23/12/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Tina Daheley and Jon Kay.

The FBI says it's foiled

a Christmas Day terror attack

on San Francisco.

A former US marine has been arrested

charged with planning a suicide

mission at Pier 39,

one of the city's most

famous tourist attractions.

Good morning.

It's Saturday 23rd December.

Also this morning:

A man's due in court charged

with the murder of a woman stabbed

to death at the supermarket

where she worked.

China and Russia join

the United States in approving fresh

UN sanctions on North Korea.

In sport, there's a festive

feast at the Emirates.

Three goals in five minutes

for Arsenal, but it's not enough

as Liverpool strike back to earn

a draw in a cracker to kick off

the Christmas fixtures.

One of the world's rarest

pigs, caught on camera.

Scientists thought the Javan Warty

had been driven to extinction.

We'll hear how it's

now been rediscovered.

And Matt has the weather.

Morning. Good morning, and other

incredibly mild state across the UK,

fairly greater most of you but some

cold air is getting closer. Will it

arrive in time to Christmas Day?

Your full forecast is coming up.

Thank you, match.

Good morning.

First our main story -

A former US marine has been arrested

on suspicion of planning a terror

attack in San Francisco over

Christmas.

Everitt Aaron Jameson, 25,

was held after allegedly discussing

the plot with undercover FBI agents.

Our North America correspondent

Peter Boews reports.

-- Bowes.

One of San Francisco's most popular

tourist attractions, care 39, packed

with shops and restaurants. The FBI

says Everitt Aaron Jameson plans to

attack the area on Christmas Day.

Using explosives, he wanted to

funnel the crowd into a location

where he could inflict casualties.

The alleged plot came to light after

someone reported him for suspicious

activity on Facebook. He liked post

sympathetic with the so-called

Islamic State group and he voiced

support for the Halloween attack in

New York City when the lorry was

driven on to a crowded bike path,

killing eight people. And a mass

shooting in San Bernardino in 2015.

His home was raided on Wednesday,

investigators found several weapons

and ammunition and they will. Agents

believe the attack was to be a

suicide mission. There was a note

that referred to Donald Trump's

recent announcement that the US

would recognise Jerusalem as the

capital of Israel.

It is really

unbelievable, it is hard to fathom

right now. I really don't know what

to say. How to feel, really. It is

shocking, you know?

It is my son. In

a statement the US Attorney General

Jeff Sessions said:

the FBI says the public and comfort

the scope whenever -- public in San

Francisco were never in danger.

This

time the FBI got their man but the

concern is how many could there be

out there that are not on the FBI's

all local law enforcement's radar?

If that is what keeps us up at

night. The former Marine has

appeared in court, through his

lawyer he denied the allegations. If

convicted he faces a fine and a

maximum sentence of 20 years in

prison.

A man is due in court this morning

charged with murdering a woman

as she worked in a supermarket.

Neville Hord, who is 44,

will appear before York Magistrates

over the death of Jodie

Willsher in Skipton.

Our North of England correspondent

Judith Moritz reports.

Malcolm and Jodie looking forward to

a family Christmas. Now he is left

grieving, paying tribute to her as a

doting mother and loving wife. Jodie

Willsher was getting ready for the

holidays are wearing her festive

jumper while serving supermarket

shoppers. She had worked at the

Skipton Aldi since it opened two

years ago. The store was full when

she was stabbed. Trolleys were

abandoned as fearful shoppers

scattered while several staff and

customers rushed to help. There was

chaos inside the shop as people

realised what had happened. And as

Jodie Blade dying, the first person

to intervene was a man in his 60s

who grappled with the attacker for a

long time as he tried to restrain

him. Despite efforts to save her,

she died on the shop floor. The

supermarket became a crime scene.

Forensics staff and police officers

taking evidence away. The shop was

closed with customers coming instead

to leave tributes for the popular

member of staff.

Whenever I shopped

in all the she has always been

friendly, pleasant, you know, a

lovely, lovely girl, and it is just

what a shock. You know, in absolute

shock.

The community here is small

and tight. Jodie Willsher worked at

its heart, well-known and well

liked. A 44-year-old man has been

charged with her murder.

The United Nations Security Council

has passed severe new sanctions

against North Korea,

aimed at cutting oil supplies vital

for Pyongyang's missile

and nuclear programs.

The sanctions proposed by the US

also forced North Korea residents

working overseas to return home.

This is the 10th Security Council

resolution imposing sanctions

on North Korea.

None before it has convinced

Kim Jong-un to abandon his nuclear

programme, but diplomats hope this

resolution will bite hard enough

to change the regime's calculus -

or at the very least,

-- restrict its ability to carry

out additional nuclear

and missile tests.

President Trump specifically asked

President Xi of China to cut oil

to Pyongyang, believing it

would be a pivotal step.

Mr Trump celebrated the adoption

of new sanctions, tweeting

"The world wants peace, not death".

Today's resolution achieves an 89%

total reduction of the Kim regime's

ability to import gasoline,

diesel and other refined products,

and should the North Korean regime

conduct another nuclear or ballistic

missile test, this resolution

commits the Security Council to take

even further action.

The resolution also requires

countries to expel North Koreans

working abroad within 24 months

in an effort to cut off an important

source of revenue.

15 North Korean officials

in the ministry which manages

logistics for the army will now be

added to the UN blacklist.

Nada Tawfik reporting

from New York.

The Government is starting a 12-week

consultation on which key A roads

in England will benefit

from new funding.

As our business correspondent

Jonty Bloom reports,

the roads will be eligible for money

under the New Roads Fund.

Many A roads around the country are

maintained by local councils, even

when they are important parts of the

nation's infrastructure. But the

government is aiming to change that

by providing money for improvements

in the new central fund. That will

be paid for with money raised from

vehicle excise duty, improved

thousands of miles of A roads and

provide up to £100 million to each

major new scheme. Such as road

junctions, dual carriageway.

And

safety. This is typically all about

bypasses for small towns where they

have a road coming through with

heavy lorries and gets congested

with lots of pollution, everyone

says there needs to be a bypass,

this is about making sure they can

be delivered. It is important for

regional connections and new housing

but important to make life better

for the people who live on the

roads.

The plan is both riding

central government money Central

regions of England will be able to

remove bottlenecks and boost

economic growth. Critics say the

money would be better spent

maintaining the current road network

and improving public transport.

A tropical storm in the Philippines

has triggered mudslides and flooding

that has killed almost 90 people,

while dozens more are missing,

according to police.

The casualties were all on the main

southern island of Mindanao.

Power and communication lines

to the area have been cut,

complicating rescue efforts.

Scientists from Chester Zoo have

captured the first ever footage

of one of the world's

rarest pigs in the wild.

Conservationists thought

the Javan Warty Pig might have

already been driven to extinction.

However, hidden cameras have

revealed that small populations

of the animals still survive deep

in the Indonesian rainforest,

as our science correspondent

Victoria Gill found out.

The Javan Warty pig, described by

some as the world's ugliest pig. The

last surveys of the remaining

catches of their habitat showed such

dramatic declines in these animals

the research is thought the species

may now be extinct.

This is a really

good place, I think.

But from that

-- when his motion activated cameras

in the forest go into a pleasant

surprise.

We had no idea if they

were left. We were looking through

the video we saw some forest

something, and then we had the pigs.

This is the first footage of the

captured of Javan Warty pig in the

wild.

It was really fantastic and

really good footage, like, the

photos showed and it was really

good.

This small wildlife Centre in

west Java has just a few of the

animals in captive breeding

programs. They are incredibly shy

which is why they are so hard to

find but this captive population

that has been bred here as an

emergency population could be used

to repopulate the wild if something

goes wrong.

At this point we are

happy that they are still there so

there is still hope that if we can

design some effective conservation

projects then maybe we can keep

them.

But much of the forest

wildlife he habitat is disappearing

rapidly. So while this particular

creatures might not be the most

photogenic residents, scientists

hope that rediscovering them may

help in the fight to protect their

home. More on those later. They look

like wild boar. Sort of!

He's performed with Lulu,

Victoria Pendleton, and Anastacia.

What, the pigs? No!

Now, Brendan Cole can add

The Duchess of Cornwall to his list

of dance partners.

The Duchess also welcomed judge

Craig Revel-Horwood and former

Strictly contestants Judy Murray,

Robbie Savage, and Colin Jackson

to Buckingham Palace

as they filmed a section

of the The Strictly Come

Dancing Christmas special.

Brendan later said that Camilla

definitely "knew her way around

the dancefloor".

The Strictly Come Dancing Christmas

special is on Christmas Day

at 6:30pm on BBC1.

It is quite something go into

Buckingham Palace. 6:11 AM on

Saturday, let's look at the papers.

They are pretty varied this morning,

I think some of the papers are

struggling to find news before

Christmas. The Telegraph, the

picture there of Boris Johnson in

red Square after his visit to the

Kremlin yesterday, the top story is

a claim from some business leaders

who backed the Brexit campaign and

funded the campaign that HM RC is

now taking its revenge by trying to

get out of them. The front page of

the song, national outrage. Fudge

has been axed by a Christmas gift

box. Cadbury's owners lasted to

secretly dropping the traditional

Fudge bar from, I should say it is

the medium-sized selection box. If

that what it has been replaced with?

And Oreo. No! Yes! The dairy milk

Oreo. It is a biscuit, that is not a

chocolate! Christmas ruined,

according to the sun. The Times, and

other piece of Boris Johnson, will

talk about this little later, what

they are calling a rude revolution,

we will hear about plans may be

trying to increase the upgrade some

A roads in Britain but part of the

plan, the government is set to

consider paying per mile, charging

us per mile, for our driving. Can

are you these pictures because they

are cute. It isn't the front page

but look at that. Give us a couple.

I bet they do. They took those in

June and they kept them until

Christmas. Now the front page of the

mail, make them in Britain! Burgundy

is being replaced, EU burgundy, by

British blue. Now there are calls to

the UK passports to be made here.

Apparently tendering laws mean a new

passport could end up designed in

Germany or France, one of the

company is going for it though is

British. I see you pull the bears

and I raise you got back jingle

balls! It is B-A-W-L-S, children

screaming while meeting Christmas.

Children are miserable. Oh well.

Maybe that is because they checked

their selection boxes and founder

and Oreo instead of Fudge. Matt, you

miserable today? I am never

miserable! I have also brought you a

festive backdrop as well! To try and

put, well, it is a disappointing

weather story for this time of the

year, not quite festive, the run-up

to Christmas, it was meant to stay

mild and cloudy and windy at times

with some rain in north. Things

could be about to turn a bit colder

on Christmas Day. What is happening

outside at the moment, yes, only a

few days away and six AM it is 13

degrees in parts of Aberdeenshire.

Five Celsius in and around the Vale

of York but there are some cloud

breaks, light winds to start the

day, some sunshine there. Sometimes

run across eastern Scotland, which

is in Shetland, with places dry,

misty over the hills and England and

Wales have some hill fog if you are

travelling to the pre-Christmas

Christmas run-up but elsewhere it

isn't a bad day by and large if you

are on the move, most places will be

dry, fairly grey, some fog in and

around the Channel Islands, misty

over the moors of south-west England

and Wales but is of Wales and

anywhere from Cheshire down towards

Gloucs, some sunshine breaking

through the cloud. Temperatures 12

or 13 degrees. To the east are high

ground in northern England, Ireland,

some brighter skies and south-east,

Tony Gaby the north later,

conditions moving into the Highlands

and Islands through the afternoon at

Scotland, dry, it could get to 15

degrees around the Murray first.

Scotland, dry, it could get to 15

degrees around the Murray first. The

reigning Western Scotland inches

towards Northern Ireland. Maybe

northern England tonight. A wet end

to the night for many parts of

northern and western Scotland, but

notice temperatures again to take us

into Christmas Eve. We shouldn't be

seen values like this by day, never

mind by night. A weather front is

wriggling around across Scotland and

Northern Ireland as we go through

Christmas Eve. Here we are likely to

have wet weather if you are on the

move. Windy at times in the north,

but always dry for England and Wales

and with more of a breeze tomorrow

we have the cloud breaking up.

Sunshine the east of high ground. A

few spots of rain on the Welsh

hills. Again another mild state

Christmas Eve. Cabbages in double

figures quite widely. A couple of

spots getting up to 13- 14 Celsius.

What of the big day? Rain still

there in southern Scotland,

initially south-eastern Island.

Turns wet in the north of England

and into Wales through Christmas

Day, but cold air pushes into

Scotland and Northern Ireland later.

By the skies and a couple of wintry

flurries. Take care across high

ground of Scotland. That's just

about it. In the Boxing Day and the

middle part of next week, more wet

weather spreads across the country,

but at least it will be a little bit

cooler at times, which may just

but at least it will be a little bit

cooler at times, which may just add

to the Christmas feel.

Thank you! Not so keen on rain on

Christmas Day!

It to be rubbish, isn't it? At least

mild is better than freezing.

A "national crisis",

that's how a committee of MPs

described the growing problem

of homlessness earlier this week.

Official figures estimate

there are over 4,000 rough sleepers

across the UK.

But the homeless charity Crisis

estimates it's double that.

With rising numbers in cities

like Birmingham, Manchester

and Brighton, the problem

remains worst in London

and Breakfast's John Maguire

is there for us this morning.

What more can you tell us about

where you will?

This is a crisis

centre that will be open throughout

the Christmas period when people

come in. They will be met by

volunteers. Good morning. They are

registered and given a wristband

with a number on it and that enables

them to access a lot of the services

here. I'll just show you some of the

things happening in this location.

There are beds up there's and also

access to the intranet, barbers,

legal advice, housing advice and

crucially medical advice. There will

be a dentist, an optician and TV

screening -- TB screening for

tuberculosis, important for people

sleeping in the cold and damp

conditions. There's a cafe and of

the people here, good morning, are

the volunteers. There are many

volunteers here to help people of

the next couple of days. Lots to it.

Go into sport to John from Crisis.

Good morning to the both of you.

John, with in talking about this

research. We hear a lot about rough

sleeping and people sometimes

discuss how figures are compiled,

but you have researched this morning

that shows the problem of rough

sleepers, hidden rough sleepers, is

more acute than we previously

thought? That's right. We'll wanted

to do research that pins down what

the numbers really our and on top of

more than 9000 people rough sleeping

with got another 9000 who are kind

of hidden rough sleepers, sleeping

in tents and cars and buses, and

perhaps we haven't focused on these

people before. What's most wore it

is we think this number will grow in

the next ten years if we don't

change our approach.

Why do you

think it will grow? The government

says it is investing a lot of money

into it.

We know why it's growing,

lack of social housing, lack of

access and affordability of housing

in the private sector, welfare

system not supporting people to get

on with their lives and get

somewhere to live and get a job. And

the fact that the homelessness act

hasn't yet been implemented.

So we

know why it's happening. Tell us a

little bit about your experiences of

recent years. You found yourself

rough sleeping, essentially?

I did,

essentially. I guess I would be part

of the hidden homelessness issue you

are referring to. I was sleeping on

a train for five years from charring

cross out into Kent. The train would

go up and down and I would sleep on

the train. One of the problems that

came from that is that outreach

teams couldn't reach because I was

sleeping during the day and

predominantly outreach teams go to

find people who are sleeping out at

night.

How did you get yourself out

of that situation?

A lot of that was

to do with Crisis. They take a

multifaceted approach and look at

housing, support, food. And I think

that was the start of something that

enabled me to think the warmth,

shelter and food that Crisis

provided enabled me to have a bit of

a space to reflect my life lightly

differently had actually start to

connect with organisations that

weren't making referrals for me

because I was living homeless during

the day.

Thank you both. We will

talk more to you later. The

government has said tackling

homelessness is a conflict issue

with no single solution. It is

committed to halving rough sleeping

by 2022, eliminating it by 2027,

spending £1 billion up to 2020 and

introducing the homelessness act

that was mentioned a few moments

ago. From us, in central London,

back to you. Thank you. More from

John throughout the programme. Lots

of sports to come in the days ahead.

It all got off to a rather exciting

start! What a start.

For Arsenal fans it wasn't even like

the nightmare before Christmas!

Fifth against four, very close in

the league, but then it all sparked

into fighting back and it ended 3-3.

More to come, hopefully.

It was the first time Arsenal

had played Liverpool

on a Friday night since

the since the title decider,

back in 1989.

And although the stakes weren't

as high, it was just as dramatic,

as Drew Savage reports.

Much had been made of the history of

this Friday night fixture. The only

thing up for grabs tonight, fourth

place in the Premier league. But

these days that fourth Champions

League spot is the all-important.

Philip the team you was determined

to grab it. Arsenal were booed off

at half-time and Jurgen Klopp's site

should have had more. Two up in the

second half. And the atmosphere at

the Emirates changed. First Alexis

Sanchez rose to the occasion. No

celebrations at this stage. Arsenal

were all business. Less than three

minutes later, this. Liverpool keep

--'s keeper embarrassed. Now Arsenal

celebrated. For the home fans it was

to get better, in less than five.

Great entertainment for the mutuals

but both teams will be frustrated by

the mistakes they made. The exposed

Petr Chech couldn't keep up. Regrets

on both sides. A 3-3 draw was not a

help to either manager's European

hopes, but it will be a Friday night

to remember for all concerned.

Overall, we didn't give up and the

spirit in the team is absolutely

fantastic. Down that front I'm quite

proud of the players, who responded

and showed the strong mentality.

Usually if we get a point that's an

OK result. For most teams in the

world is pretty unlikely to get it

and we deserved more, we had only

one. But that's how it is. Yeah, it

feels not too good at the moment.

Graeme Murty says he wants to make

himself irreplaceable at Rangers,

after being given the job of manager

until the end of the season.

They've won six games in nine

since he took temporary charge two

months ago, when Pedro

Caixinha was sacked.

Murty said: "If I'm good at it

and stand out hopefully I can get

to do it for longer".

Rangers are away to Kilmarnock

today and the big one

is between the top two.

Celtic are five points clear

at the top and take on Aberdeen.

And the visitors are

confident they can

like Hearts did last week

also cause an upset.

There are couple of players that can

do that. We have a squad we will

call upon and we will make sure we

give our best chance to win the

game. We've done a lot of work and

we will make sure we use that

confidence that the boys have got

from the last two performances and

go into the game to get the win.

It was a record-breaking Brae in the

cricket -- day.

He made it in just

35 balls against Sri Lanka. The same

feat as David Miller. A record high

Twenty20 school for India as well.

Michael van Gerwen is in fine form

in the dark. If Wilson was hoping

that Mike would crumble he would be

disappointed, as Michael van Gerwen

won it 4-0.

Sixteen-times champion Phil

'the Power' Taylor plays tonight.

This is his last championship

before he retires.

And so to look back on his

record-breaking career,

he joined me here in Salford

with a few of his celebrity friends

and fans for a bit of

festive fun on the ochey.

As he prepared for his last shot at

the world title, Phil Taylor came to

our studios in Salford fulsome

practice, with some of his famous

friends and fans. Like Robbie

Williams' dad, used to the

limelight, often appearing on stage

with his rockstar on.

I'm walking

along, singing a song, walking in a

Winter Wonderland...

He was the

first to accept the three darts

challenge. Just as he was about to

sing because he was winning, Phil

showed us why he has won 16 titles.

Yeah!

I'm at big dart fans. One of

the best men in the world is my

mate, you can't get better than

that.

How did you win?

We come from

the same place.

For me personally it

was dedication, dedication. I didn't

spend Friday night clubbing, I

stayed in, didn't go anywhere, I led

a very boring life, and it paid off.

After giving up his job in a pottery

industry and winning a first world

title in 1990, he went on to become

so well known he was even given a

role on Coronation Street as Disco

Dave. Not that his influence rubbed

off too much. 34. I'm going!

17!

What was it, 16? I remember you

telling the story. Some of his

trophies are these big!

Like the one

from America which Phil decided to

leave behind.

I've looked at the

bushes outside and thought, that

will do. Go into the bushes, put the

trophy inside a bush.

You never saw

it again?

No, I don't want to.

He

was inspiring all ages, from the

pride of Britain award winners to

regular for's Sam Fenech, but not

even when I is summed up the power

of four paws could we beat the

greatest of all time. Are you

retiring from the diets?

What are

you going to do? I'm going to be a

professional dog water! -- walker!

You've got no chance! No chance!

It's great because what they do is

they run up and they chuck an arrow

at around thing and it goes on and

beat the example you and they chuck

another arrow at around thing and

they drink more beer.

If still

doesn't look impressive is because

the sport has changed completely

now, too much for his liking.

It's

all changed now. We would all be

friends and have a drink together

and socialise with each other. Now

it's like walking into a doctor's

surgery and they are all serious, so

I'm really looking forward. There

won't be any tears, not at all. No,

I can't wait, to be honest. 30 years

is a long time!

I love that photo. It was when he

won his first title and ended as an

outsider. It was in 1980.

That such a shame. It won't be the

same without him in diets.

-- darts.

He says the professionals put a lot

of pressure on now. It's not the

same.

I think he will come back. He will

be on to talking about his career,

but I think he will be back

professionally. -- on tour.

You will be back, would you?

I hope so!

The headlines coming up.

Hello this is Breakfast,

with Tina Daheley and Jon Kay.

Good morning.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

A former US marine has been arrested

by the FBI on suspicion of planning

a terror attack in San

Francisco on Christmas Day.

Everitt Aaron Jameson was allegedly

planning to target the city's Pier

39 area, which is

popular with tourists.

The FBI says he had written a letter

claiming the attack and making

reference to President Trump's

recent decision to designate

Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

A man is due in court this morning

charged with murdering

a mother of one as she

worked in a supermarket.

Neville Hord, who is 44,

is accused of stabbing 30-year-old

Jodie Willsher to death

at an Aldi store in Skipton,

North Yorkshire, on Thursday.

He'll appear before

York Magistrates today.

The United Nations Security Council

has passed tough new sanctions

against North Korea aimed at cutting

oil supplies vital for its missile

and nuclear programs.

China and Russia voted in favour

of the resolution proposed

by the United States' delegation.

2017 has seen North Korea conduct

a series of ballistic missile

launches and enter into a war

of words with President Trump.

Today is the 10th time, this council

stand united against the North

Korean regime that rejects the

pursuit of peace. The Kim regime

continues to defy the resolutions of

this council, the norms of civilised

behaviour, and the patience of the

international community. There are

arrogant and hostility to anything

productive has set a country on a

destructive path.

The chimes of Big Ben will ring out

over London again from nine o'clock

this morning until New Year's Day.

The bongs were silenced this summer

while restoration work takes place

on Parliament's Elizabeth Tower.

The repairs on the 157-year-old

clock aren't due to be completed

until 2021.

If you have missed them, we will

take those live at 9am on breakfast

so staging further. -- stay tuned

for that.

For a city so used to producing

films about alien invasions,

it's maybe not surprising that

when people in Los Angeles saw

a mysterious light in the sky last

night, talk swiftly turned

to visitors from another world.

Thousands of people living

in California posted photos

and videos online of this strange

white light that appeared overhead.

But, look at it! It looks like a

UFO!

However, disappointingly for sci-fi

fans, the UFO was swiftly claimed

by SpaceX as one of their Falcon 9

rockets that had taken off

from Vandenberg Air Force Base,

150 miles north of LA.

It is that sort of explosion...

Metal.

The jets or whatever it is coming

out the back. 6:33 AM, the headlines

for you at seven AM but we will

read, take stock, it was -- because

2017 has been a pretty eventful year

in the world of politics.

That could be the understatement

of the decade!

And as we move towards

Brexit, obviously,

things are showing no

signs of letting up.

Here's Ellie Price to take a look

back at a momentous 12 months

in Westminster and beyond.

hold onto your hats!

The headlines this morning,

Theresa May's decision to call

the general election...

It was with reluctance,

I decided the country needs...

The Prime Minister spelt

out her strategic goals.

History has been made.

Article 50 of been triggered.

Brexit negotiations in a shambles.

2017 was shaped by what happened

when a pretty influential person

went for a nice long walk

in the countryside and has a little

think about things.

That was, of course, Theresa May,

who went on a hike with her husband

in April and came back thinking it

would be a jolly good idea to call

a general election.

The decision made on that little

stroll defined the year.

But plenty happened

in the months running up to it.

The 2017 journey started,

as we all expected, with Brexit.

Are we going to get a detailed

plan, Prime Minister?

Only a few days shy of the EU

referendum's six-month anniversary,

Theresa May made a speech

at Lancaster House.

It became known as the

Lancaster House Speech.

Setting out a blueprint of her main

objectives for Brexit negotiations.

As a priority, we will pursue a bold

and ambitious free trade agreement

with the European Union.

The days of Britain making vast

contributions to the European Union

every year will end.

No deal for Britain

is better than a bad deal.

The PM confirmed Britain would come

out of the EU single market

but there would be a transition

period from EU membership

to whatever is agreed after.

And she said parliament would be

given a vote on a final deal.

But it was Parliament getting a say

on the start of negotiating that

deal which was the big

news a few days later.

Gina Miller!

The government got taken to court

for wanting to trigger Article 50.

The mechanism to leave the EU.

Without having to ask MPs first.

By a majority of 8-3,

the Supreme Court rules

that the government cannot trigger

Article 50 without an act

of Parliament

authorising it to do so.

No Prime Minister, no

government, can expect to be

unanswerable or unchallenged.

Parliament alone is sovereign!

Parliament was given that very

vote a few weeks later.

The Ayes to the right, 494.

The Noes to the left, 122.

An historic vote today.

And it got through by a large

majority at every turn.

It has carried out the will

of the British people.

The stage was set, then,

and on the 29th of March,

Article 50 was triggered.

This is an historic moment

from which there can be

no turning back.

And all it took was a short letter

delivered by hand to Brussels,

signed by Theresa May.

Though you might not know it

from that signature.

So here it is.

Six pages.

We already miss you.

Thank you and goodbye.

Now it was time for

the difficult bit to start -

negotiating the terms.

We were all doggedly

talking about Brexit,

but other things happened, too.

The Conservative Party

candidate - 13,748.

In February, the Tories won

the Copeland by-election -

a first such win by a government

party over its opposition

in 35 years.

In a place that had

been Labour since 1935.

On the same night, Labour held

onto their Stoke-on-Trent seat.

You going to resign?

Seeing off a challenge from Ukip.

It was a message that

hope triumphs over fear.

There were elections, too,

for the Northern Ireland assembly.

Sinn Fein came within one seat

of drawing level with the DUP

after a bitterly divisive campaign.

Just a few weeks later, the death

of Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness,

Northern Ireland's former

Deputy First Minister.

Martin McGuinness

was a freedom fighter.

Even now, there's still no

sign of a breakthrough

so that

power-sharing can be

restored at Stormont.

Saving for a rainy day, Chancellor?

Back in London, Philip Hammond gave

the first of his budgets this year.

Theresa May was really

looking forward to it.

The Chancellor said it

would prepare Britain for Brexit.

It provides a strong and stable

platform for those negotiations.

Strong and stable -

the phrase we would all

get bored of.

On the 22nd of March,

a terrorist ploughed

through pedestrians

on Westminster Bridge,

killing four and injuring 50.

He then stabbed to death

a policeman just outside

the Houses of Parliament.

He was later shot dead.

The first three months of the year

in Westminster and beyond had

already provided plenty to fill

the airwaves and newspapers.

Then, a surprise announcement

no-one saw coming.

I've just chaired a meeting

of the Cabinet, where we agreed

the government should

call a general election

to be held on the 8th of June.

Every vote for the Conservatives

will make me stronger

when I negotiate for Britain

with the prime ministers,

president and chancellors

the European Union.

Every vote for the Conservatives

will mean we can stick to our plan

for a stronger Britain,

and take the right long-term

decisions for a more secure future.

General election?

You're joking!

Not another one!

Go on, go on.

The path ahead seemed pretty clear

for Theresa May and the Tories

could almost smell victory.

Or so they thought.

The local elections saw

the Conservatives make big gains

across the country

at the expense of Ukip,

whose vote collapsed,

and Labour.

We've had very disappointing results

in other parts of the country.

Yes, we have to go out

there in the next four weeks and get

the message out.

There were recriminations, too,

among some Labour MPs.

It's a pretty disastrous picture.

It's simply not good enough

for a party that has been

in opposition

for seven years, that is heading

towards a general election in five

weeks, to not be picking up seats

and not making forward progress.

But so much progress was made

on Labour's election manifesto

that it was finished five days early

and promptly leaked to the press.

When it was formally lodged,

it called for the renationalisation

of the water companies and an end

to tuition fees.

This is a programme of hope.

The Tory campaign by

contrast is built on one

word - fear.

The Tories, meanwhile,

unveiled a document that included

scrapping free school

lunches for children

in England and a shake-up

of the social care system.

With confidence in ourselves

and a unity of purpose

in our country, let us

all go forward together.

APPLAUSE.

But then Theresa May

seemed to lose her way.

The direction unclear.

In what were a series

of unforced errors.

There was that u-turn

on social care.

You've just announced a significant

change to what was offered

in your manifesto, saying

there will now be the possibility

of a cap on social care.

That was not in the plans

announced just four days ago.

Our social care system will collapse

unless we address this problem.

Nothing has changed.

Nothing has changed.

Then she refused to take part in any

head-to-head televised debate.

The Prime Minister

is not here tonight.

She can't be bothered,

so why should you?

In fact, Bake Off

is on BBC Two next.

It wasn't Bake Off, but she did go

on TV to talk about the bins.

And it all seemed a bit cringing.

There is give and take in every

marriage isn't there?

Of course.

I get to decide when I take the bins

out, not if I take the bins out.

There are boy jobs

and girl jobs, you see.

And then there was that weird time

the Prime Minister was asked

what was the naughtiest thing

she ever done as a child.

She said it was to run

through a field of wheat.

Come on, Ed, come on, Ed.

# The hills are alive

with the sound of music #.

Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn

was positively frolicking out

on the campaign trail,

greeted like a rock star

at his well attended rallies.

I never was into politics

because I never thought politicians

were, like, normal people.

Until now.

You won't say whether you

think having gay sex

is a sin.

Elsewhere, the Lib Dem leader

Tim Farron, a devoted Christian,

kept being asked the same question.

I don't believe gay sex is a sin.

I take the view that

as a political leader,

my job is not to pontificate

on theological matters.

He provided one of the best

catchphrases of the campaign.

Smell my spaniel, maybe.

Not everyone liked it.

Meanwhile, the SNP seems pretty cool

about the challenge ahead.

Winning those 56 seats

will be a huge challenge

for Nicola Sturgeon's party.

Ruth Davidson has predicted

we've hit peak that,

the only way is down.

This party...

Hello!

Ukip's manifesto was memorable

for its proposed ban on burqas

in public but to lead a Paul Nuttall

had trouble with his own memory.

I think it's absolutely right,

what we need to do...

I'm not Natalie!

Thank you.

Women's names.

He's done it twice now.

Have I?

I'm sorry about that.

Politics was overtaken by tragedy

not once, but twice.

23 people, including the attacker,

were killed after a bomb went off

at a pop concert at

the Manchester Arena.

This was among the worst terrorist

incidents we've ever experienced

in the United Kingdom.

Less than two weeks later and five

days before the election,

a second terror attack,

this time on London Bridge.

Eight people killed and the three

attackers shot dead by police.

On both occasions, the campaign

was suspended for several days.

What we're saying is the

Conservatives are the largest party.

Note, they don't have an overall

majority at this stage.

Overall, the Conservatives lost 12

seats, creating a hung parliament.

They were the biggest party

but didn't have a majority.

Surprising even themselves,

Labour gained an extra 30 seats.

The SNP lost 21, including that

of their former leader Alex Salmond.

Former Lib Dem leader

Nick Clegg also lost his seat.

Theresa May stayed

on as PM, but only just.

I'm sorry for all those candidates

and hard-working party workers

who weren't successful.

With their majority got a vocal

number of Tory MPs thought it stank.

And Theresa May would have

to clean up the mess.

That's what she promised to do.

But still there was pressure

on her to resign, including

from a former close colleague who,

by the way, had got a new job

as editor of the London

Evening Standard.

Theresa May is a dead woman walking,

it's how long she will remain

on death row.

Tim Farron did decide it was time

to go, even though the Lib Dems had

regained an extra eight seats.

To be a political leader

especially of a progressive,

liberal party, in 2017,

and to live as a committed

Christian, to hold faithfully

to the Bible's teaching has felt

impossible for me.

Watching on was the man

who took over, Vince Cable.

Not all, Paul Andrew.

Paul Nuttall, who failed to win

a seat, also resigned.

For us, though the tide may

be out at the moment,

at this present moment in time,

I am convinced it will return.

Deal or no Deal Mrs Foster?

To get enough MPs to pass

any laws, Theresa May

the Democratic Unionist Party's ten

MPs from Northern Ireland onside.

This discussion is still going on.

Norman, what can you tell us?

You keep looking over your shoulder

in case she comes out the door,

what can you tell us so far?

Tadhg actually I was looking

at a much more interesting fight

about to erupt between Palmerston

and Larry, who is lying flat

on the street, a serious clash that

could be about to unfold,

I don't know whether

I should intervene.

I don't know whether

I should intervene.

Don't worry, there was no fight,

they came to an arrangement,

as did the DUP and government,

18 days after the election.

Today we've reached an outcome

that is good for the United Kingdom.

Then remember the guy

being treated like a rock star?

Jeremy Corbyn went to Glastonbury.

Plenty did I just.

Plenty to digest

and it was only June.

The big issue of Brexit

hadn't gone away,

time for the EU and UK

to get stuck in.

A hugely important decision

was taken by the remaining 27

countries in the EU

at the end of April.

To start with negotiators would only

talk about three subjects,

the border between Ireland

and the Republic of Ireland,

the right of EU citizens living

in Britain and vice versa and how

much Britain owed the EU,

the so-called divorce bill.

Only when sufficient progress

was made in those areas could talks

move on to the nitty-gritty

of trade deals.

We all want a close and strong

future relationship with the UK.

There's absolutely no

question about it.

Before discussing the future,

we have to sort out our past.

The very next day, a German

newspaper published details

of a meeting between the EU mission

president Jean-Claude Juncker

and the PM.

It alleged the meeting had been

frosty and Jean-Claude Juncker had

left ten times more sceptical.

Theresa May dismissed

the report as gossip.

By June, it was time

to get on with it.

I'm here in Brussels today,

like Michel, to be in the next phase

of our work to build a new comedy

band special partnership

with the European Union.

But that wouldn't be easy.

TRANSLATION:

The UK decided to leave

the EU, not the other way round,

and the consequences

are substantial.

We come bearing gifts.

Enter Jeremy Corbyn

to mix things up a bit.

He met the EU chief negotiator

to discuss Labour's Brexit position,

which may not have been as obvious

as his football allegiance.

A football shirt!

Barnier?

You are now playing for Arsenal.

Over the summer, the British

government published a series

of papers clarify its position

on a range of issues.

By the end of August the EU seem

to suggest it wasn't enough.

To be honest, I'm concerned.

Time passes quickly.

With the clock ticking Theresa May

made another speech,

this time in Florence.

She said there should be

a transition period of two years

after Brexit, and that

Britain was prepared to pay

a financial settlement.

People, businesses and public

services should only have to plan

for one set of changes

in the relationship

between the UK and EU.

The UK will honour commitments we've

made during the period

of our membership.

Let us be creative as well as

practical in designing an ambitious

economic partnership that respect

the freedoms and principles

of the EU and the wishes

of the British people.

A month later, another dinner,

another kiss with Jean-Claude

Juncker.

Another German newspaper report.

This time it said the PM had begged

for help when they met,

and she seemed tired

and politically weak.

He denied the account.

She was in good shape,

she was not tired, she was fighting.

As is her duty.

Everything for me was OK.

She didn't plead with you for help?

No, no.

That's not the style of British

prime ministers.

Still, by December, no decision

on whether sufficient progress

had been made.

A deal was so near.

Theresa May was even in Brussels.

But the sticking point was the DUP,

who said they weren't happy

with proposals for Northern Ireland.

We will not accept any form

of regulatory diverging switch

-- divergence which separates

Northern Ireland economically

or politically

from the rest of the UK.

A dramatic intervention

and back to stalemate.

But after more late-night talks,

finally, a breakthrough.

For now at least.

Sufficient progress has now been

made on the terms of the divorce.

This was a difficult negotiation

for the European Union

as well as for the United Kingdom.

You can say that again, Jean-Claude.

And that's what it was all about.

I very much welcome the prospect

of moving ahead to the next phase.

Will you be celebrating, Mr Barnier?

Cracking open the champagne?

I'm still working.

The chief negotiator wasn't

quite jumping for joy.

The ultimate arbiter.

Put it in your pipe and smoke it.

Amazing isn't it British by Minister

has to fly through the middle

of the night to meet some unelected

bureaucrats who pat her on the head

and say, you've met all our demands,

made sufficient progress,

we can move onto the next stage.

The whole thing is a humiliation.

There is little doubt it did come

as some relief to the PM.

Even if less than one week later...

The ayes to the right,

309, noes to the left -

305.

She was defeated in the Commons

when rebel Tory and opposition MPs

forced the government to give

a legal guarantee of a vote

on the final Brexit deal.

Overall, a year of Brexit

negotiations ended with agreement.

At least the first bit.

Is Theresa May's goal of a full

agreement by March 2019 realistic?

Still realistic and, of course,

dramatically difficult.

With the election over and Brexit

dominating the whole of 2017,

it was a long slog.

Keeping control of her own party has

been an uphill struggle for the PM.

Not least when you compare it

to Jeremy Corbyn's fortunes.

They may have lost the election

but Labour's awesome party

conference felt

more like a victory parade.

It wasn't like this last year.

Thank you so much for that wonderful

welcome and this incredible feeling

and spirit and unity and love

and affection we have here.

The run-up to the Tory conference

was less than harmonious,

Boris Johnson hit the headlines

for an article he wrote

outlining his own red lines

in Brexit negotiations.

They seemed to go further than that

of the Prime Minister

and what was agreed by the Cabinet.

Once again there were whispers

about his leadership aspirations.

A little taste of Italy.

As there were about this man,

Jacob Rees-Mogg, though he told me

he wants Theresa May

to stay on as leader.

For ever and ever, eternity,

even eternity is too short

to extol her.

You don't fancy it yourself?

No, of course not, I want Mrs May

to go on for ever and ever.

In the end it was Theresa May's

conference speech that went

on and on.

It started with a prankster.

Prepare for a run on the ground.

Boris, job done, given her the P45.

Of course it had nothing to do

with the Foreign Secretary.

I was about to talk about somebody

I would like to give a P45 to,

that's Jeremy Corbyn.

And then came the frog

in the throat.

Excuse me!

The deficit is back

to pre-crisis levels...

Sounds as if my voice

isn't on track.

And, as if it couldn't get any

worse, even the scenery

started falling down.

The PM put on a brave face

and was supported by her husband

and, in the coming days,

after some whisperings

about her leadership, her Cabinet.

By the end of October,

scandal once again hit Westminster,

this time about sexual harassment.

Very quickly it became clear it

wasn't party political,

with various MPs implicated.

And then a Cabinet Minister.

In recent days allegations have been

made about MPs' conduct.

Including my own.

Many of these allegations

have been false.

But I realise that in the past I may

have fallen below the high standards

that we require of the Armed Forces.

That I have the honour to represent.

I have reflected now in my position

in government and I am therefore

resigning as Defence Secretary.

One week later, jetting back this

time from an official ministerial

trip, Priti Patel, the International

Development Secretary,

was called into Downing Street

and also resigned.

This time over unauthorised meetings

she'd had with Israeli officials

while on holiday.

In her resignation letter,

Ms Patel said her actions fell below

the standards of

transparency and openness.

Losing two Cabinet ministers in a

week was unlucky. Losing a third

following month was awkward,

especially as it was one of the

reason may's mates. Damian Green was

sacked after what he supposedly knew

about pornography on his computer.

It wasn't just troublesome

friends at home.

In January the PM and Donald Trump

had got on so well when she went

to Washington they even held hands.

Mrs May invited the President over

for a state visit...at some stage.

That didn't go down well

with some people back home.

So when the President retweeted some

unsubstantiated posts from a British

far right group called

Britain first, it was,

at best, a bit awkward.

Theresa May said he

was wrong to do it.

He told her, don't focus on me.

The year didn't end

as friendly as it had started,

but is the president

still coming over?

An invitation for a state visit has

been extended and has been accepted.

We have yet to set a date.

Thank you.

Something to look

forward to next year.

So much going on, little sign

of things slowing down.

Politics aside, there was one

more important moment

in Westminster this year.

The silencing of an old friend.

Big Ben stopped bonging.

Apart from Remembrance Sunday

and New Year's Eve, the bell

will stay silent as

repair works go on...

..for four years.

Even the Prime Minister is a bit

upset about it as our other MPs.

It means something.

It really does.

These are the chimes of freedom

and they have to be respected.

We've got to keep them bonging.

It really has been all

about timing this year.

An election and all the fallout.

Brexit and the ongoing negotiations,

scandals at Westminster.

It's been quite a year.

Next year couldn't possibly be

so frantic, could it?

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Tina Daheley and Jon Kay.

The FBI says it's foiled

a Christmas Day terror attack

in San Francisco.

A former US marine has been

arrested, accused of planning

a suicide mission at Pier 39,

one of the city's most

famous tourist attractions.

Good morning.

It's Saturday 23rd December.

Also this morning:

A man's due in court in York,

charged with the murder of a woman

who was stabbed to death

at the supermarket where she worked.

China and Russia join

the United States in approving fresh

UN sanctions on North Korea.

Good morning, like to Christmas

homeless shelter in central London

as research points to the fact there

are far more people sleeping rough

than was previously thought.

In sport, there's a festive

feast at the Emirates.

Three goals in five minutes

for Arsenal, but it's not enough

as Liverpool strike back to earn

a draw in a cracker to kick off

the Christmas fixtures.

One of the world's rarest

pigs, caught on camera -

scientists thought the Javan Warty

had been driven to extinction.

We'll hear how it's

now been rediscovered.

And Matt has the weather.

Good morning, another incredibly

mild state across the UK, fairly

grey for many at the risk colder air

getting closer. While it arrive in

time for Christmas Day? Your full

forecast is coming up. We look

forward to finding out, thank you,

Matt.

Good morning.

First, our main story -

a former US marine has been arrested

on suspicion of planning a terror

attack in San Francisco

on Christmas Day.

Everitt Aaron Jameson was held

after allegedly discussing the plot

with undercover FBI agents.

Our North America correspondent

Peter Bowes reports.

One of San Francisco's most popular

tourist attractions,

Pier 39, packed with

shops and restaurants.

The FBI says Everitt Jameson planned

to attack the area on Christmas Day.

Using explosives, he wanted

to funnel the crowds into a location

where he could inflict casualties.

The alleged plot came to light

after someone reported Jameson

for suspicious activity on Facebook.

He liked posts sympathetic

with the so-called Islamic State

group, and he voiced support

for the Halloween attack

in New York City when a lorry

was driven on to a crowded bike

path, killing eight people,

and the mass shooting

in San Bernardino in 2015.

Jameson's home was

raided on Wednesday.

Investigators found several

weapons and ammunition,

and a will.

Agents believe the attack

was to be a suicide mission.

And there was a note that referred

to Donald Trump's recent

announcement that the US

would recognise Jerusalem

as the capital of Israel.

It's really unbelievable,

it's just hard to fathom right now.

I really don't know what to say,

what, you know, how to feel, really.

It's just shocking, you know?

That's my son.

In a statement, the US

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said:

The FBI says the public

in San Francisco were never

in imminent danger.

This time, the FBI got his man

but the concern is how many

could there be out there that

are not on the FBI's or local

law enforcement's radar?

And that's what keeps

us up at night.

The former marine has

appeared in court.

Through his lawyer,

he denied the allegations.

If convicted, he faces a fine

and a maximum sentence of 20

years in prison.

A man is due in court this morning

charged with murdering a woman

as she worked in a supermarket.

Neville Hord, who is 44,

will appear before York Magistrates

over the death of Jodie

Willsher in Skipton.

Our North of England correspondent

Judith Moritz reports.

Malcolm and Jodie Willsher looking

forward to a family Christmas.

Now he is left grieving,

paying tribute to her as a doting

mother and loving wife.

Jodie Willsher was getting

ready for the holidays,

wearing her festive jumper

while serving supermarket shoppers.

Jodie had worked at the Skipton Aldi

since it opened two years ago.

The store was full

when she was stabbed.

Trolleys were abandoned

as fearful shoppers scattered,

while several staff

and customers rushed to help.

There was chaos inside

the shop as people realised

what had happened.

And as Jodie lay dying,

the first person to intervene

was a man in his 60s who grappled

with the attacker for a long time

as he tried to restrain him.

Despite efforts to save Jodie,

she died on the shop floor.

The supermarket became a crime

scene, forensics staff and police

officers taking evidence away.

The shop was closed,

with customers coming instead

to leave tributes for

the popular member of staff.

Whenever I've shopped in Aldi,

she's always been friendly,

pleasant, you know, a lovely,

lovely girl, and it's just -

what a shock, you know,

an absolute shock, really.

The community here is

small and tight-knit.

Jodie Willsher worked at its heart,

well-known and well liked.

A 44-year-old man has been

charged with her murder.

Some international news.

The United Nations Security Council

has passed severe new sanctions

against North Korea,

aimed at cutting oil supplies vital

for its missile

and nuclear programs.

The sanctions, proposed by the US,

also force North Koreans working

overseas to return home.

Nada Tawfik reports.

This is the 10th Security Council

resolution imposing sanctions

on North Korea.

None before it has convinced

Kim Jong-un to abandon his nuclear

programme, but diplomats hope this

resolution will bite hard enough

to change the regime's calculus -

or at the very least,

restrict its ability to carry

out additional nuclear

and missile tests.

President Trump specifically asked

President Xi of China to cut oil

to Pyongyang, believing it

would be a pivotal step.

Mr Trump celebrated the adoption

of new sanctions, tweeting

"The world wants peace, not death".

Today's resolution achieves an 89%

total reduction of the Kim regime's

ability to import gasoline,

diesel and other refined products,

and should the North Korean regime

conduct another nuclear or ballistic

missile test, this resolution

commits the Security Council to take

even further action.

The resolution also requires

countries to expel North Koreans

working abroad within 24 months

in an effort to cut off an important

source of revenue.

15 North Korean officials

in the ministry which manages

logistics for the army will now be

added to the UN blacklist.

Nada Tawfik, BBC News, New York.

The homeless charity crisis is

warning of the hidden homeless,

somebody whose sleeps on a train or

car, bus or tent rather than in a

doorway on the street. It is

estimated up to 9000 people fall

into the category, on top of more

than 4000 people known to be

sleeping rough. The charity is

urging government to act or face

thousands more falling into the

situation.