21/12/2017

0:00:08 > 0:00:10Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

0:00:10 > 0:00:12Stayt.

0:00:12 > 0:00:15Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked

0:00:15 > 0:00:16from the Cabinet.

0:00:16 > 0:00:18An inquiry found he had made misleading statements

0:00:18 > 0:00:32about pornography found on a computer in his office.

0:00:32 > 0:00:38Good morning, it is Thursday 21 December.

0:00:38 > 0:00:42Also this morning: More than 60,000 mothers and babies have been harmed

0:00:42 > 0:00:49in incidents in maternity units in England over the past two years.

0:00:49 > 0:00:52Later this morning, creditors and lenders are voting on a plan

0:00:52 > 0:00:54to save the UK's biggest toy retailer.

0:00:54 > 0:00:57I am taking a look at why the toy business is facing

0:00:57 > 0:00:58so many challenges.

0:00:58 > 0:01:01In sport: A massive shock in the League Cup, as holders

0:01:01 > 0:01:05Manchester United are knocked out by Bristol City.

0:01:05 > 0:01:07An injury-time winner sends the Championship side

0:01:07 > 0:01:08through to the semi-finals.

0:01:08 > 0:01:11And Carol is here in the studio with the weather.

0:01:11 > 0:01:16Good morning. It is a fairly cloudy start to the day for many parts of

0:01:16 > 0:01:21the UK. It is mild as well, drizzly conditions and patchy fog. In

0:01:21 > 0:01:26Scotland, something brighter but it is cooler. I will have more details

0:01:26 > 0:01:31on 15 minutes. -- in 15 minutes.

0:01:31 > 0:01:32Good morning.

0:01:32 > 0:01:35First our main story: Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies,

0:01:35 > 0:01:38has been sacked from the Cabinet after an inquiry found he had

0:01:38 > 0:01:39breached the ministerial code.

0:01:39 > 0:01:42He was asked to quit after he was found to have made

0:01:42 > 0:01:43inaccurate and misleading statements.

0:01:43 > 0:01:47It was in relation to what he knew about claims that pornography

0:01:47 > 0:01:49was found on his office computer in 2008.

0:01:49 > 0:01:51Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports.

0:01:51 > 0:01:54Side-by-side yesterday, the Prime Minister and her close

0:01:54 > 0:01:59ally Damian Green, her deputy in all but name.

0:01:59 > 0:02:01But, hours after they sat together in the Commons,

0:02:01 > 0:02:05he was sacked.

0:02:05 > 0:02:08It stems back to this police raid on Mr Green's Parliamentary offices

0:02:08 > 0:02:09nine years ago.

0:02:09 > 0:02:14Officers said legal pornography was found on computers.

0:02:14 > 0:02:16Mr Green has always and still denies it was his,

0:02:16 > 0:02:22but he also said he hadn't been told about it, and that wasn't right.

0:02:22 > 0:02:26He has now admitted police lawyers talked to his lawyers in 2008,

0:02:26 > 0:02:34and police raised it with him in 2013,

0:02:34 > 0:02:38and he said...

0:02:38 > 0:02:41It is that breach of the ministerial code that cost him his job.

0:02:41 > 0:02:44There were also claims from this Tory activist about inappropriate

0:02:44 > 0:02:45behaviour by Mr Green.

0:02:45 > 0:02:48Her account was said to be plausible, but there was no clear

0:02:48 > 0:02:51conclusion about what had happened.

0:02:51 > 0:02:53Mr Green apologised for making her feel uncomfortable,

0:02:53 > 0:02:54but denied wrongdoing.

0:02:54 > 0:02:57In a letter to Mr Green, Theresa May said she was extremely

0:02:57 > 0:03:00sad at having to write regarding his resignation.

0:03:00 > 0:03:02She has lost a long-term friend and confidant

0:03:02 > 0:03:07from her Cabinet table.

0:03:07 > 0:03:09But some said her decision showed strength.

0:03:09 > 0:03:16I don't think it's damaging to the Prime Minister

0:03:16 > 0:03:18at all, really, because she's made the decision.

0:03:18 > 0:03:21It says something, that even if somebody is a close ally,

0:03:21 > 0:03:25she's prepared to make a decision and urge him to take the decision

0:03:25 > 0:03:26himself, to step down.

0:03:26 > 0:03:30And, in doing that, I have to say that

0:03:30 > 0:03:34that shows that she's not prepared to cover for somebody if she feels

0:03:34 > 0:03:36that they didn't answer the questions they should have done.

0:03:36 > 0:03:39Nonetheless, the Prime Minister will no doubt feel the loss of such

0:03:39 > 0:03:41a trusted ally from her top team.

0:03:41 > 0:03:46Our political correspondent Ben Wright is in Westminster for us.

0:03:46 > 0:03:51Now, this was a close ally of Theresa May, and we also saw many

0:03:51 > 0:03:56senior Conservatives rally around Damian Green in the run-up to this.

0:03:56 > 0:04:01Yes, including Cabinet ministers like David Davis, who are quite

0:04:01 > 0:04:05clear that he did not think Damian Green should go. But I think the

0:04:05 > 0:04:09damage to the government is limited, and I think the damage to Theresa

0:04:09 > 0:04:14May is limited as well. And I think you can separate the political and

0:04:14 > 0:04:19personal here. Personally this is a big blow to Theresa May. Damian

0:04:19 > 0:04:22Green was one of her oldest friends in politics. They go back to their

0:04:22 > 0:04:28time as students together in Oxford, they followed each other's career is

0:04:28 > 0:04:31over the decades. She brought him back as Deputy Prime Minister last

0:04:31 > 0:04:35year and he was quietly one of the most important Cabinet ministers she

0:04:35 > 0:04:38had, sitting on all the key committees at the heart of

0:04:38 > 0:04:42decision-making. He did not have a high public profile but behind the

0:04:42 > 0:04:46scenes very important. So a confidant, an ally, she will be very

0:04:46 > 0:04:50sorry to have lost him. She said in a letter she deeply regretted him

0:04:50 > 0:04:53going. Politically, though, I think this will all be blowing over very

0:04:53 > 0:04:58quickly. I think he broke the rules, that is clear. The report is quite

0:04:58 > 0:05:02clear about that. Theresa May has proven her resilience over the last

0:05:02 > 0:05:06few months. This is the third Cabinet Minister she has lost in a

0:05:06 > 0:05:09couple of months. She botched the election, of course, she had a

0:05:09 > 0:05:13terrible conference, and yet she powers on. The way she has dealt

0:05:13 > 0:05:17with this will probably add to the sense that she is a resilient prime

0:05:17 > 0:05:21minister who is not going anywhere at all. So I think the political

0:05:21 > 0:05:26damage is limited.On cue very much, we will speak to you later. -- thank

0:05:26 > 0:05:27you very much.

0:05:27 > 0:05:30Tens of thousands of mothers and babies in England have been

0:05:30 > 0:05:33harmed when receiving maternity care over the last two years.

0:05:33 > 0:05:35More than 250,000 incidents were reported by hospital staff

0:05:35 > 0:05:37to the health regulator, NHS Improvement.

0:05:37 > 0:05:40Most were minor, but almost a quarter of the incidents led

0:05:40 > 0:05:42to the mother or baby being harmed.

0:05:42 > 0:05:43Our health correspondent Adina Campbell reports.

0:05:43 > 0:05:46Wendy and Ryan from East Sussex lost their baby daughter

0:05:46 > 0:05:47three years ago.

0:05:47 > 0:05:51She was stillborn.

0:05:51 > 0:05:53An NHS investigation found some maternity guidelines

0:05:53 > 0:05:58were not followed.

0:05:58 > 0:06:02Leaving the hospital with a box of things,

0:06:02 > 0:06:05instead of your baby, was just...

0:06:05 > 0:06:09Having to leave her there - going home and leaving your baby

0:06:09 > 0:06:13there - you just can't comprehend it.

0:06:13 > 0:06:16It was here at this hospital where Wendy was cared for.

0:06:16 > 0:06:19Despite telling staff that she had concerns about her baby's movements,

0:06:19 > 0:06:23she was sent home on two different occasions.

0:06:23 > 0:06:27Figures seen by the BBC show there were more than 275,000

0:06:27 > 0:06:29maternity care incidents reported voluntarily by concerned staff

0:06:29 > 0:06:33in England over the last two years.

0:06:33 > 0:06:39The problems included women being told to stay at home,

0:06:39 > 0:06:41babies being left brain-damaged, and potentially avoidable deaths.

0:06:41 > 0:06:49Just over three quarters of the incidents reported did not

0:06:49 > 0:06:52cause any harm to mother or baby, but more than 60,000 did.

0:06:52 > 0:06:55Something the Government says it is hoping to reduce under

0:06:55 > 0:07:01new plans announced last month.

0:07:01 > 0:07:05We want to be the safest and best maternity system in the world.

0:07:05 > 0:07:07The vast majority of births are completely safe.

0:07:07 > 0:07:13But what's going wrong at the moment is that,

0:07:13 > 0:07:16when we have a tragedy, we're not learning from it nearly

0:07:16 > 0:07:17as effectively as we should.

0:07:17 > 0:07:21East Sussex Healthcare Trust says they have apologised to Wendy

0:07:21 > 0:07:24and Ryan, and admitted some aspects of their service did not

0:07:24 > 0:07:38meet their usual standards.

0:07:38 > 0:07:41Opinion polls in Catalonia suggests pro and anti- independence parties

0:07:41 > 0:07:44are running neck and neck.

0:07:44 > 0:07:47South Korea says its soldiers have fired around 20 warning shots

0:07:47 > 0:07:49at North Korean troops who had approached the border

0:07:49 > 0:07:50between the two countries.

0:07:50 > 0:07:54The defence ministry in Seoul said the North Koreans appeared to be

0:07:54 > 0:07:57searching for one of their soldiers, who had earlier taken advantage

0:07:57 > 0:08:00of thick fog to cross the border and defect to the South.

0:08:00 > 0:08:04A poll carried out for the BBC suggests that almost one in ten

0:08:04 > 0:08:07young people across the UK have spent at least a month sofa-surfing

0:08:07 > 0:08:09because they have nowhere else to go.

0:08:09 > 0:08:11The most common reasons included family issues and domestic violence.

0:08:11 > 0:08:15The Government says it is providing over £1 billion of funding before

0:08:15 > 0:08:172020 to reduce all forms of homelessness.

0:08:17 > 0:08:19There is a widening regional divide in access to high-performing

0:08:19 > 0:08:20secondary schools in England.

0:08:20 > 0:08:23The think tank the Education Policy Institute says families living

0:08:23 > 0:08:26in London have a growing chance of living near a good secondary

0:08:26 > 0:08:29school, while people in parts of the north and north-east

0:08:29 > 0:08:32are increasingly unlikely to have such good schools available.

0:08:32 > 0:08:34The Government says it is investing £280,000 in disadvantaged areas.

0:08:34 > 0:08:46Richard Lister reports.

0:08:46 > 0:08:50It is no secret that way you live can have a big impact on your life

0:08:50 > 0:08:54chances. But this new report says regional differences in education

0:08:54 > 0:08:58are getting bigger. The new study looks at secondary schools ranked in

0:08:58 > 0:09:02the top third for how much progress their pupils make before they leave.

0:09:02 > 0:09:07It found that, of the top 20 such schools, 16 are in London, while

0:09:07 > 0:09:11high performing schools in the north and the Midlands are getting fewer,

0:09:11 > 0:09:15with children in Blackpool and Hartlepool having the worst access

0:09:15 > 0:09:19to high performing schools. One of the biggest issues is retaining

0:09:19 > 0:09:23high-quality teachers in schools with problems. It is easier for

0:09:23 > 0:09:28better schools to recruit better teachers.London has been

0:09:28 > 0:09:33particularly successful in doing that, and that has contributed to

0:09:33 > 0:09:36its success over the last few years, whereas parts of the North have been

0:09:36 > 0:09:42less successful at in doing that. The Education Secretary, here

0:09:42 > 0:09:45visiting her old school in Rotherham, has already announced

0:09:45 > 0:09:50more focused investment in areas with particular problems. But the

0:09:50 > 0:09:53Education Policy Institute says some of the places with the fewest high

0:09:53 > 0:09:57performing schools aren't getting the help they need. It says the

0:09:57 > 0:10:01government must find new ways to bring good schools to all

0:10:01 > 0:10:02communities.

0:10:02 > 0:10:05A baby has been born from an embryo which was frozen nearly

0:10:05 > 0:10:0625 years ago.

0:10:06 > 0:10:09Baby Emma was conceived in October 1992, just a year and half

0:10:09 > 0:10:11after her mum's own birth.

0:10:11 > 0:10:13Health officials believe it is the longest gap

0:10:13 > 0:10:15between conception and birth since IVF began.

0:10:15 > 0:10:22Andrew Plant explains.

0:10:22 > 0:10:25Preparing for Christmas in eastern Tennessee,

0:10:25 > 0:10:28but this year, Tina and Ben Gibson have already got

0:10:28 > 0:10:30the gift they wanted.

0:10:30 > 0:10:33Seriously, in the middle of the night, we'll wake up and just

0:10:33 > 0:10:39look at her, and we're like "Can you believe it?

0:10:39 > 0:10:40Like, she's really ours."

0:10:40 > 0:10:45Emma Gibson, born from an embryo frozen 25 years ago.

0:10:45 > 0:10:48I never thought that I'd be able, you know, to have a pregnancy

0:10:48 > 0:10:52and have a baby.

0:10:52 > 0:10:56It's like, oh, my gosh.

0:10:56 > 0:10:59Such a miracle, you know - such a sweet, sweet miracle.

0:10:59 > 0:11:03Mum Tina, is only 26 years old, which means she and her son

0:11:03 > 0:11:05were conceived within a few months of each other.

0:11:05 > 0:11:07She and Ben cannot give birth naturally,

0:11:07 > 0:11:10so the National Embryo Donation Centre provided them with an embryo

0:11:10 > 0:11:13which had been frozen in storage for a quarter of a century.

0:11:13 > 0:11:16If this embryo was born when it was supposed to be,

0:11:16 > 0:11:18like, we could have been best friends.

0:11:18 > 0:11:23We could have been friends.

0:11:23 > 0:11:27He just thought that was so funny, so that's been the going joke.

0:11:27 > 0:11:29It's so crazy.

0:11:29 > 0:11:32The embryo was donated 25 years ago, by an anonymous family,

0:11:32 > 0:11:34and kept in carefully controlled conditions.

0:11:34 > 0:11:40Emma won't be genetically related to her parents,

0:11:40 > 0:11:42but has become their first child and, it is thought,

0:11:42 > 0:11:43a record-breaking baby, too.

0:11:43 > 0:11:48She was chosen for us.

0:11:48 > 0:11:52They're called snow-babies, because of how long

0:11:52 > 0:11:55they're kept frozen.

0:11:55 > 0:11:58Finally, though, she is nice and warm, and delivered in time

0:11:58 > 0:12:00for her very first Christmas.

0:12:00 > 0:12:01Andrew Plant, BBC News.

0:12:01 > 0:12:04The council car park in Leicester, where the body of Richard III

0:12:04 > 0:12:07was unearthed five years ago, has been protected as a nationally

0:12:07 > 0:12:08important archaeological site.

0:12:08 > 0:12:11Historians hope "scheduled monument" status will help preserve any buried

0:12:11 > 0:12:14artefacts, as permission will now be needed before any work can be done

0:12:14 > 0:12:18or changes made.

0:12:18 > 0:12:25You never know what might be found next.You never know. Some great

0:12:25 > 0:12:35upsets yesterday. Is this the Caribou Cup?We still call it the

0:12:35 > 0:12:40League Cup, because that is what it is known as. The FA Cup is known for

0:12:40 > 0:12:44its upsets but it does happen in other competitions as well, as

0:12:44 > 0:12:48Bristol City proved last night. We were saying yesterday that the

0:12:48 > 0:12:59manager had bought this expensive bottle of wine to share with Jose

0:12:59 > 0:13:05Mourinho after the game. I think he expected to be conceding defeat but

0:13:05 > 0:13:08he probably cracked it open with his players after the game. It was such

0:13:08 > 0:13:15a shock, and in injury time when could not have been more dramatic.

0:13:15 > 0:13:19-- injury time winner.

0:13:19 > 0:13:22Manchester United were knocked out by Championship side Bristol City.

0:13:22 > 0:13:25Korey Smith scored the injury-time winner that made it 2-1 and sent

0:13:25 > 0:13:28City through to the semi-finals, where they will face Manchester

0:13:28 > 0:13:29City.

0:13:29 > 0:13:31Chelsea will play Arsenal, after beating Bournemouth.

0:13:31 > 0:13:34Paul Clement has been sacked as manager of Swansea City.

0:13:34 > 0:13:37He becomes the sixth Premier League manager to be dismissed this season.

0:13:37 > 0:13:39The club is currently bottom of the table,

0:13:39 > 0:13:41having won just three times this season.

0:13:41 > 0:13:44Birmingham will be confirmed as the host city of the 2022

0:13:44 > 0:13:45Commonwealth Games today.

0:13:45 > 0:13:48Their bid is finally set to be approved, giving the go-ahead

0:13:48 > 0:13:49for the £750 million event.

0:13:49 > 0:13:52And Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi is free to play against Saracens

0:13:52 > 0:13:55on Christmas Eve, after his citing for a dangerous tackle

0:13:55 > 0:14:03against Munster at the weekend was dismissed.

0:14:03 > 0:14:07And that is all the sport. I will be talking about some of the headlines

0:14:07 > 0:14:11in the papers in a minute, because the headline writers have had an

0:14:11 > 0:14:16absolute field day with Bristol City's win over Manchester.You had

0:14:16 > 0:14:22a good one as well.Charlie had a good one as well, he was going Korey

0:14:22 > 0:14:29glory, Gorey, story...I was just saying anything that rhymes with

0:14:29 > 0:14:42Korey.Carol-y.A bit of a tenuous link.What I am best that. It is

0:14:42 > 0:14:48lovely to have you in the studio.

0:14:52 > 0:14:57Mild in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. That is courtesy of this

0:14:57 > 0:15:03weather front. That is pushing north-east. It is producing drizzly

0:15:03 > 0:15:12conditions. Murky behind it in south-west England. Low cloud and

0:15:12 > 0:15:16patchy fog. Look at the temperatures. Ten and 11. That is

0:15:16 > 0:15:21what we normally expect in the afternoon. The weather front is

0:15:21 > 0:15:27draped across East Anglia, the Midlands, with drizzly outbreaks of

0:15:27 > 0:15:38rain. It will be O'Brien start under clear skies when the sun comes up.

0:15:38 > 0:15:44--A bright. Northern Ireland, cloud building. The far north seeing

0:15:44 > 0:15:51something more bright. The other side of the front in Wales, cloudy

0:15:51 > 0:15:56and murky. Low cloud and patchy fog. Through the day, you can see the

0:15:56 > 0:16:03weather front. Moving slowly. Eventually going through part of

0:16:03 > 0:16:06north-west England, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, south-west

0:16:06 > 0:16:10Scotland. Ahead of that, much of Scotland, especially the east, and

0:16:10 > 0:16:17the Pennines, sunny spells. Temperatures, a little bit lower.

0:16:17 > 0:16:21Sunshine compensating. Through the evening and overnight period, again,

0:16:21 > 0:16:26we have the weather front. Still producing outbreaks of rain. Through

0:16:26 > 0:16:31the course of the night, another one coming from the west. In between,

0:16:31 > 0:16:39cloud. A fairly mild night. Not as mild as the one just gone. Ahead of

0:16:39 > 0:16:47that, under clear skies, it will feel nippy. Two degrees in Aberdeen.

0:16:47 > 0:16:50Friday, we have a weather front coming from the in west stretching

0:16:50 > 0:16:54across the Channel Islands in the south-west England. We also have a

0:16:54 > 0:17:00ridge of high pressure. Things are more settled. Still cloud the

0:17:00 > 0:17:05further east you are. The shelter of the hills in Scotland, the Pennines,

0:17:05 > 0:17:10for example, a little bit of sunshine. Temperatures, six in

0:17:10 > 0:17:15Aberdeen and 12 in the south-west. Saturday, a lot of dry weather. A

0:17:15 > 0:17:23lot of cloud as well. Light breaks. Rain coming in as another weather

0:17:23 > 0:17:29front advances into the north-west. Sunday, a breezy day. Noticeably so.

0:17:29 > 0:17:35Cloud. Rain coming in. Sunday, Christmas Eve. For the run-up to

0:17:35 > 0:17:41Christmas, it generally mild. Cloudy with rain in the north. If you want

0:17:41 > 0:17:46a white Christmas, you have to go to Scotland. That is how it is looking

0:17:46 > 0:17:56at the moment.It is always warm and wet on Christmas!Many people are

0:17:56 > 0:18:02travelling to see families at that time. At least apart from the hills

0:18:02 > 0:18:08of Scotland, they can get around.It was Christmas ten years ago when

0:18:08 > 0:18:14London was snowed in. There was a time! Flights cancelled out of

0:18:14 > 0:18:21Heathrow. I remember read. Nine or ten years ago.Did it affect you?I

0:18:21 > 0:18:30always am affected by it.

0:18:30 > 0:18:32You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

0:18:32 > 0:18:38The main stories this morning:

0:18:38 > 0:18:41Theresa May has sacked her deputy, Damien Green, for making misleading

0:18:41 > 0:18:44statements about pornography found on a computer in his office.

0:18:44 > 0:18:46Tens of thousands of mothers and babies have been harmed

0:18:46 > 0:18:47Tens of thousands of mothers and babies have been harmed

0:18:47 > 0:18:50by lapses in maternity care over the past two years,

0:18:50 > 0:18:51according to figures seen by the BBC.

0:18:51 > 0:18:59A look at the papers. One story is dominating the news we talked about

0:18:59 > 0:19:04a second ago. The front page of The Daily Telegraph. Damien Green

0:19:04 > 0:19:12sacked. A close friend, colleagues, for many years. Just going through

0:19:12 > 0:19:28some of the details. The first secretary admits lying about porn.

0:19:28 > 0:19:32The Cabinet hit by the third departure in months.Many people are

0:19:32 > 0:19:36talking about Theresa May and losing friends. He said he was forced out.

0:19:36 > 0:19:50The Prime Minister is serious at the Commons raid and police links that

0:19:50 > 0:19:54led to his downfall. The Daily Mail says it is a sad time for him to

0:19:54 > 0:19:58make politics.That story on the front page of the Times newspaper as

0:19:58 > 0:20:10well. Damien Green forced out over a computer porn cover-up. Many double

0:20:10 > 0:20:16pages. A lot of attention to it. Of course, the story has been rumbling

0:20:16 > 0:20:22for a long time pending the results of this investigation. They are

0:20:22 > 0:20:25printing full statements from both the Prime Minister and Damien Green.

0:20:25 > 0:20:34You have some fun use.Well, great pictures. -- news. Manchester City

0:20:34 > 0:20:41being beaten by Bristol City last night. Korey Smith scored the injury

0:20:41 > 0:20:45time when completely mobbed by his teammates and fans who jumped out of

0:20:45 > 0:20:49the crowd as well to help celebrate with him. A lot of good headline

0:20:49 > 0:21:13writing. Korey, Kore, Hallelujah. Bristol City and Manchester City,

0:21:13 > 0:21:20comparing how much the teams cost. That has to sting for Jose Mourinho.

0:21:20 > 0:21:2611 of them, 11 of us. That is how it is on the pitch. Anything can

0:21:26 > 0:21:30happen.90 minutes and a few extra for injury time.He was playing

0:21:30 > 0:21:36next?Manchester City! They have already done away with Manchester

0:21:36 > 0:21:40United. The next is Manchester City. A massive run of games for Bristol

0:21:40 > 0:21:47City. Quite worrying news for tennis fans actually, in many papers today.

0:21:47 > 0:21:51The Daily Telegraph. They are worried about Andy Murray's

0:21:51 > 0:21:56comeback. He missed out because of a hip injury last season. He is back

0:21:56 > 0:22:01in training. He is hoping to play in Brisbane in ten days' time. Many

0:22:01 > 0:22:06people saying there is a question mark over how his recovery is going

0:22:06 > 0:22:09because he was supposed to spend Christmas in Australia with his

0:22:09 > 0:22:13family to prepare and acclimatise and go to Miami as well. He does

0:22:13 > 0:22:20training in Miami. But he is training at Wimbledon at the all

0:22:20 > 0:22:27England club.He follows the calendar. It just rolls around.

0:22:27 > 0:22:31Tennis is the beginning of the year. How are you start in January is

0:22:31 > 0:22:37telling.And how you train over Christmas. They do know get much

0:22:37 > 0:22:43Christmas. -- not get. Andy Murray has not travelled and is still time

0:22:43 > 0:22:49at the club preparing.On the theme of people still being able to do

0:22:49 > 0:22:55what they used to do, if you can see the link, 88-year-old Betty, the

0:22:55 > 0:23:01oldest paper girl in Britain. Hanging up her bag at 88. She has

0:23:01 > 0:23:09apparently clocked 100,000 miles delivering the paper. A wonderful

0:23:09 > 0:23:16achievement. She has an MBE, actually. She took over the paper

0:23:16 > 0:23:23out from her teenage daughter back in 1976. -- route. She had a double

0:23:23 > 0:23:29hip replacement, the only time she missed out briefly.Impressive.A

0:23:29 > 0:23:35super ager. Do you remember when we were talking about people who dress

0:23:35 > 0:23:42and buy presents for their dogs? We have had a few pictures. I don't

0:23:42 > 0:23:51know if this was made for the dogs, but that is it right there! Hark The

0:23:51 > 0:23:59Herald Mongrels Sing! They did not look especially happy.Bless them.

0:23:59 > 0:24:05Why they looking for new homes this Christmas?I don't think so.Perhaps

0:24:05 > 0:24:13you have read into the story. We will check. Thank you. We will see

0:24:13 > 0:24:19you later. Shall we stick with festive themes?

0:24:19 > 0:24:23'Tis the season to be jolly, but not everyone is full

0:24:23 > 0:24:23of festive cheer.

0:24:23 > 0:24:26We sent out our giant BBC Breakfast Bauble to find out

0:24:26 > 0:24:29people's views on the best and worst bits of Christmas.

0:24:29 > 0:24:39How we seen that yet? Has it been seen by anyone yet? The giant BBC

0:24:39 > 0:24:47Breakfast decoration? Can you see it? It has been out and about. We

0:24:47 > 0:24:49have been asking about the best and worst of Christmas.

0:24:58 > 0:25:03My favourite thing about Christmas is probably all the decorations,

0:25:03 > 0:25:12light, trees, the cosy feeling you get.I love my four children's faces

0:25:12 > 0:25:18on Christmas morning.The mixture of everything going on. Even if you

0:25:18 > 0:25:24don't want to get involved, you have to get involved. That's Christmas.

0:25:24 > 0:25:29My favourite thing about Christmas is the German markets that we have

0:25:29 > 0:25:34got around here now.People you have not spoken to in ages suddenly get

0:25:34 > 0:25:40back in contact.We love it. The most irritating thing about

0:25:40 > 0:25:45Christmas is how cold it is. I don't like the calls at all. When people

0:25:45 > 0:25:51wish for a white Christmas, I get angry.I don't like having to wait

0:25:51 > 0:26:00so long for Christmas.Why does it have to be Turkey? One fish, lamb?

0:26:00 > 0:26:06Everything is half price.You have to think about friends and family

0:26:06 > 0:26:15who are homeless, people who are disadvantaged.We wish you a Merry

0:26:15 > 0:26:22Christmas!We wish you a Merry Christmas!We wish you a Merry

0:26:22 > 0:26:33Christmas!And a happy new Year. . -- New Year.

0:26:33 > 0:26:39If you want to see how big it is, there it is! It is huge.It is

0:26:39 > 0:26:44making the tree feel rather in adequate.Just checking the

0:26:44 > 0:26:49construction quality.It is firm. There are bits falling off of it.

0:26:49 > 0:26:57Careful.I can tell you that a little later on in the programme we

0:26:57 > 0:27:03are going to talk about the toy market, and the issue with Toys R

0:27:03 > 0:27:10Us. Ben is out and about and Carol is finally back in the studio. I

0:27:10 > 0:30:34will give that to you. It is time to get the

0:30:34 > 0:30:35in half an hour.

0:30:35 > 0:30:38Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

0:30:38 > 0:30:40Now, though, it's back to Breakfast.

0:30:43 > 0:30:45Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

0:30:45 > 0:30:47Stayt.

0:30:47 > 0:30:48It is 6:30am.

0:30:48 > 0:30:52We will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment.

0:30:52 > 0:30:54But also on Breakfast this morning: How watching this saved

0:30:54 > 0:31:00a man's life.

0:31:00 > 0:31:02Also this morning: Christmas might be a time to eat,

0:31:02 > 0:31:05drink and be merry, but there is a warning

0:31:05 > 0:31:09about what we feed to our pets over the festive period.

0:31:09 > 0:31:11And betrayal, fear and a mysterious doll's house.

0:31:11 > 0:31:14We will speak to one of the stars of the BBC's adaptation

0:31:14 > 0:31:19of bestselling novel The Miniaturist.

0:31:19 > 0:31:20Good morning.

0:31:20 > 0:31:23Here is a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News.

0:31:23 > 0:31:26Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked

0:31:26 > 0:31:29from the Cabinet, after an inquiry found he had breached

0:31:29 > 0:31:30the ministerial code.

0:31:30 > 0:31:33He was asked to quit after he was found to have made

0:31:33 > 0:31:34inaccurate and misleading statements.

0:31:34 > 0:31:36Mr Green has always denied downloading or viewing pornography,

0:31:36 > 0:31:40but has now admitted he should have been clear that police had spoken

0:31:40 > 0:31:42to him and his lawyers about the material.

0:31:42 > 0:31:45He also apologised for making writer Kate Maltby feel

0:31:45 > 0:31:45uncomfortable in 2015.

0:31:45 > 0:31:47The former Conservative leader Ian Duncan Smith said

0:31:47 > 0:31:50the Prime Minister's actions show she is a strong leader.

0:31:50 > 0:31:52Side-by-side yesterday, the Prime Minister and her close

0:31:52 > 0:31:55ally Damian Green, her deputy in all but name.

0:31:55 > 0:31:57But, hours after they sat together in the Commons,

0:31:57 > 0:31:59he was sacked.

0:31:59 > 0:32:02It stems back to this police raid on Mr Green's Parliamentary offices

0:32:02 > 0:32:04nine years ago.

0:32:04 > 0:32:12Officers said legal pornography was found on computers.

0:32:12 > 0:32:16Mr Green has always and still denies that it was his, but he also said

0:32:16 > 0:32:19he hadn't been told about it, and that wasn't right.

0:32:19 > 0:32:22He has now admitted police lawyers talked to his lawyers in 2008,

0:32:22 > 0:32:26and police raised it with him in 2013, and he said...

0:32:27 > 0:32:33It is that breach of the ministerial code that cost him his job.

0:32:33 > 0:32:35There were also claims from this Tory activist about inappropriate

0:32:35 > 0:32:40behaviour by Mr Green.

0:32:40 > 0:32:43Her account was said to be plausible, but there was no clear

0:32:43 > 0:32:45conclusion about what had happened.

0:32:45 > 0:32:47Mr Green apologised for making her feel uncomfortable,

0:32:47 > 0:32:49but denied wrongdoing.

0:32:49 > 0:32:52In a letter to Mr Green, Theresa May said she was extremely

0:32:52 > 0:32:57sad at having to write regarding his resignation.

0:32:57 > 0:33:00She has lost a long-term friend and confidant

0:33:00 > 0:33:02from her Cabinet table.

0:33:02 > 0:33:08But some said her decision showed strength.

0:33:08 > 0:33:11I don't think it's damaging to the Prime Minister at all,

0:33:11 > 0:33:17really, because she's made the decision.

0:33:17 > 0:33:20You know, it says something about her that, even if somebody

0:33:20 > 0:33:23is a close ally, she's prepared to make a decision

0:33:23 > 0:33:26and urge him to take the decision himself, to step down.

0:33:26 > 0:33:30And, in doing that, I have to say that that shows that she's not

0:33:30 > 0:33:33prepared to cover for somebody if she feels that they didn't answer

0:33:33 > 0:33:35the questions they should have done.

0:33:35 > 0:33:38Nonetheless, the Prime Minister will no doubt feel the loss of such

0:33:38 > 0:33:40a trusted ally from her top team.

0:33:40 > 0:33:43Tens of thousands of mothers and babies in England have been

0:33:43 > 0:33:46harmed when receiving maternity care over the last two years.

0:33:46 > 0:33:49Records seen by the BBC News show more than 250,000 incidents

0:33:49 > 0:33:51were reported by hospital staff to the health regulator, NHS

0:33:51 > 0:33:53Improvement.

0:33:53 > 0:33:56Most were minor, but almost a quarter led to the mother

0:33:56 > 0:33:57or baby being harmed.

0:33:57 > 0:34:00The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, says the vast majority of births

0:34:00 > 0:34:04are completely safe, but there is still work to be done.

0:34:04 > 0:34:08We want to be the safest and best maternity system in the world.

0:34:08 > 0:34:12The vast majority of births are completely safe.

0:34:12 > 0:34:14But what's going wrong at the moment is that,

0:34:14 > 0:34:18when we have a tragedy, we're not learning from it nearly

0:34:18 > 0:34:19as effectively as we should.

0:34:19 > 0:34:22The people of Catalonia will elect a new regional parliament today.

0:34:22 > 0:34:24The Spanish government dissolved the previous administration after it

0:34:24 > 0:34:26organised a referendum and declared independence.

0:34:26 > 0:34:28Opinion polls suggest that pro and anti-independence parties

0:34:28 > 0:34:33are running neck-and-neck.

0:34:33 > 0:34:36South Korea says its soldiers have fired around 20 warning shots

0:34:36 > 0:34:38at North Korean troops who had approached the border

0:34:38 > 0:34:40between the two countries.

0:34:40 > 0:34:43The defence ministry in Seoul said the North Koreans appeared to be

0:34:43 > 0:34:46searching for one of their soldiers, who had earlier taken advantage

0:34:46 > 0:34:56of thick fog to cross the border and defect to the South.

0:34:56 > 0:34:59There is a widening regional divide in access to high-performing

0:34:59 > 0:35:00secondary schools in England.

0:35:00 > 0:35:03The think tank the Education Policy Institute says families living

0:35:03 > 0:35:06in London have a growing chance of living near a good secondary

0:35:06 > 0:35:09school, while people in parts of the north and north-east

0:35:09 > 0:35:13are increasingly unlikely to have such good schools available.

0:35:13 > 0:35:17The Government says it is investing in disadvantaged areas.

0:35:17 > 0:35:20A baby has been born from an embryo which was frozen nearly

0:35:20 > 0:35:2125 years ago.

0:35:21 > 0:35:23It was donated by a family in the US.

0:35:23 > 0:35:31Baby Emma was conceived in October 1992, a year and half

0:35:31 > 0:35:32after her mum's own birth.

0:35:32 > 0:35:34Health officials believe it is the longest gap

0:35:34 > 0:35:38between conception and birth since IVF began.

0:35:38 > 0:35:41The council car park in Leicester where the body of Richard III

0:35:41 > 0:35:44was unearthed five years ago has been protected as a nationally

0:35:44 > 0:35:45important archaeological site.

0:35:45 > 0:35:48Historians hope "scheduled monument" status will help preserve any buried

0:35:48 > 0:35:51artefacts, as permission will now be needed before any work can be done

0:35:51 > 0:36:03or changes made.

0:36:03 > 0:36:08In the sport this morning, the story of an upset.A massive upset in the

0:36:08 > 0:36:15League Cup. Excuse me, a permanent frog in my throat. Bristol City

0:36:15 > 0:36:19beating Manchester United, holders of the League Cup at the moment,

0:36:19 > 0:36:24knocked out by championship side Bristol City in injury time, so

0:36:24 > 0:36:29right at the death of the game. Manchester United did not put out an

0:36:29 > 0:36:33easy side, either. They did play a string of second level players,

0:36:33 > 0:36:46perhaps, not all of their first team squad, but Ibrahimovich, Martial,

0:36:46 > 0:36:58Pogba was there. They can say that they beat Ibrahimovic, not many can

0:36:58 > 0:37:00say that.

0:37:00 > 0:37:03Alex Gulrajani reports.

0:37:03 > 0:37:08A chance to bend the year of the special one and try and find that

0:37:08 > 0:37:16little edge. Mourinho was not feeling very generous. Despite ten

0:37:16 > 0:37:20changes, Ibrahimovic was back alongside Marcus ration. The hopes

0:37:20 > 0:37:24for the evening were finding their range as well, but nothing seemed to

0:37:24 > 0:37:29worry Mourinho for now. That soon changed after the break, Joe

0:37:29 > 0:37:33O'Brien, a Bristol boy born and bred, did something spectacular. The

0:37:33 > 0:37:39championship side holding their own -- Joe Bryan. That man, Ibrahimovic,

0:37:39 > 0:37:44could not be held back for long, United level and now searching for a

0:37:44 > 0:37:48winner. Lukaku denied twice, and maybe now Mourinho was nervous. And

0:37:48 > 0:37:58he had good reason to be. Korey Smith with a last-minute matchwinner

0:37:58 > 0:38:01for Bristol City.

0:38:01 > 0:38:17I love the way Lee Johnson celebrates with that ball boy.

0:38:17 > 0:38:20The other semi-final will be a London derby,

0:38:20 > 0:38:22Chelsea against Arsenal, after Chelsea beat Bournemouth 2-1

0:38:22 > 0:38:23thanks to Alvaro Morata's injury-time winner.

0:38:23 > 0:38:25Swansea City have sacked manager Paul Clement.

0:38:25 > 0:38:28He only joined the club at the turn of the year,

0:38:28 > 0:38:30and helped keep them up last season.

0:38:30 > 0:38:34But he leaves them at the bottom of the table, with just three wins

0:38:34 > 0:38:35in 18 games.

0:38:35 > 0:38:38He is the sixth Premier League manager to be sacked this season.

0:38:38 > 0:38:41Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi is free to play against Saracens

0:38:41 > 0:38:44on Christmas Eve, after his citing for a dangerous tackle

0:38:44 > 0:38:45against Munster at the weekend was dismissed.

0:38:45 > 0:38:48Tuilagi was cited for a high tackle on Munster's Chris Klute

0:38:48 > 0:38:51during their European Cup defeat, but the disciplinary committee

0:38:51 > 0:38:55didn't think it warranted a red card.

0:38:55 > 0:38:58Birmingham will be confirmed as the host city for the 2022

0:38:58 > 0:38:59Commonwealth Games today.

0:38:59 > 0:39:02Their bid has finally been accepted, after guarantees were given

0:39:02 > 0:39:11over the finances.

0:39:11 > 0:39:13And, with an estimated budget of around £750 million,

0:39:13 > 0:39:16it will be the most expensive sports event held in this country

0:39:16 > 0:39:20since London 2012.

0:39:20 > 0:39:23Yesterday we were talking about a return to tennis after a series of

0:39:23 > 0:39:27injuries, and she has spoken about her return at the age of 33. She

0:39:27 > 0:39:33says it is not too old to make a comeback, and she has been taking

0:39:33 > 0:39:35inspiration from the Williams sisters.

0:39:35 > 0:39:40I think I am definitely not too old for that. I think 33 is an age you

0:39:40 > 0:39:43can still perform on the tennis court. I adore every single time I

0:39:43 > 0:39:47am on the court and I can practice and feel like a complete better

0:39:47 > 0:39:51every day. See my improvements. I love the time in the gym, to get

0:39:51 > 0:39:56fitter, stronger and faster. I know I still have a long way to go, but I

0:39:56 > 0:39:59am very excited about it.

0:39:59 > 0:40:04Tennis is an old person's sport at the moment, isn't it? You have the

0:40:04 > 0:40:09Williams sisters at the top of their game, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal

0:40:09 > 0:40:15in the men's game, being in your 30s is not a disadvantage.

0:40:15 > 0:40:17It is the hidden side of homelessness - people

0:40:17 > 0:40:20who are forced to sleep on friends' sofas, floors,

0:40:20 > 0:40:21or in their spare rooms.

0:40:21 > 0:40:24Now, a poll conducted by ComRes for the BBC gives an insight

0:40:24 > 0:40:26into the extent of the problem.

0:40:26 > 0:40:30It found almost one in ten young people across the UK have spent

0:40:30 > 0:40:31at least a month sofa-surfing.

0:40:31 > 0:40:33Brookemorgan Henry-Rennie became homeless at 15,

0:40:33 > 0:40:41and Lord Bird is the founder of The Big Issue.

0:40:41 > 0:40:46Good morning to you both. Tell us what happened to you, because at 15

0:40:46 > 0:40:53new left home.Yes, so we had a sudden death in our family. My uncle

0:40:53 > 0:40:59passed away, and that was my mum's first baby, so that hit her hard. My

0:40:59 > 0:41:04mum has always been my best friend, and she is to this day, but that

0:41:04 > 0:41:10event led into a downward spiral of depression, and that was cool, but I

0:41:10 > 0:41:15didn't know what that was at the time. I can only look back and say

0:41:15 > 0:41:20it was that. And I kind of picked it up. I knew how to cook and clean and

0:41:20 > 0:41:23had a great upbringing, and I kind of just ran the household, and that

0:41:23 > 0:41:27was cool for about three months but shortly thereafter I started to

0:41:27 > 0:41:31mimic her behaviour and became very depressed myself, going from a

0:41:31 > 0:41:34happy-go-lucky young person at school, always wanting to interact

0:41:34 > 0:41:39with everyone, to quite a closed off and reserved person, and didn't want

0:41:39 > 0:41:43to interact with anyone.What was happening in terms of where you are

0:41:43 > 0:41:48living, and how was that playing out?So I was living at my mum's.

0:41:48 > 0:41:53And that wasn't working, because we were both really bad in terms of our

0:41:53 > 0:41:59mental health, and then I went to stay with my Nan, and that wasn't

0:41:59 > 0:42:04working, but she had a lovely home, and always food, and always lovely.

0:42:04 > 0:42:11But it was what was going on in my mind, and after that I bounced

0:42:11 > 0:42:19around between family and friends and things like that, and then my

0:42:19 > 0:42:24school intervened.Your school got in touch.My behaviour was just

0:42:24 > 0:42:28playing out and just wasn't normal, so they contacted my local

0:42:28 > 0:42:33authorities and social services, and they kind of did an investigation,

0:42:33 > 0:42:37and it turned out that where my mental health was at, it was just

0:42:37 > 0:42:44best that I was away from home.And John, what we know now, you can see

0:42:44 > 0:42:48this path is so commonplace. It is not a traditional idea of

0:42:48 > 0:42:53homelessness, seeing someone on the street, necessarily, but people in

0:42:53 > 0:42:55quite dire circumstances nonetheless.What is so interesting

0:42:55 > 0:43:01in this case is that you have got a young person who has got everything

0:43:01 > 0:43:06going for them, having some family problems, which will then morph into

0:43:06 > 0:43:11where am I going, what am I doing, and it will lead to the fact that

0:43:11 > 0:43:21you have to intervene. You know, The Big Issue intervenes, people like

0:43:21 > 0:43:28Centrepoint intervenes, and it is not available to young people in the

0:43:28 > 0:43:31NHS, so we have to have these organisations like Centrepoint, like

0:43:31 > 0:43:36The Big Issue, who intervened. If you actually listen to the kind of

0:43:36 > 0:43:44stories that I hear, sofa surfing, people just kind of getting by, can

0:43:44 > 0:43:48lead to a very steady decline into the streets. And that is the one

0:43:48 > 0:43:53thing we have got to prevent. If you end up on the streets you will get

0:43:53 > 0:43:56serious mental health problems, you will get serious physical health

0:43:56 > 0:44:00problems, and this is why it is so important that, over the next year,

0:44:00 > 0:44:04we don't replicate this problem that we have got now, this time next

0:44:04 > 0:44:11year.Which are the bodies which need to be intervening? Because we

0:44:11 > 0:44:16heard in Brookemorgan's case that her school knew the system is to go

0:44:16 > 0:44:21through. But it is not always that easy to spot, is it? Because if

0:44:21 > 0:44:25people are sofa surfing, they don't always talk about it. You still have

0:44:25 > 0:44:29your clothes, you still look OK, I assume you are still trying to

0:44:29 > 0:44:33function physically at least.Well, Brookemorgan is a wonderful case

0:44:33 > 0:44:39where a school does look after you. Because the school has got to be

0:44:39 > 0:44:44there, they have to be a bit of a mum and dad, they have to have their

0:44:44 > 0:44:47eyes and ears open. Unfortunately a lot of schools are so busy rushing

0:44:47 > 0:44:51around, cuts to the budget, cuts to the budget really destroy social

0:44:51 > 0:44:54opportunities, and Brookemorgan has been really, really lifted by that

0:44:54 > 0:44:58opportunity. But the unfortunate thing is that then Centrepoint never

0:44:58 > 0:45:03gets enough money to do the work. We need more organisations like The Big

0:45:03 > 0:45:07Issue, but really what we need is a government which is making up its

0:45:07 > 0:45:12mind to invest in stopping people slipping into homelessness.

0:45:17 > 0:45:21The government has promised money. Is it not enough? Not well-placed?

0:45:21 > 0:45:29It is how you use your money. I think the real problem, I am sorry

0:45:29 > 0:45:34to talk about it like this, you have to start preventing people slipping

0:45:34 > 0:45:42down. Brooke Morgan is a clear demonstration of what is happening

0:45:42 > 0:45:46because the help should have been further upstream, not when she was

0:45:46 > 0:45:5212- 11. There should be some care offered to her and her family. They

0:45:52 > 0:45:56need to sort out the problems. Otherwise it becomes an emergency

0:45:56 > 0:46:02when it moves on to the likes of us. With her, is there a man and when

0:46:02 > 0:46:07you felt like things were changing? A turning point moment? Was it

0:46:07 > 0:46:13gradual?It was a gradual process. Once I got to centrepoint, I got my

0:46:13 > 0:46:18teeth into all of the opportunities. I went down my first day and said I

0:46:18 > 0:46:25am Brooke Morgan, a singer, songwriter. You have to grasp

0:46:25 > 0:46:31opportunities they provide, employment services, learning

0:46:31 > 0:46:34services, and many people do not understand how to take

0:46:34 > 0:46:40opportunities. The ones that do benefit from it. Centrepoint offers

0:46:40 > 0:46:47so much support.Time is up, but you are doing so well. Thank you, both

0:46:47 > 0:46:48of you.

0:46:48 > 0:46:50You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

0:46:50 > 0:46:56The main stories this morning:

0:46:56 > 0:47:04Theresa May has sacked her deputy, Damien Green, for making misleading

0:47:04 > 0:47:06comments about pornography found on his computer.

0:47:06 > 0:47:09Tens of thousands of mothers and babies have been harmed

0:47:09 > 0:47:11by lapses in maternity care over the past two years,

0:47:11 > 0:47:21according to figures seen by the BBC.

0:47:21 > 0:47:25Good morning. It is nice to be in the studio.It is lovely to have you

0:47:25 > 0:47:33with us.It was cold and raining yesterday.You are looking

0:47:33 > 0:47:41nonplussed.Yeah.

0:47:41 > 0:47:43yesterday.You are looking nonplussed.Yeah.Today, it is a

0:47:43 > 0:47:49cloudy and mild day.For some of us, a damp day. Drizzly rain at the

0:47:49 > 0:47:52moment courtesy of a weather front. That weather front is going

0:47:52 > 0:47:55north-east through the day. At the moment, a lot of cloud and let.

0:47:55 > 0:48:03Patchy fog in south-west England. Southern counties, generally. Then

0:48:03 > 0:48:07parts of Wales, we get back into the weather front, producing drizzly

0:48:07 > 0:48:11outbreaks of rain. The same in northern England. We had it

0:48:11 > 0:48:16yesterday and have it again this morning. North of that in Scotland,

0:48:16 > 0:48:20when the sun gets up, sunshine. Nice and bright. Cool, especially in the

0:48:20 > 0:48:30glands. Showers in the north and north-west. -- glens. Far north of

0:48:30 > 0:48:34Northern Ireland, sunshine. Back in Wales, the other side of the front,

0:48:34 > 0:48:47cloudy. Low cloud and patchy flog. You can see a distinctive arc. Some

0:48:47 > 0:48:53breaks in the shelter of the hills, especially in north-east England and

0:48:53 > 0:48:56east Scotland, with lower temperatures, but sunshine. With

0:48:56 > 0:49:02thicker cloud, 11-12. In the evening and overnight, the weather front

0:49:02 > 0:49:06continues to push very slowly north-east. Then another one comes

0:49:06 > 0:49:11in to join in this party coming from the south-west. In between, a lot of

0:49:11 > 0:49:16cloud. Breaks as well. Temperature-wise, a little bit lower

0:49:16 > 0:49:19than we have had this morning, but nonetheless predicted for this time

0:49:19 > 0:49:28of year. More cool as we go further north. -- pretty good. A cloudy and

0:49:28 > 0:49:34damp note on Friday. Murky conditions around that. A ridge of

0:49:34 > 0:49:38high pressure moves across, settling things. Low cloud around. One or two

0:49:38 > 0:49:44showers in the west. The driest and brightest conditions in the east.

0:49:44 > 0:49:50Temperatures are lower. Temperatures are good for this stage in December.

0:49:50 > 0:49:54Saturday, a lot of dry weather, a lot of cloud. A change in the

0:49:54 > 0:49:57weather front in the north-west. That introduces rain and breezy

0:49:57 > 0:50:02conditions. Look at the temperatures. 14 degrees in

0:50:02 > 0:50:06Aberdeen. Good for December. Christmas Eve itself, dry weather

0:50:06 > 0:50:11across much of England and Wales. A weather front sinking slowly south.

0:50:11 > 0:50:17Once again, it will be fairly breezy.At least not as cold as

0:50:17 > 0:50:26usual.Thank you.

0:50:26 > 0:50:36For many, Christmas would not be the same without carols.Cathedrals

0:50:36 > 0:50:39often practised before and after-school continuing a

0:50:39 > 0:50:48centuries-old tradition.

0:50:48 > 0:50:59One, two, three, go.As children have here for hundreds of years,

0:50:59 > 0:51:06Bristol cathedral's young orchestra is performing their first practice

0:51:06 > 0:51:12of the day.Sometimes I have to cancel plans, but my friends are

0:51:12 > 0:51:19understanding of it. If I have choir, I plan around it. You get a

0:51:19 > 0:51:25real opportunity to go on tour to different countries. It is really

0:51:25 > 0:51:30amazing.It is quite time-consuming, but you are always with friends, and

0:51:30 > 0:51:34I really like it. There is a really nice atmosphere. And, yeah, it is

0:51:34 > 0:51:39really nice.They attend lessons along with everyone else. They sing

0:51:39 > 0:51:43before and after school, and in the cathedral on all the net weekends.

0:51:43 > 0:51:52It is a busy life. -- alternate. It is good to switch off.It is good to

0:51:52 > 0:51:58go into a past world. They have high expectations put on them. Adults and

0:51:58 > 0:52:07children are in the choir and everyone operates to the same level.

0:52:07 > 0:52:11#O come all ye faithful...In between rehearsals for the royal

0:52:11 > 0:52:17opera, the composer and singer, Roderick Williams, tells us why

0:52:17 > 0:52:22choirs still lead the globe from London.Around the world, exciting

0:52:22 > 0:52:28things happen. In Bristol, we look at that and say I can see what you

0:52:28 > 0:52:33are doing and we can do that as well be perhaps not do the same degree,

0:52:33 > 0:52:39but we can turn our hand to film music, gospel, something more

0:52:39 > 0:52:45traditional We can do a bit of everything.Back at Bristol

0:52:45 > 0:52:49cathedral Choir School, a state academy, they encourage as many

0:52:49 > 0:52:54students to sing as possible. Hundreds of sing at the school. When

0:52:54 > 0:52:59people sing together, they breathe together, sing together, put amazing

0:52:59 > 0:53:03performances together. We see significant results in the wider

0:53:03 > 0:53:07community and in the character of young people.And it takes some

0:53:07 > 0:53:13character and commitment to singing while juggling sports, lessons,

0:53:13 > 0:53:19clubs, friends, and of course, being a teenager. By the Mr Williams says

0:53:19 > 0:53:26they are learning valuable lessons. -- but.In these days where people

0:53:26 > 0:53:30are retreating into their phones, they are sharing something that does

0:53:30 > 0:53:38not need plugging in, that his life, we do it ourselves.-- that is live.

0:53:38 > 0:53:42That they are paid, but their reward really comes in the joy they

0:53:42 > 0:53:49received and give from creating such a beautiful noise. Don Maguire, BBC

0:53:49 > 0:53:57News, Bristol. -- John.

0:53:57 > 0:54:02We are looking at the toy market. There have been some problems. Here

0:54:02 > 0:54:03are the details.

0:54:03 > 0:54:06Creditors and lenders will vote on plans to save the UK's biggest

0:54:06 > 0:54:10toy store later this morning but how are other retailers faring?

0:54:10 > 0:54:16The idea of the CVA they are discussing is they will get a

0:54:16 > 0:54:20lifeline. If they do not get that, it could mean the closure of all

0:54:20 > 0:54:24stores in the UK. They are proposing to close a number of them, 500 jobs

0:54:24 > 0:54:29at risk while they tried to get the business back on track. Why is

0:54:29 > 0:54:33business, Christmas not being a gift for toy stores as usual? Good

0:54:33 > 0:54:39morning. You have had a good run of late. You are doing well right now.

0:54:39 > 0:54:43But it is tough right now in toy retail.It is. The last six weeks

0:54:43 > 0:54:49have been tough. We are trending 9% down. People are leaving it late

0:54:49 > 0:54:57before Christmas.You have been doing this for a long time. It has

0:54:57 > 0:55:01been a tough year in particular. Put this in context for us this year.We

0:55:01 > 0:55:08have sold toys for 36 years. We now have 149 shops. But this year has

0:55:08 > 0:55:15been later and later. We keep saying when we get to this, when we get to

0:55:15 > 0:55:19this... One more week to go to be Monday is still pretty tough. But I

0:55:19 > 0:55:23think the takings this year are the same as five years ago, so we have

0:55:23 > 0:55:29gone backwards in the last five years.Christmas is a time people

0:55:29 > 0:55:34buy toys, but it is especially vital for making money.With our

0:55:34 > 0:55:39Christmas, the toy industry is not viable. It is all about Christmas.

0:55:39 > 0:55:4225% of the annual turnover is in the last four weeks before Christmas.

0:55:42 > 0:55:48This week, it is a percent. It is absolutely vital we get it correct

0:55:48 > 0:55:59at the right time. --8 %.Good luck with it. Good morning. We will talk

0:55:59 > 0:56:06about Toys R Us. It is crunch day. This could determine whether they

0:56:06 > 0:56:17stay or shut down entirely.Today is the CVA vote. This is a deal with

0:56:17 > 0:56:21creditors were they vote to see if they continue under the stewardship

0:56:21 > 0:56:28of insolvency. If they do not get it, they could possibly have to look

0:56:28 > 0:56:33at administration, another form of insolvency. It is something that

0:56:33 > 0:56:40changes the status of the company. They then decide what happens with

0:56:40 > 0:56:45the future of the company. Ultimately, they are proposing they

0:56:45 > 0:56:49closed 20 stores with the loss of 500 jobs, or the alternative is the

0:56:49 > 0:56:54entire thing shut down. That could affect 3500!Potentially.

0:56:54 > 0:57:03Administration itself, 26 stores in an CVA it. Realistically, I think it

0:57:03 > 0:57:12will trade under insolvency and lose more jobs otherwise.A tough time

0:57:12 > 0:57:15before Christmas. Thank you very much. There you have it, a really

0:57:15 > 0:57:23important day in terms of sales. If you want to go in the stores, you

0:57:23 > 0:57:27can until the new year. But there are big questions about the future

0:57:27 > 0:57:31of the store riding on the decision, and we will get that later today.

0:57:31 > 0:57:32More from me

0:57:32 > 0:57:37and we will get that later today. More from me later. We will hear

0:57:37 > 1:00:56more from him later in the

1:00:56 > 1:00:58through with the temperatures certainly feeling very mild

1:00:58 > 1:00:59for the time of year.

1:00:59 > 1:01:02I'm back with the latest from the BBC London Newsroom

1:01:02 > 1:01:03in half an hour.

1:01:03 > 1:01:04Bye for now.

1:01:04 > 1:01:07Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

1:01:07 > 1:01:08Stayt.

1:01:08 > 1:01:11Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked

1:01:11 > 1:01:12from the Cabinet.

1:01:12 > 1:01:14An inquiry found he had made misleading statements

1:01:14 > 1:01:19about pornography found on a computer in his office.

1:01:28 > 1:01:33Good morning, it is Thursday 21 December.

1:01:33 > 1:01:37Also this morning: More than 60,000 mothers and babies have been harmed

1:01:37 > 1:01:41in incidents in maternity units in England over the past two years.

1:01:41 > 1:01:43The future of Toys'R'Us and thousands of jobs

1:01:43 > 1:01:44could be decided today.

1:01:44 > 1:01:50We will be looking at the state of the toy market.

1:01:50 > 1:01:52In sport: What a story for Korey.

1:01:52 > 1:01:55Korey Smith scores the injury-time winner for Bristol City that knocks

1:01:55 > 1:01:58the holders, Manchester United, out of the League Cup.

1:01:58 > 1:02:05And Carol is here in the studio with the weather.

1:02:05 > 1:02:10Good morning. This morning it is fairly cloudy for many of us. It is

1:02:10 > 1:02:14also a mild start to the day. There is some patchy fog and also some

1:02:14 > 1:02:21drizzle but across parts of Scotland it is dry start.

1:02:21 > 1:02:22Good morning.

1:02:22 > 1:02:25First, our main story: Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies,

1:02:25 > 1:02:28has been sacked from the Cabinet after an inquiry found he had

1:02:28 > 1:02:29breached the ministerial code.

1:02:29 > 1:02:33He was asked to quit after he was found to have made

1:02:33 > 1:02:34inaccurate and misleading statements.

1:02:34 > 1:02:37He had previously denied being told by police about pornography found

1:02:37 > 1:02:38on his office computer in 2008.

1:02:38 > 1:02:42Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports.

1:02:42 > 1:02:44Side-by-side yesterday, the Prime Minister and her close

1:02:44 > 1:02:49ally Damian Green, her deputy in all but name.

1:02:49 > 1:02:52But, hours after they sat together in the Commons,

1:02:52 > 1:02:53he was sacked.

1:02:53 > 1:02:56It stems back to this police raid on Mr Green's Parliamentary offices

1:02:56 > 1:02:58nine years ago.

1:02:58 > 1:03:02Officers said legal pornography was found on computers.

1:03:02 > 1:03:06Mr Green has always and still denies that it was his, but he also said

1:03:06 > 1:03:13he hadn't been told about it, and that wasn't right.

1:03:13 > 1:03:16He has now admitted police lawyers talked to his lawyers in 2008,

1:03:16 > 1:03:19and police raised it with him in 2013, and he said...

1:03:26 > 1:03:30It is that breach of the ministerial code that cost him his job.

1:03:30 > 1:03:33There were also claims from this Tory activist about inappropriate

1:03:33 > 1:03:36behaviour by Mr Green.

1:03:36 > 1:03:39Her account was said to be plausible, but there was no clear

1:03:39 > 1:03:41conclusion about what had happened.

1:03:41 > 1:03:43Mr Green apologised for making her feel uncomfortable,

1:03:43 > 1:03:46but denied wrongdoing.

1:03:46 > 1:03:49In a letter to Mr Green, Theresa May said she was extremely

1:03:49 > 1:03:53sad at having to write regarding his resignation.

1:03:53 > 1:03:56She has lost a long-term friend and confidant from her Cabinet

1:03:56 > 1:04:01table, but some said her decision showed strength.

1:04:01 > 1:04:04I don't think it's damaging to the Prime Minister at all,

1:04:04 > 1:04:06really, because she's made the decision.

1:04:06 > 1:04:09You know, it says something about her that, even if somebody

1:04:09 > 1:04:13is a close ally, she's prepared to make a decision and urge him

1:04:13 > 1:04:20to take the decision himself, to step down.

1:04:20 > 1:04:24And, in doing that, I have to say that shows that she is not prepared

1:04:24 > 1:04:28to cover for somebody if she feels that they didn't answer

1:04:28 > 1:04:29the questions they should have done.

1:04:29 > 1:04:32Nonetheless, the Prime Minister will no doubt feel the loss of such

1:04:32 > 1:04:34a trusted ally from her top team.

1:04:34 > 1:04:37Tens of thousands of mothers and babies in England have been

1:04:37 > 1:04:40harmed when receiving maternity care over the last two years.

1:04:40 > 1:04:43More than 250,000 incidents were reported by hospital staff

1:04:43 > 1:04:44to the health regulator, NHS Improvement.

1:04:44 > 1:04:47Most were minor, but almost a quarter of the incidents led

1:04:47 > 1:04:49to the mother or baby being harmed.

1:04:49 > 1:04:53Our health correspondent Adina Campbell reports.

1:04:53 > 1:04:56Wendy and Ryan Aguis from East Sussex lost their baby

1:04:56 > 1:05:00daughter three years ago.

1:05:00 > 1:05:01She was stillborn.

1:05:01 > 1:05:03An NHS investigation found some maternity guidelines

1:05:03 > 1:05:06were not followed.

1:05:06 > 1:05:11Leaving the hospital with a box of things,

1:05:11 > 1:05:13instead of your baby, was just...

1:05:13 > 1:05:22Having to leave her there, going home and leaving your baby

1:05:22 > 1:05:24there - you just can't comprehend it.

1:05:24 > 1:05:27It was here at this hospital where Wendy was cared for.

1:05:27 > 1:05:30Despite telling staff that she had concerns about her baby's movements,

1:05:30 > 1:05:32she was sent home on two different occasions.

1:05:32 > 1:05:36Figures seen by the BBC show there were more than 275,000

1:05:36 > 1:05:39maternity care incidents reported voluntarily by concerned staff

1:05:39 > 1:05:44in England over the last two years.

1:05:44 > 1:05:47The problems included women being told to stay at home,

1:05:47 > 1:05:50babies being left brain-damaged, and potentially avoidable deaths.

1:05:50 > 1:05:55Just over three quarters of the incidents reported did not

1:05:55 > 1:06:01cause any harm to mother or baby, but more than 60,000 did,

1:06:01 > 1:06:04something the Government says it is hoping to reduce under

1:06:04 > 1:06:07new plans announced last month.

1:06:07 > 1:06:11We want to be the safest and best maternity system in the world.

1:06:11 > 1:06:14The vast majority of births are completely safe.

1:06:14 > 1:06:17But what's going wrong at the moment is that,

1:06:17 > 1:06:20when we have a tragedy, we're not learning from it nearly

1:06:20 > 1:06:23as effectively as we should.

1:06:23 > 1:06:26East Sussex Healthcare Trust says they have apologised to Wendy

1:06:26 > 1:06:29and Ryan, and admitted some aspects of their service did not

1:06:29 > 1:06:35meet their usual standards.

1:06:35 > 1:06:38The people of Catalonia will elect a new regional parliament today.

1:06:38 > 1:06:40The Spanish government dissolved the previous administration after it

1:06:40 > 1:06:42organised a referendum and declared independence.

1:06:42 > 1:06:44Opinion polls suggest that pro and anti-independence parties

1:06:44 > 1:06:52are running neck-and-neck.

1:06:52 > 1:06:55South Korea says its soldiers have fired around 20 warning shots

1:06:55 > 1:06:57at North Korean troops who had approached the border

1:06:57 > 1:06:58between the two countries.

1:06:58 > 1:07:02The defence ministry in Seoul said the North Koreans appeared to be

1:07:02 > 1:07:05searching for one of their soldiers, who had earlier taken advantage

1:07:05 > 1:07:08of thick fog to cross the border and defect to the South.

1:07:08 > 1:07:11A poll carried out for the BBC suggests that almost one in ten

1:07:11 > 1:07:15young people across the UK have spent at least a month sofa-surfing

1:07:15 > 1:07:17because they have nowhere else to go.

1:07:17 > 1:07:19The most common reasons included family issues and domestic violence.

1:07:19 > 1:07:23The Government says it is providing more than £1 billion of funding

1:07:23 > 1:07:35before 2020 to reduce all forms of homelessness.

1:07:35 > 1:07:39Four years ago, Dale was thrown out of home by this mother on Christmas

1:07:39 > 1:07:45Day. He was 16 years old.On the day, I had to call a friend, and

1:07:45 > 1:07:52that is how I ended Christmas Day. Friends of the family 's' house, and

1:07:52 > 1:07:57finding someone at the State.Dale's problems began at age seven, when

1:07:57 > 1:08:00this father left home. He began living with this grandmother. But

1:08:00 > 1:08:05during this GCSEs she needed 24-hour care so he moved back in with this

1:08:05 > 1:08:10mother. After being kicked out, Dale says he often didn't know where he

1:08:10 > 1:08:14was going to spend the night while studying at school.It was very hard

1:08:14 > 1:08:18trying to balance work life and personal life, because it is hard to

1:08:18 > 1:08:22focus on doing your schoolwork and revision during the day when you are

1:08:22 > 1:08:26worried about where you will sleep at night.The polling company ComRes

1:08:26 > 1:08:30spoke to 1000 people aged between 16 and 25. The study found almost one

1:08:30 > 1:08:34in ten young people had spent the night on friend 's' floor or sofa

1:08:34 > 1:08:40for the night. The most common reason was parents being unable to

1:08:40 > 1:08:44provide housing, extended family being unable to help, and splitting

1:08:44 > 1:08:48from a partner.About 70% of young people who come to centrepoint come

1:08:48 > 1:08:51because a relationship with their family has broken down. They are

1:08:51 > 1:08:56looking for somewhere warm and dry to sleep so they a lot of people do

1:08:56 > 1:09:00end up sleeping a sofas for that reason.Dale says although he never

1:09:00 > 1:09:04had to sleep rough, he often came close to it. He has found a home

1:09:04 > 1:09:07with the help of the charity Centrepoint. He is now in this

1:09:07 > 1:09:13second year at university, studying for a degree.

1:09:13 > 1:09:16There is a widening regional divide in access to high-performing

1:09:16 > 1:09:17secondary schools in England.

1:09:17 > 1:09:20The think tank the Education Policy Institute says families living

1:09:20 > 1:09:23in London have a growing chance of living near a good secondary

1:09:23 > 1:09:25school, while people in parts of the north and north-east

1:09:25 > 1:09:28are increasingly unlikely to have such good schools available.

1:09:28 > 1:09:32The Government says it is investing £280 million in disadvantaged areas.

1:09:32 > 1:09:35A baby has been born from an embryo which was frozen nearly

1:09:35 > 1:09:4225 years ago.

1:09:42 > 1:09:45Baby Emma was conceived in October 1992, just a year and half

1:09:45 > 1:09:47after her mum's own birth.

1:09:47 > 1:09:49Health officials believe it is the longest gap

1:09:49 > 1:09:51between conception and birth since IVF began.

1:09:51 > 1:09:52Andrew Plant explains.

1:09:52 > 1:09:55Preparing for Christmas in eastern Tennessee,

1:09:55 > 1:09:58but this year, Tina and Ben Gibson have already got

1:09:58 > 1:09:59the gift they wanted.

1:09:59 > 1:10:03Seriously, in the middle of the night, we'll wake up and just

1:10:03 > 1:10:06look at her, and we're like "Can you believe it?

1:10:06 > 1:10:10Like, she's really ours."

1:10:10 > 1:10:13Emma Gibson, born from an embryo frozen 25 years ago.

1:10:13 > 1:10:16I never thought that I'd be able, you know, to have a pregnancy

1:10:16 > 1:10:23and have a baby.

1:10:23 > 1:10:24Like, oh, my gosh, you know?

1:10:24 > 1:10:27Such a miracle, you know - such a sweet, sweet miracle.

1:10:27 > 1:10:31Mum Tina, is only 26 years old, which means she and her son

1:10:31 > 1:10:33were conceived within a few months of each other.

1:10:33 > 1:10:35She and Ben can't give birth naturally.

1:10:35 > 1:10:38So the National Embryo Donation Centre provided them with an embryo,

1:10:38 > 1:10:43which had been frozen in storage for a quarter of a century.

1:10:43 > 1:10:46If this embryo was born when it was supposed to be,

1:10:46 > 1:10:48like, we could have been best friends.

1:10:48 > 1:10:49We could have been friends.

1:10:49 > 1:10:52And he just thought that was so funny, so that's been

1:10:52 > 1:10:53like, the going joke.

1:10:53 > 1:10:58It's so crazy.

1:10:58 > 1:11:01The embryo was donated 25 years ago, by an anonymous family,

1:11:01 > 1:11:03and kept in carefully controlled conditions.

1:11:03 > 1:11:05Emma Wren won't be genetically related to her parents,

1:11:05 > 1:11:08but has become their first child and, it is thought,

1:11:08 > 1:11:11a record-breaking baby, too.

1:11:11 > 1:11:15You know, I think she was chosen for us.

1:11:15 > 1:11:21She's perfect.

1:11:21 > 1:11:24I don't think we chose her, I think she was chosen for us.

1:11:24 > 1:11:26They're called snow-babies, because of how long

1:11:26 > 1:11:27they're kept frozen.

1:11:27 > 1:11:30Finally, though, she is nice and warm, and delivered in time

1:11:30 > 1:11:32for her very first Christmas.

1:11:32 > 1:11:33Andrew Plant, BBC News.

1:11:33 > 1:11:36The council car park where the body of Richard III was unearthed five

1:11:36 > 1:11:39years ago has been protected as a nationally important archaeological

1:11:39 > 1:11:43site. Historians hope the status will help preserve any buried, as

1:11:43 > 1:11:47permission will now be needed before any work can be done or any changes

1:11:47 > 1:11:50made.

1:11:50 > 1:11:53There is just one story dominating the front pages this morning,

1:11:53 > 1:11:57and that is the news of the sacking of Damian Green from the Cabinet

1:11:57 > 1:12:00after a Government inquiry found he made inaccurate and misleading

1:12:00 > 1:12:02statements over the discovery of pornography on computers

1:12:02 > 1:12:03in his Parliamentary office.

1:12:03 > 1:12:06We can get more on this with our political correspondent Ben

1:12:06 > 1:12:21Wright.

1:12:21 > 1:12:26Very similar front pages, it is all over the front page of the Guardian,

1:12:26 > 1:12:32Green sacked after admitting he lied over pornographic images. This

1:12:32 > 1:12:35statements were inaccurate and misleading. And questions now about

1:12:35 > 1:12:40how big a blow this is to the Prime Minister, as he was a personal

1:12:40 > 1:12:46friend.The front page of the Mirror, Theresa May acts as deputy

1:12:46 > 1:12:51over pornography lies. Speaking to our correspondent, we will talk in a

1:12:51 > 1:12:53moment about the indications for Theresa May and the ongoing

1:12:53 > 1:12:58situation for her. But let's talk about Damian Green. It is a story

1:12:58 > 1:13:03which has been knocking around for some time. He was the Deputy Prime

1:13:03 > 1:13:07Minister. He had told this enquiry, he had told this colleagues, he had

1:13:07 > 1:13:11told the press, that he didn't know

1:13:11 > 1:13:12he had told this colleagues, he had told the press, that he didn't know,

1:13:12 > 1:13:17the police had never told him, about the computer pornography. That is

1:13:17 > 1:13:21what he said and now we know differently.Precisely, Charlie, and

1:13:21 > 1:13:25that is why he has been sacked. Because during this investigation by

1:13:25 > 1:13:29the Cabinet office they discovered that he had made two clearly

1:13:29 > 1:13:34misleading statements in the last few weeks concerning the original

1:13:34 > 1:13:38raid on this office back in 2008, when the Tories were in opposition

1:13:38 > 1:13:42and the police were looking into a leak enquiry and legal pornography

1:13:42 > 1:13:48was found on office computers. He has always said, and said again in

1:13:48 > 1:13:52the last couple of months, that he did not know about that. And he made

1:13:52 > 1:13:56to make statements on the record saying as much in the last few

1:13:56 > 1:14:02weeks. In fact, police lawyers told his lawyers way back in 2008 that

1:14:02 > 1:14:07material had been found on the computers, and he was told by police

1:14:07 > 1:14:11in 2013 that pornography had been found on those computers. And that

1:14:11 > 1:14:16is why this is a clear breach of the ministerial code, and he is judged

1:14:16 > 1:14:20to have made misleading, inaccurate statements. That is why he has gone.

1:14:20 > 1:14:26He has, and still says, always maintained that he never viewed or

1:14:26 > 1:14:30downloaded that pornography himself. It is, given what you described

1:14:30 > 1:14:33here, and his role as Deputy Prime Minister, this is a very significant

1:14:33 > 1:14:38moment. Sometimes it can get lost in the jargon of the ministerial code,

1:14:38 > 1:14:41there is a reason you have a ministerial code. Because people are

1:14:41 > 1:14:45held to account in a different way, in a much more severe, much more

1:14:45 > 1:14:50scrutiny than other people would be, which is why it is so important.He

1:14:50 > 1:14:54has to be unimpeachable. You have to be demonstrably truthful all the

1:14:54 > 1:14:59time, and that is what the code in forces. Now, in her letter, Theresa

1:14:59 > 1:15:02May rights to Damian Green saying that there is absolutely no evidence

1:15:02 > 1:15:06that you have broken the code on any other fronts, that you have always

1:15:06 > 1:15:09upheld the highest standards. But she was given clear evidence at the

1:15:09 > 1:15:13beginning of the week that by making these two statements concerning that

1:15:13 > 1:15:17discovery of pornography back in 2008, he had made misleading

1:15:17 > 1:15:20statements. And that is why, after consulting her own independent

1:15:20 > 1:15:26adviser on the code within Number Ten, she felt she had no option but

1:15:26 > 1:15:31to sack him.

1:15:35 > 1:15:39In relation to the Prime Minister and things like Brexit, moving onto

1:15:39 > 1:15:43the next stage, if this had happened, I don't know, two weeks

1:15:43 > 1:15:48ago, it would have been a different story. It is funny how politics

1:15:48 > 1:15:57work. It is curious. Timing has a bearing on everything.No question.

1:15:57 > 1:16:00You are right, a few weeks ago, before the Brexit hurdle had been

1:16:00 > 1:16:06cleared, hot on the heels of the resignation of two cabinet

1:16:06 > 1:16:13ministers, Michael Fallon and Priti Patel in a short amount of time. I

1:16:13 > 1:16:17think Damien Green, if he had been sacked then, it would have felt like

1:16:17 > 1:16:20a government really losing its footing, beginning to unravel,

1:16:20 > 1:16:25looking like it was in trouble. The fact some time has passed between

1:16:25 > 1:16:30those resignations and this lessens the political impact of it, I think,

1:16:30 > 1:16:37as you said, as we are on the other side of the important meeting in

1:16:37 > 1:16:41Brussels with Britain getting the green light to move forward in the

1:16:41 > 1:16:51talks. Britain has rediscovered stability. Theresa May feels

1:16:51 > 1:16:56reassured. I was listening at the door of her meeting last night.

1:16:56 > 1:17:08There was a jeers and applause for Theresa May from Tory MPs. --

1:17:08 > 1:17:14ferocious cheers. There was the botched election, and it has been a

1:17:14 > 1:17:17difficult year. Six months months on, she looks secure in her job. She

1:17:17 > 1:17:22has the backing of Tory MPs. There is no other rival in sight. She is a

1:17:22 > 1:17:27stronger position than a few months ago. That lessens the impact of this

1:17:27 > 1:17:33departure from the cabinet by Damien Green. Also because he is not a

1:17:33 > 1:17:39particularly high-profile cabinet minister. He is not running a

1:17:39 > 1:17:44department. It is not even clear she needs a quick reshuffle to fill his

1:17:44 > 1:17:47shoes. He was, though, a very important ally to the Prime

1:17:47 > 1:17:51Minister. They have been friends for decades, back to university. She

1:17:51 > 1:17:59does not have many allies. Damien Green was a confidant she could

1:17:59 > 1:18:03share thoughts with and confide in. His departure will be a personal

1:18:03 > 1:18:08blow. It comes on the back of her losing her two closest chiefs of

1:18:08 > 1:18:16staff, they went. She may be feeling she is in a stronger position than a

1:18:16 > 1:18:20few months ago, but she might be feeling more isolated at Number 10

1:18:20 > 1:18:25than at the beginning in terms of the people around her giving her an

1:18:25 > 1:18:33invite, helping to get her through the choppy waters of Brexit.We are

1:18:33 > 1:18:39getting some news from Australia. This incident happened an hour and a

1:18:39 > 1:18:42quarter ago. More than a dozen people have been injured, some

1:18:42 > 1:18:48seriously, after a car collided with pedestrians outside a major train

1:18:48 > 1:18:52station in Melbourne. Police have arrested the car driver. We do not

1:18:52 > 1:18:56know the extent of the injuries at this stage. Paramedics have

1:18:56 > 1:19:01transported 13 people to city hospitals. There is no indication as

1:19:01 > 1:19:06yet this is a terrorist incident. It is not put out by police that way. A

1:19:06 > 1:19:12dozen have been injured after a car collided with pedestrians at a major

1:19:12 > 1:19:20train station in Melbourne.More on that story as soon as we hear it.

1:19:20 > 1:19:25And now the weather. Good morning. This morning, a mild site

1:19:25 > 1:19:26And now the weather. Good morning. This morning, a mild site to the day

1:19:26 > 1:19:31across the board. The exception is part of Scotland with clear skies

1:19:31 > 1:19:35and a cloudy and murky start. Drizzle and patchy fog. That is

1:19:35 > 1:19:40courtesy of this weather front. A warm front, you can see from the red

1:19:40 > 1:19:47semicircles. It is going north-east. It is taking milder air with it. The

1:19:47 > 1:19:52south-west, starting the day with cloudy patchy fog. As we go through

1:19:52 > 1:19:58Colchester, Norwich, we have a weather front producing rain.

1:19:58 > 1:20:01Temperatures at eight o'clock are pretty good. Good afternoon

1:20:01 > 1:20:05temperatures in December. The Midlands, northern England, once

1:20:05 > 1:20:09again, patchy rain and drizzle. Going north to Scotland, clear

1:20:09 > 1:20:14skies. A cold start for you. Sunshine and showers in the far

1:20:14 > 1:20:17north. The far north of Northern Ireland, outbreaks of rain and

1:20:17 > 1:20:23cloud. Fairly cloudy and murky. A weather front edging in from the

1:20:23 > 1:20:27south. The other side of the weather front in Wales, cloud. Murky

1:20:27 > 1:20:32conditions. Patchy fog. A mild start. Through the day, the weather

1:20:32 > 1:20:40front has not moved quickly. If anything, it might go north-east.

1:20:40 > 1:20:44Ahead of that, sunshine. Especially in the east in the shelter of the

1:20:44 > 1:20:48hills. The same in the north-east of England. Further south, you might

1:20:48 > 1:20:52see some breaks in the cloud. Brightness in the shelter of the

1:20:52 > 1:20:57hills. Generally speaking, cloud. Mild. Temperatures in double

1:20:57 > 1:21:00figures. Through the evening and overnight, we have the first weather

1:21:00 > 1:21:05front. More progress going north-east. Another one comes in

1:21:05 > 1:21:08from the west across Wales in south-west England. Decrease will

1:21:08 > 1:21:14pick up. A lot of cloud. -- the breeze. Patchy fog.

1:21:14 > 1:21:22Temperature-wise, again, mild for the time of year. Heading into

1:21:22 > 1:21:26tomorrow, murky conditions and rain in Wales in south-west England

1:21:26 > 1:21:30pushing down to the Channel Islands. High pressure building in. Things

1:21:30 > 1:21:35are settling down. Dry weather around. Once again, cloud. Murky

1:21:35 > 1:21:40conditions in the west. Brightest skies in the shelter of the hills in

1:21:40 > 1:21:44Scotland and north-east England. Temperature-wise, six in Aberdeen,

1:21:44 > 1:21:5212 in Plymouth. Saturday. Are a lot of dry weather, a lot of cloud, a

1:21:52 > 1:21:55weather front in the north-west introducing rain and breezy

1:21:55 > 1:21:59conditions. Look at the temperatures picking up, even in the final for

1:21:59 > 1:22:02the country. That leads us to Sunday, Christmas Eve. A weather

1:22:02 > 1:22:08front going south. Still rather windy, still a lot of cloud. Still

1:22:08 > 1:22:19mild. That is for Christmas. Potential of snow in northern

1:22:19 > 1:22:28Scotland.It is always the mountains in Scotland.Not always, Charlie,

1:22:28 > 1:22:35you little scamp!I love that Carol is the only one who could call you

1:22:35 > 1:22:48that!It is affectionate.It is bang on!Seeing a love one after one

1:22:48 > 1:22:48collapse

1:22:48 > 1:22:51on!Seeing a love one after one collapse would make us panic, but

1:22:51 > 1:22:58this menu what to do.Michael suffered a heart attack and on BBC

1:22:58 > 1:23:07Breakfast days earlier we had examples of how to do the procedure.

1:23:07 > 1:23:12Michael's sun saved this life. We are joined from Derbyshire. How are

1:23:12 > 1:23:22you?Fine, thank you.Thank you.The reason we have you on, we are

1:23:22 > 1:23:34pleased, is you saw us on BBC talking about CPR. We will show you

1:23:34 > 1:23:40the clip.Get in there and dial 999, get someone to die 999, and then

1:23:40 > 1:23:46start doing CPR. 30 compressions in the centre of the chest.And that is

1:23:46 > 1:23:54pretty firm?Very firm. Go down five centimetres. It is hard work.Two

1:23:54 > 1:24:01hands together.The worst thing you can do is do nothing. Don't worry

1:24:01 > 1:24:07about harm. Then leaned the mouth back, close off the nose, and breed

1:24:07 > 1:24:12in so you see the chest come up. Two of those and back to compressions.

1:24:12 > 1:24:21You don't have to do the reading, you can just do the compression. --

1:24:21 > 1:24:39breathing.What happens next?I came through the post office and my dad

1:24:39 > 1:24:46was lifeless. I checked him over and realised his heart was not beating.

1:24:46 > 1:24:53And then just kicked in, what Simon had done previously a few weeks ago.

1:24:53 > 1:25:05And, yeah, well, my dad died twice and I brought him back the third

1:25:05 > 1:25:12time. The third time, paramedics walked in. I stopped when they

1:25:12 > 1:25:19walked in. They told me to keep going as they had to set up the

1:25:19 > 1:25:28defib. They shot him twice, and within 20 minutes, he was at Derby

1:25:28 > 1:25:34Royal.I remember when we did that interview, seeing how family have to

1:25:34 > 1:25:38press down on the chest, and, umm, really commit to that motion, that

1:25:38 > 1:25:46is what you had to do, didn't you? Yeah. Well, the first time, I got

1:25:46 > 1:25:54him back, and then she went, so, the second time, I just gave it a bit

1:25:54 > 1:25:58more effort and I felt his ribs crack. I carried on but he seemed

1:25:58 > 1:26:04stronger and stronger. He came back with more life, basically. He went

1:26:04 > 1:26:13again. I carried on again and, well, he is with us now, are you not?I am

1:26:13 > 1:26:21very thankful. Yes.You must be so grateful he had the sense of mind to

1:26:21 > 1:26:29react so quickly.I think so. If he had not have been, I don't know

1:26:29 > 1:26:35where I would be today. I do not know. He is a faithful son and I

1:26:35 > 1:26:44have always loved him like my daughter as well. They both help me.

1:26:44 > 1:26:51They have done things for us. You know? So, I was pleased he was with

1:26:51 > 1:26:57me that day.How are you feeling now? This happened in the middle of

1:26:57 > 1:27:05October.I am back home. I am feeling much easier. I do get pains

1:27:05 > 1:27:16now and again, you know? But I think it is with the cracked re-buy

1:27:16 > 1:27:27received. -- rib I. I get a bit wary, you know? I have to go back

1:27:27 > 1:27:35with my walking stick for doing things, you see.You are doing well.

1:27:35 > 1:27:40This sends a clear message. Your dad is doing well. It sends a clear

1:27:40 > 1:27:44message about not being afraid to take on CPR and just be aware of it,

1:27:44 > 1:27:51because you never know when it may be needed.Yeah. Umm, just go and do

1:27:51 > 1:27:55your first aid course, basically, because sometimes, it might be your

1:27:55 > 1:27:59own family member, it might be a next door neighbour, it could be

1:27:59 > 1:28:04anybody. If you do not know, you do not know. Get out there and find

1:28:04 > 1:28:11some information about it!I can thank the hospital for doing a

1:28:11 > 1:28:18tremendous job on me. And then I was transferred safely home. They have

1:28:18 > 1:28:27wonderful staff. They are good at their job. All of the care workers

1:28:27 > 1:28:37and that. You know? I am here today to enjoy my life with my family.

1:28:37 > 1:28:42Look, thank you so much for talking to us this morning. Get ready for

1:28:42 > 1:28:49Christmas! Please enjoy! It is lovely to see you at home. Thank you

1:28:49 > 1:28:55for talking to us.An amazing story. As you said, Christmas is going to

1:28:55 > 1:32:18be special in that household. We will be with you in

1:32:23 > 1:32:25Hello, this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie

1:32:25 > 1:32:31Stayt.

1:32:31 > 1:32:34Here is a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News:

1:32:34 > 1:32:37Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked

1:32:37 > 1:32:40from the Cabinet after an inquiry found he had breached

1:32:40 > 1:32:41the ministerial code.

1:32:41 > 1:32:44He was asked to quit after he was found to have made

1:32:44 > 1:32:45inaccurate and misleading statements.

1:32:45 > 1:32:48Mr Green has always denied downloading or viewing pornography,

1:32:48 > 1:32:51but has now admitted he should have been clear that police had spoken

1:32:51 > 1:32:53to him and his lawyers about the material.

1:32:53 > 1:32:56He also apologised for making writer Kate Maltby feel

1:32:56 > 1:32:57uncomfortable in 2015.

1:32:57 > 1:32:59The former Conservative leader Ian Duncan Smith said

1:32:59 > 1:33:10the Prime Minister's actions shows she is a strong leader.

1:33:10 > 1:33:13It says something about her that, even if somebody

1:33:13 > 1:33:17is a close ally, that she's prepared to make a decision and urge him

1:33:17 > 1:33:19to take the decision himself to step down.

1:33:19 > 1:33:23And, in doing that, I have to say that shows that she is not prepared

1:33:23 > 1:33:26to cover for somebody if she feels that they didn't answer

1:33:26 > 1:33:27the questions they should have done.

1:33:27 > 1:33:30Tens of thousands of mothers and babies in England have been

1:33:30 > 1:33:33harmed when receiving maternity care over the last two years.

1:33:33 > 1:33:36Records seen by the BBC News show more than 250,000 incidents

1:33:36 > 1:33:39were reported by hospital staff to the health regulator, NHS

1:33:39 > 1:33:43Improvement.

1:33:43 > 1:33:46Most were minor, but almost a quarter led to the mother

1:33:46 > 1:33:47or baby being harmed.

1:33:47 > 1:33:50The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, says the vast majority of births

1:33:50 > 1:33:53are completely safe, but there is still work to be done.

1:33:53 > 1:33:57Reports from the Australian city of Melbourne say at least 12 people

1:33:57 > 1:34:00have been injured by a car which drove into a crowd of people.

1:34:00 > 1:34:02The driver has been arrested.

1:34:02 > 1:34:04The cause of the collision and the extent of injuries

1:34:04 > 1:34:09is not known.

1:34:09 > 1:34:12The people of Catalonia will elect a new regional parliament today.

1:34:12 > 1:34:14The Spanish government dissolved the previous administration after it

1:34:14 > 1:34:16organised a referendum and declared independence.

1:34:16 > 1:34:18Opinion polls suggest that pro and anti-independence parties

1:34:18 > 1:34:25are running neck-and-neck.

1:34:25 > 1:34:28South Korea says its soldiers have fired around 20 warning shots

1:34:28 > 1:34:30at North Korean troops who had approached the border

1:34:30 > 1:34:31between the two countries.

1:34:31 > 1:34:35The defence ministry in Seoul said the North Koreans appeared to be

1:34:35 > 1:34:37searching for one of their soldiers, who had earlier taken advantage

1:34:37 > 1:34:43of thick fog to cross the border and defect to the South.

1:34:43 > 1:34:46A poll carried out for the BBC suggests that almost one in ten

1:34:46 > 1:34:50young people across the UK have spent at least a month sofa-surfing

1:34:50 > 1:34:52because they have nowhere else to go.

1:34:52 > 1:34:54The most common reasons included family issues and domestic violence.

1:34:54 > 1:34:58The Government says it is providing more than £1 billion of funding

1:34:58 > 1:35:01before 2020 to reduce all forms of homelessness.

1:35:01 > 1:35:04A child's chances of attending a good secondary school in England

1:35:04 > 1:35:06increasingly depends on where they live, according

1:35:06 > 1:35:08to the think-thank the Education Policy Institute.

1:35:08 > 1:35:11Their study says some deprived areas of London have more high-performing

1:35:11 > 1:35:14schools than better-off areas in the north and north-east of England.

1:35:14 > 1:35:17The Department for Education says it is investing in disadvantaged

1:35:17 > 1:35:26areas, to help spread opportunities more evenly across the country.

1:35:26 > 1:35:29A baby has been born from an embryo which was frozen nearly

1:35:29 > 1:35:3225 years ago.

1:35:32 > 1:35:35It was donated by a family in the US.

1:35:35 > 1:35:38Baby Emma was conceived in October 1992, a year and half

1:35:38 > 1:35:39after her mum's own birth.

1:35:39 > 1:35:41Health officials believe it is the longest gap

1:35:41 > 1:35:54between conception and birth since IVF began.

1:35:54 > 1:35:57The council car park in Leicester where the body of Richard III

1:35:57 > 1:36:00was unearthed five years ago has been protected as a nationally

1:36:00 > 1:36:01important archaeological site.

1:36:01 > 1:36:04Historians hope "scheduled monument" status will help preserve any buried

1:36:04 > 1:36:07artefacts, as permission will now be needed before any work can be done

1:36:07 > 1:36:11or changes made.

1:36:11 > 1:36:20Coming up on the programme, Carol has the weather.

1:36:20 > 1:36:26We have had an upset.And upset for Manchester United but euphoria for

1:36:26 > 1:36:31Lee Johnson, the Bristol City manager, after they beat Manchester

1:36:31 > 1:36:35United. And not just a weakened Manchester United side. Although

1:36:35 > 1:36:39there were a lot of changes made from their Premier League side,

1:36:39 > 1:36:40Ibrahimovic was

1:36:56 > 1:37:01Bristol City have had a remarkable turnaround. They were facing

1:37:01 > 1:37:06relegation not long ago at all. They had this incredible losing streak.

1:37:06 > 1:37:10But they have been given the time to turn things around and they have

1:37:10 > 1:37:14managed to work their way up to third in the championship. And they

1:37:14 > 1:37:17beat Manchester United last night. And we were looking at the stats

1:37:17 > 1:37:20about the cost of the squads last night. Ten point something million

1:37:20 > 1:37:27for Bristol City, 400 million for Manchester United, so a real sting

1:37:27 > 1:37:28for Jose Mourinho.

1:37:28 > 1:37:31It was one of the biggest nights in Bristol City's history.

1:37:31 > 1:37:34They are through to the League Cup semi-finals after knocking out

1:37:34 > 1:37:35the holders, Manchester United.

1:37:35 > 1:37:38The Championship side will now play Manchester City for a place

1:37:38 > 1:37:39in the final.

1:37:39 > 1:37:39Alex Gulrajani reports.

1:37:39 > 1:37:43A chance to bend the ear of the 'Special One,' and try

1:37:43 > 1:37:44and find that little edge.

1:37:44 > 1:37:46Jose Mourinho was not feeling very generous.

1:37:46 > 1:37:48Despite ten changes, Ibrahimovic was back,

1:37:48 > 1:37:48alongside Marcus Rashford.

1:37:48 > 1:37:51The hopes for the evening were finding their range,

1:37:51 > 1:37:54as well, but nothing seemed to worry Mourinho for now.

1:37:54 > 1:37:56That soon changed after the break.

1:37:56 > 1:37:59Joe Bryan, a Bristol boy born and bred, did something spectacular.

1:37:59 > 1:38:01The championship side holding their own.

1:38:01 > 1:38:03That man, Zlatan, could not be held back for long.

1:38:03 > 1:38:06United level, and now searching for a winner.

1:38:06 > 1:38:08Romelu Lukaku denied twice, and maybe now Mourinho was nervous.

1:38:08 > 1:38:12And he had good reason to be - Korey Smith with a last-minute

1:38:12 > 1:38:38matchwinner for Bristol City.

1:38:38 > 1:38:44I love the pictures of Lee Johnson celebrating with that ball boy.

1:38:44 > 1:38:46The other semi-final will be a London derby,

1:38:46 > 1:38:48Chelsea against Arsenal, after Chelsea beat Bournemouth 2-1

1:38:48 > 1:38:56thanks to Alvaro Morata's injury-time winner.

1:38:56 > 1:38:58And Celtic returned to winning ways last night, beating

1:38:58 > 1:39:10Patrick Thistle 2-0.

1:39:10 > 1:39:12Swansea City have sacked manager Paul Clement.

1:39:12 > 1:39:15He only joined the club at the turn of the year,

1:39:15 > 1:39:17and helped keep them up last season.

1:39:17 > 1:39:21But he leaves them at the bottom of the table, with just three wins

1:39:21 > 1:39:21in 18 games.

1:39:21 > 1:39:26He is the sixth Premier League manager to be sacked this season.

1:39:26 > 1:39:29Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi is free to play against Saracens

1:39:29 > 1:39:32on Christmas Eve, after his citing for a dangerous tackle

1:39:32 > 1:39:34against Munster at the weekend was dismissed.

1:39:34 > 1:39:37Tuilagi was cited for a high tackle on Munster's Chris Klute

1:39:37 > 1:39:39during their European Cup defeat, but the disciplinary committee

1:39:39 > 1:39:41didn't think it warranted a red card.

1:39:41 > 1:39:44Birmingham will be confirmed as the host city for the 2022

1:39:44 > 1:39:45Commonwealth Games today.

1:39:45 > 1:39:48Their bid has finally been accepted, after guarantees were given

1:39:48 > 1:39:48over the finances.

1:39:48 > 1:39:51And, with an estimated budget of around £750 million,

1:39:51 > 1:39:54it will be the most expensive sports event held in this country

1:39:54 > 1:40:06since London 2012.

1:40:06 > 1:40:12It will be one to look forward to, obviously London 2012 was massive.

1:40:12 > 1:40:17And the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow came straight off the back.

1:40:17 > 1:40:22That ongoing period of enthusiasm from everyone about Olympic sports,

1:40:22 > 1:40:27and now the Commonwealth Games in 2022.And we will talk to someone

1:40:27 > 1:40:28about that later.

1:40:28 > 1:40:30Maternity care in England is in crisis, according

1:40:30 > 1:40:31to the childbirth charity NCT.

1:40:31 > 1:40:34The comments come after an investigation by the BBC found

1:40:34 > 1:40:37tens of thousands of mothers and babies were harmed by potential

1:40:37 > 1:40:39lapses in care over the past two years.

1:40:39 > 1:40:42The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, says his top priority

1:40:42 > 1:40:43was to make services safer.

1:40:43 > 1:40:45So what has been going on?

1:40:45 > 1:40:47We are joined by Professor Alexander Heazell, Royal College

1:40:47 > 1:40:55of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

1:40:55 > 1:41:01Good morning.Good morning.Can you tell us what this report has shown?

1:41:01 > 1:41:06There is quite a breath in terms of harm that has come to patients.

1:41:06 > 1:41:11Absolutely. So what this tells us, the report tells us about the number

1:41:11 > 1:41:15of incidents which have happened, and incidents are things that people

1:41:15 > 1:41:19like myself who work on the front line of the NHS flag up through

1:41:19 > 1:41:23instant reporting systems. Sometimes those things are very small, not

1:41:23 > 1:41:27serious things at all and they can go all the way through to really

1:41:27 > 1:41:30serious things like unexpected deaths. This report shows us that

1:41:30 > 1:41:33actually the majority of these things are not serious. For example,

1:41:33 > 1:41:38if some casenotes don't come to a clinic appointment like they should

1:41:38 > 1:41:42do, that would be an incident. It is something that should have happened

1:41:42 > 1:41:47but didn't, and that doesn't necessarily result in a serious

1:41:47 > 1:41:51outcome. Likewise, an incident might be something more serious, where say

1:41:51 > 1:41:55a mum has had a postpartum haemorrhage or there has been a

1:41:55 > 1:42:00publication with the baby, it doesn't necessarily imply that that

1:42:00 > 1:42:03was an avoidable thing, but it records that that incident has

1:42:03 > 1:42:10happened. So I think it is really important to recognise that less

1:42:10 > 1:42:14than 0.5% of those were really severe levels of harm, so the UK is

1:42:14 > 1:42:19still a safe place to give birth. But this is a way that those of us

1:42:19 > 1:42:23who provide maternity care can record when either problems were

1:42:23 > 1:42:30serious things did occur, and we can learn lessons from them.That is

1:42:30 > 1:42:33interesting, so you would imagine that lessons are learnt on an

1:42:33 > 1:42:36individual basis case by case, but people might straightaway be linking

1:42:36 > 1:42:40this to workload, they might be thinking it is linked to cuts in

1:42:40 > 1:42:45healthcare costs. I mean, what is the bigger picture?I think the

1:42:45 > 1:42:50bigger picture is that we are encouraged now to report incidents

1:42:50 > 1:42:55so that our healthcare providers, the trust is, can see patterns. We

1:42:55 > 1:43:00can see things that are changing so that we can institute changes. A

1:43:00 > 1:43:05good example recently has been, actually, the National maternity

1:43:05 > 1:43:12audit showed the frequency that women got severe perineal tears

1:43:12 > 1:43:17after giving birth, and the frequency of that. And that has led

1:43:17 > 1:43:23to process being put in place by the Royal College of Obstetricians and

1:43:23 > 1:43:26Gynaecologists to reduce that, and without recording those incidents in

1:43:26 > 1:43:30the first place you then can't get on top of it.So can you give us any

1:43:30 > 1:43:34kind of contacts? On the face of it, tens of thousands of mothers and

1:43:34 > 1:43:37babies being harmed by potential lapses is quite a frightening

1:43:37 > 1:43:41figure. Is it getting worse? Are there more cases than they have been

1:43:41 > 1:43:48previously? Is the problem growing, or is this just a moment in time?I

1:43:48 > 1:43:52think the incidents, for example, we are encouraged to report a lot more

1:43:52 > 1:43:55incidents than we have been historically. So actually it is

1:43:55 > 1:44:04quite difficult to compare back over time, and to use that as a gauge of

1:44:04 > 1:44:09how often bad things are happening, or are we just getting a lot better

1:44:09 > 1:44:13at saying when they are happening and making sure that we are learning

1:44:13 > 1:44:18things from them.So as someone who is on the frontline, so to speak,

1:44:18 > 1:44:22you see this at the moment. If you imagine you are thinking about

1:44:22 > 1:44:25getting pregnant and hearing these statistics, you are going to think

1:44:25 > 1:44:32am I going to be OK? You are saying it is a very small number that come

1:44:32 > 1:44:35to extreme harm. On the frontline, Justice and observation, because you

1:44:35 > 1:44:40are the only person on this server who can tell us what is really

1:44:40 > 1:44:43happening, how happy are you, in terms of the care that is being

1:44:43 > 1:44:47offered, in terms of maternity?I think that the care that is being

1:44:47 > 1:44:52offered is usually of a really high standard. That is not to say that

1:44:52 > 1:44:55severe incidents don't happen, it is not to say that actually sometimes

1:44:55 > 1:45:01when near misses happen and things happen OK, and care wasn't delivered

1:45:01 > 1:45:06in the right way, that we can't learn from that. We all want to get

1:45:06 > 1:45:11to a position where the care we are giving is safer and mothers'

1:45:11 > 1:45:15experience of care is as safe as it can be.Does this breakdown in the

1:45:15 > 1:45:19region 's? That is the information people want most. They want to know

1:45:19 > 1:45:24the hospital they are going to has a particular problem. Do we know that?

1:45:24 > 1:45:27Each individual hospital will know its incident, but the National

1:45:27 > 1:45:33breakdown I think comes down to regional levels, and the National

1:45:33 > 1:45:37audit that came out in the last month came down to a hospital level,

1:45:37 > 1:45:41so you can break that down.Thank you for your time this morning.

1:45:46 > 1:45:49The weather. Very mild.

1:45:49 > 1:45:54The weather. Very mild. Unseasonably so. Temperatures at the moment are

1:45:54 > 1:45:58representative of what we would expect in the afternoon at this time

1:45:58 > 1:46:07of year. Still pretty good. What are you laughing it?I was thinking the

1:46:07 > 1:46:16same thing.He is a little scamp. Well said. He certainly is.A mild

1:46:16 > 1:46:22started the day. Seven in Scotland. Nippy. Cloudy. Drizzly outbreaks of

1:46:22 > 1:46:28rain. That is courtesy of these war front. The one with semicircles. --

1:46:28 > 1:46:37warm front. A lot of cloud to start the day. Low cloud add that. Patchy

1:46:37 > 1:46:44fog. This is the arc of rain. Drizzly. Ahead of that, for Scotland

1:46:44 > 1:46:49and the north-east England, looking at a brightening up get with some

1:46:49 > 1:46:56sunshine. That is the case this afternoon. North-west England, if

1:46:56 > 1:47:02you are going Christmas shopping, damp. Scotland, sunshine. Inverness,

1:47:02 > 1:47:08six. The rain advancing this morning across Northern Ireland from the

1:47:08 > 1:47:14south. After a dry start, turning more wet. Wales this afternoon,

1:47:14 > 1:47:19patchy drizzle here and there. Low cloud. The same in south-west

1:47:19 > 1:47:25England. A lot of cloud. Here and there, you could see brightness.

1:47:25 > 1:47:32Transient. The Midlands, East Anglia, south-east England, cloud.

1:47:32 > 1:47:37Through this evening, this is the weather front, picking up speed as

1:47:37 > 1:47:41it goes north-east. Another one comes in from the west. It brings

1:47:41 > 1:47:47more rain through Northern Ireland, Wales, south-west England.

1:47:47 > 1:47:53Temperature-wise, we will be looking damp, but pretty good by the end of

1:47:53 > 1:47:58December. Tomorrow, patchy rain in Wales in south-west England sinking

1:47:58 > 1:48:04into the Channel Islands. A lot of cloud. Murky conditions. Across

1:48:04 > 1:48:08north-east Scotland, north-east England, this is where we will see

1:48:08 > 1:48:12the lion's share of sunshine. Temperature-wise, six in Aberdeen, a

1:48:12 > 1:48:19high of 12 towards Cardiff. Saturday, dry weather around. A fair

1:48:19 > 1:48:25bit of cloud. Some bright breaks. A weather front coming from the

1:48:25 > 1:48:30north-west. Introducing wet and windy conditions. Then the

1:48:30 > 1:48:36temperatures go back up again.Where did the 14 go?It has come back

1:48:36 > 1:48:42down. Only by one degree! It is a moving picture!Temperatures go up

1:48:42 > 1:48:49and down.I was just watching closely, that is all. Thank you. We

1:48:49 > 1:48:58are talking about toys this morning. Toys R Us

1:48:58 > 1:49:03are talking about toys this morning. Toys R Us.It is make or break for

1:49:03 > 1:49:07Toys R Us. They have a meeting with investors to decide whether they

1:49:07 > 1:49:12will get what is known as a CVA, a company voluntary agreement. The

1:49:12 > 1:49:17idea is they will get a lifeline. If they do not, it could mean the

1:49:17 > 1:49:18closure of all of the stores

1:49:18 > 1:49:19they do not, it could mean the closure of all of the stores in the

1:49:19 > 1:49:23UK. The company is proposing to close a number of them, 500 jobs at

1:49:23 > 1:49:27risk, while it tries to get the business back on track. Why is

1:49:27 > 1:49:36Christmas top proving a gift for toy retailers?-- not. You have had a

1:49:36 > 1:49:41good run of late. But it is tough out there.It is. The last six weeks

1:49:41 > 1:49:48have been tough. Trending 9% down. People are leaving it late. These

1:49:48 > 1:49:52are the last few days before Christmas. People are queueing up.

1:49:52 > 1:49:56You have been doing this a long time. It has been a tough year. Put

1:49:56 > 1:50:06this in context.It has been trending up for 36 years. This year

1:50:06 > 1:50:17has been later and later. We were saying just one more week, just one

1:50:17 > 1:50:25more week. The takings are similar to five years back.Why is Christmas

1:50:25 > 1:50:33so important? It is especially vital for you over the year.Without

1:50:33 > 1:50:39Christmas, the toy industry is not viable. It is all about Christmas.

1:50:39 > 1:50:49This week, Christmas is 8% of our turnover. It is vital.Good luck. A

1:50:49 > 1:51:03busy week. Let me into juicy to Julie. -- introduce you to. It is

1:51:03 > 1:51:09crunch day. This could determine whether they stay or go.Today is

1:51:09 > 1:51:12the CVA vote on the company voluntary arrangement, an

1:51:12 > 1:51:19arrangement with creditors where they can continue under the

1:51:19 > 1:51:26stewardship of an insolvency commissioner. If they do not get it,

1:51:26 > 1:51:30they could possibly have to look at administration, another form of

1:51:30 > 1:51:36insolvency, but something that changes the status of the company.

1:51:36 > 1:51:39Then they decide what happened to the future of the company.

1:51:39 > 1:51:45Ultimately, what Toys R Us are proposing is closing 27 stores with

1:51:45 > 1:51:51the loss of 500 jobs, and the alternative is that all of them shut

1:51:51 > 1:51:59down.Administration is not a shutdown. 26 stores, I think there

1:51:59 > 1:52:05will be more under administration. There could be many more jobs lost

1:52:05 > 1:52:09in the administration.A really tough time before Christmas. Thank

1:52:09 > 1:52:16you. There you have it. An important day in terms of the agreement. They

1:52:16 > 1:52:20have said, look, they will continue trading for Christmas so you can go

1:52:20 > 1:52:25in over the new year, but the questions about the future of the

1:52:25 > 1:52:30store. It all the lies and that decision, and we will get it later

1:52:30 > 1:52:35today. More from me later. -- all relies. We have been looking at the

1:52:35 > 1:52:39benefits of singing all week. The UK is considered among the greatest

1:52:39 > 1:52:44places in the world for quite a music. We have been to Bristol ahead

1:52:44 > 1:52:49of a busy week.

1:52:49 > 1:52:50One, two, three.

1:52:50 > 1:52:50One...

1:52:50 > 1:52:53It's just after 8am on a crisp but cold winter morning,

1:52:53 > 1:52:55and as children have here for hundreds of years,

1:52:55 > 1:52:58Bristol Cathedral's young choresters are attending their first rehearsal

1:52:58 > 1:53:07of the day.

1:53:07 > 1:53:10Sometimes I have to, like, cancel plans to make choir,

1:53:10 > 1:53:12but my friends are understanding of it.

1:53:12 > 1:53:14If I have choir, I plan something around it.

1:53:14 > 1:53:18You get a real opportunity to do this and you go on tour

1:53:18 > 1:53:19to different countries.

1:53:19 > 1:53:26It's really amazing.

1:53:26 > 1:53:28It's quite time-consuming, but you are always with friends

1:53:28 > 1:53:30and I really like it.

1:53:30 > 1:53:31There's a really nice atmosphere.

1:53:31 > 1:53:38And, yeah, it's really nice.

1:53:38 > 1:53:40The choresters attend lessons along with everyone else.

1:53:40 > 1:53:43They sing before and after school, and in the cathedral

1:53:43 > 1:53:44on alternate weekends.

1:53:44 > 1:53:51It's a busy life.

1:53:51 > 1:53:54It's a wonderful opportunity to switch off from modern life

1:53:54 > 1:53:57a little bit, to go into a past world, to have high choral

1:53:57 > 1:53:58expectations put on them.

1:53:58 > 1:54:01Adults and children are in the choir and everyone operates

1:54:01 > 1:54:02to the same level.

1:54:02 > 1:54:04We use the same vocabulary in all lessons.

1:54:04 > 1:54:07#O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant...

1:54:07 > 1:54:08In between rehearsals for the Royal Opera,

1:54:08 > 1:54:11the composer and singer, Roderick Williams, tells us

1:54:11 > 1:54:23why our choirs still lead around the globe.

1:54:23 > 1:54:25Around the world, exciting things happen.

1:54:25 > 1:54:29In Britain, one of the great things is we look at that and say I can see

1:54:29 > 1:54:33what you are doing and we can do that as well.

1:54:33 > 1:54:36Perhaps not do the same degree, but we can turn our hand to film

1:54:36 > 1:54:38music, gospel, something more traditional.

1:54:38 > 1:54:42We can do a bit of everything.

1:54:42 > 1:54:43SPEAKING FRENCH.

1:54:43 > 1:54:46Back at Bristol Cathedral Choir School, which is a state academy,

1:54:46 > 1:54:49they encourage as many students to sing here as possible.

1:54:49 > 1:54:51We have hundreds of people singing at this school.

1:54:51 > 1:54:53When people sing together, they breathe together,

1:54:53 > 1:54:55sing together, put amazing performances together.

1:54:55 > 1:54:57We see significant results in the wider community

1:54:57 > 1:55:04and in the character of young people.

1:55:04 > 1:55:07And it takes some character and commitment to singing

1:55:07 > 1:55:08while juggling sports, lessons, clubs, friends,

1:55:08 > 1:55:10and, of course, being a teenager.

1:55:10 > 1:55:13But the Mr Williams says the choresters are learning valuable

1:55:13 > 1:55:22lessons for life.

1:55:22 > 1:55:25In these days where people are retreating into their phones,

1:55:25 > 1:55:28the idea of sharing something that is live and acoustic,

1:55:28 > 1:55:31that does not need plugging in, that is what they keep more

1:55:31 > 1:55:34than anything else.

1:55:34 > 1:55:37They are paid, but their reward really comes in the joy they receive

1:55:37 > 1:55:39and give from creating such a beautiful noise.

1:55:39 > 1:55:54John Maguire, BBC News, Bristol.

1:55:54 > 1:56:00Did you enjoy that?It sounds beautiful.You like singing. We will

1:56:00 > 1:56:10show it off tomorrow.Yes. We all sang. We will show everyone how it

1:56:10 > 1:59:33sounded on Christmas Day. Something to look forward

1:59:33 > 1:59:34Now, though, it's back to Breakfast.

1:59:34 > 1:59:35Bye for now.

2:00:06 > 2:00:08Hello this is Breakfast, with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt.

2:00:08 > 2:00:10Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been

2:00:10 > 2:00:13sacked from the cabinet.

2:00:13 > 2:00:15An inquiry found he'd made misleading statements

2:00:15 > 2:00:24about pornography found on a computer in his office.

2:00:32 > 2:00:35Good morning it's Thursday the 21st of December.

2:00:35 > 2:00:38Also this morning:

2:00:38 > 2:00:40More than 60,000 mothers and babies have been harmed in incidents

2:00:40 > 2:00:44in maternity units in England over the past two years.

2:00:44 > 2:00:47The future of Toys R Us and thousands of jobs

2:00:47 > 2:00:49could be decided today - we'll be looking at the state

2:00:49 > 2:00:51of the toy market.

2:00:51 > 2:00:53In sport - what a story for Korey.

2:00:53 > 2:00:56Korey Smith scores the injury time winner for Bristol City that knocks

2:00:56 > 2:01:04the holders Manchester United out of the League Cup.

2:01:04 > 2:01:07Carol is in the studio with the weather.

2:01:07 > 2:01:14Good morning, it is a cloudy and drizzly start to the morning today.

2:01:14 > 2:01:17In Scotland you have something brighter and cooler with some

2:01:17 > 2:01:21sunshine and also showers in the north. I will have more details in

2:01:21 > 2:01:2515 minutes.

2:01:25 > 2:01:26Good morning.

2:01:26 > 2:01:27First our main story.

2:01:27 > 2:01:29Damian Green, one of Theresa May's closest allies, has been sacked

2:01:29 > 2:01:32from the cabinet after an inquiry found he had breached

2:01:32 > 2:01:33the ministerial code.

2:01:33 > 2:01:36He was "asked to quit" after he was found to have made "inaccurate

2:01:36 > 2:01:37and misleading" statements.

2:01:37 > 2:01:40He had previously denied being told by Police about pornography found

2:01:40 > 2:01:42on his office computer in 2008.

2:01:42 > 2:01:45Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports.

2:01:45 > 2:01:48Side-by-side yesterday, the Prime Minister and her close

2:01:48 > 2:01:50ally Damian Green, her deputy in all but name.

2:01:50 > 2:01:52But, hours after they sat together in the Commons,

2:01:52 > 2:01:56he was sacked.

2:01:56 > 2:01:59It stems back to this police raid on Mr Green's Parliamentary offices

2:01:59 > 2:02:00nine years ago.

2:02:00 > 2:02:04Officers said legal pornography was found on computers.

2:02:04 > 2:02:10Mr Green has always and still denies that it was his, but he also said

2:02:10 > 2:02:16he hadn't been told about it, and that wasn't right.

2:02:16 > 2:02:19He has now admitted police lawyers talked to his lawyers in 2008,

2:02:19 > 2:02:22and police raised it with him in 2013, and he said...

2:02:32 > 2:02:35It is that breach of the ministerial code that cost him his job.

2:02:35 > 2:02:37There were also claims from this Tory activist about inappropriate

2:02:37 > 2:02:38behaviour by Mr Green.

2:02:38 > 2:02:41Her account was said to be plausible, but there was no clear

2:02:41 > 2:02:43conclusion about what had happened.

2:02:43 > 2:02:45Mr Green apologised for making her feel uncomfortable,

2:02:45 > 2:02:48but denied wrongdoing.

2:02:48 > 2:02:51In a letter to Mr Green, Theresa May said she was extremely

2:02:51 > 2:02:56sad at having to write regarding his resignation.

2:02:56 > 2:02:58She has lost a long-term friend and confidant from her Cabinet

2:02:58 > 2:03:04table, but some said her decision showed strength.

2:03:04 > 2:03:06I don't think it's damaging to the Prime Minister at all,

2:03:06 > 2:03:08really, because she's made the decision.

2:03:08 > 2:03:10You know, it says something about her that, even if somebody

2:03:10 > 2:03:14is a close ally, that she's prepared to make a decision and urge him

2:03:14 > 2:03:16to take the decision himself to step down.

2:03:16 > 2:03:20And, in doing that, I have to say that shows that she is not prepared

2:03:20 > 2:03:23to cover for somebody if she feels that they didn't answer

2:03:23 > 2:03:25the questions they should have done.

2:03:25 > 2:03:29Nonetheless, the Prime Minister will no doubt feel the loss of such

2:03:29 > 2:03:35a trusted ally from her top team.

2:03:35 > 2:03:45Our political correspondent Ben Wright is in Westminister.

2:03:47 > 2:03:53This is a serious moment in British politics, the Deputy Prime Minister

2:03:53 > 2:03:57being sacked and out of office, but also, what does this mean for

2:03:57 > 2:04:03Theresa May?Yes, Damian Green was effectively the Deputy Prime

2:04:03 > 2:04:09Minister. In normal times, that would be a big blow for the Prime

2:04:09 > 2:04:15Minister and this is the third cabinet minister to go in three

2:04:15 > 2:04:21months, following Michael Fallon and Priti Patel. This is a sense that

2:04:21 > 2:04:27Theresa May's government is starting to wobble. But the political impact

2:04:27 > 2:04:31will be quite limited. It is clear Damian Green broke the ministerial

2:04:31 > 2:04:34code, I don't think you will have Tory MPs running in front of the

2:04:34 > 2:04:39cameras today saying there had been a big injustice. Everybody will be

2:04:39 > 2:04:44saying he was right to go because of this. We are heading into Christmas

2:04:44 > 2:04:48so the story will die away quickly. Brexiter will reassert itself as the

2:04:48 > 2:05:00dominant story of this government. Politically, the impact is limited.

2:05:00 > 2:05:03But personally it could be significant. Damian Green was one of

2:05:03 > 2:05:05the Prime Minister's oldest and closest friends in politics. They

2:05:05 > 2:05:09had known each other for years. He wasn't high profile, but was key in

2:05:09 > 2:05:12her government, sat on committees and an ally and confidant to the

2:05:12 > 2:05:18Prime Minister and she ends the year having lost him. The loss to her

2:05:18 > 2:05:22will be quite great.For the moment, thank you.

2:05:22 > 2:05:25Tens of thousands of mothers and babies in England have been

2:05:25 > 2:05:28harmed when receiving maternity care over the last two years.

2:05:28 > 2:05:31More than a quarter of a million incidents were reported by hospital

2:05:31 > 2:05:33staff to the health regulator NHS Improvement.

2:05:33 > 2:05:36Most were minor but almost a quarter of the incidents led to the mother

2:05:36 > 2:05:37or baby being harmed.

2:05:37 > 2:05:39Our health correspondent Adina Campbell reports.

2:05:39 > 2:05:41Wendy and Ryan Aguis from East Sussex lost their baby

2:05:41 > 2:05:43daughter three years ago.

2:05:43 > 2:05:45She was stillborn.

2:05:45 > 2:05:48An NHS investigation found some maternity guidelines

2:05:48 > 2:05:53were not followed.

2:05:53 > 2:05:56Leaving the hospital with a box of things,

2:05:56 > 2:05:58instead of your baby, was just...

2:05:58 > 2:06:01Having to leave her there, going home and leaving your baby

2:06:01 > 2:06:05there - you just can't comprehend it.

2:06:05 > 2:06:08It was here at this hospital where Wendy was cared for.

2:06:08 > 2:06:11Despite telling staff that she had concerns about her baby's movements,

2:06:11 > 2:06:16she was sent home on two different occasions.

2:06:16 > 2:06:21Figures seen by the BBC show there were more than 275,000

2:06:21 > 2:06:24maternity care incidents reported voluntarily by concerned staff

2:06:24 > 2:06:28in England over the last two years.

2:06:28 > 2:06:32The problems included women being told to stay at home,

2:06:32 > 2:06:38babies being left brain-damaged, and potentially avoidable deaths.

2:06:38 > 2:06:41Just over three quarters of the incidents reported did not

2:06:41 > 2:06:45cause any harm to mother or baby, but more than 60,000 did,

2:06:45 > 2:06:48something the Government says it is hoping to reduce under

2:06:48 > 2:06:53new plans announced last month.

2:06:53 > 2:06:56We want to be the safest and best maternity system in the world.

2:06:56 > 2:07:00The vast majority of births are completely safe.

2:07:00 > 2:07:03But what's going wrong at the moment is that,

2:07:03 > 2:07:06when we have a tragedy, we're not learning from it nearly

2:07:06 > 2:07:08as effectively as we should.

2:07:08 > 2:07:10East Sussex health care Trust says they have apologised to Wendy

2:07:10 > 2:07:13and Ryan, and admitted some aspects of their service did not

2:07:13 > 2:07:23meet their usual standards.

2:07:24 > 2:07:26The people of Catalonia will elect a new regional parliament today.

2:07:26 > 2:07:28The Spanish government dissolved the previous administration after it

2:07:28 > 2:07:32organised a referendum and declared independence.

2:07:32 > 2:07:36Let's get more on this from our Europe correspondent Gavin Lee,

2:07:41 > 2:07:44A child's chances of attending a good secondary school in England

2:07:44 > 2:07:45increasingly depends on where they live,

2:07:45 > 2:07:47according to the think-thank, the Education Policy Institute.

2:07:47 > 2:07:50Their study says some deprived areas of London have more high-performing

2:07:50 > 2:07:52schools than better-off areas in the north and north-east

2:07:52 > 2:07:53of the country.

2:07:53 > 2:07:55The government says it's investing £280 million

2:07:55 > 2:07:58in disadvantage areas, as Richard Lister reports.

2:07:58 > 2:08:01It is no secret that where you live can have a big impact

2:08:01 > 2:08:03on your life chances.

2:08:03 > 2:08:06But this new report says regional differences in education

2:08:06 > 2:08:08are getting bigger.

2:08:08 > 2:08:11The new study looks at secondary schools ranked in the top third

2:08:11 > 2:08:17for how much progress their pupils make before they leave.

2:08:17 > 2:08:20It found that of the top 20 such schools, 16 are in London,

2:08:20 > 2:08:23while high-performing schools in the north and the Midlands

2:08:23 > 2:08:25are getting fewer, with children in Blackpool and Hartlepool having

2:08:25 > 2:08:29the worst access to high-performing schools.

2:08:29 > 2:08:32One of the biggest issues is retaining high-quality teachers

2:08:32 > 2:08:35in schools with problems.

2:08:35 > 2:08:41It is easier for better schools to recruit better teachers.

2:08:41 > 2:08:43London has been particularly successful in doing that,

2:08:43 > 2:08:46and that has contributed to its success over the last few

2:08:46 > 2:08:48years, whereas parts of the north have been less successful

2:08:48 > 2:08:51in doing that.

2:08:51 > 2:08:53The Education Secretary, here visiting her old school

2:08:53 > 2:08:55in Rotherham, has already announced more focused investment in areas

2:08:55 > 2:09:00with particular problems.

2:09:00 > 2:09:03But the Education Policy Institute says some of the places

2:09:03 > 2:09:05with the fewest high-performing schools aren't getting

2:09:05 > 2:09:09the help they need.

2:09:09 > 2:09:12It says the Government must find new ways to bring good schools

2:09:12 > 2:09:22to all communities.

2:09:22 > 2:09:28Police in the Australian city of Melbourne have arrested

2:09:28 > 2:09:31the driver of a car which struck at least 15 pedestrians

2:09:31 > 2:09:35outside a railway station.

2:09:35 > 2:09:39They have arrested a second person in connection with this incident.

2:09:39 > 2:09:40Emergency services are at the scene.

2:09:40 > 2:09:44The cause of the collision and the extent of injuries are not known.

2:09:44 > 2:09:50It is thought up to 15 people have been taken to hospital and the

2:09:50 > 2:09:56second person has been arrested. They do think this is deliberate, we

2:09:56 > 2:10:04will speak to our correspondence in Melbourne later.

2:10:04 > 2:10:06A baby has been born from an embryo which was frozen

2:10:06 > 2:10:08nearly 25 years ago.

2:10:08 > 2:10:11Baby Emma was concevied in October 1992 - just a year and half

2:10:11 > 2:10:12after her mum's own birth.

2:10:12 > 2:10:14Health officials believe it is the longest gap

2:10:14 > 2:10:15between conception and birth since IVF began.

2:10:15 > 2:10:17Andrew Plant explains.

2:10:17 > 2:10:19Preparing for Christmas in eastern Tennessee,

2:10:19 > 2:10:21but this year, Tina and Ben Gibson have already got

2:10:21 > 2:10:24the gift they wanted.

2:10:24 > 2:10:27Seriously, in the middle of the night, we'll wake up and just

2:10:27 > 2:10:30look at her, and we're like "Can you believe it?

2:10:30 > 2:10:31Like, she's really ours."

2:10:31 > 2:10:34Emma Wren Gibson, born from an embryo frozen 25 years ago.

2:10:34 > 2:10:37I never thought that I'd be able, you know, to have a pregnancy

2:10:37 > 2:10:39and to have a baby.

2:10:39 > 2:10:40Like, oh, my gosh, you know?

2:10:40 > 2:10:43Such a miracle, you know - such a sweet, sweet miracle.

2:10:43 > 2:10:50Mum Tina, is only 26 years old, which means she and her son

2:10:50 > 2:10:51This

2:10:51 > 2:10:55Mum Tina, is only 26 years old, which means she and her daughter

2:10:55 > 2:10:57were conceived within a few months of each other.

2:10:57 > 2:11:00She and Ben can't give birth naturally, so the National Embryo

2:11:00 > 2:11:02Donation Centre provided them with an embryo,

2:11:02 > 2:11:04which had been in frozen storage for a quarter of a century.

2:11:04 > 2:11:07If this embryo was born when it was supposed to be,

2:11:07 > 2:11:09like, we could have been best friends.

2:11:09 > 2:11:10We could have been friends.

2:11:10 > 2:11:13And he just thought that was so funny, so that's been,

2:11:13 > 2:11:14like, the going joke.

2:11:14 > 2:11:16It's just so crazy.

2:11:16 > 2:11:18The embryo was donated 25 years ago, by an anonymous family,

2:11:18 > 2:11:20and kept in carefully controlled conditions.

2:11:20 > 2:11:23Emma Wren won't be genetically related to her parents,

2:11:23 > 2:11:26but has become their first child and, it is thought,

2:11:26 > 2:11:30a record-breaking baby, too.

2:11:30 > 2:11:32You know, I think she was chosen for us.

2:11:32 > 2:11:33She's perfect.

2:11:33 > 2:11:36I don't think we chose her, I think she was chosen for us.

2:11:36 > 2:11:38They're called snow-babies, because of how long

2:11:38 > 2:11:39they're kept frozen.

2:11:39 > 2:11:41Finally, though, she is nice and warm, and delivered in time

2:11:41 > 2:11:44for her very first Christmas.

2:11:44 > 2:11:54Andrew Plant, BBC News.

2:11:58 > 2:12:04all of the front pages today taking a look at Damian Green.The Daily

2:12:04 > 2:12:09Telegraph saying Damian Green sacked as minister. Forced to resign.

2:12:09 > 2:12:14Effectively the Deputy Prime Minister forced to resign. The Daily

2:12:14 > 2:12:18Mail says, what a sad way to go, after Damian Green had failed to

2:12:18 > 2:12:22tell the truth about pornography found on his computer. The front

2:12:22 > 2:12:28page of the Guardian, Damian Green sacked after he admitted he lied

2:12:28 > 2:12:35over pornographic images. Let's go to the senior editor of the

2:12:35 > 2:12:40Economist in London. Good morning. I wonder, concentrating on what Damian

2:12:40 > 2:12:47Green did wrong, can you give us a sense of scale of what he did wrong?

2:12:47 > 2:12:54The main thing he did wrong was is what often goes wrong in these messy