media is bad

for your health.

Daily Telegraph. A

picture of Rebekkah, the British

Embassy worker found strangled to

death in Beirut. The suspicion is

she was kidnapped, abducted, before

being murdered. The lead story is

Saudi Arabia has no excuses for

blocking food shipments to Yemen. It

could be in breach of international

humanitarian law if it continues.

That is what the International

Development Secretary has said.

The

Mirror. D E B B I E... Debbie!

Are

you OK?

You would understand if you

watched. Debbie and McFadden, the

only man in the final, won. The main

story, British Embassy girl

murdered.

She is also on the front

page of the Daily Mail. The story is

the middle-class pension crisis. It

is official. 6 million are not

seeking enough for retirement.

And

70 miles per hour storm chaos on the

way. Wild winds disrupting

Christmas.

We have to ask Matt about

that, and the fog and mist thing.

I

am probably wrong.

You might be

correct, but you are on

international television!

I like to

stick my neck out. And this is an

interesting piece about Mo Farah.

This piece says it is a shame they

had technical problems. It is not as

bad as the Oscars. Do you remember

when that happened? Yeah. Yeah. He

is saying it was not ideal, but

fantastic news for Mo Farah. And a

little piece about Bradley Lowery,

he was honoured last night. I don't

know if you saw. The moment with his

parents. He bravely went up on

stage. His mother made the most

wonderful speech. You know, I was

privileged enough to be there at the

time. You could hear a pin drop.

You

were saying earlier it was a shock

when the whole thing went down with

Mo Farah. Apparently a backup

generator failed.

This is what

happens to us. We were talking to

the winner at the end of the

programme as they come to talk to us

on Breakfast. Ten minutes before the

end of Sports Personality they went

from one generator to another. They

already knew there was a problem. So

they went to the backup.

Not much

happened.

Another thing to show you.

The Daily Mail. Have a look. The

team from Bake Off had their

Christmas lunch. Prue Leath was the

one to cook. A bit of pressure. If

you look carefully, there is some of

that red cabbage stuff.

Stuff!

You

put raisins in it. And I am not sure

if that is Turkey. It could be duck.

It could be a goose. The question is

who made the mince pies?

Yeah. And

all of us are getting ready for

Christmas. Let yeah... Yeah? I have

not made any mince pies. Mr

Hollywood surely made the pies...

We

will have to look it up.

More details have emerged

about the six people killed

in the car crash in Birmingham.

Father of six and taxi driver,

Imtiaz Mohammed, was on his last job

of the night and had told his wife

he was almost on his way home.

West Midlands Police

are still trying to piece together

how it happened.

Our reporter, Emma Thomas,

is at the scene now.

Good morning. So, where is the

investigation at currently?

Good

morning. It was around 1am when

emergency services were called to

this dual carriageway close to the

bars and restaurants were so many

people would have been celebrating

Christmas parties. As paramedics and

police arrived at the scene they

realised the devastation. There were

13 patients to treat. Six vehicles

involved in the collision. The force

left a taxi cab lying on its side.

People were woken up by the sound of

two loud bangs. Despite the

specially trained paramedics, five

were tragically announced dead and a

sixth died in hospital and a seventh

remains in critical condition, we

are told. West Midlands Police told

us the investigation into the cause

of the crash could take a

significant amount of time to

establish. As you can see, the road

has reopened today after being

closed for investigation. On the

railings behind me, flowers adorned

the line the road.

What do we know

about the people involved?

Only

Imtiaz Mohammed has been named.

Three were in the taxi, three in

another car that collided with the

taxi. We know that Imtiaz Mohammed

has children. His youngest daughter

is having her fourth birthday today.

It should have been a family

celebration, but it will now be

marked by a family in mourning with

the loss of their father. We have

been told locally by his brother

that he had made a phone call to his

wife moments before the collision

saying he was due to collect his

last passengers of the evening,

deliver them, and then be on his way

home, a journey he sadly never

completed.

For the moment, thank you

very much. More on that a little

later this morning for you. And now

for the next story.

It's the busiest week

of the year for food retailers

and manufacturers, so Steph

is at a factory in Liverpool to see

if it's cracking under the strain.

She is wearing one of the greatest

outfits of the year so far.

Ever!

You look fantastic.

Good morning,

everyone! I love this. Let me

explain where I am. I am at the

Cream Cracker Factory. You can see

the team. This is Jacob. They have

500 people working here. At this

time of year, they take on an extra

500 staff in order to be able to get

all of the crackers out for

Christmas. It is a big operation.

They produce half a million

crackers. They need someone going up

and down because this place is so

big they have so many crackers on

the go. We are talking about food

and how much we spend at this time

of year on festive food. It is

something like £4 billion expected

to be spent on the festivities just

on food. So, that is an increase of

3.6% compared to last year. So, we

are still spending more money on

food. We are not put off by the fact

that prices have been going up.

Prices of food have gone up 4.4%. We

will find out at this place what it

is like for them at this time of

year. Getting the crackers out of.

That is all for now. You can check

out the website at the usual

address. And now it is back to the

Breakfast sofa.

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Naga Munchetty.

It is 6:30am.

We will bring you all the latest

news and sport in a moment.

But also on Breakfast this morning:

We will be looking at why a growing

number of young men are turning

to steroids to help them achieve

the perfect body, and

the devastating health consequences

they can have.

England's World Cup-winning

cricketers Anya Shrubsole

and Danni Wyatt will be here,

after adding the BBC

Sport's Personality Team of the Year

award to their growing

list of honours.

We will also be joined

by Dr Who's newest companion,

Bradley Walsh, and Spandau

Ballet's Martin Kemp,

who are about to star together

in the world's biggest ever panto.

Here is a summary of this morning's

main stories from BBC News.

Detectives in Lebanon are examining

the possibility that a British

embassy worker whose body was found

by the side of a motorway had

been sexually assaulted.

It is understood Rebecca Dykes,

who worked for the Department

for International Development,

was abducted after leaving a bar

on the outskirts of the city.

Her family say they are

devastated by her loss.

Theresa May is due to meet her

Brexit Cabinet today to discuss,

for the first time,

what the UK's future relationship

with the EU should be.

The Prime Minister will later

address the Commons,

telling MPs the UK wants to sign

trade deals during what she calls

an implementation period.

Meanwhile, the EU's chief Brexit

negotiator, Michel Barnier,

has said there was no way the UK

will secure a bespoke deal

with the EU, saying there

won't be any cherry-picking

to accommodate their wishes.

The first of six victims killed

in a multiple pile-up in Birmingham

has been named as taxi

driver Imtiaz Mohammed.

The father-of-six had just

told his wife he was on his last

job, and was on his way home.

Police are investigating

how the crash happened.

There has been major disruption

at the world's busiest airport,

in Atlanta in the United States,

as a result of a power cut.

Some passengers were left

in darkened terminals

at Atlanta's

Hartsfield-Jackson airport.

More than 1,000 flights

have been cancelled,

and many are being

diverted elsewhere.

The airport typically handles more

than 250,000 passengers and almost

2,500 flights every day.

Tens of thousands of people may be

putting themselves at increased risk

of dying early from heart

attacks and strokes

because they are misusing

anabolic steroids.

The British Cardiovascular Society

has issued the stark warning

amid concern steroids are now

being used by more people than ever

before, especially by young men,

who feel under pressure

to have the perfect body.

Prince Harry has interviewed Barack

Obama for his guest edit of a BBC

programme, with interesting

techniques.

Do I have to speak

faster?

No, not at all.

Will I need

a British accent?

But if you start

doing long pauses between answers,

you will probably get this phase. --

face.

Loads of stuff backstage in a

moment. But first, the Ashes. We are

into the final day of the third test

in Perth and the Australians need

just four more wickets to complete a

humiliating defeat in Perth. And it

looked like the weather might have

saved things, but what happened?

As

you say, it was a dramatic and

slightly unusual start to the day.

We had torrential rain overnight in

Perth and some of that rain had

leaked through the covers on the

pitch and had left some damp patches

on the pitch, which meant it was

unplayable at the start of play. We

had the slightly surreal sight of

ground staff with leaf blower is

trying to dry the damp patches on

the pitch. It took them three hours

but eventually they did it. And when

play started, England did not play

particularly well, unfortunately,

Jonny Bairstow out to his first ball

of the day, a ball which seemed to

keep suspiciously low. It has been

doing all sorts of strange things,

bouncing off cracks in the pitch at

right angles. It has not been easy

for batting. They have also lost the

second wicket in the last 45 minutes

or so, Moeen Ali lbw for 11. So

England are going to have to do

something very special if they are

to save this match and keep the

Ashes hopes alive.

I was going to

ask that very question. Is there any

hope they can save it now?

Well,

they're big hope is Dawid Malan, who

got a big century in the first

innings. Hopes rest with him. Not

much left in the batting. England's

lower order tends to get blown away,

which doesn't give you much cause

for optimism. There are perhaps a

few showers lurking around which

could cause a little bit of

disruption, but frankly Australia

are now in prime position to reclaim

the Ashes by the end of the day.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers

says their 69-game unbeaten domestic

run may never be surpassed

by another team, after his side

were thrashed 4-0 at Hearts.

16-year-old Harry Cochrane opened

the scoring with his first senior

goal for Hearts.

Then Kyle Lafferty beat Celtic

goalkeeper Craig Gordon,

to make it 2-0 before half time.

Two second-half goals completed

the stunning victory.

Manchester United have closed

the gap to Premier League leaders

Manchester City to 11 points,

thanks to the 2-1 win at West Brom.

Romelu Lukaku scored his 15th

Manchester United goal to put

the visitors in front.

It is now back-to-back

strikes for the Belgian,

who had recently had a barren spell.

Jose Mourinho says he and his

players aren't giving up hope

of catching City.

Liverpool moved into the top four

by beating Bournemouth 4-0.

The pick of the goals was the opener

from Philippe Coutinho.

The victory extended Liverpool's

unbeaten run in all competitions

to 12 matches.

Britain's most successful ever track

athlete, Sir Mo Farah,

has been named BBC Sports

Personality of the Year.

World superbike champion

Jonathan Rea was second,

and double Paralympic

100m gold-medallist

Jonnie Peacock was third.

Heavyweight world champion

Anthony Joshua was just 18 votes out

of making the top three.

But it is safe to say Sir Mo's

interview didn't quite go according

to plan on the night.

The 2017 BBC Sports Personality of

the Year is Mo Farah.

Mo, I hope you can hear us,

Rihanna's there with the trophy

that she can present.

I think...

I think that just about sums up Mo's

evening, doesn't it really?

Well done to her for holding it

together. It went really wrong and

one of the generators failed, but we

did eventually hear from Mo Farah.

To win this, I didn't honestly come

out tonight thinking,

yeah, maybe top three,

see how it goes, because we've got

amazing superstars in sports.

We've got Anthony Joshua,

Lewis, Johnnie Peacock,

we've got all of the boys.

It's been amazing.

When you look at it,

comparing yourself with other

athletes, you think I could

finish in the top three.

I didn't imagine I was

ever going to win this.

Come so close in 2012, and,

you know - but I guess

anything can happen.

You just have to dig

deep and keep working.

I just want to thank everybody

who has supported me.

It has been an incredible journey,

and it's very exciting.

I know in the past when he has been

nominated and not one, he has been

devastated. There have been times

when he did enough to win it, but it

didn't happen.

Let's have a look at how

the public voted on the night.

You can see that Sir Mo,

who wasn't the favourite to win,

clearly comes out on top,

with more than 83,000 votes.

Jonathan Rea was second,

with more than 80,000 votes.

Jonnie Peacock was

third, with 73,429.

But Anthony Joshua missed out

on being in the top three

by just 18 votes.

When Andy Murray one, how many did

he get?

250,000.

So it was quite

low, quite spread out.

Also Andy

Murray was streets ahead of anyone

else, these are lower and there is

not much to separate them, not much

at all.

The headlines from the night may

have included a surprise winner

and technical difficulties,

but there was much more

to Sports Personality of the Year

2017, as I found out.

This report contains

some flash photography.

It is the most glamorous night of

the sporting year, when the trophy

winners, the award winners, all swap

the training track for the red

carpet. And this.

As a sportsman,

you want to win everything. You are

angry when you lose, but when you go

home and you have your daughter

smiling and giggling away, it is

hard to stay mad.

What are you most

looking forward to tonight?

Will be

just having a little bit of

champagne for once. I don't really

get to drink.

I want to share

something with you now that has

never happened before. We are

allowed inside the make-up room with

the presenters as they get ready for

sports personality. Claire, who is

the brave soul who has agreed to do

this, thank you so much. How are you

feeling?

I feel OK. It is a really

weird thing with Sports Personality

of the Year, because I always think

I am fine and then my tummy goes

really odd, and all last night I was

gurgling and all through the

rehearsals today. I think I don't

get nervous, but maybe I do.

Usually

when I play at awards ceremonies

that means I have won something, so

I am intrigued as to what I am going

to get tonight.

The world watched

the Manchester derby last week. We

hear there was a little bit of a

scuffle afterwards, and they may

have been some Oasis songs being

played.

To read that the thing which

annoyed Mourinho so much was the

player celebrating while playing

Don't look back in Anger, it kind of

made my life.

The atmosphere of

excitement is building inside the

arena. It is one minute until we are

live on television. Time for me to

sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

In third place is Jonnie Peacock.

When he said that name, it was

unreal. And I am a massive Liverpool

fan, my mum is going to be ecstatic

just that it is him.

I want you to

do something for me, down at camera

there and give your mum away.

I

don't think my mum is going to be

up. If she is up, big wave. I got a

text from my sister just said mum is

in tears.

When Jonnie Peacock was

called out in third I thought oh

well, at least I will get a drink

out of the night, and to be second

was... I didn't know if I should get

up, and then my wife said it is me,

so yes, extremely proud.

So

congratulations.

Thank you.

You were

so composed on the stage.

I was so

nervous. Just all the emotions came

flooding back.

You actually can't

say too late tonight, can you,

because...

I have my little baby in

a hotel with my mum, so I have to go

and make sure she is OK.

What next,

though?

Of is that I want to stay

involved in sport, I want people to

be active, and do different things,

so it is exciting.

Watch this space.

Yes.

No wonder my hair looks a bit crazy

today.

She gave an amazing speech,

Jess.

I hope at home everyone got a

sense of what a lovely moment that

was for her. She had that really

long walk, didn't she, to the stage.

It just seems like a really lovely

atmosphere, that evening.

Had a bit

of everything last night, drama,

unpredictability, surprises.

A few

tears.

Several tears.

I met lots of

lovely people last night, who were

all saying great things about the

award and the sporting year.

Confirming the fact of the morning.

The difference between fog and mist.

Apparently, the difference between

fog and mist is that fog is when you

nautically cannot see beyond one

kilometre.

Spot on. Gold star.

Anything below 1000 metres as far as

visibility is concerned, it puts us

in the fog. And it will be a player

in the forecast for the next 48

hours. Otherwise, it is the other

word, F, frost. We could see frost

form on the grass.

The warmest of

the moment if you can call it that

is north-west England and Scotland.

The cloud in northern Scotland will

produce cloud and rain and drizzle.

The morning commute will be frosty.

Mist and fog in Manchester. Not a

widespread problem. The fog should

lift and shift. Then, sunny spells

to take us through the day. The

greatest of all in fun of Scotland.

Patchy rain and drizzle. The same in

Scotland and Northern Ireland. --

far north Scotland. Ten in the far

north-west of the country. Tonight,

frost forming. The white colours is

fog on the map. Fog in the hills in

the north-west of the UK as well.

That is because of the cloud

producing rain and drizzle. Keeping

temperatures up compared to the

frosty and foggy start we will have

tomorrow further south and east.

Dense fog patches tomorrow in the

Midlands, East Anglia, in southern

England. It is an important week for

pre-Christmas travel. Some airports

affected in these areas. Fog will be

slow to shift. A few could linger.

If it does, it would be cold as

well. A lot more cloud for parts of

western Scotland and northern

England and western Wales and

Northern Ireland. Most will have a

dry day. Bright breaks in the east

of the high ground of Scotland and

Northern Ireland. That brings

temperatures tomorrow. 3-4 in rural

areas. Sunshine in the north-east of

the country. 14-15. Somewhere in

between. Fog could be back again on

Tuesday night in the south-east of

the country thanks to high pressure.

Light rain in Scotland and Northern

Ireland. That will push into parts

of northern England, north and west

Wales as well. Light and patchy

rain. The country is split into.

Mild towards the south and east.

Rather grey. Rain in the forecast,

but not much. Light winds will cause

a problem in England and Wales

but not much. Light winds will cause

a problem in England and Wales.

Overnight, dense fog patches

forming.

You will not be able to see

more than a kilometre?

There you go.

The latest series of

David Attenborough's Blue Planet

shocked the nation by showing

the amount of plastic in our oceans

shocked the nation by showing

the amount of plastic in our oceans

and the harm it is

doing to marine life.

We have talked about it a lot.

Now, the Environment Secretary,

Michael Gove, says it has

inspired him to speed up plans

to tackle plastic waste.

Let's discuss them with Chris

Tuckett from the Marine Conservation

Society.

Good boarding. Thank you for joining

us from Bristol. -- morning. What do

you make of the plant? Many people

will be learning the details this

morning as they turn on the

television. What about what Michael

Gove is putting forward?

We welcome

the plan. A whole group of

environmental and charities have

written to Michael Gove and the

government asking them to take

action following Blue Planet II.

Many of us saw the programme and the

issues around for the marine

environment. We want the UK

government to take action. We are

glad he has said something and

something will happen, but we want

action to become reality, we want to

reduce plastic in the ocean.

How bad

is the situation? We can see

pictures from Blue Planet II which

many people saw and many have

reacted to as well.

It is bad. There

is an awful lot of plastic out

there. There estimates around,

things like a truckload of plastic

waste goes into the ocean every

minute of every day. That is huge.

For the UK, our recycling rates are

not great. Things like plastic

bottles in our households, we use

around 13 billion plastic bottles

every year, but only 5.5 billion get

recycled and I made into bottles of

whatever again. There is a big

problem with what happens to waste

and where it goes.

Is it a big issue

the amount of plastic we use, or the

fact we don't recycle enough?

It is

both. We think there may be

something in Michael Gove's plan

about the types of plastic that are

used. A really important thing is

from the design stage. We have to

make sure the right plastic is used

so it can be recycled. Things like

black plastic trays, they cannot be

recycled because they cannot be

picked up in the recycling process.

Why I'll re- even reducing those in

the first place? -- why are we. So,

the production chain has to be

addressed, but also recycling. How

that happens, where it happened,

making sure the recycling rate goes

up, at the moment it is only around

44%, we want more to be recycled,

and it has to be done well so the

plastic is clean and can be reused.

That makes no sense. Why do we use

black plastic trays if they cannot

be recycled? Is it aesthetic? Food

looks better with a black

background? It is pretty

disappointing.

Yass, it is on those

exclusive products. Apparently it

looks better, but do we need it when

we think about the damage it can

cause? Why do we need things like

that?

Is it able to be reversed?

Many viewers are concerned about

that plastic in the ocean. Is it

something that if we all made a

change we could actually get back to

it better situation?

I think there

are many reasons to make a change.

There is a lot of plastic out there

in the ocean. It will be there for a

very, very long time, breaking down

very gradually. But we have got to

stop this now. The amount that is

happening every day, it keeps going

and going, it is wasteful. We know

it is. Things we only used once,

straws, stirrers in coffee cups, do

we need those? There are many

alternatives. Either don't use them

in the first place or recycle them,

reduce the amount you need, that is

the main message.

Very good to talk

to you. Thank you for that. My New

Year's resolution is not to use

plastic bottles. I will try my best.

I agree, but it is hard. You are out

and about and perhaps forget to take

your bottle, forget to take it up if

you are buying a cup of coffee. But

as long as we try, that is the first

thing.

UK shoppers are predicted to spend

over £4bn on groceries this week.

Incredible.

So it's the start of the busiest

week of the year for food

retailers and manufacturers.

Steph is at a cracker factory

in Liverpool to find out

how they cope.

Where else would we send her? How

are you? You look remarkable, might

I say?

You know I love my safety

gear.

I know.

I have been sent here

because we are at the Cream Cracker

Factory, a famous brand. It is

mesmerising to watch it come out,

ready to go along this very, very

long production line. They make

something like a quarter of a

million crackers here every day.

This is a busy time of year for

them. I have managed to convince

John to talk to me. Good morning.

Good morning.

Tell us about this

line, it is big.

Yes. It goes

through a special process. We are

producing four times of do per hour.

Then they go through this machine

which changes the texture. And then

it takes. We makeover 8 million

crackers today. -- bakes. -- We make

over a million. We have more than

800 staff in the factory. We produce

Christmas selections all year round.

You have said you take on extra

staff at this time. How much changes

at this time of year?

Normally I

would have around 400 between

January and June and then we ramp it

up to 800 for the production for

Christmas. It is important to meet

consumer demands.

You get your steps

in as well because this is a long

line.

Yes. I have not counted it but

I would break my watch with how many

steps I take. 90 metres, and there

is a bike the operator uses.

That

was Trevor on the bike. He has to go

up and down. We will let you keep

going. Thank you. What about the

bigger picture? Tell us about your

work at this time of year.

We spend

52 weeks of the year thinking and

planning and eating everything to

get ready for Christmas and then we

gear up the stores, bring in

colleagues, and stay as late as

possible on Christmas Eve so

everyone can shop and have some at

this time of year.

What about the

big picture? You are a retail

expert. You are spending just as

much if not more per year.

It is an

emotional by. You spend more

Christmas. But food is ramping up in

terms of sales this week. Prices are

going up next year, which will be

tough. Some people, 40% of

consumers, they say let's make hay

while the sun shines before a tough

January.

I feel a bit like a cracker

myself this morning. You can see

them going along. John told us they

will go through the other and to be

quality check and then they will be

on to be put into packets. More from

me later.

Thank you very much. We

will have to get a cracker challenge

in at some point.

Three in a minute,

can you do that? No water.

Maybe she

could do it. It

in double figures.

But not much in the way of sunshine.

Now it's back to Dan and Naga.

Hello this is Breakfast,

with Dan Walker and Naga Munchetty.

Police in Beirut investigate

whether a British embassy worker

found strangled at the side of

a road had been sexually assaulted.

It is believed Rebecca Dykes

was abducted after leaving a bar

on the outskirts of the city.

Her family say they are

devastated by her death.

Theresa May meets her Brexit Cabinet

to discuss the UK's future

relationship with the EU.

A father-of-six is the first

of the victims to be named

after a devastating car

crash in Birmingham.

Huge drama on a night to remember

at the 2017 Sports Personality

of the Year awards in Liverpool.

A shock win for Britain's most

successful track athlete

was hampered by a few technical

problems, but Sir Mo was delighted

at finally getting his

hands on the award.

I didn't imagine I was

ever going to win this.

Come so close in 2012,

and, you know...

But I guess anything can happen.

And also in sport: The Australians

are edging closer to

regaining the Ashes.

Morning rain did hold up

their efforts,

but three wickets have fallen.

The Aussies need just

three more for victory.

Good morning from this cream cracker

factory in Liverpool.

UK shoppers are predicted to spend

over £4 billion on groceries this

week, so it is the start

of the busiest week of the year

for food retailers

and manufacturers.

I'm live at this cracker factory

in Liverpool to find out

how they cope.

And Matt has the weather.

A frosty start to the new working

week, but tomorrow a different

story. Fog could be an issue. I have

more details coming up in 15

minutes.

Good morning.

First, our main story: Detectives

in Lebanon are examining

the possibility that a British

embassy worker whose body was found

by the side of a motorway had

been sexually assaulted.

Rebecca Dykes was working

in the capital city of Beirut

for the Department for

International Development.

It is thought she had been abducted

and strangled after leaving a party.

Our Middle East correspondent

Martin Patience joins

us from Beirut.

Thank you so much for coming on the

programme. What more can you tell

us, what more detailed and we have?

Well, just in the last few minutes

we have been hearing from a police

source from the Lebanese police, and

he says that a suspect was detained,

arrested, in the early hours of this

morning in relation to this killing.

He gave no more details on this man,

but it is believed he was a taxi

driver, and that has been widely

reported in the local Lebanese

media. We understand that Rebecca

was celebrating with a colleague on

Friday night. It was a going away

party. She then left the bar and it

appears she got into some kind of

taxi, and that is related to the

killing. Her body was found on

Saturday morning. It was dumped on a

motorway a few miles from where I am

standing, and the police say... Have

told us that they believed she was

strangled and sexually assaulted. We

have been hearing there has been an

outpouring of tributes to Rebecca. I

had one person describe her as a

bright star who worked on the

humanitarian front line. The embassy

not far from where I am standing is

said to be in deep shock. While

there is chaos elsewhere in the

Middle East, Lebanon generally

speaking is regarded as pretty safe.

That is what makes this case all the

more shocking.

You mentioned the

fact that there was shock from the

embassy. I suppose right across the

diplomatic and expat community, it

is probably matched that, as well.

It is, I spoke to another friend who

described her as a lovely woman.

Generally speaking, Lebanon is a

safe country. We don't see these

types of incidents, we haven't seen

these types of incidents in the

past, not for a long, long time. The

police have ruled out that there was

any political motive, so they are

treating this as a terrible crime,

but not one with political

overtones. I think in the hours

after it broke that was the

suspicion but police have

categorically ruled that out.

Theresa May is due to meet her

Brexit Cabinet today to discuss,

for the first time,

what the UK's future relationship

with the EU should be.

The Prime Minister will also address

the Commons this afternoon

to outline when she wants the UK

to be able to sign trade deals

with non-EU countries.

Our political correspondent

Ben Wright is in Westminster.

Ben, another crucial

step in Brexit talks.

Well, good morning. 18 months on

from the EU referendum, this week

Cabinet ministers will have their

first formal discussion, really,

about the sort of trade relationship

Britain wants to have with the EU

after Brexit. So it is a big moment.

We know that for two years after we

left, so from March 2019, we will

pretty much remain in the single

market. Free movement of the UK will

continue. The question is what

happens after that. That is what the

Cabinet will start to talk about.

And because it is Brexit there are

disagreements. Within the Cabinet

you will have ministers like Amber

Rudd, the Home Secretary, Damian

Green, who voted remain during the

campaign, will be wanting as close

an alignment as possible with the

EU, keeping that relationship as

tight as it can possibly be. On the

other hand you will have prominent

leavers like Michael Gove and Boris

Johnson who will want Britain to

diverged much more and go its own

way. Theresa May has to find its way

through this and she will be

speaking in the Commons later this

afternoon.

The first of six victims killed

in a multiple pile-up in Birmingham

has been named as taxi

driver Imtiaz Mohammed.

The father-of-six had told his wife

he was on his last job

and was on his way home.

Police are investigating

how the crash happened,

as Jane Frances Kelly reports.

Debris can be seen strewn

across four lanes in these pictures

taken in the immediate

aftermath of the crash.

One of those who died

in what was described as a harrowing

scene has been named as taxi

driver Imtiaz Mohammed,

who was a father-of-six.

He had called his wife to say

it was his last job of the night,

and that he would be

on his way home shortly.

Two passengers in Mr Mohammed's taxi

also died, but the man and the woman

in the small car crushed

between the taxi and the wall walked

away with minor injuries.

The crash happened on a section

of the Belgrave Middle Way,

a busy road in the

heart of Birmingham.

The vehicles collided at an entrance

to an underpass at the junction

of Bristol Road.

The road had to be closed to allow

the emergency services to safely

examine the scene.

It will take some time

to unpick the scene,

and just understand exactly what's

happened, and it would be unfair

of me to speculate at this time.

What I can say is that we're looking

into all sorts of conditions,

the road conditions.

We're aware the road was gritted

at 5:00pm last night,

but obviously that's just one factor

of many that we need to consider.

The police are appealing

for witnesses, and any footage

they may have, to try

to piece together the cause

of the multi-car crash.

Our reporter Emma Thomas

is at the scene for us this morning.

What are the next steps

in the police investigation?

Well, the carriageway has been

reopened for this morning's

rush-hour after being closed for

much of yesterday to allow West

Midlands Police to gather evidence

at the scene. Officers tell us it

could be sometime before they

establish the exact cause the

collision, the impact of which left

a black taxicab lying on its side.

This is A40 mph stretch of dual

carriageway, less than one mile from

Birmingham City centre in a

residential area, so the speed of

the vehicles is something which will

be a factor in the investigation.

Also the weather. In the West

Midlands last week we experienced

subzero temperatures, snow and ice,

but Birmingham City Council has

already announced that this stretch

of road was gritted just a few hours

before the collision. West Midlands

Police have asked anybody with

footage of the scene not to show it

on social media due to the

sensitivity of the tragedy, but

instead to share those images with

West Midlands Police, in order to

aid their investigation.

The world's busiest airport,

which is in Atlanta,

says electricity has been restored

after a power cut caused

major flight delays.

Some passengers were left

in darkened terminals

at Atlanta's

Hartsfield-Jackson airport.

More than 1,000 flights

have been cancelled,

and many are being

diverted elsewhere.

The airport typically handles more

than 250,000 passengers and almost

2,500 flights every day.

I never knew that that was the

world's busiest airport.

And if we

ask that in a pub quiz, we will be

able to pass ourselves off as fonts

of knowledge. I was going to say

something, and then it is gone.

Was

it about pop quizzes?

No, it was

about something else we are doing,

but I did want to talk to you about

Sports Personality as well. It will

come back to me, I might holler at

you if I think of it. Do that.

Did

you watch it?

That moment at the

end, awkward!

The four-time Olympic champion

Sir Mo Farah has won this year's BBC

Sports Personality of the Year.

Motorcyclist Jonathan Rea

was second, and Paralympic sprinter

Jonnie Peacock was third.

The pre-award favourite,

heavyweight world champ

Anthony Joshua, finished

in fourth place.

But the result wasn't

the only unexpected event.

When Sir Mo's shock victory

was announced, the link

to his location in London went down.

Eventually the line was established.

This is what he had to say.

As a athlete, what I have achieved

has been incredible over the years.

And, for all the youngsters out

there, people out there,

you can work hard and you can

achieve your dreams.

Anything is possible in life.

If you believe at it,

work at it, keep grafting,

grafting, anything is possible.

What an amazing night it is,

and I wish I was there,

but unfortunately I'm sorry

I can't be there, guys.

I'm here with my family,

and my kids are here as well.

But it's all exciting for us,

and I just can't believe I won!

Who do you think was more shocked?

Mo, people at home? And Chris

Broome, they didn't make the top

three, the favourite. -- Chris

Froome. That wasn't his house, by

the way. A very posh location they

use for the London live event.

Probably a little bit disappointed

for him not to be there on the night

and celebrate afterwards.

And we

will get some reactions, because

Anya Shrubsole will be here to tell

us, I suppose, what it is like. You

said the shock and the hall when it

was announced -- in the hall.

Is

that what you are trying to remember

to tell me?

No, but if I haven't

remembered it by now it is probably

of no interest to anyone.

The increasing pressure on teenage

boys and men in their 20s to look

perfect has led to more of them

taking anabolic steroids,

to achieve what they see

as the ideal body type.

Today, the British Cardiovascular

Society is warning tens of thousands

of people who take the drug

are putting themselves at risk

of dying early, as Radio One

Newsbeat's Dan Whitworth reports.

As well as heart attacks

and strokes, people who take

anabolic steroids also risk health

problems like infertility

and mood swings.

But those risks aren't

putting users off.

Everything that we do in life now

carries a risk of heart attack,

cancer, whatever it is.

So, whatever it is, I'm

going to get those risks anyway,

so I choose not to do certain

things, and I choose this

as my lifestyle instead.

So, as I don't go out

drinking and smoking,

I take steroids.

When it comes to the law,

anabolic steroids are legal to use

and legal to possess

right across the UK.

What is illegal, though,

is supplying them unless you are

a doctor, and if you are caught,

you could face a prison sentence

of up to 14 years.

Anabolic steroids cause an imbalance

of hormones which can damage many

different organs, but in

particular the heart.

But that doesn't stop this man,

who spoke on condition of anonymity,

from dealing them.

There's a very broad spectrum

of people that use steroids.

You're ranging from young

guys at 18 year olds,

19, 20,

just starting out, and they're

training and looking to bulk up

for maybe a summer holiday,

or just to look good for...

For a summer holiday?

For a summer holiday, or they just

want to attract the girls.

So these are the guys that you have

to be more informative when you talk

to them, make them more aware

of the risks and dangers.

The group which advises government

on drug misuse is in the middle

of a big review

of anabolic steroids.

And due to report

its findings next year.

Joining us now is Jim McVeigh,

who is Public Health England's

advisor on anabolic steroids.

Thank you for joining us. We are

talking about younger man under this

pressure. Where are they getting

steroids? EGMs? -- The gym?

Many

access it within the gym. But we

have the Internet now which has made

a massive change in the last 20

years. Many people are accessing it

directly without having to have any

interaction with people who can pass

health related information on to

them.

How easily is it misused?

You

could say anyone taking them when

not prescribed is misusing anabolic

steroids. Many people will say they

are not misusing them. They get the

benefits they want. But they do not

know what the long-term effects are

they don't even know what drugs they

are taking.

I went to university

with someone he used to go to the

gym all the time and took them. He

did not care about the effects, he

just wanted to look great.

For

someone in their early 20s who

really wants to look what they

perceive as good and fulfil their

potential, tell them that they may

have problems with their heart in

20-30 years' time.

Is that new? I

remember Arnold Schwarzenegger and

Sylvester Stallone when I was

growing up, they were the icons of

men that looks great, that was

happening then. Why now?

It is not

new. All the indications are that in

the last ten years there have been a

substantial increase in people using

anabolic steroids. We can see that

from programmes...

Who is the role

model? Who are they trying to look

like?

It is not just that, you have

people who just want to put on a bit

of muscle, definition, through to

people who want to be bodybuilders,

it a whole range of icons and role

models we have.

How do we counter

that? Education? Making people aware

of the long-term health problems you

can get from taking anabolic

steroids over a period of time?

A

combination of things. We need to

get health messages out, but we also

need for younger people to stop the

obsession about appearance. This is

something women have had to counter

the generations. But this is

relatively new form an. -- -- for

men. We need to figure this out.

Are

women taking it? Gyms have just as

many women as men.

The majority are

males. Women might even have

different drugs as well.

Quite

fascinating. If you explain to

someone that taking the drugs will

give them heart issues, that might

drive the point home.

Thank you.

If

you want more on that story, you can

watch the Steroid Nation on BBC One

on the iPlayer right now. The

weather. If you are looking at the

front pages of the papers, high

winds in the UK. Tell us what is

happening across the UK this

morning.

Good morning. Yes, a chance

of something more windy coming our

way as we go towards Christmas Day

itself. Seven days is a long time

away in terms

itself. Seven days is a long time

away in terms of weather.

At the

moment, Christmas Day looks wet and

windy in England and Wales. The

further north and west, sunshine and

showers.

The chance of snow on the hills. It

is a bit far away. So we will focus

on the here and now. What I can tell

you is that it is on the chilly side

in most parts of the UK.

Temperatures at seven o'clock

hovering around the freezing mark in

many areas. A frost around. Clear

skies through the night. Cloud to

the south-west. Double-figure

temperatures in the past few hours.

Thick cloud to the far north of

Scotland. The odd spot of rain and

drizzle in Shetland, Orkney, and the

Hebrides, through the day. Mist and

fog patches, especially in

Birmingham, Manchester, and other

areas. They will gradually shift. A

fine start. Sunny spells. Patchy

cloud in north-west England and

Northern Ireland, breaking at times

to let sunshine through. After that,

temperatures not rising in a hurry.

Eastern areas, 46 -- 4- six degrees.

Through the evening, fog patches in

the Midlands and southern England.

More widespread through the night.

Fog in the hills. More cloud

spilling in. Patchy rain and drizzle

keeping temperatures up. In the

south and east, dense fog. A big

week for pre-Christmas travel. If

you have travel plans tomorrow, even

on the way to work, fog could be

widespread across this part of

England. Some gaps. Not everyone

will have fog. Some sunshine in

southern areas and in north-east

England and Scotland and

north-eastern Northern Ireland. For

much of Northern Ireland and England

and Wales, cloud and misty over the

hills. Patchy rain and drizzle. Most

will be dry tomorrow. A bit range

and temperatures. -- big.

Fog could be around on Wednesday

morning across the south-east of the

country. The weather front going

south and east. Clearing away cloud

from Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Dry and bright. Patchy rain on

Wednesday in northern England and

across Wales to be the further south

and east, staying dry. Some

lingering fog patches. That is how

it is looking. I will have an update

in half an hour. Back to you. Thank

you. See you then. The papers. A

quick update on the Ashes. It could

be over soon.

Australia need one

more week to regain the Ashes.

There

was so much hope. I remember talking

about the first test.

You were so

positive. I love that about you. Do

you know, there is always just a

little bit of doubt. Did you not

feel it? The doubt about it.

They

have a quick hauling attack and we

go ten miles per hour slower. --

bowling. It makes a difference. They

have had a difficult day today.