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Hello this is Breakfast,

with Jon Kay and Naga Munchetty.

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Warnings of travel disruption

for many as heavy snow and ice

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are forecast for large

parts of the UK.

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This is the scene on the M62

in West Yorkshire this morning

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where conditions are

deteriorating quickly.

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Drivers are being advised

to plan their journey

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and take extra precautions.

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That snow is now coming in through

Lancashire and garbage. --

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Derbyshire. The Met Office has put a

weather warning out. We will see up

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to ten inches across parts of

northern England. Strong winds also

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forecast across southern England.

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Good morning.

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It's Friday, 29th December.

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Also this morning -

patients are being advised to look

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up their conditions online before

visiting their family doctor,

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under new guidance from GP leaders.

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Mobile alcohol recovery centres,

known as "drunk tanks," could be set

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up in towns and cities

across England to help ease pressure

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on busy hospitals.

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Good morning.

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In sport, a combination of David

Warner and the weather have

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frustrated England on the fourth day

of the fourth test against

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Australia.

I could see they were

parrots, but I wasn't sure what

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kind.

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60 years of David Attenborough

on our TVs, and 60 years

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of the BBC's Natural History unit -

we report on the changing face

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of wildlife programmes.

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Good morning.

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First, our main story.

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Snow and ice are expected to cause

more disruption in parts

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of the UK today.

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The Met Office says delays to road,

rail and air travel are "likely"

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and is warning of

possible power cuts.

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A yellow warning is in place

for snow and ice in Northern Ireland

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and parts of England and southern

Scotland throughout the day.

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There's an amber warning for areas

of the North Midlands,

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Yorkshire and the North West

of England until 11:00am,

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with heavy snow forecast around

the Southern Pennines.

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Between 5-10cm of snow is expected,

with up to 15cm possible

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over higher ground.

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And sub-zero temperatures mean it

could have been the coldest night

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of the year.

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Forecasters were predicting lows

of -13 in northern scotland.

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Highways England are advising

drivers to plan their journey

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before setting off.

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Gritters have been out overnight

on the busiest routes.

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Be aware that if you are going out

to work or visiting friends in the

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early hours, there could still be

icy spots. The temperature could

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change while we are at home, before

we come back in the in the morning.

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It could start snowing, it could

rain and wash the salt away. At this

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time of year conditions are

constantly changing. Even with the

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detailed forecast we get, we cannot

always get it 100% right.

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Clare Fallon is near the M62

motorway in West Yorkshire

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for us this morning.

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It looks cold and snowy. We can see

drivers on the road, we have have

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prepared carefully for their

journeys?

Yeah, I tell you what, it

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looks cold and it is cold where we

are. In the last 20 minutes the snow

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has started coming down and it is

getting heavier and heavier by the

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minute, I would say. Just having a

look, the roads there seems to be

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doing well at the moment. They are

in mind that it is still pretty

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early, the snow has not been coming

down too long and not many people

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are out and about yet. Looking at

the pavements here, it is beginning

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to settle. Looking over there, that

is a gritting Depo --. -- depot. We

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have seen them trying to prepare the

road, trying to make sure everything

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is possible to prepare for the

weather that has been forecast. On

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higher ground in the north of

England, and we are pretty high

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right here, we can expect up to 15

centimetres of snow, and if that

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comes down quickly it will obviously

cause some kind of disruption. That

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is the warning. We are expecting the

trans- Pennine routes to be the

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worst affected. So the M62, crossing

the Pennines, also routes like the

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Woodhead Pass, and also motorways in

the north of England. The gritters

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have been working around the clock

but the northern section of the M60,

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the M6 north of Warrington, those

are the roads we have been warned

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about being affected. With this

amber warning in place for the north

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of England and much of the Midlands,

it means we should eat prepared. The

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advice is to only had out on the

roads if you absolutely have to do.

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And if you do have to, take some

measures in case you do get stuck.

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Pack a shovel into your car, make

sure that you have food and water

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and hot drinks with you. Nature or

that you wrap up warmly. Because if

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you do get stuck out here, you are

going to be very cold.

Clare, you

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stay warm as well. Thank you.

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Carol joins us now with the very

latest on the weather.

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A beautiful picture there, that

looks great, but the figures

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overnight were very low?

Yes, last

night the temperature at one point

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in Scotland fell to -2.3 Celsius. So

it was not the coldest place --

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coldest night of the year so far,

but it was pretty cold. There is an

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amber warning out for the snow this

morning. We are looking at up to six

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inches of snow across parts of the

north Midlands and northern England.

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Through the day that will transfer

across southern and central

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Scotland, where it will clear last.

Here you will have it for much of

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the day. There are ice warnings as

well as snow warnings. There is also

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a wind warning in southern England,

so if you are catching a ferry

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across the English Channel, we are

looking at Gailes, even severe

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gales. There is lots and the weather

forecast today, I will bring you a

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full update in the next few minutes.

-- lots in.

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You can keep up to date

with all the latest weather

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conditions with your BBC

local radio station.

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The head of the NHS in England

is considering making mobile alcohol

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it

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The technology company, Apple,

has apologised to customers

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after admitting it had deliberately

slowed down older iPhone models.

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The company has now said it

would offer replacement batteries

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at a discounted price.

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Sean is here to explain.

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if you are an iPhone user, you would

be furious.

Yes, and it is a

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familiar tale. This is the iPhone 6

and anything after that, which Apple

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says they will put a remedy in for.

They say they will update the

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software at some point, but also the

replacement batteries, at the moment

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they cost about 60 quid, but should

drop to something more like 20 quid.

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Over the years, many people have

been suspicious that this has been

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happening. When a new phone comes

out, has feral the phone been

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getting slower.

You get software

dates, don't you?

Yes. Apple have

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admitted doing this to iPhones. They

say that reason they have done it is

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because the batteries in these

iPhones, they dissipate their power

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quickly as they get older. So you

might have had some expert to shop

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down, you would see your battery

level get to 30% and then it goes.

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It is not just iPhones, other phones

do that as well. Apple, therefore,

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put in a bit of software in the

updates which would try to maximise

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the use of the battery. That does

mean that when you launch some of

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your favourite apps, they would take

a longer time to come onto the

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screen and not work as quickly as

which is a bit frustrating.

We are

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all used whatever the quickest thing

we have is. If it is slower, we are

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not happy.

Apple has apologised for

this. They were effectively caught

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out. They didn't admit it, they were

caught via blogs and journalists. It

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is a big deal for Apple to

apologise. They position themselves

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as being a very premium branded

product provider.

Aspirational

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branding.

Aspirational, yes. It

seems that for a few years at least

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they have been updating people's

phones to slow them down, they say,

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to get the most out of the phones.

It will be interesting to see how

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consumers react in the future.

Yes,

if they are looking elsewhere.

Sean,

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thank you.

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Patients are being encouraged

to check their symptoms online

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before they go to their GP.

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It comes as part of three-step

advice from the Royal College

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of GPs.

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It says we should consider

whether or not we can just look

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after the problem ourselves.

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It recommends using a reputable

online resource to check out advice

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and symptoms - such

as the NHS Choices website -

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and seeking advice or treatment

from a pharmacist.

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The season of goodwill can also be a

time of bad health, and that means

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overcrowded surgeries, busy doctors,

and a tough time for the NHS. Now

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the royal college of GPs is urging

people to think twice and take three

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steps before booking a GP

appointment. It wants patients to

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use the catchphrase three before GP,

meaning that in the first instance,

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they should try to manage their

symptoms themselves. Next they

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should look at repeatable websites

such as NHS Choices. Failing that,

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the worried unwell should talk to

pharmacists, who are better trained

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than many realise. Doctors' leaders

say that the population getting

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older, fatter and less healthy,

there are not going to be enough

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doctors. They say that plans refer

to 5000 x 2021, but that is in

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jeopardy. They urge adding the Home

Office to being a general

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practitioner to the list of those

jobs which could advise potential

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migrants for a fast track entry into

the UK. -- which qualifies potential

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migrants. The royal college says it

thinks up to one quarter of

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potential appointment could be

avoided if patients were willing to

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take more responsibility and make a

trip to the doctor a step of last

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resort rather than defer school they

make. -- of the first call they

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make.

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12 people have died in a fire

at an apartment building

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in New York.

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Emergency services said four people

are critically ill and at least

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15 are injured.

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The fire broke out last night

on the third floor of a five-story

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building in the Bronx

area of the city.

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A witness from a neighbouring

building described the scene.

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The mayoralty New York, Bill de

Blasio, said this was the city's

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worst fire in decades. -- mayor of.

Based on the information we have

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now, at least 12 people were rescued

and will survive. But the search of

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the building continues. So we know

that even though it is horrible to

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report that 12 are dead already, we

may lose others as well.

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The head of the NHS in England

is considering making mobile alcohol

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recovery centres, known as drunk

tanks, a permanent feature

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across England, to ease pressure

on Accident and Emergency Units

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and ambulance services.

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Simon Stevens said too many

resources were being taken up

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by people who'd drunk too much

alcohol ending up in hospital,

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particularly during

the festive season.

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Adina Campbell reports.

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Two men have been charged

with terror offences by police

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investigating an alleged plot

for an attack over Christmas.

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Farhad Salah, from Sheffield,

and Andi Sami Star,

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from Chesterfield, have been charged

with engaging in the preparation

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of an act of terrorism

and will appear via video link

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at Westminster Magistrates'

Court today.

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They were among four men arrested

earlier in December.

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The former football star,

George Weah, has been elected

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as Liberia's president.

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With almost all ballots counted,

Mr Weah has a 61% share of the vote,

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compared with 38% for his rival.

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His win paves the way for the first

democratic transfer of power

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in the West African

nation since 1944.

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The British polar explorer Ben

Saunders, who we spoke to several

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times on Rectus over the past year

or so, has been forced to abandon

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his quest across the Antarctic after

he was left without enough food to

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complete the journey. -- on

Breakfast. He was undertaking it in

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memory of his friend Henry Worsley,

who died attempting to undertake it

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alone last year. He is the first

Briton to have skied by himself to

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both the north and south poles,

experience and all the preparation

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he told us he had done, it sounds

like you fellow the final total. Sad

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news.

He will be really

disappointed.

Yes, but I bet he

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tries again.

We will try to catch up

with him.

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A bizarre plan involving

Mrs Thatcher and a panda travelling

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to America via Concorde has been

revealed in newly released files

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from Britain's official archive.

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In January 1981 London Zoo wanted

to loan its male panda

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to a zoo in Washington.

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The then Prime Minister was asked

if she would like to travel

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with the animal and oversee

the handover in order to boost

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relations with the United States.

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But Mrs Thatcher was having none

of it, reportedly saying that

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"pandas and politicians

are not happy omens."

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So she went and got on the plane on

her own, with an empty seat beside

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her. No panda. That's a shame. It

would have been a great picture.

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That brings you up to date with the

news. We will cross to Carol with

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the weather shortly. It seems like

that snow is coming down thick and

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fast.

Couldn't be more of a contrast

with what is happening down under.

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It is a bit wet, isn't it?

Good

morning. Yes, it is the Australian

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summer, you don't expect rain like

we are seeing in Melbourne at the

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moment. You have to feel for

England. It is so ironic, the first

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time in the entire series they have

looked like they were in a winning

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position, fingers crossed. They can

still do it, of course. Then it

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starts raining. It is extraordinary.

All this time. And they get the

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English weather.

It is almost like

England are having no luck.

It is!

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It is ironic, it has all happened at

the same time.

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It's been a frustrating fourth day

of the fourth Ashes test

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for England in Melbourne.

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At the start they had

high hopes of winning,

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as they led by 164 runs.

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But defiance from David Warner

and Steve Smith and bad weather

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means Australia are 103/2

in their second innings,

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leaving England to hope

that the rain relents.

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It looks like play will be called

for the day, though we are still on

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confirmation on that.

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Earlier Alastair Cook was left

unbeaten on 244 not out in England's

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first innings.

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Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 3-2

in a thriller at Selhurst Park

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in the Premier League.

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Alexis Sanchez scored two

of the Gunners' goals.

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The Premier League's bottom club

Swansea have appointed the former

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Sheffield Wednesday

boss Carlos Carvahal

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as their new manager.

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Carvalhal was sacked

by the Championship side

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on Christmas Eve.

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He's never managed in

the English top flight before.

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Phil 'The Power' Taylor

is into the quarter-finals

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of the PDC World Championship

after beating Keegan Brown 4-0.

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The 16-time world champion

is playing in his final event before

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retiring.

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He will certainly be wanting to

leave on a high. That is all the

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sport now.

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A growing number of rural

communities are relying

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on volunteers to keep

certain services going.

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Cuts in funding means that

facilities that were traditionally

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run either by local authorities

or private individuals are facing

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the prospect of disappearing.

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That means local people are offering

to operate them unpaid.

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Danny Savage has visited one

town in North Yorkshire,

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where it's becoming more

and more noticeable.

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Deep in the North Yorkshire

countryside as the market town of

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Helmsley. A bus community. But look

a bit closer and you will find a

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trend here for a reliance on

volunteers.

Every local business has

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a different tree and they do it in

the different theme.

You will find

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it illustrated in the Paris -- the

parish church.

But you're more

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trees?

30 or more trees. Dozens of

local businesses have offered to

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decorate it.

What we got here, this

is wonderful with the Antiques

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Roadshow, all the different experts,

from Bondgate antiques. There is

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more volunteering these days because

of council cutbacks. The economy has

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suffered and less funding has become

available, somebody must make up the

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shortfall and we're looking in

Helmsley to see that people have

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done that, several organisations in

town. It's a lovely community feel.

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Helmsley is a community which relies

heavily on volunteers and it is not

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alone. Other towns in this,

England's largest county, have taken

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over bus services and even petrol

stations to stop them from

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vanishing. The arts Centre and the

library are two entities that

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wouldn't exist here if it wasn't for

locals giving up the time for free.

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In the nearby walled garden, more

people are doing their bit, making

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advent reads to me -- to raise money

for an assisted learning project.

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Yes, we have some guidance staff

that lead, we have people who helped

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direct in terms of maintenance and

Lisa has been helping out with the

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reaps today but 75, 80% of the work

is done by volunteers.

I've been a

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lot more confident. I've had a great

big experience here. I've been able

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to make friends. And yes, we are all

a family.

And this is a rural town

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which also needs people to step up

for vital roles on top of the day

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job.

Kris Lees and be as a

firefighter. Good to go?

Yes. Good

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to go. And in his 70s, he runs an

art gallery. -- Chris Lazenby.

Just

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myself, once the Gallic dream. Then,

a butcher and Gavin, a painter. The

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nearest station with a crew ready to

go on station during the day as

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molten.

This is just a snapshot of

life in one country market town at

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it shows the rise of vital

volunteering which keeps communities

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functioning in 21st-century Britain.

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Before the snow fell in North

Yorkshire. Let us look at the

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papers. An optimistic feeling to the

cricket team. Lots of health stories

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on the front pages. They are talking

about the best paid GP in Britain

0:19:370:19:43

earning over 700 grand from the NHS

and talking about trying to

0:19:430:19:48

challenge all will change the way

GPs pay because the times says it's

0:19:480:19:52

gone too far.

We will take a look at

the back pages as well. The Daily

0:19:520:20:00

Mirror taking a look. Snow chaos.

Keeping you up-to-date with what is

0:20:000:20:04

happening around the country. Axing

hospital parking tax. Call it the

0:20:040:20:12

hospital parking charges to be cut.

The calls are growing as patients,

0:20:120:20:18

staff, visitors and MPs talk about

their outrage at the fees.

The actor

0:20:180:20:23

James Norton, he is in a big BBC

drama coming up in the next few days

0:20:230:20:30

talking about Russians spying but

their lead story is accusing the

0:20:300:20:35

Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, tried

to rig the election, standing in the

0:20:350:20:40

way of the redrawing of constituency

boundaries to skew things in favour

0:20:400:20:44

Labour next time round.

You've been

looking at this iPhone story? Loads

0:20:440:20:51

of iPhone users are going to be

furious.

Apple apologising overnight

0:20:510:20:58

for deliberately slowing down.

IPhone users might think, you are

0:20:580:21:03

doing it. There is a full page in

the times. All those iPhones, iPads.

0:21:030:21:15

The boss is a $100 million man. That

includes $90 million worth of

0:21:150:21:20

shares.

He will be able to get a

cheaper new battery for his iPhone.

0:21:200:21:27

An interesting one in the Telegraph.

Nasty bosses create less attention

0:21:270:21:34

than mood swinging Jekyll and Hyde

characters. A study done by the

0:21:340:21:39

University of Exeter that says if

you are occasionally nasty as a

0:21:390:21:43

boss, that can create less tension

that somebody who is consistently

0:21:430:21:46

mean. You are entitled... Somebody

who you know you're going to work

0:21:460:21:54

from your boss is going to be mean

everyday, that creates a lot of

0:21:540:21:58

tension but if you have a boss for

Di is out of five and on the fifth

0:21:580:22:04

day...

I love the fact that our boss

is mean every day. It's consistent.

0:22:040:22:10

You don't have to second-guess his

mood. That is what the University of

0:22:100:22:15

Exeter is saying.

What have you

spotted?

Something that changes the

0:22:150:22:20

tone a little bit. If you have been

watching the football, over the

0:22:200:22:32

summer, this is Chris Lazenby, a

World Cup winner with England in the

0:22:320:22:35

under 17 's. England beat Spain 5-2

to win the tournament. This was the

0:22:350:22:41

top scorer. You think this

17-year-old, the world would be at

0:22:410:22:46

his feet. He has given his first

major interview and is used that to

0:22:460:22:51

talk about racial abuse has suffered

on the pitch. He says, when I am

0:22:510:22:57

racially abused I want to be left

alone to think about it. Is

0:22:570:23:00

highlighted about seven different

issues of racial abuse including

0:23:000:23:04

during the World Cup final whereas

Spanish opposition player was

0:23:040:23:09

goading his team-mate using the

monkey work and using the N word. He

0:23:090:23:17

is mentioned about seven different

incidents where he is asked beef and

0:23:170:23:22

Uefa for help. He is completely

frustrated because he feels all they

0:23:220:23:29

have given is a slap on the wrist

and they have not dealt with the

0:23:290:23:33

issue. A young 17-year-old boy, you

think you would be using this

0:23:330:23:37

platform to talk about his next

move. He is using that to call on

0:23:370:23:42

these authorities to do something

about the racial abuse.

You have

0:23:420:23:48

been talking to a football boss. A

captain, maybe one day a boss. He

0:23:480:23:53

has done a masters in business

administration while he's been

0:23:530:23:56

playing for Manchester City, but

over the last few years, he's been

0:23:560:24:03

studying part-time. He told me about

how you managed to study for these

0:24:030:24:08

things while training, while going

to big matches.

Thank you both of

0:24:080:24:14

you.

0:24:140:24:21

You have been sending in your

pictures. That is Laura with her a

0:24:210:24:28

climbing Ben Nevis. -- with her

cocker spaniel climbing Ben Nevis.

0:24:280:24:38

Sledging in North Wales. And Michael

has been enjoying his first taste of

0:24:380:24:45

snow.

I hope he hasn't been actually

0:24:450:24:48

tasting it.

0:24:480:24:58

And you can tweet

about today's stories

0:24:580:25:03

We found out yesterday. Behold

technique Carol de-ices, sprays.

0:25:030:25:13

Tina uses a CD cover.

We suggested

she used Bryan Adams.

I used to use

0:25:130:25:20

them. Just get out and use a

scraper.

It scratches your

0:25:200:25:24

windscreen.

Good morning. I heard

Bryan Adams there, you little

0:25:240:25:31

rascal. You are right about the

snow. Falling snow at the moment.

0:25:310:25:39

It's coming in across Lancashire and

Derbyshire. This covers the North

0:25:390:25:47

Midlands and also the North of

England. This is where will see

0:25:470:25:52

about 15 centimetres. Generally

about 2-5 centimetres. Some nasty

0:25:520:26:00

travelling conditions. Not that that

in Scotland and Northern Ireland,

0:26:000:26:05

ice will be a hazard. Still the risk

of ice, careening from the West

0:26:050:26:13

towards the east. Another warning

for wind across South Wales -- South

0:26:130:26:19

Wales and Southern counties of

England. We are looking at gusts to

0:26:190:26:25

severe gales. A lot going on with

the weather. If we follow the track

0:26:250:26:30

of

0:26:300:26:31

the weather. If we follow the track

of the snow, it moves across

0:26:310:26:32

northern England and pushes to the

North Sea. It moves across southern

0:26:320:26:36

and central Scotland and it will be

lasting into the afternoon. Still

0:26:360:26:42

some showers around. As we go

further south, the rain clears, the

0:26:420:26:48

wind picks up. Look at those

temperatures, not as cold as it has

0:26:480:26:52

been. In fact, last night the lowest

temperature in the land was in

0:26:520:27:00

Scotland. -12.9. Not quite the

coldest night of this year so far.

0:27:000:27:05

As we head on through Friday, you

can see the low pressure bringing

0:27:050:27:10

the snow away. We have another one

coming in across the South. It is

0:27:100:27:18

also going to be pretty windy.

Through tomorrow, the first band of

0:27:180:27:22

rain. There will be a lot of dry

weather as well. A lot of sunshine,

0:27:220:27:30

crisp winter sunshine and some

showers producing snow across

0:27:300:27:33

Scotland. But the difference in

temperature. 13 degrees in Plymouth.

0:27:330:27:41

A change of air mass and a change of

wind direction. You can see how the

0:27:410:27:48

rain pulls away onto the near

continent. Taking a swipe at eastern

0:27:480:27:53

parts of Scotland. Some more showery

outbreaks of rain. For the midnight

0:27:530:27:59

hour on New Year's Eve, it will be

cold, just not as cold as it has

0:27:590:28:05

been. Areas of cloud, showers in the

West and the South. The further east

0:28:050:28:11

you travel, it will be darker. The

drier it will be as well. That takes

0:28:110:28:19

us into New Year's Day. Low pressure

across the South will introduce some

0:28:190:28:28

wet weather and look how the house

-- look how the isobars come down

0:28:280:28:31

from the north which will be cold.

Lots going on with the weather. We

0:28:310:28:37

will get our money 's worth.

Certainly.

0:28:370:28:41

will get our money 's worth.

Certainly. Bearer of good news.

0:28:410:28:52

Let's get the news, travel and

weather where you are. Lots of roads

0:28:520:28:55

are affected.

0:28:550:32:14

in half an hour.

0:32:140:32:16

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

0:32:160:32:18

Bye for now.

0:32:180:32:22

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Jon Kay and Naga Munchetty.

0:32:220:32:25

It's 06:30.

0:32:250:32:26

We'll bring you all the latest news

and sport in a moment,

0:32:260:32:29

but also on Breakfast this morning -

you don't normally associate

0:32:290:32:32

footballers with academia,

but after teaching himself to type,

0:32:320:32:34

Manchester City captain

Vincent Kompany has earned

0:32:340:32:36

a business degree.

0:32:360:32:37

Sean's been speaking to him

and he has some academic advice

0:32:370:32:40

for younger players.

0:32:400:32:45

From Life on Earth, to Blue Planet,

the BBC Natural History Unit has

0:32:450:32:48

been bringing the wonders

of wildlife into our homes

0:32:480:32:51

for 60 years.

0:32:510:32:54

We'll be finding out what its future

holds in a rapidly changing world.

0:32:540:32:58

We watched as he smashed the record

for circumnavigating the globe.

0:32:580:33:02

Now endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont

will be here to tell us how we can

0:33:020:33:08

all take on a sporting

challenge in 2018.

0:33:080:33:14

Maybe not quite as challenging as he

is, but we can all do something that

0:33:140:33:18

brave and exciting. -- as his.

0:33:180:33:21

Good morning.

0:33:210:33:22

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

0:33:220:33:25

Snow and ice are expected to cause

more disruption in parts

0:33:250:33:28

of the UK today.

0:33:280:33:29

The Met Office says delays to road,

rail and air travel are "likely"

0:33:290:33:32

and is warning of

possible power cuts.

0:33:320:33:34

A yellow warning is in place

for snow and ice in Northern Ireland

0:33:340:33:38

and parts of England and southern

Scotland throughout the day.

0:33:380:33:40

There's an amber warning for areas

of the North Midlands,

0:33:400:33:43

Yorkshire and the North West

of England until 11am,

0:33:430:33:46

with heavy snow forecast around

the Southern Pennines.

0:33:460:33:48

Between 5 and 10 centimetres

of snow is expected,

0:33:480:33:50

with up to 15 centimetres

possible over higher ground.

0:33:500:33:53

Highways England is advising drivers

to plan their journey

0:33:530:33:59

before setting off.

0:33:590:34:01

Gritters have been out overnight

on the busiest routes.

0:34:010:34:13

Be aware that if you are going out

to work or visiting friends in the

0:34:130:34:17

early hours, there could still be

icy spots. The temperature could

0:34:170:34:20

change while we are at home, before

we come back in the in the morning.

0:34:200:34:25

It could rain and wash the salt

away. The conditions are constantly

0:34:250:34:29

changing at this time of year. Even

with the detailed forecast we get,

0:34:290:34:33

we cannot always get it 100% right.

0:34:330:34:37

This is the scene on the M62

near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire

0:34:370:34:40

this morning where conditions

are deteriorating.

0:34:400:34:42

Highways England says its gritting

teams have been working around

0:34:420:34:44

the clock on routes

like this one but disruption

0:34:440:34:47

for commuters is likely.

0:34:470:34:57

12 people have died at a fire at an

apartment building in New York.

0:34:570:35:02

Emergency services said four people

are critically ill and at least

0:35:020:35:05

15 are injured.

0:35:050:35:06

The fire broke out last night

on the third floor of a five-story

0:35:060:35:09

building in the Bronx

area of the city.

0:35:090:35:12

New York Mayor Bill De Blasio says

this is the city's worst apartment

0:35:120:35:15

building fire in decades.

0:35:150:35:16

At least a dozen people have been

killed after a fire broke out as an

0:35:160:35:20

office complex in Mumbai. The blaze

is said to have broken out in a

0:35:200:35:25

restaurant and spread quickly.

0:35:250:35:27

The technology company, Apple,

has apologised to customers

0:35:270:35:29

after admitting it had deliberately

slowed down older iphone models.

0:35:290:35:32

Some customers accused the company

of using the measure to encourage

0:35:320:35:35

people to upgrade.

0:35:350:35:36

But Apple said it had been intended

to prolong the device's life

0:35:360:35:39

and prevent sudden shutdowns.

0:35:390:35:40

The company said it would offer

replacement batteries

0:35:400:35:42

at a discounted price.

0:35:420:35:44

Patients are being encouraged

to check their symptoms online

0:35:440:35:46

before they go to their GP.

0:35:460:35:48

It comes as part of three-step

advice from the Royal College

0:35:480:35:51

of GPs.

0:35:510:35:52

It says we should consider

whether or not we can just look

0:35:520:35:55

after the problem ourselves.

0:35:550:36:02

It recommends using a reputable

online resource to check out advice

0:36:020:36:06

and symptoms, such as the NHS

Choices website. And seeking advice

0:36:060:36:08

or treatment from a pharmacist.

0:36:080:36:22

The head of the NHS in England

is considering making mobile alcohol

0:36:220:36:25

recovery centres, known

as drunk tanks, a permanent

0:36:250:36:27

feature across England.

0:36:270:36:28

It's thought the centres could ease

pressure on Accident

0:36:280:36:30

and Emergency Units

and ambulance services.

0:36:300:36:32

Simon Stevens said too many

resources were being taken up

0:36:320:36:34

by people who'd drunk too much

alcohol, particularly

0:36:340:36:37

during the festive season.

0:36:370:36:42

Two men have been charged with

terror offences by police

0:36:420:36:46

investigating an alleged plot over

Christmas. The two men have been

0:36:460:36:52

charged with engaging in the

preparation of an act of terrorism.

0:36:520:36:55

They will appear by video link at

Westminster Majesty 's Court later

0:36:550:36:59

today. They were among four men

arrested earlier in December.

0:36:590:37:07

The British polar explorer

Ben Saunders has been forced

0:37:070:37:09

to abandon his quest to cross

Antarctica unassisted,

0:37:090:37:11

after he was left without enough

food to complete his journey.

0:37:110:37:15

He was undertaking the feat

in memory of his friend

0:37:150:37:17

Henry Worsley, who died attempting

the journey alone last year.

0:37:170:37:20

Saunders is only the third person

in history, and the first Briton,

0:37:200:37:23

to have skied by himself to both

the North and South poles.

0:37:230:37:30

That is the news this morning. We

will get the latest weather from

0:37:300:37:37

Carol in a moment. We are talking

about the weather down under as

0:37:370:37:41

well!

Absolutely. The rain means

there is no play possible today at

0:37:410:37:46

all. So ironic, the British weather

arrives just on the day that England

0:37:460:37:51

bring their a game to the Ashes. --

A-game. A frustrating fourth day of

0:37:510:38:00

the fourth Ashes test for England's

cricketers in Melbourne, with

0:38:000:38:04

untimely rain denying them the

chance to press for that first

0:38:040:38:07

victory of the series against

Australia. It has been a miserable

0:38:070:38:13

one up until now, and now the

weather is reflecting it. Australia

0:38:130:38:19

finished on 103-2, but the incessant

rain means no play was possible in

0:38:190:38:23

the last two hours. You and will try

again on the final day tomorrow.

0:38:230:38:27

Alastair Cook remained unbeaten on

244 after that incredible feat

0:38:270:38:32

yesterday. England were bowled out

for 491.

0:38:320:38:37

Crystal Palace's recent resurgence

stalled as they were beaten 3-2

0:38:370:38:40

by Arsenal in an enthralling

Premier League match at Selhurst

0:38:400:38:42

Park.

0:38:420:38:43

Arsenal were 1-0 up at half-time

before a great finish

0:38:430:38:45

from Andros Townsend put Palace

level, Bbt the Gunners soon struck

0:38:450:38:48

back, Alexis Sanchez regaining

the lead after an hour.

0:38:480:38:51

A few minutes later the Chilean

controlled a superb pass

0:38:510:38:53

from Jack Wilshere to make it 3-1.

0:38:530:39:09

Palace scored a late goal

but Arsenal held on to take

0:39:090:39:12

all three points.

0:39:120:39:14

Crystal Palace have made some

results at home in the final

0:39:140:39:18

minutes, and of all, we looked

forward to it, but not at all any

0:39:180:39:24

more. I believe we played a good

game. We scored goals again today.

0:39:240:39:32

The Premier League's bottom club

Swansea have appointed the former

0:39:320:39:34

Sheffield Wednesday

boss Carlos Carvahal

0:39:340:39:36

as their new manager.

0:39:360:39:37

Carvalhal was sacked

by the Championship side

0:39:370:39:39

on Christmas Eve.

0:39:390:39:40

He's never managed in

the English top flight before.

0:39:400:39:51

Phil 'The Power' Taylor has breezed

into the quarter-finals of the PDC

0:39:510:39:55

World Championship with a 4-0

victory over Keegan Brown

0:39:550:39:57

The 16-time world champion

is playing in his farewell event

0:39:570:40:00

and made light work of the former

world youth champion,

0:40:000:40:03

finishing with a 106 check out.

0:40:030:40:04

He will play two-time former

champion, Scotland's Gary Anderson

0:40:040:40:07

next.

0:40:070:40:19

That is all the sport.

Good stuff.

All those people down under, posting

0:40:190:40:27

on Facebook pictures of sunshine

while we have our winter.

Who's

0:40:270:40:30

laughing now?

Probably them, it is

still better than we have today, but

0:40:300:40:35

a repression change.

-- refreshing

change. Now, with all this poor

0:40:350:40:42

weather, many of us get the Sioux

Falls, we overindulge over

0:40:420:40:45

Christmas. When these things happen,

some people think they have to go

0:40:450:40:51

straight to the GP and get sorted.

Now it is changing.

0:40:510:40:54

Patients are being encouraged

to check their symptoms online

0:40:540:40:56

before going to their GP.

0:40:560:40:58

It comes as part of three-step

advice from the Royal College

0:40:580:41:01

of GPs.

0:41:010:41:01

It says we should consider

whether or not we can just look

0:41:010:41:05

after the problem ourselves.

0:41:050:41:06

It recommends using a reputable

online resource to check out advice

0:41:060:41:09

and symptoms, such as

the NHS Choices website.

0:41:090:41:11

And seeking advice or treatment

from a pharmacist.

0:41:110:41:13

We can now speak to

Helen Stokes-Lampard,

0:41:130:41:15

Chair of the Royal College of GPs.

0:41:150:41:21

Let's find

0:41:210:41:22

And good morning. Don't people

already go online and check their

0:41:250:41:32

symptoms? Maybe too much? Must we be

told?

It is interesting. Some people

0:41:320:41:37

are quick to go online and check and

in fact health-related issues are

0:41:370:41:41

some of the most sought-after items

on the internet. Some people don't.

0:41:410:41:45

Some people, they think they have a

sore throat or some indigestion and

0:41:450:41:49

so they must speak to the GP. So we

are saying, before you pick up the

0:41:490:41:54

phone book an appointment, think.

Can you sort this out yourself? Is

0:41:540:41:57

there something in the cupboard at

home which will help you?

0:41:570:42:02

Indigestion tablets, paracetamol,

insect cream? Or it could be that

0:42:020:42:07

you go online because something

strange is happening and you just

0:42:070:42:10

want to be sure, it doesn't feel

terrible, but you want to check it

0:42:100:42:14

out. I am not talking about random

Google searches, but a reputable

0:42:140:42:17

website, like NHS Choices, which is

written by doctors and nurses for

0:42:170:42:24

patients, that can be helpful. Also,

ask your pharmacist. We

0:42:240:42:29

underestimate how well-trained they

are. They are a brilliant source of

0:42:290:42:33

information, they are not just there

to sell you pills, they are there to

0:42:330:42:37

give you advice when you do not need

treatment.

Isn't the danger that the

0:42:370:42:41

hidden message here is, basically,

think twice before going to the

0:42:410:42:44

doctor? There is a danger that vital

symptoms might be missed, that you

0:42:440:42:48

end up going to the too late when

you could have had treatment or had

0:42:480:42:53

something diagnosed sooner?

Of

course there is a small risk of

0:42:530:42:56

that. At the end of the day, the

NHS, UK GPs will be seeing over 1

0:42:560:43:01

million patients today anyway.

Demand is rising constantly and we

0:43:010:43:05

are short of GPs and nurses. What we

want to be doing is reserving those

0:43:050:43:09

appointments for those patients who

really need them. The people with

0:43:090:43:14

chronic diseases, who need long-term

care and lots of looking after, but

0:43:140:43:17

also those with the nasty

infections, once in a may not need

0:43:170:43:22

antibiotics, who need to be checked

out to make sure something serious

0:43:220:43:25

is not going on. We are talking

about a mild things. If you are

0:43:250:43:29

frightened or you don't know what is

going on, of course, go and see your

0:43:290:43:33

GP. But if just 5% of people who

wanted to book an appointment today

0:43:330:43:38

could get self-help or CFR misses or

salt themselves out by going online,

0:43:380:43:42

actually, that would save 50,000

appointments for those who really

0:43:420:43:44

need it. This is about using NHS

resources in the best possible way

0:43:440:43:49

but also saving time for people as

well. Why would you come to the

0:43:490:43:53

surgery and wait in a waiting room

at lots of other people with

0:43:530:43:57

infectious illnesses if you don't

really have to do. This is about

0:43:570:44:00

common sense and pragmatism,

empowering people for self care, but

0:44:000:44:04

not turning them away. That isn't

what we are about. The NHS is there

0:44:040:44:11

for us when we needed.

I can almost

hear people into the studios saying,

0:44:110:44:15

I wish I could get a GP apartment

when I needed, is difficult enough.

0:44:150:44:19

When you say going to a repeatable

website, to check the symptoms, what

0:44:190:44:24

does that mean? If you put

tonsillitis or cold into a search

0:44:240:44:28

engine and you get so many results.

How do you know where to go?

Begin

0:44:280:44:32

with NHS Choices. Go there to start

with. Don't use Google or one of the

0:44:320:44:38

random website searches because you

could end up at anything. What you

0:44:380:44:42

need is advice from a UK-based site,

not that other countries don't give

0:44:420:44:45

good health advice, it actually, the

routes through the NHS are only

0:44:450:44:51

really available on British websites

and the NHS site is really well

0:44:510:44:54

written. It is well explained and it

is up-to-date. So many websites are

0:44:540:44:58

written years ago and then forgotten

about, and you can still find them

0:44:580:45:02

in a search and come across

information which is simply wrong.

0:45:020:45:05

Start with the NHS Choices website

and you cannot go wrong.

Some of

0:45:050:45:09

them can be worrying, they tell you

all sorts of symptoms and you think

0:45:090:45:13

you have everything going.

Yes, if

user random site goodness knows what

0:45:130:45:16

you could end up with. I had a

patient not so long ago who thought

0:45:160:45:21

he had leprosy. He had no such

thing. That is almost unheard of in

0:45:210:45:24

the UK. But he had googled his

symptoms and he was genuinely

0:45:240:45:28

frightened. That doesn't help

anybody. Begin with a website like

0:45:280:45:31

NHS Choices, and if the advice on

that is to clearly get help, of

0:45:310:45:36

course, come and see us. That is

what we are there four. Yes, it can

0:45:360:45:40

be difficult to get a GP

appointment. We are thousands of GPs

0:45:400:45:43

short at the moment. We are trying

to preserve the resources we have

0:45:430:45:47

for those who need it. At the end of

the day, if you are frightened, ask

0:45:470:45:51

us.

0:45:510:45:58

Time to talk to Carol and find out

what is happening with the weather.

0:45:580:46:02

A beautiful vista. We are expecting

it to be really cold last night. Did

0:46:020:46:08

we get some records?

The lowest temperature was recorded

0:46:080:46:14

in Scotland. The mercury dipped to

-12.3. Now, it is risen to -3.7. The

0:46:140:46:23

front is different condition is

coming in. The Met Office has a

0:46:230:46:31

warning. Here, we can see on high

ground, up to 15 centimetres. That

0:46:310:46:38

is six inches. Lower levels, 3-5

centimetres. Do take extra care. Ice

0:46:380:46:47

across Scotland and Northern

Ireland. Across parts of England as

0:46:470:46:51

well. We have another warning as

well. Strong winds across South

0:46:510:46:57

Wales in southern England.

Especially across the English

0:46:570:47:01

Channel where we will have gusts to

gale force. You are catching a ferry

0:47:010:47:06

or a vote of any sort, keep that in

mind. As we go through the morning,

0:47:060:47:13

it's falling across Derbyshire and

Lancashire. Continuing to edge

0:47:130:47:17

northwards and eastwards. Continuing

through southern and central

0:47:170:47:21

Scotland. We'll have it through much

of the afternoon with showers coming

0:47:210:47:27

through. A lot of dry weather and

sunshine. Strong winds. Some

0:47:270:47:34

thunderstorms across parts of the

south-west and South Wales. That

0:47:340:47:38

will continue through the day. Note

that temperatures. Eight, nine and

0:47:380:47:45

11. Still cold. We have the falling

snow. As we head through the rest of

0:47:450:47:51

Friday to Saturday, the low pressure

pushes away. We have the tale it

0:47:510:47:54

coming in right behind it for

Saturday. That's going to be

0:47:540:47:58

introducing more rain. -- the tail

end. Once again, it's going to be

0:47:580:48:03

windy. Here comes the second band of

rain. A lot of dry weather. A lot of

0:48:030:48:12

summer and winter sunshine. --

sorry, winter. Wintry across the

0:48:120:48:18

north. Note the difference in the

temperature. For New Year's Eve,

0:48:180:48:25

still unsaddled in the south. We got

some rain flirting with the eastern

0:48:250:48:31

Scotland and some more rain coming

in from the West but

0:48:310:48:34

temperature-wise, something a wee

bit more respectable. Heading out

0:48:340:48:40

into New Year's Day, it's going to

be cold, not as cold as we have seen

0:48:400:48:46

but still cold. We see some showers,

mostly in the west and south.

0:48:460:48:55

Something to bear in mind. A quick

look at what is happening on New

0:48:550:49:00

Year's Day. Wet and windy conditions

in the south. Quite showery in the

0:49:000:49:06

north. I think it was wishful

thinking, slipping

0:49:060:49:16

north. I think it was wishful

thinking, slipping in the summer

0:49:160:49:16

worked there.

We've got to be optimistic at times.

0:49:160:49:22

Absolutely.

Let's get rid of all

this cold weather. You have the

0:49:220:49:27

power to do this, you just choose

not to.

If only, if only.

0:49:270:49:34

Now, footballers may not normally be

associated with academic success,

0:49:340:49:38

but Vincent Kompany,

captain of the Premier League

0:49:380:49:41

leaders Manchester City has just

graduated with a Masters in Business

0:49:410:49:43

Administration.

0:49:430:49:49

Sean's here - you've been

talking to him about this.

0:49:490:49:53

Are you saying that he had no fun as

a kid and that is why he is

0:49:530:49:58

celebrating?

I think there was some

kind of compliment in there

0:49:580:50:01

somewhere.

You have been speaking to

Vincent Kompany has turned this on

0:50:010:50:07

his head. He's gone back to school.

He's done a masters in business

0:50:070:50:14

administration. People with

experience in business in some way.

0:50:140:50:21

He decided to do a course, which is

quite expensive, you can do it is --

0:50:210:50:28

beside people from the business

world. You have to focus on one

0:50:280:50:34

particular area. Vincent Kompany did

this part-time over the last few

0:50:340:50:37

years. Between playing and training

and when he was injured. He focused

0:50:370:50:43

on how you might run a football club

a bit differently, particularly

0:50:430:50:48

Premier League football clubs. He

looked at home advantage. You have

0:50:480:50:52

more chance of winning at home. He

thought that Premier League teams

0:50:520:50:56

should invest much more into

creating a better atmosphere at

0:50:560:51:01

home, taking advantage of that home

advantage. One way is cutting ticket

0:51:010:51:05

prices for families. You would have

a much better atmosphere in a better

0:51:050:51:12

product to sell. Click the fan is

part of the product. Quite

0:51:120:51:16

interesting. I caught up with him

and had a chat with him. We went to

0:51:160:51:22

the John Rylands library in

Manchester which is part of the

0:51:220:51:25

business School there.

0:51:250:51:27

Vincent Kompany, too - Time Premier

League winner. --- -- 2- time.

0:51:340:51:45

Captain of Belgium, captain of

Manchester City.

72 caps?

74, 70

0:51:450:51:53

five. And now pop -- and now master

of business administration.

It feels

0:51:530:52:00

like it was the hardest to come by.

Being academic just was not

0:52:000:52:07

something for me. As you start

talking to lawyers and accountants

0:52:070:52:11

and the more you kind of advance,

the less you understand and it was

0:52:110:52:15

frustrating, I really hated that an

Indian, I I was going to put my --

0:52:150:52:20

put myself through studies and find

out what they were talking about. I

0:52:200:52:24

take pride because it was out of my

comfort zone. I kind of felt like

0:52:240:52:28

this was what my mother would be

proud of when she passed away ten

0:52:280:52:32

years ago. She wanted me to do well

and academics.

Having a hat like

0:52:320:52:37

this isn't something you would

normally see a professional

0:52:370:52:42

footballer still playing.

I tell you

what, it came by luck as well

0:52:420:52:47

because I was looking for something

I could fit into my schedule. I

0:52:470:52:51

didn't really know what I was

putting myself through. Somebody

0:52:510:52:55

gave me this pile of books. I have

no skills whatsoever. They even

0:52:550:53:00

burned myself to type. I was typing

like this. It's a problem. It was

0:53:000:53:07

more about giving up. Feeling that

there is beauty in this craft, that

0:53:070:53:15

you don't have to set yourself

limits.

I got something I didn't

0:53:150:53:20

expect. Vincent Kompany, the

student, you've got deadlines, you

0:53:200:53:26

are...

Problem. Honestly, a few

deadlines where I was travelling

0:53:260:53:30

left, right and centre. I don't have

Wi-Fi because I'm in some remote

0:53:300:53:35

corner of the world playing

football.

Your team-mates, were they

0:53:350:53:39

aware you are doing a masters?

When

I went digital, I was on my laptop

0:53:390:53:43

like everybody else and it was

easier to hide it in the very

0:53:430:53:48

beginning, I had to take it.

It does

help when you are captain of

0:53:480:53:53

Manchester City.

Or it doesn't, I

don't know.

If you have had

0:53:530:53:57

something as you are coming through

the system as a teenager, would that

0:53:570:54:01

help would fall as more?

It's a very

interesting question because I think

0:54:010:54:05

its relevant for wet football will

go in the next ten, 15 years. If I

0:54:050:54:12

was heading an academy in England, I

would actually say to anybody, yes,

0:54:120:54:19

go back to school, I don't care how

many hours of training he wants to

0:54:190:54:24

do. You gain more intelligence, I

can still use it on the pitch.

0:54:240:54:29

Sounds like a message or mother

would like.

It is definitely a

0:54:290:54:32

message my mother passed on.

Basically, you are hearing my

0:54:320:54:36

mother.

And a lot of mothers and

fathers around the country. It would

0:54:360:54:46

be interesting to see what he wants

to do with it. A coach or a Chief

0:54:460:54:51

Executive? Is nowhere near deciding.

Those skills, they could go towards

0:54:510:54:55

boat.

Maybe some merging of the two.

Youngsters need someone like him to

0:54:550:55:03

aspire to. But not thinking beyond

injury. What to do with it.

So many

0:55:030:55:11

footballers do not make it. We

talked about so much. If you wanted

0:55:110:55:15

to catch the whole of the interview,

there is going to be a pod cast. You

0:55:150:55:20

can subscribe to that. That would be

a longer version. That would be out

0:55:200:55:24

next week.

You are advertising

another programme?

As it's Christmas

0:55:240:55:30

time.

Christmas is gone. And that

was his mortar board?

Yes, we had it

0:55:300:55:39

all. Perhaps you may be nursing a

hangover during the festive period.

0:55:390:55:49

If you are and it's one of those

mornings were you think, and that

0:55:490:55:53

there's enough, I'm going to cut

down on booze that have no idea, we

0:55:530:55:57

will have some people who done it

and you are doing it.

They have some

0:55:570:56:02

realistic tips. It is not just stop

immediately.

We are not

0:56:020:59:25

in half an hour.

0:59:250:59:26

Plenty more on our website

at the usual address.

0:59:260:59:32

Hello, this is Breakfast,

with Charlie Stayt and Naga

0:59:500:59:53

Munchetty.

0:59:530:59:54

-- Jon Kay.

0:59:540:59:56

It's Friday, 29 December.

0:59:561:00:02

Warning of snow and ice disruption

for many. Here is the scene in

1:00:021:00:06

Yorkshire. Conditions have been

deteriorating quickly. Drivers are

1:00:061:00:11

being asked to plan their journeys

carefully and take extra

1:00:111:00:14

precautions.

The Met Office has an amber weather

1:00:141:00:18

warning out for heavy snow across

the Midlands and northern England.

1:00:181:00:25

It is all moving north into southern

and central Scotland. I will have

1:00:251:00:28

more later.

1:00:281:00:30

Also this morning, patients are

being advised to look up their

1:00:481:00:52

medical conditions online before

visiting their GP under new guidance

1:00:521:00:55

from medical leaders. At least 12

people are killed in a blaze in a

1:00:551:01:00

New York apartment building, the

city's worst fire in 25 years.

1:01:001:01:05

Apple has apologised for slowing

down older iphones -

1:01:051:01:08

I'll have more on that shortly,

plus I've been chatting

1:01:081:01:11

to Manchester City captain

1:01:111:01:12

and recent graduate Vincent Kompany

about why he's just finished

1:01:121:01:15

a business degree.

1:01:151:01:15

In sport, a combination of David

Warner and bad weather have

1:01:151:01:18

frustrated England on the fourth day

of the fourth test against

1:01:181:01:21

Australia.

1:01:211:01:22

Good morning.

1:01:221:01:22

First, our main story.

1:01:221:01:23

Snow and ice are expected to cause

more disruption in parts

1:01:231:01:26

of the UK today.

1:01:261:01:28

The Met Office says delays to road,

rail and air travel are "likely"

1:01:281:01:31

and is warning of

possible power cuts.

1:01:311:01:33

A yellow warning is in place

for snow and ice in Northern Ireland

1:01:331:01:37

and parts of England

and southern Scotland

1:01:371:01:38

throughout the day.

1:01:381:01:39

There's an amber warning for areas

of the North Midlands,

1:01:391:01:42

Yorkshire and the North West

of England until 11am,

1:01:421:01:44

with heavy snow forecast around

the Southern Pennines.

1:01:441:01:47

Between 5 and 10 centimetres

of snow is expected,

1:01:471:01:49

with up to 15 centimetres

possible over higher ground.

1:01:491:01:53

And sub-zero temperatures have

been recorded overnight,

1:01:531:01:57

with lows of minus 12

in northern scotland.

1:01:571:02:03

Highways England is advising drivers

to plan their journey carefully

1:02:031:02:06

before setting off.

1:02:061:02:06

Gritters have been out overnight

on the busiest routes.

1:02:061:02:09

Be aware that if you are going out

to work or visiting friends

1:02:091:02:12

in the early hours,

there could still be icy spots.

1:02:121:02:15

The temperature could change

while we are at home,

1:02:151:02:18

before we come back

in the in the morning.

1:02:181:02:20

It could snow, it could rain

and wash the salt away.

1:02:201:02:23

The conditions are constantly

changing at this time of year.

1:02:231:02:26

Even with the detailed forecast

we get, we cannot always get

1:02:261:02:29

it 100% right.

1:02:291:02:31

Clare Fallon is near the M62

motorway in West Yorkshire

1:02:311:02:33

for us this morning.

1:02:331:02:35

She pulled the BBC Brett has short

straw this morning. -- BBC

1:02:351:02:40

Breakfast. We feel guilty. Talk us

through it, how was it so far?

Cold!

1:02:401:02:50

It is very, very cold where we are.

The snow has been coming down for

1:02:501:02:55

just over one hour one hour. At

times it has been heavier than this.

1:02:551:03:02

The 62 is doing well at the moment.

We are told the gritters have been

1:03:021:03:07

out in force all night and that is

obvious when we look at a motorway

1:03:071:03:11

here this morning. The traffic is

doing pretty well. But this is a

1:03:111:03:15

motorway which has been gritted.

There will be some small roads which

1:03:151:03:19

the gritters haven't got to. We are

being told that on higher ground

1:03:191:03:24

like this, in the north of England,

we could potentially get about 15

1:03:241:03:28

centimetres of snow in some places.

That is why we have this amber

1:03:281:03:34

weather warning which is in place,

warning us to be prepared in much of

1:03:341:03:38

the north of England and also in the

north of the Midlands. That means

1:03:381:03:43

the advice to people heading out on

the roads this morning is to try to

1:03:431:03:47

take some measures to protect

yourself, really. Don't go out if

1:03:471:03:50

you don't have too. If you do have

to do, do things lack making sure

1:03:501:03:55

you have a shovel in the car with

you, making sure you are wrapped up

1:03:551:03:59

warm, you have a blanket, some food

and water. Because if you do get

1:03:591:04:03

stuck, you are going to be very

cold, and the driving conditions

1:04:031:04:07

will be difficult.

A.k.a., Clare,

don't you get stuck either. -- OK.

1:04:071:04:16

That happen to me once on an outside

broadcast, I had to sleep on a farm.

1:04:161:04:21

That is a whole other story, isn't

it? Well, Carol has the weather. I

1:04:211:04:26

think these warnings need some

explaining?

Well, the amber warning

1:04:261:04:30

is of course issued by the Met

Office. Be prepared for those kinds

1:04:301:04:35

of circumstances. 15 centimetres of

lying snow is a lot, it is six

1:04:351:04:39

inches. At lower levels we are

looking at 3-5 centimetres. That can

1:04:391:04:45

be too hazardous travelling

conditions. The amber warning as for

1:04:451:04:48

the north Midlands and northern

England. As that's no pushers north

1:04:481:04:52

it will arrive in southern and

central Scotland, and here, it will

1:04:521:04:55

take its time to clear. -- as that

snow pushes northwards. There is

1:04:551:05:02

also a warning for ice across much

of the UK this morning, and one for

1:05:021:05:07

wind, across South Wales in southern

England. Gusty, squally winds. If

1:05:071:05:10

you are catching a ferry across the

Channel this morning,, there could

1:05:101:05:14

the gusts to gale force, even severe

gales. -- there could be.

1:05:141:05:21

You can keep up to date

with all the latest weather

1:05:211:05:24

conditions with your BBC

local radio station.

1:05:241:05:27

And we would love to hear from you.

If you have any photographs of the

1:05:271:05:32

snow coming down where you are, get

in touch with us.

1:05:321:05:36

The technology company, Apple,

has apologised to customers

1:05:361:05:38

after admitting it deliberately

slowed down older Iphone models.

1:05:381:05:40

The company has now said it

will offer replacement batteries

1:05:401:05:43

at a discounted price.

1:05:431:05:43

So, why did it do it?

Well, people

have been wondering two years,

1:05:471:05:53

suspecting, is my iPhone getting

slower? Especially when a new iPhone

1:05:531:05:56

comes out. Sometimes you think,

maybe it is just me. Or I have too

1:05:561:06:00

much stuff on my phone and it is

slowing down. It turns out Apple

1:06:001:06:04

have admitted they are deliberately

slowing down iPhones because of the

1:06:041:06:07

battery deterioration. They said it

was the get the most out of your

1:06:071:06:12

battery as your battery gets older

and slower itself. People were

1:06:121:06:15

getting these unexpected shot downs,

where your battery level would still

1:06:151:06:19

be 30% but suddenly it would go off.

They were trying to avoid that, and

1:06:191:06:23

managed a time when you are using

your phone than most. At day didn't

1:06:231:06:27

tell everybody about that. -- but

they didn't tell anybody. They have

1:06:271:06:33

apologise now, after effectively

being caught doing it.

How long for?

1:06:331:06:37

This has been a policy for a few

years now, but they are only in

1:06:371:06:42

permitting this new battery change

fee, because at the moment, if you

1:06:421:06:45

want a new battery it would normally

cost you about 60 quid, that will go

1:06:451:06:50

down to 20 quid, as part of this

apology of trying to rectify the

1:06:501:06:53

situation, and trying to get

customers back on side. Lots of

1:06:531:06:56

customers feel they have been

misled.

And were paying more for

1:06:561:06:59

batteries.

Yes. When maybe they

should have just been getting a

1:06:591:07:05

better battery or a better system in

the first place.

For a global

1:07:051:07:09

company like Apple to apologise,

that is a big thing.

Yes, they are

1:07:091:07:13

putting their hands up. Normally you

don't get much out of Apple, all the

1:07:131:07:17

stories that we do about them,

they'll often reluctant to comment.

1:07:171:07:20

To come out with an apology and say

they are reducing the cost of

1:07:201:07:24

battery replacement, but only five

and six are after. If you have an

1:07:241:07:27

iPhone from before then, you are a

bit stuck with that, I'm afraid.

1:07:271:07:34

A fire which has swept

through an apartment building

1:07:341:07:36

in New York, killing at least 12

people, has been described

1:07:361:07:39

as the worst in

the city for decades.

1:07:391:07:41

At least 15 people have been

injured, four of them critically.

1:07:411:07:44

John Ironmonger reports.

1:07:441:07:46

It is New York's deadliest fire for

decades. Fire broke out on the first

1:07:461:07:53

floor of a 5-storey apartment

building and spread rapidly,

1:07:531:07:57

sparking panic among residents in a

busy corner of the Bronx district.

1:07:571:08:01

Fire crews arrived at the scene

within three minutes, but it was too

1:08:011:08:07

late for many of the residents.

Those who managed to escape

1:08:071:08:10

described the chaos as people rushed

to flee the smoke.

The fire truck

1:08:101:08:15

wasn't even here yet when all the

smoke and stuff was coming out. They

1:08:151:08:19

weren't even here yet. A started to

get everybody out by people were on

1:08:191:08:23

the fire escape already, trying to

get down on their own, that is how

1:08:231:08:27

fast it was moving. -- and they

started.

At least 12 people were

1:08:271:08:32

rescued as firefighters plucked

residents from this fire escape.

1:08:321:08:36

Outside, in the bitter cold, locals

huddled under blankets. Speaking at

1:08:361:08:39

after the fire had been brought

under control, the New York Mayor,

1:08:391:08:45

Bill de Blasio, called it an

unspeakable tragedy.

In the middle

1:08:451:08:47

of the holiday season, a time when

families are together, tonight, here

1:08:471:08:51

in the Bronx, there are families

which have been torn apart. This is

1:08:511:08:58

the worst fire tragedy we have seen

in this city in at least a quarter

1:08:581:09:05

century, based on the information we

have now, this will rank as one of

1:09:051:09:11

the worst losses of life to a fire

in many, many years.

The fire

1:09:111:09:15

department said it was too early to

comment on the cause of the blaze,

1:09:151:09:19

and a search of the building is

continuing. While the Mayor has

1:09:191:09:23

warned the death toll could rise

further.

1:09:231:09:29

We are also getting news this

morning that at least 14 people have

1:09:291:09:33

in killed and seven others injured

after a huge fire broke out in a

1:09:331:09:37

restaurant and office complex in the

Indian city of Mumbai. The blaze in

1:09:371:09:43

the Kamala Mills compound is

reported to have broken out in a

1:09:431:09:46

restaurant and then spread quickly.

1:09:461:09:47

We're being encouraged

to check our medical symptoms online

1:09:471:09:50

before we book a doctors appointment

- to try to help ease the pressure

1:09:501:09:54

on over-stretched surgeries.

1:09:541:09:54

The Royal College of GPs is asking

patients to consider if the problem

1:09:541:09:58

can be solved beforehand

by following a three-step guide.

1:09:581:10:00

Ben Ando has the details.

1:10:001:10:03

The season of goodwill can also be

a time of bad health,

1:10:031:10:06

and that means overcrowded

surgeries, busy doctors,

1:10:061:10:08

and a tough time for the NHS.

1:10:081:10:10

Now the Royal College

of GPs is urging

1:10:101:10:12

people to think twice and take three

steps before booking a GP

1:10:121:10:15

appointment.

1:10:151:10:18

It wants patients to use

the catchphrase "three before GP,"

1:10:181:10:20

meaning that in the first instance,

they should try to manage

1:10:201:10:23

their symptoms themselves.

1:10:231:10:24

Next they should look

at reputable websites

1:10:241:10:26

such as NHS Choices.

1:10:261:10:30

Failing that, the worried

unwell should talk to

1:10:301:10:37

pharmacists, who are better

trained than many realise.

1:10:371:10:41

If just 5% of people who wanted to

or can appointment today could get

1:10:411:10:46

self-help, CFR must as, sort

themselves out by going online,

1:10:461:10:49

actually, that would save 50,000

appointments for those who really

1:10:491:10:52

need it. This is about using NHS

resources in the best possible way,

1:10:521:10:56

but also saving time for people as

well.

1:10:561:11:02

Doctors' leaders say that

with the population getting older,

1:11:021:11:04

fatter and less healthy, there

are not going to be enough doctors.

1:11:041:11:08

They say that plans refer to 5000

by 2021, but that is in jeopardy.

1:11:081:11:12

They urge the Home Office to add

being a general practitioner

1:11:121:11:15

to the list of those jobs

which could qualify potential

1:11:151:11:17

migrants for a fast-track

entry into the UK.

1:11:171:11:20

The Royal College says it thinks up

to one quarter of potential

1:11:201:11:23

appointments could be avoided

if patients were willing to take

1:11:231:11:25

more responsibility and make a trip

to the doctor a step of last resort

1:11:251:11:29

rather than the first

call they make.

1:11:291:11:37

The British polar explorer

Ben Saunders has been forced

1:11:371:11:39

to abandon his quest to cross

Antarctica unassisted,

1:11:391:11:41

after he was left without enough

food to complete his journey.

1:11:411:11:44

He was undertaking the feat

in memory of his friend

1:11:441:11:47

Henry Worsley, who died attempting

the journey alone last year.

1:11:471:11:51

Saunders is only the third person

in history, and the first Briton,

1:11:511:11:54

to have skied by himself to both

the North and South poles.

1:11:541:12:03

He has told BBC Breakfast in the

past about all the preparations he

1:12:031:12:07

had been undergoing for his

Antarctic trip, but he has had to

1:12:071:12:11

stop. He will be coming home, but no

doubt he will try again in the

1:12:111:12:15

future. We know that he is a

determined chap.

He certainly is.

1:12:151:12:18

A bizarre plan involving

Mrs Thatcher and a panda travelling

1:12:181:12:21

to America via Concorde has been

revealed in newly released files

1:12:211:12:24

from Britain's official archive.

1:12:241:12:25

In January 1981 London Zoo wanted

to loan its male panda

1:12:251:12:28

to a zoo in Washington.

1:12:281:12:29

The then Prime Minister was asked

if she would like to travel

1:12:291:12:33

with the animal and oversee

the handover in order to boost

1:12:331:12:36

relations with the United States.

1:12:361:12:40

But Mrs Thatcher was having none

of it, reportedly saying that

1:12:401:12:43

"pandas and politicians

are not happy omens."

1:12:431:12:57

So you wait all these years for the

government papers to get released,

1:12:571:13:02

for the secrets to find out, and you

discover the best story is about

1:13:021:13:06

Margaret Thatcher and a panda.

1:13:061:13:08

At this time of year A&E departments

are inundated with people who've

1:13:081:13:11

been drinking too much.

1:13:111:13:12

So the NHS is considering

introducing a national network

1:13:121:13:14

of Alcohol Recovery Centres to allow

revellers to sleep it off.

1:13:141:13:17

So-called "drunk tanks"

are already used in Bristol,

1:13:171:13:20

Newcastle, Manchester and Cardiff,

and offer a safe place for people

1:13:201:13:23

to be checked over, rather

than being taken to hospital

1:13:231:13:25

or the police station.

1:13:251:13:29

We can speak now to Dr Katherine

Henderson from the Royal College

1:13:291:13:32

of Emergency Medicine.

1:13:321:13:39

Thank you for joining us. What do

you make of these recovery centres,

1:13:391:13:44

these drunk tanks?

Good morning.

Well, we would rather people were

1:13:441:13:49

drinking so much that they needed to

use these facilities. Obviously

1:13:491:13:54

anything that reduces people to

needing to come to an AMD

1:13:541:14:00

department, we are grateful for

that, but you have to start these

1:14:001:14:03

units and you have to use people who

are often front-line staff anyway.

1:14:031:14:07

-- A&E department. So you end up

with patients sometimes needing to

1:14:071:14:13

come to the emergency department

anyway. Overall I think it is a good

1:14:131:14:18

idea to evaluate whether this

service is useful, but the message

1:14:181:14:21

really should the, you shouldn't be

getting into the state where you

1:14:211:14:24

need something like this.

Yeah, the

problem is, though, people do. You

1:14:241:14:28

can tell people not to drink and not

to get into this state but the fact

1:14:281:14:32

is they do and they end up in A&E.

So is this not one strategy of

1:14:321:14:37

relieving the pressure of A&E

departments? Physically, you see

1:14:371:14:40

people staggering around, not very

well, which gives a poor time to

1:14:401:14:45

General A&E for those who are ill

and need treatment for other things.

1:14:451:14:49

-- poor tone.

Yes, that is a fair

point, it is unpleasant to be

1:14:491:14:55

treated in a department when you are

seriously unwell when there are lots

1:14:551:14:58

of people who are very intoxicated.

So, yes, that is an advantage. At my

1:14:581:15:02

worry would be that this would make

it, almost giving permission for

1:15:021:15:06

people to get themselves into that

state because they have the safety

1:15:061:15:10

net of the alcohol recovery centre,

rather than thinking, I need to sort

1:15:101:15:14

myself out and make sure I can get

home safely. I need to make sure my

1:15:141:15:18

friends get home safely. I need to

take responsibility and make sure I

1:15:181:15:21

don't thinks so much that I would

ever need such a facility. -- don't

1:15:211:15:26

drink so much. So, yes, we are

grateful for anything which is an

1:15:261:15:31

extra facility to help manage these

patients, but the fundal message --

1:15:311:15:35

fundamental message should still be

that we shouldn't need this sort of

1:15:351:15:38

thing.

So who should be looking

after people who are intoxicated,

1:15:381:15:42

beyond the point of being able to be

looked after by friends and family,

1:15:421:15:46

who need medical help or who are

perhaps needing somewhere to sit and

1:15:461:15:50

be quiet and recover?

Whose

responsibility should that be? At

1:15:501:15:54

this point I think the

responsibility has to be somebody

1:15:541:15:56

who has some skills. You need

somebody who is able to assess a

1:15:561:16:00

patient's airway and mature they

don't actually have a net -- have a

1:16:001:16:04

head injury, that they haven't taken

something which means they are

1:16:041:16:08

seriously unwell. It means that

while we are enormously grateful to

1:16:081:16:12

people for helping the centres, they

will very often have clinical

1:16:121:16:15

skills. That might be some become St

John's, it might be paramedics who

1:16:151:16:18

are starting these areas. --

somebody from St John's. These

1:16:181:16:24

people would be doing things which

are also very helpful for the health

1:16:241:16:27

of the population, but it has to be

somebody with enough skill to

1:16:271:16:31

recognise when somebody is

obstructing an airway and is

1:16:311:16:33

vomiting badly enough that they will

need to go to hospital, so they get

1:16:331:16:37

transferred out of the alcohol

recovery centre and taken to A&E.

1:16:371:16:40

Does that fall to the NHS, to

provide that person?

1:16:401:16:47

There are organisations like St

John's which are wonderful but yes,

1:16:471:16:50

it

1:16:501:16:51

John's which are wonderful but yes,

it will be the NHS.

Catherine

1:16:511:16:55

Henderson, talking to you, and it's

something many viewers understand,

1:16:551:16:59

it sounds like you're frustrated

with the way people treating alcohol

1:16:591:17:02

at the moment, alcohol abuse is

maybe the correct phrase. Is that

1:17:021:17:08

the general feeling? Is that

prevalent in the AMD departments at

1:17:081:17:13

the moment?

-- A&E. We are not

making people realise how dangerous

1:17:131:17:22

excessive alcohol is. We see people

who are vulnerable to have drunk so

1:17:221:17:28

much, they can make themselves

incredibly unwell. We see people who

1:17:281:17:32

are abandoned by their friends and

left to the NHS to look after so

1:17:321:17:37

people go home not realising one of

the party is no longer in a fit

1:17:371:17:43

state to get home. It's very sad.

It's also very difficult when you

1:17:431:17:50

have a very stressed health service

at the moment. Hospitals are very

1:17:501:17:55

full at the moment. There is a lot

of respiratory illness. The

1:17:551:17:59

additional burden of being deeply

intoxicated is a little bit too

1:17:591:18:06

much.

Thank you very much feel time

this morning.

1:18:061:18:18

Lots of people waking up this

morning to some freezing conditions.

1:18:181:18:22

Carol has been keeping a nigh on the

weather. It could be the coldest

1:18:221:18:28

night of the year so far. You

rightly said, it's been snowing.

1:18:281:18:38

night of the year so far. You

rightly said, it's been snowing.

1:18:381:18:39

There is one from Nottinghamshire

taken in the last wee while. The Met

1:18:391:18:44

Office has an amber weather warning.

Heavy snow across the North

1:18:441:18:48

Midlands. Up to 15 centimetres of

height. That is six inches. Between

1:18:481:18:58

three and five centimetres. It was

-12 at Loch Glascarnoch at four

1:18:581:19:07

o'clock in the morning so we didn't

quite make the -13 it would make it

1:19:071:19:12

one of the coldest nights of winter

so far. With temperatures as low as

1:19:121:19:16

that, there is a lot of ice around.

Parts of England and Wales this

1:19:161:19:22

morning. An amber weather warning.

Snow across the North Midlands. At

1:19:221:19:27

the moment, we are starting to see

it accumulate. As you push further

1:19:271:19:37

south, is poorly rain moving from

the West to the east. There is the

1:19:371:19:41

risk of ice as well. South-western

parts of England which come

1:19:411:19:48

eastwards. In addition to that,

there is a further weather warning.

1:19:481:19:57

Squally winds gusting. Severe gales

with exposure to the English

1:19:571:20:00

Channel. Through the morning, the

snow clears northern England.

1:20:001:20:09

Southern and Central Scotland well

into the afternoon. Some showers,

1:20:091:20:13

some of which will still be winter

rear nature. Not as cold as we push

1:20:131:20:20

towards the south. As we move from

Friday to Saturday, there goes the

1:20:201:20:24

Hook, bringing the rain and snow

across Scotland. Another set of

1:20:241:20:29

fronts introducing more wet and

windy weather. A lot of dry weather

1:20:291:20:35

on Saturday. He came -- here comes

the rain. It will be windy as well.

1:20:351:20:45

Still some showers across the far

north of Scotland. One thing of note

1:20:451:20:50

are the temperatures. 12 cents 13

is. Still looking at four degrees to

1:20:501:20:56

about nine. Then for New Year's Eve,

still unsettled. The whole thing

1:20:561:21:02

drags itself off onto the continent,

leaving brighter, drier conditions.

1:21:021:21:09

In the West, further showers. It's

going to be cold. Just not as cold

1:21:091:21:15

as it has been. Particularly in the

west and south. The better chance

1:21:151:21:24

you have of seeing something drier.

40 years day, we have this system

1:21:241:21:32

coming up across the south of

England, moving towards the east and

1:21:321:21:36

that will bring a spell of weather.

A lot of dry weather. It remains

1:21:361:21:42

unsettled. We found in interesting

article -- an interesting article

1:21:421:21:53

about how to cut your cheese.

You

can do in various ways. You can do

1:21:531:21:58

it with a wire.

One

1:21:581:21:59

can do in various ways. You can do

it with a wire.

One of those slicing

1:21:591:22:00

things. What shape should shatter

and red to be? Round? No, blocks.

1:22:001:22:10

Stilton, when it comes in a

triangle, how should you cut it?

I

1:22:101:22:14

would cut it with a knife.

I love

Stilton.

What shape? Round? Wrong.

1:22:141:22:21

Triangular? Yes. Carol, thank you.

She is such a good sport. It's

1:22:211:22:30

because of this piece. If you have

shatter and red Leicester, cubes are

1:22:301:22:35

better. For cocktail sticks.

Stilton, and it comes in a triangle,

1:22:351:22:42

I would just drop off the end. That

is what I would do. Goats cheese

1:22:421:22:49

obviously, those awkward shapes, you

divide it into triangles.

Carol said

1:22:491:22:57

she would make them all-round. She

has pastry cutters obviously. All

1:22:571:23:03

Carol's food is round. We have a

picture of the panda bear on the

1:23:031:23:09

front page of the Guardian. They are

also leading the story about social

1:23:091:23:14

media companies being ordered to

provide details.

The front page of

1:23:141:23:23

the Times, snow and ice. The

picture, Alistair Cooke celebrating.

1:23:231:23:37

£700,000 from the NHS. We are

talking about the weather and the

1:23:371:23:45

NHS, talking about the winter storm.

They help the law -- and help alert

1:23:451:23:52

for people with respiratory

problems.

1:23:521:23:55

A growing number of rural

communities are relying

1:23:551:23:58

on volunteers to keep

certain services going.

1:23:581:23:59

Cuts in funding means that

facilities that were traditionally

1:23:591:24:02

run either by local authorities

or private individuals are facing

1:24:021:24:05

the prospect of disappearing.

1:24:051:24:06

That means local people are offering

to operate them unpaid.

1:24:061:24:09

Danny Savage has visited one

town in North Yorkshire,

1:24:091:24:11

where it's becoming more

and more noticeable.

1:24:111:24:16

Deep in the North Yorkshire

countryside is the market

1:24:171:24:20

town of Helmsley.

1:24:201:24:21

A bustling community.

1:24:211:24:22

But look a bit closer

and you will find a trend

1:24:221:24:25

here for a reliance on volunteers.

1:24:251:24:30

Every local business has

a different tree and they do it

1:24:301:24:37

and this year it's the star theme...

1:24:371:24:39

You will find it illustrated

in the parish church.

1:24:391:24:42

So 30 or more trees in here?

1:24:421:24:43

So 30 or more trees in here?

1:24:431:24:45

30 or more trees, yes.

1:24:451:24:47

Dozens of local businesses have

offered to decorate it.

1:24:471:24:49

What we've got here,

this is wonderful with

1:24:491:24:51

the Antiques Roadshow,

1:24:511:24:53

with all the different experts,

the specialities from Bondgate

1:24:531:24:55

Antiques.

1:24:551:24:56

There is more volunteering these

days because of council cutbacks.

1:24:561:25:00

As the economy has suffered and less

funding has become available,

1:25:001:25:06

somebody must make up the shortfall

and we're looking here in Helmsley

1:25:061:25:09

to see

that people have done that,

1:25:091:25:11

taken on running several

organisations in town.

1:25:111:25:14

It's a really lovely

community feel here.

1:25:141:25:16

Helmsley is a community which relies

heavily on volunteers

1:25:161:25:18

and it is not alone.

1:25:181:25:20

Other towns in this,

England's largest county,

1:25:201:25:21

have taken over bus services

and even petrol stations to stop

1:25:211:25:25

them from vanishing.

1:25:251:25:29

The arts centre and the library

are two entities that wouldn't exist

1:25:291:25:32

here if it wasn't for locals giving

up their time for free.

1:25:321:25:36

In the nearby walled garden,

more people are doing their bit,

1:25:361:25:43

making advent wreaths to raise money

for an assisted learning project.

1:25:431:25:46

Whatever!

1:25:461:25:55

Yes, we have some garden staff that

lead, we have people who help direct

1:25:551:26:01

in terms of maintenance

and the police have been helping out

1:26:011:26:05

with the wreaths today but 75, 80%

of the work is done by volunteers.

1:26:051:26:08

I've been a lot more confident.

1:26:081:26:10

I've had a great big

experience here.

1:26:101:26:12

I've been able to make friends.

1:26:121:26:13

And yes, we are all a family.

1:26:131:26:23

And this is a rural town which also

needs people to step up for vital

1:26:231:26:29

roles on top of theor day job.

1:26:291:26:31

Chris Lazenby is a firefighter.

1:26:311:26:32

Good to go?

1:26:321:26:33

Yep, good to go.

1:26:331:26:39

And in his civvies,

he runs an art gallery.

1:26:391:26:44

Just myself, I run this gallery.

1:26:441:26:51

Ben, a builder, a butcher

and Gavin, a painter.

1:26:511:26:54

The nearest station with a crew

ready to go on station

1:26:541:26:57

during the day is Malton.

1:26:571:27:04

Depending on traffic that

could be 30 minutes away.

1:27:041:27:06

This is just a snapshot of life

in one country market town and it

1:27:061:27:10

shows the rise of vital volunteering

which keeps communities functioning

1:27:101:27:13

in 21st-century Britain.

1:27:131:27:21

It looks rather different. 27

minutes past seven.

1:27:211:30:45

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

1:30:451:30:46

Welcome back. You are watching

breakfast with Jon Kay and Naga

1:30:531:30:59

Munchetty. Let's get a summary of

this morning's mean years. Snow and

1:30:591:31:05

ice are expected to cause more

disruption in parts of the UK today.

1:31:051:31:08

The Met Office says delays to road,

rail and air travel are "likely"

1:31:081:31:12

and is warning of

possible power cuts.

1:31:121:31:14

A yellow warning is in place

for snow and ice in Northern Ireland

1:31:141:31:17

and parts of England

and southern Scotland -

1:31:171:31:19

throughout the day.

1:31:191:31:22

There's an amber warning for areas

of the North Midlands,

1:31:221:31:28

Yorkshire and the North West

of England until 11am,

1:31:281:31:30

with heavy snow forecast around

the Southern Pennines.

1:31:301:31:32

Between 5 and 10 centimetres

of snow is expected,

1:31:321:31:35

with up to 15 centimetres

possible over higher ground.

1:31:351:31:37

And sub-zero temperatures have

been recorded overnight,

1:31:371:31:39

with lows of minus 12

in northern scotland.

1:31:391:31:41

Highways England is advising drivers

to plan their journey carefully

1:31:411:31:44

before setting off.

1:31:441:31:45

Gritters have been out overnight

on the busiest routes.

1:31:451:31:58

The technology company, Apple,

has apologised to customers

1:32:071:32:09

after admitting it had deliberately

slowed down older iphone models.

1:32:091:32:11

Some customers accused the company

of using the measure to encourage

1:32:111:32:15

people to upgrade.

1:32:151:32:16

But Apple said it had been intended

to prolong the device's life

1:32:161:32:19

and prevent sudden shutdowns.

1:32:191:32:21

The company said it would offer

replacement batteries

1:32:211:32:23

at a discounted price.

1:32:231:32:32

Two very serious fatal fires to

report this morning.

1:32:321:32:36

12 people have died in a fire

at an apartment building

1:32:361:32:39

in New York.

1:32:391:32:39

Emergency services said four people

are critically ill and at least

1:32:391:32:42

15 are injured.

1:32:421:32:43

The fire broke out last night

on the third floor of a five-story

1:32:431:32:47

building in the Bronx

area of the city.

1:32:471:32:49

New York Mayor Bill De Blasio says

this is the city's worst apartment

1:32:491:32:52

building fire in decades.

1:32:521:32:56

At least fourteen people have been

killed and several others injured

1:32:561:32:59

after a huge fire broke out

at an office and restaurant complex

1:32:591:33:02

in the Indian city of Mumbai.

1:33:021:33:04

The blaze at the Kamala Mills

Compound is reported to have broken

1:33:041:33:07

out in a restaurant

and spread quickly.

1:33:071:33:10

Patients are being encouraged

to check their symptoms online

1:33:101:33:13

before they go to their GP.

1:33:131:33:15

It comes as part of three-step

advice from the Royal College

1:33:151:33:18

of GPs.

1:33:181:33:21

It says we should consider

whether or not we can just look

1:33:211:33:24

after the problem ourselves.

1:33:241:33:26

It recommends using a reputable

online resource to check out advice

1:33:261:33:29

and symptoms, such as

the NHS Choices website.

1:33:291:33:31

And seeking advice or treatment

from a pharmacist.

1:33:311:33:46

It is thought new alcohol centres

could ease pressure on accident and

1:33:461:33:50

emergency units and ambulance

services.

My main worry would be

1:33:501:33:59

that this would make it, almost give

permission for people to get

1:33:591:34:04

themselves into a state because they

have a safety net of the alcohol

1:34:041:34:08

recovery centre rather than

thinking, actually, I need to sort

1:34:081:34:12

myself out and make sure I can get

home safely, I need to make sure my

1:34:121:34:16

friends get home safely, I need to

take responsibility and make sure I

1:34:161:34:20

don't drink so much that I would

ever need such a facility. Yes, we

1:34:201:34:25

are grateful for anything that is an

extra facility to help manage these

1:34:251:34:29

patients, but the fundamental

message must still be, we shouldn't

1:34:291:34:33

need this sort of thing.

1:34:331:34:34

Two men have been charged

with terror offences by police

1:34:341:34:37

investigating an alleged plot

for an attack over Christmas.

1:34:371:34:39

Farhad Salah, from Sheffield,

and Andi Sami Star,

1:34:391:34:42

from Chesterfield, have been charged

with engaging in the preparation

1:34:421:34:44

of an act of terrorism

and will appear via video link

1:34:441:34:47

at Westminster Magistrates'

Court today.

1:34:471:34:49

They were among four men arrested

earlier in December.

1:34:491:34:55

The British polar explorer

Ben Saunders has been forced

1:34:551:34:57

to abandon his quest to cross

Antarctica unassisted,

1:34:571:34:59

after he was left without enough

food to complete his journey.

1:34:591:35:02

He was undertaking the feat

in memory of his friend

1:35:021:35:05

Henry Worsley, who died attempting

the journey alone last year.

1:35:051:35:08

Saunders is only the third person

in history, and the first Briton,

1:35:081:35:11

to have skied by himself to both

the North and South poles.

1:35:111:35:22

That is all the news. Karawatha the

latest weather in a few moments. --

1:35:221:35:29

Carol will have. She is going over

the low temperatures, it is not

1:35:291:35:35

quite a record yet but it is getting

close. And snow is falling heavily.

1:35:351:35:39

You would think that if you to look

afield, maybe the other side of the

1:35:391:35:45

world be a complete opposite in

temperatures, the sun shining. Nope.

1:35:451:35:48

This is what has happened in

Melbourne. It is raining.

Yes, you

1:35:481:35:53

would expect it to be colours like

this, colours we are wearing. Not at

1:35:531:35:57

all. It was sunny yesterday, but

today the rain arrived and just as

1:35:571:36:02

England were doing so well,

everybody was hoping England could

1:36:021:36:05

push on for that victory, but what

can you do about it?

There must be a

1:36:051:36:12

bloke with a hose.

Yes, the

Australian is trying to sabotage the

1:36:121:36:17

victory. -- Australians.

1:36:171:36:20

Bad weather in sunny Melbourne has

halted England's push for victory

1:36:201:36:23

on day four of the fourth

Ashes Test, with Australia chasing

1:36:231:36:26

61 when rain stopped play.

1:36:261:36:28

There was also some controversy

involving James Anderson,

1:36:281:36:30

over what the Australian media

are describing as "ball tampering".

1:36:301:36:33

Let's go live to our reporter

in Australia, Patrick Gearey.

1:36:331:36:38

More on those allegations

against Anderson in a moment,

1:36:381:36:41

but let's start with the play.

1:36:411:36:44

How ironic that the bad weather

arrives just as England

1:36:441:36:47

find their rhythm.

1:36:471:36:49

Yes, I am not going to get much

sympathy when it comes to weather,

1:36:491:36:53

but England have been held up by a

very English conditions. The showers

1:36:531:36:56

began at about two o'clock and then

turned into storms as the afternoon

1:36:561:37:00

went on, after about three o'clock.

So England only had a chance to take

1:37:001:37:04

two second innings wickets from

Australia. They will be comforted by

1:37:041:37:07

the fact that they are now the only

side who can win this match and

1:37:071:37:12

therefore they will avoid the Ashes

whitewash they were dreading.

1:37:121:37:15

Earlier in the day, the first

innings lasted one ball, Jimmy

1:37:151:37:19

Anderson out first ball. Alastair

Cook was 244 not out, carrying his

1:37:191:37:24

bat right through the innings. He

was unbeaten, the first English

1:37:241:37:27

batsman to do that since 1977.

England did manage to take two

1:37:271:37:33

Australian wickets, Cameron Bancroft

and Usman Khawaja. Then they came up

1:37:331:37:36

against Steve Smith and David

Warner, Australia's earth batsman.

1:37:361:37:41

England's response was to dry up the

runs, and they do that effectively,

1:37:411:37:44

but didn't get them out. Those two

will still be there on the final day

1:37:441:37:49

of the test match and they will be

England's biggest obstacle to

1:37:491:37:52

victory.

Let's talk about this

alleged ball tampering, the

1:37:521:37:55

Australian media have jumped on

this, it involves James Anderson.

1:37:551:37:57

What's been going on?

Both sides

have been warned about scuffing the

1:37:571:38:04

ball. That is throwing the ball onto

the pitch in order to scuff it up,

1:38:041:38:11

they do that to cause reverse pitch,

to make the ball swing around. That

1:38:111:38:15

is different to ball tampering. Some

in the Australian media, including

1:38:151:38:20

Shane Warne, former Australian

legspinner, have accused England of

1:38:201:38:23

dubious practices, Jimmy Anderson in

particular. England were not

1:38:231:38:26

impressed at all by those at --

those accusations. I asked Trevor

1:38:261:38:31

Bayliss, the England coach, what he

thought.

As soon as I saw the

1:38:311:38:34

headlines I raced into the umpires,

and that was their words, actually,

1:38:341:38:41

"Nothing to worry about". They said

it was a beat up. That is as much as

1:38:411:38:45

I know.

Well, a beat up, I am

assured, is Australian for a made up

1:38:451:38:52

accusation. He also said this was an

example of Pommy bashing. An extra

1:38:521:38:57

bit of spice on the final day of the

test match.

We all like a bit of

1:38:571:39:01

spice when it is England against

Australia. Patrick, thank you.

1:39:011:39:05

Crystal Palace's recent resurgence

under new boss Roy Hodgeson has

1:39:061:39:09

stalled, as they were beaten 3-2

by Arsenal in a thrilling

1:39:091:39:14

Premier League match

at Selhurst Park.

1:39:141:39:26

Arsenal were 1-0 up at half-time

before a great finish

1:39:261:39:28

from Andros Townsend

put Palace level.

1:39:281:39:30

But the Gunners soon struck back,

Alexis Sanchez regaining the lead

1:39:301:39:33

after an hour.

1:39:331:39:34

A few minutes later the Chilean

controlled a superb pass

1:39:341:39:36

from Jack Wilshere to make it 3-1.

1:39:361:39:38

Palace scored a late goal

but Arsenal held on to take

1:39:381:39:41

all three points.

1:39:411:39:43

Crystal Palace have made

some results at home

1:39:431:39:45

in the final minutes.

1:39:451:39:46

Overall we were comfortable at 3-1,

but not at all at 3-2.

1:39:461:39:50

I believe overall we

played a good game.

1:39:501:39:52

We scored goals again today.

1:39:521:39:53

But a bit nervous in the end.

1:39:531:40:02

The Premier League's bottom club

Swansea have appointed the former

1:40:021:40:05

Sheffield Wednesday

boss Carlos Carvalhal

1:40:051:40:06

as their new manager.

1:40:061:40:11

Carvalhal was sacked

by the Championship side

1:40:111:40:13

on Christmas Eve.

1:40:131:40:14

He's never managed in

the English top flight before.

1:40:141:40:17

The Portugese has been appointed

until the end of the season

1:40:171:40:20

and replaces Paul Clement

who was sacked a fortnight ago.

1:40:201:40:22

Phil 'The Power' Taylor has breezed

into the quarter-finals of the PDC

1:40:221:40:26

World Championship with a 4-0

victory over Keegan Brown

1:40:261:40:28

The 16-time world champion

is playing in his farewell event

1:40:281:40:31

and made light work of the former

world youth champion,

1:40:311:40:34

finishing with a 106 check out.

1:40:341:40:35

He will play two-time former

champion, Scotland's Gary Anderson

1:40:351:40:37

next.

1:40:371:40:51

You found out your darts name

yesterday, didn't you? ...

You like

1:40:511:40:59

it, you have got a smile on your

face.

I'm trying to play it down.

It

1:40:591:41:03

works. We will find out our own

later.

1:41:031:41:07

Heavy snow is falling in parts

of Yorkshire and the North West

1:41:071:41:10

of England this morning.

1:41:101:41:11

This is the scene on the M62

motorway near Huddersfield.

1:41:111:41:14

The met office has forecast upto

15cm of snow could fall on high

1:41:141:41:17

ground and between 5

to 10cm at lower levels.

1:41:171:41:20

We're joined now in the studio

by Chris Chadwick, Planning officer

1:41:201:41:22

at Highways England.

1:41:221:41:35

So, we are talking about this, this

is our main story. How unusual is

1:41:351:41:39

this for this time of year?

It isn't

really that unusual. The past few

1:41:391:41:44

years, the climate has been a bit

warm in the winter season, so we

1:41:441:41:48

have seen more flooding. But this

year in particular has been colder,

1:41:481:41:52

we have had a few incidents of slow

already through December. So this is

1:41:521:41:56

the winter season now and this is to

be expected.

Even though it is to be

1:41:561:42:01

expected, white does it feel so

unexpected for many of us. Herston

1:42:011:42:04

Mark it is difficult.

It is because

the climate is changing in England.

1:42:041:42:10

It does seem to change. It is the

planning that goes into forehands --

1:42:101:42:19

goes in beforehand that helps us.

I

guess it is because we have low

1:42:191:42:25

lying areas but we also have lots of

hills as well, in quite small

1:42:251:42:29

distances. So you have to be

prepared for both, especially with

1:42:291:42:32

snow.

Definitely.

In Cumbria we have

that high ground, we have high

1:42:321:42:40

ground over the Pennines. That is

where the snow is falling today. It

1:42:401:42:43

does make a lot of difference, the

elevation of the roads.

Wendy you

1:42:431:42:47

begin planning? One of the

frustrations is, we hear it all the

1:42:471:42:51

time, people say, it snows. Roads

are slippery, accidents happen, they

1:42:511:42:59

have not been gritted. Wendy you

begin planning?

End of September,

1:42:591:43:05

beginning of October. That is one we

have the salt bins full and the

1:43:051:43:09

plough is ready to go. It gives us

lots of time leading up into the

1:43:091:43:13

proper winter months of December,

January. Once we get our warnings

1:43:131:43:17

from the Met Office we will get out

and start gritting straightaway.

1:43:171:43:20

Last night we did actor back runs,

literally non-stop gritting, to try

1:43:201:43:25

to stop the snow settling when it

falls. -- back to back runs.

We had

1:43:251:43:31

some snow and ice a few weeks ago,

then Christmas, and again. Is there

1:43:311:43:35

ever a danger that you ever run out

of salt?

We always have to get new

1:43:351:43:39

supplies in, but because we have had

a couple of mild winters for the

1:43:391:43:43

past few years, we actually have an

oversupply of salt at the moment. So

1:43:431:43:47

no issues with that at the moment.

Why do we find it so easy to compare

1:43:471:43:52

ourselves to Norway and Sweden,

looking at them almost in envy,

1:43:521:43:55

saving, they get it right.

Because

they have it every season. They know

1:43:551:43:59

that it will smell and it will be

deeper than what we get. This year,

1:43:591:44:04

our climate is really changeable

throughout the season, so we have to

1:44:041:44:08

plan our resources properly. There

are times when it is exceptional

1:44:081:44:13

that cause the issues, but we always

use our resources as best as we can.

1:44:131:44:17

But you are on top of it all?

So far

the forecast is not as bad as what

1:44:171:44:23

was expected yesterday. As you have

seen from the pictures, just a light

1:44:231:44:26

dusting at the moment. All the roads

are open. No issues at the moment.

1:44:261:44:31

You are looking after the north-west

of England, we have seen some

1:44:311:44:34

pictures from our cameras there in

Glasgow. Some big flakes going past

1:44:341:44:39

there. I think what strikes me is

that it seems an awful lot of the

1:44:391:44:45

U.K.'s affected this time. We have

forecasts of heavy snow and ice in

1:44:451:44:49

Northern Ireland, Scotland, half of

England. So you guys will be working

1:44:491:44:53

hard?

Definitely. With the snow and

the rain and things like that, there

1:44:531:44:59

are no rules about where it falls,

it will fall where it wants to. So

1:44:591:45:03

it is right across the country, out

on the roads, keeping them open for

1:45:031:45:07

everybody.

So much for the Christmas

holidays, hey?

Yes, so much for

1:45:071:45:10

that.

1:45:101:45:11

is happening. Good morning all. It's

not there just yet. Have some small

1:45:301:45:33

snow falling but it far from

Glasgow. And we have snow in

1:45:331:45:38

Blackburn. A bit more snow in

Bradford. Be prepared to heavy snow

1:45:381:45:46

and areas it covers. Not everywhere

is seeing it. If you are next to the

1:45:461:45:54

coastline in north-west England, for

example, you are not likely to. As

1:45:541:45:58

we head through this morning, it's

not just snow that is a hazard. Ice

1:45:581:46:03

across northern Scotland and

Northern Ireland. Heavy snow to

1:46:031:46:09

come. We are looking at up to 15

centimetres, six inches in old

1:46:091:46:13

money. At low levels, 3-5

centimetres. The whole thing is

1:46:131:46:21

moving north and east. As we go

south, squally wind and rain -- rain

1:46:211:46:26

that we currently have moving west

towards East. Another weather

1:46:261:46:36

warning across southern counties of

England and Wales. Gusts to gale

1:46:361:46:40

force. A lot of thunderstorms.

Currently across parts of Devon. All

1:46:401:46:45

going to be pushing east through the

course of the morning with some

1:46:451:46:49

hail. The snow clears northern

England by late morning. It carries

1:46:491:46:54

on across southern and central

Scotland well into the afternoon. We

1:46:541:46:58

will see some sunshine but also some

squally showers. Cold in the north

1:46:581:47:06

but not as cold as we push further

south. This system will introduce

1:47:061:47:18

more wet weather but not as windy.

The first lot goes away, the second

1:47:181:47:24

lot comes in. Across the Channel

Islands, taking a swipe. Windy

1:47:241:47:30

conditions here but as he can tell,

a lot of dry weather. Still wintry

1:47:301:47:35

showers. Temperatures in Aberdeen,

something a bit milder coming our

1:47:351:47:44

way. As we get into Sunday, the

weather front is pushing off onto

1:47:441:47:52

the near continent, taking the wet

and windy weather with them. Coming

1:47:521:47:57

from a mild direction. We can see

how the temperatures rise. If you

1:47:571:48:05

are outside, not going to be as cold

as the largest corn. There will be

1:48:051:48:15

showers. It will still be cold.

Where this system coming on across

1:48:151:48:29

southern counties. Breezy in the

north. The wind is going to change.

1:48:291:48:34

It will be cool across parts of

western Scotland. Settled conditions

1:48:341:48:39

continue right the way into the New

Year. Carol, thank

1:48:391:48:44

continue right the way into the New

Year. Carol, thank you very much. We

1:48:441:48:47

were just talking about how to deal

your turkey leftovers. It was

1:48:471:48:51

impressive.

1:48:511:48:56

Record highs have been recorded over

the last couple of weeks on the FTSE

1:48:561:49:00

- our index of a hundred

leading companies.

1:49:001:49:04

Almost relentlessly over the last

few months. This is the FTSE 100.

1:49:041:49:11

The 100 biggest companies in the UK.

This is the overall performance.

1:49:111:49:17

Over the year, you need to look

right on the top right-hand corner.

1:49:171:49:21

That is the new

1:49:211:49:22

right on the top right-hand corner.

That is the new record high that has

1:49:221:49:23

been reached. 7622 if you like to

follow the numbers. Over the air,

1:49:231:49:29

that is up about six or 7% which, if

you are an investor and you got

1:49:291:49:35

stocks and shares and you've got a

tracker, FTSE 100, this will be it.

1:49:351:49:44

ISA that's invested

in UK stock markets -

1:49:441:49:46

you may well be happy

with the performance of the stock

1:49:461:49:49

market this year.

1:49:491:49:56

It's been a long time its savings

accounts have been low. You might

1:49:561:50:00

think six or 7% on the stock market

is pretty good but of course, always

1:50:001:50:04

the reminder that prices can go down

as well as up. There is no guarantee

1:50:041:50:09

at all.

1:50:091:50:12

as well as up. There is no guarantee

at all. Of late, we have seen

1:50:121:50:17

commodity prices going up. A lot of

companies in the FTSE 100, these

1:50:171:50:22

biggest companies, they are heavily

invested and focused on mining

1:50:221:50:26

stuff. They make a lot of pockets

around the world. That increase in

1:50:261:50:34

commodity prices has really helped.

The pound has also been weaker. That

1:50:341:50:41

has helped boost companies. But that

has been weakening a little bit

1:50:411:50:49

relatively. It's not been as good to

those companies as it was. The pound

1:50:491:50:52

has been getting stronger again.

That weaker pound was great for a

1:50:521:50:56

while. That is starting to turn

around. A few different reasons.

1:50:561:51:02

They reckon that final spike at the

end. When not many people are

1:51:021:51:08

working in the city. Everyone is

feeling a bit happier. Christmas

1:51:081:51:12

parties. That is reassuring. There

is no science behind that.

What will

1:51:121:51:28

happen with that in 2018? Sean will

be across it.

1:51:281:51:37

Could 2018 be the year more and more

of us decide to go alcohol free?

1:51:371:51:41

This January a raft of books

are about to be published

1:51:411:51:44

encouraging us to drink

less or quit altogether.

1:51:441:51:46

They tap into a growing trend

for people cutting down

1:51:461:51:52

on their drinking habits

or abandoning alcohol completely.

1:51:521:51:54

The most recent stats also show

an interesting generational divide,

1:51:541:51:57

with clean living millenials

being far less likely to drink

1:51:571:51:59

than their parents.

1:51:591:52:00

Let's see what some

of you had to say.

1:52:001:52:12

I think look onto a phase of binge

drinking and drinking more and I

1:52:121:52:16

think we are probably a more

health-conscious.

We tend to go more

1:52:161:52:20

on nights out were as my parents

would open a nice bottle of wine and

1:52:201:52:25

drink it throughout the week.

It

probably is more the binge drinking

1:52:251:52:32

style were it is not bingeing, you

get together.

1:52:321:52:37

I don't want to be hung over the

next day. I like to drink with my

1:52:411:52:46

food and when I am hanging out but I

do it in moderation, you know? Keep

1:52:461:52:51

it safe, keep it cool.

I like having

a few pints with my mates and I like

1:52:511:52:59

socialising and that there are other

ways in which you enjoy yourself and

1:52:591:53:02

be who you want to be rather than

just getting so drunk that you don't

1:53:021:53:07

know what you're doing.

1:53:071:53:13

We're joined now by

author Catherine Gray -

1:53:131:53:15

who has written a book about finding

happiness in sobriety

1:53:151:53:18

after she became

addicted to alcohol.

1:53:181:53:19

Good morning. One of the things that

is quite interesting about the book

1:53:191:53:24

you wrote which is the unexpected

joy of being sober. It's just that.

1:53:241:53:29

That is not preaching about why you

shouldn't drink and white printing

1:53:291:53:32

is that you, it's just there is an

alternative and it doesn't have to

1:53:321:53:37

be all bad.

I expected sobriety to

be really dull, my social life would

1:53:371:53:44

be rushed, I would not be able to

date or dance or go to weddings or

1:53:441:53:49

Christmas parties and have a good

time and it turned out to be the

1:53:491:53:52

complete opposite. I had a better

time once I settled into it. I wrote

1:53:521:53:56

the book to let people know that,

there is nothing to be scared off.

1:53:561:54:01

You're not go to be socially anxious

for the rest of your life. You will

1:54:011:54:05

be able to dance. That was my

biggest fear. To dance without

1:54:051:54:11

alcohol? Yeah. I could dance around

my living room or kitchen but in

1:54:111:54:15

public, it took a while to get the

courage because alcohol erasers

1:54:151:54:21

inhibitions, it lowers them and

that's why a lot of people drink.

1:54:211:54:25

Social anxiety is a big problem. It

takes you on to the dance floor. It

1:54:251:54:34

took me a while to learn that. That

was one of the things I learned

1:54:341:54:38

last.

How did you get to the point

where you decided you had to do it?

1:54:381:54:46

I was drinking seven or eight

bottles of wine a week and was only

1:54:461:54:50

taking one or two nights off. When I

decided to quit, a lot of my friends

1:54:501:54:54

and family said you are not that

bad. It was only my parents and best

1:54:541:54:58

friend who really knew I was

addicted. I knew that it was ruining

1:54:581:55:02

my career, my health, by

relationships. And that if I wanted

1:55:021:55:08

a good life, that it was going to

have to go. But I really did think

1:55:081:55:12

that my life wasn't going to be as

happy or joyful or fun.

You didn't

1:55:121:55:17

think you could just cut down?

I

tried to three years. I tried so

1:55:171:55:22

many methods. Everything from

keeping a unique diary, noting down

1:55:221:55:26

how much I drank, putting days off

in advance in my diary, marking them

1:55:261:55:31

"No drinking, going to the gym

before I went to the pub, buying

1:55:311:55:36

those miniature bottles of wine, not

keeping spare alcohol. And nothing

1:55:361:55:40

worked. Alcohol by its very nature

is more issue. It makes you want

1:55:401:55:47

more after one or two drinks. You

are less likely to say no to the

1:55:471:55:53

third or fourth. And I started

drinking, I always drank a bottle of

1:55:531:55:57

wine.

It must have been tough to

stop.

It was. But it was worth it.

1:55:571:56:05

It. In a way that it stopped to buy

a house or have kids or climb the

1:56:051:56:10

career ladder. It was difficult. It

took at that. I had been drinking

1:56:101:56:16

bought 31 years. To break that habit

takes a lot of effort but it's more

1:56:161:56:22

worth it. It was 95% good and 5%

hard.

We will talk to you again in a

1:56:221:56:30

now who -- with guys had been

talking at no beer per year. It's

1:56:301:56:36

not going to be preachy, it is just

about an alternative. An alternative

1:56:361:56:41

way of living. And it -- if you have

thoughts or ideas or messages, get

1:56:411:56:46

in touch in the usual way.

We will have a weather forecast but

1:56:461:56:52

first, the

1:56:522:00:13

I'm back with the latest

from the BBC London newsroom

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in half an hour.

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Hello this is breakfast. More snow

and ice are forecast. This is the

2:00:222:00:29

scene in Huddersfield. Conditions

are deteriorating and drivers are

2:00:292:00:33

being advised to carefully plan

their journey and take extra

2:00:332:00:37

precautions.

The Met Office has an

amber warning for snow in northern

2:00:372:00:43

England. Six inches expected. It is

transferring through southern and

2:00:432:00:49

central Scotland. I will have a full

forecast in about ten minutes.

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Good morning, it is Friday 29th

December. Patients are being advised

2:01:082:01:13

to look up their medical conditions

online before visiting their family

2:01:132:01:19

doctor.

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At least 12 people are killed

in a blaze in a New York

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apartment building -

the city's worst fire

2:01:252:01:26

in more than 25 years.

2:01:262:01:28

Good morning - Apple has apologised

for slowing down older iphones -

2:01:282:01:35

I'll have more on that shortly,

plus I've been chatting

2:01:352:01:37

to Manchester City captain

and recent graduate Vincent Kompany

2:01:372:01:40

about why he's just finished

a business degree.

2:01:402:01:42

In sport, a combination

of David Warner and the weather have

2:01:422:01:44

frustrated England on the 4th day

of the 4th Test against Australia.

2:01:442:01:53

And Mark Beaumont, who cycled around

the world in 80 days is here with

2:01:532:02:02

tips on setting challenging goals.

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Good morning.

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First, our main story.

2:02:062:02:07

Snow and ice are expected

to cause more disruption

2:02:072:02:10

in parts of the UK today.

2:02:102:02:11

The Met Office says delays to road,

rail and air travel

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are "likely" and is warning

of possible power cuts.

2:02:142:02:16

A yellow warning is in place

for snow and ice in Northern Ireland

2:02:162:02:19

and parts of England and southern

Scotland - throughout the day.

2:02:192:02:23

There's an amber warning for areas

of the North Midlands,

2:02:232:02:26

Yorkshire and the North West

of England until 11am,

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with heavy snow forecast around

the Southern Pennines.

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Between 5 and 10 centimetres

of snow is expected,

2:02:332:02:37

with up to 15 centimetres possible

over higher ground.

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And sub-zero temperatures have been

recorded overnight -

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with lows of minus 12

in northern scotland.

2:02:432:02:49

Highways England is advising drivers

to plan their journey

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carefully before setting off.

2:02:512:02:55

Gritters have been out overnight

on the busiest routes.

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Many of you posting online about the

snow. This is the sight near

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Bradford. It is filmed over 20

minutes just after 6am and sped up.

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You can see just how much snow is

coming down there. Thanks for that.

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Clare Fallon is near the M62

motorway in West Yorkshire

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for us this morning.

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Clare what are conditions

like there at the moment?

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It is looking colder and colder each

time we talk to you?

Yes, it is very

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cold where we are. The snow has been

coming down since just before 6

2:03:332:03:38

o'clock this morning. At times it

has been pretty heavy. But the

2:03:382:03:44

motorway, the M62 doing fairly well.

We are fold the gritters have been

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out in force through the night

trying to prepare the motorways and

2:03:482:03:54

the road networks to keep things

moving with the snow coming down.

2:03:542:03:58

But on smaller roads on roads that

haven't been gritted, there will be

2:03:582:04:02

problems. On some of the

trans-Pennine routes, on the Snake

2:04:022:04:09

Pass and the Cat and Fiddle, those

roads are closed while they try to

2:04:092:04:14

clear the snow and ice. That is an

amber snow warning in force for the

2:04:142:04:24

northern England and the north of

the Midlands. We are expecting a

2:04:242:04:28

significant amount of snow in the

higher areas. That warning is

2:04:282:04:32

telling us we should be prepared.

The advice is if you don't need to

2:04:322:04:35

go out in the car, then don't F you

do, take some simple measures to

2:04:352:04:42

prepare yourself. Put a shovel in

the car, make sure you have warm

2:04:422:04:46

clothes and have food with you. If

you get stuck, trust me it is really

2:04:462:04:50

cold out here.

I trust you! Thank

you. Carol joins us with the latest

2:04:502:05:00

weather forecast. I bet we were all

wishing we stay in doors and leave

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poor Claire to it.

2:05:062:05:07

wishing we stay in doors and leave

poor Claire to it.

Yes the Met

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Office has an amber weather warning

that means be prepared. We looking

2:05:112:05:16

at up to 15 centimetres of snow,

that is six inches, over parts of

2:05:162:05:22

northern England. That snow will

transfer into southern and central

2:05:222:05:26

Scotland and here it will last well

into the afternoon. It will clear

2:05:262:05:30

northern England and the north

Midlands through this morning. If

2:05:302:05:34

you're travelling take care. The

other hazards are ice in many areas.

2:05:342:05:40

You will find when the showers come

down it washes off the grit and then

2:05:402:05:46

it re-freezes. Another hazard in

southern England and south Wales is

2:05:462:05:53

the wind. If you're catching a

ferry, expect a bumpy ride or maybe

2:05:532:06:02

some cancellations. Lots going on

with the weather. I will bring you

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the latest at around quarter past 8.

2:06:072:06:12

with the weather. I will bring you

the latest at around quarter past 8.

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Thank you.

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You can keep up to date

with all the latest weather

2:06:172:06:20

conditions with your BBC local radio

station.

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It does affect a lot of the UK this

particular storm.

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The technology company Apple has

apologised to customers

2:06:342:06:35

after admitting it deliberately

slowed down older iPhone models.

2:06:352:06:40

The company has now said it

will offer replacement batteries

2:06:402:06:43

at a discounted price.

2:06:432:06:45

Sean's here to explain.

2:06:452:06:47

A lot of

iPhone users seem to think

for year, they have released a new

2:06:472:06:55

phone, but my older one seems to run

slower. Apple say they have been

2:06:552:07:08

installing software to slow down

phones, because of battery

2:07:082:07:12

deterioration. What was called

unexpected shut downs was occurring,

2:07:122:07:18

your battery level gets to 30 or 40%

and it turns off. Because you were

2:07:182:07:23

using your phone, the peak number of

apps when the battery couldn't cope.

2:07:232:07:29

So they installed software to manage

that. But it slowed everything down.

2:07:292:07:35

They have apologised and say you can

buy a new battery for 20 quid

2:07:352:07:41

instead of 60. If you own an iPhone

before the iPhone 6, there is

2:07:412:07:47

nothing extra for you.

It is

significant they have apologised.

2:07:472:07:51

Yes a big company that doesn't do

much apologising, but they have said

2:07:512:07:56

to some customers, stick us with,

keep the faith.

Thank you.

2:07:562:08:02

A fire which has swept

through an apartment

2:08:022:08:04

building in New York,

killing at least 12 people,

2:08:042:08:06

has been described as the worst

in the city for decades.

2:08:062:08:12

At least 15 people have been

injured, four of them critically.

2:08:122:08:15

John Ironmonger reports.

2:08:152:08:18

It is New York's deadliest blaze for

decades. Fire broke out on the first

2:08:182:08:24

floor of a five-storey apartment

building and spread rapidly,

2:08:242:08:29

sparking panic among residents in

the Bronx. Fire crews arrived within

2:08:292:08:35

three minutes, but it was too late

for many of the residents. Those who

2:08:352:08:41

escaped described the chaos as

people rushed to flee the smoke.

The

2:08:412:08:46

fire truck was here and the smoke

was coming out, they weren't even

2:08:462:08:51

here. They started to get people

out, but people were already trying

2:08:512:08:55

to get down on their own.

At least

12 people were rescued as

2:08:552:09:01

firefighters plucked residents from

this fire escape. Outside in the

2:09:012:09:07

cold, locals huddled under blankets.

New York's mayor called it an

2:09:072:09:15

unspeakable tragedy.

In the middle

of holiday season is a time when

2:09:152:09:21

families are together. Tonight here

in the Bronx there are families that

2:09:212:09:25

have been torn apart. This is the

worst fire tragedy we have seen in

2:09:252:09:33

this city in at least a quarter

century, based on the information we

2:09:332:09:39

have now. This will rank as one of

the worst losses of life to a fire

2:09:392:09:45

in many years.

The fire department

said it was too early to comment on

2:09:452:09:49

the cause of blaze and a search of

the building is continuing. The

2:09:492:09:53

major has warned that the death toll

could rise further.

2:09:532:10:00

At least 14 people have been killed

and several others injured

2:10:002:10:03

after a huge fire broke out

at an office and restaurant complex

2:10:032:10:05

in the Indian city of Mumbai.

2:10:052:10:08

The blaze at the Kamala Mills

Compound is reported to have

2:10:082:10:11

broken out in a restaurant

and spread quickly.

2:10:112:10:18

We're being encouraged

to check our medical symptoms online

2:10:182:10:21

before we book a doctors appointment

- to try to help ease the pressure

2:10:212:10:24

on over-stretched surgeries.

2:10:242:10:26

The Royal College of GPs is asking

patients to consider if the problem

2:10:262:10:29

can be solved beforehand

by following a three-step guide.

2:10:292:10:31

Ben Ando has the details.

2:10:312:10:35

The season of goodwill can also be

a time of bad health,

2:10:352:10:39

and that means overcrowded

surgeries, busy doctors,

2:10:392:10:40

and a tough time for the NHS.

2:10:402:10:45

Now the Royal College of GPs

is urging people to think twice

2:10:452:10:48

and take three steps before booking

a GP appointment.

2:10:482:10:53

It wants patients to use

the catchphrase "three before GP,"

2:10:532:10:55

meaning that in the first instance,

they should try to manage

2:10:552:10:58

their symptoms themselves.

2:10:582:11:01

Next, they should look at reputable

websites such as NHS Choices.

2:11:012:11:04

Failing that, the worried unwell

should talk to pharmacists,

2:11:042:11:07

who are better trained

than many realise.

2:11:072:11:11

If just 5% of people who wanted

to or can appointment today

2:11:112:11:14

could get self-help,

CFR must as, sort themselves out

2:11:142:11:19

by going online, actually,

that would save 50,000 appointments

2:11:192:11:21

for those who really need it.

2:11:212:11:25

This is about using NHS resources

in the best possible way,

2:11:252:11:27

but also saving time

for people as well.

2:11:272:11:29

Doctors' leaders say that

with the population getting older,

2:11:292:11:34

fatter and less healthy,

there are not going

2:11:342:11:36

to be enough doctors.

2:11:362:11:39

They say that plans refer to 5000

by 2021, but that is in jeopardy.

2:11:392:11:43

They urge the Home Office to add

being a general practitioner

2:11:432:11:46

to the list of those jobs

which could qualify potential

2:11:462:11:49

migrants for a fast-track

entry into the UK.

2:11:492:11:59

The Royal College of GPs

says it thinks up to one

2:12:002:12:03

quarter of potential

2:12:032:12:04

appointments could be avoided

if patients were willing to take

2:12:042:12:06

more responsibility and make a trip

to the doctor a step of last resort

2:12:062:12:10

rather than the first

call they make.

2:12:102:12:19

The head of the NHS in England

is considering making mobile

2:12:192:12:21

alcohol recovery centres -

known as drunk tanks -

2:12:212:12:23

a permanent feature across England.

2:12:232:12:25

It's thought the centres could ease

pressure on Accident

2:12:252:12:27

and Emergency Units

and ambulance services.

2:12:272:12:28

Katherine Henderson

from the Royal College

2:12:282:12:30

of Emergency Medicine told this

programme she was concerned

2:12:302:12:32

the centres could send

out the wrong message.

2:12:322:12:42

Ben Sanders has been forced to

abandon his quest to cross

2:12:422:12:50

Antarctica unaided. Sanders is the

first Britton to have skied to both

2:12:502:12:59

the north and South Pole. We start

the bulletin telling people to be

2:12:592:13:04

prepared for the snowy conditions

and poor old Ben did that - not

2:13:042:13:10

enough food. He will try again I'm

sure. We are going to go from Ben

2:13:102:13:18

sanders.

2:13:182:13:22

He set out to break the world

record and cycle around

2:13:222:13:24

the world in 80 days,

but Mark Beaumont outdid himself.

2:13:242:13:30

He completed his 18,000 mile route

one day ahead of schedule.

2:13:302:13:35

We've been following his journey

from day 1, which took him

2:13:352:13:37

through Europe to Russia,

Mongolia, China, Australia

2:13:372:13:39

and North America before landing

back to where he started

2:13:392:13:41

from in Paris.

2:13:412:13:51

Mark joins us on our sofa

but first let's look back

2:13:512:13:54

at his amazing challenge.

2:13:542:13:58

Will you come on when

you have finished?

2:13:582:14:00

Yes.

2:14:002:14:03

Three, two, one.

2:14:082:14:09

Start.

2:14:092:14:13

I thought it was sitting water.

2:14:132:14:16

My front wheel went

in and it was a huge hole.

2:14:162:14:20

A massive storm blew in.

2:14:202:14:23

Well, it was really

fighting the bike.

2:14:232:14:28

That is 9,000 miles.

2:14:282:14:31

Halfway around the world.

2:14:312:14:33

The amount of support along

the roadside, especially in

2:14:332:14:38

Australia, New Zealand and across

North America here has been

2:14:382:14:41

phenomenal.

2:14:412:15:02

you will arrive soon,

what is

2:15:022:15:04

the first thing you will do?

2:15:042:15:14

My four-year-old Harriet said

she wants to get to me first.

2:15:142:15:17

I can't wait to see my little girls.

2:15:172:15:18

Family, friends.

2:15:182:15:20

An amazing public response.

2:15:202:15:25

It will be a big finish, hugely

exciting.

He was not wrong. You have

2:15:252:15:31

beaten your plan of 80 days.

There

was a small contingency, but it was

2:15:312:15:37

tight, almost no margin of error.

And has the euphoria calmed?

It has

2:15:372:15:44

been crazy, incredible. I have done

expeditions before but this, the

2:15:442:15:50

level in terms of interest, the 80

days. Before people said it was

2:15:502:15:56

impossible. The previous world

record was 123 days and to go 44

2:15:562:16:02

days faster, there was no reference

point. Whereas people were saying at

2:16:022:16:07

what point will it fail, everybody

afterwards seemed blown away by the

2:16:072:16:12

effort.

Can you break it down in

simple terms. 80 days, how many

2:16:122:16:19

miles per day, how do you set

targets?

How do you remain focused?

2:16:192:16:25

This was two and a half years in the

planning, 80 days in the actual race

2:16:252:16:31

but I was riding 240 miles per day.

That is a serious drive. And that is

2:16:312:16:39

not your best day, that is an

average day and you have to do it

2:16:392:16:43

everyday for the next two and a half

months. 75 days riding, three days

2:16:432:16:51

flights and two days contingency. I

used 14 hours from my 48 hours

2:16:512:16:56

contingency.

You can see the

conditions. Pouring rain, snow. You

2:16:562:17:04

did not just break the record but

you smashed the record, what did you

2:17:042:17:09

do differently to achieve that?

The

only way to break a record like this

2:17:092:17:13

was to know what you are planning to

do. Read it off script. I was riding

2:17:132:17:21

a bike 16 hours a day. It was not a

case of waking up every day and

2:17:212:17:25

thinking how far can I go? We had to

know in detail the targets. 18,000

2:17:252:17:34

miles in blocks. There were at least

six on the road with me at any one

2:17:342:17:40

time. It is a complex mission.

You

needed it because there will be

2:17:402:17:48

challenges on these journeys as well

as euphoric moments and we can show

2:17:482:17:52

a point where it is the simplest

things that can happen. Hitting a

2:17:522:17:57

pothole.

We can laugh about it now

but it almost ended the race, east

2:17:572:18:04

of Moscow, crashed heavily.

Fractured the Radiohead, which is my

2:18:042:18:13

elbow. Broke some teeth. That was

incredibly painful. Still do 210

2:18:132:18:19

miles, got back on the bike.

Incredibly painful and I still had

2:18:192:18:25

two months. When you are nursing a

crack in the elbow, 16 hours a day

2:18:252:18:31

is tough going. That was just a

pothole? I did not see it. We had a

2:18:312:18:37

serious vehicle accident in

Australia that wrote off two

2:18:372:18:40

vehicles. We can look back and say

it is part of the adventure but

2:18:402:18:46

equally my priority was to get the

team around the world safely and

2:18:462:18:49

smashed the record so risks and how

we went about it and what was

2:18:492:18:54

reasonable to carry on, was at the

front of my mind. I crashed heavily

2:18:542:19:00

on day 75, three days before the

finish. Again, that is forgotten in

2:19:002:19:04

the news.

There are all sorts of

hazards. That must have slowed you

2:19:042:19:11

down.

In North America I was happy

to have a support vehicle.

2:19:112:19:17

Incredible scenes in British

Columbia and across the prairies. If

2:19:172:19:23

I was to choose one part it would be

Mongolia. The Gobi Desert. Russia

2:19:232:19:30

was tough, not least because I was

nursing this after the crash but in

2:19:302:19:37

Mongolia, no fences, trees, empty.

It has some not so great roads. I

2:19:372:19:41

was all right getting through this

book can you imagine riding 240

2:19:412:19:47

miles a day when vehicles are

getting bogged down. This is can you

2:19:472:19:51

get around the planet in two and a

half months did you have time to

2:19:512:19:57

enjoy the scenery and challenges, or

were you so focused on the road

2:19:572:20:01

ahead you almost did not look up? I

was so focused. With the speed of

2:20:012:20:07

the bike you cannot go too fast.

Your senses are tuned in. I rode

2:20:072:20:14

through every sunrise and sunset for

78 days, a wonderful sense of

2:20:142:20:22

journey, night on 1000 miles every

four days. I did not stop to meet

2:20:222:20:26

people but I got a sense of the

planet because I pedalled 18,000

2:20:262:20:29

miles across it.

All to this point.

Seeing my kids and Nicky, my wife

2:20:292:20:40

and so many people on the finishing

line had so many stories on how they

2:20:402:20:45

came out to be part of it, following

the journey and wanting to be there.

2:20:452:20:50

The media and public. A wonderful

moment.

For anyone now, this time of

2:20:502:20:59

year you start to motivate yourself

for fresh challenges.

2:20:592:21:04

There are ways of motivating

yourself!

2:21:042:21:06

For anybody who wants to challenge

themselves, be it watching less

2:21:062:21:11

telly, reading more books, any

challenge, what is your advice? Make

2:21:112:21:18

sure you have got friends, family,

those close to you around your

2:21:182:21:21

ambition. No man or Lady is an

island. At the heart of what I do is

2:21:212:21:29

family and a great team and you, if

you have a big ambition, get fit,

2:21:292:21:36

active, share it, get people to buy

into your ambition because it will

2:21:362:21:40

make you stronger.

I cannot believe we have made you

2:21:402:21:45

sit down and this interview. You

must be wanting to stand up.

How are

2:21:452:21:50

you? You cannot just stop after

18,000 miles so I am enjoying doing

2:21:502:21:55

less and starting to scribble the

book, trying to remember it all.

2:21:552:22:05

Mark, thank you very much in

congratulations. We can talk to

2:22:052:22:08

Carol and find out what is

happening. It is not cycling

2:22:082:22:13

Carol and find out what is

happening. It is not cycling

2:22:132:22:14

weather, is it?

Not for many today. We have lovely

2:22:142:22:19

pictures. This is in Scotland and

you can see the snow. Glasgow has

2:22:192:22:28

two centimetres, the most lying snow

at the moment. And here, dogs in the

2:22:282:22:34

snow, I am not sure if they are

enjoying that or not. And snow in

2:22:342:22:39

Bradford. An amber weather warning,

be prepared for heavy snow covering

2:22:392:22:44

the North Midlands and northern

England. We could have 15

2:22:442:22:50

centimetres, six inches on high

ground. At lower levels, around 3-5

2:22:502:22:56

centimetres and it is moving across

central and southern Scotland. You

2:22:562:23:01

can see where we have the snow at

the moment and the rain, and it is

2:23:012:23:09

windy with thunderstorms in south

Wales and south-west England coming

2:23:092:23:13

towards the Isles of Scilly. I want

to focus on the amber warning. The

2:23:132:23:18

snow moves to the east and north

woods. Ice is another hazard across

2:23:182:23:23

many areas to watch out for. As rain

moves to the south-east, embedded in

2:23:232:23:29

this as well as the Wims, which have

a yellow warning, you will find hail

2:23:292:23:36

and thunder and lightning -- as well

as the wind. And we have showers. If

2:23:362:23:42

you are taking a boat across the

Channel today, gusts, gale force or

2:23:422:23:48

severe gales. This morning you can

see how we lose the snow from

2:23:482:23:55

northern England but we have a curl

around some of central and southern

2:23:552:24:03

Scotland. It will be cold. In the

south, temperatures not as low. It

2:24:032:24:09

starts to brighten up. Overnight, we

have another system coming in across

2:24:092:24:15

the south-west which will introduce

more wet and windy conditions. We

2:24:152:24:21

starts Saturday with wet weather

pushing away from the south-east and

2:24:212:24:26

the next comes in across southern

counties accompanied by gusty wind

2:24:262:24:32

and there will be dry weather and

winter sunshine also. Showers across

2:24:322:24:38

Scotland and some at lower levels

will be wintry with snow falling.

2:24:382:24:43

Look at the difference in

temperatures. Sunday, New Year's

2:24:432:24:48

Eve, wet and windy conditions in the

south-east. And we have a system

2:24:482:24:55

bringing in more rain from the west.

Temperatures are up in the north but

2:24:552:25:00

still cold, especially when you

compare to what is happening further

2:25:002:25:04

south. If you are heading out at the

midnight hour, it will be cold but

2:25:042:25:10

not as cold as it is at the moment.

There will be showers mainly across

2:25:102:25:15

the west and south. The further east

you travel, the brighter the skies

2:25:152:25:20

will be and on New Year's Day,

another system will bring wet and

2:25:202:25:25

windy weather from the south-west. A

lot of dry weather and some showers.

2:25:252:25:33

The unsettled theme continues even

into the New Year.

2:25:332:25:35

The unsettled theme continues even

into the New Year.

2:25:352:25:39

Thanks very much. At least a little

bit milder.

2:25:392:25:50

As Carol was saying some rough

conditions on the roads. We can get

2:25:502:25:54

the latest and we are joined by Pete

Williams in the studio in Bristol

2:25:542:26:00

from the RAC. How is it looking in

parts of the country where there is

2:26:002:26:05

heavy snow and ice?

We are busy in

Leeds, Bradford, Doncaster, Aberdeen

2:26:052:26:13

and Glasgow and the central belt in

Scotland. We are experiencing snow

2:26:132:26:20

and there is ice on the road and

conditions are treacherous for

2:26:202:26:25

drivers and we urge caution, proceed

with care. Do not accelerate or

2:26:252:26:31

brake sharply. Take account of

weather conditions because it is

2:26:312:26:34

tough in places.

It is winter, you

would expect a cold snap but it is

2:26:342:26:40

unusual to have so much of the UK

affected in one go.

Absolutely, when

2:26:402:26:46

you have areas of the country

impacted by this put the ice is a

2:26:462:26:51

bigger problem over a bigger area,

and we are encountering motorists

2:26:512:26:57

who have run into black ice and had

minor bumps. We are seeing a plague

2:26:572:27:05

of potholes as the conditions caused

the road surface to crumble and in

2:27:052:27:11

the early hours of the morning I

spoke to one of the Orange patrols

2:27:112:27:16

who attended a breakdown on the M25

motorway and 12 motorists had struck

2:27:162:27:21

the same pothole and he spent four

and a half hours guarding them,

2:27:212:27:29

working with them to replace tires

and wheels and it is causing a

2:27:292:27:32

problem for motorists and that will

be compounded today with a high wind

2:27:322:27:36

and showers.

We saw pictures from

Minnesota in the US earlier, -36

2:27:362:27:44

Celsius and the roads flowing

freely. Why in this country do we

2:27:442:27:48

not seem to be prepared for better

weather than that?

We are getting

2:27:482:27:53

better in terms of preparation but

it is five years or more since much

2:27:532:27:58

of the UK saw conditions anything

like this. It is difficult to

2:27:582:28:04

prepare and make sure you invest in

things like gritting and the

2:28:042:28:10

preparations that local authorities,

Highways England can make to support

2:28:102:28:15

drivers and motorists when the

weather comes and it will tend to

2:28:152:28:18

come in and Arctic blast that lasts

a few days and it catches motorists

2:28:182:28:25

unawares but it is worth taking time

to prepare and make sure your

2:28:252:28:29

vehicle is ready, you have checked

your oil, your tires, you have a

2:28:292:28:35

good screen wash and before you set

off, clear the windscreen and make

2:28:352:28:38

sure everything is ready and pack

warm weather gear, waterproofs, even

2:28:382:28:44

a shovel. A fully charged mobile

phone, first aid kit and a flask of

2:28:442:28:51

warm drink and food so if the worst

happens you are prepared.

Good

2:28:512:28:55

advice. Pete Williams from the RAC.

Many people travelling at the

2:28:552:29:01

moment. Be prepared.

2:29:012:29:04

Time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are.

2:29:042:29:06

That's it for this morning from me.

2:32:262:32:35

Hello.

2:32:352:32:36

This is Breakfast with Jon Kay

and Naga Munchetty.

2:32:362:32:39

Snow and ice are expected

to cause more disruption

2:32:392:32:41

in parts of the UK today.

2:32:412:32:43

The Met Office says delays to road,

rail and air travel

2:32:432:32:46

are likely and is warning

of possible power cuts.

2:32:462:32:50

Snow is falling in northern

England and Scotland,

2:32:502:32:55

and an amber warning covers

the North Midlands, Yorkshire

2:32:552:32:57

and north-west England.

2:32:572:32:59

This is the scene in Huddersfield

in West Yorkshire at the moment.

2:32:592:33:09

As you can see snow

coming down in Leeds too.

2:33:102:33:14

It looks pretty, but the roads are

difficult for many.

2:33:142:33:19

And Glasgow is starting

to feel the impact, too.

2:33:192:33:21

Sub-zero temperatures have

been recorded overnight,

2:33:212:33:23

with lows of minus 12 in northern

Scotland.

2:33:232:33:25

Highways England is advising drivers

to plan their journey

2:33:252:33:27

carefully before setting off.

2:33:272:33:30

Gritters have been out overnight

on the busiest routes.

2:33:302:33:34

Lots of you are posting

about the snow online.

2:33:342:33:38

Thank you.

2:33:382:33:40

This is the scene in Clayton Heights

near Bradford this morning.

2:33:402:33:43

Liam Calland posted this timelapse

on Twitter to show how much snow

2:33:432:33:45

fell in 20 minutes just after 6am.

2:33:452:33:55

The word is, for anybody travelling

out and about, even if it is not

2:33:552:34:00

knowing where you are, it may be

where you are heading, so prepare

2:34:002:34:04

and think carefully ahead of your

journey.

2:34:042:34:07

The technology company Apple has

apologised to customers

2:34:072:34:09

after admitting it had deliberately

slowed down older iPhone models.

2:34:092:34:12

Some customers accused the company

of using the measure

2:34:122:34:14

to encourage people to upgrade.

2:34:142:34:15

But Apple said it had been intended

to prolong the device's life

2:34:152:34:18

and prevent sudden shut-downs.

2:34:182:34:21

The company said it would offer

replacement batteries

2:34:212:34:23

at a discounted price.

2:34:232:34:27

12 people have died

in a fire at an apartment

2:34:272:34:30

building in New York.

2:34:302:34:31

Emergency services said four

people are critically ill

2:34:312:34:33

and at least 15 are injured.

2:34:332:34:35

The fire broke out last night

on the third floor of a five-storey

2:34:352:34:38

building in the Bronx area

of the city.

2:34:382:34:40

The Mayor of New York has described

it as the worst fire

2:34:402:34:43

in the city for decades.

2:34:432:34:46

At least 14 people have been killed

and several others injured

2:34:462:34:49

after a huge fire broke out

at an office and restaurant complex

2:34:492:34:51

in the Indian city of Mumbai.

2:34:512:34:54

The blaze at the Kamala Mills

Compound is reported to have

2:34:542:34:56

broken out in a restaurant

and spread quickly.

2:34:562:35:01

Patients are being encouraged

to check their symptoms online

2:35:012:35:04

before they go to their GP.

2:35:042:35:08

It comes as part of

three-step advice from

2:35:082:35:10

the Royal College of GPs.

2:35:102:35:11

It says we should consider

whether or not we can just look

2:35:112:35:14

after the problem ourselves.

2:35:142:35:15

It recommends using a reputable

online resource to check out

2:35:152:35:18

advice and symptoms,

such as the NHS Choices

2:35:182:35:21

website, and seeking advice

or treatment from a pharmacist.

2:35:212:35:27

The head of the NHS in England

is considering making mobile

2:35:272:35:30

alcohol recovery centres -

known as drunk tanks -

2:35:302:35:33

a permanent feature across England.

2:35:332:35:36

It's thought the centres could ease

pressure on accident and emergency

2:35:362:35:39

units and Ambulance Services.

2:35:392:35:41

Katherine Henderson

from the Royal College

2:35:412:35:43

of Emergency Medicine told this

programme she was concerned

2:35:432:35:45

the centres could send

out the wrong message.

2:35:452:35:55

A bizarre plan involving Mrs

Thatcher and a panda travelling to

2:36:002:36:04

the United States via Concorde, how

else? This has been revealed in

2:36:042:36:09

newly released files from Britain )

official archive.

2:36:092:36:12

Do you believe it? What the archives

are opened every year we see secret

2:36:122:36:16

things we did not know before. This

is January 1981, London zoo wanted

2:36:162:36:21

to learn that smell pandered to a

zoo in Washington and the suggestion

2:36:212:36:24

to Prime Minister Thatcher was that

she could travel with Mrs Thatcher

2:36:242:36:29

and oversee the handover to boost

relations with the US -- London zoo

2:36:292:36:35

wanted to lend its pander to a zoo

in Washington. Mrs Thatcher said

2:36:352:36:40

Panthers and politicians are not

happy moments.

2:36:402:36:46

There was an empty seat all the way

to Washington! Where the

2:36:462:36:51

relationship could have been now if

we had only gone with the panda on a

2:36:512:36:59

plane! What do you think now?

Theresa May on the play with a

2:36:592:37:03

panda?!

This is a junction to change to the

2:37:032:37:07

very serious matter of the Ashes.

I am still thinking of Theresa May

2:37:072:37:11

sitting on the plate with a panda, I

can't get it out of my head, I can't

2:37:112:37:15

believe you have done it to me. --

sitting on the aeroplane with a

2:37:152:37:20

pander.

2:37:202:37:24

Play has been suspended in the Ashes

because of the rain?

Yes, we should

2:37:242:37:29

be optimistic, because England are

doing very well. Barring complete

2:37:292:37:33

collapse it looks like they should

be on course for victory in the

2:37:332:37:38

fourth Test, which would avoid the

dreaded whitewash they were trying

2:37:382:37:40

to abide. It might be raining but

they are used to it. -- the dreaded

2:37:402:37:46

whitewash they were trying to avoid.

Every cloud.

Has a silver lining.

2:37:462:37:52

That is a fantastic segue.

2:37:522:37:54

Rain halted England's push

for victory on the fourth day of

2:37:542:37:57

the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne.

2:37:572:37:59

Australia were 103-2,

still 61 behind, when bad weather

2:37:592:38:01

intervened for the second and final

time to wipe 43.1 overs off the day

2:38:012:38:04

midway through the afternoon.

2:38:042:38:10

Proceedings will resume early

tomorrow on the fifth and final day

2:38:102:38:13

to try to make up for the last time.

Alastair Cook remained unbeaten on

2:38:132:38:19

244, with England all out for 491.

2:38:192:38:23

And there was controversy after play

when Australian media insinuated

2:38:232:38:25

that England bowler James Anderson

had tampered with the

2:38:252:38:27

ball with his thumb.

2:38:272:38:29

Although the umpires raised no

objection neither did

2:38:292:38:31

the Australian camp.

2:38:312:38:32

England coach Trevor Bayliss said

he had been to see the umpires

2:38:322:38:34

after seeing the headlines.

2:38:342:38:37

As soon as I saw the headlines,

I raced into the umpires,

2:38:372:38:40

and that was their words actually,

nothing to worry about,

2:38:402:38:44

it was a beater.

2:38:442:38:47

Absolutely fine.

2:38:472:38:48

So that's as much as I know.

2:38:482:38:53

Unbeaten in their last eight games,

but Crystal Palace's recent

2:38:532:38:55

resurgence under new boss

Roy Hodgeson came to an end last

2:38:552:38:58

night, as they were beaten 3-2

by Arsenal in a thrilling

2:38:582:39:01

Premier League match

at Selhurst Park.

2:39:012:39:04

Arsenal were 1-0 up at half-time

before a great finish

2:39:042:39:07

from Andros Townsend put Palace

level but the Gunners

2:39:072:39:12

soon struck back.

2:39:122:39:17

Alexis Sanchez regaining

the lead after an hour.

2:39:172:39:19

A few minutes later,

the Chilean controlled a superb pass

2:39:192:39:21

from Jack Wilshere to make it 3-1.

2:39:212:39:24

Palace scored a late

goal but Arsenal held

2:39:242:39:26

on to take all three points.

2:39:262:39:34

The Premier League's bottom club

Swansea have appointed the former

2:39:342:39:36

Sheffield Wednesday boss

Carlos Carvalhal

2:39:362:39:37

as their new manager.

2:39:372:39:38

Carvalhal was sacked

by the Championship

2:39:382:39:40

side on Christmas Eve.

2:39:402:39:41

He's never managed in

the English top flight before.

2:39:412:39:45

The Portugese has been appointed

until the end of the season

2:39:452:39:47

and replaces Paul Clement

who was sacked a fortnight ago.

2:39:472:39:52

Phil "The Power" Taylor has breezed

into the quarterfinals of the PDC

2:39:522:39:55

World Championship with a 4-0

victory over Keegan Brown.

2:39:552:39:58

The 16-time world champion

is playing in his final event before

2:39:582:40:01

retirement and made light work

of the former world youth champion,

2:40:012:40:03

finishing with a 106 check out.

2:40:032:40:09

He will play two-time former

champion, Scotland's

2:40:092:40:11

Gary Anderson next.

2:40:112:40:19

On that note, after our last chat I

took the liberty of finding out your

2:40:192:40:24

darts names. Sean, I would have

found out yours. I need to check

2:40:242:40:28

this afterwards, but I am Roxy

Choudhary. Jon, you are The King Of

2:40:282:40:40

Kings. Nougat, yours was almost

written in the stars, I put in Naga

2:40:402:40:49

Munchetty and I got Na The News

Anchor Munchetty. King Of Kings is

2:40:492:41:04

nonsense! Here is Sean, The

Business.

2:41:042:41:11

In the business news, we have been

talking football.

2:41:112:41:17

A bit of a change for us, normally

it is a chief executive Bob Vincent

2:41:172:41:21

Kompany, the captain of Manchester

City, could well be a Chief

2:41:212:41:26

Executive one day. He has made a big

step towards doing something like

2:41:262:41:29

that. Even though he has played for

years and years he has been

2:41:292:41:33

part-time doing a Masters in

business administration, an MBA, as

2:41:332:41:37

it is told. Many people in the world

of business look to do these things

2:41:372:41:44

after they have experience, you

learn about business, do the course

2:41:442:41:48

with others, you learn from them as

well, you focus on one area. Not

2:41:482:41:52

surprisingly he focused on the

business of football, particularly

2:41:522:41:55

on how to make most money out of

home advantage.

2:41:552:41:59

He thinks the Premier League could

do a lot more for the fans across

2:41:592:42:02

the Premier League by cutting

prices, not just out of the goodness

2:42:022:42:06

of their hearts but it could help

the product they are trying to sell

2:42:062:42:14

around the world if you have

stadiums that Fuller, a better

2:42:142:42:16

atmosphere. We talked about how that

might work and I spoke to him about

2:42:162:42:19

how and why he wanted to do this

degree. We went to John Ryland's

2:42:192:42:23

library, a lovely place.

2:42:232:42:29

Vincent Kompany, two-time

Premier League winner.

2:42:292:42:37

FA Cup winner.

2:42:372:42:38

Captain of Belgium,

captain of Manchester City.

2:42:382:42:41

72 caps?

2:42:412:42:43

74, 75.

2:42:432:42:47

And now master of

business administration.

2:42:472:42:51

It feels like it was

the hardest to come by.

2:42:512:42:56

Being academic just

was not something for me.

2:42:562:43:00

As you start talking to lawyers

and accountants and the more

2:43:002:43:03

you kind of advance,

the less you understand

2:43:032:43:13

and it was frustrating,

I really hated that ad in the end,

2:43:132:43:17

I was going to put myself

through studies and find out

2:43:172:43:19

what they were talking about.

2:43:192:43:20

I take pride because it was out

of my comfort zone.

2:43:202:43:23

I kind of felt like this

was what my mother would be proud

2:43:232:43:26

of when she passed away

ten years ago.

2:43:262:43:28

She wanted me to do

well in academics.

2:43:282:43:30

Having a hat like this

isn't something you would

2:43:302:43:32

normally see a professional

footballer still playing.

2:43:322:43:36

I tell you what, it came by luck

as well because I was looking

2:43:362:43:39

for something I could fit

into my schedule.

2:43:392:43:43

I didn't really know

what I was putting myself through.

2:43:432:43:46

Somebody gave me this pile of books.

2:43:462:43:50

I have no skills whatsoever.

2:43:502:43:51

I even learned myself to type.

2:43:512:43:54

I was typing like this.

2:43:542:44:01

When they say you need to do an

essay, that is a problem.

2:44:012:44:11

It was more about not giving up.

2:44:112:44:14

Feeling that there is beauty in this

graft, that you don't have

2:44:142:44:17

to set yourself limits.

2:44:172:44:18

I got something I didn't expect.

2:44:182:44:20

Vincent Kompany, the student,

you've got deadlines, you are...

2:44:202:44:22

A problem.

2:44:222:44:23

Honestly, a few deadlines

where I was travelling

2:44:232:44:25

left, right and centre.

2:44:252:44:26

Honestly, a few deadlines

where I was travelling

2:44:262:44:28

left, right and centre.

2:44:282:44:29

I don't have wi-fi because I'm

in some remote corner

2:44:292:44:31

of the world playing football.

2:44:312:44:33

Your team-mates, were they aware

you are doing a masters?

2:44:332:44:35

When I went digital,

I was on my laptop like everybody

2:44:352:44:38

else and it was easier to hide it

in the very beginning,

2:44:382:44:42

I had to take it.

2:44:422:44:48

I was getting hammered.

2:44:482:44:50

It does help when you are captain

of Manchester City.

2:44:502:44:52

Or it doesn't, I don't know.

2:44:522:44:54

If you have had something

as you are coming through the system

2:44:542:45:00

as a teenager, would that

help footballers more?

2:45:002:45:02

It's a very interesting question

because I think its relevant for wet

2:45:022:45:04

football will go in the next

ten, 15 years.

2:45:042:45:07

If I was heading an academy

in England, I would actually

2:45:072:45:09

say to anybody, yes,

go back to school, I don't

2:45:092:45:12

care how many hours

of training he wants to do.

2:45:122:45:18

You gain more intelligence,

I can still use it on the pitch.

2:45:182:45:21

Sounds like a message

your mother would like.

2:45:212:45:24

It is definitely a message

my mother passed on.

2:45:242:45:27

Basically, you are

hearing my mother.

2:45:272:45:35

'S

2:45:352:45:35

that was Vincent Kompany, captain of

Manchester City, just graduated. I

2:45:352:45:41

was talking to him about all of that

kind of stuff but loads more about

2:45:412:45:44

the details of the project team is

looking at, how to run a football

2:45:442:45:48

club and if you want to catch more

that interview it will be on the

2:45:482:45:51

podcast next week.

2:45:512:45:52

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to BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake Up

to Money podcast.

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You will get the whole interview.

Conducted by Sean the theory

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Farrington. That is your darts name.

You are King of Kings. I was the

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news anchor. Good morning, Carol. I

looked at your darts name. It is so

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apt, I think. Carol Champagne

supernova.

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LAUGHTER

That is just brilliant, don't you

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think? I'm sure you made that up. I

put it in, honestly and it works.

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Brilliant. Sean, thanks very much.

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Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather.

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What more can you tell

us about the weather

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warnings that are in place?

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That's right, the yellow warning

first of all is the lowest level of

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warning which means just be aware

that you might get some severe

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weather in the next few days, so

plan accordingly. You may well have

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disruption for example whereas the

amber is a more serious warning, the

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red one is the top one, Amber is

just down from that and it means be

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prepared. There's likely to be

disruption due to severe weather.

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You could have disruption, power

cuts, that kind of thing and we do

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have a lot of weather warnings in

force this morning. The Met office

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have just updated some of them, so

first of all we got the yellow

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warnings for ice. Hazardous

conditions if you are travelling.

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Then we have a yellow warning for

snow which covers parts of northern

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England, parts of central and

southern Scotland, which has been

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updated to move further north, as

well, so that goes to Aberdeen over

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towards mile and we have an Amber

one for snow for the North Midlands

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and also it is for Northern England.

And wind, strong wind, across South

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Wales and southern England, so a lot

to content with. Let me show you

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what has been happening in terms of

the rain and snow we have seen this

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morning. The rain has been bumping

into the cold, very tenuous where we

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do see the rain convert to slow. For

example, across Manchester Airport

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the temperatures, plus three and we

have some rain. Leads a report,

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temperatures just below freezing and

proper snow, just 55 miles away --

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Leeds airport. It will move into the

North Sea northward across southern,

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central parts of northern Scotland

into the Highlands and Grampians. A

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risk of ice for a wee while and as

we go further south, the risk

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continues. Squally E Winters across

South Wales, south-west England,

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thunder and lightning this morning,

all of it will be transferring

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eastwards as it currently is doing

-- squally winds. Lots going on with

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the weather forecast, so there goes

the snow pushing a venture away from

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northern England to the course of

the morning, continuing across

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Scotland, the rain clearing the East

of England as well, and then we see

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some scrawny showers coming in

behind. The wind will be strong

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towards the south-east but not as

strong as it has been in the West. A

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lot of sunshine, as well and behind

it, and the North Midlands, showers,

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the odd that of sleet and snow, but

nothing like some of us will see

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this morning. Temperatures, where

you have got the snow, it is cold

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and where we have got the rain

crossing with the wind, the wind is

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coming from a different direction,

so the temperatures are a bit

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higher. From Friday into Saturday,

the next system moves in from the

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West introducing some wet and some

windy conditions across the South.

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As we move through the day, the

first band clears, the second band

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comes in and we have got some rain

in Scotland falling snow and even at

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low levels across the Highlands and

Grampians. Temperatures, still

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cooler in the North. Milder in the

South. Ten in Manchester. 13 in St

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Helier. New Year's Eve, Sunday, we

start off with a wet note in the

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south-east, windy, as well but the

whole system crawls around Scotland

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and pulls away allowing another

system to come in from the west

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introducing yet more rain, so

brighter, drier conditions ahead of

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it and still in the mild air but not

as cold as it has been for the

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North. Another development waiting

in the wings. We will come to that

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in a jiffy. If you're heading out at

midnight on New Year's Day, it will

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be not as cold as it currently is,

some clear skies but showers mostly

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in the West and also the South, and

not a lot of us will see them.

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Further east, the drier the

conditions will be but still it is

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going to feel cold. Here is the

development with the wind coming

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across Scotland, for New Year's Day.

Another one coming in across

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southern England, both introducing

rain, windy conditions, but in

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between, something drier and

brighter so still unsettled as we

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head towards the New Year.

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Carol, thank you so much. You have

been fantastically busy. Hopefully

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the New Year will bring you some

quiet about. Happy New Year to

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everyone and happy Hogmanay, Carol.

Thank you. Lots of people will be

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thinking about going out for New

Year's Eve, a big night, and then

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January, New year's resolutions.

Traditionally it's cutting down

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blues, eating better. Just trimming

the access of Christmas and the New

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Year.

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But could 2018 be the year more

and more of us decide to give

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up alcohol for good?

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Not just for a few days.

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Not just for a few days.

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Next month a number of books

are being published encouraging us

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to drink less or quit altogether.

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They tap into a growing trend

for people doing just that

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and the most recent stats show

an interesting generational divide,

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with clean-living millenials

being far less likely to drink

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than their parents.

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Let's see what some

of you had to say.

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I think we've gone through a phase

of binge drinking and drinking more

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and I think we're probably bit more

health conscious now.

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We tend to go more on nights out

whereas I think my parents

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would open a nice bottle of wine

and drink it throughout the week.

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Probably is more of the binge

drinking style where actually it's

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not bingeing, you just get together

with people at the weekend

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and the thing you do

is you go to the pub.

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I don't want to be

hungover the next day.

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I like a drink with my food

and when I'm hanging out,

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but I do it in moderation, you know.

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Keep it safe, keep it cool.

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I like having a few pints

with my mates and I like socialising

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and that but there's other ways

in which you can enjoy yourself

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and be who you want to be rather

than just getting so drunk and not

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knowing what you're doing.

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Lots of statistics but what about

the personal stories?

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We're joined by Rosamund Dean,

Catherine Gray, Andy Ramage

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and Ruari Fairbairns,

who have all written new books

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encouraging readers to drink less

and sharing their personal stories

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of their relationship

with alcohol and recovery.

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We thought we would rattle through

his experiences quickly. One at a

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time. Your relationship with alcohol

and where you got to a point where

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you are telling us about it now.

Absolutely, in my 20s I was the

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archetypal partygoer. In my 30s my

drinking started to go darker. When

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I was 33, 2013, I decided to quit

altogether because I thought my life

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was going to be better off, but I

didn't think I was going to have any

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fun any more. I thought my lifestyle

would be very dull, and I wasn't

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going to be able to relax at

parties, and...

We will find out

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whether you did but others about

your relationship with alcohol.

I

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had no erratic story, no rock bottom

moment, I didn't destroy a

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relationship, lose a job because of

drinking but I just knew I drank too

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much and wanted to cut down and

found really, really hard.

We will

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see how you are tackling that.

No

rock bottom for me, 11 years, it is

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ingrained into me read alcohol to be

successful, have a good time etc,

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and I wanted to go against that and

change that and I saw no way to do

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that and I thought there is a space

here, how do I become alcohol free?

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That space was occupied by you

because you've been working

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together.

We were together in the

city. I wanted to be fitter, faster,

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a better father, husband, better at

my job and taking alcohol out of the

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equation was the key which unlocked

all the goodness.

You said that a

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husband, fitter. What made you think

alcohol was the reason you weren't

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as good a dad or family man as you

could be?

The lethargy of waking up

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on a Saturday morning being hangover

and not on the ball as it were. It's

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great. In the book, we talk about

the challenge of being a better

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version of you, being fitter and

faster and spending time with your

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family and having the energy and

vitality to really get out there and

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enjoy life.

Have you cut out alcohol

completely?

Yes, four years since I

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had a drink. I just don't see the

point.

Catherine, you pick up on

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this theme of the joys of being

sober because so many people think

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I'm going to punish myself, and they

see it as a punishment. I won't have

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a drink because too much fun, too

much badness comes with it.

Yes,

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people see it as deprivation but

when I got used to it, I found that

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I felt it was liberation instead.

So, for me, it was absolutely the

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best decision I've ever made.

Difficult?

Yes, at first, absolutely

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because you are learning something

you've done for a few decades, and I

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had not been to a party not drunk

for 21 years so going to a party and

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not drinking is hard at first but

you get used to it.

And then it is

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more fun. I guarantee people

watching this morning with a slight

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hangover will enjoy Christmas drink

and their families and friends and

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they will say, here they go, I load

of experts on the sober preaching to

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us about drinking.

My book is not

about drinking up -- giving up

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drinking completely because I don't

think the abstinence is necessary

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for everyone absolutely. People seem

to believe there are two ends of the

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spectrum. Alcoholics for whom

drinking is a real problem and the

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only option for them is to give up

altogether and there were people who

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have a normal healthy relationship

with alcohol but of course there are

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loads and loads of different grey

areas in between and people who

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drink too much and want to cut down,

who don't want to give up

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completely, that's not my book is

about.

Would you thought of cutting

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down and not stopping?

I tried that

for about five years I tried it.

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Loads of different moderation

attempts but for me, it wasn't

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possible. Certainly for some people

it is and for some people they will

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take three months off and find they

can reset. But, for me, I'm much

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happier completely alcohol free.

It

doesn't work for everyone. It is on

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day one fit all things. You have

used the word challenge rather than,

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I don't know, pledge or giving up.

It's almost like taking the idea of

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stopping to a different level?

Yes,

we wanted to create something where

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you could be proud, you can test

yourself, a real challenge, and so

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that's why we traded at 28 challenge

book and it's so people can say I'm

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doing this challenge and therefore

people understand why you are taking

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a break and why you take that break,

you are learning more of the stuff,

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this preconditioning that you need

alcohol. You implement a whole new

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lot of healthy habit and you think,

I'm notch or how much I want to

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drink any more. I'm not sure how

much I want to introduce it back

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into my life.

Are you boring with

sober stories? That is what suburb

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of think.

And evangelist. We try to

make everything functional about

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being sociable. All those daily

tips. For me I was too weird alcohol

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free and now I drink on special

occasions and that's more realistic

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for most people.

Have you got a

healthy relationship with alcohol

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now?

Absolutely. When you talk about

your mind being preprogrammed to

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associate alcohol with stress,

socialising, celebration, everything

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good in life, Christmas and New

Year, exactly, family, that's it.

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Thank you all very much indeed. The

books are all available now.

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That's it from Breakfast today.

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We'll be back from six tomorrow.

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Bye bye.

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The church was vandalised last week.

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