Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20171204

Of schoolchildren doing part time work like saturday jobs and newspaper rounds. Ill be looking at why, and whether theyre a good thing or not. In sport its all looking rather uncomfortable in australia for england. Theyve lost four wickets already this morning, including captainjoe root. And the only supermoon of 2017 provides plenty of opportunities for some amazing pictures. We will have more of these throughout the morning. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Good morning. Well, clear skies out there for some of you. A touch of frost as well but the most it is a dry start to the week before things turn wet and windy mid week, before warming up later on. Good morning. First, our main story britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase of brexit talks. Eu sources said the two sides were nearing solutions ahead of theresa mays meeting with the European Commission president , Jean Claude Juncker, in brussels later today. Diplomats held negotiations through the night on the last remaining Sticking Point, the irish border. Our europe correspondent adam fleming reports. Three trips in three months. Now, the Prime Minister is making a fourth visit to brussels to get the brexit talks going. She will meet eu Commission President , jean claude junker, and others, to apply the finishing political touches to a package of commitments that has been sweated over by officials. It sounds like there have been progress in talks about the rights of eu citizens staying in the uk after brexit, and british People Living abroad. Discussions about how much money is owed owed by the uk appear to have been unblocked by a more detailed offerfrom britain. But the big Sticking Point is what to do about the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. The Irish Government does not want to wait for a possible trade deal. They want certainty on what is going to happen, now. Downing street has called today an important staging post on the way to a european summit in ten days time, because that is when eu leaders will decide whether there has been enough talk about the divorce to start working out the future. Adam fleming, bbc news, brussels. Our Political Correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster. We hear of talks going through the night, and it sounds rather dramatic. Are we close to a breakthrough . Well, there is certainly a sense of urgency and this does feel like one of the key moment so far in the brexit process. There is only a week or so to go before eu leaders need to decide whether to move those talks on the trade, and it certainly feels like todays talks in brussels are trying todays talks in brussels are trying to persuade the eu side that we have simply offered enough. Today was a deadline the eu had set to say, look, britain, you need to come up with the goods on the divorce bill, on eu citizens rights, and the irish border. On the first two, on eu citizens writes, there is agreement, we are broadly on the way there. On the divorce bill, britain has offered to put more money on the table, up to 50 billion euros to settle our accounts. Brussels have welcomed that. But the big Sticking Point now seems to be the issue of how the irish border will look after brexit. Now, there is a sense that agreement could be close, but if that happens, if theresa may does manage to persuade brussels the green light should be given to trade talks next week, that is merely the outline of an agreement on the three main divorce issues. What we are into next is figuring out how our relationship with the eu will look after brexit, how some sort of transition period might get us there, and that is the big leap into there, and that is the big leap into the unknown. 700,000 children and pensioners in the uk have fallen into relative poverty over the past four years, according to a new report. Thejoseph Rowntree Foundation says it is the first sustained rise affecting these age groups for 20 years. The left leaning think tank warns decades of progress are in danger of unravelling, and has called on the government to take action. Our social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan has more. For Flo Singleton, this drop in centre has many benefits. She can use its computers to keep up with herfamily. She can meet friends. And, by being here, the 84 year old does not have to spend money heating her own home. If you go out, you dont have to have heating on, do you . The trouble is, once its dark, and the evenings are now cold, you need to put the heating on. Thejoseph Rowntree Foundation says, since 2013, an extra 300,000 pensioners and an additional 400,000 children are now living in poverty. In total, 14 Million People in the uk are in poverty. What our report is now showing is that were at a significant turning point. Two years of sustained increases in the number of children and pensioners in poverty is a real red flag to government that they really have to do something now. Researchers say the government should end the freeze on benefits, describing it as the biggest single change that would reduce poverty. But ministers say they are already spending tens of billions of pounds helping those in need, and that the National Living wage has given a significant pay rise to households. Michael buchanan, bbc news. Government funding for a flagship british aid project to support civilian police in syria has been suspended. It is after whistleblowers told the bbcs Panorama Programme that some of the money was ending up in the hands of extremists. The Foreign Office says it is investigating the allegations, as panoramas jane corbyn explains. Britain is one of six countries that funds the Free Syrian Police, set up to bring security to opposition held areas. For eight months, british aid money meant to pay for officers salaries was handed over by the police to an extremist group. Translation they used to get a percentage from the salaries of the Free Syrian Police members. It was just about taking a percentage in return for the services, and to create a sort of equilibrium between the police and the fighters. The police we fund also provide support for their barbaricjustice system, responsible for torture and summary killings. The company which runs the aid projects, Adam Smith International, asi, told us the government was aware of cash going to them, and they have this is in place to make sure they are treated fairly and plainly. The Foreign Office has suspended funding while it investigates panoramas allegations. Panorama is on bbc one tonight at 7 30pm. As new driving tests come into force, to better reflect modern roads, examiners have begun a 48 hour strike. The new tests will see an end to manoeuvres such as the three point turn and reversing round a corner, but learners will now have to Parallel Park and follow directions from a sat nav. Members of the public and commercial Services Union are protesting against the changes, as well as pay and working hours. Facebook says it is creating 800 newjobs in the uk as it opens a new office in central london. It will become the firms biggest engineering hub outside of the united states. An estimated 2,300 people will be employed by the social Media Company in the uk by the end of next year. A co operative group is to start selling food beyond its best before date. 125 shops in east anglia will sell tinned goods and dried food such as pasta, crisps and rice for a flat rate of 10p. It is part of a drive to reduce the seven million tons of food thrown away in the uk each year. A supermoon illuminated the sky last night, as it moved closer to earth, appearing bigger and brighter than usual. It is the first super moon since november of last year. But, if you missed it, dont fear. There will be two more before the end of january. Many of you did see it, though, and you have been sending in your pictures. This is from craig broadbridge, in gloucestershire. You can really see how bright the moon is from this one, taken by Allan Ballard in warwickshire. Shaun george captured a more yellowy moon over leeds. And this is a spectacular photo taken by professional photographer danny lawson at whitby abbey in yorkshire. And we have a blue moon injanuary, all wolf moon and a blue moon. I think it is a blue or a snow moon, you can call it either. I want to know how they take this these pictures, as well. Absolutely wonderful. This was the scene last night. Wait for it. Press the button. Here we go. It is worth it yes that is washington, dc. Beautiful. Here it is over cape town, in south africa. Lets go to yangon, in myanmar. And what a view thatis, yangon, in myanmar. And what a view that is, a ferris wheel in tokyo. How many pictures of the supermoon have we got today . We have about 1000 to get through. So far we have done ten. We will have to move quite a lot quicker to get all those pictures in. I thought blue moon was a song. It is. Ididnt pictures in. I thought blue moon was a song. It is. I didnt realise it was actually a thing, as well. Shall we talk about that and not the cricket . Everybody at home, when i came in this morning, said you dont need words, you just need to sit on the sofa and look sad. So that is what i am going to do. And another wicket has gone since you walked in and sat down. Six wickets have fallen. Sorry, you are right, five wickets have gone this morning, the latest is moeen ali. England are now 133 6, as walker throws his pen and discussed. In disgust. David silva gives Manchester City a record equalling 13th premier league win in a row, with a late goal against west ham. Alfie hewett is the wheelchair masters singles champion. He beat his compatriot gordon reid in loughborough, to become the first british winner in 23 years of the event. And the tournament favourite, ronnie osullivan, marches on at the uk snooker championship in york. He is comfortably through to the third round. But there is somewhere else he would really rather be, i will tell you when we talk about the papers in a minute. Can you talk about anything other than the cricket . Lets talk about the weather. This moon this time of year, the cold moon or the moon before yours, there you go. You might have frosts this morning, and little chilly. Weatherwise, the week starts on a fine note with dry weather today. Get ready for wet and windy weather. Once that has gone, wind is back. As we head to the weekend, more details coming up. Lets start with this morning. Wind west north westerly around an area of High Pressure back into the atlantic. That is why it is not desperately chilly. In eastern areas, clear skies, down not desperately chilly. In eastern areas, clearskies, down across southern counties. Sunny start, mist and fog, and a little frost as well. The cloud is thick enough for one or two showers not just the cloud is thick enough for one or two showers notjust this morning but through the day. Most will be dry this morning. The same for Northern Ireland and scotland with shetland the exception, wet weather clearing at the moment. Once it has gone. It is breezy across the north of the country. Showers across the north and west of scotland and into western england, wales. Foremost it is with breaks in the cloud, the best in eastern areas and temperatures where they should be for the time of year, seven to 10 degrees for most of you. Not bad to start the week with a dry commute home for the vast majority. It is still breezy in scotland. That will be the case. It keeps temperatures up be the case. It keeps temperatures up and brings rain into the hebrides, orkney shetland, shetland has persistent rain. With brea ks shetland has persistent rain. With breaks in the cloud, across eastern and southern parts, a touch of frost to get you into tomorrow. Not lastly dissimilar to today. Spots of rain in the west, mostly dry, most persistent rain in the hebrides and shetland. More breezy tomorrow and more cloud. With the sunshine in southern counties, eastern scotland and england, temperatures might reach double figures for one or two. As you see, we start fine. Wednesday, signs of change. Eastern areas should be dry and bright. Gale force winds develop from the south west. Temperatures in double figures. Particularly wet in northern and western parts of wednesday afternoon. Wet and windy weather sweeps through with this area of low pressure to get into thursday. And frankly as from the south east on thursday and rain clears from the south east on thursday. It will be a cold end to the week to take us into the weekend. We start on a fine note, wet and windy into thursday and then reigning at the end of the week. The cold air is back again. Thank you. Youre watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning its understood britain and the European Union are close to reaching a deal that will pave the way for the second phase of brexit talks. Government funding for a british aid project that supports civilian police in syria has been suspended after a bbc investigation found some of the money was going to extremists. We are going to look at. Excuse me. Are you ak . Something went a long way. Are you ok . We will look at the front pages, and we start with the daily mirror. Who won the x factor . Meghan and her mysterious dad. And words are cheap. The Prime Minister quoted from july last year. We will make ridge that works for everyone of us. Theresa may has failed to tackle inequality, last night exposed as a sham, talking about children and pensioners living in poverty, which we will look at later on, according to thejoseph Rowntree Foundation. The front of the mall, we will talk about it later, in a panorama investigation, £12 million of foreign aid halted with fears it has gone tojihadis. And we foreign aid halted with fears it has gone to jihadis. And we will speak with our reporter little later. Treasury targets bitcoin criminals. Ministers launching a crackdown on bitcoin. Brexit in doubt as may in a border row. And keira knightley, what he she doing, at the evening standards theatre awards. They been talking all night, brexit deal is 90 there, according to a senior eu official. And we mentioned this, supermarkets sells food past best before date to cut waste. And i will show you the front page of the guardian, sharp rise in Child Poverty as cuts bite, or and we will cover that today. Smog in delhi we will talk about this rather than the ashes this morning. I am afraid part of ourjob is telling people bad news. I am sure there are plenty of australians watching. May hints at brexit talks without an irish deal and we will talk about the three prongs, two have been sorted out, the divorce bill and eu citizenship. The irish border is outstanding and hasnt been resolved. The irish border is outstanding and hasnt been resolved. Sally is not going to talk about cricket. Hasnt been resolved. Sally is not going to talk about cricketlj hasnt been resolved. Sally is not going to talk about cricket. I have listened to Michael Vaughan said that he wasnt going to mention the w work, whitewash, but he has done it already. The big w. Lets move onto something else, wimbledon next year, the final, can you believe it, it could on bbc two. What . Because it could on bbc two. What . Because it isa it could on bbc two. What . Because it is a clash with the world cup final. Get yourself on bbc two. And there is a really important triathlon that. That will be on bbc four if you are lucky. What a thing, if it could be on bbc two, and the all england club had been approached to try to move the final 21 oclock rather than two oclock. You could make it a bonanza of a day final to one oclock. Make it a bonanza of a day final to one oclock. The football starts at four oclock. What an exciting day. Can i tell you about bungalows . Yes. You saw a lots being built and then they went into decline. Now they are coming back out of decline for the first time in 30 years. And why is it . I dont know, people want more homes without stairs. Why is it . I dont know, people want more homes without stairslj why is it . I dont know, people want more homes without stairs. I like bungalows. Yes, it is probably because we have an ageing population, here we are, everyone else can do myjob for me, and they have said that in 1986 there were 30,000 bungalows registered to be built. By 2016, it was dropped to 2000. Now they say the number is on the rise and one reason is the rising price of land and greater competition for Land Planning policy, that is what they have said. Interesting. My mum and dad live next door to a lady that lives in a bungalow and i always thought it would be a nice house to buy one day. You has said it now on tv. Who knows . She still lives in it. The prices are going to go. Did anybody watch blue planet . What about the blue planet . People trying to stall their fish and my favourite fact, which i forgot from last time, is that a baby puffin is called a puffling. And one quick thing on ronnie osullivan. Where would he rather be rather than snooker in york . He wants to go to the jungle and he wants to do i am a celebrity. I thought he had already done it. He would be great. He would be good, you need someone would be great. He would be good, you need someone with a little bit of bite. Literally, yes. He would be fab in australia. Is that the end . Yes. I thought we were running out of time. Would anyone like an wheelie bin for christmas . Bromley council has said a 240 litre wheelie bin for garden waste with fortnightly collection could be the perfect present. £60, you can pay for the wheelie bin. Imagine. They have suggested it as a perfect Christmas Present for a member of yourfamily in Christmas Present for a member of your family in environment matters. Treat that special someone to one years worth of garden waste collection. What an extraordinary presence. That is right up there with a pan. It doesnt get more funny. It is a rubbish gift. Imagine if you got that for christmas. Funny. It is a rubbish gift. Imagine if you got that for christmasm funny. It is a rubbish gift. Imagine if you got that for christmas. It is a rubbish gift. Excellent, thank you. Morning. Lovely to see you. Domestic abuse affects millions of people in the uk and takes many forms, from the physical attacks to psychological bullying. Today, campaigners are calling for Financial Abuse, when one person controls anothers access to money, to be recognised as a crime in its own right. Vishala sri pathma has this report. Financial abuse is where one partner has control over anothers access to money. I was totally invisible in terms of credit status. I didnt have a tenancy agreement in my name. I had no bank account. No access to cash or stops or shares, nothing. I didnt realise at the time i had given up everything. Rachels partner gradually took control of all her money. He made her leave her job to work with him, stopping her having access to wages or bank accounts. Instead he gave her a weekly allowance. The Financial Abuse rachel experienced lead to physical violence and eventually she found the courage to leave. Despite going to police and taking her case to the Crown Prosecution Service is on several occasions, rachels partner was never prosecuted. My experience has gone three times to the Crown Prosecution Service and bounced back and no further action has been taken and that is just so disappointing. When i kept the diaries, i kept all of the e mails and text messages, the bank statements, the court orders and. It failed. And that is extremely frustrating. In 2015 a new law against controlling and coercive behaviour was introduced. It meant people could be prosecuted for emotional and psychological abuse, not just emotional and psychological abuse, notjust physical emotional and psychological abuse, not just physical violence. Financial abuse can be a type of coercive control but this behaviour alone may not constitute a criminal offence. The government is currently consulting on proposed Domestic Abuse and violence act. One Campaign Group is today calling for the bill to include Financial Abuse as a criminal offence in its own right. There is a bill that is being consulted on that is looking to put a definition of Domestic Violence into legislation. And that would be incredibly helpful if we could have economic abuse within a statutory definition of Domestic Violence. So that we can say this is what it is and these are the things that we need to be able to do in order to tackle it. The government says that Domestic Violence and abuse bill will enshrine a definition of Domestic Abuse in law to make sure it is properly understood in all its forms. Critics insist that those carrying out Law Enforcement need to be trained and aware of the science of financial control for them to be able to spot it. While cases like racher able to spot it. While cases like rachels will continue to go unpunished. Feel free to get in contact unpunished. Feel free to get in co nta ct if unpunished. Feel free to get in contact if you are affected by issues to do with that report. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. Facebooks biggest engineering hub outside the us opens just off Oxford Street this morning, creating hundreds of newjobs. It comes exactly a decade after the social Media Company opened its first office in london. The site will also house what it calls a london lab, which will offer advice and support to start up tech firms. The mayor of london, sadeeq khan, has called the opening fantastic, showing confidence in londons business future. Well, the mayor of london is in the indian city of mumbai this morning, to boost economic and cultural ties with one of the worlds Fastest Growing economies. Sadeeq khan will be making announcements to further cement relations, and one of those announcements will be made very shortly. Well bring you that in announcement in the next half hour. A mans been charged with the murder of 26 year old khalid farah in southall last month. Khalid was shot repeatedly at close range through the window of his parked car in the early hours of saturday, november 11. 21 year old Malique Thompson hill will appear at Ealing Magistrates Court later. Rail passengers travelling to and from london euston faced major disruption earlier, as engineers worked to fix damaged wiring. National rail advised west coast main line users not to travel this morning. But late last night after hours of severe disruption the firm tweeted that things were back to normal. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. Tubes apart from the ongoing work on a small section of the london overground, all lines are running well this monday morning. Showing good service everywhere. Moving onto the roads, and the Chelsea Embankment remains closed westbound between chelsea and battersea bridge for gas works. In bloomsbury, southampton row is closed between Russell Square and holborn for repairs to a burst water main. Weather now with kate. Good morning. It seems like a reasonably quiet start, at least, to this week, little patchy cloud, but a lovely bright start with quite a bit of sunshine it would appear. The cloud coming and going through the day and there is a gentle breeze, nothing too significant, and it isnt going to feel especially cold either with a maximum temperature of around nine or 10 celsius by the end of the afternoon. Overnight tonight weve still got the patchy cloud, the light wind, we could see here and there one or two clear spells, which could lead to temperatures dropping a little bit further, but in the most part we are looking at around six or seven as a minimum, so again, not especially cold. Now, for tomorrow, similar, quiet day, the wind is light, perhaps a little more in the way of cloud, not so much brightness, still one of two spells around tomorrow and the maximum temperatures very similar, nine or 10 celsius. As we had further through the week it turns progressively more unsettled especially through wednesday and into thursday and then a cold front suites through making temperatures much, much colder by friday. Va nessa Vanessa Feltz is on bbc radio london, one thing she is talking about in half an hour is the problem of poverty in london. Goodbye for now. Hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. It is 6 30am. We will bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. But also on breakfast this morning from paperboys to farmhands, saturday jobs for teenagers are in decline. Steph is finding out why. A gear change for driving tests, but how did our reporter get on with the new rules . And we will be joined by the singer midge ure, to find out why he has decided to give some of his biggest hits an orchestral makeover. Good morning. Here is a summary of this mornings main stories from bbc news. Britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase of brexit talks. Eu sources said the two sides were nearing solutions, ahead of theresa mays meeting with the European Commission president , Jean Claude Juncker, in brussels later today. Diplomats held negotiations through the night on the last remaining Sticking Point, the irish border. Our europe correspondent adam fleming reports. Three trips in three months. Now, the Prime Minister is making a fourth visit to brussels to get the brexit talks going. She will meet eu Commission President , jean claude junker, and others, to apply the finishing political touches to a package of commitments that has been sweated over by officials. It sounds like there have been progress in talks about the rights of eu citizens staying in the uk after brexit, and british People Living abroad. Discussions about how much money is owed owed by the uk appear to have been unblocked by a more detailed offerfrom britain. But the big Sticking Point is what to do about the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. The Irish Government does not want to wait for a possible trade deal. They want certainty on what is going to happen, now. Downing street has called today an important staging post on the way to a european summit in ten days time, because that is when eu leaders will decide whether there has been enough talk about the divorce to start working out the future. Adam fleming, bbc news, brussels. Nearly 750,000 children and pensioners in the uk have fallen into relative poverty over the past four years, according to a new report by thejoseph Rowntree Foundation. The left leaning think tank warns decades of progress are in danger of unravelling, and has called on the government to take action, including ending a freeze on benefits. Ministers say the number of People Living in absolute poverty has fallen by more than 500,000, with pensioner poverty close to historically low levels. Funding for a british aid project to support civilian police in syria has been suspended by the Foreign Office. It is alleged some of the money was being diverted to extremist groups known for carrying out torture and executions. The government has said it is investigating allegations which came to light during an investigation by the bbcs Panorama Programme. As new driving tests come into force, to better reflect modern roads, examiners have begun a 48 hour strike. The new tests will see an end to manoeuvres such as the three point turn and reversing round a corner, but learners will now have to Parallel Park and follow directions from a sat nav. Members of the public and commercial Services Union are protesting against the changes, as well as pay and working hours. Facebook says it is creating 800 newjobs in the uk as it opens a new office in central london. It will become the firms biggest engineering hub outside of the united states. An estimated 2,300 people will be employed by the social Media Company in the uk by the end of next year. A co operative group is to start selling food beyond its best before date. 125 shops in east anglia will sell tinned goods and dried food such as pasta, crisps and rice for a flat rate of 10p. It is part of a drive to reduce the seven million tons of food thrown away in the uk each year. And finally a derelict sports stadium in the american state of michigan is still standing, despite efforts to flatten it. Crowds gathered to watch the silverdome in detroit knocked down. But as we can see here, despite several blasts, the building remained standing proud. Fans of the detroit lions, the team that called the arena home until 2001, joked on social media that it was not the first time they had left the parking lot feeling disappointed. I always find it quite distressing when they knocked down what seemed to be perfectly good old things. It is obviously not perfect. Do you wa nt is obviously not perfect. Do you want distressing . Another one . We will watch the news while you are talking about the sport, because they are falling every few minutes. Since i have walked in there has been another one . No. You said that moeen ali and Jonny Bairstow needed to bat for ever and they are now both out. Not great. Australia just look a bit bigger than england at the moment. Does that make sense . They really do. Caught and bowled, a beautiful effort. England are in real trouble on day three of the second ashes test in adelaide. They have lost five wickets this morning. James vince was the first man to go, as england struggled to get going. Captain joe root wasnt too far behind him on his way back to the pavilion. Alastair cook was the only man contributing to the score for england, but nathan lyon got him out for 37. Latest to go is moeen ali, brilliantly caught and bowled by nathan lyon for 25. And Jonny Bairstow is down as well. England really struggling now. They are 143 7. Manchester city are eight points clear at the top of the premier league, thanks to a record equalling13th win in a row. Their visitors, west ham, put up a real fight though. Angelo ogbonna put them ahead, but after city levelled, david silva put away the winner seven minutes from time. The second half, we were outstanding. It was quite similar, i thought, in the first half, i thought we would score. But today was a bit different. So it was massive. It shows that they can do it. I have been pleased with the amount of training, icant been pleased with the amount of training, i cant have any complaints. I think that what you see today is we ran the course, not enough but hopefully we can take some positives from that. There was controversy on the south coast, where bournemouth defender adam smith claimed refereejon moss told him after the match he was wrong to book him for diving instead of awarding a penalty against southampton. The match ended in a 1 1 draw, and smith will miss the next game for his fifth yellow card of the season. In the scottish premiership, rangers moved into second place, above aberdeen on goal difference, after beating them 2 1 at pittodrie. Josh windass with the winning goal. And Non League Woking will be in the hat for this evenings fa cup third round draw. A late goal from joe ward earned them a 1 1 draw, and a replay with peterborough united of league one. And that is all the sports news from me for now. Sally will be with us a bit later on, and we have matt with the weather. Thank you for your pictures of the supermoon. We have had pictures from america, from japan, and we will be bringing you plenty more on that throughout the morning, as well as plenty more on an expert who can tell us, even though there has been a supermoon this year, there is a wolf moon coming injanuary and a blue moon. I have been doing some serious moon and puff and research in the last few hours puffin. Funding for a British Government aid project in syria has been suspended by the Foreign Office. It is after whistleblowers revealed to the bbcs Panorama Programme that some of the money was being diverted to extremists. Lets get more on this from panorama reporterjane corbyn, who joins us from london. How did you first become aware of this . Well, it was thanks to some very brave syrian whistleblowers, and they decided to tell panorama about their concern, indeed, their shock, that some of the british aid money which was supposed to be going to help their people, the syrian people, was ending up in the hands of extremists. These whistleblowers work for a private British Company called Adam Smith International, and they run a major project in syria for the British Government and five other international donors. To meet these whistleblowers i had to go to gaziantep, in southern turkey, about an hours drive from the Syrian Border and obviously very dangerous. Foreigners cant go in and this is the nearest we can get. It is pretty dangerous, actually, gaziantep in itself. There is the constant threat of kidnap from Islamic State sells, but that is where i met them. And when you met them, what did you find out . Well, as i say, britain is one of the major donors for this project inside syria which is funding the Free Syria Police, an Armed Civilian force which is trying to bring security to parts of Northern Syria. Now, for eight months some of the british aid money which went into the Free Syria Police force, was handed over by officers to an extremist force called nour al din al zenki in aleppo province and i met a lawyer who works for the Civil Administration in the area dominated by zenki. And i think we can hear from him now. We seem to be having a problem with that. I am not sure if you can tell me exactly what he says. Yes, he basically said that a percentage of the Free Syria Police salary at a time was handed over to zenkl salary at a time was handed over to zenki, to reach equilibrium between the police and the fighters. And this was in return for the services of zenki, providing military and Security Protection in the area. That is what he said. It wasntjust a random event. It was systematic, it was happening quite widely. And just talk about why this might be happening, why Free Syria Police we re happening, why Free Syria Police were giving some of their salary to this group, zenki. As i say, we have obtained hundreds of documents from inside the project that ran it, which is Adam Smith International, and one warns that 20 of the salaries were being transferred to zenkl salaries were being transferred to zenki, which provides them to five sfp stations in the area. That sounds a bit like detection money. And we also discovered that the police we are paying for are also providing support for zenkis so called justice system, which stands accused of torture and summary stands accused of torture and summary execution. And the police work or operating with zenkis courts by arresting people and handing them over to the courts. Now, Adam Smith International says it has strict guidelines in place to ensure that detainees are being treated fairly and humanely, and it says the British Government was aware of cash going to zenki. Are there other instances, as well, where you found a dish aid money in syria to diverted to places where abuses might have been taking place . Yes, panorama discovered in 2014 officers from the Free Syrian Police we re officers from the Free Syrian Police were present at the stoning of women in Northern Syria. We were told they blocked off the road to enable the stoning to take place although the police chief at the time said they we re police chief at the time said they were just accidentally passing by. Adam Smith International said the stoning was only five weeks after the company took over the project, and the men were not formally officers, but they had since been removed permanently. I also spoke about this whole situation in Northern Syria with the Free Syria Police, to crispin blunt, a conservative mp and former head of the Foreign Affairs committee. He had this to say about british funded police cooperating with extremist run courts in syria. We had people being sentenced to death for homosexuality, clearly thatis death for homosexuality, clearly that is completely and utterly u na cce pta ble by that is completely and utterly unacceptable by any standard, and the idea that this taxpayers money was associated with that would of course be completely abhorrent. And lets talk about whether it is ha rd and lets talk about whether it is hard for british Aid Companies to operate in a place like syria. Well, there is no doubt that it is undoubtedly difficult and dangerous operating in syria. But that doesnt mean that there should be proper accountability, for the aid that is obviously being paid for by british taxpayers. We did ask the company, asi, foran taxpayers. We did ask the company, asi, for an interview, but they didnt want to take part in our programme. Now, the Foreign Office has suspended funding while it investigates panoramas allegations, which will be in our programme tonight on a busy one, jihadis you pay for. And that is that 7 30pm tonight. You are watching breakfast from bbc news. The main stories this morning it is understood britain and the European Union are close to reaching a deal that will pave the way for the second phase of brexit talks. 700,000 children and pensioners have fallen into relative poverty in the uk within the last four years, according to new research. If you are interested in the cricket, england are currently 159 for seven, it is not going particularly well this morning. Possibly an understatement. Lets catch up about something that might go bashar, the weather. Good morning. A quick flavour of whats happening weatherwise. Not bad to start for many, most places dry and find with sunny spells the next couple of days. Midweek, things change wet and windy, then winter returns at the end of the week, with snow here and there and a noticeable windchill. And that is where we get back to the mostly fine start, monday is dry and fine, frost across eastern and southern parts, High Pressure to the west, so we may have Western North westerly wind, coming off the atlantic, so it would be too cold with a touch of frost and fold as well in southern and eastern areas, and a dry and bright start fog. The odd shower threatening, most fog. The odd shower threatening, m ost pla ces fog. The odd shower threatening, most places dry and few and far between with a chance of a shower across western scotland but even here most will be dry with a damp start across shetland for the morning, and the rain gradually clear a way, with a breeze across the north pushing bank into the north sea, still bringing cloud to Western Areas and odd isolated shower, some breaks in the cloud, sunny spells, the best in eastern areas and temperatures and nudge above where they should be around 7 degrees 11 above where they should be around 7 11 degrees. Tonight will be late last night, most places will be dry with the shower in the west. Wet weather into the hebrides, orkney shetland at times. The breeze keeping up temperatures in scotland and Northern Ireland but across eastern and southern england with clear skies like this morning there might bea clear skies like this morning there might be a touch of frost to your Tuesday Morning commute. Thursday weather is not dissimilar to today with rain for the hebrides and shetland, quite wet in shetland in fa ct, shetland, quite wet in shetland in fact, the odd shower in western parts of the country, but most will have a dry day and a little more cloud tomorrow compared with today but still to the south and east with brea ks but still to the south and east with breaks in the cloud temperatures in the order of eight to 11 degrees. As it gets mild on wednesday, stronger gale force across Western Areas, heavy and persistent into northern and western scotland, and outbreaks of rain spreading widely across Northern Ireland and western england and wales. Eastern areas should be dry until wednesday night with low pressure passing across, gales is not severe into thursday night. As it clears into thursday it opens the door to much colder air to finish the week with wind all the way down from the arctic, temperatures to end the week around three to five degrees. So cold weather on the way but out there dan and louise most places will be dry and fine. Just before we move on, we are talking about peoples first jobs, before we move on, we are talking about peoples firstjobs, saturday jobs, can you rememberyours . about peoples firstjobs, saturday jobs, can you remember yours . I was a fresh and frozen food assistant in a fresh and frozen food assistant in a well known supermarket, 12 hours coming home smelling of stale yoghurts and cheese and milk, it was lovely. Did you enjoy it . I did, i did enjoy it. Thank you. We are talking about that through the morning. What was your first job . Picking up horse manure, the polite way of picking it up. 50p per bag. Obviously you were rewarded for the more that you do. Exactly. And yours . I worked at a popular burger joint for a month because i was offered 10p more to work in able shop, so i went there for the rest of the year. Every penny counts. I loved it. And that is what we are talking about. There has been a reduction in the number of people doing saturdayjobs because life is much more busy. From paper rounds to glass collecting, most of us remember ourfirst foray into the world of work, but an investigation for this programme has revealed saturdayjobs carried out by teenagers are in decline. So why is that . Stephs looking into this for us this morning. Before we speak to steph, we will hear christians story. Before we speak to steph, we will hear christians storylj before we speak to steph, we will hear christians story. I am christian and i work here since i and 15. I really wanted to have my own sense of independence and buy own sense of independence and buy own money and this was an easy way to have it. Usually i would come in and wash up. Then when people start comingi and wash up. Then when people start coming i can help with anything. The bbc has found a steady decline in the number of children officially employed in pa rt time the number of children officially employed in part time work over the last 12 years. No one in their 25 305 will work saturday and sunday so lam limited 305 will work saturday and sunday so i am limited to taking on teenage worker5. Then you stick to the regulations. Obviously you cant have a 15 year old working on a sunday or after school and restricted to six hours on saturday. Here you go, maam. Restricted to six hours on saturday. Here you go, maam. 0h, thanks. Why is it important to get a job when you are 16 . It is important to work before you are 16 just to get a kind of idea of what working life is like and you can use that knowledge in a way that will build you up for life. What do you think having a job has done for you, what positives . What do you think having a job has done for you, what positive5 . M what do you think having a job has done for you, what positives . It has been really helpful for me because even though it seems annoying when i dont have time on saturday, it means i get to value the time i spend with my friends more as well as making money so i can have fun when i go to town. 0k, as making money so i can have fun when i go to town. Ok, so, how do you find that you balance work, 5chool, you find that you balance work, school, friends, that kind of thing . I think you do a really good job of making sure that during the school day and stuff i am on top of all my work and that means that i dont have loads of stuff to do when i am on saturday when i am doing myjob so it means i have less to worry about. Something rather lovely about watching their conversation, about hisjob. Watching their conversation, about his job. And steph will look at this throughout the morning and we would love you to send in your ideas of what you were doing and your first sort or saturdayjob, and like krishan, if you are involved in work, maybe the paper round, which has been a big demise, let us know. And lots of you have already sent in your photos already. This is from david in, oh, look at this, 1975, he spent his summer driving around sheffield selling ice cream. What a fantastic van as well. Brian was a paperboy in the isle of wight in 1957 and before sitting on the sofa i 1957 and before sitting on the sofa , dan was stacking shelves in a bookshop in crawley, but i dont know what on earth you were doing. Even then you were mucking about. |j even then you were mucking about. dont really know. Even then you were mucking about. dont really know. That is an innovative approach to stacking shelves. I was in charge of the map section. 0h, shelves. I was in charge of the map section. Oh, that explains quite a lot, actually. Steph is talking about this all morning, she is just one floor below us to speak with some guests. Morning again, steph. Good morning, yes. Mentioning pictures sent in. Weve got a fabulous wall behind me. Lots of those pictures. Dan was talking about one of those jobs. A lovely picture you can see. Thank you to eve ryo ne picture you can see. Thank you to everyone who has sent those in. One of the Big Questions is the rules about working under 16. Well, gareth is an expert who can tell us more. First of all, from a business perspective, you need a special licence . Yes, employing children between 13 and 16, you have to get unemployment licence from the local authority, that is the employers responsibility. And if you are someone responsibility. And if you are someone who responsibility. And if you are someone who wants a responsibility. And if you are someone who wants a job under 16, what are the rules . The hours are that you can do two hours on a school day which can either be one hour before school and one hour after school, or two hours after school, you cant work before 7am or after 7pm and there are restrictions on the number of hours you can do on a school day, holidays and weekend. It is complicated. It is complicated. Thank you. We have some young people here and there mums and head teacher to talk about this. Lets run over and join them. I know that you girls in the middle have both gotjobs, that you girls in the middle have both got jobs, tell us that you girls in the middle have both gotjobs, tell us about them. We work in a bargain shop near where we live. And what have you got to do . Tidy the shelves and if customers need to know where the product is, we take them to that. And is it something you like to do . Yes, it gives you lots of skills. And how old are you . 13. And yourself . 13. Do you like it . Yes. You talk to the customers and it is a fun environment to be around. You talk to the customers and it is a fun environment to be aroundm sounds good, i love it, was young. Asa sounds good, i love it, was young. As a mother, what was it like to have your dirt are walking already . Lam have your dirt are walking already . I am proud of her. It is a great thing. Daughter working already . To have the work ethic and she can buy her own thing5. To have the work ethic and she can buy her own things. That is handy, isnt it . And sarah . Buy her own things. That is handy, isnt it . And sarah . I am proud that she wanted to go and earn money to buy clothes and she has grown in confidence already. That is brilliant to hear. And we have a head teacher here, what are your thoughts . It is brilliant, what they are doing. We dont spend enough time developing young people. It is all about exams. Whereas skills which they are picking up our life skills and will help them getjobs in future, so it is really good they are doing what they are doing in a controlled way. There are some concerns, though, in terms of too much pressure on children. Too much pressure and also we have a number of children who we are have found working way over those hours and a worse case is working way over those hours and a worse case is one working way over those hours and a worse case is one lad working 49 hours a week. 0h, worse case is one lad working 49 hours a week. Oh, wow. And when we found out we obviously put a stop to it, we try to put a stop to it, who knows whats going on around that, but increasingly young people are having to support their families. So youve got young carers and young earners and none of the support is working. It seems to have gotten worse over the last few years. They are working in takeaways, working washing cars, working in corner shops, so that concerns me. Regulated activity like this, superb, couldnt want more of it. But in terms of the legal stuff which is going on, that really is a concern for me, and it is getting worse as children are trying to plug the gap which the benefit system seems to have left. And that puts a lot of pressure. And girls, do you feel that pressure, do you feel like you have to study and work, is it hard . It helps to balance everything out because it gives you a set time to go to work and do your homework so to go to work and do your homework so you know when to do it. You must be super organised . Thank you for joining us this morning. I really appreciate that. And we will be here through the morning. Send in your pictures, it is great to reminisce. I work pictures, it is great to reminisce. Iwork in pictures, it is great to reminisce. I work in a shop when i was 15. Definitely good fun. More from me a little bit later. See you later. Good morning, if you havejust turned on your tv. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. We have the National Headlines for you at 7am. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. The government is being lobbied by the mayor of london to make it easierfor young people from india to work and study here. Speaking a short time ago, during his official visit to india, sadeeq khan told senior Indian Business leaders that he wants the uk and india to forge a new special relationship, which will be helped if the British Government adopts a more flexible visa system. Mr khan believes the Current System hampers talented Young Indians coming to london. Facebooks biggest engineering hub outside the us opens just off Oxford Street this morning, creating hundreds of newjobs. It comes exactly a decade after the social Media Company opened its first office in london. The site will also house what it calls a london lab, which will offer advice and support to start up tech firms. The opening is being seen by some businesses as a show of confidence in londons future post brexit. Rail passengers travelling to and from euston should be experiencing a normal morning after major disruption yesterday following damaged overhead wires near wembley. National rail had advised west coast main line users not to travel as engineers worked to repair the problem. But late last night, after hours of severe disruption, the firm tweeted that things were back to normal. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. Tubes apart from the ongoing work on a small section of the london overground, all lines are running well this monday morning. Moving onto the roads, and the Chelsea Embankment remains closed westbound between chelsea and battersea bridge for gas works. In bloomsbury, southampton row is closed between Russell Square and holborn for repairs to a burst water main. More problems with the utilities, this time gas works again. It means Cannon Street is closed between Cannon Street station and Mansion House. But now lets look at the weather now with kate. Good morning. It seems like a reasonably quiet start, at least, to this week, weve got a bit of little patchy cloud, but a lovely bright start with quite a bit of sunshine, it would appear. The cloud coming and going through the day. There is a gentle breeze, nothing too significant, and it isnt going to feel especially cold either, with a maximum temperature of around nine or 10 celsius by the end of the afternoon. Overnight tonight, weve still got the patchy cloud, the light wind, we could see, here and there, one or two clear spells, which could lead to temperatures dropping a little bit further, but in the most part we are looking at around six or seven as a minimum. So, again, not especially cold. Now, for tomorrow, similar, quiet day, the wind is light, perhaps a little bit more in the way of cloud, not so much brightness, still one or two spells around tomorrow and the maximum temperatures very similar, nine or 10 celsius. As we head further through the week, it turns progressively more unsettled, especially through wednesday and into thursday and then a cold front suites through making temperatures much, much colder by friday. Vanessa feltz is on bbc radio london, starting in a minute, and she is speaking with the met Police Commissioner and asking how safe londoners are after the difficult year we have had. Hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. Negotiations through the night to clear the way for the next stage of brexit talks. Theresa may heads to brussels today to try to break weeks of deadlock. The main Sticking Point is thought to be the border between Northern Ireland and ireland. Good morning, it is monday four december. Also this morning a warning that more children and pensioners are falling into poverty. Heat or eat, isnt it . If you go out, you dont have to have heating on, do you . The trouble is, once its dark, and the evenings are now cold, you need to put the heating on. Numbers of have risen by 700,000 since 2013, say researchers. We will be asking why. Major changes to the driving test come into effect, but some examiners stage a 48 hour strike over the new regime. Over the past five years there has been a decline in the number of schoolchildren doing part time work like saturday jobs and newspaper rounds. Ill be looking at why, and whether theyre a good thing or not. In Sport England are in deep trouble in the ashes. They have lost six wickets this morning in adelaide. They are 171 7. Australia, remember, passed the 400 mark. And the only super moon of 2017 provides plenty of opportunities for some amazing pictures. We will have more of these throughout the morning. And matt has the weather. Tahir good morning. Good morning, a touch of frost for eastern areas. Winter is on its way back this week. I will tell you when the full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase of brexit talks, according to eu sources. Diplomats held negotiations through the night ahead of theresa mays meeting with the European Commission president , Jean Claude Juncker, in brussels today. We understand there has already been progress in talks about the rights of eu citizens who will stay in the uk after brexit, and british People Living abroad. Discussions about how much money is owed by the uk also appear to have been unblocked by a more detailed offerfrom britain. But the big Sticking Point which dominated discussions overnight is what to do about the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. Three trips in three months. Now, the Prime Minister is making a fourth visit to brussels to get the brexit talks going. She will meet eu Commission President , jean claude junker, and others, to apply the finishing political touches to a package of commitments that has been sweated over by officials. It sounds like there has been progress in talks about the rights of eu citizens who will stay in the uk after brexit, and british People Living abroad. Discussions about how much money is owed owed by the uk appear to have been unblocked by a more detailed offerfrom britain. But the big Sticking Point is what to do about the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. The Irish Government does not want to wait for a possible trade deal. They want certainty on what is going to happen, now. Downing street has called today an important staging post on the way to a european summit in ten days time, because that is when eu leaders will decide whether there has been enough talk about the divorce to start working out the future. Adam fleming, bbc news, brussels. First, lets speak to our ireland correspondent chris page, who is in belfast. Chris, is there any possibility of agreement when it comes to the border . Conflicting reports on the last 20 or 25 minutes or so. Some say it has gone well and been positive, others saying there is no resolution. The general sense is that progress has been made, but negotiators who are putting in the hours are not there yet. It would always be a diplomatic riddle but what all sides agree on is what they are trying to achieve. They dont want any new border controls on the frontier between Northern Ireland and the irish republic. At the moment you hardly notice the border is there, and britain, ireland and the eu want to keep it that way. The difficulty is how you achieve that. The republic of ireland will continue to follow european regulations on the movement of goods, and the uk may not. One way around that would be for Northern Ireland, at least, to continue to follow european regulations. The British Government have said they dont want anything which would result in trade barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the uk. That is a pretty difficult circle to square. The irish Prime Minister has a very important voice in all of this. That is because on friday the european president council, donald tusk, said that if the border was unacceptable to ireland it would be unacceptable to ireland it would be unacceptable to the European Union. The irish cabinet will hold a special meeting this morning. It usually meets on monday, but they are meeting in dublin and that discussion could be very important for how things unfold. Thank you very much for that. We will be talking to the pro brexit conservative mp Owen Paterson shortly. He was among those who put pressure on theresa may over the weekend to demand more concessions from the eu. There is a lot of talk about getting behind the Prime Minister and Owen Paterson is one of those, and what stage they have jurisdiction or not. So lots to talk to Owen Paterson about. 700,000 children and pensioners in the uk have fallen into relative poverty over the past four years, according to a new report. Thejoseph Rowntree Foundation says it is the first sustained rise affecting these age groups for 20 years. The left leaning think tank warns decades of progress are in danger of unravelling, and has called on the government to take action. Our social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan has more. For Flo Singleton, this drop in centre has many benefits. She can use its computers to keep up with herfamily. She can meet friends. And, by being here, the 84 year old does not have to spend money heating her own home. If you go out, you dont have to have heating on, do you . Trouble is, once its dark, in the evenings now, and cold, you need to put the heating on, dont you . Thejoseph Rowntree Foundation says, since 2013, an extra 300,000 pensioners and an additional 400,000 children are now living in poverty. In total, 14 Million People in the uk are in poverty. What our report is now showing is that were at a significant turning point. Two years of sustained increases in the number of children and pensioners in poverty is a real red flag to government that they really have to do something now. Researchers say the government should end the freeze on benefits, describing it as the biggest single change that would reduce poverty. But ministers say they are already spending tens of billions of pounds helping those in need, and that the National Living wage has given a significant pay rise to households. Michael buchanan, bbc news. Government funding for a flagship british aid project to support civilian police in syria has been suspended. It is after whistleblowers told the bbcs Panorama Programme that some of the money was ending up in the hands of extremists. The Foreign Office says it is investigating the allegations, as panoramas jane corbyn explains. Britain is one of six countries that funds the Free Syrian Police, set up to bring security to opposition held areas. For eight months, british aid money meant to pay for officers salaries was handed over by the police to an extremist group, nour al din al zenki. Translation zenki used to get a percentage from the salaries of the free police members. It was just about taking a percentage in return for the services, and to create a sort of equilibrium between the police and the fighters. The police we fund also provide support for zenkis barbaric justice system, responsible for torture and summary killings. The company which runs the aid projects, Adam Smith International, or asi, told us the government was aware of cash going to zenki, and as have strict guidelines in place to ensure detainees are treated fairly and plainly. The Foreign Office has suspended funding while it investigates panoramas allegations. Panorama is on bbc one tonight at 7 30pm. As new driving tests come into force, to better reflect modern roads, examiners have begun a 48 hour strike. The new tests will see an end to manoeuvres such as the three point turn and reversing round a corner, but learners will now have to Parallel Park and follow directions from a sat nav. Members of the public and commercial Services Union are protesting against the changes, as well as pay and working hours. Did you really have to reverse around the corner . Yes, because it was a narrow road, and a car was coming up, and i turned in. They are getting rid of that because not many people do that kind of manoeuvre any more. | many people do that kind of manoeuvre any more. L was many people do that kind of manoeuvre any more. I wasjust going to say i have done that in the last 24 hours, did it quite nicely, actually. And one of our reporters has been to do the new test. We will see what happens later. Facebook says it is creating 800 newjobs in the uk, as it opens a new office in central london. It will become the firms biggest engineering hub outside of the united states. An estimated 2,300 people will be employed by the social Media Company in the uk by the end of next year. A co operative group is to start selling food beyond its best before date. 125 shops in east anglia will sell tinned goods and dried food such as pasta, crisps and rice for a flat rate of 10p. It is part of a drive to reduce the seven million tons of food thrown away in the uk each year. A supermoon illuminated the sky last night, as it moved closer to earth, appearing bigger and brighter than usual. It is the first supermoon since november of last year. But, if you missed it, dont fear. There will be two more before the end of january. Many of you did see it, though, and you have been sending in your pictures. This is from craig broadbridge, in gloucestershire. You can really see how bright the moon is from this one taken by Allan Ballard in warwickshire. Shaun george captured a more yellowy moon over leeds. And this is a spectacular photo taken by professional photographer danny lawson at whitby abbey in yorkshire. And the super moon wasnt only visible here in the uk. It is essentially 5 to 7 larger when it is a supermoon. It is also 1596 when it is a supermoon. It is also 15 brighter. This was the scene last night, as the moon rose over washington, dc. That is incredible, it looks entirely fabricated, but it is not. Here, we can see it over cape town in south africa. This picture was taken in yangon, in myanmar. And these visitors had some of the best seats in the house, viewing the phenomenon from a ferris wheel in tokyo. If you saw it, lucky you. I saw it early on in the evening. Did you ta ke early on in the evening. Did you take a early on in the evening. Did you takea snap . Early on in the evening. Did you take a snap . You know what, ijust enjoyed it. Iam take a snap . You know what, ijust enjoyed it. I am sure many of you did as well. As we have been hearing, theresa may is travelling to brussels for another round of brexit negotiations. It is a task made even trickier by hardline brexiteers in her own party, some of whom published a letter over the weekend demanding more concessions from the eu. Yesterday the health secretary, jeremy hunt, warned them to fall in line or risk brexit happening at all. Lets have a listen. The choice we face now is not between this brexit or that brexit. If we dont back theresa may we will have no brexit. Well, one of the people mr hunt had in mind when he made that comment was the conservative mp Owen Paterson, and hejoins us now from shrewsbury, in his constituency. Good morning to you, mr paterson. Thank you for coming on reckless this morning. In response to what jeremy hunt was saying, for brexit to work, everyone has to back the Prime Minister. Why are you not being in line . Absolutely, jeremy is completely right about the prime mini5ter, becau5e completely right about the prime mini5ter, because the alternative is some crazy corbyn government. I was in the chamber la5t some crazy corbyn government. I was in the chamber last week, and i a5ked in the chamber last week, and i asked the labour party 5poke5man what is their definition of leaving the European Union, and the labour party 5poke5man couldnt give me an an5wer. So absolutely, we are right behind the Prime Minister. Well, you are not right behind the Prime Minister really. I am story to jump m, minister really. I am story to jump in, you signed this letter which you published yesterday, which demands that the European Court ofjustice ends in 2019. Theresa may and david davis have both made it very clear that that will not happen. So you are not that that will not happen. So you a re not really that that will not happen. So you are not really getting behind the Prime Minister, are you . This is all ina Prime Minister, are you . This is all in a state of flux. She has made a very generous offer at florence, which the European Union were pretty churli5h about and didnt come back and appearto want churli5h about and didnt come back and appear to want more money for more indefinite promi5e5. All we are doing our re5tating what we had in the conservative party manifesto, which was the promised to deliver what 17. 4 Million People voted for, which was to leave the single market, leave the Customs Union, and very importantly leave the ecj. Because if we ultimately have a court out5ide because if we ultimately have a court outside the jurisdiction of thi5 court outside the jurisdiction of this country, where we cant appoint the judges and dont have the pointy, we wont have left. It is important to remind those with whom we have been negotiating that she ha5 we have been negotiating that she has strong support for her 5tated aim5 has strong support for her 5tated aims of the florence speech appointees. So we are absolutely right behind her, and it is very important that the European Union does understand that many of us are getting absolutely fed up with the fa ct getting absolutely fed up with the fact that they are treating her in some ways pretty rudely and churlishly, and not getting onto the absolute key negotiation, which is the economic relationship which we have with the European Union once we leave. Now, many of us, most people, would to see reciprocal free trade with zero tariffs. That would enable very significant trade with us. Dont forget they had a 78 billion euro surplus with us last year. 5 million europeans depend on the uk per trade. And at last the penny is dropping. I tweeted an article yesterday from a very reputable, distinguished Research Institute in unique pointing out that if brexit goes ahead on wto lines it will cost the eu 40 billion a year. We want to get on the negotiating a sensible Free Trade Agreement when we leave. The uk has been in the eu for decades. We know we are leaving. The pm is negotiating that. Why are you rushing things through if it is going to happen, why are you pressuring it to happen at a certain date and time with regard to the European Court of justice date and time with regard to the European Court ofjustice and other issues . We wont really have left until we leave the three main elements, single market, Customs Union and the court and we cant enjoy all the benefits of having left and no one is talking enough of the huge opportunities in the wider world as we see trade with europe fall from 61 of trade in 1999, around 43 or 44 , falling down to 35 , so our neighbours are valuable and the growth will be the wider world. We cant get on and grab the opportunities of doing trade deals around the world with growing economies in asia and elsewhere unless we have truly left and, dont forget, those countries are watching very carefully. So if we come up with some muddled transition in which we are half in and half out and we cant negotiate or do trade deals, that means we cant enjoy the benefits and grab those Job Opportunities and in breach of this country and make People Better off and bring food prices down, we cant do that until we have control of our country and the simple question in the referendum was, do we want to ta ke the referendum was, do we want to take back control . And we can enjoy the advantages and the positives of leaving. One more on backing the Prime Minister. Ifjeremy hunt when he said Everyone Needs to back the Prime Minister, if he wasnt talking about you and others, who was he talking about . I am terribly sorry, ididnt talking about . I am terribly sorry, i didnt see the interview. I can tell you what he said, everyone has to back the Prime Minister. Otherwise it might not work. Ok. You are trying to make a sort of techie inside story. I am behind the Prime Minister today and i wish her the best. She made a strong speech in brussels. I think they have treated her in nature lit manner. What we are doing in their statement, which isa group are doing in their statement, which is a group of senior politicians and businessmen with coverage across the country, we are making it clear we are right behind her churlish manner. We are saying, make it clear we wont hand a penny over until we have clear confirmation that in principle they will be moving to a proper free trade deal with zero tariffs in 2019. Can i ask you on the irish situation, there is a deal on divorce, one on citizenship, what will the irish border look like . There are conflicting reports about how well the negotiations have gone overnight. I am not obviously i say with the details. I am dismayed generally with the importance given to this because i think this is soluble. There is a border today, and excise duty border and a tariff border. I went every week and i still go on a regular basis. Nobody north or south of the border has ever said this presents a problem to their businesses. No politician has mentioned it. The vast amount of trade is local, 5 of Northern Irelands trade, 1. 6 of the republic of irelands exports, so it is local trade and the government put forward Practical Solutions to this, derogation for Small Businesses crossing the border, authorised economic operators to handle the economic produce, such as milk, which goes from the same farm on the same tanker on the same road at the same time of day to the same dairy that can easily be done with electronic invoicing. And modern techniques such as i have talked about, authorised economic operation, this is soluble and should not be holding up the vast win more important talks, which is the end destination, which is whether we will establish reciprocal free trade with zero tariffs with the eu from 30 march 2019. Thank you for your time this morning. So many of you will have been lucky enough to see the super moon last night. Yes. I was asleep. To see the super moon last night. Yes. Iwas asleep. Idid to see the super moon last night. Yes. I was asleep. I did see it. Some had lovely clear skies, didnt they . They certainly did. And the clear skies left frost around eastern and southern areas this morning. Not a eastern and southern areas this morning. Nota bad eastern and southern areas this morning. Not a bad start to the working week. Travel wise, the weather should not interrupt you much. We generally have High Pressure in charge. The wind may be in the north west. It is coming round this area of High Pressure. Temperatures at levels where they should be later on. Eastern areas, touch of frost, mist and fog patches and not a bad day touch of frost, mist and fog patches and nota bad day in touch of frost, mist and fog patches and not a bad day in store. Sunny spells. More loud across western half of england and wales with the odd showers to the north west. Most places stay dry. The same for western scotland and Northern Ireland. Most places see only a brief shower. Most places dry. Eastern scotland find. Morning rain in shetland. Quite blowy across the north of scotland. There is more showers putting in. Really for most it isa showers putting in. Really for most it is a dry monday in store. Temperatures at or above where they should be for this time of year. Into tonight, we do it all again. If anything, more breeze across northern scotland and later more rainfor northern scotland and later more rain for the hebrides, orkney shetland. Western half of the uk, as will be dry. Temperatures drop below those shown on the charts with a touch of fossey there into Tuesday Morning by Tuesday Morning is similarto morning by Tuesday Morning is similar to today with spots of rain in the west. The biggest change across the hebrides, orkney shetland. Quite soggy in shetland with strong Gale Force Winds. Sunny spells with temperatures into the high single figures. Maybe double figures. Ten or 11 degrees. And they could lift further into wednesday. The middle of the week, signs of change. Strong Gale Force Winds. More in the way of rain. Eastern areas should be dry but the wet and windy weather will sleep test was through wednesday night into thursday morning. Gales, if not severe gales, it will be quite wild. As it clears into thursday we opened the door once again to winter with north to north westerly wind pushing down the entire length of the uk. So after starting the week with temperatures around ten or 11 degrees with fine weather the wet and windy weather pushes into the middle part of the week. Then by the end of it temperatures across the uk only around three to five degrees. Winter will return. It is going to be chilly again. Thank you. Domestic abuse affects millions of people in the uk and takes many forms, from the physical attacks to psychological bullying. Today, campaigners are calling for Financial Abuse, when one person controls anothers access to money, to be recognised as a crime in its own right. Vishala sri pathma has this report. Rachel, not her real name, was abused for nearly a decade. But it isa abused for nearly a decade. But it is a form of abuse that largely goes under the radar. Financial abuse is where one partner has control over anothers access to money. I was totally invisible in terms of credit status. I didnt have a tenancy agreement in my name. I had no bank account. No access to cash or stops or shares, nothing. I didnt realise at the time i had given up everything. Rachels partner gradually took control of all her money. He made her leave herjob to work with him, stopping her having access to wages or bank accounts. Instead, he gave her a weekly allowance. The Financial Abuse rachel experienced lead to physical and eventually she found the courage to leave. Despite going to police and taking her case to the Crown Prosecution Services on several occasions, rachels partner was never prosecuted. My experience has gone three times to the Crown Prosecution Service and bounced back and no further action has been taken and that is just so disappointing. When i kept the diaries, i kept all of the e mails and text messages, the bank statements, the court orders and. It failed. And that is extremely frustrating. In 2015, a new law against controlling and coercive behaviour was introduced. It meant people could be prosecuted for emotional and psychological abuse, not just physical violence. Financial abuse can be a type of coercive control but this behaviour alone may not constitute a criminal offence. The government is currently consulting on proposed Domestic Abuse and violence act. One Campaign Group is today calling for the bill to include Financial Abuse as a criminal offence in its own right. There is a bill that is being consulted on that is looking to put a definition of Domestic Violence into legislation. And that would be incredibly helpful if we could have economic abuse within a statutory definition of Domestic Violence. So that we can say this is what it is and these are the things that we need to be able to do in order to tackle it. The government says the Domestic Violence and abuse bill will enshrine a definition of Domestic Abuse in law to make sure it is properly understood in all its forms. Critics insist that those carrying out Law Enforcement need to be trained and aware of the signs of financial control for them to be able to spot it, or cases like rachels will continue to go unpunished. A little bit later we will talk about changes to the driving test, so about changes to the driving test, so you wont have to be driving around a corner. I did, and i did a three point turn. Around a corner. I did, and i did a threepoint turn. And threepoint turns will no longer be tested. So you wont be tested on about. Did you wont be tested on about. Did you fail your test . Quite spectacularly. I passed the second one. On the first one, one minute m, one. On the first one, one minute in, i reversed around a roundabout. No, because. Why . Always an excuse. I was too close to the car. It broke down. I was too close to pull out. So then i had to reverse back and i nearly crashed into the car behind me. The examiner put three major faults down one car behind me. The examiner put three majorfaults down one minute in. I am no better. I didnt do anything like that. I failed twice. All of that as people apparently dont pass the first one. Yes, well, thats what i tell myself anyway. Yes, you tell yourself that. We will talk about that in about ten minutes time. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. In the past hour, the government has been lobbied by the mayor of london to make it easierfor young people from india to work and study here. Speaking a short time ago, during his official visit to india, sadeeq khan told senior Indian Business leaders that he wants the uk and india to forge a new special relationship, which will be helped if the British Government adopts a more flexible visa system. Mr khan believes the Current System hampers talented Young Indians coming to london. Facebooks biggest engineering hub outside the us opens just off Oxford Street this morning, creating hundreds of newjobs. It comes exactly a decade after the social Media Company opened its first office in london. The site will also house what it calls a london lab, which will offer advice and support to start up tech firms. The opening is being seen by some businesses as a show of confidence in londons future post brexit. Rail passengers travelling to and from euston should be experiencing a normal morning after major disruption yesterday following damaged overhead wires near wembley. National rail had advised west coast main line users not to travel as engineers worked to repair the problem. But late last night, after hours of severe disruption, the firm tweeted that things were back to normal. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. On the tubes apart from the ongoing work on a small section of the london overground, all lines are running well this monday morning. Elsewhere, there is no woolwich ferry until 9am this morning. This is the southside in woolwich and you can see it is fairly problematic for ca rs can see it is fairly problematic for cars using the blackwall tunnel, because that is where all of the vehicles will have to. In bloomsbury, southampton row is closed between Russell Square and holborn for repairs to a burst water main. More problems with the utilities, this time gas works again. It means Cannon Street is closed between Cannon Street station and Mansion House. But now lets look at the weather now with kate. Good morning. It seems like a reasonably quiet start, at least, to this week. Weve got a bit of little patchy cloud, but a lovely, bright start, with quite a bit of sunshine, it would appear. The cloud coming and going through the day. Theres a gentle breeze, nothing too significant, and it isnt going to feel especially cold, either. Were looking at a maximum temperature of around nine or 10 celsius by the end of the afternoon. Overnight tonight, weve still got the patchy cloud, the light wind, we could see, here and there, one or two clear spells, which could lead to temperatures dropping a little bit further, but in the most part were looking at around six or seven as a minimum. So, again, not especially cold. Now, for tomorrow, similar quiet day, the wind is light, perhaps a little bit more in the way of cloud, not so much brightness, still one or two spells around tomorrow and the maximum temperature very similar, nine or 10 celsius. As we head further through the week, it turns progressively more unsettled, especially through wednesday and into thursday, and then a cold front sweeps through, making temperatures much, much colder by friday. Injust over half in just over half an hour on injust over half an hour on bbc radio london Vanessa Feltz will speak with a metropolitan Police Commissioner about a very busy year for the police and how londoners have coped with it all. Im back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. Hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. Here is a summary of this mornings main stories from bbc news sources in brussels suggest britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that would clear the way for brexit talks to move on to future trade relationships. Negotiations continued through the night on the last remaining Sticking Point, the irish border, ahead of theresa mays meeting with the European Commission president , Jean Claude Juncker, later today. Our europe correspondent adam fleming is in brussels. We are hearing conflicting reports about whether talks went all night, whether there was any kind of breakthrough. What can you tell us . Welcome to my world, trying to work out what is happening or not happening in that building there. I got a text last night saying they we re got a text last night saying they were 87 of the way there. Another text said 88 and this morning the times said 90 . So they might be having a bit of a laugh about the precision of the figures but there has been a lot of progress made on the big Brexit Issues for this phase of the talks. It seems they are close to a deal on citizens writes, european nationals who will stay in britain after brexit and british people abroad. It seems there are questions about how much money the uk owes when it leaves, but those have been unblocked by a more detailed offer made in private in the last few weeks. But the remaining ten to 13 seems to be quite a big deal. It is what to do about the Northern Irish border. It basically boils down to this. The Irish Government doesnt want to wait for some future amazing trade deal between the eu and the uk. They wa nt deal between the eu and the uk. They want certainty now about protecting the hard border, and the uk does not wa nt to the hard border, and the uk does not want to sign up for anything which would make life more difficult for relations between Northern Ireland and the rest of the uk. So the last few days have been about deciding the wording for a document published this afternoon to keep both sides happy. So it is a lot of rumours at the moment we will find out in four or five hours what has actually happened. I expect you are getting more text, so we will let you find out what has happened. Nearly 750,000 children and pensioners in the uk have fallen into relative poverty over the past four years, according to a new report by thejoseph Rowntree Foundation. The think tank warns decades of progress are in danger of unravelling, and has called on the government to take action, including ending a freeze on benefits. Ministers say the number of People Living in absolute poverty has fallen by more than 500,000, with pensioner poverty close to historically low levels. Funding for a british aid project to support civilian police in syria has been suspended by the Foreign Office. It is alleged some of the money was being diverted to extremist groups known for carrying out torture and executions. The government has said it is investigating allegations, which came to light during an investigation by the bbcs Panorama Programme. As new driving tests come into force, to better reflect modern roads, examiners have begun a 48 hour strike. The new tests will see an end to manoeuvres such as the three point turn and reversing round a corner, but learners will now have to Parallel Park and follow directions from a sat nav. Members of the public and commercial Services Union are protesting against the changes, as well as pay and working hours. Facebook says it is creating 800 newjobs in the uk as it opens a new office in central london. It will become the firms biggest engineering hub outside of the united states. An estimated 2,300 people will be employed by the social Media Company in the uk by the end of next year. A co operative group is to start selling food beyond its best before date. 125 shops in east anglia will sell tinned goods and dried food such as pasta, crisps and rice for a flat rate of 10p. It is part of a drive to reduce the seven million tons of food thrown away in the uk each year. And finally a derelict sports stadium in the american state of michigan is still standing, despite efforts to flatten it. Crowds gathered to watch the silverdome in detroit knocked down. But as we can see here, despite several blasts, the building remained standing proud. Fans of the detroit lions, the team that called the arena home until 2001, joked on social media that it was not the first time they had left the parking lot feeling disappointed. It is the blind leading the blind, really, isnt it . I wonder whether they will have another go. Presumably it is structurally u nsafe, presumably it is structurally unsafe, so it will be dangerous to go. Coming up on the programme in around ten minutes, matt will have the weather. If you have been following the cricket this morning. For the last hour we have not lost a wicket but iam afraid hour we have not lost a wicket but i am afraid i have to bring you the bigger picture. For peoplejust waking up, i love your positivity, but if you are just waking up this morning the news of the cricket and you want to hear what has been happening, it is not going well for england on day three of the second ashes test. They have lost six wickets this morning, and they are nowhere near australias first innings total. Our Sports Correspondent andy swiss is in adelaide. Andy, whats going on . Fairto fair to say it has not been a great day for england, sally. As you say, things looking slightly better. They are now 206 7. A good 50 partnership at the moment between chris woakes and Craig Overton but apart from that it has been grim viewing if you are an england fan. They began the day just one wicket are an england fan. They began the dayjust one wicket down. It did not stay like that for long. James vince was the first wicket to go, caught behind forjust two. A terrible start for england. Joe root was then caught at slip for nine, another rash shot. Not exactly the captains innings he had been hoping for. Alastair cook got to 37 but then offered catching practice to put england in even deeper trouble. The next batsman got to 19 before being caught behind, england in real trouble at tea and since then we have seen two incredible caught and bowled. The first to get rid of moeen ali and the second from mitchell starc, remarkable moeen ali and the second from mitchell sta rc, remarkable reflexes to account forJonny Bairstow. Two trillion bits of fielding from australias bowlers, but as i say, a demoralising day from england. Their batsmen simply havent been up for it. They now face a real battle to save it. They now face a real battle to save this match from 2 0 down in the ashes series. It would be very difficult to see them coming back. Their next match is in perth where england have not won since 1978. So the ashes hope already looking in jeopardy. And just watching in the studio here, i think we havejust lost another wicket in the last few moments or so, so it is getting worse. Mitchell starcs reactions, his reaction time apparently was 0. 5, so basically half a second. I can tell you, chris woakes. That was dan walkers finger. Can tell you, chris woakes. That was dan walkers finger. He is gone for 36, was dan walkers finger. He is gone for36, i was dan walkers finger. He is gone for 36, i was trying to tell you with my fingers. Are you watching the cricket . Sneakily. Thank you to my lovely assistant. Manchester city are eight points clear at the top of the premier league, thanks to a record equalling13th win in a row. Their visitors, west ham, put up a real fight though. Angelo ogbonna put them ahead, but after city levelled, david silva put away the winner seven minutes from time. The second half, we were outstanding, how we played. It was quite similar, i thought, in the first half, i thought we would score. But today was a bit different. So it was massive. It shows that they can do it. Ive been pleased with the amount of training, i cant have any complaints. I think that what you see today is we ran the course. Not enough, but hopefully we can take some positives from that. There was controversy on the south coast, where bournemouth defender adam smith claimed refereejon moss told him after the match he was wrong to book him for diving instead of awarding a penalty against southampton. The match ended in a 1 1 draw, and smith will miss the next game for his fifth yellow card of the season. In the scottish premiership, rangers moved into second place, above aberdeen on goal difference, after beating them 2 1 at pittodrie. Josh windass with the winning goal. Soi so i think now basically dont look at the cricket. We went really well foran at the cricket. We went really well for an hour. I take full responsibility, i wont move did you pass your driving test the first time around . What do you think . No. Yes. I passed my in the first time, but thats because, are you ready for this . I was driving before i was 17. Did you have a Family Member who had a farm . Exactly, Family Member who had a farm . Exa ctly, o n Family Member who had a farm . Exactly, on a farm. I was so keen to learn to drive i started before i was 17, so by the time i was 17 i could practically drive. You were a well oiled machine. Whether performing a turn in the road or reversing around a corner, for years, learner drivers had to perfect these moves if they wanted to stand any chance of ripping up their l plates. But, from today, these particular manoeuvres will be replaced by skills like being able to follow a sat nav, as the driving test gets a modern day makeover. We will find out more about the changes in a moment. But first, lets see how breakfasts holly hamilton got on with the new rules when she got behind the wheel. The way he is taking that corner is going down on record, and it will be one of the things on which his driving ability will be assessed. Since driving testing began 80 years ago in britain, it is notjust the ca rs ago in britain, it is notjust the cars that had changed. Faster roads and ever changing technology has led to the dvsa taking their testing in a new direction. We are introducing four changes, one of them being the introduction of sat nav in the test. Yes, one in five will be following the signs but four in ten will be following the sat nav. Four in five. The ability to read the road ahead, scan and plan as well as being able to use the sat nav as well. Have to make viewers aware of this new minerva, pulling in on the right. I can see the guy behind me giving me the absolute worst look. They just giving me the absolute worst look. Theyjust dont expect you to pull in on the right. And learner drivers could soon be longing for a simple turn on the road. It is being replaced with so called real life scenarios. Oh my gosh oh my goodness. And people dont expect you to do that manoeuvring. The independent driving part of the test is increasing as well, from ten to 20 minutes. And you know all those buttons on your dashboard . Well, you had better check you know what they all do. When it is safe to do so, i will get you to check your horn is working. Ok, you can turn the engine off. That is the end of your test. How did off. That is the end of your test. How did i do . Sorry, but you didnt pass. Will you give me a lift home . Yes. Lets get more on the changes from lesley young, who is a chief examiner with the dvsa. Thank you forjoining us. So, why the changes . Vitesse is updating and we wa nt the changes . Vitesse is updating and we want to better reflect real life driving. White particularly, for example, lets talk about Parallel Parking at the side of the vote, pulling up at the right hand side of the road, and rejoining traffic why have these manoeuvres being chosen . Most drivers are an independent element where a candidate is following a sat navs for 20 minutes or indeed following roadsigns and thats because we want to expose new drivers to high risk roads particularly, rural roads where we can, complex junctions, turning right across traffic and the manoeuvres have been updated because, in order to carry out a turn in the road or reversed around the corner we have to spend a disproportionate amount of time in quiet, low risk areas and these new manoeuvres replicate the same skills and will encourage people to have betterjudgement, better and will encourage people to have better judgement, better planning and all round awareness. So it is not just about the manoeuvre, and all round awareness. So it is notjust about the manoeuvre, it is skills they will gain from learning those manoeuvres for other elements of driving. There is concern about some manoeuvres. For example, we saw holly feels very a natural to go and pull on to the right hand side of the road and park. There is concern about that particular move. This test has been designed by road safety professionals. We trialled over 3000 driving test with new drivers and the manoeuvres were wholeheartedly supported. I am not sure that particular place where that manoeuvre took. She was asked to conduct was probably the right place. But it does nevertheless teach people an awful lot of awareness and planning skills. Do you think this would be a tougher test . The trial didnt prove it to be the case. Everything is staff if you dont prepare properly. We want to encourage people to get the right amount of practice and experience so it is not just amount of practice and experience so it is notjust about passing the test, it is about being a safe driverfor test, it is about being a safe driver for life after the event. You talk about that, though they wont be tested on motorways, which is one place where many people are really fearful. I agree, people are fearful of the motorway, yet it is the safest road we have in this country. The syllabus for learning to drive far outweighs what we can cover on the driving test itself. Road safety professionals, driving instructors, should carve a syllabus of this and next year they can be tested on motorways and now they have dual carriageways which is far more hazardous. I mention concerns about manoeuvres and a strike is planned by some examiners today. What would you say to them . The strike action has nothing to do with the driving test. It is an attempt by the pcs to gain support for their cause. Most examiners are not in the union and those working today will take out a number of tests and we expect the disruption to be minimal. And what do you say about safety concerns, you say it has nothing to do with it, but some are clearly worried about those manoeuvres . This is being trialled extensively with new drivers, designed by road safety professionals. Evidence suggests that if it is taught properly it isnt dangerous. Anything can be dangerous if people do it badly. We didnt experience any issues during the trial. It is an easy statement to make. There is no evidence to support it. Thank you. Iam i am guessing it is mostly dry with sunny spell. Are you . How did you do it. Not a bad start to the working week. A little frost across eastern and southern parts of england. That will quickly go. For most it is a dry day. The odd isolated shower in the west. A wet start in shetland. The wrangle clear. A breeze across northern scotland. Many will start the day and finish the day dry with sunny spells and temperatures at or above where things should be for the time of year. Into tonight, it is dry to begin, there is a breeze across northern scotland and later on the hebrides, orkney and shetland will be wet. The odd spot of rain to the west and the channel island. Last night, at with clear skies, temperatures will drop with a touch of frost. Really, the forecast for tuesdayis of frost. Really, the forecast for tuesday is similar to today. Other than that, cloud across the country and wait for the hebrides, orkney shetland, turning windy too. Temperatures still on the up, around seven temperatures still on the up, around seven to 10 degrees. The week begins with a fine note. Temperatures roughly around nine celsius. Temperatures in leeds sums it up. On wednesday, wet and windy weather arrives in the west. Thank you very much, matt. Isaid arrives in the west. Thank you very much, matt. I said that because my lovely make up lady was stopping me. I would have loved to have seen liz. She would not have liked to be on tv. Thank you. Thank you for helping me with my needs. Why didnt i get powdered . Youre just beautiful. From paper rounds to glass collecting, most of us remember ourfirst foray into the world of work. But an investigation for this programme has revealed saturdayjobs carried out by teenagers are in decline. So why is that . Stephs looking into this for us this morning. Morning. Good morning. Yes, some wonderful pictures sent in by our viewers sent him off their first jobs when they were teenagers. A couple of cracking jobs. I dont know what this one was about. It looks fun. You might recognise this gentleman, this young lad, this is our very own dan when he worked in a bookshop. Really important part of life, children learning about the world of work. The number of young people with jobs under 16 is on the decline. First up, the rules around what alice you can do. Gareth knows all about this. So, what are the rules for under 16 year olds . All about this. So, what are the rules for under 16 yearolds . There are a lot of rules, between the age of 13 and 16 you can work legally with a work permit supplied by the local authority where youre going to be working. You cant work before 7am, you cant work after 7pm and maximum of two hours on sunday. Other than that it depends on the age of the child depending on what they can do. It is quite complicated with regulations dating back to 1933. Old regulations. And these permits, the businesses have to get. That is right. We went to meet one young quy that is right. We went to meet one young guy to find out about his job ina young guy to find out about his job in a cafe. I am christian and i work here since i and 15. I really wanted to have my own sense of independence and buy own money and this was an easy way to get it. Usually i would come in and wash up. Then when people start coming i can help with anything. The bbc has found a steady decline in the number of children officially employed in part time work over the last 12 years. No one in their 25 305 will work saturday and sunday so i am limited to taking on teenage workers. Then you stick to the regulations. Obviously you cant have a 15 year old working on a sunday or after school and restricted to six hours on saturday. Here you go, mum. 0h, thanks. Why is it important to get a job when you are 16 . It is important to work before you are 16 just to get a kind of idea of what working life is like and you can use that knowledge in a way that will build you up for life. What do you think having a job has done for you, what positives . It has been really helpful for me because even though it seems annoying when i dont have time on saturday, it means i get to value the time i spend with my friends more as well as making money so i can have fun when i go to town. Ok, so, how do you find that you balance work, school, friends, that kind of thing . I think you do a really good job of making sure that during the school day and stuff i am on top of all my work and that means that i dont have loads of stuff to do when i am on saturday when i am doing myjob so it means i have less to worry about. We have an array of guests here on the sofa. Rachel and emily, you both havejobs. And you the sofa. Rachel and emily, you both have jobs. And you work together, which sounds fun. Tell us what you do and where you work. We work in a bargain shop in the town where we live. And what do you have to do . We have to put the items on the shelf to make it look neat and tidy. Is it hard . No, not really. Sometimes you dont know where things are. And it isa dont know where things are. And it is a bit ofa dont know where things are. And it is a bit of a panic. It is fine. And how do you manage it with schoolwork . You just have to get more organised, so you have to do your homework the night before and yes, it helps you to be more organised. And you have your mums with us as well. What is it like to have your daughter at work . The good. Great she has become more sensible. It wont do her any harm at all. You dont worry about her growing up too quickly . No, she will be fine. Rachel, are you happy to see her at work . Yes, absolutely. Yes, i was very supportive of it. I work at that age, i have a fewjobs. It didnt hurt my education. She is learning a lot of life skills, important life skills. She is learning responsibility, the value of money, which are lot of them are not aware of at all, and then dealing with people in a work environment, it is hugely valuable. Do you not worried about her getting tired with all of the pressure at school as well . She is tired, but she is tired anyway, to be honest. Laughter. At work, it is a fairly mindnumbing job. The pressure is from school. What do you spend the money on . Rubbish. Your money, you can do what you like and we have daniel and ciqanda here. I work at a coffeeshop. I am ciqanda here. I work at a coffeeshop. Iam in ciqanda here. I work at a coffeeshop. I am in the kitchen and front of house and i also work at the tennis club as a cleaner. You have been doing that for a while. Yes, i started at the copy shop just before i turned 14. I am still there now. I have been there for two and half years. And do you enjoy it . I really enjoy it. It gives you a sense of independence. And i know that you are a youth worker. So why do you think it is important that these guys get into work from a young age . It does a lot with entrepreneurial skills. Once they start to work at that age and when they get a college they want to keep a Part Time Job and they wont just finished college and then have to come into the world of work, they have done some of those skills at an early age and that will sustain them through their educational system. And like the girl said, they can spend money on fancy clothes and extra pocket money. Excellent. Well, thank you forjoining us this morning. Please, carry on sending in your pictures when you were a teenager. We would love to see them. Indeed, thank you. Send in your saturday job indeed, thank you. Send in your saturdayjob snaps. Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. Good morning. Im asad ahmad. The government has been lobbied by the mayor of london this morning to make it easier for young people from india to work and study here. Speaking a short time ago, during his official visit to india, sadeeq khan told senior Indian Business leaders that he wants the uk and india to forge a new special relationship, which will be helped if the British Government adopts a more flexible visa system. Mr khan believes the Current System hampers talented Young Indians coming to london. Facebooks biggest engineering hub outside the us opens just off Oxford Street this morning, creating hundreds of newjobs. It comes exactly a decade after the social Media Company opened its first office in london. The site will also house what it calls a london lab, which will offer advice and support to start up tech firms. The opening is being seen by some businesses as a show of confidence in londons future post brexit. Rail passengers travelling to and from euston should be experiencing a normal morning after major disruption yesterday following damaged overhead wires near wembley. National rail had advised west coast main line users not to travel as engineers worked to repair the problem. But late last night, after hours of severe disruption, the firm tweeted that things were back to normal. Lets have a look at the travel situation now. The central line has minor delays between hainault and woodford. Eastbound only, due to an earlier faulty train at northolt. Elsewhere, theres no woolwich ferry until nine oclock this morning because of upgrade work. This is the south terminal. It is adding to the usual delays for the blackwall tunnel. In bloomsbury, southampton row is closed between Russell Square and holborn for repairs to a burst water main. Finally, Cannon Street is closed between Cannon Street station and Mansion House due to gas works. But now lets look at the weather now with kate. Good morning. It seems like a reasonably quiet start, at least, to this week. Weve got a bit of little patchy cloud, but a lovely, bright start, with quite a bit of sunshine, it would appear. The cloud coming and going through the day. Theres a gentle breeze, nothing too significant, and it isnt going to feel especially cold, either. Were looking at a maximum temperature of around nine or 10 celsius by the end of the afternoon. Overnight tonight, weve still got the patchy cloud, the light wind, we could see, here and there, one or two clear spells, which could lead to temperatures dropping a little bit further, but in the most part were looking at around six or seven asa minimum. So, again, not especially cold. Now, for tomorrow, similar quiet day, the wind is light, perhaps a little bit more in the way of cloud, not so much brightness, still one or two spells around tomorrow and the maximum temperature very similar, nine or 10 celsius. As we head further through the week, it turns progressively more unsettled, especially through wednesday and into thursday, and then a cold front sweeps through, making temperatures much, much colder by friday. Well, in a couple of minutes time, va nessa well, in a couple of minutes time, Vanessa Feltz will speak with the metropolitan Police Commissioner about a very busy year for hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. Negotiations through the night to clear the way for the next stage of brexit talks. Theresa may heads to brussels today, to try to break weeks of deadlock the main Sticking Point is thought to be the border between Northern Ireland and ireland. Good morning, its monday 4th december. Also this morning a warning that more children and pensioners are falling into poverty. R its all right. If you go out, you dont have to have your heating on, dont have to have your heating on, do you snub if you go out, you dont have to have your heating 700,000 people have fallen into poverty since 2013, say researchers well be asking why. Major changes to the driving test come into effect but some examiners stage a 48 hour strike over the new regime. Over the past five years theres been a decline in the number of School Children doing part time work like saturday jobs and newspaper rounds. Ill be looking at why and whether theyre a good thing or not. In sport, englands chances of winning the ashes are already disappearing and were only in the second test. Theyve lost seven wickets on day three in adelaide and theyre nowhere near australias first innings total. And the only supermoon of 2017 provides plenty of opportunities for some amazing pictures well have more of these throughout the morning. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Super cold again but not until the end of this week, out there to start the week, dry, fine and mild enough for many of you, i have the full forecast coming up in the next 15 minutes. Have the full forecast coming up in the next 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Britain and the European Union appear close to reaching a deal that will clear the way for the second phase of brexit talks, according to eu sources. Diplomats held negotiations through the night, ahead of theresa mays meeting with the European Commission president , Jean Claude Juncker, in brussels today. We understand there has already been progress in talks about the rights of eu citizens wholl stay in the uk after brexit, and british People Living abroad. Discussions about how much money is owed by the uk also appear to have been unblocked by a more detailed offerfrom britain. But the big Sticking Point which dominated discussions overnight is what to do about the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. Our ireland correspondent, chris page, is in belfast. Earlier on we spoke to owen part son who seemed to suggest it was a relatively simple solution . That is what brexiteers like him would argue, others here in ireland would say it is not quite so straightforward, as far as the negotiations in brussels are going, indications are that progress is being made on this all important issue of the irish border but no deal is yet in place. What i would agree o is they dont want the return is they dont want any controls on the frontier, at the moment you drive or walk across, there no barriers of any kind and that bring and island and the other states say they want the keep it that way. There is is a disagreement as to how you can achieve that, in a situation where britain will be leaving the eu, leaving the european Customs Union and following its own regulations and the republic of ireland will stay inside the eu with a different set of rules, now, the Irish Government say the best way to solve that is Northern Ireland could stay on the same rules as the republic of ireland if you like, but britain have said they wont agree to anything that would create a trade barrier between Northern Ireland potentially and the rest of the uk, so you can see that is a pretty difficult circle to square. The irish Prime Minister has called a special meeting of his cabinet in dublin, they will meet in an hours time, that discussion could be very important for what comes next. Thank you chris. Lets cross to brussels and speak to our europe correspondent, adam fleming. You have been having texts all night. How close is this deal . So, asi night. How close is this deal . So, as i was saying earlier on the texts have been getting from the sources behind the scene range from 85 90 done. They are confident there is progress on the issue of citizens isiss rights but the remaining 10, 1296 isiss rights but the remaining 10, 12 is that really thorny issue about what to do with the irish border, how to across customers and goods and security checks on the irish border, now, we will find out how they have managed, after lunchtime, after mrs may sat down withjean claude lunchtime, after mrs may sat down with Jean Claude Juncker the president of the European Commission and Michel Barnier, the intention, the intention is to publish a joint document, locking in the progress made so far, so then we will see in writing what they have managed to do, if they havent managed to reach enough of a deal i suspect there wont be a document at all, so that will be a significant moment, it is worth remembering that before the meeting with the british Prime Minister, the eu team will be meeting a group of members of the European Parliament from their brexit steering committee, they have a final vote on the final deal whenever there is one, so they are important, and that we have been tweeting they are not particularly satisfied with what has been greed particularly on the issue of citizens right, you can be making progress but still not getting there, and i think it is worth taking a step back and reminding ourselves what this is all about. This is about getting what they call sufficient progress in this first phase of brexit taum talks to allow Michel Barnier to say they should trigger the start of trade talk, so we are still actually at the beginning of all of this. Talks. 700,000 children and pensioners in the uk have fallen into relative poverty over the past four years, according to a new report. Thejoseph Rowntree Foundation says its the first sustained rise affecting these age groups for 20 years. The thinktank warns decades of progress are in danger of unravelling, and has called on the government to take action. Our social affaris correspondent, Michael Buchanan has more. Only the money was ending up in the hands of extremist. The Foreign Office says it is ininterest gating the allegations. Britain is one of six countries that funds the Free Syrian Police, set up to bring security to opposition held areas. For eight months, british aid money meant to pay for officers salaries was handed over by the police to an extremist group, nour al din al zenki. Translation zenki used to get a percentage from the salaries of the free police members. It was just about taking a percentage in return for the services, and to create a sort of equilibrium between the police and the fighters. The police we fund also provide support for zenkis barbaric justice system, responsible for torture and summary killings. The company which runs the aid project, Adam Smith International, or asi, told us the government was aware of cash going to zenki, and as have strict guidelines in place to ensure detainees are treated fairly and plainly. The Foreign Office has suspended funding while it investigates panoramas allegations. As new driving tests come into force to better reflect modern roads, examiners have begun a 48 hour strike. The new tests will see an end to manoeuvres such as the three point turn, but learners will now have follow directions from a sat nav. The public and commercial Services Union are protesting against the changes, which they say will see examiners work longer for no extra pay. The driver and Vehicle Standards Agency says the union is linking the changes to a long standing contractual dispute. Vestigating the allegations. The strike action has never had anything do with the driving test. Test. It is an attempt to gain sup t test. It is an attempt to gain sup opt for their cause, most examiners are not in the union, those are working today will take out a number of tests and we expect the disruption to be minimal. Lots of people are getting in touch about the turn in the road and versing round the corner. They say it is because they are not used very often and they would prefer people to be doing more driving in the test. The test is the same length but putting in this 20 minute satnav session, the argument many are making is why not extend it a bit but have the satnav, have motorway driving in there and add in the turn in the road and versing round a corner. I cant give you the a nswe rs. Corner. I cant give you the answers. Ok. For example it might ta ke two answers. Ok. For example it might take two hour, but any way, that is not. Ten minutes. Get in contact was because we are talking more at five past nine. Facebook says its creating 800 newjobs in the uk, as it opens a new office in central london. Itll become the firms biggest engineering hub outside of the united states. An estimated 2,300 people will be employed by the social Media Company in the uk by the end of next year. A co operative group is to start selling food beyond its best before date. 125 shops in east anglia will sell tinned goods and dried food such as pasta, crisps and rice for a flat rate of ten pence. Its part of a drive to reduce the seven million tons of food thrown away in the uk each year. The moon appeared bigger and brighter last night as it moved closer to earth a phenomenon known as a supermoon. Its the first time its happened since november of last year. But if you missed it, dont fear there will be two more before the end of january. Many of you did see it though, and youve been sending in your pictures. It has not been a great cricketing morning from englands perspective. That is a massive understatement. Theres a warning this morning that decades of progress in reducing relative poverty in the uk could be in danger of unravelling. Research from the joseph Rowntree Foundation suggests almost 400,000 more children and 300,000 pensioners were plunged into poverty in the last four years alone. In a moment well find out why this might be the case. But first lets hear from Flo Singleton, whos been speaking to our social affaris correspondent, Michael Buchanan, about what life is like for her. I had worked. I have not scrounged off my life. I have worked, part times off my life. I have worked, pa rt times jobs off my life. I have worked, part timesjobs only, because off my life. I have worked, part times jobs only, because you had to fit it in round kids, dont you. And you end up, because you havent paid your full pension, you end up with well, it is enough to live on, put it like that, no luxuries of course. Heat or eat. If you go out you dont have to have your heating on, do you . So you go on the bus just to keep warm your heating on, do you . So you go on the busjust to keep warm if you go on the buses it dont cost you nothing, does it. You go for tours on the bus, do you . Yes. Its lovely and warm on the but, then you sort of try and extend it as long as you can. Its mad isnt it. I dont think im mad but it sounds mad, doesnt it. I dont think im mad but it sounds mad, doesnt it. Would you consider asking yourfamily mad, doesnt it. Would you consider asking your family for help . No way they got mortgages and bills and all sorts. They have to live, havent they . I think it is worse for them really, than when i was their ages. That was Flo Singleton talking to our social affaris correspondent, Michael Buchanan. Ashwin kumar is the chief economist at thejoseph Rowntree Foundation and joins us now. Let us talk about what you mean exactly because there is a difference between absolute poverty and relative poverty, what is the difference . The normal way of measuring poverty is to compare peoples income to the average for the times we live in. It is sometimes suits governments to say why dont we compare to a fixed standard past in the past. Progress marches on and as we will do better than we were in the past, but a fairer reflection of how people feel is how they compare to incomes today. You are talking about relative poverty. Yes. What do you make of the figures you have seen . You are concerned . Make of the figures you have seen . You are concerned . I think we should congratulate ourself as a country, we made strides in reducing pensioner poverty, nearly 30 20 yea rs pensioner poverty, nearly 30 20 years ago, down to 13 about three, four years ago but it is now starting to take up again, and we are worried that the progress that we made, the success we had is in danger of unravelling. So the government measures like winter fuel allowa nce, government measures like winter fuel allowance, many others as well. Are they not working or is itjust a policy change over years . Well, poverties like the winter fuel allowa nce well, poverties like the winter fuel allowance have been in place for many years. They havent changed the situation in recent years. The pension Credit Guarantee which is the benefit we pay to the lowest income pensioners hasnt been going up income pensioners hasnt been going up with prices in recent years and inflation has been high and thats caused a lot of stress. Food and fuel and the essentials really . Yes, exactly. The government response and i know you will be aware of it, they say since 2010 the number of people in absolute poverty has fallen by over 500,000. They go on to say we are supporting parents with the cost of bringing up children by doubling Free Childcare. Is that having an impact do you think, a positive impact . The Free Childcare if its implemented right will make a difference in helping people on low incomes go out to work. We have seen Childcare Costs incomes go out to work. We have seen child ca re costs have incomes go out to work. We have seen Childcare Costs have been going up fast. A higher minimum wage a good thing. The Free Childcare, but they are outweighed by bigger cuts to tax credits. So net incomes are worse off than they were despite the good things that have been happening. Are we not seeing this as a fact that we have got a more ageing society and as that changes so do the figures of those in poverty, particularly for the pensioner side of things . We we re the pensioner side of things . We were reducing poverty amongst pensioners despite the fact that the number of pensioners was going up. What that proves is that if we are really trying to do something about this, we can achieve success. But in recent yea rs our this, we can achieve success. But in recent years our focus has gone off reducing poverty and its starting to creep up again. Lets talk about the impact of relative poverty on children for example. How does that affect them . Well, we see that attainment levels at school are much lower for children attainment levels at school are much lowerfor children who attainment levels at school are much lower for children who grow up in poverty. We see greater incidents of health problems, Mental Health problems and that stress, you know, finds its way out. We all hear the stories about people having to go to foodbanks, families making choices between feeding the kids and doing other things. And that stress has an impact throughout peoples lives. So, i mean, your recommendation then for reducing the number, particularly the pensioners in poverty and poverty generally. What is that . First of all, end the benefit freeze. It is 3 a year now and that causes a lot of stress for people. Second, all of our talk in politics about building more homes, you have to make sure that enough of them are affordable to people who rent and then finally we have got to get better at supporting people who are on low incomes make progress in work. Far too many people are stuck injobs where they work. Far too many people are stuck in jobs where they dont get training or support actually make to progress and thats something we can doa progress and thats something we can do a lot better as a country. Thank you for talking toous on breakfast. Heres matt with a look at this mornings weather. 0h, oh, look at that, a misty moor behind you. It isa it is a fine start. A little bit chilly in cambridgeshire this morning. You can see the mist on the field and it is across eastern areas of england that we have a touch of frost around. For most of you, it is a dry day. More cloud central and Western Areas and that is just producing the odd, isolated shower, pushing through on the westerly breeze. But for most, it is a dry start to monday. An isolated shower this Northern Ireland and into the north and west of scotland. A bit ofa north and west of scotland. A bit of a breeze blowing across northern scotland throughout today. It will chase away the morning rain from shetland. A few showers in northern and western scotland and the odd isolated one in the west. But the majority of you, it starts dry. Monday will finish dry as well. The best of the breaks in the cloud and the best of the sunshine towards the eastern half of the country and temperatures above where they should be for the time of year, seven to 11 celsius. Warmer than many of you experienced last week. Tonight, it says dry for the most part. There will be showers in the north and the west. A stiffening breeze to hebrides, orkney and shetland later on as well. Whilst many will stay with temperatures around five to eight celsius, a few cloud breaks here and there like last night will let temperatures drop low enough for a touch of frost. One or two of you will wake up to a slight covering of frost. Tomorrow, largely dry. A wetter day across the highlands, orkney and shetland. The best of the cloud breaks to the south and the east of the country and the temperatures creep up. They will creep up further into wednesday. The down side is though strong to Gale Force Winds to go with it particularly in the west and outbreaks of rain becoming extensive. Heavy and persistent. Eastern areas stay dry through much of the day, but it will turn wet across many areas through wednesday night. Notjust across many areas through wednesday night. Not just wet, across many areas through wednesday night. Notjust wet, but windy across many areas through wednesday night. Not just wet, but windy too. Gales or severe gales. As that goes, it opens the door to colder air returning. This is what it means for leeds for instance, a good example whats happening this week. Temperatures not too bad to start with. Lifting by the middle part of the week, but by the time we get to the week, but by the time we get to the end of the week, temperatures will be on the slide and a massive drop tojust three will be on the slide and a massive drop to just three celsius. Winter will be back the end of the week to ta ke will be back the end of the week to take us into the week. If you looked to the sky overnight, you may have seen a rather super sight because the moon appeared bigger and brighter than normal. Thats because the full moon in december known as a cold moon was closer to earth than usual. And therefore qualified as a supermoon. Well find out more about the phenomenon in a moment, but lets first have a look at some of your pictures. So why did the moon look like that and if you missed it, what are the chances of spotting another supermoon any time soon . Tom kerrs is an astronomer at the royal observatory in greenwich and hejoins us from the roof of our london newsroom. Good morning, tom. So, is the moon actually bigger or brighter or are our eyes tricking us . There are a couple of things we can observe here. We know as astronomers the moon is technically larger and brighter in our skies when it is closer to the earth. So thats a moment in the moons orbit, when it makes its closest orbit to the earth. If that coincides with the full moon and as it will next month a couple of times, thats known as a supermoon, but it is not a technical phrase. Actually, the moon tends to look larger when it is on the horizon anyway and thats an illusion in our own minds which arguably is more dramatic. So when you watch the moon rise or set as we did afew you watch the moon rise or set as we did a few moments ago, that can be really surprisingly large in our minds, but thats just an illusion. So, the moon is when it is at its closest point to us. Does that have an effect on tides and other things . Well, there is a peregy every few days. Whether it is full or not and so days. Whether it is full or not and so the effect on tides is no different than it would be with a normal lunar period. So we dont observe anything special happening there or anything out of the ordinary. There is a very marginal effect on tides as a result of the moon making a close approach to the earth, but ultimately, the tides are co nsta ntly earth, but ultimately, the tides are constantly in motion due to the moons sh it. So there is nothing out of the ordinary there. Nothing we need to worry about anyway. What about the different names for the moon . We have got a cold moon. And we we re moon . We have got a cold moon. And we were saying injanuary we have a wolf moon and then a blue moon to look forward to as well. What do the different names all refer to . Yeah, last night we were talking about the trilogy of supermoons. We had the first one yesterday. That was the cold moon and then the full moon strikes back is the second of january and that is the wolf moon and that alludes to a native american tradition of wolves howling at the moon when food was scarce. Normally the full moon in february would be referred to as the snow moon and the snow moon is actually coming injanuary moon and the snow moon is actually coming in january next moon and the snow moon is actually coming injanuary next year because its going to arrive on 31st, a little bit early, which means february wont have a full moon, but that does mean that januarys second full moon could be referred to as a blue moon as in the phrase, once in a blue moon because it is a rare event for a tonight to have two full moons. That is going to be a total Lunar Eclipse. It is a special event to have two full moons in one month, to have two full moons in one month, to have two full moons in one month, to have one of them be a blue moon and to have a total Lunar Eclipse and to have a total Lunar Eclipse and all qualify as supermoons with the first supermoon on 2nd january being the largest of the three. At 0. 3 wider in diameter than the full moon we saw yesterday. January is a bumper month considering this has been the only supermoon we have had in 2017. While you have been talking, tom, we have seen brilliant pictures sent in by our viewers. Quite a few people asking for tips for taking photographs. I know you area for taking photographs. I know you are a man who studies the moon rather than takes pictures of the moon. Have you got tips for the two dates coming up injanuary . Moon. Have you got tips for the two dates coming up in january . Yes, i mean, ido dates coming up in january . Yes, i mean, i do like to take my own pictures of the moon. It is a beautiful object. It is a great object for any first time photographer. It is so bright and large in the sky and very forgiving. If your camera has a wide or medium lens if your camera has a wide or medium le ns ta ke if your camera has a wide or medium lens take a picture of the moon when its setting or rising so you can get a beautiful sky shot. The moon will appear like a bright light in the sky. If you have a telescope my advice is to make sure telescope is tracking the moon and to take lots and lots of exposures of the moon so one comes out looking sharpest or if you get advanced you can have a go at stacking the exposures together to bring out more detail and colour. If youre interested in astrophotography, the moon is a great place to start and two full moons in january make great place to start and two full moons injanuary make that anks lent opportunity. What a gorgeous sunrise behind you as well, tom. Yes, look at that. Its beautiful up here. Absolutely lovely. Today weighs as a supermoon and in january we will have a wolf moon and snow moon which is also known as a blue moon because it happens once in a blue moon he was brilliant. He knows everything time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. It isa it is a mild start to day but lots of cloud. Fairly quiets for the start of this week, but going into the middle part of the week it will will turn wet and windy before by the end of the week turning much colder, with the risk of some snow and ice, but for the hear and now, cloudry skies, a few spots of rain affecting western scotland, the northern isles, perhaps a few bitles of rain here an there, there will be a few breaks in the cloud here and there, to give a bit of sunshine from time to time, but on the mild side. Temperatures up to about eight or nine, ten or 11 degrees further south. Through this evening and tonight not a great deal of change really, there could be patchy mist and fog developing, still a bit of rain affecting the far north and north west but temperatures arent going to fall too far, certainly a frost free start to Tuesday Morning, and pretty much on the mild side. During tuesday, again, not a grade deal of change, a fairly quiet day really weather wise. Any rain affecting the far north of scotland it will turn windier into the afternoon. Elsewhere a few breaks in the cloud, especially in southern areas and again temperatures similar to today. About seven to 11 degrees. As we go into wednesday when things turn significantly windier, gales round the irish sea coast, heavy rain spreading in it will go from west to east. Again temperatures above the average for the time of year, nine to 12 celsius, but as we lose this area of rain, a deep area of low pressure and the strong winds through thursday, into friday, as they clears away to the east we start to track our air coming in from the north, so you notice the blues returning to the united kingdom, for friday, and certainly into the weekend, turning colder and with that the risk of some snow. Stay tuned to the forecast. Bye. This is business live from bbc news with ben thompson and sally bundock. A breakthrough over brexit . The british Prime Minister heads to brussels as crucial talks over the irish border issue continued late into the night. Live from london, thats our top story on monday 4th december. Reaching a deal on arrangements for the border between the uk and ireland is key to moving on to crucial brexit trade talks. Well assess the chances of success. Australia investigates facebook and googles dominance of the global of the Global Advertising market. Our Asia Business team will have the latest