31/12/2017

0:00:08 > 0:00:11Hello, this is Breakfast with Roger Johnson.

0:00:11 > 0:00:14Storms and rail strikes in store as the UK prepares to bring

0:00:14 > 0:00:17in the New Year.

0:00:17 > 0:00:20A 24-hour walkout is under way on South Western and CrossCountry

0:00:20 > 0:00:21services causing cancellations and delays.

0:00:21 > 0:00:25In Edinburgh, Hogmanay celebrations have already begun.

0:00:25 > 0:00:28Organisers say tonight's main event will go ahead as planned

0:00:28 > 0:00:38despite the arrival of Storm Dylan.

0:00:38 > 0:00:42Good morning. Its Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and northern

0:00:42 > 0:00:48England that will bear the brunt of the damaging winds from Storm Dylan.

0:00:48 > 0:00:52I will show you the full forecast in the next 15 minutes.

0:01:03 > 0:01:05Good morning - it's Sunday 31st December.

0:01:05 > 0:01:05New Year's Eve.

0:01:05 > 0:01:07Also this morning:

0:01:07 > 0:01:10Two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead in Iran

0:01:10 > 0:01:14as anti-government protests spread across the country.

0:01:14 > 0:01:16A tax threat to internet firms.

0:01:16 > 0:01:19The security minister says Facebook and Google could face penalties -

0:01:19 > 0:01:26if they don't do more to tackle terrorism.

0:01:26 > 0:01:35In sport, more misery for Mourinho, claiming his Manchester side were

0:01:35 > 0:01:38denied a clear penalty.

0:01:38 > 0:01:38Good morning.

0:01:38 > 0:01:39First, our main story.

0:01:39 > 0:01:43Winds of up to 80 mph and a series of rail strikes

0:01:43 > 0:01:46are threatening to cause disruption as the UK prepares to see

0:01:46 > 0:01:47in the New Year.

0:01:47 > 0:01:50The Met Office is warning of flying debris and damage to buildings

0:01:50 > 0:01:53as Storm Dylan hits Northern Ireland and parts of southern Scotland,

0:01:53 > 0:01:56while a 24-hour walk out could hit passengers on CrossCountry

0:01:56 > 0:01:59and South Western rail services.

0:01:59 > 0:02:02But hundreds of thousands of people are still expected to take

0:02:02 > 0:02:12to the streets to celebrate, as Simon Clemison reports.

0:02:12 > 0:02:19Why have one night of celebration when you can have to? With this

0:02:19 > 0:02:24torchlit parade, Hogmanay is already under way in Edinburgh.Our 24

0:02:24 > 0:02:30Vikings have travelled down from the Shetlands, long boat journey, and

0:02:30 > 0:02:35we're here to basically warm things up a bit.In London as in Scotland

0:02:35 > 0:02:40security is key but despite for terror attacks this year, there will

0:02:40 > 0:02:43be fewer officers on duty per tonight's huge fireworks display but

0:02:43 > 0:02:47the Met insists the numbers are right.People will be remembering

0:02:47 > 0:02:51those who have died and those who were injured in those attacks we

0:02:51 > 0:02:55have the policing for quite a long time now and our experience of doing

0:02:55 > 0:02:59that means our tactics and our way of mitigating those threats has

0:02:59 > 0:03:04developed along the way.But will people be able to get there? Delays

0:03:04 > 0:03:08and cancellations are expected on south-western Railway and Cross

0:03:08 > 0:03:11country because of the strike. South-western says it thinks it will

0:03:11 > 0:03:15be able to run three quarters of trains. The only question remaining,

0:03:15 > 0:03:21the weather. Edinburgh has already enjoyed some fireworks but gusts of

0:03:21 > 0:03:2480 miles per hour are predicted across areas of Scotland and

0:03:24 > 0:03:27Northern Ireland. The warnings of the metal to stop by the afternoon

0:03:27 > 0:03:32but the dying hours of 2017 are making their presence felt.

0:03:32 > 0:03:34Simon Clemison is at London Waterloo, normally one

0:03:34 > 0:03:44of the UK's busiest stations.

0:03:44 > 0:03:50A bit different today.This is, as you say, the UK's biggest rail

0:03:50 > 0:03:54station. You have to take my word fruit because it is Sunday morning

0:03:54 > 0:04:00and its clients. Strike or no strike. -- take my word for it. This

0:04:00 > 0:04:04is where we can feel the effects because this is where south-western

0:04:04 > 0:04:08railway trains run and Londoners were tens of thousands of people

0:04:08 > 0:04:13will be heading to those big parties down on the Thames. Let us look at

0:04:13 > 0:04:17the boards. It's very early but things are leaving as normal at the

0:04:17 > 0:04:23moment. It is a 24- hour walkout with workers from CrossCountry as

0:04:23 > 0:04:29well. Reduced to in Newcastle in Edinburgh, no services between

0:04:29 > 0:04:33Glasgow and Aberdeen. The disruption depends on the services the company

0:04:33 > 0:04:38manages to run. You might find the trains that run our busy. This

0:04:38 > 0:04:42dispute is about many things not least the role of the guard which

0:04:42 > 0:04:47we've heard so much about in recent times but with disruption, more

0:04:47 > 0:04:50disruption, the weather, everything else, you might think 2018 can't

0:04:50 > 0:04:56come soon enough.Thank you very much indeed. We will monitor

0:04:56 > 0:05:00developments during the course of the morning. Always conscious not to

0:05:00 > 0:05:04overrate these things but Storm Dylan is expected to cause problems

0:05:04 > 0:05:09later.

0:05:09 > 0:05:13Matt, good morning. Is that an ominous portent, that photograph?

0:05:13 > 0:05:19A little bit the sum. Storm Dylan is approaching. Strong winds across

0:05:19 > 0:05:23many areas at the moment, particularly across the English

0:05:23 > 0:05:27Channel but the strongest of the winds today will be closer to Storm

0:05:27 > 0:05:32Dylan which is just to the north of Northern Ireland. We have seen winds

0:05:32 > 0:05:37up to 70 miles per hour along the North Coast. Enough to cause some

0:05:37 > 0:05:44damage and flying debris. Certainly some disruption. It would transfer

0:05:44 > 0:05:48to parts of southern Scotland and northern England. The peak of the

0:05:48 > 0:05:54wind this morning. Anywhere really across Northern Ireland in southern

0:05:54 > 0:06:00Scotland, northern England, if a purpose and travel disruption.

0:06:00 > 0:06:05Things will improve weatherwise into the afternoon. The full forecast

0:06:05 > 0:06:10coming up in the next ten minutes. Matt Taylor is keeping an eye on

0:06:10 > 0:06:11Storm Dylan for us.

0:06:11 > 0:06:14The Security Minister Ben Wallace has said the government should

0:06:14 > 0:06:16consider taxing internet firms unless they are more willing

0:06:16 > 0:06:19to co-operate in tackling the threat of terrorism in the UK.

0:06:19 > 0:06:21In an interview in The Sunday Times,

0:06:21 > 0:06:24Mr Wallace said technology fims that refused the security services access

0:06:24 > 0:06:26to encrypted messages were "turning the internet

0:06:26 > 0:06:28into an anarchic, violent space."

0:06:28 > 0:06:32Adding, "We should stop pretending that because they sit

0:06:32 > 0:06:35on beanbags in T-shirts they are not ruthless profiteers."

0:06:35 > 0:06:46Google and Facebook are yet to respond to the remarks.

0:06:46 > 0:06:49Two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead in Iran

0:06:49 > 0:06:53as anti-government protests spread throughout the country,

0:06:53 > 0:06:56reaching the capital, Tehran.

0:06:56 > 0:07:00The wave of unrest which began last week,

0:07:00 > 0:07:03is the most serious since the authorities suppressed months

0:07:03 > 0:07:04of protests in 2009.

0:07:04 > 0:07:08Jon Ironmonger reports.

0:07:08 > 0:07:12A crack of gunshots as panic ripples the a crowd in the western city

0:07:12 > 0:07:12Daroud.

0:07:12 > 0:07:15Later, a wounded man is carried through the streets.

0:07:15 > 0:07:17It is being reported that two protesters have

0:07:17 > 0:07:24been killed following an escalation of violence and three

0:07:24 > 0:07:28days of unrest.

0:07:28 > 0:07:30Late into the night, demonstrators attacked targets

0:07:30 > 0:07:34with links to the government and the ruling clerical elite.

0:07:34 > 0:07:39In Karamabad, the governor's office was burned.

0:07:39 > 0:07:42In the northern city of a Mashad, police motorbikes were set alight

0:07:42 > 0:07:44while crowds taunted the security services.

0:07:44 > 0:07:54What started as a provincial process about rocketing

0:07:54 > 0:07:58prices has become deeply political and moved to the capital Tehran,

0:07:58 > 0:08:01where officers were pelted with stones near the main university.

0:08:01 > 0:08:09Riot police were used to quell the disturbance.

0:08:09 > 0:08:11This video shows a baby being taken to hospital,

0:08:11 > 0:08:14apparently suffering from the effects of tear gas.

0:08:14 > 0:08:16It is thought the Iranian authorities have reacted by cutting

0:08:16 > 0:08:19access to the Internet in many cities, especially to mobile phones

0:08:19 > 0:08:22and Instagram, which had become hugely popular in Iran,

0:08:22 > 0:08:29is now said to be inaccessible.

0:08:29 > 0:08:32Iranian officials have vowed on state TV to double their efforts

0:08:32 > 0:08:38to resolve the economic problems and ploughed ahead

0:08:38 > 0:08:39with commemorative pro-government rallies on Saturday.

0:08:39 > 0:08:49But further protests are expected over the coming days and experts

0:08:49 > 0:08:52say opposing the Islamic republic will be a colossal challenge.

0:08:52 > 0:08:54Do not underestimate the reggressive capability of the Revolutionary

0:08:54 > 0:08:59Guards, the resiliency of the Islamic Republic.

0:08:59 > 0:09:02This regime is well institutionalised in Iran and can

0:09:02 > 0:09:05deal with protest movement such as the one that we have witnessed

0:09:05 > 0:09:06in the past few days.

0:09:06 > 0:09:08Iran's ultraconservative regime is facing its biggest threat

0:09:08 > 0:09:20in nearly a decade, but what lengths will it go to to survive?

0:09:20 > 0:09:23Political leaders have been reflecting on the past 12 months

0:09:23 > 0:09:25in their New Year's messages, with Theresa May calling 2017

0:09:25 > 0:09:28a "year of progress" for the UK.

0:09:28 > 0:09:31The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the hope of a new Britain

0:09:31 > 0:09:32is closer than ever.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34With more here's our political correspondent,

0:09:34 > 0:09:41Emma Vardy.

0:09:41 > 0:09:45After a political year dominated by Brexit, it's no surprise the subject

0:09:45 > 0:09:50played a key part in Theresa May's New Year's message. She said the

0:09:50 > 0:09:53government has pursued our Brexit eggs -- objectives with steady

0:09:53 > 0:09:58purpose and progress will continue in 2018 as the talks move on to

0:09:58 > 0:10:03trade. But not for the first time Theresa May made clear she wants to

0:10:03 > 0:10:07be more than Madame Brexit.Making success of Brexit is crucial but it

0:10:07 > 0:10:12will not be the limit of our ambitions. We also have to carry on

0:10:12 > 0:10:24making a difference here and now on the issues that matter to people's

0:10:24 > 0:10:28daily lives. That means building an economy fit for the future and

0:10:28 > 0:10:31taking a balanced approach to government spending. So we get our

0:10:31 > 0:10:34debt falling but can also invest in the things that matter. Our schools,

0:10:34 > 0:10:37our police and a precious NHS. Theresa May says next year will

0:10:37 > 0:10:41continue to fight against all forms of extremism and she believes 2018

0:10:41 > 0:10:46can be a year of renewed pride in our country. Meanwhile, the tone of

0:10:46 > 0:10:51Jeremy Corbyn's address was rather different. He said we are being held

0:10:51 > 0:10:55back by a self-serving elite and pointed to the Games Labour made at

0:10:55 > 0:10:59the general election, saying this was a year when people said no more.

0:10:59 > 0:11:03The old political consensus is finished. We are staking out the new

0:11:03 > 0:11:06centre ground in British politics, backing the things that most people

0:11:06 > 0:11:12want but are blocked by vested interests. We are a government in

0:11:12 > 0:11:15waiting while the Conservatives are weak, divided and stuck in an

0:11:15 > 0:11:23outdated raft with no new ideas. The hope of a new Britain run in the

0:11:23 > 0:11:27interests of the many, not the few, seems closer than ever before.The

0:11:27 > 0:11:30New Year message is brought to a close what has been politically

0:11:30 > 0:11:34dramatic 12 months.

0:11:34 > 0:11:37Firefighters in Manchester have been praised for their "heroic" work

0:11:37 > 0:11:40after they brought a huge blaze in an apartment block under control.

0:11:40 > 0:11:42A 23-year-old man was taken to hospital suffering

0:11:42 > 0:11:43from smoke inhalation.

0:11:43 > 0:11:46The fire service said flames had spread over multiple floors

0:11:46 > 0:11:52in the 12-storey building via wooden balconies and no external

0:11:52 > 0:11:55cladding was involved.

0:11:55 > 0:11:58Criminal gangs who claim benefits under a false identity are to be

0:11:58 > 0:12:01targeted by the government using artificial intelligence.

0:12:01 > 0:12:03The Department for Work and Pensions says it will use sophisticated

0:12:03 > 0:12:08computer programming to identify organised attacks.

0:12:08 > 0:12:17Ian Palmer reports.

0:12:17 > 0:12:21Job centre plus staff identify suspicious benefit fraud in

0:12:21 > 0:12:26individuals but it's much harder to notice board patterns of behaviour

0:12:26 > 0:12:29across thousands of benefit applications. An indication of

0:12:29 > 0:12:33organised criminal activity. Often, gangs making repeated applications

0:12:33 > 0:12:38using fake identities tend to leave traces such as using the same phrase

0:12:38 > 0:12:43when stating what they've done to try and find work. By monitoring

0:12:43 > 0:12:46thousands of applications using artificial intelligence it should be

0:12:46 > 0:12:53easier to detect organised benefit fraud.What we will be able to do

0:12:53 > 0:12:58using AI is identify some of those networks, for example, see patterns

0:12:58 > 0:13:03of behaviour like shared addresses or the same telephone numbers being

0:13:03 > 0:13:08used. They will be able to identify that more easily in a way that will

0:13:08 > 0:13:12enable us to stop that from happening and protect taxpayers'

0:13:12 > 0:13:18money.The artificial intelligence software has been developed by the

0:13:18 > 0:13:21Department for Work and Pensions. The idea has been put through a

0:13:21 > 0:13:25series of trials. The DWP says the computer programme will be slowly

0:13:25 > 0:13:29rolled out across the country. Introducing the technology is an

0:13:29 > 0:13:33attempt to recoup more of the £3 billion paid by mistake or

0:13:33 > 0:13:38fraudulently claimed each year. The changes will affect people who claim

0:13:38 > 0:13:41Universal Credit, jobseeker 's allowance and personal independent

0:13:41 > 0:13:53payments. Ian Palmer, BBC News. The snow we have enjoyed in recent weeks

0:13:53 > 0:13:58has been enjoyed by some. They have a look at these pictures. These are

0:13:58 > 0:14:01from the largest ice sculpture Festival in the world, taking place

0:14:01 > 0:14:04in China and it took more than 10,000 members of staff to construct

0:14:04 > 0:14:10the 2000 sculptures. Each recreates famous landmark and is made from ice

0:14:10 > 0:14:17harvested from a frozen river in the north of the country. Spectacular.

0:14:26 > 0:14:31Let's take a look at the Sunday papers. The Sunday Telegraph, credit

0:14:31 > 0:14:35card fees and to backfire on shoppers, this is talking about

0:14:35 > 0:14:39businesses getting around rules by raising prices and introducing

0:14:39 > 0:14:43stealth charges, the Sunday Telegraph is talking about art, and

0:14:43 > 0:14:46there is a cheerleader with a marching band from Louisiana, the

0:14:46 > 0:14:50photograph fair, they will take part in the New Year's Day Parade in

0:14:50 > 0:14:55Trafalgar Square. Tomorrow, we no doubt will report on the program.

0:14:55 > 0:15:02The Observer, Chris Grayling must quit, says Lord Adonis, as he slams

0:15:02 > 0:15:08the broken Brexit government, he is talking about the minister under

0:15:08 > 0:15:11fire over the bailouts to the east Coast rail services. We will quickly

0:15:11 > 0:15:18get through a couple more if we can, the Sunday Times, the Eagle has been

0:15:18 > 0:15:22back in training, involved in the new Year celebrations in London,

0:15:22 > 0:15:26that is the picture. The story we have been reporting about, Ben

0:15:26 > 0:15:30Wallace the Security minister talking about a small tax hit first

0:15:30 > 0:15:33of the internet companies if they don't do more to stop terrorism. And

0:15:33 > 0:15:39to some of the tabloids, the UK border files. But the Mail on

0:15:39 > 0:15:47Sunday. A bizarre plan to enlist volunteers. Super Jupp to conquer

0:15:47 > 0:15:53the flu is the claim in the Sunday express. -- jab. And the Sunday

0:15:53 > 0:15:58Mirror claims an exclusive of a mum who was injured in the Manchester

0:15:58 > 0:16:02bombing back in May at Manchester Arena who has given birth to a

0:16:02 > 0:16:07little baby, her mother sadly passed away in the terror attack earlier

0:16:07 > 0:16:08this year.

0:16:08 > 0:16:11It's 6:16 and you're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

0:16:11 > 0:16:12The main stories this morning:

0:16:12 > 0:16:16New Year celebrations are expected to go ahead in Edinburgh tonight

0:16:16 > 0:16:18and in other cities, despite winds of 80 mph threatening

0:16:18 > 0:16:25to cause disruption.

0:16:25 > 0:16:29Three days of growing anti-government protest in Iran have

0:16:29 > 0:16:34turned violent, two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead.

0:16:34 > 0:16:40Here's Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

0:16:40 > 0:16:46Good morning to you, it will cause a bit of a problem to some people,

0:16:46 > 0:16:51Storm Dylan? Not ideal to New Year's Eve if people are on the move better

0:16:51 > 0:16:54good morning to you, the Met Office haven't and that whether a let

0:16:54 > 0:16:57strong potentially damaging winds across northern island, southern

0:16:57 > 0:17:02Scotland. They have already been picking up over the last hour and 20

0:17:02 > 0:17:09minutes we have seen gusts at Darwin had -- Malin head. Fairly gusty

0:17:09 > 0:17:13there. Wherever you are across the UK, be prepared for blustery

0:17:13 > 0:17:18conditions, the strongest are tied to this hook of clout, it is called

0:17:18 > 0:17:22Storm Dylan and you can see this curl north of Northern Ireland so

0:17:22 > 0:17:27wind maybe 70 or 80 miles an hour over the next hour or two of the

0:17:27 > 0:17:29strong winds this morning will transfer into southern Scotland

0:17:29 > 0:17:33through the central belt so these areas are most prone to the damaging

0:17:33 > 0:17:38gusts of wind, those with disruptive winds really anywhere across

0:17:38 > 0:17:42northern Olins, southern Scotland and Ireland but rain is also pushing

0:17:42 > 0:17:46across northern island becoming widespread across the paths of

0:17:46 > 0:17:49Scotland into mid-morning. Snow over the Grampians, the Southern

0:17:49 > 0:17:54Highlands. The winds will be picking up in northern England but a bright

0:17:54 > 0:17:57start here, heavy rain at the moment across East Anglia, southern England

0:17:57 > 0:18:03at 9am it for become confined to the south and east of London. Strong

0:18:03 > 0:18:06winds through the English Channel but quickly brightening over the

0:18:06 > 0:18:10next few hours once the clown and rain cleared in the south-west and

0:18:10 > 0:18:15Wales. For showers get going into the afternoon, some becoming heavy,

0:18:15 > 0:18:18thundery and widespread, the strongest of the winds will ease

0:18:18 > 0:18:21into the afternoon, still blustery for many areas into the afternoon

0:18:21 > 0:18:27but actually calmer conditions compared to yesterday, rain, sleet

0:18:27 > 0:18:30and Telstra in Scotland, scuttling showers into the west, sunshine

0:18:30 > 0:18:34elsewhere. Temperatures down on yesterday 's recall feeling into the

0:18:34 > 0:18:38evening, take a warm jacket if you are out to celebrate, hopefully

0:18:38 > 0:18:45waterproof as well. Some of you will see the new year in a dry note,

0:18:45 > 0:18:48eastern Scotland through to Wales into Central southern England, but

0:18:48 > 0:18:52as you go into New Year's Day keep an eye on this, this the storm

0:18:52 > 0:18:56system which will effect many fronts but it will go close to southern

0:18:56 > 0:19:00coast silicates are heavy rain and gusty wind, certainly to New Year's

0:19:00 > 0:19:03Day, the Channel Islands, southern coastal counties, big uncertainty as

0:19:03 > 0:19:07to how far north it will get, showers pushing through northern

0:19:07 > 0:19:10Ireland, England into the day wintry over the higher ground, cool winds

0:19:10 > 0:19:14across the country but a lot of sometime New Year's Day to a great

0:19:14 > 0:19:18day to get out and I suppose clear the head after the previous

0:19:18 > 0:19:24night's... Fun. Into Tuesday, we get back to work, a call and frosty

0:19:24 > 0:19:28start, some snow over northern hills as a band of rain elsewhere spreads

0:19:28 > 0:19:32its way from west to east, allowing sunshine to return later. I will

0:19:32 > 0:19:39have more updates over the morning. Back to you. Thank you, match. Let's

0:19:39 > 0:19:42catch up with sport. New Year's Eve is a busy time in the festive

0:19:42 > 0:19:49programme, and Kat is with us. Good morning. Morning. Jose Mourinho, has

0:19:49 > 0:19:55he given up? According to him he gave up ages ago and all of a sudden

0:19:55 > 0:20:00he will say the fight is on and then he will say we have no chance and

0:20:00 > 0:20:04back on again but to be fair, do not think anyone has a chance of winning

0:20:04 > 0:20:08the title apart from Manchester City in their current form but not so

0:20:08 > 0:20:11long ago it was Manchester United seemed to be the only to protect

0:20:11 > 0:20:15them back but now it is Chelsea who has leapfrogged over not just

0:20:15 > 0:20:19United, they have had a run of four consecutive games without a win and

0:20:19 > 0:20:22the heat has been turned down on Manchester City -- leapfrogged over

0:20:22 > 0:20:25Manchester United. Good morning.

0:20:25 > 0:20:29So Jose Mourinho isn't a happy man and his Manchester United side have

0:20:29 > 0:20:31now lost further ground on the league leaders

0:20:31 > 0:20:33Manchester City after a goalless draw against Southampton.

0:20:33 > 0:20:35Chelsea have overtaken them and moved up to second

0:20:35 > 0:20:39with their 5-0 thrashing of Stoke, which is where Alex South

0:20:39 > 0:20:43starts his round-up of yesterday's action.

0:20:43 > 0:20:49Chelsea rounded off 2017 in some style. COMMENTATOR: Brilliance! The

0:20:49 > 0:20:54champions demolished Stoke City 5- the row to make it five wins from

0:20:54 > 0:21:00the last six games and push stoke further towards trouble.Today, we

0:21:00 > 0:21:07finished a great year for us. Former players, for the club, for the fans,

0:21:07 > 0:21:14especially for me because my first experience in the new league in

0:21:14 > 0:21:21England and to win the title is not easy.They now trade leaders

0:21:21 > 0:21:25Manchester City by 13 points better off to second courtesy of Manchester

0:21:25 > 0:21:28United failing to defeat Southampton. It wasn't a good David

0:21:28 > 0:21:33Jose Mourinho as he saw Romelu Lukaku stretchered off early on and

0:21:33 > 0:21:37later saw the referee waves away what he thought was a certain

0:21:37 > 0:21:43penalty. Wasn't it?He clearly struck him on the arm. OK.Have you

0:21:43 > 0:21:51spoken with the officials?Yeah, but for what? For what?Liverpool were

0:21:51 > 0:21:55up to fourth as Mohammed Sulla scored his 16th and 17th league

0:21:55 > 0:21:59goals of the season to help the Reds come from behind to win against

0:21:59 > 0:22:04Leicester, the only negative being that he limped off later on. At the

0:22:04 > 0:22:08other end of the table there was plenty of late drama, Burma scored

0:22:08 > 0:22:12an 88 minute winner against Everton to move out of the bottom three and

0:22:12 > 0:22:17Swansea but even later as they will completed a remarkable turnaround

0:22:17 > 0:22:22against Watford, scoring in the 86 and 90th minute. Sacked last week by

0:22:22 > 0:22:27Sheffield Wednesday, celebrating his new side's victory six days later,

0:22:27 > 0:22:32Carlos, how will tell you that a week is a long time input all, let

0:22:32 > 0:22:38alone one year. Alex Howes, BBC News. Pretty good goals and there,

0:22:38 > 0:22:39would there?

0:22:39 > 0:22:41Elsewhere, the matches between Huddersfield and Burnley

0:22:41 > 0:22:42and Newcastle and Brighton finished goalless.

0:22:42 > 0:22:45There's two matches in the Premier League today -

0:22:45 > 0:22:48West Brom take on Arsenal but before that, leaders Manchester City visit

0:22:48 > 0:22:48Crystal Palace.

0:22:48 > 0:22:52A win would not only take them 16 points clear at the top

0:22:52 > 0:22:55but would also see manager Pep Guardiola equal his own record

0:22:55 > 0:22:57in Europe's top division for 19 consecutive victories.

0:22:57 > 0:23:00Palace, though, will have plenty to play for -

0:23:00 > 0:23:02they're only just out of the relegation zone

0:23:02 > 0:23:09on goal difference.

0:23:09 > 0:23:16Against Crystal Palace, if you win 3-0 or a distance of three goals

0:23:16 > 0:23:20anything could happen to the end and that is why I said to the players

0:23:20 > 0:23:26just after the game, be ready, still focused because we have a tough,

0:23:26 > 0:23:33tough, tough game next 31st in there because we have, they are a team

0:23:33 > 0:23:36that can create a lot of things to themselves.

0:23:36 > 0:23:40Celtic go into the winter break with an 8-point lead over Aberdeen

0:23:40 > 0:23:43at the top of the Scottish Premiership after the Old Firm derby

0:23:43 > 0:23:44ended in stalemate.

0:23:44 > 0:23:47Brendan Rodgers' side had the best of it in the first half

0:23:47 > 0:23:49with Scott Sinclair twice missing good chances.

0:23:49 > 0:23:52But in the second half, Rangers were denied by some

0:23:52 > 0:23:53brilliant saves from Craig Gordon.

0:23:53 > 0:23:56They stay in third, 11 points behind the leaders.

0:23:56 > 0:23:58Elsewhere there were wins for Hamilton, Partick and Dundee.

0:23:58 > 0:24:01Serena Williams was back on a tennis court yesterday,

0:24:01 > 0:24:04less than four months after giving birth to her daughter.

0:24:04 > 0:24:07She was playing in an exhibition match in Abu Dhabi against

0:24:07 > 0:24:09the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.

0:24:09 > 0:24:12Williams lost the match in three sets but said she was really proud

0:24:12 > 0:24:14of being able to compete.

0:24:14 > 0:24:17She hadn't played since winning her 23rd major singles title

0:24:17 > 0:24:19at January's Australian Open, which she won while eight weeks

0:24:19 > 0:24:28pregnant.

0:24:28 > 0:24:32I think that is just an absolutely outstanding effort from Serena

0:24:32 > 0:24:33Williams.

0:24:33 > 0:24:35Northampton Saints have now lost 11 games in all competitions

0:24:35 > 0:24:39after they were thrashed 50 points to 21 in rugby union's Premiership.

0:24:39 > 0:24:42Danny Care scored twice as Quins turned on the style in front

0:24:42 > 0:24:44of a crowd of more than 70,000 at Twickenham.

0:24:44 > 0:24:46Elsewhere there were wins for Saracens, Newcastle,

0:24:46 > 0:24:48and Gloucester.

0:24:48 > 0:24:51In the Pro 14, Glasgow Warriors were 3-0 up against Edinburgh just

0:24:51 > 0:24:54before half-time when the Scotstoun Stadium had to be evacuated

0:24:54 > 0:24:55because of a fire alarm.

0:24:55 > 0:24:59There was a half hour delay and Glasgow went on to win 17-0.

0:24:59 > 0:25:04Lee Jones scored the only try of the game.

0:25:04 > 0:25:08Phil 'the Power' Taylor will go for his 17th world title in his last

0:25:08 > 0:25:11ever match in professional darts tomorrow night as he made it

0:25:11 > 0:25:13through to the final of the PDC World Championship.

0:25:13 > 0:25:16Taylor beat the impressive qualifier, Welshman Jamie Lewis,

0:25:16 > 0:25:19by six frames to one in the semifinals at Ally Pally.

0:25:19 > 0:25:22He won his first title back in 1990 but this is Taylor's last

0:25:22 > 0:25:29event before retirement.

0:25:29 > 0:25:33But he'll have to beat Rob Cross, the man who pulled off a major shock

0:25:33 > 0:25:36in the other semifinal to knock out the reigning champion and world

0:25:36 > 0:25:38number one Michael van Gerwen.

0:25:38 > 0:25:41Van Gerwen missed six darts to win, but in one of the greatest matches

0:25:41 > 0:25:45ever seen at Ally Pally, the 20th seed came back to win it

0:25:45 > 0:25:48in the deciding leg of the 11th set at gone midnight.

0:25:48 > 0:25:54It's the first time Cross has played at the PDC Championship.

0:25:54 > 0:26:00Apparently it is his first year in professional darts. Nerves of steel!

0:26:00 > 0:26:04Phil is his hero and he is meeting him in the final, not only the

0:26:04 > 0:26:09final... He could spoil the fairytale ending, couldn't he? Not

0:26:09 > 0:26:14only the final but it is still Taylor's last... It is the fairytale

0:26:14 > 0:26:24final. Fantastic. One to watch. Kat, thank you. It is 6:26 AM. If you

0:26:24 > 0:26:28have been watching over the festive period, you will know that we have

0:26:28 > 0:26:31been bringing people together.

0:26:31 > 0:26:32People who haven't

0:26:32 > 0:26:35necessarily agreed over the last year to see if they can sort

0:26:35 > 0:26:36out their differences.

0:26:36 > 0:26:40Today, we're talking about the best way to solve the housing crisis

0:26:40 > 0:26:42with architect Dr Frances Holliss and Jonn Elledge, the editor

0:26:42 > 0:26:47of urban planning magazine CityMetric.

0:26:47 > 0:26:56Hello.Hello, John, nice to meet you.Should we?Let's go up. This is

0:26:56 > 0:27:03very posh, this. It is very posh!We have some presence.It is all very

0:27:03 > 0:27:08fancy. Marvellous, very nice, good to be, and every something written

0:27:08 > 0:27:16on it. It says the green belt sacrosanct or stifling?Stifling

0:27:16 > 0:27:20precisely because it is so sacrosanct that these rules and land

0:27:20 > 0:27:25use that were set in the 1950s are still kind of dictating where we can

0:27:25 > 0:27:30and can't build today and in a city with a housing crisis is deep and is

0:27:30 > 0:27:34ruinous as London's I no longer am convinced it is the right choice of

0:27:34 > 0:27:39policy.I think that the housing crisis is not really about land, I

0:27:39 > 0:27:46think, you know, that is what I think, that actually if you look at

0:27:46 > 0:27:50- if you look at the statistics, we have 600,000 plots of land with

0:27:50 > 0:27:54planning permission for housing granted and the real problem we have

0:27:54 > 0:27:58got is the housing market. And the thing about land is it is

0:27:58 > 0:28:01interesting because it is completely finite resource. And as a finite

0:28:01 > 0:28:06resource it means that people who buy it can sit on it and wait until

0:28:06 > 0:28:14the price goes as high as they like. Should we say what one says?Let's

0:28:14 > 0:28:20see what it says. Christmas delivery 250,000 more homes built every year.

0:28:20 > 0:28:28Thank you, Fanta. Delivered each year? It would marvellous, my lord,

0:28:28 > 0:28:32how much money they would make.It would almost be marvellous of the

0:28:32 > 0:28:36people who have homes and don't have them. Overcrowding is an enormous

0:28:36 > 0:28:40problem. People are now sharing with friends with no living room into

0:28:40 > 0:28:43their 30s, people are stuck living at their parents which isn't much

0:28:43 > 0:28:47fun for the parent either.This is because of affordability not because

0:28:47 > 0:28:51of the lack of housing.You are talking as if those are two

0:28:51 > 0:28:56different things. They are. They are slightly discrete complex not...Not

0:28:56 > 0:29:01in the current housing market. So we are going to swap presents.This has

0:29:01 > 0:29:07been lovely. Happy Christmas. Should be open and together? I am thinking

0:29:07 > 0:29:16it is a house. You have a green belt. How lovely. See, this is a

0:29:16 > 0:29:19perfect example of things that we shouldn't be putting into houses.

0:29:19 > 0:29:24And I have a house.I just feel of the luck is against me here.You

0:29:24 > 0:29:29have the tree and I - but this is the way the housing works, the

0:29:29 > 0:29:33houses go to the one to have the houses and the tree goes to the

0:29:33 > 0:29:36person who hasn't got the house.Oh, well, Merry Christmas.Happy

0:29:36 > 0:29:46Christmas.We could swap. You see, this is the solution.There we are,

0:29:46 > 0:29:48trying to sort the housing crisis out.

0:29:48 > 0:29:48Stay with us.

0:29:48 > 0:29:50A summary of the news is coming up.

0:30:13 > 0:30:16Hello, this is Breakfast with Roger Johnson.

0:30:16 > 0:30:19Good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from BBC

0:30:19 > 0:30:34News.

0:30:34 > 0:30:38Winds of up to 80-miles an hour and a series of rail strikes

0:30:38 > 0:30:41are threatening to cause disruption as the UK prepares to see

0:30:41 > 0:30:42in the New Year.

0:30:42 > 0:30:45Members of the RMT union are staging a 24-hour walk out

0:30:45 > 0:30:47which will affect passengers on CrossCountry and South Western

0:30:47 > 0:30:48Railways.

0:30:48 > 0:30:50Services from London Waterloo, the UK's busiest station,

0:30:50 > 0:30:51are also affected.

0:30:51 > 0:30:54With hundreds of thousands of people expected to take part

0:30:54 > 0:30:56in celebrations, security services and the police are urging people

0:30:56 > 0:30:57to be vigilant.

0:30:57 > 0:31:00Depite four terror attacks this year, there will be fewer officers

0:31:00 > 0:31:03on duty in London at the New Year's Eve fireworks

0:31:03 > 0:31:05but Scotland Yard says the numbers are "proportionate" and reflect

0:31:05 > 0:31:09the threat level, which remains at "severe".

0:31:09 > 0:31:13Well we can get more on what we can expect from Storm Dylan today.

0:31:13 > 0:31:18Matt has the details.

0:31:18 > 0:31:19Not not a great

0:31:19 > 0:31:22Not not a great start to New Year's Eve. The strongest of the winds will

0:31:22 > 0:31:26be closer to the centre of Storm Dylan. There it is on the pressure

0:31:26 > 0:31:32chart. The strongest part. It's across Northern Ireland. The next

0:31:32 > 0:31:36few hours will see wind strengthened. That's enough to cause

0:31:36 > 0:31:41some damage, flying debris. Certainly travel disruption. The

0:31:41 > 0:31:45strongest winds through the coming hours will spread into parts of

0:31:45 > 0:31:49Scotland and northern England. The wind enough to cause some damage and

0:31:49 > 0:31:52disruption but things will gradually improve through the day. A full

0:31:52 > 0:31:55forecast coming up just after seven.

0:31:55 > 0:31:58The Security Minister Ben Wallace has said the government should

0:31:58 > 0:32:04consider taxing internet firms - unless they are more willing

0:32:04 > 0:32:07to co-operate in tackling the threat of terrorism in the UK.

0:32:07 > 0:32:11(TX VIZ) In an interview in The Sunday Times,

0:32:14 > 0:32:16-- In an interview in The Sunday Times,

0:32:16 > 0:32:19Mr Wallace said technology fims that refused the security services access

0:32:19 > 0:32:21to encrypted messages were "turning the internet

0:32:21 > 0:32:22into an anarchic, violent space."

0:32:22 > 0:32:25Adding, "We should stop pretending that because they sit

0:32:25 > 0:32:31on beanbags in T-shirts they are not ruthless profiteers."

0:32:31 > 0:32:34Google and Facebook are yet to respond to the remarks.

0:32:34 > 0:32:37Two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead in Iran

0:32:37 > 0:32:39as anti-government protests spread throughout the country,

0:32:39 > 0:32:43reaching the capital, Tehran.

0:32:43 > 0:32:45The wave of unrest which began last week,

0:32:45 > 0:32:47is the most serious since the authorities suppressed months

0:32:47 > 0:32:48of protests in 2009.

0:32:48 > 0:32:51Demonstrators have been heard shouting slogans in support

0:32:51 > 0:32:54of the Shah and the Iranian royal family for the first time

0:32:54 > 0:32:57since the Islamic Revolution 40 years ago.

0:32:57 > 0:33:00Political leaders have been reflecting on the past 12 months

0:33:00 > 0:33:03in their New Year's messages, with Theresa May calling 2017

0:33:03 > 0:33:11a "year of progress" for the UK.

0:33:11 > 0:33:13The Prime Minister said the British people will feel

0:33:13 > 0:33:25"renewed confidence and pride" in 2018.

0:33:25 > 0:33:29The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn said the hope of a "new Britain"

0:33:29 > 0:33:32is "closer than ever" and his party is a "government in waiting".

0:33:32 > 0:33:35It's been a turbulent year in politics, from Theresa May's snap

0:33:35 > 0:33:37election that backfired so spectacularly, to continuing

0:33:37 > 0:33:38tussles with the EU over Brexit.

0:33:38 > 0:33:41Ellie Price reviews the year in British politics.

0:33:50 > 0:33:53The headlines this morning - Theresa May's decision to call

0:33:53 > 0:33:55a general election appears to have backfired.

0:33:55 > 0:33:58It was with reluctance that I decided the country needs...

0:33:58 > 0:34:00The Prime Minister spells out her strategic goals.

0:34:00 > 0:34:01Conversatives are the largest party.

0:34:01 > 0:34:02History has been made.

0:34:02 > 0:34:05Article 50 has been triggered.

0:34:05 > 0:34:07Brexit negotiations in a shambles!

0:34:07 > 0:34:10Hear, hear!

0:34:10 > 0:34:13SIGHS.

0:34:14 > 0:34:21I WAS BORN UNDER A WANDERING STAR PLAYS.

0:34:21 > 0:34:262017 was shaped by what happened when a pretty influential

0:34:26 > 0:34:30person went for a nice, long walk in the countryside and had

0:34:30 > 0:34:32a little think about things.

0:34:32 > 0:34:36That was, of course, Theresa May, who went on a hike with her husband

0:34:36 > 0:34:40in April and came back thinking it would be a jolly good idea

0:34:40 > 0:34:42to call a general election.

0:34:42 > 0:34:45The decision made on that little stroll defined the year.

0:34:45 > 0:34:47But plenty happened in the months running up to it.

0:34:47 > 0:34:51The 2017 journey started, as we all expected, with Brexit.

0:34:51 > 0:34:56Are we going to get a detailed plan, Prime Minister?

0:35:09 > 0:35:12Only a few days shy of the EU referendum's six-month anniversary,

0:35:12 > 0:35:14Theresa May made a speech at Lancaster House.

0:35:14 > 0:35:16It became known as the Lancaster House Speech.

0:35:16 > 0:35:19Setting out a blueprint of her main objectives for Brexit negotiations.

0:35:19 > 0:35:22As a priority, we will pursue a bold and ambitious free trade agreement

0:35:22 > 0:35:24with the European Union.

0:35:24 > 0:35:27The days of Britain making vast contributions to the European Union

0:35:27 > 0:35:28every year will end.

0:35:28 > 0:35:31No deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain.

0:35:31 > 0:35:36The PM confirmed Britain would come out of the EU single market

0:35:36 > 0:35:39but there would be a transition period from EU membership

0:35:39 > 0:35:40to whatever is agreed after.

0:35:40 > 0:35:44And she said Parliament would be given a vote on a final deal.

0:35:44 > 0:35:48But it was Parliament getting a say on the start of negotiating that

0:35:48 > 0:35:50deal which was the big news a few days later.

0:35:50 > 0:35:51Gina Miller!

0:35:51 > 0:35:54The Government got taken to court for wanting to trigger Article 50,

0:35:54 > 0:35:57the mechanism to leave the EU, without having to ask MPs first.

0:35:57 > 0:36:00By a majority of 8-3, the Supreme Court rules

0:36:00 > 0:36:03that the Government cannot trigger Article 50 without an act of

0:36:03 > 0:36:10Parliament authorising it to do so.

0:36:10 > 0:36:13No Prime Minister, no Government, can expect to be

0:36:13 > 0:36:21unanswerable or unchallenged.

0:36:21 > 0:36:24Parliament alone is sovereign!

0:36:24 > 0:36:27And Parliament was given that very vote a few weeks later.

0:36:27 > 0:36:30The ayes to the right, 494.

0:36:30 > 0:36:32The noes to the left, 122.

0:36:32 > 0:36:36Hear, hear!

0:36:36 > 0:36:37An historic vote today.

0:36:37 > 0:36:40And it got through by a large majority at every turn.

0:36:40 > 0:36:43It has carried out the will of the British people.

0:36:43 > 0:36:50The stage was set, then, and on the 29th of March,

0:36:50 > 0:36:51Article 50 was triggered.

0:36:51 > 0:36:54This is an historic moment from which there can

0:36:54 > 0:37:00be no turning back.

0:37:00 > 0:37:04And all it took was a short letter delivered by hand to Brussels,

0:37:04 > 0:37:07signed by Theresa May - though you might not know it

0:37:07 > 0:37:07from that signature.

0:37:07 > 0:37:09So, here it is.

0:37:09 > 0:37:09Six pages.

0:37:09 > 0:37:10We already miss you.

0:37:10 > 0:37:11Thank you and goodbye.

0:37:11 > 0:37:14Now it was time for the difficult bit to start -

0:37:14 > 0:37:16negotiating the terms.

0:37:16 > 0:37:18We were all doggedly talking about Brexit,

0:37:18 > 0:37:20but other things happened, too.

0:37:20 > 0:37:26The Conservative Party candidate - 13,748.

0:37:26 > 0:37:29In February, the Tories won the Copeland by-election -

0:37:29 > 0:37:35the first such win by a Government party over its opposition in 35

0:37:35 > 0:37:40years, and in a place that had been Labour since 1935.

0:37:40 > 0:37:43On the same night, Labour held onto their Stoke-on-Trent seat...

0:37:43 > 0:37:44You going to resign, Paul?

0:37:44 > 0:37:47..seeing off a challenge from Ukip.

0:37:47 > 0:37:50It was a message that hope triumphs over fear!

0:37:50 > 0:37:52There were elections, too, for the Northern Ireland assembly.

0:37:52 > 0:37:56Sinn Fein came within one seat of drawing level with the DUP

0:37:56 > 0:37:58after a bitterly divisive campaign.

0:37:58 > 0:38:00APPLAUSE.

0:38:02 > 0:38:05Just a few weeks later, the death of Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness,

0:38:05 > 0:38:09Northern Ireland's former Deputy First Minister.

0:38:09 > 0:38:13Martin McGuinness was a freedom fighter!

0:38:13 > 0:38:19Even now, there's still no sign of a breakthrough so that

0:38:19 > 0:38:21power-sharing can be restored at Stormont.

0:38:21 > 0:38:23Saving for a rainy day, Chancellor?

0:38:23 > 0:38:25Back in London, Philip Hammond gave the first of his

0:38:25 > 0:38:26two budgets this year.

0:38:26 > 0:38:29Theresa May was really looking forward to it,

0:38:29 > 0:38:37as the Chancellor said it would prepare Britain for Brexit.

0:38:37 > 0:38:39It provides a strong and stable platform for those negotiations.

0:38:39 > 0:38:42Strong and stable - the phrase we'd all get bored of.

0:38:42 > 0:38:45On the 22nd of March, a terrorist ploughed through pedestrians

0:38:45 > 0:38:50on Westminster Bridge, killing four and injuring 50.

0:38:50 > 0:38:56He then stabbed to death a policeman just outside

0:38:56 > 0:38:57the Houses of Parliament.

0:38:57 > 0:38:58He was later shot dead.

0:38:58 > 0:39:02The first three months of the year in Westminster and beyond had

0:39:02 > 0:39:04already provided plenty to fill the airwaves and the newspapers.

0:39:04 > 0:39:09And then, a surprise announcement no-one saw coming.

0:39:09 > 0:39:14I have just chaired a meeting of the Cabinet, where we agreed

0:39:14 > 0:39:18that the Government should call a general election to be

0:39:18 > 0:39:21held on the 8th of June.

0:39:21 > 0:39:26Every vote for the Conservatives will make me stronger

0:39:26 > 0:39:30when I negotiate for Britain with the prime ministers,

0:39:30 > 0:39:33presidents and chancellors of the European Union.

0:39:33 > 0:39:36Every vote for the Conservatives will mean we can stick to our plan

0:39:36 > 0:39:40for a stronger Britain, and take the right long-term

0:39:40 > 0:39:42decisions for a more secure future.

0:39:42 > 0:39:42General election?

0:39:42 > 0:39:43You're jokin'!

0:39:43 > 0:39:47Not another one!

0:39:48 > 0:39:50# I was born under a wanderin' star.

0:39:50 > 0:39:51Go on, go on!

0:39:51 > 0:39:55The path ahead seemed pretty clear for Theresa May and the Tories

0:39:55 > 0:39:59could almost smell victory - or so they thought.

0:40:00 > 0:40:04The local elections saw the Conservatives make big gains

0:40:04 > 0:40:07across the country at the expense of Ukip, whose vote

0:40:07 > 0:40:10collapsed, and Labour.

0:40:10 > 0:40:12We have had very disappointing results in other

0:40:12 > 0:40:14parts of the country.

0:40:14 > 0:40:17Yes, we have to go out there in the next four weeks

0:40:17 > 0:40:19and get a message out.

0:40:19 > 0:40:23There were recriminations, too, among some Labour MPs.

0:40:23 > 0:40:27It's a pretty disastrous picture.

0:40:27 > 0:40:32It's simply not good enough for a party that has been

0:40:32 > 0:40:37in opposition for seven years, that's heading towards a general

0:40:37 > 0:40:40election in five weeks, to not be picking up seats and not

0:40:40 > 0:40:43making forward progress.

0:40:43 > 0:40:46But so much progress was made on Labour's election manifesto

0:40:46 > 0:40:49that it was finished five days early and promptly leaked to the press.

0:40:49 > 0:40:54When it was formally lodged, it called for the renationalisation

0:40:54 > 0:40:56of the water companies and an end to tuition fees.

0:40:56 > 0:40:58This is a programme of hope.

0:40:58 > 0:41:02The Tory campaign, by contrast, is built on one word - fear.

0:41:02 > 0:41:15The Tories, meanwhile, unveiled a document that included

0:41:15 > 0:41:17scrapping free school lunches for children in England, and a

0:41:17 > 0:41:19shake-up of the social care system.

0:41:19 > 0:41:22And with confidence in ourselves and a unity of purpose

0:41:22 > 0:41:24in our country, let us all go forward together.

0:41:24 > 0:41:25APPLAUSE.

0:41:25 > 0:41:29# Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can bake you dry...

0:41:29 > 0:41:36But then, Theresa May seemed to lose her way.

0:41:36 > 0:41:41The direction unclear...

0:41:41 > 0:41:43# ..but only people make you cry.

0:41:43 > 0:41:45..in what were a series of unforced errors.

0:41:45 > 0:41:46# ..dreams of going to

0:41:46 > 0:41:49# Which, with any luck, will never come true.

0:41:49 > 0:41:50There was that u-turn on social care.

0:41:50 > 0:41:52You have just announced a significant change

0:41:52 > 0:41:55to what was offered in your manifesto, saying there

0:41:55 > 0:41:58will now be the possibility of a cap on social care -

0:41:58 > 0:42:02that was not in the plans that were announced just four days ago.

0:42:02 > 0:42:04Our social care system will collapse unless we address this problem.

0:42:04 > 0:42:05Nothing has changed!

0:42:05 > 0:42:11Nothing has changed.

0:42:11 > 0:42:14Then she refused to take part in any head-to-head televised debate.

0:42:14 > 0:42:16The Prime Minister is not here tonight.

0:42:16 > 0:42:21She can't be bothered, so why should you?

0:42:21 > 0:42:23In fact, Bake Off is on BBC Two next.

0:42:23 > 0:42:28It wasn't Bake Off, but she did go on the TV to talk about the bins,

0:42:28 > 0:42:29and it all seemed a bit cringy.

0:42:29 > 0:42:33Well, there is give and take in every marriage isn't there?

0:42:33 > 0:42:33Of course.

0:42:33 > 0:42:38I get to decide when I take the bins out, not if I take the bins out.

0:42:38 > 0:42:40There are boy jobs and girl jobs, you see.

0:42:40 > 0:42:42There's boy jobs and girl jobs?

0:42:42 > 0:42:45And then there was that weird time that the Prime Minister was asked

0:42:45 > 0:42:48what was the naughtiest thing she ever done as a child.

0:42:48 > 0:42:54She said it was to run through a field of wheat.

0:42:54 > 0:42:55Come on, Ed! Come on, Ed!

0:42:55 > 0:43:01# The hills are alive with the sound of music #.

0:43:03 > 0:43:04Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn was positively frolicking out

0:43:04 > 0:43:08on the campaign trail...

0:43:08 > 0:43:10ALL CHANT:Corbyn! Corbyn! Corbyn!

0:43:10 > 0:43:14..greeted like a rock star at his well attended rallies.

0:43:14 > 0:43:18I never was into politics because I never thought

0:43:18 > 0:43:24politicians were, like, normal people, until now.

0:43:24 > 0:43:27You won't say whether you think having gay sex is a sin.

0:43:27 > 0:43:30Elsewhere, the Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, a devoted Christian,

0:43:30 > 0:43:34kept being asked the same question.

0:43:34 > 0:43:37I don't believe gay sex is a sin.

0:43:37 > 0:43:39I take the view that as a political leader, though,

0:43:39 > 0:43:46my job is not to pontificate on theological matters.

0:43:46 > 0:43:49And in a lighter moment, he also provided one of the best

0:43:49 > 0:43:50catchphrases of the campaign.

0:43:50 > 0:43:51Smell my spaniel, maybe.

0:43:51 > 0:43:52Not everyone liked it.

0:43:52 > 0:43:56Meanwhile, the SNP seemed pretty cool about their challenge ahead.

0:43:56 > 0:43:58Winning those 56 seats will be a huge challenge

0:43:58 > 0:43:59for Nicola Sturgeon's party.

0:43:59 > 0:44:03Ruth Davidson has predicted we've hit peak Nat, the only way is down.

0:44:03 > 0:44:05This party...

0:44:05 > 0:44:07Hello!

0:44:07 > 0:44:10Ukip's manifesto was memorable for its proposed ban on burqas

0:44:10 > 0:44:13in public, but its leader Paul Nuttall had trouble

0:44:13 > 0:44:14with his own memory.

0:44:14 > 0:44:16I think that Natalie's absolutely right.

0:44:16 > 0:44:17What we need to do...

0:44:17 > 0:44:18I'm not Natalie!

0:44:18 > 0:44:19Ally, I'm sorry.

0:44:19 > 0:44:19Thank you.

0:44:19 > 0:44:20My fault.

0:44:20 > 0:44:21Sorry.

0:44:21 > 0:44:22Women's names.

0:44:22 > 0:44:23He's done it twice now.

0:44:23 > 0:44:24Have I?

0:44:24 > 0:44:25Oh, I'm sorry about that.

0:44:25 > 0:44:29But politics was overtaken by tragedy not once, but twice.

0:44:29 > 0:44:3223 people, including the attacker, were killed after a bomb went off

0:44:32 > 0:44:42at a pop concert at the Manchester Arena.

0:44:42 > 0:44:45This was amongst the worst terrorist incidents we have ever experienced

0:44:45 > 0:44:48in the United Kingdom.

0:44:48 > 0:44:49Clear the area now!

0:44:49 > 0:44:56Less tha two weeks later, and five days before the election,

0:44:56 > 0:44:58a second terror attack, this time on London Bridge.

0:44:58 > 0:45:07Eight people were killed and the three attackers

0:45:07 > 0:45:08shot dead by police.

0:45:08 > 0:45:10On both occasions, the campaign was suspended for several days.

0:45:13 > 0:45:15We are saying the Conservatives are the largest party,

0:45:15 > 0:45:18although they do not have a majority at this stage.

0:45:18 > 0:45:21Overall, the Conservatives lost 12 seats, creating a hung Parliament.

0:45:21 > 0:45:30They were the biggest party, but did not have a majority.

0:45:30 > 0:45:35Surprising even themselves, they regained an extra 30 seats.

0:45:35 > 0:45:41The SNP lost 21, including that of their former leader Alex Salmond.

0:45:41 > 0:45:45Former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg also lost his seat.

0:45:45 > 0:45:48Theresa May stayed on as Prime Minister, but only just.

0:45:48 > 0:45:51I'm sorry for all those hard-working candidates and party workers

0:45:51 > 0:45:55who were not successful.

0:45:55 > 0:45:58With the majority gone, a vocal number of Tory MPs thought

0:45:58 > 0:46:01it stank and Theresa May would have to clean up her mess.

0:46:01 > 0:46:04That's what she promised to do, but there was still pressure

0:46:04 > 0:46:07on her to resign, from a former colleague, who had got

0:46:07 > 0:46:12a new job as the editor of the London Evening Standard.

0:46:12 > 0:46:14Theresa May is a dead woman walking.

0:46:14 > 0:46:17It's just how long she's going to remain on Death Row.

0:46:17 > 0:46:21Tim Farron decided it was time to go even though the Lib Dems had

0:46:21 > 0:46:24regained an extra eight seats.

0:46:24 > 0:46:28To be the leader of a progressive, liberal party in 2017 and to live

0:46:28 > 0:46:30as a committed Christian to the Bible's teaching has

0:46:30 > 0:46:35felt impossible for me.

0:46:35 > 0:46:38Watching on was the man who took over was Vince Cable.

0:46:38 > 0:46:41The Ukip leader Paul Nuttall who failed to win a seat also resigned.

0:46:41 > 0:46:45For us, although the tide may be out at this present moment in time,

0:46:45 > 0:46:52I am convinced it will return.

0:46:52 > 0:46:54Deal or no deal, Mrs Foster?

0:46:54 > 0:46:57To get enough MPs in Parliament to be able to pass any laws,

0:46:57 > 0:47:03Theresa May needed the DUP's ten MPs from Northern Ireland on side.

0:47:03 > 0:47:05Those discussions are still going on.

0:47:05 > 0:47:06Norman, what can you tell us?

0:47:06 > 0:47:13You keep looking over your shoulder in case she comes out the door.

0:47:13 > 0:47:16Actually I was looking at a much more interesting fight

0:47:16 > 0:47:18about to erupt between Palmerston and Larry, who is lying

0:47:18 > 0:47:20on his back in the street.

0:47:20 > 0:47:23A serious clash could be about to unfold, I don't know

0:47:23 > 0:47:28whether I should intervene!

0:47:28 > 0:47:30Don't worry, there was no fight.

0:47:30 > 0:47:33They came to an arrangement, as did the DUP and the Government 18

0:47:33 > 0:47:35days after the election.

0:47:35 > 0:47:38Today we have reached an outcome that is good for the United Kingdom.

0:47:38 > 0:47:41Then remember the guy who was treated like a rock star?

0:47:41 > 0:47:43Jeremy Corbyn went to Glastonbury.

0:47:43 > 0:48:01# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn...#

0:48:01 > 0:48:02Plenty to digest.

0:48:02 > 0:48:05It was only June, but the issue of Brexit hadn't gone away.

0:48:05 > 0:48:08Time for the EU and UK to get stuck in.

0:48:08 > 0:48:14A hugely important decision was taken by the remaining

0:48:14 > 0:48:1827 countries in the EU at the end of April.

0:48:18 > 0:48:20To start with, negotiators would only talk about three subjects:

0:48:20 > 0:48:23the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland,

0:48:23 > 0:48:27the rights of EU citizens living in Britain and vice versa,

0:48:27 > 0:48:30and how much Britain owed the EU, the so-called divorce bill.

0:48:30 > 0:48:32Only when sufficient progress was made in those areas could talks

0:48:32 > 0:48:39move on to the nitty-gritty of trade deals.

0:48:39 > 0:48:44We all want a close and strong future relationship with the UK.

0:48:44 > 0:48:45There's absolutely no question about it.

0:48:45 > 0:48:54But before discussing the future, we have to sort out our past.

0:48:54 > 0:48:56The very next day, a German newspaper published details

0:48:56 > 0:48:59of a meeting between the EU Commission president

0:48:59 > 0:49:02Jean-Claude Juncker and the PM.

0:49:02 > 0:49:06It alleged the meeting had been frosty and Mr Juncker had left 10

0:49:06 > 0:49:07times more sceptical.

0:49:07 > 0:49:09Theresa May dismissed the report as gossip.

0:49:09 > 0:49:13By June, it was time to get on with it.

0:49:13 > 0:49:17I'm here in Brussels today, like Michel, to begin the next phase

0:49:17 > 0:49:20of our work to build a new deep and special partnership

0:49:20 > 0:49:22with the European Union.

0:49:22 > 0:49:27That obviously wouldn't be easy.

0:49:27 > 0:49:30TRANSLATION:The UK decided to leave the EU, not

0:49:30 > 0:49:32the other way round, and the consequences

0:49:32 > 0:49:35are substantial.

0:49:35 > 0:49:36We come bearing gifts.

0:49:36 > 0:49:40Enter Jeremy Corbyn to mix things up a bit.

0:49:40 > 0:49:43He met the EU chief negotiator to discuss Labour's Brexit position,

0:49:43 > 0:49:46which may not have been as obvious as his football allegiance.

0:49:46 > 0:49:47A football shirt..

0:49:47 > 0:49:47Barnier!

0:49:47 > 0:49:54You now play for Arsenal.

0:49:54 > 0:49:56The British Government published a series of papers

0:49:56 > 0:49:58clarifying its position on a range of issues.

0:49:58 > 0:50:02But by the end of August, the EU seemed to suggest it wasn't enough.

0:50:02 > 0:50:03To be honest, I'm concerned.

0:50:03 > 0:50:13Time passes quickly.

0:50:13 > 0:50:18With the clock ticking, Theresa May made another speech,

0:50:18 > 0:50:19this time in Florence.

0:50:19 > 0:50:21She said there should be a transition period

0:50:21 > 0:50:25of about two years after Brexit, and that Britain was prepared to pay

0:50:25 > 0:50:26a financial settlement.

0:50:26 > 0:50:28Clearly people, businesses and public services should only have

0:50:28 > 0:50:31to plan for one set of changes in the relationship

0:50:31 > 0:50:32between the UK and EU.

0:50:32 > 0:50:35The UK will honour commitments we've made during the period

0:50:35 > 0:50:36of our membership.

0:50:36 > 0:50:39Let us be creative as well as practical in designing an ambitious

0:50:39 > 0:50:41economic partnership that respects the freedoms and principles

0:50:41 > 0:50:44of the EU and the wishes of the British people.

0:50:44 > 0:50:52A month later, another dinner, another kiss

0:50:52 > 0:50:55with Jean-Claude Juncker.

0:50:55 > 0:50:57Another German newspaper report.

0:50:57 > 0:51:02This time it said the PM had "begged for help" when they met,

0:51:02 > 0:51:04and she seemed tired and politically weak.

0:51:04 > 0:51:05He denied the account.

0:51:05 > 0:51:08She was in good shape, she was not tired, she was fighting.

0:51:08 > 0:51:09As is her duty.

0:51:09 > 0:51:10Everything for me was OK.

0:51:10 > 0:51:12She didn't plead with you for help?

0:51:12 > 0:51:13No, no.

0:51:13 > 0:51:22Still, by December, no decision on whether sufficient

0:51:22 > 0:51:23progress had been made.

0:51:23 > 0:51:25A deal was so near.

0:51:25 > 0:51:27Quite literally - Theresa May was even in Brussels.

0:51:27 > 0:51:30But the sticking point was the DUP who said they weren't happy

0:51:30 > 0:51:32with proposals for Northern Ireland.

0:51:32 > 0:51:34We will not accept any form of regulatory divergence

0:51:34 > 0:51:36which separates Northern Ireland economically or politically

0:51:36 > 0:51:42from the rest of the UK.

0:51:42 > 0:51:44A dramatic intervention and back to stalemate.

0:51:44 > 0:51:46After more late-night talks, finally, a breakthrough.

0:51:46 > 0:51:53For now at least.

0:51:53 > 0:51:56Sufficient progress has now been made on the strict

0:51:56 > 0:51:57terms of the divorce.

0:51:57 > 0:51:59This was a difficult negotiation for the European Union

0:51:59 > 0:52:05as well as for the United Kingdom.

0:52:05 > 0:52:07You can say that again, Jean-Claude.

0:52:07 > 0:52:11That is what this was all about.

0:52:11 > 0:52:14I very much welcome the prospect of moving ahead to the next phase.

0:52:14 > 0:52:17Will you be celebrating, Mr Barnier, cracking open the champagne?

0:52:17 > 0:52:18We're still working, no.

0:52:18 > 0:52:22The chief negotiator wasn't quite jumping for joy.

0:52:22 > 0:52:25Ultimate arbiter, put about in your pipe and smoke it.

0:52:25 > 0:52:29Back home, critics like him weren't celebrating either.

0:52:29 > 0:52:32Amazing isn't it, British PM has to fly through the middle

0:52:32 > 0:52:36of the night to meet some unelected bureaucrats who patted her on ahead

0:52:36 > 0:52:40and said you've met all our demands, made sufficient progress,

0:52:40 > 0:52:43we can move onto the next stage, the whole thing is a humiliation.

0:52:43 > 0:52:47There is little doubt it did come as some relief to the PM.

0:52:47 > 0:52:49Even if less than one week later...

0:52:49 > 0:52:51The ayes to the right, 309, nos to the left, 305.

0:52:51 > 0:52:55..she was defeated in the Commons when rebel Tory and opposition MPs

0:52:55 > 0:52:58forced the Government to give a legal guarantee of a vote

0:52:58 > 0:53:02on the final Brexit deal.

0:53:02 > 0:53:05Overall, a year of Brexit negotiations ended with agreement.

0:53:05 > 0:53:07At least the first bit did.

0:53:07 > 0:53:14The real fun starts making a deal on the future relationship.

0:53:14 > 0:53:17Is Theresa May's of a full agreement by March 2019 realistic?

0:53:17 > 0:53:28Still realistic and, of course, dramatically difficult.

0:53:28 > 0:53:31With the election over and Brexit dominating the whole of 2017,

0:53:31 > 0:53:34it was a long slog.

0:53:34 > 0:53:47Keeping control of her own party has been an uphill struggle for the PM.

0:53:47 > 0:53:51# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn...#

0:53:51 > 0:53:53Not least when you compare it to Jeremy Corbyn's fortunes.

0:53:53 > 0:53:56They may have lost the election but Labour's party conference felt

0:53:56 > 0:53:59more like a victory parade.

0:53:59 > 0:54:02It wasn't like this last year.

0:54:02 > 0:54:05Thank you so much for that wonderful welcome and this incredible feeling

0:54:05 > 0:54:10and spirit of unity and love and affection we have here.

0:54:10 > 0:54:12Why are you making the PM sweat?

0:54:12 > 0:54:15The run-up to the Tory conference was less than harmonious.

0:54:15 > 0:54:18Boris Johnson hit the headlines for an article he wrote

0:54:18 > 0:54:21outlining his own red lines in Brexit negotiations.

0:54:21 > 0:54:24They seemed to go further than that of the Prime Minister

0:54:24 > 0:54:26and what was agreed by the Cabinet.

0:54:26 > 0:54:28Once again there were whispers about his leadership aspirations.

0:54:28 > 0:54:30A little taste of Italy.

0:54:30 > 0:54:33As there were about this man, Jacob Rees-Mogg, though he told me

0:54:33 > 0:54:37he wants Theresa May to stay on as leader.

0:54:37 > 0:54:41For ever and ever, eternity, even eternity is too short to extol her.

0:54:41 > 0:54:42You don't fancy it yourself?

0:54:42 > 0:54:46No, of course not, I want Mrs May to go on for ever and ever.

0:54:46 > 0:54:49In the end, it was Theresa May's conference speech

0:54:49 > 0:54:53that went on and on.

0:54:53 > 0:54:54It started with a prankster.

0:54:54 > 0:54:57And prepare for a run on the ground.

0:54:57 > 0:55:01Boris, job done, given her the P45.

0:55:01 > 0:55:04Of course it had nothing to do with the Foreign Secretary.

0:55:04 > 0:55:08I was about to talk about somebody I would like to give a P45 to,

0:55:08 > 0:55:09and that's Jeremy Corbyn.

0:55:09 > 0:55:11And then came the frog in the throat.

0:55:11 > 0:55:14COUGHS.

0:55:14 > 0:55:21The deficit is back to precrisis levels...

0:55:21 > 0:55:30Sounds as if my voice isn't on track.

0:55:30 > 0:55:33As if it couldn't get any worse, even the scenery

0:55:33 > 0:55:40started falling down.

0:55:40 > 0:55:44The PM put on a brave face and was supported by her husband

0:55:44 > 0:55:46and, in the coming days, after some whisperings

0:55:46 > 0:55:48about her leadership, her Cabinet.

0:55:48 > 0:55:51By the end of October, scandal once again hit Westminster,

0:55:51 > 0:55:52this time about sexual harassment.

0:55:52 > 0:55:55Very quickly it became clear it was not party political,

0:55:55 > 0:55:56with various MPs implicated.

0:55:56 > 0:56:04And then a Cabinet Minister.

0:56:04 > 0:56:06In recent days allegations have been made about MPs' conduct,

0:56:06 > 0:56:07including my own.

0:56:07 > 0:56:09Many of these allegations have been false.

0:56:09 > 0:56:13But I realise that in the past I may have fallen below the high standards

0:56:13 > 0:56:17that we require of the Armed Forces that I have the honour to represent.

0:56:17 > 0:56:20I have reflected now on my position in Government and I am therefore

0:56:20 > 0:56:33resigning as Defence Secretary.

0:56:33 > 0:56:36One week later, jetting back this time from an official

0:56:36 > 0:56:38ministerial trip, Priti Patel, the International Development

0:56:38 > 0:56:40Secretary, was called into Downing Street

0:56:40 > 0:56:43and also resigned.

0:56:43 > 0:56:46This time over unauthorised meetings she'd had with Israeli

0:56:46 > 0:56:50officials while on holiday.

0:56:50 > 0:56:52In her resignation letter, Ms Patel said her actions

0:56:52 > 0:56:55"fell below the standards of transparency and openness."

0:56:55 > 0:56:57Losing two Cabinet ministers in a week was unlucky,

0:56:57 > 0:57:00losing a third the following month was, well, awkward, but Damian Green

0:57:00 > 0:57:03resigned after it was found that he made misleading statements

0:57:03 > 0:57:08over claims of pornography on his office computer.

0:57:08 > 0:57:17It wasn't just troublesome friends at home.

0:57:17 > 0:57:21In January the PM and Donald Trump had got on so well when she went

0:57:21 > 0:57:23to Washington they even held hands.

0:57:23 > 0:57:26Mrs May invited the President over for a state visit at some stage.

0:57:26 > 0:57:29That didn't go down well with some people back home.

0:57:29 > 0:57:32So when the President retweeted some unsubstantiated posts from a British

0:57:32 > 0:57:34far-right group called Britain First, it was,

0:57:34 > 0:57:35at best, a bit awkward.

0:57:35 > 0:57:37Theresa May said he was wrong to do it.

0:57:37 > 0:57:39He told her, "Don't focus on me."

0:57:39 > 0:57:42The year didn't end as friendly as it had started,

0:57:42 > 0:57:52but is the President still coming over?

0:57:52 > 0:57:56An invitation for a state visit has been extended and has been accepted.

0:57:56 > 0:57:58We have yet to set a date.

0:57:58 > 0:57:59Thank you.

0:57:59 > 0:58:01Something to look forward to next year.

0:58:01 > 0:58:15So much going on, little sign of things slowing down.

0:58:15 > 0:58:18But politics aside, there was one more important moment

0:58:18 > 0:58:21in Westminster this year - the silencing of an old friend.

0:58:21 > 0:58:25BONG.

0:58:25 > 0:58:33Big Ben stopped bonging.

0:58:33 > 0:58:35Apart from events like Remembrance Sunday and New Year's Eve,

0:58:35 > 0:58:44the bell will stay silent as repair works go on, for four years.

0:58:44 > 0:58:48Even the Prime Minister is a bit upset about it, as are other MPs.

0:58:48 > 0:58:49It means something, it really does.

0:58:49 > 0:58:53These are the chimes of freedom and they have to be respected.

0:58:53 > 0:58:54We've got to keep them bonging.

0:58:54 > 0:58:57It really has been all about timing this year.

0:58:57 > 0:59:00An election and all the fallout, Brexit and the ongoing negotiations,

0:59:00 > 0:59:01and scandals at Westminster.

0:59:01 > 0:59:02It's been quite a year.

0:59:02 > 0:59:14Next year couldn't possibly be so frantic, could it?

1:00:01 > 1:00:04Hello, this is Breakfast with Roger Johnson.

1:00:04 > 1:00:07Storms and rail strikes in store as the UK prepares to bring

1:00:07 > 1:00:09in the New Year.

1:00:09 > 1:00:13A 24-hour walkout is under way on South Western and CrossCountry

1:00:13 > 1:00:29services causing cancellations and delays.

1:00:29 > 1:00:36In Edinburgh, Hogmanay celebrations have already begun.

1:00:36 > 1:00:41Organisers say tonight's main event will go ahead as planned

1:00:41 > 1:00:42despite the arrival of Storm Dylan.

1:00:42 > 1:00:43Good morning.

1:00:43 > 1:00:45Its Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and northern

1:00:45 > 1:00:48England that will bear the brunt of the damaging winds

1:00:48 > 1:00:48from Storm Dylan.

1:00:59 > 1:01:01Good morning - it's New Year's Eve, Sunday 31st December.

1:01:01 > 1:01:05Also this morning:

1:01:05 > 1:01:08Two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead in Iran

1:01:08 > 1:01:10as anti-government protests spread across the country.

1:01:10 > 1:01:16A tax threat to internet firms.

1:01:16 > 1:01:19The security minister says Facebook and Google could face penalties -

1:01:19 > 1:01:21if they don't do more to tackle terrorism.

1:01:21 > 1:01:24In sport, more misery for Mourinho.

1:01:24 > 1:01:27He claims his Manchester United side were denied a clear penalty

1:01:27 > 1:01:32as they lose further ground on their City rivals.

1:01:32 > 1:01:33Good morning.

1:01:33 > 1:01:36First, our main story.

1:01:36 > 1:01:39Winds of up to 80 mph and a series of rail strikes

1:01:39 > 1:01:42are threatening to cause disruption as the UK prepares to see

1:01:42 > 1:01:45in the New Year.

1:01:45 > 1:01:49The Met Office is warning of flying debris and damage to buildings

1:01:49 > 1:01:53as Storm Dylan hits Northern Ireland and parts of southern Scotland,

1:01:53 > 1:01:57while a 24-hour walk out could hit passengers on CrossCountry

1:01:57 > 1:01:59and South Western rail services.

1:01:59 > 1:02:03But hundreds of thousands of people are still expected to take

1:02:03 > 1:02:11to the streets to celebrate, as Simon Clemison reports.

1:02:11 > 1:02:14Why have one night of celebration when you can have two?

1:02:14 > 1:02:22With this torchlit parade, Hogmanay is already under

1:02:22 > 1:02:22way in Edinburgh.

1:02:22 > 1:02:25Our 24 Vikings have travelled down from the Shetlands,

1:02:25 > 1:02:28on a longboat journey, and we're here to basically warm

1:02:28 > 1:02:30things up a bit.

1:02:30 > 1:02:32In London, as in Scotland, security is key but despite four

1:02:32 > 1:02:36terror attacks this year, there will be fewer officers on duty

1:02:36 > 1:02:42for tonight's huge fireworks display,

1:02:43 > 1:02:45but the Met insists the numbers are right.

1:02:45 > 1:02:48People will be remembering those who have died and those

1:02:48 > 1:02:51who were injured in those attacks.

1:02:51 > 1:02:55We have been policing this for quite a long time now and our experience

1:02:55 > 1:02:58of doing that means our tactics and our way of mitigating those

1:02:58 > 1:03:00threats has developed along the way.

1:03:00 > 1:03:02But will people be able to get there?

1:03:02 > 1:03:05Delays and cancellations are expected on South Western Railway

1:03:05 > 1:03:06and CrossCountry because of the strike.

1:03:06 > 1:03:09South Western says it thinks it will be able to run

1:03:09 > 1:03:14three-quarters of trains.

1:03:14 > 1:03:15The only question remaining, the weather.

1:03:15 > 1:03:19Edinburgh has already enjoyed some fireworks but gusts of 80 miles

1:03:19 > 1:03:22per hour are predicted across areas of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

1:03:22 > 1:03:25The warnings of the Met Office stopped by the afternoon

1:03:25 > 1:03:30but the dying hours of 2017 are making their presence felt.

1:03:30 > 1:03:31Simon Clemison, BBC News.

1:03:31 > 1:03:34Let's cross live to Simon at London Waterloo, normally one

1:03:34 > 1:03:37of the UK's busiest stations, but Simon things could be very

1:03:37 > 1:03:49different today?

1:03:49 > 1:03:53Good morning. I feel a bit like an unwelcome guests. But beware. There

1:03:53 > 1:03:59are strikes today. This is Britain's busiest railway station. It is

1:03:59 > 1:04:02Sunday morning so it's a bit quieter anyway at this time.

1:04:02 > 1:04:05Sunday morning so it's a bit quieter anyway at this time. South-western

1:04:05 > 1:04:10railway runs lots of services here. London is where tens of thousands of

1:04:10 > 1:04:13people will come to celebrate. It could feel the brunt of these

1:04:13 > 1:04:21strikes. If we look at the boards, a lot of services or leaving on time.

1:04:21 > 1:04:25There is a reduced timetable, remember. Some routes are not

1:04:25 > 1:04:33serviced at all. A 24- hour walkout by workers also a CrossCountry.

1:04:33 > 1:04:38Reduced trains between Newcastle and Edinburgh and nothing between Glass:

1:04:38 > 1:04:42Aberdeen. The dispute is about many things including the role of the

1:04:42 > 1:04:48guide. Your services and a lot more people. They could prove the

1:04:48 > 1:04:53heaviest of mixes arriving in the New Year. Simon, thank you very much

1:04:53 > 1:04:56indeed.

1:04:56 > 1:04:59Well we can get more on what we can expect from Storm Dylan today.

1:04:59 > 1:05:03Matt has the details.

1:05:03 > 1:05:08Good morning. Is it likely to cause much disruption?

1:05:08 > 1:05:16It is likely to cause a lot of disruption. Those on the move today,

1:05:16 > 1:05:2470, 80 miles per hour. At the moment, it is centred just on the

1:05:24 > 1:05:28North coast of Northern Ireland. These were the strongest winds are

1:05:28 > 1:05:38at present. The biggest impact with the strength of the winds. 70, 80

1:05:38 > 1:05:42miles per hour gusts. They going to transfer into southern Scotland

1:05:42 > 1:05:46potentially through the heavy populated Central Belt. These areas

1:05:46 > 1:05:54most likely. The ferries, the bridges, keeping across the latest.

1:05:54 > 1:06:00And on your BBC local radio station. Conditions to improve into the

1:06:00 > 1:06:07afternoon. Some of you will be seeing the New Year in on a high

1:06:07 > 1:06:11note. More details on ten minutes. It's nice that you always give us a

1:06:11 > 1:06:12silver lining.

1:06:12 > 1:06:15The Security Minister Ben Wallace has said the government should

1:06:15 > 1:06:18consider taxing internet firms unless they are more willing

1:06:18 > 1:06:22to co-operate in tackling the threat of terrorism in the UK.

1:06:22 > 1:06:25In an interview in The Sunday Times, Mr Wallace said technology fims that

1:06:25 > 1:06:28refused the security services access to encrypted messages were "turning

1:06:28 > 1:06:36the internet into an anarchic, violent space."

1:06:36 > 1:06:40The point that Ben Wallace makes is that we are more vulnerable than to

1:06:40 > 1:06:45terror attacks and although we have seen so-called Islamic state group

1:06:45 > 1:06:49almost defeated militarily -- militarily in Syria, the group still

1:06:49 > 1:06:52has a presence on line and is calling out to supporters to carry

1:06:52 > 1:06:57out attacks at home in their own countries.Ben Wallace as saying

1:06:57 > 1:07:01that Google, Facebook and YouTube still not going far enough in

1:07:01 > 1:07:06identifying extremist material. He also talks about the encrypted

1:07:06 > 1:07:16messaging apps like WhatsApp, which are places where attacks can be

1:07:16 > 1:07:22organised. He says the result of all this is that more human surveillance

1:07:22 > 1:07:31is needed. 3000 suspects on watch lists in the UK. That sort of human

1:07:31 > 1:07:38surveillance needs to be carried out. He also talks about the cost of

1:07:38 > 1:07:42de- radicalising people in part because they have had access to

1:07:42 > 1:07:46extremist material on line. The costs of deradicalisation for

1:07:46 > 1:07:51government agencies is very high. He puts for this idea of taxing

1:07:51 > 1:07:55Internet firms, he keen on the pocket to incentivise them.

1:07:55 > 1:08:01Preventing extremist material from going up in the first place. That's

1:08:01 > 1:08:05not government policy, that is an idea that Ben Wallace as security

1:08:05 > 1:08:09minister is putting forward. This is very clearly that patience has run

1:08:09 > 1:08:13out with the tech firms. 2018 needs to be and I dashed a year the

1:08:13 > 1:08:18change. He says we have not heard a response from Google and Facebook.

1:08:18 > 1:08:22But they are putting more work into this area.Thank you very much.

1:08:22 > 1:08:25Two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead in Iran

1:08:25 > 1:08:27as anti-government protests spread throughout the country,

1:08:27 > 1:08:28reaching the capital, Tehran.

1:08:28 > 1:08:30The wave of unrest which began last week,

1:08:30 > 1:08:33is the most serious since the authorities suppressed months

1:08:33 > 1:08:34of protests in 2009.

1:08:34 > 1:08:41Jon Ironmonger reports.

1:08:41 > 1:08:45A crack of gunshots as panic ripples the a crowd in the western city

1:08:45 > 1:08:51Daroud.

1:08:51 > 1:08:53Later, a wounded man is carried through the streets.

1:08:53 > 1:08:59It is being reported a number of people

1:08:59 > 1:09:02have been killed following an escalation of violence and three

1:09:02 > 1:09:07days of unrest.

1:09:07 > 1:09:09Late into the night, demonstrators attacked targets

1:09:09 > 1:09:14with links to the government and the ruling clerical elite.

1:09:14 > 1:09:16In Karamabad, the governor's office was burned.

1:09:16 > 1:09:19In the northern city of a Mashhad, police motorbikes were set alight

1:09:19 > 1:09:21while crowds taunted the security services.

1:09:21 > 1:09:26What started as a provincial process about rocketing

1:09:26 > 1:09:29prices has become deeply political and moved to the capital Tehran,

1:09:29 > 1:09:31where offices were pelted with stones near the main university.

1:09:31 > 1:09:43Riot police were used to quell the disturbance.

1:09:43 > 1:09:45This video shows a baby being taken to hospital,

1:09:45 > 1:09:51apparently suffering from the effects of tear gas.

1:09:51 > 1:09:54It is thought the Iranian authorities have reacted by cutting

1:09:54 > 1:10:03access to the Internet in many cities, especially to mobile phones

1:10:03 > 1:10:06and Instagram, which had become hugely popular in Iran,

1:10:06 > 1:10:07is now said to be inaccessible.

1:10:07 > 1:10:17Iranian officials have vowed on state TV to double their efforts

1:10:17 > 1:10:19to resolve the economic problems and ploughed ahead

1:10:19 > 1:10:21with commemorative pro-government rallies on Saturday.

1:10:21 > 1:10:27But further protests are expected over the coming days and experts

1:10:27 > 1:10:30say opposing the Islamic republic will be a colossal challenge.

1:10:30 > 1:10:32Do not underestimate the reggressive capability of the Revolutionary

1:10:32 > 1:10:38Guards, the resiliency of the Islamic Republic.

1:10:38 > 1:10:40This regime is well institutionalised in Iran and can

1:10:40 > 1:10:43deal with protest movement such as the one that we have witnessed

1:10:43 > 1:10:45in the past few days.

1:10:45 > 1:10:48Iran's ultraconservative regime is facing its biggest threat

1:10:48 > 1:10:57in nearly a decade, but what lengths will it go to to survive?

1:10:57 > 1:11:00Political leaders have been reflecting on the past 12 months

1:11:00 > 1:11:06in their New Year's messages, with Theresa May calling 2017

1:11:06 > 1:11:08a "year of progress" for the UK.

1:11:08 > 1:11:10The Prime Minister said the British people will feel

1:11:10 > 1:11:14"renewed confidence and pride" in 2018.

1:11:14 > 1:11:18The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn said the hope of a "new Britain"

1:11:18 > 1:11:22is "closer than ever" and his party is a "government in waiting".

1:11:22 > 1:11:26Making success of Brexit is crucial but it will not be the limit

1:11:26 > 1:11:27of our ambitions.

1:11:27 > 1:11:31We also have to carry on making a difference here and now

1:11:31 > 1:11:37on the issues that matter to people's daily lives.

1:11:37 > 1:11:43The old political consensus is finished.

1:11:43 > 1:11:45We're staking out the new centre ground in British politics,

1:11:45 > 1:11:48backing the things which most people want but are blocked

1:11:48 > 1:11:49by vested interests.

1:11:49 > 1:11:59We are a government in waiting.

1:11:59 > 1:12:03If you have been enjoying the recent snow - building a snow man

1:12:03 > 1:12:04or an ice sculpture.

1:12:04 > 1:12:05Have a look at these pictures.

1:12:05 > 1:12:08They are from the largest ice sculpture festival in the world,

1:12:08 > 1:12:10which takes place in China.

1:12:10 > 1:12:13It took more than 10,000 members of staff to construct

1:12:13 > 1:12:15the 2,000 sculptures.

1:12:15 > 1:12:18Each recreates a famous landmark and is made from ice harvested

1:12:18 > 1:12:30from the frozen Songhua River in the north of the country.

1:12:35 > 1:12:40Good morning, it is New Year's Eve and this is Breakfast from BBC News.

1:12:40 > 1:12:44For many of us, the new year might seem like the perfect time to make

1:12:44 > 1:12:45ourselves fitter, wiser and more successful.

1:12:45 > 1:12:48But one mental health charity says the classic "new Year,

1:12:48 > 1:12:50new you" message can increase anxiety and unhappiness.

1:12:50 > 1:12:52Mark Rowland is from the Mental Health Foundation.

1:12:52 > 1:13:04He's here to tell us more.

1:13:04 > 1:13:08Our people unrealistic in the targets that they set for

1:13:08 > 1:13:12themselves, resolutions?They can be. New Year is a sacred time to

1:13:12 > 1:13:17reflect on what has gone on before and what the future holds. I think

1:13:17 > 1:13:21what we are suggesting is that New Year's resolutions can become a

1:13:21 > 1:13:24festival of faultfinding in ourselves, can become short-term

1:13:24 > 1:13:32goals. A lot of self-criticism. We are calling for a different approach

1:13:32 > 1:13:36and a new way of doing New Year's. Focused on things that the year and

1:13:36 > 1:13:42things that can carry forward positive intentions.Just explain

1:13:42 > 1:13:46how it indifference from a resolution.Resolutions I quite

1:13:46 > 1:13:52often externally focused, quantifiable. I want to lose a few

1:13:52 > 1:13:57pounds, run a bit faster. But the theme is about getting closer to the

1:13:57 > 1:14:04real motivation. It might be about becoming more curious or more

1:14:04 > 1:14:09energetic or kinder or gentle to yourself and kinder to others and

1:14:09 > 1:14:12it's on a spectrum. It's not something you can bail out. Looking

1:14:12 > 1:14:20at being to say, be more loving. It really is about making an intention

1:14:20 > 1:14:24about the life that you want to do, less about what you want to do and

1:14:24 > 1:14:29more about how you want to be.It's interesting, New Year's resolutions

1:14:29 > 1:14:33are something many people make today or tomorrow morning and sort of give

1:14:33 > 1:14:37up by next weekend. It's very hard to change, isn't it?It's really

1:14:37 > 1:14:43hard to change. Only 8% of us follow through on our New Year's

1:14:43 > 1:14:50resolutions. But the business of making a change in our lives, and we

1:14:50 > 1:14:54all have mental health, we can all make steps to improve our mental

1:14:54 > 1:14:59health but it's not easy. What we are calling for is much more

1:14:59 > 1:15:03encouragement about the small steps. Do little things, make a firm

1:15:03 > 1:15:08intention that don't necessarily put pressure to leave behind the old

1:15:08 > 1:15:14self. Start with the assumption that you are is OK and it's about

1:15:14 > 1:15:20building up from that base rather than scrapping the old youth.One of

1:15:20 > 1:15:24the things you have talked about is the pressure that people feel on New

1:15:24 > 1:15:29Year's Eve to be chipper and jolly. If you are predisposed to having

1:15:29 > 1:15:37problems with crowds and anxiety, it's another night?Absolutely, and

1:15:37 > 1:15:42we are trying to highlight that it is 190 365 and to release the

1:15:42 > 1:15:47pressure on you, go out if you want to, a lot of people it makes them

1:15:47 > 1:15:52feel great but if you don't want to, I myself will be in bed at 10pm with

1:15:52 > 1:15:56a hot chocolate and that is absolutely fine. I will be out on

1:15:56 > 1:16:01other nights. I think what we are trying to say is try to - the more

1:16:01 > 1:16:05we can listen to ourselves and understand what works for us, it is

1:16:05 > 1:16:09actually the first step in really developing a really positive, good

1:16:09 > 1:16:14mental health.Quite a few of us will be in bed early tonight because

1:16:14 > 1:16:18we will be at work early tomorrow, you are right. Ruefully, the mental

1:16:18 > 1:16:25health foundation is what you do, as 2017 with the attention focused on

1:16:25 > 1:16:28mental health with the Royal Family, have you seen a significant shift in

1:16:28 > 1:16:32the way that mental health is being regarded? What people have said they

1:16:32 > 1:16:36wanted the years, isn't it? Absolutely, and we see it and lots

1:16:36 > 1:16:41of different ways. I've-10 years ago it wouldn't be included in the sort

1:16:41 > 1:16:45of clutch of really big social causes. We know we need to address

1:16:45 > 1:16:48climate change and cancer and poverty that people are recognising

1:16:48 > 1:16:52that mental health is absolute fundamental to us being able to

1:16:52 > 1:16:56thrive in life and it is a big cultural shift happening and we are

1:16:56 > 1:17:00going to look back on this period of time and say we were part of

1:17:00 > 1:17:03something that really moved the cultural dialogue on a fundamental

1:17:03 > 1:17:08part of what it means to live a fulfilling life and it is exciting.

1:17:08 > 1:17:12Thank you fewer time, happy new Year, enjoy your early night and

1:17:12 > 1:17:14you're hot chocolate.

1:17:14 > 1:17:17It's 7:17 and you're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

1:17:17 > 1:17:18The main stories this morning:

1:17:18 > 1:17:21New Year celebrations are expected to go ahead in Edinburgh tonight

1:17:21 > 1:17:24and in other cities, despite winds of 80 miles an hour

1:17:24 > 1:17:26threatening to cause disruption.

1:17:26 > 1:17:28Three days of growing anti-government protests in Iran

1:17:28 > 1:17:29have turned violent.

1:17:29 > 1:17:42Two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead.

1:17:42 > 1:17:45We mentioned those stiff breezes, the strong winds that will be

1:17:45 > 1:17:46expected.

1:17:46 > 1:17:50Here's Matt with a look at this morning's weather.

1:17:50 > 1:17:55Good morning. It isn't all bad news, that he is, the weather will have an

1:17:55 > 1:17:58impact on those of you trying to travel across country, particularly

1:17:58 > 1:17:59across Northern

1:17:59 > 1:18:00travel across country, particularly across Northern Ireland and southern

1:18:00 > 1:18:03Scotland. This is where the Met Office's and the warning is in

1:18:03 > 1:18:07place, there will be some travel disruption and may be minor damage

1:18:07 > 1:18:15and the winds, close to 80 mile an hour gusts in some areas. It is all

1:18:15 > 1:18:19linked to Storm Dylan, this little book of cloud has been developing

1:18:19 > 1:18:22through the night and you can see the core of that is just about to

1:18:22 > 1:18:26spread its way into the west of -- hook. Scotland on the southern flank

1:18:26 > 1:18:30of it you can see the strong wind, northern Ireland to the next couple

1:18:30 > 1:18:34of hours the peak in the wind strength, maybe 80 mile an hour

1:18:34 > 1:18:37gust, 70 or 80 through the morning and parts of southern Scotland,

1:18:37 > 1:18:40maybe even the central belt. But widely southern Scotland Northern

1:18:40 > 1:18:44Ireland and into northern England gust over 60 miles an hour and not

1:18:44 > 1:18:48as windy in northern Scotland, they have rain, sleet and hill snow to

1:18:48 > 1:18:53content with and it will be cloudy, wind picking up into the afternoon.

1:18:53 > 1:18:57Also, it will ease. Showers in northern Ireland but not a huge

1:18:57 > 1:19:03amount of wood weather a rounded northern England, a dry start to

1:19:03 > 1:19:06many, wild conditions there but the rain is lingering by 9am to South

1:19:06 > 1:19:10and East of London whereas further west brighter conditions developing

1:19:10 > 1:19:15for a while. The sunshine for a time, Wales and south-west, but we

1:19:15 > 1:19:20will see some showers developing, heavy and thundery later on. Winds

1:19:20 > 1:19:22will ease across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England into

1:19:22 > 1:19:26the afternoon but remaining Tostaree for many and it will bring showers

1:19:26 > 1:19:29and to many western areas of the second half of New Year's Eve.

1:19:29 > 1:19:33Eastern areas a little bit more dry and bright with some sunshine but a

1:19:33 > 1:19:36call today than yesterday, temperatures down a few degrees,

1:19:36 > 1:19:40leading us into a call evening, take a warm jacket and some of you,

1:19:40 > 1:19:45waterproof. Showers across England and Wales, some dry this evening,

1:19:45 > 1:19:48Edinburgh, Newcastle you may get away with it, throughout the evening

1:19:48 > 1:19:52but it will still chilly as the winds eases down. It takes us into

1:19:52 > 1:19:56New Year's Day, a little bit of a fine day with a weather system which

1:19:56 > 1:20:00will bring some stormy weather to France the new state but a question

1:20:00 > 1:20:04as to whether it comes as far north. It is set to bring Wayne go for rain

1:20:04 > 1:20:10and dusty winds. Elsewhere, sunny spells, showers to Scotland,

1:20:10 > 1:20:13Northern Ireland, spreading into northern England and Wales is to go

1:20:13 > 1:20:17into the afternoon but all of you will see some sunshine at some point

1:20:17 > 1:20:21in years eight, a fresh and rather cool breeze, planned to your

1:20:21 > 1:20:27festivities tonight. Tuesday, the first working day of the new year, a

1:20:27 > 1:20:32bright and frosty rain coming from west to east, some snow as well for

1:20:32 > 1:20:37a time across Scotland on the hills. Back to you, Roger. Thank you, that.

1:20:37 > 1:20:41Let's catch up with the sport quickly and Kat is here this

1:20:41 > 1:20:46morning. Jose Mourinho not a happy man? Not at all, there was a time

1:20:46 > 1:20:50when he believed that his side should be given a penalty then maybe

1:20:50 > 1:20:55they would have been able to beat Southampton but as it was it was a

1:20:55 > 1:21:00goalless draw so once again, Manchester United dropping points.

1:21:00 > 1:21:06That is the moment behind where he realised he wasn't going to get the

1:21:06 > 1:21:10penalty he sighs deserves but tough times I think for Manchester United

1:21:10 > 1:21:13and Manchester City obviously streaking away with it at the top of

1:21:13 > 1:21:14the Premier League.

1:21:14 > 1:21:18So Jose Mourinho isn't a happy man and his Manchester United side have

1:21:18 > 1:21:20now lost further ground on the league leaders

1:21:20 > 1:21:22Manchester City after a goalless draw against Southampton.

1:21:22 > 1:21:25Chelsea have overtaken them and moved up to second

1:21:25 > 1:21:27with their 5-0 thrashing of Stoke, which is where Alex South

1:21:27 > 1:21:29starts his round-up of yesterday's action.

1:21:29 > 1:21:31Chelsea rounded off 2017 in some style.

1:21:31 > 1:21:33COMMENTATOR:Oh, brilliant!

1:21:33 > 1:21:36The champions demolished Stoke City 5-0 to make it five wins

1:21:36 > 1:21:43from their last six games and push Stoke further towards trouble.

1:21:43 > 1:21:51Today, we finished a great year - a great year for us.

1:21:51 > 1:21:54For my players, for the club, for the fans, especially for me

1:21:54 > 1:22:00because in my first experience in a new league in England,

1:22:00 > 1:22:03and to win the title is not easy.

1:22:03 > 1:22:06Conte's team now trail leaders Manchester City by 13 points,

1:22:06 > 1:22:08but are up to second, courtesy of Manchester United

1:22:08 > 1:22:11failing to defeat Southampton.

1:22:11 > 1:22:14It wasn't a good day for Jose Mourinho as he saw

1:22:14 > 1:22:18Romelu Lukaku stretchered off early on, and later saw the referee wave

1:22:18 > 1:22:26away what he thought was a certain penalty.

1:22:26 > 1:22:29Liverpool were up to fourth as Mohamed Salah scored his 16th

1:22:29 > 1:22:33and 17th league goals of the season to help the Reds come from behind

1:22:33 > 1:22:34to win against Leicester.

1:22:34 > 1:22:35to win against Leicester.

1:22:35 > 1:22:38The only negative being that Salah limped off later on.

1:22:38 > 1:22:42At the other end of the table, there was plenty of late drama -

1:22:42 > 1:22:45Bournemouth scored an 88th minute winner against Everton to move out

1:22:45 > 1:22:48of the bottom three, and Swansea left it even later

1:22:48 > 1:22:50as they completed a remarkable turnaround against Watford,

1:22:50 > 1:22:55scoring in the 86th and 90th minutes.

1:22:55 > 1:22:58Sacked last week by Sheffield Wednesday,

1:22:58 > 1:23:01celebrating his new side's victory six days later,

1:23:01 > 1:23:04Carlos Carvalhal will tell you that a week is a long time in football,

1:23:04 > 1:23:09let alone a year.

1:23:09 > 1:23:10Alex Howes, BBC News.

1:23:10 > 1:23:13Details of all yesterday's results are on the BBC Sport website.

1:23:13 > 1:23:16There's two matches today - leaders Manchester City can go 16

1:23:16 > 1:23:18points clear if they beat Crystal Palace.

1:23:18 > 1:23:21Celtic go into the winter break 8 points clear of second-placed

1:23:21 > 1:23:25Aberdeen after the Old Firm derby ended in stalemate.

1:23:25 > 1:23:29Brendan Rodgers' side had the best of the game in the first half

1:23:29 > 1:23:30with Scott Sinclair twice missing good chances.

1:23:30 > 1:23:33But in the second half, Rangers were denied by some

1:23:33 > 1:23:35brilliant saves from Craig Gordon.

1:23:35 > 1:23:37They stay in third, 11 points behind the leaders.

1:23:37 > 1:23:47Elsewhere there were wins for Hamilton, Partick and Dundee.

1:23:47 > 1:23:48Remarkable stuff coming up.

1:23:48 > 1:23:51Serena Williams was back on a tennis court yesterday,

1:23:51 > 1:23:54less than four months after giving birth to her daughter.

1:23:54 > 1:23:56She was playing in an exhibition match in Abu Dhabi against

1:23:56 > 1:23:58the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.

1:23:58 > 1:24:00Williams lost the match on a tiebreak but said

1:24:00 > 1:24:03she was really proud of being able to compete.

1:24:03 > 1:24:05She hadn't played since winning her 23rd major singles title

1:24:05 > 1:24:08at January's Australian Open, which she won while eight weeks

1:24:08 > 1:24:15pregnant.

1:24:15 > 1:24:18Give that woman some kind of metal!

1:24:18 > 1:24:19-- medal.

1:24:19 > 1:24:22Ben Stokes won't be flying out to Australia with England's One Day

1:24:22 > 1:24:25squad as he continues to await news of any possible charges against him

1:24:25 > 1:24:26squad as he continues to await news of any possible charges against him

1:24:26 > 1:24:28from the Crown Prosecution Service following an incident outside

1:24:28 > 1:24:30a Bristol nightclub in September.

1:24:30 > 1:24:33Stokes was named in the squad for the games, which begin

1:24:33 > 1:24:35after the fifth and final Test match in Sydney,

1:24:35 > 1:24:39but it's now thought highly unlikely he will be involved in the series.

1:24:39 > 1:24:42-- Phil 'the Power' Taylor will go for his 17th world

1:24:42 > 1:24:43title tomorrow night.

1:24:43 > 1:24:45He beat Jamie Lewis in the semifinals of the PDC World

1:24:45 > 1:24:46Championship.

1:24:46 > 1:24:50But he'll have to beat Rob Cross, the man who pulled off a major shock

1:24:50 > 1:24:53in the other semifinal to knock out the reigning champion and world

1:24:53 > 1:24:55number one Michael van Gerwen.

1:24:55 > 1:24:59Van Gerwen missed six darts to win, and the 20th seed came back to win

1:24:59 > 1:25:02it in the deciding leg of the 11th set at gone midnight.

1:25:02 > 1:25:05It's the first time Cross has played at the PDC Championship.

1:25:05 > 1:25:09I was looking on, the match went on past midnight, I didn't stay up to

1:25:09 > 1:25:13watch it. Phil Taylor was his hero and he could spoil the fairy tale.

1:25:13 > 1:25:14Twitter was going crazy! Thank you,.

1:25:14 > 1:25:15Thank

1:25:15 > 1:25:16You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

1:25:16 > 1:25:17It's 7:25.

1:25:17 > 1:25:19Time now for a look at the newspapers.

1:25:19 > 1:25:22Historian Mike Finn is here to tell us what's caught their eye.

1:25:22 > 1:25:28Good morning. We will speak to you in a minute. The Sunday Times front

1:25:28 > 1:25:32pages is about the security minister Ben Wallace, the comments we've been

1:25:32 > 1:25:35reporting on internet firms not doing enough to tackle terrorism.

1:25:35 > 1:25:39The Mail on Sunday ran a story about the plan for a special volunteer

1:25:39 > 1:25:45force to man isolated ports around the country. And the Mirror lead to

1:25:45 > 1:25:50the pitch of a newborn, this is Dylan, his grandfather was killed in

1:25:50 > 1:25:55the Manchester bombing, he was born just before Christmas. And finally

1:25:55 > 1:25:59the Telegraph has a story, a warning to shoppers about credit card fees

1:25:59 > 1:26:06to backfire on shoppers. Mike is here. Good to see you. New Year's

1:26:06 > 1:26:14Eve. What have we got? Something about women who, if they want to

1:26:14 > 1:26:18have a career, they should have a husband is happy to stay at home?

1:26:18 > 1:26:23This is story that comes from the incoming head of the girl school

1:26:23 > 1:26:29association, she has said that if some of her pupils want to enjoy a

1:26:29 > 1:26:32full throttle career and become leaders than they maybe should look

1:26:32 > 1:26:38for a house husband. It isn't quite as straightforward, comments are

1:26:38 > 1:26:41generally for gender equality and that really, we need to have a

1:26:41 > 1:26:44mature conversation about how we giving up responsibilities at home.

1:26:44 > 1:26:50Which is quite right.She has five children and also says she has a

1:26:50 > 1:26:54house hunt owned and it also says she has a motorbike as well which is

1:26:54 > 1:27:01a fantastic photograph.It gives them a full throttle headline.Yes,

1:27:01 > 1:27:06but perhaps it was crew died in there. She is saying that we have

1:27:06 > 1:27:09these mature conversation, it isn't a straightforward as saying actually

1:27:09 > 1:27:15it should be women stay at home, men stay at home, it is an issue about

1:27:15 > 1:27:18how we giving up responsibilities in a way that enables the family to

1:27:18 > 1:27:21have what it wants and in Scandinavia they do things

1:27:21 > 1:27:27differently to ours and really, the X factor she is talking about, the

1:27:27 > 1:27:31worklife balance and how do you manage it?Increasingly they are

1:27:31 > 1:27:36duds who stay at home and their wives, they are able to go out. --

1:27:36 > 1:27:43dads.I think the issue she raises rightly is the continuing cultural

1:27:43 > 1:27:45stereotype that men themselves often internalise about what is

1:27:45 > 1:27:49appropriate for them to do and clearly they have made progress in

1:27:49 > 1:27:53the country beyond that but there is still some way to go which she is

1:27:53 > 1:27:56making the point.Dozens of Cornish people sold into slavery have been

1:27:56 > 1:28:01forgotten, in the Telegraph.I should declare an interest, this is

1:28:01 > 1:28:07a colleague of mine, it has been undertaking a study looking at the

1:28:07 > 1:28:11history of piracy in Cornwall in the south-west and story here is as you

1:28:11 > 1:28:15know, in the 17 and 18th centuries the Barbary pirates used to raid

1:28:15 > 1:28:20Cornish and south-western maritime communities, used to take people

1:28:20 > 1:28:24physically into slavery to be sold in North Africa in the slave markets

1:28:24 > 1:28:29and the point is these communities are largely forgotten about, the

1:28:29 > 1:28:35tradition of that, and the community has been missed. What they are

1:28:35 > 1:28:39trying to do is restorative records, they are incredible, there are

1:28:39 > 1:28:43mentioned about families in the records pleading for money from

1:28:43 > 1:28:47authorities to pay ransoms and I think at a time when the government

1:28:47 > 1:28:50has been very strong on modern slavery in terms of legislation

1:28:50 > 1:28:53against it to try to pursue prosecutions against it and trot

1:28:53 > 1:28:56seeing the return of slave markets in North Africa in the wake of

1:28:56 > 1:29:00failed states, this kind of tangible study of its impact in the UK

1:29:00 > 1:29:06communities may seem an unfamiliar history, a bit more poignant

1:29:06 > 1:29:10bringing it to life.Just a quick one, it will be back in one hour

1:29:10 > 1:29:15when we are on the BBC News Channel. Social media in the country, we have

1:29:15 > 1:29:19heard a lot about alternative facts and fake news and most of them admit

1:29:19 > 1:29:22they don't check sources before sharing.But how many of us are

1:29:22 > 1:29:27guilty? I imagine you are not in your job at the rest of us, perhaps.

1:29:27 > 1:29:34This is a study from the Syria campaign, it is looking at whether

1:29:34 > 1:29:38or not social media users are savvy, are they and minimal to the

1:29:38 > 1:29:43influence white box or foreign governments, and the reality is that

1:29:43 > 1:29:47he would have caught up as a society with the technology we have, we used

1:29:47 > 1:29:51it as read the papers and now we don't. -- bots. We're not ready to

1:29:51 > 1:29:54outsource our faculties yet.As we said you cannot believe everything

1:29:54 > 1:29:58you read in the papers but you certainly cannot believe everything

1:29:58 > 1:30:02you see on the internet. Like, thank you. We will have more from you

1:30:02 > 1:30:07later. Stay with us, headlines the way.

1:30:07 > 1:30:27-- Stay with us, headlines coming up.

1:30:27 > 1:30:32Hello, this is Breakfast with Roger Johnson.

1:30:32 > 1:30:35Good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from BBC

1:30:35 > 1:30:36News.

1:30:36 > 1:30:40Winds of up to 80 miles an hour and a series of rail strikes

1:30:40 > 1:30:43are threatening to cause disruption as the UK prepares to see

1:30:43 > 1:30:44in the New Year.

1:30:44 > 1:30:47Members of the RMT union are staging a 24-hour walkout

1:30:47 > 1:30:49which will affect passengers on CrossCountry and South Western

1:30:49 > 1:30:55Railways.

1:30:55 > 1:30:57Services from London Waterloo, the UK's busiest station,

1:30:57 > 1:30:58are also affected.

1:30:58 > 1:31:01With hundreds of thousands of people expected to take part

1:31:01 > 1:31:04in celebrations, security services and the police are urging people

1:31:04 > 1:31:05to be vigilant.

1:31:05 > 1:31:08Depite four terror attacks this year, there will be fewer officers

1:31:08 > 1:31:11on duty in London at the New Year's Eve fireworks

1:31:11 > 1:31:13but Scotland Yard says the numbers are "proportionate" and reflect

1:31:13 > 1:31:16the threat level, which remains at "severe".

1:31:16 > 1:31:20In some parts of the UK celebrations for the New Year are already well

1:31:20 > 1:31:22underway, not least in Edinburgh.

1:31:22 > 1:31:23Last night, the city's Hogmanay festival opened

1:31:23 > 1:31:26with a torchlight procession through it's historic streets.

1:31:26 > 1:31:37More than 17,000 torchbearers took part in the event,

1:31:37 > 1:31:39including 30 Vikings who had travelled down from Shetland

1:31:39 > 1:31:40for the celebrations.

1:31:40 > 1:31:43The Security Minister Ben Wallace has said the government should

1:31:43 > 1:31:45consider taxing internet firms, unless they are more willing

1:31:45 > 1:31:48to co-operate in tackling the threat of terrorism in the UK.

1:31:48 > 1:31:50In an interview in The Sunday Times,

1:31:50 > 1:31:53Mr Wallace said technology fims that refused the security services access

1:31:53 > 1:31:56to encrypted messages were "turning the internet

1:31:56 > 1:32:00into an anarchic, violent space."

1:32:00 > 1:32:05(ANI) Adding "We should stop pretending that because they sit

1:32:08 > 1:32:11-- Adding "We should stop pretending that because they sit

1:32:11 > 1:32:13on beanbags in T-shirts they are not ruthless profiteers."

1:32:13 > 1:32:16Google and Facebook are yet to respond to the remarks.

1:32:16 > 1:32:19Two demonstrators are reported to have been shot dead in Iran

1:32:19 > 1:32:22as anti-government protests spread throughout the country,

1:32:22 > 1:32:23reaching the capital, Tehran.

1:32:23 > 1:32:25The wave of unrest which began last week,

1:32:25 > 1:32:28is the most serious since the authorities suppressed months

1:32:28 > 1:32:29of protests in 2009.

1:32:29 > 1:32:31Demonstrators have been heard shouting slogans in support

1:32:31 > 1:32:34of the Shah and the Iranian royal family for the first time

1:32:34 > 1:32:47since the Islamic Revolution 40 years ago.

1:32:47 > 1:32:52That is a must on BBC One. We will be on the BBC News Channel until

1:32:52 > 1:32:55nine o'clock.

1:32:55 > 1:32:58Anne Marie Tasker and Kofi Smiles look back at the highlights of Hull

1:32:58 > 1:33:012017 and find out what impact this year long festival of arts

1:33:01 > 1:33:45and culture has had on the city.

1:34:24 > 1:34:25That was amazing.

1:34:25 > 1:34:30That was how we started this season, Made in Hull.

1:34:45 > 1:34:472017 really did start with a bang.

1:34:47 > 1:34:48With 3.5 tonnes of fireworks.

1:34:48 > 1:34:52And Made in Hull, a spectacular light show telling the story

1:34:52 > 1:34:54of the city and its people.

1:34:54 > 1:34:58What do you think to this unbelievable display?

1:34:58 > 1:35:00I thought it was amazing.

1:35:00 > 1:35:00Absolutely fabulous.

1:35:00 > 1:35:03I've got family in Canada and they're watching it live now.

1:35:03 > 1:35:06I'm from London and I think if this was in London...

1:35:06 > 1:35:14I can't explain, the reaction you get is absolutely fantastic.

1:35:14 > 1:35:17It's amazing.

1:35:17 > 1:35:20Fantastic, I thought it was really very moving, very emotional.

1:35:20 > 1:35:23I am from Brazil and I spent two New Years in Copacabana and it's

1:35:23 > 1:35:26the same quality here.

1:35:26 > 1:35:27It's amazing.

1:35:27 > 1:35:29I am so proud of Hull.

1:35:29 > 1:35:33It's absolutely amazing.

1:35:33 > 1:35:36At the centrepiece of a season called Made in Hull,

1:35:36 > 1:35:46something that was.

1:35:46 > 1:35:49A huge wind turbine blade, handmade at the city's

1:35:49 > 1:35:49Siemens factory.

1:35:49 > 1:35:52An incredible 75 metres long, and to put that into some

1:35:52 > 1:36:04perspective, I am about six foot so I would fit along this 41 times.

1:36:04 > 1:36:06That's a lot of Kofi.

1:36:06 > 1:36:10Getting it in was a big job.

1:36:10 > 1:36:1350 lamp posts, traffic lights and barriers were taken down

1:36:13 > 1:36:16for its four hour journey from factory to city centre.

1:36:16 > 1:36:20And it drew in the crowds - one in five people who came to see

1:36:20 > 1:36:22it were from outside Hull and East Yorkshire.

1:36:22 > 1:36:25Caroline Quentin and Mark Addy starred in the world premiere

1:36:25 > 1:36:28of The Hypocrite.

1:36:32 > 1:36:35I've spent the last two days running round inside a cardboard box

1:36:35 > 1:36:38which represents a commode, for reasons too complicated

1:36:38 > 1:36:47to go into.

1:36:47 > 1:36:50The play was by award winning Hull-born writer Richard Bean

1:36:50 > 1:36:59and told the story of Hull's role in the start of the English Civil

1:36:59 > 1:36:59War.

1:36:59 > 1:37:01Shutting the city's gate on the king.

1:37:01 > 1:37:03Who will make the first advance?

1:37:03 > 1:37:05I'm really looking forward to the people of Hull

1:37:05 > 1:37:11seeing this play.

1:37:11 > 1:37:13There's so much great stuff in it.

1:37:13 > 1:37:17Some of the jokes, they are so deeply entrenched

1:37:17 > 1:37:20in the culture here, they are going to love it.

1:37:20 > 1:37:23The show had the theatre's biggest cast, biggest set and spectacular

1:37:23 > 1:37:26special effects, and it won a new audience, one third of them

1:37:26 > 1:37:30who had never been to this theatre before.

1:37:30 > 1:37:32February brought another world premiere.

1:37:32 > 1:37:416000 Pipes, written by Britain's most popular living composer,

1:37:41 > 1:37:42Sir Karl Jenkins.

1:37:42 > 1:37:50# There's a Starman waiting in the sky...#Weeks later

1:37:50 > 1:37:54the orchestra made way for one of David Bowie's old bandmates,

1:37:54 > 1:37:58the Spider from Mars, Woody Woodmansey.

1:37:58 > 1:38:00The last surviving member of the band from Hull performed

1:38:00 > 1:38:03the Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust album live and in full

1:38:03 > 1:38:05for the first time ever.

1:38:05 > 1:38:07It is somewhere that Bowie wanted to play himself.

1:38:07 > 1:38:16He knew we were from here.

1:38:16 > 1:38:24So to come back now, to Hull the City Of Culture is amazing.

1:38:24 > 1:38:27Made in Hull also celebrated pioneering women of the City Of

1:38:27 > 1:38:28Culture.

1:38:28 > 1:38:42From the world's first woman conductor to the first women's world

1:38:42 > 1:38:43boxing champion Barbara Buttrick.

1:38:43 > 1:38:46I think all this talk about girls not boxing is old-fashioned.

1:38:46 > 1:38:49Girls aren't the delicate flowers they used to be

1:38:49 > 1:38:50and anyhow my boyfriend doesn't mind.

1:38:50 > 1:38:53Art's original bad girl from her performance art collective

1:38:53 > 1:38:55and one of Hull's most famous daughters, Maureen Lipman,

1:38:55 > 1:38:59on inspiring the next generation.

1:38:59 > 1:39:02If there's one kid out there watching, who thinks,

1:39:02 > 1:39:05"God, if that white-haired woman with spectacles can be on telly,

1:39:05 > 1:39:09so can I."

1:39:09 > 1:39:12And even if you are not famous and from Hull you could pretend

1:39:12 > 1:39:15to be, as photography show Hollywood Icons let people take

1:39:15 > 1:39:19on the favourite film roles.

1:39:19 > 1:39:23And there were other ways to get involved,

1:39:23 > 1:39:26people choosing coloured filters for their flats as part of this

1:39:26 > 1:39:29community project, called I Wish To Communicate With You.

1:39:29 > 1:39:32I think is brilliant, it makes you feel good that

1:39:32 > 1:39:36you are part of the City Of Culture.

1:39:36 > 1:39:39By March nine out of ten people in Hull had been

1:39:39 > 1:39:42to a City Of Culture event and with 60 community projects

1:39:42 > 1:39:44in 2017, many were even taking part.

1:39:44 > 1:39:48That was one of the community projects put together by people

1:39:48 > 1:39:53from Hull for people from Hull.

1:39:53 > 1:39:55Really a great way to get everyone involved.

1:39:55 > 1:39:59The woman who masterminded it is Sharon Darley.

1:39:59 > 1:40:02Sharon, before 2017 some people might have thought art is not

1:40:02 > 1:40:04for me, is just for the cultural elite.

1:40:04 > 1:40:05Has this project changed that?

1:40:05 > 1:40:09Yes!

1:40:09 > 1:40:11In what ways, what have you seen?

1:40:11 > 1:40:14The whole year has changed that, the project we were involved

1:40:14 > 1:40:16with definitely helped oil the wheels.

1:40:16 > 1:40:26What changes have you seen, just explain to people who don't

1:40:26 > 1:40:30know Hull, the problems in the estate where you started that

1:40:30 > 1:40:33work.

1:40:33 > 1:40:36Lots of the usual inner-city challenges, lack of employment,

1:40:36 > 1:40:38lack of prospects.

1:40:38 > 1:40:40Lack of aspiration sometimes.

1:40:40 > 1:40:43Although I like to say that I work with a really creative,

1:40:43 > 1:40:44innovative, funny community.

1:40:44 > 1:40:46Do you think 2017 has drawn that out?

1:40:46 > 1:40:48I think so, and it doesn't take a lot.

1:40:48 > 1:40:52How can you keep these things going, for the people who might not

1:40:52 > 1:40:56have the time or the money to go to theatre or the art gallery?

1:40:56 > 1:40:58I'm going to say the L Word, legacy.

1:40:58 > 1:41:01This year is a beautiful launch pad.

1:41:01 > 1:41:05It is now up to us to keep it going and going and make it,

1:41:05 > 1:41:09if it is around for a long time, the more chance you've got

1:41:09 > 1:41:15of seeing stuff.

1:41:15 > 1:41:17Sharon, thank you so much.

1:41:17 > 1:41:19And there were so many more community events stretching

1:41:19 > 1:41:21into season two called Roots and Routes.

1:41:21 > 1:41:25My favourite was seeing Katy Perry at Big Weekend,

1:41:25 > 1:41:28she was for me one of the highlights of season two.

1:41:28 > 1:41:34(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE).

1:41:42 > 1:41:45Season two looked to Hull's place in the world.

1:41:45 > 1:41:48And you don't get much more global than Katy Perry.

1:42:02 > 1:42:05Dozens of stellar pop acts came to Burton Constable near Hull

1:42:05 > 1:42:10for Radio 1's Big Weekend.

1:42:10 > 1:42:12In a festival environment just outside of Hull is crazy.

1:42:12 > 1:42:18It is so cool.

1:42:18 > 1:42:19To have this on your doorstep.

1:42:19 > 1:42:21We keep running into people we know.

1:42:21 > 1:42:23It is like all the city in a big place.

1:42:26 > 1:42:30Just from the crowd you can always tell what type of energy is out

1:42:30 > 1:42:33there, and it sounds like people really appreciate the music,

1:42:33 > 1:42:35it seems like a real freedom here.

1:42:35 > 1:42:38Music should be somewhere where people can come together no

1:42:38 > 1:42:39matter what background you are from.

1:42:39 > 1:42:43We need music to connect and I don't think that should ever be something

1:42:43 > 1:42:45people are afraid to come together for.

1:42:45 > 1:42:47We saw Stormzy earlier.

1:42:49 > 1:42:54Are you a grime fan?

1:42:54 > 1:42:57I'm interested in the grime scene, and he's one of the best.

1:42:57 > 1:43:02I saw Little Mi earlier, they are trained, they are in

1:43:02 > 1:43:05the dressing room next to mine and their vocal warm-ups

1:43:05 > 1:43:06were quite impressive.

1:43:06 > 1:43:11I don't think I can nail that.

1:43:11 > 1:43:17I'm going to stay at the French level, below that.

1:43:17 > 1:43:33But that was not the only festival in town.

1:43:33 > 1:43:35North Atlantic Flux celebrated Hull's historic ties to Scandinavia

1:43:35 > 1:43:40and was created by the musician John Grant.

1:43:40 > 1:43:43Hull is a place that has been on my radar for some time,

1:43:43 > 1:43:46several of the artists I admire have connections to Hull.

1:43:46 > 1:43:50I think you will see what Hull has to offer and also things

1:43:50 > 1:43:56from the North Atlantic, it is quite Scandinavian.

1:43:56 > 1:43:59Another event with sound at its heart, Height of the Reeds

1:43:59 > 1:44:11was a sonic journey across the iconic Humber Bridge.

1:44:11 > 1:44:16The Swans bend their necks backwards to see God.

1:44:16 > 1:44:19They know the magnetism of the blue space.

1:44:19 > 1:44:23Listening through headphones, they are hearing a piece of work

1:44:23 > 1:44:26which combines poetry with sounds of the bridge as it creaks and sways

1:44:26 > 1:44:27in the wind.

1:44:27 > 1:44:30Opera North's chorus and orchestra married with sound recordings

1:44:30 > 1:44:31of the bridge itself.

1:44:31 > 1:44:31Look up!

1:44:31 > 1:44:35And a Hull schoolgirl who guided the audience.

1:44:35 > 1:44:44It will be weird hearing myself, but it will be pretty cool.

1:44:44 > 1:44:46Australian company Circa brought circus, dance and sound

1:44:46 > 1:44:50to a Hull graveyard.

1:44:50 > 1:44:56A horse, horse, my kingdom for a horse!

1:44:56 > 1:44:58And more world-class theatre with Matt Fraser

1:44:58 > 1:45:06in Shakespeare's Richard III.

1:45:06 > 1:45:09I'm a deformed actor playing a deformed character for the first

1:45:09 > 1:45:11time in Britain, which is extraordinary that it should be

1:45:11 > 1:45:21the first but exciting that I get to do it.

1:45:21 > 1:45:23Thousands came to see the Weeping Window poppies on tour

1:45:23 > 1:45:27from the Tower of London.

1:45:27 > 1:45:31And revealed in more ways than one, more than 3000 people from around

1:45:31 > 1:45:38the world who took part in Sea of Hull.

1:45:38 > 1:45:41In April they saw the final artwork by Spencer Tunick unveiled

1:45:41 > 1:45:42in the gallery.

1:45:42 > 1:45:43I'm about there.

1:45:43 > 1:45:45You have only one life, just live it.

1:45:45 > 1:45:48I don't care if anyone sees me or not.

1:45:48 > 1:45:51# I've got the eye of the Tiger, a fighter, dancing through

1:45:51 > 1:45:54the fire #.

1:45:54 > 1:45:58Big Weekend was a highlight of season two, the perfect warm up

1:45:58 > 1:46:10for a season of festivals in the City Of Culture.

1:46:10 > 1:46:14We are now halfway through the year and it is clear that Hull is getting

1:46:14 > 1:46:16pretty good at putting on unexpected, innovative

1:46:16 > 1:46:18and exciting events like this installation, and that

1:46:18 > 1:46:22that is changing perceptions of the city.

1:46:22 > 1:46:25It was not that long ago when Hull was voted Britain's Crappest Town,

1:46:25 > 1:46:29but if you look in the papers today you will see that is no

1:46:29 > 1:46:30longer the case.

1:46:30 > 1:46:33And with a summer packed full of events to come things got

1:46:33 > 1:46:36better and better.

1:46:43 > 1:46:44One, two, three!

1:46:44 > 1:46:46# What are you thinking?

1:46:46 > 1:46:48Summer was a season of festivals.

1:46:48 > 1:47:00More than 100 local bands at the Humber Street Sesh.

1:47:00 > 1:47:04We are sitting on an amazing wealth of talent in this region and I think

1:47:04 > 1:47:11it is about time the rest of the country was aware of it.

1:47:11 > 1:47:14The tenth annual Freedom Festival, with a lecture from former UN

1:47:14 > 1:47:20Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

1:47:20 > 1:47:23Art and culture is very much part of life.

1:47:23 > 1:47:24It brings people together.

1:47:24 > 1:47:27They may not understand what the artist is saying,

1:47:27 > 1:47:29but they stop and look at it and question something

1:47:29 > 1:47:33within themselves.

1:47:33 > 1:47:35The city's first ever children's literature festival,

1:47:35 > 1:47:41the Big Malarkey.

1:47:41 > 1:47:44They all live at number 41 Fairfield Road, and their next-door

1:47:44 > 1:47:50neighbour is Mr Nigel McNumpty, who is a grizzly bear.

1:47:50 > 1:47:53And Hull was even on show at the world's largest arts

1:47:53 > 1:47:56festival, the Edinburgh Fringe.

1:47:56 > 1:47:59We are here representing Hull, which is the UK

1:47:59 > 1:48:03City Of Culture this year.

1:48:03 > 1:48:06The Proms came here outside London for the first time in more

1:48:06 > 1:48:08than 80 years.

1:48:08 > 1:48:11And Hull hosted the first ever UK pride parade,

1:48:11 > 1:48:19marking 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.

1:48:19 > 1:48:20We're bust to bust.

1:48:20 > 1:48:22Yes, bust to bust, yeah, after all these years.

1:48:22 > 1:48:26CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

1:48:26 > 1:48:29As part of LGBT 50, Radio 2 to brought the I Feel Love

1:48:29 > 1:48:33concert to town.

1:48:33 > 1:48:37Today, I feel really reflective and I feel I kind of stand

1:48:37 > 1:48:39on the shoulders of great people who have done -

1:48:39 > 1:48:41you know, like, Marc Almond's here.

1:48:41 > 1:48:44I mean, that's just like, he's an amazing artist an amazing

1:48:44 > 1:48:46advocate for LGBT people.

1:48:46 > 1:48:48Alison Moyer, amazing.

1:48:48 > 1:48:52So it's just why would I not say No to be in the company

1:48:52 > 1:48:53of those people?

1:48:53 > 1:48:56Hello from Hull, the 2017 City of Culture.

1:48:56 > 1:48:58Hull took over the airwaves again in September with

1:48:58 > 1:49:00Contains Strong Language, a festival celebrating poetry

1:49:00 > 1:49:06and spoken word.

1:49:06 > 1:49:10What is exciting is to see the Hull acts and the Hull language

1:49:10 > 1:49:11taking its place on this global stage.

1:49:11 > 1:49:14Here, domes and statues.

1:49:14 > 1:49:18Spires and cranes cluster.

1:49:18 > 1:49:20You mentioned before about Philip Larkin and Andrew

1:49:20 > 1:49:21Marvell.

1:49:21 > 1:49:21Yeah.

1:49:21 > 1:49:24Reading both of them today, who is Hull's best?

1:49:24 > 1:49:27Oh.

1:49:27 > 1:49:30Do you know, I never compare - I never compare lovers,

1:49:30 > 1:49:31I never compare poets.

1:49:31 > 1:49:32I mean, I never compare music.

1:49:32 > 1:49:33It's just different.

1:49:33 > 1:49:36I'm glad we don't have Oscars for poets -

1:49:36 > 1:49:38I mean, it's ridiculous enough for actors.

1:49:38 > 1:49:41Then there was the weird and wonderful - Bill Bailey invented

1:49:41 > 1:49:44tales about strange items in his cabinet of curiosities

1:49:44 > 1:49:49at Hull's Maritime Museum.

1:49:49 > 1:49:52Do you think you are the first comedian to have curated

1:49:52 > 1:49:53a museum exhibition?

1:49:53 > 1:49:57I don't know.

1:49:57 > 1:49:58I'm gonna say yes.

1:49:58 > 1:50:00It certainly seems like new ground, doesn't it?

1:50:00 > 1:50:01I've decided!

1:50:01 > 1:50:04In the spirit of this exhibition, yes, I, Bill Bailey,

1:50:04 > 1:50:07Bill of Bailey, am the first comedian to curate an exhibition

1:50:07 > 1:50:10of this kind anywhere in the world.

1:50:10 > 1:50:13And an immersive experience like no other, from high-tech shopping,

1:50:13 > 1:50:16being captured by the police of 1980 South Korea,

1:50:16 > 1:50:25in a performance called One Day Maybe.

1:50:25 > 1:50:28If I don't make it out, tell my Mum, Dad, sisters,

1:50:28 > 1:50:30brothers that you can't touch my stuff.

1:50:30 > 1:50:31Oh, what?

1:50:31 > 1:50:33Did you see that?

1:50:33 > 1:50:35He knows I'm watching!

1:50:35 > 1:50:38And one of the season's highlights, a special gala performance

1:50:38 > 1:50:39by the world-famous Royal Ballet.

1:50:39 > 1:50:43Its principals joined a handful of top ballet dancers who had

1:50:43 > 1:50:45all taken their first lessons at Skelton Hooper School

1:50:45 > 1:50:48of Dance in Hull.

1:50:48 > 1:50:50So many wanted tickets, 5,000 people watched on screens

1:50:50 > 1:51:03in a nearby park.

1:51:03 > 1:51:08The gala showing off the great dancers who started their journey

1:51:08 > 1:51:16to the top in the City Of Culture.

1:51:16 > 1:51:18APPLAUSE.

1:51:18 > 1:51:21Well, you may have noticed in there some of the army of 2,500

1:51:21 > 1:51:24turquoise-coated volunteers who are working for City Of Culture.

1:51:24 > 1:51:27And joining us is - this is special, we have three

1:51:27 > 1:51:30generations of volunteers, Leanne, Sheila, and Karen.

1:51:30 > 1:51:33Now, how many hours of volunteering have you put in this

1:51:33 > 1:51:37year between you?

1:51:37 > 1:51:39We've put in just under 1,300 hours of volunteering.

1:51:39 > 1:51:391,300?

1:51:39 > 1:51:42Between the three of you?

1:51:42 > 1:51:43Between the three of us.

1:51:43 > 1:51:43Incredible.

1:51:43 > 1:51:45And what have been your highlights?

1:51:45 > 1:51:47Mine was One Day Maybe, which I absolutely adored.

1:51:47 > 1:51:50It was a long shift but certainly worth the effort.

1:51:50 > 1:51:52One of mine was the gay parade.

1:51:52 > 1:51:55I really enjoyed that.

1:51:55 > 1:51:55Gay pride?

1:51:55 > 1:51:56Yeah.

1:51:56 > 1:51:58I was lucky enough to be in Flood.

1:51:58 > 1:52:00I was on one of the floating platforms.

1:52:00 > 1:52:00Oh, brilliant!

1:52:00 > 1:52:04That was fantastic.

1:52:04 > 1:52:06We will be seeing some of that later in the programme.

1:52:06 > 1:52:09And you'll be sticking at it next year as well?

1:52:09 > 1:52:10Yes, definitely.

1:52:10 > 1:52:12And longer to come, yeah.

1:52:12 > 1:52:14Yeah, we have really enjoyed it, everybody.

1:52:14 > 1:52:17We're just like one big family.

1:52:17 > 1:52:19Thank you so much for coming down.

1:52:19 > 1:52:21We are getting to the end of our review.