01/01/2018 Breakfast

Hello, happy new Year, this is a

first with Roger Johnson. Huge

crowds gather all over the world to

celebrate the start of 2018. BONG.

Spectacular fireworks and big when

brought into New Year despite

warnings about the weather and

travel problems.

Good morning, it's Monday

the 1st of January.

Elsewhere in the news this morning:

Five British people,

including an 11-year-old girl,

are confirmed to have been killed

when a sea plane crashed

in Australia yesterday.

Firefighters have been battling

a blaze in a multi-storey car park

in Liverpool which has destroyed

up to 1,400 vehicles.

North Korea's leader

says his country's nuclear weapons

are a "reality, not a threat"

and the entire US mainland

is a target.

In sport, the winning run is over.

And it takes an injury time penalty

save to preserve Manchester City's

unbeaten record this season

as they're given a scare

at the Palace.

Happy New Year from BBC Breakfast!

From Parliament Square the final

preparations are under way for the

annual New Year's Day parade with

thousands of performers from around

the world like these guys on Texas!

Fantastic, doing it in style, bright

and early this New Year 's morning.

And Stav has the weather.

Happy New Year. Starting off with a

lot of showers around, wet and windy

in places but we should season

sunshine into the afternoon. The

start of 2018 is looking unsettled

the rest of the week. I will have

more in 15 minutes.

Good morning and happy new year.

First, our main story.

Millions of people around the world

have been celebrating

the start of 2018.

More than 100,000 ticketholders

watched London's midnight firework

show from the banks

of the River Thames,

and Hogmanay celebrations

went ahead in Edinburgh,

despite earlier travel

and weather concerns,

as Simon Clemison reports.

It was one party big Ben really

couldn't miss. BONG. Timings of the

new year despite being silenced at

the moment while repairs are carried

out. Q 12,000 fireworks. Whatever

you did to finish 2017, whatever you

are doing to start 2018, are these

11 minutes and 15 second in the

middle here in London when you look

up and forget to breathe. The

soundtrack dominated by female

artist, the centenary of women

beginning to get the vote one way

this year will be defined. What does

2018 hole to you? Best year ever!

Why is that? A levels, starting our

careers.

We will get into

university.

Do you want to look at

my kilts?

In Scotland, Storm Dylan

had been an unwelcome party guest

during the day but given the

importance of Hogmanay it would take

a lot to spoil the celebrations,

even though winds of more than 70

miles an hour had hit some parts. In

Sydney, another quiet night, the

Harbour bridge somewhere in this pic

just. Rainbow colours, a tribute to

Australia's legalisation of same-sex

marriage in 2017. This city after

city around the world running the

new year, Hong Kong erupted, Athens

glowed. And Moscow sparkled. Still

some countries to go but now New

York has marked the moment, the last

inhabited island American Samoa will

celebrate 25 hours after

neighbouring islands first began the

party.

What the celebrations all around the

world. We have some sad news to

bring you from Australia, five

British citizens who died when a

seaplane crashed on New Year's Eve

has been named. The Australian pilot

also died after crashing into a

river 30 miles north of Sydney. I've

to New South Wales this morning and

Phil Mercer is our correspondent. We

are watching the scene is a

celebration around the world moments

ago but a real sense of tragedy

there this morning.

Yes, it is what the Australian

police have been telling us today,

it is an absolute tragedy that a

family who had travelled halfway

around the world from Britain only

to die in one of the most dutiful

places on the planet. The victims

have been identified as 58-year-old

Richard Cousins, he was a very

successful businessman, chief

executive of compass, the largest

catering group in the world, he was

a former board member of Tesco and

due to retire in March. He died

alongside two sons in their early

and mid- 20s. Also on board, Emma

Bowden, she was Mr cousins Beyonce

and she died alongside her

11-year-old daughter, so the police

trying to establish how and why this

accident could happen on a routine

flight from Jerusalem Bay to Sydney

Harbour -- miss the cut's brother.

Scores of people who had travelled

to Liverpool to celebrate

the New Year have had to spend

the night in a temporary shelter

after a fire in a multi-storey car

park next to the city's Echo arena

destroyed more than 1,000 vehicles.

Steve Saul reports.

The fire is thought to have started

in one vehicle on the third floor of

the car park will stop emergency

services arrived within minutes but

the flames quickly spread to other

floors. Police say 1400 cars had

been destroyed. Up to 4000 people

are thought to have been left

stranded in the city. The arena on

the city 's waterfront was hosting

the Liverpool International horse

show, no spectators or animals had

been injured.

My car.

All of our

belongings in it.

Everything. We

hear from Northern Ireland, my

suitcase, all of my things in it,

all gone.

Merseyside Fire and Rescue

said it is one of the biggest fires

that have ever dealt with with crews

working under challenging conditions

from the outside of the building

because of a real fear of structural

collapse.

The difficulty that we

have is because this is so

deep-seated, is to physically be

able to get into, right into the

middle of the building to put the

fire out which clearly is the extent

of which the fire has taken hold

fair, we will not be able to do that

quite some time, given the

structural stability issues with the

building as well.

Liverpool City

Council are expected to help make

arrangements to get those who have

been left in the city back home

later. Temperate parking

arrangements have been made the

arena operate as normal.

The North Korean leader has said

that he has a nuclear button

-- Britain's trains are the oldest

since current records began,

according to figures

from a transport watchdog.

Passengers are travelling

in carriages which were typically

built in the mid 1990s.

The Office of Rail and Road says

older rolling stock can lead

to problems with reliability

and poorer performance.

The Department for Transport says

4,500 new carriages will be

introduced across Britain by 2024.

The President of Iran

has appealed for calm,

saying people would have the right

to protest but not to commit acts

of violence, amid continuing

anti-government protests.

In his first public comments

since demonstrations

against the government began

on Thursday, Hassan Rouhani warned

that violence and public disorder

would not be tolerated.

TRANSLATION:

The atmosphere for criticism,

protest within a legal framework is

absolutely free but the atmosphere

for destruction and the rest is

definitely not an atmosphere which

people would tolerate.

The North Korean leader has said

that he has a nuclear button

on his desk.

In a defiant New Year message,

Kim Jong-un said the United States

would now never be able to start

a war with North Korea.

Our correspondent Sophie Long

is in the South Korean capital Seoul

Our correspondent Sophie Long

is in the South Korean capital Seoul

for us this morning.

Sophie, will this just be seen

as another in a long line of threats

against the US?

I think in terms of his message, to

the United States, there was nothing

new, and other defined message

saying we have a nuclear capability

that can strike anywhere on

mainland. He also said I have a

nuclear button my desk. Does he have

the capability to strike the US

mainland in the way that he has

posted about? The answer is we don't

know. When he carried out the sixth

and most powerful nuclear test in

September 2017 and he carried out a

test launch of an intercontinental

ballistic missile Mr Bob with

missile which he said could strike

anywhere on the mainland. Whether he

has the ability to miniaturising

nuclear capability and put it on a

missile that can reach the United

States, we don't yet know although

many people and analysts think it

may not be far off doing that. It

was slightly more surprising if he

had a much more consolatory tone

towards South Korea, his neighbour

but also the United States's ally.

He said to them that he was open to

dialogue and debate even consider

sending North Korean athletes to the

Winter Olympics which are due to

take place in South Korea in

February which is important to the

government here, President Moon has

said it to happen he thinks it could

be a turning point in relations with

North Korea.

A small passenger plane has crashed

in a tourist area of Costa Rica,

killing 10 Americans

and two local pilots.

It was travelling to the capital

San Jose from the mountainous region

of Punta Islita, near Bejuco,

an area popular with tourists

on the Pacific coast.

The cause of the crash

is not yet known.

Local reports say five

of the passengers shared

the same surname.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has

paid tribute to emergency workers

in his New Year's Day message.

Justin Welby said 2018 could be

defined either by human suffering

or the compassionate response to it.

Here's our religion

editor Martin Bashir.

To the unrelenting dedication of the

emergency services, Archbishop

Justin Welby chose the London

ambulance headquarters in Waterloo

to deliver his New Year message. And

he began by describing the Terara

attack on nearby London Bridge and

Borough Market.

On the third of June

as the terrifying events unfolded on

London Bridge and in Borough Market,

staff took over the 100 calls from

those caught in the atrocities.

He

went on to catalogue other terror

attacks at Manchester, Westminster,

Finsbury Park and Parsons Green,

along with the tragedy at Grenfell

Tower.

I visited Grenfell Tower

while it was still burning, I

remember the desperation and sorrow.

Alright? Visiting Borough Market six

months after the attack, Justin

Welby witnessed the recovery of a

community that, like others, has

inspired the nation. In concluding

his message, the Archbishop of what

would define us in the year ahead?

Will it be the depth of suffering or

the breadth of compassion? The

darkness or the light of human

kindness?

It is a choice. But not

one we have to make a loan. Jesus

Christ, the light of the world,

weeks for all struggles, works for

our healing, and invites us to walk

in his light. He is right there with

us in the midst of everything. May I

wish you all a very happy New Year.

Martin Bashir, BBC News, Borough

Market, London.

Special coins marking 100-year

anniversaries of women getting

the right to vote and the end

of the First World War

are being released this year.

The Royal Mint will also introduce

ones celebrating 200 years

since the publication

of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

The two-pound coin,

marking the anniversary

of the First World War Armistice,

features a quote from Wilfred Owen's

poem Strange Meeting,

which says "the truth untold,

the pity of war".

That's this morning's main stories.

Good morning to you if you just

joined us and a happy New Year from

all of the team at BBC Breakfast,

the first editions of the papers of

2018 are here of course so let's

take a look at the front pages. What

the fireworks as you would expect on

the front pages. The Guardian has

the view from the Thames, the London

eye and all of the fireworks going

off beyond it. The Daily Telegraph

has textures from, but looks like

Sydney, the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

It is. Red sky at night New Year 's

delight. The main story on the front

of the Daily Telegraph today is

Winter flu plunges hospitals into

chaos. But is their main story. The

Times has a slightly more personal,

a smaller picture I guess, 2018 lit

up a sparklers in Edinburgh by some

of revellers there. It says here

about jobs and house prices up big

at the start of 2018. Some of the

tabloids now. The sun has the

terrible story from Australia of the

British people, five actually have

been confirmed to have died in the

seaplane crash, the front page

there. The Mirror has a campaign,

Lord Winston backing a campaign, let

hospitals -- hospital patient parks

are free. The Duke of Edinburgh is

on the front page of them are, the

mail as well, he said something

about a man with a beard and asked

Princess and about it apparently, at

centre came yesterday, with the man

was a terrorist. He has been accused

of another slight gaffe. And

finally, the daily express, diabetes

drug whose memory. It is a hope for

a breakthrough in the battle against

Alzheimer's. And the Duke of

Edinburgh on the front page there as

well. It is 6:15 AM, good morning.

You're watching Breakfast.

The main stories this morning:

Thousands of people gathered

to watch spectacular firework

displays in London and Edinburgh

despite warning about bad weather

and travel problems.

Australian police have confirmed

that the British head of the giant,

Compass, catering group died,

with four members of his family

in yesterday's plane

crash outside Sydney.

Here's Stav with a look

at this morning's weather.

The first one of 2018. Happy New

Year. This week is looking pretty

unsettled. More on that in a moment.

Today, a lot of wind.

unsettled. More on that in a moment.

Today, a lot of wind. Rain at times.

Improving to the afternoon. Low

pressure across the north of the UK.

This will bring wet weather through

the English Channel. Fairly strong

winds across southern counties of

England. The extent of the rain,

south Wales, towards the M4

corridor. Going east. To the north,

dry weather with sunshine this

morning. Wet and windy weather in

Northern Ireland and western parts

of Scotland. Cold air. Snow falling

over the high ground. Continuing to

move away, the low pressure, towards

the near continent, eventually

clearing the south-east. Sunshine

behind. Not a bad afternoon. Wet and

windy weather in the north of the UK

and in northern England as well.

Quite chilly. Improving towards

tonight to be a ridge of high

pressure building in. A perfect

recipe for a chilly night. Something

we have not seen in a few nights.

Frost and ice in central and

northern Scotland. Changing across

the west. The next area of low

pressure comes in through the

morning. Snow in the Pennines and

the Scottish mountains. Behind the

band of rain, improving sunshine and

showers. Mild in the south. Tuesday

and Wednesday, yet another area of

low pressure across the UK, bringing

windy gale force winds at times

Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

Blustery showers affecting western

areas. Some will be heavy.

Temperatures are where they should

be for the time of year. Further

areas of low pressure moving through

in the week ahead. Spells of heavy

rain. Turning cold on Friday. Back

to you. Thank you very much. That

was the weather forecast.

Around half a million people

are expected to turn out

in Central London for the annual

New Year's Day Parade.

Thousands of performers,

including marching bands,

cheerleaders, and stunt drivers

are set to entertain the crowds.

Not

Not content with all the frivolities

last night.

Breakfast's Graham Satchell

is getting a taste of the action

for us this morning.

Bright and early this morning. You

are not alone. Happy New Year.

Happy

New Year. We are not alone. We have

cheerleaders from all over the

southern States of America, mainly

from Texas, rehearsing for the

annual parade kicking off today.

About 8000 performers and half a

million people are expected on the

streets of London. You carry onward

Ching the girls and I will talk to

the director of the parade. Good

morning. -- watching.

This has been

going on for 30 years. We started

this because London was a grim place

at this time of year. We wanted to

liven up the city. Not only that, we

wanted something the whole family

could do to celebrate the new year.

New Year's is a bit of a drunken

event.

What are some of the

highlights?

We have the fabulous

marching bands from the US and all

over the world. We have

cheerleaders. We have all of the

competition, including floats, and

Showtime! Roll up, roll up, to the

greatest show on Earth.

Here is the

marching band. They are from Troy,

Ohio. You will notice that the

people we have with us are from

America. But there are floats and

marching bands and cheerleaders from

all over London and all over the

world. And here is Kathy from Ohio,

the band leader. You are the

bandleader, correct?

Yes. It is be

in London. We are looking forward to

the parade today. -- It is awesome

to be.

And you are from?

Troy, Ohio.

The band has 89 people. It is a high

school band. We are excited to be

here today.

What does it mean for

your students to be here in a band

like this?

It is a family. We

celebrate together, we have sad

times together, and we take

vacations together.

How is it to be

in London today?

A great time. We

have great weather. Happy to be

here.

Thank you. There we are. It is

an ungodly hour to be honest to be

rehearsing in Parliament Square.

Things kick off at 12 o'clock. It is

free. You are more than welcome to

come down.

If you have any

neighbours near, they will not be

happy. Such enthusiasm at such an

ungodly hour. And you have had a go

at cheerleading before.

Yeah! On top

of a pyramid. It is very gymnastic!

It is a very difficult sport to do.

On more mainstream matters, what an

end to the year. City nearly slipped

up.

Christa palace must be kicking

themselves. -- Crystal Palace.

Time now for the sport with Mike.

Late penalty drama in both

of yesterday's Premier League games.

Crystal Palace missed a late one

to snatch a win over leaders

Manchester City, as their 18 match

unbeaten run came to an end

yesterday, while West Brom salvaged

a point with a dubious penalty over

Arsenal.

Adam Wild rounds up the action.

The message from fans was clear

enough. Still, it is hard to imagine

how things could get any better for

Manchester City. Never has a team

been so far ahead at the end of the

year. To their potential, there

seems no end. For Crystal Palace,

this seemed a new year lacking

celebration. The injured player's

replacement, Sergio Aguero, when the

closest in the first half. But this

was not the brilliant Crystal Palace

everyone feared. The target were

straightforward, but they hit it

seemingly less so. Crystal Palace

had aims of their own. They had

chances which they should have done

better. Everyone seemed to know it.

That, ultimately, for them, is how

this will be remembered. In the 90th

minute, awarded a penalty. Unable to

see the year out with a bang. Not

quite the perfect end to 2017 for

either side. Full boat, New Year's

Eve, as is so often the case, a bit

of anticlimax. -- for both. Arsene

Wenger took charge of Arsenal for

the 811th Premier League game. But

something had happened the

celebrations. It was not until the

second half until they found a way

through. Alexis Sanchez' free kick

deflected. But that was far from the

end of it. Two minutes remaining,

West from were offered a hand back

into it. This, a penalty, gladly

spoiling the special day for Arsene

Wenger. 1-1. Controversy, and drama,

to the very end.

Exeter Chiefs start the new year ten

points clear at the top

of the Rugby Union Premiership.

They beat Leicester 30 points

to six, with four second half tries

at Sandy Park.

That's Tiger's sixth

league defeat in a row,

their worst run in over 50 years.

Alex Gulrajani reports.

2017 will go down as a great year.

Exeter, champions for the first

time. With the chiefs clear at the

top of the table, the fascinating

could be memorable as well. The

hands were making far too many

errors. Chances missed. It took root

strength to put the league leaders

in charge. Don carried them. A gap

emerged between the sides. Exeter

needed no help. Jonny May is was in

a giving mood. Straight into the

arms of Henry Slade. Those

supporters may have stayed on their

feet, but there was still time for

more. The last play of the game. The

winning try to be the perfect end to

a monumental year for Exeter. BBC

News.

Yes, the Chiefs go marching on.

Scarlets won away at Cardiff Blues

14-11 in the Pro-14.

Cardiff led at half time

but Scarlets fought back soon

after the break.

Rhys Patchell's try,

their second of the match,

sealed the win.

The victory leaves them

top of conference B.

In the other Pro-14 fixture,

Ospreys beat Dragons 22-9.

England's cricketers have

arrived in Sydney ahead

of the Final Ashes Test which begins

in three days' time.

England head coach, Trevor Bayliss,

says he still has full belief

in all-rounder, Moeen Ali,

despite his recent run of poor form.

The 30-year-old has only taken three

wickets and averaged 19 runs

with the bat this series.

He is always a guy that likes to

keep playing. But... I have full

confidence in him going forward, to

be honest. I mean, it was only two

months ago we were talking about him

being one of the best all-rounders

in the world. Now, he reached the

milestone, what was it, 2000 runs

and 100 wickets. He got back quicker

than everyone else.

-- that quicker.

One other line from the England

squad, Ben Stokes won't join up

with the England One Day

squad in Australia.

Dawid Malan will replace

him in the squad.

British number one Johanna Konta

starts her season today with a match

against the American Madison Keys

at the Brisbane International.

It's her first tournament

with new coach Michael Joyce

and she says they are looking

forward to starting the season

together.

Andy Murray also returns. He is

playing in in an exhibition match.

He is down at number 16. That sounds

wrong.

I am sure he will go back up.

Just to be clear, you have a cold.

It isn't that you had a late-night?

No, of course not.

Thank you very

much. He will have more sport for us

during the course of the morning.

The start of the new year has

many of us reflecting on the past 12

months and what we want

to differently in the year ahead.

We've been asking people

in Manchester what they hope

Try and be a little bit healthier.

Umm, but not a lot different. Try to

enjoy ourselves.

To finish my

masters and get some work.

To help

more people out if they are hurt or

anything is wrong.

Eat healthy rude.

Go on a diet. But I don't really

want to.

Resolutions should not be

done on the first of January, they

should be ongoing throughout the

year. Keep maintaining them on to

them for the right reasons.

I never

stick to them.

Exactly, yeah. They

are affecting. Still, life goes on.

Why, because it is a new year, do

you...

It is a great idea, but if

you do not let them, you do not feel

bad when you do not stick to them.

I

am going to be a better husband, a

better father, and, umm, a better

person. I do a decent job already,

but there is always room for

improvement.

There is always room for

improvement. I think she was right,

do not set them, and you cannot fail

them.

We'd love to know what you are

hoping to achieve in 2018.

Let us know what your resolutions

are and whether you think you'll

stick to them.

Get in touch at

[email protected]

or via Facebook and Twitter.

It is half past six. Stay with us.

Headlines are on the way.

Hello, this is Breakfast

with Roger Johnson.

Here's a summary of today's main

stories from BBC News.

Millions of people around the world

have been celebrating the start

of the new year.

More than 100,000 ticketholders

watched London's midnight firework

show from the banks

of the River Thames,

and Hogmanay celebrations

went ahead in Edinburgh

despite earlier travel

and weather concerns.

New York is one of the latest cities

to toast 2018 with events

in Times Square, Los Angeles

and Vancouver have to wait another

two hours before the year changes.

Five British citizens who died

when a seaplane crashed in Australia

on New Year's Eve have been named.

Richard Cousins, the Chief

Executive of the world's

biggest catering group Compass,

died in the crash along

with his sons William and Edward.

Mr Cousin's fiancee,

Emma Bowden and her eleven year

old daughter also died as did

the Australian pilot.

The bodies of the victims

have been recovered

Scores of people were left stranded

in Liverpool and forced

to spend the night in emergency

accommodation after a fire

destroyed more than 1,000 cars

parked close to the city's arena.

No-one was hurt but residents

in nearby apartments

were evacuated as the fire service

tackled the blaze which it describes

as one of the worst it

had ever dealt with.

Britain's trains are the oldest

since current records began,

according to figures

from a transport watchdog.

Passengers are travelling

in carriages which were typically

built in the mid 1990s.

The Office of Rail and Road says

older rolling stock can lead

to problems with reliability

and poorer performance.

The Department for Transport says

4,500 new carriages will be

introduced across Britain by 2024.

The President of Iran

has appealed for calm,

saying people would have the right

to protest but not to commit acts

of violence, amid continuing

anti-government protests.

In his first public comments

since demonstrations

against the government began

on Thursday, Hassan Rouhani warned

that violence and public disorder

would not be tolerated.

The North Korean leader has said

that he has a nuclear button

on his desk.

In a defiant New Year message,

Kim Jong Un says now that

North Korea had developed

the capability to hit all of the US

mainland with its nuclear weapons,

Washington would never start a war.

He added he would not order the use

of weapons unless his country's

security was threatened.

A small passenger plane has crashed

in a tourist area of Costa Rica,

killing 10 Americans

and two local pilots.

It was travelling to the capital

San Jose from the mountainous region

of Punta Islita near Bejuco,

an area popular with tourists

on the Pacific coast.

The cause of the crash

is not yet known.

Local reports say five

of the passengers shared

the same surname.

Special coins marking 100-year

anniversaries of women getting

the right to vote and the end

of the First World War

are being released this year.

The Royal Mint will also introduce

ones celebrating 200 years

since the publication

of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

The two-pound coin marking

the anniversary of the First World

War Armistice features a quote

from Wilfred Owen's poem

Strange Meeting, which says

"the truth untold,

the pity of war".

Those are our main stories, happy

New Year. We will return with the

headlines at seven AM. Now we look

back at 2017.

Sir Bruce Forsyth, Sir Roger Moore,

Glenn Campbell and John Noakes -

just a few of those who left us this

year, and whose lives are celebrated

in Review 2017: We Remember.

# Deep down in Louisiana,

cross to New Orleans

# Where back up

in the woods among the evergreens

# There stood a log cabin made

of earth and wood

# Where lived a country boy

named Johnny B Goode#

# Oh Maybelline...#

Half of the young

people go to school

so that's why I wrote about school.

I wrote about cars and most

of all the people,

they'll soon be in love.

# It's a jumping little record

I want my jockey to play

# Roll over Beethoven,

I got to hear it again today #.

And you, Monsieur,

are the famous Simon Templar.

But what about Brother Vincent?

Supposing he notices something

he thinks Clinton should know about.

Mr...

Bond.

James Bond.

Is there time before we leave

for lesson number three?

Absolutely.

There's no sense in

going off half cocked.

Stir in some crushed ice,

shake, strain and pour.

Top it off with one or less.

Two.

I said two.

You were perfect up

until the olives.

Two olives.

That way you see they can gently

bounce up against each other.

I'm afraid the spectacle of two

olives gently bouncing up

against each other is

a pleasure I shall forego.

Oh, you don't want

to bust up a pair.

We played it tongue in cheek.

I play most heroes tan in cheek.

I really don't see myself

as a hero so I'd play it

as if it is all a joke.

House with a door.

One, two, three, four.

Great big curtain rings!

I think they must have come

out of a giant's house!

I know - I will be an owl.

Our aim, we were told,

was to play one to one

through the camera.

Up and down with you.

And it works, that is why people

remember it because it was

as if we were talking only to them.

It's Windy Miller.

Hello, Windy.

Peel, Pugh, Barney McGrew,

Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb.

Mr John Noakes!

I'm sure this does me good.

Oh, get off my foot.

While our animals are not

going to be happy,

they will be

going away on holiday,

they're going to spend it

in the country

but Lulu won't be there.

At this level, the plinth

on which Nelson stands

overhangs the column.

I was literally hanging from

the ladder with nothing beneath me.

-

-- Once I had reached

the top of the column,

the worst part began -

I had to go down again,

in a bosun's chair.

But you coming down to join me?

Yes, I'm coming down.

Do you feel all right?

Yes, I feel good.

No Shep, don't bite him!

Get down Shep, behave, come here.

Get down Shep, behave, come here.

I'll cuff you round the ear.

Wait a minute! I have just jumped

out of this aeroplane at 50,000

feet. I am upside down! I am upside

down!

Hello and welcome to a special

bank holiday edition.

How long did it take

you to record the album?

Between two and three years.

Do you have any ideas of

what you would like to swap it for?

I'm back again.

14 years at the BBC.

Swap shop, Cheggers

Plays Pop, all sorts.

I happened to miss a bus one

Christmas evening and went

into a London store and saw this toy

bear on the counter.

Nobody had bought it,

it was the only one left,

I took it on to my wife.

We lived near Paddington

so we called it Paddington.

One day I was sitting with a blank

sheet of paper and a typewriter

and started to write a story

about it and I became a book.

Mr and Mrs Brown first met

Paddington on a railway station

which is how he came to have such

an unusual book for a bear.

Based on my father, very polite man,

always wore a hat and Paddington has

a lot of him in him.

Good afternoon, he said,

can I help you.

There's Parsley.

Sometimes Mr Onion

lets him ring the bell.

London, a lovely city.

You can go to France or America,

India, Asia, Australia,

you're going to come

back to London city.

# London is the place for me.

# London is the place for me.

# London is the place for me.#

I think there was a sort

of reticence and nervousness

that the women might

take over all together.

We might not present an acceptable

face of cricket and I actually cried

as I walked out onto the pitch.

It was the most incredible feeling.

COMMENTATOR: Rachel Flynt,

what a good piece of fielding

but not good running

between the wickets, though.

UMPIRE: Advantage, Miss Graf.

Overcome with the emotion of it all.

She just told me "Jana,

you will do it, I believe one day

you will do it."

She's done it!

50-1, Blackburn Rovers seven,

Nottingham Forest nil.

After our last programme,

the editor of Final Score came

with a box

and when he opened it

and produced this trophy,

I thought "That's absolutely made my

day because that is something

that

I have always thought,

having watched the sports

personality of the year,

I would love to have something

like that as a souvenir

of my career".

GRANDSTAND THEME PLAYS BATMAN THEME.

-- GRANDSTAND THEME.

PLAYS BATMAN THEME.

It was a two piece but it was itchy

and someone had to zip up

the back, I had to fumble

to get out of the suit.

Somebody had to be there.

Batman!

Batman!

Batman!

Batman!

Our parents were slaughtered

with the others!

That is why, that is

why we tried to kill.

That is why, that is why!

We need a team.

Victor, scientific, and,

Sandra, cable communication

system wide open.

You take over.

English girls abroad with appealing

shoulders and flowery dresses.

Like wallpaper on the march.

That's right too, not bad.

Not bad, nice face, nice figure.

Good teeth too.

What's the matter with you.

You two, where are you taking them

tonight, Smithfield market?

Are you happy, I mean

really really happy happy.

Fantastically happy.

I am.

I know it's silly but sometimes it

worries me, I'm so happy.

I keep expecting something

to come along and spoil it.

Daft thing, what could

possibly do that.

It happens sometimes in an actor's

life, if you are very very lucky

that something special turns up.

And when I read Last Of The Summer

Wine, I thought, "This is it."

Yes, this is it, this is the tree!

You can see Tollgate Church!

I'm sorry, Gromit, the fact is,

I am just crackers about cheese.

Cracking toast, Gromit.

# Although I cry.

# Ain't that a shame?

# I found my thrill.

# On Blueberry Hill.

# On Blueberry Hill.

# When I found you...

New Guinea, New Jersey,

New York, New Zealand,

where do you want to go, Chuck?

New Brighton.

I therefore proclaim

that they are husband and wife.

Well, go on, kiss me.

Look what I've got!

Hey, I've got a match for my dog,

we saw it in this antiques shop

window on Nightingale Street.

Where are you going, Jack?

To see a man about a thing.

Where's me dog?!

I wouldn't have done that,

but it was an emergency.

I've brought my own flaming dog!

Calm down, Vera, love.

48 quid for my own dog!

That miserable so-and-so

only gave me 25!

I've never loved anybody else.

Come on, say you've never

loved anybody else.

I've never loved anybody else,

shall I go and get your slippers?

Please.

I wish that at that time I had been

older, so that I would have been

able to have answered or spoke

up for myself.

You move like a racehorse.

You walk like a derby winner.

You must let me help you,

introduce you to some friends

of mine, some photographers,

film people, television people.

I could do wonders

with you, little baby.

I am homosexual, irretrievably.

Then why did you come

here looking as you do?

Well...

Many people said, "Don't do that,

you'll never work again" and I said,

"It's not about sexuality,

it's about the tenderness

of the individual as opposed

to the cruelty of the crowd."

We did so well, but...

a beautiful woman.

You're my future selves?

Yes!

Am I having a midlife crisis?

Why are you pointing your

screwdrivers like that?

They're scientific instruments,

not water pistols!

Welcome aboard, delighted

you could join us.

Captain Striker at your service.

How do you do?

I'm the Doctor, and this is Tegan.

DOCTOR WHO THEME

# But where do you go to, my lovely

# When you're alone in your bed?

# Won't you tell me the thoughts

that surround you

# I want to look inside

your head, yes, I do

# Your name, it is

heard in high places

# You know the Aga Khan

# And he sent you a

racehorse for Christmas

# And you keep it just for fun

# For a laugh

# Hah-hah-hah-hah

# And they say that

if you get married

# It'll be to a millionaire.

# But they don't realise

where you came from

# And I wonder if they really care#.

# You're a lady

# I'm a man

# You're supposed to understand.#

# We are family

# I got all my sisters and me

# We are family

# Get up everybody, sing #.

# My blood runs cold

# My memory has just been sold

# My angel is a centrefold

# Angel is a centrefold #.

MUSIC: Back In Black

by AC/DC

# Don't come around here no more

# Whatever you're looking for...#

# I'm free

# I'm free falling...#

# You can sit around and wait

for the phone to ring

# Waiting for someone

to tell you everything

# At the end of the line...#

I hold you responsible

for Biggins, James.

It is this ragbag of fugitives

from the debtors prison

that should concern us.

I remember a day when we did

a lambing sequence through the night

in the ice cold of winter,

deep snow, endless frost.

We few, we happy few.

We band of brothers.

But the removal of those

grievances ought to proceed

the disarmament of the victims.

MUSIC: Reelin' In The

Years by Steely Dan

For such backbenchers, it's

the curse of coalition politics,

but the Government is putting it

down to the reality of an ageing

and needful population.

We have been shown that

register and it suggests

that far from lessening,

the threat is greater

now than at any time

for the last ten years.

now than at any time

for the last ten years.

The flood of allegations

about Jimmy Savile's

behaviour is now engulfing

many of the institutions

he was involved with.

I think the decision

to drop our story was a breach

of our duty to the women who trusted

us to reveal that Jimmy

Savile was a paedophile.

Now in the movie industry hype

is good news if the film lives up

to it, very bad news if it doesn't.

A morally uplifting parable

about faith and redemption and how

naive innocence can be mistaken

for wisdom begins to unfold.

Now it's OK, now you can let

the tears flow, are probably shed

a couple myself as per the very last

time I bow myself out

to the accompaniment of Billy Taylor

and the best theme on television.

FILM NIGHT THEME PLAYS

More next week.

Good night.

MUSIC: Jessica by the Allman

Brothers

Hot favourite after wins in 1958

and 1959, John Surtees,

number three, rocketing away.

On his way to win his sixth TT

and his third successive senior TT.

I don't set out with definite

ambitions, I just try

and do my best whatever I do.

In his Ferrari, John Surtees,

number seven, going like a bomb,

eventually leaving the cars

still in the race.

# I think I love you

# So what am I so afraid

of?#

When 20, 30, 40, 50,000

people are screaming

at the top of their lungs,

"I love you", it is so overwhelming.

# I'm just a daydreamer

# Walking in the rain.#

You just don't expect

to meet him personally.

Hi, there.

I've been touring for about three,

three and a half years,

and I am really tired.

# Feel like I've never

known a time before...

# Just knowing that your door

is always open and your path is free

to walk...#

Good evening,

ladies and gentlemen,

I'm Glenn Campbell.

I don't remember not having a guitar

or a musical instrument in my hand.

Dad bought a guitar for,

like, $5.95, you know.

I found out real quick

that it was lighter than pulling

a cotton sack or ploughing.

# I'm going to be where

the lights are shining on me

# Like a rhinestone cowboy

# Riding out on a horse

in a star-spangled rodeo

# I am a lineman for the county

# And I drive the main road

# I am a lineman for

the county and I what...?

# Drive the main roads...#

Yeah, looking in the sun

for another overload.

# I hear you ringing

through the wire...

Oh, boy.

That is just...

What a great song.

# And the Wichita lineman

is still on the line.#

MUSIC: Wichita Lineman

by Glen Campbell.

# When I look at you

# My heart goes woo-woo

# I get whizzy, what

am I going to do?#

You have 55 seconds to beat

the clock starting from now.

# Life is the name of the game

# And I want to play

the game with you.#

Nice to see you,

to see you...

Nice!

Have a twirl, darling.

A gallon of Scotch.

A cuddly toy.

Didn't he do well?

Didn't she do well?

Tony Blair insists that

weapons of mass destruction

will eventually be found in Iraq.

Well it would be nice to see

them, to see them...

Nice!

Live from London, this

is Strictly Come Dancing.

Please welcome your

host, Bruce Forsyth.

STRICTLY COME DANCING THEME

# In other words, please be true

# In other words

# In other words

# In other words

# I love you

# Fly me to the moon!#

Thank you.

Hello, happy new Year,

this is Breakfast with Roger

Johnson.

Huge crowds gather all over

the world to celebrate

the start of 2018.

BONG.

Spectacular fireworks

bring in New Year

despite warnings about the weather

and travel problems.

Good morning, it's Monday

the 1st of January.

Elsewhere in the news this morning:

Five British people,

including an 11-year-old girl,

are confirmed to have been killed

when a sea plane crashed

in Australia yesterday.

Firefighters have been battling

a blaze in a multi-storey car park

in Liverpool which has destroyed

up to 1,400 vehicles.

North Korea's leader

says his country's nuclear weapons

are a "reality, not a threat"

and the entire US mainland

is a target.

In sport, the winning run is over.

And it takes an injury time penalty

save to preserve Manchester City's

unbeaten record this season

as they're given a scare

at the Palace.

Happy New Year from BBC Breakfast!

From Parliament Square,

the final preparations are under way

for the annual New Year's Day parade

with thousands of performers

from around the world

like these guys on Texas!

Half a million people expected, 8000

performers, including these guys.

And Stav has the weather.

Happy New Year.

Quite a lot of showers around, wet

and windy in places but some

sunshine into the afternoon but

actually the start of 2018 is

looking unsettled. More in 15

minutes.

Good morning and happy new year.

First, our main story.

Millions of people around the world

have been celebrating

the start of 2018.

More than 100,000 ticketholders

watched London's midnight firework

show from the banks

of the River Thames,

and Hogmanay celebrations

went ahead in Edinburgh,

despite earlier travel

and weather concerns,

as Simon Clemison reports.

It was one party Big Ben

really couldn't miss.

BONG!

Chiming for new year,

despite being silenced at the moment

while repairs are carried out.

Cue 12,000 fireworks.

Whatever you did to finish 2017,

whatever you are doing to start

2018, there are these 11 minutes

and 15 second in the middle

here in London when you look up

and forget to breathe.

The soundtrack dominated

by female artists.

The centenary of women

beginning to get the vote -

one way this year will be defined.

Any thoughts about what 2018

might hold for you?

Yeah, it's gonna be

the best year ever!

Why is that?

Just A levels, we're

gonna get our careers.

We're gonna get into university!

To university!

Gonna be good.

Do you want to get my kilt?

Yeah!

In Scotland, Storm Dylan had been

an unwelcome party guest

during the day but given

the importance of Hogmanay,

it would take a lot to spoil

the evening celebrations,

even though winds of more than 70

miles an hour had hit some parts.

In Sydney, another quiet night,

the Harbour Bridge somewhere

in this picture.

Rainbow colours, a tribute

to Australia's legalisation

of same-sex marriage in 2017.

As city after city around the world

rang in the new year,

Hong Kong erupted, Athens glowed,

and Moscow sparkled.

There are still some

countries to go.

Now New York has marked the moment,

the last inhabited island,

American Samoa, will celebrate 25

hours after neighbouring islands

first began the party.

The five British citizens who died

when a seaplane crashed

in Australia on New Year's

Eve has been named.

The Australian pilot also died

after crashing into a river 30 miles

north of Sydney.

Let's go live to our correspondent

Phil Mercer neither scene for us in

New South Wales this morning. A real

sense of tragedy there to start the

new year?

That's right, and investigators say

it could take many months to figure

out exactly how and why a routine

sightseeing trip did crush into

idyllic waters to the north of

Sydney. -- crash. The dead have been

identified as Richard Cousins, 58

years of age, a successful is this

man, chief executive of the compass

group and was due to retire in

March, he died alongside his two

sons and also his fiancee who was in

her late 40s, and she died alongside

her 11-year-old daughter. So a

terrible end to 2017 and we

understand from the Australian

police that the wreckage of the

seaplane at Jerusalem Bay near the

town of Cowan remained submerged in

about 40 feet of water and as we

say, the investigation could take

many months.

Thank you indeed.

Scores of people who had travelled

to Liverpool to celebrate

the New Year have had to spend

the night in a temporary shelter

after a fire in a multi-storey car

park next to the city's Echo Arena

destroyed more than 1,000 vehicles.

Steve Saul reports.

The fire is thought to have started

in one vehicle on the third floor

of the car park.

Emergency services arrived

within minutes, but the flames

quickly spread to other floors.

Police say 1,400 cars

have been destroyed.

Up to 4,000 people are thought

to have been left stranded

in the city.

The arena, on the city's

waterfront, was hosting

the Liverpool

International Horse Show.

No spectators or animals

have been injured.

My car.

All of our belongings in it.

Everything.

I came over from Northern Ireland,

and all my stuff -

like, my suitcase and all my clothes

are in it, all gone.

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

say this is one of the biggest fires

they have ever dealt with,

with crews working under challenging

conditions from the outside

of the building because of a real

fear of structural collapse.

The difficulty that we have

is because this is so deep-seated,

is to physically be able to get

into - right into the middle

of the building to put the fire out,

which clearly is the extent

of which the fire has taken hold

there, we will not be able to do

that for quite some time,

given the structural stability

issues with the building as well.

Liverpool City Council are expected

to help make arrangements to get

those who have been left

in the city back home later.

Temporary parking arrangements have

been made so the arena can

operate as normal.

The President of Iran

has appealed for calm,

saying people would have the right

to protest but not to commit acts

of violence, amid continuing

anti-government protests.

In his first public comments

since demonstrations

against the government began

on Thursday, Hassan Rouhani warned

that violence and public disorder

would not be tolerated.

TRANSLATION:

The atmosphere

for criticism, protest

within a legal framework,

is absolutely free but

the atmosphere for destruction

and unrest is definitely not

an atmosphere which

people would tolerate.

The North Korean leader has said

that he has a nuclear button

on his desk.

In a defiant New Year message,

Kim Jong-un said the United States

would now never be able to start

a war with North Korea.

Earlier I spoke to Sophie Long in

the South Korean capital Seoul.

I asked if this just be seen

as another in a long line of threats

against the US?

Yeah, I think in terms, certainly,

of his message to the United States,

there was nothing new -

another defiant message saying

"We have a nuclear capability

that can strike anywhere

on your mainland".

He also said "I have a nuclear

button on my desk".

Does he have the capability

to strike the US mainland in the way

that he has boasted about?

The answer to that is we don't know.

We do know that he carried out

the sixth and most powerful nuclear

test in September of 2017

and he carried out a test launch

of an intercontinental ballistic

missile in November,

which he said could strike

anywhere on the US mainland.

Whether he has the ability

to miniaturise the nuclear

capability and put it on a missile

that can reach the United States,

we don't yet know, although many

people, many analysts think

that he might not be

far off doing that.

What was slightly more surprising

was he had a much more consolatory

tone towards South Korea,

his neighbour but also,

of course, the United States' ally.

He said to them that he was open

to dialogue and he may even consider

sending North Korean athletes

to the Winter Olympics which are due

to take place in South

Korea in February.

That's very important

to the government here.

President Moon has said that

if that were to happen,

he thinks it could be a turning

point in relations with North Korea.

Sophie Long speaking to us earlier

from Seoul. The outgoing chairman of

the police Federation has claimed

that members of the Freemasons are

blocking reform in policing. Steve

White to represent rank-and-file

officers in England and Wales met

the comment in an interview with the

Guardian newspaper. The claim has

been rejected by senior police

officers and by the masons, who say

they uphold high moral principles

and values.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has

paid tribute to emergency workers

in his New Year's Day message.

Justin Welby said 2018 could be

defined either by human suffering

or the compassionate response to it.

Here's our religion

editor Martin Bashir.

Special coins marking 100-year

anniversaries of women getting

the right to vote and the end

of the First World War

are being released this year.

The Royal Mint will also introduce

ones celebrating 200 years

since the publication

of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

The two-pound coin,

marking the anniversary

of the First World War Armistice,

features a quote from Wilfred Owen's

poem Strange Meeting,

which says "the truth untold,

the pity of war".

That's this morning's main stories.

It is seven AM, good morning and

happy New Year. If you are joining

us, perhaps watching in Liverpool

this morning where around 1400 cars

have been destroyed after a fire

broke out in a multistorey car park.

That is next to the cities echo

arena, it happened last night where

a horse show was being held.

Mercifully no one was hurt but

residents in nearby apartments were

evacuated and the fire service

tackled the blaze, many people left

stranded without their cars. That's

talked to Paul Conway at the scene

last night, planning to visit the

horse show at the Echo Arena.

Good morning and banks are joining

us bright and early. Describe the

scene if you would reduce or last

night.

We arrived at the Echo Arena

just after 6pm and everyone was

being turned away, the Fire Brigade

were already on the scene. It was

just a thought suggested we go along

and have a drink somewhere and wait

for it to clear. It appeared like it

was just a normal car fire,

something of nothing, there wasn't

much smoke at all. So we made our

way out to one of the pubs adjacent

to the Echo and we thought it was OK

and then we heard that the show was

cancelled and we couldn't believe

it, there wasn't that much of a

fire, and then we started to see the

flames coming out the side of the

car park and obviously the fire

brigade were there, putting a lot of

water up the side of the building,

but the fire was just getting bigger

and bigger and bigger. Yeah, it

became apparent that it wasn't going

to get put out any time soon.

Looking at some of the this while

you were talking there, Paul, over

1400 cars, virtually every single

car in the car park, was destroyed.

What were people saying as they

watched it unfold?

We happened to be

at the bar talking to people while

we were getting served and one of

the bar man was looking out at it

and said come on, it isn't that big,

everybody's car who works in this

building all parks in their Deuk-Hee

the explosions of the petrol tanks

and the tyres going and it was like

gunfire at one stage.

Astonishing

pictures while you are talking.

Obviously the horse show was taking

place, you are involved in the

equestrian world, I suppose Kelly

know one and no animal was injured

because it is astonishing to look at

this picture.

As we decided to

leave, we thought it would be a good

idea to make our wake out of the

area. We went past where the stables

were and I know that the horses had

been taken out of the main arena,

the ones who were competing, they

were in the temporary stables but

what became apparent, all of the

smoke was then blowing from the

arena into the temporary stabling.

So the horses had to be gotten out

just in case they became overcome

with the fumes. And everyone was

mucking in helping get the horses

out of their to the safety of the

horse boxes which were parked around

the corner.

We are very grateful to

you for talking to us, you made it

home safely I presume because they

think you said you parked somewhere

else?

Very lucky that we parked

somewhere else, if we had gotten

their earlier we would have also had

been parked in there so very lucky.

Grateful to you for your time, thank

you, Paul, and happy New Year. 7:15

AM, let's take a look at the weather

if you are up right and early.

The Weather Is Not Too Bad. Happy

New Year. It Is Looking Unsettled To

Start The Fascinating. Windy for a

time. Two areas of low pressure. Wet

weather to Northern Ireland. This

area of low pressure will batter

France. A spell of wet and windy

weather to southern counties of

England in south Wales. Thundery

showers to the south-west. They will

go east in the next hour or so.

Spells of sunshine in the Midlands

and north. Breezy. Showers in

Northern Ireland in Scotland. Gale

force winds through Northern

Ireland. They will go south into

northern England and North Wales.

Blustery showers. Wintry on the high

ground. Improving in the south.

Sunshine. A bit cooler. 7- ten.

Light winds. A chilly night.

Changing in the west. The next area

of low pressure moving in. We could

see a touch of frost in the north.

That is Tuesday. Cold and bright in

central and eastern areas. The wet

and windy weather will go east

through the day. Snow in the

Pennines and for the Scottish hills.

Behind that, skies brightened up.

Blustery blustery showers moving in.

Mild in the south. The next area of

low pressure will be nasty. A spell

of severe gales and heavy rain at

times. Clearing on Wednesday

morning. Blustery and windy,

especially in the west. Gales.

Showers in western areas. Sunny

spells in the east. 8- 10 degrees.

The rest of the week looking

unsettled. Low pressure bringing

spells of wind and rain. A little

bit of sunshine in between. That

will continue as we go on

bit of sunshine in between. That

will continue as we go on towards

the weekend. Thank you very much. We

will speak to you a little bit later

on.

The start of the new year has