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Hello, this is Breakfast

with Roger Johnson.

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Storms and rail strikes in store

as the UK prepares to bring

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in the New Year.

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A 24-hour walkout is under way

on South Western and CrossCountry

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services causing

cancellations and delays.

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In Edinburgh, Hogmanay

celebrations have already begun.

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Organisers say tonight's main event

will go ahead as planned

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despite the arrival of Storm Dylan.

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Good morning. Its Northern Ireland,

southern Scotland and northern

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England that will bear the brunt of

the damaging winds from Storm Dylan.

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I will show you the full forecast in

the next 15 minutes.

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Good morning - it's

Sunday 31st December.

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New Year's Eve.

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Also this morning:

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Two demonstrators are reported

to have been shot dead in Iran

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as anti-government protests spread

across the country.

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A tax threat to internet firms.

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The security minister says Facebook

and Google could face penalties -

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if they don't do more

to tackle terrorism.

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In sport, more misery for Mourinho,

claiming his Manchester side were

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denied a clear penalty.

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Good morning.

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First, our main story.

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Winds of up to 80 mph

and a series of rail strikes

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are threatening to cause disruption

as the UK prepares to see

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in the New Year.

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The Met Office is warning of flying

debris and damage to buildings

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as Storm Dylan hits Northern Ireland

and parts of southern Scotland,

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while a 24-hour walk out could hit

passengers on CrossCountry

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and South Western rail services.

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But hundreds of thousands of people

are still expected to take

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to the streets to celebrate,

as Simon Clemison reports.

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Why have one night of celebration

when you can have to? With this

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torchlit parade, Hogmanay is already

under way in Edinburgh.

Our 24

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Vikings have travelled down from the

Shetlands, long boat journey, and

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we're here to basically warm things

up a bit.

In London as in Scotland

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security is key but despite for

terror attacks this year, there will

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be fewer officers on duty per

tonight's huge fireworks display but

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the Met insists the numbers are

right.

People will be remembering

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those who have died and those who

were injured in those attacks we

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have the policing for quite a long

time now and our experience of doing

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that means our tactics and our way

of mitigating those threats has

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developed along the way.

But will

people be able to get there? Delays

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and cancellations are expected on

south-western Railway and Cross

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country because of the strike.

South-western says it thinks it will

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be able to run three quarters of

trains. The only question remaining,

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the weather. Edinburgh has already

enjoyed some fireworks but gusts of

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80 miles per hour are predicted

across areas of Scotland and

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Northern Ireland. The warnings of

the metal to stop by the afternoon

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but the dying hours of 2017 are

making their presence felt.

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Simon Clemison is at

London Waterloo, normally one

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of the UK's busiest stations.

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A bit different today.

This is, as

you say, the UK's biggest rail

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station. You have to take my word

fruit because it is Sunday morning

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and its clients. Strike or no

strike. -- take my word for it. This

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is where we can feel the effects

because this is where south-western

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railway trains run and Londoners

were tens of thousands of people

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will be heading to those big parties

down on the Thames. Let us look at

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the boards. It's very early but

things are leaving as normal at the

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moment. It is a 24- hour walkout

with workers from CrossCountry as

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well. Reduced to in Newcastle in

Edinburgh, no services between

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Glasgow and Aberdeen. The disruption

depends on the services the company

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manages to run. You might find the

trains that run our busy. This

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dispute is about many things not

least the role of the guard which

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we've heard so much about in recent

times but with disruption, more

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disruption, the weather, everything

else, you might think 2018 can't

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come soon enough.

Thank you very

much indeed. We will monitor

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developments during the course of

the morning. Always conscious not to

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overrate these things but Storm

Dylan is expected to cause problems

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later.

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Matt, good morning. Is that an

ominous portent, that photograph?

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A little bit the sum. Storm Dylan is

approaching. Strong winds across

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many areas at the moment,

particularly across the English

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Channel but the strongest of the

winds today will be closer to Storm

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Dylan which is just to the north of

Northern Ireland. We have seen winds

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up to 70 miles per hour along the

North Coast. Enough to cause some

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damage and flying debris. Certainly

some disruption. It would transfer

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to parts of southern Scotland and

northern England. The peak of the

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wind this morning. Anywhere really

across Northern Ireland in southern

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Scotland, northern England, if a

purpose and travel disruption.

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Things will improve weatherwise into

the afternoon. The full forecast

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coming up in the next ten minutes.

Matt Taylor is keeping an eye on

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Storm Dylan for us.

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The Security Minister Ben Wallace

has said the government should

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consider taxing internet firms

unless they are more willing

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to co-operate in tackling the threat

of terrorism in the UK.

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In an interview in The Sunday Times,

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Mr Wallace said technology fims that

refused the security services access

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to encrypted messages

were "turning the internet

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into an anarchic, violent space."

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Adding, "We should stop pretending

that because they sit

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on beanbags in T-shirts they are not

ruthless profiteers."

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Google and Facebook are yet

to respond to the remarks.

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Two demonstrators are reported

to have been shot dead in Iran

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as anti-government protests spread

throughout the country,

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reaching the capital, Tehran.

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The wave of unrest

which began last week,

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is the most serious since

the authorities suppressed months

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of protests in 2009.

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Jon Ironmonger reports.

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A crack of gunshots as panic ripples

the a crowd in the western city

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Daroud.

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Later, a wounded man is carried

through the streets.

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It is being reported

that two protesters have

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been killed following an escalation

of violence and three

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days of unrest.

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Late into the night,

demonstrators attacked targets

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with links to the government

and the ruling clerical elite.

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In Karamabad, the governor's

office was burned.

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In the northern city of a Mashad,

police motorbikes were set alight

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while crowds taunted

the security services.

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What started as a provincial

process about rocketing

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prices has become deeply political

and moved to the capital Tehran,

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where officers were pelted with

stones near the main university.

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Riot police were used

to quell the disturbance.

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This video shows a baby

being taken to hospital,

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apparently suffering

from the effects of tear gas.

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It is thought the Iranian

authorities have reacted by cutting

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access to the Internet in many

cities, especially to mobile phones

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and Instagram, which had become

hugely popular in Iran,

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is now said to be inaccessible.

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Iranian officials have vowed

on state TV to double their efforts

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to resolve the economic

problems and ploughed ahead

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with commemorative pro-government

rallies on Saturday.

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But further protests are expected

over the coming days and experts

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say opposing the Islamic republic

will be a colossal challenge.

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Do not underestimate the reggressive

capability of the Revolutionary

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Guards, the resiliency

of the Islamic Republic.

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This regime is well

institutionalised in Iran and can

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deal with protest movement such

as the one that we have witnessed

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in the past few days.

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Iran's ultraconservative regime

is facing its biggest threat

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in nearly a decade, but what lengths

will it go to to survive?

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Political leaders have been

reflecting on the past 12 months

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in their New Year's messages,

with Theresa May calling 2017

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a "year of progress" for the UK.

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The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said

the hope of a new Britain

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is closer than ever.

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With more here's our

political correspondent,

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Emma Vardy.

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After a political year dominated by

Brexit, it's no surprise the subject

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played a key part in Theresa May's

New Year's message. She said the

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government has pursued our Brexit

eggs -- objectives with steady

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purpose and progress will continue

in 2018 as the talks move on to

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trade. But not for the first time

Theresa May made clear she wants to

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be more than Madame Brexit.

Making

success of Brexit is crucial but it

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will not be the limit of our

ambitions. We also have to carry on

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making a difference here and now on

the issues that matter to people's

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daily lives. That means building an

economy fit for the future and

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taking a balanced approach to

government spending. So we get our

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debt falling but can also invest in

the things that matter. Our schools,

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our police and a precious NHS.

Theresa May says next year will

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continue to fight against all forms

of extremism and she believes 2018

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can be a year of renewed pride in

our country. Meanwhile, the tone of

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Jeremy Corbyn's address was rather

different. He said we are being held

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back by a self-serving elite and

pointed to the Games Labour made at

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the general election, saying this

was a year when people said no more.

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The old political consensus is

finished. We are staking out the new

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centre ground in British politics,

backing the things that most people

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want but are blocked by vested

interests. We are a government in

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waiting while the Conservatives are

weak, divided and stuck in an

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outdated raft with no new ideas. The

hope of a new Britain run in the

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interests of the many, not the few,

seems closer than ever before.

The

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New Year message is brought to a

close what has been politically

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dramatic 12 months.

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Firefighters in Manchester have been

praised for their "heroic" work

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after they brought a huge blaze

in an apartment block under control.

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A 23-year-old man was taken

to hospital suffering

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from smoke inhalation.

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The fire service said flames had

spread over multiple floors

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in the 12-storey building via wooden

balconies and no external

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cladding was involved.

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Criminal gangs who claim benefits

under a false identity are to be

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targeted by the government

using artificial intelligence.

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The Department for Work and Pensions

says it will use sophisticated

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computer programming

to identify organised attacks.

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Ian Palmer reports.

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Job centre plus staff identify

suspicious benefit fraud in

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individuals but it's much harder to

notice board patterns of behaviour

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across thousands of benefit

applications. An indication of

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organised criminal activity. Often,

gangs making repeated applications

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using fake identities tend to leave

traces such as using the same phrase

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when stating what they've done to

try and find work. By monitoring

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thousands of applications using

artificial intelligence it should be

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easier to detect organised benefit

fraud.

What we will be able to do

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using AI is identify some of those

networks, for example, see patterns

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of behaviour like shared addresses

or the same telephone numbers being

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used. They will be able to identify

that more easily in a way that will

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enable us to stop that from

happening and protect taxpayers'

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money.

The artificial intelligence

software has been developed by the

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Department for Work and Pensions.

The idea has been put through a

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series of trials. The DWP says the

computer programme will be slowly

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rolled out across the country.

Introducing the technology is an

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attempt to recoup more of the £3

billion paid by mistake or

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fraudulently claimed each year. The

changes will affect people who claim

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Universal Credit, jobseeker 's

allowance and personal independent

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payments. Ian Palmer, BBC News. The

snow we have enjoyed in recent weeks

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has been enjoyed by some. They have

a look at these pictures. These are

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from the largest ice sculpture

Festival in the world, taking place

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in China and it took more than

10,000 members of staff to construct

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the 2000 sculptures. Each recreates

famous landmark and is made from ice

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harvested from a frozen river in the

north of the country. Spectacular.

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Let's take a look at the Sunday

papers. The Sunday Telegraph, credit

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card fees and to backfire on

shoppers, this is talking about

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businesses getting around rules by

raising prices and introducing

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stealth charges, the Sunday

Telegraph is talking about art, and

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there is a cheerleader with a

marching band from Louisiana, the

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photograph fair, they will take part

in the New Year's Day Parade in

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Trafalgar Square. Tomorrow, we no

doubt will report on the program.

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The Observer, Chris Grayling must

quit, says Lord Adonis, as he slams

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the broken Brexit government, he is

talking about the minister under

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fire over the bailouts to the east

Coast rail services. We will quickly

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get through a couple more if we can,

the Sunday Times, the Eagle has been

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back in training, involved in the

new Year celebrations in London,

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that is the picture. The story we

have been reporting about, Ben

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Wallace the Security minister

talking about a small tax hit first

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of the internet companies if they

don't do more to stop terrorism. And

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to some of the tabloids, the UK

border files. But the Mail on

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Sunday. A bizarre plan to enlist

volunteers. Super Jupp to conquer

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the flu is the claim in the Sunday

express. -- jab. And the Sunday

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Mirror claims an exclusive of a mum

who was injured in the Manchester

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bombing back in May at Manchester

Arena who has given birth to a

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little baby, her mother sadly passed

away in the terror attack earlier

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this year.

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It's 6:16 and you're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

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The main stories this morning:

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New Year celebrations are expected

to go ahead in Edinburgh tonight

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and in other cities,

despite winds of 80 mph threatening

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to cause disruption.

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Three days of growing

anti-government protest in Iran have

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turned violent, two demonstrators

are reported to have been shot dead.

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Here's Matt with a look

at this morning's weather.

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Good morning to you, it will cause a

bit of a problem to some people,

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Storm Dylan? Not ideal to New Year's

Eve if people are on the move better

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good morning to you, the Met Office

haven't and that whether a let

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strong potentially damaging winds

across northern island, southern

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Scotland. They have already been

picking up over the last hour and 20

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minutes we have seen gusts at Darwin

had -- Malin head. Fairly gusty

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there. Wherever you are across the

UK, be prepared for blustery

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conditions, the strongest are tied

to this hook of clout, it is called

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Storm Dylan and you can see this

curl north of Northern Ireland so

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wind maybe 70 or 80 miles an hour

over the next hour or two of the

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strong winds this morning will

transfer into southern Scotland

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through the central belt so these

areas are most prone to the damaging

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gusts of wind, those with disruptive

winds really anywhere across

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northern Olins, southern Scotland

and Ireland but rain is also pushing

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across northern island becoming

widespread across the paths of

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Scotland into mid-morning. Snow over

the Grampians, the Southern

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Highlands. The winds will be picking

up in northern England but a bright

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start here, heavy rain at the moment

across East Anglia, southern England

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at 9am it for become confined to the

south and east of London. Strong

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winds through the English Channel

but quickly brightening over the

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next few hours once the clown and

rain cleared in the south-west and

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Wales. For showers get going into

the afternoon, some becoming heavy,

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thundery and widespread, the

strongest of the winds will ease

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into the afternoon, still blustery

for many areas into the afternoon

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but actually calmer conditions

compared to yesterday, rain, sleet

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and Telstra in Scotland, scuttling

showers into the west, sunshine

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elsewhere. Temperatures down on

yesterday 's recall feeling into the

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evening, take a warm jacket if you

are out to celebrate, hopefully

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waterproof as well. Some of you will

see the new year in a dry note,

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eastern Scotland through to Wales

into Central southern England, but

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as you go into New Year's Day keep

an eye on this, this the storm

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system which will effect many fronts

but it will go close to southern

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coast silicates are heavy rain and

gusty wind, certainly to New Year's

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Day, the Channel Islands, southern

coastal counties, big uncertainty as

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to how far north it will get,

showers pushing through northern

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Ireland, England into the day wintry

over the higher ground, cool winds

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across the country but a lot of

sometime New Year's Day to a great

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day to get out and I suppose clear

the head after the previous

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night's... Fun. Into Tuesday, we get

back to work, a call and frosty

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start, some snow over northern hills

as a band of rain elsewhere spreads

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its way from west to east, allowing

sunshine to return later. I will

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have more updates over the morning.

Back to you. Thank you, match. Let's

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catch up with sport. New Year's Eve

is a busy time in the festive

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programme, and Kat is with us. Good

morning. Morning. Jose Mourinho, has

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he given up? According to him he

gave up ages ago and all of a sudden

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he will say the fight is on and then

he will say we have no chance and

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back on again but to be fair, do not

think anyone has a chance of winning

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the title apart from Manchester City

in their current form but not so

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long ago it was Manchester United

seemed to be the only to protect

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them back but now it is Chelsea who

has leapfrogged over not just

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United, they have had a run of four

consecutive games without a win and

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the heat has been turned down on

Manchester City -- leapfrogged over

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Manchester United. Good morning.

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So Jose Mourinho isn't a happy man

and his Manchester United side have

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now lost further ground

on the league leaders

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Manchester City after a goalless

draw against Southampton.

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Chelsea have overtaken them

and moved up to second

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with their 5-0 thrashing of Stoke,

which is where Alex South

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starts his round-up

of yesterday's action.

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Chelsea rounded off 2017 in some

style. COMMENTATOR: Brilliance! The

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champions demolished Stoke City 5-

the row to make it five wins from

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the last six games and push stoke

further towards trouble.

Today, we

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finished a great year for us. Former

players, for the club, for the fans,

0:21:000:21:07

especially for me because my first

experience in the new league in

0:21:070:21:14

England and to win the title is not

easy.

They now trade leaders

0:21:140:21:21

Manchester City by 13 points better

off to second courtesy of Manchester

0:21:210:21:25

United failing to defeat

Southampton. It wasn't a good David

0:21:250:21:28

Jose Mourinho as he saw Romelu

Lukaku stretchered off early on and

0:21:280:21:33

later saw the referee waves away

what he thought was a certain

0:21:330:21:37

penalty. Wasn't it?

He clearly

struck him on the arm. OK.

Have you

0:21:370:21:43

spoken with the officials?

Yeah, but

for what? For what?

Liverpool were

0:21:430:21:51

up to fourth as Mohammed Sulla

scored his 16th and 17th league

0:21:510:21:55

goals of the season to help the Reds

come from behind to win against

0:21:550:21:59

Leicester, the only negative being

that he limped off later on. At the

0:21:590:22:04

other end of the table there was

plenty of late drama, Burma scored

0:22:040:22:08

an 88 minute winner against Everton

to move out of the bottom three and

0:22:080:22:12

Swansea but even later as they will

completed a remarkable turnaround

0:22:120:22:17

against Watford, scoring in the 86

and 90th minute. Sacked last week by

0:22:170:22:22

Sheffield Wednesday, celebrating his

new side's victory six days later,

0:22:220:22:27

Carlos, how will tell you that a

week is a long time input all, let

0:22:270:22:32

alone one year. Alex Howes, BBC

News. Pretty good goals and there,

0:22:320:22:38

would there?

0:22:380:22:39

Elsewhere, the matches

between Huddersfield and Burnley

0:22:390:22:41

and Newcastle and Brighton

finished goalless.

0:22:410:22:42

There's two matches

in the Premier League today -

0:22:420:22:45

West Brom take on Arsenal but before

that, leaders Manchester City visit

0:22:450:22:48

Crystal Palace.

0:22:480:22:48

A win would not only take them 16

points clear at the top

0:22:480:22:52

but would also see manager

Pep Guardiola equal his own record

0:22:520:22:55

in Europe's top division for 19

consecutive victories.

0:22:550:22:57

Palace, though, will have

plenty to play for -

0:22:570:23:00

they're only just out

of the relegation zone

0:23:000:23:02

on goal difference.

0:23:020:23:09

Against Crystal Palace, if you win

3-0 or a distance of three goals

0:23:090:23:16

anything could happen to the end and

that is why I said to the players

0:23:160:23:20

just after the game, be ready, still

focused because we have a tough,

0:23:200:23:26

tough, tough game next 31st in there

because we have, they are a team

0:23:260:23:33

that can create a lot of things to

themselves.

0:23:330:23:36

Celtic go into the winter break

with an 8-point lead over Aberdeen

0:23:360:23:40

at the top of the Scottish

Premiership after the Old Firm derby

0:23:400:23:43

ended in stalemate.

0:23:430:23:44

Brendan Rodgers' side had the best

of it in the first half

0:23:440:23:47

with Scott Sinclair twice

missing good chances.

0:23:470:23:49

But in the second half,

Rangers were denied by some

0:23:490:23:52

brilliant saves from Craig Gordon.

0:23:520:23:53

They stay in third, 11

points behind the leaders.

0:23:530:23:56

Elsewhere there were wins

for Hamilton, Partick and Dundee.

0:23:560:23:58

Serena Williams was back

on a tennis court yesterday,

0:23:580:24:01

less than four months after giving

birth to her daughter.

0:24:010:24:04

She was playing in an exhibition

match in Abu Dhabi against

0:24:040:24:07

the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.

0:24:070:24:09

Williams lost the match in three

sets but said she was really proud

0:24:090:24:12

of being able to compete.

0:24:120:24:14

She hadn't played since winning her

23rd major singles title

0:24:140:24:17

at January's Australian Open,

which she won while eight weeks

0:24:170:24:19

pregnant.

0:24:190:24:28

I think that is just an absolutely

outstanding effort from Serena

0:24:280:24:32

Williams.

0:24:320:24:33

Northampton Saints have now lost 11

games in all competitions

0:24:330:24:35

after they were thrashed 50 points

to 21 in rugby union's Premiership.

0:24:350:24:39

Danny Care scored twice as Quins

turned on the style in front

0:24:390:24:42

of a crowd of more than

70,000 at Twickenham.

0:24:420:24:44

Elsewhere there were wins

for Saracens, Newcastle,

0:24:440:24:46

and Gloucester.

0:24:460:24:48

In the Pro 14, Glasgow Warriors

were 3-0 up against Edinburgh just

0:24:480:24:51

before half-time when the Scotstoun

Stadium had to be evacuated

0:24:510:24:54

because of a fire alarm.

0:24:540:24:55

There was a half hour delay

and Glasgow went on to win 17-0.

0:24:550:24:59

Lee Jones scored the

only try of the game.

0:24:590:25:04

Phil 'the Power' Taylor will go

for his 17th world title in his last

0:25:040:25:08

ever match in professional darts

tomorrow night as he made it

0:25:080:25:11

through to the final

of the PDC World Championship.

0:25:110:25:13

Taylor beat the impressive

qualifier, Welshman Jamie Lewis,

0:25:130:25:16

by six frames to one

in the semifinals at Ally Pally.

0:25:160:25:19

He won his first title back in 1990

but this is Taylor's last

0:25:190:25:22

event before retirement.

0:25:220:25:29

But he'll have to beat Rob Cross,

the man who pulled off a major shock

0:25:290:25:33

in the other semifinal to knock out

the reigning champion and world

0:25:330:25:36

number one Michael van Gerwen.

0:25:360:25:38

Van Gerwen missed six darts to win,

but in one of the greatest matches

0:25:380:25:41

ever seen at Ally Pally,

the 20th seed came back to win it

0:25:410:25:45

in the deciding leg of the 11th

set at gone midnight.

0:25:450:25:48

It's the first time Cross has played

at the PDC Championship.

0:25:480:25:54

Apparently it is his first year in

professional darts. Nerves of steel!

0:25:540:26:00

Phil is his hero and he is meeting

him in the final, not only the

0:26:000:26:04

final... He could spoil the

fairytale ending, couldn't he? Not

0:26:040:26:09

only the final but it is still

Taylor's last... It is the fairytale

0:26:090:26:14

final. Fantastic. One to watch. Kat,

thank you. It is 6:26 AM. If you

0:26:140:26:24

have been watching over the festive

period, you will know that we have

0:26:240:26:28

been bringing people together.

0:26:280:26:31

People who haven't

0:26:310:26:32

necessarily agreed over the last

year to see if they can sort

0:26:320:26:35

out their differences.

0:26:350:26:36

Today, we're talking about the best

way to solve the housing crisis

0:26:360:26:40

with architect Dr Frances Holliss

and Jonn Elledge, the editor

0:26:400:26:42

of urban planning

magazine CityMetric.

0:26:420:26:47

Hello.

Hello, John, nice to meet

you.

Should we?

Let's go up. This is

0:26:470:26:56

very posh, this. It is very posh!

We

have some presence.

It is all very

0:26:560:27:03

fancy. Marvellous, very nice, good

to be, and every something written

0:27:030:27:08

on it. It says the green belt

sacrosanct or stifling?

Stifling

0:27:080:27:16

precisely because it is so

sacrosanct that these rules and land

0:27:160:27:20

use that were set in the 1950s are

still kind of dictating where we can

0:27:200:27:25

and can't build today and in a city

with a housing crisis is deep and is

0:27:250:27:30

ruinous as London's I no longer am

convinced it is the right choice of

0:27:300:27:34

policy.

I think that the housing

crisis is not really about land, I

0:27:340:27:39

think, you know, that is what I

think, that actually if you look at

0:27:390:27:46

- if you look at the statistics, we

have 600,000 plots of land with

0:27:460:27:50

planning permission for housing

granted and the real problem we have

0:27:500:27:54

got is the housing market. And the

thing about land is it is

0:27:540:27:58

interesting because it is completely

finite resource. And as a finite

0:27:580:28:01

resource it means that people who

buy it can sit on it and wait until

0:28:010:28:06

the price goes as high as they like.

Should we say what one says?

Let's

0:28:060:28:14

see what it says. Christmas delivery

250,000 more homes built every year.

0:28:140:28:20

Thank you, Fanta. Delivered each

year? It would marvellous, my lord,

0:28:200:28:28

how much money they would make.

It

would almost be marvellous of the

0:28:280:28:32

people who have homes and don't have

them. Overcrowding is an enormous

0:28:320:28:36

problem. People are now sharing with

friends with no living room into

0:28:360:28:40

their 30s, people are stuck living

at their parents which isn't much

0:28:400:28:43

fun for the parent either.

This is

because of affordability not because

0:28:430:28:47

of the lack of housing.

You are

talking as if those are two

0:28:470:28:51

different things. They are. They are

slightly discrete complex not...

Not

0:28:510:28:56

in the current housing market. So we

are going to swap presents.

This has

0:28:560:29:01

been lovely. Happy Christmas. Should

be open and together? I am thinking

0:29:010:29:07

it is a house. You have a green

belt. How lovely. See, this is a

0:29:070:29:16

perfect example of things that we

shouldn't be putting into houses.

0:29:160:29:19

And I have a house.

I just feel of

the luck is against me here.

You

0:29:190:29:24

have the tree and I - but this is

the way the housing works, the

0:29:240:29:29

houses go to the one to have the

houses and the tree goes to the

0:29:290:29:33

person who hasn't got the house.

Oh,

well, Merry Christmas.

Happy

0:29:330:29:36

Christmas.

We could swap. You see,

this is the solution.

There we are,

0:29:360:29:46

trying to sort the housing crisis

out.

0:29:460:29:48

Stay with us.

0:29:480:29:48

A summary of the news is coming up.

0:29:480:29:50

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Roger Johnson.

0:30:130:30:16

Good morning, here's a summary

of today's main stories from BBC

0:30:160:30:19

News.

0:30:190:30:34

Winds of up to 80-miles an hour

and a series of rail strikes

0:30:340:30:38

are threatening to cause disruption

as the UK prepares to see

0:30:380:30:41

in the New Year.

0:30:410:30:42

Members of the RMT union

are staging a 24-hour walk out

0:30:420:30:45

which will affect passengers

on CrossCountry and South Western

0:30:450:30:47

Railways.

0:30:470:30:48

Services from London Waterloo,

the UK's busiest station,

0:30:480:30:50

are also affected.

0:30:500:30:51

With hundreds of thousands of people

expected to take part

0:30:510:30:54

in celebrations, security services

and the police are urging people

0:30:540:30:56

to be vigilant.

0:30:560:30:57

Depite four terror attacks this

year, there will be fewer officers

0:30:570:31:00

on duty in London at

the New Year's Eve fireworks

0:31:000:31:03

but Scotland Yard says the numbers

are "proportionate" and reflect

0:31:030:31:05

the threat level, which

remains at "severe".

0:31:050:31:09

Well we can get more on what we can

expect from Storm Dylan today.

0:31:090:31:13

Matt has the details.

0:31:130:31:18

Not not a great

0:31:180:31:19

Not not a great start to New Year's

Eve. The strongest of the winds will

0:31:190:31:22

be closer to the centre of Storm

Dylan. There it is on the pressure

0:31:220:31:26

chart. The strongest part. It's

across Northern Ireland. The next

0:31:260:31:32

few hours will see wind

strengthened. That's enough to cause

0:31:320:31:36

some damage, flying debris.

Certainly travel disruption. The

0:31:360:31:41

strongest winds through the coming

hours will spread into parts of

0:31:410:31:45

Scotland and northern England. The

wind enough to cause some damage and

0:31:450:31:49

disruption but things will gradually

improve through the day. A full

0:31:490:31:52

forecast coming up just after seven.

0:31:520:31:55

The Security Minister Ben Wallace

has said the government should

0:31:550:31:58

consider taxing internet firms -

unless they are more willing

0:31:580:32:04

to co-operate in tackling the threat

of terrorism in the UK.

0:32:040:32:07

(TX VIZ) In an interview

in The Sunday Times,

0:32:070:32:11

-- In an interview

in The Sunday Times,

0:32:140:32:16

Mr Wallace said technology fims that

refused the security services access

0:32:160:32:19

to encrypted messages

were "turning the internet

0:32:190:32:21

into an anarchic, violent space."

0:32:210:32:22

Adding, "We should stop pretending

that because they sit

0:32:220:32:25

on beanbags in T-shirts they are not

ruthless profiteers."

0:32:250:32:31

Google and Facebook are yet

to respond to the remarks.

0:32:310:32:34

Two demonstrators are reported

to have been shot dead in Iran

0:32:340:32:37

as anti-government protests spread

throughout the country,

0:32:370:32:39

reaching the capital, Tehran.

0:32:390:32:43

The wave of unrest

which began last week,

0:32:430:32:45

is the most serious since

the authorities suppressed months

0:32:450:32:47

of protests in 2009.

0:32:470:32:48

Demonstrators have been heard

shouting slogans in support

0:32:480:32:51

of the Shah and the Iranian royal

family for the first time

0:32:510:32:54

since the Islamic

Revolution 40 years ago.

0:32:540:32:57

Political leaders have been

reflecting on the past 12 months

0:32:570:33:00

in their New Year's messages,

with Theresa May calling 2017

0:33:000:33:03

a "year of progress" for the UK.

0:33:030:33:11

The Prime Minister said

the British people will feel

0:33:110:33:13

"renewed confidence

and pride" in 2018.

0:33:130:33:25

The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn

said the hope of a "new Britain"

0:33:250:33:29

is "closer than ever" and his party

is a "government in waiting".

0:33:290:33:32

It's been a turbulent year

in politics, from Theresa May's snap

0:33:320:33:35

election that backfired

so spectacularly, to continuing

0:33:350:33:37

tussles with the EU over Brexit.

0:33:370:33:38

Ellie Price reviews the year

in British politics.

0:33:380:33:41

The headlines this morning -

Theresa May's decision to call

0:33:500:33:53

a general election appears

to have backfired.

0:33:530:33:55

It was with reluctance that

I decided the country needs...

0:33:550:33:58

The Prime Minister spells

out her strategic goals.

0:33:580:34:00

Conversatives are the largest party.

0:34:000:34:01

History has been made.

0:34:010:34:02

Article 50 has been triggered.

0:34:020:34:05

Brexit negotiations in a shambles!

0:34:050:34:07

Hear, hear!

0:34:070:34:10

SIGHS.

0:34:100:34:13

I WAS BORN UNDER

A WANDERING STAR PLAYS.

0:34:140:34:21

2017 was shaped by what happened

when a pretty influential

0:34:210:34:26

person went for a nice,

long walk in the countryside and had

0:34:260:34:30

a little think about things.

0:34:300:34:32

That was, of course, Theresa May,

who went on a hike with her husband

0:34:320:34:36

in April and came back thinking it

would be a jolly good idea

0:34:360:34:40

to call a general election.

0:34:400:34:42

The decision made on that little

stroll defined the year.

0:34:420:34:45

But plenty happened

in the months running up to it.

0:34:450:34:47

The 2017 journey started,

as we all expected, with Brexit.

0:34:470:34:51

Are we going to get a detailed

plan, Prime Minister?

0:34:510:34:56

Only a few days shy of the EU

referendum's six-month anniversary,

0:35:090:35:12

Theresa May made a speech

at Lancaster House.

0:35:120:35:14

It became known as the

Lancaster House Speech.

0:35:140:35:16

Setting out a blueprint of her main

objectives for Brexit negotiations.

0:35:160:35:19

As a priority, we will pursue a bold

and ambitious free trade agreement

0:35:190:35:22

with the European Union.

0:35:220:35:24

The days of Britain making vast

contributions to the European Union

0:35:240:35:27

every year will end.

0:35:270:35:28

No deal for Britain is better

than a bad deal for Britain.

0:35:280:35:31

The PM confirmed Britain would come

out of the EU single market

0:35:310:35:36

but there would be a transition

period from EU membership

0:35:360:35:39

to whatever is agreed after.

0:35:390:35:40

And she said Parliament would be

given a vote on a final deal.

0:35:400:35:44

But it was Parliament getting a say

on the start of negotiating that

0:35:440:35:48

deal which was the big news

a few days later.

0:35:480:35:50

Gina Miller!

0:35:500:35:51

The Government got taken to court

for wanting to trigger Article 50,

0:35:510:35:54

the mechanism to leave the EU,

without having to ask MPs first.

0:35:540:35:57

By a majority of 8-3,

the Supreme Court rules

0:35:570:36:00

that the Government cannot trigger

Article 50 without an act of

0:36:000:36:03

Parliament authorising it to do so.

0:36:030:36:10

No Prime Minister, no

Government, can expect to be

0:36:100:36:13

unanswerable or unchallenged.

0:36:130:36:21

Parliament alone is sovereign!

0:36:210:36:24

And Parliament was given that very

vote a few weeks later.

0:36:240:36:27

The ayes to the right, 494.

0:36:270:36:30

The noes to the left, 122.

0:36:300:36:32

Hear, hear!

0:36:320:36:36

An historic vote today.

0:36:360:36:37

And it got through by a large

majority at every turn.

0:36:370:36:40

It has carried out the will

of the British people.

0:36:400:36:43

The stage was set, then,

and on the 29th of March,

0:36:430:36:50

Article 50 was triggered.

0:36:500:36:51

This is an historic moment

from which there can

0:36:510:36:54

be no turning back.

0:36:540:37:00

And all it took was a short letter

delivered by hand to Brussels,

0:37:000:37:04

signed by Theresa May -

though you might not know it

0:37:040:37:07

from that signature.

0:37:070:37:07

So, here it is.

0:37:070:37:09

Six pages.

0:37:090:37:09

We already miss you.

0:37:090:37:10

Thank you and goodbye.

0:37:100:37:11

Now it was time for

the difficult bit to start -

0:37:110:37:14

negotiating the terms.

0:37:140:37:16

We were all doggedly

talking about Brexit,

0:37:160:37:18

but other things happened, too.

0:37:180:37:20

The Conservative Party

candidate - 13,748.

0:37:200:37:26

In February, the Tories won

the Copeland by-election -

0:37:260:37:29

the first such win by a Government

party over its opposition in 35

0:37:290:37:35

years, and in a place that had

been Labour since 1935.

0:37:350:37:40

On the same night, Labour held

onto their Stoke-on-Trent seat...

0:37:400:37:43

You going to resign, Paul?

0:37:430:37:44

..seeing off a challenge from Ukip.

0:37:440:37:47

It was a message that

hope triumphs over fear!

0:37:470:37:50

There were elections, too,

for the Northern Ireland assembly.

0:37:500:37:52

Sinn Fein came within one seat

of drawing level with the DUP

0:37:520:37:56

after a bitterly divisive campaign.

0:37:560:37:58

APPLAUSE.

0:37:580:38:00

Just a few weeks later, the death

of Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness,

0:38:020:38:05

Northern Ireland's former

Deputy First Minister.

0:38:050:38:09

Martin McGuinness

was a freedom fighter!

0:38:090:38:13

Even now, there's still no sign

of a breakthrough so that

0:38:130:38:19

power-sharing can be

restored at Stormont.

0:38:190:38:21

Saving for a rainy day, Chancellor?

0:38:210:38:23

Back in London, Philip Hammond

gave the first of his

0:38:230:38:25

two budgets this year.

0:38:250:38:26

Theresa May was really

looking forward to it,

0:38:260:38:29

as the Chancellor said it

would prepare Britain for Brexit.

0:38:290:38:37

It provides a strong and stable

platform for those negotiations.

0:38:370:38:39

Strong and stable -

the phrase we'd all get bored of.

0:38:390:38:42

On the 22nd of March, a terrorist

ploughed through pedestrians

0:38:420:38:45

on Westminster Bridge,

killing four and injuring 50.

0:38:450:38:50

He then stabbed to death

a policeman just outside

0:38:500:38:56

the Houses of Parliament.

0:38:560:38:57

He was later shot dead.

0:38:570:38:58

The first three months of the year

in Westminster and beyond had

0:38:580:39:02

already provided plenty to fill

the airwaves and the newspapers.

0:39:020:39:04

And then, a surprise

announcement no-one saw coming.

0:39:040:39:09

I have just chaired a meeting

of the Cabinet, where we agreed

0:39:090:39:14

that the Government should call

a general election to be

0:39:140:39:18

held on the 8th of June.

0:39:180:39:21

Every vote for the Conservatives

will make me stronger

0:39:210:39:26

when I negotiate for Britain

with the prime ministers,

0:39:260:39:30

presidents and chancellors

of the European Union.

0:39:300:39:33

Every vote for the Conservatives

will mean we can stick to our plan

0:39:330:39:36

for a stronger Britain,

and take the right long-term

0:39:360:39:40

decisions for a more secure future.

0:39:400:39:42

General election?

0:39:420:39:42

You're jokin'!

0:39:420:39:43

Not another one!

0:39:430:39:47

# I was born under a wanderin' star.

0:39:480:39:50

Go on, go on!

0:39:500:39:51

The path ahead seemed pretty clear

for Theresa May and the Tories

0:39:510:39:55

could almost smell victory -

or so they thought.

0:39:550:39:59

The local elections saw

the Conservatives make big gains

0:40:000:40:04

across the country at the expense

of Ukip, whose vote

0:40:040:40:07

collapsed, and Labour.

0:40:070:40:10

We have had very disappointing

results in other

0:40:100:40:12

parts of the country.

0:40:120:40:14

Yes, we have to go out

there in the next four weeks

0:40:140:40:17

and get a message out.

0:40:170:40:19

There were recriminations, too,

among some Labour MPs.

0:40:190:40:23

It's a pretty disastrous picture.

0:40:230:40:27

It's simply not good enough

for a party that has been

0:40:270:40:32

in opposition for seven years,

that's heading towards a general

0:40:320:40:37

election in five weeks,

to not be picking up seats and not

0:40:370:40:40

making forward progress.

0:40:400:40:43

But so much progress was made

on Labour's election manifesto

0:40:430:40:46

that it was finished five days early

and promptly leaked to the press.

0:40:460:40:49

When it was formally lodged,

it called for the renationalisation

0:40:490:40:54

of the water companies and an end

to tuition fees.

0:40:540:40:56

This is a programme of hope.

0:40:560:40:58

The Tory campaign, by contrast,

is built on one word - fear.

0:40:580:41:02

The Tories, meanwhile,

unveiled a document that included

0:41:020:41:15

scrapping free school lunches

for children in England, and a

0:41:150:41:17

shake-up of the social care system.

0:41:170:41:19

And with confidence in ourselves

and a unity of purpose

0:41:190:41:22

in our country, let us

all go forward together.

0:41:220:41:24

APPLAUSE.

0:41:240:41:25

# Mud can make you prisoner

and the plains can bake you dry...

0:41:250:41:29

But then, Theresa May

seemed to lose her way.

0:41:290:41:36

The direction unclear...

0:41:360:41:41

# ..but only people make you cry.

0:41:410:41:43

..in what were a series

of unforced errors.

0:41:430:41:45

# ..dreams of going to

0:41:450:41:46

# Which, with any luck,

will never come true.

0:41:460:41:49

There was that u-turn

on social care.

0:41:490:41:50

You have just announced

a significant change

0:41:500:41:52

to what was offered in your

manifesto, saying there

0:41:520:41:55

will now be the possibility

of a cap on social care -

0:41:550:41:58

that was not in the plans that

were announced just four days ago.

0:41:580:42:02

Our social care system will collapse

unless we address this problem.

0:42:020:42:04

Nothing has changed!

0:42:040:42:05

Nothing has changed.

0:42:050:42:11

Then she refused to take part in any

head-to-head televised debate.

0:42:110:42:14

The Prime Minister

is not here tonight.

0:42:140:42:16

She can't be bothered,

so why should you?

0:42:160:42:21

In fact, Bake Off

is on BBC Two next.

0:42:210:42:23

It wasn't Bake Off, but she did go

on the TV to talk about the bins,

0:42:230:42:28

and it all seemed a bit cringy.

0:42:280:42:29

Well, there is give and take

in every marriage isn't there?

0:42:290:42:33

Of course.

0:42:330:42:33

I get to decide when I take the bins

out, not if I take the bins out.

0:42:330:42:38

There are boy jobs

and girl jobs, you see.

0:42:380:42:40

There's boy jobs and girl jobs?

0:42:400:42:42

And then there was that weird time

that the Prime Minister was asked

0:42:420:42:45

what was the naughtiest thing

she ever done as a child.

0:42:450:42:48

She said it was to run

through a field of wheat.

0:42:480:42:54

Come on, Ed! Come on, Ed!

0:42:540:42:55

# The hills are alive

with the sound of music #.

0:42:550:43:01

Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn

was positively frolicking out

0:43:030:43:04

on the campaign trail...

0:43:040:43:08

ALL CHANT:

Corbyn! Corbyn! Corbyn!

0:43:080:43:10

..greeted like a rock star

at his well attended rallies.

0:43:100:43:14

I never was into politics

because I never thought

0:43:140:43:18

politicians were, like,

normal people, until now.

0:43:180:43:24

You won't say whether you think

having gay sex is a sin.

0:43:240:43:27

Elsewhere, the Lib Dem leader

Tim Farron, a devoted Christian,

0:43:270:43:30

kept being asked the same question.

0:43:300:43:34

I don't believe gay sex is a sin.

0:43:340:43:37

I take the view that

as a political leader, though,

0:43:370:43:39

my job is not to pontificate

on theological matters.

0:43:390:43:46

And in a lighter moment,

he also provided one of the best

0:43:460:43:49

catchphrases of the campaign.

0:43:490:43:50

Smell my spaniel, maybe.

0:43:500:43:51

Not everyone liked it.

0:43:510:43:52

Meanwhile, the SNP seemed pretty

cool about their challenge ahead.

0:43:520:43:56

Winning those 56 seats

will be a huge challenge

0:43:560:43:58

for Nicola Sturgeon's party.

0:43:580:43:59

Ruth Davidson has predicted we've

hit peak Nat, the only way is down.

0:43:590:44:03

This party...

0:44:030:44:05

Hello!

0:44:050:44:07

Ukip's manifesto was memorable

for its proposed ban on burqas

0:44:070:44:10

in public, but its leader

Paul Nuttall had trouble

0:44:100:44:13

with his own memory.

0:44:130:44:14

I think that Natalie's

absolutely right.

0:44:140:44:16

What we need to do...

0:44:160:44:17

I'm not Natalie!

0:44:170:44:18

Ally, I'm sorry.

0:44:180:44:19

Thank you.

0:44:190:44:19

My fault.

0:44:190:44:20

Sorry.

0:44:200:44:21

Women's names.

0:44:210:44:22

He's done it twice now.

0:44:220:44:23

Have I?

0:44:230:44:24

Oh, I'm sorry about that.

0:44:240:44:25

But politics was overtaken

by tragedy not once, but twice.

0:44:250:44:29

23 people, including the attacker,

were killed after a bomb went off

0:44:290:44:32

at a pop concert at the Manchester

Arena.

0:44:320:44:42

This was amongst the worst terrorist

incidents we have ever experienced

0:44:420:44:45

in the United Kingdom.

0:44:450:44:48

Clear the area now!

0:44:480:44:49

Less tha two weeks later,

and five days before the election,

0:44:490:44:56

a second terror attack,

this time on London Bridge.

0:44:560:44:58

Eight people were killed

and the three attackers

0:44:580:45:07

shot dead by police.

0:45:070:45:08

On both occasions, the campaign

was suspended for several days.

0:45:080:45:10

We are saying the Conservatives

are the largest party,

0:45:130:45:15

although they do not have a majority

at this stage.

0:45:150:45:18

Overall, the Conservatives lost 12

seats, creating a hung Parliament.

0:45:180:45:21

They were the biggest party,

but did not have a majority.

0:45:210:45:30

Surprising even themselves,

they regained an extra 30 seats.

0:45:300:45:35

The SNP lost 21, including that

of their former leader Alex Salmond.

0:45:350:45:41

Former Lib Dem leader

Nick Clegg also lost his seat.

0:45:410:45:45

Theresa May stayed on as Prime

Minister, but only just.

0:45:450:45:48

I'm sorry for all those hard-working

candidates and party workers

0:45:480:45:51

who were not successful.

0:45:510:45:55

With the majority gone,

a vocal number of Tory MPs thought

0:45:550:45:58

it stank and Theresa May would have

to clean up her mess.

0:45:580:46:01

That's what she promised to do,

but there was still pressure

0:46:010:46:04

on her to resign, from a former

colleague, who had got

0:46:040:46:07

a new job as the editor

of the London Evening Standard.

0:46:070:46:12

Theresa May is a dead woman walking.

0:46:120:46:14

It's just how long she's

going to remain on Death Row.

0:46:140:46:17

Tim Farron decided it was time to go

even though the Lib Dems had

0:46:170:46:21

regained an extra eight seats.

0:46:210:46:24

To be the leader of a progressive,

liberal party in 2017 and to live

0:46:240:46:28

as a committed Christian

to the Bible's teaching has

0:46:280:46:30

felt impossible for me.

0:46:300:46:35

Watching on was the man who took

over was Vince Cable.

0:46:350:46:38

The Ukip leader Paul Nuttall who

failed to win a seat also resigned.

0:46:380:46:41

For us, although the tide may be out

at this present moment in time,

0:46:410:46:45

I am convinced it will return.

0:46:450:46:52

Deal or no deal, Mrs Foster?

0:46:520:46:54

To get enough MPs in Parliament

to be able to pass any laws,

0:46:540:46:57

Theresa May needed the DUP's ten MPs

from Northern Ireland on side.

0:46:570:47:03

Those discussions

are still going on.

0:47:030:47:05

Norman, what can you tell us?

0:47:050:47:06

You keep looking over your shoulder

in case she comes out the door.

0:47:060:47:13

Actually I was looking at a much

more interesting fight

0:47:130:47:16

about to erupt between Palmerston

and Larry, who is lying

0:47:160:47:18

on his back in the street.

0:47:180:47:20

A serious clash could be

about to unfold, I don't know

0:47:200:47:23

whether I should intervene!

0:47:230:47:28

Don't worry, there was no fight.

0:47:280:47:30

They came to an arrangement,

as did the DUP and the Government 18

0:47:300:47:33

days after the election.

0:47:330:47:35

Today we have reached an outcome

that is good for the United Kingdom.

0:47:350:47:38

Then remember the guy

who was treated like a rock star?

0:47:380:47:41

Jeremy Corbyn went to Glastonbury.

0:47:410:47:43

# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn...#

0:47:430:48:01

Plenty to digest.

0:48:010:48:02

It was only June, but the issue

of Brexit hadn't gone away.

0:48:020:48:05

Time for the EU and UK

to get stuck in.

0:48:050:48:08

A hugely important decision

was taken by the remaining

0:48:080:48:14

27 countries in the EU

at the end of April.

0:48:140:48:18

To start with, negotiators would

only talk about three subjects:

0:48:180:48:20

the border between Northern Ireland

and the Republic of Ireland,

0:48:200:48:23

the rights of EU citizens living

in Britain and vice versa,

0:48:230:48:27

and how much Britain owed the EU,

the so-called divorce bill.

0:48:270:48:30

Only when sufficient progress

was made in those areas could talks

0:48:300:48:32

move on to the nitty-gritty

of trade deals.

0:48:320:48:39

We all want a close and strong

future relationship with the UK.

0:48:390:48:44

There's absolutely no

question about it.

0:48:440:48:45

But before discussing the future,

we have to sort out our past.

0:48:450:48:54

The very next day, a German

newspaper published details

0:48:540:48:56

of a meeting between the EU

Commission president

0:48:560:48:59

Jean-Claude Juncker and the PM.

0:48:590:49:02

It alleged the meeting had been

frosty and Mr Juncker had left 10

0:49:020:49:06

times more sceptical.

0:49:060:49:07

Theresa May dismissed

the report as gossip.

0:49:070:49:09

By June, it was time

to get on with it.

0:49:090:49:13

I'm here in Brussels today,

like Michel, to begin the next phase

0:49:130:49:17

of our work to build a new deep

and special partnership

0:49:170:49:20

with the European Union.

0:49:200:49:22

That obviously wouldn't be easy.

0:49:220:49:27

TRANSLATION:

The UK decided

to leave the EU, not

0:49:270:49:30

the other way round,

and the consequences

0:49:300:49:32

are substantial.

0:49:320:49:35

We come bearing gifts.

0:49:350:49:36

Enter Jeremy Corbyn

to mix things up a bit.

0:49:360:49:40

He met the EU chief negotiator

to discuss Labour's Brexit position,

0:49:400:49:43

which may not have been as obvious

as his football allegiance.

0:49:430:49:46

A football shirt..

0:49:460:49:47

Barnier!

0:49:470:49:47

You now play for Arsenal.

0:49:470:49:54

The British Government

published a series of papers

0:49:540:49:56

clarifying its position

on a range of issues.

0:49:560:49:58

But by the end of August, the EU

seemed to suggest it wasn't enough.

0:49:580:50:02

To be honest, I'm concerned.

0:50:020:50:03

Time passes quickly.

0:50:030:50:13

With the clock ticking,

Theresa May made another speech,

0:50:130:50:18

this time in Florence.

0:50:180:50:19

She said there should

be a transition period

0:50:190:50:21

of about two years after Brexit,

and that Britain was prepared to pay

0:50:210:50:25

a financial settlement.

0:50:250:50:26

Clearly people, businesses

and public services should only have

0:50:260:50:28

to plan for one set of changes

in the relationship

0:50:280:50:31

between the UK and EU.

0:50:310:50:32

The UK will honour commitments we've

made during the period

0:50:320:50:35

of our membership.

0:50:350:50:36

Let us be creative as well as

practical in designing an ambitious

0:50:360:50:39

economic partnership that respects

the freedoms and principles

0:50:390:50:41

of the EU and the wishes

of the British people.

0:50:410:50:44

A month later, another

dinner, another kiss

0:50:440:50:52

with Jean-Claude Juncker.

0:50:520:50:55

Another German newspaper report.

0:50:550:50:57

This time it said the PM had "begged

for help" when they met,

0:50:570:51:02

and she seemed tired

and politically weak.

0:51:020:51:04

He denied the account.

0:51:040:51:05

She was in good shape,

she was not tired, she was fighting.

0:51:050:51:08

As is her duty.

0:51:080:51:09

Everything for me was OK.

0:51:090:51:10

She didn't plead with you for help?

0:51:100:51:12

No, no.

0:51:120:51:13

Still, by December, no decision

on whether sufficient

0:51:130:51:22

progress had been made.

0:51:220:51:23

A deal was so near.

0:51:230:51:25

Quite literally - Theresa May

was even in Brussels.

0:51:250:51:27

But the sticking point was the DUP

who said they weren't happy

0:51:270:51:30

with proposals for Northern Ireland.

0:51:300:51:32

We will not accept any form

of regulatory divergence

0:51:320:51:34

which separates Northern Ireland

economically or politically

0:51:340:51:36

from the rest of the UK.

0:51:360:51:42

A dramatic intervention

and back to stalemate.

0:51:420:51:44

After more late-night talks,

finally, a breakthrough.

0:51:440:51:46

For now at least.

0:51:460:51:53

Sufficient progress has now

been made on the strict

0:51:530:51:56

terms of the divorce.

0:51:560:51:57

This was a difficult negotiation

for the European Union

0:51:570:51:59

as well as for the United Kingdom.

0:51:590:52:05

You can say that again, Jean-Claude.

0:52:050:52:07

That is what this was all about.

0:52:070:52:11

I very much welcome the prospect

of moving ahead to the next phase.

0:52:110:52:14

Will you be celebrating, Mr Barnier,

cracking open the champagne?

0:52:140:52:17

We're still working, no.

0:52:170:52:18

The chief negotiator wasn't

quite jumping for joy.

0:52:180:52:22

Ultimate arbiter, put

about in your pipe and smoke it.

0:52:220:52:25

Back home, critics like him

weren't celebrating either.

0:52:250:52:29

Amazing isn't it, British PM has

to fly through the middle

0:52:290:52:32

of the night to meet some unelected

bureaucrats who patted her on ahead

0:52:320:52:36

and said you've met all our demands,

made sufficient progress,

0:52:360:52:40

we can move onto the next stage,

the whole thing is a humiliation.

0:52:400:52:43

There is little doubt it did come

as some relief to the PM.

0:52:430:52:47

Even if less than one week later...

0:52:470:52:49

The ayes to the right, 309,

nos to the left, 305.

0:52:490:52:51

..she was defeated in the Commons

when rebel Tory and opposition MPs

0:52:510:52:55

forced the Government to give

a legal guarantee of a vote

0:52:550:52:58

on the final Brexit deal.

0:52:580:53:02

Overall, a year of Brexit

negotiations ended with agreement.

0:53:020:53:05

At least the first bit did.

0:53:050:53:07

The real fun starts making a deal

on the future relationship.

0:53:070:53:14

Is Theresa May's of a full agreement

by March 2019 realistic?

0:53:140:53:17

Still realistic and, of course,

dramatically difficult.

0:53:170:53:28

With the election over and Brexit

dominating the whole of 2017,

0:53:280:53:31

it was a long slog.

0:53:310:53:34

Keeping control of her own party has

been an uphill struggle for the PM.

0:53:340:53:47

# Oh, Jeremy Corbyn...#

0:53:470:53:51

Not least when you compare it

to Jeremy Corbyn's fortunes.

0:53:510:53:53

They may have lost the election

but Labour's party conference felt

0:53:530:53:56

more like a victory parade.

0:53:560:53:59

It wasn't like this last year.

0:53:590:54:02

Thank you so much for that wonderful

welcome and this incredible feeling

0:54:020:54:05

and spirit of unity and love

and affection we have here.

0:54:050:54:10

Why are you making the PM sweat?

0:54:100:54:12

The run-up to the Tory conference

was less than harmonious.

0:54:120:54:15

Boris Johnson hit the headlines

for an article he wrote

0:54:150:54:18

outlining his own red lines

in Brexit negotiations.

0:54:180:54:21

They seemed to go further than that

of the Prime Minister

0:54:210:54:24

and what was agreed by the Cabinet.

0:54:240:54:26

Once again there were whispers

about his leadership aspirations.

0:54:260:54:28

A little taste of Italy.

0:54:280:54:30

As there were about this man,

Jacob Rees-Mogg, though he told me

0:54:300:54:33

he wants Theresa May to stay

on as leader.

0:54:330:54:37

For ever and ever, eternity, even

eternity is too short to extol her.

0:54:370:54:41

You don't fancy it yourself?

0:54:410:54:42

No, of course not, I want Mrs May

to go on for ever and ever.

0:54:420:54:46

In the end, it was Theresa

May's conference speech

0:54:460:54:49

that went on and on.

0:54:490:54:53

It started with a prankster.

0:54:530:54:54

And prepare for a run on the ground.

0:54:540:54:57

Boris, job done, given her the P45.

0:54:570:55:01

Of course it had nothing to do

with the Foreign Secretary.

0:55:010:55:04

I was about to talk about somebody

I would like to give a P45 to,

0:55:040:55:08

and that's Jeremy Corbyn.

0:55:080:55:09

And then came the frog

in the throat.

0:55:090:55:11

COUGHS.

0:55:110:55:14

The deficit is back

to precrisis levels...

0:55:140:55:21

Sounds as if my voice

isn't on track.

0:55:210:55:30

As if it couldn't get any

worse, even the scenery

0:55:300:55:33

started falling down.

0:55:330:55:40

The PM put on a brave face

and was supported by her husband

0:55:400:55:44

and, in the coming days,

after some whisperings

0:55:440:55:46

about her leadership, her Cabinet.

0:55:460:55:48

By the end of October,

scandal once again hit Westminster,

0:55:480:55:51

this time about sexual harassment.

0:55:510:55:52

Very quickly it became clear

it was not party political,

0:55:520:55:55

with various MPs implicated.

0:55:550:55:56

And then a Cabinet Minister.

0:55:560:56:04

In recent days allegations have been

made about MPs' conduct,

0:56:040:56:06

including my own.

0:56:060:56:07

Many of these allegations

have been false.

0:56:070:56:09

But I realise that in the past I may

have fallen below the high standards

0:56:090:56:13

that we require of the Armed Forces

that I have the honour to represent.

0:56:130:56:17

I have reflected now on my position

in Government and I am therefore

0:56:170:56:20

resigning as Defence Secretary.

0:56:200:56:33

One week later, jetting back this

time from an official

0:56:330:56:36

ministerial trip, Priti Patel,

the International Development

0:56:360:56:38

Secretary, was called

into Downing Street

0:56:380:56:40

and also resigned.

0:56:400:56:43

This time over unauthorised meetings

she'd had with Israeli

0:56:430:56:46

officials while on holiday.

0:56:460:56:50

In her resignation letter,

Ms Patel said her actions

0:56:500:56:52

"fell below the standards

of transparency and openness."

0:56:520:56:55

Losing two Cabinet ministers

in a week was unlucky,

0:56:550:56:57

losing a third the following month

was, well, awkward, but Damian Green

0:56:570:57:00

resigned after it was found

that he made misleading statements

0:57:000:57:03

over claims of pornography

on his office computer.

0:57:030:57:08

It wasn't just troublesome

friends at home.

0:57:080:57:17

In January the PM and Donald Trump

had got on so well when she went

0:57:170:57:21

to Washington they even held hands.

0:57:210:57:23

Mrs May invited the President over

for a state visit at some stage.

0:57:230:57:26

That didn't go down well

with some people back home.

0:57:260:57:29

So when the President retweeted some

unsubstantiated posts from a British

0:57:290:57:32

far-right group called

Britain First, it was,

0:57:320:57:34

at best, a bit awkward.

0:57:340:57:35

Theresa May said he

was wrong to do it.

0:57:350:57:37

He told her, "Don't focus on me."

0:57:370:57:39

The year didn't end

as friendly as it had started,

0:57:390:57:42

but is the President

still coming over?

0:57:420:57:52

An invitation for a state visit has

been extended and has been accepted.

0:57:520:57:56

We have yet to set a date.

0:57:560:57:58

Thank you.

0:57:580:57:59

Something to look

forward to next year.

0:57:590:58:01

So much going on, little sign

of things slowing down.

0:58:010:58:15

But politics aside, there was one

more important moment

0:58:150:58:18

in Westminster this year -

the silencing of an old friend.

0:58:180:58:21

BONG.

0:58:210:58:25

Big Ben stopped bonging.

0:58:250:58:33

Apart from events like Remembrance

Sunday and New Year's Eve,

0:58:330:58:35

the bell will stay silent as repair

works go on, for four years.

0:58:350:58:44

Even the Prime Minister is a bit

upset about it, as are other MPs.

0:58:440:58:48

It means something, it really does.

0:58:480:58:49

These are the chimes of freedom

and they have to be respected.

0:58:490:58:53

We've got to keep them bonging.

0:58:530:58:54

It really has been all

about timing this year.

0:58:540:58:57

An election and all the fallout,

Brexit and the ongoing negotiations,

0:58:570:59:00

and scandals at Westminster.

0:59:000:59:01

It's been quite a year.

0:59:010:59:02

Next year couldn't possibly be

so frantic, could it?

0:59:020:59:14

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Roger Johnson.

1:00:011:00:04

Storms and rail strikes in store

as the UK prepares to bring

1:00:041:00:07

in the New Year.

1:00:071:00:09

A 24-hour walkout is under way

on South Western and CrossCountry

1:00:091:00:13

services causing

cancellations and delays.

1:00:131:00:29

In Edinburgh, Hogmanay

celebrations have already begun.

1:00:291:00:36

Organisers say tonight's main event

will go ahead as planned

1:00:361:00:41

despite the arrival of Storm Dylan.

1:00:411:00:42

Good morning.

1:00:421:00:43

Its Northern Ireland,

southern Scotland and northern

1:00:431:00:45

England that will bear the brunt

of the damaging winds

1:00:451:00:48

from Storm Dylan.

1:00:481:00:48

Good morning - it's New Year's Eve,

Sunday 31st December.

1:00:591:01:01

Also this morning:

1:01:011:01:05

Two demonstrators are reported

to have been shot dead in Iran

1:01:051:01:08

as anti-government protests spread

across the country.

1:01:081:01:10

A tax threat to internet firms.

1:01:101:01:16

The security minister says Facebook

and Google could face penalties -

1:01:161:01:19

if they don't do more

to tackle terrorism.

1:01:191:01:21

In sport, more misery for Mourinho.

1:01:211:01:24

He claims his Manchester United side

were denied a clear penalty

1:01:241:01:27

as they lose further ground

on their City rivals.

1:01:271:01:32

Good morning.

1:01:321:01:33

First, our main story.

1:01:331:01:36

Winds of up to 80 mph

and a series of rail strikes

1:01:361:01:39

are threatening to cause disruption

as the UK prepares to see

1:01:391:01:42

in the New Year.

1:01:421:01:45

The Met Office is warning of flying

debris and damage to buildings

1:01:451:01:49

as Storm Dylan hits Northern Ireland

and parts of southern Scotland,

1:01:491:01:53

while a 24-hour walk out could hit

passengers on CrossCountry

1:01:531:01:57

and South Western rail services.

1:01:571:01:59

But hundreds of thousands of people

are still expected to take

1:01:591:02:03

to the streets to celebrate,

as Simon Clemison reports.

1:02:031:02:11

Why have one night of celebration

when you can have two?

1:02:111:02:14

With this torchlit parade,

Hogmanay is already under

1:02:141:02:22

way in Edinburgh.

1:02:221:02:22

Our 24 Vikings have travelled

down from the Shetlands,

1:02:221:02:25

on a longboat journey,

and we're here to basically warm

1:02:251:02:28

things up a bit.

1:02:281:02:30

In London, as in Scotland,

security is key but despite four

1:02:301:02:32

terror attacks this year,

there will be fewer officers on duty

1:02:321:02:36

for tonight's huge

fireworks display,

1:02:361:02:42

but the Met insists

the numbers are right.

1:02:431:02:45

People will be remembering those

who have died and those

1:02:451:02:48

who were injured in those attacks.

1:02:481:02:51

We have been policing this for quite

a long time now and our experience

1:02:511:02:55

of doing that means our tactics

and our way of mitigating those

1:02:551:02:58

threats has developed along the way.

1:02:581:03:00

But will people be

able to get there?

1:03:001:03:02

Delays and cancellations are

expected on South Western Railway

1:03:021:03:05

and CrossCountry

because of the strike.

1:03:051:03:06

South Western says it thinks

it will be able to run

1:03:061:03:09

three-quarters of trains.

1:03:091:03:14

The only question

remaining, the weather.

1:03:141:03:15

Edinburgh has already enjoyed some

fireworks but gusts of 80 miles

1:03:151:03:19

per hour are predicted across areas

of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

1:03:191:03:22

The warnings of the Met Office

stopped by the afternoon

1:03:221:03:25

but the dying hours of 2017

are making their presence felt.

1:03:251:03:30

Simon Clemison, BBC News.

1:03:301:03:31

Let's cross live to Simon

at London Waterloo, normally one

1:03:311:03:34

of the UK's busiest stations,

but Simon things could be very

1:03:341:03:37

different today?

1:03:371:03:49

Good morning. I feel a bit like an

unwelcome guests. But beware. There

1:03:491:03:53

are strikes today. This is Britain's

busiest railway station. It is

1:03:531:03:59

Sunday morning so it's a bit quieter

anyway at this time.

1:03:591:04:02

Sunday morning so it's a bit quieter

anyway at this time. South-western

1:04:021:04:05

railway runs lots of services here.

London is where tens of thousands of

1:04:051:04:10

people will come to celebrate. It

could feel the brunt of these

1:04:101:04:13

strikes. If we look at the boards, a

lot of services or leaving on time.

1:04:131:04:21

There is a reduced timetable,

remember. Some routes are not

1:04:211:04:25

serviced at all. A 24- hour walkout

by workers also a CrossCountry.

1:04:251:04:33

Reduced trains between Newcastle and

Edinburgh and nothing between Glass:

1:04:331:04:38

Aberdeen. The dispute is about many

things including the role of the

1:04:381:04:42

guide. Your services and a lot more

people. They could prove the

1:04:421:04:48

heaviest of mixes arriving in the

New Year. Simon, thank you very much

1:04:481:04:53

indeed.

1:04:531:04:56

Well we can get more on what we can

expect from Storm Dylan today.

1:04:561:04:59

Matt has the details.

1:04:591:05:03

Good morning. Is it likely to cause

much disruption?

1:05:031:05:08

It is likely to cause a lot of

disruption. Those on the move today,

1:05:081:05:16

70, 80 miles per hour. At the

moment, it is centred just on the

1:05:161:05:24

North coast of Northern Ireland.

These were the strongest winds are

1:05:241:05:28

at present. The biggest impact with

the strength of the winds. 70, 80

1:05:281:05:38

miles per hour gusts. They going to

transfer into southern Scotland

1:05:381:05:42

potentially through the heavy

populated Central Belt. These areas

1:05:421:05:46

most likely. The ferries, the

bridges, keeping across the latest.

1:05:461:05:54

And on your BBC local radio station.

Conditions to improve into the

1:05:541:06:00

afternoon. Some of you will be

seeing the New Year in on a high

1:06:001:06:07

note. More details on ten minutes.

It's nice that you always give us a

1:06:071:06:11

silver lining.

1:06:111:06:12

The Security Minister Ben Wallace

has said the government should

1:06:121:06:15

consider taxing internet firms

unless they are more willing

1:06:151:06:18

to co-operate in tackling the threat

of terrorism in the UK.

1:06:181:06:22

In an interview in The Sunday Times,

Mr Wallace said technology fims that

1:06:221:06:25

refused the security services access

to encrypted messages were "turning

1:06:251:06:28

the internet into an

anarchic, violent space."

1:06:281:06:36

The point that Ben Wallace makes is

that we are more vulnerable than to

1:06:361:06:40

terror attacks and although we have

seen so-called Islamic state group

1:06:401:06:45

almost defeated militarily --

militarily in Syria, the group still

1:06:451:06:49

has a presence on line and is

calling out to supporters to carry

1:06:491:06:52

out attacks at home in their own

countries.

Ben Wallace as saying

1:06:521:06:57

that Google, Facebook and YouTube

still not going far enough in

1:06:571:07:01

identifying extremist material. He

also talks about the encrypted

1:07:011:07:06

messaging apps like WhatsApp, which

are places where attacks can be

1:07:061:07:16

organised. He says the result of all

this is that more human surveillance

1:07:161:07:22

is needed. 3000 suspects on watch

lists in the UK. That sort of human

1:07:221:07:31

surveillance needs to be carried

out. He also talks about the cost of

1:07:311:07:38

de- radicalising people in part

because they have had access to

1:07:381:07:42

extremist material on line. The

costs of deradicalisation for

1:07:421:07:46

government agencies is very high. He

puts for this idea of taxing

1:07:461:07:51

Internet firms, he keen on the

pocket to incentivise them.

1:07:511:07:55

Preventing extremist material from

going up in the first place. That's

1:07:551:08:01

not government policy, that is an

idea that Ben Wallace as security

1:08:011:08:05

minister is putting forward. This is

very clearly that patience has run

1:08:051:08:09

out with the tech firms. 2018 needs

to be and I dashed a year the

1:08:091:08:13

change. He says we have not heard a

response from Google and Facebook.

1:08:131:08:18

But they are putting more work into

this area.

Thank you very much.

1:08:181:08:22

Two demonstrators are reported

to have been shot dead in Iran

1:08:221:08:25

as anti-government protests spread

throughout the country,

1:08:251:08:27

reaching the capital, Tehran.

1:08:271:08:28

The wave of unrest

which began last week,

1:08:281:08:30

is the most serious since

the authorities suppressed months

1:08:301:08:33

of protests in 2009.

1:08:331:08:34

Jon Ironmonger reports.

1:08:341:08:41

A crack of gunshots as panic ripples

the a crowd in the western city

1:08:411:08:45

Daroud.

1:08:451:08:51

Later, a wounded man is carried

through the streets.

1:08:511:08:53

It is being reported

a number of people

1:08:531:08:59

have been killed following

an escalation of violence and three

1:08:591:09:02

days of unrest.

1:09:021:09:07

Late into the night,

demonstrators attacked targets

1:09:071:09:09

with links to the government

and the ruling clerical elite.

1:09:091:09:14

In Karamabad, the governor's

office was burned.

1:09:141:09:16

In the northern city of a Mashhad,

police motorbikes were set alight

1:09:161:09:19

while crowds taunted

the security services.

1:09:191:09:21

What started as a provincial

process about rocketing

1:09:211:09:26

prices has become deeply political

and moved to the capital Tehran,

1:09:261:09:29

where offices were pelted with

stones near the main university.

1:09:291:09:31

Riot police were used

to quell the disturbance.

1:09:311:09:43

This video shows a baby

being taken to hospital,

1:09:431:09:45

apparently suffering

from the effects of tear gas.

1:09:451:09:51

It is thought the Iranian

authorities have reacted by cutting

1:09:511:09:54

access to the Internet in many

cities, especially to mobile phones

1:09:541:10:03

and Instagram, which had become

hugely popular in Iran,

1:10:031:10:06

is now said to be inaccessible.

1:10:061:10:07

Iranian officials have vowed

on state TV to double their efforts

1:10:071:10:17

to resolve the economic

problems and ploughed ahead

1:10:171:10:19

with commemorative pro-government

rallies on Saturday.

1:10:191:10:21

But further protests are expected

over the coming days and experts

1:10:211:10:27

say opposing the Islamic republic

will be a colossal challenge.

1:10:271:10:30

Do not underestimate the reggressive

capability of the Revolutionary

1:10:301:10:32

Guards, the resiliency

of the Islamic Republic.

1:10:321:10:38

This regime is well

institutionalised in Iran and can

1:10:381:10:40

deal with protest movement such

as the one that we have witnessed

1:10:401:10:43

in the past few days.

1:10:431:10:45

Iran's ultraconservative regime

is facing its biggest threat

1:10:451:10:48

in nearly a decade, but what lengths

will it go to to survive?

1:10:481:10:57

Political leaders have been

reflecting on the past 12 months

1:10:571:11:00

in their New Year's messages,

with Theresa May calling 2017

1:11:001:11:06

a "year of progress" for the UK.

1:11:061:11:08

The Prime Minister said

the British people will feel

1:11:081:11:10

"renewed confidence

and pride" in 2018.

1:11:101:11:14

The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn

said the hope of a "new Britain"

1:11:141:11:18

is "closer than ever" and his party

is a "government in waiting".

1:11:181:11:22

Making success of Brexit is crucial

but it will not be the limit

1:11:221:11:26

of our ambitions.

1:11:261:11:27

We also have to carry on making

a difference here and now

1:11:271:11:31

on the issues that matter

to people's daily lives.

1:11:311:11:37

The old political

consensus is finished.

1:11:371:11:43

We're staking out the new centre

ground in British politics,

1:11:431:11:45

backing the things which most people

want but are blocked

1:11:451:11:48

by vested interests.

1:11:481:11:49

We are a government in waiting.

1:11:491:11:59

If you have been enjoying the recent

snow - building a snow man

1:11:591:12:03

or an ice sculpture.

1:12:031:12:04

Have a look at these pictures.

1:12:041:12:05

They are from the largest ice

sculpture festival in the world,

1:12:051:12:08

which takes place in China.

1:12:081:12:10

It took more than 10,000 members

of staff to construct

1:12:101:12:13

the 2,000 sculptures.

1:12:131:12:15

Each recreates a famous landmark

and is made from ice harvested

1:12:151:12:18

from the frozen Songhua River

in the north of the country.

1:12:181:12:30

Good morning, it is New Year's Eve

and this is Breakfast from BBC News.

1:12:351:12:40

For many of us, the new year might

seem like the perfect time to make

1:12:401:12:44

ourselves fitter, wiser

and more successful.

1:12:441:12:45

But one mental health charity says

the classic "new Year,

1:12:451:12:48

new you" message can increase

anxiety and unhappiness.

1:12:481:12:50

Mark Rowland is from

the Mental Health Foundation.

1:12:501:12:52

He's here to tell us more.

1:12:521:13:04

Our people unrealistic in the

targets that they set for

1:13:041:13:08

themselves, resolutions?

They can

be. New Year is a sacred time to

1:13:081:13:12

reflect on what has gone on before

and what the future holds. I think

1:13:121:13:17

what we are suggesting is that New

Year's resolutions can become a

1:13:171:13:21

festival of faultfinding in

ourselves, can become short-term

1:13:211:13:24

goals. A lot of self-criticism. We

are calling for a different approach

1:13:241:13:32

and a new way of doing New Year's.

Focused on things that the year and

1:13:321:13:36

things that can carry forward

positive intentions.

Just explain

1:13:361:13:42

how it indifference from a

resolution.

Resolutions I quite

1:13:421:13:46

often externally focused,

quantifiable. I want to lose a few

1:13:461:13:52

pounds, run a bit faster. But the

theme is about getting closer to the

1:13:521:13:57

real motivation. It might be about

becoming more curious or more

1:13:571:14:04

energetic or kinder or gentle to

yourself and kinder to others and

1:14:041:14:09

it's on a spectrum. It's not

something you can bail out. Looking

1:14:091:14:12

at being to say, be more loving. It

really is about making an intention

1:14:121:14:20

about the life that you want to do,

less about what you want to do and

1:14:201:14:24

more about how you want to be.

It's

interesting, New Year's resolutions

1:14:241:14:29

are something many people make today

or tomorrow morning and sort of give

1:14:291:14:33

up by next weekend. It's very hard

to change, isn't it?

It's really

1:14:331:14:37

hard to change. Only 8% of us follow

through on our New Year's

1:14:371:14:43

resolutions. But the business of

making a change in our lives, and we

1:14:431:14:50

all have mental health, we can all

make steps to improve our mental

1:14:501:14:54

health but it's not easy. What we

are calling for is much more

1:14:541:14:59

encouragement about the small steps.

Do little things, make a firm

1:14:591:15:03

intention that don't necessarily put

pressure to leave behind the old

1:15:031:15:08

self. Start with the assumption that

you are is OK and it's about

1:15:081:15:14

building up from that base rather

than scrapping the old youth.

One of

1:15:141:15:20

the things you have talked about is

the pressure that people feel on New

1:15:201:15:24

Year's Eve to be chipper and jolly.

If you are predisposed to having

1:15:241:15:29

problems with crowds and anxiety,

it's another night?

Absolutely, and

1:15:291:15:37

we are trying to highlight that it

is 190 365 and to release the

1:15:371:15:42

pressure on you, go out if you want

to, a lot of people it makes them

1:15:421:15:47

feel great but if you don't want to,

I myself will be in bed at 10pm with

1:15:471:15:52

a hot chocolate and that is

absolutely fine. I will be out on

1:15:521:15:56

other nights. I think what we are

trying to say is try to - the more

1:15:561:16:01

we can listen to ourselves and

understand what works for us, it is

1:16:011:16:05

actually the first step in really

developing a really positive, good

1:16:051:16:09

mental health.

Quite a few of us

will be in bed early tonight because

1:16:091:16:14

we will be at work early tomorrow,

you are right. Ruefully, the mental

1:16:141:16:18

health foundation is what you do, as

2017 with the attention focused on

1:16:181:16:25

mental health with the Royal Family,

have you seen a significant shift in

1:16:251:16:28

the way that mental health is being

regarded? What people have said they

1:16:281:16:32

wanted the years, isn't it?

Absolutely, and we see it and lots

1:16:321:16:36

of different ways. I've-10 years ago

it wouldn't be included in the sort

1:16:361:16:41

of clutch of really big social

causes. We know we need to address

1:16:411:16:45

climate change and cancer and

poverty that people are recognising

1:16:451:16:48

that mental health is absolute

fundamental to us being able to

1:16:481:16:52

thrive in life and it is a big

cultural shift happening and we are

1:16:521:16:56

going to look back on this period of

time and say we were part of

1:16:561:17:00

something that really moved the

cultural dialogue on a fundamental

1:17:001:17:03

part of what it means to live a

fulfilling life and it is exciting.

1:17:031:17:08

Thank you fewer time, happy new

Year, enjoy your early night and

1:17:081:17:12

you're hot chocolate.

1:17:121:17:14

It's 7:17 and you're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

1:17:141:17:17

The main stories this morning:

1:17:171:17:18

New Year celebrations are expected

to go ahead in Edinburgh tonight

1:17:181:17:21

and in other cities,

despite winds of 80 miles an hour

1:17:211:17:24

threatening to cause disruption.

1:17:241:17:26

Three days of growing

anti-government protests in Iran

1:17:261:17:28

have turned violent.

1:17:281:17:29

Two demonstrators are reported

to have been shot dead.

1:17:291:17:42

We mentioned those stiff breezes,

the strong winds that will be

1:17:421:17:45

expected.

1:17:451:17:46

Here's Matt with a look

at this morning's weather.

1:17:461:17:50

Good morning. It isn't all bad news,

that he is, the weather will have an

1:17:501:17:55

impact on those of you trying to

travel across country, particularly

1:17:551:17:58

across Northern

1:17:581:17:59

travel across country, particularly

across Northern Ireland and southern

1:17:591:18:00

Scotland. This is where the Met

Office's and the warning is in

1:18:001:18:03

place, there will be some travel

disruption and may be minor damage

1:18:031:18:07

and the winds, close to 80 mile an

hour gusts in some areas. It is all

1:18:071:18:15

linked to Storm Dylan, this little

book of cloud has been developing

1:18:151:18:19

through the night and you can see

the core of that is just about to

1:18:191:18:22

spread its way into the west of --

hook. Scotland on the southern flank

1:18:221:18:26

of it you can see the strong wind,

northern Ireland to the next couple

1:18:261:18:30

of hours the peak in the wind

strength, maybe 80 mile an hour

1:18:301:18:34

gust, 70 or 80 through the morning

and parts of southern Scotland,

1:18:341:18:37

maybe even the central belt. But

widely southern Scotland Northern

1:18:371:18:40

Ireland and into northern England

gust over 60 miles an hour and not

1:18:401:18:44

as windy in northern Scotland, they

have rain, sleet and hill snow to

1:18:441:18:48

content with and it will be cloudy,

wind picking up into the afternoon.

1:18:481:18:53

Also, it will ease. Showers in

northern Ireland but not a huge

1:18:531:18:57

amount of wood weather a rounded

northern England, a dry start to

1:18:571:19:03

many, wild conditions there but the

rain is lingering by 9am to South

1:19:031:19:06

and East of London whereas further

west brighter conditions developing

1:19:061:19:10

for a while. The sunshine for a

time, Wales and south-west, but we

1:19:101:19:15

will see some showers developing,

heavy and thundery later on. Winds

1:19:151:19:20

will ease across Scotland, Northern

Ireland and northern England into

1:19:201:19:22

the afternoon but remaining Tostaree

for many and it will bring showers

1:19:221:19:26

and to many western areas of the

second half of New Year's Eve.

1:19:261:19:29

Eastern areas a little bit more dry

and bright with some sunshine but a

1:19:291:19:33

call today than yesterday,

temperatures down a few degrees,

1:19:331:19:36

leading us into a call evening, take

a warm jacket and some of you,

1:19:361:19:40

waterproof. Showers across England

and Wales, some dry this evening,

1:19:401:19:45

Edinburgh, Newcastle you may get

away with it, throughout the evening

1:19:451:19:48

but it will still chilly as the

winds eases down. It takes us into

1:19:481:19:52

New Year's Day, a little bit of a

fine day with a weather system which

1:19:521:19:56

will bring some stormy weather to

France the new state but a question

1:19:561:20:00

as to whether it comes as far north.

It is set to bring Wayne go for rain

1:20:001:20:04

and dusty winds. Elsewhere, sunny

spells, showers to Scotland,

1:20:041:20:10

Northern Ireland, spreading into

northern England and Wales is to go

1:20:101:20:13

into the afternoon but all of you

will see some sunshine at some point

1:20:131:20:17

in years eight, a fresh and rather

cool breeze, planned to your

1:20:171:20:21

festivities tonight. Tuesday, the

first working day of the new year, a

1:20:211:20:27

bright and frosty rain coming from

west to east, some snow as well for

1:20:271:20:32

a time across Scotland on the hills.

Back to you, Roger. Thank you, that.

1:20:321:20:37

Let's catch up with the sport

quickly and Kat is here this

1:20:371:20:41

morning. Jose Mourinho not a happy

man? Not at all, there was a time

1:20:411:20:46

when he believed that his side

should be given a penalty then maybe

1:20:461:20:50

they would have been able to beat

Southampton but as it was it was a

1:20:501:20:55

goalless draw so once again,

Manchester United dropping points.

1:20:551:21:00

That is the moment behind where he

realised he wasn't going to get the

1:21:001:21:06

penalty he sighs deserves but tough

times I think for Manchester United

1:21:061:21:10

and Manchester City obviously

streaking away with it at the top of

1:21:101:21:13

the Premier League.

1:21:131:21:14

So Jose Mourinho isn't a happy man

and his Manchester United side have

1:21:141:21:18

now lost further ground

on the league leaders

1:21:181:21:20

Manchester City after a goalless

draw against Southampton.

1:21:201:21:22

Chelsea have overtaken them

and moved up to second

1:21:221:21:25

with their 5-0 thrashing of Stoke,

which is where Alex South

1:21:251:21:27

starts his round-up

of yesterday's action.

1:21:271:21:29

Chelsea rounded off

2017 in some style.

1:21:291:21:31

COMMENTATOR:

Oh, brilliant!

1:21:311:21:33

The champions demolished Stoke City

5-0 to make it five wins

1:21:331:21:36

from their last six games and push

Stoke further towards trouble.

1:21:361:21:43

Today, we finished a great year -

a great year for us.

1:21:431:21:51

For my players, for the club,

for the fans, especially for me

1:21:511:21:54

because in my first experience

in a new league in England,

1:21:541:22:00

and to win the title is not easy.

1:22:001:22:03

Conte's team now trail leaders

Manchester City by 13 points,

1:22:031:22:06

but are up to second,

courtesy of Manchester United

1:22:061:22:08

failing to defeat Southampton.

1:22:081:22:11

It wasn't a good day

for Jose Mourinho as he saw

1:22:111:22:14

Romelu Lukaku stretchered off early

on, and later saw the referee wave

1:22:141:22:18

away what he thought

was a certain penalty.

1:22:181:22:26

Liverpool were up to fourth

as Mohamed Salah scored his 16th

1:22:261:22:29

and 17th league goals of the season

to help the Reds come from behind

1:22:291:22:33

to win against Leicester.

1:22:331:22:34

to win against Leicester.

1:22:341:22:35

The only negative being that Salah

limped off later on.

1:22:351:22:38

At the other end of the table,

there was plenty of late drama -

1:22:381:22:42

Bournemouth scored an 88th minute

winner against Everton to move out

1:22:421:22:45

of the bottom three,

and Swansea left it even later

1:22:451:22:48

as they completed a remarkable

turnaround against Watford,

1:22:481:22:50

scoring in the 86th

and 90th minutes.

1:22:501:22:55

Sacked last week by

Sheffield Wednesday,

1:22:551:22:58

celebrating his new side's

victory six days later,

1:22:581:23:01

Carlos Carvalhal will tell you that

a week is a long time in football,

1:23:011:23:04

let alone a year.

1:23:041:23:09

Alex Howes, BBC News.

1:23:091:23:10

Details of all yesterday's results

are on the BBC Sport website.

1:23:101:23:13

There's two matches today -

leaders Manchester City can go 16

1:23:131:23:16

points clear if they

beat Crystal Palace.

1:23:161:23:18

Celtic go into the winter break 8

points clear of second-placed

1:23:181:23:21

Aberdeen after the Old Firm

derby ended in stalemate.

1:23:211:23:25

Brendan Rodgers' side had the best

of the game in the first half

1:23:251:23:29

with Scott Sinclair twice

missing good chances.

1:23:291:23:30

But in the second half,

Rangers were denied by some

1:23:301:23:33

brilliant saves from Craig Gordon.

1:23:331:23:35

They stay in third, 11

points behind the leaders.

1:23:351:23:37

Elsewhere there were wins

for Hamilton, Partick and Dundee.

1:23:371:23:47

Remarkable stuff coming up.

1:23:471:23:48

Serena Williams was back

on a tennis court yesterday,

1:23:481:23:51

less than four months after giving

birth to her daughter.

1:23:511:23:54

She was playing in an exhibition

match in Abu Dhabi against

1:23:541:23:56

the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.

1:23:561:23:58

Williams lost the match

on a tiebreak but said

1:23:581:24:00

she was really proud

of being able to compete.

1:24:001:24:03

She hadn't played since winning her

23rd major singles title

1:24:031:24:05

at January's Australian Open,

which she won while eight weeks

1:24:051:24:08

pregnant.

1:24:081:24:15

Give that woman some kind of metal!

1:24:151:24:18

-- medal.

1:24:181:24:19

Ben Stokes won't be flying out

to Australia with England's One Day

1:24:191:24:22

squad as he continues to await news

of any possible charges against him

1:24:221:24:25

squad as he continues to await news

of any possible charges against him

1:24:251:24:26

from the Crown Prosecution Service

following an incident outside

1:24:261:24:28

a Bristol nightclub in September.

1:24:281:24:30

Stokes was named in the squad

for the games, which begin

1:24:301:24:33

after the fifth and final

Test match in Sydney,

1:24:331:24:35

but it's now thought highly unlikely

he will be involved in the series.

1:24:351:24:39

-- Phil 'the Power' Taylor

will go for his 17th world

1:24:391:24:42

title tomorrow night.

1:24:421:24:43

He beat Jamie Lewis

in the semifinals of the PDC World

1:24:431:24:45

Championship.

1:24:451:24:46

But he'll have to beat Rob Cross,

the man who pulled off a major shock

1:24:461:24:50

in the other semifinal to knock out

the reigning champion and world

1:24:501:24:53

number one Michael van Gerwen.

1:24:531:24:55

Van Gerwen missed six darts to win,

and the 20th seed came back to win

1:24:551:24:59

it in the deciding leg of the 11th

set at gone midnight.

1:24:591:25:02

It's the first time Cross has played

at the PDC Championship.

1:25:021:25:05

I was looking on, the match went on

past midnight, I didn't stay up to

1:25:051:25:09

watch it. Phil Taylor was his hero

and he could spoil the fairy tale.

1:25:091:25:13

Twitter was going crazy! Thank you,.

1:25:131:25:14

Thank

1:25:141:25:15

You're watching

Breakfast from BBC News.

1:25:151:25:16

It's 7:25.

1:25:161:25:17

Time now for a look

at the newspapers.

1:25:171:25:19

Historian Mike Finn is here to tell

us what's caught their eye.

1:25:191:25:22

Good morning. We will speak to you

in a minute. The Sunday Times front

1:25:221:25:28

pages is about the security minister

Ben Wallace, the comments we've been

1:25:281:25:32

reporting on internet firms not

doing enough to tackle terrorism.

1:25:321:25:35

The Mail on Sunday ran a story about

the plan for a special volunteer

1:25:351:25:39

force to man isolated ports around

the country. And the Mirror lead to

1:25:391:25:45

the pitch of a newborn, this is

Dylan, his grandfather was killed in

1:25:451:25:50

the Manchester bombing, he was born

just before Christmas. And finally

1:25:501:25:55

the Telegraph has a story, a warning

to shoppers about credit card fees

1:25:551:25:59

to backfire on shoppers. Mike is

here. Good to see you. New Year's

1:25:591:26:06

Eve. What have we got? Something

about women who, if they want to

1:26:061:26:14

have a career, they should have a

husband is happy to stay at home?

1:26:141:26:18

This is story that comes from the

incoming head of the girl school

1:26:181:26:23

association, she has said that if

some of her pupils want to enjoy a

1:26:231:26:29

full throttle career and become

leaders than they maybe should look

1:26:291:26:32

for a house husband. It isn't quite

as straightforward, comments are

1:26:321:26:38

generally for gender equality and

that really, we need to have a

1:26:381:26:41

mature conversation about how we

giving up responsibilities at home.

1:26:411:26:44

Which is quite right.

She has five

children and also says she has a

1:26:441:26:50

house hunt owned and it also says

she has a motorbike as well which is

1:26:501:26:54

a fantastic photograph.

It gives

them a full throttle headline.

Yes,

1:26:541:27:01

but perhaps it was crew died in

there. She is saying that we have

1:27:011:27:06

these mature conversation, it isn't

a straightforward as saying actually

1:27:061:27:09

it should be women stay at home, men

stay at home, it is an issue about

1:27:091:27:15

how we giving up responsibilities in

a way that enables the family to

1:27:151:27:18

have what it wants and in

Scandinavia they do things

1:27:181:27:21

differently to ours and really, the

X factor she is talking about, the

1:27:211:27:27

worklife balance and how do you

manage it?

Increasingly they are

1:27:271:27:31

duds who stay at home and their

wives, they are able to go out. --

1:27:311:27:36

dads.

I think the issue she raises

rightly is the continuing cultural

1:27:361:27:43

stereotype that men themselves often

internalise about what is

1:27:431:27:45

appropriate for them to do and

clearly they have made progress in

1:27:451:27:49

the country beyond that but there is

still some way to go which she is

1:27:491:27:53

making the point.

Dozens of Cornish

people sold into slavery have been

1:27:531:27:56

forgotten, in the Telegraph.

I

should declare an interest, this is

1:27:561:28:01

a colleague of mine, it has been

undertaking a study looking at the

1:28:011:28:07

history of piracy in Cornwall in the

south-west and story here is as you

1:28:071:28:11

know, in the 17 and 18th centuries

the Barbary pirates used to raid

1:28:111:28:15

Cornish and south-western maritime

communities, used to take people

1:28:151:28:20

physically into slavery to be sold

in North Africa in the slave markets

1:28:201:28:24

and the point is these communities

are largely forgotten about, the

1:28:241:28:29

tradition of that, and the community

has been missed. What they are

1:28:291:28:35

trying to do is restorative records,

they are incredible, there are

1:28:351:28:39

mentioned about families in the

records pleading for money from

1:28:391:28:43

authorities to pay ransoms and I

think at a time when the government

1:28:431:28:47

has been very strong on modern

slavery in terms of legislation

1:28:471:28:50

against it to try to pursue

prosecutions against it and trot

1:28:501:28:53

seeing the return of slave markets

in North Africa in the wake of

1:28:531:28:56

failed states, this kind of tangible

study of its impact in the UK

1:28:561:29:00

communities may seem an unfamiliar

history, a bit more poignant

1:29:001:29:06

bringing it to life.

Just a quick

one, it will be back in one hour

1:29:061:29:10

when we are on the BBC News Channel.

Social media in the country, we have

1:29:101:29:15

heard a lot about alternative facts

and fake news and most of them admit

1:29:151:29:19

they don't check sources before

sharing.

But how many of us are

1:29:191:29:22

guilty? I imagine you are not in

your job at the rest of us, perhaps.

1:29:221:29:27

This is a study from the Syria

campaign, it is looking at whether

1:29:271:29:34

or not social media users are savvy,

are they and minimal to the

1:29:341:29:38

influence white box or foreign

governments, and the reality is that

1:29:381:29:43

he would have caught up as a society

with the technology we have, we used

1:29:431:29:47

it as read the papers and now we

don't. -- bots. We're not ready to

1:29:471:29:51

outsource our faculties yet.

As we

said you cannot believe everything

1:29:511:29:54

you read in the papers but you

certainly cannot believe everything

1:29:541:29:58

you see on the internet. Like, thank

you. We will have more from you

1:29:581:30:02

later. Stay with us, headlines the

way.

1:30:021:30:07

-- Stay with us,

headlines coming up.

1:30:071:30:27

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Roger Johnson.

1:30:271:30:32

Good morning, here's a summary

of today's main stories from BBC

1:30:321:30:35

News.

1:30:351:30:36

Winds of up to 80 miles an hour

and a series of rail strikes

1:30:361:30:40

are threatening to cause disruption

as the UK prepares to see

1:30:401:30:43

in the New Year.

1:30:431:30:44

Members of the RMT union

are staging a 24-hour walkout

1:30:441:30:47

which will affect passengers

on CrossCountry and South Western

1:30:471:30:49

Railways.

1:30:491:30:55

Services from London Waterloo,

the UK's busiest station,

1:30:551:30:57

are also affected.

1:30:571:30:58

With hundreds of thousands of people

expected to take part

1:30:581:31:01

in celebrations, security services

and the police are urging people

1:31:011:31:04

to be vigilant.

1:31:041:31:05

Depite four terror attacks this

year, there will be fewer officers

1:31:051:31:08

on duty in London at

the New Year's Eve fireworks

1:31:081:31:11

but Scotland Yard says the numbers

are "proportionate" and reflect

1:31:111:31:13

the threat level, which

remains at "severe".

1:31:131:31:16

In some parts of the UK celebrations

for the New Year are already well

1:31:161:31:20

underway, not least in Edinburgh.

1:31:201:31:22

Last night, the city's

Hogmanay festival opened

1:31:221:31:23

with a torchlight procession

through it's historic streets.

1:31:231:31:26

More than 17,000 torchbearers

took part in the event,

1:31:261:31:37

including 30 Vikings who had

travelled down from Shetland

1:31:371:31:39

for the celebrations.

1:31:391:31:40

The Security Minister Ben Wallace

has said the government should

1:31:401:31:43

consider taxing internet firms,

unless they are more willing

1:31:431:31:45

to co-operate in tackling the threat

of terrorism in the UK.

1:31:451:31:48

In an interview in The Sunday Times,

1:31:481:31:50

Mr Wallace said technology fims that

refused the security services access

1:31:501:31:53

to encrypted messages

were "turning the internet

1:31:531:31:56

into an anarchic, violent space."

1:31:561:32:00

(ANI) Adding "We should stop

pretending that because they sit

1:32:001:32:05

-- Adding "We should stop pretending

that because they sit

1:32:081:32:11

on beanbags in T-shirts they are not

ruthless profiteers."

1:32:111:32:13

Google and Facebook are yet

to respond to the remarks.

1:32:131:32:16

Two demonstrators are reported

to have been shot dead in Iran

1:32:161:32:19

as anti-government protests spread

throughout the country,

1:32:191:32:22

reaching the capital, Tehran.

1:32:221:32:23

The wave of unrest

which began last week,

1:32:231:32:25

is the most serious since

the authorities suppressed months

1:32:251:32:28

of protests in 2009.

1:32:281:32:29

Demonstrators have been heard

shouting slogans in support

1:32:291:32:31

of the Shah and the Iranian royal

family for the first time

1:32:311:32:34

since the Islamic

Revolution 40 years ago.

1:32:341:32:47

That is a must on BBC One. We will

be on the BBC News Channel until

1:32:471:32:52

nine o'clock.

1:32:521:32:55

Anne Marie Tasker and Kofi Smiles

look back at the highlights of Hull

1:32:551:32:58

2017 and find out what impact this

year long festival of arts

1:32:581:33:01

and culture has had on the city.

1:33:011:33:45

That was amazing.

1:34:241:34:25

That was how we started this

season, Made in Hull.

1:34:251:34:30

2017 really did start with a bang.

1:34:451:34:47

With 3.5 tonnes of fireworks.

1:34:471:34:48

And Made in Hull, a spectacular

light show telling the story

1:34:481:34:52

of the city and its people.

1:34:521:34:54

What do you think to this

unbelievable display?

1:34:541:34:58

I thought it was amazing.

1:34:581:35:00

Absolutely fabulous.

1:35:001:35:00

I've got family in Canada

and they're watching it live now.

1:35:001:35:03

I'm from London and I think

if this was in London...

1:35:031:35:06

I can't explain, the reaction

you get is absolutely fantastic.

1:35:061:35:14

It's amazing.

1:35:141:35:17

Fantastic, I thought it was really

very moving, very emotional.

1:35:171:35:20

I am from Brazil and I spent two

New Years in Copacabana and it's

1:35:201:35:23

the same quality here.

1:35:231:35:26

It's amazing.

1:35:261:35:27

I am so proud of Hull.

1:35:271:35:29

It's absolutely amazing.

1:35:291:35:33

At the centrepiece of a season

called Made in Hull,

1:35:331:35:36

something that was.

1:35:361:35:46

A huge wind turbine blade,

handmade at the city's

1:35:461:35:49

Siemens factory.

1:35:491:35:49

An incredible 75 metres long,

and to put that into some

1:35:491:35:52

perspective, I am about six foot

so I would fit along this 41 times.

1:35:521:36:04

That's a lot of Kofi.

1:36:041:36:06

Getting it in was a big job.

1:36:061:36:10

50 lamp posts, traffic lights

and barriers were taken down

1:36:101:36:13

for its four hour journey

from factory to city centre.

1:36:131:36:16

And it drew in the crowds -

one in five people who came to see

1:36:161:36:20

it were from outside

Hull and East Yorkshire.

1:36:201:36:22

Caroline Quentin and Mark Addy

starred in the world premiere

1:36:221:36:25

of The Hypocrite.

1:36:251:36:28

I've spent the last two days running

round inside a cardboard box

1:36:321:36:35

which represents a commode,

for reasons too complicated

1:36:351:36:38

to go into.

1:36:381:36:47

The play was by award winning

Hull-born writer Richard Bean

1:36:471:36:50

and told the story of Hull's role

in the start of the English Civil

1:36:501:36:59

War.

1:36:591:36:59

Shutting the city's

gate on the king.

1:36:591:37:01

Who will make the first advance?

1:37:011:37:03

I'm really looking forward

to the people of Hull

1:37:031:37:05

seeing this play.

1:37:051:37:11

There's so much great stuff in it.

1:37:111:37:13

Some of the jokes,

they are so deeply entrenched

1:37:131:37:17

in the culture here,

they are going to love it.

1:37:171:37:20

The show had the theatre's biggest

cast, biggest set and spectacular

1:37:201:37:23

special effects, and it won

a new audience, one third of them

1:37:231:37:26

who had never been to

this theatre before.

1:37:261:37:30

February brought

another world premiere.

1:37:301:37:32

6000 Pipes, written by Britain's

most popular living composer,

1:37:321:37:41

Sir Karl Jenkins.

1:37:411:37:42

# There's a Starman waiting

in the sky...#

Weeks later

1:37:421:37:50

the orchestra made way for one

of David Bowie's old bandmates,

1:37:501:37:54

the Spider from Mars,

Woody Woodmansey.

1:37:541:37:58

The last surviving member

of the band from Hull performed

1:37:581:38:00

the Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust

album live and in full

1:38:001:38:03

for the first time ever.

1:38:031:38:05

It is somewhere that Bowie

wanted to play himself.

1:38:051:38:07

He knew we were from here.

1:38:071:38:16

So to come back now, to Hull

the City Of Culture is amazing.

1:38:161:38:24

Made in Hull also celebrated

pioneering women of the City Of

1:38:241:38:27

Culture.

1:38:271:38:28

From the world's first woman

conductor to the first women's world

1:38:281:38:42

boxing champion Barbara Buttrick.

1:38:421:38:43

I think all this talk about girls

not boxing is old-fashioned.

1:38:431:38:46

Girls aren't the delicate

flowers they used to be

1:38:461:38:49

and anyhow my boyfriend

doesn't mind.

1:38:491:38:50

Art's original bad girl

from her performance art collective

1:38:501:38:53

and one of Hull's most famous

daughters, Maureen Lipman,

1:38:531:38:55

on inspiring the next generation.

1:38:551:38:59

If there's one kid out

there watching, who thinks,

1:38:591:39:02

"God, if that white-haired woman

with spectacles can be on telly,

1:39:021:39:05

so can I."

1:39:051:39:09

And even if you are not famous

and from Hull you could pretend

1:39:091:39:12

to be, as photography show

Hollywood Icons let people take

1:39:121:39:15

on the favourite film roles.

1:39:151:39:19

And there were other

ways to get involved,

1:39:191:39:23

people choosing coloured filters

for their flats as part of this

1:39:231:39:26

community project, called

I Wish To Communicate With You.

1:39:261:39:29

I think is brilliant,

it makes you feel good that

1:39:291:39:32

you are part of the City Of Culture.

1:39:321:39:36

By March nine out of ten

people in Hull had been

1:39:361:39:39

to a City Of Culture event

and with 60 community projects

1:39:391:39:42

in 2017, many were even taking part.

1:39:421:39:44

That was one of the community

projects put together by people

1:39:441:39:48

from Hull for people from Hull.

1:39:481:39:53

Really a great way to

get everyone involved.

1:39:531:39:55

The woman who masterminded

it is Sharon Darley.

1:39:551:39:59

Sharon, before 2017 some people

might have thought art is not

1:39:591:40:02

for me, is just for

the cultural elite.

1:40:021:40:04

Has this project changed that?

1:40:041:40:05

Yes!

1:40:051:40:09

In what ways, what have you seen?

1:40:091:40:11

The whole year has changed that,

the project we were involved

1:40:111:40:14

with definitely helped

oil the wheels.

1:40:141:40:16

What changes have you seen,

just explain to people who don't

1:40:161:40:26

know Hull, the problems

in the estate where you started that

1:40:261:40:30

work.

1:40:301:40:33

Lots of the usual inner-city

challenges, lack of employment,

1:40:331:40:36

lack of prospects.

1:40:361:40:38

Lack of aspiration sometimes.

1:40:381:40:40

Although I like to say that I work

with a really creative,

1:40:401:40:43

innovative, funny community.

1:40:431:40:44

Do you think 2017

has drawn that out?

1:40:441:40:46

I think so, and it

doesn't take a lot.

1:40:461:40:48

How can you keep these things going,

for the people who might not

1:40:481:40:52

have the time or the money to go

to theatre or the art gallery?

1:40:521:40:56

I'm going to say the L Word, legacy.

1:40:561:40:58

This year is a beautiful launch pad.

1:40:581:41:01

It is now up to us to keep it

going and going and make it,

1:41:011:41:05

if it is around for a long time,

the more chance you've got

1:41:051:41:09

of seeing stuff.

1:41:091:41:15

Sharon, thank you so much.

1:41:151:41:17

And there were so many more

community events stretching

1:41:171:41:19

into season two called

Roots and Routes.

1:41:191:41:21

My favourite was seeing

Katy Perry at Big Weekend,

1:41:211:41:25

she was for me one of

the highlights of season two.

1:41:251:41:28

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE).

1:41:281:41:34

Season two looked to Hull's

place in the world.

1:41:421:41:45

And you don't get much more

global than Katy Perry.

1:41:451:41:48

Dozens of stellar pop acts came

to Burton Constable near Hull

1:42:021:42:05

for Radio 1's Big Weekend.

1:42:051:42:10

In a festival environment just

outside of Hull is crazy.

1:42:101:42:12

It is so cool.

1:42:121:42:18

To have this on your doorstep.

1:42:181:42:19

We keep running into people we know.

1:42:191:42:21

It is like all the city

in a big place.

1:42:211:42:23

Just from the crowd you can always

tell what type of energy is out

1:42:261:42:30

there, and it sounds like people

really appreciate the music,

1:42:301:42:33

it seems like a real freedom here.

1:42:331:42:35

Music should be somewhere

where people can come together no

1:42:351:42:38

matter what background you are from.

1:42:381:42:39

We need music to connect and I don't

think that should ever be something

1:42:391:42:43

people are afraid

to come together for.

1:42:431:42:45

We saw Stormzy earlier.

1:42:451:42:47

Are you a grime fan?

1:42:491:42:54

I'm interested in the grime scene,

and he's one of the best.

1:42:541:42:57

I saw Little Mi earlier,

they are trained, they are in

1:42:571:43:02

the dressing room next to mine

and their vocal warm-ups

1:43:021:43:05

were quite impressive.

1:43:051:43:06

I don't think I can nail that.

1:43:061:43:11

I'm going to stay at

the French level, below that.

1:43:111:43:17

But that was not the only

festival in town.

1:43:171:43:33

North Atlantic Flux celebrated

Hull's historic ties to Scandinavia

1:43:331:43:35

and was created by the

musician John Grant.

1:43:351:43:40

Hull is a place that has been

on my radar for some time,

1:43:401:43:43

several of the artists I admire have

connections to Hull.

1:43:431:43:46

I think you will see what Hull has

to offer and also things

1:43:461:43:50

from the North Atlantic,

it is quite Scandinavian.

1:43:501:43:56

Another event with sound

at its heart, Height of the Reeds

1:43:561:43:59

was a sonic journey

across the iconic Humber Bridge.

1:43:591:44:11

The Swans bend their necks

backwards to see God.

1:44:111:44:16

They know the magnetism

of the blue space.

1:44:161:44:19

Listening through headphones,

they are hearing a piece of work

1:44:191:44:23

which combines poetry with sounds

of the bridge as it creaks and sways

1:44:231:44:26

in the wind.

1:44:261:44:27

Opera North's chorus and orchestra

married with sound recordings

1:44:271:44:30

of the bridge itself.

1:44:301:44:31

Look up!

1:44:311:44:31

And a Hull schoolgirl

who guided the audience.

1:44:311:44:35

It will be weird hearing myself,

but it will be pretty cool.

1:44:351:44:44

Australian company Circa brought

circus, dance and sound

1:44:441:44:46

to a Hull graveyard.

1:44:461:44:50

A horse, horse, my

kingdom for a horse!

1:44:501:44:56

And more world-class

theatre with Matt Fraser

1:44:561:44:58

in Shakespeare's Richard III.

1:44:581:45:06

I'm a deformed actor playing

a deformed character for the first

1:45:061:45:09

time in Britain, which is

extraordinary that it should be

1:45:091:45:11

the first but exciting

that I get to do it.

1:45:111:45:21

Thousands came to see

the Weeping Window poppies on tour

1:45:211:45:23

from the Tower of London.

1:45:231:45:27

And revealed in more ways than one,

more than 3000 people from around

1:45:271:45:31

the world who took

part in Sea of Hull.

1:45:311:45:38

In April they saw the final artwork

by Spencer Tunick unveiled

1:45:381:45:41

in the gallery.

1:45:411:45:42

I'm about there.

1:45:421:45:43

You have only one

life, just live it.

1:45:431:45:45

I don't care if anyone

sees me or not.

1:45:451:45:48

# I've got the eye of the Tiger,

a fighter, dancing through

1:45:481:45:51

the fire #.

1:45:511:45:54

Big Weekend was a highlight

of season two, the perfect warm up

1:45:541:45:58

for a season of festivals

in the City Of Culture.

1:45:581:46:10

We are now halfway through the year

and it is clear that Hull is getting

1:46:101:46:14

pretty good at putting

on unexpected, innovative

1:46:141:46:16

and exciting events like this

installation, and that

1:46:161:46:18

that is changing

perceptions of the city.

1:46:181:46:22

It was not that long ago when Hull

was voted Britain's Crappest Town,

1:46:221:46:25

but if you look in the papers today

you will see that is no

1:46:251:46:29

longer the case.

1:46:291:46:30

And with a summer packed full

of events to come things got

1:46:301:46:33

better and better.

1:46:331:46:36

One, two, three!

1:46:431:46:44

# What are you thinking?

1:46:441:46:46

Summer was a season of festivals.

1:46:461:46:48

More than 100 local bands

at the Humber Street Sesh.

1:46:481:47:00

We are sitting on an amazing wealth

of talent in this region and I think

1:47:001:47:04

it is about time the rest

of the country was aware of it.

1:47:041:47:11

The tenth annual Freedom Festival,

with a lecture from former UN

1:47:111:47:14

Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

1:47:141:47:20

Art and culture is very

much part of life.

1:47:201:47:23

It brings people together.

1:47:231:47:24

They may not understand

what the artist is saying,

1:47:241:47:27

but they stop and look at it

and question something

1:47:271:47:29

within themselves.

1:47:291:47:33

The city's first ever children's

literature festival,

1:47:331:47:35

the Big Malarkey.

1:47:351:47:41

They all live at number 41

Fairfield Road, and their next-door

1:47:411:47:44

neighbour is Mr Nigel McNumpty,

who is a grizzly bear.

1:47:441:47:50

And Hull was even on show

at the world's largest arts

1:47:501:47:53

festival, the Edinburgh Fringe.

1:47:531:47:56

We are here representing

Hull, which is the UK

1:47:561:47:59

City Of Culture this year.

1:47:591:48:03

The Proms came here outside London

for the first time in more

1:48:031:48:06

than 80 years.

1:48:061:48:08

And Hull hosted the first

ever UK pride parade,

1:48:081:48:11

marking 50 years since the partial

decriminalisation of homosexuality.

1:48:111:48:19

We're bust to bust.

1:48:191:48:20

Yes, bust to bust, yeah,

after all these years.

1:48:201:48:22

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

1:48:221:48:26

As part of LGBT 50, Radio 2

to brought the I Feel Love

1:48:261:48:29

concert to town.

1:48:291:48:33

Today, I feel really reflective

and I feel I kind of stand

1:48:331:48:37

on the shoulders of great

people who have done -

1:48:371:48:39

you know, like, Marc Almond's here.

1:48:391:48:41

I mean, that's just like,

he's an amazing artist an amazing

1:48:411:48:44

advocate for LGBT people.

1:48:441:48:46

Alison Moyer, amazing.

1:48:461:48:48

So it's just why would I not say No

to be in the company

1:48:481:48:52

of those people?

1:48:521:48:53

Hello from Hull, the

2017 City of Culture.

1:48:531:48:56

Hull took over the airwaves

again in September with

1:48:561:48:58

Contains Strong Language,

a festival celebrating poetry

1:48:581:49:00

and spoken word.

1:49:001:49:06

What is exciting is to see the Hull

acts and the Hull language

1:49:061:49:10

taking its place

on this global stage.

1:49:101:49:11

Here, domes and statues.

1:49:111:49:14

Spires and cranes cluster.

1:49:141:49:18

You mentioned before

about Philip Larkin and Andrew

1:49:181:49:20

Marvell.

1:49:201:49:21

Yeah.

1:49:211:49:21

Reading both of them today,

who is Hull's best?

1:49:211:49:24

Oh.

1:49:241:49:27

Do you know, I never compare -

I never compare lovers,

1:49:271:49:30

I never compare poets.

1:49:301:49:31

I mean, I never compare music.

1:49:311:49:32

It's just different.

1:49:321:49:33

I'm glad we don't have

Oscars for poets -

1:49:331:49:36

I mean, it's ridiculous

enough for actors.

1:49:361:49:38

Then there was the weird

and wonderful - Bill Bailey invented

1:49:381:49:41

tales about strange items

in his cabinet of curiosities

1:49:411:49:44

at Hull's Maritime Museum.

1:49:441:49:49

Do you think you are the first

comedian to have curated

1:49:491:49:52

a museum exhibition?

1:49:521:49:53

I don't know.

1:49:531:49:57

I'm gonna say yes.

1:49:571:49:58

It certainly seems like

new ground, doesn't it?

1:49:581:50:00

I've decided!

1:50:001:50:01

In the spirit of this exhibition,

yes, I, Bill Bailey,

1:50:011:50:04

Bill of Bailey, am the first

comedian to curate an exhibition

1:50:041:50:07

of this kind anywhere in the world.

1:50:071:50:10

And an immersive experience like no

other, from high-tech shopping,

1:50:101:50:13

being captured by the police

of 1980 South Korea,

1:50:131:50:16

in a performance

called One Day Maybe.

1:50:161:50:25

If I don't make it out,

tell my Mum, Dad, sisters,

1:50:251:50:28

brothers that you can't

touch my stuff.

1:50:281:50:30

Oh, what?

1:50:301:50:31

Did you see that?

1:50:311:50:33

He knows I'm watching!

1:50:331:50:35

And one of the season's highlights,

a special gala performance

1:50:351:50:38

by the world-famous Royal Ballet.

1:50:381:50:39

Its principals joined a handful

of top ballet dancers who had

1:50:391:50:43

all taken their first lessons

at Skelton Hooper School

1:50:431:50:45

of Dance in Hull.

1:50:451:50:48

So many wanted tickets,

5,000 people watched on screens

1:50:481:50:50

in a nearby park.

1:50:501:51:03

The gala showing off the great

dancers who started their journey

1:51:031:51:08

to the top in the City Of Culture.

1:51:081:51:16

APPLAUSE.

1:51:161:51:18

Well, you may have noticed

in there some of the army of 2,500

1:51:181:51:21

turquoise-coated volunteers

who are working for City Of Culture.

1:51:211:51:24

And joining us is -

this is special, we have three

1:51:241:51:27

generations of volunteers,

Leanne, Sheila, and Karen.

1:51:271:51:30

Now, how many hours of volunteering

have you put in this

1:51:301:51:33

year between you?

1:51:331:51:37

We've put in just under 1,300

hours of volunteering.

1:51:371:51:39

1,300?

1:51:391:51:39

Between the three of you?

1:51:391:51:42

Between the three of us.

1:51:421:51:43

Incredible.

1:51:431:51:43

And what have been your highlights?

1:51:431:51:45

Mine was One Day Maybe,

which I absolutely adored.

1:51:451:51:47

It was a long shift

but certainly worth the effort.

1:51:471:51:50

One of mine was the gay parade.

1:51:501:51:52

I really enjoyed that.

1:51:521:51:55

Gay pride?

1:51:551:51:55

Yeah.

1:51:551:51:56

I was lucky enough to be in Flood.

1:51:561:51:58

I was on one of the

floating platforms.

1:51:581:52:00

Oh, brilliant!

1:52:001:52:00

That was fantastic.

1:52:001:52:04

We will be seeing some of that

later in the programme.

1:52:041:52:06

And you'll be sticking

at it next year as well?

1:52:061:52:09

Yes, definitely.

1:52:091:52:10

And longer to come, yeah.

1:52:101:52:12

Yeah, we have really

enjoyed it, everybody.

1:52:121:52:14

We're just like one big family.

1:52:141:52:17

Thank you so much for coming down.

1:52:171:52:19

We are getting to

the end of our review.

1:52:191:52:21

Season four is called

Tell The World.

1:52:211:52:37

The final season of 2017

and the world premieres kept coming.

1:52:371:52:40

Maxine Peake's play,

The Last Testament of

1:52:401:52:42

Lillian Bilocca, told the story

of four Hull women who fought

1:52:421:52:45

the government for better

fisherman safety, and won.

1:52:451:52:50

The winner of this year's

Turner Prize is Lubaina Himid.

1:52:501:53:03

This year's Turner Prize was awarded

in Hull to Lubaina Himid,

1:53:031:53:06

the oldest winner in its history

and the first black woman

1:53:061:53:09

to win the prize.

1:53:091:53:13

Thank you, panel.

1:53:131:53:15

First of all, to the people

who stopped me in the streets

1:53:151:53:18

of Preston and Hull to wish me luck,

thank you, it worked.

1:53:181:53:23

The show at the Ferens Art Gallery

featuring the four short-listed

1:53:231:53:27

artists has drawn huge crowds -

more than double the average it

1:53:271:53:30

usually gets in London -

and already, the most second-visited

1:53:301:53:33

Turner Prize show ever.

1:53:331:53:38

Another treat for visual

art lovers was Hull,

1:53:381:53:41

Portrait of a City.

1:53:411:53:43

Every shot taken by world renowned

photographers Martin Parr

1:53:431:53:46

and Olivia Arthur in

the City Of Culture.

1:53:461:53:51

There you go.

1:53:511:53:52

Brilliant.

1:53:521:53:53

But the contemporary art was not

confined to galleries -

1:53:531:53:55

it took over the city streets

with huge installations like Flow

1:53:551:53:58

and A Hall for Hull.

1:53:581:54:04

And mythical mystical

beasts roamed the streets

1:54:041:54:06

for the Land Of Green

Ginger Unleashed parade -

1:54:061:54:09

the finale of a year of events that

of the artistic spectacle out

1:54:091:54:12

to the city's communities.

1:54:121:54:15

It was fantastic!

1:54:151:54:18

Well worth the wait,

and I want to see it again!

1:54:181:54:22

Oh, it was so good!

1:54:221:54:24

I didn't know what to expect.

1:54:241:54:26

I didn't know it would

be like that, though.

1:54:261:54:28

It was kind of scary

when the people came up to you.

1:54:281:54:31

It's what we've needed,

it's what the city's wanted,

1:54:311:54:34

and it just shows with the amount

of people who are here

1:54:341:54:37

that we all wanted it, you know?

1:54:371:54:39

Long may it continue.

1:54:391:54:40

Art even found its way

into hospital.

1:54:401:54:42

The footprint of every baby born

in Hull has been taken during 2017,

1:54:421:54:46

and along with the midwife's hand

print, they've made a huge mural

1:54:461:54:49

reflecting every new life

in the City Of Culture.

1:54:491:54:56

It's lovely that he was born

in 2017, and the little footprints

1:54:561:54:59

are a great idea.

1:54:591:55:00

I think they will be a gorgeous

little tribute to him and a lovely

1:55:001:55:04

tribute to all the staff as well.

1:55:041:55:09

On October 1, all of Hull's cream

phone boxes rang and the public took

1:55:091:55:13

calls from the future.

1:55:131:55:19

The live experience was part

of We Made Ourselves Over 2097

1:55:191:55:22

and ran alongside five short sci-fi

films and an interactive app.

1:55:221:55:30

And another glimpse of a possible

future came from theatre company

1:55:301:55:33

Slung Low with a year-long

performance called Flood.

1:55:331:55:39

Tell me how I can save

them, save the world!

1:55:391:55:42

The dystopic story imagined Europe

flooded and its citizens

1:55:421:55:45

as refugees.

1:55:451:55:48

Told online, on TV, and in a series

of live performances in one

1:55:481:55:52

of Hull's old docks,

its ambition reflected that

1:55:521:55:54

of Hull's whole year

as City Of Culture.

1:55:541:56:01

That was some of the fantastic

moments from season four's

1:56:011:56:03

Tell the World.

1:56:031:56:05

And the man who made 2017

happen is its director,

1:56:051:56:08

Martin Green.

1:56:081:56:09

When you moved to Hull

three years ago, Martin,

1:56:091:56:12

did you ever imagine that 2017

would be as successful

1:56:121:56:14

as it has been?

1:56:141:56:17

Never in a million years

is the truthful answer.

1:56:171:56:19

I don't think anyone

would have that kind of ego.

1:56:191:56:22

It has been the most extraordinary

year in the life of this great city.

1:56:221:56:26

How would you sum up the changes

that you've seen over that time?

1:56:261:56:30

I think what we have seen here again

is how art is the life force

1:56:301:56:34

of a city and quite apart

from the many events and exhibitions

1:56:341:56:37

and performances, what you have seen

is a re-finding of a city's voice,

1:56:371:56:40

a re-finding of its pride,

and the rediscovery of a city

1:56:401:56:43

by many people who aren't

from this city as well.

1:56:431:56:48

Martin will leave soon and hand over

the reins to new management.

1:56:481:56:51

What is the one thing that

you would like to see carried

1:56:511:56:55

on as legacy from this year?

1:56:551:56:56

I think it's that ambition.

1:56:561:56:58

I think what we've done here this

year is the unexpected,

1:56:581:57:01

you know, really interesting

cultural experiences.

1:57:011:57:02

And I think this city has a great

ambition to be different,

1:57:021:57:06

and if Hull can continue to be

a city of the extraordinary,

1:57:061:57:09

then that would be one of the many

legacies that will come

1:57:091:57:12

from this year.

1:57:121:57:13

Thank you so much, Martin.

1:57:131:57:14

And that's it for our

review of 2017.

1:57:141:57:16

This year has been incredible.

1:57:161:57:18

Can you believe that there's been

at least one event every single day?

1:57:181:57:22

And we have been to most of them!

1:57:221:57:24

And if you want to take a look back,

you can go to our website.

1:57:241:57:28

It's just BBC.co.uk/Hull2017.

1:57:281:57:32

And there's been so much going on,

here are a few bits that we haven't

1:57:321:57:36

managed to squeeze in.

1:57:361:57:37

Bye-bye.

1:57:371:57:37

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